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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08

nnudlLeap Year. Hop VIII
BeHeLd byInter-C Club Group

The annual Leap Year Hop
sponsored by the Girls Inter-Club
Council Of the Y. M. g. A. is sche6-
uled to be held on january 20th. The
committee in charge consists Of five
members from each Of three girls
clubs.
Miss Mary Shugrue. chairman o.
the Girls Inter-club Social commit
tee is chairman Of the committee.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08

Other members consist Of: Betty
Morgan, Mary Killian, Margery Kopp
Evelyn Donahue, Anne Bowie from
the Trianone Club: Anne DeBelllg.
Elsie Pannone, Laura Orsini, Dor
othy Mccormick, Catherine Denehy
from the Y'Ettes Club; Claire Keii-
her, Phyllis Anderson, Dorothy At
horton, Doris Nichols, Ruth Ringen-
berg from the Y,Karans Club.
In addition members Of the COM
mittee are TO be chosen representing
Crosby, Wildly, Leavenworth and
Catholic High. These members will
be appointed at the committee meet
ing at the Y. M. G. A. on Tuesday
the 9th.
All arrangements for the affair
are made by the girls and the invi-
tations are also issued by them.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
Contract Bridge
CORNELL CONTRACT CLUB

Top scorers In the Friday evening
session Of the Cornell Contract club
conducted by Mrs. John @. Moriarty
were: Mrs. George Goggins and Mrs.
Joseph Montambault, GO Ia: Mrs.
Robert Chesson and Mrs. Robert
Crowley, So; and East and West Mrs.
John Bush and MRS. John Barry, o.
and Mrs. John Gordon and MRS. G.,
r. LaBonne, 90 Ia.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08

The Royal Neighbors Of America
Drill team viii hold q rehearsal this
evening at Mechanics hall ct 2
o'clock. All members are urged to
attend. The regular meeting Of the
group will be held at 8 o'clock. Plans
will be made for the installation Of
officers during the latter part Of the
month.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
Local A. A. wv. Chapter
Will Hear League Director

member OF the Dartmouth college
faculty from 1926 to 1881. He took
his doctors degree ct Harvard In
1885 and since that time has spent
two summers In Geneva studying
League Of Nations activities.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
Miss Grace L0rriUee
Is Birthday Guest

Miss Lucy Larrivee was hostess at
q birthday party for her sister Grace,
Saturday night at her home on
Lakeview avenue. Those who at
tended were: Grace Larrivee, Eva
Michaud, Adeline Signori, Elizabeth
Lawlor, Lily Gravelill, Fernando Cyr,
Frnces Opalack, Juia Lynch, Elean-
or Spadola, Clarice Ranger, Ruth
Walcott, Rosemary Lawlor, Beatrice
Larrivee, Cordelia Larrivee, Lucy
Larrivee, william Martinson, Al
Zenlck, Al Onofreo, Alex Bruno, John
Falvey, Edgar Shaw, Joseph Carney,
Maurice Riberdy, Ray Walcott, Irv-
ing Sweeney, Harold Salisbury, HUI
bert Larrivvee and Leo Larrivee.
Many gifts were received and light
lunch was served,
Several speakers will be heard at
q meeting Of tho Waterbury Wom-
ems Democratic club Wednesday
night at The Elton. The program Is
being arranged by q committee
Vk WA1ACAk Vhta' GAaA SakSb AASASVAAuAN
Is chairman,
Mrs. Henry A. Hayden, president,
will be chairman Of the meeting,
MRS. Hayden will be one Of the guests
tonight at the annual Jackson Day
dinner In New Haven,
The Women's Get Together Club
Of the Third Congregational church
will meet this evening at the parish
hall,
Justin l.. Smith and H. s. Ora
ham Of Oakville, were honored
guests at the dinner given Thursday
night by Seymour Smith 81 Son,
to the sales division OF the John II.
Graham Co., Inc, OF New York, to
conclude the company's annual IS
conference held at the Hotel Taft
In New York. The Graham COM
pany Is sales representative for the
Smith organization.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
PALMER.FLYNN

