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CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3rd, 1918
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We Extend to all our Customers
a Very Happy and Prosperous
New Year
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BE MOflflI CLOTHIRIB CO.
Motto "A Square Deal for Every Man."
Agent C. Po R.
Pflnne t8 fon Sunday or night calls.
THE, LOCAL 112AItKW „ ! THE AUXILIARY, The N
Wheat $2,10
Buckwheat $1.40.
Barley $1.20.,
Oats 72e,
Butter 34c to 36e.
Egga (new laid) 44e.
Live ;Hogs $17.25.
HAS BEEN WATC'H'ING CANADA,
Cauadiacla do not coria to take an
interest le their homeland even when
they take up residence in the Ile -
public to the south. In writing to
renew his sub., to Tee News -Record
a former resident of this locality
who now resides en Nokomn, North
Dakota, concluded his letter with
these words : "Wieling you and
yours. and every voter who voted to
keep Canada on the map a happy
and,nrosperous new year."
LITTLE LOCALS.
The C.C.I. and Publie school will
open on Monday, Jan. 7th, for, the
winter term.
The Clinton junior hockey team will
play an association game with the
Goderich Juniors in the iocal rink on
Friday evening at 8 o'clock, See it.
The Model class report, a
report of Patriotic shipmeuta
from Clinton, directions f o r
knitting, a.report of a wedding at
Loadesboro and • other interesting
matter has had to be laid over until
next week.
REMEMBERED THE SOLDIER.
Some friends in town and in God-
erich township who knew him before
he went overseas in 1914 made up e
little purse and sent it as a Christ-
mas box to Pte, W. J. Britton, who
was one' of the very, first men to
enlist from the, vicinity of; Clinton
and, who was invalided home some
months ago. Pte. Britton has been
in Toronto for some weeks past and
the other days Mr. T, R. Jenkins re-
ceived the following letter of thanks
for the Christmas remembrance :
"Toronto, Dec. 27th.
Dear Rees, 23ow can I thank you
all for the excellent gift. you wore
so good as to send me ? I assure
you,' am indeed grateful to you and
shall never forget your kindness to
me, not only on this occasion but in
the past. Kindly thank everyone
for 11)e, will you, Rees, and assure
thein haw much I appreciate their
kindness.
Yours gratefully,
W. J. Britton."
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
Sunday next, according to the re-
quest of the leen, is to he set apart.
throughout. the British Empire
as a day of •special• prayer
for the victory of the Allied
arms and the cause for which
they are, struggling, In all the
churches this day, .will be so set
apart.
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.For. the purpose of conserving coal
the churches in town have decided to
hold union Wednesday night meet-
ings, beginning on the sixteenth.
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The pastor of Willis church will
take fee his subjects : Morning—."The
Theological Basis of Prayer." Even-
ing : "Mighty Men at Prayer."
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The subjects chosen by the castor
of the Baptist church for next Sun-
day are , as follows : Morn'.ng
"What should we Pray for at such
a Timer as This 7" Denting ' "Three
Great Prayer Meetings,"
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On Sunday last the sermons and
music in Ontario street church were
appropriate to the closing of ;the old
year and the beginning of the new.
Next Sunday the day of National
Prayer will be observed. l,, the
morning the pastor Will take for hitt
subject : "Does Prayer Influence
Gad ?" In the evening late subject
will be : "Unanaweirod Prayers."
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The Union Sunday school rally held
in Wesley church on Sunday after-
noon was a great success. The church,
gallery' and S. S. rooms were ail fill-
ed. A choir made up from the dif-
ferent schools led the singing and
the superintendents of the eve Pro,'
testant Sunday schools and three of
the five ministers and the Salvation
Army captain were upon -the plat-
form.
Tho Rev. A. E. Jones presided and
a vane interesting program, made up
of musical numbers, readings, etc.,
from members of the dillerent schools,
was given.
