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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05
BYUS BOYKIN

Dear Sir:
Who are the descendants of Byus
Boykin? Down on the east side OF
Big Coharie, about two miles south
Of Boykin's Bridge on the Clinton
and Parkersburg road, out in the
woods, there stands a marble SLAB
to the memory Of Byus Boykin, SOL
der of the Revolution and a pio'
neer of this section of the country.
The slab bears this inscription:
"Byus Boykin, died, May %, 1872,
age IS years. He entered the Army
of the United States at the age OF
Is and faithfully served his country
through her struggle for %independ-
ence and at the close of the war
he devoted the evening of his lie
to the rearing and educating a large
family of children and to the peace
full pursuit of agriculture. He lived
to enjoy the liberty he had helped
to establish"
This cemetery is covered with
large trees, stumps where timber
has recently been cut, and bushes,
and a few small flowers peep up
through the dead leaves, to deco
rate the resting place Of Sampson
county's great hero.
There ar IS tomb stones in the
place, and there is plenty OF evil
dence that the Boykin family was
one of wealth and prominence, and
that Byus Soykin did his bit to help
make the country a free land SO
that future generations might enjoy
long after he passed away.
From the date of the death OF
Byus Boykin, as shown to be May
%, 1912, age IS years, this proves
that he was born during the year
1747, then he would be n of the
first settlers Of this section and long
before Sampson county was formed
in 1884, and born two years before
Duplin county was formed in 1749
The resting place of this great
man should be kept and marked
by some organization such as the
| Daughters of the American Revolu'
ton, or some other patriotic society
so that appreciation may be shown
of the services of this great Samp'
| sonian.
VIRGINIA HERRING
Clinton, N. C.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05
. RIGHT OR WRONG ABOUT PEOPLE
What Foods Will Ward Off
Old Age!
Not too little, nor

is moderation. Not too little, nor
too much.
Other faddists have kept children
on mere existence diets on the false
notion that retarding growth IN
childhood helps old age. This may
help some laboratory rats live long
er, but makes them less vigorous
and less playful. Stunning during
the growth period does not help old
age.
Feed the youngsters; don't deprive
them.
Another rule is to have a wide
variety of foods to play safe on
getting enough precious vitamins
and materials which prepare the
body for resisting the ravages OF
old age.
There is no single food which
will perform a miracle and act as a
fountain of youth. But enough foods
to keep the body well supplied with
energy and flesh, plus a wide assort-
ment to fortify with vitamins and
minerals, make old age something
to look forward to.
Liking one or two foods too well,
and eating. too much of them, is not
advisable. One-food families are
likely TO be short-lived families. The
housewife should develop skill to
prepare a new dish each week. Her
family will enjoy the surprise and
will be more likely to enjoy old age.
Copyright, 1910, NEA Service, Inc
NEXT: Do Women Buy Bet.
ter Than Men?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05

liar Have a cigaret?" scene, the
other person would reply, mo, I
don't like that brandt" I would be
refreshing, too If a person could be
shown lighting a candle in a dark
room without illuminating the whole
set like a Hollywood premiere.
Most motion picture advertising,
it seems to me, is scarcely a jump
advanced from the 1920 school of
circus superlatives I am offend.
ed by the bland introductions, as
broadway stars" of dizzy blends
who merely understudied t h e in
genue in a Bronx high school pro.
duction Of "Charley's Aunt"
These same babes, after reading
their w publicity for a couple of
months, begin giving interviews on
the relative merits of the cinema
and the legitimate dray.ma as an
art form.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05
Roosevelt Has Power
To Limit u. S. Spending

WASHINGTON, April A. R -
Amid waning economy hopes. demo
cratic leader Barley of Kentucky
said today that President Roose-
welt could keep the national debt
below the s45, 900, 900, 900 limit even
if congressional spending tops that
figure.
1.-THE President merely could Or
der departments not to spend a
percentage of their appropriations"
Senator Barley told reporters.
'That practice has been followed in
the past, and it would eliminate the
limit or raising new taxes this
year."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05

