The Exeter Advocate, 1918-1-3, Page 1THIRTY. -FIRST YEAR
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01 . Gorier.
T In one Wcelc In "Deeetlmbersubmar-
Ines. destraycd 3,000,000 pouncls hof
bacon. and 4,000,000 pounds cif c.hees,e.
It. is cold.catl-ter, and the outlook
is !no, always pleasant, but cheer up;
it is alwaysdaurkes'C befloye the dlawri,
and summer will come again.
TIorlonto's Jourth and last Patriotic
and Red Cross campaign ended `last.
week,"" -with to mitg,niffie,ent total o4
$3,133,348. :Toronto has ';a record for
paatri tism that her citizens can., just-
ly 'feel proud a7, her respons % an ev-
ery,occasion far exceedi; .g the otbjeo-
titne point,
it" they hat Owe .up
mail service. Yet the national iinc,ome
are not letters and ,parcels enough
pasted on 'three routes to pay the
expenses' ot one route,: The farmer
!favored irt rnailing privileges if in
other things he may be neglected;
'13y procalana'ation. 'the British
, Government 'the importation into the
United • Kingdotif of newspapers „ and
periodicals other than the Single cop7
les, has been. •strictly ,forbidden. This'
means LI -tat any peli:don mailine-- news-
"- papers or periodicals ta friends or
,soldiers in either England ar France
must place each .c.opy in a separate
wrapper, properly addressed. The
rate 'on Canadian n.ewspagers, •or
cent Tor each four ounces, to France
one cent tper two ounces. .knieri,can
publications one cen't' for two ounc,es.
The :manufacture 10,,t othecthan one
grade- Of` flour is absolutely prohibit-.
ed throughout -Canadaf,,, On Monday
the mills 'of the country began the 'pro-
-Iduction of standard flour, This flour
• be produced from. 265 poun,cls
of wheat, as against $00 pounds,. for,,
or • two bags of flour. It will be about
the. same quality as ftv-hat iS now
known as "SeCOITIld patent". Three
grades of flour are -(made to -day -
first patent, ,tiecond pa:tent and strong
baker's. Under the Gov-ernmeni ,ree--
• 13,ere..alf ter be contained in -the
one standard grade.
Sort
Have the Best.
A .MEASURED SUIT. ,
A MEASURED OVERCOAT.
SEMI -READY CLOTHING.
MADE-UP CLOTHING.
HOUSE COATS,
UNDERCLOTHING
HATS
CAPS
, SHIRTS.
COLLARS
BRACES
GLOVES
ETC. ETC., ETC,, ETC,
W. Taman
British casualties reported duriin
the \veek, 'ending Jan. 23, were: 8,-
588, divided as 'follows o
Died of, wouricls--Officers 25;,.nien
128; men, 6;721, Tiltes,e figureS Tel)
resent the virtual cutting in half o
Lbe pievious week when. 17 034 wer
,of 24,979 was reached,
The travelling public did siome grear
howling and leicking against the Grancl
Trunk Railway wite,n the oew
Iventrinto el:fleet to cut the train ser-
vice down, ,jort this (branch ,of their
pretty raw deal on, the traVelline- pub -
hut ;they will doubtle.ss have a still
February 3rd. It reported rail-
way circle,s that the present service
of: onb, train a day leach, way will be
reduced to in ekl)r Service -,-that
is e train. 'from the' ,South one day
and back 'the next. Let us g,eit back
to- 'the, old stag,e c,oratch and be done
with it, Even ,,at that we may make
just good time. '
Etre,rybody says the church ser-
vices the basements aro hettei
tha.n. -they were. in .the large auditor-
iums: The .people seem to kind .olf.
to each. other, shake halids, -e.tc„. and
seem to enjoy meteting each other,
w,elcioniing each •otlie,r, .and the ser-
vice all 1.11Yough seems more enjoy-
able. 01, course, ts,ome people say
you dol n.at go to church, for enjoy -
intent, If oat, iwhy not?, It all de-
pend's on what one Means by enjoy-
ment It is 'pleasant to s,efe people
stick 'around a little after the ser -
Vise is Over, arid sp,eak to the neigh-
bors and :shak-e, hands with the strang-
ers and tell "them they are Welcome.
