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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1923-05-18, Page 1When you Buy a' Man's or a Boys' Suit Here You G the ,Advantage of Choosing from ,a very .large assortment. You Get_ the Advantage of Choosing from, the Best Makers in Canada. You Get the Advantage of rhe Lowest Possible Prices. E have been pounding incessantly all swing �n this Q,ne point—there is a rear advant- ge in buyingTIO' your, clothing here, - t only the advantage of appearance but a genuine dol- lars .and cents advantage. We . have a wondertl stock of New Suits for Men and keys: New Styles, new and greatly improved -materials, new prices . Comte in and see these new Suits; examine the im- proved qualities, thedelightful colorings;'the.attrac- tive styles, the perfect fit and the decidedly reduced prices. • Men $i5 to $35 s ' 7.50 to $15 MEN'S NEW HATS' The new gats,, both Felt and • Straws, • are here in all their Spring style and beatity. There is a very choice array of the latest designs; Thefelts are in various shades of grey, brown, sand and brack. Straws in all the new weaves. Felts $3.00 to $5.50 Straws . '... 25c to $3.50 Men's 'Dress Shirts You wi11'have no dif- ficulty in selecting a sat- isfactory Shirt . at any price you wish to pay. • The new plain colors in grey, white, tan, biscuit are particularly attrac- tive. Stripes and spots 'are in very attractive new patterns. Come in and look them over. Price $1.29 ato 13.50 Comfort, My Dear— Is the first essential to a good corset. Uncomtortable corsets are a menace to one'p health, and in addition do not form greice- ful lines, axi4 add to one's appgarance. You will find in a k pacie Corsets, a marvellous combination of comfort, beauty,. durability 'and economy. Elastic tops and side -pieces give greater flexibility: We areshowink, the season's new models in all sizes. LI3pAL CONVOTTIO>d PO&?)PON ? The Centre Huron Idberai• Convert- tion whdeh'•was to have been', held in Seaforth on'Thuraday''of '00 well;:, far the, purpose of selecting a caA°3 date to :represent the Riding at the forthcoming 'Provincial Elections, has beenpostponed until Friday, Mayl 'S The postponement Was made net,es Bary onlacQc�oynt of the very unfavor- able weatdr and to the fact that Mr. Wellington Hay, the Liberal Leader, who was to have been the 'principal speaker, fotind at the last moment that it would be impossible for him to attend. e INTERMEDIATE W. F. 'A. St. Columban at Kinburn, May 22nd. Brucefield at Seaforth, May 25th. Seaforth at St,.Columban, May 29th: Kinburn•at'Brlicefield, June lat. Brucefield at St. Columban, June 6th. Seaforth at-Kinburn, June 7th. • St. Columban at Seaforth, June.11th. ilrucefield at Kinburn, June 12th. ' Kilburn at St Columban, June 15th. Seaforth at Erucefield, June 18th. St. Columban at Brucefield, June 2211d Kinburn at Seaforth, June 23rd. HURON'S POPULATION AND ASSESSMENT • Tfte I'pllowing figures show the population for f922 and tfie total as- sessment for 1821 of •the ,differ int municipalities. in Huron County ac- cording -to a municipal bulletin just isseed: Townships Population Assnet Ashfield 2,284 $2,454,200 Colborne 1,213 1,410,367 Goderich 1,697 1,72 ,709 Grey , - , .. 2,494 2,795,950 Hay 2;658 2,456,0,70 Howick ... , 2,794 2,950,231 Hallett 1,965 1,964,567 McKillop 1,918 2,303,232 Morris . 1,882 2,110,613 Stanley 1,581 1,9$8,611 Stephen 2,810 2,731,950 • Tuckersmith 2,007 2,231.170 Turnberry 1,500 1,298,046 Usborne 1,759 2,423.100 ' Wawanosh E. 1,295 1,567,640 Wawanpsh W. , 1,801 1,647,463 Villages Bayfield ' 387 129,215 'myth 692 ' 286,205 Brussels 872 40':,986 Exeter 1,507 871,750 Hensall 738 349,706 Wroxeter 344 149,341 Towns Clinton 1,941 814,541 Goderich 4,198 2,513,183 Seaforth 1,950 1,020,503 Wingham 2,4/70 1,154,320 • ass HURON POSTAL RETURNS The report of the Postmaster -Gen- eral of Canada for the year ended' March 31st, 1922, has just been re- teived. It shows the postal revenue'. of the various offices for the year. For the accounting offices in Huron County the gross revenue Was -as follows: Auburn $ A350.03 Bayfield 1,461.69 Belgrave 728.90 Bluevale 640.11 Blyth 3,374.51 Brucefield 89,.44 Brussels 4,675.77 Centralia l. 737.52 Clinton e •9,125.54 Crediton '1,537.51 Dashwood 1,526.76 Dungannon • 1,139.65 Ethel . 