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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1933 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE PobliahMl on ColHtifwood str«et, FlMherton, Wednesday of each week. Circulation over 1000, Price in Canada $2.00 per year, when paid in advance $1.50. In U. S. A. |2.50 per year, when paid in advance |2.00. W. H. THURSTON, • • Editor F. J. THURSTON, - Assoc. Editor %N EDITOR SPEAKS HIS MINI) ON REPORTING It is customaiy amonf; ort^aniza- tions in we!l-reKuIated towns to send to the newspaper offices compliment- ary tickets when a reporter is requir- ed to "cover" any event where an ad- mission fee is charged. If thcr« never was such a rule in this off-ce-- that of "no licltet, no go" â€" there is one from this date on. And orders in this office are orders. To ask a reporter to pay out of his own pocket to get into something where an ad- mission fee is charged, for the pur- pose of getting out his pencil and go- ing to work, is not a fair proposition no matter how you care to look at it, and in all other towns that we have been in (and wc- have been through the mill as a reporter) it is simply not being done. The reporter foi this paper gets his salary every Sat- urday. What he does with his money is none of our affair. But thLs much is certain that we are not going to dig down in our pocket to buy him tickets to attend e-vents in the line of his duty and for which we are paying him. Of course, if the ticket does not ar- rive for him to attend your event, we can either take it that you do not want him to write it up in detail or that you have let the matter slip your memory. But one thing is certain if the ticket comes he will be on the job and he will give you a good story of it, because it will be first-hand and not a synopsis gathered hurriedly from someone who had been present. â€" Trenton Courier-Advocate. WHY NOT EXPRESS YOURSELF? Editors are usually only ordinary individuals. What they write is main- ly their own opinions. But hundreds of individuals in every community have their owti ideas as well. Editors do not wish to monopolize the expres- sion of opinion in their newspapers. Their columns are open to their read- ers for the free expression of opinions on timely subjects and for instructive suggestions that may prove valuable to the welfare of the community. The Flesherton Advance welcomes contri- butions from its readers in the form of letters to the editor. If you have an idea that you think might be help- ful, put it on paper and pass it along. We welcome such contributions. AUCTION SALE WESLEY FOSTER Lot 120, Con. 5. N. E. T. & S. R. Artemesia will sell by public auction on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 19.33 Commencing at 1.30 o'clock. Seven- teen pigs 3 months old and one Hol- atein milch cow. Other animals and articles will be sold at reasonable charges. Terms: Cash. â€" B. H. ,WALDEN, Auctioneer. Womao Killed in Motor Accident .Mrs. Mary Merkeley of Corfoetton wa.s instantly killed early Monday morning, the result of a collision between a car in which she was rid- ing and a loaded truck owned and driven by Mr. Wallace Wilson of the West Backline, Artemesia. Her sons, George and Herman, are in the Or- angeville hospital critically injured and another son, Edgar, is suffering from bruises and shock. The accident occurred on Highway 10, three miles east of Shelburne, when both car and truck were alleged to be travelling without lights on account of a heavy fog. It is stated that the car was on the wrong side of the road at the time and neither drivers observed each other in time to avoid the accident. BotK car and truck were considerably damaged from the impact. In the truck with Wilson at the time were Mr. Russell Graham and Jack Brady of Markdale, but all es- caped with only a few bruises and the usual shaking up. A load ol stock was being taken to the Toron- to market and as the collision took place were thrown over the rack onto the other car. ^^^^^^<f^^^^*^^<f^^^^^<^^^** THE POULTRY HOUSE The poultry hou.se 20 feet deep on the Experimental Station at Harrow has always shown its superiority over houses of shallower construction, par- ticularly in exposed situations. There is a more comfortable condition, a freedom from draughts, and a highei temperature in a house of this depth providing the north, cast and west walls are tightly constructed. At this season of the year high, cold winds find their way through cracks and crevices in a house which appears to be storm proof and a check-up