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Thaets the way to please him.
The .things , that men appreciate
above everything else are the practi-
cal gifts of things for everyday use.
A SWEATER
$1.50 to $10.00
A BATH ROBE
$6.50 to $10.00
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A SHIRT
$1.00 to $3.00
A SUIT
$15:00 to $35.00
A NECKTIE
25c to $2.50
AN OVERCOAT
$13.50 to $45.00
A SCARF
75c to $4.00
A HOUSE COAT
$5.00' to $12.00
A PAIR OF GLOVES A SUIT OF UNDERWEAR
2.00 to $7.00
7,5c to $3.50
We are also showing a 'big holiday
gifts for the boys in overcoats, suits,
sweaters, etc. Make your selection
early.
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FRASER MAJORITY
IN NORTH HURON
OFFICIALLY 1,257
Liberal Candidate Only 99 Shy of the
Combined Total of Spotters and
Case.
Brussels,, Dec, 12,=—The official len,
jority for W, Ih Fraser, M. P. P. 'for
North: Huron, is 9,257, only 99 less
thanthe
combined vote of his oppon-
ents, Dr, Case And George Spotteu.
Total vote polled' was 6,416, out of a
possible 9,370 lo. the riding, Many
people threw politics to the wind and
supported the Liberal standard -bean(;
He will stake a good, member.
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COUNCIL, MEETING
eassomple rsse meseeseatobSe
Council met on Monday evening'
with Mayor Thompson in the chair,
Reeve Ford, and Councillors, Wiltse,
Miller, Cooper, Langford, Sheppard
present.
Councillor McEwen . absent.
The Treasurer of the town, Mr. D.
L. McPherson made his statement for
the year.
On motion of Councillor Wiltse and
Cooper that the Treasurer's report be
received and printed for distribution..
The time for the return of the 'Col-
lector's Roll was extended to the 15th
of February 1919, on ,notion of Coun-
cillors Sheppard and Miller.
The usual refund for dry earth
closets, etc, were made.
The business tax of office of A. J.
Holloway on his vacant coal office
on Victoria Street, was refunded.
Ex -Councillor Wallis was an inter-
•ested visitor at Council Board:
The old question of the rate
oil-
ing on the vacant lot of Cooper tis Co.,
was up and on motion of Councillors
Miller and Langford the rate was re-
duced from 7 /2 cents to . t 4 cents
per foot on the vacant lot. on Ontario
Street:
Councillor Wiltse hoped this would
be the last time this question of
frontage tax would come up. ' Taryia
was a road builder and not a dust layer
so that tete whole town should' pay for
the cost of Tarvia.
On that matter Reeve Ford stilted
that next year the two • main roads
will come under the Provincial High-
way system and the Government will
pay 4o% for maintenance and 60%
for construction. The Co. Council
will remit 90% of Town's assessment
• on Highway tax:' •
Council adjourned
Minor Locals
We wish all our readers a Merry
Christmas.
Only 4 more shopping days.
Tise 'Collegiate and Public schiabt
close on Friday for the Christina holi-
days.
The usual holiday hours at the Post
office on 'Christmas day.
1Pakilingoild
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A MERRY CIIRIStMAS
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lissileii's.
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ANGE A ROYAL WELCOME
TO OUR SOLDIERS
'Tiley lie in France
Where lilles bloom;
Those flowers pale
That giiarcl each tomb
Are saintly soles
That eiuiling stand
Close by theps In
That martyred land,
And mutely there the long, night shadows creep.
From quiet hills to mourn for them who slee
p
.bile o'er'
Wthem ur throw h 1
g the dusk go silently
The grieving clouds that slowly drit to sea
And lately round them moaned the Winter wind.
Whose voice, lamenting, sounds so coldly kind,
Yet in their faith those waiting hearts abide
The time, when turns forever that false tide.
le France they Ile
Where lilies bloom,
Those dowers far
For 'them made room.
