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TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
• EXETER, OpITARIO, THURSDAY, FEB. 1
1914.
SANDERS & CRE'ECH
Thereis always something for
the Farmer
to learn. attend the
Farmers' institute
Meetings
WAKE UP, MR, MERCHANT,
St Morys merchants are busy thru
their local papers showing the pee
pie how to take advantage of the par. -
eel post in their dealings, and it is
having a great effect on the business
done by ,the merchants of .the town.
Kincardiae and other towns are doing
likewise. They believe in getting af-
ter the trade, The merchant's • there
are good advertisers. What is the
matter with the Exeter merchants `? •
Do theirnot believe in getting after
that great trade which is going to
bestiltiulete:l by the parcel post sys-
tem?: Let them wake upl if they want
it before sone other town captures
the trade ? The merchants of Exeter
should mit try to run their businesses
like a ccua ry corner grocery would,
Everyone. of>• them should have a good
big 'regular advertising space in the
local` papers, and keep everlastingly
at it or they must inevitably fall be-
hind in the race for business. Do not
be content to sit down and wait for
the people to come in, and waste their
time trying to find out what you have
in. the store. You are a loser if you
do.
From April, 1913, to January, 1914,
no less than {356,430 people immigrat-
ed
mmigrat •ed to Canada, the majority coming
from Great Britain and United States.
This is 22,000 more than came to
Canada is the sante ten months of the
previous year.
TAMAN'S
February
Clearing out Sale
The biz discount sale con-
tinues during the month of
February, in
Overcoats
Ready-made Suits
Sweater Coats
Underclothing
Hats
Caps
P
Socks
Ties
Collars
Etc. Etc.
Spring
S rin Suits
g
The spring suit trade' is
now on pall early and pick
out your cloth and have the
suit ready for the spring.
TAlI
TAILOR
8c ' FIIRN'ISHER.
LATEST NEWSPAPER CENSUS
The :forty --sixth annual census of
the publications of .United States and
Canada shows that an averageof five
new publications were started every
working day during 1913. The sus-
pensions and consolidations make the
net gain only three e week.
The total number of publican ons is
24,527, .. There are .`2,640 dailies- the
evening editions outnumbering the
morning by about three to one.
There are 572 Sunday papers,. It re-.
mores ' 40 different languages, Every
class,.cult, trade, profession, fad or:.
"isni" has • its own printed spokesman
in the 215 different lists into which
the newspapers are classified.
Onl ° four ,industries now exceed
} Sv in
capital invested and value of products
the business of publication and print
Inge In ten years the output increas-
ed 866 per cent„ and it is estimated
that at present the earnings of news-
papers and periodicals average nearly.
a million; and half dollars per calen-
dar. day. ;Two thirds of this `amount
perhaps represents advertising. In the
nature of the case no one individual
can be familiar with a large part of.
the publishing industry, which is car-
ried . on in more than 11,000 £liffer-
ent towns."
ITEMS FROM IN, TOM'S
REPORT TO COUNTY COUNCIL
The following items regarding the
West Huron. I•nspectorate are inter-
esting,-
In 1890 there were 70 men teachers
etan average salary of $398 and : 59
women at an average salary of, $285.
TWO held first class certificates, 55
second and 72 thded, In 1913 the 22.
men, received an average of $702 and
the 113 women an average of $543. 12
hell first-class certificates; 79 second
and 43 third class.
Rural teachers do not average two
years In one school. Only 36 of the
108 teachers in my rural schools in
January last are in the same schools
now.There have been, 84 changes of
teachers in West Huron since March
1st. 1913. The schools are suffering
on account of the frequent changes.
I have been gratified to notice the
practical and intelligent work in - ag-
riculture that was done in many of
theaural schools .during 1913. I hdpe
the parents appreciate what was done
and that they will encourage the
teachers .and pupils to continue this
valuable educational ;work. Inevery
school the teacher should take with
the pupils as much of the agriculture
and horticulture outlined in the daily
register as circumstances will permit.
