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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1919-01-31, Page 1NUARY 24, 1919 III ••••:...' Don't .Miss Our Attractive Dress Goods Prices Stock 'inter hi rrice flS kabierrice Cuts on Coats, Suits sses and Skirts R. as it does our en- high-gra/e, d- ored k an -nen ts. This an offi.r of excep- rest _to every lady 1 and vicinity. ',tearing Out Theft ' Clothes to Make for the Spring Stocks . cru to come in and irtnqnts to the test most critical jud-g- ig will realize opportun- e presents., hii 1 1 IMIIII IP :111 11111111 1 (F ^ - e 1,4 ; may see greater s advertised, lint will positively he le to aet more for money than herel hhhlIhij • FIFTY THIRD YEAR WHOLE NUMBER 2668 f SEAFORTH, FR 4.▪ • WO .i.Second to .Notte " Greig Clothing aturday Feb. 1st. and orid ay Feb. 3rd 5. Z DO = • MANITOBA LETTER • Dear *Expositor„—As I have before me the official report of the three Wes- tern provinces of the money value for 1918,- that the farmers of the three provinces realized, I will take up that report, knowing your readers will: not confuse, it with any figures I have given in the past, just for Manitoba.. While those figures of the three, pro- vinces are a grand total; we mustnet lose sight of the fact that there- is disappointment, for while there has been no complete loss in any district, in all of our vast stretch of nearly a thounsand miles to the foothills; yet in many districts the crop returns were consideraby reduced from • various causes. 'I think probably the strong and steady winds, through May and June, contributed more than any other causes to a big reduction in the yield for those winds- kept right at it, and kept the surface of the sold to the depth of an ordinary seed bed, so constantly stirred that the plant eould IANUARY 31; 1919 ectors of Cana a told their M.P.'s just what kind of igration laws they want. I will ot support, any candi- date who will ot asaitin teasing the gate against th se bgittal peojile. We hear voices wh are interested in let- ting them in, s y oh, yes, we want to make a profit o 't ofthem. To such 1 say; they are p rely,and simply trait- ors to their co ly4t W. B. • • Killarney, M itoba. 'HURON. ;NOTES - ! —One day Witt week G. O. Manners of Brussels, felt at the dootstep of his home and dislocatedhis left shoulder. • Although painful,he is getting la - long satisfactorily and will soon be as . well as ever, • • • —On Tuesday aftekhoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. James, of East Wawanosh, . Samuel Wesley Taman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Taman of .44 Wawanosh and Olive Helen' Cowart of East Wawa- , not make solid progress, and it is nosh, were united:tin -marriage, by 20 days of EXTRA SPECIAL - really a marvel that there is such a Rev. E. F. Arinst-Ong, a Wingham. iv on . grand total. Thenonother cause was —Rural mail routiokNo. 4 -from Wal - 1111.11 = want of enough rani certain kcah- of very tender sully thy for indeed I • In fact I never noticed such Clark for the. past Auk years atis been 3 5- tire:airs in rainfall, for in some let to Thos. Mose, Aleltellop for the ear 1000 MIS Mei falit Discount Sale of rain Lh would fall M one district and The latter has pure ased a house and = • irt cases only a few miles apart, plenty coming term comninneing April lat. w not enough in the other and the result .lot next Zumpnrie Bros., and Will • was that threshing returns differed move to it, his work for King George = widely in 'short distances. These commencing April tet. • tr. causes, together with other local ones, —One of the olcl risiderits of Exeter, = E leskened the eta). of the west to come died at Clinton my Monday in the _S20,00.00 Stock t9 p ck from = to the, aid of the Allies, with three person .of Mr. Jo Mellott, aged 78 hundred million bushels,, but you avil.1 years The deceallas had been a' 'ng 1ill . 01110 NNW mow F• UR COATS • km F• UR SETS E.t. FUR JACKETS • F• UR MUFFS • OVERCOATS ▪ MEN'S SUITS E. FUR COLLARED COATS FUR LINED COATS = SHEEP LINED COATS E (with fur collars) HEAVY TROUSERS Ft H• EAVY KNICKERS = HEAVY SMOCKS Et" BOYS' OVERCOATS , BOYS' SUITS owlm. •=1.1 Ma. Met rim 000 ONO •••• mos tom an.0 ' ••• x•••• 0•00 IMMO SIM WOMEN'S WINTER COATS HEAVY, UNDERWEAR FE HEAVY SOCKS ' „ HEAVY SWEATER COATS • HEAVY SHIRTS = HEAVY CAPS HEAVY MITTS WINTER GLOVES MUFFLERS EAINCOATS, HEAVY RIBBED and • FLEECE LINED Underwear HEAVY ODD SHIRTS * E HEAVY ODD DRAWERS • NIP Mt: SEMI SIM 11111fl. IMF M▪ IN 1•11111 HEAVY STOCKINGS • February 1st to; 3rd only Greig Clothing SEA FORTH MEI NMI 10▪ 11111 ••▪ ••• T111111111111111111111Mieumitillimminalliii1111111101111111111111111111111111111111111111111,3 10 per cent. off Call and see our com- plete line of Stoves and Furnaces The Big Haracware Store Edge Seaforth ............•••••••••••••••••••*••••••••eodmel*X.rmr% 1 see we came quite a -ways behind our for some time. Ho.,was one o the aim when I give you the total figures old residents of Exeter Navin gme in dollars and to better shoar o-ur 1918 to Canada fr0111,- Enitan'd • He 3S sur - shortage I will give figures for 1917 vived by one son, John W .that• .as• well to show the comparison: town, recently teturtted fro *oversees. • 1918 — Wheat, $200,906 151; e --Tile little 15 mortthie old daughter 0481,525; barley; $5,470 365; flax, af Mr. and Mrs. :William Pickett of $5,226,60; rye, $1,215,907;' screenings, the 14th concession Of Gojerich town - $2Z5 000 dairy roducts $54 535 747; shipoon at Pasesiedb.nawday 4zsvTudeasydsayinfnoers;e Winnipeg Stock Yards. 