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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-20
CHAPTER XII

Sleep brought Alan no reprieve From his thoughts. Throughout the long hours of darkness he tossed weighing one argument against an- other. At last he knew what he must do.
 T1l go to St. Louis," he said aloud. Only then did he sleep.
 Early the next morning 1t was done. The letter to Peterson writ ten, in the mail, but the satisfac- tion Alan had hoped for was still lacking.
 50 you've really decided to make the change" Farrell asked as he sat in Alan's office. A framed picture of Alan's father looked down from the wall, over the desk.
 "Yes, I'm off to the city to be- come famous" Alan smiled. "Dr Alan Warren, youngest professor of obstetrics of any medical school in the country. Man, have fooled them"
 You are young" Dr. Farrell said seriously. But it's ability not age, that counts, and Peterson knows it. Do you think he'd be offering you this place if he thought you weren't able to fill it? He knows what he's doing, all right. I've seen the best, studied with them, and you are as good or better than any of them.
 You've got the same asset your father had - the ability to win your patients full confidence - plus lot of knowledge and tech nique that neither he - nor - ever hoped to have. Your patients know you and love you. They know that you'll do your best, and they never have any thought that that isn't the best the medical pro- fession has to offer. It's a gift the Great Physician bestows only on a chosen few"
 "Going to the medical school won't rob me of that - if I have it - Dr. Farrell. There'll still be patients to take care of there, just aS there are here. I'll be doing more work-better work"
 "Your technique probably will improve greatly, Alan. You'll be doing 20 deliveries to every one you would do here. You'll develop new methods, pass them on to your students and, in time, you will be the great obstetrician - Dr. Alan Warren.
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. STORIES
 IN STAMPS
Shermon-the Fighting Old General

SUCCESSFUL lawyer, banker, 0 educator, William Tecumseh Sherman had retired from the army II years when the Civil War broke in 1861. But the secession was enough to bring him back. So the red-headed, sharp-eyed Ohioan at once obtained a com- mission as colonel of regular ar- my regiment. He took part in the first big engagement of the Civil War, commanding brigade at the battle of Bull Run.
 Next, as brigadier general, he was given command of the de- pertinent of the Cumberland in the west, only to lose it because his utter frankness enraged press and politicians. But the battle of Shiloh showed Sherman's true mettle and returned him to high influence.
 In that battle Sherman, who commanded leading division, was twice wounded and had three horses shot from under him. Grant particularly praised Sher- mans brave leadership and from that date he became the generals chief lieutenant. The confidence was well placed.
 His service at Vicksburg and Chattanooga, his raid across northern Mississippi and the rais- ing of Longstreet's siege of Knox, vile, his historic 1000-mile march across Georgia to the sea, were major factors in northern victory. Finally, Sherman forced the sur render of the Confederates under General Johnston. Later. when Grant became President, Sherman was named general in command of all the armies. He is shown above on stamp of the issue of 1890, Scent lilac. enlarged.
 Copyright. 1899. NI1A Service. Inc.)
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VETERAN RETURNS

Polly Moran. comedy star of silent days, who fell back into obscurity and returned to co-star with Marie Dressler in the early days of sound pictures, has come out of retirement to attempt second comeback in Paramount's Ambush" featuring Gladys Swarthout and Lloyd Nolan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-20
MILLION-DOLLAR SONG

"St. Louis Blues," the original "blues" song, around which was written Paramount's movie of the same title, starring Dorothy Lamour and Lloyd Nolan, has made more than $1,000,000 for its colored con- poser, w. o. Handy, who wrote It in two hours 35 years ago.
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CR AkllJM Cn ACKERs

Here are four scrambled capital. and their countries. Can you un' scramble them?
 1. Narait, Aniabal 3. Loos, Waryon. 3. More, Ylait. 4. Oquit, Eudrcao. TODAY'S LENTEN QUESTION
 Which of Christ's apostles saw 100,000,000 individuals in one aSsemblage?
 Answers on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-20

