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t I Vol. 54; No. 15. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1934 W. H. Thurston & Son, Proprietor* Theft Charge i Was Dismissed Prominent Ceylon Farmer I Charged With Theft Of Steer From Field THANK YOU! Steer Goes To Defendant Magistrate Spereman Stated Theft Charge Should Not Have Been Laid The editor would gr^catly appreciate a response from every subscribei whose subscription to this paper is in arrears. The amount that each de- linquent subscriber owes may seem small and trifling, but collectively it represents a very helpful working capital. Please make it a point to clear up as much as you can of this little indeJbtedness before the end o! September. Do it now and then you will be certain that it will not be overlooked. A case against Alex. S. Muir of Ceylon for the theft of n steer from George Campbell of Glenelg township was tried before Magistrate Speren- t of Owen Sound at Markdale Frifl y afternoon. The case against Mr ' Muir was discharged by the Magis- trate, who stated that under no stretch of the imagination could the charge be considered as theft and should not have been brought as a criminal action, but under the juris- diction of a civil coure. Under the ev- idence presented the Magistrate said he had no other course than to decide that the animal was Muir's, as several witnesses stated that the beast, taken by tho defendant had been clipped, while those of the plaintiff were not, the trimming corresponding to that on Muir's other cattle. â- On August 3rd Mr. Muir and his hired man, Sterling Whyte, took the former's steer from amongst Mr, Geo. Campbell's herd, after it had escaped fromMr. D. Stewart's pasture, were it had been with Mr. Muir's cattle. Mr. Campbell claimed the beast was his, but could not describe it to the satisfaction of the court that the steei Mr. Muir took was the one that the plaintiff had lost. Both claimed that their animal had a peculiar round mark around the right eye amid a white face, but one of Campbell's witnesses could not say whether or not the spot was broken with white which was the ease of the Muir animal. Magistrate Spereman was very much impressed with the evidence ol both Mr. Muir and Mr. Whyte and as Mr. Muir had been in communication with Mr. Campbell about a Ust steer and had made arrangements to visit the pasture farm, where the steer was located and taken home, so he could not see that Mr. Muir had committed any act of theft. The Magistrate asked "why didn't Campbell say something to Muir about a similar animal of his being in the field, when Mr. Muir enquired?" In order i- save further litigation between th' parties the Magistrate stated that ht could not see anything but that tht beast taken out of Campbell's fie'.c belonged to Muir. The case caused a ripple of e-Kcitc-- ment in the Ceylon district, whera iht defendant is highly regarded and no one considered him guilty of theft including Mr. Campbell, althouffh th. X charge had been preferred in that manner. Ten witnesses were called by the plaintiff, while thirteen wit- nessed for the defence. The court room was crowded, many spectators using the open windows in an effort to hear the evidence. Mr. F. G. McKay, Owen Sound, ap- peared for. the defence, while W. D. Henry, K.C., acted as prosecutor. Respected Citizen ill Many citizens will regret to learr of the serious illness of Mr. H. Down. For some time Mr. Down has been a sufferer and a few weeks ago his physician found it necessary to ampu- tate one of Mr. Down's toes and it did not heal as desired. Mr. Down is at present in Toronto where he is undergoing treatment The Advance voices the sentiment ol his many friends when it express s the hope that the treatment will be successful and that he will soon be restored to health. Two Injured Iq Maxwell Accident Ospr Durham Took Second Durham turned savagely against Kimiberley on Thursday last and took them for a convincing ride to the tune of 7-2, thereby taking a strangle-hold on their chanc«s of making the final games with Collingwood. Kimber- ley, however, has yet to be heard from in the third game, and they will be in there battling on Thursday at Mark- dale to eliminate Durham. Len Haines, Kimfeerley catcher, will be handicapped somewhat with an in- jured finger sustained at Durham. McLean pitched a splendid game for Durham and subdued the Kimb- erley nine to