The moronS and phonles a r e on
their way out. I wish the surfeited
somnambulists who call themselves
actors would go back to their rib
bon counters.
No, Hollywood isn't boring, but
sometimes it gets my adrenalin up.
I don't like the ~industry's tail-be-
tween-legs attitude whenever t h e
censors or legislative committees
shake a stick at it. I can't fathom
the professional cowardice of stars
who. after hearing themselves nasti-
ly libeled by gibbering radio report
ers or columnists, don't pick up a
mashie-or at least a lawyer-and
go out after vengeance. Players
don't fight back because they think
it would bring bad publicity-and
that shows an unflattering estimate
Of the fair.mindedness of fans.
I'm tired Of the applause which,
at each preview a d premiere,
greets the first appearance of each
star on the screen and browns out
lines of dialog which are important
in keynoting the story. The only
! people who applaud r those seat
ed near the stars in the theater.
I'm fed up with the old story
about some producer sending out a
nationwide sos for a wooden In
dian. Every prop department in
Hollywood has one; a n d if they
didn't, any plasted department could
make a dozen overnight . Equal
ly trying is the yarn, issued at least
daily, hat some fading glamor gal
regularly receives an orchid or a
crushed white rose or something
from IAN unknown admirer." Hol-
lywoodsmen may be romantic, but
they're eve anonymous about it.
I wish that Goth Century-Fox
would quit reminding me that every.
thing that happens on the lot. from
Shirley Temples new hair-do to the
successful cooking Of an omelette
aux champignons in t h e studio
cafe, is accomplished under the
guiding genius Of Daryl F. Zanuck"
:. Also it would be nice if certain
pedantic brass hats would stop
sounding off about what the pub
lie wants and devote themselves to
the simple formula of making good
pictures, which apparently are all
that the public wants anyway.
Waiting For Someone
To Turn Down Fag 7
And speaking of pictures. wouldn't
II be nice if some day, in the fanli.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05
Ted Cole, Ralph Roe
Sought In Oklahoma

TULSA, April 4.-CP-The shooP
ing of a taxicab driver has renew
ed speculation as to whether Iel
Cole and Ralph Roe, Oklahoma oa3
men, survived their sensational es'
cape from Alcatraz in DecemoeE,
1887. They generally were believe
to have drowned in treacherou'
waters of San Francisco Bay. .
The cab driver, Don Calvin, saN
he recog liZed Cole from neWspap''
pictures as the robber who shot hn
last night. Calvin was kidnapped p'
three men, who fled in his cab
The FIJI, state highway patN|
and officers of several counties VeI1
searching for the robber trio.
Two hitch-hikers reported Tues
day that they rode to Tulsa with =
motorist Who said he had escapeu|
from Alcatraz. They identified nh
by pictures as Roe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05
BOOKS
IN THE HOME
BY MARGARET K. GILBERT

DS MfAIlUt1IlLl n
The successful home must satisfy
the family's needs for comfort, for
peace, and for beauty, and books are
a necessary part of every success
full home.
Every now and then someone
Groans that some new invention is
sure to destroy the love of reading
in the hearts of the people. The
moving pictures were sure to do it,
they thought, then people began to
clamor for the books from which
the films were made. The radio
would do it, they said, but when
the radio began to be used for re-
viewing books this only increased
the demand for those titles. Books
are holding their own amazingly
well against all these new ways
of passing time. 90
Books are very much like friends,
being indeed the most human of all
things that are made. A book, a real
book, is made out of a mans life,
out of his experience, his hopes, his
dreams. He has put into it some.
thing that is truly himself; and this
book does not truly live until It
gets into the mind Of the reader
and becomes a part Of his life and
experience.
No matter who you are today, you
have probably realized that this
complex, machine age in which we
live demands books for your daily
needs as well as for those Of your
family and neighbors. Men and wom-
en- are constantly using other peo-
pies experience set down in books,
to saw time and money in business,
and to fit them for new fields of
activity. A single book on soil fer
tility may turn the farm from a
losing proposition to a growing con-
Germ. Women need books on all
phases of home are and child guild
ance. Sometimes a book on dietetics
will do wonders even for a well-fed
family, in making possible a bal
anced diet. A good mother does not
bring up a child altogether "by the
book but it is surprising what the
right book may do at the right mo-
ment. Shildren, too, need stories,
they need information. Many books
are needed to nourish those young
minds stimulated by daily school.
There r so many things that tend
to draw families apart these days,
that it is worthwhile to encourage
anything that may draw them to-
gether. One thing that does this is
loving the same books and staying
home long enough to read them.
Libraries play an important part in
rounding home life.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05
Star-News Program

