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J[YQU.JANT.A3HAHLQF_TUECHRISTMAS T
OUR ORTHf51'IIONIC
AT -,$160.
lakes an Ideal Christmas
Gift for the Family -
We invite you ,to bear "
real music. It has sur
prised ' others and will
please you.
, Special Records in for
Christmas
r
P zese New Process_
Re-
cords give good results
also on your old instru-
ments and are - from 75e
,illi Hearsomdd good
music while you look over
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-JEWELER end OPTOMETRIST
Residence 174j
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ale of.Coats
Away
They
Go a
and
1-2 Regular Prices
A3.
:Sizes
.. Ranging from 8 years
to size 4-
Positively it"�' y a � w1.. � �� �y i �O riYl+'�!. withheld
thhel
from this offer.
A fw
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last season's coats will
. be sold
o
d at X5.40 to the early cus-
tomerto r' i� �r1�
; day morning '
ST
t�,�1E OPEN � � EVENINGS
'O COMMENCING MONDAY DEC. 12
S
Gift giving "lade Ess
Thee
sl
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of a suitable
� tab e
+ChristmasGI`,
ft for a roan or boy
is an easy proposition at this
store.
The PROPER PLACE to find something suitable for a Man's
Christmas is at A MAN'S STORE. This store, where men who kn w
o
came for their.outfittingl
Look over this list and' see if you do not strike something that
you know will be
S JITS
OVERCOATS
RAIN COATS
SWEATER /COATS
WIND BREAKERS
ROUSE COATS
"JUST THE THING"
NECKWEAR
GLOVES
SUSPENDERS
'NIGHT ROBES
PYJAMAS
11AT or CAP.,
MUFFLERS
HOSIERY
SHIRTS
DRESS SHIRTS
UNDERWEAR
UMBRELLAS
CANES
MEN'S SUITS in all the season's correct models and fabrics at
$15.00, $20.00, $25.00 to.,, 35,00
MEN'S OVERCOATS in all the rrg right ' t • -
styles at. ,
$12:00, $15.00, $18.00, $25.00 to' $35,00
BOYS' SUITS ---$5.00 to $15.00
BOYS'' OVERCOATS—$4.9:i to $$15.00
We would :just "hint" that you make your stlectio`si early, while
the picking is at its best. We will assist you in every way' -we can
to make your buying easy.
OHHISH CLOTHING CO
A Square Deal for Every
THE MARKETS
WheaL, $1.25.
'Borley, 72c, .
Buckwheat 720.
Oats, . 50c to alc,,,
Eggs, 35c to GOc:'
Butter, 32c to 35c.
Live Hogs, $8.00.
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
A gathering of the young people of
Clinton and this district of the LYnited
Church of Canada was held' in On-
tario street church Friday- afternoon
and evening last, when the Rev.
-Frank Langford was present and
gave addresses at each session. Ow-
ing to the fact that the convention
-had not; been sufficiently advertised
the attendonoe was not as large as it
might have been..
IT n ¶.n
Baptist itist Ghi 'tz eh
Sunday at 7 p.m. the minister will
preach: Subiect: "Why do men
reject Christ?" Sunday school at
2:30 p.m. All are welcome.
Meeting of th1' `3.Y.P,U, on Mon-
dy evening at eight o'clock, when the
Rev. Mr. McCormack will aiidress the
young people. His subject will be:
"From Egypt to Cannan," illustrated
by colored lantern slides. A silver
c.
offering'for Missions will
be taken.
1 < den.
- Presbyterian Church,.
DE?.
H so, take the public' into your confidence ---
Tell them what you have to offer through
Services on Sutidayas usual. Morn-
ing subject; "From Faith unto.
Faith.",Everting: "The Gates of the
City." e -
Prayer meeting each Wednesday
evening at 7:30.
The Ladies' Auxiliary will meet in
the school room on Wednesday even-
ing at 8s15. A full attendauee is re-
quested.
