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The Clinton News Record, 1915-04-22, Page 1No. 1881 37th Year CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 22nd, 1913'. for the announcements of Clinton's'> up-to-date dealers in the advertising columns of J`3ef�re �{�u patch 'Conte and Valk to Us. It is highly iaiportaut that 'yon have expert advice when,choos- ing,a watch, and the naive of a house back of this advice as a guar- antee of its honesty. We have been selling watches for years. Wel know };slues and we are here permanently to back up any sale we make. Come in and talk with ns. IW.X. ,fell ,jeweler ana Optician - Clinton The.dank Royal OF 'CANADA. Incorporated 1860. -' Capital Authorized $25,000,000 Capital Paid-up 11,500,000-, ., Reserve and Undivided Profits . 13.500,000 Total Assets '185,000,000 . 380 Branches, Withwerld wide connection., Interest allowed on Savings Deposits... General Banking..business.transacted. , R, E. MANNING, Manager - Clinton Branch I L! ' 1' II a' I' r L Incorporated THE T 1855 • ®� � NIOLS� �rRsl �K la E A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS = TRANSACTED INCLUDING - = CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT ' — BANK MONEY ORDERS = .: c CAPITAL AND RESERVE ' $8,800,000~ = Savings Bank Department At a11. Branches . Interest Allowed at highest current rate Clinton, Branch C. E. Dowding - Manager =e 7, — 92 Branches - In Canada tilI 1111 .IIh..III...It1.ti U .11T1111•2311111.11111111111.,111.1.1111,11111„Inn.In n.11L.,i11...'L„uhdlr READY-TO-WEAKI 2 he. gh orrish CLOTHING Clothing ORDERED Co. GLOTILCNCa' I� REMARKABLE V SS85OTO SUITS RT �•; these •;.'i� �,i...-, . - utmost fer at I. : , in reliable workinanship style,, fx.... tee. To the �. . lue yout ✓f s�• €.: O, . everyten `; •+ these t5.r.z No get t.:. for `, • ii ”' buyanyother has si fi7 ,They vofnes. `{it's ww... cin mnimm BY decidedly RONiO -iO tereststo Our ost the fully exceptional ' We man the the seen Sooner Soon IN MENS . S101001 special values atm, p rices represent the valuepossible ossible to of- a utmost price—the fabrics, expert and finished appreciate p va- o f these suits, see them.. mus can sell nine out of men who see wonderful values, who is looking to most actual value ;leash'. 'none. , will 'oth suit after he these. are, surprising you are find.: Uiatt •. to that it to your best inn y � trade here. THE CLOTHING- MORRISH.C _. .0 ..: the C .R le ra h. Agents forp 1 .P . Te TIWIR SISTER DEAD: MI T. J. VW'aitt of the Huron Road on Sunday received the sad news of the death of his sister, Mrs, Slide of Woodstock, and on .Monday, nceom- panied by his stater, Mita Watt, left for that city to attend the funeral. NEW S. A OFFICERS. Captain IIerderson of Forest, ' who has been in charge of the local Sal- vhlion Army Coxps for.the past ` few weeks;: was joined Jest week by Lieut. Laycock did 'the Training School, Toronto: The yoiuhg; . ladies .are earnest and energetic and are taking hold of the work with en- thusiasm. MANY HAPPY RETURNS, On the 18th inst. Mr. Samuel Kemp passed another milestone, but the. number of it it is not necessary to here state. Suffice t -o say he is not any older than he looks and that in appearance he hasn't aged a bit in several years past., He was 'a lad in knickerbockers when the family came out from Kent, England, twenty-sev- en years ago and all that time he has either lived in Clinton or .vieinity: IIe is a sterling chap with. the happy facultyof lookingon the bright side of things and; gens as, cutch satisfae- tion out of life as most limen—a great deal mere than many. W.P.S. MEETS TOMORROW. The Women's Patriotic Society will gather for its fortnightly meeting .on Friday.'afterloon of this week in the Council chamber, -.The ladies of Wil- lis church will serve tea' during the• afternoon, Those having knitting out: are asked toreturnsante on that day so that it can be maciet - ready, : for packing, and also anyone desiring id' assist in making hospital supplies. may get material from Mrs. Mason. A bale of goods will ,be packed next wee'.: and all