Consolidated City.County Government.
under CouncilM Manager administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside High,oay from WrightsOfne
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF city Limits.
35.foot Cape Fear River channel. 1td'
er Turning Basin. with ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern oanE
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, Wo
Orton plantation.
Developmen t OF Pulp Wood Prodnc'
ton through sustained-yteld methods
throughout Southeastern North Caroline.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency, supported BY n
countrywide tar.
S%hipyards and Drydock.
Nsoro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolna, developed around tho
Community Hospital.
ADEQUATE hospital facilities tor whites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Developm ent OF ndtive grape 0To1ren0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis EdndtoTtnm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05
Mrs. F. R. Will Make
Series OF Broadcast

NEW YORK, April 4.-CP-Nf'
Franklin D. Roosevelt is going "
the air twice a week beginning APT
80, with a soap company as spun
Sor.
The program will be heard luz
days and Thursdays from 1:15 p i
1870 p. m. (EST) over Nations
Broadcasting Company stations. Al
nouncement of the program va
made by Franklin Bruck, adVeEI''
ing agency head.
Details of the contract were III
public. In the past Mrs. koo''
welt has donated money receive
from radio work and writing "
charitable enterprises.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05
Euer-Normal Granary
Plan Pays Dividends

WASHINGTON, April f. Up -
The Biblical idea of storing crop
SURPRISES for use in years Of lean
production-around which present
federal farm programs were built
is paying millions of dollars in
cash dividends to farmers this seas
on.
Millions of bushels Of wheat and
thousands Of bales of cotton are
moving into trade channels from
warehouses and elevators, where
they were stored in 1888 and 1889
Under the "ever-normal granary"
system,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05

have a great deal to do with how
spry we are in after-life.
Foods eaten in early life also have
a bearing on how long we live.
Some faddists believe that by keep.
ing, very slender on a starvation diet
we shall live longer and be healthier
in old age. There is no scientific
justification for this. On the other
hand, overeating and overweight
throughout life make old-age com
more quickly.
One of the first rules, therefore,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05

Row came out in the open ,.
Gently in connection with obserr,
ance of National Sharecroppe,
Week.
This annual appeal to nortbs,
liberals for funds has for thru,
years been the chief means Nv
which the Tenant Farmers Unjo,
filled it's war chest. The "weekn
usually gets quite a play; this YEA,
such national figures as Mrs. Roos.,
welt and Mayor La Guardia CAV. !,
their active support.
Shortly before the "week" va,
to begin, supporters of the CCA
PAWA organized the National Cour.
Gil to Aid Agricultural Workers ami
opened an appeal for funds. Sine.
this union is a c. I. o. affiliate,
Allan Haywood, organizational d,
rector of C. I. o. sent notice to c.
o. unions to lay off National Share
troopers Week. In Washingta,
Gardner Jackson Of Labor's Non
Partisan League wrote letters to h,
cal sponsors of the week" assert,
ing that the Tenant Farmers Union
is "a spoon-fed group kept alive b
contributions from generous-spiritA
citizens of northern cities" ami
charging that it's activities are a
waste of time, energy and money,
So now the fight is on.
Recent reports that Germany has
been getting a lot of ware-usetu
materials from the United States
via Soviet Russia don't seem to b.
borne out by the commerce depart,
ment's figures. U. S. exports %
Russia have gone up since last Sep
TENDER, but apparently no more
than would be accounted for By
Russia's inability to buy from ma
tons now involved in the war.
In the last four months Of 1884,,
for instance, the United States sod
Russia gasoline and fuel oil worth
ST. $4,000, as compared with sN'
900 in the last quarter Of 1895. TIL
1899 total, however, was well und.
the total for 1888 and for 1881 as
we'll. Americans have recently been
selling substantial quantities d
tin, copper and rubber; but the d.
partment's experts say none of thea
quantities have been great enouga
to allow any appreciable ~re.expoE;
from Russia to Germany.
It probably is safe to assume that
Senator Wagner's recent statemer.
that a change to a five-man labor
board, plus certain minor ameTa
ments, would be okay with him, rep.
resents President Roosevelt's view
and will be accepted at this session
by the administration. Before he
went on vacation the Presideni
rounded up a mass of material on
the labor board, and told intimate;
he was going to come to a definite
decision on the problem. After his
return, Wagner had a consultatlon
with him; after the c~onsultatiOn
Wagner made his speech. So
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05
Gov. VDaniel Plans
To Seek Second Term

