Exeter Times, 1915-2-4, Page 1Huron. ec Middidsex Gazette
•.FORTY-SZrdOND YEAR -No 2130
EXETER, ONTs CANADA,, THURSDAY MORNING
JONES AND MAY
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Our New Spring Goods are here for the Early Shopper. ' Buy
early and have your New Cloths Wade up for Spring
3 Ever 'thn Bou rat at the Old Prices.
New a)ress Goods
In Blacks, Blues, Browns and Green,
Fancy Plaids and Checks.' All the
newest fabrics shown
New Wash Goods
A big assortment =of New Prints.
Gi'nghars, Chambray's; Galateals, Duck
and Drills
Crepes
Will be real good for the coming
season: We have them in all colors,
Plain, Fancy and Embed, 15 75c a yd.
Ratines
Another popularFabrics, and a good
wearer. All colors to choose from for
25c to 75e a yard.
Big Reduction in Clothing.
Mens Overcoats at 7.50, 10 and 12; Mons 13 to $22 Suits only one 4f a kind $13
Mens 1.5.00 Suits, a big assortment for 10; Big arsortment of Boys School Suits
New Wall Papers
A11 the New Designs and Colors are here. From 5c to 25c per roll. Don't fail to
See Our New Wall Papers
All -
inter .` od :,. .
AIL Furs at 25 per cent off regular price; Ladies Far Collar Coats for $11
Ladies $25 Fur Collar Coats for $15: Ladies Coats at 5.00
Childrens Coats for 2.00 and 3,00
emaiscoreocaltmenaataaeraite
AND
See Our Windows For 6raniteware
Bargains
Starts
of
hursday
orning
Prices that will surprise you, as we
must reduce soar stock
Sample Price = Water Pails, good size, at 40 Cents
Big Stock of X=Cut Saws & Axes
at Low Prices.
r Skates .Sharpened - 15 cents
Hardware r��r rware
YE,4�r PIiONI;
PRONE Heaman's 5
27 - 2713
A. > and Stove atone
eater
easesseeseeetere
newel ef-etaeteeeresaseas
S. S, No 3, of
f-iJanuS,ry report for
.ftephetl, Only (names of those who
obtained ei0 per cent. or over are 'pub
.iliisbed. Sr. IV- •A.. Dearing, •70; IL
Clriebner 72 Jr. IV G. Schroeder 70
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*seeder, !Sr, ,I"rimer S; Dearing,. it
,'Jory. Jr. .;Amer, Ii,. Dearing 'Noe on'
toll 31. Average 27t8, --Ida , 'hi. late
weharid, Teacher • , ,-,,,, a
'' Patriotic League. Notes
vrevidusly acknowledged $143'L;titi
1i, • Walters 1.001
(E. Txieble ; •'t 1.0,0
Wm. Creeeh , 1.00
1 1f. (]t,• Sou -Cheat / 1„ 1,a0f1'
'111oneur We IT,:•., 1.,00
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Davisr ' Lao,
1I. J•'W(I:;l.-e fu:i10
», t $1414.0
A meeting or the Patriotic
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will be held in the Town. Oral text
Ivra)f da r evenitg• at, 1AL4 naps 190911A
ANNUAL 'MEETING OF THE
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+ BORNE & 121DT3I7BT IlitiTU,AL
!i• FIRE INSURANCE CO
;The 30th Annual Meeting of too 1s usetf foe filling the ,g:lo, The cost Mr. H .T;; Boston w{IS se -appointed
of the 5 ,h•p- motor Tuns at about to the Library Board. i
Osborne and l:Iiblrert Mutual Dire In- 19 U to; $125 per year. 'ea counteract Leavers and Iioulsteri hat ( tee
surance Co, was held in the Public) this is the Tact that the services or
Council hold its naeefings on ' the
Hall, I ar7uhar ,on Monday, tet- a }tired man are dispensed with. A second :end fourth Fridays of cache
ruary 1st., frith a very large number
of policy holders in attendance. T(he.
