The Exeter Advocate, 1918-2-28, Page 1THIRTY.FIRST YEAR
EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY
FEB. 28, 1918
SANDERS Si CREI,C1-1
Our Cam
At last wie nea]i�e what the weather
nnfairr 1n(as ,in mind when he speaks of
the mean temperature.
Kin•gstoondesgatc es care, the in-
tene,sting ,information that since the
beginning. of
the w
it the farmers
of
Franter ac ' iOounty have r ed iceid
chattel'.moartgage,s from 'a quarter of
a nuilycan to fifty thousand dollars.
The counting of the, votes of ,Can-
adiainsoldiers who were in Canada at
the; time of the election has result-
ed in the, fe1eetian of at least two
Unionists who wnere "n the rninoriit
n r Y
on the home vote. The vote
of the
soldiers overseas is expected; to
Pladc-ut-ldast five other ridings in
th'e Unionist column.
'Kitchener- has;. added another black
eye to its already blackened and un-
enviable reputation., Last week' the
council of that city reduced the a-
mount of the 'in'sutdance pledged by
th;ecitizens from :$1000 to $500, after
March; 1st,, The 'oou.n;cil• of ttha,t city
will soon have a dead Kitchener and
every blow such ,its{ this and the Bar-
den episotdtew l) br;rn(g.ittnearer to the
grave yard, ' •
The min;iste,r of militia announces
that with a view to h(elpin(g returned
soldiers . andtheir de,pe slants to ob-
tain prompt adjustment al' their ,dif-
ficultie> relating to pay and allow-
ancefs., which may xiriste owing to the
last pay certificate not being in order
or !(or same other reasons, it has
been 'decided to attach to each dis-
trict pay office an officer, who will
be known as pay adjustment officer:
This officer will be charged with the
inv'e'stigation: into and speedy •adjust
tetit Of all-- camplairn(ts, and will 1e
gbren authonity to make temporary
advances where such are :neces'sary.
-Under this rarra(njgeanent it will, be no
longer mlecestsary Tor :returned sold-
iers or their 'relatives to have their
cases referred individually to Ottawa,
The pay adju'stmlelnt officers will ,be
attached to the office of the district
paymaster.
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TAMAN'
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SUITS
OVERCOATS
;RAINCOATS
HATS
CAPS
SHIRTS
SOCKS
COLLARS
TIES
GLOVES
ETC. ETC,, ETC., ETC.
rite now iip': and pla'ced ori ditsplay.
Suits are r,iigbt .tip to the minute,
` at less than wholesale price to -day,
l3ig line of . old blues and, _ blacks, with
collie's 'guaranteed,
WTaman
Tailor & Furnais':e r
. The Zurich Heiraid is increasing its
subscription price to ,$1,25 a year.
Those 1
000 Paid tractors bought ht b
the Canadian Government for use on
farms should, rip, sup a lot of land this
ie,atLelss days' in the Un{i;te'd States
have saved140,000,000P
ou ds in four
Months. During tis
period 105,000,-
d
000 pounds of betel were � e xporte to
the Allies, tegettiter ,with 400,000,000
pound a pork products.
The very 1 eist time to cure .a cold•
is • before you get lit. Hygven is more
efficacious than. drugs. ;Careful
eat-
ing healthful sleeping—windows open
r - or shine and a hot water battle
at the feet, of !needed for warmth.,
The Food Controller's regulations;
are changed to 'make: the meatless,
days Wedrnte'sfd(ays amid Fridays instead
of Tuesdays and Fridays,: This 'order
has been changed to comply with the
Lenten rule against eating meat on
Wednesdays and Fridays,
Outsiders who went to 'seize up a
toWn or city •;fii.`rsit read over the- pap-
ers published there. . The paper re-
flect;
eflect; t'he town in every way. A pap-
er well Med with pld(gerltislern,entsl.
shows live,up-to-date business mien.,
the class who do things thems;el(ves
and give the glad hand to newcomers
who are inte;re;sted in the place.
