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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1912-05-16, Page 1No. '173I -32nd Year CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 161h, I9I2 THE HOME PAPER, The News -Record to Dec. 3Ist 1912 for 50c. OUR $15 WATCH FOR MEN SAND ` WOMENVo 1.......1..7ti Is one that will gibe excellent satisfaction to the 2bearer.. Both sizes, for men and women. , '. Is Abell regulated, and T�-IE MOV�MEN'� 9 .tarries our broadest guarantee. • THE CASE . Is durable—gold filled of the finest quality. CALL AND SEE. THEM W.Ye11qar jeweler and Optician T - - Clinton t7j7 M�a The Royal Bank OF ANADA. Capital $6.250,000. Reserve $7,000,000. The Annual Statement, shows the following increases for i91 r. 1910 1911 Deposits $72,079,607 $88,294,808 Loans and Investments, 55,283,676 62,790,072 Total Assets 92,510,346 ' 110,528,51 . 207 Branches and Correspondents throughout the World: . INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS. ton Branch. R. E. MANNING Manager Ber -Clinton' Tie Molsons k INCORPORATED ORA2ED 1855 , Record of Progress for Five Years -1906--1 t 1006 1011 CAPITAL . $3,000,000 $4,0,000 000 ,._ ItESEILVE . 3,000,000 4,600,000 DEPOSITS . 23,677,730 35,042,311 LOANS AND INVESTMENTS . 27,457,090 38,854,801 .'TOTAL ASSETS . . . -33,090,196 48.237,284 i Correspondents 'Has 83 Branches in Canada, and Agents ar i E ppondents in alf the Principal Cities of the World. ° A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT at all Braucher'. Interest allowed at highest cur' ent rate. Ciiraton Branch - (7.. E. Dowding, Manager mienimmiummassoffora rHE LOC.AI. MARKETS Wheat '81.00, ' a 'Oats 480 to 50e. Peas 90e to ;$1.00. Barley > fi0e to 75c. Butter20c to 21c. Eggs'21c to 22c. Live Hoge 88.50. • WOULD COME TO 'CLINTON. Dr. MacKay came up from Seaforth in his new car on Friday last and after assisting In an operation at the hospital gave a few of, his ' fri- ends a try out of his auto. The Dr. was' so charmed with Clflnton's smooth streets and the thrifty ap- pearance of the town in general as, to indicate in no unmistakable way that ho may in future be expected up here oftener. • SHORTY'S NO. ONE. "Shorty" r, Short'v Cantelon is long on trout fishing, in . fact ht's got all the local fishermen beat, indeed it is on re- cord Ahab while others have gone out and got next Pe nothing, ',Shorty's" followed' and landed all the law will allow. How does he do it ? 'That's not for us to say, anyway and can- didly, we don't know. On Saturday he went out and brought home ten, the smallest measuring nine inches in length and the longest eleven and a half. Keep thein all for his own household ? Not much 1 That wouldn't be like Shorty. Instead he divided them among old friends such as Dave Kennedy, Stewart Plummer and W. Jackson who have reit been very well lately. 1 11,ALET-To-ifirEAR, CLOTHING' ' OnoHnim OLorslnu WE WANT YOU TO $6B The New Spring Goods We're ready with everything that's new and correct this season in apparel tor men and boys. • Men's spring suits. spring overcoats. panara hats. spring underwear silk hose. Boys scout suits. cc cotton sweaters. straw hats. colored shirts, 't 11 We call your special attention to the Flax mon shirt. The bosom and shoulders are lined, re- versiblec, ollare size 14 to :18. This is the best $1.00 shirt in the trade,,` Ask to see them. HE CO MORRISH CLOTHINGLIATY rO. -. nTON, ONTARIO A Square Deal for Every Boy Si'`. 'PAUL'S ' CHURCH:. 10 t11k108 up •his part of the mis- sionary campaign Rov. C: E. Jeakfns was to hatle preached in Brantford next Sunday, but the arrangement has for the time been cancelled so Mr. Jeakins will take hie own ser- ttices ; as usual on . Sunday. WESLEY CIIORCH. ' The literary department had charge of the League meeting on. Monday evening. The program consisted of an excellent paper on- "Character Building," by Mies Cuninghame, sev- eral three-tnriute speeches on sub- jects assigned, by as many members and a solo by Miss Reid. Next, Mon- day the monthly missionary• meeting will be held. THE ANNUAL EX. The Huron Old Boys, and Girls, of gran Toronto have arranged for the an- nual nual excursion to the home county on July 6th. A special feature will be an