The Clinton New Era, 1914-04-30, Page 10r Van,
CLINTON NSW
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Lalies'and C �ildreri's Sprgoat
,.rawell[er'sSam0 les at Cost and 'Less
S -pace will nor, ergot of a'�descri ption +In the lo'.:;
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areadies Spring •Coats, sizes 36• and 38 only.;
q ; Children's Spring Coats, ages 8, lo,;,"i2 and i ?
yea'rs.only.
"Colors—Tango;'Tan, Ming Blue, and rey, Tweed,
4,f,tures, Etc .'r
Styles are the very latest.
s, PRICES r Cost ¢nd, less; l:, he savings t ori these
coats are'such Sthat they will not last long.
Tonle Early and Get, Best Values
On Sale Friday and Saturday==2o in all
,Rugs, Carpets,,
'and Linoleums
House Furnishings
House cleaning time is here with
the fine weather, The new Spring
Rugs are ready for;our inspection.
Come and see them to -day while
the range is complete, We will
gladly lay aside any pattern you
choose until you are ready for it.
New Scrims, Lace Curtains,..
and Linoleums' are now in
stock; We are showing a
complete range of all the
new 1914 Patterns
New Spring Clothing
For The Boys
Have you ever patronized this store for
your wants in Boys Clothing ? Do you know
the saving ? If not, why ? We do not claim
that we carry the largest range in the county,
but we do claim good values.
Right now, before school starts, we are
showing a complete range of
Lion Brand Boys Clothing from $4 up
If you want a special we can get it for
you in a very short time, Come in—we will be
pleased to show you through.
HYDRO WAS LATE ,-:
Owing to 'the workmen bring
`busy at installing the new hydro
(pltanftL, at the local • .lstiati'pn the
'churches ;Sailed to have light for
sr the tfirst twenty-five minutes.
MUST:HAVE A LICENSE
it It nv?,tl be necessary for all own-
' Kers of cars 'who ]tire or drive for
gain td take out a chauffeur's li-
oelnsei.. By disobeying the law
&thhey wilt leave themselves open to
punishanent according ato the• Chauf
, leer's.S.icease Act, . "a'^ ;s
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ANN`CTAL CWYRCH
SERVICE OF h O.O. F.
The hnnYaal church parade and
t'seirvice of the Indlepeii,dent Order
of ,Oddfellows was held 'on Sunday
evening. The. members of Clinton
lodge 'marched to Ontario St.
Church, The pastor, Rev. S. J. Al -
lin; expressed his appreciation of
the honor of bring asked to preach
', to athe Society though net a mem-
ber, and a'f'ter a few remarks on
the?igrowth of the Order, he: de-
livie ed al .thoughtful, able ' and
practical eermon on'"Who went
about doing good" taken from
verSe 38 and chapter- 10 ;of the
Acts of the Apostlerrf The choir
gave 'a 'splendid amlthem and the
Lobb Male Quartette gavletwo quer
telttes, n during'' the offering
Mrs. ,g' IGibbings (amid Mr.,".Gitanes
Thompson gave a well rendlea•ed
duet. t
Si
MINOR LOCALS,
The Dixies prayed London two
'seasons alild there was, not stand-
ing room left. lhin1: of what
will happen there, Get busy at
once ,aud get your tickets, Dateis
Friday, May Sth, The Course
mane ement 'absolutely guaran-
tees the Dixie Quintette ,to be
composed of men Who are cultur-
ed gentlemen; Renember this is
a ',real classy ,ente'rtailnunjent, that
is representativ:e of all that is best
in the ('colored peopleC A great
show but clean id every nesPeet.
!t Costs No More
Worlh MI It Costs I
1101?
YEAST
BREAD
It's Pure our Mother's Uahed
mat's sure out Why Should You?
runner's �aherij
BRI:(sHTE.N-iii?
The Following as a Partial List
f ,;., •
®th a 6rl hten_ u p Goods
b .