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Mr. Farmer, what matters it to you
i t you even lose a ,little money in•.
farming this year, as long as you sante
and produce great .quantities of food
toahielp the boys iriklhtkit to save Ca-
nada from beoamiJag al vassal of the
Kaiser and this blood, thirsty gang? But
you know you •• cannot lose money by
producing in timtels like these.
Let apnallimg conditions in Russia
be a warning, to a,11 in, ; danger of be-
ing misled by crack -brained Socialists
and other loing-k a+ieed charlatans prat-
ing about "classes" and "masses,'' and
other dogmatic terms dear .to the
heart of that type, who seek consola-
tion. +for ; the result of - their own lack
of brains and.: industry by cheap abuse
of their fellowmen, whose ability and
effort have secured them prosperity.
Th.: latest cab'•+e. received from the.
British Ministry ot,' Food regardizng.
conditions in Europe makes it clear
that a drastic reduction in the pro-
posed rations for Britain may be ex -
petted by the, end oif the nrontn .
The supply al fats' and bacon is -:ow 'I
and increased :imports areurgently
needed. The Italian need is the great=
est, of all. The people of Itatly have
been on bread and sugar rations for
some time and severe restrictions have
been placed an their consuumption rxf
Meat.
Of 1 icai informationt much, of it con:.
fidentlal, receiveedl dur..inlg the past few
daysemphasizes the Scarcity of sup-
plies of cereals and meats and the
necessity of avoiding at all costa ch-
,croachment upon, the supplies for the
Armies. Tn Great Britain; in. France,
in Italy, the peoples are alive. to ' the
situation. They know something of
what thle next ;few months will "mean.
Their spirit vvas expressed by Lord
Charles Beresford the ,other day when
he said 'We are tightening our belts
and it are going to win•„
A recent cable from London stat-
ed that the present meat ration in
Great Britalin is not more than one-
half of, the amount to which.the peo'
pie thave°been accustomed. Acicoin-
pa{nlied als this is by the resltttac'tijosns
on, the consumption of bread it cannot
butentail physical loss and privation.
Canadian> tau, must tighten their
belts and help the Allies to win.: Use
should be maple on, this. Continent of
ver available substitutte for wheat,
beef and park.. Uponi our food' ser-
vice depends the very ]Eves of thous-
ands of women anti chdttdreo an the
Allied' countries. •
By the new ,income tax faxed by the.
Dominion Govrermmelnt unmarried per-
sons will pay iftour per cent. on all
over $1500 income;_ and married per-
sons flour per cent on all aver $3000.
On ail inc.orrves:'.over $6,000, a grad-
uated supertax in addition ' to th.e
normal tax .is payaiblle..
The supertax is 2 per. cent. of the
amount by which the 3wtoame exceeds
$6,000, up to $10,000; '5 ,p'er cent. ,of
the amount by ;Mimeo the ,income ex-
ceeds .$10,000, up to. $20,000; 8 . per
cent. 'of the amount by which the in-
come exceeds S20,000; 10 per cent. +af
thio amount by which the income ,e t-
needs $30,000 up to $50,000; 15 per
centof the amount by which ihec in-
come exoeiedls $50,000, up to $100,000;
and 25 pea- cent. elf suite whole of the
amount by which the income exceeds
$100,000.
GIVE ME A MAN.
Give rile the everyday sort 'of a man,;
Thle feller 'who laughs vvhlen he's glad
Givte me the Open-ifae'erl, hvg hearted
man— •
Tine teller whaweeps when hes sad.
Give me the Mari who says just what
.ho thinks—
The fitillez+ vvhoes word is pure golri,
Give me the mart who can always be
if oun d--
• 'T1nle ,fader who's not bought and sold
Give me the man who stands` no to
(he : ack•
—
T,hse i elitcr who's spirit n,e'ca' bends ;
Given inc the than who i;s 'thferc With
tbt. gooes•,
,frelller wtho stances by his friends
GOVERNMENT MAJORITY NOW
SIXTY.
