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The Clinton News Record, 1918-8-29, Page 1on News-Recordo No. 2056 --39th Year CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29th, 1918 THE HOME PAPER Clintonon Labor Day, 1 when Girls' Auxiliary are putting on A Big Day's Sports " Come to In the evening the Sons (and Daughters) of the• Soil will be Presented With Mgdals safe Watclie8 UR watches are made of the best materials, beautifully finished and stoutly constructed. Everything insll.l'es permanency and accuracy. Our prices are positively the lowest on the market, and our guarantee the broadest. select lieur Watch fro* Ws W. X. YLellqar fewe,let and Optician - - - Clinton ISSUER OF MARRIAGE LICENSES. • The Royal Bank I OF CANADA. Incorporated 1869. Capital Authorized $25,000,000 Capital Paid-up 14,000,000 Reserve and Undivided Profits 15,000,000 Total Assets 360,000,000 Head Office, Montreal 520 Branches, With world wide connection. A general Banking business transacted. -Clinton Branch - R, E. MANNING, Manager •---- INCORPORATED 1855 ' __ IIS IHE MOLSONS BANili I Capital and Reserve $8,800,000 P 98 Branches in Canada. A General Banking Busine.s Transacted. 1 r Letters of Credit Circular C a IBank Money Orders. - Savings Bank Department. Interest allowed at highest current rate. H. R. Sharp, Manager, e:linton^Branch scy ; I e THE LOCAL 14IARKET. Wheat $2.10. Barley $1.00. Oats 70e, a Btitter 40c. Eggs 39e to 40b. Live ]dogs $18.50. C:C.I BOY WO'UND•]il). Mr. John AleNaughton of Varna has received word that his son, Will, has been wounded. "Bill" McNaugh- ton was a Clinton Collegiate boy who enlisted with the 161st batta- lion and is very well known in Clin- ton,, He was a popular lad, too, and MS friends here are'hoping that his wound may prove yo be a slight one. INCREASED COST. - Early last spring a farmer entered a hardware store in a village not a hundred miles from Zurich to buy a lantern. The merchant asked $1.40 for it. Said the farmer ; "How is it that you, .offered me this satne kind lantern lst fall Tor $1.00 ?" "Yes that is so," said the merchant, "they were $1.00. then. But how is it that last fall you sold me pota- toes at $1.00 per bag and this spring you want $6.00 per bag." The farmer bought the lantern.—Zurich Herald. READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHING 2 he c4lorrish Clothing Co. ORDERED CLOTHING New .Suits at Popular prices Men,. Bug Clothing Now The clothing we are showing was ought months age and is priced accordingly for quick selling. The prices are a sound investment for anyone who expects to require a suit this year, or two or three years hence Prices are Bound to go Higher. AT 15.00 Young men's suits 01 Grey Tweed, single breas- ted,' belted, patch pock- ' etc, cuff on trousers, sizes 34 to .38, price $15.00, AT 22.50 Men's suits of Fancy Worsted, three button sack, . good trimmings. well made, trousers with belt loops, plain bottoms or cuff. sizes 35 to 44, 4 -price 22,50, AT 20.00 Men's'suits of a variety of patterns in tweeds and worsteds, bench tailored, trousers plain or cuff, size 35 to 44, price 20.00 AT 25.00 Men's suits of English worsted, In small cheek pattern, soft roll, semi- fitted back, big range of patterns, sizes 36 to 46, price 25,00 Men's blue suits, two or three button sacks, plain back, semi -fitting or belted, $16,50 to. $32,00. THE MOflRISH CLOTHING CO. �1 A ent V.d.R 9 'Phone 1'8 foriSunday or night ells. SAD DROWNING ACCIDENT. A very sad drowning accident. oc- curred at Washage Beach, a pleasure resort near Bracobridge, on Thurs- day last, when Ruth Tozer, the eight-year-old daughter of 114r. W. J. Tozer was drowned. She was at- tending a picnic and while bathing got beyond her depth and was drowned before assistance could be rendered. Mr. Tozer was not pres- ent at the picnic, he being engaged in moving his effects to Toronto, where he had recently decided to locate. Mr. Tozer was for some years in business in Clinton and the family was well known here. Tiae heartfelt sympathy of their many friends will go out to Mr. and Mrs. Tozer in this hour of sad. bereave- ment. . FOR FIRE PREVENTION. • A meeting • is being held in Toronto e "Fire h tomorrow which is st >I 3ell t Prevention Conference."' -It will -be held at the Parliament Buildings and will be called to order at ten o'clock in the forenoon by the Prem- ier, Sir Wm. Hearst, and addressed by the Hon.