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efore a police com tership of an eight. ‘ listening to both rate turned to the, interesting at i o n on ing with I Rocboard â€"Carried. hat the Reeve 1 LOI‘iZCd‘ to borrow municipality the s :9: current expel ICES. Dd Liver $1.00 xture 7 5c. of Cough Tablets ided y Feeds. {V Feeds. rham, Ont. 'ember 22, 1928 'c. 8; 31.00 [argle 25c. tub 50c. s 20c. : That this Council Ilg Municipal Tale. sum of $75.60 fer cent per annum.._. id to December 15. [acDONALD, Clem. .t days," replied the am, Ont. _' WA IT tore for ILLS aY. 100 ' 5‘ " he said gravely. et°" complained 0676 00 iii! Feed )0 $1.80 1.80 expendi- 3.50 This time I am giving you a short account of Ralph Connor’s book “The Friendly Four”. It is a book I found very interesting and I thought perhaps you might enjoy reading it in the family circle. The characters the Testament stories, and he is at- tempting to supply the unwritten set- ting of some of the incidents in the life of Jesus in the hope of making Him more real by helping us to see Himasatrue maninatrulyhuman environment. Dear Prudence: The first story is entitled “The Friendly Four” and this gives us wonderful glimpses into the everyday lives of the people in the days when Jesus was treading the roads and by- paths of Galilee. In a Galilean home a young man lay stricken with paralyâ€" sis. The many friends who had thronged him in days when health and money and a gallant spirit had made him a leader in wild doings, came not near him and left him to drag out the long days and still longer nights alone. Just one friendâ€"a shepherd, who, when his sheep were folded or in the care of a friend, would come with kindly gossip and tales of the country-side to shorten for him the desperate hours of the night. The sick man’s thoughts were often bitter. He believed that it was because of sin that he was suflering and yet he knew that he had not been as bad as some of his companions and they had escaped judgment: So his; soul was vexed with questionings that ‘ grieved his mother and terrified her, and they were questions too, which his shepherd friend, Jonathan could not answer. Then Jonathan came one evening in great excitement with the news that he had found a healer for himâ€"Jesus the prophet of Nazar- eth, but David, who had made many experiments with healers could only point him to the door in his rage. Hope springs with difficulty in hearts trodden hard with adverse experience. In this pen picture of the sick man's home, the getting together of the four who carried him to the healer, their experiences on the way, and in the crowd until they had him lying at the feet of the Master, their con- versations afterwards, their radiant joyâ€"all this portrayed so beautifuny by the author. makes the little story of the healing of the paralytic much more real and full and helpful. a -v â€" 'vvâ€" In the story of the “Leaderless Man” we find a picture that is beautiful but sad. We can see the longing in the prophet’s face that He might win this clean young man for God, but because of the riches ne possessed being held in the most fatal place a man can hald them in his heart, we hear no more of himâ€"this man without a leader. Then we have the “Home” scene. In the Bible narrative it is given to us in only a few words, but here in detail. and the author shows us most clearly that the difference between the sisters is not that as too often repre- sented in that between a capable, managing. efficient, it somewhat worldly-minded housekeeper, and the slip-shod, other-worldly-minded wo- unpractical Mary incapable of the reâ€" sponsibil‘mes of the housekeeper. The vdifierence between the sisters is one of emphasis. These are only a few of the beautiful pen pictures in this book. “The Friendly Four” is Ralph Connor’s latest book. I think some or his early books are worth reâ€"reading .and a great many young people have never read them. “Black Rock" is a story of life among mmers and lumbering men in British Columbia. There are some very fine Characters in this book and the reader will find their interest never lags Irom first page to last. The same Interest is found in "The Sky Pilot", 2. western ranch life story with humor and sad- ness that touches the heart. "Glen- Thursday, November 22, 1928 At Home , teresting as the Western stories. “The Prapector” is a story that begins 11: Toronto, travels to the Western pro- ‘vinces and back again. .The char- acter study portrayed in the various teresting as the Western stories. “The Prapector” is a story that begins In Toronto, travels to the Western pro- vinces and back again. .The char- acter study portrayed in the various characters is alone of great interest and the story is of