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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1914-12-10, Page 1le, •rsee 41# THE. WINGHAM TIMES. VOL* XLIII.—NO. 21:4 leseelealSeleallekleseeesieweieseaseeeleallelese REXALL REMEDIES . One for Every Ailment. Everyone Good, Every- one Guaranteed. For a short time with every purchase of Rexall goods , amounting to 25c or over WE GIVE FREE a complete Aquarium,consiste ing of two gold fish, globe, etc. There are over one hundred Rexall Remedies and Toilet Articles to choose from, and they are all "Made in Can- ada." Larger Aquariums, complete, 35 Cents, 11 W1 McKIBBON DRUGGIST AND OPTICIAN arh*edcat, 1 ••••THE.... iigoAL air ERA The Farmer's Fuel and Power. Cheaper than coal or wood. • COAL .011 IN BARREL. LOTS To facilitate this, we have mrtde arrangements tosupply or customers with high grade li i ROYALITE OIL in iron barrels at $11.10 for 40 gallons of oil and barrell. See us before placing your order for Coal Oil. IIIIMIMMIMININIMMININIMIF MIMINIMINGIMEINIIIN , Rae& Thompson Stone Block Hardware ., 'PBONE 27 r 1 immummiamis AUCTIONEERS McConnell & Vardrick Buron and Bruce, are prepared to take Auctioneers for the Counties of all kinds of sales. We are certain we can please. You can have either one or both without extra charge. Orders 1can be left with Ti'. McConnell, or with O. P. Vandrielt at the Merchants' Brokerage Co.'s Store; Wingham, Charges Moderate. 011111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111. Christie's Grocery PRONE 59. Store open every evening during Dec. COME AT LAST New Sultanna Raisins It has been impossible up till now to get NEW STOOTt Sultan- as, We have a shipment com- ing this week of extra, choice quality, They are put up in 1 Ln. PACKAGES These are the genuine Sultanna Parnell's Bread 1X Lb. WEIGHT This bread has been and is ig pounds in Weight. There's no better Wend meld. It's a breed that satiolles. Tiy a loaf c. amoireissailismellseraeise e Wear Greer's Shoes and Rubbers TOWN COUNCIL The regular monthly meeting of the Town Council was held Monday even- ing. All members present except Conn. Young. The Mayor presided. Minutes of previous meetings read and adopted. Communication from Geo. McKenzie asking for a refund of $8 charged for cleaning cesspool at rear of his property on Josephine street. Or- dered filed. -reee L 1, I e. CO,pe Request from Canadian Suffrage As- sociation asking that vote of ratepay- ers be taken on question of granting municipal franchise to married women who own property. On motion of Couns. Currie and Binkley it was decid- ed to submit the question at next muni- cipal elections. A Dr. R. C. Redmond, Medical Officer of Health submitted his report in which he said there had been an epidemic of whooping cough'. last spring and there had been two deaths (infants) two cases each of scarlet fever, consumption and measles had been reported. A few more cesspools had been closed and sewer connection taken. The Council had wisely and properly erected sanitary drinking fountains on Josephine street and Public School Board had placed sanitary drinking fountains in the school. The Board had endeavored to to induce Harry Brown to discentinue his business on present premises and open new premises for depositing rags, rubbers, skins, iron and other junk, where there would be less danger to health of the community. Regular in- spection had been made of slaughter houses used by local butchers and were found satisfactory. Samples of milk from local dairymen had been sent to Toronto and in eaeh case were found to be up to the legal standard. The local improvement plan had provided for sat- isfactery extension to the sewerage system. The Street Committee was commended for keeping Josephine street swept and watered. Leaflets, giving latest information re contagious dis- eases and their prevention, supplied by the Provincial Board of Health, had been distributed among the pupils of the I ubiic School. On motion of 'Couns Isbister and Pat- terson, the report of the Medical Offi- cer of Health was adopted and order- ed to be placed on file. The Street Committee reported show- ing progress on sewer work and also that an offer had been made to Mr. Malcolm re settling for pavement. The report was adopted on motion of Couns. Currie and Binkley. The Property and Fire Committee reported that house on gravel pit lot had been rented, and that smoke pro- tectors had been purchased for use of firemen. Report was adopted on mo- tion of Couns. Bell arid Patterson. The Finance Committee recommend- ed the payment of a number of accounts and the report was adopted on motion of Reeve McKibben and Couu. Isbis- ter. By -Law No. 714, fixing polling places and naming officers for .municipal elec- tion on January 4th next was read three times and passed on motion of Couns. Patterson and Binkley. Messers T. Deans and J. Anderson were paid $2 each as fees for fence - viewers. W. J. Boyce was refunded 75 cents on sanitary tax. Reeve McKibben gave