1,264.01 Exeter 6,260.14 Fordwich 1,699.90 Goderich 17,715.93 Gerrie 2,014.68 Grand Bend 733.23 Hensall 3,522 22 Kippen 538.27 Londesborough 2,522.32 Seaforth 10.344.43 Varna 635.21 Warton 1,065.17 Wingham 11,802.13 Wroxeter 2,006.55 Zurich 2479.78 iticai ,Association) t ING OF THE CENTRE HURON; UNITED I �a gtERS' POLITICAL ASSOCIATION WXI e held in LondesLporo 1 Wedp�ay, May 23rd, at 1 p.m. E THE ANNUAL E. The Nominppt ng Convention of the Centre Huron United Farmers,' Polit 1 Association will be held at 2 p.m., for the purpose of sele�p,, ing a Candidate to contest thdRiding Ai the _ coming Provincial Election, Chairmen of'eaech Polling Sub -division are asked to hold their meetings ori. kjpnday evening, May 21st, at 8 p.m., for thepur- pose of seleetiitg delegates to attend the Convention, W. A. McGAVI?; E. FULTON, _ Secretary. , , President. township to know ote which they pat in a-bottle,,on March 3rd, 1920, and threw in '-the river was picked up securely,cOrked in the bot- tle by Mr. A. Butte , while fishing in the river near .jngham a few days ago. It tools the note a little better than three years to travel .a distance of about three miles down the stream. —A quiet 'but pretty wedding took place at noon son, Thesday, at. the home of Mr. andW. E. $raw - ley C. P. R.depo , Wingham, when their daughter, Alia Bernice, be&me the bride of Hr.,: 'George Wallace Black, of Wroxeter.t$ev. C. E. Cragg tied the nuptial Isnot in the presence of a few immediate, relatives of the bride and groom. A4ter the ceremony a dainty wedding diluter was served. —"Sunset Park" •is the name of the latest summer resort in the immedi- ate vicinity of Goderich. The site stretches along the lake shore almost a mile at a point due west of Dunlop. Tl,ere the newly formed company, Goderich Summer' Homes, Limited, has secured about forth acres of land almost entirely fronting the lake bank, and has had.itsurveyed and subdivided into approlcimately 100 lots suitable for the erection o£ summer cottages: The compikhyty"which se- cured its pharter a few days ago, is purely a local one, being promoted by Mr. John• Galt, Mr. O. F. Carey, Mr.. Phillip F. Carey and Mr. T. Roy Pat- terson, the latter of whom prepared the plan for Sunset Park. —A bad smash up occurred on Sun- day night about 10.30 on'the Belgrave grave]; a couple of'miles south of Wingham, when Mr. W. J.'Hilliard's Ford crashed into Mr. Robert Owens' buggy, which was driven by Mr. Nob- le. The auto was turned compeltely over and badly smashed and theibuggy stared a like fate. The horse bolted leaving the 'wreckage, including his driver behind, and dashed madly into a swamp along the road where it was found next morning and pulled out With the, assistance of ropes. Mrs. Hilliard was pinned under the auto and when rescued it was found that she was badly cut about the ,head and her collar bone was broken. She was rushed to Wingham General Hospital where she is doing as well as can be expected. A gash behind her ear re- quired several stitches. Mr. Hilliard and the occ>ttpants of the buggy es- caped with only a alight shaking up. —The Wingham Advance of last week says: The president and direc- tors of the Turnberry Agricultural Society are very thankful to the Wingham branch of the Women's In- stitute for their kind donation of $200. The gift will greatly assist the Agricultural Society which has been struggling along on an uphill fight for soma years with deficit of aboht $500. The Society are badly in need of buildings and we believe this will put new energy into the directors to carry on. The Agricultural Society HURON NOTES —The Wroxeter Woollen Mills own- ed by .Bainton Bros. was burned to the ground on Tuesday night. . The loss is estimated at $10,000 with less than $8,000 insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown. —Messrs. William McAllister