HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1916-02-10, Page 1Established 1865, Vol. 50, No. 33
C LINTON ONTARIO THURSDAY
FEBRUARY 10
1916
W. H. Kerr & Son, Editors and Publishers
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will not permit a complete list. We quote only a few ,,
of the many bargains to be obtained here.
ii1EN'S OVERCOATS
$10 CO to 12 00, sale price 50 00
13 00 to 15 00, sale price ........••••8 90
18 00 to 25 00, sale price 14 90
Bois' Overcoats
31 sale price $ 2 25
,6 00 Reefers. sale price g 90
10 only odd lines, sizes 28 to 33 regular
5 00 to 7 50, sale price 2 50
Men's Winter Caps
50c, sale price 35
75eprice r salep 49
1 00, 1.c sale price, 69
Men's Heavy Mitts and Gloves
50c, sale price 350
75, sale price 49
1 00, sale price 69
Boys' Snits
8 only Boys all wool, Hewson Tweed
6 50, your choice for. 1 90
3 50 to 5 00, sale price 150
Mens Wash Vests 29e
Mena Negligee Shirts . 29c
Mene Suits at Big Bargains
Mens Raincoats as Big Bargains
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Dc .YOU Hear the Ca11?
Canadian Parl���ent Buylding
A general view of the Parliament (,Buildings before the fire, showing the beautiful front and the
clock tower.
HoronOId Boys' At Hone
The Huron 010 •Boys of Toronto
held their annual At Herne in the
Assembly Room of the beautiful
Cdclfellows Hall, Co liege sti eat on
Friday night; last. Wile lh• at-
tendane.e was not quite as large
as on former occasions, a goodly
number was present, ana heartily
and thnreoughly enicyed ihe.nr_
selves until a late hour.
The President, Mr. John Robert
son. occutded the chair. and in a
fclieitoue manner extended a wel-
come to those present, was very
happy in his introduction of those
who made addresses. On the plies
form were also the cert -•smiling
and enc.'getic Secretary, E. Floody
and Major Beck, Thos. McGillicud-
dy, 11, Holmes, E. J'. B. Duncan.
and Wm, Houston.
The 161st (Huron) Battalion was
rdelaresented in perlson by Lieut.
Col, H B, Combe, 2MajorJ. W Shaw
and Major ivi. D, McTaggart, all of
whom made short addresses.
Alderman 'MacGregor sang a cou-
ple of patriotic songs, and respon-
ded to an encore, Mr. 'Houston,
as a Bruce pioneer, joined his con-
g'ratulations with those of the
Chairman to all present. F. Mo-
Gillirud ly gave a humorous Imes,
dote.
Mr. SFloody read letters of re-
gret at not being able to be pres-
ent from Sir Sar Hughes. Minister
of Militia. Sir William D. Otter (a
native of Clinton) anrd others,
:Miss Isabel Graham, orSeaforth,
Mad two .ortginnl poems, one of
nhich fs as foJlows eniill:'d "Cao-
ada's Behind the Guns.'•
'61.1ing the tidings 'near and far
Where the feat of free [nen are,
Send them swiftly o'er sea
To the haunts of cr•ueltv;.
Bid'the dove despoiled. distressed,
Bind the olive tee her breast;
Take this message to the Huns
Canada's behind the ;guns,
PIES
Here are a few suggestions for
Pies.
California Peaches, very
special 3lhs for ..........
California Prunes per Ib..
Raisins 2lhs for
New Dates per lb
New Figs per lb
SPY Apples
Fresh Rhubarb
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15c
25e •
10c
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Special for Saturday—
Green Onions
Fresh Lettuce and
43elery
The Store of Quality
Canada. is proud to bear
Of the load a li'on's share;
Proud to do` and proud to die
;Por the Empire's ideale high.
Britain's sons the whole World 'o'er
Will be tree men evermore,
Tale this message to the 'Huns
Canada's behind the guns.
Canada has wealth in stare
She will lavish more and more,
So that tyrcutnv may fall,
She- will gladly give her all.
[From her dearest s''Tae will part
Oror the cause that stirs het l eat•
Take this message to the Huns
Canada.'s behind the guns,
lllusie was furnished (luring the
evening by Stewarts eirche era—
thea
leader a popularilar vern
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ronian—and
dancing followee the
rendition of the literary program,
The evening was very pleasantly
:pent by all. It would be impos-
siLle to name all who were pres-
ent it is sufficient to say that
the gathering Uns truly represen-
tative of the good old County,
'4' Local News F6
WAS IT PA.TBIOT.fSat?
