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The Clinton New Era, 1915-09-30, Page 1
'E CLI Established 1865, Vol. 50, No. 14' 71st /NEW CLINTON ONTARIO 'THURSDAY SEPTFMBEF 30 1915 YVVVVVVVYVVVVVVVVVVVVVVYWNWAisokMAISAAAANNAAAAAAANAAA Direct From France We have just received a shipment of Dieek's Talcum,Djeeke's Perfume, Djeeke's Sachet Powder Djeeke's. Face Powoer, Djeeke's Toilet Water Djeeke's is the daintiest odor in the perfume, world Get it now at Best Quality Drug Store The Rexall Store 2 _ B. ..:o LMEIS Phm.B• fling For W. H. Kerr & Son, Editors and Publishers e ruits. A letter From a Sailor of N.M.S. they Came; They Saw; Following is ra copy of a letter re cently received' by J. P, Rigsby, of Pittsburg, Pa., from his brother, Ted, describing life in the British Navy at the present time and which' was forwarded on 'to friends tat 1 Sarnia..' Our readers will rerniem- • bee Nye published another short let ter about a month ago from ;Pile Rigsby;- • E. M. S. Inconstant, Ge P. 0. London, August 3, 1015. Dear Jack.:Four of the E.R,A?s WVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVWo/WV VV4e4/4.eV4.0VVVVVVVVWVWe4WMWV , including "Yours truly," together v ills fif�ee more i n men "from the ship were aboard H.M.S, < CreaWM oVVVVVVVWdVWVVVVVVVMAAAAAINAAAAMAAAAAMAAAM} o f Itie Royal % p c c 1 I e OF CANADA 2- .. 0 0000 Capital al Authorized $25,000,000 0 Capital paid pp ... 11,560.000 Reserve and undivided profits 13,600,000 Total Assets .. .. • . . 185,000,000 3S3O ]Bit T clEJ]3 with World-wide Conn ectioxe �. Interest. Allowed on Savings Deposits General Banking Business 'Transacted. RClinton Bralch E MANNING, lamer, C li� g Wid•vvWvvvve0+tlVl ANeVeVW VVWVVVVWeveves IVHWVVWV fkt it ...I � M , J � tM LSCNS BA.NK CAPITAL AND RESERVE $8,8110,000 96 Branches in Canada :A General Banking Business Transacted CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT BANK MONEY ORDERS Savings Bank Departments 'INCORPORATED .1855 =•-•• ••••� ]interest Allo Reil sat >ali r➢!(a CurrentRate C.E. Dowding, ' Manager Clinton Branch 0o0,00,,4004poO'2.000••04.04,0000044A . 0©6.0000000.o4000.04'P400000•9 a i 4' ee e• r 4 • p4'p •• • • • • 1 iQ'� rdered Clothing t; Ready -to -Wear alv o -t •Wcar Q,`1a �, thing, Yo ar can Buy a $20 Suit l J�` 0 35 only Sample Suits in Worsteds, Serge and Tweeds Not a single suit is worth less than ' 8.00 and some of them 22.OQ Take your Choice of either lot for $15.00 Every Suit Should Go Before Saturday Conte Early 4' ""°� anti Get the Choice • ORONTO 0 • • • Ce. 1v. Clothing • The Morrish afternoon toisee the semi-final boxing t iurnament, All the "high herd guns of this fleet were there. A picture .of the turn out would make a front page for any paper. gexcellent. wase. e tin . The bei We had tea in the E.R.A.'s Mess, They have fifty on • 1 their ship against oar sixteen so you see she h thougis a cruiser and this+ enemy, says she is sunk, she could Whig us on her davits. 1 never rrihzed the immensity of a big ship. Tire hundreds of their crew and other shiploads were comfort ably accommodated 'on ' top of what we! could call our easing 'or upper works. A circus could hold forth comfortably it seemed with - but crowding. She is •+ roomier than a liner. Well, at last we ex - peel tel get our'was leave. It as postponed again when it fell dace for the "steenth time" Of course I would rather go to sea and sink Germans but leave would look good to me/ at'this time. ' I am going to see Bumpus, as( I. believe 1 told you. 'Be gave me' a very kind tvi Cation some time agb. It is mid- summer now, but we have had no warm weather -never close sand sweltry--as we do inlAnrexica. We enjoy this Scotch sunshine they dole out .once e\fiery other";week for a few hours. You have it so seldom, it is almost forgotten be- tw'een, times, Today I believe it didn't ram, but u'as juste "wee - bit soft," That la, ( quite unusuial nowadays. The Germans are put-, ting up a wonderful fight,"but to no end: Every, move they make costs them dearly, while our losses are riot inacoanperison with theirs. There is Just the sauce "sangfroid" here as ever. `Everyone is as cool and calculating as could be. To- day's turnout on the - —looked like a picnic in peace time and I- doubt ii anyone realized that a }war was on for four hours at any late. L+\eryone was going around shaking J rants d talking over , 01r71. times uwhen we commissioned Rib Ark," and several other obso- lete ships. Pleni+y of themen to- day have sailed in H,AIS Pacific and either old sailing ships. Their fathers sailed