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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1916-03-16, Page 1Established 1865, Vol. 50, No. 38 C LINTON ONTARIO T KURSDAY MARCH The 'Oast is Your Horne Battalion W: H. Kerr & Son, Editors and Publishers at l YOU do for it? vwwwwvwwvwvwwenevvVAA AAAAAA TRIED AND TRUE. That is why we advise you to use ,HOLMES' LUNG T 9N1e Its the lightning cure for coughs and colds. Its the best remedy for the wgorst cough. It has cured others it will *" cure you, 25c per bottle, No war tax, Sold only by Best Quality Drug Store The Iltexalt Store 8. IRJ,a Yam B wvwvyvwwvvavvvvvvvvvwv vvvwvvaFoov vvvvevvvwvvvw. VVV YVVVVVVVVVVVVvW~VVYM*AAAAAAAANAI AAAAAAAAAAAA eoBar* a k I� OF CANADA . y Capital Authorized ...... $25,000,000 Capital paid ' p 11,560.000 . Reserve and undivided profits 13,500,000 Total Assets ......... .. 1851,000,000 3S0 1BI..,TVCIE31+J With Woricl-wide Conitleactioln�a Interest Allowed on Savings Deposits General Banking Business Transt\rted, R. E. NAININGf Mailmen . 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'y � to � tax Y 'i• Clothing ArNiki 4 fi il• •'r • y 0♦ • • • e It L R x -2• Wheneier you saythe word, awl r at 1 ors will get busy -on your SPRINGGARMENTS i`, 3a We are turning (,:at • CLOTHES • that a man can be proud tit CLOTHES he can wear and feel that he is dress( 11 with taste We have a beautiful showirig of New Spring Woo/en; from foreign and domestic looms. •; Drop in at your earliest convenience and we iwill take pleasure in showi'ngliyou and in • talking Spring Tailoring with you. • • o'. .5 • The f� Cloth Agent for C. P. It.,'1'e:egraph Co. • A Square Deal tier Every l?'ho , 0 , 4 4 • 4 • m.••••••••4•••••••••••R•.Wn•2D.•che NuFdM/A!�`e'.1pdTHi.li .'[alt +V.n .M•MiANO . • .,,. ..-..�. ..._...- .ysaar,711•4sa..a .: ,,01acaaem,aa.•serxnon Try Era The .., ' '� JobWork� for � 1916 Another tetter From the Navy We have pleasure to prin'tlug the following lettere received -py Bev. W Rigsby from his eon ELMS, Inconstant; Jan 55 Dear Dad. -A months has gone since Christmas. We don't sleeeu toet' anywhere. We sere ane side of the, e'toty, yet 'I am satisfied that all is well with the land forces at all points, This month has been olio of con' Untied high wind and leen. ,We: lie crosswise of the tide, 1leln there by the kind and rod grey ly To -day, as we were making -ae d,y to go ashore, the 'motor boat came alongside, plunging lows dawn till she threlw the water tar and wide clear ova- her length. The :.kipper cautioned the officer of the watch before start- ing for shorel to see "that those P. OA can to swim.•• Landne either by motor boat or cutter, in e helavy- sea is soma, thing one must belcome adept at in odor to prevent hie being bad- ly mixed dp, Thei ladder hangs over the side and its only Ivo in- ches round rungs spliced inio three quarter rter wire line. Your boat may have Ta rise and tali of 'ivur feet so you jump at the crest and nip up before the nest swamps you, or the be at pins you to the ship's s'de as it plunges .and .rolls Le- luw you, h'o one holaee to keep dry, only reascnahly so, while a wave may ruin all your exeeeta- t[ene if it slaps over when you ;aren't cm the lonlcout Away go reels ea s a P' , P nd any remnant of de riess yu'r were keeping close to your pdrson, like a nest tepee, to start with. to get driet t out again. On shore there d en't the cus', ternary groups of uneatsy, floppy treusered "mallows- (sailors), with chic] straps down to ea vis Heir caps, huddlling in the .ee'of the buildings or legging et along to the nearest 'pub.'