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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN T~flWMAM17TT.T.u' 'rmTD~i-NA~T TAMTTA~V OAti, i 0~S Established 1884 A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the intoreats of the town *f Bowmanville and suorounding country, issued at King Street, Bowmanville, every Thursday, by M. A. James & Son*, owners and publishers. The Canadian Statesman in a member of the Canadian Weekly Newpapers Association. aiso the Clans "A" Weekiies of Canada. SL'BSCRIPTION RATES Anywhere in Canada, $200 a year; In the United States, $2.50 a year, payable in advance. Single copies, 5 cents. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24th. 1935 An Important Community Organization A deserving honor 'sas conferred on Mrs. E. V. Scobell when the Bowmanville Horticultural Society eected her Presîdent th.is year. She has flot only been a continuous. faithful workeî- and booster for the society for many years bot she is one 0f the outstanding growers and loyers 0f flow-ers for the sheer j63$ and pleasurabe occupat:on they give. The importance 0f this cornmunity organization can hardly be over-estimated. The mernbership in recent years has flot been aIl it should have been. but even thi-ough the depression years it has main- tained its high-state 0f efficiency. It is a worth-. while agency foi- civic beautification and t is, to say the least. a force for a cleaner and more attractive BowmianviUle. It speaks well for the public spirit o! those who have been its leaders during the lean years that they have flot. bat their enthusias-m for their work. Bow-manville has a wide reputation for the beauty of her homes and the attractiveness of her streets and boulevards. Much of the credit for this condi- tion should go to the Horticultural Society. In t-he example set by its owni members, in the encourage- ment it has given citizens to beautify their grounds and gardens. and in other ways the Society has amn- ply justified its existence. Local Merchant Speaks His Mind C. G. Tedi Morris, Sor-retary of t-ho Retail Mer- chants Association Brancb in Bowmranville, in a brief address at t-le general meeting, gave the mer- cliant.sin attendance plenty to think about. One t-ingý in bis talk that impresseti us rnost was the expression regardîng competition betw-een local mer- chant-s. That has been a fact in the past-, but t was Mr. Morris' convcton that for the gooti of the merchant it has got to corne t-o an end, and co- operation between merchants. rather than competi- tion. be used to combat the serious inroatis on local business made by city department- stores and mail ordeî- houses. Mr. Morris made the rather amaz ing staternent that he believed 401, 0f the purcbasîng power o! Bowmanville citizenLs was spent outcide off this town in 1934. The seriousness of a situation such as this must flot only be admitted but must receive the ser- bous attention off every nerchant. The solution is found un the co-operation off local merchanris in corn- batting this menace off city moichant moguls. Mr. Morris Poinrod out- that this was an age off specialists. Local meichants. howex or, have demon- strat-et ot-herw-ise. anti are tryîng to m-ake theîr stores3 a vest- pocket edit-jon of Estons or- S.mpsons. This cant- be dotie and dor.e succezsfully. foi- the territory does nfot permit it. If merchants %would stick t-o their ow-n ine off business and do that we1!, they would find pleniy of business wit-hout having t-o doIve into othor peoples spheres of activity. In some instances t-bey have been forced t-o do this. but t-ho sooner t-ho met-hod is abolisbed the sooner business conditions will rigbt- thernselves. It is no more t-ho right- for a grocery store to sol mot-or ail. than t is for a butcher t-o sell radios. Neithor should a mer- chant try t-o handle every line t-bat sorne plausible salesman urges hirnt-o buy. Grocers are sllîng t-ho product-s o! the baker, t-ho but-cher selîs groceries. the service station selîs t-ho gootis that should be sold in t-ho confectionery store, t-ho clot-hing store solîs S11pos; t-ho drug store sls almost evoryt-hing and t-ho hardware store bantibes sîlverware sud docks. One could keep on point-ing out t-ho intrusion of one business into anot-her ail along t-ho lino. The solution is t-ho observance o! t-ho old anti rat-ler rude adage -minc your own business," sud it will certainly tend to improve conditions in general. If merchants 'sîlI attond t-o thoir ow,;n affairs. worry