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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-02
This Road Needed

while IN Wilmington recently Rep. j. Bay
ard Clark said he understood if an enemy
approached the Atlantic coast in this vicinity
large mobile forces equipped with heavy tanks
and big guns would be rushed to the defense
from Fort Bragg. That would be a natural
military maneuver.
II Is pertinent, however, to ask how thew
would get here. There is no road at this
time between Fort Bragg and this part of
the coast which could carry the weight of
heavy artillery.
present highways were constructed to meet
the needs of peacetime traffic. Thew are in.
capable to holding up under the tremendous
weight that would be upon them in a n,i1;+,rv
advance in force.
90 lar as wilmington and all southeastern
NORTH Carolina are concerned, Fort Bragg
might as well be on the Pacific coast tic
military might could not do much good IL j.
were started out only to tear up the roads
IL must travel to get here. One contin CONT
might get through but others inevitably would
bog down. VIVIAN"
IL IL Is TO be a part OF the nations progran
LOT DEFENSE OF the southeastern North CAROLYN.
area to utilize Fort Bragg's artillery in em.r
gency, it is clear that something must be dona
20 improve highway communications be,u,oo,
the post and the coast.
The natural route is already ee+.h,;,h.
inc Nlggerhead road offers the best, the most
olrect, connection. 1t would be a wise stem
even a necessary step, to declare it's improve
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-02
A New Decal0gue

In an address before the Westchester couh
ty, N. Y, branch of the League of Womel
Voters, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait recent,
laid dow a new decalogue for Democracy
1t was her thought that Americans should fint
a master idea" comparable to the Nazi mas
ter idea which dominates the thinking of Ger
many.
As Mrs. Gait has long been among Ameri
cas- most competent women leaders and con
structive thinkers, her views are always i'm
portant. In this case they gain importance by
the fact that American thinking just now il
far at sea. She thinks it might require 1O(
years to get her commandments across, bu
that is not surprising in view of the fact thai
those of Moses are still more honored in the
breach than the observance.
AS revealed to her Westchester audience,
the commandments she proposes say:
We will unite to correct all defects in
our form of government and strive to COM
plete the most perfect democracy the
world has yet known.
To this end we will institute a thorough
political housekeeping. We will tolerate
no buying and selling Of votes for cash,
favors or prestige; no illegitimate political
machine ruled over by a boss; no lying or
whispering campaign which seeks the cleo
ton Of one candidate by furnishing the
reputation of his rival.
When a monkey wrench is thrown into
a machine which destroys or disturbs its
production it is called sabotage, which is
a prison offense. We will also make the
throwing of a propaganda monkey wrench
into the political machine sabotage, pun
ishable with a prison penalty.
We will support candidates for councils,
legislatures and Congress who are intelli-
gent and not tied fast to a single, narrow
idea. We will develop statesmen and
stateswomen instead of politicians.
With this constantly improving political
system we will unite to build the highest
and truest civilization yet known.
To this end criminality must be more
strictly controlled. Murder has increased
in the last century. We will make Thou
shalt not kill' real as the first crime in
the next century.
Thou shalt not steal by theft or trick
ery' shall be reannounced as the second
crime.
We shall make truth to illuminate our
world as our highest virtue and the lie
as the filthiest of all offenses.
10 these ends we will persuade all re-
llgions to talk less of creeds, history and
self-glory, and more of the need to teach
these amended commandments to all chill
dren, all the men and women of our land.
that it may be purified and made strong.
We guarantee liberty in all its varia-
tons to all citizens. Every man and wo-
man shall enjoy all rights and liberties
to the ~ and if they do not in
terfere with the rights or liberties of
others. a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-02
TOP o. THE MORNING y

This calling ON God only in emergencies is
pretty poor religion, bGt at least it is q Begin
ming. Gradually this trust becomes a habitual
experience. We no longer haze to go through
the initial stages of panic before reaching out
for help. Instead of the occasional clutching
comes constant steady grip. Eventually We
learn to moue out from: "Whdt time I am
afraid, I aUiU trust in Thee to the calaner, more
continuous victory: Il WiH trust, and not be
atraid.'
From FORWARD"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-02

ment a defense necessity and proceed with
its rebuilding with an eye to the load it
must carry.
No inadequate foundation should be consid-
cred. BY all counts it should have a base
that could support the weight of artillery,
tanks, anti-aircraft guns, lorries, and in such
numbers as no American road has even been
required to carry.
AS speed is the keynote of defense, the
sooner the project is undertaken the better.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-02
Man About
Manhattan
BY GEORGE X