Thtere is room for improvement in
thn manners- and liab,its. church go-
ers. Whether itt -is the smaller roolm
ther we Can. not say; but th,ere
more of 'the friendly, Felcome
sh,own in one night after the se.rvice
--clown-,stairs, than, there was in half -
a -dozen. evenings up -stairs. •
g HURON 'COUNTY COUNCIL
‘ren.ed ,in Gaderich last week in, the
7, inaugural session. For the first time
several years -there is 'a maloritY
h' of Conservatives in the 'Council. "Ile
1c401.3.Lii)ii;),6stialtiosis. is., as Conse•r,v'ilc-iv6, and,
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The' Sunday 'World says that their
correspondent in 'Ottawa claims- the
Union, Goverrinfent will have a major-
ity of betwee,n eighty and ninety in
the next' parliamenat, and probably
nearer nin,ety "'than eighty: Enough'Is
now known of the 'i,rend of the sold-
iers' vote to. show that consigerably
over ninety per cent. voted in, favor,. QE,
by 'less -thari 1000 sinaj'firitY' on 'the
home vote , can ex:peel. ',to be elected
counted against' him. This ineans that
froin'the whole o -f the maritime. prov-
inces ther,e only be about six
Laurierites int* house ; several of the
Quebec: s,eats will also go to the goy-,
eminent-, Ontario, like the West will
also be practically a clean sweep for
T.Jnian Govern.rnent. _One result of this
will be to give the straif,13t Con-serva-
tive, members in the House a majority
Listett to the auctioneer's- eulogy' of
the ctow,-'!Of the tanitriaBfriends
of man .she is the grefatest, I wish
,thatt I, you !are ,abiout. to sit down
to your Sunday dinner, might take
from your table What ;she placed
thereon I would Aemio've the cup of
milk waiting at chair, I'd take , the
cre,am, the cheese, the butter, the -
custard pie, the' cream Els:cults, -the
roast beef and 'leave you ameal of,
potatoes and 'toothpicks,„ Every
'scrap c.f her, from 'her nose to _her
tail is used by ,mairt. We use' h,e,r
hams 10 comb .otur hair, her skirt up-
on our feet, her. hair keeps ,the plas-
ter.'on the wall, ther hoofs, make glue
and her tail makes s,oup,,...her blciod
bones are ground' ta fertilize our,sail.
She has gone with man from Plymouth
Rock ,tot Setting Sun. It was her sons
that turnied the sad 'din the settler's
clearing; it was- her sons 'that drew
the prair-ie -schooner, for the sturdy
pioneers, while she followed, and wh.en
the day's marefi was done she came
and :gave :her mitk- to feed the babe
that was perchance to k'becoalle ,the
ruler of his country." "
TO ,OPERATE TRACTORS.
Rettu-ned soldiers 'trained as expert
,operators by the instructors in the
'vocational training, ,centres of the
military hospitals commi.ssion„ will rim
government tractors 00 the farms
of Ontitria. There will b,e '130 tract -
On in operation next: spring, anct men
who have done their bit overseasf will
-get the first call fprovided they have
secured the ,proper
FIRE LOG OF NEWSPAPERS.
the tinanulfactIlire fuel °int GI:, 010.
'news,pap-erS•"iviiiich tit is. ,claimed has
been used most succ'essfully, If such k
This was the year 1,or a Conserva-
tive to get the Warclenship, and a
keen contest ,devieloped 'between W.
181. Lobb Gaderichr Township, W.
R. Elliott, of Ste,Phlen, Township, R,
C. Pettuy of 1-Iensall and '11 K. Powell
of Turnberry 'Township, The elec-
lots had been. passed, the final ballot
being between Mr. Lobb anti Mr. El-
liott, the ilatter securing one vate
mo -re than lad,s opponent.
