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The Huron Expositor, 1935-08-09, Page 21 G'selty urou xostur. Established 1860 " pith McPhail McLean, Editor. published at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- Thursday afternoon by McLean ".es. :,:`•'Subscription rates,0 a year. Single ear in advance ; foreign, $2. copies, 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application. Members of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Class "A" Weeklies of Canada, and The Huron County Press Association. SEAFORTH, Friday, August 9. 1935. Mr. King's Radio Speeches There have been those, and -their number,. if not legion, has not been small, who have been complaining somewhat bitterly, about what they called the inaction of the leader of the Opposition, the Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King. That while Mr. Bennett has been promising the people of Canada a new earth to live in, and Mr. Stevens has added a new heaven to Mr. Ben- nett's new earth, Mr. King has mere- ly sat still and promised:nothing. Well, Mr. King has now spoken, and' in speaking . he reminded the electors of Canada that as far back as 1933, in the House of Commons, he laid down the 'policy of the Lib- eral party, and that that policy is still his policy, even if it included then and still includes many, if not most, of the planks of the new, poli- cies being so loudly heralded by both Mr. Bennett and Mr. Stevens as their own; as something new they have discovered. As this is written' Mr. King has still one more radio ,speech to make, but from a country standpoint, and we are particularly interested in farming, he can not very much bet- ter what has gone before, because in promising freer trade, lower tariffs and wider markets, he has said what the farmer wants to hear. The other -Liberal, planks, as laid down by Mr. King are: A representative national commis- sion to administer unemployment re- lief and provide work and a national system of unemployment insurance. , Reciprocal trade agreements with .other countries, removal of extrava- gant increases in tariff, abolition of all unwarranted extra imposts on imports such as exchange and dump- ing duties and a substantial British preference. Promotion of internal trade by ending artificial price control and agreements in restraint' of trade. Development of primary indus- tries by reducing costs of production and obtaining wider markets. . National control of credit through a national )central bank.", Protection of investors by an in- vestment control board. Maintenance of the Canadian Na- tional Railways as a publicly -owned and publicly -controlled service. Democratization of indust ify through granting workers and con- sumers a larger share in control. Restoration of responsible govern- ment by doing away with "blank cheque legislation." Free speech, free association and repeal of Section 98 of the Criminal Code. Electoral reform. A balanced budget through reduc- ing public expenditures; reducing interest rates, reducing taxes and in- creasing revenue by encouraging trade. Peace and goodwill in internation- al affairs. A more equitable distributioh of ' wealth With eater regard for' hu- man needs, fo' 'social justice and the promotion of the common good. •st • Municipalities td Administer Relief The Ontario Government will dis- band its relief organization, n l the administration of relief will Bel -urn - ed back upon the municipalities. In making this announcement Pre - maser 'Hepburn said that the cost of relief Ito the Province had reached heights which could no longer be borne! That relief was eating into the total receipts of the Province in a manner that was out of all propor- tion to other government expendi- tures, and that unless immediate .ac- tion was taken not only could there b„9 any possibility of a balanced bud- get, but that the Province would be heading for bankruptcy. And the Premier is right. Relief costs, as administered by the Gov- ernment, have reached the point where the taxpayers can no longer meet the bills. It is all right to say, "Let the Government do it," but peo- ple forget that the Government has no money of its own; no hidden source of income. Its income is made up of taxes. If it spends more than the people contribute in taxes, it has to borrow the money and the same taxpayers have to dig down in their pockets to pay the interest on the sums borrowed. Turning relief expenditures back on the shoulders of •municipalities will .not be a popular move in many quarters, and already loud and bit- ter cries are being heard from some of the