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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Port Terminals

When the port commission sent its agent
solicit commerce for Wilmington, he was met
with the reply that whenever we could offer
adequate facilities for storing and handling
commodities manufactured in the state the
manufacturers would ship through this port.
Thus the demand for port terminals here orig
mated, not in this city but in the Piedmont
district-the region which has made North
Carolina one Of the greatest manufacturing
states of the country. It is important to en-
phasize this fact as showing that the benefits
of port improvements here are very literally
statewide benefits.
It is also important, and Illuminating, to
emphasize the volume of which Is
available for the Port of Wilmington as soon
as adequate terminals are built. A care1ul
survey by the port commission reveals that
60, 600 tons of tobacco can be moved through
Wilmington yearly, that textiles, blankets, knit
goods and hosiery can provide lO,O0O tons an
nually, that 5000 tons Of furniture can be
cleared at Wilmington docks; that there can
be from 5000 to &c, 900 tons of newsprint
DICuSuL LII ~ olo " Al bS@A
and a part of Georgia, that the importation OF
tapioca flour can be raised to 10000 tons and
Egyptian and Indian cotton, used extensively
in North Carolina mills, can climb to 10000
bales, that cast iron pipe, wood pulp, plywood
and peanut meal can be brought in in unde-
termined large quantities. These figures are
based on actual estimates provided by con-
..-:~~ .~I x.ol-o;o1 ;,J,cfrioe
To provide terminals and warehouses, the
port commission has made application to the
RFC for a $685., 900 loan to be liquidated over
a period of Is years. Naturally the RFC wants
to know what can be done to meet such a
loan and retire in the prescribed time. The
port commission has found that on the basis
of available there will be a net in
come of $138, 900 annually; that operating and
costs will be $68, 900 with $40, 600
left for loan costs and sinking fund. Interest
and principal charges would be approximately
$54, 900. Thus there would accrue a reserve
of SIG, 900 for sinking fund and unexpected in
Obviously there will be sufficient
revenue to meet all demands, even if the in
come should decrease and the outlay increase.
All of this takes into consideration only the
commercial aspect of port development. There
is another side which is equally favorable to
the project. That is the ports availability for
use in connection with the national defense
program. With Fort Bragg so near and the
Holly Ridge base much nearer, the army could
find easy storage space for supplies, to be
reached at a considerable saving over other
coast ports for transportation, whether by rail
or water, for the freight differential in favor
OF Wilmington over Norfolk is at least 20 per
cent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
TOP o. II

At Christmas te remember Him auho never
prote a line, nor ruled euen the tiniest city
nor marched at the head Of even q conepany
OF soldiers. We remember Him as the man
Uhose a0ords, caught, by disciples Who per-
haps but half under stood them, are mow the
most poDertul aoords in all the Wor1d. And as
We remember Ne Wonder Whether Nth our
Wea1h and our science and all the apparatus
Of our might 1e still lack the touch of poUe
Which can redeem us.
No, at Christmas pe do not Wonder! If ue
think at all, zoe kno1D that we need the mas.
te,y of Jesus!
REV. CORNELIUS B. MUsTE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Star-News Program

Consolidated City.County Government
under ConnciLMancger Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial Shoes.
Seaside Ht0hway from Wrightsville
Beach to Bold Head Island.
Ertension OF City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear River channel, wid.
er Turning Basin, With ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank south
Of Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport. pso
0rton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Production
through snstaimed-yteh methods through.
out Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Promo.
tional Agency. supported by one county.
Dide tor.
shipyards M Drydocks.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital ~11ttes for whitcs.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape 0ro11ing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Sanatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Walter williamson

H never spoke an unkind word of any
man." This was said yesterday by an intimate
friend of Walter Williamson, whose tragic
death was the result of an unexplained auto
mobile accident some miles south of
Elizabethtown on Friday night. Probably no
truer word, no higher tribute, no better de-
served eulogy, was ever spoken of an Ameri-
can citizen who held the respect of all who
knew him and the deep affection Of a wide
circle of close friends.
Coming to Wilmington as a young man in
1899, he was until his death a prominent fig
ure in the states textile industry, being Sec
retary-treasurer Of the Bellwil Cotton Mills
for many years and, later, financially inter
ested in the Holt Mills Of Fayetteville. It had
been his custom for some time to visit the
Fayetteville mill at regular intervals, and was
returning home from one of these periodical
trips when something went wrong with his
auto, some situation arose no one knows what,
That the car should have taken fire adds to
the universal grief in Wilmington at his going.
It is said Of him that to experience his
CHEEKY greeting, merely m passing on the
street, was to nave the day frightened, and
to be in contact with him, either socially or
in business, was to know the true worth Of
friendship. His trait of speaking i'll of nd one
was never more plainly apparent than during
the recent political campaign when animosities
were the order of the day and hot words
sprung to lips more used to gentleness
Throughout that period no argument was sc
warm, no provocation so strong. as IN drau
from him one word of bitterness for eithe,
candidate or censure of the campaign methods
in vogue among antagonistic partisans. Sure
ly this was a test and a proof of the man.
philosophy and conduct throughout life.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
HighwayAcciden Deaths
Are Increasing Sharply

