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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-10-18, Page 5Page 5 THE 0 CO SIR EDMUND WAU Eli.' MVO,' ! I.D., R.C.L , Preeideltt CAPITAL PAID UP, $15,000,000 SIR JOHN AIItD, Gentra►Manager 11, V. P. JONES, ASet, Oen'I, Manager RESERVE FUND, . $13,500,000 SENDING MONEY ABROAD Do you wish to send money abroad? The safest way to do so is to buy a DRAFT from The Canadian Bank of Commerce. The cost is moderate. Apply for particulars. es Seaiort7I3.ras�.o � J,U. MULLEN MANAGE, Genuine Vegetable Parchment Wrappers specially printed from your own copy, we:can supply them at the follow - ng prices— TII1E SEAFORTH NEWS SERFO �-I1 W.Jr alkeI W SDI! Undertakers an Embalmers W. J, Walker, holder of ga. • ernmeut Diploma and License Day or Night calls receive our prompt attention Day Phone 6T Night 18 -)GENAL STRATFORD, ONT.,- Fall Term from Sept. 4th. Comnteroial, Shorthand and 'fele• graphy Departments — We have throrough courses, experieroed in- structors and we plane Graduates in positjnns. Dereautl upon us for trained help is many tines the num- ber graduating. Get our free atalogne.. A D MCLAAHLAN PRINCI AL IF YOUR CHILD IS CROSS, PE TERISH, CONSTIPATED A Look Mother! if tongue Is coated, cleanse tittle bowels with "Cali- fornia Syrup of Figs," Mothers can rest early after giving '"California Syrup of Figs,' because in a few hours all the clogged -up waste, sour bile and fermenting food gently moves out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again, Sick children needn't be coaxed to take this harmless "fruit laxative." Millions of mothers keep it handy be- cause they know its action on the stomach, liver and bowels le prompt and sure, Ask your druggist for a 50 -cent bot' tle of "California Syrup of Figs," which contains directions for tables, children of all ages and for grown-ups. Dragged Down by Asthma. Th e Man or Woman who is continually sub- ject to asthma is uilfitted for his or her' life'e work. Strength departs anti energy is tartan away until life becomes' a dreary .existence. Ar,d yet this is needless. Dr. Kellogg's Actium Re Steady has brought 8 great ohauge to an army of enlfers, It relieves the teatrieted air tulles and guards against il,ture trouble, Try it, SBESEinv MUSIC Miss Annie G. 0 ovenlook, Graduate of CenadiauAoademyof Music, Toronto, Teaohers's• Gburse announces the re. opening of her classes in piano, organ and theory. Pupils will be prepared for Canadian Aoadeny and Toronto Conservatory examinations - For terms and scholarship apply at Studio, North Min St, , Seaforth. Try Us For A Refreshing Shave HAIR CUTTING Our Speciality Call at - Bolton's Bader Shop OARDNOS BLOCK BEAFORTH I have for sale sev= eral Bonds and Debentures of a particularly High grade, bearing interest from 5; • to 6 per cent. 2111 information con- cerning same cheer= Fully given. JOHN RANKIN Bond:and Debenture Broker Main Street, Seaforth Phone 91 a LOST A hound, female, answers to the name of 'Floss.- Color brown, white and black. Information gladly received by , Reuben Hart Winthrop, Ont; 0/1..-milaA'•WIN.-..sw•• .N fr—sw...... pr«.+Aw,r...f,wrw.us.A.ao.oaasrwnrr,.eo. fi TownTopics �! N.......011.....014......11....11.0...00 0.....01/.........1 Dig up your oveteriat, have a look at it, by renewing the velvet dollar, Press. ing and Cleaning maysave yon the pride of a new one My Wardrobe, Goderich St, opposite Queens, Miss Janet Goveniook of Viotorie 13, 0, is a visitor at home North Main 81, Robert Laird and Nelson Goveuloelc of the avaition corps, Camp 13ordon who have been spending a week at their homes here, left on Monday for Texas where they will train for the wiutor, Mrs. D. T. Pinkney of Stratford spout a few days with friends in town, Mrs, Whittaker is in Ottawa visiting her son. Mrs, 11, E, Wilson of New York is a visitor et the home of her parents, Mr end Mrs, W. E. Southgate. Mrs, Martin' of Chatham is the guest of Mrs, 1', H, Larkin at the maim, My, Gordon Wright of Loudon oo- enpied the pulpit of the Methodist Church last Sabbath and spoke iu the interests of the Assooiatsd Kitt. Miss Mary Gillespie has accepted n school in Windsor. Mrs, James A Brown and Miss D. Scandrett of London were the guests of fdr. and Mrs. James Beattie, Miss pole, who bas been spending a few weeks with her aunt, Mrs. Ed- ward McFall] returned lust Thursday to her hone iu Woudsley Essex County The Old Time Dance on Tuesday night was very suocessful, $LO8 being realized, It will be ropeatek Nov..6 A large number from here went to the Convention in Clinton on Monday Wm Laing fell fromhis wheel on Monday breaking his collar bone, Rev, 81r, Brown is away for hie holi. day and Rev, Mr, Doherty will take his serV8008 011 Sunday• Mr, Gordon Wright spoke in the Town Hall on Monday night on Next of Kin Society and it Committee was formed to organize here, You are reminded of the Soldiers' Xmas box Fund, Subscription open till Nov. 3rd. Help send holiday cheer to the boys at the front, Fruit cake for this purpose to be sent to the Arm dries on Nov, 6th, Misses Margaret and Ylern Porter- field have returned from visiting'friends in Clifford. . Robert Laird was a000mpanied as far as Toronto by his mother, Mrs, Laird North Main St, Miss Janet Goveuloelc left on Mon- day for Viotoria S, C. Mrs, (Dr ) W, Eruao Smith of