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The Huron Expositor, 1929-05-17, Page 6SIT 'IILW.13 nearby --a sig Wind d riv 1- cunt the idames to renewed fury — audldenly, a being brand hurled on your moll Hove many families have hem made homeless .through this vicious coped, inatioun 4 Iliov� many lost their clothes, their furnishings- evcn their lives 4 To move this hazard once arndl for '9 progressive home owners are nova insisting on fire -safe roofs. That is \,✓ &O many use I:,rranttlorrd Asphalt rates Ouse sparks and embers cannot ignite them. Flaming brands die out harmlessly on their slate- d aJo °40 p1 This eecurrittyy in vital to your peace off mind—yet you reset it at little eiahro cost when you eele©t I:•>rantfford Asphalt Slates. You also get perman- ence, rich and varied colour ha>runofniez and freedom from roofing trouble. La most communities the reduce insurance on buildnngO roofed with rantfford Asphalt Slates is itselff a ° convincing reason for using these handsome, heavy shingles. I[nspectt' them at your dealer's, and write for our booklet " eauty With Fire PM- tection"—an authoritative treatise on 0 the proper type, design, &gab mi. ° colour for your roof. p 0 v" e uve,( . Qn C� � i I, 13tatatfeadl Iltoeffmag Co., liathed, Head Five and IFeetety, Otentfo rd, Ont. ®•O , „md 7cazz arm of Taman, Madera, Cramtipecg, Montreal, iflarafaa wad Sale' Sohn. ran. Foy Save b -y N o CLU SONS, SEAFORTH WET' Iii^ , o 7.41RJ,I Swarming is the bee's method of making increase, but the desire to swarm is created by certain condi- tions within the hive which give to the colony a feeling of strength and prosperity. Swarming is the result of an overcrowded brood nest and this may occur in weak as well as in strong colonies,, in fact, it is colonies of medium strength that usually give the most trouble. Congestion of the brood nest is brought about by one or more of the following factors: The use of 'hives that are too small to accommodate the queen, thus pre- venting the proper expansion of the brood nest; the use of poor combs or sheets of foundation in the brood chamber, which often act as barriers to the queen and thus confine the brood nest to a small part of the brood chamber only; overheating through insufficient ventilation or lack of shade, which causes the in- side of the hive to become 'very un- comfortable and to remedy the con- dition more bees stay at home to ven- tilate the hive, but instead of reliev- ing the condition, it is intensified; im- proper supering, forcing the bees to store surplus honey in the brood chamber instead of in supers, thus reducing the area required for the rearing of young bees; unfavorable weather conditions which may retard brood rearing during the spring, so that at the commencement of the main honey flow, there may be an unbalanced condition within the hive and the young bees may outnumber the field bees. The same condition may arise from poor queens that fail to reach maximum egg production un- til too late in the season, or from colonies that are too weak in the spring to give full support to a good queen. For further information on swarm- ing send for Bulletin No. 33 of the Bee Division, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. Of these Mr. illichards= badoe � 0 doyen, two of them the property f his sons, who h.,,', been captured while on their way out of Roubaix toi�oarrn the French army. The essential parts oq the bicycles were missing also when they were turned in. The time came when the Germans wished to collect all the available lead in the city, but Mr. Richardson had information of this. He and ,a trusted employee had time to carry out of the factory not less than three tons of lead, which they dropped to the bottom of a river. Every scrap of this was carried out in their pock- ets, and each time they left the fac- tory they passed between two Ger- man sentries with fixed bayonets. This, we think, was one of the most remarkable exploits of the kind ever performed. On another occasion a party of Germans made an unexpect- ed entry to the mill and proceeded to search it. Down in the cellar, as they passed along a winding passage, the leader stopped and tapped inquir- ingly on the walls. Apparently he was satisfied for he investigated no further. This was fortunate for Mr. Richardson, for this wall had been recently built a few feet in front of the original wall, and the space be- tween the two was packed with cop- per. Mr. Richardson was able to get a good deal of valuable information into the camp of the Allies. The Germans did not know that he under- stood their language and were not particular what they said in his pres- ence. Disguised in a beard, Mr. Rich- ardson learned that he strongly re- sembled one Adolphe Dupont, in the Belgian army, and it was in this camouflage that he prowled about at night collecting information, the Ger- mans being under the impression that Dupont had been sent back to spy upon them. It is said that one of the most valuable messages ever to come into the hands of General French was one that Richardson sent him with the connivance of his daughter, who was a nurse in the Roubaix hospital. Once in the middle of the night Ger- man troops entered his house to search for wireless or any kind of signal apparatus. On the threshold, Mr. Richardson met them and begged them to make as little noise as pos- sible as his wife was ill. "We don't know as yet what is the matter with madame but we fear it is typhus," he said. The search was hastily aban- doned, and if Mr. Richardson had any- thing he wanted to conceal he had time to dispose of it before the next visit. al mlia- R nye ° MR " .r MAY AFFECT STARTING It pays to know the secondary ef- fects of some defects that car acces- sories develop. The vacuum wind- shield wiper is an instance. When the tube is broken, there are many owners who dismiss the situation with the thought that, after all, the wiper may not be needed. They miss the point that the interference the leak may have on quick starting is always to be considered. The suction that is needed to pull gas into the manifold is considerably diminished. Silence is golden and sometimes guilt.