441,736,697; n Calgary stock yards $25,881,334; Ede from influenza. The little one took 111 monton, $4,790,754; wool, $271,000; po- onThursday -eftertiden and altlidugh ' bathes-. $20,000,000; hay and roots, it -was not considered to, be serious $15,000,000; total $386,540,171. at first the childe steiidily grew worse 1917 — Wheat, $238-.409,160; oats, until the end came ion -Tuesday., An-• $16,886,699; "barley, $6,304 472; flax, otherchild inthe home its ill, bht it • '$8,045,034; rye, $517,075; screeniOgs, is hoped will ecion recover. , $205,500; dairy products, $39,495 B31; —Rev. W. B. Moulton,incumbent Winnipeg stock yards, •• $39,442,127; of the Middleton-Holmesville• parish, Calgary stock yards, $15,820,663; Ed- has received an invitation to St. Penis tatoes $20,000,000; hay and roots, $20,- that he will accept. He is; in Detroit monton $295,872; wool, $1,500,000; po- Cathedral, Detroit; end it is probable 000,000; total 8388,964,836. - thisngaweeknidea lookingeapf the , . d,rahnerdeFxete- You. will notice in those figures we tthe ork. are nearly two million dollars behind five clergymen in connection with the 1917, and that with an increase acre-- Cathedral and if: Mr. Moulton goes age over 1917, but there is a fortnnate, four of them will be Huron Diocese feature° of our shortage that now the men so he will not feel lonely. war is over it will not effect our Allies- —Mr. and Sholdiee of. Walton ! to the extent that it would have done _celebrated their Silver Wedding on had the war continued for another six PridaYplantlant /.00. whin 35 or 40 relattveS and 4seO01121P4.t their* ecorimodidai h�ine. After- en- " joying a suM,ptuOus supper the even- ing, was -spent in games, vocal and ins- ' trumental music and eocial chat:The gifts presented to the genial host and hostess were choice and valuable and congratulations from near and afar be- th0S6 At. s...Iobt". -;$ 'mlited,,there is one striking and pleas-. ant increase in the value of live stock over 1911 of nearly fourteen million dollars. That is a big jump in one year, and ;I •predict that the figures of the near future will show enormous strides, and they are no mean figures now as you will see as for- the live stock and wool it is over seventy-three million dollars. In these figures I have not included poultry and eggs for the reason that there is not reliable data yet, and if this item was inclided, it would add many additional millions of dollars to the incope from the faints, There is another particular- ly encouraging itemein those figures!. Those of dairy products total fifty four million dollars. When it seems such a short time ago otr dairy pro- ducts cut a- pretty small;frgure along- side of old Ontario returns, That item - of twenty million dollars for potatoes would indicate- that Pat must have - quite a respectable number of his des- cendants domiciled between the eas- tern boundary of Manitoba, and the western boundary of Alberta, and while Pat has a national "reputation for the potato job, yet I think he must have reserves in Sandy and Johnny. 1 will not inflict any more figures on you -at this time for all figures are dry except possibly on a cheque payable .tcr bearer. Since I wrote last our weather has changed again from extreme cold to very mild. Our cold, snap only lasted a week, and with the rest of winter so far being so • mild it looks as if our In- dian weather prophet would be not• far wrong in their predictions. They told us last fall that "winter not much freegee, not muchee snow, plenty good time, heaps water in spring," which if correct augurs well for 1919 creep. There are fifteen and a. half million acres ready for crop, when seeding tine comes again. Our citizens generally, wshocked ere ft hear of the •death of Ex -President spoke hopes for a long and happy life even up to and past the Golden Wedd- ing 25 years hence —A pretty wedding took placeat Sacred Heart Church, Wingham on Wednesday morning, January 22nd, at ten o'clock when Jean F., daughter of 1VIr. and Mrs. John Kennedy, of Cul- ross, was united in marriage to Mr. Cleo D. Beninger, of •Ayton, Rev. Father Fallow officiating. After the ceremony, the invited guests drove to the bride's home where a sumptuous wedding dinner was partaken of. Mr. Beninger is a brother of Mr. L. S. Beninger of Wingham, and owns ea creamery at Ayton where they. will reside —At the last meetingof Walton Farmers' Club the fellowing, directors were chosen :—J.J. McGavin, James McLaughlin, J. Ritchie. Alex. Dennis, John Dodds. Alex. McEwen and Wm.' Shortreed. 