The Exeter Advocate, 1923-4-26, Page 1THIRTY-FI'FTa YEAR.
EXETER, ONTARIO
THURSDAY APR. 26, 1923
SANDERS 6i CRE1 CH
Our Corner
Never •despair of a, bey. The village
Cut-up may become a, renpuned sur
Veoi:..
You can say one gdod thing about
wood, alcohol. Na one, ever inherits: a
taste for Vit.
Another difference between death
and taxes is that; death is satisfied with
etre eick at you.
The homely gia'1 has one. enjoyment:
A11 the animas area oannmiatltled by girls
Yirlio are pretty, wiansome.,and captivat-
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The differre;nce between "precious
little thing" and "lit the brat'° Ss that
you use. "little brat" when its mother
isn't ,ptesaemnt.
Practically the fill•s(t of the spring
P./Paring in this dlisitract was •done. an
Thursday last; and sod was repotted
be be turning over well., Tee w(ea-
ther '•has beep. uuilge and warm aloe a
few;' days,, and if it continues ,so 'sow -
anis ,wall be in full swing almost ( dun-
medi ;te1y.
It now turns out that the auto flic-
ense markers thus year cast the Da.
partrnent 23c. a pair, whereasithe auto
owner was forced to pay one to
for these markers, is additionto the
regular license fee, If a mercantile,
concern, eXtracted the same rate or
Profit from the public as the, depart-
ment does, more than likely someone
•w uld be asking fc(r a Government
ianwresti;ga'tien.
All Set.
We are ready to repair any make of
• CAR,
TRUCK,
jL. TRACTOR, or
GASOLINE ENGINE.
We Specialize on: the
-ELECTRICAL END of this work,
end alre Experts rami
STORAGE BATTERIES.
All work guaranteed right,
Chambers Bros.
FORD SERVICE GARAGE.
Foote & Polies
GARAGE
Having taken over the Sanders
Garage on James Street, we axe pre-
pared to give you service at reason-
able
easonable raters;, and on, shortest notice.
EXPERT
1tEPAIRING ON ALL
KINDS OF CARS
AND TRACTORS.
GASOLINE AND OIL FOR SALE.
FREE AIR.
GIVE US A TRIAL.
James -t., Exeter
And now the back yard and the Local front lawn tweed attention, Loca
Dignity le 'the thing that some men
;stand cn when they are short.
A ,wise. man wou-rile's a lot over the,.
things that a fool never thinks of.
Mast of them should mead, "Sixty
days after date I promise to renew."
What the world is to -day we owe
to the fellow who is not satisfied to
leave wellaentogh alone,
People who sing constantly, says a
doctor, "never catch influenza: Even
the hardiest berms find it impossible
to live with them.
The marathon dance is the latest
fool craze. To dance 50 or 60 hours
in, succession seems to be the ;highest
ambition of some feeble-minded people
Noah was the greatest company
floater the world has ,ever known. He
successfully floated a company while
the rest of the; world was in, liquida-
tion,
By working. faithfully eight ornane
hours a day the workman may event-
ually get to be. boss, and have ilhe
fun, of working at least twelve hours
a day
A. bill has beeail passed by the Domn-
inion government making it lawful for
a woman to marry her deceased
husband's brother, or such brother's
son. In. the past the; law provided that
a man might marry, his deceased wife's
sister.
If you have a ,brt of mews, send it`
in; rr a joke that will amuse, send at
in.; a story that is true, an incident
that 13 new, we want to hear from you,
send it in; never mind about the style,
if the news is wiareh the whiten it may
help or cause a smile, send it en.
When you hear - some one talking
about the low prices of text .books
today dont fail to remind the simple
,,nes, who have something to learn,
that if th:ey looked„into the public 'ac-
counts they would find itlhe Province
ssl putting up a whole lot of the cost
of those books avid the price printtied
on the cover does nqt represent the
cost. J. E. Wetherali, a former High;
Scholl_ inspector, gets $4,000 a year
as general editor of text books, wand.
bis assistant gets $1;700, The T. Ea-
ton
aton Co s'e1Is the, Public .School Read -
at the fallowing prices :-Primer 4
cents, First Read-er 9 cents, Third
Reader 14 cents, F(aurth 'Reader 16
cents. The average person thinks the
T Eaton. Co, charges up the ilos;s (on
,publishing these books to advertisinng.