on excellent .eport of the meetings of Comity Council held in Goelerich last week and report was adopted on motion of Couns. Isbister and Binkley. Dominion Wide Campaign. The Institute for this portion of the Presbytery of Maitland, which is a part of the Dominion Wide Campaign in the interests of Sunday School arid Young People's Werk in connection with the Presbyterian Church, will be held in the Presbyterian Church, Whitechurch, On Friday afternoon and evening, Dee. llth. A splendid program has been ar- ranged, including addresses by Rev. H. Dickie, D. D., of Chatham and Mr. Harold A. Waite, of Toronto, Field Sec. C. E. Union of Ontario, as well as op- portunities for diseussion along the lines of work referred to. The chairman of the Institution is Rev. J. S. Duncan, E. D., of leicknow. It is expected that every Presbyterian Church will have present the minister, the S. S. Super- intendent, and representative e from the session, S: S. teachers arid the young people. This district includes White- church, Langsicle, Lucknow, South Kiniess, Dungannon. Do mil forget the date, Dec. 11 at A.80 and 7.30 P.M. All delegates will be entertained and Whitechureh eitnde a Very hearty invitation te I. WIN,GRAM, ONTARIO THURSDAY DICEMBER 10, 1914 $1 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Busy At Flax Mill. There is now a large number of work- men employed at the Wingham flax mill in switching the season's stock. This industry has been a good one for Wingham and has provided employ- ment for a large number of men, Toronto Fat Stock Show. The annual Toronto Fat Stock Show will be held on Friday and Saturday of this week. The Grand Trunk Railway will issue tickets at fare and one-third for round trip, good going p. m. trains December 10th, all trains December 11th and 12th, valid for return up to December 14th. Buy your tickets from H. B. Elliott, Town Agent at the Times office, Moving Week. X Last week saw a number of changes of dwellings by townspeople. Mrs. Aitcheson has moved to Wm. Moore's house on Shuter street. Aaron Posliff has moved to the house vacated by Mrs, Aitcheson on Minnie street. Mr. Chap- man, who has enlisted with the second contingent has stored his furniture and Mrs. Chapman will go to her home in England. Mrs. Casemore has moved into the house on Minnie street vacated by Mr. Chapman. Mr. Corbett has moved into the house on Edward street recently vacated by Mr. Waddell. On Back Only Mr. Ross, post office superintendent for Canada, has asked that special in- formation be given throughout the pro- vince that Christmas seals must be used on ;the back only of all mail mat- ter. This is specially stipulated by the Postmaster General at Ottawa. No =ail having seals on the face can be forwarded to destination. Thodiands of people throughout the province are already using Christmas seals. To any one of these the above may be a vital matter as important mail matter may not reach destination if the postmaster general's order is not adhered to. Won Many Prizes. )S Mr. Frank Angus, of town, was a successful exhibitor at the Teeswater Poultry Snowelheq in that town on November 24th, 25th and 26th, arid car- ried off nearly $40 in prize money. XIn the Houdan class he made a clean sweep, carrying off sixteen prizes in this class alone. He also took first for best collection of Houdans and first for best collection of any variety also spec- ial prize for best pair, In other classes Mr. Angus won the following prizes:— Buff Orpingtons, one first and two sec- onds; Buff Leghorns, three firsts and one second; Black Red Game, three firsts and two seconds; Game Bantams, two firsts; Cochin Bantams, two firsts and one second. J\ L. 0. L Officers, At the regular monthly meeting of the Wingham Orange Lodge held on Friday eyening last the following offi- cers were elected for the ensuing year: Master, John F. Groves; Deputy Mas- ter, H. E. Isard; Chaplain, Rev. J. W. Hibbert; Recording Secretary, W. B. Elliott; Financial Secretary, A. M. Fralick; Treasurer, J. W. McKibben; Lecturer, Wm. Guest; Director of cere- monies, Joseph Guest; Committee, 1st. A. Taylor, 2nd. W. J. Deyell, 3rd. L Pattison 4th, J. W. Dodd, 5th. James Stewart. After the business of the meeting had been concluded oysters were served and the members spent a very happy social hour together, It was decided to celebrate the annivers- ary of the Battle of the Boyne in Wing - ham next year. Particulars of the cele- bration will be given in future issues of the Times, One of the most useful and sensible • CHRISTMAS PRESENTS Read our ad. on last page, W. H. WILLIS & CO. SPECIAL NOTICE. The party who took a bicycle fro e front of Miller's restaurant on S rday night lalt is well known nd arrant will be issued for his ar e if same is not returned either to iller's res- taurant or to Willis' Shoe Store by Sat- urday next p. m. Rate for Soldiers' Gifts. For the benefit of those who desire to forward gifts to the Canadian Volun- teers at Salisbury Plains, the postoffice department makes the following an- nouncement:—The rate of parcel post packages addressed to Canadian Ex- peditionary Forces, Salisbury Plains, England, is 12 cents per pound or fraction thereof. Bread Back To 6 Cents. XThe price of bread was last week raised to 7 cents per loaf by our local bakers, but the good housekeepers of the town did not take to this idea, and many started baking their own bread. As a consequence it was again lowered to 6 cents a loaf on Saturday morning?