The Exeter Advocate, 1924-3-13, Page 1THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR.
EXETER. ONTARIO. THURSDAY MAR. 13, 1924
SANDERS BE CREECH
J Our Corner
it cost' more thalnl doable to live a
double life.
Rob some men, of theeir • �c,oan ceit and
there woi 1 be :nothing left,
• „Too much of the noise in this world
i•es to; pass itself off as music.
Some widows sldent(s to think that a
hband is ibetter lane than. never.
Some women neither lova a>!or fear
their husbands, and others- dress sen-
sibly,
"I guess weal make port," said the
sailor, as he threw yrs, another ;handful
raisins,
of raa ins,
"VTe need a slogan to end war,"'
. says a magazine writer. What about
"Pay as you enter ?"
Of course we can't recognazet he
Reds. They shoot the rich. instead of
taxing then to death,
If marriages do neat take place more
freciuen.tly lin the United States it is
f ed that there will be a decline in
divorce rates.
A bile is to be introduced in the
Dominion, parliament to impose atax
of one 'or two ,per: cent. on $250,000,000
circulation. of the chartered banks of
Canada, as a sort of an, insurance fund
for baulk depositors, for all time. •
Some people don't believe ire adver-
tising because they say ",nobody reada
the papers!' But let them get into a
scrap and you will find them flying
round to the newspaper office with
the request, "please don't mention
that little affair,"
4
BUT I DO,
My parents taught ing ;not to paint,
But I do.
Norrmake my face up like it ain't,
But I do.
They told me that I should ;not wink,
At at' ty boys, not even think
Of trouser wearing gink,
Ent 1 do,
I paint my lips and powder my nose,
And flirt with all my sisters' beaux,
My folks .say don't; I say, I won't -
But I do.
REDUCE YOUR COAL BILL.
To reduce the coal bill, when ad-
ding the fuel to a good • bed of live
coal in a furnace, cover one side ,only.
The next time ,put coal on the other
side. In this way the heat from the
live coal tends to make coke 'of the
fresh fuel by consuming the gas and
smoke. Less draftis needed and less
of the fuel goes to waste in gas and
smoke so there is less gas and dirt
in the cellar or furnace room and in
the house by the way of registers. If
large lumps of coal are used a good
way to. scatter "slack" over them.
The slack tends to hold, the fire long-
P:fond the lump coal wiU ,prevent the
stack from forming clinkers.
A FEWeRADIO DON'TS
Don't expect too much from a one -
tube set,
° Don't try to increase quality by
turning rheostats on full.
Meat blame, your set when what
you need is fresh batteries•.
Don't take your telephones apart and
tipker with them.
Don't disturb the cvi,ring of your set
when{ it•,is iwarking O. K.
Don't expect to double your distance
by doubling the Ie,rsg h of your antenna.
Don't make. a public nuisance of
yourself by carelessness in tuning lav
Don't forget that the real se.cre:t of
success in operatii1g a set is patience
amid more of the semie,, -
Owners of radio sets are having
trouble in tuning out howls and squeals.
This is caused by persons* who are
burning tubes too highly, or twisting
eredials unnecessarily. Why they
7esire to spoil reception for others
is not understood; Have a heart.
IiVIN THE PUBLIC EYE!
rw,gt1„ seZz,e,e.
We; want to ,expo+e,ss our gratificat:,on,
abouts the manner in which our patrons
are discussing our satisfactory service.
They speak in grateful terms, about the
completeness of .our service and about
the perfect way we have cured their
sight aberration If you, area suffer-
er from .eye trouble you should niake
aneffort to see us,:
D1 JOHN.WARD
DR
CHIROPI2A.CTC R and OPTICIAN
Phone 70 Main St., 'Exeter
RESULTS OP THE THREE
MONTHS' COURSE
The following are the results of
the examinations held in connection
with the Three Months' Course con-
ducted in Exeter by the Ontario De-
partment of Agriculture:
GIRLS' COURSE
1 Rena Stephenson 12021/2
2 Lyla Pynt x1694
$ Clara Hutchinson 1129
4 Gertrude Stewart 11151/2
5 Myrtle Pym 10961/2
6 Leda Harding 10371/2
7 1004 1
8e 9 75.1/2
9 924x/2
10
2191/2 2
11 8891/2 '2
12 8371/2 4
13 8731/2 3
14 629 5
15 6181/2
16 4091/2 8
Madge Doupe..