'Rev, 'Andy was appointed Honorary Director. An entertainment 'Committee was mined with Jno. Mc- Arthur as convener, and supported by Ed. Rowland, Alea, Dennis, James McDonald, Jno. Lemming. Misses Ettie Lowland and. Bessie Davidson and Mesdames Jno, MdDonald,J.J. McGavin McFadzean,Wn and Mrs: (Rev.) Lundy.. —After a serious illness from heart ailment and dropsy for three weeks John Mitchell died last Sunday at- his home,Lot 29, Con. 9. Grey township. He es the. youngest son of the late Thornand Mrs. Mitchell. ',Most of his life was spent in this locality. About thirty tears ago he was united hemarriage with Miss Martha Vodden, who with ohe aon Will and three daughtets Mra, 3rnest Cole, Missess Rooeevelt, who had many admirers *Eva and Viola, all of this muncinality in the west., He was certainly an out -[survive •t FHerigsubsrohtohsepritaRiiafew chardlativteehaerlsi, standing figpre and a splendid charac- teristic was that after he spoke on ago and a sister, Mrs. Jno. Dilling, any public question, you knew just :Jives in London. where he stood, for he did not clothe —Clinton citizens were much shock- bislai sentences in any sort of, CalTIOU.. that dar wiSaistsurdazilliwahnen, itcabnetecaimone, eldest liege but used direct English and an - h other fine trait was that generally daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur be was on the right side. Probably 1yCantelon,hattnin Huronoring at Sarniastreetft ,li'dadieedearr one lapse was when he wanted to be but the whole boss of the Republican pal- a short illness of influenza and prieu- ty, but it looked that wth those differ- inences buried, that had he lived,. he niia Motilrisesr, Cahandte ibyo nh goneintaocceamr nPiaani ethed might have possibly been the Republi- first week in`January, having accomp- an candidate with good chance of el- anied a cousin, Mrs. Ferguson, who c had been visiting in Clinton. home for ection in 1921 His death is a loss , to Canada as well, for he was a true a visit She was in excellent health friend to Canada. In the west it is but was taken ill in about a week and a general opinion that had Roosevelt in spite of everything which could be been president, the United States done for her she gradually grew worse ,would have, been in the war much until the end came. -- eooner, but that is a debateable ques-1 —Manager Erown of the Huron tion if it would have been. -wise to have House of Refuke passed away on Sat- -made the plunge_ sooner than Pres- • urday of. last week about. noon. He ident Wilson dui I think the jaunts ..had been in very poor healthforSome Wilson has taken lately over the de- time, having had a serious' illness last vastated portions of France will be a spring from which he had never really great help to the firmness of his COM"- rcovered. He had risen on Saturday, sel to see at first hand to What a brute however, and had been down stairs but of a nation the Allies have to mete heti returned to his room to lie down out justice, If he ever thought the and as his wife went to see how he was picture was over -drawn, he will now shortly afterwards she found him in a have a chance to sift matters person- dying -condition. A service Was held ally and I fancy it win not take him on uday afternoon at the house, con - long d Keen oberver, that he '40, to dilated by the Rev. A. E. Jones, the feel as France does in the matter, and members of the Masonic Order attend - want the guilty punished. It.has been said recently that large numbers of Germans were just wait- ing to emigrate to escape helping to pay indemnities, and it is tune the el Return EngagementAlice Dunbar Concert Co. • and Henderson Highland Pipe CARDNO'SBand: OPERA HOUSE I Thursday Evening February 6th ALICE DUNBAR Impersonator and Entertainer in song and story. WEE SAM MUNRO Canada's Harry Lauder •DOROTHY MUNRO The Butterfly LIAN* and , CHARLES McCARTHY MARY BISHOP , KATHLEEN ENGLAND Scotch and Irish Songs and Dances, Etc. . LOURING INTERMISSION Reception to Returned. Soldiers by Soldiers' Aid orrinilasion, Citizens, Etc. I • PRESENTATION OF MEDALS by Mayor Harburn, Admission -25c, 35c and 50c. Returned Soldiers will receive complimentary tickets from A. D. Sutherland. Plan opens at Aberhart's at 9 a.m., on February 1st • • V.( and thence to his former home in Stephen, the funeral taking place Grand Bend on Tuesday afternoon Brown was appointed manager of t House of Refuge about three years a- go, after the death of Mr. IVIutch. —Rev. Dr. Fletcher of Thames Read, Usborne township Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyter- ian Church Canada left on Monday for the coast where he is expected to speak at•Victoria on. Febuary 3rd. On his return trip he will make a tour of all the larger centres in the West. While in Regina Dr. Fletcher will be the guest of Premier Martin, of Sas- katehewan. As a young inan Premier Martin came in frequent touch with the present head of the Presbyterian church in Canada, through the inti - Macy of Dr, Fletcher and his lather, Rev. W. N. Martin.. of London, and a former pastor of 6aven Presbyterian hurch, —The following are office bearers of Grey township for the coming year: A. II. McDonald,4Clerk and Treasur- er; P. J: Bishop, °Rector; Edward Fulton and James McNair, Auditors; Mrs. C. Chapman, Caretaker of Hall; J. McEwen, Amos Smith, Cuthbert Hutchinson, David W. Dunbar, Robt. ,Hoover John Oliver, Richard Cox, and Andrew Machan, Fenceviewers; B. Payn, Thomas Cummin, William 3. Gil, William Rands, Jacob Long, Edward Collis, George McKay and William Sholdice, poundkeepFrs; Dr. M. Ferguann, R. W. Living- stone, A. II. McDonald, and