Tho children and young people 'ac-
quitted thomgelves well,
Tho Rev. J. A. Robinson'xead the
scripture lesson and the Rev. ,J, E.
Hogg presented the claims of the
Belgians, the object of the gathering
being to .gather tunas for the Bel-
gian Relief.
The collection was taken by young
Men from the several schools, and
aniounted to seventy dollars.
The Christmas decorations had, not
been removed from the church which
Looked quite festive,
The Wesley ,Suinlay school oreleteara
dispensed music at intervals through-
out the service.
The service was gam under the
auspices of the Women's Patriotic
isecleity, a• eofnnhitteo arranging the
program. 'The ministers cud Sys,
officials all co-operated to hake the
gatheilhg a success,
The Young Ladies' Patriotic 'lux -
diary have decided, in order to .con-.
serve fuel, to held', their weekly
meeting at seven o'oioek on Fridays
evening oach,week instead of Thurs-
day for the inters,, The young lad-
ies are very busy preparing for the
presentation of "The 'Valentine Girl"
in the hall op - the 114th and 16th of
this morals.
A BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Niles Lula Oriels, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Iddo Crich of Ontario St.,
oolebrated her eleventh. birthday on
Now Year's Day by entertaining a
number of her little girl friends to a
parte. A very happy time was spent
by the youthful maidens in music,
games, etc. Having started the
New Year so happily may it bring
to the tittle hostess an& her friends
continued happiness,
L.O.L. OFFICERS INSTALLED,
Murphy, Lodge No. 710 had an in-
stallation on Friday evening last,
when J. P. Sheppard, .assisted by T.
J, Manahan, installed the oilmere :
• Master, W. J. Falconer, `Hanley.
M:, anley.
Chaplain, Rev. W. 'B. Moulton
Rem -Secretary, A. Clarkson,
Pile-Secretary,11, Glazier,
D. of C., L. Stephenson
Lecturers, L. Hanley, F. Penna -
baker.
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Wishing you the compliments of the
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Another sending a renewal from
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It your price has gone up I will send
the difference for I .like to get your
paper, which reaches me on Saturday
gives me much news of the old
town.".
MAY LOCATE IN CLINTON.
Mr, 13, R. Higgins has disposed of
his fine little farm of sixty some
acres on the edge of the village of
Brumfield to Mr. Wm. Douglas of
Blake for the handsome price of
$8000. Of course it is well improv-
ed and has excellent buildings with
all the modern conveniences, Mr..
Higgins has been looking 'for a
residence In Csintou and if he finds
something to suit him will probably
locate here. Clinton will welcome
Mr. and Mrs. Higgins to town should
they decide to come,
WEDDED IN MONTREAL.
Tho wedding took place at St. Mat-
thew's church, 1siontreal as Mandan
of last week of Mr. M. G. Cameron,K.C., of Goderich to Flora, daughter
of Mr. and 'Mrs, A. B. McLean of
•Smith's Falls. The offibiating ciergy-
au
mwas Rov, Geo. E. 'Ross, former-
ly
ormer
ly pastor of Knox church, Goderich,
The bride is well known in Goderich,
having resided there formerly. Mr.
Cameron has had an office be Clinton
for some years and is well known to
our citizens, .who, will congratulate
him upon the happy event,
W. P. S. NOTES.
Regular monthly busiuess 'sneoting
of the Women's Patriotic Society wilt
be held Friday afternoon in tine
board room.
youth end knitters will kindly, tie
their socks with •white instead of
green, as announced last weelc.
Any lady in the country who
would help in this knitting, contest,
may get;wool at Mr, Fair's store
and may return the finished socks
there as well.
Fuil directions foe knitting the
socks will be found on an inside page
of this paper. Please+ cut out for
reforonce when knitting fox the ren -
test.
