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The Huron Expositor, 1929-08-09, Page 6T PRION. 'MAGGIIlE' BAS JOIE w EIAND ,fig ,.wHence for the Right Honor- garet Bondfield!" How the ter loves Co roll it off his n on feast days! bl small figure that rises from eat in response, wearing an air et fashion and a very gracious e, is the clearest woman speaker tal the British 'House of Commons and the Empire's first woman cabinet min- ister. When she starts emphasizing her fluent words by waving a golden lorgnette, your ideas of Socialiser 'promptly pale from a ruddy crirrrsen to anaemic pink. After all you com- fortably reflect, the difference between Socialism and individualism is large- ly a matter of degree and all this talk about our capital system of civ- ilization being in danger of annihila • tion because a Labor government is in power has a certain amount of un- reality about it. :Here is a quiet little woman of 56, with clear-cut features, drab -colored hair and sallow skin, who, as Minis- ter of Labor, can give orders to her Socialist men colleagues and yet not rob them of their pride and self -re, spect. This serious-minded, serious - looking lady who, after spending long years proving herself one of the best little "comrades" of the Socialist movement and woke up one wet morn- ing to find herself a cabinet minister, is a mystic, although she imagines she is a realist. A few more years of the intense respectability of the Labor benches and this erstwhile "red" revolutionary woman politician, -with her slightly gentlemanly lorg- netted air, may lose even her slight tinge of pink! Her appointment is popular, fur Miss Bondfield already has the whole of the work of the ministry of Labor at her finer -tips. As parliamentary secretary of Labor in the last Soci- alist government her speeches, deliv • ered rapidly and energetically in a rich, penetrating voice, amply proved the minuteness of her information on questions within the province of her department. Now, as head of the ministry of Labor, although relieved of a heavy part of the burden by Mr. Thomas taking over the problem of unemploy- ment, the "Right Hon. Lady" will be expected to remove grievances of which she has complained. As one might expect, we find after Miss Bondfield's long record of stren- uous public service nothing of recrea- tions. The minister of Labor has no time for play. But she occasionally !ANN 0.0 7'0 20.80 A DAY ILca= arsA l ru Ise= eco,13aaarsy , t n mn ,pp esaan.' 'Jn•A - os colll1,2scotimoftlacts. vo MOP InNII N SCHOOLS OLS NS QIN Lrvco ars uer., sse Bo V 4®vim nS oc¢ Co Qza6 Mu takes a Sunday "off" to preach a ser - Iron for her great friend, Miss Maude Royden. When the famous woman preacher was on tour in America two years ago Miss Bondfield tilled the pulpit of the Guildhouse, Eccleston Square, London, for a month and had the great hall packed with apprecia- tive audiences. The "Right Honorable Maggie,' who started life as a shop girl, is, of course, full of motherly sympathy for women and girls in every walk of life and particularly for boys and girls between 14 and 18 who go through the sort of thing she went through at their age. Miss Bondfield's appointment to her responsible position has been describ- ed as a compliment and concession to her sex, as well as a tribute to her personal ability. But this is indig- nantly repudiated by the logical - minded, who realized as long as a dozen years ago that votes for w:; - men would inevitably be followed by seats fur women and seats by places in the government. OVEWE prises proved so unproductive that the lines of the eastern section 00 - came the property of the Montreal company without charge, while the line from Quebec to Montreal was bought for one-third of its cost. About the same time Hon. Malcolm Cameron interested himself in the construction of a line from Hamilton to London, but this only lasted for 18 months. In 1860 Jose,ph Armond d others built a line of telegraph an from Montreal to Bytown (now Ot- tawa), but after a few hard-fought years it also was bought by the Mon- treal Telegraph Company at a rum- inal price. In 1852 the Canadian leg- islature had passed a general tele- graph law, which led to the organiza- tion of