the extent of only two hits, while his teammates gathered in eleven for an easy win. Kintberley was tamed completely until the ninth inning when they connected with the ball sufficiently to score two runs and prevent a shut-out. Alonzo Smith, Kimberley ace, had an off day and his usually puzzling slants had no terror for Durham. He was touched for eleven hits, while his fellow-suf- ferers committeed five errors. Kimberley OOO 000 0O2â€" 2 2 B Durham 001 OH 0-ixâ€" 7 11 * ey Farmer Was Knocked Unconscious Harry Coirvoisier of the 8th Line, Osprey, was . severely injured early Friday morning at a threshing at the farm of Mr. Wm. Moffatt, a neigh- bor, when it is alleged that he was struck on the head with an iron bar by Jim Badgerow, an employee of Sherman Ottewell, thresher. Mr. Coirvoisier had been at the home of his father-in-law, Mr. Sam Hawkins, and on returning his brothers-in-law, Kendal and Kilboume Hawkins, came with him to attend the Moffatt threshing. On entering the Moffatt farm Kendal went into the orchard for some apples and the other two went towards the barn, passing the threshing engine, at which, it is said, Badgerow and Otte- well were working. According to information no words were spoken by either party. Kilboume was in the lead going up the gangway of the barn, which he entered, and secured his fork where it had been left the night before. When he tumed tow- ards the door it is said that he saw Coirvoisier on the ground and Bad- gerow standing over him, kicking him while holding the iron bar in his hand. The victim was unconscious for sev- eral minutes and sufefred a deep gash an the head, above the left eye. He was assisted to his home across the foad and Dr. Lindsay of Feversham dressed the wound, which required several stitches to close, and watched for any complications to develop. On Tuesday Mr. Coirvoisier was allowed hp for the first time and is improving nicely. The alleged assault is said to havt been brought about by a meeting be- tween Ottewell and Coirvoisier the evening before, when a fight ensued, the battle being continued the next marning. Another story is to the effect that Badgerow struck in self defence. Provincial Constable Siebert of Meaferd was called, but no arrest was made and a charge has not yet been laid against Badgerow. Severe injuries were received by Patrick Horrigan and Mrs. N. Heeney of Ayton when a car, in which they were riding, struck a truck, owned and driven by Stanley Smith, at the Buckingham Corner, one and a quar- ter miles east of Maxwell on Friday evening. Rev. Brother Arnold of Toronto, driver of the car, Miss Mary Horrigan and Mrs. D. Ryan, both ol Ayton received bruises and were also badly shaken up. The injured wert removed to a house nearby and Dr. Lindsay of Feversham treated the wounds and ordered Mr. Horrigan and Mrs. Heeney to the Durham hos- pital, where they were taken by an ambulance. The party was returning from a visit to the Martyrs' Shrine at Mid- land, when coming down the grade towards the corner they crashed into a truck driven by Stanley Smith of Feversham and carrying a load of wood. It is said that Smith had stopped at the corner and had started slowly across the road when the cai suddenly shot down the hill from the east. The left rear fender of the car caught the bumper of the truck, turned the truck towards Maxwell and itself turned over one or twice and landed on its wheels at the side of the road. The top and rear portion were damaged considerably, while the bumper of the truck was torn off and other minor damages sustained. Provincial Constable Siebert ot .Meaford conducted an investigation, but as yet no charge has been laid against either of the parties. CANADIAiN WOOL CROP Canada uses about four million pounds of wool recovered from rags every year, in addition to her own domestic clip and imported supplies. The wool grown in Canada provides only about one-third of the require- ments of the Canadian textile indus- try, so that the Dominion imports annually about eight million pounds of clean raw wool and twelve million pounds of yarn and other semi-manu- factures of wool. On the other hand on an average about one-third of the wool grown in Canada is exported. New Creamery In View For some time the Board of Trade of Flesherton has been moving to- wards securing a creamery for the village, and several creamery men have been looking into the matter. Although nothing definite can be an- nounced we are in a positiian to stat.