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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-7-13, Page 16 'a► Weather - Hot and Dry. More prisoners and guns captured on every front. Soldiers off to Camp Borden. TWENTY-EIGHTH "i EAR •a> EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1916 Our Corner. Military orders from Ottawa an- nounce that the evay is now open for exert' men serving in the Canadian forces to secure for himself a home- stead the time spent in active duty. to count as residence duty on land. Homesteads thus secured will be pro- tected against cancellation, and in eveAt of man receiving wounds which result in disability so ,ire ran - not complete his homestead duties on return to civilian life, he will re- ceive his .patent without turther ef- fort. f ton is like a large family. We axe all interested in each others wel- fare or should be. A cut-throat, ev• ery man for himself policy means ruin for pry community. The first lesson that aue family .must learn is that to be happy and successful is unity and mutual assistance. The same applies to the business life of a town and the more, •generally it .is obeyed the more abundant will be the town's prosper-, oehe each other and pat - teen(' the folks. I'M exchange (the ^editor is an old teacher too) last week asked the read- ers to explain .why there was such a difference in the product, when $5 was multiplied by $5, as against 500 cents being multiplied by 500 cents. He figures that its the one case the piodu't is $25 and in the other $2500. But of course it is all wrong. Dol- lars cannot be multiplied by dollars, nor cents by cents, nor cows by cores. +Choy ,can only be multtglied by an :bstraet %number, and if the multiplier TAMALN'S PHONE 81a in one case is 100 times, as great as in the other case, the product will be 10e times as great. —X-0-3E-- We X-0—Y—We so often hear the' weed khaki murdered in its ipronounciation that it would be just es ,wele to have;. the public, set right on it. It is nett "karki", las is ,generally spoken, but rather ,pronounced as it is spelled, kha-ki. Ge. Sats: may be et little too lo- quacious at times. -but he is far from being a fool in military matters, and he is infinitely ,preferable to pussy - tooted opportunists who would be hoisted into his job and department if his enemies had their way. —x .. p—x...,, Sir Wilfrid Laurier :is a. more suc- cessful treeruiting officer in enlisting his compatriots to fight against Ontario than against Germany, He has a solid Quebec behind him in fighting; Ontario, but only ten, thou- sand of his compatriots have volun- teered to tight Germany, His appeals to tight Ontario must be stronger than his appeal to fight Germany. The comparative efteetiveness of these ape peals are in pro„ tortion totheir sin- cerity. —x—o—x._ Under the heading of Canada's "Contribution to Care;,essness" Con- servation. the official organ of the conservation commission directs atten- tion to the- fact that during the first five months of 1916 the fire loss in Canada 'has exceeded that of January to May 1915.. by approximately $3,- 00t,000. At the a-a'te of urease our fire loss dill exceed ,that of 1915 by $7,2004000. It es figured out that at this nate the additional fire loss of 1916 would ,pay the interest charge the hundred million war loan and $2- 000,000 on the principal. Every line in a newspaper costs the prtaprieter something,. If it is for the benefit of the individual ,it should be paid lot. Il the grocer were asked to contribute groceries to one abund- antly able to pay tor them he would refuse. The ;proprietor of a news- paper must clay for ,the free adver- tising if the beneficiary does not,and yet it it. one ,of the hardest things, to be learned by many, that a newspaper has spacee in its columns to, rent, anti must rent it to Jive. To give away space for anything less than living rates is as fatal to a newspaper as for a landlord to furnish rent free. —x—o—x— A WISE MERCHANT.