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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1928-05-17, Page 2Clinton News-11,eCord CLINTON, ,ONTARIO Terms of Subscription --$2.00 per year in -advance, to Canadian addresses; '$2:50 to the U.S.co other foreign Countries,- Ho paper discontinued until all arrears aro paid liuless at thooption of the publisher. The date' t.e which every subscription iii paid is denoted on the label, Advertising Rates --Transient adver- tising, 1.2c per count line for first insertion, Se for each subsequent insertion, 'Beading counts'2 lines. Small advertisements, not to exceed" one filet, sucli ae "Wanted," "Lost,' "Strayed,' etc., inserted- _once for. 32c. each subsequent insertion 16c. Advertisements sent In without, in- structions as to the number of in- sertions wanted will run until order- ed out and_ will be charged accord- ingly. Rates for display advertising Made known on application, Communications intended for pub- lication must, as: a guarantee of good -faith, be accompanied by the name of tho writer. G. E. Hall, M. R. CLARK, Proprietor. Editor. M. D. &TAG T • BANKER Green, Tea •linin ors do not ks~ eW the 1101 eeo9try- intent of Green T,Pa . ales they use "SAL/IDA" Gree -,—the very' eheiikesit variety, Mended to pari rea.'i-ORI--Ipaciked Ira alar' gh' , ot'al :e protect the ilaviite.--$1e9iis for ¢envy, SO per for It at :. any "groper s. eci-o -sevew THE ei CLEARIIIG This unusual series of stories reals with the exploits of "Chinese" Pen nington, a detective sent by his gov- ernment to British North Borneo to run to earth The Yellow Seven, a gang A general -Banking Business transact- of Chinese bandits. /.ed, Notes, Discounted. Drafts Issued. Interest Allowed on Deposits, Sale Notes Purchased, H. T. RANCE Notary Public, Conveyancer. Financial, Real listate. and Fire ' In- surauce Agent, Representing 14 Fire Insurance "Companies, Division Court Office, Clinton.. W. BRYDONE Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, etc. Office: SLOAN BLOCK CLINTON DR. J. C. GANDIER Office hours: --1.30 to 3,36 pari, 6,30 to 8.00 p.m„ Sundays, 12.30 to 1.30 p;m. Other hours by appointment only. Office and Residence Victoria St. DR. FRED G. THOMPSON Office and Residence: Ontario Street Clinton, Ont. One door west' of Anglican Church, phone 172 Eyes examined and glasses' fitted * * * * "Chinese" Pennington lay tapping the toes; of bis shoes together, gazing through the wreath of smoke that hung above him at a lizard that clung to the ceiling of the veranda of Cap- tain John Hewitt—Commissioner of Police. A hand reached clown and scratched at a • section of white calif that showed between the lewest`ex- tremity of a carefully creased trouser - leg and the top of a crumpled. sock. The strange' diagonal slits, behind. which his eyes had a knack of disap- pearing, widened presently, and he looked across lit Monica. "Hot, isn't it?" a you've depided to sit up 'because I've' Hung," she said lots of things I want to ask you•" "What sort of things, Mrs. Viney?" "There are heaps of things I don't understand," she told him. "Why don't you arrest Mr. Chat -Hung?" "You think we ought to?" " "Why, of. courso. You know him to be the leader of Chinese opinion. on the island; you know him to be cunning, unscrupulous, capable of. anything... , I can't see why Jack bothers himself to scour the country- side fpr Chat -Bung's puppets -when the oily Oriental who actually pulls DR. PERCIVAL HEARN Office and Residence: Huron Street Clinton, Ont. Phone 69 (Formerly occupied by the. late Dr. C. W. Thompson), Eyes examined and glasses fitted DR. H. A. MCINTYRE • DENTIST Oliice hours: 9 to 12. A.M. and 1 to 5 P.M., except Tuesdays and Wednes- days. Office Over Canadian National Express, Clinton, Ont, r - Phone 21. DR. F. A. AXON .. .DENTIS' - Clinton, Ont. Graduate of C.O.D.S., Chicago, and -R.C.D.S., Toronto. Crown and Plate Work •a Specialty ,OyEDMtit.ttpltfftta..:, ' morestwona in/.4switssw MI) "Until then every planter who walks in lonely places -goes in peril of his life; every white manwho cm- plays "a Chinese cools -boy should look closely into his credentials when he en- gages him, and carefully into his cook- ing forever thereafter!" At that moment, Pennington, who had been looking through the doorway, raised , a warning finger.' Monica turned to see the face of Chai-Hung regarding -her from the foot of the steps which led