A NEW YEAR'S WEDDING,
A quiet wedding took, place in On-
tario street church on the afternoon
of New Year's Day when Miss Vine
Jane Stevens, daughter of Mr, Wil-
liam Stevens of town, was united in
marriage with Mr, George Percy
Head of Whitby,
no ceremony was performed bye,
the Rev, J. A. Agnew,. pastor of the
church, and was.witnessed by inn.
matinee friends. -
.At the conclusion of the ceremony
the bridal couple and guests drove
to the home of the bride's brother-
in-law, Mr. E. II, McGill of the
Hum Road, where • the reception
was held and the wedding Least
spread,
After spending a few days visiting
friends hereabouts Mr, and, ales.
Bead will go east on a honeymoon
trip before settling at Whitby, where
Mr. Bead holds an important posi-
tion In connection with the Asy+lun1,
Friends extend hearty eongratula;
tient, and good wishes,•
Peu+ple You Know
iser.iD, I{, Prior spent the holiday in
Exeter,
Mr, Clarence Omen of Toronto WAS A.
holiday visitor' at his home in
town,
Mas. Woatlrerwax anal two) children
of Orillia hue been visiting et
home of pnrents, Mr. and Mrs, I),
Can'teloti,
r ll<naixons in Clinton
The eerninetions meeting on Mon-
day evening brought , out a larger
number than usuaily attend such
meetings 'and when the clerk declared
the tithe far the receiving of nomina-
tions passed the following list was
read :
l'layor
Dr. Cl, W, Thompson, nominated by
T. J. MoNeil and W. t Jacksen,
A. P. Cooper. by A. Clarkson and
Wm. Stewart,
Reeve
Jae. A. Ford. by W, Jackson and
A, .1, Morrish.
A. T. (deeper by. C. J, Wallis and
J, 'C. Melleath.
R. J. Miller by SW, A. Grant and
C. H. holland.
'Councillors
W. J. Paisley by A, F. Cudmore
and•'T, J. McNeil.
T3.
Wiltse by B. J. Olbbiegs and W.
Jackson.
0. ,T. Wallis by J. C. Menhath and
IT, E. Rorke,
R. J. Miller by D. Cantelen and
W. G. Smyth.
A. T. Cooper by W. J. Nediger and
W. A. Grant.
W. T. lIaitvklns,by S. J. Andrews
one F. T. Jackson.
Murray McFevan by J. Mulholland
and W. Kennedy'.
Bert Langford by C. E. Saville and
'Isaac Dodds.
School 'trustees
St. Andrew's Ward—N, Ba'1 by
Thos. Cottle and le. E. Rorke,
St. James' Ward--ri'. J. McNeil by
W. Jackson and B. J. Gibbings. '
St. John's Ward -Jabez hands Ins
H. 17. Rorke and cellos, Cottle.
St. George's Ward—J. S. Evans by
S. J. Andrews and A. Cah',elon.
Public Utilities Commissioner
r.I. liiltse by A. T. Cooper and C.
J. Wallis.
B.. J. Gibb'iugs by Fred, Jackson
and S. J. Andrews.
lIr. R, E. litanies was been called
to the chair and the candidates were
asked to address the eiactors. Mayor
Thompson was the first one called
upon and he said in part:
ITaving held the office of may-
or for two years • it might
he , a slice thing for me now
to step down and out and allow
someone else to take my place. But
T suppose I'm something like an old
war lsorse, having once smelt battle
I waist to Iceep 10 the tient. No
doubt the ,council of 1917 could be
improved, Everyone is liable to
make mistakes, but I believe that
during the year we bad a council
which was doing its rfest to serve
you. Take, for instance, the matter
of threatened potato famine last
spring. TIM council stepped in and
saved the situation by procuring po-
tatoes for the citizens. This entail-
ed a lot of work for 'members of the
council, work which WAS delle un-
grudgingly.
