HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1917-01-18, Page 1Established 1865, Vol, 51, No. 29 " C L I N'T O N, ONTARIO, THURSDAY • JANiJARY 18th, 1917.
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Here's the Best News
in the Paper.
it's clean-up time for Overcoats and
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we want to clean out our entire Over-
coat stock regardless of profit or cost.
"No Overcoats Carried Over" •is -azo .- t.
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unbreakable rule in this store.. S
It will pay you to buy younext win- :
ter's overcoat now. They will cost I
easily double the price we are' quoting, :
Ias woolens are advancing every day.- '
Men's $i 2 Overcoat ..... $$.90
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$15 and $16.50 Overcoats $11.75
tr $20 and 022 Overeoats '. .$17.00
"$25 and $30 Overcoats .. $21.50
Men's Black Melton Overcoats, Fur
collar and rubber interlined: ----
$15,00 Overcoats.. ...: ,$10.75
$18.00 Overcoats . . $13.75
$20,00 Overcoats ..$15.25
ANNUAL MEETING OF
HURON PRESBYTERIAL.
The annual business meeting of the
Gturon Presbyterial Society was held in
Willis ehus'ch Iasi Tuesday morning and
fteridis services being held, 'at which
there was. an atendance of, forty officers
present
The year 1916 has been a banner
year in the history'of the'society•and
MIR, of utap.recedentei, Iiberaltty, and
progrgss,'the contributions being great-
er than!., in any previous year in ex-
istenance •,•Netwitliitatidtng• the con-
stant and ever . increasing delOnds
wheels ;the, sir nt:ykes upon time, en-
ergy and'nioney, the women of•the dif-
ferent congregations have` risen nobly
to the occasion and pro'ved"their loyal
ty to the King of Kings as well as to the
cause of tli tluspb'e.'+ . ,
Tlie
Phil:640'1hr coiiiptrses 22
auutitarles,;5 cirelesy and one assdcihted
society .with !,total membership of, -7 t 8,
contributing $3,740.43 and ',0 mission
bands widh a meinbei'ship of 405;'e,on
tributfng .$1.31S, making a total eontri
bution of $4.062.51, an increase over
last year of $791180.• Sixteen life nieni
bers have been added •Boring the year,
and 676 copies of The Mesenger sub-
scribed for., Seventeen bales of com-
fortable clothing have' been shipped to
Moose Mountain Indian School at Ethel
bert.
In most cases the reports of the var-
ious societies s are stimulating and
breathe a spirit of devotion, earnestness
and willingness on the part of the mem-
bee's. The majority of the meetings
have ben well attended and nsucls in-
terest has been shown throughout.
Blake Auxiliary received a bequest of
$ 20 from the will of the late Mrs. Car -
hie, one of their oldest members, The
Marion Oliver Circle which was only
organized this year has already raised
„114.75 which speaks well for the en-
ergy and enthusiasm of the members,
The envelop system adopted two years
ago still continues. By it every woman
in the congregation is given an oppor-
tunity to have her share in the Wo-
men's Missionary work. One Auxiliary
discovered an alarming deficit in the
year's contributions at the eleventh
hour, so the treasurer called for a
whirlwind campaign among the women
of the congregation. The response to
the appeal was very generous, $91 be-
ing raised in two days. The Society
looks forward hopefully to the work of
the coming year.
The officers were elected for the
coming year as follows lidnary Presi-
dents, Mrs. F. H. Larkin, Seaforth; and
Mrs. W. E. Kelly, Goderich; President,
Mrs, E. F. McL. Smith, Hensall; 1st Vice
President, Mrs. James Hamilton, Gode-
rich; 2nd. Vice President, Mrs. S. Pop-
piestone, Blyth; 3rd Vice President,
Mrs. McDermi'd, Goderich; 4th Vice -
President, Mrs. S. F. Sharpe, Exeter;
Secretary, Miss H. 1: Graham, Seaforth;
Treasurer, Mrs. J. C. Greig, Seaforth;
Secretary of. Literature, Miss Lillie Fer-
guson, ,Goderich; Mission Band Secre-
tary, Mrs. L. T' ''DeLte' 1; Seaforth;
Home Helpers, Secretary, Mrs. C. Mon-
teith,' Kippen; Press and Literary Sec
retary,:Mrs. W:'•E. Kelly, Goderich.
