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mm 72nd Year No. 12 THE COLBORNE EXPRESS^THURSDAY, MARCH 31st, 1938 $2.00 a year in advance; $2.50 to U. S. A. "Vox Nostrae Scholae" In the light sandy soil of North Carolina and of Tennessee and of other bordering states, grows bush bearing yellow flowers, the flowers fade, the stems bore these flowers bend dow bury themselves in the light soil. Here later at the end of each stem appears a pod and that pod is a peanut. Last year from 1,700,000 acres of such soil in the United States came a peanut harvest of 1,300,000,000 pounds which provides an annual consumption there of ten pounds per The United States produces S cent of all the peanuts but even so it does not produce more than ten per cent of the entire world production of from 116 to 20 billion pounds, being only fourth in order after China, India, and Africa. Most of the world production of peanuts is pressed for oil. In the United States, however, peanuts are disposed of as peanuts, roasted peanuts, salted peanuts, peanut butter, etc. The development of the peanut industry in America (for peanut agriculture- is not more than fifty years old) seems to have kept step with that of baseball. It is difficult for any American or Canadian baseball fan to picture a worthwhile baseball game where there wasn't a plentiful supply like big paper bags, folded to look like paper bags and filled with, or apparently filled with peanuts. The largest peanut company in the United States sold last year, on the authority of "Fortuue," 700 carloads of peanuts in paper bags and since a reduction of two peanuts per paper bag would represent a saving of 280.000,000 peanuts, it is hardly reasonable to ex-' pect much overweight in a peanut bag. This American crop of peanuts was grown on 450,000 farms and was worth to the farmers who grew it, $44,000,-000. We are told that much of the peanut crop in the United States is grown on land formerly devoted to \ raising cotton but abandoned for that j purpose because of the depredations \ of the poll weevil. So profitable did it become for farmers to raise peanuts instead of cotton that, in one district, a grateful group of farmers erected a monument to the boll weevil. We are told that Mr. George Washington Carver, an unassuming negro scientist, in his laboratory at Tuske-gee Institute, has developed about 300 uses for the peanut, and when it is' known that some of these uses include cheese, milk,* breakiast-. food, coffee, lard, linoleum, axle-greese, soap, face powder, wood stains, dyes, quinine, a remiedy for infantile paralysis, dynamite, and insulating material, the future of the peanut is as- But the world will not he completely civilized until most of the Chinese production of peanuts is consumed at baseball games in an Oriental baseball series which will include teams from Tokio and Shanghai. Mineral Deficiency In Live Stock After considerable study and experimental work in Oxford County during the last two years it has been found that many breeds of cattle particularly of the dairy breeds which have not been doing well and which have been producing milk of abnormally low butterfat content are suffering from nutritional troubles caused b.y a lack of minerals in the diet. In order that the farmers in this district may become better acquainted with these problems, District One of the Toronto Milk Shippers' Association in co-operation with the local Branch of the Department of Agriculture, have arranged to have Mr. G. R. Green, Agricultural Representative, Woodstock, address a meeting of farmers at Grafton, on Friday afternoon, April 1st, at 2 o'clock, on the subj.ect of Mineral Deficiency problems in Live Stock. Mr. Green's address will be illustrated and his experience in thes.e problems should be of great interest to all farmers in this district. Farewell Held in Honour Of a Popular Famirj The home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Q Moore was the scene of a very largs gathering of friends and neighiboun Wednesday evening, March 33rd, 1938 During the eary part of the everf ing, everyone indulged in proirrex-iv< euchre, for which prizes were given .Mis. Clifford Turney being the winnej of the first prize and Mr. Russef Teal won the consolation prizze. About 11.30, a lovely lunch was served, after which Mr. Gordon read Miss Annie Perry, 100 Born in Cobourg Miss Annie Perry celebrated her 100th birthday at the Julia Green-shields Memorial Home, Toronto, where she has lived for the past sev- Although she has been a deaf mute all her life, Miss Perry was educated New .York and later in Belleville, here she. taught school for six Born in Cobourg, she