work should be finished and returned in good time so the committee will not be inconvenienced by its tardy arrival, , DIED' IN CALIFORNIA. Ono of the most popular and best- known railroad men in The Dominion was Mr. Andrew J. Taylor, the Can- adian representative of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. .haul Railway, with headquarters at Toronto. He was a jovial, whole-souled, compaan- ionable person, who not only had the confidence of the travelling, commun- ity, but many others as well, For some time he has not been in good health, and lately went to Los An- geles, with the hope that the, change would bring improvement. His friends were greatly grieved on Saturday to receive word of his death. Ile was a frequent visitor to Clinton, and had on different occasions been the guest of Mr. William ,Jackson, The remains are being brought to Bowmanville for interment. ONTARIO ST: CHURCH. On Sunday last the pastor preached on "Faith" in the morning and on "Christ's Interpretation of Relation- ship," in the evening. On Sunday morning next the sub- ject of discourse will he, "The ad- vantages and disadvantages 6 a of mid- dle age," and in the evening, "Fash- ionable \'irtues." The pastor will preach. On Monday evening at the League meeting Mr, Treleaven of the Collegi- ate, addressed a large audience on "Tire causes that led to the wax," The address was an able one and created much interest. Patriotic music was supplied by a quartette composed of Mrs. Gibbings,, Miss Sybil Courtice and Messrs: G'ibhings and Weir, and e fine solo was also given by Mr. Weir, The pastor pre sided, 13. B. • LEAGUE ORGANIZED. A ineeting was held aftcs the close of school on Monday afternoon' for the purpose oforganizing a number: 1 p of baseball teams in the D'Iodel school, when the following, officers were el- ected and teams formed : Patrons; Thos. Cottle, Thos; Jack- son, Dr. Shaw and Dr. Thompson, IIon.-President Principal l3ouck,_ President I1artY Rance. Sec. Treasurer, R. Schrenk. Managing committee,; Fred,' Wallis, Earl Cooper, Alex. Eagleson, Robt, Schrenk, harry Rance. Captains, Earl Cooper, Erneet Lit- tle, Robt. Schrenk, • The following are the pets -annuli of the teams : Ro•,bt. Sehrenk's team will be known as the "Rede" and is com- posed of the following : Earnest, Hall, Earl Steep, Orville Murphy, Law- rence West Ambrose Maguire, 'Jack Bawden, Stanley Kennedy, Willis Cooper, George Walker and •••tharlie Cole. Ernest Little s team are the Whit- es" and is as follows : 'Archie .Me Kenzie George Evans,. Harry 'Law - ranee, Alex. Pagleson; Leighton Walk- er, Charlie Fulford,. Fred ' Elliott, Fred Peckctt, Herbert ilolt/hauor, Nisbil ,Cook. Earl Cooper's team, the "Blues" is made up thus : Fred Wallis, Leslie Huller, Cecil Peokett, Earl Crich,, George Darter, (leorge Middleton, James 'Walker, Wilfrid. Seeley, S tew- art McDonald, Iu hie agucre. A series of nine genes -will be play- ed ed and any of our citizens wanting to, see` a really ,geed game of baseball played by anaenta ought not to fail to see some of these. Theta will be played immediately after school in Recreation Park on Friday es'enings, THE LOCAL MARKET, Wheat $1.25, Oats 500. . Barley 65e. • Butter 20c to 27c, .Eggs 18c to 19c. Live- l-Iogs $8.50, . WILL BLESS THE GIVER, If a new fountain will have the ef- fect of inducing those in atfthoxity to put the inarlcct• square in proper shape anti keep it so the town will bless the giver for all time. Clinton's public square is an eyesore in the centre of an otherwise pretty , town. , GAVE TIiEM •A RE!OEPTION. The choir of the Methodist church, Wingham, held a reception in the lecture rdonn of the church on Fri- day evening of last week for Mr. and Jos. e.' Mrs.o . Gu sL, the • leiter formerly being- Miss Mary Mitchell of Clinton, and presented thein with a book case and writing .desk, Mr. Guest . leas been a member of the choir for some time and the^ young people took this opportunity'•of showing their appre- ciation of his serviccts and of extend- ing a hearty welcome to hie bride. • LITTLE LOCALS. Good Morning I Have