The wedding Of Miss Anne Ger
trude Flynn, daughter Of MRS. Mich
aei Flynn Of Giles street, TO Howard
l.. Palmer Of Thomaston, son Of Mr.,
and Mrs. Augustine Palmer Of Oak.
Vile, took place Saturday morning
at Z o'clock ct the Church Of the
Sacred Heart. Rev. Henry Quinn Of
ficlated, Miss Anna Colwell OF HART
ford was the brides only attendant
and George Carroll, o brother-ia-
law OF the bride, was best man.
A wedding breakfast for members
Of the bridal party was held at the
Copper Kettle after the ceremony
Later In the day, NsF. Palmer and
his bride left for Washington, D. O.,
and upon their return will live at 3
LltchAeld street, Thomaston.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08

BERDsALL.NEcELRoY

The wedding Of Miss Emily Gen.
evieve McElroy, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. James J. McElroy Of Shelton, to
George Howard Birdsall, son Of Mrs,
Edith Dirdsall Of Naugatuck, took
place ON New Years day OF the rec
tory Of at. Joseph's church In Shell
ton. Rev. John J. McCabe, the pas
tor, ofiiciated at the ceremony which
was followed by o dinner at the
brides home and O reception later
In the day OF Grange hall.
The bride was attended by Miss
Ethel Nolan Of Derby, and william
nirdsall was best man for his BROTH
or. The bride Is O graduate OF the
Shelton high school, class Of 1895,
while the bridegroom Is an alumnus
OF the Naugatuck high school, Fol-
lowing O wedding trip to Lake Placid,
N. Y, the couple will reside ct Beth
any road, Beacon Falls.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08

diamond. East had a trump and two
diamonds, dummy the 10 Of hearts
and two clubs. To take q discard
would let East make q trump. SO
Solomon trumped with the jack OF
hearts and led his good spade.
East was helpless. II he ruffed,
dummy would overruff. When he
discarded q diamond. the king Of
clubs was discarded from dummy
and the last trick made with dunn
my's 10 OF hearts.
NEXT: Goren's defensive eoun.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
ACTOR ADRIAN

Adrian Morris, brother Of Chester
Morris, has joined the cast Of "Flo-
rian."
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

house and it is now BURNING"
In June 1864, she says, "a flag
of truce is out after our wounded.
I hope you do not feel elated and
think Grant is doing great things
for it is not the case. The wise
feel great doubts about taking
Richmond and it's true he is not
as far as Mcclellan was. 1t seems
to be Grants determination to
persist if he is whipped, and I
can tell you he is whipped about
half the .time".
Contrast the food of the starv-
ing Rebs with what was sent to
the Yankees and what they "con-
fiscated", as she called taking
what did not belong to them. For
the Rebs cornbread made with
out salt, not always bacon and
coffee. For the Yanks, ham and
eggs, oysters, fine roast beef and
potatoes. Sometimes she speaks
of having ice cream.
During this time she was Civ
ing aid to poor contrabands'', as
she called the negroes who had
left their homes and gone to the
Northern armies, and the negroes,
as always, managed to take care
of themselves.
She quotes a contraband tel
ling her the slaves wanted learn
ing and their cruel masters had
stringent laws on the subject. A
night patrol visited every cabin
to see if they were using books
and after the patrol had passed
they took their books out of lea
Their bags kept between the logs
of their cabins and endeavored
in fear and trembling to learn.
Two very fine looking slaves
arrived from Louisiana. One of
them was branded and he had
brought all the instruments OF
torture with him to show to the
noble people who were liberating
him. He wore an iron collar with
prongs standing up so he could
not lay down his head. Then a
continuance to render ones leg
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
NOTICE OF SUMMONS

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY
ARTHUR BARE
VS.
CORDIA BARE
The defendant above named
will take notice that an action as
above entitled, the same being
for absolute divorce, has been
commenced in the Superior Court
of Ashe County and that duly
verified complaint has been filed
and summons issued which is re-
turnable in the office of the un-
derSigned on the 10Th day of
January, 1910, when and where
the defendant is required to ap-
pear and answer or demur to the
complaint; and that if she does
not appear within the time al
lowed by law, the relief reques-
ted in the complaint will be
granted.
This December 18th, 1899.
J. D. STANSBERRY,
I12-28-4t Clerk Superior Court
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
NOTICE OF SALE
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY

1AOAAA WIN
By virtue of a power vested in
the Board of Education of Ashe
County by law and pursuant to
an order of said Board duly
made, the said Board of Educa-
ton of Ashe County will sell to
the highest bidder for cash at the
Courthouse door in Jefferson,
North Carolina, on Monday, the
9Th day of February, 1910, at one
O'Clock P. NJ, the following real
estate, formerly used as school
property lying and being in said
County and State, to-wit: :.
Beginning on a white oak,
Church corner, running S rs E
81 IL poles to a small hickory in
Morphew line; thence S IS 1-2
w "a poles to a stake in George
Combs line; thence N IL E %
poles to a stake in Church lot;
thence N Sc 1-2 E 6 poles to the
beginning, containing 2 acres and
IA IL poles.
The undersigned Board re-
serves the right to reject any and
all bids for a sum less than $175.-
90.
This January 2, 1910.
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF
ASHE COUNTY
By J. B. HASH,
1-11-4t Secretary.
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stiff and a chain and ball, weigh
ing fifty pounds.
A baton that a child could use
to make the blood stream down
his back. That negro deserved to
reach his objective, with all that
to take from Louisiana to Vir-
ginia.
I think she was really sorry
when the war ended as she
seemed to be enjoying her life.
After the war she turned her at
tention to educating the contra
bands" going to South Carolina
where she stayed until the white
people finally did away with ne
gro rule so graphically described
in Claude Bowers, Tragic Era.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY

Having qualified as Admins
traitor of A. w. Edmondson late
of Ashe County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons hav-
ing claims against said estate to
present them to the undersigned
for payment on or before the 28th
day of December, 1910, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery.
All persons indebted to said
estate will please make imme-
date payment to the under
signed.
This the 18th day of Deem
Der, 1889.
M. E. EDMONDSON, Admins
traitor of A. w. EDMONDSON,
deceased. 1-4-6t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

Buy your heater at 2Oao discount.
now' at Rhodes Furniture Com
pany, West Jefferson, N. C,
1-18-1t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

many Republican leaders as be-
ing perhaps the most difficult op-
ponent for their candidate to
beat, since he probably could
hold in line the element of Sou
thern Democrats who would not
stand for an out-and-out New
Dealer.
Gov. Stryker Mentioned
Careful observers now regard
Paul McNutt as out of the run
ming, and believe that the Demo-
cratic candidate will be some
body whom Vice-President Gar
ner and Mr.. Roosevelt can both
stand for, possibly Governor
Stryker of Missouri.
Talk of Supreme Court Justice
William O. Douglas has been re-
vived, especially since the latest
polls of public opinion show Tho
mas E. Dewey to have gained
greatly in favor among Republi-
can voters. It would be good
Democratic strategy, many be-
lieve, to pit a young man of ~
against a young man of 80, if Mr..
Dewey is the nominee of the op-
position.
Senator Vandenberg has gain
ed in popular favor among Re-
publicans lately, and Senator
Taft lifted himself in the estima-
ton of political leaders by &C
cepting the Presidents challenge
to show how the budget could be
balanced in two years in speech
which many consider the most
statesmanlike utterance by any
candidate so far.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Library Notes
By MRS. CHESSIE NEAL,
Librarian of AShe Public library

Recently there has been given
to me a unique book, ''The South
After Gettysburg, by Cornelia
Hancock. And if, and when, a
southerner reads it. it makes the
blood boil seventy five years at
ter it happened.
The north is forever talking
about the south still fighting the
Civil War and trying to keep Sec
tional feeling aroused.
Consistency, What a Jewel
Thou Art''. This book is the let
tiers of a Yankee nurse beginning
her work at the battle of Get
tysburg. It happens, seventy
six years later, one Of her rela-
tives compiled these letters, some
of other people, a short sketch
of her life with marginal notes
all through, and the result is an
interesting book which reveals
more than most interested stu
dents of the Civil War know. AS
the letters were written to her
family, we can assume she told
about things as they really were.
AS there are frequent calls at
the library for Civil War histor-
les and stories, I am placing this
book there for anyone to read
who is interested.
History has shown us there ne
yer was a bloodier war than the
war between the states and never
a conquered people treated worse
unless it is the Poles and Czechs
since the Germans conquered
them.
And this woman reveals that
up until late in 1864, the North
was always in doubt as to whe-
Their they would win. She tells of
the drunkenness and inefficiency
of some of the Northern officers.
The Southern soldiers she calls
"Guerrellas'', when they were not
massed in front of some North
ern army. The Southern soldiers,
like the Firms, made unsupported
attacks.
The Northern officers quarter
ed in the mansions of the Vir-
ginians they had driven out and
some places had to pay dearly for
them as they were fired upon
when they got out for food and
water by the "Rebs", Johnnys"
'the dirty trash people,, to
quote from her account of the
battle of Gettysburg. ut took
nearly five days for some three
hundred surgeons to perform the
amputations that occurred here
during which time the rebels lay
in dying condition without their
wounds being dressed or scarce
ly any food.
IF the rebels did not get Sc
verely punished for this battle,
then I am no judge" Later their
hospitals were at Brandy Station
and White House Landing. In
May, 1864, she says on the march
and 1--WE rode on about a mile
and found a house deserted, the
owner said to be a chief of Guer-
rellas, so the soldiers fired the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
N OTIC E
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK
w. S. GRAPHICAL
VS.
MARY ALICE GRAPHICAL
The defendant, Mary Alice
GRAPHICAL, will take notice that
an action as above entitled has
been commenced in the Superior
Court of Ashe County, North
Carolina, for divorce, a vinculo;
and
The said defendant will further
take notice that she is required to
appear at the Office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Ashe
County, at the courthouse, in JET
ferson, North Carolina, on the
18th day of February, 1910, or
within thirty (30) days thereaf-
ter, and answer or demur to the
complaint in said action or the
plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in said
complaint.
This the 18th day of January
1910.
j. D. STANSBERRY,
1-18-4T Clerk Superior Court
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY

Having qualified as Executor OF
the last Will and Testament of L.
D. Lane, deceased, late Of Ashe
County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the said estate to present
them to the undersigned for pay
ment on or before the 9th day of
December, 1910, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their re-
coVery.
All persons indebted to said
estate will please make immediate
payment to the undersigned.
This the 9th day of December,
1899.
ED c. PHIPPS, Executor
of L. D. Lane, deceased.
12-14-6tpd
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

WANTED TO EXCHANGE Here
ford steers or registered cattle
for young team percheron mares,
preferably bred. T. w. Ferguson,
Ferguson, Wilkes County, N. c.
1-18-1tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

FOR SALE-Registered guernsey
of good strain, tested herd, cows
and yearlings. De Laval cream
separator, slightly used-E. D.
Ballard, Davidson, N. C. 1-18-4t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

FOR SALE-One short horn cow,
6 years old, just had calf, for sale
at bargain price. due to lack of
feed, L. S. Scott, Todd. 1-18-1tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

FOR SALE-3-piece tapestry iv-
ing-room suite, slightly used,
looks good, priced cheap. Rhodes
Furniture Co. 1-18-1t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

FOR SALE One good used
range, cheap. Rhodes Furniture
Company. 1-18-1t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

FOR SALE-A. good typewriter
and adding machine. Apply The
Skyland Post 9-7-tf
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31
FALSE ECONOMY

The house naval committee is so firmly
convinced that world affairs will rapidly
improve that it contemplates reducing the
navy's $1,000, 100000 s~ix-year expansion pro.
gram down to a two-year plan totaling less
than $3.50, 900, 1000.
What if things don't improve abroad? What
if the wars now going forward in Europe
consolidate and become one great upheaval,
drawing in the Balkan and the Baltic states,
Italy and Turkey? What if Germany's sea
and air campaigns are destructively success.
full and Great Britain loses mastery of the
seas? What if Japan finally subdues China
and emboldened by that success, turns her
attention to the Philippines? What sort OF
a situation will that place the United States
in, with a navy too small to guarantee Sc
curity against aggression?
The need for strict economy in federal
spending is beyond controversy. 1t groups
with other self-evident facts. But congress
will do its duty best if it weighs all posi-
b1lities of national harm that lodge in false
economy. There would be no economy in
GRIPPING the national defense.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31
MAY N DECEMBER

