HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1922-3-2, Page 1THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR..
EXETER, ONTARIO, IO, THURSDAY MAR.
922
SANDFlzsAicr> r
Our Corner
Oh, no, the Liberals no. not believe
in patronage—while the other fellows
are in power. They have appointed
see, many favorites to fat .ofines. intim
last two months, that on' eou1d al-
most believe that they do believe in
patronage—whilst they are in power.
When you -get a; book out of the
Public Library do not mark rt up with
pewit -1 on the margin, o: % 1erlute a
piae.e where a saying of the writer
happens to tickle your fancy. or turn
down the coasters. If -every read-
er of a book laid likewise the pages
eamid soon Tool: like auto road maps.
Phelan 81a
TAMAN' s
For
Men's and Boys
Wear
Try This Store
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Liston -el and alkerton, as well as
S. Marys are to have Baabks under
the Ontario Goveminent rural .;relit
system. Buildings are .being remodel-
led int, these towns} Seaforth is an-
other nearby town, where a branch is.
to ne established. These branches'
will be to receive money. not to loan
It the loans being made d Greet from
the -Government at Toronto, The
government pays 4 per eaten interest
and the money can be withdrawn the
same as in any other savings bank.
The, abject is to raise honey which
can, ee. loaned to fanners at 6 per cent
the margin being expected to be suf
fl. Lent to cover the overhead expen;_
res. 1n ease more is received than
there are demands for the balance will
be invested in Government leans,
SPORT COMMAND,NTS,
1. Ti.ou shalt not quit
2. Thou shalt not alibi.
3. Thou shall not gloat over aerie
4. Thou slielt not be a rotten loser'
5, Thou shalt not take unfair ad-
vantage.
6. Thou shalt ,,not ask odds thou
art unwilling to ave
7t. Thou shalt always be ready to
give thine opponents the shade.
8. Thou shalt not underest'anate art
opponent, nor over estimate 'thyself.
9. Remember that the game is the
thin+%, and that hs who thinketh oth-
:nv se is a mocker and no true sports-
man.
10. i'Ionor the game thou playest
or he who playeth the game straight
and hard veins even when he ;uses.
THE SWELLI.ST THING IN
TIES.
SHIRTS
SOCKS,
AND ALL KINDS OF MEN'S
FURNISHINGS
ar here. They're alit new, of course.
We never carry .over last year's styles
F e new offerings are sure enough
winners if rich colors, beautiful pat-
terns and fine materials count forany-
ting, Prices awe just as all right,
Drop in and look them 'under
add over, around and through,"
W. W. Taman
Tailor& Furnisher
0SI+ CALL FOR CLINT(); MEN
H. S. Chant, ntanager of the Clinton
+nitres. acrd has ass tans, lirneat
Rumball had a narrow e.seapa from as-
phyeLxtiien at the waterworks pump
hoes on Friday. On aecount of the
pasty. r bele; off an euxiliary asolir.4
:Inane was put into use. Engizteer
Seeley had been, asked to look after
the pumping while the others con-
tinued repairing lines, and when he ar-
rived he dote' ted the gas.. He atone
threw cape' the doors and .;ailed tothe
men, who had already inhaled .tonsil'.
erable gas and were affected thereby.
Mr. Seeley thinks that both would soon
have been, asphyxiated.
:IYDRO CANVASS FAILS
IN NORTH MIDDLESEX
Tb: farmers of this neighborhood
have turned down the hydro propos:-
tiers for the time being at least. A
canvas: of this part of North Middle
sex failed to secure the necessary
Hires subscribers to the mile. The
ov::ritead charges of $65 per year,
e.eutaled with tbe demand for a 20 -
year .:ontract caused the farmers to It
shy at the expense.was estimated
that the :lost for lighting alone would
b+: in the neighborhood of ,x,80 per
annum, while the cost of lighting and
running a range Would be about $125
per year. The farmers could not see
why they should be ;charged such rates
whirl: users tin the village of Lucatt
only three miles distant, should get
off with less than one-quarter the ex-
oense.
GOOD GLASSI'sS IF YOU NEED
THEW Good advise if you don't
J. WARD, D.C., Optometrist, Exeter
LOOZ!