was a granddaughter of the late Hon. Ebenezer Perry, M.P.P., and United Empire Loyalist. When asked what she liked best eat, Miss Perry made a sign that meant "anything." Dear Mr. and Mrs. Moore and Family: In behalf of your friends au4_ neighbours, I wish to expresr iJ you our deep regret that we losing you so soon. You have not only been friends and neighbours, but your enthusiasm, and the splendid way in which you helped in our school activities, has done much to courage and lighten the burden of us who are to carry o We want you to know that Wd appreciate what you have done for us, and with these small tokens may you carry with you our kindest .thoughts and best wishes. Sincerely, Mrs. H. MaManus Mrs. A. .MeCraeken Mrs. R. Teal .The Danube, on entering Czecho-Slavaka leaves German countries behind it and enters the lands where racial enmities and revisionism are strong. The country belies the festering nationalism of the people. On all sides the land in-etches out, in one smooth maize-lie id after another. Hungarian and Slav are engaged in the same occupations1, but are occupied with differing national aims. The Danube leaves the flat agricultural lands as it leaves Jugo-Slavia; and its entrance into Rumania is marked by a new grandeur of scenery. At this; point in its course, it must force its way through the Carpathian Mountains The passage through the mountains is known as the Iron Gates ard the Cataracts; "here the Danube performs its most astonishing feat; it narrowls to a mere 185 yards and cuts straight through the sheer cliffs of the Kazan Pass." Near the Pas« is to be found the Ada-Kaleii Island, once strongly fortified by the Turks, but to-day ruled by Rumania. When the Congress of Berlin in 1875 rearranged the Balkans, after setting aside the Turkish claim to the territory, the little island of Ada-Kaleh was completely forgotten. As a consequence, Turkey continued to hold it i nth 1918 when it was given to Ruman a. In this district too, are to be found in remnants of the Roman Trajan's military road, a tremendous1 achievement, built in the rock on the very edge of the river. A short distance down the •river, the remains ins br'dge mark the place that has been chosen as "--the possible site of a new bridge that will draw Bucharest and Belgrade closer together. After the Danube in Rumania, it "b itself over an boot country, in a confirm on of side-streams and marshy lands .lead waters and lakes." Just "before it turns sharply eastward, it narro.vs again; and then spreads out to form the "eddying .stream that pours -ound the bend in its great flat, solid-looking mass from the distant smci e of Broila, as if ■bringing all history with it, Romans, and Crusaders, and Turks, and Haps-burgs. down to disappear into the enormous wilderness of the delta that lies there in the haze, and then the The importance of the Danube is considerable, flowing as it does through ore of the most racially divided parts of 'Europe. Historically it has proved to be a boundary against further expansion as in the case of CIGARETTE TRADE UP Ottawa, March 2$.--Cigarettes leased for consumption in February totalled 476,291,960, against 446,359,-.465 in the previous month and 418,-344,845 in February a year ago, according to government sources. Cigars released in latest month were 9,620,-502. compared with 8,505,220 in January and 7,37S,795 in February, 1937. 1904 MODEL STILL RUNS ' Fulton," ______ Finley, motor dealer, applied for motor license plates for a one-cylinder Bush a.utomobile built 34 years ago. Cop Emoff, the local policeman, copped off his Corns, Caluses and Bunions with Cross Corn and Bunion Salves. Featured by Griffis', Johnston's and all Drug Counters. s northward to scatter breadth of Turkey. In the early days, the river was a highway and along it passed the new discoveries in the realms of art and learning. Religion travelled along the river and left in its wake cathedrals and monastries that are still the pride of the country. And finally, the boats of the trader have plied up and down the Danube for centuries. The Danube might have proved a uniflying and pacifying factor in the history of Europe, had the people along its banks been less suspicious and jealous of one another. As it is, a certain amount of peace has been brought into Danubian affairs by the appointment of an International Danube Comimission to deal with problems created by the revision of the territory in 1919. While political differences are evident in the Balkans, "there exists there, on the vital waterway that turns through all the countries, a form of international control which has enormously furthered trade, prevented