some cold windy night on these con- ditions, if they exist, is a good prac- tice. Loose windows and doors or alley-ways on the north side are dang- erous as slight colds may lead to more .serious complications and will cer- tainly shock production. CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS Everyday brings new gifts to our store; our lines are more complete all the time. There is something at the var- iety store for everyone from the yoitngest to the oldest. Come in and look around, wc invite your inspection. Our goods are all priced rig'ht. ,We will accept orders for your ideas on payment of small deposit. Hill's Variety Store Flesherton Other Paper's | . Opinions . | GREY AND BRUCE COMPARED (Chealey Enterprise) For the first time the editor of this paper spent a couple of hours last Friday afternoon watching the procedure of the members of Grey County Council in session. The Grey local legislators carry on in a more Parliamentary way than the Bruce members. In the Grey chamber each chairman of committees are paid and report. In Bruce it is usually done by the county clerk. In Grey the chairman of committees are x>aid and in Bruce they get no extra remun- eration. In Grey the clerk takes I'he motions to the Warden and in Bruce this is done by the caretaker who acts in the capacity of a page. In Grey the county council frequently goes into committee of the whole with some member named by the (Warden, presiding, just the same as in the Ontario Legislature when the Speakei names a chairman when the House i.s discussing the clauses of a bill Theses are some of the differences wc noted. MANY CHANGED CONDITIONS (Oollingwood Enterprise-Bulletin) Time, immigration and the develop- ment of new and various industries have wrought many changes in the conditions and occupations of our people in the last isixty years. In 1871 the population of the Dominion was 81.4 per cent rural and 18.6 per cent urban. And even these figures do not disclose the whole story. It is estimated that to-day only 31.7 per cent of our people live on the farm. And probably the worst feature is that very few of the urban citizens seem to have any desire to go on the farm, while not a few of the rural citizens are quite anxious to leave the farm. The man who can devise a remedy for this state of affairs will deserve well of the nations. WILL YOU INVEST $1.50 IN PROSPERITY? Cood times, that is. times of normally orosperous conditions, are here, waitini; for u.s to put them to work, industrial and financial leaders tell ua so. Bankers tell u.s also that savinRs were nfver as great. Last yearl savincs accounts throughout Canada increased bv millions of dollars. There's where the "good times" conditions are â€" lied uu in Savings Banks accounts, when a lot of it should be paid on accounts, and the balance of that in- crease spent in iM>rmal buying at prevailing low prices would have us well on the way to normal good conditions. Here^s How Your $1.50 Worksâ€" You decide to inve?st '1.50 in prosperityâ€" The best way is to buy something that you have been putting off buying, or to pay it on account â€" and if you owe us an account, preferably our account. Here's what happensâ€" That $1.50 is paid out in wages, or we pay an account; the one who receives it from u^ buys something he needs or pays an account, until finally you receive your $1.50 back, either in articles sold, if you are in business, or in wages as your placef of employment receives or- ders that your $1.50 has helped create. The Advance has subscriptions in arrears â€" $1.50 accounts. Each one paid means $1.50 more going into circulation and helps us pay our bills. LOOK AT THE LABEL TODAY. If you are in arrears, make your investment in prosperity with us. AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK (Alliston Herald Uniisually interesting last week with a wide variety of articles on vitally interesting matters of current moment the Financial Post was em- phatic in ascribing to the Ottawa Economic Conference agreements the full measure of credit for the improve ment in conditions that has taken place in Oanada in the la.st flive months. Had it not been for the British market agriculture would probably have been in a worse plight than it was a year ago now. Cargoes of all kinds of farm products are continually forwarded to Britain and in the markets of the Old Land these products usually find a ready cus- tomer at prices that are at least an improvement on those prevailing at this time last year. The Canadian exporter seems not yet to have