The characters and situations ir v1is story are wholly fictional. 1 CAST OF CHARACTERS ALAN WARREN - Ambitious
 young country doctor. EMILY WARREN - Alan's wife. ERIC KANE = Construction en-
 gineer.
 DIR. FARRELL - Alan's elderly
 associate.
 Yesterday: Emily demands to know whether Alan is going to St. Louis. When he says, "NO." she tells him that Eric kissed her. Alan faces grave decision. Should he give up Sumner for Emily?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-20
AUSTIN |. ADAMS
 ON WAY TO SOUTH
Daughter Born to MT. and Mrs. Patrick Lynch Last
 Thursday
MIDDLEBURY Correspondent: Eleanor Read
 Telephone 5-0932

MT. and Mrs. Austin L. Adams of South street, accompanied by Aus tin L. Adams, Jr, and Harris Whit temore Adams and Miss Dorothy Richmond of Boston, Mass, left Sat- urday, for Lake Wales, Fla, where they will spend few weeks at the Mountain Lake club.
 Mrs. Robert H. Dean was on the committe that arranged the dessert bridge party sponsored by the Meli- cent Porter chapter, D. A. R., at the Waterbury Women's club Friday af- ternoon. Mrs. Warren Doolittle and Mrs. James A. Tyler also attended the affair.
 MT. and Mrs. Francis Lynch of Middlebury have announced birth of daughter, Patricia Ellen, at the Waterbury hospital, March 16th. Mrs. Lynch is the former Edna Ba- ker.
 Mrs. Arthur D. Stein, Jr., Kelly's road, entertained at a kitchen show CT recently for Miss Eleanor Bene- dict of Waterbury, who is to be mar ried In May to William s. Curtis of Pierpont street in Waterbury, also. Fifteen guests were present.
 Louis Bioski, of Shattuck road was arrested Saturday by State Trooper A. M. Nelson of the Beacon TaI's barracks on a Midlebury war rant charging him with theft of several large turkeys from the farm of Solon s. Painter of Sandy Hill road.
 The First Lady" by George Kauf- man and Edna Ferber was read by James Furness at the meeting of the MT. and Mrs. Club nthe social rooms of the Congregational church Thursday evening. Seventeen couple attended. Hostesses were: MT. and Mrs. W. Wilbur Forman, MT. and Mrs. w. Wilbur Forman, MT. and Mrs. Albert G. Clark and MT. and Mrs. Lawrence Dwyer.
Evening star., 1939-05-21
DEAD STORAGE
"A. R. ARMSTRONG
Coafinvsd from poos fovrtss"

old mans coat stuck in the radiator
grille. Also. there pair of headlight
lenses on your car that amt standard
for that model"
1t had been too dark in the park
and in the garage for MIR. Britt to
have noticed threads, he realized. but
he was comforted by the feel of the
license plates under his coat. That's
queer. officer" he said easily. But It
doesn't prove it's my car"
mo" The detective stared at him
as if he could see through his coat to
the hidden license plates. There
were no tags on the car when we
picked it up, but check on the motor
and body numbers tells us that it's
yours"
Picked it up?" MIR. Britt could not
imagine what had gone wrong with
his plan. Panic flooded over him.
Listen, officer. you can't have picked
up my car. My cars in dead storage
over in New York laid it up for the
Winter. There's some mistake.
yeah - and you made it when
you picked out that garage. It's such
a small JOINT that they only have
room for live storage there - they
send the dead stuff over to one of their
branches. Your car had bum brakes.
and the garageman who was taking it
over banged into a milk truck before
he'd gone two blocks. The police
radio had carried the alarm on your
other accident and when the first cop
on the scene saw your car had no
plates and had just been brought into
the garage tonight, all he had to do
was put two and two together.
The End
Evening star., 1939-05-21

