HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1920-12-16, Page 1stablished 1865, Vol. 55, NA,25
CLINTON,
ONTARIO, THURSDAY December' 16th, 4920
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W. H. Kerr & Sou, Editors and Publishers.
Christmas Is Corning !-Start Shoiin'g,Now.
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OUR CHRISTMAS TREE
Has a wonderful assortment of Ivory Goods, Brand New
Leather Pocket Books, Auto Strop, Satino, Gillette Safety
Razors, also Brushes, Strops, etc.
Beautiful Odors in neat Packages of Perfume.
Ligget's Chocolates (the better kind) ; Cigars in boxes of 10,
25 and S:1; A new assortment of Pipes. Kodaks,
Albums, Calandar Mounts, Hot Water: Bottles, and
other useful gifts. An assortment of Stationary.
in Lord Baltimore Linen and Cascade Linen.
We haven't room to say more. Come and see for yourself,
W. S. R. -KO GM IS Phm'. B.
THE REXALL STORE •
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INCORPORATED 1855
THE MOLSONS BANK
Capital and Reserve $9,000,000
Over 130 Branches
WE WELCOME SMALL DEPOSITS.
At all our Branches we have Savings Depart-
ments at which Deposits of $1.00 or more are
received. Interest at regular rates.
Courteous attention given to every customer.
H. R. Sharp. Mgr., Clinton Branch
Safety Denosit Boxes to Rent.
Let us be Known as
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HOW BLESSED ARE THE YEARS OF PEACE
THAT FOLLOW WARS LONG STRAIN,
HOW SURELY DOES THEIR PASSING HEAL
THE HEART STRINGS TORN WITH PAIN,
UNTIL THE BURDEN OF OUR GRIEF
FOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND DIED,
IS LIGHTENED BY THE MEMORIES
THAT COME WITH CHRISTMAS TIDE.
FOR THEIR DEAR SAKES WE LOVED AND LOST
IN SILENGIE LET US STAND,
FOR ONE BRIEF MOMENT WHILE WE PLEDGE
TO THIS BBLOVED LAND,
A FAITH AS STEADFAST AND AS DEEP •
AS THEIRS WHO DIED THAT WE,
MIGHT KNOW THROUGH ALL THE YEARS TO COME
THE JOY OF LIBERTY.
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-WiLLIAM BANKS,
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\1 COUNTY COUNCIL , J. T. CURTIS PASSED
Coanmitte to Report on Repairs
ji, TIIRIi,'T Y PEOPLE And Improvements at the
Let us sti:,p spending heedlessly
and needlessly, and begin to
SAVLi NO\V AND SAVE
REGULARLY.
THERE I5 A SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
AT EVERY BRANCH OF
' cue Oval• Bank
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AWAY AT OTTAWA v OVER THE TEACUPS
Dunlop Tomb t Former Huron Teacher Writer
Of Many Books on Teaching
The Iiuron ...:aunty 'Council .spent al Profession
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meeting , a� December • 1 Curtis aged
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ore I
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QUICKOIANCEATa`
G�OUNCi.. MEETING
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Council met Wednesday evening with
Mayer Cottle hi the chair, and Reeve
Miller, Councillors, Middleton, Lang-
ford, Nediger, McMurray, Johnson and
Wlltse present,
Treasurer Macpherson gave his Fin-
ancial. Report which was accepted and
ordered to be printed.
A few closet rebates were granted by
the Council and also some tax rebates
I.charged
items of Interest Picked Up Hera
aced There About the Town.
Card Of Thanks
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Downs wish to
thank the neighbors and friends for
their kindness, through the illness and
death of their little daughter,
and one oiling tax, wrongly •
The time limit to collect the taxes A Small Fire
Was extended to March 45th, 4924, It
Saturday afternoon a curtain caught
i 'estimated Wiat about 89.50 will cover fire at the home' of Mr. John Brown,
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the taxes unpaid. No`rth Street, and the Brigade was called
'Council adjourned. ! out, but their services were not ''re-
quired,
YOUNGESTERS KNOW ' Fires Started at School,
CHRISTMAS IS COMING On Wednesday morning the fire was
started under the boiler at the Publle
School and everything is doing fine.
