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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1913-11-20, Page 1Itansw ' .ollj3 OPrielelerestrozv allow lea t11ao tame to cart.l In and have year aubeieriptidn to To Advocate re- snowed, We aim to gee you all the Weal. neva he can sive and interesting reran, and we believe eve rive up to • the claims 'Perp along the good work. TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR nLIB I L IG: RAT ,is' T ass rs the` leaven of , the y ur wtrerl you are renewing your newspaper deb, eer i stman. The aelvocete eiubs wick all the city Weekly and I M 1Y papers. arta the efagazinese wt teases that are a big inducement. Call and get our rate,a. EXETER, QNTARIQ, THURSDAY, NOV . 20 1913. Local items A subscriber who conies in these clays and pays the printer, is blessed and in the kingdom, to 'come he, will be given 'a place a little higher than the angels: His name will be ;written at the top of the . column, next ' to reading matter, and nothing in the house will betoo good for him. He will get "comps" to all, the harp '«e vitals and have reserved seat beside the editors, while all the .delinquent subscribers will leave to carry water for the .perforniers and sit up in the gallery. HICKS' NOVEMBER FORECASTS A •Reactionary storm Period is central on the 22nd ancl23rd. On and touching these days, all who are observant may note perceptible weeds er= changes Cold will relax, winds fall to the south barometer will fall, l and cloudiness "'with more autumnal ran, possibly ending : in snow squalls pass eastwardly across the coiw}t nse These disturbances. quill ,oe " more pronounced "'trona 'the fact that the Moor is on celestial equator on the 23rd. and io perigee on the 24th. Electrical storms, with rapid rise f the barometer following will naturally bring a sudden change from warm. ,o cold: lasting for to or three days behind the storms. The Moon -en •ne celestial equator arLd at the same time en perigeeor closest to the earth ere ahsays reasonably expect a maximum spasn of electrical excitenteat. .vrth quick revulsion to colder le inter. Other astronomic conditions being in force seismic trouble is else more probable at such times. An earth- quake period being at its center c no the 27th shocks in many gaatters c1' the globe need be no surprise early as 'the 23rd and 24th, PROPER CLOTHES For Men and Young Men AWM Dy. PONT 1 Tr. 00000 lot I! II , umuuu, 1I , 1 Suits :. TAILORED TO MEASURE, IN .TRUE "PROPER CLOTHES! Overcoats - Shawl Collars, Single Breasted Double Breasted, Convertinle Collars, Cola. 1 rs OVERCOATS—CHINCHILLAS Kersey, Freize, Beaver, Melton and tweeds, Men's Furnishings Chpsen with thesame care and re- gard for fitness as our ` "Proper Clothes.,,, SHIRTS $1.,.00 $1.25, $1.50, We - add ern - Oasis to our Shirt at $1,25, COLLARS See our New Arrow Callers, in ill the latest shapes. Now, 2 for' „5c, MEN'S HAPS $200, $2.50,: $3,00 All New. SWEATERS to $4.50. A Special are a choice nine, '$1,50 $4,00 They. 8v at $4.00 W. TitlIAN TAILOR FURNISHER. THE LA1(E DISASTER The awful disaster on the Great Lakes has overshadowed all the news uterus during the past week ;n the city dailies, Pieces of wreckage ')r bodies have been found daily along the lake shore, and almost every nay something was founcl to indicate an- othervessel wrecked and other rives lost, and even yet others may :lave been lost, Inquests have been held and most of tate bodies washed sato the shore of Lake Huron have been identified and claimecl•by their friends Several are residents of Owen Sound Collingwood and Goderich, the loss has been mostly. of the large ieeight- ers while several . small freight chips and the passenger ships have ricldo_n the storm in safety. Even yet 't is hard to estimate the loss, .vhich probably total 275 men, 15 vessels and $5,000,000. There were about 20 vesa sels wholly or partially wrecked, but whose crews escaped, To add to the horrors it is reported that ghouls' have robbed the remains as they have washed - ashore aieazu d'€tleteirititm'ut 'this has been indignantly denied. Among the lost boats are the f. kyf. Scott with 28 seamen; Charles S. Price 28 • Henry B. Smith 26; James Carruthers 25; Argus 24; Hydrus 23 John A, McGean 23; Regina 20; Wexford 20; Leafielcl 15; Barge Plymouth 7; Barge Halstead 6; Light- ship 82 6; Nottingham 3, THE STORM ON LAKE HURON Sunday, November. 