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TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
Formidable.
Allies making continual gains. Russia captured 40,
EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY
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Jit NTJARY 7 1915
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SANDERS & CREECidt
The War Summary
THURSDAY
SATURDAY
Lieut. -Col. Wilson, of Seaford) will
The Germans turned their guns on command one of the Western Ontar-
dense masses o;, fleeing civilians inI' •o, regiments in the third contingent.
Poland and killed thousands. " Divisional headquarters received in -
a he Rtssieme have driven the Ger- ; structions for mobilization of new
mans back four to, ten miles. f overseas battalione fqi• the third con-
A vain attempt wee made by the reagent
Germans to caetture Mowbassa, ist reagent
British battleship Formidable
British East Afrtca, { was sunk in the En lish Chan
Marine l fi net by
e :Ministryt,on
The Fr itch Mazst ry ,+ either a mine or a submarine. Ape
firms the loss of the. submarine Curie :arently the loss, of life on board the:
la the Adriatic. Formidable has been heavy. The shits
Tilt: French and British Warships earrien a crew of 750, of these 21•,1
re t timing in on Constantinople. 'have been rescued,
FRIDAY Russia has ordered 20,000 saddles in
ik)
Canada
The. French arerapidly pushing a- England %s to help France raise fifty
head in Alsace. rn lion dollars.
There is said to be no more clang-
er of losing: Waesaty.
MONDAY
"The Mastery Cross"is a new Brit- The, invasion of Hungary from the
ish military decoration. east and the north by large Russian
Conscription in Africa becomes neo- forces is imminent if not' already be-
essary to quell the Moritz revolt. gun
Flight commander Hewlett is ',are inn Tne )•Iunga'riens axe in panic. And
refugees .efugees are making their way to':3uci-
aaes t,
Through a series of arrests hi New
York and one in Philadelphia, an Sat_
urcda3 there has been brought, to light
what the de a
h rtzzte-t of justice' :Meg -
es
t a ac g
es well a was crg .s_a• :
azed conspiracy to
enable German army officers and, re-
servis.ta to retura to Germany on
fraudulently obtained American paes-
pz;rts
TAMAN'S
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Cloltil��
GREAT VARIETY OF CLOTHS
FOR SUITS, OVERCOATS AND
PANTINGS AT REDUCED PRICES
Ready - to : Wear
Ty Clothing.
g
'Furlinec' Overcoats at $30:00
Black Dag Overcoats at $20 ;00.
Black Beaver. with ftir ;collar and black
curly lining at $18.00.'
Cloth Coats fsam $10.00 to :$20.00.
Suits from $8.00 t.o $20.00'.
Other Winter
Clothing.
with- all the
We. are well. stocked
goods you want far the; cold Winter
weather. in
to 3.
Underwear—$1,00 $ 00'
Sp'c1 s 15c: to 50c.
Shirts -75c. to $1.50"
Ca!?s-50c. ''to $3.00,
Gloves -50c. to $2,00.
M4 fflers-50c. to $3,00
Dressing Gowns atiwd Smokers --
$4.00
$4.00 tb $15.00.
Sweater Coats—$.1.00 'to: $5,00,
TAILOR
RNI
TUESDAY
The British battleship Goliath and
light cruiser Fox have carried out suci
cessful operations against Dar -Es -
Salaam, capital of German East A£•-
•rice The warships bombarded, the
town inflicting considerable damage
All the German' tassels in the harbor.
were disabled. Fourteen Europeans
and 20 natives were taken prisoners.
The first exchange of wounded pris
ones of war wig lake; place in Gen-
eva this. month.
The advance of Gen. Paw's French
troops in Alsace is becoming very
marked
Russia while holding back the, Ger-
mans i3 sending great armies into Hun
gary to clean up on them.
WEDNESDAY
In the Caucasus the Russians ile-
feated 120,000 Turks and captured
40,000.
British sold. German :ships for 5650
000.
Italy: is said to be about to join
the allies
Austria is 'becoming a weight on
Germany instead of a help.
Exeter in 1914 & I915
As stated in our last issue some of
the addresses at the Exeter zomixra-
tion meeting were of more than •zsual
eite#•est and we promised to som-
ment lightly on these.
