HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-8-24, Page 1ORTV-SECOND YEAR --No: 224.6
EXETER, ONT., THURSDAY
MORNING, AUGUST 24th 1916
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JONES & MAY
PHONE 32
Alteration SCT ALL
L OF NEST THIS WEEK p
PART
Big Bargains are here for you during all this general mix-up. All summer
goods to be cleared out to make room for Our New Fall Goods that are coming in
every day now.
Specials for This .
Here are.a Few p _ week
Dress Goods
For 15c For 25c
4 pieces of a brand new Plaid
Dress Goods. Giod colors for children
The yard.
Ladies' Fancy Suiting
12 Suit Ends of different colors.
M1 beautiful goods. To clear at about
fs,1f price.
Factory Cotton
t21 -2e, for one week 10 yards for $1
Ladies' Hose
15 doz• Ladies extra good Cash -
were Hose 25c pair
Men's Sox
All Cashmere, good weight, 3 prs
gar $1
3 pieces Fancy Plaid. Dandy for
school dresses. New color plaids 25c.yd
Colored Dress Goods
Several pieces of all colors. Spec-
ially marked down tor our alteration
Sale. Rare Bargains
Big Aprons
Extra large Overall Aprons this
week 5Cc
Velvet Rugs
For mats—always sold for $3.50
This week only $2.95
Remnants
Our alteration Sale makes a pile
of Remnants of all kinds this week.
Ladies New Coats
We have just received our New Winter Coats. A little early out gives you
lir choice. We want you to see them as we were very fortunate to secure them
at old prices.
Highest Prices Paid for Live Poultry
Jones AND may
builders' [hardware 1
Headquarters for all
Housebuilding
Requirements
Including Lock Sets, Door'
Bulks, Sliding Doorks
Locks
Glaas, eta. Also a full line of
Barn Hardware
to make your barn comylete
Threshers' Supplies Leather and rubber Belt-
ing, lace leather, nabbit
metal, cylinder oil, etc always in stock
Lawn Mowers -and Hammocks
To clear at reduced prices
HEAMAN'SnHdwe
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MARRIED
x 'ALONE—•"i''ABGE'B•—A.t the home of
the bride's mother, on Wednleiaday,
August 2,3rd, Miss' Margaret h1.
'S aner to 111,r. i . 3. Mahone, of Tile
1 eonburg• by Rev. 'W. J. Yaeger of
Stratford.
vortt-V1VIAN-1n Mitchell on
Tuesday Au'g'ust (:he 22nd, by 'Rev.
hhre Langford. Mr, 11. W. Doer, of
,Exet'er, to AttrA Grace Alma Viv
Ian, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Geo. Vivian, ,Alrt•chc::1 .
ee 19912 the 1 apers contained it
:.,tA, ;4woueapa, 1•cttet ik4.0A Oats echalice.!• atAtt: to
in price over 50cents on •the cheaper
grades and on Someof the more ex-
pedasive papers 75c and $1.00; color-
ed poster ptiper has advanced ..25 pier
cent. book paper and cover paper
have advanced 37 per carat and mem-
orial cards '35 per emit. AS, a matter
of fact' there is not anything Which
enters into printing and pub,.'iisbing
that has not advanced in price ,
TWO .BALES FOR
FIRE S'tJ'li'.FERERS
Tkc Women's Tnrtitutc on eloi:day
TO MEET AT CLINTON
Locais
IB;CJSINESS ORANGE ' •
iMists A. Morloek 'who for sevex'al
111 years hale 'cone:acted a millinery
store in town, h.aleSetd, out to Miss Mo
(Donald of Woodstock, who will take
.osteession toes ennung season.
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Mr. sen. ,Cornish,of the 'London
Road South, lost a' valuable cow legit
week the animal geeing struck by the
train at the crossing a mile and a
(quarter south' of town ,Dr, Reid was
called but the animal was too badly
hurt to cave her life;
eLEAVIING DOWN
0,ow BILLED vitiPrItAIN
Pointers
It looks als though neither 'potatoes
nor apples willbe an average orop
in this(section. Potatoes or apples
are not often .placed on the luxury
list but just at present 'they are bid-
ding lard For, first Blase iia table:
etlntiee
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Reeve Joan' W. Taylor presider!, for
the first tune at the trial held he
tho Town Hall. Tuesday when nine
poung+men were found guilty of speed
Mg on Main St. The boys figure the
•Reeve is no novice when it comes to
figuring out expenses .
