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THIRTIETH YEAR,
EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MAY 3, 1917
Our Corner.
Dealing with theefforto;f the Gov-
ernment to make •the country self-
supporting, Premier Lloyd Georgie
says that as a result all the guaran-
tee),
uaran-
tt„ .a t'o the farmer and the farm lab-
orer, a million fresh acres of tared
had been, brought under cultivation,.
which was equal to producing two
million tons of food.
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Realizing the desirability o1 lacing
Realr.r � ) placing
before our readiers ,the great needs
of the Empire at this time we pub-
lish a full page for interesting mat-
ter on page four. Read it carefully.
We are, ,obliged for this weekto
crowd up other matter and leave out
some news, ,but ,our readers, we
know, , will- understand, and appreci-
ate the, necessity
Fierce fighting has been goingon
along the west :froat all week. The
change in situation has not beengreat
but the loss`, of life is very heavy on
both sides: This stupendous struggle)
over shadows the fighting on the oth-
er floats, and we hear little of them
Nearly ,12,000 Canadians are listed in
the casualties for April, and the ,pro-
portion of killed is "high. Many from
this district appear in the lists. +'s,
In the April fighting the British
took 20,000 prisoners, 257 big guns,
and put': 100,000 of the enemy out of
the fight During 'the corresponding
taeriod of 'eighteen days in the Somme
fright in July last the British took
11,000 prisoners and .50 guns; and
the British .casualties 'during the re-
cent fighting have been less than
half those of the Somme, and the
ground taken is very much greaten.
This shows that the Britirsh artillery
has just "swamped 'the enemy guns.
The French during the April offer, --
sive ciaim- 25,000 prisoners and 235,-
000 Germans put out of the fight on
their float.
AMAN'
PHONE 81a
,lett In .nary,•
Be Wise. on Hats
•'THIS SEASON WE ARE SHOW
ING LINES OF HATS, SUCH AS
WE HAVE NEVER SHOWN 13E -
FORE.
OUR RANGE FOR SPRING IS
{ABSOLUTELY THE LARGEST &
BEST ASSORTED WE HAVE EV-
ER HAD IN STOCK,
THE PRICES TOO WILL SUIT
EVERYBODY.
THE ILLUSTRATIONS HERE-
-WITH WILL GIVE YOU SOME
IDEA OF THE HATS, BUT i HE
EST WAY IS TO COME IN AND
HAVE A LOOK, AT THE HATS,
TRY THEM ON, AND MAKE AN
EARLY CHOICE.
WE KEEP ALL THE OTHER
MEN'S FURNISHINGS AS WELL -
SHIRTS, TIES. COLLARS BRACES
GLOVES, SOCKS, ETC,, AND THE
MADE -TO -MEASURE AND ALSO
READY'10 WEAR 'CLOTHES,
t11, W. Taman.:
i1or $& Furnisher
j I QNE 81a
SANDERS & CREECH-,
ODDFELLOWS AT CHURCH.
On Sunday morning last the mem-
bers of Exeter Lodge of Oddfellows
together with a number Cram Hen
-
sail Lodge attended divine service
in Trivitt Memorial church, where the
sector, Rev A A Trumper, preach-
ed a most appropriate sermon. 'On
the 'return of the brethren to •the
Lodge Room a vote of thanks was
passed to the rector, the wardens,
the choir and the visiting brethren
The Rev. Mr. Trumper took his text
from the '7th chapter of Judges, and
the 18th verse, "The sword of the
Lard, an dof Gideon."
In the course of the sernijan he
said :n part,-
There is great ,po er in these short
pithy sentences. The writers of the.
Proverbs, politicians, admirals and
great generals' have adapted short
ringing ,sentences as their battle
cries ;Many ,battles have been worn
by the power of a word or sentence,
sucl; as, "Return either with your
shield or upon it", "Remember the
Holy City" "Gad defend the right"'
"St George for 'Holy England", 'Vic -
.tory or. Westminster Abbey" 'Eng-
land expects every mean to do his
duty" All great cries• had their
meaning but ;there was none greater
that the cry of the text. From the,
first the lesson lids been inculcated
in the human race, to trust in. God,
to conf,arm' our will and ideas to
God's will and ideas, by acknowledg-
ing him in all our ways, and if we
obey', God's willtwe show him that we
think of ` others as well as ourselves.