Vice -President, Bobt. Norris. occu-
pied the chair and in very feeling.
terms referred to the death. of our
worthy and Jtighly respected Presi-
dent, M'. Robt. Gardiner, showing
that the great Loss was not the com-
pany's alone bat the entire com-
mutai4ty's,r he being a that. of stir]':
ingl :worth and great' capabilities...Al-
thgugh junio r /member of:the Hoard
b'.' ad risen quickly to tae "higrest
offibe the' Board could. bestow. Never
stinting but rather saerifidi'r.g 'fila
timein order that "'.he might to the
rudest' extent perforin any duly which
FEBRUARY, 4th.1915
Hydra Meeting at
Kirkton
A� emeses aatie meetii g of repro-
seLatattives • eit`s the vedette municipal-
ities betweeneSt. Marys and Exeter
waa held in Rirkton on; 'Wednesday,
Exeter .Council
The. Council' met in the Town Hall
latonday evening, L?{tb., 1st, al entberrs
all present/ except Conn.: Ilartoa• who
was absent owing' to i• .ers.
. Minutes of the Jest t...:, t1 e -were,
January 271,1t ,tor the purpose of tone read and con1irmetl.
sidCaenmuaixcatibn tiro i i e sac
and
Ey the aniseed of hydro PitVtrcr ttelevncixe Leo, re. ;t0.1.: at ce• a 'et r
and I-lydre Radials.
2n xansw'er to tire. elrr3c's let cer L: i rad
Mite ;eaten getter tr al d Meet,. ¢23rd lnst:;sta,ting that thele MI Be rcl
ing was hO to better rural districts (would be in Exeter in • ix r C .ya
existed u ontitrio titan the one pee land
tween rS t, .ata1S and Exeter- At .tht the I7wouncouldentake the c:.tle_p ith
same time it:syres one of the most i{i- rl7ommunicatian f) jid; c's .°'* ^n
adeluately s r�"d.tlf hydro should her Humaine Society a•Ling `or, a ,
a paying prroLsttion In any
district donation, heaver Ro fsto '-' it • it
it ought 'to Wain this. Monate the sum i 4 a `i,d
Mae representatives of the hydro A li ` ' sC
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commission Ni. -.4p l:,.xigi,ueer ,Castor. To !Application ,fe 'n,•i' . A :1
supply to power Iine from St. Rfarye Dyterlbeerabee at r l 15 ^'r for
to Exeter trout Leluir' a 13000 volt y
line which wopid carry 500: •h,p. ] he ley rant -14.4a s nil oy 1 eau1 tnn ttna t.
cost Would be''abeut $1500 per mile 1915 at a sr • 0 :ed
Consumers cazitlot get their grower Hind and 1 r , +,. 1I• UV,.
from the .high voltage
nue. Ting.,11'Iawson be t • ° 1 - , ,'i t
'roust he a step down ,station,
the audit the on "s r rc ^n
cost ofavbich would be approximately at a salary aft CO pee am an
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$4000. There tare two points to cos- that x bs- • 1• - r:„ Terni
eider in, 'orrivita;; `at •the cost to the same and. ' se + 1 it ren .1:
user, the service -charge and shier to the eo ecil et to ire r"^e n;
power charge Hy the service charge every month ; the c .er' -`1 t o: i'y - -
Is meant the cost of construction. Mawson of his appointment- -, Jar
ariaintea:ince, depeeciatiot, and inter .vied.
est on investment and is, estimated for Beavers and Hind that the Clod:
the rural aloe at $100 per mild pet lay before the council at our next
gear: To this is added the power meeting the amount of money that
enlarge -which es111 ren from $30 to see have to Taise. to meet the expend -
$50 according to the .cosi at the start- iture oxer which we have no control
ing point, For a:aura/at. at the pre:,- so as tbe various com(nTitteee may
est time the port -at La.an i3 $47.4) strike 'the expenditure for 1915,. -
and at St. Marys; $30.00, The figura Carried.