(Ilse taxes have been increased but
mere are various reasons for this,
raising money. for Patriotic and Red
Cross work being one of the causes,
but con'bidering everything Clinton's
tax rate is not higher than'•that of
other towns and our finances are in
good shape, The road allowance was
not large', considering the work that
was done. I think a general taxa -
teen should be made to pay for tar -
via, as that is permanent work and
is beneficial to elm whole town.
1 ane in favor of municipal owner-
ship of public utilities. We already
control the water and lighir• and as
coal is else one of the essentials I
think ;the 'town could very well take
over the management of that in the
interests of the people, Perhaps not
,just now owing to conditions, but
Pater en. As for the preaeht situa-
tion It looks mighty cold Oar Clin-
ton and If that were not the case I
would not be asking for your Iran.
chise now. I think I can serve you
as .well as anyone. .If I am re-elect-
ed i' •eha11 do my best to gelseve the
coal situation. ft may be that a
hause-to-house canvas will bo made
to ascertain just what supply is on
hand. When you go out on Monday
to elect a council for next year elect
the, Hien whom you think will serve
else best.
Reeve Ford : I do not wish to
nsouopolizo,the position of reeve 'brit
I have taken a deep interest in the
proceedings of the county ct'rncil
and, J understand' the, business which
is coming before, that body each ses-
sion,
There are two natters. which are
being considered by the county coun-
cil now which are of vast imper-
tanoo. They are the Patriotic week
and, the Good Roads System, Both
aro important and I understand them
primes better thais a new ' man
would, '1'lio' Patriotic work, as you
know, is most important as the have
in town over twenty families draw-
ing allowances from the fund. The
eottent has evolved a syotelo of its
own whish is working well kind the
whole thin l,s being i a
g g n nagod with
the strletest ecnnonsy. 'Tile to/twitt-
er, who has it great deal of !work in
comsoetiml with it, docs not receive
a cent of salary,
The treed leosuls System is also
important and Clinton sitotfld be es-
pecially interested ,aa miry read
Teadiug into the town is a clasignate
WI road. When as a dela{rate asi-
lMeifsted by the clouswfl I attended, the
Geetl Made convention 1 was our -
prised to and that the association
had been in existence for fifteen years
and other counties had been receiv-
is grants all
rg g a that time while Huron
had not received a cent in grants.
We should be receiving the satire ben-
efits as other counties.
The county rate bas been increased
but this has been mately caused by
the Patriotic and Red Cross grants
and was unavoidable,
If you think I bave served you
faithfully I ask you to support me
again. I believe I am better pre-
pared than ever to further your in-
terests.
Councillor lbliller : I thank the el-
ectors for the support accorded me
last year. I promised to do my best
to work for .the interests of the town
and, I have kept that promise. I of-
fer you my services again. Some
seem to think if they sit at the coun-
cil board, every other meeting or so
they are 'doing their duty, I do not
think that is enough. I believe it Is
the duty of a councillor to work to
further the interests, of the town and
to stand for what is right. I have
endeavored to fill the position 'of
chairman of the street committee -to
the very best of my ability. Com-
plaints have come in frcan different
parts of the town and I think 1 can
sap that there were not three • com-
plaints made which I have not per-
sonally investigated and, if I thought
it necessary, brought before tee coun-
cil,
Tee expenditures on the streets, in-
cluding snow plowing, amounted, to
8947.15 and the tarvia and putting
on cost 0728.40, I do not believe
enough sand was used with the tar -
via, as we could not tell how much
would be needed and had not enough
.on hand.. But we should have some
more tarvia next year following it
fes immediately with sand and so
build up our streets. I took a good
share of the work in connection with
the supplying of citizens cvith pota-
toes and did .it ungrudgingly as I
believe it is the duty of a man el-
ected to the council to work for the
interests of those who elect him.
I have hada good deal of criticises
regarding the coal situation ,but the
public is not being served. I think
the people should have a chrna to
say whether then want the council to
go into the coal business, They
should have a chalice to say what
they want.
