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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01
WORK STARTED THIS WEEK
ON MAIN AUDITORIUM
OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
New Auditorium VIII BE s0x7e Feet, Seat 700. and Have
Adut Class Sunday School and Assembly Room,
To Cost About $4,000

CFoHnd was broker tfats wrpk ard
tire foundation d being LAID Ter ths
cumpmEzOn az kne auditorium a
the FIRST napGist Church o. PAnce-
gpula. on North PascaxoalA street
The wnsk u being done b. w ).
DltwoEfh. local contractor, who &
furnishing tfsr labor ard Ese church
4 furuisftng tire mnteriah
THIS Il tlae first unit Of the main
building wntch win complete the
church structure.
The addition n being built b.
units. ax funds arr available for
tina purpose The next unit 10 b.
nullS wn b. uhe steel S~kFurtural
w0Fk However. IL Is not known Just
Ehen uhis part OF the work vii BE-
cnEnfnencec ard completed.
I1a ad6iEion vii becane the
main hulldlng Of Che church when
q Is finished II viii b. approxi-
mztely O. feet wsde ard 70 feet
kong II viii be three stories high.
and tbs first or ground floor vii
contain the Adult Sunday School
class room and an assembly room,
tne second o. mAin floor sill h. the
auditorium prupes. and used for the
regular church services. X viii hare
about 100 seating capacity.
The concrete for The foundation
= being poured this wrek and tltiz
p&Ts o. the WORK should Be ounpiet-
&C tins weekend or early next week.
Tne total cost az the e structure
wti BE- about S7s000.
The members OF the church de-
csdsd IN July 10 proceed with the
building Of the addition The build
ins COMMITTEES appointed at slsat
time. whfen IA sttll serving ks cursa-
posed Of Dv 8 B NfrIIwnln- chair
man: w. C Havena treasurer: W.
". Rcoinson. a - Crane. n. Z
L5nfa Mrs Homer Miller and Mra
Maybeile Cole.
Te finance committee Is com
puseu OF J. W. Brumfleld chair
man. Or. g II. Gray. r. q. HeR-
wood. W. c Ravens. Mira ]. r
etons. Mrs " c. Stripping and Mrx
n Il Young.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01
Dredge "~Pascagoula'
Working In Bayou
Chico, At Pensacola
win ne Transferred After November
10 20 tntra-G Coastal Canal. Be-
tween Pensacola and Port
NJ. Joe. Florida

A note from Captain " ] Cole
Of the Z s Dredge ~PascAgoula.
states that the dFe6ee Is o en-
gagged IN dredging at Bayou Chico
near Pensacola. which project viii
De completed about November 10
After that date the P~ascaEoula vii
80 to WoEk IN the fntracostal Canal
between Pensacola and Port St Joe
Florida
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01
JOHN MOORE GIVES
ROTARIANS A fine
TALK
InaustS Geo. Hills Int The Offiee
OF Secretary And Instreets
Baby RotartAns

Rotarians had a most interesting
une-mRn program Wednesday a.
noon. John " Anore being the
speaker and entertainer Ills talk
was as good as ftrxt-clasS vaude-
vile. and combined the wIt and
wisdom d Marx Twain. Dean swift
Fryin Cobb Jerome K Jerome. and
the host OF humor1stA that have
made The world better hy their keen
wit
The first part Of Johns talk was
introducing the new secretary.
George Kills. into whose hands the
se~cretarSal pen viii be placed before
the next meeting. as John has al
idea that his church VIII not SEND
him here again. 81 he has stayed
IN Pascag0ulA as long as the som
munity would put up with him
four years His conference meets
soon and he Is sure MS boss viii
send him 70 another charge His
talk was fun of droll VII and pleas
ing Rnecdnte and illustration. II
wa SC good that Il Is almost m
deScribahle.
The latter part Of Johns talk was
OF a more serious nature. being 3
charge 20 the several new Rotari-
ans who have been received into the
club Of recent weeks. This charge
Was fun OF the spirit Of Rotary. tell
ing the baby Rotarlans soHnP Of
their responsibilities rs Rotartans.
as well as their privileges. and OF
the good points Of Rotary. explain
ing as he went uae symbolism Of the
Rotary wheel His talk was In
s~tr7hctive to old members as vel as
new ones He laid stress on attend
ance and on each Rotafian conduct
ing himself as 3 true representative
OF his classification In the club.
Visiting R0tarin1s from Moss
Point were Mayor Weed x v.
Burnham I. K Mcintosh. W If
Dutton and Spencer Beebe.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01
JACKSON COUNTY.
RED CROSS DRIVE
PLANS Launched.
X. " BnmhanL Mes Psina. Csunty
Chapter Chairman Tslls OF Ned
OF Rel Gail This Year

