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The Clinton New Era, 1913-02-27, Page 91 ight,an Wo'lrr en's , BEAVER uiltecl Lining, Black Fur Collar . Regular $l5.00 for $9.98.'' .These Coats are without doubt the biggest bargain we ever offered Our reason for this deep cut is WE DO NOT WANT TO CARRY THEM OVER --UNTIL NEXT SEASON. Every `coat '1loss"to'; us financially. This is an opportunity that does not come every season, sizes 38 to 42. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, . 25 per cent off Brussals and Tapestry Carpets One thousand yards of Brussels and Tapestry Carpets ' , TwenityAgood patterns to 'choose from House-cleaning time wall,soot4 'q# and, this offer is well worth looking into, ]Back. Silk Waists $31'5 aiid $4.01) for $t.98 Ladies: fine: quality Black Silk Taf etta.;andPailette Waists, the very newest styles; sizes 34, 36 and 38, regular 3.75 and 4.00, Friday and Saturday, yy,TT(( Stanfield's Vests and .- Drawers 98c Out t Teti balance of Stanfield's Vests al `Drawers, in white and cream,, :We ,are. putting them all in one lot, regular up to 1.75, Friday and,.,Saturday.cboice 98c Winter Vests and Drawers Regular,25etor 19c a"di'espatural colored Vests and Dca*e1 sl , all sizes, good make, well made anti --trimmed, regular 25c, Fri- day an& aturday selling 19c NNatnrat Wool'-Vesl Drawers 8.2c. Ladies naturalwool..:'ests and Drawers, sizes 1, 2, .3;,,4 and . guar- anteed unshrinkable. While they last Friday and Saturd'ay8ac, Ladies and Children ; `,B1ae . Tights 75e for 5c All sizes in Ladies and' Children's Black Tights, elastic and selesia bands, regular 75c, "'clear'ing' Friday and Saturday at 55c Ladies Astrachan Jackets Regular $50 for $3;50';. Ladies Black Astrachan Fur Jackets, Canadian Salt e:, tritmed, sizes 34 to 4o, regular tn5O.b0,'F,riday and Saturday 832.5o NEW SPRING PRINTS '`Crum's" I913 New Spring Prints now in stock 12c NEW SCOTCH GINGIIAMS "Anderson's" 1913 New Scotch Ginghams now in stock I24 -c NEW SPRING SUITS New Spring Suits just to hand ASK TO SEE OUR SPECIAL AT $10.00. SELLING OUT SALE Mocas ins This is ' the season of` the year to enjoy the pleasures of cross-country tramps on chow Shoes. There is nothing that will give you more pleasure or a more healthy exercise than snow shoeing. We carry a full line of Moccasins for men, women and children. If you intend to go snow shoeing come and see our display, Overshoes In one and two buckle styles, eavv Rubbers Of all kinds—both buckle and lace. Will .Either Seli the Store or Rent. itcheil &Son CLINTON i WOMEN IN VESTRY. The churchwomen of the Diocese of Huron are asking by petition to be made members of the vestry in their respective parishes, as is the case of seven other dioceses in Canada. GOOD 'FRIDAY CONCERT, The choir: of North St, Church. Goderich. 40 voices will sing for the Mission Circle in Ontario St. Church, on the evening of Good Friday. WRIGHT A LAWYER NOW. Clare Montrose Wright, whb at the time of the Kinra.de tragedy in Ham- ilton was trying for the ministry, and who • subsequently married Mies Florence Kinrade, bas been called to the bar of Alberta. He was with Ryan and Robinson, Calgary, when he pass- ed hie final examinations, •t ♦f••f...•1*.•..**.•...f..f.•♦*..Tiff a.•N••R••'.fN •• i',. ......f...::.i4►....a *...• ..........•a.f. ....., HOOIEY WATCH:. CLINTON MARKETS;,. Hogs 8.79. Better -20-21 Eggs —20-21 Wheat -90-92'' Oats -30-,31 Barley -50 Peas -75-80 Bran—$22, MUSIC EXAMS e The mid -winter exams, in con- nection with London. (Eng.) College of Music held in Mr. W. Glenn Camp' bell's studio at Seaforth on Feb. 6th Prof. Howell, of Montreal, being the examiner. The following is the excellent report of Mr. Campbell's pupils ;—Pianoforte 65 per cent, pass 75 per cent...honors ;; 85 per cent. lst class honors Primary Grade — Honors—Dorothy Walley, Seaforth Josephine Murray, Seaforth, jun- ior Grade HanolfsH't'Estelle Clark, Constance, 'Interna:ediate Grade- Honors—Lela Lane9'hg, Atihi'rrn: Senior Grade First Class 'Honors— Winnie Howson,,Aulatrn., An excitingGatne of Hockey will be p)uyed between the Teams of the Sea- forth Collegiate and Clinton Collegiate. Fridav, Feb 28. Game called at Eight'' o'clock. Admission 15 cents. ADVERRTISING-ISItfS, ,Tis a bitter pillto swallow to fipd your best customer has been lured away by your competitor's