aggravation of political differences, and provided a hint, however tentative, of a way of organising Europe, which Europe's best minds know, must sooner or later be adopted if anarchy and needless poverty among the peoples are It remains to be seen how the Nazi occupation of Austria will affect the forward-look :ng movement of internationalism in the Danube area. (The description of the Danube has been taken from the article "The Meaning of thef Danube" by John Lehmann in the February issue of the Geographical Magazine). Mrs. MeCraeken. Mrs. McManus and Mrs. Teal then presented Mr. and Mrs; Moore with a lovely bridge lamp an|. In a few well chosen words, Mf. Moore thanked his friends and neighbours for their thoughtfulness and kindness to them during their stay in the community. He also spoke very highly of Mr. and Mrs. Kane, and family, who are coming here soon from Western Ontario. Mrs. Moore also added a few words, thanking everyone for the gifts. Several close neighbours gave shoit speeches, after which everyone join- 6. in singing 'For They are Jolly Gc;xi Fellows." The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing, after which all departed for their respective home;, after wishing Mr. and Mrs. Moore th best of luck in their new home. We all regret the removal of M\ and Mrs. Moore and family from midst. They have been neighbours and wPlinsr hel-pei „ activities m the district and ah Colborne United Church, which they attended. Our best wishes go with them to their new home. PERSONAL * Mr. E. W. Rowsome spent the week end- at Athens. Miss Mamie Mallory spent the week ?<end in Toronto. '. Miss Eleanor Strong is spending few days in Toronto. Mr. A. G. Scougale of Cobourg spent Sunday in Colborne. Miss Keitha Bass spent the weel end at her home at Lombardy. Mr. J. W. Prater of Toronto spen Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E. Quinn Mr V. G. Cornwell spent Sunday ir Toronto with his daughter. Mrs. M Coxall. i .: •Miss Bella Shand of Weston spent the weekend with her mother, •!"" M. Shand. Miss Jean McKenzie of Toronto is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie. (Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Seed and baby spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and. Mrs. W, A. Seed. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Mayhew and son John spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. .H. J. Mayhew. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Seed and baby of Toronto spent Sunday with his parents; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Seed. Congratulations to a former H. S. student, Alex. Grant, who stood first in recent examinations at. Trenton Airport. j£ Mr. Fred S. Coffeen and daughter of Rochester. N. Y.. are visiting at the home of his sister, Mr. and Mrs. 'Geo- H. Peebles. Dr. W. Porte Marshall attended the funeral. Wednesday, at Hamilton, of his cousin. Mr. John A. Marshall. 33. Deceasad has been Crown Prose-enter of the Magistrate's Court at Toronto for several years. Mrs:,P. W. McDonald, Reg. N„ of Wyandotte, Michigan, was a visitor in town this week, the guest of her father. Mr. J. E. McDonald. Mrs. Mc-ponald. superintendent of the Mar-General Hospital, represeted the hospital at the covention of the American College of Surgeons for Hospital standardization held In Toronto. Accompanying Mrs. McDonald, was Miss Kay Metzger, .Reg. N, Operating Room Supervisor. The afternoon tea, in aid of Col-iborne Public Library, held at the •home of Mrs. R. Snetsinger, Wednes-'.j^g attended by a good number rfrte.cr.?. ..ho rtijoyed the dainty freshments served. William Hogle's House Damaged by Fire . Early Monday morning Colborn Are. brigade was called to fight blaze in the home of Mr. Wm. Hogli south of C.N.R. station. Sparks dropping from a defectiv stove pipe in the bedroom of Mr. Hogle had ignited window cunt and draperies and the bedclothes were burning before Mt. Hogle awakened to find his trousers with some money in the pockets had been consumed by fire. From a neighbour's home the fire brigade was called and under Chief W. J. Troop had several hours fight before distinguishing the fire. A metal roof placed over the wooden shingles, confined the fire to the garret. After applying the chemicals, a small hose had to be carried into the attic to put out fire along the cracks in the roof sheathing. The contents were damaged considerable by chemicals and water. A small amount of insurance was carried. Colborne Women's Institute The regular meeting of Colborne Women's Institute was held at the home of Mrs. Sabins on March 8th, with an attendance of 19 members and 4 visitors. In the absence