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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1915-12-23, Page 1inlrt�: . • Established 1865Vol. 50, No. 26 C.UNTON ONTARIO THURSDAY 'DEOEME3ER Good Motto, Do Your 23 1915 NI. W. H, Kerr & Son, Editors and Publishers Lr1Stma Shopping arty.,. i �+v;,,� Y CHRISTMAS NAAA ! Press kites on the s: , ` ;. Clinton's first-Recruiting- GIFTS Recruiting- G I lCFOR q� p Council: MUST'S cgming, inaugurated Meeting Brings Success GET, TMEM EARLY. I Huron foo Coun�a f among men -a new et 0 good, will; --- and kl's a consequence Ebony Goods -A complete ran g e:'Ivory Gnod -New g oo s juetin, mirrors—A great variety. Hand Bags -All new goods. Safety Rsz:ors-All the gond. ineaces; Shaving Brushes, Straps, Etc., Fonmtai, Pens,, Perfumes-Floralextracts, new goods, Leggets Othocolates-We are just introducing this make of Candy to Olintopi, and we are prepared to hack up the statement, that•, they are superkr to any other make on the market; A fine x•. ,{om'ristlstas gift. Our prieeS move our goods. �rye '. m - Best Quality Drug Store, L'he Rexall Store GM3516 Phm.B, W. S.1R,..O • eveoWeeveNVVVVVVeNvWeieeeeeehovvevevveeeeVeVeeVWeeeee woommmmmammumm T1e Royal Balk OF CANADA Capital Authorized $25,000,000 Capital paid up 11,560.000 Reserve and undivided profits ' 13,500,000 Total Assets • 185.000,000. 3SO 33 Vit .r11NiG'1130;* with World -said a Conn ec:r'i®fo Interest -Allowed on Savings Deposits 1 General Banking Biisiiness Transacted, fi -C, �SS 5 3 R. 'E.. NIAN ING, Maur, Cli itoa Branch WelVeVVVeVVVVeVeVe VwvVevevvvvvwavvvlvek. eeeWew INCORPORATED 1855 I-I1MOLS�NS BANK a.AP1TAL AND DESERVE $8,83616,000 96 Branches in Canada 1 Generat'Banking Business Transacted 'CIRCULAR LETTERS OP CREDIT BANK MONY ORDERS Savings Bank Department Interest Allov td at Highest Current Rate :-t.,,. (1.E 111111+1;,>'t r 1°'16fton Ermitlo'`rt thrirues are .tottering What Some Editors think 61'Their Action in Turning down the 1 Grant to the 161st Battl Exeter. Advocate; -If Reeve John Leckie of' Brussels �was the causer, and it looks ,it, of the refusal of the Coun'•y. Council to grant $1000 or $1500 to assist inn• recruiting the. 1111r011 Batttal'i'dn, then, it as about time 'they were having - an election in iBrusseli anti a real man was elected to take the reeve ship. Wingham Times; -We cannot agree with the. County Councillors in this matter,. The! $p1,000 would not amount to very much to the r'ate'payers of the county.i the money, is needed -to cove;, ex- penses, in connection with recruit- ing, and whether' the recruits be brought °rota town :y or counti, the cost of th 1 work should be borne by the cctunt,ry as well as the town taxpayer. Wingham Advance; -If Huron comity council had not 'turned their thoughts to the corning elec- tions doubtless .he;y. would- have voted .$1,000 to the 161.st battalion. Now the fellow who is too miser= able to give a donation will get off lucky again, and his unselfish neighbor will pay his share and his own toot ••.r., Wim" :ateeeKeee••••i• Me4ee•ee•ee. •eeee••eb06••eeemee••49••Oe@e6 a • t4 • • 0 41 4. +` • 0 • • a A • • • • t • • • • 2•+•S• ` • " • • • • 4 ••••••a••••••••••0i••••• • e •• • • •• • • • 444•444 • 41, • • •••i 14. •• 4 6 Clothing Ordered Ready -to -Wear. Clothing, Gift -Giving Made Easy 1 • • r 4 • • .Zs • •• • • •' r• s • • •Y • .4 + + •' + + +. + + • + + When the problem of something to give "him" for Christmas comfronts you, as it always does at this season of the year, turn to this store for, relief. Every line of goods we carry offers a suggestion for a man or boy's' Christmas. You can't go wrong here. Look over the List and see if you d,o not see something that you know will be JUST