'4 z-Iroeragqyn, .m~¢»<\-v-..,_M.. l- _ _. . - " some localities, lees brisk in others. i’ Al i l" FOUR P: —— THE BIIARLUTTEIUWN Glitmiiialt Notes BJL The W/ay Pre|ldeni—W. (Thrall-r 8. llrlmre. ll. P. _ Secretary-Idem. Col. l). A. IMRlnnon. I). I. 0. lfilltor nml Managing Dlrector—\l. H. Burnett Associate Editors-Frank Walker nmi U. K. Carrie Vlrn- Pruident-J. ll. Burnett l l‘ 1| 1181118 l-rnled‘ in certain quart- I ters that the increase in the number of convictions for drunkenness ia due to the increasing activity of the pro- Iyrniug Dnllv (founded wit?) 86.00 per yrlr (In advance; nelivrrol. 84.50 per year fin advance) mailed in Canada and United Staten. of liibitlon officials. For three years‘ past the number of officials. the number of convictions and conse- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1930 quently the number of drunks has increased, this year bidding fair to beat all previous records. Seriously minded temperance people are ask- lI’$lIw.all1lI.u-D RINGWORM 0F THE FEET Note Local Industry I Another result of the Bennett pol- 1 111119 1110198511 111 icy of encouraging Canadian indust-l will be highly gratifying to citizens of Charlottetown and the Province generally. is the proposed establish- ment here cfalarge fertilizer mixing plant. By importing the necessary in-, zredients and mixing the fertilizer in, Charlottetown. thc requirements our potato growers could be met at. reasonable cost. at the seine time furnishing cniplovmont t0 local men.‘ The d-zvlcful predictions of the Liberal ‘ press that our farmers would have,’ to pay exhorbitant prices for their; fertilizer because of the increased dutyon the American product. are‘ thus discounted. This was one f’ the arguments used in the recent by- election campaign in support of the Liberal candidate. That it carried little weight. with the electors was rvdenced hv the clecton returns. So far as federal issues entered into ther almpaign. the bininess-likc admlnis-l. [fatten cf thc Bennett Government‘ lmdoifoteclly’ i’\~"~l.'-l0ti 31:‘. Sharp l his candidacy. Evidence of the wideq spread business and industrial im- provement following in the wake of the Conservntiiw~ tariff changes has been realised. _.__.__ promising augury of success. 0 priso and initiative of t cessary one. none will deny. and equipment. There conscientious and in= 111-1119011319 a9°°111111°¢1at1°11 11nd wheat. The human factor must be Lhmsliilrcl.‘ T?“ scraping Fcalesrficr: been given from tmc t0 time in the - . _ k - , - : e i" m m “e50 c5595- ‘ave mm _ appliances. The ‘general iecog ta en llLO account. Assuming that a that the fungus remains alive to Wes. The proposed establishment of an important new industry in this .ty is but one of many such g-rat-i fying indications. but it is one which ls of exceptional importance to our cit- izens. It fumislies a striking and ir-l refutable proof of the stimulating. effect of arlcquato tariff protection.‘ and Justifiss the fiirth ‘which Prem- ier Bennett so confidently expressed in the initiative and enterprise of‘ Canadians to build up their own manufactiirles. provided they were given the opp-ortuniiy. gars for charity. the importance ' _ campaign if tlie Business Retire": ‘The currcnt monthly review of the. Bani»: of Nova Scotii calls special at’ tention to the excellent quality of‘ the Prince Edward Island potato; a‘ some gflcflfice‘ w its support‘ 9T9?- 111 111051» llfl-rts of the Maritime, Provinces, despite adverse influences elsewhere. says the review, business conditions have been fairly well sus- tained, though dairyiiig has been hampered by dry pmturage. Potato priccxs have been maintained as a re- sult of drought in the United States. The apples crop. estimated at 1.000.