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The Clinton News Record, 1912-02-08, Page 1$1717 -32nd Year,. CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8th, 19I2' leo.' The News -Record' Excels for Town. and Township News THE HOME PAPER uE N JEWELS OUR watch mayrun if a jewel is cracked or bro- ken keepfairly g } good time. The pivot revol- ving in such jewel however, soon cuts and fre- quently tly breai«s, thus increasing the damage and cost of repairing. it will pay you to have it F your -valet is varying, examined 133 us. EPAIRS sent in by mail will have attention. our careful ,ifeUyar jeweler and Optician - - Clinton ThNalminIMEMEN e Royal Bank OF CANADA. Capital 56.250,000. - Reserve $7,000.000. . The Annual Statement, shows the following increases for i9n r: Filo NIP Deposita 572,079,607 $88,294,808 Loans'and Investments 55,283,676 62,790,072 Total Assets 92,510,346. 110,528,512 e 207 Branches and Correspondents throughout the World. NTERET ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS. R. E. MANNING, Manager - Clinton Branch.. Ige Mols�ns Bank INCORPORATED 1855, Record of Progress for Five Years -1906--11 1000 1911 CAPITAL .. $3.000,000. 54,000,000 3-1,ESER•vn . 3;000,000 , ,600,000 •. ,.._DEPOSITS . 23,077,730 3.5,042,311 LOANS AND INVESTMENTS , 27,457,090 33,854,801 TOTAL ASSETS . . ., 33,000,192 48.237,254 Has 83 Branches in Canada, and Agents anal Correspondents in; all the Principal Cities of the' World, A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED SAVINGS ` BANK DEPARTMENT at all Er:anchor, Interest allowed at highest enr>''nti rate. Cnir,eton Branch ' . E. Dowding, Manager ii ) 1 1 Annual Mies -Winter Clearance Sale Of, Mens and Bog'ss Clothing g . .. r� Furnishings, etc. TEN DAY, ONLY SALE...$T.ARTS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10th ENDS WEDNESDAY, 'FEBRUARY 21st. See bills for particulars. oTHIG G ISH Cl Largest Clothiers • Huron's Criittc �' . Man" � � Deal for' Every -�� THE TOWN COUNCIL. ' The '• town council is doing well, at least so. far as meeting promptly is concerned, and the citizen who wish- es to see Mayor Gibbings ascend the digs musts be on hand at eight" sharp. If this commendable state of affairs is a -et -kept up thoughout the year it will not be the fault', of his worship. The Model school board presented its estimates, asking for 55,000 in round figures. In addition to this there may be an expenditure of sev- eral hundred dollars on permanent , improvement account. On salaries alone $4,365 is paid. Education is coming highs even in ;the lower grad- es, but we must: have it. No mat- ter what it 'costs, so to speak, the citizens of Clinton are bound to keep their schools at the top notch of ef- fielency. A o teas received ` corm nunicatt n t from the Hydro -Electric Commission stating that eleven of the municipal- ities of Huron have pronounced in favor of Hydro -Electric, and as it will require joint* action on the part of the mueticipaleties to enable the Commission to give accurate estimat- es of the cost of power, it desires to know what action the council of Clinton, as well as to other coun- cils, has taken. The was matter handed over tlo the committee to deal wieh. Mayor Gibbings said the house pro- blem ,has ro- blem,has become an acute one and is so bound up with the progress of the town that he suggested a joint conference of council and citizens to endeavor to ascertain some way of solving it. We cannot expect an in- flux of population, he went on to say, unless we have houses for nem. Councillor T. Jackson added to and emphasized the remarks of, his wor- ship. The pith of his argument was that a ough the manufacturers are doing their uteiost to help along the prosperity of the town the housing problem hampers them inas- much as deeirahle people who would otherwise :,rate M Clinton are oblig- ed to go elsewhere, Councillor Ford, head of the street committee, admitted some slight in- convenience in regard to keeping the sidewalks clear during the 'recent storms. They have done their best though, and expect to do still better from this on. Mr. Ford said the .ciommittee purposed buying all the fieldstone available for next spring's road making operations. Councillor Morrish, chairman of the lire and water committee, said the present-arrwgement for hoisting hose in the fire hall