you joined the Brighten -Up Club ? There's no entry fee. The old sheds at the rear of Willis manse are being torn down, repairs are being made to the House and the, wliole.preniiscs ate being,.,pnt .in., .or- der. Mail matter ' for': 'ITin'eni'to• 1 leaves Clinton -thrice ,dilly'.ate 7.35' aim. and 3.03 and 5.15 para„ but that sent by the third mentioned train does not reach the city until 8.30 nextmorn- ing. WESLEY CIIURCII. ' Rev. A. W. Barker of Sea - or th ea-orth preached very acceptably on Sunday and at the even- ing service rendereda solo in good . voice.. Ned Sunday the pulpit 7 willbe supplied nlf - eti h' Rev. J. R. 11]b Il 3 beet of Winghent, whose lvorlc will be taken 1)31 Mr. J. A, Irwin. The 13etbnap class in connection with the Sunday school had a ten -cent tea in the school room on Tuesdays evening, the proceeds to be used to helpdefray the cost of fur- nishing a clams room; : Dainty re- freshments Were seined, the girls themselves acting as waiters under the diirciotion of their peesident anis present teacher, Miss Ward. A nice little sunt was realized and the girls were notch delighted with the reautl', of their effort. WIIAT WILL TIIEY BE ? Now is the Lime to organize for sports for the summer season, What will Clutton play at 'this) summer ? 'l'hc junior's have organized a town league for basaaall and the bowling club has been re -organized. Ate we to have a senior baseball team this season ? If so it is 'Libre a move was macro. Lacrosse is a good na- tional game, and Clinton should be able to put a good team in the field. Then there are the tennis clubs to -be heard from. Some excellent playing was done onthe local courts last season. And Why not a women's bowling club, tennis is too strenuous a game for any but the most robust of women? •Such organizations fitir- i.'hmany towns d do S in Ia y t0 1 and might so here, Now is the time to organize so as to get in some good outdoor exercise before the hot midsummer weather sets in. AN ACCIDENT. Mr. C. Dixon, while engaged in the very ,commendable work of cleaning up his lawn on Sat.srday afternoon' last, met with a rather peculiar ac- cident, being shot in the, leg. It happened somewhat in this wise, - Some time ago when work was be- ing done about - the. hydro station some explosive shells were used. A few of these were left, at the back. of the power house and bad been carried away by - children 'as play_ things .Some of them had come into the possession of the Dixon children and evidently had been raked up with the rubbish and set lite to. There was an explosion and Mr..Dix= on received a charge in thee calf of his leg. : 11e has since been 'confined tothe house. Some weeks ago young Amos Os baldeston hammered one of these shells with a stone with the result that his face and hands were badly burned. WILLIS- CIICRCI?1.,,, The Covenant Bible 'Class has ,. a handsome pre- sented tt Dietz Bulletin e be Board t the congregation,Lo o mounted on the' front of the church. Get the habit of watching, film bullet The congregation will celebrate the 58th anniversary of its organization, ' 9th he preacher MaY T for the daywill be s' W,T. Herrid e, b the Reg , D.D., of St. Andre'w's church, Ot- t a moderator f the Ot- tawa, ode, o 0 ,and` the m General Assembly of the Presbyterian Char&h in Canada. 'Next Sabbath Mr, Harper will preach a at both services, . In the morning the subject will. be "The Sixth _Commandment" or' "The Re " . std forv in t Iafe in the evening he g,g minister will •speak at the annual ser- vice of the Oddfellows, who, will at: tend Willis ch,irch in a body. The executive of the W.M.S. Pres:, byterial met in Willis church on Tues- day last. It was a busy :. meeting, well -attended, THE HOME APPEP NEWS�R�COx'� INSPECTOR "ANDY"' PORTER. Mr.: Andrew Potter, formerly assis- tant postmaster of Clinton, but re- cently 01 the Sterling Bank, C'oderich,, has been appointed Inspector • of Weights `bnd Meas. res• As rho sal- ary weighs well and the duties are light, comparatively the post is con- sidered a ,very desirable; one. .,The genial "Andy" Porter