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The Clinton New Era, 1917-08-23, Page 1CL/ Established 1865, Vol. 52, No, 8 CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY _ ..._ ..._._._...-__________._.._. _ - --sem--• -.._ AUGUST 23rd, 1917 W, H. Kerr & Son, Editors and Publishers, Hove does your Label Read, ece r 1? haMb wvVVvvvvvvvVvvvvW/V4®b vvvusmOuJ+,JvvkAbd+'Oniow,AFidtowo . 6SE TING NEXT TO NATURE Just now is'the time of year when nature is at its best. Enjoy it to the full with a KODAK. We have a good assortment at all prices Let us show you shine of the fine Points in ourKODAKS and how to use them. Developing, and Printing Properly and Promptly Done at the Rexall Store. 1 ,dMWeevels VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV 4vervvvvvvvvWpervvvvvvvvVWV BEST.,QUALITY,.DRUG STORE W. B. 1 . CD reakeElill Phm,B, ..1.0.9... 1....,-•..a.<,010.......0.141. Tile Vogel Bark OF CANADA incorporated 1869. 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Hogg took his own ser- vices on Sunday after his vacation. He will occupy his own pulpit on next Sunday. t met on of the g utrci i t The Trustees tt I Monday evening: Ontario Street Church. The congregation was delighted to have Rev, Mr. McLeod, of Montreal, at both services oh Sunday. Rev. J. A. Agnew, Pastor, will preach Anniversary sermons at the Walton Methodist Church on Sunday. Rev. Mr. Craik, of Walton, will preach both morning' and evening et Ontario Street Church. Wesley Cimrch. Mr. J. A. Lwin took the services on Sunday, Mr. James Doherty, the new choir leader Is preparing a tine choir. New members are joing every Sunday. At the Epworth League meeting on Monday evening last a Missionary read. ing was read by Mrs. E. Pattison, Next Monday's meeting will be a Social evening when it is expected our L eague members will give "A Reception for the Students of the Model School," Voss Mooting. See. el The TCC s .. �...w.... « v w esse ..es egy ` ":.1 ,.°vm`""",.....;�'Qn"'"'®,�"' meq.."""" „�,e,.'�`�..-:... �.. sei Mrs. Burton Levis is visiting at lien- at MLOasterwellEnMaassnners0n. Libby' is visiting salt, , , Mr, J. K. Wise was a visitor at Tavi- stock k lasfitv eek Mrs. Otto Fink, of Hamilton, is visiting in #liven, Mr, Ernest Rozell was a week end visitor it Brussels, Miss Sarah Agnew, of Detroit, is visiting her mother in town, Mrs. W, M. Sinclair, of Brussels, Was a visitor in town last Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCaughey were Stratford visitors last- week. Master Fergus Reynolds is visiting his grandmother at Beachwood, Little Betty Cartwright, of Londes- boro is visiting her cousin, Miss Mary Argent, Miss Eileen Atkinson is visiting her little friend Miss Thelma Connor at Exeter, Miss Olive Moody returned to Toron- to after a months' visit in and around Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. S. Kemp and Miss Eleanor were visitors at Bayfield on Saturday, Mrs. Perry Plumsteel and two boys On Friday, August 21th at 3 o'clock are visiting with relatives and friends there will be a Mass Meeting held in the Town Hall, to Mitchell women are urged to attend. The meeting is held at the request of the Food Conservation Ex. ecutive, and the Clinton delegates, who attended the Food Convention in Tor- onto will give their report. Literature of at Sarnia, Miss Laura Wilkin, of Detroit, i, visiting at the home of her father, Mr. A. Wilkin, Mr. Samuel Cantelon, of Streetsville, interest will be distributed, and the was the guest of his nephew, Mr, D. 5. whole afternoon's program will be both instructive and profitable. Let every women consider it n duty to mine to this meeting and help "Win the War," Mrs. John A. Cooper, of Toronto will