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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-15

In an isolated section of the coun-
try near Chester, N. j., scientists and
technicians of the Bell Telephone Lab
oratories are engaged in the every
day task Of providing artificial man.
made conditions under which to test
outside telephone equipment.
The speed and dependability Of a
vast telephone system cannot wait on
the ficisleness of nature to test its
equipment. The strength and length
OF life of telephone wire, pc3es, man.
hole covers and numerous other pieces
OF equipment must be known before
they are placed in service.
This determination to provide the
best in telephone equipment resulted
In the establishment by the Bell Tele-
phone Laboratories of field labora-
tory where problems of outside plant
which could not be answered satisfac-
torily on the drafting board, inside a
laboratory, or around conference
table, could be solved.
For example, to simulate ice-loaded
open wires, telephone engineers dam
gled h-ic.,s from them to test their
strength under winter conditions.
70 develop manhole cover which
VIII Withstand the battering of traf-
nc, these men of science conduct inn
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-15
AMERICAN FARM BUREAU 10
MEET I'm BALTIMORE,
DEC. Ola
Maryland To Be Host To 1000
Farmers From Forty States

Maryland To Be Host To 1000
Farmers From Forty States
Over 1000 farmers are expected
to attend the American Farm Bureau
Federation meeting in Baltimore De-
cember 9 to IL according to e. A.
O'Neal, President of the National or
ganization. P. c. Turner, President
of the Maryland Farm Bureau has
appointed a general committee d.
vided into Reception. Information
and Entertainment groups. These
have held two meetings and plans
are well under way to make the
1910 convention an outstanding one.
Maryland members will meet the
visiting groups and conduct tours to
nearby points. A pageant based on
the seige of Fort McHenry that in
spired the writing of our National
Anthem, is being arranged. Coun-
ties are planning to help in the enter
tainment. Southern Maryland will
sponsor an oyster roast; there will
be tours in Baltimore and Howard
counties, while Western Maryland
will supply apples. Holly and pine
for decorations will come from all
counties producing them. A square
dance demonstration by Prince
Georges County, quartette from
Montgomery, the Hill Billies from
Carroll and other features have been
suggested. Every county will have
three representatives on the commit
tee and will be given an opportunity
to help the State organization en-
terrain the visitors.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-15

BY paying $sS9,229 in unemploy-
ment compensation benefits in the
month of October the Maryland I'm
employment Compensation Board
brought the aggregate of such dis
bursements in this State to $751;
S94.O25, covered by 2,393,446 checks
delivered to unemployed persons
filing weekly claims under condi-
tions imposed by State and Federal
law.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-15
COOKING FOR CHRISTMAS
HOLIDAYS

Traditional holiday recipes for de-
licious cookies that will thrill the
appetites of the children. Look for
this feature in the November Gath
issue of
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
the big magazine distributed with
the BALTIMORE SUNDAY
AMERICAN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-15

Industrial insurance policies In
America are now lapsing at a speed
of 20 each minute of each hour,
That's s4,oe. worth every time one
minute goes hy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-15

Great Britain has taken over Ire
lands whole cheese output to feed
its population. :. that's four pounds
every minute going to feed, England's
smbattled people.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-15

The u S. takes over 80 per cent
Of the total exports from those 20
South American Republican,
spends $1,000 every go second doing
it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-15

Chalk from the cliffs of Dover il
shipped to the United States from
England at the rate OF ten pounds
every 60 seconds,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-15

Lots of persons fail to claim, money
orders at the Postofice. ..s. Total
average unclaimed orders u about
Q doilaE's worth each @iAQtA
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-15

George Quenzer, Rowlandsyille,
and work shed near Row
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-15

Chain Stores Development Co., of
Cleveland, Ohio, store east Main
street, Elkton.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-05
F. J. FLYNN MADE DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN

WASHINGTON, Aug. l - Ed ward J. Flynn of New York to- day acceptedthe chairmanship of the Democratic National Commit tae, effective August IT, it was announced after a White House conference.
 We'll known in New York pol tics Flynn had recently been a Roosevelt consultant.
 James J. Farley, Henry w. Wal lace and Roosevelt made the de- cision after a conference with the committee named by the Demo- cratic convention.
 Said Flynn: "There can be only a repitition this year of the el- eetion four years ago. Reversal is impossible. Our forces are trained to victory. Our opponents are hardened by defeats"
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-05
AMERICAN IS DECORATED BY BRITISH ARMY