The Christmas entertainment -in
connection with the Sunday school
will be held on Wednesday, Dec, 21st;
•..The Presbytery of Huron will meet
in this church on Tuesday forenoon at
half past ten.
St. Paul's Church
Morning Prayer at eleven and Ev-
ening Prayer at seven. Sunday school
and Bible class as usual' Rea. F. B.
Paull, rector of Bayfield, will be the
preacher of both services.
Om- Monday • evening St, Paul's
branch of the A.Y.P.A. entertained
the branch from St. George's church,
Goderich, About a . hundred young
people were present" and • following
the• usual devotional exercises; the
'evening was spent,in games and. sing-
ing under the very able direction of
Mr. Stewart, Taylor, the president of
the:,local branch, .Miss Edna ,Wise.
and Mx.. Edgar Maguire presided at..
Supperwasserved the fano. ser e b a
pbyea
slumber of the'ledies of the congrega-
tion,'who very kindly gave their .ser-
vices for!' the acchsie:a
Ontario Street 'United Church -.
Services on Sunday ea usual. The
pastor's morning Subject' will be:
.�
Chairs --a Message of home and
Life." ,Evening: "No Scars:"
A. verylarge congregation.athered
gg
on Sunday evening to hear the min-
ister, the Rev. C. F. Clarke, and the
choir of North street.ehurch,_.Goder-
ich who had charge of the service.
The choir rendered the cantata, "Paul
the Prisoner," the story being read
by the Rev. Mr. Clarke. The soprano
Soloists were: Miss. E. Hume and
Mrs. Henderson; tenor, • Mr.: E. C.
Belcher; bass,: Mr. G, Belcher; duet,
Miss Hume and Miss Clarke; quare
tette, Miss Hume, Miss Clarksl Mr.
W IT. Wheeler and Jdr. G. BeIclier.
The service -was beautifully rendered
and very touch appreciated by the
congregation.
The minister and choig of: Ontario
street church had charge at Godes.
ich on this oceasion.
The W. M. S. will meet in the lee
tuer room on Tuesday - afternoon, for
the election of officers. A Christ -
Inas program will he given,
Wesley -Willis United Church
The -Sacrament of the Lord's Sup-
per yiIi be observed at the morning
service en Sunday, Rev. Mr. Hegg's
evening subject will' be: "The Many -
Clowned Christ,"
`Pre -communion service on Friday
evening at eight o'clock. The Rev. W.
A: Bremner - of Brucefield will con-
duct this service.
'On Sunday last the anniversary of
the Young Peoples' Society was 'cele-
brated, when' the Rev. D. McTavish.
of teeter was the preacher at'both
services.- In the morning the preach-
er spoke of the great responsibilities
which rested upon the young peo-
ple who are growing up,'wrongs for
which they are not to blame, to be
righted and the work of -idle world
'carried on, He;spoke hopefully of
the unrest"amongst the young folk,
as showing that they were not con-
tent with the world just as it is but
want better conditions, Ile advised
pie older generation ,to.. stop criticis-
ing the young people so much and try
to harness their energy to the task
of bringing.new enthusiasm and life
into the church, In the evening he
spoke of "The 'Heritage of Youth."
Isis addresses were both of an>inspi -
ing+ and arresting sort. The choir
was made up' of members of the
Y.P.S., who acquitted themselves-• well,
and young men acted" as ushers at
both services.
The annnaI meeting of the•We A,.
was held on: Tuesday afternoon when
the following: officers were •elected:
Hon. -President:
Mrs. J E. Hogg.
i,g•
' President: Mrs A. T Cooper;
1st Vice: Mrs. James Scott.
2nd -Vice: Mrs, H. R. Chant:.'
