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CLINTON ONTARIO
THURSDAY JANUARY 23 1913
W. H. Kerr & Son
Editors and Publishers
If You Appreciate Genuine Bargains Alwys Read the Advertisements iia The New Era
THE.
Royal Bark
OF CANADA
Head Office, Montreal
Capital: Authorized $25,000,000
Capital Peed -up 11,500,000
P eserye' and ieadiviided
profits 12,500,000
TOTAL ASSETS .,.,. 175,000,000
325 ;BRANCHES
With world wide connection;
Interest allowed on Deposits
General Ranking ,bu mesa trans-
acted.
R. E. MANNING, Mgr.
CLINTON BRANCH
1 LAXACOLD
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'A laxative cure for LaGrippe
Coughs, C old
Headaches,
eadaches,
and Neuralgia.
Acts cenickly and is tasteless
LAKACOLD will often cure
a cold in a day and a night.
Try it once then the next
time you will be sure to re-
member how quickly Laxa-
cold cured you.
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Dispensing Chemist.
Carried liver llaro
When ice floated Away
Geo. Thompson and John ;Hutton
1 Had Exciting ',Time at
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Londesboro.
Londesboro, Jan. 20.—John Hut-
ton and JGeorge Thompson had a
close• call from being drowned,
when as they were cutting ice
above the .darn, the river started
to rise,' and the ice on which they
were standing suddenly floated',
away.
Both men were swept over the
dam before Mr. Thompson, 'who
could swim, managed to make liis
way to shore and hurriedly pro-
cured a rope and. called help. By
,prompt (work the party managed
to reach Mr.'Hutton when he was
about 200 feet down the stream. He
was pulled into the bank and re-
s ued after a great L
eal of diffi-
culty, culty,
1 Ike Labe Allendance
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TORONTO, ONT.
Enjoys, is not the result of acci-
dent. There is a reason for it. We
have room for. mare. Enter' now.
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.Record of Pro 'cess for Piece Years 1906:1911
1000 1911
CAPITAL ' , $;,000,000.110 $4,000,00a00
RESERVE . :3000,000.00 4,000,OU0.00
DEPO,ITS 23,077,730.00 35,0.42,311.00
LOANS AND INV.ESTi11ENTS , 27,457,070.00 38,854,801.00
TOTAL ASSETS , , , , 33,090,IO2,00 45,237,27400 •
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By the time this issue of the New
Horne of Wiiiiam Cook Was
Completely Gutted.
Constance, Jan, 20 —A disastrous
fire Demurred at Cqnstancb, between
'5 and 6 o'clock this morning, When
the large dwelling house and con”
tents of William Cook, blacksmith,
were entirely consumed; When
discovered the fire had gained
such headway that it was with
great difficulty Mr. Cook got out
Mrs. Cook and son Prank were
forced to"jump from an upstairs
window, The entire contents were
destroyed, The son, Frank, who
is on a visit from the west, lost al-
most all This clothes:. The fire is
thought to have started from the
furnace,
Dismissal Record
Daily Increasing,
Dr. Campbell, lnspeotor'Of London
Postal Division Is Dismissed,
London, Ont. Jan 1:7.—Itis un-
derstood that the Postmaster -
General has yielded to the requests
of a number of the Western Ontario
Conservative spoilsnlen and has
dismissed from office Dr. Clarence
T. Campbell, the inspector for the
London Postal Divi:ion, Dr
Campbell has , held the position
since 1900, and has been an efficient
and popular official. His successor
is not yet named.
Before entering the public ser-
vice Dr. Campbell, who is a native
of London, Ont,, had along career
as apractitioner in Stratford and
London. and in municipal affairs.
He was a member of the hoard of
examiners of the College of Physi-
cians and Surgeons, 'president of
the Canadian Medical Council, and
other bodies, a member of the Lon-
clon Boarcl of Education and later
chairman ,of that body ; sc.s ved in
the council of his native city, and
in 1905 was elected mayor. He is
the author of numerous magazine
articles, a prominent, Pree-mason,
and was Grand Sire of the I.0 O,P.,
1903-04.
