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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11

The humpbacked camel has a
spinal column as straight as that
of any other animal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
FAIR BLUFF GARDEN
CLUB MEETS l
MRS. E. w. JENKINS

FAIR BLUFF, Aug. 10.-The Fair
Bluff Garden club was delightfully."-
entertained at the home of Mrs. E.
w. Jenkins Thursday afternoon
when the club met for the August
meeting.
Summer flowers were prettily ar
ranged in the room where the meet
ing was held. Mrs. 8. W. Tyler
president, presided. Routine business
was first dispensed with, after which
the program committee had charge.
Several musical selections were rem
dered by Mrs. Jenkins relative tc
flowers. The topic for the afternoons
program was 1.-The Arrangement OF
Flowers" Mrs. B. w. Tyler gave a
reading The Little White Rose. Mrs.
B. F. Rogers played ITO A Wild
Rose" At the conclusion of the pro.
gram the hostess served punch and
small cakes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
Birth Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. C. N. Ezzelle an
nounce the birth of a daughter, Ar
line Annette, Aug. 9 at the Marion
Sprunt annex. Mrs. Ezzelle was for
merly Miss Airline Batson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A. Loosen an
nounce the birth of a daughter.
Segni Dale, August 8, at Bulluck's
hospital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29

fully negotiated the distance to to
Georgetown.
At Georgetown, Mr.. Meares and
his co-partner ran into difficulty.
The government refused to grant
the craft a license to operate on
the river between these two points.
IDismayed and disappointed, they
brought the craft back up the rlv-
err to Fair Bluff. In the years that
followed, they used the little craft
to pull logs across the river at
Boardman and down to Fair Bluff,
but with the exception of her maid
en- voyage down the river to George
town, the Kitty B never came into
her w as a real river steamer.
Mr.. Meares, who's nearing his
85th birthday now, remembers
much about the earlier navigation
on Lumber river. He recalls that
his father took him On many &C.
casions down the river on 10 6
scowls or RATS, which were mo
tivated by means of poles. aided
bv the downstream current.
In these early days of Column
bus county history. there were few
roads save a few cartpaths which
webbed the county from n end
to the other. At best, travel over
these early highways" was not
only slow and tedious, but quite
uncomfortable as well.
It is not surprising then, that
the people of Fair Bluff put the
river to good Use as a means OF
transporting supplies to George
town and other points along the
river, which in turn were traded
for commodities which were not
available in this area.
To negotiate the d i S t a n C e be-
tween Fair Bluff and Georgetown
where bacon. pork, and molasses
were traded for sugar, coffee and
whiskey, large go feet RATS were
rugged up and loaded with the com
modities which the Fair Bluffites
had to trade, and the RATS were
poled down the river to George
town. Then, those who had piloted
the makeshift craft down the riv-
er, had to walk back. Two days
were usually required to make the
return trip afoot, night usually over
taking the returning rafters in the
recesses of the jungle-like
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
SIX YOUNG MEN
JOIN NAVY HERE

First enlistments as apprentice
seamen during the past week at
the local sub-station included six
young men from Southeastern,
North Carolina, R. Waller, Is, o
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Waller. OF
Fair Bluff; Rupert Ward, 20, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Ward, of
route three, Whiteville; Roger ".
Minton, Is, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. O. Minton, Of Fair Bluff.
Charles T. Minton, %, son of MIR.
and Mrs. S. S. Minton. of route two
Warsaw; Sylvester FormyDuval,,
10, son of Mr.. and Mrs. 0. c. For
myDuval, of route one, Hallsboro;
and Durwood B. Howard, Jr., ID,
son of D. B. Howard, ST., of Hamp-
stead.
Effective October /, D C h
said, the period of recruit train
ing at the naval training station,
base at Hampton Roads, Va, will
be reduced from eight to six weeks
and recruit leave of absence will
continue as at present.
This will increase the capacity
of the training station by Is per
cent and allow the excess quotas to
be absorbed in short order, pro-
badly increasing the quotas for No
vember, he said.
''Whereas the present authorized
strength of the navy, 172, 800, is
expected to be reached by Decem-
br l, by voluntary enlistment, it
is anticipated that the limit may
then be raised by law. However, to
make sure of enlistment, candi-
dates should be urged to apply i'm
mediately, while we know we can
take them in large numbers.
"In this connection, the average
age of recruits for the navy is
slightly under 20 years for North
nd South Carolina. This is a year
younger than draft age, consequent
ly, the large majority of our ap-
licnts are below draft age. The
navy does not contemplate using
any selective service men at pres
ent," Deloach said. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
John Markiton Files
Appeal To High Court

