JANUARY c. ieso $13.? i ‘THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTT ET OWN PAGE FIVE Prayer Meeting At Si. Paul's Church A large congregation gathered in 8t. Paul's Church last night for the third service held in observ- ance of the Universal Week of prayer. The rector of the parish, Rev. 1.1‘. Ibbott. conducted the wor- ship assisted by the Rev. G. C. Webster and Major E. O. l-iuwh- eson who read the lessons. The Rev. 'I‘.H.B. Somers took the Prayers. The sermon was de- livered by Rev. J. D. Davison. The ehurch orsanist. Mr. All. Mug- ford directed the music. The concluding service will be held this evening in Trinity church and the preacher will be the Rev. G. C. Webster. Dr. M. M. Coady To Speak llere Tonight Those intent upon learnirig methods of progress will have an opportunity to do so this evening when Dr. M. M. Coady of St. Francis Xavier University will ad- dress a public meeting at the Vo- r-ritlflhll School. His topic will be “Organizing for Progress." This talk will he Dr. Candy's last in his present. series of ad- dresscs on the Island. The meeting in sponsored by the Island Brunch n1 the Agricultural Institute of Canada. Prominent Newsmen For Hail 0f Fame OTTAWA, JKIEL (CP) -Ten outstanding Canadian newalpliifi!‘ men of the past and the present. an being honored by inclusion ll the hall of fame a! Canada's parliament building. _ Their niche in the section of the centre block devoted to immortal- iaing Canada's great il. IPPYWYI‘ ately, a short marble hallway leading to the Commons reading room, where newspapers and other publications from sii over the world arc maintained. workmen chief-Ii"! 1010 the rough marble now are putting the finishing touches to two rows of life-size heads of the new entrants to the hall of fame, some of thein jmirnaiist-poiiticians and some just working newspaper men. Flanking the doorway to the reading room are two of the mod- ca writers. They are Senator Charles Bishop. for 40 years a member of the parliamentary press gallery for the Ottawa Citizen and Southam group of newspapers be- fore being callcd to the Senate in 196, and M. Grattan O‘Leary. vice-president of the Ottawa Jour- al n . Only other living person "to be included is Henri Bourasss of Montreal, founder and for many years editor of Le Devoir. Mont- real d-aily, and former Nationalist member of the Commons. One of Canada's earliest news- paper publishers-Nova Scotishl Joseph Howe—is in the group. Howe was largely instrumental in obtaining Canada's first responsible government in Nova Scntia. He published the Nova Scotian. fore- runner of the Halifax Chronicle. now merged with the Halifax Chronicle-Herald. Otihers in the journalistic hall of fame. all dead, are: Israel Torte. publisher of Ls Patric, Montreal. and Liberal Min- ister of Ptiblie Works under Laur- ier. Frank Oliver. publisher of the Picbnoriion Bulletin. Lsuricr‘: Min- istrr of the Interior. It. S. White. editor of the Mont- real Gazette and former Conserva- tive member of parliament. John Floss Hfrbttfiann, founder and publisher nf the Toronto Tele- gram, who served in the Commons for a term before the turn of the century. John W. Defoe, for many veers editor of the Winnipeg Free Press. P. D. Ross. founder and presi- dent of the Ottawa Journal, who died last year. BIRTHS. MARRIAGES DEATHS 50c Per Insertion DEATHS I-Owllv-At New Havcn, January 5. 1050, David Lowry in his 84th war. Remains nre rcsliiiit at the Piltciiffe Funeral llomc. New l-Iaven, where funeral will be hcld Saturday afternoon, service sinrl- in! at 2 o'clock. Interment Si. Cathcrlnca Cemetery. BURBlB-At. the P. E. I. llospitai Thursday, Jan, 5, Roland E. Bur- ris. aged 3 months, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Roland D. Burris of Ocean View. Remains will be for- warded from the MacLean Funeral Home this morning to Bell!"- Funcrni notice later. CIIEVERIE-At Beach Grove on Wednesday, January 4th, 1950, Mrs. M"? MacKinnon Chovcric, aged 55 years, widow of the late W. J. Cheverio. Funeral private from the MacLcan Funeral Home. Interment P°0l>le‘s Cemetery. N. ii. iiiaoLean UNDEIITAKIJR EMBALDIEII Utiariottetown and North Wiitalsire PHONE Ill iiontrai Guardian This coiismnlie reserved for news at ioeai Interest, ‘but advertising oi ‘TJIEWIYJFISIIIQ m! ‘l: inserted 1e a we - t1 able in advance, ' c y N, I595 on Men's P". ices-Henderson 8c Cudmore. "95 9"‘ Wazoo Costs-Hend- erson ds Cudmore. AUCTION SALE of Stock, Crop and Implements of James Birt, Covehead, postponed until Satur- day. Jan. 7, at 12 noon, if clay roads are passable. 