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HURON BOYS HOME
No Clinton Boys on Last Throe Boats,
Pte. 0. S. McLean, Wiughan]
Pte. A. 0, McLean, Goderich
Spy. W. A. Weston, GoderieJi
Pte, K. 13, Nesbitt, Brucefield,
Pte, D. B„Blackwell, Mensal!
Lance -Corp, S. J, McCann, Exeter
Pte. L. C, Cantelon, Wingliaiu
Pte. L. R. England, Crediton
Pte, W, J. Heard, Winghaut
Corp. W. McArthtir, Seaforth
Corp. S. L. Bell, Goderich
Pte. G. L, Day,.Wingham
Sergt, L. A. Smiley, Seaforth
Corp. W. L. Sholdlce, Walton
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The New Era vocies the sentiments of many citizens when
we say that the Council would not be spending money fool-
isti.ly if they purchased the photos of "Our Fallen Heroes” and
had them hung in the Council Chamber, as a tribute for the
sacrifice they made in the great war for freedom.
The New Era hopes to see this platter' taken up at next
Monday's council meeting, and that in the near future, a group
picture of the o'tticers of the 161st Huron Battalion, and one of
the.men, also placed on the walls of the Council Chamber,
The gallantry of gur Boys is indeed worthy of this small
act of the Council.
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Pte. Grant Fetterly, Wtnglaam. account of the special Forward Move-
! ment Conference.
7 p.m.—"Overcomers,"
Births
Marriages
,& Deaths The annual sleigh ride and business
meeting will be held on friday.
II Births St. Paul's
Branch CI MINOR. --In Clinton, on Saturday,
February 22nd, to Mr. and Mrs. John
Minor, a son.
DIED
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Income tax Forms for the year 1919
have been received by Mr. A. J. Rob-
erts, assistant inspector for Perth, Ox-
ford, Huron and Bruce Counties, and
copies may be obtained from any post
office in the districts. There is con-
siderable change in the formas this year
as compared with last year, and persons
li•rble for income tax are urged to pro -
Lure copies of the same without delay.
Income tax fierns must be Tilled in ont,
lu;:r than Feb. 21. ' There is a penalty
( ,una per day for every day's delay
in tilling, the forams.
AMCNTAGLI L1 1IT C?ERA SINGERS.
THURSDAY, MARCH Btli •
In a'd of the %leap::-! Fund under
Isis; ices o tl:e Girfc.' A'i ii1ary,..
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ion.' It is hoped •thtt the interest and
p�y�,I 9'tl lit
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ttteadanoe will .vuhnue t -i in•rease.. ,
1111' tits fill l 1L1.II r,'
Wesley ,thorax. •
Rev, 'Canon Hill will take the ser-
vices as usual on Sunday next,
111 the evening he will preach on
"Missions" of the Anglican church,
with special reference to the splendid
work of the Auxiliary connected there-
with,
Willis Church
The Willis- church Sunday School
enjoyed a very•pleasant and profitable
session last Sunday -afternoon, The oc-
casion being the introduction into the
Sabbath School of their, new lantern.
The pictures shown trade a splendid
review. of the life of Moses and the
journeys of the children of Israel.
The Sunday School will hold their
❑nasal sleighride and supper on Mon-
day evening next, from lour to six
o t.lnck.
he yt.iniaer': ,itl.'ect next Sundae
cn.111n. ill be rhe World's Greatest
Rr,sine , ru,s.ction.,,
Ontario Street Church
4`7,2`..1 n :aa the Pastor for will nee
Itis morning
eeleie.1 is ' l'r.i rani, i1 ter Action."
i't min•.._.... ;ie. and its Slid,.,.
he rtbl; 11i:s`.:ii, meeting' will
1'e "Ll . t tit a.m., Sunday.
.rh , ortlt La', ervice
1Ln 14441[v.as u.i l.. tie charge of ti1.1
t'onir,iittsc, with Alvin
411; chair, The Mi.Ses
Said:" gate one of their trell-render,•d.
d' ete tins Beatrice Gtan song a
1 v -ice. Bev. :Br. Flag,•
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Presbyterian ch itch gave a
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PRESBYTERY MET HERE
STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1919
APPOINTED — DELEGATES TO
GENERAL ASSEMBLY NAMED
At Clinton on Tuesday the 25th, the
Presbytery of Huron met and the fol-
lowingwere the e rn attendance. Mr, Tel-
ford, Moderator, Messrs. McLean, Foote
Johnston, Ross, Carswell, Hogg, Mac-
farlane, McIntosh, 1latnilton and Drs.
Larkin and Aitkin, ministers and Mes-
srs. Gladnlan, Dodds, Ratcliffe, Lind-
say, Young, Fraser, Mitchell and Aik-
enhead, Elders.
