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A deputation from weP"lftc%Mtf' ty council, Clinton and dUiM's'Gi, Waited upon the ebuncil requesting bttlitttritltaaptsstiasssa.ttJaitie1_ and, wer. ‘-la.nd co-operate in connecting the two co,unty roads systems by the building' of 71/2} miles of, road from Vineland to the Canborough road. The County Council spent Wed- nesday afternoon in visiting the various County institutions. Pre- vious to the adjournment the report of the Correspondence Committee was presented by Councillor Haynes. The committee reported having ex- amined the various communications and referred them to the committees concerned for their consideration. It was moved by Reeves Gracey and Bush: That as bridge 24 is still unfinished Reeves Lane and Kemp be appointed to work with the bridge committee until the _ completion of the bridge. This resolution was in- troduced and carried because this year's Bridge Committee is composed entirely of new members of the Coup-' cil who know nothing of the contract made for the bridge in question. Reeve Lane Was chairman of the Bridge Committee last year. IMPROVEMENTS FOR COUNTY HOME _ Townships of Gainsboro and Cais- ' tor Will be Asked to Join With South Grimsby in the Support of Smithville High School - Welland Deputation ask Coun- cil to Take Over More Roads-- Ask Government to Have Lia- bility of Municipalities re High- way Accidents, Changed - All Dogs in County Must Have a License to Live. COUNTY COUNCIL The county council spent a very busy afternoon in session on Thurs- day. and succeeded in transacting considerable business of importance. During the session members of the council expressed their dissatiMae- tion with the condition of the Child- ren’s Shelter and a resolution was passed putting the council on record as dissatisfied with the conditions that exist at the Shelter. A committee was appointed to in- Yestigryte the cause. "V a; 1; ' A deputation from Welland-nevi; ty council, Clinton and Gains oro The deputation pointed out to the Council the importance of the work recommenspd as a connecting link in the county highway system. It was intimated that the cost would be in the neighborhood of $25,000. Of this amount the two counties would pay about $7500 each. The deputa- tion, which was introduced by Chair- man 'sytton of the Reception Com- mittee, consisted of: Reeve Roland of Pelham; Mr. Tunicliff, Ex-Warden of Welland county; Mr. Gilmore, Ex, Reeve of Clinton; Mr. Stewart of Gainsboro; Mr. Strong of Gains- boro. THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR. land co-om two cqunty building' of Vineland to The matter was left in the hands ot the Road Committee. Chairman Welstead presented the re port of the Industrial Home Com- mittee,as follows: That the repairs to t..e kitchen ceiling, as recommended at the De- cember session, have been carried out. . T That a shed 5 feet by 24 feet be built at the west side of the barn- yard with 12 feet of the south end of shed being made suitable for a hen house, and that the carrying out of same be left to the Board of Man- agement. That the .Board ot Management be authorized to purchase a suitable spraying outfit.- That the drive floor tor the barn be re-planked. TONITE--Moore’s t:?; 6E,PALD1NE FARR in THE HELL CAT Goldwyn Pictun EIGHT DAG ES (Continued on page 3.) ’50th ed out to the tee of the work connecting link Nav system. It "llfHrilllfii, illhti, g‘zezwa 1:r:tiiirs,?i'tty.jr:tyiie?' irii,fji.if.i.:r:i:t.foiiiky. .v' 5*: 'cr'-:':'::':')':. l "at: y President Kelly of Windsor, presi- dent ot the ,Western Good Road As- sociation waited on the County Coun- ty Council last Saturday and invited that body and all farmers organiza- tions and local municipal councils to join the big deputation going to To- ronto on Thursday of this week to appear before Premier Drury and ask to have the present Provincial Highways gone on with this summer. The County Council will attend in a body and do their bit towards urging the new Government to go ahead with the building of all X,Tri1eie'ai highways and especially th one from When the Educatidnat Committee met at the County Council on Satur- day morning last Acting-chairman Mitchell brought forth a motion to raise the school age in the county from five to seven years. He con- tended