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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1910-09-22, Page 4What we sell Advertises u4, Ladies' Ready.to*wear Cara tents, Millinery and Dress•Making. Grand Fall Qpenhig Friday J3vetlin, '' 'Sept. 23rd and Following Days**''"• - Friday evening, Sept, 23rd, we make our first display of New Fall Millinery, Dress Goods, Trimmings, Mantles, Furs, etc., and cordially in- vice you to be present to see the finest showing of new and fashionable merchandise ever exhibited by this store. Store open from 8 o'clock a. m., until 10.30 p.m. New Furs W,e seecialize on Fur and Fur- lined Garments, of all kinds, and. better class of sets and single pieces of Mink, Sable, Fox, Persian Lamb and other Furs. frei esmalmemeiresemosmommem New Fall Goats.. One hundred and fiftyCoats on our racks to -day, each and every one new this • season. More Coats; Better Coats, Coats that have more style -here today -than you will find in most .stores . hersabouts. This. is a. strong statement, but the garments are here to hack it ise.*_ _ _.• •Pirices'range from . $7.00 to St0.00 BOTHA HOLDS CLEAR MAJORITY. Final Results of the -First Election in the Union of South Afr ica. * • * • Pretoria Sept. 18. --The * -final stand' ing of the parties "' * afterthe first `general . elect,- . * Ionia as follows. Nationalist, 67 .* * Unionists, 37 •* * Independents, 13 * Laborites, 4'• - *' * This gives General. Botha a * * Plurality of 30 over the Union.. * * ists, or a clear majority of 13 . * over all his opponents. • • - • * * • • Csunty • Dings As Told by County Papers . John Dane Sr.,•a pioneer ofHow- ick, died last week, at the 'age of 66. Deceased had been digging ppo. tatoes in the morning and after dinner dropped dead in his wife's Farms. C. Reis, of Wroxeter, purchased 'an automobile while in Toronto,re- turning In it this week. A Glee Club has been formed among a number 'of Wroxeter's talented young people, the first 'Practice being held Monday even- ing. Owing to an 'accident to the' boil - * sr at the electric light plant,Wrox- eter is at present in darkness. The Fordwieh Cheese and Butter Co., shipped ed a 'car of cheese to 'Montreal, the price being 9 11-16 'cents. While disinfecting his hen -house last week, Postmaster Gibson had the misfortune to have his hand 'burned with diluted carbolic 'acid. Last Wednesday morning 190 tickets were sold at 'Hensall station for Londdn. Last week, Bob Jarrott hauled %of f the field d where it was -grown, . 'the largest load of flax ever drawn. into Hensall. It weighed 11,500 lbs. and tested the strength of the 'waggon to the utmost. `-S'tepliefi Teener/lir Cou'neil- wf11 trneet Monday. Oct. 3rd.. at Crediton, A. Mittelholtz, of •Zurich, has a "tack of corn which measures just 42 'feet. Andrew is hardly able to took over the top of his crop, and it, '1s grown on Mlle's soil at .that. Jan any clay hill or muck 'soil beat l se this? Robert Durnin, th i o f Dungannon) . � nnon +sold ten MB, six months 'old, en the Lucknow market Monday Of , NV day, Sept. 20th, at 9 'a.in, TheBoard is composed of Judge Doyle,- A.'.G. Smillie, of Hensall, and inspector Robb, of Brussels. • • Owing to. a 'fall into an open cel- larway at: Hensall at. the hotel . he was stopping at one. night, Elam' 'Livingston, of •Blyth, has been somewhat used up• 'with an injured knee'. It's u miracle he Was not. more 'seriously hurt 'as'he:1ell 6• ft. We -hope he Will soon be able • to throw his tvalking:stick toxone side.. Tuesday of i. t• Week 'Mrs. Isa-. }E l y .. ..e Tunny, 'Westfield,. 'Were united- in the hoTy;. ibor `ds of • ' matrimony. Rev. James Ross, D. D., of London, performed the marriage ceremo ny, 'which took place at'L.