will fill the position most creditably and his host of friends are glad to know that it has 'gone his way. DOES SPLENDID WORK. The Split Log Drag was • putt to work on Rattenbury street last week, thanks von' largely to the' insistence of Mayor Fred. Jackson, assisted by Counc,illor James Miller, The result was'what those gentlemen expected and it has furthermore demonstrated toour citizens; n ens; who had not pre'vfous- ly seen the Drag in action, that it will do what had been claimed for it, and that was a good deal in the way of rounding up and smoothing - out roads._ It will pay the council to use tate Drag oftener and the road' grader less -the latter considerably less. -People You Know. Mr. T. Jackson is spending a fort- night at Battleorcek, Mich. Mr. A. E. Woodley, who went to his old hone in the city of 1-Jartlepol, England, last fall, rejoined his family hero on - tl'tondap'. Hartle - poli by; the way, is- one of the un- - English totters which was bombarded by the "Baby Killing" German 'fleet and bit. 'Woodley brought over seteral souvenirs. of the occasion, such as fragments of shells, snapshots, etc. London Road Miss Curtis of Lindsay is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Wnt. hardy. The League met on Tuesday even- ingat the home of Mr, .Mrs. t O and M s. J O- Pea- cock, 1lrs; A. Vi tllse gluing an inter- esting exposition of the topics. A number of the members of • the Pepper family were in llensall on Monday attending the funeral of their relative, the late George Buchanan, a young, noon of twenty-nine who was killed, while engaged in construction work in British Columbia, Bagfield. ]YIr. 1., White, pastor of the Meth- odist church, is spending the week in Exeter. Miss Linde of 'Toronto is a guest. at the parental home, that of Rev. W. Linde. Mesdames David and Eclwars Stur- geon returned Moon on Monday atter a visit of three weeks at Alviuston, Miss Hilda King of Godericlt is visiting under the parental roof. Master Jim Ferguson, who is at- tending Hight school at Winghain, spent the week -end at his home in tite village. - Capt. and Mrs. I'`erguson have re- turned to Bayfield after spending the winter in Iiav City,Mich. The fishermen are pputting out their nets this week. The ice along the shore has prevented them being set sooner: 'but fl is lieginning to clear and Ba}fr ld's chief industry isagain under way. The postponed Mal -Tome, under the auspices of the Women's Patriotic Society, will be held in the town hall on Wednesday evening next. Progres- sive games will occupy the earlier part of the evening and a short pro- gram and refreshments will follow. Most of those suffering from grippe are now improving, but it is a long time since this healthy burg had such an epidemic, Mr, H. Drclunann has been up to I3 1 r 1 visitinghis children who oyoa , are staying there with relatives, - Sudden- Death of William - Henry Farquhar. Delath canoe suddenly to Mr. Wil- liam Henry Farquhar of Stapleton on Tuesday,' while lie s,at quietly in his chair reading a newspaper and his wife went about hoc daily, duties. The deceased had not :been enjoying the best of health for some time and was under the care of a physician but the end was not expected So ,soon. I -le was in his fifty-ninth rear, Heart: trouble was the cause of death. Mr. Farquhar was a `?]n: of - the late William Farquhar of -Clinton and was -born on the homestead on the Gravel Road, now occupied by his Jolla, and had spent brother o , pe frac- ideally all his life in this vicinity. Jlis wife; who was formerly Miss esestacott survives hiealso a fam- ily of three : William at hone, Wes- ley of Saskatoon, Sask., and: Mrs. WmHerschel.; S k . Mcilmmoi1ehe , as ul of 1 , . He is also survived by two brothers and. four sisters John and George Farquhar, Mrs Wrn. Fear and Mrs Albert Morrell, all of Hallett town- ship, Mrs. Grunnnett of Saskatoon, and Miss Tillie Farquhar of Moose - min, Sask. The funeral will take place on Fri- day afternoon,: the service at • .the house commencing at two o'clock and interment being made in Clinton coin- etery. • Much