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The Huron News-Record, 1898-01-06, Page 4• WiTH SHINING MORNING FACE. THE school boys and girls • are seen on every street. 0 TJR large stock of Supplies and Books attract their attention as we are noted headquarters fur School requisites. BOOK COVERS supplied free. Canadian Almanae 250. Diaries for 1898. 0m Wt COOPER & 011 - - - Clintons. The Huron NaWs-Becard 1 1 1 IN rublle.hed every '1'H11J351)AT, at Tam Nsw4•It8(1mo Priuttng House, Albert sr. Clinton, Out. eame ADVERTISING 11.AT68. 1 va. 0 aro. 8 mo. 1 no. Columu Column Column (`olumn Inch $.;0 00 $85 00 $A 00 $7 00 35 10 20 00 • 12 00 8 00 20 00 12 00 i 00 2 50 15 00 9 00 5 00 1 00 000 350 200 1 25 403-Sperinl position from 25 to 50 per cent, extra. For transient advertisements 10 cents per line for the first insertion: 3 cents per line each subsequent 1naerti m--nenpa• lel m.eure. Professional eardmint exceod,r.g fru u l$5.00m 1. ptr a ural• , Adl crUx - menta without specific dIC ,t,oilN I nt be published } a N tinr{I+ fo ) , and sh xr ad for ace. rdiPgly. Transient dept i'Ot1Ce9—+'Lunt," "Found," "For tare," etc. -5U cents (,r first Insertion, 23 cents tor each subset rent 11 section. Tars Nsws•REconn will he sent to ary address, free of pa -huge, for $1.00 per year, payable in nd. vauoe—$t 50 may he charged if not so paid. Tho date to which every sub+rraption is paid Is denoted by the number on tbe ndd,ers label, No paper din- cr,ntiaued until alt arrears are paid, except at the option of the proprietor, W. J. MITCHELL, Editor and Proprietc•r. l'luCgt avertiormellto. Beer -Lack Kennedy. We lead -J. B. Rtlnnbutt. A neat fit -A. 3. Hollntvny. January sale -Hodgins Bros. A ' help wanted -A. J. Morrish. Card of thanks -J. P. Doherty. Thermometers -Allen & Wilson. Card of thanks -C, W. Wiilituws. Annual meeting -\V. J. Shannon. Steck taking--Gilrnv & Wiseman. Ts your watch right? -P. B. Crews. The Cash Grocery -Ogle Cooper & Co. Something of interest st- Jackson Bros. • Defeated candidates - The W. D. Fair Co. 'lfohnesville cheese factory notice --- W. S. Lawr•ent.e. The Huron News -Re. ora 1 25 a Year -S1.00 in Advance THURSDAY, JANUARY Bth, 1808. Goderich Township, The election in this township passed off quietly, there being only a slight stiff' in comparison with past contests. Mr. T. Churchill was elected over It. Elliott by a good majority. Mr. Churchill is the right man in the right place and the electors feel proud to have a man of his abilities to do their hn9iness. We are very sorry Mr. Middleton was defeated as he was a good man to have in the council. Any man who is a heavy taxpayer is the least apt to plunge the township into any unnecessary expense as he certain- ly would have his share to pay. We would express our opinion by saying, when you have a roan who is doing his duty just leave hint alone and don't bring nut another man and have both left et home. Mr. Woods, Mr. John- ston and Mr. Williams are the three councillors and we, being well acquaint- ed /with the men, know that they are all well qualified to fill their positions. The election cost this township just IB00.00. Mr. Robert Elliott our apple "Mon- arch" leaves VVedeesdav for Ottawa with 30 tons of baled hay to test the merket and, if successful, will engage in is aiihr hustler, , dealingnd shipping, int pplesr. Elliott to a large extent, turkeys and now hay. He ex- pects to buy hogs, for a tient in the ast shortly. Rev. Mr. Smith opened Middleton's church last Sunday, a large congre- ar the dis- Rourse.ation l)Mr. Sng iuithlt tis an able speaker arid will, no doubt, prove a success. Ire also pr'ey,ches at Holniesville and Sitmmerhill. Mr. Smith Rilty, of Clinton, Spent New Years with his friend, Mr. H. Thompson, of the 113th con. visiting ings Mfriends�in this wtow ship, b een turned to her home in Clinton on Sat- urday. We'll welcome the •going lady back again. Rev. E. B. Smith, of Bayfield, was a guertt at the home of Mr. Robert Thompson last week. LONDON IN IOUBNING. The City Hall Floor Gives Way At a Crowded Meeting ' and Twenty -Five Citizens are Killed and Two -Hundred Badly Injured. An appalling accident halfpencd in ' poor fellow. .A xaatel pfpe but•. London Men day evening. 