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The Seaforth News, 1934-03-01, Page 2'PAGE TWO HURON NEWS Death of Louis J. Kraft, Zurich,— After a iew days' illness with pneum- onia, ,ir, 1 ottis J. Kraft of Zurich passel away en Tuesday last. He had 'been around at work on 'Thursday when taken til Ile we sixty-six years of age. Before going to Zurich 2t r, Krait had farmed ,in the old Krait homestead ;tont seven utiles south of .Zuric•h on the tlbshen lune, Stephen totwnsiiip until twenty years ago he retired t! Zurich. Besides his widow lie i, survi,:,:1 by one son, Herbert Kraft of Detroit: two brothers, Hexuy and !'titer trait. 1)aeh tt ood,. and Sew- erat sisters. !Witmer-Gascho,--The wedding was solemnized in Zurich last Saturday morning of \larjorie theecho, only-- daughter nlydaughter of \d r, and Mrs. John E. Gascho, of Zurich, to Orville Witmer, son of \I r. and Mrs. Sylvanns Witmer of the llabytn:t line, ,The ceremony was performed at rhe Evangelical par- sonage by Rev. E. Burn. The young .couple will live in Zurich. Robbers at Exeter—l)uring the early hour; ,if Sunday morning a daring masked robber entered the haute of air. '1'. S. Woods, manager of the Bank of \1ontreat, and Stealing quietly into the nom where -lir, Woods lay .1-epin„ .ttceeaed in rifl- ing his p,'ekeis. securing a small stmt of money, Occupants of the I1ot1Se IN ere attakene'l and frightened the in- truder and with the witching on of the electric lights a good view of hint was obtained ae he descended the stairs. Entrance to the home was made through the rear door and es- cape was made the same way, .An empty sack. evidently for carrying the lo.,:, was left heliind. In it was a small chunk of coal. The robber was prepar- ed 1 r lmeiness as he had brought al - .rt, a .brace and hit and started to mare a h,,le in the back door but suc- cee.led in opening it in some other way. Someone entered the James St. church the latter part of the week and broke open the collection boxes of he Women's Missionary Society. They also broke the lock off a box in tate primary room of the Sunday school and stole some money from a birthday box. The boxes had been cleared recently by the treasurer, so it is estimated that not more than two -dollars was stolen. Old Exeter Resident Dead.—The death took place in Exeter on Thurs- day last of 'fir. Thomas. Bissett, a life- long resident of Exeter, aged 74 years. Mr, Bissett was born on the farm on rite 2nd concession of L ,borne on which he' had lived all his life. He was united in marriage with Miss Ada Brown who predeceased him about seven years. He is survived by one sort ani two daughters, Mrs. John. Jones, south of Exeter, and Mrs, Har- \ ey 11111, ,of Birr, and Harvey on the h+,ntestead, Ile is also survived by twe eisters and a brother, Miss Fan- , -„f town: hers, Welsh, of Winni- peg and John of London. Plaster Cast Removed,—L, V. Hog- arth , t Exeter, ith r for several in- u t has been in a pat -ter east at the ltristie Street. hospital, Toronto, sing an operation nn his spine, ail( l'e able t, be hone in another three, rtt.ntths if progress co ttinues. The operation .:,,n,'. -ted of removing at small portio" of the spine that had 1,< -,Lone• di-.ea-e•l and replacing it with a li t.: removed from the leg. It was then necessary- to place it in a plaster cast- .wail await results. An X-ray ex- amination now reveals a perfect graft Exeter Places High Tariff on Pol- ice Dogs,—At the regular meeting of Exeter council last '.week discussion took place regarding dogs running at lame, particularly police dogs, a nat- ter which has been under considera- tion by the council for some time, and a license fee was imposed on the own- -ers of police dogs of twenty dollars per annum, and that the police dog hereafter the forbidden to run at large and if allowed out must be on a leash. No. 4 Highway May Be Extended.— it is reported that the county road between Durham and Flesherton is to be taken aver by the Department al iTighways, At present No, 4 High- -sayu runs from Port 'S'tan,ley to ,Dur- ham. Ultimately this highway will ex- tend to Siugh 1niptun and on to Stay - tier, where i, will connect with ;high - nay 26 and :ire this countrya direct ouslet to ,Mitek ka, Is Vice President—Mr; J. 0, Hab kirk of \\d•n;gham was elected a vice- ' resident of the Hairdressers and Barber's Association at their conven- tion in Toronto last. week, Silver Wedding.