Stand Before Store Windows Schoolafter wilt be Xmas ready
vacationfor, the scholars
Picking Out Gifts They Want
the
From Santa. C. C. I. Commencement Friday En'.
The C. C. 1. Commencement will be
King Frost gave a tang to the air held in the Town Hall on Friday evening
Wednesday which to judge from the of this week. The Collegiate is noted
• group of small kiddies bunched in for good concerts, and this one will
front of store windows Where toys are not lag behind any of the former,
on display had brought forcibly ,to I Toronto Daily Star Has Three
juvenile minds the fact that it is on s its Staff.
time to decide Just what they want Huronians The Toronto onIt DailyfStar has three
the jolliest of all, jolly 61d men, Daddy
Santa 0 Claus,t place in their little liurouians on its staff, viz; Mr. John
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Miss Chare,lette Sheeley was hone
over the week end,
Air. Will Marland, of Guelph, spent
the week end to town,
Mrs. W. R. Counter has been spend-
stc 1 ' n
Bone, from East Wawanosit, one of
Christmas Fve
To the blase businessnt:u, and the its business managers; Miss Etta Mc -
worried housewife busy with the de-, Brien and Miss Jean Chidley, Clinton.
,,,ands of intricate business deals nr A Busy Day.
the needs of 4 household, tate metre
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leis Honor Judge Dickson, had a busy
chatter and laughter of the Little ones
as they discussed the merits of tit2 day hers on `_'aturday when between
fair or stark haired llttie ttndd:.°es the V ter'' List Appeals and the As -
holding brief t'ei;;n within the con- t sus meat Appear.:, t:tul: up tIl) whole
tines of the store window cam:. almost d: One of the striking features of
as welcome.. as a sho:••er of rain after ',I was the fact
few minutes delving 11 into the 51100, � The death occurred at St, Luke's
Tuesday
of the district at 111:: opening the Assessment appe. e, \
t I Hospit•tl t)it.,wa on Friday afternoon weeks drought. L
e• •s of rougt - that Clinton wasnot aware that pro--
1'ur the instant, businessman and and our tines
1 the ),.,nihcr . sum u
Tuasd;ts afternoon,-.tlta.question being i at o o'clock, of Mr. J. T. . i Forty was worth three
Deceased was •a teacher int; the past week in Brantford.
housewife were wafted back to the p`'
I i•,,v, ti. Wqe .I e. i iwhat anybody every dreamed f,
..1.. in the Ottawa Collegiate lnsttutte' Rev. D. N. AtcCannas preached in the days Mr. S. Bennett, of Wutghant.
1 • the •
wanted
19 years. )ceaseso until
t 1}r D,uulot was thy is when they, fls, were kiddies and
name
first warden of Ilurun or nut. • Wardenmade up lists of what y
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Petty, in his opening reruarks had j and had been ill for over a month.
Blyth Ai, tlx,r'dsi church las' Sunday' dear old Santa to place in their little dawn as a specialist in this Inc; and
•Ottawa for the past y ,.explained to the Court, that property
F ;FNIAD,n I - t, Out
Dunlop tom in home for a short holiday.
improving the stn•roundinys`, as bent- I mourn their loss two brothers and
so noted, i two sisters, Dr. E. W. Curtis, of Cad- Mr. Janes Stevens i
Ile hal been m \•McIntyre, Str 11 is 1 f the thrills that
R E. MANNING, Manager Clinton
d ii historic torch o[ one ani lour before dawinght streaked f This was endorsed by various mem- I la Jahn, yf, Attptrarila, Mts' dauglrtar, Alts. L Taylor ,d Londe forthe future f Clin-
e
eastern slay to explore the depths of tem r y
Ibers•of the .council and ley the county Ontario Site..t, •Stratford • .and Ars; Bariisler R: S. Hays, 'of Sea[ortlt. was • their stockings. • Back came menunies
clerk, who referred to Dr. Dunlop as Whaley, of Cadillac. i»t town 014 Saturday on Court cas•es.
