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I I The iron decks beneath our feet`: quivered in the shock. One had a 1 brief second's ashing insight into`: the interior of a. submarine with! such a. salvo plastered ahead,` astern, on either side. A grim vis-i ion. The quiver ceased almost be-! fore we had decided that it was but the aftermath of someone elses` trouble that we were experiencing. There was a moment of deadly still- 6 ness. Then out of the gloomy cav-ill ern that was the wheelhouse, came,n< ( 1 V 1 k %With a BritihnQongoy_ is the nautical front line but with this difference land, that there are more `taut than ghting men I-rn..... .... ... 4.1., A757 Your Home Town An advertisement in The Barrie Advance will reach the buyers in the local territory and will be read by thousands of people. That is why intelligent, attractive newspaper advertising is known to be the most effective form of advertising for your business. A newspaper commands an audience with pros pective customers, especially your home paper. It is never thrown aside without rst being read from cover to cover. You never see it littering the post-office basket, front yards, or streets, or annoying the housekeeper. But gutters and waste baskets are lled every day with unopened, u11read expensive so-called direct advertising, sale ammunition shot into the air. Have You Ever Seen 1' Yet again. there are minefxelds {our own as well as the encmys. |The convoys pass along swept chan- nels in any known danger zone. But` the channel is none so wide that `-1 iman may stray 21 point or two from his course and persist in the error ' with impunity. , So the bridge is a silent place in ithe darkness; the job calls for con t`cent1'ation. Every ship is blacked 1 out, and an electric torch is as iicar n'a crime as makes no matter. Evc`.'y 1.! one speaks in a _for no real; .,li-eason. I had the odd feeling that - we all imagined a U-boat was lying`! -Ialongside us with some marvelous r listening ear that would catch our : briefest comments. I `v, . We xed our eyes again on the dimly seen shaded blue bulb on the 3{ stern of our next ahead by which I we had to be guided. It is a mat- ter of pride for almost all merchant ' navy oicers to prove that they can keep station in a. line of moving ` iiships on the blackest of nights. It 1' is one of the hardest trials of the ~ - war for them. Only in war do they` -!have any practice at it--and then, {for 13 long hours of darkness night` "garter night, they are tested, not` {with sister ships whose vagaries un-I -ider helm or loss of steam may be` -lguessed, but with strangers, ships of weird and unimaginable quirks ol temperament. In these early days; lcf war, too, many of the captains Imay be having their rst experience of convoy and find themselves not] a little bewildered by the novelty oi the work. I S . .1 .l daylight bring much I easing of the strain. True. station- ikeeping is easier. True, the look routs may have ten miles of visibil Then there are always the ships whose engines develop a most my- sterious sluggishness after dark. 'I'hey drop astern of station. They fall out of the line and stragglel tracking submarine always. hopes to: nd alone and undefended in the" rst glimmer of the dawn. Ships voyaging light on their way to pick up a cargo are an everlasting hor- ` ror to the next astem on a oad` night with a beam sea running. for they yaw all over the place. l1arci1yj- under control, and the unhappy 1mm] |in the next ship is in constant clan I l {away to the rem--the prey that a: {gar of ramming such a broncho. in Doric accents, the gentle, ironic| remark: Ye`ll no be needing your iifebelt this minute. And a calm, half-whispered order to the helms `man broke the spell. K '\[MIss MACPI-IAIL v v ' I Seventy-two hours the strain may `last, peril and sudden death t1.