HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1920-10-7, Page 1THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR.
EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY OCT. 7, 1920.
SANDEi;,S ar CREECzi
Our' Corner
•
The afaratorium Act which came in-
to effect about August 4th. 11914
came to an end on Octber 1st and
as a consequence a large number ocf
overdue ,mortgages throughout Ontaric
are .open for foreclosure.
A good many people may feel re-
lieved by the eranouneemen.t of a
board iOf eminent American, scio t sts
that tbee:a is no such thing as ptc-
male poisoning an foods. Heretcfene
many uenple have appeared skeptical
of some varieties of canned sea foods
because of this bogey, ptomaine pois-
oning, — ----
The: Returned Soldiers' Insurance''
Act, which became; effectiere on Sent.
1st, provides 'that an. honorably dis-
cbarged soldier ,may owtawin with the
Government from $500 to $5000 in-
surance, without medical examination,
at low rates—from• S1.24 ver month for
Si(100 at 25 years of age, to $1,70 at
35 years, etc. If he becomes per-
manently disabled he does not pay
further . remiums, and receives annual
instalment's of one -twentieth of the
total amount of the policy. Bcoklets,
explaining the Ace, may be obtained
from the Government or any Military
or .Veteran's headquarters,
WATCH THE ELECTRIC IRON.
Now .that Fire Preven ton Day is an-
oroaehing special emphasis need to be
laid on, the danger lurking in the elec-
tric iron, an article etory in general
household ;usee, and a frequent origin-
ator of fires. Froin tests it hags been
found that fire will break out in from
15 to 19 minutes,. ,when the electric
iron is left in circuit ,on actable. er
ironing board, the time interval de
rending upon thee surface material.
CULTIVATE Tile. HABIT
OF SENDING THE NEWS.
One of the things that ought to he.
come ;s fixed habit in +every uouse-
hold in Exeter is that of sending The
Adm. -ate the news items that noir
may know of; tell us of Your rim
and any neighborhood or Cather itemm
that will be of Ln,terest to yourself,
your neighbors or your friends. Evert
lodge- church, body or social organ-
ization should have some representa-
tive who will promp'tlY look
after its news reporting. If you think
some organization has better news
service than your awn, it is probably
because that organization looks after
such natters better. Write. your items
and send them in where possible. Or
telephone Them, but please don't ask
that long lists of names be taken oy-
er
ver the telephone, as it not only re-
quires much time, but usually errors
occur in lists thus given. Above all
he early. Never (wait till the last
minute to send an item that can be
sent in early.
Phone 81a
By Royal. I'rroclamati;om, October 9th
la ,Fire Prevention Day, and aeveryane
should dove his oe her part to• "clean-up'
all matter that might Sit any way be
the cause of a fire., Fire waste is
one of Canada's most serious Pre. -
bleats, as our fire losses are very high.
are. essness ie the; cause of 75 per
scent, of I'll fires, elt as therefore
our nerscrnal duty to do all we can to
remover the cause.
Local News
Zeiss Hilda A. ?owe has taken 'ft
position as clerk in Powell's Bazaar.
A. Citizen's ,Relief committee has
been xormed in town for the relief of
the deserving needy.
A car driven..by Airs. Fred Bloom_
field, Exeter north, collided with Dr,
Ward's car on Saturday night, the
former coming ,out on, ,Panders St,
and the doctor going 4north cn Alain,
Considerable damage was done to the
doctor's eat. .
Mss Alice (Vincent of Stratford via -
ted at her horn here over the week
end.
Dr. Ward ,and family visited for
several days in London during the
=week.
Mrs. Robt Luker was in London on
Tuesday visiting Mr, Wesley Luker,
who is i11.
Mrs. Harry Robinson and family left
last week ,for Toronto, where they
intend making their future home
a number o' her ,re's Ives !wine, ':n
that city,
ZIONCIM1iNT IS UNVtILED
On, I1fanday a't West AleGiliivray u
raonument in .memory of the ;alien
lse.'oes of that district in the great
w•Y' war unveiled in the presence of a
-arge gathering of nettpleti Several
eDeal:ers gave appropriate addresses.
The monument placed in the centre
of the square of the village on. a con -
(rete foundation, consists of twc bassi
beetles of grey granite, on which
tends the die of black granite, topped
avith n grey ,gran t'e ca,v on which is
the statue of a young Canadian sold-
ier standingrat ease. The whole mon-
ument stands about seventeen feet
high, is a beautiful .06ece of work
designed end erected by \Iesers.
