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The Clinton News Record, 1928-12-13, Page 2Clinton news- 1 ecora CLINTON, ONTARIO Terms of Subscription-$2.GG Poe.year In advance, to Canadian addressee; $2,60 to the U.S. or other, foreign, Countries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of, the publisher. The 'date to which every subscription is paid is denoted en the label, Advertising ' Rates -=Transient adver- tising, 12e per count line for first insertion, 8c .for each subsequent insertion: Heading counts 2 lines. Small advertisements, not to exceed one inch, s+rch as "Wanted," "Lost," "Strayed,etc., Inserted onc0 for 35e. each subsequent insertion ,5e. Advertisements, sent In without !n- struotions at to the number ot in ser'tions wanted will 1011 until order.; ed out and will be charged accord- ingly, Rates for display advertising made known on application. Communications intended for pub- lication must., ,is a •guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name', of the writer. G. L. Hall, M. It, CLARK, Proprietor- Ed iter. d D. M TAGGART BANKER A'generai Banking Business transact- ed. 'Notes Discounted. Drafts Issued., Interest Allowed en Deposits. Sale Notes Purchased. H. T. RANCE Notary Public, Conveyancer. Financial, : Real Estate and. Fire In- surance Agent. Representing 14 Fire Insurance Communed. Division Court' Office, Clinton. W. BRYDONE Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, etc. Office; ' SLOAN BLOCK - CLINTON DR. Jt C. GANDIER Office Hours: -1.30 to 3.30 p.m., 6.30 to 8.00 p.m„ Sundays, 12.30 to 1.30 pen. __Other hours by appointment only, Office and Residence — Vittoria At.. DR. FRED G. THOMPSON Office and Residence; Ontario Street — Clinton, Ont. One door west of Anglican Church. Phone 172 Eyes examined and glasses fitted DR. PERCIVAL• HEARN Office and Residence: Huron Street Clinton, Ont. Phone 69 (Formerly occupied by the late Dr. 0. W. Thom.,eon)," Eyes examined and glasses fitted ' { Ly Eurlutko t etEL . teems-tee:me by 4t,w SEavr214 %ELI, This unusal seriesof stories deals hand since that was taken.- Does he with the exploits of "Chinese" Pen- speak English?" nington, a detectives sent by his gov-; "Perfectly. Ile hat., the manners eminent ' to British North Borneo to` and polish of a diplomat when, he rain to earth The Yellow Seven, a gang chooses." of Chinese bandits. Clay thrust his head outside.. and " * F •- brought it back wearing an expres-. A lean face was thrust into the sion of disgust. opening of the tent and a man, who ' "Rainin' like the devil,' Ile an - was sitting alone over some papers nounced. "Wonder if my orderly's put my, tent up yet? If its all the same' to you, Pll hop along and see." Be dived into the darkness, leav- ing Pennington to his own reflections. Three minutes later Rabat-Pilai joined' him. Ilo thrust a crumpled paper into the .Englishman's hand. "Sesselton=16th" it read, "Chinese DR. H. A.. MCINTYRE DENTIST Office hours; 9 to°12 A.M. and 1 to 6 P.M., except Tuesdays and Wednes- days. Office over Canadian National Express, Clinton, Ont. Phone ;21. DR, F. A. AXON DENTIST Clinton, Ont. Graduate 01 C.O.D.S., Chicago, and • R.C.D,S.,''Toronto. Crown and Plate Work a Specjalty. spread on a case around the base of a hurricane lamp, looked up sharply. "Are you Pennington?" The man with the. Chinese eyes rose to his feet. "That's my name." An expression of relief spread over the newcomer's countenance. "I've been searching for your head- quarters for the best part of two hours. I'm Clay. I arrived in : this forsaken island a matter of five days, ago, pattin' myself on the back at havin' knocked across a soft billet- and here I am in the wilds of Borneo, with a .company of black devils and a fifteen pounder gun that I haven't the remotest idea what to do with! .I've instructions from Captain Hewitt Commissioner of Police at Jesseiton- to report to you 'for 'duty." He squirmed through the narrow aperture and, stooping low to avoid bumping his head, unconcernedly dis- posed six feet three inches of man- hood on a' length of sacking that cov- ered a neat pile ofkerosine tins. "Good man! ' I was beginning to wonder when you were going to turn up.?here are your men?" "'Standing very much at ease out- side, I split 'em up into platoons and spread 'em out a: bit. We'd have been here earlier if