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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1943-03-18, Page 2THE CLINTON NEWS RECORD 'rife ;; Minton _ N ews'litecori with' which is Incorporated, THE NBA' ERA TEIGMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. $1.50 per year in advance, to :Can radian addresses; $2.00 to the U.S. or' wether foreign countries. No paper ealseontinued until all arrears are maid unless. at the option of the pub- iishie'r. The date to which every sub- scription is paid is denoted on the. label: .,A.DVFIRTI'SING'RATES — Transient ,advertising 12c per eount line for ;Brat insertion.' Sc for each subse- ,quent insertion. Heading counts 2 :lines: . Small advertisements not to ,exceed one inch, such as "Wanted," "'Lost', "Strayed", etc., inserted once. for 860,. ealeh subsequent insertion 115e. Rates for display advertising •unade known on application. Communications intended for pub diestion must, as a guarantee of good'. ;faith, be accompanied by .the name of the writer. 'iG. B. HALL - Proprietor H. T. RANCE NOTARY PUBLIC Fire Insurance Agent "Representing 14 Fire Insurance Companies Division Court Office, Clinton ;Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, K,C. °Sloan Block . , , . — 1111 Clinton, Ont. DR. G. S. ELLIOTT Veterinary Surgeon [Phone 203 Clinton, Ont. IL C. MEIR 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 i'•Office::Huron Street, (Few Doors went of Royal Bank) Hours—Wed. and Sat., and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION %y Manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment Phone 207 HAROLD JACKSON Licensed Auctioneer Specialist in Farm and Household ;Sales, Licensed in Huron and Perth ',Counties. ,Prices reasonable; satis- faction guaranteed. F,or.information etc. write or phone Harold Jackson, R.R. No. 4 Seaforth, ;phone '14661. 06-012 'ERNEST W. HUNTER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Z7 Bloor Str. W. Toronto Ont. THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. Officers: President A. W. McEwing, 'Blyth; Vice -President, W. R. Arehi- iirald, Seaforth; Manager and Sec. 'Treas., M. A. Reid, Seaforth.. Directors: Wm, Knox, Londesboro; Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth; Chris. Leonhardt, Dublin; E. J. Trewartha, 'Clinton.; 'Thos Moylan, Seaforth; W. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex 14IcEw- ang, Blyth; Frank McGregor, Clinton; 'Hugh Alexander, Walton. )List of Agents: J. 'Watt, Blyth; J .E. Pepper, Bruce- R.R. No. 1; R F. Mclirreher, 'Dublin, R.R. No. 1; J. F. Preuter.' Brodhagen. 01411! Any money to be paid may be paid rto' the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of 'Commerce, Seaforth, or at Calvin 'Cult's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiring to effect insur- a�iee or transact other business will 'sbe promptly attended to on applies - :tion to any of the above officers ad- dressed to their respective post offi- ,ces. Losses inspected by the director.' NA-riapAL. RAILWAYS TIME TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as 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. Coming Nerth, arrive 11.15 a.m. ..Going South, leave ... .. 3.10 p.m. "THE PUREST FORM IN WHICH TOBACCO CAN BE SMOKED." by Mary Imlay Taylor W. N. U. I+'EATt51 ES CHAPTER VIII SYNOPSIS Released from prison after serving fifteen years for a murder he didn't commit, Mark Grant goes to the of- fiee of e lawyer named Fosdick tp col- lect a legacy left to .him while he wars in prison. When' Fosdick tells him ,he well have to wait, Mark accepts an in- vitation to a .party to help Teddy Banks win a het with Archie Lan- don. Although Mark tells them his real name Archie introduces him as "Stewart Byrom". At the party Mark meets Burleson; the man who sent him to prison, and Butleson's niece, Pamela Rodney. Burleson does not re- cognize hint, and Mark decides not to reveal his identity to Pam until he finds the real murderer. Fosdick learns ofwhis deception. Pam asks Bur- leson to give her his little jade god and is surprised when he angrily re- fuses and tells her he is going to smash it before he dies. Teddy Banks• hopelessly in debt, goes to Fosdick's office. Fosdick tells him that Mark was sent to prison for murdering his unele. Teddy Banks was a reckless youth, not given to much serious thought oh matters of moral judgment, but the word murder came as a complete surprise. After all, he and Archie had taken an awful chance! He•looked glumly at Fosdick, hard- ly daring to believe what he had heard. He had known that Archie would be on the spot with Burle- son and Mrs. Lynn for bringing an imposter into their home, but now Fosdick had just told him—incred- ible!