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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1935-10-03, Page 2’TJirnSPAi', OCTOBBB 3rd, 1»35 THE EXETER TIMES-APVOCATE T £S2mJ I BY MILTON PROPPER GOOD CELERY CROP THEDFORD—Celery growers are making preparations for lifting and handling of the large acreage of celery. ’ The celery is in excellent condition and a large harvest is ex­ pected. The next two months will be a busy time at the celery bog when hundreds will bn employed in the handling of this crop, CATfTLE SALES BRING CASH TO ALBER/TA sillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllJIlllllllUII Six persons are in an inner office of the law firm of' Dawson, McQuire & Locke at Philadelphia. A mas­ ter hearing in the divorce case of Rowland vs, Rowland is under way Mrs. Rowland, represented by her lawyer brother, Mr. Willard; Mr. Rowland, the defendant, and his attorney, Mr. Trumbull; the court clerk and Mr. Dawson, the master are the six pejsops. There is a new development in the case. Af­ ter failing to defend himself against the charge of adultery in earlier hearings, Mr. Rowland digs up evidence and asks the court’s permission to produce wit­ nesses and resist the suit. Judge Dawson overrules the heated ob­ jection of Mr. Willard, and orders the witness brought in. Rowland’s lawyer goes to get the witness but finds her dead—chloroformed. She is Mrs. Barbara Keith, wife of a prominent Philadelphia business man. Judge Dawson phoned for the police. Detective Tommy Ran­ kin is assigned the case. He is now questioning all of the parties involved in the case. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Mrs. Rowand returns to library. 2:41—(about) — Mrs. Rowland leaves suite through main office, and Mr. Trumbull returns to phone his office. 2;45 (about)—Allen Rowland re­ turns to 1507, and retires with Mr. Trumbull to Mr. Dawson's office. (Check the time with Mrs. Keith’s chauffeur, Alvin). 3; 49 (about)—.Mrs. Rowland re­ turns, speaks to Campbell and re­ joins brother in library, 2:51 (about)—Hugh Campbell leaves suite by central door for a minute and returns. 2:5 6—Hugh Campbell phone call and .hurries off explanation. 2:57.—'Mr. Henry Dawson and enters his office. 3:00—Mr. Simpkins, court clerk, arrives, enters Mr. Dawson’s office. The hearing begins. receives without arrives, and the the and “And that about covers the ground, Tommy,” Jenks concluded his sum­ mary of this data. He turned away from Jenks rejoined the group waiting in library. “.Mr. Simpkns," he addressed clerk, “I'd like to see your notes rof the evidence presented at the hearings. Your typed record. Have you got it with you?” The clerk produced a large loose­ leaf notebook from a voluminous pocket. “With pleasure, M.r. Rankin,” responded. “Here you have it plete.” Rankin took the book from and excusing himself, retired Mr. Dawson’s, office. There he ed the door and spread the notes ©in the lawyer’s table for study. Al­ though on the surface the details of Allen Rowland’s dalliance with Jill Edmond appeared to have no bearing on the tragedy, he not neglect the circumstances it helped to bring about. The preliminary testimony CABS COLLIDE “On Saturday evening when Mr. and Mr#. T. L. Williams were mot­ oring on their way to Hensail about eight o'clock about a mile east of town they were sideswiped by a load of Salvation Army people coming to Exeter. Mr. Williams was nearly over in the ditch on his side of the road when the opposite car kept on closer, in front of the Zurich car, when suddenly they collided into each other, blinding lights Is said to be the cause of the Williams drives a new few' months old, and it siderable damage, the was damaged considerably more. The estimate of the damage is about $75 and It will be a considerable expense fo the party to whom It falls to pav the damages. Traffic Officer Lever was at once called and investigated the accident—Zurich Herald. accident. Mr. car of only a received con- Exeter car he com- favor, table nor afternoon. Rowland and apr- RETURNS ,TO MISSION STATION Miss Edith Sparling Returns to Mission1 Station in China for Third Time in *24 Years. Edith Sparling, missionary in United Sze-'chuan, his superior address con tin- learnedhave you force? Who visited “If Hugh Campbell is involved in this at all, he’ll be too clever to> do anything so conspicuous or suspi­ cious. In fact, he’ll probably come forward as soion as he learns Head­ quarters wants him.” He paused, “Phone the Bureau, Jenks, and tell Gordon to inquire for him at all the best hotels in town. If he’s staying in Philly and