it hadn't been for that confounded gun. It got stuck regu- larly every half hour. Last night we had to hack down a tree to get it out. D. H. McINNES Chiropractor --Electrical Treatment. Of Wingham, will be at the Rotten - bury House, 011uten, on Monday, Wed- nesday and Friday forenoons ot each week. Diseases of all hinds snecesafully handled. GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the County ' of Huron. Correspondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can he made for. Sales Data at The News -Record, Clinton, or by calling Phone 203. Charges Moderate and Satisfaction Guaranteed. rounded up successfully in most dis- tricts. Sending Dawson. Possibly join you'myself.—Hewitt." "Any reply, Tuan?" Pennington reflected, then scribbled four :words on a half sheet of note- paper. "All going well.—Pennington." He bit the end of his pencil, erased the signature and added "Reinforcements 'arrived, Love to Monica." , "Give this to the runner, Rabat, and arrange for outposts to be sta- tioned half a mile in our rear, pre- pared to warn us- if there are any signs •of hostile forces gathering be- hind us, Tahu?" "Yah, Tuan." The creature saluted—and . was gone. • Pennington bent over a rough map. Presently be smiled at his own reflec- tion in a cracked shaving mirror that bung from the tent -pole. Possibly join. you myself! He had never ex- pected his exiellency the Commission- er of Police to resist the temptation of being, in at the death. He jerked up his head. Forty-seven and a"half Hours farceei Somebody had blundered into a inarchin', niy boy, and every man rope, 'tripped over it and apparently present!" utilized it to ,assist him to his feet Pennington laughed. He tacitly ad- again, for the tent swayed as if in the mired Hewitt's good taste in selecting' throes of an earthquake. The shock Clay for the job. He sat for some moments, stroking an unshaven rhin, then, removing a portion of the case, extracted a square bottle and a pair of tumblers. "I've a sort of skeleton force of illy own scattered round the base of the hill," he said, measuring out the pre- cious fluid with generous exactitude. "They're tough little chaps who can find their way easily in the jungle. We've installed a telegraph system by means of Dusun gongs hung in trees." "If you're pouring that out for me, broke in the other, "I'll have an inch more soda. So ChateHung's up there, is he?" Penningtoo•nodded. "We've. cornered him at last—and tomorrow's got to see the end of the Yellow Seven." Clay shifted his long lags into a more comfortable position and tapped a pipe on the heel of his riding -boot. "D'you know," he confessed sud- denly, "beyond the fact that Mr. Choi-Hung's not a nice sort of chap to meet, I remain in sublime ignor- ance of the real reason of all this expended energy. You don't glean much from a sudden 'phone -call, front an harrasseel official, y'know. What I'ni tryin' td get at'by all this is: who is Chai-Hung when he's at home—and what in the name of all that's holy is the Yellow Seven?" "The Yellow Seven is the name of a secret society the members of which are exclusively of Chinese origin, and. whose symbol is a yellaty Chinese playing -card ornamented with seven black dots. Hewitt cabled for me when' the trouble had grown too big for him to cope with. I formed a lit- tle ittle band of native enthusiasts and scoured the country from one end to the other, posing sometimes as a Cel- estial, at others as a tribesman. You see, Clay, the organizationwas too vast to suppress by sheer force of arms, the island swarmed with Chai- Hung's spies and' the only possible method of achieving success was to separate the brigand from the bulk of his follinvers, hear him in ata spot where the chances of egreee were re- mote and converge upon hirer from all points at once. Chai-Hung and his immediate bodyguard have been driven from the forest into a sinall, arid plateau, A few of his disciples still cling to :dee but the vast majority, obeying the false signals arranged. by, myself, are concentrating in remote portions of British North Borneo,, where Hewitt is on the lookout for da Trust Bonds, Appointmentg. made them." to meet parties at Brueefield, Varna A few moments' later' a native in a and Bayfield. 