P:ryde ,& Cunningham of ,Exeter at a
cost of $1600. The designers are
to be congratulrted on the excellence
of the work.
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VERL)V: l'- FOR $.000 IN SLANI)t:R
SUIT
A jury in. the Supreme Court Assiz
es rat London ,on Friday brought in a
verdict awarding 81,000 damages to
Richard F. Raycraft, ex -Reeve. of
Biddulph Township, who claimed he
was slandered during the 1918 mun-
icipal election campaign by Richard F.
;:-Iodgins of the same township. The
judge ;;ranted a ):5, day stay to per
TAM AIS S mit of anneal.
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AWARDED S2,825 DAMAGhS,
For
All Kinds
of
Men's
Winterwear
"'GLAD. TO GREET
you, old top, by Jove, you're locking
fine.. Where did you get such a swell
elegant fitting suit. of clotl"ies?" "At
Taman's, the tailor, right down Main
Street. 'Best iit tewni, they say. At
least, the fitted me wiith the best suit
air ve ever had. Not high pried,eit-
hex." "Looks goad to me, toe'. I'll
Oder my next suit .frown thein, Sure,"
SUITS ..., ....., $20 to $40.
OVERCOATS 00 to $35
RAINCOATS $15 top' $30
W. W. Taman
Tailor Furnisher
Damages of S2,825 were awarded
Tassel Dauncey of McGillivray Town -
chip farmer, ,by a jury at the fall as-
lslzes last week en. London. The jury:
found that the plai'ntiff's buildings
were destroyed by fire caused by neg-
ligent and incompetent management ,of
a threshing outfit owned by the de-
fendants, Ward Hodgins and others of
Biddulnh Tar, Dauncey claimed $3
000 damages.
APPPLES KILL, SIX CATTLE.
W. Jarrott ,of Kinpen last. Wednes-
day found six of ,his finest 'cattle dead'
in his orchard. During the night they
had broken in and had gorged. them-
selves with' apples. The dead animals
were valued at $150 each. Several,
other cattle werie, ell (but. recovered.
We Do Developing and
Printing
.Allour care in obtaining
y �i.g
good exposures is n vain
if the film is not properly
developed andprinted.
Bring your rolls here for
expert work. We make -
the prints on Cyko Paper
because it brings out every-
thing in the negative.
JOS. SENIOR.
EXETER ONTARIO
Stephen Council 1
The 'Council of the Township t of I
Stephen converted 'yn the Town Hall
rediton, on Oct. 4, at 1 nim. All!
members were present. The minutes
of the previous tnee,.ing were read and
adn,ted
Moved by Mr. Penhale, seconded by
lir. Hays, that this council grant the
sutra .of Stl5 to the Stephen & Usbarne
Junior Farmers' Improvement Assoc-
iation, to be used for prize money,
rv;,ce s to be nail to any young man
under 25 yeas of age, who. can show
the hest ..,o•ael ;arm and the best 5
acres got plowed land. --Carried.
Sww eitzer-Penhaie--That the ap
nointment of A. Hodgins as tax col-
lector be resended and that Frecler•-
iek Wuerth be anpobi ed m hes stead
at a'salary of $87,00 --Carried.
A by-law was passed accordingly.
The following orders. were nassed.—
Alex Foster, •Dt, bridge contracts $575
Municipal World supplies 2,79; M. M.
Nesbitt, charity ee Willfains 19.50;
J. Ziler, ;gravel 15,75; N. Deaver, gra-
vel ,:ontract 54,60; W. H. Shantom,
grant to Farmer's lmnrovetnent Ass'n
15.00; Gus. Latta, gravel and drag-
ing 5,00; 1). Webb, Dt, salary overseer
50.00: Kenny Brion, gravel cont. 45100
P. Hogue gravel 2;75.
'Adjourntnert to Dec. 6th at 1 rim.
Henry Erlber,
Crediton
Mrs. Levi Stahl is spending .a fever
weeks en Lo:knort and Buffalto, v's-
iting her sister, Mrs. John ' I;nn'ck and
other friends and relatives.
Wellington. Rau of Cobalt is vis't
ing his parents.
Rev S. M. Hauch was in Stra recd
last Sunday taking part in the l a ly
nay Services of the Evangelleal
Church of that city,
ear, and Mrs. F. We Clark and ale,
and 'elrs. W. A. Sambrook mtatctred
to Chatham and W e.ervi3le Sunday
to visit their sons, Russel Clark and
Nathan Sambrook.