Shuffleshoon and Amber Locks make ex-
cellent playfellows. But when they wed their
troubles usually lead them to divorce courts.
Such a case recently reached Florida's su-
preme court. A husband Of sixty-nine asked
release from a wife Of forty-seven, charging
extreme cruelty. The court sustained the rul-
Ing OF the lower court, and Chief Justice
TERRELL, who wrote the decision, delivered
himself of an opinion which probably will 20
down as a classic.
Saying there is little surprise in the fact
that an aging gentleman found grounds for
separation from a wife twenty-five years his
Junior, the justice continued: This often
happens when an old man plunges into the
matrimonial pool with a young woman. He
lives in the past; she in the future. She
chews gum while he smokes his pipe. At the
table, she calls for calories and vitamins; he
Tor hog and hominy. She likes ragtime but
he prefers In the Sweet By and By"
Further, Justice Terrell wrote:
She can dance all night hut nature
drives him in with the swallows. Unless
he be her father, there is In the very
nature of the situation little about an old
man to excite the interest of a young
woman and unless he is in the market
for a good nurse, there is no basis for
an old man to become enamored of a
young woman.
Time has exacted it's toll and the net
result of such exaction has thinned his
hair, heightened his waist line, shortened
his wind, chilled the enthusiasts Of his
youth, and dulled or frozen other attri.
butes. Science knows no process by which
these may be restored but with it all,
there is yet in his sky a cloud with a
silver lining. His mental curve has not
yet taken a downward plunge. Hence.
forth his pleasures must be OF the mind
and if he reacts philosophically to his
state, he ~justifies his creation in the i'm
age of God.
There have been, of course. notable ex
options, but they only prove the rule. When
day and December mingle. a storm follows
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31
LEONARD FAV0RS
CRADY'S PROGRAM
Says Candidate Talking Right
Down My Alley Regard
ing State Economy

CHARLOTTE, Jan. 30.-P-Pau
Leonard, secretary Of the North
Carolina Fair Tax association, sale
today that Paul Grady Of Henley
sixth candidate to enter the race fol-
democratic nomination for governor
vas talking right down my alley
in what he had to say about economy
and efficiency, taxation, consolida
ton Of government agencies and the
like"
"Since 1 have been the states most
outspoken opponent of the tax
s%penders' lobby which has operated
so successfully during the last four
sessions of the general assembly,
Leonard said in a statement, IT am
naturally anxious to see Mr.. Grady's
forthcoming document on the tax
payers VS.. the taxspenders."
In his announcement Grady said
he would discuss during his cam
paign a plan by which the states
three per cent retail sales tax could
be repealed without hindrance OF
disruption to any necessary govern
mental Junction.
Leonard said the North Carolina
Fair Tax association had not en-
dorsed a candidate yet and could not
until a meeting was held.
"It may not be necessary" he said,
explaining that L. Lee Gravely of
Rocky Mount, another candidate had
incorporated some of our objects
and legislative program in his plat.
form, and now MI. Grady comes
along and does just about what Mr.
Mcdonald did four years ago. bv de.
claring for adjustment Of the sales
ltax and for economy and efficiency
in government, thus endorsing the
principals for which we are striv-
in-"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31
W. H. Tate Files Suit
Against Bottling Firm

Suit for $4,000 in damages al
legedly received when he was struck
by a DR.. Pepper Bottling company
truck, at the corner of Front and
Castle streets, has been filed in
New Hanover superior court by
William H. Tate against t h e
bottling company.
Due to the carelessness of James
Groom, the operator of the truck,
the plaintiff alleged, he received in
juries as follow: "a comminuted frac.
ture of the right ilium of the pei
Wis involving the medal one.haif
of the wing and involving the aceta.
bulum, a comminuted fracture at
the junction of the ascending ramus
with the acetabulum and a vertical
fracture at the junction of the de-
scending rami Of the ischium and
the pubs and a complete disloca-
ton of the ~sacro-iliac joint"
These ailments were assumed to
constitute back injuries.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31
Editorial Comments
From Other Ano|es
REALITIES AND POSSIBILI TILES
Raleigh News and Observer

ANY suggestion which will help the export
trade IN tobacco next year is welcome in
North Carolina at this time. Certainly Senator
Bailey in proposing a program" is dealing
with the first problem of many of his con.
stituents. But the senator's program seems
rather to emphasize the difficulties of the
problem than to point to it's solution.
Undoubtedly it might be possible to arrange.
as the senator suggests, a b~artering Of tobacco
for Britain's tin and rubber ana other prod.
ucts which are not produced in this country,
but II Britain has goods to swap she would
probably prefer to swap for airpIanes than to.
pacco, just as the Germans long ago were d.
rected to the preference for guns rather than
butter. Indeed, such swapping, if possible I'M
DER barter, is entirely possible now without
any barter arrangement.
IL might be excellent also if it were possible
10 reconstruct, as Mr.. Bailey proposes, the
united States governments policy so that there
Will be a return flow Of gold to Great Britain
IN order that she may be in a position to
settle her debit trade balances. It would be diff