NEW YORK, Nov. l. The So
Der reflections of the author, W.
Somerset Vaughan, to New York
reporters on his visit to the Unit
ed States make ne think of the
concluding sentence in the auto
biography of the late Grand Duke
Alexander of Russia. -. There's
no longer any room in my heart
for hate" he said.
Vaughan, referring to himself
as an old man, told reporters,
eve changed. In my latter years
I've discovered that people r
nice"
Perhaps this is the influence of
the horrible experience he has
undergone since france fell. His
home was in France. He vas driv-
en- out with only what clothes he
had on his back. For days he
lived in a crowded collier. AL
of the people yer hungry. >. .
Their bodies we're filthy beyond
description. 49,. One died and two
went mad. Experiences like these
leave scars on a man.
Vaughan is at the home of one
of the publishers on Long Island.
But l think he has held this SEN
sible, fatalistic view for some time
In his latest volume, The Mix
ture as Before" he prefaced the
promise not to write any more
short stories with this observation
-. "A perusal of the obituary
columns of the Ties persuades
me that the years betwo ,n SIS and
go are unhealthy for most men,"
The quotes are mine, but this in
effect was what he meant.
On more than occasion in re-
cent months, he has dwelt on his
years, on the long life he has had,
and he has all but said, II think
that I may not live very long
now" When a man takes time out
to sum up his life, as Vaughan
has done in a remarkable book,
1.-The Summing Up" it is proba-
BILE that he feels that, well, lone of
these days it's bound to happen,
and this is one book l want, to
write before it does happen"
Vaughan says all his LIES
work-the material things-were,
lost when the French gave way.
Those two suitcases I brought on
the clipper with me hold every
thing I own"
War, he repeats over and over
again. is a killing influence on
writer's. -. He has the ideas for
several books that he would like
to write. But writing is I'M
renting toll for months on end,
and who can compose himself for
sober reflection in times such as
these"
This is the w. Somerset Maugh-
am of "Of Human Bondage" and
of countless plays and stories. This
is the man who one said that a
prose play was scarcely less en-
pheral than a news sheet; and that
the playwright and the journalist
need very similar gifts, a quick
eye for a good story and a telling
point, animation, and a vivid way
of writing. All the dramatist needs
besides is a specific knack. I do
not know that anyone has been
able to discover what this knack
consist of. 1t cannot be learned"
Welcome to New York and to
the U. S., Mr.. Vaughan. Get a
good long rest out there on Long
Island. After a few days, I bet the
world looks better.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-02
A Turning Point?

What is actually happening on the new war
front in Greece is, as usual, obscured behind
a cloud of rumors, conflicting claims and CEN
sorship. Beyond. the fact that Italian troops
have advanced when the going was good and
retreated when opposition was stiff, there is
no way of knowing for certain how the Italian
drive is going, how effectively the Greeks
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-02
COUNTY IS READY
FOR VOTE TUESDAY
Continued From Page One)

second floor of the Wallace build
ing.
Carney yesterday released sam
pie copies of the ballots which will
be used in the general election.
On the presidential ballot in OF.
der to vote a straight party ticket
the voter need only make an x
in the circle beneath the word
democratic or republican, which
ever party he wishes to support.
In the event the voter wishes to
split his ticket, he must mark his
choice for both the president and
vice-president.
The presidential ballot carries
the names of Franklin D. Roose.
welt as the democratic nominee for
president and Henry A. Wallace as
the democratic nominee for vice.
president; Wendell L. Willkie as
the republican nominee for presi.
dent and Charles L. McNary as
the republican nominee for vice
president.
To vote a straight state ticket
the voter need only mark x in
the circle beneath the name of the
party the candidates of which he
wishes to support, but in the event
the voter wishes to vote a split
ticket, he must mark the name of
every person for whom he wishes
to vote.
Candidates listed on the state
ballot are:
For governor, j. Melville Brough.
ton, democrat; Robert H. Mcneil,
republican.
For lieutenant governor, R. L.
Harriss, democrat; Halsey B.
Leavitt, republican.
For secretary of state, r h ad
Eure, democrat; A. I. Ferree, re-
publican.
For auditor, George Ross Pou,
democrat; J. M. Van Hoy, repub-
lican.
For treasurer, Charles M. John
son, democrat; W. H. Gragg, re-
publican.
For attorney general, Harry Nc
Mullan, democrat; w. C.. Down
ing, republican.
For superintendent of public in
%struction, Clyde i. Erwin, demo-
cro+ ,1uropeo Daro re0,,h1;
can.
For commissioner of agriculture,
W. Kerr Scott, democrat; c. T..
Allen, republican.
For insurance commissioner, Da-
c. Boney, democrat; o hn L..
Phelps, republican.
For commissioner of labor, For
rest H. Shuford, democrat; B. C..
Russell, republican.
For member of congress, J.. Bay.
ard Clark, democrat; F + ed r.
Keith, republican.
Space is left undo the names of
these candidates in which the voter
may write in the name of any 9TH
G. person he chooses.
On the ballot for county and
township officers to vote a straight
ticket he voter need only make
an x in the circle beneath the
name of the party he wishes to
support. If the voter wishes to vote
a split ticket he must mark the
name of every person for whom
he wishes to vote.
Candidates listed on this ballot
are:
For state senator of the ninth
senatorial district, Jeff D. John
son, Jr., and Roy H. Rowe, demo-
Gratis; James B. Barefoot, republi-
can. (Vote for two).
For member of he state house
OF representatives.. Jack @. Le-
Grand and John r. Morris, demo-
Gratis; d. A. Bodine and H. Ed
mund Rodgers. republicans. Vote
for two).
For register of deeds, Adrian
3. Rhodes, democrat. No republi-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-02
Italians Are Surprised
At Lack Of Highways In
Conquered Greek Sector