•ondon. J. G. •Stanbury,: of .Exeter, took two first prizes for :his gladioli at L.ondon•fair winning from both 'the. professional florists and the ama- teurs; This is the third consecutive year. in which he has done this. At Exeter ;• on Thursday evening of last Week the hose were attach- ed to the 'Water mains at the North End: for the first time and a test made which proved satisfae tory. The 'Wingham fall, fair on Sept. 29th and 30th will be 'the best in the history of 'Wingham. ' TeasWater's tax rate ' for . this 'year is 20 mills on the dollar. The /trustees Of U. S. S. No. 7, Turnberry and-Wawanosh, are ask- ing for a teacher for 1911. The third test Well'is now drilled. at Wingham,.to the depth of forty- five feet, anddwork !has 'been sus- pended for a few 'days „until the arrival of another engine to 're; place the one in use.. •Usborne Council meets on Oetobe et let. , Tucker8mith Council will -hold an adjourned meeting ',an Saturday, Septehiber 24th. , At the meeting of the Ontario Postmasters' Association in Tor- onto hast Week ..Mr. Thomas Farrow postmaster et Brussels, was elected honorary president, and Mr. Jas. Cott, of Clinton, one of the vice- residents. 8 lb The Canadian 'Manufacturers' ex- cursionists at Calgary Indulged in some plain talk to the farmers on tariff matters. Montreal e lWill hold. ter carnival butwill omit r the lee palace. ' omit lee The Johnson -Jeffries tight tures are to be shown at Winnipieg indefianceof 'the city An eight-year-old girl Who wand- ered away from home near Beau- sejour, Man., was killed by a bear. Six ke a &bort oliday atnrier Arthabaill e aville, Quebec, before the parliamenta salon opens. The conneetleit of union men With e ]n mit l la Was 'discussed by the Trades and Labor Congress at Port lliam. last week, which netted him $204. The Board of Arbitrator*, OP,'pointed by Huron County Council ' ag on to& nth e 'formation do nbta " School Section on the Townshipot orey,. will pte'et in Brtxstels Tuea.- Mr. William' Symon, one of Wier- n's oldest and most respected shawls men, 'died y di yesterday. rsae ah y Capt. Larsen will ate4n t to vlat torbaSattr* to u ns- Ni jgcsciu• J n .... .1<w.4..i I* til_ 0J' &43 ]ta ,i1 min.scea®..a.�u,..w...wrxuuuctu_m.m The winos sew Era Golden Wedding 2f Brandsn Pigneer ► -- Gun*ining Eau►Oy Uolds nnigne Reunion in Honor of Parents on the Homestead in North • Brasddn, Brandon, 'Sept,. 13 -One of the most interesting .events of the sea- son Was the golden Wedding of Mr. and -Ms. James Cumming, which took place at "Fairview," their farin home in North Brandon, on Monday afternoon at five o'clock. The Wedding was the occasion of a family reunion, at Which h el eve d of the tWelve children of Mr. and Mrs. Cumming', were present. The members of the family present were: Rev. W. B. Cumming, Sask- atoon; James A. and D. S. Cumin-, in aha of elaieshohn, Alta: George Cumming, ngd Harry C. Cumming, Mrs. J. G. Grant, Mrs. R. Coristine, Mrs. B. S. Davidson and Miss Estella and B. J, Cumming all of Brandon. John A. Cumming ,of Portland, Maine, 'was the only' absentee, he finding itt impossible to make the trip.The invited guests included the follow. ing relative's and old friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs.Cum- ming; -Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Willmot, Mr. and Mrs, W. Davidson, Mr. and Mis. ,J 'Hillis, Mr. and Mrs. Alex. =1 McEwen, Mr. and Mrs, J. A. McDon- ald, Miss Gordon, Dr. M. M. Fraser, arid Mise Forrester, of Brandon; C. Naylor. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Gilroy. Miss Ethel Gilroy, of Winnipeg,. H. McKay, Mis. John 'Hill, Miss Hill, Teeswate s Ricard, Parti Cass City, MICE Mrs. Geo... Parr, Miss Parr and. Hugh Parr, Fork Minns; James Grant, Miss'" Marion Grant, Forest, Man ; Mr's. Radcliff, Rapid. City; Mrs. Davidson, Charter ; •Mr. and Mrs. Webb, Lucknow, Ont.; David Cumming and Wm. Cumm- ing, Port Huron; Miss .Lizzie. Good, Toronto; Mrs. John Curhmning, Miss Ethel Cumming, Claresholm, Alta, Mx. and Miss MsGowan, Vancouver When the children and guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cumming had extend- ed congratulations and a wedding March had been played, all present sat down to a splendid: dinner. The two tables were lavishly dec- orated. The members of the family. occupied places a'tsone table and the guests at the other. Many brief `speeches were made, each re- ferring'to the splendid qualities of the aged couple, who : havelong been very popular throughout the district in which they have resid- ed for twenty-nine years. Mr. and :Mrs, Cumming were the recipients of a large number of wedding gifts. CAME FROM ONTARIO • Mr. and .Mrs. James • Cumming who celebrated . their. golden wed- ding" on Monday were married in West Wawanosh, Ontario, on Sept-• ember 12. 1860, and lived there for twenty years removing to Mainito- ha inn 1881. Mr. Cumming was born • s ..euunty of.Hadton,.-sevent t nine years ago. Mrs. Cumming whose age is seventy,' was born in in Leeds county, Ontario, near. Brockville. ' Mr. ; and Mrs. Cumm- ing took up 'their residence in North Brandon in 1881 on the farm Which they reside, which was home steaded by Mr. Cumming inthat year. They have been Well known. and highly respected residents of the Brandon district. They had. 'twelve children, seven sons and five daughters, . all of whom are living. They have twenty-seven grand children. Fairview, the Cumming farm, is eight miles- north of Brandon. : ,Wen,,. Mr. Cumming 'homesteaded in .1881 there Were few people: in North Brandon. 'Those. in the district ahead . of him were Peter Payne, William :Middleton, John i£elly W. West and John Rob'- r tmum . Yt �? as "': • his son, J. G. • 1 Clax esholm Alta.,' but w n y- but for twenty- five years a resident of this district made the trip from Portage la Prat rie to North .lira/Won ' with a yoke of oxen and a- wagon. They came around by Rapid City and it took them nearly ten days to make the trip t oWhere'their farm is'new lo- cated. In speaking. to -day of the trip from 'Portage la Prairie J. G. Cumming said, "If 'wasa hard trip to make but 'We enjoyed it. It was the spring of the year, and the .roads were very heavy. The oxen moved'slowly and very frequently showed signs of stopping, but we kept them hnoving in a . rath- er novel way. 'We had a quantity of oats, and when the cattle became obstinate I used to go ahead with the oats and the oxen would fol- low at good speed. In those days oxen •Would follow oats any place." Mrs. Cumming and the other mem hers of the family came to the home stead In the fall of 1881. By the time they arrived Mr. Cumming• and his son had erected a house which ' is Toa buiin ld the houson of e ed lumber from Rapid City. In 1881 they rented a piece of land near Rapid City from 'which they got enough wheat for seed and bread for 1882. In 1882 'they had thirty acres In crop from which which they harvested 30 bushels to the acre, all of Which 'was sold for. seed or taken to Rapid City for gristingg, Like all the other pio- neers.they used oxen almost exclu elusively, and as 1881 and 1882 Were very wet years they had great di- fficulties With the oxen getting stuck in the Mud. In each of these years there was 'a big flood, and boats were running aeross• the flats just north of Brandon. The old Apha was making the trip from w innp i e t o g o F rt Ellice. ce ey h . '�` ha d all the hardships of the early 'days, but' Mr. Cumming and family, like most of the pioneers of North Bran don, braved the storm, and hi a' few vears were comfortably situated. * * CANA.nr l`N 'NEWS, ° • * * •* Gabriel Marchand M. P.P.,Quebec died suddenly: Alfred W. Young was killed by 'falling from a building at Port Col- box ne. Montreal pollee raided a d e tight rtheatre, and arrested twenty-five men. egoeddifferences Op* great many anadn V;edezation of • Labor, peetiog