Not by a, ling chalk. The Ontario
Government paid the Eaton Co. lastt
year .the neat sum of $1-93,712%Z0• tot
make up a fair profit on
thesis. ;brooks, and the, Ryerson Paress,
which publishes the Public Selene'
;History of Canada aft 25 cents, gaud
Stile Hiistory of England at the same
price, was allowed S45,554.43 as sup-
plemental 'tea the. w;ho'lesa,le price.
Copp Clark Co. was peeld $23,755.50
and the whole amount paid to book
publishers was $269,145.77.
A. meeting of the Executive of the
U. F. 0. Political Association for
South Huron was held in Hensall on
Saturday, April 21st.
Mr. Hicks, local member, gave a
statement in regard to his action in
Parliament. The Executive took no
action in the matter.
Arrangements were made for a
convention to be held in Hensall on
May 31st. A resolution to be sent
to the convention was carried, re-
arrirming the U. F. 0. platform and
in no way restricting a broadening
out policy so far as urban and rural
citizens are concerned, but protest-
ing against fusion with either the
Liberal or the Conservative party.
DR. JOHN WARD
CHIROPRACTOR & OPTOMETRIST
HAS MOVED TO
MAS STREET, SOUTH of Y.P.C.A.
EXETER
Phone 70.
Instructive, Humorous, Entertaining.
DO NOT FAIL -°TO 1'3EAR
anada's Premier student Quartette
from Victoria College
James Street Church, Exeter
Friday, April 27th
WHAT SOME OF, TEL, PRESS CRITICS SAY, -
Clinton has a tax rate this year of
44 mill's.
Mr, Saxon Fitton is moving from his
residence at the store to his father's
residence south of Mr, John Radler
The martins have returned and are
again in possession of therm` . haunts
around town, They are great leesectiv:-
eraus birds and should be protected
in every way,
Strc ig and ,forceful; delightful, sbawed marked abdtty, evoked
greatest ,e,ntliusiasnn, whirlwind from beginning to end.
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Admission 35c., Children 25c
CANNING COMPANIES
AMALGAMATE
The Exeter Canneng & Preserving
Company during the past week has
passed into the nearly organized cam -
parry
sof cannea:se to be styled and
known as The Canadian Canners, Lim
mated, with headquarters at - Hamileonn
It has been known; for some time that
an. amalgamation of factories, has been
im pregress and a completion of the
new organization was made, the latter
part of last week. The deal •embraces
the factory; factory site, and buildings,
and entire equipment, together with
all the farms save the kitty acres on
the third concession of Stephen.
The management will remain stbe
same; at least for the present season,
The Exeter Canning & -Preserving
-Company was organized in the yeas
1906, and for a time was operated as
a company with a large number of
shareholders, Some few years later a
re -organization of the company took
:dace and the stock,fell into the hands
t six shareholders.
Thies factory at the outset started
out on, a limited basis of output, but
;n recent years the production and
easiness has been greatly expanded,
the plant and equipment enlarged and
the output, as to quality and quan-
tity
uaretits has been a c tedilt to the maa,age-
menrt
We understand the Canadian Can-
ners
ann rs are to continue operations here
with considerable extra capacity.
Exeter Council BIRTHSMonday, April 23rd, 1923 Ferguson -In Usbaroe„ on April 24th,
The regular meeting of the Muni- to, .Mr, and Mrs, Joseph Ferguson, 'a
citral .Council was held in the office
of the Clerk. All members present.
The minutes of the meeting held
April 9th were read and approved.
Leter and copy of telegram from of-
Mice of the Secretary of the Hydro
Electric .Com. re -public hearing,
meeting to be held in Toronto Wed
nesday, April 25th,—filed.
A large photograph framed of the
late Lancelot Hardy was presented
to the Council by Mrs. Hardy, with
a request that same be hung in the
Council Chambers. Mr. Hardy was
Reeve of theu
Co my of Huron in
1883. In 1876 he served as Council-
lor. On motion of Ellerington and
seconded by Hooper—the same was
thankfully received and the clerk in-
structed to extend to Mrs. Hardy the
of the members of the Council.
thankfullness and kind appreciations
Mr. Franklin Delbridge submitted
plans for a one and a half storey
brick veneered dwelling, cement
block foundation, asking- for the
Council's approval, a permit for same
was duly granted on motion of Davis
and Francis,
The Auditor's report for March
was presented and read, the same
being accepted on motion of Eller-
ington and Franois,
Street Commissioner, Bissett was
instructed to make every effort to
collect all arrears of Municipal taxes
and if necessary to take action, on
motion of Ellerington and Francis.
