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THURSDAY, OCT. 24th 1913:
Zurich
Mr Frazer Brown of 1Molacton
B, is visiting art the home oaf 1111 J.
Pr+eeter.—Mrs. Normals 'Holtzman hitt
left for Preston, where she ,will vis'it
tielatives for a few moiniths,—Mr, Hen-
ry \oungblut a;nd family have moved.
into their home in the North end of
the v'iliage, recently purchased
from the Late Peter Lamont. M s.
Raba. Richa raison of Botha,Alta„
ins visiting relatives here,—Mr. and Mrs.
Dauni'el Steinbach and 2rr. and Mr,,.
Chas. '1 alb'fllieisch of Detroit visited
relatives and friends in Zurich.—Wil-
Earns Bros have sold the two dyn-
amos, formerly used in the ellectric
Light plant, to the Canada Steel Co.,
Bel leville,—Joseph. Routledge, V,S.,of
Dashwood, has purchased the good
will and pract;i'Ce of H. W, Stos.konf
of this 'village and will take possess-
ion in a few weeks.—Mr, Daniel Sm th
has sold his fine farm on the Sauhle
Line, known as "Peach. Grove Farm'
to his son, Clayton O. Snaith, who
gets passessian meat spring. The
farm cons:lists of 210 acres along" the
Jake shore.
Khiva
lir, Ezra Witze:1 of Cupar, Sask.,
writing. to the' Advocate, in part,
gays :—I guess it is nearly pay • day
for the Advocate, I would not like
to do without it, I can keep tah on
sopa of my old friends through it.
I am farming again and glad to be at
it. guess it is time best life, but this
year it has been hard on a lot of the'
Western farmers. We have had such
unfavorable weather this summer. We
have, however, pulled through and. in
this district had a very good crop.
My ,best field of wheat was "tailed
off—hammered right into the ground
but that same field made me 33 bush-
els to the acre, In another field I
last 60 acres by the wind blowing the
_seed out of the ground. However, we
threshed close •on? to 9,000 bushels of
grain Labor is very scarce in this
auntry, .Chet' hardly know what to
bold you up for, always being afraid
of no; asking enough. Seven dollars
a day is the wage anal breakfast in.
bed. You dare• net give them any-
thing but a smile, or they are off With
their "turkey." We have been bless-
ed with a fine fail and threshing is
nearly campleted."
The Little Doctor always read
—always on hand to relieve kid-
ney and bladder troubles, and
help nature purify the blood.
The Rational Drop ;a chemical co.
of Canada, Limited. 'Toronto, at
Auction Sale
25 Choice
Stock Steers
On Lot 10, Con. 1, Usbarnie, 11/
miles South of Exeter, on
WEDNESDAY, OCT, 30, 1918,'
At 2 ,o'clock, the following praoerty
25 Choice Stack Steers.
Terms—Six months' credit on ap-
proved joint notes, with t per e.ent.
added.
•Geo: Sutherland, R. T. Luker,
Proprietor Auctioae.er
Auction
Sale
Rei'. Father 'Tierney has been, on
the sick list for the past week.—il ir.
Alen,; hicDoa.ald is iimprovliva tfter
his certain d.'ne s —Mt JerrY•Cautpbell
veal niarr'red to Miss Mary Dillon
t1 )ubliei on 11:oniday morning, Cath
graitikations 1—ATI, and lIrs, John Bali
of Lietaoit and Messrs. James ,and
Than Mitchell of Mt, I'leasanut, Mich,
attended the ftuierat of l'Irs. Beck-
ley lienee 1481 week.
Death of ll -s. Buckley,—The death
at 1Ira• Catherine Buckley, aged X 70
yeas, took prated at the home of her
son -in -taw, Mr, James 11c1'eaak of De -
trait, t, out Tuesday, October 15, and
the funeral took place here on Thurs-
day of hat week. Mrs, Buckley t:s
iurvived by three sons, Pat of Clan-
cloboye, John and William .'of Sagi-
naw', and two daughters, Mrs. Mc -
Peal, '_ anal Miss Annie Anna of De-
troit,
oit,
Death of Miss Campbell.—Mr. Jer-
emiah Campbell received the sad hews
on Saturday morning of the 'death of
hi, sister, Miss Kate Campbell of De-
troit, aged 33 years. Death was due
to the dreaded scorge of Spanish in-
fluenza. Miss Campbell lived with her
brother. Jeremiah, till a little over a
year 'ago, when sive left for Detroit.
