The Clinton New Era, 1913-02-20, Page 1Established .1865, Vol. 47, No. , 34,
If You Appreciate •�Genuine argams Always R.ead" le Adv'ertisenients in The New Era
CLINTON ONTARIO THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20 1913
W. H. Kerr &, Son, Editors and Publishers
THE,
Royal Bark1 =
OF CANADA TO BE HELD IN GODLRICH ON
Head Office, Montreal MONDAY, -MARCH 3RD,
liberal Conventcnk fir, Proudfoot and
Sir James Have a Tilt
Capital Authorized $25,000,000
Capital Paved -up 11,500,000
Reserve and undivided
profits 12,500,000
TOTAL ASSETS ..175,000,000
325 ,B'RANC'HES
With world wide connection`
Interest allowed on Deposita
General lBaarkisn+g business treat's -
,acted.
R. E. MANNING, Mgr,
CLINTON BRANCH
LAXACOLD
A laxative cure for LaGrippe
Coughs, Colds, Headaches,
and Neuralgia.
Acts quickly and is tasteless
LAXACOLD 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.
.J. A- E..IONT�i�
Dispensing, Chemist.
ABM
West Huron Liberals will hold
a Nominating Convention
Goderich in , the Temperance
Hall, on Monday, March 3rc1 at
1.30 p.m. to select a'Candidate
for the Dominion. Riding. Mr.
Hugh Guthrie, M. P., of Guelph r
is expected to be - present and
address the meeting. All •Lib-
erals invited to attend.
DEATH OF INFANT BOY.
The 6 -months -Old son of ;Mr.
W. N. Manning and the late Mrs.
Alexandra T. Manning, 377 Mait-
land street, London, died suddenly
of heart failure on Tuiesday. " The
funeral was held Wednesday
morning to the G. T. R. (station,
where the remains were conveyed
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'Huron and, Bruce train to
Clinton, where burial took place;
The, child was interred beside his
mother.
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TORONTO, ONT.
Is a 'Commercial School of the
Highest Grade. None better in
Canada. Graduates in strong de-
mand. Enter now. Catalogue Free.
The Molsons Bank
Incorporated 11855 Established in iilinton 1879
BEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL
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SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT
Interest altlowed at highest current rate.
on sums of 31 and upwards from date of deposit
Joint Accounts Allowed
BRANCHES AND AGENTS ALL OVER CANADA
AND AGENTS ALL OVER TILE WORLD
A GENERAL BANK ha BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
C E. DOWDING, Manager Clinton Branch
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here. and that gleans that it is again time for our
annual Sale. •
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Friday's daily Toronto Star had
the following in their Parlialuent-
any report in the Ontario 'House :—
Mr,. Plliott's amendment was
buried, and Sii James thought to
Burry' through the original motion .
of thanks to the Lieutenant -
Governor for "his gracious speech," -
when . Mr.; William Proudfoot in-
troduced a second IaMendment bf
"regret." This new regret was
"that the Government had failed to
indicate its intention of introducing
legislation 7 to curtail th'e evils of
the liquor traffic,"
Temperance a Live Issue.
It was thus, Mr. Proudfoot ver
effectively pointed out, that he
would have the Government under-
stand that- the Liberal party had
not side-tracked their interest in
temp erance, nor were they pre•+
'pared to abide by the , half -r sy
policy of Anti -Treating. Besides
prolonging g the debate,
the n
umber
for
Centre Huron riled Sir James 1
A special meeting of the House
into more blustery mood than he
has shown before this session, and pfRefuge committee was held at
all by a query which has been heard Clinton to consider tenders for a
before in the House -"Vas' the much needed enlargement to the
Government' behind Hon. Adam barns.
Beck in his desire to promote
Hydro -Electric radial lines The contract for the framework
throughout the Province?" of the new addition, : 26x30 feet.
The Government leader lad
barely cooled from that brush was given to Matt, Mains, . of
when the Opposition speaker touch. Londesboro, at $425.
ed upon the need for tax reform.
