The Exeter Times, 1923-12-13, Page 1Y .FIRST, YEAR No. 2556
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Our stock for he t
large range 'oi novelty
vise an early selection
Christmas trade is noweco
1leto
We' have
a very
and practical lines' to select f •one W e would ad -
of
and,
gifts, as many lines cannot be re-
placed. i• i Q^ _ n . ,•
eautfu4 Kimonos for Ladies
We have a beautifulrange of Kimonos for Ladies, in •heavy Eider-
down. cloths,- large range to select from, Satin trimmed at the very' low
sliecial price of $8.00' each. We also Have Bedr•oaru Slippers to match al,
reasonable prices: i.,.J., , ivAT. • i ii! ',, a l t,. .,1.° ''ss
Handkerchiefs for Christy las
we have
14 e Have by far the largest ,range of Christmas handkerchiefs y
ever shown; , Pictured handkerchiefs for the little tots, mercerized. for the
boys;: Pure linen,; plain ailcl initialed for Men and Ladies,- as well as .hun-
dreds of fancy lines, many in fancy boxes. 'Blake year selections now,
especially initialed lines before 'many of .these ark sold out.
Men's Furnishings
New Ties, -11Iufflers" in Silk ,and
Wool, Braces, Garters, Arm Bands,
Umbrellas; Shirts, 'Sweaters, Cuff
Buttons, Initialled' Kakis, etc
SPECIAL -7 dozen 11Ien'seauti-
1'.ul quality Silk Ties reg, ,$1.50 value.
These ties' were bought from a march -
fact ser going out, of business, so we
are ablecto offer them at only $1.0 0
each
Ask to see our extra heavy all
wool Fancy Coat Sweaters at $5.75
each.
A good' looking, man
nish cutaway front model
of unusualiy cod lines.
0
COLLARS,,
Cluctt, Peabody & Co., of Can.'Limitcd
Suggestions of Gifts
-for Ladies,
Fancy Linens Boxed Hdkfs; F g'ncv
Parasols ? Iiimonas, Blouses, Strings
of Beads, Hand Bags, Purses, Sweat-
ers, Dresses -Fur ' Sets, etc.
FURS-A11,Fiir sets and Muffs at
exactly half price.
LADIES' DRESSES—Many odd
lines and sizes, at greatly reduced
prices.
ecial Shoe Bargains f r I) ec.-
Ask for these" lines if -;you need there. We : haven't room to display.
them: ;.
30 pairs Men's Valentine -Martin Work -boots •$3.75'
3.0 pairs Mens round -toe .fine Shoes @ ,$3.98
30 pairs "Young Men's fine Shoes, Goodyear Welts, either black or brown
CO $4.75 -
Women s
4.75.
Wornen's Empress Shoes and Oxfords at '$5:00
.Empress
Dm ressOxfordsor. high lace
S oe, will give, e, Won,
derful wear, Special $5.00
.(. WONDERFUL OVERCOAT VALUES
Men's@$ $ 12. to. • 25; Boys' @ $6-_50' to ,17.00
Men's New Felt Hats, Newest Shades' @ $3.50 each
EVENINGS FROM WED. 19th,', UNTIL CIII{•ISTMAS
STORE OPEN
PHONE 32
PHONE 32
13th., 1923
JXI)TLI11 COUNCIL
'lylnuday, December 10 1923
regular session of the Municipal
Council held In the oIlice of ilio clerk
' all members j eizlg present. 'rile min-
" utes of the meeting held Nov,' 26th,
;Were ,read ani zapproved,
ter
A let t was c
ire t 1
. from Mr, 1x7. G.
laansfard of Clinton, who being pies-
cizt addressed the cotrric0- regarding
" ti proposed purchase of the llxeter.
Salt Wells property and outlined ,a,
proposal for , the ez'ecti011 of new
„ building; 'nein Trans etc,; asking the
council for the: Corporation to gzlar-
rntee tho' bonds: of the Exeter Salt
=Works Co. Ltd:, in the sum of ten
-= thousand dollars for a term of ten
years, also' a fixed assessment on the
proper ty f or U ti;i; m of. fifteen years.
