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EXETER ONTARIO, THURSDAY APRIL 30, 1914
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Local Items
Rural Canada could be shade snitch
more beautiful •and, attractive by,a
little more attention to the homeand.
home surroundings. In older Canada
at least where trees eats be grown
withlittle effort farm values could be
increased, and the country made a
more pleasant place in which to live
by a Tittle twee planting, What is
more picturesque ansi attractive than
S01110 of the `old farm homes nestling
ids a cluster• of trees and whose eur-
raunclings• have .been planned with
same 'sense of the artistic. The pity
of it is that many of these old places
have been. allowed to lose their old-
time attractiveness. In some cases
they have changed ownership, and the
new owner has neglected: to keep
things up to the old standard. In oth-
ers succeeding generations. Have ne-
glected to keep up the good work
dome by their fathers, and the old
home in consequence lacks the at-
tractiveness of the old days. True,
many of these old homes,' were not as
convenient, nor as sanitary as the
modern type of to-day,,yet many of
them had an attractiveness when view
ed from the roadside "that is entirely
lacking in some of the more up -to
date one's.
TAMAN'S
SPRING SUIT-
INGS and FURN-
ISHINGS
Wonderful Values in
Men's Suitings and Over-
coats.
The Spring rush is
now on & it is necessary
}that you order your suit
pt
early to be ready for the
Opening of Spring.
Furnishings.:
The Spring furnish-
ings
urnishins are all here in Hats,
Caps,
Shirts,` Gloyes, Ties
Collars, Sox, etc.
TAILOR
SHE.L' V
Owing to the inability of the rail-
way to supply cars on the; 4th of July
the elate originally decided uipon' for
the Hturon 'Oil Boys Excursion krom
Toronto the Executive have P'e ided
to change' the date to June 27, the
last Saturday in the month.
It Rets stated" in a Toronto ±raper
th other day that Huron county
comes second in the province in the
number. of students it sends to To-
ronto University, there being nearly
two huutdrecl in attendance from Hue
an this year, Middlesex comes first,
Your local paper ie worth ,more to
you than the big city paper padded
with material from the end of the
earth. The local happenings are rel-
ished by all, the home folks. Your
name on the subscription list insures
you a lot of information fox the,'ani-
_ aT—
"In 1874 there were 145 hotel and
23 shop ;licenses issued in Perth. To-
day there are 40h0tel and 5 shop Lc -
eases Yet, ,notwithstanding thus . great
decrease,we believe there is a larger
consumptitia of liquor now than there
was forty years ago."—Mitchell Aclvo-.
tate.
.Haw can .a mane say that a woman
has nothing to do ? In one year she
gets dinner 365 times; washes the
dishes 1095 tinges, gets the children
ready for school twice a day for 210
y
days. gets the baby to sleep X460
times, and makes about 300 calls. Who
says a woman has nothing to do?
"Int face of the opposition of at least
8.0 per cent. of the ratepayers of Mit-
chel' the Public school board and
town council have decided to go ,on
with the erection of a $30,000 school
building. January next will see the
finish of the men who engineered This
rascally piece of business through."
—Mitchell , Advocate.
S-mething should be done bythe
town coon.ii to keep the business
streets free of waste paper andlitter
clueing the summer months. Every
Sunday after: a busy Saturday,, the
streets are left wattle paper and refuse,
tnakin; them appeargenerally discred-
itable. -Let's have cleaner` streets this
summer ' The subject is worth con-
sidering,
-.Spring—the "Brighten -up" rime. of
-nature as -here: • Everywhere we, a F ee
the process quietly, but- : effectively
gain,' on Everywhere' the dreary
drabs el ,winter are giving place to
the fresh green colors of budding fol-
iage Small wonder is it then we poor
mortals catch the fever, a>znd with
spade and rake, scrubbing brush or
paint pot do our share in the bright-
ening -up -
Keep. Huron. County an the fore-
front by every resident contributing
his or her quota to the improvement
of every profession, trade and calling,
and seeing "that the output is always
Al. We have the citizenship, fertile
acres and good going industries, Let
us gradeAup along every line so that
anythinpererom Huron will stand for
the beet""'that can be produced.
