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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1918-5-9, Page 1Established 1805, Vol, 52, No, 46 CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MAY 9th, 191$ W. I -l. Kerr & Son, Editors and Publishers, CLINTON SOLDIER 13 CREATED CHEVALIER QRO OF LEOPOLDEIIIL ,EGpL TO COLLECT BIRDS EMI 00 WWANVVVVvvvvvyvvvvdW WwWvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvwWv THEY ARE HERE AGAIN Owing to the enormou,s sale all over the country we htiva been out of "TAN LAC" for some weeks, but this popular System Tonic is now in stock again. Get it now, Also "JONTEEL TOILETS" Talcum Powder, Face Powder, and Cream, We have them all in stock. They are in a class by themselves, Ask those who have used them. —Sold at the Rexall Store— B. R.M O ialVERIS Phm .B. VWVVW'VVVVVVVIIVVVWVVWVVVV'VN ile Royal Bapk OF CANADA Incorporated 1869. Capital Authorized $ 25,000,000 Capital Paid-up 12,911,700 Reserve and Undivided Profits 14,564,000 Total Assets 335,000,000 e R. HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL 450 Branches with world wide connections. General Banking Business Transacted. E. MANNING, Manager - Clinton Branch .eer,. W.eema---,e .r --- -. . INCORPORATED1855 ....a w.....w... • CAPITAL AND RESERVE $8,800,000 98 Branches in Canada - A General Banking Business Transacted CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT BANK MONEY ORDERS SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT Interest Allowed at Hi;•hea•t Current Fate R. SI -HARP, Acting Meleager [Batton '. eersicred Ready -to -Wear ear I p 4`lvthi tcg Clotbin,r vcsaMMi7=adSca'Si=Petr'"""= �'�^" %.Nies "iri71 7/33 uTY�rnA15FMIt Popular P •: Arh - G t o. n /Ma Mal The clothing we are showing was bought months ago 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 UP • AT $15.00 Young omen's Suits of Grey 'Tweed, single breasted belted, patch pockets, cuff on trousers, sizes 34 $15 to 38. Price AT $22,50 Men's suits of fancy worst- ed, three button sack, good trimmings, well lmade> trous- ers with belt loops, plain bottoms or cuff x$'22.5® sizes 35 to 44 AT $20.00 Men's suits of a variety of patterns in tweeds and wor- steds, bench tailored trousers plain or cuff, sizes 35 $20 to44,,.... ..,., AT $25,00 Men's suits of English worsted, in small check pat- tern, soft roll; semi -fitted back, big range of patterns sizes 36 to 46 $25 price Men's Blue Satits, two or three -button sacks, plain kick, seani»fitting or ii.alted, %16.50 to $32 Morrish . tr :11gs atll hear ID. a'. its, 'a'&egr.',,pIl CO. l ;ktlillittltdlti @•:i't� .l1Pi° i iTery M311 BRIG, BETTERiDGE WAS HERE SPOKE ON WORK OF SALVATION ARMY IN THE WAR, Brigadier Betteridge, tile Young Peo- ples' Secretary of Toronto, gave a very interesting talk at the Army Citadel last Thursday on the part the Salvation Arniy is playing in the great war. "We have, said the Brigadier, 25 chaplains at work, amongst the troops, several of whom have .been carrying out their duties in the front Bite trenches, Major McKenzie, one of our chaplains from Australia, was all through the Gallipoli campaign and conducted burials, in some cases having to lie flat on the ground to save them from some of the dangers of bursting shells, He accom- panied the troops In some of their charges," Canada, east territory, has sent live ambulance cars fully equipped and 4,000 of its soldiers and.adherents. The Army has 153 refreshments huts; 77 hostals and military homes 300,000 men are entered for weekly 41,000 par- cels of food and clothing have been sent to prisoners of war, soldiers and sailors and writing material is provided for the boys to write to their friends. The Army officers invariably conduct correspondence on behalf of the sol- diers and In the course of a week hun- dreds of letters are written, The Bri- gadier's only sten is a second lieuten- ant in France. BUFF'S COMMANDER ON FIGHTING LINE LUEUT,-COI., JOHN A. COOPER JOINS 19TH BATTL. WITH RANK OF