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i''. VOL. 55; XO. 51. WEDNESDAY, MAY 11. 1936 \\. H. THURSTON & SON, Proprietors i Bill To Abolish Hanging Sent Over To Next Session It has b«en a broken week. The Commons did not sit on Thursday (Ascension Day), nor will it on Mon- day, May 25th. There were members in all parties who wished to have no holiday in order that the session might quickly be brought to a close or to eliminate the Friday sitting. However, the Government has a maj- ority of 110 so their diciaion stands. Budget items occupied most of the week and they certainly do not form the basis for an interesting article. The Finance Minister, Mr. Dunning, is in charge of the schedule and, as is usual when detailed knowledge on many subjects is required by a Min- Committee would study th« matter further. The d«bate was carried further with Mr. Bennett taking the view that in this age there is a danger of us be- coming "victims of maudlin aeoti- mentalityj." His reading induced him to believe that hanging is much | more effective as a deterrent than any i other form of execution. He advo- ; cated it because it is an ignominious form of death. Mr. Woodsworth followed to say that it was once the practice in Great Britain to hang people for sheep- i stealing, for robbery, and for a hun- j dred other offences but that the prac- • tjce had not deterred crime and had been given up except as punishment : for major crimes of which murder ; was one. He recalled to the leader of' the opposition that in Britain crim- inals had once been boiled in oil, drawn and quartered, but Britain had given up such barbarities. Hanging, he said, still persisted in England, it ister, two experts sit immediately in, ^^ j^^^_ ^ut there Cmmittees of the front of his desk in the House to.g^j^j^j^ g^^^^ ^f Commons, have pro- supply the information that members may request. One of these experts on budget matters was H. B. McKin- non, formerly of Priceville, of whom Grey County people are very justly proud. Mr. Bennett, the leader of the of- ficial opposition, sits almost e-xactly opposite Mr. Ehinning and in dealing with matters of a detailed character, like tariff items, they have the habit of carrying on in low tones inaudible to most of the house. We did hear, however, that municipalities are to be exempt from sales tax on gravel used for roads and sidewalks; also that publishers of periodicals will get 50 per cent, rebate on their raw mat- erials as well as having their sup- plies free from sales tax. The foxes of Prince Edward Island were honored by being the subject of one of these chatty debates between Mr. Dunning and Mr. Bennett. It had to do with freeing their â€" I mean the foxes' â€" food from tariff levies. As it is now, horse meat, tripe, and other animal offal, tid-bits in Fox Land, are to come in free, as are also feeds consisting wholly, or in part, of cereals, not including baked bis- cuits. It seemed odd to hear the Finance Minister, whom we still think of as coming from the West, say: "I find that while it is true the Province which I have the honour to represent produces the finest foxes in the Dom- inion - - -" Mr. Bennett: ".And the finest oats and wheat, I suppose." "- - And is the Province in which the commercial development of the industry was first commenced; it is also true that Prince tested against it and have advocated other methods. One member, Mr. Wilton of Hamilton, had witnessed a hanging while engaged on newspaper work some years ago and he took a strong stand agfainst hangring as a method of execution. National Defence estimates occu- pied one sitting. I made anotherâ€" I think the eleventh â€" attempt, to have the cadet training vote reduced. This year I asked that the 1150.000 grant be reduced to $1.00 and was supported by the seven C.C.F. members. Mr. Coldwell. the member for Rosetown Biggar. was for many years principal of Regina Public School. He ex- pressed the opinion that physical training after the Swedish system was desirable. It had nothing of a military character and does much more to develop a healthy body than cadet drill does. He thought, too, that military training in schools does not develop initiative and sefct-cie- lince, but rather the