'Phone 57. greasy velvet jacket and a rusty sar- ong entered silently and stood at at- tention before his chief. Clay, ob- serving hint curiously, noticed that the roan was minus an ear and an eye, that his snouts was slit at either vide and that he carried an enormous parang in, a wooden sheath bound with bamboo. "Rabat-Pilai, the Tuan Clay has , brought with him 'many soldiers. You B. R. HIGGINS Clinto.i, Ont. General Fire and Life Insurance .Agent for Hartford Windstorm, Live Stock, Automobile and: Sickness and Accident Insurance. Huron and Erie and Cable ANporNA�fLQ i IL1 Aifl i TIME TABLE Trains will'arrive at and 'depart from Clinton as follows: ' • Buffalo and Goderlch Div. Going East, depart` 6.44 Lem,, 2.52 pen. Going *eat, ar. - '11.50 a.m. e. RI'. 6.08' dp. 6.53 !,.m. ar, 10,04 p.ni, London, Huron & '3ruoe Div. Going South, ar. 7.66 • dp, 7.56 a.m. " 4,10 p.m. Going North, depart 6,50 p,m, " ,sr, 11.40 dp, 11,11 a,m, A native in a -greasy jacket and a rusty sarongoentered. was followed by: a somewhat colored dissertation on tents in general and tent -ropes in particular. "Who's that?" demanded Penning- ton sharply. The swearing ceased and presently a low chuckle broke upon his ears. "Pennington, or I'm a confounded liar! I'll give you three guesses." "Don't need em, old.son. Tf any- body were to ask me who'• was the fattest, ugliest, clumsiest : district - officer in the whole of Borneo, I'd promptly reply—" "Not Dawson—if youre really the little gentleman` I take you `to be. Lord, Pen, it's a devil of a night!" The affable Dawson squeezed his great form into the one place that offered cover from the deluge without and lowered himself on to the spot Clay had vacated. "Not bad -for you, said the man with the Chinese eyes,. fishing out a third glass. "Three •'minutes after the runner. I've just replied to the nlessage'announcine your departure." The red face of the newcomer be- came suddenly serious. • "The dickens you. have! Hewitt dis- patched it six hours, before I left., The. elighter's been messing abed' on the way." "Got a thorn in his foot or some- thing. You look cold.." "Cold! I'm soakc,l to the skim; I've been, in: the immediate vicinity, of this camouflaged hoysll$or the'best dart of the night,. 'walking in circles and challenged at regular intervals. I had a deuce of, a job persuading one feller. I wasn't the: •notorious Chai-Hung himself." • "Shows they're doing their work thoroughly. You'd better tatke a few grains ,of quinine and something neat to help it down. Clay's brad up, by the bye." "'That's all right. I riot Trim in Jesselton the day after he landed Pretty good man, I should think.". He stripped off his tunic ancl. coolly appropriating a blanket from Pen- nington's lied, wrapped it round him. Penning -toe pushed over a small bottle of tablets and a tumbler, "Where do ,you intend sleeping?" "Isere," (To' be continued.) ,' Mr. Hoover at the Cross-roads London Daily News (Lib.): The Senate will soon have to decide whether to give priority, to the Kel- logg ]fact or to the Big Nave Bill. The direction , in . wflldph President Hoover then exercises his powerful influence should give the clue to his -Mime attitude in, international af- Satre, It may well be for the world at large an. occasion, of criticial im- portance. Milady Goes Golfing e' raise Pekoe"" is only the name g well to a size of leaf -Some good, many poor„ Orange Pekoes re sola—The most economical and yet the finest flavoured 1s "SALAD)A"",Orange Pekoe -Sealed let metal—pure—fresh—delicious--43c per �IFte AN AUTOMOBILE WRINKLE FOR GOLFERS -" The golfing enthusiasts' will be interested in the car which has a door in the side of the body for a compartment to hold the golf clubs. Many Slaves .Freed in Burmah ep. $ t Shows. Liberated Folk Settle in New Villages, With Headmen .' of Their Own London—A total of 8852 - slaves were released by the various expedi- tions sent to the Hukawng Valley and the "Triangle" In Burma during the years 4925-28, according to a memorandum by the Government of India published in the official journal of , tee League of Nations. The total, cost of compensating the former owners' came to about 839,000. The official report states that the results -achieved are "most satisfac- tory" la spite of the fact that one of the elave-releasing expeditipns in 1926.27 had been attacked, necessi- tating punitive measures in the fol- lowing year. T. P. ,ewer, revisiting. the