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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
R0TARIANS PLAN
ANNUAL SESSIONS
State Convention To Be Held
At Pinehurst On May
l And 2

Speakers for the annual State Ro.
tary Convention to be held at Pine
hurst May IL were announced To-Day
by Thomas R. Hood, Of Dunn, con
vention secretary.
Approximately 1000 Rotarians,
representing the 43 clubs in n
1ssth district, will attend the two
day convention, which will use as
it's theme youth Service" District
Cover or A. V. Gibson, of Sanford
will preside.
Earl C. Napier, president Of the
local club said today that he is ex.
pecting a large numbe' of Whining.
ton Rotarians to attend.
Heading the list of speakers will
be DR.. Amos Squires, of Oswego,
New York, representative of Rotary
International; B. M. McKelway, of
| Washington, D. c., editor Of the
| Washington Evening Star; and Peter
K. Ammons, of Scranton, Pa.
In addition, several prominent
North Carolina Rotarians, including
a number of past district governors.
will take part on the program. En-.
tertainment features will include:
golf, skeet, bridge, motor trips, NOV
les and other recreation.
A square dance will be held In
connection with the Governors Ba'
the closing night, with a band from
West jefferson, home Of Rotary
President Ed Anderson, playing.
Registration for the conference
will begin Wednesday morning, May
1, followed by a business session
Governor Gibson will deliver his an
nual address on Wednesday morn.
ing, as the principal speaker.
McKelway will speak at the lun
cheon Wednesday; Emmons vii
speak at the annual banquet Wed
nesday night, and DR.. Squires will
speak 1T the closing banquet, hon
oring the retiring governor, or
Thursday, May 2, at noon. Charlie
Phillips, Of Greensboro, past district
governor, will conduct a panel dis
cussion on youth problems.
A breakfast session will be helt
Thursday morning for incoming
state.
president and secretaries of thu
Hood said today that severa
hundred Rotary AIMS are expected
to accompany their husbands to tn
convention. Special entertainment
and program features will be pro
vided for the ladies.
Two candidates have announc-
their intention to offer for the higl
office of District Governor Of tn
1SSth Rotary District, Hal W. Little
{ of Wadesboro and Ed K. Willis, O
Concord.
Composing the committee on ar
arrangements are Major L. r. Ashe
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24

Fender in the past two years and
two months through February,
Maurice H. Moore, manager, said
yesterday.
In January the local Noses Of
flee delivered s4,S33.O2 included in
853 checks and in February S21
checks for s4,307.5S were distri.
buted.
The local colored Noses office
handled 1896 checks for $92 .S1S.3 Sc
in the two years and two months
of distribution, through February.
In January 1888 checks for $2,646. so
were distributed, while in February
1877 checks for $2,662.21 went to
colored claimants in the Whining.
ton section.
The 46 white NOSES offices, with
ten colored branches in as many
cities with large colored popula.
tions, distributed 1,969,OO6 checks
for $13,204.11 in the same two
ScdIo dlu TWO months, less the
1854 checks for ST. 1921 sent
to residents outside the state who
had previously accumulated reserves
in North Carolina.
Moore said the distribution for
January was 49,2O9 checks for
$2S5,3S2.35 and for February, it
was 59,775 checks for $3OS, 1851.
White offices serve the territory
outside the Immediate area of the
c%olored offices in the ten centers
by means Of itinerant services to
outlying points, the representatives
on these regular weekly trips hand
ling business for both white and
colored residents.
Benefit payments of $1~3,436,933.S 80
had gone to unemployed workers of
the state from January, 1898,
through March 20. Contributions
and interest on the states balance
in the U. S. treasury amounted to
$33,149,S30.O3 through last Wednes-
day, leaving a balance in the state
fund as of that day of $19,7122,-
S96. IA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
Local Gee Allotment
Announced By Hollis

New Hanover county has been al.
lotted an April quota Of 13 vacancies
for white boys and none for colored
BOYS in the current Civilian Conserv.
alton Corps enlistment, ]. R. Hollis,
public welfare superintendent, an.
nounced yesterday.
The quota will be filled sometime
the first week in April and a definite
announcement as to the enlistment
dates will be made later, Hollis was
informed by T. L. Grier, supervisor
of CCC selection, state board of
charities and public welfare, Raleigh.
The vacancies will be filled by
those white boys of the city and
county whose applications are al.
ready on file at the office of Hollis in
the basement of the courthouse.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24

