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day I can't say. l admit that with
the passing of all this boyish freedom
the kids have lost something out ot
their lives, but | guess the change ls
h-tte- for the community. Certainly
| believe there should be prohibition
uf the sail. of fireworks in city like
his, and my judgment isn't affected
by nv years-at least / don't think so.
But my. what good days those were.
A mild and chaStened regret is the
feeling manifested for vanished
Fourth by representatives of old and
honorable societies that keep alive
the Fl me of patriotism. The q. \. X.
men are openest in their expression
of regret that it has been obligatory
to discard some traditional ways of
tanning this flame. The Sons of the
Revolution. on the contrary. are at
cne in thinking that the appointment
of the ways Of celebrating the day
is a distinct gain to large cities.
The glamour of the past. which
still b-iEhtens the memory of his boy
hood to every fiftyyear- older. which
fills his tall: with chuckleS as he tells
of the time when he saved his money
f-r weekc in order to fifty 'cele-
bratc" and who was broke before
II o'clock OF the great day: the pop
of tcIpcdoes; crack Of cap pistols.
devil chascrs that still sound in his
ears. the fash of pin wheels. Roman
- ndlcs. :kyrcckets that still dazzle
his eyes as he recalls his excitement: ::
all tfy.c are not powerful enou;rh to
make him wish them back again.
with their troublesome aftermath.
The change has worked for every
hody's benefit" said an officer of the
Sers of the Revolution. and the war
I has given tho lie to those who said
that the aboliShinG of our aneie ent
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Europe and Australasia and Europe.
The Discrimination following the war
has prevented the great commercial
nations of Europe from resuming their
foreign trade on normal scale, and
it is to be expected that European
trade through the canal will be of
greater relative Importance in future
years than in 1920.
&'*
THE military and naval value of
the Panama Canal is obvious. The
United States can now maintain pow
erful fleets on both the Atlantic and
the Pacific, and still bring them to-
eether quickly to meet an emergency
on either ocean. or else transfer the
combined fleet from one ocean to the
other. It has at Panama a fortified
base in highly strategic position,
with coaling stations, dry docks and
repair shops accessible from both
coasts. In modern warfare transpor-
tation and supply are essential factors.
The mere control of a trade route of
the importance of the Panama canal
is military asset Of the greatest
value.
Apart from it's commercial and mill
tary Importance. the canal has at least
one other aspect which should net be
dlsregarded in estimating it's value to
the United States.
The construction of an interoceanic
waterway at the isthmus was rightly
considered a task OF stupendous; dim-
Guilty. It involved the solution OF
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Fourth of July Compared to the Oh

