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The Clinton News Record, 1913-12-25, Page 1No, I813 --34th Year li CLINTON ,ONTARIO, ;THURSDAY, ;DECEMBER:25th, i9I3 e News - For Decidedely Popular and Pleasing. - Xmas Gifts See Our Line of Watches, Diamond, Clocks, Rings, Broachers, Neck- laces, Silverware, China, Cut Glass and Novelties. Come inandsee our stock you will appro'be, of our very reasonable prices. Sole agents in Clinton for the celebrated Ho4vard Watches, come in and see them. From $35.00 up. • W. X., , Jeweler ani Optician - • - - Clinton The Royal Bank I OF CANADA. Capital Authorized $25,000,000 Capital Paid-up 11,50000 Reserve and Undivided Profits 12,500,000 Total Assets 175,000,1)00 325 Branches. With world wide connection. Interest allowed on Debosits. General Banking business transacted. R. E. MANNING, Manager - Clinton Branch We- holsons Bank Incorporated 1855 Established in Clinton 1879 h Capital and Reserve - . $8,700,000 85 BRANCHES IN CANADA A - GENERAL - BANKING - BUSINESS TRANSACTED. Or ',emelt, LETTERS OP CREDIT • • TRAVELLERS CHEQUES BANISSUED. er i N o DY ORDS s R SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT At all branches. Interest allowed at highest current rate. C. E. Dowding Manager - Clinton Branch. sommiimmmmummt READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHING l ORDERED CLOTHING To Everybody We Extend MERRY OFIRISTTI1AS GREETING. .:.,.. We lso wisto say that our stockwas neterlar9er or more complete than just • now. We havethe assortment s tment and our Prices aresuch that it wrllpayyou to buy by your Clothing, etc. here. ' Motto "A Square Deal for• EveryMan." g E MORflISft CLEFE}IINfi CO. A Be RANGE or ROY'S $W.EATERS 4 BIG RANGE OP Bolt's CAPS LITTLE LOCALS. The Gun. Club intend ha+ding a shoot on their grounds on New Year's Day. The Women's institute will meet at the home of' Mrs. Bradshaw, Mary street, next:•Tuesday. Hockey enthusiasts are training at the' new rink every night, Nothing needed now except cold weather to. make ice and anybody interested. should' get into training, MODELITES ENGAGED. The following are among the mem- bers of the Clinton ^Model School class who have secured schools for the ensuing term : Miss Jean Willey goes to No, 1 Stanley; Miss Eliza- beth Ford to Corinth in Elgin coun- ty, Manley Shipley to North Bay, Harold Cantelon to No, 2 Colborne, Henderson Forrest to Summerhill. CHRISTMAS IN THE CHURCHES. Willis Church, Last Sunday's services were of a Christmas nature, the pastor, Rev. D. K. Grant, preaching earnest and appropriate sermons morning and evening. The choir also rendered Suitable music at each service and the church being handsomely decorated, the ef- fect was both pretty and inspiring. Ont. St. Church. The church choir, numbering twen- ty-five, rendered special Christmas music on Sunday evening. In ad - dation to two excellent anthems by the full choir Mrs. F. S. Turner ren- dered an appropriate solo with violin obligate by, Mr. Morris. The pastor preached morning and evening, his morning theme being, "John The Baptist and Jesus," and in the, evening "Simeon and Jesus." There were full congregations pre- sent and the services were much en- joyed. Next Sunday, with Mr. B. J. Gib- bings again in charge, the choir will render .special Christmas music at each service, •' Wesley Church, Rev. Mr.u spreached R tied a sermons r0 r' a tate to P the sea. P P son.. on Sunday last and the choir had prepared spec- ial music which they rendered in, a pleasing manner. They were as- isted during the day by Mr. McGre- gor, Mr, Cook and Mr. Karl Wilkin, the latter of whom, rendered a solo in the even'ng. A special open session of the Sun- day school was held in the afternoon whena pleasing g Prog ram was given by the scholars, also an address by the pastor and a so' -o' by Miss Boles. The church was prettily decorated for the festive occasion, the work having been done for the most part by the Sunday school scholars and members of the Junior League, and it reflected credit upon their indus- try and taste, St. Paul's. Church. St. Paul's was beautifully decorat- ed, the Christmas services being held on Sunday insteadsteadof Christmas Day as it is the usual custom. Commu- nion was held at half past eight and again at, eleven o'clock, a large num- ber of communicants being present on each occasian. Rev. C. E. Jeakins 'preached appro- priate sermons to large. congregations and the choir tendered specially 'pre- pared music: The evening service was attended by a very large number, the occasion being Rey. Mr. Jenkins' farewell ser- mon', His discourse was eloquent and was listened to with raptattention. At the conclusion the choir filed out into the t ve •st r iu • before but h fore rho congregation had time to move they came back again to their places when Mr. John'Ransford read to the rector a farewell