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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1914-06-25, Page 1No. I89 —36th Year CLINTON, ONTARIO,. THURSDAY, JUNE 25th, 1914, policy i to close up the bars but keep Open the Shops and thus Boys and Blindpiggers may buy THE HOME PAPE: oose he Bottle. une ri cflE'JueWedding Month always brings nextra bnsiness to our store. Our stock is replete with articles of richness a n d worth and likewise frill of attraction. biro invite June shoppers to examine outeexeeptionally varied selection of suit- able gifts, es icdfz Segi g nd ,Menest Valued air rices ,jeweler ana Optician Yell a - - Clinton i The Royal Bank OF CANADA. Incorporated 1569, Capital Authorized Capital Paid-up Reserve and Undivided Prcfits Total Assets $25,000,000 11,560,000 13,500,000 180,000,000 370 Branches, With world wide connection. Interest allowed on Deposits. General Banking business transacted. R. E. MANNING, Manager - Clinton Branch 1 1 Incorporated 1855 Established in Clinton 1870 Capital and Reserve - $8,700,000 • 85 BRANCHES IN CANADA A GENERAL - BANKING • BUSINESS TRANSACTED. CIRCULAR LETTJeRS OF CREDIT • - TRAVELLERS Cnxq u,s ISSUED, r BANE MONEY' ORDERS SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT At all branches, Interest allowed at highest current rate. C. E. Dowding - Manager - Clinton Branch. lTie Molsons Bank 1 READ'!: -TO -WEAR CLOTJaING OR nERED GLOM.] NG Holiday Goods for the Boys. Well boys, holidays are here, and we are prepared to supply you with hot weather goods. Boys' scout suits Boys' cotton knickers Boys' cotton, sweaters Boys' straw hats Boys' overalls Boys' cotton stockings, special at g P $1.50 .25, .50, .75 .25 .10, .25, .50 GO TO f3AYFIELD ON THE FIRST. The etittiets of Bayfield haite COln pleted arrangements .tor a demonstra- tion on Dominion Day, The program will be a varied one for there will be park- and river sports furnishing an additional reason why 'the 'people,, of the countryside should spend llie day in that balmy resort. There ads will all 'lead to;Bayfield oir he First. THE FE1VIININE .''OF PJ]d C10CI{,' in one of the' soiree -1, examinations last week a bright hitter lassie el town was asked, to -giye.;.the feminine of peacock. She knew kneWr very little a- bout that bird of biilliant plumage and probably had nevelt Been• the fe- male bird, ;butshe put ;In an ans-.. ]itch - as follows Wer v was. ; I ant, not sure Which:els the fen :nine of peecopk;<whether it is pea cockerel or peacock pullett." AN OPEN AIR SERVICE,. onlay afternoon On S `next at three o'clock: an • open air religious service will be held in' Recreation park under the auspices of'the 0.O,F.. The -res- ident ministers,- of town will eondubt the service; a nited choir made up of members from the different church- es will lead the singing, and the Iliglrlanders' Band will furnish the music. A very large. turnout of the brethren f the order s expected o I e pe ed but everybody will be weleome. The For- esters will congregate at their meet- ing hall at two o'clock. Wi•IY NOT HAVE 'EM EARLY ? On Jene 18th Air. II. E. Baines brought into The News -Record oliice a badset ofpotatoes, this year's growing, which look to the farming editor or this family journal to be a pretty specimen, though Mr. Baines says he had better ones at the sante season last year. From where we. are sitting at the present time there doesn't seem to be any real good reason why the residents or Ontario shouldn't be eating potatoes of their own growing about three weeks earli- er than they usually do. Of course, The News -Record is not in the gar- dening business and gardeners may sec a difficulty which does not appear to us but it seems ait that P Y we should have to import potatoes until so late into the season. ONT. ST. CHURCH, The floral decorations on 'Seuday last, which was "Flower Sunday," were beautiful indeed, The church never looked more inviting with ros- es, poenics, daisies and other eolCC flowers of the season :1t the morn- ing service the pastor preached es- pecially to the children 'front the words of Matt. 6-26, "Are ye not much better than they ?" At the close of the evening service the young men and women were invited to spend a "social half-hour" 111 the school room. Nearly a hundred accepted the invitation, Mr, Russel