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The Clinton News Record, 1943-02-11, Page 2THE CLINTON NEWS -MORD' THURS. FEB. 11, 1943 The Clinton News-B,ecord • with which is Incorporated • THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION • 41.60 per year in advance, to Can- adian. addresaes; $2.00 to the U.S. or • •atlisse foreign countriee. No .paper discontinued until all arrears are • paideunless at the option of the pub- lisher. The date to which every sub- ' seription is paid, is denoted on the • ADVERTISING RATES, -- Transient/ :advertising 12e per count line for ifirst insertion. 8e for each subse- quent insertion. Heading counts 2 lines. Small adivertmeinenta not to .exceed one inch, such as `Wanted," -"Lost", "Strayed", etc., inserted once for 35c eatch subsequent irmattimi 15e. Rates for display advertising •anade known on, application. Communications, intended for pub- lioation must, as a guarantee of good faith, ,be accompanied by the name of the writer. G. E. HALL - - Proprietor H. T. RANCE NOTARY PUBLIC Fire Insurance Agent Representing 14 Fire Insurance Companies Division Court Office, Clinton Frank Fingland, 13.A.,LL.B. Barristor, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, K.C. Sloan Block ..., — Clinton, Ont. DR. G. S. ELLIOTT Veterinary Surgeon Phone 203 — Clinton, Ont.. H. C. MEM Barrister -at -Law Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ontario Proctor in Admiralty. Notary Public and Commissioner Offices in Bank of Montreal Building Hours: 2.00 to 5.00 Tuesdays and Fridays. D. IL McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage Office: Huron Street, (Few Doors west •of Royal Bank) Hours—Wed. and Sat., and by , appointment FOOT CORRECTION by Manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment Phone 207 HAROLD JACKSON Licensed Auctioneer Specialist in Fhrm and Household Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Colmties. Prices reasonable; satis- faction guaranteed. For information etc. write or phone Harold Jackson, R.R. No. 4 Senforth, phone 14-661. 06-012 ERNEST W. HUNTER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 57 Blear Str. W. Toronto Ont. TiElE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. Officers: President A. W. McEwing, Blyth; Vice -President, W. R. Archi- bald, Seaforth; Manager and Sec. Treas., M. A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors: Win. Knox, Londesboro; Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth; Chris. Leonhardt, Dahlia; E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; Thos Moylan, Seaforth; W. R, Archibald, Seaforth; Alex McEsv- • Mg, Blyth; Frank 1VIeGregor, Clinton; Hugh Alexander, Walton. List of Agents: J. Watt, Birth; .E. Pepper, Brum- field, R.R. No. 1; R .F. Mcl4ercher, Dublin, R.R. No. 1; J. F. Preuter, Brodhagen. Any 'money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of Commerce, Seaforbh, or at Calvin Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiring to effect insur- ance or transact other business will be 'promptly attended to on applica- tion to any of' the above officers ad- dressed to their respective poet offi- ces. Losses inspected by the director. NNAflON4LflALWAYS TIME TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton an follows: Toronto and Goderich Division Going East, depart • 6.43 a.m. Going East, depart 3.05 p.m. Going West, depart 11.50 a.m. Going West, depart 10.35 p.m. London and Clinton Div. Canning Nerth, arrive 11.16 a.m. Going South, leave 3.10 p.m. SWEET CAPORAL "THE PUREST FORM IN WHICH. TOBACCO CAN DE SMOKED." by Mary I.rnlay. Taylor • . • • ' • .•,. • W. N. 17. FEATU1tES • .CHAPTER 111 • • ' went, and there was that flame of d •SYNOPSIS Released from prison after serving fifteen years for a murder he didn't commit, Mark Grant goes to the office ei a lawyer named Fosdick to collect a legacy left to him while he was in prison. When Fosdick tells, him. Will have to wait, Mark accepts an invitation to a party, to help, a young man named, Teddy, Banks win a $1,000 bet with his friend Archie Landon. Mark, is to egt half $500, and new clothes. Archie introduced him to his hostess, Mrs. Lyne, as "Stewart Byram." As. Mark is about to dance with Mrs. Lynn's niece, Pamela Rod- ney, he sees Burleson—the man who sent him to prison—going toward Mrs. Lynn. "There's Uncle Herbert," said Pam. "It's lucky; if he hadn't come Aunt Henrietta would, keep me here! You haven't seen ,the conservatory. Come, let's go and look at the banana tree!" "Is Mr. Burleson your uncle, then?" Mark asked, as they thread- ed their way through the gay throng; stopped here and there by first ,one guest and then another, all