| In his annual report he'll not be
able to write any such cheerful and
cheering news. The only question
now is just how much higher this
years deaths will go.
Nor can the safety division officials
offer any reason for the terrible toll
a lives snuffed out since July /. So
astonishing has been the jump that
both September and October showed
more than twice as many deaths IS
in March, the low month of 1910,
when but SIS fatalities were reported.
~September's deaths reached III and
in October the figure went up two
from that high level, to 115.
In three counties there W a S at
least one traffic fatality every month
so far this year: Buncombe, Guilford
and Mecklenburg.
Three other counties missed only
one month out of the eleven. Forsyth
escaped a fatality in April; Castor
had none in November, and Robe
sons May record was perfect.
Cumberland, one of the heavy,
death counties showed a perfect
record for three months in a row
May, June and July-but killed 'em
off in casual fashion in the other
months.
Mecklenburg's 4S fatalities set the
pace as usual, but the customary
runnerup, Guilford, was nosed out
of second place, SO to 81, by Robson.
Then followed Forsyth "a, Buncombe
30, Cumberland %, Wake %, ard
Castor %, to round out the XIII
Two a Month" club. Harnett barely
fell below the average, with IL
Alamance which had only eight
fatalities in the first eleven months
of 1889, showed 10 so far this year,
as did Rowan.
From there the figures ran down
to the mo Deaths in Eleven Months
quartet of Clay, Gates, Mitchell ana
Tyrrel1.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Star.News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
BY HENRY AVERILL

RALEIGH, Dec. 28.-Continued in
crease in highway fatalities in No
vember, coupled with an already as
sured high figure for December
makes it sure that North Caroline
will have nothing to brag about ii
the highway safety line this year.
In fact it is already certain thai
the states record will be definitely
bad. Carl Barefoot, safety division
statistician, gloomily predicts: "We
will be among the worst states ir
the country"
The cold figures confirm his fears
and his dark outlook.
November claimed 108 victims or
North Carolina roads, as compared
with 103 in the same month of 1899;
and the eleven months total for thi.
year o S to 851 against 1874 fol-
1889, minus December.
There have already been received
enough death statistics to make il
appear positive that this month will
go above the 100 fatalities of 1889
Last years final total reached 943
There is every reason to believe that
194O's toll will climb we'll above $50
with an easy possibility that it will
go to 975, or even higher.
Safety officials are doubly con
cerned because the states safety
record was wrecked during t h G
second half of the year, after the
January to June six-months perioC
had shown a reduction of more than
ten per cent over the first half OF
1899.
In the analysis of the first half
Ronald Hocutt, Safety Director
wrote: "The first six months OF
1910 accounted for 353 traffic fatal.
ties in North Carolina compared with
1876 for the first six months of 1889.
This indicates a reduction of los
per cent"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Editorial Comment
1T WAS NEVER GENTLE
Manchester Guardian