Reduction in working price to 76c an hour
bET US LOOK OVER YOUR CAR DURING THE 'WINT.ER MONTHS
GENUINE FORD AND GRAY e DORT PARTS.
REPAIR WORK ON ALL CARS,
PILON & FOOTE
Huron Garage Exeter
SEED OATS
ON THE WAY
Hockey,
KITCHENER WINS. THE ROUND.
xp t ti
Kitchener, as wan a pec ed, von
the seeond game against the Exeter-
2urL,:h hockey teamin, the O. LI. A.
Iatermediate Series, on Wednesday
nr ht of last week in Kat' bener by'ihe
score of 6-2 making it 10-2 on the
round.
Tcz_s win puts Kzteh:tner in the fin-
als, trier hexing drawn. a We- l el -
vele and Niagara Falls played off
for a similar position. Had the Ex-
eter, -Zurich team won against Kilt
ehener we wound have been in the
finis. However, the team from Kit-
chener won oa the: r merits,Wh e
ittdiv dually the locale are equal to
their opponents, they lacked the fin -
telt whih:h comes Pram constant prae.
tane together under the direction of
a ,:lever coach- Such a the is Ian.-
pessible. here, and. that the locals were
able to reach the position: they did is
a matter of hearty .:ongratulatiorz The
team died all that could ,possibly be
t xpe.;ted oz them. and rnvre.
!here rem%; s .to be played a series
of tines. if successful„ in the North-
ern League, and there should be some
first-class lhotkey here also. Clinton
was drawn agaust Exeter -Zurich, but
defaulted, and now we are drawn up
ega. nst Lue:know for home and horde
somas n the seeon1 round. Luck
new .las ,Fast tear' and last wee"_
wen their group by defeating lugs. lsh thy: homes reseltt was h
;taro, nater a K c .ver oar Wednesel.av to t;>•:.me?al-o:l lames annd the rant
e.
The in Kitchener ute t e ,end -Wks Tired. earner than u
.�ht was .sFait, hut the game was �ta>t
! thet' Those who, `„ N i t sa
We have a carload of good, clean
plump Seed Oats, direct from " the
grower, coming.
will'very price bee reason-
able.
Y
res 1.
Call and see sample.
abh.p
Harvey Bros.
ICE. DOES MUCH DAMAGE.
With telegraph and telephone wires "Quebe•=
Next
House
down all cru':r the country, communes- *ova S: otic 15
extent was da I, Cult for eev,eral days ; zeIew Brunswick 11
after the big ive storm, on Wednesday/ Prn; a Edward Island 4
of last week. Hydro wires were alsoOnterie, 81
affe. ted by the storm, and while light' Manitoba 17
sial poorer came on bytscells � edn Saskatchewan 21
day, toward •eveina h Y n,sh i .Alberta 16
for twenty-four hours: On Thursday4 Sr•;tisla Columbia. .......14
aft. ao" they were on for an hour 1 Yukon . 1
but a ;a;a disappeared until about 11.
o'.;lo=k at night. Total 245
Reel fell .,ont euously on WeUn,es Iii -
r _ ;
,1a ,. a�.al ,t free_ onto the wire and Iiie unit ,o, repesr.rtat.o:n o
tree until they were loaded with the .on rtt redistribution will be alnut
weight. and great breeches, fell from 36,109, based on Quebe,;'s unchange
the trees and wipes were down in all able= xepcesentat tz s of 65, std the
+direetems in town, and country. ManY rr`epr esentatinn of a, Prov n,:e sr l be
of the smeller telegraph and telephone re:: cher: b,, deddiag teas a:umb:. tet
pales were snapped in two, and ow trig its papulation.
• to the feet that the trouble was wide -
/geed it will be 'zany days before.
they are ,replaced, although gangs of
mien were immediately on, the iob.
Many trees were prdetically destroyed
bin;; nearly stripped of branches and
in name eases split down through the
Present BABY DIESr
House Carman Parsons, the ten months' ovc3:
65 son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Rieheien
gf Stephen, died ¢a: Tuesday, Feb,
after a few days' illness of pleura
The funeral. will take p1a..e today
(T.h,ursday) to th Eeter Cemet;eiy
The bereavedparentswill havei
sympathy of their many friends.