Berlin, Ontario, made ,gread
'splurge at the fore part et the war
Ly raising $100,ese for the patriotic
fund which was evidently done for
advertising purposes. Now. it is
said to be a diatelbed of sedition.
The leopard cannot change' its
spots, although arms' horses can
Ile painted up to look line colts
RED COATS'.COBE SEEN' AGAIN
The old red ecat dive will ne
partly .revived in the Canadian mi-
litia by ant order, issued from Otto
ova to the effect that Overeat tem
and
office's
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of-
ficers attending g schools, of insc'tr u
tion shaltl 'ear •red serge jackets
blue trousers and iefatetry foe -
age caps; This, is the 010 infantry
uniform, and there are big stores
of it in the ordinance dep ets about
the country,
ADVICE TO CORRESPONDENTS
Postmaster Scott advises all who
send letters to relat s
the of friends
at the front to legibly -write the
mane of the • sender on the out;
•side of the envelope. This insures
antearly. return of ,the letter in
case itis mot delivered. Many lel
tors find their way to the de id ldt
ter offices in cases where the man
to whom they are addressed has
tcen- 'transferred 'TO some cattier
Unit and cannot irnmedivtely he
locatted.
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)1'27.0'R t,t`'".A:GS •
llonaember the Liberal Club meet
.ing tonight.
Th,e'snote marl arrived last Salt-
uaday after .an seetende0 holiday.
Council meets on Friday even.
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't1Jiu1 you ,please -phooey or mail us
tine lames of Visitors at your home
or other rte ns 01' news We will be
much obliged' for all Items (,If
tee; news that may •be forw'farded.
Ito' us,
No single men wall be employer'
by the Ontario Government as file
R,
Satz cr.1 's
t nr year, unless he can
prezent ,.i certificate showing that
hp f
df cn ed his 1V i set ,c
v ead
h'ec n rejected'.t
Evaery housewife should consult
cadofwlly the Clinton'Merchants
ads in the New,Bra. There are al-
ways many things. worth while.
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FINE STRUCTURE
HES RUNS
iPariiament Buildings at 0ttawr
Deotroyed by Fire Thursday
Night
8EVw T 1117 17.3 7.77.7.:1E LOT
Includlrg a Member of Por;'amnnt Mr,
B. B. Law—The Enemy is Suspect-
ed of SL rtinfl tde Ciro
THE DEAD
Madame Morin.
Madame Gray.
13. B. Law Yarmouth,
armou t
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N.S.
J. 13. Laplante, Deputy Clerk
of the House of Commons.
A. Desfardins, plumber.
R. Fanning, waiter.
Adolph Desjardhns, police-
man.
A chapter of supreme tragedy has
been added to Canadian history. The
Parliament Buildings, at Ottawa, one
of the greatest gothic structures in the
world, and the supreme triumph of
the achitects' skill is now a mass of
crumbling ruins. Fire oringinating
from a cause at present unknown,
.brolce out at 5.10 an Thursday even-
ing and with incredible :swiftness
spread through the structure caus-
ing death to two women and nve
men, and doing damage to the ex.
tent of several millions of dollars,
}Many theories laave been uttered as to
the cause, but Just how or Where' the
fire originated may never be actually
learned. The only thlsag the t is known
fa that live minutes atter the fire was
discovered, the building inside was
like a roaring inferno In which no
human body could exist. It was not
until dive o'clock Friday morning that
the firemen got the lire under control.
The main building of the Houses of
Parliament are doomed to toted de-
structions. The loss cannot be esti-
mated in money but probably it ex-
ceeds four million dollars, The build-
ing was valued at about $1,500,000, but
the contents are of inestimable value.
There is no insurance as the Govern-
ment carries its own insurance on
Its buildings. At midnight the Coin-
mons
om
mons and Senate Chambers had been
destroyed, and as the great clock
boomed out the hour flames wore'
swirling up themagnificent tower and
licking their way to its top. The Par-
liamentary library at the rear end of
the building was saved from the
flames after a desperate effort by the
firemen. The library itself, which
contains volumes unable to •replace
Awing to their value, was damaged by
water and smoke, but thanks to the
heroic efforts of the fire-fighters, ft is
the only part of the edifice which re-
mains intact. Fears were expressed
that it would share 'the fate of the
rest of the building and soldiers ons
guard started to remove the priceless
Volumes, but the desperate tenacity
pt the firemen drove back the flames
end saved the building.
