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The Exeter Advocate, 1921-10-27, Page 1THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR. Our Corner The reason the book ends just be- fore they get married is because the nublei demands fiction, not friction,,. Tbe GoderishStar reports that 'Trp: near Lue.knew there is an apple tree 65 years old, from whish there wei+e pzeked 20 barrels of apples in -1970, and 21 barrels in 192e Phone $la TAMAN'S For All Kinds of Men's Wear W. W. Taman Tailor& Furnishe r EXETE ,, ONTARIO, THIJRSDAY OCT, 27, 1921 So far in this district there .has been very little, frost, neverthelesxthe leaves are gradually falling from. the ;trees, o A year ago men were being engag- ed for the lumbering business in the Northern woods at , $85 to $90 - pet month, with transportation provided. Today the highest being offered is $35, with from $18 to $26 prevailing. Considering all things this, is the Iowa est ever offered in the .lumber ngatrade since 1896, when wages were from $$1Z to $18, but at that time adoliar would buy more than tweie what it will now, At that time young men and women were teaching school for from 225 to a 400yea • ca- r r _che hpreachers were being promised from $400 to $.800 and getting part of it.; $I2 :would buy a. fair suit of clothes and $;2,50 a bag of .flour, WHO \1AY VOTE. In the coming .elections, it is a mat- ter of interest 'to know who may vote Under the new Elections Act a Bri:ts- ish subject by birth or ea.turalizat(zon. :s entitled to •vote if he or she le 21 veers of age, resident in Canada for .rte year and an the constituency for two months at the time of issue of the wit COUNTRY PAPERS GRADUATING About the only "party" papers left in Ontario are the city dailies The rural papers are, not say:net a, word— a great contrast with their vatt;tude of half a, decade ago In five years rile country newspaper was graduated from a Grit or Tory bac.; into a seal business, Campaign, stuff that used to fill editorial columns is now-publiehi eel at the regular rates LISTS TO BE USED The latest municipal Heti will be uteri in Ontario for the compilation of the Voters' lists for the eomislg federal ele,.tion, it was annotuiccd by Col 0. M. Biggar, chief electoral of- ficer The arrangement was made through agreement between the gov- ernment and the ,headquarters of the liberal and Progressive parties, and on the suggestion of Coi Biggar,, The result ,of this action will be that those whose marries appear onthe la`est and most complete list in each municipality will not have to register a, their .names well be placed on the: 1Jominion. lists without intervention Those whose names are not on the municipal lists will .have to be regis- tered In. South Huron the 1920 munici- pal voters' lists will be used as a basis, and all qualified voters not on that list will treed to register with the registrars, who are now being appoint- ed by the returning officer—ono reg- istrar to each polling subdivision The registrars commence their work on Oct 31st a,nd at is ,up to .every qual- ified voter .to sten the reges(trar and have iris or cher isame added, if not al- ready on the revised list of 1920. Mrs. Clarence Snell is in London owing to the illness of tier mother, Mrs. Hill, formerly of Crediton. See The New 1921 GRAY DORT OPEN AND CLOSED ST YLES ON EXHIBITION. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING USED CARS IN GOOD CONDI- TION, FOR. SALE --- ONE GRAY DORT 1920 SFECIAL ONE GRAY DORT, 1917, TOURING ONE GRAY DORT, 1921 DEMONSTRATOR, ONE FORD, 1918, TOURING T. H. NEWELL! 