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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-7-5, Page 1Russia captures territory and 17,000 men. Weather too wet forr'crop Advances at Lens. British Capture t ,000. THIRTIETH YEAR. EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY JULY ..5, 1917 SANDERS 8s CREECH Our Corner NO DISGRACE Not every roan .who enters the mil- itary service when the draft goes into effects will be dragged into it. There will be 'volunteers then just as there are now, There is !really no disgrace attached to those who' are affected by • the systeti , A gang of men meet ori the highw.a. every. year` to put in. highway their statute labor. They have leen drafted for the purpose, but clo not feel humiliated on that account. If this line of _work was carried an un- der the volunteer system some would be public spirited ;enioug!lieto do their duty ;but more would shrink; There is compulsion ma almost_ everything --under the sun, compulsion in. the pay- ment'bt taxes and in educajtiion, It does not !naturally fo,Ilaw, because of one or the other, thatifleft to the freedom of their own wills all men .would dodge their' taxes or avoid the trouble and expense of keeping their children at school. The man who serves;as a juror or witness in court does nac feel humiliated in his own n estimation because he has been placed there by legal' prapess which' he could not afford to ignore, " The draft 'isnot undemaciatic, -,either. The leadeag republic of the world ses,oreecl 'tort at the very outset of its entry into lhe;war. Brazil has joined the Allies. Venizelos. now leads the Greek Gov- ernment. He has always been a friend of the Allies. Coal is still a very scarce article in town, We do not,,need it just now but i' would look more promising `.if ,.there were a few cars coining in 'each week. Canada will probably issue special- iv designed Dominion :notes of the various smaller denominations to corn- memorate the' fiftieth anniversary of Confederation. They will be one dol- lar. ,two dollar, ;five dollar and ten dollar bills. TAM..&N'S PHONE 81a Great Iii SUITIJ , GS 'N s ETUa9 9 Esq' a OUR SPRING SUITINGS WERE BOUGHT EARLY AND WE ARE ABLE TO SELL .BELOW TO - DAY'S VALUE. ORDER YOUR SUIT AT ONCE. LIGHT OVERCOATS IN OF -CLOTHS FOR THE EVENINGS- AT PRICES WILL SURPRISE ' YOU AGREEABLY., OUR PANTINGS ARE SOLD AT THE RIGHT PRICE./ SEE OUR LIGHT UNDERWEAR' IN .COMBINATION AND IN TWO PIECE. BEST COOL THAT MOST A FULL LINE OF READY -.TO - WEAR CLOTHING. YOU PROBABLY NEED A RAIN- COAT FOR THE WET !DAYS, WEAR OVERALLS AT YOUR ROUGH WORD. LOOK AT OUR LINES IN THESE,GOODS, ALSO rn gin A� SOCKS in Cashmere and Silk THE NEW CAPS CHOICE SHIRTS FLASHY TIES ARROW COLLARS W. W. Tarnan `Tailor Furnisher PHONE 81a A CHEAP PERFORMANCELocalNews A -decidedly cheap .performance was Hon. Geo. P, Graham's speech on the Mr. C. P. ,Rowe of Fhishing Mich,, the Service Bill. He' was •onc of, the Committee nt Caucus which re- while holidaying at :Port Huron as as_ cammende l the ref er which Sit sistant Captain of the Boy Scouts, r spent part al last week here the with consent of his leader. He goes guest 01 his uncle, Mr. JohnKers - out with the recalcitrants ua ordeto lake, bring them back; There was an in- The ser roott s 'ta the various church- sincere ring in his speech. It fell far es an Sunday, in keeping with the below the level of the spc c,hes of 50th anniversary of Co neederrat.ion;, Hugh Guthrie, George McCraney and, were particularly strong, and forceful. The attendances' were large is all the churches. Goal operators in :United Sltates e rightt now, although he did not have decided to decrease the price think so. TheLiberal ,party is in