• for a ve••y English 'pint.' t Somelr w a sailor always looks dressed' up wlfen he gets ,ashore, like a country boy with a "bi1ed shirt and collar.' You seldom find one who seems to be thoroughly at hone in his rig. The chief petty officer, in his fore and haft rig and petite cap, probably ceases more near it, yet there generally is .something ,too new in his got -op that'shows he has picked up some iLliew don from the "purser,'. and it ,seems to be like putting "neer wine into old bottles. or 'a pie_e of new cloth into an old ,grar•nten't1• It spoils the whole teffc•ct. He docu 101'look as if the clothes, wle: e 'a part of himself. c•r that the was ' llivious of the fact that he it in uniform. Probably the fact that he is on shale makes a dif- ference, for a sailor can never Le quite at home in anything, but his working rig -N o 5 s. The storm prevejnts the spall f l:ca s fro in larding,go there are but feu eery anon about 1lie shops are d sea [rout, • Leave is only for three hours at most, howev,e", and, barrirg the ,exeileise, Lhe.tto is lstlla to sic gaii sd by going lad -vete. Everywhere »rldiera ale doing guard dote, while er)a5 roads a pair of 0. R.'s (i.e., spe.i'1 con- etabias), who in51leeb land take the number or all rlearel.s. Before this was d,one thte:e were plenty of spice about, .according to the marvelous tales told by •' the I la- tires as • rtial. A' moving he pieties dance& was used by an enterprise ing German and men deest,ecl as army officers. They had a: Ina= for and were traced, thanks, to a quick-witted lady, hank Ito d dis- tant city. There is no rlueisttion, the Germans know OI, )5( every- thing worth knctving. 'They are in the same fix as Napoleon when he wanted 10 invade pngland. The sea and the navy hi ncle'. Some re (salvers slaty, they are go- ing to spring 1: -inch ,guns on us some day before long, 1t makes good privet "punk, but if they have plant of them !they must have ships thialt will stand the recoil and can mount them, (rant- ed they have both ;how about speed Superior numbers can easily close in on them. I have seen enough 15-tnch guns to sink the whole. Ger rr•.an navy •trmcu with the 1.7 -inch •'riety The prejplaavedc ess d,f strength of our fleet is most reas- suring, January, 291h. Have been to real T got a call in the "wee ma' :hours to go below Coatinued Ion page 2. Do von rout -to ]Borrow our ryfttle hatchet? It is• • LENT And we have a full assortment of Fish " , Fresh Herring Halibut. B. C. Salmon Filletts For Saturday. 1"resb Lettuce Fresh Celery I(resh Tomatoes Freala Rhubarb , The Store or Quality W.- T:. 105:NE114. TfI R E HUB G O GEIx Phone 48 owasosedeseeseeoec000eeeoe000ecos000soeoo•osotoeseeso Clinton's Mitary : r o ■ e • W Movements of the 161st Narration Wintering Iles --Huron an O e Count. Recruiting Notes--tctiW.ities" 6y the 'Huron r9 9 Battalion' woods ass sasses doe ossa esesooeessoeooeoe o e ® o0 0 o e@see® Exeter and district has ' over fifty l� volunteers now, and 'Hensel' is near- lAR,p_'g� �t p�1 ing that number, i■Pil■ �14e1 �l Your place in the .Huron talion is not yet filled, Join now. Brussels Post; Paymaster McTa,g- gad. was her -last Saturday and hie visit put an extra smile on the boys, ,r, A Varna na r:ou•asP silent. writes:- Recruitingtownship in this w ns h p is praeti• welly 0 dead letter. A handful of brave English hired lads went a few months ago. No one seems to care to follow in their train, and yet there are a few who can well be spared, SPECIAL RMUR (31 TING EFFORT. A special effort is to be made hy the Met Battalion officials, in co-operation with the dil5nent War Auxiti:u'iesto secure the necessary 500 teaj'uits to complete the Battalion before April let. Between Marcia 20 