the "Grand Trunk Telegraph Company" (no connection with the Grand Trunk railway) which beilt a line from Buffalo to Quebec, and promised lively opposition; but after a few years this also collapsed and its line was taken over by the ]Mont- real Telegraph Company for $11,000. Before it gave up the ghost, however, Mr. Waller, proprietor of a line of stage coaches between Toronto and Montreal, became interested and changed the name to "The Interna- tional Telegraph Company,"•'but the new name did not alter the misfor- tune of the "Grand Trunk." Forma- tion of telegraph companies seems to have been popular in those days, for no sooner had the "International"' disappeared than the "Provincial Tele- aph company" was formed, a Au�to23toSept. 7 Empire Year 'Scores of planes in an epoch-making Carnival of the Clouds featuring air paces to and from the United States, Friendly invasion of Canada h the pur suit squadron of the United States Air Force from Selfridge Field ... Air parade .and "aerobatics' ... stunring, formation flights. Aeroplanes, sea planes and am- phibians in a thrilling, impressive epic -of the air, vividly portraying the amaz- ing advance of aviation. OTHER LEADIING FEATURES Opening of the new $1,000,000 Automotive Building . Fourth -C.N.E. - Wrigley Marathon Swim for $50,000 prizes and world championship Aug. 23 (for women) and Aug. z8 (open) ...the Goldman and ocher noted bands... four concerts by the renowned 2,000 -voice Exhibition Chorus (Aug. 24 and 29, Sept. 3 and 7) ...Thaviu, Master Musician, his Band and Operatic Ensemble ... International sports pro- gram with outboard motor boat, yacht, track and field events... Monster milit- ary and naval grandstand spectacle each night... t4 days of Education, Recre- ation, Pageantry, Agriculture, industry, Spon, Music, Art and Science. Reservations for ExhibitionCborws, and evening Spectacle in front of the C7 rand Stand should be made now. "PRICES: GRAND STAND SPEC- TACLE — General Admission 25c. Reserved Seats $i.00. Boxes $1.5o. EXHIBITION CHORUS, COLI- SEUM — General Admission 25c. Ground Floor 75c. Box Sears $1.00. Write Moodiyy's, 47 King St. West, Toronto, or Camadl•an National IErthf. $Ila:isrn. �e� Steas:rskiro, Aird ys, ls L£aes and Raifread Roza. THOMASBRADSHAW, W, H. W. WATERS, Qataa8 SUMMER HEAT HARD ON BABY e HURON EX Sezforth Iffy - COMMNN1ITY W ll llNG 1LvllJll�tcac JlOR Jl AN I.i 0 w C MINIMS GUIDE Through the co-operation of the ]Business Men listed bellow, we will reproduces p a®oleo of ¢lllmt�+lal®>inaA a csea enai<eav®rt�fQ to Tui a better business relationship between resident and merchant in the town, ,:,n d thus Meg emelt a more tui u sslre coaanmmanmtltty In pride rim 6 at ou6 e Ilavo. No season of the year is so danger- ous to the life of little ones as is the summer. The excessive heat throws the little stomach out of order so quickly that unless prompt aid is at hand, the baby may be beyond all hu- man help before the mother realizes he is ill. Summer is the season when diarrhoea, cholera infantum, dysen- tery and colic are msot prevalent. Any of these troubles may prove deadly if not promptly treated. Dur- ing the summer the mothers° best friend is Baby's Own Tablets. They regulate the bowels, sweeten the stomach and keep baby healthy. The Tablets are scld by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont. a branch of the "United States Tele- graph Company"; 'blot this only sur- vived a few mournful years and when in 1866 the U.S.T. sold out to the Western Union, the "Provincial" sold out to the Montreal company. In 1865 Mr. James Dakers became the superintendent of the eastern di- vision, and Mr. Ii. P. Dwight of the western division, the latter being afterwards, for many years, general manager of the Great North Western Telegraph Company (the story of which must be deferred to another - day), an amalgamation of the Mont- real and Dominion companies, the latter an Ontario enterprise, which will also have to wait until later. HE PEELED THE SPUDS When Prince George spent a few days in Vancouver some time ago tie remembered that across the ravine dwelt a young man who had been a midshipman with him in training. He went out to look him up. As it chanced, when he arrived he found the