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The Clinton News Record, 1932-02-11, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD) Clinton News=Record With which is I.neoxpe.rated THE NEW ERA Terms of Subscription—$2,00 per year in advance, to Canadian, ad- dresses; $2.50 to the ILS. or oth- er 'foreign • countries. No ' paper discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the cption of the publisher. The date to which every subscription is paid is denoted on the label. Advertising Rates—Transient adver- tising 12c per count line for first, insertion. Se fpr each su•bsequeni insertion."'' Heading counts 2 lines. Smalll adveetisements, not to :ex- eeed one .inch, such as "Wanted", "Lost," `Strayed," etc., inserted once for 35e, each subsequent in- sertion 15e. Rates for display ad vertising made known on applica- tiQn. Communications intended for pub- lication must, as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name of the writer. G. E. HALL, M. R. CLARK, Proprietor. ' Editor,. M. D. MccTAGGART Banker A general Banking Business transacted. Notes Discount- ed- Drafts Issued. Interest Allowed on Deposits. Sale Notes Purchased. H. T. RANCE Notary Public, Conveyancer Financial, Real Estate and Fire In. surname Agent. Representing 14 Fire Insurance Companies. Division Court Office. Clinton, Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Pabilo i Suceess4e to W. Brydone, K.C. Sloan Block — Cliuton, Ont' CHARLES B. HALE Conveyancer, Notary Public, Commissioner, etc! Office over J. E. Hovey's Drug Store CLINTON, ONT. B. R. HIGGINS Notary Public, Conveyancer General Insurance, including Fire Wind, Sickness and Accident, kite - mobile. Huron and Erie Mortgage Corporation and Canada Trust Bonds Box 127, Clinton, I'M. Telephone 57, DR. J. C. GANDIER Office hours: --1.50 to 3.30 pan., 0.30 to 8.00 pan. Sundays, 12.30 to 1.30 pin. Other hours by appointment only. Office and Residence -- Victoria St. DR. FRED G. THOMPSON Officd and Residence: Ontario Street — Clinton, Ont, One door west of Anglinan 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 l)r C. W. Thompson) :Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted DR. H. A. McINTYRE DENTIST ER''RACTION A SPECIALTY 'Office aver Canadian National Ex- press, Clinton, Ont. Phone 21 D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electra Therapist Masseur Office: Huron St. (Few doors west of Royal Bank). Hours—Tues., Thurs. and Sat., al] day. Other hours by appointment Hensall Office -Mon., Wed. and Fri forenoens. Seaforth Office --Mon., Wed. and Friday afternoons. Phone 207. GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the' County of Huron Correspondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The News -Record, Clinton, or by calling phone 103,. 'Charges Moderate , and Satisfaetior Guaranteed. CANADIAN',�AiCONAt At AY5 TIME TAI3LE Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and Godericb Div. Going East, depart 6.58 arm Going Fast depart 3.05 p.m. Ctoing West, depart 11.55 min. " 9.44 'pan. London, Huron & ,Bruce 'Caine South 3.08 pan Cooing North 11.58 ,a m.` oclo omo ore o on • THE o . TU.LE MARSH JVIURDER� STORY OF A MISSING ACTRESS AND THE' TAXING OF .WITS TO .EXPLAIN HER FATE. 0 BY NANCY BARR MAVITY SYNOPSIS Don Ellsworth's wife, formerly the actress Sheila O'•Shay,, ,disappears. Dr, Cavanaugh, oriminal psyoholo gist, identifies "a charred body found in the tule marsh as hers. Barbara, his daughter; faints when she.•hears hitn tell this to Peter Piper, a Herald' reporter. When Mrs. Kane, ,Sheila's maid, is •arrested, she admits. that. Ellsworth married Sheila under threat .of breach of promise. A threatening note signed "David Orme" is found. Pet- er trails Orme `nd arrests him. Peter sees Barbara destroy a jewelled comb of Sheila's and when she re- fuses to talk he realizes she is pro- tecting someone. A3 Orine's trial Mrs. Kane states that Oeme is the reael husband of Sheila. Orme ad- mits seeing Sheila on the night of her death. ,Dr. Cavanaugh takes the stand. CHAPTER XLV.