and' sons, of the Parr Line, Hay, recently sold a two year old gelding to Mr. John Stephenson of Stanley, for $2000, and while the price was good, Mr. Stephenson got a fine horse. —Dr. G. S. Atkinson, who has been practicing dentistry at Bayfield intends opening up an office in Exe- ter and has rented rooms on the•sece• and storey of the McDonnell block. He has also rented Mr. C. B. Snell's new residence on Main Street. --After being under the doctor's care for the greater part of the winter and now just ready to return to school, Lillian Sneath, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wiflanr Sneath, of Wingham, had'the misfortgne to fall from her pony on Sunday afternoon and badly sprain ber right ankle. - -The Wingham Advance of last week says: It might be of Interest to a couple of young ladles of Morris Special for Victoria»ay May 24, 25, 26 HAROLD LLOYD IN' HIS SECOND 5-11i1RT COMEDY "DR. JACK" In its originality, swift action. ludierous incidents, fast recurring climaxes of irresistable comical- ity—Lloyd's greatest. Come Without Fail. PRINCESS is purely educative, no person makes anything out of it, and all the money is expended on prizes for the best grain, Battle, horses, etc., thus en- couraging the better growing of grain and raising of better quality stock. These things are most essen- tial in this community where agri- culture is the leading industry. Wing - ham and vicinity would be, the losers if the Agricultural Society ceased to be, and we all owe a debt of gratitude to the ladies for their gift to the Society, CENTRE HURON CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION Nine men were proposed as candi- dates by Centre Huron Conservatives at their convention held in Seaforth on Wednesday afternoon, and, al Isnot reco ver. The late Mr. Reynolds though six withdrew, everybody voio- ed a few sentiments on the subject rtes born in Hallett township, Huron of U. F. O. administration. High- county, and removed to Stratford 11 ways and extravagance were the most Years ago. He was an honest, np- papula PSIock WONwee able•to a for W, and Mr. Ilarnum 3 contented. X eb a, ratum st a•I date Eraeht B igle, ' elf Goderriicchh;, was the choir{ �' �oo�f: vection. Charles G. Width Go"Clinton, and Dudley $phlies,•. to, the' rier eh, allowedto gS : their names I ballot ,aleo. Those who with. drew were:Dr,,,A 13; M {iod= mid), candidate' in 1914;�arden N. Trewartha, ofClinton9� fl. MacEwen, Goderich J. J, Merger, veil M.P,i Seaford,li; David Cantelop Clin- ton, and•Wesley Beacom, of Kullatt. t Mr. Wigle; before the vote, was taken, explained than be would ask ten days to make necessary business arrangements before finally accepting the candadature. He conducts a drag store in the county town, of which he has been a resident for 14 years, serv- ing five consecutive terms, from 1918. as mayor. Formerly he resided in Wiarton. Mr. Broderick insisted that he be .allowed to relinquish his duties as president', and was, made honorary president. William Campbell, of .Got- erich,•waa trade honorary secretary, th¢ active duties falling upon Dudley Holmes, J. Other officers were chos- en as follows: President, George McKee, McKillop; /1st vice-president, H J. A. MacEwan, of Goderich; 2nd vice-president, William Jackson, of Clinton; 3rd vice-president, Mrs. J. J. Mentor, of Seaforth; chairmen of municipalities, Colborne, A. J. Gold- thorpe; Hallett William Rinn; Grey, John Harris; McKillop, James Mose; Brussels, A. C.:'Baeker; Clinton, J. 1'. Sheppard; Seaforth, David. Reid; Goderich, Charles McNeil: IlJBL1N • The ladies of the C. W. LI of• Dublin, cordially toyilto you to be present at their Old Time Miasma in Looby'e Hall on Friday evening, May lath. Redmond'. Orchestra. 2891-2 Briefs.—Mr. William A. Nevin left on Friday for his home in -Toronto, He is always a welcome visitor in our midst, and he seems to enjoy the scenes of his boyhood.—A social evening will be given on Friday,. the 18th inst, consisting of cards, and dancing. The C. W. League are very fortunate in• securing an excellent orchestra for the occasion.: The Redmond orchestra is well known in Western and Northern Ontario.