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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1918-7-11, Page 1i(k • Established , JULY lith, 1918. '1865, Vol, 53, No, 2 ` C L l 1 I `i' ( Pi O imi'1° A R l O, T`l•i l.I Yt S 17 A 7l l CaCC - - - ,-,•.- :,,,,,, --.:_.......y:. ._..F" »2.,.: ....,......",. .,..."""." ..' ..:.., ',.- ..,. ...... ... ... -•... .....-.-,•,. L..-•..... ry"_... .. ... ..... _...,:....._-,......,-n......,,,....,..-,•....;...... ....•, ._..._._ .:CaCC .......,_. ._.-.:,... .,.......:::« Loaf ,at the day. 1300 Are • thin to "or ` a Farms fromSout on this Raiser to-da .._.;., . .•,.-«M,...w- . i.,..,..,- . ,.....,.w• ,.,,...,,... ,,...,.,,.. ,..,... „« ..•,,* - .»»„-.,_,W, , :M,-.,,,'...,...,..,•„.-.-,..CaCC GEORGEMILAGAN DIES I SUDDENLY COLLEGIATE RESULTS i'tlookriekoW40'r'vvVvvWovv vvvvyW1!,(1WW/VVWMM4NrNv VvvvVWW0Y at1° REMEMBER THE BOYS AT THE ONr—send them pIclures of things r ..CaCC...,, -. »-.•m Stratford industrial Chief Dreps Dead. Was Fm a Former er ` Resident On a Road London on o Rd , Stratford, July .5. ,—G ©or u uM'e ce> Ld , pr Side t t 1 astIig • troy of the George "MoLngau Furniture Company., and one of SMtford s big- gest 1 6 - aest btsHess melt and most worthy public spirited citizens, dropped dead Irons heart failure at his factory this Horning shortly after his arrival L n' • health ed not {.here, Mr. Mc ago s la been of the best for some years, but apparently he was in bas usual health this morning, Mr. McLsgan had lived in Stratford for the last 27 vars. 1•Ils boyhood days were spent in the vicinity of a- bout: four miles from !Clinton on the London Road and attended school” there, In addition to being head of the McLagan Furniture Company fie was president of the Stratford Chair Company and of the Meaford Mttnu facturing Company, of Melford. Perhaps the work fir which Mr, Mc- Lagan,'Wits .best known and was near- est to the peopl'e of Stratford was in connection with the park board, lie was known as the "father of Strat- forct's•"park system," and was a lead- ing: factor in lnaking`Stratford the beauty spot it is to -day,. He had' been chairman of tite board for years. He was also a former member of the school board, and a past president of the Board of Trade, of which he was one of the most ardent workers, 1•Ie was a Baptist in religion and was one of the leading members of Ontario Street Baptist Church. He was super- intendent of the. Sunday school, one of the deacons and a trustee. He WAS also keenly interested in Y. It1, C. A.; work and was one of the original di- rectors of the Association here. Mr, McLagan had a wonderful ca- pacity for work and knew every de- tail of his business. He started life as a cabinetmaker and was an expert of the furniture every phase n t, busi ness. The flag at the post office park flies at half-mast in honor of Mr, Lagan. The funeral is to be held on 'Tuesday with services at the house at 2 o'clock, and interment in Avondale Cemetery. Mr. Lagan is survived by a widow and two daughters, Misses Dorothy and Winnifred. One brother, Charles 1, McLagan, resides in Denver, Col. and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Gibson, lives in Los Angeles,Cal, Mr. McLagan was a Liberal in poli- tics. ,a3 ,,+ t7 1 9 Casualty Lists KILLED IN ACTION Pte,Angues rue Kerr, Brussels. b s DIED Pte, •Milton McGuire, Brussels WOUNDED Pte. onward Strachan.Brussels. BRUSSELS TOLL BRUSSELS, July 8th=Mrs, Robert Kerr, of town, received an official mes- sage on Saturday stating that her youngest son, Angus, had been killed in France, He was a member of the 161st Battalion and had remained in England until about a month ago. Much sym- pathy is expressed for his widowed mother. D. McDonald, butcher, of Hen- sall, is a half-brother, William Sheehan of Grey Township, has just received word that his eldest son, Howard had received a gunshotof wound in the leg. A younger son paid the supreme sacrifice last fall, DIES IN U. S, CAMP Arthur McGuire, of town, has re- ceived word that his eldest son,. Mil- ton, who was in training in the South- ern States, had died from the effaces of an operation. Besides his parents here, he is survived by a widow and two children, in the States, Pte, Mc- Guire is a nephew of Mr, Alex McGuire of Clinton, and has lived in the South for many years now, Births, Martiages & Deaths Births PAPPIL—In Tuokersnhith on July 3 to Mr, and Mrs. David Pappil, a son. . Deaths W000—Ob Saturday, June 29th, at Winlaw, B,. C.,after an illness of everal weeks, David' Wood, beloved husband of Evelyn Turner Wood, . v''Y. Cereals RYE FLOUR POTATO FLOUR. &URKWHEAAT FLOUR' KELLOGG'S BRAN BA'fiLEY FLOUR RICE FLOUR I THE ) UI3 GR6C1t14 Phone •tfi' Canarl t License lixamination results of the1 Low e) School at the on Col- legiate l- leg)M1te lnStiit1ke are l lOa1CCd byPrincipal U JW Pre ]eaven The complete report will be found onpage 5 of this issue.' fist e. According to the staff theo re- sults this year are exce4ent, Upper and Middle School ex- atnisation rssulls will not be an- nounced until some time in August, These ` examinations are depaYtnrental, ands thereliore not given out at trite. same time as the Lower School results, CANADA'S FIRES COSTING $2,73 PER • INDIVIDUAL The Conservation. Commission Points to Nation'sEnormous Waste—"Compel" Carefulness Several Important Recom- mendations Are Made to Government. Ottawa, July 4.