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The Exeter Advocate, 1924-7-10, Page 4syn SAVE!)FROM AN OPERATION :Bastard itaithly Taking Made of Fruit Juices and Tonics The most eoLvinciul; t: roof of the true worth of "Fruit-a-tives'' as a medicine for ti—omen is found in the letters written by them to "Fruit -a- tires". For instance; - "1 sufft.re4 with all the symptoms of feria e trouble, pains low down in the brick and {des, constipation and constant headache. A doctor advised aa- operation. I started taking Fruit, t-tives°' and this fruit medicine completely relieved hie of all ray .`neer-•". Mrs. M. J. GORSE, Vancouver, B.C. 50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25c. At dealers or from Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa, Ont. i xete Advocate Sanders & Creeoh, Proprietors THURSDAY, JULY: 10th, 1924 H ensa Mrs. Logan spent Wednesday in Exeter. Mr. Thos. Shaddoek has just com- pleted a new garage. Miss Mary Hoggarth, of Toronto Miss Jessie Bell recently visit- ed with friend: in London. is visiting at her home here. Mrs. A. L. Case visited with rel- atives in London this week. Master Lloyd Ortwein, of London is holid::yiug with relatives in town, Mr. Arnold Bell of Detroit, is in town this week visiting relatives. The town council are having some of the back streets oiled to keep the dust down. i'Iiss Lillian Rivers, of Parkhill is the guest of Miss Grace Chapman this .week. • Miss Margaret Hobkirk of London spent Sunday with her parents in the village. Mr. Roy Ryckman of Toronto is holidaying at his home east of the village. Messrs James and Clarence Munn of Toronto motored home on Friday of last week. Mr. George Moore of Meaford, spent a few days with friends in the village this week. Mr. and Mrs. Davis and family of Saginaw, Mich., were guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Drysdale, in town recently. A number from Hensall and vic- inity attended the baseball tournam- ent held at Thames Road on Wed- nesday afternoon. Mrs. H. Price and family, whe have been visiting her parents in Listowel returned home 'en Saturday of last week. Weather permitting, a baseball match wilibe held in Hensall on Fri- day evening next, between Exeter and Hensall. Miss Salina Beaver had her tonsils removed last week at Mrs. Pater - son's private hospital and is now convalesing at her home here. Invited for the week -end —75y Long Distance It was Thursday afternoon in the country. Hospitable Mrs. Martin seemed disap- pointed. The week had slip- ped awe/ before she knew it. No one had been invited up for the week -end and there .wasn't time in which to write.. . And . then •she thought of the telephone -- Long Dis- tance! What an inspiration! In twenty minutes she knew the Smarts would come --- delighted delighted to and what train. they would be on. Splendidl and she had ordered some extra supplies from her grocer in town to beshipped by express that night! What a pletsazt week -end she will have -•- thanlcq to Long Distance! The Ford Picnic is to be held on. Wednesday next to Bayfield, We fail to understand why Hensall has to be different and observe Thursday as their weekly -half holiday when all the other towns, and cities have Wed- nesday afternoon. By being diff- erent we miss most of the big days,. picuie and other enjoyable outings. Decoration . day at Hensall Union and McTaggart's Cemetery was obs- erved by the local lodge of Oddfel lows on Sunday last. Quite a large number motored out to see the cer- emony, which was conducted very ably by members of the lodge. They encircled each departed brother's grave and gave a short,•appropriate address and then passed on to, the next grave. .A. goodly number from this vicin- ity attended the strawberry festival ' at Chiselhurst on Monday evening last. A. hearty supper was served.in the church basement. After which all repaired to the ball field where' a game was played between Staffa and Chiselhurst. The evenings ent- ertainment was rendered entirely by the Goulding orchestra who delight- ed the large audience with numer- ous musical numbers. Everyone 're- ports enjoying a splendid evening. HYDRO RATES REDUCED The Hydro Commission of Ont- ario have decided to reduce the rates of power in Hensall, the reduction to be from the first of June, 1924. The following is the new schedule of. rates. DOMESTIC LIGHTING The present floor area charge shall be discontinued. Service charge of 30c net, to all domestic consumers. . 