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j herald sixtyfifth year of publication the georgetown herald wednesday evening march 25th 1931 150 per annum in advance 200 to u-sa- the georgetown herald t bo hooks pwyulur and proprietor member canadian week newspaper association canadian national electris railway easibomnd dally except sunday 748 ajn daily 986 turn dauy 1248 pm dally r 348 pm dally except sundays 30 pan dally 548 pm dally 848 pjn dauy h48 pjn wepttound t puy except sunday 801 ajn dally v 1001 ajn daily 10 pjn dally 801 pjh daily 841 pjnj dally 901 pan dally 1201 ajn past freight same day delivery service freight picked up at guelph georgetown phone is c n r time table standard time going east passenger 714 ajn passenger 959 ajn passenger and mail jrio18 ajn passenger 239 pjrr passenger and mail 631 pjn passenger 900 pan sundays going east v passenger 239 pjn passenger 812 pjm gaffes west passenger and mall 716 ajn passenger 854 ajn passenger 208 pjn passenger and mail 802 pjn passenger 703 pjn passenger 1008 pjn passenger sunday 1005 ajn passenger sunday 1008 pjn uolnc necta mall and passenger 865 ajn goto soatli mall and passenger 7 jo pjn central ontario bos lines ltd arrow coaches coin east 9j50 am 2js pjn 545 pjn 1015 pjn going west 845 am 124s pjn 345 pm 745 pjn daily except sun days and holidays 945 pjn sunday arid holidays only an bwee stop at lours stan directory us rot dale barrister mad soueuor georgetown ontario office king bldg mu1 st olarkmcr h w1qoin8 solicitor notary fettle ofluea onslu block oeorgetown telephone 188 spring is here ii is time now to get your new sprfiifl outfit for v y we have one of the best and largest stocks of wearingapparel for ladies and men the very latest in fashion and the best in quality ever offered to the people of georgetown and vicinity at the most reasonable prices we are making a special offering of ladies goats of the very lastest styles and best of materials ladies it will pay you to investigate these values here are a fevv specials for this week end childrens reefer coats specially for the spring at jt 1 qc ladies house dresses made of real heavy materials latest shades and styles 98 c just received a new line of silk dresses this week including silk prints crepe silk etc new styles from tit 95 p we have a good selection of girls coats made of the best woollen rweeds at jtg 7 c a good variety of boys suits made of the best materials 4piece suit at 8511 the treasure house o near ones dear ones you in whose right hands our own rests calm whose faith ful hearts all day wide open wait till back from distant lands thought the tired traveller wends his homeward way i helpmates and hearthmates glad- diners of gone years tender companions of oar serious days who color with your kisses smiles and tears lifes worn web wpven over wonted ways- oh shut the wofld out from the heart you cheer thb small the circle of your smiles may hfr the world is distant and your smiles are near this makes you more than all the world tp me lytton is asked to repeat to a degree its bene- ontario teresa p wilson then proceeded on tour of legislature to my lrrrujson new selections of boys caps newest shades at s9t boys short nickers sizes up to 28 in at 49c note a few specials in our footwear line ladies pat strap shoe guaranteed quality at per pair fcl 7c new styles ladies kid pomps at 275 a real bargain in mens work boots made of good heavy leather and sole at mens dress oxfords and boots from 250 295 u dont forget we have a choice line of samples of madetoorder suits for men at most reasonable prices h silver phone 375 main st georgetown john a thompson notary psblle offices kill street phone 333 and 289 osakam qeabim and bowtek barristers eta brampton ontario b o qraham e b graham c h bowyer kknnbth k lanqdon ba solicitor notary puatle pint mortgage money to loan offices main street south oeorgetown phone 88 iv ml jr 1 rani nm b t rant ffcyafaaaaa aaa 8aagmns adiaal otocer of health in rr township mae hours 1 to 4 and 7 to i pm 51 fill street b c v whjxam8 m of n1th georgetown onto and reetdaooe main st south opposite presrjjtorlan church hours 14 and 7s pju- w b watson avbja mjdjt ofsea hours to i bxcapt thuraday afternoons w l bkath utxs dja obise in iae block one door north f onallll carriage factory hours am to pjn mil lamh rbaotical hatebtnitt ntjb8b by day or weak per particulars phao btrs oeorgetown b b oaergetewsi chiropractic u ohirapraeter is years fraetiee osteopathy xray service ooob orer dominion store qpos hour monday weonraday and saturday j to 6 and 1 to t pm other ways and hours by apnotntnunt j fweaw uw 1mj tu taawjk and ftmav s to km frank patch ucknsbd auction iwr the ceeatles of feel and ballon prompt berrlo cheltenham mr23 georgetown tut peat owce cneltenham e- r j kerr arjcmonbkb add beax estate jt years experience in aaotlea sale rhonb m acton ont ci e mcclure auctioneer besi kstate merchandise and farm sales flpr terms pjj ht qetnvstown redrosetiek xjb goob cub bruntons garage prompt and expert searice on ao kinds of cars workrrianship guaranteed tir38 for sale gas offl greatet aadanto accessories main street north paone 280 georgetown do you remember we often wonder how many of our oldtimers can recall when we put our shirts on over our heads when anybody could hitch upt a tiorse and there were no such things as wrist watches and a hired girl was lucky to get 3350 a week or htow many remember when boys cohected cigar ette papers when everybody had tonsils and kept em when nobody had appendicitis and most everybody kept the sabbath surely there must be a lot of folks around here who can