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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1920-7-22, Page 5'THURSDAY, JULY 22nd, t92Q., Of Interest to 'Yolu. and Me Four pounds of anger for a dollar, 'or hardly that. It is within the mem- ory o£ people still in their teens when you got four or five times that, We'll have to cultivate a taste for fruit in its natural state. "If a snmall girl can, without tir- ing herself, earn $2.00 in a forenoon picking strawberries what should a 'lit. copy of each of fifty-two issues of a good town 'weekly newspapers cell for?" is the pertinent query of The Simncoe Reformer. A new party which was trying to get itself into shape in Chicago last week wants to put an end to kings and wars, None of us want any ' an ore an roaa. r Canada d, could get along without its (Mackenzie) King ,on a pinch all right. * * * * • The Clinton ICiltie and Pipers' Bands have been quite busy attend- leg garden parties and such like things lately. They have been es- pecially in demand at Presbyterian ,gatherings. A Highlander does love thekir the rl of t e pipes. * * * * The town council of Hanover re-. .fused to charge licenses to non -tax- payers who peddled meat in the town and the town butcher sloops were closed as a result. Con- sequently at: present Hanover is de- pendent upon peddlers for its meat supply. It is a curious situation in a town of that size. * * * * Canadians generally will be pleased if Sir Thomas Lipton succeeds in lift- ing" the America's Cup. The fine .gentlenmanly sportsmanship of Sir Thomas con`mmends itself to all and it ...!Ys this fine sportsmanship we wish to urge upon the youth of Canada, boys and girls alike. Sport for sport's sake and let the best man win. A good sportsman loses with a good grace and scorns to win by a trick. * *'* * "Any anon who has run a small` = town newspaper for twenty-five years is fit to be President of the United States, is the opinion of the Water- town, N. Y., Times. And what is rooming to the chap who has a re- cord of the even half century? In the answer to that question this Page has a personal interest—Orillia Packet. Well, such a man ought to be fit for heaven, hut--. ,n * * * - The story is told that a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States asked an Italian who wished to become a citizen of the country what a Republic was and on his an- swering that he did not know asked if it was something to eat, and the foreigner, being in beyond his depth, •eagerly answered "Yes". On this the -court "reeled with laughter." There -seems to be something rather more +hon a joke in: the affair, however, and mt1miight be well for both the United States and Canada to be more careful .about admitting foreigners to full franchise. It is scarcely to be won- .derecl at that intelligent women were sometimes indignant .when they saw such people, ignorant of language, -customs or traditions of the country, given full franchise while it was de- nied then. Mullett Township The Misses Elizabeth and Margam et Johnston returned to Detroit, Mich., on Saturday last, after spending a couple of weeks ht their home, that of Mr. and Mrs. Ecl. Johnston. Many readers niay have noticed an account in the daily papers last week of the shooting in a restaurant at Sellwbod, a little place near Sudbury, of Omar Laguranty. A jury at Sud- bury on Friday last returned a ver - diet that the said Laguranty came tb his death from a revolver bullet pre- sumably fired by James Linn, the Chinese proprietor of the restau- rant. The young elan had evidently dined in . the restaurant and wit- nesses claim that while they dined with him they_ had left before the shooting. The Chinese keeper of the restaurant claims that he was busy in the kitchen when he heard the shot tzind went to see what was the smat- ter and .saw •a couple of .amen who had been with the dead man leaving the place. Omar Laguranty was well known in Hullett, having lived for some time with Mr. Janes Brown :and attended Separate achool No. 2, He *as a bright and attractive boy :and was popular annd well thought of. The news of his sad ending is very keenly regretted by many Hul- lett friends. He served in. France .and on his return went to Sudbury, where his smother and other rela- tives reside. Marriages cCURRELL—SHIPLEY—In Clinton, on. July 17th, by the Rev. S. And- erson, M. E. Pretoria, youngest • daughter: of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shipley, to Lloyd W. Curren of Oshawa, son of Mr, and Mrs. E. Curren of. Goderich, CARTER- CRICH—In Clinton, on July 9th, by the Rev. E. O. Fordo, ..:,y; Minnie Crich to Janes Carter. Births .'AXON—In Clinton, on July 16th, to Dr. F. A. and Mrs. Axon, a son. PRICE—In McKillop, on July 13th, to Mr. and Mrs. George Price, a son. • ;WOLFE-At Dashwood, on July 10th, to Mr. and Mrs. Wes. Wolfe, a son. REID---In the General and Marine hospital, Owen Sound, July 5th, to Capt and Mrs. Ed. Reid, a son, Deaths "CAMERON -In Goderich, on July 1201, AIexander D. Cameron, aged 76 years and 5 months, M,'cLEOD---In Colborne townslilp, on July 14th, Annie AIlen wife of Me, Norman McLeod. .7S1eWOR--In Godorich, en July 13th, Neil. Mclvor, aged 84 years, -M Nome The Country Town 1 Its Origin, Aims, Destiny 1 06.4wowswoimook,„..........,_Awwwwwoota Under the heading "The Country 'Down" The Farmers' Sun published an editorial recently which we feel ins alined to comment upon. •The Sun says there are no "coun- try towns" that while there are plen - Y of towns throughout the country they are all "city owns,..dominated by the eity spirit" and continuing makes the following statement: "In the rivalry and contest which' is con- tinually, carried on between rural and urban ideals, nothing is more important than for the country to capture and control the villages and small towns". We .do not know just what The Sun means by "capturing and con- trolling" the towns but why should it bo thought that the town and the country have different ideals? As well speak of rivalry between .the hand and the foot, the eyes and the ears. Instead of rivalry there ,should be per- fect unity. One cannot do without the other. It has always seemed a foolish thing to us, this dividing off of coun- try people from town people, as if they were of different races. The editorial in question finds fault with the average town for trying to grow, "to .become a city," and declares that it often ruins itself in the at- tempt. We think the writer loses sight of the uses of a town and of the chief end and aims of town build - mg. Agriculture is of course the first industry of any country because the first need of man is'for food. So when settlerscome into a new country they always cone to till the soil. But very soon after a community gets settled a town springs up. Why? Because there is need for it. In the early days in our own country it was usually a grist mill which was first started, be- cause the farmers had need to get their wheat ground. Then a black- smith shop was needed, before this every farmer had to be his own smith, shoe his own horse, if le possessed one, oxen did not wear shoes, and do his own repairing. The general mer- chant was early on the scene in a new sett and other settlement t tradesmen and artificers would find their way to the new town. a church and school are built, a doctor hangs out his shingle and later still, because the new community needed some node of expression, a newspaper is estab- lished. Thus did the town grow,serv- ing the agricultural community with which- it was surrounded and whose needs called it into being. But just here conmplicatioins arise. When people begin to group together in close quarters problems arise which do not exist for the rural dweller, oc- cupying a comparatively isolated po- sition. A town must have a system of fire protection, the danger from fire in a closely built area is increased a hundred fold. Santiary conditions must also be maintained. The old Method of individual wells is out of the question in a thickly populated town and some system of water sup- ply must be devised. The country roads, are, or ,were, the idea is going out of fashion now, maintained by statute labour, every man keeping up his share of work, according ''to the extent of his property, to maintain the roads. This method is impossible in a town, some way must be devised for building and maintaining the streets. All this means an outlay of money and soon the inhabitant of: the town find their taxes becoming a heavy burden, not because of extrava- gance at all but because of necessary expenditures. So the progressive men of the town say to each other, "We must attract people to the town; if we had a manfacturing plant or two people would cone in and share with us the burden' of taxation," So a manufacturing plant is invited to locate, people flock to the