May of Albert College, and Mr. Arthur hl. Aliin of Toronto, gave brief and in- teresting addresses and Mrs. Woodman and Mr. L. E. Weir each rendered a solo, At the meeting of the Young Wo- men's League on Monday evening the topic was taken by Miss Pickett and an appropriate address given bp Mr., Russel May. Miss ' Pearl Shipley gave an excellent reading and a solo by Miss Potts was much enjoyed. The Sunday school will picnic at Bayfield onJuly 9th. The pastor's topic next Sunday ev- ening will be "The Present Crisis and Our Relation to It." The League intends holding a festi- val on Mrs, Annie ]3eacom's lawn on the evening or the first Monday in July, MOTION AGAIN L05'1`. At the meeting of the Synod of I3uron, which closed its sessions in London on Thursday evening last, much important legislation was pas- sed having to. do with the welfare of the Church, There were present two hundred and forty-six delegates, ex- actly the sante number of laymen as clergy. _ The motion to hold the Sy- nod in January instead of June so as to allow, of a larger• attendance of ,25 laymen, especially farriers, did not meet with general approval, some farmers present declaring that early in June, just before haying commenc- ed, farmers usually had a breathing spell, and for various reasons Juner was considered' to be the niost aus- picious time. Rey. C. R. Cunne, rector of Christ church, London, formerly rector of, St, Paul's, Clinton, was appointed a canon by Bishop Williams, Rev. C. R. •Gonne was also ap- pointed a member of the executive committee, and Mr, ,John .Ransford, Clinton, and Judge Holt, Goderich, were appointed to the exceptive and also es delegates to the Provincial Synod and the General Synod. Boys' `„ Wash Suits We have several lines of boys' wash suits in brok- en lines that must bo regardless of cost. Boys' wash suits, dark blue with white stripe, regular 75c to clear at 50c. Boys' wash suits, brown and white, blue white stripe, reg. $1,50, to clear at $1,19. Boys' wash suits in assorted patterns, reg.> $2,25 and $2,50, to clear at $1,75; THE MQRRISHI CLOTKIN:6 CO. :.6�A SquareMan." Motto Deal for Every i Mr. John Ransford again introduc- ed the motion, which was voted down last year, making it possible for wo- men to be admitted to andvote at vestry meetings. Mr. Ransford spoke eloquently1 in support of his motion arguing that "the, mere `'accident ' of sex, which did not debar: women from forming seven tenths of the congrega- tion and of the Sunday school 'teach- ers, should not exclude then: front, a of church management1 t voice in the affairs." The discussion was coin,- paratively short, the Bishop having requested that less time be expended in debate on the subject than was the case last year; The motion was lost lacking a few votes of the rt - quired three !lithe. A PLEASANT AFTERNOON.' • Mrs. John May had a picnic quilting on her lawn on Thursday, afternoon last when about thirty-five ladies were bidden. ''They had a nice social afternoon, quilted a couple of quilts and afterwards enjoyed,'a delightful pienie"6ea together, -•- HAVE GONE T0. BAYFItE}LD. • Mrs, W, J. Ross and Mrs: Couch, Sr., ,went to Bayfield yesterday' to take possession of ,the cottage which they have had erected overlooking the lake. The; cottage in question Is on the corner of Catherine and Delaware streets, has been built with a view to comfort and will no doubt be - m.uch cnjoped by the family during the hot' period. , LITTLE LOCALS,`:' Inspector Johnson is having a. ver-, andah erected which will add greatly a ranc both to the ppea., a and comfort of his dwelling. i Mr. R. Rowland's.: new residence on IIigh street, is ,going along finely. ,It will add much to the appearance of the street just at that point and from present indications', will be a cosy and comfortable home. LE'I"S UNITE. A great number of Clinton citizens take the te' « 1 o b e r0 e keep their lawns 1 av beautifully, expending much time and labor upon them and thus adding to the beauty of • the town in general. There are a few, however, scattered here and there who seem to take no pride in having their premises present a neat and tidy appearance and these places prove eyesores to the tidy, ones and distract from the general ef- fect, Let's unite in making this tort, the neatest and tidiest ever, BAPTIST GARDEN PARTY. The Baptist congregation held a garden party on the geounds of Mr. and Mrs. II.. Pennebaker on Friday evening last which proved to be quite., a success in spite of the fact that the evening was decidedly chilly, Mr. and Mrs. Pennebaker had secur- ed a solo player piano for the occa- sion and its music was much apprec- iated. 