259i. 0H‘ JaZStIlr-ts-llenderson d: Cudmore. NOT 1N PICTUItE-Due to iii- "058. Sister Mary Hermlna and Julia "Prosper, two of the p". ilminarv students of the Char- lottetown Hospital School of Nur- sing were absent from the capping ceremony group whose picture up. peared in the Guardian yesterday. CITY roman COURT-At ca! 511D0fld1lfy Mlsistrutefi Court yesterday. a man charged with 00in: drunk and incapable was sentenced w 10 083's in jail. The remanded case of a man charged with causing bodily harm with a motor vehicle was further remand- ed one week. SLANDEB ACTION DISMISSED ~~ln the Supreme Court yesterday", Mr. Justice G. J. Tweedy 51mm; in chambers, dismissed for want of prosecution tho slander nction of Albert E. Murphy, plaintiff, vs. It. Earl Taylor, defendant. Motion for dismissal was made by Mr, J. A- B00119)’. KC. and was not con- tested. APPOINTItIENT ANNOUNCED —A personnel selection officer, Malcolm MacKenzie, ha; been taken on the strength o1 the 215g Armoured Brigade with the rank 01 009101". it was announced last 1118M. The Brigade is commanded by Brie. w. w. Reid, D.S.O.. rap. Clllt. Mackenzie is employed with 1110 Deiififlment of Education. JUNIOR CHAMBER OF‘ COM- MERCE — The Junior Chamber of Commerce met last night at the Rendezvous for its fortnightly diu- ner meeting. The gues; at the weningwas Mr. Hal Bohzker. ren- resentaiive from the Board or Trade. Reports from Rink Com. iniitee, Social Committee and from the Welcome Arch Commute,- ‘"70 Elven. Plans were made for a dance on Valentine night at the Clover Club. and drawings made by Welcome Arch Commit- tee were submitted for anprgvql and comments from members pre- sent. Prc-sideni Jack Morris tbs-n read the Constitution of the Junior Chamber. and various clauses urerc discussed and amended. In two weeks time a nominating commit. iec wzli be chosen and in a month's time annual election of officer; will be held. Personals Mr. Gerald Mailett, fur designer with Holt-Renfrew, Quebec (my, l! wcndinr a holiday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mal. iett, city. _ Gilli Statement lie Train Services MONCTON. N- 3-. Jan. 6 —(CP) —- Commenting on reports cir- culated here today that two of the Canadian National Railways runs between Montreal and Halifax would not be cancelled. railway officials here said that the pass- enger service cut-back would be carried out as announced. The two runs involved were No. 3 and No. 4. It was explained that combining of the ail-sleeper Ocean Limited and coach and sleeper Scoiian into one train was a curtailment only in that it rcturncd ihc scrvicc be- tween Helifax and Moncton to its pre-war schedule. The Scollan was inaugurated during war years as e second section to the Ocean Limited. Combining of the two trains, it was slated, aided in the conservation order, while main- taining pre-war service. The following statement has been issued by Mr. Donald Gordon. C. N. It. president, in this connection: "We will be able to continue both a dziy and a night irain he- tween Montreal and IInlifax. We have now arranged that the eve- ning train from Montreal and the morning train from Iialifux will be a combination of the sleeping car equipment of the Ocean Limited tolether with the day coaches and niliier cars of the Scoiian. So far as ihc timetable is conccnicd, it will riln on the Scotian time. The Maritime Express Will be con- tinued on its present schedule. "Meanwhile," said Mr. Gordon. "we are continuing to fake all suitable coal we can from the Mariiimes, from Alberta. or from the United States and move iii westward and eastward to the best possible advantage.” HISTORIC IAIIT The famous old London jail. call- ed Fleet Prison. has been destroy- ed many times and has played a big part in the history of England. slime Nomton times. "Prince Edward Island ll the one sit-ate in the two Americas where the people without recourse io revolution or statisrri, are in a position to give an illustration of a slate without one slum home,” stated Rev. Dr. M. M. Coady of St. F. X., in an inspiring talk to a group of Junior Farmers. I311‘ cultural representatives arid Y's Men at a joint supper meeting at the Y. M. C. A. last night. “You can give that illustration. continued Dr. Coady because your Province is not over industrialized and you are not subject to forces over which you have no control- You can show the world a state where every farmer, every fisher- man and every townsman can live comfortably." To attain this state you must clearly bear your objective in mind. You must bring your phy- sical, economic, social and 891T‘ itual forces together so that you may be adequate. Something which has never been done before. You must ask yourself. "Will my 1S1"! be adequate for P. E. I. in fifty years?" Throughout his talk, the general topic of which was “Achievin! Our Destiny", Dr. Coady figura- lively used Jhc bulldinfi of t} bridge in demonstraiathe objec» to uie group. His nudge passed from our present civilization to a higher civilization which he stat- ed must be perpetual. stresses Humility To support this bridge so that iiie higher civilization could _br reached he said that four pier! were required. the first of Whit!“ was scientific humility" "No man can be a scientist unless he is humble. People mustihave the proper attitude and believe that progress is possible." As an example of what M1110 be accomplished he referred to the income of the U. S. A. which amounted to 39 billion dollars in i933. "People laughed when it was slated by President Roosevelt that ii. could be raised to 115 bil- lion dollars but today it amounts to 264 billion dollars. Yesterday President Truman said that by the vear 2000 it would amount to one trillion dollars annually." In all probability. he continued. we are entering the greatest era in history. and this is certainly the most idealistic age in human history- We want people who can inspire other‘ people to do these arc-t things; His second pier was nhvsicai fit- ness which could be obtained by getting people scientific enough to feed themselves. The third oier was ‘knowlede’. ihc nerd and use of science. He was told by one scientist that P l-T. T. oysters wane capable of a iii million dollar per year develop- ment. He said that there was a terrific lag in the development of the social sciences. Self Discipline The fourth pier was self discip- line and control which is needed to build a wonderful people. Ycung people he said rnust be sent to school and older people must be mn-hilizcd for adult learning. Do not have ambition to be his. he warned the group. The real ambition of our democracy is to have men who have no one over them and no serfs beneath them "What ure cant." he concluded. "is a growing population in these Provinces which will be well off." The desire to better their farm- ing conditions and to build better communities was strengthened among the Junior Farmers attend- ing the short course at St. Dun- stants University yesterday asthe group listened to a series of talks and discussions which began eariv in the morning and lasted until late yesterday evening. Other - speake s ‘Following a hearty bres asi the young farmers and faime lter heard s talk on community beautification by Col. E. W. Johnstone. He outlined how farm conditions must be made more at- tractive to maintain the number our rural population which is dc- creasing. He dealt with the ten points used in beautification contests ex- plaining how to handle each to the best advantage. He invite-l all to join the yearly contest slat- ing that they would benefit by in- creasing the value of their homes. The group than took a short recreation which was followed by a talk on the Federation of Agri- culture bv Mr. Louis O'Connor. the president. Mr. O'Connor out- lined the aims. and raooompiish- menis of tho Federation and sirecscd the necessity of organi- zation. Iuni Electrification llilr. B. A. Ainsworth, general manager of the Maritime Electric Company told the group that pres- ent plans for rural electrification call for an extension of 500 miles of lines and 3.000 to 3.500 Cilslom ers during the next five years. At present he stated the Island on the basis of population is well ahead of tho rest of Canada as far as the development of rural electrification is concerned. At present. 