loss about their local competition and wbat- ho is doing. and get- down t-o the buýines off protecting himself andi othor local merchants from the inroads o! t-ho mercantile barons off t-ho large centres, they will find there s pleut-y o! business in Bowrnanville for aIl t-be stores Iccateti here no's. and several more. One other rernark off Mr. Morris 'so very heartily agree wth "t-ho local paper bas waged a losing fight on orîr behaîf because irLtead of backing its buy-at-- homo camlpaigns t-ot-ho limit. too many merchants preffer t-o comipote among thenise.s for a steadily' diminîshîng volume off trade." That in a nut-shell explains just'shat merchants are doîng. and wbat they have t-o break away from. Competition for t-ho volume o! trade go.ng, out off town, should ho t-ho chef aîm off the local merchant.j Caution, Courtesy, Comnmon Sense Tbis is t-ho mot-t-o sug.2ested for ail perzons 'sho drive mnotor cars other for plasure or profit tiuring t-be year upoti which 'se h-îve now- onterod. In t-ho past- tweîve month.Io s of lifo anti accident-s o! a serious fiat-cre -e been more numorous t-han in former years. Today practica'ly eveî-y young man anti rnany young women drive cars. The frequent- con- gestion of t-ho highw-ays makes dri ing a difficult task except on t-he- part- o! those who practico t-ho greatest- constant- 'satchfulness. Too ofton thouglit-- lssness is respcnsîblo for- teath or- sufffering. More frequent-Iy. perhaps, rccklessness causeti by over con- fidence ant iîndiffeîonce is t-o blame. Caution on the part- of drivers cannot be too urgeîîtly stresseti. There is also tho necessîty for great-er court-osy on t-ho part especially of young mon. All have equal right-s on t-le rosti. Thoso right-s shoulti bo more f ully respectoti than is frequontly ohse-rvab'e. The exorcise o! or- dinary common sonso by bot-h drivers anti pediestrians will prevent much off t-bat which us complaineti of. The law-s o! t-be province rorluiro pedestrians to cross streets only at t-ho indicatoti intersections. Frequent-- ]y mon anti womeIn anti lit-tle chiltiren are seon dodg- ing betwoen cars in t-ho contre o! t-ho blocks whore lit-tle short- o! a miracle saves them from accident. Caution. court-esy anti common sonse are necossary in every walk o! Ille. Iu none more so t-han on t-he busy thoroughfare. Crippled Children's Foundation Fu Nînety men's service clubs and a much largeri ber of womens organizations will be asked to ticipate in the campaig-n of the Crippled Chul Fuind for hall a million dollars, to be launched îuary 9th. Cainpaign pans, under the chairmai of John David Eaton, son of the late Sir John E Toronto, are said to the most elaborate and e sive ever set up by any volunteer organization the war. On January 7th, Mr .Eaton entertalned at di in Toronto, 300 outstanding business and profess men fromn aU parts of the province. Complet.e1 f or the campaign were explained in detail. A si radio program was prcduced. featuring an a -tory of a crippled child. Commencing on January 25th there wl!1 be as ial after-school moving picture show in many t( and cities: the total proceeds being handeci ove the theatre management for assistance to crip children. The scheme has the endorsation of Ontario Department of Education and variouss authorities. A special appeal is being made to employers emplo3-ees. and ail money subscribed is to be used the benefit and welare of crippled children %v] parents are not able to provide necessary treatrn vocational training and other needs. The Vice-Chairman of the appeal is Mr. Frari O'Conner and the Honorary Treasurer. Mr. C Bro,15 Queens Park, Toronto. More Religious Tolerance Needed Rev. Dr. T. T. Shields, Pastor 0f Jarvis St. Bal Church, Toronto, 1-as many tirnes been a force good in the Queen City, but we think he make Ibad mistake when in his pulpit recently he descri the Oxford Group Movement as 'the biggesth ever forced upon man in the name of religion."a ing that -it is devo'd of any intellectual content is suited to People who dont th'nk at all." In the saine newspaper f rom which this storyi clipped we read a despatch from Hamnilton, in w] Magistrate Burbridge cornmented in police court the case of a would-be-suicide who had been tal care of by members of the Oxford Group andm had adopted the group teachings hirnself. The = istrate commented thus, -It's ore 0f the most wc derful changes I've ever seen corne over a mnan's l His whole attitude is changed and he appears rea to start