The Exeter Times, 1920-7-15, Page 1_BORN
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HUNKIN—In Usborne, on July 9th,
to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hunkin,
a son.
WOLFE—At Dashwood on July 10,
to Mr. and Mrs. Wes. Wolfe, a,
son.
MARRIED
McNEIL-'OKE—In Clinton, on July
1st, by the Rev. D. N. McCaraus,
Lydia, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Oke, of Exeter,
to Thomas J. McNeil, of Clinton.
BELL—McILROY—At Ontario St.
parsonage, Clinton, on July 3rd,
by the Rev. S. Anderson, Mrs.
Edith Elinor McIiroy to John
Robert Bell, both of Blyth.
THOMPSON—STEVENS — At the
Methodist parsonage, Centralia,
on July lst, by the Rev. Mr. Sin-
clair, Lucy, , daughter of Mr. Jas.
Stevens, to C. W. Thompson, M,
D., both of Clinton.
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At the home of Mr. and Mrs, Wni.
Higgins, Rattenbury street, Clinton,
on Thursday evening, July lst, the
marriage took place of their sister,
Miss Lydia Oke, daughter of the
late Mr. and lirs. Hugh Oke, of Exe-
ter, and Mr. Thos. J. McNeil. The
bridal pair were -unattended and the
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
D. N. McCamus, only the immediate
relatives being present. The bride
wore a pretty gown of grey messal-
ine trimmed with touches of mauve. of Exeter, occupied the chair.
After the ceremony congratulations Newspaper publishers have been
CANTELON—In Clinton, on July
5th, Samuel Qantelon, aged 65
years.
I think I need not fearGod's judg-
ment then -
If only .I have kept my record
clean, w
Have daily walked among my fellowmen
And played the -friend wherever 1
have been.
I need not have great deeds of which
to boast, y;
Nor point to splendors gained b
but the few; • •
If I have kept the faith and held
my post,
I shall have done what 1 was born:
to do.
There is a deeper pride a than
strength or skill,
A greater glory than earth's fleet-
ing fame, -
There is no triumph of the steadfast
will -
An honest heart excels a blazoned
songs and dialect 'which was unique., If I shtail lire zip to the light..i.own,
some ribs. sir. Kydd is well advanced • PamahaSiki and his pets was the big Shall
keepassthe
faith when tempted
in years and his escape „from more i feature of the evening. We must say and
serious injuries was very fortunate.1that the intelligence that these I need not tremble at the Great
trained animals showed was certain- White Throne,
OVERCHARGE REFUNDED ,ly marvellous and must have taken Though men on earth may say,: '
a lot of time and patience by their that I have failed.
—By Edgar A.. Guest.
So much was said and written a-
bout the case against Mr. Adolphus
Hooper on the charge of selling
diseased meat last winter that the
public will be interested in the final
turn of events When the Magis-
trainer.
W. C. T. V. CONVENTION
The twenty-third annual conven-
tion of the Huron County Women's
trates Messrs Joseph Hawkins, and Christian Temperance Union !net in
John Taylor put in their bill of ex- Wesley church, Clinton, on Tuesdapulsespses Mr. Hooper objected to the a- and Wednesday of last week and it
mount thru his solicitor and paid the was considered to be one of the most
amount under protest. An appeal successful conventions ever held
was made to the Crown. Attorney both as to attendance and enthusi-
and also to the Attorney General re- asm. Representatives were present
garding the matter and both upheld from nearly every Union in the
Mr. Hooper's contention that the County.
charges were excessive. The result Tuesday afternoon was taken up
is that last week Mr. Hooper was - pretty much -with the receiving of
refunded $36.22 the amount of the
overcharge.