3,750 rural hcmes have electricity. lie reviewed the development of rural electrification in recent years and discussed the advantage of-eiectrlo current noting that five or siX dollars worth of current properly armlicd on a fiarm could do the same work that a man could do at a total cost of about one hundred dollars per month. Dinner over the group of rural youth sat in on an afternoon's discussion of marketing problems conducted by Mr. W. B. Shaw, Deputy Minister of Agricultiue. Mr. Fred Nash. District Manager Poultry Products and Miss M’. Robin. W.l. supervisor. Dr- Coady Gives Inspiring» Talk To J unior, Farmers Dr. Cmliiy RAM‘. Deals “Mb Marketing Mr. Shaw dealt with the ll!‘- kc-tlng and marketing problems connected with potatoes. turni-ps. ugly-y products and pork. Through- outthe discussion he stressed the need for organization among the farmers. Miss Robin dealt with the carc- ful buying of clothing. Following her talk she held a sitort quiz on the types and quality of clothing M3, F. W. Nash concluded the talks with reunarks on the P0111017 and pgg market. Ho outimcd tin- present crisis and suggested that ti“, poultry men should take pains in attempts to develop new mar- kets. The annual meeting of the ior Farmers Federation vvnicli was to be held ycsierdflv afternoon will be held this afternoon. This morning the group will hear Dr. L, W. Shaw, Deputy Mlfiiiili"; of Education on "Education for Oom- munity Responsibilities," and Dr. coady on Community (Io-operative Plan. Fairview Expected Back 0n Run Today The Falrview. tied up since last Saturday, will return to Charlotte- town-Rocky Point run this m0!"- ing with the first crossing scheduled for eight OTEOQK» R990" men worked late last night i0 00m" plete their work on the 10060 propeller. The accident to the boat left a considerable number of R0010’ Point residents stranded in the City during the wrck- Some re- turned to their hcines in small 10B boat. propelled by two oars but mmy, especially women were afraid to make the crossing in this manner. Tho soft weather prevented an‘! from returning home by c!" 1" fact several who came to the City by ca: on the frozen road over the week-end were caught 5111-110‘ ed when it turned soft. The children attending New Dominion School received an PX- tended holiday clue to the lio Hill» The teacher was among those who were stranded. Bandit Arrested In Montreal Holdup MONTREAL, Jan. s --_ rcro w A holdup man was cnujzlil. today u minute aftcr taking a $100 bill from a teller of La Banque Can- adienne Nntionaie on st. Cather- ine Street east. Jacques Metayer. 18-year-old teller, told police the man came up t-o his cage. hand in P001"! i" if carrying a gun. "Just hand me the money and don't say a word or I'll shoot." ""1 the man.. Metayer said he handed over the $100 bill and the man walked quickly from the bank.. "Then I wondered if he really‘ had a, gun, so I ran after him," said Metnyer. l-lo caught the bandit at the street corner. dragged him back into the bank and telephoned U1!’- police. 2.000 Ontario Farmers Urge Buyers‘ Strike WALKERTON. Ont, Jan. 5 ~~ (CP)—-A "buycrs‘ strike" on the purchase of new farm equipment until the Federal Government es- tablishes purity in ngriciiiiui-al prices w“; urged by 2.000 farmers who signed a petition nl n tithes meeting in this Georgian Boy town yesterday. An estimated 3.000 men from the counties of Brilco, Grcy and Huron attended ihn meeting which overfiowed from the. Town Hull into tile rain outside. It was spon- sored by the Ontario Fcdcuniion of Agriculture. DETECTIVE DIES TORONTO. Jan. 5 —-(CPi Austin Mitchell, the detective who spearheaded a long. fruitless search for an answer to the Am- brose Email mystery". ciicd last night. Ho ivas 7G. Small, a wealthy theatre operator, (liE-appenrcd in i919. He vanished in broad dav- light soon after banking a. $1000.- 000 cheque. Most persons b-lieve he was murdered. Mr. Mitchell went lo many parts of Canada and the United Slates during the sev- eral years he W35 assigned to study the Small case.