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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1913-10-25, Page 1"BL,l�ll ; YO[1 t surisonl ON it* t1141* to ea11.1 In and have yaut' Aubserl'p a to Atte A.dvoea.te re, newad We a"lzn to gIIVe Y4tt ell the local newe In eentelsei aktcT jntereettng reran, and we believe we !I've up ta, the slain. Delp 'along the r ecd work, TWENTY-SEVENTH ,YEAR 14.1./ISD efel k1.4T3?ls rle 11 the a;aaae n o ,t'be ,Mar yotr rk" ;renewing Your spp:p ." eel) ecrtpeeene. The A,dvoeate glebe wit,lk, all IN pity Weekly and .pail,' j and the Kagtednee at terne4 that blg inducement !Gala an4 set our rat EXETER,, ( )NTA RIO. TUSDAY', Local Items favorites not forget' to nominate your avorites for School- Tru \tees, Coun- cillors and Reeve in the Town Tdall on, Monday next from 12 o"clock to 1 o'clock' noon. If a fellow' wishes to know his n r orning, his nectil- osvi, sines='a c1 sho tc lar characteristics, in short, if he has the •wish to become acquainted with himself let him enquire of his neighbor. what his opponents - are saying concern•. ing him Taxpayers are requested d to ,• ottce the. ant 'person whose taxes • are not ped art not eligible to run for the Village Council or the public School Board This is a new enactmentpassed at ,the last session. of the provincial Parliament, An English scientist with a pass- ion: fox statistic's has been computing the. amount of food that, the average man eats in a lifetime. He asserts that in the process of attaining hi. s three score and ten years he eats about, fifty-four tons of solid foods and fifty-three tons of liquid. He will have eaten 12,000 eggs, 400 lbs. of cheese ,about four tons of fish, and could it be all baked at once aloaf of bread equal to the size of an ordinary . family hotel. But think of the 'vegetables , devoured. Our scientist says ,a train 'threemile long be required to bring a life's supply, to the average man. TAMAN'S We wish you all A very Merry Christmas T, ICOR Our SURPLICED CHOIR—The choir of the Trivia Memorial Church will .ap- pear for the first time in their new vestments, which have just arrived from England, on Christmas' morning. Service. at 10.30, There will be both a processional and recessional hymn, also a celebration of the Holy Com- hunion Miss Flossie Dunmey of London is hone for the holidays, Mr. Franklin C. Cornish- and newly wedded bride are spending their hon eyineon at the home of his father, Mr: Thomas Cornish, - Several r ral inckues of snow fell Tues - dal morning and spoiled the inagni- ficient wheeling we have had for two weeks It is neither' good sleighing nor wheeling g ,now, but it looks more like winter time. Mrs Wm. Fraser, Huron street, :net wiett a very unpleasant .accident on Tuesday morning last. She was at- tending to" her usual household (Intl.'s: when she in some manner accident- ally fell dcwn cellar. She was in a semi -unconscious condition for a time and while improved considerably she was badly shaken up and •as a result is under the• doctor's care. The 'middle men generally resent the imputation that they are in eny way responsible for the high cost of living Every little while, however, Somtransaction occurs which would seen; to indicate that same, at least, of those who come between, the pro- duce' and consumer are not above taking more than their legitimate prof- it, Just the other day a farmer near Kingston, Ont.,. through his local pa- per. inquired of a Toronto dealer wha- he would pay for about fifty spring- chicken, crate fattened and milk -fed, ,and of one ,of the best strains for the table use. The answer was nine cents per lb. f. o. b. One needs only to compare what the con- sumer would have to pay for birds of this quality to showi that this deal- er was trying to: get more than he was entitled to. The middlemen are, no doubt, not all of this stamp, but there seems ,to be a sufficient 'num- ber of them to throw square dealing to the winds, and it is little \yonder that there is such a strong agitation to bring, the producer and consumer closer together. MUNICIPAL POLITICAL POT. For the various municipal offices in. Exeter no person seems ready to commit themselves—all are seemingly waiting until they can size up who their likely opponents are to be, Reeve Heainan has not yet decided Whether he will be in the field fox re-election, The general opinion is that there will be a contest for the reeveship Besides