Deceased lead a host of friends here
who will leant), with regret o,f her un-
timely ,demis'e. She is survived by
her mother, Mrs, Campbell, and Miss
Florence of Parkhill; four brothers,
Jeremiah of 12th concession of Ste-
phen, John James, Joseph and Roy
of Detroit Miss Sadie and Mrs, Brett
also et Detroit,
MCGILLIVRAY •COUNCIL
The council met an the 7th., with
all the members present;: A large
number of accounts were passed
among them being $650.00 for Red
Cross. The next meeting iS on Nov..
4th at one o'clock.
News .of the Week
WEDNESDAY.
The Mahatajah of Dodhpur died
at Simla, British India.
At- the anniv-ersay services held in
the Methodist Church, Petrolea, Sun-
day the financial objective set was
$1,20.0.
Great Britain's reply to Turkey
will be a demand for unconditional
surrender. The Turks will be requir-
ed to negotiate an armistice with
Gen. Allenby, commander of the
British forces in Palestine and Syria.
Advices from Berlin say that the
President •of; the Reichstag has post-
poned•the sitting of the Reichstag,
which -was to have begun to -day, re-
serving to himself the right to smal-
1
. mo`n the legislative body at a ,later
date.
All the German newspapers agree
that a crisis is inevitable, due to the
Maximilian letter to Hohenlohe. They
expect• bitter denunciation of it at a
special meeting of the Socialists. The
Vorwaerts hints broadly that the So-
cialists are ready to oust Maximilian.
Horace Conquest of the Grand
Trunk at Niagara Falls was notified
yesterday that his son, Reginald B.
Conquest, who reverted from a lieu-
tenancy to get over to France, had
been, killed. He was a prominent
young business man before he enlist-
ed two years ago.
The whereabouts of the former Ern -
press' of Russia and her daughters is
unknown. The Austrian consul at
Moscow has made enquiries of the
Bolshevik authorities, but as these
affirmations are doubted, reliable per-
sons have been commissioned to make
a further investigation,
Andrew Bonar Law, Government
spokesman in the House of Commons,
made the announcement in Parlia-
ment that it would be very unwise for
any of the Allied Government to
make any statement on the terms
likely to' be imposed upon Germany.
before an armistice was granted.
Fines for breaches of the Ontario
Temperance Act and the Registration
Act reached high-water mark in the
Toronto Police Court when $6,100
was taken in. Seventy-four foreign-
ers contributed $3,000 to the grist,
while six persons paid $300 each un-
der the O.T.A.; two were assessed
$400 each, and other" fines amounted
to $500. •
THURSDAY.
The form of oath taken in several
Toronto courts was altered on ac-
count of the Spanish influenza.
At last steps are to be taken to
repair the notoriously bad county
road between Woodstock and Inger-
soll
Mrs. Ellen Neilson, of Toronto,
who was temporarily insane, drown-
ed herself and her two children in
a bath of water. Her husband was
i11 with "flu."
Two - Palmerston lads, Wm. O.
Bridge and Elmer Deaton, who had
recently enlisted, died Wednesday,
the former at Ottawa, the latter at
London, Ont.
Brantford township officials have
opened a campaign against the ex -
05' I?AT1I STOCK tension of the city boundaries, ba
Mr. 'Frank 'Taylor has receivedin,- ing •their argument upon the big
stxuofi,ons ao sell by tpublic,auctian on overhead debt of Brantford and the
Lot 3, Con. 11, Stephen, 1 i-4 miles difference in taxes.
Clarence Ellison and a companion,
.east of : Mit, (C aririel, on t
F:R1DAY, NOVEMBER ,1st Mrs. Weir, of Belleville, were caught
let of
at Napanee on their way from Mont
'At ant. o clock sharp t1following real with a quantity of liquor. In the
7. Iaatii' '4 years old ,clue .t0 o calve,
utpril;,1 cow a yearns owduc t,o calve, Police Cou,rt Ellison was lined $500
12,th of . April ;+ 1 ,cow 7 years nl.d dun; l anti' Airs. Weir $2 0 O.
