! CLITHEROE ADVERTISER AJfD TIMES, lOR Twenty-Five Years li i ItEMS from our issues of SEPTEMBER lUh,l 1914J


J depart- lan that |rs. could puWlc ■


Visuccess' Ion were Int upon Vom the


en, too, :s.


; B^ce ;ouId get < hlldren’s p.m. Nor he light-, !t earlier ■ ■ or four'


Iiat each


:tary, the lew .from )g meh in


meeting,


;d to the compiled, o him In nal. letter istfonce h s duty to 1 Up from


; Id! at 398. g People’s


hat each g People’s . ce applied' il Welfare'


t ' steward' financial


p t . I


I report by kienddtioii


'


I on trial; i ' I Bradford,'


Ipany Miss i Kntinue as I meeting, to ; p Leeming 1


lor, at! 2-30. Ition I was! i.corigratu-; . Justice of


fixed for


g during , result In hown on


erlooked id to be acheis— l could ibe


The! East’iLUncashlre Territorials struck camp on the depots, '.there


on. the 9th, I by the Rev. G. B. ^cke'rley (yiear\


Marriedi-i4t Myttoh Parish Church, -


son Blackburm to .&ce. younger daughter of


Mr, Orchard,


of and!


lytton ^rs.


Rev A; St. pU ’


, LOW Moor, on the 9th; the '■w. Il .pic[ pkuh (vlc'ar) solemnised the


wedding of Mri Stephen Whalley,;Chan- try I Farm^- tTjVaddington, [ to [Elizabeth, daughter ofjMrs.j and the late Mr. J’aimes H.[ Stout, Henthorne-road, CUtiheroe.'


Clinch,. Chuijch,] Sabden,' byl' the feev. A.|E!. Boden (vlciir), Mr. Herbert ;G^rge Nuttall to|[]piiheljMayi [only daughter of Mr [and Mrs. iJghn Hall, i Rydai Mount, Sabden.. ! | j '[ [ '[' ■"!'■ ' |j , [ ]


AiL :'on| :|the i9th, |,a t , St. [j lllchblas’


iderlck Monk Mrs. George Monk, of


W. i .Hampstoe, ’The younger


response itoi the nation’s call i , to | the colours, the'numbers to the <jnd of I the week being I nearly 600, inclusive of 80 from Whalley and 30 from Ichatburn.


Cjitheroe and: district'made i a fine


)th! for departure] to: foreign toi replace regular; troops,


as champions of the Rll blesdale Amateur League, having won evgry one i of the 11 matches played.


Waddlngton finished he cricket season


■ 'll' Chatburn Football Club resigned from


the Blackburn. Amateur ;,eagub and dis­ banded because most of thblr players had enlisted.’ [


”


When gathering eggs from his cabins, Ished to ( find the le itersG


plainly imprinted on onp[blf the /


Whalley [police, proriic tec [by Travis-Clegg, had fruit ;ul resu 56 names gelhg enrollec men werje later swonji llh constables.


A voluntary ;'schentg I for; I i


oil Sunday, the! 6th, Wien Reservists' tb the number c)f |l56 frhm Clitheroe : to ; C^iurch, 'led by the ClRl: Band. The Rev. R. N(~ an (vicar) In ■moiji ■ condemned qf (the 1 rules of


■Whalley’s thbroughfar ;s Were


thronged National


paraded . Parish Borough


1 of a i body of'voldriteers as watchers [and to asslst.thejpoltde in any emergency. Mr.iD. Rbljiinson tvas app.olnted.s,ectlonal commander, bnd Mr. W. WatteTsecretaiw.'


A ipubllc[ .meetiiig called by-iChatburh Parish Council I decided on; thejformation


! ! Dr, Macklln; letters from


: Ietbn[s Expegltlonj He mentioned] that' : atjM^aderla were several Gbrnian vessels whlcli .were i^mp illed to remadn ln port on lijstructiloM i or the “Highflyer,’f | the British cruiser |Wlilch' sank th^ “ Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse.”


Antarctic exploratloii ship with other;members of Sir' Emt


idurance” St Shack-


■ ' through his tunic Instead of I hlttlni a vital!partIdirect. '[Private Burke was oh the!way to'the depot at Lancaster. flTlie Germahs [[burn ibr otherwise [de^rby evbr^hliig[ they gome across,I’l he [said, adding that he' himself had sejeniwbinen


, and children piit fn front of tl^e German lines


lodlsm w^ Btever else Trighteous- listloe with ■


bed a level- ' also con- i


: College, w[a8|pres ;nted by; teajehers i and. inlaid timepiece. I Mr. headmaster


School teaeWng


scholars With an P.'H.jFielijl^, the presentatipni


Whymon^il Hoiises,; Pkndleton, The death occu m the one ’ and ' a


borrows?” . Ee can be


shed wall. We hiukt


•but the ,


[there] are; and ' ^e;


the r|gjjt upion h's,


the busy the tiny; lear thejn; close to;


Iprlhg '■ py.