In the spring seeds and; plants are dis-
tributed to the teachers for use in
this school garden or in the pupils'
home gardens. Parents should en-
courage the teachers and pupils to do
this work under the departmental plan
HURON HOUSE OF REFUGE
Huron County claims the honour of
having the best and most economical
house of refugein the province. The
institution is located. just 'outside the
town of Clinton, and, at present time
has 96 inmates. Cost of. feeding the pat
ieats, by scientific management, has
beenxeduced to. 9.2 cents per day each
and the keeper is prepared to wager
that no. ,better vieturals• are doled out
in any such institution in Ontario. Mr.
andMrs. Multch are inti charge of the
institution, with 1.lrs. Parfitt as .ass-
istant, and the house is very well man-
aged. There is a large farm in connect-
ion and every year no inconsiderable
revenue is derived from the sale of pro-
duce. ' The questyan that confronts the
authorities at the present time is 'that
of accommodation., With . 96 inmates
the house is crowded andextra room
wi11; have to provided at once, The
house of refuge c ommittee consisting of
Warden David Cantelon, of Clinton,
Dr. Clark of Goderich; Reeve Goven-
lock of McKillop Township; Reeve J.
W.„ .McKibben. of •Wingham, Reeve.
Shortreed of Morris Township and
County Clerk W. Lane,•• Goderich'nei
there last week and discussed the pro- t
posed extensiohs but without arriving t
a tatty ,decision. Another conference
well be held shortly to go into the
matter further The Huron County
authorities are taking up the idea .of
relieving the congestion in the prov-
incial asylums by caring for in the
house of refuge, a number of county
insane patients who are not dangerous
Already one or two patients have been
'brought home in this way and, with
further extra accommodation, which
It is proposed to provide, it is ant-
icipated that many others may belook
ed after.
ess
COUNTY CONVENTION OF TEM-
PERANCE WORKERS..
A call has been issued by the Hur-
on County'. Branch aof the Doinireop
Alliance for the, annual convention
whichwill be held, in, Ontario street
Methodist Church, Clinton, commenc-
ing at 10 o'clock on Friday, Feb. 20.
In view of the recent, vote en the C,
T. A. an -d the fact that the Provincial
Convention will be held in Toronto
tete-1'6110% ing week, a large attendance
,is expected, All interested :in tem-
peranceand moral reCorni are invited
Sad Suicide at Farquhar.
This community was sadly shocked
yesterday, (Wednesday) morning when
it became known that Mr, William
Bray had committed suicide by hang-
ing. Apparently in his usual ' health
and spirits Mr, Bray went to bed
Tuesday night and the family noticed
nothing that would indicate anything
wrong, but to the• great surprise and
horror of his son John on entering the
barn Wednesday morning about seven
o'clock he discoveredthe body of his
father suspended by a rope attached
to;a beam. He at once informed the
neighbors -Messrs. Arthur Campbell
George Boulter and Dr. Hotize-and
withtheir assistance cut the bpdy
down,. but life was extinct, and
apparetttly he had beendead for some
time Coroner Dr. Hyndman of + Ex-
eter was afterwards summoned , and
after v ewing the body pronounced ii
a case of suicide and that an inquest'
would not be necessary.
Just a little over a week ago her.
Bray was bereft of his wife and it
would seem as though the weight of
the burden had played so heavily on
his mind that he became temporarily
unbalanced and committed the . rash
act.
Mr. Bray was a native of Usborne
and his whole life has been spent in
the tow,nshlp, being one of the most
highly esteemed and respected men
of the community, and the sad cir-
cumstances surrounding his untimely
end has cast a gloom over the whole
neighborhood.
The deceased was about sixty years
of age and leaves to mourn his death
two sons and one daughter -Foster of
Regina, Sask.;John and Miss s Stella
at home;
also one sister, Mrs. Lucy
Hazlewood, Farquhar..