to ,ea.lve` nn na'aa L ,frrash ,cow; iL year Despite a round robin ,signed by
'old fresh lheite,r; 1 scot' due to ,colas: every Walkerville teacher, with the
an 31.ay ; 5 milking ,caves not w iltb , exception of the school principals and
•calves; 5 12 year pad steers; ,2 2 -year" three teachers, who have resigned,
.old hollers, 'Cat; 8 yearling hcife.rs;, the Board of Education has turned
11 yearling steers; 17 spring coalvea; down a demand for minimumsal-
'C0 bags 3 raon;tlhs old; 1 rubber tired: cry of $1,200,a year,
•buigg3 nearly new; ;1: horse fo.tr ;Vlore than three hundred mein-
yearis old ; 1. ,ca,rtma,101 team 6 .and 7 bets have been added to the strength
•yearn old by Ivanhoe ' 1 .more rising of London's Board of Trade at the
years aid; 1,g` Idin, Irisin; 1•3 years close of the second day's comsat,*n
road; ,1 general pwrpose for membership of 800. The por-
two y >.,ars old, well matched; 2 m-u,ck- close of the board is to run London'a
ing ,colts. 110001ation above the 100,000 0111' 1.
11'I311IrS 07 5a17,T;` , by ,t aemios: of after -the -war enter -
All "sums of $10,00 land wider, Task ; ,t ices;;
.0 VW' that ,amblrnt 1,2 '.m,ontihs` cr,^,Cil t 3i611,Vrng<that 1 twrence LazarGi' 3,
,nn ,fersr,ishing iarA preved, joint .notes, a of Sa ndwiclt; a returned solciier,•who
e, drectatint of Wive lir cent off jar is being held at Toledo on cha,rgea
ash. y O r 1of ? ecliUrals uti:erai c:es, was uii;:tr~I`
I illi PEAFF, Tr, :Prnaptnrtor: the i,nnuence Of Holler at the tiure Lc
made a speech advls1ng, young men
not to enlist, Mayor Donnelly, acting
on . a resolution 'passed by the Sand -
Natoli Town :Council, will aslc the U. S.
Government to release ,hien It is be-
vat uciuniy de-
'ficitliesntc as tLresults ofis being ,t'vice;
woundededth:
FRIbAY. l
German pacifists hooted the pan
-
Germans in the streets of Berlin.
J. 1,,, Icnapp, one of the oldest res--
dents of Kent county, died at the age
of 97 years.
Milton Bird,' a young farmer of
Madoc Township, was instantly killed.
while assisting in the filling of a silo
on a farm.
It was announced that henceforth
Hungary will be an independent
state, with only a "personal" union
with Austria. '
The city of Ostend in Belgium was
captured by the. Allies. The victor-
ious troops also entered Bruges,'
Lille and Douai.
Up to the present nearly one mil-
lion 13ritish lives have been sacrificed
in the war, according to information
received by Reuters, Limited.
President Wilson is a member of
the, Versailles Conference or Supreme
War Council of, the Allies. His vote
is sent by cable from Washington.
President Wilson announced that
the Austrian peace note will not be
answered : until the Germans make
apparent the course of conduct that
they intend to follow. •
The Minister of Justice ordered
that action be taken at once against
the strike leaders of Calgary under
the new law which makes it illegal
for men to go out on strike.
F. Bevers, janitor at the Edmon-
ton policestation, is dead•and Sam
Cappier, who operates the Liberty
Clothing Store, is in the hospital with
a bullet hole through his heart. The
eterdered is still a fugitive from, jus-
tice.
Queen's University• trustees decid-
ed to begin ail energetic campaign
to raise $375,000 for an endowment
in order that a similar amount offer-
ed the university, by the late Chan-
cellor Douglas of New York,may be
secured, The Kingston university has.
already received $125,000.
SATURDAY.
The British occupied Zeebrugge,
the last of the German submarine
bases in Belgium.
The French occupy Thielt and are
nearing Ghento-Turcoing and Raou-
biax have fallen to the British.
Mrs. Abigale Hill, of Woodstock,
died at the age of 89 She was the
oldest native-born resident 'of the
city. „.: at.
Capt, W. Garland Foster ••.former
manager of the Daily News of ,Nelson,
B,C., has been killed in action in
France.