ism -Fie \vas+,l,+ern in Stratford, 49 years 1 i of the yells of delight as the much -de -
tea Huron Boys Winners
Ili) hest emea warden of the county. This , n far. several ear had been At r. Jacob Taylor, of Toronto, is at- sired doll,)ngine, sled, or little' 1 A stood deal of credit is due our busy
Past sfatemenP \vas' questioned by ago services, or baseball, mitt waa.found' {Agriculture Representative, 'S. B. Sloth-
• Reeve Young, i d ' rent eqt St'a're in teacher's organ- tending to Ills business here, tells week.
of Colborne, who r i ert•i•• p' ?n, •hea and toddling -back to- their beds they ers, of Clinton; for the able way he
red to t(te.list,o[`cdunty wardens given" fratioi?'•in.�he province, Ile took an I Mr. C. Anderson, of.tondon Medical
:energetic,,,part in re-establishment of School, Is home for the Xmas holidays. passed the hours of semi-d0kuess I handled the County Baby able compete
in the consolidated bylaws of the cotlN- 6 ,;F bed clothes
Delta'
Utyiversity • summer school at I ',hiss Rutin Jackson, of ton'„, has
brought up the matter of pu one tG Air. "Gamy” .1 - socks Memories les o e
Branch b better- conditic\n and j Ewe or six years. Fl e leaves to t i was very high lies). We would ;id-
led
to run down thele' spines as, vis). the Council to secure Mr. Bennett
s visiting his clad in their little nighties, they set 1 :ts• the official booster, far he :ert 1 ntt
- - It to Elliot, k d aha
London. os •visions ie a tar) u
Commencin• S .t® i1th•
endingFrida .24th
An opportunity that comes in the right time , to make
Christmas shopping easy. We have cut the prices of thousands
''of dollars worth. of Men's and' Boys', Clothing to such an extent
that you will save money by doing your Christmas buying at
this store.
TERMS STRICTLY CASH -Money refunded if goods not
Satisfactory.
Men's Overcoats at
Boy's Overcoats
Boy's Suits
Men's Suits
Men's Odd Trousers
Men's Hats and Caps
Boy's Sweaters
Men's Underwear
25 Jo off.
25 % og..
20 % off.
20 % off.
20 J, off.
20 % off.
20 r/o off.
20 0/0 off.
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SPECIALS
12 only Men's Suits, grey tweed, reg. $22.00; Sale price $.15.00
20 only Men's suits, broken line, any size, reg. $25 and $30.00
Sale price ..519.50.
5 doz. Men's black pants, all sizes, reg $2.50; sale price $2,00
Men's overalls, extra heavy cloth, $325 and $2.50 for $2,75
Stanfield's underwear, reg. $3,25; sale price $2.65
Stanfield underwear, reg $3.00 sale price $2.50
sale price $ t.50
Heavy Ribbed underwear, reg. $2.00,
ONLY 12 MORE DAYS TO DO YOUR CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING.
ty (consolidated in 1905.) Dr, Delt'
lop's name was not included here,
'Po clear up the • point tite'cdunty
clerk had the 'originl conintissiott
front Queen Victoria, dated Dec. 23rd,
1541, appointing Dr. Dunlop warden of
6..
Oe Huron district brought up from
his ,office; where it hangs on the wall
Kingston. ,.,1Ie ivas'a.wr ter of .books, 1 turned home from Toronto, where s
pertaining to the teaching profession has been visiting,, •
and, li,•titg t e'of his death, had al- I, Mr. Oliver Johnson, of Goderich, was
mos.tl;cqR,plgled: 'vol ttrie for the sunt- renewing old acquaintances in town on
nter•-schpol i-l'e was 'uriniarried: Saturday. -
"Jerry's" old frtb1ds.ifi Huron Colin- {We are pleased to learn that Mr. Will
ty were indeed •sorry to hear of his t Argent. is recovering, from his • recent
ie a stiltabie fraise.
death. He' was a' popular teacher ' •illness.
ti drMr. Wilt. Bailie,, who was present in in Huron County for some years,
le au Miss Jule Bartliff, of Toronto,is a
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'ence was able to explain that • visitor at her home for the next two
re-. cuddled stn the wart,, a tion, having 5 in the stoney at Guelph
he consuming the candies, oranges and
1 r -Count • Competition. As the class
other left behinds ,that the merry mout is Inter -County en to all youtig men under 30 and
• had behind during the Mysterious'I entitles the winters to a free Short
midnight hours.
