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Exeter Times, 1915-2-18, Page 1'OR -TY -SECOND YBAR—NO 21O JONES- AND Mkt PHONE 32 Huron. So MidA Lsex Gazette EXETER ONT CAAt ADA, THURSDAY 1fIO,RNIN4, FEBRUARY, 18th,: 1915 NEW SPRING AND SUMME WASH GOODS Every Yard British Manufactures Our first display of Wash Dress Goods for the:<coming Spring and Summer suggest the though that these fadrics have reached; the zenith of their beauty. Colors are well represented°in all lines. White and Black:', will revery strong with stripes and colors predominating Early Buying is Advised on all Impor `''Goods White Wash Dress - Fabrics White Brocaded Crepe White Cleopatra Crepe Plain White Crepe Plain White Voile Plain White Ratine Black and White in all pattern,. Over One Hundred Pieces to Plain White Pique choose White Striped Seersuker from Plain White Rice cloth Colored Wash Dress Fabrics c Plain Colored Crepe Fancy Colored Crepe Fancy Checked Crepe Fancy Striped Crepe Windsor Crepe Fancy Colored Voiles Fancy Colored Paplins Sandown. Suitings Ladies and Misses New Spring Suits and Coats We are very fortunate in having our New Spring Suits and Coats in early, We are showing a beautiful range of styles, colors and cloths, which will do you good to see. Come in and have a try on, Ladies Spring'Coats Some real swellarments in lain g ...P.. colors Fancy` att' ns nd!�.• checks. The styles are :real;new and tke cloths the best that we could proeure,t' y-- I Men's Spring Suits dust to Hand. A new stock of Mens and Boys Spring Suits. The nifty stuff is here for you, �;a.a� trimmed. Ladies Spring uts From 34 to 42 sizescolors are lack nQ'�Ty,s �•p®xt, browJ� BC tan • The styles are right up�to•date in every respect. All silk lined and nicely trimmed. Spring Dress Goods. All the new cloths in the season's most popular shades are shove here all at the old prices: S JONES AND MAY FEED YOUR STOCK AND POULTRY NOW IF PAYS TO USE Royal Purple Stock Food. 50c and $1.50 Herbageum 25c and 50e International 'Stock and Poultry Foods 25c, 50c and $3.75 • Salts, 1.0 lbs for 25c Sulphur, 10 lbs for 25c Salt Petre, 2 lbs for,25c Molasses Meal $2 per 100. Calf Meal, 1;25, 2.25, 4.25 Plumbing and . Tinsmithing Order Your Needs Now 7 PHONE Beaman s Hardware PHONE 27 A d and Stove Store 27 B L Croton— This county ;has the thl I'd largest record for horses in tho tProvince, 35,228 Mich cows; 30,151$ rather C...t 1e, 33,330. 25,1384 .hee lr� ..swine, 70,373. Large 'quantity of sultry r as d r e second n � coo -t n of a ip 9 r y 9 -lin the l'rovincc. Secor-d largest hays atcrea .e g .141,723, Large I grain acre- hges; ,rall.avfle&t, 30,055;barley ;•'S0,S '0553: i hird,largest acreage ; !;;.diel 1044- est acreage of oats;'; 134,401: peas. , • ;416. corn Mr silo, 11,E1i0. lLargo boot area. Superior ,duality or orchard •fruits.-•taoreale 13,114 Middlesex— An all round agrleut- turol county—live stock, ,dairying, anarket laarden%rg and 'knit. • Has tar• gest �tumber of beef, cattle, 96,205R second largest number of dairy settle 43,133 ; 6 3. ,1�,3 , sheep,, �,6,65a, .sw•inu horses 36,t85; 'second largest In ,P.eovince, Raises the most; poultry byre:Ontario, 748,010. o.0 wall Jth.ds. asses ;n orchard: Has third' largest acreage •oC potatoes, T - 65r porn for h s kin, 13. 