Clinton New Era, 1908-01-10, Page 8TON
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Local Notices.
DR.. OVENS, London, Su t'ean ecu,
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the Big Saving this Re-
tiring - from • Business
Sale has for You.
Just, as long as this Retirilig-frot'-
Business Sale lasts, just so long can you
save money on every dollar's worth of
Dry Goods you have to buy. \ Not only
will itay you to supply your immediate_
wants, Abut you will. be 'money in pocket
to look ahead and do you spring. buying
NOW. We are either going to sell the,
stock as a whole to some buyer or sell it
' ce ' : we
over the counter piece by pie t ‘,for ,. F,
are positivelyretiringfrom business in Minton. Thee. piece-bypiece way is the best
we are sellingit now.. Cnnot tll how longit ` will last
£or ,you, and that isthe way f g
though, for a buyer for the entire stork is likely to happen along at .. any time, You
better make hay while the sun shines, and supply all your wants now, for nobody can
sell goods at the -prices they are marked.for this sale and stay in business;long. This
week we are going to make a ' clean sweep • of the. Mantle .and: Underwear stocks.
They are down low now. When another week'is over we would like their'. cleaned
out to the last garment. Prices have been cut lower than ' ever, and we, will. surely
sell them all. Laces, Embroideries, Cottons, White Underwear, ' are .all going at
prices away below regular. You wont buy: them as cheap if you put it off a month
or
two, that's a sure thing.
Big Bargains in
Laces and : Embroideries
Buy your Spring Laces and Ernbroid-
eries now. You wilt save one-quarter to
one-half of whi...t you will have to payif
you put it off un il- March or April. A
good, big stock here' for you to choose
from. Good qualities, good patterns.
Torchon Lace+, 2 yards for 5c
Hundreds of yards of Cotton Torchon :Laces
and Insertions, various widths and qualities,
good patterns, regular 4c, 5c,- 6c and 7c a 5e
yard, sale price 2 yard$ for
.More Laces and Embroideries. 5cper yard
Hundreds of yards in this lot too. Gobd
qualities Cambric Embroideries and Inser-
tions, good widths, neat designs,-- reg. ---70e-3e-K
and 9c, for Retiring Sale, clearing at per yd 1
25c Embroideries, 15c
Extra fine vuality Muslin Embroideries and
Insertions. Some of the finest patterns we.
had in stock. Wide and narrow widths,
qualities suit,'ble for any purpose, reg. 23c, gn
25c and 30c per yard Retiring Sale, per yd . Y
aIi:over Laces, 25c
A few patterns only Mover ']:;aces, white
only, rpg. 5Oc and 75c, clearing them out for 25c
Retiring Sale at per yard L
Save -Money on
Cottons, too
Every yard of white Cotton . bought
right froth English makers. Values be-
fore the
e-fore.the sale•started thatwere better than
many stores hereabouts. .The sale prices,
are very Finch in your favor.,You will
not buy these as cheap for may a day...
Good White Cotton, 8Q
Extra quality English White Cotton, full
•yard wide, round even thread,- a nice finish,
for sewing. You save two cents a yards buy=
ing now. instead of in a month ortwo,. regOp
10c, for Retiring Sale, per yard vY
VeryRine Fttgilsli .G.attan,.- l Oc .
.• Extra fine English Cotton, an exceptional
quality fpr Ladies'fine 'Underwear. You
'could pay iris a yard for this, and not be pay-
ing
a cent too much, .for Retiring Sale, we
are clea.ring.out the balance of our stock at
per yard 1 QE
5'yard ends, 35SOc '
:•,rood qu iIirV"Eillis I, .1 e, . o on, rm,
strong. weave, finished for easysewiiig, put
up in five yards, verye emal at per end..:: �Oe
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The following to the report of the
ltupplewentar promotion exiuninat(on
held in. the Vh.nton Public School in
the Month of December last,
Het, Specialist, will be at W. . R. ' Div 30II. d III.
1'1•ohnea' Dragstore, on Thuredaq,Fred S oao►au 439 Edgar Wheatley
nla 843'
��1 M. ,i,gaepv 48t M �heatie ; >
Jan. 30th. G4aaeee propperly fitted, 1!
John Hall 482421 Eddie Nickia.. 343
deeaineas, catarrh, and failing eyesight :°LIzsle Ford .M Judi 320'
treated.
Local Nous', -
The annual meeting of the Horticul,
tural Society will beheld on San2Oth..
