The Exeter Advocate, 1920-11-25, Page 1THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR.
Ireland is the land of excitement a
present'. It must be some job to kee
one's skirt, whole in that country jue
now,
The pAeperty qu ffications for can
dilates et municipal ,electionsa have
been removed and any -citizen, is now
•eliigihle for ofrace
EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY NOV. 25, 1920.
Our Corner
GIVEN PURSE
he A at most
theuTi successful
Road Presby erwas
.
p Ian Church Monday evening. The
t event, which is held annually, was
made the occasion, of a farewell pres-
entation to Dr. ,C.olen Fetcher, who
is retiring after 40 years ,of tnimd;try.
this being his first and only charge;
The presentation took the ,form of a
purse containing $1500. Dr. Fletcher
is an ex -moderator of the General As-
sembly
We ere Ludt far from the hand -shak-
ing period, when the ;municipal can-'
didates becomes: too desirous after the
welfare of yourself and family.
One of the speakers at the recen
Imperial Press Conference, said: "Th
Press ie 'the greatest ,factor in 'th
world for good or ,evil,. The pulpit
at one time wne the greatest sou.
of information, but to -day ,its influ
epee is small as compared with tha
of the gess. The great 'rna,ss of the
pagers -is •neait to ;the Church ;n pre-
serving the moirality a the w Arial.
UNITED FARMER ELECTED.
Sidney Smith alci ermand of Lake-
r view. United Farmer- candidate in. the
tl
e East Elgin by-election for the Dom-
e inion' House, tris 'elected on Monday
by a ;majority of 235 over his next
ice opponent, John L. Stansell, the Nat-
- konaI Liberal, and Conserva,tive came didate, The 'tided candidate, William
G. Charlton, Independent Liberal, pol-
led 1946 votes, as compared with a
total of 3063. for the successful can-
didete and 2828 for J, L; Stansell,
Your
The contest wins perhaps the .most
keenly contested in the history of el
ections in Canada. The. three parties
had their big guns and little guns
in, the fight, which extended over one
month,
The riding is very t1awgely '.rural(
and last year in the Ontario election
gave the U.F.O. candidate .'majority
of 1590. The former member in the
Dominion House ,from the riding had
in 1917 a majority of 300.
Toe result 'showe that the Farmer
mavemeret is stall a live one, and it
shows the
hoes t at old h( it '+esare
p tt by no
means' down and oult.
Liberals claim that. it is a body blow
for the Governme,a:, but such being
the easeit must have been a death
o,Liberals.
lal v !o the
The Government claims that the
National Liberal and Conservative
Party can. feel grew satisfaction over
the big vote their candidate re eeivedi
although defeated in one of the hard-
est ridings in Canada for a party can-
didate et
i a o wee
Yale, British Columbia, the same,day
elected u Government supporter. a''
Every goad act is charity. You
smiling 6a yeeur brother's face is char-
ity; an exhortation a your fellow
men to virtuous deeds is equaltpalms-
giving; your putting a wanderer lathe
right road is charity; your assisting the
blind is clarity; your removing stone,
and thorns, and other obstruction
from the road is charity; your giving
Water to the thirsty is charity. A
man's true wealth hereafter, is the
good lie'does in ithis world to his fel-
low span. When. he dies people will
say "What property has he. left be-
hind him?" But
m
z the angels will ask
"What good deed% has he sent before
him?" —Mahomet,
If reports are true the business ea.
natn .
to-dayascharacterized
bythe fact that the public bare
eased, up on buyiog., Apparently
there is abundance of money; and if
any merchant slashes $rices, he can sell
as much as ever, hut unless he does
cut his prices radically he cannot sell,
A goad many merchants are said to
have loaded up with high priced goods
which they cannot sell save. et a loss
'and which they are holding in hopes
that the prices will egain stiffen. But
the present prospect is that the long-
er 'they hold these goods the greatter
will be ,the loss, Vale seems to be
the opinion of most guano -tat experts
and .the dullness of trade is attribut-
ed mainly to this maintenance; of high
prices.