THE THING. Neckwear Gloves Suspenders Umbrellas Underwear Shirts Wool Cajis Tweed Caps Robes Bath Rob Pyjamas Night Robes Sweater Coats Suits Overcoats Raincoats Fancy Vests Cuff Links ( Hosiery. With just three weeks to do your would hint that you make your selection the picking is at its best. buying, we early, whila We'll Assist you in every' way we, can and will make any exchange you desire after Christmas. The Morrish.Clothing Agent for C. P. ire, Telegraph Co. A Square ileal lor5Eve y Fall • 000104. spienala Addresses are loosening, prison toot's are opening and Good IVIusic and practical Christian beneficence ie flooding: the world with sunshine and fills it with songs of gladness. -Rev.. 5 RECRFIITS SIfrN Dr. P. S. Henson. Andrew MoGary a, Clinton PRE is that glad tidings," that John. Snell, Myth-. gospel of; `neat X09" of which 1 Bier 'Moffatt, Clinton. (' .Anes, Port ltcNicoll H. W. Martin, Port, el rNi:011 TI1E' PROGRAM i, the angel spike 1 the wonder- ing shepherds -this announce- ment of. God's .love Tor min and man's sonship to God., And these"glad tit• ) ',GOD ,SA 'E 7 C Z;I:1NCi Ings" are for "all people , so the angel u,0 Canada" .&Oi.nfon Choir said. There is nut a single soul to a uarte>ttte "Tryto do 'Your -;Bit" whom the tidings of Christmas come Capt: Allen, Pes. Wallis Witten that is not assured of tbe'lore of the Thompson on almighty and iufinite Father., —0- God'erich Signal ;-Though some thing is to be said in favor of the contention that air recruiting ex= Tenses should be paid by the Gov ernment, it roust be admitted that if we waited for everybody else -to do everything' he, 'should he should 'do a great many things in which we aret vitally interested Address Rev. S.J.,Allin EIFORM ye, then -so sotmds'the Quartette "We're the boys of voice of the Eternal Spirit, the. Caoladfa, , power back. :of evolution =re- .Address bin A. H. Musgrove M. form ye. for the kingdom of P. P. Wingham heaven Is at handl Su we may gird Quartdtte Good Luck to the ;boys ourselves to every task of reform with of the.A1iies^ new hope and fresh enthusiasm and Call for liecruita, ring our Christmas bells again. -Rev.. Quartette We 11 Nevem Let the Dr. R. Heber Newton. 01d d lagj fall f T may be that iu every gift with GOD SAVE THE KING which at this blessed Christmas 7 bei at;ove ..conveys very little tide we gladden our children's of what good things were handed , a hearts we are the Magi again din of - out at the, first Recruiting Meete. feeing treasure to the Holy Child, We ing held last Monday night. Awell may indite it so. Rnt richer gifts than filled hall grt'cteldt the officers of these will be required Our endurance the 1,61st Battalion when it was es shall be our gift tu Vim who gave him- time to start the :meeting., addresses by Rea S The and ., d Anal self. Is there toil for us, that we Mr husgroe were well deliverc'a may honor hinr? 1s there self: denial? and, the a.uarptlettes by -the .soldier Are there holy consecration and humble boys 'received. .hearty applause service, that shall make the world at Lieut., -Col, Combe was chairman of last a spotless sacrifice to him who the evening and appealed for re-, purchased it? emits 'and his appeal( was not hi Bees assessesssessessssosesess•se••o•soe••sesessos• • -:Clinton's MilitaryLife • vain as three enlisted: in the hall 0 we keep Christmas because of •and Iwo 011111.0 attbe close , of its good titins of great joy. the meeting. The season of its uceurreuce is In his o ienint: remarks Mr..Allin our ripest time. The north congratulated the men of the new wind and the snow in that wind have Battalion as well ,a's the officers, He made us what we 005. it drove us to r eh iewed the war and spoke. of the hearth, to the sacred fires of the our gallant min who were now in inner circle, to the building of thediey• the treliches or In the Old Country stone in the arch or our civilization, Ile stated that this was our w,ar and the men were asked re, enlist • the home of the Christian'man,-Rev, to fight for honor home. Country Dr. S. P. Cadman. • and liberty. Why Canada had not. ODAY all institutions are be -leen bon.barded or shelled by the Tinning to imitate the wise Ge,l(mans it was because the• Brit - g' 1014 Navy ruled the waves.