HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1916-04-20, Page 1Established 1865, Vol. 50, No. 43
CLINTON ONTARIO THURSDAY APRIL 20 1916
W. H. Kerr & Son, Editors and Publishers
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Another ° Letter From "Ted";
Rigsby.
February, 19t1i, 1.916
Dear Dad -Just a few lines, to let
you lrnow that Mies well. r1,s I
have said, thing* ,are:fa;:t ap-
proaching esi climax over here, ana
we never know what an hour may
bring forth
I won't get to the trenches naw
until ;the last of nest ¢month.
Through tinforrreen events inter
venting I am slated for G dist,
and hope '.o'te there whey, thinge.
are red hot. lee ,i glorious pros
pe':t, ,and 1 em simply delighted
extraordinary igored fortune. ' 1
would have bees disappointed if
it had not been for the personalint
e von'.
r iron no,f,our Capt. Tlieisigel•,
who used his gourd Offices to pro-
cure formsea'number ton a, later
contingent., I e,hall nIways rem-
ember him with the kindliest feel-
ings. It hasbeen snowing rallday
but not freezing. The hills all
arotrntl ustare white most of the
time. The seve>e weather inJan-
uary was the worst I have exper-
ienced.
As i have said before, the mines
areas great a danger atter a storm
he the submarines are in fair weath
,'r. The Arethusa got hers .at last
We once were attacher to her for
a day, and the next day attached
the submarine fleet -Eat, and the
third day sent too--, where we
now remain. We have been all
around hut -remain in the light
cruiser squadron. No one could be
induced tinge to a big ship after
being, in a light 'one such as we are
There are leg, the many restriction
had a larger ship. nor the continu-
ums running of a destroyer. I can
assure you however, we don't grow
fast TO the bottom, as some of the
'interned" ships are supe ()red to
dc. By "interned,' ships -we mean
those whose armament is only
Dor long range firing, aria which
haven't the speed tse stay with the
later, faster ships when. at sea.
These seldyean get a shift at all.
They must have a miserable, exist-
ence,
xist-
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March 8
Just a few lines, as it is ever Wo
late. There's ntottelling when this
thing will. er,d in a great smash,
Mbet any Lime something is going
tolstart, \Ve tam superbly confi-
dent and will win, of course, It
may dost a lot to win, however. The
weather isabcminatble at present
eels of snow( and rain. March is a
h'alrt'ible month over here
War is the only topic now. :For
iEnglauct :war is 'gnly ,commencing.
War is Rina a pleasant thing, though
we have had the more, ipleteant
part'of a rot of it. The boys in
the .trenehes have had it very
i-eeigh. Our leave is still corning,
and I ,think catmint be very far
away, A few days emeriti help us
greatly foget on to our feet again
I vainest go to Devon until after
the war, I will if I live, It is a
beautiful place and well wtoeth
seeing, aside frlona its interest to
lour family. 3LIy eyes begin to
dr'o'op, so I will "clew up."
With feev,: •
TED
H.M.S. Int oiistant
M1NOR LOCALS
Read the ads.
Hot .Cross buns tomorrow'
Thunder was oe the program on
Wednesday.
There are not apt to be dead
stocks where there is live after
using,
Jelly Powder
Specially for Easter
McLaren's Jelly Powder — a
frill assortment—
Raspberry
Strawberry
Orange
Pineapple
Lemon
Chocolate
Port
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, 3 packages for 25c
Try the new flavor, Grape Fruit
for Easter
Seedisplay in our south Window
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••H Row bright are the honors •
• which await those who with . •
O sacred' fortitude and patrio •
•' tic fervor have induced all •
• things 'that they night save 0
• their ,native land from the •
• ruthless, power of a retia •
• less enemy,, The honored •
• dead! They that die for a •
• good cause .are rede;emet:l, •
• from deaths Their names •
• are igatli'ererl and garnered., •
• Their memory is precious: •
• Each .place grows proud fon •
s Them who wore born the, e,
• There will 'be ere Long.. in •
O every village and 10 every, •
• neighborhood, a glowing, •
• pride in its martyred dead., •
• Tablets shall preserve their, •
• names. Pierre ,lova shall re- •
O new their inscriptions t as •
O time and the unfeeling ale-! •
O ments efface then,; and the\ 0
• national festivals shall .give, •
E8 multitudes of, precious •
0 names ro the orator's lips, 0
• Children shall grow up un-, •
• der more sacred iespiraa •
• tions, 'whose elder brothers •
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dying nobly for their coun-
try left a name that honor-
ed end inspired ail who bore,
1t',: Orphan ,children shall
find thousands of fathers
and mothers to love and
help those whom dying her-
oes left as a legacy to the..
gratitude of the public.
