The Exeter Advocate, 1919-1-2, Page 8,..tee MR, MARKETS
Chooeed Each Wednesday
Yell
OSplogreTa
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Vats......- ., K . .,u, . , , 79.
3arey ,..,, 90
leamily Flow .. ....,. ..5.90
'fiery butter 58
31airy Butter 45 to 48
Mee alive 17, dressed 21
se ,..- alike 18, dressed 26.
`Tatirkeys alive 30, dressed 40
.Ruc.ko alive 20, dressed 28
New Laid Eggs rriotover 1 week old 60
66
real small or lxeid Eggs
gaer'fttatote .,. ti1.35 1,75
%may per ton .••.,..,. 15.00 to 16,00
ug, ,.,.,..,. 17.25
' 'J THE CITIZENS OF 1;XETER.
t take thio, :apnoxtunity of most
+Gs>zdially
thenkOttg. the citizens .of Ex -
Ke: for their loyal support to me
for the conIi,derxce they fare
wined in me et electieg me by ac-
''a„113,atrtattiotzfor atliiryxd ternr as reeve
mow" the hipat cipye
1: shall. be my pleaettre to promote
best interests of Exeter and do
what 1 can to make this abetter and
kyrighter town. I extend to elf my
Ow'.wishes for a happy an,d Prosper -
,14o, New €`,ear:.
Yours respectfully,
B. W. F. Bkaverss.
Irs oar Wlteatleta tor bt+eeklast
;lr*.eend, void we lave $ome nice Oat
;Meat
HARVEY BROS.
If yet: reside on the farm you will
=rely find The Farmers' Stun a prof-
itable and candid friend, Its market
T, parts. both stock and grtie, are un
is luallect. while its independent views
oxeye eel: beer: appreciated, Oise Doe.
lar for fuhi year's subscription.
Tlet. iFernaers' h Weekly Sun, Tororn'
CARL GF
THANKS
'Mr and Mrs. John 11. Andrew of
t;sborne wish to thank the mew
etrieed, for thee kindness and sem-
atattaze riur:,^ng the illness and recent
bereavement anent at their daughter, also
toa the Laany beautiful floral tribute-.
"t1OD f• 1.. F LO R is good .Flour, Our
lour a whiter eow as restrictions are
otiela; , ..anored. Try it
HARVEY BROS.
-FARMER CLUB MEETING.
Theme* Road Farmers" Club will
-meet oe Monday everting, Jan. Otho
et> hear the report of the [snt;,tetl
'Farmers Convention of Toronto.
seer
TEACHER WA tiTh..D.
Fot the Primary Department of Ex
meter Public School,. Duties commence
Jan 6th. Apply Miss K. MacFaul,
seter
`LOST, -A pair of black curly (Iris--
Ow
rivk g gloves. Firmer kindly eave Zt.
ditia office
SECOND-HAND STOVES -A few
,good second- , coal -or wood cook
stn fors a seep. -Geo. Hawkins
ESTRAY,isomer HEIF hR
There strayed away from the prem -
al -the undersigned, about three
exeeks ago, sed heifer. A reward will
Ire : given for her xeturar, or for anfor-
ema,tion that willlead to her recovery
Otto Ewald, Butcher, Crediton
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED
bit. H. Sanders at the Advocate Of-
' 'lite. Strictly confidential; no witness
.;AND WANTED.
;3(10 acrei or more land for flax
{for next ve•tr. for which good rental
era', ba paid
Ontario Flax Company
Jos. Davis, Exeter.
Phone 13 r 12
N OTI(CE
Owing a, • lc.• .probable serious fuel
:situation ::p Nei Commissioners of
the :Town. -.:rip of Usborne have order -
.;ed .lour c., r- :, Lis of screened soffit
eoa1 through . t, ii dealer, W. G. Medd
.Wivahelsea. E., ..ing that there is
likely to be 1 i tie or no ;herd coal.