-
X " HuFnhann. chairman a. the
Jackson County Chapter Of the
American Reo Cross. announced
thA8 week tna4 th4 annual ron
oaH And Red Cross drive w1n begin
On AFaatkstne DAY. November H. and
End on TnznkA1vtng
A general countrywide BED Cross
meeting vii probably be held AZ
ne Courthouse in Pa1cagoulA,
Tuesday night. but definite plans
for ms meeting Rave not been set
g set
Last years quota for jackson
County. set b thu national head
quarters wa4 TOO. bat the drive was
- s1ccessful ttaat membership IN
sxcssx OF 1000 was enrolled This
year ue number viii probably be
SCI a about 1000. bat Mr. Durham
stated that he expects the enroll
meat 70 pass 1900
Out az every dollar that the local
chapter secures. ftfty cents "a spent
IN jackson County 20 are for those
VIII NaAA&tNN - 1ANAAAaEtfEnl 49,
% carry on such activities as merit
IRE chapters support
The remaining fifty cents Is sent
70 National headquarters OF the
American Red Cross for National
and International disaster relief In
these perilo1s times. Il eer1x fit
unE that America. the only democ-
facy at peace. should aid those
countries that have fallen IN battle.
fighting for right
Recently = box containing many
dresses ard sweaters was sent 10
be distributed By the Red Gross
among the wal refugees. This work
= still being done IN ali Of the ON
munities in the country. and anoth-
e. box win probably Se shipped tn
ne near future.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01
SCOUT TROOP 3lS
GETS ITS CHARTER
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Chna Hsskrr. Assistant scout Ex-
een&sse Fsr PINE Burr Area Takes
RaTx In The Presentation

hoy Scout troop a1s. s-ponsoree
~ the Pasrag0uia Council Knights
~ Columbus. received ~ charter
"Wednesday night Of this week n
. meeting held with members ol
TIM council rs guests henry Gau-
tier. recently appointed district
deputy commissioner for East Jack
son County. made the presentation
The scouts we're brought % at
tsntion By Scoutmaster J. A. Pol
while Mr., Gautier presented the
charter to Crane Knight John Q
Grant, Jr- OF Council 1915 Of Pas
caGoula. The following Scouts were
given thsS registration cards PAT
Wilson. John ODonohoe. Arthur
9nratley. James Loris. palmost
Brown. Joseph Purdy and Charles
Bellman.
Charles Hooker, assistant scout
executive Of the Pine Burr : vas
present for the occasion and spnke
highly IN praise Of tire work ac-
cnmpliSned hy ecoutmaster POI In
establishing tire troop HN stated
~ the Boy Scouts Of America arr
far mrge34 uniformed organization
III America today.
Before the meeting a knot-tyine
contest was held with members of
the knights of Columbus and the
Scouts taking part Scout Charles
Bellman OF Troop 21s was declared
the winner with Roy Woodman. tin
anciai secretary OF the council q
close second.
The troop committee for the
council is composed Of John o
Grant. Jr. Ed OBrien. ] A. VeicIch.
a n Brown. and Gene 81 Amant
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01
RELATIVE OF c. T. BOLDTNG
ACCIDENTALLY WOUNDED

Calvin BoldinR received news q
few days ago that his sister -in-law,
Mrs Mary Bolding. wife Of Sam l.
Bolding. Of Carsway. Arkansas. had
been accidentally shot BY her sas-
band while he was cleaning an "un-
loaded hammerless pump shotgun
II their home at Caraway
Il vas purely accidental. and no
blame Is attached 70 Mr.. BoldinK
The entire charge Of shot entered
TIE ladys neck, Just under her a
and The attending physician stated
tnat unless some complications set
Il. the wound vas not considered
serious.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

