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THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR.
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EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY DEO. 16, MO:
SANDERS REECR
Our Corner
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If you want to lose your good name
'have i ngraved upon. your unesrella.
Constables rand provincial police *at
Ontario are ordered to take steps to
put an, lend to the illegal carrying of
deadly weapons. Air. Raney, in his es-
structions painted out that the num-
ber persons illegally carrying weapons
has -recently greatly increased and he
advised search of all suspected persons
and proeecutions.
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Tele eeecee!, weather has saved the
leoel Pee a 'dee.
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• -Might it not be advisable for the
judges at poultry shows to' hang up a
prize. for the hers that produces the
cheapest dozen of eggs, just as an en-
ieousegernent,
ieiunicipal nomination will be held in
!tea days—oa Dec. 27th. There seems
Ito be gale; :interest developing in Ex-
eter. But then, we have ,paid our
:taxes, and why should we worry for
another year? Teat seem o to .be the
'ettitude.
There is observable throughtout the Do not be anxious to sea prices
country a gement outcry against the take 4 big drop. A panic la prices
payment of taxes. Manufacturers and means rUln (:" many •a hushmss matte
and hardship „tor ernolavOs Pwing "lo
merchants want the. Weiry taxes re- the closing of factor es: A steadyancl
pealed theatre proprietors exclaim net too trawl decline sten hest serve
against theamusemeet tax; the income. f.4 mem' eseldetoes,
tax was never popular. and probable
if the ratepayers were interviewed
there would be en unanimous decision
"Twenty years ago this week the
,„ market price of butter in Forest was
etes-or of repealing the rounteete.. 17 cents, and, of eggs 10 cents. Then
'taxes. It cannot be done, however., -
the one dollar subscription for The
Taxes are a- part or the price we pay
for freedom. Some men paid their
lives for it eed /hose who have es-
caped by being allowed to contribute will hardly buy half. the same fluent',
their dollars ought to be thankful to ty of these necessitses.—Forest Free
get Of so lightly, peen though taxes press.
must be.paid, for long years to come.
Free Press supplied the editor's table
with three pounds of butter and three
dozen eggs. Now the $2 subscription
Phone 81a
For
All Kinds
of
Men's
Winterwea
"'GLAD TO GREET
you, eld top, by Jove, you're locking
fine. Where did you get such a swell
elegant fitting euit of clothes?" "At
Taman's, the tailor, Tighe down Main
Street- Best in tisane they say. At
least, he 'fitted me with the best suit
II've ever bad. Not high priced, eit-
her." "Looks good to me, toc.
order my next suit from them, Sure."
SUITS $20 to $40.
OVERCOATS $20 to '$35
RAINCOATS $15 -to $30
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W. W. Taman
Tailor gz Furnisher
COUNTY COUNCIL NOTES
Same of the impertant matters dealt
with at the December meeting of the
County Couneil last week were,—
An teem grant of $500 was given
to. the Children's Aid Society, God-
csieb.
A motion was brought in by Reeves
Beaver., ofan Cutt Blyth
that in the ease o.' taking up
Fifth Class Work, and where. there is
an average atten.dan e: .ight the
County shall double the grant givea
by the Legislative Aseembly. and
smaller schools lbe grant to be equal
10 the Legislative Grant, as provided
by statute. This was adopted by the
Education Committee, but reJect.td by
the Councit as a whole.
The natter of Good Roads came in,
as usual :or the lion's share of crs-
cussion, A large expenditure has
been made this year sbut the roads are
in a better condition for it
A further grant of 111054.84 wan
made to the Village of Exeter, be:ng
the balance of cost of construction for
the 20 -ft, cement roadway built this
summer. OC this amount Exeter pays
back the sum of $6632,90, raised by
special levy, the balance of $442.L94
is thegeternmente share of the. grant,
Reeve "leasers deserves 'credit for
getting this matter all straightened up
before the end of the year.
The mailer of hawing all taxes for
dogs paid into the county was discuss-
ed, but no action' was taken.