•lorthcoming int; .-payers are advised. to
;place their priers with either the
„Reeve or any of the Coun:c,illors to
*secure their needs.
HENRY STRANG, ,Clerk.
FARM FOR SALE
Lot 1 • Cou. Usborne Tp., about 104
:acres •with 5 acnes timber thereon;
seeded; down far five years.
WlSeod brick house with kitchen, slate
prod on both; bank barn, 50x75 feet,
with cement floors' an basement; about
apple trees. This is an excellent
farm, well watered and well located.
'Wil' be sold right., If not sold will
:be rented. Apnly to Wm. Whiteford,
'Exeter, Ont.
Mail Contract
SEALED TENDI,RS, addressed to
-elle Postmaster 'General, will be ,re-
ce, veci at Ottawa until Noon, on Fri-
day, the24th day of January,1919, for
tthe conveyance of His Majesty's
.Mails, on a proposed Contract for
:four years six times per week, over
Exeter ll0; '3 Rural Route, from the
'----Ptr444alaster General's Pleasure.
Prirnted notices containing furthee.
inforfriation as to conditions of pro-
;posed Cantracfmay be seen andblank
forms of Tender may be obtained at
Abe Post, Offices of Exeter, Hay,
Eiimv Ile; " Hen all and Crediton,
and last the office of thei Post ' Office
1fnspector, London.
CHAS. E. M. FISHER.
moist Office 'Inapectior.
*Post Offace inspector's 0ffiice4
"Landon, 13th December, 1918.
EX E rER 111J1LG.' TE, TR UD8DA t JAN. St 1319
ApApvpmpimpporrAipt
LOCAL DOINGS. 1
Writlp 1919:
'"ate by the W. S. S. ply
The Toronto Deily Star sa adding
another 'doliax to its subscriptipn, price
at New Ye4,174
Works on the hydro electric railway
the main line of • which will, nut
through St. MMarys, will probably be
commenced new fire war is over, -
St. Marys Journal,
Dr C:orsant of Lucan, has purchas-
ed the veterinary practice of Dr.
Sweet and the late Dr. Reid, and took
over the same on, Saturday last. .Dr.
Sweet is 'reti.rikte from the 'active bus-
iness
Jarneo Street Methodist Sunday
S "boot had a mads meeting, on Sunday
afternoon for reeiew4 A co)iectioce
was taken for the children of Europe
and Alia, Mr. Herman Prior gave a
ohort address.
Rev baker of Crediton and Rev,
Finlay' of Centralia.. occupied James
Street pulpit Sunda mornieg and ev-
etnizt ,resPectj;vely, The pastor, Rev.
wird , has been quite ill, but is re-
coverieg otsc-ilY, and was able to be
out to clutrch,
Mr Wm. Hem has eo?d. Ins 50 -acre
farm• on. the 9th cor,lce&slop of Us -
borne to Mr; Thornton Seale of the
sem": town .hip. Following this deal
Al: Hero bought Mrs ,Joai H. An-
drew', farm on the 6th eonCtessicrn of
U.zbeene. Mr, Andrew will become a
citizen of. Exeter.
In^. renewire..his subscriPtoison to the
Advocate Mr, G. G. Gibson, a Thames
Road Old Boy, of St. Louis, Alo.,
days :--"Please accept army best thanks
for your very campliren.'tary refer-
ence in your recent issue It will
serve two purposes, Yiz: It will show
uw friend, that I ar,t still in the land
of the living and that while an Amer-
ican citizen I ,till love my alive
country. I was sorry to see ancon;
:he death notices that of Mrs. San -t-
wee, wOom 1 have kanown for over
fit.) years. One by one the dear old
friend; are slipping awayti I knew
i,er when Ale lived in Frarncietown.
I :n' enclosing the amount of the
esti scriptio t to your sellable ,paper
for another year, and hope all your
readers will a preciete t as much. as
I:FTL RNEI] SOLDIe,RS.
