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THE McICILLOP MUTUAL
THE CLINTON NiEWS-RECORD
THURS., AUGUST 4, 1932'
FIFTH INSTALLMENT
SYNOPSIS: Johnny Breen, 16
years old, who has spent all his life
aboard a Hudson river tugboat ply-
ing near New York, is tossed'into the
river by a terrific explosition which
sinks the tug, . drowns his mother and
the man he called father. Ignorant,
unschooled, -and fear driven, he'drago
himself ashore, hides in the friendly
darkness, of a'covered truck—only to
be kicked out at dawn—and into the
midst of .a tough gang of boys who
heat and chase him. He escapes into
the basement doorway 'where he
hides. The next day he is rescued
and 'taken into the home of a Jewish
family living in the rear of their se-
cond-hand clothing store. He worker
in the -sweatshop store—and is open.
ly courted by Beck.—,the young
daughter.... The scene shifts to the
hone of the wealthy Van Horns, -on
6th Avenue, where lives the.bachelor
—Gilbert Van Horn—in whose life
there is a hidden chapter. That
was an affair with his ifiother's maid.
who left the house when he was ac-
cused.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
Harriet had left with a uinn, her
father or brother. Simmons did not
know. They walked down toward
Park Avenue, and beyond, to the riv-
er, and the Cavalier, Tom Breen wast
glad to get her at any price.
As Gilbert Ieft home his father
gripped him by the hand. "Well;
Gilbert, you are a Van );Torn, not a
Hallett, thank God. The girl may
show up again. I suppose she knows
how to take care of. herself." The
Fire Insurance Company
' Head Office, Seaforth, Ont.
President,' J. Bennewies, Brodhag•
en, vice-president, James Connelly,
Goderich. Sec. -treasurer, D. F. Mc-
Gregor, Seaforth.
Directors: Thomas Moylan, R. R.
No. 5, Seaforth; James Shouldiee,
Walton; Win. Knox, Londesboro;
Robt. Perris, Blyth; John Pepper,
Brumfield; A. Broadfoot, Seaforth;
G. R. McCartney, Seaforth.
Agents: W. J. Yeo, R.R. Nb. 3,
Clinton; Jelin Murray, ~Seaforth;
James Watt, Blyth; Ed. Pinchley±
Seaforth.
Any money to be paid may be paid
to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of
Commerce, Seaforth, er at Calvin
Cutt's Grocery, Goderich.
Parties desiring to effect insur-
ance or transact other business s!iIl
be promptly attended to on appliea,.
tion to any of the above officers
addressed to their respective post or.
frees. Losses inspected by the direc-
tor who lives nearest the scene.
ANADNAN NATIONALRAllWAYS"
TIME TABLE
Trains will arrive at and depart from
Clinton as follows:
Buff ala and Goderich Div.
Going East, depart 7.08 a.m.
Going East depart 3.00 p.m.
Going West, depart 12.07 p.m.
Going West, depart 9.39p.m.
London, Huron & Bruce
Going South 3.08 p.m.
Going North 11.50 a.m.
Kelly had ordered his drink and was
considering it, . "Joseph Muldoon, a
child of : seven was killed on 51st
Street last April by one of the . new
vehicles. There'll - be dozens ' killed
every year before we know it. Don't
take any chance, Gilbert."
"Depend on me being careful,
Judge—here's looking at you!,
For a while they continued to look
out on Fifth Avenue.
"Como, Gilbert, let's .walk up to
Martin's."
"I feel like a good scrap tonight"
Van Horn stood and flexed his arms.
"Wouldn't niind mixing in it thyself.
Judge, you're a life saver."
' The two friends strolled up the av-
enue in the +dusk.
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For a block or so each ways groups
of loiterers, and the curious, talked
of the fights. The crowd gradually
thickened before the doors of the
club, Now and then some notable
would appear; the McManus came;
then followed the district chief of an
adjoining principality in the -close
feudal system of Tammany; or some
sporting o_elebrity would dash up in
a cab. • It was more the attraction of
the club than any special fame of
the contenders that drew these men.
Pug Malone, the trainer, generally
put up a show. Boys and men look-
ed on, with the perpetual interest o3
expectation.
Gilbert Van Horn and Judge Kelly,
wearing silk opera hats, and with
rakish cloaks over their evening
dress, stepped from a red wheeled
hansom. They had dressed the part;
a hit of convention in the old city, for
A
mx
They were off, shuffling above ;he resin c rimae
words, then as now, held a familiar
ring. "But, let this be a lesson to
you,"
At the club, Bievoort, in the utmost
eonfidenee, pouring out a liberal
highball of Sherwood, tossed it off
and told the whole story to Marvin
Kelly, a gentleman who mingled pol-
itics with law. "I recall the girl,
Marvin, a handsome wench, a figure,
if you follow me, and a way with her.
