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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 /00 UP
AT $15,00
Young men's Suits of
Grey Tweed, single breasted
belted, patch pockets, cul
on trousers, sizes 34 $15
to 38.', Price
AT $22.50
Men's suits of fancy worst-
ed, three button sack, good
trimmings, well made, trous-
ers with belt loops, plain
bottoms or cuff $22.50
sizes 35 to 44
ineNosesevor
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
to 44,
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 Suits, two or three -button sacks,
plain hack, setni-fitting or belted, $1630 to $32
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Supplies shipped Ails month to " of * •r. # " * rr tc * rt
Hyman HelJl London were;— ' The Girl's Auxiliary will hold' their
Verna -34 pairs socks; t4 day shirts annual harmer on the 7th of December,
5 pyjamas; 63 trench towels,
Bayfield ---43 pairs socks; 12 ,day Afternoon tea nail supper will be
shirts; 3 trench towels; 3 caps; 1 pair served,' There will be all the usual
mitts,
Unity—i 7 pairs socks. 23 hospital
'towels, -
Stanley Maple Leaf -29 pairs socks
10 day shirts,
Bethany-23airs socks. •
Turner's Church -38 pairs socks.'
London Road. -30 pairs socks.
Clinton W. P; $.-84 pairs socks; 6
pyjamas; 9 sheets; 5 hospital t 1
32 slips; 8 trench
cloths,
FOR OWN
Varna--8
pairs. socks and 10 Xmas.
parcels
of eats.
p s at.
Y. L. of S. E of G, T.-50 pairs of
socks and $22.00 woth of eats.
Bayfield -25 pairs socks and 26
boxes valued' at $3.50 each. -
Clinton Girls' Aux. -90 Xmas. boxes
valued at $3.00 each.
Clinton W. P. S..—$2.Oo to each of
the 90 boys overseas.
Number of Articles donate; by the
Societies for Belgian Relief.
Stanley MapleLeaf- 22
Varna 6
Unity' 5
Bayfield " t3
Clinton - 42
s we as some new ones, Get
your douationS ready for the Rummage
Sale, Dec. 7th is the date.
Huron Gays iii
owes; tr
towels; 3 wash
Casualty lists
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BOYS. J S
NORTH HURON ELECTION
Monday,, December 2nd, is the 'date
set for the election in North Huron.
Great stress has been laid upon the
agreement of Sir William Hearst and
Mr. Proudfoot that no election should
be held—but the Conservative papers
do not tell all the agreement.
Mr, Proudfoot stated at an Executivee
e
• meeting Seaforth, g at fo rth, life agreement did
I not cover a case .like North Huron as
the sitting member had not died, but
was given a -soft job as Postmaster at
Winghanr.
The Brussels Post in its editorials
last week spoke on the subject:—
A letter is being published in the
County papers by Dr. Case from Prem-
ier Hearst relative to' acclamation In
bye -elections that is a trifle wide of
the mark. True a war time arrange-
ment was made that unavoidable vac-
ancies in constituencies should be so
lilted but North Huron is not in such
a position, There was no necessity for
9 bye -election in that 'riding as the last
M. P. P. had not died nor removed from
the riding. A vacancy in Winghanr
postoflice was the reason and the so-
called Union Government made a
"d o
l
i-
tics!apro'atmeat by giving the position
to the Provincial representative, A. H,
Musgrove. We- are not finding any
particular fault with the placing of Mr,
/Musgrove, as he competently fills the
bill. (although a number of his politi-
cal friends stated that a returned sol-
dier should have had the post) but the
fact of such an appointment puts
North Huron, or any other constitu-
ency similiarly dealt with, outside of
the old agreement and Dr.. Case has no
claim on the sympathy sought to be
created, ' -
The Wi.ngham Advance makes a
statement where it• stands flow? that
the: election is about due, and "dumps"
Mr. George Spotfon, of Wiitghan], the
'Conservative independent Candidate,
overboard, Following is the statement:
For• some time now the Advence has
taken a neutral stand in the North
Huron bye -election and we did so in,
the hope that Mr. Spotton and Mr.