sympathy is expressed : for. Ms1 Farandmia who has not ,been in good health alt winter and to whom the shhok of herhusband's death came with peculiar force, I Holmesvie 2 .l. Jenr was called d to Alp- ley i -toy last SatttrdayVb}•i the illness of her cousin, Miss McCharles. Rev. R. J. McCormick addressed a noting of the ,'Victoria, street Ep- worth League, Godericb, on Tuesday evening. - A meeting was held in the Methotl- 'ist - church here en Thursday . evening Last, biting addressed by bit J. 3• Caldwell, represeabative of the tem- petanoo forces of the county, and the following gentlemen were appointed a committee to look after the temper- ance interests in this part of the township :i - J. W. Yeo, W. "Pickard, A. J. Courtice, W. H. Lobb and R. G. Thompson. On 1'Ionday evening the choir of t1'e 5Tethodist chucrh and a few frieids went, in the form: of a- sur - rise party, a to the f Mr P h, homeo and Mrs. W. J. Yeo and presented Mr. Yeo with a handsome chair. Mr. Yeo has been a" valued Member of the choir for - some - time and the choir took this opportunity, of expressing their appreciation of his -services and their good -will During the evening a debate was taken. up : Resolved, "That the Government Should Ar- range all Marriages." The affirma- tive was upheld by N. W. Trewartha and 0. Gould, the negative ' by G. Acheson and Lewis Yeo. The judges gave a decision in favor of the affix - unitive. A most enjoyable evening was spent. The fine spring weather has started the fanners at .their spring work, preparing for seeding, and some have already' commenced sowing, Mr, •Edgetvortle has: been very busy about the cheese factory getting ready for a big -season's run. The factory will probably start running about. May 1st. The price of cheese rules high and this will ensure a good season. Mrs. H. R. Forster, who has been visiting at the parental home having conte to be present at the marriage of her brother, Mr. 1V, .3. Yeo, out Wednesday of last week, returned to her. 'homeL Locust Hill oc r I on Tuesday. Raalfield Large catches of perch are tieing made by rod and line oft the pier and a number hate been trying their luck, Hullett Representative on the Firing Line. Sergeant William Snell, The. following letter received by NIC . James Snell of Mullett from hie sop, Sergeant Snell, who is riots at the front in France is interestiug'in its details. It was written on March 12th. 13efore leaving for the front Sergeant Snell was an efficient mem- ber of the London,. Ont., police force and it was lie who was aired upon, vi c' s couple f men while giving to t o to a0 who Were acting in a suspicious man- ner about some of the civic buildings after the war broke out. The Ser- geant's old .friends will be interested in reading Itis, latest epistle "Well,' we having it very spring- like here today and see. the firincrs • are working on the land. The people there don't seem to think as pinch of the war as : the. pet1ple in Canada, and England and go on with their work quite unconcerned. They do no:t, seem to grow anything here bub potatoes. Their cattle don't seem to be up • to much but they ,do have good horses, and judging from the, appearance of their farms they are, good farmers, though nothing to be compared to England. I wish you could see Eng- t would rat ]and r be a treat for Foil. ,t' The cuuntrY bete is 'fairly. level and the roads, are very crooked. Every fence is a hedge and the people seem firewood to get all their f tt o.od from these Well, it looks as if the, war would take some time' as it seems ,hard to make any headway.. But I understated the .Canadians; are doing good work so far, their ability aas soldiers is coming in for a good deal of praise. Our horses are all doing One and 1 think, considering what they have gone through, our loss was 'small.