‘ aooirror ciahfnstvait nnrs NEW YORK Jan. 5 —tAP) — Aart Marius Van Den l-lnek. un- der whose guidanceffi 1-2 acres of roof gardens flourished aicp Rockefeller Centre buildings. died yesterday. A native of the Nether- Vani Den Hook. 66. was in charge of one cf the world's most unusual \ C.C.M. now cover this territory in place of land; and a naturalized American, I i 0.0M. y Opens Mariiime__iientre Canada Oycle and Motor Oom- pany Liimitcd have recently pur- chased s. property on Halifax street, Moncton. New Brunswick, which will be used as a. distribut- ing warehouse for the Maritirrne Provinces and Newfoundland. I-Ieretodore -C.C.M.'s Maritime business has been handled from their Montreal warehouse and Newfoundland business from their Head Office and. Works at Weston. Ontario. To afford better coverage. two sales representatives will one as heretofore. J. D. I-Iowes, resident at St. John will corvet- New Brunswick and Prince Ed- ward islaixi and G. .l. Beardaii. resident. at Halifax. will cover Nova Sootia and Newfoundland. The Moncion warehouse will be opened some time in January, and _ will be in charge of F. C- Rogers. Will Prepare Maritime Freight Rates Brief SAINT JOHN, N. B. Jan. 5 4r (CPI - The Transportation Com- mission of the Maritime Board of Trade will prepare a freight rates brief for submission io the United States Inter-State Commerce Com- mission, H. H. Hatfield said in an interview today. Mr. Hatfield, resident of Hart- land, N. B, and Progressive Con- servative member of parliament for Victoria-Carleton, is one 0f the Maritime potato growers and shippers wiho conferred at Mono- ton yesterday with Rand H. Mathe- son. chairman of the Transporta- tion Commission with information for the brief. The meeting followed a pro- fest by Nlnine potato growers to the Commerce Commission against proposed reductions in freight rates from Maritime points to United States destinations. The ncw rates. corresponding with a similar 1949 reduction from Maine tn other U. S. points. were sched- uled to become effective Jan. 14. They would put Maritime export- ers into a more favorable competi- tive position. As an example of what the re~ duction would mean. Mr. Hatfield said it would save shippers about 20 cents a barrel on potatoes go- ing from Woodstock. N. B, New York City. British Statistics LONDON, Jan. 6- (Friday)—— (Reuters)-— Government statisti- cians today gave the people more facts for the "are we better off léinn before the war" political par- ior game. Publication of an official an- nlial abstract of statistics showed that, compared with pre-war, the average British adult is: Eight times as likely to coma to the divorce courts. Nearly twice as likely to com- mit murder. Fifteen per cent more likely to die of cancer. On the other hand, chances of dying of appendicitis are down by half’, the chances of dying of scar- let fever and diphtheria down by about one-tenth. The chances of committing sui- clde seem to be about 20 per cent less than pro-war, Parents have a 25-per-cent better chance of r e a r i n g their children through infancy to ihc first birthday. GIRLS FLUNK TEST. NAMES MEAN NOTHING LONDON, Jan. 4 -— (CF) _- A Larnarksiire man is convinced that no British girl under the age of l6 ever reads the newsps/pcrs or listens to the radio. He decided that after listening to a radio program in which girls ranging from l3 to l7 were asked to associate top statesmen with the countries they represent. The girls linked Spain's Gen. Franco with Russia, Yurgoslavlirs Marshal Tito with Italy, Ireland's John Costello with Italy. Aus- tralia's Dr. H. V. Evatt with France and Argentina's President Peron with Hungary. A couple of girls correctly associated labor leader John L. Lewis and the Marshal Plan administrator Paul Hoff- man with the United States. Others who heard the broadcast said they tried the test on their stenograplicrs, with discouraging results. One London newspaper reader signing himself "Appaliecl." said a 22-year-old shorthand typist, ef- ficient. in all other ways, got only two righh-Costeilo and Hoffman. ronrTa-i-rfiuouaaroas TORONTO. Jan. 5 —- (CP) ~- Portable inculbsiors. equipped so first temperature and humidity can be controlled. are in use at the hrzspiiai for sick chiidrcn here. Br- iicved to be the smallest in ihc world, the box-like structures were designed and huiit at the hospital for premature babies. TOCKENHAM, Eng. Jan. 5 ._ (C?) - Rev. W. H. Hewlett Coop- er. rector of Tockenham. is 00. He is believed fo be the oldest prac- lising clergyman in Britain. A fcw days before his 99th birthday" last July 1o he christened his great-grandson. G. F. Hutcheson 8r Sen OPTOMETIISTI ‘lpeelalista in the fitting of glasses for the carnation