young man and his sister at home, but the maid had been given a holiday. The prince seemed so glad to see his former shipmate and both were enjoying the visit so much tnat the sister suggested that if the prince did not mind "roughing it a little" they would be glad to have him stay to dinner. "Now what can I do to help you?" he asked the young hostess. "Perhaps you could peel the toes," she suggested. So Prince George peeled the pota- toes while she prepared the remain- der of the meal. pota- WIEE s STIEWA 1" In I� OS. TWO WEEKS' SALE OF MEN'S CLOTHING MADE -TO -MEASURE or READY-TO-WEAR See Page 3 For Prices. Stewart Iii The bb TOGGERY SAH () ID 99 Men's Clothing and acmes' Ready -to -Wear MEN'S STRAW HATS.—Any Straw Hat in store, including all our better Hats, which sold as high as $3.50. Sizes 6%, to 7%. Coll a c��Jni SALE PRICE YOU G. The Weed Control Act which came into effect in 1927 is something which was probably never thought of by the pioneers of agriculture in Ontario. At that time weeds were not serious and did not menace our greatest industry —agriculture. All farmers fear weeds. Most farmers attempt to con- trol them, a few seem to either disre- gard them or accept them as a neces- sary evil. Maximum yields are im- possible in weed polluted fields. Some weeds if permitted to increase will eventually possess the land, niaking profitable production impossible, de- press farm values by 50 per cent. or more and spell ruin for the owner. The majority who are fighting this menace vigorously, deserve every en- couragement and assistance in these days of labor scarcity and high pro- duction costs. Those who are indif- ferent need constant urging and few require coercion. This should not be necessary but it has not been found satisfactory to permit each to "mind his own business" because weeds do not stay at home and some men have become a nuisance to their neighbors and a real impediment to better agri- culture. For this reason we have weed laws. This is the time to strike the weeds. Don't let them ripen and seed down the ground for another crop. If you have a field of spring grain showing a bad infestation of weeds you will be dollars ahead financially and have the good will of your neighbors by cut- ting it for hay. Don't stand by and see a field of sow thistle mature seed, thinking that you will get it next year. One plant this year, if allowed to develop, will be the parent of hun- dreds next year. This weed campaign is supported by your township and municipal weed inspector who is ready to render his services in this dean -up. Reeves, township councillors and road super- intendents are all co-operating. It must be remembered that this is not a one man project. Your neigh- bors and your community are depend- ent upon your co-operation. Every weed killed now means better, clean- er crops next year. Farmers must keep noxious weeds in check, they owe it to themselves, it is a debt to future generations. DO YOU KNOW? That Toronto was the birthplace of telegraphy in Canada and that 83 years ago August 3, 1846, the first telegraphic communication was had between Toronto and Buffalo? it is an interesting story of early Canad- ian enterprise. Space will permit only a brief summary of the history as once told by R. F. Easson, of To- ronto, one of the first telegraphers in Canada, and for many years press superintendent of the G.N.W. Tele- graph company. In the early part of 1846 T. D. Harris, a hardware merch- ant of Toronto, and a few other pub- lic-spirited 'Canadians associated themselves into a company to secure the construction of a line of Morse telegraph between Toronto and Niag- ara, via Hamilton and St. Cathar- ines. The money needed was easily raised and when the company was fully organized it was named "The Toronto, Hamilton, Niagara and St. Catharines Electric Magnetite Tele- graph Company," with a capital of $16,000. The line was built by Sam- uel Porter, a United States expert; it should be noted that a telegraph line between Washington and Baltimore was first opened for public business on April 1, 1845. Mr. Porter sus- pended a wire across the Niagara River to connect at Queenstown with Lewiston, N. Y., and David Kissoci: constructed a line connecting the