Sixty -Three Dismissed,
Ottawa, Jan, 17 —The extent to
which the political executioner's ,
axe has been, wielded in Nova
Scotia may be gauged by the fact
that since the present Government
assumed office no less that 03
li htkee rs in
1 e the province v
g p ha e
been dismissed for alleged 'of-
.fenee partisanship." Their .places
have been filled by "non-offensive."
Conservatives, A return tabled -in
She Commons today gave the list
decapitations.
Navy, Trade And Tax
Reform Resolutions.
South Huron Liberal Executive
Urges Prevention Of Money.
Contribution,
one of the largest and most en-
thusiastic meetings•, of the South
Huron Liberal Executive was held
in Hensel] last Wednesday, des-
pite the rain i, and 'disagreeable
weather. The following resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted:—
"Resolved, that this meeting en-
dorses the stand taken by theLib-
eral Opposition on the navy ques-
tion as unanimouslly adopted by
Parliament in 1909, and is' strongly
of the' opinion that Sir Wilfrid
Laurier and the Liberal Opposition
should use all means in their power
to prevent the adoption of a
money contribution as advocated
by the Borden Administration, and
we express the preference for a
policy of gradually b.uildieg up 0
Canadian naval force manned,
owned and controlled by the Can-
adian people.
"Resolved, that the South' Huron
Liberal Executive endorses, the
stand taken by Sir Wilfrid Laurier
and the Liberal leaders on the
policy of advocating better trade
relations, especially with our
neighbors. to the south, and we be-
lieve that an extension of the
British preference of the Cana-
dian people.
"Resolved, , that this Executive.
desires :- to record its. confidence in
and appreciation of the valiant
services of the honored Liberal
leader in the Provincial Legislature
Mr. N- W. Rowell, K. C., and es-
pecially
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1 c to the ques-
tion
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tion of tax reform, and would urge
upon the Liberals in the Legis-
lature the advisability of forcing
this great issue°prominently to the.
fore.
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Hear Smith o' a
lila President of
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the association, occupied the chair.
He and the, Secretary; J. G Stan -
bury of Exeter, were empowered
to call a convention whenever they
considered it advisable,
GRANTS TO HOSPITA[S'
The Following Is A List Of The Gtants Given $y County Councils
In Western Ontario To Hospitals,
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COUNTY TOTAL AUT. No, Oe. ninth Or Plosion:L (:GT To )AC11
OP GRANT H055ITALS �FIOSPTTAL
WATERLOO $2,500.00 2 ` Berlin klospital....... ,...41,250.00
Galt Hospital $1,250,00
WELLINGTON $2,886,00 3 General llospital G4udeph $951,00
St. John's Hospital Guelph 5999.00
Fergus Hospital...'..... ,.... $930 00
BRUCE $2,000.00 2 \'valkerton .$1,500 00
Kincardine Hospital ... „ $ 500;00
Collingwood Hospital $500.00
Oribia Hospital .... ....., $500 00
Barrie Hospital $500 00
'Midland Hospital...... , $500.00
$700,00' 1 - Stratford Hospital $700,00
'81,000 00 1 ' • Owen Sound Hospital $1,000:00
SIMOOE $2,000.00
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OXFORD
$1,00'•00 1 Sarnia Hospital $1,000.00
$1,500,00 2 Woodstock Hospital .
Ingersoa Hospital .. 8500,00
HURON $000.00 3 Clinton Hospital..,. SI00.00
Windham Hospital .. .,0250:00
(a oderi
ch Hospital p al $250.00
Although the assessment of the County of. Huron is very Much higher
than any of the other counties, its assessed value being the second highest in
the Province, its contributions to Hospital maintenance is the lowest,
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BRIBERY IN OPTION CONTEST, the Huron Poultry Show at Gode-
It is ecenn,ortly reported at Exeter rich this week.
that the ch (.firman of the local option ALLIN-SINCLAIR WEDDING.
executive in Stephen Township has
had pot into his hands money e (id to Cleveland Q. Arlin, of the Halifax
have been oli'ered for votes by a cer Naval College, and eldest son of
rain botelkeeper. An investigation Rev. S. J. Allm of this town, was
may follow and the end appsrently.is married on Thursday, Jan. lath, at
not yet. / Parkhill to Mary Stewart Sinclair.
