HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1916-02-17, Page 1Established 1865, Vol. 50, No.
C LINTO.N -ONTARIO THURSDAY FEBRUARY "17 pie
W. H. Kerr & Son, Editors and Publishers
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Capital Authorized $25,000,000
l,apital paid op - 1.1,560.000
Reserve and undivided profits 13,500,000
Total Assets •, • • • - . . 185,000,000
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aouncil Anka School Beard to Wait
At' a full meeting of the Coen,
ei'1 on Tuesday the question of
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Ole 's school
rafsifig $_8r,6U6 for e
beard was gone into. It is w e 1'
known fact that any,'eddi'tionnl
tax at this 'tune will be a heard-
ship to a great many and in abctlt:!
two yeas the Doherty Loan .and„
Consolidated debt will be wiped
out. The Council in looking : at
the situation :front a bushrete I
side passed the efollowing Motion
Moved by Shepherd• and tUitzsi-
mons ;-
That after liisrussieg gond con-
sidering the Public School ques-
tion, re building and considering
Golden
the towns' present financial status
while we fully 'concur in” the
opinion of the School Board that
Improvement to school is necess-
ary and such as they advise seems
to be adequate, yet with the
finances as they pare we would,
request the school board to 4e-
tter action for two years,. when it
would cause much leas burde.i to
to the 'town a$ at that tune a
large amount of the ltolvn"s intleot.
ednjess will lie paid 'off. In the
ewe time possibly 'the closets
could be temporally fixed up
and made c' mfortaule and sani-
tary at •smalI cost.
adding: Anniversary
McDONALD-McRENZIEs-In Kin- tamed back, but for the fact that
•loss, on :Friday,. February 100
1866, by Rev. Alexander 1VcKle ,
Mr. Donald 1VIc:Donald, to Jena-
etta, 'the fifth daughter of Mr.
Alexander McKenzie.
The wedding notice if published
fifty years ago would react somek
thing like the; .above cud The New
Era' takes great pleasure in extend
ing hearty good - wishes to Mr.
and Mrs Donald McDonald, of
Raglan street upon their temple -
tion of fifty years of wedded
life.
They saw a better dray Weinse
day of this week they
50 years ago,'ruin
when they 'load to
break the roan trona Teeswater to
get the rig /through containfese
the ministerand !the good old
man stated 'that he ,would have
it was Mr. Alex McKeniie's daugh-
ter. •
They first tool: up h'ousekeep-
iug at Kincardine and lived there
for 8 years, afterwards moving to
Michigan for a number of "years,
They came to Clinton to, reside
about 35 years ego. They have
five children lie ing, boys ancf
3 girls. One son, Daniel, :s serv-
ing for his King and (Country,
having enlisted from the West,
They have eight ,grandchildren
and two great gramdehiidren. NIr,
and Mrs. McDonald are nolo er.-
ioying the fruits of a thrifty and
well spetnt lite:
The only and part of the' cele-.
bra tion of1
t le golden
a
g el ne..dng
was the fact that not one of their
children were with teem on th s
r('easion to brightlen the closing
years of their •life.
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DASHWOOD WANTS HYDRO. INSPECTION e1 ADE
Hydro carried in Dashwood by a I Major Osborne, of the 1st Division
majority of 93, The penple of inspected the lleadquartersnn.l troops
the police village showed by their on lV«'dneeeny morning. He was well
1 otos that they were anxious to' sat idled and stated than, they had the
Ce up-to-date, as there were. ?01 hest lecture room he had ever seen,
rotes for the bylaw and 2 eagein t. The'Major was in the first brigade at
It is understood the lire w:11 be the front and returned recently,
built from Exeter ,cell. to Dash-
wood, with branches north Zurich
and moth to •Creedttou,
TRAVEL CLUB.
ENTERTAINS SOLDIERS.
SOME THINGS ON THE
NEARBY PROGRAM.
Ine harvest.
Some weddnnge, •
e'.
rely blizzard} storms,
Call from Assessor Cottle.
Last Saturday afterm OA the of-, 200 soldiers in (die on Company
fivers and men of the 1oca1 Com- of the 161st.