5c. per kw. hr. for the first 60 kw. hrs. used per month. 2c. per kw. hr. for all additional consumption per month. Prompt payment, discount 10 p.c. Minimum net monthly bill, $1.25. COMMERCIAL LIGHTING 1Oc per kw. hr for the first 50 hours' use per month of connected load or maximum demand. 5c per kw. hr. for the second 50 hours' use per month of connected load or maximum demand. lc per kw. hr. for all additional monthly consumption. Prompt payment, discount 10 p. c. knimum net monthly bill, $1.25. POWER—$1.00 per horsepower per month of connected load or maxi- mum lemand.. 6.1c per kw -hr for the first 50 hours' use per month of connected load or maximum demand. 4.1c per kw -hr for the second 50 hours' use per month of connected load or maximum demand. 0,5c per kw -hr for all additional monthly consumption. Maximum bill $ 4.85 per :horsepow- er per month net. Prompt payment discount 10%. • STREET ILIGHTING—The follow - nig shall be the rate for Street Light- ing, this rate to take effect as from January 1st, 1924. • Usborne Council The Municipal Council of the Township of Usborne, met at. the Township Hall, in its monthly meet- ing, on Sat. July 5, 1924 All mem- bers present with Reeve Coates in the chair. The minutes of the meet- ing of May 31st, were read and ap- proved on motion of Stewart—Han- na. By -Law No. 7,-1924 re abolishing Statute Labor, to take effect Jan. 1st 1925, was read and adopted on mo- tion of Ballantyne—Skinner and signed by the Reeve and Clerk. Communication from Wm. Hills, Treasurer Hibbert Tp., re surplus of Scott Drain. Action deferred until August meeting. Communication from County Clerk Holman re Ievy for County purposes of '$7736. Highways $3636.25; spec- cial highway rate of $1208.75 for 1924. Contents noted. Hanna—Ballantyne: That the fol- lowing bills be passed and orders is- sued for same: Treas. Tuckersmith, work on Usborne Tuckersmith Bdy., our share, $17.13; Copeland-Chat- terson Ltd., 100 weekly reports for Rd. Sup. $1.33; A. Moir and others, widening and grading con. 2, Lot 35, $41.25; Jon. Allison, ;ditch con. 6, $20; Jas. Etherington, ditch and tile con. 4, $6.35; Wilson Hawkins •grav- elli-ng con. 6, $30; Wilson Hawkins, Tp. gravelling, $34; J. Luxton and others, gray. Rd. 5, 116.30; J. Herd- man and others, gray. ext. Rd. 4, $1.25; J. Herdman, refund stat. la- bor, 1923, $10.50; F. J. Davis, R. Droughts, stat. labor, $7.5o; Wes. Webber, work on Us. and Stephen Bdy. $6; -G. McFalls, engineer, 8.75; V. Pincombe, work .crushing, 7.50; Win. Moodie, Tp. work $10; A. Stew- art, work crushing, .2:50; Ed. Camp- bell, work crushing, $5; H. 1Vl'cCurdy work crushing, $10 ; J. Watson, work crushing, $10; R. Ratcliffe, work crushing, $6. Carried. Council adjourned to meet Sat. Aug 2nd, at 1 o'clock p.M. Hy. Strang, Clerk. EDWARDS ELECTED TO TORONTO SEAT Toronto, July 7. --As. a result of the by-election, Qveld today in Northwest Toronto far seat A, a new Conserva- tive will take hits seat ;,in.(the Oneaseee Legiellature, in :the person of W. Edwards, who, in spite of a marked indifference :on the part of the !elect - Ors was abbeto secure, a big rnajor':y over his opponent, A,. J. Y(oitng, the labor. candidate. The Jena' -eturne showed 7,6.60 votes far Mr, Edwards and 1,663 for Mr. Young, the majsr- ity for Air. Edwards being .5,997.• EUROPEAN PRESS !GRIP On Board "Melita" Thursday, ;Tune loth. We are now in the English Chan- nel nearing the first port of call, Cherbourg, France where we stay only a short time before crossing the channel to Southampton, where this. letter will be posted andwhere we will remain, so we are told, several hours before entering on the last lap of the journey to Antwerp, the well known port of. Belguim. Tho distance. from Montreal' to Antwerp is 3185 miles, and we have been making about 370 miles a day, through good weather and bad: Of this distance, about 500 miles are in the St. Lawrence river, 300 miles iu the St. Lawrence Gulf and perhaps 300 miles from the light house west of Cornwall through the channel to Antwerp. We expect to arrive in Antwerp on Friday night and will get on our feet on terra firma the next morning. Since we got the last sight of the south coast of New- foundland on the third day out there has been nothing to see outside the people and the ship, but a vast waste of water and broad expanse of sky. The water at times has been calm, with only a light swell, at