George McFarlane, Board of Health; John Shiehe Sanitary inspector—F.ollowing an illness extending over several months, Wilfrid Pocock, sten of Mr. and Mrs. George Pocock, passed _away on Thursday, January 1th, at the family home in East Wawanosh. The deecased young man was in his 26th year and had spent all his life in this section. He had many manly qualities which endeared him to a large circle of friends. He was always ready to give a helping -hand to anything pertaining to the good of the conmiunitY in which he livd. Last springthe went over - Chestnut and Stove ing in a body, The late Mr, Brown is survived by his wife and two sons, William and Dean Brown, both ol Stephen township, Theremainswere taken to ,Exeter by train on Monday Now in Stock N Cluff & Sons LUMBER& COAL SEAFORTH ONTARIO lOMMIONINDolamoomeOMO. • • 1 seas and was taken ill while away and was forced to return home. He Was a member and Clerk Oi the Bap- Itist church and took a great interest m the church and Sunday school. THE ALLIES IN as4MANY The following interesting letter con cerning the allied advance into Ger- many has been 'received .from ,Sapper Muray M. Fisher, a graduate of the Seaforth Collegiate and a son of Mrs. Peter Fisher, of near Kippea, who wex4 overseas with, the Canadian Sig- nalling Corps: On the morning of November 11, at 8 o'cloek when the official notification came, it was hard to believe that in three hours' time the blood and thun- der part of this war would end. At 11 o'clock, when the guns ceased firing, and for a few hours after, we went around as if in a dream amid all the rejoicing and thankfulness. Good-bye gas helmet, steel helmet,. rifle, pack, etd , and roll on civilian Mel That afternoon we went through Mons and entered Havre Ville, about seven kilometers farther on. The canal at this place, was Ithink, the farthest point reached by our infantry in 1914. From there started the retreat from -Mons and it seemed the irony of fate that the war should end here. We stayed here ten days cleaning up, and preparing for what was to come. On the morning of the 21st we started on our trek to the Rhine: For 23 days. we were on our way, niarching fifteea and resting eight. During the first two or three- days' march • we went through °some of the finer parts of Belgium and were treated splendidly by the people, I can only remember once in my life being so fed • up With kindness. It was on this xnarch. They overdid it in a little town, Guoy les Picton, A fellow had to sit on the top of a roaring fire to please the people. One afternoon I went itito Namur and saw the city, the finest Belgian city TI've been in. Of course, I haven't been in ° many large ones. After leaving there we .marched a day and a half through the Valley of the Meuse and saw- some of the finest scenery I have ever seen. After that we got into some pretty poor (wintry, • with poor accommodations. R4ions fell down and a haymow to sleep in made us complete. Rations were better in a eouple of days and we moved on, bout 11:40-teuit, on Dee 5th, eve crowd the fronter, riihteiato Prassa, The change was noticeable at ence. Civflr- ans were swallowing the biterest pill of their lives. I was disappointed in the country, some of which Was aout the poorest 1. ever saw, and we had -to climb the worst Itillst I ever saw, bar none. Af we reached the water- ; .a Aretnitteaeuntine Mf et Our eyes. rge tracts of. ertile rolling country and long stretches of splendid roads stood out before us. As the country improved so did the peo- ple. I thought in the first part of the country that if it were all like this no wonder they wanted more, But now the real reason why they wanted more floeket out to see us. Such families I never saw. There were children there by the thousand. We took the best accommodations that were going, often had tbe -best bectroom in the hou.s& and a sitting - room. Washing and drinking -water was brought to our rooms, ete, On December 11th, we reached the Rhine and put up at a town, Mehlem by name. Every, day we ran aeross fellows who fought against us at Hill 70, Cambrai, Vlenciennes, etc., and in one ease the. chalk Was in the whole retreat from Canibrai to Mns. In Melhem the town crier went through the town, crying out the laws and regu- lations of the new regime. All men rwere to take off their bats to any officer of His Britannic Maesty's army. Civilians were to be in their houses at 8 p.m. Al! telephones were -to be taken over by the military ale; thorities. There were dozens of re- strictions. It just did our old hearts good to see thein handed a bit of their own, We cleaned up and made our ofe fieial entry into Bonn, a city of 90;000, ten miles farther down the Rhine, on December 1L It is a beautiful city and the home of Beethoven, the musician. His statute stands in the park. To -day I was inCologne It is a beautiful burg.. The cathedral is simply mag- nificent. From where we are it is an hours' ride on the electric • railway, I am going in again, if possible. The people here areevety docile an give no trouble at all. Of cotirsethey have to be. Some of the finest heavy guns ever turned out of British work- shops line the banks of the Rhine. The people are all fat and