Tor- onto formerly of Seaforth,.... is a guest at the hone of Lieut,•Col, and7lrs Wilson. A reception was held hi First Pres. byterian Church on Tuesday evening in honor of Dr. Larkin and the stran- gers in the eougregation. There was a largo atteudauco and a very enjoy- able time was spent. Miss Sparks attended the funerol of Mr, Levis in Clinton on Su;inlay last, Mrs' Harry Layton left on Monday visit friends in Detroit. Owiug to the Carnegie Library not being heated at present, the Rod Cross Society will meet in the armour- ies, every Thursday afternoon, until further notice, A. handsome gown is on .display in Beattie Bros' window donated by a friend for the 'benefit of the War Aux- liary, Tiokete 10 dents each or 3 for 26 cents, THOMAS MOO On Oot. 5t11 the death ocoared of Mr Thomas Kidd, one of the oldest resid- Idetrts of Seaforth. Mrlidd for the past two years has been falling 01 health, but in the last six weoka he grew rapidly worse, death being expected at any atombnt, He was born in the city of Dublin, and mime to this eons try with his par• tints, seventy-five years ago, first settl- ing near Denville later moving to Mona Mills and afterwards Arlington, fin. ally locating in Seaforth, where for torty yot}rs ha was one of the foremost business then of the oommunity being interested in tlo lranufaotnre of salt, and general merchandise. For many years he was ohaisnan of the Collegiate Institute Board and always was actio. ely engaged it1 anything forthewelfare T.0 SI: AFORTt-I, NEWS Thursday, Oci.18 151 25 \ tiL.S.] GEORGE the FIFTH, by the Grace of God, of the United K.i gdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions be- yond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India. To all to whom these presents shall come, or whom the same may in anywise concern -GREETING A Proclamation calling out the men comprised in Class 1 as described by the Military Service Act, 1917. The Deputy Minister of Justice; Canada WHEREAS it is pro- vided by our Militia Act of Canada, Re- visedStatutes of Cnanada,1906, chapter 41, Section 69, that e our Governor-General of Can- ada in Council may place our Militia of Canada, or any part thereof, on active service any - Where in Canada, and also be- yond Canada for the defence thereof, at any time when it appears advisable so to do by reason of emergency; And Whereas that part of our militia of Canada known as the Canadian Expeditionary Force is now engaged in active service overseas for the defence and security of Canada, the preservation of our Empire and of human liberty ; and it is necessary owing to the emergencies of the war to provide re - enforcements for our said Expeditionary Force in addition to those whose inclination or circumstances have permitted them to Ivolun- teer ; And Whereas he le number of mn who ha eeal� adyn oftleft agricultural andendus- trial pursuits in our Dominion of Canada in order to join our Expedi. tionary Force as volunteers, and by reason of the necessity of main- taining under these conditions the productiveness or output of agri- culture and industry in our said Dominion, we have determined by and with the advice and consent of our Senate and House of Corn - mons of Canada that it is expedient to secure the men so required; not by ballot as provided by our said Militia Act, but by selective draft ; such re -enforcement, under the provisions of the Military Service Act, 1917, hereinafter referred to, not to exceed one hundred thousand men ; And Whereas it is accordingly enacted in and by the provisions of an Act of our Parliament of Canada, holden in the 7th and 8th years of our reign, and known as the Military Service Act, 1917, that every one ef our male subjects who comes within one of the classes described and intended by the said Act shall be liable to be called out on active service in our Canadian Expeditionary Force for the defence of Canada, either within or beyond Canada; and (that his service shall be for the duration of the present war and demobilization after the conclusion of the war ; And Whereas the men who are, under the provisions of the said last mentioned Act, liable to be called out, are comprised in six classes of which Class 1 is, by the provisions of the said Act, defined to consist of all our male subjects, ordinarily, or at any time since the 4th day of August, 1914, resident in Canada, who have attained the age of twenty years, who were born net earlier than the year 1883, and were on the 6th day of July, 1917;. unmarried, or are widowers but have no child, and who are not within any of the following enumerated EXCEPTIONS :- 1. Members of our regular, or reserve, or auxiliary forces, as defined by our Army Act. 2. Members- of our military forces raised by the Governments of any of our other dominions or by our Government of India• 3. Men serving in our Royal Navy, or in our Royal Marines, or in our Naval Service of Canada, and members of our Canadian Expeditionary Force. 4. Men who have since August 4111, 1914, served in our Military or Naval Forces, or in those of our allies, in any theatre of actual war, and have been honourably discharged therefrom. 