That is one of the great principles of
the Order ;we have represt nted uere
this morning. The ythink of others.
Gideon 'protested that he was '`lot
capable but God shewed him that
He was with him,' and the sword., was
to be "of the L(ord and of Gideon:"
Gideon then set about to secure an
army and by elimination: reducedthe
number" from' 32,000 to 10,000, and
later to 300 and with these 'he caus-
ed such panic among his enemlea that
they, slew one another. It looked 'like
a hopeless case but was accomplish-
ed without the loss of a reran. Note
few a a tle
the greatwork of the p s( s
in spreading- the gospel, and also the
results of the efforts of a few Miss-
ionaries in 'foreig;n' lands. The church
is surrounded by ",enemies, who are
attacking the Church, the Bible,; and
the Sabbath Day. We 'get discoinr-
aged but Christ ;slid not get discour-
aged ,He set to work to stop the
wound, Do not let ars forget that,
Christ is with ,us, and we know he is
at the helm and His power is the sarne
as it ever was.
To -day ,is your anniversary. You
have come to G'od's house. You have
thought of your triurn,ps and failares.
Da not gloat or mourn. You are do-
ing God's work, In your especial care
a; -gip widow and orphan you are
carrying 6ne77).i ti_P,,aa:gst,;, God-
like commands of the wforld. h`aii
and I are ;brothers in this conquest
of wrong Christ has cornrnanded us'
to take up our cross daily and fol-
low him,
Columns have been !written lately
as to whether 'under great strain
a soldier ° should; have a few spoons=
ful of 7uni.. The capture of Vimy
Ridge could not have been done by
those who were not clean clear thrui,
Same day they will return 'to us,
please God. Let me, say that these,
soldiers are better than the shady
church members who sit in an arm
chair and criticise them. ' We are
to face great problems in the British
Empire and we must stand shoulder
to shoulder in the greatwork of the
Empire:
Oddfellows, we` are glad to see
you attend church in a body. Do
not be like men who imagine the rit-
ual: is a substitute for the, Bible. Lett
us cling to the divine institution of
the Sabbath Day, and may your good
work prosper.
The
Roll of Honor
District casualties reported during
to week.
Killed
Pte. A P. Robinson- of St. Marys„
Pte. George .Begin old Johnston of
Hensall on April 13th.
Sergt P. Lawson of Crediton.
-Pte, L. W. Embury of Varna
Pte Fred Lewis of McGillivray.
Pte. Jahn Brawn ,of Mt *Carmel.
Pte. F. 'D. Wynne. of Parkhill
:Died of Wounds
Pte, W. G. Britton of Clinton.
lvlis sung
Private George Henry McBride of
Zurich, April -12th
Pte, Charles Arthur Parker of Hen -
sail, April 12th
Pte, G. Monk of Wingham
Pte, ,F. Mellw,aod of Clinton.
Wounded
Pte. Stanley Shoebottam of Parkhill
Pte ,E. E Robinson of Mitchell'
Pte R. E. Cook of Seaforth
Pte C. Brintnell of Cromarty.
Pte. Ross Forsyth of Winghatn
Dri.vei Harry Soutts of Wingham,
Pte, J, W. Anderson of Blyth;
Pte 1-I, Foster of St ,Marys.
Pte. R. J. Swlallow of Goderich.
Pte, C. Martin of St. Marys.
Pte G. E. Brock of Hensall.
Pte. William DeLong of Goderich.
Pte. E', M. Hunter of Forest,
Pte, J McKenzie of Varna,
Pte. D. 'D..McMillan of Gaderich.