opposite. In certain places, Mr. Coldwell said, cadet drill is made more or less com- pulsory. He told how his own son who did not wish to take military drill when attending one of the Col- legiates in Regina. was puni;<hed each time the corps drilled by being com- pelled to sit on a form and watch the cadets. He told also of being in- structed, when he was principal, to e.xcuse no boy from military drill un- less they were physically unfit. He challenged the ruling and was upheld in it by the Saskatchewan Department of Education. This was the first occassion where definite proof was Will Lay Pavement On Highway 10 Announcement was made Tuesday by Mr. F. R. Oliver M.L.A., that the! Department of Highways had finally made a decision to pave the road be- tween Flesherton and Dundalk to the full twenty foot width. Two years ago a single strip of pairement ten' feet wide, was laid on the west side of the highway for six and a half miles. This strip is dangerous for motor traffic, hence the decision for the extra paving. .\ fuU width pavement will be laid between Mark- dale and Berkeley this summer and this will allow the next section from Berkeley to Chatsworth to be paved in one season. During the past week the County Road Committee, under the supervi- sion of H. .\. McCauley. has been treating the County highway system to a coat of calcium cUoride to lay the dust so that motorists may enjoy their motoring and home owners will not have their houses invaded by dust storms. Five carloads of cal- cium were distributed from this station. McLEANâ€" LOUGHEED A quiet but pretty wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Lougheed, Singhampton, on Sat.i May 23rd at 12 o'clock noon, when their eldest daughter, Jessie .A.mi, waS; united in marriage to John Brown, ^ only son. of Mr. and Mrs. -Allen Mc- Lean of Feversham, Rev. .A.. D. Leh- man of the Mennonite Church offic- iated. The bride looked charming in a gown of wiiite flat crepe with corsage of pink roses and was attended by Miss Lillian Essland of Rob-Roy who wore pink and white crepe; Mr. Law- rence Lougheed attended the groom. while Miss Helen Lougheed played the wedding march. The room was taste- fully decorated with pink and white streamers, the table was. centred with a three story wedding cake. During the register signing, Mrs. (Rev) Leh- man sang "0 Perfect Love." .A buf- fet luncheon was served by the Misses Mary and Pear! Monaghan and Helen Lougheed. and the happy couple left amid showers of confetti for a motor trip to Niagara and other points. TJie bride travelled in a suit of grey rough Crepe with matching acc- essories. On their return they will reside at Feversham. LEST WE FORGET! STEWARTâ€" SHERRICK .A.S intimated in last week's issue! of The .\dvance the Memorial Com- 1 mittee has pleasure in announcing thei undermentioned subscriptions to the; Fund to date. Further amounts will be announced- weekly as received. The proposed Memorial is intended | to include the names of those from the township of .Artemesia who made the, supreme sacrifice as well as those from the village of Flesherton as al- 1 ready stated in a former ".Advance" article on the subject. SUBSCRIPTIONS Remembrance Day Collection 1935 I 22 25 Patriotic Fund 44 Mrs. C. E. McTavish 5 .Audrey McTavish â-  5 05 00 00 given the Minister of National De- Edward Island foxes are now found if y^..^ ^^at coercion had been used, practically from coast to coast and are| Manv members spoke in favour of used for foundation stock for an in- 1 the vote being increased, among them dustry growing in almost all parts Mrs. Black and the Hon. Earl Law- son, of Canada." We find, too, in lis.tening to a dis- cussion of tariff items under the bud- K veteran of the Great War. Mr. Grant McNeil, C.C.F. member for Van- get, that baby chicks are free of duty' e^uver North, said it was time for when imported from Great Britain. Canada to stop spending millions of (Would they be broilers when they arrive?) But chicks coming from U. S. A. carry a specific duty of 4c per dollars on a militia. .\s it stands to- day, there are only seven men to every officer, although 24 to 1 was the war- Dan McTavish 5 00 Dorothy McTavish 5 00 Stewart McTavish 5 00 C. H. E. McTavish 5 00 A. McCauley 10 00 G. A. McTansh 10 00 .