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Issued every Thursday from office of publiâ€" ufion.]nlnndmksu..‘:}flufiy.by True independence is never afraid of appearâ€" ing dependent, and true dependence leads always to the most perfect independence. A GREAT MAN PASSES ON It is with the very deepest regret, that I have to write this editorial. Ernest Disraeli Smith has home to Hislhker.’l‘h:themmx:goatny time, is without question, otherwise His Maker would not have left him here until his ndvamedh:eof”yunweoufinuethenod that he always given out. . When he was born he was just E. D. Smith. Then through the years he became Senator E. D. Smith. Then through his own wisdom he resigned fron. the Red Chamber and became the Hon. E. D. S. Smith. But all through those years he never was to himâ€" self, or to his people, anybody else except plain "E. D." Right until the day of his deâ€" mise he was with himself, as well as his people, just "E. D."_ _ _ â€"__ E. D. $mi‘h was a self made man with a heart for his fellow man. He only went into gflfiuinthefirstphce-h order to save entworth County, Lincoln County, and adâ€" joining counties from starvation, if that is memm.forinuoomm were absolutely on the edge of starvation owâ€" ing to lack of restrictions on the of the thm‘MWE'“"":A ng Ameriâ€" tss nat cverled will a brief description cou A of the articles offered, is highly«interesting to the public. can fruit to flood our markets and the of government help in developing our fruit industry. hy 2 x "E. D." decided wmfiem He resided in the toughest county in to decide it in. But being an honest man who was trying to build his own country and his own industry he agreed in 1900 to accept the Conservative nomination and fight the battle. He had a worthy foe in the late W. Oscar meo Es AuP M otsw o Cl are imbued with the same idea of developâ€" ment of the district and the fruit industry thatbcautdcothenfontbemmaf}:. D. Smith is not going to die, which is a great thingforthhdistrict.dlofor&mdl. Sealey. But he went into battle with the firm conviction that Wentworth County and the rest of the Dominion was not being m:f done by. While it was a tough struggle at th:tfimehe;.uoved. it in.fl!ecgd‘ In his first bid for parliamentary honore, and working for the citizens, he enlisted the aid of the late Jas. A. Livingston, who all through his campaigns was his political manâ€" ager, and between them they got organized all the good men of every township in Wentâ€" worth County. Men who had Wentworth and theDominionlthelrt.thenmeu“E.D." h.d.ndthepmlt_m‘_‘nl):mdochd. "F. D.", you have passed on, but you bsvelefibdfildmlveryfiehmrihnA heritage rich in a million ways. A heritage that is rich in billions to all Canadians, in ywrurvieeintheCanadhnhrllmtmd themw:lminthemk that you accomplished in the development of the fruit industry and then the jam industry : nheriunlnthefmfllyflutyounhednnd foda!dand.en_t_fort!\t_%wfl'et_‘hiw‘lnd Those were hot election days in Wentâ€" worth. But they were days in which E. D." in the final analysis proved to be the "Moses Ml.dthe?mofwcutvorthndthe NhnnPeni?uhgntof.the‘:m ‘The last time that 1 talked to this Grand Old Man, which was not too long ago, he said, ;‘:b‘..?)getfinlm.bfltlthhklhmmm % _ w # Altheyenu:oonthefmitgmenof thildhh-lctmgoinltofindontthlt"!.b." ilmNotinonem.notintwnn.but inndounnz's.ngtthsghlif.e. To me the passing of E. D. Smith severs nllnk.notoulylwmdone.bntonethat hooked up the whole peninsula. Fortunately he has left behind sons and grandsons t‘lut Tooverequ wint en T CCCE ko Cc the oppressor.. Your heritage is rich in any way that any person in any walk of life wighes to look at it. _ _ _ _ Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. J. ORLON LIVINGSTON, Editor. LIVINGSTON and LAWSON, Publishers. * FACTS & FANCIES "Lincoin County‘s Leading Weekly" Nights, Sundays, Holidays, 539 It is an easy matter to write an effecâ€" ptionâ€"£2.50 in Canada and $5.00 mmhmm Frank Fairboen, Jr. of OPENX HOUSE In the bad old days industry generally played its cards very close to the chest inâ€" deed. That was when oligarchs, like Commoâ€" donVndu'bm.eouldnddidad%.t‘ben- titude, "The public be damned." attiâ€" tude died decades ago, butrit is still rememâ€" bered, to evervone‘s hurt. Today, more enl tanodthlnklnfhdo- h\liubuttht:tdlmthi‘:t‘molfiol:m tbi'". cognizing misinforma can as