Whatever office I decide to an for
I ask you to ;support me. I have
shown no favors, but have tried to
he impartial in everything I did.
J. P. Sheppard : I have been four
years in the council, three times el-
ected and once returned by. acclama-
tion. 1 thank you for the confidence
you bave dols placed in me.
The council of 1917 has worked to-
gether very well. Wo have differed
on some' matters, ane being that of
a'municipal coal yard, Some, mem-
bers were in favor at submitting, a
bylaw. I did not think It advisable
and moved that a committee be ap-
pointed to look into the matter and
collect information and from the in-
formation obtained It was decided
tlsat the matter be left in abeyance.
You eau dig. down into the bowels
of the earth and get water and the
light is supplied but, apparently we
cannot got coal. ,In October the
cotsnetl ordered a quantity' of coal
which has not yet made its appear-
ance. 1 am not opposed to a, muni-
cipal coal yard but at present I
cannot see how it would help the
situation.
If 1 should come before,7'ou ' again
would ask for your support and, if
re-elected will promise to do 'my best
for you,
A. T. ,Cooper : I might its de-
scribed as the leader of the opposi-
tion and just now that is not a
very popular position, Bet popular-
ity is sometimes obtained byl not
doing anything. Publicly owned util-
ities are popular in Clinton, as for
instance the water and light. No town
had had better value for their mon-
ay. There are 508 water mere la
Clinton. .Mitchell bn s 210alter fit.
teen years, 'While bits system is
steadily being put on a paying, basis,
I Inuit congratulate the council ea
its tax rate, which ponspares favor-
able with other towels. But tinea
they do not object to 'arrest aritte-
lens I would like to call their 'at-
tention to a few int,p,rovernents wliialt
might be made. Tae watering cart
should be brought out earlier in the
season, not welting until the warm
dusty days of June.
A number jof trees have' been slash-
ed down In 'town, (lateens should
not stand for it,
More taus Mould be Collected frora
incomes. Seeforth is collecting an
088,000 of incomes,
The council should buy up some
wood lots and ;have it for the use
of citizeisd.
I have had the honor of belag
nominated for three offices. I shall
consider the matter seriously before
running ;but if I decide to do so anal
am elected will try to do my, duty
by the electors.
No other candidates spoke. Mayor
Thompscn and Reeve Ford were slaps
declared elected, other candidates re-
tiring. The _ election 15 only fes
councillors, all those nominated, with
the exception of Mr. Wallis, being s*
the field.
Now A D.S.O.
Major McTaggart
• Major W, Broder McTaggart, eldest
son of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. McTag-
gart, who is at present in England
recovering from a severe Wound re-
ceived early in November, has been
given the Distinguished Service Or-
der, a decoration only second to that
of the Victoria Cross.
Major McTaggart was an R.M.C.
boy and wrens at the first call for
men in 1914 and; until laid aside
recently, has been in constant ser-
vice ever since. .He won his promo-
tions on the field, This is the
second decoration to come to this
family„ a younger brother, Lieut.
George McTaggart of the Imperial
Forces, having won the Military,
Cross a few months age.
Friends of the family offer hearty,
congratulations and Clinton is proud
of its brave young sons.
People You Know
Miss Maida Cooper of Toronto spout
New Year's in town,
'lir. and Mrs. Field of Niitcholl were
New Year's guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mclllath..
Misses Florence Maynard and: Pearl
Ralph of M.itebelll wore guests of
Airs. James Brown for a few days
during the past week.
Miss Carrie Akan' of Toronto and
Miss Tillie Akan' of Jamestown, S,•
Dakota, aro visiting their mother,
Mrs. Alcam of town.
Rev, J. A., Robinson, leev. W. B.
Moulton and Messrs. W. H. Hell-
yar, W. J. Falconer, T. J. Man -
agitate and others from Clinton at-
tended the funeral of a fellow mem-
ber of the Black Knight Preeep-
tory at Seafertsi on Now Year's
Day.
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