HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1921-2-17, Page 1UStablishe,. ".46,5, 'Vol, 55, No.34
'-1
t
CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 17T11
rs
4
W. H. Kerr 4, $00, Editors.,aud Publishers..
Prom
w.rvk V vvvVVWNIVVwvwwvWvWVVwvvv VVVVV vvvvvvWV
A RHYME IN ' SEASON
When' days are chill and cold of Woe
And all lobks blue and full Winds. blow,
What clears the chest with a healthful\i glow,
Wampoles Cold Liver Extract
When growing boys' and girls look pale
What best can make thein strong and hale ?
The , Remedy Never Known to fail
Wampoles\ Cod Liver Extract
- GET IT AT
W. S. I KO �, /1Els Phm.4B,
THE REXALL STORE
.nd Noroin0WWwWwwWWWWwVV VVVVV vWv
00000000n00000000
QVE Till TEACUPS Q
o O
0.00000000000000
Rev, (Capt,) McKegney was a visitor
in I•lamilton last Friday,
Mr, gild Mrs, G. E. Saville are visit-
ing friends in Londesboro,
'Crown Attorney Seager, of Goderieh,
was In town on Tuesday.
Miss Ella Rutledge spent Saturday
visiting friends in Listowel,
Rev, R. J. McCormick, of Blyth, was
a, visitor in town on Saturday .
---------------------- Mrs. W.'.Pinuer spent a few days
during the past week in London..
Mrs. J. Wiseman is spending a week
or so with her mother In St. Mary's..
Mr. Tommy Morgan, of St. Catha-
rines, is renewing old acquaintances
in town.
Mr. Jago spent the week end visit-
ing with relatives and old friends in
Mitchell,
Mr. Luke Lawson was at Goderich
this week .attending the Spring As
sizes as a Juryman.
Mrs. (Dr,) Ferguson, of Kincardine,
was the guest of Miss Amy Howson
during the past week.
Mr. Albert Nott, of the West, 'IS
visiting with relatives and friends in
and around Clinton.
Mrs. Dobie and Master Jack; of
Winghain, .were visitors this week
with Mrs. C. H. Bartliff,
Mr. Alec, Cudmore was called to
Goderich this week to serve as a
Juryman at the Spring Assizes.
Mrs. J. L. Kerr and Miss Mary Helen
returned on Saturday last after spending
the past three months in Toronto,
Mr, Constantine, of Teeswater,
was in town on Saturday attending
the funeral of the .late Flora Chidldy,
• Mr. Harry Bowers, of Duluth, dropp-
ed in to see old friends on Wednesday
of this week" ;titer an absence of 28
years, He was in the Old Country
when the war broke out and had a
bard time getting back -to the Starnes,
The older citizens will remember him
when he spent his boyhood days here.
Airs. E. 11.. Dewart, of Toronto,
widow of the late Rev. Dewart, one
RST 1 time Editor of the ChristiaiL_Guardian,
celebrated her 90th birthday recently.
She is the mother of Bartley H. Dew -
INCORPORATED 1855
. 6.020
THE MOLSONS BANK
Capital and Reserve $9,000,000
Over 130 Branches
We invite a cal: from farmers seeking a good
Banking connection giving courteous and efficient
service. Savings Department at all Branches,
H. R. Sharp,,Mgr., Clinton Branch
Safety Deposit Boxes to Rent.
Let us be Known as
A THRIFTY PEOPLE
Let us stop spending heedlessly
and 'needlessly, and begin to
SAVE NOW AND SAVE
REGULARLY.
THERE IS A SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
AT EVERY BRANCH OF
r oya1 Bank
OF CANADA
R, E. MANNING, Manager . Clinton Branch
926 fil•NnielloniSIZI9n.
SOSZEMMISSMiliiall
STOC
TAKING
SPECIALS
50 Men's Suits in large range of/patterns to select from, in
Tweeds, Fancy Worsteds, Blue or Black Serges ranging
in Price from $30.00 to $37.50 to Clear at u , . $25.00
25 Mens Suitssizes 34 to 44. No broken lines. Regular
$20.00 to clear at $15.00
Boys $12.50 to $15.00 Suits to clear at $10.00
• Boy's $18.00 to $20:00 Suits to clear at $15.00
Men's $20.00 Raincoats to clear at . $15.00
The Morrish Clothing , ,
:it iv. ia.,;11 1 )1' l)rdi'y ll til
=
Tri The ew Elaw"-
ra
r'
or b 1
‘,14)
d '
art, Ontario Leader of the Liberal
Party, and also -Mr. --- Dewart, who
was manager of the Royal Bank in
Clinton some years ago.