SHOULD LONDON BUY
THE L.,H.&B.?
Friday's. London Free Press made
the L. H. & B. Some pipe dream:—
That London should buy out the
Londorir, Huron & Bruce Railway and
• electrify it as a business enterprise is
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$8.50 Overcoat . $6.00
$12.50 Overcoats .... $9:50
$13.50 Overcoats . . , ......$10,00
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The Morrish Clothing (
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the novel but, perhaps practical sug-
gestion outcropping from the war -time
reduction of the service on that railway
to somethingapproaching nil.
The Grand Trunk must find the rail
road a=Iosing.proposition. Two :pas-
Senger trains, daily each way, with light
freight business, do not provide returns
thatare attractive to a great •railway
corporation. ' It is not unreasonable to
expect that the company would not be
opposers to sale at a fair price.
What would the city do withthe road
if it ,should come into her possession?
The experience on the London & Port
Stanley Rahway seems to afford some
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PORK< AND
BEANS.
Do you know? We are
selling
Large two pound Cans of
Pork and Beans at
only., ..
Also good
13. C. Salmon ....10c
15c
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FORMER CABINET I oeamo®•®aa®oamoomxriinautmene• a MINISTER DEAD.`''
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whose dealt 'occurred at lits home Ir
' ;Canning, Nova Scotia, last week,
CHRISTMAAS DAY WITH
THE 161st "HURON'S"
December b 26, 1956.
To The Editor of New Era,
Sir—In a brief way I have written a
short letter on how we spent Christ-
ina' day which I hope you will find
favorable to publish in your valuable
paper:
Christmas Day and no snow, one
could hardly realize' that it was Christ-
mas Day, but then we are in England
and not dear old Canada. Two hun-
dred of aur boys' from Huron are in
France, but our thoughts were with
them and we only wished that they
could have been with us on this great
festive day.
Christmas eve a heavy rain started
which kept up until 7 o'clock next
morning. After breakfast it faired rep
but a cold north wind was blowing
which made one feel they 'wanted to
wear a great coat,
Breakfast consisted of ordinary camp
rations, after which everybody was
cleaning and sinning up for Church par
ado which was held at 9.30 by the
Battalion Chaplain (Rev. J. K. Fairfull)
who••gave a Christmas address to the
boys to brighten things up and give
then' a little idea that it was Christmas.
.After Church parade the next
'thought was for dinner which was to be
the chief event, as it had been said that
the officers were providing everything,
and of course everybody was eager to
see what there was. Dinner was timed
for 11.15 and I think by that ting
every roan was lined up to the dining
room door readywto do justice to the
spread.
The Battalion Officers besides giving
the feed furthermore showed their
goodwill by waiting on the men. At-
tired in white aprons,•Jackets and hats,
they looked quite busy running abodf
with plates' containing a real Christmas
dinner, which consisted of roast Tur-
key with dressing, mashed potatoes;
cabbage salad and pickles. After which'
came what we all look for at this time
tit the year, plum pudding, made by the
cooks of the battalion, which was re-
fished by all. In addition to the above
plates of nuts and chocolates were
placed along .the tables that each man
could help himself and then each man
received an orange.
During the meal the Battalion Band
;was in attendance which gave some
lively Music, and in addition to that
'was a piano and singing. During the
Meal the Sergeant Cook called for three
cheers for the offlcers,"which was giv-
en id first class style,and well they de-
served it for the meal was of first class
Staff, and well got up and here 1 must
Say that great praise is due the cooks
for their part, for 1 am sure everything
was cooked toperfection their being
no complaints , from anybody which
goes to prove that everything was good
and there was lots of it so that every
Man was fully satisfied, and remarks to
that effect were heard on everyside.
de.
were at
After dinner the boysliberty
to go where they pleased, most of thein
going to Folkstone and Hyth to take in
a little amusement' and pleasure the re-
mainder of the day passed off quietly
and I think it goes without saying that
each man will recnember his Christmas
in England with the 161st Hurons,
' • Yours truly, ,
Pte. B, Furniss, 654181,
C. Conipalhy
161st Battalion
11JSV, I+"A1Ltb'IJL.L'S LETTER
Bear Mr, Bail
11 wits announced to the
Battalion atter eh,srcll parade ' on
'Christmas morning that dinnet.wtnild
be "servtui1 at 11:81• all the officers
to he present it goes without saying
that every man "sat, rep and tock
bailee ' J+ot, at that time, the ]nen
of thef3attation Were t,o bo guests of
the Officers ab dinner..