out fresh. It's almost unbelievable." That is true of hundreds of others ,vho hae co in contact wth Group teaching, but the point want to emphasize is not the good that the gro has accomplished but rathler the uncharitablp de laration of a man who is con.Eidered among the rn prominent chur-ch ministers in Toronto. Dr. Shiêl if he ever hopes to bring Christianity to the thou ands who care L.ttle about it in his own city and the Dominion. will neyer accomplish much unless1 shows more toleran-e toluards other reL:giotis fait. Dr. Shields also criticised the Christian Scieni faith and the Pentecastal Church belief in the san sermon. Such remarks. we think. show a weakne on the part of the minister making them. Being humans theie is bound to be a dîfferer( izgards r-eligious feeling and sympathy. but there one thing that may be common to us al. and th. is religious toleiance. Even if our vicws do cýnfli w ith othqers it is flot f3r us tD publicly denounc these other vie-,s as a -hoa\.' The Founder off tb Chi istian failli was tolerant. to ail, and that aftE ail is the ideal upon %whicli a Mini- ter 0f Chri 't rnigt seek to govern h4.s own life and preqching. Considerable Manipulation Goes On in Municipal Nominations For niany yoars, says t-ho CobDurg sent-inel St-a in t-is munîcipalit-y and others there have bee jockeying, fixing, and manipulations previous t-o t-h nomination o! candidates, somotimes on t-ho partc those wbo had t-ho good o! t-ho tow.ýn and taxpaye sincerely at- liart, but more often for entiroly selfus] motives. It- is the general apathy of citizons t-owari t-ho election o! municipal off icers which shlow-s t-h fixers t-o get in t-heur work. This bas also been true o! BowmanvilIe. One li, only t-o observe t-ho way one candidate wat-cbos aný other t-o see if ho will qualify, and usually five miný ut-os bef ore qualifications close one cati hardly tel wbo s going t-o run anti who is flot-. Some are in. torosteti in makung a straiglit political f ight- out oi some office, while at-hors are trying t-o avoiti il Again others work in an underliand manner t-o sec- ure t-ho election o! somo persan for a particular rea- son which is more personal t-han municipal. An out- standing example o! this was seen in t-ho recent election whore a well know-n peronnial officer-seeke: was nominat-ot for nearly every position in t-ho civic arena o! public service. no doubt w-t-h a view ta slip- ping into office by way of t-ho easiost- route. But the bost of plans fail. We wou'd suggest- as s means of overcoming t-hts manipulating that every mati who s nominat-et foi- office should first- consent ta st-and foi that- office. While on t-hot-opic of municipal elections we might atit that t-ho syst-em o! plumping for a candidate is riot- in t-ho best int-erests o! t-hot-own. The use o! la or 15 plumpeî- votes for one candidat-o might bo t-ho moanLs of defeating anot-her candidate who is roally wo thwbhile. The bost- plan s t-o vote for a fuI! slate of candidat-es t-o f ill t-ho cGmplet-o list of vacant offices. Ini this way a true picture o! the people's 'subI is secureti.. The Teacher la Key to Moral Problerns Teacheis who are devoiti o!foar; teachers w-ho will take responsibilit w-t-h full knowledge t-bat t-boy will be supporteti by t-he administration; teachers whose corpusclos movo frîeely throug t-heur art-cries: t-"acb- ers who can laugh bolow t-ho diapliragrn; teachers -ho vote for wbom t-boy please; teacliers who love lx! o anti chiltiren; above sl. toachers wbo have t-heir routine duties reducedtito t-ho point whoro thoy can instruct-, guide, exemplif y. anti train - such t-ach- ors wilî do more to solve t-ho moral education prob- lem t-han bureaus o! research, organizations of busi- ness men, boards of moving picture consors, anti harti-working tenernent-house sanitary engineers put- together.