Council Meets Monday
The adjourned meeting of the Town
Councill will be head on Monday even
ing next,
An Excellent Concert
The concert given by the Zedler
'Concert Company under the auspices
of the Girl's Auxiliary was an excellent
one. The orchestra work was splendid
and the celloist was certainly an artist
,lis his line, The soloist also rendered
her solos in excellent manner,
*
I i
Be., Prepared,
TO
ATTEND THE
Skating Party
under the auspices
of
The Boy Scouts
on
Friday Evening
FEBRUARY .1 8TH
in
The New Rink
at
EIGHT O'CLOCK
Kiltie Band
in Attendance
ng AD14iISSION 25c-+
repo b•
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
BONDS
A new issue twenty year bonds is
announced this morning, . hate 6 per
Cent; Price 9849 yielding 6.15 per
cent. Everthing indicates a rapid ab-
sorption of titin issue, Interested per-
sons should order at onee, Victo.y
Bonds may be advantageous:,, ex.
changed i,
APpty ,to
t
1'1tYD0NiC,
A "S'uggest'ion for the -Canadian Authorities.
s ,a
DOUBLE
CORNER,
�ti.t': Leeltu ryv'9
C") 7 lino
61
The British
mending local
have approved
eezioM BeeCOURTESS'OFC,
; 1t'lf,111 111
Road Department and the' Ministry of Transport arc recom-
authorities to standar:ze the warning signs to motorists and
those shown above, •
PUBLIC DEBT OF ONTARIO """3"`"°"""'"21"°"
sm \V1THi Tii1u C.tI Ll ROI UIS. a
l3
$128,19L754. oilerseotir ocasalsoone eteeeety 1
Steady Maintenance Increase Noted In
Almost All Departments.
Toronto, February 15.—Public ac-
counts for the Province of Ontario
for the fiscal year 1920, as tabled
in the Legislature today, show that
(he direct dalit of the Province was
$128,191,754 on October 31, 1920,
as compared with $97.,572,781 on Oct-
ober 31, 1919.
The cash on hand was $5,671,393 a
decrease from $7,603,110 during the
fiscal year,' The ordinary expenditures
atnounted to' $25,880,843, while the
ordinary receipts were $25,078,094,
leaving a deficit of $802,749.
The capital expenditures totalled
$56,963,946, while the capital re-
ceipts were $55,834,979. .
Ordinary expenditures show a con-
siderable increase over those for the
fiscal year 1919, when they totalled
$21,464,574.
The expense of civil Government has
amounted from $1,1'165,864 to $1,421,-
868. Ordinary expenditure for educa-
tion was $4,913,146; in the previous
year $3,302,487.
Maintenance of public institutions
has also been more costly. The figures
being: 1919, $2,693,875; 1920, $3,-;
399,021, '''41"1 :9T,edilut'.'tt"•1altV`1.5'i3' `
In the department of pale and
fisheries only $429,593 was spent,,
while in 1919 it cost $477,003 to run
this department.
A new item of expenditure 111 the
public accounts is that of $405,364
for the department of labor and health.
Statutory expenditure, miscellaneous,
has climbed from $5,673,719 in 1919
to $6,129,114.
The biggest Juhip in capital expends -1
tore. is that for the oonsteuction of
public highways. in- 1919 the figure
was $1,895,128. For 1920 the a-
' mount expended is $6,664,989.
Under the Ontario housing act the
capital expenditure in 1919 was $1,-
951,685. Last year it was $4,236,708,
Advances to the Hydro -Electric
Power Cotntnlsston, appearing under
capital expenditure in 1919, totalled
$15,743,962.. Last year they rose to
812,076,500.
* *
Minor Locals
Great Weather for February
Winter is how 015 leer Lest lap, but
elle/usually gets there oh the home
slr'tch,
Some
motored down to Exeter v
n
Friday night to see the Kitchener and
g
Exeter hockey match,,, Kitchener well
the gaoite all round,
aisa
St. Paul's Church
Holy 'Communion 3:30, Morning
Prayer it a. nt. Evening Prayer 7
p. in. Preacher Rev. S. E. McKegney,
The Girl's Friendly Society have
taken up Mission Study during Lent,
their text book being, "The Goal of
India."
Willis Church
The "Busy Bee" Mission Band of
Willis Church is a very live organization
under the leadership of Mrs. Hogg,
Miss W. O'Neil and Miss B. McIver.
its officers being chosen from Members
of its 'band:—
President:—Miss
banderPresident:—Miss Anica 11111
Secretary:—Vera, Dodds
Treasurer Buie Morrish
Pianist:—He ee Roberton
Convenor of Programme Committee
:—Miss Mary McTaggart,
Convenor of Lookout Committee
Miss Jean Hogg.