'mooted Tor Rirltton using 50 n.p. walt 't Beavers and ITind that the" tender
$70,81, a high late, but necessarily of ?(r. P. AreTarrgart for ase of weioht
high until they couid be assured o: `scales for 1915 at a yearly rental
power being, used. on the Exeter side . of $5.00 be accepted provided that
Da this line was wilt it was the in- Mr, McTaggart pay the fee for scaIee
tention oa. the. Commission to have inspection. Carried. '
a stop down station at Woodbam Messrs. Martin. l ladmnn ,and Frnke.
which would serve an eight mile rad- a cleputati,on 'from the Exeter Pub -
Ins and also one at Exeter whit» lie School ].3aard waited on the coun-
cil re changes necessary for better
In regard to the lnedro J2'th l It heating. better lightixa, better`
les a elepaxate proposition to the Hydro ventilation~ ace" ` a larger school as
Power proposition. They do not tiers- ores,ent coedit orss could not exist and
essarily go together. They •may Dos- wished to know what notion the
silly go on the same rign't of way bur council would ieke in this matter.
this is not of xnuon conseTuerce as They would re:tuirr $7,000 besides the
the 4tydro eomitnis-.ion has now 'the dusual grant which in all probability/
would be $e,000. The council • 'were'
quite favorable to the scheme and
thought' it would the a good idea ifor
the school board to gall a • , public
meeting and lay 'the whole matter
before Bern Las they bacl 'before the
council; after whtnh the ratepayers
wc.uld be in a better position to
judge the merits of the, ease. The
Present building was erected. soma
For example the 'figures quoted in 44 years ago and was probably a •1'•Lnae
/Ailsa Craig were- 4Fx0,31 per h,p, par .:sa. mnie oa the school arebiteet.nse of
year .:for 50 h p, or $54+12 per • .h that time, that is to say it fails jn al-
,pema,r year-, "en: *sv In•,P.. Bef e... be most every ,paeticular to, meet mode
log retie to Co}IS1bi'r the £ /sib„htr ern requeremcnts, �f`he„ school ace s
of a line being a reasonably cheap are long, narrow, dark lead poorly
proposition five must know the amount ventilated. It contains neither teach-
' of freight and passenger service ot ers' room nor laboratory. These with
ithat 'district especially the amount other serious defects call• for im-
' of freight. It is a r.•ecogn[zed fact that mediate action on tbe part. of the
on our. railways the passenger' ser- I3oard and •1.f not done it might cause
( vice does not pay .for itself at • the tbe withdrawing of the payment of
present rate. The deficit must be paid the government greats until soote
out oPa the earnings of the freight assurance is given by the Board
department. that they either modify and improve
umers cannot get their power the present building or erect a rnew
from the higL voltage li e. It. utast school, By' reading. the foregoing you
come tfram•the step-dowvn station. ,`i'�ne Will at,,,,at a glance the, postiion oe
plan suggested to : farmers was to the. Board.
co'fora 2 ,h.p. and to instal/ Byelaw No. I. confirming the ap•-
a'aiventract h.p, motor, and to have a mit pointment of auditors was read the
er which, would indicate what was necessary number of limes sad finally
used over, the: 2 h,.p. A 2 lop -:will. do passed on motion of Hind and Beav-
ordi,nary =i"<.rht work but for /inlet.; ers.
a silo slowly with an clevaeor a 5 Communication fuss received .from
horse power is needed, but double 1)_, Quackenbush, Medical Officer oa
that amountis needed if a blower Health. The same was c:e•`erred. '
right oC way on our :Highways (tor a
port er line. So that tae radial line
will not help out the power line ex-
lcept that it increases tea load on
the line and -taus reduce the cost.
(The cost of power depends on
how much load. Bence the place to
'have a hydro line is where we cringer
the largest load. It tan load Is
double the cost is`materially reduced,
2 h.p, contract would enable a far-
mer to heat one or -two ms
fiigbt kit) lamps at one t me Gor
Tbe light-
ing cost practically uol.hicg if power
is used for tther purposes.