Monsignor Pietro Di Maria arrived
in Ottawa to take up his duties as
papal delegate to Canada and the
United States. •
There was no issue of the Aurora
Banner this week owing 10 the fact
that the entire staff is incapacitated
by influenza. . •
The British Foreign y'Office made
the official announcement that no
separate peace offer had been—
receiv-ed from Austria.
The New Zealand .Govertlment has
made arrangements to take over the
entire New Zealand wheat crop at
$1.41 per bushel.
The Czechs are masters of Prague,
the capital of Bohemia. Czech money
is being circulated and the Czech flag
is flying over Hardchin Castle,
Publication of the "Western Clar-
ion," a monthly paper published in•
Vancouver by the Socialist party of
Canada, has been prohibited under
censorship regulations.
Allied forces have occupied Kad-
ish, in the province of Archangel, and
have advanced for a distance of six
miles to the south of that place along
the Archangel-Velogda railway.
Col. Noel Marshall, president of
the Canadian Red Cross Society,ad-
vised President Poincare of France
that £50,000 was being,sent from the
Canadian society as a gift to be used
for the benefit of the refugees in
France.
Wm. Brew, who up to recently was
employed as a G.T.R. brakeman, was
found dead on the American side op-
posite the Whirlpool, with aniempty
carbolic acid bottle beside him. His
wife has been i11 in a hospital, •and
Brew had lost his position and was
despondent.
MONDAY.
Chief' Justice Meredith declared
grant of.$15,000 given to the Knights
of Columbus for the army huts to be
•illegal.
Duke Kahanamoku, Harold Kruger
and Clarence Lane, Hawaiian Swim-
ming champions, will enlist in the
15. S. navy. •
An epidemic of Spanish influenza
has broken;„out in some of the prin-
cipal town's of `Jamaica. Several
deaths have been reported.
Col. C. T. Van Straubenzie, of,the
Royal Canadian Dragoons, one of the
best known horsemen and polo play-
ers in Canada, was killed at the: front.
Wm. J. Sheppard, Sarnia Town-
ship, aged, 33, died from lock-jaw.
Several days ago four fingers of his
left hand were• mangled in a cutting
box and lock-jaw resulted. • `
Dr. F. F. ' W esbrook, ' president of
the University of British Columbia,
died in Vancouver following an ill-
ness of several months. He was born
in, Brant 'County, Ont., on July 12,
1868.. •
Leon Merano, the French aviator
and airplane builder, is dead, In' 1910
he earned the reputation of being the
leading French aviator, having estab-
lished a new record for speed in July
ofthat year.
Saturday night and Sunday after-
noon•.the' Toronto police gathered in
44 members of the Chinese National-
ist League and 23 members of the
Social -Democratic Party of Canada,
the Democratic Party of North Amer-
ica, the Russian Social Revolutionary
Party, the tJkrainian Socialist Party
and the Finnish Socialist Society !that amount 12, months' credit on fur ---
were arrested on, a blanket charge nv,lzin, ap, roved joint notes, or a lis
of being in unlawful ' iis's`ettibly countll spas the proprietor p has
er ,tient; off for cash lit
Among the ringleaders taken ' into 1111Na .
custody is Isaac Bainbridge, secretaryof ol:reaertev e
the Social -Democrat Party of Can= ; jsc d 1110 farm:
Jg}In Vlotphet, P. F, Donne,
ada, who has been rn.troul>le on sedr 1'roprvetar Auctione,cr
tion: charges an previous occasions. 1 E. N, Shier, Clark,.
yearr
Gnada
avorile",
en ra!4
Two. :generations use and
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prefer 'C
omfort it has the.
largest sale in Canada. The ualll is still the
J
same -but the Bar is Bigger ---real thrift !
The demand for Comfort, "the soap that mother
used" 'is greater than ever—the people know its
value. Try Comfort Soap and get a brighter,
cleaner, easier wash. Ask for . the Bigger Bar.
PUGSLEY, DINGMAN & CO., LIMITED, TORONTO
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FOR FREEDOM AND THE RIGHT
THE ALLIES
The above is- the title of the most
interesting War Album" issued by the
Family 'Herald and Weekly Star, of
Montrhal,
It .is brimful of useful information
from cover .to 'cover. The front cov-
er page is a most beautiful design em-
bracing 'the flags, of , all the Allies, . It
is a clever artistic effort. The Al-
bum :contains the flags in colors of a11,
the Allies. It, tells in full the story
of the "Union Jack" and `.'Old Glory."