to the verandah.' Over his head was the inevitable red um- brella, and an undersized coolie—ill- favored and hump-backed—lurked in the background. The' Oriental bent himself nearly double before: the Eng- lish girl. "Good afternoon, Mrs. Viney. How d'you do, Mr. Pennington? Is His Excellency the Commissioner . at home?" Almost too hot to think. I m glad "I'm afraid he's out, Mr. Chai- "I came in by the train this after- oon," he said, in a rasping voice. "I came to suggest, that a little more police vigilance might be exerted in, the district in which my estate lies. An unpleasant incident occurred there last night. Mr. Alliston -an assistant on a local plantation—was the victim of what I. believe you call ` a gang murder'." - Pennington's brain reeled. "Allison!" he gasped.` The Oriental nodded calmly. "It appears he was the bearer of D. H. 1VIcINNES Chiropractor—Electrical Treatment. Of Wiughanm, will be at the Rotten bury House, Clinton, on Monday, Wed- nesday and Friday forenoons of each week. Diseases • o2 all kinds suceesefully handled. GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron. Correspondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can he made for Sales Date tit The 'News -Record, Clinton, or by calling Phone 203. Charges Moderate and Satisfaction Gaaranteed. Canada's Mountain Playground ISTANDARD•OFQUALITY FOR OVER 5O YEARS The world offers no more beautiful I Built of .natural building materials scenery than that Round in Jasper ifoimnd in the territory in ..which it is National Park, that wonderful .out -of- I situated, Jasper Park Lodge is proving doors playground in Northern Alberta i a mecca for tourists. Pine and cedar on the lines 02 the Canadlan'Nationar logs, rough boulders and othernatural, Railways.'; Lakes, rivers, mountains building materials have been utilized and glaciers, and a splendid 18-1sole In the construction of the main lodge golf course ail combine to make 7as and ofthe bungalows, apart from the 'Per National .Park .one of the finest `main lodge, in which accommodation of tourist centres. on the North ,Amer1- for the maiority of the guests is pro- cess Continent, • and the Canadian .Tided. The result 1s a series of log National Railways have provided the ;cabin homes, where the visitor Iives utmost -in :comfort and convenience amid mountain surroundings, 'enjoying for thiNfravellers in their wonderous wonderouh-scenery and breathing' the log cabin hotel, Jasper Park Lodge, health -giving mountain air, . while his which will be visited by the members of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association at theclose of their. Ed- monton Convention this summer. the wires is still at large," a considerable stim of money with The man; with the Chinese eyes bal-'which to pay the coolies and stayed a anced a rubber pouch• cot his knees and trifle too long at n friend's .bdngalow." began rolling a fresh cigaret. Monica "Thanks,' said Pennington drily. watched him impatiently. She found it difficult to associate in her mind the two Pennington—the youthful, immaculate idler who ornamented her brother's bungalow, leading an appar- ently purposeless existence, and the gaunt, lean scarecrow who; a master of dialects and disguise—wandered undetected ' from drinking -house to opium -den, from market -plane to camp -fire, hounding nut the spreaders of a sedition that disturbed the peace of the handful of white settlers that dwelt on these fringes of eivilization. "I'm afraid you have to blame me for that, Mrs, Viney," he said slowly. "You see, things aren't always as easy as they seam. Chai-Hung is still the most respected Chinaman in Borneo. I'm prepared to admit that there was a time whet- things looked black against him. It seemed incred- ible that he ;should' be able to find a way out, but he did. Amonga legion of worshipping followers it was by no - ,so,,,, means difficult ' ler him to discover a "lite Yellow Seven," she whispered. seape-goat." Monica sat up. "But the Yellow. Seven" she persist- "I'm much obliged. It's a queer thing, ed excitedly. "Nothing can explain away that." Pennington spread 'out his hands., "I know," he agreed. "In almost every outrage committed that yellow card, with its seven black dots has to it does been traced; but.what go prove, after all?