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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1921-3-10, Page 1linton Neo2088.4Ist Year 4 LINTbN, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 10th,1921 re you THE HOME PAPER tt' To furon County's. Newsiest Newspaper? • �% 'iSubsif not now is the,t a> a to send 'in your sub. toTeClIl . verworked dues LIKE ANY OTHER PART OF 'ATE HUMAN BODY, REQUIRE A. STIMULANT WHEN OVTIRTAXED OUR STIMULANT FOR WEAK EYES XS GLASSES IF YOU NEED THEM CALL AND SEE US. SMALL CHARGE FOR GLASSES EXAMINATION FREE, 7 e Jeweler and Optician ' Iasner of marriage licenses Phone 174w Residence 174J IS YOUR MONEY SAFE ? Hidden in your home it is a temptation to thieves. Deposit your money in the bank and rent a SA1 TY DEPOSIT BOX. for your valuable. papers, Victory Bonds,{ etc. THE ROYAL RANK OF CANADA INCORPORATED 1855 Capital and Reserve $9,000,000 ' Over 130 Branches 80:101 THE MOLSONS BANK The Molsons Bank wants every farmer to feel that he has a;real .friend intheManager, that he will receive' ahearty 'welcome and can .safely discuss with him his money needs. g -...H„ R. SHARP, Mnna er CLINTONCLIN'PON BRANCH • ' Safety Deposit Boxes to Rent READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHING 2 he c 'or'rrsh Clothing -Co. ORDERED. 'CLOTHING STOC&TAKING SPECIALS 50 Men's Suits, in a large range of pat- terns to select from', in Tweeds, Fancy Worsteds, Black or Blue Serges, ranging in price from $30 to $37,50, t0 clear at ._ 25 Men's Suits, sizes 34 to 44 in broken lines, regular $25" to clear at $15.00 Boys' Suits, regular $12.50 to . $15, to Clear at $10.00, Boys' %its, regular $18 to $20, to clear at $15:00 Metes $20•ain Coats to clear at irl-y 'and G' Come Ea , , ....1l. First Choice $1.5.00 MORIIISH THONG CO. }�or a Mau, Square Deal � 1~ �, motto: � CLINTON, MARKETS, Fall Wheat, $1,85. SptIn • Wlia-be18 . Spring _. $ . 5 Oats, 500, Dried Apples; G¢, Buckwheat, 700 13ariey, 800, Eggs: 351 to 360 Butter, 55e Live Hogs, $13.50. HAVE ASKED FOR PRICES, The memorial committee met last week, called by the chairman, Col. Combe, and having' received tite per- mission of the Postoffice Department to place a bronze-tabletin the post - office vestibule, the secretary,. Cd1. Rance. was t the to write away for estimates of cost. 'It ap- pears that the top part of- the win- dow will have to be fitted with prism glass for greater light and that this will add materially to the cost. As soon as all estimates arein the corn- mitteee will be called again. UP TO THE BUSINESSMEN. Merchants in the smaller towns often complain about the number of orders dvhich go to the snail order houses. It is a serious matter in many towns and tends to retard progress. The newspapers as a rule try to discourage this trend of bus- iness citywards, devoting columns of space during the year to placing be- fore their readers the advantages of trading at home and boosting home industries, but the whole matter rests really with the local merchants themselves. They should go out af- ter this trade. If they do not some- body else: will. A Clinton grocer has been comparing prices during the past week or so with a big Toronto store, very much' to the advantage of the Clinton purr:baser, and unless people, are told how are they to know what Clinton merchants' . have to' sell ? : If the big mail order houses did as little advertising accordingly, as the average town merchant they %buld go out of business in a twelvemonth, and well they know it. THE COUNCIL MEETING. The council met on Monday even- ing, all members present with the exception of Mayor McMurray. Reeve Miller in the chair. The clerk said he was in receipt of the minutes ,. of the meeting in London re the electrification of the L. H, & B. and read the resolution passed at that .meeting.asking_• tite Government for running rights over the road and that an estimate :of costs should be made, and Council- lors Cooper and Langford moved that the mayor and clerk make and for- ward' a similar resolution. Councillor Paisley opposed the motion as he said it would involve the . eouncid in a bill of costs. Reeve Miller explained that no cost would be incurred un- less the scheme went, through, that it