•p•nty of the 161st Battle/lion we, e
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WEDDING
c;,,ter tamest in th TownSLIA•\1-DAVIS]S
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the memPe;s of the ClintonI
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o TravelOn Wed . • ,
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v,1 crnnnnahlo'clock
Club At fire o'clockafter a short ! a very pretty e c cut was Snlemeized est
Iparade, the company, .one hundred the 110111e of Ser. and Mrs, George Da
and twenty string, marched' to vis, Simon street, when their daught
g the Town Had, where tables were 1 er, Alis, Bertha was united in the holy
set, and a hot supper was tarred, 1 bonds of matrimony to 111r. George
Alter even the keenest appetites 13redshn.w. The ceremony was per
had been satisfied Cul - Combe' formed by Rev. Dr, Rutledge, assisted
made ,a rapt little speech, ex- by Rev, S.3, ABM, The wedding
pressing his appreciation' of the ! march was played by Mies.Fihel Brad
kindness of the Travel Club. Geo. I sf,nw '!'he bride was becomingly
Wfeb'ber Liken mo*ed that a vote attired in n hate silk, Iler travelling
of thanks be teudlerrvl the ladies; costume was navy blue suit with hat
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Fteol Thompson n Miss 13ese'e• , vi
o secondedtmo- t Dt s
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tion, The President, Mrs. Axon, , Newton Davie assisted the bride and
*Thud for the Pral'e1 Club, she groom. Only the immediate relatives
said; that the members eloeidered and friends were present. The couple
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that nothing they c did do R 1 � were he recipients of many useful
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end valuable gifts testifying.
to the(enough to showtheir respect for
, 4 the meet who were giving up every high a teem in which they are held.
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thind cheersfor ( .followedeir fort the Tear 14.20 train for Detroit t and other poinshaw left, on ts.
el Club, the, 101st, Col. Combe and
anew will reside at the groom's home
others of ilio officers. ,on Mary street on their return,
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Whene ver you say the word, our Tailors
will get busy on your
SPRING GARMENTS
We are'turning out
CLOTHES
that a mars can be proud of
CLOTHES
he can wear and feel that he is dressed
with taste
'We have a beautiful showing of
from foreign. and dolneatic looms.
Drop in your at y r earliest convenience and we
will take pleasure in•showing;you and in
talking Spring Tailoring with you.
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E. N. Lewis, M1 P., doing
West Huron Member to•Command
an Artillery Unit, •
Ottawa, lreb• 74. -Mr. 11. N. Lewis,
member for West Huron, has been
given a Coulu,issiori in an artillery
emit that will be raised :at once in
Western Ontario.. Mr. Lewis is an'
artillery officer of sonic experience.
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All E.G: Comtism is net since more
after being laid up with the g:t•ippe fur
the past two weeks. •
The friends of Mrs. McGarva and
Mise Wallace will he glad to 'learn'
that both are able to alt tip alike their
illness•
Stratford Beacon; -Plc+. R. A, Clnif
of the 161st Battalion•, Clinton, return
ed today site.. spending tine week -end
at his Koine in the city.
Rev. 10, M. Wool:ou, of Galt and
formerly of Stratford 4141C1 well known
to a great nutty ie Cllntte, has been
invited to remain for thefourth•year.
Major M:7) McTaggart Paymaster
aster
of the 161st Baal. attend VII •t recruit-
ing
Bruit-ing nteet.ieg at Bi•uss is last Friday
Seven mope reel•Ili is sante
forward.
Mitchell Recorder -Private Ross
Forrester, of °Baton, spent the week
end with relatives in town,
Lieut.' Chas. Hall, of the 161st, who
has charge of the ecce nitieg at lten-
sall, was in Olinioi', (wee the week end
Mrs. Feed TIlrller rind baby,atld
Miss Mayleied Alli,, are .spending a
few clays with Parkhill and Stratford
friends,
A1r. Jos (Butch of Goderich, was in
town last Thursday and took beck his
little daughter, who had been spend-
iu;, some time with her grandmother,
Airs hutch, Ontario Street,
-Mrs B. J. Gibhings entertained a
fiat of her lady 'friends on Saturday
afternoon,
Mr. C. Libby, of the Clinton knit..
Bog Cu„ made a business trip to Lon.
don on Friday last,
Miss O'Keefe, of Seaforth, was avis -
iter in town fin' a few days last week.