1 he first list of dead totalled 18, but this num- ber will beaugmented, in all probability. The Victoria disaster of 1881 alone eclipsed or equalled the catastrophe of Monday night. Likealtlashof1iglltning, 2L crowd of two ur three hundred men, in the Midst of rejoicing that their Mends among the municipal candi- dates had been elected,' were preciltl- tat.tld through the floor of the (lily Hall. They fell a distance of about eighteen feet, and were at once a struggling mass of frantic men and youth's, fighting for life. Death toxins instantly to many. Huge timbers fell 031 sonic', and a small safe, weighing about 1000 pounds, buried othets be- neath its weight. The cause of the accident (vas first of all the giving ,sway of the plat- form, from which the candidates were spel1king.. Probably one hundred men were on this frail structure, con- structed of thin boards, with trestles three feet high beneath, The platform was et the north end of the Hall, be- neath the gallery. . Mayor -elect Wilson was in the chair, and several of the Alderu,en•elec•t had spoken. Their speeches were alt In a happy vein. They promised no politics in the City Hall this year, and peace, good -will and justice to all. 1)+•. Wil- son, Alderunen Carothers, Winnett, Cooper, Taylor, AId.-elect McPhillips, and Jolly, School Trustee -elect 'Zeigler, Nater Commissioner -elect Junes 1un(1 Water Commissioner Joe Judd had spoken. This would have ended the matter, fuel there would probably have !oven no disaster hits the crowd been satisfied. But they were not. Loud calls for "Gray, Gray." ,Fere heard, but the President of the Conservative Club, who stood among the admiring throng which hall overflowed up onto the platform, refused to speak. ,lir. 11. Bl. U. Tootles was at nue side of the platform, and the crowd spied hilt. There MIS then loud calls for •"1.'oothe, Tooth(." Mr. Tootle declined tosots( k also, but the thrin>g of his friends picked \c 1 hits upalmost 1it li( S tb t u(lil • and 0, Were ti t ere y forcing ci❑ him rut upon the. l,latYuru>. Just then the crash of the over -weighted platform was heard. 'L'lhe men upon it fell, through to the floor. Theie was a stampede backward, and at this mora- H1s I LLher (aunt in, and the scene was 0311 the floor itself gave way. '.rhe 1 affecting, As he receguived hi3 bo scene, as il. presented itself to a Free Press reporter', who stood un,the t¢iu- dow sill beside the awful,. seething pit, of humanity, .may not easily be de- scnibe j. 'There was the great noises as the breaking of many timbers. Mingled (vete the shouts of the people caught in the horrible wreck and going down with it. The sea of falling humanity could be seen going down, down, clown. The floor gave way at the middle of the portion which fell in, and thus all who were caught were thrown in a lass together, piled twenty, thirty and forty deep. And then came the final crash. The report was ' like the explosion of a great gnu. Immediately as the mass of men and timbers alighted. on the their of the Engineer's office benefit h, a great cloud of white dust shut up. It cause froln the broken. plasters and filled the whole hail. The chandeliers still burned brightly, but the dust ob- soured them fr•urrl view. For several minutes it was impossible to see one's hand held close to the eye. There was now 00 noise from within the 111(11. Only occasionally did a shriek or groan come from the fearful pitiful of human- ity beneath. And then the dust cleared away gradually. The crowd in the hall who escaped had stood dumbfounded for a moment. Few realized what had hap- pened. It was impossible to realize the awfulness of it all. Men stood affrighted and bewildered. But when the dust had partially cleared away Lilo* was• almost a stampede. Police- men,. who were in the hall, and other men of steady nerves; shouted to the crowd and held them hack as much as possible, so that all escaped uninjured mercifully dre.iched a fete of the 4half- choked mei, buried in the ruins. 