John Markiton, Of COL c a S
street. convicted recently on a
charge of maintaining a nuisance,
Yesterday in recorders court gave
notice of appeal to superior court.
An appearance bond of $3.50 was
required by John c. VESSEL, Jr.,
who presided in the absence OF
Judge Alton A. Lennon. Y
Markiton was fined $25 and taxed
with the costs when convicted re-
Gently on the charge in recorders
court. Judge Lennon ordered the
fine RENTED upon the payment Of
the costs and the defendants place
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
Scion Threatened For
Bata Shoe Action

LOWELL, Mass, Sept. 28.-R-
A source close to Rep. Edith
Nourse Rogers tR-Mass.) said to-
day she had received ( series of
anonymous threats commanding
her to cease condemning conditions
in a foreign shoe corporation <Ba-
ta) in Maryland.
The informant said the threats
had been received during the past
three months, but declined to dis
close whether they had come by
letter or telephone. She was
warned, the informant said, that
there would be repriss1s unless she
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
Skipper OF Kitty B Recalls
DAVIS On Lumber Riuer Line

Grand Rapids, Mich. it was pur-
chased for the purpose of pulling
lumber RATS from Fair Bluff to
georgetown, S. C. The boat was
shipped to Fair Bluff on. a fiat car
between 1900 and 1910.
But the Kitty B. was destined
eve to fulfill the mission for
which twas purhased. Mr.. Meares
remembers that the little boat, a
wood burner, on its lone voyage
down the winding course of the
river, was run by Joe Hardy, with
himself as the skipper. He recalls
that they left the docks at Fair
Bluff (Fair Bluff really had docks
them about noon one day, and just
"a hours later, they had success
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
Rep. Warren To Assume
New u. S. Post Nou. First

WASHINGTON, Sept. %. Up -
Rep. Lindsay Warren O-NC) an
nounced today that he would as
sumo his new duties as comptroller
general Nov. 1 instead of Oct. l.
The postponement was made
with the approval of President
Roosevelt. Warren explained that
Congressional duties had held him
SO closely to Washington he had
been unable to close his office as
congressman or attend to his per-
sonal affairs in time to assume the
new office next Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29

swamp. Eleven days we're required
to make the river trip down by
raft, so that the round trip re-
quired IL to IS days.
Capt. John likes to talk about
the old days on "The River. He
loves the river because it holds
for him so many memories Of the
days now passed into dim pages
of history-days when it bloomed
as a means of transportation
days which will never come
again. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
RY B. GORDON LEWIS

VHITEVILLE, Sept. %. TIL e
skipper of the Kitty B., only steam
boat ever to ply the waters OF
the Lumber river, pushed back his
cap and scratched his head in ret
respect.
Capt. John Meares, Fair Bluffs
Oldest citizen, was reminisclng OF
early navigation on Lumber river,
when this stream furnished tn e
easiest means of transportation be-
tween trading posts lying along its
banks. That was many years ago.
The Kitty B was a sturdy craft.
IS feet long, 10 feet broad, COM
plete with cabin. Manufactured at
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29

stopped criticizing the
and its officials. lpaay
Inc source did not know WI.
action asdon Mrs. IT.; Rogers had tsEs, What
added II suppose thew taAen' but
threats' have been placed On she
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
INJURED

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Sept.
18.-R-Greer Franklin Holyfield,
of Sanford, N. c. sustained a brok-
leg and other injuries this morn
ing when his car collided with a
Greyhound passenger bus II miles
south of here on route l. No one
on the bus was hurt 1t was said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
f business padlocked. for. o e

Of business pad1ocked, 1or. o e
year.
C. L. Parker was found not gull
ty of a charge Of drunken driving
after the car he was allegedly OPP
Grating was involved in a collision
Friday night with a car driven by
T. S. Ramsaur near the %intersec-
ton of Second and Market streets.
Two negroes were found not gull
ty Of charges Of violating the IL
quor laws. Several other cases in
volving minor infractions of the
law were disposed Of at yester-
days session. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29

