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The Clinton News Record, 1912-05-02, Page 5r. 11401v Reek►, NY -34S;^ OF TII'E•H DAi • Consolidatcd Rural , 1 0 eat" ' is is o et L Welland. 1 re iio 1 ' slop: an Cotnmts ,; Givrl Setv'ce ie t. tt 4 `iueincelr that no tvomon, wilt be ask- lamina rye'` .£'4 write on the next e ,t`;•e. that the• ictcct a6_. 'tit . it 'is `felt t1 t in. of women in the service is too,: Canada trade fol' the year' end- Fa c amounted to ,$84. end- ing February im4. s 37 733, an 'increase of'$9$,433,000, , , .C! W. Warton, -vatcbnlan at the lr,,nrutican Can Factory at llaprilton, was over -come by smoke and lost his Nil$ in a Ciro that damaged the fav f;ory. Three stores at Fort W ii linin , were burned :, loss $132,4100. Blazes at Kingston and ionlrea +eatised serious .losSes, Special • Prices on Wall Paper For Saturday May 6th` And Following 9 Week. Odd Lines Clearing At About Half Price. Paper Trimmed Free. COOPER & CO. Schools Are a Boort' t•. at 1.1.11-' , d .Banti The , mecUin ,bel r4 Y g gall po di'seuss,consolidate schools was lope picgnant `"ivi tri far =i caching s,�the' St, Thomas Timor. .Was 3 say • s Already t;is boarciuig tn o U her 'iplaces,fthucounty' bydirecting ,he , people to a possible, solutio11 for schools Baying a small attendance and ;'i a d1lReuit% where ;sections espt,inee e 3 in- obtaining a suitable supply of rho ,porly, qualified teachers, Tltere seems; no doubt ;that they are tito, schools 61 the rmlnerilate fature. Tite•;,on1Y ub steel() attendan1.,upon their universal. introduction has'' been ?he efficiency of the transportation system; which .,in ,many eases is d•lieult,be;.ausd of poor 1 and hilly roads, But Ontario is ahoul+ 1 to solve this .problem, for we. n,V e now ' as an acconmplished fact the Hydre-Ililectrie,' which is destined it.) revolutionize all systems of lra•is- portation and bo;'.t the Provincial and Federal Governments are conn- it- 'uiitted to the policy for the nn e dtate improvement of our roads. 'this done, t,ic only possible objection to their introduction disappears. Thoyi are anque,tronably the antodotc for rural . school ills. oimesv[lie: et7 til' -lie held ;ort Quarterly nteg 1� R Y' a .a xch�nex Sunda • till st u t Y thea, Mc Dell . h . • lit•' rattended, the, Rev.: G. C,. dolmens. ; funeral f�., the late' Ile„v. Mr. tone at'Miteholli n' Monday';: IaiJln st ,o Livingstone the � ii ether '.of the,'Jara�ies of ,A number, chhrcii attended 'the" vention: of the W, M. S, at Goderich on Wednesday. 4' The ,o re- duce forces operating 4 i laic ctuce ethooi atte.nclance in the • rural districts have been (i) the marked in- dustrial supremacy and the conse- quent onstquent migration from rural to urban centres, acid (2) Lite rush to the west- ern protnnces. In many school sec- tions trhe attendance 15 SO Small at to make Trustees averse to paying a high ,salary for a teacher. There is no interest taken in the school by the section ; the children attend in a '9 n c •or ' way , ' there n hind of prefttn t } uispital.ou front numbers, -and. coin - petition is absent ; the teacher's en- thusiasm' wanes and the soul of tate school dies. Suinmerhii'U 'Mr. John Hhyes 'returned last' week from' Saskatoon and purposes,. <re- maining • nit home for a :month or so, r Misses Clara Biggin,- and Annie a 'mi Noble.. of Clinton spentSunday 5 Y at Mr: and Mrs. R. Govier?s. Rev.' C 1,...Jeakins ,discourse on Sunday afternoon last, in St. Peter's church was much enjoyed. Mr.. Wm, Brown purposes ' adding a :piece to his barn, the work to be done by Mr, Wni. Riley, Mr. Ward will '19.iso his barn in order to place a wall under it and Mr. 0. Beacom is talktflg of doing the same, The Ladies' Guild : met' in the ehulih, Wednesday afternoon and re- novated lt, making it look much bet- ter • as the result of thein: busya;- terroon:' far ta. g, r• Q a •'e h- "•tiaetvtlnl, not ilia ,t wn iitP ,nu C 1 told on Saturday last "'Marked; the coniluston- oC��Mr.