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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-12-21, Page 9The Advocate wishes you all a Ha py New Yea 4 . Germany's Peace Blue` and Pres. Wilson's note will not be accepted. TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR EXETER, 4 `'TARIO, THURSDAY DEC. 28, 1916 Our Corner. It costs but 60c, per $100 to ad-. minister the .great National Patriotic Fund. 1 is ,almost incre.lible, but it is true. The National Service cards will appear ''this week. When the post master sends you one to fill in do so and $return to him at once. See copy —the card in this week's issue. —x—o--x— Vote "Yes' on the Hydro and the Commission by -lasts, They are not money :spending byt-laws but if car- ried they will undoubtedly be money flaking and money saving by. -laws. The post 'office was Perhaps the busiest place in town during the week, Christmas week is always a busy one but thio year it was exceptionally so, the cumber of parcels being larger than ever, in spite of the war, A farmer friend of The Advocate has suggested 4to us that we s ,null advocate the necessity of the busi- nees men et town providing a Rest Room for their wives and daughters when they come to town to do, their shopeing. It is a point worth con- sideration. Experts state that a very favorable', season is needed in 1917 to produce erten an average crop on account of the poor quality of seed .grain, Stea- dy rain in the spring of 1916, foil - awed by several weeks of hot weather in the summer resulted in poor irons of almost every kind this year. Spec- ialeareshould therefor be token by. the farmers to procure the best seed. TAMAN'S PHONE 81a .At preeent there is no sigh of an open winter. We have had the ops polite for three weeks, with cold frosty weather and •beautiful sleighing Merchants state that the Christmas trading this year was greater than ever before. In some of the stores Saturday was the biggest business day in their history,. For the great- er part the buying was nearly al) sensible useful goods. Suits YOU SHOULD ORDER IT NOW. WE HAVE THE GOODS THAT W1LL PLEASE YOU, AND WE FIT TO SATISFY. CALL IN AND LET US TAKE YOUR MEASURE Felt Hats Local News Miss Kerslake milliner is home for the holidays. Mr. and Mr$. Burwell were visitors in St. Thomas. .ilr. Will Amos of London spent Christmas with his mother here. Mr. and 'Mrs. Elder Elliott are visiting the former's parents here. till, Ed. Walker of London Town- ship is visiting his parents in Exeter North Mr, Frank .Telebne.r of Windsor spent Christmas with his parents in Stephen, Mrs. Louise Cudznore leaves to -day tor a visit an Winnipeg and Crystal City. Man. :Mr. John Norry was in Leaminton this week attending the funeral of leis brother. Mr. J1arry Parsons of .Hamilton is eisiting with his 'parents, Mr. and Mrs Samuel Parsons. Mr. Nezrnan llern and family of Norwich were Christmas visitors in town with relative. Mr. 0. elePhereon of Toronto and his sister, rt'lfiss McPherson visited in Exeter North ;with their parents. OUR .HATS ARE A SPECIAL SEIOUL11ESEEITHEM WINTER. YOU Underwear WARM UNDERWEAR. WE AR1♦. WELL STOCKED WITH ONE OR -' TWO-PIECE GARMENTS AT THE PRICE TEAT SUITS. e a er Sw e to s IN ;SWEATERS WE HAVE MANY SHADES LAND PATTERNS. OUR RANGE IS A GOOD ONE AND THE PRICES ARE RIGHT. --o-- Furnishings ALL THE LITTLE THINGS IN MEN'S FURNISHINGS ARE HERE— SOCKS, TIES, BRACES, SHIRTs COLLARS, GARTERS, ETC. CALL AND LOOK THEM OVER, Mr; and era, Chas. Dale of St; Thoma$ and Mrs. Billings of London visited this week at the Central.ilotel, :firs, J. J. White and family, of Out- look, Sask., and Mrs, T. at White and son of Wene sor, are guests of Miss Tiliy White and ;sirs, Wickwire, Dr. harry Browning and wife of Emerson, Man„ and Messrs, Percy and Earl Browning of Toronto and 1ing- e.ton $respectively, are holiday visit- ors with their parents. Mrs. A Hastings attended a meet- ing eeting in London Wednesday addressed. by Mrs McLaren Brown, secretary of the Canadian War Contingent Asso- ciation London, England. Mrs. Jos. Senior, and son and laugh ter Maurice and R3lantem., left Tues- day =or Toronto to attend the mar - eine of alr, William Seers:es third \daughter, •Mies Mabel, to Mr. Arthur Burrill of Ottawa. Mrs. McAlister of Sarnia is visit- ine, here with her parents, is here with her parents,, .11r. and Mrs. J. Jewell, ,1r, ;McAlister, who is now making preTaratians to move from Sarnia to London, ,pent Christmas here, The ;regular Patriotic League meet - lug will be held in ,the Town Hall on Tuesday evening at 7,30. AIfred Grigg, a former Exeter re- sident, suffered a broken leg Monday ;n London while unloading lumber