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EXETER MEMORIAL UNVEILED One of the most important events in the history of Exeter took place last Friday afternoon whet). ;the Sole' diers' Memorial was ueveilertb4Capt. T. F. Best, of Hamiltorie WS/O'clock. A large crowd gathered 1,0`.:witnese the ceremony, althea& 'sfreads were heavy and weather .-c-heaS''.unpleasant. The memorial is of greshislible, rough finish. The base is -.about three feet in adepth, three -feet- high and four feet in length with a rounded basin on either end. On this stands a pil- lar aboht two feet.square and five feet high, with a bird on top with wings spread, repreeenting the dove of peace. The fountain at the ends of the base in the basins repreSenting the fountain of life. On the pillar is this inscrip- tion: - To our Fallen Heroes, 1914-1919. Their names endureth forever. c - From the Village Of Exeter,: Thomas Harold Bissett, Thomas Brimacombe, James 0. Brown, Clinton Stephen Hogarth, John Gordon Hogarth, - James Marshall, . Thomas W. Penhale, Cecil Pickard, Wilbur J. Rowe, Victor G. Sanders, Sydney Smith, Sydney West, Elmer Thomas Willis, Harry Ernest Windsor. On the base are these names: "From the Township of Usborne:" Thomas Harold Wilkinson, John C. Strang, Reginald Johnson, William Gordon Walker, Elmer McFalls, Norman W. Johns, Alfred Coates, Arthur Hart, Edward G. Kellett, Earl L. Johns, Edward Wygalds James Earl Roadhouse, Bruce M. Matthews, Earl Albert Gardiner Edward Lincoln Gardiner, Loftus Hern, John W. Beele, Robert Henry Passmore, William Ernest Ntil, Reginald David Turnbull, Joseph Leigh, George H. Sterling, Glenn Eden Flintofe. The band played •p few patriotic numbers; then Captain Bea a the corapany. gathered around the idemeorial, which is plaied between the Town Hall and Carnegie Library. After the unveiling, :which followed his short address, the people went in - 'to the opera house. Reeve Beavers called' the cormcillors. of Exeter and Uthorne, also all the ministers, to the platform. He 'said he was glad to see so many gathered together, all with mingled feelings of regret and rejoicing. The councils of Usborne and Exeter thought it fitting that some tOken be erected in memory': of the 'fallen heroes, so they joined to- gether with the restlt seen to -day. There had been some criticism 'about the monument and the bird on top, but the matter was not settled yet. He was sure the firm would be glad to make amends to satisfy the public at large eand particularly the boys wh6 had returned. He said there was not time for all to speak, but he would ask Dr. Fletcher. Dr. Fletcher said it was fitting that whoever spoke should be prepared. but he was not, as he wag only ask- ed to speak since coming to town. 'It was with feelings of gratitude he stood before them for what had been accomplished and the influences that' will flow from peace and events which followed. He was grateful that peo- ple put heads together and hands in pockets. He stras not altogether pleas- ed with appearance of the memorial but it was what it means; we must keep in mind. When children of the future look 'upon it, it is fitting they should remember what it etands • for and the dire needs of the past war, that civilization should be preserved. We all should feel the inspiration of their sacrifice made. He referred to the splendid poem of Col. McCrae. It is the duty of ministers to flash the torch of peace around the weed. The boys who went across had no wermer friends than these ministers, so he hoped the boys would stand behind them now. Reeve Beavers then iniroduced Capt. Best to the audience as a mail who- could at one time run a mile in four minutes and fifteen seconds, one - who had. won many races both in the States and Canada. He was also a veteran of two wars, having served in the South African War as well as in the past ware Capt. Best said there was no part of a meeting more interesting to him than the remeeks of the chairman. They were thetnedvertising agents. He appreciated the kind words Reeve. Beavers had said. He .had named this address "Lest We Forget." When in • the African War he was talking to the soldiers about all Canada would do for them. One soldier said, "Its alright for you te tell us what the • SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JA,NUARY- 