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The building activity in Exeter tho
111r, J. A. Wambold, who ac been vast .Eery years has not by any means
in London, for; some time and wee met the demand for houses in E.oeter
formerly conducted a restaurant in and a s,xitabie dwelling for rent is
town, has purchased a grocery stare ; town is a scarcity. Six new houses
td
In :Condon, He will move his family i are now nearing completion but. in
o that city in the near future, ':!sins' only one 'Dasa its it Being built
O. LL Wvi resigned her position wits j to meetent situation and is will In no degette'
DELIVERING THE GOODS
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1. Wm. Taruemhhrof FIay pnr- There has been no half holiday in
ck°tired a large ;nervi Edison, Diamond town this summer and the mid -week
Dia phonograph from Mr. J. W. Pow halt holiday has been greatly mi'esed
b
ell, the local dealer. This week "lir. The custom
q the cher and others'.
Powell delivered another machine to
had been estabtushed long enough to
Mr. and Mos. Link of DaPewood, !bc throughty appreciated and it is
tteix daughtri ,li(s, Ida o?' 'Brantford just a question appreciated
bus(d has
preseutxng them with one. prose
BANK BALANCES
FOR PATRIOTIC! PURPOSES
The .Sank Act Teas been emeandied
to permit the Minister of Finance to
Claim from all the banks in Canada
tee balances unclaimed for more than the Exeter :l;ricultural Sac-
five full years, the moneys tot he wed tete will hold their 'fall exhioiticini
purpose
n the patriotic fund or any other It 'you have not already made your
reey in un puled interest. st. For-
mercy any unclaimed deposits after plans to be represented at the Exeter
five years were alainied'by tie banks 'Fal :start now to do no: Exetter fair
ranks well as a country fair and
why }shouldn't it 'when WI, have. the
finest agricultural district surround-
ing that can be found aro-where.,
Prospered any'by the 'stores being
open or th•e community around urs
any better served .
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The Canadian National Exbi eitior.,
will; xn its gates -on Saturday of
hextt:. ''eek. London Fair will borne,
Hct and immediately following
ANKLE SPRAINED
Mr. Horne,. of LTsborne, while thresh
ing last week. lad the misfortune to
have ono of his ankles sprained. In
some way the separator was pulled
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;Quite a number of the boys who
from its position in the barn andetart Lave been home on harvest furlough
ed 'down the ga.ngwap, Mr. Lorne was have returned to Camp Borden. Many
oaf the tongue and lost coneroe and oft em wwryere not quite as keen•toput
was thrown over the gangway teitb
the re,satt that his foot was badly
+sprained.
(Ai LIVE WIRE
During tate storm on Saturday the
wires of .the Exete...271leleetrie Lighe
Co. on Main St., wrer0 hro}ren in a tree
near Mr. W. D. Weeks' house' and fell
across the hydro lines causing ta. live
wire. The wire almost Levered in two
e limb as targe a's a man's. arm and
the tree near th'e spot was quite hot
Mr. Weeks guarded the wire for over
en hour until Mr. Doerr, the hydro,
engineer, arrived and bad it fixed .
A LIVE FOX
Mr. Orville Cann of Lshornee
while working in one of his fields
ninot aedHa 5 droovogered rking ditch that hadd when a live wire was dangling from
been ciao ioros'a i~x a .lata and on ir,41 a tree within easy reach giver, wvarn-
vestigatxon he round it was it young i mg that the taking down on cthe
esaiily
the erharki on ALS they were to lay it
off. ''War has no attraction's fort the
boys but duty meets with their. ready
res•ponee. The soya will do 'their bit
but on the other band they Want the
-consideration that is due theca
and many feel that they were' enott
duly considered when Camp, Borden
was=elected. Over a million dollar's
have been spent on the• camp
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Durii>g the 'rush and busy time: of
the me,n who have been wiring the
houses and stores or town for hydro
the town council have given cox.std-'
eration to the Exeter Electric Light
Co. in not asking thein to remove
their wires from the street. altho•3gh
several times there has been trouble
bee, use of the two lines coming in
contact Saturday night's i.ncideet
fox meanly growwn firmed: with a fork;sicuid not he delayed un
le and his dog had a livery*,time 'for
e few minutes but'l: e finally sue- The matter of road building is de -
e
in capturing the animal alive mending the attention of the town
IMPROVEMENTS TO STORE 1 fathers • and the people's money will
Women's Military Aid Societies May Jones iC May are making cxteneive Bred dollars by the ap}whca+ion of
Form :County A lain' jog improvements to 'their dry good:; gravel to ar number of the streela
store laving it thoroughly overhauled If the hest results are obUainiedi
lAt the aweguest of certain Wotan'i3 and making more room for tkeirsto k iroin the expenditure there will be
Red Cross Societies the of.fioors• of The millinery dt partment is b'in' no 'kick coming• Citizens are a rule}
the War Auxiliary. have arranged i taken out and this ww-ill be ulsed for .•t r . little concernto ut how amucreis being
for a meeting of represlentativeu ot ready:=to.+wear department. T'he big sink
all women's societies doing patriotic store le being re -painted on the in.•idc'. Brent. The ro'tds is one of the big
work in the county of Huron to be The verandah will be torn down to holes of ao large portion o.f pthe rev-.