LONDON, Aug. 3-An Ameri- can serving with the British Army has received the Military Medal for Gallantry during the recent operations around Dun kirk.
 He is Lance Corporal Harold Arthur Sims, the first American to be so decorated in the pres ent war.
 Sims, a wireless operator and tank gunner in the Royal Innis- killing Dragon Guards, is a 21- year-old grandson of the late Ad r,iral William s. Sims who com handed the United States fleet in European waters during the first World War.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-05

ing exchange to meet war condi-
 tions, the department said Great
 Britain and France have placed restrictions on purchases which have hit American tobacco grain, fruit, lumber, gasoline and automobiles.
 Consequently the increases ir United States exports to the Unit ed Kingdom and France, which together took 24 percent of our total exports during this period, was only slightly larger than the increase in total United States trade the report said.
 Exports to Nazis Almost Vanish
 It pointed out that declared ex ports to Germany and German occupied areas dropped to $700,- 900 in the six months period as compared with 72 million dollars in the corresponding period of 1938-39 and 96 million dollars in the 1937-38 period.
 Other facts in the report in cluded:
 During the period under ex- Europe bought $751; 538, 900 worth of American cot ton an increase of 135 per cent ov CT the previous comparable per- iod. Japanese purchases totaled $34, ,864,0O0.
 Russia Increases Metal Purchases
 3-The Union of Soviet Social ist Republics purchased increas- ed amounts of copper, ferro- alloys, gasoline and wheat, but less metal-working machinery. Italy took increased amounts of cotton, copper, lubricants, iron and steel.
 2-EXports to Canada and oth- CT countries in North America were valued at 284 million dol lars and those to Latin America at 392 million dollars.
 
 5-Exports to Asia were valu- ed at 338 million dollars or 33 per cent larger than in the cor responding period 1938-39.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-05
AL SMITH IS BOLTER OF DEMOCRATIC RANKS

NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (PD = Al Smith declared here that "in my opinion, the recent so-called Dem ocratic Convention in Chicago sounded the death knell of the Democratic Party"
 He said further that he and millions of other genuine Demo- crats throughout the United Stat es will continue to protect and defend the true Democratic prin ciples and will in no way, will ingly or silently, tolerate any foreign blocs, call them New Dealers or what-not in the com ing election. We will march un- der the banner of Wendell L. Willkie, lifelong Democrat.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-05
EDITORIAL
ALASKA WANTS TO VOTE

Residents of the District of Col umbia have asked for the right to vote in national elections. Hawaii has asked to be included in any legislation to extend the franchise to those who at present are not entitled to vote. Alaska should do the same.
 There is no reason we have ever heard why the people of the Territories should not vote for the President of the United Stat es. He is our President just as much as he is President of the rest of the nation. In fact, under the existing system Alaska is more directly dependent upon Presidential decisions and ap- pointments than is any State. It is the President who appoints our Governor and the Cabinet Members whose Departments con trol nine-tenths of the resources and wealth of Alaska.
 The people of Alaska want to vote and are entitled in demo- cracy to that privilege. Alaska should support wholeheartedly any legislation designed to ex- tend the franchise to the Terri tories.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-05
EXPORTS OF U. $. INCREASE ONE-THIRD

WASHINGTON-American ex ports rose B per cent in value during the first six months of the European war and imports in- creased 27 per cent, the con- merce department reports.
 A survey of trade from Sep tember, 1889, to February, 1940, showed shipments of United over the corresponding six States products to Canada and Latin America increased approxi mately AT percent, to Europe 27 per cent and to Asia 33 per cent months in 1938-39.
 British Restrictions Felt Total exports were valued at 1,949 million dOllOrs as cOmpar- ed with I,460 million dollars in the previous period. Shipments to all of Europe total 825 million dollars as compared with 647 million dollars in the same per iod in 1938-39. Of this amount 316 million dollars went to the United Kingdom and 149 million dollars to France.
 The report noted that while ex ports to the United Kingdom were II per cent above those of the 1938-39 period, they were 13 per cent below those of a com parable period two years before. Because of the need of conserv-
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-05
MAY TACKLE JAPAN; NEW CASE LOOMS