the present reeve as contestant others who are men- tioned are Ex -Reeve Taylor, Ex - Reeve Levett and Councillor Scott, and an ex -Reeve of Usborne who made good in that township and is now a resident of Exeter, Mr. Jos, Hawkins. He is being urged to run, For the councillors' .chairs we under- stand the present members will be at it again. Other possibilities are Wm Fletcher, ex -councilor L. Day, ex - councillor Ford, and C. B. Snell. The retiring School Trustees are Messrs. Fuke .Armstrong and Gladman, all of whom are, we believe, again to beim favor of re-election. That there will be a contest for some of the offices is pretty certain. —p -- In Stephen little seems to be said with regard to who will occupy the councillors' chairs, or the deputy - reeve's chair, but if report is true there will be something doing for the reeveship. Reeve Sanders is again in the field, and possible opponents we have heard of, are Councillor Elliott .ex -Reeve Willert, ex -Deputy Anderson; while some of the rate. payers say it will, boil clown to an. acclamation on nomination day. It is understood -that John Love and W. Yearley will have, another fight for the deputy-reeveship, From report report sve judge there will be another lively fight for the reeve's seat in Usborne, between last year's contestants, S. Routly and Fred, Ellerington. Fred lost by a few votes last year but some of his friends are urging him to try again and consider he would come out on to at the next election if he would - runt, 'Where does not seem to be (much speculation in regard ' to the. 'rest of the council, but nomination day will tell, ENTRANCE EXAMINATION ''Under the new regulations issued by the Department of Education pupils can mow be admitted to :High Schools without passing an entrance examination. While this has been the. practice for some time, the wording of the regulation was not clear to a great many teachers, The clause of the revised rules stat- es that 'the certificate of the Prin- cipal of a school shall state, that the candidate whom he recommends • or admission shall have completed t atis•. tactorily, the course of study in the subjects to which, the recommendation refers, and shall be accepted by the entrance board, 'Serra change is 'not intended to do away with written. examinations, and where any candidates are admitted to High School without a Principal's certificate they shall be required to take the examination as the Entrance Board may direct,, DEC. 2.)1913. SANDER & CREECid, Road.ers Friends a err Cera. 'EZRA BRENNER ACQUITTED '0 CHANGE OF BRIBERY Goderich, Dec, ,18—In the case of Ezra Brenner Hotelkeeper at Grand Bend up for :trial to -clay on a charge of bribery in a local option by-law contest at Grand Bend last January Judge Doyle after a careful considera- tiou threw out the case. He agreed with the defense lawyers, Dickson of Exeter and Haverson of Toronto that while it is an indictable offense in. conimion law to bribe, in legislative and municipal electors an exception 1, made and specie provision applies to briberyvotingxn on b Y-rws , The fe 0 1 ase here being not an indictable offense punished by legal proceedings for the recovery of a penalty would specially apply to such cases. As the time for acting under these clauses had elapsed, nothing could be done. HURON ON TOP IN BUTTER MAKING There are 16 more butter creameries in Ontario than in 1911, The output of the 136 creameries in .the province last year was 15,835,801 pounds, valu ed at $4,451,339, against • 13,738,203 pounds in 1911, valued at $3,288,303. t-luro_i leads the butter -making coun- ties with nine factories and an out- put of 1,798,831 pounds, valued at $476,908; Bruce comes next with 10 factories making 1,357,384 pounds, val- ued at $359,051; York is third with seven creameries, making, 1,692,787E valued at $604,480, and Middlesex 4th with eight creameries, making 1,260,388 pounds,, valued at $338,091. TO PROBE HIGH .COST OF LIVING The Dominion Government has ap- pointed a commission to inquire into the operating causes of the high cost of living . Officials of the govern- ment constitute the commission,—John McDougald, commissioner of customs R. H Coats, statistican of the labor department, C. C. James, commission- er of agriculture. It is expected that these gentlemen of training and exper fence will arrive at a conclusion much quicker than an outside commission would, MAY FURTHER RESTRICT LI- QUOR