ROME, Nov. 1.-lPNltallah
troops have been "rudely sur
prised" at the lack of roads !"
conquered Greek territory, an OIL.
fetal Stefani news agency report
said tonight.
Furthermore, fascist engineers
are having a hard time, the news
agency complained, restorlhs
bridges destroyed by retreauns
Greeks on the few loads that az
exist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-02
War Interpretive
Continued from Page One)

NSN
1nonu's declaration that Turkish
Russian relations now have taken
a friendly turn" however, gives
the first authoritative key to Mos
cows attitude. Nor can it be di-
vorced from its context fatty de-
claring Turkeys preparedness and
determination to fight if her own
national interests are j~eopardized.
Double Message
Inonu intended to convey a double
message to the Axis mates and 70
Bulgaria. His purpose was to adj
wise them that Russia was as
grave1y concerned as Turkey over
any development which drew Tur-
key within the war orbit.
If the Italian thrust at Greece,
as has seemed possible, was de-
signed to test Turko-Russian re-ac-
ton, 1nonu supplied the answer.
And it is hostile to supposed Axis
strategic moves to carry the fight
with Britain eastward.
1t draws a deadline at Turkeys
frontiers in Europe a deadline
backed by more than Turkeys 49,
600, 900 bayonets." Even without di-
rect Russian aid to maintain thai
line intact, a friendly Russia back.
ing Turkeys stand could do much
to hamper the Axis mates.
Germany vitality needs food and
other Russian commodities, includ.
ing oil, to supplement her Galician
and Rumanian sources. Supplies
from the Soviet could dry up quick.
ly, even if Russia stayed out of a
Turkish-Axis war, and that is a pos.
sibility that Rome and Berlin
must consider in weighing Inonu's
words.
To Guard Flank
The Turkish leader also gave
definite assurances that Turkey in.
tends to guard her Greek asso.
ciate's Macedonian flank. Bulgaria
is placed on formal notice of that,
If she moves under German OF
Axis pressure to aid Italy or afford
Germany a route to do so, it will
be with virtual advance notice thai
Turkey will enter the struggle.
What is not clear, however, is a,
what point in the developing Ital.
ian thrust across northern Greece,
Turkey might deem her toes
stepped upon. Turkey must regard
the unhampered use of the island.
studded Aegean sea as no less vi
tai to her security and economic
life than the Dardaneiles. An open
Aegean in control of friendly pow
ers is no less important to Russia.
The Russo-Turkish angle on the
war in Greece tends to support to
some extent the rumor that the It.
allan attack did not have full Nazi
approval. There are hints from
German sources that it will be a
localized" conflict, confined to It.
ally and the Greek-British allies.
There is also food for speculation
that Hitler's recent move to safe
guard Rumanian oil and other re-
sources by sending troops into that
country may have been forced up
on him by knowledge Of Italy's in
tended action against Greece. He
may have figured that Italy's at
tack would expose Rumanian oil
fields to the danger of Greek-Brit-
ism or Turkish air as
sault.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-02
can candidate listed. (Vote ( or

