Exeter Times, 1916-1-13, Page 1wura;;�cze;r
O .TY--SBcaxi) R No; 2234
EXETER, ON J,.
THURSDAY MORNING,. X.ANtAR
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Monster
tion 7 f`
JONES &
Phone 32
JANUARY STOCK
TAK1NG 5AL13
Taking in and are
Annual Stock kX
We are,- busynow with our ............. g
Clearing out our Winter Goods at a price. Now is your
time to get Bargains regardless of the big advance
in Wool Goods.
LADIES' FUR COATS
r may Ladies Black Astrichan Coat, 48
Eiachcslong, size 34. Regular $75. for$35
It Rat Coat a $75 beauty for $5o 00
WOOL BLANKETS
25 pail's Wool Blankets, all bought at the
Old Price to be cleared out at reduced
prices.
ROOM RUGS
We have. a large selection of swell Rugs, all
sizes to clear out to make room for the
New 'Spring Stock.
MEN'S UNDERWEAR
20 Dozen Men's Heavy Ribbed Shirts and
Drawers, all Wool: Regular $i.5o gar -
men s to clear for $I.00 each.
LADIES COATS
Only a few left to clear out at about half
Price.. Ladies Fur ,Collar Coats at
$I2 00
NEW' PRINTS 1Oc
5o pieces New Spring Prints just opened
up. ` Nice Patterns and good colors
.roc yd.
<h Ullh. fiery To Clear Out
thinned or Untrimmed Hats to clear out at a price from
50c up.. Here : you will get some Genuine Bargains.
Exeter Con
1. The old �eounell 4 1915 ws. e sworn
in on Monday et 11 e•tin. to traisaot
the business of the muralciprtlity for
1916. The members ere eReeVe, J. 'W.
Taylor; Councillors, R vvi„,. ', Beavers,
Thos. Horton, J, kl hind. and. Dr.
G. 1?, Itoulstori, all subseribiug to the
oath of office.
On the invitation of the reeve Bev
W. G. A. McAlister opened tile.. pro-
ceedings with prayer.;
Reeve 'Taylor in a .,few words cone
gratul'ated the council op their re-
election,, 1 -le reininded them that the
work of the past two years had been
rather laborious and expenditures
had to be curtailed:, This year the
expenditure would possibly be a lit-
tle heavier. 1Ie extended thanks to
Rev. 141x. McAlister for his pra.R,,nce.
On motion of Beavers and Horton
the counciladjourned to Friday ;any
1.4th bt 7,30 p,m,
School Report
Standing of !Classes for Fall ;rem
FORM III
L None took honor standing.
2, Those taking 60 per cent: J. Sel-
don 73; W. 'Strang 72; J.' Walker 70;
0, Pickn.rd 67; 1<L, Hanlon Gee • Ir. ,
Smith 63;' hr. Nicholson 61; 0. Hoff--
man
toff-mean 60.
3. Those tskinglss tha
n 60 per' centt
I1. .Parsons 58; M. Glatlman 5 R.
Hawkins 56; E. Rowoliffe 56; A.
Horton 54. R. Thomson 53; 'W. Man -
J. Dougall49; 0. 'Davis 44. •
4. The following have written an on-
ly a few subjects and have taken
average per 'cent indicated. S. Wood
66; E. Howey 53; L. Johns 43,
Foam II
1 arra, 91
Pointers
when ''be the 'next volunteer?
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Good -Morning. : Have you: had the
grip?
'.Che latest' Ford joke is Ford him-
self!
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Up -Cordate 1916 has been mostly
January thaws!
It's just a requestion whether the
.snow' as coming or going,'
f • • •''.
It the .poles is any indication of
light Exeter Neill sure be some hydro
town at night',
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We'll all Saar beret here J ;to the man
who regrets the passing of the good
old sleighing of a few, weeks 'ago.