We Carr,
•
Sherwin Wl1iams Painter
s
Varnishes, Floor Paints Elm : ;
Campbell's Varnish Stains
Japalac
Climax Wall Paper Oleiiner
• R,pnux English Floor Follett
Metal Polish -5 different kinds.
Silvo the.celebrated silver polish
Stove Polish -10 differ4nt kipds
.1.
btte01ess Mo p s„and Duetera,
Jelistone and Murescq Wall Finish
Silver Polishing Clothe
DoorMats
,Step Ladders
Flempol and Liquid Veneer
Bruehes of all kinds
Brooms and Whisks
Simmer's Celebrated Garden Seeds
SPECIAL -Free parcel post to all parties living within 90 miles of
(Minion. Phone No. -'7 or drop a card, and we will send by the
next delivery frepof,.charge. 11 pounds is the weight limit.
LAND T H E
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STOVES, 1iAR1)WA.RE AND NOVELTIES
Thursday, 4Pri1.30th, 1914.
Loca ISI C•Ws
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LESSON IN GRAMMAR'
Now is the time,
For you and I,
To get a club
And kill the Tly
iht' +7i;11S[NC;aI5M4 ”' • ; COIUNCIL' MEETS. MONDAY,,
"T0.'300m,, advertilirng'ista,•game' .' The ae ular'me Mtin oP the.,gwn
to others a science it may neverg g
beloorn"`an.e'act d'+ u 'e until'the canned will be keg d ' on' Monday
txtee x sad A...
trm'H ;eom�es when:we' cam chart ielvenin'g in the council clramli'�r at,
Mullen 'sinttturel.-Elbert :Hubbard: 8 4,c10Dck, „
'i'ifE PLACE TO ,ADVERTISE
"Every day we are asked to
take space in the magazinle>,
or other lniblications, but we
have declined them all and con-
fined our ad•rertishAg solely to
the daily en-ewspapers."—Illar-
shall Field & -Co.
This, coning ,from .America's
greatest merchanclicimi;. concern
shouild carry weight with the pre-
sent acid prospective advertiser,
Don't put your antrrouneoments on
telegraph poles for someone is al
most sure to come along and tear
them off. Don't (depend on pro-
gram advertising because the
man who gods to a show does so
most of the time to forget; his
troubles, and does mot care to per-
use the ads. For some linea of
goods magazine advertising is alt
right. It has the 'faule\ of only
reaching' the reader ante a month,
and in the lapse of that time the
nania .and nature (of the product
advertised is liable to Oe largely
'f orgotten The liveWeekly news-
paper goes into the homes every
week. More and mone the readers
are learning the value of watching
what the advertisers have to say,
Merchants have proved time and
again the selling value .of newspa-
per space. What is good business
for Marshall Field & Co. will be
good business for the Clinton mer
chant, ,
A' SPLENDID ANNIVERSARY
NUMBER
The Vancouver Sun, on Monday.
April 6th, Issuejd a 72 -page anni-
versary tnumber celebrating .its
iselcond birthday. In point of lite-
rary ability and mechanical excell-
(etnce it makes a irlecord for Wes-
tern \Camada, and, indeed, has had
llelw(lsuperiors anywhere. The il-
lustrations of important- buildings
in ,course, of cor4struction and the
letter press reviewing the progress
in material de�relopmerdt mark
Oho tp;aising of the "lean year'
and. the entrance of 'a period.et
porspesity such as Vancouver has
,sever enjoyledl. "The day of over-
night tf/ortun'es is past," shys the
San. "The hday of wild ispecuta
tion in land is also gone, and the
day Of solid investment' has.di•-
rived" Phis (will, be gratifying
' nelws+tti`rthe"peePl osf older Casii.
ada 'w,ho•:havei, been hearing ill reg.
ports from the' • Pacific Coast city.