isn’t with friends, he’ll cheek in only at the finest. He deliberated a moment then finished his instructions. “Besides, he has connections here, through which he might .be traced. Let’s see . . . there’s Gus- sie Morton at the Morton Club and Nick Alberti, manager of the Organ­ dy Club on South Bsoad street. Tell Gordon to visit them tor a chat.” Jenks made a note of 'the mentioned, and ued: “Now, what from the office the firm during the afternoon!” He notdded toward the chairs lin­ ed against the wall beyond the rail, where a man and woman waited whom Rankin had barely noticed on his arrival. They sat apart, the wo­ man demure and chic in a gray dress that Tevealed an attractive figure; about twenty-three years old, was physically, small, with features, pretty in manner. The man was as small. Close upon was tall and broad-shouldered. His eyes were dull and unimaginative and altogether he radiated ponder­ ous energy, without alertness or sa­ gacity. Studying them in turn., Rankin asked his colelague: “For whom were they witnesses, Jenks? ■ Who are they and what do they know of the case?” “The girl’s name is Jill Edmond— Miss Jill Edmond,’ Jenks replied. “Earlier, I understand, she worked as Mrs. Rowland’s secretary last De­ cember and January.” “Worked is right, but not any longer,” Rankin commented with a smile. ‘"'Because she happens to be his correspondent—'the woman with whom, he had the affair that caused his wife sue for divorce.” It was the other’s turn to smile— knowingly, with a slightly lascivious smirk. With regard to the order of en­ trances and exists that afternoon, Jenks fully corroborated Rankin’s own inquiries. His time-table, to­ gether with some notes and observa­ tions, read as follows: 2:20—Mrs. Rowland and Mr. Wil­ lard arrive and enter library. 2:25—Mr. Trumbull, arrives, and waits n outer office. 2:30—'Alien Rowland and Mrjs. Keith arrive, and with Mr. Trumbull pass into library. 2:35—Jill Edmond arrives and waits in outer office. 2:38—Hugh Campbell arrives and waits in outer office. 2:38 (about)—Allen Rowland leaves Mrs. Keith in 15'05, and re­ joins Mr. Trumbull. 2:39*—Mrs. Rowland joins Camp­ bell, has brief conversation. (Find out what about.) 2:40—“Allen Rowland and Mr. Trumbull leave suite through ’‘main office, Rowland to dismiss chauffeur she petite an unobstruslve large as she was fifty years, he him, into clos- direct would which The preliminary testimony estab­ lished Mrs. Rowland’s right to. sue for separation in Pennsylvania. She had resided at her estate in Parkway Road, Germantown, continuously ex­ cept for her vacations. Allen Row­ land had also lived there until she discovered his infidelity. Then he went into bachelor apartments he had already evidently been occupy­ ing, in West Philadelphia. The marrage certificate was* of­ fered in evidence. .She had met him four and a half years before, while wintering in Miami. As a life­ guard at the beach, he had perform­ ed for her some service, not clearly detailed, which first 'brought them together. Before that he had led a wandering, adventurous life—a cow­ hand in 'Texas, a movie extra in Hollywood, a .riding master in Chi­ cago. They were married by an Episcopal clergyman, at Fort Laud- erlade, on December 28, 1928. Jill Edmond, of course, was the bone of the fatal contention between Adele and Allen Rowland. A month before the past New Year, Mrs. Row­ land had advertised for a secretary in the columns of several newspapers The “ad” required a young and per­ sonable girl of more than average intelligence and ability.^ It would be her duty to attend to her employer’s correspondence, manage her enagagements and in general as a companion. Of all the cants, Miss Edmond, petite neatly dressed, alert, clever willing, had appeared most suitable for the post. Mrs. Rowland first had reason to suspect the girl’s relations with her husband less than three weeks later. She had remained ar home from a bridge party on the 23rd of the same month, because of a headache; but she retired without informing Miss Edmond of her indisposition. Des­ cending unexpectedly from, her roOm at (tour o’clock, she found her in ' the library, ostensibily writing let­ ters at her desk, while Allen Row­ land bent over her, his arm around her shoulder. Their nonchalant ajr in attempting to' carry off the em­ barrassing situation did not deceive her. Confronted by this discovery, Adele Rowland consulted her (brother who arranged to hire detectives to' watch the couple. Both parties were to be trailed every moment, wherever they went, whether separ­ ately or not. There followed in the notes, a resume by the detectives of their social serve appli- and and iiJilJiJIlllll JJIJ1IJJIJJIII Jill jJIUllIJIi movements in watchjng the subjects of their vigilance. 