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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-8-10, Page 40. lhe1'capzieta yo iii aled ;eekt- AVegelable 1'reparafionhrAs.. linglhe$t mhathsandE et Di—PANTS AlliLDREN Promotes DigeslionCliteaftil . nessnildItest.Co taiilsllciiiltt" OpiwuNorphine norawall NOT MARC OTIC. ..stings!+ Haw STORI For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Ctoria Always Bears the Signature of Aperlrct Remedy forconslipa• x,nluopFenteen hon, aColtto e> nese and LOSS t1FSLUER rrsgimit Srynatnreor tut.CE TAURCa'iruar. I t4NTUAL&NEW YORK alltr(j�'Itxonths old 35 -DOSE'S —35CEPiTS' Exact py of Wrapper. In Use For Over Thirty Years ASTOR! 1.,014 Crew A,,,E Ye w .ATX. r 4,bvoi uta WH.ALEN. Sanders & Creech, Proprietors. Subscription ('rice,—In advnce Si ger year in Canada; $2.50 in tanned d to ad�•anc � the States. It not pa price is 50c more per y:ear. T VRSl1A.Y, AUG. 10, MOORESVILLE. the home of +\Tr. John T. cin sen as well as msny hearts of this neigh - bo iiood. have been saddened by the death of his yo:xngest daughter. Glad- ys Grace. who passed away on Wed- nesday of last week, at the „tee of 13 yrs o months and le days. Bale nes was a bright little child and she <. ill be niuc.i missed by her many seleya &.:glee and friends. She had been ill ca ar lout a week, her illness eene &teasing with me tries and developing into a case a' meningitis. and the _:td came quie kly. The funeral tote: Testes to Neil's. eemetery it Friday. The Le s,eVe t a 3, .Iy wail i .V the is pet's.; o. alt GRAND BEND Mr.trend Mrs. tililltrazi of near "hc:rl fees?, visited se. Asaph Grave fi.le's day.—Mrs. �t alter Statten or p hi.l3,t;; for New Oritai : arrlved here a: t:r'..y ievezilrig and is vlsit_ngr relatives i;e r teJim Grigg of Camp Bor- den + :.tel far a few flays around harc,—One. o' the v; c a:np- i^ e ird a a ,c -r trying i aF' -y in n , Mr. ... Br .`S boat :ram the-ut do,...1t, k rn z.= it „plunged ieto e tat .. Fortunately, bsmve : >4 toug„ i present to .25::.1.. CANADIAN NATiONAL 13kg'Sept itn pire Federati©n Spectacle lei 1,200 Performers; 10 Massed Bands; Chorus of 60 Voices Glorious Pageant symbolizing Im- perial Solidarity and Power Mammoth Scenic Reproduction of the British Houses of Parlia- ment, Westminster Abbey and the War Office. !FRENCH ARE GiAIN1N 1 Ur. and Mrs. Benjamin Butler of Ingersoll are visiting relatives end friends at Zion this week,—Hector Mtllson. returned. Tuesday from a vis- it wait friends £n Cleveland and other plates.—hiss Lily Morley,. daughter ofak. Mr Fr Morley, gave a very inter- estine report of the Summer Schools held •.t St. Thomas ire July, at the ,prayer meeting here on Thursday ev- eaing.—Quite a number of our young people spent Sunday at Grand Bend, aurone them being, :Myrtle Squire,and Olive Gunning, Wm. Rodd, Wilson Morley Melville Guanine, and Nelson and Edger Squire.—Mr. and Mrs. Al- bert tits eft er of near Woad'aam vis- ited trienda here on Sunday,—James earthy and sister Mary renewed old o iarntan es Here on Sunday.—Mr, ena Mrs. George Milison and family s yen: : Iozda— y at Port Stanley.Mil- to . Dale has ,purchased a new driver . o:n A m. Toohey, the latter having .v en up painting and left Monday for 3 eronto. W ON AND UNDER W SEA A A ON LAND R IN THE AIR R Scenes that have thrilled the Em- pire Re-enacted by Overseas Troops. Shells in Process of Manufacture Immense Munitions Exhibit Model Camp, Trench Warfare, Hand Grenade and Bomb Throwing, De- struction ' of Warships by Hidden Mines, Bayonet Fighting, Federation Year Fireworks,' Complete New Midway. A tl m era The a King.'s ly rse Government Exhibits, Superb Showing of Live Stock and Agricultural Products, Acres of Manu- factures. Toron r' British Have Repelled Five Ger- man Counter -Attacks. Enemy Have Been, Striving Desper- ately to Develop a Counter -Offen. sive Against the British, but L'SBORNE COUNCIL t::ounki: met at Township Hall on w Aug 5. All the members were pres- Without Success. --- Australians Held Out Against Hearn: Attacks of Bavarian and Saxon Troops. LONDON, Aug. S.