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The Exeter Advocate, 1894-10-11, Page 4THE ter s,ANDEI•eB DYETt, Prop, THURSDAY, OCT, llth, 1894, BUSINESS NESS .FII. IL URES. The Total number of failures hi Canada, as reported for BItADSTREET'S shows an increase for the nine months just ended. The Proviuces of Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick all report more failures for the past nine months than in a like portion of 1893, together with increased liabilities, The number of failures in the prov- inces, with assets and liabilities are as :follows: 4 td 7 ' d te,' C' P)w [u vR t:$ 2 a CH X`-1 O y r�r�, ev t!. F. Ce t C tJ.t • •• • n s" c� 1LL00eS tai 03.07 Cl crt Den hp cor-Co 03 Y 03 Ut i•+ i ..Y pi C7µ -7'=e, 03 =emcee Old rN O 0303030 NIP= �a Y-3tri c 0 co e - -a os m ept00 . eo ,: o co CC 0w woo 0ic)orn Mhere are 9,251 business failures re- ported throughout the United States during the past nine mouths compared with 11,40 in the nine months of last a decrease of 1,8S9, individuals, firms and coporations in the past nine mouths is $110,674,934, a falling off from the corresponding total of last year of 66 per cent. saanI}'J Jo •ox t-! m THE 11cIt•IJBI?REVEL CASE. Divers opinions will be entertained in regard to the guilt or innocence of m. Waiter McWherrell who was to !save been hanged at Brampton, on the first day of this month, Through strong representations made by Nlr. Robinette counsel for the prisoner, the Dominion Cabinet on the recommenda tion of Sir John Thompson as Minister of Justice decided to commute the death sentence to imprisonment for life The grounds on which this decision was arrived et were chiefly these two: (1) That no motive was shown for commit- ting the murder of Williams and his wife; and (2) That no marks of blood were discoverable, on the prisoner's clothing. Besides, it was urged by Counsel that a serious discrepancy oc- curred between the evidence given on the part of the Crown at the trial, and what was sworn to by one Irwin be- fore the Coroner's jury—in which an slibi was established—although, for reasons best known to the prosecuting Attorney, that witness was not pro duced at the assizes, The Cabinet at Ottawa felt shut up to the conclu- sion of giving the benefitof a doubt in favor of the condemned man. It is welt that justice should be tempered with mercy, and the old British maxim still holds good, that "it is better that ninety nine guilty men should escape" than that one innocent man suffer. Should it be that any new facts are de- veloped at next assizes, when Walker the supposed accomplice is to be tried for the murder of Mrs. Williams, it will be in order to re-iudict McWherrell for the offence—when, if convicted, he would still suffer the death penalty; otherwise, he would be relcasc d from the penitentiary and allowed to go "Scot free." Goderieh: On Tuesday afternoon.. last week as a steer belonging to Wm. Andrews was on the road from Dunlop it seemed to have become frenzied, It broke away from those hi were hied ing it and soon cleared the street of all. the people. Several' of them had very. marrow ester's, Two bons ripened a gate and ran into the garden and just as the gate was Shut the steer crashed rt. With great difficulty the beast was finally secured, and tied to a tree on Waterloo -et. After remaining there till a quarter to s'eyeu, nir, Audrews ar- *rved with his cart and some ropes. lie put a rope on the steer and tied the end to the hind axle and started the horse: The steer, when it felt the strain on the .rope, made a run far the Met, and get. ting his horns in the wheel, turned the cart over, The boy who was driving the cert hal a bad fall but p:uekily held on to the livres. After some trouble r"r stem' was le1 a> d and thecart tine in radar Finally a, gang of men go% held of oath rope and suceecded hi got - Wig it home, ENDEAVOR. VIE ANNUALQOUNTl 0UNI4NTI..QN IN OLINTON LAST WISilli. T.he third annual convention of the Huron County Christian l'.0:ieavor Un ion, held in Clinton last week, has now passed into history, and we believe it may be justly called the most success ful meeting in the history of the or. wan ization. Thursday evening, October, 4th, was the opening session and uothwitlistaud- ing the unfavorable weather, Loyal Christian Endeavors and whole heart ed Epworthians came by steed and steam to the number of about fifty de- legates, and were m t by the local re caption Committee who escorted them to the Rattenbury St. Methodist church where the Convention was held, where they registered, arid received their programmes and convention badges. The convention was formally opened at 7.80 with 'Mayor Holmes as presiding officer and a ,goodly number of Local Endeavorers, doing all