CALL. EXTENDED. The ceremony was performed by
the father of the bridegroom, in the
Whitechurch and. L`ingside Pres presence of only a few relatives,
hyterians have extended a unanimous A. O, U, W,
c (ll to Rev. Ore Stewart or Napier, in
the Chathan, Presbytery, The offer A district meeting of the various
is X1,000 snlarv, tree manse and glebe, A,O,U.W. representatives chosen
incl four week's vacation. Mrs, Stew to attend the coming Grand Lodge
art is a daughter of the late Rev, Me at Toronto will be held in the A.
Liman, formerly pastor of Blyth Pres O U. W„ 'Hall in ;Clinton, on Feb.
by terian Church. 4th, at which the prts asgoposed amend -
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GODERICFI WINS DISTRICT, be ell cussedo i a] and ifOre the Stewa
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yvia
course of procedure decided upon,
The Clinton Intermediate Hockey
team has defaulted their two games
to Goderich owing to numerous dif-
ficulties in getting a team together
As a result of this Goderieh is now
winner of district 10, having put the
lid on Seaforth's aspirations Tues-
day night in Seaforth.
CAPTURED PRIZES.
Mr. Bert Hovey Won 0 prizes on
Barred Rocks and 12 on other birds-
and may clean-up on specials at
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You'd never imagine
that all the ripping,
roaring and complex
comedy situations
that you'll read about
in the new serial story
we have arranged to
print were possible
within the confines of
an ordinary sleeper.
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That's the title,
but there is no
excuse for you
to miss reading
this story by
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The Well -Known Author
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to end, with a round 3`',,
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JAMES BROWN DEAD.
Kincardine Review —Word was
received helve on Tuesday, from.
Clinton, announcing the death of
James Brown, which oecuered •,t
the home of his daughter, Mrs. T.
A. Greig, with whom he was spend-
ing the (winter. Deceased had
reached the ripe old age of 84
years. He was born in .Hamilton,
Scotland, being the eldest of a
large family, He came to Canaria
tsith his parents in 1860. They first
settled in Galt, and shortly after
the moved
. y to Blandford, Oxford
ccunty. After seven years resi-
dence there air. iiroyvn came to
Kincardine in 1857, and conducted a
SW mill on the south side for a
short time. From there he moved
to a farm on the Durham Road, and
later to the 5th 00 Kincardine. He
retired from the farni in 1893, com-
ing to Kincardine town to reside.
In 1856 he was married to ffarriet
.Stewart, who predeceased hon see-
' eral years ago. To them a large
family was born, the following still
being alive—Robt, 11., Lougheecl,
Alta.; Alexander, Kincardine; Mee,
John Myers, Monrovia, Cal,; Wm.
Ontario, Cal.; Mrs. T. A. Greg, Clin-
ton ; John, Southampton ; George,
North Bruce ; James, Milwaukee ;
Mrs. Wade, Los Angeles, Cal.; Lor-
enzo, Charles and Mrs, Hanily, To-
ronto' Mrs. 11, S. Thompson Kin-
cardine; Mrs. Wm. Deacon, Michi-
gan; and Mr. John Brown, Detroit,
are sisters and brother of the de-
ceased. The late Mr. Brown was a
well known and esteemed citizen,
'and Ms sprightly figure was always
in evidence on the streets of Kin-
cardine until about a year ago
when he began to fail. In religion
he was a Presbyterian and in poli-
tics a Liberal of the old school. The
funeral will take place this (Theirs,
day), afternoon from the residence
of his son, Mr, Alex. Brown, South
street, ,
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' CALLED HOME,
Alter man
y long ng and trying
years of delicate health, Elizabeth
McIntyre, relect of the late Thos.
Rill ` was called away on Sunday
morning at the age of 75 years and
4 months. n is, Deceased had been in
delicate health a for years and had
been practically bed -fast for the
past six months. Mrs.I ill was
born in Oshawa in 1837 and in 1850
was, married to Thomas Hill and
they came to Huron County, and
settled do lot 25, Con. ,5, Hallett
township. Over 20 years ago Mt.