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A eery favoreble report Hurah
County Home was presentede showing
the proceeds :from the sale of farm
produce amounted to about $7000.
Very few accidents on County Good
Roads were paid this year as the coun.-
ce is discouraging this, except in just-
ifiable cases.
MOM 1,1.,•••
Warden Petty Iwas presented with
a gold headed cane, and an address
at the closing session, of the council.
DROPPED DEAD AT HENSALL.
He,nsall Dec. 13—Miss Esther Moore
!dropped .dead here to -day gt 12,30 p.
in. She had just coaled at the gen.eral
post office for her mail and was ap-
p.arently in. good health. About one
block from the post office she, sud-
denly Sell and expired before a doctor
could be summoned Her untimely
demise is ascribed to ;heart trouble,
Miss Moore ,wes acting as a compan-
ion tfor Mrs, J. Hoggerthi. She leaves
tno .near reaatilves so far as can be ese
certained. but distant relatives in the
West have been notified. Miss Moore
'was ;about 35 years of age, and her
death comes as a great shock to her
many friends.
One Great Truth
THAT COMPLETE
THE BEST FLOUR,
IS
SUCCESS 1N BAKING DEMANDS
" Model '
A HIGH GRADE BLEND THE PERFECT FLOUR.
LET THE COOK, PROVE THIS.
WE
ORDERS.
GIVE SUBSTANTIAL . REDUCTIONS ON 'LARGE
EXETER
FLOUR FOR EXETER PEOPLE.
Harvey Bros.
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ARRESTED, eSCAPED, RE -AR -
Local News RESTED, SANT VP FOR. TRIAL
Turkeys the favorite Chrlistmee George Pearee„ giving his occup,a
birds are very scarce in this locality. tion, as private detective, and coa
Miss Johnston nurse, arid jade mtaa salesman* dropped toff the soutbbound
train at Hensell on .Friday morning
Betty Deems, rite visiting in Toronto
foe two or three weeks. last. and after spending ,some time
disposing W some overcoats and pre
Miss Davidson, Deaconess of T.or- sending to be, in search of the miss
onto eepresenting the Upper Canada ere laillionat'see, Small, he cane uncle
Tract Society's Misieon to Sailors, is the ,suspicion pf leigh Caestable A
a guest at the Rectory. Whitesides, whceerrested hen. 0
Ai
r. Fmk Brimeeombe of Handete search being made a, revolver wa
Mena is in. On -eerie>, vesieng his fath- found un his person and he was plac-
er eir, Chas. Brimacombe London eedsdosen4n:e4iSs 40sZninpags tpathrkoelrhlt ohmtpard:ehadvaeb rist
the bars of the cell. He walked down
the track to a point below Centralia
• and then went east. About noon on
Saturday he was recaptured in Lon -
EXECUTIVE OF 11.7.P.O. AND don, and on Alendae ,mornine was
TEMTERANCE ORGANIZATION brought back to Hensalli where he
was given, peelintinery hearing, and
OF HURON COUNTY MEET was eta up for tree. Beef:des the
AT HENSALL. carrying of the revolver he was und-
er the charge of stealing gods—an
oeercoat and other articles in Wing -
.A. meeting of the executive of the ham
and the executive o! the Tem-
perance Organization of Huron
county was held in Honsall on Mon-
day afternoon to discuss the ulatter
of having a license inspector ap. Mr „Melville M:tchell, who met with
pointed. Mr. Andrew Hicks, M.P.?, a se;1043$ a"idene 3°1" time ago ip
opened the meeting and said the British C°1.1un143' ""d home
frnce and and vesl:t eith khis
Mr. Mitchell had. both sent in their ot,ers friends fpr a. Eiritb.rothers and
omer inspectors, Mr. Torra
Mjcbgan
resignations. He asked that a chair- Ithi!rtiees. lkhantsien7liFse, tire in
man and secretary be appointed for aunt, Mrs. :11-cLease un ra
Meeting. Air. Black was appointed: Rev Jefferson ,of Granton took
chairman and Mr, W. H. Willis of Charge of The services in. the church
• Wnighana, secretary. Mr. Black then here Cdt Sunday in The inee"at ut: Sac
called on the raember for South 131 EvaagellsCe work, while Rev. Sia
stair teak charge of Elimville.