— (Cent'd. "Thank you." Dr. Cavanaugh nod- ded affably. "I will begin, then, with the early afternoon of a day last month when I returned to my house from a morning round of golf and found a man whom I now know to be David Orme, sitting en the doorstep of my office, blocking by entrance." Graham's head jerked back his Startled gaze seeking the doctor's face. The district attorney's ehair made a scraping sound as he pushed himself back from the table with both hands. But Dr. Cavanaugh apparent- ly oblivious to the sensation his statement had caused. was turned to- ward the jury box, his eyes studious4 ly regarding the toe of his shoe as he eresserl one knee over the other and leaned back at ease in the wit- ness itness chair. "Behold the Ethiopian emerging from the woodpile!" Harry chortled to his "twin" in gleeful excitement. ""Just east your eyes on Graham—, he's getting something he didn't bar- gain for," the other twin urged, dig- ging an elbow into his mate's ribs for emphasis. "No talking in the courtroom, please!" Abandoning his futile attempt to catch Dr. Cavanaugh's eye, Graham, with an obvious effort, schooled his voice to non -committal formality. "And on what date. doctor, did this —this meeting occur?" "On the fourth of March of the current year." The district attorney's chair 'scrap- ed sharply again—forward this time, "I beg your pardon? I -I think I must have misunderstood." Graham was clutching the edge of the table before him with both hands. "Will you repeat that date please?" Dr. Cavanaugh turned and survoy- ed his agitated questioner with mild amusement. "I said" ---he raised his 'nice as if he had just .discovered that Graham was slightly deaf—"March fourth of this year'." "But that—that was before Mrs. Ellsworth clisapneared!" ,Graham seemed hardly able to credit the tes- timony of his senses. "The inference," Dr. Cavannug'h as- sented smoothly, "Is quite correct." CHAPTER XLVI. "Proceed," In that one word; Gra- ham gave it up;, and abandoned him- self and David Orme to Dr, Cavan- augh. He was. no longer directing the examination—lie was merely a part of the aedionce. He glanced briefly at the district attorney, hoping that the prosecutor was too absorbed in Ms town astonishment to notice khat his surprise was shared by his op- pcnon. "Mr. Orme was at that time in e state of extreme agitation. IIe told me that in passing the house he had recognized my name on the door- plate. The maid told him I was out, THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. President, J, Bennewies, Brodliag• en, viee-president, James Connelly, Godericb. Sea. -treasurer, D. F. 1Vtc• Gregor, Seaforth. Directors: James Evans, Beceh- wood; James Shoaldice„ Walcot; Wet. Knox, Londesbore,; Rebt. Perris, Irul- lett; John Pepper, Brumfield; A Broaiifoot, Seaforth; G. F. IVI'cCart- ney,Seaforth. Agents: W. J. Yeo, R.R. No. 8. Clinton; Jahn Mur'ay, Seaforth; James Watt, Blyth; Ed. Pinchlsy, e Seaforth. Any money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of Commerce, Seaforth; ow at Calvie Cutt's Grocery, Goder'ich. Parties desiring to effect insur- ance or'transact other business trill. be promptly attended to on apphca, ,tign to any of the - above officels addressed to their respective post of flees. Losses inspected by the direc- tor who lime nearest the scene,, and. saw patients' einly by appoint- nient. Nvertheless, he had settled himself on the doostep to wait, "IIe told pie at once bh'at he was, without funds, but begged me to help him in what he described as a 'ter- Tibbs extremity. T admitted himto my office, gave him a mild sedative, and, when the was somewhat quieter, asked him the nature of his trouble. "I will suminarize his statement 'as succinctly as possible in order not to weary you." Dr. Cavanaugh paused and glanced at the jury with his smile of courteous apology. Every face was turned towards him with tense interest. Even the judge leaned forward. "4Mr. Orme told me at that time that he had been, for almost a year, suffering from a complete loss of memory for preceding events. Ilii~ memcry, that is, was clear for the period between last April and the present. For sevents preceding that time, his mind was a total blank. As perhaps you know, this state of am- nesia is technically called a fugue." The jury didn't knew, but they ap- preciated the implied flattery, and tried to book ,as if they did. "I went hack rather carefully over the patient's personal history for, the last 11 months. If 1 may be allowed to use an imperfect analogy, it was as if the strip of continuity, of the stream of memories which makes us conscious rf ourselves as . unbroken personalities, had been cut •cff at a particular point, with no way of unit- ing the severed edges. "He had found himself walking along a country road, hatless and without luggage. If he had had a wallet containing money and