Mr. Proudfoot had understood the
"one -man -governor" to say that
the Government would bring in no
change in the law.
"I didn't say it. I never did."
Sir James threw back testily, "We
may as well have this out right
Additions to be Made at House o Refuge-.
l EDITORIAL � Many. Colds
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A SPECIAL MEETING IN,CIINTON AND LET THE 44 +44+
Between eight'and nine million
CONTRACT. dollars are claimed from the White
Star Steamship Company in con-
nection with the loss of the great
Titanic. There will be more than
one legal "scrap" before the last
call is paid.
Old John Bull will be able to
sleep well at nights now, even
with the "emergency" scare still
in the phantom . stage, when he
knows that Canada will borrow
335,000,000 and make a loan to him
for naval equipment.
COMMITTEE IIAD
Huron. County House of Refuge:
'The cement foundation Will be
lnnklt under the supervision of In-
spector Torrence and Manager
Mutch. help from the inmates of
the house being utilized as far as
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possible, and this will reduce the
cost considerably.
The basement will be used as a
driving shed, for which there is eo
provision at present, and yet such
shelter is much needed, and the
upper floors will be used for stor-
ing products of the farm.
Ssoacn Corn. Patterson has let the
contracts for building afoot bridge
attachment to the Bayfield bridge,
to A,'Hill 8r. Co.. of Mitchell. This
will be five feet wide and will cost
about $1500.
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APPOINTED AGENT. I ANOTHER DEATH.
Mr. A. J. Grigg has been appoint- There passed away on Monday
ed Dominion immigration agent in Into ingThAnn as Me e,r at relicthe oma hof
this district and his advt. re farm her son. on Huron Street. The
help appears in this issue. Those
wishing to secure help should funeral was held on Wednesday
consult Mr. Grigg at once. afternoon. A grown up family sur-
vive.
. A GREAT SALE,
NEW ROADMASTER.
This week near Wingham Wil- 1 Owin to the making of several
liam Maxwell had an Aucton Sale new districts on the G.T.R. Mr. L.
of farm stock etc., and prices rani Pender, who was Roadmaster on
the L. H. & B. Line has been moved
to Palmerston and Roadmaster
George Alain, of London, will have
charge of this line from Hyde Park
to Wungham.
MAY TRY SCOTT ACT AGAIN
IN HURON COUNTY.
high. 8 horses sold for $1,820 ; 8
cows averaged $80.20; Sheep
averaged 310.50 and 54 hens sold for
$47.00. The entire sale amounted
to over $4.500. Mr. Hugh Ross and
Mr. Maxwell sr. went up to attend
MR. WM. PROUDFOOT, the Libel al the sale,
member who had a little spat V.V.C's. DATE PARTY.
with Sir James Whitney.
here, Mr. Honorable Member for
Centre Huron." Then he turned in
apologetic explanation to the rest
of the 'House, with, "It's one of the
experiences everybody has to go
through with thegentle-
man,
honorableg
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man, It's impossible to make him
understand anything—"
"You've no right to,make such a
statement," Mr. Proudfoot de-
clared vigorously. "Pm not here
to submit ,• to a lecture from any-
body—"
Wont Tolerate Contradiction.
"If he continues to state the posi-
tion of the Government is so and
so," Sir James met him half way,
"and I continue to say ti's other-
wise, I won't tolerate it to have him
stand there and coolly, placidly
contradict me."
The Opposition demanded a point
of order.
"Point of disorder," Sir James
scoffed, ;with a loud guffaw, "on
your part. square at a terrific pace. Mr. Elliott
Speaker Hoyle settled the 'dis- and Mr. Dourst did not know
pute between the belligerents by of their ` approach till the horses
showing Mr. Proudfoot that when were upon them. They are both
another member of the House con-' violently thrown out of their buggy
tradicted a statement, that con which was smashed to pieces by the
tradiction must be accepted. And contact, and had not one of the bus
this remark Mr. Proudfoot • 'vas . horses fallen,. the heavy bus would
pleased totwist into anacknow-.