larger centres, 'and no won- der. There are a good many municipal councillors throughout the Province who have been making mighty good. -fellows of themselves under Govern- ment relief measures. The cost has been a very secondary consideration compared with .personal popularity. They, have been thinking entirely in terms of votes, not in terms of dol- lars and cents. Everyone has a personal and sin- cere sympathy with the unemployed, but •when a situation arises, as it has in Ontario', whereby the unemploy- ed in many large centres are living 1a. t ;only a life of comparative ease I'a d comfort, but are being paid and e ( noney to live that life than is beilg Warned by many of the employed tax- payers who contribute the money to .make such a life 'possible, it is time to call a halt. And the Premier has called it. And after all the municipalities should appreciate the Premier's action, at least the rural municipalities. We have noticed an increasing number of county council motions in recent months bearing on very simi- lar situations. • These councils have been deploring the tendency of the , Government to seize arid take unto themselves more and more of the ad- ministration of municipal affairs. Centralization, it is claimed, is not only invading municipal rights, but a costly business as well. Perhaps the Premier has hearken- ed to these protests. At any rate, the municipalities will, hereafter, have full and complete charge of all relief measures, but hereafter the money 'expended • on relief will be raised on their own personal assessment, and not on the general assessment of the people of the province. And there is a vast difference be- tween the two methods. The differ- ence in spending your own money andl'spending some one elses. It is not hard to be a good fellow with some one else's money, but spending., your own has a personal touch about it, that makes one give the matter real and earnest consideration. And we believe the rural munici- palities, at least, will give relief ex- penditures real consideration. We do not mean that they will be heart- less or even niggardly. The deserv- ing unemployed will be looked after and well looked after, but their needs will be supplied on the basis of the living conditions of those in the -country municipalities, who put up the money, and not on the basis of either union wages, standards of liv- ing, or hours of work, when work is available. It is believed that the administra- tion of relief by the •municipalities instead of by the Provincial Govern- ment, will effect a saving of over ten millions of dollars per year, and while we, in these days, .have learned to speak glibly of millions and billions, ten million dollars is real money. Anct we believe, too, that the mun- icipalities will accept -and live up to their responsibilities in •the admin- istration of relief. That no one will. suffer thereby, but on the other hand, the taxpayers at large ,.will benefit ,greatly by their administra- tion. • Years Agone Interesting items picked from The Expositor of fifty and twenty-five years ago. From The Huron Expositor of August 12, 1910 • (Rev. Dr. Stewart, of Clinton, has just completed his 32nd year as pas tor'of Willis Presbyterian Church. F. H. Walley sold his drug busi- ness in W!in)gham to• Mr. Hind, who has had charge of the business since Mr. 'Walley event to Seaforth. During the thunder storm which passed over Kirkton on Sunday af- ternoon, the barn belonging to Mr. Robert Creery was struck by light- ning and burned to the ground. Grand Bend held a great celebra- tion on Thursday last. All roads led to the beautiful resort where a base- ball game between Grand'•Bend and Parkhill called forth a great deal of interest. Music was given by Hen - sail Band and the •Dashwood Band. Messrs. W. Berry 8s Son, of Bruce - field, have sold their well known Stan- dard .heed stallion, "Electric B" to Mr. T. J. Berry, of .Hlensall, and Mr. Robt. Murdock of the same village has pur- chased from Mr. T. J. Berry, of Hen - eel', that magnif'ucent young stallion, "Sheth in Stamp:" During the recent storm the gable end of the Mennonite Church in Zur- ich was 'blown' in, •The first load of new wheat offer- ed on the -Exeter market was pur- chased by ,Mr. 'Seld'on last week, Dr. Quackenbush, of Blenheim, has purchased the handsome residence of Mr. Wim. Arnold, in Exeter. Hon. 