Tele soldiers rand naval vote tattrerr
in France, in Un(ted States and int
Canada, in connection with the recent
Canadian Dominion Election, have
been counted, and added to the civ-
ilise. vattc taken on Dec. 17th,. The
Uri az
2 n Government
majorityhas been
increased to 60. The vote, of the sorl-
dr!yrs ,in EnlgJalnd has hot ,yet been
counted. Government majorities have
been increased e,verywih,ere but in
Quebec.
Ln. South Hturon, the result now is.
For is. J, iMenine,r
i :
Civilian vote
3,399
vole Soldiers'� ie< `
o In. America; 137
Soldhers' vote in ;France,. etc. 128
Total .for 114lerner 3,664
For •Thos. McMillan
Cdwilian vote
Soldiers' vote{ din America
Soldier's' vote in France, etc.
Total for McMillan
3,344
8
25
3377
Mr. t1ercer's majority thus far, is
287.
Dr'.Steele, Goyernimlent candidate in
South Perth is now only 58 behind.
In North, Huron Bowman, 'Govern,
merit candidates has.s lead of 1696.
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PORI' FRANKS MAN WON IN
NINE MILE RACE. WITH
DEATH
Looa 1 News
Don't ,forget the HOC'KEY MATCH
to -night (Thursday)'Hensaill vs. Exeter.
-The DomitijO}n Government is mak
ing provision for a registration of all
male utod ,female' persons over sixteen
Yearsof ate,
g
b ,
Eight thousancdi pier diced of "typhus
in the South African war—more than
were killed by the enemy, There is
no typhus in the Bnutish p.rmy to -day.
J, J Mlerne,r, M.P.., ,w!h,o has sold
his farms in Hay Township, has pur-
chased the .farm of James Stewart,ad-
joining Egmondv'rllie, one and a half
south
miles F
1 a Seaforth,
He l.
t•a•
es
possession. April 1st
,Sir William, I-1earst introduced a biill.
in the Legislature Monday to compel;
municipalities to fmpios,e a minimtym
tax of $2 on. mate ,and $4 on female.
:anirltes. Mln,icipalities may increase
this tax, which is aimed at the pro-
tection. Of the sheep industry.
Miss . Eloise Baird of Brantford has
been; success!ufl in passing with 1st.
class honors the Normal Teacher's' ex-
amination ,comprising—"Musmeal Form,
"Touch and Tlecnti(gue," "Teaching„'
and Practical Piano., Shie has accept-
ed a;,positti n on Brantford Conserv-'
atony Staff for next year.
A very .pleas,ant surprise party- as-
s,embled at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Reynoldis at Victoria Park, to;
ctelebrate Mrs. Reynold•'s sixty-third
birthday, A very enjoyable time was
spent aid an Oyster supper and .other
rlefreshnnents served. The party was
composed of their children, relatives
Manley Martell of Port Franks went and +frientdis.
through an ,experience Saturday that
he will remertubpr till his dying clay,
Martell, who had a line of hooks set
in the lice about two miles from sho•re,.
went out with his, dog Saturday fore-
noon tol visit them. He had not been
long out .when he 'disciovlerec1 that the
south-east wind, was slowly, but sure-
ly, taking the ice out into the lake...
The ice had broaden: off about half a
mile from shore. Having ova boat, he
krtew in a moment that the only way
possible to get off was to inakie far
Kettle Point, as ,tete west \side of the
ice would have to hug the Point, while
the east side was 'Swinging around out
of thte. bay. To Kettle Pont, a dstµ, Tlrfe spring is opening up 'upon us
ince.,af about nine .mpoles,,he'headed. rn, its own peculiar way., It will, soon
followed by has .dog. Ashe near: -'d be, time .for
the poi st the matin body of the ice y,o harvestyour'crud
was leaving, but late managed to t of Blacky Knot,enow sa abundant.and
b g g'" so `e�.cily- seen. You: mrl5ht ;et .:on=
siderable fuel from your plum and
cherry erees. Of course you might
save :`sit;i;y lea'dung it on the trees for
e next winter. It is doubtful economy.