There were, several kinds of weather
an Saturday, moat of it of a disagree -
at A But kind, son of. Mr E :Butt, has be
en
laid of work for a couple . of months
with appendicitis,
Allan S Rayson; youngest eon ofMrs
Rayson, of town, was married in Tor-
onto on Thurreday last. .w
Mies McNaughton's $ S class 1-17W-.
•
ley Church presented her with -a very
Grace Walker 412.8araa . gnew- 1308-.•
Laurence Greig4t18.3 Payment 292
uhoren 4.'H
40arry Cousins 289
Ray Rice L Harland 249
Fred Ford 388 W Twitched ' 243
illie Webb '306 Pearl•Junor 242.
'Ernie Graham 359 John 'Levy - 229
b Norman Levy' 220,
The highest sixteen arepromotedto •
fourth class, Lizzie MacPherson,
teacher.
W Carl ng . • Willie Moore - 207
• ad
Sr.. Class, Div III, Martie obtainai,le,
see To pass, .313
-Manly Shipley, 555 Earl O'Neil • 452:
Maggie Easom,614 Win Routledge 441,
3'V
Willie Walker, e0U Edna Wasman 480
handsome Scotch brooch: - : H; Cantelon, 492.•Lavernie,0oak 410.
. Bev Mr -Kerney bas accepted a call . Stewart Scott' 479 Howard Stieling391.
to the Diocese of Chicago.. and exports Jean Morris 478• EthelBaines
to leave therefor ;next week. ••Wni grant' 474 Russell Moore 370-.
MDasronSshaowf C:ainindtNnn Baatll rtehperefsuennteerdalthoef EADoh.;tey . 464602 ..H$anildcKeilltyzier 80
Mr Munra, Auburn, on Friday, r The eleven highest are promoted to
forth tried to commit suicide by talc- Jr. °lass '
room Ii, '
4t is said that .Miss W estcott, Of Sea-
ing laudanum on Wednesday.Marion
�arin,Guna473 Milton Coo
•
397
• The relief iate Ili .theist opened'.- on Irene Wil
en 469 Fred Thompson, 379
'Monday w►tlt a large attendance, a ,
biteCotton
n._ _U.n mar
Genuine •�Bargahns. ��tt
i� o�
Ladies' White Cotton Underwear at genuine bargain prices. All clean,
well•made garments, from one of the best factories irr Canada. : of a great deal'
wecarried over.from*last summer:- You -certainl °can save.
of it, just a little that ca ,r. y . •
some moneyif you buy noir, instead of Waiting .until spring,
- ALL OP IT AT ONE-QUARTER OFF:
'
We find it impossible to give a detailed list of prices of the White Upderwear: There is a good
assortment of Gowns, Skirts and Corset Covers, All splenoid '.garments made from g5od qualities
English Cotton, trimmed with Laces and Embroideries. We have takenthe whole stock, put it on h. '
table at back of store and give you your choice at EXTh(. ri,Y eitE•QUI RTER LESS TORN..'
REGUL$IR •VRICFS. In a couple of months you will bebaying Underwear and paying . full price.
for it. Why not buy it at this sale, and save 25c on every dollars worth you have to buy,
A Clean 'Sweets on the ;.Stili Saving + you money.
Mantles.
' This is the- way -we .ti re—ge1lg. , t
make a clean sweep of the Mantle stock.
There are just 27 Ladies' Mantles left in
stock,• -plain black cloths arid. fancy
tweeds. Every one new this 'season., `
Less than half-price is the way we make
°the selling of them on Saturday and next
week an absolute certainty. You will .wait
b�lly
,+Mantles as cheap again. ° ,
$4.16 tor Mantles that sold at
$9.00 and $10.00
Seven. only Ladies' Mantles, not one more,
blacks and fancy tweeds, regular prices
were $8.50, $9.00 and $10.00, out theygo t/� ,1
Saturday at. your choice of the 7 at each
$12.00 and $13.50 Mantles
for 85.25 5 •
Just 9 of them, not one ifiore. All stylish,
up•to-elate - garments, made for. this
season's trade, regular prices were $12.00,
- $13.00 and $13.50, blacks or tweeds, out
they go Saturday at your choice of the $5 ej g
llot ILO
$18 O and $17.50 Mantles .
to • 7.25 •
Not m e these...