—Five deter- mined counter-attacks by the Ger- mans were beaten back by the Brit- ish in the Pozieres sector Monday, while on both the Somme and leu. the French eentiaued to make g;:tins. An entire line of German detences on a half -mile front from the a; op"£ north of Hexa to the Somme was va,i- turecl in a spectacular assault ay General Foeh's troops, On the Verdun front :Gen. NiValle threw his forces forward in new 'At- tacks in which, a further gain was ae- gistered south of the Thiaumoat work and tart re fortified houses in Fleury were taken. The Germans for more than la boors have been striving desperately to develop a cou'iter-offeusive agents: the British, but all their attentp,:s have met with failure. Preceding the Ave furious attacks Monday num- erous attacks were made Sunday night to penetrate the British treue1- ti>s ast nP Pozieres. General Haig Monday night reported that his troops held all tin ground. gained in a unday's attacks. A despatch to The Daily Nears, dated North of France", says• '•°z' Germans Sunday furiously counter- attacked post ions taken the day be - fort+ by the British north of Poz ' e, Au order had been ,e'ven to the reties it the Poe! res sneer to retake f:" the British, at wei atever cost, 1i"1 160, as shown n b., :lig' order of t'.. day Issued by n . sral von r and read to the troop:; Sunda;:. > number of copies f. the order e r taken from prisoners. Two d vastea, participated in the heavy attack. "The Australians again covered themselves with glory. One regi- ment which occupied advaue it trenches to the left of the Bapauni road on, the edge of the plateau, gave proof of magnificent heroism in re- sisting the assaults there of Bavarian and Saxon regiments, holding out stoically under a deluge of shot t aod shell, and yielding not an inch of ground. The regiment sustained ap- preciable losses, but its courageous resistance enabled the British com- mander to make the necessary dis- positions to check the German counter -offensive. "All enemy attacks against Hill 160 and the Pozieres mill were re- pulsed, the enemy sustaining serious r losses. The Germans sent to and three strong columns of one battal- ion each. The British artIlIery im- mediately began a barricading fire of remarkable precision, which cut down the assailants' ranks, forcing them to a precipitate retreat. Profit- ing rofiting' by the confusion of their adver- saries, the British, with much pres- ence of mind, rigorously attacked the Germans north-west of Pozieres. Australians and troops from the County of Kent charged and at the point of the bayonet captured two t?nee of trenches. In all, they made :n:. c.xsept T. Bros:. Th=lute, nute, :regress of about 200 metres in the tint cmcept T. . The minutes :'rection of Martinpuich." o the last meeting severe teal ern', on the Verdun front during Sun - epee : following rates were levied :or' r. rht the Germans also deter- eedly launched attack after at - the current year,—County rate ales mills; Township rate 1.5 mills Gen- eral tate 1.2 mills; .Provincial War tax 1 mill. S : ooi section requirements to be levied by special crates, and enter. d on Collector's Roll for co"e`ticn. A fete accounts were passed and order,: issued in ,payment. The. Township Voters' List was posted in the clerk's office July Nth It ;:ca.aias 721 names, 603 entitled to