.NEWSPRINT GOING SKY HIGH
reports, appointing of commiittees,
etc., a short address . also being
given. by Miss Morton, Provincial Or-
ganizer. The president, Mrs. Beavers
the extended and the wedding feast advised that pr ice of newsprint At ria o'clock tea was served in
was served. Mr, and Mrs, Wm. Oke, paper, now $80 per ton at the mill, the diiningteroox and below
stairs fem
ers f
and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Oke, of will be advanced to :$115 per ton for the d eg
as Seaforth present present for the wed- three months from'July lst past, and local Union. An address of o us ewh c
lcome
ding—Clinton News -Record. Miss further advises are that the price was:given by Mrs. ZVT a ,
Oke's many friends in Exeter will for the fourth quarter of 1920, that was replied to by Miss Gregory of
extend their best wishes for future is from October 1st to the end of the Exeter. Others also spoke and a very
happiness. year, will be $130 per ton. This is happy social time was spent.
very interesting, to say the least, In the evening an entertainment
LAYMEN'S MINISTERIAL but not nearly so interesting as it was given by Gold and Silver medal -
SUPPORT COMMITTEEis astounding. To the Journal it ists of the county. Misses Lillian
ORGANIZED that newsprint paper will Jackson, Addie Taman, of Blyth,
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means
cost it 61y a per pound as compared and Master George Beavers, of Exe-
A special session of the Exeter with 2c per pound little more than. ter, rendering
4Ia solos
andne StoMicths s Mand
el -
two years ago.' In other words a da 1Vlcllroy,
Daisy Nediger, reciting. Miss Lillian
Jackson rendered a violin solo also.
Miss Morton gave a very earnest
talk on "Service and Sacrifice.” Miss
Gregory, chairman of the resolution
committee, read the resolutions. The
Rev. S. Anderson, on request of the,
president, spoke a few words to the
convention, and the meeting was
dismissed by a few words of prayer
from the Rev, E. 0. Porde.
Wednesday morning the Xlection
of officers took place, resalting in
Miss Dorothy Kuntz left for
Guelph lust week where she will take
a summer Agriculture ceerse at=
Guelph.
Mr. B. W. F, Beavers has • the
foundation in and the framework -
erected for his new bungalow: an the
corner of Main and Gidley streets.
Distict Laymen and Ministers met in
James street church on Tuesday to
organize the Laymen's Ministerial
Support Committee of the District.
Nearly all the circuits were repre-
sented. The committee organized
with S. C. Chown,•chairman and W.
Sweitzer, secretary. The following
circuits have already signified their
acceptance of the new minimum sal-
KILTY—In Clinton, on July 5th, ary of $1500.00 plus horse keep.
Margaret Jane Watkins, widow ofTames Street, Exeter, Parkhill, The following is the report of the
the late Rev. George M. Kitty,
in her 63rd year.
15 ton order of paper which former-
ly cost the Journal $600 will cost
more than three times as much, or
some $2000 per car. To cover this
one increase in cost alone a pablish-
er would have to charge $3.00 per
year, for a weekly paper. —St.
Marys Journal.
S. S. NO. 14, STEPJttLN.
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FORCY-SE+CON D YEAR—No; 2276
EXETER, ON'T, 'TH,URSDAY VIORNIXG JULY 15th, 1920
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MEN'S PANAMA HATS AT $2.95 EACH.
We offer this week the balance of our Men's Fine Quality Panama
Sailor Straw Hats to clear at only $2.95 each.
CLEA1'�ING OF WASH DRESS GOODS
On sale this week hundreds of yards of white and fancy wash
dress goods, suitable for Children's and Ladies' wear. Prices greatly
reduced to clear out quickly.
LADIES' AND MISSES' ALL WOOL PULLOVER SWEATERS XI' $4.95
Four dozen Ladies' and Misses' all wool pullover sweaters, all pop-
ular colors and combination of colors, reduckil in price for July selling
to only $4.95 each
25 per cent off Ladies' Smocks, House Dresses and Children'? dress-
es, ages 2 to 14 years.
APRON GINGHAM AT 29c
Four webs good quality apron gingham 36 inches wide regularly
45c per yard. July clearing sale price only 29c per yard.
• 04d lines o£ Ladies' White shoes and Pumps greatly reduced
price.
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very special at 35c per pair or
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Grey Cotton Socks, good heavy weight,
3 pair for $1.00.