~2 'possible outcome of every next tick of the clock. But I am sure it was without any intention of irony that! the captain remarked to me, relax- ing for a few moments his xed gaze on the next ahead: Adven- seem to have." turous lives you newspaper men I ' ' i `one man's vote is as good as an- 'other's, but where industries are] A `controlled by a few men, the com-; 'mon man's vote counts for little.` |Thus demcracy is decaying through the massing of power. We are be- rginning to see this more and more. I rrn... u.x._.. u._L ity, and there is the additioxmli watch of the patrolling aircraft, who can give \v2u'ning of danger" many miles ahead. But the air is `not; a benevolent. neutral. For all convoys that use any part of the North Sea the day has its constant alarms. The convoy gunners are kept on the alert; ships are warm: ed of every unidentied machine,` and consequently there may be ve` false alarms for every real emcx--1` gency. '- `.7 I r- -..,.--v...., |aAA\-A ..u.yy_y . Producers co-operatives are on the! same basis as trade unions. Labour is just as important as Wheat 0; pork. The agricultural producers must co-operate to the full, as do the labour unions. In the eld of consumers unions, `all can unite, and there is a. big `eld here for action. We are em-I lerging from an economic system. where a few have been doing all the work. If co-operatives are to work, `we must study to get knowledge, and we must have the will to act. The ` people must learn to run their own business on business methods. A Hot of `co-operatives inontario to-day [need purging. Only those who tin`.-1k or the other fellow as well as them- selves should be in a co-operative. 1m-ass M-.....a...n ..,\...._-.....:-.. _-_ .. ....--...... .... u. u. vu-vyGLaIAVC. Miss Macphail commended the way the First Co-operative in Bar- rie was working and was glad to !see K. N. M. Morrison on the Ad- ivisory Committee of the Bacon Marketing Board. ' rrn... u__n _,, __--_-_,, .......... - I (V The hall was packed to capacity` and Miss Macphail was given a splendid hearing. " ~ ....- - .... ..,.. ...,.... u.uC. It Was, for example, half-way through a particularly quiet mid- cile watch that the depth charges shattered the utter peacefulness ofll a. soft-star-1it night. The sound, -carried not over, but through the water, smote the hull so that we] did not know whether we heard or ( felt it. It came totally unheraldedgq Somewhere astern of us an escort , vessel was suspicious. and from t suspicion to salvo is but the touch~'r mg of a. switch when there is nearly ly four million pounds worth of pro- V perty and hundreds of lives to safe-` guard. :1; I Waste pape-r--even that from the ]wo1'kmcn's 1unches-is converted in- 'to backing board by one automobile manufacturing company. which has its own paper plant. ! I c_____- HALO`) una... uuu All\JL\4- | The thing that wakens people up is dire need. In Denmark, Norway and Sweden the people out of de- spair rose to study and to act. In Nova Scotia. a. few years ago there was poverty and despair, but to-d.y through co-operation the people are [prosperous and happy. ' `Dun.-hunnu- an A...-......:-..._ A..- __, n I (Continued from page one) The Barrie Advance vv yuan. The late Mr. Mason was born on ,Sept. 5, 1854. at Springeld. Ont. {and later moved to Angus. xviic.--e he lived for some years. since 1931 he had lived at Amen Mills. He was possessed of a cheerful disposiLion._ He was twice married. his first wife I On Monday evening. Jn'1. 22. 1940, 'John Mason. of Anton l`.'Iill;., |:.L3S(;'_l `away in the R.V. I+Iospitul Barrio. He lmd been in ill lxealth 1"" .so:no time, but was only conned tn bell for three weeks. rut. 1-.