tell at Clinton on .Gabor ..Day, Sept. admit more light and awnings will be t'nii'c of town wits little i he bignenk
4th. Sessions will kre h.elai at'11o'ebock put in glace, of it. Wik'en completed from year io year. A good road roller
a. m. and 2 o'clock p. m. and t.L-ere it will make a decided improvement :might be a good investment for the
!may be short after-'lu.ncheon add- I 'town and would. certainly improves
lasses at 1 o'clock 'p. m. Lady !Beck UEF'T FOR OVERSEAS the roads for old. is after the g'ravc l
and otber officers of the Canadian' (,ieutenant T. Edgar Torrance .has beepe placed on them.
iRed Croak have been invited to speak of tie 161st Battalion„eon of Mr. and irtrodLctton of,
on practical questions concoctedbe With iIi' • Jotm Torrance, ot Clinton, and liquor traffic in Ontario the work and sane' expected to be pre echo for ,everat yearswas tiriployend
be 'spipit to the tune of several hug;
The prohibition of
the is only a
niece weeks away from next Saturday •
As far as Baron and other counties
under the :Canada Temperance Act is •
concerned there will be no change.
The Canada Temerancpc• Act is work-
A.'rTENTION
EXETER 03AND MEM5:I3:ERS
A special greeting will be held in
the Town Hail Friday evening Aug -
25th at 8.30 o'clock tor the purposes
of tselieoting ran:4e and arrrangit.g' the
'brand for .rehearsals. Bring :voter in-
strument and; ail inut ie, will have; ai.
short rehearsat after business is
transacted o'E, ,mu. is to he used Exeter
Fair Day. Don't fait to attend this
meeting
S. C. I-ian.na
FII TEEN WENT 'WEST
Fifteen were tiekc•te.i throngh to
the- Wiest on Saturday hear by Mr. N
J'. Dore,f the iocat agent of the °rand
Trunk. Anions thele were the follow.
fiawg.— J. Kerniok, R. Squire, Wm.
Towers, Sam'l Ross, S. Powell, Aus-
tin Ford, Mrs. T. Elliott, Sam and
Jack Elliott, Keith Ford, Wm. Des-
jardine and Mich. Fletcher.
MAL.,ONE—YAEGE'£t
A very quiet wedding took pietee at
at the home of the bride's mother,
111'rs. Margaret Yaeger, on Wedn'eis-
day August 23rd at three o'clock when
her daughter, Miss Margaret Yoe,
ger was united in marriage to Mr.
E. J. Malone, of Tiksonturg. The bride
was 'dressed ,in a suit or grey taff-
etta with hat to .match and wore a
eterea.ge bouquet of pink roues. Mr.
and :Mrs. Malone left on a motor trip
'for Toronto and Montreal !Leet/ W
23 HOGS DEE ON
WAY TO TORONTO , -
()wing to the oiopreauave heat la'
Sqtiirday 23 hogs that were kihi'ppeEC
from,, Clinton to the eeornn io marked
died wl:ile on the cars Last week •
Loge were at a .record prtoe of.ov r $12
t i;&,15 'being Maid at Exeter., the Weis
is quite 1ikave'. The re lee els as:lexazatetll
}'4.65 FOR SPElei31Nee
The 'Ex'eter races are ovex. '.t1 c c',orn ;
reading evtent took place in two on
Tuesday wheal ten young en>ea appear-,
ed before Reeve John W. Tay lair' in
the •court room and nine ox them
pleaded guilty to tracing te1eir honselse
on Main St. and 'contributed one, dol:a
Jar and costs to the town tsteneuiryl
The costs broulght the amount. 'up to
e•14:65. The (Doss have _..awned from
experience the old truth: that it is a
'costly (be:siness .following the races
tibout the only lucky man is the
:book—maker. In this .caste it tit/ a•e cierIk
Jos. Senior, who aeted/ at cxerk.of the
bourt..Most of the suxumer on Selene -c;
day evenings espsciarly. the bneee.