of ocular defect." l l m cannon arisen Sordid Tale 0f Corrupt Home life Revealed BRISTOL, Que, Jan. 5 - lCPi —~ A sordid tale of the morally corrupt hOnie life of four young sisters cllmaxed late today with removal of the girls to an institu- tion. The girls - ranging in ago from seven to 14 - were taken by po- lice to s. Roman Catholic instit- ution near Montreal. The story came to light yester- day when the sisters _ listed on Pontiac County medical records as having once suffered from vener- eal disease appeared at thc Protestant public school after 14 months’ absence, The teacher, Mrs. Mary Pitt, dismissed classes and. said shc would refuse to teach the 63 pupils as long as the four sisters were there. Her action brought immediate 5WD! by the Provincial Govem- ment which made effective a month-old Judicial order that the children be removed from their log cabin home in this village 36 miles west of Ottawa. ‘Pine Quebec Department of Youth arid Social Welfare was acting‘ on an order issued last Dec. i3 by Judge Poiianci Miiiar on the basis of evidciicr- indicating the sisters iiiid been corrupted morally in their homo. Judge Mliiar said he iiacl found the mother unfit to bring ‘Lip the children and had ordered they he removed to an orphanage or in- dustriai home for two ywirs. A chapter" in the story was writ- ten about l8 months ago when two men were sentenced to two and three years in jail by Judge Miiiar for having carnal know. ledge of the sisters. Another man is awaiting trial on a similar charge. Edward Edmonds, lay preacher at the Bristol Anglican Church. said he had visited the girls’ homo on two occasions and found con- ditions which were "unbelievable." He added that ho welcomed the publicity Mrs. Pitt's action had drawn because it has hastened action on the case. Recent medical tests indicated the children no longer suffer from V.D. Hovrever, Mrs. Pitt aziid liar Chief objection to the girls attenti- ing school was their corruptiie influence on other children. CENTRAL ROYALTY W. I. The regular monthly meeting of the Central Royalty W. I. was held in the school on December 2nd, with twenty-five members present. The president Mrs. Wright presid- ed. The meeting opened by sing- ing the ode and repeating the creed. Roll hall was answered by a White Elephant sale. Nine members paid their dues for the coming year, making thirty mem- bers, Committees were heard from and new ones appointed. School: Madelyn Carr and Mary Roper. Sick all members, Christmas boxes Rita MacLeod, Madelyn Carr Florence MacRac, Marjorie Croc- kett, and Laura Woods Lunch: Jean Agnew, Jennie Buchanan, Madelyn Carr, Aline Code, Willi Cora Ferguson as hostess. A sum 0376.60 was collected for the Salvation Army, and a. profit of $61.53 was made on the Bean supper. New business was discussed and it was decided to give $500 to the T. B. League and $5.00 iic given to the Appeal for children. and that members ask the comm- unity for blood donors, it was also moved that 85.00 ‘be paid to the Musical Festival Association anti the following names be sent in: Rita. MucAusiand, Helen Cheverle. Elsie Stewart. Milt Nichai and Helen Love. An amusing programme was carried out by Jean Agnew after which a delightful lunch ivas served and the meeting adyourn- ed. DEMOCRATS Continued from page 1 r~—j_—i— economic help flirffllllj.’ given to Formosa by tiir: Economic Co-Op- oration Administration will con- tinua The 11;.C.A. aid is due to end Feb. l5 and consists largely" of shipments of textiles and fert- iiizer. _ ‘ Tiicrc was no immediate officla. explanation of the statcmciil flint “at this time“ ihc United Stairs wants no military bases Oil For- mosa. Acheson said a declaration of policy at. this time. was considered necessrinv been-use of confusion that had arisen nt. hunc and nbrorirl over illr- iiiiciitioiis of iiie United States Goveriunenh Tho Secretary said that. as far as he kuczv no responsible Gov- ernment. nfiirinl m" military coni- mnnder has ever in-licvcd ihr- Un- ited Status should ill\‘r)l\o iiS mil- ltary furccs m liic (icfcnce of Formosa. Musical Festival Applications From RURAL Schools The Percentage Allniirsenl (‘mn- mittoe of tho Print-c Edward Is- land Musical Festival Association la prepare-d to receive applications from rural schools wishing to compete in the festival next