I. of ‘diill; wUl


[nd tilling rUshlng,


■re.; [' we loose


;s' of pain issed, and its steady,


there hot ; born,! get:,


pord,Vallr. i first; day ji


lerly they gasj-mask


■the ... things;


veri kn’dw is Ik all"I arid our had; blit;


lid not be' with gas’


SIGHT?".;!


bse [[hardr [ nature ! French I


eanjifrom' eternity j 't:. ‘


froim ex-^ - ,


[ten and,go . \ I:'! ■


-morrows ; from the ;


!•■' i5).' ; i. . ’


In ti^e, [lambs


MUSIC AS MEDICINE


BAEBAko' JS and|seriri-clyiUsefl tribes have a tb whose[ maligriinfluence :,aliidlkease .was


oyer the mind and through this oyer: the body. Tlieir niedicine meri’barilshed'the' eyll spirits,


ever [pain tribute to trie po'wer jof (music


refer to ancient cirilisationsj wg, find (music playing [aii-iniportant role as a religious, edu­ cational brid theripeutic force.,] ’The!Egyp­ tian priests ipmbined music,' liiecloine and re­ ligious mysteries, using;one and] aU for ;the healing of spiritual, iinteUectual and physical ills. PobtiiyJ legendary; lore hfid learned phil­ osophical [treaties (alike, testify -to .'the high estimate tile Greeks [placed o:i music as,a


ttributed] with the (aid'd! mtisic."'IVhen we Briggs, of m.


;rred 'on the 6th at the lade the


was, paying g short’ visit, to Ralph ;sked,' and her daughter. Pendlet


Ing-relatlyiesl at W ;st Bradford,' tb which village she had' cbine to recuperate bfter [ a serlbus Illness. ‘


ypar-pld da' TltterlnktbnJ dled;^_____________ _


Misjs Flbrrie


bteririgton, teventeen- of Mr. and Mrp- W- on the 4th while visit


' At 3t. NCliolas’[Church Sum .by School,. Sabden,! oii the 9thl, Mr. John Hall, estate agent: to 'jMr. Stiittard,; iRead’Hal|,. an official arid workeij In church ^ d school foir trilrtyj yjears,( was [presented! with a barometeC, epergne and pedektal.


Hall was ItaWng uri residence at Black Tri rhe !wpif c


pool.


preterit j ittlonS. '1


were settled Magistrates tloris to the Grlffiri,[ytho P.S. Gregbrj


a t ;'the to extend their < ' Mr. [Ret. jA. B. Bbden made the There were but three cases onl the list


Borbughi Sessions, and as these It Only remained for the ongratula-


Seed, of' Cjhliiplngi: j In! her' 88th ygar, she her son Mr. Mrs.


bf


[Mrs, sh


his! coniiMtlpn vMth .Clltherdb; Council! staff to enter York;


Mr :W . Veevers,'jWho. 'was severing


■ Lancaster ['Regiment, wounded in| the battle of Mo)is,[ paid a flying yislt after being ta'ngspltal [at Brighton jj He [said he owed hla life to the fact that his rifle ' |inteipepted i.‘ a jpullet which ■ passed


Private Michael|;Burke, of Nethertbwri, Whalley, a!i niservist In the King’s [Own


his goh,: Dr. Alex Macklln, Alr<


of Whplley, received


the course of| .his se Germany’s violation I civilised vgarlare,' j


Labour deportees, wl oj som^e; weeks before had addresked k lutUc meeting in Clltheroe, 'spent a mont i Ip Berlin up to August: 27th, leaving wl;h h^ the risk of his life, with la Dutcl he had been': lucky [.enoiigh Recounting his experjehkes presslons wrote':-


Dr. Pouima, one of|t]ib 6buth African in V The Diiljl l Citizen,” he


In whom ba( I,[L


“ Of the r adersare, bf


•dtb in Germany, eburse, intensely


ii'


;amlly,at passport obtain, id im-


lnterested,[l,am bbuiid tjo|say one or two Social'Dembc


the Social I Democrats ]lr decided to[ support tljie the vote fbr money for the War.l • I have met many[ Social Dekno nats In Berlin who are known as hevlng blv/ays been very strong ■


but many of them wdrg wbrke than the most jingo!.of ‘patriots.


able tb state definite^ that Liebknocht was shot! is unt Is.servlngln the Arinyi of Rosa Luxembourg! German Army has been authorities.


Government. , . T* some , of th Democratic leaders have to go to countries Uke Italy, and! Sweden tb Socialists many. Is attacked


of these countries tl ght—that did not;waht war


“ With '[the co-opeijatfoii. ' Gi "


Eidliend; France, bclaim to the


obtainei


eiinkri'Social d passes


of the ermppy was


(bn llbe ling the dropped'by the


reiwrt themselves,' but actually hurried ,to| enlist days before .tpey [need to have done. : These things!.'weip a 'source of great regret to’ the Sod lUste :of .Holland. Tliere;'public opinion, h duding!Boclali3t[ opinion. Is on the dde'i of ii^gland, especially,since the Gemnan atrocities in Belgium. J Several teWnjente' i of the Dutch .Army became’ MlMuribted on heEirlng .ojli these outrages ithat .'.the officers could hardly kbepitnem in check. The cartridge bags In their mlUt'ary belts had'! to be sealed up; .and:the officers placed thernselves in fko i t bf the guns as the oripf effective way of lijekplng the men quiet.;' .[.


■ “ I am sorry to say] Socialists bf Internatlqnajl will , not [mention highly delighted at Ir vlttories, ahd who. could hot wait for the date,: on which theyj jveije '.oblllged to


thpt I have met stiidlng---l •who were


;i:it ipprtedi [German


that in Holland, sorii; | o[f my Socialist friends'agr[ee that I shm :ld p to England arid dP whatever I,could to ?et the people to respond to ,the call of arms, for .'the sake. ’of c|vlUsatlon arid’iberiipctacy. !lt Is felt In Holland that .t en aarij) Is in the grip of a madness of tlje masses. 'Where wil'itlead?