Hill passed away at the age of ' 13
and five years' later itIrs. Rill
moved to Clinton- and has been a
resident of town for 15' years. She
B.C.
was a member of the old I.. C.
church and later of ,Ontario S .
church. A family of four daughters
and 2 eons survive, to hold -in
memory a loving and faithful
mother, -William T. of Hullett tow
•si ip, and James of Londesboro,
Miss M. J. Hill at home,' Mrs. John
R. Nobles of Mullett and Mrs. James
Rath,' of Acton. .One sold John,
died about 15 years ago. The
funeral was held oh Tuesday\ atter-,•
noon and
n Rev. S. J, Allen,.thea: -
p 9
for of thes
decea ed s oke Words , p of
comfort to the • looters -ling ones,
Messrs. C. J.'Wallis, J. Medd, J.
Shepherd, 11. Baker, A. Morris and
D. Cantel:on were the pallbearers.
Era reaches yea only one week
with be left in the month of Janu-
ary, Time flies and if we expect
to keep up with the procession it
behooves us to rise early and keep
busy. Already the c Base Ball
teams of the cities have been
organized and the geographies are
being studied to find the nearest
Summer -land in March and April
to open the season. It might not
be a bad, idea to sketch out a plan
of work , for the coming Spring so
that the preliminaries could be
completed before the soft Southern
'breezes blow,
Itis said that probably the holder
of a $50,000 lottery ticket went
down on the steamship Titanic.
This was the first prize in the
drawing and the money, now lies
unclaimed in an Italian bank, We
know several parties who might be
indue d toacee
pt the coin but
Bull -
pose
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pose the government of the land
of the dago will fall heir' to it, un-
less the proper identification turns
up. As for ourselves we hardly even
carry round $50,000. It is not much
safer to do soon land than at sea.
Any prize ticket we ever diel had diel
not increase our wealth by even
50 cents so the missing party is as
well off as we are, barring his life.
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R. Poineare has been re-elected
the new' President of Prance. Re
is over 50 years of age and a lawyer
by profession. Although be is old
enough to have better seose he is
right "up on the bit" on the duel
business and will not be insulted
by anybody, so long as he can fire
a revolver or wield a sword, The
honorable .Prenchman should seek
a few administrative pointers from
Ills professional brother, Barrister
E. N Lewis, 141,1', for West Huron,
along the lines of using the oiled
feather instead of the old fashioned
weapons, or else the vice President
may shortly- have ajab, This
duelling business, unless a wordy
combat such as they have at Ot-
tawa, is hard on the health and
often gives the undertaker the
contract the electors might have
to undertake later had not the aim
of the crueller been good. 'Wonder
if we could introduce the •duel at
Ottawa or Toronto?
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Huron Co. Council opens its ses-
sions for 1913 next Tuesday after-
noon. One of the first duties will
be the
elect'of
san a W rile
a h. For
z o
this honorable office it looks as if
four gentlemen would face the
starter at the Liberal caucus, in the
persons of Reeves Govenlock, of
iticKillop ; McKay, of Tuckersmith ;
Milne; o0 Blyth; and Bailie, of
West Wawanosh , Some of the
candidates, if not all, have al-
ready counted noses and perhaps
could now give the result of the
poll, Any one of the quartette
would fill the chair in up-to-date
style but of course to only one
can come the favor on Tuesday,.
We have no doubt however, that
those upon whom the mantle does
not fall this time will do their very
best to aid the new Warden in the
performance of his duties in 1513,
By the unwritten law of the County
Council this es the year of Liberal
reign, Warden Stotliers, of -Ash-
field, having presided last' years
The hour of opening the Ontario
Legislative halls for another ses-
sion 15 about at hand and its cone-
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ing will be watched with some
eagerness 'by both political parties.