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Local News
trutaks. 1• rands well regret to hear that %ir.
Whole rows of telegraph and
lteee R. W Puke is ser�iausly ail at p eseset.l
stops poles are dory. ;n, sem p e
Ylhile the streets and roads were 1-:aheti Cvztain:m, wig with last night, Ash
wait fallen lambs. Wednesday, Rev. A. A. Ti- ntpe, w i
W ;dsh::slay end Thursday , reghts ..onduct spci , services in the Sr.boor
were ,exeeedenily dark and dismal, and Hall o, the Tritiitt % emorial Chur.h
but few vat:zens ventured out on the: every Wednesday night during the
slap, ery streets. Those who did Lenten sessoth.
are:A lanterns or flashlights, or
' grop'4 their way aim>p by the build- is bas been stated oa pretty .good
ane +n;.ghts,
that ,t was a very speed" affair, and `I h. loss to the .:ompazt'.e$ will
tits }lurana boy's had more than their v.rr large.
spars of the pay an the ice, but
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4A� S aS
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a iu
nen unable
toget5 h
v 1
tin :iv opponents. Mitchell again res:
reed but „,rate tetter set�ieen tealt
•then at Exeter. The teams werepra,:'
ti.•,ally tlx: same, with the excepti'sn
that Clayton Hofftncut was lee.:k on
the i..:e.
SECOND ROUND
tit R"1;HERN LEAGUE GAMl.
WIN BY FOUR
IN FIRST. GAME.
A ;.all of four goals lie the first of
Kram: ant home games with Luwknow
in. til. Se.nnl :Round of the Senior
>-re:9 nae eeorther,a League should
b: reough to •ensure the round going
to Ln • eeeeter-•Zurii.;h t,eatn.
Tliat lee wihat !the Mals got in the
game here tn.Monday evenaag-a sore
of 5 to 1, and the v'iisjtors ware very
lucky that the score was not much
larger. Dozens of ,tants the local
forward lane bored right ±rs .on the
goal %enter, only to b.{t flim with the.
puck and loose an almost certain score.
It was hard to say whether Read
!s a .:;lever amine., or just exceed!nigly
lucky, but he did .s'aein ,to be irn the
way all the time—e\cem. on the close -
in shots. The other Luekttow players
are good stick handlers, and two or
three are fast skaters, but they were
wary un.:ertain on their feet, and did
morn. than. a ;little unne.:essary tum-
bling around. This lo.mis were not
any too lively in. spells, and lost the
old rubber .frequently to their op-
ponents, but on the whole they out-
classed the visitors rn every depart-
ment of splay on. the lee
Exeter -Zurich scored two in the
first, one in the second, and two in
the third, and Lu.:kn.o^sv got their lone
tally in, the first period.
The first scone was made from the
fane-off 6ni..two tsecoands, Clarence
Hoffman and Siebert being the only
two to touch the puck. Five mynut'es
later Lueknnaw batted one. in rather
accidentally. Big Dodo teen, made
three beautiful bone rushes, and suc-
ceeded with one. In the second frame
Clarence and Siebert in team work
found the nets once, but found The
body of Read many times, After ten
reputes of play Clarence and McKine
non worked •together for a tally and
Clarence got ,the last score ,on a re-
bound from Reid, after Siebert had
hit him.
In the last period the rubber only
reached the !home end of the rink a
couple of times.
Clayton's lane ,rushes was a feature
of the gamin ,
The teaims,--
Lucknow—Goal, Reed; defense, Reid
and Johnstone centre, McDonald; wings
Agnew and McCoy; sub,., Gordan
Exeter-Zurich—G,oa4, Cook; defense
Hellman and Hrndmarsh; ,:.entre, Hoff
main; wings, Siebert and McKamon ;
sub„ Robinson.
Referee—Legg of London.
The local hockey team left this
Wednesday Morning for Luckn,ow to
play the return game. Lucknow'st
rmL is emelt narrow►sir than the Exeter
ik-n, and it All be ai change foe the
vusp,tots—•to wthtut }ex'tenit its, hard to
say.
