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F TiF YEAR
ARTICLES OF SPECIAL INTEREST
UN P7dCl1IiD rcw Nr6 HAVE
called "Brown's Electric"Stick" itis n wonder -worker and' -
will remove any spot or stain from all kinds of cloth: 1't.Was Hoped That War Would End
On sale for the first time in this country, is a handy article
IIIJILIVTS&II1Iy a1T P1tS(4T1W5
We also have in stock `Stevens Comfort Foot Warmers"
in 1917; hat the Russian Itevolu-
tion Upset the Chiculatro rs of the
a very. desirable article for a cold bed, or to use when, drivIn. Allies -Important Changeneliave
You simply till thele with boiling water, Taken Place in Canada.
YOU will find -that a bottle of "Holmes' Lung Tonic" Will must be admitted that the Hast
rout the; worst Kof. 25 cents at -THE REYAI..L STORE-- year ;was in many ways Wean-.
pointing to the Allies, last
• .Januarys it Was confidently stat-
ed that the war would be over by
Christmas, and now there are men
who believe that it may last - two
•�d�......,:... h;.., years. longer:, This change .was
• mainly clue to the revolution io Rue-
sia, which added ono more dereo-
Bracy to tine brotherhood of nations.
Unfortunately for the Allies how-
ever, the revolution and the reaction
from autocracy Le democracy have
combined to cause a radical move to
sweep over the Slaays. Revolution
has followed revolution, and the end
of the year finds the extreme real-
cats In control. It will be 'some years
before Russia becomes normal, with
a moderate atnd progressive govern-
ment. To the meantime the Germans
have profited. ,,by -oho collapse of
Russia, They have been enabled to
secure fresh troops for the French
and Italian fronts. Military experts
believe that the Allies must now face
the most important crisis of the war.
They will have to bold back the
overwhelming forces of the Teutons
until the American.urmy is ready to
take the field. Then the deferred
victory will come. •
When the German, decided to re-
sume their ruthless submarine cam-
Palgn, they took a Step that brought
the United States into the war. The
war lords believed that the U-boats
would bring the Attlee to their knees
before Uncle Sam could give them
any aid, so the Kaiser risked Ude
powerful addition to his enemies,
']he submarines slid not accomplish
what the Germans expected, and the
British now have the U-boat menace
well in hand, one of the - great
triumphs of the year, The Vetted
States entered the war, and will
shortly be ready to give valuable
assistance. The coming together of
the three great dentoer•acies, Great
Britain, Prance, and the United
States, will probably be one of the
most important events In the history
or the world. The friendship ce-
mented in war should alter the entire
future of our civilization. The great
branches or .the Anglo-Saxon family
are completely reconciled, That le
the most signifieapt happening of
1917, and it offsets the many disap-
pointments of the year,
Even without the assistalte.e of
Russia, the Allies made steady ad-
vances all summer. 'their outstand-
ing setback was the Italian disa.;t:r,
The Germans, having used pacifist
propaganda to weaken the morale of
the Italian troops, launched a great
offensive, and aro now invading
Italy. In other fields the Allies
have made important gains. The
British now occupy Bagdad and
Jerusalem, thus dopnlnating Meso-
potamia and • Palestine, and late to
the year they cleared the final hand-
ful of dofeuders out of German East
Africa, the last of the :3un colonies.
On the Western front, with the ex-
ception of the defeat at Cambrai,
the Allies have been invariably suc-
cessful
Canada has voiced its d,etermina-
tion to have. conscription and to slay
in the war to the finish, 'the adop-
tion of hbe Union Governtnont idea
may alter the whole fare of our poli-
tics, and by process of evolution
that system of governing the country
will possibly leant to important
changes in our national life;. The.
chief danger and 'problem ih Ibis
country is the bitter race hatred that
has been fomented this year. At the
present .mom.ent Quebec is lined up
solidly against the English portion
of the Dominion. - The situation
may yet lead to an acute crisis, noel
Canada, as a nation, roust face and
solve this difficulty in the future.
• JANUARY.