A better. safer way has been
created by the WPA-state High
way constructed 1,544-foot bridge
across New river at Snead's Ferry
in Onslow county. Ferry boats piled
This hazardous course for nearly a
century. More than 10,328 feet of
bridges have been built by NPA
in North Carolina.
Wilmington's
Front street-part of the 822 miles
of streets improved by the labor
of North Carolina WPA workers.
BY BEN DIXON McNEILL
Eight hours is a long time to a
dead fish. but not nearly so long as
eight minutes car be in the life of
somebody in an airplane who doesn't
know quite where he is nor where
the nearest landing field might pro-
vide reprieve from the threat OF an
ailing motor. Eight hours for a fish
and eight minutes for a lost aviator
might very we'll reduce both to like
u~selessness, fish too spoiled for eat
ing and aviator too dead, well, too
dead to eat.
Which. at just a glance, might ap-
pear to have nothing at all to do
with the fact that, within the four
and a half years the Works Projects
Administration has been at work on
the matter, these time-haZards have
been mitigated, for fish and for f1iers,
and for some dozens of thousands of
other people and things that have
their being in North Carolina, where
work has touched transportation.
1t isn't circuitous at all. You set
out with a basic page or two O sta
tistics that, in this era of massive
totals. are not so tremendously i'm
pressive. perhaps. Yet. you explore
the statistics, track them back to the
Earth from which they emanated in
ually to these eight hours in the
history Of a fish caught out of Core
Sound and to an aviator almost any
where who, for a crucial minute.
doesn't know where he is and who
needs very pressingly to tind out.
You start with two pages Of sta
%tistics, given as a report to North
Carolira by WPA Administrator c.
c. McGinnis, about what the WPA
has done about transportation. You
read that it has. in four ard a half
years, built 1927 miles of highways,
roads, and streets; that it has built
213 bridges; that it has built or i'm
proved three thousand acres Ct air
ports and laid down 443 roof-size
signs pointing to where these fields
are; AMI that it has dredsed a har-
Dor and built a dock for fishermen.
All this, of course in addition to
other activities. The concern here
is about where the administration
has touched transportation.
If the accumulated total of 1900
! miles is not so impressive in this era
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
FAIRCHlLD Filler
TO SNAP BEACH
Aerial Surveys Of This Sec
ton Will Be Made
This Week

Robert A. Smith, manager OIL Inc
airview department OF falrcllliu
Aerial Surveys, Inc, will be IN WI
mtngton until Wednesday OF thls
week making a series of aerial pho'
tosraphs of Wilmington and enVl-
rons.
Smith, a native of England ana
q Fellow in the Royal Photogfaphlc
society. plans to photograph Virgins
Vile Beach, work being done by
the Wilmington Housing AuthoiltS'
and other places of interest through
out the area. :.
He plans to use a local plane IN
ali his picture taking expeditions
although he is himself a pilot, nav
ing logged 5000 flying hours. lie
was a Royal Air Force pilot durlhS
the World war.
Smith said yesterday he plans 10
take his pictures at heights rang
ing from 1000 to $4,000 feet.
He may reached in Wilmington
a 61O Market street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
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then what

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until the body temperature is nor.
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You know how weak you feel after,
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ny the load of work, worries, and los
of sleep. A weakened body NAV Be
more susceptible to relapse OR long
drawn out recovery.
So reason sensibly and take the choice
of millions by Immediately starting on
a course of SIS. Tonic taken three
times a day Immediately before meals.
In the absence of a focal infection or
organic disease, you should note i'm.
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6dence of millions over many years is
the best testimonial of this product,
An experience with SIS
Tonic will cause you to say to
your friends, SIS. made me
"feeland look like myself again.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
Zeb Shipman Funeral
Conducted In Columhn.

WHlTEvIILLE, March .,
neral services for zeb sbion..N
VINO died at his home IN w.
Welches Creek section of -. ne
ty wednesday night after ,'aA'
Illness were conducted Tb, '''F'
afternoon from the Nom, .sy
Baptist church, and buria, t,r N'oa
in the shipman cemetery, 'S'
The Rev. I. T. Newton
by the Reys, S. n. Lamb %Sss.s'.i
s%lngletary, and W. c. Waso naFlaad
charge of the services. ' had
Surviving are his vif..
brothers and three sisters n e 5 -four
W. shipman, Neal W. sbinn,S ut.
biaoenboro, and Will W. sbt' OF
OF Welches Creek; Mrs. G n
non, of Whiteville; Mrs, G. = Len
tess, and Mrs. John prni..h s1s
Clarkton. U'', a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24