Ilukawng Valley in 1928, found "the condition of the freed slaves had greatly improved. They had settled down in new villages with headmen of their own, and relations between them and their late owners had be- come less strained. It has even been reported that a movement' exists, among 'the former slaves who had left the -valley to, settle in administered territory, to return to the valley. In the Triangle area in 1928, "`the condition of the slaves released dur- ing the previous was found to be ,on the whole satisfactory. Own- ers had in some oases tried to' keep 'slaves in their power by lying about the intentions of the. Government,' and some of the slaves remained with ,their old masters, as they did not fully realize the effect of their release. But .many of the former slaves have already set up houses of their own and many others have expressed their' Intention of doing so early, so that in a.year's time conditions should bave changed for the better. It is satis- factory to note that many former slaves are settling down in their old. villages,"so that economic conditions will be distU •bed as little as possible. "In the dowse of the' operations, many slaves, concealed during the previous season were discovered. and set free without the payinent of cone- was o pensation. Except for these attempts at concealment and one or two cases of attempted trend, the release of slaves "went on otherwise most smoothly." T. 1'. 0. Barnard, the feleasing•ofli- cer:, is quoted in the memorandum as saying "that freedom had brought joy to many hearts cannot be doubted, and in the course of the tours many happy retmions of families have been 'wit- nessed it nessod which, if it had not been for the British Government,. would never Tiave been possible." Mr. .Barnard "cites the instance of an old woman who came to him 15 marches -to claim seven of her children who had been seized and sold into slavery in the Triangle many' years ago. Two of these were alive and both were found and restored to her during this tour." Sonnet will guide them to the points I indi- cated this afternoon. There is also with thein a thing or wheels whose voice is very terrible and certain men whose sole object in life is to make it speak! This must go in the square place among the trees and be covered with bushes until the mor ping. -, The scarecrow sainted and disap- THE McKILLOP MUTUAL 'neared 'Fire Insurance Company Pennington smiled. Head Office, Se aforth,- Ont., "He's my famous chief -of -staff, DIRECP0RT' IIe'd come from the farthest extreme- President, James 19vans, Beechwood; ity of the earth if ho thought I was • ,Vice, Seines Connolly, Goderich Seo: in trouble. Treasurer IJ lr MaGrogor Seafo tl � cc o oa r � t; Joules Stouldiee, Welton; Murray Gib- pipe On his breeches. eon Druccfleld; Wm, ging, 9earerth; Robert Ferric Harlogk; Sohn Betineweir, "when do we -start snaking it hot? b1 tors; s George McCartney 's fb`•t?,' Clay was polishing the bowl of his BrR t dhagn e, as, Co rolly, GOderibh, W. Dawn?" A L�tele Cli t gen s t A ex. o non; S,. Yeo Goderich; Dd. Hinckley, seaforth; "A trifle after that.. There mustn't ' J:. A. Murray, 17gmondville; R. G. Jar- he the slightest opportunity for Chai- '. to . to Moorish Clothing Co, Clinton, or at under cover of darkness. Know what Calvin Cult's Grocery, Godeiieh, • money m th mroeoageap - ;,ny,n 1 y paid to may be paid Hung to break through our cordon Pardee desiringto, effect Insurance or hs loo! ,, , , .,act. other business will :be promptly The other telt 'tor his pocket -book above officers addressed to then•z•esnec- "Ilewittpresented Inc with a photo attended,. to on application to any of the ee nestnl'f,cc, Lessee insnrrtcd by the e•raph. I gather that he's lost his lef It 18 gathered .from the many - articles printed that the- secret of t is still a secret. -'Wall Street Journal. Oh, thoughtless one, behold the mo- ments go; The hours, the days, the year , . . and' soon is flown The whole of life, and you havebeen alone ' Or'lonely, that had drunk of youth. For lo! Age hats you, with a creaking step . s and slow, Now match your dancing gait to his. Wind-blown Into the darkness, and what have you known? Count our your little days s row. a et row on a moment there, of light, and�blew away moires of things that careless fingers .. . seen, that still