ton. and some. not great deaI, OF
oratory Fireworks, as rule. arc
pretermitted. In small places, however.
a good deal of what used TO go on irt
Portsmouth,. v H. in the hoNhood OF
Thomas Bailey Aldrich still goes on.
This Namiable author described what
the Fourth meant TO boys of his gem
Grafton in way that appealed 10
most half-centenarianS and older mer.
His book was called The Story of a
Bad Boy" title that has harmed it's
circulation of recent years. As mat
ter of fact. the story is autobiography.
cal and not of a bad boy as lac is
understood today. But in the passing
of so many of the old-time customs
of celebrating our national birth ii
would noturally become somewhat out
dated.
Manufacturers and dealers in fire.
works do not admit all the minimal
statements that have been mad
about their output. declaring that the
business has changed its route. per
haps, although not in so wild" a Way
as people imagine, but what il has
lost in the cities they say il has
gained in country districts.
Individuals spend twice as much
for fireworks nowadays for the
amusement Of their guests AT coun-
try houses The observance of the
day as general holiday sends every
man with country house a run
guest llSl On lUt IouI III. anu ~ ietn
become a custom TO give II splendid
display of fireworks in tn" evening.
When these shows were common IN
he cities society would hav" HothlhG
, do with emulating them. Now they
ave celebrations on their own IL
isn't unusual for "A host to send IN
An order for fireworks costing from
; 81 900 up to several thousand.
"It is true that most citlns no
| longer spend money for displays oil
| fireworks. but III" people who live
| them and contribute to a pretty steep
general fund"
/ As the proprietors of fireworks en-
| poriums do not wear n long lace.
| but, on. thr contrary. appear l"yfut
| over the season of Sales which -
! lust closed it seems fair to accept
! as nearly true their assertion that
buiness is still in good and pros
porous way And what they say or
the old-fashioned obS"rFance "i ~, ~"
Fourth in old fashioned villages VIII
! be accepted in full by any person
; who has had one under observation
| of late years. ,
| In many villages the Fourth "t
July is; still the great open-air f"s-
, ,ivity. Still do they open III" scho":-
: house and town hall for tn" sal"
! Of cakes and ice cream ana straw
berries-big, juicy and sweet Der
ries that have no count"r'arl IN
! cities: ice cream made hy tn" farm
ers' wives out of real Cow" cream.
etc. and still do they squat IN drnrcS
ON the rickety rail fences gazing INTO
/ the skv to follow III" rise ana hars'
i of candle. rocket and BASKET win
the appropriate chorus Of 'phs
I ard Abs!
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sorts of games to work on US for the
purpose of getting our ammunition
and cannon.
The meanest trick that was ever
played on youngster l suffered from
one Fourth as proudly l sailed up to
the meeting place. carrying under one
arm by shoe box, loaded with forty
punches of crackers. There was no
doubt in my mind that l had supplies
sufficient for the day. and having
taken the precaution to fortify my
self with a paper-of sandwiches. l
looked forward to a day of triumph.
LAS l approached the crowd and
mingled with them. some kid tossed
piece of lighted punk into my shoe
box. and the next thing ! was aware
of was the explosion of cracker. 1t
came from under my arm. and was
instantly succeeded by another ex-
plosion, then by others in rapid fire
until my stock, counted on for d whole
days amusement. was exhausted in
few minutes. ! was. for the first and
last time in my life. l think. mad
enough to kill the joker. But i
couldn't find out who had thrown the
punk. and to this day-ffty years
after-the affair is a mystery. ] guess
if the boy who did il is alive and
would come and tell me that 1t was he
l would forgive him.
'.'rhc fathr.. OF enc of our gang
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had a large feed store near by. and
it was his delight to live over his
own youthful days by celebrating
the Fourth in gorgeous fashion.
Every year he put in IA store or
everything tina; in those days SEEM
cd wonderful in the line of mean
de=ccncs-Roman candies. rockets,
fire baskets, pin wheels. Cath. rine
wheels. scrpcnts. all the strange
things we boys used to cove. in IN"
yholG where they were openly on
ale but which We never hoped L"
have money enough to buy. and at
dusk he used to join us in the open
lot and set them off.
We were in our glcry. and not
reflected glory either. fer he was
kind man and used to let US do lot
of the firing. 1t was a JOY to us to
put off Roman candles and the more
elaborate pieces Rockets set us
half frantic. too. and in our excite
mcnt we often turned them straight
into an open window :ShCre the lace
curtains were blowing. and there
In thos, days. rs you know. there
was Il general order in all the fire
houses to keep the horS s attached
to The engines. In passing fire
Eouse on the FcA:th you Always stw
H.. humans and animals in a state
If uui vive. Everybody and every
hing required to put out celebra-
Fourth of July rrscmbied- its prede-
"..s:ors unless there had been turned
in great number of "isrms.
t\-OW. as to the question whether
~. the Etatc-. of things on the
Fourth which ] have been describing
was better than the condition of to-
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privileges on the Fourth would d.
minish patriotism. DO you recall
thr prompt answer from every city,
town. village. hamlet and country
side when the CALI went out for troops
to go overseas and save our civilization;
II c.ulI not have been more whole
.f.nc CT more genuine, and yet those
boys Of ours all belong TO n genera
tion that do not knew tho Fourth as
We old fellows remember il in our
Eoyhccd. No. ii would be useless for
r.actionaries to recall that kind of
Fourth, because. although in country
places its celebration is not so very
quiet. its suppression of noise and fires
in cities is godsend
X x x Z
..J>HE idea of our Fourth now is
L not so much celebration as a
holiday. The youngsters are not 50
much in possession of the day. but
they go with ti.eir folks to the shore
places or to picnic grounds. and as
they know nothing else they miss
nothing.
Even in my boyhood days the great
event of the day for me was the parade.
But il was a hot march for the parad
"rS. and with the Introduction OF
memorial day TIE procession was ad
yaEcsd to that season. earlier and bet
ter suited to the marchers. and |
think that this new day we celebrate
now took a good many other features
out of the ,'our,h of July. OF course.
the hne displays of fireworks lasted
TIL long after"
the feeling that the old fashioned Fourth
has passed. and in its stead has come
a delightful holiday. with reading
nf that famous document. the Declara :
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candle. or. joy of joys. a rocket or two
got into my store by good luck. And AS
th.. hoard grew apace. so grew my I'M
patience: it seemed as if the Fourth OF
July would never come.
lit came at last. and scarcely mad
the alarm clock of Phoebus Apollo
walked that God of Day before
allied forth to make what noise
could with the means at hand. Early
as | might be-and you bet pre-
Ceded the dawn-the others of tht
gang were as early. and tire spitful
crack of firecrackers or the Dans ol
TOW cannon heard from the Hlc!nltF OF
our rendezvous pinned wings to m!
So &ndals.
ARRIVED at the open lot near where
we lived we all proceeded Without
preamble to get into the business OF
the dav- We fired at nrst cautioilsIs
and DenuriouSiy. for every boy among
US wanted to keep going all day long.
and previous experience had taught
US the misery of getting too soon out
of firearms and having to hang arounh
noiseless while other lads kept on
firing.
"If we kept our head and didn't let
excitement and bravado betray us into
extIavagance. each of us had gener-
aI,r supplies enough to last till twi-
light. when the big fireworks were
due. We didn't so home to dinner:
and if the family came to drag us on
10 Se, Il procession we went unwlli-
i.t1ly and with leaden legs.
X x
uNIY particular open lot is unrec-
-1 ognizable as the same place to-
day. We drew an audience from
among the kids in that section of
town We had to look out for these
kids; they were sharpers and had all
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by GO per cent each decade. Unfor-
tunately. the canal was closed by
slides from September. 1915. to April.
1916. so that it is impossible to say
what the tonnage for those years
might have been under conditions of
uninterrupted traffic. During 1917, the
first full calendar year of operation.
the tonnage was only 6.362 2,3S7. and
the 10000. .OOO-ton mark was not reach
ed until 1920.
The commercial tonnage in that
year was 1O,37S,265. According to
Prof. Johnson'S estimates, which as
sumed conditions of peace and normal
commercial development, the tonnage
for 1920 should have been 13.34i.OO0.
The difference, approximately 3,O0O.-
900 tons, between this and the actual
figures may. be regarded as an index
of the rctarding effect of the war
In spite of this retardation. OF
losses resulting from the interruption
of traffic by slides for period of
seven months in 1915 and 1916, and of
increased operating costs due to war
Dr'ces and war wages, the tolls and
other revenue to. date tMay, 1920,
have exceeded by a slight margin the
cost of operation and maintenance.
The earnings have not yet been suffi-
cient to provide for interest payments
on the capital invested or for its
amortization: but from now on. unless
canal revenues are reduced by legis-
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Importing Insects.