5. Clergy, including members of any recognized order of an exclu- sively religious character, and ministers of all religious denomina- tions existing in Canada at the date of the passing of our said Military Service Act. 6. Those persons exempted from military service by Order in Council of August 13th, 1873, and by Order in Council of Decem- ber 6th, 1898 ; - And Whereas itis moreover provided by our said Military Service Act that our Governor-General of Canada in Council may from time to time by proclamation call out on active service as aforesaid any class of men in the said Act described, and that all men within the class so called out shall, from the date of such proclamation, be deemed to be soldiers enlisted in the military service of Canada and subject to military law, save as in the said Act otherwise provided ; and that the men so called out shall report and shall be placed on active service in tile Canadian Expeditionary Force as may be set out in such proclamation or in regulations ; but that they shall, until so placed on active service, be deemed to be on leave of absence without pay ; And Whereas it is also provided by the said Act that at any time before a date to be fixed by proclamation an application may be made, by or in respect of any man in the class to be called out, to one of our local tribunals, established in the manner provided by the said Act in the province in which such 'man ordinarily resides, for a certificate of exemption from service upon any of the following GROUNDS OF EXEMPTION (a) That it is expedient in the national interest that the man should; instead of being employed in military service, be engaged in other work in which he is habitually engaged ; (b) That it is expedient in the national interest that the man should; instead of being employed 10 military service, be engaged in other work in which he wishes to be engaged and for which he has special qualifications ; (o) That it is expedient in the national interest that, instead of being employed in military service, he should continue to be educated or trained for any work for which he is then being educated or trained ; (d) That serious hardship would ensue, if the man were placed on active service, owing to his exceptional financial or busintas obligations or domestic position ; (e) Ill health or infirmity ; (f) That he conscientiously objects to the undertaking of combatant service, and is prohibited from so doing by the tenets and articles of faith in effect on the sixth day of July,1917, of any organized religious denomination existing and well recognized in Canada at such date, and to which he in good faith belongs ; And that if any of the grounds of such application be established; a certificate of exemption shall be granted to such man. And Whereas moreover it .is enacted in and by the pro- visions of an Act of our Parliament of Canada holden in the 71:h and 8th years of our reign and known as the War Time Elections Act that certain persons thereby disqualified from voting with such of their sons as on polling day are not of legal age, shall be exempt from combatant military and naval service ; And Whereas it Actrthat applications for exour said emption' from service shall be determined by our said local tribunals, subject to appeal as in the said Act provided, and that any man, by or fu respect of whom an application for exemption from service is made; shall, so long as such application -or any appeal in connection there- with is pending, and during the currency of any exemption granted him, be deemedto be on leave of absence without pay ; And Whereas our Governor-General of Canada in Council has determined to call out upon active service as aforesaid the risen included in Class 1; as in the said Act and hereinbefore defined or described ; Now Therefore Know Ye that we do hereby call out the said Class 1; comprising the men in our said Military Service Act, 1917, and hereinbeforedefinedor described as to the said class belonging, on active service in our Canadian Expeditionary Force for the defence of Canada, either within or beyond Canada, as we may, in the command or direction of our Military Forces, hereafter order or direct. And we do hereby strictly command, require and enjoin that each man who is a member of the said class shall, on or before the 10th day Of November, 1917, in the prescribed form and manner, report himself for military service, unless application for his exemption shall then have been made by him or by another person entitled to apply on his behalf ; wherein our loving subjects, members of the said class, are especially charged not to fail since not only do their loyalty and allegiance require and impose the obligation of careful and implicit obedience to these our strict commands and injunctions, but more- over, lest our loving subjects should be ignorant of the consequences which will ensue if they fail to report within the time limited as afore- said, we do hereby forewarn and admonish them that any one who is hereby called out, and who without reasonable excuse fails to report as aforesaid, shall thereby comm -t an offence, for which he shall be ' liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for any term not exceeding five years with hard labour, and he shall nevertheless, if we so require, be compelled to serve immediately in our said Expeditionary Force. And we do hereby proclaim and announce that for the greater convenience of our subjects, we have directed that prescribed forms, for reporting for service, and