The Exeter Advocate, 1917-1-18, Page 8EXE 'PER, A11VUGATE,
TE 1IRSIIAY,. JAN
1fl, 1.91
f•. .&E'1'ER MARKETS
CHANGED EACH W D1NESDAY
Wheat 1.65 401,75
Oat,; pet bus.55 to 60,
Potatoes per bag ' 2,40
Hay per ton 10.00
Flour 4.85 to 5,00
Low grade flour, per cwt. ,. 2 70
38.00
Shorts per ton ., .. 34.00
Bran per ton00
Eggs, per ulazen ,
Dairy Butter ......, and 40
Creamery butter 49
29
1 arc: per ib, ,k. '”••, 28.00
Sugar Beet pule , ,
Hogs pet cwt. 28'500
0
`I'urke) s dressed ` 25
15
Geese caressed .,,,. , ., .
Arlt' De,v 'of the Advocate staff
is of duty owing to illness,
Capt, Dr. Hewitt left Wednesday
to spend a f .w days in Toronto,
"Pr;sonere, Two"; or the tale of a
Locke:: floor, is the title of a new
coniinued starry started in this issue
of the Adv,ocate. It will be found
to bristle with interest and create a
deep fascination as the reader pro-
ceeds through the succeeding chap-
ters. Read it
FORMER RESIDENT DEAD,
There died at H trgrave, Man„ on
Wednesday, Jan. 10, in the person of
Mrs, Thomas Brimacombei, For some
time. Mr and Mrs,, Brimacombe con-
ducted the Mansion House, here, and
were well-known 'to many. Her maid. -
en -name, was Lizzie Bray of Man-
ville where she lived for many years
with her parents. The deceasedleft
here, over twenty years ago far
Stratford where ,they lived for afew
years, then went west, and they have
since .resided there.- .A. sister, Nitre,.
Smith ' Spence, :resides in London.
COTTAGE FOR SALE.—A eon-
venient Cottage for sale, or rent.
Ap41y to G. Jl Dow, 'Exeter.
The Fifth of the Series of Teas
will be 'givenby -the packing Commit-
tee of the Patriotic League on Fri-
day afternoon, Jan. 19th, from 3 to
6 in the basement of James` Street
Church. All ,are. ,,cordially invited 'to
come and sp;nd a social afternoon
Admission 10c.
The Soldiers Aid Society will make
a monthly collection of papers and
magazines, the first collection to be
made on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 18.
MISS J. J. ALLAN, Eye Sight
Specialist, will be at the Central !to
tel, Exeter Saturday, Jan. 20th, from
1( a,u. tc. 8 p.m.
The Soldiers' Aid Society will hold
in` the Town Hall, a Bazaar and Sale
of Work, Home-made Cooking and
Canty ,on 'Valentine Day, 'Feb. 14th.
MISS J. J. ALLAN, Eye , Sight
Specialist will be at the Central .lo
tel, Exeter Saturday, Jan. 20th, from
' u a:>s tc 8 p.m.
400 TONS SALT -400 tons of fine
Land and Cattle Salt for, sale, All
grade 35.50 per ton; 5Oc. per bag.
EXETER SALT WORKS Co., Ltd
J Sutton, Manager.
'NOTICE—Notice is given that the
lee on the river will bet sold at;25c fa
load, the purchaser to :secure neces-
sary 1xe1p, the commission to place
a man in ,ehare of the pond, and to
regulate the nutting, etc., the rep-
resentative to be an employee of the
party or parties securing ice.
MEETING OF HURON COUNTY
COUNTY
The Council of the
Huron will meat in the
ber, in the Town of
Tuesday, the 23rd day
month, at 3 o'clock.
Dated. Jany Sth, 1917
corporation of
Council Chain-
Gaclerich, on
of the present
W. LANE,,.
, �icrk.
ANNUAL MEETING
EXETER AGRICULT'L SOCIETY
The Annual Meeting of the Exeter
Agricultural Society will be held in
the Town Hall, Exeter, an Thursday
January lath, 1917, at 1.30 o'clock p.m:
for the purpose of electing Presi-
dent. Vice -President and Directors for
the ensuing year and transacting other
important business.
All members and interested parties
should attend the meeting.
The. Directors are particularly re-
Questec to meetbefore the annual
me tin, a 1 o'clock sharp.
E. CHRISTIE R.G. SELDON
Presid :nt Secretary.
ENSILAGE FOR SALE.
