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Established 1865, Vol, 51, No. 42
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CLINTON, ONTARIQ, THURSDAY APRIL 12th, 1917
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An Interesting Letter
The following extract from a letter
written by Lt, H. F. Johnston, son of
Mr, and Mrs, W, H. Johnston, , of
Klppen, arty be of interest to our
readers;
. March 13, 1917.
Pear People: •
Got two long letters a few days ago
anti was very glad to hear all the news.
They were both dei:0ed, one lutdn't
Admiralty Compass Dept. on it and the
other was addressed to 27 Victoria St,
They are having postoilice difficulties
here on account of the numbers of new
staff mostly woolen. So they have de-
vised a slightly new system, There are
114 sub .Post oftibes in London from
which mails . are sent out. Our mail
conies from post office S. W.1 and peo-
ple are warned"thtat fetters,' unless they
.carry the distinguishing mark promin-
ently, will be very much delayed.
We have Just come through
the campaign for the war loan. They
got over a thousand million pounds
nearly twice as much as the Germans
ever got and besides it is all bonefide
new money. They are making great
efforts to induce the labouring class to
save. And they have cut the beer sup-
ply down to ten million barrels, before
the war it was 38 million, It was a
great effort to do this much even, for
the Brewery and Distillery trade is the
strongest trade over here, There is
more money invested in it than in the
coal or iron trade. Brewery shares are
held by all classes of people from, the
poorest up. so that it is doubtful if even
the war will make England turn to Pro-
hibition The temperance people are
advertising in all the large papers and
of course the brewers are answering
thein in the same way H'tve been send-
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School of Commerce Notes.
Misses Lottie Sloman, Evelyn Spindl-
er, Nita Smeltzer, and Loretta Flynn,
all of Toronto and former students of
the school were callers at the school of
Commerce during the Easter holidays.
Miss Louise Beaton of town, a grad-
uate of School of Commerce, has
accepted a position with Smith, Dean &
Moore. Advertising Agts., of Toronto.
Other students of the school who
have accepted positions during the terra
are.-
, , H. Symonds, Goderich, with the Ele-
" valor & Transit Co. of that town.
Miss Bertha Longmire of Goderich,
with C. C. Lee, Hardware Merchant at
Goderich,
Miss Irene Mitchell, of Goderich,
with T Eaton Co. Mail Order Dept.
Mr. Allen Buchanan of Goderich, with
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C.P. P. Toronto rah oilice.
Miss Stella Copp of Clinton, as Bonus
Clerk with T. Eaton Co.
Miss E. Stinson, Bayfield, as account-
ant with Sinclair & Valentine,Co., Ltd.,
Toronto.
Miss Edna Stewart of Seaforth, with
Expositor office, Seaforth.
Mr. Drew Knight, Exeter, with G. T.
R. at Guelph office,
Miss M. Chowan, of Blyth, as teacher
of English and Stenography in Business
College, Orangeville, Ont,
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Patriotic Notes
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Monthly business meeting of the W.
P. S. on Friday afternoon. Tea will a so
be served at this meeting, everybody
▪ welcome.
the members -.3 Willnb is who have sewing
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or knittfhg finished, please bring it in
on.that date.
I The number 'of pairs of socks given
to the Shower for the 161st Battl, by
this Society was 162 pairs. .
T. Roosevelt is devil fishing in the
South, possibly getting acquainted with
• the treacherous nature of the Hun,
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To the Men of Clinton:
Ilave you stopped to think that the The annual meeting of the Clinton
Whole world is in the grip of War? Board of Trade was held Monday even -
Have you realized that war always brings
Famine? Do you know that Famine -
nothing short of Famine, lack of bread,
lack of meat, shortage of food to the
point of starvation for tens of thou-
sands faces the whole world -faces us
in this land of Plenty as it is gripping
Europe today, and that there will be
raised in the world this year only 50
to 60 per cent of the amount of food
produced in 191.4? 1f you haven't real-
ized it stop and think and you will see
what the Government and a hundred
other organizations are talking about
when they cry Produce, produce, raise
more crops, work; to produce more
food! 'b
Whether the war end this year or not
ail Europe will be on famine rations next
winter. If the war ends think of the
demand fur foots; if it goes on what a
cry there will be for food. What shall
we have to give; what shall we have for
ourselves? You know that food costs
now; it will be less plentiful and dearer
next year
In another column appears the re-
solution of the Board of Trade recom-
mending and taking steps for mobilizing
the ratan power of Clinton to help the
farmers sow and harvest the largest
possible acreage. Already the Com-
mittee are enlisting the men of Clinton
in the cause of meeting the greatest
need the world has over seen.- Mark
the words. The men of Clinton, like
the rest of the country have done little
to win the weir. Now is their chance to
do something. •
If we only think, if we only realize
how much we shall need this food next
year, we will getout and help sow it,
cultivate it and harvest it, and we'll not
haggle abodt wages.