AUSTIN, Tex, April 4-C-Hill-
billy music, which in 1888 swept
a politically unknow flour sales
man into the governors chair, will
be used again this year to WOO the
voters.
Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel, who tack
ed a flour sack to the mast Of his
political ship and sailed into the
capital, announced his candidacy
for a second term last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05
The Editors
LETTER BOX

The Editor does not n%ecessari.
Nv endorse any article appear.
in this department. They repre-
sent 9 vic VS. Of the individual
readers, Correspondents .
warae, that all communications
must contain the correct name
md -1dress for our records,
though the Ter may be signed
az the writer sees fit. The Star.
News reserves the right to alter
any text that for any reason IS
objectionable. letters on on
reversal subjects will not be
published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, April 4.-vr,..
py as the plight of the sharecron,.
is, there doesn't seem to be
way to keep his friends from f,,,,
ing among themselves over Win
going to help him.
Fight centers between the sors
ern Tenant Farmers Union, on ,I
one hand, and the c. I. O.'s Upit,
Cannery, Agricultural, Packing ANY,
Allied Workers of American on t'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05


The answer is
no. Even monoto-
ny and pomposity
are amusing when
they come in mil
lion dollar pack
ages, but Holly
wood offers a lot
o than that.
With about three
dozen pictures
constantly in
work, there's al
ways enthusiasm
n fine crafts.
manship and able
acting to be found.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05
LILY PONS

VALDESE-Lily Pons, NTetfopor
tan Opera soprano, chatted yesu.
DAY with colonists from her na'L"
France. She even found a faHl@
named Pons but couldn't find "
sis for kinship.
Miss Pons, on a concert tour, eau,
here from Asheville. For a 'on,
while she talked in French WI" WI
Waldensians and was given a px
resume of the history of the co'0""
established in 1899.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05
BY DONALD A. LAIRD
Phi. D.. Sci. ID.

Although most Of us look for
ward to reaching a ripe old age,
there is nothing attractive about
the possibility of years of palsied,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05

stiff, pain rack
ed decay.
T h e a r e
many C e n t
laboratory and
clinical indica-
tons that de-
clining y e a r s
can be made
more vigorous
a n d healthful
by the foods
eaten b e f o r e
old-age gets us
in its grip. The
foods eaten in
m i d d | e life,
even in child.
hood. seem to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05

other. More a.
%curately, It is h.
tween the rirI
left-wing grouS,
which back the,,
two Organization,
Socialists hay,.
lined up behiss
the Tenant Farm,
ers' Union, Com,
munists benin,
the UCA PAW,
- although, o,
course, each unio,
also h a S NAV.
supporters atsT
ated with nej,h.,
ism
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
COMBATS
Greensboro News

Typical of North Carolina is the division of
support which has occurred in this states eff
fort to have one of its citizens named to the
current vacancy on the Interstate Commerce
commission. Several of the Tar Heel delegation
in congress, headed by Senator Bailey, have
announced their support of A. II. (Sandy)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05
In Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD, April 4-P . t
peeves:
I'm sick of t h supercilious,
yawning movie mopes who some
times suggest that I must get aw-
fully bored going around the stu
dos all the time, watching the
same old scenes and listening to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05
TOP o. THE MORNING

There is no greater heresy than the heresy
Mt the cl0sed mind. RALPH M. PIERCE
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-05
MAN HUNT

WELDON-A posse of citizens and
state highway patrolmen searched
today for E. L. Keeter, a Waterman,
in connection with the shaving of
Deputy Sheriff William Pope, "a,
at a lumber mill.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-11-28
Where u. S. Flag Car
Be Flown Both
Day and Night

The United States Flag can
be flown over the east and west
entrances to the Capitol building
at Washington, d. c. Accord
ing to recognized flag etiquette,
"Old Glory" is generally display
ed only from sunrise to sunset.
This rule governs the flags
flown at Army Posts, Naval and
Air Stations and on warships at
anchor, as we'll as those flown
over post offices and other Fed
eral buildings. The same was
once true of the Capital build
ing. But some IL years ago it
was decided that there should be
one place in the nation where
the National Emblem would al
ways fly. Thus it was officially
decreed that the two flags over
the east and west entrances to
the Capitol Building be display
ed continuously. These two flags
are never taken down except to
replace them when they become
faded or frayed. The flags over
the Senate and House Chambers
also fly day and night, but only
when Congress is in session.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-11-28

