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The Clinton New Era, 1914-12-24, Page 5unday „„December 2A, 1914. S? a. k.2I CLxNTQ%l N# r” g.. a5r� x.i :r 7 ;'1iA6CO tNfxVt appy Christmas FOR ALL u : Holkida St , ck is Ft rst in Variet' : and . ualit. 0 o n Q Y Y � X. t: and.First'in Price, • Our• -S Be_auti#u1, '�'s"y of is wil„ Meet all re - ` ilii ements fro , first to last,. Every Department ent is Filled:.; ... with Fresh Goods: at Fair Prices Stock• Anticipates Every' Want in Watches, Clocks, Rings, Pendants, Necklaces, Lockets, Cuff' Links. Fob Chains. China, Ebony Goods. Cut Mass. Sterling and Plated Silverware, and many Very Appropriate Gilts not Enumerated Here STORE OPEN EVENINGS W. H. H E LLYAR opt' ec ri a nnd. 4 LVA1AJAAA/AAVAAJAAWAAAL AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 4 1., Local News VVYyYYVYYYVtny111nmYVVVVJYYYY,YV„YYVYYYV//tl , POULTRY PRIZE LISTS 0 UT. Goderich Signal.—The prize lists ,of the Huron poultry Show are be- ing issued that copies may be had on application. to the •secretary Mr. J. H. McClinton. Judging from the number of enquiries, many of them from distant points, the ex- hibition next ,month will bring to- gether a splendid lot of poultry. The show will be held in the town :hall, Goderich, on January 12, 13 and 14. PATRIOTIC FUND. ISSUES WARNING. • It has come to the ,attention pf 'the Patriotic Fund officials that Nomination meeting on Monday evening from 7.30 to 8.30. Speech- es afterward. HAD' 'GOOD ATTENDANCE. The various Sunday Schools bad a good attendance at the School on Sunday. It's funny the crowd that can get there the Sunday before a picnic or Christmas. We wonder what's the reason. EXAMINE THE "HALVES" Coppers plated with silver are being passed in Western Ontario' and unless the merchants' and 'oth era look closely they are„liable:-:to be fooled. They ring true and look very much like a half dollar vendors of Patriotic novelties and Examine the, "halves"yoti take in Ofincrea8ing-' other wares have for 'the pprpoee closely. • °='tlieir'safes,' made fraudulent statements that certain A CLEVER OPERATION. portions of their profit would be Recently the cat at the home of -1 don ted to the Patriotic Fund. The y offic is of the`•Patri'otic. Fund de- Dr. Axon recently swallowed' " a sire l o inform the public that it needle which stuck- in its throat at in that somethingwas wron has in no instance given its patron seeing age to individuals or firms where with the Animal the Doctor found advantage might be taken of such what was the matter, gave the -patronage in a commercial way, cat some chloroform and pulled out the needle which still had a TRUE BUSINESS INSTINCT— thread to it. The cat was their taken to a window and revived and Bowmanville•;ata— is stili in the land of, the living as manville merchants chantssesmvhaveeshown owif, nothing had happened to it. true business instinct and enter- prise in doing their, biggest adver .1 tising during the prevalence o1 the war scare. • We all regret the war exceedingly but those of us who have to run our business should use our brains' and experi- ence 'in promoting trade. So our merchants have ,done a rushing trade the past month and are plan- ting for a bigger Output this month by using liberal space in The James Papers in informing the people of Bowmanville and ser rounding district of the positive bargains they are offering for cash. We have never known dur- ing November such brisk trade. being done in this town, and it is • judicious and live advertising that has done it too., MINOR LOCALS. The old year will soon be out. A merry Christmas to all our Readers. Rememberthebig shows to- morrow—Friday—in the town hall. Come and help the boys along in the Patriotic movement, Ae a Christmas gift to the on i r daughter away from home there is nothing that would be more ac • Last Thursday. the London Ad -1 cpptable than a year's subscription vertiser gives the following which, to the, old home paper The New refers to a former .Clintonian ;-- Era.James C. Fowler who for the past Clinton Merchants certainly