'An' I Learned About Women from 'or We trust what Mammy ' Atkins learned "from 'Er was - worthy of her !^ Would you ;.carni about Flours, 1ear,n, especially the ,rale -i,ts, of the befit `F.loure2 You v-ould?- Weil, then, allassr us to respectfully suggest that iaitea take to, your ;homeenot a wife, unless you need her, but a 'sack of our Ia'i*E iv: Fiouil You need a real homemaker for the coining 'dark days y of A sit tiiir>;n trigel Nieintert Come to ue, as a laver comes, in, earnest, and w!ei shall present feel. to than is vieet.M!ai,den Floury Manitoba's Best If unsuited, you may her ,sturdy, but equally ssveeit 's4ster, Model In either cele, you 1` aided the sea=v nes, of their useful handmaiden, Welcome, who will sat- i{sd£y: your longing .fel- those delicpous ;pies end beseuxtts your mother used lf, you( ',T3aye'any kind of baking trouble try our brands,'of flour, 'Manitoba's Best; Model', and Welcome Harvey Bros. Exeter Council 1 Crediton beerier in'1 s John 1n Janes, a daughter, SANT ERS R, C.* i 'B Inspector Tom of .- Coder ch paid our llo-th-,-in Stephen, an Oct; 19 tee Monday, October 24, 1921. { The regular monthly meet ng of th The Municipal Council met in the Creeiton \'trom.n's Institute was hel oince of the clerk, All present. The an Tuesday even!ng, Oat, 3rd, with minutes of the meeting held October sirlendid attendance. Mrs; Nichols 10 were read and approved. cccup.eti the chair yin the absence o Letters were read as follows:. of the president. A. duetC was give From the secretary -treasurer of in' \lies Acidic Geiser and hiss Lis the Union of Canadian - Municipali- ties, Montreal, re telephone rate in erease. Ordered filed. .epees while on his 'trip to Engle -els 1, a c:sit last i% -IQ. \ r and Mrs. Victor .Hogarth, a c The , daughter d Church Y pent a sociaf l timele su h h;he:Boia-ad—At Mt, Carmel on Oct 1 a , 8, Crediton Y. P. A. on Mondaynight!, to lir and \ a n Mrs.John Boland, a� o 1son. an ES e: y on-- repiirts .al fire time !Retort—At _1+t. Carotid, on (dre 20th, f Air, and :Mrs. Knapton and Masse o ele and \les. '.Tat. Regan, a son. n Dora Kraft of London visited with ©entreidler--At Dashwood, tin, ' feet, ett�e ]Hist, winten•was nicely rendered. Rene Mr. Brooks then, favored the In- stitute, with an account of :his exper- lire ani ZTrs. P. Krait on eundaya j 20, to Mr, and errs. Sari. Oe: treleber 2i-. Jos. Keenan of Crediton was; a sone, a sitar inn town over the week,-ind,E Ur. Hero..\i?Iler of Tor onto is re-! rid -iting at his home hare. From the Bell Telephone Co. re - this summer, and 'Miss Lydia Oestrei- application for increase in telephone eller and hiss Addie Ganser also gave tolls with inclosure of old and the lbref talks on the work at Guelrth proposed new rates. Ordered Asled. Summer Settee', interesting and much an . ra t: .n c'. The e st ' p . m tem ont Correspondence s 1 he re :�a i ria to l I?o py P tt nra ra m erasc a a d e t bn a e.s t Day Campaign with sample sheets 1y n f° • inclosed of poppy wreaths for the decoration at soldier ;raves, memor- ials, honor rolls, &c.; per Davis and Elston that a poppy wreath be se- cured for the memorial, and a setts able service be held on Monday, No- vember 7th at 10 a.m. The Reeve to Inalte full arrangements and an iuyitatioai be extended to the mem- bers of the Usborne Township Coun- cil to attend. Carried. A letter was laid on the table as addressed to. the Reeve from. the Ag= ricultural Representative, rdr, S. 13. i k Strothers, Clinton re the organize- '•n this locality tion of a horticultural society in Exe- 11r and Mrs.: jos. Hoist and M ter. The members of the Council ane etre Simon \iorlock