at CANADA TO ENGLAND. By Arthur J. Stringer. [Arthur J. Stringer, the widely - known novelist, poet and short story writer, was formerly a journalist' and hails, from near London: He is author of "Watchers of Twilight," "Pauline." "andEp, igramot}►ers.volu`hemes°]Casual. Offender," Sang one of England in his island 1mo�eheart : is "Per veinsone are million, but her And looked from out his w vct-ba u nd homeland isle Towhobeyond i T us dwell tswestern MU, And we among the northland plains and .lakes, We youthful dwellers on a younger Turwatward to. the wide Atlantic aste. And feel the clasp of England's outs stretched hand. For we are they who wandered for train home To swell the glory of an ancient name; Who 'iourney+ed. seaward 'on an exile When fortune's twilight to our land came. But• everywaste keel that cleaves the mid. w'ay Binds with a silent, thread our sea T deft 'strands. 1ll ooeani dwindlea and the sea -waste ohrinks, Mid England mingles .with •a hun- dred lands. And weaving silently all far-off shores A thousand singing wires stretch • • round the earth, Or depsleepthsstill vocal in their ocean , Till all lands die to make one glor- ious birth. So we remote compatriots reply, And feel the world -task only half begun. "We • arethe girders of the ageing earth, Whose veins are million,.but whose heart is one."'' • ' The Countess of. Antrim was robb ed•of jewellery valued et $1,200 either at Winipeg or on thejour- ney to the city. James` Connolly dad Patrick Ryan were sentenced at Cobalt for robb- ing the Nova Scotia • mine.. Ryan goes to penitentiary for two years and Connolly for five. Thanksgiving Day has been set for .the last day in October. The Trades and Labor Congress re-elected all the old officers. The Canadian manufacturers .re- ceived a great welcome at Regina. Timothy Candy, who shot two -11T`OIStire:11"'j5"2 licel sT "1"i sb'es"ese- ire - tenced to death. E. I TNG' DODDDS DEATED. • _o— End tame Suddenly Sunday • .Afternoon; E.•King Dodds, journalist, turf- man, .public speaker and ex -alder man, of Toronto, known'thruou't Canada for many years, died Sun- day afternoonat his home, 1497 W. King. street, Toronto, Since Fri- day death had been momentarily. expected. Mr. Dodds Wasthe son of William' Gladstone Dodds, of Roxburgh, Scotland. His mother; Whose maiden naive was•Miss Jean u p s.t1ies. 'h ph smeman." .On his'faCthe>, saSide 'tLhe.. was connected with :• th'e-'farnil-:°or' the late Hon. William • Gladstone. Tie leaves two sons, EdieardWiliiam Dodds who is ill at Cobalt, and Dr. Walter' Gladstone Dodds, of'Toron to, and one daughter, 'Miss Mar- guerite Jane Dodds, at' the family residence. Private funeral ser- vices Was held. at the residence ,on Tuesday and interment was remade in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.' Responsibility of the Home In expressing the belief that if the curfew bell were to ring in Clinton girls would be saved from the temptations that . demoralize them. the W.'C;T.TJ. struck a vital point, the journal says. That the curfew wilt ever be adopted is doubtIess•beyond the remotest ex- pectations, but it would be a good thing if it where, The 'tendency of young boys and girls to parade up and down the streets until a late hour in the evening is general. It should be condemned and discour- aged. ' As there is no 'William the Conqueror to -day to enforce the Practise of putting lights out at the toll of the bell, fathers and mothers must recognize their re- sponsibility, and prohibit their 'youthful 'offspring from getting Into questionable ways . at night. protest .of the, Women& Christain Temperance Union a- gainst girls taken off the street and jailed while men are allowed to escape is logical and just, Young men should have no more, perhaps less lenieney, than girls, 'because they are supposed. to be better ac- quainted with the ,way