MAJOR. Lieut. -Col John A. Cooper, son of Mrs, Wm, Cooper, of town, the organ- izer and Commanding Officer of the Canadian buff's Battalion, has, according to word received in Toronto joined the 19th Battalion in Prance with the rank of Major. It has been a well-known fact since its departure that he was determined to reach the , tiring line, and with the dispersion of his battalion, he apparently accepted the lower rank to get there, The Buds which ice organized, was one of the fin- est units ever raised in Canada, and it formed a part of the 5th Division until the •toad of reinfurcembols compelled •the breaking no of both division and battalion. Col. Cooper was formerly editor of The Canadian Courier, and one of Toronto's hest -known journa- lists. Ile also took an active interest in the Queen's (hen Rifles. ZURICH. ' Samuel McBride, sr., a prominent resident of 'Zurich. dropped dead Mon- day afternoon. at his home while re• pairing a screen door. The deceas- ed was a well-known farmer of Stan- ley Township, and a number of years 1 Attu retired to live in Zurich. Ills 11 widow, three sous and three daughters 1; survive him. One son was kilted in , Prance about •t year ago. f The proceeds of the sale or pure- , bred shorthorns held near here last week by J. 3. Monter, M. P., anwunt- ed to 817,585. The average price I for 50 cows was 5317, the highest go - ins; for 5625. One bull sold for 5800, and seven hull calves averaged $136. n New w „'4 r a for JobWork , 7 E CRISIS Winston Churchill's geal story of the American Civil War. Many characters appear whose names are known to all of us. This big 9 -reel super - feature will be shown in the PRINCESS THEATRE 011 FRIDAY & SATURDAY MAY 17th and 18th Admission loc, 15c, and 25c Opera chairs 30c—Reserve seat. Plan atW . D. Pair & Co. Wednesday morning, May 15th: DON'T MISS THIS YOUNG MEN CALLED TO REGISTER COUNTY TEMPERANCE CLINTON SOLDIER NEW BANKING HOURS H ON JUNE 18 ERE IN EFFECT JUNE 1ST t tat' H on County lenpet,unce Organization will be held hi Clinton on Tuesday, June 180. Itris expected that Mr. Joseph Gibson 1st' Ingersoll, will be present and address the convention. Huron is the !linty county ' in the province that has its own field wore- 1 tart' and .special officers to assist in The enema poivention the er- } IS HONORED Sergt. Thomas Morgan, who Went Overseas with the 33rd Battal- ion, Created Chevalier of the Order of Leopolde. the enforcement Of the 'l'ennperance , haws. Sergi Thomas Wiiliam Morgan of the Canadian Field Artillery has been created a Chevalier of the YOUNG MEN TO REGISTER BY JUNE FIRST _.,... FISH FISH FISH Help save Beef and Bacon This week we have: Fresh Haddock 15c per tin Fresh Herring, also . in 25 cans, per tin FRESH TOMATOES FRESH LETTUCE FRESI-I PINEAPPLES and GREEN ONIONS TRE BUB Cit R Oi.,> 1 R Photwes 4$ Nineteen -Year -Old Class Affected by Proclaanation Just Issued. —No actual Call Before July 1st—District. Registrar Will Is- sue Actual Call to Colors at Later Date. OTTAWA, May 4.—(Can. Press.) -- The proclamation was issued to -day calling upon 19 year old sten to regis- ter but will not he called to colors be - tore Juy first. The previous tnioi- niutn age was twenty. Register At Post Office The men will be required to register through the post office as was the case when unmarried men and widowers be- tween 20 and 34 years of age were called up on 04 13 last. The men will simply give their names and addresses and such details'as will permit full reg- istration to be effected. Actual Call Later On '1'he actual call to the colors will be received by registerd post from the District Registrar, All unmarried then and widowers without children of flu age specified will be effected by the rill_ ' THE BIRDS PROTECTED Now Illegal to Collect Beds' Eggs --Clese Seasons Fitted rtttawar ,v1„s r,, -. 