` We have not been , so ` busy today, of t •.Ir 40urse our vol is supplying the 3rd brigade with ammunition on so the:1more they use the more work we have to do.I sent yotl a photo of a group of the ammunitionocolumn some time a- do, Dope•you received it. We surely are getting plenty to eat and good stuff and 3 ant feeling fine, not oven a cold. Love to all, etc." At Rest after ter an o g l and useful life. The Late John Middleton. " WE FARE PRETTY WELL HERE" Writes Lieut, McTaggart of the Canadian Artillery Brigade. •ihte following is an'dOract item 'a letter .written by Lieut. Broder Me - Taggart, wife is ori.the firing line in France to _Itis •parents,,M11 and Mrs. G.• D„ •McTaggart -01-- Clinton under date of March 31st : "I ani just waiting for dinner which is to he steak, fried potatoes, bread. and jam. We fare pretty well here although the steaks are quite often rather tough For breakfast we us• ually have eggs and bacon, bread and jam and when we can get it porridge. Eggs cost us 5c apiece but they are fresh. The mill.- is rather thio , and t'he ' bread 'anci butter is itLi Oc- casionally casionally we .gat an issue of tinned butter from Canada. bunch is usual- ly bully beef or sonic of the tinned rations and bread and jam or cheese. The tinned rations are stews and with a little ]seating are very good The bully beef varies with the pack- ers, some good and some poor. The jam is nearly always plum and apple or plus] and it IS beginning to be- come very tiresome, We draw our rations and outside of that costs tis about 2 francs a day. The battery moved into another position Monday morning at '1.30 min. All aur moves are —made at night and everything is hidden away before dawn. There have. been a great number of aeroplanes up lately, both German and our own. It ua quite a sight to see them when they are being shot at by the anti -air -craft guns. It is not very often that one is hit. I am in our obse:vine station now It is about 1]00 yards in rear of our own trenches. In our old position the. observing was done from the trenches. We take turns among the captain and three subs, two clays observing, two days easy, twe•diiys orderly officer ret battery and two days at wagon line, which is a pule or so in rear of the battery. All comnvanication is by telephone. Everywhere your go there are telephone p 011e 1Sil'CS and some 111a(rCs 10 18 as bad as a city corner. In our ole] position wn bad about three mit- es of wire out and four telephoner in operation: Up to date the only Germans 1 have seen have been prisoners. Wo are able b to see than: trenches, com- munication trenches s om- municaiion 1 c andpart of the country behind their lines., Theythemselves keep well out of sight. Tlic country is as flat as a pancake and as it is. impossible to get very high up our view is limitIld. Most of the towers n have been knocked a b not, c.l dolv11. by shells. It adds a great deal to our inununity from artillery fire as the towers always give thebestpoint for observation. The 3rd Infantry Brigade were in front of us in .the trenches in our last position. Bub Brewer is in than brigade but I did' not s_e him. They spendfour days in and then have four days out so theyl have hot been having a very • strenuous time. The infantry fire has very little et feat against the parapets. Asea rule tire: only casualties are from snipers and stray :shots, • 111 our Observing Station there is a ,white cat which they delightto, snipe at when it 'gets on the roof which, causes a few shoti`to comeour•way which is not. altogether pleasant, but still the house we- are in has not suf- fered at all from shell fire while the, ma1orit iave. They sptmlv led a few along this road this morning but chid not cone as far over' as this` house. When they do come close we have our, funk pit—a ]tole in the ground' rover. ed .with sand bags and nods. It is pretty well 'bombproofand is the safest place to make for. We get English vapors now almost regularly. Y I have se en a few ex - cadets who are in the Imperial' Army' since, 1 canoe over. The weather the past fpw days has been beautiful, although cold. Yes- terday morning I 'think it must have bee' down to zero. o. 'The greatest dife fleulty is in keeping ing our feet arm as most of the floors in these ` hunt houses ,are stone flags." 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