days last week. take the chair. Cook, Mr. Geo, Dies, traveller for the Do- herty Pians Co., was here for a few C. T. A, CONVICTIONS IN HURON COUNTY Under recent convictions for viola- tions of the Canada Temperance Act, which is in in force in Buren County Dr. W. J. Mine, of Blyth, and IMAM - en of Huron County, was .t visitor in tear❑ n'.1 Saturday Dr. and 'Airs, J, C, Gaudier and chis-- dren left. on Tuesday to spend a holi- day up in .Muskoka. Master Wilbur Be::zt', of Stratford. Is a visitor whit dlaaer Herb, Castes; Mr. Robert McMillan, of Seaforth, WAS 111 town on Tuesday, License Inspector Mitchell, of Wing - ham, was in town on Monday, Mrs. John Pugh, of Mitchell, is the guest of Mrs. llugh Ross, of town. Miss Gladys Cook is visiting her sister, Mrs, Thos, •Greal!s a f Toronto, Mr, Elmer Harness, of Exeter, was a week end visitor in town with friends Mr, G. M. Elliott, of Goderich, Citil- dreus' Aid Agent, was in town on Tues- day, Miss Madeline Shaw, of town, was a visitor with Mrs, 13, Higgins, of B•uce- f eld, Mr. Bart, Levis was at Oshawa an Wednesday to bring up another Chev- rolet car, Mrs, Jas, Reynolds, of Goderich, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J, J. McCaughey. Mr. W. Robb visiting at Toronto Mr, Thos, Newell, of Exeter, was in town on Tuesday, Mr, James Connolly, of Goderich- Was 10 town 0n Monday, Mr Tony Lawson made a business trip to Toronto this week, Mrs. Bramfleld is visiting her daag- hter, Mrs. Fraser in Toronto, Flight Cadet George Sanderson was a week end visitor in Clinton. Mr. Joe Reinhardt, of Kitchener, was spending a few .days with friends in town, Mis ida Wilkin, of Detroit, was the guest of her father, Mr. A. Wilkin this' week, Miss M. Clark is spending two weeks at Toronto, Collingwood and other points. Mrs. Wesley Moore and Miss Merle, are visiting relatives and friends, at Detroit, Mr, Pellow, Special Constable of the 'Temperance force, was in town on Tuesday and Whitby. Mrs. Robb will join him Mr.' S. Agnew, of Detroit, has been on Monday, visiting his mother and other relatives Mr, and Mrs, W, H. Kerr of Brussels, in town. were visitors fora couple of days at Mrs. Hugh Miller, of Brooklyn, N.Y., the Editor's home. is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. T, Mr, A. T, Cooper is at Grand Bend Hawkins, next Sunday in the interests of the Miss Kathleen East, of Toronto, is 'temperance work, - visiting her sister, Mrs, Gordon Cun- ninghaune Mrs. Rol't. G. Dane and Master Stan- Mrs. Harry Ryan and two children, lay, Got ria, were guests of Mrs, J. of Dungannon are visiting Mr, and Mrs. L, Kerr this week. U. S. Cook. Miss Olive Schoenbals returned to Mrs, Bosesugh, of Centralia, is visit. her home •1'ue day, after a visit with img her brother, Mr. A. Hooper for a relatives in Stratford. j couple of weeks. !dies Grace Cluff returned to Toronto Hiss Bertha i;arbert, of Stratford, :n 1.5J' after spouting her cart- was a visitor with relatives and friends tine at the. parental home. in and around Clinton. Silas tined of d costs or Township, Brussels Post:—W. and Mrs. Cole, was tined fi5n and costs for osteo-' of the Baylicl.- read. Vh•'^ rt 1\�hitlev nurse of New fork I fully bringing liquor into the era:My, j elks bane Wilkin who holds a posi.