- 000 to 1.200.000 barrels. is far smaller than the 2.000.000 barrels harvestedI last year, but of better quality. and In size is about equal to the flve- year average. Because of reduced freight rates, rigid inspection and the Bi-Qdah mnbargo on low grade apples from the United States, there is a ready market for Nova Scotian ap- ples overseas. . Coal mining ls seriously curtailed and shipments to dato are corres- pondlngly low. Iron and steel opera- tors report a decrease of 40% in pro- duction, and employment has fallen If! by 23% this year, as compared with the same period of 1929- The lumber markets are still very lull, especially in England and the United Stat/as. There are large un- sold stocks on hand, and it is thought that the cut this winter will be small. On the other hand. em- ployment in the pulp and b11961’ 1111115 has been larger by 351'}. than in the game period of i929. and while some mllLs are by no means active. others report a fair volume of business. In Nova Scotia, fishing has not boon as good this season as last, ex- cept for the unusually large catch of swordflsh- New Brunswick reports the largest catch of salmon on re- cord; prices. however, were lower than for many years. In Prince M- ward Island there has been a fair catch. and lightly salted fish have been in good demand. Retail and wholesale trade durin! the quarter have been comparatively latistactory. T-IF- tourist trade has been brisk in As Others See Us This is how the Province: crnmcnt of that inovincc. t or Federal House. al in the Federal ) July. when the other wen: Conservative. and the Sec- ond District of Prince is perhaps more strongly Liberal than any other part of the province. The de- feat of the newly apllflmffid MW!" ney General, Hon. Thane A. Camp- bell. under all the circumstances. is quite remarkable and must be taken as evidence of the unpopu; larity of the local administration. Editorial Ivor; palgn." disgruntled local to concoct an alibi on Mr. Campbell's behalf. We regret to note. in an article in "The Blhle In the World." a monthly publication of the- British and For- eign Bible Society, the ab- sence of any reference to Prince Ed- ward Island in an article by the gen- eral secretary of the Society. deni- ilng with the organization's activities "fleeting impressions of an annual visitation to the Eastern Auxiliaries" the author might well have devoted p, paragraph to the praiseworthy ac- tivities carried on, with such zeal and mercy by the Bible iqqlltv- 111 In New Brunswick and the Cape ‘Bre- ton area there has been a consider- the volume of the tourist trade. ovetr that of i929. Else- ry by protective tariffs. a result whim t where in the Maritime Provinces the results of the tourist trade compare favourably with those of former sea- sons; but not all of the expectations which were entertained for i930 have The Hospital Campaign The widespread interest taken in the fund-raising campaign for a new Prince Edward Island Hospital is a The project is an ambitious one. and the enthusiasm with which it has been launched speaks cell for the enter- our citizens. l That the cause is a worthy ‘and ne- Ade- quate modern hospital facilities are essential to the welfare of the coni- cominuiiity. No industry could hope to succeed today with obsolete plant is no more efficient ‘nursing . stafi in Cilllfidfi than the personnel of the wince Edward Island Hospit- al. but this staff cannot perform its fui! service to the community with nition of this fact should. facili- tate the work of the volunteer com- mittees now soliciting subscriptions. These workers are in no sense beg- Tlievare. for the most part. business men and women whose time is quite as valuable as is the time of the parties whom they solicit. The wide press publicity ‘giv- en to the purposes of the campaign v has acquainted all our readers with and necessity of i achieving tlie objective in view. It i will add much to the success of the contributions are given gladly and. promptly, as well as generously. It is surprising how .n-iuch ones active interest increases in a. community enterprise when one has contributed financially, possibly Monctor. Times sizes up the political situation in this "The result of the provincial by- election in the second district of Prince County. Prince Edward Isl- and. was rather unexpected and is a bad blow for the Liberal Gov- Prince County has seldom returned a. Con- servative either to the Provincial It went Liber- cmites‘. of last counties The Island Farmer (Liberal) eon- gratulates both the candidates in the recent by-electlon on havlntl "con- ducted a strenuous but clean cam- We recommend this Ira-H"! statement to the consideration of our contemporary in the labored efforts it is now making BPPEII‘ from time lng, where is all tliis going to end? Where do the recruits oome from? Is anything being done to prevent recruiting? They are told that the convictions are of old offenders and