committed the council to nothing. After some discussion the motion carried. ::A. communication Was read from the Safety League; asking for a .grant. Ons:iiation of Councillors Nediger and Paisley this was fyled, . A 'letter was read from the agent bf the Children's Aid thanking the coilncil for past favors and asking for the usual grant. ` On motion of Couneillo . rq andI;au'ford g Nediger a garnt of fifteen 'dollars was given. On Motion of Councillors Cooper and Johnson -the clerk Was instructed to communicate with the Barrett Co. in regard to the price of tarvia for 1921. • On motion of Councillors Johnson and Nediger Mr, Bert Potter was appointed to the fire brigade in place of Mr. Lawson, who resigned. On motion of Councillors Cooper .and Johnson the clerk was instructed to prepare a bylaw to be presented at next meeting providing for deben- tures to cover overdraft of water- works account. Councillors I{emp and Nediger moved that new uniform be pur- chased for the two constables and , on motion of Councillors Johnson and Paisley an amendment was put that a uniform be purchased for the chief only, and after a goed deal of discussion the yeas and nays were called and , the amendment carried, Komp, Nediger and Cooper only vot- ing against it., This brought on a long discussion, Councillor Johnson bringing a charge against, the nightwatchman that he had been neglecting his duty by tot staking '"-tho required number, of rounds during the night. Councillor Cooper thought this was a matter which should be considered in committee but on motion of Coun- cillors Johnson and Langford Con- stable Welsh was asked to explain why the clock wasnot properly punched. The nightwatchman ex- . plained: that he macro his round' ..ex- copt when his duties kept him other- wise entployod. Ile -'cited several reasons why he thought his presonce was more •needed in the centre of the town during the past few weeks and thought a ratan should be allowed to use his own judgment.' After all the discussion it is doubtful if anybody had changed'his Mind: about anything brut' on motion of Councillors'John son and Paisley Councillor Langford is to take charge of the . clock !and ,deo to the wsshding and' the, plating of the dials, etc., and unless under very unatsual., circtnsstanees, the night- war ]tntnn - is t q raakc his gist rounds duns ' the eights eommenciri t^. ,, g , gat' el- even o'clock. On 'motion of Councillors Langford dnd.:Cooper the tax collo:toil seat ao- thorizod' to aceept ,three menthe' tats-' os in Sonnection with the Commoraiisl hotel property, FOR ORGANIZATION. A meeting to organize for the coming referendum will be ,held in Ontario Street church on Fridayev- ening of this week. Ail interested are invited to attend and help make the organization as complete as possible, HOSPITAL' BOARD MEETS. Tho first meeting of the oard in the Hospital's new year wit held on Monday, March 7th,' in Mr. Stotbers' office, The following donations were reported; Two 'beautiful • feather pillows, one doten pillow slips, from a friend. Reif a dozen jars of mariit- alade,"another friend. Mrs." Jas. Holland contributed one more dollar 'from the sale of her fancy work; this makes eleven dollatn Mrs, Hol- land has donated and she thanks the ladies why have helped her to - help the hospital. HAS GONE TO JAPAN. The following fit= a recent issue of the Ottawa Evening Journal will be read with interest by many In Clinton and Goderich township be it refers to a son of the late -W. S. Lawrence, who was a well.4known teacher in Goderich township ,before going to Ottawa, and who died two years ago. Mrs. Lawrenco, who -still resides in Ottawa, visited her sisters, the Misses Whitely of town ` for Some weeks last summer. The young man, who is an only son, seems to be an energetic and. ambitious lad. His parents' old friends hereabouts will extend good wishes for his con- tinued success: "Mr. Ray Lawrence, 153 Waverly street, popular and enthusiastic member of the Ottawa -New Endin- burgh Canoe Club and one of the old reliables of the New Edinburgh basket ball teats, 'is. leaving on Thursday to take up his newduties in ,the .sC. P. R. offices at • Yokohama, Japan. Already in Itis 21 Years of existence