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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1916-11-30, Page 2G D. M eT A GICI NM' 1.1 D AlcTAGieART • McTaggart Bros. - RA NKERS A GFNPRAT, RANKING SUSI ESS' TR ANS A.CTED NOTES DISCOTIN'TED, DRAFTS ISSUED INTEREST ALLOWED ON OE, POSITS SALE NOTES rUFt. CHASED - IL 7'. RACE NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEY. ANCER. FINANCIAL, REAL ESTATE AND FIRE INSUR- ANCE AGENT REPRESENT- ING 14 FIRE INSURANON COMPANIES DIVISION COURT OFFICE, CLINTON. W. IIIIVDONR, BA RRI STER. SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC. -ETC. Office-- Sloan Bleck -CLINTON M. G. CAMERON K.C. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, CONVEYANCER, ETC Office en Albert Street moped he Mr. Hooper. in Clinton Cu every Thursday, and on any day for which ap. ponatraents are made. Office hours from 0 am. to 6 p.m. A good vault in connection with the office. Office open every week day. Mr. Hooper will make any appointments for Mr. Cameron. CHARLES R. HAM Conveyancer, Notary Publie, Comnaisaionar, Et*. REAL ESTATE and INSURANCI Issuer ot Marriage Licenses HURON STT.EET, - CLINTON OM GUNS .3; GANDIEE Dr. W, Gunn. L.R.C.P., LH. CS., Edin. Cr, J. C. Gaudier, B.A., MIL Office -Ontario St., Clinton. Night calls at residence, Rattenbury Ste or at Hospital. OR. C. W. THOMPSON PHSYWIAN, SURGEON, ETC. Special attention gives to di* eases ter the By., Ear, Nen and Throat. Eyes carefully examined and suit. able glasses presteribed. Office and residence: S doors west of the Conimeroial Hotel, Huron St. GEORG F: ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the Connie of Tinron. Cor respondence promptly answered, Immediate arrangements can be made for Bale. Data at Th. News -Record, Clinton, or by sailing Phone 18 on let. Charges moderate and satisfaction guarenteed There is a WEI Day Coming Why not prepare for It by ordering Your winter supply ef Lehigh Valley eal. Nene beter in the world. House Phone 12. Office Phone 3, A. J. HOLLOWAY The I1cKi11op utual Fire Insurance Company Head office, Seafortft, Ont, DIRECTORY President, James Conuolly, Goderich ; Vice., James Evans, Beechwood; Sec. -Treasurer, Thos, E, Hays, sea. forth. Directors : George McCartney, Sea. forth ; D. P. McGregor, Seaforth ; J. G. • Grieve, Witahrop ; Wm, Rhin, Seaforth ; A. McEwen, Brucedeld ; Robert Ferris, Oarlock. Agents : Alex. Leitch, Clinton; Leo, Goderich ; Ed. HinclileY, Sea - forth ; W. Chesney, Egmendville ; R. S. .rannuth, Brodhszen. Any money to be paid in rnae be paid to Moorish Clothing Co., Clinton, or at Cutt's Grocery, Goderich, Parties desiring to effect insurance or transact other busInese will be promptly attended to on application to any of the above officers addressel to their respective Pest officer. Losses inspected by the director who lives nearest the scene, Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton Station as follows: BUFFALO AND GODER/Cil DIV. Going East, depart 7.83 mra. a a is 8.03 p.m. U a a 6.15 p.m. Going West, ar. 11.00, dp. 11.07 cm. " . " depart 1.35 pee, " ar 6.82, dp. 6.45 p.m. ' departs 11.18 p.m. LONDON, HURON & BRUCE orp. Going South, or. 7.83, dp. 8.03 p.m. • " departs 4.15 p.m. Going North, sr, 10.80, dp. 11.00 a.m. O " departs 0.40 p.m, nel.AWARes LACS4WSM1A AND WESTERN COAL 'COMPANY'S SCRANTON COAL In all sizes ESNUT PEA STOVE FURNACE Also • SOFT COAL CANNEL COAL SMITHING COKE Standerd Weight, Standar* Quality Its the good Coal. Do you need hard wood or slabs 7 We have lots on hand at the right Prices, . • • We always keep a good stock of Port, land Cement, and 3, 4, and 5 -inch Tiles. M. & M. FORBES Opposite the G. T. U. Station. Phone 52. Fertilizer We carry a Complete Stock of ,Stone's Natural Fertilizer. No better on the market. Hay We pay at all seasons the highest market prices for Hey for baling. Seeds American Feed Corn, Red Clo- ver, Alsike, Timothy and Alfalfa. FORD & McLEOD CLINTON. How is Your Cutlery Supply? You know that Jewelry Store Cutlery is out of the com- mon class. At least, OURS is. It carries a, distiuctiveness-- an air of superiority, that comes from being made with the greatest care and ut- most skill from the highest. priced materials. II you can use some of this Cutlery in your home, you will be proud of it every time you see it on the table. Carvers, cased, 83.00 up. Knives'Forks and Spoons, $1.00doz. up. Knives and Forks, steel, white bandies, $3.00 doz. up, Let us show you our Cutlery line. Let tie tell you more about why it is the most desirable that you eau put your money into. COUNTER JEWELER and ISSUER of MARRIAGE LICENSES. Aftwaissiommlieremmemsp "Neutis-Recorers" New Ch,ghbIrtg, Rates For 1917 trEZIEDIES. 