Not valet y. ' placed
The crosses stand
Within that brave
.And stricken land,
Their Jr o n o r lives,
Their love endures,
Their noble death
The right assures,
For they shall have their hearts' desire
They who, unflinching, braved the fire
Across the fields their eyes`at last shall see
Through clouds and mist the hosts of victory.
PERCIVAL ALLEN
-- In N. Y, Times.
CORP. ALFRED MCGREGOR
WINS MILITARY MEDAL
Goderich Twp. Boy of the 161st Batt.
Wins Medal --Only 20 Years Old.
Mr. and Mrs, Charles McGregor,. of
the 6th Cort. of Goderich Twp.," re-
ceived word the other day that their
son, Corp. o p Alfred C. ID, McGregor, who
enlisted 'with the least Battl,- when
only 17 years old, had been awarded
the Military Medal for bravery on the
field in the battle around Cambria.,
tie was promoted at the sane time.
The last letter received from the
young man was written Nov."5Oth'and
he was then in the midst. of pretty hard
'fighting but had escaped without a
-scratch, Corp. McGregor' spent nine
months in hospital after going overseas
owing to illness, but having completely
recovered has been in the best of liea'tth
ever since.
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Baptist Church •
The Pastor's subject for the morn-
ing will be "The First Christmas."
in the evening the subject will be
"Tete Bells Of Bethlehem."
Christmas music.
Will.
r rs Church
u ch
The services next Sunday will be of
a Christmas nature both as to ser-
mon and' music. Subjects of ser-
mons, Morning: "The First Christ-
mas Service,"'
Evening Subject: — "Christmas
Prophecies."
On Monday evening next the
Annual 'Christmas Tree and Enter-
tainteent will be held.
St. Paul's Church
Rev, J. A. Robiusoi resigned as
rector of St. Paul's church on Sunday
morning. •
PRESBYTERY MET HERE ;, Rev evening,
Next
took the service
Next Sunday'. Rev. Caron Hill, of
The Presbytery of Huron held its God'erich will conduct services at: the
regular December meeting here last usual hour,
Tuesday. There were present Drs. On Christmas morning at 10 a. in.,
Larkin and Aitken, Messrs. Telford, Rev. Canon bill will conduct service.
Ross, Hogg, Carswell, McLean, .Mc At this service a memorial Tablet will
Dermad, Macfarlane, Johnston, Mc- be unveiled with the names of the
Intosh Foote and Hamilton, ministers soldiers who have paid' the supreme
aril Mes'srs.Wilson,, Ra'tcliffe, 'Cunning -price in the great war, from St. Paul's '
Ilam, 'Tough and •Sptrrow, elders. Church. A member of the congrega
The treasurer presented) his annual tion presented the tablet to the church.
report 'and his estimate for the re-, Ontario Street Church
quirenients of the •coming year and
all were approved.
The remits from Assembly were
both disapproved and the 'Presbytery
expressed- itself as opposed to •the in-
novation of giving the place of moder-
ator t
to an elder
t and as well
to the
complicated
proposal to • enlarge the
powers of Synod.
Committees were appointed to co- • people„ that walked in 'darkness"
operate with Ute National
Next Sunday morning Rev. .3. A.
Agnew will preach ' a special Christ -
mss • sermon. In the evening a
Christmas cantata "The First Christ-
mas" by era B. Wilson will be given
bytheoir, F
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gars Prelude. '
• Part Oise—The Prophecy— '"The
. Service Com- Part two -The Fulfillment-- "My
a mission and for the purpose of encaur- Soul dont Magnify."
Part - tree --"The Star and the
g.—"The Shepherd's Vision."
Part Four — The World Wide
__ Christmas— "The Heart of God" ' a't
SHORT COURSE IN AGRICULTURE . 'eeley Church,
Morning Service
t :aging the bIt of prayer.
m The next meeting Is to be held at son P TiI
Clinton on February 25th, 4919,
.aL and quick work
16 years! Toronto exper-
ience, avoid the spring rush
by getting work done now.
Don't remove your carpets,
covering or pictures, We
have plenty of drop sheets.