You may bre:laboring under the false
impression that you can secure a good.
crop df plums and a good crap ofTh
black' knot From ,the same tree.!is
has been repeatedly tried in Exeter
provedlamentable lamentable failure. Get
busy ! Harvest your: black knot now!
Scarlet fever is 'now developing An
some parts of"lour country. In some
ether counties, smallpox and diphther-
ia are prevalent. Exeter at .present
has a dean sheet of health. in re -
Bards to these +daiepis,est. Let every
Citizen try'to ,keep.. it clean. Keep
away from places. suspected. Report
suspicious cases' that they may be in-
vestigated. It is a serious matter to
have a 'home quarantined for six
weeks—sometianes' longer, Don't take
chances—safety first..
Tule ,Bnvtish War Office is making
plans it carrying out an agriculturalOffecnsiv e. on an enormous scale this
spring behind the British lines in
France, With the cordial co -Opera-
tion of the French Gov!ernm+ent
thousands a1• acres of grass land' will
be ploughed up, as well ns some parts
bf the old' battlefieldsi, British sol-
diers by :the thousanlds will be em-
ployed on the work, most of them be-
ing assigned to this labor during their
p elri;ad of reserve dr. ty,
-.-.off,.. •
BLACK. KNOT.'
to safety on -a small' cake. After a
short . rest he walked back to thr
the: Port. He stays. Toni Longboat i; in
his. palnniest days could not have beat-
er.
at
e•n anus time.
REVIEWING r.XEM;PTIONS.
A11 the M. S. A. exemption decis-
ions ,in. this [military district ,will be
reviewed by a board appointed to ;go
thoroughly into a,11 ;thfe decisions and
decide whether the judgm:enitskhan'd-
ed; down by tine tribunals, have been
consistent and in the best interests
of the country:
Capt. W E. Hrndgan„ as chief pub-
lic rtepresteintahiv(e; Lieut..eCol. T. R.
Nlay'berry, Jugerslall, as agricultural
representative, - and Deputy Registrar.
W E. WV+ismer wall, constitu'te the
board, which wtill • review the de-
cisions
•
If it dlevelopes that oertain menare
now in u'n,Slforni, to the detriment of
the production of foods on the farms.
these men will ;he, released if the ad-
vice of the. ;exernpttions review board
is followed. I•n other cases, where it
is sthoan, that ,mlelmnow engaged in
civvliari
pursuits;• caul Wietil be spared,
appeals will be rentejed agains ,their
exemptions aind', an etffort will, be made
to getthem in , the limy , Tule review
Will involve several weeks' work.
'KILLED -BY TRAIN.
Samuel Barr, aged. 23, of ,.Clinton,
was instantly killed 'some time be-:'
tweien, 5.30 and 6 o'clock on Saturday
evening by being struck by a passen-
ger train. an the main line of the
Grand Trunk, hallf rnsiel west of Hyde
Park. After beings killed Barr was, it
is believed, struck by another train,
has body was badly mangled when
found about 8 o'clock.
He was •entupiliolyed on the G. T, R.
t(ectian .gang, and when he ziid not
return as iusual comnad'es started to
search for h,ini.
(Coroner C. C. Ross. of Hyde Park
took elifarge of the remains, and a jury
after viewing them on Sunday acct-
joarned until Friday next.
The remains were taken, to Clinton
for interment on Tuesday. 'rhe young
mann is survived by his mother and, fa -
then ;
FORMER RESIDEN`I} OF
BAYFIELD SUICIDES
Buffalo, N. Y„ Feb. 20. -- Harold
Moore, aged 27, whose father and onn.
brother reside at Baryfield, last iiiight
cornmitted suicide at anis home et 48
William. Street, Corning, N. Y. by
shooting himself through the right
temple, with a revolver. Ile leaves a
wile. 'Continued ill-;healfth is said to
be the cause. ?.