The Sun has done good •servrceto
Vancouver in presenting- such tans'.
gibhe hevidende 'of its stability and
enterprise. The Sun, a morning
paper, has made remarkable pro-
gress in the two years' of its ex-
istence.
x-
istelnce..Iia is a model of careful'
nejwsgatherisfg and moderate ex-
pression of opinion, and -itstypo-
g?rap(h(y: is ple$sing to the 'eyLq,
Messrs, john P. McColinel1, editor-
in-chief and Richard S. Ford, man-
aging director who are responlsiblle
;Per its production, aree'to +bo cord
gratulated on, the results of their
e'fi(orts. 'Cue of the two page
'features •were pictures of -'promin-
ent Liberals of that Province and'
We noticed one tot Mr. A. McDon-
ald as sold. Ashilelcl boy, who is
President of the Brutish. Columbia
('Liberal Association and'aiso Vice
Pretsicent of 'the Dinclatoraye of
1 the Vancouver Sun.:' You can't
l keep. tHinron boys dos/m. ,
ADV1aRTISINC-ISM S..
"To me advertising is an.* art,
accts like art ai 4s (a "way," the
reasonable,•+the convenient tiyay''
—Elbert Hubbard,
BOA D OF' TRADE LUNCEEO r
poufici ,Chatnbe,f on°8Friday .even
ing;, 'May 1st, at 6.30 p.m.. Tickets
and now on sale by the officers,
an tit*" are t'r'ying to' et upY b
thusiasm' among',the•metnbers.'"•' 'r
'LICENSES, REFUSED IN NORTH
Tli Bo rd, of \Trade. and R�ta l
e s ,will h61d• a lunohet n ah :ghat
BAND OUT
The Kiltie Band lids beleln'"ffll7 ng
,elr_gageiiients:IA, the' Pictut'e3 SlreW
this:,.'week as an extra
+1ltitiwction "iGoodi4- crowds were
'Present at thle Show; and. thewdafl
nen was good +
HURON
.Satur'd'ay afternoon •,the petition
Vora" North Huron in regards. to 1,
the extension,of hotel; licenses for
three months for hotellpespers,
was rgfushed, and all are to be
closed after the .last day of , this
month: The comm'ission'ers met
in. the. offjfe of Licence Inspector
Mitch.ellp ,_,111 hotels Ore to be clos
e•Id lbs r ra3 lst,
CLINTON. IN LACROSSE?
Monday's .Toronto papers gave
the various districts in the lacrosse
,letgneflol"Ontario asi(d ,placed Clin
ton in No. 5 district. So 'far no
apparent effort has been made to
rerorganize'for this season and it
looks as if iacrossge will ;be a dead
,better,'"here though it is (till
early,,yet. The other teams plac-
ed;, in, the district were,—N0. 5—
St.•,iVfarys, Wingham, Clinton, Sea -
forth, 1Vlitchell:
ELEVEN POUNDS THE LIMIT
The tPostof(frce Department has
ide(uejd a( circular point:galg out
from numelrous ixaquiries reeei.ved
Prom the public on the subject of
parcel post it would seem desirable
to (emphasize the fact that all ries-
triotions . as regards weight and
delivery have been removed. Par -
eel post packets may now be mail
ed up to the limit of weight of
eleven pounds, and it has bean
possible ,-to de so some time. The
additional :fee of five dentis which
was at first charged on parcels
mailed (for local delivery in places
where the letter carrier delivery is
in operation has also been abolish
red, and this additional fee 3s not
now : charget1.
TENNIS LEAGUE FORMED
'At n meeting held, at Se,a+forth
last Thursday ;night a new tennis.
league was formed compos+ed of
Godlet•ich, Clinton and Seaiorth.
Tennis is booming this Year in each
of ;these towns, anti a most suc-
oessful •season is expected. The
fsalowing officers were 'elected„
President, Malcolm McTaggart, Clin
A
POWER'OFF',FOR 'AN HOURS ,
breaking of an, insulator on
one of, the, hydro' poles jsl"s't 'qisaslt'•
of Stratford, was the cause of the
poivdr being offfor about an, hour
Saturday • morning. The'lteclden't
occurred just before 8 'o'clock.