1tE$CUE. The work of rescue was begun soon after the accident as men °had collected their senses, George Wrig- ley, FL witness of the catastrophe, hur- ried' to the C. i . R. telegraph office, ('lose by, and thele telephoned for the firemen, the police and the ambulance. All responded promptly. The firemen and the police did heroic work, aided by many citizens. The crowds in the street, broke through the gluts and doors in frcIt of the Engineer,'s office, and clambered over the :'ountet•, which remained intact. The work of carrying out the dead and injured was then quickly pushed ahead. An ul work it %vas. The rescuers seemed to hesitate momentar- ily, overcome by the awful scene. Then, buoyed up by the shouts of Others and treed of prompt action they would plunge furward again. .Body after body was carried out, some living so31,e already deed. A rope and tackle was aft cbed to the. safe, and strong arms raised 1 't when a man ,fuss : ' • ( i nu•ein ct n Lu (•1�:L\vl ap- 1 fly from beneath_ the safe, Ft cheer went up. 11 ow 1L human being could 1)1Lt'e lived beneath so great at weight. was 1L marvel, and there seemed hope, then, for all. But the poor fellow had only miraculously escaped the weight resting upon ltitrr. 1'hc first body to he found beneath the safe was that of Benj..1. Nash. There was no mark upon his face. ills clothes vete not 80 1115101 aS tlisar- 11u>gt•d. 13(31 death had come with awful suddenness to hint. Stalwart policemen clamheri•d in and raised 1 he end of the broken beau). As they did so, horrible groans arose front those beneath the ruin. And while the policemen held up the beam, others pulled out the claimed and dying. y A youn • boy cried' piteously as rescuers carried hitt/ out on their Shoulders. His brain suffered from f Fa )I( {V and ail d1Vk' E when the doctors t. � .,tn' 1'151 FI they said he could not live. Kind hands and arum carried hill) to ('al - lard's drug stole, and a young woman, a trained nurse, assisted the doctors, 1e stalwart teen dropped on his kui'ca ;led kissed the had as he lay oil the floor. Another buy teas carried out, (lead. Yet lie looked the picture of life There was 1a rosy flush upon his cheek. a slllile on his lips. Like almost every one of the dead, there was nothing in the mime rd appearance of the bodies to tell what had caused deatit. Many were free of marks altogether. There had been an awful crush --that was ctrl. COMMITTEE ROOM R()O.li 1)I(COM) 5 A stonot ):. The major por•lion.of the er'owcl' was ja,mnied in front of Ald. Parnell'; com- mittee roams, whet•e lay the bodies of fifteen men and boys, whose life was crushed out in a moment. The victims lay vide by side on the floor. A num- ber of policemen were at the door, but they were almost powerless to keep back 1 he crowds and make way fur those going to and corning from the City Hall. The place way besieged until a late hour tins morning by omen and women in quest of relatives, and many heartr'eudcrilg scenes were wit- nessed by the willing workers. One women, whose husband was • among the victims, fell in a swoon, and re- .quir'ed medical attention, and another insisted on remaining until the body of her husband was removed to t heir home. She was finally taken away by friends. Other bereaved ones refused to he censoled, making the scene al- togetheil one of a most pathetic char- acter. Mr. George Talbot, of 33 Ham- ilton Road, lost his bright little 12 - year -old on, Willie, in the accident. Mr. Talbot and his two sons had coine down town early in the evening to see the returns bulletined, and they ith the crowd o e a .Th There was grave danger from this were lgrouped about cerntre of the source for a time. however. Several portion which collapsed, and they he - ladies were in the hall also, but none came separated. One of the sons was were injured. The. windows at the naming the first to be rescued, but market side of the hall off the Cogncil Willie was jammed beneath some very Chamber were kicked out, and quite a heavy timbers and was, dead when a number escaped by this Means, with brought out. Mr. Talbot was also bad - the aid of ladders put up to the wire- ly.h(lrt, and as he walked up and down dows from outside. And thus the hall the comrnittPe roam, he continually was cleared. raved about his boy. Mr: Talbot was IN THE PIT OF HUMANITY, in the Victoria disaster, and he said The cloud of dust was not dispelled his experience in it was