—Canada's annual fire waste i01.73 for every man, wo- man and child, and larger than that of any other civilized country in the world„ according to a most exhaustive report by the commission of conserva- tion on fire waste in Canada, justnade public. This enormous waste, the conitrdssic11 assents, is sapping the vitality of the country and immediate adoption of compulsory, fire preven- tion measures is necessary; The in- vestigation records the fact that the resent increase of fire p insurance in Canada is unduly high and that there are grave abuses inheritant in the present agency system, The report which was complied for the commission by J. G. Grove Smith, says that since confederation fire loss in Canada, excluding forest fires, has been $7000,000,000. .Of this suet $350,000,000 is made up of direct fire losses, 8850,000,000 represents the cost of maintaining public and private fire protection services, while 5197,- 000,000 is the amount of insuranee paid, but not returned to policyholders in compensation for losses. Heavy Loss of Life In addition nearly 200 Peoria are burned to death and about 500 ser- iously injured by fire every year, 1n the four ,formal years, 8912- 1915 Canada's annual per capita fire loss was 52.73, as compared with 52,28 in the United States, 74 cents in France, 25 cents in Germany, 13 cents in Switzerland and 64 cents in England. .4 disquieting feature is Peet thelosses in this county in- s y are creasing with great rapidity. The commission says most of these fires are caused I'y careless. arson and lack of fire prevention ltnvs, such its exist being but poorly enforced, Canadian , fire departments are described as the best in the world, but they are not preventing a steady growth of fire losses, Compulsion, the Remedy in dealing with the remedy for pres- ent conditions, the commission says that compulsory legislation, • making in- dividuals responsible for their own carelessness, is imperative, The pub- lic, it is asserted, must be aroused to their responsibility so that public opin- ion will urge and support such legis- lation, The Dominion Government, now being given direct jurisdiction by the B. N, A., act, should, the commiss- ion thinks, conduct a campaign to educate the public to their responsib- ility. The purpose of this would be to assist provincial fire prevention efforts, The Dominion Government it is said should also maintain a testing laboratory to establlnh standards in building, materials orad devices. Fine for Insurance Companies. The commission contends that the high cost of doing business implies ex- travagant administration, and says that publich paid 1869 the a5 from to 1916 the insurance companies 65 cents for distributing every dollar of indemnity. , The report asserts that insurance agents in 'Canada are paid on the aver- age a commission of slightly over 20% obviously a large expenditure on mid- dlemen. it is also stated that the num- ber of agents is ett'cessive, circum- stances winch makes necessary a higher commission, "The root evil of tihe insurance busi- ness and one of the greatest factors tri tire excessive fire waste in Canada is undoubtedly the method of compensat- ing agents solely on a commission basis," tit,e report declares. The remedy tor .this ,the commission states, is a profit-sharing •cotthmision for agents, whereby those who write good risks would be more, highly re- numerated e-n unerated than those who write bad outs. 15,907 REGISTERED IN SOUTH HURON W, H. Gerr 4% lion, Editors and .4 dtblisheka, ' DOES THE LABEL" r.on , YOUR PAPER"R lk Mr.:A, J, Grigg, Registrar, Makes Ali- ' o a Obeyed n ancement of rho a Wlo x AU y d The Law, Tuesday of this e week Mr, A J. e GtideRegistrar of SouthHuro t hand in the totals for the various .+ tot andtownships in outfit Huron, towns taw s S H t S P. In this Riding there are 1300 their who are available for. work in harvest fields, if needed. Their names, along with the '1140 names from North rth lluroe are now itt'tlte heeds of Mr. S. B. %others, the District Agricultural Representative for Huron. The following are the figures for rural and urban ntunicipalllies:--- Towns Males Females Clinton 614 951 Seaforth , ... , . , 835 1,006 Mensal! 314 381 Exeter B tyfeld Townships ' Goderlch , ... 4+72 llullett . :55 Stanley 640 Hay fi22. Stephen , 1,024 50_ 644 70 133. 160 'ruckersntith McKillop A LONG SESSION YOUR VIEWS BY TOWN FATHER The New Era columns are ones t it est o s r der fore expression sh etre tin i s. f ie ) o views o) all matters 5 o s, f t l u tb lc interest. Theu1 conditions es c 1 Y are that the commuuicatiOns roust be asbrief f b as possible, b e ) t't be a 1 its 1? , it plYtinly written bn one side. of the paper only, ,rust contain no itttack of apersonal f s orlibellous h e aracter, and must have the sig- nature and address of the writer, Where a, nom -de -plume is used the writer must sign his name as an evidence of good faith, Ad- dress fetters to the Editor, The New Era. FRANK FAIR 741. RECOMMENDED FOR 651 DISTINGUISHED 1,077 528 CONDUCT MEDAL o C m unci Li m a ons and RelxwrY.'ra „nfcy y with Motions and Talk maw upthe Evening n s I' adjourned The o n Meeting e t j m in of Y.rr 3w S arxr , was held on Monday eventing with rj_ or Thompson it ) the char" . r h ) 1) d Atcarr • . a1• For and ` Ford t o »e'I f,, u a lor' Wiltse, s W se .xa ei Shepherd, Miller, M'cEwan, Lav,jtl n.ltdtS present, one e thingwe•for n to g t reptTaG, 0 1! week, wasthat ter were fi e we twr 'mew .a> r chairs placed for the Mayor and c8cau5, which add greatly to the appexreureede the Council Chamber, thatt.did teted l one used by the Mayor. THE COMMUNCIATIONS . The Ontario Fuel Adminsi'rattart laic the following copy of a letter tte85sg, was sent to Mr, Holipwayt-- A, J, Holloway, Esq,,. Clinton, G { Ontario. Dear Sin—Replying to yours of eftfe 19th bust 1 beg to advise that.any acne; importing coal must hold an'rmpostter im permit, If distribution be ,'made xr8 cost price, we do not demand u 21 dealer's permit be taken oet. 'S8aE0i permit is necessary however if ern, profit whatever be derived, Dmik44sat- 539 i07 tion of course must be made tm sts- Usborne , , , . 