+aJ,''kl ,=HarnthtlLs; f • eleven years as clerk • :Fitting ion; feren'ces to his;• dopartt re *ore.- snad.d•; 'and oourJct11ors inti Dir? by the reeve, n ,',', whom' .expressed their >rogret 'Coupled, with good • wishes, for-r..II rnW ll in;whether sphora litsrai'gh!t be en- gaged. Mr. -Barnwell made a suit- ableveply an> wtt;ch• he 'referred' . : Lo., the most amicable relations' , whielt bald':always existed•'between hi'rscif and the eounoil and he, added that he was :,genuinely sorry bepauso of ; .the severance of the tie. It was amidst such condi1ons as. these that consolidated schools had their birth. Wherever these nave been established they have given the very host or satisfaction, as rs shown by the fact that there has never been in one single case a rel'.rn to the one - teacher school. In addition to a marvellous increase in attendance,' they give to rural children all the ad- vantages of graded schools, ' better sanitary conditions and school build- ings, eliminate truancy, irregularity and lateness, promote morality by controlling tile' pupils e.1 and from school, make possible rural mail "sli- very, secure better teachers, arcate an interest in the school,, make it a' social centre, dmtarge the' eurricalem so as to give practical work in man- ual training and househo.l , and bring to the door of the poor pian the blessing of Lt.gher education, without cost.—Galt Reporter. . Goderich Township The many friends of Mr. Aibe9t 'Anderson here and elsewhere will be pleased to learn that his' health is improving and if; is expected' he will almost fully negro his strength twlleii the good old summertime wea- ther again 'beams upon us. Mr. Jolln R. Shepherd of the Hay- field Linc left on Tuesday afternoon for Macklin, Sask., to resume his .homestead duties and will thus be absent until next fall. Inthe dis- trict an which he has .located are the homesteads of the Thompson and Anderson boys and not for district aro Roland and George Jenkins and others. IThe Mackay-I3cnnett cable ship re- covered 77 bodiee. al sea, victuns al the Titanic disaster. 1 Mrr,LlNin1 AND D1oEts:14VlitNO R1sADt TO WEAR l Couch Co. i e ■ rP You iV If so you'll need new rugs, new curtains, new art satins, new oil cloths and new lnattings, something to add 'a touch of newness after the dust and dirt gather - •ed during the long winter has been driven away. We have a complete stock of lace curtains and also the latest and most up to -date things in curtains, nets, madras, etc. Prices from 15c a yard to $1 a yard. We are showing a larger range of rugs in our de- partment this season. Don't fail to see ours before buying. Grand Showing of Spring Styles. Ready to Wear Gar- ments SUITS, COAIS, PRESSES^ (Choice• as.ortments of :charming styles in suits, coats, dresses' and blouses that will appeal to women of the most re- fined tastes. Over forty differ entsty- les i n separ- ate sk- irts to choosy from. Lori er P ; prices than 4 ours d means Es less qual- ity. ual-ity. STYLISH MILLINERY Our millinery stocks are -now at their best;.as- sortments and larger and more varied than they can possibly be later on. There is a wide variety of choice that you will get no where else in town, We are showing new shapes, new flowers, and i e w trimmings. (tome in any day. There ' i s always something • fresh here to see. ` 1ils store for high cl ass millinery, tameU. Township lVir„'wall _ .l io ,, o , it ,.,fit. i2 •.. riv o "e 4n 1iIor.d,i to T'oront r C h , Y .spend the .Yneattltan: withwith'lois paten 5, -Moi , and , Mos.