Some dinner, besltove me and some
scene 1 lost try and imagine, if 'yeti
con Lieutenant -Colette) Coribe,Mfj0r
Beaman, Capt. Validate, MGtor
*!test, (Yap]., 91e3aggarl, and •CJapt,
1 Miss Mabel Olutf was ft visitor at"
London lut;t week fora clay.
Mrs, J...3 (shogun ond M hie Isabelle
tpeiit the week enol at Goeleri,clt, .' !
t 111r,'Diet,' of the: 1?iairo Company
Spent the week eud at• Toronto, •
l'fbs. Searle,is malting lin extended
"Sit' with her sister at London.
Miiss "Myrtle Sanderson has been
optimal to the house with 10 grippe,
Mrs, A. 0. Pattison is spending a
ivsiek, ren' so at Toronto with: old
Mr. Oliver Johnson, ot! Goderich,
tub oahling on old ttierids'in town' on
ThesflaY i r r u '.
NJv,.\Vill Pliinisteel Wits confined to
the 'h''otisdTor' a few days , with ' la
grippe.
Miss,Jetlnic Hart es left on Sulam- r-
day t.o, visit friends cot Brantford and
Walkerton. '
lltiss. Webber, who has been J.n•
Clinton for souse. Lime %haareturned
to Toronto.
Mrs. Arthur Mann has boon under
the doctors care hut is improving. we•
are glad to say.
Mrs. G. 'Graells letni'ueelhome last,
Finlay bight aitet• her :visit at
Detroit with her daughters,
Mt*. P. O. Kerr, hits been confined
to the house Burin the S
g past week
wil;ls the prevsiling cold.
Mrs. Couch, Sr., of Ontario Street,
has been ill With bronchitis. She is
making favorable progress now.
Bliss 1rc.ne Donner, of :F31yth, has
taken a position in the office of the
Jaekson Manufacturing Company..
Bliss Hata Cook has returned to
her position in Toronto after spend
ing her holidays at her house here.
BRITISH AMBASSADOR SAW N. W. ROWELL'S
AT WASHINGTON PARTY ON VISIT TO
NORTH SEA FLEETS.
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Pte. H. S, Chapman, of the
Bantams, spent the weekend in town.
His old friends were ghee to ase hint.
Mrs henry Piauset.eel has been
under the doetor's rare. Bin. old
friend& will hope' for a speedy tnru'for
1 the better,
A number ret (:1, C. 1., boys and
girls hada stu•prise parley for hiss
Iona Houck last. Friday evening, A.
pleasant evening was spent.
'Miss Atlelia Spindler, who, for seine
time has been in the Lind:now Table
Company's oflhee is tacking a course in
the School or Commerce, Clinton.
iStrall'orrl. Beeson]—Bir. John Rey-
nolds, Nelson street, was in Minuet
Friday attending the funeral of Mrs,
.1oseph Reynolds.
Mrs. Stewart of Worth, Dakota,
and lls:s, sViu. Johnson, of Blyth,
were guests of 3Ustlarnes mason ami
King on Wednesday.
Mr. W. F. Scnithgatte, of Seaforth,
and My. W. "Kinney, cite Winthrop,
wore hero un "Monday evening attend-
ing the Sea tlet meeting.
Mr. Arthur 73rickeasden, of London,
was in town on Monday to attend the
funeral of his grandmother, rte late
Mrs, John Brickenden.