Mr.. Alfred Moves, English poet, is reported
to have said at Ottawa that the present war
could not produce poetry. 1t is, he thought,
lacking in the chivalry which occasioned poet
ry in 1914 and 1918 and differs completely
from the Trojan war of Homer. Homer -
Mr.. Noyes is stated to have said, wrote
about fights between men with good, clean
weapons. He never described machine-gun-
ming little children or dropping bombs on open
cities.' No, of course Homer did not, because
his heroes had no machine guns or bombs. II,
however, we take not the Had but the whole
epic cycle of which Homer forms a part and
to which he may have contributed we find
that the Greeks, so far from using good,
clean weapons" employed poisoned arrows.
The Trojan war could not be finished with
out the poisoned arrows bequeathed by Her.
cules to Philoctetes. Philoctetes, therefore,
was brought from the Island of Lemnos, where
he had lain for 10 years tormented by the
fostering sores caused by this poison and ex-
hailng a stencil so intolerable that the Greeks
could not bear him with them. Having reached
1lium, Philoctetes ended the war by shooting
Paris and many of the Trojan heroes with
his poisoned arrows. Yet again, children were
not machine-gunned by the Greeks, but Asty.
anax, the infant son of Hector, was hurled over
the battlements that the seed of the Trojan
hero should not survive to exact vengeance.
This incident does not occur in the Had, but
EurlploeS, Whom many good critic s have
thought a writer of great poetry, has devoted
a play to it. The scene where the Herald
comes for Astyanax and ''the parting between
Andromache and the child which follows seem
to me" says Professor Gilbert Murray, per.
haps the most absolutely heartening in all
the tragic literature of the world"
But, apart from all this, what mas Mr.. Noyes
to say of the ever-famous occasion on which
Achilles drags the dead body of Hector at
his chariot wheels round the walls of Ilium? It
is a scene almost unexampled for savagery
and inhumanity. And that scene is in the Iliad
] and the elimination of Homer's work
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29

closed for eight out of every "a
hours, at one or other locks, be
eliminated by giving a "a hour
service. This was voted down on
the ground that the U. S. engi-
neers need this closed time to
dredge and keep the canal in shape
and the st. Lawrence Seaway prof.
ect was referred to local clubs.
Will Be Studied
The matter of having the Pro
peller club take a hand in securing
employment for young men out of
technical school was left open for
study by the convention.
Rountree said the Propeller Club
of the United States, has, through
intelligent pressure on Congress
Except as to the TRANSPORTATION
Act of 1910 which it opposed-S.
B. 2009) gained the respect of the
President of the United States and
of the Maritime Commission, even
the new marine bureau of the I.
c. c. is ready to lend a sympa-
thetic ar.
Il came away from the conven-
ton in New Orleans with the dis
tlnct impression that the Propeller
Club was composed of (among 9TH
ers) the biggest men in the mari
time industry of the country, men
who know the shipping industry
inside and out. There are now ap-
proximately $500 members all told
in the club" Rountree said.
Commissioner j. Munroe John.
son, chairman of tn e Interstate
Commerce Commission, told the
convention delegates that the new
transportation act will protect all
for national welfare and defense
and pointed out that, under the
provisions of the act, water ar
riers will be given a sympathetic
hearing /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
MARINE CORPS
To The Star-News:

To The Star-NeWS:
The U. S. Marine Corps Recruiting
Sub.station will close Monday the
Goth of December, and a new sub
station will be opened in Charlotte,
N. C. on the End of January, 1871.
I wish to thank the editor of the
Star-News and his staff for the fine
cooperation given me during my
tour of duty as recruiting officer for
the Marine Corps.
Also the people of Wilmington for
their kind and friendly feeling shown
toward the Marine Corps. I hope /
have the pleasure of returning to
Wilmington again, as recruiting Of
ficer for the Marine Corps.
Respectfully yours,
GEORGE F. FREDERIKSEN,
Sergeant, U. S. M. c.
Recruiting Officer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
MATHENJATICIA\

KINsTON, Dec. 2S.-LP'-Ro.eI
Sutton says he knows his blru "V9
can count. ..
Sutton killed four quail on W.
rise in three shots, the fouflii -
ting two birds. The dos Sutton CIV
retrieved only three birds, "oe'''
he knew l shot only three n
and he had the one-bird haois'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
The Editors
| etter Box

The editor does not necessarily
endorse any article appearing in
this department. They represent the
views Of the individual readers. Cor
RESPONDENTS are warned that all
communications must contain the
correct name and address for u
records, though the latter may be
signed as the writer sees tit. The
Star-News reserves the right to alter
n text that for any reason is ob-
jectionable. Letters on controversial
subjects will not be published.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-04
pNnEpsON IN C) DAILY DISPATCH THURSDAY JANUARY l94o
Leaf Quotas
To Be Ready
Coming Week

J. u. Sanders, AAA supervisor Tor
Vance county. sid today Vance
cpunty's tobacco allotment Tor The
1910 C.op haG been received here'
and .mOunIud 10 9,0G0 acres, IN line
~ii" Hh2t had previously been an
noWncCd. He said the county commit
tee is TOW working on Individual
quotas. and the entire list Tor the
county VIII be ready by the latter
part al next week. and will be dis
rIbutcd At that time.
Every individual grower VIII be
advised by mail what his allotment
i. ana u:ttr receiving these grower
may cali al the Office for any eX-
PLANTATION o. complaint he may wish
a. nlahe.
Quotas are being made by the AAA
following almost unanimous approval
by growers Gl crop control for to-
lHcco in 1910. The referendum was
nyld last CClnDcr during d tobacco
uu.ld&y OH l"Gf markets throughout
the ttur-curcG belt.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-04
ANSWERS.