absorbing interest. There are other books rrom his pen besides those I’ve mentioned, but they seem to be lacking the beauty of char- acter found in his first books. I am quite sure, Prudence, you have before you hours of pleasure with Ralph Conor’s stories, and they make splendid gifts. As_ever. - A “firm“ MOON MADNESS More Than Legend, Claims Steamship Commander while standing watch on ships cross- ing the Indian Ocean from Singapore. But it is more than a legend, accom- ing to Captain Sekine. “Look at the log-booky and you will find it veri- fied there,” he will tell you. â€"-vâ€" vâ€"vâ€" â€" The moon seems to exert a strange I mystical power as it shines on the Indian Ocean. It possesses a peculiar brightness that seems to penetrate to the brain like some weird intoxicant. else in the world and at times it seems so close that one can reach out and touch it with extended arms, the captain said. It is on such nights as this that the men pacing the bridge go mad and cast themselves into the sea. As the‘ ship glides smoothly over the mirror- like surface of the ocean and the full moon of a summer’s night seems sanging on the main mast even strong Amen must fight to keep free of the ’magic spell, the sailor continued. The magic of the night gets into their veins and they are carried into a mystic world as strange as that of the Ancient Mariner. Nothing is real to them. They know not whether they are living or dead. “It has actually happened many times,” said Captain Sekine, “and many officers have sacrificed their lives on this strange altar of Neptune. It is only men who are sentimental or mentally deficient who do such things. Although I don’t believe in ghosts or anything like that, the 'moon madness’ of the Indian Ocean is a different matter. What is thought to be we acuuuu oldest Jewish cemetery in the Occi- dent has just been discovered in the process of widening the freight depot at Cologne. It was used continually by the Rhineland Jews from the time of the Roman emperors until the seventeenth century, when the Jews transferred their graveyard to a new spot near the Bonn gate. This is interesting as showing that the Jews are among the oldest inhab- itants of the Rhineland cities, and have a claim to be considered not only German citizens but also citizens of such ancient lineage that beside them the claim of most Germans to their nationality seems weak. A AVA ova“-- "â€"â€"â€" going to a convention in a Florida city. They had argued about the respected size and virtues of their states all during the trip. When they arrived at the convention city, their beds were adjoining. The Floridan obtained a large turtle and placed it in his neighbor’s bed. When the Califomian’s foot touched it, he leaped out of bed shouting, “What in the world is that?” "Only one of our Florida bedbugs.” said the Florida man, laconically. The Californian squinted at it care- fully again. yawned and said: “Little son-of-a-gun, ~ain’t he?" What is thought to b_e the IS NOT A MYTH JEWISH CEMETERY second the gap into Toronto Bay, lire guards found three members of the crew un- been overcome by fumes from their been overcome b yfumes from their cargo of rain-sodden coal. The men were quickly revived, and are stated were quickly revwea, anu are suawu to be out of danger. ' The Sunday Chronicle,, London. England, quotes Miss Radclyffe Hall as saying that a representative is now en route to the United States to ar- range for publication of her book, “The Well of Loneliness.” The book last wééi: vw‘as declared obscene by an English judge, who ordered seized copies destroyed. Hard hit by the rains that have swept the clay belt district this year, the farmers of the north land want no relief that smacks of the dole. So they told A. J. Kennedy, MPP. for Temxs- LZEuHéfAGEéehhg held at Earrton. All that the farmers and settlers want, they said, is 1 chance to earn their -A““ .A S‘Qi; livin'g.“ i'he meeting, called to consider the seriousness of the situa- tion, ended by asking them the North- U‘ULL, Duuvu "J “uhâ€"O -____ _ ern Development branch Vundertake extensive gravelling operations to pro- vide work. Albert Marleau, 45-year-old civil engineer of Ottawa, is near death in hospital following a battle of more than an hour with an enraged bull- dog. The man was lacerated from head to foot and the dog was chewing his right arm when a neighbor rushed into the kitchen of the Marleau home and drove the dog ofi‘. Nearly one hundred stitches were necessary to close the man’s wounds, but it was the shock suffered during the one-sided battle which physicians fear will claim Marleau’s life. Daily Events as Told by Cable Condensed for Busy Chronicle Readers Solomon Oikle, 60, was shot in the right arm