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TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
ease -
EXETER, ONTARIO.
TUURS1 AY, NOV. 13 1913.
Local ,l Ti -' SCHOOL AT HOME,—The "At
Home" given by the Exeter High
W, T. Gillespie is suffering from a
smashed toe, owing to a piece of
machinery having .fallen on it.
The Ontario Bee Keepers' Associa
tion"ineet in annualconvention in Tor-
onto on .Nov. 19, 20, and 21.
Rev. D. W, Collins will conduct i
series of Bible Study meetings in the
School Hall of the Trivitt Memorial
Church on Thursday evening of each
week during the winter months, com-
mencing to -night (Thursday) at 8
o'clock for men. A hearty invitation
is extended to the men of the ^on-
gregation and to others wishing to
attend,, The meeting to -night will be
devoted principally to organization,
SOLD' FARM—Mr, John Welsh has
disposed of his fine hundred acre
(gem on the London Road .north of
here to a Mr. Tooke of St. John, who
will take possession on Feb, 1st. The
price paid was . $10;100, 'This is
one of the best farms, in Huron Coun-
ty and n -hale the price looks 'big the
farm with its fine dwelling, barns .ind
equipment is considered good value.
Mt•. Welsh intends having an auction
Isale of his chattels on Feb, 27th, af-
ter which he will likely move to town
STRAYED HORSES
There strayed from the premises - of
the undersigned, Lot 3, Con. 1, Bid-.
dulph on Nov. 6th, a roan mare with
4 white legs; yearling colt with 4
white legs, stripe on face; Bay ,olt
3 years old, with stripe an face, white
hind foot, Any person giving or
sending information to the Advocate
office or .to the undersigned that
nidi lead to . their recovery will be
suitably rewarded. Nelson Baker
Centralia P.O.
PROPER CLOTHES
For Men
and Young Men
Suits
TA._LORED TO MEASURE,
IN TRUE
"PROPER, CLOTHES."
Overcoats
Shawl Collars, Single Breased
Double Breasted, Converti.nle Collars,.
Collars
OVERCOATS -CHINCHILLAS
Mersey, Freize, Beaver, :Melton and
tweeds, -..
ae-
Mens Furnishings
Chosen with the same• care .and re-
gars for fitness as our, "Proper
Clothes."'
SHIRTS
$1.00 $1.25, $1,50. We add
ehasis to our Shirt at $1.25.
COLLARS
See • otsr New Arrow Collars, iii
&l1
the latest shapes. ' Now, 2 for 25c,.
MEN'S HATS
$1.50, $2,00, $2,50, $3,00
All New.
SWEATERS
' tti.bc to $4.50. A Special at $4.00
They are a choice line,
W. TA1I�
TAILOR i~
& FURNISHER
ER,
Zlift
School In the Opera House on .Friday
evening was a very successful affair.
The lower part of the hall was used
for the occasion and the students had
spared no pains in decorating and fur-,
nishing the room in a very tasty man-
ner with. flags, pennants, bunting, lan-
terns and streamers. The reception
committee lead their work well in hand
and all those who were invited were
made heartily welcome, • The early
part of the evening was taken up by
a program consisting of Chairman
Weidenbammer•'s address, the School
Yell. Girls Chorus, solos by Misses
Edna Follick and Nina Carling, oestrus
mental by Misses Seldon, recitations
Miss Edmunds, Miss Wurtz and Wil-
lie Manson, and short addresses,, by
Ex -Trustee Huston, Trtfstees Glad
inan,,Fuke and Creech, also. Mr. Stan -
bury, and, Inspector Edwards of Lon-
don, A hunch of sandwiches, . cake
ed a d tie
i coffee then served, n 1
and was � ,
remainder of the evening was spent in
promenades, which everybody enjoyed
The ".At Home" certainly goes on
record as the best the School has
ever ;given.