306 375 cordance with the Regulations, 1 sAlclll Former Clinton boy dried on Hospital appreciate it if you will furnish msi Toto! 7,483 8,42:5promptly with the name of any-petainc train after being Wounded 1 Grautd Total ....15,907 you find not complying :vitt the Rets on the Somme `requirments; The respopsibiki %sr' proper distribution and seeing thatii8e regulations are complied with, tette, with the municipality who are mental with the moans for organization 1a understand that your Council bas auft as yet appointed a Fuel Commissi,arer.. , Yours truly, ' Fuel Administrator fen said. The Co, Treasurer sent a chegr£e !rimy 5342.20 being for Red Cross GraeL ASSESSOR RESIGNS Clinton, July. Asa 'fo'Ma or and'Council, Mayor ' ou I, ANOTHER C, C, 1„ OLD BOY BACK FROM FRONT Lieut, Harold Swann Sew Service With The 14th Battery In France Lieut, Harold Swann, sots of Rev. Francis and Mrs, Swann, of Vancouver, formerly pastor of the Methodist and e d a Y church, Ripley, arrived in Kincardine on Saturday last, and is at; present the guest of Mr. and Mrs, P. F. Hamlin. in 1914 Harold Swann was in •Kincar- dine taking his vacation like many a- nother Canadian boy. The war was in its infancy and few 'ever dreamed Unit it would run the course it has. He returned to Victoria College, 1'or- onto, to continue his studies for the ministry. In the spring of 1915 he donned the khaki as an ordinary gun- ner' in the 140 Battery. He went to. France in September, 1915, where he served steadily in the various actions. In December of 1916 he was gazetted as Lieutenant, the proud position he holds to -day. He went through St, 1`loi. and Hooge in 1916 and saw the heavy fighting whiclrpre- ceded Vimy and Passchendaele, in Which action his battery, the 12111 was engaged. ' After continuous fight- ing be was at last laid low by pleurisy, which has left him in such a rundown condition that he has been sent to Canada for further treatment until better. e like• thosewho have gone through the terrible ordeal, has little to say, He admits he is •glad to be home again, and can talk of the boys he knows, but of himself has nothing to say. Frani grainer to lieutenant on the field of taction is a distinction that any man should be proud of. A host of friends are glad to see him home agein, After a brief stay here he will go to Vancouver for a time. He hopes to be fully restored to his old .time vigor with proper 'rest.— Kincardine rest—Kincardine Reporter, Lieut, Swann will be' known to many readers of The New Era, his father having been stationed at one time at Hohnesville, and he attended the Collegiate here, Were at Mitchell Some of the sports of town took in the races at Mitchell on Wednesday afternoon, and et few of the band boys went down to help but Mitchell hand. W. N. Manning Given Fine Library Table .London Advertiser:—Sunday after- noon, In the First Methodill Sunday School, at presentation was made to the retiring superintendent, W. N. Manning, of a handsome library chair. Mrs. Gregsten, who has been teacher of the, primary department of the school for half a century, made the presentation, J, S. Barnard giving a short address, in, which., he stated that the committee of. management of the Sunday school desiredethus to ex- press appreciation of the faithful and punctual performance of the 'work of Superintendent Manning. "Under your; leadership," said Mr, Barnard,; 'the'.school has prospered greatly. You have preserved •an admirable esprit de corps in the state of teach- ers mad, offi,eerst you have made the s.c41001 conspicuous. for its good order; yea have always, entered fa>aty and. very helpfully into the social life of the school, and you have ever held up before us high ideals of religious., and spiritual. life," ' rtetHHISsettousitoetariltilteesitus • • •s a Patri' i Notes isesepasieb Oeeeeeptmesees The W. P. 5, will meet in the Coon- cil Chamber Friday afternoon, at three orclock. Monthly reports bre given Gild ailfinished,. work is requested to be brought in, so that all may; go in this, shipment. Watch gout Fes- the Money Last Friday night 11, the ilohuesville Garden Party two persons at the, gate presented a 510, !till ,tb pay admission' which amounted to 39.ccsts. The grate keeper decided that he would,, not change the bill taut lite biter Otte pair! the .30' cents, but soon disappeared, 'Menioney 9155 1111111e.phoney, -The following letter was sent by one of the Borden Motor M. G. Battery men to Mrs. Helen Fair, mother of Pte. F. Fair who died of wounds on March 24 Prince of Wales Hospital, Marylebone Road N. W. London; May 7; 1918. Dear Mrs, Fair:— Please accept, on behalf.of every re- maining officer, bl. C. 0, and Man of the Borden Motor M. G. Battery, this feeble expression of oar sorrow and of the grief we felt when we heard of the death of poor dear•Frank. A nobler and finer gentleman it has Bever been my fortune to meet. Be was j'Wst as courageous, as was kind and hard-work- ing, He was looked up to by every man in the Battery and enjoyed the absolute confidence of his officers, Frank was wounded through the up- per right arm and probably also through the lung, about 12 noon on March 24, near Clarry on the Somme N. W. of Perunne. He lost a great deal of blood before we could bandage hint properly. carried out immediately he 1 had hint l was bandaged. It was a great shock to me to know that he had died, I believe, on the Hospital train, I thought the world. of hint and have recommended him for a Distinguished Conduct Medal. If the recommendation went in before the news of his death caste through, I have strong hopes of hint getting it, otherwise 1 ani afraid it is hopeless, as honours bur areawarded is bona us c »c no tat s P r • and and life Frank led a clean, pure t K Ile was an example of what man should be to all, Nobody's death I am sure would, have caused the sorrow his did. 1 would have written you before, but my right arm has been taken o11 above the elbow and I did not feel quite equal to the task until now, Now Mrs, Fair, please accept our deep and Heartfelt sympathy with you in your grievous loss. i ant, Sincerely yours, (Sighed) W. C. Nicholson ANNUAL SERMON TO L,O.L. MEMBERS 114 Orangemen in Parade on Sunday afternoon—Fine Sermon by Bro. Rev. A. E. Jones. Sunday afternoon 114 members of the Orange Order in Clinton and sur- rounding lodges marched to Wesley Church where the annual sermon was preached to then! by Rev; A, E. Jones, pastor of that church, Rev, W .B, Moulton, Chaplain of the ad' the lessor, South Huron District, read' , being the 62 chapter of Isaiah, The Choir which was assisted by members of the other churches, sang an anthem while Miss, Little, of God- erich, sang in good voice, "Comfort one Another" and Mr. Lowe sang "Land of Hope and Glory." Rev, Mr, Jones after expressing plea- sure of having the Orange Order at the Church, took as his subject the 6th Verse of the 62nd. Chapter of' Isaiah, "1 have set watchmen upon thy Walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor!night; ye that men. non of the Lord, keep not silence." In his service, which was full of facts concerning the Orange order, Rev. Mr, Jones spoke of the early watchmen at Jerusalem, Prince of Orange, the watch- men of his,tinhes and from then drew lesson for which the members could. tak,'to thetitselves Every Or&ngefttatt-'m a watchman On LETU I •NOW the wall (i) for his own character and conduct, (a) to read the word of God, (2) . A Wa) t cto n to other people and brethren (3) . welfare of ie r one to. be eve The New Era'desfres to Ove country, lie urged Y tedzsted in the i ritls7h Etupire and Can - its readersth'e,hest,possible ser- oda, The speaker utentinned.the lath vice, buL can do 50 only through guage question before the public at coroperai'ioii on thn part of. fts present; the foreign settlements In the West, all of which would be a menace readesto the 'Country unless all became Can- If you have a news or personal• . Rem lei us knoav—write it aura and mail it or drop.- it into The: Now Era office, or' telephone 3o, or 95 at night. Your name, . its al; : eviddnce of good faith, not for pulzllcati • , s all. that is. risked. Anoths, thing --see that you, get your paper regularly and promptly, YO t i iib, confer a f1 of any ale- , aaiatfized and spoke one language, pointed out closing he spoke of the world war, where liberty was at stake said that over 60,000 members • the Orange• order were fighting for this1u liberty. After the Service upon returning to the Hall, motion of thanks were ndoyed t0.,the tttinister, choir and gflc als, Take a Jitney Ride Today (Thursday) is Red Criss Day Gentlemen Please except my me- signation for the position of Asse's,;Anil• for which your Assessment iConztabes;•• boners apponted, Thanking your com- missioners and members of file + Coma'. for the past twenty years for tom: confidence they put in me as assce,ssrai. Yours very truly, Thos. Cottle. Blyth, June 15th ilsar3 D. L. McPherson, Esq,, Clerk, Town of Clinton. Dear Sir i ant requested 'tee firs: Council of Blyth to enquire it ynr vtl hire vour Corporation' Stone Calabar. rr . to this Corporation and the •tet s, r day while we have it in usee404', A 4 at your earliest convenience will o1,, lige, Yours truly A, Elder, Clerk. Stratford, June 2611k. Mr. McPherson, Town ''Clerk, Clinton, Ontario Dear Sin—Having inspected tin. a, ectric installation in Town 15a1S tre: find the wiring in very bad shape zad4 as • we are going over the public Ire& we would ask that you have the buiik ing rewired according to present rsdle': and oblige, _Yours truly, Geo. F. Hirdentan, District Electric Inspecsa'c, In reference to the letter of the fucst Administrator, the Mayor stated thaiiE,; Johnson was willing to act as Fuelreanal- missioner, without salary, fres t st• some discussion the matter was rune" • ed to the Fuel Committee to root next meeting. The Mayor stated that the Townitatl.i ordered to cars of soft coal; arltitie should be here in the near future. The Red Cross Grant was diVieltdl equally between the Patriotic Socoitt. the Y. L, P. A, and the Women's lsyst8•, tute, after the Mayor gave the castimg, vote, 'l'be resignation of Tiros. Cottle, :lIn. sensor was accepted and a lorrg &coo' out discussion took place, with FD1-S4. Gibbings the Assessment, Commtssiotn:s taking part, To overcome any aaesnnei difficulties she local bylaw was mil:vie* to meet the requirements of the Band, On motion of Councillor Wiltse am+iti Reeve Ford theC, C. 1, was Oxen:Mr 52.000 asked for. sl. The matter of better wiring in tit.; Town Hall was left in the hands of Min Property Committee, The request of ,the Village of a'4i88t was taken up .and, the Stone 'Craiefenv will be loaned at the rate of 55. par day from the timeit leaves C1iA9ast., except Sundays, CEMETERY COMMITTEE On motion of Reeve Ford alvlIt'"ousts- cillor Langford the following sep*ntt 'was adopted:—Your Cemetery Qom. mittee beg to report as .follows Blit May meeting the Council imptawe^tell your Committee to remove from wane tions A attd B, alifen.ces, posts, laselesi slabs or any thing unsightly cwrua hindrance to care -taker wheii at wett1S-; all front stones to be sunk so lawn mower would runt over them; all P,eilc to be cleaned,• earth•drawn on r'6asiangy and seeded with grass seed. "This'aissitla has all been done and adds ' very moth. to the appearance of the cemetery at We ill extra cost of about 534, W MI ext there are about 150 lots ad halt.itabs in sections A and. 13 at present Enasg, the cleaning of about 80 are 'Wats paid, for tite remai'n'ing 70. are ntrtishbti- tng paid for. We are satisfied salrl+1 the. 70 we cancollect about $25 ; f✓d world leave a shortage of /Pica 11ib' clearing pork lots and drawing eaailfh on road -way es Elie work propose,: Stir he done was along the line of an xs-- perintent;. We think the experiirx is a success •and Would ask 'Condi 'fen itnpower Committee 10 proceed.,uiked the sane work on sections `and would also recomuteu:i lh • irde- tory 13y -Law be amended r. the price of lois, clettuing digging graves ; •also no tints. be given to oWners of d•:< are for fur "chd.liie a"beeldes tint mentioned worirsapil that ri tag day and collection the Y. L. P. A. Eery bit cared for•under the :1 ; ,, are having a Ji{ney'service tonight. Cogfinuid'oft !?age 6, Fon{...d ,.. , r.t i t t 1 t ;-. PP th. Fe Til..11 1 .1 ratE. at home -they are always glad to Set them, , We have a good stock of Brownie ., and ksfa) 2 t from .5Q da 1 , ,i e, Ko. 1 ad $ p ,. t;, a n r a T.. tli • tr developing and a 0 of I Letusc P d. A ill ' epleased With the ing, You w b 1 6 1 ^.t t t•es 1 u s. 3 ' L •. BESTST QUALITY DRUG STORE THE REXALL STORE ovvvvvvv t., vvyw .._ . -. , 1 W. S. R HOLMES PllCit . WWWWVdVVvvyvvvvvvvvk inovV'WVVVdOVWW -- lik , rte,, • Capital Capital • Reserve Total Assets 450 R. E. 1e Royal Bask ,A, . . OF CANADA A incorporated, 4869. 'Authorized $ 25,000,000 Paid-up .... . 12,911,700 and. Undivided Profits 14,564,000 335,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL Branches with worldwide connections. General Banking Business Transacted. MANNING, Manager : Clinton Branch 111 mss_-„. m.m...