The last
r
than 8 or 9 of ese
that are left of our best sellinglines, some
Maas, some colors, all new this season,
regular $15.00, $16.50 and $17,50, out theyel
• go Saturday, at your choice each... -. - . . , ,
gU
Children's Groats Half price
About.20 Children's Coats' left to sell. Not
one of them but is new this season. Good -.
stylish garments, well made, faultless in •
fit, no .matter what the formner.priee bite,
just half of that is what we trek now.,
Two Towel °Specials.; •
Good gpality Linen Towels, Heavy weight
very firm weave, colored borders, special 10C
i. for rtetiringSale, eaeh ...•,.,.,.....441.1..
`Extra, large size and heavy -weight Linen •
Towls, red border, .fringed ends„�.good
ualfty. Ilueka�back, regular tic, for Rating..
`:''ing Sale, clearing at each ...;....I... •iijv
,.t
6-,
on Dress "- Goods. .
e_a. til.. Gavin bu m:one on.
� r�� l g Y Y..
Dress Goods. This sale is the • greatest -
opportunity for Dress Goods buying that
has -come your way for'many and : many a
day. This superb stock of high class
Dress Goods is being cleared out at
prices that are lower, by far, than ' goods
of equal qualityy can be had for anywhere. -
else. Just' look at these for sample values,
Dress Goods at 35e
Hundreds of yards of them yet to sell. Pure
woollen Dress Goods, black and 'colors,
tweeds, plain cloths, 'etc.„ clearing up lines
that sold at 60c to 75c, some even sold for
more, all gathered together and going out 35git
e
at your choice per yard
brews goods ai; Sifc
Mere 55c Dress Goods, splendid qualitie , 51
inch Tweed Suitings,40 to 45 inches,'lain
and fancy Woollen ress Goods, In al .the
.n together of�i
nes
popular shades, a gathering
that sold at 75c, 95c and $1 00, some 'even as
high as •$1,25.. per yard, but they go now at
your•choace; -per-yard....:..:............ 55c
Clearing up the Underwear
a
Ladies' Underwear 27c '
Ladies' ribbed Vests;" and Drawer' "fine,
Soft. • finish, winterweight, purewhite.L 1Y
special per garment..., ... .... .. Y
Ghiildren'a 1<inderwear, 15c
Children's ribbed Vests and Drawers, as-
sorted sizes, extra good quality, clearing
' up our various 'friedlurn-priced. lines, all :
at your choice per garment ... •..........
15G
ehildren's Very'Pindilnderwear, 65e
Clearing up ourgood qualities Children's
Underwear at S.Sc a garment, plain white'
or natural color, fine -ribbed all-wwool, reg.
050,15.4 end 85c the garment, a ,table frill r50.
,Cl, aturdayt'at vont choice.: , .. , r ... w ...,...
Cut prices on our other lines of Ladies'.
• and Children's Underwear that we have not
mom to mention here.
( Mc1'a art 462 Maud Cook' 37$
Elmer Beacom 448 Wm .Pinnin 3767
number of new pupils being enrolled.. y. $
The inside"brick for the new It. O. G in Glazier
415 Gladys Mann . 353.
church, has been bought at Blyth Pearl Glazier 401 Roy Graham 320
e All promoted to Sr. Class. J. Wilson.
Brickyard,and is being delivered here. teacher.
Mr Josh Cook, the genial and oblig-
ing bus driver, has justrecovered.from
a severe attack of inflammation of the Olive Cole 502 Ernie Britton
bowels. • Maud Carter 467
WRennedy
HaesltlThe wifeof Councillor WG Smyth
slipped just as shewas'entering the Mamie H 457 IreneGould.
house on Wednesdaymorning, and Lulu l 457Cook
broke her arm.. .•
Lino Howe 147 Elsie Pinch
The Fife and Drum Band is arrang-
ing fora concert to bs given in the
Town Hall; on the 30th inst. Full p ir-
ticulars next week. ' -
G Nelson 440 u Marshall
James Mann 431) A Yesbec.., 355
'H Harland 433 F Cousins 350
Jean McGuire. 421 'X' Walker 328
Willie Britton 415. A1leii Dowzerp, 308
Roy Forrester '407 Alma Judd 306
Annie'Yesbec 258
The highest. 15 promoted to Div III
Junior Class, Total 625,
H Walker 519 Loretta Barre 4.06
Frank Rice 513. Lack, Kennedy 403
VioletMeGuire5Uo 0 Managhatt-'---3�
W`Dickinson 488:' W 'Managhon • :.369
Roy Ireland 466 Walter Shier 308
Cela Beacom 466 Ruby Graelis ; 301.
l� Cantelon . 456 Dan McLeod 286
Olive Moore 433 Eddie Graelis 273
Andrew Steep 252 • j
Highest 12 promoted to 3rd book. j
Clara Chidley; teacher. ,
• Promoted from- room°u to room IV. i
Maximum marks 590, To pass, 295..