Alsior Chas. 01cPhai1, of the' 1.01s1
11ntt1„ who is looking 11rlrr the recruit
ing 1,1Goderich, was ip •encu on Sat -
it "day -
Mr. FL B. Chant, Superintendent. 01'
the Pious IJhlities, was ie London
on Friday on 1)I ISi11('SS, , •
30lis Al, Moore, of Stratford, spent
a few home: al the Ontari,, SI.. Parson-
age an titam day,
,
Alts. Chant sr., is the guest .e.l• the
home of her. son, Mu, 1i 0, Chant of
town.
Nurse .liAID,Sun left Alr,tetlay move-
ing for South Bend, Ind
IDv, Dr. Rutledge was a visite', in
London on Monday.
Mrs, 1\7, L. Rutledge left on Mon -
da} to visit lice daughter, Mrs.- Shit
Region at South Bend, Ind.
Lieut. Clniilie AlcPherson, spent a
few days in town this week, He has
;test finished his emcee and has ,joiner(
the Kris(, ,
Miss Jean 1i3Os8 left nn A4unday to
retinue her position 111 1Cempvill41-.
MISS ‘q)4411: -v" Cautelon entertainer)
a h '
11 c t8
het i -rands uu Monday cadeta e.vrn-ingg
Ahs, \Viltst. of Seaforth is visiting
her lather, Mr. \Viltse.
Misses 111a and Shirley Bawden at-
tended
t-
te the dn101w
Blyth last Ptlda •
evens
Mr. W. Brydone has been confined
to the house (lin•iug the past week
aviLh the grippe.
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Hints on etiquette are common- oommon-,sense, but here also there details asto his regiment. ,
ly rather useless. They tell you is a variety of details' yvhieh
not 0 to do thigs which
only a
,might not seem quite obwaous to
frank herbaria'!" would do. They newcomers. As a vast nuinber of
emit very often to tell you the
very points where uninstructed
good breeding does not suffice.
Military etiquette, like social
(Etiquette, is broadly based on
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OTJR OWN line is FL god one
throughout all the list.
Some of these you • know are
good, becauseyou have tried
them. clow about
"Our, Own" Baking Powder
special value at 15e. ,
blend Sterling Tea,
' only 30c per lb
excellent Coffee
only 45cper.lb
The Store of Quality'
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•THE '',11114 G139cklk.
Phone .43 •
On no account should an officer
be seen in Iublic arm l n•a in with
woman, It is a high misdemeanour
young Ilton, total strangers to the -a terrible letting -down of ;that
military tradition, now have the most sacred thing the King's unix.
King's commission, it may not to feria. This warning ought not to
useless to point out a few of the -he necessary, but One actuallydoes
botises and selecisn,e which they tee a good•zuany young subalterns
should avoid.
7'al,e the matter, for example,
of an officer's conduct 'to worn -
en. Lord Ki'chener•'s advice ,to'
te,"courteous ancf not more than
ecurteons." is not 1n question;'
are simply dealing with the or-
dinary meetings..of the street, the
railway, 5taftlun,, or the parts. Air.
officer+ should never take off his
cap in greeting. He salutes. The
woman, on her side, slloula 'ad-
dress hint by the title of his r'ai,ic'
if he is a captain 100. (anything'
above a cepta1 +. :But she '< pnust
not call al lueutenent sanything`
but "Mr,," and should address him
by letter -8s "D.,S(1:" Nobody ever-
511010 the title ''lietitenact,l'' 'ia1'the'
Army, though it is. perfectly aur -
1
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rest in elle ,senior tlorviri�,r(i n
ans
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Rally ;the word r,61lta1tG111?' 1S
ue'eel' .when ape -11 ing of off,re;'
below that of eti3tain., It la' t„r-
rible fora, til bCt' rty to label 'leis
'luggage. age. as that of, Lieutenant so..