motored t f4\'.Jfrflsor last week tvt spend a le commend this matter to the citizens da s with \fes. Samue Sswe'tzer. Furniture Stock Up-to-date 1 General Drebtor & Embalmer, License No. 447 e Daze being awarded to Miss Rosett Haist, The meeting closed with t eat,ional Anthema. Chats Denney has returned horn after spending a few weeks in Sas katehewan„ Airs. Chas. Zwecker went to Lan n don on Tuesday to recebve treat ,•hent at the Heepe 4 Her man friends hope she wall soon rec'ov her good health. Inspector Tom of Goderich mad an lrwpeetion of the school Tue;da Chas. Zwialter has received a sit)) ment of potatoes from. New Bruns ;w.: in, order to sttiaply the demo DEATHS RTrs, Warei is at panaen: v's:.sae' ParsOi s --In Centralia, on Get. 23rd. with relatives near Petersburg. - John R. Parsons, aged 65 year; and i-, Homer Gunther of the Bank 3 days. of Commerce staff at Forest, z a,.:vd athis S : home here c on Sunday un Homer x I:+, \i\ ,.1:.10 't RI, .i has been transferred to We:a lose in loving memory of Pte. Either Nin- a airs. Geo. Kellerman .s s -'ting Falls, Sha died for his Kine and he with her san i Walton. Stirs Clara Kraft is visiting ' fr'e;tds in London 'this week.; Country. on .Oct. Z3rd, 1917, at ti' h l asscheadaele. In the City of. Life on the - eille far r , away. Wdee-e the sun never sets, nor the r BIRTHS flowers decay,',,. y Jie s well hire Redeemer, free fro I e t e-1 2 , it► 1 n Exeter • IwetrN .ort.. a c, n O t 'trouble d e r an to, Mr. and Mrs. Herby K:Suer "3 When. n God's ewe, goad time e starridaughter. In Usbora., on Oct. Z3rd, to Notgoneall ail ,main again. from memory, Y Mr .and :.Mrs. Everett Sk'nrer, a Not gone from love, daughter. Bert gone to his Father's home above„ Jones—In Usbarne, on O.°t 19, to lir._Attalla..., Father, rather. see r. ` a i4 and ask that names be handed in for The 1 eat Y.P.A. cute:4taaued th membership. Mr. Strother will be in. Y.P.A. et Dashwood in, the In,ti�.ut town, Wednesday, November 2nd rooms on Monday evening. The vis and will talk over the whole matter to rendered a delighttul pYogra; in detail, a ,-atter which lunch was served. Mr., O. C. Ward addressed the •v'as az es nhig w411 spent, an l th Couulil re privilege of securing a YAM people certainly .enjoyed them cigarette license. .Matter discussed se's-' No action taken.. Airs. Frank Adair had, her auction+ , The street watering assessment 53` f fhou household effects on, Tuesday.' ,tiff . E. i,�1- AR DI ER 4 .as til>i the, house an lat t0 for the' year was fixed at 12 cents. airs. Job. Sims, and, intends living ss:th foot as per measurement allot ' her 'laughter, MTrs„ Valk in ,1'arkh:lh, \Vitltan. Sambrook will have, an aue- tirn sale of his property in Crediton and household eife;.ts on Saturday. The propp, rty is well situated and should, bring a good figures J. H. lloltzmann, and Chester Maw- hnney ar• attending the Prov%n.:ia1 Sunday School Convention, in Brant- ford tit:s week as delegates of the Evangeli•'al Sunday School„ The tollowin Otto F,wald is buildinga e•em nt fi accounts were read 'lee -house to the rept of Jiis butcher and passed: shop. The Grigg Stationery Co., books. The remains of the• late. John R. Parsons, svho died in Centralia, were interred here on Tuesdays ;4 Tr Par- sons was born her 65, years ago and lived in British Columbia a number of years una. his health failed him and he was obliged to come east and reside in. Centralia Stith his brother Will. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved family} Last Tuesday, the 18th of October, there Passed away at the home of Mr,. anti MIrs, John T. Bedford, one of our highly respected residents in. The per- son of 'Airs. 