The farmers hold the land front which
this food must conte. We cannot force
them to cultivate it but we want them
to realize that if they will provide the
work to be done we will do our best to
see that it is done.
We can only ask them to plan for the
largest possible acreage and to accept
such help as we, are able to give them.
Patriotism and the larger -call of Human-
ity demands of us and then alike that
we do all we can to produce that food
which will win the war and save its
victims from starvation.
There is an Enlistment Roll at the
Town Clerk's office, Go there and
john the Production Club. It is .not
time to argue and consider, prompt
action is the brand of the Patriot,
The Board of Trade Committee.
Andrew Broder
Suffered Stroke
Oiie of Most Prominent Agrioultur-
alists in Dominion, in
'Critial Condition,
Ottawa, April 1.1, -Andrew Broder,
M, P., for Dundas, and one of the most
prominent agriculturalists in the 1)0
ntimfon, tuns siricken with apoplexy in
tine Parliament Buildings this morning
and Is lying in a critical condition,
Mr, Broder is an uncle of Mrs, 0, D.
Mceraggart and Mrs, M, D, -McTaggart,
of town.
ing in the Council Chamber with a good
attendance of the members present, and
the president, Mr. David Cantelon, in
the chair.
Interesting discussions on practial
subjects took up most of the evening
and the following resolutions were fram
ed and carried '
Andrews-Byrdone
That we, the members of the Clin-
ti.in Board of Trade do hereby petition
the Legislature of Ontario to have all
the moneys collected by the Govern-
ment in the way of Motor Car Tax ex-
pended on the Country Roads and that
each County receive . fair proportion
tion
of the amount collected
Bart ltfr-Shepherd
, That communications be sent to
Reeve Ford and 1be County Council ex-
pressing our hearty approval of the
County entering into a contract at
once with the Ontario Government
under the Highway improvement Act
for building of Country Roads, and
urging its early adoption.
Cooper -Ford
That we ask Prof. Currelly, of Tor-
onto, t,, give a lecture in the Town
Hall some evening in May and that a
committee consisting of ,Messrs, Mann-
ing, McTaggart, 1Iellyar, and the Secret-
ary be asked to complete arrange-
ments and that the proceeds be given
to Patriotic purposes.
Wiltse-Ford
That the president be asked to name
a committee of five to take up the
matter of enlistment in the campaign
for greater production.
The president named Messrs, Ery -
done, Manning, MacPherson, Ford and
Wiltse
Brydone-Cooper
That we the members of the Board
of Trade authorize a letter to be sent
to the Grand Trunk Railway asking
them to give us a more satisfactory
connection with Toronto and making
close connections at Stratford.
We also suggest that the Company
be asked to consider making Goderich
and Stretford the terminal points of
this, line rather than Goderich and
Buffalo,
Hunniford-O'Neil
That a letter be sent to the Secre-
tary of the Huron t County Spring
Stock Show that a date, not earlier
than the fifteenth of April be selected
for the animal show, and that it be held !
of Some other day than Thursday.
The treasure's report shows a small
balance ,on hand, notwithstanding the
fact that only two years annual fees
have ,been collected since the organ-
ization of the Board in ,1903.
At the conclusion of the meeting the
Committee appointed by the President
to deal with the matter of production
decided to form, "A War Production
Club,"end every Able-bodied man in
town is' asked to enroll as a member
with the town clerk, -P. L. Macpherson,
and offer his services for what ever time
he can spare between May and October
to assist the farmers in seeding or her -
vest•
'rhe President, Mr. David Cantelon
wished to be relieved of his position;
Mr, Harrison Wiltse taking his position
as President, with Mr. J. A. Ford as vice
President.
Mr. A, T,, cooper wes re-elected as
trecoesae Di6ementogoseBA(Trmet,Snc: Epi,, 1I�?l
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®��®A48gv3�i Gia4aw^r®tsAsetavnsu t(Ut;ra6 rSubscribers
Miss Lindsay, nurse, of Toronto,
spent a few days visiting her mother'
Mrs, Lindsay,
Lieut, Forbes 0, Gressick, Adjutant
Forestry Draftf'-No. 2, Toronto, was in
town combining duties of his unit and
calling on friends. ' He expects' to
leave for overseas by -May 1st.
Master Earl Johnson, of Goderich,
was in town last Thursday taking in
the Spring Show,
Rev, R. J. -McCormick and Master
Harry, of Blyth, were calling on old
friends in town on Thursday last.
Mr, J. W. Irwin, of London, paid
Clinton his regular Spring visit, coming
up to see his old friends on Show day.