"In conclusion,; i priirild Jipb ; tb spy


new [chief .ConstE bib, Mr. C. was: suitably; Int: oduced by


' “ The 'only attitude foir; trie'British Empire to[ adopt,. I £im co ivlribed, Is to fight with!every avallatle naniuntil the Prussian rriilitary depPtlsm!ls bbaten.”:


Some centuries lEiter, : Ti laletas,: a; famous lyric poet was noted for idrlving away pestil-


,, . -'!


ence\with' the sweet, tb les of his lyre and song. Still (later Dempcritus '.clblmed , flute music as a specific for a'i 'ipei bitel, Eyemto F the second century of; pur era, [Galen,'the


and practices prevailed uP|Waril of a thousand years,' seriously’ recommended', playtag'.the flute on the suffering part .Jpiatoi maintained that music must lead to s (^o\ e of [the beauti­ ful in all things and de'dared that musical


ather of Medicine, imokt bf whose' theories


education. should, be com DUk Pry.; [' Children should be trained in gynnastlcs'and music,


I strains ioi [his lyre] ^ d voice.| Ohlton,; wisest ' of the:cerituars,: instructed by Aiiollg himself, used miisic as a curative meaiw. [ J Hercules studied lituslc, : medicine and justice at his school.', |] 'Among his pupils, ]tog was;,5!scul. aplus,’th’e].;SkiUed physician who’is said to have crired 1 deafness; ' by .toe eound; of, toe


means bf discipline and healilog. I ;( i [Apollo',!thb divine musiclari, :s called the healer.! ! Every I school child loiowb how Orpheus tkmed wild! beasts, moap rooks and trees] even.; rescued his beloved’wife from the realm of! toe shades through tl.e persuasive


he said.: Plutarch, ; in] his most delightful treatise on music, spokei(f:t(ie d|vtae-art w calculated to form and: :pmppse|the mmds of youth tp what-was decent, 5pbet.^nd virj tueus. Ameng the Hebrdi ?s the prephets and seers either made music! triemselyep cr were attended by players en the psaltery, timbrel, pipe 6r harp. Elisha sett for a'.minstrel to t tranquilise his mind, and vfhile he hearke^


sons of Asaph prophesied to the sound of the harp. We are aU famuit rj with the stop of


he Spirit of the Lord :ca ne iuporl him. 'me


w the sweet singer of Istae .jand hpw With his t onderful skill on, the ha rb he bought relief,


! trumpet,;leadtag one to wonder if he were not toe origiriril inventdr of the! eaf-trumpet, or perchanqb! o£ the speaking ttompet. i 1 . In''molfel than] fifty places the power of music ikl mention^! to the Hlad: ahd the Gdyssey.l|[ Aihillep and Paris were bpfh per­ formers bn Ihe ' lyxe. Music Iwag deemed m- dispensable to courage and to morals. (Homer tells. too; how toe plague, at toe kelge of Troy, was forged o keasC at the sound'pf] music.


in his day, commended iipstc as; a specially powerful means of warfw Pgul^t the dewl and his hosts, and Shakespewe has mum to saydn its behalf as a reswratlye fpree. Kmg Lear is relieved: of his .nmdness by sweet music, growing louder land louder at the proper place. Prospero, tojthe Tempest, calls a solemn air the best comforter to an un­ settled fancy while Ferdinand, to the same drama, tells of music that stole to him over, thcvwaters allaying both his passion and, his


o the agonised soul of distiricted Saul. Luther,


Backadie, often


.arise


kidney kid


fury.' Trie prosecution,


;t thb. report ;rue.! He


at Ger- I am


on. the lbt;rriatloiial Ideal,


things, hard as It Is fbr begin wlth| it should be kenjiemhered that lelchstag ment In


me to I To


a CUtheroe Poultry-kekpe]r i;wbs : aston' R. quite eggs.


’^elv^ Whalley as j special


assisting Mr, j. T. ts, about


“NO FLAG-WAGGING VICAR! OF


and these marched from the led by Lieutenant Noble.,


sendee, members of the 156th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery (T.A.) pwaded to the Parish Church on Sunday morning. Drafts at various times of [date had :nl


Prior to leaving Clitheroe for active


reduced numbers to about seventy men, "larracks.


responsible foir the excessive displayed by the local public paracie, i for; the reason that, the; men’s stay in their home town could pe but a matter of, hours’ duratloiii;. I'The seevibe in church was conducted


i The, tension created byith 'answer on; the part-. of the, Britain’s ultlmatum--the time limit Was to expire at eleven o’clock,- aftet which hour the Prime Mliilster-was ■ to . bro^^ cast the Natlon’k fateful declaon—


b e Reich to -was l


AS nil 1914,” CLITHERofe.


SAYS


The Church’s n^essage; tojthe world'just nocjv:, was: [to • be . humble, > penitent.anpL trustbg. I :'When we pad; done thgt, vve; shbuld seejpow.Pnly .;Chrlstlan;'virtues ultlrnately, itriumjphed. i Inhere was|iieed to I get; .down tb, the; rpek bottom> of Chrlstlan'virtues', and If welcould'dq tlils during [the awful catastrophe that was


to say that out:of the!chaos something worth vkhll.e had bPen achieved.


a y e d m i g h t


chEirge I of I things assuringly, adding.