'Mary Yearley, ,relict of the late Thomas Yearley, at the ripe age of 90 years and •1, ma,'nt17f Mrs, Yearley had many friends and she was one a£ the ,outstaridhag figures in this n.e ghberhood, noted for her kindness and acts of benevolenct{• She eemig- rated Earths country from England when three yea'rs of age, tand(some • 67 years ago located here in Stephen Township.. The funeral took place en Thursday from the home of her only son William Yearley, and pro- eeaded to the Exeter cemetery for ilciitermeria. The Rev. ;Betook of the Methodist Church preached a very hppranriate, sermon ,at ithe house and mentioned the many acts of kindness, the, deceased ,had iperformcd, and the Huron high esteem .in which she was held by all. Ta ;the son and ,other rela- tives we extend our sympathy.. ed. Motion per Snell and Penhale. Carried. Mr. Snell asked the Council for u permit to construct 25 or 30 feet of concrete wall along both sides of the .Ann Street ditch and in front of his property, offering to guarantee to replace any portion that would be found defective prior to July 1, 1922. No action. library acct„ 53.65; Cecil Ford, la- bor, cemetery aeet., 27.00; Nelson Vale, Iabor, cemetery acct., 4.50; .R MacKenzie & San, cotton, cemetery acct., 7.77, oil, R.]3., 23e, 3.00; Rd. Quance, Iabor, R. & B., 7.50; Thos. Sanders, labor, R. & B,, 3.00; John Parsons, Iabor, R, & B., 4.50; John Morley, labor, It. & B., 1.50; Frank Mellott, labor, R. & B., 11.50; Ar- thur Sanders, labor, R. & B., 6,00; Exeter C. as P. Co., team labor, R. & B., 6.50; Theo, Wolper, team la- bor, R. & B., 13.00. Passed on motion of Elston and Davis. Carried. Adjournment by Elston. Jos. Senior, Clerk. Centralia Death of John. R. Parsons.— The death occurred at Cenitralia an. Sun. - day, October 23rd, of John R. Par- sons, aged 65 years, 3 days. Some twenty' --two years ,ago lire Parsons, while living in. Ven..auver sustained A. stroke of paralysis, from which he never recovered, except so far as to be able to :move about in a wheelchair Two, or three days prior to his demise be became all end the end came rap- idly. Born at Crediton, he lived there until the family moved to Cen;tznlie. A few years later he went to Win; nnipeg and became ono of the big bus- iness men of that cityy. Later be went to Vancouver,, A few years ago he, returned to Centralia,and has been residing with his .brattier Mir. W. J. Parsons, from ;whose residence the funeral took place on, Tuesday after- noon to the Crediton: cemeifery, Tbe late Ain Parsons never married. He is survived by two brothers and one sister, William J. of Centralia, Albert of London, and Mrs', George Essery of Centralia.. ,Mr Parsons was a very shrewd 'business main, and was well and popularly known throughout the West.prioe to bis beaxming incapac- i'tate4. His friends were many and the funeral was largely attended. Notice to PnbIic • Having taken over the HARNESS BUSINESS OF MIt -P FRAYNE, I desire -to solicit the -pier-may, of his many old custenvers, and also one dew ones. HARNESS REPAIRING WILL RE- CEIVE OUR BEST ATTENTION , I em also i sstal1f ng an O,lpntg vat for oiling harness, New Harness and A.cces,sion:tea al- ways on. Hand,. TRUNKS, SUITCASES, CLUB BAGS RUGS, MMITS AND GLOVES E. M. Quance A gall • solicit -1%1t : Auto Hearse and A.uto Epuipment Phone 74j and 74w Opera House Block, Exeter IS HERE ! LONG NIGF1TS ARE COMIItiG— AN1) YOU WILL NEED GOOD BATTERY FOR YOUR CAR, TFIE PRI:ST-O.