Miss McDougall, of the C. 0.1. staff,
spent .her Laster vacation at her home
in Canningtou.
lvlrs. Hudson and children were Eas-
ter visitors at Mtchell,
Mr. R. Sweet who is employed at
Sarnia spent Easter with his fancily
here.
• Mt'. Oliver Johnson, of Goderich,
was shaking hands with his old friends
last 'Thursday when he attended the
Spring Show,
Miss Sinclair of the C.C.I. staff` is
spending her Easter holidays at her
Bliss Helen Ross was at London on
Good Friday to see "Ben Har,"
Mr. Ed. Ho}yard, of London, was an
Easter visitor in town. Mr, Howard
expects to leave shortly fur British Col-
umbia where Ice will reside for the fut-
ure.
Miss Ward, Principal of the School
of q,nunerce, was off duty for over a
week with an attack of Tonsolitis.
Miss Ida Wilkin, of Detroit, was an
Easter visitor at the parental home.
Mr, Ilelstrope, telrer at the Molson's
Bank, was an Easter visitor at Tor -
"111.<1;. Adams, of the C.0 -L staff spent
Easter at London,
Miss Elsie Finch spent Easter at Flint,
:Mich., with her brother,
Miss Jessie Watkins spent the week
end with her aunt, Mrs, T. Lawson, at
Stratford.
Miss Emma Lavis returned home last
week having spent the past mouth in
Toronto,
Stratford Beacon: -Earnest S. Law-
son, of Clinton, and little daughter,
Isabelle, were here on Saturday last
visiting his parents and seeing Itis bro-
ther, Pte. P. L. Lawson before going
overseas.
Mrs. M. D. McTaggart was called
hone from Morrisbur'g owing to the
children being ill.
Aire. S. B. Gardiner and two sons, of
Colborne, spent Easter with the for-
mer's parents, Mr. Chas. Helyar.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Barr, of Toronto
made a short visit to his hone Isere in
town on ,Monday, and on returning
home took little Miss Janet Lockwood
With hint.
Lieut. Anderson, of the S. A. force
spent Easter at Guelph.
Lieut. Stewart Scott, of the 161st
Battl. who is home on sick leave, ac-
companied by his wife were calling on
friends in town this week.
Miss Dell O'Neil, of. Toronto, spent
Easter, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. 1'. O'Neil.
Miss Daisy Copp who teaches near
Owen Sound, spent the 'aster vacation
at the parental home.
Miss he Chant, Military nurse at
Hamilton, was an Easter visitor at the
hone of her brother, Mr. Il, 13. Chant.
Signaller Geo, Webber, of London,
was calling on old friends over Easter.
Mr, Forbes, of Hamilton, spent Easter
with his mother, Mrs. A. Forbes.
.Miss Margaret McTaggart, who is at-
tending a Ladies' College at Toronto, is
spending the Easter vacation with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs, G. D, McTaggart.
.Miss Jennie Holmes is visiting her
brother at Lucknoty.
Mr. W. Coats, of Goderich, was in
town last Thursday.
Mr, Bert. Johnson, of Port Burwell, is
tante for the Easter vttcatlon,
Miss Jean Morris of Detroit, spent
Easter with her parents.
M. Thornton Mustard of Toronto,
was an Easter visitor in and around
Clinton,
Mr, W. Heppler, accountant on the
Royal Bark staff, was an Easter visitor
at Stratford for Easter. •
Stratford Beacon: -Mr. S. McConnell
is in Clinton for a few days.
Mrs, A. Tieritay, of Blyth, has been
the guest of her mother, Mrs. Thonnp-
son, Albert street.
Blyth Standard: -Mrs. Miner of Clin-
fon, was the guest of her parents, Mr,
and Mrs. Jno, Colclougit, during the
past week.
Mr. Carl Bast, of the Royal Bank
staff, Toronto, spent Easter with his
brother and sister in towel,
Mrs, M. Cltotven, of Whitechurch,
vas an Baster visitor at the hoate of Mr.
. 23, Citowet.
Mr. Gordon McCartney, who is en•
played at Guelph. spent Easter here.
Miss Morrison of Hensel], was tine
guest of Mrs. R. J. Miff,
Mi•, J. R. Vnrcoe, of Goderich at •
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tended the meeting of the 33rd Huron
Regi, 111 ttrwn last Thursday,
, . Continued on Page 5, , , , . ,
Secretary-Treas}r'rer, and the follotving
are the rneanite,r's of 'the Council; J.
Ransford, W. Jackson, C. F. Libby, W.
Brydone, 0, D, Me'raggar-t, F. 1'. Jack-
son, S. J. Andrews, R. E. Manning, H.