he has led 'an interesting career, enlisting in 1916 with the. 72nd Queen's Battery,'transferred to the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in England, and served with that unit until the end of the war. Returning home he has held the position of pri- vate secretary to the superintendent of the Ottawa division of the C.N.R., from which he has just resigned 'to leave for Japan, sailing on the Em- press of Russia from Vancouver." CONCERNING ASSESSMENT.. • A public meeting was held -in. the town. half on Tuesday evening to hear Mr. A. G. Ludlow, assessment commissioner of Brantford, tell about the system. of assessment used in that city, . Mn. Ludlow, who has been assessor -in Brantford for the past seventeen. yearsclaimed that his reason. -•for working out this system• was be- cause he was so dissatisfied_with the unfairness of the - old eyatem of guessing . at values • of ' property. "You have the law to guide you: in regard to .income, assessment but. there is no guide in so far as - prop= erty is concerned;' -he said. "You cannot be goveined.by the purchase price," he continued, "for many' cir= -cu'histances operate to rare or 'lower the,.price of'certain,pieces of property;' and You y cannot be guided by .c'on-- tract,'pieces fer'•contraetors willdif- fer hundreds of dollars in the price charged for building the same class of house." The new system, which. was worked out by himself after much thought, is to measure the house, all aroundthe outside, the depth, width, height, taking into consideration the cellar, etc., getting the number of square feet of space and the building' is classed according to its size, the materials used in its construction and the inside fittings, heating; lighting, etc. The system is somewhat the same as that used by the I:Iyd$o in charging for light- ing, taking into consideration floor space. Mr. Ludlow says this is an absolutely fair way to come at values, There is no guess work and when anyone thinks he is overcharged the assessor can turn, up his books and tell him exactly how the result was arrived at. Each house Belongs to a certain class and land values are determined • according to location. "We do not penalize a man for his improvements either. There's a, con- structive and a destructive way of assessing, and this is the eonstrisc- tivo way," continued Mr. Ludlow. "Municipal busines's should be, con- ducted upon business principles," said Mr. Ludlow. "Municipal business has too often in the past been con- ducted by men without experience and we have had to pay for that in- experience but ratepayers are now demanding more efficiency in rnunl- cipal affairs." Mr. Ludlow reedm- mended this system, which he said was proving very satisfactory in his city and would work as well in any town or city. Officials of several cit= les had come to him or had invited him. 'to come and explain the- system And had signified their intention: of adopting it, He had a number 'of tuts of buildings to illustrate Itis talk, He is himself n builder.. .He cgave• this audience an opportunity of asking . any. question, a privilege white/ was taken . advantage of by sbveral. Mat!or Mebnrray'presided and. Mr. Wm:: •Campbell, Et oderieh's veteran assessor, beiiigI'acst. with '` dC n rton fiber that, tbwnr lr1oke+ telling llin g something of the s7ttent rased •iii the county 'Own, Co s' a .in .e ' � eat e t , a r n ul r 1; th , w h r hu tion danee,was' •fairlsl good, showing,, that. n atnaboh of ratepayeta are interest- ed: in the inititkii'• of ®issessmenC . i• ' MAKING GOODRECOVERY: • Clinton frionds will be pleased to know that Mr, H. J, Gibbings, who is undergoing treatment In a Balti- more hospital, is _ now getting on well, haying undergone an operation which turned out' entirely success- ful. It. is expected he will be able to return home in the course of a few weeks, A CHINA WEDDING, •Mr. and Mrs. Lockhart' Cree cel- ebrated their china wedding on Fri- day last liy entertaining a number of their friends to dinner at half past six. A very enjoyable time was ,spent by those present, four of whom had passed their eightieth- year, Mrs. Brigham of Hensall, Mr. Cree's great- aunt, and Miss Gordon of Goderioh, a cousin, were