With men whose dads fought with Nelson. You 'night say that the average pfd Y - w- g ersonl ]Leo salt has 'almost,��. p ledge of him from the stories they have heard trom their folks. The old fellows say they were brought' into the navy in a perambulator and will go out in a bath chair I like to hear them "spin a bit" about c old times and the navy rontine,sn the' earl da 's. These are always plenty of those in the audience to catch them up any time they draw too long a bow of if they say,that in year •1680 they were given !tea and salt as regular rati'vls. They came in, (the new rations bill of 1608," some one chimes in. "I al- Iways knew you were a liar" Continued on Page 5 Prohibition's Progress A writer in The Ottawa Citizen remarks that almost every prog- ressive" nation :has organized its moral and economic forces against Che trade in alcoholic drinks With 'whet Frames Russia and Germany has done all the world is familial'. Britain has authorized her government to as- sume 1111 control of legalized liquor places in the immediae vicin ity of mines and factories engaged in the production Df war material The Norwegian government has is- sued a deeress which \a'i'l not per mit the elnploymeet,of grain or potatoes 2 or the production of beer' or brandy• .moreover, the sale of beer or brandy isprohibitel uritil Nether notice Power is also given to the pollee to forbid the sets"( wine and beer,.r,• wheal tads is found to be necessary le Mexico, General Villa,hris pro claimed prohibition of all buying a.nd selling of liquors on penalty oft death where his authority is re''ognszed, except in. Juarez In the United States clueing the • last year, Alabama, Arizona, Ar- kansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Ore gen and Washington, representing ing an area of 22,627,026 square miles, have declared for stateewide prohibition, and South Carolina l'as, withinthe past few clays, been afl to the last British Columbia is ' to have n referendum on prohibition in the near future Alberta is already "dry"; Saskatchewan has done away with the public bars, 4180 shops and ebuls, and h'as opened under government, 23 dispensar- ies, ispensaries, of which well-known tereper- men have been placed in control Nova Scotia forbids the sale of into:cicants outside sofa Halifax Prince Edward Island is "dry." f Brunswick only120,e- M1r,ty Biva.s ic,. rants le - 1 n hear prohibition in tail licenses n i • p g nine out of the 15 counties. Man itoha will soon vote on prohibition and is certain to go "dry" Que- bec has abolished liquor from 004 1 of tier 1,100 parishes. In the city Continued !on page 2. ea ler They Conquered Thursday, morning of this -week was a' Rect Letter Day for Clin- ton'when over 200 men )and, ba'nci of the 33rd Batt'. paid Clinton is visit while en route to Goderich.:. The town was gaily edeeoi•reDel• with flags and bunting end headed by the Kiltie (Band' theeee C. I. ;Cadets and bugle band 'and school children, marched to the station to meet the soldiers. All auto. own- . ere' were out with decorated care and all made al fine showing. The soldie •s \- • i tare marched up,Sanegar 'Hill and then to the ce» itr^,e of the town,(' ' Oa the band stand w'as Mayor Jackson, Major Shaw, Major Mc- Taggart, Major Combe, John Ransford, Rev. 'Fairfull,•Rev. Har- per and many others. Mayor Jackson ' welcomed the 'soldiers to our town and was followed by Mr. Ransford, Presi- dent? resi- d nt de Sit. e of the Board of iia C' a1 T Oapt. who was in command, @and a son of Rev. Mi•. Jewitt, of Blyth made a reply as did Capt. Dow- eling, our own soldier, and the crowd sang "The Maple Leaf." After a physical drill the pro- cession 'was foemed and ,,they ( marched back to 'the station !to entrain for Goderich. The 33rd made a' fine showing and they, have an excellent banc]> SOME OF OUR BOYS. Capt. Jewitt, Blytb, in Command' Capt. Dowding, Clinton Beret. Britton Corp. Ford Pte. Tamblyn Pte. Walker Pte, Beacom. Pte. Brown Pte. Cartwright Pte. W. Morris Pte. Carter • • 06900De0402,300006000006®OOEi0011009d10090,110804111 900ew2iPilaine maell e The Salt industry e (From The Montreal Gazette) • The salt deposits of Canada and • I the industry of which they are the• basis are the subject of a Recent v (plume' issued by .the D par t:meet of Mines at Ottawa and prepared by; Mr. I:. Lieber Cole 'I'l,e work is; interesting scientifically and commercially., There are various theories as to $ the oregin of. i salt •al lt de 50 sits the found( in practically every part of the world, go that sodium chloride, the