HURON'S POPULATION.:
The complete return's of the po-
1nlation of Huron county shows
net decrease of 4,355 in the .: past
six ,yelars..I•n townships
3the .de -
esterase is ,501, and pm towns •and •
villages 794. The total population
of the entire county Is 50,59"0.
SETTLED OUT OF COURT
Settlement out of court has been)
elff€rcted. in the. action entered for
trial at the present assizeslaa,Lon
don, + by Fred G. Rumball, of'Gode-
rich, against the Phoenix Com-
pany to recover insurance upon
his 'furniture factory to the amount
of '$2,500. The amount of settle-
ment has not been made public;
GODERICH DISTRICT
'The annual district meeting o
the Goderich District will be held
in 'the North St. Church, Goderich„
on• Thursday and Friday, May 21st
and 22nd. Ministerial +sess;on on
Thursday, 2 p.m. The ,annual• ses-
sion, when the latmen are to be
p�ersn4t; at' 7.30 p.m„ Thursday.
James E. +Nord, Chairman; , R. A.
Millar, Fin. Sec.
GOOD 'PROSPECTS
A local plumber, in a conversa-
tion on the business prospects fp
thie ,summer said althoug0i not
overloaded isia Tar -with contracts
he had many more estimates to
make than •hacl been the case Po
sometime. The citiaens genera
are now putting in bathroom fix-
tures ,since the waterworks have
become established,
NEW IRE hIILATIONS
Accosiding to the new license
rule ~which goes into effect on' May
1, it wilt be -an offepite for any
hotel keeper to serve any woman
not a guest of the house. Anbth;e
regulation which will go :sato ef-
Obit on,,s:he same date is thata ?very hotel keeper must place a
ton, red. light at the approach to each
Vice-president, Rev. J. B. Fother- lire escape on his premises whirl
inggham, Goder•ich, mush, be kept burning from sun
S eneltary-Treasurer, W. Proud- down to guar rise.
afoot Tun,, •Goderich. SON OF BISHOP WILLIAMS
mar,
committee, Mr. Col-
mar, Seiaforth. Mr, Hodgson, Clin.
ton, and Mr, Naylor Sealiorth, The
Siva -Ward Club is now asking to
LONDON CONFERENCE
Particulars may be read. on page
5 of the coming London Methodist
Con5eiienice which meets this year
in`Sarnlia, the 1nll sessions open-
ing on Thursday, June 4, at 2p.m.,
the l ministerial session snesting
the clay previous. In addi'tionl to
the usual business the morning ad-
dresses of Rev. E. Lester Smith,
D,D„ of Dcjtroit, preceding the
regular session, will be a npe_ial
'ileaturc. Rev. RE. Mellott, BB.,of
St. Marys, in to be the lecturer of
the Theological Union, his subject
being "Religion's Reality." At the
Thursday evening public c msieting
the chief speakers will be Rev.
Dr.lGraham, Educational Secretary
and Rev. Dr. Smyth, of Montreal.
At the reception of IVl:irp3sters Fri-
day might the speaker's wilt be Rev
J. W. Baird, of Mitchell, and Rev.
Dr. Flanders, of London.
MINOR LOCALS.
In 'Perth County in 1873 licenses
we're -issued -to 115 hotels and 23
shops. For the present year the
number is 40 hotels and 5 shop
li oe n,s es.
Mitchell, +Band' will bold a band
concert on. May 8tli, Bandmaster
Foubister of the Clinton Kilti:es,
is' instructing thein at present;
Bicyclists should stick to the
roads. The .sidewalks, is' the place
to walk not ride.
s.A.-'aline April tshower ,ons Saturr
day frsehebed'things up.