town and it grows and becomes move prosper- ous. And as it grows and becomes more prosperous the farming land in its proximity becomes more valuable A farm located within a short dis- tance of a live, prosperous town is worth more money than one situated at a loges distance. And while there are farmers who do not admit that a nearby town is any benefit to them and who do little to help build it up, if they wish to sell their farms they do not fail to tell prospective purchas- ers that said faun lies within such and such a distance of X=, or Y—, or Z—. We have seen advertisements of farms for sale which mentioned two or three nearby towns. This is done because it is a well-known fact that it will in- hence the value of the farm. Now the average country town, we continue to use the tern in spite of The Sun, is dependent upon the coun- try immediately surrounding it for a great part of its prosperity. A town may have large and prosperous man- ufacturing industries and a loyal eit- izenship but in spite of all that if it has not the support of the surround- ing country it never attains to its best. The needs of the country called it into being in the first place and it is still dependent upon it for a large measure of its prosperity. Every business man in town realizes this and does his best to attract and keep his rural trade. But every business man who is worth his salt endeavors, too, to build up his town and to attract to it a good and progressive class of citizens. This is good business on the part of the town and it is also good for the surrounding vicinity. If Clin- ton has live, up-to-date merchants who can keep large stocks where ev- erything can be purchased it is mighty handy for the farmers of Goderich township or Stanley or Slullett or Tuckersmith as well as :for the elti- zons of Clinton. If a Earner in any ono of the said townships knows he can on any day in the week cone inn to Clinton and order and obtain any- thing which he may need it gives him a feeling of security which he would bo far from possessing if he lived in a purely rural community and was obliged to send to the city for every- thing which he required, The Sun article spoke of the treat- ment accorded retired farmers in the average town, whom it says are sou - 1 sidered "the least desirable class of citizens:' We presume Clinton is an average town. We do not claim any great superiority over others but we do claim to be as good as any. In Clinton retired farmers own a large percentage of our most valuable pro- perty. They are good citizens being, as The Sun says: "Frugal, thrifty and independent." We welcome the farmers to our town but a town made up entirely of retired farmers would soon cease to be prosperous. And this not at all because of the unde- sirability of. farmers' as a class but simply because when they come to town their life's activities are tor the most part over. ,They are to quote again from The Sun, "resting a little after a lifetime of hard work," and it id not to be ex- pected that they should in- terest themselves in the building up of the town. They came to enjoy its advantages and pay their share to- ward its maintenance, but do not as a rule, enter into the active work of "booming" a town. You will notice, however that, it is always to a busy, prosperous, up-to-date town the farm- er wishes to retire -when 'the time comes for him to lay aside his labors and "rest a little." He does net wish to locate in a sleepy, down -at -the - heel, dead -and -alive place where there is no sign of prosperity or bustle. But while as we said it is not to be expected that retired farmers would throw themselves into the as tivities of town life there are always exceptions and when an exception comes it is always welcomed gladly by the citizens. A retred farmer is reeve of Clinton and there is no one of its citizens more interested in the welfare of the town than he. At the municipal elections in January last a farmer, not a retired farmer but an activewho one w o ha ens pp to have property within the corporation, was returned at the head of the polls as a town councillor. The board of management of every church in Clin- ton includes fanners, active and re- tired, in responsible positions. The Public Library, while maintained by the town taxpayers, aside from Gov- ernment grants, is open to anyone who wishes to take advantage of its use time only difference being that Users outside