4. The Russians ,.announced the
evacuation of 1.he. Roumanian
Province of Uobt•udja,
5. The Germans eccupied973raila,
7. The Prsnch forces lett Piraeus
in Greece 0n account of the de-
- monstration of the royalists
against the democratic allies.
Sir Frederick Borden, former
Minister of Militia in the Laur-
ier Cabinet, deal at Canning,
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OF CANADA
Incorporated 1869.
Capital Authorized $25,000,000
Capital Paid-up ' 12,911,700
Reserve and 'Undivided Profits 14,324,000
Total Assets 300,000,000
420 B R A N C H E S -With World-wide Connection
Interest Allowed on Savings Deposits.
General Banking Business Transacted.
R. E. MANNING, Manager , Clinton Branch
INCORPORATED 1855
Tai
CAPITAL AND RESERVE $8,800,000
98 Branches in Canada
A General Banking Business Transacted
CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT
BANK MONEY ORDERS
SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT
Interest Allowed at Highest Current Rate
H. R. SHARP, Acting Manager Cli:iton
I Ordered
Clothing
Itottdj-to-Wenn•
Clothing
omen hto
Wear for
Since the tendency of the HOLiDAY. Carr has turned to-
ward something useful, why not FIRST inspect our magnificent
display of
Things Men Like fest.
A Sweater . Coat
rt 1.50 to $7.S0
A Shirt
75c to 52.00
A Necktie
25c to $ 1.75
A Muffler
75c to $:3.50
A flat
$$1.50, to $5.00
A Cap
50C to $2.25
A Suit of Pyjamas
$i.50 to $3,50
A pair of Cuff Links
25c to 75c
A Bath Robe
$7.50 to :`a '15,.00
A House Coat
$5.00 to 810.00
A Pair of Gloves
75c to $3.50
A Pair of Suspenders
26C to 75c
A Box of Collars
$2,00 'per dozen
' A Suit
$1'2.00 lap $30.00
An Overcoat
$10,00 to $30,00
A pair of Socks
250 to 75c
DON'T WAiT. START NOW - ONLY 9 MOR. E
DAYS Tel DO YOUR SHOPPING.
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for Job Work in 1918
Continued oh Page 2.
Our Big
Coffee Drive
Will Begin
this Week
Have you over thought of .ft:?
You are paying no mate foe •-
O'Nell's Special Coffee at 45 cls..
poi Ili, than before. the war, and
thea are other
)tlonar<eh 'o at 25 newts per tin
C}, wa.5hiegton at 35 tate, per tint
Reindeer at 15 At 25 cents pee tin
&)atop Coffee all,+25 cents per tin
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A run for Cevnciilore, .all those nominated atand ng except C, J
vallis --'-School Road by Acclamation, F
B, J, GIBBINGS, NEW UTILITIES COMMISSIONER
Wednesday at noon, Mayor Thomp-
son and Reeve ford were declared
elected by acclamation and the Coun-
cil will have to be elected out of the
io 5iu + ul
'u ni 1
f 1 w i, a.s as they appear on
.the ballot next Monday: -A. T. Co:
ner, W. T. JLHawkins, Bert Langford,
Murray McEwan„ 0, J. Miller, W. .J,
Paisley, ,rt. Sheppard and i Wil s
e,
Following were the names that were
nominated•on Monday evening and also.
their movers land seconders for the
variousmunicipal otllces In Clinton:-
MAYOR
DR. THOMPSON, moved by T. J.
.1icNeil, seconded by W. Jackson.
A. T, COOPER, moved by D. Can-
telon, seconded by \Vm, Stewart,
REEVE
JAMES A. FORD, moved by Win.
Jackson, seconded by A, J. Morrish
A. T. COOPER, moved by C. J.
Wallis, seconded by J, c: McMath,
, R. J. MILLER, moved by W. A.
Grant, seconded by C, 1I, Holland,
COUNCILLORS
A, T. COOPER; )loved by W. J.
Nediger, seconded by W. A. Grant.
MURRAY MsEWAN, moved by John
Mulholland, seconded by W. Kennedy.
W. T. HAWKINS, moved by S, J,
Andrew's, seconded by Fred Jackson.
BERT. LANGFO12D, moved by G. E.
Saville. seconded by Isaac Dodd.