healthy enough looking but no doubt were very short of many of the real necessities. I ex- pect they'll start to groan when they read the peace terms. They stirred up a hornet's -nest, so will have to like it or lump it. EXETER Letter From Chaplain. — A few weeks ago we amentioned the death in Germany of Pte, John D. Laing, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Laing, of Exeter. Since the mother has re- cived the following letter from the Chaplain of his Reghnent Pte. Laing enlisted with the 161st Huron- Batta- lion and went overseas in the fall of 1916 and was held in England with the 5th Divisiontill last March when lie was drafted to Frp.nee, and was at- tached to the signal section of the 24th Battalion, remaining with that unit on the march into Germany. When at Charleroi, Belgium, he was taktoi down with influenza, followed by pneumonia, which resulted in his death on December 20th. The de- cease& spent his early life in the vi- cinity of Hensall, and later attended Exeter High School, from where he enlisted. The chaplain says: "Dear Mrd. Laing,—Before you receive this I feel sure that you will have heard from the war office the sad news of the death of your dear son, -Sohn, here. just want to write you a few lines ton that has been in charge of Enoch do feel deeply for you. It is so in- expressably sad U20 lose your dear boy after the fighting had ceased. This 'FitelLEAN BROS.. Publishers $1.50 a Year in Ailvance pneumonia proyeol too mueh for hire, but he -made such a brave fightlie was always so nice to one when I went to see him. I had prayers with him, and the maw in the next bed twiee, we remembered you all at home in our prayers. The last time L saw bine the poor boy was rambling and clehrious. He gave me a smile of wel- ' come, but soon rambled oft poor boy. His voice had gone and he spoke in. a whisper. - We tried to • comfort and soothe him, We buried bun in a nice military cemetery here at Charleroi, where many of the brave British soi- diers he buried. A neat cross with his name and regiment on will soon be put up at the head of his grave. His personal belongings are, by regulation sent to the base, from where they are sent to England and to his next of kin in due course, We chaplains do not handle them. May God ustain and comfort you now and always as he alone car, and bring you one clay to a happy reunion with your dearson in the full and splendid life beyond this. The last message John me for you was his fond love an a , in' good wishes. Yours in tender end sincere sympathy,—H. F. S'Itgal-,, Chaplain, C.EP." LONDESBORO l'Istotes —The Women's Institute held a very suceessful bee in the Foresters' Hall and quilted three large quilts.— To conserve the fuel, service in the. Methodist church will be held in the basement until the end of February. Mrs. Grover and daughter have moved into the village.—Mr. R.Shad- (lick visited with friends at Holmes.- ville over the week end.—Mrs. Harry - Lyon is visiting her daughter, Mts. Kerslake, in Exeter—Mrs. Pell, who has been visiting in the weit has re- turned home.—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carter, who are here from the West., have been spending the past week with her friend Mrs. Ernest Adams. They were very pleased to see each other as they were old school roe,tes. —Mr. Wells, who has been pathig new machinery in the choppive here, has commenced work.—We are sorry to report so many sick in our village arid vichilty: -Miss Mountain is seriously ill; Miss Sarah Bate. is on the sick list an Mrs„ 'Weymouth is very sick with little' hopes of her recovery.—Many friends will be sorry to .learrt that Mrs. Albert Vodden is not improving as rapidly as Was hop- -A special meeting of the Red rosswas held at the home of Mrs. •qeddest on Thursday to sew for the eigian children. There is a great -- need for clothing for these poor un- fertunate little children and any per - sop wishing to,- may get material at Mts. Gedde. tre -• 'toe - Notes—So far this winter has` been most pleasant It will soon be spring again,—Mrs, 'McAllister has gone to Galt to visit for two months.—The new Bank of Comoierce here is doing a fine business and filling a great need—The next meeting of the Far- mers Club will be held. on Tuesday evening, February 4th, when a fine programme will be given.—Next Sala bath the saarament of the Lord's sup. per will be held in 'Duff's Presbyterian Church, Walton; The annual meeting will be held on Friday of this week, at 2,30, followed by luncheon and social hour —A meeting of all the of- ficers, teachers. trustees, of all the schools in the school fair of Walton community will be held next Monday - night in Walton school at 7.20 p.m., for the purpose of making arrange- ments of holding fairs in 1919.—Mrs. James Carter is not improving as fast as her many friends would like to bear of.—Mr. P. B. Gardiner has pur- chased Mr. J. W. Ryan's house. We have not learned what Mr. Ryan in- tends doing, but we hope he does not move from the village.—Miss Mar- garet Humphries is taking a few holi- days—Mr, Joseph Dennis and Miss Rebecca Barrows were united in mar- riage • on Wednesday of last week at the parsonage? Brussels. The happy - young couple have the best wishes of a host of friends. Red cross.