had year has sung hie way into popul some .excellent windoW displays fo ar favor with Londoners, left yes the Christmas' 'trade, terday for New Y rk City" where, The young people have been. en- :penile tbday or: n'e steamship Or- joying ;themselves at the old rink duna for Engleet: ' Mr. Fowler was Manager S''eet has. an excellent soloist atthr?Dundas Centre 'Meth - sheet: of ice, odist Church and has appeared in Monday was the shortest day' int a number of entertainments' where the year he became deservedly popular, Good Afternoop 1 Have you( re Business takes Mr. Fowler to En g, i revved` your subscription to the land where he will for the time re New Era.? side at Portslade, Brighton. Eng Everyone is interested in ar, item land. He has two brothers who are of local news, if you know of any serving in the present war on a local happening that is not goner- hospital ship, Mr. Fowler was em ` y •known communicate the fact ployed in the dry goods depart - .o • his' office. went atSmallman & Ingram's, THE EDITOR'S THANKS. We are very grateful to a large number of subsribers for prompt re mittances for past due subscript- tions with numerous enclosures for 1915 To The New Era and hope the good work will go on until our list is cleared of all arrearages. There are hundreds from whom( we have not heard yet but perhaps their letters are on the way. All sums received are acknowledged on the address labels. Lend a hand, WOULD NOT ACCEPT.• �•, Dr. J. M. Field. I, IP. Si for East Huron • was offered by the Ed ueation Department the posi`ion os, English Master in the Normal School at Stratford. While the post is looked an as a most com•1 minds a higher salary that Inspect- or, Dr. Field decided to remain• where he is though appreciating the compliment: paid, him by'the the solicited and unexpected offer m as promotion,, LEAVES FOR ENGLAND. Reduction in Hydro Rates' '@nerarRetluctio'n` glade°`th"rough' otic the)).rovince by' Commission Termite, 14 'he Hydro dr_. o Electric"' 'continue ' their prosperous career even 'in spite 'of the general de pression and ii adclitiafn• rtatiiele iuc ions J.01 which were made. last .'year; furt11er' appreciate cute will now, be made The municipalities on ail ,invest - meat ' ,of $11,000,000,, after, providing for interest on sinking fund debea tures operallin,g cost maintenance of plant adminislllration, .etc., have Over $1,000,000 surplus. Consumers Save $200,000, It is computed that the new rates will save„ the '.light and power Consumers $200,000 per annum 4n addition to the $150,000 per annum saved by the 1913.3'eduction. Peak Lead Now. 79,000 H.P. All over the 'tote/ power 'con- sumption is 79,000 horsepower of which Toronto shares '27,000 horse- power. When the reductions were made last year aboutO0,inunicipal ities were oJerailing. There were 72 three months ago and the figures before the 'end of the year will be 90. The reduction ,itis estimated will mean an average reduction to consumers of from 12 to 15%. Port Arthur leads the list, with a re- duction of 25%; Georgetown and New Hamburg 20%Tillsonburg 18% pandas, Galt, Guelph; Midland and Mimico, 17%; Milton Rockwood and Thamesford 15%; and Baden, Coll ingwood. Elmira, Hespler, Ingersoll Port Credit. Preston St. Marys, Stratford and Watertown 15% Fifty-five municcipalities get re- ductions of.over 10 and under 20% while 14 get a 10% reduction. The principal reduction has been made in tho floor space charge which has been reduced trona cents to 3 cents per 100 square feet with a minimum of 1,000 and a max imum of 3, 000 squaare feet. A second rate has been added for domestic comsumers to permit of the general use of cooking and other electrical appliances in the homes. This rate is 50% of the in itial rade. 