DEATH OF JAS, W. WHYTE. -
Afte,r only a few days illness of °onea-
momia followed by diabetes, James W
Whyte Ann Street, passed away . at
his home on Sunday afternoon, at the
age • of 35 years, 8 months. 'Dec:els:A
was born on .hes grandfather's :;arm
in. Hibbert Township and ,vent essat
with his parents when sixteen mo -rail
old, About seven, years ago 'tie !mar
ried . Miss Josephine Westlake, daugh-
ter ot Mr, John Westlake of Usborne,
and two years later, returned to On-
tario. to reside, since which' time he
bas lived in Exeter and Zurich, being
employed as agent for the Massey -
Harris Co About four years ago
he had the misfortune to lose a hand
in a threshing machine. He was res-
pected by all who knew him. Besides
hss wife he is survived by a son and
slaughter aged five and four years;
also his lathes and four brothers end
one sister at Hamiota, Man, The fa-
ther left the west Sunday inotrning
and the funeral was delayed anti,& his
arrival. Thee remains will be interred
in Exeter 'cemetery on:. Thursday at
2 o'clock, under the auspices of the
Hernsall Oddfellows , who with Exeter
brethren are requested to meet at the
Exeter Lodge Room at 1,30 o'clock.
FIRE AT GODERICH,
Goderich, April 25.--A disastrous
fire broke out this morning about 1.30
un the 'general delivery -barns "behind
East street garage°and before it was
got under control it burnt to- the
ground the general delivery stables,
four horses, D. Gardner's horse, out -
ate and stables; the house behind the
town. hall used for staling the sup-
plies <fox No.. company of the 33rd
Regiment and tool house for the town:
The blacksmith shop used by Geo,
Johnston and owned by John Walket
aanci part of Knoe'e implement shop,
These buildin,gs all being frame burn
ed h ketet d under the strong east
wind The firemen made a hard fight
and only for the old engine aeavy
pressure the whale block would have
been. wiped out,
The cause of the Lire is a mystery
and it most ,havebeen going .=orae
time as the whole interior of the sta-
bles was ablaze when the firemen got
to work In the No, 1 company 'tore -
room everything was burt eetept the
rifles : Several of the edjoinin build-
ings
caught fire laud only for the work
of volunteers the loss would have
been much greater
GRANTED 'THREE.' MONTHS EX-
0 'TENSION,
As expected tbe License Commis -
toners of South • Huron at their meet-
ing in H•ensall on Wednesday of est
week granted an extension of three
months to the lecense holders ;n the
riding in artier to give them time
to sell oft their stock. Those who
were given the extension were: Ex-
eter W T, Acheson, T. Newell; Hen-
. sell W J. Perkins acid F. Carlin;
Grand Pend Jos. Brenner; Dashwood,
Win Zimmer; Creciitoan, August Hill;
i Centralia Wm. Moffatt; Bayfield,
l-larry Darrow ansi Mrs, M. El1'ott.
l The, makes the third interpretation
of the Scott Act vote i. Huron. 'n
the Noc_th the lecen;ses were eanael-
Iedt for' May 1st; :.:x the Centre 'an-
other ,eel was granted, and -sow in
the Saute three months are ssevein,
lwh:c11 is somewhat of a middle.:ounse
land is considered very reasonable,
l alas Jnne and: July are understood
to be the queetest three mouths of
the year to the hotelma:t, but be eon-
s :ler: lee at least has a right to this
consideration, ee deputation headed
by Rev E, G. Powell witted en . :he
commissioners, protesting against any
extens:oca of time.
1 If theLondon osu on Advertiser can be
believed in its report of the Licens ,
Commissioners meeting at Hensai.11ast
week one would come to the conclu-
i siotn that common sense, decency,
and c
honor justice is confined to
7 m only
4 y
1
,a few people of tbfs county. The
hcensc commissioners are told "to
square themselves with the Public" by
keeping a suppased promise made by
another anran, on penalty of two other
men. losing their seats in the Legis-
lature. In other words, if Messrs
t Middleton, Delbridge and Ehnes, the
commissioners, did not keep a i ro•-
i mise claimed to have been, made by
lion ,W; J. Hanna (who is big enough
to stance behind his own promises),
then the "big stick" is going to see
that the Conservative members, ",Ius-
grave and Eilber, never sit in Parlia-
ment again. These commissioners are
men, of sense and according to their
en.owlec1g . have done what they
thought was right, just as nine -tenths
of the' people of HucroWn, would have
done but their action gave the "big
stick' a chance to show his political
bias and ; to try to connect' the Con-
servative party With the. Liquor In-
terests which _ even he ca;nnat do, be-
cause theeeca servatia=e party . is tbe
on y party- an Ontario that ever _DID
anything for the temperance cause 'in
the wav of legislation,
.Irl reply to a question in the Leg-
islature on Tuesday regarding licenses
in the Counties carrying the Scott
Act. ,and his promises regarding the
sane Mn, Hanna said what he had,
previously stated was "that the policy
of the . Government in the Manitoulin
case had -been to cwt off the licenses'
and that was the policy* which we
proposed to adopt in this case. If we
followed • our course as in. Manitoulin,
there would be a three months' ex-
tension of license privileges,” That has
been Mr. Hanna's prpansse all the way
through and it is very reasonable, as
Mamitoulirt is the only precedent there
is to follow, but why on earth Hanna
adds the fallowing words, "whether.