Think of leaving my boy closeted
With that"
"IIe's a Van Ilorn all right. We11,
here's luck to 'ern both."
"How " and the men tossed off
their drink.
The affair never got outside of the
Van Horn home. Servants in those
days, were loyal; it was still in a
time when servants talked, but not
for publication.
Gilbert Van Horn, in the fall of
1900, sat in the window of his Fifth
Avenue club.
Marvin Kelly, Judge of the State
Supreme Court, man about town,
gray, genial, came in as the long af,
ternoon shaded into night.
"Gilbert, old boy," Marvin Kelly
drew • off his gloves and tossed his
cane and hat on a vacant chair. "I'm,
having a bit of fun tonight, on the
Bowery, idown at Mellfanus'„place.
What are you doing?”
"Having a whiskey sour, what
else?" .
"All right. Dine with meat Mar-
tin's, and then for the mixed -ale
scrappers. Malone has a string of
terriers, he's trying out a couple of
heavies"
"All right, Judge—Ah, Josephine.
I want to tell you about her.
"Yes."
'Well, you know, I'm rather lucky
about, that. Getting to feel like a
family man, home, you know, laugh-
ter, and a bit of responsibility. She's
entered at the Misses Filters. :Sort
of has the crowd guessing. Gad,
met her the other day, out walking
With' a class. Really, I felt as if '1
was responsible for the whole lot of
them. A. female gave ine a cold stare
when I bowed to my ward."
"Gilbert, all you need is a hint, and
d
you'll be e family man' yet.';
"I'm thinking seriously •of getting
an automobile." ..They talked idly.
"Looked at a Panhard the other day,
just brought over•. The foreign mak-
ers are•years ahead of us in that.",
"It's a dangerous thing.',( Judge
the Bowery, and the bunts, expected
it of the quality.
As they alighted Sol Bernfield
holding John by the arm, passed the
door of the club and entered the
fighter's dressing room. It was
crowded and a maze of talk and smoke
greeted them. John had learned that
he need` only fight one opponent at a
time, and he knew that leather gloves
were far less damaging than brass
knuckles. His point of view wart
typical of his experience. Generally
he got five dollars for a fight, not an
ineonsiderable amount, and here he
might earn fifteen.
"But you got to win. Remember it,
John, you got to win to top the big
money." John and Sol were being
pushed along a narrow aisle to the
ringside as Gilbert and the Judge
took their seats, chatting with the
McManus.- Blue smoke lifted in the
air, drifting hi flat veils like un-
steady saucers of mist. A hmn of
talk rose between the scraps. It
was a male audience; it was a time
of hard heroic fighting. A hush fell
over the hall as the announcer ap-
peared. John had climbed into the
ring, and a million fierce little eyes-
terribly
yesterribly close together, in pairs,
seemed to be boring at him from all
sides of an endless void.
Immediately about hint, under
streaming light, was stary reality.
"The next bout, gentleman, an' I
hope it Will be a tont,"—there was a
slight pause filled with boos and
jeers— "is between" --nand the stout
roan under the floodlight in the ten-
ter of the ring brought n piece of pa-
per closer to his eyes—"is (between
Rasper ,Jorgan" he waved his hand
toward a corner of the squared •circle
—a dark-skinned muscular youth rose
to, the introduction, grinning at the
crowd, "known as the 'Polack Won-
der,' and"—lhis other hand pointed
accusingly at John Breen — "and
Fighting Lipvitch!"
The fighters liad their bandages
examined. Tho gloves. were adjusted,
The stools were pulled from the corn.
ers. All but the referee left the ring:
The fighters shook hands. The Bong
sounded. They were -off, shuffline
above the rosined canvas. The cold'
white light pelted'. down on them.
Their bodies glistened; like animated
specimens on some Monsters operate
ing table. The calla .of the crowd,
rose more -violent ' than ever. The
Knock his block off! Bust him up!
Mix-'erl Kill him!" interspersed with
oaths, greeted the senses of John
reeling: •backward from a hard- blew
on .the nose. The warns salty blood
trickling over his lips, sucking into
his mouth, filled hint with an un-
governable rage. Dancing before his
narrowed •eyes he saw the thing he
was after, a cruel fighter who, in
those red moments epitomized the
enmity of man.
