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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-07
Ideas Borrowed From
Circus, Cavalcade To
Be Featured In Event
Indians, Cowboys, Acrobats Animals N Everything
to Take Part in Ceremonies Watercade to Be
Miniature Billy Rose Classic

Extensive preparations are now
under way for the show Of the CEN
tury in Waterbury, under the spon-
sorship Of the Fairgrounds Of the
park department-the grand finale
Of the entire season, the culminat-
ing spectacle Of spectacular year,
q gigantic display such as will dwarf
even the recent barbershop quartet
contest. no small exhibition itself
The event in question is the play
ground circus, which will take place
at Hamilton park at 1880 o'clock on
Thursday, August "a. We give you
two weeks notice so that you may be
sure to be able to attend when the
great day rolls aroundand it will in
deed be performance such as Wa
terbury has seldom, If ever, seen be-
fore.
Consults Experts
According to william Derwin, SUI
pervisor of the city,s Fairgrounds,
nothing on the scale Of this effort
has ever before been attempted by
tllC p1dy64VNA1Nos 4AAS 44ACAAAOA UHAS
windup Of last years playground
season becomes a mere bagatelle in
comparison. It is understood that
Mr.. Derwin is in constant commune
cation with John Ringing North in
regard to the stagin gof the man.
moth show.
More than 300 children will be
eager participants. All of them are
already having daily rehearsals in
preparation-and a motley crowd
they are! There will be herd of
elephants" from the south end, a
tribe of Indians straight from the
reservation at Fuller street, and to
Offset the latter, whole troupe of
cowboys and cowgirls from Water
vile ranch. Hamilton park promises
to contribute a delegation of genuine
Spaniards, from south of the border,
and there will be wild animals of
varying degrees Of ferocity from the
wilderness of Washington park.
Some gypsies have signified their in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-07
Division St. Boys
Win Track Meet
Playground Event Proves Good Attraction
to Elect Officers Friday Night
WATERvILLE
Correspondent-Afrx r. W. Henion. Telephone 3-54ss

The monthly business meeting
with election Of officers of the Cas-
per S. Davis, American Legion auxil-
larry, will be held Friday night, 8
o'clock, at Fraternity hall, with
Mrs. May Smith presiding. AL men,
bers are urged to attend this i'm
portant meeting. A social hour will
follow.
Among the Waterville residents
who attended the silver anniversary
OF Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Kelly, OF Wa
terbury, held at the Lift the Latch
Inn, on Sunday, were: Mr.. and Mrs.
William Dunlavey, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Barlow, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Rooney, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
McArdle, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Da-
dario, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Stevens,
and Mrs. Georgiana Grenier.
Miss Loretta Finear and Path
Cranden have returned to RocheS-
ter, N. Y. after spending a vacation
with Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph McArdle
of briggs street.
Mrs. Mary Toner and Mr.. and
Mrs. William Smith, of Thomaston
avenue, are mentioning in New
York City.
Mr.. and Mrs. James McArdle of
Huntingdon Place have been enter
tanning Mr.. and Mrs Wesley Burk
and John Burke. Of Boston, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sonier, and
daughter, Joan, Of Thomaston ave-
nue., motored to Springfield, Mass.
on Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-07