"MISS VERITY 14IARREID;— Mr,
and Mrs, T. B, Carling went to Tor-
onto on Saturday to attend the mar-
riage of their niece, Miss Alice Louise
Verity daughter of Mr, and 112rs. Ro-
bert H. Verity, formerly of Exeter.
to Mr, William Warren Davidson, bar.
rister of . Toronto, son of NIr. J. A.
Davidson of Stratford. The marriage
took place on Wednesday evening,
Nov. 12th, at the home o: the bride's
parents, 100 Tyndall. Ave. Miss
Winnie Carling played the wedding
march. The ceremony was performed
by Rei Dr, Ramsay, uncle of - the
bride assisted by the pastor of Dunn
Avenue Methodist church. The
bridesmaids were hisses Lucille and
Gertrude Verity, sisters of thebride,
while the ring bearer was Miss Ger-
trude Braun of New York, and the
ribbon bearers were Misses Millicent
Ramsay and Millicent Verity. li.ev. and
Mrs. E. A. Fear of Teeswater, rely-
t,ves:of the groom, were also present
at the ceremony.
DEATH OF ROBERT ICELL.AND
Death has'. claimed another of the
oldest and best 'known residents or
this neighborhood, in the person of
Dir Robert Kelland, who died at the
home of his .nephew, Mr. Robt. Skin-
ner of the 7th concession of Usborne,
with whom he has been residing for
for some time past, The deceased
had been ill for several months, but
his condition did not take on a :,,er-
ious aspect until about, three months
ago. when he took a changefor the
worse and with. his advanced years
against hien his vitality left and the
end gradually came, stomach trouble
being immediate cause of death. The
tate Mr. Kelland was born in Devon-
shire,. England, and carne to Canada
in 1854 first settling on a farm in
the Township of Usborne, and he
has continuously resided in the neigh-
borhood ever since., Deceased re-
tired from the farm about . 40 years
ago and since then has been a man
of leisure. By his careful habits and
faithfulness to duty he had accumul-
ated considerable wealth, the great-.
er part of which he left to his neph-
ews and nieces, he having never mar-
ried. He is survived by two sisters
both of wham reside in the Old Coun,
try. The funeral took place to the.
Exeter cemetery on Saturday.
.MAIN STREET'ANNIVERSARY.
-The people of Main Street Metho--
,dist Church . had very unfavorable
weather for their anniversary on Sun -'Sun-
day, with the result that ,the con-
gregations were not as large as is us-
ual on such occasions. Rev. Anderson
of London was the preacher for the
day, and his sermons were of a high
order and listened to with rapt at-
tention The evening sermon on the
subject "Fatherhood of God" was
especially good. The music furnished
by thechoir' was bright and interest-
ing. Besides the, choruses a quartette
was given by Misses Edna. Follick,
Mabel Follick, Eva Huston, and Mrs.
Elston, and a.solo by Miss Edna Fol -
lick. ` Thereceipts were very grati-
fying ,.to the officials, being slightly
over ,$575. At the Stunday School ser
vice sixty of the scholars were pre-
sented with Robert Raike Diplomas
and Seals for regular attendance, they
having been present atevery session
during the year.
GOOD.
The Provincial Highways Commis-
sion
sion is about to embark upon a ser,.
les of meetings throughout Ontario ie
an, effort to gain the pulse of the
good, roads •movement and to learn
the indiviclua1 demands of ' different
localities; Six cities have been settled.
upon as the convenient centres of Old
Ontario: At Landon on December 16
representatives will be called from a
portion of Western Ontario, including
the Counties of Essex,. bent, Lartibton
Huron, Elgin, Middlesex and Oxford,
There are seven matters on, which hi -
formation will be sought in particular.