chemical perm of common salt is' among the most widely distri- buted minerals in ' native. Soanje have ascribed the 'beds to volcanic action anci the operation of gases ac i n e p on. component reeks. Tho weight of technical opinion, however, is that in a general way the salt beds are the result of • 4• • •• • • • ••• • Z'. • • • ••• • • Z • • • • • • • m • • • • • •• 0 Q s Agent for C. P. D. Telegraph Co. +. • • • A' S 'ware Deal for Every bran • • q • •••••••e•• FRUIT If you will not try Roman Meal To aid indigestion, How about some fruit To increase your indigestion • To help you we have all the Fruits in Season Watch for Peaches now Special prices and Especially Good Quality The Store of Quality L ,T,ONEIL THE HUB GROCER Phone 48 • Pte, McDonale. Pte. Hill Pte. Walton Pte. O Morris Bandsman, Tong Bandsman, Agnew FLAGLETS "We'll Never Let the Old Flag Fall" was sung by the school children while waiting for the soldiers to Dome back from their march' up the hill The Kitties made an excellent show ing with the best of them The 83rd Baud is well balanced and the old friends were glad to see Messrs Tong g and Agnew Even if we did think they were corn. ing Wedhesday, they got a hearty welcome on Thursday i Expects every "Britain lxp v v man to do hid duty" -Enlist now -your King and Country need you Our stores a cr • td be congratu- lated lated upon going' con in to decorate their stores. It made a gr'alnd sight.' AAAAAAAeNaseeP e04HHAAbCeek ie.AAA OOP The Teams 006,6610 i®00®O®m0••L'600•®060 Mr: and Mrs. Fred Leonard of the 10th took in the Mitchell Fair on Tuesday Mr. and Mrs T, Lindsay and chil- dren of the Base Line and Mrs. Lindsay of town paid Goderich Fair a visit on Wednesday Mrs. Whitehead, Mrs. David Mrs. Grigg and Mrs. Greig autoed to Goderich Fair on Wednesday Mrs. Thos. Murphy called on friends at Goderich on Wednesday Mrs. Geo. Levis is spending a few days at Goderich Mrs. Jas. Cook and blaster Kermit of Buffalo are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Oneil. The ladies are sisters Miss Wallace was calling on Goderich friends on Wednesday Mrs, J. Wiseman visited Goderich on Wednesday Continued bn page 2. District News Tuckersmlth John M eKe b•7.10 sale tale Ot farm efforts was held on Tuesday, Mr. Geo. Mc Cartney has purchased his farm. Mr. McKenzie has .not yet decided where he will reside. evaporation of, ' waaitter going on 1 through long ages under varying conditions. Beside the ocean these are also many natural brine fields, s i. , seine of them act'uai or possible beses of industry, Canada is fortunate in 'the ex- tent of its natural deposits. Ex- erpt Quebec, whose fe;v springs „re too weak in saline contents to make them valuable ever pro- vince y p vince has more or less well-known centres where onlyenterprise and knowledge are required to make valuable use of + them, Twelve places fn, ;Neta Brunswick and Nova' Scotia ere on the list, while ltianitoba, Saskatchewan, Al- berta and British Colum'bi'a there are fourteenknown salt ureas. Ontario is the most favored of the provinces in this regard The ccunties of Huron, Middlesex, El- gin, .leambton, Kent and Essex, (overlie, in whole or 'in part, the; great beds of salt or sialine wat- ers whicl'. extend under Lakes Buroix and St Clair, 'Michi- ganacross Though inconnection with de :the meat trade, and he fisheries , and for domestic and agticultfrr- al use, there is a great land grow- ing demand for salt in all the pro- vinces, only in , Ontario has the work of preelection been persis- tentliy and profitably carried on One bed at Windsor has a depths solid salt rock of + two hundred feet The discovery of the depos- its was the result of the p,!e ro- leum hooting craze of the early '00ist century Mr, Samuel Platt,ointerested in an eil well at Goderich, continued the boring af- ter his asseeiates had lost heart, and at 084 feet struck a fbod of, reel: salt The plan of operations tollowed was to admit water into the bore and pump it up again as brine This was'evaporated in keittiaa, and the salt sold in the' local market at; ! $125 a barrel. Dividends of fifty percent were paid by the pior:eer company There was a natural rush into the meet:e;t, and is knlen competl- the baasaness of boring wells and evaporating There iVas Ell , large production, corsideeing the size of eontinuesl on page 3 Stanley Miss Margaret Falconer of Guderich was visiting on the line this week Miss Ella Graham in Toronto this week The young people spent, asocial even ing at the home of Mr. Fenwick Ste wart on Friday eveniug of last