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A New Year's Resolution
A good resolution for file New Year
is to resolve to read el( of the adver-
tisements in The Si 1, re/altar-1y
each E.t
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GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1924
Every Dollar
you spend in Goderich helps to maple
a better town and the better your town
is, the more valuable is your property.
THE SIGNAL PRINTING CO., LIMITED, P
tire' The fuue.ral lalrykw, w•Itklt was
held on Ifoaday afternoon to Col-
,. The Late Miss Sayer horn.• cemetery, war condur't.d by ltev.
re ted with ghyt •uddeu Mr. Ho.Oe•, .a%sl%Uvl by .1t, v.)I. E.
t and torsi -worker In Ford and Ree. .111s rt .tii. r•: Thr pall
Nor;h suet Mkthodiut et4rch,Jn the bearer, were Mers. John T/l.butt,
• pi.reon of 3140. Mary. Suydsrr who 41,11 Norm.tit Nuyder. 1i•ilihuu Finnig.tr, and
last F'rlrkty at Ler lair ye,ato•. Brutes. 11,•nrc Suy•I The pt*rtieu:tidy i.tIge
-,Wire, . after bot two dol.' 1111te,.4, Thre •1111' udutire of friends at the fuuetal
. deewas.d wait the touch eluid in a and rite floral trsl,utes received from
futility of eig,.l •ltiutre:t Lura lo. Iib' ole various orgrnixati.:i t, it:, which
pr. t,e•ewsed hint only a Tow 'week., ago
114• i% Nurtited by two Mother-. Juhl
11. Evans. el, Treutuu. and 11 W
F:\lur.. or 701111110 three son,.
W It Es ante. 1).$ (I., of . Nicht rent
.lulus II. Faro**,. of Toronto.. alit, is 1•
11'ttltt1.i.g, and two Wools,-r-
llery and 1.711wi..11 home. '111,•
drat track place on We.lu.•.elay Ito!,
St. 1',ud',-chuii•It.
pat J.. _ 1L.;.A, sod Ma- stat. rbi es %,t iw.t trr«+etrt.-4- i
Bti)der. f oak,r1r rid cuu.es. dthatel tire titr•y Jvplla4ity 11111 war
Ita`1n. -it i t. -----Fans v--r-Mrousert- thr.rwgbtlu♦`---fila• •etwunistisitf
ia•r, bevile,. Ler loth, 11krr,_l!' lest ouddeu demise.
three 'orders cud tan brothers, *Pi
fwll.«tw• Mr.. Jo411 T .butt. of near Beath of .1 Native of Goderir'I
Clinton. Mrs. trill. F'i igau..of Nile.The death of :t native of Gude-
YM. 1(td,rbvvi 11..rwlei •111. of town., Itch was reported lo. 'Toronto yester-
Henr; Snyder u,- 1'Ihuou. and i (laj its the passing of Wjlliam B. By -
.Norman and Leel aur r, both of 11att Min at Ilia home. 21 Park mad. fulltww-
Itswro. saakat.Nn1. a of whom. a.. i1r, •n protr.t•-t -.i iilne,N. Mr. Evans
also, a e tido. Mr. •rt M trick, orf ; was Lora in 4 o,Ierich It/ I s.'N. going to
Hags ler. wen• L. re for 1114. -funeral Toronto tip sante yea f. 11, w:is edit -
eR.
except Alt. Ler; $i .•r. of itn.11.31fl catcd lit till. obi11r/111111111r Sehtol and
The • pale M1.. filar r had tw4•n au i 1 nag' t'aaad full.•¢,'. He Joint! the
ivewditglt devoted and Solve mem- 'staff of the ilriti,h .1111.•riean .1s(nr•
hes d .North i.gt t chureh during aNtre t^o, with w111c11 both his father
the last fifteen yert., tiling (lowly and hist graudfalher were previously a,
connected with &alb.. activities of the -.whited !Ater 11.- became Joint man -
choir, League. :rumen'« Mis.tlonary ag, r far Ontario of the Commercial
-aorh•ty and W. (', T. 1'. She was i'tiun Assurance Co., with the• late Mr.