TOWN BUST PAY WITNESS FEES
The Dundas Star says that because
the furn !ce in the town hall had gone
out over Sunday, and was not lighted
early Monday morning the whole dock-
et had to be laid over to another day
and the Division Court Judge ordered
the tawvtn to pay ,a11 witness fees, the
which amounted ,to 520 or more.
Phone 811
TAMAN'S
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 off .clothes?" "At
Taman's, the tailor, right down Main
Street. Best in town, they say: .At
t, he fitted me with the best suit
lave ever had. Not high priced, eit-
her." "Looks good to me, toc. I'll
order my next suit from them, Sure"
SUI -TS :........... $20 to $40.
- OVERCOATS $20 to $35
RAINCOATS $15 to $30
W. Taman
Tailor& Furnisher
Local News
INCREASE IN AUTO LICENSES.
On tn.e four -cylinder car, of not
more than. 25 horsepower, a class that
embraces practically all light moder-
ately priced cars, the ,license next year
will be i,13, instead 'of $10, an. increase
of 30 per cent. On heavier cars the
increase furies, but well average be-
tween 35 and 40 per cent.
Dashwood
11Jr, A, T. Cooper, Field Secretary
of Huron's Temperance Organization
was in town Sunday evening and took
charge of ,the services ie. the Evangeli-
cal Church. lt He
gave anr
rterestamT
address on the labor entailed. A good
offering was received.
Mr.- George. Kellerman of town and
Mrs. Jackson, of Wanton, were happily
united in marriage last .Wednesday ev-
ening at the groom's ,home, Rev, W,
J. Yage- officiated, A few ,close rel-
atives of both parties ,were present,
We extend heartiest congratulations.
Mr. C. 'W. Yager taf tthe local Bank
staff has been transferred to Parkhill,
branch, and his placehere has been
taken by Mr. Shilton toe Ingalrsall..
Two of our boys, Messrs. Ira • Tiernan
and C. W. Yager, are on the Parkhill
staff now.
Mr, 'N. Stire, Jr is this week mov-
ing to Oshawa, where ;he has accept-
ed n position, as foreman w *h the
flax company of that,place,
Mr. ;M. McIsaaic spent Tuesday im
London on business,
Mt. N. Harter of Kitchener renewed
old 'acquaintances lh!ere last meek.
Mr. A. W)llert and \son, Bill, are vis-
iting in Niagara Falls this week.
Mr. and Mrs. 5. Preetter and ifamily
of Zurich spentt Sunday at the home
of H. Hoffman'
Messrs: S. J. 'Adams .and Ht Mar-
shall of London vilsiated with, ,E.' -G.
Kraft ..an Sunday.
Mr. Earl Guenther made a 'business
trig to Toronto on Monday.
T moria
reram:tat
�Jevetting Olarti4
OUR ASSORTMENT •IS
LARGE AND THE DESIGNS
ARE EXCLUSIVE,
WE ALSO HAVE A COivI•
PLETe., RANGE OF XMAS. AND
NEW YEAR " CARDS AND
BOOKLETS; AND A NItW
LINE OF ART AND NOVEL-
TY 1CALENDARS.
Senior - Studio
and
Art Store
EXETER - ONTARIO
SANDERS & CRE,ECal
itig H. S. Report
Report :for first half of Fall t
Anasterisk after a pupil's ea
means absent from an examinati
I, Honors 75 per .eenit. II, Honors
per cent„ Pass 60 per cent(.
Form I,•—(Latin, Composition, Sp
inn, Geography, Algebra and Scien
Total 550. (L) means, does not t
Latin.
I. Honors—Marion, Wood 504, IC
neth Stanbury 471, Grant Sanders.
Nellie Webb 458, :clary Horney 4
Lelia Snell 414,
II, Honors --Fred Neaman 401, Al
Alexander 396, Ruth Andrew 394,E
Horney 380.
