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The Clinton New Era, 1917-03-22, Page 1THE 2L4...1.JNTON NEW Established 1865, Vol, 51; Na. T.3 CI:LNTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MARCH22nd, 1917. . The ew Era ktentalatm....a W. H. Kerr ,& Son, Editors and Publishers. ants the News From Every Sideline F achy. week eA/0/0VV0eV A/0/00000VV'VV?.A0AA/0Wr1/AAAAMAAAAAAAAAAA° a • NOW Ir'S YOUR TMJ The 1 1blidsy season is now over, when you lav been thinking of others and snaking them happy. I' bwy i1J rnust.think of yourself, you may n ed a little buildln 1 i—.- ou mayhava cold hanging to ou—if so g 1 .y �3' don't delyi;:come to our store and get that god tonic— REXALL TASTELESS COD LIVE,Ii OIL 1t will build you up and make you feel finer VT. S. ..1.10��'1� VVVW VV vvvVVVVt vovVV WVWVVV VVW WVVVWVVWW VVVWV OF CANADA Incorporated 1869, Capital Authorized $25,000,000 Capital Paid-up 12,900,000 Reserve and Undivided Profits 14,300,000 Total Assets 270,000,000 400 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 IFC°-',PORA1ID 1853 CAPITAL AND RESERVE $8,800 000 96 Branches in Canada 1.444,461..w A General Banking Business Transacted CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT BANK MONEY ORDERS SAVINGS BANK .DEPARTMENT Interest Allowed at Highest Current Rate C. E. DOWDING, Manager: Clinton Branch 'V rr.u.ib.UL' la RN.. •a,., Ntimr•a.aauaa.Ma)M111114 Teee• 'iyee•feee0 0-,eeeee- 400fi4•45cie so t4', 6 000.c90W u'CS1c04s0,00.1141-ti+4440. • • ea e c sl 9 a . 4, 4 4 • we want to clean out our entire Over- t coat stock regardless of profit or cost. • "No Overcoats Carried Over" is an• • unbreakable rule in this store. It will pay you to buy you next win- ter's overcoat now. They will cost easily double the price we are quoting, • as woolens are advancing every day. • • • • • • • • H rc' ' the Best News 1! art the Paper. It's clean-up time for Overcoats and Men's $12 Overcoat $8.90 " $15 and $16.50 Overcoats $11.75 " $20 and $22 Overcoats ..$17.00 "$25 and $30 Overcoats .. $21.50 Men's Black Melton Overcoats, Fur collar and rubber interlined:— $15.0o Overcoats.. ...... $10.75 $18.00 Overcoats $13.75 $20.00 Overcoats .. .. $15.25 MEN'S FUR LINED, FUR COLLAR, KHAKI DUCK SHELL ..$4.75 • • • Boys $4.25 Overcoats ...... .... $2.75 " $6.50 Overcoat $4.50 " $8.50 Overcoat .... ... . " $12.50 Overcoats .... ....a . . $6.00 $9.50 " $13.50 Overcoats ... , , ... , . $10.00 e' 4. re • EARLY BUYERS ALWAYS FARE THE BEST 01. 4. Fs• w The Morrish Clothing (;or rt' .y 60-dee•Po•0•4444.4•AA*4^vA•AIo,A@• TcoisO GAAA•• 4 4 4 • • • • 4 •1 4 •• •e • 4 •4 4 • • 4 1 A Try The New Era i for Job Wirk in 1 I INVITE THE SINGLE MEN TO JOIN Personal Letter Sent to Every Man Asking Him to Join at Once. A circular leiter•, part of which fol- lows, is being sent to every man In Military District No. 1, whose name appears in either of the first two clasees of the list so far sent through the.Lon- don military headquarters from the National Service Commission, As sup- plementary lists are received, additional letters will be sept out. The names 01 all those to whom letters are sent are also forwarded to the nearest recruiting officer with instructions to personally interview the recipients of the letters to secure, as the circular states, his vol- untary enlistment or in the alternative a definite statement of his intentions and reasons, if any, for not enlisting. The first two classes comprise men listed under the National Service re- gistration.