have been rising blain St. as a(Toed}
track for the exereese of •.thteir horses;
and the authorities have decided t+a -
put a stop to it and conisecquentlyi
nearly a dozers young mez, trona the
surrounding country dre sed their .
Sunday best drove into town early
T'aesday morning with their Slick.
looking drivers that anyone would be
'proud to told the reins over, ,and ate
most temptedto speedup a little
but the authorities have dreid, d that
J.
Yaeger. ot Stratford, uncle of the `tle .blain 5f, is not a Mani for 2nakr
bride officiated , log trials •of spreeiL
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THE EXETER BARGAIN STORE
GIST SALE
Here are a sew Prices on Ciearii Lines
Silk Spools ac each
Hooks and Eyes z cards for yrc
Hair Pins 3 boxes for roc
Combs and Barrettes r 5c each
Ladies Cotton Hose z prs for 25c
Ladies Fancy Collars 2 for 25c
Ladies Silk Gloves r5oc and 75c
Ladies Soft Collars roc each
Men's Ties 2 for 25c
Men's Socks roc, e5c zoc pair
See our window of Shoes at 95c
A few clearing lines of Men's Astoria. Shoes ir••,ss1ar
'i5.00 for $3 75
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ant in town, was one of the sixteen office'
The purpose is to systemize military ars cho:se:n from .No. 1 Military D(s=
aid work in the county and if desir. riot for part of a draft' of two Lan -
able to form a 'scanty association. ' dred young officers from Canada.
An effort, las been made ta- oomr_ who have one tor fill the gaps caused
g S P' ins out with a good degree o. sits.-
municato with
alt the Wonion s by •'meant casualities •among officers faction and no smolt credit us due to
societies, but as some have not replied of battalions at th,+ front. He left tkc, untiring efforts of. the County
it is uncertain whether ,the' letters London on Tuesday, secretary, elev. E. G. Powell, who,
have (reached them. All women's lioc- 1 ever alert and feaster; to prosecute
iettes are urgently requested tosend }3ATTALION NOT 1COMING p ,, sttcne +s or talkie of the newvwar
re nrc'sentattveis and all persons who
intend being present i honld notify . Afterrece. vingword on Tuesday tl;'at' measure w(IL not c 1 pond by thio
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the secretary of • the War Auxiliary the 161st 113atte:ion would be in Exet.r clause... that are
Placed upon the stat -
at Clinton at ones: without th came.; t + 'books but by the co -,operation ot
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delay. Ar on August; 25th to receive e, co orw u
d ' "d th•• neon a.nd wog en whowr•il (staled . be-
'ran)gements will be made for all who which fact wvas lac sty a ver etc n .
send notification. Each :society will many of the County papers, worel woo, hind thein ' to see tie v ar.H en-
rovide for! the,pense . of its own es received on Friday that the I3altalten' fermi. The tricks to get booxre into
Melte€ ation . would not come. Plans and nreparat-• 1 a dry territory are sly and never end-
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ions were alieady under sway to cele -:'ins and; if the w'oa+tisfactoring outv f
the new
' a n:tieing
I berate the occasion and the day had law is to b'
BOWLERS AT NORWICH earn proclaimed a pu.blle holiday ( vigi.lene' meet he ma.int,ained and taw
Two rinks of bowlers consisting of'There was no little di'+appolntment brenls.'crs pro-erutci without die -
E. Christie W. le. Lovett, T. R. Ca1 Ianiang many when the news came crim.n'itioxt .
• r - .het the Bette don could not come
ing, ht. N. C{ree'ek•, W. D. Clarke, 3, A,. Tho Soldiers Aid Society will:end a 1
Stewart, W. We Taman, and R. G. tlslputation to Camp 'Barden to mak, DO Ir—VI i IAN
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Seldon motored to Norwich Tuesday rw+ entation VN IC will ,lakemtook wase
in 'I-
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to "take part in a osc•'day'
the i s A quiet wedding I
Ibowvling tournament on 'Wednesday. place some time next week. rbelt eerie Tuesday morning:kin r$i.