bat soft coal after July lst, by $1 to - hard luck if it ;'must look Id Mr. Gra- $1:50 at the mines, A further de:- ham for leadership after Sir Wilfrid retires. A farmer near .Walkerton lost 1500 bushels of' wheat by fire after being offered - 52.80 a bushel. No insurance; All officers who have returned; to Canada are to be held in reserve at the same rank, without pay or,"allow- ance until called 'upon. W, A.:Buchanan. -lje made all: sorts of petty excuses far Ontario, and ar- gued that Sir Wilfrid had been right on all big issues i;n thet past and might United States'has .passed a 'Day- light Saving Bill to come` into affect next year. Canada also has one'on the way having passed its first read- ing in ead-ing_in the House. Unless the exceedingly' wet weath- er we have 'been having: soon ceases much damage will be done the:crops As it is beans and peas have suffer- ed considerably, and corn and "root crops have not'done well, unless the ground was well drained. The advance guard of a large Am- erican army has arrived in Fiance. The United States army will be an independant force, but will act in conjunction with the ;Allies, and, of course, will be officered and support- ed entirely by the American Repub- lic. Lord Northcliffe speaking 1. Unit- ed States on the need of gasolirie motor trucks and chauffers un France, said: "It will mean th,e end ,af :joy- riding England stopped tthis favor- ite outdoor sport ,a good' while ago', that whenca wva -es [ am sure ha America k, up to the' tremenduous realization of what thi's war means, she will da like- wvi - - The New York ;Sun says it right in. the following: "It tis• an anomaly of the war that 'the French population of Quebec should' be so lacking in sympathy for heroic France as to op- pose any ,government ,measure de- signed to strengthen the Allies in. the field. In time of peace: all Quebec. might rise against a conscription bill with reason, but when France, as well as Britain and Canada, is in danger talk'; of, revolt is either hopeless; ig- noran.ce or madness." The immense German forces oc- cupied in keeping back the. British. and French on the Western front, of necessity makes the going slow for the. Allies, Canti;nued advances are reported however; 'and during ` May the ` British captures nearly 10,000 prisoners On the' Eastern front the Russians appear to have gat` going again. Some- thing has awakened them, and intwo clays they captured considerableiter- ritory and 17,000 prisoners. In Asia .Minor the ;Russians also advancc. • t' contin- ues ace. still The submarine then Th lively, thirty' British, boats being sunk last week. The X 11 of Honor District casualties reported' during to week. Killed Ptea George Hales of Wingham. Pte. Theo. McDonald of Wingham of ,the 161st- Battalion. Pte. A, E, Clarke oil Bayfield. Lance Corp. W. P. Buchanan of Blyth. Pte Win, Taylor of Blyth. Wounded :Pte. E. A. Oke, son of Mr. Wm. Oke of Usborne, ,was reported a- mong the wounded on Monday, Pte, John Thibideau of Brussels.. Flight -Lieut. D. E. Holmes, Wing- ha1n; Pte. Janes F, Il .ill, multiple wounds 'sori° of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hill of Hen- sel ' 111 Pte, David Watt.of Mitchell, after being tvoundecl, Private Douglas Stewart ,is at last writing back behind the. lines taking a special course. Having a day off his brother Wilfrid tramped six or seven miles to see him, -only to find he had him away from File lines, and to retrace his steps. Capt. Dr, Beattie Martin has .won the, Military Cross. The honor was received on May 28 while he was with the. British forces in. Palesitiilne. He is now stationed at Gaza, The Cross was conferred upon Capt. Martin for care- of wounded. I -Id wiith four strict- eller bearers were out between, their' own troops and the. enemy, and had picked up thirty-three ;Wounded men, These they were caring„ tor- and'en- deavoring to bring back to theirlines When they lost .their bearings, and after .wandering ablaut for three Clays and three- nights, at one time, being witthun 30 yards of the enemy, they arrived safely with their 'own troops, bringing back twenty; -eight of 'the thirty, -three toen, , crease is expected. It is sand that the price of hard coal will also be lowered somewhat. On Wednesday evening last The Young Ladies Bible. Class of, James Street Methodist Church to the num- ber of severity met at the home. of Mr. and Mrs. Asa Penhale for a fre=• well evening with one of their :nitm- ber hiss I. Quackenbush, who has. resigned as teacher tin Exeter and has, gone to visit her sister in. Chatham. An enjoyable. time was spent by all, and during the evening Miss Quack- enbush was presented with a 'framed address of -appreciation and good will. Two Exeterr rinks of Bowlers took in, :the one -day tournament at the Elmwood Club, London, on Monday. The rinks were R. N. Rowe, J. A. Stewart, W. I?. Clarke and R. Seldon; W. Rivers; W. Fuke, N. Dore and R. N. Creech. The first rink succeeded in qualifying in the first four games by straight wins, then won in the semi-finals, and lost by one shot in the finals, bringing lionie second prize Electric Cookers. The second rink "`had a good time", ;ended 50- 50, won t wa and lost 'taw, picked one game out of the hole when. they were 14 down and four ends to go, but came home 'emptyrhanded, with nothi.ng,;ta t he grip, and little under the belt. "Billy" Thompson of town who was playing with Skip Tripp of the Elm woods was a member of the winning rink, they securing first prize and the trophy. ORANGEMEN ATTEND CHURCH -The members of L, 0. L. No. 923, together with a number af, visiting brethren from outside lodges, attend-. ed` divine warship Act the Trivitt Memorial Church on Sunday evening last. After forming at the lodge room they, marched _too the church, there being over thirty in attendance, The rector, Rev% Trumper, had charge of the service and Preached a stir- ring and inspiring lsermorn, which was. listened to with a great deal of inter- est by the whole cangdegatiote. The singing by the chair was excellent. and very pouch enjoyed. On return- ing to the 1odg.e the brethren passed a hearty vote of thanks to the preach- er far bis very able discourse. • Miss Ada Willis was in Detroit last week. Mr, 'W. Fritz ,of the Bank of Com- merce is relieving in Parkhill. Mrs. Ed. Willis and Mrs. Jas, Wil- lis were in London last week - Mrs, Trumper and ,children have re- turned from .a visit of several weeks in Landon. Mr, Roy Quinn and family of Lon- don spent a few days': with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Dearing, Stephen, during the week. Miss Charlotte De2irina. lett We.d- nesdas ,nrarnrng to visit t friends in Michigan and Nebraska for two or three months, • ' Mrs Rawcliffe of London visited with Mrs. W. H. Dearing over Sun- day and left Wednesday.to visit rel- atives and friends at Flint, Mich. Pte. Win. Ewington, who bas been confined .to the hospital in Landon for sonic. time, spent Sunday and Mon clay here, returning Tuesday evening to the • hospital :for -further treatment. WANT REPRESENTATIVIi At the annual meeting of the dir- ectors of South ;Huron Board of Ag- riculture, held in Hensall on June 26, it \vas decided to hold Judging Cour- ses this year at Varna, Crediton anti.:. `I(irkton, acid meetings at Exeter, Hen- sall Brucefield, Zurich and Grand Bend. The question of a District Representative was coriidere:d and it was cleci!ded to again send a resolu- tion to the 'County Council, asking diem to again :consider the grant to -- ward a district irepres,e,ntatimet The officers for ,the year are: President; Geo. 