These include: (1) The benefit to be
derived :eons road improvement. (2)
Thekind of roads considered desir-
able for the loeality represented. (3)
The sources from which revenue for
roads should be derived, (4) The val-
ue of statute labor. (5) 'The clessifi-
cation of roads and the governing
body in which control or
each should
lo-
be placed, (6)' The lea.
ls of'the
c
cality, which are or which should be
constructed as main .roads for local
market or ether aecunnulated and im-
portant traffic, (7) 'The width . of fir-.
es and the control of automobile, tree-
tioe engine, motor truck or other traf-
fic, ;
ROADS'' MEETING.
t tills week of the 4•
Exeter. (Eng.) "Flying Post," in which Creat Lakes
the following article appears under the
above heading. The Editor of The.
Advocate had the pleasure of some
conversation with the writer on his
recent visit here, and heartily concurs
wth the Viten of the "Flynn; Post"
in agreeing to forward letters which
the: pupils of our schools niay write
to the pupils of the schools of Exe-
ter, Eng,
EXETER, ONTARIO. Many Wrecks on,
We are in recei p
To the: Editor of the "Flying Post."
Sir,—It has just fallen to my lot to
visit the pretty and delightful Iowa
of Exeter, Ontario; and I feel that
as an olcl resident in ye ancient city.
of Exeter England'; it would be. fitting
to give soime particulars "of this, the
newest town with the. name 'of the
"Ever Faithful," I went' without a
flourish of trumpets, but no sooner
"registered' c 'ste ec a � theCentral hall rel r 1C r
g
t
Ho-
tel than I was greeted an all sides
by the leading men of the town. This
good feeling had been tendered and
accepted by our good tithes, Mi•,
Harry Hems'' and also Mr. Alfred
Wheaton who bad been lucky enough
to strike this town in their extended
travels some time previously.
Exeter Ontario, is very beautifully
situated and is a bright, modern, up-
to-date town of some 1700 persons,
many of whom ,are from Devon'hire.
The are a very happy and generous
lot of folks, and when a stranger ar-
rives . their spontaneous generosity
avid hospitality are unbounded. The
English church is a very . handsome
structure o: brick and stones, the
woodwork being of New Brunswick
pine The church is known as ' the
"Trivitt' Memorial . Church, and was
built about 25 years ago. It •"'.yas a
square tower, about 100 feet "high
containing the only peal of bells in
Ontario Evidently ,Trivitt, the gen-
erous donor, wished to reproduce in
new Exeter some of the beauties he
remembered inoocl old Devon '•as he
was a Devonian.) In this far-off
land one ofthe difficulties is to . get
the ringers. The Rector (the Rev.
Collins) ,is a man of fine character,
and has the welfare of his church and
city deeply at heart, At 'tis invita-
tion I enjoyed an opportunity of
viewing the beautiful scenery of the
surrounding country from the church.
tower supplemented by half -an -hour's
delightful .talk with the rev. gentle-
man, He :highly praised the district
and assures' me of the splendid farms
that are to be had "eight here" really
'oocl farms of 100 acres with good
hriQe ""villa" farm -houses,' together
with barns, outbuildings, etc., for a
trifle over thousand pounds, :free -hold
These farms are not isolated, but are
within a mile ox so of a town. There
are good roads, telephones laid to the
farm -houses; and ` a letter box at the
gate to the farm, where letters are
delivered and fetched every. day. The
Rev. Collins, Rector of Exeter, On-
tario, will gladly correspond with any
who would like to make this district
theii future home. The land is very
favorable for raising horses, cattle,
t.
and chicken, 'besides apples, . plums,
etc.
The Methodists and Presbyterians
are strong in this district, and I liad
the pleasure of meeting both pastors
and found them good practical fellows
Masonry and other social societies
are strong here, and I can assure my
intending to come out that they will
feel quite at home with the good
folk here. •
There is a good demand for labor,
especially farm hands and domestic
help.
;The beautiful flag sent''out here by
the Exeter ity Council some four
years ago' is.highly prized, and I was
told personally that the residents were
greatly pleased with. the 'magnificent
quality of the flag sent, feeling that
theirs was insignificent; ,but it is not
the value of the gift, but the thought
that prompted it.