—Montreal Star. FRENCH YORIKSHIIREIIA!\ WHO HOODWINKED THE GERMANS There died recently in Bouboix, France, a Yorkshireman whose part in the war won him ten decorations, but not one of them, as he said with some indignation, from the British Government. He belonged ',o that not inconsiderable band) of Englishmen, who, seeking fame and fortune a- broad, found it not in British domin- ion, but in a European country,France. Belgium, Holland, Spain and even Germany have representatives of these shrewd businessmen who how- ever intimately they identified them- selves with the land of their adop- tion, never foreswore loyalty to the land of their birth. Though Mr. G. W. Richardson spoke French like a native, no one who heard him speak English would doubt the shire that had given him birth. In Boubaix he prospered and became the owner of extensive woollen and cotton mills. The city itself is known as the Brad- ford of Northern France. He was one of the most prosperous and in- fluential citizens of the district when war broke out and when a few days later Boubaix found itself under Ger- man martial law. Mr. Richardson was not a little proud when he was selected by the Germans as one of the hostages,under• the impression that he was a French- man. He was later released from custody, but as long as the Germans remained in Boubaix he was under surveillance, and the Germans came to suspect him of being about the most dangerous enemy they had in the city. His extensive premises were com- mandeered and the Germans told Mr. Richardson to get busy at once and make woollen cloth for their army. He flatly refused and was brought before a court martial. There be was informed that he could either make the cloth or be shot, to which he replied, "Will you get your cloth if you shoot me?" Perhaps the rea- son be was not shot then or later was because the Germans hoped that he would yield to pressure and set his great mills going in their interest. At first they tried to operate the plant without Mr. Richardson, but when- ever they seemed to have all the ma- chinery right and on the point of turning out some cloth a hitch would occur. The vital parts were always missing. Time and again the German experts worked on the machinery but all through the occupation, which lasted during the war, they never were able to get a yard of cloth out of the Richardson plant. Immediately after the armistice some of the vital parts were recovered by Mr. Richardson in the neighborhood where they had been buried. The German and Belgian ma- chines in the place were packed up and sent back to Germany, but the English machines remained in their places. The Germans had no doubt that the bluff Englishman, apparent- ly 'without guile, was trifling with them and six times they locked him up, but nothing definite could be. prov- ed and again in the hope that he might change his mind, he was \releas- ed. When he was at liberty he had access to the mill which was a vast place with cellars and passages known only to himself, and when the Ger- mans issued a demand that all the sacking in Roubaix should be leliv- eyed up to be used for sandbags, he slipped . quietly into his factory at night and piled sin tons of cacidrig on the fires. The next general order was for the surrender of all bleyclec. CHRYSLER MOTORS PRODUCT Mail* -is he Keynote of what Peopk about piy CANADA'S LOWEST -PRICED FULL-SIZE CAa FULL SRZIE WHEN people discuss Plymouth, quality is invariably the keynote of their conversation. They say most complimentary things .about itsthrysler smartness, itscharmm, its slender -profile radiator, its graceful "air-wing"fenders,its arched windows, its chromium -plate bowl -type lamps. They comment highly on Plymouth's fell -size dimensions, its richness and speciousness, its wide, deep seats, its exceptional leg -room. 'Tee Plymouth -product of Chrysler engineering and crafta- 1 manchip-hao been oo named benu2 Ito endurance and etrmgth, rugge<lneci and freedom from fmitetiaac co aceeratety typify that band off Stbiah people who braved the Atlantic thtte hneero i' years ago la pmrceit of new bifi fArkla. e iOVVICy MR. FLOYD "Fruit-a-tives" soothed his kidneys— freed his system of excess acid and/ poisonous waste—regulated his bowels --purified his blood—and this is why Mr. S. Floyd of Nanaimo, B.C., is not bothered with Rheumatism any more. "I suffered with Rheumatism in my shoulders and as most of my friends were taking 'Fruit-a-tives,' I decided to try them. In a short time the pain disappeared and I had relief for the first time. I think this med-1 icine really marvellous." If you are bothered with Rheumatism Pains in the arms, legs or back, or with Neuralgia or Headaches, get "Fruit- a-tives." 