9,1913 The thund• er of the lake is heard; the storm king strikes and in his trail Comer fiercely driven by tempestuous winds that blow, snow, sleet end cutting hail. • Oh, gentle, siiniuering Jake that in the summer tine sends little curling wavelets to the shore, Now show thy awful strength at our great God's command, roll in storm - crested waves in one long' roar. The morning' broke sullen and :lark, but still no fear' Was in the hearts of daring • earihers nor did they dream the storm so near Until the waves assumed gigsn is forms. and ' snow and trail dark,. i ed the sky, Then ice and water swept the lecke —ads eel, rudder, bulwarks all went by The fires extinguished and no stoat- ing gear to guide., The vessels lay like logs, and =the waves did ride, Drifting to where the captains did not knew, Amidst the blinding influence of wave and snow. Some broke ,nn two, and sank no more to rise; The awful roar smothering the drown • ing sailor's cries. Oh God, who says that Thou wilt be ''the widow's help, bring com- fort ,now, Be Thou the father to the fatherless and when mothers bend with t ever- eel brow In supplication at the chastening stroke, grant her thatpeace end holy calm she seeks,. Dry up the flood of tears which course all down her aged, furrow- ed cheeks. And to all mourners of some loved ones. now bereft, grant holy peace, Give them the power to bear. what Thou hast sent, and cause their tears to cease;; • We do not know the reason Thou hast sent this trial—caused the bow- ed head, But this we know, they all shall meet again.. when seas give up their deacl. —N. DYER HURDON • USBORNE. johns—Bosnell—A very pretty wed - d ing was solemnized in Port . Hope on W ed cdaY,Nov. 19th, when Ir Wesley johns of Usborne Township was united in marriage to. Miss Mabel Bosnell of Port Hope, the ceremony being performed at 12,30. After a few days honeymoon in London and elsewhere the young couple will set- tle down an the farm in Usborne, and well have the best wishes of a ;lost of friends for their future happiness' and prosperity, CENTRALIA. Mr, W, R, Elliott is spending 'a few days attending the Horse Show. at. Toronto. --Mr. Adam O'Neil and his mother of Ilderton spent a few days last week visiting Mitchell hro- thers,—Mrs, A. Maguire had the mis- fortune to fall off a chair while at her housework and broke 'orrist , aher Exeter and` had the boneShe' went to Exeter set and is doing nicely.—Miss Mabel Elliott of Clinton sjient a few days under the parental roof, --Mr, and Mrs J Wilson are spending the week with their daughter. at Strathroy,—Mr. Harry Essery left on Tuesday for his home in the West? after spending a couple weeks visiting his wife ' who is in London Hospital., LUCAN CALLS MINISTER At the fall session of the Stratford Presbytery in Stratford Tuesday, a call from Lucan and Fraser churches in favor of Rev. McDerment of St. Marys was sustained, Induction will take place on December 16. SMOTHERED IN GRAIN. Duncan McGregor. aged 8, and Harvey McCullough, aged 7, were smothered in the wheat pouting down the chute used to load .cars at Kin- atabor ins on Saturday, rda One: of iz curdt , Y Y slipod into the stream of grain and the other in trying to help him was dragged down, • Men hurried to'their rescue and toreaway the sides of the ohute, but when the boys were found they were' past resuscitation.• COMMUNICATION Main -St, Parsonage, Nov. 12, '1913 To The Exeter Advocate, Dear 'Sirs,—A few weeks ••,ego von copied from the London Advertiser, au item ,from the Exeter correspond- ent informing the public that the quos interests were advising the Gov erament to postpone the Scott Act vote until a date too late to bring it in force on May 1st. You ' insinuate that it was written xitten by one trying to make trouble. In last week's issue of the Advocate on the frorit page you refer to the Gov- ernment having set the date for take ing the vote on Nov, 24th and then> changing it until a date in January' You give as a reason the fact that some very clever member of the Gov- ernment discovered that Nov, 24 was too early for publication according to. taw, Then you add "An endeavor has' made to ,show that the li- quor