address; but before doing so be said it was difficult to understand why it was to theenet b f of the m" tmsternd a peo- ple that they shotild be parted. Some day all would be made plain, Mean- while they could hut bow to the in- evitable and to the inscrutable, rea- lizing the truth in the poet's words, "God Moves into a mysterious way." He reminded' the reverend gentleman that Huron was the nursery of Bish- ops for the Canadian 'Church, having furnished no less than 'live;' who, shone out as stars .of the first . mag- nitude in the Episcopal constellation' and out of Clire:on arose the king of them all" ' ' With prophetic vision he pictured -the return of their pastor in episcopal robes, wearing the pectoral cross, ang, bearing his Bishop's staff, possibly 11e hair would be silvered and the form: bent, but • the same loving welcome would be accorded, by any -.who might live to see the - day, to both the Bishop aryl the Bishop's • wife, when, they visited' their old par- ish. The •address}vas as fellows To the Rev, C. E, Jeakins, M.A., B.D. Reverend; and Dear Sir,— Permit us. in this manner to express, our af- fection on for you, our high .appreciation of ,your; workampng,;us for 13hepast three years,.of our good wishes follow- ing you to yeur new sphere ofla:our, and of our prayers that God's bless- ing may ever rest on you and ,yours - Signed on behalf of' the congregation of St. Paul's: H. Torr Rance, T. T. Mur- phy, + Chiurchwardens; John Ransford, C. U: Dowding, W, Jackson, .W; ,John- son, Lay Delegates. • That' concluded on led the clergyman's Warden, Mayor. H. Tort Rance, then presented 'on behalf"of the congregat lion, "a purse- of about $80. Mr. Jeakins, visibly affected, briefly returned his heartfelt thanks; .stating that the three years of his; ministry in Clinton he' looked upon as the happiest year's of his Ministerial'ear- yes A GREAT SUCCESS, The exhibition of china painted by Miss' Agnes Middleton of Clinton, Ont-, was a great success, the ladies being very enthusiastic in their ad- miration of the artistic conventional designs; Miss Middleton hopes to con- tinue her studies . in Ottawa this spring. Moosejaw, Sask., Morning News. A. 0. F. OFFICERS: The following is the list of officers elected for Court Prosperity No. 7863 A. 0. F for the ensuing year P. C. R,, J. E. Reinhardt. 0. R,, Fred. Fremlin: • S. C. R., Alex. Steelman. Secretary, Alex. F. Cudinore. . Treasurer, John Derry. S. W., Jacob Sloman. J. W., James Appleby. S. 13., Wm. Sherman. J. B„ Carl Draper. Trustees, James Appleby, Fred, Fremlin, Win. Brown, J. E. Reinhardt: C. B. C. VISITS H. OF R. The inmates of the County Home are pot being forgotten this joyous Christmas time. On Thursday: even- ing last the students of the Clinton Business College, with the principal, Miss Ward, and Miss J. Bartliff, drove down to the House with a treat of oranges, etc., and a whole lot of Christmas cheer in their hearts and after giving a nice musiciai program for the entertainment of the old folk they distributed their bounty, pleat - ted, with any Sociably inclined, were shown over the building by the ob- liging Matron and finally bade a merry farewell to all the elderly peo- ple who had been cheered and inter- ested by their thoughtful visit. WESLEY CHRISTMAS TREE The Junior League of Wesley church had their annual Christmas tree entertainment on Monday evena ing, when everything went{ off smoothly and happily. The Juniors were responsible entire- ly for the program and it did them great credit, every number being ap- propriate and well rendered. One very Pleasing feature was the singing of little Miss Florence Rorke accom- panied by Miss Winnie McMath. But all the girls and boys and little ones did finely. The tree, of course, came in for the greater part of interest'. and a company of happy children answered to their names as Santa Claus dis- tributed the gifts front its loaded brandies. There was a good attend- ance and it was a pleasant occas- s+ion. CHRISTMAS TREAT FOR H. of R. Mr, C. H. Holland, who fills the role of chaplain at the House of Re- fuge, on Friday evening last arrang- ed a little treat for the inmates a- mong whom he is quite popular. Ile gathered up a little party consisting of Mr. Peter Cole and Miss Cole of Goderic h township, and Mr. and Mrs. Percy Cole and the company drove down to the House and entertairi:d the old people for an hour, Messrs. Holland and Mr. Cole, Sr„ each spoke a few words, Miss Cole sang a couple of solos and Mr. Percy Cole gave several selections on his phone - graph which Ile had brought along, Mr. Cole has a set of new blue re- cords s for his Edison phonograph and they 'certainly snake pretty fine mus- ic which was greatly en'oyed by all who heard; After the program a treat of candy, manger, etc., which Mr. Holland had thou htfull provid- ed, A r ed, was distributed and the old folk were sent happy to bed, PUPILS AT MOVING PICTU'RE'S. Friday last saw the Model School close .its doors Lor a little longer Christmas vacation than is usual, 1 s a not to open •again until January 5th, in fact, and a consequently happy lot of yourtesters trooped out of the dif- ferent rooms bent on enjoying to the full the most joyous vacation of the •ear. 1 The Christmas season is the hap- piest of the year and the reason is perhaps becausf,s everybody seems to be trying to make somebody else happy to the forgetfulness of self.