advertise- ments. But there's a remedy. Better advertising. REMAINS IN SEAFORTH, The quarterly official hoard of Sea forth Methodist church by a standing vote extended a unanimous invitation to avail: pastor, Rev, A. W. Barker B 11.to remain a third year. The in vitation was accepted. CROWS ARE PLENTIFUL, A. well-known resident called up the New Era last Thursday afternoon to say that the crows had arrived. How- , our. correspondent had seen many ''do;cn his way, the early part of the week. PRESENTED WITH th DOING GOOD ,WORK. Last week's Presbyterian gives the ,following note _oneernnig a former student Who s applied Willis C1rurch " during, Jar. Stewarts' •holi- days":—Rainy- 'iver,a;,Ont,; Rev. Hislop Dickson.—Present member- ship 93. Of this number 53 were added during the fifteen months since the induction bf the present pastor, 29 of them being by pro- fession : of faith,,Total receipts 82,158 being an incease of 50 per cent. over the total givings of the previous year.. Two ieiv organiza- tions were added during 1912, a W.H.M.S, and a Mission Band, Every organization in the church is making good .progile8s. The an- •nnal meeting, which folloived a. banquet provided by the Ladies' Aid Society was a record breaker as to attendance and. ent]rusiam. HURON'S PUBLICITY PAMPHLET The editing committee in charge of the pamphlet which it is propos- ed to issue to advertise Iluron County, met ht''Seaforth on Mon- day last, including Reeve Goven- lock, president of the County As- sociation ; Mayor Greig, chairman ; Co. Clerk Lane, Secretary James Mitchell, and R. R. Sal lows an charge of the photo selections and Mr, J. W. Vanatter, who had sub- mitted the ,'copy for the work to Mr. Roadhouse, Dep; Minister of Agriculture. The copy was again revised by the committee. includ- ing some suggestions made by Mr. Roadhouse, andas now in the hands of the printer. The •Committee de- cided that in quality of paper, selection of photos for engravings and general get up of the book they would excel anything yet published by any Ontario county. AN IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT. Mr. Pred. C Elford, for a few months past manager of the Cana- dian Incubator Co„ Toronto, has been appointed Dominion Poultry Husbandman, with headquarters at Ottawa, The offer came to hire from the Minister of Agriculture, entirely unsolicited, and places Mr. Elford at the bead of the Poultry Department for the Dominion. Re will have charge of all the experi- mental branches, and his duties take him from coast to coast, "Fred's" many friends in Huron and elsewhere will be gratified to see that his abilities as a poultry expert have been thus appreciated, and are satisfied that he will dis- charge the duties of his new posi- tion to the entire satisfaction of the Minister of Agriculture. He assumes his new office on March 1st, Home=made Bread Just ask Ifor lConner's Home- made Bread. ?t has the real home-made flavor, and its good ness can always be depended on CONNER'S Home`Made BREAD CHAS, GOINJNER Baker and Confectioner Don't Attempt to funs with the plumbing when there"a a leak or repairs are need- ed. Send for our "trouble man" at If we install your PLUMBING you won't haveoccasions for re- pairs often. If there's something wrong frequently, why not have us look rt over and give you estimates .' on modern plumbing? REV. DE, W. H. HINCKS, well, knoWn pastor of Broadway Meth-�, &dist Tabernacle, Toronto, whose' home was ransacked by ,burglars, on Sunday nigh:t.: Thos.lavvkins PlHnibing. aa11,d I¢eatiing (Pl[bne'"i,SO). • PIPE AND CASE. The Listowel Correspondent to the Stratford Beacon.makes reference to our new citizen:—Mr. W. Morris. of Clinton visited with friends in town over Sunday. While here he', was pre- rented with a'pipe and case. • 48 POSTOFPIOES CLOSED. Forty eight post offices in Canada were closed last month on account of the inauguration of the .tree rural system of mail delivery. Iwo sys- tems, of course, are not necessary, and, abolition of post offices inpart compensates for the expenses of the rural -deliveries; CONTEMPT OFt COURT: Last Thursday Magistrate Andrews had the Exeter case before him, as was repdrted' in other issues, but as Plaintiff looked too long on the red wine, his Honor bad him placed in "coop" for two hours and adjourned court until today. BUYING COWS. Mr. Fred