Secretary: Mrs. R. E. Manning',
Treasurer:n'irs, F.Fitzsiniosrs,
Treasurer- Flower Fund: Mes. J. Mc-
Kinley:
SANTA IS CO$IING
Santa Claus, • the ft old al
children, `' -c visit is -to pay a v t to Clrntrt
en Saturday' afternoon arriving at
three o'clock, and• will visit the
stores of a couple of otiif advertisers
No doubt many children , will want to
come up town to 'see tliemerty old
chap', Ho to supposed.-iao 'be coming
to look over the children, See how
they,have been behaving during the
.year and find out wham they want
most for Christmas. Clinton. will
welcome 411 comers' Saturday after-
noon.
FRIDAY'S LECTURE.
The second of the series of lectures
in the University Extension Course
was given in the assembly hall of the
Collegiate on Friday,evening last,,
Prof. ,Anderson of the University of
West rn Ontario giving a talk on
e t a
India,
Prof. Anderson spent fifteen years
in Bombay and he told of the cus-
toms of the people, illustrating his
talk with many very interesting -lan-
tern views. India is.a vastly popuu-
lated country. Forty times,' the popu-
lation- of Canada being crowded into
a country one. seventh, as Iarae as
Canada.
Sortie of the pictures esi its -archi-
tecture
rchi-
t c ure were very beautiful. Many e
these temples and arches were eut
with great skill out of the solid rock
by•pious,priests of; the long ago.
It•was an interesting and institue-
tive lecture, .,informing those in at-
tendance of many -things of which
they -were not hitherto aware about
one ofihecountries of the British
Empire, about which, as Gheirmais.
Bryd'one remarked at the .opening, we
know all too little.
There will be no more leetm'es un-
til January 13th,-.
THE WINTER SHORT -COURSE.
:The apeual Agricultural' and Home
Ecnomics-Short Courses, sunder the
direction of the Departinent of Agri-,
eu tore will be hold in S ortl this
l ,h •tf h t
winter, commencing, on January 3rd
and continuing for five weeks.
There will be . the usual subjects
studied, aminal and field:,husbandry,.
oils; e• •li rs r i t` • r
s f rtr ze ho t cul ere cult v
n
beekeeping, etc., and • tlte' ,girls will
study hone economics, which"'will in-
clude foods, cooking, laundry, house -
plotting' and decoration,• edging and
home nursing.
There will be s ;::meetal ane, course
and also special iecturns ton,.yBees,"
"Poultry," "Veterinary •., S4ience,",
"Marketing acid Ce -operation;" "Plant.
Diseases," and "Fruits and V'ege-
tables, and it is hoped a special four
day course can be arranged on farm
mechanica,gas 'engines a nd tractors.
s.
The' programs have not yet been
completed' and the lecturers and'in-
structors are not all arranged but it
'is hoped the programa will be out
very soon,'
This is the first time a course hag.
been deranged for Seafortli but great
enthusiasm is being shown and it is
expected that it will be a very, suc-
cessful
course., Anyu m 1
on enav
er•
Y n
women wishing to take advantage of
it'chould send in their names to Des-
trict Representative Paterson, Clin-
ton, or to A, D. Sutherland,- Seaforth.
Anyone not taking the whole- course
tray' attend any of the lectures
given which may be of especial inter-
est.
'REST .ROOM ABUSFID.
At the couneil meeting on Monday
evening the abuse -of the public rest
roost which has been going on ever
since it`was opened, came up for dis-
cussion, the assayer_ end a couple of
the councillors calling attention to
the fact that the walls and windows
have been writtenupon; the frosting
seraped. off the w'indoies,; the wall-
paper smudged 'and the furniture
broken,
It was pointed out that, this was
done by school - children; and other
'young girls in town, not. by these
for whom the room is maintained,
and thaNeotnething 5houid be done to
stop it,
This rest room, which is zi greet
banvenience to those who use it at it
was intended to be used, was opened
principally for the convenience of
women who come into town to -show
arid who may wieh some warn, Quiet
place to -rest or to take their little
children for attention, It caet tete
town during the past year^soinething
over $1.60 to inairitain and taie' cost
of baying Someone ' in charge there
all the time is out of the question,
But this ought not to be necessary
in;a'ewe like this. Tho school child-
ren have no need to go near it..