One suggestion, Mr. Editor, and I
done. Tlx: young folks of . Exeter,
Ontario, would greatly appreciate it
if some of the school children of Ex-
eter .England, would' correspond with
them' Here is a grand chance for,.
say ,St, John's School, St. Sidwell's,
and some others, as well as some of
the young ladies' schools to come to
the front, Exeter, Ontario, is patriot-
ic and enthusiastically British and
Devonian, and it is "up to" Exeter,
England, to encourage and aid that
spirit: Mr: N, Dyer Hurdon or the
Rev. Collins, Exeter, Ontario, would.
receive letters in the first place, and
hand them to young folks; to reply.
Thanking you, and hoping I have
not made too great a trespass upon,
your space, Believe me,
Yours faithfully,
'W, A. GARDNER.
P. S.—Perhaps you, sir, would re-
ceive the, letters from the school
children in Exeter, England, and for-,
ward them in bulk to the two cat-
tlemen I name or to the Editor of
The 'Advocate, Exeter, Ontario.
(We shall be very pleased to for-
ward any ;letters • which pupils of
schools in Exeter may send us,—
Ed. F.P.)'
(We too; -Ed. Advocate.)
M'AN' "t,•IODIES FOUND ON THE
SHORE OF LAICE HURON,
The terrible storm of 'Sunday re-
sulted in a score of ship wrecks an
the Great Lakes, many of them being'
near here on the east shore of Lake
Huron Great loss of life has been.
caused. It is expected to reach 60
or 70 in number. About twenty bod-
ies have been recovered on the shore
from St. Joseph to Kettle Point, and
it is considered that the half of the.
loss and damage is not yet known,
Some of the losses, en Lake Huron
are,—Steamer Wexford, wrecked off
St. Joseph. 23 probably dead.; the
Steamers Charles F. Price and Edwin
F. Holmes, wrecked near Goderich;
Steamer NorthernQueen, wrecked o
n
Kettle Pottt, Overturned freighter in
Lake Huron, near Sarnia, 30 believed
dead;; Steamers Regina, and A. H,
Hass wrecked on shore north of
Sarnia,
The damage to property will run
into many hundreds of thousands of
dollars;
THE SCOTT ACT VOTE
For the past week there, has been
considerable doubt as to the day on
which Huron, Peel, and Welland
world vote an The Scott Act, Nov-
ember 24th was favored 'oy the Gov-
ern me:at as the date, but it has been
postponed until January, because it
bas been found necessary in order to
comply with the Act that the pro-
posal to take a vote must be adver-
tised for a giver period before the
'vote is actually polled. As it was lis -
covered that November 24th was too
early a date to make it possible to
comply with this section, it was de-
cided to postpoine the contest until
January An endeavor has been made
to show that the liquor interests were
being favored by the .authorities, who
happen to be Conservatives, but it has
developed that the whole agitation is
nothing more than the Globe and a
dew rabid Liberals trying to stir' up
a. little trouble.
It is an openquestion thatwould
have to be settled in the courts as
to whether a defeat of the Scott Act
in Huron County would not automat-
ically put municipalities now ander
Local Option in .'a position to have
licenses rranted; that is, it is pos-
sible, that a defeat of the Scott :act
would also act as a repeal of Local
Option Eminent lawyers have given
their opinion that such would be the
case, but the question has never been
decided in the courts. I•t would un-
doubtedly have to be whits settled
should these conditions arise.