\ pretty spring wedding cook place on Saturday. May the sixteenth at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ord E. Sher- rick of Detroit, Michigan, when their only daughter. Helen, was united in marriage to Mark Snowden, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart of Flesh- erton. Ontario. The Reverend E. B, Stair officiated. The house was tastefully decorated with lily of the valley and tulips. The bride, who was given in mar- riage by her father, was becomingly gowned in powder blue lace and wore a shoulder corsage of gardenias. Miss Irene Stewart, sister of the groom WTis her only attendant and wore flowered chiffon with shoulder corsage of sweet peas and roses. Mr. Everett Sherrick was grooms- xoxa. kx. the reception which followed, the guests were received by the bride's mother wearing a gown of beige lace. Later Mr. and Mrs. Stewart left by motor on their wedding trip. They will reside in Pontiac. Michigan. New Assessments In Grey County The much-talked of report of the Special Committee of the Grey Coun- ty Council, in connection with pre- paring an ""equalized assessment" of; the various towns and townships with- â- â-  in the county, has at last been prepar- â-  ed and only awaits the pleasure of the ' County Council representatives who meet in Owen Sound the first week in ' June, as to whether the proposed plan 13 adopted or not. Under the new' layout, Normanby again takes the lead with a proposed assessment of $2,- 005>.000 a decrease of about 120,000 ' from that in effect in June 1935, Both -Artemesia and Osprey town- ships show a decrease, the former of $142,500 and the latter $147,500, while Flesherton's assessment has beer. . raised $56v260, which necessitated an increase of property in the village to keep the rate at a proper level. Glen- elg township shows a decrease, while Proton township has oeen recommend- ed for a decrease of $390,000 in their assessment. The table of figures is as follows : : Municipality 1335 sched. Proposed! Per by-law 1935 .As'sm'ts 1 Artemesia .... $1,417,500 $1,275,000; Bentinck 1,470.000 1.500.000 Derby 1425,000 1.195,000 Egremont l.&JO.OOO 1,500.000 Coiiingwood ... 1.687.500 1.740.0OO Euphrasia I.i587.500 1.725.000 St. Vincent ... 1,725.000 1.710.iWO Glenelg 975,000 905,000 Holland -. 1,143.750 1.100,000 Keppel 1.012.500 1.250.0OO .Normanby 2.025,000 2,006.000 Osprey 1.387,500 1JJ40.000 Proton 1.660.000 ljJ60,0OO, Sarawak 236,500 300,000 Sullivan 1.800,000 1.680.00) Durham 406,000 515,000 Hanover S2S,0OO 1,140,000 Meaford 750,000 940,000 Thombury 217,500 300.000 Chatsworth .... 101.250 20,000 I Dundalk 213.750 270.000 Flesherton 123.750 180,000 Markdale 251,260 2»5,0OO Nenstadt 127,500 165,000 Shallow Lake .. 75,000 40.000 Totals â- â- - $26,137,500 $26,110,000 Late Mrs. S.E.Cudniore The funeral of the late Mrs. S. E. Cudmore, who passed away at her home in Montreal, was held on Thurs- day, May 14th, Rev. C. A. Dickson^ associate pastor of Erskine and -â- Amer- ican United Church, an oW friend and neighbor, conducted the service at th* D. .\. Collins funeral ciiapel and cem- etery, assisted by Rev. E. Bruce HaQ- ett, assistant pastor of 'Wesley United church of which deceased was a meia- ber. Interment took place in beaut- iful Mount Royal Cemetery. The principal mourners were h«r hus^3a.^d and four children: Helen IT, Marjorie 12, Douglas 10 and Donald 4, her mother. Mrs. W. .A. .\rmstrong, sister Laura (Mrs. H. M. Hyland) and brother Wesley and wife of Tojrontot The late Mrs. Cudmore was the elder 'laughter of late W. .A. and Jenni« .Armstrong and was bom in Flesherton January 3rd. 1893. She was united :.n marriage to S. E. Cudmore on Sept- ember 18, 19 IS taking up residence is Montreal for three years, when they returned to Flesherton and eventually hack to Montreal in 1927. 5he wa« very attentive to her family and her passing will leave a sad void. .