Durin,° :the week the following sol-
dier. have ,returned from overseas:
Pte John McDonald, brother of Mrs,
1" G. Creech, Pte; L. E. Day of Ex-
eter Sapper Clark, son of Prof. Clark
of Exeter S. W. Watson, of Park-
hill, F. A. Frederick of Clinton, Sap-
per Suaha of Godei-ehr E. J. Bird
of St Marys, A. George of . :is,t
Craig C. W, Hoskins. of Mitchell, J.
W Murray, Pte, Weiss, W. McDou -
gall of Goderich, Gunner I. A. 'Turn-
bull of K,irkton.
AGED LADY PASSES.
The death occurred at the home
of her ;rand -daughter, Mrs, Nelson
Stanlake, Con 2, Hay Tp., December
26, of Isabel Thompson, relict of the
late Donald McLeod, aged 76 year:,.
Death was due to old age Born.
in Scotland she was there married,
rural with her husband came to Can-
ada mane years ago, settling near
Ailsa Creep She had spent the last
tune winters with her grand -daughter,
Mrs Startlake; She was the last of
the family the two sons and two
dauhter and the husband hawing pre-
deceased her. The funeral took place
on Saturday afternoon to Nairn cem-
etery
A NICE SUM FOR RED CROSS,
Mr A J. Grigg, who was Regis -
era: for South Huron when the regis-
tration was taken last June, has 'n::-
ceired from the Canada Reg;:,tration
Board. Ottawa, a cheque for $637.36,
payable to the general fund of the
Red Cross, this amount being there-.
muneration of the deputies and as-
sistant deputies for their services con
June 22nd last which was assigned to
tha Red Cross,. The; amount from
North Huron. would be a similar one.
which means that those who gave of
their services in the registration in
Huron County contributed to the Red
Cros. Fund something like $1300 or
$1400
DUNCAN-PASSMORE.
A quiet but very pretty wedding
took place .at the Main Street Meth-
odist parsonage, on Tuesday, Dec. 24,
when Miss Ruby Passmore, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Passmore, was united in marriage to
Mr. Gilbert Duncan,, all of Usborne.
The ceremony was performed by Rev:
Dr, Medd, at five ,;o"cback in the af-
ternoon,, The bride was beautifully
attired in .black taffeta, . trimmed with
white satin and fringe., Mises Reta
and Pearl Cann, nieces of the bride
acted as witnesses The ceremony over
all returned to the bride"s home,
where a suinjptuous; wedding dinner
was served, followed, by'a Choice pro-
gram 01 • idusic and games,; The
groom's gift to the' bride was a hand-
some ai,ecklace, while this was supple-
inented with many beautiful and use-
ful presents from friends. The young
couple left- .Chaa(stmas day for their,
future ibomie on, the",groom"s fine `far>ih
one the Flugtown Bine.
TEACHER WANTI.'D•
Second-class' `professional teacher
fee S. S. No. 4, Usborne. Duties to
commence at once. Salary $650. State,.
qualificatiR and 'expetietncef Apply
to R . D. Hunter, Exeter, P. 0.
ESTRAY HEIFI R
A yearling . heifer has strayed 'onto
my .property; O,ner can .have same
by proving property and paying d-
pen$es. . .
John Roeszler, Cour_ 7, Stephen.
CrETERINARY. PRACTIth.
Dr. Henry A. Coasant hes bought
the - practice of Swept & Reid and,
will cornfifiue'buoluess at the, sVue
War Saving` Sterne Promote Thrift.
firs W. W. Tainan, who was so.
ser6.ously 413: with Pnfeumonia, is notr
slowly recover og,,
Road Comm,'<ssitoner W. J. Bissett
alai daughter Miss Gladys, have both
been i1I duriee the week, but are eel
covering
There are now 50,000 dependent
wives and ^itktdrteet of ,Carrel ti sol-
dies: waithtie for boats to get back
ti Canada. MOT CAR only aecomiodate
503 at each saac a•.