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Your appreciation of the 'drop in
the price of egigs wi It. depend: whether
you lock ,at it :from the point of con-
sumer or producer,
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With few eiteeptions the merchants
of Exeter were well satisfied,tivith the
business of 1915 and are looking for-
ward. to 'better 'things for 1916 This is the
'• q • * tisk. Empire
Have you hind the old wiring of Germany,
your house or -store inspected yet? ---
If you have you will no aioulat be
thankful you have had no trouble
up to yet.
WK. ELT J10,NzR DIES Atilmn ILL..
NESS OF FEW' DAYS
On Msrindaiy afternoon of Deis week
William inetcher, tit town., Ti'adsed
away after an illness of oxiiy a few
eiay The deceased • was taken side
on Thitrday last and, on Sunclsy even«
lug es a last aresort an operation woo
decided on Arid was; performed by Drs,'
Williams and lefeGreg•or, of London,
and iiy'nd*Xu a of towns Stomach
trouble was the cause of Elie death,
The deceased was 63 years, 3 months
and 13 days: Tae was !born in the.
township of B1anshard and: when a
boy moved to Usboxne, residing on
the lItb concession for about forty
years. About ten years ago he re
tired and moved. to Exeter where he
has sines been is. ,highly respected
resident. Be was of to retiring 3,03-
position.
dis-
T
e '' ere won
o'' n n b. h ,rs1al. manner r
sltic and, is
the esteem of a hoist of friends.; In
Politics he was; b {Conservative and In
religion a Methodist. The end came
peacefully* and he died trusting" in his
11Taker. He is survived by hes sorrow..
ing widow, whose maiden name was
Emily St,raffon, and two daughters,;
Mfrs. D. Goulding, of Woodliana, and
Mrs. T. Allan, of Farquhar; also three
brothers and two sisters, Allah.. of
town; Bobt. of Outlook, Sask., and
John of lUsborne; Mrs. ' 1outray, of
Detroit, and Mrs.: Thos. Clark, of
Usborne, One Sister, Mrs. John
Oreery, of Alvinston, died about two
weeks ago. The funeral will be held
Thursday afternoon at two o'clock, in-
terment nt in the Exeter ciemetg.,r3,'
1. D. Brooks 79; L. Taylor 75, G. • • o -
Hanlon 76.How long have the New, Years reso-
2. M. , Shari) 74 A. Johns 7 ; "re lotions: held out? You may be round-. I
Sanders 73; M. Pickard .72; E liar- ing off the thirteenth lap but we'll,
vey 71; V. Stewart .71; E. Arax:welt guarantee that Habit hasn't let go
1 70; G. Harvey 70;, E. Brooks 70 M. the string on you 'yet, .
!Huston 63; G. Case 69; R. Mills 63 1
Vi, . i]r YS i 0 E CCA i S
clear at our . Bargains`in.Overcoats to ;make room. for
Sale. - our Spring Stock of clothing.
es_112.May
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r a:
to
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ext
The
Art
Garland
Is the most .econo-
mical Heater . made,
uses less fuel and gives
out more heat than
any other base burner.
I -i EAMAN'S
Hardware
& Stove Store
kARditET
BLIGHT -SWALLOW -$Y Rev.: C. W.
Baker, ED., fit Woodham on Jan.
5th, 1916, Mess 3'raneis Annetta
Swallow, daughter of Mr. and ;Mrs,
James Swallow to Arne: . Simon
Blight, of Wyton, 'West Missouri. is
DIED
G`Trl 1O1tL.1l-1n lexe.ter on ,T'inuary
1bt11,W iiliarrr .'Pletcher, aged. 63
yea e, morttbs inn4 13 daye,,
Ci Barris 67; JT Hanlon 66.111: :Vale
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ker 66; M. Eloggarth 66; L 'Walker j 'Calendars this year are not as plen-
64; 0 Mc3')onald 64;. 0: Hestia 64; tiful as they have been in the past.;;
M. ,Moodie 63 H. Essery. 63; A. Shap- It is hard to realize just how much
ton 60 , money is spent in this line by the
3. G. Fitton 59; E. ilig;gins 437'' Th. different stares in town and in fig -
Lord 66.