auto trip to start at Goderieb, $o south to St. Joseph, by way of Zur- ich, Crediton and Centralia to Ex- eter, then ilia Sealorth, Walton, Brus- sels, Wingham, Blyth and Londesboro to C'lin',m where the trippers will again entrain. It looks ib ke two days' solid enjoyment., A FREAK EGG. • Mr. J. P, McIntosh of Mullett has on industeious lot of !tens which sometimes vary the monotony by lay.' one as ouch an o freak ing a f egg, justs J. P. picked up tet his hennery the other day which treasured five inches one way and not half that much the other, It sure had a peculiar Tool: and if Mr. McIntosh were tobring id a basketful of them the grocer would, them out to hand 'lit . all probability, Inp }, his customers as curiosities of the egg Ikingdom. Speaking of eggs 1 Neighbor J. P. from L Sheppard has toldreceived us of a supply he e Will Carter's henn- ' I cry on -Monday some of which meas- ured 7x9 inches each and weighed four ounces. When you compare web. eggs with, some that you sometimes see they, at first glance, look like noose eggs. WILD,GEESE GALORE. Mn. Albert A. Hill, formerly of Clinton but now accountant for the Doherty Piano and Organ, Company at Winnipeg, spent a few days recent- ly among the wild goose haunts near Deloraine, Man,, and the following are extracts from a :tetter to his father 'in town in wliiuli he tells of some of his experiences : "I arrived in Deloraine at four in the afternoon and soon stet a noted wild goose hunter named "Cap" Kell- er, who had a shack down on the lake shore. 'We arranged to go together but as' he did not show up l occupied the shade alone. I took a nice little 25-35 Savage rifle with ire from Win- nipeg but foolishly following other ad- vice left it at the hotel, at Deloraine. Driving down in the dusk of the even- ing I saw a huge wolfe and how I rifle 1 wanted that Well, the driver unloaded me at the shack in the, dark. I' lit my, lantern, s made m packed awn su he Y y rny PP bed and about nine o'clock crawled into my hunk of prairie hay and ,elk skins and' good old gray blankets. WOMEN'S INSTITUTE MEETS. The regular meeting of the Wom- en's Institute 'will' he "held at the home of Mrs. T, Mason, Milk street, on Thursday afbaznoon next at three o'clock, when the installation of of- ficers will take plana. ON THE THIRTEENTH, TOO'. "If you have as good a memory for dates as l' ,have," said Mr. John Ransfdrd to l'he News -Record on Monday; "you r,11 'recollect that just two 'years,ago the weather was. preulsely such as we are enjoying to- day and thatthe thirteenth of May five years ago was the dateofttae fire which destroyed the foundry and fife Rattenbury House." THOSE SCI300L PHOTOS. The photos of the pupils of the Model school, made by our genial ar- tist, Mr. Fink, have been much ad- mired. There are two, the girls be- ing in one group •and tlie boys in an- other with ,teachers and several of the trustees in each. They are , ex- ceedingly well executed, well grouped and fine -died, each pupil, being , read- ily recognized, ,and wilt prove a much valued souvt.nir by those interested in - cars to conic, Seldom, in the Y deed, does a group picture come out so, clearly as is the ease with these School photos and Mr. Fink is to be congratulated upon ''he exee?:ence of his work, IT LOOKS GOOD. Mir. C. J. 'Wallis returned on Thurs- day evening last from a two months' the west an as llc ' sfr'ess tri lb e d bu , p waQkedr up totem nete6 morning, the smooth lawns, budding trees, blooming flowers, smooth streets and general ap- pearance of thrift led him to remark in an emphatee way, "Say, there's no. place looks just so good to me after steam heating was, thoroughly dis- all •as Old Clinton. I'm glad I'm cussed and communications were read from the boards of'tlie, Public schools of Goderich, Wingham and Stratford, and from the L ca High Lucan h school all g of which have had some years ex- perience with steam heating and all test.Fied to the extreme satisfaction experienced from the system. It seemed to be agreed that the first cost, that is the, cost of installing the system, was greater than of in- stalling furnaces, but that the cost foe fuel, soft coal being used in most cases, vias much less and the general satlslaction