See our Men's and Young Men's Palm Beach Suits for hot weather
wear.
Store closed Wednesday afternoons during July and August.
owing andMr, andJos.
E A regular meeting of the iuniclp- xnotored to London Monday evening
al Connell, with all the members' ing to the serious 'illness of Mrs,
= present. has undergone a serious operation.
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' The minutes of the meeting held at the hospital.June 28th were read and approved,
DI+JIORNING CALVES
Many are familiar with the simple
•v tin the growth of
Snell (use Miss Edna Geddes) who
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The County rate Or the Village of Exeter as per natieS reactive('
from County Clerk Hohuan for 1920
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is Three Thousand and Twenty Dol process of pre en g
lave' and Fifty Six Conte. For Gen- horns on calves Moister, the spot
ta•i oral County purposes $2034,16: where the horn is to grow, and rub
Good roads rate $1016.40, it with a piece of caustic potash till
The tollowing accounts were read it looks red. That is all. An agricul-
and. passed: Weal paper recently says: "Rub till
The Bell Telephonta Co,, cemetery the skin is broker, and it begins to
bleed." This is not necessary. As
• phone rent 4,13: issett' s phone
= rent 5.50: messages.; 1.•85, 11.48, slightly irritated it need not be ruU-
• Kenneth Ford, labor„. cemetery 18.- bed any longer. It is best to do this
00 ; J. W. Lamport, ;gasoline, come- before the calf is two weeks/ old,
tory 9,60; W. J. Beer, rep. and oil
s 14.50; ,Paris Sand and Gra-
Onix a little moistening with the fin-,
Co.; W Creecth, labor R. B. ger dipped in water, is all that is
soon as the place begins tolook even
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7,00; R. E. Davis, team labor R. B. SUSPECTED RUM -RUNNERS
12.00: Road Const. 16,00: 28.00; '
Richard Murphy, labor fire dept„ There is every suspicion that a
3.00; John W. Taylor labor road car containing several cases of
const. 50,00; B., W. F. weavers, trip whiskey came to grief a.short dis-
to Goderich; road const. 8;:00; Frank Lance east of Exeter. A large eight -
Sims, team, road cause 44.00; C. cylinder Cadillac car was being driv-
Heywood, do., 56.00; Qn erio Flax en west on the Thames Roacl appar-
Co. do., 32.00; W. H Sheri on, do., eptly on its way to Sarnia when
8.00; F. W. Bawclen, c1O .00; 3. some tiro trouble developed and the
Preszcator, do., and, giiavel 75.00, car took the ditch damaging the
less $12.00 for . >lemeeting gravel wheels so that the party could not
63.00; The Worknien'e Compensa- proceed_ on their journey. The re -
tion. Board Assessment 6.30. port in circulation is that the men
Passed on moti4ii of Elston and paid little attention to the wrecked
Davis. Carried, auto at first but hurriedly removed
Auditor Mawson gave his report a number of cases to the field be -
for the month of June. Accepted on side the road and covered them over.
motion of Penhale and Ward. Car- These were removed between Sat-
vied. urday night and Sunday morning.
Per Elston and Davis --That the The authorities are at present work-�
on the case. .
▪ 20.40; Riohard Quahcs, labor R. B. required.
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R. N. ROWE, UNDERTAKER, HAS NEW MOTOR HEARSE
The above is a cut of a new
motor hearse purchased by Mr. R.
N. Rowe several months ago and re-
cently delivered. Mr. Rowe has en-
deavored to keep abreast of the
times and this latest addition to his
POSTAL REGibliSl J it N
According to an amendment to the
post office act passed' during the re-
cent session of Parliament, the reg-
istration fee on letters and other
matter mailed in Canada is fixed at
tea (10) cents per each letter or
article. The above fee shall apply to
all registered mail matter posted in
Canada on and after July 15th,
1920. The public are advised to or-
der that they may see that all reg-
istered mater is fully prepaid as
regards both postage and registra-
tion fee.
