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John Henry tOGs hammer stDingtr' man,
Burned out dat Niger name Sam.
And et lat amt st0iRgtn' like a ndtcbal man.
Wei, den, III be damn, Land, LdaUd.
Wei. den, IN be damn"
John Henry swung his hammer until the sun
went down, and when the sun went down he
drove his last spike in that railroad line.
From the time was or years old as I
have said, John Henry was no stranger to me.
I knew then that he had lived on the Henning
farm, large place under the bluffs: that DR..
Henning, the owner of the farm, who lived In
Memphis, had sent John Henry up from the
city to combat the vicious and rapidly spread
ing Johnson grass, and that John Henry had
worked himself to death in competition with
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majestieS as the first royal governor. He ar
rived at st. MaryS in 1891 and selected the
officials and councillors. In the next year the
first assembly was held under the new regime
At this session the Church of England was
made the established church, and the Act of
liberation of 1649 was repealed.
GOPLEY died in 1893, and in the year fol-
- lowing Francis Nicholson, former ROYAL
Governor of Virginia, was appointed royal gov
ernor. He promptly summoned the assembly
to meet at Annapolis instead of St Mary's,
and in the year following, directed that all the
Colonial records be removed to that city. A
vigorous but futile protest against the removal
was presented to Nicholson. It was signed by
most of the residents of ST. Mary's City and
by large number of officials and prominent
personages of the colony many of whom had
been most active in the hostilities against Lord
Baltimore's adherents and in bringing the coll
ony under royal government.
The removal of the capital was death blow
TO St Mary's. Officials first, and then other
residents, gradually departed. Soon the cid
houses crumbled IN decay leaving but a few
and the old State house standing In 1895, the
State House was dedicated to use as the Court
House of st. Mary'S County and as a place of
worship CT the Established Church. When the
old city ceased to be the county seat in 1908
upon the establishment of Leonardtown (tlen
known as Seymour Town. otherwise Shepherds
Old FieldsC, the State House was used exclu-
sively as a church. For more than a hundred
years 1t continued to be so used In 1929 I'M
fortunately, the old building was torn down,
and its bricks were used to build the present
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steam traction engine which the doctor also
sent up from Memphis to tight the grass So
I thought no more Of it. Houston Eggleston had
been a better man than Bud Bostick, and
Houston was dead. John Henry had been q
better man than Houston Eggleston, and John
Henry was dead. That was all there was to
that.
Ten or fifteen years later I spent a year or
more on Puget Sound. Up there I met one
Gunnar Anderson, a man nearly feet tall
who was the champion axrnan in the woods.
But before Anderson'S day there had been a
man that was better axman than he. This
man was known as the Alligator Man" Be
fore the Alligator Man" came to the woods
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Maryland's Lost Capital