and so.., ,'0n ex.eeption,,: lrovever
tea be,made in regard t•i ro , uhi
form cage,wluci 'o1 enurse' %bears.,
ss me with one and some with two
girls on then arms, Privates and
non -,commissioned of('-eore are
ailov,ed agood deal of Latrludein
our Army which In this,lespect
ise contrast to the IlOreneh. The
Freneh;'•Gov'errment'Strictly- for-
bids any solder, in uniform to
.walk about arm -in arm with a
airL But then, in &ranee uniform'
of any sort is wo•shipped,wath a
f;ervoul' tin k n,dll'n Here.. ,
The British A1tny traditions to
unifoa•:m, are, however, very string'
ant, olnmaily 'points In uniform,
every officer don-cbinmissi.oned,
officer, and private is supposed
carry alight cane of regulation
nett:eras, The pattern is net abso-
lutely insisted Upon,but a ' fancy
n;e, alnything of the dog's head
la , anatlilem i Yet this helot is
often ignol ed l:iy' young officers,
s me sol who-ltu idly even be seen
with itf.hs(nting ciaoP,.lash 'and all,
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'r hielt to a military eye;,, gives
indescribably rakish, (ere, and iiia',
militant'_ effect, 't1$10
'ContinuecBOn
A Letter From Saionika
The following' letter was !re-
ceived L3 Mr, Si, Davis from his
grandson Wilber -F. Baulch, writ -
ton on Jan. 141h, who is attached
to No. 4 Canadian General Hos-
pital of the Saloi,ika Force;--
Just a few words to let you
know how I am getting one Orem
my address you can see the pro-
bable location of our hospitap,
which is fairly well erininperl Ter
the work ahead of us. We have
been busy for perhaps 2 months,
and busy is a good word Tor it.
We are on a alight slope be-
tween 800101)1115 which makes
good drainage, out Water. supply
fairly good• and in fact everything
is running along as wall as can be.
,expected.
Ilia* hyadta fairly govt' trip
`here and touched at some very
notable places ,and some were in-
deed ; picturesque es-
pecially that old !oriented. city of
Alexandria,
Christmas andNew Years " was,
spent as well as could . be expect
ed with turkey and plutn pudding
etc., 'thanks tie some good folks
thonghefulnless,
I'vehad more or less illness since
coming and attribute it to the,
ehangleablehess of the climate.
To -'day 1. felt indeed ,pretty well
done up, and wsl reeky enough to
get a; few hours off..
This has been some nem
experience for me and I hope it
may:end soon and th, t I may re-
ttu•n to my dear wife.
Wishing you a happy year, in
etery sense of the 'word,
Yours, .
Wilbur P. Baulch.
Long Sesson at Council
The town fathers sat for three
hours on 'Friday evening too fin_
ish up their regular business.
All the members were present
with Mayor Thompson 'in the
chair,
Communications,
' e'Fi'nm J'a,rinie Club asking for
rebate of hall •1•rnt as proceeds
were for eecreiLing purposes -no
action taken,
Public I•tilities Commission ask-
ed the town .to pay water rates
on all fountains and water service
in public building -On motion of
Paisley and 'Hawkins matter 11.5
referred to March meeting,
Petition from residents at the
end pt °e•lat'io street, asking for
cit.deL' walk and on electric light
-Nr, action on sidewalk -as Bylaw
'hors enc rr•s 1 slits matter ,ltd Prop-
erty Committee will look into the
'question oq light.
From T, ,t, Hannigan, Secretary
of 'Hydro Electri' Basi' .Is A. asoci-
tion, asking for names of dele-
gates to the at -Mural general meet-
ing to he deli( in Toronto oat
r.
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��•d't � ,. 6th 7. lc, .
W'cdn-s.,y, .e 1
IFrenl the Automatic Electric Co.
oL C'h'icago for pelice calls etc,-
Fyied,
Bylaw No, 2 for 1011 -vas read
three times and 11 15,0.1 for appo'n,
ingz officers of the towns;-.
D.L. MacPherson, Clork nand
Treasurer,
Jos, Wheatley, Chief of Pol,cc
Colteetor of Trxes etc.
Robert Welsh, Night- Consta(le
Thos. Cottle, Assessor
John 'Hunte) Get ruler
Wm. EG
i TB. scales
Dr. S1,'rw, 11,11f 0.
J.W. Shobbrook, Cemetery Sup-
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err i ltcn deist
B. A'lennell .l'ound.keeeee
Council discussed for ',:early
an, hone the dutie3 of the night
constable and ?am eratht;e,nts and
motions passed hack !and forward
in great style. At last it was
left to a committee and the duties
oil the night constable' will Start
at 7 p.m, and end last 6 a.m. He
will also make three rounds with
clock., one before 12 midnight nem
two alter, and try the front door
of the stoles on the front street,
Bylaw l rR No.'s, 7.10 fat Fire Con:-
y
pany was red and passed ;-
Chleef-(tarry llertliff
' Herr pt. lI.