'Pe,n.hale; Vieet-president, Fred. Ellerington; Sec'y-Treas , A. tH. Loupe; Executive, Mrs. A. Hastings, D. H. McNaughton, Jas. T. Keys, W. R. Elio tt Alex. Buchanan. DOMINION REPRESENTATION When. the neat Dominion ?elections take place, be the date ‘vhat i.l may there will be a considerable increase in ,the number of constitueno'les, due to the growth of the west. Tlie :ap- vended table will,explti.in the situation, Present Next Seats Election Ontario: 86 82 Quebec 65 65 Nova Scalia . 18 16 New l3rrunswick 13 11 Nlanilpba 10 15 British •Columbia 7 13 P. E. I. Saskatchewan 10 16 Alberta 7 12 Yukon 11 1 221 234 School Report JUNE PROMOTIONS :HIGH SCHOOL Form I. to Form IL -W. Abbott, G Baird L. Beavers, Th. Connor, C. Calwill E. Davis, G. pew, Mau 'Har- vey: G 'Harness. L. hicks, : V R.ow cliffe, 5, Sanders, 131. Senior 0, , Truemner; Recommenled 1, Broad to'Pothe following Commercial pupils have passed, -M. Dew, al. Hardy, C. Ilal.lett, C. "Morley, R. Parsons, H. Powe, C. Sanders, V. Sweet, I.Tuckey A. Vincent, 'V. Jones; and ll. Day obtains Diploma, PUBLIC SCHOOL ROOM 4. Promoted from Jr, 4th to Sr, 41h- Verdi Vale 79, Betty Brown 71, Reg- inald Taylor 71, Edward Willard 68, May Elworthy. 65, Joe Bradt' 64, Ruby Davis 63, Mildred Wood 62, Leverne. Harness 59, Clifton Davis' 58. C. Vesper, teacher. ROOM 5. From .Jr. 4th to Sr. 4th.- Honors Stuart Stanbury 91; Harry Seldon 80; Grace' Creech 80; Margaret. Gladman, 79; Pass -Mary Elworthy 72; Mil- dred Reiwe 70; on trial Charlie Sal- ter 65; and Entie Williard 65 both getting below 40 per cent in grammar/ From Sr. 3rd to Jr. Ia.-Honors- Carrie Davis, 76; Pass -Bertha Rus- sell '71; Florence Norry 71; Lyle Stat- ham 69;' Willie Webster 69; Florence' Harvey 69; on trial, Ronald . Witwer' being below 40 in arithmetic, From Jr. 3rd to Sr, 3rd -Honors -Gerald Long 81; Ruth Andrew 79;. Clifford Webster 77; Mary Harney 75; Pass -Fred Eleauran 72; Ethel 'ECoulden 71; Dorothy Mallett 70; Lorne Brimacombe 69; Helen( Dignan, .37; !Ruby. Davis 67; Bertram Gardin er 05; Cecil Ford, 62. T. S."_Murray., ROOM 6. Promoted to Room 5: Honors,.'IKen- neth Stanbury, Vivian • Collingwood, Grant Sanders; Pass, Viola Bloom- field, Aljoe Sanders; Wanda von Was cinskt 'Mary Nelson, Dorothy Snell, 1 1, Ruby ;Creech, Ella Horney, Reggie Northcott, Olive Medd, Florence, Ni liters Charley Acheson, Ella Kuntz, Amelia Acheson, Annie Wil- lard, On trial, Lilla Snell, wha was ill at time of 'examination, Charley Glad - man. 'Na, an roll 27• average 22,55, H. M. 'Kinsman, teacher. ROOM 7, Promated from Room 7 to 6. -Hon- ors H. Nelson 82, 0. Brown 81, R. Bloomfield 75; Pass J. Penrice 74, :NI. Johns 74, 1-I. West 74, S. Reeder 72 M Murphy 71, M. Bissett 68, R. Elworthy 64. Class III„ Honors, ,G. Collingwood 89, J. Bloomfield 80, M: Salter 78. Pass G. Beavers 74, E. Russell 73, E, Northcott 71, I. Lane 69, G, Brock 69 V. Ford 68, H. Sanders 66. Class II. -Honors, H. Gower 85, F. West 81, H. Snell 77; Pass, A. Will - 74, I. Mitchell 65, G. Webster 64,.3„ Kuntz 63, V. Kellett 61, Class L -Honors, R. Gambrill 83, 82. White 76, E. Hanna 75; Pass, GI Wells 64, J. Nelson 63, No an Roll 39; average 37. I. Quackenbush, teacher. ROOM 8. Pronated to Room 7. -Honors, Eu- gene Howey 92, Nana Reeder .90 Frank ` Creech 81, Hugh Creech 79, James Connor 78, Clifton Andrew75 Jack Gambrill 75; !Pass, Lyle Dinney 7Z, Reggie Beavers 70, KathleenHea- naan 68, Doris Salter 61. From Class 4 to Class 5, Grace Hunter 84, Ida Medd '83, Vera Mc- Donald 81, Gale Clarke 