W. J. PAISLEY, moved ley Alex. F.
Cudnlore, seconded by T. F. McNeil.
H. W,LTSE, moved by B. J. Gibbings
seconded by W. Jackson.
C. J. WALLIS, )loved by J. C. Mc -
Math, seconded by H. E. Rmike,
R. J. MILLER, moved by D. Cantelon
seconded by C, J. Wallis.
W. J. NEDIGER, moved by Il. E.
Rorke, seconded by A. Cantelon
J. P. SHEPPARD, moved by D. Can-
telon, seconded by W. G. Smyth.
not decided for which position lie
would run for.. •
Councillor Nediger had a sore throat
so declined to speak, Councillors'Mc-
Lw n, Paisley and Wiltse were absent
as •were also C. J, Wallis; T, Hawkins
and iserl, Langford,
Councillor Sheppard, stated that he
had new , , been a cuuneilinr for •1 years;
, ,
he was in favor of municipal ownership
but this time was 00 time to get into
the coal business, as the council had
3 cars of coal ordered since last Oct-
ober and no signs of it yet. Ile'be-
lieved it best to stand behind the local
coal dealer and help him,
Mr. A. T. Cooper took up the ques-
tion of the waterworks" and reported
that Mr. Chipman, who was the chief
engineer at the time of the installation
that Clinton got the best vaifig 1•or its,•
money spent. There were now 556
persons paying the water rates :and
there were only 5 Su houses in tine
town; 572;000 was the total cost for
the completion of the waterworks and
312,000 Was DOW In the bank to help
pay that amount. Por hydro there
were 385 services In town, He had not
decided what be would stand for, but
asked that the council' should see that
the trees of the town were not butcher
ed as they were by the telephone men,
He advised that the assessor should
look up the people that had the large
incomes in town, and see that it could
not be increased,
None of the School trustees wished
to say anything. so that the addresses
were all through by ten o'clock.
School Trustees by Acclamation
With Mr. George McLennan resign-
ing front'the School Board, and Mr, '1'.
J. McNeil, being nominated to till his
place. the other wards, having only
one Han', also nominated for the Board
the School Trustees go in by acclantat-
UTILITIES COMMISSIONER ion for 1915. The Guard complete is
rhos, Cottle, W. 11. Watt, It, B. Carter
H. WILTSE, mored by A. T. Cooper 0, Heliya r, J. Rands, Dr. Evans, N.
seconded by 0, J. Wallis, Ball and T. J. McNeil
B. J. 0110011405, )toyed by Fred
Jacks.+), seconded by 8. J. Andrews,
PUBLIC SCHOOL TRUSTEES
St. Andrew's Ward
N. BALL, )toyed by Thus: Cottle,
seconded by H. B, Rorke.
St, James' Ward
T. J. McNEIL, moved by W. Jackson
seconded by 8, J. Gibbingss,
St. John's Ward
JABEZ RANDS, moved by 1I, 5,
Rorke, seconded by Thos, Cattle.
St, George's Werd
J. 5. EVANS, moved by S. J. And-
rews. seconded by A. Cantelon,
THE ADDRESSES
When 5,30 p.m. had -arrived Mr. D,
L. Macpherson, Reternieg Officer, read
out the above names ars tho`e nomina-
ted for municipal office and stated that
all candidates would have until Wednes-
day noun to 1111 out their gaialiticatinn
papers if they decided to run for of-
fice.
Mr, R. If, ,Manning, manager ,,f the
Royal Bank, was chosen chairman for
the evening, and many of the aspirants
spoke to the electors,
Mayor Thompson, was the lira )tan
called upon and alter paying his re-
spects to the writer of tite letter pub-
lished in the News -Record last week,
told the electors present, some of the
things the Council had done, in their
interests. The buying of potatoes last
year when the price was high and veru
few to get; the finances of the town
were good; the question of tarvia on
the, streets should conte out of the gen-
eral Inc as It is a permanent improve-
ment; the coal question and fuel yard
tvas gone into, but as the town could
not do anybetter than the present coal
dealer, the town would he better out
of it for the present; lied been doing :t
Int of work trying to get coal fui' the
town and was still trying, kle au>,ed
that the electors to elect him ----but to
do what they' thought best in the ie
terests of the town.