1 The new pastor of the con- gregation, Rev. Ile. Fairfull, was pre- sent and contributed, a recitation and a solo to the entertainment. He and his fancily also took advantage of the occasion to be:,ome acquainted with the people. Ice cream, cake, sandwiches and mi- les wire served and, the house being opened up, a happy, free and easy social Lime was spent generally. The proceeds amounted io a snug stun after expenses were paid, those having the affair in hand being very well pleased with the result of their efforts. TIbVNIS NOTES. The first of a series of tennis gam- es to be playm d by group one of the Western Ontario Lawn 'Tennis Assoc- iation was played on Saturday be• tweet' Clinton and etcetera and re- sulted in Clinton winning five out of six events, Messrs. M. 1), McTaggart and E. Beacom beat Messrs, Colmar and Naylor of Seaforth 6-1, 6-1 in the doubles while Messrs. Best and Bell of Seaforth beat Messrs. Paull and Treleaven 6-0, 2••0, 0-1. in the singles Mr. Beacom won out against Mr. Naylor 6.0, 6-1 ; Mr, Hodgson against MI Colmar 6-3, 0-1 ; Mr. G. D. Mc Taggart against Mr. Bell 6-1, (]-2 and Major Ale:Tag- gart against Mr. Best 4-6, 0-0, 6-1. The first half of the events were played on Major Mc'Taggart's lawn, the latter half on the rectory court. The second match in the series will be played at (1odorich between ('lin- ton and Goderich on Saturday next. W. I. SUMMER MEET LNG The Women's Institute held their annual summer meeting in the ' 0. 0. F. hall on Friday evening when De. Hamilton of Toronto spoke on the subject of "The Health of Women and Children,' .giv- ing a very practical, interesting and instructive address,. Amongst many other sensible things site said was that, mothers should protect their children as much as posible from, so called children's diseases ; that it was not by any means -'necessary for then, to have them and -that they generally lea t child less physically fit and not as well able to resist the physical ills with which ilio i would.. come in contact later in life. She also gave the ladies present much common -sauce advice roger d- ing their daily' living, advising them how to care for the preserve health. "Fifty percent. of the illness in civ ilized countries is preventable," re- marked the Dr. "The percentage, may be much higher than that, hut fully fifty percent. of the i'i.lness of civ- ilized people could be prevented by proper living. A number of questions were asked which the Doctor answered explain- ing many things_ from: the standpoint' of the phydician. 6, short musical program was also given, Mrs. Innis and Miss Wise ren- dered a duett, Miss Ruby Cook a; piano solo and Miss Gertrude Chant a violin selection.' Mrs, H. Fowler also gave a reading, The lathes el the institute served light refreshments after, the pro- gram, though as one of them re- marked, Dr. Ilamilton was so 141 01 opposed to "piecing" between meals that they felt like apologizing for that part of the entertainment. A silver collection was taken to defray the expenses: of the evening. THE LOCAL; MARKET, Wheat 96c. 'Oats 38e. Peas 81:00, Barley 50c, Butter 16c to 18c. ,Eggs 18c to tee. • Live Hogs 67.50. GARDEN PARTY TONIGHT, The annual garden party of 'St,•, Paul's 'cluirch take§ place on the Tec tory Lawn tonight.,This has hereto- fore been one, of, the most enjoyable eitents, of the whole season and there is every reason to believe that of this evening will be one of the' very best yet. T,ITTLE LOCALS. The Girl's Club of - .Willis church picnicked on Raasford's flats on Tues- day afternoon: The Huron Social Survey Associa- tion held a three session meeting in Clinton ,yesterday; morning alter -noon and awning, to receive the reports of• those who have been gathering• • sta- tisties regarding social conditions, A PLUCI{S' STUDENT. , Miss Grace Walker, daughter of 'Mr. and Mrs.. Wm, Walker of Hight street, who has been attending the London Normal o mai the past term was taken ill e with tonsilitis on the