78, Cora Sanders 76, Pass, Muriel Hawald 70, Stanley Walter 60, Willie Sanders 62 Gerald' Cockwill 60 Clarence Boyle 60, Ruth Passmore 60. From Class 3 to Class 4,-1-Ionors, Marvin Howey 84, Irene Bierling 79. Alcla McDonald 79, Teddy Taman 75 Pass, 3elsan Wells 73, Jean Walper 70, Russell Snell 65, Gladys I-funkin 60 From Class 2 to Class 3. -Honors, Georgina Nelson 82, Pass, Lillie Payne 73, George Andrews 72, lit les Hanna 63, Harald McDonald 73, i-Iarry Jen- nings 60. Pram Class 1 to Class 2: -Honors, Eilleen 'Kestle 82, Pass, Dorothy Din- ney 70„ Helen Vale CO, Number on Roll 52, average 44, A. L. Dow, teacher, FARMERS' CONVENTION A SUCCESS The local Convention held by the United Farmers c1 Ontario ' in the Town Hall on. Monday afternoon, July 2nd, was a success, ivir R. H, Halbert, president of the organization ocCi pae< theC chair and c gave 'a stirring address on the need of organization among the. farmers for social and educational purposes. The principal speaker fat the day was Mr John Kennedy, vice-president of the Grain Growers Grain Co., taf Winnipeg,,' He' showed how Western co -.operative organizations have S'tle ceeded through the. loyalty of the farmer, and spoke briefly on the abus- es suffered to-clayby- the Canadian farmer though the tariff, indirect tax an improvements, etc., and flow, by Stitd• htogether, thee farmer e r ,ma y remedy these abuses, , Mr, J ,J, Morrison, secretary of the organization tmcl Mr. J, M. 8errig- han of Goderich gave a brief address on the ,need tor organization and asked the farmers to wake up and work foe their own rights. BOY HAS NECK, BROKEN St, Marys June 30; -Thomas Nelson of Fullarton while on his way to Mitchell fora load of coal to -day with; a churn, fell from the wagon and was killed., his sleep being broken, SENT FOR TRIAL St, Marys, June 30. -The twoouths Walter Jones and Russell Badfielcl, charged with a crime, against a young girl, were brought before the magis- trate to -day, and committed to Strat- ford jail to 'stand trial at the fall assizes. • DAMAGE BY STORM. Wingham, July 1: -Several valuable cattle and horses killed, besides 10.. undation of the whole lowlands, and in some places the highlands, is the outcome of one of the worst storms that ever visited this section. The storm broke about 3,30 o'clock this morning,and continued tin violence for four hours. The Maitland River rose and overflowed its banks, allowing innmense volumes of water to 'spread. over the country, in many places ov- er four and five feet deep. NIAGARA DISASTER. Niagara Falls, N. Y., July 1,-A Belt Line car on the Great Gorge Route Left " the rails, lunged dawn a 20 -foot embankment, and turned over iri'ten Feet of water anthe edge of the Whirlpool Rapids at 3,30 ,o'clock this afternoon. Nine persons are known to be dead, two, persons known to be on the car have nor been seen since the accident, and are prob- ably ;dead , an indefinite number, esti- mated at from two tot ten, are miss- ing. and more than a, scare are in the hospitalssuffering from injuries. There were no Canadians among the victtims'. A wash'aut, due 'to recent heavy rains, was the cause of the ac- cident, McGILLIVRAY DRAIN SCHEME Al' London on Salsrrda;y last the hearing of the appeal in the drainage scheme of the Township of McGilli- vray; and the Canada Trust, to pro- vide drainage facilitties for the low lying land: in tthe township, com- menced before the lien, Mr. 3. F. Henderson, 'referee. The scheme, which is tto cast 815- 000, is objected to by the townships of East and West Williams and Ste- p?len on the ground that,they do not benefit by the proposed improvements and should not pay the assessments made by the report of Engineer Faro- :ombe, of London. ]The ',assessments are as follows: .1I. Gillivra}', 4.10,518,; Stephen. $381; East Williams, 8758; West Williams 82,338 and Parkhill $52. All o1 the townships are represented by counsel. T. is expected that the case will take some days to dispose of as many wit- nesses are to be examined. RIRTHS' =. . Smith -In Exeter, on July y ist, to Mr. and Mrs..R C, Smith of London, a daughter; Brintne7l;.