Members' Narrow Escapes
Members ofh
t e House of Commons,
in the 'Chamber and in the various:
rarlia,mentan y offices, had to fight
their way t� s _+ety. People in the'up-
per storeys c
pp y the building had, oar'
OW escapes, many having to be taken
put by- ladders. The flames started in
jhe reading room between the Com -
Mons Chamber and the library. Tiiie
room Is shea
f h ted in wood, very old_
end very dry and this, with the hue-"
rr s newspapers,
d of fed
ther i
it a until
t se a roaring f
w n furnace. .
oxnewleen
g flan. Mar iu
t
urrell Minister in star a. Agriculture, £ Icuitura was
ells
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�N�tun Organizes War Au�ifiary
On. Thursday evening oflast
week a large number of cit:z:nq
gathered at, th(e Counc.1 Cha.niber
to organize a , War Auxiliary, in
eoujunctibla with the County; Or-
ganization.
Postmaster Scott.was vote(' to
the chair and Mr, Wnt. Johnstdn
appointed secretary of the meet,
ing.
Mr. W. Brydone with 5s Presi-
dent of the Htu'on "Co. Auxiliary
laid the plans before the tweeting
of ter which o,ffieerswere elected
as follows;—'
Pr'estrient, Rev J. K. T+airfutl
Vice, President, 'Geo. D 'MeTag-
g•ai•t
Slee.- Preas, Wm. John ;fon.
WARD COMMITT1 FS
St. Andrew's Mr. Thiul, ;S. J.
P. U. Co
1 Gibbings, W,, Manning, 'Wes,
Moore W,S,R. Holmes, lh Wiltse,
W.T. Os ell and' T, 'P)'att,
St. Janes—Jas. Scott, H.S. Chap
men, T Hawkins, 'Rev, P.C. Har-
per, J.L. Kerr, T..'Managhan, Wes.
Walker, and Wru,. Walker.
St. John's—T. Cottle, G.E1. Da-
vid, J. Millet J.P, Shepherd, J. '
MeM ath,; A, Tyndall, W.J, Nediger
and T, 1VIeMenzie 'jr
St. George's—J, Torrance, A. .1
Mandeb, Dr. Et'ans, J. Wiseman,
Pete • Cantelon. J. L. Paisley, S.J.
Andrews, N. :Ball ttral Rev. Rut-
ledge.
The various Committees ore
busy malting UT: their reports of
Clinton and will soon have them
cc•mpletecf,
mission Make Report
The following report was pre-
sented to the Council'—
To the Mayor and; Council.
Gentlemen ;—Your Public Utili-
ties Commission herewith submit
to you their report of the Muni-
cipa.L Waterworks and Hydro Mil
;ties for the year 101.5;• -
WATERWORKS SYS'1'•ElVI
The Corporation has •$02,726.88
invested in the Waterworks Sys- Hydro Electric 'elopartment . of
tem for which debenlurea have slightly less) than $30,000.00.
been sole[ as follows;— The cauls
l payments for iuter-
.: 23,000
5,000
10;000
$10,500
For, the last two years an annual
paymtent has been wadi: into the
Hydro .;inking tend and this fund
now amounts to $1 ,01.30. which
with accrued interest will leave
the Town with an inttetment in
1000 -• ... 393,000.00 Icst and sin.eiirg fund! which the
1010 s 1,000.0,1 Corporation is paying for nthe
101.1-- ....., 5;000.00 Hydro departmentamounted to
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1913 ...... 3,000.00 $91,E50.15
Expenditures $9,405,53
Total $02,000.00 Surplus for the
Leaving $726,88 stilt to be pro- 1 year ber
There were on December 31st
sided for. •
For the, last seven years an an-
nual payment has been made into
the Waterworks sinking..fund and
this feud row amounts t•o $8,06S.32
which with accrued interest will
bring the amount up to about $10-
0(0.00 leaving ee nittlo less than
$33,000 at present owing for ear
of Waterworks.
s 5•to etee w
oilcs
The annual payment for in e L
and sinking fund which the town line man at $11,50 per week.
is paying for Waterworks. is By a mutual srrangomcrnt the
$1,150.50 . Hydro department bears 15 per
The reveipts during g t1
c mint
of the s
p c s',i 1-
1910 by the � V
aterwork5 velar t- any and office expenses and the
meat (which include 'Hydrant run- Wat'erwork's 25,E per month.
tal of $1,210) were $0,870.30 Office rent is $5.00 per month,
Total expenses include The contract with the Knitting
ing interest and sinking 1 Company having expired a • tem -
fund were 5810,33 porary areangement hats been
• ---- made whereby the Knitting 'Co,
Surplus for the year... 1 :25,57 are paying a. rent.* 1t the rate of
Number of waterworks service, $100 per year rum the running ex-
it stalled dining the year 101.5, 31 lenses.