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530th day that the 73ri-
has been et war 'with
130:1! SOCIAL
The I.0.F, will have e. box eeCio."t
in the Peblio a11, >+,arquliar on the
evening flat Jany. 14th, 1916. The
comuaittee have ,arranged for a short
but very ;select urogram at 8 In roe
.sharp. The Moblia o1 Trio will fur:oieh
musk: latex: J1.dmission 150:•, ladies
bringing baskets ,admitted free., A
good time ie, iexpectet1 -
PATRIOTIC CONVERT
A Patriotic Concert will be Meld in.
School Section ?(o, 1, 'Tieberne trn ti'er's•
day evening, ' Jany. 14th. A, (]same
will be givers by Lumley 33ra.naaticr
,blob esetitl-ed "The Pr'odraal :Brother."`
Rev. Collins., chairman; admission 25
and 10c.1
HONOR ROLL DOR 163.sst Rasttab on
Ma,j. 'tali'. J f aanan.
Lieut. Edgar Torrance
Sidney Smith, Hay pp.
''red Tucker, Exeter
John Kendall Cornish, Elineeralla,
Hector Heywood, Exeter.
Fred. Hopkins, VThaie,n
S3nvanus Cann, Exeter
PVitillxur Pfaff, i ti
Ed. Anderson, Exeter -
Milton Pfaff
Harold Bissett
Fred Wells
W 11s
Lloyd 'Rivers
Austin A. ,'.ice
Ernest 9Co11ingwoo+&.
Albert S. Bolton
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THE EXETER BARGAIN STORE
BI x1. ?0
ALE
During month of January we
th
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wing out whet.": �o economize owing • r cent f f
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to the wog this is one or the lines i give a discountof
FORM T
to suffer.;
1. M. Strang 85; P. ,Cann 80t 1TI.
Laing 79; E. BobYaiith 76; V. Hartleib !Canada is a good 'country to live
,75; V.. Jones 75.. in and this district' is the garden spot
2. N Carom 74;, D. Mallett 7e1 V. of IGanada.l The price of our privii-
Boyes 73. M. Merner 72;: J 1liirper eg.efe is being Paidon the battle fields
Penvx*fele.,'; IJ�Bnvin 7`,.` q - -+ ";ranee •Therfreps must be filled,
dill 71"; M, ougail 67x; G. 73ed�i:o il'•66 looked
i let pthe ees'vai home Are
M. Ford 65; 51.. 13ardy 63; A. 'Hard i
ing 62. we doing ouif duty?
3.: 'R. parsons 58; W. Davis 57;Cx, ' « -
Copeland b6; C. Morley 50; B. Rin- , The voice of the people on the hy-
ers 46. dro radial scheme is ibut a repitition
JB. COMMERCIAL ' • l of the 'hydro flower question.: It •was
} received with suspicion at first but
2. I. Zuefle '71; M. Dray 71; Ge in a few years has grown to large
Wells 66; D. Carom 62. 3. V. Vial-, proportions and the hydro commis -
lett 58; 3.. ,Hastings 42. i sion are kept busy meeting the de-
mands of the smaller places. The
hearty en�dorsation given the trunk
( line of the radial system from London
1, to Toronto presages that in the near
future this ;section of Ontario will be
Ia network of hydro radials the pen -
pie paying the price ant. using the
profits .for their own benefits. The
radial cars stop at any sideroad -or
concession for passengers or freight
and cars run every hour. The draw-
ings of the commission for this d:&a-
trict provide for a line from Exeter
through Elimville •Winchelsea, Kirk-
ton,
irk
ton, Wcodham to wanton. The route
via Granton is ten minutes longer
than a direct route to St. Marys.
From Kirktan the plan runs ;north to
Seaforth and .Brussels., To the west
of Exeter the line is mapped out to
Grand Bend and Crediton, Dashwood,
Zurich, St. Joseph. Drysdale, Bayfield
are included in a route to Goderieh.
From surveys made and statistics
gathered the line should be a paying
proposition from the start. The
first move has been made on the
n line but the work of construe-
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S'lt. COASMERCIAL
1 L. Rice 77; E. Tuckey 76.
HYDRO RATES TO (CONSUMERS
HAVE BEEN SET FOR EXETEIR.
