The Exeter Advocate, 1921-12-15, Page 1THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR.
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EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY DEC. 15, 1921 I $AN»TW S CleFerli
TAMATY.
For
Men's arc Bole
Christmas
•Presents
THE SWELLLST THING IN
T1ES.
SHIRTS
$ 0 C K S,
AND ALL KINDS OF MEN'S
FURNISHINGS
:.r here.
They'renew,,°
all o n
y 1ansa..
We never carry over last year':, style,
The new offeen s are sure cnouab
winners if rich colors, beautiful pat -
teats and fine materials count for:any-
thi
ng. Prices ,ore just as all right,
too. Drop in and look them "'under
and over, around ani through."
W. W. Daman
Ta lor&] • urn skier
Our Corner NEW DEifURlrt1�G1< RATES.
The. Railway Commseion ruled re. ___
aen't1y that the demurrage charges an we understand that low prises a
The greatest theins in life is not to railway ;;ars Ale To be: --One do"Iar being realized for Canadian tattle
win the game, but to play abed hand p r day fair `and first trio days after the; English market,
well the first 48 houre free tome, thereof-.
ler five dollars per day. Before thi0We hat'e'been having lovely wins
demurrage rate was one dollar per day ° weather during the
o pest fell days
You ain't keep one eye oz..tlkeroad
after 48 hours free time. In 117, es1and the roads are fhee for motor:a
to success and the other ore the time a war measure and r•o eeeure the re-" 'ifs: and Mrs. Aib'ri. K. .Ford
sloek, lease of equipment, the rate was n- Exeter anneunse he engagement
creased after usual 48 hours' free ;h.eir daughter, Gladys Alberta,
ame; to a dollar for the fust day, $2 E',n,r J. Hes o: Buffalo :he rr'v
for the second, $3 for the third, $4 •a'. to take place this :month.
for tier fourth and $5 for the 1;isthl
and each succeeding day:. Rea M. J. Wilson of .James S .re
.:hurch oa;cupied the Methodist pulp;
:n Mitchell on Sunday; and Prof A
An kt,•tspanked youngster does riot
nsierton presided at •tho organ Se.
rzspe. t parental authority, and that
elarys, Mr. ,Bishop teeing here.
At any rate you don;'t hear a man
in front of a, soda fountain declaring
that he an lick everybody in the
house.
Local News
explains w y
by people da >rrot respect
the law. .
There are men who live beyond
their ineornes, axed there there are men
who never. think, .'of stealztg the .:am-
p eny's .fund.,.
Just when it looks as though we
here goingits b0„ able to make both
' ^gds meet, some guy ,tomes along and
moves the ends.
The past office department. gives
timely advise when they tell us to
mail Christmas parcels early if we are
anxious to have theta reach their des-
tination on time.
-I, YES, IT'S A SNAP.
"Ries,'" remarked tine wountry: rater -
FtafkE, I cextatnly :dearve a wrap. The firs.e' Gd ,s noir �aWe
vita�esa;le houses aw on rare ,evert bd➢n ba lop Q ouster para al She
month, nee
d draw rate at sight, brei ^ sa tY o at the froof its
parent
if I .s -and a bin to a ..us.tonaer �l e o Mfr. and Mrs. Wm. Duns ford.
. o;nes all earsng mad and quits tree t Gant(' ins Tote. e3 at the home- of la
in; at my store, Vir'h:le 1'nn hard up (atlas, \Mr. James Gould of titratfn
for mon'y many of tease Who are iorm.�rly of Hay,
offing me are send,ttg money :o mail
or le houses. If 1 aontribute mane}' i
a any
de. cause1fpeoIdon't ptu saty iri,1ey amsay I bielitiam DEATH OF itIRS. Fir roN.
There oesse:i away at her hem
a hog Every day 1 am expected to. mon Sr et, ,early someday more;
up for everything that comes along enoth::r of the oldest anal esteem
from a raffle ticket to a church Iund reseclent s of Exe.er ea, the person ,
bl p.oppie who claim theos do pgert of leas 1''onmas F. ton, whoa avis i.n h
th it t'ad=ng lyre, but mer fr°Qnola 83r•I y.;r' :firs. F>ctryn had biose
Ro.b:rs S,impso:t and T. Eaton neither" eery ;reser health for some Cense la
huy raffhl.tickets nor help the a dkurcla sataa Saeiembatr last she was am c
t'und, and they get the cash En advance ca 1;:e p her ]sed, and about a wet:
business.ago pneumonia sez ;;n, and her alrnea
weakened cans<•tutio l soon ,', aa,' is
to th > ravages of the disease! 1'
TIO\ •i sewed was born at liey t t«1 l a:
briar:, England, her =:den. name else
The latest summary in South 'furor, n' H r t "s fele r';-�. Shortly a tvr ha
of tier vote. in the meant election,p;ves Jo's,--aca r,, h'eT atony leer,;t hatstlie
t'aali.m Bd„, k, Progr°:ssivee 35 miter.jr'1' • sane to Canada, t:rat , �tsli�*
'.iv', alas seems eta. be generally ^ n 1,4 doss, About ob.. years lilt
vexed, The oft ad count tabors p a..a icz. t ,‘'ante toExeter where bu F;
raft Thursday* of this week in Exeter, :,au ' neva ;e.1 st tla^ jewelir}- hus'nvs
and the regards nay be agaat "pan, .- aarta
dt^ In ce»h sae oze.'n►lrso k atoa,s res
s ae
Gd, `Thera a every. 1poss b ii,,y of a .