at the plant of the London Box Manw facturing Company. A heavy piece of lumber fell on the leg. W. W. Taman 'bailor $& Furnisher PHONE 81a &ANDER. & CREEC1it Nominations and Elections EXETER The number of interested ratepay- ers who turned out to the nomination meeting on .,Friday at flood, was a little smaller than usual this year, consequently it . will be noted that the sante names appear repeatedly on the nomination papers as mover pand seconder to the various nominations. The three members of the School Hoard whose terms expired this year were re-elected ,by acclamation for another two years. Following are the nominations,— For Reeve G. F. Roulston, by I. R. Carling, and D. Wood; B. W. ,F. Beavers, by J. H. Grieve and W. Johns. W. Taylor by G, ,F, Roulston and B. W. F. Beavers ; ;, J. R. Hind by G. Cra ley and C. S. Sanders, For Councillor$ Thos. Harton, ,by R. N. Creech and o$es Amy,. by bur; J. G. Stanbury and 13. S. Phillips; J. R. Hied, by 7• G. Stanbury and J. f, Southcott; Louis Day, .by G. Crawley and C. S. Sanders; G. F. Roulston, by C. S, Sanders and G. E, Crawley; C. 13. Shell, by Sarnuel_Ro$e.and C. S. Sanders. The Boys in Khaki and Clinton, where the rates were respectively 33 ,mitis, 32 mills and 31 mills and in each case the assessors had stated that a $3,000 xesidence in their towns would be assessed, re- spectively, for $2500, 52800, and $2800 whereas in Exeter the assess- ment is $Z300. Assessments on houses of lesser value in these towns varied in like manger, so that it will be seen that both our assessment and our rate is lower than in other towns. He would not be a candidate for reeve but might be for councillor, and if they thought he deserved sup- port he asked thea to give it to him. Councillor Roulston said he was going to confine himself to the by- laws, which he hoped they would support. The Hydro Commission buys power, but do not generate, and now have only 150,000 horsepower, and need much more. It is estimated the municipalities could Produce po- wer for $7, while it es now bought For .Utility Commissioners S. el. Sanders, by B. S. Phillips And Geo Crawley. J. W. Taylor, by J. G. Standury and R. N, Creech. K E. Huston, by W. A. Balkwiil and 1 J, G. Stanbury. For School Trustees R. N. Creech, by G. F. Roulston and J, R. Hind; T. Wood, by R. N. ,Creech,and, J. W. Taylor S. Martin, by J, G. Stanbury and R. N, Creech, Pte. G. Brown of St. Marys, was invalided home from England this week Pr. vete E. Oke, son of ,i Mr. William Oke of Usborne, landed at Quebec on the 20th with a. group of 200 wounded firom the battle front. He has been in the hospital far some months. Private Oke went oveeleas with the 71st Detached Company, being trans- ferred in France to the 14th Battal- ion. He was xvounded in the left shoulder at Sanctuary wood on June 3rd of this year, being hit by ahrap- net during a charge. Mr. Oke arrived in Exeter on Monday, and after a visit at his home wile go to a conva- lescent home for some weeks to fully recover. • FED DEAI) .HORSE TO A HERD , OF PIGS. Morley Wass a welt( -to-do farmer, living-. in , London Township, near Granton. was mulcted of $25 and costs of court and had a herd of ,swine valued at .several hundred dealers seized by order of County 1VIagis- trate C. W. Hawkshaw, of Lucan, when he was convicted of having fen the animate' on dead. horse. It was claimed that Wass had prepared the, pigs for pork in that' manner when hi$ scheme was discovered. The herd will be sold to a soap• manufacturer. by directions of the court. • , The adjournedori mination. meetiera- from Friday noon to Friday eve rang in the Town Hall was of a• ' most peaceful and quiet nated." Outside of the Council an lfewspaper men few seemed to 1p -e attended from any sense o deety, but simply as, a mere pastir' e, and to hear somebody ta'i'l. 'The two ,score, who did attend were repaid rte. the full extent,—the atmosphere was ;pleasant, there was no crowding, ,no criticism, no unjust accusations, no miserable, nerve- racking unsuccessfulattempts to make speeches. Everything was joy- ou. and happy as it ;should be at this time of the year. A thirty mill rate doez not excite the people of Exeter. The financial statement showed just where the money had gone, and ev- erybody seemed ,to be well satisfied. In former years we have heard hours of criticism ;when the rate has only been fifteen to twenty mills, There was ,one other sense in which the meeting vas a real success. With no exception whatever the addresses by the members of the old council were of a. calibre that have seldom been equalled in Exeter. Reeve Tay- lor was ,in his usual good form, and the. younger men of the Council .all showed remarkable improvement and are. to be congratulated, while the whole council should; be thanked for the manner in which they have conducted the ,affairs of the town for the past three years. Each speaker, Reeve Taylor, Councillors Hind, Roul ston and Beavers, had a message—he delivered it ,well, and quit when he was finished—the three essentials of any successful address. Auditor ;Mawson also discussed the financial report, Returning Officer, Jos. Senior, occupied the chair in his usual able .manner. Reeve Taylor discussed the water- works, stating that we are $2000 be- hind each year, with no allowances for depreciation of Plant, and said this could be improved if the water- works was better patronized, if water ups not wasted or wrongfully sup- plied to neighbors, and if the by- laws: regarding waterworks were en- forced. By voting far the commission by -taw this mattes could be much im- proved. He was ,leased to state that. in three years the over draft of near- ly $8000 was now wiped out, and a balance, of two or three hundred doll- ars was left in the treasury. Regard- ingCountry:work he said the war had caused' the issue of $120;000 of ,de- bentures. Since the county rate for this year was struck $21,000 has been given to the Red Gross and 55,000. to the various, Patriotic societies of the country and this would have to be provided for next year, •so the coun- try rate, would continue to be heavy. He advocated the strictest economy on ordinary things, in the country, the municipality and the home, as every dollar saved is a unit of streng.- th for the Empire, Councillor Hind said the citizens. had been. helpfully critical during the past three years, ;and it had helped the council, 1.1e..wa3.pleased with the financial, standing now as - compar- ed with three year's .ago. This year .the town Was, paying about fee n}ills over the ordinary, owing to •patriotic work, .the, school work find. to cover the overdraft.. But . for these the, present 30 mill` mate would be a 25 mill irate. 11 has been said that even, sa the: 30• mill' was high far Exeter particularly since property had been assessed higher,, hut hey` had written the assessors of .Seafarth, 1V1itcli:ell' KIRKTON DROPPED DEAD,—John Elliott of this place drooped dead on Tuesday while piling wood ona sleigh_ at Ole Joseph Creery's, 'Usborne. Heart tree bl[e'.wai, the cause of death, 1 -Ie was 71 year: of age. No one was witb, liin, at the time, and not until the. horses were noticed moving away alone was it thought that anything was wrong. On ;going over to inves- tigate he was fouaid dead, Deceased was a framer by trade and formerly lived at Eiimvi4le. He was ,highIy:: respected by all. His wife, who` was a ,Miss .'Ea11antyne,died some years ago A ,grown yup family survives, at $9 and $12 per horse power. The by-law will cost nothing. It is only to tied if municipalities are will- ing to ,generate their own power, as well as to transmit power as is now done at cost. Thezi we think the Utilities Commission by-law should be supported also. Hydro must come under acommission and we believe the waterworks ,should be under the ,;a,ui commission. He regretted the necessity but found it impossible for him to seek re-election. Councillor Beavers considered two things were of utmost importance, to bt nd every effort to win the war, and to help in the develop rtent of Hydro 1 Electrical work. The, municipalities have had to recuse applications for power. Much more ie needed. He discussed. the hydro work in Exeter and said we had 223 services now which is only 40 per cent. of the houses in town. Neth -n we get the other 60 per cent, and Hensell, Zurich and Dashwood -get connected up it will help to reduce the cost. As the reeve has done I would advise econ- omy in home town and country. We should pay as we go. If it becomes my duty to occupy the reeve's chair 1 shall do my best for the town, LUilr L*'T • --o-- ;Hiss Mae Horton has returned from Seafortle—Mr. and Mrs. Archie 2y.vk-- man and family of Mooeeiaw tyre home on a visit, also Mr. Thos. Ryck- man of Dakota is here visiting his mother.—Mrs. Gee. McDonald and little daughter of Mortlock, Sask., are her.' the guests of Jas. Horton.— Toni: Glenn of Toronto and Harold of "1'h'd ford were Christmas visitors.— ,Mr. Sam Horton of Alberta is here visa- ing his brothers, :Messrs. Noah and crank —Mi and Mrs. Ft G. liem:ry of. Mitchell. spina Christmas with the :atter', parents.—Mr. Turnbull and larnily o; Stratford are spending the holidays with her parents, \Ir. ane Mrs. Armstrong of Glenwoo.l Farm.