\mong the beautiful floral tribute* that adorned the casket were token* of sympathy and affection from a host of friends, besides those from the Board of Directors of the Montreal Builders' Exchange ani the Daily Commercial News Jtatf. Evangelistic Services Evangelistic services will be held in the Gospel Worker's Cburch at Fev. ersham. commencing. Sunday. May 31. Sunday services 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m.» week night services, each night ex- cept Saturday night, at 3 o'clock p.m. Rev. E. J. Wilson of Kingston, Ont: will be the speaker. Come and en- joy the meetings. BORN MEGGnrâ€" On Monday, May 25, 1936, to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Meggitt, a dau«hter. Poor Haile Selassie may be Kingf of Kings hut that's aboirt all W^. F. H. W. Hickling 10 00 MORTONâ€" GORDON $126 25 SiAscriptions may be handed to G. .\. McTa%-ish. F. H. W. Hickling or the "-\dvance." Hanover Editor Dies chick. Importations under this item tj^,^ nation. Canada was spending have fallen from 942.000 chicks in' ^iujons, mostly for the benefit of of- 1980 to 2,900 last year. Mr. Wood.j fi^^s. or as he termed it, "a mUitary farm member from Brant County, or 1 aristocracy." He moved that the mil- rather a Liberal member who is a;itia vote be reduced by 11.000.000. farmer, defended the 4c charge on! 1^^ n,„tion was lost 62 to 11. At chicks on the ground of protection of: that he did three better than I. mine the health of Canadian flocks. It 'being 109 tn 8, was not, he said, a matter of revenue only, and yet the tax is not too great to permit importations from special flocks if necessary. A bill for the abolition of hanging as a method of execution was intro« duced earlier in the session by Dr, Blair, member for Wellington North. Mr. Lapointe at that time asked the mover to let the matter stand until investigation could be made of the effectiven€>s«s of lethal gas as a method for the execution of condemned per- sons. This week Mr. Lapointe made a report of what one of his officials found on a visit to the five States in the Uniti^d States which use tihis method. In Nevada. Ariiona, Color- ado, Wyoming and North Carolina, it was found that the process is not at all a complicated one, nor is it ex- pensive. There is only one place for execution in each State and there the guartWi carry out the death sen- tence; that is, it does not require the services of a technical expert. Mr. lApointe said they had communicated with the various Provinces but that Senator (?airine Wilson entertained for Mrs. Buchan, mother of the Gov- ernor-General, and her daughter Anne, known in the literary world as "O. Douglas". .â- V very interesting group of women came to have tea at Senator Wilson's beautiful home in Rockcliffe to meet these notable Scots. Mrs. Buchan is eighty-six years of age but deeply interested in every vital thing ami just now particularly in Canada and the work of her distinguished son. She has a fine face, strong, intelligent and kind. Her daughter told me that she is greatly enjoying her visit. 0. Douglas has been de- lighting Ottawa audiences with her speeches on literary subjects. Truly the Buchans are a remarkable family and it is a great privilegre to have them with Ufn. AGNES C. MACPHAIL House of Commons, Ottawa, May 22. 1936. That new cu.<<tom9 regulation al- lowing tourists in the U.S. to bring the Deputy Attorney General In each I back to Canada goods to the value of was reluctant to express an opinion $100 without paying any duty, is going and he asked Dr. Blair to allow the nintter to stand over to another ses- sion when, he sai^ a Parliamentary to encourage truthfulness in the people of this eountry more than kiss- ing the Bible in court eases. George H. Mitchell, editor of The Hanover Post for 30 years, died at his home on Wednesday of last week, in his 56th year. In company with Editor Mclntyre of Dundalk and Ed- iw>r Colgan of Markdale, we attended the funeral at Hanover on Saturday, in company with many other news- paper representatives from the district The deceased had made The Post one of the best weekly newspapers of Ontario and his untimely passing is regretted by all. .A quiet wedding took place on Sat- urday. May 23rd, at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. .A. Gordon. Eugenia, when their daughter, Hilda, became the bride of .