Reeve Ford tool• up the 4tresli0ns
of the 1, 15) 1 ' work, ch0,eing the great
Increase there 511, owing to the wary
the gem( toade system was tory before
them and he a:keal that he he returned
to continue in this great work which
the Cott nty had started,
Councillor Millet' thaliked the elect-
ors for the hearty support given hint
a year ago, encl, he. stated thathe had
trkmg to 30 the best for the -town :in iTC
matters thin had come up Ott ilia stints,
and else spoke on the quCSti..18 tri tate,
tarvia and cost of same, he wanted the
pieblc110 tor tnnn cipatl coil eard tic ire
pla-ed licrore the 1 tepajctr ai t.tru
Conal' ilia 1 1enent w+
ccimtnt deaden; Y Was
slot sattsfactoty to the h.,bhbG the wily
the coal is served out; the coal 'should
ed:op the town sealei,„lie was
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The December shipment to Hyman
Hall consisted of the following: -
Varna Pat, -20 pr. Socks; 19 day
shirts; •h pyjamas; 1 trench cap; 1
peclalge of old cotton.
Bayfield --22 rr. of socks.
Stanley Maple Leaf -27 pr, socks;
12 day shirts.
Bethany Soc.-21 pr. e,ackS.
T'urner's Church -ti pr of socks.
Clinton Ladies ----t 04 pr socks; l2
day shirts; 6 pyjamas; to sheets; 32
slips; 30 trench towels; 3 caps; mag-
azines and old cotton.
To Secours National
Clinton Women -5 pi' socks; t quilt.
Clinton Ghle`Aux.-S pr socks,
Bayfield Soc.--t quilt.
2 Searves donated by ,firs, Ferree.
To Our Own Boys
Verna Pat, -4 pr. sucks and 4 flan-
nel shirts.
Some time ago an appeal was made
by the Tl,W C.A. to all the Patriotic
Societies in the county for a Xmas.
gift for the Belgian children. The
Societies 'at this centre that contri-
buted to this most worthy cause were
Clinton Women's Pat. S"o, 0o
Stanley Maple Leaf 10.00
llolmesvtlle Pat, Soe. 10.02
Bethany Soc. 5,00
To395.00
The Clintutalu Girls' Auxiliary donated
$25.00 the week before the,TLW.C,A.
decided to take it up as a county, .
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PATRIOTIC NOTES
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Regular monthly, business meeting
of the W0P.p. Friday afternoon in the
Board Room.
The color to tie the socks for the
South end of the town Will be tv111te
instead of green as announced last
week.
Any lady in the country who would
help in the contest may get wool at
Mr. fair's store ter the s5..elts, and re -
earn the tintebed ones thero as •well;
Birtheo Mera'lages & Mahn
Marriages
1lLaal''--8iltvi3h'Ts:--At Ontario St.
Chttrnh, an Monthly, January 1st, 11y
Rev. 1 A. Agnew, Vina ,lane, slaughter
of Mr, and Mrs, Niihau Stevens, .of
town to George hearty Bead, of Whit-
by, Ontario -
real cruseisnentaaa+a vonoe+crnorso-,n
,e+ t)
yr The Teacups.
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Mr, and Mu, Nixon 'Welsh; of Tor-
(1)110,• returned home Wednesday after
spending the holiday season In these
parts.
Mr. and Mrs. -George Huller and feta
fly and Mr, and Mrs, Selgner spent New
Years with, friends at Holmesville, -
Mr. and Airs, Cunningham, of Gude-
rich, spent New Years with Mrs. Nrtt,
Ontario Street. Mrs, Cunnlnt;ltame
stayed the week with her hostess,
Mr. Milo n 0. 0, Streets of Monition-
spent
onittln-
s eat the e Christmas holidays with
t ti
'n-
brother, M.r William D. Streets of.
tuwu,
Airs. A, Porde, of Toronto, was the
guest 1,f her sun, Rev, E, C,t, lorde,
over New Years.
Miss Annie Rozell, accompanied be
her neices and nephews, are holidaying
With relatives at Brussels.