Quite a (number ,from here were ;,n
West :McGillivray on Alonday at-
tending the ;unvetlitvg of the monu-
menterected ,in honor of the soldiers
of AR.Gillivray Township who fell in
the Great War.
Daniel Masan is having an addition
built to his blacksmith shop whit -Jibe
will use -fin, connection eilth his under-
taking business.
Our Band started practising again
this week after a.few months' rest.
We are glad the boys are back on
the job Its we like to hear them play.
Joseph W, Lawson has bought the
two ilexes of land owned by.- Jacob
Finkb eines.
Rev, \laser of Zurich preached very
aecentably in. the Evangelical Church
last Sunday morning, In the evening
Ma A. T. Cooper of Clinton sptcke
in reference to the temo:ranee cause
and gave several. instances how the
C. T. A. is being ;enforced in the
County.
.Dr. Orme has some big apples in
bis window. One measures 15 inc h
es in, circumferencte,. Next l
The Convention •orf the Sunday
schools of this Township, held in the
:1Tethodist Church on. Tuesday, was
well attended, Miss Taggart of To-
ronto, who enecia,'lizes in Girl's wark
proved very interesting. Several eth-
er fine addresses were given as well
as a ,number of musical S-,elentions.,
The orchestra pf the Evangelical Sun-
day school assisted in, the evening's
sang service. The program of the
evening session consisted of a debate,
"Is the World Getting Better" The
affirmative was taken by Mr. A, Tie -
man and Miss E. Guenther of. Dash --
wood, and the negative by Mr. M Ros-
zell and Miss A. Fin.kbeiner of Cred=
(ton, Both sides did splendidly, and
the judges, Rev, Sinclair of Centralia
Rev. Yager of Dashwood and . Miss
Lydie Oesteeicherr of Credito appear
ed to have had considerab difficulty
in giving their decision, but finally de-
cided to •caSi it a Ale, staitiung, how-
ever, that the negative, had the best
of it as far pts delivery was concerned,
X1iss Taggart followed with an address
"The Sunday ;School Pivot" which
was a treat' to hear, as was also her
afternoon subject, "Girls' Work."
Officers •elected wlere,-Pres., W. E.
Turnbull, Grand Bend; Vince., Ches.
ter Mawhinney .of Crediton, and Sec.-
Treas., Miss Callfao of Dashwood. The
convention ;wars one!. o :the, (mcs(t suc-
ccssful. :since a organiza(tton..
• Whalen
Ate, and Mrs,, Fred laelbridge of
Winchelsea spent Sunday, at the home
of Mr. land Mrs,. Philip- Brooks,—Little
Alda ,Squire as, quite. Sall at nresentt,
We hope for a speedy recovery.—Mr.
aind• Mrs. N' Ogden sof .Exeter spent
Sunday ht Frank Squire's.-lfr, and
ears. Plec,toir ,Mielsloml and 'family of
London were week end visitors with
Mr,. and Mrs. John Wright. —Anniver-
sary servioe whe;Ld in, ;this church was
well etteade'd on Sunday,' both •inoen-
ing and etnenirtg., The services, were
conducted: by Rev. John son of Hcl-
mesvil:le, The enterta',ninent Monday
night was a success,, Several. s;,lendid
.readings were lgiwnen; by Mrs. Garnet
Passmore and were greatly enjoyed;
solos were .given by ,Ray Mills, Wood -
haat, ,music iby Greaten Quartette, vio-
lin. solo by Histol, Ogden; addresses
by Rev. James of Woodham .and Rev.
Bythell of Gralntoin.c The chair was
taken by the neater Rev Sinclair!,
Tile W,1?.S, nneejt ,om; Thursday and
leirs. Wilson,, district orgenlizer, will be
present to address the ladies. ..
The Advocate is anxious to have
correspondentsin ayl districts. . If.
your territory is not represented by
our staffcorrespondents will you
send us the news, or suggest the
naive of someone who would be likely
to do so? We : furnishstamped en-
velopes and welliutgsupplies.
f. s
ofTthhee fooullpows inogf RswItIhe bs
andd incgnDashwood
weekly exams. and daily mark/age—
Se.
na kine—Sr. Grad (Como., Spell., Read., Arith.)
E. Howard 88, AI, :Tiernan. 85, C. Stein,-
hagen 72, M. Carriere 68. Jr. Grads,
(same subjects), ,A.. Hoffman 88, F.