-- Messrs. Frank and- David, McConnell attended the funeral of Mr. William Wilson, of Cromarty, on Friday last. —Mrs. Pearl Stacey and Ml's. Win. Worden, of'Cromarty, were the guests of Mrs. D. McConnell on Saturday last.—Mrs. James Shea has returned .from a pleasant visit in London, - Mrs. John Dorrenstien, who was ill with flu, is now able to attend to her household duties. HU LLETT The Late dohn J. Reynolds.—Fol- loving an illness of only a few days, the death occurred at the Stratford General Hospital on Monday, May 7, of John J. Reynolds, 31 Bay Street, Stratford. Deceased has been in fail- ing health for some time and on the previous Friday underwent an opera- tion from the effects of which he did -HALT-- and bear in mind that "IN THE NAME OF THE LAW" Is Coming \ o The Lyric Theatre May 24th, 25th, 26th. Hurry to This Sale Now you'll hate to hurry. Our Great SIHOE SALE closes Saturday Night. People Who hate taken advantage of our unusual offers and supplied themselves with Shoes will wear a smile of satisfaction. People who have not will have a grudge against themselves for some time to come. Come Early and Avoid the Rush! THE PRICE ON EVERY SHOE TELLS A STORY OF SAVING • SPECIAL REDUCTIONS Sale Price 5.98, Now • $5.00 Sale ,Price .98, Now $4.00 ' Sale price 3.98, Now $3.00' Hockey Shoes, sizes 11, 12, 13, at 98c. Women's Bedroom Slippers, 50c. R R. SCOTT, Seaforth right man and a kind and loving hus- band'and father; and by his quiet, though genial disposition, he made and held many warm friends to whom the news of his death came as a great shock. Deceased was employed in the Canadian National Railway shops. In religion he was a Roman Catholic. He leaves to mourn his loss, besides his wife, (nee Catherine Kennedy), formerly of Tuckersmith, five sons: Edgar, Roy and Neil, of Stratford; Marvin, of Hamilton, and Norman, of Burlington, Iowa; also six brothers and one sister. The funeral took place Friday morning to the Immaculate Conception church, where requiem high mass was cele- brated by Rev. Father Egan, assisted by Rev. Father eaffney, of Clinton. L:terment was made in Avondale cemetery. The pallbearers were— James, Martin, Dominick, Patrick, Owen and Frank Reynolds. brothers of the deceased. Many spiritual and floral offerings were, received. 41 BRUCEFIELD Ifave yen seen the Doris Hyde Dont save the coupon, nosy. Umhaeh's Drug Store. The People's Store X Week, t sent a 'Young -i'Wc pl avinaial mac in wands septa t e rq el ig, tail' l gree�I:work thot,..ls ad ;do W. 't . S at soap' }e and abto3 gree objective', is get ,,gllN e' mete, ,girls and .children in 50105 connected' with work, The tie tory read .aii.appre� tive,.letter' bad been,received frou`r'?lthe of St....Christo her Hoe,4Torc the box, that was Gent spelt donated by the Kelly. •members. the' W. M. S. and othlers.—V -- ` McGregor, son of Neil" bicGregor,;1 Stanley, has lately taken hh degree of Bachelor 99f Arts with heinous 'at, Kingston Queen's, College. also been specializer in Mathematics Hie many friends here. join in cen 'gratulation. McKILLOP 1 Personal.—Miss Calder and Miss Stokes, of Stratford General Hospital, accompanied 'by Mr, William Donald , son, spent Sunday at Miss Calder's home in' McKillop. A Fine -'New School,—The trustees of Union School Section Killop and Logan, have let the•eon-i? tract for their new school to Mr, John Querengeeser, of Brodhagen,. Rot $6;520,, the trustees to 'supply brie*, gravel, cement and do.the excavating. The new school 'will be built on- be site of the old one on Lot 6 gn the . 5th concession, and Will, be oo red pressed brick. It Will be a .wwf�ee roomed school, with teacher's roods and cloak room, and the' basement will be up-to-date in every partiefi- lar-, Work on the new building Was :commenced, last week and it will ha ready foroccupancy in the fall. will be one of the' finest school build- ings in ,the county and the tllustees and section are to be congratulated on their enterprise. The Council.