was far greater, As a result of the discussion tete secretary was instructed to coin- municate with the Pease Foundry no tint • Co.,Co., and the Gurney Toronto and get probable cost of installing g a system in the school here. ONTST: CHURCH; '1 he League on Monday evening was in charge ;of the missionary depart-,, trent; when Rev: C`, E. Jeak,,ns 'of 'St. Paul's church gave an, excellent address on the subject of missions. Miss Carrie Still/ley gave a reading, Messrs, DeWitt Come and Gordon. Taylor sang a duet and an interes--` mg letter" was read -from Rev. Mr. Harrs, the League missionary in West China. A DEMONSTRATION: A bee demonstrationri, to be Held in the apiary of Mr.,Isaac Dodds, on May 23rd, commencing at one o'clock share. Tho purpose ,of this demon- stration is to explain the nature of Foul Brood and show how to cure it, also howto save the wax from the combs by means of the wax press.` The inspector of apiaries will . take fisted f the proceedings, s ass b charge o ce Y g P g. successful local beekeepers, WILL STEAM HEAT. At the last regular meeting of the Model school board the question of here." OLD ONTARIO'S SMILING. The weather this spring has seem- ed backward, that is there has been a lack of the genial sunshine that we usually look for in later April and early.May, but it has suitedthe farmers and, though other classes may put on more airs, our, rural fri- ends are,' when all's said and done, the backbone of, the country. The soil has worked up Inst fine and the weat:7er ]las ° been precisely to the horses' liking so they have got through the early work in great r o fernier, to l " uld ourOn ac. lr shape. •r theCon- . "Garden o[ „n n in the Car le g tinent" has much to bo thankful for. FEEL LoS'r WITHOUT I'T. In sending in a sub, to The News - Record Mr. S. 11. Elliott of Brewster, Wash.; says, as so many others have done ,or w',71 do : "I have with me Ray and',,Douglas Macdonald from Porter's Hill and as we want to keep posted in. the hap- penings of the old home district, we need The News -Record: You will find a year's sub. `enclosed." Miss Lilltie Edmestot of Maple Cleeek, Sask., in renewing writes "We do not want to MISS a single copy of the News -Record for we very much enjoy its meekly visits. 13y the way, three inches of snow fell' yes- terday, the 5th inst., and it made, the farmers glad for it soon turned in- to moisture, just what the ground needed." All night long the geese were 00111- ing into the lake and theSe noise ,, awoke mc; quite often. I awakened again before daylight hut being un- accustomed 'to the flights was not far enough in and so managed to bag only two from a small flock of five. ' During the day, I made cal- culations and became acqut.unted with the place,_ My frond came down in the even- ing and next morning we were out Iearly, hiding among thel rushes, while the geese came on us f..ock ail ter flock, thick as •neuld bo but' Ily,- ing high. We were having a 'erne teens when a shelf stuck in my ,;gun, holding fast, till the flight was'' .all over. We got eight 'that morning aid I got one more at night. ' Thursday morning I• got four fine' geese .in about twenty nlfnutea and Friday, morneig though Pate getting out I made a run between) flights and found a good spot in the path of the flight. Soon they started to come out with a 'high north east wind behind them. It was hard last shooting, but there was - ro time to lose. My gun was doing fine work, A half-breed shooting within rd couldn't get a bird yards co I fitg thirty down while I managed to .carry back lour big ones. There are hundreds of incidents conneeted with the outing which are bf great interest. , I brought home about 0110 hundred and fifty pounds of geese, prime eating as my fri- ends in the city can testify, The lake is shallow, With • my knee Tubber boots I, could ,wadefar out. v so ' the There' is no boating. ducks, and s come in crowds. geese Next fall I am gang back for duck and prairie chicken. You know we were all tired out from the strenuous labors connected with our big sale of• Doherty Pianos WESLI3•Y CHi:Rol-I. Sunday was generally observed as "Mother's Day," when almost wil'h- out exception those attending the services wore the white flower, and