„ In dos men from the east, who ivg he stated that the surest way to end the war was to have the biggest army so that it would be a lasting peace. . • Mr. Musgrove in his opening re :narks spoke on • Ithe action , of t:he County Councillors, and us- ing the expression "Thal Govern- indelt should bear the expression. showed how that Huron Co. had Leen asked to raise abattalion of 1,100 mein which was only 2% of the population while'other Count res were going( as high as 0%. He believed it was the duty of the ing to sleep, every hour of every day County �o hand these men ever to oil every week of every month of the. the (,o',ermnent free of charge. year we want the spirit of •Cahvistmits, for it is the spirit of ministr;nieu, of giving, of service, of doing for others, -Rev. lir. Francis D. Clark. • r • • • - ' Wiriterin Here --Huron Movements of the 161st Battalion .. 9 , Recruiting Notes --Activities b the Huron • County Re g y • Battalion «+▪ e® •e•s••••ftssesssbeSS•Oee NO OFFICIAL t:13URCI? SERVICE Owing to Sunday being Christi- mas Sunday there will be no offi- cial church service the soldliers l of the 161st Battl: as many will be away.. SirRG r. SUMP!? LF:? HERE. Sergt. Seeley, arrvied in, town on Tuesday. from Galt where he thas been conneetedl with the 70th Ratty and will be one of the drill Sergeftnts for the lust Battl. --•s-- INTC HEAf)QUART:'R;5. The officers of the 151st Battl. moved intu;headcluarters this week and are now getting •doavntohird [work. --e©-_ Make it a truly 'Huron Battalion Theere is just une way to do it. Huron boys here and abroad must l•e induced to enlist. would remain lundo;ne, ;Huron a brought to r•'.e Divine Child Bounty 15 in(tefested in the re- their gold and arc nutic spices, their frankincense and treasure. Christ's estimate of the value of childhood has conquered the world. His thought of cruiting of a battalion to repre- sent this county in the Canadian fighting forces, as dt;hcr counties childhood is the very heart and genfns are represented and to say that of Christian civilization, -Rev. Dr, the Government .should pay the Newell Dwight Hillis. 1ccrnit'ng expert es hardly meets , OENING. noon and night. for the responsibility of this county ;, breakfast, dinner and sup - to the cause which we all have' at ;, 4 per, the first thing on await - heart. We w dols.{and that some iug mud the Inst thing uu go- • of f the members of th3 county council were not fully inftormed as to why a grant for recruiting expenses was :1 equ,ested, The. Government pays rho salaries of recruiting otfacete. but the county is expected to meat such expenses , as rent of halls torr recruiting meetings,. expenses of spoeke sfpr such nlee:tings, lent of offices at the various p•ecrjuittng. ;centres, printing and distribution of pos-; ters, etc. The request is to t:e. January m the rere'a'ec, at h J y cerin g of the council and more explicit( information should then b e forth coaling. - ND did you ever ibink what a peculiarly blessed sound in the ears of those winching shop.erg this address he showed the herds of the valley of Bahle- dif'erencebetween British and Ger hem was the announcement of the man rnrle in their colonies and showed how South Africa was now ' r • nd when • few years helping F.'