remember when they carried a lantern on the dashboard pf the spring wag on and drove tt through rjnud and dirt most of the time when they slept on a straw tick and took a bath in the wash tub in the kitchen only on sat urday night when women wore mother hubbards and when a brick covered with a carpet served aa a door stop and when congress gaiters were the most stylish shoes this isnt a sign that you are retting old its a sure sign of a good memory bridging the cuif the young man thought gloomily oee mums birthday the first ive missed spending with her in years tnls time the hurajreil miles between could not be bridged there is a way though cams the sudden thought and in a few minutes he heard her happy voice over trie tele phone the miles were friendly to long distance high tribvtb to a worthy woman the following from the december issue of the international council of women bulletin relating to a woman who was well and favorably known throughout the dominion will be read with interest by many of our sub scribers in memoriam emily wuioughby cnmmlngs dcl a pioneer i c w worker the very representative gathering which assembled to pay their last re spects to mrs wuioughby cummlngs on the occasion of her funeral at toronto on november 4th bore ample testimony to the high regard and af- fectlon in which she was held in her native country the bishop of toronto paid high tribute to what he happily termed her life of work and witness and to the zeal with which she had promoted the missions of her church both at home and in the missionary field whilst at the same time exercising her literary gifts as a journalist in connection with one journals of canada of the leading bom at port hope where her father the rev dr jonathan shortt was rector for over thirty years she was educated in that euy and montreal and went to live at toronto on marry ing mr wuioughby cummlngs the international council of wo men and the national councu of wo men of anadahave experienced a great loss in the18lsslng of this pio neer who was closely connected with the inception of the councu idea the international council of wo men was organized at washington in 1888 but it was not till the meeting held at chicago in 1893 on the oc casion of the international exhibition held during that year that the icw took real shape from an international point of view in response to the invitation of the national oouncll of women of the vsji delegates from many countries assembled to consider the idea of forming national councils and on the 22nd of may 1893 a meeting was held at the palmer house where a number of those women pledged themselves to make every effort to form national councils in their re spective countries amongst these delegations was one from canada led by mrs mcdonnell of sunnyside toronto mrs oooder- ham and mrs wuioughby cummlngs i had been elected president of the icw at the gathering intima tion being sent to me by cable and i was told that all that was required of me was to take the chair on the occasion of he next quinquennial council meeting in london blissfully ignorant of what was involved i ac cepted but when we came to live in canada the following september in consequence of lord aberdeen being appointed governor general i al most immediately received a letter from mrs wuioughby cummlngs ask ing me if i would preside over a meeting in toronto which was to consider the formation of a national council of women this letter brought about my introduction to mrs cum mlngs and a succession of interviews and conferences with the women who had pledged themselves at chicago to form a national councu lof women in canada and as a result of these negotia tions september found me president and mrs wuioughby cummlngs hon secretary of an infant national coun cu busy months followed when lord aberdeen and i were paying our first visits to the leading cities of the do minion and on the occasion of each such visit a local oouncll of women was generally formed i was there fore brought into very close contact with mrs oirmmlngs and the experi ence of the first two years of the national councu of women in cana da and how it served to link up to gether in a common sisterhood wo men of most diverse types and be longing to many different churches classes and avocations revealed ii potentiality of the councu idea i my own private secretary miss 4 the other countries from which had come the delegations which had pledged themselves at chicago in order to ascertain the position of the new councils and how many dele gates could be expected to attend the quinquennial following on this preparation the london quinquennial was held in 1898 a year later than originally intended in order o al low some ooujcjoub to organize them selves mrs wulotignby was there and took a very lively and helpful part in the discussions and from that period her heart was almost as deeply de voted nr the mcyy asterherv own national council she attended all the quinquennial councu meetings with the exception of that held in norway in 1920v hd actfxl as con vener of the lcw press committee from 1902 to o909 and as convener of the ic1w finance committee from 190 to 1929 w in 1909 the burden of making ar rangements for the delegates to the very happy quinquennial in canada feu largely on her shoulders and in particular she was responsible for the tauway trip of 100 delegates belong ing- to eleven different nationalities travelling together for twenty two days through canada to vancouver island and returning through the united states the trip proved a great success and those who took part in it stiu speak of tt as a fruitful and delightful ex