—Mr. and ieLrs. W. C. 'Lepard of Wingham celebrated the tWen tyaftfelt anniversary of their wed- ding last Friday. \'firs. Lepard was formerly Rossie Hillier and they were married in 'Trinity Church, Norwich, They have four children. Death of Robert McDougall.—One off the pioneers .of East Waw-anosh died at Wingham' in the person .of Robert MdDbugall ii:t' his S'3rd year. re THE SEAFORTH NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1934. Distinctive Quality 700 Fresh from the Gardens He was living with his brother, An- drew, who survives with three sisters and one son of deceased. Death of Mrs. John Gray. With the passing of Euphemia Cooper, wife of Mr. John 'Gray, Wingham has lost one of its oldest residents, .Born its Sherbrooke. Quebec, Mrs, 'Gray carte to the district with her parents as a young child, in 11869 she was united in marriage to Mr, John Cray. /S -he leaves three sons and four daughters. Minister's Wife in Pulpit. —Memb- ers of the Gorrie 'Presbyterian Church Met Sunday enjoyed a splendid dis- course delivered by their pastor's wife. Mrs. Leggatt, who occupied the pulpit in the absence of her husband who was quite ill for a couple of weeks. Much. Ice at Goderich Harbor,— The work of manoeuvring ships with storage cargoes of grain into position for unloading at the elevator at God- erich has been very difficult the past couple of weeks owing to the severe weather. To do this a nine -inch layer of ice had to be cut and smashed ,ir-ozn around the boats and a whole day's work would be fruitless for an the re - tern of the sten the following morn- ing the cleared space would be .frozen so solidly that they could walk on it. Several of the melt had unexpected dips in the icy water. Thaw Water Pipes by Electricity.— During the cold spell Goderich citiz- ens noticed a long heavy copper wire lying an the snow and melting its way to the earth through snow and ice. It is used to t!taw out frozen waterpipes. One end is attached to a convenient hydrant, hooked up to a transformer on the Hydro truck and the far end to the offending water pipe. This stakes a complete circuit through which a low voltage of 100 vo1'ts are passed with 200 amps„ but this is suf- ficient to heat the wire and the water - pipe with the result that the latter is freed of ice, 'it is thein necessary to leave the water ruining in the pipe or it will immediately freeze again. Some cities prohibit this means of thawing pipes because, while it works well, the water consumed in keeping the pipes Open afterwards soon uses more water than can be pumped and the author- ities therefore advise that ;row pipes be dug up and properly protected from frost, Presbytery Meeting at Clinton.— The linton:"1•he February meeting of the Presby- tery of Huron, United Church of Can- ada, was held in Ontario street church on February lbtth, the morning ses- sion convening at 9.30, the chairman, Rev. F. \V. Craik of .Goderich, in the chair. Rev. 1V. A. Brenner, secretary, ,sas al,n in dtis place. Routine business was attended to at the morning ses- -!on such as correspondence, etc. An appeal was made by the presbytery to assist in raising the suns of $11110,000 needed by the M. and M. fund in or- der to balance the budget. The mat- ter of the Sumner ischool at'Gocierich carne in for some discussion. A per- manent site for the holding of this summer school having been acquired by the ,Presbytery improvements are being planned. A well is to be dug for rite Inc of the school and cottag- ers. A committee was appointed with the -Res, C. A. Malcolm of Egntond- ville as chairman and including Messrs Cesens, Lane, +Brenner and Craik, to ettet1 to matters pertaining to the school, Rea. F. G. •Farrill introcleced air. T. 'Rutherford of 'Clinton as a candidate for the ministry and on mo- tion of Messrs. Farrill and ;Oliver of 'i;dytlt he was accepted by the Presby- tery anal t ill c-uttinue his studies. Revs- P. \\. Craik, .Getrge Watts, 'W. .