•as "single sten between the ages of 18 and 45 years without depen- dents." The letter in part follows: "It may be that up to the pres- ent time you have had a perfectly legitimate reason for not joining the Canadian Expeditionary Force but in view of the growing seri- ousness of the war situation and the pressing need in all branches of the service for Wren, it is surely not too Hutch to ask you to exam- ine that reason carefully in the light of conscience and of duty and to decide whether it ought to hold gond any, longer. If, after weighing the matter, you feel that your country's call at the moment is louder and more imperative than any other call and that you cannot honorably refuse it and if .you are of military age (1S to 45), perhaps you will make it unneces- sary for a recruiting officer to wait upon you. by going to hits your- self and voluntarily offering your services. If after medical examina- tion ynu are found fit for military - service you will be assigned to whatever branch of the service you prefer or are physically quali- fied M juin. If unfit, you will be granted a•certifleate to that effect, "Mneare urgently required for artillery, infantry, engineers, army medical corps, army service corps, re.yal flying corps, forestry carps, etc., etc. Terms of enlistment, rates of pay and all other infor- mation will be furnished you on application to you nearest re- cruiting officer. "in these days, when the destiny of Canada and of all her free insti- tutions is being decided on the fields of Europe, surer' no one of her citizens will fail her in this hour of her bitter need." "Will you please a. understand that this is a personal apped to you and that it has behin_ it the whole weight and authority of the Government of Canada. Births, Marriages & Deaths Births AIKENHEAD—In Stanley, on March I41h, to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Aiken head, a daughter. "BATTLE CRY OF PEACE" Much Talked of Photo Drama in 9 Reels TOWN HALL, — CLINTON Wednesday and Thursday Evenings, April 4 & 5 Matinee, Thursday, April 5th Evening Performances 8 p.nl. Matinee at 2.30 p.m, --S1-- Tickets 25c; Reserved Seats 35c Plan open at Fair's March 24th Matinee—Adults 25c; Children 15 Imi 1 Bargains � Watch this space next week, for Show Day Bargains W97 t, prya O'NEIL THE RUB F' u � c�eEx Phof,e 48 •••••••••••••••••• ; , w•v$4'$4$ FARM DEPOPULATION District News. @•.oet.e s•0••••••®•@d!•oe•• LONDESBORO. The Pie Social', proved a tine success A splendid tea was served after which the crowd passed to the ball where a good program was enjoyed by all,_ Tickets were sold on a hand painted picture donated by Mrs E. Adams the sale of which amounted to $2I6.00. A bazaar was held in connec tion and the total sum of $105,25 was res yed. BRUCEFIELD. Another car of coal came to our station last week for L. Beatty. 1t was quickly disposed of. Graham Bros.. Stanley sold over -200 bushels of beans last week for 4'7.00 a bushel to Mr. Petty. of Hensall. It was some price. There will be a large acreage of beans sown this season. Many farmers who have . never had beans will sow them. Mr. McLauchlin has moved on the farm which he recently purchased front Robert Morrison, of Stanley. Mr. Morrison goes to Hensel' where he has bought a hone. Sam Taylor has moved into Mrs., Mustard's house in our village. John Mustard shipped 2 car load of lumber to Brantford this week. The mill is now. running. There is quite a quantity of logs to saw. WINGHAM. Garfield. Finley, six year old son of Howard Finley, moulder had a narrow escape from drowning, when he broke through the ice at the milldam. I -Ie attempted to cross the ice, which proved rotten and he went through into nine feet of water. The boy managed to hold on to a piece of ice until rescued a few minutes later. Ile was hurried to his home and appears none the worse for i his ice water bath. GODERICH. Thursday afternoon shortly before 0 o'clock Miss Skimmings, a well known lady of town, fell on the icy sidewalk, breaking her right leg near trio thigh, She was immediately removedin the ambulance to the hospital, where she is resting as well as can be expected. .A little over four years ago, Miss Skim n Wrings fell under the same conditions, breaking the other leg near the thigh. HULLETT \IcDermi,i—'1'uffor,l -:1 quiet wet cling was solemnized at the Manse. Seaforth, on Wednesday evening last, by Rev. F. 11. Larkin, when Miss ,Jo:, shrine Tufford, niece of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. ('ilittenden, Vf thie. tan 0, was united in marriage to :,Ir. Malcolm 1lcDerntid, of the lluron ,lined. The beet wishes of u lar;;e circle of Mende. are extended to the happy young couple. KIIPPEN. 