'rhe ` ofd and often cruel sport of hove in robbing birds' nests and making rival collect- ions of birds' eggs is now officially put on the list of national crimes. The sport is banned, according to an older in Cuotc3i iuxt , :seed The or- der is passed under the nrovisions of the mistatory 1' rds convert un, passed Lr;t se_si tt. The new regulations provide her the protection of migratory game birds, migratory 1nsective,rrous and migratory non -game birds, which in- habit Canada during the whole or any part of the year. New close sea- sons are established for decks. geese, brant or quails, and other edible wild fowl, from December 15 to August 31, both days inclusive. The killing, capturing. injuring or molesting of in- sectivorous birds, their eggs or nests, is prohibited throughout the year, ex- cept where special permits are granted to recognized museums or far scienti- fic purposes. These insectivorous birds include robins, woodpeckers, wrens, medow larks, humming birds whip -poor -wills, thrushes, and "all other perching birds which feed en- tirely or chiefly on insects.” A close season for ten years is proclaimed for cranes, swans and nearly all shore birds, and a close season for five years on wood duck and elder -duck, WILL OPEN AT 9.30 AND CLOSE AT 2.30—SATURDAY 9,30 TO 12* DEPLETED STAFFS REASON The local banks have been notified throtsgls their head offices of new banking hours adopted by the Cana- dian Bankers' Association, which cont - prises all the chartered banks. The dewy hours go into effect June 1st and are from 9.30 a,m, till 2.30 p.m daily except Saturday, on which day Order of I.eopolde in recognition the hours are from 9.30 a.nt, to 12 noon, This means that the banks will open for business a half hour earlier than at present and will close a half hour earlier except on Saturday when the doors will close at 12 instead of 1 o'clock. The reason for the change is ae ef- fort to get more time after closing each day for the large amount of detail work necessary to keep the records up to date. This has presented a special dif- ficulty of late in view of the large num- ber of comparatively inexperienced clerks oil the staffs, owing to enlist- ment. 0 of distinguitled s4vices in the field.. Sergt Morgan formerly resided with the Cornish fancily on the Base Line, near town, and enlisted under Lieut. -Col, H. T. Rance in the 33rd Battalion of January 11th, 9915 and left for London on the 1st of Feh•ruary. He went overseas in July of 'the sante year with the first draft san- der Capt. L. H. belles, of London and has been in Prance for two years and a half and is DOW at- tached to a Canadian trench mor- tar battery. His home is in Lon- don, England, where his father still resides. HUGE ELK HORN FOUND AT CLINTON f•iictorinal Discovery Follows Erosion of River Bank By Spring Floods. The action of the flood and ice this spring scooped out several feet of the river baunk on the north side of the last railway bridge, east of Clinton, opposite the residence of Jehn Rains- ford, On Monday Thos. Judd observed something sticking up which looked t•.t Min like a deers (torn. He, after some trouble pried out a Targe elk horn, mea- suring 51 inches in length, 13 inches RETAIL GROCERS ARE IMPERILING LICENSES. By Advising Customers to Buy More Sugar and Flour than Permitted. Ottawa, May 7.—Reports have reach ed the Canada Food Board that certain retail dealers have been advising their customers to buy more sugar and flour than is permitted under the new regula- tions. A warning has been issued in all such cases that the practice must be discontinued at once, and that deal- ers who are urging such excessive pur- chases may have their application for license refused or delayed. Moreover. customers buying quantities which will bring their total holdings up to a larger runount than is allowed under the Food hoard regulations make themselves liable to a tine of between 8100 and 81000, while the quantity or sugar in their possession in excess of the a- mount which they may legally (told may be seized and forfeited after .Ma', 1.5th. in circemst,mees at the base, with- four , - tines, the largest of which was 21 ' "e`RUCEPlELD, inches in length and t, inches in circus staances. It would he very interesting to knows what time has elapsed since the splendid animal that once carried this enormous antler shed it at that spot, now covered with six to Favero feet of superincumbent solh It was found some hundred and fifty yards possiblyvs,lly from what was the river ,ed in. its day, Joseph Whitehead having diverted the river from its original course, when building the Grand Trunk I,ailroad in the early fifties, Births PAXMAN.