Pursuant to an order of sale is
sued to me by the Probate Court
of Licking County. Ohio, will Of
fer for sale at public auction on
the Goth day of November, 1910, at
1000 o'clock a. m. in the rotunda
of the Court House at Newark.
Ohio, the following described real
estate:
Situated in the County of Lick
ing, in the State of Ohio, and in
the City of Newark, and bounded
and described as follows:
and Eighty-niue $3.50 as laid out
on the recorded plat of Cranes
Addition to the Town, now City.
of Newark, which plat is recorded
in the Recorders Office of said
County, and which lot is butted
and bounded as follows:
on the South by an alley running
east and west through the center
of the block: on the East by North
Fifth Street, and on the West by
an alley running from Church
Street between the lot above con-
veyed and Lot No. 618.
veSed 70 '3g Vrg sdme f Wreht by the
Executors of Harriet B. Crane, de-
ceased, by deed Recorded in Vol
ume SO of Deeds, pages 229 and
230, also being the same premises
conveyed by the said Virgil H.
Wright and Martha Wright, his
wife, by Deed dated March 18th,
1869, and recorded in Volume 95
Of Deeds, page $50 in the Record
ers Office of Licking County,
Ohio.
Said premises being known as
% North Fifth Street, Newark,
Ohio.
Said premises are appraised at
$5900.00 and must be sold subject
to mortgage of Home Owners
Loan Corporation upon which
there is due and owing the sum Of
$5620.19 as of Oct 26, 1910, with
interest thereon at .6646 per day,
purchaser to assume and agree to
pay said mortgage Indebtedness.
Said premises cannot be sold for
less than $186.54 over and above
said mortgage Indebtedness.
Terms = One Hundred Dollars
($1O0.0O) cash at time of sale, and
the balance in cash when the sale
is confirmed and deed ordered.
FLORA A. DEWITT,
Administrators of the Estate Of
Charles F. Dewitt, Deceased
Kennedy and Horner, Attorneys.
o 81 N 7-14-21-28
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-11-28
ORDINANCE No. $3.50

By LOCK WOOD
Amending Section / of Ordinance
Relating to the Position of Elec-
trical Inspector in the City of
Newark, Ohio.
Be 1t Ordained by the Council
of the City of Newark, State of
Ohio:
Ordinance No. 1881 passed April
20, 1924, is hereby amended to
provide as follows:
That there is, must be, and is
hereby created in the City of New
ark. Ohio, the position or office of
City Electrical Inspector, who shalA
be appointed by the Director of
be in accordance with the Civil
Service Laws of Ohio governing
municipalities. The salary of said
inspector shall be fixed at the
sum of One Hundred Eighty
($l80.O0) Dollars, per month pay
able mimonthly.
The inspector shall be a COM
petent electrician with at least
twenty years experience in gem
eral construction work and he
shall be well versed in the rules
and requirements of The National
Electric Code.
In addition to the duties of the
Electrical Inspector as outlined
and defined in this ordinance, the
Inspector shall be the City Elec-
trical Engineer. He shall have
charge of the installation, main
tanning, and repair of all traffic
light controls, police recall boxes,
and telephones. and he shall have
charge of the care, repair, and
maintenance of all electrical
equipment in the City of Newark
in connection with the flood pre-
vention equipment.
Section 2. That Section l of Or
dinance No. 1881 passed April %,
1924 be and the same is hereby
repealed.
Section 8. That this Ordinance
shall take effect and be in force
on and after the first day of jan
uary, 1941.
Passed November 1S, 1910.
CLINT E. CONFER,
President of Council.
Attest-F. A. McELROY,
Clerk of Council.
Approved by the Mayor this 18th
day of November, 1910.
GLENN WRIGHT,
Mayor
Date filed with the Mayor, No
vember 10, 1910. N21-28
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-11-28
Where the u. S. Gets
Its Tungsten

Although the United States it
self is an important producer of
tungsten, it has been getting
most of it's supply of this metal
from China, the worlds leading
source of supply. In 1889 more
than go per cent of the total i'm
ports of tungsten ore and con-
centrates consumed in the Unit
ed States came from China. If
the Chinese source of tungsten
were completely cut off, how
ever, the United States would
still be able to supplement its
own production by imports from
Burma, the Malay States, Bo-
livia and Argentina. A member
of the chromium family, tung-
stem is used for electric-light
filaments, electrical contacts, al
Toying steel and similar import
ant functions. 1t is especially
valuable in armament produc-
tion.