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"We've laid down a policy of 'no work, no relief," said Premier Hepburn. "That goes for Windsor and every other part of the Province, Agitators have been active among the relief workers. They have picketed the woodyards and done all in their power to dissuate people from working there. The result is that work has stopped, although the great majority of those on relief - are perfectly willing to perform the labor required of them, and for which they are paid in cash at a fair wage-rate--b5( cents an hours." i HN arn see : : ~ At the final business of the eightieth communication of the Grand Lodge of Canada, A.F, & AM., in the Province of Ontario, the following Grand Lodge officers were elected: Grand Master, A. J. Anderson, M.P., Toronto; Deputy Grand Master, W. J. Dun- lop, Toronto; Grand Senior Warden, Samuel Vila Hamilton; Grand Junior Warden, G, E. French, Niagara Falls; Grand Chap- lain, Rev. W. M. Lee, Alliston; Grand Treasurer, J. A. Rowland, Toronto; Grand Secretary, W. M. Logan, Hamilton; Grand Regis- trar, S. Young, Abingdon. Board of General Purposes: E. G, Dixon of Hamilton, T. C. Wardley of Elora, H. S. Tapscott of Brantford, E. T. Howe of Windsor, and H. J. Alexander of Weston, Premier Hepburn gave his hearty endorsation to a newly launched campaign of the Capadian.Amateur Swimming Associa- tion to bring swimming instruction and life-saving information to _ the people of Ontario. 4 * % 8 , ' Prices and regulations ensuring satisfactory shoe-repair work for those on relief have been established, it was announced at a convention of the Ontario Association of Shoemakers and Repair- "ers at the Royal York Hotel. A schedule calling for Grade "A" leather in repair work done in return for relief vouchers and a price of $1 for a half-sole job to the shoe-repairer, twice the form- er rate, was recently submitted to Hon. David Croll. * 8 A sea fight of the future was vividly portrayed as the com. bined British fleet fought a sham battle before the watchful eyes |, "of King George, Admiral of the Fleet, off Spithead." ts x8 1 The question is: Are Abe Platt, of Uniontown, Pa., Senior and Junior, receivers of stolen goods? : Father and son operate a/junk yard. Every day they bought considerable junk from two men. A, ~"The'two men are in jail, accused of stealing the junk. ~~ The junk was stolen nightly from the junk yard of Abe Platt, Senior and Junior. : : ; ' s 88 A fortune of $16,000,000 has just caught up with its ing tors, the Gazette states, "and six Montreal families, jogging a ong in obscurity and poverty, have suddenly been knocked dizzy with dreams." The fortune, the paper relates, will be shared by six Montreal families and one New Yorker. It was made in diamonds 'by Harry Lozack, who left Bialostock, Poland, twenty years ago for South: Africa. : y J % [ BB \ 0 A sweeping 10 per cent. cut on all French Government dis- 'bursements was decreed, including pensions, dividends of Govern- ment securities, and contracts. = Rents and interest on mortgages likewise were ordered cut, while the costs of electricity, gas and bread were ordered reduced in an effort to make other slashes acceptable. : Se . . ; * 3 i A deranged woman, of Lindsay, wife of a war veteran, is said . to have stated that she put her five little children on a log in Scugog river, and pushed them into the water. Three of the children were drowned. ES $2 88 Mrs. Howard T. Fallis, of Peterboro, has been appointed to the Senate. Jie ; Firemen battled a raging wall of flames which swept through a dye factory and caused estimated $20,000 damage, but checked the racing flames in record time to prevent them eating into an immediately adjoining building housing four other companies. The fire almost completely destroyed the two-storey brick building housing the Toronto Dye and Finishing Company, in the rear of 366 Dufferin Street, Toronto, ¥ fi / (2 BY J Te gis Hon E. N. Rhodes; Hon. Arthur Sauve, Hon. Donald Suther- land, and Col. James Arthurs, have been appointed to the Senate. LB Fred Shaw and Alex. Cross were sentenced to five years in Portsmouth Penitentiary on charges of shopbreaking. '8% 9» / MIDGET AUTO' PLANNED FOR CANADIAN MARKET ~ What is probably the smallest automobile in Canada is being 'demonstrated to dealers in Toronto by representatives of a French motor-car designer. S$ cdot This midget car, seen outside the Parliament Buildings, weighs only 1100 pounds, and is powered b