\. Bremner and F G. Verrill and F. S. Savtutte of Seaforth were appoint- ed a. committee to look into the mat- ter of union of the two United Church congregations in Blyth and decide what properties shall be used by the congregation after iniac, the two con- gregations having agreed that they will abide by the decision of the com- nt At the same time, in Wes- ley -Willis church the executive of the Fenton :Presbyterial mei received re - parts font the several cl artrnents Clinton last week meeting the Hospi- mitred to .the principle of a central tal Board in consultation regarding bank, Liberals -and Farmer -Laborites the new wing which is to be added to served notice, however, they would the hospital the coming spring. object to this andhold out -for a pub- licly owned central bank, (Restrictions are placed on the own- ership ,of the stock of the bank des- igned to remove the dangers of private ownership while preserving its aclvan- tages and at the sante time .prevent any single grou,p,•fram gaining control, .The capitalization is to 'be $6;000,- 000 in shares of 'pm :par value. The chartered .banks will be barred from Purchasing the shares ancLno individ- ual will be allowed to acquire more than -fifty shares. All gold now held by 'the c'h'artered banks as reserves against their note issues as well as gold and silver held by the 'finance department against the Dominion note issue will be taken ov- er by tile IBank of Canada at the pres- ent s'tatu'tory gold price of 4120.67 Per fine ounce. Thus in the event of the price of gold being raised -the central bank will derive the profit, Any profits arising from a re -valuation of gold will be paid to the !Dominion govern- ment. As yet Canada has not moved tore- duce the metallic backing of its cur- rency to 25 per cent, in accord with the resolution approved at the World !Economic Conference. The present statutory metallic .backing is 40 per cent. A considerably larger currency issue would ibe possible if the smaller backing were used, Mr. Rhodes told the Rouse of Com- mons the measure marked "an ad- vanced stage in our economic and fin- ancial 'development as a nation.' The government, Mr. (Bennett stated, would welcome amendments designed go improve the legislation although he indicated it would hold firmly to its intention to make tine institution privately owned. lea more extended debate on the measure will take ,place lamer and they will then go to the House Com- mittee an Banking and Commerce for prolonged and detailed study. The second measure, to revise the Bank Act, conies periodically every 10 years. .The bank charters are is- sued for a ,10 -year period, Last year Brussels Business Change.—F. M. was regular year for review but owing Semis, proprietor of Semis' Whole- to the pending -banking inquiry a one - sale Produce Store, Brussels, has re- year extension was granted. cently become the new owner of the iHead,offite of the Bank of Canada Brussels Creamery, There is a rumor will be in Ottawa and it will be m- in Lres,els to the effect that a new powered to establish branches and ag- creannery is to be opened in the very encies throughout the Dominion and near future at tine East Huron Pro- in other- countries. duce Emporium, where a new boiler iP•ossibility of the government tak- is being installed. - ing over all the gold in the country is ettvisianed in the legislation. The gor- ern,.r-in-council is empowered to re- quire all gold privately held in Canada to be transferred to the Bank of Can- ada. The bank's mote issue will -be re- deemable in gold bars but not in gold coin. • While 'the new central bank twill have control over tine volume of credit in the country it will trot be respon- sible for the general price level in the country, 1Ir. Rhodes told the 'house, Certainly, he stated, it .would not stake the prices o'f particular conuno- ditiec its direct concern. Definite restrictions are provided -to assure the stability of the bank and to 'keep it to its allow(' sphere of a central bank. iEEt will not be permitted to accept deposits iron the public, to lend mon- on land, eo engage in commercial activities, to deal in its dwn shares or in those of the chartered banks, It will be permitted to invest in certain i,igh-grade securities. to deal in bills exchange and to make loans to the Dominion 'Government and to Prov incinl governments, as recommended in 'the report of tate royal commission` In the revised hank act teeth are placed in the provision of a ntaximutm interest rate. The present