- ( INCORPORATED 1855 . --• . • —I : iinterest 4 t1i.:'MOLSONS E BANK CAPITAL AND RESERVE $8,800,000 98 Idranczles in Canada A General Betaking Business Transacted CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREIDIT BANK MONEY ORDERS SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT Allowed at Highest Current Rate H. R. SHARP, Acting Manager • Clinton • 1 = 4 'ia•.•a uetM1•.M.. .. a . ......z.:................_:::::[ 1 ,, a Ordered ' w'a.t tg-tr,.•LS'c;, a isle b < !Ail I t IIA1111ln ,• a r • . '.'St;R "3'dG .v-•ayma=,rnr '^ r i.•Bstloth ...x. .[;u Sxun"!.r.Lti 4ra.6 :F::Rt7ss` :;a3f ` i ,b 1.7 uo op Ic i 2ivT3F it s • The clothing we are months ago and is priced months selling. The prices are anyone who expects to or two, or three years hence. PRICES ARE BOUND AT $15.,00 Young men's Suits of Grey. Tweed, single breasted Y. g belted atcfi pockets, cuff s li li , , :.. on trousers, sizes 34 'to 3 8, Price . ... , X15 AT $22.50 Men's suits of fang orst- Y_ ed, three button sack, good s well made trous- trimmings, ers with belt loops, plain bottoms or cuff $2250 sizes 35 to 44 e Men's Blue Suits, two plain back, semi -fitting showing was bought accordingly for quick a sound investment for require a suit this year, TO GO UP AT $20,00 Men's suits of a variety of patterns in tweeds and wor- sleds bench tailored trousers - A n plain or cuts, sizes 35 20 to 4 4, $ AT $2500 English Men's suits of En g worsted, in small check pat - at-trimmin tern soft roll, semi -fitted back, big range of patterns sizes 36 to 46 $25 price or three -button sacks, or belied, ;if f 6,50 to $3 2 •, The Vr G tgeu for C. P. ilt.,S. blur, Pout R. Telegraph tor 1 • Co} r. f Co. Every Hat -. le...• .,. ,..,,...wn+...r..wn...msxu,aanr."..,..e.a. r ..CaCC...,, -. »-.•m Stratford industrial Chief Dreps Dead. Was Fm a Former er ` Resident On a Road London on o Rd , Stratford, July .5. ,—G ©or u uM'e ce> Ld , pr Side t t 1 astIig • troy of the George "MoLngau Furniture Company., and one of SMtford s big- gest 1 6 - aest btsHess melt and most worthy public spirited citizens, dropped dead Irons heart failure at his factory this Horning shortly after his arrival L n' • health ed not {.here, Mr. Mc ago s la been of the best for some years, but apparently he was in bas usual health this morning, Mr. McLsgan had lived in Stratford for the last 27 vars. 1•Ils boyhood days were spent in the vicinity of a- bout: four miles from !Clinton on the London Road and attended school” there, In addition to being head of the McLagan Furniture Company fie was president of the Stratford Chair Company and of the Meaford Mttnu facturing Company, of Melford. Perhaps the work fir which Mr, Mc- Lagan,'Wits .best known and was near- est to the peopl'e of Stratford was in connection with the park board, lie was known as the "father of Strat- forct's•"park system," and was a lead- ing: factor in lnaking`Stratford the beauty spot it is to -day,. He had' been chairman of tite board for years. He was also a former member of the school board, and a past president of the Board of Trade, of which he was one of the most ardent workers, 1•Ie was a Baptist in religion and was one of the leading members of Ontario Street Baptist Church. He was super- intendent of the. Sunday school, one of the deacons and a trustee. He WAS also keenly interested in Y. It1, C. A.; work and was one of the original di- rectors of the Association here. Mr, McLagan had a wonderful ca- pacity for work and knew every de- tail of his business. He started life as a cabinetmaker and was an expert of the furniture every phase n t, busi ness. The flag at the post office park flies at half-mast in honor of Mr, Lagan. The funeral is to be held on 'Tuesday with services at the house at 2 o'clock, and interment in Avondale Cemetery. Mr. Lagan is survived by a widow and two daughters, Misses Dorothy and Winnifred. One brother, Charles 1, McLagan, resides in Denver, Col. and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Gibson, lives in Los Angeles,Cal, Mr. McLagan was a Liberal in poli- tics. ,a3 ,,+ t7 1 9 Casualty Lists KILLED IN ACTION Pte,Angues rue Kerr, Brussels. b s DIED Pte, •Milton McGuire, Brussels WOUNDED Pte. onward Strachan.Brussels. BRUSSELS TOLL BRUSSELS, July 8th=Mrs, Robert Kerr, of town, received an official mes- sage on Saturday stating that her youngest son, Angus, had been killed in France, He was a member of the 161st Battalion and had remained in England until about a month ago. Much sym- pathy is expressed for his widowed mother. D. McDonald, butcher, of Hen- sall, is a half-brother, William Sheehan of Grey Township, has just received word that his eldest son, Howard had received a gunshotof wound in the leg. A younger son paid the supreme sacrifice last fall, DIES IN U. S, CAMP Arthur McGuire, of town, has re- ceived word that his eldest son,. Mil- ton, who was in training in the South- ern States, had died from the effaces of an operation. Besides his parents here, he is survived by a widow and two children, in the States, Pte, Mc- Guire is a nephew of Mr, Alex McGuire of Clinton, and has lived in the South for many years now, Births, Martiages & Deaths Births PAPPIL—In Tuokersnhith on July 3 to Mr, and Mrs. David Pappil, a son. . Deaths W000—Ob Saturday, June 29th, at Winlaw, B,. C.,after an illness of everal weeks, David' Wood, beloved husband of Evelyn Turner Wood, . v''Y. Cereals RYE FLOUR POTATO FLOUR. &URKWHEAAT FLOUR' KELLOGG'S BRAN BA'fiLEY FLOUR RICE FLOUR I THE ) UI3 GR6C1t14 Phone •tfi' Canarl t License lixamination results of the1 Low e) School at the on Col- legiate l- leg)M1te lnStiit1ke are l lOa1CCd byPrincipal U JW Pre ]eaven The complete report will be found onpage 5 of this issue.' fist e. According to the staff theo re- sults this year are exce4ent, Upper and Middle School ex- atnisation rssulls will not be an- nounced until some time in August, These ` examinations are depaYtnrental, ands thereliore not given out at trite. same time as the Lower School results, CANADA'S FIRES COSTING $2,73 PER • INDIVIDUAL The Conservation. Commission Points to Nation'sEnormous Waste—"Compel" Carefulness Several Important Recom- mendations Are Made to Government. Ottawa, July 4.