have surelyelyPaesed overer them. The
ledgment on thepart of Sir James two gentlemen received a bad
that the Government did intend shaking up, and a number 'of
some sort of legislation along the bruises.
interests of tax reform, though he
must say, the Opposition had been CALLED HOME.
given little satisfaction as to what After an illness that has extend -
turn that legislation might be ex- ed over the pest year and being
petted to take. , The idea conveyed bedfast practically since Christ -
had been simply that notices were mas, Jonathan Brown, of Victoria
togo out to the assessors though- street 'passed away Friday morn
out the Province "to do their duty.' ing. Deceased was born in Elgin
"Which, by the way," the speaker County. Malahide tonwship, near
persisted, "is no more than an insult, Aylmer over 68 years ago, and
to the assessors,. The assessors are has resided in Clinton. nearly 25,
men who have the. Act before Years. For over 15 years he was
them. They know their duty,they connected the Electric
Light
ve talthis Government perform
, pint. Besides his widow he is
P Plant.
and yetsurvived by a son (11. L. Brown Of
audacity to send them individual Toronto,) and two daughtera (Nellie
letters that they must keep 'their at horns, and Mrs. McTaggart of
•oaths. That seems to be the re- ,Dunboyne.) Deceased was an ad-
medy which suits the member: from hereat of the Wesley church, Liber
West, Ottawa, who has 'already put al in politics and a strong' advocate
party first and principles after, by for temperance, and a member of
voting against our amendment. 1 the LO,7F,' A short memorial scr-
am sorry to see that his, conscience vice was held at the home on Sun -
is so easily satisfied, but I say most day evening and the body - was ,
emphatically that the bare sending taken •en the early morning train,
out of notices to assessors is not Monday to Aylmer and from there
sufficient," interment was made at the Don-
Continuing,Mr. Proudfoot re u- bo.. ne cemetery. To the widow and
diked thcharges made by the Tamil thea sympathy of their many
friends is extended. In speaking
to members of the family the New
=Era, learned that Mari. Brown's fore-
fathers came out to America on the
"Mayflower" and at the time of the
-"War of 1812 they came over to
Canada and fought for the British
Empire and Canada. Mr. Brown's.
father received as his reward the
land ,on which Ingersoll is .now).
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HERS To Men Who Care."
1+DRNIS
Interest in the Balkan war has
largely died out and those who are
the chief in it are only too anxious
to quit, The role played by the
young Turk element 'can effect
• nothing as their bolt was shot by
,thegenerations preceding. •
Last Thursday Yavenin
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the V.V. A
press report on Tuesday a
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a boys class of 25 members in ' penned in the London Free Press :—
the Ontario St. Sunday School gave , The Huron County branch of the
a Date party for all who cared to Dominion Alliance will probably be
attend. A good crowd was pre- called in convention for the latter
sent and all enjoyed themselves. part of March, and one of the im-
Solos were given by Misses Wiltse, portant subjects to be discussed is
Walker and Alain and Misses Grant advisability f introducing the
and Shipley gave readings. The
boys also gave a chorus. Refresh-
ments were served at the close.
Rev. S. J. Aklin was the Chairman of
the evening.
Shareholders in C.P.R. stocks
will not regard it an April Fool
joke because very tidy dividends
are payable to then on Api•il 1st.
The C,P.R.. is a strong corporation
who keep their bread with the but-
tered side up and perhaps a little
sugar on it too.
Colds are very prevalent just
now. The best way to cure
them is to get a bottle of
14OLMES
L[JNG TONIC
and take ' according to dir-
ections if the, cold persists
gets a tube of
(14PseLIN
and rub. on•the throat and
chest,
YOU CAN GET IT AT
THE R'EXALL STORE
..R. Holmes.
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The increasingly number of
Presbyterian pastors who are leav-
ing old charges and seeking and
finding new one goes, a good dis-
tance to illustrate the itinerant
basis of
r e theproposed
char s rn
Church Union. Some Presbyteries 4
have a half dozen vacancies at one
time possibly one third of the
charges.