Carried.
The following accounts were read
and passed: The Bell Telephone Co.,
cemeteryphone p on rent, $4.62; Thos.
Coliingwood, cleaning Library, $3;
Thos. iHoulden, team labor $11; Wm.
Webber, team labor, $2.75; Clyde
Heywood, team labor, $2.20; Peter
1. ,O, 0. F6 ATTEND CHURCH, Coleman, team labor, $2.20; R. E.
,Some twenty memsblsrs of Canton Davis,.' team labor $2.30; Frank Mal -
London. No. 1, fru full dress urn°.form,
and several Hensall brethren, together
with members ef Exeter Lodge No,
67, Independent Order; of Odd Fellows
to, the number of about 120, attended
divine service in James Street Meth-
odist Church, Exelter, en Sunday ev-
ening, being marshaled ea and from
the church by Past Grand Bro. Taman.
On ;,their return 'iia the lodge, roam
to usual votes of thanks were passed
thanking the pastor, Rev, Wilson, for
the .excellent eernnion delivered, the
phurch officials, the choir, and the
visiting brethren. The Canboan partic-
ularly were ciongraitu].ated • on their
excellent appearance, and thanked for
coming to Exeter on thee occasion.
The church service was a particul-
arly pleasing sone Rev. Wtason spoke
eiery interestingly ,o f the Order and its
wvark, saying in pant, --
"W e welcome you to this church tp
night. lAlen realize that the extension
of the brotherhood idea; and the build
ing of character are the biig thingsiin
life, Odd Fellowship was n,irst xr -
sytiLuted am England in 1745, k Unite;
States an 1821, and in Carnada at 141,em-
areal in 1843, P.rinc'e of Wales Lodge
No. S. was formed. The duties of the
Order are saomevhat slmit'1ar to Those
,of the church -to visit the sick, rel;teve
distress, bury the dead, educate the
,orphaun and 41,d the wwado-w. The..ab-
ject is the expanisijon of benevolence
and .brotherhood. The world may be
glad, o£ such a 'sock y.. •
I have takeRn a ,brnttherhood t xt-
"Who is my 'brottdielr3” We hear
eve.rywhere of the growth of the bro-
therhood particularly settee the
non The caste system yes brushed.
alside. - God never untended isolation.
Cod, said, "It is 'Oat goad for man to
Wive alone" Chniat 'said, "Go two and
ewpa" Combination is strength, and
that is the reason for -brotherhood and
,lodge spirit. Its work is seen in the
orpb,an homes, the old folks' homes,
hiospitalis, .pairks, etc.-bu$d by the
brotherhood spirit. Once there were
only the Malone, later only Masons
and Oddfelio',vs. Now there are very
many briotberhaod orgatnezationns. Re
memher ern conne•ctioi l with all, that alI
claim the Bible. as the basic foundation
-the fatherhood of God its! the basic
stone for the brotherhood, of man.
Take the Bible away, anis they 'all go.
to,pieces -
1 want to. speak particularly of three
thiings-th,c system of receiving and
rejecting cane oidates, the grip, and
the prasswvord. Great knowledge is,
naec:essamy, 'to uses the black ball right;
The church hasn't always karlown, how.
Peter blackballed the 'Greortales•, The
Jews blackballed the Samaritans. The
.Priest .and I,evate wrongfully used the
-Mac's: ball. If we were, all blackballed
for our faults, God pity us. The Good
Sanwa -Ran ;refused to use the blaack
ball -he .helped the wounded man, This
is: tine !true type of Odd - Fellow. The
glory sof, the Church and Society its
ee beep the helpless. Gel them in
and lift' thein up.
The Grip nes t s the1 soul of the
main and her five elerrk rills enlceurag-
iinig power, equality, lane; ceeneasseen,
and Gaodiikesseas.