—merely that the per- petrator belonged to a society or cult among which this symbol exorcises a significance. It proves nothing against B. R. HIGGINS Clinton, Ont. General Fire and'Life Insurance Agent for Hartford Windstorm, Live Stock, Automobile 'and Sickness and Accident Insurance. Huron and Erie and Cana- da Trust. Bonds. Appointments made to meet parties at Bruoefield, Varna and Saltier]. 'Phone 57. �i4NADtAN;j 'lktt�N��& hit* TIME TABLE Trains win arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows; Buffalo and Goderich Div. Going East, depart 6.44 aim. 2.52 p.m. Going' West, ar. 11,50 a.m. " ''" ar. 13.08 tip. 6.53 p.m, ar. 10:04 p.m. London, Huron & Bruce Div. Going South, Or. 7,56 dp. 7.56 am. rr It fa 4,10.DM. Oohng North, •depart 6.50 p.m. ar. 11.40 dp. 1.1.51, kin. log cabin is equipped with hot and cold running water, steam heat, and all the cotaforts of a ' modern city hotel, she could observe the bright yellow surface of its other side, and the seven black dote witho which it was orna- mented; "The Yellow Seven!" she whispered. Pennington left the rail and began pacing, the verandah "His agents are everywhere,"'he ventured presently. "Even his visit this afternoon was carefully calculat- ed se that he should run no risk of encountering your brother on his way. He knew that Hewitt was lunching with the governor at Sandakan. He is undoubtedly aware that the Commis- sioner is returning with the warrant 'for the arrest of our friend, Chai- Hung!" "Then that is why—" "That is why he is going away for. an indefinite period." • Monica's forehead wrinkled. "Oughtn't you to do something?" Pennington smiled grimly. "Chai-Hung is being watched—night and day," Monica uttered a deep sigh of con- tentment, "I don't see that there's much to bother about, then. You're bound to get him." "You'd think so, wouldn't you? I used to think so—once:" But that was when I allowed myself to be car- ried away by youthful enthusiasm. There's something about Chai-Hung THE MCKI'LLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth,. Ont. T)T.I't'Lr7C'r Oliz•.:- Preaifsnt, 3e,nes lO\dne,. 'Beech -wood; Vice, -'James Connolly G :ler:eh; Sec.- . Treasurer, 11..7'. 7leC.regor, Seaforth. Directors' George, McCartney, Seaforth; Zanies Shouldico, Walton; Murray 010 - Aon, )3ruccfteld; Am. ?Ling Seaforth; Robert T et [ie, lTa loele; .I'ebn Ben neweir, 13tvdhauen Tas, nonolly, Godrriah. Agents AlexLeitch, Clinton, J. W. 7'eo,-Godecloliltd, l4lnshley, beaterth;; J. A, Murray, I;gniondvillo; it. ti,'Jar-, ntu.th,- 13iodbagen. -' Any money to be paid In may bepaid to Moorish Clothing CO„ Clinten,'or a.t, Calvin Cutei: G,eeory, Gederlch. l artier desiring to efftet Insurance or transact other business will be promptly attended to on.-himplication. to any tit the shove offcers addressed to thele respec- tive poet office, Loosen inspected by the, Director who lives nearest the scene; Chai-Hung." But you know—" "0f course I knomv. You know— and so does your brother, but it's up to us to prove our case, It's up to me to catch Chai-Hung red-handed with the cards in his possession. .Have you aver seen lalang, Mrs. Viney? It's a weed that grows high on ill -tended plantations. ` Once deeply -rooted, it spreads eveuywher.:•. To destroy it, you must dig it up—roots and all— and burn it until there is nothing left. that can take mot again. The Yellow Seven is like lalang. I've got to make certain that Chai-Hung is the root- and the only root." "I see," said Monica thoughtfully. "And until this happens-?" The cool, comforting flavor of WRIGLEY S Spearmint is a lasting pleasure. It cleanses the mouth after eating- -gives a clean taste and sweet breath. It is refreshing and digestion aiding. ISSUE No, 20—'28; Mr. Chai-Hagg, but I'd always re- garded your territory free from this sort of thing. I rather fancied it was because you Ivere(thore!" For fraction of a second the eyes of Chai-Hung flashed fire. The Chinaman produced an envel- ope from his tunic pocket, "Perhaps you would be kind enough to hand this to Captain Hewitt. It was found•near the scene of the tra- gedy." T Pennington took the envelope. "I take it that the crime was enact- ed within reasonable c;istance of your house, 1vlr. Chai-Hung?" "Unpleasantly so..", "And this—clue was discovered by olio of your men?" "It was found by me." .Pennington°'scremved up his eyes. "That's interesting," he said softly. "I wonder if you could manage to pass this way again, say tomorrow morn- ing—about ten?" ' Chailiung shook his head slowly. "I'm afraid that