that the rural municipalities throughout the county were being forced to build new schools for the accommodation of a dozen or so children, who were being sent to school on account of the age' limit being five years and moreover he did not believe in starting children to school at such an early lieved it was detrime1 health. Inspector Care led in and he was also in favor of raising the age limit to seven years. The committee compromised and made the age at six years for rural municipalities only, the age limit in the towns and villages to remain at five years. PARKE’S CONDITION POWDERS To keep your stock in a healthy growing condition and to tone up the system and prevent disease, use Parkers Improved Condition Pow- ders. Its use greatly aids digestion, so that each animal obtains more nutrition from the grain eaten. It is also a good blood purifier. 25c per can 5 for $1.00 at Parke & Parke Lim ited Market Square, Hamilton. _ WARDEN GARLETT Reeve Charles Edward Garlett ot Beamsville, the new warden of Lincoln County, has been a resident of Canada tor the 'past thirty-tive years, and he says he has found it the best country to live in under the sun. He came to Canada in 1885, the year Louis Reil was in the spotlight with his Northwest Rebellion. "Being an Englishman, and in- spired by the Englishman's ide- sire to help out in an emergency, I thought I'd run over to Canada and kill a few Indians who were fighting against the Canadian "Forces," said Mr. Garlett. "Un- fortunately or otherwise, when I got here I found the rebellion was over. They had caught Reil." ilii?il'l1Wl Tll Tll8llllll'll Theatre--TONITE Mr. Garlett has lived in Beams- ville and vicinity for fourteen years, and since 1891 has been employed by Senator E.Drdhnith. He was born in England in 1869, is an Anglican and has a wife and two children, his son beinga teller in a bank, and his daugh- ter at home. He has had eight years' municipal experience, tour in the County Council as Reeve ot Beamsville, and the other fbur as a Beamsville Coun- cillor. He is a kindly man, pop- ular with his associates and high- ly esteemed by all he has come in contact with. Glllllli. Gli RAISED tt was detrimental to, thei: Inspector Carefoot was cal H milton a motion to 1 the county rs. He con- municipalities age as he be- their The horrible conditions that exist at the Children's Shelter in St. Cath- arines came up for considerable dis- cussion before the County Council on Thursday and Friday. CHILDREN’S HOME IN BAD CONDITION On Thursday afternoon it was mov ed by Councillor Kemp, seconded by councillor Fry, that Councillor Rich- ardson 'be appointed to the Board ot Management of the Children's Shel- ter. Councillor Mitchell started the question going on Tuesday and on Wednesday a Committee visited the shelter. Building and Site are not Desiw able for an Institution of This Kind and the way it is Conduc- ted is Terrible -.. "It is not a Credit to the County or any one Connected With it"-Mitche11. --A Committee will Investi- gate the Matter Thoroughly -- Councillor Mitchell rose to Mate that the had been greatly disappoint- ed with the condition of the Child- ren’s Shelter as seen by the Council on Wednesday. The Shelter he said, is not a credit to the County or any- one connected with it at the present time. He felt that the Council should know the reason; stating that when the County pays 25 per cent. of the cost of the institution they should control. He-suggested that it no im- provement takes place during the year the agreement should be drop- ped at its termination in 1921. Councillor Kemp pointed out that unless a representative was appoint- ed to the Shelter before February the Council would have none. He thought the conditions were no fault of the management. Only a few children had been.provided for and the war conditions made the number greatly in excess of anything expected. 