' The Treasurer's report may first be
dealt with , Without doubt it was the
Duly report in several years that :,ave
a correct idea on the face of it of the
ea i•tstanding.
r l financ � the ,own.
1afi
it showed,a very satsfactory result
En that a deficit of about $6500 has
been reduce? to $3300, This .lefie t
has been a,.cuzrtulatiftg for tears
'and the 1914 council determined to
decrease w'.. The rate of tax rts
raisers ecceorey practised, and ,calf
the der cit struck out. The result was
goat; and the town has done well to
lgiv thc, coznucil another year in
(Alice without an election to :.on-•
p1et,: the work. We don't mean to
say th : council diad anything brilliant
but we, say they were honest and
cee ageous enough to Increasethe
tax to help wine out ata absurd i'
that 1tnd been handed dawn for years.
NAVAL LOSSES
The actual lasses of vessels by Brit-
ain and Germany. since the war began
have been as follows,—
British Losses—Battleships. ,Bulwark.
internal explosion; Formidable, sunk
a torpedo or mime. Armored . cruisers
Aboukir Cressy and Hogue, torpedo-
eri by submarines; Good Hgpe and
Monmouth sunk in action. Protected
cruisers Amphion, Pathfinder, Hawke
and Hermes, sunk by mines ar tor-
pedoes Pegasus, disabled in action
in Zanzibar harbor. The auxiliary
cruses Oceanic was wrecked off the
nortl. coast of Scotland, and three
submarines and ttvo small gunboats,
the Speedy and Niger, were sunk. -
German Losses—Armored cruisers
Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, sunk in
action. Yorck, sunk by German mine•
Friedrich Karl, stunk by a Russiian
mine .in the Baltic°; Madgeburg,
blows. Mup in the Baltic to escape cap-
ture by Russians, Protected cruisers
Kali Mainz . and ,Airiadne, r'suinll in ac -
tion
c -
tion off Heligoland; Leipzig and
N;turnburg sunk in action 'off valkland
Islands -,Emden, burned off coast' of
♦ Bengal; Hela, torpedoed in North Sea
Augsburg, sunk in the ,Baltic; Koen-
igsburg imprisoned in an East African
river • Geier interned in Honolulu ;
Cormoran sunk. Auxiliary , cruisers,
Cap ;Trafalgar and Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grosse sunk; Berlin, interned inNor-
way ;:'Spreewald,-, captured. In addi-
tion
ddition nine gunboats, eight torpedo de-
stroye;rsand' six submarines have :been
sun -1z' chiefly by British cruisers and
destroyers.
Britain to -day has 74 battleships
of the larger sizes, against Germany's
40 At the end •of -1915• Britain : will
have added -8 more and, ,Germany 2.
So that there, is no hope for Germany
in torpedoing a British battleship ev-
ery two, or three months.
WII: J. hi..;
The committee system as adopted
last year has proved a d',stinet Neus-
s ess LI saving money, time and in -
s s .;n r . the
read
inhis
duties
Thc: 1914 council showed earnest-
ness it its endeavor to secure Hydro
but this move is ,Province' wide, and
we cannot expect results in too -bort
a, time 1915 should .see Hydro in
Exeter, however, as the present :ran-
ehise expires this year.
'Permanent street construction is
another matter that has •been talked
oaf for _years, bat is becoming more
serious and necessary every sear
Besides talk earnest movement in this
direction is -desired and we look to
this coarsen to do something, or at
least make preparations to do some-
thing.. in this line. S. M.. Sanders and
B. W F Beavers, gave' some :ell:cig
figurer in favor of permanent roads,
anti the audience approved.
Reeve Taylor favored a monthly
audit and W,. J }leaman favored an
molt by an outside expert. Reeve
Taylor is right. A monthly autlat is
of greats€ assistance to the reasur er
and c outsell, and there are plenty of
good men in town 'ta do. it. There is
nothing difficult about auditing he
books of a town,:
Besides' other things 'ear Hind. drew
;attention to the satisfactory .tanning
of the waterworks and cemetery ae-
coiints, Which showed a good balance
an the right side.
Mr. Beavers showed that 24 ;hills
would have run the town business in
1914 shut five extra were added to
reduce the deficit. He and Ttfr,Hind
believed in one more year of careful
financing to wipe out the deficit.
The burden of other speeches was
congratulations an the good work in
1914 with a desire for another year
of like 'service.