Errand /Bend
Oliva the wife of Ezra Webb 01
Grand Bend died at her home oi1'Fr>,-
flay: and the .rema;m,s Were 4ntetrred
in Grand Bend Cemetery oin Sunday.
Sty^
NVO3 he,r 27th year, and the
.,ausa ,of death was pmeumontai. She
was the eely daughte,r of Isaac Green
of T,hedford. Besides her husband she
is survived by ,son, a year and a
bag old; also a brother, Ray, of De-
troit.
Mrs I a3whurn ,nor :Hensall 'visited ::hoer
Mrs. Cyrus Green, last
Gall. J•r., i,s visiting for
L:.n,donthis. week,—Mr,
Thetford was called
own to the illness
.Mrs. Ezra Webb.
parents. Mr. and
week. 'Mrs, .E 1
a f,e,w-±1r1$ r1
Isaac; Grier of
Iv le last we,etc
of his dough ter,
aci
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Exeter Cuxl
Council
The minutes of the regular meet-
ing of the Exeter council held ort
Monday, Feb. 27. Members .all pre-
sent. The minutes at the meeting
held Feb. 13 were read and approved..
Correspondence was read as fol-
lows: Letter from the Secretary of
the Ontario Municipal Association,
Toronto, re annual dues. Filed.
A letter front the secretary at tbe
School Board inclosing a, copy of a
resolution as passed by the Board re
semi-annual collection of municipal
taxes. was held over for future can -
sideration.
Messrs. J. S. Harvey and 3. G.
Stanbury, as deputation from the Hor-
ticultural Society, waited on the
council asking aid and co-operation
along the following lines: The pre-
vention of poultry and rabbits from
running at large. The upkeep and,
improvement of the boulevards and
the protection of same. That Ar-
bor Day be revived. That the so-
ciety be granted the privilege of
planting trees in the river park.
Per Francis and Ellerington that
a donation. of $25.00 be granted the.
Horticultural Society. --Carried.
Per Hooper and Davis that a by-
law be prepared tor the prevention of
all poultry and rabbits from running
at large within the municipality.—
Carried.
Re action of the council in the
matter of the request from the com-
mittee on farm lands to be detached
as deferred at the last meeting, per
Ellerington and Francis that the
council take no action. Carried,
The price for general team labor
with teamster was set at 55e per
hour; for man labor 25c per hour,
10 hour day. Motion by Francis and
Hooper.—Carried.
Per Hooper and Davis that Mr. H.
Bierling be re-engaged with his team
for municip'h,1 work for the Sum of
$130 per month for a term of seven
months commencing at the option of
the Roads and Bridges Committee,
the town to furnish harness and wa-
gon.—Carried.
By-laws. Nos. 1, 2 and 3 of 1922
were considered, read and finally
passed.
The following accounts were read
and passed: 11. T. Rowe, coal for li-
brary 71.65; for town hall 14,40; F.
Wells, labor 18.00; F. Mallett, Iabor
6.50; J. Parsons,labor, 1.20; T. San-
ders, labor, 5.40; T. Houlden, labor,
2.40; Fred Brock, labor, 3.90; Rd.
Quante, labor, 2.40; passed on mo-
tion of Hooper and Francis.
Ad j. by Francis.
Jos. Senior, Clerk.
THE POPULATION, OF CANADA.
Definite figures are new ava,la,ble as
to the population of Camada, as found
out by the t;,ensus returtast, By prov-
inces as compare with. 1911. „:ensu.,
th- ' population stands:—
Province
tands:—Province 1921 1911 -
Nova Scotia 523,835 492,338
New Brunswick : 88,615 351 889
Prince Ed. Isla!rid 88,615 93,728
Quebec 2,349,067 2,003 232
Ontario 2,929,054
Manitoba . 613,008 455,614
Saskatchewan ' 761,390 492,432.