During the first minute of the
round, as . the fighters, by their ac-
tions, revealed a lack of science,
many of the audience turned their
backs to the ring, preferring to' dis-
cuss matters • of greater interest
while awaiting the main event of the
evening, a much touted bout between
third-rate heavies." But, as the Ras -
per drew blood, and the fighting
kyke showed spunk, the Faris, alert
on the instant, turned back to the
ring. The tiered seats and: the gal-
lery bent over, glued to their •chairs
and benches. The mephitic air,
heavy with stale tobacco and foul
with the fumes of .whiskey breath,
vibrated under the impact of tight
fighting gloves pummeling human
flesh.
The Kasper landed again and again,
then John, seeing an opening, drove
his hard right to the chin and laid
bare the Iower teeth of the .Polack.
Dark blood oozed from the cut lip in
a sluggish stream. A quick left tc
the jaw, partly blocked by the Ras -
per, spattered blood over both. fight-
ers; the gong sounded the end of the
round. Cheers rose from the ring-
side, eat calls and boos mingled with
the din. The stamping of feet and
the dust and smoke that lifted above
the crowd attested their approval,
Polack Wonder was picked to win;
dries• of"iS,firthe, v,uliiteNwashed.;ltyltet
They were getting blood and action
for their money.
Stools were shoved into the ring
and the Kasper was" rushed to his
corner.' A towel tosser, gulping
large mouthfuls of water from a bot-
tle, sprayed the contents over the
face and body ,of his man, while two
others -massaged his arms and legs,
and advisers from the,Greenpoint
section' whispered breathless instruc-
tions • for the continuation on their
man, and partisan fans shouted en-
couragement. , "Ya got him, Rasp.
Kill hint in the next! He's white
he is! Plug his wind! Look out for
his ...right! : He's a nut—crack him!"
Fighting Lipvitch also had his ad;
`herents. - Men yelled and howled as
he went to his corner where Manager
Sol, and a boy, worked over 'him in
clumsy fashion., Sol Bernfield had
faileli to provide Itis pian with prop
ei handlers. John wiped his nose
with a towel and gulped from a bot-
tle'of water. Theti he sat back on his
stool, his arms resting on the lower
ropes of the ring. Ire was without
the artificial aid for quick reeupera-
tion accorded his opponent. An an-
gry murmur arose from the excited
crowd, brought to a close by the
ringing of the gong for' the second
round.
The experienced Kasper ducked
and dodged in a waiting game to
wind 'and tire his opponent. 1 -loots
and howls of rage greeted these un-
popular nanoeuvers. "The Polack's
stallin ." some one shouted and an-
empty
nempty flask whirled at him, missed
and crashed. into the spectators in
the opposite ringside sets,. A great
cheer for John swept through the
crowd as his right fist again smash-
ed against the 'jaw of the dodging
Kasper with the hard sharp thud .of
a perfect blow, rocking his man, for
an instant, against the ropes. John
responded to the change of senti-
ment with a burst of speed, landing
right and left against the body in
quick succession and jumping clear of
a furious counterblow. Purple blot-
ches rose under the impact of his
fists. Then, after a running minute,
a short hook to the wind ended the
round. The ,gasper staggered to his
corner, a look of doubt crossing hie
battered face. John fell onto his
stool, his nose again bleeding, a thick
trickle of gore smearing down his
throat' and over his heaving chest.
At a whistle from the trainer two
boys from the Samson Club elbowed
Sol and his assistant out of the cor-
ner, stripped off .their coats and be-
gan rubbing and ;blowing water un-
der direction of Pug Malone' A third,
ntao swung a towel alternately from'
his shoulders, fanning aid into John's
face. They rubbed and kneaded his
legs, fpr fighters tire there first.
"Play, his wind,"• was the advice of
Malone, "don't stop -mind your
guard", and the third round was cal-
led with the sudden clanging of the
gong.
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"Some is natural fighters, same as
some is swimmers," Pug Malone was
"expounding his, views in the dressing_(
room of the 'Samson Sporting Club,
after the fight. "They just naturally
know how to fight, to put steam into
a punch, an: kick, when' it lands.
Why dammit, ninety-nine fighters out
of a hundred, -bit like windmills. Now,
that kicl--Breen's his name not Lip;
shitz, he's no kyke—that kid's a born
natural fighter." •
The Jorgan-Lipvitch fight, ending
by 'a clean knockout in the middle
of the sixth round,, after a mill filled
with fight from start to the count -of
ten., completely overshadowed the
main event, in which the mixed -ale
pugilists, "Red Herring" and Hen-
nessy and Jeff Keegan, floundered
around in clumsy (buffeting while the
crowd dwindled,in disgust.