Episcopal Church 1t is said that the altar and
other wooden parts of the present structure
were made from the wood of the Old Mulberry
Tree This old tree, after life of several hun
bred years, died in the latter part of the last
century. On its site now stands the monu-
ment which the State of Maryland erected in
1890 to the memory of Leonard Calvert, bear
ing the following inscriptions: On enc side
To the Memory of
LEONARD CALVERT,
First Governor of Maryland,
This Monument Is
Erected by
The State of Maryland
Erected on the Site of the
Old Mulberry Tree,
Under Which the
First Colonists of Maryland Assembled
To Establish a Government
Where the prosecuted and oppressed of every
creed and every cline might repoSe in peace
and security adore their common God and
enjoy the priceless blessings of civil and re-
ligious liberty.
And on the other side:
LEONARD CALVERT,
Second Sen of George Calvert,
First Baron of Baltimore,
and Anne. His Wife,
Led the First Colonists to Maryland
November %, I633-March 3, 1884,
Founded St Mary'S March 81 1884
Died June g. 1647.
By His Wisdom, Justice and Fidelity,
He Fostered the
Infancy of the Colony, Guided it Through
Great Perils and Dying. Left it at Peace
The Descendants and Successors of the Men
He Governed, Here Record
Their Grateful Recognition of His Virtues,
November, MDCCCXC.
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holding spikes the croSs-ties, and then Sam
and John Henry got their hammers and lined
up at the mark.
I'll drop my hat" said old man Billie Bob
Russell, land when 1t hits the ground I want
to hear them hammers ring and 1 want to see
the spikes sink. We're laying thousand miles
of railroad line. and we amt hardly started.
So line up, you hammer swinging DULLES and
set them spikes, you holders, bwause I'm fixing
to drop my hat and start this thing a-going"
A ND then old man Billie Bob Russell's hat
hit the ground. And when his hat hit the
ground the hammers rang like benl Every
time Sam sank a spike John Henry sank one,
too. and every time John Henry sank a spike
old Sam swung his hammer Down the track
they went, sinking spikes at every lick and
yelling for more room to work in Sam worked
faster, but John Henry worked harder
Sam sang him song that was as fast as
his swinging
~Dfs old hdmmeT-lCYIdnn!
KILLED John Henry-tUhan!
But hit can't kill ple-tohansl
LGtod. hit can't kill me-tohdnl"
But John Henry swung his hammer from his
hip like song he knew, and the words rolled
out with the swinging
you hyar my ntne-pound hammer ring,
on, she ring Jest like a bell
Don't let my hammer jan on you
Cause httlI driUe you plum to he'll Lard Latod
And tell you fare thee toeH"
John Henry and Sam stayed side by side for
a long time. John Henry sang and swung from
his hip. but finally Sans eyes got faraway
look and he changed his song to a new one
"BLoU 20 tDhistle-tUtam!
Mamma, you kin toot 20 hGwn-lUharnf
But tohen de Cdp'n call uae-lUham!
He'll find his driver gone-sohamr
And then old Sam burned out on the Job!
He staggered to the shade and yelled for the
water boy Take of my shoes" he said land
open up my shirt at de neck cause I seed de
devils pitch-fawk."
So they took of his shoes and opened up his
shirt, but John Henry kept on swinging
GO on John Henry said old man Billie Bob
Russell You're Misunderstanding man from
don't know where, and I like 10 hear that
steel ring
"Jes glttin soople," John Henry said land
jest gittin' started to sweatin' So string out
some more spike holders down de line and
bring me a brand-new hammer, cause see
de sun gittin' low in de west and got to git
done before shutdown"
So they brought him a new hammer and they
set his spikes, and all the holders sang song
f0w him to York by:
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there was a Paul Bunyan the premier woods
man of them all
Immediately after the war began newspaper
work in Atlanta, Ga, and it was not long before
began hearing Of John Henry once more In
Georgia John Henry was steel driving man /"
He worked in the gigantic quarries. and his lob
was hammering a long steel spike into the rock
SO blasting powder could be placed Eventually
they brought in pneumatic drills and John
Henry worked himself to death in competition
with the mechanical force
MAYHEM I came to New Orleans, about 10
w years ago I ran into my original cotton
rolling John Henry. although he was not sent
up from Memphis. He came from the Black
River country but he was the same old bragg.
ging, performing giant, and he came to a SINH
lar end. He worked himself to death in COM
petition with machinery
In every version of the legend his true love
was named Julie Anne and he never could
understand her. Always there were other
women, and always he got himself into trouble
with them and came back to his Julie Anne
only to get himself into heart-breaking mix.
up with her. And in every version, when John
Henry works himself to death his woman Jumps
in to take up the work her man laid down. and
works herself to death also
one interesting thing happened in connection
with my recent collecting of John Henry stories
They were written in Santa Fe, N. Mex where
sAASAC oAC PAdStiCdily no negroes. ABOUT the
time they were finished friend from Little
Rock, Ark, drove out bringing with him his
Negro chauffeur, whose name was Mason Ma
son was the first Negro from the South I had
seen in more than year. and I made it my
business to get him to do lot of talking
wanted him to talk about John Henry
Il amt never hyared of him." Mason re-
peated. de onliest John Henry ever hyare1
about was a little bitty old Squinchy Niger and
/ don't reckon he ever done lick err work I
never seed him, but hyared tell he used to
work for de race boss people. Used to take
care er old Dan Patch and Lou Dillon and all
er dem bosses, so dey say. Anyway, he come
to Argenta ridin' a ole, broke-down race boss
named Starlight, and he used to make money
offn dem niggers around town bettin' old Star
light could outIun they bosses
well, along about dat time folks started
gittin automobiles. And dis John Henry Niger
got to braggin' dat his boss could outrun any
boss in town or anything else. So dey gut up
bet wild him dat his boss couldn't outrun q
automobile. So dey had race FIN Little Rock
to Memphis
% course de automobile oltrunned him He
ruined old Starlight to DEATH and den he got
on and lit out on foot hissef but de gasoline
was too much for him, and he run hissef to
death, too"
Copyright 1o3ll
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So. To supply with
food.
90. Ancient Greek
game.
81. South American
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30