tention of wandering in from Town
mount will send group of Orien-
tails. Fairlawn is even now in the
throes of preparation for the pony
ballet which will make up its share
in the program. The grunts and
groans emanating from Chase park
in recent days have merely been
the indication of the stiff practice
which thep layground gynnasts are
going through, in preparation for
their part in the program. Fulton
park will enliven the occasion ty
sending a complete delegation of
clowns. The Division street group
be acrobats for the evening, and they
have also promised to furnish what
should be one of the hits of the eve
ming, trained ostrich"
In addition to the main perform
ance, and in keeping with the circus
tradition of allowing never a dull
there will also be side
show, consisting of the usual attrac-
tons, ranging from the fat lady and
the Siamese twins, to a cherry
colored cat, and a whole troupe of
midgets, in fact two freaks from each
No Infringement
Since the preparations for the
circus got under way, it has been dis
covered that the spectacle with
which the show Is to open bears some
striking sirnilarities to a little skit
In the same style Which is regularly
enacted by the Barnum & Bailey
outfit which is also in the circus
business. However, Mr.. Derwin feels
that because this resemblance is so
obviously coincidental, and because
of his long standing friendship with
the magnates of the B. and B. circus,
that no one will take offense.
An exhibit of local talent in the
form of q handicraft exhibit will
also be featured on the evening of
the circus, as it was last year. The.
girl supervisors at the various play
grounds are working hard on the cos
lures for the show, which will be
gay enough to delight the exacting
eye of a Persian shah.
William Derwin, the Dexter Eel
loves of the coming production, said
today that although they had been
handicapped by the loss OF several
who had left to take
other employment, he expected a
very successful performance because
Of the diligence with which all the
and their charges are
working for it.
An entire musical score has been
he announced, by Michael
Mancini and some of his cohorts, to
accompany the performance, and the
park department band will be a vo-
ciferous participant in the cere-
Water Spectacle
Nor is that all! For the swimming
pools which are also under the wing
Of the park department are also to
have a fitting celebration at the close
Of their season. The latter spectacle
will he given on two successive eve
ings, August 2 and 80, at the Chase
park pool, and will be called the
Watercade of 1910. Donald Noonan,
at the Chase pool, will
direct the exhibition, with the as
sistance Of Emil Mark and Joseph
Brennan. The affair will be water
ballet done in rhythm, and the &C
compartment of the park depart
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-07

cal NYA employment office at the
Porter street work center as soon
as possible. Applications will be
taken all day Monday and Fri
day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-07

meeting last night. The outing
will be held Sunday, beginning at
noon, at DeBisschop's farm on
East Mountain.
The committee in charge con-
sistS Of William Boyle, chairmans
John Bowler, Thomas O,Brieu, Jo-
seph O'Flaherty, Walter Scalllon
and Joseph Devery.
Music, dancing, games and
sports will be featured on the en-
tertainment program. Irish dance
ing contests for seniors and
juniors will be held. The dance
contest judges will be William
Fitzell, Patrick McKenna, Philip
Brennan and Thomas O'Brien.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-07
Colorful Spectacle Planned For Playground Finale
CHICAGO
AFTERPAINS
By DREW PEARSON
And


ROBERT s. ALLEN
(Co-Authors Of the Washing
ton Merry Go-Round)
Pittsburg, Aug. walter A.
Jones, who is making highway
history with the Pennsylvania
Turnpike from Harrisburg to
Pittsburgh, has been resting up
in a swanky Pittsburgh hos.
pital after the turmoil Of the
Chicago convention.
Late In the evening, Jones
asked the nurse to call his doc
tor, since he was not feeling
well. She replied that it was
after p. m. and it was against
the rules to call the doctor un-
less she could state definitely
what the trouble was.
"I have a pain in my left
Leg" replied Jones.
"oh, the left leg" replied the
nurse. "Well, he can't come. He
never considers anything but
the right leg after nine o'clock"
Copyright, 1910, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-07
COMMITTEE EXTENDS
TIME FOR CAMPAIGN

An extension until the 10th Of
this month in the drive for funds
for a memorial to the three boys
killed in Washington park on July
II was announced last evening by
a committee meeting at the Wash
ington Park Community clubhouse.
The committee also heard reports
on the success Of the Fourth of
July celebration at the park and the
recent minstrel show.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-07

ment band, a la Billy Rose and COM
pany. The participants are now hav-
ing rehearsals with the aid of an
old voictrola, and will be well &C
customed to performing to music by
the time the watercade Is given.
Evening star., 1940-08-25

present-day Navy, the two are
ancient and far outmoded. But they
stand out as symbol OF the days
when men Of steel sailed ships of
wood
In their own days, they saw plenty
Of rugged action and many a famous
Navy fighting man cut his sailor
teeth on the ropes of the two old
frigates.
The Constellation was built at
Baltimore and launched September
7, 1897. The Constitution hit the
sea little over a month later at
Boston.
Gained Early Fame for Speed.
First job of the Constellation was
protecting American commerce in
West Indian waters. She had SO
much speed that the French dubbed
her the Yankee Race Horse. She was
in active service as fighting ship
for 66 years.
These took the Constellation
through naval engagements in the
Quasi-war with France during John
Evening star., 1940-08-25