act makes seven per .scut the highest ,rate a hank may charge on a loan but provides it t .penalty for an i�nlfract'ioii of the' rule. The new act stakes any .bank charging more than' 'seven percent liable to a .fine not exceeding $5i00 and any officer of a bands,doing -so liable to a fine no•t exceeding *ma. . The Blank of Canada :wild be oper- ated by a goaveoteor, a 'delputy-gover- nor and seven directors, ,chosen in the 'first instance -by the government. The directors will retire in rotation and new appointments will be made by the shareholders subject Ito dm ap- proval of the government. One of the. govern'inett's main oi - Ethel Minister to Retitre:At the an- nual official board meeting of the Ethel charge, the pastor, 'Rev. 3., B. Champion, submitted his resignation to take effect in June. Mr, Champion, who is completing his -14 t year inthe ministry, intends to retire, In Old Country Hospital.—'Urs, Burchill of Brussels has received word that her son, Scott, is in the hos- pital in Cardiff, Wales, suffering from bronchitis. Scott and his father left .Brttssels several weeks ago with a consignment of cattle for the 01d Country market and Scott was sev- erely ill an the .way over. As there are no doctors on freight steamers it was necessary to wireless to a passenger boat for .medical advice. ,He was taken tothe hospital as soots as he landed, DeathofMrs. Robert Menary,— The funeral of Mrs. Robert \Icnarey was held from her late residence, con- cession nine, Grey township, The de- ceased was Mary Jane Shannon, and was born in Caledon township, on 'September29, M6, moving to Mc- Killop when a little girl. In •11870 she was married to the late 'Robert Men- ary, and came to .Cray township fifty- two years ago,. She leaves three sons and two daughters, William E,, 'John A., and Robert T. plenary, Mrs, Pet- er Baker, and Mrs,. Wes Mc'Eacherti, Interment was made in Brussels cem- etery, Death of Mrs. Lavinia Skelton.— On February ICth M'Irs, Lavinia Skel- ton died at Brussels after five years' illness with heart trouble: She had been confined to bed for two years. Born in. Woolwich township in 1869, only daughter of the late Charles and Eliza Howlett, she came to Morris township with her father in 18-77 and was married to Robert Skelton of ltetrris township in 11804. Her husband died ten years later, leaving her with one child, Mae. She had since lived in Brussels with her father, and Miss Pipe, until their death. CANADA TO HAVE CENTRAL BANE .1m portant changes in Ca'nada's banking laws are before parliament in the form of two pieces of legislation, one to establish "The Tank of Can- ada," and the other periodical revision of the Bank Act which governs the charters df the commercial 'banks. The measures are regarded by the government as a step in the evolution of the Canadian 'banking system which has .been hailed in other coun- tries as one of the most effieient and stable in the. world. In no sense, both Prince _\{insister R, 13, ,Beltnett and Hon. E. N. abodes, Minister of Fin- ance, emphasized yesterday, do the changes- imply lailttre or defects on tido part of the banking system to date. 'They are 'designed -to snake it still more useful and to bring it into line with recent developments, most of .then in the international sphere, -The .Baulk of 'Canada, as the new central hank is called in the bill, -MI- 1.tw•s closely the snggest!ons outlined in the report of 'tire Royal 'Commis. ,:on on banking. ;Its functions are.. those of tine centralbanks of other countries, and it will consequently take over some of the :tttnctians now performed by the -finance department and Biome of the functions of the char- tered banks, One of the first jobs will be to take weir the entire Dominion note issue nd to gradually 1take over from the bartered hanks their currency -issuing rivileges. The banks .will be required 0. retire their Motes from 'circulation gradually and turn over this function o the' !Bank of Canada, The -haat( }cill be privately -owned nrl this feature is likely to be the test contentious provision in the a.ct or all'partiea in parliament are cora- and trade plans for the coining col;;, t vetitiou. The president, Mrs. W, A. Gardner, occupied the chair and there t. was a gooet representatioiu. present: 'Cho annual cottvenition