!. In 1883 in Monroe. His first
store was named The Racket Store
The next year he opened 4 store IN
Chester. S. c.. and in 1891 the third
store at Union. S. c. His first Char
lotte store was opened in 1895.
,. Dr.. Rupert Blue. born nea.
Laurinburg in 1868. DR.. Blue wa.
re appointed by President Wilson Gnd
served until he retired in 1920.
8. Approximately Sl50,0OO was
raised in the statewide campaign con-
Quoted under the craftsmanship OF
Lionel We'll. OF GOldSbOrO. The CAM
paign was inaugurated by pro
clamation issued by Governor Beckett
/. When the first organized colony
WAS established in 1853 each settler
was allowed fifty acres for him>ell
and like amount for each person he
brought into the colony. He Wa
obliged to pay an annual quit rem:
of half penny per acre.
5. Zeb Vance Walser. OF Lexington.
Mr.. WalSer was born in 1863. He was
speaker Of the house Of representa-
tives, session 1895 and was attorney
general from 1897 to 1900.
6. In Ills penalties for drunken
ness on the Sabbath Day. the Both
of January, and the 22nG Of Septem-
Der was fixed at ten Shllling>. On
other days five Shillings. january
30th was the date of the murder OF
King Charles l. and September 22nd,
the date of the massacre of the in
habitants OF Bath by the Indians, and
were observed as sacred days in the
colony.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-04
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

Under and by virtue OF power cor
tanned in certain deed of trust
executed by E. J. West and T. l.
West on the 18th day of December
1885 and recorded in book 1874 at
page 282. Vance County. default
having been made in the payment
Of the debt therein secured. al the
request Of the holder of the same.
will sell, at public auction. to ile
highest bidder. for cash. at the court
house door in Henderson. NarCe
County, N. c. at II o'clock. noon on
Monday the 18th day OF JANUARY 1870
the following described real estate.
lst Tract: Fifty-five acres bounded
on North by lands Of John Buchanan.
and Frank Vaughan, on East by +.
F. Abbott. on South by Luther
Champion. and on west by r. II.
Daniel. being the tracts conveyed TO
j. c. West by David West see b"ol;
Is page l05 and 10 page 233
2nd Tract: Containing ten aero,
bounded by lands of Melville Harri,
on north. Frank SpruilI on east. r.
r. Abbott on south and west. and by
the SIS acre tract above described,
being bought from Z. NJ Edwards,
sec deed book 70 page lI9.
3rd Tract: Containing - acres,
bounded on north by lands of r. Il.
Daniel, East by William Champion,
South by William Champion and
West by Hamilton Stewart. being
lands bought Of l.. Brummitt, sec
book 90 page 1868.
This l4th of December 1899.
I. S. KITTRELL. Trustee.
l4-2l-20-i
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-04
TODAY IN HISTORY

l79O-tl5p years ago. President
Washington delivers his first an
nua! address as President at the
opening Of the Second Session Of
the First Congress in New York
city
i6OO-Today'> issue Of the Ulster
Country Gazette. Kingston. n. Y.
a rarity among old newspapers be-
cause of the full account Of Wash
ington'S death and funeral.
l934-First Protestant Church in
Chicago dedicated.
l87O-General strike of tele-
grapherS over the country.
1883-What is known as the first
successful operation for appendicitis
performed at Davenport. Iowa.
l883-Thc Pendleton Act puts
Civil Service on d sure foundation.
l896-Ctah admitted to State
hood as the 45th State.
l939-PrcSident RooSevelt's mes
sage TO Congress calls for increased
ornaments
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-04
TOda, .,...

