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Exeter Advocate, 1909-09-02, Page 4► •• • • • ► Ir excter ;llivocitte, SanUcre WISE AND OTHERWISE , & vref3Ct�, Props. A "Along lruaglnatioa is ne:cssary to p good tlehlttg- Cearacter and conduct roust fur 2, 1009 to -day than ever before. Should auld acquaintance be forgot? Not un'ote you owe him 410. THUR DAY, Sept • NEWS OF THE WEEK Abse 1 :t -carer Iota 4141 :n .t fire that damaged her boarding house at Paris. f)::1. Le;..c r etop'itr, a young Ottawa girl drank carboilc acid and died short- ly atter. Earl (ii.:, was lost arid wandered In the woods for several hours while hunt- ing 1.1 l rrlt'sh Columbia. The big Winnipeg branch of the Mc Clary •lu,iufsrturing Company was al- most totally destroyed by a serious (ire that oct'utred Saturday tight. The damage Is estimated at 4200,000. Luke `.:law, a young Er,gitsi.m:un, Jumped off a bridge at Belleville with Intent to commit suicide. Ile tried to stab Mr. Joseph Bolster. who went to pia rescue, but was eventually pulled out and handed over to the police. Arthur Sutherland. aged 33, was In- stantly Wiled at Sarnia sawmills on Monday. Ile was engaged in loading' 101.9 fro/ , a train. when the carload slipped and crushed him to death. Ills neck wan broken and head crushed. lie leaves a wife and one child. Peter Cline, aged 55, was instantly killed 0.1 Monday at T111sonburg. when a large circular saw buret in the Til- sonburg save still, where he was em- ployed. The saw burst into a hundred fragment:+ and many of them passed through different parts of Cline's body. whicn is literally riddled. Tno barn of Mr. W. A. Carter of the 7th con. McGillivray. 8 miles from the town of Parkhill, was struck by light- ning Sat.; dky n{;ht and totally destroy- ed. There was in the barn 600 bushels of wheat, a large quantity of hay and all his spring crop, all of which Is a total loss. The damage is about 415011. Satu.d..y night's utorrn did comities -- able damage around London,- F. B. Hodgins, St. Johns, burned barn, crop destroyed, loss r'o00. Walter Walden. con. 7. Lohuo:i Township, barn and crop destroyed, lose 42500. Lucan Tel- ephone systc'at put out of business. W. P. Morgan. con. 4, Adelaide Tp.. barn and crop destroyed. loss =3300u. Auatin Carrothcra, con. 2, Adelaide, barn aid crop3 destroyed. lose 42500. A. Dale's barn, outbuildings and crop at Glendale destroyed, lose 43,500. W. A. Carter's barn and crop in McGillivray. loss 41500. Electric Light plant at Parkhill put out of commission. itI.TTLE \t'IT!! LUNATIC. Out o., tl.t railroad track two miles west of Aliaa Craig Chief Constable Alex. Itcith of Lucan fought a lone bat- tle on Thursday with Frank Bean)..-. an ere :p ,1 lunatic from London Hospit- al for tie In.iane. To-dty the constable has a rusty scalp wound as his momen- t() of the tetttle, but Iteadore Is back In hta ward at the hospital. It was Tues- day niornln3 when he lett Pre local In- stitution and struck north along the G. T. It. tracks towards St. Marys.. lie was :tern this s'd" of St. Marys on Wed- re.ed cy olcning had supper at Vin Dew- an's in Ulddulph. C:,lef Conatable With was then notified and ho started in pur- suit. At Ailsa Craig ho learned that Deadore had passed there, and when he caught up to hint Iieadoro wart standing on the track with a big club In Iola hard and when approached made a smash at tho officer. The latter 900:1 got the stick whereupon the maniac reached into his shirt and drew out a stone. with welch he hit the constable a terrible blow on the back et the head. Blood streamed from the wound but the fight went on. and after a alrugdlo of 2t1 minutes the mar. was fi+ally overpowered and sub- mitted to arrest, It was a lone fig'•'. not a soul being to sight during it alt. SOiL PREi'ARATION FOIL W 11F AT The follr,v:ing is taken from T;:e F'ar- mers' Advocate and should be of Inter- est to farmers hereabouts. - "Soil