.> NNOUNCEu+elENTS 22nd e ria "1lte Grace cling:k n let
ea I- 'I'IIiIOUG;TI ¶rrrE IlTOOR ( )dtst dainmi-ter or 4Ir arid 'wlr?.
I The engagement is aneortnc :d of Georgi 't`ivi in, 1litclell, wwas n004 r
in some respects '(t is an advantage Arise Rowena Gertrude. Sho: bottom, in marriage to Mr. lin•rrnan W. Boer,
to be small, 1n maize ot least our claughter of Mr. and /...Mrs. fgleeShoe• hydro eneleN.r of town, The cereamey es
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worthy•cointe.mpory, Mr. C. 11 San- 'bottom, of Ildcrton to Mr. William was performed leo Illev. Lang''ord. ser.
class would make one and a hale of et Riddell of St. learns, the marriage and :Mrs. Doer ares pending a short
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trouble on. W'edncsday mornii:g. No. 'CLn engagement 10 ewe:emcee of I''TE. RUSSELL LOSES :1 ltl'T '.' flM
doubt .he had an .extra toad on that ll is; •Tans.. ]wf, 1lTa.xwwcll, laughter of
worries
'czrrying the e pipe_ and ;efr and ' Mrs., S. R. bT.;tsa•ele of ! Mir. end errs. Wnt. m., -sell receive et
aworries of getting out hill paper: that lit John N. lR to Dr, John ' Piunc.r word. twat wi lik thlt their ,srrn. i'te. w
day and when be stepped into the (tnpl I,t.ek. of +jfiensall. 1~kc m rriag+,x fo y 7. 'Ii.0 r11 er ha r<.t.:, rvonn 'rd tit ,
tucrxt shop of Itobin.aon wl Tfa.wvkirs tape place at an certy date; ! }' ,r,,s a.hoiut• the nt,eldle of July. had Z
to s(mpty raaak i,hroa,gli the floor. The engagement ement is annor+nc;•d of' lost his left arae: Pte. Reotelf boon.4t •..
Jfts ouiratietcl'od arms saved 11.)11 from S lI
Bettie Alberta ICoI(oway, daughter 01 eel to the 70th i3 ittafitin rec,riut• cf
going right through to the cellar of r t London. and after tial.+>n;'este
g i'1Ir. land 'Arrs. Albert J. •Ilollowvay, . .w
but Peolend,.vole one
floor. Jli, reccxvcd quits a Jn(t r * to take wlae then a month in ,
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as and that lig just what! got him into to take place this month honeymoon in Muskoka . •
shipped wt/ -r. + ioa es of clothing escaped without injury, It mi.ghthave Cl.nion, .i ho rnax rage } +'
two Large roams e5 ibis month. Mies hot(owway is well oe t'h'e 20U track inn k risen, to kt% ,a t- 4
-i North . , n •., been isorao The joists were rotten h d to tli• bone %.4 T°r.ne':::; T'a.t s+ at w 4 tad e tr sadP Mai 44.444 04e4•41ol o i.
a the .fixe stxflcxcr, t e th 0 t J Ltown in town baying visited hi'r. 001
aria. one ' sing Id blathoson and the through and the floor sure, wvay, Work
ro,Chra;,nC; Ai , : i : I' , ,
rxntn Reis now engagedis replacing end Wes' R. N,; Ttowvd w -..
herla;i t,' t, 1ti,
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on are sure to want something new now
for your vacation and the holidays
that are coming on. Underwear,
Pyjamas, Socks, Shirts, Collars and Neckties.
We've got them for you. Get they from u?.
Men's High Urade
Negligee Shirts
Supererior make ke and
nisbp in neatest and
most up to -date pat-
terns -75c to $
ierr s-7. c2.00
New Socks
Plain Lisle Socks,
25c. Plain silk socks,
50c. Fancy sacks 75c.
New Collars
Many new lanes just
put in stock which are
sure to please. All
Sizes in stock, '
New Neckties
Handsome, High -
Grade Ties, something
new and up-to-date 500
Blue Serge Suits for Men
Otir Va rtes are undoubtedly the best in
Canada,
W.W. TAMAN
Pl-l.ONE Si a
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