—that this fellow, this Mark Grant, had murdered his uncle for money! "Good Lord!" said Banks weakly, His knees felt shaky under him. The full significance .Of the thing that he and Landon had done began to dawn on him. He thought of Pam; Landon evidentlyl believed that this this murderer •was making love to her! Even Banks bad a perception of such things hidden somewhere in his vapid young personality. For the first time he was seized with qualms of con- science. "Why didn't they hang hbn?" he cried, suddenly angry at the chance the convict had had to undo them all. It was a beastly shame not to have hung him and prevented it! "Circumstantial evidence," Fosdick growled; "he got sixteen years. Good conduct let him out some nine months earlier. For all that, he's guilty. Banks groaned "I say —I never thought of such a thing!" he admit- ted reluctantly, red with shame. The lawyer nodded grimly. "Of course not! But you and Landon 'pick up a street tramp—a fellow who had- n't a penny of his own that night. I happen to know that much; and turn him loose in a friend's house-- to make love to an innocent young girl. He's doing that; I've seen it. You you young scamp, you; I've a mind to punish you!" the old man stormed. "you deserve a drumhead courtmartial instead of the check I've got here for you," he added, holding out a slip of paper with the fierce reluctance of an old tiger snapping over . a bone. For the first time in his life Banks pocketed a check without a grin of satisfaction. He seized it, picked up his hat and made for -the door. "See here," Fosdick 'called after him, "you tell Landon I want to see him—hear .me?" But Banks was already at the eleva- tor. He was panting like a man -who had been running. He reached the pavement in time to hail a taxi anti fling an address at the driver. Once inside • he relaxed enough to think. His amazement had, at first dulled his other faculties. But now he re MRS. i. Il. LALIBERTE now wakes up feeling fine: She never has headaches; backaches or constipation any mare, "Fruit -a -lives" gave her the new health and pep of a healthy liver. Buck up your liver with"Fruit-a-fives", Canada's Largest Selling Liver Tablets.", alized that he was well out of it, he ,might be initially to blame, for he had made the wager, but he had been al- ready turned dawn --frozen out; he was a scapegrace of sorts, and Mrs Lynn eould not visit her wrath upon him Landon. would get it -if she, and Burleson found lout! In the gloom of the taxi Teddy Banks grinned rue- fully. He was not an ill-natured youth and he pitied Landon, for it was borne in upon him that Landon would be betrayed; not that he meant to be- tray him, but there was Fosdick! As for Burleson— In his excitement he paid the taxi- driver to Mtialce better speed by a side street and reached Landon's lodgings in jtiek of time; he ,found him just leaving. "Hello, Ted." -said he coolly, "I'tn going out—got anything to show to keep nee?" , "You bet your sweet life I have!" Bank seized him by the arm and drew him away from the door, "You come back to your rooms: I've got some- thing that'll knock.you cold!" Landon, who had never forgiven him for the result of the wager, turn- ed back reluctantly and unlocked. his door. Once .inside the room, Banks, shutthe door and leaned his back against it. • "See here, Archie," he said hoarse- ly; "that fellow -that wager fellow-, I mean—he's an ex -convict; he's com- mitted murder!" Landon stood still. He had nothing to say, but he felt the blood pounding in his brain. He had hated Mark, but not for an instant had he imagined this! Bank went on to elucidate his statement, to add a little color to it. , "Killed his old uncle fifteen years ago; that's why it's sort of forgotten ' —feeble old man," he explained breathlessly; "knocked him on the head with a brick, or something like that; a perfectly beastly murder!" Landon folded his arias and straigh- tened himself a little. Still he said nothing and his fixed stare 'discon- certed Banks. "Look here, old chap," he said ner- vously, "It's a bally kettle of fish; What are you going to do about it?" "Do?" Landon's face reddened. "I'd