%&AF@A - S@
Report Of sheriff relative 70 pris-
cnefA handled during the month 81
September 1870
Report Of sheriff relative 10 prls-
onefa detained Al county convict
camp during month Of September.
approved
Report 81 county agent home
economies for month of September
1910, approved
RepoTt Of county agent swT1cul-
tire fer month Of September con-
sturfed and approved
Report Of prosecuting aftoFneY
fof month Of septembeF. considered
and approved
Report 81 pMscAg0ula bridge
foreman for month Of September
considered and approved.
Report Of county bridge coznmn-
stonsT for monfh Of September
considered ard approved
Report Of s Z nllno. county con-
Wet foreman. for month Of 6eptem-
bex. considered nud approved
Report Of A :. MeHehes. county
superintendent uE education, for
usnnfh Of September. considered
and approved
Repogt Of X. W. Bnfnham rela-
tive % saIe Of bridge hookz consid-
cred ard approved.
Report Of a y Coleman. keeper
enfiusF harne fnr usnasfh az Cets-
tember considered ard approved
Report Of mefneeFz Of Beard Of
Supervisors relative to the canHtrur-
ton. maintenance and condition Of
pubic reads and bridges In their
respective districts. heard. consider
ed and approved.
RepoFt Of directors Of jackson
County hospital for month Of
September considered and APPROX
I'd.
ReEoFf Of nr a T NadeAu. c0un-
y heAitls uffAer. far month 81
Approved.
Report Of County Health Terart~
mwux tor month OF september. APP
proved.
Report Of county eoloTed agent
home economics for month o. sep
tembex. approved.
Report OF ehaneer7 clerk relatives
to hnie Of bridge books considered
and approved
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

When the 1900 car efiugEed down
the road. without top without
headlights, without windshield or
fenders or bumpers it cost the driy-
er 20 cents per mile 70 own and
operate To-day the average Is down
70 less than three cents.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01
FORMER RESIDENT o.
PAsCAGOULA DIES

Mrx Emma T. Martin. widow q
the late z L Martin and a annt
Of z H. Bacot q rascagoulas dse1
IN Atlanta on Saturday last Octo-
Der N Mr. Racot left here FTidaE
and reached Atlanta Just before rs
aunt died Mu Martin lived II
pazcaRoula several YeaE ago cut
O recent yearz lived IA Atlanta
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

Rev. Fat6r p. j. Carey. pkekox
Of Our L&hy of Victories Catholic
Church announced that because OF
the knights Of Columbus initiation
10 be held In P~ascagoula Sunday
masses at the church viii be at I,
9 and 10 is O'Clock IN the morning
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01
ROCEEDINGS OF
SUPERVISORS FOR
OCTOBER TERI

fEditof'x nofe-The beard Of xup-
erylsags met Tor the October term
On Oetco<r . ms apef received
ehr tFAns1Flps q tit proeaedifn
from the clerk CT the beard on Oct-
ober D. hence tte delay IN pgnn-
cAttcu q same
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01
Sample Ballot For
General Election
Tuesday, Nov. 5,
first Nins Nnsmes Are Th@se g
b~rusaeratie Ueesorx Nots Per
Thesn And TIE AHenansrnt

Official hallaS4 for the MgsesnD@'
General Election have Deer pfep@r.
&C foF tfaF VArinza1 wFeinrA y
jackson County aac VII contain
fcsr Hrnsgx q Presidential ElecsrM
nominees Cor Senataf Sapfefae
Court 14sK~ Congressman anc 40
Afaenafnnns % the Constitution
Democrats pFeNtdential eeetnes
are ~ tas Top 81 ths Est felicNna
b electors for ths Black arc Tan
ard Lily White Republican par-
ties ard TIC af-larxs f0T the Socisi-
- party
Fulkswins Is . naguple ballot
OFFICIAL BALLOT
STATE or MISSISSIPPI
GENERAL ELECTION. NOV s. iste
FOB PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
4Es#f4 49, Mira
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-20
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
ADVERTISING REDUCES PRICES
Jacksonville (F1a.) Times-U Union