a means of identification, he had 'lost it or it had been steles: from him. The only clue to his identity which he could 1 discover was a fountain pan in his pocket with the initials 'D. 0.' en- graved on a gold band around the barrel. "From that time on, for a period of 11 months, he had worked as a casual ranch hand, using the name Daniel Osgood, which was suggested to- him by the initials on the pen. "He had kept moving, in hope that eventually some scene or Mecums stance would recall his past life to him. On the clay when I saw him, he had received his first hint—the first stimulus which seemed to have a- roused a response connected with his past life. I hope I ant nof."being too detailed baking tip too much of your time with all this?" Harry laid down his pencil and stretched his cramped fingers. "Gee," he whispered to the "Q" twin. "Spell me on this, will you? It's all answer and no question. Do you think you're getting paid ,just to sit and leaf in a ringside seat at thi'i trial? "All right, hand it over•. But say, do you notice what a sense of the dramatic the old bird has? He al- ways asks if he's Ibering them at the most eracial moments." "I haven't bad time to notice any- thing haat keeping up with the pot- hooks." For once, even the bailiff was too absorbed to chastise the offenders against courtroom etiquette. "Go on, please, doctor. The court will be glad to listen to all yotr have to say." "The circumstances to which i n- eer was a moving picture. Orme, of Osgood as I called frim then, had dropped into a moving picture house. rnca'e for a place to sit down anti rest than for anything else, But an inci- dent in the picture had aroused in hien an intense, though indefinite, emotional disturbance. "It was a scene in which an angry man knocked a woman down. Ile was unable to stay for the conclusion of the story, • and rushed out into the street, in to state of acute excitement. His first clear recognition out of the past was the sight of my name on the door plate when he passed my house ire recognized it, that is, as be- longing to a mere or less well known psychiatrist." "'More os' less'—get that?" nudg- ed Harry. "It would be --unnecessary to take yen step hV step through the anal- ysis by evhich, in the cause of the next two weeks, I finally knitted to. gather the severed portions of O5'i5T5's consciousness. "Working backward,, I discovered that its his childhood he had received a powerful shock when Isis father, in a drunken rage had struck his moth - r anti. knocked her down. The wo- men had bit her head in falling and was stunned; and the child, left la - lone with her when his father' had stormed out of the house, had be- lieved her to be dead. . "The incident was buried in 'his subconsciousness and •apuai:eantly,for- g'ottenit was only a short .tithe af- terwards that, a- musician became in- terested`in Cruse's remtairkable talent and undertook his 'education, 'scparat- ing hint from, his family'associati.ons. But the horror of scene, .intensified by his helplessness, nevertheless made an ineffaceable and powerful impression., "When, as he has toll you, he 'ie a moment of anger struck his wife, h, and sawll ]tisSheila motherOEhaayd fallen, ateher foundfahimas- self reprodrieing the scene which had given him so profound a shock in his, childhood. Ile in his own person was re-enacting the role of his hated fath- er. • !file reproduction of a similar scene on the screen naturally caused' a• resurgence of the emotional .storm, and gave us a starting point: for re- construction. "The amnesia. from 'which. he was suffering explains the ,fact that. Orme was unaware of his wife's sub; seguent marriage until so long after it had taken place. "There are other items, of course which require explanation. •Not ev- ery one would have responded to the same set of circumstances as David Orme reeponnded to thein. We .must remember that he was and always has been an unstable personality—an instability recognized by the laiety in reference to the high-strung sen= sitivenees, the 'temperament' of eer- tain geniuses. "In such a personality, a rift in the stream of memory tehcnically called a fugue is invariably a means of escape froman unbearable reality, When Orme found himself perform- ing the same act whieh had so horri- fied hint in his father,. he reacted by a complete denial of the intolerable feet by, in short, forgetting the pain- ful situation and becoming, in effect, someone else. I