nothing as so Its to make vision across the hall coinl)iu•ed with the experience he had possible for several minutes. And then in the hall. "Oh, my God how shallwars presented the picture in all its 1 I tell' the buy's (pother," he groaned. gastlincss. Men were clambering up I Mr, Wm. Breve, of ,youth London, from below, using the broken timbers canoe in with hie son and found among by means of which to regain the City the•row cf dead men the body of his Hall floor. As they neared the top young son. Oswald. The father's an- t hey were assisted by willing hands. guish was too deep for ntterance, Ile One of the first to clamber up was Ald, gnzed at the bright boy, then looked Neil Cooper, His face was covered tt'tvuy. The bystanders read in his face with blood, his clothes) were torn and the mental pent he suffered. ragged, he was white tvitl) dust, and 1,. W. Burke, the well-known insur- he groaned with the internal pain he (Ince agent, was among the killed. was suffering. Others followed quick- Mnny of his friends did not recognize ly, yet slowly. Nothing but sheer ex- him, so kindly had he been injured clteulent, made it possible for some of shout the face and hr8 clothes torn. the men to escape this way, their faces Not only were the committee rooms besmeared with blood harness and terror-stricken. turned Into a morgue. They were also The scone in the pit r_annot readil a hospital. Men with arms and legs be hescne Been can piled dily bandaged, heads tied up, blood -covered faces and clothes tattered sat about seeming inext•icalale mass. Those on the i'oo(n, some on chairs, others toanoo ther were tovisiibl out struggled the with stretched on the floor. One after an- oneg y other, es carriages could be procured timber, which had brokenin two, and to take them away, were reruov- was the cause of the wreck, lay across ed from the building. it number of bodies. An old safe, weighing probably 1,000 pounds,and THE 4t8AY()R-ELECT'S ESCAPE. which had stood for years in the orth- Dr. John D. Wilson, the Mayor -elect, toast corner of the 'hall, rolled downconsiders his es..ape a marvellous one. upon the mass of men, and crush- "I went down with then) all," he said, ed tbe life out of many. The heavy "hut I seemed to land on top, and I steam coil which stood beside the win- climbed out. I have not a scratch." dow, had likewise fallen in, and going The doctor was going about the Par - the distance it did had attained a, nen committee roonts, hatless and velocity that when brought suddenly seemingly bewildered, His heavy fur to "h, stop crushed and maimed some coat, which was on his choir at the "Merit tel u t J 1 k daft#talc vollaee o Hood's Sarsapai i,Jla, Merit in medicine means the power to cure. Hood's Sarsaparilla possesses actual and unequalled curative power and there- fore it has trli. merit. When you buy Hood's Sarsaparilla,and take it according to directions, to purify your blood, or cure any of the many blood diseases, you are morally osmole to receive benefit. The power to cure is there. You are not trying an experiment. It will make your blood pure, rich and nourishing, and thus drive out the germs of disease, strengthen the nerves and build up the whole system. Sarsaparilla Is the best, In toot— the One True Blood Purifier, Prepared ouly by C. 1. Rood & Co., Lowell, Mass. Hood's oodss Pilin Dgropon. oA2pdurgpa,n 2 50. City 1Ia311, has not yet been found. 1)rt. 'LEl(1LER'S EXPERIENCE. Dr. Zeigler had just concluded speaking, before the accident hap- pened. Ile put on his gloves and Overcoat, and was walking 3(1(185 the platform to leave the hall, when the crash came. He went dowel in the burls, but wbts not so touch as bruised. He lostItis hat. "Ald. Carrothers was calling for three cheers," he. said, "and at that moment we went. down. Down, down, down we went. It seemed that we would never stop fulling. I was afraid the roof was falling in,. but I looked up ae1(1 8:1151 the light Runt the chande- liers above. 1t would have been awful hilt for the lights. Dick Tootle tuns right behind me, but he got pd as quickly ars I (lid." . BAW pus UROTlilat 1•'A Mr. Saul Turner, (1' Ridout street, brother of Ald. Tut net, w)o1 badly broken up over. the (teeth of brother. "1 saw 1(1y brother standing eight feet. frown me, its we went down,' he said, "He was on the edge of the platform, rind that went first. 