60 acned for silo. 22,130 ,1 Q t'tore;i, second largest in Provinct:;., it, oats, 100,200; In barley 18,344; in fall wheat, 4 073' •*third largest, in Prol+ince a Patriotic League Notes reviously acknowledged $1480 SG W. 3. Heaman .X5.00 A. Hastings 0.00 1 ' W. Levett t ;.,,., , ; 1.00 I ' W. Murray- a,1.00 W. Stanlake 1.00 ( t G. Ja.1ues ,, 1.00 J. Hind 1.00 Miss 3: Brawn . F.: 2.00 ' ( 1 Tea. room, Feby 13 11t„57' T ' ` Total $1517.31. . The Exeter Patriotic League ,was organised on August'; IOth, 'Previous to that Ileac the women of town had formed -themselves intoa committee and had .collected money to assist in eo;uipp:ng a Canadian hospi'tai. The league has 183 members. Nine pub- lic meetings havab'beeuheld .and seven executive .meet:nos. To the lied 'Cross Toronto, the following has been sent: 1.70 pillows, 114 pillow .;cases ; eighty cheese cloth Landkerehiefs ; 40 mend - in kits; 18: twilled sheets; 2.1 flan-. uellctte sheets; 3,auilts; 113 pairs of 'cuffs. 111 peh.s sociis. 72cholerabelts 5 sleeping caps ; 4v :comforters, 72 mil- itary sli:rts, 24 .h'ospitalshirts, 51 pneumonia jackets. To Al:s.s Plumer at Salisbury for our Canadian men the following have been sent: 22 com- forters ; .211 balaclave caps, 232 prs. mitts °43 pairs wristlets, 154 cholera belts, 3'clui1Ls, 245 pairs of socks, To 5.'rivate Earl P, arsons, '1 cap, 1 ;;om- forter, 1 pr. mitts, 3 pre. socks, one pr. wristlets, 1 cholera belt:, To Pri- vate L. Drew 1 cap, l pr. mitts, From these boxes the Ladies of EJimville. contributed 50 cholera belts, 55 pairs soaks, 30 pair of mitts, 22 pair of wristlets. The ladies froom ,,�,,,,,akton and also from Grand Bcnd J4'liVe been ' very helpful, ,knitting a large number of socks. • y The League has also sent 2,550 lbs. of goods to the J3elgians 'all in goad repair. One box; :contained c1 ldren',s clothing with 120 pairs of new s:ttock ir,gs:mi it. 3 children's outfits, 2 in tants outfits', 1 y~qung lad:cs outfit, 150 coats, ,.50 men's struts, 20 lad:es initis, 08 ntetis ctaps, 49 ]ad'es dresses Ill pairs of trousers, 52. pairs of. atoek-' tng0, 51 mew gnalts, 255 pa•asof boots - 4 'pillows. 52 saga of rarer.'s under- vearr, 6 m rr s shirts. 22 lad 1 t5t Women's, 86 ,soils of rc o mensundertvear., Ii drawls; 12 pairs of groves, 10 capes, ,1 sweaters; 1 fur eoate, 5. Cur collars. (51ra.) rr, A.1, Fitttin,. Secretary Exeter. School Report Exeter Council )Neter High Selina The Council met` is the Town Hall Following aae pupils taking 60 per on Friday evening the 12th inst. cent ,or morel'os the second series of 'A7inutes of the previous nteet:ng were. tests since September:1 reads and confirmed, Commanication from 1). S. Taylor re license for pool tahl.'. Saute was Noxmai lJn'trance—C 7sestle til L. ailed. .Finkbeiner 79:.x`. Triebnea 7$ 'J3ro- ;Beavers and Raton that'Wim, ! Clar- enshire 77 :.L Qestreichcr 766; S. ding's business 'tax of $2.91 on scales Eaeinfe'ldt 75; 7, Allison 71; I. Sweet be remitted -Carried NO:, ,I, McDonald 6a; 31o,Pherson '67 By-laws confirming the • appoint Sweet 69; L• Oestreieher 69; I. Cree,? pants were read, the necessary nu;n- L £.leery ;65.4, v. Geiger 64., ber of 'times and finally- passed, ;Matriculatien-13rokeush;re 75,; 1. Mr. Wexler waited' on the, .