one).
For county commissioners. Lewis
j. Coleman, James M. Hall and
Addison Hewlett, democrats. No
republicans listed. (Vote for 81.
Justice Of the Peace in Whining.
ton township, Charles H. Casteen.
J.. F. Jordan and I-cnry Isaac
Rhodes, democrats. No republi-
cans listed. Vote for three).
For constable # Wilmington
township, William Henry Ezzell,
democrat. No republicans listed.
Vote for one).
Spaces are left beneath the
names of the candidates and where
there are no party candidates for
an office in which the voter may
write in the name or names of his
choice. |
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-02
LOTS OF

approximately 1880, 900, 600 kilo-
watt hours of electrical enaran
were used to run the "a, oo0, 900
radios and monographs in The 1In;t
ed States during 1888.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-02

About seven cents of every IS
cents spent for cigarets in tn e
United States is paid to the fed.
eral government in taxes
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-02

The Indian Dischidia, a climbing
plant, has leaves that develop a.
pouches and roots that grow III,
side the leaves .
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-02
DESIGNED TO FOOL HoRsEs

Designed to keep horses from
snying When meeting it on the
road, an early-day automobile had
a lake horses head m neck
mounted on the front
The weekly echo., 1940-05-17
Sunday school
Lesson

SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON-May l!
JEREMIAH DENOUNCRS
FALSE PROPHETS. Jeremiah q
Golden Text Prove all things; hold
last which is good. 1 Thess. 5:21.
jeremiah 23:2l. sent not these pre-
phets, yet they ran: 1 spake not unto
them, yet they prophesied.
z But if they had stood in my coun-
ell then had they caused my people
to hear my words and had turned them
+! from their evil way, and from the evil
Of their doins.
3. And God at hand, saith Je-
hovah and not a God afar off?
"a. Can any hide himself, in secret
places so that I shall not see him? saith
Jehovah. Do not 1 fill heaven and
earth, saith Jehovah.
Is. I have heard what the prophets
have said, that prophecy lies in my
name, saying have dreamed, I have
dreamed.
D. How long shall this be in the
heart Of the prophets that prophesy
lies, even the prophets of the deceit
of their own heart?
q. That think to cause my people
forget my nanse by their dreams
which they tell every man to his nei-
ghbor, as their fathers forget my name
for Basl.
q. The prophet that hath a dream.
let him tell dream; and he that hath
my work, let him speak my word
faithfully. What is the straw to the
wheat? saith Jehovah.
% Is not my word like fire? saith
! Jehovah; and like hammer that break.
eth the rock in pieces7
80. Therefore behold, am agains
she prophets saith Jehovah. that stea
my words everyone from his neighbor
81 Behold, am against the pro
phets saith Jehovah, that use then
tongues, and say He saith.
%. Behold, am against them tina
prophesy lying dreams, asith Jehovah
and do tell them, and cause my people
The weekly echo., 1940-05-17
BEHIND THE APRON
By HERMAN ]. D. CARTEB
Synopsis


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Just 9s tel her s that &, Oh all %
scGn she was back on the other end OF the WIRE
get the fellow she
@oh thank you She expecting your
new Of n MS s0g and i'd he
sur her reach the telephone. Then she
~Helo," he answered nervously.
snapped seemed be twing through
Hello nervousy. pnched
well is this Mr. Grower"
Why would you thinks like that If you on knew So% ha1.
suffered puzzled my brain trying to think of
Please tell just why you think Of like
voice sounds pleasant but I'm wondering just why picked
"Nfaybe could have permission you sometimes
~ @Tgast why should i29ol undeTst sF&.t
Read weeks startling episode this story by Chs
Bleaching should
makers are stirling dsi to find % NsrG writers ne
The weekly echo., 1940-05-17
CME Correctional Board

Inc correctional board of the c. M E.
church met in Jackson, Tenn. Wed
nesday' May first with nine bishops of
the {. NJ E Church present and the
thirteen general officers present. All
OF the bishops appeared on the Mat
torm' looking well with peace and har-
money prevailing and with splendid re.
ports All of the bishops gave splendid
accounts of their work for the past IL
months.
Inc thirteen general officers were
present and made fine reports that
VIII be hard no excel A large mum.
The weekly echo., 1940-05-17

and thought for himself.
AS an agent for the Holbrook Rene
=. went Association, he was one Of to-
oeSt that we have ever had. He knew
no" 10 organize people He had been
IN Ill health for sometime, however. At
Zines "neh we would meet him and
ne would come to the office, he would
express MS deep love for the H. B A
we extend to the entire family our
Neep sympathy for the loss Of such
a noble character.
The weekly echo., 1940-05-17