- that arrangements are nearing a slimax. We hope to have a definit . announcement for next week's issue Large Window Broken A large plate glass show window in Mr. F. H. W. Hickling's store was smashed last week when hit by a stone from a passing truck. Mr. A. C. Muir had his truck parked near the store and was moving away on low gear when a tire flipped a loose stone on the pavement with such foi'ce against the large pane as to shatter it considerably. Mr. Hick- ling had the window insured so his loss will not be very heavy. A Small Boy's Letter On The Toronto Fair Child KiUed By Truck Florence Elvie Dobie, 7 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Dobie of Derby was killed when hit by a truck while on her way to school. Add one more to the victims of this modern juggernaut. The driver was held blameless. PoinU On Hog Feedin« The big thing for the hog feeder to keep in mind, according to the Dominion Animal Husbandman, is "the feeder needs the frame but the packer wants tha finish;" and the ideal type which sells as the "select" bacon hog must have both. Grow the frame first. Never feed more than pigs will clean up; overfeeding, par- ticularly of heavy or unbalanced ra- tions, causes unthriftiness which, in turn, is the common cause of short, thick pigs. For the first four months the pig should clean his trough and look for more. , ' Still, an airplane doesn't try to butt a train off the track. Campbell- Jones A quiet, but pretty, wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Jones, Bluevale, Ont., on Sat- urday, September 8th at 11 a.m., when their eldest daughter, Lavina Caroline, became the bride of Mr. Gladwyn Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Campbell of Maxwell, Ontario. The (ceremony was performe'd by Kiev.. Vallance Robb of Bluevale, under an arch of evergreeens, prettily decorated with pink and white streamers. The Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin was played by a friend of the bride, Miss Donna Smith of Bluevale. The bride was becomingly attired iji a blue-grey swagger suit with navy and white accessories, and car- ried a bouque of mixed flowers and was given in marriage by hei father. Miss Mary Jones acted as her sister's bridesmaid, and wore a dress of pale blue silk crepe with matching accessories. The groom was supported by his cousin, Mr. Cecil Hayes of Ma.xwell. During the signing of the register Miss Donna Smith sang "I Love You Truly," accompanied by Mrs. Robb. After the ceremony the guests sat Jown to a very dainty wedding lun- cheon. The groom's gift to the bride was a purse; to the bridesmaid a neckface and to the groomsman, cuff links, the organist receiving a lovely compact. The good wishes of a host of friends were expressed by many beautiful gifts, among them a silver tea service. Early in the afternoon, amid show- ers of confetti, the bridal couple left by train far St. Marys, Stratford and other points, and on their return will reside on the groom's farm near Mclntyre, Ont. PAVINGFINISHED Paving of the ten foot strip be- tween Flesherton and Dmndalk is fin- ishing this Thursday morning with the completion of the section north of the cemetery, where the road sank three years ago. Immediately on the completion the King Paving Co. will commence levelling the remainder of the road, fittlkig it for traffic. No further word has been received from the Department of Highways for the paving of the second half of the road, so it is not likely to be dont this year, and if not now, it will be a few years before it will be completed. Montgomery-Long A very pretty wedding was solemn- ized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Long at Feversham on Saturday September 15th, when their daughter Zella Gertrude, was united in mar- riage to Mr. Harry Russel Montgom- ery, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Mont- gomery of Dun 'alk, Rev. A. E. Baker of Dundalk ol'.'iciating. The cere- mony took place under an arch trim- med with pink and white, banked with asters and gladioli. The bride, who was given in mar- riage by her father, wore a gown ol pale pink mouseline de sole, her vei) being of blush pink silk tulle, arranged in cap effect and caught at the back with orange blossoms. She carriea an arm bouquet of Ophelia roses ano lily-of-the-valley. The bride and groom were