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The Exeter Advocate, 1923-2-1, Page 1THIRTY-FIFTI-I YEAR, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY FEB. FEED Prices advancing on Bran and Shorts. Lay in your supply. Manitoba Flour . • a $3.75 R. G. Seldon Our Corner It is a fast age rve are living in,, The. dollars evens, go faster -but not farther, It would not be so bad -if ,people who have nothing to say would Olef it go at that. Over one hundred applications for divorce will bedealt with at the next session of Dominion, Parliament, When asked to buyea hat at $22'the young man turned it over and over until the merchant asked what Inure was trying to find, whereupon the custo- neer sant, "I am looking for the holes for, the jackass That would buy 'this fiat to put his ears through." DR: JOHN WARD Ci IROPRACI'OR & OPTOIVIETRIST HAS MOVED TO MAIN STRE1.T, SOUTH of Y,P.C,A, ,} ..,:.$• EXI.TER Phone 70. PHONE 81 W. The Men's Store 1 Buy Clothes 1 Taman's Every day,' £n every way, the pile of coal is ,getting 'smaller and 'smaller. This year every married woman will have. her name put on, th,e voters' cis ,According to the new, act they are entitled to vote, After all the talk about an. epee winner one would think that the kind of winter we have bad the last (few weeks was impossible, The opinion expressed by, manufact- urers throughout Canada is that the worst of the business depression its over, .that a definite recovery of in,. dustry Lias already begun and will con time in spite of temporary reverses and that conditions in all departments of national actimvity. are showing a steady improvement. In future etevielopes containing, Dom- inion: statistics may be, sealed providing the envelopes bear the inp eniptiion "Dominion, Statistics Free". ' This the eludes forms used by; Clergymen, med- ical, men, and others in making returns of births, marriages, deaths, and com- municable onmunicable diseases. The penalty for improper use is $500 fine. SUITS .... ...' from ` $15 to $40 OVERCOATS ' 'from" ,$10 to $35 SWEATERS from $3 to $7 UNDERWEAR ..,. ...from $], to $2 COMBINATION UNDERWEAR from $4 .to $7:. t MUFFLERS .from $1.50 'to $2.50 SHIRTS • .:.from $1 to $2,50' TIES .. from 50c. to $1.50 BRACES .. from 50c. to $1.00 GARTERS ..!from25c. to 50c LEEVE HOLDERS ...2:5c. to 50c. HANDKERCHIEFS in silk, linen and SOCKS in silk, w',aol and lisle. HATS , from $2 to $7 CAPS , :from 50c, to $2.50 amen INCOL}SIE TAX FORXVIS. Income tax forms, T3 ,T4, and T5 may be obtained at the Post. Offices These forms deal with estates, wages and salaries and dividends and must be returned by March 31, Farms Ty and TZ, for the individual and the businees man, are not yet available. These latter do not have. to be re- turned until April, 30th. CANCEL THE STAMPS. As it is new compulsory to place a two -cent stamp on all receipts_ for tendollars and over, business men, and others are cautioned to cancel the stamps placed on; each, receipt. If the stamp on a receipt is not cancelled there is nothing to hinder the holder. of the receipt, should he wish to'do so, to remove the stamp and use it e for another purpose, Besides leava'ng the Government open to be defrauded of the tax, the issuer of the receipt who fails to cancel the atamp leaves himself open to a $100, fine, shouldthe stamp be. removed, and the receipt be later discovered without the necessary tax. Tailor& Furnish a r, AGENTS FOR "THE HOUSE OF HOBBERLIN" HURON COUNTY COUNCIL DOINGS After the .election of Reeve B. W. F. Beavers as Warden, of Huron County, as mentioned in last week's es - sue of The Advocate, the council got down to business; and the following are, some of the trotters dealt with,— Warden, Beavers in his, inaugural ad- dress said he hoped, to discharge the duties of the office, creditably, sealuz i s that he had a hard task to equal the work of his, predecessor, Kr. Tre- wartha. lie. would try to be fair to all members and •conduct the business in: a straight -forward. manner. He hop ed to give ample, time for all tenqunrnes and snore time for discussion of com- mittee aeports, that were sometimes pushed through in a hurry. He ask- ed for hearty co-operation, that 1923' ,night be a record, one every way, par- ticularly as to 'econotny. The Striking Committee was ap- pointed as follows, --M Armstrong, Jno Douglas, B. S. Naylor, Dr. W. F. Clark and F. J. McQuaid. After 'their report was received the following Standing Committees- were appointed for the year,— Executive—F. J. McQusad, Jars, F, Gollinu, A. H. Neeb, J. H. Fear, R. J. Miller. Special.