( The action of the bakers has raised many comments and a number of our citizens are wondering why in other towns bread is quoted at 5 cents per loaf and that one of our merchants can have it shipped in and be able to retail it at 0 cents per loaf. Annual .Meeting Woman's Auxiliary. St. Paul's Branch of the Woman's Auxiliary to the M. S. G. C. held their annual meeting on Thureday, December 3rd in the Parish Hall, whet) the fol- lowing officers , were elected for the coming year. Honorary President, Mrs. E. Dymond; President, Mrs. C. M. Walker; First Vice President, Mrs. R. Allen; 2nd Vice President, Mrs. F. H. Roderus; Treasurer, Mrs. E C. White; Secretary, Mrs. W. J. Deyell , Commit- tee on Work, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Mor- gan and Mrs Gray. Delegates, Mrs. Robt. Allen, Mrs. W. G. Gray. Sub- stitute delegates; Mrs. Dymond, Mrs. - Garrett. )( The New Time Table. The trains commeneed running on the hew time card On the W. G. & B. of the G.T.R. on Monday, Nov. 30th and it will be well for the travelling public' to give heed to the changes unless they Wish to be disappointed. The morning train, from Kincardine, arrives at the old time 0.45 o'clock; the 11 is cut off and the afternoon train changed from 2.30 to 3.20. From the East the 11.20 a.m. train is cancelled; the 2.30 mail train ie advanced to 11.35 and the night train gets here at same time, viz 9.15. Mail clerks will be on each of the trains hence letters and papers will be dis- tributed at each station. The conduc- tors run right through to Toronto on morning trains now and there will be no changing at Palmerston and Guelph of paesengers if bound for the Queen City, , which will be reached at 11.10 a.m. and i 9 40 p.M. Mr. McRae, who hail for some time been one of the tnail clerks on I the L. H. & B. has been transferred to , Kincardine from Wingham. Methodist Anniversary. Successful Anniversary services were held in the Methodist Church last Sun- day and Monday, December Oth to 7th. Ideal weather and overflowing con- gregations attended to make the ser- vices a success. Sermons were preach_ ed in the morning and evening by the Rev. E. E. Scott, of Toronto. In the morning his text was John 13th chap., 2nd verse, and his theme, "Heaven", in which he most eloquently depicted the vision of the beautiful City of God, and made an earnest appeal for all to turn their faces Zionward. In the evening he gave a masterly discourse upon, Col. 1-18, the pre-eminence of Jesus Christ, and wonderfully depicted Jesus Christ to be pre-eminent above all others as Artificer, Teacher, Saviour andiord. The Rev. Mr. Scott's ser- mons will not be readily forgotten. The choir rendered excellent service and the music was a delight to all. Particular mention might be made of Mr. Hill's solo in the morning and that of Miss Griffin in the evening. On the Monday evening the tea -meeting was a splendid success, over eight hundred sat down to the bountiful repast. Afterwards the company gathered in the auditorium of the church for an in- teresting programme. The Rev. D. Perrie conveyed the fraternal congratu- lations of the Presbyterian Church and the Rev. E. E. SOU gave an eloquent address upon the theme, "God in the World Politics". Beginning with the Old Testament he reviewed how in olden times God was recognized as King. He excerted his influence on the nations of the earth, such as Baby- lon, Egypt, Assyria, Rome and Greece. IThat God still reigns in taking up the great European controvereary he re- vealed God as overruling and controling the destines of nations and that out of this great upheaval a greater peace than ever has been will obtein. Ile also Made a strong appeal for the wo- man's franchise and closed with the vision of the day when Jesus Christ shall reign from the rivers to the end of the earth, The ladies ought to be con. gratulated upon the suceess of their evening's gathering. Woman's Institute. The regular monthly meeting of the Woman's Institute will be held in the Council Chamber on Thursday next, December 17th, at 3 p. m. Reports by delegates from Toronto and London will be given. Bring your knitting. Good Afternoon's Catch. n Friday afternoon of last week, r. Ford and Mr. A. E. Louttit wend- ed their way to the nearby woods in quest of game and in a few hours suc- xi ceeded in bagging five large raccoons, The animals were on exhibit for a few days at Mr. Louttit's butcher shop. This was certainly some hunt and we venture to say cannot be beaten by any other hunters in Huron