ti-oat _rarlimentary Elections, and crib- at Municipal Elections 354 are qualified to act as Jurors. The Council will meet on Sept. Md. at one o'clock. F. Morley, Clerk, 9,0 to Sept. 11 FALL WHEAT CROP CONTEST --a-- '1'.he following are the names of the "prize winners in the Standing Fall tack, only to be repulsed by the French barrier and machine-gun fire. Both at Thiaumont and in the Vaux- Chapitre woods the German infantry was sent forward after strong artil- lery preparations. only to be driven back without having gained a foot of ground. N During Monday the French and i British captured a number of Ger- man prisoners and took 15 machine guns. Three more German aeroplanes have been shot down, according to a Paris statement. French bombarding squadrons during Sunday night car- ried out extensive operations babied the German front, and Berlin admits. some damage was done to the great fortress of Metz by the French bom- bardment. Centralia .Edward Ryan, a well known resident of Centralis.,, died in ,London en Aug. 2nd. He had no} near relatives, his wife hating died three years ago, The remains were brought here im Fn- day and afte, mass in St. Peters. church., interment was made in. the Catholic cemetery The rain on Monday night was a welcome guest after such a long dry spell, It will greatly help the oats and barley which were ripening up too rapidly. while some claim it is too tate to save the potato crop. .Mr. Wm. Moffatt threshed his crop of wheat on Tuesday. From 11 acres he had 30 loads of grain and about 350 bushels of good wheat. Miss Gertrude Andrew, While vis- iting with her cousin, Miss Scelinear Lucaz, had the. {misfortune era fall off the balcony- and fracture Ier collar - bane, Dr. Hossack set the fracture and she is doing nicely. Mr. end Mrs. Jos. Andrew of f•fam- iota, ,11lan., spent a couple days here; guests of Mr. nrtd Mrs, S. Andrew Mrs Marshall of `Blyth is visiting her daughter, Mrs. G. Hicks. The 'Sunday School picnic to the Bend on Tuesday was very largely at- tended, over 200 being present. AS report a Urst-class time. There was ewe drawback and that was the like was to rough for boating. 1.1131l..itr Y Mise Edna Williams was here from Toronto.. where she holds el geod position with the T. Eaton Co;—Misses Jamieson: ,o1, St, "Marys are guests of Mies Margaret Glenn this week, --Miss Evelyn We rkman of liillsgreen spent Sunday with the Misses Ryckman.— Grant Ryckntai has treated himself to a fine new buggy,—,M-. Pullen of Woodstock is spending a few days at W. N. Glenn's.—Mr. and Mrs. Down end child of London visited relatives here oa Monday.—Mrs. Broadfoot has been naning the wall under her barn repaired.—Sam Horton, has had his new house in ,Hensall nicely painted. —Pte. Fred Simmons spent a few days the first of the week at Grand Bend. --•\lis. Maggie Hobkirk is nn a visit to .relatives near Bad Axe, Mich. —Jim Norton regrets the loss pf his faithful old driver, "Texas jack."— Russel Keys spent Sunday under the parental root.—Quite a Lew from this locality attended the Chiselhurst pic- nic on Saturday, going by motor. CHISELHURST Gordon tPybus of this place, and Miss Eva Ricker of Stanley Township were quietly married et Hensen by Rev. Knight on Thursday afternoon August 3rd, They were unattended and the beide wore a. pretty gown of striped voile, Before leaving on a trip to Port Huron she ,changed to a short silk suit and large picture hat. On their return they will take up farm- ing here. We give them best wishes. On the Somme front Frencb ate. - Wheat Crop compatition, conducted ators engaged in numerous combats. by the Kir',cton Agricultural Society: Three German machines were variety po nes brought down, one near Roiglise., the