Prep.eration for Wheat is a sub- ject on wh:c.t I would like to say a little. To make a success of farming we have to plan a year a::ead. Thu systent 1 follow Is to manure in winter, at the rate of eight to ten load, of man- ure per acre. a field that has been seed- ed with timothy and clover the spring ptevtouv. This will increase tine crop of hay at lout one-third. aral the work. be- ing done in winter. costs Ilttle, and the leaching 1,, the yard over sunmt r Is prevented. After hay 1s orf and a good Second growth comes on. I plow about four inches deep. following with a heavy 1011.1, theft th^ harrows, and roll again, and le.tte In t'.1i condition for •1 v: • k Or ten days. It season le dry. wou ld after a shower use the disk. but shal low, so a■ not to disturb the clover and minor that Is turned down, and follow wit': harrow and roller. About 1 week bcfort sowing. go over ag.t. disk. :a.t-lapel: g (I prefer out- disk ut disk for ti'11 work). harrow and -oil. Thei It is ready for Bowing. My object for the last cultivation. one week be- fore sowing, is to draw moisture to the eur:ace .9C ..F to give seed fir even start. Tne m -fur.• a., l clover so 1... er t .1 aura Lae. ,;;;d a ••-elected by cultivationacts as a hotbed. thus Insuring a rapid and strong gruwtlt. and also peeve Its win- ter-kildng. I am also In favor of hat- towito; t seed lg. c.,.rcially wheel eee.l- ing v .t1 g arses. -W. 13. Sanders. TO START A GASOLINE ENGINE. The a''lattic.t of the problem Is hunt- orou.•IY ret forth thus by George Gamble The advVe may also Suit the ama'^'lr automobilist. -"First light your t'•.• the•, ';t down and look at the engine for len n.. r. u:. t. i( by that tint' It : ala'' started ''r. ) our know there Is some- thing the matte-. Don't get mad. but turn the e. e 1 o .:c. and if it deal •'pit glue 1t a new Chew. See tom your ,ew!'c' le 'u •el \\'rIght and e' . ta.-r' Is p.e:rte of Kyres in the carburatu,.t thea 1., . t .e +•:,eel again. l: it d.r 't go. (trunk 1t fifty times, then If 0 does- n't mitre crank it a hundred times and try to keep your temper. If you can t keep yt .sr tern'-er in rhrea 1 ei he :sat launch • mile up Mark Cre'k where n•t One will ;.torr w;t.tt you .,ay about , .. e 'g, A:ter you rave cranked it for two hours and It won't •1111. then tura on the gasoltre. if then you are not au -eta -4M. ec,:d for Georg. tlamole." A woman always says her shoes are too big 1f tr.ty hurt her feet. Women and t.ewapapr•rs should never be Judged by t:,eir wrappers. People seldom improve when they have no model but themselves to copy. If lie lets are trumps It Is up to the wise young ratan to play a dlaunond. A diplomat Is a woman who call make a elan believe he knows more than Ile dces. No man is smart enough to tell his own son anything when he leaves col- lege. Don't think a a an Is always In the wrong becauve by doesn't agree with you. A thick skull enables a man to keg, a lot of useless knowledge out of his head. Our idea of a tool mall la one who will Islas a woman after seeing her kiss A pet dog. The bachelor who hasn't energy to keep ahead when a widow t.thases hlm deserves to get married. Unteas you have more time than you know what to do with it Is foolish to try to convince a fool that he is foolish. Wizen a man has money enough laid aside to keep hint on racy Street tit;: rout of his days, he ought to give others a chance. CROPS ESCAPE FROST Wlnnlpcg, August 31. -Last night was full moon, and incidentally it was the coldest night of the season In Winnipeg. the mercury dropping to 34, ani white frost covering the ground. But the most tender garden stuff does not ap- pear to be affected. Quite 75 per cent. of the spring wheat is now beyond damage front anything hut very heavy frost, say 8 to 10 de- grees. and oats being harder are not effected even when pretty green, by light frosts. Much of the oat crop, how - fever, is very late, and it will be a mir- ncle it a good deal of this is cut for anything but food. BIDDUL[11 ;Mss Alma Carter and Percy Armitage visited in London and Port Stanley on Sunday last. -Mr. James Carter, woo lived in McGillivray, sontetiu•c ago :roved t0 the home of his son-in-law, \Vm. Turner. Ile is now in his :lune year. and the other day helped to break up a field of sod, which was never be- fore ploughed. Good for the old plan. -We were very sor_ y to ;tear of the death of Mee Ltzzle Gulltoyle, which occurred Monday, Aug. :loth. The in- terment took place on Tuesday at St. .Lt^n^i ce:t) tery.