Vera oat
Mabel Neil
Anna Bell
Verna Coates
Ruby Woods
Amy Fisher
Vera Dunn
Muriel Luker
Laura. Hicks
17 Ferns Fxancis
18 Flossie Hunter
19 Pearl Luther
20 Thelma Taylor
21 Ahna Jeffrey
23 Elva Harvey
24 Stella Dearing 1571/2 11
List of subjects -Attendance, cook-
ing, sewing, laundry, millinery, home
nursing, apiculture, poultry, bacteri-
ology, horticulture, civics and book-
keeping, dairying, mathematics,
English.
3 0 51/2 9
291x/2 10
2761/2 11
2521/2 10
2311/2 11
164 11
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
BOY'S COURSE
'Harry Strang 16561/2
Clarence Down 16391/2
Horace Delbridge 16291,2
Sam Lawson ` 1504
Ernest Pym 1480
Gordon.Cudmore 1325
Aylmer Christie 1321
Harold Hern 1119
Earl Mitchell 1001
Owen Amos 719
Garnet johns 592
Edgar Moir , 417
Malcolm Dougall 376
Gordon Lamport 373
Arthur Rundle 361
Wilfred Shapton
Robt. Cann
PRESENT SCHOOL SITUATION
To The Advocate
aluele talk has been indulged in of
late, and ,particularly Just before and
since our municipal ejections, regard-
ing school matters, adolescent act, and
the different educational. pluses per-
taining to the children of school age,
It has been said with more oe les::
truth that our educational system , has
got to a stage where it is ruining the
life of the country. Schools are,
at the public expense, turned into day
nurseries, that the adolescent act keeps
young people from earning their liv-
ing after they are suitably equipped
for it. Then again let us look ar the
f results of the add1escet7t act as we see
I them, Teachers of the other grades
in public schools !tell us that many of
their pupils continuing school aga'nst
the •inclinations of their parents anal'
themselves, for a couple of yea:a to
!comply with this act, Made time kill -
a ers, or worse. They are quite often
a menace to the younger scholars and
'a real, nuisanc. to the teachers, Fur-
ther, I claim that during these two
.years, between the ages 'of 14 and 16,
theaverage boy and girl is highly re -
1 ceptive, and if engaged', in, fear nt ig
some branch of industry, would :eaere
more during this period 'than in twice
the time when older, and when young
men have no ambitions for pro-
fessions I claim these two vitally im-
portant years should be utilized, not
wasted.
Another result of our educationrj
system is that there are altogether
too few for producing business. Af-
ter a boy or girl has attended hig..
school (tet alone university) in a town
or city he or she is unfitted for rugal
life, with the result that in a ,few
years there will be no. farmers, no
tradesmen, and no producers of agri-
cultural products. Undoubtedly this is
the cause of crowding irk cities of the
unemployment,
Tee youth of to -dial' are educated
to an extent where they are useless
for any 'manual. ;labor, dad if they can-
s not get a ,-Living by head work, they
simply will not work at all, and many
4drift to crime, stealing burglary, and
4 eventually land in our jails and pen.l-
10 t,entiaries,
10 The cost ;to the public, too, muss be
13 reduced as it is becoming a burden
13 This can be clone by not forcing school
13 attendance to an, age limit, which is
217. 16 too long at both ends, and by cutting
20S 14 out the unnecessary fads now taught
Lewis Cornish 175 16
List of subjects—Attendance,
apiculture, mechanics, horticulture,
poultry, drainage, farm management,
and civics, botany, entomplogy, field
husbandry, microbiology, veterinary
science, soils and fertilizers, gas
engines, diarying, liye stock, judging,
feeds and feeding, mathematics, Eng-
lish.