Alberta ... 581,955 374,663
British Columbia ... 523,353 392,480
Yukon .. 4,16Z 8,512
Northwest Ter. i.:. 6,684 18,481
Canadian Navy 485
Totals ..:,........r 8,769,489 7 206,643
The next ILouse of Commons, fol-
lowing re listribution, :will'• a.;cordi.ng
to ° the census .tilst2res as shown, con-
sist
ortsiist of 245 Imo -Tabors. Kepneretn;tat,on
i,, th!e next House, following a redi:s-
t ibutr`on bill, will compare withthe
resent House as :follows a
Ay that th, present epidemic:
vas
caused by the recent .sand or
lu. t storm which recently swept aver
s:etiien `•oZ the country., A eine-
; ar storm o► cuurr ed in this a eel t -on °
a number of entre ago and a s aelesr.
i .temp: o what we have been having
A SPLENDID ADDRESS
On Tuesday eveni,ng Main Street
`.1: thadist Chur.h League was ad -
sed by E. J. Wether, I. A, prIP-
t?al of the I Wil; school, on the sub-
x:et of Cit eenslep. The address was
a g1.od one shorans careul prepara-
titrra. fir. W;:they, after exp:aiming
tiro-:
terpin of government pleaded four
a kindly interest in and at. w!eiaonye
tat the fon eririnapt, as hell as
the Brt:.b eew.:orier; and aa;sa fiirr
abitter moral and Christian learning
on the part of sell Canadians, He te-
tas', ally emphasized the preparati,oi of
�,
d� or rah' .
Pana .an. ., adc h A hearty
1.
P y
rot: of thanks was tendered Zan
at the ,:lose of his addretel.
STROKE
ANOTHER S TROKE
Mrs. William Varity of Brantford
Ia. t week sustzettal panther s trot e
of prcalysis, and is reported to be seal•
ill She is a. daughter of Mrs. Mell-
en' Pinkard ,of town.
DIED OF PNEUMONIA,
The. home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Kerniek Huron street, has been sad-
dened by the death of their little: son,
Ray Edward, who died on Sunday,
evening, at the age of 6 months and
15 days. The funeral took place to
the Exeter Cemetery ora Tuesday.
DIED IN THE WEST..
The Advxate received word this
week of the death of a former well- DEATHS
Mr;. J Ii. Ri hails _end :firs. Schweg
°r of Windsor are v.i`iitivr`T, with Mie:
Dor, .
Miss 111an.•h: Sender returned on
Tuesday eveniag frim a visit withlieer
brothers in Toronto
airs. N. W. Cr e a o. Brantford en-
siterae, relatives here, a guest at the
wont, of R N. Creech.
Mr. and Mrs. lee g, who have beery•
hen vieitIng with the Iatter's mother.
M:. Win Whiteford and other rely
t.v ', returane:i to their hone in tile,
W 22st ti, ednesdy" morning.
\Merl and Men A. E. '*udr.w, after
several weeks well relatives Isere,
ft Tuesday- ler l.oado'a aril Toronto.
to spend a few days. before
r
eturn-
a a. their home Po es Seek.
*awn:: Crosbie of London, who hen
beer. nursing George Johns, sort of ilii
Harry Johns of neer El;mville, anti.
later Rear. and lairs, Chailey, Thames
Rood, as s .riding a few days here the
guest of irs, M..Avoy,
BIRTHS
Kraft—At Dashwood, on Feb. 27, to
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Kraft, a daugh-
ter.
Smith—In London, on. Feb. 25th, ii..
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Smith, !ele-
mzrly of Exeter, a son.
Welteer,—In Harrow, on Feb. 16, to,
Mr. and Mrs. John Weeper, a son,
known and esteemed resident erg Ex-
eter, in the ,persons of William Henry
Cann, wlto massed away at the home I..erni..k--ln Exeter, ,on Feb. 2 6,
of his daughter., Mrs. Vail, Assiruboia, Edward, son of Mr, and :firs. AlberRait
nese, on February 16, at the age of Kernick, aged 6 months, 15 days,
75 years and 3 months, The de. as-Richard—In St.Pli en
, on February 28
ed bad been In rather saoor health for
some time, but was able to be up.
and aaround until a eoupl: of weeks
previous to his death, when he and
Mrs. Cann amine in from the farm to
visit their slaughter, Mrs,. Vail, and O.
was, there he was taken sick and died.
