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WEATHER.

20. O. Weather Bureau ForecastJ
Fair and cooler tonight; tomorrow fair
and slightly warmer; gentle northwest
and north winds, becoming variable to-
morrow. observation-disclosures, 80, at
pm. yesterday; lowest, II, at am.
today. Full report on page 9.
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swung his hammer from his hip so hard that
in just two licks he'd bury a nine-inch spike
in a white oak croSs-tie.
Sing. you niggers," Sam told them, land
bear down on dem spikes. But don't git IN de
way OF hammer-swingin' man like me- cause
I'm burnin' out my holder just holdin' de
spikes for me TO hit. Now watch me whilst
sings y'all song and Sinks more spikes den
my holder kim hold" So he and his holder
sang:
"Ain't no hGmmer-l1hGaal
In dis DeIta-sOhami
Ring like miHe-ichaml
LGiDdy, ring like Bine-sphonal
Cause dis old hammeT-1ukGRll
Shine Hhe SitpeT-pham!
And she ring like gold-tOhdmt@
LGtOdy ring like goId-1DhGmf"
Well, all right, Sam" said old man Billie
Bob Russell You are a hammer swinging
man and you make it ring so lay down ON that
handle and sink them nine-inch spikes If YOU
run out of spikes. III haul you some more
I reckon hit amt nobody kin handle haln~
mer like me" said Sam. II comes I'm Georgia
whar de hammer is a mans middle name I
was riZ up wild hammer handle to play wild
over in Cobb County, whar de marble comes
I'm and reckon swingin' hammer comes
natchel for me. o. course. I amt de best
hammer man in de world, but de best'n Is daid
now, so dat leave only me-"
Who say de best hammer man is daid?"
1t was Big John Henry that had come TO camp
and he was six feet tall the day he got there.
Il amt daid, and amt I'm Georgia." said
John Henry "and want bawn wild no hammer
in my hand. But comes I'm de Black River
country, whar hits night all de time, and my
feets don't fetch de ground. So ] rousts and
I roams and rambles around and hauls
my woman wild me.
Whilst I'm workin' on dis Yaller Dog line
she gonter cook my vituals. But efn hits
man which kin drive more steel den me- wen
go and claim my victuals, cause my Julie Anne
done told me, she say, John Henry, you's Q
man and loves You good; but do find bet
ter man den you, well, git yo' hat and wawkins
cane and git on down de road So hyar
stand, fun six foot tan and my feets don't
fetch de ground. Yonder in de tent is my
Julie Anne, cookin' turnip greens and Gavin
bread. So line up to de rail, you fat-mOnf
Sam and he's see you swing yo' hammer. Elm
you kin outswing me- den don't want sup
per"
"You's big and stout" said this Negro named
Sam. but you can't swing no hammer You
amt big enough to hold de spikes whilst sings
EN- in de croSs-ties. But / amt ct no turnip
greens and good old hard hoecake in 50 long
dat don't know when, and so I'm gonter race
you.
Wen jest drive spikes for a solid mile and
de man which wins gifts de supper"
Gimme hammer" said John Henry land
gimme two spike holders. wants nv hammer
to weigh nine pounds and q handle er second
growth hickory. Slim and Timber so sheM
spring when lays my Strenk behind hit. And
gimme some holders which sets and gifts SOS
I won't mash they hands of. So scatter down
de track, you holders, and set spikes on DEM
croCs-tieS cause I'm comm down like / dent
know what, and nOthin can't stop me-"
All the holders lined zap down the track.
Continued on Eighteenth Page
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CO the Negroes got their shovels and buried
> the croSs-ties Then they got their hooks
and they placed the steel end to end for q
hammersl
Hold dem spikes, you holders" said the
hammer men, whilst 1 sinks dis spike in dat
hard oak Cross-tie." And they swung their
hammers
But the wood was hard and the spikes were
hong and they couldn't hide them in the ties
So the drivers made up a song and sang it
to the holders and the holders listened and
sang 1t back to the drivers, line for line:
"Dis old hammeT-iDhdn!
Dis old haDlmeT-tDhnnl
Jest a little too hedpv-apham!
Jest little too heGDp-aDhdm!
For nag SiSe-aOhami
Baby for nag sise-tphamr
Drive 'em down, you bulliesl" said old man
Billie Bob Russell. Break the handle off, but
bury them spikes in that white oak tie"
So the drivers swung their hammers harder
and they made up another song:
"HamMeT on, bAllies-aphnm!
Hammer on, bUltieS-tph0nat
And make 90 ttRe-sDhaml
And make 70 time-lDhamg
Cause I'm barnt out-IUhdml
Cause Pm burnt OGt-a0haml
And can't make mtRe-aDhdml
Laspdy, and can't make Hsine-tDhaml"
But there was big Negro named Sam,
who wouldn't work with the others and he
wouldn't sing with the others. He had his
holder ut the other end Of the rail, and he
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weighin' I'VE huhd-ed pounds. 30 efn hits
somethin wrong hit must be Wild you"
Wen, that made John Henry madl "Git
away I'm dis cotton, SAM" he said. cit away.
cause I'm gittin' mad. And when he said that
he got 30 mad he couldn't seei 50 he picked
Sam up and chunked him of the plank like .
feather In the wind. Then he got down and
laid his shoulders against the bale and heaved
And the bale roliedi
Look at that big Niger roll cotton" said
the mate. Hes bully and you can't stop
himi"
But every time the bale rolled the plank
swung and pitched. And every time the plank
weaved John Henry couldn't place his feet TO
get his strength behind the tale again.
Nov, I'm done got madi" said John Henry.
I'm wild strenk but I can't use hit
Cause evy time I gifts ready to git set dis plank
bucks me out er place. And dat makes me
mad! Now git out CT my way you bulliesi
Cause me and dis cotton goin round and
roundi"
A ND while everybody was looking John Henry
backed his back up against the bale Of
cotton, and he caught it with his fingers like a
cotton hook, and he heavedl And that John
HenTy-that big black man from the Black
River country-heaved that hundred pound
bale OF cotton squarely on his shoulder and
started to walk
"Wrassle dat cotton. sonl" said the driver.
White, wrassle dat cotton down Hits cot
ton and ycus niger. So wrassle hit down,
soni'
And John Henry took one stepl
"wawk away John Henry" said the driver.
"Wawk away wild dat cottonl"
And John Henry walked!
Look at that big niger walk with that cot
ton" said the mate
Yeah, but look at dat stage heave and pitch
under his foOts." said the driver. Mind out
John Henry. Dat plank is a solid huno' ed feet
long and she spEink like willow tree! Mind
out. John Henry, or dat plank will spring you
on"
Let de plank spring" said John Henry
land III spring right back at hit. Let hit
buck like a bull and I'll buck like two bulls!
Let hit jump like a highland frog and I'll
jump like painter in de brake! Let hit weave
like willow tree. and III weave like a feather
bed Cause I'm John Henry, and aims 10 be
gittin around"
And 50 John Henry got spring in his knees
and = weave in his hips, and a buck in his
back, and the stage couldn't do him thingi
Look at dat bully swing along" said the
driver. Hey, you niggers! Jine dat step. Ron
yo cotton, but jine dat tread!'
"Jine 1t, you coon jine It'll" said the mate.
Grab your cotton and jine that stepl"
So the Negroes watched John Henry until
they caught his weaving step, and then they
started rolling their cotton down the plank
springing and bucking right back at the plank
And the ffrSt thing they knew, they had made
up q song TO ron cotton by:
~Jane dst cooR5ine. roll dat boIc'
Jtsse dat eOontine dosVm de hall
GtDsme little co0NJtHe, cOon5tMe, scOORSime,
Gimme 1ttUe cOon5tRe, please DsG'am.
AtaT had none ia 9 long tsnsei"
So with John Henry toting and all the other
Negroes rolling, and everybody combining and
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windin' bah and bound to N'Awlins." And he
stood up and sang the song:
Backed up to Memphis and she turned aYoand
Run right By NGtchez, but she didn't slo1u
dorm
she 0ipe long. keen phistIe. ssOeet thing
Cease she's N'ADlins boundP
@Dar, now!" said the old woman Got a
Steamboatin' song, already, son. and you amt
started to gittin' around yit! Listen at me-
John Henry. NAwlins is too far to wawk TO-
and you amt got no wings. But de steam
boats has tuck many good Niger down de
river, and dey amt never brang one back. So
Jest mind outi'
JOHN HENRY went to the landing where the
- cotton was piled mile high. A hundred
steamboats, had their stages down and a hun
bred Negroes were rolling cotton ON every
steamboat. A hundred mates were cussing and
a hundred drivers were bawiing for the Negroes
TO roll that cotton down. But the faster the
Negroes rolled, the more cotton piled up from
the gins. And the more Negroes that got on
the stage the more the stage would swing and
spring. until they could hardly walk it down
Bat the driver yowled louder for more cotton,
and the Negroes rolled faster and sang louder
~GTGb dat bale and make hit ron.
D0aUn dat Orngptank, damn my soalf"
30 John Henry climbed up on top of the
cotton and watched. Look like dem bUIlies
is workin' hard" he said And hit look like
dey's singin' hard. But de cotton pile higher,
and de plank weave and wave"
So about that time the driver Of the Big Jim
white spded John Henry sitting q mile high on
top of the cotton.
Hey, you, boyl" said the driver Dat amt
no way TO roll cotton! Settin' on hit like a
turkey buzzard On de aigs. Cotton is cmin' in
fast enough, widOut you up OAR hatchin' more
out"
when you tawk to me-" said John Henry
"caI me by my name. My name is John Henry;
and my home amt hyar"
We'll, John Henry" said the driver, my
name is Copperhaid, and I'm de he-coon on
de Big Jim White. And hit takes q natchal
man to roll cotton for met"
Fin I amt natchal man." said John
Henry, you show me natchal man, and I'll
mock him
well, roll hit. den" said the driver. Roll
dat cotton like natchal mani"
So John Henry got down and started to roll
1.-TWO to de bale" said the driver
"a bale weighs five bundled pounds. and hit
takes two men to swing hit"
So big Negro named Sam got with John
Henry and they started 10 roll But when
Sam and John Henry and that five hundred
pound bale Of cotton all three got on the stage
1t started to pitch and swing like a tree In a
storm.
"Uh-uhhl" said John Henry "Somethin'
wrong dis time. When I'm on de solid ground
I'm man and you can't stop me. But on dis
hyar junpy gangplank I amt got no place TO
set my stTenk. Keeps al er my strenk busy TO
keep I'm gittin' bucked oafn dis plank let alone
TO ron de cotton"
Amt nOthin' wrong wid De plank" said
Gam Cause OATS De way hits made-long
and Springy And hit amt nothtn' De matter
w1d de cotton, casse OATS De way hits baIed-
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singing. the Big Jim White loaded on 10000
bales Of cotton that day and dragged 1t every
bit down the river
Biggest load Of cotton we ever dragged"
said the mate.
"COttOn-rollineyt niggers ever drive" said
the driver. Cause dey learnt how to coon
lint from old John Henry, dat cooniinin fooll"
John Henry could do other things besides
load cotton He could swing a nine-pound
hammer and sink railroad spikes into hard
oak cross-ties from daybreak until the sun
went down and never slacken his prodigious
pace. Sometimes other Negroes sought TO
challenge his supremacy, as did the 'Nigger
named Sam" I'm the building of Billie Bob
Russell's Yellow Dog Railroad, but John Henry
just swung his hammer a little harder and
sang his work songs a little faster and the
race was soon over
When old man Billie Bob Russell got ready
to lay the steel down on his Yellow Dog Rail-
road, according TO the John Henry stories, he
sent for all the Negroes for q hundred miles
around.
I'm laying down steel on the Yaller Dog
line" he said Prom Yazoo City through the
Delta. So what are you niggers going to do
about that? I'm paying q dollar a day IN
camp and want to hear that steel ring out
So get going YOU DULLES, and lay me down
some steel. Old One-eyed Bill Shelly is going
to pun the tail the first train down the
lne SO I'm using 90-pound steel on white
oak croSs-ties and nine-inch spikes to hold it
down. So line out you DULLES and lay me
down. So line out you bullies, and lay me
down some steel. Grab your hammers and let
that steel ring out like bell"
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~DOsun the track they sOens, sinking
spikes at eOery. lick and yelling for more.
room to tUork in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-25

Flint, Mich, april 25-(UP)- Theories of spurned love, jealousy, revenge and her own plea of self defense were matched to-day by de- tectives who studied Miss Helen Joy Morgan's story of how she over powered 200-pound Leslie Casteel, shot him to death and left his body at the side of road near a ceme- tery.
 ''He had some strange power over me that I could not break" the dark haired heiress told detectives as she explained how she and Cas- teel had uuarreled after he told her he was going away to Dallas. Tex. Two weeks ago Casteel was arrest ed on a charge of burning his home. Miss Morgan, his sweetheart for two years, had given the information upon which he was arrested. Police theorized that possibly she was angry or jealous because Casteel was leaving. They said they had information that she had owned a revolver for two months and ex- pressed belief she might have planned to kill Casteel because he had spurned her love. Miss Morgan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-25
Simple Crimes Lose Citizens
 Their Rights
Steps Are Under Way Now to Alter the Constitution of This State - There Were l5O Bills to Re- store Forfeited Rights in Legislature This Term
REP HUNGERFORD
 TO TAKE ACTION
(By Democrat stan Nfan)

Hartford, April 25th.-Changes in the constitution of Connecticut so as to do away with persons, who have been convicted of non-support, vio-s lation of the liquor law and the theft of small amounts, losing their rights are being urged in the legislature by Representative William c. Hun! gerford of Watertown. He is house chairman of the legislative commit tee on forfeited rights and stated when interviewed that in hearing the 15O bills for the restoration of rights presented this session he was sur! prised to see how many of these pe- titions involved offenses which in no. way made the persons appearing detriments to society.
 Under the law of Connecticut non support is a felony. Therefore. 1T a man is convicted of failing to sup- port his wife and children he loses his rights. This means that he is placed in the same category as q man who has murdered or the two- gun hold-up man.
 The same, Representative Hungef-, ford stated, applies to persons con- victed of violating the liquor laws This is also considered a felony. Or if man kills person with his auto and is convicted of negligence tContinued on Page 2.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-25
FOUR YOUTHS.N CRASH THAT MAY
 CAUSE DEATHS
Two of Them May Die, in Fact the Doctor, Brother of One, Says There Is No Chance

Haverhill. Mass. April 25--lUP) Four youths were injured, two so critically that, they may die. when glaring headlights blinded the driv- CT of their automobile so that he drove the machine through a fence and into a tree here early to-day. The two most seriously hurt were Thomas Creed, 22, driver, and All bert Leary, 21. Creed was taken to Gale hospital where he was treated by his brother, Dr John F. Creed. Dr Creed said there was little hope for his recovery. The same opinion was expressed at Hale hospital where Leary was taken.
 The two other youths, William R. Began and Vincent McNamara, were taken to Hale hospital with minor injuries. All four were from Haverhili. The identity of the driv- CT whose headlights blinded Creed was not learned immediately.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-25
HOOVER WILL GO ON WORK-BOAT DOWN POTOMAC
He Is on His Way to Cape
 Henry and Will Reach
 There Sunday Afternoon

Washington, April 25.-(UP)-A government work boat instead of the awaited President Hoover at the Navy Yard to-day for a weekend cruise down the Potomac river.
 The palatial yacht of the presi- dents was dismantled by MT Hoover's S order when he took office, so he will ride the commerce department $ steamboat inspection ship ''Sequoia' len route to the Cavalier anniversary |service at Cape Henry, Va, Sunday.
 Due to the slow speed of the ves- |sel. the presidential party will board it late this afternoon, expecting to arrive at Cape Henry at p. m. to- morrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-25
GENERAL BUTLER
 IS FORCED INTO
 ANOTHER MIDDLE
Haitian Minister to United States Has ScOffed at Medal of Honor Given the General

Philadelphia, April 25.-UP)- General Smedley D. Butler is coming back to Philadelphia to speak at a military gathering tonight with an- other International incident" being discussed.
 The marine corps officer, accord ing to his friends here has requested Secretary of the Navy Adams to make an official investigation of re- marks attributed to Dantes Belle grade, Haitian minister to the United States, which had to do with General Buffers service in Haiti.
 A recent interview with the Hai- tian minister, which was printed in Washington newspaper, quoted him as saying that Fort Riviera. in Haiti, where fighting occurred for which General Butler was awarded a congressional medal of honor did not exist then and does not now, and that the fact is not only known to Haitians but also is the subject both of amusement and indigna- ton"
 General Buffers letter. it was un- derstood, followed closely the form of the letter which the navy depart ment wrote the general last winter, after he had spoken in Philadelphia
 (Continued on Page 2.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-25
MEXICAN YOUTH WAS THE SLAYER
 OF LITTLE GIRL
Eleven=Year=Old Child Was Brutally Slain - Killer Will Be Brought Back

San Antonio, Tex, April 25-CU. P.)-Under cover of strict secrecy, authorities planned to-day to return Victor Sanchez. 18-year-old Mexican of murdering an 11-year-old girl with his pocket knife. Sanchez was captured in. Nuevo Laredo. Mex, just across the border, last night. Author ities said he readily admitted he stabbed to death little Merle Spring CT last Wednesday and left her body in Ravine near her home in Lem ing. Tex.
 Authorities immediately started eXtradition proceedings. Sanchez was born in Texas, his mother said. She lives here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-25
$5O, ,OOO SUIT
 BROUGHT BY
 LOCAL WOMAN
Firm of Masc0lo, Mcknight < Dauch Sued HOtchkiss Bros Co of TOrrington in Behalf of Mary MalOrano for Injuries Received
TRUCK CRASHED
 INTO HER AUTO

Alleging her face. right arm and right leg are paralyzed as a result of injuries she suffered when the car in which she was passenger was struck by the e5defendant's truck, Mary Maiorano of Waterbury to- day instituted in superior court a civil action in which she asks dam- ages of $50,000 against the Hotch- kiss Bros Co of Torrington. The case is returnable in court the first Tuesday of. May according to the complaint as drawn by the law firm of Mascolo, Mcknight & Dauch, plaintiffs counsel.
 The plaintiff was seated in the rear seat of a sedan owned and op- erated by one William Mancinf of Waterbury when the collision oc- cured last March 23. The car was parked near the intersection of Maple and South z Main streets in Naugatuck. @
 The defendants truck operated by Guido Magistrali of Torrington, struck the Mancini, car violent
 -(Continued On Page 2.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-25
DARING JEWEL ROBBERS CRASH BIG WINDOW IN BUSY UPTOWN
 NEW YORK AND GET S85. .OOO

New York, April 25.-- -(UP)-A daring $86,00O jewelry store robbery, staged on a busy uptown corner while scores watched in amazement lent a me1odramatic climax to-day to series of gem thefts which have netted the underworld several thou sand dollars recently. The most re- cent robbery was executed by three
 bandits who smashed a window of
 Herbert's jewelry store in Harlem and leisurely pocketed jewels in view
 of several hundred pedestrians pass ing the intersection. The trio drove
 up to the shop, owned by Herbert
 Sergison, just as the traffic police
 man on duty at the corner had been called from his post to settle an arr
 gument. Two of the men stepped
 from the car and walked to the elaborately decorated show window while their companion waited at the wheel.
 It was at the height of the theater hour and hundreds of persons were walking past the brilliantly lighted intersection. With seeming uncon- cern, one of the robbers took glass |cutter from his pocket and scratched ia two-fOot circle on the large plate class. The other then drew . padded Fbrick from beneath his coat and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-25
KINGSTON CASE ABOUT TO CLOSE
 ITS LONG TRIAL
Five Weeks They Have Been at It Before Judge McEvoy and State Is Near Done

Hartford, Conn, April 25.-(UP)-- Five weeks of intensive examination regarding the business methods of the defunct F. E. Kingston and coin- pany found the state to-day almost ready to rest it's case against five. brokerage officials. on trial in su \ perior court on fraud charges.
 With one more witness scheduled to be called when the hearing is re- stunned Tuesday before Judge Frank P. McEvoy. the state presented testimony late yesterday that the firm had profited more than half million dollars by manipulation of securities of three subsidiary companies within six years prior to it's failure. Decem- Der IS. 1880.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-25
JAPANESE WERE ENTERTAINED BY
 MAYOR CURLEY
Prince Recalled That the Early Educators for Japan Came From Around Cultured Boston

Boston, April 25-(UP)-A visit to the Boston museum of fine arts and Harvard university were to oc- cupy Prince Takamatsu of Japan and his bride to-day. Mayor James M. Curley of Boston gave a dinner in their honor last night at the Cop ley Plaza hotel. Prince Takamatsu replied to felicitations by the mayor and Governor Joseph B. Ely.
 we recall," he said through an interpreter, that in the early days of the new Japan, educators, scien- lists and spiritual teachers came to help us from this part of America, thus putting us under obligations which will always be remembered.
 Treasures of Japanese art were expected to occupy the imperial couples attention at the fine arts museum. At Harvard they were to meet President A. Lawrence Lowell.