— Which is the true spirit of Christmas and is said'' by, wise men to be the secret of happiness. Before breaking up for the holiday the pupils in Miss McGregor's room and those in Miss Wiltse's room had a Christmas tree and cantata, a number taking part in the latter and everyone participating in the former. Each of .the rooms had their own particular "good time" with something: as a . treat, Then, too . the youngsters g s were made very happy Friday afternoon by an invitation from Manager Ramsay of the Princess Theatre to conic down en a to a special exhibition of mntsse moving pictures and about.three o'- clock two hundred and fifty girls and, boys' with their teachers literally took , possess:on of the theatre and the obligin'g.mar,agers put on five new films, all good and suitable for young` people. The performanpe took about ar, hour and it. is almost needless to say that it was an hour 'thoroughly en',oyed, by the children, especially, tut the courtesyof 1 the Prineesy Theatre managers was appreciated by bout pupils and staff. And now, away ,with books,, slates, pee''' ls' and everything pertaining: to school life for a fortnight and may' good old: Father Winteai 'come along, and stay a while so that skates, may be brought out and the holiday may he endoyed in true. Canadian fashion, THE HOME PAPER erry THE LOCAT, MARKET. Wheat 80c to 83c. Oats 30c to 33c. Barley 50c to 55c. Butter 21e to 22c. Eggs held fresh 30c, new -laid 40c Dried Apples 5c to '5,'.c. Live flogs $8,15. FIRE DESTROYS SHACK, Messrs, R. and W. Grantham, . for- merly of Clinton and sons of Mrs. Wm. Stanley of Holmesville, who re- cently went out to homestead at Han- na, Alberta, met with a serious loss a couple of weeks ago when "their phack together with 'all it contained was burned: The boys 'were a short die-' tance away digging a well and on noticing a srwo'-te coming over the hill behind which they were working, they investigated, only to find their home almost entirely destroyed.' So great a headway had the fire made that it was impossible to save any- thing, so their clothing, etc., was a complete loss. As they are young men just starting the 1o0 is a ser- ious one and ,especially so coining as it does at the beginning of the winter. Their Clinton friends will sympathizes - e WOON—FAfQUHAR. A. quiet wedding took place at the Clinton rectory on Thursday after- noon last when Miss Velberta Pearl, only daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Farquhar of the Gravel Road, Huh- lett, was united in marriage to Mr. John 'Woon of the Bayfield Road. Rev. C. E. Jenkins performed the ceremony. The bride wore a pretty gown of cream, whipcord with satin strip and trimmings of satin, Miss Viola Johnston of Goderich was bridesmaid while Mr. Chester Farqu- har, brother of the bride, acted as best man.. After the ceremony the patty; drove to the home of the bride where a ss.mmptuous feast was prepared and the evening was pleas- antly spent in games and music. Mr. and Mrs. Woon have taken up their abode on the groom's farm on the Bayfield Road and have the best wishes of their el friends ends i' ora happy a PPY and prosperous married life. XMAS TREE AT ST. PAUL'S, St. Paul's Sunday school held their 'annual Christmas tree entertainment in the Owen Memorial hall on Thurs- day hursday evening last ish_n the members of the school turned out en masse, al- so a number who are not regular attendants hut are nevertheless in- terested in all that pertains thereto. A nice program of drill's,. dialogues, choruses; etc,, was given by the scholars,. Some of the drills were very pretty and all the little ones acquitted themselves very creditably. At the conclusion of the program "Santa Claus distributed the gifts with' which the tree was laden ; can- dy, fruit, toys of all kinds to make, glad tete hearts] of young folk, carne off that wonderful tree and nobody was .missed everybody ter hodgot something. Theadl L 1 es Guild took ooc the oppor- tunity of putting on the tree for Mrs. Jenkins a handsome lady's trav- elling companion, a thoughtful gift whi. h was appreciated. It was a happy occasion and yet one tinged with sadness for it was the last occasion of. the kind to be graced by the -presence of Rev. Mr. Jeakins,, who presided, and' even the children are full of regret at his de- parture