It gives the date and reason: for entry
of each of the Allies into the wart
It gives, the system of Government
of •each., also pop ulation, area, etc
etc It contains the Nations songs of
Great B rita'n, France' and the United
States; as well as • a great many of
the popular songs, 'such as "Tippe-
rary," "Long Long Trail," "Good Bye
Broadway." "Over 'There," etc., etc:
It contains, a diary of the war since
its commencement up to the time of
going to press, with black space ort
which the recipient may fill isa future
dates and have the complete history.
The Album :its' one you 'would buy on
sight -at any reasonable price, but is
not for sale. It is absolutely free to
all who subscribe, to The Family Her-
ald and Wee'ldy Star for 1919. Th,e
yearly subscription price! is $1.25. We
have made clubbing' combination
with the Family, Herald and can offer
that great Weekly with the Album
and The Exeter Advocate for $2.65,
The Offer of the Album is for limit-
ed time only: Order now aa,d be sure
of a copy. The Family Herald does
not continue such; an offer indefinitely
A sample of, the Album may be seen
at this office.
CLEARING,
Auction Sale
TAN
OF FARM STOCK & IMPLEMENTS
On Lot 3, Con. 4, Blanshard, 1•Iaif
Mile East of 'Kirkton, on •
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1918
At one o'clock sharp, the. 1olllowing
Horsies-1-Ieavy draft Registered
mare., in foal 'to ,Pacific; Heavy draft
mare 8.'years, in foal to Pacific; Heavy
draft registered filly, 1 year; geld-
ing 1 ye;alr.
Cattle -Cow, due in Dec.; cow, cow
due in Jan.; 2 y"ling ,steers, heifer
calf (property of A. Paul); .4 heifers.
due ,vu Dec,, 6 yea rlilrvg heifers, 4
yearling steers.
These anie all choice Durham cattle
Hogs—Sow, due to farrow in Dec.;
6 shoats, 'wei' ghing 90 pounds,
Sheep -6 registered Oxford Down
ewes ; 4 neg. Oxford Down ewe lambs
2 reg. Oxford rpowmi ram lambs; 2
reg, Oxford Down shearling rams;
40 pure bred Oxford ewes; 14 ewe
lamh..
Poultry -80 bleats and pullets.'
Grassi -200 bus. Banner Oats, fit for
seed; 200 ,bus.. No. 21 barley, fit for
aced; acre Swede Turnips.
Implenieints,—Massey Harris binder
Deering mower, Massey -Harris hay
tedder, rake, steel drum roller, 9 ft.
12 hoe drill, 'Massey, -Harris, 'curtiva-
-tor wagon. wagon box, wagon„ springs
5,000 1hs; "bobsle,iiglti, set iron, harrows,
turnip scuffier,' Fleury No. 21 mow,
hay rack, hog rack,g rirndstene, 2 sets
whiffletrees, 3 sheep •racks, wood -
stave water tank, 4x4 feet; root put
per, cutting box, set brass moun,ted
harness, set harness, extension ladder
36 ft.; C,hiatham fannimgmi 11 and bag-
ger; scales, 2000 lbs, capacity; 4 doz.
gram hags, 8 go Ilan cream azin, 25
gal coal oil 'drum, forks, shovels, hoes
'articles. ar e5
and otic t 1
Furniture Happy Thought range,
wood ,cook stave, 6' kitchen ohai:ra,
bedstead and mattress ; flower stand,
Terms -$10 aril under cash over
SnR EDMUND WALKER,'
C.V.O„ LL.D„ D.C.L, President
CAPITAL PAiD UP, $15,000,000
SIR JOHN -AIRD. General M.n.tver
H. V. F. JONES, Ass't. Gen'l. Mana"ges
RESERVE FUND, $13,500,000
TRAVELLERS' CHEQUES
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the use of Travellers' Cheques issued by this Bank.
They enable the bearer -to identify Himself and are
readily converted into the current coin of any foreign
country,.
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EXETER BRANCH—
W D. CLARKE, Managel
The Pandora
Range is your real
friend on wash day.
Change, the top
around,.set the boil-
er on the ” far side
and use the three
nearest holes — you
can boil on all of
thein. Dinner on
time; no extra fuel,
no rush or confusion.
For. Sale b G A. Hawkins
McCIat's
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