'On the Thursday afternoon after they began work, young Rowland kept a rendezvous with the secretary in a park in Ger­ mantown and took her to supper in town. Two days later they trailed Rowland alone to the Westview Apartments in West Philadelphia, Investigation revealed that for eight months he had had an establishment under the name of .Seymour King. The crisis occurred on a Wednes­ day, February 1st, the girl’s next holiday. At 'tour o’clock that after­ noon, so Mrs. Rowland related in her testimony, she accidentally noticed a scrap of paper jn her hus­ band’s writing in the secretary’s wastebasket. Evidently he realized at last that they were suspected and employed this indirect method of communicating with her. In the no'te, he made an< appointment to meet her that very evening at nine o’clock. Therefore, when the gj-rl, during supper, specially requested to be excused from duty that night, her employer granted the Rowland was not at the had he been at home that In the meantime, Mrs. telephoned the detectives prised him of her knowledge. Then they called Mr. Willard and prepar­ ed plans for couple, (So it was land reached Wednesday night, Willard and the detective were al­ ready hidden, there; they watched unseen from the lawyer’s car. Row­ land drove up alone in a coupe on the hour, and his paramour joined him. They followed him beyond the 'ity limits along the Bethlehem Piike as far as Quakertown. Fortyfive five miles from Philadelphia, Row­ land turned off the main highway to reach the fashionable and expen­ sive .Sunset Inn, which, however, like many such roadhouses, possessed a questionable reputation. It was 10- 30 when he arrived with his com­ panion. As they went inside, the pursuers, careful lest their quarry Observe them, halted a hundred yards front the building. .For some time they waited pa­ tiently. In ten minutes, a, new light illumined one of the second (floor rooms and Allen Rowland appeared at the window and lowered the shade. At '11:15 the three trailers ntered. The chamber the husband and his companion occupied was number 212 on the second floor. (Here, the hotel book was placed on the record j to prove Allen Rowland’s registra­ tion for both of them as husband and wife. In his .handwriting was the entry for Mr. and Mrs. King, of Allentown, .Pennsylvania.) Without warning, Mr. Willard knocked on the door; and when it opened, it re­ vealed a scene that could hardly be moire compromising. The guilty, man stood in. the doorway, chagrined and astonished, in colored pyjamas, a robe an£ slippers, while Jill Edmond pale and breathless, sat .on the bed in negligee. It was at this precise juncture that Mr, Mortimer Keith stalked into the Inn bedroom, took in the situ­ ation with a hurried glance and, of­ fering no explanation, departed as abruptly as he had entered. When Rankin reached this amaz­ ing statement in the record, he sat backj with a jerk, audibly express­ ing his bewilderment. It came from the private detective, volunteered casually in his complete description of what occurred in Room. 212, ter the 'invasion. (Continued next week,) trapping the faithless that when Allen Row- the rendezvous that his wife, Mr. Witliin His Rights in af- He had just been worsted business deal and he was very angry. "I look upon you, sir, as a ras­ cal!" he said. “Yo<u are privileged,” said his ri­ val, “to look upon me in any char­ acter you care to assume." 3- of as Don’t Neglect Your Kidneys Don’t Endanger Your Health Disordered kidneys ate too important to ignore. It is well, therefore, to deal With, even minor irregularities promptly. One should keep careful watch Of the kidneys and assist them when signs Of disordered kidney action persists, A When nagging backaches exist, when too fre­ quent calls to empty the bladder take place, it is well to take prompt measures. For 50 years Doah’s Kidney Pills have been recommended in. these con­ ditions. They stimulate the activity of the kidneys and assist them in freeing the system of poisonous matter.If troubled, why not give Doan’s Kidney Pills a trial? Rev. A. J. Vining, Secretary Social Service in Canada speaks follows: “Tell yO.ur children never to take anything from the hands of strangers.” In Mr. Vining’s exper­ ience he had found not a single town in Ontario that did not have its traffic. The drug vendors seek to trap the children who ate easily caught. When once the child has had several doses, he