Applications were made for congre-
gations in the Presbytery requiring aid
andceived. Eider's commissions were re -
The annual reports of the different
Standing Committees of Presbytery
were received and considered. Mr,
Macfarlane reported on Home Missions
Dr, Aitken for Sabbath Schools and the
Young Peoples' Societies, Mr, Gladnlan
tar the Forward Movement, Mr. Hogg
en Systematic Beneficence, the Clerk
on Statistics;
1n connection with one item in the
14.51 report 41 recommendation was sub-
mitted and agreed to that the use .of
the pulpit for any kind of ••tn appeal
,houid be guarded against by the proper
surreill:utee by the Session.
The n 11,a'htg were appointed Com-
mi.,i errs to the atexl General Assem-
bly to be held in June next In llamit-
W.. H, Kerr & son, Editors and !publishers,
and 2/.00 in U.S.
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and from any person, whether
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not,
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ton: Dr. Larkin, Mr. Abery and Dr.
Fletcher, and' Elders from McKillop,
Clinton and 1iuilett.
The following were appointed as
members of the Standing Comnilttees
for the year 1919, the first Hanle men-
tioned being convenor and the minis-
ters in each case having associated with
then their Elders. —
Homo Missions—Messrs. Macfarlane,
Foote and MdConnell.
Foreign Missions—Messrs. Ross, Mc-
Dermid Dr. Larkin, Dr. Aitken, Messrs.
McLean and McIntosh.
Systematic Beneficence y is B nefica ce =— Messrs.
Hogg, Johnston, Gladman, Aikehhead,
Mitchell and Lindsay.
Superintendence of Students — Mr.
Johnston and Dr. Fletcher,
Emergency •,— Messrs.- McIntosh,
Abrey anti Carswell.
• •A, & I. M. & W. & 0. Funds—Dr.
Fletcher, Messrs. Carriere and McCmi-
;ne11.
Statistics and Finance — Messrs.
' Hamilton, Telford and Macfarlane.
Auditors—Mr. Gladma t and Dr. Ait-
ken.
IConference—Mr, Telford, Dr, Larkin
and Mr, Mcl7ernid.
The subject for Conference at the
May Conference is to be "The Church
and Rconstretction."
Dr. Larkin was nominated for the
Assembly's Business Committee and
41e:54re, Russ 2nd Gladm511 on tir,tt of
he Synod. 4
Dr. M41Gflliyary of Shanghai, was
nominated tor the Moderatorsliip of
Ilio neat General Assembly.
The 11.'2:1 re.4ul:.r meeting is to Na
held at Clinton on May 13th next.
Soldiers' Land Settlement Committee
of Huron County Council Meet at
Clinton
This committee to 'whom It was en-
trusted to collect data and to investi-
gate to what extent the Government
would assist the returned heroes of
Moron to settle down lin civil life, met
111 'Clinton on the 20th Inst, ,
The committee was composed of
Warden Campbell, Chairman LaPorte,
Ex -Wardens Livingston and Govenlock.
and Councillors Ford, Beavers, Petty
Young, Sanders and Moffatt. County
officers Holman and Lane were also he
attendance.
By request, Mr. A. Murray Allan, of
Stratford, representing the Department.
of Soldiers' Vocational Training Work,
Ives present and gave a very interest-.
lug and instructive talk on the work
being carried on by the Government in
re-establishing returned soldiers lit
their former occupations, and fitting
the disabled ones for useful and pro-
fitable employment in every sphere of
life. Instances were cited of the. good
work where soldiers returningto all
intents and purposes totally isabled,
were now earning good wages in fac-
tories, etc. His work was intended to
make the returning men not only use-
ful citizens but also to make them feel
independent of charity, or any resem-
blance of it, and to restore their self
confidence. Young men, who, when
enlisting had not completed their edu-
cation or trades, were taken in hand -
and assisted liberally to do so. • Sur-
veys of factories and other places of
employment were being made to as-
sist those. looking for employment or
wishing to learn trades. Any returned
soldier, wishing any information of thi;
nature, should drop a card giving his
mune, regimental number, date of dis-
charge and place of discharge to A.
Dturrat• Allan, industrial Survey Offi-
cer, St tfurd, and his case will re-
ceive immediate attention.
The Clerk presented suet correspon-
dence and information as he had 414111-
141. ,.4 •ni» tt,e discussed very-
L�,Is ,til th 1lr.,c , the qi.-5[1.:11 5'
u I: i tai, t „ 1,,,'d Settlement
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SUGAR
Sugar just arrived,
we will sell for $10.75
per hundred while it
lasts.
W. T. O'NEIL
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THE HUB GROCER
Phone 48
1919 Canada Food Board License
No: 8,4495.
