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THE
CLINTON
NEW
ERA
Established 1865, Vol. 51, No. 15
CLINTON ONTARIO THURSDAY OCTOBER 12 1916.
W. H. Kerr; Editor and Publisher
he New Era Wants the News From every SidelineHach week
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Many.
Thanksgiving Visitors
Mr. Alvan J Barnes of Toronto;,
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wisrtodat the ]noire of Mr. .T S.
Miller over the hollidaiy..
Mr. and Mss E. Saville of town
spent the weele and inLondeseoi'o.
Mr. and Mrs Otto 1Fielc, of Ham-
ilton, were holiday visitors in town,
on Tuesday.
Miss Jennie Killer, 'Who teas spent
the past year
'with hr sister, Mrs,
WL. Cantelon, of 'Moose Jaw,
visited at the home of her 'parents
for the past month 'before going
to Toronto to take a position,
Rev. Mr Fotheringham of Gode-
rich, was in town on Friday last.
Warden , Livingston of Huron Co.
w s a visitor in town ottn last week
Mrs. (Rev,] Diehl of Paisley is
'visiting her mother, Mrs. Met3arva
Dr. Holmes, Co. Treasurer of
Huron Co,, was in town on ,Friday
Lieut. R Y. McLean of the 16•t.st
33att1. was acaller? on friends in.
town on Friday last.
'etre, Harry Twitchell of Toronto
spent the Thanksgiving holidays
in town., t,
• Mr. and Mrs Clarence Rance, of
Toronto wore holiday visitors in
town.
.Serge, 'Thos, Britton of the Kent
Bate. was a holiday visitor in
town.
3eh'. Harry Twitchell came up
from Toronto for the week end,.
Messrs. J Wood of the Motor
works and Mr, Dies, of the Plano
Co., spent Thanksgiving atStr<a.t-
ford playing golf.
Mr. Wellington Cook of the (Ford
Co. Hamilton, spent the :holi,ilay
at the parental home,
Mr. W. Collyer, who noes holds a
position in Hamilton was avisitor
with his wife and family everSun-
day.
Capt, and' Mrs C. G. Venstone
were Sunday visitors in town
Mr. Carl East, Of the Royal Bank
staff, Toronto, was home for e
few days.
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Mayor ilieleibbon and wife of
Wrnghem were In town on Sunday
Mr. John. Wiseman, Custom of-
Ilear attended a muting of the var
lens officers at Stratford on Mon-
day. c .
Mr. and Mrs, J.R. McNabb a net
family of Dungannon were visitors
ur t.'wr' or Sundry
Major Campbell' of the 161st was
a Sunday visitor in town,
Mr, Frank Wiseman of Toronto
spent the week end in town.
Signaller Sid Watts was ep from
Toronto over Sunday, He expects
to leave for the old lend in a
couple of, weeks.
Mr.. ,'re in who has been
STrml
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herr
making' home at Sombr since
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her husband has been connected
with the, /61st, was a holiday vis-
itor with, old friends.
Mr. T. R. Watts of Stratford was
a visliitor at this parental Nome
over Sunday. '
Miss ,Fremlin of Stratford was a
holiday visitor in town.
.Messrs. A. Willem, G. McLennan
F. T Jackson and Councillor 'Haw-
kins attended the Liberal, meeting
MADE 1N.CANADA
Is the only Goods to Buy in
Canada thcsc hays
, HOW, ABOUT
"CLARK'S,
Chicken, '
Ham •and Tongue,
Pork and Beans,
—in all sizes.
THESE Ave. JUST TEES.
THING FOR OVERSEAS
PARCELS.
Also Clerk's Peanut nutter
in bulk,
The Stare of Quality
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THE BUB GROC3flt
Phone •18
Newman Cuff
Dies in France
Word was received this morning
that Newman Cluff, Who was driv-
ing a motor transport in France,
had died of,phenmonia, To the
parents, Mrs and Mrs. 1).SCletl',
and sisters, the heartfelt. sympa
The Britisb Red Cross Appeal
Spacial Canvas Will be Made on Thursday Next,
Trafalgar. Day.
A number ur
e of the citizens
t o s
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met in
h o,ou t 1 m' f, i(
Y g t e nn he cath the Council C espon on o else of their only son., In another evening, in )respone to Ithe
column we publish a letter whlich Mayors request i, in order to invite
wl'eok. e received From Pte Clff iIas1 discussion as to the best 'means of
a•aising funds to meet the appeal
ANOTHER BOY WOUNDED of the Red Cross Society,
Serge. Fred Ford; son of Mr. 3nv, The matter was discussed' at
'Feld of town, who went overseas
J with the 33rd Batl,is reported to
be wounder] today. ' We hope the
and banquet at London, on 'Wed-tvolinds are iiolserious.
nesday yy Take Their
Mrs, McGarva, Mr's C. D. Douck, Nomas Take Their
Miss Wallace, Miss 'Florence Diehl
and %beter' Lewis Diehl spent a
few hours in Goderich one day
la<t week.