The Passwiomdis got from the Good
Samaritan, and from th.e Heald of the
Older -)•esus Christ, "D,outeg Good"
03,y their cruets ye sh•alll know them.
atiodelled :after Resets Christ, who said;
,Ads I have 2loveid you;, so ought .you
t•o love, al) era. `
Everything ides Binds on the spsral of
the; mean of the Bratilkerhaod. God
help you to Sharpe your spitrut after
the Spine Chrest.
A.mong the Exeter boys who overe
members of the Canton, 'were. Messrs
Lionel and Roy Howard, George Jew
til and Norman Patterson,
let, lalbor Library, $10.00, R.B. $9,
$19.00. -
.Adjournment by Francis,
Jos. Senior Clerk.
Centralia
Mr, .an<i Mrs, •M, Callus who, have
made their home in Centralia for the
last couple of years; are moving. to
Stratford. •
Miss Mab•ej. Elliott of Clutton visit-
ed at her home here for a few 'days
east meek
Mr. F. Falrhall of` Toronto spennttbe
week end with his parents here.
The young people of this neigh-
borhood went to the home ,of air. and
Mrs, Roy Webber and presentedthem
tn•gether with Mr. and Mrs. C. Johns
cf Granton each' ww,ith a wicker rocker.
After the presentation a social even-
in, was spent, ,
Miss Lillian Richards was at hes
home here over then week end,
ran.
Baynham-In Exeter, on April. 24, to
NKr. and Mrs. Lloyd Baynham, a
daughter, -
MARRIAGES
Kirk -Houlden -At Caven Manse, Ex-
eter, on April 24th; by Rev. Foote,
Lewis Kirk, to Mabel Grace, daugh-
ter aof 12r. and Mrs: Thos. Houlden,
McGillivray
\Irs. Alex. Anderson 24 years old,
fatally injured by a horse, frenzied by
,sickness, and taken to Victoria Hos-
pital, London, in a serious condition[
where she died en Friday .night, She
had nirte wounds ds on the, head, her limb
was terribly .gashed by the caulk of
the horse's shoe, and her nose axtd a
finger were broken, pan: addition to a
number of bruises of a grave naturae.
The unfortunate accident occurred on
the afternoon of April lath on the
fawn of Allan Anderson, Con. 7, Mc-
Gillivray, and is doubly, sad in vtevetof
thefact that the, •injured woman's hus-
band died about six, weeks ago. She
bad apparently gone into the stall to
gather. eggs and wee attacked by the
lee_nt, and there sh,e was found hor-
ribly( mangled, and newer regained cion,-
scio{isness. T
Died en Hospital -There passed away
irs St. Joseph's Hospital, London, on
April. 21, J. Ernest Amos, of the on
concession of McGillivray, at the age
of 36 years: The funeral took place
from the home of his parent on Tues -
clay, interment being made at Marrs,
Hill Gernetery.
:Grand Bend
Tie Grand Bend Dramatic Club
will present ,'their play entitled, "Am
1 Intruding" on Friday night, Apr. • 27
an Beesmer's Hall, Grand Bend, Every
body come. A treat ern store for all.
Iii thrne Theatre
Friday & Saturday
April 27 & 28
MAE MURRAY, the brilliaant Stat
in the most ;spectacular production of
her career,- .
"Broadway' Rose"
-lire success of "Peacock Aley°`
and "Fascina(tijon", as pictures which
more: than satisfied the public, paned
the way for th greatest of them •bit
e -"B o.adway Raster
A new Star in Comedy, Stan Laurel
in "The Pest." •
Admission 25c. and 40c.
all of Exeter.
DEATHS
Hummel -In Clinton,•ate April 13, Geo, .
Hummel, aged 6? years'.
Watkins -In Clinton„ on, April 14, Mary
J. Beacom, widow of the late Hearer
Watkins, aged 81 years, 5 months.
Zwic°.=er-In. London, on, April, 19, Mr.
Christian Zwacker, formerly of
Crediton„ aged 96 years.
Amos -At St. Joseph's Hospital, Lon-
don, on April 21, J, Ernest i amos
.of McGillivray Tp., aged 36 yearn:
Seeds for Sale!