said. That's why I'm laying the car
up till Spring. Can you take care of
me?'
Sure can Roll it right in
You can get out here. Edna" He
opened the door for his wife. Then.
as he drove toward the darkened rear
part of the meager floor space, a
glance at his mirror showed that Edna
had the garsgeman's attention.
The rest took no time at all. MIR.
Britt had the license plates under his
coat as he gave a false name and an
imaginary address in Greenwich Vii
lage to the attendant. Safety was
assured now; even if a long search
should bring the police to the tiny
garage at last, there would be no way
for them to trace the car to him.
Two changes of subway trains.
tediously slow locals. walk OF several
blocks and long taxi ride brought
the Britts by circuitous route to
their native Flatbush. Pleased by the
thought that he was beyond pursuit,
MIR. Britt was tipping the cabman
generously when something stirred
among the shadows on the porch OF
his home.
"Your name Britt?" a deep voice
asked.
This could not possibly have any
thing to do with the accident MIR.
Britt said, That's right
Come along with me. then. I'm
from the precinct uptown where your
car killed an old man tonight.
my car? That's impossible.
That's what you say. But woman
who saw the thing happen identified
the bus, and there are threads from the
Evening star., 1939-05-21
HERE'S HOW COME
Drown bye. Dc Zoyos

the middle of the seventeenth century.
1t has never been established with
any degree of certainty as to just who
was responsible for the invention of
this modern-day envelopes ancestor.
For over one hundred and fifty
years the envelopes great utility
value remained unrecognized. Even
as late as l845 letters were tied up in
paper packages or else we're folded
and sealed up with wax so that the
reverse side would accommodate the
address.
A New York gentleman named
Pierson was the pioneer in the en-
velope-making business in the United
States. His envelopes were cut, folded
and gummed entirely by hand.
Just before the midway mark of the
nineteenth century. both the United
States and England instituted cheap
postage rates that greatly encouraged
patronage of the mail services. This.
in all probability, accounts for the
fact that in the Immediately following
decade envelopes became an estab-
lished and prime requisite for nearly
all correspondence.
HE cooking vessels of the early
American housewife were decidedly
'leggy" in appearance. Tots. grid
irons. grills and skillets were all
equipped with legs - and for a most
practical reason As the cooking was
done at the fireplace, it was essential
that the bodies of the cooking vessels
and the surfaces of the grills be stilted
above the Goals and ashes. Sklllets
and the various cooking irons and
tongs had extremely long handles to
protect the attending cook from the
heat o. the open fire.
"A. R. ARMSTRONG
Evening star., 1939-05-21

CRUDE as life was throughout the
early American settlements. law and
order, for the most part, were more
rigidly observed than in many of the
countries from which the settlers
emigated.
In England, during the seventeenth
century and the beginning of the
eighteenth. it was extremely risky to
travel about the cities after nightfall.
The poorly-lighted streets were ideal
for the business of the many thieves
and ruffians as we'll as bands OF dis
solute youths who attacked and
bludgeoned many an unaccompanied
traveller. Such assaults rarely occurred
on the streets of our colonial towns.
Throughout New England leading
citizens, including merchants, crafts
men and magistrates. conscientiously
served their turns as constables and
bellmen. They carried long staffs and
patrolled their respective cities IN
pairs, and dutifully watched out for
any petty thievery. fires and other
possible public disturbances. The
streets of most communities were
entirely unlighted. 1t was in New York
in 1897 that a crude system of street
lighting did go into effect. An ordln-
ance was issued that caused candle
lantern to be hung out on pole from
every seventh house.
Not only did the New York watch
men patrol the streets but they also
called out the hour and the condition
of the weather. In 1858 New York
City boasted of ten appointed watch
men, an infnltesimal police force in
comparison with the city's present
one of over $4,000 men.
+ HAPER-ENvELOPE containers tor let
tiers first appeared in Europe about
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-02-02

