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CLINTON
CLINTON ONTARIO THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER ,24 1914
W. H. Kerr '& Son, Editors and Publisher
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Thursday
Whole German army is preparing
for a great retiring movement,
A new, list issued for the War office
contains the mimes of 25 more officers
dead.
British aviators make' 500 mile flight
drop bombs„ on Zeppelin hangar and
returp safely.
The Belgian army marches on capi-
tal.
During the past few days 50,000 Ger-
mans were wounded on French battle.
fields.
Japslost heavily as Germans explode
ground where Japs were advancing.
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General Botha will take a strong
field force against Germany in South
Africa.
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(General Lents. Botha, Premier and
miinoitter of Agrieultunail of the
union of South Aitr'ic{a, will sake
supreme command of the British
operations against German South-
west Afrioal. '
Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia has
beep, captures by Servain andMont
enie'gri(n itiiolops,
The Germien cruiser, Spr'eielw'ald
ilslgaiatu'ed by the British cruiser
Berwick lithe North Atlahitfic,
'The British Warships Aboukir,
Business or the bonen =Give Thee a'Triai
WITH TPJ CHURCHES. • Personal Notes *
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would announce it In the NEW 11e, �'
Rev. Mr, Kennedy, a member of the
13aptist Home Mission. Board, took
the service Sunday- night on behalf of
the Donnnion Alliance.
Rev, Mr. Pailful' took the morning
service. . a
The pastor will' preach next sunday.
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It will be ]Tally day in the Sunday
School.' Special program and music.
Everybody welcome.
WILLIE CHURCH
Rev. ;Mr. Muir, of Tbrobto, preach.
ed in the morning last Sunday ou be.
half of the Dominion Alliance.
Rev, Mr: Harper took the evening
service.
Mr. Stewart Jackson, of New York,
sang a solo, which, was much appeal:
ated at the evening service. ,
Next
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special a] iuvitatin
ONTARIO ST CHURCH
Last Sunday morning the pastor's
subject, was `The creation of man in
the likeness of God," -
Rev. John Muir, of Toronto, preach-
ed in the evening in the interests of
the work of the Dominion Alliance • •
"Holly Day" will be observed on
Sunday next. Rev. A. W. Barker, B.
D., of Seaforth ,will preach in the
morning. A special rally service will
be held in the afternpon for which a
special program is prepared. The
Pastor will be present and will ad-
minister the •rito • of baptism to all
children that may be Brought 10 him.
The pastor and Russell May will give
brief addresses to young men and
women at the evening service.
Hogue wind Cressy have been sunk
On Monday evening next a banquet
ln'the North Sea byisubmari'n(es ac will be tendered all young men of the
cording town announcement given church by the Young Womens Lea-
gue. One of the features, following
the supper, will be an address to
young men by Rev. William Conway,
B. D.,
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out by the Oificilal Bureau Tuesr
day afternoon. Continuing the
a:nn euncement says that a consid
enable number of ithe enews of
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ors. Thee Cameron
ed to Kincardine recently with some
friends from Seaforth. -
A great many of our citizens attend.
ed the Goderich • exposition,
The wife of Oap. John Ferguson
while on board his ship on a trip north
was seriously hurt by a fall on the
cabin steps.
A meeting:to the purpose of forming York, who is visiting at his father s
a rifle guard for the purpose of home home. The following are some of the
protection is called for next Friday selections which will be given :-
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ecenin in the town hall. Anthem "0 Canada" Lavallu-Broome
Quartette "just as T Am" E. R. Bowles
Airs. East, 5Liss Greene, Messrs.
Moffat and East.
Anthem "0 Come to rny- Heart Lord
Jesus" Emrese
Duet "Glory to thee, My God this
night" Gourod
Mrs, East and Miss Greene
Solo "I heard the voice of Jesus Say"
Rathbun Mr. S. Jackson.
A.ntheur "holy Art Thou" Handel's
Largo.
WESLEY CHIIRCII.
Rev. E. D. Silcox, editor of the
Congregationalist preached on behalf
of the Dominion Alliance fast Sunday
evening 1
The pastor; after his holidays oc-
cupied his own pulpit in the morning.
The Missionary departrnent had
charge of the League service on Mon -
clay night.