Stephen Council
The council of the Townshipyof Ste-
phen convened in the Town Hall on
Monday, March 3rd, at 1. p.m, All
members were .present, Mr. Reuben
Goetz, the councillor •elected on Feb
5, subscribed to the 'declaration of of-
fice and ;too c his seat.
The minutes of the previous' meet-
ing were read and adopted,
The auditors' report for the year
ending Dec. 31 was a-ead, and on 'mo-
tion of Mr, • Hays, se.c'd by Mr. Smell,
was received and ordered to, be print-
ed.
Sweitser-Goetz-That by-law No
314, being a by-law to appoint Mun-
icipal officers for the year 1924 be
passed. -Carried.
Hays -Snell -That by-law No, 315,
being a by-law to commute the stat-
ute labor in the Police Villages of
Centraeia, Crediton, Dashwood and
Grand Bend, be passed -Carried.
Swei.'tzer-Goetz-That by-law Not
316, being a bylaw to provide for the
expenditures on roads in the; township
for the year 1924, be passed. -Carried
° Sweitzer-Snell-That by-law No. 319
being a by-law to amend bylaw No.
231, of 1916, be passed. -Carried.
Hayes -Goetz -That by-law 320, be-
ing a by-law to authorize the town-
ship to sign a contract for the. 'Canad-
ian National Railways to obtain electri-
cal power from the Hydro -Electric
Power Commission_ of Ontario for.
for their 'station at Centralia, be pass-
ed. -Carried,
After some deliberation the coun-
cil agreed that the scale of wages for
the year 1924 be $4.00 per day for a
main with a team, and, $2;00 per day.
dor a man ,only. .
The following orders were passed,-
Amuse:nvent Tax Branch, tickets for
Hall 10.00, tickets for ekateng rink 5.00
Sun Insurance Office, insurance on
town, hail 15.00; A. Porten renewal of
r ,
s. fo• t'�e
t zal manufacture 2.00;
A,
Wein, brick for town hall steps 6.48 ;•
Toronto stamp and stencil woks tags,•
32.99; Ralph Willis, error in dog tax
2.00; J F. Smith, lumber .48.48; C. N.
Express 2.60; Municipal], W orild, Sup-
plies 9.21; postage ons tax notices 24.34
Excise stamps on tax notices 26.50;
Sundry persoines, expenses Municipal,el-
ectians 1na75;' J. ,W..'Graybeil, fees as
auditor 8.00; F. W. Moriocle do., 8.00;
Mark Wild, 'refund of statute labor, er-
ror 9,00.
Act journtnent to Monday April 7th,
at 1.p.m.
Henry Eilber, Clerk.
When mailing ;letters or parcels. ,t
will be to your advantage to place your
names and address on both the outside
and inside of •either, thedu„•in case of
lit
non-delivery w bepromptly-'re-
11
turned •to you, othhe'rwise'it 'htle go
to the dead ;fetter°office and if it 'con,-
tains
contains no name it has, to be sold. Tlat
is why some parcels never reach their
destination.. ,
at 'Public expense, and which wound
be borne by the parents who want
them taught to 'their children,.
I consider it 'high time the Depart-
ment of Education at Toronto was
making changes in this matter and -thus
avoid so much dissatisfaction..
Yours truly,
Ratepayer.
Exeter Council
Exeter, Monday, March 10, 1924
A regular meeting of the Muni-
cipal Council, absent Councillor
Southcott. The minutes of the
meeting held Feb. 26th were read
and approved. A letter from H. G.
Hess, Zurich, regards town clock was
read and referred back for future
consideration.
The municipal auditor, Mr. G.
Mawson addressed the Council re-
garding the auditing of the school
accounts, stating that heretofore he
had made such audit by the instruc-
tion of the Board, who now claim
that they have not the appointment
of an auditor. Per Coultis—Davis:
that Mr. Mawson audit the school
accounts as part of his municipal
duties, and that he be paid the sum
of ten dollars per annum for so
doink. The same to be reported
upon quarterly. Carried.