1' lnl,- pened ,to he in 1a better place. Some- thing fell across illy chest, hut. I wur'k- ed my way out." TH15 (AU81; ON THE ACCfi>LN'r, City Engineer °radial stales t'ha the cause of the accident was the breaking of the heavy beam which runs beneath the Hour almost at the centre o' r ti ) of 11 t•1'' tE which gave• f wily. ' 3• This heal i composed s 1 was c) 111.>u >' .cit (t (v•\• I t e1 ( 33(4 timbers, securely ,jointed tugetlle'. 'The joists ran east mill (vest 1'1.011.th(: beano, resting uta the front fwd rear wails of the Errginoer's office. 'There was at span of eighteen feet. The 10:011 broke in the centre roiling all the peu- pie standing in this space into One 111(188. The Engineer stated 111rt the supports of title part of the fluor were net taken away • in noticing re'ce'nt 11- teratin)s. The well Where this; joist rail was to O a,, nen out in 1,+•ti. The 1•LI- guneerdid not consider the Hail den- gerous, and says' that the: treruendous dead weight simply caused the 111•:011 to snap. AS SEEN FROM THE O1'l SIDE. Mr. ,T, A. Johnston was standing on the opposite side of Richmond street., looking up into the hall, when the crash carat:. This was followed by the rapid descent of a dark, living class oil to the floor below. The feigns of the uufurtunates were iiulit(diatt•1y obscured by the dense cloud of dust, but their shouts and groans could bo distinctly heard. The ('0311essed 1511' forced open the windows' of the City Engineer's office and the dust ponre(1 out into the st seet in Venae volumes. Mr. Johnson Stair' a boy at an upper window s(nashieg the panes with 1)18 fist and then shouting for help. Mt.. Johnston raft )wound to tl)5' Central Fire Station and aroused the men on duty, who were quickly on the scene with the)' trucks. They drove past the front of the ha11 )end then around to the market, side of the building. 'Veen- ( fine ladders were brought from some- where, and 0 number of those on the windows, who had all the while been shouting for aid, were rescued from what they considered a perilous posi- tion. ALL OVER IN AN INSTANT, MIony of those who went down with the crash escaped without a scraatch; the injuries of many others were so slight that they were able to turn to and assist in carrying out the bodies of their less fortunate brethren. The most that any bf therm cou.id say was, "1 heard a crackling noise, saw the floor give way in front of the platform, and down we went. It wits so sudden that it was all over before 1 could realize what had happened." A JAM A'l' TITE 000R. A citizen, who WWI etltn(ling just in- side t -he scot, says there. was 1a great crowd at the north or main enhance. The Hulse and confusion inside seemed to have aroused the curiosity of those. outside, for there "appeared to- he a solid truism of humanity, with craned necks, anxious to know what had hap. pelted. Consequently, when the rush l'r.t the exit cane., there was a terr- ible jinn, followed by something like a panic, Finally the crowd at tete door, realizing from the shouts and gesticulations of those inside, the na- ture of the catastrophe, fell back, and a vast crowd of excited rued poured out into the hallway and down the stairs, and many a sigh of relief was Heard when the open air was reach. WOOD'S PfOsP11ODXNE. The Great English Remedy. RSn.Paokages Guaranteed to promptly, and pormanentty euro all forms Of Nervous Weakness, Emfselons,Sperm- atorrhea, Impotency and all effects of Abuse or EmeSZIee, Mental Worry, excessive use Before and After• onTbtacco, Optnm u- tatc; lohioh Boon leaord toStimI,i ,/amity, Insanity, Consumption and an early grave, Has boon prescribed over 85 years In thousands of eases; le tbo only Petiabto and Honest Medtotne known, Ask druggist for wood's Phosphodiner tt he otters some worthless medicine In place of this. inclose price in letter, and wo will send by return man. Prlee, ono paeksge, x, $5, • On,sottd yreaso,eteWlUaure. Pamphlotsfreetotiltaiarryadadreur. The Wood Compal ir, ' Windsor, Ont., Canad4 tgr3old in C•intwn by Allen & Wl:ion, ISingglst r • ristmas £crfujnes Compare these Prices and Goods with those offered in otherstores in this town. Ricksjckers $1 25 perfumes at $1 00 44 1 00 u 75 75 50 G6 GG Seeleys' GG 50 40 125- 100 1 00 175 ' All these Goads are new and 'very attractively put up. Perfume wakes a most tartly and suitable Xmas Gift. We w►11 give you these Goods for less money than you Can buy elsewhere. 