eager to greet the girl. "No, his wife—she died three years ago—was my aunt; he's my guard- ian, that's all," Pam explained, "but lie's good to me—oh, wonderfully! He's always good, you'll like him." "Shall I?" Mark pondered smil- ing down at the dark head below him. Then he caught Landon's eye across the dancers in the ballroom and read wrath in it. In a flash he ,understood Landon was jealous! They were in the conservatory now, alone in the sweet scented aisles, and something in his look, in the tense hardness of his face—seen in this light—gave her a delicious thrill of fright. She was young, and the touch of mystery about him intrigued her fancy. He was so different. "We've only just met, you know!" she said, as lightly as she could, but her lips tsembled; she was caught too in the tide of an emotion that swept them together like two chips in a torrent. "I've 'known you. all your life," Mark answered, with a deep note in his voice. The aisles of the conservatory were tropical; tall ferns and palms waved their fronds above , them; lights shone like stars in the high arches overhead; a fountain played amid the full blown blossoms of the lotus, it's heavy scent filling the air with the opium of madness. Music came to them softly, seductively, and Mark's, hands closed on hers and held them. Her want, soft hands trembled in his; he knew why her dark lashes swept her flushed young cheeks; the tide had caught them both. Madness Mimed up in him; in a moment he would have kissed her, he would have dared even that, for he knew she was in a •dream, carried away; then suddenly; his sanity cried out within him; "Thief! thief! You can't steal her love—you're a convict, let her go— you fool, you fool!" He heard the voice and let her hands drop. But he was swaying on his feet, sheer madness had him, After fifteen years of misery he loved—loved at first sight! "I'm mad," he said, "stark mad" —then he bent humbly and crushed her fingers agains't his lips—"for- give me!" She was not angry; he felt that as he looked up at her. Her eyes were clear and bright, her face had softened, her linecurved; she looked at him a »lenient, silent, and then, softly: "You've been unhappy—there's a mystery about your life. I can see it!" Suddenly she laid her soft fin- gers lightly, ' a touch like thistle- down, on his short crisp hair. "Some time you'll tell me, won't you?" Mark mastered himself. He dared not take her hand again then, "Yes," he said bluntly, "I'll tell you some time and then, perhaps, you'll hate me for coming here to -day!" She did not in the least under- stand; he had swept her off her feet; there was something about him that fired her hnagin.ation; his evidently huge strength, his healthenish dis- regard of the conventions, the hint of unhappiness and proud. endurance in his face; allthese things captured her fancy. That half hour in the conservatory, twilight and fragrant as its' aisles, was a bind of dream. She as still in a dream when sonieone carie to take her off for a dance. In, a dream she saw' Mark, standing there 'n the ballroom .door; watching her. His eyes followed her wherever she life in them'. The girl, young and romantic, was carried away with it; •she had never seen quite such a man. Among the ballroom •dancers he towered like a giant. • "I wonder who he is?" she thought, and could not, keep her eyes away from the corner where he stood. She was angry with herself; she was caught like a girl of sixteen! Caught by the mystery about him. "He'd, be a wonderful lover!" she thought, dancing with Archie Lan- don, and she blushed softly. Archie thought 'the blush was fol. him, ,but an instant later, whirling around in the dance, be saw that they had been passing Mark Grant. ,Lan- don set his teeth. "I'll get hiln out soon- now!" he thought. But he reckoned without his host- ess. When another dance claimed Pam, he found himself near Mrs. Lynn. She was gracious "I want you to stay to dinner, • Archie. I've just asked your friend, Mr. Byram. He's so miusual. Mr. Burleson thinks him interesting. You're a good boy for bringing him here." Landon reddened furiously. "I don't believe he can stay to dinner," he said hastily; "I know he's got an engagement—absolutely," She looked frankly incredulous. "Why, Archie, he's just accepted! I sent him to tell Pam just now, so she wouldn't invite another ' person. We're twelve as it is." "You sent him—" Landon pru- dently chocked down the words; he was raging at the thought of Grant again with Pam, "The fellow's inads he'll make love le her!" But aloud: "I'll speak to him about it." "I shan't let him off," Mrs. Lynn replied •coldly, "there's the telephone —he can cancel