Mr. and Mrs. Rny Runnbalt of hearty Send -Off Given Officers and
Goderich were week end visitors
in town. Men of the 161st Battalion
final Farewell
Pte, Norman, Fitzsimons/ of the Tuesday afternoon.
198th Battl., "Tho Buffs; • was a
weak end visitor at the parental
']Come. '
Mr. Leo Charlesnvorthi of Blyth
was 0 visitor in town on Saturday
The Clinton detachment of the
length, it was felt by those present
that Clinton had riot done as well
as she ought to have done irk the
the collection takeh up on Tyne,
faigar Day, last year, Seaforth and
Wingham far outdoing us.last Year
we collected $1000, This year we
ought to at least double it. /Fin-'
any the following resolutions
'were passed.
Reso ve
d
i that this meeting ex-
press their sympathy with the Bed
Cross Society, and in order to as-
isist the Town Officials in raising
the towns share of finances, we
recommend the following plan --
161st Huron Battalion/ along with yc�t, appoint Ward Committees
the othei+ boys who+ hacl cone in who will look efts' the distribu_
on •the' earlier trains, was ggiven a
/roaring send-off on d Tueday i f- tion of Circulars and envelopes al-
Camp Borden after their lastleave c - enw elopes.
of absence.
2nd.—Appoint
ternoon, on hest departure of so, toile t '
Pte. Fred Rumba]] of the bath At 12.95 the then lined ui> in An advertising
Battalion wad home kin his last in front of the post 0f jee ' and Committee,
leave from Petawatva before ;go with a sharp eomirand pxnarched 3rd, Ask the Ministers of the
ing overseas. We all hope for a down to the band Land, wvhere town to make
safe voyage and a sate return. Mayor Thompaou and Rlev, We L. Spacial reference to
Rutledge, D.D. spol.e on 'behalf the Societies work on Sunday Oct,
of tl 0 citizen; of the town Lieut.15th,
Mrs. Thos, Jackson; sr.,was a Col, Combe, i�., replied .briefly
visitor in Soaforth. for thea men, and gave reports on
?ilrs. L, E. Mckenzie and son, of the conduct a.nc1 efficiency 01 the
Carman, Mao., is visiting hersis- battalion at the various camps,
i:Headed by the Clinton. Riltie
ter, Mrs, B 3, Gibbings, Ba1id and school ehild[en, the men
Mrs, Fowler and children were tuarehed to the station,
The men presented a fine ap-
pearance visitors at Seaforth, The
and, could not but arouse
a thrill of pride in those who
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. O'Neil ane( watched then. The effect of the
Miss 'ennuis( O'Neil spent Thanks- strenuous training of the past
giving at Toronto; months was evident in the elastic
step and soldierly heating.
Mies L. Cassette .of Brussels, is Big Crowds at Station.
tho guest other sister, Mrs. Harry At the station further crowds
Bariliff. , had gathered and all united 10
giving evidence of their apprecia-
Miss Jessie Poster, of Goderich. Lion of tho action 'of the soldiers.
was aholiday visitor in town, The special was late in arriving'
from t:lodeirch but when it slid no
few days With her f ithsr in town. from every window there soon eV"
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peered a happy, sinning face,
Mr. Liddy of Winnipeg end Mr ea.gerJy searching for loved ones
Emmerson auks -see, were guests in the crowd Then as, the first
And a second resolution, that
the opinion of this meeting, the
Council berecommended to jug_
meet the funds for Red Ceoss pur-
poses 'bye direct tax,
Another meeting' has bee'] call-
ed for Monday evening next, when
pamphlets, envelopes etc„ will be
ready to address for distribution,
The ministers of all the churches
titre 'being asked to specially men-
tion this appeal et both services on
Sunday next,
Mrs. Wiltse• of Seaforth, spelt n. time a was lost entraining and
of -Mrs. R J. Cluff, puff of the engine broke in on the
silence, giving forth a warning
Lis )Cd Shepherd,afPeron re, eves that tileaetuul moment ofdeltart-
ur0 ]tad arrived n n• s t f -
11 e yo1 or
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holiday visitor with his mother. ward enrnasse as if to'bettet vice'
the husband o
Misses May and Norma Bo.ntle' t d, son aov minorher,whia,
� the little ones claminorecl for a,
are visiting at London and other tiothetFii sight of "daddy'` Slowly through the columns of your val.- here to me and I sure do enjoy,
points. f puUect out anti
Inone oft e
h British Red Cross rest
stations in Frenoe, 30,000 men were
fed and 1,500' dressings done in 9 -single
day.