we will do that io the .case of Huron
and "Peel. I am not pa-epared to say"
when as he knew there were only
two days before the lst of May, is
more than we can guess. He nnust
surely have knowledge of what the
License commissioners : have done, and
if so, it is tit e- he made a definite
statement.
LOGIE SOCIETY BAZAAR
The Bazaar held by the Logie Mis-
cionary Society of Caven Presbyterian
Cliurclt on Friday proved a decided
success The Opera House was
scarcelyerecogniz able in its gala at-
tire arrayed as it was in, bunting and
flags ;while the daintily covered lunch
tables added not a little to the
beauty of the roolin. The centre of
attraction, was, however, the fables
upon which were displayed a variety
of articles all inviting buyers. On one
table were displaYed aprons of many
kinds and degrees, boudoir caps end
clusting caps, cook bags, travelling
bag.: and other articles too numerous
to mention, all rivalling each cahe- in
use and beauty, The domestic table
showed ,in a marked degree theeffic-
iency of the Exeter ladies in the cul-
inary art, while the table upon which
was shown the home made candyand
maple sugar was second to none in
attractiveness, and certainly not in
sweetness. The :ladies in charge of
the clifferent tables displayed marked
ability and grace in waiting upon their
customers Lunch was served y .he
girls gracefully and attentively, 'Coo
much cannot be said of those who
presided behind the screen, in snaking
ane p'tss;ng• out "the cup, which cheers
but not inebriates." In the evening
an entertainment was given itt the Con
cert hall coh•sistinig of music by the
orchestra under the able leadership of
Mr `Feeble 'nstrumentalson the plana
by Misses McFall, Quackenbush and
Snell solos by Misses Follick and
Dai-liing, and Willie Manson, a duet by
Misses Chowen and Treble, a quar-
tetts. by Mesdames Meditate ;Dare
Clark and. Miss Moncus', and recita-
tions by ,Miss Broderick. Mr. Glade
meat discharged the duties at chair -
roan to the satisfaction of all present,
The proceeds of the Baz oar and Con
cert were etemethain,g over 175, This:
alter expenses are' deduCted goes to-
wards the support of mission. homes
pend hospitals among the foreigners of
our Canadian. West. The young neo -
pl:e of the Logae Society are to be
congratulated upote the success of
their undertaking.
I,O,O.F ATTEND CHURCH.
The Exeter Loage o Oddfello,vs to
the that :bei of seventy' celebrated the
anniversary of their order oil `xunclay
mos—sanemos-sane last by attending divine avor-
ship in the James Street . Methodist
Church when <i very interesting and
inseructive sermon was preached by
the pastor' Rev, W. G. H. McAlister.
The t-ethresa met en. tlee Lodge
Rooth at 10 o'clock and marshalled by
Bea, Thos Boyle marched to rhe
church On theirreturn the usual
votes of thanks was tendered the ;Jas.
tar ansathe officials of the church.
The preacher, after welconi og the
beethrea took for . his text,—"He set
him on'' his own beast." Luke 10, '4,
from wh:eb he pictured the aeautiful
lesso,:i of brotherhood. in the eauese
a' th : sermon he said;—
The: text which I have choosen, is
telsea fessa the Parable of the Good
Samar. tan, and expresses in a few
words the whole matter oe the par-
able. The, traveller was journeying
tsomt Jerusalem to Jericho, Terusalent
Is one of the, most interesting . cities
oe the world, unique in that thirteen
m r.1 o ssf:of people twahen they Dray
,'tui- _ toward that city, Other enci nt
cities have passed away but leruse-
1 eetn, sesee remaens. The road leadinz 10
iJericho -'has been described by one as
Eke an 'angry sea with its great waves
oaystal':red to rock and granite,— a
very •rough country, which is eve,' to -
dee ,-afested with robbers as in tee
days oe our text,.