GOD STILL I SUPREME. ‘ My frimds, take courage] "Gpd


: What werb we to lipderstand by-'‘doliig the 'will of God.’; , One thlrig was certain,'


,!; ■'I ' .


We made a great! mistake if: we thought the will of God was lesigneid timply to make us I comfortable and happy;-:’':


".[


God wanted us to be comfort: ible anii [happy, but . likewise we must needs ’be good,-".'.'


twenty yeare'-nts befen bri comfbrt more' ithari on gboclness, arid this is a Judgment of GPd' upon' that fact,” the • Vicar declared; '! ' “ If we' can only remember 'that, and seP behlnd^l this trouble God’s great call to repen^ce,. then I Ijhlnk we shall’.be able to face up tb i t with trer mendous'courage.!’


“ I think t|ie e'mphasls:during the last •' V [-'■


God In the Bible assured us thajt God’s will' must triumph, the Vicar proceeded to say it might be that God'was using us as the instrument for that very purpose at this time. One thing, he did hope w;e would ,have in mind—that there should be no vlndlctlvenkss, . Perhaps ve;khall have to learn to love bur eriemles; [ none of us. had! any: grievance a g a ^ t the German peoplei. Therelri lay the futility of the! Whole .'business—the .sadnMs of It, the'’m,adness and the badness, of It.


Observing that the!Vriole revelation of ; I,• ■: ( ;!


There' must be none of tlie flag-; wagging,' the “ hang the Ka tser,”,aSj in 1914, or “ make the Germans pay.l’j


to the : questions that trouble^ every­ body’s mind if they tried to realise ,that; behind'It' all :maybe,„God was..^ving! a fresh Interpretation of the meaning of. His will..


by therVlcar (Revl.W, S.!Helmi !M.A.) In the presence, of a, large cppgregatlqn. ' Confessing that, he ipund It, extremely difficult,to speakruride'r speh dre'a(lful|y’ appreherisiye clrcumstEmces,, thfe Vldar sMd they might perhaps flnd ap answer


over :arid e ver again from .this | pulpit. Things i are. :not: In 'the! hands of Herr- Hitler;; [God 'is; still supreme. 'We may not: be able to understand, all the yybrk- ings (Of: His:. mind or perceive whyj this calamity should come; uppp us,j but ,If only. we[ ca: i still remember ghat He] Is, In sripremb control, and that] as our Fsither, He cafes for us ant the German (race', I think' tve shall be able ;to (understEtod ak a


yet,” [Mr. Hehn I have said


is In :sald that


what It] really meaM to ,trust (Hto child does ,ts fathei.


o f ! A sijildier’s Interpretaton naan]


which Is sri essential and]strong ja nf : h


will„be, [sent, or where!you jriiay-.^ol, but ypii will ali^ays be in our thoughts larid im our hearts. We! shall riot forget you,] although; perhaps, v e may be very busy; nor win]you forget is In the strife. | All we( can hope Is that you ritU -Arid .com­ radeship; another]


Territorial^,, the, Vlgar' saldi “ Mpyj God bleiss you. you wUi be courage]


Addressing hlnis' Of ' directly to the Your d£ngers n|ay be! great;


__ We do ;iot know wherb ypu called u] ion to] exercise grpat


ad brpt lerhppd pnc; with rid to that


life, you will find; a new of tpe! brotherhpofl, of


corrunpn sharing, part


tVrill fln.1 .. /


.tlme ’j fori([ulet. riiedltation j and prayer;: don’t th liik It utunaifly (to Ipfay. , [As you: gojto your task, reme;nber you are triklng with you’a treiriendoas cause. You are' takirig 'Dh’1st. with you-r-He whomI believe TealW and truly Is how workings working am sufferinr-!-iri:(order that He may esttoljsh His wlll'ln the world.| ‘i It(seeiiis to me these are the lonljt


to you., Try. to ■make It repl, try, to] find


' ' NOT ■ ',unmanly ■' TO PRAY. “litnist religion (become very real


;be:able


CHURCH PARADE Territorials at Service When War Declared


FRIDA® SEPTEMBER 8, W W W FIFTY YEARS AGO


ITEMS; : FROM OUR ISSUES OF SEPTEMBER ’- 'i - - ' I - ■'


presented by Councillor H. pjarklnson for the I erection I ,'of i twenty


Ch:itburn-road; ■


approaches to| the; new bridge over the Rlbble: at West Bradford.


! lalso


. Imr tetoprial. There was' a f rial in 1847, wheri! I trie exception was- established befire: A County pourt judg>. (.Several members rnrilritalned. that a. corporate body'riad tAe power to,compkowners to kepj .the I'road Ini repair to, the satls- [tAclipii.of .the porpofatlon. ■


giari ies|of the owners were disclosed, the Council'went iritoj committee, one mem­ ber urging that it; would be ukwlse to iUscuss the matter further In the |)re;:ence of the Press.


con ialried A resolution relattog: to the Sah atipri ArmjI’s driim. The Chamnap jwas deputed to: sfee the officers .with a yievr to,preventing ]any further “SuridEiy morning nulsaigce”:


' T le minutes of ithe Watch Cbnunlttee (, ! : (


■journeys] a weekji and' 36 inlles -ea?h Journey, the total)'mileage covered was approximately 1,800. His plan'for the summer of 1890: was a service between between Blackburn and Lancaster.


wUl give us| victory, triat thej 'irar will'not last long, Apd that A iieW world will coine when! GpA shall gbrlfyj the glory of ma


■


FOUND DROWNED ri^bleI


CLITHEROE WIDOW’S TRAGIC AFTER : LONG li MONTHS OF i ^FER IN G i


Preston (65),'of 1, Stamfoto-Place, Clitheroej met her death on Thursday tof lest week| were Investigated ; by the Sklpton Corone: (Mr, E. ;W6od), at an inquest held at the, Reading Rbom, West Bradford, oA Friday afternoon. : , ]


The circumstances in which Mrri. Nanesj .