Per Davis—Hooper: that a safety
drawer be rented from the Molsons
Bank for the safe keeping of muni-
cipal papers. Annual rental $2.50.
Carried.
Theodore Walper through Council-
lor Davis asked to have a couple of
trees removed from in front of his
property situtaed south of the Lake
Road and west of the R. R. tracks.
Referred to Committee.
Councillor Davis reported as hav-
ing option on the wagon.. No action.
The property committee reported
as to the condition o`f the prison
cells in the town hall, that the
same were unfit for• further use, and
would recommend that prices he
Secured on new steel cells. Report
adopted.
By-laws
Y No.1 and No. 2 of 1924
were given their third reading and
were finally passed. The Reeve and
Clerk signing the same.
The Auditors report for the month
of February was read and accepted
on motion of Hooper—Davis.
Carried.
The following tenders were receiv-
ed and read for the position . of
teamster:Albert Etherington, $104
per month; L. D. Fulton, $125; Thos.
Houlden, $125 ; Clyde Heywood,
$105; Wm. Webber, $100. Per
Hooper—Coultis that we accept the
tender of Mr. William Webber at
$10 0 . ' Carried,
The following accounts were read
and ordered, paid: H. T. Rowe,
coal, $5.60; James Parsons, labor,
-$3.13; Thos: Sanders labor, $7.63;
II. E. Davis, team, $1.65; Nelson
Vale labor, $6.38; Ernest Wells
labor, . $4.63,-. Bert Gardiner labor,
$3.38; John Hunkin labor, $4.25;
Thos. • Houlden labor, $4.68 ; S.
Martin & Son supplies, $2.00; John
Morley; labor, $4.38; John Parsons
labor, $5.50;
labor, $4.38;
$6,13; Bruce
Czar Harness
Webber labor,
$2.13. Two
over.
Passed on motion of Hooper and Service
Coultis, Adjourned by Coultis.
Jos. Senior, Clerk.
Lorne .Brimaeombe1neeleeee-e.oil*esseeeeee'1 ►•* - t ��i► e
Bert Batton labor, f Phone Delivery
Rivers labor, $4.63; ?t,
labor, $2.63; Percy
2.00; Fred Cornish
small accounts held
HARVEW'S
Local News
Cheese making is said to be six cen-
turies old. We got a pound the other
day and it tasted as 'though it came out
of the first batch.
Fairly mild weather has prevaled
daring the week. Some of the snow
has disappeared, and an occasional car
goea over the east and west roads.
• Mr, and {Mrs, Wm. R. Elliott of Cen-
tralia announce the engagement of
their daughter, Mabel Ena, to Mr, 'Alex.
K, Copeland of Wingham, son of Mrs.
Copeland of Wingham, and the late
William Copeland. The masa:Age will
take place this month.
elon•day night next is Past Master's
night in the Mason:. Lodge, and the
oldest active Mason in. Canada, and an
Irishman, Very Worshipful Bro, M.
Eacrett, blind for many years, is to
celebrate St. Patrick's Day, by tak-
ing charge of the lodge here, and con-
fe.rring a second degree,
DEATH OF PIONEER RESIDENT,
Another of the oldest native barn
residents of this community passed
away at 'hie home. here, Andrew street
on Tuesday morning last, in, the piers
soon of Mr, Thamaa Sweet, at the age
of 80 years and live days. The deceas-
ed had been in. fall ng, heath for some
time, but he was able, to be up and
around 'until Jan. 10th, when he was
compelled to take his bed and there
to remain till death clammed him, Mr.