25c. and 50c. a box—at dealers everywhere. them shockingly young. "I saw many girls that could not have been beyond twelve or thirteen. In these towns, l[ am told, children have two ages, the real age and the mill age." They de- ceive the mill superintendent about their age so that they may obtain work, but really they do not deceive him. He knows how old they are and that it is as likely as not their par- ents will put pressure on the girls to make them lie themselves into em- ployment. At the same time the sup- erintendent and the employers are re- lieved of responsibility. "The girls are the poorest of poor people, from the hills, the mountain gullies. They went with weary steps l Many of the young girlswere already developing goitres, the sure sign of overwork and nervous debility. They had thin legs, stooped shoulders." But in the evening when he was ad- mitted to a meeting at which new members were being admitted to the textile workers' union, the girls had a different appearance. The crowd came to life. "At least there was joy in this xoom. Men and women, for the time at least, walked with new joy in their bodies. The men became more digni- fied, more, manly in their bearing, the women more beautiful. These work- ing men and women have got out of this business of organizing a new dignity. They have got a realization of each other. They have got for the moment a kind of religion of brother- hood and that is something. It is a great deal more than any wage in- crease they may win from their strug- gle." It is true that they have got these things, but they have got them-.. selves out of their jobs, for the com- panies have laid down the principle that the people who join the union must quit work in their plants. Hence the troopers armed as though for war and the prospect of fury and blood- shed. out GIRLS IN RAYON MILLS FACE ARMED TROOPERS Down in Elizabethton, Tennessee, the trouble between the rayon manu- facturers and their employees has be• come so grave that troops are on the scene, strike-breakers have been im- ported and the strikers say that they will die rather than let others take their jobs. Nowhere in the United States, and perhaps nowhere in the civilized world, is the plight of the worker as 'bad as it is in the south- ern states. One reason may be found in the fact that the south is only be- coming industrialized. It is going through a process which has been long established in the north and east. The idea of a white man working in a factory is rather new to the south. Before the war nearly all the manu- al labor was done by slaves and it is done by negroes for the most part yet. Then when the great natural re- sources of the south began to be tap- ped and factories sprang up to be near the source of supplies, the white man found that a new source of in- come had been opened up for him. The source of income, in many cases, was not a personal opportun- ity to work, but an opportunity to get jobs for his sons and daughters who were at home, and particularly for his daughters. Child labor flour- ishes in the south. There is not much labor organization for politicians, manufacturers and exploiting parents are opposed to it. The pay is low, the work very often monotonous and the surroundings depressing. In such circumstances labor troubles, even strikes, may flame up and may lead to serious consequences. Something like this happened down in Elizabeth - ton. At least Sherwood Anderson, af- ter a visit, reported in The Nation that the trouble originally was in- significant and might have been smoother out had the managers of the large mills not been so casual in their consideration of the grievance. The immediate -result was that the mill workers, three-quarters of whom are girls, sent north for an organizer and bade him start a union. Hoffman, a fat man, of the char- acteristic sledge -hammer labor leader type, set to work with the authority of the American Federation of Labor. but he had been in Elizabethton only a few days when a group of men' went to his hotel at night, routed him out of 'bed and escorted him out of town at the point of a gun. Of course he returned the next day and set to work more enthusiastically than ever. The attempt to bully him, and through him the girls for whom he was work- ing, naturally turned to his advant- age and he became a sort of hero. We could wish that when Mr. Anderson went to Elizabethton he had been less of the novelist and more of the re- porter or at least more. of the coun- try editor which is the role in which he has now cast himself. There is a poverty of facts concerning the actu- al conditions in the rayon industry not wholly compensated by a wealth of acute observation and impressionistic sketches. He says the town has been written of as "the wonder city" and "Elizabethton the beautiful," but he saw little that was beautiful. It is set in lovely surroundings but although it is only five years old it has acquir- ed the decrepit wornout look that makes so many American towns de- pressing. As Van Wyck Brooks says, "The premature ageing of building's is the saddest thing in America. The rayon plants, however, are magnifi- cent, THE SMART, FUEL -SIZE FOUR -DOOR SEDAN, 6890 They refer glowingly to the powerful performance of Plymouth's 45 h. p. engine, of Chrysler "Silver -Dome" principle—its speed, its pick-up, its abil- ityon hills,itssmoothness, itsquietness. They speak of Plymouth's safety— of its fu'l-size Chrysler weatherproof 4 -wheel hydraulic brakes, its rugged full-size chassis, springs and axles. They praise $8 Plymouth's amazing eco aoszy in fuel, oil and upkeep. a did F. 0.15. After all, it is only natural that people should talk more about Plymouth's fine qualities than they do about its low price for Plymouth is, first and last, a motor car of intrinsic quality and value 4 4 0 Coupe, $820; Roadster (with rumble awe), $850; 2 -Door Sedan, $860; Toaricg, $870; De Luxe Coupe frith roruble 20 seat, $870; 4 -Door Sedco, X90. All prices f. O. b. 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Now rine io ao happy a girl ao one would wioh to Stare your daughter on thin proven treatment INIIICV by buying Dr. William& Pita Pile at your druggiree off any dealer in medicine or by mail, 50 cents, postpaid, from The Dr. William° Medicine Brorisville.„ Ont. II -01:3 ..A HOWIMHOLD MANN IN 04 COUN-1111CsV•