Olt, tell me kot they aro
dead—that glorious host --,
that airy army of invisiole
heroes, They hover as a
cloud of witnesses above
this nation, Are they dead
that yet speak louder ,than
we can speak, and a mora
universal language'? Are.
they dead tint yet act? Aro
they dead that yet move
upon society, and inspire
the people with nobler rias
Hype, eel mete heroic pat-.
riotismee
Ye that mourn, let glad-
ness telugle with your team,
It •was your son, but now,
o he is the nation's Ile made
O your ltousrhold bright ;1
® Now his example inspires a.
O thousand ,households. Dear, e
e to his !mothers a:id sisters
O he is now Leother to every, •
• generous youth in the land. •
• Before ,he was narrowed„ e
• appropriated, abut up to 0
• you; now he is augmented, 0
O set free, and given to all, 0
• Before he was yours; he is 0
• ours; He ,died from • the p
• family that he might live, •
• to the nation, Not one man •
• shall be forgotten or nes, •
• {elected.
• Neither are they leas hon- •
• ored who shall .bears tiara •
• ugh life the marks of wounds 0
• and sufferings. Neither •
• epaulet nor badge is so Joon- 0
• orable as wounds received •
• in a just cansea Many a •
• man shall envy him who •
• henceforth limps, Crowds •
• shall. give way to him and •
• uncover in the presence ofi •
• lee'bleeess and helplessness.. •
• Buoyant children shall pauses
• in their games and with •
O loving reverence honor those •
• whose Bands can work no •
• more and whose feet are no •
•' longer able to march Inc- •
• cept, upon that journey •
• that brings good •
• Melt to honor and.immor- •
• tality. Oh, mother of lose •
• children! ,Sit not in dark -s •
• Hess nor sorrow for those •
• whom. a nation honors, The •
• nation lives 'because you •
• gave it then that loved it •
• better than they did their •:
• own lives. Aand when a few •
• more days etiali have clean,. •
• ed the perils from around •
•, the nation's brow, and she •
• shall sit tiusullied gar-, •
• meets of liberty, with lire- •
• ,ice upon her fo,ehead, •
• love and humanity in her •
• eyes, ,and truth opon her •
• hips,—she shall not Forget •
• those whose 'blood stirred •
• the vital cuerents of :the •
A cowl •
•, Evory.mountain •andhill •
• shall have its treasured •
• name, every river shall •
eve ▪ keep some solemn title, e- f
• esy •valley and every ialte •
• shall enerisJi its honored •
• register; and till the mote- •
• tains are worn out and the •
• rivers forget to flew, and •
• till the clouds , are weary of 0
0; replenishing syringe— sha11 •
• their name=be kept fresh •
• with reverent 1i0noes which 1•
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beet. tgharlit Kerr
lojureu in Big fight
Son of a Former Methidist Church
Pastor Named in Casualty List
'In the list of easualties pulbhish-
ed'Monday is the name of Lieut,
Cearles Itierr of Wellana:' This
young ,man is a son .of Rev, and
Mrs, W, E Kerr of Vancouver , hdr.
Kerr was paster of the Ontario
Street ,Methodist; Church here,
some years ago. Lieut, Kerr was
with the 44th Regiment and then
;Mined the 38th, with Capt. Mc-
Cormick. He was in another part
Or the service for some time and
then rejoined the Battalion in
!✓1 gland last year. He week to
front aboutthree months ago,
Friends here here that he may
anon be able t,-, retell) to his
duties. The young soldier is a
cousin of the e-iitor of The New
Era.