Of Fayetteville, general chairman;
Hal W. Little, Of Wadesboro, vice
chairman, Irwin B. Tucker, of White.
vile, program; II. Glenn Lee, OF
Troy, facilities and banquets; Roy
Sutherland, of Laurinburg, decroa.
tons; Thomas B. Rice, Of Winston
Salem, registrations; Ed K. Willis,
of Concord, prizes and awards; w.
w. Schu,ken, of Whiteville, SER
geant-at-arms; Thomas M. Wooten,
OF Fayetteville, conference treasurer,
and Hood, publicity director and
conference secretary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
Richard E. Jordon
Rites Are Conducted

WHITEVILLE, March % Flu
neral services were conducted this
afternoon for Richard Eugene Jor-
don, 22-month-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene Jordon, of Western
Prong, who died Tuesday night in
a Lumberton hospital after a brief
illness.
The Rev. Garland Singletary,
Baptist minister, had charge Of the
rites, and burial followed in the
Western Prong cemetery. Surviving
are the child's parents and n sis
ter, Sarah Jane.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
Varied Docket Heard
In Recorders Court

Toe A. Britt received sentences TO-
falling 81 months on the state high
wavs when convicted yesterday IN
recorders court on charges Of assault
with a deadly weapon on a femaie
and carrying a concealed weapon.
Britt drew IS months en- a charge
NJ assault with a deadly weapon aid
three months on a charge OF carry
ing a concealed weapon.
judgement was accepted in the
case of Lee Wcsten, of Gil McRae
street, convicted on a charge OF
violating the liquor laws, whose sem
tence was amended to read Is months
in jail instead of Is months on the
state highways.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24

verted into aerial s%ign-posts to direct
flying people, to orient them-and to
make the eight-minute hiatus pro-
%visionally invoked at the beginning
less likely to be the last eight min
utes in the life of a flying man.
Examined across the experience of
two decades since the State first be-
ban to do something about its trans
portation problems and responsible
ties, the achievements of the Work
Projects Administration in trans
%portation begins to loom a little big
ger, to attain in itself a sort of mas
siveness. After all, 1900 miles of
roads is a lot of roads-and three
thousand acres of landing fields is a
lot of airport.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
CHURCHES
CONTINUED From Page Ten,

He Was Born to the Place Where
He Was Put to Death" The theme
today will be based on Mark 1892,
"They that followed were afraid"
The Young Peoples Forum will
meet at 5 p. m. and a special Eas-
ter program has been arranged.
The Church School under the di-
rection of Mrs. Ruth Hall Brown
will sponsor a special Easter pro
gram at the Vesper hour at 6 p. N
The famous choir of the church will
render special music.
A cordial invitation is extended
to the whole community at all serv
ices of today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
MARRIAGES

Two white couples securaa
riage permits during the pas n'. a,,
at the office of Adrian B. Rboss.
register of deeds, as follows;
Joseph Brown, "a, Of 2o4 S,,,,
inlro street. and Miss Margaret Gil.
lard, 20, of 1913 Nun street,
Mitchell Hill, 20. and Miss NJ.
garet Clemmons, Is, both of WI,
mington. W."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
Employment Office Sends
Out 1915, 900 In Jobless Checks

The Wilmington office Of the
North Carolina State Employment
service had delivered s345, 909.67 in
cluded in 51,581 checks to unem-
ployed or partially unemployed
workers in the counties of New
Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus. and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
Observation-Disclosures

Carolina Beach Communicate
Gated Fourth Avenue. Sunday school
10 a.. M, J. B. Taylor, superinten-
dent. Young married ladies class
will have charge of opening and
closing exercise. Christian Endeavor
meets 7:3O p. m. Preaching 8 p. m.
Rev. Wade h. Eubank, speaker. Wis
itors and public invited Come and
get acquainted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
CHRISTIAN