Warden Elliott has had seven years
municipal 'exferiende 110 /1,1$ Own:I:own-
ship for five of which he has sat
at 'the county "counicill. After two
he wais elected R,eeve. The -follow: -
Ina year he was a,gain 'elected Reeire
mid the threc last years got the posi-
tion' by'accilarnati(ojn. The new wa,r-
den is 56 years -of age and a Methodist'
in religion.
The Sollowfbag Striking Committe,e
was appointed, 5..0. Laithwaite, T.,
Brock, N. A. Taylor, Gordan li-,raun,g
up the f,ollowing Standing Committees
Executive -Messrs. Gen. C. Petty,
J. N. •C,afripbell, N. Livingstone,
Special -Messrs. A. E.'Ertvin, M.
Armstrong, John Douglas, W. H.
Fraser, Jlosepla Hackett. •
Eclucatio,n---John Love; J. C. Lailla-
powaiwt,eeu. Crich, T. McKinley, K•
Road and Bridge -W. H. tobb, Gor-
don Young, N. A, Taylor, -Jos.
ton, J. ilfalfough.
Thos. Brock, C. ,Laithtvaite B. W.
F. Beavers.
a Designated Roads
Committee was formed as 'follows, -
R. Harding, '5, Govenlock and Thos
which the :Ciouncil of 1917 adopted
at the June session
The. Good Roads Scheme was one
of the important matters Ifliscussed
Mr. Huber,- engineer "ram the Good
Roads Association, Toronto, was
present on Friday morning to answer
any questions in refer enc e to the
carrying out of the plan. -The F,oad
and 13.ridge Committee brought in a
rep or t ad vo a:Ling that the amounts
spent in each municipalitY for ,good -
roads should be equaliz•ed every five
years. 'this means that the amount
paid by every municipality Fill •be
spent in the municipality or at the
end of five years the balance nat.
spent will be returned., 'PHs report
WaS adopted.
To the -Canadian Patriotic' Society
the. Council granted as000 a month,
was granted 'to- the various patriotic
organizations of ithe Count_y, 'to be
-divided accofiling to the •equalizecl as-
sessment the Courityl. This sum
will be distributed through '-yhe several
municipal councils.. The cum of $300
'The usual grants were made to the
High Schools and the Continuation.
,This. year all grants Agricultural
SoCieties, 'Women's Institutes, Fairs,
and Libraries w -ere cut out'. •
A resolution 'was passed asking -the
Grand Trunk Railway Company La at
-least-continue the prels(ent ,railway
schedule in Huron. •
Messrs. Abner Cousins, of Wingham
and Pe cer- Cantelon of Clinton w ere
,aPPointe.d auditors.
For several years there, 1ms been. a
fight on. in the. Council regarding the
adoption. of 'the district agricultural
representative idea but \vi\thout 81.1O-
cen. This year, hoWever, the special
port and the council adapted it. It
was decided to. make 1,he office- of the
repres,entative ,Clinton, that .. town
being the most central. The appoint-
ment fc>1. -the a-epre,sientative will be.
made later.
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SOUTH HUR.ON AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY
T,11,0 annual meeting of the South
Huron Agricultural Society was held
at the t -'Commercial E-Iensall on
ince, -the Jinan.clal statement show-
ed a substantial balance on the right
side o, the ledger And ill is ill,' tn.-
a seed and stock ;show, the former
sh• ow. on. Tuescla,y, April 9. The Col-
OVing were the officers elemed
is the,' case, it :will pi ove a , great boon •
wen worth giving a 'trial., The 1 0,tg,s,
will burn flitom hatir hour.