is helpless against the demands of the system for the drug. “Forwarned is fore­ armed.” BOY SCOUT APPLE DAY, TO BE HELD OCTOBER lOtli % Annual Boy Scout apple day will be o»n< Saturday, October 19. This date vjas set at a meeting of the exe­ cutive in the Boy Scout headquarters Funds obtained by the sale of apples fs for the. maintenance and support of the Boy Scout movement The campaign will be conducted along the same plan as previous years. ■Miss church China, who returned to her work last autumn after a year’s furlough at her home in St. Marys, finds that her present station is very different from when she firs* went there 24 years ago. Writing to Mrs. Richard Booth, of London, with whom she stayed during a visit to London last year to speak on her work, Miss Sparling tells of her vork at Tzeliut- sing, where she has commenced to* work for the third time. On her first visit to this place 24 years ago 'Miss Sparling says she found things very different today. “I cannot resist the temptation to make a few contrasts. Twenty-four years ago the church was not fin­ ished and the first foreign residence was in process of construction. There was no hospital. There was a girl’s day school of about 20 pupils and a boys’ day school of 70 pupils. Today there is a church that, seats several hundred people and a church for children that seats at least 30'0, a fine general hospital, five residences for the missionaries, three Junior (Middle Schools for girls, boys and women, four primary schools in the city with several hundred students, and one kindergarten with over 100 pupils. In this district the educa­ tional wonk has gone ahead of th© church work and there are a num­ ber of towns where there are schools but no pastor, Most of the teach­ ers, however, are willing boi hold a service on (Sunday. I cannot tell the number of church members. In some places we regret to say there are members but not 'Christians. Many of them, however, are very earnest Christians who1 gladden our hearts,"' Miss .Sparling writes. Rural Evangelism. Quoting further from the interest­ ing letter Miss Sparling says: “My wdrk here is rural evangelihtic. We have an Evangelistic Band consist­ ing of two Chinese pastors, one man who was formerly a teacher. Miss Li, .Dr. (Smith, Mr. Reed and myself. We are seldom all in one place at one time, but there are usually tour of us. Since the first week in Jan­ uary we have held meetings in 15 towns with an attendance of about 30,000 gnown-ups and in the night meetings for children there have been over 7,000. Three hundred and twenty-five men and women have written down their names saying they want to be Christians.” -.Miss Sparling tells of her- work among grouips of women and oif the fine results obtained. Some of the women have learned to pray and asked forgiveness for their besetting sins such as gambling and smoking opium. The writer also fspeaks of the work in the western part of the province being inconvenienced by the advance of the Red army. “We have gone on with the wonk1 as usual although occasionally we have not been able to get men to carry our loads as the military folk were com­ mandeering men to carry their mun­ itions. Since Chial Shek’s arrival in Chengtu confidence has been restor­ ed and the wives of the missionaries whb had to leave that station have been permitted to return," she says. The writer also tells of her return journey to (China and of the very stormy voyage across the Pacific. Tfie trip up the river to Chungking is included. It was Miss Sparling’s 13th trip through the Yangste Gorg­ es which become wonderful every time. The difficulties of the rest of the journey on a very crowded steamer are also described. In one part of the river it took nine days to> travel a distance of 150 miles. .Dttringn her furlough Miss Sparling spoke several times in London and throughout the district and has made a great many friends. iCALGARY—Cattlemen of Alberta, whose incomes have been enriched by thousands of dollars through shipments to United State .markets, are prepared for a continued heavy demand from across the boundary during the next two months. 