We have a Large Stock of Specially Selected Field Seeds of high Ger-.
mioalimn and Government Standard Quality fox Sale,
OUR SI -0(.1K COISIS'''ia AS FOLLOWS -
No,
NKr, 1 Rea Clover, Aisike, White r-nd Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover,
liuban Annual Sweet Clover, Alsi,k.. and Timothy Mixed,
Kentucky Blue and Orchard Grass Ont.arie, Grown and Imp. Timothy Send
Millett, Seed Beans, Seed Corn, Sorghum, Mengel and Turnip Seed
Lawn Grass and Garden Seeds Etc, r
t'Ve have a limited quantity of Ontario Grown :,.Tarlegated Alfalfa Seed
No, 1, Purity Test: Thin is one of the most nerdy varieties, and is pate
of the production of a field that has (grown seed for ten Consecutive years;
This leaves it thoroughly climatized, Anyone intending to sow- a field of
this variety should place their order early.
We have also a stock of Americas Grown Alfalfa, a hardy variety that
in precious years bas, proven. successful Here. - Our price $15,00 per beef.
WE are buyers of Beans, Clover and Timothy Seed, Dutch Setts, ancl,
all kinds of Faxm Products at the ;Highest Market Prices.
We have a large stock of Spring Merchandise. For Quality, Style,
and Prices our values cannot be beaten. A real good selection in all line's:
C. Z WICKER,
General Merchant, Crediton.
A CALL SOLICITED.
THa STORE WITH THE LARGE STOCK
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THE POPULAR CAR OF EXETER LAST YEAR,
PRICES INCLUDING FREIGHT AND TAX F. O. B., EXETER,
TOURING, wood wheels, X13 95
ROADSTER, wood wheels $>36
BUSINESS COUPE, two passenger .$1565
BUSINESS SEDAN, five pasaenger $1885
All passenger cars are equipped with Bumper and spare Card tire.
. SOME GOOD USED CARS.
C. C Pilon, Dealer, Exeter
OUR. MOTTO - EVERY OWNER A SATISFIED CUSTOMER.
PHONE 16
FOR SERVICE
PHONE 16
FOR SERVICE
A CAREFULLY SELECTED STOCK OF SPRING AND SUM -
MIR GOODS ,AWAITS YOUR INSPECTION AT THIS STORE
COME IN AND LOOK AROUND, THE- VERY THING YOU
WANT IS MOST LIKELY HERE, AND THE PRICES OF
MANY LINES ARE LOWER THAN YOU MIGHT EXPECT.
On Display
Pere Silk, and Silk and Lisle, tstocLings with fancy clocks,
Silk Gloves with long cuffs. Two Tome Slippers
Wide -Ribbed Sport Stockings, Colonial Patent Slippers.
Pull'cver Sweaters Tuxedo, Sweater Coats.
Oranameuvts Buckle.; Cabshaws
Fancy Voiles Paisley Crepes - - Reines
Dress Flannels - I,oaiesptms Coattings.
Anderson's Scotch Ginghams- Chambrays - Prints
Gingham Dresses Black Sateen Dresses
Chitldrerra's Dresses & Rompers.
Special Prices
ON ALL COATS, SUITS, AND WRAPS.
,S,ee Our Range Before Making , A. S,electiyorn .
Groceries at Wholesale Prices
Thoyal. Yeast Cakes ...5c. -
90c. T. & B. Tobacco .70c.
15c. Tobaccos `' 2- for 25c.
20c. Suamaid Raisons ...15c,
75c. Sal,a•da Tea 65c
7dc, Special Bulk Teas ,. 55c.
7 bans Castile Soap ....... .....25c,
75c.Broom for 55c.
iChristie's Soda Biscuits 15c. lb.
3 Jelly Powders ,24c,
3 .pkgs Garden Seeds 25c.
Cascade Salmon. - 10c.
1 - kb stir Red Salmon 2.5c,
8 es. Bottle, Vacrwlla 25c.
3 bottles . Extract , ...,,> ...25c,
2 lbs Sweet Cakes 'fo+r 35c.
75c. Globe Washboard :55c.
3 pkg. Ammonia Sc.2
MAKE YOUR HOUSE A HOME, -
WALL PAPERS 1:,L1NDS CURTAINS
RUGS. LINOLEUIIS CONGOLEUMS
Men and Young Men
We have the ]arg,eat range of Hats and Caps in town. • We,
also specialize in High Grade Clothing.in stock .saizesaand Tailored
to order garments.
Gome in and se;e, out line of .Furnishings.
J. A. STEWART
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