-Mian Mildred Carte. ,.1 spending her 1 olidays in London and l'ort Statlley.-Sonde trees In front of Mr. John Coursey's house were St. WS. by lightning Saturday night, as was al- :ao the barn of Mr. Walter Hodgins. WIIALEN Mr Jerry McGee, who left here sonic y.•'1re age atm Is now (arming in the went. has returned home on a visit. Ills many friends are pleased to sec hint again. -Mies Vera Ogden, who has been or. ars e-ttnded vielt with friends at Staffa, has returned home. -Miss Es- ther !tell:tiny of St. Marys 1s the truest of W.I. Hazelwood. -Mr. and Mrs. Win. Ogden aro visiting with friends at K lar - ton ttris week.-.trs. Alficd Gunning and -son Lorne visited :it Men. John Mot- ley'.s on Sunday. -Mian Edna Gunilag gave a party to about forty of Iiee friends on Friday evening, and every- body enjoyed a good tinge, and also t h.c good things, together with the ice r rcanl.-Mr. Geo. Squires is erecting a new cement silo, the work being darer by John Ifu,rkin of Thames Itoad.-ON- hng to change of locality trod the Int- rne:.se pressure of business. our renal' leader has fou:.d It Itnposalble to fill the poaltloa, and as a result Mr. Lloyd fiodg.von has taken charge.. -Mies Ida !tern has accepted the po.ltl,n of aar- gamlet. Florence Conkry. the two -year -old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fled G,nkey, of Adehatde village, right miles from fitrathroy, was burred to death Tues- day at the family home. The little one was alone with ler 14 -year-old stetter, Catharine. when the accident happen. t. Ily some mean! Catharine made a fire fn tho stove, and the little lot's clothes 'became Ignited. Looks AN.. the Coate. A simple Illwttratlon will show the care that is taken of cents by one of the big banks of Chicago. Stumped postal cards are not used, and not out of the thousand* of routine letters that aro written every day 1s stamped or sealed until the whole routine tuttll or tiro day Is assembled in the attention. Then all the cards anti letters to one tsrespondent are put in a single en- c.•: ipe, and, except for letters from the •rs anti the like, the bank comes 113 nee. as possible is get its entire mail ca tic at 2 to nu ounce or a cent for er:try postal card instead of often paying 2 cents for a quarter of an ntsitce, ns it would have to do 1t every communication were sealed and stamp- ed separately. This little matter of getting full value out of a two cent stamp makes a saving of from $25 to t ;,t a day. --world's 'Work. Lead ripe Ie Keep Flavor Sharp. "Lead {ril.' will keep your rater Fp." con (Med the garrulous barber. • t ;et a Ali.,. t piece of the smallest, sanest lead ply, your plumber has In stack, and keep It handy when you are ,tree 1'!ug the r.i7.•r. "Tile scheme is to rub the strop with the pare. it works best with a plata leather strop. Apply the pipe. just as you would strop tht' razor, to the un• lint.1et1 side of the le Cher. Strop your r::•'or on that eI•le, n d up with a few :uses on the 1„ r:she 1 Ids of the 'trop and you will hare n Ilr.t class edge on the tool. 1 tterer to'ik the trouble to get n scientific ezplattat.'a of the vir- 11104 of Ica.t pipe es all al, : to whetting. but it is all to the good In ; at respect-" SAiNTSItCT; Y The. Rich. Armitage of St. Jola,s Is visiting around here for a few days. - Male Ethel Berry of Blanshard and Mts. Miran Copeland of \Voodhatit and Miss Boss of Klrkton visited at the bone o: N..vsau Davis' last week. -Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Davie visited the laltcr's sister, arra. Geo. Godbolt of Wince 1 - sea oe Sunday. ---Mrs. Win. Turner is vl:ittie.g her daughter, Mrs. Henry Ham- ilton, who has been sick, but is no.; doing ntce•ly.