- T. A. Fleming, Fire Marshall of Ohio.. The aim of., the gathering is to arouse a desire and to formulate plans whereby the wastage by fire will be lessened in Ontario. An or- ganization will be formed and it is hoped that representatives will be present from most of the municipal- ities of the province who will be willing to take an interest in the observance ,of October Oth as ''Fire Prevention Day." It is pretty well established that a very large percentgge of -'fres are preventable and if people could be educated to exercise due - car_e this country would be saved a severe drain upon its resources caused by wasteful and preventable fires. W,P.S, NOTES.. The Women's Patriotic Society will meet with the II.:C,I.C.A. iu Wesley church op Friday, Aug, 30th, It is hoped ,that as many as possible of the members will be present at both sossibns'• of the 'meeting. GOT 'TWENTY-ONE DAYS. A ease came up before Magistrate Andrews on 'Tuesday evening and as a 'result a man was sent up to Goderich for twenty-one days. 14 „was an assault ease. A number of iron and junk collectors disagreed and finally came to blows, one man being sot upon by --tWo or three others. The assaulted onelaid a complaint and on.hearing the evi- dence Magistrate Andrews passed the sentence indicated above. The man who is given this holiday at the county's expense !tails from Sea - forth. HAVE YOU SEEN IT ? Mrs. James Levy of town has just received from overseas the Distin- guished Service Medal recently pre- sented to. her son, Sergt. Norman V. Levy of the 33rd, and 1st Batta- lions, by H. M. 'King George at Windsor.' This is, we believe, the first medal of the kind to come to this vicinity and the first one award- ed to a Huron boy. The,medai has been on exhibition in W. D. Fair and Co's window during•the past week. The. inscription on the reverse side reads : "For distinguished conduct in the Field." Clinton citizens are proud of the lads who have brought honor to the old town by their brave deeds. FORMER CLINTON BO•Y WEDDED A pretty wedding was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. 1•I. Brown, Cornwall, on Saturday, Aug. 17th, when their only .daughter, Lil- lian Ray, became the bride of Rev. 0.; W. De Witt Cosens, M.A., of Bryanston, son of Rev. T. Wesley and Mrs. Cosens of Cornwall. The groom's father performed the cere- mony, Miss E. Blanche Shook of Seeley's Bay was bridesmaid and Pte. 11. Stanley Brown of the C. A. M. C. of Valcartier was groomsman, Only immediate relatives were pres- ent. Tho'bride, who was given away, by her father, was gowned in white silk crepe de chine trimmed with georgette crepe and seed' pearls, wore a bridal ) veil ofL, hand - matte lace and carried a bou- quet of roses and sweet peas. The bridesmaid's dress was of pink silk marquisette with overblouse of vel- vet. The bridal party stood amid a bower 'of green with festoons of rib- bon and otange blossoms, the house being decked with ferns and cut flowers. The groom's .gift to the bride was a gold pendant set with pearls and aquamarine ; to the bridesmaid a brooch set with pearls and sapphires ; to the best man a tie pin set with an opal, and to Miss Leara Gillis, who played the Lohengrin wedding march, a brooch set with pearls ancl.an emerald.' Mr. and Mrs. Cosens left on a wedding trip to Montreal, Toronto, Trow- bridge, Durham, Seaforth and Lon- don. Among friends present at the ceremony were Mr, and- Mrs. M. II. Kncchtel of Durham ; Misses A. J. and E. L. Govenlock of Ottawa ; Pte. H. Stanley Brown, Valcartier ; R. Brown, 'Detroit ; Mr, and.Mts, S, Gillis and Miss Leara Gillis of Luitenburg. Miss Gillis and Miss !McRae sang