—Canada's annual fire waste i01.73 for every man, wo- man and child, and larger than that of any other civilized country in the world„ according to a most exhaustive report by the commission of conserva- tion on fire waste in Canada, justnade public. This enormous waste, the conitrdssic11 assents, is sapping the vitality of the country and immediate adoption of compulsory, fire preven- tion measures is necessary; The in- vestigation records the fact that the resent increase of fire p insurance in Canada is unduly high and that there are grave abuses inheritant in the present agency system, The report which was complied for the commission by J. G. Grove Smith, says that since confederation fire loss in Canada, excluding forest fires, has been $7000,000,000. .Of this suet $350,000,000 is made up of direct fire losses, 8850,000,000 represents the cost of maintaining public and private fire protection services, while 5197,- 000,000 is the amount of insuranee paid, but not returned to policyholders in compensation for losses. Heavy Loss of Life In addition nearly 200 Peoria are burned to death and about 500 ser- iously injured by fire every year, 1n the four ,formal years, 8912- 1915 Canada's annual per capita fire loss was 52.73, as compared with 52,28 in the United States, 74 cents in France, 25 cents in Germany, 13 cents in Switzerland and 64 cents in England. .4 disquieting feature is Peet thelosses in this county in- s y are creasing with great rapidity. The commission says most of these fires are caused I'y careless. arson and lack of fire prevention ltnvs, such its exist being but poorly enforced, Canadian , fire departments are described as the best in the world, but they are not preventing a steady growth of fire losses, Compulsion, the Remedy in dealing with the remedy for pres- ent conditions, the commission says that compulsory legislation, • making in- dividuals responsible for their own carelessness, is imperative, The pub- lic, it is asserted, must be aroused to their responsibility so that public opin- ion will urge and support such legis- lation, The Dominion Government, now being given direct jurisdiction by the B. N, A., act, should, the commiss- ion thinks, conduct a campaign to educate the public to their responsib- ility. The purpose of this would be to assist provincial fire prevention efforts, The Dominion Government it is said should also maintain a testing laboratory to establlnh standards in building, materials orad devices. Fine for Insurance Companies. The commission contends that the high cost of doing business implies ex- travagant administration, and says that publich paid 1869 the a5 from to 1916 the insurance companies 65 cents for distributing every dollar of indemnity. , The report asserts that insurance agents in 'Canada are paid on the aver- age a commission of slightly over 20% obviously a large expenditure on mid- dlemen. it is also stated that the num- ber of agents is ett'cessive, circum- stances winch makes necessary a higher commission, "The root evil of tihe insurance busi- ness and one of the greatest factors tri tire excessive fire waste in Canada is undoubtedly the method of compensat- ing agents solely on a commission basis," tit,e report declares. The remedy tor .this ,the commission states, is a profit-sharing •cotthmision for agents, whereby those who write good risks would be more, highly re- numerated e-n unerated than those who write bad outs. 15,907 REGISTERED IN SOUTH HURON W, H. Gerr 4% lion, Editors and .4 dtblisheka, ' DOES THE LABEL" r.on , YOUR PAPER"R lk Mr.:A, J, Grigg, Registrar, Makes Ali- ' o a Obeyed n ancement of rho a Wlo x AU y d The Law, Tuesday of this e week Mr, A J. e GtideRegistrar of SouthHuro t hand in the totals for the various .+ tot andtownships in outfit Huron, towns taw s S H t S P. In this Riding there are 1300 their who are available for. work in harvest fields, if needed. Their names, along with the '1140 names from North rth lluroe are now itt'tlte heeds of Mr. S. B. %others, the District Agricultural Representative for Huron. The following are the figures for rural and urban ntunicipalllies:--- Towns Males Females Clinton 614 951 Seaforth , ... , . , 835 1,006 Mensal! 314 381 Exeter B tyfeld Townships ' Goderlch , ... 4+72 llullett . :55 Stanley 640 Hay fi22. Stephen , 1,024 50_ 644 70 133. 160 'ruckersntith McKillop A LONG SESSION YOUR VIEWS BY TOWN FATHER The New Era columns are ones t it est o s r der fore expression sh etre tin i s. f ie ) o views o) all matters 5 o s, f t l u tb lc interest. Theu1 conditions es c 1 Y are that the commuuicatiOns roust be asbrief f b as possible, b e ) t't be a 1 its 1? , it plYtinly written bn one side. of the paper only, ,rust contain no itttack of apersonal f s orlibellous h e aracter, and must have the sig- nature and address of the writer, Where a, nom -de -plume is used the writer must sign his name as an evidence of good faith, Ad- dress fetters to the Editor, The New Era. FRANK FAIR 741. RECOMMENDED FOR 651 DISTINGUISHED 1,077 528 CONDUCT MEDAL o C m unci Li m a ons and RelxwrY.'ra „nfcy y with Motions and Talk maw upthe Evening n s I' adjourned The o n Meeting e t j m in of Y.rr 3w S arxr , was held on Monday eventing with rj_ or Thompson it ) the char" . r h ) 1) d Atcarr • . a1• For and ` Ford t o »e'I f,, u a lor' Wiltse, s W se .xa ei Shepherd, Miller, M'cEwan, Lav,jtl n.ltdtS present, one e thingwe•for n to g t reptTaG, 0 1! week, wasthat ter were fi e we twr 'mew .a> r chairs placed for the Mayor and c8cau5, which add greatly to the appexreureede the Council Chamber, thatt.did teted l one used by the Mayor. THE COMMUNCIATIONS . The Ontario Fuel Adminsi'rattart laic the following copy of a letter tte85sg, was sent to Mr, Holipwayt-- A, J, Holloway, Esq,,. Clinton, G { Ontario. Dear Sin—Replying to yours of eftfe 19th bust 1 beg to advise that.any acne; importing coal must hold an'rmpostter im permit, If distribution be ,'made xr8 cost price, we do not demand u 21 dealer's permit be taken oet. 'S8aE0i permit is necessary however if ern, profit whatever be derived, Dmik44sat- 539 i07 tion of course must be made tm sts- Usborne , , , . 