'R. L. Borden, leader of the opposition in the Dominion House, will be in Seaforth on Sept. 26th. Four rinks of bowlers took part in the tournament in Goderich this week and were composed as follows: K. M. ,MMLean, Dr. Hugh H. Ross, W. McDougall and A. Wilson, skip; H. Hartry, A. E. Colson; G. E. Parkes and J. C. Greig, skip; D. J. McCal- lum, G. Stewart, .Y° Beattie and E. Bright, skip; We C. T. M'orson, J. Shine, W. G, Willis and J. M. Best, ski leer. J. C. Greig has leased. one of the stores, now occupied by W. Pick- ard & Son and will move there from the Oddfellow's block very soon., (Miss B. Moir has moved into her dwelling at the west side of the track in Hensall. Messrs. Charles Sills and Ed. Whit- taker, who were on the geological survey in the Cobalt country, have returned and relate some strange ex- periences. IMr. G. A. Sills has been awarded i he contract of a comple system of plumbing in the S'eaforth Collegiate. SKETCHES FROM A FARM HOUSE KITCHEN No. 5—We Got the Rain By Mrs. Paul Doig. IIt came at last, exactly the sort of rain that nobody wanted, not even the ducks. As a xesult, everything is down but the thistles and the wells. THEY are upl—the latter a good two feet. The better the stand of grain, the flatter it was laid, the grain growing on last year's "root" ground being levelled( particularly flat. "What did 1 tell you?" demanded the neigh(bor•'s hired man. "Didn't I tell you that we'd get a storm that would flatten everything as flat as -1-1?" (We have always been un- der the imipress}on that the topo- graphy of this locality is rollin ut never having been there we .m yy be mistaken). 'Rising Three and Eight Past were out in it all, the former clad only in a sun suit. They had been inspect- ing some fencing operations that were being carried on at the badly of the farm when the rain began in earnest. Rising Three ' could on no account be ,persuaded to take shelter in a hollow log. Whether he was afraid that he might meet a bear or skunk with a grouch he did not say. At any rate, he preferred to meet his troubles in the open. After the first five minutes the trees offered no shel- ter at all, so that all poor Rising Three could do was take it and say "Boo-oo-oo" at irregular intervals. When the team and wagon finally appeared in ethe lane it was a sorry spectacle. The horses plodded along with drooping heads, up to the fet- locks in the water that poured down the ruts• eight inches deep. And the three human beings on the wagon seat 1o)oked like nothing on earth„ IWe ourselves were marooned in the woodshed during the worst of it while we struggled with a refractory eave- trough that persisted in separating, just like a waist and. skirt, half- way up the stone wall above the wood that is supposed to be drying for next winter. And haw it did pour down those ean"e-troughs i'' It filled the cistern • From Tlie; Huron Expositor of August 14, 1885 The Kincardine Foundry Company has got the contract of building an iron bridge across the Maitland riv- er at Bali's, in the Township of Col- borne. One day last -week IMr. James Hog- garth, of Colborne, did some fast work by keeping up behind a reaper for one round, around a seven and one-half acre field, in moderately heavy fall wheat, binding every sheaf' and was ready for. th'e last sheaf 'be- fore it was off the table. Mr. 'John Miller, formerly of Clin- ton, met with a very serious accident while helping at a barn raising near Harriston. ,He was at the top of the bean 'when he was struck on the head with a rafter which knocked him, and he fell 27 feet, but as the board's were temporary the spring in them saved his life. air. John Govenlock, of McKillop, recently sold one of his thorough- bred Collie pups for $10. Mr. Vim. Mackay has purchased two Tots off the east end of the Vol - mar property, facing the big mill, and has let the contract to. Messrs. Sleeth & Lee. for the erection of a new residence. Mr, John Robb is )having a neat •and comfortable residence erected .on his lot north of the Public •School, Sea - forth. Men are now busily engaged in lay- ing the new asphalt bicycle track on the new recreation grounds, Sea - forth, and it is expected the work will be completed this week. It will cost about $500. One of the oldest residents of Hib- bert passed. away in the person of Mrs. Agnes :1I'cDou,gali on Monday morning in her 93rd year. Her hus- band, .John" McDougall, died in May of the tame year in his 94th year. Mr. John Hewitt, of, Walton, has just completed a comfortable frame residence on his farm in McKillop. Among those who are erecting new barns this season are: Joseph Love, 17th concession, Grey; James Wil- liamson, same line; Mx. Thomas Den- njson, 14th concession, McKillop, and Henry Hamilton, of the 14th, has raised his barn and put stone stab- ling underneath, Master John Pollard, son of