Davis of Goderich, was in this locality last week buying up cows to ship out West to his ranch. He has just returned from the West, where he found the thermometer 47 degrees below zero, and aithougn some claim they don't feel the cold, when the mercury gets that low, he felt it all right. MINOR LOCALS. March comes in on Satarday, Council meets next Monday Even- ing. Saturday was a very slippery day for most people. The municipality of Elmira has been incorporated for twenty-eight years, and in all that time has never had a cent of arrears of taxes, a'l the taxes being paid before the 14tH of Decem- ber each year. Well done. Elmira! TO THE OLD LAND. The lawn bowlers have been selected to represent Canada in Great Britain neat summer but one rink, which will likely he the spare rink of the tourists, having yet to be chosen, The list of players from this district that are ex• pected to sail on the Victorian', June 0, are as follows: 51 i+.. Wettlaufer, 13er• lin; Ed. Seagram, Waterloo: Alex. Fail], Stratford; A. Ford, D. Burritr. and Dr. E G. Wood, all of Mitchell, the last named four comprising one of the quau•tettea. HAZEL KIRIK. Stelle Mackey's Drama in four acts will be presented by The Citi- zens ;Band of Clinton in the Town Hall on Thursday evening March 27th, 1913, under the direction of Miss May Rance. The cast will be composed of some of our young people who have taken part in similar plays. The full cast will be• inserted in this paper later. Every effort will be put forth to make this Drama a success, Mr, Geo, Phelan has been elected Musical Director with an orchestra of eight pieces will render some Standard Selections and popular music. TO HOLD GODE'RICH TRAIN. Stratford Herald:—Stratford is the natural theatre for the whole district west to Lake Huron, and all season lovers of good plays in Sebriugville, Mitchell, Seaforth, Clinton and Gode rich have been asking that the 10.20 p.m. train be held at Stratford until the final curtain, when a first class at- traction plays Griffin's, in order that they could come to Stratford and re- turn the same night. Manager Mc- Arthur of Griffin's took the matter up with the G.T.R. officials and has at last succeeded in setting an agree. went to bold the Goderich train until 10,45. This applies to "Officer 666," which comes to Stratford on Thursday evening, Feb, 27, The play will com- mence at 8 o'clock sharp, so that there will he ample time to catch the Gode- rich train. The indications are that this will prove a very popular innova. tion. GOOD-BYE .JACK. Master Gordon Campbell entertain- ed a fewlittle playmates, from four to six on, Monday afternoon in honor of hie chum Jack Hoover, who with his parents is leaving this week for Guelph. After a jolly time bad been spent in games and music, and lunch had been served the boys were called to order, and the following address' was read by Gordon Campbell, while Kenneth Roberton on, behalf of the boys presented Master Jack With a sterling silver spoon upon which was engraved "Jack 1913". Following is the address, Clinton, Feb, 24, 1913, Master jack Hoover; Clinton, Ont, Dear Jack We are very sorry that you are going away, and we hope that when you get away to Guelph, you won't forget us fellows in Clinton for we will not forget you -please think of us when you use this spoon— your playmates—Howard Mulholland,•, Freddie Fowler, Elmer Paisley, George Turner, Arthur l: lession, Uyril Hale, Kenneth Roberton, Gordon. Campbell, Jack was,naturally very much sur- prised at the;e turn of affairs, ,but (following his father's footsteps) wag' equal to the occasion and was able to thank the boys for their kindness. The boys parted after; singing ""Good. bye Jaekie"'c 2 Cerlt Stamp `. A Sheet of Paper An Envelope With Pen and Ink are the' -requisites for the complete despatch of a letter to your friend. Are articles in the stationery line—can be bought with advantage from us. A case especially in view at present is our 15c Papeterie. Each box contains 24 sheets of paper and.. 24 envelopes, fairly good quality linen paper in an attractive box. A better. quality at 25c is equal value. If you need the goods see us about it, If you buy, you will make a profit as well as ourselves. m The . o Fair eo. Often the Cheapest-1Always the Best PAARDEBURG DAY. Io-rinv is the anniversary of the hat. tie of P