- and Fred Bloonrlield, of Exeter, was lion !u Detroit, c: as :t V. -COI -end visitor tined a similar amount for the same the rental tonne. offense. George [!irons, of myth.I at pa pleaded guilty before Magistrate Kelly, 1 `,Ir. and Mrs. 1l. Plnmsteel and Mr. - Sunday.: of Goderich,for bringing liquor ill for ' and etre.Ray Plumsteel spent Sunc.' other than gqersonal ase and was lined 11il!c W •u:•h.u:c uiauds. l 5u and. costs. ()thee cases are pend- . ing. j Aes:, lawn AV1 ,011, a[ Seaforth, is Mel, G. A. WILLISON DEAD; 5!r John Willison, of Toronto, or Monday received a telegram riving th news of the death of Itis eldest brother •• Mr. George A. Willison, at Blaine Wash.. Le S. A,, on Sunday. The late 3Sr, Willison was born at Oshawa set years ago, and spent his boyhood 0 Stanley township, Huron county, Whet about eighteen years of age he went t:' .Michigan, and inter removed to North Dakota, where for many years he was a successful wheat grower and stock raiser. Ten years ago in order to es- caj,e the severity of the Dakota winter, he reeved to Blaine, where he establish- ed a state Bank, and and :list) owned a elsitine with her uncle and aunt, Mr. 1 and Mrs. Petit, Kirk .Street, Miss Annie 11 zel1 and her two nap. a - hews and two nieces are visiting with e ' the f,.rtner's sister at Brussels. Mrs, Joe Reinhardt and children of Kitchener, are visiting in and aroundn Clinton. They are welcome eisitors. c Miss Mary Argent returned last c w•e<•tc after spending a month with her City, was a visitor fora few days with , Clinton, are visitors at the home of her aunt Mrs Jaines Smith• lairs, il:ucsuld, of . 1r. and Mrs, F. Libby and Mr. Principal Treleavenveil of the C. C. 1. accompanied by A'liss .Jorma were visi- i'red J.ackesen were County town vis! -'tars this ,week at Lttcknow bus at Goderich a n 1-ut isc:a' Air gnat 3Srs. J, E. R"wsan, and Mist Miss Jean Ross left on Monday for i tr Jack, of Ingersoll, are the guests of Tor:mto for the Fall Openings and will der. and Airs. J. E, Atkinson. then assure her position at Guelph. i Miss tiertrnd Osborne, of Stratford, - Mr nd Mrs: Chas, Connor, and Mr, i [toy Connor attended their sister's was the visitor of her aunt, Capt. M. wedding. at Mt Forest, last Thursday. Scott, of the local el, A. force, Mrs. James MCPhte and Miss Olive, ! 31r and Mrs C, F. Libby leaves on r,f Goderich were visitors ever the Friday to spend t0 days or so with week end with 31r. and Mrs. D. S. ' relatives and friends at Lowell, Mass. tt Rev. J E. liege was called to Ux- Cook, Mr. Thus, Churchill was in wino= bridge on Monday owing to his mother b•, !:ter atter the knitting machinery ; having fallen and seriously injured her cousins at Lumdesboro and in 11911511. there, self, ;.ins. McCoy ana cici,:r..5 of L,mdon, I Miss Mabel Fremlin, of Toronto, is j Air and Airs. Roy Ball and daughter are visiting at the home of the former's were at Lfnden on Tuesday and Airs. cisitine her brothers, the Messrs Frani- I Ball, sr., of Snmhr:t, and mother of the her - father, Air. A, Wilkin, Ontario Street. lin of tow's. 1 a Mrs. E. Moody of Ingersoll, was here j furmcr, returned with than, 11 r, Bert Kemp of London, was a 1 Mr, W. Atkins, of.Toronto, has been this week at the parental house, and 1 visitor with Itis brother, Mr. S. Kamp 1 bother Lieut. Fred Chant. • I here visiting his wife and fancily, who ranch.. ;to see her r on Saturday. Wilfrid Dickinson, of Brantford, were - Airs, Daae Dickinson and sem, Mr. HamiltonUr, Allan Thompson, Principal of the are spending the summer at the boort Hamilton Collegiate, is the guest of his ; of lir, and Mrs. Arthur Cook. visitors in town during the past weNk' j brother, Mayor Thompson. Mr, and Mrs. P. Doty' of Goderich :Hiss L, Gibbings, of Toronto, has I Aliso Soutltconthe, C.P.R. telegraph announce the engagement ment of their sis- ELIGIBLES MUST GO. Munitions Board will not Retain any on been a visitor with her taller, Mr, Jno' operator, is on her holidays and 31Sss Staff, Gil>0inggs and other relatives in town. j Gilchrist is relieving at present. Mr. Veiteh want down to' 13°111"1 Mr, and Mrs. E.0, Courtite and Miss O'T'!"AWA, Aug. 16.