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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1917-08-09, Page 4- .411& ': . agistitZt *IC L () a. ir. Lacabew a o' ale*. testaanbirs4iigat. mat kine fearer 1.43: . 4. Dental .8. YowLett. li. & onto, up res tiron samer. Tosawatsr. apse *.tEtitarverk. Vtli triter tat. and eremite/it and et swab mouth; tierris Thur. o. NXWTON_. D. D. a. Ihatlet. mica LUi meek imeikssw, Ont. AU modern nastscda woodBE matertala rumbaed. °roue and 'arida* week. Fatuities extract- =bi Pee as* or _Vits Awast,...impleet and ouNricfrOam Newest tairitgiaa WAX Alarshisu pl?teal 1$014 Fall Term from Sept CENTRAL • STRATFORD. 9,41To - Ceinnseroial, Shorthand and • TelegraphyDepartments . We have thorough .courses, exper- • ienced instructors and we ptace grad- ' mites in position. Demand upon us kr trained help io many thnee the - number. graduating. Gat. our free crealogne. D. A. inet.Ac4e1.4th1 Planck*. lucknoW Fruit &Produce company WANT CREAM * We test each can and pay for it as received. Get a can and start now whiii 'Price is high. Highest Cash Prices .s.Paid.for-Eggs. CalI.1nandseeuahen • •jnt�wa am. Ludlow Fruit & Produce COn1PailnY. c 1103filt biotic W. G. itlehtillari, Mgr. 7 Lucknow. d • One Monday, Tuodey and Wednesday. , Now is the time to have that Family Group taken while they are all at home. Placing The llig Crass, , • • • • Messrs. Joseph Wrightsonrind Janus • ... McKinnon, of the sixth of Bruce Towne ship, accomplished a difficult piece of - iwork the other week', says the Port Elgin • ,• ,Tiille8. • Ib Will be reineinbered ley many in : the district that the large ion 0x088 on • the .Ctitholic church,. at Formosa was strecie by lighteinglest.?ell, ted Owing , s , to the fire which ,iesulted, fell to 00 - -: roof -of -the buildbig.-The church Officials- :zee- -eer who, would.uncleutake to Aid the geese back to its Properplaee. " MreJeWeighteon and Mr J Mc1Citie •. non went down cnict tank a look at the job. They agreed that they coil& do thew*, and said they would.. under- : • takeit for one thousancl ,clellate. The •'church officials accepted the offer and I II • the two tieu.werit to work. - The first • thing to be•dolie was to get the crotio repaired, as it had been broken. By the . aid of autos it was aniVeyed to 'the Ilunter Bridge Co at Kincardine, there repaired, end then taken to Formosa. • Then the tug of vior began. It had tO 1* put on the steeple, which is over 200 feetfrom and ground, and. the croie .weighs 1200 lbs. liy the nee of seal- • folding which reached up 200 feet and • gin-polesbeside the church and 'steeple, • the huge cross wad successfully hoieted to its proper position and securely fat. tenet withouti accident of any, kind. work is onaidered quite en tic- • eomplishment, since it was done by two • Men who had no previous experience itt • that tikes of work., Mr. Wrightson is • so expert carpenter and framer, while • Xr, Maim:ton is experieneed -in-cement •'rid bridge work, . • •c• •". T• -7•1117,....t---7•!.,!‘r..--sr:::,,...•-•we mwsry-;:w-g,-...7„,, • THE LUCKI4OW SENTINEL IMPRESSIONS OF ME GREAT WIN••THE4AR CONVENTION HELD IN TORONTO AUGUST 2nd. AND 3rd. -ONE OF THE BIG PoULKM EVENTS OF THE YEAR - (By Tux Emeoie OY Thi SIONTINFL.) Meer of our nountry modem hose been unusually busy the past two week* -too busy, or too tired perhaps, totted the lengthy accounts of the his Win•the- Wer Conventeort whichwas held in the Arena, Termite, on ThUreday en&Friday of krab week. Mane!, no doubt, so far neelected their newspapere that they did not even know that there was (sucks a gathering • I had the good fortune to he able to attend every anion of the Cenvention, with the'exception of the women's meet- ing Friday night, and, as a nunaher who woukl have liked tole there, but were unable to go, expensed a desire to have sin account of it, 115 ifeeappeared to one, other than a newspaper reporter, 1 be decided. to publish these impressions, The initial, etere for the calling of the contention were taken by Mr. John IL Godfrey, a prominent lawyer ofTOQnto* and Mr. Frank Wise, a busiireas man of Toronto. Both areLiberele in politics, but both are Mcoposed to Sir Wilfred Laurier and thou associated with him in their stand regarding the Military Service Act Associated with thein in issuing the invitation, or call, to the con, vention, were many *tiler prominent Liberals and Conservatives throughout the province, Messrs. 'A. B. Arnee and Aebue Jervie, whose 'melee .are fanuti iar throughout Canada, as leading finen- tilers, were active in coricectlien With the convention, the latter being in charge of the financing, and the former beingthair- man pf the Comtnittee on Resolutions. Politicians of both partieerbentaily' upon winning Party victories and over ready to sink national interestis to that ,e virea , -are dispersed to sneer at the Con- vention aes City -of -Toronto affair . and MnO*WarriPiesentativepf the province or cotinti7, It.is true that the vast majority' of those who attended were of Toronto ••In feet .,,outside points were .reetricameteirite,ct164,Ttban two hundred d It is not, however, fair to Conclude that thie small outside representation left of the tsar& Soot. They oneetittited a rather noisy sieezent of the aseetine, Three kedge, of the o'reetaisatioe ds speeches, untwist the soh/nine views of the polities' situatiove They were atreettlY, one might alorolit my violently in favor cif cossosiptioa. Their langtoge , was frequentl,y rather inteusperete .,and imicatient, like that of labor leaders it e• the time of *strike. Out of coneiders, tion for the *Oilier* these war veteran* are allowed to have thins pretty much* • their own way, and thereia little open criticism of whit they sity or do. There was ver e loud, applause whenever ;on. seription •wes mentioned and nothing hut groin* and hullos from the eoldiere equartere. whenever Leerier or,, Qtiebee themean taken to put themselvea on was mentioned. record before the ountry. • The veteran* having had their hour' of There wee nothing at the Convention speaking and thouting, the 'audience, suggeat that it was a party affair, Ind were treated . to three resily notable perhaps the hest proof of its non-pertie speeches by Me 'legit Guthrie, Kr., san nature Was that • et few auspiehers of Guelph; Sir Wilq. Hearst, Premier of° Conservatives thought that it was being. Ontario* aud Mee X., W. Rowan* leader engineered in favor of the Liberal Party, a the Opposition in the opted° fettle - while, at the tame time, a few suspicious ..ment. These epeeches were well . de- Lieeraie thought it wee being made a scribedand veryfully reported in all Bert of adjunct to the Conservattee the Toronto paper* ett Friday, and by Perty. As a matter .ef face the conven t1n time detilitlees have been widely tion was entirelyf ree 'frern party bitte.. read 'throughout the conntryby those The • soul of it again and again found who have had thite and inclination to . utterance in eipreseione which may be readthene . • summed up thus: "Sink party. differ- It a always a 'delight to. hear Mr.' incest Gee wooreuee. Do eete weeeser Guthrie. Efe te an orator .of the Bryan ve win wile WAY«, Tnx MVRB »Q type, with a