Harold Holmes 463 Gien Perdue 380 •
H Rodaway 447 0 Thompson • 362
W Routledge 431 MaryLevy 847
V Argent'k•: •12:3 Roy Cho.wen 31.3
Viola Coo401 Willie Appleby 398
-Arthur ..Grant -401 Lorne -Neilans--205-
0 liorsnly
295-013orsely 295 1'
Promoted from Jr II to Sr II. Maxi- 1
mum marks 560. ' To'pass, 280. . '
Harry Shaw . 119 Carmen Turner 313
,ticTaggat•t 418 P Wheatley 304 •
0 01,ntelun. .397 I3 Bradshaw , 300.
faek Huston 390 Albert Shier 280. •
play Niekle 385 Aleda Seeley 280
`I3 Ziauagh-tn 383 M Ireland 270
E McKenzie. 372 Sadie Steep 266
(4 Wallis 369 0 Johnson.
AnstinNed:ger 3.58 Willie Gould 243
\Tillie Coos. 311 Willie Carter 225
Elsie Oousins 337 ..8 Leppington 221
Clara Twitchel324' Minnie Smith 221 '.
Merle. Moore 324 Jean Barge 220
- Einil�ntiPr323 G McCartney 220
The highest 19 in this Ilet are promo-
ted. Edna Manning, teacher.,
Thernadiar.
48$ caeca, Price 50c, A Meet RblPieta collection of f$ta•
The beat of the kind published
A Pocicet Diad a
•, Saves/ �r�p ur memory, Hell you keep a pointwentennd
meet obll$atipns, All styles sed *11 rites
• Dale' Calelxdar'pads f4;r the office
leaf for every day.. ' ••oats in lai, $ res, Anda, spree
A
• for notes. pad atony hila, With . tan4 for rdpewal next
year Kra. ! .
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•
Tarbel.:'s Teacher's G ode
" Sunday School Lessons for 1008. orris and phrases ext.
plaiued. Suggestive thoughts, son topics. illustrated..
Sentence• sermons, Subjects fora;; . usston.. .
The Gist of :the- Lesso s
• Saab lesson briefly told;' three pageeto eacfh, Can. be- car,
ried in the vest pocket.. Good for tto boys. Price 25c
OP
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Fair Co.,
Often ` the Cheapest. •- Ahvays the Best. :
Walter Holmes, who jammed the
end of his finger in a press last week
and is taking an • enforced holiday, is
gladsavedt.o know that the finger can • be
The other morning, while coming
out of the house,Mr James McMiirchie
of Blyth, •°brother, in law ,of Mr Bry-
done. slipped and tore the cords of his
side.
The trophy won by Dr J,. N. Gunn,
on Sept 21, 1907; for •.highest general
aggregate at the Gan Club, • has been
forwarded to him, Itis•a.nice medal,
suitably engraved. : •
-In looking over the public school re-
pport to the Education Department we
find that there were 433 names entered
on the. register:and 30. •was the_ aver-
age attendance•for .1907..
. Mrs Cook has .sold her house below
the . station to Thos. Lee, late of Lon
desboro, for $250, and has bought the
bause:of Miss -Better- lbert-Street ffar.
6150. Je'hn. Ford has .bo.ughttlte;Geo..
Cottle property from James McNeil
Mr Gundry, the Ovular and efficient
Principal -of Clinton Collegiate, showed
his devotion to the interests .of the
town this week by declining the posi-'
• tion of.Science Master of Kingston -
Collegiate; at. 51500, which was offered
' to him entirely unsolicited on his: part'
A q�u�iet wedding tock place at the
.Wesley parsonage on Tuesday;- the
-
centracting parties being Eudo H.
Newccn, of Detroit. formerly of G•ode-
richTownship, to Miss Mabel. Weston,
of,Basflr id: The brirlesro was.Miss
•:• i-1lie-Weston•,-oL.Bev1i )d while Mr.
Thos h)]liort; at Potte.eti Hill was
groomsman. .
CARPET BALLS- The I 0 B' and
W 0 W playecl.a,friendly game in the
former's bids Thursday evenine .last.
rtdwasa very close game with the
I O F Winning by on y five shots.