like to Jiang you, for one thing," he replied bitterly. "It's that fool wag- er! As for this fellow —" itis lips tightened—"I'll see to him!" "D'you know Fosdick says he's making love to Pamela Rod—" "Shut up!" Landon snapped "You leave her out of it; you've done en- ough.!" "Oh!' if you're going to foist all the blame on me!" Banks began angrily but he got no further; Landon thrust him out into the hall, locked the door of his apartment and started down- stairs on the run. He was aware of Teddy's angry sputterings behind him, but he teak no heed. He found the taxi waiting outside and commandeered it. He had found out, in the early stages of the affair, where Mark had his lodgings; he ordered the taxi there now, and threw himself back into the corner of it to think. The strongest feeling that possessed him at the moment was a kind of fierce exultation. He had not forgotten the smoking room and Mark's defiance and contempt. He had .his weapon now and he meant to use it mercilessly. The manner of .do- ing that most thoroughly and swiftly was the only thing that greatly con- cerned him; for a while he discounted the probable consequence to him- self. He had seen Mark's first meeting with Pamela Rodney, and he had been utterly unprepared for the rush of' his progress. Landon, a product of so- cial conventions, a dandy of the ball- room, but fully determined to marry Pam, the heiress, had never dreamed of making love to her with eyes that had the kindling flash of Mark's. He could not. He had not the power or the will of a man who had suffered. Destiny had cast Mark into a fiery crucible, he had come out of it some- thing of a pagan, but the pagan in him was clean and strong. He had never loved any woman' before; in prison at seventeen he was heart whole, and the rush of passion smote him .—as it might a.pagan—mightily. .Such love burns like a flame. The flame had caught Pant, as fire touches the lovely wings of a butter- fly and brings it down to earth. Lan- don, looking on, knowing how and why he had brought them together, raged at the thought. He was helpless too. If he told the truth, Mrs. Lynn would certainly exelude Mark alto- gother,.but she would just as certain- ly exclude the man wholhad made the wager; she would, indeed, exact the heaviest penalty, from him, and Lan:. don knew it While Mafiit stayed away from the.house he had breathed aiorg. freely;'be had Ogun.to believe that, his threat's had taken effect, or that Mark 'himself had reserve enough to forbear: from further transgression. Then, by accident, he had seen him emerge from the tearoom.' with Pam and had leaped to the conclusion that ;they had met often. The thought had Maddened him; he was furiously jeal- ous, and an ill-advised, ineffectual 'at- tempt to warn Mrs. Lynn had only made Pam equally angry. Then Lan- don, possessed as: he Telt now by some demon of ill lank, had put his fate to the touch on the spot and asked the girl to marry him. He had been refus= ed too ;absolutely. ,to leave any hope at all, Paan was a modern; she look the matter calmly and gave 'him a flat answer. " "I don't like you well enough. Ar- chie, to begin with," she had said, "'and you're not 'the kind of .man I'd. marry anyway. You've never done. anything in your life but p'Iay tennis and dance and maek yourself agree- able. I've done about the same things. We'd bore each other to extinction.. No, thank you!" • She had not said it sweetly either, because she was so angry that her cheeks were pink and her eyes flash- ed.' Landon choked down his anger without accusing her of being in love with that "wager fellow", as Teddy Banks had called Mark, but, none the less, he knew she was, and he vowed vengeance—not on her, but on the man. He had been in this state of mind when Teddy broke in on him with his shocking revelation. Landon felt like shouting; it was a fearful thing to introduce him, but he could lose no more by that than he had already. Ile had lost Pam,' Very well, then; she would know before the sun set that she had to give up her con- vict! Landon, sitting tight in the jump- ing taxi, laughed bitterly, with a kind of • ghoulish joy. It was not un- tiI the vehicle stopped at the door of is dingy brown -stone front, that it occurred to hint to be afraid of the consequence—physically. He remem- bered suddenly the terrible grip of Mark's hands in the smoking room; but not even that could deter him; he was at a white heat. "The 