Not only does advertising have the effect OF
reducing the price of radios, as was explained
in these columns a few days ago in a CONVEX
sation between Ivan, the Russian communist
who dislikes the American way OF doing things
and the satisfied American worker; it lowers
the cost of cameras, cook stoves, gas and cleo
trio ranges, refrigerators, baby carriages, baby
shoes, and everything else the American people
need and enjoy.
The camera is used by the Bureau Of Re
search and Education to illustrate the effect
Of advertising. 1t was advertised extensively,
sales increased and overhead costs were reduc
ed. Now, with larger production, the manufac
turer is able to operate more economically ano
to sell a better camera for SIS than was sold
ten years ago for $50. The advertising cost,
however, is only As cents for each camera,
which makes the saving to the customer sl5.
The bureau says:
TN a similar way, advertising has helped to
lower prices in many other specific cases. Yet
there seems to be a common impression that
advertising represents an extra cost, something
that must be added to the price of what you
buy.
money and that it is used to help sell goods.
Less known is the fact that good advertising sells
goods so well that it is the cheapest way OF
selling them. This is one of the reasons why
it is possible to sell well-advertised goods at a
lower price than if they were not advertised.
linen there IS luS OLlIcA @SN9o"
AS advertising builds the sales volume OF a
company faster than any other method, 1t
makes largescale manufacturing possible, and
that reduces the cost of making each article.
When there is competition, which there usually
is, manufacturers and dealers lower their prices
as rapidly as they can. In this way, consumers
get the benefit of the savings that advertising
effects in the costs of selling and manufacture
ing.
when you see thousands Of dollars spent
for a single advertisement, it is only natural
to assume that you have to pay for 1t when
YOU buy the advertised articles. But few people
realize how little this cost really is when spread
over the large number of units sold through
the advertisement and how large a saving this
makes in the total cost. On canned goods, the
average cost of advertising is less than one
half cent per can. On one of the most widely
advertised soft drinks the advertising cost Is
less than one.fiftieth of a cent per glass.
Jumping together all the advertising in the
country, the total expenditures amount to less
than two per cent of the value Of all goods
sold. This is very small in comparison with
other selling and distributing costs. The depart
ment of commerce estimates that in 1885 the
total cost of distribution was % per cent. So it
appears that the total amount spent for adj
v~ertising is only one-fourteenth of the whole
cost of distribution"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-20
BROADER

A deep sigh of qualification goes up with
the announcement of the highway department
that another stretch of the coastal highway
is to be broadened by the addition Of Shout
ders. Work to cost close to $150,OOO is to be
done this summer on the road between Dixon
Onslow county, and the Pender county line
and when complete will provide standard
width from Wilmington to Jacksonville. That
there will be greater comfort and safety there
after on its broader surface goes without
saying.
Acceptable as this single project is, there
is even more satisfaction in the additional
announcement that Highway II is to have
some of its surface crossings, between Che
cowinity and Washington, eliminated, that
sections threatened by high water will be
relocated and that a Identification program
is in contemplation.
1t is to be hoped that the Identification
will include removal of all billboards, which
not only distract drivers attention but create
other accident hazards. Lines of trees at the
borders would be an acceptable substitute
Water oaks ahead, except at sharp turns
would be less liable to send a car into the
ditch than a lovely lady in scanty raiment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-20
YOUNG BLOOD ASTIR

One way for Wilmington to get ahead is
ment.
The work of younger men is particularly
needed. Fortunately, they want to get on the
job. A group affiliated with the Youth Open
Forum is promoting a Junior Chamber OF
Commerce in the reasonable belief that such
an organization will fill a gap between the
senior chamber and the civic clubs, and bene.
fit the community. $500 q
One speaker at the forum on Monday night,
H. L.. WALKER, told the organization that only
through injection of new life, new ideas and
new blood in the city's affairs can Whining
ton hope to set a pace in progress equal to
its opportunity.
Spoken with a young enthusiasm that may
draw a smile or even an indulgent shrug
from snug old-timers, the WALKER declaration
nevertheless has more than a grain Of truth
in it. Wilmington does indeed need the boost
young blood, young ideas, young life can give
it.
The younger generation can be used to good
advantage to itself and the city, and If ii
believes the best way for it to work is
through a chamber of Of its own,
it should be encouraged to get it's charter.
1t would be folly of the worst sort to halt
the effort as long as it wants to do its share
in making Wilmington the great city it is
capable of becoming.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-20
SKIPPING BERMUDA

Elimination of the Bermuda stop by Ameri-
can airmail clippers poses a dainty question.
VIII Great Britain seek to inspect the postal
matter they carry, now that there will be NO
stop on British soil?
Under the neutrality act British authorities
are granted the right to halt merchantmen
and planes when they are suspected Of carry.
Ing contraband. This. has been distressingly
easy with merchantmen. But how are planes
to be stopped and searched en- route? 1t can't
be done without serious consequences. And
how will Britain appease Portugal. if she at,
tempts to search them at the Azores? We
suspect this too cannot be done. ~
Without endorsing the transportation OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-20
NOW IS THE TINE