\lbert Morton. The ceremony was per- formed by Rev. -\. Bushell. pastor of Eugenia United Church, before a number of the immediate relatives of the bride and groom. The bride was attended by Miss Betty Paul of Lang, Sask.. while Mr. Earl Gordon, brother of the bride, acted as grooms- man. The happy couple have the best wishes of a host of friends. They will reside at Novar. Ontario. LONDRYâ€" BOYCE HOW OBSIWCLES SHRINK L The English Channel was too wide for Napoleon to cross. .\11 he could do' was to stand on the French coast and look through a telescope at the white! cliffs of Dover. To cross the Channel was a three- hour journey by sailing-ship with a| good wind. ] Then came the fast steamship that crossed in an hour. To-day the areoplanes flash across in 10 or 12 minutes. The aeroplane pilots never speak of the "Channel.' They call it the "ditch." So, there are many obstacles in the business world that have shrunk since efficiency became known. It is now possible, for instance, to create a nation-wide demand for a new product in one day. through the use of advertising. â€" Efficiency Maga- zine. The marriage of Clara Bo>-ce. ; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Boyce. 4th line ..Artemesia to Mr. Clarence Londry son of Mr. Ridgwich Londry; of Osprey. took place at the Baptist! parsonage. Rev. Wolstencroft offic- â-  iating. The bride's dress was of pink bridal satin with accessories to match. .-Vfterl the ceremony the party repared to! the home of the bride's parents, where a reception was held for about thirty, guests. The dining room was decor- ated in pink and white for the occas- ion. The young couple left amid showers of rice. conf«rtti and good wishes, for a short honey-moon to Toronto. Going to New Zealand Mr. Wm. Wilson of East Windsor i will leave about July 1st for New j Zealard where he will assist in erec- i tjr.g necessary machinery for th-? manufacture of Ford cars. "Bill" will . be accompanied by his family and will \ likely remain in New Zealand for a [ three year term. He will visit his| home here the end of June, prior to ' his departure for the Orient. j Fire Damage Slight .\ bam owned by Mr. 0. W. Phillips I at the rear of his residence had a close call from being destroyed by ' fire Tuesday afternoon, when fire from a pile of chips caught on a pile of straw and was burning merrily p when discovered by Mrs. Phillips. .A., hurried call was made for help and a ; handy fire e.xtinguisher and plenty of! water soon had the blaze under eon- trol. Damage was done to the side of the barn which was charred from ; the flames. Due to the high wind at | the time a few moments more might! have caused considerable damage to | outlying property. It is quite evident that safety de-! posit bo.xes are not always what they are cracked up to be. , NOTICE Plotholders Flesherton Cemetery This year the Flesherton Cemetery Commission has commenced :i system of per- petual upkeep for the care of the plots in the Flesherton cemetery. Each full plot is beina: assessed 52 per year, to be charired a.sjaiust each plot, for the maintenance of the cemetery and upkeep of the irraves. Plotholders may pay- to the secretary of the Com- mission $35 for each full plot and SJl"" for each half plot for the maintenance of their plot in perpetuity, otherwise the 52 charvre will be imoosed Plotholders art tirj!e;" i j pay their S2 assessment <â- : t;ie amount for perpecnal tiiiii- tence to the Secretary at ciiCi. F. J. THl RSTON Secretery Flesnerton Cemetery Commission. VISITING P.\RENT.\L HOME Mr. and Mrs. Wilfreil McMaster and three children of Echo Place are visit- ing the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rot. McMaster. Mr. and Mrs. Harold McKeown and Mrs. Isaac McKeown of Toronto were week end visitors at the McMaster home. It's great to see the bl»oming dan- delions again â€" unless you own a lawn. Toronto's police department has been reduced by thirteen, proving that there are really times when that num- ber is unlucky. A 3 -\ct Plav "SAFETY FIRST' will be held in the Vandeleur School House Wednesday, June 3rd, 1936 in aid of the community rink. comme^cins: at 8.15 p.m. .\dmission : 25c Our Funeral Chapel SerHe* at N» Extra Cfcit«» .\ dienified oersonal fnneral aerrlee. ATaHable tt. all oarU Vf Toronto and suburb* at orke* to aait the income of everv fasriH ^ Bates and Maddocks Burial Co. Fred Maddocks Richurd Maddocks, Mgr. Kl. 4344-34S6 114 A^KNUE ROAD One Block Sonth Darenvort R««d