EXETER SCHOOL BOARD,
Minutes of a Board Meeting held
in ;the Town Hall Monday Feb. 16.
I Armstrong absent, The following is
the order of business duly submitted
and approved. Per chair -Minutes of
previous meeting, The Medical Offi-
cer of Health, Dr, Quackenbush,:being
present on 'invitation, an informal but
valuable address was made by hint on
,communal health and how to preserve
for which the thanks of the Board
and continuality are due, and from
which the following excerptsare
taken, -Schools are not under the
jurisdiction of the Medical Health Of-
ficer or Board of Health, Public
School Boards have full power to act
in, the preservation of health within
the school, the M,H2O, to combat not
prevent disease; deaths from com-
municable diseases from . the last gov-
ernment report as follows -Smallpox
ea per cent„ scarlet fever 4•per cent.,
measles 2 per cent., diphtheria 10 per
cent., whooping cough 10 per cent;
parents who send children fromhomes
where such diseases exist are directly
responsible, contributively to this
death rate, -a trained nurse a desirable
factor in the prevention of disease:
a parent's responsibilities are trans-
ferred to Public School Boards during
the hours of Public School attendance
The prevalence of communicable dis-
eases is a just cause of complaint ag-
ainst the board; the school health is
the community'shealth; new scholars
should' be- provided with a health per
tuft before entering school. Per F.W
Gladnan and R. N. Creech that a
medical inspection of the school be
made under the .direction of the chair
forthwith. The principal reported the
attendance in Form 1, 28; Form 2,21
Form 3, 43, average 89, work in fairly
good shape and .with some marks of
imprroveme;tit, Per F. Wood and A.
E. 'Fake that the ptiincipal's . report
he accepted. Per R. N. Creech and
carried unanimously that the first item
mentioned under the head of new bus-
aees be placed in,ice water and held
here until the re -opening of naviga-
ion Per R. N. Creech adjournment,
J. Grigg, Secretar!
Messrs ..W. A. ,Balkwill and Chas,
Hooper are d'elegates`;from the Exeter
Alliance, to the Domiit'ion Alliance
Conee'ntiob' at Toroilto Feb, 25. Rev,
Powell will 'represent Main St. church
and Rev., McAlister, C; Harvey ;incl
W. 11. Nestle will represent James Si,
c hurch.
TERRIBLE SUFFERER.
The following is taken from. a Cad-
illac, Mich., newspaper :-"Charles
Guest, of Selma Township, formerly
of this city, diel in. Mercyhospital
following the amputation' of his leg
at the hip. Mr. Guest has been a suf-
ferer for several years from ganger-
ene, which had its startin an injury
to his foot. After a long period of
suffering thefoot and part of the leg
Were amputated. The trouble extend-
ed to the second leg which finally
had to be taken, off, the hope be:,hg
that life could thus • be saved, Mr.
Guest was well° known in Cadilac
where helived several, years as a
worthy well liked man. When his
misfortune carne to 'him he left the
city £or Selma, and there he won
many" £i'iends among the farmers,
through his genial. ways. Ho was 50
years old'- acid was a member of, the
Odd Fellows, Foresters and Modern
i3rotherhood of America. He leaves
a w:fe and several children besides
three brothers and sisters, Thomas of
the Canadian Soo; William of ' `Bay
City; Samuel of Clare; Mrs: Wm, Me -
Lean. of Pontiac; Mrs, James Taylor
of Exeter. Ont„ - Mrs. Thos,
of . St; Thomas, Ont, The funeral was
held" from the Methodist church ;Sum
day at 2.00 o'clock, Rev. A. H.Smith
and Dr, A. W Johnstone 'officiated,
The Oddfellows attended it a body,
WARIING TO MAGISTRATES. -
"Many fakirs were caught red-hand-
ed out the grounds of various fairs last
year They were in some cases tak-
en before - the Justices of the Peace
and those kind' gentlemen imbued with
the milk of human kindness, permitted
them ,to ` go on suspended sentence
and away they went to ply their wily
tricks at some other fairs, In these
words ; did Kr. J. Lockie Wilson con -
Rev D. W. Collins is recovering
from his recent attack of grippe,
Mr. Austinn.Duplan of Centralia as-
sisted Rev, Collins in the services of
the Trivia Memorial Church on, Sun-
day last.