—At the last meeting of the Red Cross it was decided to take up a collection for the Armenian Re- lief. It was thought wise to have c�l- lectors appointed and much credit is due to them for the grand response they received by the people of The surrounding country, for the tidy awn of $176.32, was sent to those poor suf- ferers. The following is an account of the collectors: Hilda Harris and Florence Bennett $28.75; Mary Kelly, $12.12; Esther Shortreed *11.; Ella Arehibald, $5; Leonard 'deeming n2.- 40; Mr. Gardiner and Mr. 'Young, (village), $35,55; east of gravel road, $48; west of gravel road $2.3.50: total $176.32. In addition to the abeve the sum of thirty dollars was sent to the Belgian Relief, which gees' to show that the people of this ditp4, have not forgotten to help the suffering and needy ones caused by the terrible war, MANLEY ,Note.—Mr. P McLaughlin is, busy gtting out material to raise up his straw shed and put a foundation un- der it.—Mrs, -Thomas McKay and W. Manley were in Toronto last week on business.—Mrs, C. &kart was a visi- tor in our burg this week.—Mr, H. Buerrnan is busy thresonig clover The returns in some eases are fair, while in others, they are very poor.—Mr. Joseph Dayman and Mr. Joe Eckatt are fmishing threshing the bean crop. USBORNE Thames Road Notes. ---A memorial serince for Pte. J, W. Beer was held in Elimville church last Sunday ev- ening. Pte. Beer was killed in action in France in October lot. Previous to his enlistment he worked for Mr. Richard. Johns for over two years. -- Miss Gunning, of Whalen, visited her sister, lirrs. Perey Pasamore Jast week—Rev. Mr. Ax le` preaehed in Thames ian church on Sunday. will be adrninstered in B bit Sunday afternoon.-- Wather is giving the farina* did opportuailty to cut their • • 1 $ ., STAY FOR THE DANCE after the Concert ' CARDNO'S OPERA " iiALL;: THURSDAY EVE, FEB. fitht • [Dancing from 11 to 2, Orchestra Music . , , ... .,... Admission.59e e t• , ,, . = ., , • . .. Returned soldiers will receive complimentary tickets from A, D. Sutherland,- V.( and thence to his former home in Stephen, the funeral taking place Grand Bend on Tuesday afternoon Brown was appointed manager of t House of Refuge about three years a- go, after the death of Mr. IVIutch. —Rev. Dr. Fletcher of Thames Read, Usborne township Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyter- ian Church Canada left on Monday for the coast where he is expected to speak at•Victoria on. Febuary 3rd. On his return trip he will make a tour of all the larger centres in the West. While in Regina Dr. Fletcher will be the guest of Premier Martin, of Sas- katehewan. As a young inan Premier Martin came in frequent touch with the present head of the Presbyterian church in Canada, through the inti - Macy of Dr, Fletcher and his lather, Rev. W. N. Martin.. of London, and a former pastor of 6aven Presbyterian hurch, —The following are office bearers of Grey township for the coming year: A. II. McDonald,4Clerk and Treasur- er; P. J: Bishop, °Rector; Edward Fulton and James McNair, Auditors; Mrs. C. Chapman, Caretaker of Hall; J. McEwen, Amos Smith, Cuthbert Hutchinson, David W. Dunbar, Robt. ,Hoover John Oliver, Richard Cox, and Andrew Machan, Fenceviewers; B. Payn, Thomas Cummin, William 3. Gil, William Rands, Jacob Long, Edward Collis, George McKay and William Sholdice, poundkeepFrs; Dr. M. Ferguann, R. W. Living- stone, A. II. McDonald, and George McFarlane, Board of Health; John Shiehe Sanitary inspector—F.ollowing an illness extending over several months, Wilfrid Pocock, sten of Mr. and Mrs. George Pocock, passed _away on Thursday, January 1th, at the family home in East Wawanosh. The deecased young man was in his 26th year and had spent all his life in this section. He had many manly qualities which endeared him to a large circle of friends. He was always ready to give a helping -hand to anything pertaining to the good of the conmiunitY in which he livd. Last springthe went over - Chestnut and Stove ing in a body, The late Mr, Brown is survived by his wife and two sons, William and Dean Brown, both ol Stephen township, Theremainswere taken to ,Exeter by train on Monday Now in Stock N Cluff & Sons LUMBER& COAL SEAFORTH ONTARIO lOMMIONINDolamoomeOMO. • • 1 seas and was taken ill while away and was forced to return home. He Was a member and Clerk Oi the Bap- Itist church and took a great interest m the church and Sunday school. THE ALLIES IN as4MANY The following interesting letter con cerning the allied advance into Ger- many has been 'received .from ,Sapper Muray M. Fisher, a graduate of the Seaforth Collegiate and a son of Mrs. Peter Fisher, of near Kippea, who wex4 overseas with, the Canadian Sig- nalling Corps: On the morning of November 11, at 8 o'cloek when the official notification came, it was hard to believe that in three hours' time the blood and thun- der part of this war would end. At 11 o'clock, when the guns ceased firing, and for a few hours after, we went around as if in a dream amid all the rejoicing and thankfulness. Good-bye gas helmet, steel helmet,. rifle, pack, etd , and roll on civilian Mel That afternoon we went through Mons and entered Havre Ville, about seven kilometers