learn- ed to study the requirements of the market across the water, the peculiai tastes and foibles of the consumei so that he may prepare his product for presentation with as tempting an appearance as possible. In the case of apples some injudicious shipments have been made this fall and the re- .sult is that the Canadian apple mar- ket in Britain has been more or less demoralized. It is hoped to have a plant in London to take care of Canadian eggs and poultry ready foi use before the coming Christmas. In the past year alone exports of Can- adian eggs have been increased from nothing to 70,000 cases of 30 dozen each and a shipment of 50 carloads of Canadian chickens ai'e to be for- warded for the British Christmas trade. And all this has been ac- :;oinplished i.n barely eleven months. Another y.-ar and Canada will be shipping immense quantities of piii- iluce to Britain. Messrs. Hawley, Smoot, Fordney and McCumber. whom we have i-oundly denounced ;n Canada as unfair and unneighborly may in the end turn out to be bene- factors of Canada. Certainly these four men and their measures have wrought inestimable benefits to oui farmers this fall for while the Amer- ican farmer is yet engulfed in a fin- ancial morass the Canadian farmer is beg-inning to see daylight through the dark clouda that have hung over him the last three years. SCHOOL QUESTIONS AND^NSWERS (From the Canadian School Jouirnal for November) 1. Question If, and when, on the last Wednesday of December, 1933, any person nominated as trustee has not paid his or her taxes for that same year (1933) upon that nominating date, can that person legally be inr stalled as trustee? Do the taxes foi nominating purposes include all taxes, or that pertaining omly to school taxes? â€" Taxpayer. Answer. At the session of the Legislature for 1933, section 135 of the Public Schools Act was amended by adding the following sub-section: "la) A person whose taxes for school purposes at the time of election or at any time during his terra of of- fice as trustee, are overdue and unpaid shall not be eligible' to be elected as a trustee, or to sit or vote as a mem- ber of a board." It might be quite possible for the nominated trustee to pay his schooj taxes between the time of nominatior and the date of election. It will be iioted that the amendment to the Act reads 'taxes for school purposes.' 2. Question. If a person nominat- ed at a school meeting and qualifying as a trustee does certain repair work upon the school buildings without hav^ ;ng been given aujUiority at a prop- erly called meeting of the board, what action can be taken by a person (tax- payer) interested? In this instance the trustee commenced certain work such as dismissing the janitor and do- ing repair work a few hours after be- ing elected before a meeting could be called. â€" H. C. S. Answer. It is quite contrary to the Schools Act that any work to be paid for by the board of trustees should be carried on without the work having l:irst been authorized by the board of trustees at a properly called meeting. A trustee had no power to dismiss a janitor or to do repair work without having first been instructed to do so by the board, and a trustee cannot re- ceive arty remuneration for any work done and to be paid for by the board. A ratepayer would have the privilege of taking legal action where trustees fail to carry out their duties in ac- cordance with the requirements ol the Act. 3. Question. If a trustee publicly states that he did not wish to be trus- tee bnt just todk the position 'm order to oust the opponeint or past trustee and if the ratepayers can show thai this man is just holding the position from spite and not from public inter- est, what action is to be taken to un- seat him? Answer. There are certain offences and penalties set forth in sections 129 to 150 of The Public Schools Act, but the one set forth in this question is not mentioned in the Act. This mat- ter is one which might well be left entirely to the ratepayers wh«n they re-elect trustees. 4. Question. If a board, even after a teacher reauests a written agree- th ought, will have the effect of re- moving some of the material that has been interfering with the progress of some of the classes and causing over crowding. It is regarded as an affective reminder to the slacker to brighten the corner where he is. It has not been adopted in the local iichool as yet though the matter has been discussed. ment fails to provide same what ac- tion can be taken and by whom to force the board to do so in middle •! the term? â€" H. S. Answer. Subsection (1) of section 103 of The Public Schools Act was amended in 1932 as follows: "(1) Every agreement between a board and a teacher shall be in writ- ing, signed by the parties thereto and sealed with the seal of the board, and shall be exectited before the teacher enters upon his duties." Since the agreement is between the teacher and the board of trustees, the party dissatisfied should take the ne- cessary steps toward the execution ol the agreement. 