is to be held ., nn Tuesday, May ,tst, in Clinton, n New Hospit'a1 Wing: -Mr. Bridge- man, architect ro.1 .London, ". ways jects in making the :baulk a privately. -ow;ned institution, the minister of Iftn anec stated, .was to avoid political in- terference or pressure .At 'the same' time it plans to avoid the dangers of private ownership by a l'imita'tion of the pt ofits .and a wide distribution 4'f' the shares, The tttaximunt't dividend the thank may pay will be six .percent. ;Profits over and 'above that will be turned over to the government. The 'bank itself will not be satb'ject to in- come tax but it -s shareholders will be liable to income tax on their divid- ends, LEOPO'LD III. CROWNED RING -OF THE BELGIANS A new (King of •tate 'Belgians, Leo- pold HI., was enthroned -Friday ,when 'tate former 'Crown Prince took the oath to defend the constitution before both Houses of Parliament, He officially became Xing, succeed ing his father the late 'Albert 11, at the conclusion of the reciting of the oath, The 32 -year-old monarch spoke the 'brief oath in French turd repeated it in Flemish before the legislators and assembled dignitaries, to splendid array of •foreign repre- setntatives a:ted •diplomats in the lav- ishly decorated Chamber of deputies, cheered the ted 'ruler with the sante ettUltttsiasnt as did thousands of people who watched him on his ride to -Par- liament from the Royal Castle at sub- urban ILaelcen, ' (Thousands of Belgians enthusiastic- ally shouting "Vive iLe Roi," and wav- ing fags and handkerchiefs, 'hailed 'Leo -paid 11I1i, on his Incuttphaant ride, !Some sections along the - route showed 'less eteehusias'nt titan others, but there were no organized couuter- mani'festations. Scattered anti/Royal- ist elements among the crowds which pressed in. a solid, cheering, pushing throng along the streets were drown- ect out in the roar of acclaim. tFor the most partBrussels was in a merry mood. • Overnight, the populace seemed to have cast off its sorrows for the de- parted king. Well wishes -for the son were the order of the day. Leopold hitn'sel•f, was serious and .even grim as he saluted his subjects. Dressed for the first time in the full regalia of a .lieutenant -general, and wearing white ;gloves, he rode a white horse. IHe was a striking figure as he dis- mounted to be greeted by a special delegation and escorted -to the throne erected in the chamber. .After the s\rearing-in ceremony, the accession of Leopold le to the throne was announced to the waiting thous- ands outside by trumpeters. They sounded a fanfare from the steps of tine parliament 'buildings, -A great cheer went up from the multitudes when the Xing emerged, Amid shouts of acclamation, he re- mounted his horse and headed 'the procession which moved 'through the streets of Brussels to the royal pal- ace in the sante order as it had come from F_aeken, - ;Leopold BPI, by ascending the throne of 'Belgium, becomes the fourth ruler of that little independent country. His great grasrd uncle, "Leo- polrl I, was the first ruler of the coun- try formed as a result of a revolt of the tBelgiens against the king of the Netherlands in 41830, /Leopold I!I succeeded his father, Leopold I. 'Leopold 11 was the uncle of King A,ibert and great uncle of Leopold 1116. (Belgium was a part of France in. the latter part of the 'loth century but( the great powers, determined not to leave (Prance in permanent possession of the territory; forced the establislt- nent of a new kingdom, 'formed by Belgium and (Holland, a Kingdom: c•on+firtned by the Treaty of Vienna in June, ISMS, The Belgians revolted and with a general war in prospect if France ag- ain 'stepped g-ain'stepped in. the powers, at a con- feretice in 'London, January '20, '118311, provided that 'Belg'ium should be a perpetual neutral state, They sought a new king and found hien in the per- son of I_eopiold I, then a -German prince of Saxe -Coburg, one-time offi- cer in the 'Russian aunty, and who had a year before turned down an offer to become king of Greece. Leopold I assumed the throne on Jane 2:1.. 11.33d. after taking the oath o4 allegiance to the country's new consti- tution. It -was not believed possible Inc the now kin ado to to last, but by a wise and benevolettt, adm,in.is'tr•a•tion Leopold I 'welded the people of his little country solidly ;together. 