—On Thpraday ' May 10th, the McKillop'Connell Heel in;tbe Carnegie Library Hall, Seafdrth,:'at 1" eclohk p -m., vtiith"L`buneiliors john Dodds, Ed. Horan and F, Bruce Medd present. Reeve F. J.' McQuaid and Daniel Regele were absent on account. of illness. John Dodds was appoint- ted chairman. The minutes of rite last meeting were read andtsustair- ed. Moved by Horan and Medd that By-law No. 8, of 1923, on Manley Drain, be read for second and -third `time and finally passed.—Carried: At four o'clock p.m. tenders on the Man- ' ley Drain were opened and were' as follows: E. P. Murray, Stratford,.tile and open work, $1,839.00• Valiant Connelly;, open work, $1,745; Felix Curtin, 51,737; Wm. Manley and John Deitz, Me$i11op,. $14724; Jos. Gaffney, • West Monkton, $1,704; Daniel, Crowley, $1,644.40; 'John J. Connelly, $1,641.15. Moved by Medd and Horan that the tender 'of John J. Connelly for $1,641.15 be accepted, work to be done according to.' plans,. etc., of Township Engineer and to be completed by December 14th, 1923.— Carried. Moved by Horan and Medd that the Reeve and Clerk have an agreement drafted between John J. Connelly, contractor, and the Muni- cipal Council of McKillop for the con- struction and repairing of the Man, ley Municipal Drain according to plans, etc., of township Engineer.— Carried. -Moved by Horan and Medd that the Reeve and Treasurer be em- powered to issue and sell debentures on the Manley Drain.—Carried. Ac- counts to the amount of 5201.80 were paid. Moved by Horan and Medd that the council do now adjourn to meet as a Court of Revision on the A,,sessment Roll of 1923 at the Carnegie Library Hall on Tuesday, May 29th, 1923, at 10 o'clock a.m.— Carried.—John McNay, Clerk. North End Notes.—There was a chilliness in the atmosphere for many clays back, hut our crop results will depend on the weather in June and July.—We regret to learn that Mr. Michael Wall is not improving in health. Ile was taken to Seaforth hospital some weeks ago. — George Stewart went to Paris on Friday last to visit his sister and grandmother, Mrs. Fluke4.—Mrs. Davidson bas been on a visit to relatives in Sea- ferth.—The Ladies' Aid of Bethel have had the church newly papered. The designs are pretty and show good taste.—McAnsland Irvine, who has been selected by the Conservatives of South Perth, as their candidate on the coming election, is a brother of J, T. Irvine, of McKillop. He lives or, the old homestead in Blanshard, where the brothers and sisters were all born. Mack, as he is commonly' called, is a generous sort of chap and, his inclination is to be a friend to. everybody.—Edward Pryce, of Hal- lett has a fine herd of steers Hint- • heting about forty, on his pasture lots, down on the Leadbury Last Sabbath being Mothers' Day, • Mr. Robinson,' the pastor at Methal, • paid a high tribute to Mothers. sermon was highly appropriate,' the attendance was good, the singing by the ebdir was exeellent, and 9 dt'tet by Mktg Irene Smith and Miss 1Cfora;,, • Godkin, was acing very nicely. Seed Corn. four different varieties, Rennn�a choice seed. also mangold need, all varlet.lrs, firer. 44c per ended to 66e: Turnip seed M11- lett and Sorghum seed. fresh and gooli. If you require Fleet -Foot canvas shces for sum- mer we have them at riga prioea. A large quantity of ,real hinel, and green tea at see per pound in 5 -round huh,. Ask to see it Wa hope by fair dealing to merit a continu- nnee your trade. Highest mice for pro - HENRY HOMEY, du'Notes —The. many friends of Dun- can McDonald, who lives near our village, and Wilfred Ross, of the 2nd concession of Stanley, will be glad to hear that they are now on a fair way to recovery. -+'-Mr. Robert Watson is quarantined for scarlet fever.— Mrs. Alex. Jamieson, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Taylor, of St. Clair, Michigan, for the past few weeks, returned home last week.— The annual meeting of the Bible So- ciety was held her last week, when Mr. David Bell, President of our local ',ranch, resigned his position and Mr. James Moodie was eleeted in his place. Rev( 11. J. Bell, of Toronto, ti tl