farther on. The canal at this place, was Ithink, the farthest point reached by our infantry in 1914. From there started the retreat from -Mons and it seemed the irony of fate that the war should end here. We stayed here ten days cleaning up, and preparing for what was to come. On the morning of the 21st we started on our trek to the Rhine: For 23 days. we were on our way, niarching fifteea and resting eight. During the first two or three- days' march • we went through °some of the finer parts of Belgium and were treated splendidly by the people, I can only remember once in my life being so fed • up With kindness. It was on this xnarch. They overdid it in a little town, Guoy les Picton, A fellow had to sit on the top of a roaring fire to please the people. One afternoon I went itito Namur and saw the city, the finest Belgian city TI've been in. Of course, I haven't been in ° many large ones. After leaving there we .marched a day and a half through the Valley of the Meuse and saw- some of the finest scenery I have ever seen. After that we got into some pretty poor (wintry, • with poor accommodations. R4ions fell down and a haymow to sleep in made us complete. Rations were better in a eouple of days and we moved on, bout 11:40-teuit, on Dee 5th, eve crowd the fronter, riihteiato Prassa, The change was noticeable at ence. Civflr- ans were swallowing the biterest pill of their lives. I was disappointed in the country, some of which Was aout the poorest 1. ever saw, and we had -to climb the worst Itillst I ever saw, bar none. Af we reached the water- ; .a Aretnitteaeuntine Mf et Our eyes. rge tracts of. ertile rolling country and long stretches of splendid roads stood out before us. As the country improved so did the peo- ple. I thought in the first part of the country that if it were all like this no wonder they wanted more, But now the real reason why they wanted more floeket out to see us. Such families I never saw. There were children there by the thousand. We took the best accommodations that were going, often had tbe -best bectroom in the hou.s& and a sitting - room. Washing and drinking -water was brought to our rooms, ete, On December 11th, we reached the Rhine and put up at a town, Mehlem by name. Every, day we ran aeross fellows who fought against us at Hill 70, Cambrai, Vlenciennes, etc., and in one ease the. chalk Was in the whole retreat from Canibrai to Mns. In Melhem the town crier went through the town, crying out the laws and regu- lations of the new regime. All men rwere to take off their bats to any officer of His Britannic Maesty's army. Civilians were to be in their houses at 8 p.m. Al! telephones were -to be taken over by the military ale; thorities. There were dozens of re- strictions. It just did our old hearts good to see thein handed a bit of their own, We cleaned up and made our ofe fieial entry into Bonn, a city of 90;000, ten miles farther down the Rhine, on December 1L It is a beautiful city and the home of Beethoven, the musician. His statute stands in the park. To -day I was inCologne It is a beautiful burg.. The cathedral is simply mag- nificent. From where we are it is an hours' ride on the electric • railway, I am going in again, if possible. The people here areevety docile an give no trouble at all. Of cotirsethey have to be. Some of the finest heavy guns ever turned out of British work- shops line the banks of the Rhine. The people are all fat and healthy enough looking but no doubt were very short of many of the real necessities. I ex- pect they'll start to groan when they read the peace terms. They stirred up a hornet's -nest, so will have to like it or lump it. EXETER Letter From Chaplain. — A few weeks ago we amentioned the death in Germany of Pte, John D. Laing, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Laing, of Exeter. Since the mother has re- cived the following letter from the Chaplain of his Reghnent Pte. Laing enlisted with the 161st Huron- Batta- lion and went overseas in the fall of 1916 and was held in England with the 5th Divisiontill last March when lie was drafted to Frp.nee, and was at- tached to the signal section of the 24th Battalion, remaining with that unit on the march into Germany. When at Charleroi, Belgium, he was taktoi down with influenza, followed by pneumonia, which resulted in his death on December 20th. The de- cease& spent his early life in the vi- cinity of Hensall, and later attended Exeter High School, from where he enlisted. The chaplain says: "Dear Mrd. Laing,—Before you receive this I feel sure that you will have heard from the war office the sad news of the death of your dear son, -Sohn, here. just want to write you a few lines ton that has been in charge of Enoch do feel deeply for you. It is so in- expressably sad U20 lose your dear boy after the fighting had ceased. This 'FitelLEAN BROS.. Publishers $1.50 a Year in Ailvance pneumonia proyeol too mueh for hire, but he -made such a brave fightlie was always so nice to one when I went to see him. I had prayers with him, and the maw in the next bed twiee, we remembered you all at home in our prayers. The last time L saw bine the poor boy was rambling and clehrious. He gave me a smile of wel- ' come, but soon rambled oft poor boy. His