Of the worlds truck registrations,
totaling S,151, 95S, 81 per cent are
listed in the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

and raided the houses of local worthies who were suspected of being in league with the Whites" GERMANS HELP
 MANNERHEIM
 On April 3 the Whites struck under Mannerheim, attacking the Reds capital, Tampere. Following artillery preparation, the Whites drove the Reds over a strategic bridge into the center of the town. 'Lehtimaki (the Red general drove up in an open car and flogged his men with the butt of a rifle they went back to their positions, but his personal courage was general ship. On April 5, Tampere fell. Mannerheim took 10000 prisoners. |"
 But the war was not over. Southern Finland was still held by the Workers Republic, whose troops outnumbered the Whites. The Ger mans, arriving to attack Russia, joined the Whites and on May 16 General Mannerheim entered Hell sinki in triumph.
 Followed another terroristic per- iod in which the Whites rounded up 8O.00O men and women in con- centration camps. Probably 10000 died. The whole war cost perhaps 24,000 lives. It ended on a curious note: the liberty loving Films. per- haps grateful for German help, of-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
|BAPTISTS PLAN
 SPECIAL EVENT
United Session of Church School to Be Held Sun-
 day Morning, ll:3O

There will be Q united session of the Church School at which a spe- ciaI program on Christian work in America will be presented with feat ures contributed by different de- partments at the First Baptist Church next Sunday morning at 11:30 o'clock, it was announced this morning by Rev. David P. Gaines, pastor.
 There will be a united session of the Church School at which g spe- cial program on Christian work in America will be presented with feat ures contributed by different de- partmentS at the First Baptist Church next Sunday morning at '11:30 o'clock, 1t was announced this morning by Rev. David P. Gaines pastor.
 There will be present representa- tives of Missions and Churches t1t Waterbury which have grown out of the First Baptist Church includk ing the Waterbury Italian Mission the Waterbury Russian Baptisf Church, the Swedish Baptist Tabers nacle, the Second Baptist Church now part of the South Federates Church, the Grace Baptist Church and the Zion Baptist Church. Among such representatives will be Rev Jonathan Reed, Rev. J. E. Parrella and Rev. John Daviduk.
 Sunday morning at l0:30 o'clock at the regular services Rev. Mi Gaines will deliver "a sermon enf titled, "Faithfulness". He will also speak at the evening services at 7:30 o'clock on the subject, Drift ing Away From God''. fs
 The Pastors Glass for young peof pie who are preparing for church. membership meets on Sunday evek ming at 6 o'clock. The High School Young Peoples Society and the. Older Young Peoples Forum meet ae 6 o'clock and at o'clock there E 8 buffet fellowship lunch for all at tending the several services at the church on Sunday evening. A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

ing chapters of his important book, Finland, just published by Mac- milan. The hero of that period, the man who restored order-and Fin land-is the same Karl Gustaf Mannerheim who belted on his sword again at 72 to command the Films in their present war with Russia.
 CIVIL WAR BENDS
 COUNTRY
 On the Sunday night, January 28, 1918, says Jackson, the Reds, Russian Bolsheviks, together with several thousand deluded Finnish workers, carried out a coup d'etat. The government buildings of Hell sinh were occupied and orders were dispatched to local Red Guards to take over their district. On Monday Finland was proclaimed a Socialist Workers Republic.
 The Reds, recalls Jackson, had intended a coup but they found themselves facing civil war. Almost immediately a White Army under General Mannerheim was being re- cruited, "and the country as whole was in the throes of revolution. In the villages groups of laborers wrapped red bands rounds their arms, and calling themselves shot, guns and supplies from the richer farmers and cooperative officials
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
LOCAL C. O.P. PLAN
 SPRING PRIMARIES
Selection of New Town Committeeman Most Im=
 pOrtant Business

Republican Town Chairman J. Warren Upson will call the town committee into session within the next week or two to make plans for the biennial spring primaries and town convention. Mir. Upson is expected to announce his resigna- tion at the meeting, though efforts are still being made by some lead- CTS to have remain at the helm of the party organization.
 It is expected that the primaries will be held soon after March 15. Republican voters of the city at that time will elect delegates to 8 town convention. The convention will elect delegates to the Republican state convention, which will be held in late April or early May. and will also name the members of the Re- publican town committee. The town committee in turn elects it's chair man, vice chairman and secretary.
 Republican party rules allow dele gates to be sent to the state con- yention not only from. cities and towns, but also from senatorial dis- tricts. The local senatorial conven- tions, for the choice of delegates from the 18th and 18th senatorial districts, will be held the same day as the town convention.
 The principal difficulty confront ing opponents of MT. Upson Is agreement on a candidate for town chairman. Mir. Upson has declared that he will not attempt to dictate the choice of new leader, but op- ponents fear that his supporters will endeavor to influence Of the geIec- ticn of new chairman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