The Junior League will hold a pan
cake social on Friday
evening,
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Sup••
per
served from 5 to 7.
Rally day in the Sunday School
next Sunday. A special program is
being prepiired for the occasion.
The clior of Wesley church are
giving a special song 'service next
Scinday evening.. They will be assist-
ed by • Mr. Stewart Jackson, of New
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and satisfactory to make o
your discussion from our
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Overcoat will surely come
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elegant garments and try
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The more you apprev
date distinction in style
and'exaetness of tailor •
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Ills. these unequalled
Coats and Suics .
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Mr. and Mrs. Will Jenkins were in
London last week.
Mr. Norman Holland spent the week
end at London.
Mr, N. W, Trewartha is visiting in
Goderich.
Miss Maud Pickard of Toronto and
Rev, Fleetwood Pickard of Lakeland,
Florida visited at ,Mr, Will Jenkin's
last week,
Mr. W. Routledge and Aliso Ella and
Mr. Fred
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London on
Ford
Thursday.
Rev. Mr Kettlewell of the Dominion
Alliance visited at the parsonage over
Sunday.
The. Rev. Fleetwood Pickard of Flor
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tela preached in the Methodist church
here on Sunday morning. The Rev.
gentleman took his text from St. John
116 and was listened to with rapt at-
tention for nearly an hots'. Be is au
eloquent speaker, showing, a close
study of the Bible, and a allowing.
In the
.faster', service, Mr. Pickari' is a
ccuein of Messrs Ezra and Will Pick-
ard and Mr. W, Jerkins, also Mr, F,
Pickard of Porters Hill.
Mr, and Mrs. Mopiath • of Goderich
visited at N, W Trewartha'e for a few
days last week. •
Mr. A J. Courtice was in London on
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jervis visited
in Goderich last week.
Miss Vienna Jervis is attending the
0. 0.1., Clinton,
Mr, and Mrs. Jas. Ford. of Clinton,
visited in this vicinity on Sunday, ,
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f:f ctency First
4,Last and all the time is the chief fea•
• taro of .the courses of instruction in the
Specials
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THIS WEEK, --
Red Peppers,
.Green Peppers_
Pickling ; Onions,
Celery '
Clover 'Honey
Musk. :Melons
Peaches(
h Morrish Clothing ( .
A Square Deal for Every Man
Mrs. James Steep returned 'on Mon.
day from a visit with her claught'er,
Mrs. A F. Collyer,
Mr and Mrs F. Fraser have returned
from their
honeymoon and are now
spending a few days with the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs, R. Walton ou
Rattonbnry street.
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Mrs. W. J. Kilbride spent a few
days, ab London and at St. Thomas
with her parents. '
Mrs. Rathwell is visiting her Moth-
er, Samuel -Chambers, at Ethel for a
week or two.
Brussels Post : Garf. Baker and
wife of Grey Township, went to -Clip -
ton and spent a few days with friends
there.
The many friends of Mr. Wallace
Irwin, a former Clinton boy, will be
sorry to learn that he had to undergo
an operation for appendicitis at Lon-
don, last week. lis old friends Will
and one of the members of the King•
Macdougal Business College, was in
town on Wednesday, Hair. Walter
King, a former Clinton boy is one of
the members of the college. ,
The Star FI. Kemp, the Goderich
jeweler, and aformer Cltntonian, who
is a clever hand at otherthingsbesides
liis,watchmaking; made a ,kite the
other day 5 feet high by'4' 7" across
on the 'army" plan, and hacl it up
floating like an aeroplane (as which it
was regarded by not a few around
town) for a couple of days, but in haul-
ingit Clown on Tuesday, the string
broke and the flyer came to grief. Mr.
Kemp says he will build a6 -footer some
join in wishing him a speedy recovery. of these days to show what he can do.
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Mr. r.
• eorg a Keyes, es of
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nto made
a hushless.
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Linton hast week.
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Mr. Edward Mole, .superinteudant
of the Seaforth Ilydro department
was in town" on Saturday.
Miss Hattie French, of Seaforth,
was a Clinton visitor last week:
Mr. and Mrs, Hugh Miller, of l3rook
lyn N, Y., are the guests of their
daughter, Mrs .° Thos. Hawkins. Mr.