and 24th, the men who have enlisted will go back to their home districts to -aid the local leagues to secure, if possible, the re- quired number of Soldiers. On the closingnight of rtthe cam ai * s i 5p St,tle21t11 meetings will be held in each munici- pality, when the recruits will be ietrnduced, addresses given and re- ports from the vasvons committees presented. The list of municipalities and the number expected from each is as follow: roder[c1 25, Clinton 15, Sea forth 15, Wingham 15, Bayfield 10, Brussels 5, ftens•all 5, Wroxeter 5, Exeter 10, Blyth 5, and frorn each of the sixteen townships 25. --so-- MINISTEIt JOINS Rev. T. M. Wesley, B. A., of Wrox- eter, was granted leave of absence from his congregation until the end of the. •,vain, he having enlisted in the 101st Matti. The Presbytery corn• mended hie congregation for their action, as all funis over and above the payment for actual supply for the pulpit will be paid to Mr. Wesley during his absence. What shall it profit; 0 man if he payee nothing to win the war and Britain loses? Baying a ticket for a cnshitl to aid the Red Cross funds is nit going to save the E "'1 '. ora ue. Young Tau. The 1 meta MAng Officer will give you a ticket for a khaki suet that will help a lot ' nide, --00-- There is a certain }met in the ref' -sin of t:hat popular sorag, "Well Never Lathe Old 'Peg hall" that seems to appeal to some folks ars being the best part of the whole song. We mean these - words - "We don't want to 5„111,' --ee-- 'f'he campaign is on to fill up the 161 Huron Battalion. Young man -have YOU any (300(1 reason for not heing enrolled with the county Battalion? Sir Sam Hughes has intimated to the women of Montreal that they might s inrulate recruiting hy adopt-• ing the Lady Gordo!) method of kiss- ing the reeruite. here's a chance for the meta:' ors of the Women's Patriotic .Strioty of this `town to make good, thus 'maiming, the early closing of the ranks of the 101st Battl,. LIP/UTarr. N... a lbr. iJA r[?'Y .1. 11, Bess. H. O 1 h I a np el , II C, ilia•• Lean, 0; Macpherson. P. C. Town, 0. G. Vanstone and 1S' B. Wilson The Sergeants are -St. C. McDonald, V. L. Sanderson and G. 1V. Schaefer. The above list of -officer's were successful a.t the (1(1135. of the Royal Schon! of Lif:antry held at London on Feb, 1Gbla All the wren belong to the lluron Regi. 33rd. •--OS--. Nursing Sisters, Neel+ins and Mc Bride were at Headquarters on Mon dot They ere still attending recruit ing meetings in Ht0ron County. --Os-- Canteens are being opened up at Uoderich, `rVinghlsm, and Brussels and A Chaplain for � i liih Batti Rev, Prank C. Harper of Wlllis Preshyterian Church has lbeen of- fered the Chaplaincy of the 717th Batt., Simcoe County, under the ec:umand of Lieut; CqI. John 33, McPhee of Barrie who returned last weer: from active service with the 20th Batt, in Frame to com- plete the organloatinn of -Ile 17771111. Simcoe county has given sev- eral hundred officers ani nuent to the first contingent that wlern't overseas, and hoe the first of the county battalions up to full strength, the 157th under Lieut.-) Cut. McLaren, In addition to this the irfth has w ecruited over 000 mem. Mr, Harper is Joining the colours with nen of his own 1 1 cOrlllt g his p county „has being one of the oldest Hie congregation will Moet at an early date to arrange, for the work of the church 10 itis aoseucsN and the Presbytery of Miro n will bo asked to give its consent, wilt have their, supplies drawn from Headquarters here. Rural 'Boron has not furnished anything like a proper t dna e, number of rpm -tits for oterre.is 1N CHARGE ATBAYIa f1 LD. Lieut, Snow Mai • leftn Tuesday n Teed ay to drill the, reernit.R now enlisting at Bayfield Lieut, Grigg •is still doing 100101(111g work in that district. THIS WEEK'S LIST Following are those who have signed up this week: - W Black • .L A Kemp P Terry L 11 .7 r Heard I a J Fred W Goebert GODERTCH W li B Smith R NI Bell Cl Newcombe WINGHe M. E J Haines . 