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HALL, Proprietor, FOR TN= KION ETA'S eee33- From. all parts of the world we receive wOrds of praise for Gin Dina as the groat remedy for Blaney troubles. The following is front Jamaica whore Gin Pills onloy as vary large sale. 'X was a clerk in a store in Jamaica but had to Oro ttP my position On account of kidney trouble. I purchased one box of Gin Pills from a local Druggist and before it was all ibilshed I MIS entirely better paid able to return to my work. I recommended them to a friend. who was RUM In a similar conditiOn mid he tried them with the same good results. I may tell you I tried many remedies in Samatce..beterel got your Gin Tale. • ' Yours very truly, • • ' Thomas Price, Bog *elk, .aism'ates.,,' If you atifitY from backache, swollen feints, constant headaches, rheuma- tism, sciatica au d other diseases duo to kidney trouble, write for a tree sample, or buy a box from your druggist -50c, a box, 15 boxes for 42.50. National Drug .te Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited , Toronto Oat. - S. Addiese',-..ta.-DRD-00; .02 Main at., Duffel°, 1127: .16 : -,ta<VIVa ,S,'.1,1,6" "40 MAY TURN LINE OF THE ALT RIVER London is Pessitniitic Over the News From Rumania.. A despetch from, London says: The Position of Rumania is far from ac- curately known here, but -the Austro - German claims that they have occu- pied Orsova and Turnu-Severin and crossed the Danube at several pointe are featured in Saturday morning newspripers as forming an unpleasant situation which at least one of them, the Daily Mail, regards as critical. An invasion across the Danube if not checked would, it ia contended, result in turning the line of the Alt Rivera where it was expected the Ru- manians would make a determined stand. This line, being unusually strong, it was supposed the Ruman- ians could hold it against prolonged attack. Whether they are actually standing there is unknown, but it is noteworthy that the Austrians claim to have reechoed the line. There is still no news of what hap- pened to the defenders of Orsova and Turnu-Severin, but it is assumed that the main body retired hastily, hoping to make secure its retreat between. Craiova and the Danube. Nothing las been learned concern- ing the measures of the Russians to help the Rumanians. The Times says , the present Russian silence regarding their movements on the Rumanian front is more significant than the re- cent silence of Butharest. Opinions here differ as to the extent to which the Germans will benefit as regards grain supplies by overrunning' south-western Rumania. On one hand it is considered most important for the invaders, but on the other hand it is declared that it is a popular mistake to suppose that they will get vast stores of cereals as the country, although rich agriculturally, is not a granary, and as most of the harvest was gathered and sent weeks ago to Galatz and Braila, The maize har- vest, however, has not been finished, and part of this crop might fall into the Austro -German hands, "e 011l ripping, tearing headaches at times. Disordered stem- ach-sluggIshliver does it Cheer up I here's the real relief -Chamberlain's Stomach and LiyarTablets. They pet the stomach and bowels right. AM &Masts. 25C., or by mall from 9 Chamberlain Medicine Co., 'Toronto:V. Nearly everyone has MUTED NOW Reliable Salesman to act as Agent DI Huron County PAY WEEKLY Ousit free, exclusire territory and meaty -melting specialties. Our agencies are, the best In the business fur we eon' the highest grade or stock at meet reasonable prices anti guarantee deliveries is first-class condition, Nursery stock Is soiling well this y mid good money can be made in title eiettriet, 'Per nar- Rattlers write Sales Manager. PELHAM NURSERY CO. TORONTO. ONT. , TIE CHILDREN OF TO -DAY just es they are ---in their in. doer play, or at their outdoor play -they are constantly of- terieg tempratioua for