The silo at the. Canning Factory is
open and ensilage is for sale at $3.00
per ton, Durchaser paying for weigh-
ing on R G. Seldon's scales.
EXETER CANNING CO.
BEAUTIFUL HOME FOR SALE
The and rsigned is offering for sale
her b?autitul;residence in Exeter, op-
posite the Ross -Taylor mill. The
prooerty contains ;two lots of land
fine brick house, containing nine
rooms and wood' shed, good stable
and drive shed, hard and soft water;
number fruit` trees arid small fruits.
House alt wired and furnished for
Hydro. chi, is an excellent property
and will be sold at a reasonable price
.A.p-rly to Louise Cudmore, who is in
the West, but will be hornet in, a short
time.,
Auction Sale
OF CHOICE , DURHAM COWS
ix—o—xy
l.here will be sold by Public Auc-
at thc Mrtropolitan 5 -Intel, Exeter on
'WEDNESDAY, JAN'Y 24, 1917,
At one o'clock sharp, thefollowing
6 caws due to calve at time, >l sale;
with calf at foot; balance due tcl calf
in February and .March.
These are an, exceptional fine lot
of ditties; Durham cows,
I'>eriirs—six months' credit` will be
givenon furnishings approved joint
notes with six p"s- Cent. interest,.
G. Nicholson &E, Law on, Proprietors the da?“ let, 'succeeding the late Jude
Frank'Taylor,, ,,Au tioneer. O•'Connor.
' LOCAL DOINGS.
Airaleklaa
• Mr. G A K. Mc'Lood is. under the
doctors care at present,
Mrs, Passmore ,is ill at the Name of
her aunt, Mrs. Z. G. Bissett,
,Mr. George ;Cornish of town is at
present in a very law state of health
,Ivir, Wm. ,Weekes is confined to
his room through illness His friends
hope for a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Connor of Exeter was ' the
guest lastweek of Mr, and Mrs. J.
U. ,Atkinson;, --Clinton News Record',
The many friends of Miss 011ie
Ouance regret to know that she is
confined toher room through illness.
f\'Iaurice Quance, an employe of
Mr W, J Beer, has been off duty
for set era. ,days owing to illness of a
rheumatic nature.
Several Hensall High School stud -
dents, net being able to ,got to Clinton
owing to ;the train service, are ,at-
tending Exeter )High Schaal.
While monkeying ,with a Hydro wire
the other day a couple of boys very
narrowly !escaped, ,serious injury. Let
all boys take warning. Hydro wires
are `dangerous.
IvLr. Robert Gillies received word on
Saturday of the death of his niece,
ivirs, Srnith Fish of 'Detroit. Owing
to illness he was unable to atitend
the funeral on Monday.
Mr. GeorgeStanley of.:Lucan will
occupy the : James Street pulpit on
Sunday next, in the absence of Rev.
J W Baird,, who will ;preach mis-
sionary sermons in Chatham,
Mr.' and Mrs. Robert Et SiLlery of
Usborne, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Mary Zoe, to Mr. Al-
exander H: Duncan of Usborne, the
marriage to take place on the .last
,lay of January.
Mr. Frederick Luther Penhale of
Lindsay formerly of Exeter, was mar-
ried at the Baptist parsonage in Lind-
on December 27, to Miss Ettie Hall
;Mooney of that place. Fred will have
the best < wishes of many friends here
for a long and happy' wedded life,
lrtr, Thomas Cornish and Miss Al-
cock were taken to the Industrial
Home at Clinton , Iast week.
Wes Snell took them up by auto, Rev.
Mr. Tramper accompanying him. The
Home at Clinton is an ideal spot for
old people and all who go there are
well pleased with the treatment 'ac-
corded them at the hands of Mr. and
Mrs, John Brown, who are in charge.
A quiet wedding was solemnized by
Rev; J. Gi Stuart at the hornet of Mr.
and Mrs. W. F, Wachsmith, London,
on We incsday, •Jan. 10, when their
second daughter, Wilhelmine Margaret
was united in marriage to Elroy Wes-
ley Davis. ; son of ,Mr. and Mrs, Jad.