and' a hall in • any. fireplace or. stove,
the Isallowing ts the formula: 'Spread 1,
five slieets.,of newspaper folded once
.01,1 table with folded tend to\valicl
y,ou,'-and begin to roll in a fairly
Light roll. Before the first .section ,
nailed completely, insert a second sec -
two or three inches "m.stcle. e Core ,
finis hine the '1as cc tine, ,of 0.1,3 Toll
fold 1)aclz tile sheets cxcopt the i
outSidt3 one. Pasde this around the
tall cut in throe inch lengths, saturate
with kerosene (coal oil) for a mo -
Inuit One or two will make a good
President, Robt. !McLaren; 18t Vice -
Directors, -H. C. Soldan, Oscar Icilopp
Wm. Buchana,a, ,OlVen, Geiger, John
Deekcr, W. D, Sanders, John Laporte
• Thof;, 'Murdoch Wm, 1)rov-
• Thos McMillan; Auditors, H,
li,xeter, Jan .28, 1918
The 1)1unicipal Council of' the .Vil-
lage of Exete4 met in regular session
in the office of the Cleric, 'with tall:
members present.
The 'minutes of the 'meeting held
Jan 14, were road and approved.
Communications \vere read as fol-
A.Liknowlpdoements from the Sol -
Died in Lanrlopt—Tlie death took
place at St. Jose:ph ,Hofspitalc Lot -Rion,
on Thursday, Jan'y 24th, of ice
,o,f age. Death was due. absess
the bowels,. 1-Ite leaves to mourn his
dentise, :his parents, Mr. and Mrst
Patrick '1‹.. Boland of. Parkhill; three
brother, John J. and Talhel ''1•11d 'Ed --
ward or thQ 14t.b. of 'McGillivray; tw
sisters, Mrs, Arthur OiNell Of Clan_
deboye and Mrs. John IVIcCarthy
dier Boys at the front, re Christmas' McGillivray,. 'Che funeral took p•ace
dinner,„ Abner T, Willis, Wrn. Birney; the Raman Catholic cenieferythl
E. C. Harvey, E. E. Down, J. N. Wit-- on Saturday ai 10 m
lis, Louis Day, Eric Hurdon. Annie Doyle returned ham,'
A letter' (from the President of the last week, after spending a month v's-
W.C.T.U, Mrs. Sharp, re soliciting a' 'ging her sister, Mrs, A, J. C.o.ughllis.
of the ColltitY Patriotic gran -e Torontot.,-Mr. John '1‹:Ipper of Al -
Also the Soelety are anxious to secure berta visited• at the home et' Mi. Jas.
all ,old trinkets of g•old, silver:. Plate, Carey last week. -Mr, John Rowland
brass, and etc., which will be sold has ,engaged Mr. Henry Miller far a
and the :funds forwarded for the pur- I year. Mr. Rowland made no mistake
pose of reireshment to the Soldier ita ,securing the services -0,* Harry as
WaS in London last week on buslnes•s.
-.Mr Wm. I-1. Musser spent Sunday
year, -Mr. Wm. Barry -lett last week
6or London, where he intends r.maln-
An appeal from. the offices of the
National Sanitarium, Toronto. Filed
Circular' 'from the Sawyer -Massey
Co. Ltd. Hamilton re -road machinery
A copy -.07 Resolution trona the
Public Utilities Commission asking for 'ng
grant of Two hundred dollars apply -
able to Water works department.
Per 'Day and Snell that two hundredi
dollars be placed to the credit of the
Water `works Dept. Utilities Commis-
sion. Carried.
A letter Trom the President of the
Exeter Mkg. Co, Mr. F. B. Zeig,claim-
ing that they could sde no way where-
by they could satisfactorily handle
the .4sroposition, being too 'far away
Per Day and Elston that the Reeve
and Clerk take proceedings to close
the mortgage as held by the Municip-
ality on the Exeter Mfg. Co. Carried'
Tile following Council 'Committees
were a.ppointed, the same.teing ap-
proved on motion of Day & Elston:
and Elston.
Finance Committee, councillors, El-
ston -and Day.
Day and Penhale.
,RoadgIand Bridges Committee, coun
With the Reeve a member of each
committee, the. first named to be
Mr. H. E. Huston was again. ap-
pointed as a naember of the Board
of Health.
The .Property Committee reported
that 111r.- L. McTaggart would take
charge, of the weigh scales paying
the,refore a rental of $10.00
and peribale that Mr. R.