Lieut. -Jas. Finch
Ser,--H.Glazier
8irenlen B. Freenlin, 1I. From -
lin, N. Kennedy, Alex Cudnlore,
H. 'hB'lirien, Luke Lawson, W.
Kennedy, M. McEwen, J. K. John-
son, W, Wheatley, 1'V. J. Cocas
and E. J!'ineh,
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Cemetery Committee reported
on time• tepee gtestion`Cslnd. .. the.
legal -side will be looked 'into.
The building of the other fence
will be done this spring.
Property Committee a•eporte'd,
that the Lock -'lip needed Some
household effected and the Com-'
mittec will look into the smatter.
Chief Wh;elatlefy stated thlatt ;the
one :used Was all right but the
other one was tflull of "spirits”
generally.
The Finance Committee
scented their report widen
adopted
TIse Auditor's report was pre-
stenteid_ and adopted ;and will he
published in abstract, The, follow-
ing was attached to the repert;.-
Clinton .Feb.5ih,1916
To the Mayor .arid Councillors
of the town et Clinton.
We. the undersigned, Auditors
foe "the Municipality of the town
pre -
was
sof Clinton, Collegiate institute,
Public School, Public Library,
Public Utilities, Nerving examined
the several bosh 'end accounts
'find them correct when com-
pared with voucher's,. except an •
.error of$2 in in favor ofi the
Treasurer' of the Collegiate In-
stitute We have a groat plee-
sure in certifying to the neat
and, systematic way in which the
several hocks are kept.
Y',urs Truly,
Pater:Ca nIelon
J. Wiseman
• - Auditors
The Public Utilities Commission
report. which was published in the
New Bra last ,reel',, was presented
along with the report of the Hy -
dila -Electric Auditor.
The matter of selling a lot at
'the rear of the Knitting Co. 'avas
left in the hands of the Mayor
and Clerk.
On motion of 'Fitzsimons and
Hawkins the Spring; Show gots
Ube usual grant of $50.00
Councillor Shepherd heaita bou-
quets upon I ao n tl 1q heads of the Wren
who first started the U ica•works
system and a motion of apprecia-
tion by Shepherd' and Hawkins
was passed,
,< tiscd
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�tiC,nt calor Cooper, one of
the Wren bellttnd the waterworks
t+epllr;d on be11a1r: of the Utilities
Commission and the men who
in stied the qucIttion,
The Properly Committee will
make a relvieion on the rents to
be collected Igor The use of the
hall.
Ther•
School Beard n> 't
a, eu on the
Council and asked e for lara '
g nt of
of $18,000 to rhmodel school and
bring it up to Government Stan-
dard. Mr. W I
1. e11 -at ! '
3, u the
3 > f
an/lance department. Inspector
ilfield and Secretary Rorke, spoke
on the platter. 'Pile question was
left ores: to be discussed by then
Council with Councillor Wiltse in
in the chair
Council adjourned,
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COMING TO CLINTON
11r. J. L. Hughes has promised to
conte to Clinton the first week of
March and address in aid of recruiting,
GOING TO SEA1!ORPH,
A big crowd is going to Sea,
berth tonight to see. the Berne-
Seaforth hockey game. •
The W. C. 'T. U. will meet w1
iPriday at 8 o'clock at the home of
Miss Washington, All ladies wel-
colnie,
MOVING -4
Mr. Janes :Doherty and ' family
have moved to the "Maples'. . on
Raglan street.
Mr; Wm, Longman and family,
who have faeen :residents of Rel-
ict for some yetis, are now re-
siding in t:owe.
PETITION LARGIELY SIGNED
IN HURON COUNTY.
The town of Clinton, while not
doing as well as some of Ole town
ships in connection ,with the peti-
tion for Prohrblition, secun'eh 302
names on the voter's petition and
518 on the n,)n-fvuter's petition.
This is over 63 per cent of the
, eters polled at the, last provin-
cial election and coneiclier,a bly over
hall the votes on the het. The
total vote polled in theCounty
for the lastpp ovincial election was
12137 and of this number 900, absn't
05 Fere cent, have isigned for pro,
Minden and over 1100' signed; the
none -voters petitino, Colb.ornd
ParC '
hop secured 7tl mare:nanle4s.
than. the recorded vote alt •(dal
election' and Hoakio'c, Grey ,and ,,
Usborne sent in very lerge''pe-
titione.