Davis of Exeter. _After a dainty
luncheon the happy couple left for a
short trip to Toronto and points east,
upon • their return they will reside at
32 Elliott street, Galt. '
Mr., W., R4 Pollock of ' E erwootd,-
formerly ,of the Exeter creamery, at
the Dairyrnens' Convention in Wood-
stock, won first prize in ,chess' 4 for
fifty, -six pound 'box of October
creamery shutter. In sodoing he re-
ceived -a 310 special cash prize from
C. _Richardson kr Co., St. Marys, a
silver cup from De Laval Dalry Sun -
ply Co., of 'Peterbaro' and a special
310 in cash from W. A. Drummond
& Co. of Toronto.
A. quiet wedding took place at the
Presbyterian manse. yesterday (Wed-
nescay) morning, when MrJoseph F:
Greer. of: .Exeter North, was united
in marriage to Miss Edith Carrick,
second daughter ,of Mr. John Carrick
of Stephen,'the ceremony being oer-
fornxed by Rev. ' S., n F. Sharp, The
young couple were ',unattended and
after the -,ceremony took the morning
train on a•lionyymo:on, trip to London
and St Thomas;, They will have the
congratulations and ,'best wishes of
many friends.. •
`These wonderful , pictures, "The
Battle, 'of ,the .Somme" put on in the
Dome :theatre• oan Friday and Satur-
day 1as't attracted a large number of
peole to the theatre at the various
hours for admission, .Same people
were very :pleased with the show,and
others were ajloarently disappointed,
To us the, great value of the pictures.
lies in their reality. They are the
real thing. There is nothing make-
believe about them. Ofcourse one
sees no hand to hand fighting.. If
one did you would know immediate-
ly.that they were not real, as no pho-
tographer ;could he present, to take
such picture. One must remember
that old •-pictures of battles are not
real, but lust the artist's conception.
of what ;:they might have been.
HURON PRESBYTERY SOCIETY
—The Society ,met in Clinton on Jan.
9, The Presbyterialnow camprises,22
auxilaries, 5 circles ;and 1 associate
society, with a totalmembership of
718„contributing 3740 43 ' and 10
Mission Bands, with a membership of
405 'contributing .5319. the contribu-
tions for the year arndunting to
54062 51, an increase of 3771 80
Mrs. Sharp of Exeter is the 4th
"vice president.
199 SCHOOL DAYS—There are but
199 school.;: days during .1917. The
number of ;days in each month in
which High ,Continuation, Public and
Separate schools will be ftctive,, are
as fdilows : January, 21; February 20;
,March 22; April 15; May 2Z; June
20; September j.9; October 23; No-
vember
ovemb r 22,'December 15. The "terms
for the year are as follows:" January
3 to April 5; . Merit 16 -to June Z9;
September 4 Ito December 21.
ppm—
JIJDGE Mvlcl+`ADDEN DEAD.—Ori
January 10th at:his'home in SanIt. Ste,
Marc,iiOnt., -the death took place,.af-
t•er'e..n ;il;ine'ss of several mofrth,s of
Judge Moses McFadden, Junior Judge
of .the .1District of ` Algoma. He was
boric near Stratford` 63 years ,ago, He
studio 1 law and far about five years
practised in Exeter, leaving here for
Sao in 1887, In 1889 he married 14iss
D syie sister Of Judge Doyle of Ged-
erich, Who died some ten years ago,e'
n 1913 he was appointealjudge' of
, End ;MrsA. Spencer visited in
$f,.'Thomas •this week,
Miss Love -left Friday for Buffalo
to take a course in a business ;tot-
lege,
Dr. Thompson of London, visited
his son, Mr, Want Thompson over
Sunday,
Mr, Albert E. Andrew returned
We.lncsday from visit with his.
mother lar Gorrie. •
Mrs Harry iOg,den, of Stroughton,
Sask., is :visiting' at the, 'home of her
father, Mr, Jahn Gillespie.
Mrs. (Rev.) Trumper and children
returned last week from. a visit with
s
London friends and relatives.
.
Mrs Irwin of Norwich has been
visiting tier parents, Mr, and Mrs,
Thomas Bissett ,for a fete days.
;Mr.' Bicknel laf London and Miss'
Bicknell of Dunville were guests -at,
the =home of Mr. H. Fi: Huston during
the week.
” ,Miss Rileo McCurdy has' returned
home from , Hamilton, after a two
weeks' visit with her sister, Mrs,
(Corp.; Htrdon,
Mrs, A B. Richardson of Lachine,
Que..-is spending a few days with her
parents, Mr, and Mrsl. Samuel Smith,
London Road South.