Black, Mary hau, Rose Culotta, James Kane, Francis Bedelle, Geo. rge Crandall, Joseph Mulcunry, Peter J. DiLeo, Frank Meisinger, Lillian Underhill, Maureen Gabriel, Walter Munson, Frances Cassidy, Gertrude Gabriel, Alice Rochon, Gloria Peck, Daniel Casey. Ann Kennedy, Charles Elwell, Catherine Guiliano, Jennie Donahue, Faye Murphy, Jane Blair, Carol Hale. Edmund O. Kolothiewicz, Bernard Mullen, Mortimer J. Calvin, Harold White, Edward Harrigan, Louis Shaker, Samuel Lincoln, Jean Ltn- coin, Helen Bryant, James Corrigan, Jane Carlson, Rosemary McLaugn- lin, Ralph Harney, Ray Delahanty, Guy DiModugno, John Potter, Mar tin Byrne, Eric Uric, Frank Har- mon, Buddy Daley, Leo Conrad, Myrtle Gabriel, Doris Wiggins, Helen Laddin and Nelson Thomas.
 Mir. DiLeo and his assistants were given a vote of thanks for the suc- cess of the event an dseveral similar social affairs will be planed for the future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
FDR For Third Term
 Seen By COP Leader
Robert Moses Says President May Prove as Danger
 ous to C. o. P. Retiring as If He Decides to Run

done, my hurlch is that Franklin D. Roosevelt will again head the ticket" the article says. eff the figures indicate that the result will be in doubt, my hunch is that the President will make a great virtue of retiring and will concentrate on the selection of a ticket satisfactory to him and which can be counted on to carry out as many of his policies as the conservative Democrats will stand for.
 Let us suppose, however, that MT. Roosevelt does decide to retire. His refusal of a renomination might be accompanied by gesture, so mag nificent, so selfless, and so patri- otic as to elevate him to an alto gether unique position of influence in his party and in the country. Roosevelt retiring may be as danger ous to Republicans as Roosevelt running.
 "The prospect from the Republi- can point of view is not too pleasing and certainly should suggest to ma ture minds that something at least more brilliant than the strategy of 1886 should be adopted by them in 194O."
 As to possible candidates. MT. Moses says that if President Roose- welt should pick Senator Wheeler to head the ticket and balance it with Senator Byrd" with "the Chief Executive making the interference. this would be no easy ticket to beat.s
 On the Republican side he sees Senator Taft and Senator Vanden- berg as the two strongest. A ticket composed of Taft and Dewey, he says would be worth thinking about" :" He believes Dewey too inexperienced to head the ticket and suggests that Representative Martin, Hoover, and Willkie would be unlikely of election.
 "There is no use counting too heavily on the country's revulsion from idealism," the article says. Tt is a mistake to count on return to Harding and Coolidge normalcy."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

New York, February 21 = A third term candidacy for President Roose- welt eff the figures show 1t can be done" was forecast today by Robert Moses, outspoken Republican leader, in an article in The Saturday Eve ming Post.
 The prominent New York Repub- lican, who four years ago in the Post gave his fellow Republicans candid advice on what they should do to revitalize their party, gives more advice and weighs the possi- bilities of various men in both parties mentioned for the presi- dency in an article titled, "The Political Olympics".
 "I am one of those inclined to doubt the deadliness of the third term issue," declares MT. Moses, adding that in his opinion Presi- dent Roosevelt "is stronger today than he was before the big war broke out"
 Prejudice against the tihrd term, he says, is stronger among the in- tellectuals than among the masses.
 "If the figures show it can be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
RULING GIVEN BY
 SUPREME COURT
Local Defendant Favored in Action Over Notes;
 Usury Alleged