—Frank Johnston, J. Taman Owen Geiger, John Jamieson, A. E, Irwia. Fitiarnce—Elmore F. Klopp, tVI. Arm- strong, B. S. Naylor, J. McNabb B. C. ;alunthngs. Education—Chas. A. Robertson, D. A. Lindsay, A. C. Baeker, J. L. alc Ewen, John Hayes. Roads and Bridges—George Hanl'y Amos A. Tipling, Robert Buchanan, 5, evIcNaughton, W, J. Spotter). County Property—Thos. Ingles, Dr. W. F. Clark, John, Douglas, Wm, Coat- es, iDr, J. Grieve. County Home -M. Armstrong, B. S, Naylor R. J. Miller, F. J, McQuaid. Warden's Committee—John, Douglas Amos Tipling, W. J. Spotton, A. H. Neeb J. McNaughton, Goad Roads Commission—J. McNabb E. F. Klopp, Wan- Coates, FOUR: ECLIPSES IN -1.923, In the year 192,3 there well: be four eclipses, : two of the, sun and two (pf the moon. • 1—A partial eclipse, of the moon, on March 2; visible. at Toronto; the be- ginning visible generally in,:Weeteen Asia, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, South America, except the ex- treme north Western part of the Paci- fic, Ocean. 2—An annual ,eclipse of the. ,sun March 16, 17, visible in the a,outhesn half of South Ameancaianid South Afri ca. 3—A partial eclipse of the ,moony,, August 26, the 'beginning and lending visible generally in. North, America, ex- cept the extreme North eastern part, 4:--A total eclipse of the sun, Sept, 10; visible in Canada as a partial_ eclipse. Grand Bend MIr. AVan. Stebbens moved into his. house which' he built last sumner. We welcome Mr. and Mrs. Stebbens to our village.,, !Mr. and is.;Walt England 'and' Mrs. : Ed. Gill, jr., attendee lire fun- eral of their aunt at 'Granton, Fs day. 17r, Faasik Gerarnette has gold his 53 acre farm to Wilfrid LaFond for $5500. Mr. Robert Pollock from dile West has bought the blacksmith shop front Francis LaF,Fand. The ice harvest has been nearly finished. It is of good, quality, near- ly 12 inches thick, • Miss lopeson and brother. Ray, who` were vws.ito-s at A. Ptterson's, have returned to theii,r, home,'isa St: Thomas Mr. Maneell Mason Was married in Detroit recently; to Mrs. Jennie Pfaff ,4oth of Grand Bend. They arrived and are living in the house that 14Ir, ,Mason bought .iron, Mr. Joe Dis sardine last fall. Local News 1923 , ,Mr. Jason Bedfordreturned to his home an Grand Rapids, Mich., on Weci- neada.y. ,A dance will be held in Farquhar ,loll, oe. Friday, Feb, 2nd, eommenc- ing at 8,30 pan, A farmer in Biddulph, George Walls, was , found to have; six barrels of mash c:ontai,ning `seven per cent, of proof spirits, 'ori, his farm, and he was fined 3200 and costs, The Adult Bible Class of James -St: Methodist Sunday School of which Mr. W. H. Johnston is the teacher, met in the church on Tuesday even_. ing for further organization and the following are the officers appointed: W. H. Kestle, President; Mrs. J. Homey, secs-treas.; Mrs. C. B. Snell, Mrs. Wel. Johns and Mrs. Powe, sick and flower committee. "Co -Work- ers" was selected as the name of the class. It was decided to have a con- test in the class to increase the mem, bership to at least 100 and Mrs, N. Baker and Mrs. R. Skinner were chosen Captains, Mrs, Skinner of the Blues and Mrs. Baker of the Reds. The contest is to no until April ].'st and a social evening will be arranged at the close of the contest. The levies 'on the county treasury by the various Collegiate Ins titut,esand High Schools of the county were as' follows,-Seaforth, $9635.33; Clinton $7677.40; Wiasgham. $6931.14;; Godericl 35594.67; Exeter, $5342.58. The following grants were made — To each agricultural society in the County, $100 To 'each School; Fair $25. To each Public Library $Z0. To the Boy's Prize Judging Compet- ition, per the District Repres•en(taltive $100 S4000 to be divided evenly between the lave Colleglates and, High Schools. To each hospital, $1000. ' The Council 'voted against the Good Roads Commission attending the. Good Roads Convention at Toronto. Salaries were fixed as follows„— Engineer $3.000. Treasurer, $1650, Clerk 31600. Auditors $50 each. Goaler $800. Turnkey $800. Alex. Porterfield and Robt; Higgins were appointed auditors. A. E. Irwin and; G. W. Holman were a.ppyointed to the Board