Itr, J. A. Sanders of Woodstock
visitedwith .his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Sanders, Huron street, over
Sunday. His father continues in very
poor health, .•
Lt...„George Delbridge, who has
been visiting his father, 'Mr. Richard
1)elbridge returned Friday to . his
home in 'Hamiota, Klan. His father
still continues in very poor health.
Mr, and Mrs. Wt T, England and
family ,of Caption, Alta., arrived here
last week to visit Mrs, England's, par-
ents. ;Mr: and Mrs. John W. Taylor;
and other relatives in this vicint,ty.
•
Mr. ,Win Thompson was confined
to the house owing to illness for a
few days this . week.
Mrs, S. R. D. Hewitt will receive
for the first time since her marriage
at the home of her father on Thurs-
day afternoon, Jan.. 25, from -- 4 to 6
o'clock. Her sisters, the Misses Dow
and Mrs. Lindsay will receive with
her.
We have had pretty cold weather
for 'ie past few days, The ther
mom,eteu` registered as much as ten
degree: below ,zero an several oc-
casions ;during the night, and even
through the ,day' it hovers around the,
-zero mark.
"Is Santa Claus a Fraud” is the ti-
tle oc an extremely interesting little
play to be put on by, the children of
the Trivitt Memorial Sunday School,
in Leavett's Theatre on Wednesday,
evening. Jan, 24. There will be other
interesting numbers an the program.
Everybody welcome. Admission 15c.
The .Men's meeting in the School
Halof the Trivitt Memorial Church
on Tuesday evening was the largest
attendance since its .organization,° a
growing and greater interest • being
taker. at tach succeeding meeting.
The ladies were present Tuesday
nigh: and . an interesting aiid •raved
program was .given and luncheon, was
ser•;ved The meeting next week will
be lxeid on Thursday evening instead
at' Tuesday
Foiiowing is the report of the Hur-
on County War Contingent Associa-
tion for the month of January :—From
Elimville and ,Sunshine, 14 shirts, 2
suits pyjamas, 20 pairs socks; Credi-
ton 10 pairs .socks, 7 wash cloths;.
Woman's Institute, Exeter, 16 pairs
socks: Farquhar, ,6 towels, 12 shirts,
30 pairs socks; Thames Road, 17 suits
pyjamas, .1 pair ,hospital socks, 34
pairs socks; *Soldiers' Aid, Exeter, 2
suits pyjamas, 1 muffler, 1 sweater, 1
hospital shirt, ,60 pairs socks; Zion
R;en Cross Circle, 19 pairs socks, 16
shirts; Zurich Woman's Institute, 44
pairs socks, 1 sweater. Total value of
supplier for January :3328.27.•
Vera Essery, Sec'y of Com:
Mr. August Than of Durndurn
Sask., who has been visiting with rel-
atives and friends at Dashwood, and
is now spending a few days with Mr.
Fret Witwer, Exeter North, gave the
Advocate a pleasant call.on Tuesday.
Before 'going 'West Mr. Ilion for
many years drove the stage between
Exeter and Dashwood, and by his
obliging manner ;and genial disposi-
tion he made many warm friends a-
mong the travelling public and was
a -general favorite with ,all. It is 18
years ago since he left these parts
for the ,West, but there is little
change in his appearance. Mr. Than.
is among the many who have prosper-
ed in the West;
CAST IA
'For Infants and i iidren
In Use For Over X Years
Always bears
the
d@"%GGitC
Signature of
Si na �stie2
g
AI.
nnna SaIeis On
250 Gold Fish
'arrived' this week
[31C, GRANITEWARE BARGAINS
BIG ALUMINUMWARE BARGAINS
850 OTHER GOODS BARGAINS
Our Large Stocks must he reduced
Come and bring your friends.
New Bargains every day.
JONES &
PRONE NO, 32
Great Clearing Sale of
Fury, for next two
Don't miss, this rare opportunity
to secure good reliable furs, at cheap rices.