LIVERY yea representatives Of our
IL great importing concerns go
abroad in search of new designs and
patterns for the American trade.
Among the foreign buyers who from
time to time visit Europe are scientists
from the Department of Agriculture
looking for living insects. They seek
the species which prey on our injurious
insects, and their chief purpose Is to
arrange with trustworthy men there TO
forward to us the necessary supplies
at the proper time.
Most of odr insect enemies have been
imported from Europe. once mere ana
freed from many of their natural enc
mics, they have increased and multi
olied at an alarming rate. The balance
Of nature has been upset. scientists
SAY in explanation of the peculiar raw
ges of certain pests.
The gypsy moth. for example, was
brought into the United States some
years ago for purposes Of scientific
study and experiment "A few acci-
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the day that followed the old
Fourth of July. Usually if it
did not rain. the weather was
gray. as IL the clouds of gunpowder
smoke still lowered over the earth,
and while the older folks were read
ing of fires and casualties the Young
er ones unobtruSively got away from
the house to meet on street corners
and in empty lots, there to live over
again the Glories of the day before
which would not be repeated until an
other year had passed
1t is the generation who were boys
I'm 1870 or thereabouts that is apt to
linger as long on the memories of the
tional day: perhaps their memories of
the former are more poignant. Ere
they begin to relate the exciting
events of the Fourth of July of their
hoyhood they usually preface by re-
calling how Charley deliberately shot
- blank cartridge in his hand: how
Willie lost an eye and Eddie d finger
hut. having counted up the cost. they
laugh out aloud and eXclaim:
The Fourth of July then was the
zeal thing. and anybody who was q
10y then will never forget is. The
kiddieS of today have no way of real
izing what real excitement is. What's
the glorious Fourth to them? Merely
holiday. like any other.
But in the next breath they hedge
On their transports, remaking in sober
atterthought
IL guess the present way Of observ-
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Natural COIored Silk.