Mr. Richard Pollard, Leadbury, 8 years old this year, cut 25 acres of wheat with a Massey harvester. The rust has injured the spring wheat in all districts and many are feeding it for fodder. Turnips are (icier* well and the potatoes will be an abundant crop. Twenty -four and a half acres of floor space are found beneath the roof of the combined Coliseum, Horse Palace and. Live Stock Pavilion ac the Canadian National Exhibition. It is the biggest unit in the world de- voted to the purpose. There is one chance only to see the Military Tattoo at the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition and 'tlhat is on Sat- urday night, Aug. 241h, New feabures will be introduced and there will be an increase in the number of massed bands. The pageant "Zodia" does nut get its) premiere until 'Mtonday night, August 26th. and the boiler' and the barrel and overflowed into the back kitchen un- til' the boards that floor it floated: (There is a tongue -twister for any- one who goes in for that sort :of thing). We were not expecting any such deluge as descended upon is so un- expectedly. The first few raindrops we ignored. "Oh, it's just a passing cloud." The drops increased in. size and velocity, and in ten minutes the creek, which for two weeks had been only a stagnant pool at the Little Bridge, was doing a ;very good imi- tation of the Mississippi overflowing its banks. It rose high enough to carry .one of the Seven Year Old's oxfords down stream, which had been left on the bank while he took one of his five daily dips. The quality of these daily dips will be greatly im- proved by the recent "heavy rain, it having. been the custom of the off- spring to go in bathing in the mud hole 'at the Little Bridge, which is also the habitat of a snapping tur- tle and a million (blood suckers. (If these have a zoological name, we do not know it). 'We have been expecting one of said offspring to come loping up to the house minus a great toe, but so far this tragedy has been averted. With the creek running again the blood- suckers have been swept down stream and the family no longer emerges with four suckers per square foot pf carcass and 80 per cent. dirtier' and muddier than when they went in. Total result of the rain: It helped the gardens, the roots and the wells. It doulbled the ;work of the farmer when he cuts his grain; it wet a lot of hay that was still out, and it in- jected new "wim and wigor" into the wild carrot, the burdocks, =the• thistles and the bindweed. This was quite unneeeseary, these pests being al- ready full of lusty life. On the whole we are of the opin- ion that the Weather Man need not be quite so enthusiastic the nexttime Le breaks a dry spell: Seen in the County Papers Eight Phone Poles Mowed Down By Car A coupe owned and driven by Mr.. MacAstocker, son-in-law of Mr. C. E. Allison, of town, took qfl eight tele- phone poles and guy wires when it . was crowded off No. 8.1iighway. Mr. 'MacAstoeker received deep lacera- tions to the 'back of his scalp and across his forehead and also suffered. ed serious concussion of the brain,— Goderich 'Star. Mustard Coal Co. Get School Contract. The (Mustard Coal Company was given the contract for supplying coal: to Central School for the coming: term at a committee meeting of the Public School Board on 'Thursday ev- ening. Applications for the contract were made by tender. A carload of Redjac'ket Slack was ordered for Vic- toria School.—Goderich Star. Bowling Jitney The usual Monday evening bowl- ing jitney was held . at the greens with the followings winners: "1st, J. Logan; 2nd, ,D. 'O. Ross; 3rd, 'W. Kerr; 4th, C. Baeker. — Brussels Post. Dynamite in Coal Pile Whine loading the GoderichSalt Company's truek at the coal yard at the haribor on Monday, J. E. Huckins discolvered a stick of dynamite, ap- -. parently unloaded with the last cargo i of coal from) Toledo. The dynamite was capped, but was damaged so that there was no danger of its exploding. Mr. Huckins, after exhibiting the ex- plosive to a few persons that were • present, threw it in the harbors—God- erich 'Signal. Passes in Tacoma, Wash. Word was received here by her sister, of the death on Saturday, July 27th, of Miss IMina Dunbar,, at Tacoma, Wash. The body of the late Miss -Dunbar is being brought home for burial which will take place from the home of her sister, Mrs. Peter Lamont. ' The deceased was well and favorably known here where she liv- ed for some time. --Brussels Post. Tei in,,Severed in Accident tanfor,`i • Watson of town suffered a pa'nen F accident on Monday morn- ing when some tendons of his left arm were severed, necessitating re- mov-al to the Stratford General Hos- putel where he was confined for a day undergoing an operation. His friends will be sorry to learn that as-, a result of this unfortunate accident he will be unable to work for about tie, months.