was out of date and it was the intention to put in more modern :pulleys. A numerously signed petition ;Ac- ing that the franchise to !.he Bel ,• Co. be not renewed was prcieuted by Mr A. T. Cooper who also advanced sev- eral reasons in support thereof, but. the council directed that it be 'filed" which is considered the diploafatic way of throwing it out. The 13e11 Telephone Company re- ceived an extension of franchise for three years in consideration of five phones per annum. Ib 'isn't a cheap franchise but the Company gets it cheap. however, the I3eI1 people give a good service, and that, white not by any means the main thing, is one of the most important con- stderations, In the course of the discussion the desire of the Manicipa.l Rural of Col- borne to get into Clinton was dis- cussed. The Bell Company is will- ing to, give the Colborne people cen- tral service at a flat rate of $2.50 or. five cents pen message, whichever. they prefer. In speaking on the question Reeve Canitelon said the G,oderich town"ship and Colborne sys- tems are from lateen to twenty-five dollars apart, that is it will require ( Matters are further complicated by about thee expenditure to bring them Miss Ashford, an eiderlymaiden lady, . together,, butt 'lather is quite waling to expend, even that much: The Reeye is as anxious to get in touch `with his Colborne customers as that township is to be able to speak to Clinton at • any hour of the day or night, so 'the gap will be .bridged at an early date.. Councillor i', Jackson, chairman of the „ special committee, said there had been considerable correspondence with the - Gunn, 'Langoie Company, Montreal, with a view to, having them locate at Clinton. He thought it was aistogether probable they would do so, but no decision would he arrived at until the return from England of the Press:dent, Mr. John Gunn. We, went on Mr. Jackson, have al- so been in correspondence with 'the President of the C. P. R. win re- ference to an .extension of its,. line from Walton to Clinton. ' The Pre- sident has replied that the Company, is now considering ,such an. extension. We are also endeavoring, continued IIIc, Jackson, to secure the erection; ' of a big skating and curling ring in Clinton and with that end in view have been in correspondence with Mr. Robt. French of Teoswater, who has built rinks - at -Brantford,; MIlobell, Brussels and Teeswater. If' given a bonus of 5600 and exemption from 1 TliE W. C. 'r. U. ; 'rhe ladies of the W. C. T. U. ' will hold a Mothers' meeting on /Thursday afternoon next at three o'clock in the aectinia room of the Ontario ' street 'church. Mrs, Follicle of Exeter, the County president of the W. C. T. U„ will be present and give a talk. There will be music and refreshments„ The mothers are invited to attend and have a pleasant time. A BUSINESS CHANGE. '. Mr. A, D. Beaton has disposed of his grocery business . with which be has been connected for the past seven years. Rc has always been attentive and• obliging and as the result had a large number of well -satisfied cus- tomers. His successor is Mit S. Barr, who is well and `favorably knawn to the local grocery trade and will no doubt get a ,good share ofthe business, TIIE NEW BOARD. • The new Board of License Commis- sioners for West Hutton will consist of : la. J. Club, Clinton ; G. M. El- liott, Goderich, and William Patter- son, Ilulie-eta Mr, Patterson was chairman last year and probably will be this year also. One of the first duties of the new board will be• to elle apply. the axe in Go fetich i e town council having requested that two licenses be cut off. It is quite possible that the board would have been just as well pleased if the council had also named those they wish to have de- capitated. THE PRI\'ATE SECRETARY. Every winter for several years past Clinton has' put on some 'sort of a play presented entirely by amateurs. On several occasions the Dramatic Club presented heavy Shakespearian plays. That was, however, when Mr.. 11 J. Howard and others of the stalwarts along this line were re- sident in Clinton. This year the Pastime Club bethought themselves of presenting the farce comedy, "The Puivate Secretary." For some weeks past they have been in 'raining un- der the direction of Miss May Rance, and on Thursday eveuing last it was given in the town hall to, a full house. The