Itiourse, including R. R. Fare and Board
at the 0. 'A. C. A. W. Etheringtnn,
Exeter, and Wilber Turnbull, Brussels,
won this year and will not be eligible
again.. 10 a County the size of Huron
there should be double the entries there
were this year. Get your boys busy,
Write Mr, Stothers for particulars and
Start the Calf going.
the Huron District included what are
now the counties of Huron Bruce and
Perth. Dr. Dunlop was appointed
warden of the district . by Royal Cont -
mission in 1841 ..and this is the date
which is placed, .on the county crest.
It was in 1850 the first warden of the
separate county of Huron was elected.
It is gratifying to know that the
county Council .is taking up the ques-
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Clothing rtr
The Morrish 9
Rquare Deal Nor Every Milii
THINKS WE.
SHOULD CACKLE
Ottawa -=Dec. S.—"The old Cana-
dian Hen" as a new national emblem
was : urged by •E, C. Elford, Do-
minion . Governnient Poultry Expert,
at a public meeting last night follow-
ing a report that the beaver was
dying out.
weeks.
Mr. Frank Pennebaker, who is attend-
ing Pharmacy, is home for the Xmas
holidays.
Rev. Eric Anderson was a visitor at,
the parental home, Ontario St. Parson-
age, on Sunday.
Mr. G. D. Gilchrist, of Guelph,. was in
town for a day or so this .week. His
old friends were glad to see him.
i
T /y y� in town fltis week in -connection with
ntciryO p egySlEll•tio [ 1920 'cosiness With' the Piano Factory.
�.! f® L w.�iL• s 'Barrister Cameron, of t4 Municipal
World, St. Thomas, was im town last
Saturday attending the Court of Revis-
ion.
Mrs, Ida Fennell, of Stratford, was
in town on Tuesday attending"the fun-
eral of her neice, the infant daughter of
Mr, and Mrs, W. S, Downs.
Continued from Last Week)
ment Act,f 920 a section which provides that seventy per cent. shall ' Mrs. A.
Dawns, of lona Station, Ont,,
et unless the attaching creditor shows to the satisfaction of is visiting
at the bone of Mr, and
be exempt Mrs. W. S. Downs, being in attendance
the judge that in any particular case this amount of exemption will at the funeral of their infant daughter
be unreasonable, when the judge is empowered to reduce the pet' on Tuesday, •
centage of the exemption. i Mrs, J. Scott, of Clifford, who
Facilities are provided for special determination of the extent I was visiting R. her sister, Mrs.o, o
of the right of attachment of wages and for increasing or reducing awns, also attended the funeral of her
the amount of exemption from time to time without waiting for DDown, little attGraended
d then, left for her
tar sittings of the courts. r hone yesterday(Wednesday).
etre made to The Workmen s
• Mr. W. N. Manning, of London, s
s
Notes on Legislation Considered and Enacted
daring the Session of 1920 r.,,,,i"''-
Brief though the ,dream and rough-
ly though it.was broken by the racket
of the street, each wentt heir way de-'
terhtined that they at least would see
that such little' ones as. they could
insure of a visit from Santa Claus
should know like joy with .themselves
even.if it were necessary to hunt for,
somebody else's kiddies to fill the
bill.
Compensa-
tion
tc�u
Numerous amendments
tion Act. The maximum- allowance for burial expenses is increased
from $75 to $125 and the annual payments to the widow or invalid
husband of a deceased employee is increased front $30 to not ex-
ceeding' fifty-five per cent, of the average earnings, to $40 hut not
exceeding sixty-six and two-thirds per cent. of the average monthly
earnings of the workman,
The monthly payments to a widow, invalid husband and infant
children are increased from $7.50 in the case of either child under
sixteen years of age, to $.10 for each such child, and other increases
Iin like proportion are made in the various allowances payable under
the Act,
The position of tine foster mother is recognized and payment of
Brussels' Poste—Mrs. Ciro\ven, Prin-
oess street, who has been ill with weeks, fever for the past few t , is
improving nicely now• and will soon'
regain her former good health we hope,
The malty friends of Mrs. Robert
Fitzsimons have been anxiously ;Wait-
ing good news from the hospital, and
the last tenons that, if anything; she is
little easier, Mrs. Fitzsimons has
been seriously ill with plus -pneumonia.