—!Mitchell Advocate. -.Natural Gas in Huron Speaking ofefinanciai conditions the last five years, Mr. Ferris said the trouble was loss of confidence. There was plenty of money in the country if those who controlled it were not afraid to invest it. Goderich had ev- erything to attract industries, in- cluding a wonderful reservoir of na- tural gas "under out feet." The ad- yantag•es of 'natural over manufactur- ed gas were explained scientifically, end, said the speaker, "there is lots of natural gas in Huron County."— Gederlich Signal. Assists in Saving Couple From, Drowning Town Clerk Arthur W. Blowes, while in swimming at Grand Bend on Sunday noticed a man 'and his wife in difficulty just about 100 feet from the shore. The water was very rough; they had gone beyond their nepth and as they were holding on to each other both were in danger of :.crowning. Mr. Blowes and another man 'who was bathing reached the couple just in time to save them from drowning. After they had • been brought to shore the woman was in an unconscious condition and first aid methods sere resorted to for about ten minutes before she regained con- sc'iousness.—Mitchell Advocate. Court House Clock Gets New Face The clock in the tower of the Court House is being ' rouged and painted with the same care as a flapper ap- plies to her face after coming from a swim or before going to a dance. Two coats of aluminum have been applied to the four laces of the clock and with the hands plainted in black the time can be readily seen several blodks away. A circle of buff, with an inner band of copper, adorns the edges of the clock's circle, giving it an attractive appearance. When the building was painted fifteen years ago, the clock, it is said, did not re- quire attention but the pressage of time and exposure to all kinds of weather made the painting necessary at this time.—Goderich Star. A Runaway Truck A motor truck owned by the Grov- er Trucking Co., Melbourne, loaded with cattle for the Oakes' farm in Goderich Township, was parked at the main intersection, headed down Huron 'Street, on Saturday while the driver was having lunch. By some means the brakes slipped and the truelg started down the grade, gain- ing speed as it ran. It did not -go straight down the highway or it might have had a much longer free trip, but ran across the street, knocked the "Slow" sign from its moorings, struck and broke a Hydro pole and ran into a large maple tree, which stopped its course. The truck was not damaged 'sufficiently to prevent it being driven on •and the load of cattle were quite unhurt. But the result might have been much worse under other circumstances.— Clinton 'News -Record, .( JUST A SMILE OR TWO "'I don't .see Charlie half as much as I used to." "You should ave ,married him when you had a chance." "I did!" • happened when the boss caught you reading a novel instead of doing your work?" " "1 last my place, of course." "The clothes my tailor makes• last fox years. Look at that blue serge suit of mine. ,That's an example." "Yes, a shining example," •, • "Whai is a budget?" "Well, It Is a method of worrying before You spend instead of ., after- wards." :SUNDAY_AFTERNOON ••" • (By Isabel Hamilton, Goderich,'Ont.) ' • Work, for the night is coming; Work through the morning hours; Work while the dew is sparkling; Work 'mid springing flowers; Work while the day grows brighter, under the glowing sun;' Work, for the night is coming, When man's work is done. L. Goghill. PRAYER We would consecrate ourselves to do Thy will, to practise Thy laws of life, and thus t6 serve Thee, 0 God. A men. —Selected. S. S. LESSON FOR AUGUST llth Leson Topic—Daniel (Temperance arid Health). Lesson Passage—Daniel 1:8-20. Golden Text—I' Corinthians 6:19. Daniell_ was of noble, perhaps royal, descent, and was caeried off, in the reign of Jehoiakim, into exile. by Ne- buchadnezzar. With three other He- brew wouths,he was, Eby command of the king, selected for his comeliness of person and -talent, to receive spe- c:al training for service at court. He became a conspicuous personage in the realm, and was promoted by theJ king to be ruler over the whole prov- ince of Babylon, and chief of the gov- ernors over all the wise men of Babylon. During t h e subsequent reign of Belshazzar be seem,s•to have withdrawn into retirement, from which he was summoned to the im- pious