in their power to make the visitors comfortable, and, successfully carry on the work of tl: eon ventiou. The decorations were tasty and choice and showed that the decoration committee had gone to considerable trouble to make the church attractive and homelike, The delegates were not slow to show their appreciation of the affective display of banners, mottoes end streamers. The main object of the convention, however, was to get as muck practical help for carrying on the work which the societies haye undertaken as was possible to compress iuto such a short time. The first address after the service of song was that given by L. H. Stev- ens, chairman of the 94 Local Commit- tee, ommittee, his subject being, "Why we invit- ed yon." Right royally did he wel come the delegates and wave them suf- ficient reason to know that Clinton meant what they said when they invit- ed the convention and that they meant it now. Rev. J, W. Holmes, next dealt with the suject, "Qualifications necessary and available for Christian work." He impressed upon the delegates that it was of vital importance that they be true Christians in order to do Christ's work. That life was fast fading away and if they wished to increase in know- ledge and favor with Christ they must begin at once to work for him, if they had no time, let them make time, for they had all the time there was and Christ expected them to be actively en gaged in advancing, his kingdom. Rev. J. S. Henderson, of Hensall, was the other speaker of the evening, tak ing for his subject "Power for service and how to get it." He emphasized the point of having a determine'l course and make the motto of your life -This one thing I do and do it well." He did not claim that a man must be preaching on the street corner all the time, but rather he should take Christ with hint in all the avenues of life and never go any place where he eould not take Christ along. He said there were too many persons recorded on the church register who were absolutely indifferent as to whether their neigh- bor was a saint or (inner. That God is for quality and not for quantity and that he would rather have five conse- crated your„ people than a hundred indifferent ones. Cultivate an a ttach• meat for Jesus and a personal acquaint- ance with Jesus Christ. An entire con- secration of all we haye on the altar of Christ. Consult Him in everything. we undertake. To do effective work for Christ we must have the baptism of the Holy Ghost as we are powerless without it. After singing and the closing exer rises the meeting adjourned until Fri- day morning. The morning was Clark and dreary, yet about seventy five persons attended the sun -rise prayer meeting at 6.80 conducted by Rev. J. S. Henderson. At 9 o'clock the Convention again resumed business, the devotional Ox- ereises being conducted by Rev. H. Irvine, of Goderich. The first paper was that given by Miss S. A. Acheson; of Goderich, on the sub,jeet "Causes and remedies of dull tnuting's" and an excellent paper it was, being full of practical hints,which if adopted in the Leagues and Societies will surely prevent tnere being any dull meetings. The program called for seven five minute papers on "The work of Model Committees"; they were given by Miss N. Galloway, of Seaforth, Miss Edith Matheson of Wingham, Miss M, Moore, of Brussels, Miss McEwen Clinton, Miss Ross, of Brussels, Miss Belle Wilson, of Hensel! and Miss Mills, of Lucknow, on -Look Out," "Prayer Meeting," "Visitation," "Social," "M usic," "Flow- er" and "Missionary" Committees re- spectieely. The highest complimeut chat we can pay the ladies for these excellent papers was that the Execu tiye thought it :vise to have them nxinted in phamplet forny,and clistribu ted among the societies, and au effort ell' be made to haye this dower, -Our relation to the missionary enter- prise" nterprise" was next taken up by Dr. Gifford of eVingham. The Dr, is a. powerful and eloquent speaker and gave many rea sous why we should not only be good, but we ought also to be doing good. 1 he spirituality of a ehurch was to be judged by its efforts to the rause of rn'rssions. Rev, Jas. Anderson, of Goderich then dealt with the subject "Systernatic 13eneticience" and he thought it was a very good time for hint to address the convention just after Dr, Gifford's elo- quent address on Mission Work, Ile eked the ease of the Israelites being' ordered to give a certain portion "r their income to the Levites, and ex- plain dwhyit .. necessary c wastogive, to rive veru iticaily and to giro liberafl, tv r, are sure that all thoae present will make more definite plans for the systematie giving of the tithes to Gott after hearing .such an excellent address. The Secretary's report showed a large