gr•n.•r'•ns will! iw• /.tient a. 11 pianist 11-leke4,e. tnb.11aently residing in
llartkularly In 1ynn..•ttun with the )1«nirsil for ten years as Joint gen-
two last nosed organization.. and era! tonnage? for Canada of the some
WWI as wen me.atant pianist for the company Mr. Evans wan a ('onset -
regular ml.l w «lc aerrice of prayer. votive. In polltit•-, and was one of the
Misr Snyder trill inked he greatly oldest members of ,St. Paul's Anglican
mlrwst in tow :!re of the congre gatlnn. church. 4.ervltyt there as chnr.•h war -
'Die feeling reference to her death den for 12. risers. He W11481.40 it tnt«-
wldrh was ma* by her pastor, Res.. tee of wycllffe COlheg.•. As n mein -
J. E ilotme. a' the e'tuur'h leer -v yes tier of alt• Q. 11. It., Mn. I vaus -crv-
ou $1111ay wa, in it,ell eloquent tea- ed in the Fenian ntid. in 1147:3 he
tltts'ny h. her worthwhile - life of married Mary Elixah.•th• dau4hter of
Christian ,ad•itor and unselfish ser- the late John Parnell I'atinier. who
Huron County Council, 1924
Huron county council will be romiw>Md
tapir.. for 1924. Those marked with ao
in the comet! this
A•hfkld
A‘alletitt
Barfield
Blyth'
Brawls
eilatoe
(',lborne
Exeter
Garb -rich Twp.
Goderich
1;r.y
`h
tan
liar
Henson
Hallett
itowtei
Hoot&
Mega 111op
Morris
ltgaforth
too nley
ro
rrtlteery
keramlth
orae
aw'anont. Roe
sea nosh, West
Ingham
rozeter
.
of the foll•rw1ng nhlrroeu-
aaterbdt are newv me•mts•r.s
year.
Representative Address
J. Frank Johnston Lueknow
John Jamieson Lueknow
Alfred E. Erwin Rayfield
lir. W. J. Milne ltlyti,
' Alfred C. Beater !truss -Is
*Charles G. MiddleteS ('lintps
Charles A. Robertson 4ioditilBeh. R. R. No .,
•W. D. Sanders Exeter
Oswald (Ilan Goderich. R. R. No. 1
•N. J. A. Ma(F)wan Goderich
GA,derich
- Brustelel
Etbel
Zurich
Henaall
loon owl oro
Oorri.
Gerrie
Sit COlunMn
Blyth
Reaforth
Clinton
Dashwood
Mt. Carmel
Wing/ram
KRte.. ••
Centralia
Blyth
Ltckaow, R. R. NO. 1
Wine/Ism
Wrocet.r
B. ('. Mannings
•J J. MoCutrbson
*Thomas McDonald
Elmore F. Klapp
Cowen (i.tger
?, N. Armstrong
Thomas ingtia
*George JtntAard
Yranrty 1. Mt'Quaid
•Robe•rt Shertreed
•J. W. Beattie
George B. Hanley
Ales. H. Neeb
John Hayes
John McEwen
John McNaughlon
William H. Coates
It,Itert Buchanan
Den. S. Naylor
J. W. McGibbon
.lohn Douglas
INQI F:.'i' ST.1Nt)s .%I1.JI11R s :l l'lll itl'll \O'IES
• The upstairs mom of the tow'. hall The semi-•, lo. Knux ehnr•it lI4 \1 r
.vas :tg,iiu crow tied to Go. doe•els..Xe4w-- ZPutulu) will .lye_ uu..}tul.ut='}-4hu--Wla- •
• „ 11 p,tu Tlaew,IJi .•keytlag.0r.Ihl,: , .tor. Sryl,h•rf of tansirr. ' 11.am
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f,m 'I" 44 ,•
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'1
!h. -L•; ;(al 1111. 1 :!' put." r!l 1 .seri,'1I
Victor Is Accorded a Record 111ajurity of 371 Lutes Over His
H. J. A. MacEwan Is Reeve
1, \ ' I u- no.ruto t st voices o,t Thr Lord':
e• .1,, - 11l1I. I•rayet•; 7 ,.til.. ''1'Ih• Lu .,f
1 gg ' I'.iA•
1 • - ,. \passel 11111 Sabh
' 1 ( llumef ttti .Neil, al and llfLl.• cld..ks til
Ic„\ 1: r. i. I•w,i( Id:u'e• 111 t 1,i ie1•k.
1. I. 1'0\', tarot. aC
l7k Lair Franc uta ser o orae• =T 1.