Adams administration, through the
war with Tripoli, the War Of 1872
and the Civil War. Between wars,
she cruised for the suppression of
piracy in the Caribbean, cruised
the Mediterranean, operated with
the Mediterranean Squadron and
with the African Squadron.
After the Civil War the Constel-
lation served as a receiving ship at
Norfolk and Philadelphia, as gun
merry ship at the Washington Navy
Yard, as practice ship at the Naval
Academy at Annapolis and, since
1893, as station ship for the naval
training station at Newport.
The Constitution cleared for sea
for the first time from Boston Roads
on July %, 1893. She gained a
reputation for speed in Southern
waters when, in a friendly race with
British frigate, she left the latter
ship hull down at the end of a
days sailing.
During the bombardment of
Tripoli, she got the nickname of
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Officials 10 Preview
Pennsylvania Turnpike

A group of Washington officials
will meet with other distinguished
guests at Harrisburg. Pa, today for
a preview of the s70,000000 Penn
sylvania turnpike extending 160
miles from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh.
Guests will include State officials,
economists, industrialists and high
way engineers The time when the
highway will be open to the general
public was not announced.
The local group will leave Union
Station at 1:45 o'clock this after
noon. They will be guests at BAN
quet tonight in the Hershey Hotel,
Hershey, Pa, at which the principal
speaker will be Walter A. Jones,
chairman of the Turnpike Commis-
sion and host at the preview.
A mOtorCade will leave Harrisburg
at $50 tomorrow morning. making
numerous stops to inspect engineer
ing features of the superhighway.
The party will stop for lunch at
Bedford and then proceed to Pitts
burgh where they will be guests at
a banquet in the Duquesne Club.
Evening star., 1940-08-25

"Old Ironsides." She fought several
noted engagements in the War of
1912 and served as flagship Of the
Mediterranean Squadron from 1921
to 1923.
Ordered broken up then, the Con-
stitution was restored and returned
to service because Of popular senti-
ment.
Thereafter, the frigate was flag
ship of the Mediterranean, Pacific,
African and home squadrons, retir-
ing from active service in 1855. She
served as school ship for the Naval
Academy from 1860 to 1871, visited
the Paris Exposition, 1879, and re-
turned to use as a training ship for
apprentices.
From 1897 to 1881 she was tied
up in Boston, being restored by
popular subscriptions and placed in
full commission July !, 1881, for
cruises to Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific
ports. Four and half million per-
Evening star., 1940-08-25
10. Strikers to Get
Jobless Benefits
By the Associated Press.


PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. A-Ihe
Arizona Unemployment Commission
decided today to allow benefits to 10
Pacific Greyhound bus drivers now
on strike.
Arthur M. Davis, attorney for the
commission, said the payments
would be made on the basis that the
employer refused to abide by an
order of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board designating the Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen as the
exclusive bargaining agent and that
the employees, therefore. were out
of work through no fault OF their
own.
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Deaths Reported

Harlow r. Street, "A, sibley Memorial Hos
John c. Bean. 70. 5437 Connecticut ave
Frances !. Wells. 20, 3l31 Westover dr. Sc.
George Wallace, 80, 1925 Lanier pl. NV.
Mabel r. Noble, SO, Sibley Memorial Hos
Mary yHGG 6. West, SO. 1401 Tuckerman ST. n W.
Will Burton As, 2650 Wisconsin ave. NV.
Infant Barrett, Columbia Hospital
Ella Atkinson, 6S, 209 Tenth st. Sc.
Maggie Motz 81. 324 Bryant st. NV.
Frank Robinson, 81 Gsllinger Hospital.
Florence classett' a. 1915 Caroline st.
v'i,s isarn. Marker A. lHom' for AGED and
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Roosevelt Gives New Life
To Famed Old Fighting Ships
Constellation and Constitution Being Put
In Commission 143 Years After Luunchino