—In Clinton, on May 5th, to Air. and Mrs. J. 11, Paxman, a son, Deaths Mrs. Charles Gibbons, of Sarnia. is visiting at the home of John Kitchen of our villa,e. I airs, ,I. :Mciloeen and ,Hiss Madge ::41cu'wess are attending the W.M 8, held in Toronto this week, The sad news reached us on Thurs- day last thatLieut. Aikenhead was. wounded and had been sent to a hos- eetal in England, aliss Nicholson,' of North Bruce, is tate guest of her sister, Mrs. Me - Intosh of the Manse, She is on her way home from Winnipeg where she spent the winter. On Sunday morning next a special service will be held for the Sabbath school. Mrs, Whiteman, of -Toronto, was the fl'IILLER. In Londesbaro, on Fri- guest of her sister, Mrs, Madden. day. May acd, Edna Lee, wife of "Phos. Mrs. Hoener lately received word of Miller, aged -19 years, 7 months and the death of her brother, Pte, li, Vot-1 15 days. lick at the front. JACKSON.—In Clinton, on Tuesday, I Many Odd fellows attended District May 7th, Mr, 'Thomas Jackson, aged Meeting at Seaforth on Tuesday. St years. t Sunday evening nearly 100 Odd GOVL•TTI—In Clinton, on . Friday, Fellows attended', the special service May 3rd, John Govett, aged 77 years..' held in the Union church. Rev, Mr, Mc- HALSTEAD. — In tlolmesvil-le, on't, !mush, pastor, preaching an able ser- Mondaty May 6th, Deborah Mott, widow i mon to the members, Special was given of the late Stephen Halstead. aged 91 I by the choir. Many visitors were here years and to months, from Seaforth, Hensall and Clinton. ARBOR DAY NEXT THURSDAY Half Holiday Proclanaed to Clea+tt Up—Council snakes Grant to Kiltie Band for Concerts. * - * •N # # * WHAT COUNCIL DID t9 Made grant of 5200 to tine Kittle Band, Made Thursday, May 16th, a half holiday. Appointed a Committee to see about coal. Sent letter of regret to Count- cillor Shepphard. Local Police male special O. T. A, officers, Rents Park for grazing pur- poses. Council met Monday evening with Mayor TM-Impsnn In the chair and Reeve Ford and. Councillors Wiltse, Miller, Cooper, • McEwen and Langfokl present. A unanimous motion was passed 'fay the' Council that a suitable letter he sent to Councillor Sheppard at his ab- sence from Council owing to Isis re- cent accident. A letter was received from the Cala.- ton KCiltie Band asking for 8250.00 far the summer engagements. A letter from the Goderich iJun1i11iot' Road Co , in regards to the repairing the street broom which the Couper., throught price was a little high. A motion of 'Cooper and Langinrd--• was presented giving a grant of 8210 to the Band for the season, An amendment was made by 001111. ciilors Miller and Wiltse, that grant 8200 he made this year. On a vote taken the amendment was carried, Councillors Cooper and MC - Ewan voting against it. On notion of Councillors Cooper and ;vlcEwen, that a by-law resardim; the appointment of special officers tor enforcing th O.T.A. be introduced adc, By-law, No. 7, for 1918, was reao three times and passed appointing' Chief Wheatley, and Sergi. Welsh, as the udicers. Councillor Cooper spoke on tax Mary street drain question, which 1: still a big problem to handle. Councillor Miller, chairman of the Street Committee, made the toll,sv',n report, .which was accepted: On account of teams being nus' ploughing garden's and other wore your committee have not been able. to get notch street work done. have: had drag on several of the streets, Fut there are a number more to do. Have: had the