44 GG iG Manufacturing Chemist, Physician Supplies, c&Lc. Chemist and Druggist. OADFOOT, ; i; . t '& 00. NlwrUR . We are offering a fine line of Bedroom Suits' and Side- boards at the Izegular 'Wholesale Price. As we manufacture our own Goods we are in a position to do this. We do not ask -ua tllt1 mi(l(iletnttn's profit Remember these Goods are all )etv and up•to.date. Come and see if svllat we are tellingyou u IS not right. In this department we carry a complete Stock. Our Hearses and Outfit is undoubtedly the finest in the county and our char es are as low as the . lowes5t. d o - .3 e y. r y a. . v fi i �• d } ) Y ( 'J }, d rtt :( l a FURNITURE A -ND UNDERTAKING Night and Sunday calla for Undertaking H a11f 0(1' Funeral Director,. J. W. Chidley, King street, �oppos to Foundry.swered at residence of our e 'rug meats :Benjamin ,J Nash, carriage maker, 115Iue►tile. Fork street. Mr. Jelin C)nllie, Jr., has secured John Troller, cltrrilLgo maker, Itich• the position of staition master. motel street.. . 9 John Burridge, shoemaker, King stIl et. Frank Robinson, plasterer, Horton, street.' Crawford Beckett, c•pntractor, Wel.' lingtun street. Edward Laxton, farmer, IExeter. W. 11. Tell, baker, London West. R. S. Leigh, plumber, Richmond St. Abraham Phillips, flour dealer, King Mr. Edward Bailey is home from Haysvale where he has been teaching school. • Misses Lizzie and Susan King, of Detroit, are spending their holidays at home. Messrs. Will and John Scutt, of Stanley, visited their uncle F. B. Scott last week. Miss Mable. Oliver spent a few days SPet, in Brussels last week. Ben, Jacques, painter, G. T.°13., York Mr. John King, of Kinburn, is spend - street. i ing his ho,idhys at horns• too >Steeetn Stephen Williams, laborer, Water -A. A. Jeffery, of London, is visiting friends here. W. U. Stuith, market ttrdener, Lon- IMrs. dors townshi g l mother of Detroit, is visiting her L. W. Burke, instati>nce agent, Ring mother Mrs. Rutherford. street. g 1 Mr. F. B. Scott spent Christmas in Seaforth. James Harris, moulder, 2I 'Dundas streets Blr. Will K. Whaley, of Belgrave, spent Sunday at Mr. J. Burgess.' NV. J. Borland, woodworker, Tecurn• The Presbyterian entertainment was seh avenue. rL great success. The programine was \'Noble Carrhehe, , ouug GriggHnusson of excellent, especially the Columbian F red. Heamanyoung dill by sixteen gibs which tuns 1 0- son of W. peated by request. Beaman, York street. '' Mr. George Richardson Sfient a few W. E. Talbot, young son of W. Tal- ! days last week with Mr. Walter Bur - bet, Hamilton Road. gess. Oswald Bruce, son of W. Bruce, shoelnaker, What'ncliffe Road. John Hamilton Fortner, laborer, 11 BIRTHS. Bathnrst street. DEATIiS. ARGENT.—In Stanley, on Dee. lith, the wife of Mr. w. Argent, of a son. IHOLMES.—In Clinton,:on Dec. 30th, the wife of R•Hoieler, of a daughter. MILLER.—Tn Clinton on Jan. 5th, James CORNYN.—In %Vingham, on December 2058. Miller aged 82 yoara, the wife of John Cornyn, a son. A Shoe Talk. Alesallestbasibealligglegel Every person who does no have to pay storage on bit money is falsifier with the diffi cult problem of making a smal income answer the requirements of these advanced times, Foot- wear is one of the unfailing necessities, and it costs a good deal in the course of it year -if you get the wrong kind. We don't keep the wrong kind. Not that we are more honest than the other dealers, but our long experience has taught us how to avoid being "stuck" on poor goods., This knowledge is necessar- ily of benefit to our customers, beeaUSP, the cheaper a shoe firm can buy the cheaper it can afford to sell. "Cheap" doet'n't mean poor quality, however, for if it did, our shoes would not be "cheap." We keep no poor quality goods, no matter what the grade. The celebrated makers of J. D. KING & CO., J. & T. BELL. JAOKSON&JAOKSON, The Noted Shoe Dealers, CLINTON.