Teeaunt herr; applied for by M. Me - ',n h=al:h and suet reth, was ora aces a
eouan should the oef:�eee count show ra:m et se the Metito lien Chun:teen
actio-otever she saw need of her sy
p,athr and .aupptIrt it was gladly an
h et tall • rT daw eel
A
f ?rendered, A ov n vl'
} .,a ,,, eel'
and d eafed mother ate terms the
do not etprees the great place eh
, auxi in the lives of those who ssu
At the .:losing session of the Huron, rounded her. She el survived by ahre
County i ouneil, Warden Peter Day daughters, and one son, Mfrs: W.J. Ca
of Honiek was ,presented with a hand. tang of town, 'fr;i. G. H. Tom, ;a
same gold mounted :sego, meltable' en- crouse r, 13. t'., \irs. G. H. Ilugh,e.
gravid, Gordon Young, reeve or elontreal. and Saxon or town. $11
Colborna, glade the presentation and Jeaves one brother, Mr. J. W. Loma
the address Was read by Reeve Neel, of Hamilton. The funeral. tvlsich aa',
of St: phen, In past years the ,pus- private, took place to. the Exeter C.i.m
tom of having the Conservative and •t tory on 'Tuesday.
Liberal warden year about rprevails,.
and it is possiblethat the U. F. o,UDt`alEN'T FOR DEFENDANT.
members flat thin]; they should Inane J
their turn. A warm battle lis prom-
ised
claimed fraan the defetr Iant
fit']d. ,r .
1Mrs. Ro.bt. Elsie of town at the
ag= of 97 voted at the recent elee
Von- but even this great'record
beaten i» a wanton is. Durham •Co.,
who voted at the age of IOa, and .a
man en Avon who voted at 1t15, and
sa>a In all h{a i See he never lost a
vote.
In Federal a e,. tions candidates witen
nominated make a depoaait of $200 cad: •
with the rettarning officer. In case the
andidatz. does not obtain. half as many
vsct:s as the ono wha Ls elected said
n
�: a 'd t. forfeits rad. ;d ret t
f f s h s do os't to
deposit fire
Government, otherwiee it %s returned
to him. Agar sixty candidates in the
recent election lost their deposits.
This is a much larger number than us-
ual, owing to the three -cornered con-
tests.
GOOD GLASSES IF YOU NE1.l)
THEM. Good advise if you don't;
J. WARD, D.C., Clrtonketrst, Exeter
WINTER WORK on CARS
We are prepared to care for your car. Try us.
REPAIR WORD ON ALL CARS,
PILON & FOOTE
Huron Garage
r
Exeter
FABRIC TIRES!
Owing to . a purchase made from the Gray Dort Mo-
tor Company, who are discontinuing Fabric Tires, and equip-
ping with Cord Tires, we are ,its: a position to dispose of
a number of 31x4 Dominion plain and nobby tread tires
at wholesale prices:.
T. H. NEWELL
Gray Dort Garage - Exeter
Christmas Greetings
Our Local Sales of Flour•\and Feed are slk�aw.ing'satisfactory -increases
add we are sincerely grateful to our numerous customers for their trade.
Christmas with ,all. its joys will soon be here. Among the pleasures
of the Yule -tide sere to be counted those delicious pastries, doughnuts,
plum puddings, yes, and that wonderful bread that the best woman en the
would will provide for lis,
`Itt order fo help them, take home a plentiful supply of Harvey's
Flour, We believe • it has no superior.
A Read what a customer told us to -day, Nov, 28,' 1921,—"'A few weeks
ago I bought. 150 lbs. of your Manitoba's Best Flour and now I want 200
lbsa. more of at, It its the est Piour that ever E.aine into our home, and
eve have used all the best brands sold in this part of the 'country".