sod ploughed from the side, 01 a nuuiber.of walks which makes great improvement. have had ub- . sh•uctiun removed from drain ],.ad.n,,, frcut Rattenbury garden. Also ha•:c let the contract for delivering 40 loans of sand. We would recommend plac- ing of to inch tile at west end of 7,113 street leading onto Albert street. We ask our Clerk be instructed to order' salvia for streets. We would recom- mend our 'Clerk be authorized to pa; for repair of broom. Reeve Ford, Chairman of the Cesits- ' tery Committee, shade the followin,y" report:—We' the Cemetery Com- mittee having visited the Ceuietesv wish to report as follows We found the grounds looking very good for so early in the year, The work of care. taking is hindered by the small stoner. that have been placed in the grour.tt. many years ago, a great many of wvhical are unsightly by reason of their beim: in a leaning instead of an upright posi• tion, and all of them are a hindrance to the work of cutting grass. We would recommend their ;removal al- together, or failing that, their bei.a i sunk in the ground so that the laws: Hower would pass over then, w.4 number of the lots have been enclosed with a stone fence and these have neer: broken and twisted out of sha,se are altogether unsightly, 1f We hint. the power to do so, we would -suggest - having them taken away as they too make the work of grass cutting al- most impossible. We find it necessary to have some earth for purposes (15 levelling provided at once. A numbea of the roads at some time have had.'a little gravel put on their, but not en, ough to last very long, and these we would have seeded as we thing the appearance would be improved and the amount of driving an them does not warrant thein being gravelled. As, a beginning we ask permission to un- dertake the work suggested en the two sections nearest the entrance. I1 we make a,success of those we may ash. permission to carry out a siulilar wort on other sectors, We respectfully ask permission to proceed along tine lines suggested and promise to use strict economy in doing so. 'Plse Property Committee made their t expecthave the to report: the we shrubbery and trees planted on the Library square syn ors before Arbor Day. A notion by Coumcilio•s Cooper and, l.ani!gford, that the Cemetery 100m- mittee recommend to the Council at the next meeting an increased scale: 1 of prices for lots acid caretaking in or• t der to supply extra revenue for the maintenance of the Cemetery and that the Cemetery By-law shall be amend ed, inaccordance with the Commi'ttee':s recnntuiendations. A motion was passed on proposal at Councillors Mcl:wea and Miller: That athe Mayor declare a half day holiday t on Arbor Day and suggest to the mer- chants, schools and other citizens In: co-operate, A motlon of Councillors Miller and Langford was pessed:—'chat the l7or- poration endeavor to procure a sunrii•; of coal for next winter and that a 0016• mittee to act be appointed, " The mnottoh carried. and Mayon• Thlampsan named the Coniniittees'-'- "" Cotnncill, cs Miller, Cooper and ,'Thom• s peon.° The offer of St 2 for use of park .. as accepted. ou motilnn by "Councillors Cooper and Langford, Council then attic:trite& Over The TeiCups Mr, and Mrs. S. Kemp spent Sunday al Belgrave, Mr, Melvin Graham left a week, ago for the West. Mr. Elmer Harness, of Exeter spent Sunday in town. Mr. J. W. Nediger was a Brantford visitor on Sunday. Mrs. (Rev.) Ho,gg was avvisitor in Toronto this week. Miss Stinson, of Toronto, was a visit- or in town this week. Mr. find Mrs, Thos, Mason spent the week end in Toronto. Rev, J. A. Robinson, Rural Dean, was in Seaforth for Sunday. Mrs, Warner, of Hamilton, is visit - inn Iter brother, Mr. John Nediger, g Exeter Attvocatea--Mr, Fred Tucker • was a week end visitor frcesi Clinton. Rev. Mr, Snell, of Wingham was a guest at the Rectory over the week end, Mr. Harry Barti;if trade a business trip to'Oshawa and 'Toronto this week, Editor Southcoit, . of the Exeter Times, gave