—Well a merchant who is wise ever cease to advertise? Yes, when the trees grow up -side -down, when the beggar wears a crown when ice forms over the sun when. the sparrows weigh a ton; wren gold dollars get too cheap, when se- crets women keep, when a fish for- gets to swim, when. Satan sings a hymn when, girls go back on gum, when the small boys hate a drum; when no politician schemes, when mince pies make ,pleasant dreams, when it's fun to break a tooth, when, all lawyers tell the truth, when cold water makes you drunk, when you love to smell a skunk, when the drummer has no brass—when these things all come to pass, then man that's wise will neg- lect to advertise. Local News Miss Hettie \fay Bowey went to London Wednesday Miss Katie Collins of Toronto le visiting ;friends 'here Mr. S. A. ePopllestone -was down from Blyth this week, Mrs. W. J. Beaman, .and Mrs. Lee were up from Port Stanley Monday Miss Gladys Kestle left Wednesday to sp,end two weeks at Burlington Beach Miss May Gill went to Hamilton Wednesday to visit her sister, Mrs. Sweet. Mrs. Fixtkbeiner of Crediton is vis- iting her daughter, Mrs. John Mallet, tor a week or so. Rev. aiuxworthy left on Tuesday for St. Thomas to spend a week at the Summer School. Miss Vera lefoxworthy is in. Palm- erston this week taking part in the 120: July :Entertainment, Mr, Locke of Boston arrived here Monday and is with Mrs. Locke a guest at the Central Hotel Miss 'Irene O'Neil of Toronto, daughter •ot Mr and Mrs. B.S. O'Neil visited an Exeter Tuesday evening. Mrs. Smith of Buffalo, Miss Day - man of Toronto and Mr. R. S. Van - stone. of Brantford, are guests at the home of Mrs. Amos. Messrs. Clarke, Stewart, ,Taman and aeldon left early Vt'ednesday morning for St. Thomas to take part in a 12th July one -clay Bowling Tournament. Mr. and Mrs. Hopper and Mr. and ?firs. Stonehouse of Belgrave, and Mr. and Mrs, Marshall Box of Parkhill all motored here Sunday and epent the day Itith Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pirney. The Anglo-French drive continues on the West front, not rapidly or with undue ;baste, but slowly and surely, as it of necessity must be for some time at least, until the German de- fences are 'thoroughly destroyed for some miles behind the original lines. All the ground won is being consol- idated. by the Allied forces. The Ita'lion armies are steadily re- covering their_ territory. WARN[ W AT IER In 1lesecause is heavy fighting has ceased because of the extremely hot weather, • On the Russian front the Russians seem to have the enemy thoroughly demoralized at 'many points, and if they can just keep up t'h'eir present stride they will soon have 'the Teu- tons off Russian soil. The combined con theeon foe all fronts before mus. surely ,tell long In June. the Teutons lost about one half a million men. Prisoners cap- tured ort the Russian front numbered 232,300, while 4,700 prisoners were taken by the Italians, and 14,100 by the British and French. This makes a total of prisoners amounting to 251,100 men. The -,total of killed and wounded equals another 250,000. The first submarine merchantman, the. German underwater liner, Deut- schland. eut-schland. arrived in a United States port .below Baltimore; on Sunday af- ter crossing the ocean from Germany She 'carries mail and a cargo of cost- ly .ch•eniieals and dyestuffs, and a message to President Wilson, and is to carry back a cargo of nickel. and rubber. She c!axries two small guns by ,no torpedo tubes are visible. WEAR Straw Hats WE HAVE A LARGE VARIETY OF SIZES AND SHAPES IN BOTH SAILORS AND PANAMAS— SAILORS $1.00 to $3.00 P.ANAMAS ,:$3.00 to $6.00 Flannel and Duck Trousers ARE NOW THE THING TO WEAR PRICES $1.50 to $7.00 Negligee Shirts • PRICES $1.00 to $.1.50 Summer Underwear COMBINATIONS & .TWO-PIECE PER SUIT 50c, to $1.50 W. Taman Tailor & Furnishe r PHONE ' 81a An outbreak of infantile paralysis in many of the United States cities is causing alarm. Word has been received that Pte. Jack