5. Question. What right, if any, has a trustee or a ttoard to dose school during certain fairs, cold days, teacher's sickness, teacher attending funerals, or funerals in the district? In last month's Journal all school dayg and holidays were specified and no mention was made for the days teach- ers attend Institutes. If a ratepayer objects to the school his children at- tends being closed for any of the pur- poses mentioned, what action can be taken since it is useless to complain to the board? â€" Ratepayer. Answer. Form 94, issued each yeai by the Department of Education, sets forth the school year and holidays. Section 6, subsection (1) and (2), of The Public Schools Act sets forth the school terms and school holidays, and boards of trustees have no power to close the school for the reasons set forth in this question. Rural School Fairs and nature study excursions, etc., where the teacher and pupils at- tend, would be regarded as school at • tendance. If a board of trustees closes the school illegally, a ratepayer would have the privilege of taking legal action against the board. TIRE BLOWS OUT IN FACE Jack Butchart, 21-year old son ot Mr. Stewart Butchart, of the 13th concession. Brant, was about to leave home for Walkerton with the family machine and just prior to the hop-off realized that one of the tires waa over inflated. While in the act of gtooping by the wheel adjusting the valve that would relieve the surplus presaure, and with his face but a few inches from the weakest part of the tire, the casing exploded with a bang in his peepers that hurled the ad- juster on his hack some distance away where he was almost as completely knocked out as if a bomb had been planted under his steppers and touch- ed off. Getting the terrific blast at such close range, the slall dry particles of gravel on the rubber thread acted like buck shot from an old muzzle loading charged, which sc pierced the victim's ey«8 and becam€ embedded in his face to such an ex- tent that Jack fairly swooned from the shock and distress that ensued. So impaired was the sight, that for several days the injured optics received careful attention from the fiimiily physician. Latest reports are to the effect that the victim's vision will not be impaired.â€" (Walker- ton Herald-Times. Saqta Glaus Day FLESHERTON Sat., Dec. 16 Moving pictures in Town Hall will commence at 2 p.m., that w411 keep the children entertained with two solid hours of laughter and fun. During the after- noon Santa Claus will appear at the hall and distribute a bag of candies and nuts to each boy and girl in at- tendance. CAT AND DOLL SHOW In basement of tawn hall. Prizes given for the best cats and best dressed dolls. All these exhibits must be placed by 1 p.m. Bring in your pets and dolls. HOBBY SHOW FOR SCHOOLS To include handicraft, art, writing, collection of stamps, insects, woods, etc. Contest will be between each public school. AH entries must be in the town hall to give time for the arrangement of exhibits and- judging. Several cash prizes will be given. Mothers and dads are invited to attend and see the exhibits. SCHOOL AS RESTING PLACE (Norwood Register) A recent amendment to the High School Act gives School Boards powei to limit to six years the time in which 8tud«nt.^ may receive tuition at the pubHc expense in secondary schools. This, no doubt, has been prompted by the out cry heard about the cost ol education. The public grants are based largely upon the attendance. Already this law has be«n given effect in several of the larger achools Wherever this is adopted .students re- maining in tchool longer than six yeaus will ha i oquired to pay such fees an may he fixed by the Board of Tiusteci. Ths amendment, it is Gome to This Store for Real Bargains Everything from soup to nuts can be had at "KEN KENNEDY'S" A fresh stock of PEELS, CURRANTS, RAISINS, Etc for that ChrUtmM Cake Fine Men's Wear We have a fine assortment of SCARFS, SOCKS, SPATS, SHIRTS, TIES, SWEATERS, CAPS, GLOVES and anything that appeals to the Well Dressed Man Phone. 37 • " â-  • " - FLESHERTON tji * • y 4 a »