First - Third and Ann streets.
James Lawson, B. D. minister. Sun
day school 9:45. George B. Canady,
acting superintendent. Morning wor'
ship II. Easter worship service and
sermon on the subject: BLESSED AS
surance." Evening worship 8. Ser
mon by the minister on: Beyond
Belief In Immortality" The public
is cordially invited to worship with
MS.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26

and food A council was held, at which
Captain Fisk told their chief that the
Great Father at Washington had sent
them, that they were friends of the
Indians, and he gave them presents
in token of such friendship and asked
them to be friendly with any whites
who went through the country. The
Indians became insolent and demand
ed that the party turn around and
return to where they had come from
Captain Fisk told them that they had
been sent by the Great Father at
Washington and must go to the noun
tains; that there were more buffalo
than they needed, and that If they
were injured the Great Father would
pay them. They continued insolent and
the chief said that he had 100 lodges
a few miles to the north. and that
there were 400 lodges Of AsSinniboines
a few miles ahead and many Yanktons
a short distance to the south. The
chief asked what he would do if they
attacked the train, and the captain
said that was a foolish question to
ask white man; that they were go
ing forward.
The bugle sounded and the men
got their rifles. An effort was made
to prevent the train from moving, but
Knox, the wagon master whom some
OAA-bLAACAO WALL ANAA1SAAAbCAs 0CoSA AHCQ do
a 6-footer, thrust them aside and the
train started. At this display of de-
termination the Indians lost their
nerve and suddenly became friendly
and asked them to kill some buffalo
for them. as their horses could not
catch them. Bottineau and his son
rode with them and helped them kill
a dozen of large herd, and they left
them dressing the carcaSSes and pack
ffa rr1a fhaxy 70 afv
of them or the 400 lodges a few miles
ahead.
Another interesting incident occurred
in the birth of child, which incident
caused little delay in the days march.
Miners Tell Of Gold Strikes
The party spent several days at
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Fort Union, the trip having taken 81
travelling days, averaging l6 miles. At
this time the post was In the possess
sion of Pierre Choteau Jr. g. Co., of
st. Louis, known as the American Fur
Co. The fort was described as on
the north bank of the river, about
three miles above the mouth of the
Yellowstone and about 300 feet square.
with a log palisade 16 feet high with
baStions at the northeast and south
west corners. Around the court were
a line Of residences for the employees,
nearly all of whom had Indian wives.
There was an entrance gate on the
north and one on the south side
Steamboats, had run from st. Louis
to the fort for nearly 80 years, but
only two boats had touched the levee
the year before there had been no
arrivals there, and the current sum-
mer only four steamboats, had reached
this port, later known as the head of
navigation.
A little below Fort Union the expe-
dition reached Montana, although at
the time it was part Of the terri
tory of Dakota and next year was in
corporated into the territory of Idaho.
In crossing Big Muddy creek, five
wagons were trailed into the stream
and a bridge formed, although the.
water covered the bed of the wagon
boxes. The goods were carried across
the bridge and the wagons loaded and
before noon the caravan proceeded
on its way. Five days later the train
reached the mouth Of Milk river.
On to WaIIa WaIIa
They were visited by friendly eros
Ventres and traded for some buffalo
robes. giving three pounds of brown
Srtuar for each robe At q crossing
Of Milk river they met two horsemen
with three pack horses, the first white
travellers they had met since leaving
Abercrombie more than seven weeks
before. The men were from Florence
City six weeks out from the Salmon
river mines bound for the states. These
mines they reported as rich, but the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26