perienoe these results being mostly owing to the forethought and care of mrs cummings who accompanied the expedition as conductor- inchief it should be mentioned also that while mrs curnmlngs was convener of the press committee the first miniature icw buuentin was pub lished quarterly under her editorship and at her suggestion the committee decided it should appear in the three official languages she again took an active part in the organization of the arrangements for the weeks visit to canada of the i cw in 193s before the quinquen nial at washington despite the fact that ahe was very unweu at the time her indomitable spirit carried her th me duties sue t uuueiuu a deficit of 267oo00 in provincial finances for the present year was forecast by hon e a dunlop pro vincial treasurer in his budget ad dress to the ontario legislature increased revenue was indicated from the sale or liquor of 2500000 through advances in price arid an other 2000000 is expected from the tax to be applied on the capital stock of all companies operating in the province liojuor prices wore adjust ed by sir ienry drayton chairman of the board which are expected to bring the required 2500000 my little son how may i keep you still faithful to things sound and true when knocking at the worlds wide door you find no trace of harvests that i bid you store the pleasuremad are wrapped in the glow of self some hour you must know soulhome are ashes in their eyes to sacrifice high dreams men cunningly devise 33ei government also intends carry- fi tag its full share ol did agepension j cntts hta expenses highway costs and reum p c j sp and the members of the canadian national councu are fully aware of the asset her knowledge and experi ence of oouncll methods work and constitution have been to successive presidents and other officers she had started the work of writ ing the history of the canadian coun cil but severe illness and long con tinued weakness prevented her front carrying out her plan her faith in the ideals for the at tainment of which the ijow was formed never wavered and her daughter mrs blythe sinclair who nursed her mother with such devo tion during her long illness tells us how she preserved her intense interest and affection for the councu and her fellow workers of the councu to the very end and remained bright and uncomplaining in spite of her pro tracted suffering to that dear daughter and to the national council of women of can ada the icw offers its profound sympathy in their irreparable loss ishbel aberdeen and temalr be just to great britain says american journal from christian science monitor according to a statement issued by the british government a debt pay ment was made early this week on the part of that nation to the united states treasury of 94330000 of this amount 28000000 is for repay ment of principal whue the balance represents interest since the fund ing of the british war debt that na tion has paid to the united states 1285750000 of which 202000000 represents repayment of principal roughly speaking therefore oriest britain has paid the united states as interest something over 1000000000 if one is interested enough to look up the treasury figures regarding these payments it will be found that great britain pays in interest ap proximately 3308 per cent the rates vary during different portions of the sixtytwoyear period in which the indebtedness is to be discharged it wid w learned at the same time that france pays approximately 1640 pc although france is now recognized as the most prosperous nation of eur ope if not indeed the most prosperous nation in the world belgium pays 1790 per cent and italy the last of the whilom chief aules 0405 per cent it is needless now to go into the justice of these different rates of in terest charged against the former as sociates of the united states in the world war they were fixed at the time of the various refunding agree ments in accordance with what was believed by the representatives of the united states to be the capacity of the debtor countries to pay the british agreement alone was not affected by any such conditions that nauoo first of all approached the united states with the proposi tion to fund its debt and assumed honorably the staggering burden of interest payments thereon it made no plea of incapacity to pay it urged no considerations of wartime fellow ship in a common undertaking ani mated by that sense of commercial honor which may fairly be ascribed to the british public as a whole the british oovemment cheerfully ac cepted its obligations and entered in to an agreement with the united states for their discharge as a result the spectacle is pre sented of oreat britain paying on its obligations to the united states a rate of interest more than double that paid by belgium or prance and something like eight times as much as that exacted of italy the reward of cdfrjpiercial honor- does hot seem u have been quite adequate today innumerable plans are being proposed for the utilisation of the sums paid to the united states as in terest on the war debts for various purposes advantageous to the coun tries rpaklng the payments america volent gesture toward china when the whole amount of the boxer in demnity was remitted the revenues to be employed in the education of chi nese students doubtless a certain unrest on the part of the american conscience is responsible or the sug gestion of like action with reference to war indebtedness and probably in time out of that will proceed some measure for the revision and perhaps lessening of the nations claims but pending that general action it would appear to be a proper recogni