.0n. Monday nicht the Lelt4ue had a
ter). i»tere.sting debate on the subject
Resolved that Foreign, Immigration t 1, tae» tti1
Canada -should. be prohibited for a per-'
Tod- of thi ee, years.' '1;11e eflirniative !
was argued by Miss Freda Wallis and
Stanley Jackson, and the Negative by1
Leona Nediger and Norman holland. 1
'1 he young people put up a good de-
bate and the eantest was a very close I
one, the award being given to the affirm-!
ative. The judges were Misses D. ;
Cantelon and Peal Gould and Willis
Cooper..
Next Lord's day, the pastor's sub- ,
jeer will be; in the morning "The
church 'and its Prayer" In the evening
the discourse will be on Cardinal New -
man's matchless Hymn "Lead Kindly
Light," .
CHURCH NOTES
Rev, Carrlere of Grand Bend receiv-
ed the sad news of the death of his i
mother in Montreal,
Word has been received by friends
at Walton that a former pastor, Rev. J. i
i'. \Vestnian, who for $ years has been
Field Secretary of Sunday Schools in
Alberta, is about to return to clerical
work at Nelson. j
At a meeting of the Seaforth Quart- .
erly and Trustee Boards of the A'letho-
dist church, Rev. H. D, Moyer was in-
vited to remain another year and was
granted an increase of el 00 in his sal- i
441'e.
A unanimous invitation to return
next year was extended by the Varna
Quarterly Board to Rev, R. L. Wilson.
At a meeting of the Blyth Quarterly
Official Board, Rev. R. J. McCormick,
the pastor, received a hearty and un-
animous invitation to remain another
year,
Rev. Charles Rutherford, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church Pine River,
has resigned,
The many friends of 'Captain, the
Rev, Jas. R. Graham, late of White=
church and Langside Will be pleased to
learn that he has received the degree
of N. A., from his Alma Nater, Trinity
College, Dublin, Ireland. Captain
Graham is still on active service 'with
the troops and does not expect to re-
turn to Canada for sonic time,
W. C, T. U.,
The W.C.T. U. Will meet et the home
of Mrs. George Levis on Friday of this
week at 3 o'clock. All ladies welcome,
Cutting Sunday Traffic,
in future no freight trains except
diose loaded with live stock and per-
ishable goods will be run on Sunday on
the Grand Trunk Railway, lit fact Sun-
day work, as much as posible, will be
' avoided. This, it is understood will
apply to all departments. At this per -
fid of the year, business is 'particularly
slack, but throu hont the week the
ie
Shipping of freight Will be evenly dis-
tributed to that there will not he any
crews laid off on account of the de -
1 crease of business.
• 'I he ClintonHospital was opened on
.-Wednesday on account of an operation.
The form:) opening will die held some
day. next weak it is expected.
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Miss Greta Mustard, of Brucetield,
is one of the probationers to take up
nursing at the Clinton hospital,-,
The canvass• made in the tow() and
townships for the Clinton Hospital
has met with success, but as 4111 the
canvassers have not reported yet, the
Tretssrer has not got the total lig Cres
leached.
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Miss Grainger, the Superintendent is
now f» charge, and is a graduate from
the hospital, when under the control of
Dr. Gunn, Miss M. Holmes, is the
housekeeper in charge.
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The ladles are asked to not forget
the fruit shower of the Wo-
man's Institute to -morrow, at the hos-
pital.
NOTED MUSICIAN RETURNS
FROM GERMAN PRISON .CAMP
Dr. Ernest MacMillan Tens of 1 -lis l
Interesting Experiences at luh-
lehen and of Work Accomplish-
ed There., •
(Toronto Globe)
To spend the entire period of the
great*ear in aGerman Priso
t camp
within a car ride to the centre of
Berlin was the lot that fell to Dr. Ern-
est MacMillan, son of Rev. Alex. Mac-
Millan of 382 Spading road, who has
• now arrived in Toronto rejoicing in
his freedom, While the experience
1 was not of an exciting character, and
the four years were spent far from
the zoite of battle, Dr, MacMillan had
a unique story to tell to a representa-
tive of the Globe in the course of an
interview last evening.
His story began back in June,
' 1914, when he went to Paris as a
ivery young man, to continue his
studies in. the , tart. of music. lf, he
I had not been' attracted by the alag-
ner Festival at Bayreuth in Germany
a month later, he would have now had
a different story to tell. At the end
of July he tools a week's trip to
Germany to attend this festival of
music, which Nes so inharmoniously
broken up by the.Wagned-like oratorio
started by tite Kaiser, Krupp .and Hin-
denburg, which bursteintofull chorus
on the fateful August the ;4th, and
continued. without inttlJflhission until
the composers were discredited and
the song of victory and peace took its
place,
Could Get No Money
"Why did you not get out- of Ger-
many at once when war was (feeler -
ed?" sked The Globe, , •
. Fi
r one thingwas outof toticll
1
with the outside wiirld, and could
get no money. i never thought 1
flirt
would be held up so long," replied
Dr. MacMillan. "I went to Nurem-
burg and found they were rounding
up the English, and 1 was advised
by the American Consul to wait till
1 could get a pass into Holland. I
just waited for something to happen."