Missing from her hoirie since [an early hour, Mrri, Preston was found drgwned in the River Kibble, about 100-yafds from West Bradford .Bridge, by her nephew] i Mr,. Samuel Margerison, 20, Xhc .Orescentj


Clitberoe]: It was stated that]she ha^ suffered from depfessiori for sbi le [time,j


which'was lytog oil the bank of the; riveh said that!when he arrived, Mrs.-mston had been dead ari hour or two;' Death was duri to:drowning]..;;


Dr, W- E. Barker, who examined hq body]


weaver, said (that Mrs. Preston was her eisteA and she had' lived with her eleven years. .UJ to: five years' ago she had enjoyed faply gobi health; theri she met with an accident, the middle! of the night, while lighting taper. ( ;Her nightdress ctiught fire


Mrs.' Emily Coates, of. StamfordtPIac4 -


wAs badly pumt about the face rind bodl and, as ri result of her injriries,‘.was i patieni In Blackburn Infirmary for sbeteer monthf From that time onwards, she had been'a[ invalid, iimdj could only wrilk about with the aid df a stick. , ■ '


riri d sh^ ' tELT WORRIED.


7-15 on toe previous Thursday mom! Mrs. Coates;;said she heard rier sAte: mpyiifg


Mis. Preston (slept downstairs, a.rid: a ibout ainA,


about. When she went downstalrE to make Inquiries


sister had left the house. Fe'eiinri dqotB alone, she


uriabTe to (find any trace,


police of her disappearance; •' At 2 toe afternoon, srife was Informed


as to what was the rnritter, her


because |heij sister was not fit to' ie]out ]pf Instituted inquirie tofoifmi


sister’s body had been recovered frrim toe


I’ilock jin :hat her


.es, arid, ed trie


. |: |( : [ END.


Rlbble rit :West Bradford, i and there! she Identlfiec toe body, j Mrs. Preston [was j the widow of Simuel pfeston, a master joiner. ( In ans'ver


Her bUri s toeni®d‘ tp Hotc beeli causing, rialri' a!galn, .aid’ Cooper;,'-’vho He gave bet bain, an 1 Alone,;'ai s|ie riiemory-


Preston (qaq


to the .(kroner, witness said 1 been depressed for some th


Bhe wat beirig'attended by iDf; saw her the [previous Thursday, medlcme and pills to reUeve ithe


"bus' s‘driver,' [said /that at , 11 o’clock on Th:fc- day mor [ring hel was tpld tpat ihis aunt was missing,


WALK INI Sainiiea ''.i


irlSOri, -20, J.I.C


IN THE RIVER. The'Crescent, a


pressed,, he went in search' of ,her, 'arid(]waS told (that she' bad been ’ seen walldrig along the'road tawBfTds West Bradford. He'made inqiiiries


Knowhigjithat she'bad been de-]


walking stick in the river, 150 yardsYroni (West Bradford, in the Wqddington direction, and lateb'fc uhd the body',a few feetifrom the bank. Mrs Preston .was.theA deadjwh^ he called Tor Esslstarice." There-was nbthmg tb (suggest that there had been foul play.


along ' the .Hver' bariki"' arid continued hls search along the river.


'ixm people 'livlrig in bungalows ( He saw Iris arint’s


| 1


Ithe street, there had always been'sqmeorie (with, her.


I Replying tb the' Coroner, witness 'stated that his apnt had-not been in the h^lt of going out alone. 'When;he had met jbey to


! ■ ;' ( DID ; !'7 ' " NOT j AVAIL.


Force,! spoke ftb lembytog' the body from' the water. [He Applied artificial resplra('tiori for three-quart :rs of ari h’our.i : The f Novex ’’ resuscitation apparatus [was. also med,; but withoutlsuicess..1-,


P.C. [SucUffe,; of [the' CUtheroe’Borough


Preston i drowned herself?&: the rivp, at! -West Bra(dford, at a time when; the balarice of her mind'was disturb^! , ! ' ■ : 7' ’ \


The L .Coroner J returned i a I verdict ighat N|rs. .1;: ]'.. ,.! KIDI Rh: umatle'pains, Urinary and; Biadder^troubles 'impri


nsys eiiahling them tb filter out uiese harmful fitieq and so rid you of pain and discomfort.