300,000 Heacr Sent Despite high rates of duty, heavy shipments have been made since early in January, totalling more than 30,000 head from Alberta ranches, and enriching the sellers by more than $1,500,000. Drought condi- dltions in the United States opened the market to 'Canadian cattle. There is a surplus of rangeland stock, of the kind required in the United States, to'meet the demand cattlemen said and (big . shipments are expected this, month. Orders have already been placed for 5,000 head of calves, yearlings and feed­ ers. Cattle shipments to the United States from (Alberta alone this year are five times as great as they were for the entire Dominion last year. Exports in 1934 foir the whole of Canada amounted to only 6,5'6-7 head. The price paid this year has averaged $55 a head, Buy Feeder Cattle There has also -been a heavy move­ ment this fall to Ontario feeds lots, two notable buyers being Premier Hepburn and his Minister of Agri­ culture, Hon, Duncan Marshall. The Ontario premier, during the great election tour through Southern Al- bprta, purchased two cars of Here­ ford (feeders steers.—known in the range country as “whitefaces." Mr. Marshall placed an order for one car presumably for one of the On­ tario' Government farms. Husband—Who was that you were talking to a whole hou‘.r at the gate? Wife—That was Mrs. Smith, she hadn’t time to come in. IT PAYS TO FERTILIZE ALFALFA Crop statistics show that alfalfa acreage in Huron recently has con­ stituted 1(8 per cent, of the hay land of this county. Information, regard­ ing Improvement of this important crop, then, is of special interest to Huron farmers. For some years past the local De­ partment of Agrculture in co-opera­ tion with the Department iof Chem­ istry, Ontario Agricultural College, has been conducting fertilizer tests on alfalfa in different parts of the county. Average results show yields of green alfalfa hay without fertil­ izers amounting to 8,949 lbs. per acre. Adjoining sections receiving 0-1'2-15 at the same time yielded 12,3 6 8 lbs. while similar areas re­ ceiving complete fertilizer yielded 11,970 lbs. per acre. Hence the phos- phate-potash fertilizer gave a gain of 3,419 lbs. green alfalfa, at a cost of $5.00 per acre , It is interesting to note that com­ plete fertilizer did not make quite as large a yield. This is undoubt­ edly because alfalfa is a gatherer of nitrogen and increases the humus of the eloil. It therefore is equipped to take care of its needs of nitrogen, but it draws heavily on the soil for potash, phosphate and lime. The addition of phosphate-potash fertil­ izer has been found, to increase al­ falfa yields over the Province ap­ proximately 35 per cent, while plete fertilizer increases the 25 per cent. But the results do not stop the crop to which the fertilizer has been applied. Extensive records are on file which show that increases in yields continue from two to three years after the fertilizer has been applied. These increases are, of course, additional gains tor the ap­ plication of fertilizer. In. 1935 a-very interesting test was conducted on the farm of Mr. C. S. Middleton, Clinton, where O-12-ilO was applied at three different rates. While yields increase with the ad­ dition of more fertilizer per acre, necessarily there is a point reached where the additional cost of fertilizer eats up the profit from the increas­ ed hay yields. It is hard to i&ay just where this point is and In an endeavor to gain some light on; the subject, the rate experiment conducted as noted. The yields obtained are as lows: No fertilizer gave a. yield of lbs. green alfalfa per acre, per lbs. per lbs. The 2*50 lbs. Of 0-12-10 per would com- yield with fol- 20>0 lbs. 600 lbs. 090 acre of 0-12-10 yielded green alfalfa per acre, acre of 0-12-10 yielded green alfalfa per acre. 15,- 250 17, - 500 18, - Guest (to hostess—My dear, whore did your wonderful string of, pearls come fr-om? Tou don’t mind my asking do you? Hostess—^Certainly not. They camo from oysters. acre cost approximately $3.75. Farmers livin/g in the vicinity Of Mr. Middleton Will be interested next year to follow this experiment since increases should be evident for two to three years;; It is of interest to note, the fertil­ izers in this experiment were applied in the spring, isimiliarly good re­ sults are being obtained in Michi­ gan by fall applications- to alfalfa. ..................I—I ■■■< ,J_ — Cedar Chests AND NEW FURNITURE Also furniture remodelled to order. We take orders for all kinds of ca­ binet work for kitchens, etc at the DASHWOOD PLANING MILL QJfie lExvtpr ©Wa-Aftuorate Established 1873 and 1887 Published every Thursday morning at Exeter, Ontario SUBSCRIPTION—4 2.010* per year in advance RATES—Farm or Real Estate for sale 50c, each insertion for first four insertions, 25c. each subse­ quent insertion. Miscellaneous ar­ticles. To Rent, Wanted, Lost, or Found 10c. per line of six words. Reading notices 10c. per line. Card of Thanks 5'0c, Legal ad­ vertising 12 and 8c. per-line. 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