PRESENTED WITH BIBLE, -Mr.
0 E Tanney, leader of the First Meth-
odist Church choir, -London, (formerly:
of : Clinton,) was presented . with a
handsome Bible. bythe choir, at his
residence.• Mr. 'Tanney tbanked the.
-members for their kind remembrance
of him.
ADVANOING--Mr•WE McMullen,
an old'13uronian, who is 'one of the
Rural Mail carriers in Michigan, in
renewing his sitbsciiptiOe to the New
Era says: -The New Era seems like a
weekly letter from Huron county
Ontario, I might say that my salary
was raised. on July 1st, 1907, froth $ 720
to.$900 it ;year. .
HtTRONOLD BOYS --The New Era
acknowledges receipt of, an invitation
to ,be present at the annualAtllome,of
the TintonOld,Boys, to he held in To-
ronto, on the evening of Friday, Feb-
ruary 7th._ This At Home has become,
one of the established features of the.
city, and no more enjoyable,, function
is held-thani,this, The boys and girls
of Old Huron go in for a • good time
and have. it.
HOSPITAL NOTES -Mr W Elliott,'
of the Bayfield road. who has been in
the Hospital for several flays, and We
are pleased to know that he is so ranch
better that he was able to return home
on Tuesday Mrs Wright, . of
Fordwich, who underwent an opera-.
tion last week, is considered out of
dan'ger.... .There „are .at present
seven patients in the hospital.
TOWN COUNCIL -T a last meeting
of the old council was held ern Monday
evening, a large number;of. ratepayers
_ being present, though there was noth-
' ing out of the ordinary in the proceed, . who with four boys and ,two girls. a 1
ings. A number of accountswere pass• , quite young, mourn the lose of a.lov 1
ed closing up the expenditures for the in and kind husband and father. In •
Division VI to Miss Steven's room.
,Maximum .mark 37.5. To pass, .190.- •
L Langford - 314. Eugene Sheeley295
JessieWatkitis 320 Clarence Finch 279 •
:Willie Carter 319 E MacDonald 273
A Grundy 303 Carl Argent 267
D Shipley 302. Loon Deeves 251
All promoted to Div: V. Hattie 'B
Oourtice, teacher.
Nor DEAD- Some of the exchanges
are publishing .a report to• the effect
teat Rev lostas Greene, of this town,is;
dead. Well, he was in this office Sat-
urday, and
at-urday,.and he was remarkably lively.
for a dead man,and on Sunday he took
part in' the services of Seafortlt,Metho.
dist Church. He is at a loss to know
how such a report originated. '
HOCKEY -The first game of_Hockey
in Clinton this season, will be played
to morrow, night (Friday) between
Seafor-th and Clinton. The' local team
is thestrongest one Clinton has -put--
upon the ice foe several seasons, and
the game promises to ' be .one . well
worth seeing. At Goderich, Monday •
night, Clinton•was defeated by a score
of 6-4: The players were; -Clinton -4
goal, Johnston ; point, McRae ; cover
point, Copp ; rover, Doherty ; centre,
Johnston;rightr Shepherd; •left,Moore,
Referee -John Crooks, of Clinton. t
• DEATH OF DAVID CARTER -Mr. '
David 8 Carter, who has been living
in Goderich Tp for the last two years,
died in town, on Wednesday morning,
after tan illnese of only three days, .a
with an obstruction” of the bowels,
having undergone a,t operation, but
too late to give him relief. Deceased
who was nearly 50 years ..0i1.age,• 'was-:-
horn in Oali;izille,for a number of years
lie worked -at 'Stapleto siib etprentlyn,
coming to town,and: later moving to ;
Goderich Tp.' He was married to Miss
Clara Parker, of , Goderich , Township,
E A T a
Stoc-kRcducingSale
" We find our.stock_•is much heavier than
it should b.e at.this''time of the year, so we .-
have decided to . reduce it, at money -saving
prices to -the purchaser,.---Star-ting Saturday,
Jan. 11th; and c ntinuing ' uritsl: Jan. 25th,
we will, sell. our entire stock at greatly
reduced prices:. Hereare a few quotations
Men's and Youths' Su is T All Under wear at
Men•sSuits, reg 815.00 for $10.00 Deduced paces
Men's Suite, reg 12 00 for 9 00 -
Men's Suits, reg.110 00. for 710 '.Men's Underwear, all woof,
Men's Snits, reg 6 00 for • 4:00' : re$1.50, for :