Dr. Copeland Of St. Marys, occupied
the chair.
1104CI EY
On Thnrsdav evening of last we,tlr
a game ot hockey was -played on the
Exeter rink brtveenAilsa Crifigand
Exeter, the visitors winning out a
to 2. 1' was a genie of spinner • (ra(m
stare to finish. The referee made "n
was. entrusted to him. nothing wa.s ,Hess of thingas from 'toe Mart and
too big for him to grapple /with, troth,- had little or no ..^.ontroi oC the
ing too small to command bis at players, The visitors had come 'to win
tendon acid he hes seta ingh . tanri- and the referee /was nut to give {,Barn
dard of what was right and just for everything. Ile never saw an offside
Itis felow directors .,to follow, unless made by an Exeter player.
1MIr. 'Norris inhis,,,address ahowa:d
the ,Company still �proiressing on n.
Stied basis there being a, marked in-
crease in the number of new . risk.'
amount of iitsurance, and assests. The
Secretary Treasurers' and : Auditor's
leper/ sho ve:1 that there was: leer]ed'i+ttes before time, luckily with no one
during tbn year 077 policies covering odd up, The referee had the .poorest
three of the Craig goals being scored
Tram offsides. Slashing, tripp:ng and
whalloping were in order and not. a
roan was ruled off. In the last period
it developed into anything but hockey.
and the gamer was called a fats n:tin-
an insurance of $1;I►1a,10(3,00 making
a total of 2310 policies coveringan in-
tturenre of $5,208',050.Q0 at !the gloss,'
ot the year. The wars lasses amount --
ed to :i6,174.05 tt h&ets were all: prouipt-
1y raid when sans/Ottery claims, weal:,
establislxed. There t;3:ttae'a,s 1 balence
fu t:31 Bank of Commnterce at 'Exeter,
efface,; etc., of ."c1'ti,703.24,
The two re tiritT' ,,'1heCtors Tiros,
113.kan and 'Wm, ,l;aba-, werct're-elected •-1';xcteT hockey game /list ,/vas ex
for three' years and 'jean 'T,. Animal,. hockey
slanderous and hit • , ,the
was eleeth'.t Lot
one year to rut out truth. -at a very /wide mark,Mao
the term of our late president, ;Ail hookeyr+ fans, of ]Exeter were,.. tau»
were elected by acclamation. Messrs. lighted with, the .fine exhibition of
Jelte Ha'y, nal J ab..J3 tilautyte rv0zo hookey that was put up on that cape-
t•e-elected auditors tor 1915. ale)), and these same;just,
tans net
'control of any genie scan. h'a're. At
the beginning of 'the game liiarl
9outhcott was Struck in the cheek
with the puck cutting a nasty .trash
but he went on ar-d finished the genic
-Leach, of Ailsa Craig was, the ref-
eree. L
Tale 7lnrlrh:Ii Gazette of last wcett
contai1;cd a male up of the Parkhill
g 1
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t Ike
doclosersnr oCt t:Le aniruar, m*Wenn about as ,d.sgusted when dirty work
is indulged
* del cd in.
We 'Were, nor, aware
are'f. r`
11 e dz c e d ra-crtrangccbcc that any of the :::tryorlthCli eleoy's` ]eH
tvheii. 1(00. and Til( : /vas duly oleet'ed town cut a Li atiYeeiitui r, ';• the
lar esidcni: Thos, . Ryan Vic' -fret ab
t sorest spots we'..iLnai ne' was the
ideate Vi " A, aurn1 ilii ores re-appo%nt
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thought of 'Easing to the Rxeter.1alely= e& Scereta3ry,, Tacos.- of Ltha:` aon'paliy
Mr, Sohn Essery, :o11 .Ltaborrne,, It-' It ers, and t.tose were evidently !era
painful. As far as we earl recollect
,not an Exeter Lean, was stilled off tit,
'Continued on parse 5
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( No. 1, Centralia ; °;and Mi', 0; Ifnrrie
of Fullerton, R. 1L No, 1, Mitoaell are
the agents .at the Company,
month: lime- of aneeting 7.30 p.m. up
to the feast of Mar,
• J1 13, Carling Clerk.