-t„ 4(tt_e e11,-.Iltllt'N 1-.]'f.(it-_thit._i'itiL_1411it11
came at 1k•truit on iiifl,hrst,ay. 1h•c•eur
Is.r 27111, tit Fru11k .fustlu ( King+
Humber.second sal of the Int,. Mr.
aael Mrs. ('. .1 Ilun,her. of facet•
rich. Mr. Ilunitter wits seized with
111 ,ltlttck of teat,. Indigestion rwhllc
discharging Itis duties KS head w•atclt-
In'aker noel diamond ,utb•.man of F.
Ro•ho!teu h ('o.: Jewellery and,w•atch-
making firm of 1ktroit. and pawslvl
away in als.u1 an hour', HMO. The
d..0as,1, who tear burn ill Ke•tu•. Isar
1',•ted'oro• fifty-five year, ago, came In
Gocb•rieh with his parents 1't the age
of four years. In 1x(41+ the Jewellery
firm 1'f'('. A IF1'urher & Son wits
formed, the late Mr. ILuWN•r contin-
'ning in the partner -hip for thirteen
years. in fact until he moved to De-
troit twenty years ago during wh4l,
lie had maintained iialuterru(.t'•1 his
connection wtith the firm ill whose
avis,. hi• was emnploy...I ,It the time
of his demise. Ih.ad••. his alrlov,
formerly Mitis Lizzie Fol(ord. of (:od,•-
rich. there survive three daughters
and one son: Mrs. Leslie Koons. of FI
Centro, (.allforma. and Misses Vera
and Helen mid Mr. Frank !lumber.
Jr.. at home. One .inter anti tuns
brother. also «urvive,. as follows:
Mrs. R. M. Cassels. of Hamilton. Dr.
A. Milton Humber, of Ih•troit. (l*arlva
Ii. Itnrnb•r, of Goderich, Henry Hum-
tttr. of Iced Deer. Alberta, and Malt -
land' Hutftw•r, of Stratford. The fun-
eral was held on Now Ye'ar's day
from the dlrra'wt1', late residence,
. 54.4 Loraine avenue. Rev. Mr.
Homey. of Grand River avenue Pre,+•
hyterian church officiating. inter -
mens was math. In Forest Lawn
cemetery. Mr. number• as well as
ie•ing a Shriner and a Forester (C.O.
F'., Gode.rk•h.) was a 32nd degree
Mason. which latter order had full
charge of the burial services. The
nurneroua and lavish floral trihuteq
teatlthd eloquently to the esteem in
which the late Mr. Humtw•r was held
by these with whom he had been aa•
wwdlated in bnslnev,, in a fraternal
,env and ate a personal friend. Mr.
4'. If Dumber. of town. was among
flue r'•Iativ,•s from a dl,tan•e, who
attended the funeral at Detroit. for
which nil the relatives were present
with the exception of Mr. Henry Dum-
ber. of Red Ther. Mr. FIumler'a
Horny former friend's here extend to
the soddenly bereaved widow and
her children their sincerest '.ympathy.
•
Catrifan Pacific -New Tarot,*
Sudbury Sleeper
Travellers to Sudbury will appree-
lat.• the new $lydtury sleeper which
leaves Toronto Inion Station at 10
p.m. daily, in Canadian Parifi' train
No. 3.
This sleeper may he mooniest at
Toronto 'st 900 p.m.. and passengers
may remain In the sleeper at Sudbury
until 14.30 a.m.
Any Canadian Politic agent wall
arrange reservatlnrw. -
Eighty-one Years on the
Same Farm
ohn Gallagher, of Colborne Township, Was Born on
Resides In the Year 1842
my that he wai born on the
e farm on which h,• at present
des on the 7th conc.ss1On of ('ole
township gives ill a word the
.tory of John Onllagher. fifth In
e signal's aeries of Huron county
Deere. WW1 on toward 100 years
o Mr. Gallagher'« parents. the
to Patrick Gallagher and Margaret
niln. came out to this country from
and and settled in Colborne town -
;1. having parrlrand from the Can,.
a ('ompony two hundred acres of
-h land. On this homestead in •
hotter Mt. Oaflagher was torn in
October of the year 11.2.
Patrick Gallagher, who taught
School at R. R. NO 1 ('olbtrne, for a
atfager of years, as well es *working
Ida term. died when hl« sun, John
Gallagher. the alltdoet of this sketch.
was but Avec years old. while hia
mother passed away in ins. Of a
family O[ beer children. three aurviVe
y : Mr. Gallagher and two Whiten.
pries Matilda Gallagher, of Goderkb,
sed 'Nis. Margaret Deeereaus. of the
914 eoate«wioa of AAtlsid. Mr. Gal -
1'r sea vetted in aaerrlage forty -
tea yeller nen to Mary IAraaworth,
daughter of the late lit. sod Mrs, Ron -
gates Longworth, the ceremony being
performed In the Angiiean chump.