enlooth itowing of beanti. THE's00144a suAZT. wir L&vE etre move telly medirlatett ?Sentence's. lie said Roue FROM TUE iritstiouss." "that' Canada must either go on in the The 'Convention was called to order war or quit,"Telitical parties ehould promptly at 3 30 O'cloclr Thursday after- be for the 'present wiped out, and we mein by Mr, John. M. Godfeey. , There 'thotild ttU work together," .41)efatiling were between.eight and nine hundred . public Men will Set you luilFhere," ; present. Afte Godfrey was made chair. But the two statemente itt. liie.mplep- nian of the converttien;' and be accepting 'did', speech which struck. Me. roost was the position made an:excellent speech ..tlia.the considered hoth Sfr Milfeiel. and ife is not a great orator; but heats a'clear Sir i5oberk as honest, Just asSin- and forceful thinker and he speaks well cere ,and just as petrietia ete 1 (that.iti eernakee the sort of speech that gets wir., Guthrie) ete"• And hu. later kale there. A few quotations will illuetraete teent that he thought it Would be teiery the tenor of bis speech: wrong thing and verr;iinjost to.entrust "Those who are for the war must get the entlircemeet of the, Military Service . on one side, and these against the war Act to anyone else than the Present must geton the other." ROTOR lili3OSer. ljehelieeedilir Robert . - . . "We meat Scrapethe-two....eldpartiOS, Borden- -Would enforce the Act: beth of which have proved unequal to Me, Guthrie , is.,eaideto be at present the present einergency".. , the idol of South Wellington, and that "Conscription, the high explosive of - at the ccimbig election he ze ainmat sure war orgatutatinti;'some :do not like the to be returned-11000nd. weird. I de. It reiyaitistwhat it means, inentary reference to Sir Rolitett, Borden. and itemeteis just what it:says."' • . makel one, 'believe that already: bee -Referring to a referendum on Cone .ae ittideretanclingc.,r,401 the rteinler scription he sew ; •Thet-belieye that about a place itt. oalitle„u geeerninent, position on be: takes by- any: Liberal and also ai:te, Wlieeelle*-:,061zo'itiEla aline of that goveininentiliall bee' 'Premier Hearat followed Mr. Guthrie ;nth -a splendid speleli, 'full of fire and energy_atut petrietkelerv,or, but lacking enitheoleibeeteofeeurprise- and whieh narked the eeeechers ofLiberals advotating 'a:Conservative geverontental Matinee., , ' • ;The greatest speech of the Wholeeon, ventien .pregram. _weirlhatie by MrN. who do not believe that Sir Wilfred ' would either enact or enforce COnearip- tion, considered Mr. andsant'satetemeut a grew misrepreeentetion of Ontario Liberals 'ea *hole+ and - the calling of the Couvention at the Arena was one of :Who wishes to keep Canada on the .firing line ' • , ' •"Weshopid have a.new Win -the -War was due to of interest.. What could government.". be -expected? --Thee conventrioneseturethe belieee.that Sir RebertI3ordere will- nounced only shout a week before the forni the.yery best. 'government that he date of meeting, it Was from that. • can, and it well be our duty to support at " vigorMisly advertised in the daily papers, e „- • ' The tragedy of Quebec is thatthere but thereevie no provincial organization is no great outstanding figure in Quebed." " tnarrangeIf we win, Quebec must accept the for the sending of delegates. How could farmers attend? And, as for decision. If we lose weenlist ficopt W. Rowelle leader of the Oiposition in town and village residents, therare few ill the degisione Quebec waccept" the Ontario Parliament, and Sir Win. e disposed to lose R couple of days and The. longest speech' at the morning yearst's rlyal,for'power. ' . •••,. .'