operation which she underwent Al
the Baptist Hospital IN Jackson las,
week.
Mrs. Water Brock Of West was in
town Thursday.
James T. Buck of Lexington was
business visitor Thursday.
Mrs. Nell Davidson attended a wPA
meeting in Lexington Thursday.
Among those who attended the "a
neral of the late Mrs. Lotta wha,es
Rogers at Central Thursday were
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Mechanics. Mrs
Dennis Anderson. Mrs. Edward stew
art, Miss Betty Lee Boiling and J.
j. Tucker.
Mr. and Mr.. Dennis Anderson spent
the weekend with her parents. Mf
and Mrs. Albert Mechanics of Tchu-
la.
Mrs. John Bur1cll was called ia
the bedside of her father In Medt
dian Friday.
Miss Ruth Maxwell. a student a,
Belhaven College. spent the weekend
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. G
v. Maxwell.
Rev. G. c. Gregory filled his reg
ular appointment at Rschland sun
day
Mr.. r. G.. Brock and Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Brock of Ebenezer visited rel
atives here Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Annie Guyton and Miss Josie
Burton were business visitors to Lex
ington Monday afternoon.
Lawrence Dixon and Messina Jone,
Mrs. Sam Hawk of Canton spe1i
Wednesday with her parents. Mr.. nd
Mrs F. H. Davis.
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of Vaughn were business visitors on
Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. George raggart of
Goodman and Mr.. and Mrs. OiNeal
Mcdaniel of Way were dinner guests
OF Mrs. Mamie Jones Sunday.
Mss John Ada Walton and Miss
Mary Hart. shopped In Canton Sat-
urday.
Mr.. ard Mrs. James W. Anderson,
Jr. OF Way spent the weekend with
his parents.
Mrs Emma Anderson Of CORTLAND
WIS the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. James
W Anderson Sunday.
Mrs. Emma ID. Murtagh has re-
turned from a pleasant visit with
friends IN Hosly Bluff.
John Arnold Of Montgomery. Ala.
visited ms parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w.
L. Arnold, last week
Mrs Johnny Murtagh visited friends
In Bentonia Thursday.
Mrs. G.. IA. Slocumb. Jr. and son.
Guy. III. spent a few days of las,
week with her mother IN jackson.
Miss Maude Jones spent "Wednesday
in the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. F. X.
Davis
Mrs. Matte Hart spent the week
end in Kilmichael with her brothe4'.
Nh. sam Williams and family.
Mrs. Daisye Anthony Is spending
vacation days I'm Florida.
Mrs. FELTON, Worthy and daughter,
Jean En-. are spending a few days
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Of Clinton.
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Miss Grace Ingram, a senior at
MSCW1 was home Monday and Tues
day returning to school duties We'd
nesday.
Miss Mary Alice Reed, Alderman,
was guest in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. C. Reed over the weekend.
MIR. and Mrs james w. Anderson
were business visitors to Canton on
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Cliff Henson of Vaughn was
in town Thursday.
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Piekens News
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MRS. c. ". Maxwell. Mrs. b. T.
Hoover, Mrs. w. A. Hanna, Mrs. J.
F. wtlburn and Mrs Nell Davidson
attended the Zone meeting at the
Methodist Church in Durant Nor
day afternoon.
The Presbyterian Auxiliary met in
the home of Mrs. J. E. Maxwell Mon
day afternoon at $50 o'clock. The
meeting was opened with prayer by
Mrs. Jones. Mrs. ]. B. Farabee
taught most interesting lesson from
the book of Numbers. After this
Mrs. E. c. Buford conducted a short
prayer meeting, explaining the work
and needs of our missionaries in the
Foreign fields. The meeting was
dismissed with sentence prayers.
This was the first service for the
week of prayer and self denial for
missions. Another prayer meeting
will be held in the home of Mrs. ].
X. Thomas Thursday evening. A
number of ladies are planning to go
TO Lexington Friday afternoon to
attend a lecture by a Mr.. Woods
who is returned missionary.
Mrs. Jerry Tobin and daughter now
Of Akron. Ohio, are visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Atkinson.
Friends are glad to know that Mrs
Tom Landrnm is recovering from an
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WHAT OF YOUR TOMORROW?
COURSE OF STUDY

Responsibility
portun
OF o. How to Price Goods for Quick
Types o
4 Analys increase Profits
Possibilities.
s. Principles of Salesmanship.
Profit Advertising Simple Accounting System
-. -
fully. r. Terms and Discounts in Retail
Selling
rs How Keep Overhead Down
~ Selling.
a. ~, =. ~. 49,. p.,,un.a
Busne by Goods Reverts
suggestion seihhe u How to Expand Trade
o to a, Sales copes.
|es of Customers.
Comm Law and
H. How to Develop a Selling
sonaliy
Is o Appeal to the Buyn
cgassss ., cno,s p ~ ~ o
\ = Retail Trade
IL Appeal in style
ise 50 Inc front MOTIVE IN american
Business
Is Vital Sales Statistics.
~ Relation OF Employee TO Man.
IT, Writing Advertising
nt,r. =, pu,.u Of
" - ~ s on Retail Trade.
Bringing Customers Into the
Store by Window Displays Industrial Deve
20 Increa.ny sal.s nv s,or. A, Mississippi
'a'se"e"' Building Business in
How Buy Mississippi
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Total cost only---$2

In making the lesson material available the Mississippi
Power & Light Company will have invested a consid-
cradle and each interested sales person will be glad
to pay the cost of distributing the lessons This cost
which is paid to the secretary upon enrolment will in
clude:
1. A three ring binder for lessons.
2. Paper and mimeograp hing of entire 40 lessons
each punched to fit the binder
3. Postage necessary to mail weekly lessons to
various groups for weekly distribution by STUDY LEAD
Err.
The cost above So the entire forty lessons
and each member of every Better Business Institute
ceives binder and individual copy of each of the
forty lessons.
A course like this for self-study, if il available
would cost the individual at least $3.50 and at that the
experience and benefits of the group discussion and
study would be lost For $200 under this plan the in
divdua receives both.
NOTE: Those joining after the begins will
ceive lessons beginning with number only long
the available supply lasts.
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.
and selling was largely guesswork, good guesser
could acquire a fortune and reputation for wis
: dom.
: Merchants guessed they'd take such-ond-such
"a bill of goods from the drummer they guessed
swhot their customers would buy; they guessed
how much stock they had on hand; they often
guessed at what they taken in and paid out dur
ing the day. Clerks. working for such merchants,
in the good old days" knew little and cared less
about customers desires and reoctions-they, too,
guessed along with the boss.
Guessing is fair gamble when eveybody's doing
sit-but the guesser hasn't chance against COM
spetitors who have troined themselves and know
sthe facts. The day of the hunch-mon is over.
And the most successful retailing today is being
conducted on the basis Of known facts and prin-
scipIes in every phase of store management, soles
smonship, merchandising, advertising and custo-
inner psychology.
The forty lessons, made ovoiiobIe to those indi-
sviduois who form the local Better Business jnsti
stute, will bring these principles to you in simple
scIeor, concrete form. immediately from the week
3 you begin to ossimiIote ond apply them they will
work for you and enable you to Transform your
: Tomorrows into more pleasant and more profit
3 able Todoys.
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TOMORROW

TO many individuals means only the doy otter
the present." Some say thot tomorrow never :
comes" but many wisely realize that todoy is in
truth the tomorrow we looked forward to-with
either pleasure or regret-on Yesterday.
Therefore, since Today is indeed Tomorrow
thot hos actually arrived, we ARE interested in /:
each Of our Tomorrows. Because of this interest
this advertisement contains a practical plan de-
signed so that only one hour spent each week in
group study and helpful discussion may trans :
form oil Tomorows into more pleasant and pro-
fitobIe Todoys.
The plan is simply this: Mr.. Rex Brown, presi-
dent Of the Mississippi Power & Light Compony.
by an arrangement with Alexander Hamilton In
stitute and with the cooperation of local people
hos made available to all who are interested in:
personal betterment, a course of study designed
to bring to soIespeople in communities from 300:
to 10000 population those basic principles invoiv
ed in the psychology of selling that will enable
them to meet, please, sell and sotisfy every type:
of customer.
Evening star., 1939-02-03
NAVY ORDERS.