'P'(1 button BRUSSELS. (1 R Further W (4 Barron SEAFORTR J 13, Best al J Trapnell HLNSALL, R R Caldwell BAYIFIELD. W J Beyce F 16 Boyce I3 M Westlake N N Brandon 51 11 Tows a �r�t��n �iil on Mar. 23, Saysa�na Delay Caused by Conference to .Decide Whether Referendum Will Be Held Now or After War, The proh'ibitilon bhl'1 ;will he br ouglt down about r)5Tare-h 23, ac- cording to a statement rna(1e by Hen, W. J. Hanna on Monday, "It is at the stage .1vhich any bill is at which is "ten drys •away,•' c ah:d Mr, Hanna when asked what stage the dratE ng of the Prohibi- tion measure ruin moaehed. "Teen diiys away,'• ,11e repeatge,ct t'0 a further question ab ,to the bill There ie eason to bel`_eve?that the •ucati'on a� hao4 ing a nefe q.... f ;,jtT g ere, sedum this •spring ;or waiting un tat aUtet the war is Relaying the finail di-aftin'g'oif this important 'clause. The liquor• interests at Val- 0031"parts of the Pr'oevinee were advised by M;-. 'lamps ,)16s erson their oounpel,oth;at Mr, Hanna wouldPtet e e the iT f er- ,endum until after the war when ,egn4taetlt,ag>tist t aific ri iexpeoted, will net be so ,stroing. Nle Hanna, howevter,'tom iris place iin the Reuse, ;defiled tieing the authority •fol tens r@polrt, Socia! and Personal Ki'nrarcline Reporter -Mr. 'W, Hop plea, ' teller of the Royal Batik, has been'ttanfoi•rcd to the Clinton brunch of that institution, He left the latter end til last week, Rev. W. L. Diehl, Of Paisley, was the ~nest of Mrs. 3, MOGavva for a few days this week. Mr. and Mrs. Willis and son' left for their home in the. West after spendtitg the winter with the latto,'s parents, hie and Mrs. 'LO t ington Ir e Mrs O (r-Vanetone spent a few days at \Viilgham, the direst of her father., Uapt. Th 11. Pouted: ehaplain• of the 33rd Battl was re-elected 011ap• trim of the • Orange Grand Lodge of Ontario West, -Capt. Peacook has visited Clinton ori various occasions in his military (ladies. Pte 'Thos. 'Bailin:), who has been. cornierled with the 33rd Battl. since it was organized, Mas riven his 110n0r- •rhle discharge at C,tnehec and arrived home on Saturda night. " Pte. 'Walter Rcriv and wife from Stratford visited at his father's on Linsley Terrace last week. 'The patents of Pte, Win. Boazo have been very anxious about him for some 1lttre time as they (cid not heal. from hint, but the other day were pleased to receive a letter from him staling he had beer- in geaten tine et West Sandling, Tient, He also says he is well and is to get light duty. Stray fila Beacon. - Mt•s, A. Twit- chell, Erie street, is in St. Thomas with her danghtc;r, firs. A. Lewis, who is seriously ill. Miss Jennie Holmes rammed_ on Saturday from a mouth's visit with het brother at Lucke ow, Bar risteeDadley .Holmes, of Wing -- ham was in town on Monday. Mr. and•Mrs. Barton Laois attend. ed the leneral of Miss Evelyn, Dore- thy, daughter of Rev, George and Mrs McKinley at Seafa•th on Tues• day. 