Huron, Mr. Hicks, who in a very Next Sabbath Sunday Sehote, mute
able rammer explained the need of versary eerveses wet ba taken charge
an awakening of the people. He said o by Rev. Johnsen of Lucan„ and in
be had always stood for temperance' 4he evening by Rev. Sunelaea
and intended to do so. He said, mor- Mr. and Mrs. Baynham have teatime
ally. we are not as well off as we the work of being caretakers of tie'
were four years ago. His remarks clmre,1%.
were both inspiring and helpful. 1 11/403rati"s are /V-412; Math. "'or 11"
Several anpileatiOnS were read, for :Christmas teceecert for the Sunda
scho.,d, on Tuesday •evening, Dee. 71.
the inspectorship, but only two of (Intended for last week.)
those were present. Mr. Down of
Graud Dezzd, and r, PeUow, of God- Two car loads of baby beet left the
erieh, both of whom addressed the nut"' `here on
!toms market.
Tuesday for Toronto
gathering giving reasons why they/ and Airs. W. Hodgins left on
were seeking the appointment. • Friday to reside in London. A. ,night
Mr. Down spoke of the 'work he 1, or two before their friends presented
had been doing as an officer of the ' them with a purse of $50, as atokee
law at Grand Bend, and said he had,ot aPnreelation•
been offered thousands of dollars as —0—.
bribes, but haaccepted anything in this way. He Crediton
had never at any time
also spoke of the gambling and Ira- The. Sunday School Concert of the
mortality going on at the Bend,
which he said was the gateway along
the lake shore for boot -legging, and
that they are now rounding up some
of those engaged in this work. Many
things he could tell, but would re-
frain from doing so as a lady was in
the audience.
Mr. Fellow also spoke of his work
during the five years he has been, tawa, ;est week in memory of her son,
"livid who was killed n. action in
engaged by the Temeprance Associa- ea.aaee during ow great war. The
tion as county coestable. As a body medal is in the form of a cross indull
the temperance people are behind (elver well the anstiels of ,the King
Mr, Fellow, who ahs clone such splen- on ine eace and the regiment number
did service in the cause, and has and name of deceased engravted en
never shirked doing his duty, inLbe reverse s14. Wu are sure this
many eases at very great risks. medal will be. much preed oy the
After there address several mem-
bers of the temperance executive Mrs. Catharine ,Finkle ...ter is visit -
were called on for a few remarks, aintgEhxeerter.datghter, Mrs. Esti, Heywood
a daughter. .
Munn—At liensall, on Dee. 11, to, Mr.
and Mrs. Robt. Munn, a. daugh ter.
a Ferguson—At Anderson, on Dec. 1, to
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afr. and Mrs. Edward J. Ferguson,
a daugleer—Irma Jean.
MARRIAGES
Hoskin—Rice—On Dec. 1, at the First
r Methodist Church, London, Emile
reenira Rice to W. Afevjj1c Hoskin
n formerly ,of •Exeter.
s ennison—Iretand—In IIensall, Dec, 8
William Francis Jetueson, to Susan
a aisrle Ireland, bosh of Grand Bend.
Centralia
Methedist Stuulay stbooa, will be.
held on Thursday, Dee. 23rd. Admiss-
los 15c. and 20e. Good musical pro-
gram at 8 o'clock.
Miss Hazel Woodall is visiting her
cousin. Miss Wilson, of London.
Frederialt Heist- as in. Goderich this
week as a inembee ot the jury.
Mrs, Louis We'in, received a nat.dal
arom the Department of Militia, ot-
among them being Mr, A. T. Cooper,
field secretary; Mr. Irwin, president
of the Temeprance Association; Mr.
Wallis, all of Clinton. Mr. George
Elliott, Rev. Mr. Ford and. Dr. Clark
of Goderich; Mr. Bennett and Mr.