and left hand while in bed at Eastern Point, N.S. He was alone in the house, but managed to harness a horse and go to Lower Sandy Point for assistance. He was driven to Shel- burne, N. S., where a doctor found about forty small shot in his arm and a number in his hand. The assailant is unknown. Evidence showed. that the gun had been fired through the window. When flames broke through the stage flooring of the Monarch Theatre, a small motion picture house on Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, a panic among the 375 men, women and child- ren comprising the audience was averted by the coolness of Walter Deering, crippled manager, and S. H. McLean, a member of the audience. Frank Swarthout, 22, landed in cm- cago, and one of the first things he did was borrow a pencil from _De- tective Sergeant Dan Kenny. With the pencil he wrote: “Dear.Sir or Ma- dam: This is to inform you that you are being robbed. Don’t holler. and give the money.” Still carrying the sergeant’s pencil, Swarthout entered a candy store at Wabash and Laxe streets and presented the note to the cashier, producing a revolver to show he meant what he wrote. Sergeant. Kenny took the gun away from him. “You crook!” Kenny said, snapping on the handcuffs. “Give me ' back my pencil!” An explosion caused by boys playing with matches, Saturday afternoon blasted out the ends of an empty 500- ,gallon gasoline tank in front of a ihouse at 2044 Howard _Avenue, Wind- because his Wife chewed touaccu auu. refused to stop. Christ Harris, resâ€" taurant owner, filed suit for divorce charging cruelty against his wife, Mrs. Carrie Harris. sor, occupied by shattering every building. World News Seen At A Glance asked for a divorce recently is We chewed tobacco and transit with a load of freight on pro- vincial highway No. 10 near Orange- ville. A farmer’s wagon in which were the farmer, his wife and three children, was travelling, alleged to be without a light, and was not seen by Mr. Stevenson in time to avoid a crash. In the mix-up which followed the people concerned all received a severe shaking up, the truck turnmg over and killing a cow, which was in it. One of the farmer‘s horses was Hon. J. D. Monteith, provincial treas- urer, announces that his department is now drawing up regulations govern- ing the labeling of motion picture films. The proposal is that all films exhibited in the province will be labeled according to their suitability for showing to adults and children. When the regulations are drawn up they will be administered by the On- tario Board of Censors. The matter was discussed last winter and the regulations which are now being pre- pared are carrying out the proposals lmade during the session of Parliament. Dr. Sabin von Sochocky of East Orange, N. J., died last week, a victim of the luminous paint which he had invented for. the painting of watch dials in the plant of a radium corpor- ation formerly located in Orange, K. J. Deaths of a halt dozen women. who were employed in the plant to paint watch dials, have been attribut- ed to the assimilation of radio-active substances. Two of the robbers who held up a pool hall ,at Turner, Mont., last week, when Frank Murray of Turner was fatally wounded, were shot to death, a third was wounded and two others captured when they were overtaken by a Royal Canadian mounted police off icer' about 35 miles north or Climax, Sask. The men were shot when they drew guns to offer battle. Almost simultaneously with the sup- siding of fiery Etna, Mount Vesuvius, only 200 miles to the north, has begun to throw out incandescent matter from the same small orifice at the base or the central cone which erupted mod- erately last August. For several days Vesuvius has been emitting lava from fissures in the mam crater. The spectacle, while interesting to tourists and scientists, has left the populace cold Four Old Country youths, James Heatter and John Percival, of Belfast, Jack Kennedy and James Kennedy or Liverpool, were sentenced to a month in jail in Quebec after pleading guilty to trying to stow themselves away on board the S. S. Melita last Saturday. The four came out here during the summer but could obtain summer jobs on farms only and decided to stow away on some steamer. Council met Novemoer 19th. Mem- bers all present. Minutes adopted. Hunterâ€"Mack: That the Reeve be instructed to sign pay sheet No. 10 for work performed on roadsâ€"Carried. The Treasurer reported receipt of $40 from W. T. Pinder as per agree- ment with the Council re cattle pass between the 2nd and 3rd divisions of Lot No. 15. Concession 1. Hunterâ€"Mack: That the Reeve, Councillor Philp and the Road Super- intendent be a committee to meet a committee from Proton Township In reference to the sale of timber on the town line between the 14th and 16th concessions.