the KODAK Let it keep them for yon as they are now. Let it keep many other hap- penings that are a source of pleasure to you. BROWNIES, $2 TO $1.3r BODAKS;$7 TO $26, Also full stock of Eli -ms anti Supplies. We do Developing and Printing. IteMember ths place: THE HEXALL 3TORE 4alguiterur 40 AIR BATTLES ON WESTERN FRO British and French Aeroplanes Obtain Mastery in Every Corn -bat. A despatch from Paris says: -The official report says: , , "During Friday in Lormine three, British aeroplanes engaged several German machines in. combats. One. enemy aeroplane was tr.:eight down in the forest of Gremecey. On the Sornine,front, French aviators deliv- ered no less than forty aerial attacks in the course of which five enemy ma- chines were brought to the ground, Sergt. Flachaire brought down his sixth enemy machine and Lieut. Mil- lie gained a victory over his tenth German aeroplane south. of Vaux Wood. On Wednesday Sub -Lieut. George Guynemer brought down two enemy aeroplanes in the region of Falvy, making 23 in all by him. "Six of ,our aeroplanes have thrown down fifteen shell of 120 millimetres upon the Town of Brukeres. Another unit of one of our squadrons has bombarded the aviation ground at Griselles. Between 3.45 p.m. and 7 p.m., a total of 171 shells of 120 mil- limetres were dropped at this point. During Friday night four French avia- tors bombarded the blast furnaces and factories at Voeklingen, on the River Sarre. Twelve shells of 120 milli- metres and twelve of 155 millimetres were thrown down. They all appar- ently were well aimed, Our aviators returned without accident." SIR HIRAM MAXIM, INVENTOR, IS BEAD Was Born in U.S., Became Na- turalized Subject of Britain. A despatch from Londoe says:- Sir Hiram Maxim, inventor of the automatic system of firearms, stied' at his home here early Friday lemming. SHIP WITH WOUNDED IS SUNK BY U-BOAT. Another British Hospital Steamer Meets Fate in the Aegean Sea. A despatch from London says: The British hospital ship Braemar Castle, of 6,280 tons gross, bound from Sa- lonica to Malta with wounded, has been mined or torpedoed in the Aegean Sea, it was officially announced' on Friday. All on board were paved. The disaster occurred in the Mykoni Channel, the announcement states. Pope NEW RUSSIAN PREMIER WAS RAILWAY MINISTER A despatch from -London says.- Alexander Trepoff, Russian Minister of Railways, has been appointed Premier, according to a Reuter's des- patch from Petrograd, The retiring Premier, M. Stunner, by an imperial ukase has been appointed Grand , Chamberlin of the Imperial 'Court, retaining his function as a member of the Council of the Empire. POPE DEPLORES BOMBING OF BUCHAREST PALACE , -- A despateh from Rome says;- Pope Benedict has sent a telegram to he Queen of Rumania deploring the mcent bombing of the Royal Palace at ucharest by aircraft of the Central II lee . NOT BIRDS OFA FEATHER. 73 a SPY IS PRODUCT OF PRUSSIANISIVI ESPIONAGE AN ATTRIBUTE CHARACTER. OF fritter" Now Turns Its Attention to United States as Next Enemy. D. Thomas Curtin, continuing his series of articles in the London Times on what he observed in ten months he spent in Germany, writes of "Spies and Semi -spies." He says: "Spying is :lost as essential an in- gredient of Peussian character as conceit, indifference to the feelings of others, jealousy, envy, self-satis- faction, industry, inquisitiveness, cruelty, imitativeness, materialism and the other national attributes that will occur to those who knew Prussia as distinct from the other German States. "Prussian men and women hardly know the meaning of the word 'pri- vate,' and as they have Prussianized in greater or less degree all the other states of the empire they have insured to Germany publicity as to the state of a man's business and for- tune. Past Masters in Spying. "The British or American boy or college student who spies or sneaks is not popular, and is apt to receive what he deserves. All this is res versed in Germany, where an e tirely different moral code preval With these elements in their cha eater it is natural that the Germans should be past masters of the art of espionage. "It does not follow that they are equally successful in the deductions formed fron their investigations foreign matters. But they are Europe's Most Beautiful Princess as a Red Cross Nurse. Prificees