They should go home at noon and at
frier 'raeloeld, and inc other town
girls who use it ought to know on-
ouch -to': behave 'themselves and
slot to deface -the malls and
break the furniture. One chair was
recently removed as being past mend-
ing.
The offenders Lire town girls --net
even' boys -who are supposed to be
rather ,rough in their haibits, and: un-
less they turn over a .new leaf some-
thing will have to be done to restrain i
them.
Suggestions have,been made by the
writer to the Hydro Commission re:
garding the building of a light pars
titiou its the ' inner room, to ensure
greater privacy, and also that Sone.'
one of the women's organizations in.
town r sea yrs should e that s e' durable
irabl
e
curtain,
s be put t onthe windows of
the- r est room to shut out so of th e
glaring diteiaioon sunlight ' -and nieke
it1001Cmole' homelike and 'cosy, but
until this "rough stuff" 18 StOPped
there is noincentive to add any ntos'e
property to he destroyed.
COUNTY COUNCIL IN SESSION.
At tittle of writing the appointment
of county int
,� treasurer and an inspector
for the Huron' County Horne have not
beery made. Sixteen applications for
the position Of treasurer and thirteen
for the position of inspector were pro-
sented.''to County council now in.ses-
sion in Goderich.
A smoker vvas giveiz: ini the Bed-
fordhotel on Tuesday evening by -the
retiring treasurer, . Mr. Wtn. Lane,
and : Clerk Holman, who acted as
chairman and vice-chairman; respee::'
tively: Reeve 1 rewartha of Clinton
made a fine speech at this gathering
Reeves IL Hill, John. Cameron,
Hubbard, John Beattie, Robert' Coul-
tas, W': J. Henderson, Robert` Goetz
public school inspectors J. Tom` and
Dr. Field and: the Rev. Mr. McDe-
mid of Knox church, also gave ex-
cellent addresses,Reeve o e A E: Er
win of Hayfield
�avc three fine -solos $ ee
The smoker carne to a close by sing-
ing, "Should Auld Acquaintance be
Forgot."
LOOKING OVER TOWN,
Mr. Otto Rigel, a Toronto mamtfae-:
cuter, was in town on Tuesday -look-
ing over the town and- gathering in-
formatiotz with: a view to- establish -
Services
industry here.
THE HOME M ; PAP
E SEAS-BECOR�
Council Fixes Date For Nominations
RECEIVED jREPORT OF M. 0. H. .GIVES GRANT TO
'IOMEN'SCINSTITUTE TO ASSIST` IN 'DECORATING
TOWN .HALT.' STAGE.
The council niet on Monday even- I -eines thought if
if a car was kept in
sem alll present, ,Mayor Jackson in the, middle' of the road the crossing
the chair, -- • could be negotiated without trouble,
as many cars go over it every day.
A "communication was read from The Department of Hi
G. Mrs. C. H. Veneer, secretary of the,Highways sent
•Women's Institute, regarding the de-, in an account for the tovrns, share of
coration of the town hall stage, the cost of tate pavement, whieh wee
go which laid over. for a thee as- it is
they intend undertaking, and asking m not yet
some assistance. On motion of due,
Councillors
Currell and Paisley it Bylaw No: -10 -for 1927 bylaw`
,, a to
_ was decided to give a grant
equalto set
time for the nomination
and Mee-
, -
one third of -thecost, 5 the property tion of master, ot, reeve, councillors, coma,
committee' of the council to be con.. missioners, etc, was read-theee times
stilted in regard to the work. ' arid pa sed:° This bylaw. fixed the
date for'°'"nominations • on Tuesday,
A communication was received Dee, 27th, during the honr•'fiom 7:30
from Rev. I. W. Kilpatrick of Holmes- to 8:30 in the evening, in the town
ville complaining that a window • in hall, the election, if any, to be held oe
his ear had been broken going over 'Monday, Jan. 2nd, the polling. places
being fixed age -follows: St. And-
rew'-'s.Weed, town hall; G. E. Saville,
D.R.O., Guy Hicks, poll clerk; St.