The Eastman School of Professional
Photography will be held in Toronto
during the last week in February. J;
Senior will be in attendance during
the session.
demr. the' fakirs at the country fairs
while addressing over six hundred re- Miss .Clara Fairhall is home from
presentativesat the Fairs Association Lucan
CENTRALIA.
meeting last week, "I am prepared,"
he declared, "to ask the - Attorney
General to take away the commission
of any magistrate who does not sever-
ly fine these men. My opinion: is that
every, vestige of crooked work should
be Wiped out, Does any one of you
want to see the money of the young
men enticed away from them by the
offer of a cigar which is so rotten
that it would kill the, African dodger
who is the means of his winning it?
Last year we had detectives at all the
fairs to guard against thisnuisance
Remember that any association which
permits these men on its grounds is
liable to lose the government grant."
PROPER ESTIMATE OF A WIFE
BEATER
Believing that that the punishment should
fit the crime, Justice of Peace Henry
E. Miller of Swoyersille has announced'
that every man brought before him
on, a charge of wife beating shall re -
cense a beating himself. And the
athletic `"squire" intends. to be the one
to administer the punishment.
Whilethe justice is small and weighs
less than 150 pounds, he says he is
willing. to take chances in physicial
combat with any wife beater who is
arraigned before him, "
"Let the man who beats his wife be
as big ;as a mountain," says the squire
' "and if T ..cannot give him all the
f:ghtina be wants, I will be glad to
-eke a licking myself. I figure that
n. man who beats his wife is a cow-,
1rd. I. intend to see that no woman.:
`reel- coiner LAfear,, from a brute" of
a husband. I offer my services to any1
i'a
wonn•wh0 its subjected to abuse from
he, .htliband "without cost to her. She
can rest assured that I: will not fine
him or send him to jail, But she must'
not object to the kind of punishment
I ~tete out.
In these particular cases I believe
in justice with a punch. I will guar-
antee to do all the punching, and if
I can't send a wife beater on his way
with the determination, to treat his
wife as a human being, I will quit my
job•"
Crediton
Our skating rink has been well pat-
ronized the past week. The sero
weather made the ice in splendid con-
dition, On Monday evening the
Scrubs played a game of hockey with
the Seniors and defeated them by a
score of 10-3. The boys are jubilant
over their victory and say they can
do it again.
The house and; lot owned by the es
tate of the late Jacob Eilber was sold
by public auction on Monday, Ed Bos-
senberry of Zurich acting as auction-
eer The property went cheap at
$600. and the purchaser, Albert Wolf,
will find he has made no mistake in
buying it at that price. It will be
quite convenient to his place of busi-
ness
Miss Ella Link went to Toronto on
Monday to attend the spring millinery
openings. -
The Valentine Social given in the
Methodist church last Friday light
waswell attended and proved a suc-
cess.
Chas. Kienzle is having an auction
sale of his farm stock, implements
etc„ next Tuesday, the 24th hist. As
everything is in good condition his
sale ought to realize a good figure.
John K, Schroeder made a business
trip to Detroit last Saturday -
H. Eiiber, M; P P„ left for. Toronto
on Tuesday evening to attend the On-
tario Legislature, which opened yes-
terday (Wednesday.)
Miss Elizabeth Young of ,Grand Bend
visited Mi-. and . Mrs, Jas. i}odgins for
a, few days this week.
Mrs. Henry Motz as at present quite
i, Her matey friends hope it will.
not prove serious,
• Chas, Zwicker made a car shipment
of beans to Edmonton on Monday.