play is exceedingly furl•, ny and the parts were rery giudit- ably taken by the members el , the Phstime Club and their' friends. The slbry of the ,play is that of a priv- ate secretary, Rev. Robert- Spalding,' who has been employed, ly a coun- try gentleman, Mr, Marstand. harry llar'land, a nephew of the older note is a gay young fellow, who gets into financial difficulties in London and seeks aid from his .friend, Dou- glas Cattermole, a steady young -ran who is being urged by his rich un- cle Mr. Catte:•mole of India, to "Sow his wild oats" while he is young, The, boy has no inclination to "sow wild oats," but he helps Harry out of the diffi,:•t..y his fcnly has brought him into and `goes with ititn to the country home of the eld- er Marelartl as the private secretary, leaving the teal 'secretary in- his rooms in London. Edith Moreland, a cousin of 'Harry's, and Eva Web- ster, her friend, find the young men entertaining ' and the young men in turn are vastly taken with the young ladies and everything goes along fin- ely until the rich uncle from India unexpectedly appears upon the scone, together with the real private sec- retary, who ds a serious-minded, middle aged clergyman. At first the elder Cattermole takes the ltev. TRobort for his nephew and, gay, old dog that he is, is highly disgusted with him. The private secretary on the other hand , cannot make himself understood at all , and concludes that they must all be mildly insane. THE SALE. Mr, George 1•tolland's sale of live stock at the Hotel Normandie barns on Tuesday was largely attended and successful: Twenty cows realized $1050 and tate F young cattle sold, at a good figure.. Mr. Rolland will have another sale of cows abd young cattle during the month of March, the date of which will; be announced in The News -Record in due season. SORIOLY tFFLICTED. Mention . . was made a couple of- weeks ago of the trouble which had come upon the family of Mr. Jos- eph Brown of Victoria Mines, 'n the loss of ' his twogrown sons flora fever. Last week word canna to hiss sister, Mee. Wm. East, that the last boy, a lad of fourteen, had sire succumbed and the father fs him- self still very ill. Ono daughter, a young girl, only remains of thelam-. sly: ' These parents certainly have been very sorely afflictled. IT•PAID II1BI, A well known farmer of near Lon- desboro, who recently tried the print- ed butter wrappers for the first time, related his experience to The News - Record thus: µ'Those butter weep - pees you printed for me brought me more new customers than S could handle. 1 had been sending butter to two places and when my name went on the wrapper two or three people in each place wrote asking if I could supply them also, but unfor- tunately we could not do' so as we do not turn out enough butter far that." WILLIS CHURCH. who •18 interested in spir'tualisnt and who mistakes the private secretary for a medium. Soma very laugh- able situations are reached and they aro made none the less ridiculous by the arrival of one, Sidney Gibson, a Bond street tailor, who is' ambitious to enter µ'Society" but who unfor- tunately seems unable to forget for a moment, that he is a tailor and who produces his tape lino every little while to measure somebody for a suit - of clothes. Mrs, Stead; Douglas Cattermole's landlady, also causes some very anima scenes, and the complications grow still more embarrassing until the identity of. Douglas Catermole is disclosed and everything in smoothed' Rev. Dr. Tailing of Toronto preach- ed mooring and evening on Sunday last, when the - pulpit was declared vacant. On Tuesday evening a very interest.: ing gathering was held in the le; tiu'e room In the form of a Leap Year social given under the joint auspices of, the Girls' Crib and the Young Peoples' Guild. The young hosts and hostesses performed their part most efficiently and to the delight of the large number of guests present, the greater part of whom were young people. In keeping with the occasion the walls bore legends asserting the Prerogative rights which the ladies are supposed to enjoy during leap year. The room was prettily ,decor- aisd and Snug Cosy' corn~', arranged about for the Confect of the guests. The entertainment consisted of a series of promenades divided by a fine musical program and followed by refreshments. Subjents for conver- sation