EXPERIMENTS made in France, 1t
- is reported, show that the yellow
and green colors possessed by the
silk spun by certain caterpillars are
due to coloring matter derived from
the food and passed through the blood
of the spinners. by impregnating
leaves with artificial colors the ex-
perimentcrs caused some species Of
,aterpillars To produce silk of bright
orange-yellow and fine rose hues.
BY the aid OF the sre.t"oaappr Ia ,
presence and nature of colored pig
ments in the blood of the little crea-
lures were established
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NEW Head of the Zone in Special Article,
Y Shows Development and World Value of
One of the Greatest Engineering Feats of
American Engineers Informa ton Re-
garding the Trade and Financial Situation

spectacle. but it had far-reachrg effects
on canal traffic. German shipping. after
that of Great Britain the most important
factor in maritime trade. disappeared
from the seas, British shipping was
commandeered for the transportation
of troops and supplies and for auxiliary
naval service, and neutral shipping was
gradually diverted by advancing freight
rates into war trades in the north At
lantic and the Mediterranean.
The old trade routes were disorGan-
lied, and many countries which might
have contributed substantial tonnage
10 the canal, notably those on the west
coast of Central and South America.
were so paralyzed by the loss of their
European markets that their foreign
commerce shrank for the time being to
negligible dimensions. AS the war pro-
Eressed this was Offset to a certain ex
tent by the development of special war
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dentally escaped. and their progeny
was careleSsly allowed to spread. The
states have spent large sums of money
in trying to eXterminate the pest, and
of late the moth has done more damage
here than in central and Southern Eu-
rope, where his ways have long been
known. By way of experiment there
has been imported from Europ. a tree
inhabiting predatory beetle to serve as
a moth police. In the same way the
United States has imported enemies of
the wheat plant louise and the aspara-
gus beetle.
OF all our exports and imports none
needs more careful watching than live
plants and animals.
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A Golden City.

THE Mexican city Of Guanajuato.
L built near the oldest gold mines III
the country. was originally con-
s-ruCted of adobes made of tn" refus"
of ,hes, mines. As III" Da-.y pro-
,...ccs of extraction were very i'm
reIr.cL. TIE walls and floors Of th'$'
huildins. were thus full of gold.
Things would have continued thus
for an Indefinite time and til" inhahl-
tants would have been living yet in
there valuable buildings il tn pass
age Of a railroad line nearby had not
n,c-,.,sitatrd, tbe-Gemoiition of aboui
100 houses.
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lation affecting tolls, there will be an
annually increasing balance which
may be so applied. =
x X +
IN his annual report for 1920: Col.
Chester Harding, then governor of
the Panama Canal Zone, stated:
The canal. in it's present state. rep
resents a capital expenditure by the
United States Of $3ss, 600, exclu-
sive Of expenditures for its military
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BY JAY j. MORROW.
Governor Of the Panama Canal ZOn,