Fraser would pull out of the -campaign,
an allow Dr. Case an acclamation, as
he is the choice of the 'Conservative
Convention, This would only be fol-
lowing out the agreement made by Sir
William Hearst and Mr. Wm. Proud -
foot, K. C., leader of 'the Ontario Op-
position whereby it was agreed that
during the continuance of the war and
for a time after, no elections would be
held and if a sett, became vacant for
any reason someone of the sante party,
affiliations would receive- the nomina-
tion unopposed, as was the case in
North Oxford where N. W. Rowell, R.
C., leader of the Ontario Liberals took
a place on the IJ11ion Government, a
Liberal was giweif an acclamation. Mr.
Fraser of course claims he is not the
cause of the election and is bound to
stand, although several rne5 of his own
party have advised him to withdraw,
lie thinks he can steal into parliament
while the Conservatives are divided.
Ile is a Laurier Liberal of the old
school
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Pte. T. Howard, Zurich {U. S. army)
WOUNDED
Gr. Fred Hinson, Brussels.
DIED
Pte. A. S. Hewitt, Walton.
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Patriotic Notes
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ooseesseses• nsosoeos•osss
The W. P. S. will bold ,their meet-
ingin the Council Chamber Prlday af-
ternoon at: 3 o'clock,
A Large funeral'
.The remains of Acting Detective
Frank Williams of Toronto were laid
awayFri
da in theClinton Y C Cemetery,
The funeral service was held at the
old' homestead on the Maitland con-
cession, Goderich Township, and were
conducted by Rev. W. 'B, Moulton of
St, John's Anglican 'Church, where the
family attended.
Inspector Detective Kennedy, Divis-
ional inspector Detective Crome, De-
tectives Croons and Nursing and Po-
licemen McKnight and Sinclair, of the
Police. Department, were in attendance
and acted as pallbearers at the hone,
Beautiful -floral wreaths were given
by the Toronto officers- and depart-
ments with which he was connected
and from the Mayor and Council as
a tribute of the esteem in which the
young officer was held. The funeral
was largely attended, as the family is
well and favorably known in this dis.
trict. His father and mother survive
with three sisters and four brothers,
all of ]vhon-live here.
"Murder Verdict" Found at Inquest
After hearing many witnesses, • a
jury at the morgue last night pro-
nounced Frank McCullough the slayer
of h 't
t e tae
c i r
A to ll
ect c '
e by
Acting e Frank
'Williams, who was killed while trying
to arrest Mc'i,ullougl and a companion
on Tuesday evening, at the livery stable
of William Cross, 685 King street west,
Chief,' Coroner Jukes Joluiston con.
ducted the inquest:
W.: G. Cross, the next witness, told
of Williams waiting for McCullough
and his confederate, and arresting then,
when they returned to his livery. The
three went into the livery office and
immediately he heard scuffling. and
three shots, The combatants struggl-
ed'out of the barn and just outside the,
door two shuts were fired, one of then]
mortally wounding the Detective. Gross
said he jumped on MMcCullough's back
and seized his arias.
McCullough, accused of the murder
of Williams, questioned Cross who ad-
mitted that when McCullough fired the
last two shots he (Cross) had hold of.
his arms,
Officer's Revolver in Case
P. C. Holmes said he was brought
into the chase by the cries of a wo-
man, and that he arrested McCullough
after he had been tripped up by a news-
boy. Holmes said McCullough claimed
to have shot Williams to prevent Will-
iams shooting, him]. Witness found
Williams' revolver in its case on the
dead man, and lis -"billy" in his pocket.
"What about the baton Mr. Cross
says he gave you?" prisoner asked
Holmes.
"I don't know, t got Williams'
"billy" from his pocket."