A judgment for the defendant in the local Superior Court in the case of Eugene Bocchio against Teresina Petrocelli has been upheld by the Supreme Court of Errors. Associate Justice Avery wrote the opinion.
 Two notes were involved in the case. Justice Avery states that the plaintiff sued to recover on these notes. The defense, he adds, was that the two notes were given in sub- stitution of an original note for more than the amount loaned with the intent to evade the provisions of the statutes against usury.
 The facts, as shown by the find- ing, the Supreme Court says. were that on May IS, 1925, Carmello Bochiccio loaned Teresina Petro- celli $500 and on the same date the defendant gave a note for $l650 secured by a mortgage on her home. On April Il, 1894, two notes, one for $1440 and a second for $210 were given in substitution. These were as- signed by Carmello Bocchiccio's brother, Eugene. the plaintiff in the case.
 The Supreme Court says that the trial court concluded that the notes were invalid on the grounds 'Of usury. The decision points to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

bAAAk VObCS Ox Q number of southern delegations; the life-bl0od of solid south Re- publicanism is presidentia pat r0nage, and MT. Hoover is the last man who handed out any.
 A good-sized staff is actively working to bring about MT. Hoo- ver's nomination III persons, ac- cording to reliable source. Law renee Richey is back on the jobs, exercising his considerable talents in MT. Hoover's favor.
 CONVENTION CITY
 SHOWS CONSERVATISM
 Decision of the Republican to meet in Philadelphia is at least partly a reflection of the influence which the conservative group head ed by Jay Cooke, Joseph E. Pew, Jr., and their associates experts in the party. This group has a can- didate-Governor James of Pennsyl- vania.
 It may not be able to nominate him, but it will have a good deal to say about who is nominated.
 And by that token it appears that the New Dealers here are kidding themselves when they say las they very often do, these days) that even if the next President is Republican most of the New Deal program will remain in effect, because nobody can turn the clock back" No one could spend two days mingling with the Republican na- tional committeeman at their meet ing here without seeing clearly that this revived and optimistic Repub- licanism is essentially conservative If the temper shown here is any indication, the man who is nominat- ed at Philadelphia is not likely to be what the New Dealers call a liberal.
 The influence of the conservative Pennsylvania group is one token Another is the extent to which committeeman will admit privately that MT. Hoover would be "the log ical candidate" this year. Still an- other is the great latent strength of Governor Bricker of Ohio.
 BRICKER RELIEF STAND
 AIDS HIM WITH G. o. P. Governor Bricker isn't a candi- date but would make a toler- able long shot bet, just the same. There is enough pro- Bricker strength in half a dozen eastern states to start a formidable con- vention swing in his direction, if the situation develops properly.
 And the point is that the big
 talking point in his favor - the thing that has drawn the atten-
 ticn of men who are earnestly looking for a winner - is the very thing which the New Deal- CTS supposed was going to kill
 him politically: his handling of the Cleveland relief situation.
 Bricker stands out as the man who represents cutting down sharp ly on relief-which certainly is the opposite of the heart of the New Deal program. That fact is the source of a real and growing poli- tical strength.
 From it you can decide for your self how much there is to the cur- rent Democratic belief that the es- sentials of the New Deal will re- main no matter who is elected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

Hot from the grapevine. Old Dame Rumor has it that the South End Harmony Kings will take to the road and hit Poughkeepsie to present their five star show. . Nick GaIante, pop-Town Plot resident, is spinning along the highways in new streamlined chariot Two boys intent upon seeing America first are none other than Mickey DeNcOa and Tony DAmico who recently returned from wintry trip to HOlyOke, Mass. .. young chap who has more rela- tives than millionaire, is Mickey CpranO who right fully boasts of the fact As matter of fact they reach from coast to coast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

One very timely group will include a number of Finnish songs, among them "Suomi's Song" by Mari (Suomi is the name the Finnish people call their coulntry).. Other selections include compositions by Bach, Gounod, Handel and others. Norman D. Hovey will serve as ac- companist.
 All income from the concert will go to the Swedish Benevolent So- ciety, which serves the needy and unfortunate. Arrangements for this concert have bse, '-"'" E. Einar Kron, president of the society.
 The meeting of the Iduna Circle of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church scheduled for Monday evening was cancelled, owing to weather condi- tions, but will be held Monday eve- ming, March 4, at the same place, the home of Mrs. John s. Larson, Edge wood Road, Oakville.