Mr, N. W. Rowell, K. 0., Leader of
the Opposition, on his return from the
Front, gives the following tribute to
the week of the Red Oross; "1 bring a
message of cheer to those who have re
natives at the Front and who fear they
may be wounded. I believe every.
thing human skill can do, that human
care andsympathy
'can provide, r vide '
p
, is be
ing done find provided each day and
each night throughout the year'hy the '
Army Medical Corps and the Red
Cross. It
is a perfect p marvel of eft
cieneyl'
000eooeaooie®eee oopeempee
`e
I Men and Events
'r.
J. W. WOODS
Ex -President of the Toronto Board of
Trade, one of the six Canadtani
leaders of industry who were ap-
pointed to go to Europe to examine
into the possibilities of extending,
Canada's trade with the Allied
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Pte. Kew an Ckff
The following letter written 00 in handy, You knouswelive most-'
Sept, 10th was received by the Ed- ly on "Bully Beef and Biscuits and
icor as
1 ewe ic—
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]ami, when on the, move as eve. have
Just view ]area to ask a favor hardly any time to cool anything.
of you a.ncl it is that, I wish /that Mother sends your paper out
the
crowds stood transfixed on the nab's paper you would extend to reading it. I see you not
ot
The Misses MIY..bfTo.onto,were cars as they faded }nothe distance. the ladies of the Women's' Patrio- roasting anyone about having their
tesfto • at the pat'ental home aver There was little ur no. ehegring. tic Society also, to the ladies of the cutouts open. 1 guess you miss
Thanksgiving,
Miss O'Keefe, of Seaforth, was a •
holiday visitor with Mrs. Ba.i•tlif1
Oilttario Street
Alias Pearl Brown, of Hensel],
was a holiday -visitor in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo., McLeenan,
Miss McLennan and Miss Mable
Cluff were visitors atTeeswater.
Mr. and Mrs Keating and child-
ren of S@aforth. were visitors i t
Mr and Mrs Chas, Baste-R.N.
Mr, •, 1's l3.'ownof
1 0 Kincardine
spent the holiday with his aunt,
Mrs, T A Greig.
Mr, and Mrs. E.G. Matthews and
Master Bill of Goderich were visit-
ors with Mr. and Mrs W, 5, Downs
over the holiday.
'Reeve Ford Was judge of grain at
Bayfield Fair ,on Tuesday.
Capt. Percy Toth, of the /61st,
was renewing old aegnaintanees in
town on Thanksgiving Day, ,
Mr. and Mrs.. 1. nagger were
in Goderich Tuesday attending. the
funeral of Mr. Ba•gler's sister, the
late Mrs. John Bromley
Mr. and Mi's Nixon Welsh of Tor
ointo, spent the hpl`!day in sins
around Clinton./
Miss Pearl McKay of Kincardine
spent the Holiday' with Mr. and
Mrs, T A. Greig.
g.
Mr,. C D: Bonek end family
motored to Goderich ,on Sunday.
;Mrs. Miller/ returnee( toiler home
in Brooklyn'last week after visit-
ing her daughter, Mrs. T Haevl ins,
Dr, William Shane of Michfman was
, the guest of his brother, Mt,'John
Shaer of town.
Mr. and Mrs Gordon Rutledge of
Toronto 'Were 3sOlida;v visitors
with Rev„ Dr anct Mrs. Rutledge.
/Hiss Thompson of Goderich wits
a. visitor in town' on Tuosclny.
Mr. 13 'Hawkins of Hamilton was
the guests of his son. Councillor, T.
`]Hawkins and Mr, John Hawkins
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. WaLLIS CHURCH
The Tha.nkuffusing meeting, of
the elissionau•y Society of Willis
church will beheld Thursday even -
lug 19th, Inst ,Mrs(Dr.)McCrae of
London wv111 give an address. Spec-
ial scuste
ONT,iin10 51'. CHURCH.
Anniversary ser vices twill be
;he d next
Sunday
at Turner's sap-
pointment.
Bev
T. E. Sawyer, a
former pastor, will preach.' Ser-
vices at 11 a.m and 7.30 p.m., The
oflroiaals are asking for a thank -
offering of one lurndred dollars.
The paaten will preach 'botb
morning and, evenings in Ontario
Street Church next Sunday Ev-
ening sebject, "The Valle. of
Friends!
tVLSLils' , ClLUllC1d,
Rev. IsIr McKinley of Seaforth
took the morning service last
Sunday, a
S y y, d, n tovlc for this subject,
"Sowing and Reaping." At night
the pastor gave his impressions
of Billy Sunday a meetings at De-
troit 1
The Junior League will held `a:
rally re -opening 'service on Friday
evening of this week, All the.
boys and girls, axe ,invited,
The W.NI•S. ,w1Ji meet on Thurs-
day, lath lust., to quilt and .hack
a bale of goods.