week illr Henry Diehl is working at his contract of gravelling ion the sideroad Lot 20 second Concession for any officer of the Buren regiment to look for recruits here, as they are quite a There "are too well known. r q numberyoung men here im of trained o Who are disgusted with military life under the oflieers of that regiment and strongly refuse to go back. Two young men did enlist however, but under that of the Rev. !,lr Tolmie of Windsor who is a Major in Essex regiment The Brussels Post makes reference to a former Bayflelct boy: -Last Sun day was the 84th anniversary of the marriage of I. 0, and Mrs. Richards, of Tallahossa, Brussels, when they 1 were the recipieets 02 congratulations over the auspicious event. An inter esting feature of the anniversary was the presence of Mrs. Richards' brides maid, now Mrs, Naegele of Goderieh A wide circle of old friends hope that ldr. and Mrs. Richards may be spared to celebrate their Golden Wedding, 10 years hence, surrounded by the memhets of their family Seaforth Favored with fine weather, the Sea forth: fall fair Friday attracted the larg est crowd seen nn the grounds in many years, The indoor display was much better than the average, every y depart , ht mens bslight well represented. A g jailing off was noticed in, the fruits, but the entries for flowers and vege tables were fully up to the average. 9 number of themerchants exhibited their wares while the war shells made by the Bell Engine Works proved a 4 ' en nine attraction. The entries for genuine and poultry were the haat in years, and whilethe entries for horses were not as large as usual, what was lacking in quantity was more than made up in quality. Tho Citizens' Band provided the music for the after noon, The gate receipts were over $900 Auburn On Monday evening of this week a farewell was given to two of our young men who have enlisted for the war, Messrs. Pattison and McCall, in the Forester's Hall, The citizens present- ed each min with a wrist watch. A. splendid Patriotic address was given by M. (1. Cameron, K. 0. of Goderich, and also short addresses by'Rev. 21r. ' Laingand Rev. J. Johnson K. Fair full. ull. Miss sang two solos and Miss W. Rowson was accompanist for the evening. The proceeds amounted to S1.9 and was ' handed over to the Red Cross Ilond. Reeve Fingland of Hul lett was chairman. This village was well represented at Goderich Fair this week. The 33rd Battl. made a big hit at the show. Bluth and Dungannon Fair' will be the drawing cards next week. We would like a live correspondent from this, section. WILL YOU act? EDITOIZIAL 44 44. n+4.44;444+++444444411 How- would you like toty:ade, King George for the Kaiser and then sing the National Anthem? What 0-- what do you think about Church' Union? We think: it would prove an inestimable blessing to Christian ity and the world : at large "Less poverty in Ireland now than in recent memory" is a 'state meet of the Lord Lieutenant sof the Emerald Isle Pat, will come tohis' own all rig1r The Russians are getting their second wind They will stir up a hurricane, on one of these days and the Huns will wish they were - un der their own roof out of the storm Questions settled by the rule of Rigjt willremian so for many a long day while problems supposed to be quieted by Might only con - thee until they can hit back: Let us value our privileges and stand by them by a resoluteness that can rot be mistaken --a— La is Laughter the cheapest c eapest and best luxury the whole human fam- ily may enjoy It is a toile beyond y ideation Sir Richard Steele puts those who laugh inthe following classes-Dimplers, grinners, smil• - ers, laughers, and horse laughs. Which class do you belong to? There should be no need of con- scription in the British Empire if John Bull's children understand the situation today and the re- sult if militarism wins out Do we wish to exchange our British lib-' erty forPrussianism? If not we must( stand' by the grand old flag; A clear head,,a warm heart and a: elean lrand are three eesentlials to a successful and happy life, They will broaden the horizon, 11 - 'laminate the dark places and prove. the worth of integrity Think over this and forma 100 club Who will go ontto demonstrate to the world they value practicability and influ- ence of this trinity. In many a township eifdrts are in progress to improve and brighten up the rural schoolhouse and prem ises. Such crusades have many ' eommenclaole features 'amu no particular fault would be found i4 Huron County Trustee Boards as- sisted by the teachers and pupils setseek .