The late Mr. Cann was a. cooper by
trades and far many years llivetl
in. Exeter, working for the late John
Gould. Over twenty years ago the 8S years.
family moved to the West, whereMountcast1e—In Clinton, on Feb. 20th
they all have since resided Besivle, Ellen etountcastle, is her 89th YOU'
his widow he is survived by four sons Cunniangharn—In McGillivray, on Fe
and three daughters -Charles Cann el 20th, Veru Catharine, the younger
Crystal City, Man.; Percy and Ate daughter of Frank and Florence.Clem
thur of Assimabo:.a and ja..k .of Biggar, a ngham, aged 1 year, 6 months.
Sask.; Mrs. Forsyth (Cora) of Melita; Webb—At Gland Bend, on Feb, 24
:vfan.; Mrs. Vaal (Laura) of Assiniboia. Oliv Green wife of Ezra Webb
Mrs. Wright (Minnie) Winnipeg: On in her 27th year.
Tanuaary 23, last, Mr: and Mrs. Cann Canal.—At Ass&nibeia, Sask., on F• ere
celebrated their golden; wedding an- 16 William Henry Cann, formerly'
n varsary- of Exeter, aged 75 years and 3
months.
Carman Parsons, son of Mr and Mrs,
L: si;.e Richard, aged 10 months.
Guilfoyle—In Btddulph, on Feb, 26th,
Edward Gu Boyle, in his 78th year.
Funeral from ins residence, Lot 8,
Con. 10, on Tuesday to St. James
cemetery
Cook --In Clinton, on Feb. 21st, Eliza
Cantelon, widow of the late William
Cook at God:rich Township, egad
J. x', pSTEWART
Phone 16
" THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES."
February Sale Prices will Continue
For Two Weeks Longer.
SOME NEW AND STARTLING PRICES EVERY DAY,
FOLLOWING ARE ONLY A FEW OF OUR BARGAINS—
SPOOLS
200 yard Coates' Best Spools
—Bla•k, White en:d Color -s, at
6.: each.
FLANNELt.TTE BLANKETS
Ibex—the best blanket made
the largest size, 1.2 -4,, -White,
Grey, Plink and Blue Boarders, at
Sale Price of $2.85.
CHECIK GINGHAMS
The latest Patterns for this
season, in beautiful :obis or
neat Checks, Sale Price 24e yet
T & B. TOBACCO •
Alen who smoke, look wheat we
have for you. T and B. large
sari plug; regular $1,
Satle Price 77.1e,
IVIcLAREN'S JELLY POWDERS, Alit flovors, 3 pkgs for 25e.
CHOICE SEEDED RAISINS, 15 oz pkg. Salle Price ... 25c.
6 ROLLS TOILET PAPER F.. elle:.. .,..ear 25a '.
PUFFED RICE, ...per pkg. 17e,
CANADA CORN STARCH ....:...... ......... per pkg. 9c,
3 PALM OLIVE SOAP... elle... ,.......fou• 23.
1 lb. CAN CHOICE PINK SALMON............ .2 'cams for 35e
2 & 1 SHOE POLISH : Sale Price 2 for 25e.
15 on. pkg. 25e.
LENOX LAUNDRY SOAP 20 bars ,.tor $1,00
NEW SnEDLESS RAISINS,
Bulk Soap Chips per 1b.:, 18.;.
Tapioca • 2' lbs for 18c.
Puffed Wheat, per 15c;
6 lbs Rolled Oats ... ,.,for 23'::
Canned Conn, 2 eons for ...25c,.
Lux 2 pkgs, . for 23 ,.
Dutnh Cleanser, per pkg. llc.
BEST GRANULATED SUGAR
2 calms Pink Salmon, for ...25c„
Laundry Soap, 10 bars for 16:,
5arecial Blend Coffee, !b. ,,.38c:
Pure Bulk Ce..oa, per b1...14c.
3 pkg Powdered Ammon, 23c.
Shredded Wheat Biscuit ... 12c
Matches, reg„ 15c. 3 for 3Sc.
any brand, ' 37.40 par hundred.
J. A. STEW . T
Highest Prices paid for Poultry and all, Produce.