have no doubt whatever that the emotional . strain cf seeing itis wife again on the night of March 18 caused a slight recur- rence of retroactive amnesia, which explains Lis confusion as to the de- tails of the interview and his inab- ility to remember his parting from Sheiia O'Shay and his return to the automobile camp grounds where he was Staying. " a, k." GrahThatamjs lookellIdthinenquiringly to- ward Dr. Cavanaugh, hut except for. an almost imperceptible curve of amusement at the, eorners of his mouth; the doctor's face was inscrut- ible. (Te be continued.) DOING IN THE SCOUT WORLD Complete Boy Scout census figures for Ontario for 1931 show a total of 21,793 boys afid leader's. They in- clude 313 Lone Scouts, chiefly on farms. A Cenotaph Flag For New Zealand A white ensign from the r-notaph in Whitehall, London, was presented to the Scouts of New Zealand by Lord Baden-Powell, and placed for keeping in Christchurch' Cathedral, Auckland. A siinilar flag presented to Canadian Scouts at the last world Scout Jamboree occupies an honour- ed place at Dominion Scout Head- quarters, Ottawa. Sir Ernest Shackleton's Scout The scientific staff of tate Ant- arctic research ship Discoverer Il, now in the far South Seas, includes J. W. S. Marr of Aberdeen, a Scout selected to accompany Si' Ernest Shackleton on his last expedition to the South Pole in the Quest.. Scout bfate also accompanied the Algarsen expedition to the Antarctic, and has since qualified for several university scientific degrees. He has made good. Santa Claus' Assistants • Fully 75,000 Canadian children in city, town and country, including prairie farms, were visited last Christmas by the Boy Scout end Girl Guide -,Santa Claus. The gifts were produced by a trans -Canada chain of toy repair shops in 149 cities and towns. The 3fontreaI shop provided gifts for 12,000needy children and the Hamilton shop for over 6,000. Several thousand western settlers' kiddies were remembered by eastern. toy shops by mail. ADDING TO STOCKS OF ATLANTIC SALMON More than 31,000,000 Atlantic sal- mon eggs were collected during theti autumn of 1981 Iby the Fish Culture Branch of the Dominion Department of Fisheries and the resultant' fry, will the distributed in suitable streams next spring and summer. It is by work such as this that the fish cul- ture experts help in maintain ,and build up the stocks of Canada's com- mercial fish and sport fish. These particular eggs were obtain- ed at the seven salmon ponds which the department operates in. the Mari- time Provinces, and although most of the ponds yielded larger collac- tione, than 111 1930 the grand total was not quite, as high as id that year. A. teatime of the year's work was a .record collection -of landlock- ed salmon eggs at the Chamcook hakes, New Brunswick. All told, ov- er 840,700 of these eggs were obtain - I ...• I ��lt,,i,ei�, ounty News. Happenings in the, County and District. WINGIIiS,M; TheSunday School room of St. Paul's Anglican. church, was the scene of a social gathering on Thursday evening., when the mein - bees of the Church gathered in ,honor of their Beloved pastor, Rev. F. 'W`. Schaffter, wife and family, who were leaving their midst, to takeeup their new duties in: connection' with St. Jude's church, lir'antford. Mr. Schef- iter has labored for the past six years 111 this charge and has made a great many warns friends, not only among his own congregation but with ail'the churches. Being of a" congenial nature, rte made -everyone feel at home while in 'his company, and it 5 with much regret that the citizens ,of Wingham are losing Mr. Schaffter ad.family, and still it gives a great deal of satisfaction to know that his services have been apprec- iated hare. The fact that he is be- ing given ,such a -splendid charge in Brantford, is ,most gratifying. WIN+OHAIVI: The annual meeting of North Huron County L.O1. was held in the Orange Hall, Wiinghans, last week. Worshipful • 'Co. 