Aik ir4ar . CfNniit(for


1/3 .(


Irom acldsand wastesileft in your blood by weak :ri:ti6m Doans Pifis [strengthen Wid flush the


NATIONAL SERVICE YI


said .that'She;.must not be left wag suffering fro'm loss of


Under’-which they iribour. '(There Is little: or no sentiment about the spoken word. Oratory, rhetoric have disappeared more


T By R. H. MC


O counteract the many blessings en­ joyed by English speaking people i there ■ exists one' grave ( disadvantage


completely from public : debates and grteat'ocop^lons hi (English ton^e ;than from’ those of anir! other; Many: of us prefer It so. We arc proud of our: common sense, and our reserve. ■ But ririfprtunately. our lack of Ititerest In the value and meaning of words, .leads (us - to accept them loosely, and often not to; examine what they really mean. .;. . Th’e word Freedom conveys to :us many


the most difficult ta selves,, by men wfac


English speaking people mere avo|dance of rCsporialblllty. j It may; be, In-part historical. A Freeman used to be the citizen who was a registered, burgess ot his; own towh, and ;Who had thus a- licence to travel without paying certain dues and fines, In other markets. . This (is dimly, remembered. The thing that.


beforehend’ 'whAt.th’py willI’llkb;' ' ‘'This Ashfect 0(f' Ffdpdom; vfas' effectually cMr ceale'd'Whlle the vast majprijty 'of people Inl Western Europe I (where, alone ! tnA trie woird 'i'was. used) were [closely prer pepupied In pbtahring'thA necessities, of, life. Arid had also jUlAle power'pfimaver taent]|and, could;! seldoin. colnpare their degree pf freedom Triththat! obtained r Ally pfif else. ], Yet everi (trij.thbte .[ear days' i many a. towh to ; lyesteni. Eufot purcha&d what Its citizens! [called.(Fre^- :dbmj - and'we should, call tother LopAl 'Adtonomy]! at a well understood price. First o f all such communities had to pay


3ks ever set, them- so : sdldom krioW


jatrest Of malefactors, fire duty, of'wl ( we shbuld I call sanitary wbrfci


lAad |to'! organise arii [fbred composed: o'f ’ t| iat any (molrierit of; tpe day


centlAi govemment.'


Is] forgotten is that he only became free by pa3rtng Keavy.j taxes,-^and accepting .the obligation of military service to hls own town. - In the country districts the freeholder was to [ppssesslori of hls plot of land and paid no rent.; Only those who have tried lt,j kno.w that, to repUty,, such a one has to :Pey tor all hls own repairs, and bear pU the losses that are inevitable.. No wealthy :landlord mends the freeholder’s gates or lets him.-off to a bad season; lie cannot .let. hin|self off. .But ■ human : nature I IS short to


memory. ; !.,.' , ,:''! ■ .■,■ (■ ■''


to be sustained Isjsoon forgotten. . Only the privilege of Freedom Is remeinbered, and Is generally supposed to mean the right to do as onp likes; perhaps one of


A.R.P, IN THE MTODLE j AGjES.i The heav^ toll of duty to-be! done, loss


parish jehurch,


he' quite, —----------


Class I feeling from f. jwhloh - ' continental nations [ suffer. ’■ :Bpt topre Is; soipp posslbllJty! that we may bverplp I t Aff all,’'there Is!(rid',lack bf i taAWdur’ about toe poUpemari ibi ,|the,. ,hoi


.


(soirndlaAgeisum annually.to thelr'klhg ;br lent.' [‘.'Thin'they toalntaltf A police


At tl


(sound of the. bell: In the (tower of't: they [had tb: leaVe tthplr


work] their board or'their 0^', wlth'such armAorllniplementsjas they nrightiiieed, tb fb)rm [the hue arid cry, the . fire, squ£d, or to clear, the rlver| or thb road .of (ob­ struction. ! For theft, the3j|iweire;a(u In] " plrpetrial; jury.,


of thes[e duties, they ,w.ete oir itoprisoriment,!


If]they,


centuril. ' Arid this was only


-will i be'such an obUtffatlon as.ivrill detrAc't I seriously from lour Freedom.! (: ( I, ifori: one, do not adnllt Iti ■ Whe,A a


niirse.: "They wear ithem bpbclal jclotliei because! they were suitable, not pecarisi they[arb A badge of'servitude. But,[it will be aiBwered,'these! are highly'special .lobs; and the; urilfoms'ahe 'not worn merely because they [are suitable,; but|t<i bbUterajte,' toei peison j behind • thb . duty thatithe urifforjris sl^fy] And f fa laijge numbed of]ps,aceJp:gP,into uniform .tri^b,


(eiriseives ’ avallaljle or night, Tpr'


large number of us :sacrtflce leisure and choice of 'occupation,-aniji don a unifrirm 7b mefet what we believe to'be an emer-r gency, we do not-lose opr Freedom. Wp exchange our Individual Initiative for something larger, of jwhlph we are but a part. !"We may look,bat^ with regret at the-latterpart of thd nineteenth ceptpry;- .■when Freedom seembd sp assured. - .Butf


bur regrets are supbrflAoos. Fieedomi then-seemed assured;: In reality It wasf


bbside the! compulsoty ’dutles of! a’ toim burgesS of the tvVt


failed! to (a'hy: -liable to flic '.‘is child's-Pi ay


Ifth the bbglilnlrig] they


thirteen th


and' having duly Assured; the; P to ^ behavlbur ot, themselves


streets, wooderi.