repeaters. If this be so the old army of habitual drunks shows wonderful vitality. Apparently their ranks are not being depleted by death. fines, or imprisonment and their number is steadily rising. when. in these cir- cumstances is that dry era going to dawn which was foretold by the Lib- eral prophets previous to the last election? really ringworm, are not of much help However what was formerly cal by a fungus or sort of vegeta parasite. is the infection of the feet." Now you have seen the eczema the feet with its reddish patch and may be wondering how to t ringworm from eczema. if youth would listen to old age, benefit by its advice and experience. and pursue a more rational method of living. there would be more vigor- ous centenarians than there are to- day, and no doctor or other author- ity, no matter how eminent. would dare hint that they are only in the way. Long and longc-r live the old folkl of scalp or forehead, there is alwa nutinccl against the skin. And this is what is found outlying little pimples or blisters. Tile Baumes Law in the United States provides that a man convict- ed for the fourth time in the courts shall be imprisoned for life: Commenting on this law an ex- change says: The Baumes Law is a severe sta-‘ mite, and it. has cm- defect of all tcr- ' m“ ,1!“ “m” between m” Tori“ legislation. u is “gm when sometimes thc soles of the feet. it should be flexible. and because it is rigid it is unjust- One can not deal with human material as one would deal with quantities of coal or little pimples or large patch of inflammation. defined bordei'_ the surfaces pools or baths. adjoining swimmn fourth conviction establishes the in-‘ corrigibility of John Doe. that is nol guarantee that it establishes the in-- corriglbility of Henry Roe or Tom. Smith. The men may be entirelyf different in temperament and Chill"; nicteristics, their crimes may be a whole world apart. their motives miles 15111111"- W11Y- 11""- 111“ 1118"‘? Wliltefleldls ointment is the bes as though they were all alike irre-ircmcdy This originated .n deemable? Such a law, it. would SCEIIL must be the offspring either of cal-| lousness or indolcnce There is revenge in it, but not very; preparations much justice! 1 1m; ‘lilzclv know about them. as you know how more than a year and this explain are so easily acquired. scinc taaiients become. ailment. Dr. Stewart MacArthur, Lo Angeles, California. states tha However some of the that are giving King Zog of Albania celebrated his thirty-fourth birthday anniversary‘ 06mm‘ the other day. The throne of that its {t3 restless country is a wobbly contrap- ‘ tion liable to dump $119 00011113113 eczema. you \v'll knoiv ivlmt to without notice. lrhould you have an attack. “Hon. Ian Mackenzie. the new: Liberal member for Vancouver Con-l tm says the Bennett tariff is the} Is Zaro Agha really 156 years old, most audacious and gigantic fiscal "35 111° dilly Palm's 1911 us? HE W111 expefiment made Since confedera. _. have a. hard time proving it, thinks tion. "No such compliment could ever sdenffi Neil's-Miller. 11 50191184? 5B!‘- be paid to the timid legislation in- ‘vice publication (Weshinswm Sava- troducetl during Mackenzie King's @1115 P111161‘? premiership," declares the Calgary; “The old T‘li.i‘k. Zero Agha. with Herald. his birth certificate showing 156 years i of age. who is now being proclaimed to credulous New York as the oldest f human in the world. will have a hard time convincing scientific sceptics Zaro Agha Only 100 At Lewisham, England. what is de- scribed as a. wierd-looklng model has been made, resembling an airplane. submarine and a. small battleship _ that he has lived so many years. rolled into one. The inventor, Mr. RJ "Old he ls without a doubt, but 15-11011?» 11011135 1X1 111.8 11981‘ 11111116 iiltliose who have looked into such 111111“ B- 1110551118 01' the Atlanflfi 111 11 l claims in the past are laying their scientific wagers that. he is not much teen hours. He calls it a heliplanei and it rises straight on’ the ground withlmt my preliminary m“ t ‘fully authenticated was not quite 111 h“ nfiy "rel" be‘ that in aiew yealsiyears. That record was substanti- 1 e when and n8 n‘ d Wm beam“? 