Gnd.rirh. by the bite Rev. Arch +'lee•
.'on Elwood. To Mr. and Mrs. Gal.
usher were horn four eAlldrea Otw
amt. Harry (laIiagber. dhd some +Mrs
aEn et the age of thirty perm The
ether rhlldrea stalk's. Arthnr Clarke.
Of Jotlth's (til, and Inas Tillie Gal.
r sad air. ' Wftilem Jams.
Oallagier at Losse.
VttreYrintlt Ila tiredly. revidetrve
le ('ldlhsree Kr. As114•rfer has won
the Farm on Which He Now
for himself the reputation of being
an excellent and dnueavlsful farmer,
which reputation, It may be said.' is
tieing worthily maintained by hila
son. James Gallagher. who continues
to operate Mr Gallagher's two first.
MIL JOHN GALLAGHER
spa's« 100 -were farm, facing each
other on etnc.eslono 7 and 14 of the
t(rwnaMp. the latter of which he pur-
crhaaed some twenty -Om were Igo
frmn William Hartwell. 'Mr. Galla-
gher haw always taken a partk'nlar
pet& in owning and working the best
type of Clydesdale horsy and during
the past twenty years las been a
prominent bredtr In the towushyn of
thoroughbred linrhnm 4111(11
While taking no active part In multi -
chat Int itself Mr. (:filinghcr was.
for over fifteen year«, n trustee of
S. S No. 1, Colborne, and as such
rendered excellent e'rvkr to the com-
munity. As a Conservative of the
party man type his Interest in poli-
tics wall always kern and deep rooted,
both la the potkh•s M the ptpl and
the present. He smalls in particular
the historic battles b•w•,en M. G.
Cameron and itati.rt Porter.
Mr. Gallagher has long been a
member of ,Smith's 11111 I'reewhyterlan
church and. Softy -one yeses ago when
the prevent edifice w•at built. took a
prominent part in the work of erecting
Ore building. th,• hlatory of which
rhllr•h, wax publisher! In booklet
form I8.tt year in oelsbrnting the eon-
gregation'1 Jubilee year. For a num-
ber of years he was a mightier of the
rnarulgtng board, and at the present
time, together with Mesons. WIlllam
Bellows and Gordon Young. Is One of
the trutte.a of the church.
Rheumpti.m bothers Mr. (3nllagher
e•On4iderably, but hia never -failing gond
humor And lid" wit, which have tome
down to him from hia father, Mond
him In stood stead In enjoying the
declining yarn of life, whirh remain
to him Aiways a man who has kept
himself *All Informed on the affnlra
of the day, Mr Gallagher poauwos an
interesting and genial pertOnaulty with
whi•h 11 la a real plesttnre to erne
In ermjge•t. The Signal wishes him
renei*F(s health and strength and
ninny nwatp years of happiness with
his family In his natlre town/hip.
• 414l 1 r
4- "-mi. : r'=--juhciu Tn• ••.,y'•.,r,
G. •.rc+ 'e scot tat. G Fulford.' •.Harry
Shields. Hiram Brtindley. 1,iwar.I
Lao /itOl. 11'illlaru Green., l ' 'r1;.- Syut-
1,11,1. awi 4'harl•s Itr,eknw• ('roan
.11torn•y Chas. W'nger. K. t'.. 1111..
411'41.41 the ens.. on to -half '1,f the•
Crown addle 11. 1'. Ittys. Jr.. apps•ar•
td lu the interests of Mr. ,/'..x.
Thoma, 1: Ory. tu.nstabb•.w•as :h.•
first wl(1a4111 1•allel. 111 nor -Wer to Mr
Beater's queti,tious 11r. Gundry said
that in Ids opinion it would b11'N been
pond, le for one person to pities.
the !midi lit the position 11 was funnel.
though. If alive and able t, defend
himself. it would out have been INN.
slide, Any strung 1111111 111111.1 have
done it 1f tin• lacy Iliad leen insert -
Able. he stated. •M r. Gundry testified
u, 11 the marks on the I11Iv :11141 re- girls (1( :to. ,,1...t.. nnu11N•r fort..