16, 1920 1 country will do for us, but I've been . through war before end 1 know how ?Mich is done. God and the soldiers are wonderful things when war is on. Many prayers are offered during war time by peeple Who never prayed bee fore, and notheng wise too good for the soldier then but afterward they were all forgotten." There were many things, he said, which as soldiers they wished to forget and some lessens to remember. We hear much nowadays about instruction and reconstruction and the great Forward Movement. "These," he said, "would bring great blessinge to the partakers. In Eng- land the people were on their knees before the battee of the Marne, but in Canada they did not realize the need. Every. one in Canada had heard as well as in England about Kit••• chener's big driVe which would end the war. They heard about it for two years, but it never came. He said in the first two years we hadn't _a chance to win. Canada believed it would only last a few months but Eegland knew better. Before the battle of the Marne, England sent a call to pray all over the country. The praying .people all gathered in the churches to pray. Canada only be- gan to tealize the seriousness of the sitatition after reading of Canadians being pushed back, when Haig sent the message that they were fighting wite backs to the wall. The call to prayer was the result. Professional and basiness men found time to gather for prayer. The result was the sacri- fice 'of time meant great spiritual blessing. Then he said people reach- ed the high watet mark of spiritual developments. They were ready - to este anything for the soldiers and their cause. Everybody worked. Every patriotiejappeal was over -sub- scribed. Ila wished the same spirit had remained always. After being home recruiting for some time, he was sent over the second time. He told his men that Canada was at their back, but when the Armistice was signed the people slipped back. They are thinking now more about what they can dodge:than do for. the sol- diers. One of the most wonderful sights ever privileged to look upon was that at Quebec, when 32,000 soldiers boarded the ships there for overseas. Notice this—they were escorted by a .convoy - of the British Fleet. One of elie most wonderful things of the.war is that all threugh four years of War not one single -man was lost while crossing to English& ' The Americans, he said, entered the War.in the course of time. The Amer- ican magazine reports of the. great things they did in the war looked funny to him. ;He told a stay of a 1- little 'boy who was leading one, 'of eheir accounts of Vimy Ridge, who seid to his mother, eDidn't we have anything to do With this war at all?" Another one he told was an. American who was in England and a Tommy who noticed the chevions on the Yank's sleeve (by the way, Yanks are given a chevion for every six months' of service and one for going over while the Tommies get one for every year of service), said to him, "So you have seen a lot of the war. What diyision were you with?" "Oh," the Yank said, "1 wai with the famous Rain- bow Division." "Never heard of it," said Tommy. 'Well, do you know what a rainbow is?" "Oh, yes„ said Tommy, "ehat's the thing that comes out after the storm is over." The speaker said the Americans had sent over_ two and a quarter million of, men and had a casualty list of about four hundred. The Germans had said all along if America did enter the war they would sink all their ships by the submarine method, but Lloyd George ient thirteen million men across to France but had never lost any. There was no way to. account for it except by the British Navy. ' While we are rejoicing in victory let us not forget another group of men who have had little said of them, the Merchant Marine. All through the war they never failded bringing supplis through the danger zone. The war would have stopped long before it did if it had not been for them. Did you _ ever think of the boys at the water line in those ships who knew if a torpedo ever struck their ship it would mean ceartain death for them and9 many of them did get it when others of them, who managed to reach land by some means after their ships were sunk, the first thing they did was to go to the registery office and register for. service