would be utterly impossible." "Going away?" inquired Pennington' casually. The corners of ,the Chinalnan's mouth twiched. "I may possibly be absent from my residence—for an indefinite period," he announced loftily "I shall be obliged if you will inform His. Excel- lency the Cotrimissioner that one of ink' secretaries will attend to any; cones pondence he may think necessary. Ile turned abruptly and made his, way toward thedusty road—a ,hun- dred yards below. "Well?" demanded Monica eagerly, as soon as the Celestial and his htmch- backed'sateliite were' out of ear -shot. Pennington leaned back against the wooden rail, "It's perfectly .amazing," he admit- ted. "Pm 'dashed_ sorry for poor Alli- son, of course, btlt it's the main issue that interests me at this moment. Look at the staff -work, lie deliber- ately oragnizes a tragedy .almost on his'own doorstep, and calmly arranges. things so that ho will to the first to bring the . news to the Commissioner. Then he 'presents us with once of these delightful little symbols, los ell the world as if he'd never seenone in all his life before! Ye gods," Ile slid a finger . udder the flap of the envelope and tare it open. Monica saw hint draw out a card. FIe held the thing with its black back before her, then' twisted his fingers so that Ink Dried by Sand Before Discoverey of '4: lotting Paper Prize Diamonds are Fdund in rid No Digging Necessary to Get Orange River Stones, Worth about '$2,- - 500,000 Cape Towm—Diamonds' more beau- tiful than anything the world has seen will be sent to the cutters in Europe -when the •official ban on the new areas in Namaqualand is removed. These rich patches of gravel near the mouth . of the Grange River:' al- ready have yielded stones worth near- ly $2,500;000, and the surface has been only scratched. ` A Cabinet minister recently spent an hour picking- up stones on a claim,' There was noia- borious digging or washing. Hecol- lected' everything that looked like a diamond, 'and when his finds were sorted their value was estimated at $30,900. CLAIMS CAREFULLY GUARDED In size purity and quality the Na- maqualand stones compare favorably with the historic finds of the -past. Very few people have been allowed to see them- The claims at the mouth 'Workman's Error Led to Use R b i d of the OrangeRiver are • e ng guar - of. -Absorbent Material, ed, but the territory is so large that Popular Overnight it has been impossible to prevent raids. Ink, according to "The Mentor The raiders make swift motor -car Magazine," was universally dried with dashes from -the alluvial digglggs in sand until, about a century ago, blot- the Transvaal across the lonely veld ting paper was accientally discovered- to Namaqualand. They seem to know One day in an ordinary paper mill in exactly where to search, and they rush Berkshire, England, a careless work- their finds back. to their onw claims, man .forgot to put sizing in the mix. where they are able to "discover" and Apparently the whole lot was waster. register them without danger of being It was set aside and the neglectful caught. employee soundly berated. It is strange that these new dia- A short time later the proprietor de- mond fields, containing the richest cided to write a note. He deemed the Board in the world, should have escap- condemned paper good enough for this ed the shovels of prospectors for so and, taking a sheet of it, he sat down many years. to his task. As fast as he wrote the The late Fred C. Cornell, author in kspread over the whole surface. He and prospector, who knew the myster- rose in veecation to throw the sheet Mus territory south of the Orange away, when suddenly a thought struck River better than any other explorer him. Could he not use this for drying of his time, followed the legendary ink? gleam of diamonds in the desert sand He put the idea to immediate test for years without success. In his •boolce and found that the new paper dried and articles he predicted that vast ink admirably. He called it "blotting" quantities of diamonds, washed down paper and under this name found no toward the mouth of the river from inland diamond pipes, would one day be discovered. And now, after his death, the stories which the primitive Hottentots of the Richtersveld told him have at last cone true. STONES TINGED WITH BLUE Diamonds also have been found on the islands off the coast to the north of the Orange River, Many scientists believe