'The t cot.racy of the report, of '.ire nuiniciptl assessors of Onta:it rc *eel rr population was Cs•tblished by the cen.,us of 1911. A comparsit : of the ,tutmarlee of tie,e, reports contained in the Muui.ipal 11;I1elin fur 1911, wit11 the census reonrts of 1911, affords therefore, trustworthy i ;roruntion c,f the ntoveineuts of pop nlatiuu d. rmg the iuterve i :-int (we taral peeidetion of O'ntario in 191.1 ,v.,, 1,194,755. end the urban pcpUL•Uion 1,328,453. in 1915 the rural sup u!.,'inn wa:.1027,2211 and the elban I', r,i'„son 1.+53,03, That is to say, the- "ural pouelation decreased in ',he five e ears fro,,, 1951 1916, 15.555, and the erten popu'atiun in- creased •224,543. Assuniing a moder- ttte natural increase of five p:r thou- sand, the loss of,urat population was in these five years not 167,565, but in all probability nearly 200,000. Rural populations, as the phrase is used by the statisticians, means town- ship population or all those living out - Side the limits of cities, towns and in- corporated villages. It Includes not only the farmers, but those who live in the unincorporated villages and ham- lets, the urban population overflowing in many instances into the townships, sectionmen, navvies, lumbermen, and. largely, the miners of New Ontario, The development of a rural population in, the north during the last census period, largely engaged in other than farm in- dustry, reduced the whole .decline of the rural population during the census period to 52,000, and obscured a de- cline of 100,000 in the rural popula- tion of old Ontario. Since 1911 the rural population of old Ontario has gone on. There was, between 1911 and 1910, a decline of Continued on Page 6. Donald Smith on lot 21, Second Con cession of Stanley. When ...elle Smith sold his farm aid retired to Clinton, 17 yen1; 090 Airs. \Volker went with him and remained there till his death. Mr. Walker was a quiet, retiring; and inoffensive man. lie tyaa unmarried. lie leaves behind him to mourn his loss i one brother Daniel, a school teacher in Sasleatehewan, NI re. Kate I.i tlelater, also of Saskatchewan, llise I.ia:o.le Baldwin, of Fort Francis, Ontario, a11.I Mie.; Jess!o Ilare, of Sault Ste. :\larie, Ontario. The funeral services on 'Tuesday, AFticrh haul wereconduetc,1 by Ivey. Air_ Hoes, pastor of Willis Church, Clinton. The remains were interred n li,: l's t'emeterg. The p.t11 bearers. t:er.• liutehort, Neil Mei iregor,tlugi Gil rats, John 51offatt, tic,r; e '1'. Baird and Thomas Baird. 6I1f LO n Mr, ilazclat ,al, o1 the London road, had the misfortune to lose a valuable milch cow. 11 was only a few days previous that he was offered ee fancy figure for her. Mr. Johd McLean, of 1'uckersmith, not so well again. . 51r. Thomas Hutt, of 1'nckersmith, has been laid up for the past few days with blood poisoning in his hand. BRUSSELS. There is considerable discutision in Brussels concerning the introduction of hydro power here. Inglis Falls, near Owen Sound is the source of the power 1 it is proposed to harness and serve to 1 this district. War loan subscriptions from this to calhty are reported to be large. Quite t a number are "chipping in” on the newest Canadian issue, In all 40 Brussels folks are taking part in the "New Minister" play to - be presented for the benefit of the Red Cross. Deputy Reeve Brown, Grey Township, suffered fractured ribs as a result of being crowded in the stall by a horse which had got its front feet in the manger, and was making an, effort to releas'tlhem. The price of $15•per cwt., was paid on Brussels market for live hogs This is the higest record in its history. There is a regular rush of presenta tion gatherings in this locality on ac count of the numerous sales of farm property necessitating changes in the neighborhood. Latest farm sales are John Mitchell sold his 50 acres to Robert L, McDonald, and Joe Jacklin bought the 100 acre farm of Wnh, Lowe, The former's health is not good. Mr. Lowe will try the West, HENSALL W. J. Johnston, meat merchant, has