—' h,, imperial fur the week cud and accompanied 11. Courtice are in Toronto, bidding Munitions Board to -day sonified its Mrs. Veltch and children back to town, j good-bye to altos Sybil Courtiee who male employees that none •of those I Mrs. C. D. Bouck and daughters, 1 leaves for Japan. eligible for military service would be retained on the staff after Cti11• arrived 1101110 last week ;titer a pieasauat 1 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holleman and scrip tion had been put into effect. holiday at Morrisburg and other East- little d, r, Dorothy, and Mr. Edgar It also gave notice that those enlist— - ern .points, tlole dao motored to Exeter and v!sit- lilg prior to the operation of the obit' Air. Allen Close, if Seaforth, was in n with relatives these half o (ole fm measure salary would receive, onus. halhgf nae month's •ts a bonus. 'town on Thursday evening of hist week � Airs. Prank Weaver, of London. visit- 'rhis announcement, which was not and assisted the Kiltie Band in their i ed Mrs, Geo. Jackson hast week, Miss unexpected, affects a large number, of1' open air concert. j Berta Jackson returned whit her to while the number of eligibles now in Rev, and Mrs. J, E. Hogg and daugh-' London for a few days• the employ of the board is snntll, as I ti ha het compared with a year ago, the lengthy vers, returned from their vacatloei at i payroll still includes the names of many Brie Beach, on Saturday last, Miss l' alto w'1l1 donne vender the scope of the Wylie returned with them, compulsory. .Capt. Froud and Lieut. Saunders, of Seaforth, and Capt. Fox and Lieut, Band Concert and Garden Party Leight, of Goderich, were here asslSt- Tite Klitie Band twill hold their big lug. !h lite Musical ,Meeting and ice ¢;u den party next Thursday evening Cream Social of the S. A, force, on 'Tuesday evening. Air, 1-lerb, Bean, of Toledo, Oltio, was here for a few days to visit his mother and sister, Mrs. 0. Jervis. He left again on Saturday for his house. tie did not receive word in tine to get home for tine funeral,of his brother the late Dr, Bean, Mrs. Tucker, of Toronto, is visiting her daughter, Lieut. Tucker, of the S. A. force. Mrs. and Lieut, Tucker will have charge of the S. A. Meetings for the next couple of weeks as Capt. M. Scott is going to visit at her borne in 'Toronto for a week or so. Lieut. Fred Chant acid wife, of Pitts- field, U. S., were Here last week for a few days.'° It is six years since Fred leas leen hone and !t is the first visit of his wife. ['red is now an otiicer in Uncle Sam's new army ;ucd is in uni- fnrnt, Fred's old friends were glad 10 weeiconte 111111 back oitee more to the old 10,wn. Mr. Eddie Miller,•of Hamilton, yvh0 came up last week to visit at the par- ental hone was stricken with appene dicitis on Monday and is still under the doctor's caire, He was goitng t0 return to tlte'city that. Morning. "Tip" ns he 15' t i c i nn Iis duve- etter known L h a l u s , h Y lophd china forst Mase lut?ntype ojcerat- or and is holding itis i wu with the best of then; in the ' Aehliitione city." e , Miss Mcd yneon returned O'Neil left to spend a weak at Toro»ie, ofome after spending the Past J. Mc Hamilton, and other points. After Mc- weeks with her brother, Mr. J. which Miss Jessie O'Neil will continue Ctymont, Raltenbury street.00 her Trip westward to Olds where St, Marys Journal:Dr, C, W. Thom. she teaches school. son, Mayor of Clinton, motored. to St, Mrs, L Gudmore was a Stratford Marys 00 Monday afternoon and took t week and was accompanied his brother, Dr, Allan 'Thompson, 5'110 by her visitos lagsrandson, Master Gordon Cud - A is Awelcome visitorfor here n the sick list, hwithon Wed him. more, who is staying there