white carnations and other flow- ere decorated pulpit and table. In the afternoon a special session of the Sunday school was heli and after the lesson an appropriate pro- gram was, given by the 'boys and girls, inters,ptweesed by a few remarks by the superintendent, assistant, and pastor, the singing, being led by a An•hnt orchestra com- posedof boys. posed of Miss G. Chant and Messrs. ed W. Moffatt,.assist J. McRae and with the music and Mrs. Andrews contributed a solo.' At the evening service the pastor' preached • on "The Ministry of Wo- man," and after the sermon Miss Boles sang an apporpriate solo. Mrs, W. Glen Campbell presided at the organ in the absence of Miss Do- herty. FPJESBYTERY MEETING. MCVINGS. Mr, Arthur Canteton has purchased Mr. Lindsay's ee'sidence oil Huron, street and will take PoS esiion dS soon as it is vacated by Mr. Linde say, who will occupy a house on Princess :street owned by Mr. Can telon until he can erect a house, foe himself on a vacant lot which he has purchased further west on Htuon. Mr, and Mrs. Johu Rice will move to the house how occupied by Mr. Cantelon and Mrs. McGuire will talte possession of the one which Mr. and Mrs. nice are vacating. Mr; and Mrs. J. A. Irwin will move into the cottage on Joseph street which Mrs. McGulre is now vacating which they recently purchased, and Mr. and Airs, McMath will move back into their own residence which they had leased to Mr. Irwin for the past year. A house which can bo turned into a home at all is not allowed to stand vacant for very' long in the thriving town of Clinton. SPORTS FOR SUMMER. The May meeting of the Presbytery of Hurbn was held in Brucefie?d on Tuesday with the following present' Rev. C. Fletcher, Moderator, Revs. Carrier, Smith, Shaw, Carswell, Macfarlane, .Johnston, Mann, Small, Pearcy, • Richardson, Woods, Hamil- ton. Elders : Campbell, Johnston, McQueen, Young and Gardner. A feateee of 'tate meeting, after the routine business had been disposed of, was dealing ` with the call of Rev. Mr. Mann of Auburn to Port Elg3. Thecall was presented by Rev. Mr. Hogg, who spoke for the congrega- tion of Port ;~algin. Mr, Young of Smith's Hi11 spoke for the charge at Auburn, setting 'forth the good work done by the pastor there during his five years,:' pastorate. After due consideration the call was sustained by Presbytery and ,Mr: Mann goes' to Port Elgin. The pulpit at Auburn wilt be preached vacant the fiest Sunday in June. The call of Rev. J, L. Small of Blyth to I iespoler will be dealt with. at a special .meeting of the Prestige, tery to be held' in Willis church, Clin- ton; on May 24th. When the businessof the meeting had been disposed of a conference was .held on the "Ethics of the Mini'ate y • •C and the Lalling S.ystorn, "h discussion was led by Revs. The Pearcy of Londesboro and Smith of Hensall. Ali the ministers pre- sent took partand many helpful, in- structive and inspiring thoughts were presented. and I loft; Winnipeg almost exhaust- 'rhe, next regular meeting of the Arrangements are being made for the organization of a tennis club, the rect.ny grounds, which will be rolled and put into shape, to be us- ed for practise. There seems to be no reason why a strong club should not be formed in Clinton for this health -giving exercise. Why should not the ladies of the town al- so organize a howling • club ? No, doubt the green' would be available and their use at stated periods a td touch healthful enjoyment coltld thug be obtained. a'ned. The ladies have vc no outdoor 'amusements for the summer except a lawn tea, which, however enjoyable, cannot be said to he very exhilarating, 'Many skate and snow- shoe et the winter but there, is noth- ing tb vary the monotony of house- keeping in tate summer. By,al? means let a tennis club be formed, or two or more if necessary, and in the meantime .theek serously of a bowling club, ` which exercise is not so'vigofous as' tennis, and go in for these healthglving sports for the fun of et. ed, butt have ncturned fresh and ready presbytery will be held in Gods for more hard work.." in Soptembtr. ,. ideh WILLIS CHU1lCH. Good attendance and excellent set - vices marked the occasion of the elittrch anniversary which was cele- brated on