.ngla �i _Y ago was a bitter enemy He closed • ddross in an( appeal for re - emits. )n thenlfatiorlr were alilajors Hays incl Mc -Taggart, Capt. AVM, Capt, Hodge,ns, of the/ 161st, Reece Mi. Itinagi 000 sketched our great heritage from the time Wolfe cap- tured Canada nearly 160 years ago tip to the present and during that time we were free from cost of 1,1 ofeitlon. He spoke •of Britsin's honor • of her 1 0 entry into t •h war cat „ayes 'rrat,co and Belgium. Dur angels, "Christ has come?" Ever since the gate of paradise was shut against our first parents his advent bad been looked forward to as the hopec of n lost world. TILL there Is call for strenuous endeavor and constant fight against evils without and with- ,Ford, Cnuncillor Walker, Messrs, -o-- 1 nr in, as though God would re- 13, J. Gibh':ne's. 0, D McTaggart, W, th.e 73ensa1l Observer, -The action of mind us that this is net our rest, that 73rytlone and .A. T. Cooper of the County' -',Council in refusing the the true holiday (holy day, as it used Recruiting League. Miss Creta q to be written) is above at his right, Ford; was the accompanist of• the request Of the officers of the bund. -Rev. Dr. P. S. Henson, evening and performed in her us - Continued on page four. nal good style, BRUCE CO. GAVE GRANT, The Bruce Conntly Council made a grant of ,$1,100 to aid inrecruit ing th etiiruce Battalion --•e-- SOLDIERS NOW CARRY RIFLES The army rifles came last week and the recruits are now drilling with thein. sooees•seseseees•see1•se•ss eseeseeo•esooesses•essoeosoeoseseos•asees•eaeesso•es e • I. The B ishap of Huron's Pastoral Reminder of War • re • , • a esseeeo•sesesseei•••eossess tl'r"+'aree>ase•Is•esossseese•ses• e•••••e••eooeose•sosctoseos, s Bishop David -Williams of the Anglican Diocese of Huron: has issued his usual Christmas pas- toral. It follolws; Once: again we are) about to corn memorate the greatest event in human history -the coming in the • • • • •,• +, 0N46e•Aee••00•46•••.••••••••••s•••••••••NM•• h �w r for Job Work ing sania J CIIllS 19161 •sti••eesooe000e•soe•000se•. HAVE A PLAYER PIANO At the Recruiting office in Clinton the soldiers and snldiers 1i be are en tertained of music, from a playee piano. Waterloo Council,has granted $0,000 to the regiments being recruited in the County. Huron should do at least half as well as Wiaterloo..r FOR li A.Y ONE'., TRAINING. 'The mliitia departlmentt at Otta- wa has bought 10.000 wooden dun; my rifles Loi' training ,Canadi,'an soldiers in the mo9t effective handling • of the bayonet. The djitnpnies are equipped with a spring bayonet, which; gives when an opponent is touched, so as to prep•ent injury to the men, flesh of the Eternal Son o81 God, the birth of Him, who is the Truly that he might by his humiliation i who' 18 the Brother of every man, redelem mankind for ilio glary for and who came in the weakness and whichwei were created, That ie ineoeence of a little. babe and to the ovei•4vhelining fact; and vision ;geek and to savo the weak and of Christmas, which nothing else ''the helpless. It is therefore the must ovenshaderw. festival of Tru,tlh. of`bro'theeh0od, Source.. weak and All Gooch From 'One. of the sacredness of the e a Even the great war must not engross us so as td put that event out of our minds. Indeed it can- not if • are fully ren line the run-, elemental issues at. stake. Por what are we' cou(tlending? Is it the helpless. Let us be true in our words and it our lives. broth- erly (n our relation 140 others, weak andoftlie e helpexs -weak whether by reason', of ,age, condition, sex, dr race,. and let us not for trulth,• liberty, brolthex- ! practice thee principles