After .discussion; emotion by Francis
Davis' . that the consideration of
this matter .be deferred for the pres-
ent. An s,nr,nlendnleli:t 1)y Ellering-
Goll—Hooper, that aro action be taken
° by the council • the Reeve voting 'in
favor of the arn,nrenclnrent,
Mr. Stevens of :the Salvation Army
asked for ;:tlie. ilse of the Town, Hall
- tor Tuesday, Dec. 18th, for enter
tainment ;purposes. Granted on."'no
tion o1` Dileringtpn—Davis. Carried.
Mr. Chris. Luker was granted a
re -fund of $2' payment made in error
tor care of cemetery lot 1923. Mo-
tion Of, Ellerington Davis, Carried.
Hooper Francis that the clerk be
granted twenty-five dollars for pre
pairing and revising Village By -Laws
Carried.
The following accounts were read
and passed Geo. Mantle, coal T.H.
$59,30; Jzro . Crewe, V.S. Reeve of
Seaforth re Miss !Verrill to the Coun-
ty .I -tome, $6.'25; Ward & Morgan,
'supplies $1.90;,.A. M. Kernick, weld-
ing tools.etc '
$3.10, C. 'Ford labor
cemetery 7.50; Ben Makins drawing
sods $4; T. Sanders labor, 6.87.; Jno.
Parsons, labor .5.63; Rd. Quante; la-
bor, 5.57; H.:Bierling, extra 'street
watering team` labor, 00.20; NV. .1.
Bissett postage $5- R. E. Davis team
!labor, 5.50; Geo. Fordlabor2.50;
Sarn'1 Sweet labor $9; passed -on mo-
tion of Francis -Hooper. Carried.
Adj. by Francis to meet Saturday
'Dec. 15t1i;:>7.30 p:m.
Jos. Senior, 'Clerk,,
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hristnl<as Gift Selections frOIII
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(XMAS GrI7l+7CS �+'ROiti�,TI1[IS• STOR..E: WiV=T,`131+; VERY ACC7I7PTA.BL1.
tte
.1',1011 '111.11 GIRLS . r•LN D,1 i3OYS
AUTO SKATES
3 0 and $0
0
GIRLS .2,50 .5 $
(z $
5,50.'
3 „1.50 eller u
13 YS 7.,t7G p $
Ware
FROM :$1.25 UP
Pyrexware make a good ,Gift,
Here you will find' a frill range 'to
'select from,
Don't overlook Pocl101. Cutlery,
gall ti, ' ' 11nily.want Pocket Knives
We have: diem front 25c up.
CARVERS 1N PAIRS $2 65
CAR'V'ERS `IN:PAIRS .,.
CARVERS 'IN` PAIRS'
CARVERS -1N PAIRS ....•......$5:06,
CARVERS IN SETS' :.............
CARVERS IN SETS $9.50'
ELECTRIC ,WASHERS make a
-host' useful Gift.
Maxwell's Super Vac $1.55.00
Beaty Bros. Wlite'Cap ;....$115,00;
Hand Washers'[..,... ..:..,...$20.00
Wringers Guaranteed :.,.....,.$8.00
SILVE I I WAZIE JV' S`roCI
..ADAMS SILVER PLATE
OLD COLONY SILVER; PLATE
AND MARQUIS ' TUDC?Ii. PLATE
AT'LOWEST PRICES J
BOOK' DOWN .T[I1.S LIST
BREAD KNIVES' 30c to 50e
Sttiinless Paring Isnives 40 to 50e
Manicure Scissors, $1.00 to $1,50
stainless Table Knives $11,50 dos
Scissors 40c pair or up` '
Shears :90c pair or 01)
Coleman . 'anips ,11.00' up
•I'OII 'J'1;1J !'()UNG MEN
"• GILLETTE RAZORS'
AUTO STROP RAZORS
SFIAVNG SOAP,
SIIAVING BRUSHES
SHAVING StRO1'S
an
are
POPULAR LECTURE
Helly gave his pop
"Marriage, the Pike's
in James St. church
evening and there was
t in the whole en -
e first part of the
d: "of musical' num-
b order and was as
Mr. F. Taylor; duets
and Miss,Vera
thcott and Miss E.