his engagement," and she turned to speed a parting guest. Landon, caught in the throng about her, could not at first disengage himself. Then he saw- Mark Grant leaning' over Pam, ,his elbow rested on the high mantel, his fine head was bent. Landon could not see his face, but hers was flushed and intent; she was chinking in Mark's words, whatever they were, with the wide in- tent eyes of a child. Landon raged again, "Curse him!" he said to himself; "I'll have to get him out or break his neck!" But to reach hind through that crowd of fashionables, to get him away from Pam, seemed for a while ii»possible. Here and there Landon was greeted by friends and acquaint- ances, One woman asked for Teddy Banks, another—having heard that fine looking stranger was also a cou- sin of Landon's— asked to have Mark brought to her house. "He's so interesting," she said; "so unusual!" Landon was in a 'white fury,when he finally got Mark at the door of the smoking 'room. It was beyond the conservatory and the deporting guests had drifted out of it. The room was empty save for the dis- solving cloud of cigarette -smoke. Landon beckoned to Mark. "A word with you!" he said hoarse- ly, .closing the door; he was pale with rage. Mark stood easily, facing him; there was a splendid vigor about him that Landon had not seen in his poor rough and ready suit of clothes. It could not be said that clothes made the man, ,laut the man shone radiant- ly through the clothes, there was something about him—in this house- broken scented atmosphere—splend- idly, heathenishly alive. He smiled at Archie's wrath. "You've lost," he said casually; "Pm asked to dine." "I know it," replied Landon fierc- ly, "but you won't—you'll go bonier "Better take your defeat more calmly," counselled Marks "you're not a good sport." Landon gasped with anger. "I've watehed you," he said thickly; "you've trespassed here—you've dared too much. Now, you'll get out!" Mark's' ,Oyer met his mockingly; for a moment' thoir glances ground on , each other like erossing steels, then he laughed, "Listen—I've won and I'll stay; the dinner wits the acid test, you know. Do you think they'd, like You for trying to cheat them? If you drive me out, I'll tell them what you did -swell go together." Landon whitened yet more. "You've got to go," he raged; ,,rn make you, you ---,paid imposter!" Mark swung around in :Mien fury; he seized him and shook him. Landon was big, but in the other's hands he might have beee a reed. Mark threw 14111 aside like a helpless puppy; then s he slaked the money, five hundred, dollars, down on the • "Take it, there's the price; It's in- famous, unthinkable; I repudiate l it! I'll staysbecause l'm asked; because I will! •Go out there and • tell your story—if she believes it Mrs. Lynn will show, you the door!" • Landoe new it; he reeled un- steadily. on7 his feet; he saw stars, his face,dre ghastly. He struck the money fiertely and flung it in the fire. As the flame caught it and the costly smoke went up • he heard Mark's tormenting laugh, "Tell them, you've played a mean trick oh your hostess; you've done a thing no gentleman should do; a thing to damn you, socially; go and tell her! You'll suffer. Pll stay," said he with sudden passion, his eyes flashing their flame at Landon. I'll stay—and you can't put me •out— the wager's won!" Mark Grant kept his word. He stayed. In the first flush and exul- tation of his love for Pain he would have walked, through 'fire to stay. But he had no such ordeal; Landon had felt his fingers on his shoulder; the cinch of them had left the young man's muscles sore. He wanted no more of that. He gnawed his rage in silence. He saw that he was trap- ped. If he told the truth to get Grant out, he would go out himself, in dis- grace. Strange to say, he had not thought of that, he had it to digest while he watched Mark's triumph at the dinner. This strange fellow; this heathen with iron fists, whoever he was, had found his tongue; he talked well. Not of travel and adventure, Landon uoticed, but of life. He had a horribly lucid insight; he saw through people's motives, and he was well read. No one could question that. Ile had caught Burleson's in- terest—the great man, usually wear- ied and self-absorbed, listened to him and marked attention, studied him, too, Landon thought, as if he search- ed his memory for that face. As for Pam, she sat next to Mark and looked up at him with wide fascinated eyes. He was "so dif: ferent," that was what all the wom- en thought. Mrs. Lynn, who liked a new lion first at her table, smiled across at Archie Landon, Her look said plainly: "Thank you; he's de- lightful!" And Archie gnawed again upon the