feast which just preceded the overthrow of that •monarch. In the subsequent reigns of Darius and Cyrus he held high office, and in the former was the most distinguished in the kingdom, next to the king. In addition to his great prosperity, three prominent features in his life are to be noticed: (1) His devotion to principle. IHe began his career by refusing to partake of that which he had been taught to regard as unclean. "But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: there- fore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself." The temptations of pre- ferment and 'court favor could not corrupt him. He would have perish- ed in the furnace rather than have 'bowed down to the golden image; in- deed, he was thrown into the den of lions for refusing to comiplyy with an injunction forbidding for tlhirty days prayer to teod. (2) His distinguished wisdom. He 'was known above all the magicians and astrologers of the realm for skill in interpreting visions and dreams (verse 20). To this he added practical knowledge of state- craft. (3) His fearlessness. He hesitated net to convey to Nebuchad- nezzar the news of God's purpose to abase him'—"And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass ov- er thee, until thou know that the, Most High reileth in the kingdom of men, and giveth "it~=to whomsoever he will" (4:3e). It took great dar- ing and holy courage to deliver such a message to a royal personage; yet Daniel was 'fully convinced in his own mind that it was better to fear God than man, even a king. Then on a later occasion the same high courage was seen when in the• pres- ence of the royal revellers he inter- preted the handwriting on the wall to Belshazzar and said to him, "God Lath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. Thou art weighed•!ri the balances and are found wanting. Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the :1edes and Persians" (5:26-28). Daniel's life bears a strong-resem- 'blance to that of Joseph, who, also an exile, acquired the ,highest digni- ties at a foreign court, and gave one ret the most conspicuous illustrations of fidelity to God under the most trying temptations. (Condensed from the Encyclopaedia of Religious Knowledge). WORLD MISSIONS This Co-ed Smoking The Meldlesex School Trustees' and Ratepayers' Association meeting in London last January had a record attendance. The ending part of this Association's title gives it an added authority to have its finding receive clue attention. The president, Mr, McGill, Glencoe, evidently a man of convictions and not afraid to express them, was stirred to protest the provision made for a co-ed smoking room at the Western IJniversity, Londen, Ont. To repeat his 'viewpoint; "How long ago is it we were in- formed that the co-eds had to have a smoking room at Western Universi- ty? The co-eds at Western will some day be coming out as teachers. The people of Middlesex should show their disapproval of smoking co-eds by re- fusing to hire them, or have anything to do with them. "After all character means more than education." "ll,e position taken 'by this organ- ization found prompt support by the ratepayers of Union S. S. No. 17, Mesa Township, at a specially called meeting A resolution was adopted recommending that Ontario's public and high schools refuse to engage as teachers ,co-eds who smoke. Naturally this new -smoking frater- nity has expressed indignation as a result of this criticism. , The •vital point made in the University Gazette is not the discrimination against girl teachers smoking but against the tol- eration of the habit in men teachers. One of the most powerful influences is that of a teacher over the youth- ful mind in the formative period of life, and it would be, not only "just as well," but vastly better if the teachers of either sex refrained from this, to say the least, harmful physi- cal habit. However, two wrongs never make a right. +In addition, it is not only a great disappointment to many par- ents, but a positive shock to distover that th'e promising students of the 1 • T c 2 2 i x a 1 a t 3 s 2 1 t 7. 5 s t r k e 1 t home have gone to the University. to - learn to smoke. A look into the future' physical ef- fects of nicotine indulgence may be e (erred by a backward glance of only 101 years. The oldest inhabitant of Western Ontario, when celebrating the unusual event of a 101st birtheey, and still taking a keen interest in events of the day, gave the reasons for his longevity as wholesome food and absolute abstention from both tobacco and intoxicants.—From the Canadian White Ribbon Tidings. • f yw