The Exeter Advocate, 1919-12-4, Page 1ttt
THIRTY-THIRD YEAR
EXETER;, (th TAl,IO, TH: U]SI) A ' DEC. 4, 1919
SANDERS 8r: CREECH,,
In the year r 1490 the aver
ten yeass dater it was 35 24 At the
present time at is estimated that the
average; age at death is 48,7 years.
wile Our Corner
length of Sire was 311 years, wsile
Hon. Manning Doherty, Ontario mina
ister of agraetiture, expects a great
shortage
of live � oto c
k next year rand
bis department is going to encopre ge
more cattle production, The; Wester.n
farmers, owing to the bad weatherand
flood conditions, have had to market
many of their cattle. Mr. Doherty said
the acreage of fall wheat planted in
Ontario, was 717,000, as against (1152,000
last year
Roughly speaking, Canadian Western
farmers are ;going to make about $20.-
000,000 extra on their exportable wheat
and Canadian bread consutnera are,
going to pay about one or two cents'
a .loaf more for their bread, because
of the United States li£tiag the import
embargo on wheat The States are
very short of hard wheeat, and in the
last three see four months have been
paying' prices ranging up to $3 per
bushel, while the fixed price is $Z.26.
1920 will ,be Leap year and conse-
guently February will have 29 :lays
Spring will commence an March. 20,
Summer June 21, Autumn Sept. 2 3,
r
ani 'Winter
unt r December 21st. ')hare
will be four eclipses, two .of the sun,
and two of the moon; two of them
will be visible in Canasta—one of the
moon ton •.liay 2nd and a partial ec-
lipse t the sun. n o,•s November lit? bele
m th
hence ,the smoked glass business won't
boon) much. New Years Day and
Christmas will come on Thursday and
Saturday xespecitively, Easter Sun -
Ade on. April 4th and Domiriian
Day on Thursduy.
HEADLIGHT GLARE.
Ira order to, overcome" the great
sinner .et .night driving—headlight
glare—one car company has invented
what is known. as the tilting reflector.
The tilting; is done through a simple
arrangement of rods, controlled by the
driver urn the steeling columns A
short movement of the reflector con'-
oentrate., on to road, 75 feet ahead
of the car, the light which is normally
projected over 300 feet of road. The
sieflection brings the rays of light be-
low the revel of the eye of an appro-
aching driver. Under any system
of light diminution, the driver, after
Diminishing the lights is forced to
drive: blindly for a few moments until
his eyes have adapted themselves to
the new conditions. During the move-
ments of this optical readjustment he
is not able to judge distance or ob-
jects The Ontario Motor
jests accurately. i
League has been endeavoring for some
time to have a law passed restricting'
the use of the glaring headlight, but
one small technicality has caused the
matter to be shelved indefinitely.
Phone 81a
TAMAN'S
Men's Fall and
Winter Furnishings
SUITINGS
OVERCOATS
RAINCOATS
BINDERWEAR
SWEATERS
MUFFLERS
'HATS AND CAPS
*LOVES
Ordered and Ready-to-
wear Clothing
OWE OLD BLUES AND BLACKS,
TWEEDS, WORSTEDS, DSC.
A' BIG RANGE OF READY- TO -
WE2A.T SUITS, PANTS AND OV-
DRCOATS TO CHOOSE FROM:
Taman
"Boost a man in the paper an he'll.
forget it irt two clays, but print comae-
thing be doesn't like and he'll knock
the paper for two years. Once there
was an editor who started out to
please everybody or bust,. and `le
busted.
Nominations for the Ontario Prov-
incial by-elections, made necessary by
the law for the members of the Drury
Cabinet, will be held we, December 15
with the elections on the 22nd, Mr.