Indiscussing school matters Mr. S.
Martin said debentures would ,•seed
to be issued this year" for the re-
modelling of the; school and he trust-
ed
rust •ed that everybody would support it
as it would be a serious financial mat-
ter if we didnote comply with Gov-
ernment requirements at once
Mr and Mrs. Albert Sherwell of
Landon spent New Year holidays with
Mr: ,ancl Mrs.. Wm. Morley.—Newton
Mdllsor_ of Detroit is visiting friends'
and relatives here. -Miss Nettie Mc
Naughton, is, the guest of. Miss Bessie
.Morley.—The election, on Monday . in
the township of Biddulph was keen-
ly'contested, Tiruathy ;Mackay' be-
ing elected new new .councilman.—Mrs.i
J, Wright is visiting with; her cousin,
Mrs. Seth. Brawn near Centralia this
week.—Mr. Wm. McGee, vara has
been visiting los
v _z a parents here, return-
ed to his duties as school teacher in
:I oion o—ktiiss Hudson from near St
Mays has Tamm aced herduties as.
new Mschdol tea eheir.—Iiitiisgestion
seem.: to' -have been. a general com-
plaint after the festivities of the hol
r ayfs:—The trustees have pu. cibased
a new lighting outfit from the 'Al-
la_liii Lamp Ca. of Montreal.
�wlr• Fred. Blowe, and employe at the
Connor Bros. •Machine Shop, .lipped
anel his hand 'caa3htl in the en-
gine on Monday bast, inflicting 0 nasty
wound which required the services of
physician
Paved Streets
or when these were not obtainable, of 1 ' If yon send a letter tot some o1-
other toss generally laid in mortar; idler in. France and ut does not reach
the second layer ssas composed of i hire don't blame the postal nuthorit-
rubblt: masa try of smaller ,stones, or ies unless you put five cents in stamps
p., coarse concrete; the third of a ti on the envelope. The postage tate
finer concrete; on which waslaid as is five cents for the first two, ounces
of polygonal blocks of hard aucl letters insufficiently clam ed are
stone ''jointed with the greatest nice -
pavement
forwarded to the dead lettere office
ty. The four layers are ,found to he , Each letter to a foreign country must
3 feer or more in thickness. The pav-
ed is s Even if
bear fivecents po cage.
part of the road being 16 feet wide. y i • direct it to Salsbury Plains
Surelydurability is essential, sure- port ono a 5e, stamp, because it may
be
a
have. t tortvarcle to France.
i� o
lyduaha
r _f a factor b as t o tobe c
c x
y an
sidereul when the builders of this --es----
road. planned to build it to Last over BIRTHS
22 centuries and probably for some i
p } I
centuries to come, The first cost of Curts--McGillivray, Tuesday Dee. ?9
this road appears to be the only east. to Mr and ;tars. C. H. Curts, a son.
Just think of having a road century A•, inscn—In Biddulph on 1)ee. 28th.
after century without needing repairs to, Mr and Mrs. James. Atlenaon, a
Hew doe' this compare with oura? f son
1s there not a happy medium some- MARRIAGESwhere, between this extreme and aux
presect method of piling on a heap-of'Reil `Johnston—In Stanley Tp:
lease' gravel in the centre of the f on Dec 23, by Rev. Mr. Johns
s.rees really creating an offensive ab-
s:ruction for months during the aum-
rner end as soon as the fall rains
coin: this is converted into mud, and
"tete most of et scraped off in • the
serene, and carted away.
i When we plan to erect a budding
we excavate to a solid foundation and
use the most suitable materials obtain-
•
' aisle, ss:;h a view to tits, lasting a cen-
ters os more, the ,cost being the last
:bias; considered, but durability of the
f.irst importance. Should not our
'streets. hove the came principle exer-
cised in their construction, seeing
:het they are subjected to greater.
' ,year und tear.
Ease of traction: The transporter-
f io z problem is one= of the greatest
anomie' questions before the pub-
i._ ' mini to -day. Why are 'all' the
cities paving their streets? Why are
+tile railways spending millions of dal -
lees eliminating heavy grades? Why
a':'e the railways able tof carry cam.'
'trerslities from one point to another'
;heapor than by teams? They have
recognized that power and time are
I the basic principles of . production,
and have a distinct money value. The
paved street ire a utility and has an
carnine power that should be recog-'.
