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one thing he had always cherished.
And yet there was more . con.
slider than his own feelings in the
matter, so much more. There was
Martha; the thrill and joys she was
enjoying because the self.same
wealth was Transforming dreams
for her into reality.
Keith paused before the mantel
piece and bowed his head Behind
him his clenehed fists dug the nails
into his palms until they Smarted.
He stood there for many minutes.
craven figure. the lines Of his
face deeply furrowed No one knew
or would ever know the fury Of the
conflict that ragged within him. No
one but Keith himself and because
his mind was strong and because
his sense of honor and unselfshness
was firmly embedded. he fought his
battle and triumphed. He would 90
on, keeping things as they were.
He would forget the past, accept
the present, suppress his longing,
CLEAN happiness from the situation
as it existed. and permit Martha the
pleasure OF never having again to
live in dreams when reality could
be had for the asking.
Keith raised his head at last, and
there was peaceful, contented look
in his eyes; the look of a man who
was thankful for the strength that
gave him the courage to triumph
over his own longiags.
He sat down again. feeling a little
weary, glad that it was over. glad
that the conflict was forever stilled
in his mind.
Behind him door opened, and
he turned his head Martha stood
there, looking at him. She was
dressed for party. and Keith sud-
denly remembered that he had
promised to accompany her.
She came across the room smil-
ing. regarding him reproachfully,
a trifle mischievously when he apol-
ogized
Always forgetting, aren't you
darling. Always making excuses so
you won't have TO 60 out with me-"
She smiled at him, little wistful-
ly, he thought, sitting down on the
arm OF the chair and drawing him
into the seat.
I'm sorry, Martha, didn't mean
to forget. / do want to go with you.
III be ready in fifteen minutes"
But her hand remained on his
shoulder, and there was a sort of
sadness in her eyes.
Lets not" she said suddenly.
Lets stay here tonight. Just you
and me, alone" She turned and
looked into the fire. 1T seems as
though we're never together any
more-like we used to be. Those
little intimate chats and exchanges
OF condolences. Sometimes II al
most wish we'd never made all this
money. Things are so different"
Keith's eyes grew wide. you
you mean you'd like to have the
old days back again."
almost. We were happy then,
darling and closer to each other.
Sometimes I almost wish we could
give this up and go back to our
little two-room apartment" She
smiled at him, patted his shoulder,
stood up. But. therei I've said too
much and I'm sorry. l know this
Is what you've always wanted and
that you're tremendously happy.
shouldn't even suggest such a thing
as giving 1t up. In fact, I've decid-
ed never to mention it again, and
shan't. So stop worrying, darling,
let's hurry along"
She started away, smiling bright
ly, but Keith suddenly reached out,
grasped hold Of her wrist and drew
her into his lap, strange, happy
CLEAN in his eyes.
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other side of the river he saw an
enchanted land; with hills and
valleys sleeping in a heavenly
calm. The vision was more beau
tiful than words can express. AS
he gazed upon the scene there
came to his lips these words:
Beautiful Valley of Eden. The
vision remained until he had writ
ten the hymn; then gradually fad
ed away. The beauty of the
hymn is contributed largely to
Mr.. Sherwin's musical arrange
ment.
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CURRENT FICTION
The Same Desires A
BY STANLEY CORDELL


ETH HALL, sitting alone
~ before the open fire in the
i Chestnut Hill mansion S
drawing room. wondered
why he and Martha, now that they
had attained the afIluence which
they had both desired, didn't have
the sense OF comradeship which they
shared when living in their little
two-room apartment. He sought
for answers to the problem that
had made him unhappy. and slowly,
painfully. the answers came.
To begin with, Martha had be.
come almost stranger. He never
saw her at breakfast, seldom at
luncheon and not too often at dim
ner. This. of course, was only nat
ural. Now that they could afford
it. Martha was indulging the hun.
dred and one extravagances that
are the cherished dreams Of every
deprived woman, and those ipdul-
gences were keeping her pretty
busy. Keith didn't begrudge them,
even remotely. He was glad that
his finances permitted them. And
he understood how they occupied a
great deal Of her time. Only il she
could have found few more hours
to devote to him
Martha had changed in other
ways, too. She seemed colder and
more distant, scarcely, if at all, in
terested in his business. She rarely
questioned him about what he'd
been doing or how he felt or where
he'd eaten his lunch. And he missed
those questions tremendously. With
out knowing why he longed for the
little intimate chats they used to
have together. the exchanges Of con-
fdences, the dreaming together OF a
future day when Keith's income
would permit q certain freedom to
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FRIDAY, OCT, II, 1911
Ruth Taylor Says
CONTINUED from Page y

rled from pillar to post Driven from place to place from
nation to nation forced into subservence amounting to
slavery their future is black So black it is that but two
courses remain opegradua lowering of morale until there
is an almost animal like servty to those in authority
life of constant danger and holenconer intrigue with
an eventual explosion inevitable
In tbs country do NOT have the rights of mnorities
OR manrties We HAVE the privilege of choice by the
maery the obligation of cooperation by the minority The
rights belong to all complete equality and without diff
Formulation, for that is the democratic way of life
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HYMN STORY
BY Mrs. r. c. Hatcher
"BEAUTIFUL VALLEY OF
EDEN"
Beautiful Valley of Eden,