. . spend session was made by COL" deo. T. Den- Mr. Rowell lain many respecte a Won! ,terelve Or fifteen dollars to attend e convention, a, report of which they can .oiocel, who, with regard to his politica, derfuk man. Insignificantinappeerance readintheir newspapers the foiloWing said:. "I have never 'given absolute ad- and having &voice ratheethin and high- ' day. Iterefice to either party. I have chame pitched, .he yet puts so inuoli energy into ' My Own opiniOUI is .that those who ,ed on various occasions when 1 thought his speech snd, makes such •downright, it in the mteretes of the ceuntry.".. eilled the convention have 'every reason . to feel sittisfied with the tetailts Of their ColDennison has a theory of his own regarding the efiptt 'Co get 'Canada to efforts; There was no thought of form regarding out of the, War. It is that Glr- ing a third political party.. That was - ' not once mentioned. The eine manyman influence is at the back Ot it . said this influence had been discovered tithes exprOsed at every session, was to in Australia, in South Africa, Ireland, get together all those .vho regard Win- ning the War as the first diity and bust: Ill:R1.1"rtC-CV-Ww"-Car- Ile was ,the only speaker to ,euggeet. .neia of the countrye and who, until that thee Others who -referred US- SirWilfral end is accomPiiiiiiedi are Willing. to 'sink - and his followers, gave them credit for ParPY.differances. It, gave that element • in opportunity to speakiniritvereefrom suwe0tY'' though they believed .thenk. "2"t&Lj11138411 .11'"'-'7'4.4.6.-17.9"11113-1141141Pr'El'W4t4'fr7z.i he OEi, sard, 4Uilie4aiirr:rnee lishment to get Mr, Ilearse Conservative premier of Ontario, and MrRowell, of tny blood are in the, war, . Seven of notional 'government:- and Mr -a if eader Of the Liberal Oppositionin the . them are dead." Ail ea Was for "tioity once in'the federal 'arena wii 're:7in l, .Ontario i,ornionent, to speak together of counsil and 'despatch et business" ' there " e fe4aer, Othei'speakeri at the 'morning session To be appreciated...hie epoch at the from the 'same platform, 0 PobliolY.,•de- clam themselves .in favor of the !Same ,were Mr. N.ir;. D. McPherson; Provincial, e,onVention, should haVe been heard or thing andio-faVbr•ofpdopting -the-same ..Seereteree an&-Mr..Sane qareeese.M.Pte .4._ matebeeetid.e. *The,lrey..notie -ware in -the ee e, „ ee -.- means for, the, accem.plisliMa ent Of that of tielpn, unto • first two sentences 'which I quote. . . thingeeIt-evemenetiplendideexample- to- . , , , . u•---„Aecommieteeprielesoltaiorisiebet lip-- -in7,41 aiiere-te-digliter kid -Ki:Itiiiiil win,the-war Liberttls and Coneeevaeives poterece ence as it was free e for ell,' a . in beginning, "to- support -the principle. threfighout the country, - and would hi'• great number of -resolutionte were shb-. of Compulsory military service, conecripe witted for the coesideration Of the com- tion of vtealth, afd the formation of a itself have juetified the Conventiori mid. made it worth while.. ' . ; * * teitteenational or warGoverninent. ' .The'holding of the .0oriventipti ap.. : Ti IgfOld•SESliOist ' . .2 '.."