• R. EJ iott of the GOS to 1.1'1 • so"Ml�>r,..Ih,alra m Taylor, lor:o%„ thc 20,, on. d fi yearold?are last'., Week•- la su of $35.0. 'That f4>'',.tho' ltancgaAit? $ bigri a but Then t`ho seems a great P S,, excellence of the mare warranted 10, Miss McLean, from near: Pilot ;Mound, . Man., .is visiting,' at the •liotmo of.,her; unele.,'-Mr. George John= `soil, this week. 14Ir. Thomas .Brownell delivered a Apple, Shipments to Brltrin , n the Juno. The reports that• a million barrels. lc , ti of a>r1rR have listen received in, 'lrnile 'fPddiltrtsSeaStn frtirii Nova6cotta,says ,the .Canadian High pears to e . substantially s," fariftally 6•_or.. r ec, t, Cotimisiotex in;a scent re orb a RP Oit is estimated that another 300, or 400,000 barrald•remain to be stP t 1d, The huge quantity, combined with the <'tisappofntnng'. quality,, •lia;r 'had an adverse 'effect .ori prices, y t The earl ; arrival of 6,000 eases':ol apples 'from Cape Oolong tvi11 0011- pate with Australian ftitit:' Mr. R, J. Richardson'has' entered upon the duties of clerk and t tat' they will be thoroughly and con- scientiously performed no one doubts, who knows the new clerk. Coupled wiOlr ability clerk Richardson has a genial nature and' will thus be a worthy successor of 'Mr: Hartwell, Mr. and Mfrs. Harnwell left on Mon- day for Clinton where they spant. the nr,ht with "friends and next morning took train for Winnipeg. The, whole community called to say geed bye ere they depaelied, • Brucefield Mr. J. II. O'Neil has sold his fif- ty acres on the London Road north or this village to Mr. 'Win. Me - McQueen whose farm is but a shier: distance front it. There are no buildings on the place except one old one and the farm is But iri two by the ra:dway.' There is a good or- chard. rchard. The price was $1800.:. Blake Mr.. J. J. 1V1urner, M. F,, is iletieg up a had of horses for the west. Mr. N. Kennel has sold ; his 2,40 pony and is now on the lookout for something swifter. iVe are glad to report the decided improvement in Mr. Wit. Wagner. Ile 15 now able to move his limb. • lye .hope to soon see hint out and about his duties, ' Seeding occupies the attent•itn of the men nowadays and attending the millinery shops and gardening are The the riles, 7 e l attractions of U fife cool weather -is quite in the favour of all: Mr. John Freckleton received a had shaking up on Sunday last by falling headlong of his wheel while at full speed coming down a hip. . .Mr. Chas. 1'Ieyers has star&icl his” season's work as mason. Mr. Jacob, Kennel has gone back to. valuable horse the other day to Mr. r. Smith near %atricli. Miss M ud Dowson has,been, on, the sick hst for a few days. Miss Loiibie Elliott loft on Monday` for Saskatoon to'speed the Suminee with her sister Mrs. Gibson: - Mi ss Minnie. Antos' from, McGilliv- ary ,spent a few days at toe: home of Mr, Andrew Duncan last week.'' 1dr. James Reath :and Miss . Mary. Reid spentSunday at the .home of Mr. Wellington Elliott. �MissMamie Reid of Clinton spent Sunday, under the parental roof, ' Mrs. Young spent a few days fast week at the home of Mrs. ''Phomas, Campbell near Brucefield. Mr. Wm. Taylor of the Bayfield Road"was called to Toronto Monday to attend an investigation into -the . rail- road wreck which took place .at Gorgeto,vn a, ftiw clays ago. Huron County Ought to Have a Boost Association Glencoe, April 26.