eve of the ex- aminations. With great pluck though she managed to write at, ex - ants, but next day had to undergo an operation. Mr. Walker was with her at the time. They reamed home Monday, SELDOM OFF DUTY. It is seldom, indeed, that Mr, W. D. Fair is absent front his place of business through illness, That was what happened, however, the 'begin- ning of the week, when, swing to over -work, the changeable stale of the weather, or some other cause, he was obliged to remain at home for a couple of days and nurse himself, The News -Record is pleased to be a- ble to report, that he is better again and as usual energetically on duty, S'T'ILL MORE: CARS, Messrs, Marry Bart tiff and Ike Rat- tenbury have invested in another car, a five passenger with electric starter and up-to-date in all other respects, lou. It sure is a dandy. Rev, Father Hogan has also ' in- vested, his purchase to arrive tit's week. His parish being a big one he has had tench driving to do so that his t scar fur several et. months in the year he will be able to effect a saving in horse hire, railway fares and time. WEDDED IN LOtNDON. A. pretty Wedding took place at 32 _Agin street, East London, on Mon- day when Clara, daughter of Mrs. A- dam Kerr, became the bride of Mr. W. Winslow, son of Mrs. W. Winslow. The newly-martied couple came to Clinton r . litre, the sante •, u eteii tl, and until yesterday afternoon were guests of the bride's grandmother, • Mrs. 19. Sleman, Sr, The News llecord ,loins with the friends here in wishing Mr. and AIrs. Winslow a happy and pros- perous future. WESLEY CHURCH. "Flower Sunday" was duly observ- ed on Sunday last when the pastor preached earnest sermons both morn- ing and evening. The church was beautifully decorated, reflecting credit upon the taste and skill of those hav- ing the work in hand. Beginning with nest Sunday the morning preaching service and the Sunday school session will be held at the seine hour, the opening exer- cises being conducted together. This arrangement will probably continue throughout July and August. 1151 WAS ENTHUSIASTIC. Mr. W. H. Tlcliyar was among the excursionists to the Guelpih Experi- mental harm on Monday, It was his first visit . to Ontario's Model Farm' and he was quite enthusiastic regarding it. Ile seemed to have ,Bien, the entire day there absorbing all the information possible in the time afforded. "So,be lieoPlc con - plain," he remarked to The News - Record, '''that the Government keeps a lot of high -salaried officials down there doing nothing, but from ,rap observation the other day I should. say that the heads of the different departments understand their busi- ness very thoroughly and .[ think the Government could not do better with some of the people's money than to )naintaut such an institution for the instruction and assistance of ag- riculturalists. Every farmer should. visit Ontario's ]"\peiin)entel Farm and get all the pointers he can is his 'line ofbusiness, it would cer- tainly payhint," added Mr. Heilyar. Rowell's Liquor Shops Would be a Depot for Blind Pigs. "The abolition ofthe bars would not be a s o 1 u ti o n of the question but would nseely have an am- eliorative effect. The bars are not so much a menace as the strops, which form a depot of supply for local option ter-, ritory and blind pigs," -Mr, BenII..S' once Secretary of P Y the Dominion Alliance,, before the Committee on Political Ac- tion, February 26, 1913, THE LAST WEEK. On May 28th and ' •Jtine' 1141t 'The News -Record addressed. to .the Zurich Candidate several quet;,ions pertain- ing to the campaign but has not yet received a ,reply though the colutnns of The People's Paper have been open to him. If he personallp thinks he was justified in evading the issue it is possible the electors may place an- other construction upon his, silence, Again and The News Record , will then have concluded its say with the Zurith..Candida;te. •in the abolish the bat" election ,: on January 29th last twenty-four of the twenty- six municipalities in the county voted to close all the hafts and the shops without making any polit]cal, foot- ball of the issue., Stanley gave a ma- jority. of 187, •Usborne, 182,' fucker- smith 140 and Stephen 40. These ntfmicipalities are the neighbors, or Hay,- the Zurich m 11 Candi Y, date' � Candidate's own township