Miller is traffic manager for the Robt,
Gair Company.
Mi•. and Mrs. Nicola and children, of
n •hi � were callingon old
Morris Tows
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friends in town on Saturday last.
Mr. Wm. Jackson, secretary of the
Blyth Fall Fair, was a visitor in tow»
on Friday last.
Airs. J. K. Fairfull will be at-home
the first Thursday of each month.
Co. Treasurer Holmes, of Goderich,
was in town last week attending the
meeting of the Warden's Committee.
The Dr, is holding his age well and
walks as spry as ever.
PENNANTS RETURNED.
On Friday morning, when .'t`he
New Eria office wa.s•;opened the
entissiing penlha'ts were 'found in
our letter drop box. It Bitln°'t
take long forst e suspected to co
tuna thein :alter they had'reas the
item in The New Era. Weturn•etd
them •over to Chief Wheatley :who
hook thereto the owners, -
MINOR LOCALS.
• Councillor Paisley was n visitor at
London and St. Thomas last week.
_Mr. A. Lodis was at Lucknow Fair
last week judging horses and is up at
Teeswater this week. Ile has been
many years at the job and gets repeat
orders which must be a good enough
recommend for anyone.
• Ah'. R. E. Manning is attending the
General Conference of the Methodist
church at Ottawa. •
•117x. Robert Irwin, s0111of Mr and
Mrs. J. A. Irwin, who has been preach
lig in the West for the past couple of
years is hone for a short vacation.
lie will attend Victoria College this
fall,
Exeter Advocate: -Miss Vera Rowe
who has been at her'home here for
several. months, will resume her posi-
tion as stenographer with the flew of
Blackstock e�'Oo next week Toronto,
and will leave for that city Saturday.
The young lady is 0 grand -daughter
of Mrs. Holloway, sr„ of town.
Editor Elliott of the Blyth Standard
gave the New Era a call on Friday
afternoon,
Oo, Clerk Lane, of Goderich, was in
town on Friday last,
Mrs. E. C. Cioleman, of Winnipeg, is
the guest of the Misses Cole, Huron
street.
Mrs Sobr'enk and Master Bobbie
were 11 Goderich over Sunday. •
Miss Lily Leitch has taken a position
with J. P. Sheppard & Go.
Ar. Thos. Trick is visiting
friends n
ls in
London, Ingersoll and Thedford,
Mr. and Mrs, Fred Cook spent a
few days in Goderich this week visit-
ing their son,
Miss Hellyar of Bowmanville, is the
guest of her brother, Mr, W. 11.
Hellyar of town.
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Mctaggart left
on Tuesday for Valcartier, Quebec to
see their son Broder before he leaves
for the seat of war.
Miss Mary ,Walker, of Detroit, is
visiting her father, 111'. Robert Walk-
er, west of town,
'Hew does yourAbabel read,'
Ate* wil i•go 'c7'ane Wo Seaforth to
m•o rrow to lattenid the fair.,
IDayBy Henry Chapyell II
poem is Mr. HenryChappell, (The author of this magnificent pus Y Iell, a railway
porter at Hath, England. Mr. Chappell is known to his comraclns as the
"Bath Railway Poet," A poem such as this lifts him to the rank of a
national poet.)
Mrs, J. B. Lindsay
has returned
in
' ''t with friends
from atwo weeks visit
Toronto and Hamilton.
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It's a Long Way to Tipperary.
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The following song, "It's a Long
Way to Tipperary," which has become
the marching soil; of the B i•itish army
Up to mighty London came an Irish.
man one day.,
As the streets are paved with gold,
sure everyone was gay;
Singing songs of Piccadily. Strandrand
Leicester Square,
Ti11 Paddy got excited, then he shout-
ed to them there;
The Voice of the People.