unattended. Miss Vera Fletcher, cousin of the bride, played the wedding march. The young couple left by motor for Montreal and points east, the bride travelling in a brown marvona suede wool suit, with silver fox fur and ac- cessories to match and on their re- turn will reside in Dundalk. Irish Can Grow Spuds iMr. Thos. Taylor of town has been diggihg his potatoes. One day last week he dug seven that collectively weighed ten pounds and more than filled a 6-quart basket. These were taken to Toronto by a traveller just to show the Queen City people what kind of spuds the Irish in Artemesia can produce. Egg Export Outlook Bright The outlook for egg exports t( Great Britain this fall continue- bright. The bulk of the exports wil. not start to move until October. With the storage stocks less than a yeai ago, the outlook for the egg market during the winter continues very fav- orable. Farmers are appreciating more and more the fact that poultry is providing a profitable route tkrough which they may market some of theii surplus grains. DUCK SEASON OPENED Duck hunting opened on Saturday with the closing of the trout fishing season. A number of hunters were out, but were not successful in secur- ing very many ducks. ^ , > <»». Splendid Crtps A letter from Mr. Horace Hurlburt of Peace River, Alta., formerly of Kimberley informs The Advance that they have had wonderful crops this year. Yields of 100 bushels of oats and between 50 and 60 busheLt of wheat are recorded. Threshing is well advanced. Well, a little frost tangs tjp the pumpkin for the pie. Away back in the early, early eighties a small boy from a small Ontario village went with his mother on an excursion to see the Toronto Fair, alias Provincial Exposition, alias Canadian National Exhibition At his father's request he writes his elderly uncle in Englnd a story ot the event, as follows: "Wake up! Get up, Eddie!" Eddie drowsily opened his eyes a little wee bit, then frowned and squirmed over to his other side as he grumbled "Oh, pshaw, what you want to bother me so early for, it's hardly daylight?" "Tut, tut, don't talk like that. This is the day we go to the Toronto Fair.'' Say, uncle, you'd think a hundred springs were let loose (I mean steel springs, not the kind you drink out of) the way Eddie's eyes opened wide and he sprang up like a jack-in-the- box. "Oh, mom, you bet I'll hurry.' "sh-h-h! Don't wake Mr. Doll.' Mr. Doll is the watchmaker and jeweller, and he stays at our place and sleeps in my room, because there i is no boarding house in our village, I but the hotel. He is a young Ger- man and has no friends and I guess pa and ma think they wouldn't like their boy to have to live and work in a strange village, with no friends and no home except a hotel, even if it was .good and quiet like iMunshaw's. I am writing in this style because it sounds more like a .story â€" besides it doesn't have so many staring "I's' (I made that joke.) Eddie gi-abbed his stockings which as usual, were crossed on top of his clothes neatly piled on his bedpost, and soon was dressed. Breakfast was over quickly â€" too quickly for what happened to the hard boiled egg ['11 tell you when I come to that. Charlie soon had Simon (he's the horse) hitched to the buggy and took Eddie and his mother to the station. Alas, for the hard-^boiled egg Eddie was to eat on the train! It was not boiled hard enough, and I guess three in a buggy is a crowd, for when he put his hand in his pocket, it got into a fine mess â€" scrambled eig%. Luck- ily it wasn't the pocket where he kept his hanky. Mr. Meldruim â€" he's the station master, and has a long white beard like Moses, and leads the sing- ing in the Presbyterian church â€" well he took Eddie into a little room, like a kitchen, and his ma soon had his pocket clean. After a while the train whistled and soon could be seen puffing big gobs of smoke as it came around the curve and up the grade from Snell's crossing, like crawling out of a hole. (A grade is a kind of low hill.) Nothing happened for a long time on the train, but Eddie .missed the Q%S, but at the Y at Caledon they loaded up the tender with more wood and water for the engine. I suppose you just buTn coal on your engines. Perhaps they loaded too much foi lo and behold, the front truck broke down while going over a frog (not a Bull frog, but a kind of big iron that joins the rails.) They had to jack «â- ? the engine