oiropt!-! and havtag


rind havind-|isafeguarded,'their thatched h msd


. arded ■rom!fire they


to


large, sum their oto


were [Itoky If, havtog gafheredi up i ' by local! taxation, arid paid to the Royal or ■ other' exchequer, -some tljeri


cheap.' 'I t cost Uttle. • It had been wonj ori the battle fields (and In the cpuncU chambers of two 'generations^^arlien; That Is'why, though' wje may th l^ i’of Emerson and John'Bright with respect, we do riot feel Inspired by the philosophy of the: one, of convinced by the opatpry :6f toe other. It cost thein so Uttle, to Air those fine',Abstradt| .views of the| 'dignity of human life, pnd the .Inlpultyj of political systems morn rigid than thpse,


under which they Uvedi It wlU not„he| so for(ris; If we want Freedom,:We mayi have to fight'for It.; We shall certainly have to make ,a sacrifice to .keep It. ]W


may have to dress alike ^hd do aS we are told. ; At that price, we may be free] j


A AND today. ■'t


things one can;say ..tp; yoi| , Each of us; wIU do our duty .and play; our, part with- a4' (the cheerfulness, courage, and hope we have got. And, as. time; goes [ori,, .we must ] pray]—pf ay e£.rnestly---that iGPd


fltalrcasfe] which ; was'; Immediately Ignited. The tenants,. Mri and Mrs. Bell,, sustained serious. Injuries,;..the former Sufferingifrom burns and the iattet from broken limbs, when shp escaped hy, the bedrobrii i Window.'! Iri,( the excltenient;i pwlnA Va' riiisunderritEiridlng, theig four-; years-old daughter was forgotten. Neighbours, who. had been aroused by the cries]for :hfilp,t fought the, flcimes and reached the girl, i iShe was dead, having been suffocated. ''


Appleby opened a bazaar for the purpose of: liquidating' the debt—about £650— owing on the new St. John’s : Church School; ibuUt -to accommodate 327 scholars., .. There,appears, to haye-.heen small school over a hundred years ago on the old road side, which bulldipg was


At Read, on the 12th, Mr. Arthur


Ho.-12,1 Pendleton, shortly! before mid­ night on! the i2trii originating.^through: the breaking o( a chltimey lamp [arid the oveituriilng of the paraffin vessel',An the


A disastrous fire occurred at the house,


series of journera ; that ' he had :'.been piaklngi betweefi Blackburn and' SawIey. during-the suirimrir. He began to;‘ruh: a coach on May 118th and original^ in-, tended to finish on August: 22nd.!. But the running: had bjeen.so successfid as to inducet:;hlm to (coiitlnue the:servlce. The' route lay from, BlAckburn, along Preston New Road, by Meflbr Brook to Lamb Roe, Where horses were: changed, and from there toiSawley]'' pn the return Journey the horses were changed twice—at Lsunb Roe and Park Gate, so as to runjfresh Into Blackburn] Mr. Ward’s considera­ tion, wris to run jsufficlent journey’s , to entitle him, to Jmembershlp :pf ' thp ~’OUr-in-Hand Club. .IThe .dlstariCe was ,bout ;18 nines. | Crilculating three


On! the 6th, [Mr! Ward coihpleted.the ’ Wheii'the


(whlchj in .the- district coniemed had heel written eiff yearly. A report sub^ mimed by, thelTowni Clerk on this point, staled' that highways ratris (for that dlslrlc.t had blseni' forgiven from; time


iestlmate of the cost of filling .............. . of ihejbridge. ijt was stated that approval tuned on whether ( the Corporation would'be able jto demand hlf:hway rates,


riscusslon turned on the up the ends


making the Surveyor’s


Clithproe Town Council discussed plans houses In


1889.|."i


Mr. Robert Hope was appointed miistpr, and under hls able Influence the schiol was enlarged and Improved.^ Since t] estabUsriment of weaving, property in Reridbak Increased by leaps and bounds; the.pogulaUon, whlih la 1881 was 4r6, ■Is-at-the present tlmje overT,200, and’ t| old and new sheds (give directly or directly,, ample' occupation to t] population.■ .1 I


added io from time, to time,


place'on the: inlght- ofv the. ISih. Preparations Included a'jprodlglous idse . „ _


Walls(!ffi the village were covered- with of baitriers,. paperi ]


riis andflrewor]


In the intetfest of both cAridldates. (- On a strible door*midwAy In'ithe "village—or ratUei!: ri? borouglr


squlbA’V arid comic drawings, prepared


large; letters,: .“Firich’s Goinmlttee Roon i.:” Polling was irom'7.-0 to 8-0 p.m. j Both SirThomas Boothman and,::", Aide r-


"Inscribed ;• In


subsequently thanked Hls siippoi from;th| inburitei Accused [ “ Sir ” 'Thbmi Success through bribery.


! steps(6f|hls oriponent.'


.unseated. 'Principal I [whiri.ers


.S.'lEmk: R.IHleaE


riectlon J-


■pltod'Methodist:Me Church,' In con-'. Choir


be seiiT ce of song, ‘| Harvest Gladness.’’ Hayhurst was, tliie organlsjt]


(and; scholars atiiMobr. Lane' with thanksgiving: Services, gave


Methodist Free Church,! on [the llth;: by the vR'ej. B; J. Hi Shaw, I Mr. Wilson


ifld Mr. •Weddings;


W. E. Blbbly the rea(der. (Moor' Lane' United


t o t h Hargreaves; of RougMijee, to Ml^ fearah ^ Jane Smlth,:|)f Sa,bderil


Band] 'Of,, Hope fest! vAl(; tpbk place;'! it. Stopper Lane-,'pA.tiie 'Otli.;:


' Riiriniitba’s arinjuil .hishb^ ,


-1.'' T. Chlye rff: wtisi the Tefereej,' go! abroad, arid, (genbrally [the ,cj ;he teams;being:—


;Qvers, 'on ,'the llth, a.- Iroenlyi contests '•(eriqlng In favo ii; of tbej-Rovers.kyj


Ciltherbe F.Cl. eAterialned! Blackbuitn . : t -’ ( , . •


ton; Patefleld, Sutcliffe and ;Blackhursl R. and 'w. Eccles, .'Wells, i VVrigley anid Dalton.