11' 4ahtr11!1,.1) •',11,ri. soot '.tt Iii\ .! 11.. lh' 11.4,1.'
.,'ruutn Ytwe a r,. l__ l ,_. p•,:.moi,,..
6,r,11 Intttr•,t11141 .1111 prulual'c fa 11
.ir.,•11 cuugn•gatlufla tattoos out to 111:1'
1,1i1u 111t11 muruing an,t . Weti'tg de,
pito the rery bad st1yu.. In tit' morn -
log and et.•uing lo., N111.11111 11'. 'd -
ors•+. 111 the, grout .arisolottair work
In Japan war 1tdePsi '1t'ttino.v1•
4117.1 inspiring . Flt tilt , feting Dr.
Norman gave n chalk on 1'a1••.t111.6
Wit 11..a 11t,1f a hundred lain. r1' views
of the 1111y iauat,.411.6:h 111 had iisit-
ei on his 'way 11t016.• on furlough.
''sly fn11•m'ing note front 'ih•• Knox
cluan•I* "Week Ia •AVeek" speak. of it
r44arl chttt1-I1 attendant, by the beys
and girls of the ,r,agrl•gation which
JS lath Intere.ting std aurth wltitc.
".t very creditable morel of chnrch
attendance In 1911 luta Just htetl cont.
ph•t..1 by sixty-two of our toys and
Opponent, Robert 1/all Cult
Ity,-rs of th,• town sthould be of the
•esti°• ttt11t41 throughout sloe %worsiing
of a year. on January let, lit:J. Mr.
St,t 1 w„o 4..'411•.1 Llta J fur WW1-
rCle•rs with 1:(ni rut,.4 (identically the
same vote 1144 he rea•ived on ,Monday
Mr. ('utt at that tome ran Itim a close
second. lalling 1.1.11 vdtrs.
In only our lulling vtdwlivbsion sus
the contest a clout. t.ue. In Nu.
MarKwan waw led -by mils four votes. 'Thr
vote by sutalit'leiour la glut to -
tow ;
I lo. ',•'> !It's,-'. t.I,l)le:, the :.it'
rI„I .1 la,d.I.. I.dwt
_J 11.1 1..\'.11, ,+,obit, in- 'leery_ of
+{+,_ antttioit -for-Eke ,,wx- 111:1
l e• \1t•..••atlt tit1.1 votes for 1Ir: Mae;
i?\ran. while It opponent. Mr. R. 11.
Cult. 71•'..i1 oil !"I.
The handsome majority of 371 vote;-
which was oi\e1: )11'. alaiI:eau. is tile-
, largest 111 r..•,•rd. is the trr•al untul-
cipol aueuu.•
It is esp.•.•led deft Itel.%e JQIeFtttin'«
, .lupi..• In the utw council will be the
' lance as Met year. when° as di'rer-
' man of the finance ('onunittee,he
r.•,uh•n-d the tqt' u splendid service.•
Peculiar it 4t, hitless!. that 1il,i rates
1 2 3 4 ✓ 0 7-iflotal
111tt ti.• 1;0 J4 02 -20 41 14--294
Mac•Ewun _•
7: W 97 7161 A9 127 45-9114
The Town Father,.
Uuvor- lir. '11'. 1' e:aliott.
lte•ve--Fl. J. A. MacF:tout.
1Mlnity•Reeve 1: 1' Sunning
i •nnnr•illor, It. }:. 11o1 no.-.
C. 11. IWm,b•r
ferrel to .evena1 s•ahs and roughness eight %tete present forty-nine be fifty- J. S Platt.
11' the Silk. 1111.1 lat1 of the. 1)03 - 1 1'. .1. Ityan.
two SnlAonrhs. -ecru were present It. Turner.
hnpdp• forty --seven to forty-nine Sabbaths. and
Dr. A. H. Macklin. w'ho coneinctel thee'. W. +creno
poet -nutrient et1uotrlatton wit. then rr-
wren store from forty-five to forty- (•utumi.sieu 11'. 'P tl\!maty.