SELLING It is expected that the Ontario Government will at . an early date strengthen the regulations in the li- quor license laws by further restrict- ing the hours of sale of liquor. It is now proposed to close all Ontario bars on Saturday afternoons and to close them entirely one all legal holi- days. The government is considering the working man largely in this prop- osition. Through the passing of the short hour measure he is now; relieved of the temptation to indulge in a morning "nip" before he goes to•work It is urged that his weekly envelope is in great danger on Saturday after- noons, and further restriction would aim at protecting him in this regard, +1111. PROTECT THE WORKINGMAN Labor conditions being worse in United States than in Canada, and in order to protect Canadian workingmen the most stringent regulations have been put into force ta keep foreign labor out, They - must possess cash to the amount at least of $50, and prove to the itnigration officials that they are capable of sustaining them- selves during the trying winter months The suns which non-agricultural im- migrants under usual conditions is $25. To -day, therefore, the immig- rants may fairly be said, to be hand- picked as never before, for the usual regulations apply not only to every port of entry along the United States border but to ocean ports as 'well. THE BOY SCOUTS AN APPEAL FOR MEN Boys, boys everywhere are keen. to do the right thing, ready to work, ready to play the game, and 'ready for the right men, to lead them. In the Scout Movement it is not any trouble to get boys. Our prob- lem is to get the men to lead, and there are thousands nds of men who would be iv lling to help if they realized the importance of boy life upon the fu- ture of Canada. A little sacrifice, the giving of a few hours a week—for what ? To assist in moulding good citizens for Canada, Men, why riot give a little time to the boys of your community ? You will be the strong- er and feel better for having devot- ed some time to the training of the boys along lines which tend to better citizenship and a clean generation of boys. The scout ,movement is trying to take care of the boys during their play each part of the training, tending to- ward") making manly men. No greater assert can we give to the Empire than a race of Upright , Manly, Clean, Can adian boys, ' Will not someone start the good work in your community for the ben- efit of your boys ? Are"' there not some who will say "I will help the lads to be better citizens'; Wih you help? If you will take time to look into the work said train- ing of the Boy Scouts your hnsvver be "Yes", Any,information in connection with the movement will be gladly forwarded upon application to the secretary Provincial headquarters for Ontarie Boor & Sherbourne Sts,, Toronto, Centralia Mr,+. Leo Foster last week thresh- ed for Mr, Samuel Hicks 5129 bush- el: of grain -1620 wheat, 1540 bar- ley,' the balance oats. The machine weighs all the grain and puts it in the granary. Th!:. Concert and Christmas Tree at the public school ,on Friday last was the best ever given by the pupils The school was packed to the door by•tl?e parents. A splendid program wd's :rendered by the scholars and a ,very heavily laden tree of presents was .distributed by Santa Claus to the scholars, isrritrs Mary Hanlon of St. Joseph's College Toronto, visited ,home on Saturday for the Christmas vacation. Mr, . Frank Mitchell of Pt. Huron iseholidaying with his parents, Mrand *s, f Jas, Mitchell. Svlxx Clarence Duplan. of Huron Col- lege is home for the vacation. The Blatchford Boys are spending the holidays under the parental roof at the parsonage. Th€€• Parsons -Davis Co, have about completed this season's work of hand ling :*poultry. They have done a large business this season, and gave their employes a banquet last Thursday ev- enn which was much appreciated by those present. Mr. Percy Salton is spending the holidays wieh Mr. and Mrs. E,Coiwill; Miss Estelle Neil is holidaying at her home here, Mrs. Lumby and son o1 Goderich are spending a few days with her daughter, Mrs. A. Boles, The Sunday School anniversary and concert was quite a success despite the ery disagreeabige evening. The proceeds amounted to nearly $50. Mrs 1). ,French of Clinton is spend- ine the holidays with her sister, Mrs! W. R. Elliott. Dashwood Rev, J. H. Ehlers who is visiting at his home here, occupied the pulpit in :the Evangelical