for application for exemption from serv- ice, may, at any time on or before the said 10th day of November; 1917, be obtained at any post office in our Dominion of Canada; and that reports for service and applications for exemption from service, if obtained at any of our said post offices and properly executed, shall be forwarded by our postmaster at the post office from which the same are obtained to their proper destinations as by our regulations pre- scribed, free of postage or any other charge. And we do further inform and notify our loving subjects that local tribunals have been established in convenient localities throughout our Dominion of Canada for the hearing of applications for exemption from service upon any of the statutory grounds, as hereinbefore set out; that these our local tribunals so established will begin to sit in the discharge of their duties on the 8th day of November, 1917, and that they will continue to sit from day to day thereafter, as may be necessary or convenient, at such times and places as shall lie duly notified, until all applications for exemption from -service shall have been heard and disposed of; also that men belonging to the class hereby called out who have not previously to the said 8th day of November, 1917, reported for service, or forwarded applications for exemption through any of our post offices as aforesaid, may make applications in person for exemption from service to any of our said tribunals on the 8th, 9th or 10th day of November, 1917. And we do hereby moreover notify and inform our loving subjects who are within the class hereby called out, that if, on or before the 10th day of November, 1917, they report themselves for military service, or if, on or before that day, application for exemption from service be made by them or on their behalf, they will not be required to report for duty, or be placed upon active service as aforesaid, until a day, not earlier than the 10th day of December, 1917, which will, by our registrar for the province in which they reported or applied, be notified to them in writing by registered post at their respective addresses as given in their reports for service, or applications for ex- emption from service, or at such substituted addresses as they may have respectively signified to our said registrar; and we do hereby inform, forewarn and admonish the men belonging to the class hereby called out that if any of them shall, without just and sufficient cause, fail to report for duty at the time and place required by notice in writing so posted, or shall fail to report for duty as otherwise by law required, he shall be subject to the procedure, pains and penalties by law prescribed as against military deserters. Of all of which our loving subjects, and all others whom these presents may concern, are hereby required to take notice, rendering strict obedience to and compliance with all these our commands, directions and requirements, and governing themselves accordingly. In Tei tlrrl on Whereof We have caused these Our y Letters to be made Pat- ent, -and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed. WIT- NESS: Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousin and Counsellor, Victor Christian William, Duke of Devonshire, Marquess of Hartington, Earl of Devonshire, Earl of Burlington, Baron Cavendish of Hsrdwickc, Baron Cavendish of Keighley, Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter; One of Our Most Honourable Privy Council; Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Knight Grand Cress of Our Royal Victorian Order; Governor-General and Commander -in -Chief of Our Dominion of Canada. At Our Government House, in Our City of OTTAWA, this TWELFTH day of OCTOBER, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and in the eighth year of Our Reign. By Command, Under-Secretary of State. 1 of the town of Seaforth. Nine years ago he went to New York to make his house with his daughters, iia was buried from St .lames Chnroh,Adjala, Tuesday morning where a Solemn itequiiont High Mass was held 6y his nephew the Right Rev, Monsignor Kidd of Toronto, the past. Or Rev, Father Walsh acting as deacon and Rev. father M-inajlau of Toronto as Subdeacon Among those from a distance who t SII attended the conceal oche nis children Mt. Geo, A. Kidd of Detroit, Mich. , Mars W. R. Myers of Kansas City Mo. Misses Ferrell and eland and T. . tlstin of New York City and W. L Kind of Northfield Vt. Mr' ,Jostle;, Kelly, Mr, 0, Hughes and Mr, Geo, Keough of Toronto and Masers. W. H. and Thomas Hammett of Booboo. He was always of a jovial disposition and will be greatly missed by Ms many ft lends and relatives, The Proven Asthma Remedy. Sino,, esthete existed there has been no lack of much heralded remedies but they have proved short lived and worthless The aver -growing reputa- tion of Dr, .l'. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy has given it a .place in the field of medicine which no other can approach. It has never been pushed by sensatiouai methods but has simply gene on effecting reliefa tu 1 ma k' n,g�new converta. There may be other corn cure Holloway's Corn Cure stands' hemi of the list so ler as-rosul Concerned. All mothers Dan put away regarding their suffering ohilcre they have Mother Graves' Wp terminator to give relief. Ile are sure and lasting.