James' Wit •
rd tt
a
> R enbu
r sample
roonta A F. Cudmore, D R O., R. ,
Fitzsimons, poll clerk; St John's
Ward, J. B. Levis' office, Glen Cook,.:
,T. B. Levis, poll clerk; St.
George's Ward, H. D. Cameron's shop,
S. J. Andrew's, d ws D .R.O.
H. D. Cam-
eron, poll cleric The deputy -return-
ing Officers are to receive $4.00 for
their services, the poll clerks, $8.00
(Continued on Page Four)
The I•Izgei people manufacture
piano keys, piano actions, player piano
actions, ete., andshave a large plant
os Bathurst street; Toronto, where
they employ about live hundred work-
ers. Th
t . n have been offered a
good
od
g
price: for their Toronto property and
they are considering moving -.their
plant to a smaller place. They would
require about five acres. of ,land and
would erect •a very large factory.
They are not asking for any bonus or
other inducement, but are anxious to
ascertain the probable cost of oper
:#ting after their -plant is established.
So Mr,: Rigel met the members of the
council and the board of trade to in-
t -mire about water and power rates,
property, bu"sines and school rates,
the proportion of values assessed,
hours • of labour, minimum wage rates,
eomttensation'. rates, taxes on eesi-
dences, etc. Allinfornsatioe asked for
'was 'given and Mr. Bigelexpressed
himself ' as pleased with-
the apear
-
ance of the town. If the company de-
cides to , come here they would not
only build a large factory but we ted)
build several houses. for their em-
ployees. It remaius to be seen what
will 'come of the 2ioieet.•
„
LITTLE LOCALS.
We are getting. a , taste of.tlii~,
Vtresternblizzard. this rimming, it
having turned `very cold during the
night.
Afire inspector f e ip etor w
as -beta on Tues-
day morning and .rise brigade was
called out to give an exhibition of
their speed, • 'The boys trade a fine
response:
The casetbetween the '.-Town Council
and the Public' ITtilaties Commission
did not come to 'a healing, the .Com -
'mission complying with the demand
of the couneil to hand over the sur -
pies in their Itands.
Ines. W. A. Grant met with a pe-
culiar accident recently when she
dropped the scissors on her foot and+
one blade penetrated 'an artery, when
the services of a doctor were required
to stop the flow of blood.
The House en Refuge Committee
of the County Couneii met at the
Iionte Ilorelay afternoon,_ went
over the affairs and will present their
report` at the meeting of council in
session this week in Godexich.
Me -erred Sioman of the C.N.R, ear
school wrote to the Mail and Empire
recontly 'appealing for ' Christmas
gifts for bis charges in the north
and, according ,to, him that paper goes
into the "huiaanest"' ,homes, as, he
says he has received an abundance of.
Christmas cheer to go over his' field.
DEATH OF 21. RUTLEDGE.:
The Goderieh Signal had the fol-
loiving reference to Hie death of a
former resident of Goderieh town-
ship and an unele of Mr, Wm. Rut-
ledge of Clinton:
."A lifelong resident of this -town
and vicinity, in ' .the person of Mr.
Hall Rutledge,„ passed to his reward
on Wednesday, November 23rd, in, his
eightieth . year. Mr: Rutledge' was
born in Goderich towslship, a son of
Mr, and Mrs, James 'Rutledge, who
were among tate pioneer settlers of
the township. He lived on his farm
on the 4th concession until the ,year'
1915, *hen he became a resident of
town. His wife predeceased) hies in
January last, aria four daughters :and
one son survive: Mrs. Thornton ,and
:Kis. Geddes., Toronto; Mrs Whit-
man, of tovni; Miss Emily, Rutledge,
at home, and Albert • Rutledge, of
London. Another, son, Benson, died,
in 1916. George, Rutledge, of West
Wawanosjt, is a brother. The family
were all here for the funeral, which
took place from, the residence, Palm-
erston street. on Friday, afternoon.