bone of his wrath. How to get him out—that was' the ques- tion. Malkshnowing it, threw him, once in, a while, a dare -devil look. But Mark himself was not as happy as he looked. The atmosphere of the place was like a hot -house, fra- grant and wann—the glow of shad- ed lights—the soft voices of the women. Abruptly arose the vision of prison fare—fifteen years of it. The dare devilry that had made him fling defiance at Landon, melted in Pam's shining glance. What right had he, to touch her hand, to look into her eyes? A kind of fever seized him; once or twice it was in his mind to rise and shout the truth at them. Then Burleson held him from it—one of the men who had helped send him to prison; who, no doubt, like Fosdick, believed him guilty. Covertly now he studied him; a gray face, a worn old man, grown mighty prosperous, but not happy; he had lost his wife and three sons; riches alone weighed upon, him. Did he ever think of the boy he had helped send, t� prison? It gave Mark a kind, of impish satis- faction • to Sit at his table, only he wanted to shout his name at him—to defy him. Then Mrs. Lynn address- ed hien smiling. "Mr. Byrarn,. I want to ask you about Stella Byram's welding. Were you there by any chance?" (TO ,BE CONTINUED) WAR DEMANDS MEP BY ' • NEW CONSTRUCTION New construction in 1942 amount- ed to $13,100,000 or $1,100,000 leas, than 1941 in the 1301 Telephone Sys- tem. Buildingsdit Ottawa, Port Hope and Oshawa were enlarged; six communi- ties were introduced to dial service existing equipment *as extended in eight communities, and several large, private branch exchanges were in- stalled for war industries. Long distance cable between Que- bec and. Ste. Anne de Beaupre and between Montreal and St. Pie was completed, and Work on the Ottawa- Montreal-Toronte cable continued. Circuits in the Montreal -Ottawa cable were made available following the year-end sleet storm. Traffic over the:Trans-Canada Tele- phone System was 43 per, cent great- er than in 1941, and .two additional circuits weli, constructed to the Mar- itime ProvinOes. ' I At the en of 1942, there were 23,- 1 957 sharehol era, most in Bell. Tele- phone Co., hi tory. Nearly 95 per cent of the shar holders live in Canada, and hold 71.8 per cent of the outstandd ing stock—a greater total and promir- 17 tier' than ever before. Many employees purchasing the - eenlPanY's• stock by deductions from pay have transferred, some or all of • these savings to War Savings, Certifi- cates and Victory Loan Bonds. Since July 1940, employees have purchased $2,c1.6,000 in eertificates, and during 1942 subscribed, for $1,483,000 in Se- cond and Third Victory Loan Bonds. . During 1942, benefits and pensions paid amounted to $809,458, and on December 31, 3,089 employees were paying premiums through deductions fromy on $11,746,000 in life in- surance— an average of $3,803 per insured employee. V AN AIR VISITOR • A metebrologieal apparatus sent up by' the United States Weather Bureau at Ypsilanti, Mich., came down in Colborne township, about a •knile from town, and was picked up on Friday night by Duncan B. Million. The ap- paratus, which is carried by a balloon; acts while in -the air as a radio broadcaster of the temperature, pres- sure and moisture of the air through which it passes. Sometimes the in- struments will reach a heigth of twelve miles, according to a descrip- tion printed on an accompanying tag. There is a reward of one dollar for returning the apparatus, which can be used again, and Mr. Million pack- ed it according to instructions and mailed it back to Ypsilanti. —Goderich Signal Star. V Popular Goderich "Old Boy" Passes After an illness of several weeks Fred W. B•rophey, a well-known and populaa Goderich "old boy" died on Thursday last in hospital at 'Cleve- land, 011ie, at the age of sixty-two years. Mr. Brophey was a member of one of Goderich's oldest families, be- ing a son of the, late Mr. and Mrs. Wilhiam Brophey, As a young man, he studied photography with his uncle, the late Thomas Brophey, and -going to Detroit he worked in newspaper engraving departments there for a short time. Thirty years ago he went to Winnipeg for the Eastman Kodak Company having supervision of the Company's sales department in the West, After seventeen years in Win- nipeg he was transferred by the Coms pany to Cleveland, where he had since resided. In 1911 he married Miss Belle Soole of Seaforth, who survives with one daughter, Irene. An older dau- ghter Gladys, died in 1936. Mr. Brophey (Fred to a host of friends in Goderich and elsewhere) was intensely interested in photog- raphy as an art. He had a fine col- lection of pictures and was one of the early