; retie: just the same as the roadbed
. of a railway. Energy and time cost
;naney and .all the energy and Since
is takes to. haul a load over a. rough
and rowdtly ,street mom v
then a pa-
# _1 e that much, time. and energy
lost or nun -productive, The annual
loss in this way alone, would go a
long way to pay the, interest on the
investment on a paved street.
We too often demand "cheapness"
and imagine we are getting "economy"
which often proves to be the basest
kind of extravagantc,e. Anything not
not having in it the highest efficiency
for its purpose; is dear at any price..
S.. 1T, S.
"Be sure you are right, then go
ahead' is the excellent adage quoted
by Om worthy Reeve hl his -able ad-
dress to the electors, when cerement--
ing an this' subject. The writer fully Cori
curs with the Reeve ilii this, but are
we "right', 'The writer claims we are
not True we have been "goinga-
head"' but, that does not prove that
we are "right" We are living in the
cement age, but we are continuing our
'street construction as though we liv-
ed in a cementless age..." A night's
frost demonstrates to us that
when the component parts are baiind
together they fox -in a better . wearing
surface Cement possesses this. bind-
ing. quality
A street to be - considered . right
should combine durability and ease of.
traction ease of cleaning :and, sanitary,
with the highest 'efficiency at all sea-
sons of the year. This may be ob-
tained by tiss,ng one part' cement three
,tarts sanncl and five parts: broken -stone
and laic' to a depth of six inches, t,ar-
aine: the traffic :fa_ two to three weeks
anal- "we- have a paved street, that is
goal for 25 years to 30 years and then
only needing 'a wearing surface of as-
phalt tohe`''oad�•for another such ner
g,
100 nec7 ;;this repeated perpetually ,r
base or founMdaMtion never needing to
be renewed,
This class of .paved street can be
built and maintained at a;;;lower annual
cost peinetually than the present
system Proof afthe true �canonay'
of paved 'streets:; is drronstrated iye
their Msaniversal adoption in all ,he
cities and on many country roads.
Durability; The earliest paved roads
about • which anything is known are
in ancient Raine, one of the oldest
o which and most celibrated, for e
gra,adeur of its work—the Appian v, a,
—was commenced in 312 13 C. con-
necting the capital with: other :places
along its route a.;distance of 350 miles
Iii :solis ity. p1: coristruction wthey. `,ave
novel been exeelleclf; and, manyof
then still 'remain. The diode of theta.
construction was--xurst to remove! the
Sunil soil to a solid foundation. then
laytwo or three .courses of flat` stones
Election Result
STEPHEN
The only election contest in this
immediate vicinity was in the Town-
ship of Stephen, where Deputy Reeve
Yearley was defeated and Councillor
Finkbeiner defeated -otherwise the
result is the wine, except in the mat-
ter of majorities. The result,-
For Reeve ,
1,2 te 4 5 6 7 8 8 T't'l
Elliott 90 33 68 69 70 98 47 51 49-575
Sanders 9 45 37 50 14 22 38 23 60-298
Far Deputy Reeve
Love 43.38 29 46 29 52 54 62102-455
Yearley 54 38 74 67 54 54 33 17 14-405
For Councillors -3 to - win
Finkbeiner 24 30 61 70 26 64 47 18 12-352
i(ellerm'n 17 3237 43 20 77 19 22 55--322
Vlawhiny 61 4573 77 62 29 42.29 42-460
Neeb 60 4159 7259 99M 3,2 31134 487
Webb 61 31 19 30 36 17.50 69 97-410
Aggie �..tighter of Mrs, S. Johnstone
- toMr Jo'bn B,eisl, all of Stanley' Tp,
Cocktvcll—•Davis—In Exeter -.at • the
home at the bride's parents, on fair,
6th. Mr Garnet Cockwi l of Cred-
iton to 41diss Annie 114au,d, daughter
of lir. and ;1frs, Daniel Davis,
of Exeter.
Wzum—Vincent—Zn Dashwood Jan. 6
Leonard_ Of Zurich to, Hiss
Tillie Vincen r•;f Dashwood.
DEATHS
a.B. a
M•iaYi—ril n Staffa, o
z Dec, b9t
h fames -
aged.
a m_
er
bed 69 years.