The gang of ' tele,plhone men, who
leave been here the • past tveek, ,eft
for Lucan: on Monday. Na one ", en-
vies then their job. To see them.
work on the pole with, the mercury
away clown ,made the ordinaryfellow
oft the street shiver' to think of it.
George Either ,has been. laid off
work the past few days on account
of as attack of grippe.
We are ,pleased to learn that the
condition of Mrs, Ecl, Beaver, who .re-
cently underwent an operation in St,
Josephs Hospital, London, is quite
satisfactory and she is making, lapid
11liss Catherine Finkbeiner has re-.
awned to her home its Dashwood, ea-
ter visiting friends here for aweek,
Urs, Venetta Kerr has zesutned her
teachings duties in the public School
at Varna,'
Mr Thos, Willis has completed his
supply of tike for the creamery and it
is of extra good quality, this year.
The evangelistic services being con-
ducted in the Methodist Church by
Mr. Fawcett of Grey County, are be-
ing well attended.
DIED AT HENSALL
Heasall, Feb. 17 -The funeral of Mrs
James ' Rathwell took place from the
home of her ,son -in -,law, James John-
ato:o., this afternoon. She was buried
at Bayfield cemetery. •
ears, Rathwell was 60 years old and
had formerly resided on the Babylon
line,Hay Township, with her husband
and she moved to Hensal about four
years ago. She was taken ill about
a year ago and never fully rallied. She
was a Methodist,
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KIPPEN On Saturday Mr, R. B.
McLean received the sad news of the
death of his son-in-law, Mr. .James
Fowler of Fillmore, Sask. It was a
shock to Mr. and Mrs. McLean as that
morning she had received a letter
from her daughter stating that hei
husband Air. Fowler was doing nicely
and was on the road to recovery and
only a few hours afterwards they re-
.:eived wordof his death.
BIDDULPH
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McFalls.-McLeod -A very pretty
wedding was solemnized at the home
of the bride's mother, Mrs. John Mc-
Falls, on, Wednesday, Feb. 18th, when
her daughter, Miss Roselli McLeod,
was united in marriage to Mr; William
Arthur McFalls. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Mr. McDerment of
Luca,tt at high -noon, in the presence
of immediate relatives only, The bride
who was gowned in a beautiful dress
of embroidered ,net over satin, looked
charming, and was given away by her
brother Mr. T. C. McLeod. An acl-
m:rably rendered duet was sung by
Mrs S. IVIcFalls, sister of the bride,
and Mrs. T. C. McLeod. The young
couple were unattended. The cere-
mony over the happy gathering, num-
bering about 25, sat down to a sum-
ptuous wedding dinner, served in the
dining room which was decorated for
for the occasion, The wedding pres-
ents formed a magnificent array and
comprised articles of use, beauty and
value, The young couple were driven
to Centralia, where they took the ev-
ening train, amid a .shower of rice and
confette for St. Thomas and other
points, the bride's going -away dress
being of blue serge, She also wore
a muskrat coat, a present .of the
groom After a short honeymoon the
happy couple will return and settle
down on the groom's fine farm on the
3rd concession of Biddulph, carrying
with them.the best wishesof a host
of friends for•their future happiness
and prosperity.
•
BIRTHS
Pepper. -In Tuckersmith, on Feb. 10,
to Mr. and Mars. Albert Pepper, a
son.
Hennessey-ln Biddul Feb. 14,
to
_Mr. and, Mrs. Gus.. Hennessey,a
Devine.-ln Stephen, on , Feb, ° 8, to
• 2ttr. and Mrs. Albert Devine, a
daughter,
Nadiger-in Dashevood, on Feb. 14th,
to Mr, and Mrs. William Nadiger, a
daughter. t
MARRIAGES
Craig -Carling. -At the home of the
bride's parents, Lake Shore Road,
Brighton, Feb. 5th, by Rev, L,
Pielphs. W. W. Graig, Prequi Isle;
to Louise Carling, daughter of W,
J Carlina, formerly of Exeter.