Some big questions will be on the
bill of fare and upon their proper
Settlement the electors will be
asked to re -instate the present
ruling power or elect in their steed
the Liberal party under the leader-
ship.'of Barrieter N. W Rowell. TI'oo
large a majority in the House is
not always the: best thing for a
political Harty, especially when the
Premier is disposed to do the driv-
ing. Already evidences of disinte-
gration are ,not wanting en the
Tax Reform issue and the 3-5
clause of the Local ,Option law
and prominent party supporters
and sections of the; Conservative
press'have "spoken out in meetin'"
in oe uncertain manner. If Sir
James trims his' sails to catch the
breezes• along these lines. it,niay:
be well 'with him but if he under
takes: to "t•im" anybody who
offers a suggestion, as'.he usually
does, hea
m y find aroc]sy road to
travel. Public opinion is a fickle
commodity and Hon, Mr Whitney
mayfind, od, as m n
y another
poli-
tidal)
leas that the space• between
"Hosanna" and "Crucify" is very
short. The great Northland p•ob
lem requires strong, wise :and
optimistic legislation, more )?arti-
stogy oil
it's easy if you use
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Flit REXALII STORE
W.Q.R. llo1m,s
Olives
My—but they are good.
Have you seen the display
in our South Window?
Did you ever hear that
Olives are healthful?
They are—
An aid to digestion,
wholesome too,
.and
If you are fond of Olives,
you will be glad to know
that we have some extra
qualities to offer you just.
now.
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THE UB GROCER
Phone 49
cularly now that the Grand Trunk
Pacific railway has become a factor
in its future development. "Builld
up Ontario" is a good enough motto
to continue on the banner of this
grand old Province,
England expects every man to do
his duty" is still the watchword
and applies with emphasis to the
v vrious Colonies and their
future elation to the naval question,
Will a grant of 831,000,000 from
this great Dominion express the
answer Canaria is disposed tt give
as well 1 s.sth4.•
butltliug and maim-
ing of naval units in this country?
It looks to us as if handing over the
money is only 11510 doing our duty,'
in whie h little oe no sacrifice stands
behind it, instead of completing the
work and putting upon the decks
of ships owned by this land the
brawn and muscle of Canucics.
Lord Nelson felt assured the ap-
peal from the flagstaff would be
heartily responded to as it was, but
the so-ealled "tin pot navy" was
surely better than no navy at all,
We regret however that the time
seems to have arrived when the
question of naval fleets and arma-
ments monopolizes weeks if snot
months of time in Parliament and
calls out the thought of war and
destruction of life and property in-
stead of catering to trade develop-
ment, merchant)ueu and the
brotherhood of roan. Col Sans.
1Jnghes, Minister of Militia, would_':
transform every school into a cadet
camp and place upon the shoulder •
of every boy a rifle, Is this 20th
century civilization? No greater
problem has ever bei„ enhm tieu•'
to the 130 pie of. Canada 10011 i:lhis
same naval question and withdeei`
being thought disloyal or nue
British we have a notion that many
an elector would be disposed to
say Nay to the whole business,
thereby seeking for the abandon-
ment
of war astir the ushering in of
Peace Congresses and the con -
aleatory rather than entering into
competition with other nations to
see who can 'build the most 'war-
ships in a given period. Let $35,-
000,000 be spent in cultivating the
arts of peace by our Conservative
brethren and the Liberals set to
work to invest capital in the most
up-to-date sea -faring passenger
and freight lines to care for the
great and developingtrade of this
premier colony and it is safe to say
an era of expansion and good.
fellowship world ensue the like
of which has never been known
and the object lesson to the Na-
tions would prove a lasting bene-
fit. There are ways of expressingg
loyalty without shot, and shell and
the inculcating ef.militarisnh to the
youth, Don't let us be caught in
so disastrous an undertaking. as is
bemoaned by the massed powers
today when they come to deal with
amicable settlements iameng Belli-
gerent Nations, A 'harvest - of
Peace can never be reaped from
seed sowing of cannon and sabre, .
If our parliaments, pulpits and the
press, to say nothing of the many
other contributory forees;'combin-
ed ia
ngreat masterful
crusade f
oxdeveIo
developing the gospel ofleace
earth and good will toward melt
an impetus would be given to a God
honoring cause that 'would 'harry
with it a gloribus train of elements
to the blessing 01 the human 05511..1
ly and the betterment of the \wide,