Melletth--At Bruoefield on Dec. 29th
Mrs W .MoBetlt.
R•awley--lit Hibbert, Dec. 27thoMiche
:tal Rowley aged 94 years and 9'
tnnnths,
Roweliffe--In Hay Dec. 30 Bessie Ball'
wife of Robert Rawcliffe, aged 48'
s81a
Prouty—InUborneAon Dec, 31st
Chester Prouty., in
his 90th year.
Exeter Bargain More
Big January Sale'.
\itnmt,n'tt low ovenshratts 8t)c a pair
Women's rubbers sizes 3, 5, and 6
a pair.
Boy's heavy 1 bucklv Tubbt'r& rolled edge, --jobs, $1,25e,
15 pair ,women's fancy slippers, size 4,-.1C guar $1.50
for $1.n0 per pair.
r3iso, line of :ladies' sweaters, clearirg at lore prices.
. The balance of c,ur overcoats at reduced prices.
t# job line 50c.
B. W. F. Beavers
IdENSALL-Reeve Hudson was ei=
ected in a three cornered .light ag-
ainst Ortwein and Geiger. The( coun-
cil ‘vas elected'by acclamation.
LU CAN—Reeve, D. C. McVicar;
Councillors T. H. Coursey, 13. Lang-
ford. S , C , Clio"vvn, J. 13. Armitage.
BIDDTJLPH—Reeve, R. Raycraft;
Councillors, Eli Hodgins, •Eli Thomp-
son, S .E1. Hodgins, Timothy;, Mackay.
CLINTON—The only contest was
for reeve James Ford winning by a
majority of 48.
MITCrIE7 L-Martyn re-elected as
reeve and three of , the school board
defeated by W. F May, Wm. Haney,
and T-'E..Williams.
Pe
.4RIC�IILL= . E :I3atrrusa . n elected
reeve.;: Mayor. Fenn and council' ,Jy ac
alamation.
BRUSSELS -Jahn Leckie -a as re
elected reeve.:
3 E -S, Bissett, QRST reeve.
GODERICH Mayor Reil 'by accla-
mation;'. Reeve Robert EIliott, •.lep-
tits• reeve • J C. Laithivaite.
GODDRICH -.'i P—Reese W IJ. u^115
Election Tanks
TO THE ELECTORS OF STLPEIr v el
I w ish to thaaiik. thy, cloctars of the
`7 owwaishi'p of Stephen ' for the genet--
16moand liberal support accorded rte;
on Monday last in'thei contest ".01-1' the
ReeVeshiip W. R. ELLTC 1"`I'
R ESS"OL V'EiD
You eAHT C ET
ivioN EY ANY
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EASIER, TI -IAM
TO DEAL IT
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We want the people of this community to come'';
in and do business with us only because it means
dollars to them. Buying at a ',store where you.
paymore for the same qualityor get poorer
p.
goods for • the same rice thanwe will give, is
letting your dollars take wings and fly away.
ll"
Hunt around: all you yPl ,but you must: : come
t.
ourstore to fine'the best:quality of 0 'q • y
mer-
chandise at the best possible price.
MEN'S OVERCOATS
You will be sure to buy
when you see the• splendid
coats we are offering at 512.
MEN'S UNDERWEAR
Great .ues in. Men's Pure.
, Val
Vi' ool Shirts and Drawers, ;Ali
sizes, each 51.00
Pure Linen, LABLECLOTHS
Iii a very p
66 in,—Very
•
r
etty ,Patternn oi"
'small tables.
Size is 54 in, ;�:,
special . at $�1:35
FANCY SATEEN S
For comforters,. very heat
patterns, sit; stripes and floral
effects at peryard' •20c, 8t 'Sc•
-SIKATING SHOES.
Laclies and Bays Skating
Shoes' of good quality leath—
er at 52.25.
HEAVY .RUBTTERS
4>,niti •
ea• Brand heavy: blab-
bers`wiIl'staa>d lot"sal teal'
rough wear. Every nail: is
guaranteed.
MEN'S CASHMERE HOSE
A. medium weight:. .ash -
mere hose of splendid wear-
ing quality -3' pr. far $1-,00:
TOILET SET;;
Save money by buying.
your crockery;,, franc us Re.-`
gular $5.00 Toilet Set $4.50,r
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