,eve. Thi. t, .......v fine react, and
oallel. fir. Macklin testified that all 1. W. Taylor
. an example to ih,• rest' Of u•." \payor Gallus.
the evidences. loth external and ha- @ Th.• +'rang 19•up14e, 1..•agm: of
t•rtall. ta111tef hanhe cond- Nh seet yewst r1'r,hew' Flee"tion of t111e Inctgsto. Iw•iging.ug ta...'Iutclyi 4ortfir.[ unrtr[iulg oI,•thahlis• ywhr nu-1lt Tar% ld
}pun Nits Ne
...sooty (-mown will have nine
airless and rolint.S,• I ter a'Iiitr
dny evening. The meefing w'a11 led
demo aril absolutely characteristic by Mies Nf. Kink and short address.,
of dent!' by ,ufhs•atiott. In+N**tion a t w•,.re given by 1tew. J. E. Huitiw•s and
continued effort to breathe. being able Mr. A. 11. Robertson. The League will
t0 exhale but nut inhale anti'
continue to bold 1114 rigida.* mI•t-
hausted. I feel absolutely positive lug, un 7itestay evening'.. call. •n'ing
that he -died from wuffts•atiul due to al h o''law'k In the s•bsdrom of
hanging, h•• satll. The condition the lt11r,h. During the months of
lea. II I. 1Ir. \rackl in ,iate41. cnu1/'
not have been brought Matto by hang
ing if the body had Ist•n placed there
when lifeless. The marks on the
body. parrtieularly tho.e on the ch,•vt,
were something like braises. Th1• akin
was not ahraile,l while the tissues
undernenth the skin were absolutely
uninjured. If prt.ltw•ed by n blow, he
remarked. they 'ould not have Men
prslneel by 11 henry //IOW. Similar
marks are mentioned by authorities on
hanging which were quoted and nod
from at this juncture. by both Dr.
Mneklin and Mr. Seeger.
MIs,. Dorothy Veltnh. In'.pctor for
the Mnrc•hmont Ramo. who last Oc-
tober ae•umpaniel Mr. Kenneth Tay-
lor, orate inwpctor for the boys,
(now on his way to England) on a
visit to th,• ('ox farm. was the next
witness called. Miss Veltch snid that
nothing •wA, k111wrt of the 111\•'. fatil.-
er: that hi. mother lull 'been n d1-
tn•stic. 1.111 her address wear unknown.
He had he•n nine find n -half y'urs. 1n
One of the Home's Union ffehoOhil in
England and had been sent to high
*chord there for two or three years
b.,vttts• of his el•v,•rn•ss and treated
n'. fin ordinary memis•r of the family
The two was of a retiring 1'a turS.
didn't
den,.1111aasmutll 411114 people and per- 7(411 'TI i' d f R i' 1
lrfih. liable to 's• despondent. Miss
Ye•iMh raved considerable corres on- a m ltibh• •. bol at 2 p.m. A e
denIN•t ten the Huai/with... au'•rit ... of the
Homs and Mr. Cox in eonmetion 'with
the lay. At the time of her visit
Fthe i.4. • wits getttw4 alms better Ond
' January and February the meeting.
will h1• devoted to the Study of the
•
tanks. 'New Chivalry In Japan." and
lter'es of Our Home Land." Devo-
tional study w111 also be led by Rev
J. E. 'Holnw on the hook -What and I
Where is plod •" There meeting. will
no doubt prove very helpful and in-
tereating and all young people are
eordially invited to attend.
At North streetstr.t Methodlat church
classesxt, Sunday the church classes and
Men's Club55111 meet 1't 10 a.m. The
snhJ/et at the Club: "What good does
church tttetwhttwe do?" will be intro-
duced by Mn. JWheeler.. It. Wheeler. .1t 11
O'clock the pastor's suhjmt. will be
-The Weaver's Shuttle." a serviee for
the renewing of the toverwant. in the
s-v.nhtg the .uhje•t to be taken will
he: "('hureh inion--Rl,y do we be-
lieve in 11 Y' Satdath school will
meet in the afternoon at :3 o'clor•k.
Strangers and visitors will be cordial-
ly we -loomed to all services.
Next Sunday in Victoria street•
Meth/1(11,r chun•h the spe•Inl Evangel-
istic services will be continued In the
morning at 11 o'clock. the Nestor will
speak 011 the stehJ,•t: "$tivnttin TO
the itterwoat" and in the evening at
taking more interest 111 hi, •work than
at first.
IND. Cox waw then called and was
nn 1111. stand from 9 until 10.25 p.m.
replying to question. from both )61'.