of the world, better able to protect them- selves I es against nt the e i s g s orn which h nu virtuheaps a At the same time err there be any argument in favor of privilege in Walking the streets it is on 'e 'by'nu and'dispositthesidfon0f of oa bos.y isThe'thatathere w rets_. oto 'be out -lie refuses to be tied down to the apron strings Whereas the natural place fora girl is either at home or In 'the com.. e unt of epemoodesty o will sh uld 'realize that the street is no place for girls to Wander, idly. The effort to shield >,girls who err is not reaching to the root of the evil. Requests are frequently made to papers that names be kept out of police court proceeding re- ports, While there are Individuai eases e where such favors should be extended generally speaking such requests should not be made, Pub - linty acts as a deterrent to sin. A newspaper is published to chronicle 3s!'at happens, And in doing so ]Manis no. 'thouglit:01 injur- ing others beyond the injury they!A!1!!Nl�r+**►l*►!N4lN **N/►!!Q4l4i!!l*►N•1lH da themselves In becoming liable 1 5 _ to arrest sand public gaze in a pol- ice Cqux t.�''# Let mothersand lathers keep � ;, r '^ �•• ., their daughters under close guard l- ' ianship let the W.C,T.U, extend its Work by impressing this necess- ity on parents, and there will be fewer youths sent to, jail, and let occasion to ask newspapers to sup- 'press up-pxess 'facts. ,• SANCITM MIUSINGS Edmonton locality may coigne into the front rank for its coal product ton; The quality Is fashioned after the pattern of that produced at the'Crow's Nest. There are hopeful indications that Uncle Sam' and Jhonnie Can - lick may 'talk 'business along the line of a larger reciprocity in trade, The latter will, not object but there Must be two sides to the negotia- tions. Old "Clouty" will not run short of aidecamps eo long as human imps' traffic 'in cocaine to the :detri Ynent of the youth of this land. At hemp neck tie would be a good Fall fashion to introduce with these cravens so that they Haight go ear- ly to their reward. Thanksgiving Day' has been offi- cially .announced for Monday, Oct- ober 31st,'folloWing 'the departure of "last year so that 'travellers may be at their homes for the holiday without breaking into the centre of the 'weep. -0- 'Jihe Royal Commission is Bath- erliig a great store of information in their visits to various localities and it Is 'to be hoped 'it•will not be - some so voluminous as 'to be pract Wally useless. 'Top Much of even a good thing sonnetimnes stalls the appetite. - The work of construction on the Gravid Trunk Pacfic Railway is be- ing pushed at . a lively rate and it will not' be long , before trains win be running over the larger portion ofthe road. One pleasing feature is the thoroughness characteriz- ing the contracts. It will be an 'ideal road in many: respects When completed, -0- New is a (good :time• to square a- way for Winter and before the so called dreary days of Fall arrive to-.getsthesgandessisuildinges and surrqundings in ship shape be- foret he snow flies. Possibly ,a number of these • chores could be done with' Wgollen Mitts on the hands and the coati collar turned • up but not so nicely nor comfort- ably. Judge Mabee's namme is mention- ed entioned as a possible: successor to Hon. A. B. Aylesworth as Minister of Justice in the Dominion. If the latter ' decides: • to Withdraw from: polities We do not<know of any emu. who' would be more generally act cepta'ble.than Mr. Mabee. He has had a wide experience In the legal 404f &sin ,red ::hasp .r en h ' � � lus sola In -to . Y dea7'`tummli �'"r`eat i• .-,_ ...... .. g asues with• .: tact 'aiid .fQ.rce. _ ' _. For over '30 years.the Republican party has held the office of Gover- nor .in the State of Maine but last week F. W. 