to py the organist,
and two
anthems by
e .werefollowed , w �by
t was certainly one
and eloquence of the
and 'delightful char-
acter. from "'the
f r laughter by his
liumorous sayings,'
s not without time-
ly serious reftec-
Rev. W. E. Don
ular lecture on "1V
Peak of Success"
011 Monday
not a dull moinen
en-
tertainment. Th
program consists
hers of a very hip
follows: solo by M
by Mrs. G. Williams
Essery; Miss Sou
Harvey; organ so
Mr. R. Goulding
g
the choir These
the lecture and i
ofwit,; Wisdom an
most wholesome
atter, Mr. Donn
audience roars o
witty stories and
but the lecture wa
ly advice and food
tion. The entertainment was under
the auspices of the W.M.S.' There
was a fairly good attendance. J. kM.
Southcott occupied the chair.
BORN
ROHDE—In ,' Usborne, on Dec. 7th,'
to Mr. and,,. Mrs. Hy, Rohde, a son,
HENNESEY-In Biddulph, . on Dec,
9th, to Mr. and Alt's. Gus.--•Henne-
sey; is son.,
WE73BEit-In Usborne, on Dec,. 10,
to Mr, and Mrs: Roy Webber, ` a
daughter.
. DIED
ONTEIT'E2-in Exeter, , on: Decem-
ber
ecem-
e •� 5th, Elizabeth eth I> ii ••widow �,of
b r 5 b Y d,
the late Jaiires Monteith, aged 77
y_ea,rs, 9 months and 20
GRAYI3IEL—In Hay Tp., ori Decem-
ber 6th; Sophia Chapman; widow
of ;the late John; Graybiel, Sr.,
aged' 84 yeaz•s; 1 -month, 21 flays.
CARD OF TTRANKS
llrs Jessie- Gardiner” Wishes to
than.li_�the friends and neighbors for
their extreme kindness and; sincere
sympathy shown lo tier niothez• (the
tate llrs. Jaioes'11�7tlirteltlr) ; through
out her long, ;tedious illness anti to
herself -in the days .or her bert;ave-
nrent.
L�i�"CALS
Mrs. F. M. Hood, of, Ilkley, York -
Shire, Eng., a first cousin of Rev. A.
A. Trumpet wl o.has been: on. an ex-
tended- ton Bar a ig i Japan and China
arrived ins'1± eters, on Saturday and
s ent the week -end nd at the Rectory.
Leaving Monday "morning she will
spend Christmas at her home in Eng-
land.
A large congregation ` heard" the.
second sermon op' the -series o.n the
Early.Christians of Britain at (raven
Presbyterian church on Sunday even-
ing. Rev. Mr. Foote is making his
addresses not only instructive, but
intensely interesting, Another ,ser-
mon • of ` the series will be .preached
next Sunday evening.
The Bazaar and chicken supper`
in the:Town Hall, on.;Friday evening
last under the auspices of the Ladies'
Guild, ,rof Trivitt 'Memorial church,
was a'decided success.' There was
a sale of work, home-made. cooking
and candy in the afternoon and most
of •,i . found ready 'buyers. ' The chic-
ken supper"was well attended and
the ladies provided, a sumptuous _ re-
past. The proceeds' amounted to
$161.00.
SOME
The SchoOl
Question.
10I 0Sf°sla l CONSIDERED
Article I1.
By J. 0. Stanbury
In my last article I outlined the.
difficult problem that faces the Board
of Education in the ; present over-
crowded and > unsatisfactory condi-
tion prevailing at the school. Sev-
eral suggestions are being made 00
the street and I want to deal with l'ew of them.
A proposal1 iacde by Same is that
all annex, public Scli.00l, either • by.
the present he relieved by, providing
erection of a shall building, or by
the purchase and remodelling of oiie.
It is argued that while the whole
cost would 'fall' en Exeter citizen's,
still the amount would be less than
the localshare of a high School. At
hest, this is only a'make-shift, though
possibly,. the most commendable plan,
if the rate payers' are satisfied with
patch -work instead of a real job.
13ut even then, we would not he en-
tirely r'eploving''the serious objection
of tryineto carryon two schools un-
der one roof with their conflicting
tiuietables and management, caus-
ing at tunes serious interference and:
confusion to the classes of both.