'Leopold I died December 10, 14465.' x ' and has scan, Leo»lh�Lotiis ,Philippe Marie Victor, became ,Leolpobd I'I 't -fie also was noted for' his ability, saeoc- ity and kindness. The most neoeble event of his rude was -tate 'foundation of the Gottgo Free IState, Leopold Id died at ,Laeken, .Decem- ber .117, 1909, after a reign of 4-3 years. 'As he had no son„ tate rule passed .to his 'nephew, ,Albert,: the latter taking .the oath o'f aidagi•au•ce on 'December 121, 119019. Want and !coir Sale Ads, 3:tiines, 500 When You (lave A HORSE or COW YOU WANT REIVIIOVED, Phone or write to WILLIAM STONE SONS, LIMITED. Phone 22 — Ingersoll• Phone 215 W — Stratford SOME NEW VARIETIES OF SWEET CORN (Experimental Farms .Note) IProfi't in the growing of sweet corn front the market -gardening stand- point is dependent upon earliness. very early crop sells readily at a distinct profit. -The late crop is practically tut`salea'ble1l For this reason, the growing of corn for mar- ket is confined to districts noted fot their earliness. But this is only one factor in the production of early corn. The ;question of variety is also a very important considerations, and. one which ih'as been overlooked to,.a.lamge extent by the majority 'of 'growers, IPor many= years, the variety Golden Bantam has 'been 'consiidered a stan- dard. Its size of ear, colour and out- standing (quality rank it easily first as a main crop variety. It 'is not early, however, and plant breeders every- where have been endeavouring to produce an early variety equal to 'Golden (Bantam ' in size and quality. Of the varieties tested at the 'Domin, ion Experimental Station, Frederic- ton, N,B„ two developed by the Cen- tral 'Experimen't'al 'Farrar at 'Ottawa ltave proven ;dis'tine'bly promising. Ranting is ten clays to two weeks earlier than 1Golden Bantam, but may be criticized on ace'oulret of size of ear, .and it is only fair an quality. The ariety .D'orinny under a one year's test has proven to be -intermediate in season between Ranting and .Golden .Bantam, ,The ear is slightly longer than that of ,Bantttig, but not as large as that of Golden ,Banta'nt. iIn quality, it approaches (Golden ,Bantam; ISN'T HE A 'BRLGHT OLD M'AN? i`i] i(1By Horace C. Baker) A few years ago the personage ori Thom these few limes are written was pastor of the Mitchell Methodist Church; he attended t. conference one year at Vancouver, B.C.. and on his way back .from tate -coast hadoccasion to part with same fellow -passengers on the train, and he overheard an old lady make this remark of him: "Isn`t 'he a bright old gnat " A bright lively old man, what else could she say, These words were expressed by a lady one day, As a passing remark on a lean of our town— The Rev. James Livingstote,..c. preaching renowwt,, But nevertheless she expressed the real truth, As we know the Rev. gentleman shows much of anis youth; In those bright kind remarks 'his good cheery ,male, And never expressed In go put-on style. It comes from a heart that seeks to give vend To thane feelings within, and craves to be sent To make the world better, or at least elle wee cphera, In which the titan moires white his life lingers here, His regard for wee bairns, to engage in their mirth, 'Gives vent to those passions and show his real worth, For he preaches a sermon, :5 every good laugh, And it charges one's being like' a swift telegraph, 'A bright lively old man, his face doth express, And would make one feel cheery in the midst of distress, Methinks the great truth in the Scrip- ture we find, That a good merry heart like a medi- cine acts kind. That reacts on our ,beiuug Malt dyn- amic force, And instead of being gloomy it re- verses our course; For it ntalces a life brighter, Ohl l , the power of a smile, Aatd a hearty good laugh; is it not worth the while? Kay jour friends speak of you with such cotnpI-iotent, As the herb at these lines -a bright gent; livelyold s And like this old lady y take note what we see, if h such actionsE 0 others with .Like Feelings of glee. Mar. Livingstone may have 'faults brut his linmor and fun, !No doullet has 'doneh ood li. g .e the bright ituoruin'g sun, ,Ancl his •sojourn among us -ntay prove his real vvcrt'h IBy shat gospel he preaches—his bright merry mirth,