306 375 cordance with the Regulations, 1 sAlclll Former Clinton boy dried on Hospital appreciate it if you will furnish msi Toto! 7,483 8,42:5promptly with the name of any-petainc train after being Wounded 1 Grautd Total ....15,907 you find not complying :vitt the Rets on the Somme `requirments; The respopsibiki %sr' proper distribution and seeing thatii8e regulations are complied with, tette, with the municipality who are mental with the moans for organization 1a understand that your Council bas auft as yet appointed a Fuel Commissi,arer.. , Yours truly, ' Fuel Administrator fen said. The Co, Treasurer sent a chegr£e !rimy 5342.20 being for Red Cross GraeL ASSESSOR RESIGNS Clinton, July. Asa 'fo'Ma or and'Council, Mayor ' ou I, ANOTHER C, C, 1„ OLD BOY BACK FROM FRONT Lieut, Harold Swann Sew Service With The 14th Battery In France Lieut, Harold Swann, sots of Rev. Francis and Mrs, Swann, of Vancouver, formerly pastor of the Methodist and e d a Y church, Ripley, arrived in Kincardine on Saturday last, and is at; present the guest of Mr. and Mrs, P. F. Hamlin. in 1914 Harold Swann was in •Kincar- dine taking his vacation like many a- nother Canadian boy. The war was in its infancy and few 'ever dreamed Unit it would run the course it has. He returned to Victoria College, 1'or- onto, to continue his studies for the ministry. In the spring of 1915 he donned the khaki as an ordinary gun- ner' in the 140 Battery. He went to. France in September, 1915, where he served steadily in the various actions. In December of 1916 he was gazetted as Lieutenant, the proud position he holds to -day. He went through St, 1`loi. and Hooge in 1916 and saw the heavy fighting whiclrpre- ceded Vioty and Passchendaele, in Which action his battery, the 12111 was engaged. ' After continuous fight- ing be was at last laid low by pleurisy, which has left him in such a rundown condition that he has been sent to Canada for further treatment until better. e like• thosewho have gone through the terrible ordeal, has little to say, He admits he is •glad to be home again, and can talk of the boys he knows, but of himself has nothing to say. Frani grainer to lieutenant on the field of taction is a distinction that any man should be proud of. A host of friends are glad to see him home agein, After a brief stay here he will go to Vancouver for a time. He hopes to be fully restored to his old .time vigor with proper 'rest.— Kincardine rest—Kincardine Reporter, Lieut, Swann will be' known to many readers of The New Era, his father having been stationed at one time at Hohnesville, and he attended the Collegiate here, Were at Mitchell Some of the sports of town took in the races at Mitchell on Wednesday afternoon, and et few of the band boys went down to help but Mitchell hand. W. N. Manning Given Fine Library Table .London Advertiser:—Sunday after- noon, In the First Methodill Sunday School, at presentation was made to the retiring superintendent, W. N. Manning, of a handsome library chair. Mrs. Gregsten, who has been teacher of the, primary department of the school for half a century, made the presentation, J, S. Barnard giving a short address, in, which., he stated that the committee of. management of the Sunday school desiredethus to ex- press appreciation of the faithful and punctual performance of the 'work of Superintendent Manning. "Under your; leadership," said Mr, Barnard,; 'the'.school has prospered greatly. You have preserved •an admirable esprit de corps in the state of teach- ers mad, offi,eerst you have made the s.c41001 conspicuous. for its good order; yea have always, entered fa>aty and. very helpfully into the social life of the school, and you have ever held up before us high ideals of religious., and spiritual. life," ' rtetHHISsettousitoetariltilteesitus • • •s a Patri' i Notes isesepasieb Oeeeeeptmesees The W. P. 5, will meet in the Coon- cil Chamber Friday afternoon, at three orclock. Monthly reports bre given Gild ailfinished,. work is requested to be brought in, so that all may; go in this, shipment. Watch gout Fes- the Money Last Friday night 11, the ilohuesville Garden Party two persons at the, gate presented a 510, !till ,tb pay admission' which amounted to 39.ccsts. The grate keeper decided that he would,, not change the bill taut lite biter Otte pair! the .30' cents, but soon disappeared, 'Menioney 9155 1111111e.phoney, -The following letter was sent by one of the Borden Motor M. G. Battery men to Mrs. Helen Fair, mother of Pte. F. Fair who died of wounds on March 24 Prince of Wales Hospital, Marylebone Road N. W. London; May 7; 1918. Dear Mrs, Fair:— Please accept, on behalf.of every re- maining officer, bl. C. 0, and Man of the Borden Motor M. G. Battery, this feeble expression of oar sorrow and of the grief we felt when we heard of the death of poor dear•Frank. A nobler and finer gentleman it has Bever been my fortune to meet. Be was j'Wst as courageous, as was kind and hard-work- ing, He was looked up to by every man in the Battery and enjoyed the absolute confidence of his officers, Frank was wounded through the up- per right arm and probably also through the lung, about 12 noon on March 24, near Clarry on the Somme N. W. of Perunne. He lost a great deal of blood before we could bandage hint properly. carried out immediately he 1 had hint l was bandaged. It was a great shock to me to know that he had died, I believe, on the Hospital train, I thought the world. of hint and have recommended him for a Distinguished Conduct Medal. If the recommendation went in before the news of his death caste through, I have strong hopes of hint getting it, otherwise 1 ani afraid it is hopeless, as honours bur areawarded is bona us c »c no tat s P r • and and life Frank led a clean, pure t K Ile was an example of what man should be to all, Nobody's death I am sure would, have caused the sorrow his did. 1 would have written you before, but my right arm has been taken o11 above the elbow and I did not feel quite equal to the task until now, Now Mrs, Fair, please accept our deep and Heartfelt sympathy with you in your grievous loss. i ant, Sincerely yours, (Sighed) W. C. Nicholson