-John Girtiler. Doarer daily newspapers are ln sight, sccording to J. W. But-tIor, prosident- o!t-be Canadian Daily News- papers Association. Only t-ho 10w prevailing price o! newsprint anti most- officient management- bas enabledth -e publisher to continue for t-be last fo years t-ho production o! a dally nowspaper at present- prices. und YOUR WORLD par- and MINE [dren's By 1Feb- JOHN C. KIRKWOOD nship (Copyright) ilaton, xten- Among the books which you may since have read or m-hich you plan to reac is "The Way off Ail Flesh" by Sam- Linr uel Butler. I have just finished iinr reading t I had seen it recom- sin1 mended a hundred times or more. plans and had formed the impression that ample it w-as a -naughty- book. It is any- thing but that. It is about an Eng- Ltual lish Church clergyman, and in par- ticular about his son. The father spec - s a despicable creature. He par- :0w-ns aded his virtues. which very decid- er by ere. mean, cruel, and a prig. One ýppled thing w-hich stopped me, to îeflect. fthe w-as the observation that preachers ýchool are in their own homes more than are other men in emnplo>ment. The great majority of men go away f rom 3and their homes to their work. Preach- .d for ers-except in the case of large in- vhose stitutional churches - have their " study" in theiî ow-n home. I think nent, that the author declared that this circumstarce is apt to be bad for al k P. concerned - the wife and mother. - .the children, and the preacher him- self. It is something that I amn not going to ponder over. JC K What hias led me to refer to But- ler's very famous book and to the clergyman about wvhom it. tells is tptist the presence on miv table of anothex- efor book bearing t-he title. "The Making of a Man-Letters f rom an Old Par- es a son t-o his Sons.*' The book lias a ribed foreword by Beverley Nichols. and hoax it w-as this widely read aut-hor's fore- wsord whiéh made me interested in add- the Old Parson's book. What sort t; it of counsels does this old person give t-o his sons? Is hie a betteir father w-as than the one of whom Butler -ites? aih son-not sons. I have wiitten let- t on ters to my son-letters of counsel. ken Anid far more than t-o my son I have who written letters to young men. giv- îng themn advice. So I arn curious iag- to soe what sort of advice is given on- to young men by one whose letters life. have been made into a book and ýady have been deemed good enough by Beverley Nichols to have his recom- mendation. orne JC K w-e I ar n ot very sure that young o men lîke t-o be preached at and t-o, le- and to be t-old how to tive. I n y own case I useci to devour advîce. lost I sat at the feet--fîguratively speak- ýIld. ing--of a great lover and counsellor' u-of youth-Dr. H. Clay Tr-umbuIl. J inwho in the 80s and 90s of last- 1 n century w-as the peerless editor of hie the Sunday School limes. I wrote ,hs. lettors t-o Dr. TrumbuIl and had let- ice ters - prized onies - from lm. I have a set of bocks off his author- me ship. sorne of whose titles are Char- es cter-Shaping and Character-Mak- ing - Practîcal Paradoxes - Seeîng ce and Being - Apirations and Iluu - ences. These books are precious t-o 15 me. I became their pos-essor 45 at vears ugo, and I1ztill like to go to ict t-hem for their couî:sels. [ce And there-iras publîshed in the he901.s o! last century ELoert- Hubbards ýh A Message to Galcia.- a counsel t-o telj young men. This Message lias been litI made in booklet-s in many colînt-ries. Iand literally înany millions 0f cop- iîes have been bought by young men 1who have felt the need of stimula- tion. JC K i continue t-o believe that vouth wants guidance - that for every lieadst-rong. wayw-ard - haughty, self - r, willed youth wvho despises and re- eni jects good counsel. there are ten he who are o! humble spirit. wrifling toi of learn - eager to be guided, and hun- gry for the rîgit- sort of counsel. So er ltus look ait the book, "The Making sh o! a Man." d I see that- its wrriter praises high- e ly 'John Halifax. Gent-eman"-a book that gave me great delight and inspiration wl'en I read it in yout-h- )S fuI years-a book rather aId-f ash- -ioned now, but still a book wort-h reading and absorbîng by lads in their teens. S The old paron-as you might ex- 1- pect-thinks t-bat old ways and old )f tures were just about perfect-. Thus hie says: t. The olti standards had their - good points. They produced ad- - mirable public men and a stand- - ard o! public life wliose purit-y won the admiration o! thoe t- world. But the best thing they r ingrained in us was t-he idea c that we could not- respect our- selves uniess we did our job, what-over ît- right be, or what- t-ever c.ass wo mîgit- belong to, If as weîi as ,Ae know how. It is tiie loss of this which hias eit- ýou so much at- ses. an on isteie paroiîs sons 'sere 'sriters' t -repare yourselves t-o write by t oio ta hM.