beautiful solos during the signing of tite register.. The gifts to the bride were numerous and costly. She received a leilvor tea service from the Epworth League of Which e ias president sfl0nt and sil- ver pudding dish item the choir of the church of which she was a val- ued member. The groom win be remembered by many News-Iteeord readers who will extend eongratulations and good wishes,. A CHANCE TO GO 'TO SIBERIA. Authority is -now granted for men coming under Class 1 of the Military Service Act, to volunteer for enlist- ment in the Siberian` Expeditionary Force, provided they are not yet called for duty. Upon applying for enlistment they will be required to present the. Registrar's receipt for registration under the Military Ser vete Act. This includes the nitieteen year old class. Volunteers may ap- ply to any authorized medical ex- aminer in any city, town or village in M.D. No. 1, where they will be medically examined and if found fit, given transportation to :Mobilization Centre, Carling Block, London, for final medical -examination and attes- tation, or they may apply direct to Mobilization Centre, London. CAMPAIGN OPENS IN CLINTON. For the purpose of conducting the Catholic Army Huts , campaign in Clinton during the • week of Sept. 15th to 23rd, an organization has been started and active .-plans are under way to make the campaign a big success. ,It is expected that $500,0Q9 at in the Dominion will be reached, Ontario is looking for $165,000. The campaign is conducted for the purpose of continuing the good work commenced last year in providing recreation centres for the soldiers overseas, in England and in France, irrespective of race or 'Freed, to provide writing materials free, to locate libraries in the different camps with wholesome readingand to pro- vide suitable places in which relig- ious services could be held. As a result of funds raised last year, huts have been established in every Canadian training camp in England, the principal, being at Shornclifle, Witley, Bramshott, Pur- fleet, Seaford and the London Club, in London, . Eng. 'Their- motto is, "Everybody welcome, Everything free," • In Clinton it is planned to make a house to house canvas and a gener- ous response is looked for, Mr. John McIntosh has been named chairman of the committee and Miss Irene O'Connor, secretary -treasurer, FORMER CI'T'IZEN MARRIED. On August 14th the marriage took • place at puelph of Mrs, Adams' of that city and Mr. George • Trolvhill of Dundas, formerly of Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. Trowhi11 have „settled in Dundas, where Mar, Trowhf4l has a good position. 1-115 old •Ciinton friends extend congratulations and good wishes. ARE O'UT volt PRIZd, The Girls' Auxiliary have entered the Free i'ress contest and are hoping ;to win one of the automobiles offered as prizes. Every member of the Auxiliary is asked to .collect ev- ery very coupon available and turn in to the officers. Tho Auxiliary is to, receive a percentage of all subs ob- tained,.in addition to the channe of winiiing one of the big prizes. DON"r MISS ANYONE.. If you know of a girl or boy who is entitled to an • S.O.S. badge, one who •has worked on a farm during. this season, hand it to any one of the resident ministers, the Agricul- tural Representative, or to Mr. A. T: Cooper, The badges will be dis-_ tributed at Monday's celebration in Clinton ; this being the distributing centre for this district this year. MARRIED IN DETROIT. Miss Jean, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex—Morris of town, was married -in Detroit on the last Wed- nesday of July to Mr, A. M. Drum- mond of that city. The marriage was 'a quiet one and the young couple have taken up house -keeping in the City of ,Straits. The bride was a popular Clinton girl before going to take a position in Detroit a cou- ple or three years ago and her many friends here will extend con- gratulations and good wishes. FIRE IN STOCK SITED. Fire broke out on Friday afternoon HURON CASUALTIES. The casualty lists have