on the first ship gcOng out. Let us not forget them. Capt. ,Best said he wished to rob no soldier of any credit due him. but there was a good deal due the boys who fought during the rst two years of war. . If it had not been for their backbone in fighting under many handicaps, there would have been no third or fourth year. There were times when they were holding ten yards to a man. They were boys who could be killed but not conquered. He always looked, with pezuliar inter- est at those older weather-beaten crosses. He knew so 'many who lie beneath there was only one army ready at the beginning of war, the greatest army ever seen, thoroughly equipped and ready, from every stand- point- Serbia and leelgium had no chance against them, but held them back for two weeks. God knows what a difference it made. France eent -forwar one-half million men, short ia of ma things but they had stolid determi tion t,:e save their country or die. lEngland sent their "contempt- ible little army," two hundred thous- and. Nothing moved on earth better than this little arneY which never lost their moral. • At the Marne, when the order came to take the offensive, there was no chance whatever, short of 'am- munition, men and everything. Gen- erals said the outcome was the mir- ; sae of war. When the prisoners were taken. they asked, "Where did you I get OR your men? We saw millions .; of- them, and that horse man, Who, ro5le, tip and down in front of your MeLealt Brea, Publishers $150 a Year in Advance iddlers in the Corner Tatharackerdown Just One More Old Times 't ance. Under the auspices of -SEAFORTH CITIZENS BAND Cardno's Opera Hall Thursday Evening January 22nd Musicians Hank Forsyth Abe Forsyth Jas. A. Chesney Thomas Rands Herbert Fowler George Mann. Earl VanEgmond DANCTNG AT 8.30 Floor Managers Harry Charters • D. D. Chesney Thos. O'Reilly Ed. Rowland, Garnet Habkirk Wm. Workman Wm. McDonald John Hudson • Ladies bring Lunch—Put your name on the box Coffee supplied at the Hall During Intermission grand drawing for an Easy Chair, now on ex- hibition in WI. T. Box & Co. Show Window. VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC SPECIAL SELECTIONS BY CITIZENS BAND Everybody Welcome Gentlemen, $1. 50 , Dalton Reid, Pres. Spectators, Gallery, 25 dents Vice. -Pres. Sec.-Treas. Managing Committee:—H. C. Box, Dawson Reid, Thompson Scott. GOD SAVE THE KING teen. We shot him eheough e thous- and times." Kiteheriet.and his staff were in their office when Lord Robe s entered with the telegram, which read, "gnemy hefted and retire Roberts said, "The hand of the Lo d was hi that" Kitebener said, "The people ,have prayede'and it has been answered." Front the. Battle of the Marne oh the chalices of losing faded. If you want a report of this battle the speaker said he could commend the 124th Psalm. The boys are about all home now, although a few are still in the hos- pital. He said, when he was corning home on the Adriatic, at Halifax a great arch was erected bearing these words, "Canada will not Forget." Younger ones cheered and, believed this, but older ones, -who had seen wars before, said "Amen," but with reservation. The reception at Halifax was the greatest kissing game ever seen. Soldiers were seized and kissed by the young ladies wherever a chance occurred,. but if Canada thinks this is all that's due the soldiers tehy have another think corning. We can't shrink responsibility personally. - It does not end till every soldier has been properly provided for from every standpoint. There are 60,000 Canadians lying over there,, some of the best men he ever knew on earth. The Australians left 25.000 comrades at Gallipoli. They died for honor and liberty. If worthy of them, We will live for the same principle they maintained and sustain- ed. Col. McCrae, he said was a per- sonal friend of his and he, was. hold- ing up a. wooden Cross over there. He quoted that splendid- poem, "In Flander's Fields." He hoped that Go:I would help all to do their part, enter into the church movement and make the world better for having lived in it. Reeve Beavers then called on Dr. Medd to close the meeting with piayer. The returned men of Exeter and Usborne were tendered a banquet in the town hall at six o'clock. Follow- ing this the boys adjourned to James Street