- .- __ ..... ...... .. A4-uwlx. I ; Born August 13, 1860, at Big Bay" `Point, her maiden name was Mar- l'gzu'et Alice Webb, eldest cIa11gl1t(-1'. :01` T1105. Webb zmzl Nancy Bn\\'n1211;. [In the full of 188;! she was x11n1'1'io(l to John William Ax'xnst1'nx1g of Bi_:; 513:1)` Poim. wlm p1-c(lvu(*usvrl hm` in .1897. Two 4I:1u:.';l1l.crs to this mur- 1'iu.;:e. Mrs. Fred L. Bonn<`_\' and Mrs. H. G. Martin Lucind:1),; also predeceased their mot.l1<`1'. in Jnmmry of 1919. In N0\'cmbo1`,l90U_ \ Il'.~'.. A1'1nsL1'on;:` m.'11'1'ied Cl1:1.~`-. Fred- erick Shaw, who survives her. with 1 two brothers, George \Vcbb. Big Buy 1 Point and Ben. Webb. of strand. 5 and two sisters. Mrs. Fannie Brew- .v.te1'. of T01'0ni.0, anrl Mrs. Willnun I Irwin, of Barrie. There are nlso'f surviving` two grandclulldrcn. John C Martin, of Orlllla. and Miss Patricia 1 Martin, of T-:.x-onto, and two g1'ent- 1` grandchildren. H 4 ,_ h... ..... .._, nu-_y J.AAb|AQ\.L9l4_y u1Ul'H.`| ing. The funeral service was held Saturday afternoon, Jan. 20, in the 'Minnikin F`une1'n.l Home, and com`) ducted by Mr. John S_v1vest.c1', of ( Midland. Interment was made m I Stroud C.emc`.cry. The p:1l1-bem`c1's I were six nephews: Alfred, Russell, If `Harold and Alvin Webb, Jas. Irwin`; and Allan Black. {F ' 71,, I The death of Mrs. C. F. Shaw at` her home at Cundles, on Thursday, Jan. 18, 1940, came as a great shock to her family and friends. I She had been 111 only one week and \ then seemingly not serious but pas-3-" ed suddenly away Thursday morn-i held} the] | 1\,1';n;[-;n 171...u\....I Yv,\..,_ v I l VJ` ......uu-uma, cams. I The funeral takes place to-clay, Feb. 1, from her late residence. 29 Langley Ave. Interment in St . James Cemetery, Toronto. (By Naval Correspondent, or the Manchester Guardian) Steaming for three days and what seemed like 30 nights in conditions that the weather made ideally peaceful _ and man made constantly menacing, gives one a vivid realiza- tion of what war means to Lhe merchant navy. Suddenly in the, dead of night the whole fabric or` the ships in the convoy quiver to the thud of depth-charge explos- ions. I ,. ------ u uuun. 1u.u_y ycaib `:1-50.` i Surviving are two sons, T. Davis .Addison and William G. Addison, uf Toronto; also one brother, Charles `Gardner, of Sintulata, Sask. "!"l-..-. 4` .... ..- I ' Mrs. Rebecca Addison passed away at; her home in Toronto on Mon- day, Jan. 29, following a lingermg lillness. Deceased was the daugh- ;ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wil- lliam Gardner, of Dalston, Or-' `Township. She had lived in To-, `ronto since her marriage to Thomas 'Dav1's Addison some fty years ago.E .QIIrvI'ninn- amp. 5.... .._-_- V" " The last member of one 01' me pioneer families of Simcoe County. in the pt`-31'Lf`-I1 of Mrs. Emily M. Richardson, passed away, after a lingering illness, on Thursday, Jan. 25, 1940, at the home of her son- in-law, W. D. Grifths, 74 Maple Ave., Barrie. ,. __ .. .. . . ,. __. -., _.._.-... A daughter of the late Charles White and Adah Gardner, she was uborn at Dalston, Sept. 28, 1868, liv- ling in Barrie the greater part of |her life, the surviving member oil a family of nine. Mrs. Richardson was a member of Collier St. United Church and through the years was organist in Barrie churches. I r~u__ 1- __ .4 , l_._. ...-..,. ago. \J `Donald Redfern, Mrs. Miss Betty Blachford, J. S. Crawford, Mr. iMr. F. Jones. all of qurn ......J at... v~ I ... .,uu;n. x.;;u.xn.A;-.0. she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. F. Legge, Toronto, and Mrs. W. D. Grifths, Barrie; also three [grand-children. n-1,, The funerai service was conducted by Rev. Dr. J. S. Short at her late residence, where beautiful oral tri- butes conveyed the esteem in which deceased was `meld. During the sex- vice a. Bach Chorale and Hark,; Hark, My Soul were playeq gof;-,)y .bv Mr. 0. Franklin 7-5...... .3-.. I ---., ~- r--J"V'. nun.