O'Connor of the overseas for- ces, formerly of Granton, has died of wounds Doctors advise during this extreme hot wave to avoid a meat diet as much as possible, guard against ice; colds drinks, alcoholic stimulants and over-exertion which are the most pro- lific" !causes of beat •prostration. The outside of a fresh e,gg is coat- ed with on albuminous, or musilagi- nous substance. The purpose of this coating is to prevent the egg from spoiling. If the egg should be wash- ed this coating is removed and the keeping qualities are greatly lessened Mrs S. G. Bawden received a tele - grain on. Wednesday morning from her husband, stating that he had en- listed with the -,Engineer Corps, and left ,Edmonton for Quebec Tuesday morning. It is not ,known whether he will remain some thne at Quebec or immediately sail overseas. •The Boys in Khaki Pte. R. G. Jiackson of Kilppen is listed with the killed at the front.. Sixteen thousand prisoners and 47 guns ;were captured, by the, allies in a week, • Casualty list-Ptte. Joseph S. Hems- worth of Mitchell, killed; Pte. Stan- ley Walpole of St Marys, • — knlle,d: The 161st Patta'ioai...left London by train on Sunday Morning for Borden camp ` Many of the boys visited their homes for a day before leaving. Frqm all 'reports Camp Borden is an ideal spot for soldiers to finish their train- ing. G. 3, Dow slipped a car of horses to ,Montreal this week, , Mrs. I, Langford and children of Toronto are at (present the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Roulston. Mr. William Richard Cavell, brother in-law of Mr. George 'Hyndman, of town died suddenly on Sunday ev- ening ,July 9th, at the Toronto Gen- eral Hospital. Mr. Cavell was a bar - r ister-at-eaw, and was in his 61st year. We congratulate Miss Lena Coates, daughter of Mr. and }Mrs. William s' 1 Coates o Usborne, andpt u 't df'tli s p s G. Bissett, on having .passed the grade three .Harmony Examination at tate London ,Conservatory of Music, ob- taining first-class honors. The 'harvesting of the heavy crop of had' in this section is fast nearing completion and is being well saved. There has been no rain in this section since two weeks ago to-night'Thurs- day.) Tire grain -,crops, while doing well.are inneed of rain but it can hardly he said they are suffering yet. TO BUILD NEW SHED. --At a meeting, of the Trustee Beard Qf Main. Street Church on Monday even- ing it was decided to build a new shed on the site ;of the shed that ryas" •burned ten days ago. The new shed will be of cement blocks ;and metallic woof and 30 by 50 feet in size. 'I he trustees consider the loss to by about $600. There was no insurance . There are two things that make one sick just now. First is the utter rot which the London Advertiser is get- ting off about Camp Borden; the oth- er is the absolute foolishness of not having the usual Thursday afternoon holiday. But there is .always some body to take the joy out of life., Mr. John H. Scott has just receiv- ed word 'of his appointment by the Ontario ,Government as Official But- ter Grade for the Province, with headquarters at Toronto. Mr. Scott is eminently qu'ahified for the posi- tion, osition and is to be congratulated on the aappointment. Mr. Scott left yesterday afternoon for thp.t 'city. DEATH OF MRS. FLETCHER.— The death took ;place on Monday manning July 10t1, at her home, Thames Road, Usborne, of Anna Ag- ur, wife esf Rev. Dr, Colin Fletcher, in her 58th year, Deceased enjoyed good health until about three months ago, when. a marked failure in health was noticed and she immediately took to ber bed, and failed rapidly, cause being the . growth of a tumor. Ahaut a month ago an operation was performed and proved successful, but her run down condition and weaken- ed constitution together with a weak heart made the struggle for recovery a hopeless one, and she gradually grew .worse until death relieved her, The late Mrs. Fletcher was an admir- able woman, esteemed .by all, and an. eaannest church worker. She had taxed her strength to in the utmost ReCross dur- ing the past year a work and uri'tipui tedly hastened the end.