mines at Deer Lodge and in the Bitter
Root valley they reported as produc-
ing no gold.
On sept. / they crossed the Milk
river for the last time where 1t was
about 20 yards wide and 10 feet deep.
but the bed was dry, as 1t had been
for the last 100 miles Here they
passed an abandoned Blackfeet camp
of 5000 or 1000 Indians, apparently
where they had left standing the
medicine lodge which was 100 feet in
diameter and 20 feet high. The next
day they camped on Box Elder creek
and the day after they halted at Big
Sandy. On Sept. 4, they passed the
Marias and Teton rivers and camped
on the latter about three miles from
Fort Benton. Here they remained three
days. The distance from Abercrombie
was $50 miles.
Although Captain FiSk's orders con-
templated the breaking up Of the ex-
petition at Fort Benton, the emigrants
unanimously requested him to con-
tinue with them in the same capacity
to which he consented, and the party
continued to the neighborhood Of
Helena, where on the banks of the
Prickly Pear, near Montana City, gold
had been discovered. Here the party
disbanded, some securing claims here
while others decided to proceed TO
the Grasshopper diggingS at Bannack,
but before disbanding, all joined in
a letter to Captain Fisk, testifying
their satisfaction and gratitude at his
conduct of the expedition.
Christening of Helena
Captain Fisk with his escort pro-
ceeded by the Mullan road across the
mountains to the Deer Lodge valley
and on to Walla Walla, where the
escort disbanded and the captain dis
posed of the stock and equipage and
proceeded down the Columbia and to
San Francisco, and thence by steamer
to New York.
During the next four years Captain
Fisk performed a similar service for
the emigrants to the mines over the
same general route and under the
direction of the secretary of war, but |
the experiences of these are described
by the above itinerary Of I
the expedition of 1862. There are /
many pioneers still in the state who
are proud to proclaim that they came
by the northern route with the Fisk
Among these may still
probably be mentioned hundreds of
our citizens. Hon. John. H. Shober,
after a legislative experience in the
territory of Dakota, where he was a
member of the council in the second
session at Yankton, joined the expe-
dition Of 1854. and later resided at
Helena.
Mai. Martin Maginnis, also of Hell
sna, Joined the expedition of 1866, but
thinking that it was moving slower
han was necessary pushed ahead with
/ small contingent and reached Hell
sna early in September, where he re-
sided until his death.
Captain Fisk lived for many years
20 see the wonderful growth of our
young state, In which he always took
/ Just pride, and also to see the Great
Northern railway push across the
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plains which he traVerSed Is years be-
fore. when it appeared barren waste,
but In which the captain always
maintained his faith.
After his retirement from the army
he removed to Helena and edited the
Herald and took a deep interest IN
politics. In 1869 he was appointed ter
ritorial auditor, but under legal pro-
ceedingS he failed to obtain the office.
Later he returned to Minnesota, where
he died many years ago, respected
by all and remembered kindly by all
survivors Of the various Fisk expedi-
tons, as they have come to be known
Walter johnson pitched one no-hit
game, July l, 1920.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26

Walter johnson pitchef
game, July l, 1920.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

your daughter isn't good enough
for my boy" screamed Mike, wav-
ing his cane at Bat. He cltuched
his hat with his free hand as o
sudden gust Of wind swiped 1t.
as that SOP" shouted Bat, roll
ing up his sleeves.
Mrs. La Porte, hearing the racket
had hurried up on deck. Desperate
ly she caught Bat by the coat tails.
Twill you never stop f1ghting?" she
cried, pulling him back toward the
hatchway.
On the pier Make danced up and
down with rage. "Your girl has
no social standing" he yelled
"She lives on a barge"
With superhuman effort, Mrs
La Porte had dragged Bat to the
hatchway. MY girl Is good enough
for anybody" Bat shouted. His con-
versation was abruptly cut of. Mrs
La Porte had yanked him in. The
hatchway was banged shut.
Mike gave a derisive laugh ano
stamped off the pier. Five minutes
later he was calling Dan.
II take back all I said this
mornin'," he reared into the phone
yen not marry that blithering
bargeman's girl If I kin live to
prevent it."
Ito Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
CHAPTER XII

Dan had put in the most miser-
able night of his life after ne
and his father came home from
Che West Side court. In vain ne
mad tried to tell Mike that Lynda
Martin meant nothing to him.
''You can't go back on a poor
Rirl like that, Dan," Mike had said
firmly, as they walked in, the front
door. Lings enthusiastic greeting
had prevented Dan from answer
ing at the time, but as soon as
they reached the upstairs living
room he had told his father quite
emphatically that he was not going
to marry Lynda Martin, not II she
were the last girl in the world.
"And who, then, might you be
referring to?" inquired Mike. He
stood in the middle Of the room,
red-faced, bluff and jovial, When
you wired your mother and meself
that you had found the girl you
were goin' to marry?"
Marie La Porte" Dan replied
promptly. "She models clothes at
Varnet,s. Her father owns a couple
of barges."
what the devil do you mean?''
Mike stared at him with his round
blue eyes. And then the storm
broke.
The caustic comments about the
fight on the barge pier and Dams
failure to knock Tommy Ryan out
were as so much tea-table chit
chat, compared to the Jovian rage
that Mike INDUCED in now. He
grew very white and when ne
talked he sounded as if somebody
had seized him by the windpipe
Thick brogue clogged his excited
speech. 49,,
ssNot q cent of my money shall
We have if We marry that girl!
he cried. Dan lit a cigaret ane
leaned gingerly against the tire'
place. He was still sore from tnt
blows Tommy had landed. very
wen. father. You've often said Il
was about time I did something
to earn my living" ,.,
Mike tried another line. 1ts
not alone the money you'll be