If the National debt continues to
pile up in these prosperous years
what will become of us if we fall up-
on the seven lean years? Successful
financiers like to see interest pay-
ing cut down but it would appear
that governments open and close
their sessions with "Leter ;go,
Gallagher!" forgetting that a
reckoning clay is coming. A prod-
igal expenditure must end in dis-
aster.
Draining the big Hay township
swamp is a move in the right direc-
tion and the difficult contract will
be a good profit yielder when com-
pleted. Similar moves are being
made in London township, Middle-
sex ,Co., and Ellice municipality in
Perth, These are signs of the
tires and indicate that Ontario is
on a forward march. A 2000 acre
celery garden will be opened up
near Dutton, 'Elgin County.
There is not much probability
that the Tax Reform measure will
flatten out just because the Ont.
the a t iso r r y o rn n g
"Canada Temperance Act, better
Government sat upon on it.
There
Election
known lthe New Scott Act. Thiswill be a rebound about
law applies to counties, and, with day when the electors have their
the very amendments, nmeais to pre- say.Sometimes you win when you
a stringent measure. At
sent it is in force in New Brunswick appear to lose. Barrister Rowell's
and Nova Scotia with good effect, as pro- educative work will not go unre-
through Hon. W. J. Hanna, has pr
and the Provincial Government, warded. A big majority may prove
raised it the same rigid enforce- a halter with which a government
ment that other liquor laws receive may hang'themselves. It pays to
at hands. This measure can be be, reasonable and to watch the
adopted on a majority vote involv- trend of the times.
es an entire county,
MIGHT HAVE BEEN
SERIOUSLY HURT.
What might have been a very
serious iaccident occurred at Gode-
rich on Friday when as Mr. G. M.
Elliott, inspector of the Children's
Aid Society, and Mr.Dourst were
returning from the Grand Trunk
depot, the bus team, •belonging to THE DOLL SHOW.
the British Exchange Hotel, be- Talk about dolls -there were
came frightened at the Grand dolls of every diseri tion in the
Trunk, train pulling out, and ran P
down East street towards. the Sunday Sshool room of
Willis church on Saturday
afternoon last when the Little
Helpers held a doll show, ,In a!t
there were 228 dolls and such an
array of names they had. 15 prizes
were awarded for the various
classes of dolts and the prize-
winners were :-Hattie Greig, Bes-
sie Morrish, Helen Grigg, Eleanor
McTa'
t Kathaleen Grant,De-
light g Mutch,ar Phyls Tozer, e-
Mary
McTaggart, Madeline Shaw, Peggy
,McTaggart, Ruth Jackson, Helen
Forbes and Jean Bell. Fifteen
gold medals were also given to
those who brought the most dolls
to the show. Miss Mountcastle had
a doll there that was 48 years old
and Miss K. McTaggart had one
that was 28 years old. The Judg-
es vlrere Mrs. W. D. Fair, Mrs. John-
ston-, Mrs. McTaggart and Miss Me
Taggart. The juidges also gave
honorable mention to dolls of Miss
Jean Scott and Mrs.
n Miss
Ho\vs o
W. T, 0'' Neil. An excellent pro-
gram was given by the children
who had been prepared by Mrs.
Grant and who was the prime
mover in getting up the doll's show
Following was the program':—
Choruses by children of Mother
Goose ; solo, by Hattie Greig ;piano
duet Misses IChidley and O'Neil ;
Scotish duet in costume by McGre-
gor and , "B" Grant; recitations by.
Helen Grigg- and Helen Roberton ;
plantation songs by Nettie Peren-
scheif ;i solo by Alex Eagleston ;
solo, Sally in our al ey by Frank
Mutch; . duet by Tom and Ruth
Jackson ; recitation by Isabell
Johnson• dialogue ue bY
Jean and
racks ;Chin-
ese
Elsie G
Willie Bell • and,
ese Song by McGregor Grant. At
the close of the program a hearty
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vote of thanks was moved by Y Mr.
Tom Jackson for the way Mrs.