Pte. W. Grindwooti of Goderich,
Ptc P, 1) Switzer of Science hill
Pie. E. 'Thompson of Belgrave,
Pte. Frank Forrester, Pte. Clifford
Graelis Pte. Austin Martin, Pte. 1),
McLeod of Clinton.
Pte, W J Baker of .Mitchell,
Pte. B. M, Penhale, soon, of Samuel
Penhaie of Parkhill, and nephew of.
George. ?collate of Exeter,
,Pte, ,Lloyd England 61 Crediton.
Pte. Ernest C. Mason of Parkhill.
Pte• David B Watt at Mitchell.
Pte. Win. Baker of Hensall,
Mr, Jas W Doyle of Parkhill r.e.-
cceived a message on April 18th,that
his brother Pte, Joseph Doyle, ,had
been wounded by gunshot in 11:s army
1 -le enlisted with the ,151st Edmon-
ton Joe resided ~ n ,Exeter blef"bre
going to Edmoatonn""i five years ago.
Mr. Silas Brakenshi.re of Stephen
has just 'received word from 'Kris son
Pte, E. A. Brokenshire, who was
wounded some w=ticks ago, that he
is now in Newend Hospital, at Hamp-
stead L ondan, The .tiaouads in his
legs are -naw -nearly healed, but the
wound in his foot is not so favorable,
having 'undergone threeaperatjons
since he was wounded. He is yet
unable to leave his bed
SERGT. LAWSON PAYS PRICE.
Sergt. P. Lawson, .sot of Mr. Thos.
Lawson of Detroit,, formerly of Cre-
ditor). was on Monday listed with the
killed in action. He enlisted' an Ex-
eter in 1915 with the 33rd Battalion
and left for overseas over a yearago,
The young man was well known here
and his death is regretted. He was
a cousin of Mr. Jas. Lawson or town.
Deceased was a valiant and gallant
young soldier and it was by his re-
peated acts of bravery':. on the field
tisart he merited and was given the
rank of sergeant.
School Report
ROOM 4.
Sr. 4th. .ETonors-Viola Hod;gert, 78
M .r;nerite Kuntz 76; Mabel Johns
7;; Verna Walker' 75; Paas-Boward
Dignan`' 74; '.Dorothy Balkwill 74; Geo
Hind 74; Willie Lawson 71; Jimmie
11lor.ey 71; Beverley Acheson 70; Jack,
B,t6 69; Philippa Harness 65; Greba
hledden 64; Louisa Amy 62; Perla
Sanders 61; Earl Russell 60. Jr. 4th
Parsti rda Vale 72• BettyBro
Brown
72; Edward Williard 62; May El-
worthy 61. No. on roll 38; average
attendance 33. 10. Voaper.
ROOM 5,
Jr. 4.h. Honors- Stuart Stanbary
92; 'I•Iarry Seldom 87; Grace !Creech
83; Mary Elworthy 81; Mildred
Rowe 75; Pace --Charlie Salter 74-;
Ernie Willard. 65. Sr, 3rd. 1Houors,
-Carrie Davis 82; Florence Norry
80; Bertha Russell 79; , Lyle ` Stat-
ham 70; 'Ronald. Witwer 69; Paes-
b"] rence Harvey 69,; Earl "Mallett
68; Willi: Webster Ell; -Jr. 3rd, Hon-
ors. -Ruth' Andrew 78; Gerald Long
76; Pass -Mary 1•lorney 73; Ethel
lloolden 70; Lorne Brimncom!be 67a
Helen Dignan 66; Fred Heaman 64.
No. on roll ,31•;,pveraage attend,' 28,
J. S. Murray'
ROOM 6.