Detective Cronin said he asked Mc-
Cullough who his companion was and
he replied: "He had nothing to do with
the shooting and I would rather not
give his name."
Prisoner lead told .witness, he said,
that he used to be a boxer but had
to leave the ring because of lack •of
self control.
"When 1 get a hit on the head it
seems to send me crazy and I don't
know what I'm doing, tire prisoner'in-
terrupted.
1n addressing the jury Coroner John
stn» said that When a man had a Ire
volver in his pocket he had murder
in his soul, and that this could not be a
misadventure but deliberate premedi-
tated murder.
"THE KAISER'
— THE BEAST OF BERLIN —
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
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Admission Evenings 25 cents
raturday Matinee 150 and 255
When the Caaadlena Ren. J. W. Holmes • om,>D•••;wm•"00m0e00.0,
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Following are extracts from a letter 0000 ••4?•1060111010s4sdn5 000
of Capt, Douglas Higgins, received on Formerly Pastor of I;gtteubury Street Miss Hattie Greig is visits
Methodist Church, onto, rig in Tor
Nov, 91h, two clays before the :Innis -
Mrs. F. A. Axon is visiting in Chestey
lice wee signed, and he gives a des- for a few weeks.
cription of the Canadian entry into Rev. J W Mrs, T. A. Greig is visiting' with re -
Gambrel, The young officer is 'a Holmes n f t lalives at Toronto,
nephew Ratt
f
1 of
p w r Mrs, Wm, Graham and Mr, e U M tt tst church, Mr, Henry W. Pollock was in London
on business lase week,
Word reached Clinton, Friday of the
death at Saskatoon,of
, , orner pasor' of he old
n wry,' StreetMethodist
and an ex -president of the London
Conference,;
Mr, Holmes - v
and had been retired' for some time
He went West nine years ago, after a
andsuccessful ttnnisertal career
in, Western Ontario, occupying charges
In addition to Clinton at Exeter,
Lon-
don, Stratford, St. Marys and Mitchell.
hell,.
In
addition d i t to being
con-
ference in 1892, he hd peen a distct
chairman for some years,' Mr. Holmes
was pastor of Rattenbury Street Church
R. B. Higgins' of town: Mrs; Callander of Montreal, has been
Frtnce, October 22nd,, 1918, } as Si years of age, the guest of Dr, and Mrs. Shaw.
+ Mrs, (Rev,)' Hogg has been visiting
Since becoming a soldier 1 have at Toronto with relatly ,
never realized what we have done could long f 1 t es and friends
Miss Freda Vanstone, of Winghanr,
Sunday,
r, and td
i Mrs.' Jack ek Cantelon, of Tor-
onto, were visitors in town during the
past week.
e
OfC course e w have all r
e t cad of tri-
un 1 r
t ar armies
t t ma h'
pr m
c through ton-
g.
g
,quer
ed countries tries and titles, being greet
ed by civilians etc., but I never dream-
ed I would have an opportunity of do -
int the same thing. However we have
and I will never forget the experience
to •isy dying day.
It seems as if one's efforts, are bears
ing fruit, and the longer you have been
in France plodding along, the more you
appreciate what seems,; to be the be-
ginning of the end,
For nearly a week' now we have been
marching' steadily,, following the Hun
in his great retirement, Three days
ago we struck the first civilians, and
of course as the Field Artillery follows
close behind the' Infantry, we were
the second to enter.
One who is not a story book writer
finds it •hard to express things such as
we have seen. The civilians, mostly
old men, Women, children and some
girls'iir the' small places,.though in the
larger towns and cities young mien and
young girls are the only things missing.
Their Joy was almost indescribable.
When' we first met civilians one saw
crowds of them on the streets shaking
hands with the men as they went past,
giving then] coffee and flowers, and the
girls kissing everyone they could pos-
sibly reach, They cheered and cried
"Vive L'Anvleterre," because they did
hot know the- difference 12etween the
Canadians and English.