11-Iulni„br -appoinied Assessor. Sal -
preparing Truant Offices's book. -
Carried.
Per Penhale, Elston that the Reeve
with councillors Day and Snell and
Messrs. -Gdadman and Weekes be the
Municipal Cemetery Committee. --
The 'following accounts were read
B. ncet. 30;1 Mrs. Fred East, cleaning
Library 3.50; Jam Norry,„labor R. B,
acct..90; Walter \Vestcott, labor 2.55;1
John liunkin _snow plowing 1.9.60;'
Richard Quance, .labor R.13. Acct. 6.70
1.00; William Fraser do. .90; Chas.
Sr., .60; Samuel Baskerville do. 1.70t
"Thomas IPlynn., do. 2.50; Thos. Hod':
den .70; George Cudinore, clea.ning•
5.00 Passed on motion or Snell pull
Elston.' Carried.
Adjournment by Day.
Jos, Senior, Clerk.
DEBT OF DOMINION S 970,428,504.
(Canada's 'war- expenditure DOT the
nine months of the, ,filseal year end-
ing December- 31, amounted 10 $ 171,-
748, 839, During the ,saine gen-fad in
the previous fiscal -year the expendi-
ture was $170,229,748, For 'the mon-
th of December alone th,e war cost
$ 19,779,563; in 'December 1916 'it
cost 23,702 217.
The 'revenue of the Domini:toe f°T
tile nine manths was ,$190,658,370, a-
gainst $166,856,349 far the same per-
iod in 1916. 'For Decesnlyer alone the.
revenue 'was .$20,617,763. In. I)ecem-
diture chargeable to revenue totalled
$ 96,982,537 -as compared with $ 81,-
696,595 in the previous year.'"
The. total net debt of the .Dominr,
iDli on, IDecember 31 stood at $ 076,-
428',504: On the same, date 1917
it was $ 722,111,44,9, During Decent.-
ber the debt increasced by $18,427,-'
802, w-hich' was approximately a mil-
lion less than. the war expencli-
Lure ,for 'that month.
In 'order to prevent retail dealers
taking laclvantatge fol. the ,scarcity
bran and ishorts to 'exact excessive
profits over the pricies fixed by the
'food controller, -,th,e latter has order-.
ed that the retail pi -let,' ,of bran and
81,10118, WhICYC eash is 'paid, must! not
exceed lby ;more 'than, c{anits per
bag, :11te cost f b. t,rticic at the
cletiler's :station, In cases where
parealtsers take ,c1c1livery direct from
the car 'the pnotfit has been. limited
to a ma.ximuin of five cents per bag,
An extra charge may be made where
credit is ii-IVen and 'the bran, and shorts
delivered.'froin the dealer's store, but
chit, amount must be only a -reasonable
charge, TOpresentin'g the e,onsidc,ra-
limn of such services.
Exeter Methedist Sunday Schools on
Sunday last hs, OF' the Artnenitlas•
it is claimed that ,,two and a half sal.1-
lion of the Chrisfian Armenians are
Streel. School istibscribed $21.58 and
tlle James 'Street ,Schoel $1.50,00.
The new flour now beini-.4 manufac.
Lured is slightly darker than What the
have been turning out, but is
nothing Eike the war flour beilng used
in England and other European coun-
tries. T,he order will not fint any way
lessen the output af tthe and
has simply been, enforced trill) the
object of enabling the Dorn'nfon
Government ta send more wheat to
the allied nations, With a saving of
'five pounds of \vheat on. eve,ry hun-
dred pounds of flour groun,d the -w-
an s 1 achlational tons of wheat
will he saved to send overseas.,
SANDERS
ENSILAGE FOR SALE,
The at the Canning Factory is'
open and- ensilage is offered for sale
at 82,40 per ton„. Purchaser to pay
`;or weighing on R. 'G. Seldionfsiscale„
'Exeter Canning Company'
,and Mrs, iNiorman a..
MARRIAGES
13todie-Shaw-Ir Seaforth, on Jan. 23,
at tile resid,ence of ,the bride's sis-
Bertha A. Shaw- Scalar Oa.