-LITE WILL. TAKE CARE OF YOU. I CAN KELP YOU IN BATTERY FOR $10 A YEAR,, COME AND SEE ME ABOUT YOUR BAT- TERY SERVICE. Taylor Tire & Battery WINTER WORK on OARS. We are prepared to care for your car. '4r, and Mrs. Jas. Parsons, Mss Dora Hackney of Exeter North spent Sunday here, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lawson. 'Miss Pearl lviotz has returned home from Hensel'. Mrs. Thos. Caves of Manitoba is vis- iting her mother, Mee. Henry Shear - down, Mr. John Agpletan is visiting friends in Detroit. Mrs, Frank ,Adair leaves to -day (Thursday) to reside with h.er (laugh- ter, Mrs. Lorenz Valk, at Parkhilli ele. and Mrs. Jos. Haist, Mr. and Mrs, Simon M'Ioriock are visiting friends at Windsor and Detroit. Dashwood A HALLOWE'EN CONCERT will be given .vn Wayburn School by No. 15 School Section, on Monday; Oct. 31, apt $ _pens, Admessian,, asluttse75.;, Children 10a. Come early. The Ladies' Aid of - Calvary Evan- geli.t a1 Church heed its annual meet- ing and report of - having a blessed and prosperous year, a menebe,rs.h:p of 35, r eceivecl three new, members, made 502- sick visits, 235 social calls, car- ried , 97 bouquets to the ,sick and ;hut in, wrote letters of sympathy to the bereaved, gave ;$30 to the general church treasury, s11d sew,utug for our ,n igbbors, sent ,a box of bedding' to the Salvation Army,, contributed $70 tawar. the ,repairs of the parsonage', quiltetiit three 'quilts if sr our mesn,b•eee, The officers elected for the ensuing year ere as Mallows a—Hoa. Pres*, iMrs. (Rev.) Yager; Pres„, Mrs. Edighofeer; Vice -Pres., Mrs. 12.'Ehiers; Rec.-Sec'y, ears, J. K. Ehlers; Cor, Sez'y, Miss, R. Goetz; Treasl, Mfrs. W. S.ne11, Organist, Mrsi. D. Tiernan; 'Car. Secy, Mrs.- D. 'Ha{rtleib. . Mfrs. - S. Pi'eeter, Sr., is visiting. in Landon, Mr. and Mrs. Baumgarten have re !turned from a visit with relatives inn Michigan. Highest Priices` paid for Poultry and all Produce, Mae, Humbles .end 'children of Sarnia epeuvt the week—end with Mrs,. Fink- , REPAIR WORK ON ALL CARS. Try us. MON & FOOTE Garage - Exeter J. A. STEWART Phone 16S " THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES." Ladies' and Misses' Winter Coats and Furs Fall is her and Winter w eI soon be along. So do not delay in selecting your new Winter' Coat. Our range is by far the nicest we have ever shown,. In the Latest Cloths and New Styles. EXTRA SPECIAL—GOOD WARM WINTER COATS Regular value .$10 to $30 Lot No 1 Sale Price $3.50 Lot No 2 Sale Price $8,50 RUBBER BOOTS .Eventually you will wear ("Miner"e Invinsdble Grey Rub- ber Boots," They are high Presser: Cureil and of "rough Tire Tread Stock. 'I'hc New Stock i.4 in. Buy a pair to -day and be convinced as to their wonderful wearing .qualities . GROCERY Best Rolled Oats 6 Dia for 28c Tea, Salad: and Red, Rose lb 48c. Picnic Hams, ..smoked and boneless per ib - 24e Pork and B'eaas, per can .....,... 13c Carnation Milk, 71•-2a & 16c. - Palmolive Soap, • 3 snakes for 23c Breakfast Bacon, sliced on• piece, Na. 1 qttality 40c. lb Silver Gloss Starch per pkg lfc Raisins, .eedless per lb 27., Pure Lard, 3 lb pail ..............60c Choice Pink Salmon . a -can 10c Castile Soap, long bar......... 17. ° Pure Clover Honey al ib ,...t18c SUGAR, BEST 10 absa; for 88u. SPECIALS Choke . Currants 18c. lb: Kellogg's Corn Flakes, 3 for 29c Sardines, Brunswick, 2 cams 14c Puffed Wheat „ ..., 15e. Corn, Syrup, 5 lb.- east, 8c. Brooms, 4 tstriegs - 50c Laundry Soap, all brands 10 Kars 70a Pure bulk \Cocoa, ...d per ib 14c. Raisins seeded ' per ]b 24e. 8 bars Castile Soap.. for 25c Red Salman ...:.....1 lb can for 29c Loose Laundry Starch 10c. ib. Canada Corn Starch 9c. pkg. GRANULATED LATED - 100 jibs for ea 70 • J. A. STEWART