That first night we all had billets and
beds; they insisted on giving us the
very best they had, The next ]horning
when we pressed on, all the women
and boys were, out sweeping the streets
for us and cheering again,
1 have been in command of the Bat-
tery all through this: it was simply
wonderful
Next day lye were outside a large
city whlcli was full 0f cavies. After
the Battery was in action 1 rode
through to find headquarters. and the
salt]
t
e him
iia
happened .every
1 stopped it] apsquare to eadyt map
and in a moment had the whole crowd
surrounding me, offering me direct-
ions: Then a woman came over with
a cup of chocolate which I drank in
view of the cheering multitudes, Yes-
terday morning I took the Battery right
through this town. Such a reception!
BY this time I think the people were
on to the difference between the 'Can-
adians and the British.
The Germans made many of the civ-
ilians evacuate; they were allowed 25
kilos baggage only; in fact I believe he
expected to get them all away only
that our pursuit wits a little 'quicker
than he anticipated. The people who
I have suffered most from lack of food
are the very young and old; the young
girls have not fared so badly. All the
young girls and all men of military age,
also all boys of over twelve years have
been taken away to work; goodness
knows where.
In speaking to a number of men and
women I gathered the following in-
teresting facts. One very outstanding
thing, was __the treatment of our pris-
oners and in every 'case it had been
of the very worst. I11 treatment, lack
of food, and physical abuse were spok-
en of by everyone.
The civilians were left in absolute
ignorance of our military Successes;
they only just knew that America was
in the war. The work of the Ameri-
can Relief Committee has been sim-
ply wonderful even though 'they .claiu]
the Huns had taken for themselves a
great deal of the stuff.
The Germans long ago took every
scrap of copper, brass and such metal
from occupied territories; they confi-
scated all grain. and a great deal of the
produce; vegetables, etc.
The other day I"had. an:observation
post in a home belonging tosa French ;
woman who spoke fairly good English,
she was apparently fairly well educated
and had been of the better class; site
summed up the four years of captivity
in these words: "four veers living like
pigs," and I• guess she was about right.
The Hut] has pillaged every house,
taken everything- of use to himself
which he could possibly get away with
A+d bona the Only Britisl]of tt]troops these
people have ever seen were the first ex
peditionery forces in 1915; they wer
actually told by the Germans that tli
British would make them work harde
than hF did, and. some of then] evacuat
ed +1: "illy on this account. On
Tv tiring that amazed
fora full term,, during the late nineties:
The, late Mr. Holmes was born in
,Ireland. He leaves his widow, who
was his second wife, and five sons, and
twp daughters. One daughter is Mrs.
George Haldane,; of Strathroy; and
another resides in Saskatoon. One
sof], Joseph Holmes, is a resident of
that W,esterit city, while another,
Lieut, -Col;, (Dr.) HOlines, nbw'of the
Canadian Army Medical Corps, Witley
,Camp, England, formerly practised
dentistry in Clinton. The eldest son
is 'an actor of note in New York city.
The funeral was' held on Sunday at,
Saskatoon.,
Huron Goes
Over The To
was a. guest of the Misses, r
R1 thif over
renewing oldKacquaintancesBlnU't wn
this week,
Miss Marion "Douglas, of Woodstock
was the guest of Mr, and Mrs. G. D.
McTaggart. -
Mr. Ullman, Superintendent at the
Doherty Piano 'Co,, is visiting in Tqr-
onto this week. -
Mrs. Harry Twitchell and daughter,
of Windsor, are visiting with her sister
Mrs.' Murray McEwan.
Misses Nellie and Gertie Zeufle, of
Hensel', were guests of Mr, and Mrs.
J. H. Paxman over Sunday.
Rev. Mr. Hogg conducted the Pre-
paratory services at the Presbyterian
Church' at Seaforth on Friday evening.
Mrs. de la Penotiere and little Bar-
bara went home to Kincardine last
week, after a pleasant visit with old
friends in town,
e wart expect to leave next week on
their homeward trip to Grand Forks,
N. D., and will visit for a short time at
Victory Loan Campaign Concludes Detroit.