others, choppy, then forming into long un- dulating waves like rolling farm land. By way of variety, however, Tuesday night and Wednesday morning we experienced what we considered real rough ,weather, but the sailors, of course, said it was on- ly a light blow,and by way of conso- latien to those wlio were still sea sick, they said it would be a whole lot worse in a few hours. That, however, was not the., case as it calmed down about noon in a re- markablyshort time and all was pleasant again. The choppy seas encountered on the south and east of Newfoundland were responsible for putting a good many of the passengers off their feet and feed, some of them for most of the voyage and others for only a day or two, while others were bowl- ed over when the boat took the long side dips on the nose dives. About 80 per cent of the passengers were more or less ill at times. Most of them were well before the rough weather arrived and except for the fact that the cabins were close and stuffy with the port holes closed, making sleeping not restful, every- one enjoyed the rough sea. Of the Exeter party, Mrs. Skelton and Mrs. Stewart were the only ones who had occasion to seek their cabins to find ease from the illness caused by the roll and dip of the ship, and they, only for a day. Mrs. Heaman put up an heroic fight, and While her smile was forced at times, she managed to keep up and never missed a lineal. Your friends, the editors, Southcott and Creech, .kept their heads above water, but a frown or a light meal at times indicated that they at least knew that•' the old ship was experi- encing something else besides a smooth sea, and they both looked and felt groggy at times. Mrs. Creech alone, Seemed to feel no i11 effects from the trip. She was reg- ularly and promptly at the table, and always on deck during the wak- ing hours. Luckily for her, . she knew enough to refrain from chaf- fing the others of the party when they did not feel in the humor . to accept it with good grace. Mrs. French, too, seemed to be quite alive all the time, while Mr. French look- anything but pleasant on occasions. From the point of temperature, the weather was all that one could expect. Off the coast of Newfound- land the north wind was chilly and sitting on deck was not a pleasant occupation. Farther out, however, the weather was/ more pleasant, ex- cept when the sky was overcast with clouds and the wind was strong. Sometimes a sweater and overcoat were in order, while at other times one could walk' or sit or lie on the open deck on the. prow •without wraps in comfort. , Time sometimes drags •a little on. board, but in a general way, for. those active, restless souls, there is plenty of play in the way of ring ten- nis, shuttleboard, checkers, chess, cards and dancing. An excellent concert was given on Tuesday night, and progressive bridge on 'Wednes- day afternoon. • - Breakfast and lunch are rather dress -as -you -please meals, but din- ner when one is feeling well, is' a dress affair— optional, however, with the persona As we are now nearing the time to land, there is a general desire' to see the end of the voyage, as; the novelty of theeexperience; is wearing away and something new is looked forward. to. Perhaps a little description. •of the boat might be of"interest:to some of our readers. Imagine, if you can, . almost the combined population of Exeter and Hensall, aboard a single ocean liner, to be fed, provided with sleeping quarters and entertained for ten days; cut off from all sources of sup- pler, demanding the very best of ev- erything' and you, have some idea of of the problem which confronts • the ship owners. The S.S. "Melita" is a C.P.R. boat of 14,000 tonnage. It has accommodation for 2145 -persons divided as follows: 487 first class passengers, 1308 third class and a crew of 350. The first class cabins are all filled and manyof the third and altogether there are about 1800 persons aboard. Among the passen- gers are a number of Americans who. are attracted by the splendid trip down the St, Lawrence. The Melita- is elita 'hilt is among the steadiest and rides well in a heavy gale. The large C. P. liners will accommodate many more persons. this part of the trip until we had be - Ever' since coining aboard we have been anxious to visit the engine room and otiter parts of this floating palace, We were advised to leave. come used to the boat, as .the odor night Upset the appetite. Yesterday we had the