During the. ,next two, w,eeksi we wish 'to clear out our .entitle stock of
Neck Furs, Muffs, and Ladies' Muskrat. and :Fur}-colliarlgd Coats, and
turn same into CASH. In order to do this we have "made 'tremendous
reductions, that ,should clear them out at once, , Of course these :•educed
prices must ;necessitate' ' being sold on a cash or trade 'basis. Below we
offer a partial list, Many of these match into perfect sets,—
Fur Muffs
2 ;Mink Marmot Muffs were 10.50, 7.50
2" were 11.50 fo; 8,50
2 " ri rhe 12.50 for 9.00
2 " " ,were 13.50 for 9.50
3 Muskrat Muffs were 12.50 for 9.00
1 Muskrat Muff, was 14.50 for 10.00
6 ;Oppossum Muffs were 12.50 for 9.75
1 Bk Persian Lamb was 21,00 for 10.00
1 `' Fag 22.50 for 10,50
1 " was 23.50, for '17.a0
2 were 25.50 for 18.50
1 Bk. Dakota Wolf was 15.50 for 9 75
1' Black Wolf was 18.50 far 12.50
1 Gen. Alaska Sable 25.50 for 17,50
1 Gen. ''Alaska Sable 20 50 far 13.50
3 Grey (Persian Lamb 10.00 for 7,50
Neck Furs
2 -Mink Marmot Scarfs, 8,00 for 5.50
1 " was 12.50, for 8.50
1 was 12,50 for 9.00
1 Black Wolf Scarf was 17.50•for 12.00
1 was 18.50 for 12.50
i was 25.50, for 18.00
Bk. Imitation, Wolf 6.50, for 4.50
1. Isabella Oppossum, 17,50,for 10,50
1 Dyed Columbia Sable 12.501 for 9.50
0_ Bk Persian Lamb, 16.50 for 12.00
1 Pan Persiam • was 5.50, for 3.75
2 Grey ,Persian, Lamb, 9,00, for 0.00
Special Sets
1 Leopard Set, was 22,50 for 16.50 1 Natural Fox sqt 26.50 for 19.00
1 Bk. Wolff' Set was 23.50 for15).00 1 Wh, Thibet Set, 12.50 for 9.00
Special Ladies' Muskrat Coats
3 only regularly 362,50, to clear at ...., 49.00
1 only regularly 80.00, to clear as. 59.00
1 Black Astachan Coat, was 365.00 .:for -332.50, half. price
Ladies Fur Collared Coats were 318.50 for 312.00
ALL CHILDREN'S EURS. ALSO GREATLY REDUCED
Men's Cottonade Pant Special
100 pairs Men's Heavy Black andGrey ,Cottonade and Denim farts a
01,11 Pike of las tseason, only :+1,35 a pair
JONES & MAY
aeadquarters for the celebrated W. E.,Sanfond Clothing
The
The
Inalily Storc
At the New Meat Market you can
get all kinds of fresh` and cured„ meats;
choice sausage, corned beef, etc.
You can order your •meats and
groceries and ,have them delivered to-
gether.
Telephone or ,send your order.
Phone. 18
R. C. Gower &Son
Ootpoint
Elccirical
Ap�liaflccs
are the
most satisfactorily
SEE THE VERY
COMPLETE LINE OF
Hotpoint Lamp-
socketAppliances'
"
BEER'S
O\kc11's 111Ilar W. J
New Tailored
Suits and Coal.
OF FIRST INTEREST WHEN THE
COOL' DAYS COME
THE STYLES ARE VARIED TO
MEET DIFFERENT TASTES
COATS ARE LONGER
SKIRTS ARE ALSO LONGER
Our New Goads are here. Good
range to choose from,— MADE TO
YOUR MEASURE. SEE OUR NEW
COA'T'INGS FOR LADIES.
PRICES—$17.00 AND UP.
a--
We also have, a nice range of• Men's
Over Coatings and ,Suitings.
GIVE US 'A CALL
N. Sheere
LADIES AND GENTS' 'TAILOR
Stand Upstairs, Opposite the Central
Hotel.
Furniture
and
Undertaking
R N. ROWE
THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR
AND FURNITURE DEALER
Tea 8 Coffee
Store
For the choioe. t
groceries, fruits, spices,
teas, coffee and every-
thing in the grocery line.
Call and see us, A trial
as to quality will convin-
ce.
Produce taken in exchange
Jas. Gould
Oppos e Electric light Plant
Exeter Bargain Store
Stock Taking Sale
AS WE TAKE STOCK ALL, ODDS AND' ,ENDS ARE PUT OUT
AND SOLD AT -A SACRIFICE TO CLEAR
LOTS OF LINES AT BIG REDUCTIONS.
tle Neck Scarfs worth i
r np to $1,50 each, for ::35 cents.
Felt Slippers 25 cents a pair.
51' cent Neckties far 25 cents. ,
Ladies' Fancy Collars 15 cents eagti,
B. W0 F. Beavers,