We are in the market to buy Wheat and Peas:
We" welsh you a very Merry, Chrvs•tmas of unalloyed happiness.
•
Harvey Bros
HOLT HURON E ,.EC
that lie .s a near seeond.
COUNTY COU1„ CIL NOTES
judge N. las
next eear for the Warden's .hair. week gave: Ilia; decision kn an in{crast
Already two .prominent members have
!mg 1)ivr,i to Court, Cats tried in l er
openly declared they are out for the c ter at the lest sittings of the sour.
the honors, Deputy Reeve., Dr, Clark
The plaintiff, Wm, Ward, ianplenten
of Goderieh and Reeve, Irwin of Bay-
agent,
George Armstrong, fanner, the sue
r ,r, of $127,00, !being a' node made Ma
ltith, 1918, for $105.00, with inures
MARRIAGE LICENSE, RECORDS at ti per ciente The defendant claim
WILL NOT Bi; PUBLb4I•fED ''d ro have paid the note when it ire'
due, three months after being made
but theft ha did not obtain possessio
of the note. In the hearing the evi
Th,: publicity attending the issuing deme was in favor of the defendant'
of marriage licenses since that work claim, An important feature was tlk
was taken out of the hands of private teatsnient of the defendant that h
partl.s and entrusted to municipal heard nothing sof the ,note from tb
darks, has provoked so many coin- data on which he claims ,to have pal
plaints that the Dntry Government, by it, August, 1918, until the .Ranke
Order -in -Council has decided to stop spoke to him about it in September
the publieatien of names. Any person 1920 In his statement, the Judg
who desires to sear.:h the records trays,—"In view .af all the ,,,;.•cum
may do so by seaur:ng authorization, sttrnc•as I feel compelled to accep
wk,iah will be given on a prepared the evideii e of the: llefendant, car
form; free of charge, The Govern- t'oborate ] by that of his wife, andel:,
mint's de..tsian wipes out at a stroke surrounding .ircumstan::s, wleeh a
the benefits that were .expecxted,rto in my''oy neon poi:u to th satin'.furies
accrue from Clue publicity in the is- that the .nate was peach I am no
suing of marriage licenses, One arg- overlook:n , the levet •that the produc
unkent in favor of the change -ilk the ,on of the note from the. Pleatreff'
system ofissuing
1.,. s a was that possession 'is strong prate of ort•
there would be less opportunity for d mesa, his favour, and that peoplC
secret marriages. The Government, who pay notes should be sure to ge
however, apparently decided that that them at the time of payment. At th
advantage of publiseity is more than same time the production and provin
overcome by the annoyance suffer- the note only slzctfts, the onus on th
ed by the many who find themsel%es defetidaart He has in my opinion sat
pestered by agents and salesman of i�sficd tnhat anus ad. is etatytle l t
all kinds anxious to start the yawing Judgment in his favorIt lite I thank
couple up properly in housekeeping, highly probable that the Plaintiff for
gat about the note and finding ill
• among his papers :concluded erron-
eously I think, in believing it was not
paid. Judgment for the plaiatiff, each
party to pay his own .,arts•.' °
FIRE AT SEAFORTH.
A serious :fire occurred between 1
and 2 ,o'clock on, Saturday morning at
Sea'forth, when a barn south of the
railsvay track, the 'property of A. P.
Jaynt, but leased by Merrier & Fee,
was totally destroyed; also the 'con-
tents coaaststang of flax, tow, bay, five
work horses and one, colt, two sets
of harness„ • A strong wind, blowing
from the south, saved the .surrounding
buildings which were in, danger, The
reflection could be seen for miles and
some of: the burning shingles were
carried into town, a distance of three-
quarters of a mile, The origin of the
flea is unkniownl. The lass is partly
cowered by insuraauoei,
The. . Merner aneantwiouied its Mr. J. J.
Merrier; aandcda•.t'e, in the recent elec-
tion, and his loss' is supposed to be
a heavy ape,
i3IDDULPH CASE CLEANED UP,
After being out two hours and forty
minutes the jury returned with a ver
dict of not !guilty en, the case of Ray
Brammer, ex police constable of Lon-
don, and Fred, i\fa,sou, who were
charged with steatite eight cases of
whiskey- and $150 from Hubert Mc-
Caffery, a farmer of Biddulph Town -
,ship, on the everan,;, of ,May 19th last.
The same case was fried' at, the June
suss eas of the County court, but be-
cause the jury dvsagreed it was ad-
journed until the December _session,
ADDITIONAL LOCALS PAGE 4
MARRIAGES
Harmer-Smeth—In Sylvan, on Dec, 7,
Myrtle Berke Smith of Centenary, to
George Edmondson Hanger of Ailsa
Craig
Mack—Penwardeay,—In Elimville, on.