so d out to Mr. McDonald, of Chatham, who takes possession the first of May. The Hensall saw mills will have a busy season, as it has been many years since so many logs were brought in. Anniversary services are shortly to be held in the Carmel Presbyterian Church Rev. W. 3. Knox, of. First Presbyterian Church, Loudon, will be the special preacher, STANLEY. Inspector 'fent; of Coderich, called at the home of Geo, Baird, on Tuesday of hist week. Mr. Arch McCowan attended the assizes last week at Goderich as a jury roan. 1 Death o Alexander Welke r— Last week we noticed the death of Alexander Walker, who died in Clinton on Saturday, March 10th, 1917, in the With year of his age. The deceased was the second son of the late Duncan Wallccr, of the second concession of Stanley and spent his youth and man- hood for the most part in that. township, He received hie_ education in School Section No, 1 St•hnley and received a ' Ile n Teachers' Ceitnftc l c ilia 1 tatfor ga few yCa a On returning from teaching he spent tine greater part of his life in farm labor. 4 large part of his time Was spent with his brother,in•law, Mr, thinga g /BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION The following, from the St. Cathar- ines Dail Staudhrd, refers to a lady who was for years a well known resident of Clinton: Mrs, 15. Holmes of Thomas street celebrated her 83rd birthday on Mon- day.- The mother of eleven children (nine living) site had the pleasure of eight of them being with her" on this occasion, those from outside the city being Robert, Toronto; Howard 13., of Vancouver; Mrs, Chant, Clinton; Mrs. Farr, late of Oshawa; the only absentee being Mrs. Emmerson, Winnipeg: Mrs. Holmes has 25 grandchildren (two overseas) and ten great grand- children. tier eldest daughter died some years ago as the result of a rail- road accident, and a son died four years ago, these being the only deaths among the children in 65 years. Mrs, Holmes first became a resident of St. Catharin- es in 1851, but after an absence of some years returned in 1888, and has resided here ever since. She is the last surviving member of the older branches of the Holmes family, familiar to old residents of St. Catharines and her friends will be pleased to knew that she enjoys good 'health and rias every pros- pect of many years of activity yet, HURON C.W.C.A. • The Executive of the Huron Co. War Contingent Association met in the Car- negie Library, Exeter, March loth. The six months work was discussed and found very satisfactory. Each 11101115 showing an improvement. It was cleeided to secure a room in the Byron Sanitarium to be sated the "Huron Itoom." It was also decided to send socks to the 161st Battalion the first week in April. Any donations of money or socks Will be appreciated. The Iced (Cuss Society and the C.W. C.A. at Hyman Hall, London, have ex- pressed their appreciation of the help given them by this organization. Jean Fitton, Secy —t„ ILC.GY.C.A. Notice has been sent to all the Socie- ties shipping from this centre, re the sock shower for the 161st Battalion. \Va .ire all interested 1p our boys. Show this by knitting a pair of socks.t The shower frcnn each Society will be re- ceived in the Council Chamber on 1 Shiny L t.. -ytril 5th. Eono � 9„ ® \vi'r1I 1'tth cul111CIlIbS. 5 I 'J3 p teteee€emestinocerescoesta.eweue, E,t. I':iat's 111:4.1.011.Rev. trot. Wright, of Intron College preached at both services last Sunday, to tie interest of the College. e ritIPSa19 These words were delivered by ('ant 3, A1cNabl who addressed a crowded mall on Wednesday evening el' -this week while addressing the audience for aid to the Y. M. C. A, Capt. Slc\ahb gave a veru clear description of the camp life and trench life on the battle front in France with the Canarliane, Ile had served at Ypres and on -the Sonne and showed the great work this institution is doing for the soldiers who aro fighting our battles. Capt Fairful took up the work of the Y. M. C. A., in England and showed conclusively that this agency was doing a mighty work for our soldier boys. 