Mrs. .Beacom, Ontario Street, has
been seriously ill at her home with
pneiinionia. A speedy reobvery ie the
wish of a host of friends:
A. lie Wilford, produce merchant,
of Wingham and well known to a
number of Cliutorsians, was elected as
an Aldersuanfor that town on New
Year's Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ephriam Brown; of
Iiullett announce tile engagetneut of
Ltieirdlaut,ltl,er•, hivie, bo•Ml.r..l+,clivard
Ynungblut, the marriage to take
place the last of Jaunary.
Mrs. (Rev.) 4V, l:. Rutledge enter-
tained the -members of the. Bethany
Girl's Sunday School chess, of Wesley
Church, on Tuesday evening last when
a very pleasant and social evening was
spent:
Mr. Thomas Jackson left this week
for South Carolina, brit' vas unable
to Make the ;journey, taking sick on•
the way down to Detroit. 11fs friends
and they lire logien, hope that he
will soon be restored to Isis usual
health.
The eugagentient is announced 6f
Harriett Rath, donghtei• of Mrs. H.
Mason, Seaforth, Ontario, to Leroy
Osborne Okc, of the Bank of Nova
Scotia, sun of'Ltev,-J. Ii and Mrs.
Oke, Of Toronto, the marriage to, take
place this month.
A BIG POULTRY SHOW HERE.
Over 600 Entries and Birds are of Ex-
cellent Quality.
The Huron Co, Poultry Show open-
ed up or ,,Tuesdey evening and those
who have attended the show, state that
it one of the best of the small shows
that has been in Western Ontarto,
Judge Wm. Carter had his work cut
1A18 ].reel sazl.id ay} a}nglalslp o} }no
good satisfaction in the allotment of
the tickets,
On Wednesday evening the Kiltie
Band was in atendance and a big crowd
took in the show.
The show closes tonight at ten
o'clock, so that there iS lots of time to
go and see the exhibit.
Following is a partial list of the
prizewinners of the Huron Co. Poultry
'Show, the remainder will be given
next week..
Light Brahanas.
,1st cock, 1st and 2nd hens, Thos,
Watts
zcock, M. E. hymburner.
3rd cock and 3rd 'hen, Mr. Martin
1st cockerel and 1 and 2 Pullet, T.
Watts.,
aa cockerel, F, De Gex,
Dark Brehafins
lst cock, ( hen, 1 cockerel, J. How'
rie,
Langsharis
1 hen, 1 cockerel, 1 pullett, J. How-
,rie,
2ncl'coekerei, 7, 06 dnk.
Partitiilge Cochine,
1 cock, z. bete, 2 cockerel, 1 pihll'ett,
Mr, Edwards, , W
1 ltd 1 etodkerel. F.' D✓r
Ted. Rigsby Writes About Experience
In British Navy on North Sea,
The following letter" has been receive
ed by Rev, Walter -Rigsby, of Lambeth,
from his son Ted, now serving with the
British fleet on ,H. M. S. Inconstant,
His views of life seem to agree with
those of many thinking men now fight-
ing the good fight In one or other
of the theatres of war;
"H: M. S. Inconstant, Dec 9, 16.
"Dear Dad; --,-Your fetter reached me
just as we were leaving for tea. When
,You see Mr. Rowell again, say 1 had a
good view from ,our ,fo'castle' of his
partya 1is'itktu lh d.'on.• its; trip ibaek• to
the flagship. 1 thought they were
Australians, as they often conte. Of
course...would have been glad to have
ts> seen him and spin him some yarns, He
would have had somethincto 'carry on'
w1•th. i
"How was he•inipressed with• Admiral
Beatty and ail. he saw? Beatty is 8.
whiner. You feel it ,when you see
him. 1 have dwelt 'at iength m1 my
impressions of hien before. I ani glad
to know Mr, Rowell was Interested en-
ough with what he saw,, to. remember
in detail the wonders of the new navy,
"The party was condi/04d about the
UNOERIgOQl'
C.UNDE.W000
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Sir Cecil Spring -Rice, British Ain-
: bassadpr. at. Washington, whose rle-
tireltien't is rumored. `
DR. J. W. EVANS,`ELECTED fleet in two T. B.'s• one turned Just be -
CHAIRMAN OF SCHOOL BOARD.