were gi';en to those taking part in the promenades. The whole even- ing was greatly enjoyed, young and old throwing thentsclies with praise- worthy *tat into the socia: pleas- ures of the hour, The young people are to be, congratulated on the suc- cess of their effort to improve tha soeial side of the congregational hie by bringing the' people together on a footing so thoroughly agreeable and r'joyable as it is coming to be re- cognized that the church, bcs'des tie- ing the centre of the religious life of the people, should also become more and more the centre of the social life as well - The part' of Mr. Marsland is taken' by Dodds )•-loiloway and that of Mr. Cattermole the rich uncle, from In- dia, by Ike Rattenbury. Ray' Rum ball takes the part .of harry Mars latnd and Wilbur Ford that! of 'Dou- glas,Cattk:rinole. The role of private secretary was taken by Otto Fink, who excelled, mating the', funny sit- uations still funnier by his most realistic acting. The part of the Bond street tabor was ws3I taken hy, Will Johnson and that of John, a servant, by Mr. N. Davis. Mr. F. McGaughey tool- the part of Knox, taxation xation for ben ye iisMr.Pr, ha writ server. Misss B Mclvox s us- wi7d build, a rink here that will be tithed well her 1s Edith Mars - one of the very best. 'rand while Miss Belle Draper took that of '.IS a Wetetor.. le es Mal'el Cleft took t1.0 role o£ Miss. Ashford and Miss Gracie Clu1f that of the landlady, very cleverly. The play is a Veru, hut00uxous one and the young: neople gyre to •1.5 con'*rabrrlated on tlie•r success 'iii presenting it,; al- so 1VIiss. Rance, who had the dir- ectiee and management of it. All three subjects dealt with in the report were discpssed, favorably and will be dealt, with in due course. Mr. Jackson was delegated to go to'Nfoli treat to confer with the Big Moguls of the C. P. R. in regard to the ex-, tensi;00 and 'Will :in all probability be a a^c mP311154 by Mayor Gibbings. Good old officials re -appointed. I .NT•rRI A.LNING , Mr,' and Mrs. II. 13. Chant will"en- tertain a nutnber of friend!; tomor- row evening. Mr. :and Mrs. Wesley Walker enter- - tairred a number pf their friend to tea on ;Tuesday,evening and will en- tertain againthis evening, , - 'P11E LOCAL MA11KET. Wheat 92e, Elias 30c. Oats 40c to 42c. Barley 700 to 85e. Eggs 36c. Butter 26c to 270. Beans prime white $1,85 to 51:00,. Live Hogs 56,25. BY ram SrRYC11N'INI ROUTE. There seems to be some person' or persons in Clinton who consider dogs, dogs of any sore whatever, a public nuisance and who have given then - selves the task of extern -dilating them. During the, past week or so several canines pave been sent to the happy hunting grounds by way of .the strychnine route. Some of these. were valuable animals with which the ow- ners would not have parted for a goodly sum, all were no doubt val- ued by their owners and all, so far as can be ascertained, were harmless. if a clog is v'cious and a menace ;to the publ'.c weal there are legitimate ways of getting rid 'off him, but to deliberately poison an inoffensive dog is considered by most people to be about as low down and despicable a trick as can well he imagined. It is moreover an indictable offense and anyone caught at it could be made to pay dearly. So far, howerer, the offenders have been cute enough tie cover their frac' s but there is an ofd saying that "-murder will out" and'the ''murdefor" of these innocent canines may yet be discovered. ONT. ST, CHURCII. . THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walker cele- brated their golden wedding on Tues- day last. They have for so many years been honoured residents of this neighbourhood, that we feel sure our readers will be interested in a short sketch of this worthy couple. Mr. Thomas Wailccr was born in Road, Somersc(shire, England, on July 7th 1827. Ile is the son of Thomas Walker, bora in Road, Sorn- ersetshire, on May 2nd 1772 ; who married Harriet Moon, land migrated to. Canada in 1834: They came out with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ransford; from whom Mr. Walker afterwards purchased the .old .homestead, the farm on which Mr. and Mrs. Walker are now living. The preseut Mrs, Thomas Walker was born in Staverton, Somen:let- shlre, April 28th- 1835, and is the daughter of James Walker and Sarah Quante. On her mother's side, Mrs. Walker fs descended from an illus- trious lluguenot family, wbo were a- mong the number of that religious belief, who found refuge from ' the tyranny of the revocation, of the Ed- ict of Nantes,, on the shores of Eng- land. The wedding of our friends took place on February 6th 1862 , and was performed by the Rev. Thomas Green. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas: 'Wal- ker here been staunch adherents. of the Church of • En- land, and as staunea supporters of the Conserva- tive party. - Nobody ever had ea stop and enquire as to what religion or po'1:tics they ,professed. For peopleof their years, they are both. enjoying good- health ; and con- sequently arecorrespondidigiy able to enjoy, the natural results of a lifetime' of industry and oectitude, They have hosts of friends who love and respect them. Nobody who has ever licatd' the infectious, hearty,' good-nat- ured, nes0 laugh of .Me. neaLt a g ured , Walker, will easily Eo rg elit Their reputation is a [sigh one, none lugslet , and there is riot a word1 of exag- gerated adulation when we say, that none stand hishet: in the es- teem and affect'00 of those who know thein that our friends, M. -and Mrs. Walker, to .whom we• now of- fer. our 'heartiest conFratirlationsMid our very hest wishes for many -years of heapiness;'yet in store. The Sunday school intends to have their annual sleigh ride tomorrow af- ternoon followed by a supper in the lecture room. Sleighs will leave the church at four -thirty. At the monthly coiioe ration Meet- ing of tate League un Monday even- ing a very excellent - program was given consisting of an address by Mr. 11. Curter, who also presided, a paper on "Personal work" by Mrs, .11,-.13, Carter, a sot, by Mr. Hawke, reacting by Miss S1 i ploy and an in- strumental by Miss Lawson. She roll ( supposed to be read on that date call followed. Arrangements were to the congregations throughout the world, The scripture lessons used and the hymns sung were also those suggested for the occasion. A t the official quarterly board meeting on Monday evening the vote on Church inion proved to be an natmost unanimous one, seventeen vot- ing for and one against. The, vote of ince cungregatian will be taken later. Rev. J. 1.1. Fords was g•vien a unan- imous invitation to remain a third year, which, he accepted subject to the approval of the stationing COM- M 1ti00. The following resolution was adopt- ed : That we, the ollieial members and trustees of the church wish to place ourselves on record as pleased to have all reasonable efforts made to promote the social past of the church work, but express our disap- proval of tea -meetings and bazaars which have for their object the rais- ing of e,furch funds, believing as we do that, the more direct ways oh racking funds are preferable. Mrs, W. Glen Campbell presided at the organ on. Sunday last in the ab- sence of Miss Doherty. The S. S. intend having their an- nual sleighriate on Tuesday afternoon next, after which supper will be ser- ved in ':e school room and a pro- gram will be iurnished by the young ple. On Monday evening tite League held their 'monthly roll call meeting wft4t Miss Merg',ret Data in charge. Next Monday. evening 'Londosi oro Lea- gue is expected for a fraternal visit and will provide the proerain, VITAL STATISTICS: 'During the year 1911 there :were registered with Clerk Macpherson 48 births, 29 marriages and 38 deaths, WOMEN'S INSTI'1'UTE. ' The last monthly meeting of the Women's lastI.tuttc was heldat,he home of Mrs. Ed. C. Munroe :.agtd was unusually well attended, besides the members ' a number of 'visitors , • being present. A very interesting program was gone througlt with,, coa- sistiug of a duet by Mrs, J.' John- sten and Mrs. H. Fitzsimons, a reacting by Mrs. J.. McMurray, piano solo br Miss Mary Chant and a re- citation by Miss Isabelle John- stone. The question drawer brought out some interesting discussions. The annual grant of ten dollars was voted to the hospital for sick children in Toronto. After the program, knob was served during -vhiclt Miss Chant favored am company with'several p Y musical se'ections. The names of several new members were added and the Institute is anticipating a suc- cessful year, THE FIRS'- CARS. The first cars aliened out by the Clinton Motor CaliCompany—con- sisting of two trucks and a pleasure ca shipped to London on r- were Tuesday and are now on exhiti tion at the big Automobile Shote in net city. Those who know whereof they speak say the cars are o ? - superior Week- manship and compare very favorably, indeed, with anything at the Show. This applies part'oelarly t3a , the pleasure car which Cs certainly a beauty. Mr.