Dewar! the Liberal Leader speaks,
of opposing their eilectioa by acclam-
mation,
The ,popular vote its the Provincial
ejections chows that the Conservatives
led the Liberals by 60,000, and led the
U. F. 0 by 130,000. Yet they obtain-
ed onto about one-quarter of the .eats
of the Legiis4attu,re. That is an abnor-
mal condition and cannot be ;ser ne-
nerst Sixty per cent. of Orr.tario peo-
ple liv.: in towns asscl cities.
Another freak of stature has been
oorrnlleJ in Hoerieton, this time by
the Wellington Produce Company.
The bir t'has the body of a goose with
neck anti tail of a turkey, a cluck's
head,and one leg
orthan the a
h
-
er, ith web feet.; This bird was- in a
consignment of poultry and announces
itself with ;founds similar both to a
Muck and a turkey,
FARMERS' INCOME • TAX.
There is a prevalent notion that a
great many farmers evaded the Feder-
al Income tax, but R. W. Breaanar,
Commissioner of Taxation for the De -
pertinent ,of Finance, gave evidence on
the 30th which is illuminating.) The
income tax in Canada is practically
the same as in the United States, yet!
in the State of Michigan there were on-
ly 84 farmers assessed, whereas in On-
tario there: were 962. In the two Da
kotas there were less than 200; in
afe.nit-oba there were 100.1;• in Californ-
ia there were about 1600; in Saskatch-
ewan there were 3054; in Alberta. 3126
As Quebec farmers assessed number
8,444, as against 18,000 in the Unite.=.1
States. That is a pretty fair showing
in view of the Iarge number engaged
in farming in the United States incl
their advanced stage of developement.
COMMUNICATION
The municipal kettle in Exeter is
starting to boil. Will we keep it boil-
ing or are we to let it cool? The
town is like the country -there is a
great deal of unrest andwe think a
-change would be. a great help to aur
tesvn. Now is the time for the people.
to get thinking of it. If the people of
teen are not going to take hold of it
who is going to? There have been -
several names brought up the reeve -
strip -among them Dr. Roulston, R. G.
Seidon, L. Day, C. iB. Snell; and for
councillors. Ed. Treble, T. H. Newell
Wm. Beer, C. Hooper, Wes. Cole, W.
Ward, Ecl. Dignan, W. G. Medd, M.
Amy, Jos, Davis,' In this slate of igen
eve have some that would make a
council second to none, which we cer-
tainly need. This town wants to be
cleaned up and a fresh start made,
and there is nothing, like a good, early
start. Are the business men satisfied
with the way the town is going on,
are they like other goad towns anx-
ious to have a Board of Trade such.
as every town that is prosperaus is
in need ,of? Citizen.
Eiimville and the great beer -
'Church Forward Movement are keep-
ing up to time. Afiready our roll of
intercessors numbers 68, our objective
being 100. We are already at work
with our group system of clottage'
prayer meetings.; We have in con-
nection with the Elimville Circuit not
less_, than nine groups at work with
a leader and assistant leader, and good
reports are coming in from each group �
while our minister is holding two
weeks of speciel services at Zion anei
there adding darlly to the Church of
God; ,and we in the cottage prayer
meetings are keeping, the hone fires
burning. Many are calling upon God
in these little prayer meetings, who:
have never 'done so before, showing
that God is moving upon the hearts
of the people, and this in answer to
prayer. We believe that agreat spir-
itual' revival is coming to o•uur church.
Are you ,ready fol this out pouring
of His spirit upon His people? IIath
he not said, "Prove Me and try Me
and sae,ei if I will not pour out such a
blessd'ng that there shall not be room
en'orig.h to contain it?" We are prov-
ing Him; already the drops ere fall-
ing; there is steel the `sound ofabund-
ance of rain. Oh, thait it may fail
upon you once I, its 'the, earnest prayer
of yours sincerely,
Come and help us push the old
chariot along ami not drag omrbehi d:
Fllimville
1 RONDALE
The meanthly meeting of the Wotm•
en's' Institute was held 'at the home of
Miss L. Jeckelll on Wgdeteadey after-
noon Nov. 26th. Thirty-one were
presaent, Miosis E. ,Carse; Miss N.Ked-
cly and Miss M. Pym were appiainted
as a committee to make arrangements
for the forming of a class tib take a'
demonstration. ;lecture couT se in
Domestic ,Science ;this .winter. "A re -
part of the London Convention was
given byMiss Jeckelle Miss
N.Ked-
tlY and Mrs. Ethenn togave.