Am E,
WOOD
81 Isaac Street
SANTA CLAUS
WHERE? AT O'NEIL'S!
WHEN? From Saturday
December 14th until Christ-
mas. •
SANTA will arrive in an
airplane, and will go straight
to O'Neil's North Annex
window, on Saturday. , He
will be there everyday till
Christmas' and wants all the
little Girls and Boys, Fathers'
Mothers and Grandmothers
to ' come and see him, Be
sure and bring in your lists
for your stockings into the.
Main Store in plenty of time
so he won't ram out of Nuts,
Candies and Oranges.
W . T O'NEIL
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41713 GRoCxsl
Phone •oft
Canaia Fend board License
N►, 8-24,5.
During the past week calendars have Doxology
been mailed to the. farmers of this Invocation
district giving an outline of our Short Hymn -147.
Course to be held here from January Prayer
7-35. Classes will be held each week Anthem "First Christmas Morn"—
by Newton,
Scripture Reading—Luke 2: 8-20
Hymn -144
Offering
Ai,them—"The Birthday of A King"
Sermon—"Peace on Earth"—Luke
2: 13-14.
Solo—Anthem Celestial — Miss
Green
Hymn -441
Benediction
day, except Saturdlay, from 9.30 tote
a. m. and from 1.30 p. in. to 4,00 p. m.
The course is free to all who are in-
terested in Agricultural pursuits. If
you have not received a calendar we
;would tae pleased to have you call at
the office aid talk the platter over.
This Course Is one of a series of
short courses being held all over the
province and we are anxious that a
large attendance be recorded for this
County. Young hien and others can
takethis s c nurse and keep their work
going who cannot afford the expense
or inconvenience of a short course at
the Agricultural College. We will be
pleased tosee you present part of the
time and visitors will be very welcome
at any time.
At present there is no lineof edu=
caution that is attracting the attention
and interest 0f the people as agricul-
tural education: Embracing as it does
all the sciences as Physics, Chemistry,
Biology Economics, Literature, Com
coerce, and others it is a most complex
science as. well as 'Canada's basic in-
dustry. This makes it imperative that
we study the principles underlying its
practices and their practical applica-
tion to every day problems.
For Tuesday January 7t11 the Board
of Agriculture for South Huron has se-
cured a couple Of speakers Who will
address the meeting in the afternoon.
In the evening a joint meeting Will be
held with the Womn's Institute. A
lady' and a gentleman speaker will be
present and deliver addresses on pre-
sent day topics, This meeting will
be held in the Agricultural Office as
well: Come prepared 10 take part in.
the discussion,
S, B, Stothers,
Department cif Agriculture,
Clinton, Ontario,
Births, Marriages die Deaths
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Births
BiGGAkT--12, Clinton, on Tubsdey
r 7th
December 1
to r
M. aud
Mrs. Wile
lEarnBiggart, a
son,
MIDDLETO34 •--- In Qodorich Town-
ship, On Monday, December 16th, to
Mr. and Mrs. John .Middleton, a Ston.
Evening Service 7 p. m.
Doxology
Invocation
Hymn -145
National Anthem
Prayer
Anthem -"Behold I bring you good
Tidings"—Turner.
Scripture Reading—Gal 4: is =r-11
Anthem—"God. From On High liatli
Hoard" --.Strainer,
Hytnn :-142
Offering
Male Quartette -"Sweet belts" --Fal
more
Sermon—"The Fulness of Time"
Gal: 4-4--5
Solo—"The Gift"•---gehrend— Mrs,
H. P. Madden,
Hynni
Vesper Hymn
Benediction
CHURCH NOTES
Rev. W. E. MiilsonMethodist min-
ister in Listowel, having received ap
pointment to the important post of
field secretary of the Evangelista and
Social Service deparnienf of the Meth-
odist church in Canada, it was deeld.
ed at a tweeting of the official board'
of the Methodist church on Monday,
to invite Rev. W. J. Ashton, pastor of
Wellington street Methodist church,
London, to conte to Listowel at the.
nose of ten
e present colifernce year.