'convict!" he thought, "the murderer—making love to her!" Jealousy and something deeper, a kind of brute fury, carried him up the steps to the door. But he met only dis- appointment. The landlady herself an- swered the ring. Mr. Grant had gone —sent his luggage away, pall her and left an hour ago or more. Lan- don leaned against the doorpost, white to the lips. It was no part of his plan to lose the triumph of his knowledge; to beat down the law -breaker! The woman, seeing his face, grew anxious. ,"Did you avant him for anything particular, sir?" she asked. "I—I heard—just today— that he'd been in jail!" Landon nodded. "Served a term for murder," She uttered a frightened exclama- tion and then shook her head. "To think of it! And him such a nice young man; too!" "You're sure he's gone?" Landon Panted—his anger was not assuaged by this escape. "He said so, sir; going west, he told me; didn't say where," she add- ed "but I think—Nebraska." Landon glanced at his watch. The Chicago flyer had not left yet. Could he make it and• get at him at the station? He rushed the taxi there at full speed and made it before train time. He stood a long thine at the gates, waiting searching the crowd with his eyes. But there was no, sign of Mark. Landon's thirst for battle grew rather than diminished; he wan- ted to Humiliate the man who had shaken Hint like a puppy; he wanted to be able to tell Pam who he was and what he--Landon—liad said to him. It would end it all for him, but it was ended anyway! Pain had ,been scornful in her refusal. She had not meant to show it, but she had. Lan- don was still quivering at the thought of her young eyes looking' at him, looking over him, Iooking away—with never once a flash of tenderness or yielding in them! "Because of that convict!" he curs- ed him under his breath. Then the gates clanged shut. He Had seen:\the last traveller embark and Marlc had not gone. He stood awhile staring at nothing. Where was he? Landon lifted his white face and. stared at the • station clock. It was nearly six o'clock. An instinct, an in tuition, or just pure 'unadulterated jealousy, seized him; he went out and got another taxi. As he entered it he was startled by a sound like a pistol shot. His nerves jumped, but it was only a motor back -firing. He leaned forward and gave Burleson's address to the driver, (TO BE CONTINUED) - Eptly Seeding Of Vegetables'(Experimental Farm's News) Success in the culture of certain of the vegetable crops depends to a<con- siderable degree upon the time the seed is sown as well as, the soil type in which they :are sown, coupled with the soil .fertility,• says T. F. Ritchie, Division of Horticulture, Central E,c- perimental Farm, Ottawa. Many' of those crops best suited to cool weather an soil ,conditions pro - duo the maximum returns if the, seed is sown at a time when the root sys- tem can be established under the .best conditions for growth. The influence of the length ofday also has a very decided effect on the growth. For in- stance, spinach will develop satisfac- torily when sown early but some of the same seed sown at a later date in equally as good soil will bolt or de- velop a seed stalk almost immediately the crop should be ready for use. There are other reasons why early seeding should be done; included in this is the escape of insects o certain types. By early seeding, the crops if grown quickly will be ready for use and gone before the insect pest be- comes too troublesome. Radish is a good example of this. A few of the common crops that are considered important to be hand- led in this way include such crops as lettuce, radish, Curly endive, (m - ions, smooth peas and spinach. Lettuce, spinach, smooth peas and radish can be sown as . soon as the soil is dry enough to rake, in fact, while there are still small patches of thawing snow about. Then at inter- vals of aaoout two weeks additional sowings should be made for two, three or four sowings. Curly endive is an important crop that is not used nearly as much as it should be and is handled the same as lettuce. Early seeding is important to insure the formation of firm,welt' developed heads. twill insure satisfactory returns. Onions require a moist, cool soil in V THURS., MARCH,;.18,194 You can take your fat drippings, scrap fat and bones' to your meat dealer. Ile will pay you the established price for the dripping and the scrap fat. If you wish, you can turn this money over