church on Sunday evening The school closed Friday for the Xma, holidays. The School Concert in No, 8 was a great success and reflects great credit on the teacher and scholars. The funeral of the late Mrs,Smith took .place on Friday from the hone of Miss Mary England. Intermentwas made" in, the Goshen Line cemetery, Mr. Nick Naffzinger is under the doctor's care. The flour mill is enjoying a good trade, having ,recently shipped two carload of flour, and have another or- der for a carload to be delivered be- fore New Years. Mr. Ed. Restemeyer wishes to thank friends and neighbors for the help given hint in erecting his barn to re- place the one recently destroyed by fire. The festival in the Evangelical church this Tuesday night promises to be a success. Miss Emma Davis and Fred Mallett spent Sunday in the burg. Clarence Heywood and Joe. Craig were in, Dashwood Tuesday evening, Crediton Mrs. Telfer and family of London are visiting at Mrs. Telfer's :pother Mrs. Ewald, Mr Harreson Becker of Pembroke and Mr Arthur Holtzmann of Indi- ana, teachers, are at their homes .'here spending their holidays. Mr, and Mrs, harry Beaver, are spend- ing the Christmas holidays in Ubly, Mich Miss Esse Becker is visiting friends in. New F.unbu.rg, The Christmas Intertainment given in the Methodist Church here on eionday night was a decided success reflecting much credit on the commit (tee in charge and those taking part The Cantata entitled "Santa's Recept- ion" was a • particularly interesting feature and was greatly enjoyed by the Iarge .number in attendance. Mr, Frank Taylor represented old Santa and he made a decided hit, The choruses were of a bright and pleas ing .nature, and on the whole the en- tertainment was one of the best we have had here for sometime. The pro ceeds amounted to $50. - Senator V. Ratz visited with Mr. C. Zevicker on Friday, Messrs. Albert and Art. Zwicker bf Edmonton, Alta,, paid a flying visit here Friday. The boys are looking well and we are always pleas- ed to ,see then,. ter Wni Fahner of Howard City, Mich., is visiting his cousin, Mr. Sam; Wein: Mr. Thos, Chambers met .with what might have terminated in a serious ac- cident on Friday last. He was about to remove some. straw from the stack on his farm,; and when near the top of the ladder, with fork ire hand he slipped and fel Ito the ground, in the descent the tang of the fork passed through his cheek ancr knocked out a tooth Luckily he escaped with no serious injury,' for he might easily have been killed, MARRIAGES Cornish—Pickell—In Windsor, on Dec 24th, ivXr. Franklin C, Cornish, son 1f Thomas Cb Cornish of Exetet of Mr, h i r It r., te V Miss ..die Bell daughter r of a l to i.0 g x and Mrs William Pickell, Windsor, BIRTHS Culbert—Ir t3sbozne, ori Dec. 24, to Mr and ',frt. Richard Culbert, a daughto Pollock—in Exeter, Dec, 17, to Mr, ' and 1VIrs, potum, k, a son. Mellin—In Stephen, Dec: 14, to Mr:. and Mrs: Wm. Mellin, a son. Isaac—In, Stephen, Dec. 15, to Mr, and Mrs. 'Thames Isaac, a son. Thompson—In McGillivray, Dec, 15th to Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Thompson, a son. McAlpine—ln McGillivray, on Dec, 14th to Mr. and Mrs, Russell Mc Alpune a daughter. DEATHS f es'le-ln Exeter North, on Dec. 18, Thamas Nestle,.his 79th , year, Spackman --In 'Exeter, Dec, 20 Mary Air^ Smith, beloved wife tat. John Spackman, aged 79 years, 11 months and 28' days, Johns -In Usbarne, Dec, 20, Richard' Johns, in his 90th year, Smith—In London, Dec, 16, Leab the wife of James Smith, Dashwood, at age of .54 years. STEWART'S Where Reasonable Prices Prevail, Season's Greetings To our friends, and hearty good wishes for A Merry Xmas And A Prosperous New Year J. A. STEWART Fresh Meats At the New Meat Market You can get all kinds of fresh Meats— Sausage, Bologna, Cooked and Smok- ed Meats, Butter, Eggs and Cheese. A up-to-date stock of Groceries. Several varieties of Flour, Also some very pretty China and Glassware suitable for Xmas presents all going at half price. Three Columbia Grafonolas, very beautiful Machines makes a handsome present for the home at 25 per cent, dis- count, Turkeys, Ducks G-eese and chicken taken as Cash Giva me a trial Geo. R. Bedford BigAuction Sale of BankruptSt•� ogy At the Exeter Bargain Store December 26, 27 & 31 each at dale._. 3 �''p. m & 8 p. m. Boots, shoes, rubbers, suits, over; coats, dry goods, etc. R^ 7r,! Exeter Bargain Store ONE DOOR NORTH OF POST OFFICE I[n Heavers