P1t1'lOt-, ,Lea League Notes saThe new schedule of rates to non-
• 'mers of hydro eledtric power were
issued. on Jan. 7th and sh'ow' 'that the
A meeting was held in 'the Town commission has recommended rcduc
Hall, Monday evening, Jan. 10th at tions in nea;rl$* 60 municipal'ties i The
7.30. Donations received -Mrs. Wan- schedule of .nates issued include the
less, $5.100; Miss Shapton member- rates set for Exeter., This is the first
ship fee 25e. It was decided to have intimation Exeter has had of the
a social evening in the James iStreet 'ratetto be cha'rged by Ale commission.
ifhuroh .some 'evening; next week and The service charge is three cents
we would like each member to con- per hundred feet of !floor space the
tribute either: cake or cream„ Full same as .is charged in all the muni -
particulars later. Two o boxes eon- cipalities whose rates were 'under .re-
taining seeks. scarfs, etc. have been view.; For the prompt payment of
sent to Lieut: _Cot Des. Rosiers, St, neeounts a 10 per -cent ,discount tis al -
John N Li., ,to ire forwarded to Miss towed. For the first three kilowatt
Joan Arnoldi.,71i"'eld Comforts�'Commis• , hours for domestic service 5.5 cents
saou Shorncl'ffl Eng b i will be char-ged. For additional do-
mie1
d'
ay
of Y
•itwork = 1 ova
per ski lvo
One box containiing clothes for the ' mestic service 2 75 cents ,tion will not be the �
Belgians has been sent to H. Hoover, .hour will be chatrged.,. but clearly shows the trend of the
Montreal The commercial`rate for the first radial raihvay and assures us that
30 hours. use Iss 11 cents; fon the next in the course of time Exeter will he
70 hours 5.a 'cents and all aver 100 Included in the hydro radial circuit
hours 11 cents I just as she has a ih' hvdxo
STEPHEN 'COUNCIL To get the floor space power belt (Carp
th measurements are taken from but let our co
of n hoose orations move slow-
e e.
uncil keep closely in
The newly' elected Council of the the outside and. a certain percentage te,xcb with the commission along this
Township o. edit hen met in the deducted for walls partitions, closets line All things come to those who
Town Hall, Crediton, on Monday, ;The eta, If two storeys it is multiplied `unit bat they coma faster to those •
10th day of January.1916 ,at 11 a: m, by two.land 'then the service charge who go out after them. i •
After: each subscribed to his deciar- of three cents per hundredsquare,feet -4--
wait
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f rel l at d ff` h is reckoned There is no meter rent.' 111
thousand. aware TElifl'ER 11`ICh WORK
10 per cent off Overcoat or suit
in stock. ; .::_
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a,r cent off. any pair of odd`
tweed or Worsted pants.
Smocks and overalls regular $ I for
90c..
Mens wool underwear at .less than
present wholesale price.
5 dozen 50c ties at half price.
A SLIGHTLY USED IIEINTZMAN PIANO
FOR SALE.
B. W. F.
B E A V E$ S
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talons o ua ific ion an
office t e _ 0
minutes of the previous meeting Twerp A- house with a i NOTICE TO
;read and adopted. feet that is fit present using 15 Irina- BBS ; + •
Love-Neeb:' That a By-law be watt hours Pass 31.50 less 10 per I
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gassed appointing iCharles Zwicker cent, which' m'e 5 1 'the nee:County 'Citizens Coin- . 0
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Aces tI1 i3 pus , The
Huron can O
ing x,`' 60. Under the mittee will Irani then e meetings in i
the county duringSi,&ening week
to which ell wh e. interested in 0
securing proviirci i rol. bition by �•r
July 1, 1,916 tare p '1 y invited. Z
Jan 17,h, in the e; I.hc:i'st 'Church '
Hensell for: the w :s of Sough .