With appropriate ceremonies, the
national ensign, the union jack and
a commission pennant have been
raised again aboard the old frigates
and officers of the line are in COM
mand.
No Sailing Orders.
Present indications are that the
Constellation will be held at New
port and the Constitution at Boston,
where they will be open to visitors.
No orders have been issued to move
them.
Compared to the steel bellied bat
tleships and fast dest9oyers of the
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Four Diseases More
DeudIy Than Accidents

or disease?
The answer is contained in "Acci-
dent Facts" the National Safety
Councils statistical yearbook.
Only four diseases-heart disease,
cancer, nephritis and general hem
orrhage-kill more persons of all
ages than accidents. For males
alone, accidents take more lives be-
tween the ages of 3 and 38 than any
disease.
More young people between the
ages of 3 and 81 are killed by acci-
dents than by any disease.
Evening star., 1940-08-25
BY the Associated Press.

President Roosevelts active and
continuing interest in old ships and
in naval history was directly re-
sponsible for the orders restoring
the Constitution and the Constel-
lation to service on a full commits
sion status.
From his office, lined with prints
of old sailing ships, the President
passed along the word to Secre-
tary of the Navy Knox to bring
the two most famous fighting craft
in American naval history back into
commission.
Evening star., 1940-08-25

sons visited the ship during that
tour.
Since then, the Constitution, like
the Constellation. has been on
status Of 'in service, out Of COM
mission"
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Births Reported

CIln0Td and VITgInla EaTHaTN DOy
Edgar and Mary Poe. boy.
Peter and Mae Landweber. boy.
Gerald and Geraldine Ryerson. boy.
Jesse and Maytrude Andrews, boy.
Lonnie and Vietta Lowe, boy.
Fred and Marjorie Wade. girl.
John and Bessie Blocker, girl.
Richard and Mary Ross, boy.
Evening star., 1940-08-25

Speed is dangerous. Don't commit
suicide.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-06

,,rt, ,rc being made to snrcod thc
FAILING that England and France
....>. mo-, ~ 4 naIcu l,,. ,,rru,auy,
.,I,,. there is help from the worlds
.,.,rI urmocracv in what they
.,.,.., !. 60 u,u,\v J., i IvuI-
MON rause. :
,i,, 4, uIdu't start 1his wnr, ,II,,
=, >u,;uu maize u, Ola. n,...>., un.,i
~, 49,, not going to finish it. We
an, ,,,,, ,..v lA-r uu>, ,,,n II ~,
nd have 10 cnu IT. ..I.u vA.,.
..,,l., ,,1 Nc So. Nl, n,;nina
I'M 4 l,.,.iu OF i. y. l. ;, the AZ
...,,,,r ,.snun,cn OF "uuc,c ,nvlrck
md five cynical laugh from Eurupc
.,,r ,.,, nnuue us pay Tor the war,
my 10 &c lett holding tic bag.
Well, we ought to have more sense
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-06
ANSWERS.