tion of the honorable action of a worthy ally should the united states now reduce the rate of interest charg ed on the british debt to th let us say paid by prance tribrer seems to be no just objection to this proposi tion whim tnnumersble ttohs justify such acuan expenses highway costs and measures total ordinary revenue is gtveh as 39985000 and expenditure 62- 655000 wrjjlle ontario is in a better financial position thanrnahy of the other provinces gasoline tax and motor license fees are expected to make larger contri butions to the treasury this year license returns arc expected to jump from 5253999 to 5885000 while gasoline receipts arc estimated at 11- 000000 compared with 10756835 last- year succession duties are placed at 9- 225000 while last year this source of revenue was 11200000 department of highways will spend 19400000 an increase of nearly 1500000 educa tlon wul also show an increase with 12015000 on combined capital and ordinary payments compared with 11773407 the governments share of old age pensions of 2650000 is practically the same figure as the estimated deficit of 2670000 hon t l kennedy minister of agriculture announced a programme to capture a british market of some 21000000 bushels of barley purchased annually now from california col kennedy intends to enlist the sup- poet of hon o howard ferguson canadian high commissioner in lon don in his effort to get this market for ontario farmers a trial ship ment of ontario barley will be de spatched to london through co-opera- tinn nr ttii provincial and fpheral a cross fight on speak with spirits tongue was- hung warm seed into the golden cluulce of gods holy need t v prleve not when men deny you a part in tinsel joys search weu- your heart be your true self nor weaken son but live with face uplifted to the dreaming one kate randle mencfec governments and the departments of agriculture col kennedy feels that british buyers wul give preference to ontario barley if they can be assur ed of the type at a proper compara tive price and a steady supply in a revised hospital bill hon dr j m robb minister of health in troduced to the legislature estab lishment of a regulated hospitalisa tion system for the province second reading was given to the bill which provides for payment by municipali ties and the ontario government of maintenance for babies bom of in digent mothers under this plan the municipalities wul pay 90 cents a day and the government 30 cents for a period of fourteen days for these in digent babes upon the suggestion that hospital costs be divided three- quarters to the municipalities and onequarer to the government which was contained in the ross welfare report dr robb declared this divi sion had been found inequitable in view of the present day heavy bur den of taxation to the municipalities agreements between hospitals and municipalities musr be ratified by the department of health in view of the varying systems in hospitals and uneven costs in different municipali ties announcement of a 55 per cent de crease in the consumption of spirits wines and beers in the province dur ing 1930 was made the annual report of the liquor control board of on tario sales totalled sm2s3001 73 compared with 5536056931 in 1929 or a decrease of 30t7j5810 this is the first time in the history of the board that a decrease from year to year has been shown greatest decrease came in the con sumption of intoxicating beverages in imported spirits these sales dropping 245656278 and far overshadow de creases in other beverages less do mestic spirits were consumed there being 11654935 consumed last year as compared with 12043271 in 1929 or a decrease of 32 per cent domes tic wines showed an increase going up 171 per cent the volume being 2083553 to 2439810 the ontario agricultural commit tee at their weekly meeting discussed the present federal act on the grad ing of hogs during which a petition opposing the regulation was present ed by p j henry east kent signed by 800 farmers of that riding repre sentatives of drovers buyers packers and growers were heard in opposing and supporting the regulation the committee on game 8t pish at their organization meeting indicated that the wolf bounty wul be increase ed to 25 while hon charles mc- crea minister of mines indicated there was considerable money to be made in wolf hunting as formerly the skins are to be returned to the kuler amendments to the game and fish regulations are likely to be introduced composition high d crichton of oeorgetown sehool was awarded the marks in his class for tie following composition modern warfare ever since the creation of man people throughout the ages have been at war with one another some of these wars had a just cause but the majority were caused by mans greed for possession and wealth never until the end of the oreat war had such gigantic destruction been staged on the face of the earth think of the destruction to the lives of men who didnt know why they were fight ing to property to noble edifices and the heart sick ones at home waiting for the letter announcing the death of a brother father son or other relative approximately 10000000 men lost their lives they are out of their misery but think of the wound ed soldier who has come back to lie upon his col in a hospital he is reliev ed of his pain by death despite the futile efforts of the trained nurse ia of the specialist j poisonous gas used mainly by the germans was a very effective but unsportsmanlike method of nipping aff life this gas escapes from con tainers and on the wings of the wind la swept into every nook and cranny of the enemy trench sometimes the wind plays a