W. H. Willis of Wingliain; Mr. Carr,
of Blyth; Mr. C. Harvey and Mrs.
Beavers ot Exeter. The getter being
the only lady representative, was
called and gave a brief report of the
work the women are doing through
the county and assisting the officers
of the law in their work. At the
close of the jeint meeting a meeting
of the executive of the U.F.O. was
held. No decision as to a recommen-
dation, for inspector was made as the
executive was divided.
Cljriotntcro
Gift gutiaeottlatto
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
Framed Pictures for the Home -- all
price.5.
Serving Trays (oval, square, & oblong)
priced up to £5.50.
Statuary — very suitable, for Gifts—
priced up to $8.00
Cameras — for young and oad--priced
up to $35.00
Snap Shot Albums — large choice --
priced up to $4.00
Photograph Frames in French Ivory,
Silver,• Gilt and • hand - carved
•• wood.
Christmas Cards, Booklets, Tags,
Seaas, and • Calendars in
gat !variety. •
Senior Studio
and
Art Store
EXI.1,TER
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ONTARIO
Our merchants are complaining of
the dull trade whitzh can be attr:buted
the mild weather and the fact tha,t
the public are not buying as he.av;.ly.
Mrs, August E. ICashn and son, Jus-
tin, cif Kerrobert, Saisk„ is v.-6ting !ler
mother, Mrs. Welter Clark.
So ,far: no. defisete 'Ward has been
received from the Post-offic.:
Dn-
partment as to who will receive the
contract to, carry the mail from here
to Centralia and oven he ,two, rural
routes. We understand there have
been quite a number of tenders sent
in for the job.
Daniel Schroeder, who, recently mow -
to his _farm near London, wais in the
village Tuesday vsit:ing friends. •
Painters and carpenters are busily
•engaged in renovntAng the interior ntr
the Bank,
Mr. Edward Lawson of London vis-
ited his brother Joseph ,on, Tuesday.
Death ,of Mrs. 'Ewald—We regret to
report the death of Mrs. Ezra Ewald
which occurred on, 'Saturday,. The
dece.asect had undergone a critical op-
eration, but never rallied. Th.! cis-
eurnstances are. particularly sad. Mr.
and Mrs. Etvaild .had recently moved
here from KitIchener and w.re tean-
porarily located with Mrs.
August .Ewald nraii they could occupy
their home, out her death had:cancell-
ed all plans. Tier remains were ship-
ped to l.Citchetner from Aiasa, Craig on
Saturday •;nd interment took place on
Tuesdayl. A !short (service was con-
ducted at the. home pf Mrs. Ewald by
Rev. Hunch o Saturday before the
remains were taloein to the .sltiltion.
We extend to the sorrowing husband
and relatives our slncerc sympathy.
Death of IVIrs. Lawson.—We also
learn with d,eep regret of the death
of Eliza jane, wDe of Joseph Lawson,
who passed away boo the Great Beyond
on Friday, at the,eg,e ,of 60. years and
four months,. Mrs. ‘Lawson had been
ial tfor n rkumber of years, but was al-
ways a 'patient , 'sufferer. She was
a kind mother, a loming wale, a high-
ly ,Despected. neighbor and had many
friends. Her 'remake, were interred
the Exetee cemetery on Monday. She,
peaces to mourn hex loss, her husband
and port„. ,Elrner, besides a large num-
ber pf relatives 1 wham we extend
our ,synapatty.
BIRTHS
McGillivray, an Dec. 10,
to tir. and Mrs, Lawrence Sullivan,
DEATHS
Harmer—In Fullerton, an Dec. 5th,
Agnes Melville, relict of the late
James Harmer, in her 77th yeas.
Kirk—In Kirkton, .on Nov. 30, Eliza-
beth Stevens, beloved wife, of Wil-
liam D. Kirk, aged 73 years.
va.Letlan—At Victoria Hospital, Lon-
don, on, Dec. 7, John McLennan at
Parkhill aged 7Z years.