With Success.
Huron 'County reached and passed
the goal with total subscriptions of
$3,479,950 to the Victory Loan. The,
original ,objedtive .was $2,750,000
which was later increased to $3,350,-
000, and the larger objective was ex-
ceeded by over $125,000,
The town of Goderich contributed
$403,850, winning two "crowns" aha
addition to Its honor flag.
Only four canvassing districts in the
County failed to reach their objective.
These were Colborne, McKillop, East
Wawanosh and West Wawanosh.. The
amounts subscribed in the various dis-
tricts of the county are as follows:-
Goderich town- $ 403,350
Ashfield; 1523,350
Colborne 76,200
Goderich township 128,700
Stanley twp., & Bayfield144,700
Hay twp., and Hensall , , 256,350
Stephen. 18`0 450
Ushoriie twp., and Exeter:308,750
Tuc• Ler,s
nutii, 129,30.
McKillop 52;400
Seaforth 327,350
Hulletttwp., and Clinton 369,650
Grey twp., and Brussels 202,250
Monis twp., and Blyth , 163,900
East Wawanosh - ' 80,250
West Wawanosh 83,800
Turnberry two. & Winghanr 300,300
Howick twp., & Wroxeter . •207,350
$3,479,950
Buried in The
•
est
CORP. HORSLEY GIVEN A MILITARY
FUNERAL
After wiring to have the body of his
son who had been merdered near
Prince Albert sent to. Clinton, A
message was received Friday morning
from another son, stating that the
Military authorities would ;told a
_Military ,funeral at Prince Albert. Mr,
Horsley consented to tate change.
Bandits Taken Without Fight..
Prince Albert, Sask., Nov. 24.—
Victor Caramel and Jean Baptiste St.
Germain, the bandits who murdered
Janes McKay and Corp. Horsley,
were captured at 10.30 o'clock this
morning in a straw stack at the fare] of
Charles W. Young, on the bank of the
North Saskatchewan River, six Hiles
east of Prince Albert.
They were in a state almost border
in.g on collapse from hunger and ex-
posure, and were taken without a
struggle. the shack was surrounded
by police and citizens and a demand
was made upon then] to cone out and
- put up their hands, otherwise the stack
e would be fired into. The men crawled
e out from a. hole through which they
r had burrowed into the pile, and were
- immediately handcuffed.
e They carried small revolvers, hav-
ing thrown away their rifles earlier in
the morning, when they were fired at
•by police in the bushes on the farm of
R. T. Goodfellow. They were brought
to thejail and are now safely behind
the bars. -
was 11' ,amber of French flags they
pturl». i and hung out as soon as the
Hin, 1. ,1 'eft. I•lere is a little French
;+ it a little boy pinned en my
furr" niain street of a large
t1'3P•i :e,1 returned from leave on.
lltr of September the most inter
e f Mases of the war have passed --
at An) rate the most interesting So. far,
bet 1 have no doubt there will be a few
more eye-openers to come.
By comparing; dates we figure that
the 111111$ had already made preparation
to evacuate territory before he sent
his note to President Wilson asking for
an armistice, ho you see the game he
was playing and what a huge blunder
11 would have been to have granted
such a thing; Granting lana peace on
his terms Or
any other term now,
would be the greatest mistake in the
world, Unconditional surrender is the
ot]iy thing.
i
ba War news is wonderful at pre -
Se I have no doubt we have.
at year at least ahead of us. How -
et../ r b•otild not have' missed MS for
years of ordinary warfare and °'1. am
Mire the effect on the troops -in general
iii 1't , sbit their efforfi,
Douglas G 112gg(ii3,
1 9'''.9414 Howitzer attery
Births, Marriages & Deaths
Deaths
ROBB—William Robb, horn at
I•luntley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Jan.
uary 17, 1828, died' et Clinton, Nov-
ember 27, 1918.