increase of membership and gave evi- dence to prove the Huronites were be coming more united and determined to do something for their Master who, has done so much for thea. One year ago there were but 22 societies recorded, now there are 60, ine,ludiu 4 junior societies, and a total membership of 2,84G, as against 1,025 as reported- at the 1893 Oouvention. Yet he said there were societies not yet inside the union, and urged. upon the dele- gates to doall in their power to have every society in the County but joiu the union and thereby strengthen and help the organizatiou, as well as enjoy the benefits of these conventious, A special request was made asking the corresponding secretaries to answer all correspondence promptly when sent to thein from time to time. The convention then adjourned for n00h, At 2 o'clock the meeting was opened by Rev. J. S, Reuderson, who was the presiding officer, owing to the unavoid- able absence of the President, Rev. G. H. Cobbledick. The subject, "Every Member a Soul Winner," was then fully and powerful- ly dealt with by the Rev. W. H. Butt, of Centralia, He said we did not neces- sarily need more wealth or more talecit, but more motive power, more conse- crated energy, and more fire from on nigh, in order that every member might be a soul winner. The time for. the President's address had arrived and every person present deeply regretted that through death in his family the President was not able to attend the Convention. They were all yery sorry to be depriyed of his splen- did executive ability, and from the cor- respoudeirce he sent we know that he too was also exceedingly sorry; however the kh esideut's address was read by Rev. J. S. Henderson, and proved to be a masterpiece of composition and only lacked the writer's power of expression to thrill eyery soul with enthusiasm and zeal to work with more system and energy for the Master during the com- ing year. "Some aspects of Christ's work," was the subject of an address written by R. G. S. Anderson, of St. Helens, and read by Rev. J. W. Holmes. Speaking of it afterwards, Mr. Holmes remarked that it was a most excellent paper and we were only sorry that Mr. Anderson was not preseut to do it justice, but he, too, was unavoidably detained. Miss M. Washiegtou gave an excel- lent paper on the "Methods and possi- bilities of junior work." A work that must receive more prominence in the future if we expect to have our young people hold the positions they should. Her methods were not merely theory put into flowery sentences, but practi- cal suggestions based on several mouths of active work in a junior So- eiety, while the possibilities were such as any society might attain to if they used the proper methode to reach them. This is another paper that will likely be printed in full. The raster's conference on the sub- ject -What has the society down for my church?" was opened by Rev. F. Swan, of Hensel), in a practical address, and all the ministers preseu ; told in a few sentences as to how the society had helped their churches. This proved to the delegates that their work was be- ing appreciated and will. no doubt, en- courage them to endeavor to accom- plish even greater results in the fu- ture. Miss G, M. Elder, of Seaforth, gave a very full report of the Cleveland con- vention, and deserves much credit for the able.; manner in which it was writ- ten, for the very mauy points of inter- est which she touched, and the practi- cal thoughts and ideas whieh she was also able to emphasize. The nominating committee here re- ported and recommended the anoint- ment of the following officers, which the convention passed, and therefore the following are the officers for 1894- 1895: President, Rev. Jos. Edge, Goderich; 1st Vice -President, C. N. Andrews, Wroxeter; 2ncl Vice President, Miss Hall, Winghain; Secretary, A. T. Cooper Clinton; Treasurer, Miss Sarabel Mc- Lean, Sea 'orth; Committee. Rev. J. S. Henderson, Hensall Rev. G. H. Cobble - dick, Brussels; Mr.,Parsons, Exeter. The question drawer then became the centre of attraction and here the audi- ence were introduced to that talented speaker, Rev. Dr. Dickson, of Galt, he questions were so numerous and of such importance that it took the Dr. over one hour to answer them, but he did it fully, and, we believe to the full satisfaction of all the quest:iouers. The success of this department was greater that the Executiye had any idea of and will surely be repeated, as it solves a lot of knotty problems wheel delegates don't care to publicly, ask in a conven- tion. Now came the social pause of the convention and prnved beyond all doubt that it was a move in the right direction.' It was the social and tea given by the local societies of the town and wag to