The funeral service were conducted.
by Rev. C. F. Clarke, pastor of North
street United church, with which the
deceased had been identified shire
coming to town, assisted by Rev. M,
C. Pars' - of Victor is street church.
DRoobnnaert;son sashwa ng , servSomeice Tdr.
Ilafip, ChaDs,aF
"."
The pallbearers . were John G rhatn,
John Mali, Milton Woods, Wm Elliott,
J. Ta 'lo Auburn and antelon
y (Auburn)
d T. C
(Clintorl. rho
-funeral v 5 very
largely attended, anart,y of 115 R.ut-
lesipo's old neii;hliors in the township
being nresent,"
Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge and Ili,
Mrs. D. W, L, Cantelon attended the
funeral,
a rough crossing on Princess street,
i On motion of Councillors Holmes and.
' Paisley this was fyled. Councillor
A HEAVY WINNER.
Mr. Humphrey Snell of Mullett just
jebout swept the boards'in-the sheep
linri at the big Chicago Fair last
week. Theol1 vzn': ing
f of gbe e a'list of
the prizes water -
Rana, 1 year and under 2 -1st,
championship and reserve. Ewe, 1
year and under two -1st, 2nd, cham-
pionship and reserve on ewe lamb -
Ram Iamb under one year lst and
2nd. Ewe lamb -let, 2nd and 4th.
Pen of three ram lambs --1st. Pen
of three ewe iambs -'1st. Flock. to
consiet' of one ram, any age, two
Yearling ewes and two ewe Iambs -
1st. Leicester wether, 1. year and
under two--Ist and '2nd, and chains
Pion and reserve wether.. Wether
lamb -1st,, 2nd and 3rd,
Grades and Cross. breds Wethee
one_ year and under two -1st and
championship: Pen of ,three wethers.
1 year and under .two -3rd: Pen of
three Wether lambs -2nd. Wether
Iambs, grades and cross breds--3rd,
4th and 5th.
At the Royal, ". Totems, he eron .a
chamliion ansa: ieserva,, c1iampiopshib
on a wether and reserve oti- yeni'lisr
ram, also 2 firsts, 4 seconds, 1 third.
2 fourth's, 1 fifth and 1 sixth.
The Seelig have to ,be reckoned
with"at all the big fairs on this con-
tinent:
"NOTHING BUT TIIE TRU'4'.H,"
The play, "Nothing but the Truth,"
a comedy in three acts, was put onin
the town hall yesterday evening un-
der the auspices of Murphy L. 0. L.
No. 710, and played by Iotal perform -
A full house greeted the players and
each one of the actors took Ills' or her
part well and the entertainment was
very' much enjoyed.
The cast 'vas as •follows: Robert
Bennett Mr, A. Royce; E. M. Ralston.
14fr. le, Livermore; Dick Donnelly, Mr.
.H,M.Haily< Clarence i , once Van Dusen,
Mr. FI Grealis; Bishop Doran, Mr,
G. N. Davis; Gwendolyn Ralston,
Miss 11I, Armstrong; Mrs: E. M. Ral-
ston, Miss D. Sehoenhals; Ethel Clark.
Miss Grace Evans;. Mable Jackson,
Miss Mory Walton; Sable Jackson,
Mrs. TT. M. .Haply; ' Martha, Miss
Grace Evans.
Between the first and second act a
aitartette,; composed of Messrs. E.
Wiendorf, W. and, Flank Muteh and -
Thompson, 'gave a much appere
"fated selection and -between the second
and thied.acts Mr. Steele sang a sole
in his usual, fine voice. Mrs. Wan-
dcrf acted as acediitpanist during the
evenine and • Mr, HelIvsrr . had his
orthophonie over at the hall and, gave
some music before the performance,
Asgenie were nimble to gain admit-
tance yesterday everting the. Taal,
may be repeated within the next week
or en, The players go to Exeter on
Wednesday neat. 1
All OLD RESIDENT DIES.