Bullock. -Green, -In Parkhill, by Rev.
H J. Urea, on Feb. 11, Mr. John
N. Bullock of McGillivray, to Mrs.
Elizabeth E. Green. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs, W. Fletcher,
DEATHS -
Thomas. -In Exeter, on Feb, 13, 1914,
Emily Taylor, beloved wife of Mr.
George Thomas, aged 56 years, 10
months,
Loft -In Clinton, Feb. 9, Mary Church
relict of the late Frederick B.
Loft, aged 68 years•
Supplementary Meeting of
S. Huron Farmers' institute
Will be held as • follows •
ELIMVILLE TOWN HALL,
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25th
BRUCEFIELD, WALKER'S HALL
THURSDAY, FEB. 26th
iENS LL.OPE A HOUSE
FRIDAY, FEB. 27th
EXETER TOWN HALL
SATURDAY, FEB. 28th
The Speakers are
F. M. JOHNSON' of Boston;
R MURPHY of 'Alliston _
Afternoon meetings at 2 p.m. sharp
Evening Meetings at 8 p.m: sharp.
For further particulars. see Dills
JOHN ELDER • B. S; PHILLIPS'
Pres Sec.
The Wheels of Business
Our Classified Want Ads furnish a
lubricant that is good for any kind of
business machinery
Do you wantan employer or an em
ployee. Have you something to sell or ,s
there something you wish to buy',•
No matter how large o; how small
your busines ts, Condensed Ads. will rm
prove it-Oii up.
STEWART'S
PHONE 16
Where Reasonable Prices Prevail.
Our Big Discount Sale is now in roll
Swing
ALL MEN'S & BOYS' OVERBIG REDUCTIONS IN WIN -
COATS MUST GO.
forMe59.9n's 5:Overcoats, regular at
12.50, up-to-date cloths en
the newest models. Your pick
Men's Fur -Collared Coats
with choice Kersey Cloth and
curl lining, interlined with rub-
ber -A money saver at 13.75
ROOM RUGS
During the big sale we will
allow you 15 per cent, discount
on. any Woal Rug, Seamless
Tapestry, Seamless velvet or
Brussels. This means a big
saving to yots.
TER UNDERWEAR
Men's Heavy Ribbed Wool-
len Shirts and Drawers. Reg-
alar $1.00 and $1.25 values to
clear at 85c.
Men's Fleece -Lined Under-
wear -Penman's snake. Sold
everywhere at 50c. a garment,
Get your share at each 40c,
TOWLING
Sold everywhere for I to a •
yard. Plain or stripe pure ha --
en. towliatg, Take all :roti wail}
at per yard 1.0c,
p, .04 o N THIS IS A MONEY SAVING
. aa -ht, °v O , , �,,;, , OPPORTUNITY
-� 0 100 Iles, E:tira ;Standard Gran, Sugar
'" t V ce9 e41,3!
r34 c for $4.45
p �, w , p.,A m p, 23 lbs ditto for $1,00
'r orb v o 0 a 3 cans corn, peas, and tomatoes 25c
y I p' to a,1, 0 3 pkgs Kellog Toasted Corn e1.
25c
r VI z . e p e. 3 pkgs powdered ammonia for 25e
;`� y o 4 cans Gillette's Lye for 25c
F, ee 1 can Maple Leaf Salmon, for 17c1
to
tel rs an? u 9 lbs best rolled oats for25c
a p�
�. CJ Forest
,� w ,R o, ai r s City Bali, Poty, gt,sca.Ier 20c.
is',ae''vrv' ' 4 packages conn starch . for 25c
�hH, g o a' 3 0 3 lbs 'cleaned curraants for 25c
tr,trap1� best aaasins for ?Sc.
1 package Royal Yeast for 3c,.
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