Maria Of Rumania, fre- r iquently spoken of as the Venus among '9.:European royalties, in her nurse's 'uniform in the hosnital for wounded soldiers at Bucharest, STAR HORSE BREAKER. of Reforms Worst Animals in British Army by Kindness. The worst rakes in the British Army -horses and mules no man cea manage -aro sent to Lieut. Mike Rimington, the man who reforms them with kindness. Not faa' from Shrewsbury, Lieut. Rimington does his work. To save these dumb ani- mals from sudden death is Lieut. Rim- ington's daily task, under the direction of the Remount Department of the Army. When a horse or mule proves be- yond hope it is sent to Shrewsbury and since January, 1916 -the begin- ning of this training stable -many four-fdeted beasts have been saved and passed out again to work. "They come to me, wild, terrified, savage beyond words," says Lieut. Rimington. "Poor things! it's not their fault. Those who deal with them reduce them to this state of savagery through lack of understanding. "Take 'Crippen,' for instance -a horse that came to rne after having killed a groom with a kik, ante seem- ed beyond hope. Here he is -after being with me a sheet time he will shake hands, eat sugar out of one's hand, and can be ridden as driven. Soon I hope to draft him out again." Often shoeless, because no man can shoe them, the rakes arrive at the stables. Lieut. Rimington turns -I them into the big field behind the e stables, where they find other pa- tients, not quite so new as themselves. e "Let them talk to each other for a s start," is the advice of this wise schoohnaster. 'Their language is as good as ours, and the old patients tell the new one that I'm not such a bad sort of a chap. They say, too, I hope, that there isn't a whip in the place; that people are out to be kind; not cruel. "I put them in a loose -box when they first arrive; and stand behind them for hours at a time, talking to them kindly. I try to show them that I am not afraid, aed their fear van- ishes. If they want to kick -well, let them! I stand just at the exact, distance I know to an inch, and dodgel flying heels. And they don't go on I kicking for long. "We have an exciting life here; it's I a risk all the time, but it's worth; while. Once a mule bolted, and I; chased it for six miles down the river. Another day two horses and a mule ran luta a pond in the field with an army wagon, and got stock in the mud. "To get them out, I harnessed on a' horse that was sent to me as a 'bol- ter,' and it lived up to its reputation, for it belted with the other three ani- mate and the wagon straight out of the pond, across the field, and slap Into a hedge!" What They Missed. an egotistical, so fond of making re- ports, so fond of seeing things from only their own point of view, this: while they may be successful obtaining possession, by spying, by t purchase or by theft of the phons, say, of a new battleship, they are unable to form an accurate -estimate of the character and intention of the people upon whom they may be spy- ing. • "Their military spying' is believed to be perfect, but is marred occa- sionally by. the contempt they -feel for other nations in military • mat- ters. I presume there is not much difference in the system of the vari- ous nations, except that German military spying probably is more thorough. System of "Sowing" Abroad. , "The system of 'sowing' Germans In foreign countries, as I have heard t called in Germany -that is, get- ting them to neutralize, was begun by Prussia prior to the -war of 1860 against Austeia, and was so success- ful undet Moltke and Bismarck that it was developed in other countries. Thus while comparatively few French- men, for example, are naturalized abroad, German residents go through the form just as suite their particu- lar business or the German Govern, merit's, double nationality being re garded as a patriotic duty to th Fatherland. "There are as a rule three school of German espionage in other court trice -those attached to the embas- sies, to the consulates, and those working individually. They have no connection with each other, but for- ward their reports direct to Ger- many. There is a fourth class of fairly well paid professional spies, nien and women alike, who visit foreign countries with letters of in- troduction eted attend conventions of , scientific, military