Sunday, when Rev. Dr. Rober eon of St. Jamis Square Pres- byterian church Toronto,ionto preached' morning and evening. Dr. Robert - who is a 'preacher of '.1e old school; delivered two excellent ser- mons and was listened to with emelt interest and profit by. good congreg- ations. ongregat;•fns. The clteir rendered- specialty prepared utuele and were assisted by Miss :Morsel' of Seaforth who con- tributed a charmingly rendered solo at each service. The offerings for the day amtouneed to 8500 and `pro- ved most satisfactory to eee board of managers. A handsome new Doherty piano' has been purchased for tlfc use of tiny Sunday school, Girl's Club, e' ., the latter orgair:zation with characteris- tic energy assuming the major por- tion of the respotsibiliey for its cost. The instrument was used on. Sunday for the first time: Glad to ` See Hila. Mr. Freda Rumba!' After an lines of several weed Mr. Fred Rumball is again able tee move about • town and en ov f eke' aluh'rious air, and •n P . - part nNl on ,h others, the high tide of business g1I over, The hearty, "Glatt to see you around again, Mr. Rumball," its not made by our citizens alone, bet 1yy the.' people of tine surrounding; district who meet him, for he is widely known and thoroughlyell liked. GIVE '!'RAMPS HARD LABOR. An able• bodied itinerent who saxtl he cane from Goderich and lookout as if it might- be so, put in an up. pearance at Stapleton last •Saturday, morning and proceeded to'interregate. Dave Steep as to his rcliglous helir� and Dave being rooted and grounebee in the faith, the answer was dear cut and to the point. Being a_ttnr- an•':y satisfied o1r that score, ixfa:. Tramp turned to begging ereiieren and then started off for Seaton >n Theood wives axon the leueee„ g g Road are always willing ei feed, Slit: needy hungry, but object to belrill imposed upon by lazy fellows whose only ailment is a dislike of honest rub- or and who shpuld be put 110 w01.1•' upon- the county stone pile. IT IS INSPEC'1'OR 0. JOHNS'l'ON' Considerable interest is being' taken in the (:.'ling of the poli ' -on of lic- ense •.'ispectot for Centre Huron. Not having the appointing -Power, The News -Record is not in a position to say here ,and now just who it will, be. Indeed, as :several, good friends of The People's Paper are applinants,' it would not be pleasant to say no to all but one, though believing that more than one of them would satis- factorily fill bigger ,jobs. Speaking of Oliver Johnson 1 The license ap- plicant who would attempt' to Farr- arize him must needs first have tak- en: leave of his senses or, ,it might be, that he didn't know Oliver. In either case the result would+ be the same. (Later -The above was put into type on' Tuesday and' yesterday the Cloverbment appointed Mr. Johnson inspector. This will give all-around satioltaetion• for the new Inspector is,• as The News -Record has iedicat-. ed above, a man of excellent com- mon sense and, furthermore, he can. not. be "monkeyed' v (eh." : He will ' For his duties sat once. • upon enter P • the vacancy on the board d Mr. Al- fred Baker, flour and feed merchant of Brussels, has been selected. This distributes the lnembenehip ' well oyer the riding, Elliott at Godtrieh, Muff at Clinton and ;13aker at Brussels. Mr. Clue as being most central and closer to the 'aspect's, will in all probabilyty he chairman) CE Ono -AN I'ZED. At a meeting Held in Hensall on Friday las' a trapshooting league was formed to be known as 'The Huron County 'Trapshooting League," with the fol"dowing t,lubs affiliated : Clinton, Zurich, Exeter and Ilensall. A series of hone and Monte matches for, as per fol- lowing arranged have been e a sellable tro- phy lot lowing s 1 e , the 1061 f ' cis o phy to the wenn matches. As it is expected that therewill be some prettyC.0.99 1' matches it will be difficult to pick the winners. 