and though he bas resided thete for 'years, is in several lines of business and is presumably a man of influence, it gave a majority of 159 against closing either the bars or the shops. From this many have infer- red that not only . was the Zurich Candidate not a hold campaigner for the closing of the home bars—is it not taught that charity as well as brood works should begin ath arae -but that 11Q must have either keen tinder the barn or astride the fence. Huron Conservatives ,Who Helped to 'Abolish Both the Bars A ND T H E SHOPS Bitterly Resent the Rowell Charges. ('Toronto News.) In finding the secret of permanence the Whitney Goverment. has done a sttprente service to prohibitionists, It is offensive and foolish to suggest that the issue of the election is be- tween "the bar and the boy,", • Any niuticipality, et any County in On- J,ario, can, abolish the bar by existing legislation. Conservatives who have helped to "abolish the bar" in hun- dreds of municipalities must bitterly resent the charge that they are allies of the liquor interest, because they adhere to the Government that has made abolition permanent- and elec- tive. • For what Sir ,lames Whitney is, and d for . what at his Government has done, he is trusted and respected. Ile is the last ratan to make any cring-' ing appeal for. office. Ile has no paid retainers, nor "war chest,,' nor any"machine." ]'le is a public s-•r- vant, who will hold office oily' on terms honorable to himself, Bluff, fearless, and mcorruptable, he gov- erns by solid achievements and not by professions, {ticks, and artifices. Un- like many polit•icians,, • het has kept in office all the pledges he made when he was in Opposition., What he said he would do, he has clone, what he said lie would not do he Inas not clone, and will not do. There is no better chapter in Canadian history- than that which has been written by the Whitney Government and fortunately, there is every • indication that it will again carry the Province by a deci- sive majority. Here Are Facts Taken From John A. Cooper's Magazine. Norman Patterson in the Canadian Courier of which the Editor is Mr. John Cooper, brother of Mr. A. T. Cooper, of Clinton, I'n. regard Lo temperance legislation, the Liberal party's record is not as good as that of the Conservatives. There was a referendum in favor of prohibil;ien in 1892, and another in 1902, yet, the Liberals aid little or nothing to improve the laws, Be- tween 1898 and 1904 not a single a- mendment was made. On the other' Band, the (1onservatives have made the license laws more .strict in al- most every year they have been in power. For example 1905—No child to get liquor even with order, 1900—Made a first offense a first of- fense, a second offense a second, and a third a third, Local option by- laws obligatory on a petition of 25 per cent. of the electors. Clubs must procure licenses. 1908 --When local option quashed, licenses revive only on direct order of minister. 1909—IIeavier fines on unlicensed persons ; and constables empowered to seize without a warrant, 1910—Bat's closed on Christmas Day. 1911—Percentage of bar receipts to go to Government. Local option pe- titions reduced from 25 to 10 per cent 1912—Many amendments. No tray ernkeeper to cash pay cheeks. Brew - erg cannot store in local option dis- trict. Being intoxicated in local op- tion districts made, an offense. offense, 1913 — Tavern -keepers .,prohibited, from selling bottles. Selling hours, n changed from08 6 a.m. t a.m. 1914—Bars closed on good Friday. These are not all, but merely sam- ples The laws of Ontario are now, very suet, ass well as being 'strictly inforced. Indeed, they are probablp' the severest set of laws In any count- ry in the world 'where licenses are in .THE LAST WEEK. Tt is well that this is the last week of the campaign for already a bitter- ness has been aroused that will're- quire year_ to efface. This is thte to the interference of ministers of the gospel :who 'aro en- deavoring to siring their people into supporting; a political crusader . des- perately in earnest in seeking power and patronage. Coupled . with cleri- cal dictation Ts tate charge, made in every part of Ontario. that C'onserva- tives—'lifelong _members of churches, supporters or every good cause, and. wlto have assisted in closing hundreds