"What did happen?"
"I was arrested for not reporting,
and given two months mid costs. I
didn't knots I had to report. The po-
lice did not take any notice of me,
although they had my papers, lime
a suspicion that the police didn't know
where Canada was; they must have re-
garded it merely as part of America.
i was sentenced to solitary confine-
ment tor nine weeks. After this I leas
taken to the prison camp at Ruhleben,
near Berlin, and was there till two
weeks after the armistice was signed."
Imprisoned On Racecourse
The camp was situated on a race-
course, and at first contained a-
bout 4,000 men, who lived in the
horse boxes, Dr. MacMillan said he
slept on a board in one of the lofts
with a sack of straw and one blanket.
At first there was no heating, to
means of getting hot water, and no
place for exercise. They were fed
mostly on soupS with vegetables and
bits of meat floating around in them,
This diet, which the doctor would not
admit was unpalatable, was acceptable
to hungry men. Some days they got
rice and prunes, with prunes few and
fan' between.
"After n lime we got things fixed
, up for ourselves. .A sports groulid
was rented with British motley from
the Owners of the race -course, also a
plot of land to grow vegetables. Then
we started Beat
c theatre. Th
a is was fixed
up by the men, and an entertainment
committee was appointed, compose]
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The following owing a 'hums, which ex-
plain tii,•niselves. a re.. adopted by the
'1(1.11' 11 ! i.;Al;:red t , forward -
et to the proper suthuritigs and pub-
Gslt,d in our ceuniy paper1:
The first, while expressing :tpprecia-
tt,:,n • , .he efforts so far in attempts
at repatriation, calls attention to a
phase 01 that work which needs very
:.:nous attention. Farming long the
1•:isic industry of our country, upon
which all others depend, it was felt
that very generous measures must be
adopted to Induce the boys to get back
to the land, This is made more ap-
parent, when the consider the liberal
inducement held out in other walks of
life. Canada being essentially an agri-
cultural country, the lack of labor on
tite farms is the most serious obstacle
to production that the farmer is up
against, and any measure of liberal,
bonuses or other inducements, similar
to that renclered those wishin- to learn
trades or go to school to induce our
young sten to settle on farms, will do
hatch to restore farnino to normal
ct.nditions and help put it where it be-
longs as the greatest and most needed
of occupations.
The resolution, which was moved by
Mr. B. W. fe Beavers, of Exeter, and
seconded by Mr. Jas. A. Ford, of Clin-
ton, is as follows: "That we the
committee of Huron County Council ap
Pointed to consider the Soldier's Land.
Settlement proposition, wish to place
on record our appreciation of the ef-
fort of our governments, both Domin-
ion and Provincial, towards repatria-
tion our t of iu brave � '
soldier bo • yS • and
recognizing in a tangible manner their
patriotism, sacrifice and bravery, and
we pledge our support to the further-
ing of any scheme whereby these ef-
forts for world .freednni on the part
of our heroic sons will be recognized,
not only according to their merits but
that they will be dealt with, in a man-
ner, commensurate with our appreela-
Hon of their heroism and our ability
to deal generously with then[, But
we are cif the opinion that more at-
tention should be given by our goveree.
stents to devising schemes for the. Ye,
taining of, our boys on the farms by
assisting such, after the manner of trite:...
benefits allowed others for vocadfonal
training or further education, said as-
sistance to take the form of bonuses
or gifts other than loans to those
who wish to return to farm life, tied
that the Legislature of the Province be -
asked to pass legislation empowering
County'Councils to supplement such
grants 01 bonuses made for such. pur-
poses,"
The following resolution, moved) by
Messrs. Young, of Colborne, and Goven'
luck, of McKillop, Was also adopted:
"That the reeves and council of each
municipality be requested to act as a
look out committee to collect in the
spt 15possibpaurs
regarding our143' le all returning soldiersrticthlaat
they may be assisted so far as pos-
sible in resuming; their farmer posi-
ttone or necupetfoIIs in the civil fife of
encu community, and to take all•neces-
nary steps to carry out the wishes of
the people regarding the repatriation
of our country boys,"
Woollens .ttontain Up.
14 is stated on authority that there
will be no reduction in the price of
-woollens this Siring.