The Clinton New Era, 1915-02-18, Page 11
Established 1565, Vol. 49, No.
CLINTON ONTARIO THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 18 191
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Mr Robert Carroll of Toronto, has
accepted a position toe to few weeks
with Mr W. S. Downs, who is busy at
present filling orders foe carved
ml'nalnel.it.
Mr 7acob Taylor, was a visitor in
Toronto, over Sunday.
The old friends here, of Mr Gordon
Waldron, who is now a .lawyer in
Toronto, will be sorryto learn that he
slipped on the icy walk last week, and
broke a bone in tris left arm, and all
hope for a speedy recovery. Ile is a
brother of Miss Waldron,Mary Street,
311' justice and Mrs Garrote an-
nounce the engagemettt of their
daughter; Mary. Beatrice, to Mr Alan
Kenneth Macdougall, son of the late'
Alan Macdougall, Esq , C. D.
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Mrs Rev. ,Medd, of Chatham, incl
Mrs J. D. Ainsley, of Leamington
who have been visiting friends in an
around Londesboro for the past- titre
weeks, visited at the home of 31r aancl
Mrs J. G -Medd, before returning t
their respective houses.
Mr John II Watkins, lather of 31x
J. \V, SlrtltnuWed al at hoe home it,
'Toronto, on Saturday last, ill liis0lst
year, The hate Rev. J, W. Shiltott wail
be rentembet'eil its a (ismer pastor of Ilatteubury St Net 3lethodis
C'lnu'ch,
\l1' Cleo 1C . Rogers, u1 '.Cilsnnh,u'.•,
The New 13ea is plea'ed to know vet-
eran 1V R Davis. of the Mitchell Ad-
vocate has shaken his gri attack
and is back at, his accnetouted desk in
the office again.
Mrs Thos Mason, was a Seaforth
visitor, on Monday.
Mr Sat) Agnew, of ,'ort �Jilliam,
is visiting his mother, for a 'few
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weeks.
111* and Mrs Clarence L3 ue,of Blyth
were the guests of the fifissos Stetvat't,
of glary Street, on Sunday last.
Nurse Vatheson 1151S tt viSitor tri
to,y'n this tv cak.
.Mr. Jaol: 'Visetnau is visiting in
Kingston.
I j blies A. Wanitac•e, who has been vis-
iting it, Paisley for the past two
t nay,o lits returned 10 C'linlun u)
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MI's _1X011 ;;ave a Petriolic 500, on
11e-merly in the employ of the 1 a&
Fred Rulltball,Cli)toil,is now, n od
u'7 Lb. the C'ouboy Carriage iege C 'tu •t t ago Coof Toronto, and may move lila lmnily
to that city,
M1' Thos. Meese, son of M, 1'. 0. 1
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i, 1 lonlo, is suffering from
appy udiei1IS,niel 111,1 have to tutdctgo
u1 operation. therefor.
Miss Mary C'hfuu. left Inst, Friday
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sume to • position her p, ,lion Lh(1c',
11'e are sorry to hear that Mrs Rev,
Cooper, 'Londmt, nee bliss Maggie
Moody, o1, 131vth, is in pout health,
,ler old friends \v ii1 vc 5X15 fur it cuet-
plete recovery,
1\ r are glial to report that 15Ire 1? G
Powell is improving, after her
operation, •
'Mrs. J. Il, I3roadfoot, Seafoeth, wan
a visitor in town last week.
11, s 0. Pickering aed Master 13ddie,
who have been visiting at the house of
W. 5. Downs, left on 3Iouda3 last foe
Aylmer, and Detroit.
1 Tuesday evening.
Mrs J. Leslie liver, ;;pent Thursday
+ill '*11 11ful d.