A HEAVY STORM
An old-time storm of considerable
magnitude set in Sunday about two
o'clock first with heavy sleet anti
snow, followed towards the evening by
a binding snow storm, which kept, up
the howl well into Monday, The wind
blew with great velocity and; consider-
able snow fell. The roads were made
almost impassable in some of the %.tire
rounding country, and telegraphic dis-
patches saythat much damage has
been .done to telegraph and telephone
wires while sevefal railway aed ,,hip
wrecks have resulted from the storm
11 this .is a sample of what the nex
few months are to be,' we will rer•:
taioly have "some" winter%
•
TUBERCULOSIS SUNDAY•
The lapse of a year"since the chur-
ches of Ontario observed Tubercul-
osis Sunday shows great advance in
the strength of the movement, to
judge by the preparations which ere
being made throughout, Ontario for
the services on Sunday, Nov, 3(}th.
On that day, which is the occasion
of the annual Tuberculosis Sunday,
it is expected that from at least a
thousand pulpits sermons will be de:
livered
e-
livered urging upon the attention o:'
g g
the congregations the necessity for
co-operation in the nation wide :yam-
Paige against the "White Plague.'
EXETER COUNCIL
Council met in the Town Hall on
Friday evening, the 17th. Previous
minutes approved, Harton —Hind —
That the accounts be paid as read,—
Canadian Fairbanks Morse Co. SOc.;
Imp, Oil Co., 94.51; Bell Telephone
25c.; Express Co. 65c; Telegraph Co.
71c. • ,R. G, Seldom cement, 211,95;
Weekes Bros, cemetery, 20.00; Times
Printing. Co., 4.25; Sid, Sanders, labor
19.35; J. Norry 20,80, W. Westcott,
1.25; Wm. Creech 2,00; Rich. Davis
10.75; S. Handford 7.00; T. Cornish
4.52; T. Webster 2.01; T. Sanders
14.S0; T. Flynn 3.00; T. B. Carling,
pt. salary .29.00; W. J. Bissett, ditto.
41.00; J. Ford, ditto, 37.50; D.Russell
7Oc T Wainer 7,00 For Deputy Re-
turning officers, E. Treble, W.Johns,
H. E. Huston, Alex, McPherson, 2.50
each; For Poll Clerks, Sid Davis, H.
Bissett, P. Gillies, F. Witwer, 2.50
each; For polling. booths, S. 'Hand-
ford, Mrs. J. Mitchell 2.00 each.
Scott-Harton—That By-law No.
12, which was provisionally passed to
loan the Exeter Manufacturing Co.,
the sum of $10,000, have its third
reading. -Carried.
By-law No. 13, confirming the agree
ment enteredinto between . Messrs.
George Ford, Arthur Ford, and the
Corporation for the purchase of gravel
was read the necessary number of
times and finally passed on motioned
Hind and Scott.
By-law No. 14 for the, collection of
Poll tax was read the necessary num-
ber of times• and finally passed on
motion of Hind and Scott.
Scott—Hind—That the rate of tax-
ation for the current year be 27 mills
in the dollar,—Carried,
By-law No. 15' confirming the rate
of taxation was read the necessary
number of times and finally passed on
notion of Harton and Scott. County
Rate is 1.9i mills, school rate 7 mills
debenture rate. 8 mills, and Village
rate 10.2/1 mills.
T. B. Carling, Clerk
BIRTHS
Burmaster—In Dashwood, Nov. 2nd, to
Mr, and Mrs. Burmaster, a daughter,
Bacon-ln Usborr►e, on Nov. 10, to
Mr. and Mrs, . Arthur. Bacon, a
daughter;
Collingwood—In Exeter, on Nov, 7, to
Mr and Mrs. Ern, Collingwood, a
daughter,
MARRIAGES
Davidson.--Verity,—In. Toronto," on
Nov, 12, William W. 'Davidson, of.
Toronto son or. J, A. . Davidson; of
Stratford, to Miss Louise, slaugh-
ter of i\Ir, and Mrs, Robert H. Ver-
ity
o.f Exeter,
ity of Toronto, frmMW y
DEATI'1S
Kelland—In Usborne, Nov. 6th, Robert
Kelland, aged 84 years.