end industrial congresses. They receive from $200 to $500 monthly pay. "Many semi -spies in the German commercial, musical and theatrical world are from them point of view honest workers, enthusiastic for Ger- man kultur. They recently fastened upon England because the Germans for many years have been taught to regard this country as their :met op- ponent. They are now as industrious in the United States as they were in England before the war, because those Germans who think the war has been won believe the United States is their next enemy." , THE WHOLE BODY NEEDS PURE BLOOD , The bones, the muscles, and all the organs of the body depend for their strength and tone and healthy action on pure blood. Ir the blood is very impure, the bones become diseased; the =sales"' become enfeebled, the step loses its elasticity, end there is inability to perform the usual amount of labor., Tke, skin loses its clearness, and pimples, blotches and Meer ereptions Hood's Sarsaparilla makes pure blood. Ills positively enegnalecl in the treatment of scrofula and other humors, catarrh, , rheumatism, dys- pepsia, loss of appetite, that fired feeling. Be sure to get 1100(1'S and get it today. All druggists. DEPLETING POULTRY FLOCKS. Overloading of the Market Reducing the Price of Chickens. Judging from the unprecedented heavy deliveries of poultry on the central eastern markets so early in the season, it would appear that farm- ers and producers generally are not only depleting their flocks unwarrant- ably but also rushing them to the market in an unfinished condition. As a result, the current price of chickens is much below noi•rnal value at the present time, in comparison with the prices of other meats. This is direct- ly due to the overloading of the mar- ket. With the brisk inquiry for Canadian poultry from Great Britain, it is ex- pected by exporters that the demand for well -finished, good quality stock will be very keen during the coming winter. Besides, there will belt good demand for home consumption. The price for well -finished birds continues' firm, but with so much poor stock ar- riving wholly unsuited for either stor- age or export, many buyers have re- cently reduced their quotations for all low grades. 1 The presence of pullets and young fowl has also been noted in many ship- ments. This is most unfortunate con- sidering the price of eggs. The very firm prospect for the profitable mar- keting of all poultry products points to the necessity of conserving in every possible way all suitable laying end breeding stock. Unless this is done WARDING OFF FROSTBITES. How Italian Troops in the Alps Are Protected. One of the more pressing problems. of the Italian army is the prevention Of frostbite among thoesands of men posed to the Alpine whiter. A Brit - weekly describes the following ex- riment: A soldier, whose feet had been well eared with sterilized fat, put on a uble *sock of cotton, having an in- rlinieg of paper also prepared with t, and over this an ordinary woollen ek. He then stood in a pail of ice r forty minutes, and at the end of at time his feet are said to have an normal in appearance, nor did he mplain of any unusual sensations. Another foot covering that is prov- e of great value in resisting cold is square of linen, prepared in a stea- m of salicylic acid and sterilized fat, en' which the soldier efeaes either a ellen or a cotton sock. The pee- red squares are packed in small terproof envelopes, and are thus sily carried in the pocket. Thou - ads of of these squares have been sent the front. tuner:liens Say They Are Superior to ex Other Balkan Peoples. ish The present King of Rumania is a pe nephew of Ring Carol, the nation's I first King. His wife is the grand- am daughter of Queen Victoria, and, ' do therefore, a cousin of most of the te reigning heads of Europe, fa .! Under the new era initiated and so carried down to the present by the fo Hohenzollern dynasty, says a writer th in the National Geographic Magazine, be Rumania has gone far ahead of her c° neighbors of the Balkan region, and the visitor to Bucharest early finds in that the people reeent the idea of be- too long classed with the Balkan States. They feel that they ore the superiors °v of the Serbs, the Rutgers, the Mon- %V° pa ovaea Ca to tenegrms and the modern Greeks, arid that their