interests were being favored by .the. 4.i tho st=ifeaseeekneslsp ssiote 1eeeb4e Conservat vers; lint"'il .alas."' d'e'kel i'6 est. that the whole agitation p i, nothing more than The Globe and a fete tab- id Liberals trying to stir up a little trouble," Now, Mr. Editor, the facts. are these, A petition duly signed by over 4000 voters of. Huron County, was put through_ all the . processes required by law until it was placed in the hand; of the Government mon_ the ago, Instead of arranging a ::late and issuing a proclamation for the vote to be taken, they dilly-dallied with the thing and finally did whatrhe correspondent to the Advertiser said would be done. Why? Becau !e Mr. Haverston had more influence with the Government than the 4000 names on the petition. When you give the reason you dip in last week's Advocate, you are stat- ing what you should know to be false, or else you are pleading the ut- ter incapacity of the Secretary of State to understand what any boy oe 10 in Exeter Public" School could have told him The clause of. the' Act reads -Part 1. Sec, 10, "Such Proclamation shall be .inserted at least three times in the Canada Gazette, and three tim- es in the Official Gazette of the prov- ince it which the County or City is situated," R. So 106 s,8. I£ you are right in your contention then the authorities who are paid• to carry out our laws have just discov- ered- the meaning of the above clause that has., been law for 30 years, Real- ly Mr. Editor your apology is an be suit to the common intelligence of the. then and women who read your paper. Try again, please. I am, . ' E. G. Powell. P.S.—Will you kindly inform your readers of the name of a single busi- ness man of Exeter who belongs to "The Huron County Business Men's Association"? --o The above communication has a few harsh words in it, but, because of a few small errors in it we are led to believe that the writer did not re- read his article, and consequently slid not realize the harshness. However, we wisp to be charitable, and to avoid harshness or anything approaching it; and we publish our comments this week, because we do not favor a controversy and avant to wind it ap with this one issue. When the Rev. E. G. Powell steps into the political arena he naturally throws off his clerical garments, and is open to the same criticism to which every other man must submit, As long as he contents himself with tate work of the church and with all work that is in any way connected there- with he is free from any ''criticism frorp us, because we believe, in his work, but when the Exeter corres- pondent to the London Advertiser states that many leading "Conserva- tives" are up in arms over the post- ponement,of the Scott, Act vote we naturally concluded that that ocrres- pondent was taking a decided' polit- ical stand and making '`an apparent effort to stir no trouble,' bind ve said so. What sloes he want to show his political bias for if he does :rot like to be told that he is doing yo? We have no objection, to his politics, but lie must not get nettled if he happens to be told what in a politic- al` way he is attempting to do. Mr Powell goes on to say that we gave as a reason "that some very clever .member of the Government discovered that ]Vol* 24th was too early " etc. Please quote correctly, friend. We said "it has been Lound necessary in order to comply with the Act" etc, How could we go so far wrong as to say that anyone connect- ed with that Government could he described as "very clever"?— ,itterly absurd, considering. Mr. Potvell's pol- itics. As will be seen the correspondent goes on ' to criticise the Government at Ottawa, which he, of course, could riot help doing. He is at liberty to do o, and we are not going to .enter nto a controversy with him over the matter He does not see exactly as we see, which, of course,. must ' be our ault not,. his, Our friend is hasty as usual in his udgnient. If the' government seas tit o fix January as the date unclaubt- dly they have a good reason for Ag- og so, That does not necessarily pre udice. the chance of the Scott An passing The Ottawa (X'overnment Beds no apology froth us, •nor ale. we. ee that they ,need easy advice _'rom ev. Powell, Doubtless, our eorres- oedent has more political advice an ap, and it will