—Glencoe is to have an Industrial Assoeiatfon,, in which the adjoining townships of Mosa, Ekfrid and Metcalfe will be asked to co-operate. Tho example of Lambt'Jtt County, where a public- ity campaign has borne such good fruit, has not gone unnoticed' here. It is a fact that people coming in to buy Jruit lands in the next county have begun to find prices a little higher than they expected, and arc looking into conditions in Middlesex. Glencoe district, however, Is not con- tent to rest with what may' come this way indirectly, but w.l go af- ter trade on its own account. A meeting is to be held shortly, when. an association -et:11 probably be formed, to boost this part of Mid- dlesex, mayt'entua dlo:,es, and which e S grow into a county organtgat:iu t "Americans, who know .a good thing when they see it, are purchas- ing farms' around here," said Mr. 3. N. Currie, reeve of Glencoe. "'1 he great ?rouble- is ghat -our• farmers am content to go along the. way our The Royal Bank Absorbs ' The 'rr2ders. The largest yet in 'the series of bank mergers which have formed such, important ,,events in Canadian financial, history in ?he last few years has been arranged. It is a mer- ger ergcs of the Royal' Bankand the Trad- ers Bank, and will make the Rsyal Bank the. third largest bank in Can- ada, in a class with the Bank of Mon- treal-andtthe Canadian Bank o%Com- merce. Taking as a basis the pres- enit paid -ftp capital and rest fund of the Royal and Trade9s,thcse institu- tions when combined' will compare the dredge near Mitchell to ace as !with the two largest' battkss'ts' •fol- lows Me. Joico- Thirsk sold a span of „ colts last telk. t Fet:lay is being observed generally as Arbour Day. On Sabbath next Rev. D. John- ston purposes speaking to the child- ren of the congregation. Let there be a good attendance. The following is the report of, U, S" S. No. 9 Stanley for April. Tho names being 1a order of merit , 5th .class Pearl McBride, Mary J. Meyers, Odwill N eholson. dth class—Alberta Finlay, Eman- uel Moyer, Lorne.Maason, 3rd &ass Sr.—Gladys Douglas, Ab- ' Finlay. raham '1,apFe, J'dgtc 3rd class Jr.—John Moyer, Lillie. Meyers, Ada Kennel. 2nd class Sr.—Sara Erb, Ada Mey- ers,Pearl Jantk0. Ind class Jr...,Carl Mcolinehy, John Oesch, Gordon Zirk. Part 2—Edmund Decider, Ruth Schrag, Eleanor Meyers. Part 1 -Eva 'Zapre Gordon Schrag,' Altan Douglas. " —G. 5, Howard, Teacher. cook for the runner' Parch -up Capital Reserve Monttetal $15,507,270 $14000,600 Commerce! 14,982,935. 12,486048 B.oyal Traders11,846,480• 10,921,1'/6 Traders Bank shares are to be exchanged foe Royal Bunk shares on the basis of . four shares of Traders for three shares of Royal. For the purpose of the exchange, tho Royal _shares lsave been placed at 240, and the 'Traders. at 180, an arrangement which is run idclrcd very fain to the Traders shareholders. The 'Royal' Blink is osporaally ;bong an Eastern 'Canada, with important ncheo 1 n the :vest and p LO fi tabao .bra 5 import- ant ort- isthe most it ' s where P I Indies, 'int bank doing business The Trad- ers, while a comparatively youtng, institution, has made a splendid pro- gress. Its business has been t oa- fined chiefly to, Ontario, where ' Lt has one hundred, and three branches, as. compared with thirty-five branches in tlio Wes?. The Royal' Bank has elghty-one branches in Eastern Can- ada, thirty-one in Ontario, thirty- four in the West, and twenty-one in the West• West Indies. The, Royal Batik was 't.he develop- ment from 'a partnership bank in Halifax which had been established in 18341. In 1860. this bank was incor- ported as the Merchants. Bank of Halifax, witli an authorized capital of 81,000,000 and a subscribed cap- ital of $500,000. In these days its dividend varied from 5 to 7 per cent. In 1899 a branch at Hamilton, Bey- ntuda, was established and this led to the development of a. businessr which has played an important part in the bank's' growth. In 1901. the bank's name was charged to the Ito; al Bank. In 1902 5,000 shares were sold to American capitalists. In 1903 it bought the. assets of the Banco de Oriente at Santiago and in 1904, the Banco, del Commereio•, Hav- ana. That