-y lby Mr, C, _.1.`_`r8J1k1iI!. Lgge. Pali- bearers were Dr. W. Richardson, 1\Ir. W. C. Hunter, Mr. Gray Hart, Mr. H. A. Smith, Mr. Ralph McLean and Dr. Randall Richardson. Interment was in Barrie Union Cemetery. `hvinnrlu and .-n1..u....- :....... .. .u_ MRS. EMILY M. RICHARDSON I At any moment in the blessed? hours of daylight there comes from` the wireless room or from the es-| corting vessels the A1ert"-Un-I known aircraft. possibly hostile, ap : proaching. Keep a. good lookout"; In the bows and either wing of the` bridge of every ship, dour and ta.-.-; titurn merchant seamen in weather-! stained overcoats and slouched caps: keep an extra lookout day and night. l Ihifukarql IVIRS. REBECCA ADDISON MRS. C. F. SHA\V JOHN MASON The funeral took place on Wcd~|' nescluy, Jun. 2-1. from G. G. Sm1th`s' undertaking purlours. the service be-E lug conducted by Rev. F. N. Mad-' den. of Mlnesing, the deceasedhsi pastor. The remains were laid to- rcst in An-,rus Cmm`t.e1gv. Pall-beat.`-i vrs xvero Duncan Muson, Chas. Ma-'1 son. Wm. Mason. John Denny. Jz1s.1 Fleming xmd Gordon F`loming. J rnI.,. _u,-, , lb:-am: S-.1.ruh Linkntvr. of Spring- v Iivld. 111 1931 he \\':\s n1:u'ried to _ Snruh Jnlmstcm, or Antvn Mills. Bcsidvs his wife, he leaves. Lo` mourn his loss two du1lg`11tL`I`s zu\d{ .'four sons. Iluxxwlyz Mrs. Alc.\'. Den:1y.; of Utopia; Mrs. 'l`hos. :5t.rebbcll, oil.` `DoLroit., Mich.; John. of Hu.mi1ton; I-`rcd. of Alhmdnlc: Guy, of An-7` gus, u.nd mm-pix, or Michigan, U.S.`1 Also :1 sis!-t`1`. Mrs. Wilson. of Gleu- calm, and a brother. Duncan M.a- 1 son. of St.n,vner. `G nu... An... ..I ,-.,-._... ..V.... LAhAJ' unu. F1dni11g . The doopost. .s'_vn1pnth_\' is extended: _to Mrs. I\`[:1.4un and tho surviving` family. t El Costs Millions I I The current election will cost the` ` Dominion treasury ber..\\'een $2.500.-5 Y 000 and $3,000,000. Around 160,000` -1 persons will bo oxnploycd. o`lici`.1l_\',v 5] by the Government in the election; l'|n1acl1inCr_\'. This total will include! `iubout, 45.000 (`l1LlIllL`l`:1I0l'S. 35.000 (19 .put._v returning oflicers. 35.000 poll-g` " ingr clerks. 35.000 l:1n(l1ords of polling,` ' booths. and 10,000 co:x. " L l'l 1:" ....l...:..,. ---- i Svotin. ' Prince Yukon, Onhux chvwun, 2 The sea trenches; from the non-combatant involved. They are in the ring line continuously and unlike the troops on shore, they never know from hour to hour just how near 15 the enemy s front li.ne. TL ......_ .-, - - -- By p1`0\'im`<`s. Llw 1245 vomtixtxmw ('10:: of the House of Cnxmnnns n`.: this olvctinn an` dividvd as follows tnhn-:.. on. n.. 4,, .<- - - ....... .. u an . Conservatives, 137; Liberals. 88, I Liberal-Progressive. three; Progres- `sives. two; U.F.A.. ten; Labor. two; `Independent Labor. one; Independ- ;c-nt. two. I ' SHOTS MENACE ____ _. E--. ..u..um..u, was an LUALUWEI Conservative, 1.909,955; Liber-a1, ` 1,714,860; Libera1-Progressive, 59,155," Progressive, 30,993; Labor, 45.302; Independent. 49,355; U.F.A., 60,9243 Farmer, 22,766; Communist, 5.685. I The party standing after th: 1930 election was: n.,, A-- l-, _ _-_, .... ........ u\.\.n./L1, uuc, u1-.;z:- pendent, one; U.F'.O.-Labor, one. Of 5,918,207 on the 1935 voters list, 4,452,675 votes were actually least, representing 74 per cent. on fhp Hel- In 1930, the popular vote. aYso from press sources, was as follow: :` f`nv1cnvw.vnHun 1 nnn n=:,- . - -- __-..,..,.. tutu \4J Auuuwa Liberal, 1'71; Independent Libera.1s,i ve; Liberal-Progressive, two; Con-f servatives, 39; Independent Conser- ;vative. one; Social Credit, 17; C.C.F , _ 1 qpngn- 'Dannn.