'It is expected also that it will give the shooting game a boost in the county and the Clinton Club is looked to to give a good- ac- count of itself. All the matches will be shot, at half past six in the ev- ening so that all who des re may witness them. Following is the schedule Clinton ate -Zurich, MaY 16, Hensall, June 0, Exeter, June 13111. Exeter at Clinton, June 5, Hen - sail, May 16, Zurich, June 25th. • Hensall at Clinton May 29th, 7.ur- tch,.June 11, Exeter, June 21st, Zurich at Hensall May 21, Clinton, May., 31, Exeter, June .18th. The big collection at the arneivar-- LET EVERYONE HELP. sal) . services In Willes churcl4 sn. Now that the spring is many ern. Sunday last was almost a 'arrange l y h breaker. THI: OLDEST MILLS. Tyrie Canadian Millet: had the follow- ing.: ollo aw- ing. •.; "Clinton possesses probably the oili- est flour mills in Huron , Comity._ Ontario, having been built :u 11042,. by Samuel and Thomas Raine, wihia a caipacity of 75 barrels, twine sloe,- es. leoe•-es. Int 1883 Jas. Fail t'emodeliee the trills, and dispensed with , ten: stone system. I'Ie practically ; zee - built the mill in 1897, and inereaeeel, the -capacity , to .200' barrels. Mr. Fait carried on the business up Viet,' Itis death In 1899, when his son James and, Norman took bharge. tti'hich was continued until ' tae death of Norman in 1908. At preseci1 James Fair is carrying on the .hate - Mess under the naino of .7- & 81. Fair, and enjoys, a good local trade„ besides shipping PV Montreal and fox. export. Paul Freeman is head Ma- ier. They are manufacturers of the, following brands—Hiawatlia, Eclip-. sse, a'd Emerald Queen,.''' THEY SAY A Clinton man should he appoint:' ed license inspector to fill' 'Phe 't4.-' cancy in Centre Huron. O, tOPink ought -to Sell a lot ' tw. those splendidly d1Y executed 'pictures es tit the boys and girls of. the "' Motive school of Clinton, St will ,lie avail - r possession in too noble pons day's to came There is too much bicycle ridingttsn the sidewabkis and the law ' is net observed. A few iincs woui'd have, a good effect. There' are too many trees on fiat;,- tcnbury street'. There stilt would he - plenty 'of e- plenty'of shade if a number were Wr- en out. ' A street sweeper would be a gown: investment 'for use OR our tine stw'eltee and that the council is cons`deiriz1 the same, The big signboard wh,th Cohn -• lor'T. Jackson is advocating to. Lee placed at the station adver'ti$•ize Clinton industries is a good idea. and we may reasonably suppose nt, has come to, stay, the bright sun- shine serves to bring out the .ding- iness which the deep snow covered during the winter and which in the dull weather of the earlier spring time did not show so plainly. Noth- ing like the sunshine to brighten up dark corners' and show up defects, and ` s ,good thing, too. But don't let us forget that Clinton citizens have formed themselves into a lea - gun to make the town lovely. All tate waste niaeumlation oft winter should be quickly gathered together and 'burned. ,grounds should be leveled andi grass seed sown. flowers plant- ed, fences repaired and painted or removed' altogether 'and everything put• into "apple-pie order." Some, a great many, "indeed, of the priva'e properties in town are thus kept year in and year out, but there are �d timproved which could be n incl 'hers 0 l time expenditure of ahtte e x en with the p W and trouble, ' I C everybody wttl do itis share and the energetic executive of the Horticultural Society will con- tinue its good • work, theu3 is no rea- son why the good old town of Clin- ton, the hub of the county, should not speec'ily become the prettiest spot In Huron, 1 _4 The council should have asked. ?oar'' 510;000 last year instead of '•t4,tK60 to con Male the good ,roads nit over town. The good roads movemwale seems to be popular with every 0i' izen., Prinoipal Hartley's ideas abeeze swings and other amusements on tint - Model school grounds' are alt right.. Thesuggestion from Rev. Jos. Et- liott, now :In England, that less council should take up 'the matter eft' a big publicity campaign for ide county is , a good one and shou1C be acted upon at the Julie meelsing. A Talk With Non -Advertisers There is; many a thing that, peOpa: will buy tf :rt is only suggested itre them. There is many a thing Suit peoplewant to buy, and ould Ins, 14 • iC they but knewh w c re to gett mrc.' t what it would cost, The live =i- lex is the one who knows'', how, ttcu whet tete appetite .of the buyer.. 11 you have the goods, say So. Trout can say it to most people in t4us,. district by saying it in The Nett'cw•- Record.