Tho ' farmers have bgah "making
hay ?while the isan shone" during
the Bast week, or in othdr words
takrng'advantage .of the fine wear
that• +' ,' to prepare the ground for
the Spring •crops,
lawn bowling will soon ne un-
dier ;a� ay if the nice weather 'k'eeps
GREATESST NEGRO COMPANY
IN VIERICA WIL D" SHOW HERE
Of,all theConcert, companlies of
coloreid'peopte thatshavte appear -
}n ;Canada none has made the
it ~Hat tile' Dixies have: made fn
etvery':'ccityy.; The Dixie quip -tette is,
,cQ; `poaetch of ;five, a'ltists who are
ell 'eeififled ': 'bduceted,'gentlemen,
They. ;inure can 'sing ands -the bnjoi
was never,heard, to better advan'=
tag `Tile soloists are great and
the ,Ontertattn(e(r is : very 'fine. The
he(igemble comic nsimisa's are; ,a'
tilelmeipolous (success This cost
pan''y iias appeiare,d' twice in Lon-
dphi and in every city in Ontario
and ,hiss +e5ietated a 'furore ie(very-
whiei'eir, ,The managleraent will glad
ly rdfund your money if you are
nei.pieasedi-'This iis'the closing
number of the lyceum` conirsia and
comes, (positively guaranteed, as
the.. greatest company of colored
men,rover heard ;here. Rememberthhg+ gate, Friday, May 8th and the
' ptiS6,4 (town ,hall' and, the price 50c,
.and 35c The plan opens at Fair's
BanIS:Stere•to-dlay forsubscriber•s,
an os' ,May ,'4th, to general piib-'
hd+d•':Giet tbere'•Ioarlyor yen will
niot,,te'ven. et standing room. Comtel
with, the sig crowd to the biggest
cleanest, 'fncllniest, -show ever pre -
genteel by a Colored companly.,
SHOT ,
foto 'Williams, the 12 -year-old
son of His Lordship Bishop Wl'':,1-
liams of London, was accidentally
shot in the hip while playing wit(
a number of other lams on the
+plats along 'the River Themes at
the head of Waterloo street late
Thursday lafternooni While he
lost considerable blood bcforleDr
A. V. Becher reached, the scene, he
is glow resting easily lit Bishop-
stowe, to which he. was removed
In the police ambulaulco,
FERNS FROM THE WOODS
A local florist statie(dl Ito The.
New Era that now was the :tine
'for anyone who wante;dto bright
en his garden with ferns to make
a trip to tho swamps and get a
supply. He stated that at this
time. of the year the "fiddles"
were just beginning to mala their
appelarnace, and that it was won-
derful the amount of fern roots
that can be packed in to peck bas
kelt, There ane many varieties of
beiaatifub ferns in the neighbor-
hood of the town. Thely are eas-
ily transplasa'ted: and beautify any
garden.
MINOR LOCALS.
The last day of April.
Four months gon(e now.
Don't forget tha Dixie Quin;tlet to
on May 8.
• Do your Christmas' ;shopping
�elarly,
All cleaned up? Thank you,
that's the way to have `a clean.
town.
How.+does your. label read? It
should ,road 31 Doc. 1014 to be
square with the editor.
Council Meets 'on Monday, even
mg,
May day to -morrow.
Se+n:di in !the newsit is always'
welcome, '
All thea. Kiltie Band wants now is
a long list of engagements.
Dont ,pe,, in to, big a hurry to
get your garden in, the frost may,
nip it in the bud. •
DEATH OF THE BLACK KNIGHT
Many' friends will °learn with deep.
'regret of the death•of Rev. J. t+
Hector, ,1pop;ularlyknowjrias the
Black Knigght,, who,rdid a great deaf:
for thio aelvano ment'9f' thee' tem..-
d,
plene,nee .cause ici Canada as wiell+
"as in 'the ihiiillited ,States, whlere he'
hadr this home.' He was nearly alev-
>toty (years ' of age and had -known
much of the evil of the liquor trat
Cc, Although the son, rof negro
,slaves, and practicailly without edu
cation, he was gifted in a remark
abbedegree,`"and after a youth .of
many vicissitudes, during which he.
lf(ought'as d. volunteer in the civil
war and vas also a railroad engine
driver„ he became a minister of
Use African Methodist Episcopal
Zion Church. Suhsslquertly he de-
voted his time to tplatrorm'' advo-
cacy of the prohibition cause and
was widely known, in the United
States, Canada and +Gr,eat Britain
.where his .sparkling wit .and earn -
ANY ROS
In Your House for Wall Paper?