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NleW SOLDIERS TIIIS WEEK
BRUSSELS.
W J' Grant
W.RONE'nER,
R M Smith
CLINTON.
R "Tasker
GOTERIC13.
R B Young
W F Berry
EXETER.
L 16 ,Johne
J J Woods
SEAFORTH
J A Troyer
Obituary
MRS CIIIDLEY,
By the death of Mrs, Mary Chid -
ley which oeeurred on Tuesday of
this week, this town and commun-
ity suffered a very real loss We
are led to romade as one of our
old residents folilows aoothe:' to
the Beyond that his ,place Or leers
will not readily 'be filled ; it ie pre-
eminently true to the ;aye of the
late hhlrs. Chidley, who held a place
in Clinton and the hnnrts of its'
People entirely her own and of her
own making. 'Hers was a strong
personality and it was enriched by
the possession of many excellent
c!ualithen, the greatest perhaps her
large hearted thoughtfulness for
others, The ,late Mrs. Chidley, :nee
Mat y ,ili'leming, was 'born seventy
years ago at the Fans, near Ca•mp-
bellt:own in Argyle, Scotland. 36
years age she came to ':linton as
the wife of Joseph Chidley, who
died it! 1694. Her son and three
daughters survive her, George of
Indian Head, Sask.,'Miss Agnes of
the ,Department of Educ,rtion, To-
ronto, R'Irs, Clara Constantine of
Teoswater, and Miss Elizabeth at
home, The funeral will be hely
from pier late residence, Isaac
street, on 23rd instant,
Bender Given
4 Months
First Jail Sentence for C, T. A.
Violation,
William Bender of Zurich was
on /Friday last, found guilty of
bringing liquor illegally into the
C.T.A. County of Huron, and was
sentenced jby " Police 'Magistrate
Andrews to four months in the
county jail ,as a penalty 6or
violating ,the tact for the third time
The clisege upon which he was
found ;guihty was set tetbe tried
on (February 8, but was adjourned
1:o the 15th and since that
time it has been radjourned from
week to week until (Friday, which
was ;the tenth ,adjournment, •
%he evidence of the three clerks
of Seiandeett - 134'os., wholesale 11-
quor dealers of London, was taken
land the sale of $125 of liquor to.
Bender was proven rand Left no
doubt in the mind of the magistrate
that Bender was 'guilty. •
The case had created al grcat deal
of interest in the country, and is
the fitret time an offender has heeh
committed to jail on an offence
against the C.T,A,
Crown Attorney .Seeger, of Gale-
rich, hes ,acted throughout the
case for Inspector Torrance, of
South ;Huron.
Capt. C. E. Dowding Seriously 111:
Mrs, Dowding received a'cable-
gram on Saturday night, that her
SOD, .Capt, C. E. Dowding, paymas-
ter of the 33rd Batt!, and former-
ly'14lanager of the Molson's Bank
here, was seriously AS in the Old
Pte. N'ornian V.
Country ,with sinew/Ionia.
The Capt. only arrived ie Hog-'
land a few weeks ago, His many
friends in town will hope that a
train for the better will take pljace
right away.
Levy Wounded
The seconc casualty among Clin-
ton men 10 Preece is reported in
the official lists Pte. Norman 1
Levy, joined the 33rd :Battle and
was .one of the men selected to go
last summer 111 a draft. He got ,
into the trenches last September
and ,has been fighting allthe time.
Word was received here on ,liriaay
of his being wounded slightly in
the legs and was at No, 3 General
Hospital at Boulogne. His parents
reside in town, "Pick's,' old
friends will hope no serious trop-
ble will result from the wound.