a-one-cylinder motor which develops 20 horsepower at 4,000 revolutions per minute. It will be marketed at $326. Negotiations are being conducted to float a company with a capital of $75,000. The single-cylinder power plant, which is mounted directly over the front axle, provides front-wheel traction. Conventional differential axle and three-speed transmission complete the unit. Capable of 66 miles an hour, the midget car has gasoline - mileage of 56 miles per gallon. The sample car at present in To- ronto has travelled 18,000 miles. It is the only one of its kind in existence, as it is a custom-built job constructed by the designer for demonstration purposes. ~The streamline body closel and is equipped with a detacha resembles the expensive makes, le roof, which can be folded and cked in the large trunk a} the rear. Seating capacity will be : fimited to two persons on all models. Production will commence ag soon as arrangements are completed in connection with the financing, it is expected. og Sens ies As d result of the Prince Edward Island election on Tuesday of on week, thirty Liberals were olocted. There were no Con- ERRY STAR - PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 25th, 1935 ERR -------- - i i ' s $1.50 per year in advance 5 cents single copy Watch your label; it tells when your subscription expires. E-------- ---- By Kred W. Motton, in "The Blue Bell" It is perhaps natural enough that times of stress and econ: nomic upheaval should produce all sorts of suggestions as to remedies. The truth about most of these seems to be that they disregard certain fundamentals that remain true not for today or tomorrow but for all time. When some person of sound judgment and wide experience brings us back to these basic truths, it is right that his words should get the widest possible consideration by those who take a serious view of their own responsibilities. We have brought together a few facts presented by a leading Can- adian which we are sure will well repay our earnest consideration. "It is obvious that, during the days of depression, evils have developed in the economic life of the country, but a close and care- ful study will disclose-that they are in the nature of mere ex- crescent growths which do not indicate fundamental weaknesses in our economic system. The ship owner does not burn up his ship to destroy the rats which have infested the cargo. The householder does not burn down his house to extirpate the cock- roaches in the basement kitchen. "Who are these infamous myrmidons 6f capitalism whose necks are to be laid under the guillotine of popular vengeance? 'I have recently sought to discover who are these self-seeking capitalists who are so frequently criticized and condemned, and I have ascertained some salient facts of general interest. The re- cent revision of the voters' lists for all Canada disclosed that there are 5,700,000 men and women, of 21 years and over, who are en- titled to vote in Dominion elections. : 'The Department of Finance, at Ottawa, recently issued a return showing the number of depositors at. the chartered banks of Canada. "This return showed that there were standing to the credit of 4,628,000 depositors in the chartered hanks of Canada deposits ing over one thousand millions of dollars. There were also 42,258 depositors, chiefly of corporations and companies, of over $5,000 each, which amounted, in all, to $869,000,000, : - "But the return shows that the large proportion of the ag- gregate of the deposits payable after notice, 'that is to say, the savings deposits, were deposits of $5,000 or less, "When it is recalled that the Dominion voters' lists number only 5,700,000 persons, the fact that there are 4,628,000 depositors of $5,000 or less, who supply one thousand millions of dollars of the aggregate banking resources of the country, clearly indicates that the strength of our banking system, which is so frequently subjected to vituperative criticism, is largely due to the thrift and savings of the large number of small capitalists living in all parts the country. The proposed extirpation of the capitalist system, 'so called, means the wiping out of their savings and resources. - "Consider the matter of life ingsrance. The last return avail- able to me shows that in Canada'there were 2,423,354 ordinary life insurance policies in force, of an average amount of $2,119, aggregating $5,135,668,048 or over five thousand millions of dol- lars. But, in addition there were 3,925,415 industrial policies in force, aggregating $791,600,000. "In other words, there are in force in Canada policies of in- surance on the lives of our people to the number of over six mil- lions, representing policies aggregating in amount approximately six thousandmillions of dollars; and each of these policies serves as protection for the future well-being of at least one or more dependents. ; "The extirpation of the so-called capitalist system means the utter destruction of all these credits, which have been built up by the careful thrift and saving throughout. the years of over six millions of our people, chiefly for the protection of those who may survive the fathers of families. va "Shall we burn down the splendid. structure, which has been reared throughout the years with infinite pains and at anormous cost, merely to destroy any vermin that may have gained access to the cellar kitchen?" ° WHO ARE THE BONDHOLDERS? The main lenders of money to governments and municipalities in Canada are the 8,500,000 Canadian men and women who own pol in life insurance companies operating in the Dominion. Being thrifty people, concerned for the welfare of themselves and their families, they 'have placed their savings in life insurance. Life insurance companies, in their turn, have invested these savings, to their policyholders' advantage, in Dominion, Provincial and municipal 'bonds and debentures, in first mortgages on care- fully selected city, town and farm properties, in loans to policy- holders; etc. HL 5 The major part of these savings is invested in government bonds and debentures. There is not a Province, not a municipal- ity, that has not benefitted from life insurance funds. In the case of Ontario, for example, life insurance companies hold for their policyholders $120 millions of Province of Ontario bonds, $99 mil- Power Commission of Ontario bonds, and $4 milions of other On- tario-guaranteed securities--a total of no les than 236 million dollars, SRE Twenty per cent. of the $1,297 millions of debentures obliga- tions of Canada's 4280 municipalities are held by the policyholders of life insurance companies. The total of these holdings is no less than $276 millions. : ny Any default in interest on these bonds and debentures direct- ly affects the interest of one-third of the population of Canada-- hits at the savings of 3,600,000 men and women who are the back- bone of the nation. In the-main they are the bondholders. = It is their savings, to the extent of hundreds of millions of dollars, that have helped to build up Canada. = They have given the farmer mone to buy seed, purchase implements and live stock, to harvest the crops. They have stimulatéd business for the corner store and the country merchant. They have given employment to urban workers in cities, towns and villages all across anada. They have extended transportation facilities by rail and water, built highways, paved streets, erected schools, constructed water, sew- age and other public utilities, to build homes and barns, provided money for all kinds of necessary federal, provincial and municipal undertakings. What life insurance policyholders' millions have meant in sustaining national life, in relieving the strain upon relief funds, can never be over-estimated. ; servatives returned to the P. E.L Legislature, Who are the Capitalists? Let's Get Some Basic Facts Clearly in Mind Before We Decide. of $5,000 or less, amounting, in all, to $1,046,250,000, or aggregat- | of Mr. E. H. Purdy. the ,town had Justice of the Peace. of Warriner Lodge, 1.0.0.F. fair minded conduct. was a Kindly friend to man life rough. in his home. laboured. Empire Loyalist. to Port Perry. Curts, burned in 1901. conducting the business. lions of Ontario municipal bonds, $18 millions of Hydro-Electric| - The Late Mr. Port Perry loses one of its best citizens in the passing He has filled almost all of the offices to offer--Reeve for five years; in the Council eight years; Clerk-Treasurer of the Town for seven years; on the Board of Education four years; Magistrate seventeen years; and prior to that he was In the'social life of the community he was also a leader, being a Past Master of the Masonic Lodge; President of the Lawn Bowling Club, Chairman of the Committee of Stewards of the United Church, and a Past Noble Grand These official positions which Mr. Purdy filled indicate the trust which his fellow citizens had in his ability and He was a man of good common sense, and those who knew "E. H." intimately say that he y who found the pathway of He will be greatly missed in the circles in which he moved, because he had those qualities of helpfulness and good vision that are none too common among men, Hig, place will not he filled, although others may do the work. In no place will he be so thoroughly missed as he will Home was the centre of his thought, and not only. did it mean that his best effort was spent in making home attractive and happy; but it extended to his home town, of which he was proud, and for which he Mr. Purdy was born at Collins Bay near Kingston, the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Purdy. His early years were spent on the Wells farm north of Port Perry, which was given to his grandfather by the Crown as he was a United When a young man, Mr. Purdy moved His first business venture was in the flour and feed business which he bought from Henderson and The store was situated in the Observer! Blocks Later he moved to the Laing & Mcharry Block and added groceries and baking to the business, This building was Mr. Purdy sold out to Mr. Jonathan Lane, he to Mr. Monet, and now Mr. J. I. McClintock is Mr. Purdy married Mary Ann MacAllister in 1885, and four children were born to them--Clarence D., of Winni- peg; Cecil V., of Oshawa; Hazel Dhel (Mrs. Bentley) of Port Perry, and Edward Hardy, of Kirkland Lake. Purdy, and all the children survive Mr. Purdy. The funeral service was led by Rev. W. J. H. Smyth; and the brethren of Fidelity Lodge, A.F. & A.M. attended in a body and conducted the last Masonic rites. ment was made at Pine Grove Cemetery. E. 5. Purdy Mrs. Inter- GOV. H. LUCAS EXONERATED The coroner's jury empanelled to enquire into the circumstances sur- rounding the death of John Bell, who passed away in the County Jail on July, 7th, while serving a two-month term of imprisonment, after heaving evidence adduced in the Council Chamber here on Monday night, rend- ered a verdict in which it was stated that the deceased, died of natural causes not associated with his con- finement in the jail and that Governor Hugh Lucas acted in a proper manner in administering a dose of Bisma-Rex in an effort to relieve a digestive con- dition a short time before his death. -- A FINE RECORD For 63 of his 75 years, A. H. Veale, Nestleton Gardener, has sung in a choir. When he was 12 years old he had to walk seven miles to choir practice at Bowmanville every Friday night because his father wished to spare the horses. Of his 63 years of choir work, Mr. Veale has passed 60 in the Nestleton United Church. For 40 years scere- tary, and for 25 years choir leader, he has missed less than a dozen Sundays. SABA occ iois ror icesesses. GREENBANK Decoration at Bethel Cemetery will be held August 11th. Mr. and Mrs. John McKitrick visit- ed at Stratford last week. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens and son, of Midland, visiting at the home of her father, Mr. Geo. A. McMillan. Mr. Arthur Mackey, of Ottawa, Mrs. and Miss Mackey, Mrs. Hall, Misses Eveline and Violet Hall, called on friends here on Tuesday of last week. Mr. George Ironsie, Norman and Tony, of New Toronto, visited at Mr. W. Phoenix's recently. - Myrtle Station Service next Sunday will be at 4 pm. Sunday School at 1.45. Every- body welcome, Rev. W. E. Honey ex- pects to leave on the following week for his vacation. Owing to the continued warm weather, 'there was a very small at- tendance at Sunday School last Sun- The attendance at the evening service was better; although small. Despite the heat, our pastor, Rev. W. E. Honey, preachéd a good sermon as usual, using for his text Matt. 10:32-33, "Whosoever therefore therefore shall confess me before men him will IT confess also before my Father which is in heaven." day. some "But whosoever shall deny me be- fore men him will T also deny before my Father which is in heaven." Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Miller and daughter, of Carman, Man.,, were guests of Mr. and Mrs, Jos, Johnston for a few days last week, Myo and Mrs. Harry A. Parker and daughters Shirley, Elva and Elsie, of Uno Park, New Ontario, also Mr. C. Krick, of Uno Park, and Mys. Butcher of Cannington, were recent ruests of the former's brother-in-law and sister My. and Mrs, C. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs, Jas! Cooper and fam- iy were with relatives at Scugog on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Piper and My, and Mrs. McWilliams, of Winnipeg, were visitors last week of the form- er's uncle and aunt, Mr, and Mps. R. Chisholm. Miss Doreen Wilde, of Whitby, is holidaying this week with My. -and Mrs. D. Luery. Miss Velma Ward, of Oshawa, was a visitor last week with™Mr, and Mrs. Oliver Lane. : ' Mr. and Mrs. I. HH. Martin and daughters Dovis and Mavion and son George, of Welcome, were week end guests at the parsonage, Messis, Harry Barnum and visitors Fred Moore enjoyed a motor trip to Orillia | : for the week end. Mrs, Weatherhogg, of was the guest of her Long, on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. L. Hill, of Orillia, were visitors of Mr. and Mrs, C. Harrison for a few days last week. Mrs. Hill has spent the past two weeks visiting relatives and friends at Colborne, Mount Carmel and Myrtle. They returned to their home in Orillia on Saturday evening. : Colborne, cousin Mys, About twenty or more attended the grand picnic of the "Willing Workers' Class" held at Scugog last Tuesday. 'ing of a union garden party. Did they have a good time? the survivors, Mrs. Long and Gordon Harrison are visiting at Seagrave this week. Just ask Es, © oT m-- =: SEACRAVE The regular monthly meeting of the Women's Association was held at the home of Mrs, S. J. Wooldridge, on Wednesday afternoon, July 10th with' an attendance of 48. The president, Mrs. Jas. Shunk, occupied the chair. The meeting opened by singing hymn 475, followed by prayer by Mrs. H. Eagleson and Mrs. A. Bruce and the Lord's Prayer in unison. Mrs, Frank Watson the Scripture lesson from the O1st Psalm. After the read- ing of the minutes and the roll call, a short business session was held, in- cluding the talking over of the hold- The program was in charge of group 3 with Mrs. H. Eagleson as convener. Mrs. C. W. Clarge gave a solo, "Hold Thou My Hand". A very interesting part of the program. was a Sea Voyage from Iingland to Japan por- trayed by Mrs. Nind, of Port Perry. She ouflined the course taken, the waters passed through, the ports stopped at, and items of interest at cach port. The address was very in- tevesting and much appreciated. She is a very capable speaker, and we hope this will not be the last time the Association will have the pleasure of listening to her. The group in charge are to be congratulated on securing her <&vices for the day. The meet- ing closed with prayer by Rev. Mr. Flindall. Lunch was served on the lawn and a social time spent. k Miss Marion Eagleson met with a painful accident on Saturday evening, when she was bitten on the arm by their dog. She was taken to a doctor at Port Perry where the wound was given speceial treatment. We are glad to say the dog has been killed. Sorry to report Miss Olive Rogers confined to her bed for the past two weeks, the hot weather being too much for her. Her many friends hope she wil soon be around again, A large number attended the Orange Celebration at Lindsay. Base- ball was the main attraction for a great many. Congratulations to the Seagrave team on winning the game from Cameron, score 6-5, Quite a number attended the anni- versary Pleasant Point United Church -on Sunday. Messrs. C. W. Moon, R. Owls and J. Grant- ham were heard in two trios and J. Grantham in a solo, on Sunday morn- ing. They were accompanied by Mrs. -R. Scott. Congratulations to Harry Clarke on passing his Entrance Exams. Mr. and Mrs, A. Snyder has re- turned home from Mufkoka after a pleasant holiday. Mrs. LL. Scott spent a holiday at Lindsay with friends dwing the past week, Mr, and Mrs, J, ed relatives from bridge on Sunday, Master Jack Sangster, of Port Perey, spent a time with his unele and aunt Mr. and Mrs. J. McLean. Miss Natalie McMillan, of Port Credit, returned to her home with her mother, Mrs. Wallace McMillan, after spending a week with her grand- mother, Mrs, Jas, McKee. read services at McLean entertain- Alberta and Ux- a> After an immense amount of troublt the vicar of a country parish succeed- ed in reconciling two old women who had been quarelling for years. He even induced them to meet under the vicarage roof, : In his. drawing-room they shook hands. After an embarrassed silence one of them said: "Well, Mys. Tyler, vou wish me." An' who's saying nasty row?" snapped Mrs. Tyler, I wish you al things TTT, THOU SHALT NOT KILL! Drive Carefully! To ur -- . N y 2s RS: Ca a AR " oy a a Sh os Hen ot on NC a es oo aa Cl a yo, CN Sr ~ a SW HoT ar. AP WEL i ig a wr, . , SEE Sd + apes fA ne NI nt Gaby TR UR To Cg i, os bi rove "