The many friends hope that she may
..e a,eseso®Gsess,9sss914t
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Willis Church
The Tablet in ntentory of Major
Broder McTaggart, D.S.O., will be un-
veiled at the morning service Sunday
morning next,
' 1Good Year for Violets..
Sweet pelts have bet'n forced for the
Christmas market only for ,nnuy years
Past. They must be started blooming
before the cold weather begins. Then
they will bloom all \winter. Daffodils
do not get in until February, but al-
most all the rest of the spring flowers,
hyacinths, narcissuses, bavurtlia, antd
so on, are on the Christmas counters.
Paster lilies, ton though rather cold
and white for Chrlstnl1s,.nre sold. Vi-
olets, are fine this winter, deeply,
TOY'TREE TABLE DECORATION deftly, beautifully blue. Some mi-
gnonette now comes in enormous
srays, There are eal•lltitlallS bill the
Miniature Christmas Emblem May Se
Surrounded With Prevents Tied
With Red Ribbon,
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.. Acompensationis authorized to her for keeping up the houshold and •have a speedy recovery,
"�°'" g {1
children,
mFllntaiflillto ..:d'
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The limit of the imount of compensation to fifty-five per cent', of 1 Gunton News: -••'Nearly every
the "1\ 0r. e. r-'•ont:.ly earning, of the workman is increa'ed in all persoo has a different, idea of what
7t
are
to sixtvstx and iawo�thirds per cent. of such earnings. constitutes Americanism; but alt
�� cases
The Anis cx''^laded lo incltrde tete furnisitinr of arti"ificiat merttlters;Agreed ilial tate immigrant should be
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Try The New Ery
for Job Work in
la'URA'L'lii the Inhle twith n
Christmas tree. olio ill' rho
toy ,,nos, 14(4(1 pile nrnunil its
lout 0yet :tutit:' L= -a:.
tied \w:th ire:1 ribbons,
These .,hnulil be nmly what a c• dlege
man would call '•hrlials'-perbneds n
tiny lin piano for a would-be per Ib: u0
er, n lantern for the Om the pith -is .of
whose ,lobes UN ,liairull t„ $0e u
pbaehl irapor golf 1.eg rot 1' e t i
fed up on it.
bright red Christmas carnation is the
fnvon'ite. Dolly comes from the hills
of 'Maryland and the south. The wild
holly supplies the market rind there
has never seemed to be any percepti-
ble diminution of the supply. Croat
quantities of it are pnechnsed 11w all
sorts et dealers, who decorate their
stores with It anal send out a sprig ag-'
tatted to every Christtuus parcel. 'l'
astie player, 511d1 so on, chili \\1111 1, I:
rhyme or gnolnaon, says ltnl;c s
Bazar. If one eonsldel•x a 12001:40 a
•1011100hatt undignified bird, davits ntny I
be exchanged for it sithev the d0'.10S-
110 1055'1 01' 1110 1111(14 00014113'w1' cn11v111.
back or redhead. Fried celery I4 ecrs
good with duck, the crispest, p'us's
dropped in batter and 11100 ronlmi in
tleefl 011. 1101,010 tipple suttee Oro•
quettcs shouids non be omitted even
with this. For this informal ,dinner
there is a veil' gond And lunge t met
drink to serve with the heavy course --
sweet eider, spiced mid sugared to
taste, cooked ten ntinliles nod served
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New York Worldr—Prices may be
coining down, but they are not tak-
Mg the trills on high gear Wte way
they used too. t
SAD FATE
Wooden So1-
dier: After faith•
ful service In
the nursery for
a year, I w111 be
cast mettle for his
new toy
Christmas.
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The Hydro -Electric Commission
of Ontario and tate corporation of
the Ct.). of Toronto have acquired
all the ,Mackenvie 'electric interests
in and about 'T'oronto for the styli
og $32,734,000, This is e u'e•
niendous advance in the proi;ress
of public ownership' of ulih tie , It
has now reached- the status of 1'ig
business. 'there ought won to be,
wliite coal in unlimited quantities,