~......L:.... - , -u...vnn . ' Liberal, 1,955,487; Independent,- Liberal, 91,430; Liberal-Progressive,` 13,215; Conservative, 1,311,392; u.c.F. i 390,820; Reconstruction (Stevens E |Party), 384,222; Social Credit, 17'.`-` 045; Communist, 31,151; Labor, 13.-? 206; U.F.O.-Labor, 9,065; all obhers` ll-13,744. i ,..V, ulurxn v,:;. t,..:. mI m. le.cn,llzlm5 mm`, `every available mun was mzmltrd 1;; light the mnln .';t,n.-t:t. blu.7.(:. Iu`rlw:ml:; climbed aboard the truck that. was hcuzling toward the scene of the second re. It turned out to be a chimney llrc. Edwards lmslsbed on putting it. out und than returner! to the scene of the original bl.a.7.r.- Lo t_.21J(c his old place on the `nose lines. Lose Their Belongings Mr. and Mrs. Rose Clendcnnmg,_ Mr. and Mrs. William Smith and?` their two children, and William Hooper, who lived in apartmeuw [above the stores, were forced out so quickly by the uprushing smoke that they were unable to salvage any or ltheir belongings. r\........... _n _ 4.- -__.i Aft a solitary gure stands by the gun that convention allows merchant ships to carry for defence against the mechanized vultures and! sharks of this thing that man now calls war. n-n, . .... -- ......v..... Owners of adjacent stores, which: also were lled with smoke, gather-` ed their books and papers ready La` evacuate if the blaze should breaki through the thin partition wa11s.| They said smoke damage would be! considerable. N In 1935 the popular vote, as tab- ulated unofcially by press so.u'ces, lwas as follows: *r::_..._._u . A.-- .-_ The party standing after the 19.25. election was as follows: r I Y :\.,....1 an: . v .` L, Jones barber shop and Do1c_a.rt's, Firms thus affected were Sbover s confectionery, Liggews drug store, I 3 clothing store. I ....... ..._., ...,....... I ` L. Mason, owner of Ma.son s shoe store, said his loss would be about; $10,000, while it was estunated` Palmer's shop, in the basement of which the me started, would have losses of $7,000 upwards. Breaking out about 1 p.m.. the I blaze was still going but declared ..__J_~,- -..._L_...1 1.... n ..,, EXPECT TOTAL `*9.- ._........ V- .y.,uuv uywaaua. plaze bu }under control by 3 p.m. ,, _. _... .-- \|\ \. uu A\VuU\VB I lturin, 82; Quvbcc. 65: S:1skni- u un, 21: Alberta. 1?; I\I-.mi1obr..' British Co1un1bi:1, 16; Nova .21.. 13; Now Brunswick. 10. | `v 1EId\\';u'd Island, 4. and the: (Continued from (Continued from page one) thrown into the gutter or Waste paper basket before it was read thoroughly ..-., V--4.. \1u..\.uv, Ll, \J.\J.I` Reconstruction, one; In-.:e-I nun. YYYTII-\ v-_u,, Party Standing 11 Elle election! a 1 There are three ways to increase ms. ;the. `Sword Plant: By. sg--e(i>. 1~()u[- S. p0n_div1s1ons or cuttings '(Sll})S). If you OMS pomngdiave a `huge specimen. t.1m.t is walks. icrowdedl 111 the pot, dump it out. un- M `ceremomously and split. the root; m:;sys'.en1. 11110 several smaller pieces, m mum -1':-p.':1.im1ig them st-pui`:,11ei_\: To get` SaSkm_`s1i1Js from :1 Sword Plant you simply 1,l._ Mmm0b_|c11t :1 leaf off close Lo the soil and L '16: NOm`\vi1.l1 a. sharp knife cm the leaf runswick 10_|agni11 into several sections. each mqgabout. two or three inches in length. |Just like you do with rhubarb stocks. If you insert each OHC of these pieces into constantly moist _ sand or soil they will form roots in is about a month. Seeds of the sword men Plant are as scarce as diamonds, no mlas the plant produces owers only 1,1113-111-5 ;md{nt rare intervals, sometimes several years apart. Only hybridlzers use ol` , them for breeding new varieties. If n!" 1'-Ynuniil-nu-i vnn r\v- `r I..:.