'Another important feature is that the reduction for other than lighting purposes, will be 50% in the case of the small house on the current in excess of 40 kilowatts 'and the larger house where the cur 'rent is in excess of 100 kilowatts. Sbme of the new rate announced are. Domestic e • asiffsemomomminamicameanoresessik Our Elegant Furniture for ee '„ ristsl Wethave ra,ken great pains to stock up with some of the most substantial and best looking Furniture made by the leading furniture factories, Our Easy Chairs, Convenient Tables, Deaaxtifal Suites, Attractive Oold Pieces, lite. are the kind thai turn a house into a real home COit'fh AND SEE THEN Our Prices O3aan't be Beaten The Cheapest Spot in Iltlairon to Buy all 1dnd00f lk erllittal'a BALL ez.... ."' I $F" :"'' Furniture a Dealers and Funeral Directors - r B. Bali 110 —BESii RNCE PHONES -- 5. f , ep TRU Aga. 41MIKAIMISIMUNaM 1..f,t,grsrMWASI Clinton Goderich Mitchell Seaforth kU P'F1 L c S 5 • 5 2Z 4.5 4.5 2;l 4 4 2 4 4 2 OLD -FASHIONER,' tiIRISTMAS.' The :expectations are for an old' time Christmas -namely, mew and cold .weather. s The snow' ow et rm o• s have badly a blocked b c Y ed up the roads that for theet the connti couple .of days y people coulcJ, not. -het in town Train's have; ,been away late ,also.s r NEW CLAIMS• ARRANGEMENT; "Effective Jan, •i•, 1915, the.effice of the Freight Claims Department' will come under the,jurisdiction'of the comptroller.-Ailloss.and dam- age claims and correspondence re lating thereto, should as heretofore, be addrdssed to the Freight Claim Agent," is the instruction •:received by local. G. T. R. officials from Pres. E. J. Chamberlain. .: AN EDITOR C ANDIDATE, The Toronto News speaks of•a former Clinton boy.—Mr, John A,. Cooper, -the .latest., r Sspiranti in Ward Two, is founder and• editor of the Canadian Courier, He is one of the charter -members' of he Municipal, Improvern`ent• Asso- ciation and for yeard, was a direc- or of the Canadian 'Press Assoeia- ion and the Canadian National Exhibition. He is a Past, President. of the Canadian Club, ON ELECTION. . It has been decided in Brantford not 10 have the usual' in nicipai election this year but to donate vhat would have been. the cost to he Belgian relief fund. This has met with popular approval it is believed that the Belgians are more n need of help than the citizens of Brantford are jo, need of an elec ion. WINGHAM BOY GETS HIGH POSITION. A newspaper dispatch from New York gives the following • Stem which will' be of interestt to Huron e p ople.—Ch;u•les S. Whitman, gov- ernor-eleot,_inade for:rnal announce ment of his selection of William A. Orr of No. 390 Wadsworth. avenue, as his secretary. Mr: Orr, who has been city editor of The, New York Tribune for the last year, 'was born m Wingham Ont., and is 31 years old. WILL REPEAT ADDRESS. ;; To those who had' the pleasure of listening to the address on the subject of "Duty" 'by Major Torr Rance, on Sunday 9fternoon last, n Ontario Street ''C,h'urch listened to a great treat, and he has been nvited by several -prominent citi- zens to repeat 'the, acme, in the Town Hall at a later date, and give the people of Clinton the op- portunity of listening tY this splen did address again. 'Major Rance proved himself to be an excep- tionally fine orator, and ' greatly eurprised a great funny who heard him. . 'll. 'd tib a PREPARING FOR I ONFERENCE. Commercial; vi c• i es z �o Clinton 10 5 1 Goderich .,. 9 4.5 0.0 Mitchell 7 3'/ 0.7 Seaforth _ ... 8 4 0.8 All the above are subject! to a 10 Per cent. prompt payment discount As seen by the above schedules the Domestic rates are the Same on this line butMitchell gets a reduc- 'tion from 8 and 4'to 7 and 3'/ on commercial rate, School or Commerce oom Good Work 9 The following letters have been re cetved by the School of Commerce from the Educational Department of the Remington Typewriter Co, New York:— Miss B. F. Ward, Clinton Schoolto8 Commerce, ' Clinton, OM. Dear Miss Ward— Under separate cover we take. pleasure in sending you Intermediate..0ertificates and Card' Cases for Mr, Clifford O. Hunt and Mr Oscar J. Ball; Remington Pennants for Miss May and Miss :Zuefle, whose test papers were enclosedwith your letter of the 23rd' int. Kindly present the awards to the successful conteetante with our congratulation. Anticipating your continued co•operation,,we are Yours very truly Remington Typewriter