! Mrs, 21, D. Mcinggcu't, gave a
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u1' gnesi:s of 311' and Mrs 11. 1.. Paull,
Mr H. Dowding, London, is the
guest of his mother, 11,r• Dowding,
;Ur Fla rill y, Local Agcut at Nest
2.1ookton, has seemed second prize for
the largest imbiber of I3hte hell
C'reaui Separators sold l'or the Inter-
national I -t u'vestoo Co.,041 of London
for the year, 101.6. 1511' 12 inemey is the
McCormick Agent at. Mouktoil, and is
well known around Clinton. We hope
he will he successful for the year 1915,
in securing the first prize.
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'WESLEY CHURCH.
Rev. E. G, Powell will preach
dept Sunday,, Last Sunday his
subjects were ;—"The Upper Room
in the morning and'"Armagecd 111"
at the evening service. Miss Ida
Wilkie and Mr. Karl Wilkin sang
"I am with you" at the latter sox -
vice. .
The League ,paid a visit to the
St. Paul's A. Y. P. A. on, Monday
night. ,
WILLIS CHURCH
The Sacremeut of the•Lord's Sup
per will be administered on Sui:day
next the 21st at the• morning sere
'vice which will be taken by Rev.
Mr, Harper, In the evening Rev.
Alex McMillan will speak on
"C'1']ueeh Praise;" Rev. Mr. Me-' IP
Milian is regarded as one of The
Most important ,authorities on this
' subject in the Chureh, and has an
even- international reputation. He
Will he Sheard with interest.
The Preparatory. Service in Will
65 Church wilt be held on Triday
19t'h''at 3 p, m. and 8. p. ni, At i:he c
the evening.,a number of new mem
hers will be received into't he fel-
lowslrip,of the church. Rev.IF. )d',
Larkin of Seafortii will be the
tweedier at these services,
ONTARIO ST. CHURCH.,
A large company of young and
old attended 'tale; ''Missionary!'
Exercises on Monday evening, Sev
eral of the young people werewoni
en dressed in costume represented
other countries such as China, Ja
pan, India and Africa,
Rein. W.H. Kole of the .'M. 13.
Church Michigan will preach on
Sunday s -�
i a evening ve 1'n t
Y re t. M
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twin will Ir it
preach. Kaci] in the morning
The pastor will preach in the in-
terests of Missions et Teeswater'.
The Quarterly and Trustee Board
meeting et 7.30 on Thursday even-
ing of t'hls;week,
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LENT HAS BEGUN.
Yesterday was "As'h Wednesdly
and the beginning of Lent. li
Lenten season ends en Easter Mo
day April 5.
W. 'C, T. U.
The W. 'C. T. U. will meet 11 th
home of Mrs, J. W. Moore on 4 tai
clay evening at 8 o'clock, .Miss Sy
11Conrtice \vi11 give an address 0
Women's Temperance work. 1
Japan, Everybody invited,
ANNUAL SUPPER,
The ladies of Ontario St. 'Church
intend holding their annual 81:ppe1'
Tueschly evening !Feb. :3rd i1. the
lecture ra1)01, ,'harry til? 10111,. , en>:
toy a good stopper, and 'hen.) ,()
first' class program gi]';n crli_ole
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by the men,
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SEE THE EXHIBITIOy C5^ W0SX
Everybody come to the
'Cotnlcxl
'^hambcr Thursday aft +Loon,. -1'•
20111.The 11omen's Patriotic.' So-
ciety are having an c' h,Lltien of
their irorl: before packing Oche
bales. The ladies of High Stit
will serve tea. A eontrihution ll.,..
will be placed near the door
A TE15IPERAM'CE CONVENTION
A convention rail has been is-
sued to all the Temperance work
ers to meet in the ,Pres,nyteriau
Church, Clinton on Thursday Mare"'
1Sth, 10.10 a. ni. Jlvc'j'y nCltu001) and
congregation are asked 'to be rep-,
resented by two or more dele-
gates.
"LADIES! EAile IN YOUR WORD
AR ladies' working for the Wo -
mens Patriotic) Soeietr, are .11r -
gently requested 'to - bring in
their work 00 later than (Feb, 24,
Mrs, Mason, Mrs, Munroe and Mrs.