of bars'and shops in their own towns and counties by (means of Local Op- tion or the Scott ACL'—that these Conservatives in this contest are in alliance with the brewers and distill- ers. :Thus dictation and. intemperance of speech have brought about a state of affairs. a fT it s never before witnessed vutnessed in the province and have in many places destroyed a harmony that Will - never be fully restored. Staunch Conservatives, lifelong Temperance men, yea, - and 'women, too, have heard with rising indigna- tion the Government - of the incor- ruptible Whitney—the only Govern- ment in. Ontario which has ever hon- estly et f rc t o eel the liquor laws— - unc 1 de n n ed from the pulpit in an at- tempt to dictate to the congregation that they should vote Howell on June 29th. In our own county some of time churches are being used for campaign- ing purposes by the Rowell election managers and Conservatives have had to listen—with a patience which is now near the breaking point- to an arraignment of Sir James Whither un- der whose administration laws on the statute books have been 'enforced without any of those scandals which so characterized the previous Govern- ment. • In Wittig- church last Sunday the man in the pulpit took advantage of his presence behind 'the sacred desk to verbally campaign for Rowell which t h wasii• rl bte v res .n e tedY. the e b Conservative present, who form no in- considerable portion of the Congrega- tion. What ,made his action all the more offensive was that he was a mere outsider occupying the pulpit for the day only, If you believe in polities iu the pulpit say so by your ballot. This (loll rie c' c h incident tient is apainful one viewing it from the personal as- pect. Hunter, organist in time Presby- terian church, of which Rev. ,los, la- liott is a prominent ntcmbe', was a supporter 01 Elliott when he was a candidate for. the Legislature. The ttvo men have always bele,, onfriend- lit terms and only a few ,reeks ago Mr, Elliott went to Toronto to en- deavor to secure a post in the Gov- ernment, service. for the organist, But notwithstanding all this Hunter seems to have, deliberately prepared a pihrall for his friend and to have hid two Rowell workers — Thomas Gundry and Robert Miler — un- der a bed in his ]rouse — or was tt behind a screen—to witness what all three, as well as the Higher -tips, hoped would be the reverend gentle- man's humiliation. As might v g be expected in a Christian community of a high type like Goder- ich, while there is some sympathy for the minister who does appear to ihave so easily fallen a victim to Man's baseness, there is a still great- er contempt for hunter, the bipeds: behind. the screen and the I-Iigher-Ups. Hunter also visited Dr, Maeklin's residence and stated that he haci been working in the Dr.'s interests, )-1e also pleaded hard up, that he wanted to go to Hamilton but bad not enough money so the Dr,, it is so alleged, gave hind assistance to the extent of tot dollars, The whole scheme was engineered for political purposes, which was fur- ther emphasized when the. case was called on Saturday for Ilrtnter was ab- sent, having slipped out of town so that his uninvestigated charges Might be used for all they were worth by, Rowell workers, Yesterday the ma- gistrate dismissed them. And further still, the Rowell candi- date in the riding expressed his en- tire willingness to have the charges paled of if he was assured of elect tion by acclamation. He has thus. it is evident, been uneasy about the result though normally the party ma- jority runs into the three figures, At the North Huron nominations three affidavits were read showing that the, Rowell candidate in his last election had freely bought and paid for beer and other drinks' for his workers, contrary to Election Act, _ itt the South Bruce nominations .T. A. Johnson, Rowell candidate, ad- mitted on being questioned by Tem- perance workers that he would not support Rowell on his abolish the bar platform but would vote in the 'Legislature as he saw tit. 1 l Mr. W. l . Suuuo9tayes. who has been appointed' by Mr. Rowell as the director, of his campaign, has for several years been in the employ of the brewer's and distillers of Ontario and Quebec and in their interests di - recited. the .campaign in Local Option in Scott Act contests,