in our fQte- rl ce ofneigh- , f • d the a enimmediate circle and n; e is hood aown im ug weak against the tyranny of the str,on;g? Arid 'dt: we not :owe those concept,ilo'ns to him who was Invites you all, Father, Mother born as on the first Christmas Sister and Brotherto conte and seehim Wednesday. `Thursday Day? Apart:from hien the world ' acid Friday, 22nd, 23rd end retch knows only the) doctrine that at O'Neils store all• afternoon. might is sight, all the plogrepe lie wants all the little boys which mankind has made upward and girls especially to come and to the substitutiion and ascend*, tell hire .whet they would like ency, or moral over brute force in for Christmas. the life of men and of nations is Everybody Colne I due to' the impulse "'and inspir- ' atiang iven to mankind, through 1 the Incaenat,ion of the Son, of God. The 'Store of Quality 1 it is for this'; ascendancy that we. 1 are really rrontendialgi in phis •that we are really �I,t . �,il it contending; in this: greatl cone Let us apply to ourse.vles the THE E }]'U B GROCIPrL principals for whi h we contend.. � e: , all Yn Phone 48 ' Brother of M h 1 Christmas Day 'commeaiorgtes ATTENDED (FUNERAL, Lc;iut;>Col. Combe attended the funeral of Bandmaster Reg Black- stone 01 the 33rd Regt, Band at Goder'ich on Friday afternoon last. The lastest Canadian casualty -Sir Sam Hughes laid low by la grippe. Mr. Ronald Sinclair of Brussels was here Thursday interviewing thet,officers Mr. Sinclair has been connected with the Queen's Own, Toronto and the 6tlee Regiment Vancouver. sn would be a.0 active recruit in the 161st batal, HURON FOR EVER The stall of the 161st 'Regiment are receiving daily offers from all over the Dominion to enlist in the "Hilton," also several from the United States who are anxious to come and fight for the country of their birth. Colin 0. Shaw, son -of Mr. John Shaw, who has been a resident of the States for 18 years, writes that he is anxious to serve in The Herons. As he was a crack shot, he w111 he readily accepted DAILY WALKS The local recruits are out every day on a five mule walk, and are fast getting hard'elned to it. CHANGE GF, OFFICERS. Major McPhail 40140 was 'first mentioned as junior Major andMa,- jot 73, S Flays as senior rna7'or, has 1 . been changed around The 'senior offiters duties ie more outside and the junior officer's inside work, and the change suits both officers to peiPfectton. Who said the mothers are objecting, to their sons enlisting? .Inst look over the list in Clinton and see how many have allowed then' only son to come forward on behalf of their native country. They are not in Clinton, wherever they may he. OLD CLINTON BOY ENLISTS Mr. John A Cooxer, Editor of The Canadian Courier and son of Mrs, Win Cooper. of Clinton has enlisted, .Ele has been previously appointed Captain in the 111th Battalion. The appoint- ment of Captain Cooper was made known in ran order issued at Headquar ters last Faida;v and the news will 0001e as 0 surprise to his many friends Captain Cooper is a. reserve officer of the Q. 0, IL and will go back on the active strength of his old regiment in. order to quality for his o pointmcnt. He has been helping in the recruitiug of the 113th for some weeks in Etald-t mond county, -®,•-- e MORE. RECRUITS. Clinton's recruits now total 50 up to Wednesday noon and mor'; are coming. ,Following is the list of the Coun({y: CLIN TON. Atndtreev McGarva. Gordon Bowes. W. Bramfield. . Wm. Snell, Blyth. Wm. M. Snell, Blytli, Stanley Jo Snei,, Bylth,i J' W. Minor, Kippen. John Cramer, Paris. E. Ross, Port McNic'oll. H. W. Martin, Port{ McNicolL Seaforth ,Expositor -Mr, 11, 5 Hays, barrister of this town, has donned the khaki, having accept- ed a junior