53‘}: Counpillor Revett stated' that tri)tit)s on should be responsible ' trlrft'ti' cogdition of ~uffa'i123 - 1'll-th1,c-'-iyiip.ti,'t He felt, however, that a reprlG'tG.." tive should .be appointed to the Board of Management. The resolution carried. It was moved by Councillors Mast: ers and Revett; that the council ex-' press their dissatisfaction with the condition of affairs at the Children's Shelter and recommend the appoint- ment of a committee of three to in.. yestigate and see what can be done to, remedy the cause and to bring the institution to its proper standing. Councillor Masters expressed the krpinion that there was something wrong somewhere and that it would be well to have an investigation. It may be said, he said, that there is not enough help at that institution. He stated further that he did not care for the food that was being served the children on Wednesday. [ The above resolution was duly car- ried It was moved by Councillors Wel- stead and Stewart, that Councillors Richardson, Revett, Mitchell and Haynes be a standing Children's Shelter Committee for the year to act in conjunction with a like commit- tee from the City Council in matters conderning the Shelter. Carried. More Light on Shelter , Additional light on the conditions at the Children's Shelter was re- ceived by the County council at Fri- day's session from agent R. E. Boyle. Mr. Boylelhad been invited to attend the meeting of the.council and was introduced by Councillor Mitchell. Mr. Boyle stated that he had had great difficulty in getting a proper system adopted at the Shelter. Per- sonally lie had nothing to do with the Shelter; it was run by a board of management, consisting of one mem- ber from the Children’s Aid Society, one from the city council and one from the county council. Mr. Boyle stated that he had found that there was room tor great improvement at the Shelter. It was a difficult mat- ter to secure matrons and cooks and during the war a large number of soldiers' children were housed in the institution. Also because of the pres: ent high cost of living the Society is finding great difficulty in fostering the children. The help, he felt, was insufficient and changed too often. The beds might .be improved upon and other changes made. The pres- ent condition, Mr. Boyle felt, was somewhat due to the repairs going on! In reply to questions asked by members of the council Mr. Boyle stated that he felt a man and wife would be most suitable as superin- tendent and matron, that the clothing of the chidren could be improved upon, that wages paid the help was sufficient, that the food served was in many cases not sufficient and al- so that it might be ofa better quality. Mr. Boyle expressed the opinion that the council has been ill advised when they purchased the Shelter, stating that there should be more land that the institution could be self sustain- Ink. County Pays 52 per cent. of Upkeep, City the Balance. GRIMSBY, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 1920 (Continued on page 6) V a T, r , , ' A T tl 8tt i, Us: & - ' , - . 'iiii Bl l , q 15 " . > _ I I J been greatly disa )unty or any- t the present the Council ; stating that 5 per cent. of n they should cue tst"Tfr. representa- to the Board as appoint- 'ebruary the He thought ault of the illors and Yen's o act BANK BF (ullllillllllf WILL BUILD IN (lllllli© 1113uy in the morning, sell before nieitt'l is now the motto of all GRIMSBYITES who like to take a little flier in real estate. Deal Consumated Last Week Whereby They Become the Owners of 40 Feet of Main St. Property, Upon Which They Will Erect one of Their Large, Fine Modern Edifices--Option Closed on Woolverton Block--- Grimsby Man Buys Beams- ville Farm. The latest big deal to be put over, happened last week when Jas. A. Wray purchased from Ex-reeve E.S. Johnson, his thirty-four toot lot on Main Street in the morning and be- tore night had sold it along with six feet off the West end of his own lot to the National Trust Co. acting for the Canadian Bank of! Commerce. Por some time past there have been rumors afloat that the Bank in- tended to build in GRIMSBY but no- thing definite, could be learned. This purchase gives the bank a frontage of forty feet directly West of the Temple, building, with a depth of seventy feet; and it is their intention to erect thereon one of thtir fine substantial/edifices. The option held by James Stod- dart of Hamilton on the Woolverton block was taken JP on Tuesday and the dea1.closed up. This is the man who purchased the J. M. Lawrie pro- petty ten days ago. This block takes in lbw stores ot A.H. Phipps, Vernon (Tu'ck, W. J. West and the photo- ;gpph ga11ery'of Chas. Caldwell. _ Last week Wm. Kelterborn of (/i.'iiiihh purchased the seven acre 'fruit’ farm southeast of Beamsvine of Jacob Lang. on Wednesday (3157; Russ issued al tho' at of Issued the l l t; l got Alderman H . '"7, Eign’d calling for ( ti'sulfii'i'itirii' necessary to be held on Thur: February 5th, and if men :stand for the 1 tion will be held on 12th. V All men nominated the 6th will have until at nine o'clock to qua one man qualifies then will be unnecessary. W. L._Haist, Grimsby G. . Beamer, Grimsby W.