to your local Voluntary Salvage Committee or Registered Local War Charity, or- You can donate your fat dripping, scrap fat and bones to your local Voluntary Salvage Committee if they collect them in your com- munity, or— You can continue to place out your Fats and Bones for collec. tion by your Street Cleaning Department where such a system is in effect. eF pt Department of National War Serrlaei NATIONAL SALVAGE DIVISION made two weeks later, after which the better types of wrinkled varieties, Little Marvel, Laxton Progress, Thom' as Laxton and Tall Telephone may be sown, To succeed with these crops, obtain good clean seed and as a precaution- ary measure against fungous diseases apply one of the prescribed meeury compound dusts as a disinfectant be- fore the seed is sown. Early seeding combined with good cultural practices which to establish their roots prior to the arrival): of the hot, dry summer days and the root maggots, Early planting of onion sets is just as im- portant as the early seed sowing. When the soil is dry enough to har- row or rake over, it is time to sow the seed and plant the sets, The following spinach varieties have been found very satisfactory; Long Standing, Bioomsdale, a very at- tractive crinkled type and Nobel or Giant Nobel, a broad smooth thick leaf type, Smooth or dimpled seeded Alaska or, Surprise peas can be sown very early, in fact,just when the soil can be harrowed or raked. A second seed- ing of the same type 'of peas can be New Four Cent Stamp to Be Issued in Due Course Demand for four -cent stamps will show a marked increase when new postal rates )become effective en Ap- ril 1, it is expected at the post office here. Postmaster G. M. Counter states that information received at the post office is that the department will not produce the present four - cent stamp in quantity but will issue a new four cent stamp as soon as pos- sible. At present there are two types of four -cent stamps in circulation. The standard one is orange and has on it the head and shoulder portrait of the King. On July 1 last a new four cent stamp was issued which is battle ship grey and portrays Port Arthur grain elevators. In the picture two ships are lying in the elevator dock. G. M. Counter points out that four-. cent stamps have always been avail- • able but in limited quantities. Failure to obtain the four -cent stamps will not cause any inconvens. ience, however, for any combination of stamps which provides the total postage required is satisfactory. An appeal is made to the public to co-operate, by affixing an addition-• al stamp to meet the necessary' four - cent requirement. Three -cent stamps will of cousre. be applicable to the local or drop letter rate after April 1. He is awaiting further advice from Ottawa as to details of the budget provision increasing mailing charges.., About 17 years ago a number of Canadians and Americans back from a vacation in Italy told us how effic- ient Mussolini was-- he had made the railways run on time. It is all right to talk about the shape of things to come but the fact is that even the shape of things now with us has not yet jelled. War Saving Stamp Free DON'T MISS YOUR NAME! The Plan in Each week there will appear in an advertisement on this page, the name and address of someone residing in Clinton or district. WATKIN'S Service Station Huron St. Phone 18 Sunoco Products Goodrich Batteries Lubrication. A -Z John Harvey, Londesboro Brucefield Garage 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 request our store will close every night at 6 'p.m., except Saturday night. H. F. BERRY Phones Seaforth Clinton 23-659 23-618 Brucefield, Ont. A Nutshell Simply locate your name, clip out the advertisement and present it to The Clinton News -Record Office, and you will receive. A War Savin gs 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 may have to last a long time. Have us lubri- cate and inspect it at regular intervals and keep it rolling. Phone 5 No. 8 Highway _101.0 JbE McCULLY & CO. General Merchants Sunoco Gas and Oils Seaforth 31-u5a Brucefield, Ont. Clinton $1-tilLt JERVIS' EGGS Will Win Your Favour TRY THEM FOR Wholesome Flavour R. L. JERVIS SUTTER & PERDUE Hardware Plumbing and Heating Diea1 Here and Take your change in War Savings Stamps Phone 147w Albert St With so much low testing bar-', ley in this section, 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 O. FORD Grain and Seed Phone 123w