â€"Carried. v__' ‘ Andrew Hunter reported in refer- ence to services performed as Weed 1n- spectoz. _- . ._ A 9 L1- _ Weed Inspector be adopted and be re- ceive $3.50 for his serv1¢es.â€"C_a;;~ied. E gremont Council MISS McPHAll. REPLIES T0 COOPER’S LETTER Writing in last week‘s Flesherton Advance, Miss A. C. MacPhail, M. P. for South-East Grey, says: Readlyn, Sask., Nov. 2, 1928‘ Dear Editor,â€"In a recent issue of The Flesherton Advance I read a couple of letters on the subject of who started school fairs in Grey County. One of the letters was writ- ten by T. Stewart Cooper, Agricultural Representative for the County of Grey. He took the ground that I had no- thing to do with building up the school fairs, and he is right. I had nothing to do with the work, nor have I ever claimed to have had. Some four or five years ago Mr. Cooper gave me the privilege of ofler- ing a special prize of $1 to the child' making the best speech on “How Canada Is Governed”, at the nineteen local school fairs in Grey County. Mr. Cooper asked me not to exceed $1. since that was the highest prize given by the school fair. Mr. Cooper also arranged for a meeting of the nineteen winners of first prizes. The elimina- tion contest was held in Flesherton and was very well arranged. Judges of high calibre were selected. The Laudience and children were comfort- ably seatedâ€"harrnony was evident, |and I consider the event was truly |educational in character. The first prize was a trip to Ottawa for the Iopening. The second and third_prizes were medals. One year Mr. Cooper provided a beautiful medal for fourth prize, and the other years I did. For two years I took the winner to Ottawa. The next year I offered an option of the trip or a gold watch and the winner chose the watch. Flesherton Advance in Last Week’s Innaâ€"Agrees With Genenl Senti- I note Mr. Cooper says “She gave a trip to Ottawa or u. gold medal to the winner. These have since been concelled, and this year two medals .were given.” I sent the watch this iyear from Portage la Prairie. It may :not have reached Durham in time. I ‘did not know the date of the champ- ionship fair, but the watch will 1'an Representative. Last year the final contest was not held at Flesherton, but at the cham- pion school fair on fair day at Owen Sound. Three speaking contests were going on at the same time close to- gether; one child finishing while the others were speaking, followed by ap- plause. To my mind the educational feature was lost. The children had no place to sit, nor had the audience. It was a burly-burly sort of thing. I came away feeling that it wasn’t fair to the children. ' This year Mr. Cooper said he would not allow “How Canada is Governed” to be used as one of the subjects. I submitted three others which were ac- cepted. I offered $1 for first prize, 50 cents for second; a gold watch as first prize in the finals, a gold medal as second, a silver medal as third. Until two years ago I found my work with the Agricultural Re resent- ative very pleasant. I had gr at res- pect for him, and thought he was fair, yes, generous. Since then I and work- ing with him almost an impossibility. Yours sincerely: ' AGNES MACPHAIL. in the civic work of their communi- ties. Many who never attended a public meeting, nor even take the trouble to vote, will stand on street corners and criticize their more ac- tive and patriotic neighbors who try to get necessary things done. Running the town is not such a delightful pas- time as some imagine and the lead- ers in every community are men who sacrifice their :time and contribute their money to assist movements for the public welfare. Those who are dissatisfied with their leadership should get busy and give a hand in- stead of criticizing from the side lines.” An exchange says. “There are al- ways a few' people in every village or city who complain that a certain set of men in town want to “run the town.” But those who kick are most usually those who do nothing to assist RUNNING THE TOWN by Grey County Aufio dealerâ€"“I've got a suspicious character herefhe wants to pay cash for a used car!" Auto Dealerâ€" “Police Station?” “ImustcallJohnbyLong Distaneeandlethlmknow I got here all right. Then neither of us will be worry- and yet keep as close toncli with home? if I were then. Whetmuet ”it”, have been like “Thatwillbefine. Instant for our number, 124. so I'll get the cheaper Station-to- Station rate. In a couple of days I’ll call up again, in the evening, so I can have a few words with the children, too. The Evening Rate after 8.80 is really very low." “Every Bell Telephone ‘8 a Long Distance Station." It’s and yet 36 near! PAGE 3. 7711