Dec. 7th, Arthur :Mack of St. Marys
to Persilla, &laughter of Mr. Ailbert
P nwaaden. of Elimvilie,.
Q.0 r^.—Mliner—In Clinton, an. Dee. 2.
by the Rev. Si. Andaman, Alberta
Melissa Miner, to Alexander Bead -
die Quirje of l,,ondoz ,
DEATHS
Russell.. In Calgary, (Alta..) Hospital,
on Dec..5th, Mervin ' F. Russell, soar
o,f Mr, Jamas Fe and the late Mrs.
Russell, formerly .of Exeter, aged 21
years and 3 months,.
Fitton—la Exeter, on De,,:. 12, Harriet.
Lomas, waife of Thomas Fitton, ag -
ed 82 years, 2 meths,.
Dignan—In Exeter, on Dec. 111h, El-
mira Van Valkenburg, wile of Janaes
Dignan, aged 74 years,
Towl—In Ushorn.e, .on, Dec. 7th, Cath' -
aria's Towle aged 48 years, 11 months
Schram—In Parkhill, on Dec, 4, Mrs.
Jeanette B. Schram, wife of Edward
Schram, egad •73 years,
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EXETER
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At 8 o°,:Iock
SOt t1STS
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4r. J Parnell Morris, ....,.>„
E. M. I larding, .,.,, .F �.•�t"'
Mr. W. Bishop,tfdM.
Cowie ler. MIS A W. ANDERTO
CHORUS' OF 170 VOICES
Tlanr,dey by Ticket onl
Friday, $1.0e, end 75
for both Pera'sarmaneer rat
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the 16th
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Cta Rush ,State
the Chura.l'a Door.
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BUY CHOCOLATES.
We� have
at. overs,
priate d
MIXED NUTS.
S'ae our
prr..e that
CANDY.
Our Candy
Vowe, frr»n
FRUIT,
Our Oranges,
Figs, Prunes
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MINCE MEAT
Bulk Mince
1 and cava,
ICE CREAM
We have
for the balance
WHEN SHOPPING
Remember,
CHRISTMAS
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a large range of Xmas. Boxes, with tnoit artist_,a and appro-
all new stool; and bask to Pre -War Praxes,
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mixed Nuts on display. :v:; different kinds, at.l selling at a
cannot be beat.
as in a t.lass by itself over th:rteopails of the best selling
the best factories, at rook bottom prices.
Grapes, Bananas, Graj Fruit, Cluster Raisins, L en.o n
and Apresa>ts are all chaise" New Fruit n ''
Meat is proving a bit;; seller, makes most a"x,:ellent pies,
both dine and labour.
BRICKS.
a large supply 01 ,;.•e n»w on hand and will ,tarry bricks
of the winter,
"The Difference :n Pr:.e° is a Difference in Quality;;'
HARVEY & HARVEY
�JA1N PHONE 102 TWO STORES NORTH PHONE 47
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" THE BIG
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Phone 16
STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES."
Santa Will Solve It For You Here
WE HAVE A SPLI NDID ASSORTMENT OF XMAS,
SUGGESTIONS.
FOR THE LADIES --
A Full Range of ``livlian Crozhet" in all (sizes of Centre
Pieties, Fancy Handkerchiefs, Purses, Gloves, Camisoles, Kim-
ones, Blouses, Boudoir Slippers, all colors, Fancy Odd Cups
and Saucers, Bon Bons, Cream and Sugars, Brass Jarduaderes,
Brass Fern Pots, Brass Bru.:b• and Crumb Scrape. ,
FOR THE MEN—
Fancy Neckwear, iau Xmas, Boxes, President th" make,Suspenders in
Fancy Boxes, Holeproof Side& Sox,all colors, every pair .-
' uara
teed, Mufflers, silk and Woolen` Rw Silk?`S hire g n
Shirts in Otho "F;ors s, Fancy Strype
Yevery shirt guaranteed.
• XMAS. GROCERY SPECIALS„
Choice Currants (per lb 18c,
Best Rolled Oats, 6 lb for 23... All Laundry Soap 10 bars 68e
Leman & Orange Peel a ib, 3tic. Kellogg's Corn Flakes
Choice Seedless Raisins ib 25c 5 aekeefor.48c
Palmolive Soap 3 cakes for 23c 35c, Fancy Sweet Biscuits '
per Ib. 304.
This Store iw;ill be open Evenings, Wednesday, Thursday, Fra; -
.day and Saturday of nest week.
ti
J e STEWART
Highest Prices paid for Poultry and all Produce,