Seager and Mr, flays. 1h.. latter, how-
ever, for hart 'fen dannte,. Mr. 1'1'x
describe+ life farm and the work the
hay ''4744 .uppsta•d to do. 11'' told of
the hoy hoeing run awny Incl Nooem-
ber find of hip haring found him about
10311 one Sntni-,ins- night sleeping out.
under 4114 light waggon he tool taken .
with him. on the Lake hank doe woof
of Let -Niro. Mr. ('ox snit 1t.' 111111 pni-
Isl,cd the boy by strapping hint on five
sevenon civ different twen,IOn'.; had slrnp-
pest him. seen or eight strokes on
the palm Of the Ulm] the morning of
the day the boy had toing hlm.etf.
The lav had nut taken any Interest
In his work. did not 'Want to farm but
expected an office Joh. Mr. ('ox ex-
plained
x-
plainYd that he had punished the hay
lwv•Otw- he had fount! him deceptive
and telling Iles. Ile said thnt early
Saturday afternoon he hall had a talk
with the coy. following the. strapping
In the morning. and that he hall told
him that -If he (the boyo did his
best its wool('
not loutish him any
more pint. he did not think thepun-
lahment. were having any good rt..
stilts. Mr Cox 'toted r•nnphntlenity
that in pmniahing the boy he had
nevt(r treed the btwkle end or the
etr,p (which .had been pat in as
polder's -el nor had h..tnwek itim with
tiro .trap anywhere e•xe.q,t on the
palm of the hand. Mr. Coxa theory
wap that tie boy, '(ming of n morose
and despondent type, the Idea flint he
had to work In the world preyed on
hia mind until he gore 1'p.
The last wltneeep heard war A toy
by the nome of blathers. nineteen
years old• who had worked for Mr. (ox
for nearly a year ?tome five year4
Rift ile told of hs trootnent while
with Mr. On.
The Inquest stands adjourned until
W, inetday Jtnttary 10th, at 14 p.m. In
luau.
town tua.
Mr J. A. tb
lattrp wit has been on the•
ash plat during the peat taw day* with
an attack of tonelllii.
new: (area at the opebiug s•s',ion on
January 22n1 next. it. J. Miller. of
Citroen,. sad A. Tinting. of WIugh,tm,
were un.ut essful tvutestants in
mayoralty contest. in their rose tive
town-. and their Otters have 1/1.411taken by ('hoc. G Middleton Old J. 11'
el:
Mlbton. respectively. John H.
Fear. of Morris, dropped out to 1a..0 clerk of Grey township. conee-
queutly his post haw been asum
ses by
a new man. Robert Shortred. Reeve
Martin Knight, of Godt-n ••h dropped
out and 11. J. A. :MacEwan appears
in hit steer!, Warden B. W F' heav-
ers retired at Exeter. wove W. D.
Sanders la the Dew R1.1.111.. Dr. J.
(;riere. of Sesforth. we. beaten by
J. W. };.sale Thomas inglip stepped
up in HRee
nw1•k from Deputy-ve to
it•eve 011.11ng Will 1.11 J. Spotton two
that a new man appears as Deputy -
Reeve in the person of George Hubbard
on
.1. .1. Me('ut'he trimmed John
Reeve)fo•Nnhh, Reve of Grey, and Thontat
)IcI►onald is al'.o a news man as
!Popo?y-11.05.• of that too nohip.
Incidentally .Mr. Spotton, of Hw'
o•
Ick. wait the only prospective candi-
date for ash• 1Vardt'nehip who felled
"to get hack." The rase is thus nar-
rowed down to (lounefllor, McQuaid,
Erwin. Net*. and (-ate., with theodds, at least aw far an experienee
and etervire are l•ollcern,wl. in favor
of AI(md I Erwin. for nine yearq
lteeve of the village of hayfield
Miss Mario McIntosh. slaughter of
1, as'. ng 1 e lgouq ape Mr. and 'Mrs Wm. McIntosh. Nelson
pwrtunity". Fellowship service at 11 .0re•t. and Mia .anon Stafford. dough•
'r- ter of Mrs. Stnffnrrl V
apler street.
dial welcome. to all. hove returns! to their studies at the
North Bay Normal school aft • 1
ing the vacation In town.
Annual Meeting
- 'l!,,. anneam
l ,wting 01 the(;oderieh
Iiortte•nit11r111 S•clety will he 114+1 In
the hoard of Trade room. 01' Friday.
January 111th. nt A 11 m. All the nmen-
11•rs and those int. -noted. no- r,-
gite•ael to attend.