The band is divided auto sides, Misses
Edith Hill and Ruth Jackson being the
captains. .
The Executive met 'at the Manse to
fill out the Committees and plan the
work for the year. The Study book
for the year is "Talks on the Maple
Leaf. in Many Lands." The topic for
February being Japan, The Band tweets
00 the third Monday of each month
at 7 o'clock in the school room.
Local Nevvs
Past Master's Night
'On Friday eveiiing of this week The
Past Masters of Clinton A. F. ee A, M.,
will conduct the ceremonies. Special
work is oa the program. •
Passed Suddenly Away
Last Saturday at the Isolation Hospit-
al, Toronto; Lithe Foster, wife of Wll'
Liam Rapson, of Brampton, passed slid•
denly away at the .age of 38 years.
The deceased had undergone an oper-
ation for the nose, when scarlet fever
developed. The deceased was the
daughter of the late Horace Foster,
of Clinton and with her parents went
to Brampton about 20 years ago. She
Is survived by her husband, and a little
son about 3 years old and her mother
who resides in Brampton. The fun.
eral was held on Monday.
Passed Away et Hospital
Last Thursday Flora Chidley, eldest
daughtero(, the date Joseph Chidley
passed away in. Clinton Hospital at the
age of 62 years, after 'being in that in-
stitution since last Sumner, suffering
from Cancer. She is survived by t
sister, Mrs. H. S. Cooper, of Montana;
and three half sisters, Misses Agnes
and Elizabeth Chidley, of Toronto, and
Mrs, Constantine, of Teeswater, ;nd a
half brother, Mr. George'Chidley in the
West. The funeral was held on Satur-
day afternoon from the home of Mrs,
T. Jackson, High Street and interment
was made at Clinton Cemetery.
Passed Away on,Monday
•
On Monday Elizabeth Churchill,
mile of Mr. Charles Cola passed away
at the ripe age of 86 years and 3 ,
months after a short sickness, though t
deceased has been ailing for some
time. ‘She was born in London, Eng-
land and a hen a email child came to
':;itnada with her parents. She was
married near Quebec to her now bereft
partner and on March 7th could have
celebrated their 68111 Anniversary. ,
A Wilily of one son and four daughters
survive; Mrs, T, C. Doherty, London;
Mrs. T. D. Johnson, - and Mrs. Guy
Blyth Will Vote on Hydro
Blyth ratepayers will vote on a hydro
By-law on March 7th,
Had A Gane
On Saturday afternoon, Ooderich
Central Public School came down and
played from four to five ,o'clock, Clin-
ton Public School winning by a score of
6-2, The return match was to he
played yesterday but owing to the thaw
it was postponed until Saturday after-
noon.. ... ..
Hear Or, Chowen Friday
Rev. Dr. Chowen, General Super-
intendent of the Metltadist'Church, of
Canada, will address a public meet-
ing in the Ontario Street Church on
Friday evening of this week. A sil-
ver collection will be taken at the
door. Prior to the address the Men's
Missionary Banquet of the both Metho-
dist Church will be held,
A Surprise Party
On Monday evening friends to the
number of 20 paid a surprise visit to
the home of Mr. Will l-lamblyn, Princess
Street to celebrate his birthday and dur-
ing the evening presented him with a
safety razor. Euchre was then played
to be followed by lunch, A delightful
evening was spent by all.
Hicks, of Clinton; Mrs. Angus Cole;-'
of Wagner.. Michigan and Mr, W. H. '
Cole, of town, Mrs. J. Lindsay, of
town Is -a sister of the deceased. Rev. 1
S. Anderson, of the Ontario Street
Church will conduct the funeral ser-
vices this afternoon and the pallbearers
will be her six grandsons:W. Johnson,
O. Welsh, R, Fisher, C. Cole, it Doh-
erty and'S, Doherty, of London,
* * I
LINCOLN DAY
Saturday was the one hundred and
twelfth Anniversary of the birth of
Abraham Lincoln, next to that of;
George Wash-
ington, t h e
most illustrious
name in the
history of the
great American
Republic. He
was born in
Hardin County,
Kentucky, on
February 12th
b uar
Y
1809, the year
which gave to
Abraham LlncOlnthe world the
greatest states-
man. in British
* * history, William Ewart Gladstone, and
Births. Alfred Tennyson, one of the greatest
names in English literature, In 1860,
BAIRD:—lit Stanley, on Thursday, at the Republican Nationel Conveit '
February 10th, to Mr, and Mrs. Thos, Han in Chicago, at which the battle -
If. Baird, a daughter. cry was "No Extension of Slavery,"
'Deaths
PARKER:—ht Detroit, on Februery
14th, Margaret Ross, (formerly of
Brucefield) wife of Mr. Parker, of
Detroit, aged 22 years.