•The, course 1 ohoula take at this time • Pears to have been ishggested by the Tile ,Thuredee night mass meeting on these important questions has not Conference of Ontario Liberal Members opened at eight o'clock, when there were been difficUlt" for iiio to d4ei4e, iince 1 of parliatrient and candidates held in . between five tied aix thousand People in ...,, had already publicly : adveicitted; thee Toronto about two weeks earlier. „That: the vast auditorium. The Arathour was V411°10°80" • Conference wee a privets agar, but at given to. the ()teat Wet 'Veterans, ' an After Mr, Itovestre Speech the Thurs. the 'conclusion of it Mr, Geo Graham orgeninttion of the teddiers returned day night ineeting was closed by the handeci to the press a statement Whieh fiwn the war: ' There were all 'orb a'nd• audience ranging the Xattonal Anthem. toad that 'those in attendance had 'exconditions of : these to the number of .A meeting Friday morning ditictiesect pressed theMselvea as in favor of Canada,. about three thousand. Some were re. . and paitted 4 number -of reholationtnein. doing everything peissible towaldiewiii- stared to bealtb; discharged and in cite bodying the sentiment et the convention., nirig the war, and thee they still had Mail clothes. ' `I'lie major* were in and a delegation Was tippointecl to go to 0nfidenee in Sir Wilfred Laurier los the khaki and giving evidence of wounds or Ottawa thatnight to urge nPon Premier mateivlio.thettld lead the Liberal party broken health. . A number ' were io Ilciden bbs ucceccitY utettulciuit 00., t' to victe'ry in the approaching general crippled they lad to bp carried. The icual, Roverumcut/ otta to av°Itt If P°8-' elettioill. ' , ereatileatiee eeef etti Benue eighteen *table a war -time election The delegte tiop went to Ottawa and met the Prime. Liberate who believe that Universal theinsandniembers, The veterans' got a MinUiter on Saturday. Re /stated that militery aervice, or CoisieriPtion, le the great reception as theywkarehed to from he hoped to form a nation -0 gov_erenient, ., 'only -meant by-which-Ctuada nim.110 rt t -*strain two bog living stremutc tiud but el.- dia- *jut se tut $ft .1.0tiOU 1 UtMOOlt *wards winning . the, war, and took the' eisrated elate CO the right 444 colild 14. 0,0kie4i clear •cut statements that he at once commands ' attention' and Confidence. There is no beating about the bukilt not • UnCertaintY k Where . ow he ago- ing and le goes. What 'he has to -say he says with perfect,plearness, and with the air of oise, who holds nothing 'beck. is iri prepared to fi ht his battl e rt s g eabove board He is one 1:4 the. new type of puiolrc meraiidMint-soon lie eaknow: ledgedto be one of the best and shies in Canadian puBler life. -Sire Robert ' Ilf,014 4o0UNTY NEWS Tikurialay, AguL 9th The Dominion Gorernment ha a made as appropriation of 1156,000 for iinprovestenta in Goderich harbor. The improvements are rendered neon eery by the ehip•building business now being carried pa there. Not Win:T*14e thia year to secure rai way aecommodetion for its annual • oacursioni the Huron Old Dope' Anse • eiation of Toronto decided to hold a Picnic at Centre Island, the date a which has been fixed for Auguist lath. The Brussele Pest had the t Allowing: Monday afternoop a can of eaboon on elle 9f theshelves in J. T. UM? grocely •exploded, throwiug the contepte for yards about. The proprietor came in for tr, ahem) of the shower. This watt hiefirst blisinese experience of the ' The great heat end possibly a emelt perforation, with resulting for - laudation, is thought to have mimed the explesiou. • , s Seiounr.-,An unfertetrate event occurred on Tumidity morning of . telt • week at the Imerne of. William 'lardy. on theLondeaload, a, short distance trete'. Clinton, when hire. Hardy was • found deed" • by her husband, on his • reterne.froni town. Mrs. Ilardy had been in poor health for several meethe, and being left alone in the liollaes- .8be toOkfier own life. 