Company., Clinton School of Commerce, Clinton, Ont. We wish to congratulate you .upon the excellent work done by Clifford O. Hunt in the credential test for Novenr' ber, which we recently received from you, Mr, Hunt wrote an average of 47.1 words per minute absolutely with;, out error. This is an excellent x'e• cord. Will you please convey to Mr. Hunt our congratulations and best wishes for his future success. Yours very truly, Remington Typewriter Company. MINOR LOCALS. Just :how much money newspa- pers are making at present may be gleaned from the fact that the Vancouver World, one of the l u'g • est end -best papers °lathe Pacific coast is declared by the courts to be "hopelessly insolvent." And yet there 'is _occasional wise lean who remarks that "tile newspapers must be reaping' a harvest out of the war, • Or:i ario members of the Masonic circler' have given $12,500. for Bel- gian relief. Era can supply you with the genuine parchment wrap- pers for 'your: butter, Have your name printed on a ream and .line up with many :who are observing the pg law. ,TO 'our 'frieiads patrons we ex end 11. the e o ,l ernt of the.' Season t. J'. Grigg Jeweler and Optician Issuer of Marriage Licenses WIVuRIrxMMauM Prominent members of the Meth- odist church in Canada will speak at the session of 'the'London, Meth dist Conference, which will open on June 2,in St. Marys. The pro, - gram committee, including Rev. G. N. Hazen, of London. Rev. G. E. Powell, of Clinton; Rev. W. E. Mil- son, of Stratford; Rev, F. E.Ma- iott, of St. Marys,Rev. Dr. Husser, fel Atwood, and ex=74Iayor Austin, of Chatham, met last Thursday in London to make these arrange- ments. The ministerial section of the conferencewill convene on June 2. The laymen will meet the following day. The candidates for the ministry will he tendered . a reception on Friday evening, June 4, •and on Sunday will be ordained, The topics for the conferene will include missions, educational work and moral reform. The selection of speakers was left 'in the hands of'a sub-bommittee.:, AN OLD RESIDENT •HONE. Last Thuriday evening Mr. ; George Potts • passed away after an , illness that has extended from last June, and for the last six week has been confined to his bed. Deceased was in his072nd year and was born, neer Belleville. When onlya boy he came to these piirts with his parents /and for ,many years he lived near Loirdesboro. Over 50 years ago hemarried Mary • Witte, who now survives him and with this union a familyor two boys{"'Fred- of Cleveland,rand Herbert'of Goderich: and three daugbrers. Mrs, W. Whit ley, of Woodetock, Mrs. Bruee of Fort William, and Miss Willy at home survive. The funeral Was 'held'" on Sunday afternoon the services being conductedby ltev.'Dr. Rutledge' ; pas tor of Wesley church, at?whiah"church' the, deceased was a:regutar attendant. The pallbearers were:—Messrs. ,•Frank Evans, Peter-Cantelon, 111. W Cook, B. Uole, A. Cook and J. Harland.` All the family were presentand the other relatives from a distance were, Mrs. W. H. Olufi of Deti iot, sister of the late Mr. Potts and Mr, W. W hitley.of w. Deceased' Wooda}ock, a,:eon in law. was a bard workingman"an4for years was identified with the''painting and paperhanging busieess. l t A CREED FOR BRITONS. (F. G. M. in Winnipeg TrIbune,) I believe in our King., I believe in our Government. I believe in the liberty of the Brit. ish Empire, I believe in the righteousness of our cause. 1 believe in our Secretary of War, I believe in the Commander of the Forces. I believe in every soldier of our Land. I believe in our Navy and its Com m an d es's. I believe this great war is but the marking of a new and greater epoch in the history of the British Empire. 1 bolieve the British Empire ° shall emerge from this war the greatest na- tion for good the world has ever known, We should thank God I:hat our°na- tion is hlessed with such strong, coni- agenus end resolute determined Hien, to t:nhold the, honor and dignity of our Empire, Peav God, honor the British, pity tna fiermane down the Kaiser and. the :siilitary spirit of Germany for. ev end world peace is assured, Over The Teacups Useful 25rticl(es as 1S• b+•, -0VN n :What 111 it' be? his`is s, t on'!th ill:' " ,4 � .a ate=w uzzle' ,�,Ti } g� l? a'± �,� i t' � le', a T1 tl +'t �. l;t .e 4� h. fog s, •i;� � e3 . ,,a . ,�::. + l' w .