Jan'y 18, Arthur A. Nicholson of
Tuckersmith to Miss Catharine Mc. --
'Kenzie McBurney Se,afortli.
DEATHS
Sanders -In Ekeber, ori Ja,n 30 Har -
net Sa.nders, relict of the late Sam-
uel Sanders, aged 77 years and 3 -
months. The Tunes -al Friday, at 2-
Meintosh-4-A1 Binteefield, an Jan. 20
Marjory Nichols on daughter of
George Frederick Eilber, aged 94'
years, man ys.
Woodburn -In, McGillivray, on Jan 19'
Wilber WoOdburri, aged 40 years.
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSuED.
b \T C. Sanders at the Advocate Of-
fice Strictly cOnfidential; no witness
°WELL'S ANNUAL
BIG FEBRUARY S ALE
NOW then., who said Barg,airars- om,e along with the crowd,s and piCk
up a. few ol the many Morley Savers• -and help reduce the high CDSt.
iiV:iT).g. Sale starts To -morrow, Friday, February •lst TO, 8th. Bargainsini,
Graniteware; 'then ,8th to 15th, 1000 pieces ,of pretty chinaware, corn --
prising cups, saucers, berry and water sets, fancy pieces, jugs, jardiniere:s,
sugar and cream .sets. fa.ct ,ortir wholc stock. 'Keep this in, mind'. The.
markets art, ,soaring, but: we must I educe,
LOOK:' A FEW ITEVIS PRICED.
----Larre Granite' Dish! pal valral Ite 50.e
Laa-ge Granite Dish Pans, good value at 85c. ; sale 69c(
Large Granite Washbasins, goad value at 35c.; sale 24
Large. Granite Potato. Pots, good value aL 100.; sale 79c.
Large Granite Pie and Jelly Pans, good value at 12c.; sale 9c.
Grand te Sink Strainers, good value At 25c. ; sale 15G.
Granite .Preserve 'Kettles, good va hie at 75c. ; sale 59c.
-Kr TI -IE CANDY COUNTER with every 50c. purchase a prize will
given MUSIC EVERY DAY.
STEP IN OFTEN AND LOOK AROUND.
be-
POWELL'S Big Variety Stoic,:
PHONE 55 --
„PHONE 16
PHIDN 16
Buy Furs This Month a
Reduced Prices
LADIES' FU.R.-COLLARED
.COATS
weather Th'e coats have 'curl or
quilted lining and are interlined
with ,,ru bber,,, while the cloth is
NEW GINGHAMS
1500 yards of New Ginghams
liave..been •placed la -stock this
week. Thip is a good washing
material, and there are manyinew
PatternS in 'stripes, plaids . and
ALL WOOL BLANKETS
'6 pairs lahly all wool Blan4e.ts
size 64 by 82.. Iftylou need apair
.of gapd wool blankets don't. fail
NEW WALL PAPER.S
0 tu new Wall Papers for
1918 are ;ready sfor you- We also
have a clu• entity of la,st season's'
papers' in. bundles enough to de! a
room. 'These v:re arc sellin,g at
MEN'S OVERCOATS
We are offering spe_cial values
in Boys' end Men's Overcoats.
paziy• you to buy this' season,
as the 'cloths are nanch better -than
we. expect 'to get far ntext sea-,
tson. The prices, too, will make
it, worth ;your
NEW DINNER SETS
. The.se sets were ordered last
fannary and tonly came to hand
this week. The patterns are dain-.
a liens.
Full.dinner Vet +cif 97 pieces far
PURE- LINEN TOWELLING -
2000 yards of pure 24:1(11CLII
ling'. This is 'scarce g.ctects;, and
tve were fortunate to -get it. We
would advise you to prc•cure y
`81.1pply for future needs.
CRYSTAL DRIP SYRUP
PER LB. 10c,
Bring in 41 pail and have it fill-
e.c1 with delicious -table syrup. It
is cheaper to' buy it this way,
PHONE 16 A. STEW?
,) Prices