fPhe Huron !County Council at its
session. is Goderich, passed a grant
of $1,000 a month to the patriotic
fund as long as the Connell deems
it neeeeeary; also arn000, to the 13el-
i;ian relief fund, the money'y to be
l.pent burin; flour and other .,teees-
'ities m•ide in the county. Messrs.. Mc-
,
Gam and Iris i ., 'rcprea,.nting
(he 'temperance people of Huron. each
eaoke to the Council, 'asking for a
rigid enforcement of the Canada Tann-
verance Act.'A special committee was
formed to look into the /natter and
'report in June.
Patriotism ani Production
Com paign
The Dominion Departmer-t of Agri-
culture is co-operating with the One 4•
Mario Department in a series of e
Agricultural Conferences which. are ,d,
to be held throughout this Province ea
the aobject to explain and discuee,
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conditions• in countr:e,s tvhere 1'/e
stock' and sgriculturel production wilt ea
be affected by Lhe war. Agrieutturar
;specialists who have made a study
dl these conditions oral are capable
•o@^ showing their effect on Canadian
opportunities NV- be present at t
heel,
•ur.nfereitces and give their view's.
e an Huron County ttvo conference-
Will be held on 'J.'aura3ay; February
11. in. the ".Loftin hall, Wh1 ham, aria.
on 1riday,I.rebrnary, 12, is the Tbwo
1[all, LSeaforth. the speskers ,at the,
both meetings will be Air. Willialto
S. uir•rel, T3.S,A,, Associate Professor
of. Field Ifusbandry at the. O.A.°O,
Guelph, who Will eliscu,s "the Duey
and Opportunity oC the 'Caaade n Fate
/Tier" \vitt/,' relation to live stock, and
Pant l.rr . Angle, I3.S rh, of .. Si tmcoe. who
9u
'b"litre,. .
iV stock i)SS. 6
disallsS 1 C
will D
,eventr+g'Meeting will be Acid, ons eea
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it la hoped tdlte ¢attruadricn. on both
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ucceste-a . at each pleee win be large
ftnd represontalive of.'tl'e l>rou"res ivti d 81 aT
formers and live elk breeders 'et '
this county, It @will Irty any note 0
interested in these subjects 'to ate(
ten+.l ,xnd gather this valirnblc in'orr.ua
tiers„
olgotossualtionemacammistasex
T ttc t i ing Eyelids
o 56 er cent of
The slightest hint of it the Railway wa en
should not be neglected. in ..
kVe test eyes free of charge, •
and recommend ;glasses ol�lly 11t�1 watches'?
when absolutely necessary. Calland let us show you the
Hamilton and explain why
they do.
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Indicate eyestrain.
Fl T
Wedding Rings and Marriage Licenses
MMIaalMeMBEZNEJ
The Exeter, argain Store
Here are a few -of our prices for this
l loi1t111a
Sewing Cotton or silk 40e dozen spools.
Boys ,Braces -'^3r ,ers:for•25c..
Meus•braces 2 pairs for 25e - -
5 pairs men's wool sox for $1.00 .
Big variety cf rits and gloves
Balance of our sweaters at less than wholesale
5 childrens coats worth $3.00 for $1.00 each
60 pairs sanlple,towels to clear at off reular price
24 pairs corsets in draf color regular $1.00 for 05e
Overcoats at cost price
1. Rat lined coat regular $45.00 for $22.50
Ladies cloth rubbers sizes 2: to 5 for 70d
is oots shoes and rubbers our specialty.
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f shire with you the
Profits on his Immense
Stock of
GENTS FURNISHING
This • will be a genuine
Stock -Taking Sale
hen prices will be
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Now is the time to saveV~ money is @
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arcicred. ;
clothing, Ready -to Wears aiid 'Furnishings
of all kinds,
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The trendof � prices i a� �w r d - 4r
but not ,
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