'ated by the English investigator, Dr. obsolete‘ ‘I’. E. Young. who in the early part of this century considered close to a million oases of supposed centenarl- ans and found only thirty persons who from other outside evidence could be shown to have lived a hundred years or‘ more. Of the thirty, 21 were women and nine were men. “Medical statisticians hold to their idea that extreme old age is a. rare phenomenon although in the million or more deaths annually in the United States at least several hundred death certificates show ages of over a hun- dred and occasional ones will shadow “In fact. the most extreme case of longevity that medical records show When a constituency which has been consistently Liberal since Con- federation turns clown a. candidate whose election the Premier declared to be necessary to his Government. it looks like the last will and testament of the Liberal party. This is what happened in the Second District of Prince on Tuesday. Letters and arfloiel of a. distinct anti-British and pro-Gandhi flavor tn time in the United States press. Since Canada reads much that has its origin across the border. some of these articles may tend to cause doubt and misgiv- ings in the minds of Canadians who cannot be expected to possess an in- tlmate knowledge of India. Were it not for this the pro-Gandhi GM!- trap across the llne might well be ig- nored. Canadians such startling records as 120 years. I "When such cases are looked into it is oftm found that mistaken iden-i tity confers upon the supposed cen-‘ tenarian his remarkable record. Re- peatedly instances like this are un- covered: John Jones was born and his f baptism duly recorded, but he died ati the age of fifteen yea-re and through} an oversight his death was not regis- ' need to remind themselves that it is a 89118151 Wflik" _ I throughout Canada. The omission, 11°55 1°’ hgmtizcchrnrzcfih". ' ouraevel l’ "ll ‘ of course, is nintentional. but in his l“ o, our 1mm“. The impuunon m that we could have done a0 much better than they. It is a comtortina self-deception and from an exercise of this fofble ill-will is not to be le- eumed. Nations suffer from this hu- min peculiarity as much as do in- dividuals, and national tendency i6~ "WM1"..'1.".£2R!1P°"' s..-‘ tered. In the same year that he died another male child was born in thef saint Parents and mince John amiss; perhaps In emoration of his de- i ceased brother. The second John! was never baptized. When he; reaches the ages of 85 or 90 his appearance of ‘xtreme senility attracts attention and the baptismal records apparently eiiow that 11¢ is a hundred m- over. The aged igenflg. mwee-e-iamireii CHARLOTTElOWN coanman What Iiihp 9mm One of the conditions that many people think is eczema of the feet is and so the usual remedies that help to cure eczema As you and I remember ringworm it was upon the forehead oi- head. marginal eczema of the feet is now known to be ringworm and is caused “This fungus mrects the flat skin on the fence to wait till it comes surface at almost anypoint, but the most interesting at the present time. owing to the great number of cases You “my remember in ringworm The inan who holds a. decided opin- a well defined border, very sharply surrounding ringworm of the feet, there are no In eczema. however, in addition to the patch or patches. there are often blisters near ‘the Th: inflammation has‘ nct a well Ringworm of the feet usually af- toes. It is thought that infection is dis- trlbuted by incans of bath mats or how new infections and reirifectlons It is easily tindcrstocd then how discouraged In the treatment of this obstinate the i Northern Hospital, bcndon, England. _ , wholesale 01‘ 11651331"- drug manufacturers are getting out ‘excel- results. and your doctor will eruption its appearance. how it gets rt brtwccn the toes and on the ‘soles of the fcct. and that it ls not do counts, he sometimes runs long ill his travels. if other peoples invest their money in its industrlesP-Iord Beaverbrook. moi-1- Metropolitan Store ' _ r JLTOBER 24, 193 _..___-_____~ " ' ' ‘-—"---—--_ . Qn Holding Opinions I \ _.._;r:f1’ F: Jack “Legs" Diamond k ‘ (Arthur Ransome in the Manchester ' Guardian) The owner of a decide opinion likes tothinkmat he hammered it out for himself, that it is the fruit gfiyxsxyaop 3p t‘; 1:112; fitabas‘ 0:‘; v _ iid racketeering has become a maioi- . 