the only out-of-town guest's, ' - The bride and groom of twenty year ago were the recipients of many congratulations and good wish- .es- and also of several pieces of hand- some china, as a memento of the oe- caaion. ' Mr. and Mrs. Cree were married in Hullett twenty years ago and have resided in Clinton ever since. Mr. Cree went overseas with the 161st battalionand was awarded a decoration for bravery in "carrying on" with a transport company under fire in France. The many friends of the family trust that this couple may spend a great many more hap- py years together, and The News - Record joins heartily in this wish. BEATEN AND' ROBBED. Mr. W. D. Streets; who went to California in the early. winter and who has been in Seattle, Wash the past few weeks, was attacked in the house in which he was staying with a relatiye on the evening ,,of Feb. 27th, and badly beaten and robbed of a $500 Canadian Victory bond. From a copy of the Post-Intelligencer of that city dated Feb. 28th, we learn that he was alone in the house on the evening in question when the door bell rang and he answered it and the mien inquired for the man of the house. Streets answered that he was out and th'e sten then pushed in and shoving a gun in his face contthanded Streets to hold, up iris hands. He did not comply but grasp- ing a small hand axe which was handy put 'up a fight. He was then. overpowered, bound and gagged and carried out into the `back' yard .and the men searched the house and car- ried off the bond and' a revolver which they found. Later, having worked the gag from 'Ins mouth, Streets called for help and was able to give the' police a description 'of ;the men; one of whom -had 'a marked face, and they were later arrested. Be ;was taken to 'the hospital and .foundto be suffering from several -wounds, but at dater reports he was able .to leave the hospital. "W., D'." 1st finding life somewhat strtsnuous since. leaving the quiet town of iris birth, .We trust, however, that he will soon be none: the worse for -his adventure and that the $500 Victory' bond will also turn up. AMONG THE CHURCHES. Baptist Church . Services at eleven a.m: and' seven' new Sunday School at two -thirty. The pastor will' preach at both ser- vices: ervices: •' Morning subject: "Refuse." Evening subject: "Repentance." nee. " Everybody welcome. Willis Church The congregational banquet will be held this, Thursday, evening in the lecture room. Supper served at 6.80. Rev. D. N. McLaughlin. of w Toronto, will address the gathering' at 8 o'clock. The Sunday school . supper will be held on Friday evening at five o'clock. The pastor's' subjects for next Sun. day will he: Morning: "Assurance." Evening: "The Mind of Christ" St John's Church, Hoimesville Holy communion and sermon at three p.m. Preacher, Rev. S. E. Mc - Keeney. St. Peter's Church, Summerhill Holy conunnnion and sermon at seven p.m. Preacher, ltev. S. E. McKegney. St. James' Church, Middleton In connection with the mission which is being held in ' 'the parish during the coming week, meetings Will take place as follows: Monday, 14th, Mr: E. H. Wise. ' • Ttruesday, 15th, Mr. Fred Middleton Wednesday, 16th, Mr, G. Htidie. Thursday, 17th, Mr. W. Clark. Friday, 18th, Mr. A. Colclough. Wesley bhurch Sunday was amriversary day and the services both morning and eV - ening, were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Daniel of Chatham, who preached eloquent sermons on each occasion. In the evening the service: in On - The Street church Was withdrawn and tiro congregation eamo down and wbrahipped, with the sister congrega• tion filling the eliurch, ;to capacity, both ,gallery and Sunday school room. The choir' had prepared special nisi- sib for the occasion and was assisted by Miss Belcher, contralto soloist of Goderich, who contributed a very charming .solo at each' service: The officials had asked 1dr an offer, in"• ' thi" occas165 0 5 00 an h on s n f 0 /left f6 $ offering of ilio day, amounted to $975, 'whieh has since, j,been increased 'tb 90br w, iPho S. S. suppeic ,will bS aor"vecl cin' Wesley halt tomorrow evenang fit; :lullf •past:llve- - THE OFFICERS ELECTED. At the recent annual meeting of the Wetaern Ontario Customs 0111 - cars' Association