has ask to Serve Herr • oe New York World. -An American physician, Dr. Melford; now joiiis in the expert approval ot present-day women's dress, and, says that by their healthy habit of scanty clothes' women are rapidly, becoming the stronger sex. •One trembles for the time, when they will have attained A moment here, love That was too with dawn. Nothing but, me fell Too some through nothing of That beauty never drawn Men for, who only well. -Kram in T' China's 'New Women By •THOMAS F. MILLARD Shanghai,—It would be an exagger- ation to say that modern ferhinism has hit China with' full force. But beyond doubt it is already felt strong- ly in the, national life. The list of forty-nine members oe the Legislative : Yuan of the national: government (which corresponds •• to the American Congress) contains two women. Soong Mei-ling and Cheng Sou -me. Two.: other women, Soong Ching -ling and Ho fins' -ting, are mean bees of Kuomintang Central Council and Executive Yuan respectively (the latter:: corresponds to the President and Cabinet in America). Soong last -ling is Mme. Chiang 'Cal - shalt and usually" is called Meiling (pronounced biayling) Soong by: • for- eigners. Soong Ching -ling is Mme. Sun Tat -sen. They are•' -sisters and both: attended Georgia Wesleyan Col- lege and were graduated from relies - ley College in America. Miss Somme Cheng Is distinguished as China's first woman judge aird first accredited wo- man diplomat. ,She was educated in France. Those who know these women believe that'`their participa- tion in government will be more than perfunctory. m- full strength/. If He's As Good As Hp- is Big! LONG AND SHORT OF IT • Primo Camera, six-foot Ttalian'lieavyweight; and Izzy welg'it champion, having a'friendly little set-to in Paris. Swartz, the A case tried recently in the Shang- hai Provisional Court attracted much. attention, A daughter of Sheng Kung - Pao, a famous and wealthy- mandarin of the empire and one fo the most progressive Chinese of Isis day, sued, to compel her brotbers to give 114x. an ejival part in their father's estate. By old Chinese custom daughters have no legal rights in their deceased par- ents' estate, being dependent on the generosity of their male relatives. The Provisional Court decided in favor of the feminine ,plaintiff in that suit and thereby set a precedent that will go far toward establishing. the legal equality of women in China. The Chinese press lately is giving attentionto what is Called an epidemic of girl suicides. In one month seven- teen even teen young Chinese girls ended their lives, a majority by throwing thein - selves into the Whangpoo Rivey. Dis- appointment in love is given es the reason for most of those acts. It is probable that in bygone tinges many Chinese women, committed sui- cide, some of th@m for love. But it is a new thing for Chinese society, and the government to show concern about their fate. The head of the greater Shanghai municipality (Chinese) ad- ministration has had signboards placed at ,prominent jettys urging, young women not to end their lives hastily. Soma of these signs are vivid to a de- gree and depict a young girl about to cast herself into the river, while in the middle distance a' corpse can be seen floating along. Pamphlets against suicide are distributed. One is not surprised that the movies and some other ,phases 'of up-to-date life in Shanghai are blamed for the so-called epidemic among young, Chi- nese, Nowdays the movies and Am- erican movies, are blamed for many new social developmetns that cannot be easily explained otherwise; Chinese, and particularly the younger genera- tion in Shanghai and other large cities, are becoming movie addicts. Iu the movie theatres, for thee love time in China's liistdry, and passion vividly depicted, and un- der the emotional reflex thus stimu- lated they may vent their love desires and disappointments and frustrationee Le Monde Ouvrier (Ind.): A Cana - in a fatal way. -than worker with a visa can enter the Modern Chinese feminists Have copied America rather than Europa 1n lint if he is forming their habits and ideas. That; there In perfect security, engaged in Canada to go and work in the United States, lie enters the coun- try fraudulently—even if he has an American visa -and is liable to a sta- tutory penalty. It is not our intention to take part in',:the