Can- adian company's line with Buffalo. In 1852 both properties were pur- chased by the Montreal Telegraph Company which had been organized in 1847, with a capital of $60,0410. Mr. Andrew Shaw :was elected its first president, and O. S. Wood its super- intendent, but two Torontonians, 'who afterwards became the leaders of tele- graphy in Canada, joined its staff. A line was constructed from Quebec to Toronto, of the highest standard in America. The ,Morse apparatus was, of course, used, for the reception of messages but sound had not then been considered and recording registers were supplied to every office. At the close of 1847 the Montreal Telegraph Company worked 540 miles of wire, had nine offices, employed 35 persons and handled. 38,000 messages. In 184'7 Frederick Gisborne, who had early interested himself in a pro- ject for cable communication under the Atlantic, started "The British North American Electric Association" intending to connect Quebec by tele- graph with the lower provinces and eventually with a cable station on the Atlantic coast. The line was built, however, only as far as Riviere du Loup, 112 miles below Quebec, Where it rested for some years. "Chen it was extended to Woodstock, N. B., and there formed connection with the Am- erican Telegraph Company, which had leased the lines of the eastern prov- inces. A second organisation bearing the sante 'name 'built a line from Que- bec to Montreal, but both these enter- Ge© D. Ferguson & Co. GENERAL HARDWARE We sell Gold Medal 51 e Binder Twine, a lb..... ll TELEPHONE 61 J. A. WIES`C®T!P Jeweller and Watchmaker —SPECIAL -- Stemmer Neckwear for Thomnpsci n's Nook Strome LEATHER HAND (BAGS AND PURSES—FIALF PRICE Window Shades Picture Frames Made to Order : Phone 181 It is a good thing to have a great ancestor, but the shorter the pedigree the better chance you have of inherit- ing some of his abilities.—Dean Inge. A Scottish parent never has so much pride in a son as when that son ceases to cost him money. — Prof. Grierson. I. E. KIEA1PIING For Developing, Printing and En- larging of the better kind, TRY KEATIING'S PHARMACY Kodak Agent Phone 28 - Seaforth WHA l YOU FAY OR Trade is based on the old system of barter in which one person ex- changed articles of which he owned a surplus for others which he need- ed. Both parties in the deal secured what they needed and both paid for it. Neither got anything for nothing. The same system is still in practice. No person gets anything for nothing. Things of quality demand high prices and cheap articles tend to demoralize arts and manufacture. You cannot buy silk for the price you pay for cotton. The same applies to every article of merchandise. The resident who goes outside of Seaforth hunting for bargains fools nobody but himself, although be does hurt his own town. If out- side merchants sell bread cheaper than local storekeepers they charge more for 'butter. They give nothing away, and those who patronize them are disallusioned. Remember, you get more value for your money in Seaforth than anywhere else. You do not pay any more in the long run and your money remains in Seaforth and comes back to you. Your community will be benefitted and this co-operation finally spells success. SIEAFOETIB[ LADIES' AIPIIDAII$IEIL SIND PUT IIN A PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF HOLEPIROOF SILK HOSE IN THIS SU1MI,MER'S NEW SHADES. THREE OUTSTANDING VALUES AT THREE POPULAR PRICES -- $1 -05, $1.50, $1.95 the Panic. (FRIED S. SAVAUGE, R.O. Watchmaker and Jeweller Optometrist "'1"'HIE GIFT S i., OP" M. ROSS SAVAUGE, Opt. D. Optometrist Batt 9s alike e St©i 97 -PIECE DINNEi" SETS Price $15.00 to $130.00 New Colors, New Shapes Buy one at EATTIIE'S CHINA AND GIFT STORE W. R. SmIITIH1 Groceries, Teas and Coffees VINEGAR AND SPICES Vinegar, 50 to 60c Telephone 12 . il N ine W. A. OI) ECI E DOUGIH[NUTS make the best that science aand skill can do. Telephone 34 WAILXIER9S THIS WEEK'S SPECIIAL All odd and occasional chairs at a discount. FREE.