Another proposition seriously ad-
vocated
d vocated. is that forbid forbid scholars.
from, outside Exeter to attend our
High School except such as we can ac
commocdate 111 the present building.
In the first'place if .we are Id provide'
a' sixth'roonl for the Public School
and give the scholars the
space for
physical training and lar oratories"
which is" so +urgelitly required' as.
pointed out in my previous article,
:we'nlight as' well abandon�all idea of
doing High School work-in the pres-
ent building, for,,we would have no
accommodation left even fors -High
School 'scholars from, Exeter alone.
And if we deny the boys and girls of
the' Public School facilities so that
,there, will be less railroading through,
the classes and more decent and more
sanitary living conditions we will
still have'only three class rooms for ,
IIigh School work after restoring the
borrowed Assembly Hall absolutely
necessary for physical culture in
winter.
Now
it has been uroien beyond all
question --tli<at a three xoom`- High-
b
School is insufficient and often` inef-
ficientand therefore only, an abggra
.1 b
vation. ,-Ther best teachers - do not
want to•be attached to a.non-progres-
sive institution and the course which
can be covered is• an accomplishment
hardly to be proud of. But the
smaller school is not only inefficient
but relativelymore; expefisive. It
Will cost the t x:payers of` Exeter
more to run a school of ninety schol
ars,.5 7 of whore are from town, than
it does now to run one" of. 198 schol-
ars, 141 of whom are paid for by"
Perth and. Huron.
Suppose then that we reduce our
High School attendance to the capac-
ity of a three-room school by driving
out all -the scholars from Perth and
Huron except 33. What have we ac-
complished? We have ruined our
School and are paying more for a
ruined school 'than for an efficient
one. In 1921, Before we had the
benefit of an increase in attenda'lice,
the school rate was 17 mills. Irl
On -Sunday December 9th; the 1122 we had reduced it to 16 mills,
while this
death took place in London, of ,Mr. ri e year we have still further
reduced it to 14 mills. And this re -
David Langford, father of Mrs Roul-
n tat
duction 1 taxation on was accomplished
j 1
1
Ston; of town. The late Mr. Lang-
not by a policy of forbidding'outsid-
ford has,resided- ill London for, the i
ers to come in, but by it creasin `.tlie'
past four `years but for the Past -two g
Selling , _ air i
„
Ail goods soy
r a positi�
uality
Ladies LS Olid gold
Birt,day r:
Ladies
a
a n
ld
Jetta : .
L
,adies' solid gold
Je Rinds $5 and
Gents Cuff Links
in cases ,� 4
.00
Ladies' Wrist �' T : e1
$18f �
Ladies' goldfilled
Brooches, Bar Pins $1
One o iy 500 day clock
runs 500 days with
once d
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gt
rantee
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a
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Registered Optometrist
Phone For Service' and Quality
WeFree
1 been
e .veryfortunate, this tll year in s c rinm e
Y e u .•� on. ot..�,.nd:i•etiv
a,
Hicks':.. eL R P.I . BABY"`
, BEEP for'our guessing ` contest.
The Contest will start and Beef will be on-exhibitiion alive fro`n Dec.
17Th, until slaughtered on: the 20th and then:hung up dressed child Sat-
urday"'night Dec. 22nd, 10 p.m. when. contest will close.
The Contest is free eto
s r and open anyone who sees the•Beef and old
enough to write. No one will know the live weight and all we want you
to do is come, in and tell us; what the dressed weight will he:
-In case of a tie the first right; guess in will.win as tickets will be
numnered. The Beef will be weighed by an :outsider.
' .1st PRIZE, 20 ib DRESSED TURKEY
2nd PRIZE, 15 ib DRESSED GOOSE
3rd PRIZE, 1 PAIR DRESSED DUCKS
We will a, so have a full lire of Xmas Meat on hand all ;Week:
Kindly leave tour •order for a Roast or `a choice Y 3 goodc or,e Steals early arid:' "
don't be disappointed like a lot were last year.
River's
.9t P
Meat Market
WHERE QUALITY IS IIIGHEIT THAN :PRICE.