majorship in the new Huronwas offered e lnlent He r the position. of major' but declined pilfer tree lower office. Mr. Hays' eldest 500 is also in the ser- vice. SOME Odi THE ESCUSES , I'll go when they need me. Let them take the single men first. I couldn't prise, the examination. ;`here are lots cd ffellows to go.0 My eyesight would( bar me. I don't oolievet in war, Canada has done enough. My firm wouldn't let me leave. Whv should go a a others era not? Fight or pay? pay. My folks don't avant me to go. --o•-- (CLERK IN ORDERLY ROOM, Pte. Straiton, of Go.terieh h come to Clintlon to be Clerk in the Orderly room at headeivatters. --so-- OiFFICl31a TRANSFERRED.• Sergt John Seeley, w11.) enlisted with the list Battl, has been trans - 1, 1 red to the 1010. Patty.: Slergt, Seeley has just recently moved his family from Bru.elreld to Clinton so when he reports here he will be at home. borhood. if the Eternal Son laid aside the riches and glory of his heavoly, home to bei• born and to Five in the lowliest state 'that a vie through his poverty, might be rich, shall not we, W1101 owe to him all our hopes of etternali biessednlss,, following in his steps. and humbler and deny ourscLve5 that others through our poverty( may be en- riched? Ile "for us men, and for our sal-;_ 1 vation came don'n from 1lelave0 and was made Wan and was incar- nate by the Holy Ghost off the Virgin: Mary» O Come let us adore. him Christ o d: the. Lx Believe me yours faithfully DAVID HURON Only days (roma Christmas two ;rind $Briny Ford hasn't got the sotdrere out of the trenches yet. --lie-- FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS Many of the recruits are apply- ing palY-ing lee four day leave for Christ mss and the nurrbee allowed to go is up to 50% of strength, The other halt goes for .New, Years. GETS' A DOCTORS Ci:RTIPICATE Everyt•man reject/ rif by the doc- tor is given a inef teal certificate,.. stating that he has offered his services, and has been rejected._4 --••— K4.0KI AP'•M Bel/CMS. A movement is on, foot for the wearing of khaki arm badges by rejected mer, so that they may he distingiilisbed from the "slackers" This itiea•does not find universal, favor at the present time; It is thought to he rather soon for re- sorting to extreme m'easu'res. The sulggel3t10n however. is at present being considered'. by 'B rigadier- ieneral Lope, and has been sub- mitted,to Ottawa. • GODERICH F B. Rile,ty Jas. 1'. Kirk, BRUSSELS. H. Campbell. W. R. Clark. WINGHAM. L. Kirkham. WROYETIER Harry Walleb Jas Bali W.'F. Cornwall Continued. on page S. esss•ssa•e•oseoosue+s••sae Local News e•seses•esesoseess•esoso®• A s.T cess. A packed town hall of children their mothers aid (grandmothers o 'rridey after noon, 'last wide the result of Santa Claus letter to Mr. T0n1 Jackson( to come onto and see Moving Pictures off Cinderella without any charge, was a sutc,s9 in everysense of the word. Although by some mist- take the pictures of) "Cinderella4P s wept astrayyet e that were Y shown were toed„ funny and in- trulctive, and no one Went away dissatisfied, but Uncle Tom Jack- son has promised to have "Cfnde-• rclla" here neat month or sortie.' .,9' -ides is thing will bust, be the picture songs and recitation and Victro7(al music was given between the reielsi Another interesting feature, of this free show was a prize offered by, Uncle Tom to the oldest lady coin- ing out oin:ingvat to this show, and was won ( by 'Mrs, Geo. Connell, age 84, while, Mrs. ClaraSloman, dame 14econd age, 41, and many between 30 and 80, who saw Moving Pictures for' the first time.' also a prize to the grandmother who has the moist grand ',children and was evon by Airs. Jas. Livermore, who has 60, living -a good record.l