W W. Morxrs4r whose pieture ax,-
peared in couany with that of e
fellow student, with the following
complimentary reference to both, nn-
ueared in Monda_yyeveni g's Daljy
vertiser :--"The Western, Ueiversi,•ty
O'Zetlical College has just acclu zed a
fine new feather for its cap in 'the
fornt of a report from New York of
tle. standing taken by two of the fifth
year students in examinations held
M.:, week in; Bellevue. Hospital,w
York. Last Wednesday Wallace W,
Morrison went tO New York to write
au competiitmve examinations at Belle,
vue Hospital Out of a class of 29
writing on, the examination to qualify
fo- post -graduate courses, including
students from the most famous una-
tersity medical colleges, he not only
passed successfully, but took first
place, Wallace will hardly be recog-
nized
ecog-t .ized by the name of MgctrieOn, Tie
havirno had: his =dose changed from
Shosenburg to that Of 143'oraison, and
he is a er (d -soap of Mrs. Wi Cam
Hawkbasr' of town
s
PTE. JOHN D. LAINQ DIED,
Mr. and Mrs: Thomas Laing of town
received word oa. Friday last of the
deatld in an hose al stn Belgium of
their son, Private John D. Laing, WI -
lowing an attack of pttetn'a. Jack
enlisted with the 161st Huron Batttl-
tor, went to England, and was inl the,
first draft to Pam, soon after 'ar-
rival He went through' many of the
important engagements -during the
pas* twn years, only to be stricken,
with illness and death altar the war
was over. He wast a bright and pop-
ular young main and soldier, and sin-
cara sympathy is felt for the bereav-
e 1 reletiv1esii He wa,s only 19 yearo.
of age, haviug,e listed when 17,
Ptd H Twyford of Clinton is also
listed with the dead.
RETURNED SOLDIhRS.
Each week sees a few of the sold-
ier boys arrive home fromEngland'
or France, and all ,the home peoule
ioiri, in giving them hearty welcomel
Pte Louis Day, who enlisted hot, the
161st Hurons Battalion and went over -
sear with that battalion, and later to
Trance, returned on Friday night last,
and was givers a royal welcome home.
Prevate Day in order to enlist had to
dispose of his business iaf dairying,
an,cl it is a .pleasure to welcome him.
back again. He became El in France
and was returned to England to re-
cover Happily he did. and on. pewee
being declared was sent home.
Sapper W. A. Clarke; son of Wm.
Clarke organist of James Street Meth-
odist Church, Exeter, 'hrrived at the
home of .his parents on S{alturday
morning He enlisted in the 155th
battalion, Bay o£1 Quinte, in December
1915 After training in Kiangaton hoe
left for England in October, 1916,
and further trained at Braanshott camp,
and left for France in Dec,embnerevith
the lnd Canadian Infantry. He was in
the battle of Vimy Ridge, alter which
he was ineeCided to England, In Oct•,
ober ha returned to France and was
gassed at. Cambrai, and returned to
England in January, 1918, ,As soon,_as
able he was sunt to the. Canadrt(Red
Cross Bono Room„ London. On. Dec.
iltli he sailed on .the S.S. Corsican
fron' Tnlbury Docks, arriving at 3t
Johns N.B, on, Dec. 25. The 37 boys'
returning from Toropbo to London
speak in highest terms of the splendid
manner in which the C.P.R. offir_ar>ls
treated them. 'Could not be better.'
Miss Lily Huston of Dunncille 5s
trysitina .her parents here.
Mr Fred. Tucker of Clinton :Tent
the week end hese with friends.
Mrs Rich. Eacrett of Brantford
seen Monday with relatives here,
Mr Herman Prior of Portage - la -
Prainie: is visiting his mother and sis-
ter in town.
Mils-. Clara Glavin, nurse of Calgary,
is visiting with relatives and friends
in, this neighborhood.