-In Winnipeg, on June 26, to Mr, and Mrs. Roland Brmntnell, a daughter. Fortune -la Tuckersmith, June 26, to Mr and Mrs, Albert Fortune, a daughter. MARRIAGES Brown-O'estreiceiler.-In Stephen, on Wednesday, June 27th, Mr. John W: Brawn of Zurich, to Miss Anne Marie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Oestr,eicher, Cloverdale Farm. Crediton. Ont. Aiken -Crooks -Ln Goderich Tp. on June 27, Willian M. Aiken toTer- esa Elizabeth Crooks. Foister-Poor e -In "MeGii']ti:yray, Juste 27, Horatio N. Foster of Port Bur- well to 1rIiss :0,lla P. Poore, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Poore. DEATHS Patrick -In Hibbert, on June 27, An- drew Patrick, ss:.; aged 81 years. Oliver -In Clinton, on June 22, Minnie M. Oliver, aged 23 years. Wanted Artillery Horses. AGE 6 TO 9 YEARS; HEIGHT 15.2 TO 16 HANDS; WEIGHT 1200 TO 1350 POUNDS; AND 1500 POUNDS AND STANDS 16.1 HANDS. COLORS. -Any except light grey, white, or light buckskin. All horses must be sound, of good confirmation, free from blemish- es and broken to harness or saddle. Horses .4 111 beinspected at J. D. Graham Stables, St. Marys, July 1 0th: For further information. apply to Committee, - E. C. H. Tisdale, Beavterton, Chairman; Robt. Graham, Toronto; W, Smith \I.P., Columbus, E. J. Jones, Brampton; C. F. Baile.y,Asst, Dep- uty Minister of Agriculture, Toronto; H.- S. Arkell, Acting Live Stock Commissioner Ottawa; Lt. Col, G. A, Carruthers, Drummond Bldg.,Men- treat or H. M. Robinson, 883 Broadview Ave„ Toronto; Sec'y PHONE. 16 PHONE 16 SUITS This Week $12.00 $15.00, $13.00 Three papular priced Suits, ev ery Dile expertly •tailored, Thede Suits were purchased when cloths and trimmings were: at normal prices, andwith prices, advanced as they ;are of late they are worth dollars more than we're asking far them. See our guaranteed black and blue. Serges at .520 and 523. BOYS' KHAIKI BLOOMERS A great bloomer for Boys for Summer wear. It wears ;incl washes well, We have sizes for young as well. as older boys. Prices at 75c,, 51.00, 51.25, CLUB BAGS Special values in Club Bags that should give lengthy service with continual hard use bags are leath- er .lined with reinforced leather corners. Special values .5i5 to 512 -STRAW HATS e s some splendid We are showing aing p shapes for bays at 50c,,, also ' a fine range of Sennett Sailors for men at 51.00, $1,25, $1.50, $2,25. WALL PAPERS Buy your wall papers Pers this mon- th ill you would save. money. All lots with enough to paper a room at big reductions. 119v- K.00L UNDERWEAR In two-piece garments, or com- bination for both men and boys. Bays' combination at a gannet 50c. and 60c.; Men's at $1,00,31.25 31,50. SIU CASES Don't borrow your neighbor's suit case, when you can buy one at the prices we are offering them this week. Good, strong suit - eases at very .low prices. 24 in. size 51,75; 26 size $2.00. OUTING SIIIRTS For Boys and Men, showing the new roll collar in white and create mercerised cloths. A cool -`and coiufortable shirt for outing wear Boy's 75c. to $1.00 Men's $1.50, SCRIM" CURTAINS Scrim and Marquisette Curtains are the big sellers for this season. We are showing a big assortment trimmed with pretty insertions at 31.35. $2.25, $3.00, $3,50, $4,50, PHONE 16 J. A STEWART PHONE The Big Store with the Little Prices id 1 .1