^ .la, a role in motion no rn Gret t im Great pmaderovem n 1' c t has been zcle 'ii the past ten 1 years in iruany a school see tion but there is plenty of room yet in a large number to tidy up incl in stall comforts an dfeatures that would make these places pleasing and attractive What have you been doing in your section? Bingham A _heavy wind and storm swept through this vicinity or Saturday night and raged until a late hour Sunclav morning. Some slates were, torn oft the roof of Methodist Church allowing the rain to come through, . but the sexton e church Lad the of th seats pretty well dried off before the services. Many trees were broken down, and churchgoers state that limbs were lying in the roads, Some of the farmers state that fruit trees were badly stripped of what fruit was out them o Rally day Services were conducted Sunday in the Methodist and Bap fist churches Basil Blackball of Toronto spent the week end at home here What, reading course do you in- tend to follow this fall and nextWin ter? History, Poetry, Travel, Sat- epee,ate. (den u a field that will ot only be entertaining but of real monetary value in many in- stances. With the Theistic Libraries available and good magazines • at our command fora small expendi- ture' is little, need of any- ody'being a"back number" in these, days of educationa 1 advantages Parents cap exert a great influence over the home circle along these lines, ,while teachers of both pee- lie and Sunday Schools and pas- tors may serve a large place to their pleasure and profit in life, Mark ' out a program --not too heavy -and persevere. • "Let the whole line advance" is the command many an o xrlooker would iv v uld gi etc• the 4.11fes aswe have ve waited long months for a forward movemea:t that would "do things'• The probabilities are that Kitchen CT, (French, Joffre, the Czar and the Italian Commander in Chief understandh the situation there" , g ly and are very much more anxious to move than are the onlookers but the forward march must not be undertaken until the ground to be. Gorden Rintoul left for Toronto taken can be held \vitihout, 'any. 's University, where he will study for doubt No doubt the enemy x the Pre y terian ministry wily, strong, well armed, and so Thresh ng is still going on here. "dug in Halt ordinary warfare of on the farm of the late other days is of little avail bait Wheat rwart t r J. E. Swartz- 500 bushels off Lea with men and ample munitions acres --was the best average in this • plus wise generalship and there part of the country will be a shout one 'of these, daysas v'•the victories are heralded around h world The 01d. Country chappie who came to superintend the tobacco gift to the soldiers overseas, evi- clently, as the slang phrase has it (bit off more than he could chew', ar.d was asked to retire from- the. job and make room fora man with. a higher sense of honor andhones Private Sale 'all this woe: iat iyZr' nny how many fellows 11ow s g et r•omns formei•L occupied by Buse. big heads over office and 'do stunts elepordise if not kill their use-, Hess College. House hold furni- Baytield tine of Mra. D. .F, Macpherson, fulness for all time, whereas rf th y 1 ad been 1 fe in the,- yanks The Rev. Mr, McFarlane will spend the week in Toronto A great number cf our citizens at tended the London fair than usual. A masquerade ball will be held In the town hall on Tuesday next, the proceeds to help the distressed Bel g Mrs Thomson, 'Reeve attended the County Council at Goderich for the purpose of increasing the army fund, A man called Capt. Dunlop of Glade was about our town looking for recruits but found none to enlist un der his influence, in fact it is useless e a e ae- �r. would have.rendered Al service- J(Tednesdsy, Oct: 13 -•John Car- iteral backbone, 'a good fund of beat 'ids unpleoseed auction sale cemnlon' sense and a well defined Stock and implements. T. Gundry auctioneer, - - TI urs,lay, Oct, 11t5-• Dispersindon sale of pure bred Shorthorns ag Aberdeen Angus cattle. Grade a\t_ not steal" is a short sentence that tle, horses and farm implements,'not tiafew folk entrusted with :pub - Lot 15, con, 2, West Wawanclsh, •tic'_ busines, should be well school - near Dungannom. Jas_, A. 1'}1/1a1-1 cd in, as their sense of comition lough prop., T. Gundry, auctioneer honesty appears to be very: poor-' See advt. on page 3. y, developed; t. reecgnition (tithe rights of'otthers will often keep persons from "go-, ing; uprn the air' and greatly aid them in the ,administratioe of afteirs be'.,they renter small "Thea shalt