Chang wish to receive the :goods
so they can get them ready' for
the packing of the bale on feleb.20.
WOMEN'S INSTITITUTE.
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The (February meeting of the
Women's Institute will be held at
the home of Mrs. Chas. A I3ellyar'
Ra'ttenbury. Street, Thursday 26th
at three o'clock sharp. Topic for
the day, "Reading in the Home,"
Mrs. L. Paisley, Demonstration,
tion- Sandwiches, Roll 'Call, Games
and Home amusemnerts for tile'
'Young.
I. O. 0. P. (PRESENTATION.
On Tuesday evening the 1, 0. 0,
F. members 'bade goodbye' to an-,
other member who is leaving for
the war, in the person of Bro.
Mitchell, who joined lite second
sontiingent as a ett'eltcher bearer
On behalf of the Lodge Brother
Chant presented the ,young sol -1
dier with a pair of cuff links with
The I, 0. 0. P. 1 monogram on
on tthem. Bro Mitchell made" a
very suitable replay. 'The second
Contingent expect 'to leave in a
maple of weeks,
MINOR LOCALS.
Sunday waS S't. Valentine's Day.
Already the seed catalogue has
began to peep coyly 'out of the
letter box.
As for use we don't give a hoot
for the tax on perfumes. We dont
have to pay sa scent.
Read 'the merchants ads and do
Your ' buying' at 'home, Let Clinton.
first be you'' n'otto.
A fartory at i^limon has ;•x son.
tract for making 5,000 pairs -: of
pants for the soldier's, Now herd
is a chane for the he non
roan a:
b rant
].int makers 1 , a vers to get near the seat
of war. '(Guelph Mercuary)
The New Era will be glad if read
ers who receive interesting letters
from soldiers at the front will
forward them to this office. , All
manuserip returned if desired,
OUT AT Il. OF R.
The Ladies Aid of W'eslcy'Chttreli
are paying a visit to .she 'house o"
Refuge today Ol'hursclay) en 5
will entertain the inmates, 'Cantly
will be distributed to rash one,
COMPANY 1N TOWN.
'Tile Royer- ','ineent Stook .Co,
was in town cm Wednesday scltav com-ing from Luc/ „!ova -,id 1510 atitn';
train
connections
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LIBERALSMEE1T,
NEXT THURSDAY.
The Young Liberal 'Club of Clin-
ton n -
ton will hold hteir regular me,
ing on Thursday evening nest ie
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their rooms over Counter's jewel-
ry store.
A DEAD LETTER,
At the annual meeting of the
Canadian Racing .lesociation the
dales were set for the various
meets, but Seaforth will not be
one of them this year. The local
association did not have a gocd
financial year last year.
SALE WILL BE ON SATURDAY.
Through an error in giving the
local papers the .date, the sale of
home made cooking conducted by
the Women's Associaton of Willis
Church will be held on Saturday of
this week instead of the 2711 as
ad' ertisecl last week. The cox•r'ec
tion has been made in the advt.
on page b of this issue.
:130USE OF REFUGE MATTERS.
The 'County Councils House of
Refuge committee held its first
meeting for this year in 'the house
on Tuesday last They inspected
the premises and found everything
abundantly satisfactory dvftlt 88 in-
mates. -The assistant matron, Mies
,Parfit. wishing to resign, an ad
v'ertisement in the city papers
brought nearly 60 applications for
the position, and .I'nspector. Tor-
rance and Keeper 'Metall were em-
powered. to make, the most desire
able choice for a successor.
A GRAND SUCCESS,
The
St. Valentine's Sociaof
the 'Covenant B. C. of Willis
Church on Mondau evneing last
was deseri'bed by an old {tuner 'as
"one of the best ever held in the
,:hunch," Th.. at, eneanCa filled the
The lectureroom, and the spirit
manifested was a fine old Presby-
terian ol}e. Rev. crank C. 'Harper,
the Hoe. (Pres, of the Class presid-
ed over the program as chairman
There were selections by the Willis
'Church Orchestra that showed
good time: and also deuronstratetl
beyond doatbt that 'theSurd1y
School has an or05e t:a of 1'.''i
they may be ,j7ustly p ou' . M e.