-Rvv. Mr. Black well, a student of Huron College, will preach here on Sut:day morning in the absence of itcv. G. W. Itacey. WINCIINLS1A Miss T;ett::n of Dashwood spent a few days last week with Mrs. W. W. Kerr. - Mr. Thos. Coward, wife and family rus- ticated at Grand !lend Thursday last. - Mr. E;ne:r Coward and Mtiae Nora Mar- tyn of London returned home after spen ding a few days with Mr. and Mrs. T. Cow td.-51L9a Satalc Clenwnta of New ark. N. J„ returned home after three weeks vacation with her mother, Mrs. Clenlenta.-Alex, Berryhill attd sister• Ella, of I:lanshard, accon.It..r.ted by Miss Olive Berrybill of London, spent Sunday at Wesley Heywood's.-Mrs. It. Hunter and daughter Mattie of Exeter. aceom panted by Miss .Linda of London spent Monday at S. Ilrock's.-Mr. George Mil- ler of Mt. Clements was the guest of his father, Mr. D. Miller Saturday and Sunday. -Mrs. Miller a t;d daughter. Mss Clara spent a few days Here also.- Mr. H. Parsons and wife of Exeter spent Monday at ,Wesley Heywood's.-Mr. Chas Godbolt and two daughters, Lulu and Itlte,t, spent Sunday in Cromarty. -Mr. \Vliliam Davis and wife of Saintebury spent Sunday with Geo. Godbolt.-Mr. L. Hodgins and Miss Louise spent Sundae with G. Godbolt.-We are pleased to learn that Roy- Coward is Improving, af- ter his ilhtess.-Miss•Beatrice Delbridgc is improving after a severe Illness. Accident. -Mr. Samuel Brock happrre ed with a painful accident on Friday leant. He was In the act of building a otack and was standing on a larldur which was leaning against the nt.t• k when all of a sudden the stack gave away precipitating the ladder and Mr. Brock with It to the ground. Luckily Mr. Dro:k escaped with a bruised shoul- der and a severe shaking up. but we are pleased to report hien doing nicely. KII1 VA (Too late for last week.) Master Hubert Mcleaac and slater Mary, who have been visiting their grandpt. Mr. Colllee, returnee' to their hone in Detroit on \vcdncsd.ty.-Mr. Dan Collins and family of i)etroit are visiting at Mr. Dennis Collins' -Mr. Bernard Cunnil.gham and family spent Sunday at Ailsa Craig. -David Lippert is all smiles those days -its a boy.- \Ltster Ilarold Cunningham le visitltt 1 `.lart.ta Swtitzer spelt :: 1• v. days last week at David Lippert's - .tn- gu i McCormick spent Sunday at Ctrn,el.-)rias \Vitzel of Baden is ',cle- at Win. \Vitxe;'s.-Alonza McCann spent Sunday at 'Zurich -Miss Witzel of Dash wood sp^nt a few days at David L:p- pert's. child Dted.-Mr. and bars. Alex. N. eb have this week l0 :Ilourlt the death of ticlr bright Ilttle son, Alfred, who died on Sunday. August :fill, at the age of 2 years and 11 months. Christ has conte, is ever conning. To gather home the golden sheaves, A few s'.ort years Alfred did stay And now ripens in the Iteavenly ray-. Ills friends were waiting here to meet . with open arms they did tdtn greet ; We would not wish him back again To this world of tears and pain. Tet wiry should we regret his loss, We all must soon that river et Oe9; Ile has gone to a world the salnta to greet. Ills Saviour and his God to meet. Tet why s':ould wo thus mourn and weep Or into sorrow sink so deep; It was the will of the \lost Ifigh To break asunder that earthly lie. A Friend, CREDITO,I. Miss Jones, who has been visiting the Misses Iltll for a fete weeks, re- turned to her home in St. Thomas on Monday, -The bridge at the East end of our city is rapidly nearing comple- tion, Yesterday ane of the workmen slipped and fell about 18 feet, falling on his side and bruising himself se- verely. Fortunately no bones wore broken. Contractor Lawson le having considerable tr.