LONDON, Aug. 8 High dip. lomatic sources close to the Brit ish Government indicated that Great Britain, in spite of the im pending Nazi drive against the British Ises may take retaliatory action against Japan for that ma tion's treatment of British nation als and the complete ignoring of British protests.
 The source said that one of the first action by the British would probably be the reopening of the Burma Road which was re gently closed at Japanese re- quest. The Burma Road is one of the chief life lines of the Chin csc army.
 At the same time there seem- ed to be definite indications in Tokyo that Japan intends to join with the Axis Powers against Britain, taking advantage of the troubled conditions in Europe to seize British possessions and gen orally expand her sphere of inf1u ence in the Orient at the expense of the European nations and the United States.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-05
BRIGHTER Is CHARTERED FOR MID SEASON RUSH

TACOMA, Aug. l - The Al aska Steamship Company chart cred the coastal freighter Lake Francis for the special midseason rush" run to Kodiak Island and Alaska Peninsula points.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-05
Pleased

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Aug. Wendell l.. Willkie said that he is greatly pleased' at Al Smiths action.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-05

s o U R D O U c H !" s T A T I O N E R Y
 At Nugget Office
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-05

Have The Nome Nugget sent to your mining claim.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
NAVY WILL PUSH
WORK ON VESSELS
Plans To Begin Construction
Of Ten New Warships
And To Refit Subs

WASHINGTON, April 10 G -
Without waiting for congress to
provide funds, the navy acted Today
to start construction with a mini
mum of delay on ten new ships and
to refit three submarines already in
service.
Bids were opened on machinery
for two seaplane tenders. At the
same time shipyards were asked to
bid on construction of two 10,000-ton
light cruisers and on machinery for
six new submarines and for three
eXistin submersibles.
All the new vessels are projected
in the building program for the first
year starting July l. Funds, it is eX-
pected, will be provided in a 1865,
900, 900 appropriation bill passed by
the house and awaiting senate ac-
ton.
Fairbanks Morse & Co., Chicago,
submitted a low bid of $1,435,350 for
the propelline machinery and cleo.
trio plant for two small seaplane
tenders.
Shipyards were asked to submit
proposals by May s on the construc-
ton of either one or both of the
light cruisers. Proposals will be re-
ceiVed until May 10 on /, 2 or 3 sets
Of propelling machinery for the six
projected new submarines.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
REYNOLDS Thinks Reds Want t.
Take Advantage Of Weed Setr

WASHINGTON, April 10.-P)-
Senator Reynolds (D-NC) made pub
lie today a letter that he said indl-
Gated the communist party was
seeking to take advantage OF the
situation confronting North Carolina
tobacco growers as a result of the
British embargo on purchases OF
American tobacco.
He released a letter from Bart
Logan, Greensboro, N. c., who de-
scribed himself as secretary of the
North Carolina communist party,
which petitioned Reynolds to sup
port legislation prohibiting the sale
of war materials to foreign coun-
tries which did not purchase al
equal value of American farm
products.
This indicates to me there are
communists in North Carolina anC
activities of that party are not
confined solely to New York and
other metropolitan centers," Reyn'
Odds said.
Senator Bailey (D-NC) and Rep
resentative Carl P. Durham, in
whose district Greensboro is locat:
ed, also received copies of the Logan
letter.
The letter deplored purchase by
Allies of a billion dollars worth OF
airplanes and other war materials
in this country and stopping the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11

pines) heavily draped with Spanish
moss. Countless paths entWince
anon gthe gardens bright at any
time of the year with their great
variety of beautiful f~lorescence.
Mountain rhodendrons bloom beside
camellias. Tea olive, daphne,
laurestinus and many species of hol-
ly take their turn in making Orion
a floWerIover's paradise. Unsur-
passed azaleas flaunt their SOLID
mass of color in red, white pink
and lavender from March through
April. Eight acres Of daffodils are
supplemented by golden beds down
Il plantation road from the high
way and along the lagoon path.
In a huge nursery hundreds of
varieties of plants and more than
$50 kinds of camellias alone are
grown for future use in the gar
dens. Several rare species are care
tended for adaptation to the
rich soil of orion plantation.
But far from Ill of 10, 0OO-acre
- vi 10 III tltl4NdlIOI. Acres ana
acres of forest abound with pictures
que roads and lakes where deer and
wild turkeys are still hunted as in
Orton's first days. Horseback rid
ing is still a favorite sport handed
down from the colonial planters.
Follow Tradition
A n d the Sprunts themselves
might have been the original family
of king" Roger Moore so closely
do they observe the old customs
when visitors eagerly looked for
ward to the ~"sideboard and table
refreshments they knew awaited
them in the hospitabl mansions of
the Cape Fear settlers"
From the steps of the mansion
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
By GLADYS BEST TRIP

