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!
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NEW
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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
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