for a visit Miss Margaret Cudmore, who has been visiting at the Classic City returned home with Mrs. Cndmore. Mrs. Whitley, wife of the late Nolle Whitley, of Tuckersmith, and her two sous, Percevill, wife and three chil Mar and Clarence, motored up from tete, Michigan. The gentlemen are nephews of the Mrs. James Holland and the Misses Whitley, of town. Goderich Star:—Rev. Dr, Rutledge officiated at the funeral of Dr. Bean in Clinton on Sunday afternoon. A- so ng others from Goderich in attend - Bank staff here, motored back with ante at the funeral were. ler, Emmet.- them mmetTthem to Stratford iu the evening. Accompanying the Dutton bowlers to.totvn was.a visitor in the person of Mr, S. Nhtnro, president of the John .Marshall Co., of Loudon, 30 years ago. now of Wetaskitven, Alberta, is a visr- "Sam" as he is known by all buyers in tor at his mother's home, Mrs, l'• French, of town, this week. He has been Editor of The Weta+sklwen Times, for a number of years Mrs, Weir, of Sarnia, in speaking to Tlw New Era staled that her sou, Char- les, was in England hi charge of an antis air goo crew. He had been on the Se t t tint; front when 1st was won nide twice and WAS in England for a long 11tne recuperating and Mrs. Weir spent that tune over there with Itint, ter, Mabel Amanda, to Mr. Gerald Al. Kidd, the wedding to take place the latter part of .August, Bios Sybil Courtice left this week for Toronto and from there she will commence her trip with other mission- aries for work in Japan. The best wishes go with her on her trip Dr. Arthur McAllister and wife and daughter, Helen, of Georgetown, visit- ed[ his sister, Mrs Arthur Forbes, hav- ing motored up, Ile also visited with Mende in Goderich, Londeseboro, and Constance, Miss Winnie O'Neil and Miss ,iessie and there are big prizes offered and everybody knows that the former ones were, See bills and watch for the ticket sellers F`°Pies Specht f ur ifs Wok - 2 ib, SEEDED H111111 51 at 25c 2 lbs, at 25c 3 lbs. HO at 25c W. r' r N E H L THE 1.UB GROOM -Phone 48 - n'esday was ,Mr "Bob." Reekie, who was here with the bowlers di that town. His old friends were glad to meet him. W. J, McCracken acconpani'ed by ber sisters, Misses Eva and Carrie and ivllss Hingston, alio[ Bruusels and Miss Reid, of Toronto, were visitors in town on Monday. Mr, and Mrs, J. Heppler and Miss Mildred, of Stratford, Mr. and Mrs, 13. P. Heppler, of Toronto and Miss Irene Heldman, of Kitchener, were in town on Monday. Mr. Heppler, of the Royal son, R, .1. iviegaw, . J .I1 Colborne, . • W. Vanktter and A, J. Cooper. Mr, Victor French, 0 former.resideut of Clinton for a number of years and well known lo many ClitiIonians, but Ontario, used to cover all portions of Wzstern Ontario, and there is perhaps nil man Netter known in the hat and cap trade than Mr, Munro, SWAPMSY'S TROUBLES, Hungry Harvey --r p'itti see» Swipe' sy Since he stole dat pair we Shen more -n a month ago." - Rotting Robert—No• wonder, Day pinched hila." K+4,'++*++++++1144 EDITORIAL . .-1`, t Help win the war, " ---0-- Same an to i a a rholo a p gr ph are a joy forever and others are simply horrid, 1f at first you dont succeed try again" is a good -motto if you have not already decided you are "it" as an artist, ' 0 t, With all due respect to the Popo and his interest in suggesting terns of Pelace between the combatants in the world war, there is little probability of its success so long as the Hun is deter- mined etermined to carry on his programof frightfulness. Militarism must be smashed to secure anything like abide ing Peace. Any agreement entered in- to at this stage might easily be die - counted as a "scrap of paper" and the same struggle would have to be gone over