'Mrs: Levis ivas a ()eosin u1'' the d,1r lead Newspaper talk reports thiat•, Mr, Wui ,Mtu•tin; M•P, ,of Regina will re. place Peemiee Walter Scott, tread of 'the Government of Saskatchewan, Mr. Martin is a son of Rev. Wa hr. Martin, e Preshyterian minister, who resided in Exeter fur years and SIr,• Martin received his education at Clin- ton Collegiate and is well lane» n to the olds' r esidcals of town. Mrs. John kiarvl.hls and Master William, who have been visiting ii Hamilton for the last couple of weeks returned home this Werk • Mr. John Daywent, 1(1505 panied by his two danghters and little ;101(7 son left on Saturday nmrhing for Booeetau1. Mario where he will make his titin e home. The rest of the taxa ily'will reside in the West. Mr. Day- men1 is a good mechanic so will not be outof work out there. Isis -old • friends xaen.l are indeed sorry to see 1lirrt lean e town. Mrs ifar•I'y Fraser is here visiting her mother, 11rs. Bromfield. 511, Thos, Watts, of .Stratford, was called home last weer: on account of the illness of his another, Mrs. Watts is improving nicely new, whish her pearly friends will be glad to hear. 11ashr Ernest .Livermore, su0 of Mr. Tis. Livermore, underwent ;to opeenttion this week and is doing 0s well as ran be expected. Mrs. Cudn.aote was a' visitor in Sea - forth on Saturday. Pte Austin John Martin of the 9411, Battl„ training at Brantford, spent the wee1Gend at his home in town. 1r5 Walter %ezbc• ndlitthe son of Stratford returned home on Mon• day atter a pleasant visit at the horse of her mother, Mrs, Jas. s3Iartin, Continued on Page n. Ministerial Also® Passes Resolutions °entre Huron Minist;er:al Aaso- elation met on Monday, last in the school room of SL Paull Church, Clinton, Rev. 3'. C. 'I3ar- per, B. D. the prte'ridelnt occupied the chair and laiso veld a ,very ex=, cellent ptipe• on .-"Present: Day Religious Currents." The ques- tion was afterwards. diseue e 1 by the ntiniste:'.a: preSent 1111(1 the peesiclent was ihankoi for the able and helpful may In which it had been prefsen1{ed, The Associations paseecl a couple of resiolutiona that arta ,tor pu1111 1nteeest and are gib en herewith. Thirst -"This Aesoc:'ati ,»n ree1 e [• - fully ask our p:'ople to ai•oicl wall,; has become a aerflotta eel], i], nom ly, S r , i� the habit of 1 ti a se S u 1 in on ,at, I g T uI•day nights. • Phis request :a made ocr the ince est of Mer- chants who are now prefeelntslct from closing their plmets or bush.' mess at a relasoWable. 'Noisy and also with a view t'o• the proper observance '01 the Sabbath day." Second -That this .Associatiorn puts itself on re,dord ,ass feeing, 1n0•st 'alts+ongly opposed to the holding Of funerals len the Sal, - bath, cxcelpt in ealea: iof 75011 me necessity, and ave rlaapectfully ask the e'oeiol`eration of 1 the People, as well as the undertakers in this matter,' Those p15sent all the meeting in addi-''on 10 the Ministers of Clinton \voile Rev, (NI ssrs. Baine(, i Lon' - les tors Rickard an<(n 70 es Bayfield, IIIeCeernick, H lmra1'ile. "Why 1 Ellis e11"--amaaw2 1 at Atm t You? A very unique and 01 est inter- 1 eating 50101c,e was lied in On - trivia St. 1l011oclist' church last i Sunday evening, The pastor,+ Rev. S, .1 ,Anti, ,had invited' a 1 few of the risen of the 361 13at1,i1 ion to sncal: DU '"Why I Enlist- l eel' The first to do so r was Pte1. George) Webt+er oil the Signal Ccrps who said. -"I have Enlisted trcause 1 do net ;think I might to ash: atlly One elle, to 11 ±011(1 tiro rights tend liberties. 11 want ,to do my duty. And I haye. Bnlisted that 5 n1ta5 have some shave in the big task, .of defeating "Kaiser - ism." I feel it to the my „duty als'o• til do wheat I can to help ti Mciher•-7nrid in defending the Empire 111 resisting; the, L 1 and e res t so called `'Culture /f Germ an Pte, J, s. Ilillough eves the s;ec- or,d one to dotal his rot sans toy ,enlisting which he stated could all he summed rip in One sentence "I want to help ' Ile was willing to make any sacrificein order, LO be of any she t ice in this day of our streiggle against ,a cruel and