the corporation are charged ten cents for a membership ticket while taxpayers, in town pay only five. The town council gives a yearly 'grant to the town band for a weekly band concert during the sum- mer and the people from all the sur- rounding country have the privilege of coining in to hear the concerts. They not only are invited but are urged to cone. We wish to make the town so attractive that people Will cone. to it. Upon our streets on a band night are as many or more from out of town than of citizens, Farmers and their families, we are assured, need not feel themselves "strangers in our streets or our in- stitutions," nor do we believe they feel so. Much harem has been done in the past by foolish persons throughout Canada stirring• up a feeling of ani- mosity between town and country. And in this the country people are equally guilty with the urban dwell- er. We have no room for such feel- ings. We should endeavor to work out our destiny as a great nation, as a united people. If there are wrongs to right let us right them, but no good can come to us by the cultiva- tion of ill -will• What we need is co-operation; a spirit of good -will and fellowship; a realization of our responsibilities as citizens of a great nation within a great Empre, Only by the cultivation of- such a spirit. can Canadians really best serve their country and do their duty by their fellows. Mr, John Long, a pioneer of Ash- field township. passed away recently at the age of seventy-one years. Mr. G. W. Carter of Lonclesboro has sweet clover ' 9 ft. 31/2 inches in height. SL BS We have again secured a quanti- ty of IIardwood Slabs which will be sold at- Popular Delivered Prices. Lot its have your order early for this cheap Summer fuel. JOHN B. MUSTARD —54-4 House For Sale 8 roomed house on Mill street; electric lights, town water; in good condition. Write C. G. Kilty, care Mrs. John Hunter, Clinton, =55.2 Civic Holiday In conpliante with a largely sigh- ed petition from time business men and other citizens of this municipal- ity 1 hereby proclaim Monday, Au- gust 2nd, as Civic Holiday for the Town of Clinton, and call upon all citizens to observe it as such, Thomas Cottle, Mayor. Clinton News -Record Don't Mss This Special .Pameos on our bulk tea. line we advertised last week and f Blend at 60o per lb, special prices Potato Substitute] 2 large cans Pork & Beans 85e, NO'. Make wash day easy NO RIII3BING Just Boil your Clothes When you use— Peerless Washing Compound Wonder Wash Toro Tablets' Rinso GET THE HAlsm JOHNSC Opr store every Thu fremn 8 to 1 And August, We are completely sold out of the or•this week we offer You The Royal in 5 lb, lots. SPECIAL TEA PRICES 1 Ib For ... , . , 600, 2 lb For $1.15 5 tb i'or $2,65 SALMON Vimy Ridge, Per Can 25c. SARDINES 2 cans for 250, 1'ICH Will be open rsday avenin@• 0; -during July AT /Phone >ltil Phone 126 SEE THE SMILE on the boy's floe as he contemplates ti.e brimming big glass of soda set 'before him, The boy is not the only one whb smiles at our soda. Those who know it, know that the glass con- tains a rare treat and a long one. Those se .who don't know it are missing g something great every day they de- lay trying it. The CLINTON CANDY KITCHEN M. McNE1L, PROPRIETOR 10 -DAY PIANO SALE—AT , COST Having made special arrangements with the Bell Piano Co., I secured a limited number of pianos to sell at cost for the above date, to advertise our goods. This will give all who intend to buy inside the next few years a chance to save some money. Ali goods are high-grade and guar- anteed to please the customer on delivery or no sale. ,t^ * S'•v... di. -d&.._ *[0.1,14', REMEMBER we can give terns to If you cannot visit our store, suit you so as to buy during this write for prices and catalogue. sale. JONATHAN HUGILL SEAFORTH TENDER ROAST FRESH HAM You like it? Then you will en- joy a dinner from ours. It is simply delicious — young, juicy, tender and most wholesome. We suggest that for your dnner to -day or Sunday, you order some from us, and you will not be disappointed T• IID VETERANS 14IEAT STORE free delivery to any part of town hoe /7® Sweater Lost, In Varna, on Wednesday, between the Methodist church shed and Beat- ty's farm gate, a man's brown wool sweater, Finder kindly leave at Beatty's store or communicate with F. ,W. Whitmore, R.R. No. 3, phone 19 on 600. 