y August Is. 1914, when the
attention of the world was
concentrated on the opening
> phases OF the war in Europe,
the Panama canal was opened to COM
merce In the turmoil of those days
this final consummation of an enterprise
which had obsessed the imagination of
men for four centuries and had been
actively prosecuted for more than three
decades. since de Lesseps in 1881 turned
the first spade full of earth at the
American isthmus. passed almost un-
noticed.
xIu had occurred few weeks earlier
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the event would have attracted an inter-
Gational gathering. and would have been
s,,luted by the navies of the world. But
+ was obscured by happenings even
rF"re moIl"n:ous. The naTieS were
s,.!t their predeStined business of war,
ii humanity watching the unchecked
'rsance of the German armies on Paris.
.arccly needed the opening of II great
highway of commerce.
X K x X
STHE war not only eclipsed the OPEN
d. L NnS Of the canal as an international
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trades, for instance. the resumption Of
nitrate shipments from Chile for the
manufacture of munitions in Great
Britain and France. But it is certain
that the war and postwar conditions
have greatly retarded the normal eX-
pansion of canal traffic.
Prof. Emory r. Johnson estimated
after careful study that by 1915 there
would be available for the use of the
Panama canal 10.500.00 net tons of
shipping per annum, and that this
tonnage might be expected to increase
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thousands of strangers from all cor
Eers of the earth who view each
year the completed canal and its
miraculously transformed terminal
ports carry away ineradicable impress
sions of the engineering SKILL the ad
ministrative genius and the industrial
efficiency of the American people, to
our immense gain in national prestige.
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BY WILLIS STEELL,

NRCLT a day of reckoning was
the day that followed the old
Fourth of July. Usually if it
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-09-16
New Court Rules

The rules of the Salem County
Courts that We're adopted several
years ago When Edward c. Wadding-
ton became Judge Of the Common
Pleas Court, have been revised by
Judge Henry Burt Ware. He has an
nOunCed Tat the reF, rules viii s.
into effect on September Goth. Notices
have been sent to members of the Bar
in this and adjoining counties and to
those who have business III the Courts.
No Court will hereafter be held on
Friday, as has been the custom for a
long time. unless cases re carried
over or set down for that day by Judge
Ware. Thursday has been designated
instead.
On the second and fourth Thursdays
of each month, Common Pleas and
Orphans Court matters will be heard
and will be given priority. On other
Thursdays matters In the Quarter
Sessions and Special Sessions viii be
heard and precede all other business.
Civil business IS TO he taken up the
second week of the term. Criminal
business the third week. "Naturaliza-
ton Days" are the Fridays following
the fourth Tuesday in March and Sep
TENDER.
Court is to open at 10 A. NJ, with
recess from 1890 P VI to 1.15 P. NJ.
Adjournment is to he taken at 4 P. NJ.
Judge Ware will sit at Chambers.
Dunn building. to hear motions upon
any day that may be fixed beforehand.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-09-16
A Midnight Fire

At 12.45 Tuesday morning, John
Gomeringer, who has a tailor shop
and lives with his family in Title
Smiths house, at IT'S West Main
Street, was aroused by an explosion,
which shook the house 50 badly he
thought it must have been the powder
mills. He got up, dressed and went
down stairs and outdoors, looking all
around. Soon he saw smoke and
flames coming from the upstairs
rooms adjoining his house. The other
part Of the double house, 173, is oc-
cupied by Frank Debell, who has a
shoe repair shop on the first floor
front and lives in the rear upstairs.
Mr.. Gomeringer sent his son to the
Borough hall to notify the fremen
who arrived in a few minutes and did
effective work in putting out the fire.
The chemical engine was used first
and later the water hose. The fire
was not put out until much damage
was done to stock and mostly to the
building owned by Mrs. Title Smith
and Miss Minnie Smith, old time resi-
dents.
What caused the explosion and fire
is a mystery. Mr.. Debell left his
house at 1880 Monday night and did
not return until Thursday morning.
Probably $500 will owe the loss
of Mr.. Debell and $1,000 damage to
the house.
Frank is so thoroughly discouraged
with the condition of the building, his
stock, machinery, ETC., that he has not
vet decided whether he will continue
his shoe repair business.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-09-16
Joe Money Seeks a Divorce

Joseph L. Money. formerly of
Penns Grove. and a member of the
police force, instituted proceedings for
divorce in Camden on Tuesday from
his Wife. Rachel Money. on the ground
OF infdelity.
Money. who now lives at 526 Borton
Street. Camden, names Raymond
Zane, 10 River Walk. Penus Grove, CO.
RESPONDENT.
The divorce papers We're served
Tuesdav on Mrs. Money at the State
Peformatorv for Women, to which
She was committed by Judge Wad-
dington after she and Zane were ar
rested on a statutory offense February
25. Zane at that time was sentenced
to six months in Salem County jail by
Judge Washington.
TIE Moneys were married in June,
1912. and have two children,