and it took so long to repair they were afraid the regular train â€" ours was a special- would catch up before we reached Toronto, but it didn't. , Eddie and his ma were in time for the arrival of the Marquis of Lome and Princess Louise â€" ^he's our new Governor-General. I guess Eddie's ma must have looked like a duchess, because when they came to the Quaen's hotel they walked right up stairs, across the hall and out onto the front balcony and nobody said booh! The balcony, which was jammed full, looked down a short street called Lome, which led from the railway tracks to Front Street, and had tiers and tiers â€" that's rows â€" of seats on each side for five hund- red school children, a choir led by Prof. iVjrrington. A wide carpet reached from the railway, right to the hotel steps and pretty soon up it there marched two braw Highland laddies skirling (that's playing) their bagpipes, and swinginK their kilts and sporons as they led the royal party. The children rose in a mass, the girls dressed in white, waving their hankies, and the boys, waving small union jacks, and all cheering at the top of their voices. As the royal party ascended the hotel steps all joined in singing "God Save the Queen.'' Our two friends made their way to a friend's place on Bond Street. She Apple Ontput Reduced Early varieties of apples, which account for approximately 25 per cent of the commercial crop in Ontario, yielded almosts up to normal. The production of late varieties is most severely reduced due to winter-killing of most exceptional proportions and to frost damage at blossom time. The estimated commei-cial output of apples in Ontario is 320,000 barrels this year as compared with 1,068,700 barrels in 1033. Exports of apples from On- tario, which attained a record volume of more than 500,000 barrels last sea- son, are not expected to ex;.eed 75,000 barrels this season. Early apples were in good demand and prices re- ceived were considerably higher than for a number of years. Domestic prices of certain late varieties ot apples may lift some of these varieties out of the potential export category, and in this event exports from Ont- ario may be considerably below rj.OOO barrels. seemed glad to hear about their ad> ventures and invited them to have lunch. Eddie was glad â€" and hungry for he missed the egg. After lunch they set out for the fair in a car that runs on rails and is drawn by two horses, and which took them west on Queen St. to Strachan Ave. From there they had to walk dowTi Strachan over the tracks by a bridge on the way to the gates, when what do you' think happened? Right on top of the bridge they met the Marquis and Princess in a big open carriage, driving back from opening the Fair and changing it from the Toronto Fair to the Provincial Expos- ition. Well, Eddie's ma waved her handkerchief and the Princess smiled as they both bowed. Eddie's ma thinks perhaps they remembered seeing them on the balcony at the Queen's and heard Eddie cheering. Soon as they got into the grounds there were a lot of pumps and wind- mills and things right outside, but no one would steal them. Then in the stables and pens were horses, cattle, pigs and sheep, like what you see in pictures at home, but didn't know they were real. In the main building, called the "Crystal Palace," beoause its walls and roof are mostly glass, there were things to make Eddie's eyes pop out. In the centre on a high platform was an orchestra â€" that's a kind of band where they have a lot of fiddles, little ones and great big ones, instead of cornets and horns, and they don't play "after time" like in the village band. And u«pstairs â€" they call that the gallery â€" there was more music played on a lot of glass tumblers with water in them. The man just dipped his finger-tips in the water and rubbed them around on the tops of the tumbers and it sounded like glass bells chiming. You tune the glasses by adding more water or pouring it out. There were hundreds of butterflies and beetles ip glass cases. Eddie's ma preferred to see the quilts and needlework. Out on the lawn they had nine-pounderâ€" that's a kind of cannon you can hitch horses to. They were firing out into* the lake about half a mile at an old stone hooker-^that's a kind of two- masted schooner that gathers flat stones. It was smai-t to see how snappily the different gunnens did (Continued on Page 4) •*•««••*• I .Ji.:;:-.~:msar;