opportunity and in com- pany with an Officer, eight of us were taken to the lookout deck or Cap- tain's cabin, where we saw the wheelsman at work, the various in- struments and charts, all of which were most interesting. From there we descended into the bowels of the boat and viewed the big engines. There are three engines driving three propellers. The main shafts are al- most a foot and a half in diameter and extend nearly half way through the boat. There were a few spookey corners and one had to 'go carefully at times. The machinery is all kept bright and shining. The bottom ten feet of the ship is where the drink- ing water used on the trip. is stored. There are several compartments and the water is shifted to .act as ballast. An emergent machine is installed to convert the salt water to fresh water. The next -visit was to the huge boilers and it was here that we real- ized that while many were enjoying the pleasures of the voyage, there were those below, who were stripped to their shirtsleeves, with the sweat upon their brow. These men shov- elled the coal into the yawning mouths of the furnaces. Just for curiosity, we added a shovelfull to the flames. The men are on duty for four hours at •a stretch. One of the pleasant surprises however, was the excellent ventilating system, the air being forced by large fans. After being aboard for several days, it became a matter of interest just to know where the fresh milk came from to accommodate such a large passenger list. We were soon to find out as we were shown the artificial refrigeration system. There are several compartments and the temperature varies to suit the provi- sions to be preserved. The milk is kept in one and the number of cans necessary to hold the supply was quite amazing; meats are kept in an- other, vegetables in another etc., and when taken out are in perfect con- dition. A small printshop on board prints the menus, notices and' a daily news bulletin by marconigram. While the news is limited, yet in this case we know that no news is good news. Leaving the printshop we visited' the kitchen and surprise is added to surprise as we see the manner in which the wants of the inner elan are provided for; the large bake ov- ens where all the bread and pastries used aboard are baked; the huge soup kettles and the system of hand- ling etc. The passengers are served at two sittings in the first and third class dining saloons. Going to the upper deck the cap- tain operated the davits for loweriirg the life -boats. Life -boats more than ample to carry the maximum num- ber of persons on board are provided. Everything from top to bottom is periodically inspected. Our final trip of inspection was to the wireless operating room. Three operators take eight hour shifts, one being on duty at all times. Messages are received and transmitted at rea- sonable rates. Friday, June 20, 1924. After a delightful trip up the Eng- lish Channel, our first stop after be- ing aboard the "Melita" for eight days, was at Cherboourg, France. The boat anchored in the beautiful harbor and a tender came out to take off the passengers, a number of whom were going to Paris. After what seemed a boundless expanse of. ocean blue, it was a welcome sight to beholdthe' soil of France. The vil- lages that dotted the shore line and the neat farms were of absorbing in= terest. The fields or farms seemed divided by trees or shrubbery in- stead of . fen'ces. Stopping only about an hour our boat started across the channel for Southampton. On our right we pas- sed the Isle of Wight. From our first view, it stood out as an impos- ing :Cliff:; .of white chalk, but as,, we proceeded,' the scenery became very interesting. The landscape was rugged and it seemed as though the natural beauty spots had been pick- ed as the site for some village, city or estate. Many points of interest that would taketoo much space to describe, were pointed out. The sail up the channel was in the evening, air was„ cool and flesh, yet the flags that hung at the top of the masts,:. fell,.,listlessly for,; want of a breeze, the moon shone brightly and when 'the ship docked at Southampton, ai< ten o'clock the ' landscape was still plainly visible. many ships of all kinds dotted the waters: As soon, as we docked, a number of the Cana- dian bowlers, who are touring the 3ritish Isles, came on board to see friends, among' them being James Grey, of London, Eddie Wetlaufer, of Kitchener, J. Sims, of Waterloo. and Nate Cornwall, of Thamesville, all of whom are familiar opponents' of the Exeter bowlers ' who attend the tournaments in Western Ontario. Mr. Grey reported that they were having a whale of a time and being' treated likt princes, and '• in the bowl- ing line these boys are of royal blood. That afternoon and evening they had played in Southampton, the evening games being on a green that was 700 years old. 