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Editor of The New Era, • (,
IP,e +mi ti me, (through your Yen-
reliable paper, to thank 'the people
for the very hearty 'way they re,
S'poinded to any invitation, I, would
tlyalnk Mr. ac'd Mrs. Lobb for the
very corteoue ai-iary they . received
And entertained nae. (Too D. Can-
ltelan, V, Jaglrero(q, Js. Snell, W:7:
Taylor of Stanley, W. S.R.(Holines,
W. Colnmell and others, for their
manal support. I w ould' like to see
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a /carload of apples on Ithe way
as aaan as iosslbre, 15 we riled
the naacess,ery funtls to pi\oeuria
the • barrels. T'aose who wish to
odni;r.ibute to this turd), while in
txlainsi , can do so •either ,through
me or an the box tart
(Holmes'drug
wishto 'corn
store. ;Those who corn -
tribute apples could be supplied
;with barrels. Pure religion and
undefiled before God ',and ;thq
Fatlthier, is ihds, oTlo visit the
fatherless and widows ars their
,atilfttdhcen, and, to, keep himself
unspotted from the world," James
1.27. (That golden age is coming
with its 'goldefn city„ its Lamb, its
Light, land its;mhtlons. In a D3.01-
merit,
m:ormenit, lar the twinkling cat tan eye
alt the last trump ; for the
trum-
etslall sound, and the dead shall
be
raised incorruptible, and we
shall he (ehangeid, 1 Cor. 15.52.
Yours respectfully,
JOHN HOLMES.
Chorus:
It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go;
It's a long way to Tipperary;
To the sweetest girl I know.
Good-bye Piccadily. farewell Leices-
ter Square;
It's a long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there.
Paddy wrote a letter to his Irish
Molly 0',
Saying: ''Should you not receive it,
write and let me know;
1f I make mistakes in spelling, Molly
clear," " s• id he
"Remember .almber it's the pen that's Dad,
don't lay the blame on rue,"
Moly wrote a neat reply to Irish Pad-
dy 0',
Sayiug: "Mike Maloney wants to
marry me and se
Leave the Strand and Piccadily, or
you'll he to blame
.Nor love has fairly drove me silly,
hoping von're the same,"
Yoo boasted the Day, and you toast-
ed the Deny,
And now the Day has come.
Blasphemer, braggart, and coward all,
Little you reca of the numbering ball,
The blazing shell, or the. "white arm's"
fall,
As they speed poor humans home.
You spied for the Day, you hecl for
the Day,
And woke the Day's red spleen.
Monster, who asked God's aid Divine,
Then strewed' His seas with the ghast-
;ly mine;
Not all the waters of the Rhine
Can wash thy foul hands clean.
Yon dreamed for the Day, you schem-
ed for the Day; . `•
Watch how the Day will go,
Slayer of age,and youth and prime .
(Defenceless elatu for neyer a crime
Thou art steeped in• blood as a hog
slime. -
False friend and coward foe.
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To the editor of ,The New . Era.
Dear Sir. -The fact that I am of
Germain descent seemed to have
aroused in the minds of some un-
duly excitable personas unfounded
isuspiciaos as tto may loyalty, anal
these suspicions'hrave developed
into rumors which I find are being
widely circulated. Most of these
rumors are so absurd that nobody
could bet expected +to believe
them, but others are of such a
dalmaging character that I feel it
is only just to myself dud my
frieirnds that I should publish this
stademetnt. It is a painful taint()
have one's loyalty called ha %ques-
oml le
d tpub-
licly
n (and tobe c d
'era rant poll
I . m ,faked
defend pit, but ,11
under the circumsbainces to. do it.
I am a British subject, and 1
tend to continue tet be a ,Billfish
subject for the rest of luny life.
My parentage is Genman, but it is
probably enough to !say that- my
father sought refuge 151 this Brit-
ish Colony, la refugee .from the
hated military service imposed by
the Prussian, govern,ment, 'Surely
I (have little reason to -'do any-
thing but love and praise the,flag
Births, Marrlages Deaths
that has given protection to any
people, anal to myself and mychil-
drern the means of advancementfn
BIRTII5 life such as we could scarcely have
Gosleigh-ln Clinton on Wednesday enjoyed tinier any other flag. As
Sept. 231.d, to Itlr.and Mrs. A. Gosleigh a German I .should be unglatural
a daughter.
Watson -fn Londesbure on Sept.
2011, to Mr, and Mrs. Chas, Watson a
daughter,
MARRIAGES
Gillies -Andrews - In Clinton, on
Sept. 17th, Erma Sele„a, eldest dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Y, J, Andrews
to Frederick Fenton Gallie,
Elliott -Reid -In Stanley on Sept,
16th, Mary, eidestdaugbter of AIr, and
Mrs, James Reid. to David Elliott of
Clinton.