second in the vicinity of Omiescourt, the third north of Neste. Three other enemy machines were damaged`"seri- ously and compelled to land behind John Johnston, Dawson's G. C. 911s Wesley :Shier, Dawson's G. C. 90y W. 3. Robinson, Abundance 89 Wn+. Harding D. G. C. 8634 i>arid Hackney, Imp. Amber 853¢ Geo. Rundle, Jr. Abundance 84 their own lines. Finally, two ca.p'ive Milton. Gregory, D. G. C. 883 Judge, T. V. Pearce, Fingal Homely and Proud of It. Frankly, 1 know 1 am not a band some man, and equally frankly; 1 ac- knowledge that 1 don't want to be a handsome man. As a matter of per- sonal confession I may say that 1 have not a single misgiving about my face. which is oneof those "homely" -1 •use the word in the American sense- straightforward. cogged. hewn out of a rock and then stamped npou by a steam roller sort of cpuntenanees which command the admiration of all fortunate enough to have caligbt sight of .it --once. 1 write "once" because I heard a nervous woman' remark as I. came out of the stage door of the (gaiety one night that if ever she saw a. Payee like mind again she would nev- er go to the' theater she wouldn't he dide to. In raucous tones she said that a second shock like that would he too Mitc•tt for her weak heart and delicate state ur health. Het -1 am not Jealous of handsome nun not a bit of It. Beauty foruoth: if -01wr11 be a drug ou the market - i{, i, n+t 1'tlrne in 1,ondoo at.nnnd flag. balloons were destroyed. Ont- the night of August 6-7 French aerial squadrons carried out the following operations successfully: Twenty bombs were dropped on the railway. station at Metz-Sablons, 30 on the railway station at Thionville; 25 on factories at Rombach, north of Metz, and 12 on military cmasp near Etain. "Must Retake, Whatever the Cost." PARIS, Aug. 8. ---The following order of the '.day was issued" by Gen. von Buelow before the German drive on the British positions Sun- day: "We must at whatever price regain possession of the Pozieres plateau, which if it remains in the hands of the English would _ give them a precious advantage. Attacks will be led by successive waves, sep- arated by a distance of 80 metres. Troops 'which first gain footing nn the plateau must remain 'there and await` necessary, reinforcements at whatever loss there may be. Any of- ficer or man who fails to resist, even unto death on the conquered ground, will be summoned immediately be- fore a courtmartial." • Killed by Express, Train. LONDON, Ont., Aug, •8.—Allan Heard,. ,sixty years of age, was struck by a train and almost instantly killed last night on the. Adelaide Street crossing: : CROMARTY Dr. W. Tufford, of the: village of Cromarty, Hibbert Township, died at the Commercial Hotel, ,Seaforth, en Friday, July 28. The doctor bas been almost a helpless invalid from a- poplexy during some years, but the immediate cause of his death was .pne- umonia which he contracted since going to Seaforth. STEPHEN Mary Stevenson, widow of the late James (Hickey, formerly of Stephen township near Harpley, passed away' at her home on Anna street, Parkhill, on Wednesday, July 26th, atter sev- eral week's illness from heart trouble at the age of 54 years, 6 months and 27 days. Deceased was born on the townline, east of McGillivary, in 18- 61. She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs, Duncan Stevenson. Some years later they moved to Park- hill. Deceased was married oin April 24th 1907, to Mr. James Hickey, of Stephen. After ,Mr. Hickey's death she moved- to Parkhill with her two stepdaughters ,Miss Rona and Addie Hic=,-ey tag years ago. The remains were interred in Grand Bend. _ THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE SIR EDMUND WALKER, C.V.O„ LL.D., D.C.L., President JOHN MRD, General Manager. H. V, F. JONES,. Asa't General Manager CAPITAL, . $15,000,000 RESERVE FUND, $13,500,000 FARMERS' BUSINESS The Canadian Bank of Commerce extends to Farmers every facility for the transaction of their banking business, including the discount and collection of sales notes. . Blank sales notes are supplied free of charge on application. S54 r EXETER BRANCH—A. E. Kuhn, Mgr. CREDITON—S. Johnson, Mgr. "(" WELL-KNOWN ONTARIO WOMAN SPEAKS. Welland, Ont.