papers on. the western trip. ,Mu
ical numbers were given. by Miss Wil
Bang and the Misses Pym. 'The Dee -
i i1or&rFurniaher'embee meeting wall be held Dec. 30
at the home of Mrs. A. Mitchell.
Much Damage b
Saturday's Storm
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C
Y Local News ERVICE
SATISFACTION
On. Saturday night Net much dam-
age was done by a fierce .storm of
wind corning largely from the south,
and incidentally in town at least from.
every other direction~. Rain bad fal-
len in :heavy showery on Friday and
,on Saturday morning, This was fol-
lowed during the afternoon by much
colder weather with continually in-
creasing gusts of wind, until shortly
after six o'clock when, the force of
the wine increased to the proportions
of a hurricane, .sweeping across the
country and through the town w ith
terrible force.
The wind was at its highest about
seven o'clock, and to add to the un-
oteasantneee the lights went out ow -
Me to trees having fallen over the
hydra wires gear Loudon. W.indowa
were blown en, chiauneys went of;; the
houses, fences were levelled, trees
uprooted, great limbs torn, off, and
hats ane gaps went up ;into the eir—
man • 'of them tls n ne rto e
} ve return,- urn,.• A
1.
this was noti'cyeable right iiz town, but
,n hour or two later everts began. tri
ensile is of roofs being off barna and
house the salt well and the cartrOng
factory; ox
barnsbeing
a
nd
great trees an the forests going down
l,elore the rushing wino. A high wind
prevailed practically all nigh, and this
Seth the darkness prevented any
efiort being .made to ascertain, ,the
extent of the damage until the nix;
inern:n . Buslinces in town. was al-
most at a standstill, people feeling in -
keened to remain, within the shelter of
the home.
In Exeter the greatest, damage was
lone to the Canning Factory and the
Salt Warks. The loss in teach case
,volt run into hundreds of dollars. At
the Canning Factory the win.1 appar-
ently Bitted a portion. of the roof near
the ,smoke stases, knocked down, part
of the wall and passing through took
on considerable of the east roof,:and
force) out the, north gable wall. The
roof en :foaling destroyed the water
tank ani damaged the top of the der -
rig k A few ,patches of roofing were
also toot oft other portions of the
buildings At the Salt Works a large.
pe'rtion at the metal smoke stack was.
broken off, considerabje of the north.
roof ripped away and distributed
nrounst the yard, and the doors were
somewhat damaged.
A chimney was blown off Mr. Wm.
Fisher's house, and the sane happened
at Mrs. Fish's.
In the T'ow'nship of Usbornc the
roof and upper story of Mr. Thomas)
ldeaman's cider mill and turning fac
was blown off and the building was
otherwise damaged.
The barn of M. Luther Rowcliffe
of the 4th con, of Usbornc was part-
ly unroofe 1, also a barn of John „Gil -
(elan .of the 14th` con, the barn of
Bert Rundle iof the lith con„ the
barn of Thos. Allen, Thames Road, and
that of Hugh Berry of the 10th cone
of the same township were badly darn -
aged and more or less uru+oofed,
Mr. Sherwood Hunter of Usborne
had part of the ,roof of his barntak-
en off and a windmill destroyed; Mr.
Frank Coates his drive shed destroy-
ed; The barn of Mr. Alvin Essery was
partly unroofed and the barn was oth-
erwise damaged.