of the President. Mrs. Armstrong, the 2nd Vice-President, took the chair. The meeting was opened with the usual exercises. Roll call for the day was "My Hobby," and the answers were very much enjoyed. Minutes were read and approved. The Secretary also read letters of thanks from those who had been remembered during the month. Mrs. Mackie gave a paper on "Institutes in General," and Mrs. Gordon Metcalf led in discussion of the duties of the Officers of the Institute, which was very educational. Our guest speaker, Mr. A. D. Hall gave a very interesting talk on the dictatorship of Hitler and Musolini, which was much appreciated. A social half hour was spent over the tea cup, and the National Anthetm. brought the happy afternoon to a close. The Springtime Supper, held last Friday by the Woman's Association of Colboirne United Church was well attended and all enjoyed the dainty eats generously provided. Raising a divorce problem, at Ottawa is one sure way to find out which ; epresentatives place Church consid-- first. COMING EVENTS Pancake Social and Dance, at the L. O. L. Hall, Castleton, on Friday evening, April 1st, 1938. A pleasant evening. Admission 25c. Everybody Come. The ladies of Trinity Church, borne, will serve afternoon tea •the Rectorv, on Wednesday, April 1938, from 3 to 5.30 p.m. 15c. Plastering and Cement Work--A: tention is directed to the advertise ment in this paper of Mr. A. Riley an expert in plain plastering and cement work, A meeting of the South-Central Northumberland Conservative Club will be held in the club rooms, Fowler Block, Colborne, on Thursday, April 7th. 1938, at 8 p.m. All Conservatives are invited to attend. An Easter Tea, under the auspices of the Willing Workers Society of OM St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Colborne, will be held in the Sunday School Hall, Friday afternoon. April 22nd, 1938. Admission 15c. The play, "Correspondence Courtship," will be given by the Castleton Young People, at the Dundonald hall, under the ausipice.s of the Busy Pals Sunday School Class, on Friday evening, April 8th, 1938, at 8 o'clock. Admission 25c and 15c. All cordially invited. m24-»l Dance, under the auspices of Colborne Live Wires' Club, will be held in Colbo.rne town hall, Wednesday. April 20th, 1.93S. Music by "The Aces" 6-plece Orchestra. Dancing from 9 p.mi to 2 a.m.. Everybody welcome. Refreshments. Admission 50c each. Proceeds for charity purposes. mi24 AUCTION SALES -by-- OSCAR C. MORGAN, Auctioneer. Brighton, Ontario. Monday, April 4th, 1938, at 1 sharp-- For Mr. Jack Harris, at the Paper Mills Barns, Campbellford, Ontario, 20 head choice Belgian and Percheron horses, to be sold without reserve. Terms cash. Friday, April 8th, 1938, at 1 sharp-- For Mrs. Clinton Lowe, 3rd Con., Brighton Township, farm stock and implements. No reserve, as Mrs. Lowe is giving up farming. Terms Principals of Grading The grading of farm products is based on the principle that it is sound business to classify live stock in such a way that the consumer will be able to recognize and purchase quality products, and that the price premium which the consumer will pay for the better grades should be returned to the producer of them. Practice has proven the value of the theory Involved in the grading principle." Grading activities have been a tremendous incentive to quality production, with resultant price benefit ■roducers. DEATHS MCGREGOR, Lydia Jane--In Brighton Township, on Tuesday, March 29, 1938, Lydia Jane McGregor, in her 73rd year. Funeral Friday, April 1st, at 2.30 p.m. Interment in Warkworth Cemetery. IN MEMORIAM GOODRICH---In loving memory of >ur dear mother, Mrs. Herbert Good-ich, who passed away April 4th, 1937. The evening star shines on the grave Of one we loved, but could not save. She suffered years, yes, years of pain, To. wait the cure, but all in vain. We loved her, ah, no tongue can tell How deep, how dearly, and how well. Christ loved her too, and thought it best To take her to her heavenly rest. Not gone from memory, not gone from love, But gone to dwell with God above. Sadly missed by her daughter and son-in-law, and grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Burnett Harnden, Clarence and Jean. Feed Agency KOOL KUT FEED MILLS, LIMITED "Health Beam Feeds" for Poultry, Hogs and Cattle BRAN, SHORTS, ETC. PHILP BLOCK Head Victoria Park COLBORNE Spring One Cent Sale April 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday OVER 200 BARGAINS LISTED ON THE SALE BILL YOU WILL GET You will find many items you need in your home every day IT'S ONE CENT SALE TIME AT YOUR REXALL STORE-- --SO SAVE SOME MONEY v * Phone 85w W. F. GRIFFIS Colborne