(sand', re outside men baying junk, etc., in the town and payi .g no businei tax, stating they did, tale .swine in St. DORM II1' n3' 6•8a, Me Pherson 66, ,FORM If Tho'msotr: M813 ; ,+Strang X84; rt. Rowe Marys and the cc n t! their Loo's r c- 72 ; DI. Huston 72; `Gladman 69; Man.' tion putting it s.ap to ,t and why soar q9 ; D. Brooks. 68:; L. 'Taylor 05; Davis 65;' T.,`:Sanders 63; Smith 03; Senior 62.; :0, McDonald" 62; tA. Hor- ton 61; ltowcliffe 61; B. 'Kuntz 60; 1 ICotm merciai.—L. Rice 83 ;, L, lies- ile. 82,; Toohey 63,, h`OR';!•I L M. Sharp l83,;„, a, ,Carling 8,0; Harris 79; 'V. Stewart 79; L. Walker 77; AL 3'ickard 77 ; .N. Anderson 77: H. Ese seri 713; 'D7 ill t 75; G. Harvey 75; AL, Hogarth 75; F. Woocl 74; M. Moodie 70 ; G, Casa 63; M. Walker 6.1; 1Coaces, 64, - II Comimercial--73,. Phillips 70; Northcott ,64; A. Mack 63; Rivers 62; J5-rdd: 62 ; Reed 60. Now that the greaten part of the required courses have been covered, the pupils having ,the best chancey on the June finals should be near the head of the lists. Only ,those who brace 'themselvesto the task can hope to succeed. Those taking an average well up tot g0 per cent are ,generally certain of final success: if 'they keep working nicely. ",.s a warning to oth- ers it mal' :be said ,their chances of success are far from certain—success, will likely be lacking unless unusual- ly good. work -is done ,during "rest' of! terim. The following are they leaders� In the various subjects. G. Spark. Coimposition• Pickard 8,0; Davis and Rowcliffe 81) ; M ' :Pickard 85; Rivers .78 ; L. Nestle 75, IIis*tory—L. Fink- beiner 91,7 ; ;Thomson 92, Algebra F. Triebner. 100; 'Mills' 97; '.Tuckey 8$. Geometry -F. Treibner 68; Strang 95 Science and Agriculture—F. Triabner and S. Kleinfelilt 74; Strang 70; N. Anderson 87; Arithmetic—Hanlon 97; N. -Anderson, 5 ,;i,+iprthcott 73; L. Rice' 'Mr*. Ga•a rn3n� ���Zyrive 85 :;- Sharp 8 �+"fiestie:73- GeograpliS.".Y— Thomson R6 •• Ale Ie mainW k ar or —G C - ling 09 L, Restle 92;'Shorthand—A. Mack 17: L. Rice 8(8.. Commercial Law—Northcott 81 Bus. correspon- dence-Kydd 72; Bookkeeping — E. Rice S6; Harris 96,; Latin- Broken - shire 89; ,R, `Rowe 94 ; Mills tl:l _ French -I. Creer- 86; Brokenshire and I. Sweet ,G5,; D; Brooks and R. Rowe EL . ' School Board to. Go Ahead with Repairs Public Meeting asks Council to - Raise $7;o3o for Improv- ment to' -School ,A. meeting of ratepayers was held in the Town Hall on Monday evena,z.g to consider the ,matted of alterattion,s to the present school building and the Manner in .ivhi,ch time cost of ,same should be met. There was only a fair attendance of ratepayers, the citizens seeming to bave great confidence in the ability o; the School Board and sat1af`ed they will handle the matter in the best in- terests of all. Mr. 5. Martin, chairman of the Board, presided and outlined the pro- position. He stated that for the past few -;:cars they Board had been con- fronted with.. -0e problem of better accompiodatcoti ; the present ;heating sysiten>: being played '04it and inadei- auateand the- building, _being poorly lighted and .treated '3'oth the County and H.1S. Sehool Inspectors have de- manded better acce;msnodation and 1 COMM'1JNICATION unless some consideration for improve To the Editor of the Times went were given, the government Sir, -'A ruanor is going areund town would have to