You have sown for the Day, you have
grown for the Day;
Yours is the harvest red.
Can you hear the groans and the aw-
ful cries?
Can you see the heap of slain that lies
And the sightless turned to the flame
split skies
The glassy eyes of the dead?
You have wronged for the Day, you
have longed for the Day
That lit the awful name;
'Tis nothing tc, you that hill and plain
Yield sheaves of dead men amid the
grain;
That widows mourn for their loved
ones slain,
And mothers curse thy name.
But after the Day there's a price to
Pay
For the sleepers under the scd.
And Ile you mocked for many a day
al Listen and hear whet he has to say; -
"Vengeance is mine, I will repay.
Wl t can ou say to .God?
DEATHS
Pennebaker-In Clinton on Tuesday
Sept. 22nd, Samuel Penanbaker aged
85 years and '7 months.
McDonald -In Tuckersmith, Sept,
22nd. John McDonald, aged 75 years,
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MORE WATER USERS.
The 'Public Utilities Commission.
race busy in)a'tfaLliing Wore water
:Apes., Those cordnent ct nenently
ar+e-Pnof. Bristowe, E. Blaoker.,and
R a Tlaispder.
if T did 5101 admire the German
people, as all German Canadians
do, but I ram ,a Canadian ,,bore
all, and my fhag is the British
flag and nn other. The rumors
circulated about me which in, maw
alai impeach. my, (loyalty are false
Yours truly,
JOHN SCIIOENIIALS,
FOUNTAINS PLACED.
Mr, Thos. Hawkins has the wa-
ter foutnitaln(s placed in the rooms
at the Model School, and did a
good job. He ,also has the foun-
tain here amsready( to pact, up
for 'the Women's Intatitute.
JEWISH NEW YEAR(;
and
int can,-
brwlfled oma sept..1;0. am 23,
btaiabed'oneSpt. 21, a'h
23 Inlcame
m'hieemdoanyalt
isiaonf Afdtahme ,T7heDayr uofnAt
arrememat will,be celebrated on
Sept: 30.
ATTEMPT TO; WRECK "BRUCE”
Grand Trunk Railways 'detec-
People Say --
That the Farmers should grow lots
of wheat next year,
That the big Patriotic concert in the
town hall tonight should he well pat-
rouizecl.
'fives have ;been despatched to
Brucefield this week, where an, at-
tempt whir made to lWreekr (the
L(ctnlcyoln, Huron rand Bruce train,
by placing a ,number .of boulderts
on tive-tns_k. ,They were discov-
ered Ev few minutes prior to the
arrival' of the train, and removed.
FIVE.1:WAYS ` G PkeE
f here are many subscribers who have paid promptly, ;and we return our hearty
thanks to them. On October lst all subscribers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan,
./_Alberta, British Columbia, United States, and those who get single copies in
Ontario, their names will be sent to a collecting agency, and they will collect
overdue accounts at the rate of $1,50 a year. We hope those in arrears will take
this to heart and act promptly as we leave it open to them, up to October 1st; to
pay at $1.00 a year. Those who have settled, the label will be changed on their
papers the lst week in October. ACT NOW.
That the market square is adisgrace
--that it should be a beauty spot and
it is not
That Jim Ford, •chs•irman of the
street committee shauld put a few
loads of gravel in the holds on Bay-
field
ayfield road, ,
That Mr. R. Rowland's new house
013 High street is a dandy.
That Tom Jackson and the Boys
Minstrel show will be is good one,
That the Rev, Mr. Harper is a good
preacher and will he very popular.
That Clinton has the best roads in
Ontario, and strangers to Huron sa y
80.
That the hot; weather this week is
easy on the coal bins,
Minstrel Show -The boys big min-
strel ehow will likely be held, on
Thanksgiving night and possibly re-
peated en the night following. The
big, choir of 35 voices are now in prac-
tice in all the latest songs, and Toni
Jackson is getting it up and paying all
expenses and the money turned over
to the committee to spend as they see
fit.
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The synphoniy Quartet
of the
'Ithaca Conservatory of Music
Will Appear in the Town Hail
in November ,
Under the auspices of the
Ontario Street Ladies Aid
Watch for further particulars