Even. "so along the highways' of life
art- dark places infested ,with robbers,
villians and temptations. If we es-
cape exam the temptations ve must
n.at be Pharisees' andsay there was , o
moat in :our unfortunate brother rho
Sell L;1ce us the traveller hapse te
airr've et his destenation safely, 'oat
he was overtaken, robbed, ,vouad : i
and left for dead, The Priest and h:
Levitt probably pitied .him, bat they
passed by, not so • the ' Samaritan, vy ho,
had cot pa.ssioa on the injured wan,
arch "set him an his own beast" ' It
is easy to write a cheque, bat his
god man. gave ail he bad of value
as far as that journey was concerne-1
and htniiseli took the wounded tit-n'S
place, te' b, n , us that we bosh
put otielek'ues in the 'other" sateacees
condition and understand his andira t
meat tin artier to appreciate his 1st -
tion We must get down to the ,.t.n;r
mast's level to help him, remembering
that much .of man's goodness is due
to tht knowledge that he is 'baste
watched and it is perhaps only a.
difference of circumstances that .nekes
one man better than the other. Lae
actor o' this Samaritan teaches t s tee
spirit of brotherhood—we ;,earn our
weaknesses and strength; and thitt,:
save another' we must assume itis ;,o,•-
ition come down to his level. "He
set hint on his own beast," To help
the other we must learn to appreciate.
his, trials and weaknesses, to 'rnoFy
has condition, to lee not • prejudiced
with regard too nationality, religion, etc,
in Canada we have many nationalities
and we must show no prejudice if
we would civilize and Christianize'
them We must not think our church
has a martgage on learning or history
or ceremony or position. Often the
greatest successes arise from those
the thought would, be failures.
This parable teches that eeighbos
love is superior to caste, The love'
and impulse of the Christ heart has
no . regard for caste or color. The
miseries and sorrows of the world
should appeal to us. If we live to the
highest within us we must alleviate
these miseries and sorrows. We wish
to gc forth from this service remem-
bering that we are brother to every
maat The unfortunate who has fallen
i,nto temptation has a soul and ]life
as precious as another, and here we
are to show that brother -love. Let
us seek to get above the narrow pre-
judices o; life like the good Samari-
tan. who not only helped the 'man but
Left word that he would pay further
expense This parable is an example
to all ages of the greatness of the
broth er-love,
SCOTT ACT AND LOCAL OPTION
Aar important sttement has just been.
issued by the license branch of the
Pi ov`n'ial Secretary's department
test e_n: the effect of the passing of
the Scott Act in counties formerly
partially under the lo.cai option 1.iw.
It is pointed out that the passing
of the Scott - Act automatically sus-
pends the local option law, so soon as
the foremer goes into effect, The
passing of the, Scott Act by a county
does not apply to a city within the
county, as the city is empowered to
vote or : the question by itself.
There are vital differences :n the
penalties under the two laws, rhe lo-
cal option law being much more strin-
gent Under local option the penalty,
for selling (first offence) is from $100
to 8500 Under the Scott Act $50
and fon a. second offence $100, A
second offence under local 'option
calls for imprisonment without rhe
option of a fine, Por- a third offence
the penalty is imprisantnent snider
both acts
Uncler local option a' eearch may be
made without a warrant, but a war-
rant is necessary before taking ec-
tioan under the Scott Act, The pow -
or of summary seizure is also denied
'wader the Scott Act. Under the
t C n5
Scott Act he .Ontario license ec-
t p,
tors arc powerless, They cannot make
a seizure with or without a warrant;
They have only the standing of priv-
ate citizens, the machinery of the
law applicable its case of prosecution
under local option law is entirely sus-
penctec: wherever the Scott Act is
brought into force,
Death of Mrs, Campbell ---There pas-
sed away at her home, Lot J, Con.-
c.esaloc 2, Hay, another of the oldest
settler:, of the tow,nshap, • in the per-
son or Helen Brown, widow o1• the.
William Campbell, at the advanced age
o. 86 years and 25 days; Infirmities
of old age was the cause of her death,
Mrs. Campbell spent the greater part
of her life oa the farm on which she
d:ec.: ansi during her long residence
here commanded the very highest re-
snec!'_,itnd esteem of all who knew
her She was a kitad' neighbor and a
true friend, and her many kindly acts
will long be remembered by ,hose
whom she ' bet'riemded. The funeral
taker place to -clay • (Thursday). to the
Exeter Cemetery.