'Planted, Democratic candidate, was elected by the large plurality of. 8,000. Where are ebbs and flows in political tides and of. ten the boaster takes a dip from which he does not recover for many a day 'The influence of Governor 1'Iaisted's winning will be much broader than his official`pos ition. • • We hope since it is becoming so fashionable to initiate notable pale faces into honorary ti positions as Chamong- the red men that Mayor Taylor will not allowhim:- self' to bedrafted, from Clinton to wear a feather decked crown and have to use a sheet of foolscap, the broad WWay; to sign his new name. The Mayor's English accent would rather debar him from speakingthe'. Indian tongue with any prospeci;.of' successful disguise, —0 --- Numerous eases of 'Typhoid fever in various' cities and towns, This is the season to be on guard and remove as far as possible any- thing that might have a tendency, to give it a foothold. • Boards' of Health should be on 'the alert and Sanitary Inspectors Wide awake as'a n ounce of pre'ventlon. Is often worth a hundred pounds of cure. Lite is too precious. to take than- ees with a disease as dangerous as Typhoid. Somewhat of an inoVation is tthe ship:heat of early apples froin Nova Scotia to Lond'on,. England. it has been said by some people who are supposed to know, that the summer fruit could. not 'be •handled in this way. and in many cases the Fall apples were a comparative drug on the market, This year ho a O i& the crop ' & rtn1ot people le p p would 'be glad' to have almost any variety, The shortage mean much 'to turon Co, and will prove very, 'decidedly, the real Value of I t. 1 • s • i •• ;IK 15 THE TIME TO THINE ABOUT YOUR Fall Renovations _. 2 You'll _ 1find . it ` hard to get better value for the money : expended than for, the few dollarsou • y give us for Wall Paper. "A room well papered is half furnished is all truth and no fiction. Needless s tp ss -y, ouras- : sortment will please you, - • • T Z • Wall Paper Trimmed ' Free, doper ci CLfNTON. c!o.,_1» **Nl*lN*N! ' N. i.*****+►4i.N**.4** yM! even an ordinary' orchard.' -o-=- Watch outfor the decoy circular very confidential. ' in its 'tone, so- Belting your . interest in a fake came from Mixico where a "prison- er" is 'Willing tto 'divvy up with Voir 'fromi a ibig estate, &c., if you Will forward him' some coin to 'ease •up a pits hfng judgment. It is an fashioned -swindle 'of the baldest type yet the Very one that many an Terims Cash. avaricious individual bit at'topro'ves their own 'lolly: So long as gull - able people live just. so long Will 'bluffers invent new traps for them' and often ply their' wiles almost in the face of the law. , Quartet - cannot be had for coppers even one' bargain days and the sharks who, try to make the 'World , 'believe 6 - the contrary no doubt have many a laugh' as they, haul . in their well- filled ne't.' , One Price Only Our show room will be open THU at ongs e o'clock, and open evenin • .FRIDAY SSAYd S YTURDAY:.until ten o'co anred invited to carne and ins lock' You.are crdially pect our superb collection of made and pattern hats --•made after the latest 'ideas of Paris arid New`York designers. in Connection With Our • Millinery .Opening we. 44- -place- sale -.w. B1ackand Colored"Kid . ,.....: ..�._ ;: and>embracin all. the- g a most wanted shades, and . in, sizes nu -Ting from 5f to :. Every pair'direct from the warehouse this week. You are asked are .theme with any to• com-' P goods bought here, or elsewhere, nt •$1.00, but a rare chance came our way, and • We Put the Price Only 5.9c a pair. about the correctness and value of our New the number that. we ,have already sold, and the general favor with which our showing has been re-: ceived, would have removed. it. See thein at from $5.00 to $2o.00 Our Dress Good.s Speak for themselves in a ver ract1caf• way. We don't ask any fancy prices for thele and so they move out from MEET ME AT IRWIN'S • The People's Store