Methodist church, where a large gathering had assembled and where seats in the centre of the audi- torium had been reserved for them. Capt. Best was greeted with a Chaut- auqua salute. Following a song ser- vice in which a men's chorus led the singing, Reeve Beavers took the chair. Associated with him was Mr. A. Mitchell, Reeve of Usborne. Capt. Best was introduced to the audience, and he delivered a magnificent, ad- dress. He illustrated in a most (en- tertaining way the manner in Which the soldiers were always able te see the humorous side of every predica- ment. It was principally the moral. of the soldiers that carried them through the first two years of war. The speaker emphasized that service and sacrifice were the sources of the greatest happiness in life. s These virtues were beautifully illustrated by the soldiers at the front in sharing their belongings with pals, in bearing each others -burdens and in risking life for a comrade. Capt. Best's appeal to cleaner and higher living was made in such a manner as to leave a lasting impres- sion on his hearers. Punctuated,. as his address was, by humorous stories, the mood of the audience was carried from jovial to sober and from seber to serious. - —Fire almost completely destroy- ed the dwelling of Mr. A. McGuire, of Clinton, on Tuesday evening between seven and eight o'clock The fire is supposed -to have originated, from an overheated pipe and bad gained quite a headway before being discovered. Some delay was caused iw getting the fire brigade to the sea owing to the fact that it was thoUght to be Mrs. McGuire's house on James street that was on fire. The belie reel, too, being on wheels, did not make its best speed through the deep snow, but when the brigade got on the spot no time was lost and the fire was speedily got under control. Most of the contents of the house were got out. Unfortunately no insurance was ,"-ROXBORD LONG AGO" There used to be a place round here, and Roxboro was its name, Some folks they say it still exists, but it is not the same. • So to those who in this land to -day, can back up fifty years. We'll recall those times when Roxboro Those stirring days, which we'll re, call, were not considered slow By the people of those early times, in Roxboro long ago. There used to be a mill there, ••a busy, busy mill, Anti the farmers came for miles around ' and came with right .Food, will, They came to get some flour made, their families to support, And to do some shopping at the stores that existed thereabout. And if they had some time to spend, to the tavern they would go, That did a flourishilig business then, in Roxboro long ago. Lots I have heard aboiirtre.folks, in those old palmy days, About the Dicksons and the Scotts ahd people name of Hays, McMillans and McMichaels, too) there were some not far away, And descendents of this early stock are here unto this day; And McDowell on the river bank, he is gone years, years, ago. These were the men, who flourished then, in Roxboro long ago. If these old chaps could all come back and visit for a spell, What opinion they would have of us, 'tis really hard to tell. Great changes have been brought a- bout since they did fluorish here; Some things would suit, • and some would not, those chaps of right good cheer, Some customs that we have here now would seem most awful slow, . INTERMEDIATE 0. 11. A. 1 For they could get their whistle wet in Roxboro long ago., Of a the chaps that flourished once rou d this happy spot, 'Perh ps I heard the most about one, Ja es and Robbie Scott. .Laree families these two men did leaee, they're scattered here and there, But creditable all, indeed, to that il- lustrious name they bear, For although Scott is a common name, 'tis a good one, don't you know? And produced some men of extra fame in the days of long ago. TherC• were noble men and women then, in those old days afar, When they listened to the sermons of the Reverend Matthew Barr, I was told; he pointed out to thern, the straight and narrow way, As he preached to them the Gospel in a place called Harpurhey. I mind that patrieech Myself, back twenty years or so. • Re was nigh the last connecting link with Roxboro long ago. The men of those old early times have ,nigh all gone and passed, For fifty. years is quite a span, when