DISTRICT CASUALTIES
Woiindied
Wm. Jackson. of 'Clinton
Donald i ac'Kelliar of Ansa Craig.
I11
II. R. Stoddard of Clinton,
Jacob Sproat of Sca,foral,
We club with all the leading daily
and weekly papery. New is the tune
110 ,elect your 1418 reading.
Mr. •I, R. Carling was in Goclerich; on
business this week.•
Messrs, J. Beer and' •3•`M. South.
cott were in London Monday.
Mr. Enos Wlnd'stor of 'Guelph spent
Monday !evening at has home here;
Mr. Thos: Haran of London is vis-
iting 1r1(ends in town for a few days.
Mrs; Chas. ,Barney and daughter; Mrs
Ferguson. Of Winlnilpeg, visited •n Lon-
don • Mand,ay.
Misses Edkva. Foilick and Stella South
cott leave to -day to spent a few slays•
with Miss La Belle Handford in In-
gersall.
Mrs. Pyle and son, Charles, who
have been visiting at Mrs; Delu.'s
lett Wednesday monning for their
home 'int the West,
Privates • G. P. Rix, E. 'Fhornpsjan,
W. C. "Reiland R. ;Chambers of God-
erich and F. Hu eking aE Clinton, re--
turrrecl from loverseas last Week.
Miss )dcDanalcT of'Wolonlstock, with
her assistant, Miss McLean of Giles -
bey and ,also Miss Curltiss of Toronto
have returned to ropean their millin-
ery
ill nery establishnnents.,`
Exeter Council
Monday, Feby 25, 1018
The council of the ,Village of Exe-
ter met in regular session, with all.
members present. The minutes of the
meeting held Feby'9th were read, and!
approved.
Messrs. Rev. Tramper and R, G.
Seldon waited on the, council re water
backing up in their cellars. Due con-
sideration was promised when work
could be gone on with.
Letters Were read from Pte.-Ilomer
Fafgshaw and William Crews re sc
celving donations.
:Getter from the secretary of the
Ord ario Municipal nicipal, Electric Associa-
tion, T. J, .I3annugan re copy of 'Res-
olution asking the Dominion Govern-
ment to appoint a Municipal repre-
sentative in the person of Mr.. J, W.
Lon President of the Hyciro Electric-
Railway Association to the Senate.
Said resolution was endorsed on mo-
tion of pay and Elston. Carried.
Letter from Fred W. Martin of the
Salvation Army, office London, Ont.;
asking aid re the building of an, ad-
dition to their rescue home, Referred.
back with recommendationto make
an application to the County tCouncil
Letter frotin R, Richardson, Assist-
oldiers' Aid Co cert
x'tr c11111E,
"The Rejuvenation of Aunt
Mary"
A 'Coed_ in Three Acts.
Reserved Seats 50c., Plan of Hall at Howe 's.
General A'cimission 35c. Children 25c.
ant .Secretary to the Board of Mail Imperial Oil Co. Ltd., and the Pater -
ways Commission for Canada, re pro.; son Mfg. Co., Toronto re road oils.
posed train service over London;Har- Adjournment by Day.
on and ,Brune. Filed. Jos. Senior,, Clerk
The following accounts were pas-
sed and, ordered paid on motion of
Elston and ':Snell.:
Sidney Davis flour, F. East, charity
5.70; John Xydd labor cemetery '4.00.;
Cecil Ford, labor cemetery 2.00; Wm.
H. 'Vale cemetery • 2.00; W. A. Balk-
will re ` Bloomfield 7.15, Library 4.30
Town Hall 2.35, 13.80; 'II. Spackman
Town hall 2.25; Dr. H. K .< Hyndman
services re inmates for douse of Re-
uge 2.00; B. W. I'. 'Beavers, attend-
ing Municipal Association 20,00; John
Hunkin Team R. & B. 6.40; Richard
Quance `'labor B. & 13. 1.70; John
Parson, do. .00; Robt. Luker, do, 4.10,
Thos. Troulden do. 1.90; Sidney San-
ders do. 2.00; Arto Delve do. 1.50; W.