been long during the past week and Huron's list is proportionately long, also. The .following names of Huron men have appeared as casualties since this time last week. Not all of these were originally members of the Huron battalion but all of them count Iluron as, their home county : Killed in Action—James Lockwood, - Clinton ; Sergi. Norman McGuire, Brussels ; R. H. Passmore, Exeter ; Lewis E. Robinson, Goderieh W. Gott, Wingham ; J A, Rasmussen, Wroxeter ; J. IL Riley, Londesboro ; G. Welsh, Ilcnsall. Died of Wounds—A. D. Macdonald, I3ayleld ; A. C. Nediger, Clinton, Gassed—Capt. W. A. McBurney, Wingitam. Wounded—W, McNaughton, Varna ; Serge. H. Jane, W. .1, McGratton, Allen .1. Brindley, II. P. McClusiiey, T. F. IColl, J. 'Taylor, Goderieh ; J. W. Bell, W..1, Simmons, F. Ferguson, T. Templeton, 1.. B. Drummond, . MR, Bloomfield, S. Crawford, G. Case- mate, R. S. Haines, Wingham ; R• 0.. Clark, Seaforth ; J. Jamieson, Lontle.sboro ; S. R. Shaw, 13luevale ; T. J, ,Sltinionr,, 14, R. McArthur, W. G. Harburn, W. H. Glenn, Hensen ; H. Campbell, J. W, 'Beat- tie, Walton ; J. C. McDonald, Exet- er• J. c, Williamson, Ethel ' J, 0. Quern!, Gorric ; S. Thebideau, lIrus 5015 ; N. M. Geddes, 13elgrave ; D. J °lib, Blyth ; W, G. MWNall, It, Ring, G. W. Ilatt;atn, .J. W. Good, Auburn ; W. 1asom, l-olntesville ; Jt. Salter, Wingbani ; 11. L. linvter, Blyth. last in the store house belonging to the Doherty Pianos, Ltd., adjoining The deceased was born in York- the G.T.R. freight sheds. The alarm shire, England, and came to this was given almost immediately but as country as a bride when she was the building contained a quantity of nineteen. They lived 'in Vaughan veneer and other light, infiamable township for about nine years and r • nd she has re - clone then came to I o material, a good deal of damage was . clone before the fire was got under sided in this community ever since. control. The material was mostly Mr. Carter died ahput twenty-seven removed from the building, the Cont- years ago. pany's men going down to . do this Mrs. Carter is survived by a fain - work. It is estimated that about five thousand dollars' worth of dam- age was done. It is, of course, cov- ered pretty well by insurance. The building will have to be rebuilt. A BROTHER li'A1,LS. A :message has been received stat- ing thatPte. harry Miner, brother of Sergt. `J. Miner, who was invalid- ed'homb after several months ser- vice in the trenches, had been killed in action. Pt8, 144iner, who enlisted with the 142nd battalion, was later transferred to the 101st so as to be with his brother and they.werit over- seas together, Both were old coun- try men. They had kept together since coming to Canada and when duty called them to take up amts they were glad to be allowed to re- main together. H.W,C,A. AND RED CROSS. Supplies received this month shipment to London were : Varna -19 pr. socks, 2 pyjamas, 1 feather pillow. Bayfield -32 pr. socks 1 pyjama suit. Unity Club -6 pr. socks, .1 day shirt. . Stanley Maple Leaf -45 pr. socks, 10 clay shirts. Bethany -14 pr. socks.' Turner's Church -26 pr. socks, London .Road -23 sheets, 36- trench towels, 20 hospital towels, 59 pil- low slips and 22 P.P. bags. Clinton Ladies -65 pr. socks, 3 pyjamas, 2 sheets, 60 • handkerchiefs. To Own Boys : Varna -12 pr. socks and 6 day shirts. For the Belgians : Received $7,40 from Bayfield Society. It is hoped by next shipment that each society will either donate clothing or money. A parcel containing 4 pr. socks and 5 handkerchiefs was left at O'Neil's store. Will the Society to whom this belongs please notify the secre- tary so that due credit may ,be given. DEATH OF MRS. C. CARTER. Mrs. Charlotte Carter passed away Kingstreet on Sat- urdayher home on a today after an illness of some weeks. for LAST .BAND CONCERT. The Clinton Iiilty Band gives its last open air concert on Thursday evening of this week but on Sunday evening will give a sacred concert on the band stand after the church ser- vices, The band concerts this summer have proved