ills)" and requiring help in financing in- struction in music, A minimum of six weeks instruction in requir- ed. Applications should be sent to G. D. Steel. Chairman Percentage Allotment Committee, 80ft Enston Street, (ihariottctnwn, not. lnlcr than February l, i050. Upon ro- ceivlnl them applications, the Chairman “iii forward a question- naire to be completed and returned to him without delay. A Feature For Every Friday No Action Yet At the time of writing there has been no indications as to what the Dominion Government is going to do to stzibaiize markets and protect farm prices in this cm- crizencl! period. People do not seem to realize that ni‘. (‘lessor-s of society are go- ing u. suffer as a result of those depressed prices. The decrease in purchasing yinwcr of the primary producer 1S iiaviiig its effect al- i'r-a.d_v. There are two important angles to this whole matter which we can picture lbriefly from a Provincial standpoint. First, the prices paid to the farmer and the cost tu consumer. At the present time our cheese “ Among The Farmers Federation 0t Agriculture News price out of storage is 34c per pound and consumers are paying as high as 55c. The farmers are getting two cents per pound b!‘ special grade parsnips. The sell- ing price is 9 1-2 to l0 cents per pound. Carrots 2 1-2 cents to farmer. 5 cents to consumer. 'I‘ui"- nips 66 cents per bushel to farm- er $1.80 to consumer. Potatoes 75 cents PM‘ bushel for special grade to farmer, Scllillg price $1.60 to colisiiiiii-r. Grildc A eggs :41 ccnis to farmers and sailing as high as 44; cents p81" dczcii loose to con- SHED?!‘ Those were local prices on the Island to I£il'lll"lS and in retail outlet. to csizsvviiers during the past few (iir . . (CDDUIILIECI on page '71 Tommy Spencer ls (Ionvalescing NEW wATEni-"onn, us. .lan.' 5 -- iCPl -- TCmmy (Gum Spen- ci-i‘. 26-year-old iniddit-lvcigiit box U1‘ vriio suffcrcd a briuii colic". sicn in a bout Monday at li€fll'l)_-' Sydney, returned home today from New Waterford General Hospital. His condition was reported as “good? Spencer was taken to hos- pital Monday night in a semi-con. scious condition several hours nf- ter being knocked out iii the sec- ond round of a scheduled i0- round bout with Arnold Fieiger, Zi, of Chatham, N.B. Spencer was tagged with a tre- mendous right aftcr he pullgd himself up from a nine-count. 1-10 was driven partially out of the ring and it took i0 minutes t4; re. vive him. The ring veteran made his way home under his own power 45 minutes after the fight but inter a doctor was callcd._ BRIDGE W. M. I. The annual meeting of Stanley Bridge W. M. S. was held in the church classrooms on Dec. 2'! at. 8 o'clock. The vice-president Mrs. H. S. iilacEwven presided and fol- lowed tho Christmas programme in Missionary Monthly, assisted by Mrs. Elmer Fyfe. Mrs. Earle Henry. Mrs. W. A. Myers and Mrs. John Fyfe. Hymns 5'7. 59. :3 and ‘ii were sung. Minutes of last annual and November meetings read and ap- proved. Eleven members present, There were twelve meetings held during the year with an average attend- ance of eleven. The treasurer gave her report which was very satis- factory. Election of officers as follows; president, Mrs. W. A Myers; v-ica. president, Mrs. J. 1i. Hiscott; sec- retary. Mrs. Earle Henry; treasur- er. Mrs. Lorne Xlacilvren; press- secretarl’. Mrs. Eric Bell; Mission- ary Monthly, Mrs. F‘. S. Bell; tem- perance. Mrs. John Fyfe; Christ- ian Stewardship, Mrs. Carl Wool- ner; Supply, Mrs. Carl Woolner; Mrs, W. A. Myers and Mrs. Eric Boil were appointed delegates to Presbytcriai. Mrs. Elmer Fyfe invited members to her hcme for January meeting. when Mrs. Eric Bcii will have charge of the Study Book. Meeting closed by singing Hymn 6.5 and repeating inst verse of Hymn 511 in unison. ll STANLEY BRIDGE LADIES AID The Ladies Aid meeting was iicid at. tihe close of the WV. M. S. meeting. The president. .\ii"s. H.‘ S. MacEweii in the chair. The met-ting opened by the secretary reading the minutes of last meet- ing. $012.58 was raised during the year. The visiting committee re- ported having sent shirt-in boxes and gifts at Christ-mas tlmc. , followed: I l l Election of officers ‘president — Mrs. W. O. Myers. secretary - treasurer -- Mrs, Eric Bell, VlSltlllg committee - Mrs. H. s. Mac-Enron and Mrs. F. S. ‘Bcii. Collection. $1.80. Mcctirr closed with the Mizrpnii iicncdiclicm. Iceland, as a possession of Den- mark. did not fight in tile $060001 World lliai". Storc News is worth 38 cents! (‘iiinrs ilcpartmcni of either ihc (‘ha rind this surr is a dandy! Easy to g riddles in soivn . . . bring or mail less than half price. the Sunimcrside Store. 