Ino, I11nes:and hTiss t,, n, . ..
bated a duet and solus wc., e I; •i,
ily pplauder) when arts (l•, y '51 0
B, , Mr's, G. ,Ellliot1', bliss
Elsie sparcju'liar and Rev P, 5'. Fla• -
Per also gore a
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p 8 ii:. 'I+
n tl
you R. ladies of ]e cla w, '. e. y
attentive in ctrcutalin , ll, to
refreshments, .;and 'their Co,e0r
t,.
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'tion in the '
s,.roon�I , �.,.
v1 e;'e
admired. The hearty sine, o
t'11eNational Anth-en 1'r,t,_ 0
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We' extend rongratulafions to
cresidten't Weeed►'ovv - Wilson i'i
biassing iota the Grand pep class.l
Hockey is surely live sport when
a match between itwo city teams'
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will attract an attendance of over
7,000.
More people 'are watching the -
daily{ market returns to day than
for a long ooriod, (although 'the
change of quotations are not re-
ceived with '.Hurrahs,
(Florence Nightingale, the pioneer
of the Red 'Cross nurse, set in mo-
tion a beneficent work whose pres
ens propartioo,s she probably never'
' ven dreamed of. Pt is really too
bad that a profession so divine
should ba 'ss necessary' (wino to
the militarist spirit that has
brought such suffering and death
upon the world.
13f a man gets his fingers buret
ed for violating plain and clearly
defined laws' he should blame no
one but himself. Some fellows are
ready to blaze away at the ' offi
vials, the church, and everything
else, lint seldom write' down their
own name as the chief agent for -
stirring up a hornet's nest. ltisn't
cute to pose as a law breaker. To
be a good loyal citizen (mean4,
obedience to the spirit as well as
the letter Of the law,
Some people shy bricks at Gen-,
era/ Sam 'Hughes but we give him
credit for considerable good,senso
when lie said est Vancouver that
he would. like to have authority'
to shoot contractors who supply
shoddy goods to the brave•
boys at the firmer, This c war
lord may be breezy at times but
he talked good sense when lie
proposed 'to ger after the faker
whose manhood ss at so low an
ebb As to swindle the men who
-Y ._hili -^, his l`2ttles.
Austria has "bitten off e, tnora
than she can chew" and has re--
teivecl a hammering that will not
be forgotten for many .a !year.
When the day of reckoning c•em, s
acv millions of maimed Irl
dead soldiers are counteal A e1' aria.
will 'la;'.• en ()Neel: 1 )son of
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:,1tcln. ,csttlts a vvu' that should
last her for all time. It is not
mu0h wonder that terms -Of peace
are 1:eieg sought and that;ritcreal
,showing i..^clf at11o1112 her
people. People who look for
trouble usually find it close at
hand.
It read) very odc;tly dots some
of the war news `between the
.1,:: l:s 111 l .,1a.` Br1'511111 ',:'h CP we
meet with Babylon, tower of Babel
livers{ Euphrates and Tigris,, T, sg-
elect, etc. These are old scenes l,e-
ing revisited and we hope the)
i•s'alts •will, !cc such that ±:ic'
past n'ianilllatoi's will be com-
pelled :h, do the "Turkey trot'
with so much ardor that they will
oat be table to quit until they
cry "Peccavi." A pro1ouneed vie -
tory by 'great Britain and heir
allies would mean much to the
badly abuged il.rmenians,
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"Brttann,ia 'Rules 'Ide Waves','
Rather a pecu+isr !thing ' ',teat
"Blutaher'1s was the name of the
G:ernlan eraser tthat lwent to
the bottom in 'the recent clash on
t'hd North Sea. Britain had been
very keen on two 'occasions for
the coming .oaf Bluteher and both.
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