The regular annual meeting of the
Clinton Model School was held in the
Council Chamber on, Wednesday the
17th inst. '
Dr. J. W. Evans was elected Chair-
man and the following Committees
were elected;—
Property Committee—T. Cottle,
Chairman, H. W. Wattand R. Carter.
- Finance Committee, G. McLennan,
Chairman, T. McNeil and Chas. Helyar.
H. E. Rorke was re -appointed Secre-
tary -Treasurer; and W. Smyth was ap-
pointed caretaker.
Rev. Mr. Robinson was appointed to
Collegiate Board to fill the place of Rev.
Dr. Rutledge.
W. Brydone was reappointed on the
Library Board.
yard us and the other just as it reached
us.
"It would be pleasant to spend some
time in the Mediterranean, but we are
more apt to be nearer Greenland. 1
hope.by the time you get this the news
will be more cheerful from all fronts
and the North Sea.
1 sent you a box of souvenirs. I wilt
send some More when I can get a
strong box. , That piece of red glass is
from Ypres Cathedral; the color is in-
imitable. I got it frons a member of the
Middlesex. The rest I dug up myself
in Flanders, No. 113 trends, on Mes-
sines, Wolverheyns road, three miles
north of Lille and Armentieres, This
is where the Canadians went to re-
cuperate after the gas attack at Ypres,
in which they stuck in spite of every -
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Keep the blue goggles off and shout "Canada forever!"
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Huron County Council convenes next Tuesday afternoon at
Goderich. Who'll be Warden?
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Are you master or slave to your worries and cares? It's often
possible to be the former when we are the latter.
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Some people who have been exposed to the zero weather on the
program recently say they would like to trade it off with the West and
secure the kind "you don't feel."
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St. Andrew's church, Chatham, must surely be a desirable spot as
over 60 ministers are seeking to be called to its pastorate. The
laborers must not be few even if the harvest is great.
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Dominion Parliament convenes at Ottawa Thursday of this week.
The war.bei'i1g'a bigger fight than staged at the 'Capital will continu
to'liold first'place in the mind of the public unless a terrible scrap i
put on the program.
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Some of our Canadian lads raid the trenches of the enemy with
the gusto of a Rugby football game or an old fashioned coon hunting
expidition. The daring may seem foolhardy at times but it also
shows an intrepidity that cannot but count big in the nearby testing
time.
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The West Simcoe election contest worked off some remarkable
stunts. Quite a bit of it belonged to the peanut variety. It is not
to the credit of any party to throw mud. What the body of the
electors of Ontario want is a type of manhood big enough for the job
and. honest to the last ounce.
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blow would it do for Clinton business men to put on a special
bargain day boom for Spring Fair and get at it in good time? There
is ample time to set the ball rolling and have the fact of this feature
well advertised so that the crowds would come with that intent.
Thursday, April 5th is the date. It would be an innovation pro-
ductive of good to both the visitors and the residents. ' Both the..da_y
and the season of the year is opportune.
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If the reduced service, owing to the cancellation of passenger
trains, continues into the Spring and Summer the probabilities are
the "honk buggy" will he called upon to establish regular routes of
travel so as to afford increased facilities for conserving time. One
thing favorable to the motor is you make your own time table and al-
so stop, if you feel like it, between stations. it does not appear to
us that it. is possible to cut off a train each way on the L. H. & B. and
give fair play to the towns and villages along the route.
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Will you boost the School Garden project in 1917 and give your
school and teacher a new interest in the work? Its a caution what
a few enthusiastic men and women can do when they get busy. Now
is a good season to hustle by arranging a preparatory program for
the coming day's. We would not be afraid to guarantee results if a
dozen good hustler's in every School Section say, "Go" and mean it.
The pupils will respond in a way that will surprise you if you roll up,
your sleeves and buckle into it.
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When you lend a hand to the Children's Aid Society you render a
service far reaching in its character. i'lie upbuilding of an A 1 citiz-
enship is
itizeenshipis a most worthy endeavor and we know of no better way than
by giving, every boy'and girl a chance to "make good" in
and this Dominion, Reforn
but the