Hartleib 82, P. Kleinstiver 81, E. Guen-
ther 79, I. R3yrelie ;Gu her
68. Sr. IV. (sane subjects), A. Rader
80, L. Tiemait, 79, ,Lillie WijE',ert 76
Lucite Willett ,63, C. ;Smell .61, L.
Encland ,(absent.) Jr: IV. (same sub-
jects), L. Reid 68, E. Zimmer 59, V.
Baker 50, M. Rinker ,48,
G. S. Howard, Prin.
The annual meeting of the Bible So-
ciety was held Sunday evening, when
Revs ,R. J. Bowen, Field Secretary of
the U. C B. SE, (gave a talk on the
great work done throughout the wcrld.
Mr. 'Bowen is a ;fluent sneaker and
has a igrasa of the ,subject in hand.
The business Dart of the. program re-
suited in, (the eleetiohz for the follow-
ing officers •_,..Pres., J. K. Goetz; Sec.
Treas., G. S. Howard; Committee,
Messrs. Birk, Graybiell, Stade, Wilfong
and Oestreicher ,(Sr.) Collectors will
be selected lamer and a canvas will, be
made of the neighborhood. The ev-
ening's collection amounted to 57,25.
Mr, and Mrs, Ed. Siebert of Detroit
ar visiting at the home of 'H,. E.
Settled,
Potato digging is the order of the
day and everybody has a glowing re
Dart of the crop,
Mr. and e1rs. R. J. Howard and ; am•.
ilv of Gederich and Mr, and Mrs. M.
Drysdale of Hensel), called on
lends here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. McCormick ,of
Bridgeburg are visiting with Mr. and
efrs, F. Baker.
4 Centralia
'.4fr• Wesley Hodgins, who has been,
in, • Fillmore, Sask., for some monthe
arrived. home Saturday.
ears. R. Hicks is vis„.tng with her
son.: Mr. Andrew Hicks(
Church services were, withdrawn
i;e e on. Sunday, owing to the miniver
sary service -e at the Whalen aPpolat-
meat.
ter. G. S. Howard of Dashwood ad-
dressed the Sunday school in the af-
teeno n here, and ali present enjoy-
ed his talk.
Mr. Rex, MMiis is wending a few
days itt ibis home here.
Every Omar in this vicinity is
esnecially ,busy these days stilling si-
lo.; and threshing.
5. S.rO. 3, BAY.
Tile following is the report of S. S.
No,2,Hay, names are in order of
merit.
Aldworth,
Sr..4th—G. Aldworth, B. Tuekey,
F. Wildfong.
Jr. 4th:—V. Murray, O. Tuekey.
Sr. 3rd,— L. Greb.
,Tr. 3rd.—C. Hinser, V. Caldwell.
Sr, 2nd, -G. Tinny, B. Tinney.
First book.—N. Stanlake, I. Rus-
sell, A. Hinser.
Primer—Class A, G, Tinney, E.
Murray, F. Triebner. Class B,—D.
Triebner, M. Russell. Class C.—C.
O'Brien, M. Northcott.
The best spellers in the monthly
spelling match were:-
5th.—E.
ere:-
5th: E. Aldworth;. Sr. 4th, G.
Aldworth, Jr. 4th.—V. Murray, Sr,
3rd. --L. Greb, Jr. 3rd.—V. Cald-
well; Sr. 2nd. ---B. Tinney; First
Book—I. Russell.
W. H. Johnston, Principal
BIRTHS
Penhale—In. Exeter, on Oct. 3, to \Ir:
and Mrs. Asa Penhale, a son.
MARRIAGES
Routledge—Ri.'vers—At the Thome at
the bride's parents, Exeter, by Rev.
\i, J. Wilson, on Saiturday, Oct. Znd,
err, john Leigh Routledgd,son of
Dr. and Mrs. Routledge; Zurich, to
Miss Elizabeth Irene, daughter of
eters
eete, a,id Mrs. William Rivers of Ex -
DEATHS
McKay -In Egmendville, on Sent. 26,
Mary Elizabeth McKay, in her 17th
year.
HE CANNOT KEEP OUT
OF THE KITCHEN
if the meats have been bought at
this market. ,. Their fragrant ,odor
s they °cook':are too much foe the
ace a desire, And when the
neac
eats reach the ta; e howhe 'does
m h b1 dos
enjoy every mouthful. If, as is said,
-dee way to a man's heart is through
his stomach wise housewives will cer-
tainly not overlook the advantage of
using our Meats on their table.