Mr. and Mrs. A.lfaed Wilcox and
two children of Detroit visited Mn
and. Mrs. Thos. Webster, Exeter North
Mr. and Mrs. Thames I3ayman of
Outlook Sask., are visiting Mr. '-and
Mrb Richard Davis and other rem-.
tives
Mr and Mrs. Albert Spencer, who
recently returned from the West have
!rented the south'•half of the. Bedford
doubly: house WiVfa.m. street.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bears /
the At •t_
•
Signature of : " i G/E/
HORSES WANTED..
I want an unlimited number of
Horses in :good condition: Geldiang's 5
year, old up, weighing from 1500
pounds up. Mares from 4 years old
up, weighing from 1300 pounds up.
Parties baying' the requ&red stuff,
writes or phone 83 Exeter.
I&QNE,Y. 110 LOAN
Wt Maen kenite 'mount cif • private
fundi De loan on ' bleMI said W1a e
prosisrty at low ,"I~ttan" f tiotgsnau.
ity
A19RtiPterij Endre
iff
ISAAC, S. CARRLING,: B. A.
Btirfitter. Soyicilnor, Notary • Public.
Commissioner, Solicitor for the Moi -
lowest fates of lentemmrt.,
OLliae,-rMmp Street, xeter.
:JONES & MAY
PHONE 3t
CANADA FOOD BOARD LICENSE NO 8-3620
reat January
Clearing Sale
of
Ladies' and Misses'
Cloth Coats.
In order the clean up our stock of Ladies' and Misses' Cloth Goat .s
we Offer the baIatnce of our stock for sale, regardless of prices. This
is en opportunity to get a rare bargain in good quality coats.
9 Only Black Seal Plush Coats at
$25.00 Each
9 only ;Mine %ivality English Silk Sea: Plush. Goats. Were regularly
$34.50 coat, All this season's style; to clear at once at each Only* $25
Ladies' Cloth Coats
Ladies." Cloth Coats in all popular colors of velours and "tweeds,
including brown, taupe, black, Burgundy „green and,istory, to be ,old se-
gandless of price,
ALL GIRLS COATS GREATLY REDUCED IN PR1Ce.
Young Men's Belted Overcoats
We have a large ,tock of the veru newest styles and calors in
Young Mena Belted Oveecoats. These are right up -to -the -mimeo in style
and motleatately :priced.
Boys' Hockey Shoes all Sizes now in
Stock
JONES & MAY
Headatwwnttt fair dr O st 4 Beadier! S' Liar %t Clothing
Tea & Coffee
Store
For the choicest
groceries, fruits, spices,
teas, coffee and every-
thing ill the grocery lir e,; General Store Goods
Call and see us. Atrial
as to quality will convin-
A Clearing Sale
of
oe.
Produce taken in exchange
Jas. Gould
A ,Happy and Prosperous
1919'
is the Wish of
R. N. ROWS
the Undertaker
Dr, G. F, Itouastom, L. D. S., D. 'D. S.
DENTIST
Member of the R. C. C., D. S, of Ont.
Honor Graduate Toronto University
Office over Carrling's Law Office
Closed . Wednesday afternoons.
Dr. A. R. 'KINSMAN, L. D. S., D. D. S.
Honor Graduate Toronto University
Teeth extracted without, pain or any
bad effects. Office over Gladran &
Stanbury's Office„,- Main Street, Exeter
C. W. ROBINSON
LICENSED AUCTIONEI.R AND
VALUATOR for Counties of Huron_
Perth; Middlesex and Oxford. Farm
Stock Sales a Specialty. Office at
Cocksbutt Warierooms, .next door to
Central Hot,ei, Main Street, Exeter.,
FRANK TAYLOR
Waned Auctioneer for Comities of
Htmioks ,rel Middlesex
Prices _Resineralble and, Satisfaction
CreIditviq,' -• UnRatria;
AT A REDUCED PRICE
A discount of 15 Per Cent on orders
not less than $ 5.
Everything will be sold as the
Proprietor has bought a farm.
M. Wild, Elimville
Exeter Bargain Store
We itend to All Our
Customers
Our Heartiest ' Greetings
and
omplimente of the Season