Airs. 'Nellie Merman and daa.4ht01',
Miss Nellie, were called to "Toronto last
Week 10 attend the funeral of the form-
er's brother, Frank G. Freeman, who
cued very suddenly from a stroke,
Funeral took place Saturday. Ile tt s
d5 years of age. A wife and 6 chilal-
ren survive, the oddest sun being 1)501•
5015.
Mr, and Mrs, .1, 11, Yuman were
New fears vi54nrS at Parkhill ;and
Seaforth,
Mr, and Mrs, B. Kaiser spent New
Years at Seaforth,
A1r. AlcNlartim, of Hensel], was in
town on Wednesday.
Mrs, Beacon and Miss Celia, of Tor-
onto were visitors in town this week.
Mr. T, Mustard, of Toronto, was in
town this week.
Mr. Ray Gradnant Spent New Years
at Toronto.
Mr. and Airs, McDonald, Raglan st.,
left this week for Toronto where they
will spend the Meier with their daugh-
ter, A's, T. Mustard.
Mr, E. Shepherd, of Toronto, spent
the holiday with his pother.
Mr, and Mrs. W. J. Cantelon and
children 'of Skull Lake, Sask., are at
the former's home for the next few
months.
Mrs. W. 1 Pinner left this week to
loin her husband at Toronto and from
there they go on to their hone in
Vanc„uver.
SibSs Olive Brooks, of .Mitchell, is
spending a few days with her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W; •Cantelon.
Miss Margaret Carter spent New
1'02)5 in Seaforth,
Mr, Kinley went to Toronto for the
holiday,
Miss Dell O'Neil left for T,u'un1 on
Wednesday.
Miss O'Keefe, of Lucau, visited with
Mrs. Chas. Beriiitt this week,
'Miss EiShe O'Brien, of Toronto, spent
the week at her home.
Miss Stella Cupp of i'oronto visited
in town during the past week at, the
parental home.
Miss Deitch spent the past week with
her brother in town,
'Ii55 Lela Ford returned to Ottawa
on Wednesday after spending the holi-
day at her house here.
MIS, Boles returns today to her
110 me in (:rookstown; Minn.
,lir, Thos. McKenzie jr., cif Toronto
was home for New Years.' _
Mrs. Martha Argent announces the
engagement of her eldest daughter,
Miss Violet 0., to Mr. John B, Witt
11501(11, of 11ursel, Sask., the meeeeeee,
to take place this month.
Mr, Win. 13, male, is renewing old
a:quaintances in town. Since be left
here after his Last visit, he has spent
19 months touring; around South
America and has many interesting stor-
ies to tell of the people, cline tic. nilees
etc, Mr. Hale's obi friend;, are gild ta,
see him once again. •
Col, Hoare, the well known music
dealer of town, was in Toronto (01
business this week. Mr, Hoare is re-
cognized as a noshing and energetic
business man who Inas worked up an
extensive trade, but we fancy it wilt
be news to many to knot' that he has
considerable business In Toronto, and
makes a number of sales of pianos and
other nntsical instruments there.
Mr. Garnet Archibald, who gave up
his'seet as -an Alderman in 'Toronto to
Run for the Board of Control, is a re-
lative of the Messrs, Cantelon of town.
Though unsuccessful, he made a good
run, and should succeed next year, if
he runs again. -
Ma', Chas, Cook, for years 1(11 em-
ployee of the Doherty Organ factory,
but inter living in Stratford, is noW
with the Nurdheinier 1'tv1n Co., '1'or-
otrt0, -
Mr, Gp11. Bali, of 'Toronto, formerly
of Clinton, has many fri'eads in this
locality who will be pleased to know
that atter fifteen weeks in hospital his
otic, , though not fully restored to
health, has recovered stif iciefltly to
1t 15e the hospital.
Mr. W. N. Manning, of London, for -
merry ori Clinton, tvas.a successful cats-
didate of tale Board of Education In that
City•.t"
The Illfrriage of Rev, Cr, C. Gilford,
B.A. of Wort Stanley and Miss Ziegler,
crf KitatOner, took place last week Mr,