lot. Wooden vessel.
los. Anger.
100. Nineteenth Greek
letter.
112. Teutonic god Tyr.
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rodents.
90. A small spar.
80. Club used in golf.
100. American mer-
chant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04
LAWRENCE T1BBETr IN 1.-THE CUBAN LOVE SONG" WITH LUPE VELEZ AT FOX POIL PALACE WITH OO-FEATURE

Two startling novelties in mu- sic as applied to talking pictures figure in "The Cuban Love Song," Metro c oldwyn-M Mayors new Law renee Tibbett staring picture now playing at the Fox-Poli Palace.
 One of these is 0 dramatic epi- sode told almost entirely in song. The other is a "tone poem" that illustrates a pictorial account of a voyage at sea. Both are hailed as new forms of musical expression in connection with drama.
 The dramatic episode in music, arranged by Herbert Stothart, famous Rogue Song" composer, is designed as a thrill analogous to the whipping post scene in the for mer picture.
 The ''tone poem" is an orches- tration. In addition to a complete score, also the work of Stothart. it is one of the "color" backgrounds to vivid dramatic meaning.
 Tibbett sings a number of origi- nal songs, as twell as the official United States marine corps song. in the new picture. He and Lupe Velez do "The Peanut Vender" as comedy episode and Miss Velez dances the rumba with a Cuban orchestra.
 The picture is the dramatic story of marine in the tropics and his love romance. W, s. Van Dyke directed it with notable cast that includes, besides Miss Velez. Ern- est Terrence, Jimmy Durante. Ka- ren Morley, Louise Fazenda, Hale
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04
uxr RULING VOICE AND
 HONOR OF THE FAMiI3
 AT THE NEW GAhDEN

r,hara seems no limit to the yer ..taI;t, of Walter Huston. rms s;rsa Sa comes to us in the form an underworld boss in Tne p,,sne Voice." the First Natoinal
 a;ctnre which is headlined at the
 Naw Garden theater to-day anu
 wbere strength of characteriza-
 +,ou ;s required, Huston Is always
 s,,ra to provide 1t, and he ooes |" in sodo measure in this Tim.
 " As its title implies, Tne Rulns voSce' leaves the gun-toting hooo lums for the nonce and glves uS nicture of the gratis wnlch tnrive m intimidatoin of our natiohai i. .a dustries, run by men wno are' ~ all appearances, big business ecutiyes. It is this aspect Wiom makes this film the sometnihs new and startling which move Laas iS have always been asking iol' ~ a picture with an idea' s shes sage, gripping story anu highly capable cast. v ,s
 saan ss inc daughter and justifies the casting directors choice In put t;ng her in a part where emotional Q ctinr is required. Together with David Manner. a perfect team IS formed as far as the romantic angle is concerned. .,
 Doris Kenyon does ample Justlce +o . Featured part, and her charm and ability make us hope that sne has come back to talking pictures
 The companion feature is Hon or of the Family" with Bepe Daniels, Warren William and Alan Moubray.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04
WHAT THE PRESS AGENTS SAY
MAMMOTH 2 ACT STAGE
 SHOW AND SCREEN FIT
 ssCO1EPRI9EDv AT STRAND

Tomorrow at 1 ?. m. the doors of Warner Brothers Strand theater open and a new policy is inaugural < ed. Seven acts of the worlds very finest vaudeville and an all-new talking screen picture every Satur- day and Sunday, only.
 This new policy will continue throughout the month of Decem- Der only. On Christmas day, De- Cember 26th, an announcement will be made by the Strand man. agement that will appeal to every theatergoer in Waterbury. But for the present remember that the Strand will present seven big vaudeville acts and a talking screen feature every Saturday and Sunday.
 This weeks program is a honey. Five of the seven acts, personally booked by manager Julia M. Smith, are acts that have not been off the big time in a year. These acts, en- route to Boston, have Saturday and Sunday open and have contracted for local appearances on these two days.
 From opening to closing act the show is an entertainment natural and is topped off with Q dandy picture, "Compromised" starring Ben Lyon, Rose Hobart and Claude Gillingwater.
 Keep your eye on the Strands advertisement in tomorrow's Dem ocrat for more minute details about this great stage and screen show.
 incidentally don't forget the Strands new low price policy of matinees 25c and 35c; evenings 35c and soc. Evening prices start at 3:30 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04
ELECTRITYING THRILLER "FRANKENSTEIN" OPENING
 AT THE STATE TOMORROW