year it acted as agent of the Government in Cuba in dis- tributing the $30,000,000 granted 'to the army of liberation, and in the following year distributedi a similar amount. In 1906 the head office was moved to Montreal. In' 1910 the Union Bank of Halifax was ab- sorbed. ' The Camp Goes To Goderich. The Camp for military division No. 1 goes to Goderich instead of Lon- don, don, the former place being store suitable. The Clamp of the future requires.. more ground' for tactical work than those of the past and itt chasing a location this must be tak- elt into account. The city corps of the district—the 24111 Kent, 25th Ldgim, 31st Essex and 711t Fusiliers -will go to camp fathers did, neglecting. modern aids, at Goderich from June 26 to July 1, Tltat is the reason United .states far- mers can come over here and do bet- ter. Our young men will go ',Vest acid adopt better methods, but not here. A higher ideal of ;farming is needed. The Americans will show them a ?ping or two. Our people think,- they should still. raise only wheat, oats and barley, when :they bitght to be raising, fruit and, things Ghat pay better," Business System and Fer- tilizers Make Farming More Profitable. Leamington, April 26.—Wltat would a farmer in Middlesex or Perth or Huron counties think if told that Ins, neighbor had paid out $1,000 in hard cash ,for fertilizer for a farm of ffl ty acres ? And"that, too, for a farm which tis so fertile that last year it netted its 'owner $5,000 for the produce he sold oft of, it. One man who is dobag this, is Mr. D. Maynard, whose farm is just east of Leamington on.the old Talbot street. 3Ie came from Blenheim but a very few years ago, attracted by the possiyilities of the district and ft is sale to say .that they have ret his expectations. Last' year he was .one of the big to- bacco growers of tl,t:s section. Ills tobacco : crop totalled . - fifteen tons,, taken frol}i about nineteen acres, and it realized, him $3,650, ilis' revenue was Increased by the sale of three other dlycrse produpts namely ,,hogs,. potatoes 1std strawberries, 3I0 very iproperly ctjnsiders that he had a good Year- ; '• .There r,'a business system , about this farin that explains in .part the success its owner is reaping. • While some farmers not, far distant have trouble getting help, he has none. Tbe'reason he explains himself, "I have two men, " said 'Mr May- nard. "They work 'for as they; ;would wogs in a citj%. They have definite hours. They quit at. a proper time and for overtime they get 'twen- ty tents an hour.. Over there I tint 1 buildinga helm `this spring for. apo of therm.°'.' returning on July. 2. Tho Goderich camp opens for cavalry on June 13 and for infantry on June 17, con- cluding, on the 28th. Tho city corps will join ,with -the other unitts in tan- Oical work, taking up the ordinary drill at local headquarters. And P,ort Albert is in a "Dry" Belt. , Wingham, April 06. ---Several pro- vincial officers' surprised Nelson Pear- son, hotel keeper, Port AlboOt, Ont., by dropping in on him unawares,t Port Albert is situtated in the local option Township of Ashfield. The officers: secured a large quanity of liq- uor, which they brought, along with the keeper of the inn, to Winghao, Police Magistrate Morton fined Mr. Pearson $109 and costs, ands ordered Provincial Constable Phippen to take charge "' of the liquor until disposi- tion of same was received from the Government, There Will Be No Scarcity. of ''Wo,rkers Up Ripley 7' t .Board of Trade }a fit. , J'o'hn. le u a n .