P ve proclaim Wednesday, August ing
CHAUTAUQUA DRAWING
RIG CROWDS.
The Dominion Chautauqua opened
11th as Civic Holiday-. Carried. NARROW ESCAPE. la four-day engagement in Exeter on
Adjournment by Penhale,
Jos. Senior, Clerk.
undertaking business is another for -
weed step. The hearse was built by
the, 1VIcLaughlin Motor Car Co,, and
is of handsome design, The above
picture shows Mr, Roeve at the rear,
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AUTO DAMAGED BY FIRE.
A Chevrolet car belonging to Mr.
i Monday. The Chautauqua is some -
Mr, William Kydd,' of Usbornel thing new to Exeter this being the
suffered a bad accident last week first of its kind to be held here. The
and narrowly escaped more serious 1 programmes for the first two days
injuries. Mr. Kydd was driving a l of the week measured- up to the ex
team of horses on a hay rake when pectations of those who were look -
h. e 1' es caught in the ma- ing for a treat. The musical program
Terest
I shall have done my duty here on
earth,
If I have lived up to the best I
knew,
If I have tried. at trines to be of
worth :.
And gladly done the litle I could
do.
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W. T. Peliow, of ,Goderich, was bad- clainery and broke The team star- on Monday delighted the music
ly damaged by fire on Thursday of I tad to run and had • n , -ot gone far lovers while the address by Mr.
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last week and narrowly escaped des-
truction. Mr:Pel'ow was visiting Mr.
W. A. Baikwill, of town, and the
auto was in ,_Mr_ BarJ.kwill's barn. I until the impact when he was thrown
Smoke; was seen =issuing from the for several feet. He was somewhat
barn and zno .fire on showed that bruised . and stiff but able to be a-
fire. The car was rune dayor so afterwards it
the car was on t round. A
out of the barnand the fire extra -was discover
guished by turning ,,pn water from
some hose that was on the place. The
fire started by a short circuit in the
starting cable. The wiring of the
car was destrbyed together with the
instrument board and the instru-
ments, the footboards, and the low-
er part of the windshield. The dam-
age will amount to about two hun-
dred dollars. A few minutes more
and the car and barn would have
been destroyed.
when the other line caught and was Carveth Wells, giving his experiences
broken. The horses ran through a of six years in the jungle of the
ateway and the wheels of the rake Malay Peuinsula, was immensely in-
teresti' paid instructive. -Tuesday
evening's programme was also good.
The Jordan entertainers put on: a . name.
programmee •of Indian and Chinese .
ed he had fractured
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GOLD MEDAL HAY FORK ROPES
—and—
' GOLD MEDAL BINDER TWINE
Special prices on POLARINE.
Why pay more?.
1 gal. Litho. cans $1.25
1 gal. (bring your car) $1.00
5 gals. (bring your car) .... 90c, gal.
Also Garg. Oil in. 1 and 4 gal.
cans. and bbls.
Now in stock.
At very low prices.
WASHING MACHINES AND
WRINGERS -
Gold Medal washers $18.00
Electric washers $100:00
'Wringers from - $7.00 up
. Wash Boards . , . - 65c.
Ga1v, Tubs, and etc.
Hardware
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SCHOOL FAIRHURON
IN
COUNTY 1920
Date, Where held, day.
Sept, 9th, Dashwood, Thursday .
Sept, 10th, Crediton, Friday.
Sept. 16th, Gorrie, Thursday.
Sept;. 17th, Ethel, Friday.
Sept, 18th, Porters Hill, Saturday
Sept. 20th, Colborne, Monday.
Sept. 21st, McKillop, Tuesday.
Sept. 22nd, Clinton, Wednesday.
Sept, 29th, St. Helens, Wednesday ,� epee ettiilg 'a calf, 'whoa
f p
Sept, 30th, Walton, ".Cltursday: thin the
Oct. 4th, Wroxeter, Monday', in some planner she lost her balance
Oct. 5th, Belgra;ve, Tuesday.; and fell thru, striking her arM on a
promotion examinations held in S,S.
ton. Other circuits were regarded No. 14 Stephen for the term ending
Granton, Lucan, Crediton and Kirk-
SALARIES OPMETHODIST
' P STORS '.; O DE INCA ASED
Laymen's Committee to Conduct
Educational Campaign to this End.