voice had gone and he spoke in. a whisper. - We tried to • comfort and soothe him, We buried bun in a nice military cemetery here at Charleroi, where many of the brave British soi- diers he buried. A neat cross with his name and regiment on will soon be put up at the head of his grave. His personal belongings are, by regulation sent to the base, from where they are sent to England and to his next of kin in due course, We chaplains do not handle them. May God ustain and comfort you now and always as he alone car, and bring you one clay to a happy reunion with your dearson in the full and splendid life beyond this. The last message John me for you was his fond love an a , in' good wishes. Yours in tender end sincere sympathy,—H. F. S'Itgal-,, Chaplain, C.EP." LONDESBORO l'Istotes —The Women's Institute held a very suceessful bee in the Foresters' Hall and quilted three large quilts.— To conserve the fuel, service in the. Methodist church will be held in the basement until the end of February. Mrs. Grover and daughter have moved into the village.—Mr. R.Shad- (lick visited with friends at Holmes.- ville over the week end.—Mrs. Harry - Lyon is visiting her daughter, Mts. Kerslake, in Exeter—Mrs. Pell, who has been visiting in the weit has re- turned home.—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carter, who are here from the West., have been spending the past week with her friend Mrs. Ernest Adams. They were very pleased to see each other as they were old school roe,tes. —Mr. Wells, who has been pathig new machinery in the choppive here, has commenced work.—We are sorry to report so many sick in our village arid vichilty: -Miss Mountain is seriously ill; Miss Sarah Bate. is on the sick list an Mrs„ 'Weymouth is very sick with little' hopes of her recovery.—Many friends will be sorry to .learrt that Mrs. Albert Vodden is not improving as rapidly as Was hop- -A special meeting of the Red rosswas held at the home of Mrs. •qeddest on Thursday to sew for the eigian children. There is a great -- need for clothing for these poor un- fertunate little children and any per - sop wishing to,- may get material at Mts. Gedde. tre -• 'toe - Notes—So far this winter has` been most pleasant It will soon be spring again,—Mrs, 'McAllister has gone to Galt to visit for two months.—The new Bank of Comoierce here is doing a fine business and filling a great need—The next meeting of the Far- mers Club will be held. on Tuesday evening, February 4th, when a fine programme will be given.—Next Sala bath the saarament of the Lord's sup. per will be held in 'Duff's Presbyterian Church, Walton; The annual meeting will be held on Friday of this week, at 2,30, followed by luncheon and social hour —A meeting of all the of- ficers, teachers. trustees, of all the schools in the school fair of Walton community will be held next Monday - night in Walton school at 7.20 p.m., for the purpose of making arrange- ments of holding fairs in 1919.—Mrs. James Carter is not improving as fast as her many friends would like to bear of.—Mr. P. B. Gardiner has pur- chased Mr. J. W. Ryan's house. We have not learned what Mr. Ryan in- tends doing, but we hope he does not move from the village.—Miss Mar- garet Humphries is taking a few holi- days—Mr, Joseph Dennis and Miss Rebecca Barrows were united in mar- riage • on Wednesday of last week at the parsonage? Brussels. The happy - young couple have the best wishes of a host of friends. Red cross.—At the last meeting of the Red Cross it was decided to take up a collection for the Armenian Re- lief. It was thought wise to have c�l- lectors appointed and much credit is due to them for the grand response they received by the people of The surrounding country, for the tidy awn of $176.32, was sent to those poor suf- ferers. The following is an account of the collectors: Hilda Harris and Florence Bennett $28.75; Mary Kelly, $12.12; Esther Shortreed *11.; Ella Arehibald, $5; Leonard 'deeming n2.- 40; Mr. Gardiner and Mr. 'Young, (village), $35,55; east of gravel road, $48; west of gravel road $2.3.50: total $176.32. In addition to the abeve the sum of thirty dollars was sent to the Belgian Relief, which gees' to show that the people of this ditp4, have not forgotten to help the suffering and needy ones caused by the terrible war, MANLEY ,Note.—Mr. P McLaughlin is, busy gtting out material to raise up his straw shed and put a foundation un- der it.—Mrs, -Thomas McKay and W. Manley were in Toronto last week on business.—Mrs, C. &kart was a visi- tor in our burg this week.—Mr, H. Buerrnan is busy thresonig clover The returns in some eases are fair, while in others, they are very poor.—Mr. Joseph Dayman and Mr. Joe Eckatt are fmishing threshing the bean crop. USBORNE Thames Road Notes. ---A memorial serince for Pte. J, W. Beer was held in Elimville church last Sunday ev- ening. Pte. Beer was killed in action in France in October lot. Previous to his enlistment he worked for Mr. Richard. Johns for over two years. -- Miss Gunning, of Whalen, visited her sister, lirrs. Perey Pasamore Jast week—Rev. Mr. Ax le` preaehed in Thames ian church on Sunday. will be adrninstered in B bit Sunday afternoon.-- Wather is giving the farina* did opportuailty to cut their • • 1