added to the rest. But. there are two, as I'll remark, are still above the ground; Tlee survivors' of that noble band, that in Roxboro once was found. Perhaps they were the ymmgest, of those men of years ago - That fleurished in those by -gone days, in Roxboro long ago. The' one lives in the village now, and he feels quite spry, you bet; His name is Johnnie Walker, have you not guessed it yet? The other's farming up the road, his name is Tommy Hayp. . These are the sole survivors of those wet, old, early days, And they were no laggards in theft time, had lots of snap and go, And would dance a jig, in the bar- room big, in Roxboro long ago. Andthere used to be a dam there once in Roxboro by a mill site, But there is no rnill in Roxboro now, not even by a dam site. But times; of course, they change a . lot, and old things pass away, And Roxboro is quite different froie. that early day; • - -- But in this time, of Christian chimes it can do 110 harm to know The conditiems of those early times, see HURON COUNTY COUNCIL The Huron County Council for 1920, which will -meet in Goderich for the January session on Tuesday; January 27th, will be composed of the follow- ing Reeves and Deputy Reeves. Thole marked with n asterisk were not mem- bers of last year's council: . Aishfield—Joseph Hackett, Reeve; *Thomas Richardson, Deputy Reeve. Colborne—Gordon Young, Goderich township—N. W. Trewartlia, Stanley—M. Elliott. Hay—John Laporte. Stephen—Alex. Neeb, Reeve; *David Webb, Deputy Reeve. Usborne—A. Mitchell. Tuckersmith—H. Crich. MeKillop--*F. J. McQuaid. West Wawanosh—j. C. Purden. East Wawanosh—*William J. Currie. Morris—William Elston. Howick—Peter F. Doig, Ree4se; *Wil- liam J. Spotton, Deputy Reeve. Goderich—*T. R. Wallis, Reeve; W. F. Clark, Deputy Reeve. Clinton—*R. J. Miller. Seaforth—John Grieve. Bayfield ---*Edward Merrier. Blyth—James Cutt Exeter—B. W. F. Beavers. Hensall—G. C. Petty. Wroxeter—John Douglas. SOUTH HURON CANDIDATES' , EXPENSES Below is given the financial state- ments of the three candidates in the electorial district -6f South HurOn at the election held in October last. as announced by the Returning Officer, The expenses of Mr. F. A, Ellering- ton, as furnished by Mr. C. H. Sander, his official agent, were: Postage- $ 1.00 Sneakers 90.0e Telephone 8.50 Printing and Advertising 24.10 Hall Rents 28.50 Personal Expenses 27.50 The expenees of Mr. A. Hicks as furnished by Mr. George W. Laitore his official agent, were: Postage and express Sneakers Printing and Advertising Revised Voters' Lists y Hell Rentials HoCKE Personal xpenses MITCHELL SEAFORTH PALACE RINK--SEAFORTH Tuesday, .1 an. 20th Mitchell counts on a whe and their team is much stronger than in. other years, as the score 14 to 2 in their favor on Goderich ice shows., Take our tip—this game will be worth see - ADMISSION Adults, 35c (and war tax) Children 25e (and war tax) as furnished by Mr. T. G. law, his official agent, were: Printing Hall ,Rentals Revised Voters' Lists Telegrams Personal Expenses 10.00 70.80 44.00 20.00 $ 10.00 20.00 8.00 100.00 $169.50 THE GAMBLE IN FlIEDER CAME The idea held by many good cattle- men early in the summer of 1919. that prices for heavy ,,eattle would keep up or increase induced them to pay prices for feeeders, that looked very much. too high to tlic overage observer, and markee price's at the end of the grass season showed that the feeders had guessed wrong. In the rase of the , Canadian cattlemen referred te, the feeding practice _fol- lowed. was that of pastaring, a.nd al- though Instoy of those who invested in $12 per ewt. -or more expensive steers, clamed that their grass supply held out well throughout the season, there were more than a few who encountered drought and the consequent falling off of pasturage. Even. those who way best equipped as regards grass supply, failed to realize 11 profit on even the best stock marketed off grass, and though present prices for finished stuff are , attractive in appearance, it is. doubt- ful if the bill for stable feed will offset for those who have -carried heavy cattle from early last summer up to the middle of January. For those farmers who had. stock 0/1 hand from the beginning, things, of course, look different, and despite the general feed shortage, there are doubtless qaite