B. Makins ,
THE SANITARY MEAT MARKET
where quality is higher than price.
'Burning'the N
,�TL oN Sjj
WEA,IIT
EVERY HOUR. OF THE DAY AND NIGtIT
The Torch of Carelessness
BRINGS DESTRUCTION TO SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY II'.
ONTARIO
The Work , of Fire Preeenttion should appeal, to the Faxon
er evho is at the mercy et the Fire Demon, and to every Men•
chant and :lfanufacturer who wishes to preserve the continuite
and non-interference •of his btieiness.
SPECIAL EFFORTS SHOULD BE MADE
DURING
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, OCTOBER
to remove 5,,1 Fire hazards and take ever; possible prec
to it e(:ent Fire.
CLEAN UP
accumulations of waste mater'al, rubbish boxes, brush,
and conditions that create disorder.
irk
weeds
ONTARIO FIRE PREVENTION LEAGUE, INC.
in affellation with
The Ontario Fire \1asshall's Office,
153 University Avenue, Toronto.
George F. Lewis. Secy: Treas.
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THE LATEST PRiCE ON Tris;
Canadian Fairbanks Morse C
engines
1 1-2 H. P..ENG1Nt:h .......r„ 3110.00
3 H,. P, ENGINES 4. 4175.00
6 H. P. ENGINES...... < t ;•..5285.00
These engines are equipped tith the •:Bost h \f:tenleto, the . finest
nition. known,.
DOUBLE GEAR PUMP JACK
INTERNATIONAL GEAR JACK
FARM LIGHTING POWER -40 LIGHTS 5525.00
WE Si LL THE (:ASE TRACTOR
EMERY STANDS, SAW ARBORS, PULLEYS, BELT1 E;
HANGERS AND SHAFTING ON SHORT NOTICE
ALL MAKES OF ENGINES OVERHAULED
CYLINDERS RI.BORED OR GROUND NEW; .
PISTONS MADE TO FIT WITH RINGS
OXY ACETYLENE WELDING DOME,
The Cochrane Machine Works
r... ..,$15.00
`;30;00
EXETER GNT.
J. A. STEWART
La' les' ani.H s'
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Coats
Our stock of Ladies' and .Misses' 'Winter Coats is complete
and ,we can give you any style oe color you desire, in. the w'Iery
latest of cloths. Fur trimmed and the ;new cape collars, all
marked below Luxury Tax, Saits' Genuine Esquvmette Seal-
ette. Coats its, all sizes and styles, very moderately Driced.
SPECIALS IN FLANNELLETTE
We have a lull raange. of Flannelette. in neat strives, in blues
pinks and fawns. They are the real wide widths and old qual-
ities, and are regular 55c. a :yet . Special reduced ,price 45c. yd
FLANNELETTE BLANKETS
White and Grey, with Blue and Pistil; Bolyders in 'a lkarge
size and thle best Ibex quality. We helve • only a limited quan-
tity which we w0.1 offer at the Special price of $3.90 per pair
STOP! LOOK 1 READ t
Print, eight colors, iiievery neat patterns, sate rice 25c a yd.
Dark Prints in Blues, Greys and Lilacs, fast colors, at 30c e yet
Towelling, plain, linen shade or light and dark stritne, at 25c. yd.
Circular pillow O;o,tton, 40, 42 or 44 irk. wide, sale price 75c yid;
Sheeting, Plain .orr twilled, 2 yds wide, sale price $1.15 .yd!
Cotton Serge, plain os striped all' calors, kale price. 75ci : yd
Wranperet'tes• in all good patter= and colors, sale nri,ce 40c yd
Salmon, 1 ib. Cans, real pink satmonne5e. ,a ;can os 7 'for 51.00
Laundry Soares, Comfort, Gold Sunlight, Surmise, '11,bars $i•
N, P. Soap; large bar at 25c., Kellogs Corn. Flakes 2 ,for 25c.
Royal Yeast 5,,o a'. bar, Vanilla ter Lemon, 8. oz. bot, 25c.
PalmOlive large cake 3:l'or 25c, Shxedded Wheat Biscuits 15c.
Pearline, .large box 3 efor ,20c Raising, choice soiose 25c alb
Raisins ferny ,seeded 15 oz D. 30c Odd • white cups lac each
J. A. ST WAR'r
HIGHEST, PRICK, PATO FOR' ALL PRODUCE,
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