from among them. • WILLIS CHRISTMAS TREE. Monday night was, !'the might" in connection tvii,h Willis Sunday school, , being the occasion of the Christmas tree entertainment. A very pleasing program was given, altogether by the members of the school and for the most part by the younger ones, con- sisting of choruses, solos, recitations, etc.' t It .was very prettily gone ne through, especially v enyea consider the fact that before the performers stood that wonderful mystery tree, aid that : hanging from its laden branches were gifts for everyone and that every }.one was anxious to know just what they were. The peculiar part of the proceedings was that Santa Claus ,came in ona. nmle instead of a reindeer, as is itis usual custom. This was explained by the fact Watt reindeer are. -getting scarce in the north country and be-, sides they sleighing wasn't good. His I appearance : was hailed with delight by the little ones and he generously handed out the gifts,no one being overlooked, Everything bespoke the Christmas time of love and good cheer and al- together it was a night to remember for all the members of Willis Sun day school. There was a good at- tendance of parent and friends of 'the school, , Mr. T. Jackson, ,Jr., was present and when the pastor called on. the "man with the young,' heart," Mr. Jackson responded' in a few words expressing 1.his pleasureiat being there and seeing everybody so happy Personals Mrs. (I)r.) : MacCullum of Kingston ar- rived. on Monday to spend a few ellsthe tre w e at a Alai home in l town dn , • thatof rrJohn M a Ms, Wiseman, Mr. T. T. Murphy, Who has been a patient in the hospital for scene' win)] ets at Itis is eseeks; :dinnerxpecat, Monte toewfth `his Chrlamt y tomorrow. MORE LOCA& NEWS ON'PACEE 5 In two years the $20,000 plant will be scrap,—Clinton. New Era, Is there any necessity for making charges that are "deliberately untrue 7' REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT STATE THE FACTS. THE EXPERTS ALL SAY IIYDR '''DIRECT. The Hydro Commission through their engineeru advise us that, Hydro direct from m t o he stepdown station is more economical than through any auxiliary plan.'. If these experts don't know, who does ? Seaforth with Hydro direct has a surplus of $1000 on the year's oper- ationsand will reduce its rates with the New Year. That's Hydro direct. The town of Mitchell uses an aux- iliary plant such as Clinton has and its sydtenr is not showing ap good results. Time home-made Hydro, so speak, is not a money maker. Is it common sense or good busi- ness to use the old machinery sim- ply because we have it, 0 1peak load down to a minimum. It is 'not fair play to say that we purpose "scrapping" a plant which cost us $20,000. The only part we purpose discarding cost less than $8000 and that we can sell. It will cost less to operate Hydro direct than Hydro with the auxiliary. For these and other reasons, all for the good of Clinton, I am in 'favor of Hydro direct. JAS, A. FORD. IIYORO DIRECT IS MORE SIMPLE AND SATISFACTORY: I am in favor of Hydro direct. 1st—Because 1 find from experience of towns that have mused a combined service, such as the intended earlier in the year, that there is great deal of dissatisfaction and in towns using direct power matters are greatly simplified and much more satisfac- tory. 2nd—The loss of power as has been shown on mature thought r f hydro engineers and our own superintend- ent, Mr. Chant, would much more than make up for all the saving we would gin by using steam to help out on our peak load. i. e. we would he losing $00 to gain $25, or in oth- er words would have a direct loss to the town of $3000 per year. 3rd—Our old electric light machin- ery is depreciating every year in val- ue. We had considerable expense to lay out this year a. to keepit u h� to Y 1 eficicncy. It requires more help. It is not able without rc.n orcing to carry the load we expect, 4th—lt costs no more to fit up for Hydro direct than by the scheme pro- posed. 5th—The knitting factory contract only lasts for two years and we are plann;ng business for a generation a- head. It has been said by those who ap- parently have given tete matter very little thought that we are buying the plant for $20,000 and scrapping the whole concern'. We are doing note. ing of the. kind. We are using part of plant on new system, such as wiring etc., and the balance we hope to sell above scrap iron Price. The balance that will still remain would much more fairly be called our price to buy back the franchise granted by aformer council to the old El'ectri'c Light Company. With matters thus placed before me, acting with I think common sense, I could not do otherwise than vote for Ilydro direct. Doing otherwise I world be faith to the trust placed in me by the electorate of ;;linton. C. W. THOMPSON. HYDRO DIRECT. WILL EFFECT A SAVING OF FROM 20 TO 