Warning. Here comes the world s most famous shocker. Just a word of friendly warning:
 If you have a weak heart and cannot stand excitement or grue- someness, we advise you not to see this production. Take our word for it, 1t will thrill, 1t will shock, it may even horrify you. But IT your nerves can stand electrtfying drama, you will find 1t in "Frank- enstein," which opens a day en- gagement at Warmers State tomor-
 Ton may have seen a produc- ton called "Dracula." If you did, take our tip: "Frankenstein" Tar out-Draculas "Dracula." If you didn't, it may interest you to know that 1t was one of the most exclt- ing and popular pictures or ias. wear. You missed something there that everybody was talking anouu. Rut don't miss "Frankenstein. IL will be talked about plenty.
 James Whale directed 1t with . cast including Colin CilVe, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris karom, Edward Van Sloan, Dwight fLye and Frederic Kerr. It IS the ootu est thing he or any other olrev.oa aver attempted. It is all about man who made a monster. Bones and hits of human gallows trees went into the making of this eight. foot caricature of humanity; buI aiss. he had the brain of a criminai ana inc fiendish fury of twenty
 nen;t fail to see what happened ,.s>n this terrific monster escaped to prey upon terrified men anu woMen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04

to have bad dreams, go to see "Frankenstein" at a matinee. This picture, made from the novel of the same title, is designed as a gruesome sort of entertainment- and 1t hits the mark.
 The story is that of a young scientist whose one great desire is to create life. He finally manages to do this by sewing together parts of dead bodies he has collected and then injecting into the monster thus created life-giving rays. But the monster in turn takes his toll of life before he finally is trapped in an old windmill and burned to death.
 Boris Karloff in the role of the monster is the outstanding per- former in the picture. His makeup as an ugly, repulsive, dangerous, inhuman being is perfect. Colin Give also does well in the title role of the young scientist who creates this monster. So does
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04

i in an actor is the common touch that KipIing wrote about James Dunn has them both.
 This magnetic young man whose role is one of the focal points of interest in lover the HiIl," Fox drama, opening Sunday at the Fox-Poli Palace theater is the most free and off-hand interpreter of character the screen has unearth- ed in a decade.
 The average man has a poetic soul but 1t never gets into his vo- cabulary. He is romantic but tongue tied. He would rather be boiled in oil than allow himself to tell his sweetheart how his heart thrills to the rhapsodic charm of her presence. He hopes she will understand that herself. And she does, since she usually suffers from the same repression of thought.
 So when John Doe and his sweetheart see James Dunn on the screen they are thrilled for they see him going through the same inarticulate struggles that hamper their own attempts at self revela- tion. He is their spokesman. He is John all over again to Mary and somehow the things he says re- mind John of his inepitude. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04

Hamilton, Mathilda Comont and Philip Cooper.
 The co-feature "The Tip-Off" with Eddie Quinlan and Ginger Rogers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04

James Dunn and Sally Eilers in
 the Latest Sensation cover the
 HilP' at Fox Poli Palace Sun. The rarest thing in the world is common sense. And the rarest gift
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04
LAST TWO SHOWINGS OF RULING VOICE, TO-DAY
 AIT LYRIC THEATER

If you are the least bit inclined
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04
Talkie Version Of 'Over The Hill" Clicks
 As Even Better Than The Original Film
BY DAN THOMAS MEa Enrxlca Writer