CHIDLEY:—In Clinton on Thursday
Febuary Toth, Flora . Chidley, eldest
Idaughter of the late Joseph ';Ridley,
aged e2 years.
COLE:—Int Clinton on Monday Feb-
ruary 14th, Elizabeth Churchill, beloved
wife of Charles Cole, aged 86 years and
3 ntolltllS,
RAYSON:—On Saturday, February
12th at the isolation hospital, Toronto,
after.a brief illness. Letha Foster, belov-
ed wife of William Rayson, Brampton,
Ontario and daughter of the late Horace
Foster, Brampton, in her 38th year,
(and formerly of Clinton:)
a..
Birthday Party
Last Saturday Miss Ruth date enter-
talned a number of her girl friends to a
t
ttaddsome birthday party. A number n Uer of
het' girl friends presented her with a
handsome present, .
Lincoln was nominated for the Presi-
dency, and on the following Novem-
ber was triumphantly elected and on
March 4, 1861, was inaugurated as
President. He was the President of
the Republicthrough the long anal
hitter struggle 0f the Warr' of Secess-
ion, and tided to see the, emancipation
of slavery and the preservation of
the Union. He had unchanging faith in
self-government, and insisted that the
people were the rightful masters of
courts and congresses, not to over-
:Itroty the constitution, but to over-
throw the then who would pervert it,
After he had piloted the Union through
the war, he was asasstneted in Ford's
Theatre in Washington, on April 14,
1865, ant died the following morning.
!Is creat character is revealed in two
f 111' r:,11n51S aphorisms; "Lela us have
faith that r!ght stakes night, and in
that falls let us to the end crate to do
our dusty as we understand IL" and
the other, "WW1 1.11 niailac toward None,
With Charity for all. Principles -
like
these v guiding r:: the uidin star of his
political fifth, itis memory fs preserv-
ed itnr,.uiaim lit tate Repu� is by, tti�
observance of Lincoln Daj',
• 4,
Buried At Palmerston
Last week Conductor Duncan McCal-
lunt was burled at Palmerston. He was
well known to the travelling public and
punched the pasteboards for many years
on the 1.. it, 8: 1. Afar the last rail-
way strike he was transferred into the•
main linea. He had many friends who
will regret to hear of his decease.
Must Get New Plates
Chief Fitzsimons has issued a warning
to all automobile owners who have not
secured nen' license numbers to secure
them immediately. The new lenses are
now required too. The numbers have
been available for some time now and
motorists not carrying new plates on
their cars are breaking the law.
HURON CENTRAL AGRICULTNRAL
BANQUET
The Annual Agricultural Banquet
under the auspices of the Huron Central
Agricultural Society will be held in the
Town Hall, Clinton on Thursday even
ing of next week at 7 o' -clock. Follow-
ing the banquet the address of the even-
ing will be delivered by Prof. Reynolds,
of the -O, A, C. The tickets are limited
and ladies are invited to attend as well
as gentlemen. Following is the Menu
and Toast list:—
MENU
Olives 'Catsup Pickles
Roast Beef and Ham
Scalloped Potatoes
Baked Beans
Rolls and Bread and Butter
Salads '
Pies and Jellies
Ice Cream , •; Cake
Coffee : . Tea
* * *
CATERER
DOMINION CAFE * * * E. WENDDRF
Tickets—Gentlemen $1.00 Ladies -75c
... e eilt,13383*9
'roast List
A. J. McMurray — Toast Master
THE KiNG
National Anthem ;I''
SONG
` AGRICLUTURL' ▪ -- •
Proposed by Mr. S. 13. Stoners. re-
sponded to by Prof, Reynolds, President
of the 0, A, C„ Guelph
HURON CENTRAL AGL, SOCIETY
Proposed by President H. Cox; respond
ed to by Mr, Wm.. McEwen :nd 71105..
McMillan
SONG
.y
THE LADIES
Proposed by Or. J, W. Shaw, responded
to by Mrs, 11, B. Combe
THE MUNiCiPALiTES
Proposed by Jas. Ford, responded to by
Reeves Miller, N, Trewariha, M. Elliott
M. Armstrong, J. McNaughton
GOD SAVE THE KING
Phalen's Orchestra will furnish the
Miele -
t *
I Detroit Free Press:' Many au,
Moieties r
s ag ee that business is bontid
to pick up in April but if that es .Iiia
why not anticipate the event asii'begin
to boom things now?
0