55-1 Auction Sale of Household Effects The undersigned has received in- structions to sell by public auction, Victoria st., on Saturday, July 24th, at 3.30 pan., the following:—Large extension table, sideboard, Dining room chairs, 4 good rocking chairs, gasoline stove, coal oil stove, Bed room suites, carpets, Sieger sewing machine, dishes and cooking utensils, and several other articles too num- erous to mention. Mrs. Kearns, Pro- prietress. G. II. Elliott, Auctioneer. —55-1 A Real Bargain Parts of lots 378 and 309 on Al- bert and Princess streets, Clinton, With good brick store with baker's oven and dwelling over (7 living rooms and store) electric light, town water, also large frame stable with half acre of land with fruit tree. This property will be exchanged for western property if suited. Apply to C. B. Hale. Notice of Registration of By-law Notice is hereby given that a by- law was 'passed by the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the Town of Clinton on the Fifth day of July, 1920, providing for the issue of debentures to the amount of. $20,000. for the purpose of paying for the cost of alterations and improvements to time Publicl'School, and that such by- law was registered in the Registry Office of the County of Huronon on the 22nd. day of July, 1920. Any motion to quash or set aside the same or any part thereof must be made within three months aftos the first publication of this notice, and cannot be made thereafter. Dated the 22nd day of July, 1920. —D, L. Macpherson, Clerk. —55-3 House to Rent Sufall house on James street. For particulars apply to W. J. Jago, Clinton. —53-tf Farm For Sale Thomas Archer offers for sale his faun of 125 acres in' the Township of Hullett, located about 21/2 miles from Clinton. The fain is well built on, fenced, and watered (wells and flowing spring); the soil is good and and 111 a good state of cultivation. Apply to: J. W, Elliott, Clinton, or W. Brydone, Clinton. 54 -7 -Sept, 1st Teacher Wanted A second-class Normal Protestant teacher for S. S. No. 0, Goderich Township. Duties to commence on Sept. 1st, 1920. State salary.— fosse Gray, Sec -Tres., R.R. No, 8, Clinton, Ont. 54-2 For Sale A square piano Fisher make in first class condition bargain tor quick sale. Apply +o 11. Bavtlil1. -46-tt LIVE STOCK INSURANCE FIRE INSURANCE TORNADO INSURANCE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE Accident and Sickness Insurance Cheap rates in good Companies. Call and see me. C. B. HALE, Hur- on St., Clinton.—46-13-p Dog Lost In Clinton, a Cocker spaniel, black with white spot on breast. Answers to name of "Peter." Finder kindly communicate wtih W. J. Jago, Clin- ton. —53-tf For Sale ' Two six roomed houses on Fred- erick street, near time new flax mills, will be sold cheap, and 021 easy terns. Apply to Jacob Taylor or C, B. IIalo. —54-tf Auction Sale of Buildings The undersigned ham been instruc- ted by the Trustee board to sell by public auction on the Public school grounds, Clinton, on Saturday, July 24th, at 8 o'clock, sharp, the follow- ing property: 1 two storey frame building 24 ft. 6 in. x 40 ft. 6 in. Suitable for dwelling house. 1 frame building 18 ft. 6 in. x 24 ft. Suitable for stable or garage. 1 shod 12 ft. 6 in, x 40 ft. would make good implement house, 2 large box heaters, good as new, would make excellent heaters for country school or hotel. TERMS: -10/0 of purchase money to be paid down on day of sale, bal- ance in thirty days. Buildings to be removed before 7th day of September, 1920. For further particulars see the un- •dersignecl. —T. J. McNeil, Chair- man School board. Geo. H. Elliott, Auctioneer. —54-2 House and Lots For Sale Two lots with comfortable house, furnace, town, soft water in house. Garage and stable, situated on Mary street. Apply on premises to W. H. Cole. Phone 133.—53-tf. Spirolla Corsets Scarcely need an introduction in this locality. Having become agent for Clinton I will be pleased *•o fill all orders placed with me. -Mrs. Elizabeth A. Kennedy, Ontario street. No Trespassing Any person or persona trespassing or destroyiimg property on the prem- ises of the estate of the late Will- iam H. Woods will be prosecuted according to law,—L M. Woods, Hayfield Ontario. Oct. 1st, 1920. Clothes 'Cleaned and Pressed 01othes cleaned .pressed and re. paired. Woollen goods dry gleaned, Rooms ever Heard's barber shop, W. J, Jago, Boars for Service Champion bred, big type Yorkshire and Cheshter White boars for service, At home ovdy forenoon.