Mr Alexander Denomme of as
Joseph, grand -sire of five living gen-
eratio s. has been removed from the
earth and passed to the great oeyoncl,
Mr. Denomme was born in. •Joliette'
County Province of Quebec, and .aerie
to Hay T,rwnshipp when 16 years : ef
age. He died aged 78 years. At the
age of 21 Years he married "less
P:ioebe Laporte, with whom tie sail
e_'! a family of 13 children. Eight t.f
the fancily ,are still living in this vsc-
nity He had accumulated • on: ider-
able wealth. He was a Catholic End
a Liberal. His wife predeceased' him
The funeral took place Wednesday,
HOW` TO TREAT YOUR TOWN,
Penese it.
Improve. it.
Talk about it.
Trade at ~home.
Be -public-spirited„•
Take a home pride.i- it.
Tel of its 'business men:
Remember it is your home:
Tell of its natural advantages:
Track and induce others to Trade
hese
Dor,'t call, yduur best , citizens frauds
and imposters.
Support your local tnstittttions• that
benefit your town.
' Look ahead of self when, all rhe
tawvxu is to be considered,,
Help your public officers do the
mast good for else most people.
Doat forget yaw live off the people
here, and you should help others as
they help you.
13or't advertise in the local paper
" t r .Iielp theeditor," brit iclvertise
to help yotuself.
BIRTHS
Penhale-4n Exeter, art April '.;7, to
Mr ,and 2ifrs: Luther Penhale, a .
daughter,'
} eeer.—In Swift Current, Sask., on
4.pr':t 8th, to Mr. and Mrs. William
Yager formerly of Exeter, a son.
MARRIAGES
Anderson--McEwen—In McGillivray,
on April 18, Minnie, only slaughter
of Mr and Mrs, John P. McEwen, to.
Mr. Paris Anderson of Ailsa Craig.
Johnston—Leitch—In Clinton, Apr, 21,
Miss Etelka, daughter of Mr. and.
firs Alex, Leitch to Mr. Will john
sto,i. -all of Clinton.
Handford--Clark-In Penticton, B. C,
nut Aper 16, Mr, Wilbur HaridfarI
son of Mr-. and Mss. Silas Handford
of Exeter, to Miss May. Clark., of
Penticton.
DEATHS
Reeder—In McGillivray, . April : S,Mrs.
John Reeder, aged 65 years.
Ballantyne.—In Fullerton, on April i8
Hele- Smith Ballantyne, :aged 6
years .3 months.
Whyte—Ise Exeter, on April Seth, isIr
James W. Whyte, aged 35 ye irs, 8
months
Campbell.—In. Hay, Con. 2, Helen:
Brown widott* of the late Willidfn
Campbell. aged, 86 years, 25 days:
Widmer—At Dashwood; April 27th
Charles Widmer of ,Zurich, found
dead
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U
G E S!!
The Famous Brockville
Canada Carriage Buggies
We have received a Carload of these buggies.
New styles, seat and tops, that will please you.
This is a particularly fine lot of buggies and we are
sure that you will be delighted with them: Call
and look them over.
Wes. Snell
Exeter, Ontp.-
STEWART'S
Where Reasonable Prices Prevail.
Room Rugs and Kolorfast
Matting
You will be surprised to see the number of Room Rugs we
have to show you. Our small Seamless Tapestry Rags ' are
just what will suit your bedroom, if you want something
for your Dining Room or Parlor we have something better
to show in Velvets and Wiltans.
Kolorfast Matting is guaranteed ;not to fade. It ire 36 in.
wide and sells at per yard 50c,
LINOLEUrVIS
During the next few .leeks you will want some of this
sanitary floor covering, The patterns we are sowing are
very neat and: the colors are those that do not show the
dust. We have them in 2, 3, and 4 yard Widths, Otte price
is, the lowvest for Nairn's quality.
NEW CURTAINS
New Curtains are now needed The old ones are too
fart` gone to be hungagain. We can, show a wide range
of Muslims Scrims and Nets at:15c, 20c, and 25o. a yard
These n*cle very pretty window hangings, We have many
new Lace Curtains in White Cueant and Ecru, Some excel-
lent values at $L00 to $5.00
CUSHIONED -SOLED SHOES
When a woman returns andasks for the same line of shoe
that she bought from you a wear ot se ago, we know that
she is a satisfied customer, That is wvhxxut the people do
who wear our Cushion Soled Shoes, If you have trouble.
in getting shoes that suit you try a pair of them.
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