Grant had done her work indrlil-
ing the children and havingsuch
a success ' with the entertainment.
member from. Huron could see no 1 situated and his sword is now hung: Light refreshments were served at
• Premier• yesterday that Mr. N.W,.
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• and unmannerly," referring to Sir
♦ ▪ William Meredith when the latter
was not present to retaliate, but all
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was n under-
- defence of this chiefa
S toned twitting from the chair of
Sir James. that he was trying to
• "patch it up " As to liquor,the
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more in the Government policy in the 'Masonic' hall of that town. .the close, The Little Helpers have
a r asur b a neat
•••N••••••♦•♦•than a veering towards every: wind The family have in book form a enriched theirt e Y y
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�� which blew. history pf their, family, .t sum of $16,'
Mexico eity has been a lively spot
to live in during the past week,
with cannon and other quick firing
guns sweeping the principal streets
in the . civil war between forces
captained by Madero and Diaz. It's
the same old story two men wisli
to sit on the throne where there's
only room for one. This duel has
caused great destruction of
prop-
ertyerty
and large loss of life. Mexico
should arrange to have a Pre-
sident every three months as such.
avian would at least create ava-
cancy—unless the occupant took it
into his head to hold on. There
seems to be one common practice
to many lands, that is, men will
hang on to office, possibly long
past what is due them and thereby
bar the way of other worthy men.
To take your turn and drop out is
a rule that presents a larger
Some
of unselfishness. Some
men wait to be kicked out and
usually get what they are looking
for. Life is not worth ,such' in
Mexico.
Somebody says -"Dont grow old
until you are compelled to," and
there's something in the advice.
Good health ability to work : and ;an
optimistic spirit will do much to
keep the spirit young even 'if the
body may have an occasional
now v \ and
t*inge of rheumatism 0r
then shortness of breath; These
may be evidences that the tene-
ment is clay nut for all there may
be a cheerfulness and hopefulness
representative of youth. ,Tuesday;.
of last week Thos. A. Edison, the
electric wizard, of New York, cele-
brated and stat -
heated his 00th
LENT
If yob were to ask for the
loan of our little hatchet, we
would be compelled to tell.
you, "It is Lent" And we
have a full assortment of fish
on hand,—
Fresh 'halibut
Fresh Sea Salmon
Fresh Salmon Trout
Fresh Smelts
Fresh Herring
Fresh White Fish
FRESH LETTUCE
Wednesdays and Fridays
W, F, O'NEIL
THE HUB GROCER
Phone 4S
ed that he "felt like 25" and was
up to his eyes in work in his labra -
tory but intended to knock -off in
the evening to attend a dinner
party in his honor, There's a great
difference in feeling young and
continuing activities as compared
with the old folk who attempt
"kittenish" ways that sometimes
makes them look silly. It is not
length of years that makes you old
as you have met young people of
20 who were • as elderly as perhaps
their grandfather. To talk cheer -
fly, dress becomingly, attend
gatherings of public interest and
keep posted on the affairs of the
day, not overlooking the church
and a deep interest in the youth
will keep your eye bright and your
heart mellow. Get the sunshine in
and this will aid in driving the
clouds out,
local Option Scrutiny
further Adjourned
Mandamns Applied For to Enable
Judge to Take Evidence.
Judge Bolt further adjourned his
decision on the Local Option vote
as, Mr. Proudfoot, acting for the
Temperance people has applied for
a mandamus to allow the County
Judge to hold an investigation to
find out were the trouble is inthe
ballot box of St. John's ward.
The New Era was told that if this
hangs in Court and is not settled
one way or the other Hon. Mr..
Hanna, of the Ontario Government
Iwill refuse licenses for the co
min
g
year beginning the 1stofMay.
An investigation should clear the
whole thing up ' and settle this
bitterness between fellow citizens.
The temperanceeo le still claim
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that the original returns as given
by the deputy returningofficer was
the correct one viz, 81 for the by-
law and 61 against,• and, as a fur
t'her proof of this, a committee has
been at work in the ward, and 78 of
the 84 have already signed sworn
declarations that they, did on Jan-
uary 6th last mark their ballots for
local ,option,