Huron • etErodist ' •
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Jain 1811., in es y ;M
Church,. Clinton, '1 °, the workers , of •
Centra Buroxl. •
Jns 19th, en • ` . :•xeabYteriihn
Church 'Wingha?n, .or he workers of •
North Huron - s
Ill : cit of the me ,] , t. to commence
at.130 p. xnt.. •
Petition tams %c i.l ° b: distt:buted w
at these meetings sarxangemen s
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'eomplet.d for a. s' ,,;4;•h camas ak
the County- ;during weak of San:
`24th to '31st.
and Thos. Trevethick auditors; Joe. ter rent, .a a
Guinanhssessor and truant recorder, new 'nates the service charge would
and sheep valuator; Alonzo Hodgins be 30 cents, the first three kiilowatt
member of the board of .health; Wm. ';ours. 16 1-2 cents and 12 hours for
Lewis, Ed.. I3rokenshire and William 33 dints, totalling 80 cents, with 10
per cent at iedueing the bill to 72
cents legs than one half the former
irate
Oliver Sanitary •Inspectors and I, F.
Eilber, truant officer. Carried;.
Webb--Brawhinney That. Ey-law 1V'o
- to "authorize the borrowing of
$176000 by ehe issue land Seale of dee
bentures to !provide for the ,.cost of a
plant to sdistrisute Electric Power to
be ;supplied :by The Hydro-Eleetrie
Power Cornmiesion of Ontario for the
Uniori Police Village of ' .Dashwood,
be provisionally passed and given its
first and second readings. --Carried.
orders were passed:
The following Jacob Querns gravel :3,20; Municipal
'World; supplies, 1.9:70; John Woods,
gravel: 4.15; Jacob Wainer, grading
ND. 3.00; Aloneo Hodgins, collector
of taxes, 28,00 11y. Yearley. wood,
11 00; grant Siek Caildre `e. s+eepitel
5100
The council tidjaurn:ld to m .ct.,again
in. the 'Town '!Tall, Crediton on'•blcia-
tiny, March (11 h.. at
lJenry Eilher4 !Died,. ,
In the commercial bighting the ser-
vice charge or floor space is eliminat-
ed„ The user o5';less thirx 30 killow.b.tt
hours will be ell:ego:1 :'i little more
than at Present but ree `.t,t:aeye,users
will save by the new rate..
A W0'BTHY CONTRIBUTION
The , x+' ° vil'.e eniday School r
lxm s-
70 75
to o t ,
x
of.. x;
Crib i
;x ,i
made a �ecfn u
Belgium 0ieliif bund, r t
. Up to the, end lc We +viii.
,. s,,it 'l eeoneeiion
+treat in . give that; thou.,.
.� � � i 5 n'n E,al a e g .. ,
oldiex bey e J y
7'he,-5 1. x
With the ;>u nil .. 'y y
Beverley for ',rem., .1 1,:::,;,.
:: z.p':ij ns o
Tbe'Tirncs,,' A tt. , re's lye krill
give three, thous, • i ;a 1 fct a new
,subseriptioxi and um es 4or re-
Ilevials.
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T(11I1P Ti -m dray eVening ht thrix~ :monis.
'T3awden presrnien ;tlieni with 'a On'
;14C4:14! chicken on* �W, Statham. pre-
pared them rind 'the boysrdea the 1•est
other refreshments ware Supplie
ajeoctable time enjoyed..
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NEI` SAVING O'P RUINERS
This year the ,scarcity of raw material and the
continued advance in prices is having a big effect
on all lines of woollen goods and the majority of
suitings of fine 'wools are not only scarce but
much higher in price
We made dae preparation and
laid in an Etra Stock to protect
oarselve9 and customers, Stock
taking rev ars to us this fact and
during the slack season we will offer
saorne
Great ,► ar airs
that will make it to your a.tivantage
to call andleave your order for a
new SUIT or SPRING OVERCOAT.
Biglinediaotions too in l'ur Line
Go < is Furnishings
Winter Coats at a Bargain.
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!Hags and Capsa ,doves, Underwear, Shirts
and Collars, Les,.Smocks, Sweater coats; Garters
etc' t>.;
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