at Stratford Mr. A, Porter of Goderich, formerly of Clinton; was elected president, Mr. J. Wiseman, Clinton, • vice-president, and Mr, F. G. Neelin, Seaforth, sec- retary -treasurer, INSPECTED SCI-IOOL.' A large number of citizens visited the Model school yesterday after- noon and evening, among them the representative of The News -Record. We cannot, , however, say all we would like to say in the space avail- able this morning so will keep our opinions until next week. , RETURNING TO TORONTO. :•Col. J. A. Cooper, who went over- seas al commander of the Canadian Buffs, and who has been for a cou- ple of years director of the Canadian ,Government office in New York, is resigning his position to become a partner in the firm of Smith, Denne and Moore, advertising agents, To- ronto. Mr. Cooper would have the Canadian Government establish of- fices in all the larger centres in the United States as he thinks this would- greatly help Canadian busi- ness. Mr. Cooper is an old Clinton boy, being tate eldest son of Mrs. Win. Cooper of town. LITTLE LOCALS. Good Friday comes on March 25th, Easter Sunday on the 27th. The skating season is over, the rink' having been closed for the sea- son, unless a real cold snap comes. Mr. W. T. Henry has sold his cot- tage on Rattenbury street, the one now occupied by Mr. F. Hollyman, to Mr. Williams, stonecutter with Messrs. Ball & Atkinson. Mrs, James Livermore was taken to the hospital on Sunday and on Monday underwent a serious opera- tion. She is now doing well. OUR MAILING LIST. Our maiing list has been corrected' up to Monday, March 7th. We would eek our readers to examine their, labels carefully and if any' mistake has be/in--made to kindly • notify us promptly, Any label not marked in advance is in arrears. "Jan. 1922" means that the subscription is paid to the first Of Jan. 1922. A lot of our subscribers are so marked but'a few are not and those In arrears are• reminded that there•is no better time than the present for renewing, We.cen also renew youtt;daily'papers for you, saving you something in the way of cash and also the trouble and bother of sending in your subscrip- tion. -A glance' at our :clubbing list will give ,you,an idea of what we can do, for you, butif the paper you want is not.in• the'•list let us know -end we -can. sendfol. it for 'you. XOUNG HUSBAND SHOT DOWN. Leonard C. Sabine; the young To- ronte druggist who was fatally shot in his own store by a burglar on Saturday evening, was the husband 'of- a' former Clinton girl, Mist Jen- nie Shannon, daughter -of the late Mr. Shannon and' of Mrs. Shan- non, now of Toronto but formerly of Clinton. The family went to live in Torotno several 'years ago after thedeath at of Mr.' Shannon. n, Mr. and Mrs. Sabine were married in. Toronto a couple of years ago. Much sym- pathy is felt for the young wife in her sudden and terrible' bereave- ment. Three arrests havebeen made in connection with the case, William McFadden,. Roy Hotrum and Jack Conley and the inen have been re- manded until the 15th. There are two or three others who are sup- posed to have been mixed up in sev- eral robberies and hold-ups. All will mane ftp for trial next week. A SUGGESTION. The new telephone books are out and it is evident from the appearance of them that the Bell Company is en- deavoring to economize in paper, the book being little more than half the size of the last one. The last directory was improved in that the names of all telephone users connecting at Clinton were ar- ranged alphabetically and one didn't need to know just what particular "line" a man was ' on in order to get him on the phone. We would now suggest another improvement, which Blyth and 'Dungannon carries out, Instead of giving the telephone sytsem with which the ratan is ,cost- neeted, his postoffice or .Iris township ie indicated. As long as one can gat a telephone number by calling Clin- ton centre; and the township sys- tems have •thoir own directories, it really doesn't matter what system he is on but often oris would like to know his. postoffice or even his town- ship. We offer this suggetsion for the next issueof the directory. Bruciefleld The ''ifefy °Cirecle held their regular monthly nieeting - 'n Wednesday