'Master, Bros, Chas. Stewart of Londesboro tank tate chair. The different eons- mittees were appointed at the -morn- ing session. The different 'commit- tees reported and showed that the lodge was in a very satisfactory con- dition. A telegram was received from the South Huron County L.O.L., which wits in session at Exeter, ex- tending an invitation to North Hu- ron to join with them in celebrating the 12th of July in Godericb this year. This invitation was accept- ed. At this part of the meeting Bro. C. R. Copeland of London, formally of Wiest -ham, was led ,before the al- tar anti was presented with a beauti- ful pyrex set in recognition of his faithful services for the past five years as County Recording Secre- tary. Past County Master Bro. Thos. Stewart of Bluevale read the ad- dress while Co. blaster Bro. Chas. Stewart of Blybh, and Deputy County. Master 'Bra, A. Pattison made the presentation. Bro. C. R. Copeland al- though taken by'surprise thanked the lodge in a few Well chosen word. Several short addresses, were given which were appreciated by all pre- sent. County Master Stewart then declared all offices vacant and asked Past Obesity 1Vfaster Thos. 'Stewart to conduct the eleetion and instala- tion' of officers for the year 1982 with the following results: C. M.: Allan Pattison, Belgrave; Wm. Mole, Dungannon; C. Chap,: D. L. W'eir, Wroxeter; C. Ree. $ec'y.: W. T. Miller, of Wingham; 0. ,Fin, See'y.: Harvey Trunking, Londes bore; Co. Treas.: •Melville Culbert, Dungannon; .Co. Marshall: Joe Tam- an, Blyth; C, Led:: L. Ruddy, Au- burn, and Ira Rapson, Londesboro. Town Hall was Cleaned Walls Introduced to Soap and Water For the First Time in Two De. cedes, Unemployed Men A- bout Town Accomplish a Good Work. "For they scrubbed out the old totwn hall," might be a goad title for the next popular,song hit for no doubt the story;as told in those few Words is gond news to a great many people in St. Marys and surrounding district, and such a song might there- fore be expected to have what is known as a wide sale among the in- habitants of these clearings at least. It seems a peculiar thing, but there is no doubt about it that if it had not been for the present economic chaos in the marts of the world the old town hall would still be its uncharm- ing self, for in more prosperous times the Town Fathers decided that the municipality could not stand THURS., FEB. 11, 1932 Irho expense of a general clean -opt • and thus it was left to tho present board to do the evork as part of e scheme to exchange relief expendi- tures for the labor of those asking support. 1 After the first week's offensive using those deadly weapons, seep, rag and elbow grease the lower Idea of the building cantaining.the Magis- trate, Police and Treasurers' offices the Nurses' tcoonn and council Mem- bers, not forgetting• the main lobby, certainly seemed to be gently im- proved. Ali the walls had been scrub- bed and the grime of years was re- moved, exposing the original tinting below. The corridor appears to have ,been transformed for the, walls and ceiling' are now snowy white and all that is needed to complete, the jobis a few gallons of suitable paint. This week the men are being .employ ed swabbing out the big auditorium I upstairs and it is expected that by i the end of this period the Milk of the work will be completed and one will be able to lean up against the wallswithout ruining , ones best clothes. --St. Marys Journal -Argus. An Address on League of Nations Mrs. Plumptre's address on Monday evening was calculated to put heart: into the friends of the League of Na- tions and to win new friends far that body and the moveinest it represents. MTs. Pimnptre outlined in most inter- esting and convincing manner some of the League's "victories of peace", and effectively disposed of the alto- gether unreasonable suggestion that if the League fails to "protect China" it has proved utterly useless and might as well be given up. The League, M entitled to be judged by rythat it does, rather than by what, because human perversity is stili a factor in the world, it fails to do. —O.rillia Packet -Times. DON'T SLEEP ON LEFT SIDE, GAS HURTS HEART If stomach gas makes you restless and unable to sleep on r'ig'ht side, take Adlerika. One dose will lid you,,, of gas or nervousness, and bring sound sleep. J. E. Hovey, Druggist. Have /You Anything You Wish to Dispose of? Did you ever try a small classified Advertisment in THE NEWS --RECORD if not, try it tor a week or so. If you have what somebody wants to buy you're sure of a sale as everybody reads that small ad. section Advertising in The News - Record is an excellent method pf bringing a Buyer and Seller together We do not Guarantee always to Sell your White Elephant. But some- times what proves to be a White Ele- phant on your hands. becomes to another just the handy beast of bur- den he has been looking for and did not know where to find. 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