ts,rciehurg in the South Afri- can war in urhicu the Canadian Sold• iciest sok p crh MET IN.GODERICH Huron Presbytery held their re- grilat meeting in Goderich on Mon- day of this week. At the evening meeting Rev. D. C. MacGregor, one of the heads of the Social Services branch of church work addressed the gathering. MARIA DOWN THE DATE. The "Temple of Fame" will be given in the Town Hall under aus- pices of Ladies Aid of Ontario St. Church on the evening of March 6. More than sixty persons take part in the Entertainment. Plan opens at Fair's Book store on Friday. WEST HURON LIBERAL CONVENTION. A convention- of the Liberals of West Huron has been called for Monday, March 3rd, in the Temper- ance Hall, ,Goderich, to commence at 1 :30 p. no. It is expected that Hugh Guthrie, the able member of the :House of Commons for South Wellington, will attend and ad- dress the gathering, STRATFORD WILL SELL TUNGSTENS WHOLESALE. The Stratford light 'and heat commission has•decided to sell 25. 40 'and 60 watt tungsten lamps for 38 cents over the commission's counter in the future. This will mean a reduction of 12 cents over. the • former price, which was paid to the stores. WM, HOOD APPOINTED PASSENGER AGENT. Mr, William Hood, who was in charge of the Pere Marquette offi- ees in London until the receivers at the road decided to abolish We -de- partment to save expenses, has been appointed to the position of travelling passenger agent for the Canadian Northern Railway. with headquarters in Toronto. MiaHoods new position is one of much importance, in view of the coma pany's plans for extension in this part of the country, and his ap- pointment is a matter of satisfac- tion to his many friends in Clinfon, Mr. Hood is a frequent visitor here: when the Railway men come here to renew old acquaintances. Before leaving London he was pleasantly surprised when thirty of his rail- road' friends presented him with a purse of gold. burglars Ransack Home of Rev. Dr, Wo H1 Nines CLERGYMAN RETURNS FROM SERVICE AND FINDS CONTENTS OF ROOMS UPSIDE DOWN—VALUED TREASURES BELONGING TO MRS. IIINCKS GONE. A daring burglary was committed Sunday night at 53 Brunswick avenue, Toronto the home of Rev. Dr. W. H. Hincks, 'pastor of the ,Broadway Methodist Tabernacle, between the hours of 7 and 9, Un- fortunately the thief or thieves got away with some things which money could not replace, these be- ing a gold watch presented to Mrs. Mocks by the Queen Street Church. two brooches, two rings and a pearl bar, Dr. Hineks's study was strewn from end to end with books and papers, while the drawers of the desk had been taken out and left lying around. About $1 worth of stamps was altthat rewarded the visitors in the doctor's study. "They have not taken one of my sermons," said the pastor ofBroad- way with a grim chuckle, "If they had taken the one on the ne temere they would have had some- thing to ponder over." In the passage leading from the study to the first bedroom they left a small box with some papers and two bank books. The bedroom. was a scene of, great disorder. Everything in the room was turned inside out ap- parently. The bedding was up- turned and a valuable grip was ruined in the eagerness of the visi- tors to rifle its contents. From an- other room a revolver which the doctor used at Muskoka to shoot ground hogs when they are troublesome was taken. A box containing forty-two bullets was also taken. The dining -room window in the side /passage has three sides, ansi the side nearest to the street:, where there are two Hydro lights., was forced open. When the clergyman and his wife returned from church the front door was found wide open, so that presum- ably the marauders had left by the front door. "Fancy ' men thinking a poor clergyman kept money lying around his • house." said De. Hincks, with a smile. Mrs.'Hineks, was a recent visitors in Clinton, she being a siate:- oL Rev. 3.0reene. s n Doctor's SPECIAL Not a medicinel But a man's Calfskin' Shoe, built to keep you in good health— free from colds and rheumatism. A man's Shoe which will keep you warm and dry through all kinds of winter weather. This shoe is not an experiment. We have been selling at for ten years, and know from experience what it will do. It Has No EquaL CCet a Pair Now, FRED JACKSON'S .4.4. .. w.: td " - F'e i II d Irl 6 of d tkrF F*['d' 'R 4 4lil�.