-.4 L- . -- -- _._....-j-.:. one) 11. uucul nu un:t:uu1g new vaneties. If ; 5 you or I tried to use them we - ` would get nothing but wild, un- recognizable Sanscvierias. I. I ~rc- ...... I.--.--- 1' The only two violent emthqunke -experiences east of the Rockies in .United States history have been in 1811 and 1812, when :1 sm'io.-< of shocks affected the lower Mlssslppl :Valley, and in 1866 whvn Ch:ll'lt`.\`- ton, S.C., had 11 st'ri011.~; qnulu`. ..,.....w . can And. I If you haven t; got a Sword Plant. in your home, throw out; those fad- ed falling ferns and get a plant lthat is easy to grow and far more 'sa.t1sfactory in 9. general way. ' -J.W.C., 52 Dunlop st. . i I (ArHn1n 1\Tn ram JUST PLAIN DIRT Since the Sword Plant grows wild on the clayey mountain sides in iwarm countries, there is no need `for us to pamper it along with a richly manured soil. as we do with Ferns and Begonias. In fact. were `you to feed this plant any fertilizer `_3, at all or plant it in `a fairly rich ":'soil it would die promptly. Just _ ;pot it up in plain ordinary "garden :dirt' `of a. rather heavy te.\'t.ure and it, will thank you for it. Water it a little for two or three days. then allow it to remain standing in a. fairly dry soil all winter. Vvnen [May comes. stand it outdoors in a partly shady, but dry location. It `"111-:es some water during the summex `}months. but must. lmve rapid drain- Wage. All you lrave to do is :0 be careful not to have it. stanciing `oe- |neat.l1 9. le.'1.k_v ea\`exrou;:l1 \\`l1e'.`e it Wwould be wet for several days. or the whole plant will rot away ; quicl Although small young specimens of this Dlant may be but three `inches or so in height, old timers" frequently attain a height of four or `five feet and have a stately beauty [all their own. You have often seen them on display in hotel lobbies, public libraries and restaurant. win- dows. The sword Plant is the easi- est of all pot plants to grow, requir- _ing almost no care because it en- Tljoys a dry solid soil and can with- Sfstand draughtsrapid changes in tem- -iperature and even accidents. If -iyour Sword Plant ever falls to the i`oor, smashing the pot, simply pick lit up and plant it again in an- `other pot and it will go right on 3, growing as serenely as ever. just as lif nothing happened to it! Most; -mother house plants lacl-: these ad- -fmirable qualities. 5 x -1 In Barrie homes and store win- dows one sees hundreds of Sword Plants. ,1, Since February H` is the best I month of the year to propagate these plants, it igmxgm be helpful to readers or this 11,-olurnn. many of whom are grow- ` inc; Sword Plants, if we say a. few ) words this week about their culture. 'l"hz. c...-....I nu. ._. I; 4. 1 I " I iWhat War Means to the Gallant Men of The Merchant Navy an". (Article No. 63). Lhllhlula VIICH UUIDUIU. The Sword Plant. is aLso known as Bowstring Hemp or Snake Plant, [but me real name is Sansevlerla. ;`Grow1ng from a rhlmmous root sim- ilar to the Iris or Peony, this plant .produces long, narrow and pointed leaves, which stand erect. They are [characterized by their stl , lmthery gtexture, mottled green and usually a. border of cream along each edge of the leaf right up :4; lbs sharp nolnt. !GardenN otes It 1-3 called Bowstring Hemp be- [cause the natives of Ceylon and the `Island of Madagascar use its dried iand cured leaves for making a kind `of rope or rafia. It got the name Sword Plant because its leaves re- semble the blades `of old-fashioned swords. Botanists named it Sau- sevleria. in honor ot the Prince of Sanseviero. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1940. THE HW:()RD PLANT (By John Crosskmd) PROPAG.~\TIO.\' NEWSPAPER