-able in getting a good bottom for the concrete abutments of the bridge on the Exeter side -road. - Mute Susie Saunter of Parkhill is spend - Ing it few days in town, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Bluett.-Herb. Either returned home on Friday evening, af- ter a pix weeks' vacation through the Canadian West, along the Pacific Coest and around the. Middle States of the t'nion. The vacation appears to have done him good. We are giad to see hitt in our ut,dst ng,tin.--- 1:It mt Murray and Richard Bowser spent last Sunday visiting friends in St. Marys. -The Centralia Rockets cause here on Monday to play nut Brownies a gamer f hall. They wet(' fall of Tins before the game started, but their ani. bition st,nn died mot and they returned home to the tall tinsbets with a score of 9-0 piled op against them. Next :- Ira Brown, Everet Fahner and Milton Harris Roelof last Sunday in Dual- wood.-Mts. Sambrook anti daughter 1.orepn have returned home after Tending N week's vacation with tele - lives in `Voodharn. GRAND 1PEfi1) Mise E. Geake left for Toronto Mon• day to attend the Fair. -Mr. Sant, Pedler of Ailsa Craig vl-itcd around here Sunday. -Mr. 1i. 13o.eenberr•y and daughter Alms, of Thetlford. were in ottr burg Thursday.-- \t r. Me('allnm of Exeter was in our burg Monday and Tuesday. closing his cottage. -.Mi-• Joseph itavelle is all snsile it boy, Wednesday, Aug. 25th, -Mr. Frank l Oeromette's bake wagon was smashed to pieces Init. Thursday by his I horse being frightened by an automobile. -The campers are leaving Bail}, nithnogh them are it few arriv- ing to stay a week. -Mr. Brenner has started to build his stables, Mr. Mark of Parkhill haying the contract. -Mr. I James Mallard left for the West Tues- day to visit his sons and daughter. DA Si I \Y 00D , 1l. n1t06E\S11J111, O.ISIIWOOL CoNVEV• itis E\cER. ltrc+is, wills, ltoat:log,* and all Legal lkx.umeotscarefully aed {,,romptly prepared Charges moderate. I,,ucr .,1 Yarei,ge Li, mom The illustrated temperance lecture on Tuesday night of last week was fairly well patronized and was very well received.-- Dining the storm on Saturday night a shuck of oats in Mr. \Val Snell's field was struck by light- ning and burned. -\!r. and,Iri. Frank Jetutette of Gland Bead were visiting friends in the village on Saturday af- teteuott.- Mr. E. M. Brokeu,hite vis- ited friends in Stanley on Sunday last. -The business meeting of the Y. P. A. was held in connection with the Eng- lish prayer -tweeting class. -It is re- ported that these is to be it wedding in the community in the near future. - Miss A'inlet Graybiel left on Tuesday for Durham to attend the Model School. -Several in this cotnnnntity have finished with their leo ve,ti:,g for this year. -- M. Brenner and sister, who have been visiting at the home of Mr. Alfas Brenner for some time, left for their home in Stratford on Monday.-- Airs. Bruback- er and daughter left for their home in Berlin on Tuesday morning, after attending a week with relatives in this cotuutuuity.--'Phis week we must re• cord the death of little Oarnet Goss - man, which sad event took place on Monday about noon. The little fellow had been ill for some time and passed away as stated at the early age of three years and two months. The re- mains were interred on Tuesday after- noon in the Goshen Line Cemetery. We extend our sympathy to the bereft friends and trust that some day there may be a re-uniou in Heaven. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTO R I A LONDON. ONTARIO Business & Shorthand SUBJECTS Resident and Mail Courses Catalosues Fro" I. W. Westervelt, 1. W. Westervelt, it., C.A., Peiscipal. Vic. -Principal. THE BEST Flour N'a ft it b the best fl•.uryou want there is but one Owe in town to get it- that is from us. The brands are: JEWELL (Ontario I3lended) RGYAL HOUSEHOLD (Ogiitle's) 6 ROSES (Lake of Woods) PURITY (Waters Canals Flour Mills) Leave your enters or all up Phone 2. R. G. Seldon, Exeter 1,000 Over one thousand stu- dentsenrolled by our chain last year. It pays to at- tend a link of this great cbain,for "IN U\ION THERE le BTRKlt0T1I." Thedemand for ourgrad- uates is THREE TIMES the supply. Other schools engage our graduates as teachers. A special course for teachers. Graduates of two years ago are now earning $2,000 per annuns. Three courses-CoMMKR- CIAL, STKN(KiRAi'HY and TKLICORA PI1 Y. Fall Term Opens Aug. 30. EI Write for particulars. Clinton Business College IIFIWNFNP 'VW GEO. SPOTTON, PRINCIPAL New... Telephon e Directory e► The Bell Telephone Com- pany of Canada is about to publish a new issue of the Official Telephone Directory -FOR TNR - District of Western Ontario including EXETER. Orders l'or new connections, changes of firm names, rhanges of street ad• dreeees, or for duplicate ('mules should he handed in AT ON:E TO A. MARCHAND 1 Lt.catl Malinger. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE BEAD OFFICE. TORONTO ESTABLISHED MGT B. Z. WALKER, Prsald at Paid-up Capital, $1 0,000 1i.WTAWDER LAIRD, General Manager - n Reserve I Fund, 6,000, / TRAVELLERS' CHEQUES The new Travellers' Cheques recently issued by this Bank are a most convenient way in which to carry money when travelling. They are issued in denominations of $10, $20, $50, $100 and $200 and the exact amount payable in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, , Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Italy, Norway, Russia, Sws a and Switzerland is stated e on the face of each cheque, while in other �� 9 they are payable at current rates. The cheques and all information regarding them may be obtained at every of8ae of the Blank. 131A Exeter Branch -G, W. Harrison, Manager. Branch also at Crediton Tho general public will take notice that I ant doing business in Exeter in the line of purchasing all kinds of scrap. Highest Market Prices Paid for Scrap Iron, Rags, Rubbers, Horse Hair, Copper, Etc. Etc. Etc. All purchases to be delivered to T. IHAWK1NS & SON'S HARDWARE, EXETER, where the cash will be paid or trade given. Orders for collection of scrap may be left at the sante store, where prompt attention will be given. M. WEXLER, Junk Dealer, Exeter, Ont. The Range You Ought to Buy IS THE IMPERIAL -OXFORD IT'S the best made -for appearance and good service. It is properly con- structed by a reputable firm who have had years of experience in the making of stoves. Don't fail to see this range on our floor. The many good points it has will appeal to you, For Sale by W. J, HEAMAN Crediton Four Mills During the months of July and August we will only run our Chopper 3 days per week, as follows: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. We also have to offer: Family Flour at $3.26 per 100 lbs. Pastry " " 3.00 Shorts " 1.26 Bran " .26 " Good Oats " 1.66 fe tl Henry Sweitzer --- Crediton East The Desire oi a Boy's Is to own a watch, one of his " very own," Why deny hint when bis ambition can easily he gratified. This is not a "make believe" watch that we are thinking of, either. it's a guaran- teed time piece. It le simply put together so that a little acci• dental rough usage won't disarrange thine. It is nicely nickled. It will retain its appearance till the last tick. And It will tickle that boy of yours if you take one home to him. Why Not Do It To -Day ? Jeweler and Optician --- Exeter, Ontario The Molsons Bank Incorporated 1866 Capital (paid up) - $3,500,000 Rest Fund - - - $3,500,000 Has 65 Branches in Canada, and Agents and ('orrespondehts in all the Principal Cities in the ‘Vorld. A •BNERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED. SAVINCS BANK DEPARTMENT at all Branches. Interest allowed at higittst cut r(tot tate. EXETER BRANCH - Agents at Exeter for the I)onlinion Government. DICKSON tit CARLING, Solicitors. N. D. HURDON, Manager. ..1 AW i r