204 domestic consumers and 116
conmeercial and power users.
There are at, present 332, 60 Watt
street lamps for which a charge
of $12.50 pet' lamp is made.
SALARIES, ETC.
louse commission have at pre-
sent a superintendent at a sal-
ary of 3i00 pot' month. an office
assistant at $0 per week tuna a
Total waterworks install'atiens
5(0.
Total amount of water pumped
curing 1515 was 10,300,9011 gals.
HYDRO ELOFCTR1C
The Corporation has [$10,1011.00
invested in the Hydro Electric de-
pa.rtnlent for which debentures
have been issued as follow+s;—
We attach herewith ,the Govern
meat auditor's report of the Hy-
dro department also no itemized
report of the Waterworks depart-
ment as shown by the cash book
Allot which is respectfully sub-
mitted,
13.13. Chant, Superin'fencfene,
A T. Cooper. Secretary,
Big Recruiting Meeting e Held an Sunday
9 �y
One of the biggest crowds that and aslc(ed the mothers 'to make
was ever packed into the town hsal
was there in that bu/Uljf g oh Sun
day evening to attend ;the Re-
cruiting g
i Meeting.
At eight fifteen the 1.Otst ;Hand
and Soldiers paraded irom head-
quarters and before all the cher-
ishes were out the hall was packed
madly standing alt the tack and
cut lar the hallway
bit. W Brydone, who is Presi-
dent rrf the Flurion County War
Auxiliary was rha'irmae and the
meeting opened by singing the
first, verse and chorus ee "The
Maple Leaf" lead uy the band, On
the platform were Rev. F. C. Har-
ter, Rev. J. li iFairfull, Major
Shaw, Mayor, Thompson, Rev Dr.
Rutledge., Major Me'I aggga rt Serge.
Gandy. a returned soldier, Mr,
G.D. McTaggart, Mr: Thos. McKee
zie Mr. A.T. Cooper, Secretary of
the Huron County Auxiliary, Mr,
Charles Wallis. Lieut', Co1. Combe
W. Brydone, Lieut. Cel. 'Cooper
e£ Toronto were seated in the
ecntre
1 t. Br•ydoec spoke :for a few
minutes on the work of the war
Auxiliary as it is now organized
in Hilton County.
Mrs, lied Tu,•nor ,of , Bogine
('The Ring Need You."
Rev. 31( IPairfull, the in4N1)•
tieeted President tot Clinton
1Prepeil of the War Auxilia7y.
spoke of the great need of meat
the sacrifice. He received a good
hearing.
Lane'e-Corporal Thompson sang
"Will the Ring be Proudof Can-
ada."
The next speaker was Lieut -Col
Cooper better known Ito old Clin-
tonians as John A. Cooper, who
has been recently appointed' "t0
take command of new battlalion in
Toronto. Fie paid a glowing tri-
bute tot
1.l e wor h
L of Lioxtt,-tCoL
Combeof the 161st Mutons and
mothers could feel, safe at putiieg
their boys in the. hands .of the
officers who were in charge of the'
Huron Battalion He spoke p1 She
joy that he had art seeing the Co..
of Huron raising a Battalion and
hoped it would sums be finished,
Tale was glad to be a Canadian and
went beck to the time when Sir
Ian Hamilton and Sir John French
csrn.eto Canada 7or8 years ago
and made a,'report on the
Situation in this, country, They re-
ported in ease of a big war Canada.
could send a division, or 20,000 men
—but Canada sentl,el the first call.
to Valeartier 33,000. At the Battle.
of Mons, England only had 5 d1'i-
sic'ns to help to save Paris. Canada
today has in 18 months 13 divlseons:
e
:1.t the from'. or training in Eng-
land f
l n before a the war • is over
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the 'epeaker expects 25 divisions
Since lastOctober an average of
5 mien a day are enlisting all over
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