exponents. of photography in Department of Labour • National War Labour Board • GENERAL ORDER The Dominion Bureau of Statistics has found that the cost of living index number for January 2, 1943, is 117.1 (adjusted index 116.2) as compared with the cost of living index number for July 2, 1942, of 117.9 (adjusted index 117). The Wartime Wages Control Order, P. C. 5963, provides in Section 48 (iv): "the amount of the bonus shall not be changed unless the cost of living index number has changed one whole point or more since the last general order of the Board requiring an increase or decrease in the amount thereof." The index number not having 'changed by one whole point or more since July 2, 1942, pursuant to the provisions of P. C. 5963 as stated, the National War Labour Board orders that the terms of its General Order dated August 4, 1942, shall continue to apply for the period February, 15, 1943, to May 15, 1943, subject to the right of employers or employees to apply to a War Labour Board for authorization of payment of such an amount of cost of living bonus as a Board may determine to be "fair and reasonable," under the provisions of the Order. HU1t3PHREY MITCHELL Chairman, National War Labour Board Ottawa, Canada February 4, 1943 color On 'visits to Goderich he enter- while barley production is now placed tained friends with exhibitions of col- at 259 million bushels compared with ored and moving pictures which he had taken himself, some of them in his old home town. He was always a welcome vistior in Goderich, where memories of his brisk and cheery greeting will long remain. He was planning, to retire at the end of an- other year and to return to Goderich to reside. After a service at Cleveland on Sat- urday, the remains were brought to Goderich and service was conducted at the Brophey funeral chapel on Monday. —Goderich Signal -Star. 111 million bushels in 1941. The rye crop of almost 26 million bushels compares with about 12 million bu- shels 1 1941 .Flax seed production, in 1942 totalled 15 million bushels, a very substantial increase over the 1941 harvest of 5.8 million. bush- els. 'WHEAT CROP UNDER 600 MILLION MARK The third -official estimate of Can- ada's total wheat crop in 1942 now places production at 592.7 million bu- shels, compared with 314.8 million bushels, the final estimate for 1941. the crop remains the largest on re- cord, challenged only by the 567 mil- lion bushels produced in 1928, and the 540 million in 1940. Coarse grain production shows prac- tically no change from the previous estimate. The third estimate of the oats crop is 652 million bushels compared with 306 millions in 1941, ..446;t4. MRS. MARIETTE BURROWS found out the cause. A sick liver gave her dizzy spells, sleepless nights—made her always tired and constipated. Fruita-tives quickly made her strong and healthy again. Just try them. Fruit-a-tives are Canada's Largest Selling Liver Tablets. War Saving Stamp Free DON'T MISS YOUR NAME! The Plan in A Nutshell Each week there will appear in an advertisement on this page, the name and address of someone residing in Clinton or district. VVATKIN'S Service Station Huron St. Phone 18 Sunoco Products Goodrich Batteries Lubrication. A -Z Brucefield arage WM. H. DALRYMPLE Sunoco, Gas—Oil--Grease General Repairs to All Makes of Cars, Acetylene and Electric Welding, Machinist and Mill- wright. Phone Clinton 618r4 Brucefield, Ont. To Comply with the Govern- ment's reguest our store will close every night at 6 p.m., except Saturdny 'night. II. F. BERRY - Phones Senforth Clinton 23-659 23-618 Brucefield, Ont. Simply locate your name, clip out the advertisement and present it to The Clinton News -Record Office, and you will receive. rA. War Savings Stamp Free R. V. IRWIN Dry Goods Women's and Children's Ready -to -Wear Phone 96 — Victoria Street When you buy here you can take your change in War Savings Stamps REG. BALL Shell Service Station Gas and Oil Your present car maydbave to last a long time. Have us lubri- cate and inspect it at regular intervals and keep it rolling. Phone 5 No. 8 Highway 30E McCULLY & CO. General Merchants Sunoco Gas and Oils Seaforth Clinton 31.60,V 31-6125 Brueefield, Ont. ,IMMigrmmer. JERVIS' EGGS Will Win Your Favour TRY THEM FOR [ Wholesome Flavour R. L. JERVIS SUTTER & PERDUE Hardware Plumbing and Heating Here and Take your change in War Savings Stamps Phone 147w Albert St. W. J. Pinning, Clinton With so much low testing bar- ley in this seetion, barely test - Ing high brings a nice premium. Bring in samples of your bar- ley. If the test is' high, I am sure you will find the price I' am offering interesting. • FRED 0. FORD Grain and Seed Phone 123w