Sweet waw 'born on the farm now own-
ed by •lir Milo Snell and occupiied by
his bsother Ulric, The deceased was
among the early pioneer settlers of
this community and .endured the many
hardships incident to clearing up and
Transforming the virg:n forests into
the now beautiful farms and ,surround-
ings we; so much enjoy and refer to
with pride. About f':ftp,en years ago
F e rets -.ed from the farm and came
into, town to enjoy a wee earned rest
and land !hies ,days. Thus his whole life
has been .spent here. He was a man
of indnetreous babits, honest in ale !'
dealings, and was a true friend and
an obliging neighbor. His partner -':i
life was Mary Hamlin, Prou.t, by whom
he is survived, together with one
daughter, Miss Hettee„ at home„ and
four sons, William Sweet of London;
Clinton, of Usbonve To; Victor, of
Cleveland, Ohio; and Harry, at home.
He also leaves one brother, Mr. Jas.
Sweet, south of town, and one sister,
Mrs. Janes Hodgins of Crediton. The t
late Mr. Sweet was a member of James
Street Methodist Church and when I
health permitted was carotene in at-'
tendance. at the services The funereal
which will be of a private nature, will
take place to the Exeter Cemetery
to -day (Thursday), when, ail the din- l
mediate members tof 'the family -will be
in attendance.
SUCCESSFUL BANQUET.
Another delightful event took plaice
in. Jatmes Street Methodist Church S.
S. on Monday evening last when
the members of the Young Ladies'
and Young Men's Bible classes, to-
gether with a number of invited guests
took part in their annual banquet. If
was one of those rare occasions from
which everyone..goes home feeling in-
spired and happy.
The banqueters found their places
at the tables and amid, the moat con-
genial surrourectengs. enjoyed a delicious
and appetizing oyster supper.
A lengthy toast list was proposed
and responded to with th;e Rev. W. E.
Donnelly very ably filling the posi-
tion of toast master. "The King" nes-
pandecl to by the singing of God Save
the. King; "Canada and The Empire"
proposed by Granit Sanders and re-
eponded to by Verne Roulston, also
the singing :of the. Maple Leaf; M'ss
Amy Fisher gave a reading. 'The Sun-
day School" proposed by Mrs. Done
ne11y and responded to boeth.e. , uper-
intendent Hubert Jones ; a vocal duet
by Miss .Viae Ford and Fred Ford;
"Th„ Young Ladies' and Yotu.g Men's
Classes" proposed by. Dr. Roulsten
d t Mins Tomd
and responded o by u and J.
S. Tlarvey; Miss Treble- a reading ;
"The Ladies" pe'oposed by Ed. Cham-
bers of Crediton, respon,cled :to, by Geo.
Hind Several musical .sejecteons were
rendered by the orchestral of the S.S,
and were spud) enjoyedby all.
1Ir. M. Southcott gave a short
ad and on 'behalf of the 'classes
extended their heartiest appreciation
to the, pastor, Rev. Domainy for giv-
ing Ins tern and talent in giving his
nature on "Scraps"
A very wise choice was made 'se the
selection. of the speaker for the even. -
n2, b .,erg the Rev. D. MacTavish :of
Crediton, wbo'•gave a most leelpful and
interesting address. No one could eils-
ten to, the address, withoutgoing
home inspired ',lend helped by it. He
spoke of the ideal, life -a life of sea -
trice end other ideals, the attainanea>;t
of which would be worthy of themost.
ae't•sacrifi.a,g and consecrated ef-
foats on idle ,petit of Our young people.
Inspector Tom gave a short ad-
dress in which he commentedupon
the splendid addresses Which had been
given in, proposing. and responding to
the, toasts, after w.huch •thea .happy
ev-
ent •Wari
v-
e .war" brought to .aeelose.
M, Gea. wits called to the
bedside of lhuas sister, Mrs. Hodgins, am
kliddulph, ;yesterday, she being ser,ous-
lyill. •
Grocery
ROYAL YEAST
BOX 05
I. .IIULK DATES
A2 tris ...