'Mr. Yeigh, of Toronto, only spoke a few words, and met the Local Com• mittee after the meeting to arrange for a canvas for funds in the town. The Wesley Orchestra supplied a choice program of music and in addition Misses Fairful, Gibbings, (4reig, Chidley, A'IcMurchie, Holmes and Dowzer sang .to the soldie:a popular songs, "Keep the home fires burning", and "Till the Boys come Horne," Mr. H. Wiltse, Chairman of the Local committee was the chairman of the . evening. The Local Committee have' arranged for a systematic "whirlwind cam- paign” whereby every citizen will be given an opportunity to "Serve by Giving" and our readers may expect a call at any time 'between now and Monday night next from some of the Canvassers. To cover the town will mean Con- siderable sacrifice of time on the part of busy people but when we think of what the boys are doing for us at the front our sacrifices of time and money seems small. . Let everybody help. The list oi,. Subscribers tr will be acknowledged these columns if possible next week. Deaths LONGM AN—.In Londesboro onTues- day, March 20th, Mrs. George Long- man. Exhibition of Work. There was a good crowd gathered at. the Council Chamber on Wednesday afternoon to see the exhibition of work that will be forwarded by the local branch of the C.W.C.A. Afternoon tea was served. Wanted. Will the party who removed the "skids" which came with our new machine, front the alleyway be - ween the New Era Office and G. Levis' kindly return same AT ONCE and save further trouble. —Editor of New Era. , \Ycsley Clhurcit. The pastor, Rev. Dr, Rutledge will preach at both services on Sunday. Ontario St. Church. The revival services close on Friday evening of this week. Last Sunday morning a reception ser- vice for young men and 15 joined the church, The pastor will preach on Sunday. At the evening service a reception for young ladies will be held. An open session of the Sunday School will be held at 2.30 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. Vey. J. A. Robin- son, of St. Paul's Church will give an address. There will be special music. 00011•00•00000000.000000000 • • Patriotic Nates • • •sass•• easwa,esses•sl••s•s•s The regular meeting of the W. P. S. for work on Friday. --s•-- On Thursday, April 15th, there will be a sock shower held in the Council Chamber the socks to go to "The Hurons" (161st Battl.). Everybody is asked to do their best . Wool for the socks will be given out as usual at Mr. Fair's Book Store and at the meetings, Socks for Shower. The Girls' Auxiliary would like the ladies who are knitting for thein to hand in the socks before April 2nd in time for the Shower for the l6lst. A Change in Molsons Bank. • Mr. H. 'E. Paul, who came here as ac- countant from Morris ur and who has o b g, \ been acting manager, since Capt. Dowd- ing enlisted, has received a deserved pro motion and will leave next week to be- come timanager at Alviston, down near 5t, Thomas. Mr. and Mrs, Paul will both be missed in town, in Church, social and the business life, mr, Paul has taken an active interest in the Pat- riotic funds of the town and was Trees - mar for the Red Cross Days and of the coming Y.M.C.A. They have both been active workers in St. Paul's church, While we are sorry to lose them the best wishes of Clinton go with them to their new Hoare. Mr. Sharp, of Alvis n 1 s t manager, and is to comas i L ht on as a now in charge. lie veill ova his fam- ily here shortly. We bid our new citizens welcome. ����®���t�®PCDaAW�9Glt'/OCPl3raleyyG4f>Atb Itier The Teases L• e ogit0 eooaselsoa RialsaeoelPfn eel: Miss Edith Jolifl'e, daughter of Rev. W. Jollife, a former pastor of Wesley church, Clinton, has recently joined the nursing staff of the Queen Alexan- dria Hospital, London, Eng. Site was met on her arrival by her brother Ernest, who had been in France for some time with the 75th Regiment. Mr.and Mrs. Eastman were at Arkona visiting relatives and friends, Mrs. Eastman extended her visit. Mr, Thos, Sloan, of Blyth paid Clin- ton it visit on Saturday, - Dr. and Mrs, Donald Ross, of