First in a ('lass of Twenty-Eight
.1r the Christmas examinations at
the Central Te•lunical Sclool. Toron-
to. 1Iurra44 Kernighan. formerly of
olb"r1'.• township,
.on of Mr and
Mr,. J. N. K. rtiglnut. 'toted first in
A Cho. of twenty-eight, taking first•
rtes honors in- eight =,tnhJ.4t44 and
second -(•Ins. honors in three others.
Chas. R. Shane Dead.
The death is reported at Rochester.
N. 1'.. of ('hnrles R. Shane, n form-
er (:ewlerkh business. man. Mr Shane
had been living at Cleveland and had
gone to itw•hevder to undergo an op-
eration following (which his death
took !Alto.. The body w•as Interns, In
'e
i.nkevi,hw ,nwtery, Cleveland, on 111'-
eember 26th.
n0kp•ipe t MAa 'f MIARCato
ALL ova* T0411 TON,/ PER_
111E SNIRlpr ANO FINALI'4044/40 ctI'
fourt0 NIM OSMuJart,
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Matt RAM AWA'+ 'museTME bgewiR Mat TIRE .
t anstl KOm `to(► UP 41
glia NOW 1111111! fat R TM AT
,•r ape nes -
The. 11'. C. T. t'. w'111 meet at tile
home of Mrs. Colborne, St. i'atriot(
street, on Monday January 1411*. at
s p.m. Ev,ryiwuly wWeitme.-Pries
11pt.
.1 likely `late
.t prol.tble and likely elate fee t761'
ch:rtnntr1eh11 of the variotue commit-
tee, of the 10411, cuunril tet follows,
th.• first four nam,d beag grac-
tirally tertaln:
Flnauuv--iI. J A. Matel4woa
I'nhlie Warks. -It. (' MonMags.
Spw.•1a1-C 11. !lumber
Ila rhor--J. S. Platt
('onrt of 114•vi+Ion-D. B. Habra.
Market -4'. 11' R orweil.
Fin' -P. J. Ryan. •
Park, -•R. Turner.
ResignN County Solicitorship
1t. 4'. play,, for the past tweedy -
five years' solicitor and legal adviarer
for the county of Huron. has rwtgare
that position The rectgwttoo will
be considered by the council •t rise
January
PEI*iON.tL MECNTION
Weltome visitor. in Oodeekh an.
Mr and Mrs. A. R. Aadeenoma of
Bradwell, :Cask., -who are beret iso an
extended risit with line. Lad.rrda
sister. Mitis I,. H. Walter. Mr. Aa-
derson reports that the section of
Western Canada in which be is West-
er (near Saskatoon) .ajeyed
splendid crops this year. Mr. Ander-
son has been a reader of The Signal
all his lite, in fact hits father wam
numbered among the first subscriber'
M The Signal after It was edaNi/hell
in lash by Thomas McQueen.
Mr. Band L. Kelly, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. 1t. Kelly, left. this were for
Los Angeles where he will centime
hi, eonneetIon with the Hearst Pab-
Ii..hing Company, of Now York_
Mr. .1. G. S. Loynes, of London. waa
in town on business this week.
Mr. Jerry (:emus has returned to
Goderich for the winter months after
a season on the Great Lakes. it fa
antloipated that he will again be •
member of toy Gad.rieh Ina.med-
late hockey team.
Mr. Jew• Lindsay last year of tis
Toronto Sitmv,ew arrived In town oa
December 31st to qualify as a resident
of Goderkh as a player for the Par-
ity Flour Baseball Club next season.
Mrs. M. A. Graham, district in-
vestigator of the Mothers Al1o►aars
Oommisolon, and %Liter. Mlas Ida F.
Leeekie. of London, were w,•'k•end
Cleats at the home of Mr. and Mo.
G. 1i'. Holman -
Miss Evelyn Pollock, of North Bit.-
and
17 --and Mr. Gordon Holman, of ('aatit
Trethewny silver mine. near Gowatada,
were r"•.•nt holiday visitors with Mr
noel 'Mr.. G. W Holman.
Thank-Y u!
Will the people of Goderich
kindly accept my most cordial
and grateful thanks in electing me
as thew Reeve for the year 1924
with such a handsome majority.
May they also he assured that
I appreciate to the full their loy-
al and generous support.
To those who gave of their
\ time so kindly and unselfishly in
elping me to win, I am deeply
and sincerely indebted.
H. J. A. MacEwan