Austin, Capt. Charles NJ, de-
tached Navy Department. to Bird
Naval District, New York, N. Y.
January %.
White, Capt Newton H. jr., Naval
Hospital. Washington, D. c., re-
lieved all active duty.
Hussey, Comdr. George F. jr, de-
tached Navy Department., to duty
as commander Destroyer Division
"a, in May.
Lough, Comdr. James c.. detached
U. S. S. Idaho about May l. to
Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va.
Atkins, Capt Lew NJ, detached
Navy Yard, Cavite; to Navy Depart
ment, Washington, D. C.
Emerson. Comdr. De Witt c., de-
tached U. S. S. Mississippi, to Navy
Department, about May l.
Stecher, Comdr. Lewis j., detached
commander Destroyer Division 10,
to Navy Department., about June 81.
Westfall, Comdr. Theodore D., de-
tached Mine Division, to Navy De-
partment, about June 13.
Wotherspoon, Comdr. Alexander
S., detached Navy Yard, Washing
ton, D. c., to U. S. S. Chester, about
February Is.
Bunting, 1t. Comdr. Sydney S., de-
tached Naval Academy, Annapolis,
Md, to u. S. S. Astoria.
Forsyth, It. Comdr. Edward c.,
detached U. S. S. Indianapolis, to
Navy Department., about June IA.
Madeira, 1t. Comd. Dashiell L.,
detached U. S. S. Brooklyn, to Navy
Departemnt, about April II.
Jamison, 1t. Comdr. John w., de-
tached U. S. S. Detroit, to Marine
Barracks, Quantico, Va, about
July 3.
Bartlett, 1t. Comdr. Arthur E., de-
tached U. S. S. wyoming, to Naval
Training Station, Norfolk, Va.
Cloud, 1t. Comdr. Benjamin Wat
kins, detached U. S. S. Philadelphia,
to Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa.
in May.
Forster, 1t. Comdr. Kenneth L.,
detached Baltimore, Nd, to U. S. S.
Astoria, about June 2.
Lamdin, 1t. Comdr. Charles r.,
detached Navy Department, to Bal
timore, Md.
Roberts, 1t. Comdr. James A., de-
tached U. S. S. Tattnall, to Office of
Judge advocate general, Navy De-
partment, about May 30.
Knapp, 1t. Comdr. Robert A., de-
tached U. S. S. Idaho, to Naval
Academy, Annapolis, Md about
June IS.
Green, 1t. Comdr. Clark L., de-
Evening star., 1939-02-03
New York Produce

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steady Mixed colors. special packs. 1a-
onds. Ieia-ia: mediums. i5ss-1s: dirties
No. IS: average check. 14s4-15. Re
trigerator standards 16h-17: firsts, 1914
2Sla; Nearby premium marks. 24l2-25h
Nearby and Midwestern exchange specials
23l2. Mldwestern exchange standards
20 Nearby. fancy mediums. 1920 Near
by and Midwestern. exchange mediums g.
Nearby and Westerns pullets. l6la. Pa
33: specials o6Ih-27s-: standards o5-
"55s: mediums. 23-"31. Browns. extra
fancy 20A-21la. Nearhv and Western
mediums. 16
Duck eggs fancy to extra fancy. 1896
Butter. 65S,575; weak. Creamery. high
er than extra 26ln-o7A: extra t92 scorel
26-26A: frsts fss-9D. 241226; seconds
(s4.s7l. 23ls.?4
milk flats, held 1887. oO-22; fresh fancy,
15-17.