of Criminal Audit. The. Council passed a resolution for not more than one and a :half 'mill rate for Good Roads, Mr, Irwin ,of the Idiighways Depart- ment, Toronto, addressed the council and gave aoare valuable information; ll.ei stated that =dee Statute Labor it Dost $1,06 to draw( o,n;e, yard, of gravel one mile, whereas contractslet in, the same: municipalities cost only; 38 cents per yard per mile. Centralia Died in Detroit—Word was received by friends here • last.wti ek of the death of Mrs ' O'Reilly, dearly beloved wife of Mr. Janes J. O'Reilly of 2168 Hurlbut ave., Detroit, ,she having pass- ed away iss that city on Sunday, Jan, '21st. About three years ago deceas- ed was afflicted with cancer and dur- ing the greater part of that time has en dared untold suffering. Mrs. O'Reilly was a daughter of the late DanielCo'l- lens and brother of Mr. Jerry Collins of the Brunswick 'House, London. She was a kind hearted soul, of lovable disposition and won the ,affections of all who bad the pleasure of h,Qr. acquaintance. Mr. O'Reilly will be, re- ; membered by the polder residents of j this section, he haveutg spent all his early life on the Townline of Stephen and aIsGiullivray, and he will have the sympathy of nal hie old friends in 'the neighborhood. The funeral. took place on Wednesday of last week. Mr. Geo. Essery has been confined to his bed through illness this week, The. Ladies' Aid held an apron soc- ial in the Sunday, School room of the church hist week and all report hav- ing aying a. good time a,nd realizing a neat little sum of atemey; Mr. Andrew Hicks' .family, who have been quarantined for scarlet .fe- ver for the past eight weeks, (Tave been released. Mr. W. Kerslake is moving this week to the house he recently purchased' from Mr. T. Carlirng, while IVIr. Rich- ards is moving into Mr, Thos. Mit- chell's house. The Mission Circle held a Box Luncheon, in, the Sunday School room on Tuesday evening. N ARROW - ESC APE FROM DhATH IN ST. 'MAR'S FIRE,, • The family of 'Mr,' Ross, coastractar, had a marrow escape from being burn- ed to death at 3 o'clock ori Sunday morning, January 28th,, when the house caught lireforum some part of the cellar. lfr. Ross dropped two young, ohildr.en; and his .wife out the up -stair window„ but 3n faaWai his wife hurt. her' back. A daughter, aged 18 -rush- ed dclvrn the stairway end out the door sc,orcha ug leer arms and hail-. House and contents were a, complete loss, although fairly well covered by in- surance. ; The Joss amounts to about 55000. Joseph Alberta had his arm broken and his back :injured when the sleigh drawing the hose or erturiaed TOWN HOCKEY LEAGUE STANDING TO DATE \Von, Lost 2 0 2 • 0 1 11 1 1. 0 e, 0 2 7didgeta allele ;School Stars Alerts Rovers Maple Leaves Dashwood Mr. E. Otterbeire is an. the sick list. We hope for a speedy recovery. Mr. Chester Geer has returned from a ;visit in Detroit. A piano, recital was given on Tau - day evening in the Evangelical Church by the pupils ,of Miss Elfrieda Schroe- der, assisted by Miss Trevethick, so- prano soloist and Muss, Kirkwood, elo- cutl a list.. Arm Broken,—Mr. E. G. Kraft had the misf-ortune to : have, his arm broken while removing tli,e belt from the 'tractor- on Saturday. Mr. Anderson of Minneapolis, Minn is visiting with Mr. and Mrs, Peder- sen Bend Organized.—T,he Dashwood Band has been re -organized, with Mr;. Ted W,alper of Exeter as leader. They .• start .,out with a sembea hiip of fourteen and well start to practice next creek. `Wewish the boys every success, and there is. no -reason why a first-class band calnnaot be worked up here. Louis O'Brien: of Zurich, while draw: ianZg cream on the Babylon Line Tues- day bade the miis(e'ortunle to upset .hs load of several caiw of cream aisd be- fore be could get, things righted again considerable of the cream leaked out, 1VZr. Harry Hoffman' had a rather 'unpleasant experience while reternizsg to 'Dais,hwood from Exeter on, Tuess day last. The sssow in places along the Lake Read is quite' deep, and in some mannerthe, teamkgot aft 'tare, road and "upset the rig in which was '•twp, lady passengers. Fortunately no one was hurt nor was there any damage done, through Harry handling the team well: SAND 32 CREIsCH oes This Moab.: Anything t� Xou? LAST WEE1' WI✓ RECI2IVED A LARGE ORDBR FOR FLOUR FROM BOTHWELL, ANI) OUR CUSTOit•2ER CLOSED WITH TEIE ReeMARK,—. 