dont all the coast diamonds that baffles one at every turn. He's trouble in disposing of the entire stock a past -master of cunning, an enthusi to the -trade. This means of drying astic student of every diabolical crime ink became popular overnight and soon in existence, but, beyond all that, he's was in general use.. gifted with an intuition— a sort of Because red rags were used in its second -sight, that borders on the sup- manufacture crimson was for a long ernatural." time its act:epted color. Nowadays * * * * blotting paper is made in any number Captain John Hewitt swung into`nf colors and chiefly 'in white, And view a bare half-hour after the fall of darkness, and found his sister waiting for him on the threshold. "Have you got it?" she whispered. The Commissioner looked down at her and smiled reprovingly. ."Get what?" She reached up on tip -toe and whis- pered something in his ear. "You've been hearing more state secrets than are good for you," he laughed. "Why do you ask?" She stood looking out into the tropic darkness. (To be continued.) constant experhnents have greatly im- proved the blotting quality of the ma- originate in a "parent rock" on the tenial Blottingibed of the ocean and that they work as paper is hairlike tub in realityThe their way through submarine pipes by a mass of hairlike tubus. These into the gravel of the seashore. antic up the liquid part of the ink by Among the Namaqualand finds are whatsis known as capillary attraction. some colored stones. One is a rare This is the same system b wherr type tinged with blue, like the notori- plants suck up :water through their ous1y unlucky Hope diamond, and roots. probably is worth thousands of Despite the fact that biottine r pounds. Man of the stones are so is less expensive and more efficienc1ent p y than sand, the United States Senate exquisite in quality that they have the and the houses of Parliament of Great Britain used sand for drying ink long after every one else had adopted. the newer and more convenient method. On the desk of every Senator stood t onlya shaker f sand but also a FOR SMART OCCASIONS, A delightful printed Pussy Willow silk dress, with fashionable. tiered skirt, that can be worn for street, yet is dainty enough for any smart after- noon. The long -waisted bodice with square neckline and applied bands forming deep V at front, of plain harmonizing silk crepe, slenderize the figure. Design No.• 807 is attractive and serviceable, made of wool crepe, tam surfaces of crepe satin or geor- gette crepe, Pattern is obtainable in sizes 16, 18 and 20 years, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure. Sire 30 requires 4% yards of 40 -inch ma- terial with 8% yards of 1th-inch rib- bon. 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The British Navy has converted the M-2, one of her older submarines, into an aircraft carrier. The admiralty's Was that an all'. view on the problem v s nd innne thercaseeofl theanother-2 sweapon an addition to her gunnery equipment, The housing problem for the plane, while the submarine is submerged, is one in the, construction work which gave the most difficulty. The plane is housed under the forepart oi'tho conning tower construction, and the "hangar door" is a specially built roll - type door of light metal construction. A crane is mounted atop the turret for hauling the aircraft aboard alter a landing. The take off is made from a catapult erected on the forward deck of the submersible. 6 The Dangerous Age Is there anything 'so amusing in any one's life and 'at the sante time so dangerous as that period when one funds that in the opinion of others as well as one's self, one has chosen the right career; when one Tittle success leads to another little success; when it appears that one has nothing to do but sit back and allow other people to do the work for one?—Hugh Walpole in Delineator. no s a o South Africa, small package of blotting paper. This So made it possible for the old sand tradi- tion to be upheld and yet found a place for modern efficiency. It frequently was noticed that the oldtimers in the Senate used the blotting paper regu- . arly, while the newer menmbers would have none of it and kept the sand shakers in active' service. \ Italy Movie Mad All Italy is movie mad. They know as much about Gloria Swanson, Tom Mix, Harold Lloyd, and the Dql Rio as we do. 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