Virginia has its Mount vernon
and North Carolina its orion Plan
tation. Our first president lived at
Mount Vernon, and n of u first
patriots at Orion. Their homes and
their estates have been preserved
practically intact, and both a r e
priceless relics from Americas
colonial days.
King" Roger Moore. tine first
gentleman" in all the Cape Fear
country built orion Hall in 1925,
Because of his great wealth and
more than q thousand slaves he
was called King" by people far
and near. His stately bearing, pat
riotic fervor and gentlemanly hos
pitality added to his reputation.
Brick From England
On a bluff facing the Cape Fear
river he built his large home with
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
Orion Plantation And Its Blossoms
Ranked With Nations Beauty Spots

red by bullets shot in both the Re
volutionary and Civil wars. Land
for the town was given by King"
Rogers brother Maurice Moore who
was first impressed by the beauty
of the Cape Fear section on march
to suppress the T~uscarora Indians
in I'LL.
Fort Johnston
About a mile from Orion, Fort
Johnston was built between Bruins
wick town and the river, King"
Roger and a few other wealthy
planters were designated by Act of
the Colonial Assembly held at New
Bern to plan the fort and furnish
the materials. The fort saw SER
vice in the French and Indian war,
Revolutionary war n fell into
Yankee hands a few days before
the fall of Fort Fisher at the close
of the Civil war.
From Fort Johnston the Yam
KEGS marched up Orion way, des.
troying everything before them.
Perhaps historical orion Hall would
have also gone the way of SO
many beautiful southern mansions
had not immediate need of a small
poX hospital for Union soldiers
turned the lovely DON and fur
niture into sick wards.
A succession OF W~elI-known own
ers occupied orion after King"
Rogers grandson sold the planta-
ton. Governor Benjamin Smith,
rice-planter DR.. Fred j. Hill. noted
for his elegant and refined hospi-
tality, and Colonel X. NJ. Murchl-
son lived at orion Hall before
James Sprunt, "Chronic!er of the
Cape Fear" purchased it in 1905.
He gave orion to his wife Lucia
Murchison who had loved the plan
tation during her fathers
ship. Under her interested and care
full supervision, hundreds of yard
of terraces and avenues We're con
structed. The foundations of the
present spacious gardens were lald,
and numerous plants set out.
\ u La Sp1 l.
herited the plantation it had al
most been doubled from the original
5000 acreage to total $1,000 acres.
The colonial plantations of Lilli-
put and Kendall, the site of Old
Brunswick town with the ruins Of
st. Philips church. and the land
connected with Governor Tryon's
palace had been added. Two hund-
red years had only meuowed its
beauty, and Orion still remains a
southern plantation in every sense
of the word.
Two Wings Added
The t shrdlu cmfWypetaoeatofff
Two wings have been added to
the original part of Orion Hall
with its four huge columns, but the
additions add % the inherited charm
of the house. The old rice fields lie
in their marshy splendor bright
with cat-tail grass, and in their
stead countless hundreds of daffo-
dis and other flowers are raised
every year to be shipped north. But
the negroes who till pick and plant
the flowers still live on the planta-
ton grounds. They sing at their
work and merrily balance their
bundles on their heads as they tread
home barefoot in the summertime.
The walks are still cool a n d
shady, and the trees (even the tall
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
Wilmington Motorcycle
Club viii Enter Races

Members of the Wilmington
Motorcycle club will take part in the
motorcycle ace to be held in Char.
lotte on Sunday, April IA.
Those planning to attend are:
James ~Sanderson. Jack Loughlin,
Earl Marshburn, J.. P. Sanderson,
Bill Mckee, Y. A. Hickman, J. D.
Baton. Dan Merritt, Gene Single.
tary, Martin Bordeaux and Orby
Bordeaux.
These members of the Wilmington
club will receive ten points toward
their final score for the silver trophy
to be awarded for club activities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11