'HARVEY'S FLOUR PLEASES TH:h COOK HAI HAI„ EVIDENTLY OUR FLOUR. IS ` POPULAR IN HIS COM- MUNITY, TRY IT, WE KNOW IT WILL PLEASE YOU,. Harvey Bros. Don; t forget the public meeting to be herald legs the Methodist Church on Thursday night of this week, under the auspices of the local branch of the Bible Society. Rev. Bowen, of Landon, who so ably addressed us a year ago, will be, the speaker of the evening, and wr'll illustrate his ad- dress with an electric lantern and slides. A treat ins in store for those who, attend, On Sunday,' the llth of February, special. anniversary .services will be held in. the Evangelical Church. Rev, J. G. Litt ,af Zurich will preach both morning and evening. The Choral Society has again re- sumed theinepractice, and hop to give, an entertainment before long. Our people were awakened from their slumbers a few .nights age by a party of young people driving through towns yelling 'fire", Needless, to say quite a number were much upset, and snore so when, it was discovered to be a .False alarm. It is about thane that something was done to stop the be- havious of such hoodlums. The au- thorities will sao doubt soon take ac- tion as the young people ars pretty well known. A number from here attended the annual meeting of the Hay Township Insurance Company in Zurich Monday to h1st. The matter of giving aid to S. E. Temaskaming Mutual Fire Ins. Cu which had its assets completely wiped out in the conflagration which swept tbe ,north country a dew weeks ago was taken up at the near'iing and the. sum ,of $828.00 apportioned for the Company to pay, was unanimously agreed upon. The revival m,eetirsg whtchhave been held en the Evangelical Church closed on. Monday night. Our young people are, having lots of fun these days snow shoeing. - Crediton VULCANIZING -I wish to announce that I do all .kinds of vulcanizing, :such as Rubber Tires, Rubber Boots and Shales, Etc. .Priccs reasonable and. good work guaranteed. We alsohan- elle second hand tires. JOS. <HAIST, Crediton. After spending a month's vacation,at the home of her parents, Miss Adeline. Wein .bras returned to Ambridge, Pa, to attend the . Holzhauser-Carneron wedding. In the Town. League on 'Thursday, i,re.ssrs:'Ycarte y a,nd 11irtzel, a roig'ht,lfi,st the Alert deflealte.d the Ro- couple, of our sports., got one of the vera, 2-1_big rabbits es By ori on Friday. BIRTHS Mustard -2n, Brucefied, .an Jan. 18,t11 6r. and Mrs. John Mustard, a son, MARRIAGES Campbell—Ready—In St. Marys, ,ori January Z3rd, Esther Louse, lough: ter of Mr. and, Mrs. John Ready, to' George F. C. Campbell, son of Mr; and Mrs. P. D. Campbell, Cochrane,. DEATHS Coultis.—In Toronto, on January 25tji' Wsil� am Coultis, formerly of Us- borne and Exeter, aged ,66 years', 11 months. Milken -In Fullerton, on Jan. 18, Mina Greenwood, wife of Wilbert G. Mi11. sots!, aged 29 years. Bruce—In Fullerton, on Jan;. 19, Mary Elizabeth Becker, wife , of James! Bruce. aged 48 years, 6 months, 21'. days. McCallum—In Ki:rkton, on Jan. 23rd Donald McCalIum. Henderson --In Blanchard, on Jan. 22. Marie McDonald, wife of the late Mr Wm. Henderson, aged 69 years and 2 months. Clarke—In London, an Jan. 27, Sarah E. Clarke, a former resident of Clane deboye, aged 70 years and 11 menthe; Bezco—In Clinton,, on. January 19th. Mary Ann Bezzo, relict of the late Charles Bezco, in her 84th year. Ryan—On Con, 4, Biddulph, on. Jan 28th, Esther Emma Coureey, beloived wife of Caleb Ryan, aged 63 years; Cooper -In Clinton, on, Jan. 27th, Mary eVIc ,enzie, widow of the late Win. ,Cooper, itn. her 77th year. PHONE 16 PHONE 16 J. A. STEWART SPR! 1 NEW G NOW IN STOOK. ANDERSON'S GINGHAMS, fast c mors, new patterns. SCOTCH GINGHA,1'IS, 36 inches wide, guaranteed satisfactory, CANADIAN GINGHAMS, 32 ,inch wide—will stand the tub. COTTON RATINIES, 36 in. wide -popular for sport skirts. 54wide, the, iuetver shades. ALL WOOL FLANNELS„ in. in .a7, tI I WOOL HOMESPUNS, in the,new cane.-tona colons, also 2 -tone 'effects POLO & DUVETYNE COATINGS for that new Spring, Coat. Apr,?n Prints in small patterns and stripes at 20c. per yard. White Turkish Towelling, 18 ,in wade, 2Yards for 25,c, Linen, and Jute 'Towelling, for rollers, 12 1-2 cents per yard. MARMALADE TIME IS HERB., PHONE US FOR ORANGES GRAPE - FRUIT • PURE CANE SUGAR USE CERTO AND, AVOID FAILURE. LE;IVIONS, A• STEWART Exeter