Pass—Pearl Thomson. sand
14lurray 396, Gerta Hunter 370, Le
and Hanlon 365, Helen Dignan
Maurice Neil '358, Anna 'aIol r 3
Mary Gilfilian• 350, Ruby Creech
346 Dorothy.Welsh 340,
55 to 60 per cent,—Jennie Dearing
324 Jean Elder 321, Isabel Murray
Alice Thomson (L): 304.
50 to 55 per cent,—Tom Yellow
Irene Stewart .(L) 296, Lavern Abb
293 Mary Nelson (L) 292,. Mildred
clnell (L) 272,
Below 50 per cent, --W. Cochrane 258
C. Hodson. (• " 257, M. Farquar (•
:•
256 James Willis (� ) 254,. Fred F
The addressee of both afternoon; an
evening were instructive and interest
ork for the whiter.
ing, •
The flat mill has commenced thei
me Miss Mabel Elliott vieited last week
7 in Clinton with her aunt, Mrs.la
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en65 A concert will be
465 given, in the Town
d, he
Sunday
the Rev ,andMr 'Turnbull preach Lamb^Lutiton --In Grenfell, Sash„ cr
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The iegeher and roads turned out sNov. 10. at the ,home of the bride's
e very unfavorable for the evening ser-' Aster, :Mrs. James Irving,,
t r of J.
vice for people at a distance to get Adam Smith Minnie, ter, to " of e t
Fred
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there.—Mr.
. Peter.Case and Miss Is°t;t- A. Lamb of Csrenfe� Exeter, to :3,¢bert
McTaggart sppf- the London Road
and Mrs. McTaggart of Exeter spent Bangleutt,-Howard.—In Windsor c
Sunday with lairs. 'John M. ,Glenn.— Nov. 20, Me Clarence Banghart to•
Miss Maggie Ryc'lcmain is spending a Miss Irene Howard, youngest daufea
couple weeks visiting friends in Biles- ter of the late Edward and M -s,
sets: -Mr, Clifford Selves is at present Howard tat. Windsor, formerly of
visiting with his people here. Exete;
Cred toe
ei Hall , •Credi(ton, ion Friday, the, 26th
' inst., .at 8 ,p,xn. by the boys and girls
eel of Crediton• Public School. The,pro-
lla gram will consist of a .patriotic play,
entitled, "The Wooing of Miss Cal'
fiannah ada" ,replete witth:choruses, drr7ls,
on- and exercises. The children will be
862 dressed in striking costumes, repres-
ea eating, Fairies and different nations,
(L) Plan.
. of and bac, Dr, Orme'st Admiiss-
309 LOST --Between HarryBeaver's and
Crediton, a Lady's hand satchel, con -
297 raining a sum of money, valuable pa-
ott .pers and pair specltaclea; Reward to
ttit_ 'person returning same to H, Either &
Son, Crediton,
Mrs, Wm, Yearley returned last week
ord from a •,Visit out West.
Tee sleet storm on Sunday afternoon
made it extremely difficult to get
around. To. walk on the sidewalk
without taking a slide was almost an
impossibility,. Those who were out
ad with their oars returned home eneas-
ry ed in ice.
r
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and Mrs, Ci"
r n Brown
have
es returnedClinton
home from their honeymoon
333 and are now residing on their farm at
22. 5hdrori.
/Ir. and Mrs. Eli Fanner of Saskat-
chewan are visiting Mrs. George
54 Fahner,
G "Nicholson. is
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take ;eying k a -
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tr5 d
vamtage'o the clearing weather to get
in some flax that is still in the fields,
253 Helen Smrlt1 (•, r • •) 216, Perry
efcFalls j" ' •') 120.
Form It report next week,
Form III. S ubjects, British a
Canadian History, Ancient Histo
e
Al b,
Ya P
h s'cs—•
Algebra i Tat
400 --I
y aI Ito
ors, Eminalie Hogarth 345, Vera Jon
343 .Amy Shapton 335, Ira Francis -
\Mabel Johns 323, Mildred Harvey 3
• II. Hovers—Edna Pfaff 299.