a. number of our best cattle feeders who will tome out to the good on the strength of prices now being paid for top stuff fit for shipment te Europe. For the in- dividual -Who overpaid for beef cattle to go -on grass last spring, however, .the year's experience will only be valuable as a lesson to keep out of the htisiness of competing on the open market for cattle that could be better handled by the packers. To -discourage the full finishing a cattle to be offered for the block would be anythivg but right, only it is the feeder's duty to himself to see that - he does not pay more for stotkersi or feeders than he could raise them for himself. Gambling 'on the market frise at such a distant date as the end of -the season is not worth while for the grass feeder, as has been shown again and again, and more particularly in the past year. That the same conditions of chance exist in the case of heavy, -cattle bought for short keep is point-, ed out in an article in the Breed- er's Gazette,iwhich says in part: - "Two yeare ago feeders loaded to -the guards with near -beef acquired in keen competion with the pack- ers. Last winter, after the armis- tice had been signed, the indiscre- tion was repeated. Both crops of cattle were liquidated at a. more • or less heavy loss. Graziers, notably those in Kansas and,Wisconsin, tont- mitted the same -error., when -stoek- ing their gr -ass. Recently a scram- ble- to- secure cattle wearhig enou beef to ensure a quick corncrib cross has placed in feeders' hands many thousaads of bullocks -costing $12 to $15 per ewt., • that have a dubious. future, the fat cattle market being not° `otudy erratic ,as to such prop - for apProkimately $14,000 in paye erty. An Illinois feeder, who in a Chi . e bank recently signe4 a, note rnent for 74 grass cattle, remarking that he was a "good sport," tYpifies the element that is always .reidy to take a long if not desperate chance by yielding to the lure of the big tshtee"eEr:Gazette, emphasized the _facti P. 'Hall, in a recent article in that most of the grief which- beef -4._ maker's eneounter has itis inception in competition with packers for fleshy cattle at the market, the fin- ality of the transaption depending on the condition of a capricious mar- ket. -A majority of the hettiey cat- tle held for short" periodg in feed- lots show a loss. The heavY steer has been ehes chief disappointment of the 1919 market. It las cost feeders an incredible - sum and only in exceptional eases has it actually paid its board. When feeders re- alize the impossibility of eoutpet- ing with packers on near -beef, save on a gambling basis, one of the al- luring snares of the industry will have been rendered harmless." Deseite all the above, so far as the situation is evident in Canada, there are many -canny feeders who,, esisrillfeetodTnge into a nice these men, however., are the kind that either raise their animals eco- nomically at home or buy to best ad- vantage in etocser ded feeder market. HURON NOTES —William Turner, whose death oc- curred at the home of his dangliter, . Mrs. James H11, of Londesboro, on Saturday la.a, was a native of Ire- - land, hav;ng been born. in County Tyrone, Ireiand, on Nov,- lith, 1829.. He was,. therelore, „in his ninety-first year. In 1833 he came With his par- ents to thi country settling in. Hast- ings Ceentse 5n 1844 the subject of this sleep': ste e. to Huron, County wagon. j,-. Ai".: up leasd. in Stanley' townshise -.There he I'ved -until 1876, then reeve '-' hs Goierich township, where 13, remained until about eighteee ',en. '*s • age. when he went to res'de tith Mrs. Hill. In 1854ehe was mein ie ' 1'1 Mils Isabella Prit- chard, who 'eel nine years ago. Tia nine of whom servive: Mrs. Grieve; - Lauder Man : Mrs. Abel, Ooaklarele Cal.; Mrs. Atwood Arden titan.. Mrs. Jas. IT'llS Lendeeboro; Jan, Ba' kers- -The marriage of Miss Anna Jene kins, dauehter of the late Mr. Thos.. quietly at t-vetve 'o'clock, noon, De- cember 31.et at Woodlands Farm. ' church, edirten he the presence of im-- mediate relatives me bride was given away by her brother, Mr. Beet 3 suit of newt cheviot serge anel eor- sage 11011(P7et 'f, pink and white roam beaMasrtet; n;10.1:;:i.o:JttnainssittoiaLtb:: 'Itas ritu Londen e-Vilfr '3.1h Perfect Lem their return v.411 reside at A •