In Stephen, Township the barn of
Mr. Gedfreid Wein of the 7th con.
had. a 1ar;e hole blown in the roof;
the barn of Mr. Wilson Anderson on
the 2nd con. was badly damaged; the
barn of Nelson Baker on the 3rle
con. was completely unroofed; the
barn of Louis Rader ,of the Lake
Road was smashed in; the. sawmill of
Mr. Silas Stanlake, Lake Road, was
deprived of the roe/ and the smoke-
stack; the stable .of Ed. Kraft of
Dashwood was wrecked; the smoke-
stack iof Mr. Goetz's mill •was blown
drown and a part of the roar was tak-
en off; the barn. of Mrs.. Ernest Mol -
lard, near Grand Bend, was wrecked;
Louis L. Wiilert's driving shed on 14th
con was wrecked and pig -pen, Was
unroofed; the barn of Henry L. Draft
was badly damaged.
In Hay Township the dwelling on
the farm owned by ,Mr. R. N. Rowe,
London Road north, and occupied by
Mr. Wm. Cooper, was completely 'un-
roofed. The roof was of slate and
has been rendered useless; Much of
the shingling ,on Mr. Milton: Russell's
barn were stripped ,off and he had
about )twenty large trees In his bush
blown over. The straw shed of
VIr. ;John, Campbell of the 2nd Co
( was blown from the foundation, and.
Mr. John. Penbole's new barn that had
been completed just a short tune ago
was lifted from the brick foundatlion
and was c,ampleteiy wrecked, the
Loss being e very heavy one.
In Bi,ddulph Mr. Wm. Davis' barn
4thconcession, was partly . un-
roofed, es was allsio ,the barns of Har-
vey
arvey Hodgins of the same township..
SCHOOL REPORT OF S. S. NO.2
Usborne, for November,—Sr. IV., .le
Fulton 85, M. Cottle 78, A., Hunki.n 65
C. ,Doupe 64; Sr. III, S. Pollen. 66,
W. Allison 65, G. McDonald 61;; Sr.
111. .,C. ,Campbells 81, N. Allen 74, 'G.
Fulton 74, E. Stewart 72, H. Pollen 70
B. Campbell 63, C. Hodgert 5i, Sr: He -
ti. Fulton 88, R. Cottle 76, C. Stewart
71...E..Campbell ,53, A. Rohde. 63, R.
Turnbull' 62, E. Allen '59 ; ; Sr. 1., J.
Passmore ;A. Passmore, A, Cottle, R.
Cottle,, S. Campbell;' Sr. Pr,, :M.Rodhe:
Ruessell. Jr: Pr. 1 Allen, J. Runs s ll. 'Tlic best
spellers were,—Sr, 4th, L. Fulton; Sr,
3rd, \V Allison; Jr. 3.rd, C. Campbell;
Sr. Seni, II: Fuetan, Sr• lst, J. J,'ass-
oore. No. on roll 29, average 26,
M. H. McNain, teacher.
Sse
The funeral akC the late G. A. K.
' 32cLeocd to* pace on Friday under!
Masonic a ,..unpiees,
A ceasisderable number of nee -mem-
bers are being taken `
g tothe local
Lodge of Oddfello. ws,
Ort af,oaday evening and Tuesday "
several inches +of the beautiful fell I
but was not entirely welcome owing t
to. so many barns ,and other buildings
being unroofed by the storm on Sat-
urday )right. y
t71k 1.t('II ANNOrNC'F,MEETS,
After due consideration and inves-
tigation, of the 'nett -teas and practices
adopted be" other newspapers an ref-
erenee to ehureh announcements of
sermons and corning events the news-
papera of town have decided to place
a small service charge on all sueh
itects.'In most places the church
°facials• have arranged with the
newspapers to carry a small advt,
for the purpose of keeping the pub-
lic interned of the services on the
coming Sabbath.
Centralia.