Pass—Blanche Senior and Vera H.
wv
oad73 � '
2 'irrlfried
Turnbull 270 ,iZo
sie Broadfoot 266, Alma. Harding 2
Clyde Heaman 247, Edgar Thorns
246, Vera Walker 238,
Over 55 per cent, William Lawson
234, James Morley 231, Nellie Petty
223, Harry Seldon 220,
Over 50 per cent, Violet Ratcliffe
217, Howard Dignan, 200,
Below 50 per cent, Earl Russell
156 Dorothy Bajkw.ill1 :: 120, B.
Brown :: 114, Olive bin; ght `• 98,
Ed, Berry te* 52. ,
On the previously named four sub-
jects and Latin, Emmalie Hogarth,
James ,Morley, Edgar Thompson,
Clyde Leaman `, Harry Seldon, Ed.
Berry.
Edmund J. Wethey
Principal,
Exeter Council
Exeter, Monday, Nov, 22,
A regular meeting of the Exeter
municipal council was held with all
the members present. The minutes
of the meeting held Nov. 8, were read
and approved.
A letter was read from the Secre-
tary of the Western Ontario United
Boards of Trade, with an invitation
for a
representative to attend the an-
nual meeting at Chatham.—Filed.
A, letter from H. A. Harrington,
fuel administrator, Toronto, re the
appointment of a fuel administrator.
Clerk to write and explain of the
usual supply for the needs of our
citizens.
A writ was received by the Reev
from the office of Messrs. Gladma
& Stanbury acting for Mr. Ward
Claim is for an injunction and fo
damages.
Per Elston and Davis—That th
Reeve and Councillor Penhale be
committee to act with the Utilitie
Commission and provide a suitabl
overflow from 'the water tower. Th
mover, Councillor Elston, was als
added- to the committee,—Carried.
The following accounts were order
ed paid: Exeter Salt Works Co., coa
and cinders, $23.55 Exeter Cannin
and Pres. Co.,tractor for- hauling gra
vel, 32.00; Thos. Collingwood, truan
officer, 10.00; John Ford, pt. salar
cemetery, 62.50 r W. J. Bissett, salar
to balance of year, 125.00; G. Maw
son, auditor, 15.00; J. Connor, libra-
rian, pt. salary, 50.00; H.,JJ, Huston
chairman Board of Health 10.00;Dr
J. W. Browning, Medical Health of-
ficer 50,00; Robt, Luker, pt. salar
78.00; I. R. Carling, Board of Health
acct,, legal fees, 20,00. .:
Per Davis and Elston that the
Clerk be pajd the sum. of $230.00 for
extra services Road Construction and
issue,, and saleof debentures:—Car-
ried:
By-law No. 8., 1920,`.. by-law fixing
amount of tax rate for general and
other purposes for 1920 was read and
finally passed on motioin of Elston
and Ward.—Carried.
By-law No. 9, 1920.. a by-law pro-
viding for, the calling of a public
meeting` of the citizens for the pur-
pose of makirig and receiving dome
inations for. Reeve, Councillors, -etc.
was read, considered and finally pas-
sed on motion of Penhale and Davis.
M
ra C. H. Skelton addressed the
council regardinga heat regulator
for the Library building. No action.
Adjournment by/Davis.
Jos. Senior, Clerk.
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The Sunday School and E:pworrt'h.
League Convection of this district wasp
held in the church here east Wedges-.
day afteraaan and evening. Owing to
the heavy ,fall of snow sot so many
e delegates were ,pr;e:sent" as expected,
Don't forget the concert to be giv-
en in the Town Hall this Friday slight
by the pupils of our public school.