�a e � yea t 1, e q y 's x a r ,x. r ., w 1 • , a lidF tnf wat;prCpent it,ifl. coxiduc;• Ig + re .toe fpem- , §eon W ai •ti^ tc , herscamp gr. c. beets: ":1$'uzrabgte, mean %ixtcreaaoct..a odmiriodatidrl;' The board has •i,ta tPys Ment t n , Troop illi n4 'on•ilieAr $ e P.,- . P alive :::ideal, curb 'house.," , . �.: , . „ ow;¢�r in ';to: work put la '4h. ib g's � y g .. whY 11 e }Soards i t .ole t. ? a:: au oki: : Joie l ,..,: .., el rad ,, of'1'rado rn LV'ew ,Brunswick.lett,” nation, vincial ibard.: b'wci1.? ait,•oig '� ld ba , . well knit it, its thought, would sn :effective+ agent ,for j�pmin�> thw' province. CLING. Boot 4 Shoe Business will be sold on terms - • to suit Purchaser. Rent ofbuilding g reasonable. Of The undersigned, having decided to dispose ,their Boot & Shoe Business, will start SATURDAY, APRIL 20th to sell their stock at great reductions. "Shots must go -regardless of Cost." Now is the time' to get bargains. 1 Now's when the shrewd Buyer buys Shoes 1,• J. Twitchell & So'n CLINTON, = - IO UNTAR Way. Riley, April 26 The train arriving at 9 is.' m. yesterday brought in about 100 immigrants, men, women and children. They were all taken in charge by Mr. G. 13. Mooney, loc.' al immigration agent, and These, wrth the farmers from far and near who were in to secure help, made the lit- tle burg ' a lively place- for some The .people' Who arrived in. this par- ty aro really the best all round ` to appearance and 'up-to-the'nitnitte in their -clouting; Tiiey-Vetle allotted to farmers, who drove away as soon as they received their man, woman or family. There are a large t.itm- ber of couples and they appear Id be quite contended and happy uridtf these lonesome circumstances. They stacked their luggage at Mr. Mooteey'si office 'until it looked live a city bag- S1agc-recon. • ,. Banish Pimples And Eruptions. They Are Gnaranteed A guarantee goes with every one of our Watches so you take no risk. The price too, is right. If you need a watch let's sho. you ours. ' W R. COUNTER Jeweler, Clinton In The Spring Most People' Need A Tonic Medicine. One of the surestsigns that the blood is out of order is the pimples, unsightly eruptions and eczema Chat come frequently with the (tango from wsntfer to spring. These prove chat the long indoor life of winter has had its affect upon the 'blood, and that a tonic medicine, is needed to put it right. Indeed there are few people who do not need a tonic at this season. Bad blood does not merely show itself On disfiguring er- uptions. To this same condition is due attacks of rheumatism and lum- bago the sharp stabbing pains of of sciatica and neuralgia ; poor appet- ite and a desire to avoid exertion.: You cannot cure these troubles by the 090 of, purgative modiaines—you..:need a tonic, and a ttonil only, and among all meelioines there is none eat equal Dr. 111 t'latns' ,Pink Pills for: .their tonic, 1.''e -giving, -nerve-restoring powers. Every dose of this medic- ine makes, new, rich blood whiolt drives out impurities, stimulates every organ and brings a feeling of new health and energy to weak, ea.; 'ed, aidin8 man; women and children. If you are out of sorts give this ly it will restore the appetite; re- vive; drooping spirits, ;and. 61111: your Yeti can• get', these pills from any veins with new, health -giving blood, medicalne dealer or by mail a0 50 tents a box ot• -six boxes for $2.50 front, The Dn. ; ildlialrts' Medicine Co., '. Itrochiallt, .Oq$. i ISSUER OF MARRIAGE LICENSES. ROUSE. CLEANING TI]IE I2S when you do your housekeeping that you find several pieces of your furniture ha'be become worn and shabby. Come in and see our stock, The Store of Quality Phone 28 W. Waiker Farnitltre Dealer and Undertaker Residence Phone, - 140 t6. DO not know much ,about the tari , rich iv%lerI we but I do know this m buyoods abroad, we Eel : the goods and the foreigner gets ; the. mono y ; when we but goods made at home, we get both the goods and the conn ,el' �" :Abraham Lincoln.