again. —0— What sort of a 'Mist" d0 you stake at caning? Anew school has been open-. ed to help out the amateur by a series of motion pictures Illustrating 175510155 methods of doing the work as it relates, to a roast of beef, a leg of lamb, a ter - key or goose. Many a man, we guess thinks he has put on 'moving pictures" as he has demonstrated what he did not know about the Art. Sometimes, ol course, the bird's joints are double rivetted and refuse to sever without the aid of an axe. If a man could get Isis foot on the subject to be carred anti thereby have both hands free it would- be much easier. By all rattans let the carving school be promote& and we could name at least one proe.- pective pupil. —0— "The blessing of a big family" is ere subject dealt with by Jean Blewitt, the well known writer and poet, who says come strong things about the empty cradle, When it was the ifashiono.,, to have a quiver full of children There al- ways scented enough food and d''thiog: to go around, even more than t::1a5_ "What is home without a baby?" is z warypractical question those who study the future are asking. The eut11 Century folk appear to think, es good sized family is too much of ae, hardship, particularly tt-'you wish t be a pleasure seeker. O— Listowel Horticul—tural Society has set a worthy example in offering prizes for the best flower and vegetable gardens,: hanging baskets and boxes. it pro eel a question or interest and stimulation. Suggestions for next year 0 t;t .tier awards for "Queen .Anne fronts" and "Mary Ann backs." One thing is cer- tain any 105(11 or village may easily Im- prove the appearance of the proper- ties when the people unite in such u campaign, and no one will deny the improvement made thereby. It would pay a corporation to make a reductions in taxes where certain conditions were: met. Walk erect and dont get into the slouch method. • 1'ou will tied it .ad- vantageous in many ways. The sclenec of calesthenics is not time thrown a• way, although sometimes people im- agine it is unduly prominent. Al sound body means much, both as be comfort, ease in study or mantra! labor. if people were more athletically dis- posed the doctors would have fewer patients and the druggists would sell less quack cure-alls. Strike a mili- tary gait, with deep breathing, and you will soon ascertain the, advantage of such a course. —O•---- if both political parties would quit calling the other fellow black, crooked and selfish and pitch into their owta crowd and read them the lecture they are so ready to reel ate' to their op- ponents there would be a new order of affairs in both circles. We are :111 ready to bolster up our own that we often make ourselves silly in the at- tempt to prove ours are 'all angels while the others belong to a bunch lead. by his Satanic Majesty. There's little Continued on Page LIM, . McLean Diss Of hunk Son Of Late M. P. Of Soiith Huron Makes Sacrifice, Seaforth, August 100 --Official word was received here this morning that Llcut Arthur S. McLean, brother of Keith McLean, Editor of the llurnw. Expositor, and third youngest: son of e1 late M. Y. McLean, IQ. P., for Souse Huron, had died of wounds in Franc, on August ittit, Ile came home here air. 1915 from Grand i.'rairie, Peace lover, where he heid n responsible position int the lands office, and answered his coon- try's call by enlisting in the 33rd I3at- talion, London. Ile was wounded in the autumn of 191 0, and after treatment in English Hospitalts for six months returned to the trenches. The newt Isis r' as s k to 1 tends 16C Comets 85 A great9 received that; no intimation had , licca cc ad he had been recently wounded, it%e td1', unmarried and about 30 gears at age,.