Among those who` are attending
the jury' in Goderich this week are:
Bert .'!# rancis,Wib. Martin, John 'Tay-
lor, E. A. Folick, Ily..Elworthy,' Mil -
The
of the School so that lar ton McCurdy.
years has not �enjoyed'good'health
ger numbers :w .
g m s Were. attracted. to,Da.e- .
T.he funeral tool;:, place -to to' iVPrIvertan
to day (Wednesday') Dlrs.Ronlston
ter. In 1920 with salary standards
4Q, er 'cent lower than now 1 e
was with :.him at. the time. of his
death 'and the familyattended th school rate was 13 mills—'Within. one
Pune al n Wednesda e mill of that of 1923, and in that year,
r ° + y' the
Mr. Fred. Hunkin celebrated -his
71st birthday on Sunday last•and the
balmy breezes on ,that day reminded
him of the"'incidents„so often spoken
of by'his parents'in regard to the
weather of 71 years ago. A heavy
fall of snow in November had made
sleighing very good and after -a com-
paratively short winter: the weather
attendance was•only 86 as. coin
r.: s pared with 198 in 1923. So , little
value did- the citizens of Exeter get.
for theirmoney, in 1920,, that boys
and girls were leaving school -some-
for Other High Schools and some dis-
heartened by failure, to other em-
ployments where they- imagined, as
some of their elders -to -day, that ed-
ucation is not necessary: It is a well
known, .thoughregrettable fact,that
became mild again and on his birth-.
'day-
ay many farmers were. brtsily' en- in 1920".scholars from west,of•Exete•
gaged taking up turnips anti pota passed'tlixouglr the `north: end: of 001?
toes.'•tow11 and drove almost" 30 -.crines to
slanderous report .liar been-�cirs Seaforth,: becatise',t110 "`little `three
culated throughout this`' community ream school here was not efficient, -
,
to the effect that a citizen of Exeter; For the same reaSOn, numbers', from
had -been caught: in the act of steal- ITshoi•ne” and Tlay townships turned
ing chiclten' from Ali. P. Moir, of Us- to other towns. And what 1vas'11101'e
borne. ,The rumor had :gone so tar ,serious, the tra.cde of these families'
aS to Statethat cotilt trial was' follo'ved their children.,
and Exeter
be held an Saturday last. Later we merchantile lite, suffered according
learned that the report was false and 1y.,To my mind the proposal.to chase
we called rip Mr. Moir on the tele- away'the farmer sons and daughters
phone and lie stated that there "was instead of planning mnore accainniod
'-absolutely''no truth. 'Whatever in the anon for then --let us have '200.o1.
report; that he nor any of his sobs, ,thein instead of 1 0 ---,is misei•ably
had not lost' any chicken. That such Short sighted whether looked at from
a report should 'be started is to. he the standpoint of the cost per' head
regretted and is e very $021.011S of- of ,educating our otivn,"scholtii's 'or
fence. That the honer of ono Of our froth, they standpoint 'of infecting
respectable citizens shoi.id be so, revenue Of the business lrotises 'of
dragged into the dint as. outrageousi Exeter", who value the faraner's •trade_
and the stealing of, chicken is not to or ls•oin the standpointcof-the pocket
be compared to the ae., of the 43er„0I11 of -von ;the ordinary citizen„ "hc
'who would rob aJnaxi of his good cannot but he helped by the 11101;s-
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"Ready?" Click! A.ncl the
picture is
ours to : keep.
'ICODAKS $6.50' u
Townies2.00u
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We do our 'ot�la.�nlsi-
ng—we know i t's igi t
your films.
Bring . us
Photo Studio
The Exeter J;irniors are grouped
with Clinton; Seaforth and Sllilverztori
in the O.H,A. A meeting is being
held: in Seaforth to -night (Wednes-
day)
Y
da to -draw up a h
schedule.
14Ia) W. J. Hearnan was '11 1. 1''10
n
on •Dec. 6th 'ra iii
, celebrating t g ,the arrniver-' �
sary of the organization of the 161st
Batt_ A banquet : was held and "a
very enjoyable time was "spear,;
lie
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an if Leans
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. practical girt .tkottnottlirtg
could be more pr actieal
than The l: 000 er. 11.11 ill:
saveIter„ tinge and.,fabor
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ill make toe
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