HollyWo0d-Some of the smarter movie executives here have pretty good theory about making over silent films into talkies. They say that a picture which was a big hit in the silent days cannot be duplicated, at least to the satisfac- 'tion of the public. And if the pro- duction wasn't a big hit to begin with, there's no reason for remak- ing 1t.
 which has been brought back as a talkie without suffering in the least. If anything, it has been improved since its first appear ance. And 1t has accomplished for Mae Marsh almost what the original version did for Mary Carr. That picture thrust Mary Carr into the limelight as the leading portrayer of mother roles. The talkie has re-established Miss Marsh on the screen in no uncer- tain fashion.
 Mae is the picture and her glory Is all the more triumphant, tion pictures after an absence of c yCAA D. A SA CoS AhoAy OA OAA present day movie fans weren't go- ing to theaters in her hey-dey. But they will know her when they see lover the Hilf'-know her as ono of the grandest mothers in the world.
 We aren't so sure that this film will prove Q box office success. People have too many hardships If their own these days to want to see the same thing portrayed on the screen. While they are in the theater at least they want to laugh and be gay. Nevertheless 1t is a tremendously powerful hu- man drama and 1t should cause a lot of wandering boys and girls to write extra letters home to their. mothers = if they have hearts at all.
 Aside from Miss Marsh, the leading roles are played by James Dunn and Sally Eilers, the young couple who scored so highly in Bad Grl." Jimmy plays the bad" boy of the family, who turns out to be the only one to have any con- sideration for his mother, even go- ing to jail so as not to spoil his mothers faith in his father. And Sally is This girl" the girl who waits through everything for Jimmy to come back to her. Both of these youngsters give swell ac- counts of themselves, too. So does James Kirkwood in the role of Pa"
 Tf x,o,, ava tho least hit inclined
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04
"sUICIDE FLEET" DRAWS BIG CROWDS TO WARMERS
 STATE; CLOSING TONIGHT

Wednesday and again yesterday big houses were in evidence at Warner Brothers State theater and the reason lies in Suicide Fleet which closes its local engagement there tonight. Here Is an exciting and completely entertaining picture that appeals to everyone. It boasts large cast of favorites headed by Bill Boyd, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason, Harry Bannister and Ginger Rogers. It tells an unusually interesting story with out paying the slightest heed to those limitations supposed to re- strict the cameras and sound re- cording apparatus.
 The audience is taken on extend ed cruises aboard navy destroyers and submarines and whirled through thrilling sea battles in which ships are actually sunk. And not once is 1t necessary to cling desperately to illusion to believe the whole thing. The answer is that everything is real, even to the shells from the navy submarines which strike a powder magazine and send half of a big sailing ves- sel leaping a thousand feet sky- ward in what is perhaps the most spectacular photographic shot ever brought to the screen.
 Outstanding performances by a capable cast and excellent direction do their part to make this picture the super attraction that has been promised. Bill Boyd never before has appeared to such good advant- age as he does in the role of the chief petty officer who knows how to lead men and meet danger. This sort of characterization is ideally suited to his virile personality and rugged physique.
 Robert Armstrong and James Gleason, as Boyd's sailor pals, con- tribute splendid performances and furnish plenty of enjoyable com edy. Ginger Rogers makes the most of her part as the lass who loves a sailor and provides the nec- essary touch of romance. The surrounding program is splendid and rounds out a fine program of screen entertainment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04
FOREST FIRES
 MENACED TRAIN

Great Falls, Mont.-Forest fires, which ragged in the northwest this year, recalled many tales in con- nection with past confiagrations.
 M. T. McCann, old-time railroad engineer, tells of an incident which occurred in 1910, when fires swept vast areas in Montana and Idaho.
 McCann was the engineer of a relief train which started from Missoula, Mont, en route to Wal lace, Idaho. When the train ar- rived at Saltese, the crew was in- formed bridges had been burned out between them and their desti- nation. The train was forced to halt.
 When preparations had been completed to return to Missoula, it was learned a bridge between them had been burned by a second fire.
 The two fires began to close in on the train and its crew, and were finally halted only 70 feet from the stop where the train was marooned.
 McCann also had other inter- esting experiences during the 3S years he was an negineer. In 1907 he was the "hogger" on the train which carried the last cars of buffalo out of the Flathead In- dian reservation. There were 197 head of bison in the consignment which was 8 part of the famous Pablo herd sold to the Canadian government.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04
Is AMERrCA NOW

Akron, O. - Dr Karl Arnsteln, designer of the U. s. s. Akron. is now an American citizen. pr Arm stein took the oath of allegiance to the United States here at . bafi- quet given him. A native born Ger man, Arnstein came to this ycOun- try to design the huge dirfgtble and then decided to remain and become an American citizen. He 6 busy here now working on. the de- sign of the sister ship of the Ak rnT1 sse 4 ts