B, Chant, J. 33. Hovey, 3, 1'. Shepherd,
D. L. Macpherson, and Il, R. Sharp.
Jlcckson Mfg. Co, ee5.00
McTaggart, Mr, told Mrs. 0, D. 50.00
Archibald, Miss 0, , , , 25.00
Bouck, C, 1), 25.40
Clinton Knitting Go, 25.00
Scott, Jas„ 21.00
'I releayen, J. W. 25.00
Young Ladles •Petrlotic Aux, 25,00
Rance, Mr, and Mn,s11. T, , „ , 20.00
Wallis, C, J. and fancily . , , , 20,00
Adamcs, T, G ,
Graham, T. 5. 1-I, 15,0015
Brydone, W 10.0000
Cooper, A. T 10.00
Couch & Co. 10.00
Ferran, Mrs. W. W 10.00
Gandier, Dr. J. C 10,00
Macpherson, D. L. 10.00
Plumsteel Bros 10,00
Rutledge, Rev. W. L 10,00
ne, Miss 10,00
TStohompson, Dr. C. W 10.00
Clark, Miss Mabel 7.00
Board of Trade 6.00
Courtice, 13. G 5.00
Courtice, Miss Hattie 5,00
Cutninghatne, Mr. and Mrs. J5.00
Chant, H. B. 5.00
Clinton Travel Club 5.00
Elliott, J. W. 5.00
Fair, W. D. 5.00
Fairfull, Capt. J. K 5.00
Grant, W; A. 5.00
Hovey, J. E. 5.00
Ilunnieford, E. E. 5.00
Livermore, Miss M 5.00
L:n is, ir. and Mrs. J. 13 5.00
banning, R. E
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Middleton, Fred 5.00
Miller, It, J. 5.00
ivlcKenzie, Thos - 5.01
McTaggart, Miss K. 5.00
McTaggart, Mrs. M. D. 5.00
McDougall, bliss 5.'00
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McG•va, Mrs. 5,00
Newc mite, Rev. H. A 5.00
Pattison, A, (i 5.00
Rattenhury, 1 5.00
Ransford, J. 5.00
Robinson, Rev. J. A 5,00
Rorke. H. E 5.00
Rudd, Miss M. G.
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Sinclair, :Hiss 5.00
Shaw, Airs. J. W. 5.00
Sheppard, E. 5.00
Southcombe, Misses 5.00
Sharp, Ii. R. 5.00
fnrrar.ce, JoLn 5,00
Tyndall, A. J. 5.00
I"ewartha. N. W. 5.00
W.alace, .1.11F,45.00
V",Ilse, 11. 5.00
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F, rd, Jas. A. 3.00
{eil..u'. W. 11. 3.00
Kcrr, 1 1 , 3,00
Peacock, 11, 3.00
Sheppard. J. P. 3.00
Stevens, Miss L. 3,00
Wheatley, J. and family 3.00
11{Iter, W. 1 2.50
Axon, F. A. 2,00
Agnew, Rev. J. A. 2.00
Brown. •W. C. 2.00
Ball,Mrs. N. 2,00
B:utiiff, Mrs, H. 2.00
Cooper, S. S. 2.00
Connor, C. N 2.00
ChatMrs. D. S. 2.00
Cantelon, D. 2,00
Cantelon, Mrs. A. 2.00
Cantelon, Peter
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Duncanson, Mrs. 2.00
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Downs, Mrs. W. S.
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Davis, Geo. 2.00
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Freutlin, Harold, 2.00
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Greig, Mrs. T. A, 2,00
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Gibbings, B. J. 2.00
Herman, Mrs. and family
Hicks, Regina,
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Lindsay, Chas. 2.00
Marshall, R. 2.00
Morrish, A. J. 2.00
Morris, Alex 2.00
M r't9s Jean 2.00
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Grigg, A. J.
Gould, Irl.
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Dies, Geo.
Evans, Dr. J S
East, Edgar
Fitzsimons, R.
Fowler, H.
Hamilton, D. W.
Hogg,. Rev, J. E.
Happier, W.
Irwin, J. A.
Jackson, Fred
Johnston, Mrs.'Jas.
Johnson, W
Kitty, Miss R
Kern, B.
Kemp, S.
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Middleton, Jolan.
Mason Tinos, . , ,•.
Mair, J. K.
Murphy, T,
Mantling, eV.
Moore, T. W.
Managhan, T. V.
McTavish, Miss C.
McFarlane, Miss
I3lclvor, Mrs.
O'Neil, W. T.
Paan, 11, E.
Prior, D, K. , , ,
McLennan, Geo.
Pennebtker, Frank ,,, ,
Smith Mrs, D, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Sheppard, Mr's, Thos.
Stevens, Jas. , , . .. ,
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