Brook,—In Egnatondville, on Nov. 4th,
'rhos Brook, aged 80 years :rind 11
months,
SANDERS & CREECH'
HIT THE BRIDGE;
Mr Geo. Fraser, of the Wester -x»
Canada Realty Co, had a narrow e.s-
cape from serious injury Weelnesday'
night of last week, near Hensall,'When
the automobile he .was driving skid -
de 1 and struck an iron. bridge. Mn.
Fra,ex, was approaching the ••r :dge"
when the accident happened ,tn l as
the approach was reached the eon--
clitio:i of .the road caused the car to
turn sideways and projected it into.
the framework of the bridge with
great force, The front of the car
wee smashed,- but fortunately for Mr.
Fraser he escaped with a severe shale
ing up. The car was fixed up here;
eel Friday.
STEWART'S
PHONE 16
Where Reasonable Prices Prevail.
Ladies' Marmot Coats
This is one of the season's most popular fur coats for
Ladies. It is 52 inches in length, is lined with rich but
good wearing satin lining, has large notched collar, is trim-
med with cuffs and silk frogs This is a warm and stylish
garment for $85.00
B. & I. CORSETS WOOLLEN BLANKETS
B, & L Corsets make at- Now is the time to buy
tractive figures, The secret . of them. 'They are large size
a perfect figure now -a -days is fine weave and pure wool.
the wearing of a perfect :.or-. well worth the money, per
set. . See our new model at pair $5.00
$1.00. 36 IN. FLANNELLETTE
LADIES UNDERWEAR This is the line that
We handle Turnbull's, Pen- makes customers for us. It
man's, ani Stanfield's, We nave is full 36 in. wide and the
secured a good line of \Testscolors are fast. A wide
and Drawers thatare great range of patterns at per
value at per garment 25c, yard 12 1-2 cts.
OUR GROCERIES
PLEASE PEOPLE WHO ARE PARLICURAL.
NOTE THE SPECIAL PRICES
Maple Leaf. Salmon per tin
18c
9 Ibs. best Rolled Oats for .. ,25c
7 5c -boxes 'silent matches 25c.
21 lbs Extra Standard Gran. Sugar for $1,00
100 lbs. Extra Standard Gran. Suga for ... $4,70
3 cans corn, peas,or tomatoes ,.,,.. 25c.
4 bottles best Extracts .,..:.... 25c,
4 boxes Corn. Starch ,.: 25e.
3 boxes Corn Flakes ......................: ... ,,.. 25c,
• Shredded Wheat per package. 10c.
4 boxes Jelly Powders 25c.
Royal Yeast per box 3c.
4 cans Gillett's Lye for 25c,
3 lbs New Valincia Raisins 25c.
3 lbs Currants for 25c.
J. A. STEWART
Fresh
Meats
Having completed an up-to-date Butcher shop in connect-
ion with my G-rocery Store, f am now prepared to supply all.
kinds of Fresh and .cured Meats. We will give all orders -
our attention.
prompt
Groceries
FRESH GROCERIES—A complete fresh stock of
groceries always on hand. Farmers produce taken as.
cash.
Geo. R. Bedford
Successor to W. J. Carling
Special Sale of
revellers' Samples
We Have just passed into stock $1,000,00 worth of Travellers' Sani-
ples which we are selling at a saving to you of one-third.
The line
includes UNDERWEAR SWEATERS, GLOVES, HOSE,
x '
UNDERSKIRTS, SHIRTS, SHAWLS ETC., all sold at a big discount,.
2 doz. Ladies Black Cloth' Coats to clear at $1.00 each.
'SWEATER COATS -5 doz. Men's wool Sweater Coats in Gray, trim-
med with blue or red, regular .$1.25 SALE PRICE 79 CENTS.
The Biggest Stock of BOOTS, SHOES AND RUBBERS we ever bad',..
—Sold at Closest Price,
your ' us for next suit Or overcoat either made -f0 -measure' or ready,
to wear.
xeter Bargain Store
Beavers.