Wall Paper to Our (louse' for �(�
,I�IY, 1?0V1VI
Obey that'iriip1llse l.ntl• "have' yoiur home re-
decorated,
Of course; wed'bnit..+selltall,our papers under
in
price, snagt, there s magip a snag fi y
our StOc' i sthOW+'ca'SornR with,hnrderct.and
1.J..
ceiling's t0: G
e
as,,„cheat) a der moll
The W. D. Fair eo.
Often the ehapsst—A[Iways the Best
CLOSED FOR TEE WEEK
The Jackson Factory is closed.
•for a week while trate firm is stock-
taking. They open again on May
4th.
ONWEG-LIDES
Another enjoyable asslembly was
held last Friday night in the town
hall wheln the Onlweglid(es held
another dente. Phalen's Orches-
tra ,supplied the music.
INVITED TO TORONTO
The' St. Matthew's Bowling Club
of Toronto, whohave been gulests
of the Clinton Bowlers, have in-
vited the local 'bowlers to bring
'five rinks to Toronto on the 24th.
It is altogether likely that the bow
hers will go down. '
L.
CADETS AND BUGLE BAND
The C, C. I. Cadets and Bugle. r
Band' are hard at work drilting'for
their annual inspection next'month
wheln (Major McCrimmo(n will be•
there to inspect.
ENJOYED HIS SLEEP
Pu,epdray about 12.30 a well-
known 'harmer was driving down:
Ontario ,street 'fast aslelap, one t'
line was :dragging while the other
one was on the dashboard. When
turning at the Molson's Bank cor-
ner the horse started(( to gallop,.
which woke the driver up and pul
ling our the one dine pulled , the
horse up to the sidewalk clear H.
Wiltse'sl Store. After getting the
other line oft the roadhte quietly
drove off.
NATIONAL
Portland eement
We have just received a Car Load of the same Old Brand
of Portland Cement which has always given you such com-
plete satisfaction. It always fills your requirements. You
cannot make a mistake in using the National.
S. J. ANDREWS CLINTON
AV
lour 01110' for Eavc•
roughill'r, ,I'liuubing,
and General Repairing
1T ' US
Prices Moderate
Workmanship and Material
- the Best..
Call at Rowland's Ilardws re
or Phone 53
Thos. Haawkin-s
Plumbing and Heating
The Coiner Store
"Lave and Let Litre
•
fl'e Like to Meet You
flue. to Fare
That would he our choice, but when
this cannot he the case, we hope to•
hear your voice.
1750 Phone 45 for Choice Groceries
CAKE -clave yon tried our Fancy
Cakes and Soda Biscuits.'
Butter and Eggs wanted.,
Highest Market Price.
E. E. Hunniford
PRONE 45.
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JACKSON'S SHOE STORE
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QUALITY
Is first, last, and all the tirne the im-
portant consideration in our Shoes.
See them—It is discovered
Wear them -7h is experienced.
'Always The Biggest PoQsible Value
for the Least Money at
` `
Clinton's Foremost Shoe Store
GOOD SHOES FOR EVERYBODY
In the most complete assortment at
all tinies The Authentic Styles and
unsurpassable values in all binds of
h'ootwear are Found Here.
assemsels
est ,appeals. were Always ays received'' *
With' overiv elming• -entirlasaae'ns. a4. ,ti
Hie has gone to 'Ms reward, but
tho results of his work remain. Its T.
many years new 'since he visited +
Clinton and gave. his well known •'F'
tteAiperance ltocturos. to4siS
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