controversy be- tween the Fraser -Brace Company and the American authorities, but one one thing is certain—the law must have bean broken somewhere. *0 only wish to warn. workers that they �t�iMterd ai"aria�! —Are' vi .yy� rk i DIPPING HEMLINE A gracious new drape in tiered sil- . houette. It's new! Smartt And so entirely wearable. A bow trims diag- onal cut neckline, ' A. swathed girdle creates necessary slenderness through the hips, which makes it so appropri- ate for woman of average full figure. The wrap-around skirt is in three sec- tions,. with two-piece upper tier, The left side of skirt and upper tier hangs loosely, dipping below heniliite, The bodice is in- two sections. It's unbelievably easy to make! Try it! Style No. 331' uses printed and plain rayon velvet, and conies in sizes 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. In•the 36 -inch size, 3% yards of 40 -inch material with % yard of 8G inch contrasting is sufficient. It's very chic in black lustrous crepe satin with girdle and tie of dull side of crepe. Navy blue wool crepe, cocoa broryn canton crepe, silk crepe in tweed pattern and scarlet red geor- gette crepe, other interesting ideas. Pattern price 20e in stamps or coin (coin is preferred). Wrap coin care- fully.. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 Welt Adelaide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by return mail. $Canadian Workers in the United States United States to look for work, and it successful' in finding it can stay 'is plain. The American custom of almost complete social freedom- for young People of both sexes has taken hold here. One notes evidence of that on every side, Chineseboys and girls in their teens, go to tea dances and to cafes at night aneii.aperelied; ,usually, it is true, in parties, but often in 'couples. Hundreds of young Chinese girls work as paid dancing partners in the halts. cannot cuter theder United un Tbeee girls fall in love with the young I cantract, tern 0' they are States be dor ,men they meet and then, when barer), em- tel objection or other obstacles inter- 1 ilo Yed in the United States by the vene, theyare prone to act "on' their very company which employs them -in. • own" and seek Ibe easiest way out. Canada. To profit by this incident, , Elder Chinese are concerned about to try and make us believe that every all this, hut they seem unable to drag- thing is for the best in the best of all' ruse and control 'these modern ten- possible worlds in Canada, and every- dencies, thing for the worst with our neigh- , But the 'fcministTenement here Is• bora across ethe line, a terrible tra- by no melee%11 eruotional mid erotic. vasty of the truth. A hank 'managed by women for �)$ndalS a SCOilh'ge... Warren exclusively is opeartiiig sus- eesetully in Shanghai, Several of the We hesitate to say thou motor largo Chinese banks have women's vandalism' is, more vicious than it departments.' Tjse Girl SSnouts are thoughtless, Nevertheless, wanton 'getting recruits .steadily. Thousands destr`uetfon goes on and something farm - 'of Chinese chooigirls have enthusi- astically has' to be clone about it. )Th ory astically joiner! -the student movement er•lcnews how elty'people`slvarm over tq, .build national military efficiency Sam woocllets and pastures in spring for defense. Chinese women are in anti summer to pink flowers and to medicine, iu newspaper work, le -mu- sic and art, in the movies, in, educe- tion,:in law, in _sports, in almost every modern occupation." A Chinese wom- an's detests' union and a Chinese Woman's barbers' union -have just ap- plied for recognition bye the General 'Onion of 'Workers. Feminism is not new in China. -Chi- hese woinen at times ,have played im- portant parts' in -the politics and gov- ernment of this nation,- Chinese women have been titled. rtilors of the country. But feminism. In China is button of their goods. fly- now forint and exhibitin new . .taking•• g 1 •fiesta, ISSUE No. 50—'28 picnic. The flowers they pluck wilt before theyreachahome. It is not that theme people are vandals .at heart, it is because they hunger for the beautiful.,' They aro thoughtless, Co-operation Leeds Mercury: The cooperation of oonsunieis..•for buying and distri•. button has proved by experience to be mulch easier tbnrr,tlie eo-oporaelor'i of producers for, the sale.' end distri'