last,, About twenty =inhere were ares- est and answered the, roll -call with a , Dorso on „ cones e g After. the regi - lar business 'a' box wad peaked with fruit, elitableg, clothing and tvib quilts, and sent' to -St,,;'Chyls 'phot, Rouse, Toronto;'.. The nolo ui tin will betaken by Miesos. Beth Poorer 1l iia. M°elf#ath and getout Mc)b'dfald, FOURSCORE AND TWO. JOHN GIBBINGS, Mr. John Gibbings, Clinton's old- est native-born citizen, has reached another milestone in hie life's jour- ney- Monday evening he celebrated his eighty-second birthday. The oc- casion was marked by the annual home -gathering of his children. Ow- ing to illness some members •could not be present, but among the ,out-of- town guests were Dr. anti Mrs. Kay of Lapeer, Michigan, daughter anis son-in-law of Mr. Gibbings, Dr.' Kay had been attending .a Medical Con- vention in Baltimore and also spent a few days in Washington, being there to see the new President inau- gti ated. On their way home to La- peer they came to Clinton for the birthday .celebration, Guests to the number of sixteen. sat down to dinner at six o'cioek. ' :;' The evening was spent in song -and story. Dr. Kay delighted ail pres-- ent by singing, 'When you and I were young, Maggie". During the ev- ening a letter was written to Mr, H. J: Gibbings, who is in St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, and could not be home for the celebration, each one present writing a few lines and sign- ing his or her name. The party• broke up about eleven - thirty by singing "Rule Britannia", and everyone wishing Mr. Gibbings many more happy birthday celebra- tions. Mr. Gibbings is hale and hearty acid looks good for many a year to come. The News -Record but voices the sentiments of the citizens' in extending hearty congratulations to him. DivisionCou t was held in the town hall en -Monday. 'Judge Lewis,. of Goderich presided. There being no; eases to come up for hearing Thor; -- Court was adjourned. Arthur Elliott, who has 'spent the winter at. Toronto, returned to the• 'village' on Thursday last: Miss Mary Reid, who underwent a most successful operation a short time ago. is now able to be back again in her place in the store: On Wednesday morning of last week about two o'clock fire broke out and destroyed the barn belonging to Mr. Wm. Jowett, which was situated near the .square. Robert Spackman, who had beeni usn t g this barn t- 9 store his threshing outfits in during the winter months had on this occas- ion .three separators in the building, a new separator and the old one, along with a bean separator, all of which wore destroyed. Cause of fire unknown. The separators were in- sured. , There passed away at her home in the village on Thursday forenoon last, Ada Rouatt, only daughter of Mrs. Rouatt, at the age of thirty-seven years. 1lhe funeral toolc place from ]ter late residence to Bayfield ceme- tery on Sunday afternoon last, the service being held in St. Andrew's church. It was conducted by . the Rev. A. Macfarlane, assisted by the Rev. E. C. Pitts. The pallbearers were Messrs. Wm, Claris, Chas. Rath - well, Robt. 'Penitale, Joint Howard, Wnt. Talbot and Harold Stinson. She leaves to mourn her loss, her mother end one brother, James, at home. The sympathy of the village goes out to the bereaved ones. Auburn w The district 'representative, Mr. S. B. Stothers, gave a series of pictures on Agriculture in the hall on Monday evening which were very interesting and the meeting was welt attended. It is expected that a short course class will be conducted Auburn next winter. Parliament met last Friday and . decided to hold a soctaI evening on March the 18th as the, closing• ses- sion:' The convention of Auburn Sunday School Asssociation was held in the Presbyterian church on. Tuesday 'af« ternoon and evening. The Addregies by Rev, T. A. Italpenny ware much enjoyed by everyone,. The' ettend ' anee was good considering tate cendt-t • -..• Holt- of the roads. • ., . ' '•': s • Mrs. E: Raitli , b i h`th m t" ''' Y satCn n a tending the funeral of her cousin. • Ma's. Brownlee and grandchildren left''fer their Hosie et Ailsa Cent 'after a. visit with Ml's. (Rev.) Roes. A, Ferguson took a bis sewn trip' to Toronto last week.