Warlni,| Campbell, Southworth; Walto) and Tovmley. r i ' Clltheroe; Fielding Dobson and Hat­


. . j ; , . , . j - .


, Death j.-nOn. the lojth; Mary Ann, wlie.; Of iJohn! Dugdale, iBawdlands,. aged 'ii


J


yearai i .Oni the ll()th, .at" Cllthercp’' Infirmary, George. Holden, aged 64 yearp, i (■; . I !■•"!' '1


99


Blackburn Rovers; Suteic;! Forbes an]d :tiuidp'rf;V Dewar, Almondrand' Fortes!


; I, !


Htirtiey to Miss Annie Eushtbn. 'On tlie i2th, ' - - broei'


at the Indepen lent phapeli ■


by the;: Rev.l Charles’.Warlngj' Mr.; they were 'ori'a’warifdollrig: ■and;j'6rice again -the] prlte' pf Freedora] was


Clitl --


did not end herp.-lf VllO


TT TTFA I*aM/\v4 . . . tovallon threatened I); th mattoi


elected by 16 votes tg 15- Supporters both sides sat down much i speechifying, (formed,] the “ Mayor srilte In'a " criArlot” Cart: horaes,' whose jsWprds' l and carbln


to dinner, and aftzr a procession [ w is 'riding ridthi tls drawn by “ fl.erj” postUlldns 'spoir^ es. The ‘f Mayor ’’


of


adding 'ihat.he had been|tegally:advlsM to; have the “ Mayor!


yegetable shpw. rielri ,At:,thp"Biiiii^eqi8’, Atms,]TOalIey-foad,


............................at, trip;:,flpwer:ar.di were' Hetefc :5topi,


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,ey,; H. Tbmllfasbp,! JjiWlilttaker,; ard, and J. vyilklnion (Whallby),,


manslbri, as did his ,e latter' opemy 5 of "securliiA d corruption.


iWorston’s " mayoral ” 1 election tobk In i860


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t ■Cf ali classes of i women, nursCs are among


“ Nursing Mirror,” i writinfe ' of means to the nurte,| Fromfthe! .of hEr training tpe; young! riuiAe .lei keep her head in. a' crisis; fir fit jek an emergency. And (in SOI may perhaps be adjudged her lln, a. crisis there is-m selfish thought of her, qWn sonal interests arid corifllp! autotriatically.,'' her; way is t about conditions,' hours, country the nursing :prbfei con


emporarily . forgottqri, I'ai


(were left Ilh 'Medbfiif'' own administration,


hose most fitted to deal (vfil ' trie coriditlbns, arishig in a national erne


:enty,('sAya-the| j what; war


'ilrllest days ns to felf.is jurke; For nor!]!.


Ip ftoni her (!: Grife'vi dices


,:er pe'r-: i!


statlis over


prepared, j '.he .matter ih^r


' are';!' the, I


(Continued from! prepeg ig coluiniiv)! '. 4 conduct


service; uripald jaridl^tmut


Grettt;.5to:/this pbnritryiAt; liast, [.whbrA Freedom’ was always [at its greatest'ex­ tent, until the :set’(ing unj of to® legulai] army-under the Stuarts,i|very mMe ever, loArteeri;'wab uhaab


thing of which: we daii hAve :io '’Wnbep-! tlo n .F rom -the


tlbib I of Alfred] the! blie’fbr umlniitedrilll uidlriritbd'i^


arid flndtog'hls owri’jiveappnk.-;. It 4s true ihat- the: whp|e .le’iryj'wasl'nbt obliged to


stances did not deniand li,' yet] again arid


again :;“Freb’’ ! English ’ .tb '^ ' hag [to fuimlsh contlngentsi |of BCDres''or; htm-


dreds,.pf^ men, ftoiA i pmopg,: their;i,b.V[itt, numbers, or spfe'clallyi (emlsted, equipped: and paid. | Even'] thb 'mprias lerieb thatj sometimes; stood, alppf.,frotri (toe, dally] llfp[ of ithelcbuntry, had|tb!’


the conscription (of th(e|v|ars'4917^13, or the mlUtlA . drafts (of! today,- b


And'extent of our-vpiUntaty ejffort;, :Wel, may, think lt:newi aAdrstabtopB. j It Is;' pot;.''(It;'Is'toe hlstpiie! roBens by;!whl(to( (5?e have''purchased ]E[reedbm. Welllrig-] ton’s soldiers'![Werb'i.gatoered; [by:;(h?}Ipt, Nelson’s (sailors (by' the- Press 'Gang.- Kitchener!?’;'Ariny ] Audi J'eUl :pe’A Navy- were nothing new. (They ,wete ajrever-i Sion (to ' toe'itobditipn ! of .-(Orake and]


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