|. Senator Thomas Bragg, OF Ra-
leigh, withdrew on March 8, 1861,
and Senator Thomas L. Clingman, Of
Asheville, on March %, following
The state seeded on May p. 1861.
North Carolina did not send any con-
cressmen to that session which con-
Iened on MAJ ch +, 1861. On July II
ccneress adopted resolutions eXpell-
ms both North Carolina senators.
,. He was seated March !, 1919,
when he had successfully contested
the election OF Congressman Zebulon
Weaver. and served until the end OF
the session two days iatCr, N;a!ch 5.
3. A total Of ten--Beaufort, Will
son, Pitt, New Hanover, Pasquot2nE,
CutritUck, Halifax, Craven ard Mar
tin.
/. 0in2hur-t. The village CT Pine
hulst is not incorporated. but is OBJ
Grated a a private business enter
prise. Il j" governed under Il SPECIAL
chGrter granted in 1911. Dogs are
prohibited from bowling At ngnt as
we'll as ROSTERS from Growing.
5. From 1872, when the first court
house was built. TO 1917 when the
county scat was transferred to Colds
borough, now GoldSboro. Shortly
after Wayne county was formed in
l7T9 the county scat Of WayncSb0ro
was established on the banks Of the
Mouse river, at the head Of navlga-
tiGn at that time. Later when the
Wilmington & Weldon Railroad was
built the village of Goldsborough,
named for one of the railroad Of
fic;alH, was started near the railroad,
two miles from WaynesDoro. The new
town developed and within ten years
had become the county seat.
6. The scat Of Rev. John Culpcppcr,
of Arson county, congressman to the
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-06
FARMERS DROPPED
FROM WPA ROLLS

Raleigh, April 6.-(AP)-A total
Of 5,G57 farmers and agricultural
workers were dropped from WPA
rolls in March, but 945 were taken
back Immediately because of inabil-
ity to find work, State WPA Admin
istrator c. c. McGinnis said today.
The farmers originally were plac-
ed on the rolls last fall with an
agreement that they would leave as
soon as the planting season opened
about April l.
A drastic reduction of tobacco
acreage in North Carolina was blam-
ed for the inability of tenants tc
find employment.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-06
Legal Beer In
N. G. Brings
Big Tax Total
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Ply HENRY AVERILL.

Raleigh, April 6.-Legal beer in
North Carolina will be seven years
old the first of next month.
Brought lack by the General AS
cenlbly on May |, 1893. it has con-
;ributed an average Of almost S!,000,-
600 a year in taxes TO the state and
its subdivisions; this tax increasing
year by year.
For instance the tax collections for
the calendar year 1888 amounted TO
only S183, lO2.37, while for the first
quarter this year they reached $685.
06325.
The exact figure for all taxes COL
lected since May |, 1888, is $685.
517.84. Of this the State got $780,
41779 while cities and towns collect
ed S35l 500 and the counties S97l,-
600.
During the calendar year 1899 the
state collected Sl,5lG,370.57.
Beer became legal in the United
States as of April 7, 1888, but it was
three weeks later before its sale was
permitted in NORTH Carolina under
an act ratified by the legislature
April and amended April %.
W. Roy Francis of Waynesville, a
member of the 1888 State Senate
from Haywood, sponsored the ORR
ginal beer act and is given credit
for being the father of legal beer in
this State. Mr.. Francis is now senior
assistant U. S. attorney for the West
ern North Carolina district.
Consumption Of beer in North Car
Dina is less than one-fourth that of
the entire nation on a per capita
basis, but last year Tar Heels drank
100000 barrels of beer.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-06
What Do You
knew About
North Carolina?
BY FRED T.. MAY

|. How long before North Carolina
,ccedad from the Union did her Scn-
ators retire from the United States
congress?
>. How many days did Congress
man j. J. Britt serve in the Sixty
Filth congress?
3. How many eastern North Car
china counties counties voted for 4
prohibition convention in 1882?
+. In what North Carolina town are
ROSTERS prohibited from GROWING al
night?
). How many years was WayneS-
5or0 the county seat OF wayne cOGh-
"?
6. When was the first congressional
seat contested in North Carolina?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-06
i eedzay II II
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES

1G23-Joscph Mcdill. Chicago edi-
tor, newspaper publisher. mayor and
Republican leader, born in New
Brunswick. Died March IS, 1899.
186G--Llncon StcffenS, Journalist
rowing cruaadInG editor and author
born in San Francisco. Died August
9, 1886.
l369--May Yohe, stage star OF
t;.e Ir9U', born. Died in Boston,
August 2&. 1858.
1869-William Bayard Hale, noted
clergyman and journalist of his day,
born al Richmond, Ind. Died April
10, 1924.
l37+-Harry Houdini, famous ma
gician, corn at Appleton, Wis. Died
Oct. 81, 1926
129C-AnthOny H. G.. Fokker, not
cd pioneer airplane designer and
manufacturer, born in Java. Died IN
New York, Dec. 20, 1885,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-06
5-1O-2O-25 Years
Ago
(Taken from Daily
Dispatch Files
Anril s, 1885.

AEril s, 1885.
George Culbreth, with the subject
youths Chance in Changing
World", and Miss Josephine Martin,
speaking on How Dot Heard the
Messiah, won the defamation and
recitation medals, respectively, IN the
annual contests Of the Henderson
high school, held last night in the
auditorium Of the Central graded
school. Five boys and girls spoke dur
ing the evening.
Mrs. A. c. Husketn, Of Kittrell, last
night vas awarded the Universal
thrce-burner electric range given by
the Daily Dispatch as the grand prize
in connection with the Daily Dis
patch cooking school which ended
Friday at noon at the Stevenson
Theatre.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-06
April 6, 1880.

Unemployment in Henderson has
been SHOWN to be slight in census
figures on which a check has been
made for enumerations already COM
pieted. Only very slight portion o.
the city or county has been heard
from, but in the fourth ward only
seven persons were listed as being
without employment.
t. / - ra,!"Cad circles here is that
the Seaboard may in a few weeks
order extension of the local train now
operating between Portsmouth and
Norlina to continue on to Henderson
and Durham, making the run from
Portsmouth to Durham.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-06

Tenth congress. Congressman ulpep-
Der served from March t, 1907 until
January 2, 1903, when his scat was
..sc!lrtl vacant. Another election
,vas held Immediately in which Con-
gresham Culpepper was the success
ful candidate. He returned to Wash
ington and was again seated Feb
ruary %, 1908, and completed the
.-!ni.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-06
April 6, 1915.

Local cotton mills will not be
forced TO smut down because OF a
lack of dye-stuffs. the supply OF
which was cut off by the Allies
blockade of German ports. None Of
the local factories manufactures any
thing that necesSitatCs the use OF
dives, and the scarcity of this pro-
duct, which is secured almost en-
tirely from Germany, will not affect
them in any way.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-06
NGTTt /.

Under and by virtue Of authority
contained in that certain jud%Hn,
of the Superior Court Of Vs"m
County. North Carolina. in special
proceeding. entitled Carrie Pearson
and husband, Thomas Pearson. -.
Mollie Henderson, widow. Florence
Reavis and husband. Ectricc Rcayis
and Mary B. Henderson. Guardian
of Edward Henderson. the undcg-
signed commissioners will offer to.
sale, at the courthouse door in Vance
County, North Carolina. at public
auction, to highest bidder, for cash,
on Tuesday the 3Oth. day of April
1910, at midday, the following de-
scribed lands, viz:
1st. Tract All that certain tract or
parcel of land containing 80 acres,
more or les. bounded by !. !.
Vaughn, Richard Best. S. y. L. Rail
road, David Lands. ct ais. OF record
Book ) Page 10 Vance Registry. /
tract containing 6.75 acres, more o:
less. tract containing &C acres more
or less. bounced by Anderson swamp
S. A. L. railway. J. r. Moss. ct ais
of record Book 63 Page 1919 Vance
Registry, less L portion Of about .Gj
acres sold TO Raleigh Granite Co. Of
record Book ia Page AL Vance
Registry. ard also subject to the
dover laid of by mctes and bounds
Of Mollie Henderson.
A survey will be made of said
property and a plat thereof will be
used at sale reciting the boundaries
and acreage
This the 29th. o. March 1870.
d. p. McDUFFEE
and
T. P. GHOLSON.
Com