be handed out in lie oourse, but,; strange to say, people ike their political talk to come trorn tyinee Our correspondent speaks of an:n- ult We are ' quite willing ' to let he people .fudge The Advocate, but e may say that The Advocate has een long enough iii touch with the eople of this comutunity: to feel sure that the people know that The Ad- vocate has a deeper .appreciation of the people's intelligence than one who remains only a few years, could leave. When was Mx. Powell appointed news - Paper censor in Exeter? With regard to oar friend's Post- script we may say it does not happen to be the business of The Advocate to knew what business men, in Exeter may belong to "The Huron County Business Men's Association," and as we have plenty to do in minding our owsa btusi.ness, and never hanker after other people's business, of course, the are tenable to give our enquiring friend the 'desired information.. A word further. ,Most people p Ple are in favor of temperance, but in varied degrees and' varied ways. We would like to ask Mr. Powell if he is the same gentleman who supported the late Liberal Government in ,Ontario, whose sins were many along' the line of to pera�ce That government made scores of promises on temper- ;ance and broke every one of 'hemi' T�e1.8$' ill e teleefeatbtafeffeh• �?etit?eliael p.ibi ci a taken on prohibition, and. a majority eif 81,769 was cast in favor of it . but the Liberal administration never even 'tried to put a prohibition law on the statutes, What party was Mr. Powell supporting at this t -me? In 1898 a Dominion plebe scite was taken and in Ontario a majority of 39,214 voted ea favor of prohibition Not until four years later did the Liberal Government make a move, and` then only under a great handicap. The Ross bill \seas passed under conditicns that required a vote of 212,723 ki .'avor, this' being equal to a majority of thevotes cast .at the preceding election. The result was -for pro- hibition 199,749, against 103,548, or a majority of 96,2-01. And yet the Lib- eral Government did nothing in the face of such a vote. And what party was the Rev. Mr. Powell supporting at this time? On three occasions great majorities were utterly disre- garded, until the people decided that such double-dealing could not be longer stood, and the government was snowed -under. Premier Whitney did got promise anything but has done a greal deal for the cause of temper- ance, but has he ever, had any sup- port from the Rev. Mr, Powell Now, DIr. Powell, we like a good temperance .principle, and yours may be good, but why not bury your pol- itica? anima's when dealing with tem- peratice, and you never have any. criticism from. The Advocate. MUNICIPALS'r� TI: STIC IN HURON COUNTY An interesting book carie to hand this week from the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture called `Muni- cipal Statistics" from which we find that Exeter holds an enviable posi- tion in regard to its debenture in- debtedness. In December, 1912, the villages and . towns of Huron in popu- lation, municipal and school ilebent- ures, and sinking fund, were as fo1- lows,— Town or Pop. NIunl. Sob, Sink. Village Pop. Deb. Deb, Fund Bayfield 480 $ 361 $ $ Blyth 679 55,535 3,223 Brussells 954 84,284 7,500 25,254 Exeter 1537 46,037. Hensall 708 11,530 Wroxeter 319 4,122 4,222 Clinton 2110 148,433 1,117 35,949 Goderich 4906 382,902 24,162 50,397 Seaforth 1925 239,289 4,000 64,206 Wingham 2619 158,235 21,177 27,278 LIBRARY INSTI CJTE The Stratford Library Institute is comprised of .representatives from ev- ery library in the Counties of Huron, Bruce and Perth. Mr. H. E. liuuston re reserfed Exeter Lt brarY at that meeting in Stratford on the Lith unl 14th. inst, The usual routine of ap- pointment of committees s as deb taken up. Miss Patricia Spereman, Oaf circ Cataloguer of the Department or lecf• ucation introduced at 3 p,m on 'I Imre- day "Common Problems m Quoin, atior.' On Friday at 10 a,m, she falls explained her method of cataiegu n , She adopts the Duro-Decimal System only Mr. W. R. Nursey gave assur- ance that when our New Carnegie Library at Exeter was erected he would have Miss Spereman assist the Board to have this new system ih- troducecl. Her services for this work are entirely paid by the Department of Education, The number of calls on her services are ,not few indeed. A library like Exeter's would take hex sveelcs topro per ut in shape. p p p The Inspector, Mr. 