The New Era a call on Sat- urday, Mr. fend Mrs, Isaac Brown, and Miss Mildred, of Blyth, were in Town on Saturday. Mrs, Woodcock and Miss Woodcac".. of Blyth, were visitors in town oh Sat- urday. Miss i•iattie Greig has taken a past tion in the office of the Doherty Piaui: 'Conipaity, Mr. King, who has been teller iv tri„ Molsons Bank, ltas heap moved to St. f hotnas. • Mrs, Swells and Miss Mable, of Wiingifam, spent Sunday :vilh Mrs. Rumbell. • Rev, E, 0, Porde is at Toronto Cue week faking a special com'st, a; fte. Master's University, Mrs. J. T, Winter and Mrs feel, of Fordwich, were visitors at "u J,-.. Martin's on Sunday. Mr, and MrsrJoseplt Keating and,son Edmund and Mr. Joe, Brown visited friends in taws Sunday, Miss Netta Thompson, . of Brent- ford, is visiting at the home of her cousin, Mr. 3, W. Nediger, Miss Beryl 'Cooper entertained her young friends to a dance in the Nor- mandie last Friday evening, Miss Ilene Miller, of Dungannon, wits here owing to the illness and death of her uncle, the late Mr. Govett. Miss Jean Wylie, daughter of Rev, W. W. Wylie, formerly of Clinton, has passed her second year at McMaster, Mrs. Wiltse, •of Seaforth, who has spent the past few weeks visiting her father left for Winghait Tuesday morn- ing. torn- r - Mr, W, F. Vanstone, Misses Noma and Freda and Mr, Galbraith, of Wing - ham, spent Sunday at the home of P.W. , Chas, Bartliff. Rev. J. A, Agnew was et Varna on Monday night to attend the Quarterly meeting. The Board Inas increased the saiery of the minister by 5100. Me, S. B. Stethers, District Repre- sentative, was at Brussels last Thursday; to attend the funeral of the late John Leekie, Mr. 0, Johnson and Mr, Andrew ,`..rter, of Goderich, paid Clinton their weekly visit, on Saturday, They are welcome visitors. Mr, i)odds.t-lolloway, of the Soo, who has been called to tire colors, was hone for a few days. Mr, Holloway does net haven t9 rejirart until June, but will join •n rip'ht 'sway, 1tt.w, J.J. Agnew and Mr, W. 1•I, idly' were at Benntilier on Tuesday over ng launching the weekly envelope cyst sn in. the Methodist church there. An increase of 550 las given to the mister, Mr. DeWitt Gonna, M. A., of Corn- wall, and a stip of Rev. and Mrs, T, W. Covens, formerly of the Ontario Si. 1 silsurah, end wild has been attending 1 the Wesley College, ;alt Montreal, will )eahie UP far -ordination this year in the London Confei'etice, Miss Emma Levis was a visitor at 1Vingham, Mrs, Blackall and Miss Kathleen, of Blyth were visitors in town last week, Major McTaggart D. S. 0., was otnly in England for about two weeks after' his return from his short visit Isere, and is once nsore on the firing line. Goderich Signal: — Dr. and Mrs Taylor Were at Halifax last week and had the pleasure of speeding part of two days with their son, Major (Dr.) Harold A. Taylor, who had come over from England as one of the officers in charge of a hospital siifip. it ,was nearly four years since they had seen him, Smith, of Winnipeg, e a St p g• F.els n PteN now with the Construction Battalion at Hamilton, is visiting Isis cousins, Mr, and Mrs,, T, J. Watts, Rattenbury street Ile is a son of the late Mr. and Mrs, Andrew B. Smith, who were former residents of towns, The late Mr. Smith left here in 1873 for Manitoba,. lee re- turned in 1880 and married Miss Grace Reid and they moved to Huron, South Dakota, and, afterwards to Portage Is Prairie, where he was the second pub- lic school teacher in that place. He died Ota June 13, 1917. Pie, Smith has travelled e:ttensively as he has visited over 900 LO 0.r. lodges and 3541 A. t A,M„ lodges in the 13 jurdlsiictiot in Western Canada :end Western Unite States. Pte. Smith is anxious to mee any of Isle relatives in this section, al he is on his late leave. 14e 0 # , s: s # a, 4r •a i1 ar ro, C. W. C. A. NOTES • 0 a * ,r'' #. OF 4, * A * The- Societies shipping sapplie from this point, are asked to send al 'tiaielied` pooch into Clinton by Sat urday see they stay be shipped.