13Atemp CHURCH.
Sunday was the S. S Rally Day
and et 11 a.m the following pro-
gram wars rendered, ;:theme, "The
Great Ware' •
]tally hymn, ;Welcome Day,
The Lord's Prayer by school
Responsive .Reading., Eph 6 1.0-15,
Recitation by Miss Myrtle Bell'
Address, "Our Xing and Our Foes'
by ;Mr Bestmman
Solo by Miss Beulah McIntyre
Address,, tOui Victory" by Super-
.intendent and Mr eairfull.
Hymn, As a, Volunteer
Hymn, God Bless outs Rally Levy
The (Monett Roll was unveiled by
the -superintendent Mr.:0, K. Prior
who gave a short address, 'and
Use names were read) yMissDonna.
Cochrane, the school. joined in
;ringing the, NetionalAnthem Pas-
tor Nairftill closed with prayer
The church was beautifully decor-
ated witil maple leaves• and. flags
Tn the evening Pastor Feirfull
occupied his gown pulpit and .
Preached a very practical sermon
from 2 Dings 0 17 Mr. R. Fab/ -
fell of Leamington emsderett a solo
very a.ccoptaibl;y
Auxiliary. Society my thanks our(
gratitude for the parcel which
they sent out here to nleeend which
I have received today. 1 tell you
Les. it sure 'was appreciated as
ave as a on the move end hfuve
been for the last .couple of
days and the eatables sure came
A Pen Picture
the sound of my old cutout on the
Clinton. •
Now Imust close, thanking yeti
in anticipation ' of seeing this in
your paper, T remain, •
Yours truly,
c S Cbuff.
Who is It?
A clapper, Neatly dressed, and yet
almost more, to the keen eyed in-
formed observer, for such, en one
would detec • a ,-
Lir res of the eland
Y,
be seen almost any flay on our
streets. He too is small like No.
2. He is fair! He has alittle hair.
not much, 'but more than No.e.
And like No, 2 he is no longer
young, But bens just as much of a
boy as ever he Was, when in the
poet's words, "he crept like asuail
unwillingly to Ischoole He does
not walk as mach as be did, for of
late bels generally to he seen
reclining in the ,back rseat, of
his cssr, nodding and smiling to
al hie friends sus he speeds along
to and front his place of business
Hehas been what is generally call-
ed a fairly successful businessmen.
He made Ihimeealf. By that, term
Is mean the nem:muletedl whole,
ever money he hes, has had or will,
have, by his individual exertions,
'He has always been a free spender",
orho might have been wealthy. In-
deed had' he ijved like some do,
had he pared clown every expen-
diture as the manner of some is, he
today would be deeided}y rich
His delight is principally ceases/1
in two things, iFormost of the tevo
es an inveterate love for practical
iolting, the next is entertaining.
Never ishe so happy, never does
Ids face I -gelato with perfect pie
sere, to ouch en extent, as when
carrying out /practical joke—rend
do not let it be for„often—eslteri-
alty when Met joke has fon' its
subject n certain very intimate '
friend of his own, He has 'been the
the author, the cr'ea'tor, designer
alder and abettor of more con-
centrated @ dev} e t '
1 n an thea '
m hallo
of practical jokes 1 than anyone
known to naoldern 4liistory.— And
that's going some( He has not
been let off unscathed. esar from
111 Many atime has some old
Chum of his, pna;alt•tiing under the
effects of some reeent ' ;effort
planned and carried out by the
subject of our sketch, got back in
royal shape. We said he loved eno
tertaining. 'lie does! Never does
he appear to 'better 'advantage
than when loyally assistr:cs by his
churning wife, they throes open
their splendtu home and welcome
to the best they have, company
numbered by the ten, the 'score and.
by the hundred. But even or, 'hese
ocoasions his love of s, joke can
not be kept in abeyance, and, it is
recorded that be laughed till he
almost died, at.thte sight of a
death -defying combat between one
of 'Itis dearest friends, who by
his amnnivauce hwv
had been prevailed
upon to make a speech, and a di-
minutive, tersre legged, fully
Logged out .specimen of the 'High -a
lend bag 'piper, who in his turn
had been brined to interrupt the
spoeoh, with the [blood-rcurdiing
screeches of his native instrument.
Politically he is a Tory -111 d
proud to so proclaim him=self. Ile
beton cant and humbug, Ho is a
good friend co many. Like all
humanity, he is not perfect; but
he is mighty hard to beat, 'Who
is deo? - • t