• Cleghorn, the Superintendent of the Company, Secretary McLaugh- Ian and Mr. Fred. Guy of the opera- ting staff are in charge of the exhibit. Mr. W. Jackson, the Company's Treasurer, will f,o down to see the Show this morning and wil!i be ac- companied by Messrs. James Fair, John i'tanslord and Joe Rattenbury. President) Craig goes clown to the Show tomorrow. WESLEY CHURCH. The Sacrament of 'dye Lord's Sup- per was administered by the pastor at the, morning service on Sunday. instead of preaching the usual sa- me the pastor read the address sent out by the Ecumenical Coefei- i once 'o the 1VI0thodist churches and made for a contest+ to terminate in April, Harold Pickett and DeWitt C'osens being 'hosen as captains. At the close the winners will furnish a program and the lasers will provide refreshmemis for a social evening 'iho quarterly official board met on Monday evening, thirty-four members being present. The result of the vote on Church Union showed thirty- one for and three against. The con- gregational vote will be taken some time later. The 9085r will take Pentecost- al Power' for his subject next Sun- day morning and in the evening lie will preach on the "Unpardonable Sin," Mr.‘ J. A. Irwin will address the League next Monday evening oh the suhjec' of Missions. As he is well qualified to speak along these lines. the 'meeting is sure to be et special interes' and the older people as well as the youngermembers of the eaciety are invited, CROWiNG USE OF TELEPHONES, Mayor Squire of Watford addressed a number of citizens in the town hall on Thursday evening. last in the interests of"Independent Municipal Telephones:" Norfolk County Tele- phone Co,, in which Mr. Squi:oa is interested, is perhaps the lari;esi.in- dependent te§ephone company in On- tario, with over twelve hundred sub- scrfbers. Mr. Squire said that in view of the fact that the trunk lin- es will ill sil probability soon he operated and .controlled by the Gov- ernment a municipal telephone aye tem would be the ideal arrangeuntnt. for such muuieipalitles as - Clinton. A system for Clinton, giving earn miles of cable and three miles of double wires and fnchiding the sup- plying of a central; station and 300 telephones., would, he said, cost a-. bout+ $15,000, bet alter making due allowance for dabentdres.-interest. depreciation, salaries, switching, etc. there ought to be a surplus of over. $1.000 a years and at the same time give a twenty-Ilve perce it, better rate than' at present given by the. Bell Co With the prosperous farming community around this town Mr. Squire says it is cute reasonable to expect from s'x hundred to .seven• hundred rural connections and the Clinton subscribers' listshouldbe in- creased from' one lnuadeed'and fifty to about three or four hundred. I -le, had been tinformed that the locals council were considering the matter of a renewal of the franchise to the Bell .Co, for the small consideration of four tree ;phones, but he strongly' advisees Mat no such contract be made with the Beal Co„ but, rather that the citizens look forward to fornitni a Municipal Company and enlist as many of the rural 'tom pool s as possible The more .tura cones eiions the tetter for the town end every inducement' should be 11(34, encouraim, rural companies. ]1'fayor Cribb�Inr,•s occupied the. chs;,' and several members of the council wiere present as well as a puml'er of ,business men :and citizens. The ail. dress, wee praetigal, concise and well - delivered, 1 The New Bailiff Sergeant Welsh Sergeant Welsh has been night- watchman and assistant; caretaker for twenty-eight years,SQ long, indeed, e r mance o.f • t thesatisfactoryDEED i tlta t p Se ditties of the two-foldoticu h s_ become as second nature to him, And now additional responsibility'nas 1 con placed neon him for he has been pointed Mill 1T, eueceed:ug Mr. )'David Dickenson;, '1'lio job is not a \ cry, lucrative one for even in, a golden rear '-1te can • not net more - than eight -eight dollars. Tbe.appotnt- ment is all right.