County. Local Papers are Read. The TIMES man has had ample evi- dence during the past week to show that the weekly newspapers are care- fully read by the people. In an item last week we reported a contribution of $500 from Mr. J. B, Ferguson, when the amount should have been e5. A large number of enquiries convinced us that our columns are closely read by subscribers. Last week's item was the last put in type for our last issue and was not "proofed", hence the mistake, Remember the Hospital. The ladies of the Hospital Auxiliary will be very grateful to any of the mer- chants or others in town or countreewho would send any "Christmas Cheer" to the Wingham General Hospital. It has been the cuetom in the past to person- ally solicit donations towards the Hos- pital Christmas, but as there have been so many other demands this year they have decided only to remind those who would be so kind as to send voluntarr:v offerings towards the Christmas of both the patients and the staff. New Books For Library. The following is the list of new books recently placedein the Public Library : Gane of Life and Death, Calcord ; Story of Duciehurst, Craddock; Sandy, Crockett; When -I was a Little , Girl, Gale; Recomirtsance, Gardiner; Faces in Dawn, Hagedorn; Story of Phae- druo, Hillis; Stepdaughter Lynn ; Mainsail Haul, Masefield; Saturday's Child, Norris; Greenstone, Sritchell ; Here are Ladies, Stephens ; Rise of Jessie Cushing, Watts; Van Cleve, Watts ; Happy Acre, Turpin; Prison- er in Fairyland, Blackwood ; Deering of Deal, Griswold; Deering at Prince- ton, Griswold; Lad of Kent, Harrison; Licky and His Gang, • Mason; Isle of Life, Whitman ; Watersprings, Ben- son; Her Majesty's Rebels, Lysaght; Knight in Denine, Bluson. Care for Dependents. Huron County Council at last week's sessions decided to look after the wives and families of those who have gone to the front, by way of supplying clothing, food and any, other necessity. Each reeve of every municipality will look after those in the municipality in which they reside. The matter of granting $20,000 to the relief of Belgians waa left over till the January session, the clerk in the meantime finding out the medium through which the grant can be sent directly to the Belgians. The councillors were given a smoker at the British exchange by County Clerk Lane and Treasurer Dr. Holmes. Following the custom of former years the Liber- als will have the choice of warden next year, and is thought that John W. Gov- enlock, of McKillop, will meet with no opposition for the chair. NORTH HURON LIBERALS. --- A general meeting of the Liberals of the new Federal riding of North Hum will be held in the Town Hall, Wing - ham, next Monday afternoon, Decem_ ber 14th, commencing at 1 o'clock p.m. Officers are to be elected and a candi- date will be nominated. Hugh Guthrie, M. P., of Guelph; Wm. Proudfoot, lel. P. P., of Godericb, and other prom- inent Liberals will be present and de- liver addresses. Every Liberal in the riding is given a cordial invitation to attend this meeting. Remember the date is Monday, December 14th, in the Town Hall, Wingham. Hotelman Fined. At the Court held in the Council Chamber before Police Magistrate Mor- ton on Friday last, Francis Mason, of the Queen's Hotel, Blyth, was found guilty of selling liquor, contrary te the Liquor Licence Act, and was fined $100.00 and costs, amounting in all to $107.05. The cases of W. F. McCaughy, of the Commercial Hotel, Blyth, and Joseph Querin and Gerdon McDonald of Brussels were dismissed, as the Magis- trate thought the beer did not receive the proper care to prevent, it from fer- menting, while in the hands of the de- tectives. The ease of J. E. Swarts was again enlarged until December 10th. The magistrate objected to the practice Of the department in using de- tectives and in the methods used, and expressed the opinion that the proper men to do the work Were the regular offieers of the law. R. Vanstone, of Wingham represented the Brussels hotelmen. L. E. Dancy appeared for the Myth defendants. Provineial In- spector John A. Ayearet was also pres- ent. s Works Of Woman's Institute. The members of the Wingham Branch of the Woman's Institute last week sent a pair of shoes to each of the Wingham soldiers now at Salisbury Plains. We are sure that the soldier boys will very much appreciate the appropriate Christmas gift from the Wingham ladies. In passing it is of interest to note that the various branches of the Woman's Institute in Ontario have contributed one fifth of the amount raised for the Ontario Patriotic Fund. The members of the Institute are making a number of quilts which will be sent to the Bel- gians. Donations of tape or linings for quilts will be thankfully received for any person wishing to donate and they will be sent away in the name of the Institute. Donations may be left at the home of the Secretary, Mrs. W. F. Bergman or Mrs. H. B. Elliott. Funeral of Late James Garrick. The remains of the late James Gar- rick, who died recently in