very popular, many corn- ing into town that evening from long distances just to hear the music furnished by the, Kilties. The season seems all too . short for those who enjoy band music, The Kilties are not going to Lon- don this year. They ' played there two }eats •in succession and gave much satisfaction and the manage- ment anage-tnent were desirous of having them again but decided that they had better pass the honor around to some other towns. Tho managers of the Canadian National at Toronto were planning to invite the Kilties to spend a day at the • C. N. but the Union steppl d in and prevented a contract being sent as the Clinton band does not belong to the Union, The officers of the Clinton band have considered the advisability of joining tite Union but decided that every- thing considered, they were as well out of it, But in a case of this kind 1t would be an advantage, to have "fined." AMONG 'TIE CI-IURCHES. Wesley Church The pastor, the Rev. A. E. Jones, will preach on Sunday next at both morning and evening service. Willis Church . The Rev. Thos, Wilson of Walker- ton will conduct the services in Willis church during• the month of September., Baptist Church At ten -thirty on Sunday the Sun- day school will be held, followed im- mediately by the preaching service. At the evening service the pastor will be assisted by Mr. Lloyd Walk- er of Toronto. Ont. St. Chtirolt Rev. baric- Anderson of Bayfield preached on Sunday, Rev. J. A, Ag- new taking the services at Bayfield. Rev. Mr. Agnew will preach•at both services on Sunday. The monthly fello i hii? meeting will be held at ten o'clock in the forenoon, St. Paul's Church. 41P4 Next Sunday, being the 1st Sunday in September the Sunday school will be held in the afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. The parents are 'urged to send their children so that the frill work may bo isogon With a full attendance f the school, O Holy' contmunioti 1,01(4 Stmday ail 1.1 a.ni, Special services birth morn- ing acid evening. In. 4110 morning the address will he on "The Metclt and the Labour Problems," While 1n the evening tate topic will be "Why Britain Theles the Weans." ily of to-vo sons titirl •three daugh- ters : William of Toronto, Charles of Hamilton and ,Miss Mary Carter of Clinton, Mrs. Fowler, Lockport, -N. Y., and Mrs. McBrady of Hamilton, She is also survived by three grand- sons,. children of a deceased 'daugh- ter, whom she reared and to whom she was !devoted : Claude, Buel and Del Higgins. Two of these are re- siding in Hamilton, one, Bud, being overseas. The' funeral •took place on Monday afternoon, the service being held in S..4 Paul's church and interment be- ing made in L ondesboro cemetery. IIAS RESIGNED POSITION... Mr. H. E. Rorke has resigned his position as foreanan of the machinery department of Doherty Pianos, Lim- ited, and on Tuesday evening a num- ber ot the men from the department went down to his home and present- ed him with a handsome mantle clock, accompanied by the following address.: "Dear lir. Rorke,—We, the under- signed employes in' the . Machinery Department of Doherty Pianos, Lim- ited, ask you to accept the accom- panying clock as a token of good will and respect on your leaving the Company's employ. We take this oc- casion to express our thanks for your courtesy and fairness as fore- man of the Department and to wish you and yours good health, happiness and success in your new sphere."— Signed, J. 11;. Kerr, T, J. Managhaa, A. C. Streets, M. D. Doeves, ,T. Car- ter, arter, Iddo Crich, G. Cook, J.' C. Townshend, S. Kemp. Mr. Rorke has been with the Doh- erty people for twenty-two years and for fifteen has been foreman of the machinery departinent. He' was pop- ular both with, the firm and the inch of the department of which he w as head and itis leaving is matter for regret. 