country is superior, just as the people of A B C South America feel that their nations are not to be confounded with the remain- der of Latin 'America. Counsel Disdained. "You shouldn't allow the little thing's of life to disturb you." "I don't know about that. A germ is about the littlest thing I know of." With few exceptions, it is illegal to export from Great Britain ally arti- cles which might be 'required for the PlAnoses of war. Friendly Criticism. ICathimn-How do you like my new. "i(61I Itye----It looks all right as* far as I can see. .Turn around and I'll tell you Where it doesn't fit in the back. Great Britain, France, and Rustia hove 156 battleships and cruisers un- der- twenty years Old, ageing 55 of GerManY and Austria. "My ancestors were people of great prominence in their day." "Lucky they died." "Whet do yes, mean?" "They missed seeing a lot Of thou - poor relations." Rare, Dealer in antiques -Here is some- thing interesting, sir -a brace of re- volvers that were carried by Chris- topher Columbus. Customer -What! Revolvers weren't invented in Columbus's time. ' Dealer -I know. That's what makes them so rare. there will be but little poultry left in a short time on the farms in the cen- tral eastern portion of the country. Even though feed is scarce and hie; it would pay farmers well to finish the birds before offering them for sale and spread their deliveries over a longerParlad Current receipts to date have con- sisted mainly of live poultry. The season is now sufficiently advanced, however, to warrant more liberal shipments of dressed poultry. In light of the fact that there will be to considerable movement of Canadian poultry to Great Britain, it is •of the utmost importance that all poultry killed on the farms, in addition to be- ing well -finished, he properly killed and dressed. The British market, in fact, all large markets prefer poultry bled ie the mouth and dry picked. While killing by dielocation may be preferred by sonic, the presence of blood in the neck and the resultant discoloration make it unsuiteble for storage or export purposes. Proper and complete bleeding is es- sential. Sometimes the arteries of the neck are not completely severed, the bird fails to bleed properly, with the result that the carcass takes on a . reddish appearance. With proper at- ttntion to details, a usefulreputation for Canadian poultry cam be estab- lished on the British market this year. It is of the greatest importance, therefore, that all poultry marketed be well -finished, well bled and dressed and packed in the most attraetive manner possible. MOTTO STILL STOOD, Bomb Destroyed Church, But "Lore" Command Remained, The following is it little story which appeared in a -recent issue of the Chunrceohnitrhi One e born bs which fell Oil a town in the North Midlends of Enge lend exploded over a lit:tie Wesleyan chapel 100 years old. The building W.'S completely wrecked. Only one wall remains standing, and on that wall is painted in decorated red and blue lettering the text, "This com- marichnent I give unto you, that ye love one another." The words can pile of bricks and woodwork which peo- ple who came to gaze et the tumbled sprawled over the site of the chapel. be read fifty yards and they were murmured by thousands of No _Wender it Was. Barber (entertaining his cestoeter as usual) -Your hair is getting guy gray, sir. Customer -Pm not surprised. Hate ry.up. His Own Choice. She -I wonder which most men pre- fer -dark-haired girls or light -hair- ed girls. He -Light-headed girls. BOTH TI E HOSPITAL SHIPS WERE SUN{ BY SUBfilARINES British Authorities Do Not Believe That Britannic and Braemar Castle Hit Mines. A despatch from London says: Rumors that 'there was a possibility for some definite negotiations towards peace were discerns* on Friday by Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of Wei: Trade, who told the Associated .Frees that "in view of the Belgian di:Porta- tiomi and the sinking of hospital Ships any talk of peace at the Present time meet be futile," Lord Robert coin:hived: "We have not yet had in the Oise of either the Britannic Or the Braemar Castle any official report as to whether the ships were torpedoed or mined, but- the proximity of - the disastere inevitably leads one to believe that a eubinarehe must have been responsible."