Ewe'd—At Crediton, on Dec. 11, Clara
wife of Ezra ewal(1.
Lewso,n—In Stephen, on. Dec. 10th,
Eliaa Jane, wafe of Joseph Lawson,
aged MT years, 4 months.
A. PAIR OF TWINS Taylor's Batteries
1"0-11.
Taylor's Service
FOR. THE WINTelt NIONTHS I WILL STORE BATTERIES FOR
$2.50 EACH.
OVERHAULING YOUR BATARY AND PUTTING IT IN FIRSr-
CLASS CONDITION, .$3.00
COME AND SeE ME. BEFORE STORING YOUR BATTERY.
Taylor Tire and Battery
EX.E.TER, ONT.
Nuts, Candy, Oranges
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The Kiddies Stockings won't be compete without some of our assort-.
eNuts, Pop Corn Balls, Creams, Carmels and Oranges.
Von will eajoy buying your Sweets from our Candy Department,re
. yo
have such a large variety to choose from. All appropriate Christmas
lines.
ORANGES,
We have a large shipment of New Cate 'ornirt Navels at old time prices.
Thin sikn and very sweet.
MINCE MEAT.
We wish to recommend to you our special line of bulk Mince Meat
made ,from s elect apples, dried fruits, spicea, suit and other pure ingred-
ients giseng it a *hdercious; fruity flavor like real Homeenade Mince
"Alklea
t.
Christmas hams)* by sending a box of "Paittersores" to all your
Make.eTTER. OF GOOD TASTE,"
family and friends, Nothing voted be nore appropriete or satisfying or
more in tune w.'111 the Christmas Spirit. You can't make a mistake, every
one likes good Chocoates.
CUT FLOWERS AND PLANTS.
Flowers convey just the thought you wish no matter what the occas-
ion, We have some splendid plants at very reasonable prices. A pleat
is always welcome in. a home, and makes a very economical gift.
HARVEY'S 'THE CANDY SHOP" for Hot Chocolate and Oysters,
HARVEY & HARVEY
PHONE 102
DELIVERY
J. A. STEW
Phone 16
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33 1-3 p.c. off alt. Ladies', Misses'
and Children's Coats
We have still a good range cf Ladies' Winter Coats in Salts'
Plush, Baby Lamb Pony Cloths Velours, in Brawn, Grey and
Taupes. Brown, Greys and Blacks with Fur Collars. All these
Coats are up-to-date models, and must be sold before Stock
Taking. This discount brings Coats dawn to. Pre -War Prices.
Take advantage of this opportunity.
LOOK—A $45 Coat now $30; a $30 Coat now $20. •
MAKE THIS YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR THE XMAS.
SHOP PING.
MEN'S NECK TIES.
See our range of Swell. Ties
for Xmas. They make a very
suitable gift for the men Ask
to see our Special at $1.00, $1.25
$1.50. No tax,
• COSY SLIPPERS
Red, Blue, Rose., Brown, Grey
and Black. Just the thing for a
Xnias Gift, and very much apore
stated by every lady. Also a
full range in Children's Slippers
• SILK MUFFLERS
In the very latest patterns and
designs Every man should have
a muffler. Pick yours out before
they are picked over. Give him
a muffler for Xmas:.
FANCY HANDKERCHIEFS
• In. boxes andLon separatecards
in. very neat patterns with lace
edges and corners; also colored
borders. Priced 15c. to 75c.
INDIAN LACE CROCHET
This is the, new, thing forcen-
tre pieces. They come in all
the sizes and different zhapes,
•Priced 25c. to $6.00.
BATHROBES & KIMONAS
For men, women and children
• in a nice .heavy Kimona Cloth;
In a very neat pattern of light
and dark colors.
"They make ,Swell Gifts."
THIS STORE WILL BE OPE Y AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
• WEDNESDAY, THURSDA,N ,CHRISTMAS WEEK ON
J. A. STEWART
HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR ALL PRODUCE. 1,3,•,11‘
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