4 reasoning“ industry. n n | One decided opinion is worth R5 ‘Mk D“"‘°“d' “m” u“ l” “ hundred of the other sort. Flor one $19150“ uuknown ‘t m“ wrmng’ mm‘ n is a we“ d“; ewe‘, to get iseems to have succeeded the late, a hearing for it. “Nothing moderate." f "munmted “rwld mmsmn u u"? isays Bacon. "L; liked by the cmwdy: 0f the New York underworld. He An opmon- moderately hem cal-Hes iseoeived much publicity recently when the disturbing suggestion that there ‘i115 desire to visit Europe W“ 1101 are two sides to a guestiori. and ‘irfltlfled because he was refined Per- Something still to be said on either. mission to land at any P011» D111- No wonder the crowd dislike it. g mend perforce returned home. to be preferring always a plain answer to 1 interviewed and wined and dined. a. plain question, black or white. yes singularly it seems to have occurred or no rather than any kind of doubt- to nobody that the man might bc i111 1111111-1161118- T119 "'91" Win15 l arrested. although the despatches run for its money, and leaves sitters without gem- o; “be; refer u, him °”‘“‘“Y " "Fmme" “m” “m1 your investment will the beer runner." ' n Now this eminent citizen of what‘ 3am 11111619511 f0!‘ you. l The crowd may not agree with a Americans m“ the greatest any m . g , decided opinion, but it would rather the worm has been mot presumably - l BANK OF. MONTREAF. be able to say that an opinion was ‘m, ms fenowiangsters; and New Established i811 TOTAL assars 1N excess OF $00,000,000 (Ottawa Journal) While the United States permits its crooks to become public figures in- tead of prison numbers it will not 1 izrprlse anyone that crime flourishes, | I interest coupons». When your interest con- pons become due, or when you receive Cheques for interest on registered bonds, deposit them in a t Savings Account in the " Bank of Montreal. The money you receive on led . ble back. by which time the fence itself may have rotted away. of es. wrong than be left in uncertainty as Wwk Ls presented w“ the sort of ell 1 to whether it was an opinion at all. _ , And in this matter the crowd is right. ‘Zhxveiilsfgslifidilgstliirztlzfs‘ ion is a public benefactor even if his a" me tawdry pmaphemalm of m‘ opinion is mistaken. He clears the air y “mm? Germ“! ‘flout a “wk dying m, his Opponents as we“ as for m5 | with sealed lips because the "code" 1 “mes ‘m for himsem [of his lawless tribe requires that Then’ tom n is a rare thing to vengeance shall be a matter for pri- flnd a man who holds only one de- “t” gunmen- cided opinion. One decided opinion Since 1t 15 Pmbflble 111115 not more ___ gathers others. The man who has got ma" 591119 111111111‘ B115 0! P9150118 k110i” ‘l; Y8 Charlottetown" Branch: G. FILLITER. Manager. in i a good grip on one or these mvahh ‘mo shot Diamond and why’ it follows ‘ing in 400 feet of water off the French some future generation with a my able things has a tuuchstone with | that me Dome are connmlted by just coast in an attempt to recover $5.000“ better. diving suit will. glmn 5mm which to resolve many other ques- such a "baffling wall of mystery" as ‘O00 m gold and 5mm [mm the “n” hjstoucal {acts and ‘m m M Yawn“ Egypt. which sank _ln 1921!. The miracle they plan to perform is to carve the 65-ton bullion room from dominating piece of furniture in a we ship {md h“ H‘ with "'5 Cunmmt room. It sets the tone for the rest. 'l‘reasure From The sea Losthe :,‘1‘.“‘“°°"c "w t H] Us m“ like a solid piece of Sheraton that on? ‘is Lin“: makes gimcrnckery look out of place Until 10 years ago, say ' h beside it. It dictates a style. One or It was believed that m: agzvztc 022?; two decided opinions of this kind , safely descend much more than 200 m“ make a ma“ rm‘ h.‘ views t0 u“ feet below the surf-ace of tlie sea The r end of his life. He applies them t0 work of James Hooper at the "vreck 5 even’ quesmn that’ “m” up‘ of the Cape Horn off South America It was for tlie sake of his ownf in 204 feet of water was considered mind that Byron liked something! remarkable at the time craggy in the way of books. It is just ‘ ' _ , 1 Since then the metal diving suit has i this that you find in the man of de- f some mm use. and in 1925 a German cmed opt-lions‘ You m“; “vim hm diver spent two hourse in such a suit 5 not to change them but to learn M, armor at a depth or 460 feet‘ Mm, z 3123f ‘gwrméiffighzrjrezrpsllmrg: i‘; descending to s25 feet without seri- ' ' ' ' ous inconvenience. Efllsasfewariéhiagaawxsrer osisngisf Modern