��r� x� r , ,�; F � ay ,���ath .v f think' d s - f o�•f ' Ltd wko't•' he �vis�l.l: rf.' y` o emlember with a ,token, of.the Christmas,. season. , ='Let lis'°s'ugges't^`�a� n, articles that may be found in our large Christmas stock t' and which will be useful as well as acceptable to either young or old. For Children For Ladies For Men Handkerchiefs Slippers Ties Mitts and Bootees Fancy Linen Mufflers` Furs Silk` Waists Fancy Braces Gloves Net Waists Fancy Shirts Sweaters ' Tea Aprons Umbrellas Sweater Coats Hand Bags Gloves 13e sure and see our boxed Ties and Braces 25c, 35, 50c f, Plumsteel Bros. New Idea Patterns 100 Made to Measure Clothing Miss Hazel Ruzell is visitingMiss Gertie Bielby of Morris townshi, Mrs. Donald Ross, of 'Barrie is spending Xmas with her brother Rev. Frank Harper and Mrs. Harper at the Manse, Ontario street. "Iter three little daughters, Helen, Margaret and. Marion are with her, • Mr, 'Russel May, who is attending Victoria University, Toronto, is home for thetholidays. Miss Stone of the School, of Coni , coerce is spending the vacation at her Mime at Essex. • Miss McDougall, of the C. C. 1. staff, is holidaying at her home in Canning tong Miss Agnes Chidleyy, who, has been relieving at the Wingham High School is back to town again. Mr. and Mrs. Robb are spending the holidays at Erin and Toronto. Miss Irene Collins is spending. the holidays at St. Thomas and Dutton and otherSonthern points. Miss Ada Kiridree, who is teaching at the Separate School in Hullett is spending her holidays at lies home. in St. Thomas. Mr. Dean Oourtice is home for his Christmas holidays. Mr. Bouck accompanied by, Miss Ethel are spending the Christmas holidays with the former's aged'par• ents at Morrisburg. Mrs. Hodgson and little son Edwin, of Moose Jaw, are here on a visit to the former's parents, Mr: and Mrs. Mahaffy. Miss Irwin and Miss Ruby Irwin,' both of Toronto, are here for the boli-, day. Miss Mabel Turner, of •Brucefield was the guest of friends in town' last week: Mrs William Cooper of Clinton an- nounces the engagement of her young est slaughter. Edna V„ to Dr. R. G. Struthers, sbn of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Struthers, Galt, Ontario. The mar- riage will take place quietly the latter part of the month, - Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Ryan.: are spend- ing the Christmastide with the former's parents at Port Hope. Mr. Robert Irwin who is attending Victoria College is home for the va- cation, Mr. John Sutter is spending Christ. Inas at the parental home at Stratfotcl Mr. W. J. Murray, of Exeter, *as in town on Saturday. kr. Jack Irwin, of London, is spend ing the holiday with his. parents Mr. and. Mrs.. S., A. Irwin. • • Mr. Will Whitley. of Weodstocials, here for Christmas. Mr. and Mrs.'Clark Aplin, Of Indian- apolis,. are spending Christmas. at the Ontario St. Parsonage. o- • Miss Edith Graot, a,student at the Toronto Tlniversity, is the• guest of lift. and Mrs. W T O'Neil ,. ` .+ Mrs. J., Armstrong, of Ontario, C0,1.,. accompanied . by' two of her ehildien' Olive and Arthur, is the guest.08 her, •nether; Mrs. W. Cooper. Mrs. E. C. D;'MgcCalluni,' of $ingg stop arrived to town" on} Tuesday aht will spend Christmas with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. Wiseman: " iso Workmen's Act Rates fixed Toronto, Dee. 13.