—Slip covers with all Marshall Spring Mattresses from now to August 31st. FORD SALES SERVIICE THE GIFT SUPREME—A BIICYCLE, TRICYCLE OR JOYCYCLE Jo Fa DALY Canada's Oldest Ford Dealer R. IAL SPROAVP SHOE STORE WE SELL FOR LESS Call and see our values in Shoes, Club Bags and Suit Cases. Premier Baldwin, retiring from the British Premiership, -bought himself a second hand tennis racquet. If he lived in the United States, the Sat- urday Evening 'Post would have hired hint to write his life at two dollars a word and he could have bought a new one.--Otawa Journal. Memory so often plays the comed- ian and turns our miseries in recollec- tion into jests.—Mr. Robert Lynd. WALTER G. WJIWS Dependable Shoes WOMEN'S SOUSE SLIPPERS Black Kid one strap with epe n rubber heels, special at... u It ROY S. IP IINEKNEY read!, Cakes and Pastry OATMEAL COOKIIES—The kind that Grandma used to make, and better than Dad's. Phone 70. _a�lnvndtgal �3����c�s� 1f"�l�°Ilt �rp. J. J. CLEARY.—Mr. Cleary is a Tuckersmith boy, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Brine Cleary. He farmed in that township until 1918, when he went West. Atter spending a year in the Western Provinces, he re- turned to Seafit/rth td manage the U. F. O. Store, and later purchased the business. His store on Main Street is ideally located, and he car- ries one of the most up-to-date grocery stocks in Huron County. In addition to groceries, Mr. Cleary carries fruits, vegetables, bread and cakes, and his yearly business turnover is one of the largest in Sea - f orth. FRED W. WIIGG li. oots and Shoes Men's Work Shoes, Pancn sole, Special $2.95 Women's Kid strap Arch Shoe, Special $3.95 Boys' Work Shoe, special$3.00 LOON 61 Floor Varnish will dry in 4 hours. That's no bluff. T. G. SCOTT Telephone 62 J. J. CLEARY Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables —SPECIAL— Spanish Valencia Raisins 2fin��JJc 2 pounds for Delivery Service : Phone 117 WMo AM QUALITY ENT COAL AND COKE - SERVICE - PREPARATION Phone 126 S. SIAIIINAN Men's and Ladies' Ready-to-wear Dry Goods Pure Line Tablecloths, 54"x54" at 85c yard Heavy Linen Crash at16c yard Bordered 'Linen Tablecloth, 2 yards wide at 85c BOOK LOVERS' CORNEiR (By Marjorie M. Powell) "A Good Book is the Best Companion" "The Adventures of Ralph Rash- leigh," a penal exile in Australia, 1825-1844, edited by the Earl of Birk- enhead, published by Jonathan Cape, and chosen by the English Book- of the Month Club. "This Stark hook is a literary dis- covery. It relates ,the real adven- tures of a man tra sported to Aus- tralia at the beginning of the last century. It reveals, through the suf- ferings and vicissitudes of a single convict transported to New Sopth Wales for 'burglary, a clear and vivid picture of the conditions under which the penal code was administered less than a hundred years ago. It in an unique story of adventure, and it REIIGIER'S GARAGE Studebaker Sales and Service Repairs on all Makes of Cars. TIRES, ]BATTERIES, ETC. Telephone 167 SEAFO I., TH CREAMERY The place to market your Cream and to receive the best service that can be given. Phone 80 W. C. A. BARBER, Proprietor. Wolverton Flour Mills Co., Limited] Millers of flour that's Dependable SILVERKING for Il READ KEYSTONE for PASTRY Telephone 51 The Roht. Ii,ellll Engine & Thresher Company . nraaufactarers of Traction !Engines. Gas Tractors, Threshers, Power and heating Boilers, Sawmills, Etc. We offer a large stock of neer, rebuilt and secondhand threshers and engines, very suitable for individual or custom work. .guy at home where you are assured of prompt service. GALLOP & McALlPIINIE Agents for Massey -Harris Imple- ments and Repairs. Beatty Bros. Farm Equipment Metallic Roofing Frost Fence GASOLIINE and OIILS CANADA IFNRNflURIE MANUFACTURE S, LIMITED 0 ce Furniture Sectional It ookcases. A. W. DUNLOP GARAGE We specialize in Body and Fender work. Make your old fenders like new. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Phone 187 THOMAS DICKSON Dealer in Flour - Feed - Seed Poultry and Eggs Telephone 13 di - 4 ., makes absorbing and sometimes ter- rible reading. The accounts of the lashings, clubbings, hangings, and starvation which were the common lot of transportees, sentenced for minor crimes, serve to show by contrast how great has ,been the amelioration in the treatment of malefactors during the last century. To read this book is to learn how bushrangers came into being and why they were the scourge of the colony, and the depths to which they were prepared to go to avoid re- capture and how the escaped convicts were willing to stain their skins and join the aborigines rather than to return to punishment." "The hook is, however, something more than a record of the brutalities which wrongdoers were forced to un- dergo by a harsh and implacable sys- tem of punishment. It is a record of a man's indemitable spirit, his courageous and adventurous disposi- tion, and his fine bearing under ad- versity. "The publishers are at pains to tell us exactly hove' this manuscript came into their possession, and they have a formidable ally in Lord Birkenhead, who begins his introductory by de- claring: "I am, on the whole, after consideration, of the opinion that this remarkable volume of memoirs may be accepted as authentic." Rasp Rashleigh apprenticed as a conveyancer'rs clerk, becoming dis- satisfied with his scanty means, learns the secret of passing counter- feit sovereigna and does so with great success until, prudence laid a- side, he breaks the rule of the heed - nese of never having more than one spurious coin on his person at one time. He is sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and emerges steeped in the lore and methods of criminals and anxious to put his the- ories into practice. He is most suc- cessful, his most daring and remun- eratirve exploit being the robbing of a bank by means of an open sewer. After this he goes into retreat but is aghast tot read in the parper one morning that the street where Iris room was when all his ill-gotten gold and bank notes were hidden, had been completely gutted by fire. Remorse and brain fever result and he deter- mines to renounce his life of crime and seek honest employment. But no sooner is this worthy resolution taken than he is arrested in connec- tion with some former theft. He is sentenced to be hanged, but was af- terwards committed to transportation for life. Hie escapes, is recaptured and experiences the awful ordeal of flogging. In Australia he, like the other con- victs, is subjected to the most gruel- ling labors and when, after two years, he was sent to a farmer, there was no happier man in Australia. Privation and hardship had taught him an essential standard of well be- ing. All desire to revert again to a criminal way of life had left him and not for a moment did he think of escaping and taking to thie only o ccupation of the fugitive convict, bushranging. 'Rasleigh's experiences are not hap- py znn d ohim—hee is itselfems to thrust annexed by ades- perate gang of ruffians, sentenced to hang, is rescued by the intervention of one he had helped, Palo into tale hands of a tribe of aborigines and spends four years among them in a state of contented barbarism. After the death of the chief, who had befriended him, he is cast out from the tribe and having rescued two white . women, his pardon is obtained by their father. In the end he is kil- led by a native while discharging his duty as overseer on the farm of one of the rescued women. It is a strong, powerful book, rather awful in many parts, but one that holds the attention and provides as much action in one chapter as most books do in the entire plot. Sheer Fantasy. From the grim reality of Ralph Rashleigh there could hardly be a greater change than to the unadult- erated fantasy of "The Love of the Foolish' Angel," by 'Helen Beauduk, published by Collins and Sons, Ltd , and widely acclaimed in England. Tamael, a young angel who has been cast out of heaven because of his allegiance to Lucifer, is cast into hell. He is so unhappy there that Satan allows him to go on earth, but he must dosome wok. He is em- ployed by a sorcerer and later by a witich land Mearns :twitch evil; 'from them, but is kept from excesses by his love for Basilea. In the end he is absolved by a holy bean, the guide of Basilea, is changed into a man and as he is united to his love is pierced by the sword of Porcellus, the Rom- an for whom he was delegated to work by the sorcerer. It is a most amazing story and fortunately most uncommon. 0 En the office or in the home—at work Off at play—neat- mess counts Q And, by the way, .]Ind you "Nugget" your shoeslthis morning ? THE "NUGGET" TIIN OIPRNG WITH A TWIST l 5