Sr, 2nd o - jr., 3s;d: 'Honors -Ken-
neth Stanbury it3;-..,Vivian 'Coiling
wood 78; Grant Sian;der,, a.,_Pasae,_
Viola Bloomfield 70; Atioe Sanders
69; ,Wanda Von ;Wascinski 65; Mary
Nelson 65; Dorothy Snell 64; ruby
Creech 64; Ella Eforney 63 Reggie
2' ortheott 61. Jr. 2nd to Sr., 2nd -
Ruby ICreech 87; 'Wanda Waseinski
85; Olive Medd 81; Pars -Verne Raul.
aeon 69; Margaret Harness 67; Elva,
Ilunk.n 65; Walter Spencer. 64, •• No.
on roll '31; average attendance 26.64
H. M. Kinsman,
ROOM 7
Class 4 -Honors,' S. Reeder 80, N.
Bloomfield 80, H. Nelson 79, J. Pen -
'rice 78, M. Johns 76, R. Elworthy 75,
0. Brown 75; Pass, M. Murphy 71
M. Bissett 65.
Class 3 -Honors, G. Collingwood 85
M. Salter 79, G. Beavers 77, G. Brock
76, E, Northcott 75; Pass, E.'Russel
74 I. Lane 69 H. Sanders 69, J. Bloom
field 61,
Class 2 --Honors iI Snell 81 F. West
80, A. Willard,' .79, "J:"`1 tthti 78, ,H.
Gower 76; Pass, M. Clark 73, 0.
Beavers 62 G. Webster 60.
Class 1 -Honors, B. Gambrill 80,H,
White 76; Pass, .E. Hanna 70, J. Nel-
son 66, No, on roll 39; average 35.
-I. Quackenbush, teacher.
ROOM 8
Class 6 -Honors, E Hovey 93, J.
Connor 80 C. Andrew 80, R. Beav-
ers 76, 'F Cree'h 76; Pass, N. Hea
roan 70,' lr -stela 66, J. Gambrill
65 N. Reeder 60.
Class 5 --Honors, M. H,awald 83, G
Hunter 81, C. Sanders 78'; Pass, V.
McDonald 67, C. ,Lamport 53, G.
Cockwill 60.
Class 4 -Honors, 1; allecld 83; Pass
R. Passmore 72,
Class 3 -Honors, N. Wells. 83, L
Dierling, 78, M. Howey 78, A. Mc-
Donald 77, R. Sanders 76, T. Taman
75.
Class 2 -Pass, .J, Wainer 73, G. Nel-
son, 63,W. Hanna 60, G.' Andrew 60.
Class 1-E, Kestle..70, H', Vale 65,
No on roll 52; average: 46.
Anna'Dow, teacher:
ST. MARYS FIRE
The worse fire in St. Marys in
many months was that on Sundayrev-
ening last just after the churches
Were out, when the new crusher and
building just completed, after awholo
winter's work, at the 'Thames Quarry
was destroyed with i,ts contents, in-
cluding motor, a x;1200 screen, $1000
belting, pulleys, 'shafting, etc, The
loss is estimated at $20,000, but the
ri ss )r
Quarries Co.Ca.r but
direct ors to ther
1
O
a trat tion of the damage clone as,
happeni ,g: , just as the season's work
was about to commence, it will mean
the ioss of the entire season's Jut -
put and t1te throwing out of snsployy-
ment of some twenty -'mets far the
season,
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Dashwood
Mr, Isaiah Tetreau has bought an
Imported Clydesdale Stallion, `Blalc-
en King" from A. 51, Crawford, off
Thedford. This is a goad horse and
should be of great value in this dis-
trict.
The Young Laches' Bible Class of
the Evangelical church is giving a play
entitled "The Minister's :Bride tin
Zimmer's Hall 'Friday evening, May 4
Mrs. G. , Kellermann has returned
from an extended visit with her son,
Rey. A, Kellerman at Feniwilek,- Dr,
Broughton of Toronto spent the week
end at the home of Mr. J. Kellermano
-Mrs, P. Bumble of Sarnia :s visit-
ing her parents, Mr, and Mrs, C, Fink-
beiner here at present. -Mrs. Ernest
Flynn of Staffa visited relatives here,
on Saturday, -Miss T. ,Miller of Cred-
itan spent 'the ,w;eek end at her home
here. -Mr. 'and Mrs (C. Kellerman
spent Wednesday in London,. -Wilfrid
son of Mr, and Mrs. Geo.'Merner, un-
derwent anoperation for 'appendicitis
on Sunday. -Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Eidt and family of Forest spent Sun.'
day with Mill ,Mrs. C. Stade.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Stattan of Parkhill
and Fir. and Mrs. T. Isaac of Green-
way visited w!th Mr. and Mrs. 1.1.Wil-
iert of Sunday. -Mrs. Meyer is at
present visiting with relatives in Kit-
ehener.