POULTRY TRY W
lr ANT D
E ,
Highest
Prices >a�id for ad
d kr "gds a I
:
ve poultry, delivered on Monday,
f uesday: and Wednesday of each week
Parsons -Davis Co
Mr. Res :Yells is home for a few
vectis.,
Mt Thompsoa is taking Mr. Turn-
er's piece as agent at the station and
been 3si; duties on, Monday, Me Turn•.
'r having; han'ied in his re"signntio
and will shortly leave for Philadelphia
where he has accepted a position.
The severe wins storm of Saturday
searcely ;ntissed any of the tarns barns
in this vicinity; she -ages ani doors
blown ref, ete.,
Mr. C. O'Brien had the large win-
dow iu the froat of his home blown
out by the wind storm.
Misses Veva Davis and Irene Essery
of London spent Sunday at their
homes here. Misses Della and E1ia
Brooe were a also home for the week
enc.
COURT. GASES.
In th County Court at London this
week the triol is on in an action brou-
ght by E. Harman, for his friend Char-
les Rusie1, a minor, of thus city,
again-
stC Cook and Norman Cook,ofIe
n.
sal, will be tried by jury. Te
plala-
tilf asks.- that a contract for the pur-
chase at an automobile dated April 6,
1918, he ,set aside and cancelled and
asks the return of $150.00 paid., It
is alleged that the deiendants wrong-
fully took possession of the automob-
ile and damages for ,this and conver-
sion are asked. It is claimed that
under the agreement the plaintiff was
not to make any further payments un-
til 'October, 1.918, and that the defer-
dants took possesltion and either sold
or converted it to *heir own, use be-
fore this time.
Peter E, Butler, of Lucian, is bring-
ing suit for damages of $191,61 for
alleged breach_ of contract against
William Leff ek/ Co, of, London, in
connection with the purchase of a car
of cast iron and stove plate.
BIRTHS
Doerr—In'Exeter, on Nov. 28, to Mr.
and Mrs H. W. Doerr, a son—Jack
Vivian
Jones—In. Usborne, Cone 1, ,aa Dec. 1,
to Mr. and Mrs. George Jones, a son
MARRIAGES
Fitton—''Titus-0`.n October 30th, at
St. Ann's Church, Toronto, by Rev,
Lawrence Skey, Gladys Titus, Phm,
B., only daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
R. C. ,Titus .of Trenton, for Thtmas:
Gerald Fitton, sen of aIr. and Mrs.
Saxon Fitton of Exeter.
Marshall—Norris—At. St. Marys, an
Nov 24, Cora Mame, daughter of
Mr, and. Mrs. George H. Nerds, to
Mr. Eager. Ferne Marshall, son of
Mr and Mrs. James Marshall of St.'
Marys
Barnett—Davidson—In Toronto, on
Nov 22, at the home of the bride's'
parents. Mr. and Ma -s. John W. Dav-
idson, their 'eldest daughter, Mary,
to Mi, Isaac Barnett, Jr. of Bien
s'lar`I,
Paterson=Laurie`--At Parkhill on Nov.
20 Robert H. Paterson - of Lieury,
to Mrs. Elizabeth Belle Laurie, re-
cently of Scatlaanid:
DEATHS
Creech—In Exeter .on, Nov. 28, 1919,
James Creech, aged. 83 years, 9 days
Dome Theatre
--on-
Friday. & Saturday
DECEMBER 5 rinda'6
lAY IAff
IN THE CINDERELLA MAN
Is the ,popular Star andleading lady.
in Intollerence, Etc.
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FOR NEXT WEED
Charlie ,Chaplain
IN, SHOULDER ARMS
CALL
HONE
Harvey & Harvey
We .can't very well tell you all we .have in stock, but would be glad to
have you call. What we haven't got we will only be too pleased to get for
We you. are not physicians; we make no ch rge fora call, but only wish
to co-operate with all our patrons so that we may best serve the public.