, .,.. ... ,.. 25c
SEEDED RAISINSit4 LARGE PKG 15e
i SULTANA SEEDLESS
2 lbs. ., ....... 25c
MASSINA LEMONS •
DOZ 25c
ELEPHANT ORANGES
DOZ 24c
GINGER COOKIES
2 lbc 290
PURE MAPLE SYRUP
Qt.. 6 e
LIMBERGER CHEESE
.PER lb. 400
AYLMER COB CORN
TIN 30e
LAYER EATING FIGS
PER lb..,.,..,. 25e
CHOICE PRUNES
2 Ib. 25c
SOMETHING NEW IN CONFETIONERY FOR YOUR NEXT
PARTY, CLUB OR TEA
PERFUME BON BONS— BUTTER PUFFS—
CREAM BON BONS AFTER DINNER MINTS
We also have a new confection of Neilson's, one that has never
been on the market before. It had a big run in London last week.
See what you think of it.
5 LI\ES OF CHOCOLATE COATED BISCUITS
Don't m , on
1 hand ail the timeforget, justhow ashealthy goodice far youcreanowisas inand thethat Summerwe keep Tiitme.
p Special bricks for St. Patrick's Day.
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HARVEY & HARVEY
TWO STORES
MARRIAGES
Bechler-Sanders-At James St. par-
sonage. by Rev. W. E. ponruelly, on
March 12, Christian. Bechier, of Us -
To„ to Miss Catherine Sanders, of
the same township.
Pullleyblaalk-Treanor-In London, on
March 3rd, by Rev. Mons. McKeown
Ilelaen, E. Treanor, to Earl M. Pulley -
blank, both of St. Marys.
Morgan-Cree-At the Manse, Clinton,
on. March 6th, Isabelle Euphemia, el-
der daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lock-
hart J. Cree, to Thomas William
Morgan, all of Clinton.
DEATHS
Sweet -In Exeter, ani March 11 Thomas
Sweet, aged 80, years, 5 days.
Stone -In Exeter on. March 9, John
Wesley Stone, aged 33 years.
IN MEMORIAM
Bedford -in loving memory of our
dear father, Jason F. Bedford, who
dined one yeas' ago to -day, March 11,
1923.
We mise you much our father dear,
'Twas hard Ro say,. good-bye ;
And may we stand onthat great strand
And cast a wistful eye
To see you in that 'better land,
Where tears ne.'er dim the eye;
Here your loss we deeply feel,
But 'tis God that hath bereft us;
He can all our sorrows heal.
-Wife and Children.
Let Us Help You
To See Better
Better may not mracn to see more.
It often means to see with less strain
It is well to remember that the one
pair of eye. has 'to last you your life
time, and in order to give them the
best care all eyestrain should be
moved, which we do by properly
justed glasses when necessary.
Satisfaction guaranteed,
re-
ad
• S. FITTON
REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST
STEWART'S
ROW
The
Spring Coats and Suits
Are Here
Come in, end try on some of tive;new
Spring Coats or Suits. There are
Pleasing changes in styles thus season
and a big range of new cloths. Our
Coats are priced much lower than you
would expect. Spee our special range
of new . coats at $16,95.
Silk Crystal Crepe
This es ttbe newest sulk knitted mat-
erial, and bbs new shades are in stock.
For Blouses, Skirtsu and Dresses
this crepe wiel sell quickly at $2.25
a yard,
For Spring Dresses
R.atin,e Ginghams Anderson's G;,ngbare
Normandie Voiles Fancy Ratitues
Wool Crepes Egyptian, Crepes'
Dress Flannels Homes:ptuns
Brccaded 'Canton Crepes
House Furnishings
Linoleuuns - Couvgoleums
W all Papers - Curtain Malterials
Window Elvrnds - Tapestry` Rugs
Wilton. Rugs
Grocery Bargains
Thompson Seedless Raisins 12ec. lb 3 bars any 1aundty soap . 20c.
Large package Seeded Raisins' 15c. 7 bad puce Castiale Soap 25c.
Royal Yeaat Cakes' 5c, • Kellogg's Cola. Flakes, 3 pkg. 29c,
EWART