withhold the grant to that the barrels of rood .stuffs 'sent the School Board which anrcunts' to for Belgian relief from Exeter station about $2500 a Sear. was not labelled or marked in any 5Ir. Martin stated the Schoal Board way- as to contents o:. destination, I was campo.aed ofcare"ul men who dir wish it d:stinctly understood that ev- not wish to burden the ratepayer , cry- barrell was marked '`County of A. new school.lh,ah been spoken of b 't j,Iluron col ri.bution to Patriotic rand owing 'to the enorous coat h,ad no'l and name of contents. been seriously sons mdere•d. The pre- Yours truly` sent build:n; waa in goad state of.4v. Tay/or, Reeve. pr.eservatien and could be remodelled to meet the demands.. Ater several sketches a pian bas bean prepared that with, slight alter tt on will :meet w - a tire demands th ei e govcx�nm.•. also of 'the citizens,at the carryingnt out of which twill cost tlbe citizens in the neighbor:h.00d of $700x1. '.]';ue proposi- Liget had been laid bcf..re and ,, . the council L t was a .Iia do e,dd. e to to ... take the ,h HOCKEY ratepayers into their confidence,,t'hU,s, the reason for the present meeting Mr. Gla dman, a ;member of ;the • Board, was called on. Mr. Glad11 man��� stated the Council .had two courses open before th.elm, one to is,sue dobeny tures for buiJd;ng a new school with- VS. out appealing to the ratepayers; or econemi e a l one, Exeter apeal to the rat - )1I oayers and mote on a by Jawthe formerbeirrthe most After preparing their plana the Board had appealed to the o ' e unity Thursday, __. Feb, who after 'vis:ttrt;,� tree ,school, werej unanimo'u's illfavor ot r:doptitigthc)ni,r, 'i io •spea.l.,er isaid that„ the school' wag far fra mt . tvl ..t a t , sh.ou d '. l be ',and would even go se far a .. n to say that if, tivaq ::::::::,:tilveattooN5VA o1,Lxe- ter. 'll,building s+lrotild be ori rot Exeter. Beavers and Hind that the matter of charging a ,i.c nse to nen .,eatter- ing junk be r( 'er_ed' to the ::special committee—Ca.. i ed, I'he cotnapaunication of Dr. Quacken- bush which. was deterred at the laSt meeting of the coa:n•il Cu: further consideration n a•s d'c; a..ad cf by the following resolution Beavers and hind that the Medical Officer of Health. be paid kP50.00 sal- ary for the year 1915 and we would recom,ine.> d that the do not attend the Ontario Health Officer's Association to be held. in Peterborough, in May. Communication was received from Mr. H. E. Huston, chairman of the Board of Health, ,asking, the council to make an allowance of $15 for his ser- vices. H"ind and Roulston that the Ohairtman of 'the Board of Health, be paid a salary of $10,00, per annum. Beavers and Barton that the Reeve be instructed to procure a wrist watch to be presented to Private Fred N. Mallett who is in training at Lon- don with the Third contingent, it recognition of his • patriotism, to be presented- to 'him on the .occasion of his next visit knme Roulston and Beavers that there be given to the Band a grant of $175.00 and free room heat aid light in the Town Hall for band purposes. and they in return give twenty open air cone certs during the season, -Carried. Report of Finance Com.