Drat forget our free dolls for Xmas. Lower your expense sheet aha
help solve the high cost of living by getting free gifts for your childrenc •
If you do not wan: a doll we will give you any article or articles we have
in stock. man—elect: to the same money. Never leave the store without
your coupons. They will be as good as money on Christmas Eve.
When you shop here you' get the bast of goods for the least money
and a flee gift at Christmas.
DON'T FAIL TO TRY NEAL'S ALUAF-A BREAD. There is uwinen
better. Fresh every morng; also glum., Fruit Leaves and Coffee Cakes.
See our new line of Sweets, right fresh .from the factory. They are
good to. look at and so much better to eat.
HARVEY & HARVEY
NOTICE
To Auto Owners
We are thoroughly ecu`pped wish ev
overhauling cars—
TEST BLOCK AND MACHINE FOR RE -BORING CYLINDERS, THS
WORK WE :>0 FOR st.o.f A CYLI:vDER
Ww guarantee all our work so that your ear will come out as goocd. as
a
new. We also repair Radiators.
rythieg necessary for the work of
Repair Work
This is the time to have your repairing and •overhauling done c:heapdy.
Don't wait till spring . whee the rush is orz ,
GIVE US A CALL AND GET OUR PRICES IT` WILL PAY
YOU
OLD COMMERCIAL HOUSE
GRIFFIN BROS.
J. A. STEW T
Only 18 Shopping
Days Before
CHRISTMAS
Some Gift .Suggestions
PRETTY GEORGETTE AND CR;uPE DE CHENE BLOUS e.
DAINTY CAMISOLS AND BOUDOIR CAPS
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HOLEPROOF SILK HOSIERY
LADIES' INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS.
FANCY BOXED HANDKERCHIEFS FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN
WOOLEN CAP AND SCARF SETS.
FUR SETS FOR LADIES' AND GIRLS'.
KI.MONAS AND BATHROBES FOR LADIES' AND CHILDREN. s
BATRROBES AND HOUSE SLIPPERS FOR MEN.
SWEATER COATS FOR RVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
SILK NECK TIES FOR MEN AND BOYS.
ATTRACTIVE SILK AND CREPE SHIRTS FOR MEN.
SPORTY CAPS FOR DAD AND HIS LAD,
NIPPON CHINA IN A VARIETY OF ATTRACTIVE PIECES.
FANCY WICKER BASKETS I.OR NEEDLE WORK.
BEAUTIFUL HANGING LAMPS.
GROCERY SPECIALS
Shredded Wheat, 2 for ....
Kellogg's Corn Flakes, 2 for
Best Extracts, per bottle ......
.3 15c. -;packages of matches
...25c
... 25c.
,.. 8c
38c
Choice New Currants per lb. ...... 30c
Seeded and Seedless Raisins, new
fruit, per package . 25c
Red Rose and Sailada Tea. perlb ...65c
Largest size Ammonia Powder 2 for 25 Quant Jar of Forest City Baking
Lux; 2 for l . , 25c, Powder 32c
Armour's Cleanser, 3 tins 'foe ,.. 25c Cottage Rolled Bascom. per lb, ,., 35c
Golden Table Syrup, per Ib. 9c. Good. Laundry Soap, 5 for ...,......,, 25c
Royal. .Yeast, :per box , ' - Sc.., McDonald's 20c..Tobaccos 2 for 35c
British Columbia Salmon per tin 20c 10e. Currency Tobacco, 3 for ,.. 25•e
3 lb pail Pure Lard 1..05 15c. Stag, Black Watch, Sham -
Special Sweet C.00kiies per Ibg George, ,. 20e ra,.1: and KiuL Gear e 2 for 25c
New "Raisins 1/41n. bulk ,pee 1b 25c 90c ,T. &B. "Smoking per plug .., 75c
We can sell you Redpath, Dominion or. Lantiac Granulated Sugar bye
the hundred weegiat .
HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR ALL, LIVE AND DRESSED POULT1 CT,
J. A. STEWART Exeter
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