Creech, -do. 2.00,' Thos. Flynn' do. .50.;
The Exeter Times 'Printing acct. 48.00
Thos. Cameron, gravel 76.37.
Tenders for Municipal printing
were opened and read. No action,
The Clerk was instructed to write
BIRTHS
Wright—At E1imvillle, on Feb. 26,to
-Mr. and Mr•s, Ge, 'Wright, a,lagh
ter.
Sanders -In Exeter, on. Feb. 23 'toMr,
and Mrs. Charles S. Sanders, a
daughter. •
vic(Carty-In Lu'cah•, on Feb: 18, to,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCarty; asom
McAlpine—In" McGillivray, on Feb. 17
to Mr. and ` Mrs. Russell
se 11 McAlpine.,
a Sang
MARRIAGES
(0'?Cann;ell—Ja,ga-ln Clanton, on Feb.
15 by Rev. J. 'A. Robinson, Mr. Pat-
rick Thomas O'Connell of Toronto,
to ivliss Maud; daughter of Mr. and.
Mrs • Jago of Clinton;.
DEATHS
Reeder -In Exeter„ on. Feb. 21, John
Reeder. abed 50 years; •4 months.
OUR BARGAIN SALE GOES ON. SPECIAL OFFERINGS TILL
END OF' FEBRUARY.
IN` OUR PHONOGRAPH DEPARTMENT WE ANNOUNCE A. SHIP-
ment of New Edison. and !Columbia Records. Needles, Etc• Among the
best February recordings are these
EDISON
"When the Botpnie, Bonnie Heath-
er is Blooming (P11 return Annie Lau-
ise to you) by Gen Eason . (50,403)
Battle Hymn of the Republic, 482,-
133) Thomas Chalmers,,
These are, stirring patriotic numbers—
Jahn Auden son! My Jo.—We'd Better
Bide a vee, 82075 These are Scot-
ch 'songs by Christina Miller.
C OLUMBIA
Blighty (a 245)1 Heligoland (a 2443.)
Medley of Wax Songs (a 2428). These
are popular Patriotic ' 'records!. : To
hear- them is to .want theme Double
85; each'.
10 New Hawaiin and Handy ,Orch-
estra s(elec`tions,
Edison Draniond; Disc, Recreations cannot be played an ` any talking
machine without injury, We canshow you. why.
Come in and hear a demonstration Demonstrations daily.
POWELL'S Big Variety Store` -
SEE THE BIG DISPLAY OF EDJSONS AND COLUMBIAS.
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IiHONE 16
ART'S
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urr.Cane
Sugar.
THIS WEEK. WE IIAVE RECEIVED A CAR OF PURIt
CANE SUGAR. FEBRUARY IS CONSIDERED THE RIGHT
TIME TO BUY. IF YOU WANT A 100 LBS. YOU HAD BET --
TER BUY NOW, WHILE YOU CAN GET DELIVERY
MANGOLD SEEDS
It is a Igaod time, to buy as
goad 'seeds( are scarce,
Yelitavv Intermediate
IG cant White
R.oyal Giant Sugar Beet
Giant Long Red
CROWN BRAND ;SYRUP,
• Pure .and' Wholesome, Good
,food for everybody, Sold in
pails
ar bulk at per pound .I.Oc
•
URNI,P SEED;
We have, a limited quantity of
good seed,-,
,Canadialta Ger,
Halls Westbury
Renntile'i Derby.
Renn;ie's: Junifbo
RUBBER BOOTS
Y',oln will need a pair Lor the
wet 'sloppy weather. We sell
"Mined^' i• Every pair is ; sold
with a, tgutaaptiteel,
PHONE
16 J.kis sir:EWARTk lyTt iF4 16
The Big Stone with the Little Prides