it IS necessary that mothers and ia
Tiers take cognizant of these facts in
rearing their children This is a
swing age, a Jazz" age and old and
young want to Jazz" a d Swing
they want to twist they want to get
with the style. If the style calls for
clothes they are with it, if the style
calls for being nude half naked they
are with it. We must place the blame
where it belongs. and we think the
blame belongs largely on the women
The weekly echo., 1940-05-17

u visiting ministers, Iaymen and
Aay women were present to witness the
session OF the correctional board This
board was one of the larusst in atten
uailce that we have witnessed It w.s
'he Smooshest with less friction that
We nave had, Bishop Charles Henry
ih'IiipS' ST. presided with the dignity
+ prince. We are proud of our bisb
ops and the progress that thew arc ,,,L
ing The c. NJ. E Church, in a con.
neouonal way is making great progress,
'na' Will be hard 10 excel by aDv
church.
The weekly echo., 1940-05-17
Editorials
Brother J. B. Bryant

The late J. B. Bryant of Marion.
Miss, was laid to rest few weeks ago
IN the Marion cemetery. Brother Bry-
ant was the man who made the motion
mat the editor be elected secretary OF
tn Holbrook Benevolent Association in
July 1916. At that time the entire as
soclahon was not as large as four of
our best lodges Brother Bryant was
a close friend of the Young family
he was a dependable man, loved his
race. loved his family, he was honest
The weekly echo., 1940-05-17
What Shall We Do

This great question should confront
rue mothers and fathers at this age
with reference to rearing children. It is
harder to rear children now than it
was thirty and forty years ago. 1t is
harder for children to resist the many
temptations that now confront them
Their temptations are greater than our
temptations were. They see more and
hear more in one day that is destruc-
tive than we could see and hear In
one year when we were children.
The weekly echo., 1940-05-17
lNOtGG

NOTICE TO LOCAL LODGES
All presidents who subscribed for the
Weekly Echo for the secretary or some
member in their lodge, for three or six
months, will please come prepared 10
take care of the subscr pton for the
remainder of the year.
Secretary.
The weekly echo., 1940-05-17
Proclamation From
The 9TH Episcopal
District
conference

Conference.
The presiding elders will makes it o.
great concern. The elder raising ne
largest amount will be the Financial
money King of the State. Let Us SO
w.
Your brother,
J. H. MOORE.
The weekly echo., 1940-05-17

to err by their lies, and by their vain
Boosting: yet sent them not, nor com
manded them; neither do they profit
this people at all, saith Jehovah.
The Prophet Jeremiah
The prophet jeremiah. from whose
writings this and the following lesson
are taken, was one of the greatest Of
all prophets who ever appeared in Is
raeI.
The weekly echo., 1940-05-17
Mothers Day

day observed bv @ influence God would helped in His
rating those saintd ~ great work Have really thought
b - U "o1ers as well as what Il means to b.vo -,
God o,5 49, someone sSd that and mother? Too great +,
He made ntb~ "heFe 50 for mothers their hearts and br
The weekly echo., 1940-05-17

!
''Ne'''
TO the Presiding Elders, pastors and
members of the 7th Episcopal District
! tIMisslssIppl)
l.,
|
! by vlrture of the authority invested
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-02

The main address was given by
William A. Doppier. field director
for the National Tuberculosis a..
ISOLATION, New York. who said,
while We help the individual, we
are here 10 help the community"
He pointed out that one out Of
every 10 Of positive reactors Of
Tuberculosis win die.
Animal Report Heard
The morning was devoted TO re-
ports and nominations, including
the annual report by Miss stella
Kellogg, executive secretary. Pre-
siding was DR.. q. II. Smith. presi-
dent Of the league for Pierce
county. Also attending were Mrs.
J. Earl Thornton, state officer,
and Mrs. b. b. Buchanan, state
executive secretary,
New members elected to the
board for the first time were DR..
somers, n. Sleep, Paul Smith, Mrs.
Herman Nordfors, Rev. Verne b.
Newhouse, Rev. Martin Hickman,
Mrs. n. l.. knewland, otto L.
Johnson, Rev. Clarence J. John
son. Alfred johnson, Mrs. Harold
Gillian, Or John n. Flynn, May
nard c. Falconer and Merlin q.
Breuner.