§. Book, Grisby E. lby, Grimsby ELECTION WRIT ISSUED SHAME! __.l, We have heard of a lot of strange things happening in is old world, but the most strange and in fact the most ttrl thing that we have heard of in years, is the action of f e of the teachers in the local public school who metes out APITAL PUNISHMENT to eight and nine and ten year children simply because their spelling is poor. If such is '. fact and we‘ have every reason to believe it is. then the li,' cher in question should be given a dose of the same medi- ne. " How under the sun any teacher can expect to teach little ts spelling by the use of the strap and pointer is absolutely eyond all comprehension. It is only natural to think that Stead of the kiddie being able to spell better the next time, hak he or she will spell worse. . This teacher by adopting this method is not helping the hid one iota, but instead is only putting fear into their earts and making them more and more scared all the time f what the results will be if their spelling or other work con- ins mistakes and when a child is scared of the teacher and he whipping that is to come for having mistakes, is bound o make more mistakes. _ Any teacher who has not more brains than to whip a ittle kid because it makes mistakes in spelling or in other . ork is not qualified to be teaching the younger generation f GRIMSBY and the sooner the place is filled with a teacher ho will educate the children instead of maltreating them he better we will all be off. q l It is up to the Board of Education to take this matter up mmediately and see that the trouble is remedied. The citizens of GRIMSBY are not sending their kiddies Q school to have them whipped and beaten when they make iistakes and they are not going to stand for it, and if the card of Education does not see fit to remedy matters, then e, INDEPENDENT will be forced to go further in the _ atter. eld on Thursday (to-mo ry 5th, and if more than and for the position the " be held on' Thursday PAID UP LIST S? the afternoon last he writ declaring .n H. D. Walker for another nomi- Kelterborn of the seven acre of Beamsvine O Frid It _ nomination (to-morrow) Yiday night y. It only in election Dec Dec Det Oct Illiurst nom ction 31120 31120 31120 16120 GD 'lDlE?tti; Owing to the absence from County Council of Reeve Farrell, due to ill- ness, Reeve Mitchell was appointed acting-chairman of the Education Committee. At Saturday mornings session this committee made their appointments for the year to the different Boards ot Education throughout the county. Owing to a change in the law three men are now appointed eac hyear for a term of one year instead of one man a year Pr a term of three years. As a con- se quence, Messrs. McConachie and Liddle were re-appointed again year and A. H. Phipps was th, man appointed. 'On Monday 9thhrebruary at 8 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Grimsby, a meeting will be held to which all 'persons resident in the Grimsby Dis- trict who are directly interested in the welfare and prosperity of the Fruit Growing Industry are cordially im’riteal. " REVENUE OFFICER FOUND NOT GUILTY The purpose for which the meeting is called is to formally organize a Branch Association of United IParrn- ers. Among the objects of the As- sociation will he the promotion of the interests of Fruit Farmers by watching legislation relating to their interests and urging the passing of legislation required to promote the interests of the Fruit Industry, while not forgetting the best interests of Canada as a -who1e.