Swift Current, are visiting with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. O'Neil. They are welcome visitors back .to the old town. The Goderich Signal refers to a for- mer Cllntonian, Mrs. R. Mutch who has left for the West:—Mrs. 13. C. Gilpin, who has been visiting here left today on her return to her Monte at Gilpin, Alber- ta, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. P. Mutch, who will visit with her for a time. Stratford Beacon:—Miss Vera Murch has been transferred from the local branch of'the Royal Bank to the branch in Lo: don, Seaforth Expositor:—Mrs, R. S. Heys spent the week end with friends in Clinton. Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. McTaggart, of Clinton, were guests at the hone of Ala,ior flays at Seaforth last week. Mr. and Mrs. R. Peck, of Seaforth, spent Saturday in Clinton. Capt. Charlie Kerr, who was wound- ed in }''ranee some time ago and had been home recuperating was called back to England. On examination there he was considered incapacitated from ra- 1: riling to the front but was given the r,,'t of Commanding Grenade Officer at West Sandlitt;t Camp, Englund. Itis 1 ,4her, Lieiat. Harold Kerr, is in com- mand of the grenade school of 19th serve Battalion :,f Sea,ord Camp, 'a3 - sex, England. They are 5.15 of Nev. W. E. and Mrs. Kerr, of Vancouver, former. lv of the Ontario St. Parsonage. Mrs. Kerr, Victoria street, celebrated her 53 rd birthday 00 Friday last. many ui.i friends Joined in wishing :\les, Kerr many of the j ., and fey; e,i the 1 r- ent': s as the y eat s speed by. Stratford retcou:—Mr. S. T. Murch, who resided. un Front street, has 5':.' V - ed his family to London. where he has for some time been employed in the Sheri oi, S Manning organ factory. Air friendships in Brussels during the past week. Cleve., eldest son of Rev. 5, J. and Mrs. AI!in, of Wyontittg, formerly of Clinton who hu h, s been eadet naval in- struetur, is now sailing it MM. S. Lev, lath an, one of the newest British crusi- ers. Way, the second youngest son, has gone to England as a member of a Y.M. C.A. contingent, in connection with the military camps and hospitals. Ise has been engaged with the Y•AI.C.A. for years, most of the time in Detroit and Chicago. A splendid work is being done among the soldier boys' by the Y.M.C.A. that will lung be green in their memories. Corp. Archie Kay, Stratford. who went overseas with the London Medical corps, has been promoted to Sergeant. lie is the only ton -of Postmaster A.M. Kay, of Stratford, and a cousin of the Editor of The New Era.. . Mrs. 1.1. 13. Chinn was a visitor at St. Catharines, alending the 83rd birthday of her another, Mrs. E. Holmes, former- ly of Clinton. Mrs. S. J. Andrews fell last week and has been confined to her bed eversince. Her many friends will hope for a speedy recovery. -Mrs, Jack Willis and daughter, Vera, returned to their home at Ritchie, Sask. after spending five months with the former's mother, Mrs. Leppington. Miss Kate Scott, nurse, and daughter of Postmaster Scott, left today for Montreal to Join a company of nurses for Overseas duties. Miss Scott's many friends will indeed wish iter a safe and pleasant voyage and good health when she takes up her duties in the Old Land or wherever she is sent by the War De- partment, Mr, Neil Taylor of Blyth vasa visitor, In barn on Wednesday. ' Mrs. P. C. Kerr and Miss Ruth left todayfor t o Woodstock where they will ;visit friends and from there on to Smith's 'Falls to her home before leav- ing for tine West to spend the'sannner, Miss Kate Scott was a visitor in Lon- don on Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. E. Twitchell and Master Jim of Edmonton are visiting with relatives in town. A'itss Bessie Carter, of Angus, a cou- sin of Pte. Join A. Carter, now in France, who Inas been visiting Mrs, J. A. Carter, for the past two weeks left for her hone on Tuesday. e. Roy 1'!i: t steer was renewing old -.^1.--- Learning from otherr people'sle's mis- takes would be easier if we did not 111 feet to sm.:tt to snake mistakes like other pm, c.