A meeting of 'Cranbrook' 511(1 Ethel
congl'egations was held here Monday
evening to discuss the calling of a pas-
tor, Rev: •.Tilos, 8. Kennedy, 13, A.
whose pareital home 11 Ripley; Oat,
was thefor 1 is
c e, He preached here
last Spring bu
t afterwards wards en i t
ed
and withdrew his natne, The closing
of the War released him from duty and
he resumes enlistment in the service
of tke ckurcfa.
LIEUT.-COL, N.% CQMISE
A royal reception was tendered to
Lieut-iOl.
11, 13, Combe, on Tuesday
alight when the late train arrived at
Ciintotl. Hundreds of citizens; boys
with lighted brooms, Kittle Silver Band
and . Pipers, Reception • Committee,
autoes, all made a big parade up town
andthe'
At
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0l. Combo,
b4
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thanked the citizens for their le-
cepfion, but on a future occasion, pos-
sibly at the demobilization of the 961st
he would speak at' length, He stated
that of the Battalion he took over 75%
were casualties, Three rousing cheers
were given lay the crowd for Col.
Combe and another three for the old
161st•
in speaking to
The New Era, 001.
GD
Combe stated that from Nov eats,
1956, when the 161st arrived in Eng-
land, until May 19i 7, he was in chari,e
but upon the change of officers 1 e
went to the Western Ontario Regt. On
July 12th he transferred to the Imper-
ial Army and on the i3tli was In France
On Sept, 3rd he was area commander
of the Dainville-Achicourt area. and up
to September 61h, 1918 he was in the
Arras section all the time as Comtnan-
der, the hist being in the LeCouroy
region. Christmas of 1947 he 'had
Majors Heilman (Exeter) and Sinclair
(Whlgham,) old officers of 161st for
'Christmas dinner. " On August 24th,
the Col. received his injuries and after
spending a month or so in hospitals in
Fraece arrived at the Prince of Wales
hospital on Ott. 24th, The. Col. carne
home on the Olympic and reports. it
was a rough voyage. A pleasant hour
was spent by the New Era Editor with
the Col. and mach was told of the camp
life on the Arras front.
PTE. C. J. NOBLE
On Tuesday evening 00 the L. H. &
B. train Pte. C. J. Noble, who joined
With the 161st, arrived home. He
had been with a. Construction Battl.
after the 161st were broken up in Eng-
land.
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PTE. J. MARSHALL.
On Tuesday evening ng Pte. J. Mar:
shall, arrived home front overseas, He
joined up with the 16tst and went over
to France. Ile was wounded while on
service.
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CORP. J. E. COOK. "
Corp. Edward Cook, but better
known as !'Cap" Cook , arrived ltom6
on the midnight train Monday evening
after being , overseas nearly a year
and a half. "Cap" joined the i6tst
but was later transferred to Forestry
Battalion and has been stationed in
Scotland nearly ail that period with
exception of two weeks in France and
a short time in England. The Kittle
Band, Reception Committee and, citi-
zens were at the station to greetthe
returned soldier. He Will report to
London on the 2nd of January. '
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PTE. JAMES CRIMES
Pte. Janes Grimes is renewing old
acquaintances in 'Clinton, lie carie
up as far as Seaforth on. Monday.even-
tng to visit his brother, Mr. John
Grimes. He enlisted in Vancouver,
1 B. C., and has been wounded three
times in -Abe' big war. Older citizens
will remember Trim as a butcher -boy
for R. Fitzsimons, He has resided out
West for some years. •
ROCK SALT IN CANADA
A deposit of rock salt thought to
be the first discovered in Canada is
being developed at Malagash, Cumber-
land county, A shaft at present 405
feet Is being sunk, and is already twen-
ty feet in salt. Bore holes have prov-
ed about 600 square feet' of salt with
it thickness of about 40 feet. The salt
is interbedded with limestone and gyp -
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A DOIJRLF DROWNING
Two Grandsons of Mr, W, Doherty
Drown in Saskatoon.