(Continued Next Week)
DOINGS IN THE SCOUT
WORLD
Between 15,000 and 18,000 Boy
Scouts are camping this summer in
various parts of the Dominion.
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How Many Scouts in Wales?
The last Scout census for Wales
showed 6.822 Scouts', 153 Sea Scouts,
999 Rovers, 51 Rover Sea Scouts,
and 5,504 Wolf Cubs.
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Canadian Uniforms in Falklands
The uniforms worn by 'Scouts of
the Falkland Islands are procured
from Canadian Scout headquarters,
-
Ottawa. Included is a special heavy:;
"windbreaker."
Boy Scouts in the Holy Land '
Since the visit of Jewish Scouts to
the world Scout gathering in England
in 1929 there has been a steady-
growth of the movement in the Holy,
Land. The last census showed a to—
tal of 2,371, largely located in er•,
usalem.
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British Railroad , Scout Societies
A Scout Society has been formed".
by Scout members of the Great Wes-
tern Railq'ay staff at Paddington,
London. Other important divisional"
points "such as Swindon, Bristol, New-
port, Birmingham and Swansea ora:
organizing similar societies. eo.as.
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Iiow Many Scouts in Iroiand.
In Northern Ireland ' 2,602 Boy-
Scouts,
oyScouts, 618 Rovers, 2,306 Wolf Cubs-
and 515 leaders -a total of 6,051,.
Free State: 1,025 ;Scouts, 303 Rovers;,
128 Sea Scouts, 26 Rover Sea Scads,.
553 Wolf Cubs, 256 leaders --a total:
of 2,291.
Camp Good Turns
In carrying out their daily good
turn while in camp Scouts have dis
covered some novel forms of service.
One troop provided an all night guard
fora girls' camp near which a sus-
picious character had been seen.
Another troop "shaved an old gentle;
moan." Numerous cars have been
pulled from sand and mud holes, and
ane car was dragged from a Iake.
Many farmers have been assisted in
various ways.
DUNGANNON: A stoneerusher
has been installed in the gravel pit
11-2 miles west of Dungannon.
Crushed stone from there will be
used for resurfacing the four -mile
stretch of road between Dungannon
and Nile, which has been widened'
and reconstructed.
The advertisements bring you news
of better things to have and easier
ways to live.
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You know that a manufacturer includes in
the selling price of his product a percentage for
press advertising—a percentage ranging from 3
to 5 per cent—sometimes, even more—when
consumer -resistance is great or when the gross
profit margin is very large. So, when a manu-
facturer spends $50,000 a year on press adver-
tising; it can be assumed that the total annual
sales of hie product amount to from $1,000,000
to 61,500,000.
Now, if you are stocking a nationally-adver,
tised product—advertised in big city dailies
and in nationally -circulated magazines, you have
a right to see this product also being locally
advertised—On this newspaper. Your total an-
nual sales of the maker's product, joined to
those of .its other local distributors (if there are
others), entitle you to ,demand that the product
be locally advertised in this newspaper.
- If the maker or his representative talks 10
you about the advertising being done for the
product in big city dailies and in national maga-
zines, tell him that upwards •of 90 per cent. of
the families in your sales territory do not sub-
seri-be'to a big -city daily or to -a national maga-
zine and that, therefore, heis patting on your
shoulders the burden of creating and maintain-
tS9
ing sales.
Clearly, it is not right that poo should be re-
quired o promote the sale of -a product in the
territory 'served by this newspaper, without re-
ceiving from the manufacturer the same kind
and degree of sales assistance which he is giving
retailers resident in cities where he is spending
a lot of money on local advertising.
Quite too often manufacturers don't want to
advertise in local weekly newspapers, saying'
that it costs too much.- They forget, however,
that their sales in towns served by weekly news-
papers provide an advertising fund which should
be spent locally. Why should the contributions
from local sales to the maker's advertising fund
be spent outside the local sales territory?
You have your business to build up, and to the
extent that you •help manufacturers to obtain
and retain sales in this territory, to that ex-
tent you should receive local advertising assis-
tance.
You've got a first,class case to put before
manufacturers who want you to stock and push
the sales of their product, 'then why not present
it, either direct, or through the maker's repre-
sentative when he calls? ,
(N.B.--Cut -out this advertisement, and show it to the representa-
tive of firms whose products you are asked to stock and push)
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