• The sudden death took place in
,.urich on Saturday morning, Apri128
of a well known ,resident of this
district for many years, in the person
of Frederick Schroeder, at the age
o1 77 years 6 months and.4 days. De-
ceased had been as well as usual the
evening before, and lad' eaten his
usual hearty ;supper. but died as stat-
ed next morning. Barn in: Germany -
he carne to this country when eine
years of age, and became widely and
favorably known. Besides his wifehe
leaves two sons and six daughters.;-.
Danier of the 4th" con. of .Stephles,
Solomon of Hay, Mrs. Andrew Mus-
ser of Dashwood, Mrs Quackenbush
of Hay, Mrs John Balsdpn of North
Dakota Mrs.. John rEhl.ers of Dash-
wood Mrs Solomon Zimmerman of
Hay, and Sus re at hoiiie funeral
took place to the, BronsoThe n Line cern-'
etery on Tuesday afternoon,
Crediton
PIaNO TUNING, -Frank Bassen
berry of Kitchiener will be '.al Crediton
the third tt„e;;tw ,df May. Orders can
be left with J. G. Young & Son. Sat-
isfaction guaranteed.
The fierce fighting in Vi,my Ridge,.
France, hasevidently struck our boys
from this district severely. On Mon-
day Mathew England received a tele-
gram frons the Militia Dept., Ottawa,
informing hull that his son Lloyd w -as,
wounded on the 13th of April, and
that he is Snow in the hospital in
France Among the :names appearing
inthe list of casualties on Monday,
there appeared the name of Sergt.
Percy Lawson of Detroit, Mich,, as
'ij i „jt71ed in -action. The deceased
was one haife,aur Crediton boys who
enlisted with ti .3rd Hurons as a,
private and was finatf3 r'rrrakft..4.ha th•
the Mounted Rifles as Sergeant. He
rwrs a son of Me. Thos. Lawson of
Detroitand at the time of his enlist-
ment he was working for his uncle,
Mr Thos, Mawhinney, west of the,
village, Percy was about 24 years of
age and ,a fine young man. He has
done his "bit" Tar ,his King and
Country • as many another good man
is dowing these: days, 'War comes home
forcibly ,when ,mien or -your acquain-
tance go down. A memorial service
for the deceal.ed ,will be ]meld in the
Methodist Church on Sunday evening.
Let there be a good attendance to
honor the dead.
Rev, Becker has returned from
Mildmay where he attended the an-
nual session of the Canada (lolfe.r-
ence. We understand very few
changes were made amo ng the min-
isters,
Ernest •Guettinger is home from
Kitchener for a few months ,and will
move his effects into the house
formerly ,occupied by Mrs, Link this
week.
Otto Ewald has returned home from
E1ktprr, Mich., where: he spent a
pleasant visit with friends.
Our farmers have their seeding al-
most' completed, ,Flax sawing 'start-
ed this week. Warm weather is anx-
iously awaited,
Mr, and Mrs. Johnston left for,
Drink\ater, Sask., on :Saturday, where'
they will make their future residence!
We wish them a safe journey and
hope they .,will enjoy their new home.
Mr, McDonald, the new manager of
the Bank of 'Commerce has moved his
household effects here. We welcome
him and Mrs. McDonald to our midst
Michael Klumpp, Who has lived in
the villagefor a :number of years, has
decided to make his future home with
his son John, who resides north of
the village.
Mrs, 'Wm. • Welsh of. London visit=
ed her sister, Mrs: James :