ANNUAL SERMON TO L,O.L. MEMBERS 114 Orangemen in Parade on Sunday afternoon—Fine Sermon by Bro. Rev. A. E. Jones. Sunday afternoon 114 members of the Orange Order in Clinton and sur- rounding lodges marched to Wesley Church where the annual sermon was preached to then! by Rev; A, E. Jones, pastor of that church, Rev, W .B, Moulton, Chaplain of the ad' the lessor, South Huron District, read' , being the 62 chapter of Isaiah, The Choir which was assisted by members of the other churches, sang an anthem while Miss, Little, of God- erich, sang in good voice, "Comfort one Another" and Mr. Lowe sang "Land of Hope and Glory." Rev, Mr, Jones after expressing plea- sure of having the Orange Order at the Church, took as his subject the 6th Verse of the 62nd. Chapter of' Isaiah, "1 have set watchmen upon thy Walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor!night; ye that men. non of the Lord, keep not silence." In his service, which was full of facts concerning the Orange order, Rev. Mr, Jones spoke of the early watchmen at Jerusalem, Prince of Orange, the watch- men of his,tinhes and from then drew lesson for which the members could. tak,'to thetitselves Every Or&ngefttatt-'m a watchman On LETU I •NOW the wall (i) for his own character and conduct, (a) to read the word of God, (2) . A Wa) t cto n to other people and brethren (3) . welfare of ie r one to. be eve The New Era'desfres to Ove country, lie urged Y tedzsted in the i ritls7h Etupire and Can - its readersth'e,hest,possible ser- oda, The speaker utentinned.the lath vice, buL can do 50 only through guage question before the public at coroperai'ioii on thn part of. fts present; the foreign settlements In the West, all of which would be a menace readesto the 'Country unless all became Can- If you have a news or personal• . Rem lei us knoav—write it aura and mail it or drop.- it into The: Now Era office, or' telephone 3o, or 95 at night. Your name, . its al; : eviddnce of good faith, not for pulzllcati • , s all. that is. risked. Anoths, thing --see that you, get your paper regularly and promptly, YO t i iib, confer a f1 of any ale- , aaiatfized and spoke one language, pointed out closing he spoke of the world war, where liberty was at stake said that over 60,000 members • the Orange• order were fighting for this1u liberty. After the Service upon returning to the Hall, motion of thanks were ndoyed t0.,the tttinister, choir and gflc als, Take a Jitney Ride Today (Thursday) is Red Criss Day Gentlemen Please except my me- signation for the position of Asse's,;Anil• for which your Assessment iConztabes;•• boners apponted, Thanking your com- missioners and members of file + Coma'. for the past twenty years for tom: confidence they put in me as assce,ssrai. Yours very truly, Thos. Cottle. Blyth, June 15th ilsar3 D. L. McPherson, Esq,, Clerk, Town of Clinton. Dear Sir i ant requested 'tee firs: Council of Blyth to enquire it ynr vtl hire vour Corporation' Stone Calabar. rr . to this Corporation and the •tet s, r day while we have it in usee404', A 4 at your earliest convenience will o1,, lige, Yours truly A, Elder, Clerk. Stratford, June 2611k. Mr. McPherson, Town ''Clerk, Clinton, Ontario Dear Sin—Having inspected tin. a, ectric installation in Town 15a1S tre: find the wiring in very bad shape zad4 as • we are going over the public Ire& we would ask that you have the buiik ing rewired according to present rsdle': and oblige, _Yours truly, Geo. F. Hirdentan, District Electric Inspecsa'c, In reference to the letter of the fucst Administrator, the Mayor stated thaiiE,; Johnson was willing to act as Fuelreanal- missioner, without salary, fres t st• some discussion the matter was rune" • ed to the Fuel Committee to root next meeting. The Mayor stated that the Townitatl.i ordered to cars of soft coal; arltitie should be here in the near future. The Red Cross Grant was diVieltdl equally between the Patriotic Socoitt. the Y. L, P. A, and the Women's lsyst8•, tute, after the Mayor gave the castimg, vote, 'l'be resignation of Tiros. Cottle, :lIn. sensor was accepted and a lorrg &coo' out discussion took place, with FD1-S4. Gibbings the Assessment, Commtssiotn:s taking part, To overcome any aaesnnei difficulties she local bylaw was mil:vie* to meet the requirements of the Band, On motion of Councillor Wiltse am+iti Reeve Ford theC, C. 1, was Oxen:Mr 52.000 asked for. sl. The matter of better wiring in tit.; Town Hall was left in the hands of Min Property Committee, The request of ,the Village of a'4i88t was taken up .and, the Stone 'Craiefenv will be loaned at the rate of 55. par day from the timeit leaves C1iA9ast., except Sundays, CEMETERY COMMITTEE On motion of Reeve Ford alvlIt'"ousts- cillor Langford the following sep*ntt 'was adopted:—Your Cemetery Qom. mittee beg to report as .follows Blit May meeting the Council imptawe^tell your Committee to remove from wane tions A attd B, alifen.ces, posts, laselesi slabs or any thing unsightly cwrua hindrance to care -taker wheii at wett1S-; all front stones to be sunk so lawn mower would runt over them; all P,eilc to be cleaned,• earth•drawn on r'6asiangy and seeded with grass seed. "This'aissitla has all been done and adds ' very moth. to the appearance of the cemetery at We ill extra cost of about 534, W MI ext there are about 150 lots ad halt.itabs in sections A and. 13 at present Enasg, the cleaning of about 80 are 'Wats paid, for tite remai'n'ing 70. are ntrtishbti- tng paid for. We are satisfied salrl+1 the. 70 we cancollect about $25 ; f✓d world leave a shortage of /Pica 11ib' clearing pork lots and drawing eaailfh on road -way es Elie work propose,: Stir he done was along the line of an xs-- perintent;. We think the experiirx is a success •and Would ask 'Condi 'fen itnpower Committee 10 proceed.,uiked the sane work on sections `and would also recomuteu:i lh • irde- tory 13y -Law be amended r. the price of lois, clettuing digging graves ; •also no tints. be given to oWners of d•:< are for fur "chd.liie a"beeldes tint mentioned worirsapil that ri tag day and collection the Y. L. P. A. Eery bit cared for•under the :1 ; ,, are having a Ji{ney'service tonight. Cogfinuid'oft !?age 6,