• Besides her husband she is sur- vived by ber mother and sister, both of whom lived 'with her. The funeral took 'place to Rirkton Presbyterian cemetery on Wie.dnesday afternoon, and was 'very lai gely attended. The service' was conducted by Rev. W, 1vI, Martin of London, formerly of Ex- eter, assisted by other ministers, old friends of the. family. FRUIT BULLETIN CHERRIES.' . The delicious White Oxheraet ••Cherries are now arriving daily The. Red Soni Cherries for pie and pre serving are about ready. �Ly Red 'Currants arercan.a;on« ruvac,VAL xt weeingk. Askg GR • WEBS NO 2; ,{t your Grocer for the real Niagara Peninsula Grown fruit Don't take any without this label. It IS YOUR GUARANTEE OF QUAL- ITY, LOOK FOR MAP, ATKIN SON MAY FACE SERIOUS After lie"!berating for one hour Mon day -,evening the Jury at the. inquest into the death of Edward Pritchett of Byron av^e., London, ,who died in, Vic- toria Bose** Sunday from injuries' be %received when he was knocked down by an automobile driven by Richard 'Atkinson, Con, 2, Biddulph, on ,Monday, Tune 18th, the jury was amble to say which was to blame for the fatality, the deceased, Edward Pritchett, or Atkinson, driver of the automobie, From the evidence, how- ever it was, apparent that the said Atkinson was at the time, under the influence of liquor. When Atkinson a,ppears for a pre- liminary hearing this week the charge against 'him xray be, altered to ;one much more 'serious in view of the jury' finding, and Mr. Pritchett's death. Atkinson tis charged with criminal negligence net present, and is out on bait tor $4,000, NORTH PERTH WENT LIBERAL No surprise, but the biggest turn- over in the history of North Perth took ,place there Monday last, when F. Wellington Hay, Liberal candidate was elected by 573 over Reeve John A. Makins of North Easthope, the Conservative candidate. The turn- over was expected by nearly every- body and''predictions were made ac- cordingly by' Grit and Tory alike. The Germans, the liquor sten and their friends and the Liberal temper- ance men went eo the p,olls hand -in hand and voted solidly against the Government. That is beyond denial Added to this combination was the smallness of the vote, which was 800 less in Stratford than at the last el- ection. In the country the farmers refused to leave their hay fields. LUMLEY GANDERS & CREECH LADIES' DRESSES CHILDREN'S DRESSES GOWNS SKIRTS July Sale SUMMER COOD3 EMBROID- IES, WIDE & NARROW CORSET ;,OVER EMR. 11c, A YD. MRS W. D. YEO'S TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR N EW FALL GOODS WHICH ARE ARRIVING. WE WISH TO CLEAR OUT SOME ,LINES OF SUM- MER GOODS AND HAVE GREATLY REDUCED GOODS, BOUGHT Al OLD PRICES. OUR BEAUTIFUL MUSLINS WE ARE OFFERING,— 8 YARDS $1.00 7 YDS $1.00 6 YDS. 75c. .ALSO SOME A1' 10c. A YD. CREPES, GINGHAMS FOULARDS STORE OPEN EVERY EVENING TILL 7.30 O'CLOCK. WEDNESDAY EVENING 9 P. M. CALL AND INSPECT OUR July Bargains WH. WAISTS SK. WAISTS UN D. WAISTS PARASOLS BIRTHS Dashwood Farmers are 'busy baying this meek. The Ladies Aid of the Lutheran church spent a social evening toget- er at the parsonage on Tuesday. The evening was very pleasantly spent in playing; games, singing, etc., after which strawberries and ice cream were served. Mr ,Jack Eidt lost a valuable eow through blood poisoning this week. Messrs ,Irvine Mclsaac and Herb. Kraft returned to Detroit Saturday after spending week here. They were accompanied by Wm. Zimmer, jr, Mr J. Hessenauer and family of Berlin visited here a few days last week. Miss Mina returned to Ber- lin with them. Mr. and Mrs. E. Kratt, Mr. and Mrs. S. Adams, and Mrs. Preeter motored to Crosswell, Mich., Satur- day to visit ,relatives, A1LSA CRAIG—While cleaning a rifle in his 'father's shop Monday morning, 'Chester Alexander, son of Mr. Johnstone Alexander, blacksmith, was accidentally shot in the leg. He did not know that the rifle was load- ed. The farmers here are hustling at the hay ,while the sun shines,but the other crops are 'badly in need of rain. -Mr .and Mrs. Rathwell and Mrs. Frazer Attwood visited Mrs. Simmcns an Sunday.