every way a successful one. It occupied nue hour and a half, from 6 to 7.80 p. in. Promptly at 7.80 the President-elect, Rev. Jas. Edge., was on the platform assisted by Dr. Dieesnn, and Rev. J. W. Holmes. The latter however, acted as chairman during the evening ses- sion. Reports were then rt>ceivecl from the Resolution and Finance Committees and were passed unaniulousty, The ,� follownr��� are the ic,solnttnns:-- (1) Yonr ttiesol01.100 Committee would recommend that every possible pains be taken to teach the youtrg people, and especially the membenr, s of our junior Societr s, that their Christian life Shu.Id of may hdevoted to the w r9 f p God, but to actual service, by doing. good to our fellow men in every pc ss info way, • (2) We also recommend that local secretaries be urged to furnish to the General Secretary, as soon as possible, statistics relating to their respective crgauizatiorrs, and we ask the members of the convention to pledge themselves to do all in their power tosee that these are furnished. (8) We wish to express regret at the absence of Rey. Mr. Cobbledick, and tender our sympathy in the affliction through which he has been called to pass, confidelit in the assurance that he accepts all dispensations of ,Providence as for the best. (4) We recommend to all Christian Endeavorers the, necessity of standing true to the principles embodied in the pledge, the consecration meeting, and the committees; to the principles of interdenominational fellowship; to mis sinus, especially the missionary exten- sion course; to the principies: of gond citizenship, and strongly- recommend our young people to sustain, by their influence and franchise, all legislation toward securing better Sabbath obser- vance, and the suppression of the liquor traffic. (5) We recommend that the cordial thanks of the convention be tendered th@retiring President, the Rev. G. H. Cobbledick, for his past service; also to the Secretary, Mr. Cooper, for his effici- ency and indefatigable labor; also to the loeial unions and to the friends in Clinton for their warm and generous hospitality extended to the delegates. Rev. Dr. Dickson de:ivered what our young people termed one of the best ad- dresses they have ever listened to, and all unite in saying that it gave them food for many .lays of thought. He took for his subject "Equipment for Service," One of the thoughts he wished to impress was thatEudeaycrns should become familiar with the Bible, not simply read it, to fulfil their pledge but study it and ask for the guidance of the Holy Ghost in revealing the truths. Have some system and resolve that you will endeavor to study regu- larly and with as little'interruptioa as possible In concluding he advised the taking on of the whole armour of God, saying that those who were equipped in this fashion can never fail, but will always succeed. Rev. Jos. Edge followed, taking for his subject, "'The Holy Spirit in En deavor work, He thought the time had not yet come when. God wanted all the churches to be united, but he said that the aims and objects should all bo one and that our forces should be unit ed to pull down the strongholds of sin, and with united energies we should ac- complish more by worlting.harmonious- ly together, ever remembering that God never intended that there should be any waste of money such as there is in some of our mission fields. We need the Holy Spirit to give us united fire. Before closing the convention ser vice. in which all the delegates cense crated themselves afresh to Christ and his work, being led by Dr. Dieksouthe p'ace of meeting for 1895 was decided and Blyth was the choice of the con- vention. Next year's convention will therefore be held at Blyth. Goderieh also ex• tended an invitation, but took their de- feat gracefully, There were about 15C delegates pres- ent from all parts of the county and the reduced rate was secured on both lines of railroad. The Great Family Medicine of the Age.—There is probably, no family medicine so favorably and so widely known as. Davis' Pain xilk r. It is ex- tensively used in India, China, Turkey —and, in eyery civilized couutry on earth, not only to counteract the clima- tic influences, but for the, cure of bow- el troubles, Cholera and Fevers. It is used iuternally fcr wounds, burns, bruises. &c. Sold by druggists gener- ally. 25b. fora big bottle. • The twelfth annual meeting of the Womeu's Missionary Society of the Methodist church (western branch)rwas held at Strathroy yesterday. The re- port from Japan told of good work done by girls' schools. The finance re- port showed a balance on hand of $47, and an increase hi receipts for the year of 947, .Iiaeuntatism Cared in a 1t)ay. 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