YESTERDAY The Star pointed out the need
I for a new registration Of voters before
the May Is primaries and the allimpoEtant
elections that will follow.
Who can deny that if a democracy must
function at top efficiency the selection by
free ballot of its local. state and national
leaders must be accomplished by the true
and honest recording of the peoples choice
by ballot.
Every good elector should vote in the pre-
cinct in which he has resided for the period
specified by law; dead mems names should
DO stricken from the registration books so
that there may be no possibility of a false
ballot; newcomers should be given every op-
portunity to take their rightful place in the
precinct electorate. Only when the records
are in every way correct and up-to-date is it
possible for election safeguards to be put into
operation at the moment the officials in
charge suspect something amiss.
Today The Star points to another needed
improvement in the election machinery.
There are Is precincts in New Hanover
county, ten of them within the corporate linn
it's of Wilmington. One of these precincts
contains less than three hundred voters. There
is another that lists nearly fifteen hundred.
Suppose a business man had a delivery
problem. Would he assign 800 customers to
one man and 1900 to another?
Voting is serious business in this, the best
of all democracies.
Nothing should stand in the way Of making
voting the certain, accurate and convenient
determination of the will of the people.
New Hanover's wards and precincts should
be remapped to include approximately the
same number of electors in each, keeping in
mind the topography of the area and the
density of population. A voter is entitled to
the convenience of registering and voting at
the precinct station nearest his home. 1t is
unfair to ask a busy merchant or housewife
to walk three or four blocks past one polling
place in order to reach another.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-20
MORRISON GIRL
IS INDICTED ON
MURDER CHARGE
Continued From Page One

school until she reaches the age Of
81 years.
Under the old common law, it
held that a child under the age o
seven years is incapable OF nouEsA
ling a criminal thought, and a chill
between the ages Of s and IA year
is similarly incapable, but the N'
ter division can be retuted. That y
If it can be proven that the CHM
had criminal intent he OF she VaL
be sentenced therefor,
AS there is 10 regularly scheouI''
calendar for juvenile court, a le1I
may be called by Henderson a' Ii
discretion.
Both mother and daughter nav
held throughout that the eIl-d ON
the shooting and the another Aaa =
part in it. The child stated previous
ly she shot her father while he va,
choking her mother, hut officers "a" a..
she apparently shot him WINE ~
was seated in a char.
Examining pbysi ANS SAID .a"'
rison's body was paraIyzed the Hl'a
ute the. bullet entered his "FalH on,
further movement would have os'.
impossible. He was found sea'su u. =,
an armchair in his bed'ocf' WIZ,
his arms in a natural position aD'
with a glass clutched in one haAa -,
Apparently. officers sal9' 'Hs '+ ,,n
shot him through 4 doof ~ '"'
Of the chair.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-20
Star-News Program

Consolidated Csty.County Government.
under Council Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highvay from WrightsO'He
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5.foot Cape Fear River channel. Wtd'
ey Turning Basin. Mith ship lanes into
Industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport. vd
Orton Plantation.
Uevelopm ent OF Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustained-yted methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
United Industrial md Resort Pro
mo.ional Agency, supported BY one.
countrywide tar.
S~hipyards and Drydock.
Neoro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities tor whites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Developm emit OF ndttre grape 0roTtn0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sdnatortam.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-20
A NEW BOMB

Members of congress and officers of the
army and navy have finally consented to wit.
ness tests of a new bomb invented by a Balti-
more man, LESTER P. BARLOW, after heated
disputes in and out of committee rooms.
BARLOW claims he has met only cold shout
ders in his efforts to bring his bomb to the
attention of fighting men and was not able
to secure a hearing until he took his cause
direct to congress-. The fact that he involved
the United States in an infringement suit
following the World war has not made his
going easier. But he will get his chance to
demonstrate his invention, which he claims
will wipe out all life within miles of it's ex'
plosion point.
BARLOW claims that in private tests a ten
pound bomb destroyed a building a mile
away, and leaves his hearers to imagine what
would happen when a 1,00O-pounder explodes.
An Illinois manufacturer of liquid oxygen.
Don MoCLoUD by name, seeks to discredit
BARLOW and his bomb which relies chiefly m
liquid oxygen for explosive power. There is
some feeling that BARLOW is offering not a
great invention of tremendous destructive
strength but a. mere substitution for TINT.
generally in use by the armies of the world.
This IS denied by the inventor, who carefully
conceals his secret and repeats his claims for
Its efficiency as an agent of death.
Gruesome as the reflection is, the chief
purpose OF war is death and destruction. If
he has indeed discovered a way to increase
both, it would be of inestimable value to the
United States both from war and defense
viewpoints. The country would be less liable
to attack II 1t were known that it possessed
an exceptionally potent instrument Of death.