IZZARD—ln Goderich Township, on
Tuesday, November 26t11, 1918, Ruby
Pearl Managltan, wife of Mr. Albert E.
izzard, aged 28 years and 8 months.
KYLE -1n Wilkie Sesk., at his; resi-
dence, on Wednesday, Nov. loth, of
pneumonia, Lindsay Kyle, aged 35
years and 28 days, son-in-law 0f Mr,
and Mrs, J, B. Lindsay, '7,li
Pte, Alex.. Irwin, a sold:;;
training at London, _diet; of
at tlse 116015 of his father, Mr.
Irwin, Concession 9, Ashileld, nn
urday, Nov. 90, beceasuitl tvr .a r
highly respected young titan
Wingharn Advance:—Mrs. Robert
Robertson, . of Clinton, and Miss Amy
Stewart are visiting with the former's
sister, Miss Densore, Victoria Street.
Wednesday's Globe: -Rev. Alex-
ander Stewart, 0, D., and Mrs. Stew-
art, have left 200 Brunswick avenue,
and are in their new hone, 1,015
Shaw Street.
GODERICH TOWNSIi11I">
On Tuesday morning Ruby Pesti
Managhan, tvife of Mr. Albert E. Izzard,
passed away after an attack of influ-
enza and pneumonia, at the age of 28
years and 8 ''months. The deceased had '
only been been married since Oct. 15th
to her now bereft .husband, She .is
also the only daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
T. J. Managhan, of Clinton, and is also
survived' by three brothers, one over-
seas, The funeral Is being held this.
afternoon and interment is being held
in Clinton Cemetery, Deep sympathy
is extended to the husband and parents
of the deceased in their sudden bere-
avemen�i,
iiVWri hdstinklr
4.' Loca.I News zi
Opened Up
Mr. S. Oastle has his butcher shop
moved next door t McTaggart's
Bank.
Council Meeting
'rhe Regular meeting of Council
will be held on Monday evening. The'
year's work will soon be finished.
Moved
Mr, James Steep is now buying all
kinds of hides at his new office just
east of the Commercial Hotel.
Interest On Loan
interest checks on last year's Vic-
tory Loan due and payable December
:I, are commencing to arrive in the
city for local distribution.
William Robb Dead
On Wecfiesday afternoon William
Robb, a respected resident, of Clinton,
passed away. The funeral will be held
on Friday at 1.30 and will be private.
The family will have an obituary not-
ice for next week.
Cable Changes
Mr. A. T. Cooper of the G. N. W.
office announced that he had been
advised from headquarters that cable
messages relating to mercantile shipp-
ing could now be accepted, other than
messages relating to ships in the goy-
ernment service or those of the enemy.
The company is also able to take full
rate foreign money orders.
Uncle bead
The Stratford Hearld of Tuesday
makes reference to an uncle of Mr.
W. J. Stevenson of town:—:Word was
received in the city to -day of the
death in London, ibis morning of Mr.
James Stevenson, who was' for' 40
years a resident of Stratford, Mr,
Stevenson was born in Strabane.,
Tyrone County, Ireland, in 1832. He,
cane to Canada over 50 years ago and
has resided in North Easthope, Ellice .
and the country surrounding Strat-
ford ever since arriving in Ontario. He .
had been in failing health for nearly
20 years but did not have any serious:
sick s, and Isis death was due to the.
gene,-, break-up of old age, For•
sante time past he had resided with
his daughter, Mrs. J, D. Craig, Ontario
Strn^r. One son, W. J. Stevenson, of
12 Saskatchewan, and two Baugh-
te, Ars, Craig, city, and Mrs. J. S.
Joh ',Fin,tollywood, 111, with one1 .Keene, of 'Chicago,
he fate John Steven-
away in 1375, and
1,
who, died in 1917,
;ateuPlrs, Kitt-
to sister.
.swig wroght here
^urof the funeral