mean trick on the wouldbe assassins it cnahges its course and sweeps back to its owners trench kujlng friend and foe alike that is somewht like the dog biting the hand of the man who reeds huh until the invention of the jraa mask the poisonous gas took uvea and af flicted some men with bad lungs that tortured them for the rest of their days ttone can question the power of the formidable oannon thus high power ed weapon has the force to penetrate on inch of steal easily there are sev eral different types of cannon some of which are the long range gun hurling a projectile about eighty miles the trench motor which throws a bomb filled with sharpnel and which on explcrincreates dreadful tiavoc in the enem trench the short range artuiery is also very effective when at close grips with the enemy the long range cannon is scarcely us ed except on special occasions the shells being very costly to manufac ture small artuiery is used generally to clear a path for the infantry when a counter attack is being staged the only way of preventing death is to dig oneself in and have a helmet when the enemy locate your position and use their artuiery aircraft served their country in good stead during the black days of the war not only the speedy airplane but also the airship and observation balloons deserve mention the air plane when armed with bombs and machine guns and piloted by a skilled ace presents a very formidable enemy fan ground strafing often a pilot has broken up a troup by swooping down at the enemy dropping bombs and shooting a luul of machine gun bullets the airplane also aided the artillery to locate another enemy artiuery eixaunprnenc the airships of germany made several bombing flights over to england and did a greated deal of damage observa tion balloons are a necessity to any battery to observe and locate where the enemy is entrenched the fighters upon the sea also de serve to be mentioned there are also several classes of sea fighters they range in sizes from huge mon sters to midgets the super dread nought is probably the largest ship afloat there is next in order the dreadnought or battleship then the heavy and light cruisers according to their armament are amngst the smallest ships afloat all these ships covered with heavy plate steel and equipped with guns ranging from the huge sixteen inch guns to the small three inch ones the submarine proved to be worth its weight in gold during the great war these daring sea raiders did enormous damage to enemy shipping and even large battleships some times the submarine crew was caught napping and then all was lost for them the main weapon of th vrtr- was the rifle this we r grips with the enmy r for a rifle but a crd w with a bayonet the rif r estimable value but the mb of the rifle depends upon the marks manship of its user after this gigantic struggle the world has learned that more good is done in a peaceful manner to settle affairs of antagonistic countries the league of nations was formed and is now doing noble work councillors anb pay we copy the following from a recent issue of the orangeville sun in some towns sincto the municipal elections last month we notice that the counculors have voted themselves a salary of 5 per meeting while m a number of townships the council lors have reduced their own and officials salaries in our neighboring town of brampton for instance the municipal representatives tacked on 5 each per meeting and the hydro coram lsstoners quickly followed suit our opinion is that when a citizen of town or village is elected to the council he should serve without pay the honor should be sufficient re muneration when a small munici pality has to pay its counculors it is high time to change the system our present system of municipal govern ment is obsolete and inefficient any way it was all right in its day but while the world progressed our muni- clpai system of government has not changed it is a weu known fact that in every councu of twelve or fifteen members only one or two men know anything about the science of civic government this is easily under stood when you s a s put ib charge tot the waterworks uepait- ment he may be a firstclass shoe maker but he has never familiarized himself with the business of con- rturilng a waterworks system a competent druggist is put in charge of an electric system but he knows nothing whatever about it a lawyer may be able to- draw up a steelclad will that dissatisfied and disgruntled heirs couldnt bust but if he knew any thing about building roads tt would be purely accidental on his part and so on down the line if counculors really insist on being paid for their services it would be much better to change the system fortunately our representatlves have not asked for pay but if it ever comes to that it would be better and more economical to appoint a town manager pay him a good salary and consolidate all of fices such as clerk treasurer as sessor tax collector etc under him with a central office in the public library building where citizens could t their busin in o pl at present as in village days of ficials are ensconced in law offices stores and where many debtors fear to tread the town manager plan where it has been tried out has in variably proved satisfactory j1 minister i hear paddle theyve gone dry in the village where your brother lives paddle dry mont theyre parcrr- ed ive just had a letter from mike an the postage stamp was stuckvon with a plri the irishman had been haying a great argument and meant to finish off his opponent once anjl for all ithe sooner i never see your face again he said the better it wul be for both of us when wb meet j iiva