deep-sea diving suits are the formation of any opyinizn £010.12‘ miniature submarines’ bum of navy ‘ - metal to withstand terrific pressures. th .'ttllr lndst th t‘: colalfilftfrxatzeln tleiinlgilng aloifile er The? 11'3" made P05511118 1119 Ball/afi- But it is worth a great deal Talk- mg or rich prizes from the we“ floor ‘ . » ‘c - X - mg with a ‘nan of downqight com and hold forth the promises o even . . tual recovery of fabulous wealth victlons, hostile to your own, is like a lively sparring match You may who” owners’ as they saw it 8° w ' a the bottom, believed it had passed for- hit the floor hard and oft.n, but the ever beyond the hand of man‘ battery ycu have invited from him k ' leaves you better fitted to defend Even now Italian divers are w“ ___.______i_i yourself next time, and far better capable than you were of putting your opinion in such a way that you shall persuade those to adopt it who -m---..__.. THE WIND in precious metals and gélfls 1mm those Spanish treasure shiyu. whlcl wank centuries ago to leave'.a 11m. Luge of legends that have never bee; iimprsved upon. tions into opinions similarly decided. A decided opinion on some vital matter. religion or politics, is like a seldom fails to protect the high- placed law-breaker of a big United States city. S Laugh at winter in this lmd 9f sparkling waters, velvet beaches, bright green fairways, open roads. Wear flanneis or plus-fours again. Enjoy yourself. Many famed resorts offer ev are still ready to be persuaded. authenticated record of extreme age. “America has had its claimants to axe records, Uncle John Shell, of Kentucky, who was exhibited as ‘the O! sweet wild wind! My spirit faln oldest living human being‘ with a would soar l“??? 9f acc°mm0diti0n and claimed age of 131 years, was pron Upborne by thee. to where the sum- culsm“ nounced after a careful investigation mlts hoar . . . _ of his use to be ‘about one hundred Of alpine mountains rise in snowy gumdmn Nlnonars “MP1”! c“ iears old. possibly a year younflcr or nrlde- °m Qulib“ "d M01111“! r0 omen- Or when thou sounded o'er the Phfldi 18 the Only through service “Despite the fact that authenticated we“ widei between Canada and F191“!- mses of human longavm, to over E Shrleking with fury, or derislve glee, hundred yous are kw’ mm m nearly I At alle tyhat dares oppose itself to the longest lived of all mammals ~ e The common idea that whales and: Yet fir: “S? m“ sun" o’ mm“; elephants attain many mum W855i Invest tlifu txo dwell, for where thci than man is not credited in scientific ‘ under flow" we!“ But “me sped“ “t fish “my Tremble: to feel thy presence in the live to over 360 years according to the Full lietnll- u..." iv. a. are»... Ticket an“: i.. l’. Ritchie. 1mm ‘"1"- Blnth-n. r. w. emu». ' Dllfrlct Pnennnn-r An-m. l'li\ grove. best evidence and reptiles are repor- mo“ can“ be gentle u the hand of‘ ted to have lived 175 years. Birds Lovg,_. 1119i’ 11R" 11 1118 slim of .11 few years. Thou scatterest silently. the blos-. For the M an longer than in some instances.“ 30mg [My i ___________ Wnen a man runs short in his ac- lV/io Cannot Smoke At Work Of dying lilies, on the summer air. In all thy moods I love thee, chang- ing wind. —-F'r0m I Quaker poem of seventy years ago. SPECIAL lint tine For Your iiome NOW A Bot-Water Bottle. like a Clinical Thermometer, should be in every home. You never know when such will be sorely needed-even a neeeuity. its preeence may be the deciding factor In lei-Iona illness and in eueh conditions when but ap- plication In indicated a good quality Hot-Water Bottle is the ideal thing. _ WI HAVE I101‘ WATER 30111.85 OI‘ HIGH GRADE QUALITY SIIOIALL! Pllc. ED A1‘ We GIT ONE TODAY AT Till The Two Macs ill Oi. George Si. _____._$_,_____ "It is an advantage to any country CHE W:- 53 Shopping Days To Christmas In other words there are 53 day! before that “Day of Giving"- tbe wise shopper: will start mak- ing the rounds of ‘l’!!! METRO- POLITAN STORI NOW. in order to es the customary crush of that buoy season. Then. take Into consideration another advantage. at this season. The Metropolitan Store has a stock on hand which has not been gone over by eager throngs, and that which is belt. purchased by gift seekers. t “ plum BL . ACK TW START YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING NOW A'l‘ ‘I'll. m "cu EWI up