— The Messes Miller of Seaforth :treat l•omt for the holidays. --0-- At ,._,o—At 9 o'clock on Saturday night when. the time expired for qualifying it was term& that all elections were by ac- clamation so that for next year the following Cir R wer ill look aft, town and school attains,-- '-- Re-ve—B, W. F. Beavers. Councillors—T. Harton, J. R. Hind, C. B. Snell, Louis Day. Commissioners—S, M, Sanders, H. E. .Huston School Trustees—S, Martin, F. Wood R. N. Creech, I, Armstrong, A, E. Fuke, F. W, Geadman. STEPHEN Nominations on Friday resulted as follows,—Recve,W. R. Elliott; Dep- uty Reeve Wm, Yearley; Councillors Alex, Neeb, Thos. Mawhinney, and David Webb, all by acclamation. The retiring of Mr. Love, Deputy Reeve, is *the only change. — USBORNE The -nominations in this Township on Friday resulted in an election by acclamation with Thos. Brock, reeve; John Duncan, Wsir. Coates, Arthur Mitchell and Wm. Hanna councillors. Mr. Brock took a step up and Mr. Hanna took his place as ecouncillor, the previous xeeve, Mr. ElIerington retiring after two years in the chair. the following Tuesday evening. --Mie apd Mrs. Norman Pybus and babe of Salk. are here visiting the former' father. -,Miss Nellie ,Pybus is in Sea -- forth where she has -a good position, -.Mrs Waster ShiUin;law is visiting relativ .< bore during the winter. BIRTHS Stanlake.--In Hay, on Dec. 22, to Mr.. and Mrs Nelson Stanlake, a sea, llradt.--In London, ort Dec. 21, to fr. and Mrs. W. E. Bradt, (nee May Jewell) a son—Robert Samuel. MARRIAGES Rowtclitfe—Hewitt--At the Jaynes -St„ parsonage, Exeter, on Dec. 37, Hec• toe L. ltowtcliffe, son of Mr. and Met, E..Rowcliffe, tg' Miss Laura CiiISEI.HURST May daughter of :MnEphraim Hew- itt, all of Exeter. Wedding bells will be ringing here this week. -The Christmas Tree on Friday evening passed off nicely and the children had a good time.—Mrs. Thos Jackson and son Glenn ep et Christmas with the former's another here.—Mr$ David Wren mother of Mrs George Eyre whose death took Place the past week .was buried in McTaggarts cemetery.—The roof is on the new shed and the congregation intend having an evening service on Sunday Jan, 7th and a hot supper ea HENSALL The following councillors go in by acclamation at ,Hensall; Thomas Hud- son George Hudson, John Coulter, and W. E. Pfaff. A contest is on between Alexander Smith and Geo. C. Petty. Special Announcement Owing to the extreme advance in prices, we have decided that in order to have. our customers and friends able to • obtain their hardware at the least possible price, we must place our Hardware ;business on a 'CASH BASIS. On JANUARY •1st our retail store will be a. CASH STORE. It • will not ba necessary ,for us to take caret of bad accounts or spend money collect- ing small ,ones. Our retail business: has been stead- ily ;growing into a Cash Business. The cash.system is the only FAIR WAY to do business. Pay only ,for your owri goods. Buy what you need. War time is the time to make your dollar count.. You can be sure that you will rreceive value for every dol- lar spent with us. We would appre- ciate your +co-operation by not ask- ing sking for credit after January est, 1917 Until. we .have time to adjust our price; and get them` one cash basis we will give a 5 PER CENT CASH DISCOUNT. '.After that ` time our prices will the figured on a net cash basis T. Hawkins & Son EXETER Ri,hardh---Parsons—On London Roads 4 outh, Exeter/on Dee. 27, Leslie( R:. hands of Stephen to Miss Edith daughter o€ l lr. and Mrs. Samuet Parsons DEATHS Southcott.—tet Grand Bend, on Dec,. 24. John Southcott, in his 90th year Elliott -1n Usborne, on Dec. 26, John Elliott of Klrkton, aged 71 years, Make Your Cleaning Day Easier BY USING The Eureka Electric Vacuum Ole which is the greatest time saver and labor saver on the market It lightens the work of cleaning so much that Ilouse work becom pleasure the whole year round. Buy now, and use it often, and you will be more than' pleased. Phone 20 R N. R O E Sales ` ent, Exeter STEWART'S PHONE 16 PHONE 16 A Very Happy New Year PURSES AND HANDBAGS Just as -need A fine xang,e of up-to- date Handbags 60c. to 53,00. 75c., 51., SILK 'HOLEPROOF' HOSI'RY For men !arid woanen sold by the pair ,or 3 pair. Come neatly boxed. Wanren•'s 5125; Men's 75c, per pair. FANCY TEA APRONS In many ;styles 25c,. 35c.., 40c and 50c. COSY SLIPPERS For every member of the fam- ily. Warm and comfortible Slippers at 50c., 60c., 85c, 955o, e and 51.25. LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS Infolders or pretty . boxes; Beautiful •fine.lawzx and Linens - in very neat patterns at 10c. .25c,, ,354, 50c., to '$1.00, BOUDOIR 'GAPS In dainty patterns each 35c., \50c. and 75c. PHONE 16 J. A. ST 1`''l,RT PHONE The Big Store with the Little Prices 16