'When found dead she. Was hanging to the raillog oti the stairway, The fencile are very highly *petal, and. no doolit theact was Committed while ahe Was temporarily . deniented. ' • s Students who were succesefol in the M ddle School eirems.. are 'folloWa: W:.• Axpent: (pith1 . W T. Armstrong .(part , 2), J G Bowler (jart1),K. F. .1360EOWS (part:. . W. chUre'hill ,(Paq_1), (Part.2); M 1 •Connell (pail, 2.), M. F. Edge (part 1 heners),,,E. R Freeman (part g), A. a Frieder (part 2),' a A. Glezier (part l), F; W, Gray (part l)f C. Galt (part:21inners), EeGOven lock (part T, Garbutt' (piet 2), H. a Gray.(pert 1), F L Hess' , (part : 1 and part 2), N..,W Hibbert -(pt 1), R J. Larkin, (part 1), M. „Larkin; (part 2), 1. Middleton (part 2), 'P. B. Moffitt (part- SY, L A. McKay (part I honors), KJ, Mackenzie (part .2), K. MeLerin (pert 1 _boners). J. 0, Mc- -Kee(part e2); Tet :TrietfeiTenetly-E,- ePridleten (part 2 femora), A.. 0.. haw kip (part 1), D.•Ithrers (part 1). E P. Seat (part 1), IL a Slott (part M . E. Snell (part 2 honors), R 5 TaWrionil (part 2),. AL Wilson (pert' 2), with physics. , 1Trricit SonOon itii;t of stndents fr6us Huron County . High Sehoolo who were.. successful iii the Upper School examinations: G. Ames, J. W.. Argo, L Allen. (with LS. arith), 9. C. Best, chicunyi E M Churchill, A pherch., ill, M., IleCrich (with LS. srith..), M.. Cuthill (honors), G. 3. Dyer, 11 11; Dickson, M. Edmunds, Elder, A. Elliott, D. L,Yowlie, 0, .4 Grant, R J. Grainger; T. L Gillespie, AT;Grieves, D. Le1litlee-47141lays, A. E. Johns, W.C. Johnston., E. Kent, Kitt (home's), 'Ai K. Leonard, 8; • Milne, A. " McConnell, it. MeMatle -MeMniclile'-(lionOrs), 1i. -Cl• • .74 . lifticVian (Millers); A. Murphy, lleClinchee, J. 0. Maxwell (honors), M. S.• Nicholson; 11 F. Potter.. it. 1sT;', Rowe, -E. C. Robertson (with L.S. tory), A. L. Sandmen (With 1:,;• S. nian.) a Biwa, E. M. Stolti,,1. J. StOtheili; J. Tr A.E. D; Wilson, S. Weode, E J. Walters, Weile4 . IiE MOLSQNS BANK 'CAPITAL AND -RESzliVii $8,800,000* I 1111 brioche* in Canada A denerai Banking Business- Transacted Circular Letters of 'Cieclit Dank Money Orders • SAVINGS BANK 'DEPARTMENT • Intermit allowed at mount ourre,nerate 8. REIPI.Managet. ere • . WESTERN FAIR London, Canada, -SEPT. 7th to 15th, 1917 1867-," 4. *Half Century of Success "---z9t 7 The great Agricultural Exhibition of Western OW10 . $32,000.00 in Prizes and Attractions A very interesting Programme, including Militaiy pad other features--TwIcn DAILY* . FIREWORKS EACH NIGHT TWO SPEED EVENTS DAILY REDUCEM RAILWAY RATUS Prize Lists, etry rOft119 and all information from the Secretary. * Latter . -,C014. W. M. 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Syattene Toronto, .?tal.e MAIM% Algot; titekitow• •'IstaOht I ASpecial in Ladies' Silk.Waists Fith fanCylCollar and Cuffs at S3.00 White Lawn and Voile Waists, .odd lines to -clear-at air -Reductions SPeOtai quality in, Middies at 1.00 anti r1.25 .. • , Ladies' Silk Gloves.. short, at 75c an Now is time tO buy a Suit'of e , to &del* as Tweeds and Worsteds will be much higher in price. , • " th s thade • _Buir NA:m.4f_ tirices-Late- low to 'what they will- be for next -season. -- few Trimmed Hats in :the Millinery Department at Big Reductions to Clear W. CONNELL. ratiNesAwi, 'Oa Tr Thie school will open. oh August 2751i. It is affiliated with Central Dusineett. Crillege, Stratford, and Elliott Ilusiness College, 'Toronto., two of Canadtesi best known Commercial Schools, Vire are peepated to glite n thorough, prace tical training and, to aesist graduates to good positions. . Write at once, for particulars, - Di 14• MCIACh1101 PrelthlOhto A, Holland; 04404 4 . • 4. • 7. 4 ,1