•1'1155 sled news was received In 0111-
On 00 Monday night, that the two
small sons, 301111 aged 4 and Charles
nearly 3 years, of Mr, And Mrs: S. Tr!
Kempthorne, (nee Helen Doherty) !tad
been drowned in •the Saskatchewan
River at Saskatoon on Sunday about
000 T
noon, o
The b of the l e Bide
sk o had
b t
been recoveredandthe citizens were
stlit-draggieg for the other boy'. The
Doherty family are anxiously waiting
for more word from tete distracted par-
ents.
The family were all here this Spring,
The Saskatchewan River has taken
Heavy toll of Mr. Doherty's grand -..child
ran, as th'e' only 5011 of Mrs, (Dr,)
Holmes, was drowned there a fe years
ago.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
TO RE HELD•
The Ministerial Association have de,,
tided to hoid, a Union Memorial service
for our soldfers who have fallen in bat-
tle, in .Willis ,Church, on Friday, Jan,
3rd, 5919, at 8 o'clock,,
The friend's will confer a favor if
they will report the name, nutnber and:
rank of boys who have fallen, to their;
pastor not later than all. 151.
FIRE DONT'S FOR
CHRISTMAS TIME
Yuletide Season Frequently Marred
By Carelessnes in Arrtngement Of
Decorations.
It as always Jr a a
been noticed that
fires are moreplentifulduring the,
Christmas season than at any other
time of the year.
'Chief Bartliff warns the public re+•
getting the danger of the use of
candles, coal oil stoves and other
Christmas decorations or needs.
Following are suggestions which
he would like to have impressed Op,
the minds of the public,
Do not permit the children, to
light the candles, they may ignite their
clothing.
Do not employ the use of cotton
as an imitation • of snow; for such
decorations use asbestos fibre.
Do not vacate premises • whiffle
candles are lighted,
Do not place the treein a draft,.
too near windows or walls.
Do not allow candles to burn too•
low, also see that they are properly
attached. •
The following. suggestions should'
he carefully heeded and put into,
practice in all stores, factories and
public establishments.
Keep all inflammable materials
outside of stores and away from light.
ed gas jets.
Never use a candle or matches to
locate a gas leak:
Do not neglect to turn off the
electric power when leaving establish-
ment i at night,
ri
g .
It is
also prudent to turn'
off elect-
ric power durin heavy snow, rain g y aan oY•
--
thunderstorm,
Lamps should always be filled dur-
ing day time and well removed from
fire. If lamps are left burning all night
place them inmetal receptacle, and see
that they are well filled. Lamp wicks.
Are dirty and are dangerous,
THE CHRISTMAS
SPIRIT
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1� Christmas peace is God's; and
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4 he must give it himself, with his ,,
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Own hand, or we shall never get .;
H. Go then to God himself, ),
i` Thou art his child, as Christmas y.:
day declares; be not afraid toa"a�
X So unto thy father. Pray to ..1.4•
+hint; tell hint what thou want- I::
est; say, "Father, I am not mod-
erate, reasonable, forbearing. 1 i"
,t`fear 1 cannot keep Christmas )'
,=Laright, for I have not a peaceful
4'
t*Christmas spirit in the; and 1 :t
know that 1 Shall never get • it y
�!by thinking, and reading and un-
derstanding; for it passes, ail d.
2« that, and lies far beyond it, does +t;
peace, in tine very essence of 1,
,thine undivided, unmoved, abso-
q� lute, eternal Godhead, which no .Sj
change nor decay of this created ;0
y world, nor sin or. folly of men or
devils, can ever alter, but
• which abidetll forever what It IS
ae. is, in perfect rest, and perfect ,i •
power and perfect love. --Kings-
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Don't let Christmas pass without seeing
this beautiful fairy tale
A Bobby Connelly Comedy
completes pi7ogram
December, 24th and 25th,
Princess T'heatre
A.dmissiott 10 cents and 20 ce its
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