Military Oayat Wngha
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Wingham, April 18,—With excel-
lent weather, and the co-operation
of almost every citizen of. the town
which observed a hal£-holiday, a
military demonstration. here today
by several hundred men of the
161st Battalion was en event which
will ,long be remembered. Wing -
ham gave an enthusiastic welcome
to the soldiers and treated them
royally all dely, An immense
crowd of visitors from the sur-
rounding country witnesses the
demonstration,
On the noon trains from Clinton
and Palmerston, a couple of lum-
dred members of the battalion ar-
rived and these formed part, of a
parade to the armories. where a
dinner was served. The parade
was composed of the town fathers,
Tuesday
leading ,officers of the war auxil-
iary, prominent citizens; the bat-
talion !band from Clinton, detach-
'runts from Blyth, Brussels ana
Wingham, and the ,bugle band of
Goderieh, The Wroxeter detach-
ment arrived via C.P.R, early • in
the afternoon.
Anotherparade took Once to
the park at 2 &cloclt and an
exhibition of company drill and
physical drill,, directed by Col,
Combe and . his adjutant, Capt.
Vanstone, was given there.
The town all aay was gayly
decorated with flags and .bunting.
Alt .the Sol(iiers met the evening
train, on which Col. Hamilton ar-
rived, He addressed a rousing re -
muffing ,meeting to -night in the
opera }louse,
EASTER SERVICES.
WESLEY CHURCH,
MORNING
Organ Prelude
Doxology The CongrtrgaLion
Invocation
Hytrin 172 The (ougeogation
Prayer
Anthem "Hail; Thur Glorious Moon" Adams
Responsive Reading, Psalm 16, Mat. 28, 1..15,
Hymn 174 ',Clic Coegregat ion
Offertory
Sermon, text 311,61, 28,0 Rev, -W. L.- Rutledge
Invocation
Anthem "Our Mighty Lord is Risen" Bailey
Hymn 175 The, Congregation
Benediction
Organ Pesti tide
EVENING
Organ Prelude
Doxology The Congregation
Invocation
Hymn 171 The congregation
Prayer.
Anthem "calvary" P. Rodney
Lesson, Mark 10.3-15
Duett "Drifting Away From God" Simpkins
l?tes, Johnson and McKinley,
Hymn 174 The Congregation
Sixietto "Rock of Ages" Bowles
!Iles. East, Mises Cautelon, Turner, Ctandel, and Messrs,
Moffat and Eget,
Offertory
Serntos,, text 1 Cor. 15.1.8 Rev, W. L. Rutledge, ,.D D
Invocation
An thein ''O Death, Where is Thy Sting" Turner
Hymn 108 The Congregation
National -en them
Benediction
Organ Postiude
ST, PAUL'S CHURCH.
MATINS
Processional Hymn, Welcome, .ELappv Morning 171
Laster Anthem Ohrist our Passover Chant 2
Choral Communion
J, II. Maunder
Easter Hymn J, EL Maunder
the Rector
Kyrie
Gloria Tibi
kfymn
Sermon
Offertory
Anthem, Why Seek ye the Living Among the Dead
Hymn Baster Chant 102
Sursum Corda J. II. Maunder
Sanctus.. J. 13. Maunder
Benedictus qui venni J. H. Maunder
Agnus Dei J. II, Maunder
Communion .Hymns 233, 261
Gloria in Exeelsis J, H. Maunder
Nunn Dimttis
EVENSONG
Processional Hymn St, George 164
Proper Psalms DSIII. DSIV, CXVIIE, Chants 174, 85, 178
First Lesson. Exod, 12 20
Magniflcat in G J, H: Maunder
Second Lesson, John 10,11 to 10
Nene Dimft:tis in G J, .H. Maunder
Special Collects
Hymn Victory 100
Prayers
Resurrexit 170
the Rector
Awake Thou Thnt Sleepest
St, Clement 27
Hynmti
Sermon
Offertory Antheln
Hymn
Hymn
Hymn
Anthem
Duet and Chorus
ONTARIO ST. CHURCH.
MORNING
Where High the Heavenly Temple Stands
Our Lord is Risen
Awake Thou Ghat Steepest
He Awakes
EVENING
Thou Whos,r Almighty Word
Christ the le.tel is Risen To day
All Hail the Poser of Jesus Name
As it Began to Dawn
The Resurrection Shelley
Miss Elva VS iltse
The Magdalene
The Lord is Risen Sullivan
Miss Mayfrid Allis
Hynni
Hymn
Churns
An thein
Solo
Quartette
Solo