-Acqjuainta ne can be self lsh. but friendshlp must- be unself-sh.I The finest treatl5e on friendshlp us "Frîendship, the Master Passion" I by H. Clay Trumbull-a rather un- known book. I suppose that It is a rare book. I got- a copy when it was publlshed, andi I dling to It as i have flot clung to golti. Friendshlps are the solace and joy o! advancing age. 1 counsel young people to cul- tivate their present f rienhi. The happy thing is that as _ego older our capacity for friendship en- larges, and that we cao form new i friendships which are fine and en- i during. Whether or flot the parsons book "The Making 0f a Man," will make, you praise it is flot very important What is important Is the idea con- tained in the books title. Each of us is forever rnaking himself. And I suppose, too. that each of us helps to make others. The other day I had to pass a man w-ho stood too close to a door to permit mny pass- ing hirn without brushing up a- *ain-st him. 1 stumbled over his foot. I I said "Im sorry." uising the con- ventional English expression. I was astonished when he broke out with .1j s C t! Can't you see where you are going?" This iman's face 'was coarse. He had a bitter nat- uire. He carî-ied a chip on hes shouldei-. He %vas a badly made rnan-and it is possible that he w-as made badly and bad by others. Aînd he mnay have been a veî-y will:ng contributor to his faulty mnaking. Whether or flot others are per- ceptive of what we are doing or what w-e have accomiplished in the rnaking of ourselves doesnt matteri a great deal. What does miatter isi that w-e make ourselves ti-uly fine in thought, manners. ideals. purpose. character. Because of oui- fleshly nature. wve have to fight and sub- due and train the animal in us. if 'se cati shape oui-selves. in alI our attributes and w-ays. in conformity with perfect examples. w-e do wvell. I close thi.s contribution to The Statesman bY directing my readers to look up the story in Hawthorne's Tales bearing the title "The Great St one Face." This story - very beautiful-wilî surely be an incent- ive to its reader to live noblv. It tells hoiv one pure-minded. aspîriing vouth and man made hiniselki- lv-by thinking and strîvins lw-- lof tiiy. 'rine nd._______11 "God on our side. doubt fot 0 Sheppard & iliL m e o victory.--Shakespea. PHONE 15 LIMTED BoWMALNVILLE "Avictory w-on over self. is th _____________________________________ onlY victory acceptable t-o God.- Chas. Noel Douglas. i_____________________ -We cao meet every struggle w-îth the joyous assurance t-bat ut wîll do "Who overcomes by force. hath welfare Lies along the olId highway us good Our spiritual progî-ess is overconie but haîf bis foe.*-Miltoii. o! steadfast well-doing; andtithey mneasured iti termns o! victories wvon. - he %who lias conque-et his who are t-le rnost persistent. and of discouragernont routed. of erro- own cow-ard spirit has conciuered th, work in t-le truest spirit, will in- overcome'-The Christian Science uýhole oitward w-orld.- - Thonias variably be t-be most successful; Journal.i Hughes. success treads on t-le heels off ov- "The great highroad o! human' oiy îîght effort."-Samuel Smiles. There's a big new value in the low price field! It's a PONTIAC SIX ...smooth-looking, srnooth- perforrning ... .the kind of car that will make hundreds of new friends for Pontiac. Few automobiles have consistent-ly given greater measure per dollar t-han Pont-iac, in style and long, economical service. Conse- quently, few cars have won and maintained public goodwill as successfully as Pontiac. That the 1935 model niay be worthy to carry on so favorable a reput-at-ion, General Motors has built intb this Six every basic Pan- tiac characteristic, Plus an impressive list of improvements. Extra value feat-ures include scientific strea mlining; solid-steel "Turret- TOP" Bodies by Fisher; Triple-Sealed Hydrauîjc Brakes; Concealeti Tire and Lug- gage Compart-ment; Fisher No-Draft Ventila- tion, andi Double K-Y Frame. Asa compet-ent jutge of the points bywhich a fine automobile is recagnizeti, we invite you ta sec the new Six, andi its conîpanion, the Straight Eight. Bet-ter still, we suggest that yau drive t-hem. Let actuel experience be your guide ta the happiest select-ion yau coulti make for your next car. ROT NICROILS COURTICE pas-c BOWMANVILLE Don't let anybody try to tell you ail coal is the sanie. We are proud of our fuel, and that is why we have trade-marked it in color and why it bears the name « blue coal1 » Blue Coal is Good Coal, because we have marked it for your recognition, to prove to you its long burning, little ash, even heating qualities. Try Blue Coal to-day, and you'I1 flot want any other kind. THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVMI.E. TMIR--,r)AV- TANUARY 24th. 1935