and powerful foie - In the abselnee ,of Capt, Van- tnno, whit 10(15 to have ± otice», Major MrTnggnrt in. ,a' few words said that for 'hint it was, tlrh call of duty, He thought the oyes of the Pro011100 now 051.0 un i`3ur010 to see how we succeed in rally tug to the :all fee ane(i .to complete the battalion, It would Ibe a re-, flection vn our patriotism Dimon should fail. After Mrs, Turner stns "The Kill1, Needs You,' in good voice Col. Combe was asked to speak. In doing so the Colonel said. there `d" la a day when it was thought n laughni•le thing for .a ratan to be a soldier, but now itis cogardecl as an unreal"onab1n and shamef'il thing if a meed doers' Vitt put on the soldieee uniform :f he is able and in position to lo so. Before the 6et Vie(' el r ,e.l the pastor, 'Re.v. Ml, Arlin. said that whilst this 1:•1(5 in the na=- ture of tin "Experienee meeting" he hoped young men present who had not r•,cspera;de)d to the •Ippe0,l for help would do so This is GocVs call as well as the call of the Sling Our peaceful country, our homes, our hherins our Chris Han civilization. eur Christian re- 1,gion are all menaced and impee- rillccl by this fearful war. Seeding ad Playing Furlough The militia order g^oveeming fur- loughs for 'saodwg and of ,wing for non-commissioned off(. 0;1 and mere is etated cr are:ly In tine orders as fe ll ws; This 1uelo')gh van only be lap - proved by the A, A. ,( 2ni1 diet - elms, and Ionbcalions Should reach this ,01(1-10 at least one weer. fro' fore the commetncement (of the furlong' Snbjcct to t11e following emelt:- t[on.S furlough tor• 55 p rroa nary be gr11aed ,o non-eloml,ris.eionctu officers and then ed' the* Canadian Expeditionary Force .or Ile pur- pose of enabling them at'o take part in seeding plowing, etc. This privilege is lilhited to non-, commissioned offIc'ers and Tien of gall character , It is granted so as to eatable them to work on the land and for no other 1'11l''10, andt will only Lo granted en proof that p;roin1ec of work has actually been Obtain ,c,d, They may 110 peovld I r with re- turn tll.tfinsportaltion ti and ,Prem any locality 061 lexr,e ed? r,.Ole- lar hen heY'tale of 0`01el es from " hes t,:+ion tnai';ng.',r tap ehete they are order iu raced on fttrlough, Laev will eabefi wolktnff suits l aytng tb u' clothing and e m P mcnt with their is ,l?'sty lied •a110wanoes wrthielcf din- ing the p,er1 d of the furlough will be plaid en the ietiuty of the non- commissioned office or roan et11- (0111ed t0 the heacigoritlers of. Ms unit, and open the product+ -±0n of satist.ietnry evidence that while on 10110(gh • he was bona -fide engage en farm work- - I(Just Prcduce Certificate, Each non-conlmisisi'oned officer 5d man will therefore, be warned thatwhen he 1(1111rns to the head- quarters of his mill, he will be re- quired to produce a certificate from the person 'i5' persons from whore lee has teen working. 0,0111;'irnied' under thio signature of his e','rgy- man or of two a'esponeibhe persons rresidest in the vicinity: of the land in question., or a gettjlr ate as`.gned by himself to the effect that he 11e+ been working, .on 1115 Own land; and c uteatlding offs ere, if not satisfied with tris Jitter certgirc, cote, 11,'e required 11,0 obtain comb, borative evidence, Any non-, onuoisslonad officer or man. Who nthsccndnots bintselt slur log furlough, well be lia'b1e to for - beats his lav and allowange1 torsuc a period as 1110y be ;•1e/1 erniin- (4d, C'omnta.nding'officers wf:l'.1 ahead Personally Bs U nsibi. that nese perms and condltiotns are strictly catllod cut Bo tar ;as the non nom- missroned officers and men of their sells_u•1 ,units ,arccon cern ecki