—"I am most pleased to Say that. Dr: Pierce's Favorite Prescrip- tion has proved itself a fitztclass remedy. T was run- d ow'n, weak and playedaat, and needed a woman's tonic. I have just finished using one bottle. I feel much stronger and better. \ Can eat baiter and am less nervous. You may say that `Favorite Prescrip- tion' is just the medicine for tired -out, worn-out women. It does wonders for them."—Mss. GEO. FlANIGAN, E. Main and State Sts., Welland, Ont: INCORPORATED 1855 THE. NQLSONS aA1N.I( Capital, & Reserve $8,800,000 96 Branches in Canada h Generai Banking Business Transacted Circular Letters of Credit. Bank Money Orders SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT Interest allowed at highest current rani EXETER BRANCH— W I), CLARKE, Manager. AMA LADIES' COLLEGE OPENS ITS THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR ON SEPTEMBER TWELFTH: NINETEEN HUNDRED & SIXTEEN For calendar and terms: R. I. Warner.M. A.. D.D., Alma College, St,Thomas, Ont. 1 HAY Mitchell, Death was. due to heat con - The death occurred in Hay town- !! vulsions The funeral was held on ship of Bernard Alexander Mitchell f aloadaf of last week to the Union infant son of ?qr. and Mrs, Stewart cemetery. Hay. THIS PRESCRIPTION IS FOR YOU. If you suffer from hot Sashes or dizzi- ness, fainting spells, hysteria, headache, or nervousness you are not beyond re - Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is directed to the real cause and promptly removes the disease, and . thereby,. . brings comfort in the place of prolonged misery. It has been sold by druggistsfor nearly 50 years, in fluid form, at $1.00 per bottle, giving general'' satisfaction. It can now be had in sugar-coated tablet form. Sold` by : all medicine dealers or trial box by mail on receipt of 50 cents in stamps. Every sick woman may consult us by letter, al solutely.without charge. Write without "Tear as without: fee, to Faculty of the Iavalidt? Hotel,' Dr Pierce, President, 663 Vain St., 7Bnifelp, Dr. Pierce's Pellets are unegtaled as a Liver Pill. Smallest, easiest to take. One tiny Sugar-coated Pellet a Dose. Cure Sick Headache, Bilious Headache; J7'itzi-. ness, Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all derangement of the,Liver, Stomach and Bowels. WESTERN FAIR LONDON, ONTARIO September 8th to 16th, 1916 WESTERN ONTARIO'S POPULAR EXHIBITION ART, MUSIC, AGRICULTURE 8o AMUSEMENTS A FINE COMBINATION AT LONDON'S EXHIBITION A REAL LIVE PROGRAM OF ATTRACTIONS TWICE DAILY TWO SPEED EVENTS DAILY FIREWORKS EVERY NIGHT NEW PROCESS BULDING. EVERY BUILDING FULL OF EXHIBITS SINGLE Fare over all Railways West of Toronto SPECIAL EXCU RSION DAYS Prize Lists, Entry Forms and all information from the Secretary W. J. REED, President. A. ;M. HUNT, Secretary New Prices -August 1, 1916 THE FOLLOWING PRICES FOR FORT] CARS WILL BE ,EFFECT- ,., IVE ON AND AFTER AUG.1,1916 Chassis . . . $450.00 Runabout . . 475.00 Touring Car . 495.00 f. o. b. Ford, Ontario These prices are positively guarant ed .against •any reduction before August- :1st, 1911, but there is no Guarantee against an advance in price at any time. Any person thinkingof buying a car will do well to consult the dealer, Milo Snell, . Exeter, Ont. k