1 Farm Prices And Markets j Reviewing potato nlziikti. kct report for Agriculture. LL-Cri xon_ state.» that tllv tinur-s iuiccriatii at present. cerpts from his report iOliu\\'1 “We had planted. including seed sligl ‘Iv in exc as con- iia - nuiiuil; and mblcsl r. of 50.000 acre.» acrcngo, clue to rxc growing COUCUUOIP‘. yield of potatoes 1'31" tins Province. The yield vras general all over the Island. From this crcp. up to the end of December. we shipped ap- proximately 5,000 cnrs of potntces. This quantity uxas moved about evenly by steamer and rail. "The most reliable information available assures us that we rzill have for shipment. comtneiichg January 1st i950. what, in HEB past, would have been considered a. normal crop. lviieii clue allow- ances are made for our" seeding re- quirements for the spring of 1950. plus what our population will con- suime for eating and feeding pur- poses. we should have a conservat- ivo estimate of 7.500 ‘to 8.00‘) curl of potatoes remaining. That m il- sflif is a normal crop for this Province, and lncidentiy. too many potatoes for our needs. especial-b’ when available stooka in the Unil- ed States, and particularly 111 0110 State o1 Maine. as well as the Other potato growing sections of Canada, are taken into considerat- ion. "Mairse. last season. stripped slightly in excess of 05.000 car- loads. At the end of Deoembeifl 1940, she had shipped 23.000 can or slightly more than One-Infill Q( bar crop. What ls the siiuafon this year? She has as large n CYOD u last year but has been hoiciini bukgier shipments to take ad- vantage of the January 60V!"- mgr", support, price. This time inst year she had shipped 23,000 ca"=_ whereas up to the same li-P-hii this year she has only shim!"- about onehald of last yeafin total: that is to say about 11.500 cars ‘This means Maine should have an excess of 50.000 cars of 9018MB‘ yet to ship. which leaves her i'l a somewhat similar position to our- selves, namely, with far" too Qlldli." potatoes. Proof of this is the authentic information we hHIVO that the State 0f Maine is to-dav moving potatoes. not at the pre- vailing Government support P000- init rathoq-‘at the December price which is 20c per hundred ' below ire-day's market support price- "Many of us recall that iii past» years we invariably had a reason- ably heavy demand for potato?! in the month of March. lVlil WI have such a movement. this com- lrig hlarch? With cur already heavy shipments there- is not ion much gncquragtélllflli. to be looked for at that time. "We know of one. and possibly two, large SlFilIllPfS soon lo load with Selbago. Kalahdin. and Cobb- ler Seed. and those may wrii he (ha; 13st 5am cargoes for the South this year, ihat is from Prince Ed- ward Island points. and t0 be ilscd for seed purposes. _ "We should, ‘howevcr, uiim-ss some restrictions are. placed on us. enjoy a reasonably substantial (Continued on Pa-ge 13* — G. H. N. - ._-- (‘LIP THIS IT'S VALFABLE i- [inr one week only. from ‘Tuesday 'tili"l'uesda_r. This copy of the Bring or mail it with 37 cents to the riottciown or ihc Summrrsldc Store and you niii rcccivc a 5 cup. non-drip English Earthenware Ton Pot with lock ilrl unrth 75 ccnts. I know that you like in gci n bargain . . . ct too -—- no qucstions in answer. no this copy of the Store News along uith Ill cents to ihc China Department and you get a 75 ocni. Tea Pot at For one week only -—- don't delay. get your Tea. Pot today from the (‘hina Department. of either the Charlottetown or AUCTION SALE AT WHELAN MEMORIAL HALL. TUESDAY, JAN. 10th., STARTING 1:30 P. M. I am instructed by Miss Rena Love. to sell the following: l. Chesterfield suite. 1 S-plcco walnut bed room suite, 2 twin beds. 2 antique chairs, l cupboard. l ice box. l Enter- prise range with oil burner, 4 kitchen chairs, stool. mirrors, dining room table, small fables, 1. ottoman, easy chair, .1 antique sofa, small living room fable, floor lamp. radio table, 1 cupboard and other articles not mentioned. TERMS CASH LESTER KEIZER Auctioneer.