—A, C, Levey, Phone G on 680, Clinton -28 Q 0 0 0 o Western Ontario's Foremost 0 O Lady Entertainers, o o Attractive and ,,.pp-to•date o o programmes furnished for o o church concerts, garden o O parties, lawn socials and o o banquets, o o 37 Oxford Street, West, o o London, Ontario. o O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 '0 0 0 0 0 e 0 0 ELGAIR, LADIES QUARTETTE STARR PHONOGRAPH AND GENETTE RECORDS A Distinguishing feature of THE STARR The Silver Spruce Singing Throat The tone is sweet and clear. We were fortunate in procuring a' number of Starr instruments and Genette Records before the war tax was out. Secure your Starr at the' old price. A large range of Gen- ette Records to choose from. H. E. RORKE Office now in the Canadian Express building Your Roof! On the selection of your roofing material depends the appearance, value and durability of your building. What kind of roofing could be bet- ter than 3 ply of everlasting SHINGLES. The cheapest is not usually the best, although the best is usually the cheapest. We have the best in three different grades, 2x, 3x, and 5x at popular current prices. AT BRUCEFIELD we also handle all kinds of ROUGH & DRESSED LUMBER, CANADA. FIBRE BOARD, CANADA CEMENT,HARD & SOFT COAL, etc. AT CLINTON we handle all kinds of COAL & WOOD and CANADA CEMENT. Let us have your inquiries. We think we can supply you. J. x a. 8 @L.1 a: d it A R L CLINTON and BRUCEFIELD,'' Phone for Clinton 74. Phone for Brucefield 11 on 618. THE CORNERSTORE Phone 4 For Picnic Season n IJ Supplies Olives Pickles Marmalade Jam Grape Juice Orangeade Lemonade Lime Juice Fruit and Vegetables of all kinds in season LIVE AND LET LIVE FredW.Wigg Manitoba Oats Our Manitoba Oats are of an ex- cellent quality and we have a small quantity on hand which we are able to offer at a vory reasonable price on. commit of buying some time ago. Do you expect o raise any baby chicks this season? Our Baby Chick Feed is composed of a mixture of No.1 rain and is clear of dust. We have it in two grades—Fine and Course A shipment of Seed Corn has Mat arrived and is composed of the follow- ing varieties— Improved Learning Early Bayley Wisconsin No, 7 King Philip Longfellow Yellow Flint E'er Hogs and Cattle we have a mixed chop made from equal parts of oats and corn. This chep is ground very fine and makes an excellent feed for fattening, hogs and cattle. • Our stock also includes the follow- ing lines—Gordon Seeds in packets, Easifirst Shortening, (lover and Grass Seeds, Flour, Hen Teed, Feed flour, Calf Meal, Rolled Oats, Seect Buckwheat and Barley Highest prices paid for wool and grain, When disposing of your wool abvise ns and we will give you the best price obtainable, We Jenkins & Son. FLOUR AND FEED Phones: Elevator 199, Residence 141 11-c$ I .... Special sale of Cooking Figs while they last 4 LOS FOC 25C W. T. O'ei1 The Hub Grocery SCRANTON COAL ALSO WOOD Any who wish to leave their order for future delivery can do so by leav- ing their orders at my residence Huron St. or phone 155. Terms strictly cash. E. Ward. —34-11 South End Grocery A. full stack of Groceries & Provisions We solicit your patronage Levi Stong PHONE 144 PROMPT DELIVERY suis :AWTED for knitters and earners ALSU UMEN for menders amd inspectors APPLY AT ONCE Clinton Knitting Co. LIMITED not wait Till next Winter to Talk about that Furs lace DO IT NOW Agent for Hecla Furnaces THOS. HAWKINS. Plumbing and Heating. Phone 53 Shop over Rowland's hardware FLOUR AND FEED CARLOAD OF STANDARD HOG FEED, ON HAND --ALSO-- PARIS GREEN —AND— A QUANTITY OF SLABS `l SUITABLE FOR SUMMER FUEL J. A. FORD et SON Phone 123. BROILERS WIINTE9 As time market is very high a present you will find it advisable to dispose of your largest Chickens. Fat Hens, and Old Roosters. We are also in the market for Young Ducks weighing 4 lbs each, also Old Ducks and Old Turkeys that are in good condition, GET OUR PRICES BEFORE YOU, SELL GUNN, LA.NGLOIS CO. N. W. TREWARTHA, Manager Phone 190; Holmesville 4 on 141 CREAM WANTED 1 The demand for our butter is in- creasing. To supply this demand we require more cream. We request you to ship lie' your cream, We guarantee you the Highest Market Prices, accurate tests and prompt service. Our firm is known to you and needs no further recommend, Wo pay all express charges, furn- ish cream cans and pay twice each month, Write for cans or further inform.. tion to the 'v114 Seatorth Creamery Co. 0, A, BARBER, MANAGEkt