—We recom- mend that accounts es referred to us at last council 'meeting be paid. Bea- vers and Hatton that the accounts be paid and cheques issued in payment. Bell Telephone Co, cemetery 15,00; town 80.,; .Jones 8:. -.May, acct„ 130c; G. Crawley', livery . 4.00 ; Wan. Harding, error in 'taxes 2:60 ; Advocate Prem, -...e y,� lr�',:_,'f''`.,'a., ; Sah,Gt, :•.'i5•u �. i ;WEB14_.{3'-+,�:5i'tPJ, pt, salary -43,75 ,T,;"B ✓Carltirb. 'pt,; salary 33:33 ; John Ford. pt, ,.salary, 37:50 Dickson" -.& tCarl trw, acct., '2 05; E. ;Christie, P. 0 box 1.25, postage 5.00; S. .Handford, snowplowing 10,05; 1-lenrs Rumohr, snow plowing; 12,30; Jackson Mfg., Co., re R. 'Pickard es- tate building, $300.00; Thos. Sanders labor 1.40; Sid. Sanders, labor 1;40; Gordon ,Tay tor, do., 3,,218;;, W.. H. Lea - eft, gasoline, 2.60,, The Hydro Commission writes as tallows Re Hydro Electric to Exeter. Seime•tivae ago we wrote you advising 'that we were figuring an the best Means of supplying Exeter with _hy- dro power and had prepared an 'esti- mate based on feeding 'Hensall, Exe- ter and surrounding 'district by a line tapping our Stratford Godericlt line at or near Seaforth. We have' now asked for an estimate to be. prepared! based. on 'feeding Exeter,, Hensall and surrounding district b3 a line Prom St. Marys, talking into account the available load at rairkton, Woodham and Granton. As soon as the estimate is completed we will be able to :give! 3ou comparative prices with our sug- gestions. We on assure you that the subject of supplying hydro power in your district is receiving very careful attention and we hope to be able to submit prices soon enough, to enable Four municipality to vote on the user essary by-laws in time to allow us to start cot:struction as soon as feasible in the spring. ,We are aware that your franchise with. the present l:ght- Wg company expires in •Deceimber ot this year and, we will bape our avark accordingly " u , T. Be Carling, Clerk, Li, CK WHY do 56 per cent o the Railway Men in D. S. use Ham- ilton watches? Call and let us show you the 1Ton''ti ton and explain why Twitching Eyeli >ths7 do. Indicate eyestrain. The slightest hint of it should not be neglected. We test eyes free of charge, and recommend glasses only when absolutely necessary:. S. FITT Wedding Dings and Marriage Licenses The Exeter Bargain Store UA ALR Qe oat eft • o • �� . ., t be sold l at Cos Mens Wool Sox, pairs for $1.00 '5 pieces Dress Goods regular 50c, for 25c yd. 40 Sweaters, Ladies, Misses, Mens and Boys at One Third Off regular price 14 Ladies Black Underskirt at half price 3 Child Coa,ts worth $3 for $1 each Mens Heavy Sox and Felts at wholesale price Wornens Felt Rubbers at 70c a pair Braces, Neckties and Gloves at wholesale Try Us for next Shoes or Rubbers 10004000440044400v°•**004©440 004444G)O411.***0•44.44m®•$404.11 PHONE 81 A W. W. 'i[' A A!1 A N PHONE 81• 4 �, • • A d • • A w.•• • • •. • • • • • w d • • • • s • a • • • O • • A • • • W... Wo TAMAN Will share with you the Profits on his Immense Stock of GENTS FURNISHING This will be a genuine Stock -Taking Sale When prices will be Slashed in two. gai • r a is .1 Nowthe time to save money On your ordered clothing, Ready=wo Wears and Furnishings of all kinds 4'i The trend of prices is but not so "w1; ih«� u • We are offer-* ing some i.. a.rgains by :ai Buying ll'AMAN 6' • P H O N E' 8t. 44644444'1:64*v►4•****(601t01>4db4 r i+bil� l '•0101►M i