fenifededtictiens in mug ad hope of all free peoples. _ So the changed thinking, the realization that prejudice cannot live with understandâ€" iu.hhdumycnt:r‘wlmtomm to take the mystery out of their operations. By permitting the public an inside view of the conditions under which men work, by letâ€" ting them see what workers do and by showâ€" ing â€"the problems involved in relation the varâ€" lous phases of great industries, they are reâ€" mmmanrdnofinisotth are out the belief that when industry is big, it must be Steel is one of those commodities that ean‘t be made in a pocket. It entails huge plants, armies of workers, skilful manageâ€" ment and a vast outlay of money. All these &lmhdthmn:lhvum&misundei: standing because they depersonal work and the worker. That is probably the thought behind the recent "Open House" at The Steel Company of Canada at Hamilton. You don‘t invite comâ€" pany unless you believe that the house is in Fiant Ofiice manegore, ceperte in molal 16. managers, metal, reâ€" presentatives of industries, service clubs, churchmen, newsmen and thousands of secâ€" ondary school students from Hamilton, Torâ€" onto and other nearby centres were part of the two days of plant tours. But, more imâ€" portant than any of these, the families of the company‘s workers were invited as honored We see in this a wise and hopeful gestâ€" ure. Part of the duty of free enterprise is to about it, that the millions who benefit may come to realize that freedom is the only key is mkm:hhfibtzgnflnlfifl!'flb n upon rough scratch paper as grade lchoof:nhildm use for their arithmetic probâ€" )anl.'l'het’s were carefully crossed, the i‘s "dotted, and the first word of each sentence was a bit blacker than the rest, as if the penâ€" cil had been wet with the tongue each time to the sort of life they want. SLOW UP AT TWILIGHT Contending that early darkness contriâ€" muo:w-mny%ofm trdfiemd:;uinOnhrlo. oftht: Department of Highways e drivers hbmtofthhtntor.::.nimnpd at twilight. October, they point out, is the worst month of the year for traffic fatalities among school age children. Darkness is beâ€" ginning to settle when they start for home; and in the dusk they are less perceptible to the motorist. Less light requires less speed if accidents are to be avoided. Chfldmm.;hemdm s a y officials, should be t to understand that early darkness makes them less visible to the motâ€" orist: that they themselves can‘ see an apâ€" proaching car seconds before its driver can spot them. Parents, teachers and other influâ€" entia) persons should impress on children the need for crossing streets only at intersections and only when there is plenty of time to reach the other side before traffic reaches them. Another good safety habit at night is to wear or carry something white, say the When it arrived at the police station in a large middle western city, the captain on duty noted the New Jersey postmark, then tore the envelope open carelessly. Doubtless, it was just another inquiry about a lost reâ€" lative, he thought. highway spokesmen. Dear Policeman . ... with a soft lead pencil in a childish . â€" "Dear Policeman:â€"" he read. ‘"We just got home last night from a vacation on my uncle‘s farm in lowa. We W in your town on our way home and amy red baseball cap in a restaurant. T need this vm-muchuwylhm-wponthehu:g team on our ground. T hate to ask my father to buy me another cap as it cost quite a lot for us to take this vacation. "If you aren‘t too busy, would you find my cap for me* I don‘t know which restaurâ€" ant T left it in, but it was on a busy street with a streetcar line. 1 remember there was lbhek-and-whihatw-hl-n'{hufminthe restaurant window as I w in.!hng-my eap on a hook on the wall and didn‘t it until we had driven 10 miles. Here‘s my adâ€" dreas if you should find the cap. 1 will be very mitch obliged.: â€" .â€" . _ : i . w# a new thought was begun. The provincial drive on child traffic acâ€" (By Floerence C. Wood, in Christian Science Monitor) the "Your friend, Jerry Miller." THE GRIMSBY INDEPENDENT cidents, Inunched before school opening,‘is being continued throughout October. Press, radio, schools, service clubs and many other remreant enc atates oi ts su e slogan, "Ontario cannot afford to lose one child." Providence has been kind to Canada this year, and particularly in Ontario, the farmâ€" ers will reap a fine harvest. But some amazâ€" ing crop facts and figures come from the yeat: MJ trops witl boak ts etgncapet Sant year. crops the allâ€"time high in United States gn hisâ€" tory. Vegetables are up by seven per cent over the average. That basic food, corn, for poultry and cattle, will be counted in $,568,â€" 000,000 bushels, the output for the season. A WONDERFUL BOUXNTY Can we‘ live next to a country of such magnificence and munificence without feelâ€" ing it ourselves; and blessed, too, as we are in Canada, with almost prodigal bounty from Providence? There are hundreds of millions in China and Europe living on the border line of starvation, and more millions always hungry, which impels this continent, with its Christian faith, to become the bread basket MR. DREW COMPLIMENTsS WEEKLIES FOR FAIRNESS for uncounted masses of humanity The home town weekly has a special job to do and it does it in a special way. Free from the pressure of the deadlines under which daily newspapers labor, the weekly y 0 possibilities. The result is a considered viewâ€" point stemming from deep interest in comâ€" munity betterment. . Recognition ‘of theâ€"unique contribution the weekly newspaper makes to Canadian life was given recently in an address by Premier Drew of Ontario to the 29th annual convenâ€" tion of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers‘ Asâ€" sociation in Niagara Falls, Ont. "The weekly newspapers of this country have a splendid tradition of impartial and fair reporting," he told the 300 weekly newsâ€" paper editors from all parts of Canada. "Beâ€" cause they are so close to the people in their own communigies. they have at all times maintained the highest principles of a free "While vigorous in their advocacy of what they believe will benefit their own comâ€" munity and the nation as a whole, their adâ€" voency and their criticism is measured by a restraint and fairness which in itself is the thing most likely to protect a free press in the exercise of its great public service." That‘s the way every editor likes to think of his paper as he tries to make itthe mirror and the record of community. He likes to feel. too, that each reder makes good use of his home town week) in making the community better, that yung East and West are golden in this autumnal period, and here are the figures: * than the record set in 1937. ‘The prospective dollar yields of these blue ribbon yields also is impressive. *The corn crop, figured at $1.78 a bushel, the prevailing price, is estimated at $6,250,050,000. The policeman smiled and thought, a he fingered the letter, "Now, heer is a boywho has the right idea about the law, and a eal confidence in police. If he could ask u to help him find a baseball cap, he wouldn‘ be afraid to come to us for help in real trouke." Whent, st $1.97 a bushel, should bring $2,â€" 520,020,000. Onts at 69 cents a bushel for 1,492,â€" $57,000 bushels would bring in $1,030,140,330. Barley at $1.08 a bushel for 317,240,000 bushels is worth $342.619.200. n The letter made the officer remesber when he, too, had been a member of a bseâ€" ball team which played in a vacant lot.He had worn a blue cap wit ha red "W" aove the visor; it had been one of his prized psâ€" sessions. He had earned the money for his uniform by carrying a paper route, and when hehuleobehdmgrhbuylwholenni- form he had felt like a king. l "Let‘s everybody work on this. The kid needs that baseball cap." His fellow officers scarcely needed the admonition. They knew that a baseball cap. symbol of hours of vigorous fun, is prized by any boy. It is a badge of fraternity, the mark of belonging to a good gang that goes out and wins against any odds. Small wonâ€" der, then, that the men worked on this inâ€" formal assignment as avidly as if it were a mdmmmmmfl were involved. They in at every reâ€" staurant on a car line: they looked carefully for blackâ€"andâ€"white cats. nA Within two days, the cap was found and speedily sent on its way to. Jerry in New Jersey. Jerry‘s letter moved from the bulleâ€" tin board to the wastepaper basket and a routine matter was closed, except for the ofâ€" ficer who had found the cap. He had a lingerâ€" ing feeling of satisfaction. Rye at $1.39 a bushel for 26,664.000 bushâ€" els comes to $37,082.060. In this present mood of reminiscence the policeman took Jerrv‘s letter to the bulâ€" letin board and attached it in a prominent place by means of a thumbtack. Below Jerâ€" ry‘s signature, he penciled : * S RE «T Sad Adding this all up, the total value of cropa on the farms, as at Sept. 15, is estimated at $10,289,000,800. /R Gather up your salvage for the Legion boys for Saturday the 30th. fup* # # # ‘The exodus of poor, half starved fruit growers mmmut‘-uyrrm:mn?hm' BINGO! The Legion boys are going to give out a lot of valuable prizes on Saturday night, Saw the financial bugs of the Legion, leanInF w.mm““”“"“"'“ is now in the theatrical business being DUNMU®" manager of the Grimsby Players‘ Guild. What next ? poaplcmeneonruedwr-duhwtandlp- pnehtothe.ehievmnhofthdrmm that citizens will write to the editor with suggestions fgrloqlimwfi. of the community. WHICH Is THE CAPITAUST? | The Racine (Wis.) Journalâ€"Times pubâ€" Iilbuamnbuttboworkhnofu&l- i-nwhlehnnbme%: "Mary, a woman of parentage, has been employed for twentyâ€"five years as help by mummfimmhmd her employers, at least, Mary had become a trusted friend, whose help has smoothed many rough places in ber life. Mary, her husband, and her two sons, by thrift and frugal living have managed to purchase a besutiful epartâ€" ment house which represents their future securâ€" ity. The employers, no longer needing their large house, have sold it and have rented an apartment in Mary‘s building. Thus the ‘capitalâ€" ist‘ couple are paying rent to the family of The weekly provides for its area a serâ€" vieenoothamm.mmder. Its efâ€" fectiveness often on its readers. In .'oo'dmyealu.thc interest and pride which citizens take in their home town hfi._mqmwmmm PRACTICALLY NO EDUCATION MAY BE A GOOD THING From Carbrooke in England a farmer who recently celebrated his 102nd birthday offers an uncommon prescription for longevâ€" ity. Farmer Bullen does not say that he is a centenarian because he abstained from alâ€" :gglwtm.mmh:t::hpg’fldn out sugar every morning e, or because every evening he took a long walk before retiring. He may, or he may not, have fonowdnlhietmu.bntflhcdfi it either escaped his or he considered it of insufficient importance to mention. It is obâ€" vious that he believes that he owes his hoary age to no other factor but to cireumstances arising from a total lack of formal education. Farmer Bullen states that he went to school just once, and that was for half a day. ahfimmw at lu: he accepted the task. That, e iPapene wiher in oo camoden was, e m that inclined him to believe that by resuming scarecrow. fiil‘lmnfihiit.sthath et?:ddcnd?rlr!;gent.in- pu e appropriate, or embarrassing. It is clear from hh.ctionsw-choolinx in one or all of these ca i That lack of formal education did not disqualify him from scaring crows efficiently or that in later years it failed to handicap him in the attainment of his ambitions, ma bemmmdfmmthefutflnthupe-k-vlt{ a certain regret about the half day that he spnt at school, as though it was time wasted whth he could have emvnloyed profitably elseâ€" whereIndeed Farmer Bullen‘s ownershib of a farmof 100 acres and his venerable age inâ€" dicate ';at tbf course he followed was wholly dicate tat the course h adequat«¢o his purpose people about this." sinlag 33 3 ""_"" "Ot dogmatic about his prineiples. He does not assert that a little educatioris a dangerous thing. He does not evcn‘luda;n that no education at all is a highly deirable state. He merely allows his expemien* to speak for itself, A lesson, howâ€" ever, is hluub'l;;tmd “nimm:n t:hl‘:: gut many peple are obtaining e h.dhoptfnmbclnzeduuud.orthatmoz u-nmefillsofeduutionmflfllnztoob wnthohtontofmph.orthafl!thopnr- gudmafionhhuvfldenuimfor ‘hcle:lbmofhduu and Mmho ere dmhm.wlnnov wvvlthontitorvlflllunoll:” Bill Fisher has broke out in another spot. Farmp KRere 3 MAIN= SIREET Bullen is not dogmatic Do you enjoy using the new "hastiâ€"notes" for short m.flmflnmfi combined? If so, you will want to see the many new designs added to our usual A politician is the man who Srie® BARRISTER, soLiciTor, Et 25 Main Street, West arimsey Mours 9â€"46 â€" Saturdays 0â€"12 81 Main St. ; 42 Main W. _ * Phone 559 Hml-s..w“. o Evenings By Appointment _ E. A. BUCKENHAM SUN LIFE OF CANADA J. B. McCAUSLAND HAROLD B. MATCHETT Dr. D. R. COPELAND, Store in The Bruit Belt" BARRISTER souicrror, NOTARY ‘Claan, L 012100 1:80â€"56:00 Closed Saturdays At Noon Open "M;.Mm GEORGE 1. 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