1 -le is also a popular and public-spirited citizen and it is hop- ed that he does not contemplate leaving Clinton, but he has not yet fully decided as to his future plans. LI`lTL1±? LOCALS, Libby has purchased a new Baby, •Geand Chevrolet car to j, B, Lavis, The woodwork at the front of Brown's drygoods store has hew grained and the appearance of the building very much improved. . Do not fail Ito remember that Monday, Labor Day, is to be the biggest day Clinton has seen for some years, All roads will lead this way oh Monday. A neat sign has been paintedos the windows of the Agribulturai Rep- resentative's office so that anyone wishing to find the office may be. Able to do so without difficulty. The Huron County War Contingent Association and -Red Cross will hold their annual meeting in Wesley chur- ch, Clinton, on ,Friday, (tomorrow), Opening session at eleven o'clock, af- ternoOn. session at two, i41 -ADE SUPREME SACRIFICE. Word was received by Mr. Fred Lockwood of town on Tuesday that his son, Pte. James Locliwood, had been killed in action. Pte. Lockwood, who enlisted with the 161st and who was transferred to another battalion and bas been at the front some months, was the youngest son of Mr. Lockwood. An- other son is in France. The friends of the family will re- gret to hear of their bereavement. AIr. W. J. Nediger received a mes- sage this morning informing him that his son, A. C. Nediger, had died of wounds in the Casualty, Clearing Hospital, France, on Aug, 21st, Austin enlisted as a signaller with the 161st in Clinton several months before his eighteenth birth- day. He went to France last spring and was attached to the 47th Can- adian Infantry Battalion. He was the eldest son of the family. The stricken parents have the sympathy, of the community in their Sorrow. MONDAY'S C14LE.BRATION. The Girls' Auxiliary is very busy this week arranging for the cele- bration on Monday. • re falling • in The business men a line with the idea and are arranging to give their hearty support in mak- ing the day a success. Baseball games will he played in the forenoon between Brussels and Clinton and at one -thirty the big procession starts. • The afternoon at Recreation Park will be full to overflowing, races, games of all sorts, a midway, dem- onstration in the use of wheat sub- stitutes by a representative of the Women's Institute, every minute It ll. • Then • in the evening a big mass meeting will be held, also in the Park,:,at which prominent Wren will speak and the boys and girls who have been working on farms will be presentedd-with medals. It will be an interesting day and nobody who . ciin possibly come should miss spending Labor Day,. 1918, in Clinton. • THOSE SCOTCH DOUBLES. A series of Scotch deub,es have been played out on the local bowling green during the past few weeks, coming to an end last week. Fol- lowing is the complete list of those taking part in these games and their standing at the final. Messrs. W. L. ,Johnson and Willis Cooper were the winners in the contest, making the highest snore, Messrs, J. E. Hovey, and W. Pollock coming second. - A' few_ of the players were unable to finish the series but the following gives the names of the compeditora and the scores ; • Johnson and Cooper 5 41 Hovey, J. E. and Pollock 5 19' Wilts° and Flynn 4 40 Libby and POnnebaker 4 22 Hovey and Hunniford 4 15 McMurchie and Reed 3 25 Sharp and Shaw 3 35 Morrish and Down 3 25 Nediger and Rance - 3 19 Axon and Dra.por 3 15 Grant and Stothers 2 24 Muller and Harland 2 IS Wiseman and Hardy 2 4 Brydone and Tomlin 1 P Ball and Hall 1 ' 2 Iiarland and Jackson, -F. 1 1 Shaw and Manning 1. 1 McPherson and Gilchtist 1 1 Stevenson and 'Tucker 0 Jackson W. and Pollock, 1LW. 0 A Happy Bunch of Patriotic cW Workers. Tho above is a photo of a numb et of tete members of The Girls Auxiliary and others who assisted in pulling the flax grown by the Aux- iliary this year on a field given for that purpose by !411'. Geo. Holland. Simile of 1,110 girls ,will ho seen to 11 ave.. an their farinerbtte cosiaintes. , Not all of those who helped happened to be present when the photo waS taken. Miss Wlnnitred O'Neil, the energetic. president of the Aux{liarytt is shown in the centre 01 the back tow,