New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 18, 1929, Page 26

GORNGOB PIPE MAN 2 gier, professor of civil law at the tional university law school. N 9 jand a professor in {he Put Washington, MiSSOUTi, 00|, o e et et o Map as Capital of Industry ulgated under the came in 1644. The work was begun at the stance of Judge Charled 8. 1 Judge | Lobingier formerly was a judge in | the United States court for China | Shangh siudents, arations were being made here to- day for the funeral of Anton T. Tib- be, father of the modern corn fah‘ man who put Washington, Mo., on | the map as capital of the cob pipe | or “Missouri Meerschaum” industry. He died Wednesday at the Law- vence sanitarium following a six| months’ illness. Mr. Tibbe was ?”‘ years old | Mr. Tibbe's father, Heury Tibbe, | a woed worker, hit on the value of corn cob pipes a half century ago while accommodating a neighbor, | Who asked him to bore out an extra | large cob with his lathe, and fashion him a pipe. The elder Tibbe realized the novelty of the pipe and gathered a few cobs and carried on a small | pipe manufacturing business, but it remained for his gon fo business over in a big way. | Nearly 20,000 acres of Kranklin Slavia, who ha put the | premier. GYPSY CITIZENS Race, Formerly Sold as Slaves. Given Full Equality 15 - Three hundred thousand Rumanian ssimilated by Ru Jassy, Rumania, Jan gypsies will he mania“and beco; an integral part of the Rumanian racr This is on reforms ina Maniu, Ruman Unlik liungary, Czochoslovakia a been county, Mo., land now are devoted |2enship in those to raising the peculiarly large cobs € essential to the industry, and sever- | al million cob pipes are manufactur- ed yearly at Washington, where & eral factories do a thriving bus The soil around Washingtou yields about 4.000 cobs or cob pipes to the acre. The cobs are seasoned for a year before being started through “l‘”” the factory. Statistics recently Washington reevaled that Massachu- sottes led the list of purchasers of pipes, with Pennsylvania second and | New York third. Upwards of two million pipes were shipped there to Furope in one recent year CHINESE STATUTES INENGLISH LETTERS Students to Speod Three Years .- on Translation Task Washington, Jan. 18 (#—The diffi cult and tedious task of t I China's complex and puzziing laws into the English language has been undertaken here by three Chinese _ | existed in Rumania gathered at & from | try. ies of Rumani virtually as slaves. Up fo 1545 gypsy slave markeis The price a family of gypsies sold as is about $50. When th gling with the problem during the Civil wa to abolish gypss s0 that today own lives, where anc Rumania’s la tion is scatter Large set to he found in and Transylva lirother gypsic they ply their o as Placksmiths, w soothsayers Those who cannot find reg ployment live by theft and mendi caney Unlike the lovakin or Hungzary over the coun pts of them ar 1davia, Wa tinkers, dancers horse dea sicians, cypsics of Czecho who semn (o a superior caste, the luma gypsies live in a great Wi Although they selves to be bapti students at the National university. the governn ‘The expect to take thrce years to do the job which will necessit their deciphering among other thin primary t cord shows sive of aceptalie ser in public schools of the a maze of Clinese hieroglyphics that | country. were scrawled on parchment long before the tramp of Roman legions was being heard throughout the civilized world. Be sure and read the issified Ads tonight. Herald They declare the miotive prompt- | & ing the undertaking is a their part to have the renaissance staried in China by Dr. Sun Yat Scn yrogress unhampered, and it is th opinion that this cannot take pl until Chinese statutes are revamped xo that the modern world can read | and understand them. | The three students are Henry P.| Chiu, 22 J. Huang, 25, and Semon V 00, 25, all holding de- grees of A, B, and LL.D. from the | Comparative law &chool of China. At the present time China’s laws are but a tangled mass of statutes covered with the dust of antiguity. Corifronted with the altcrnatives of cutting aloof entirely from the cen- turies of Chincse history and draft- ing & complete new code, or of adapting the old laws to modern us- ages, the leaders of China intend to | scek the aid of legal experts in the western world. Here they are faced with the problem of the foreigners | being unable to read the Chinese laws, and hence the work under- | taken by the three youths in Wash- | ington is expected to prove of ince- | timable value, The first of the three volumes to| be translated dates back to 216 B.| C. The second, the Tong code, was | aiopted by the Chinese in 630 A. 1., and the latest, the Ching code, pro- STOP COLDS in a Da; Take HILL'S CASCARA-QUININF tablets at once. HILL'S stops a coll | oneday because each tablet combin: the four necessary helps in one~break: up the cold, checks the fever, opens the bore}l. tones the system. RA-QUININE RED BOX— AR Druggist SAOP UPSTAIRS—BUY FOR 1Esv | ATONS INC. MAIN STREET 300 Extraordinary Valves! NEW SILK LEONARD P’.DG. DRESSES '13.75 NEW PRINTS IN SMART DESIGNS NOW IN DEMAND PLAIN COLORS FEATURIN (« THE MOST WANTED SHADES All new « . . workmaniship they equal dr much higher prices. Ex in styling, quality and low priced for dresses that are at the height of fashion just now. A timely event for the woman going South and needs many who is smart new dresses, for the college girl, ani for those who stay in town. ne and two-piece styles, new and novel treat- ments, a trick scarf or how a nackline Plain colors and © under the winte 36 to 11 sizes, nd new mait rocont, i SALE 10 pivs 10 STARTS TOMORROW JANUARY 19 ' ENDS - JANUARY WEDNESDAY JANUARY 30 DRASTIC PRICE REDUCTIONS $85,000 FURNITURE STOCK NOW $49,000 Every piece of furniture in the store has heen marked down for quick clearance—nothing has been spared. We must make room for furniture that is piling in on us for our spring stock, Ice Boxes, etc. Thrifty peo- ple with an eye for unusual bargains will buy now, even for future needs and we will be very pleased to - store any purchasc until wanted, without charge. Come early for the best choice. 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DINING SUITES —MANY AT HALF $17 $119 $289 e i s bom §178 $329 L e S e $198 Ten-Piece Burl Walnut Suite. $349 $220 Ten-Piece Dining Suite. Made in Beautifully finished— Sycamore 3425 Grand Rapids. Now Nine-Picce Walnut Dining Room Suite, Now at 9-PIECE DINSNG SUITE $139 Pe¥ot, Fxtension Table, China Close: As Tlustrated drawer construction suite. Six Chairs. Others up to $450 §$119.00 Grade KITCHEN RANGE $98 thirty vears at a pre-war pri l $17.50 Grade PULL-UP CHAIR $12.75 Colorful Chairs suitable for any | room in the home. | L SAs 4 "£59.00 Grade SELLERS KITCHEN CABINETS $39.75 | A Sellers Cabinet at this low | price is a BUY. Do not fail to | |see this. l $45.00 Grade 3-Piece FIBRE SUITE $29.50 Chair, Rocker and Settee ivose cushions, covered wth a colorful eretonne. +ilome Furnishfng. 110 - 111 MAIN STREET Near EAST MAIN SALE FEATURES ‘rithing reduced 20—50 for Cash or Credit. Jurnmture Stored Free. Sale Lasts Ten Days Only COME EARLY! 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