The funeral of Mary C. Kennedy,
Clinton's oldest citizen, who died on
Saturday summing, aged 98 years, was
held Monday' afternoon; The,servicce,
whieh were -largely attended, were
conducted by Rev. A. Macfarlane, of
the Presbyterian church.;
_She was the last surveying -one -of
the .nine children of the late Mr. and
Ines. L. Kennedy, of Stanley township,
and was born in ,Sherbrooke, N.S., 'of'
Scottish parentage, but chine to this,
part of the country eighty years ago
and settled a mile -and a half from
Clinton: Later she moved into"the
community which is new Clinton and.
into the house` where she died.
Although confined to bed since early
last spring, she „retained possession of
all her faculties and was always glad
to see the many friends who visited
her from time to time. She suffered
a stroke oe Wednesday' and .never re--
gained. conscious loss, -She 'urns
Presbyterian in .religion 'Surviving
her .is one son, Norman Kennedy,. with
,svhotts She had made her honto:
Those Prem a distance whso, attend-
ed the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs:
Austin HIahn and Mr. Glen Blacken,
Londlon; bit.' Guy Blackall, Bothwellt-
1tfa, .Llick Kennedy, Toronto: Miss•
Nora Kennedy, .• Mildmay Mr, and
Mrs,- s
r4tr .. T�Iemv. WrI on Mra I" Canm-
bell, Miss Helen Wilson' and Mr. E.
r
albfTeis<s
h'Stratford; Mr and-
W.'Powell, 'Mrs. 3,' Noble and Misses
Susie and Martha „Taylor, Goderieh,
and Mr's, W. Clement, Shakespeare,
The floral tributes were many and
DEATH O I Ely T .J
RS . E. DOiXERTY.
Mrs. 'J. E,' Doherty , passed away
last night, after a long illness. Mrs.
reeherty'was before her marriage,
Mass Edna Copp,•eldest daughter
of Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Copp of town.
.At time of writing arrangements for
the funeral ,have not been made,'
S.I1OP TN CLINTON,
Clinton nsorchanter' ai'e showing
some very fine dines of Christmas
goods, es well as staple articles. Read
the advertisements in The News=Re-
t
cord this week •and in next. week s
special, then do your Christmas shop-
ping in Clinton, You could easily
"go.farther'and fare,worse''
W. L WILL MEET
The regular meeting, of the Wo-
men's Institute will be held on Thurs-
day evening next; Dec. 15th, at three
o'clock, A paper 'will be given by
Mrs. Geo: Jenkins on "Christmas in
Other Lands." The roll call will 'be
answered .by New Year Resolutions
and a demonstration of ` Christmas
decorating will be given by members.
.All ladies welconse,:
TWO -NIGHT
SHOW. -
t
A, couple of entertainments werb
put on, in the town hall on Friday anii
Saturday evenings last under the as
spices of the Clintott Kiltie Band. The
entertainers were the Brook's Musieail
Mystics and Princess Coretta, claimed
to be the World's Steeliest Woman, a
little ' lady thirty inches tall and
weighing forty pounds, who sang and '•
danced and read . your mind, if you
wished .it read.
A little, one -act nomedy was given,
Mr. and Mae. Brooks, the little Prins
cess end another actor taking part.
The 'company put . on an amusing
little .program, but, owing to the
fact that scarcely any advertising was
done, theattendance was not very
large. ,
R..11., COATS
R. Ii, Coats,. Dominion statisticia s, '
Ottawa, -will - represent the Canadian
Government at the 17th C r'
s on .e of
ss
the into •national Statistical i •tttsttcal . Tnsti-
tete, which will open at Cairo, Egypt,.
on December 28th. ine. Coats is ars
old Clinton..,boy, a son • of the late.'
Mr. R. Coats, and has had a brilliant
caleer in his chosen' work. He is 0
leather of Registrar Va. Coats of
beautiful Goderieh