—Mrs. Lindenfieid and children of Hensel]. spent Monday at John. Bolton's.—Mr. and Mrs. J.Hor ton have returned from a business and ,pleasure trip to Forest—Wm. Glenn sr., is confined to his 'bed.—A. large number are suffering from colds. Mrs Goodfellow and young son of Toronto spent a day with relatives in this place the past week.—A few from this vicinity attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Mosseau, who lived ',en this line for a time.—The people of this ,locality are sorry to hear of the death of Mrs Fletcher, wife of Rev. Dr. Fletcher. Deceased was a good useful woman and a leader in all branches of good work, and will be, greatly missed by everyone. —e Mrs. Stewart McQueen spent a few days with her parents in Hensall. Ewing—At Taber, Alta„ on July 10 to Mr .and Mrs. Geo. E. Ewing, nee Lillian Amos, a son. Clark—In Bayfield, on July 2nd, to Pte. and Mrs. Clark, a. son. Borland—In Usborne, on July 7th, to Air. and Mrs. Chas. F. Borland, a Son, MARRIAGES ---o-- Elliott—Tuckey—At the Presbyterian manse Exeter, on Saturday, July 8 by Av.'S. F. Sharp, Mr. Trueman H Elliott, to Miss Viola Tuckey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Turkey London Road North, Us - borne Pollard—Spackman--At Bayfield on July 5th, by Rev. A. Mactarlane, Clare, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James •Spackman of Bayfield tc William Pollard of London. DEATHS Peart—In .Hibbert, on July 4th, Geo. Peart, aged 70 years and 10 months. Fletcher—In Usliorne, on July 10th, Anna Agar, wife of Rev. Dr. Col- in Fletcher, in her 58th year, THE WESTERN FAIR _SEPTEMBER 8th to the 16th. London's popular Exhibition prom- ises to be better .patronized than ever this _year. The management is plan- ning larger and better things for September next than have ever been undertaken ,before. The New Pro- cess Building !promises to be a hive 'of industries and considerable space is already taken. A new system of admission at the, ;gates will be adopted by means of new coin turnstiles. Change booths will take the place of ticket booths end the public will be admitted by depositing 25 cents at the turnstiles. Children and those balding tickets will be admitted through a specie,1 gate for thepur- pose If space of any kind is requir- ed, application !should : be made to the Secretary at once. Prize lists and in- formation on application to the Sec'y: A. ;Ili. Hunt, London, CLINTON—Mrs. Brawn, wife of W. h C. Brawn of ,the ,logia an ,rill illness ,of died on 'Sunday, after about two months. 1 STEWART'S PIIONE 16 PHONE 16 Holidays Have Started Says. They will be . needing Straw Hats, Ca.ps, Outing Shirts Bloomers, Khaki Trousers. Cotton Jerseys and Rtmning S hoes. We -,have them .all. These are the days for the GIRLS' OUTING HATS MIDDY BLOUSES In White and Palm Beach with under briar of Paddy Green. A For Girls 6 to 12 years each very pretty style and comfort- $1.00' able Hat far outing. • I Misses 14 to 16 yrs. $1.00 &$.1.25 All ,Sizes ...75c. Women's 34 to 38 $1.00 'to $1.50 Millinery Your choice of 30 trimmed Hats. ' Regular' $3.00 and $4.00 and $5.00 values. These Hats are to be sold and to clear them quickly we have marked them at the lata; price of $1.50, SUIT CASES You will need them during the next fere days,- Good looking suit cases $1.25 Imitation Leather $3.00, $3.50 Real Leather Cases $500 $5.50 STRAW. HATS Boys' Straw Hats, all sizes, 50e. Men's Straw Hats, 50c. and 75c ¥en's Sailors $1.75 to $$2.50 New Shape Paa auras 5.00 New Dinnerware Four new patterns of fine qua lity English Semi -porcelain ,with fullcoin gold handles. Four ha ndsome, new decorations, any One of them you would be pr cud eo owtn. FULL DINNER SET, 97 PIECES $18.50 PHONE 1616 3 A. ST>�aWAItT PHONE The Big Store with the Little Prices