At the Loudon Conference recent-
ly held a t Stratford it was recom- -
meed' d that the minimum salaries
for ministers be $1,500 per annum,
whereas it has only been $1,200..
The Laymen's Association 'has for-
med an organization known , as the
Methodist •: inisterial. Support Com-
mittee of the London Conference.
The object of this Committee will be
to carry on a compaign of education
and through the work of the organ-
ization endeavor to have - each cir-
cuit raise their minister's salary in
keeping with the high cost of living.
The Conference Committee is eom-
posed of the following:
Conference Officers:— President
of conference, Rev. George Jewett,
Wyoming; past president of confer-
ence, Rev. W. H. Graham, Strat-
ford; honorary president, Laymen's
Association, T. B. Shillington, Blen-
heim; vice-president Laymen's As-
sociation, Wm, Heaznan, London;
Chairman of conference coli! hittee, -
Ezra 'Hunt, Lambeth, secretary, H
Pocock, London.
District Representatives:-- Lon-
don, R. L Watson, London;- Strat-
ford, John C. Hay, Listowel; Goder-
ich, A, T. Cooper, ,Goderich: Exeter,
S. C. Chown, Lucan; Strathroy, J.
R.Steadman, Petroleit; Sarnia, J.
0,, Ferguson; Windsor, L. W. AM -
son, `Windsor: Chatham, J. B. Clark,
Blenheim; Itidgetown, 7, le, Stone,
Highgate; St. Thomas, F. W. Miller,
La =oleo Station; '4Wingham, W.
I3. Kerr, \Vinghaln.. hasbeen cal
The above committee
het to. meet ill the Firrt Methodist
church,, Lonelan, on Tuesday, July
i;lth, to complete plans for carrying
out the work.
It is hoped that every i,Ie,thodilt
throughout the London Conforenee
will rise to he call of duty and obit!:
gat on, for a better and more eq%4j
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their -able p
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as hopeful. There is only one cir- at midsummer. (Names in order of the re-election of officers as follows,
President, Mrs. B. tiff*. F. Bearers,
suit in the epees District, and they merit). Vice, Mrs• !McGuire, Brun-
were not represented, that cannot Jr. 4th to Sr, 4th.—Fred Huxtable Exeter;
be described as strong enough num-
Sr. 3rd: to Jr. 4ttr:—Verna Con- eels; CorRectSecMi Miss Marjorie
erically and financially to meet the Clinton;
per.
new obligation. Jr 3rd. to Sr, 3rd,—Harry Steels �Goderclt. Treasurer; Mist,:
Bentley,
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(honors) ; recommended for Jr. 4th
, Murray Neil, Helen
mond Prey,
Sr.Ord.—John Smith,
gins, (hours) Vern Smith, Joseph
lynia Garfield Neil, 1 aret. Hicks
Pt. 1 to Jr, 2nd.—Margaret
,(honors), Hazel Smith (Honore);
Wanda Wills (honors).
T. Fortner.
FRACTURED
r jr.t 4th.—Genevieve O'Brien, Ar- Mrs. A, T. Cooper, the correspond-
ittle daughter of Mr. ing secretary, was presented with ;t
Ruth, the 1 g life membership by the convention at
and Mrs, Tont Collingts 011 while iifSrs 31 Wednesday morning's session. h
visiting her pranfparents on Sunday ci2nd. to ,ir,
ortune to fail and Jr. 2nd to Sr. 2nd Tlelett 13od Miss Marjorie
delegate' of.
G dProv-
last lead the • xtlisf was appointed
iridal Convention to be held in
break her left arm between the 'el -
leaning
Stuith`s Falls in the autumn.
A.ntemorial service for four mem-
bers who have died during the year
was conducted by the president,
pt, S�lru 131ueyale,�lcl },,. Stone with the above results