/ brick brought from England. In
that day log cabins were the gen
eraI pioneer dwellings, and a brick
chimney to a wood house marked a
man of wealth. According to RECORDS
not more than three brick houses
existed in the whole province in the
e. rly eighteenth century.
Among King" Rogers 5000 acres
IoWlands suitable for the growing
| of rice sire CT ed to the river edge,
and he built a wharf for loading the
rice, tobacco, cotton and lumber
which he shipped down the river.
The walls of Orion were made
about three feet thick for protec-
ton against the rroW of t n e
troublesome Cape Fear Indians on
Big Sugar Loaf across the river.
While King" Roger was on a
short trip the Indians crossed to
tie estate and attacked the house,
When the planter retul ned and saw
the destruction, he hastily banded a
small force of neighbors and ser,
wants. Seeing the Indians playing
and bathing in the river. he led his
men u the Cape Fear out of sight
and crossed over. Taking the saw
ages by surprise the little group
eXterminated the entire Cree tribe,
The h,stilit. of the Indians was
not the only trouble for the early
planters along the river for the
coast st the river mouth was very
treacherous, and daring pirates in
great numbers often found refuge
in the safety of the Cape Fear. The
pirates preyed upon the shipping
between Charleston and the West
Indies, and were commanded by
the notorious pirate chiefs. Steed
Bonnet and Rich, , Morley. Ed
ward Teach, or more Familiarity
BIa :kbeard, also used these waters
in his nefarious undertakings
Part of Orion
About a half mile to the south OF
Orion Hall on the same bank Of
the Cape Fear was built the palace
of British Governor Tryon. The site
originally part of Orion plan
tation. The palace was another
beautiful colonial home with i'm
columns and wide avenues.
Only the foundation walls remain,
and a we'll worn carriage road used
by the governor, but unfOrgettable
is the site as the scene Of the first
outbreak of Revolutionary war,
Nearly eight years before the fam
GUS Boston tea party az carried on
at night by masked men, the arm
ed militia of Brunswick and n e w
Hanover counties openly defied the
captain of his majesty's 20-gun
sloop sent from Virginia with the
stamps. Three Sons of Liberty" as
they called themselves were out
standing planters of the region and
bravely confronted the kings ship
in the daylight. Although many
northern historians ignore the fact
North Carolina was the first pro
vince to rebel against the Stamp
Act. The stamps were not unIoaded
and the patriots paraded for miles
carrying one of the ships boats.
Near Governor Tryon's palace
was the little settlement of Bruins
wick with its quiet streets and the
largest colonial church in North
Carolina, st. Philips, whose three
foot bri-k walls still stand on Or
ton plantation. The bricks are scar
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11

one looks across an impressive
sunken garden and the old rice
fields to the beauty of the Cape
Fear river as picturesque boats &C.
cassionarly go by. AT the end of
the lagoon path viewing the river
ard rice fields is probably the most
beautiful graveyard in North Car,
DINA.
There king" Roger is buried in
a brick vault with a steep slop-
ing roof which is still in a good
state Of preservation. Huge oaks
are hung with moss that reaches al
most to the ground, and scattered
aZaleas add their quiet beauty to the
spot. And as one writer put it:
within this druid temple there are
old brick vaults without a name and
without a date; and here nature
herself seems to have formed a ce,
metery for her favorite child-here.
beneath one II these vaults and
close by the banks of the old Cape
Fear"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
WILL BUY GOODS

LONDON, April 10 QP Danish
radio reports heard here today said
the lower house of the Danish
parliament voted this afternoon to
buy $40, 900, 900 worth of United
States goods with credits placed at
Denmark's disposal before the Ger.
mar occupation. The upper house
is to vote on the proposal tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11

purchase of agriculture! coo,,,.,
ties. ya'
Logan commended profit.
such supplies went to onIv 1'a
number of manufacturers S4'u
the whole country benefited
the sale of farm products. "Ua
Reynolds, in replying 10 tho l..
ter, said he wished it we're ro..' s'
some of the millions benz s,,ar.
war supplies could be dtysra5 ~
agriculture, but he pointed n,, u
Allies were short of exchar.a "'
were faced with the necessity ~ -'
ing their money for 'instrumar. =. u'
DEATH"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11

During the past five years Amer
lean aircraft, engine and propeller
manufacturers have spent $44, 900,
coo on research and development.