---4Adv.) GRIMSBY citizens who have for years been used to buying ten trip tickets between Hamilton and GRIMS BY over the G. T. R. are going to lose that privilege on the 1st of Mar- For years they purchased a ten-trip book or $2.50 and lately tor $2.90 but from March 1st on they will have to pay full fare. tr rrommtatatioty tickets, between- Hamilv ton and suburban points,'which have enjoyed a special rate for the resi- dents. In future, regular rates will prevail, except in cases of students, who will continue to receive reduced rates on school days. Among the points which are cut off are. Alder- shott, Beamsville, Dundas, Capetown, G'rirnsby,_Lynden, Stoney Creek and Winona. At the present time those will feel the order most are presi- dents of the suburbs, but in the sum- mer time city residents who have cot tages at Winona and GRIMSBY Beach, will have to pay a good deal more for their rides, if they con- tinue to use the steam roads. It FRUIT (lilllilliillt SHUN! All the ll, [If E. fiMlllillillillG have been notified by management to issue H. HATES RAISED ents in this dis- the com- no more tin this the new $1.50 PER YEAR, 4c PER COPY Charge Against W. A. D. Baby for Theft falls Very Flat When How can a man be convicted ot stealing, when he wasn't even on the property to do the stealing. Such a thing cannot happen and for that reason Justice of the'Peace Living- ston had to acquit Inland Revenue Inspector W. A. D. Baby, in polio court on Thursday last. Baby was in Hamilton at the Time Still was Seized and came to Grimsby in Answer to Tele-f phone Call-All kinds of things are now Threatened by the Officers-Case Before Author- ities at Ottawa. and came to'GRIMSBY op re 1sdtererAoete-drtt--trai Beagrt was in GRIM‘SBY when the opened that day and laid the against Crooks and prosecut case against, and naturally thought he was the man wl done the whole thing. Mr. Burbidge of the Reven partment appeared for Bat promised his Worship that h, see that the goods were retut Crooks. TI County Crown Attorney Brennan, prosecuted the case and in opening his remarks, stated that it was the most unique case that he had ever heard tell of, as it was a case of Crown vs. Crown. -- . Whether this will wind Up the case or not is hard to Bay, as Mr. Baby was very warm .under the collar over being arrested for something he had not done and from remarks made after the trial does not intend to let the matter drop. Rumor also has it that Crooks act- ing on the advice of one of Ontario's cleverest lawyers will appeal his conviction and fine of $300 for hav, ing a still. In its issue of Fridav Jam 20th the In its issue of Friday Jan. 30th the Hamilton Spectator Bays:-- “Some sensational developments are promised in connection with the (Continued. on page 5). Information lately to hand indi- cates that the united Forward Move- ment of the Protestant churches i n Canada is meeting with marked Buc-. cess. Prom the first it has number- ed among its most devoted workers many of the leaders in Canadian busi ness and public life. Although the general financial canvass which forms one feature of the movement will not take place until next week, a number of churches have already raised more than the total amount asked tor.. . Grimsby Methodists report as fol- lows: We have quite a number trom whom we expect $100 each." One of the men of Lundy's Lane Methodist Church is giving $2,500 and others in the St. Catharines Memorial Church are giving $300 each. A pastor on the Orangeville Dis- trict expressed serious doubts about his circuit. But one farmer wrote saying: "We have no bank account and every dollar we expect to make up to next June is promised, with $40 a month going out educating our family. We will give at least $125." The he added a postscript saying: "We have finally concluded our sub- scription to be $500." In its appeal for $4,000,000 the Methodist National Campaign has set its special subscription mark as low as $500, in order to include many peo- ple ot moderate means but larger heart and deep interest in the wel- fare of the Church. It is clear that the farmers of Ontario are not going to he outclassed by the towns and cities in their whole-hearted support of this national movernent,--AAdv0 Crooks Swears he was not the man who Took the Pipe Threader and Other Goods -.. Identified Beasley as the man who Took Stuff. . A MIXED-UP AFFAIR METHODIST NATIONAL CAMPAIGN nudge of the Revenue De- appeared tor Baby, and his Worship that he would the goods were returned to ALL HOME PRINT who ure was Hamilton 'eceipt at (eff “He court charge t1 r001 had It