30 ^ IIORSE'POWER. From my knowledge of, tate hydro Electric, the action of the .common in taking the advice of our electrical engineer and selling our present plant and using hydro' direct can easily he ustifi-c investigation..: el by It is beyond'a doubt that by usibg power direct for either light or 'pow- er. tliero will be a saving from 20 to 30; h.p, The systemic of power sent out from Niagara gives the minimum loss whereasour present � pies nt system Cannot distribute electrical energy -.anything neat the minimum line loss: Our Hydro plant and Waterworl-s. plant will be under oneroof thereby saying' tete salary of one expert and replacing another expert py a helper at reduced salary. The question ,'of peak load is the only item that fs' of any condemn, - 17he experience of other towns' us- ing power has been that the day eonsuhnption of power; has increased beyond expectations especially cion- sumers under restricted hours, 'The fact which I have verified by our neighboring towns brings the item of Is it economy to provide only for the present, knowing that the near future will nteen great additional cap- ital expenditure. The present plant will not be scrap and further the engineer never said it was to be scrapped. The present distributions system will be used Tice engines, boilers and generators ' will be sold. The cost for •installing Hydro dirs eot will Dot be one cent more than willerequired e tdr q t ed iF we use our pre- sent plant and further by using Hy- dro direct whatever the sale of ore - glees, boilers and generators, build- ings and land bring will be clear gain. The plant your council proposes to install has a capacity for 600 h. p. which is equal to the requirements of Clinton for some years thereby, necesitating no further charges on capital account. ' Will the electors kindly assist the council by asking for facts before they hand out unjust criticism. B. J. GIBBINGS. HYDRO DIRECT WILL REDUCIl ELECTRIC LOSS, The old' wire will be used again. The old, poles will be used 'again. Theprice 1 uce of time motor which would be required to drive the old plant will pay for new transformers and meters required. It is computed time loss electric- ally caused by using a motor • to drive omit present' generators wilt equal the extra expense caused by the peak load system 'of charging for current. TheI ct •' ee uc al loss on the lure will also be reduced by using Hydro dir- ect, owing to the line voltage being doubled, The equipment not required under the new direct system can be sold. The cost to make the change to Hydro direct will he about the same whether the old plant is discarded or not, The price 'of the present plant in- cluding buildings and land equals a- bout one half of the price paid for the whole hoe s s tern. or . 1 0 Y 000 $ not $20,000.00.. H. B. CHANT, 1 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 +I 3 HYDRO DiRECT IS POWER DIR- 1 ECT FROM PRODUCER 'CJJ•. CONSUMER. e _ ..- un micacihiner y,, It takes .power- 1'o r the less issi'clrhtery rub the Iess pow- er losit. The percentage of power lost by not having it direct would amount to a- bout thirty percent, besides the loss in wear and frtctico which machine- cry is subject to. There will be no material difference in the cost of installation of either of these systems. We had given an order for a new motor torun le ld Plant with t - m e 1 an a 0 P a probable cost of $3009 which will l! now be saved and that amount should pay for all the. new transfor- mers and meters required. That or- der has been cancelled. The cost of maintaining: power dir- ect will be mucic less to the people in the saving of one expert also one laborer which will mean $1500 byi having both the waterworks and the electric light plant concentrated in the one building. Theold poles and small wires will not be wasted, they will be used for extending the line, The present plant will not be scrap- ped, but if no, arrangement '° can he made with the ,Knitting Company in the way of a sale when out contract with them expire$ in less than two years, if then not required it can be put on the market and roll to the best advantage. The value of that part of the pro- perty which will be for sale is equal to about heti of the purchase price paid. The plant which we are now going to operate we are nosy building for the future and will have a capacity of about 600 horse power, making it over. double that of the plant now in use, insuring to thepeople that it sitould be ,sufficient for years tt' come. 'Haying; given this :matter serious, financial consideration, with tis above fact placed before nee, I' consider that I would notl+ trueto the 0 e t trust t that the people' of Clinton have so frequently placed in me if I did not -vote : for hydro direct to the consumer, D. CANTELOH, The Nevis -Record is The People's Paper. Are YOU a Subscriber ? 4 1