The program promises to- be an ex-
cellent one and judging from theen-
thusiasm shown. by the youngsters in
selling tickets there will be few va-
cant seats in. the hall,
The Chicken -pie .Social given, in the
Methodist Church last Thursday ev-
ening was well attended. The social.
was held in the .h asement, of the
ofurch which was beautifully decorat-
ed ,£or the: occasion.. After supper a
program was given inethe maim part
of the, church• Mr. Steer of London
gave serve excellent readings, a.'mix-
ture of the sober and humorous side
of life. Her is particularly good in. the
Darky slang and handles the Frenchie
to perfection. He was assisted by
Miss Merle Clark and Mr. Golding,.
who -favored the audience with sev-
eral ',excellent musical selections.
Senator and Mrs, Rate of New Ham
burg visited 1VIr. and. Mrs. C. Zwieker
for a few days last week,
Alex. Foster of Zurich, who has
been building small culYez'ts ,for the
pest summer
was ' town on Tuesday
completing -his wlork by filling in the
approxohes and removing his equip.
meat from the Hoffman, Sweitzer and
Either bridges, •
Special Rally Day services were held
in the Evangelical Church last Sun-
day • evening. A special program was
given by the Senior and Junior mem-
bers of the Y. P. A, Two excellent
papers ,on "Prayer" were 'given by
Miss Laving Smyth and Miss Loretta
Holtzman. Graduation certificates
•,were handed ,to four young people,
who were transferred to the snnibr
Alliance,
Mr. and Mrs, Henry Frown are vis-
iting friends in Elkton and Pigeon,
Mich.
Roy Scbaenk Hugh•, Schenk and Clar-
ence Holtzman have. re turned ' from-
Saskatchewan, where they have been
working during the past summer.
Alfred Wuerth had the misfortune
to have a mail glarnc•e.,into his eye the
other day. We are gad • t o learn f our..
ever, that it will not impair ,his sight.
Lumley
The majority, of the people of this
neighborhoocl attended the anniversary
services at the. Thames Road Church
HE CANNOT KEEP OUT
OF THE , . KITCHIEN
if the meats have been bought at
'this market: Thein fragrant odor
as they cook are too ,much for the
maPculine desire, And when the
meats rer h the table, how he does
'enjoy every mouthful. If, as is said,
.the way to a main's heart is through
his stomach wie housewives, will cer-
tainly not overloiok the advantage of
using our meats on their tables.
B. Mains,,
THE SANITARY MEAT .MARKET
where Quality is higher than price,
r BIRTHS
Fuke—ln Exeter, on Nov; 22, to ;fir.
and Mrs. R., W. Fuke, a son-
Hicks.—In Stephen, on Nov.
2 to
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Hicks,ah,on.
MARRIAGES
ENHALE.--DOWN"---At the Meth-
odist parsonage, Corbett, on Wed-
nesday, Nov, 24th, Miss Ella Ray
Down, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Down, of near Grand Bend
to Mr, Russell Gordon Penhale son.
of Mr, Geo. Penhale, of Stephen.
DEATHS
Makins--At Norwich, en Nov. 20, 192(1
Henry Makins, in h s 90th year.
IN MEMORIAM
:fiangnus--In ,loving memory of our
dear mother, Freedaruka D. MMangnue
who departed this life, Nov, 24,1916
Though earthly ties are broken,
In
life well meat no more,
Our hearts are with you, mother,
On yonder distant shore,.
Husband and Children.
A CHRISTMAS GIFT
BEYOND VALUE
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Make an appointment to -day.
Senior Studio, Exeter
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WE GIVE you a special invitation to come to our store and
erioe quality of our goods and the sanitarycoedit` see wthe jeep
them. za�r in which we keep
WE iat sou will find us on the level la not below all other prevailing
WE WORK for you. Help yourself by helping us. Our object is
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creamy home, made candy. In one pound 'boxes, only 80c.
TRY OUR College, High Grade Chocolates, over twveaty different lin: s,
put up real neat ,in our own hall pound and pound boxes.
DON'T FAIL to get , our , prices be>'oibuying your Christmas Nuts,
Candy and Oranges. WE HAVE S()lw'ETHING SPECIAL;
FORM A good habit, phone us every Tuesday and Friday for Schneider's
Country Pork Sausage. You. hate missed a real treat if you haven't
Tried it.
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