Edmonton, arrived in Wingham on Wednesday last and the funeral took place on Thursday afternoon from the residence of Mr. Geo. Hewett, Town Plot, to the Wing - ham cemetery. There was a large attendence of relatives and friends at the funeral, showing the esteem in which this former resident of Wingham was held. •The deceased came to this country, from the Orkney Islands with his parents when a mere lad and settled in the township of East Wawanosh. After a time he married Miss Jessie Menzies (sister of Mr. Jno. elenzies, Sr.) They had a family of two girls of whom only one survives, Mrs. Jno. Currie, of Edmonton. Some years elapsed when the family moved to the township of Howick, where Mrs. Gar- rick died and also one of the girls. After this the deceased gave up the farm and moved to the town of Wing - ham, when his daughter, Jessie, who had been teachint school for some years, got married and moved out West where, after a short time they were joined by Mr. Garrick. He had a good education and in his young days took quite a fancy to poetry, at which he tried his hand with some success. One of his poems will be given in our next issue. 1 0. H. A. Amendments. The Ontario Hockey Association held its 25th annual meeting in the Temple building, Toronto, on Saturday. That the game and the association are more firmly esconsed than ever in the con- fidence and popularity of the public was amply demonstrated. The result of Saturday's deliberations in combination with the formation at Ottawa on Fri- day of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association points to still further pro- gress and the placing of the game in Ontario on a plane not yet enjoyed by other sporting organizations. The As- sociation passed the following important amendments J. Ross Robertson's amendment to make it obligatory for a student not only to register but to at- tend lectures regularly was passed without discussion. J. T. Sutherland Kingston introduced an amendment to provide for a form being attached to the players' certificate on which must be entered the names of the clubs for which the applicant played for three years previous. The amendment met with instant favour. J. H. Grooms of Alvinston offered an amendment to en- able players living in vilages - not "police villages" as hitherto defined— to play with the nearest 0. H. A. team was carried. The only amendment which caused protracted discussion was that providing for three twenty -minute periods of play instead of two thirty - min ute periods. Some Of the delegates argued that in the smaller towns where rink accomedation is poor the gamee would be too long drawn out and would work a h srdship on the spectators. The vote on the amendment was 26 for and 80 against The amendment offered by .L Roes Robertson to provide for the appointment of an assistant referee if advisable in serni-final and Anal games was carried, "CHRISTMAS" Two Weeks More Then "The Day" • it That they'll be bust r weeks goes without saying You've already read our in- vitation, haven't you? You remember it leaves NO- BODY out You won't forget to visit us, will you? Because we will be expecting you To pay you for your trouble we promise to let you pick from more real shoe good nese than you probably ever saw in any one store in this town before Everything is as ready as can be Varieties are more varied and all lines fuller that even WE are in the habit of hav- ing them even during the holiday season We can't think of a possible shoe want that you could have o f WHATEVER NATURE—but that we can supply it with the greatest benefit to YOU We do repairing and do it right. Bring along your Shoes W. J. GREER THE SHOE MAN 1 War and Life Insurance A FEW WOR.DS TO SENSIBLE MEN , If you wore enlisting for active ser- viee you would be very anxious that your life insurance policies were in good shape, and wou d be willing to pay a at oh higher pt emium for an additional policy. This would be wisdom on your part, but are y.rn sufnciently insured if you stay at hone. St the battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest of the civil war, the loss of life wag 55 out of each 1000 men engag- ed. This means that a man aged 40 has no more chance of leaving to 50 then a soldier had of corning out of Gettsburg Tat a the first Bull Run battle and we fled that the proportion of deaths was equivalent to the ordinary mortality among men from ages 26 to 31, The Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada. will assume this risk for you at a very low premium, on the popular term life plan. See us for particulars. Ritchie 86 Cowls REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE LA.WINGHAM, ONTARIO.A OCEAN TICKETS Via all steamship lines, out- ward or prepaid from the Old Couutry. Lowest quotations current for rates or tickets by any route. Apply H. B. ELLIOTT Times Office, Winghane -.. Quality uality'l Use "Quality" Flour BEST OF ALL FLOURS Try us With your next order HOWSON 86 BROCKLEBANK Phone 40 Prompt bolivoty