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Night Call 74j ahead of us all along the line of places visited. However, we hope to have a game in two or three places, as Messrs. Gray and Cornwall said they would pave the way for us in Torquay and Glascow at least. The passengers were not allowed ,to land until next morning and the whole press party were given an hour 'and a half's drive through Southampton and the rural district surrounding the city. Needless to say, after the nine days on board, the trip was thoroughly enjoyed. The rural scenery in England is wonderful and this break coming as it did was doubly welcome. We left the English port at 11 a. m:- on the 20th and passing to the north of the Isle of Wight, we saw Osborne House, the home of the late Queen Victoria, the forts guarding the harbor, Netley Marine Hospital, (3000 cots,) Portsmouth and Spit - head, a, noted fleet manoeuvring point. It is 16 hours to Antwerp, where we arriveto-night and.on Sat- urday we istart on the Belgain and French trip, which takes eight days, The Burgomaster and prominent cit- izens of Antwerp, will •breakfast on board the liner with us, the occasion being made a form of welcome to the press party. \. SUNSHINE. Mr, and ,Hers. C. Fletcher and fam- ily spent Sunday with Mr. and 'Mrs. G. Godbolt. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Routley and fam- ily of Bright spent Saturday with ;avlr and 'Mas. M Routley. Mr, and Mrs. Fowler of Dungannon ;pent Sunday with theiir son, Mr. Fred Fowler of Winchelslea. The W. M. S. antee Miussi,on Band Paid a very pleasant anrd.profitaible meeteke, .Monday aftesniaon at the home o;r Mrs. G. Jaques. Mrs. V. Mallard of Exeter was present and game a very i{n<structirre talk: . . weirs, John Hooper Of Torosita is . spending a few days with her daugh- ter, Mrs C Quite a number from this vucinety attended the Brock-RouticyS1 'iininer, re- el/ilea which was held. at Seeeiagbatuk rere,ntl t, Clandeboye The Danny child, .tecemtly hurt on the street has been o,perat'ted for a broken leg What might have been very serious accident occurred early on Sunday when the car of Mr. Philips of Carlye, was overturned in tli,e ditch near the farmhouse of Wm. McWilliams, Clan- deboye. Of the four occupenits, Mr. Phillips, Miss Simpson. and CL`nton Hodgins escaped without Injury, but Miss Hanes was pinned down beneath the car for about an hour ,befarel she was finally released by the efforts of the McWilliams 'brothers and Moore Ctunnhnghan Dr. Orree„'of Lucan was called r.nd assisted In the memorial of 'Miss Harris, who, fortunately had rho bones broken but some had cuts and bruises. Russel Simpson, of the village, took Miss Si.moson, Miss Hazels and Mr. Phillips �} to their homes, while Mr. Hodgins went( to Lucan. St. James .A.ngli;care church held a :successful strawberry festival on July 4 on the church grounds, Clandeboye. A varied program was enjoyed. the folk dancing of the Scotch dancers from London being particularly ad- mired. Miss. Shaddock of Landon cave several instrumental beLections. The remainder of the program was >give.n by local telent, including instru- mentals by Mrs. William Hodgins, solos by ,Miss Florence ;McRarnn"and receta- tions by Messes a Helen Hodgins aro `Gladys NIcRan;n, The receipts were $118. .LEACHER IS HONORED The .pupils of Claandebay,e Public Sehoel met at the school art fully 4 to present the retiring teaches, Muss Clark of London, with a purse and( a leather bound volume of the, ppe,mseof Pauline Johnston, as a te,atumome.al of their regard. Muss Clask made an ap- preciative reply to the chiiidren's,sd- dre ss. The autograph quilt made by the Ladies' Aid of Clandeboye :VIethadist Church was ,sold at the strawberry fes±ival, the :purchaser being Mrs. W. E. W illuams,oaf ;the village. Mare. than $100 was realized on. the quilt :m names aid any, price, The friendlY baseball matte that took glace here an July 3, between the vowing nnen of Clandeboye end Ce,ntr- alias resulted in a victory for the;home tealu: