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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-02
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HUCK'S LANGUAGE
(New York Sum

After microscopic inspection of the original manuscript of "Huckle- berry Finn" Dr. John Delaney Ferguson of Western Reserve Uni- versity has decided that the author of that work was not unduly re- pressed by censorious critics with in his family and outside. Now that this has been cleared up, anybody who wishes to loiter once more in the society of Tom and Huck and the rest of them may do 50 without misgiving. It seems that, after all, the author was guided by his own craftsmanship, changing phrases when he didn't like them, softening one or two as he thought best, put ting muscle into those he consider ed fiabby.
 If he changed mild as a Sunday school" to mild as goose milk, 1t may have been, as the professor suggests, that he did not wish to offend the pious. It may have been also that he liked the sound better. If he omitted a passage because 1t was too pretentious to come from the lips of Huck, 1t may have been because he knew better than any body else how Huck would, or would not, talk. In any case, no profound study is needed to convince the judicious that Samuel L. Clemens was a careful. painstaking artist with a rare sense of the texture of words. The language of "Huckleber- ry Finn is the authentic language of an authentic people. There are some who speak 1t to this very day. The man who put 1t into this liter ary form didn't invent 1t; what he did was to run 1t through the plan. ing mill of capable and discrim- mating intelligence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-02
More Than That

It's really remarkable to read about all the public projects that are being launched throughout the United States as result of Uncle Sams largess. (Won- der if this is the right Word?) In another twenty years survey of the nation should show that it's material needs are pretty well satisfied, although we doubt if the saturation point ever will be reached with each generation demanding change in living conditions. But right now we are doing things on a tremen- dously-big scale.
 We throw huge bridges across streams and bodies of water that long were re- garded as barriers to be conquered solely by navigation. Mighty roads thread their way across the face of the land, preserv- ing the natural beauties of the surround ing landscape, nicely blending with the terrain through which they pass. Gargan- tuan dams pile up monstrous lakes Vast amounts of electrical energy are thus created and ultimately generated. Bores are pushed under rivers and cement-lined tunnels make possible motor transporta- ton.
 And there are such minor things as cities and towns building up nice paved streets and sidewalks; providing modern ized schools and gymnasiums for the young folks; erecting nice new town and city halls to house the officials. Cities and towns even expand their sewer systems, so that sanitary provisions are made for every section of the community. This is notable feature of publc-works construc- tion. The health of community is it's life line. Without public health there is no vigorous progress. In Waterbury, as else where, sewers are being pushed into every residential section.
 This program is to continue for months, perhaps even years. By the time it's finished we don't doubt but what Wa terbury will be able to boast that it is completely serviced by sewer facilities But there remains the consequent duty for the city to make this sewage system more modern by eliminating pollution of the Naugatuck River. This can only be done by providing a sewage disposal plant. When the city has completed it's sewer-construction program it must pro- vide the disposal plant which will end for all time the custom of carrying sew age directly into the Naugatuck River. It is the natural consequence. It must not be forgotten.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-02
A Book a Day
Chasing Great
 American Novel"
BY BRUCE CATION

Breathes there the newspaperman who isn't going to write the" great American novel-some day. AS a matter of fact this traditional ambi- ton has long since become pretty much of a joke in the profession. So much of a joke that one reporter, Clyde Brion Davis, decided to do something about it.
 Davis did write "The Great Amer ican Novel, (Farrar and Rinehart: $2.50) and c decidedly clever, witty, unusual story 1t turns out to be. For 1t is a satire on this same news paperman who is going to write well, some day.
 Sallow, thin, pathetic Homer Zig Ter is MT. Davis newspaperman. Homer, whom you're sure to like in- stantly, begins as a reporter in Buff falo in 1906. Right then he makes his first notes for his epic story. It's going to be @ story of America as reflected in the heredity of one family. Time passes.
 Then Homer meets Fran, marrics her. More time passes. Pretty soon now Homer is going to begin that novel. lie speeds on. Homer makes more notes. Then one day Fran runs away from Homer, and Homer, crushed, starts life anew in Cleve- land. Thereafter he follows the copy desk across the continent. In San Francisco he marries Pearl. But Pearl is the wrong girl. So Homer postpones his novel bit longer. Finally he moves to Denver for the health of Pearls anemic child. And so 1t goes.
 Does Homer ever get around to his book? Well, that would be tell ing the story. And you ought to read it yourself. Very likely there will be nothing like 1t for long time. You will remember MT. Davis, incidental ly, for his rare first novel of a year ago. "The Annointed." MT. Davis is clearly no Homer zigler.
 -P. c. F.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-02
Daily Almanac

Moon sets ll:3l p. m. daylight time).
 sun rises 5:24 a. m; sets 8:28 D. m. (day- light tme)
 All vehicles must be lighted thiry minutes after sunset.
 The Glorious Fourth as 1t once was titled was all Of that in that it usually began and ended in blaze of glory. This generation and those to come will probably never know the dangers they missed in the exploding cannon cracker. the whistling skyrocket, and the hundreds of other nose- producing and eye filling fireworks We have lived through it often wondering how we escaped unscathed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-02

Herbert Hoover, who is out in Western Canada for fishing remarks that fish ing and prayer are the only two ways of achieving privacy these days. That is a pretty safe statement, because brazen as we are as race, those are two things that most of us respect. Just try to horn in on fisherman at his casting or what ever he does when he goes for trout, and you'll never do it second time And person at prayer Is pretty much respected. MT. Hoover says he strongly recommends both.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-02

each Saturday night to return books he had borrowed, Lewis managed to pass the bar exam nations, and later was elected to the State Senate of Maryland in 1901. He was elected from the western part of the State, once wealthy in coal, and he has rep- resented that section during most of the 36 intervening years.
 The chief interim came when Woodrow Wilson appointed Lewis to the Tariff Commission. After staging . crusade for lower tar ifs, Lewis reappointment to the commission came before President Coolidge. So Coolidge called him, and explained that he had decid- ed to reappofnt Lewis.
 "But here is something that goes with 1t that would like to have you sign," added Cool idge.
 It turned out to be an undated letter of resignation from the Tariff Commissioner. This Cool idge wanted signed and delivered to him in advance, thereby giv- ing him the power to oust Lewis from the Tariff Commission at any possible moment he went con- trary to Coolidge's protectionist principles.
 Davey Lewis looked at the let ter, which was very cleverly written, and said: "Mr. Presi- dent, you can tear that letter up and put 1t in your waste basket"
 DAvEY NEVER WAS AP- POINTED.
 Today he is back with his old first loye-Congress. There he has been a familiar figure all dur ing the recent session-grey hair slightly unused, 8 rumpled suit, large pair of steel-rimmed spec tacles behind which grey eyes re- fleet kindliness mixed with a cru- sading fervor for his fellowmen, rare thing indeed in any con- greSsman.
 This is the man whom the President has picked to battle for him in one of the most import ant primaries in the Union.
 Copyright, 1888. by United
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-02
Questions and
 Answers
cepyr1sh. isse HEA
By Frederick M. Kerby

Enclose . three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques. ton of fact or information to the Waterbury Democrats Service Blu. reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot De given. nor can extended research be un. dertaken. Re sure a1l mail Is ad- dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU. REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street. Washington. D. c.
 THE EDITOR c. Which states have the high est gasoline tax?
 A. Florida, Louisiana and Ten 1essee each has a tax of seven cents per gallon.
 o. What kind of foundations are under the buildings in Venice, Italy? A. Mostly piles.
 e. Who was the founder of Mothers Day?
 A. There seems to be a dispute about the originator of this cele- bration. Miss Anna Jarvis of Phil adelphia claims the honor and it is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-02
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, July -- The moneyed mariner no longer leaves the worlo behind him when he sails away.
 Did he forget to phone his stock broker before giving the com mand to cast of from the yacht basin in Long Island Sound? Or did he forget to have his secretary cancel an appointment? He has only to lift the receiver of the hook aboard his buoyant castle and wait for the Number Please! signal.
 For the telephone company haa made great strides in servicing the craft that ply the waters just this side of the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
 They call 1t the coastal service and it is rendered locally for all boats within call of New York E harbors. The industrious tug puff ing and churning about some great steamer, the rich mans sleek lined yacht, the trawler laboring in the heavy swell of the Banks all these are within easy reach of telephones ashore. And already the service has averted tragedy Not so long ago, the coastal ship to-shore phone brought. rescuers alongside a sinking trawler fatal ly stricken by storm near Man. hattan's port.
 Lines to Liners
 Much is heard of trans-A Atlantic phoning and of the vast distances magically traversed by the ordinary telephone. But you would be sur prised at the volume of calls that travel each day and night from ship to shore and shore to ship through the main switchboards in New York.
 On this end of the continent there are p ocean liners in the Atlantic service that are equipped with phone facilities between boat and land. On the Pacific the telephone covers another net work of ships.
 Calling a ship far at sea Cor the other way around) IS as sim pie a proces for the caller as rigging up yacht or tug 3( miles out. Just pick up the living room phone, ask for Long Dis tance, give the name of the pas senger and the ship (call this one the Atlantis) and hang up.
 Words in the Sky
 This is what happens in the in. tervening time between the moment you have placed your call and the moment you are conversing inti' mately with Jack or Jill. Long Distance calls the Over seas Switchboard in New York where a ship-to-ship operator plugl in on line to a cable terminal or the New Jersey coat. Here an oper' ator establishes connection witt short wave radio station nearby He then signals the ship to-shor' operator that the Atlantis Is on th' line and calls out, Hello Atlantis I have 8 ticket"
 At the radio station, these wordl pass through vacuum tubes of ter riffic power and are catapulated int the blue vault above the Atlantic They have been amplified million of times. In turning them into radi' impulses. power has been pump ed into those words which woult rattle the windows for miles around were they suddenly turned bacl into speech.
 Well, finally, these impulses ar picked up by the tiny wires tha sway with the haeving of the shiI and are converted back int, words. The ships. operator take
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-02

The avoidance of Bridgeport by mo- torists has become sort of a mania Ways and means have been contrived to skip 1t. With the opening of section of the Mer- ritt Parkway this week the skipping has become easier, that is for some motorists. Stamford, too, and Norwalk, are places one has nothing against, but which one is glad to avoid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-02
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Dishabille Is pronounced dis
 a-beel or bill; not dish'-a- beeL

also claimed for Prof. Frank E.. Herring of South Bend. Ind. Miss Jarvis had the idea on the first an- niversary of her mothers death in May, 1907, when she arranged for special services in her church on the second Sunday. In 1908, the governors of Florida and North Da- kota issued special Mothers Day proclamations, which are said to have been the first official actions. In 1914, President Wilson issued the first national proclamation. Miss Jarvis has incorporated the Mothers Day association, the main purpose of which is to eliminate the com- mercialism that has become en- grafted in the celebration of this memorial day.
 o. Did the Wells Fargo Express company once have a contract with the United States post office depart ment to carry mail7
 A. Yes.
 e. What does Emerson mean by "the four-petalled flower one grey petal 1t has, one green, one red and one white?"
 A. It is metaphor for the year. The four petals are the four sea- sons. Grey is spring Gin New Eng land), green is summer, red is au- tumn, and white is winter. c. When the casket of the late Will Rogers Lay in state in Los An- geles, was the public permitted to view his remains?
 A. No. The casket was not opened to the public. in accordance with Mrs. Rogers wishes. If you want copy of our
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-02

When the special grand jury which had been inquiring into the municipal affairs of the city of Wa terbury made it's findings, attention was called in these columns to the fact that while references labeled it a Waterbury scandal" it was in truth not a Waterbury concern alone but one of the state at large. A preliminary dollars-and-cents illustration now is available.
 Figures compiled at the state comptroller's office disclose that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-02

Prince Bertil of Sweden drew up at Hofbrau restaurant enroute from Salem, N. J., to New York and treated to round of beers for the encourage, even as you and l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-02
Current Comment

There is today a greater need fol socially minded, public guiding physicians than at any previous period in medicine.
 Professor Howard w. Hag-
 gard of Yale University. The day of long political plat forms is definitely past.
 HI. R. Sanford, New York
 State Young Republican plat
 form chairman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-02

test queSti0nsy Turn 70 saSt page for the answers.
 1. Tn which state is Yellowstone National Park located |?
 2. How is the value of gold bull lion determined in the U. S.?
 3. What is . magnetometer7 4. Are women eligible to the of- flee of President of the U. S.? s. Who did Alfred Gwynne Van derbilt marry recently?
 6. For which state is "Constitu- ton State" the nickname? 2. How many inches are in rod2
 8. What Strait Is at the southern tip of South America?
 9. Name the capital of Alabama. 10. Name the first letter of the Greek alphabet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-02

the call. He turns 1t over to your party. Your phone rings. "Hellol JackI" "Hellol" .. The en- tire procedure has consumed i've minutes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-02
Daily
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Bross Ring This Week Awarded Congressman David J. Lewis,
 MoyIond's "Mon from the Mines"
W um@W KAHeoW
an1 100EBI c M&0gI

EDITORS NOTE-The Ring granted to distinguished in dduaIs free ride The Washing This weeks free rider Representative David J Lewis of Cumberland MaryIandD
 WASHINGTON, July 2. -- Of all the primary fights into which Roosevelt plans to poke his presidential arm this summer one of the bterest and certainly the most interesting in personalities is the one in Maryland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-02
Test Y o UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for tho answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-02

Copyright, 1888, by United Features Syndicate, Incl
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND.

Under and by virtue of the powers
contained in, and in execution of the
duties imposed upon me by, certain
Judgment and Order of the Superior
Court of Vance County, North Caro-
lima, entered in an action therein
pending to foreclose tax liens, and en-
titled Vance County VS.. L. T. Pegram
and wife, Maggie Pegram and w. G.
Hight Co., being No. IS on the Civil
Issue Docket of said Court, I will on
Monday, the 7th day of March, 1888,
at IL o'clock, Noon, at the Court
House door of said Vance County
offer for sale to the highest bidder
Tor cash the following described land,
tO-Wit:
A lot fronting SO feet on the Hen
derson and Warrenton Public Road
lF'ederal Highway No. u and extend
ing back $50 feet along the line of R.
q. Stalling's lot. See Deed Book &c.
page 464.
Other terms and conditions will be
announced at the sale.
This 31st day of January, 1888.
r. G. KITTRELL, Commissioner.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND

Under and by virtue of the powers
contained in, and in execution of the
duties imposed upon me by, certain
Judgment and Order of the Superior
Court Of Vance County, North Caro-
lima, entered in an action therein
pending to foreclose tax liens, and en-
titled Vance County VS.. S. D. Wright
and wife, Martha ct al" being "No.
556' on the Civil Issue Docket of said
Court, will on Monday, the 7th. day
of March, 1888, at II O'clock, Noon, at
the Court House door of said Vance
County, offer for sale to the highest
bidder for cash the following describ-
ed land, to-wit:
80 acres of land on Townsville Road
bounded by the lands of William
Green, Alma Harris, Martha Wright
and J. r. Young. See Deeds Book 147,
page 70 and Book 80, page 306. Is IL
of the above II IL acres sold to
Martha Wright.
Other terms and conditions will be
announced at the sale.
This 31st day of January, 1888.
81 r.. C.. KITTRELL, Commissioner.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND.

Under and nv virtue of the powers
contained in, and in execution of the
duties imposed upon me by, certain
Judgment and Order of the Superior
Court of Vance County, North Caro-
lima, entered in an action therein
pending to foreclose tax liens, and
/ entitled Vance County VS.. Lucy
Branch and husband, and M w. Yves.
ter and J. P. Zollicoffer, Trustees"
being "No. 655" on the Civil Issue
Docket of said Court, l will on Mon
day. the 7th day of March, 1888, at
IL o'clock, Noon, at the Court House
door of said Vance County, offer fol-
sale to the highest bidder for cash the
following described land, to-wit:
IA lot 5Ox2OO feet on Andrews Ave
Being one-half of lott No. 20 of the
Petree Flat of Young's Fair Groun !
property as recorded in Book 10, page
500. See Deed Book 1874, page 467 and
Book 70, page ZIG.
2. A lot. 5Ox2OO feet on East Ave-. adj
joining Arts and others. Being IL OF
Lot No. II of Young's Fair Ground
property See Deed Book 62, page III
and plat in Book 10 at page $50.
Other terms and conditions will be
announced at the sale.
This 31st day of January, 1888.
r. G. KITTRELL, Commissioner.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
FEBRUARY
sON NON tUE WED ylsU 81 0AT
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Britain were engaged in warfare over
Britain's efforts to force China to
permit opium to he sold-in China.
There is no more outrageous ex-
ample of aggression in all the history
of China, or the world, than this war.
The Chinese claim credit for MANY
inventions, but not for opium. It was
introduced there by Western traders
in the 18th Century, and within a few
years, and before the amount import
ed exceeded 200 cases year, it's use
was prohibited by Emperor Yung
Cheng. Smuggling was fostered by
the British East India Co., which had
gained a monopoly of the highly pro-
fitable opium cultivation in India, I'M
til at least 5000 cases were coming
in each year. New edicts against
opium were issued by the Chinese gov
eminent in which it's use was made
punishable by death or exile. British
East India Co., directly controlled by
the British government, continued 70
pour opium into China through SNUG
glers, and the quantity reaching the
country reached 10000 cases a year.
Other measures having failed En-
.)eror Tao-Kwang gave supreme pow
,rs to commissioner, one Lin Tsze-su
sent him to Canton to stop the opium
traffic. Lin ordered British opium
hips openly serving as supply depots,
20. leave. Canton's harbor When the
lemand was not complied with, he
seized 20,291 cases (of $50 pounds
sach) of opium and destroyed it. This
meant loss of several million pounds
the gentry and nobility then luxuri-
ating in England on their returns
rom the British East India Co., and
when the news reached London, the
lavy was ordered to do something
about it.
In the meantime, British ships had
continued to bring in opium and to
,muggle cargoes ashore, and Commits
;ioner Lin had ordered British heads
be chopped off. This was the ex-
use of Britain for the undeclared war
t carried on-with some assistance
from u. S. naval vessels!-in China
FOR three years.
Britain emerged the victor, took
Hong Kong as base for the opium
,rade and eventually forced China to
egalize importation. Growth of the
poppy in China remained forbidden,
and British agents overplayed their
hands. They pushed up the price of
opium >until cultivation began in
China. Soon the peoples were blow
ing in the breezes of every province
of the Celestial Empire.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Mary Ellen Chase, novelist, author,
Smith College professor of English
literature, born at Blue Hill, Maine,
81 years ago.
Rudolph CAM of Chicago, composer
pianist, born in Switzerland, 81 years
ago.
DR.. Lee WClman of New York, not
ed economist, born in Baltimore, 48
years ago.
Preston S. Arkwright, president of
the Georgia Power Company, born at
Savannah, 67 years ago.
DR.. Herbert S. Diekey of New York
xplorer-lecturer, born at Highland
Falls, N. Y, 81 years ago.
John H. Qlonus) Wagner of Carne-
gle, Pa, famed old time shortstor,
born there, 81 years ago.
Sir Samuel Hoare, Brita:n's secre-
tary of state for home affairs, born
SO years ago
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
ONCE UPON FEB. oath


Five years ago today, Japanese dele
gates to the League of Nations with
drew when the League Assembly
adopted report blaming japanese for
aggression in China.
This was only one of natural Sc
quence of events going back to and
beyond the battle of Mukden; which
was fought exactly % years ago. The
decisive victory of Gen. Maresuke
Nogi's 100000 over Gen. Kuropatkin's
10000 Russians assured Japan of
victory in their war with Russia, gave
her Korea and made Manchuria her
sphere of influence"
Japan gave it's greatest honOrs to
Nogi, victory at .Mukden and Port
Arthur. He in turn paid honor by
killing himself and his wife during the
state funeral of Emperor Matsu Hito,
in sign of their devotion to their i'm
perial master A comparable gesture
would be Gen. John j. Pershing COM
hitting hari kari in tribute to Herbert
Hoover).
The battle of Mukden only halted
Russia's encroachment in China. Ger
many, France, Portugal and, naturally
Great Britain remained.
There was no League of Nations
to brand Britain the aggressor, and
no propagandists to arouse world
opinion effectively against it, hun
dred years ago today, when China and