—Notices of the workmen's compensation act as- sessment, many of which were yes terday delivered to employers, in- dicate that the rates are in many cases lower than those in tiew York, Washington, Michigan and 'O io The idea in formulating the rates has been to prepare figures ' based on experience elsewhere, and ''at the same time suited to the con ditions prevailing in Ontario. For the first year the assessments are necessarily of an experimental character, and in cases where it is found that the figure has been set too high a readjustment will she made next year and of course ;where the rate may have missed the ;;mark some what and been too low a 'rising tendency will subsquently be 'the rule. The calculation in dicing ;the rates has been apparently to `carry the compensation business through the year on the right std; and the figures therefore probably err on the safe side. r Schedule Of Dates, Early notices which have been despatched point to the following iates on the 1915 payroll having been arrived at in the cases men- tioned; Carpentering, bricklaying stonecutting, etc., $2.50%; lumber- ing, $2%; concrete work, laying pavements etc.. $1.50%; lathing and plastering $2, painting ?decorating shop work away away from shop $2 making cloth material 40c print ting 50c. As indicative of hazard• due employment it is noteworthy' that in the case of work of work in the demolition of buildings the a'esassemept is understood to be $7,ner cent. In many of the factory classes the rates are .surprisingly low For instance in the clothing trade the easements upon cloth manufac turing and closely -related indda- tiies is only one -Half of one p,�r cent of the payroll. Clothing shit/+,,ta cap manufacturing ufacturing etc., is consid- ered less Lazardous and employe 's _ will have to'pay only .4 per cent f the dollar. The statements se 't, cut show what the varied lumber ing and kindred' industries pay about 2% several of the branches Of the lumbering 1industry being grouped with the ',one assessment, Foundries will pay a rate of 1.800 2%, according to the class of work hsndled. The printing ,industry. (s a low -hazard one, paying only ccye half of one per cent, Payment Is Deferred, In the statement.,which'has bee"t issued itis pointed out that thb amount is payable within fifteep days from the mailing bf the notice but owing to theexceptional in;= dustrial conditions •noxi prevailing you are given the option of paying half the amount now and the re- ' maiming half with interest- thereof, at the rate of 6% per annum (with out further notiee(, on June 30 191a After the close of 1915 when the actual payroll is aaeertained adjust went will be made to the true a- Mount. Audits willbe made from time to time and any . errors disc covered classification or other! wise will be' corrected," p c'tw i1 Remember the Boy's Concert to? morrow—Christmas Day. See adv} on page 5. Moving Pictures Musical Program TOWN HILL, CLINTON e Christmas Night Dee: 25th, 1914 2:Slloiv's-7.00 and 8.46 p.m Admission IOc Proceeds to the Patriotic Fund Miss Jess oiNeil of Toronto is spend ing the vacation at, home here,, • Miss Lillian Cant'elon is visiting friends in Sarnia, Port Huron and Detroit. Miss Ida Cornish, who is teaching at Cookstown is home for the holi days. Mr. Bert Wiltse is home for a holi day. Miss Lizzie Ford, who is teaching', near Owen Sound is home for the holidays. Mr. Ray Cantelou who has spent 2 years in the West is expected home on S vturclay. Mr. and Mrs, A, F. Oollyei and little Misses Mary and Phyllis, of, Lon cion are here for Ohtistnias. The friends of Mr, A. E. Allin, of Toronto, and soli of Rev. and Airs. S. J. Allis, will be sorry 50 learn' that he underwent, an operation t'or appendi cites at Toronto on Monday. The patient is dome as well as can be e.xpc stud, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman, 'of York ton, Sask„ who are visiting Mis Jennie Holmes' are speeding Christ mas with the 1oruier's'relatives at'1 Goh. 1VIissdericBeatrice White, of Windsor. is a guest at the Ontario( Street Par,sonage.; The Junior Boys of Clinton want to do their share for the War Fund by getting up the best 10 cent show ever held in Clinton, and invite your pat ronage Cone Early, or Come Lat''' or Come Any Time and the Show will be on We Need The Money You Need the Laugh' Committee of Managernent Leighton Walker Stewart McBi'ien Fred Wallis Tony Schrenk,'k Earl Steep Willis Cooper { Wishing you one and all A Joyous Christmas stmas ' and a Year and Prosperous New Yea Happy p