'W. R. IVursc p ,3,, gave several splendid addresses on Library work. Ho deserves great cre- dit for the way he has handled the Library Problems, and for the attend- ance and enthusiasm at these' Instit- ute meetings. Officers elected for the ensuing year year were,—Pres„ j, Davis Barnett, Stratford; Vice, Rev. A, McNabb, Un- derwood; Secy, Miss Louise Johnston Stratford. Executive Coni., Phil. Clan- cey Cargill; WE. Sanders, Ethel; W. H Derr, Brussels; J, eMc.N,aught, lVtottcton; and H. E. Huston, Exeter. In a: letter from Mr. Nursey to the Exeter' Board he states, "I would urge you to familiarize yourself with the plans of the ,Fergus Library. 'I would remind' you, however, that any plans that may be proposed, by vour Library Board must not be tinselly .ie- cepted until duplicate copies' of these have been filed with the Department of Education," t� d Many may not knoly: that the word "News" is made ftp Froin the initials of the points of the -compass, North, East West and South, This -is the explanation usually given for the term news, which corner front ill points oe the compiles, The Exeter (Eng,) Flying Post newspaper recently celebrated its 150th anniversary, the first number having been issued on Sept. 2nd,1763, 21 holds the distinction of being the oldest existingnewspaper in the West of England. A copy of the paper frequently comes 'to The Advocate office and we always find interesting items therein, BIRTHS Russell. --In North Battleford, Sask., on Nov 8th, to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Russell. nee 1lfinnic Sanders, a • daughter—Helen Marie. SANDERS & CREECH aseeeeseeeeensesseeesseeee Disjardine_Mollard Line, Stephen Nov 2nd to Mr, and Mrs, Louis Disiar•d ine a son, MARRIAGES Hoit—.Dobie—At' St. James Rectory, Parkhill on Nov, 12th by Rev, C. Mr. Farney Mr, Chas Holt of Ship ka. to Miss Alice Dobie of West Williams. Johns.--Bosnell.—In Port Hope, co Nov. 19. Mr. Wesley Johns of IIs- borne to Miss Mabel Bosnell of Port Hope, DEATHS Dietrich—At Dashwood on NOV, 16; h` Lawrence Dietrich, C4 PHONE 16 'S tw" t 4t .- .sntv,4! ,i ,r t o4 -Aw : C ;;tris i,a' er aedn oef Where Reasonable Prices Prevail. We are ready ead for the Cold Weather with Warm Winter nter Coats LADIES FUR COLLARED COATS With the curl or quilted linings. It is a semi fitting coat with good cloth and a splendid fur collar, Special valne at $18.00 AVIATION CAPS For the boys and girls in the newest weaves. A. big assortment of colors tt 48c. NEW MADRAS COLLARS For,•young men who ,want up-to-date collars. This 3s one of the season's best lines, ' 3 for 50e.. BERESFORD SHOES • For comfort wear a pair of our cushion soled shoes. They are made to wear and are fully guaranteed, Per pair i$5.00 FANCY COLLARS AND CUFFS New Lace Collars & ...uffs to match, also pretty . Bul- garian collars in many new & handsome designs. 50c to 1.25 STAMPED LINENS Those who want to do fancy work to give to their. friends for Xmas will rind a big range here. 45c,to $1 NEW TIES . Swell new silk ties in the best shades ready for the Xmas trade, Whey are :ia- cidedly net. Your choice for 50c. SWEATER COATS In the -new tri -collars' S any combination of color that you want. They ,tre great value a t$3.50. J. A. START fresh and Cured Meats Having completed an up-to-date Butcher shop in connect- ion with my Grocery Store, I am now prepared to supply all kinds of Fresh and cured Meats. We will give all orders our prompt attention. Groceries ' FRESH (GROCERIES—,A. complete fresh stock groceries always on hand. Farmers produce taken cash. Geo. R. Bedford Successor to W. J. Carling of as November Sale of Heavy Winter Goods This is the season when so much WARM WEARING APPAREL. needed, COME HERE and 'see what your money will buy. We have the BIGGEST STOCK OF RUBBERS we ever' had; OUR PRICES ARE A LITTLE LOWER than the rest, UNDERWEAR IN BIG VAR IETY,- 3 dozen ladies' flannelette night gowns at 59 cents each, THE SWEATER COATS--' 5 dozen men''s grey sweater coats at 79 cents each: GLOVES, MITS, HOSIERY, SWEATERS ETC,, all at saving prices. OUR OVERCOATS AND SUITS ARE WINNER'S, is Exeter �a��a n Store . W.". ea>�rer