l793-Rugcr Sherman BALDWIN,
Conrec,;cy:'S noted lawyer. sena-
tor anw ant.->lavecy governor, porn
at New Haven. Died Feb. 10. 1853.
l807-Jo$eph Alden. brilliant
professor and noted writer Of his
day. born at Cairo, y. Y. Died Aug
80, 1885. ~,
l822-WaSh.ngton c. De PAW
Indiana glass N2anutactuEeE, oene-
factor of the college named Tor nm.
born at Salem. Ind. Died May .,
1887
l83I-Howurd O$good. Rochester
Theological Seminars noted pro-
feSsor and Baptist clergyman. born
in Louisiana. Died Nov. %, 1911.
1851 - James Pilk;ngton. New
York ciiy's famed policeman attn,
lete. born 4, Cavendish. VI. Dleo
April p. 1929.
l856-Wi.l.am Goebel. Kentucky
LAWYER. whose election to the gov
crnorShip almost brought his State
to thev erse OF civil war. born at
Carbondale, Pa. ASSaSsinated. FEB,
3. 1900.
l873-Blanche Walsh, noted act
ress. born in New York. Died Oct.
81. 1915.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-04
FUNERAL HELD FOR
John R. WILLIAMSON
Services Held at Nephew's
Home; Interment In Rock
Ridge Cemetery

Funeral services for John Robert
Williamson, who died Wednesday
evening at $40 o'clock in South Hen
derson, at the home Of his nephew
Charlie GULL, were held this after
noon at $50 o'clock at the GULL
home, with Rev. E. R. Nelson, Of
fiCiating.
Mr.. Williamson, aged s., died after
an illness Of about a week.
Interment was in Rocl: Bridge
cemetery. PallbearerS were *c!ectcd
from the friends who attended the
funeral services.
One sister, Mrs. Iona GULL. Of
Henderson. survives. as do three
brothers: Denny Williamson. Of Hen
derSon; Hector Williamson. Of Rich
mond, Va; and j. w. Williamson, Of
GAINESVILLE, Va. Several nepheWS and
nieces of the deceased are living.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-04
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

L. s. Senator Garter Glass of
Virginia born at Lynchburg, Va,
81 year. ago.
Helen Hall Of New York city. So
cial worker. president of the Ma
tional Federation of Settlements,
born at Kansas City. Mo, 43 years
ago.
Charles Gibbs Adams of Los
Angeles. noted landscape architect
and city planncr. born in Los
Angeles. So years ago.
Max Eastman IF New York, att
thOr-cditUr. born at Canadaigua, n
Y. 81 years ago.
Gorge II. Houston, president Of
Dow Chemical. Midland. Mich,
born there, - years ago.
Florence f. Wall of New York,
consulting chemist. lecturer on
cosmetics. born at Paterson, n. J..
II years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-04
$3.50 Million Defense
Tax Is Proposed
Continued From Page Onei

Continued From Page Onei
close that, on the basis OF his 1lg-
ures, the Federal debt on June 81.
1912, would be SOL 100000. short Of
the $4,000, 100000 maximum au-
thorized by law. This would permit
Congress to defer until next wear
the controversial issue of Whether
that maximum should be Increased.
Slash in WA Workers.
The slash in relief spending, ne
explained, is ba.ed on the as
sumption that the EGg,1 curve
will continue upward and permit a
reduction in the average number Oh
WPA workers from l,G3O.O0O a
month this year to 100000 neNt
year, But he said, if business rhoulo
stop advancing he might have 10
ask for more relief money. =,
Likewise, Mr. Roosevelt PROVIDED
no new money or ''parity' payments
to farmers-a 1925 100000 item this
year-in the hope that recent I'M,
provement in farm prices would
make such payments unnecessary,
But if farm prices should Tall, ne
made it plain, future events may
call for some appropriations to this
end"
Mr.. Roosevelt gave this picture
of where the TrcaHury'S money IS
going:
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-04
sWeepsteaks.
Character Cannot Be Mechanical

However, | want 10 ada 10 lillS
conclusion word Of warning to
parents and school officials: Do not
think YOU can beat the machine by
copying the machine. One reason Tor
so much unemployment today among
young people is that research labora-
tories are making machines almost
human: while public schools are
making graduates almost mechanical.
Machines can supply accuracy and
speed: but not ideas, initiative and
inspiration.
These latter are what we need in
order to get oUr people back to work,
to balance our budget. TO save our
free institutions. Hence. parents must
insist upon training for their child
rem rather than diplomaS-and upon
spiritual "oomph'' rather than empty
educational honorS. II they do not.
our wonderful machines. live Frank
crStein's monster. will finally de-
stroy the material civilization which
they have so ably helped to create.