Beautiful Valley of Eden!
Sweet is thy noon tide calm"
The words of this hymn were
written in ITS by Rev. W. o. Cush
ing. The music was arranged by
William F. Sherwin. There is a
very interesting story given in con-
nection with this hymn by the au-
thor who stated that in 1875 he
was reaching for blessing, when
suddenly there came down upon
him a vision of the heavenly coun-
try. He expressed that he looked
down upon river that rolled
liked a mighty tide, and on the
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Kgiiue it,
Il get it.
Tag | GIVE IT ASI

Tag | GIVE IT AS
BY Emory o. Jackson
Worst Book
Reviews of symposium con
ductod by Books Abroad" an
International Literary Quarterly,
published by the University of
Oklahoma Press on the "World's
Worst Book" are refreshing and
enlightening
Outstanding authors consulted
forming something like a book
knocking club listed what they
considered overrated or misrated
books.
Many who have ranked Millions
works as ''little Bibles" will
doubtless be shocked to learn that
many of the book knockers placed
them on the burning list
The work is a classic in de-
bunking books, The books, though
placed on the "worst list would
hardly be placed on the worth
less list. If book is liked by one
reader, or has in it single line
that inspires and en- ertains, it
has some worth, despite all of its
limitations otherwise.
Dante's "Divine Comedy" one
of the literary Bibles" the poll
reveals, is adjudged by the SYM
postum writers as the worlds
worst book"
freedom of the Press
Solicitor Tom Dewey in writ
ing recently in Editor and Pub
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obstacle removed.
And don't be SURPRISE If, in
the washing, some of our city
fathers show!
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SOMETHING
THINK ABOUT
(By N. o. Self)
(Cont'd From Page ID


way of Sandusky, as did the first
This, with the net result that the
exiI ing organized groups Tor
racial improvement and uplift'
find themselves stymied where
solicitation of funds for their
furtherance is concerned, and up
against an almost impregnable
barrier where conviction Of sim
certify is the case,
For those of us who are ac'
tually for a growing race rather
than q swelling pocket purse,
these "raekets' must h exposed
so that such groups as the CHAM
Der of Commerce, The Committee
on Negro Organization, The N. A,
A. c. P, and other worthwhile or
CARNATIONS will at least have this
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JOHN EDWARD BRIDGES
When we lost you
We lost the sunshine and roses
We lost the heavens of blue
We lost the beautiful rain drops
We lost the mornings dew
We lost the angels who give us
Summer the whole winter through
We lost the gladness that turned
into Sadness.
When we lost you!
Vivian, Lucian, Adell. Mildred,
John Edward Bridges and Mrs. j.
E. Bridges.
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NOW IS THE TINE TO JOIN
OTHERS IN READING THE

1t is we'll for a man to respect
his own vocation whatever it is,
and to think himself bound to up
hold it, and to claim for it the
respect it deserves.
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their activities the sharing Of joys
and sorrows and all the little occur
rences that go to make up the life OF
the small apartment dweller.
! And suddenly Keith knew he had
decision to make. An important
decision. He had been fighting
against 1t. ignoring it for weeks.
But the day and the hour had come
in which he must choose, If he were
ever again to have a peaceful state
Of mind.
Two avenues lay open to him.
On the one hand was a continuance
OF things as they were. This would
entail firm resolution on his part
TO make the most Of his unhappi-
ness, without complaint. To forget
the past and live only in the future
To accept Martha as she was. To
shut from his mind those joyful,
carefree, companlonable days that
had meant so much back there in
the two-room apartment. To con-
slider them closed chapter in his
life and never think of them again.
To face the future with only one
purpose in mind: That of maintain
Ing his present financial standing
and endeavoring to make Martha
happy and keep himself contented.
The other avenue was tempting.
1t led directly back to the two-room
apartment and those happy. joyous
days. 1t could be accomplished
with the least possible effort-sim-
ply by announcing to Martha that
their fortune had vanished as quick
ly as 1t had come. She wouldn't
doubt him. She would accept the
situation They would 60 back to
the old life and pick up the thread
OF existence where they had dropped
1t, slipping once more into the old
routine, living again as they had
lived before.
Keith sat for an hour without stir
ring, living in the joys OF a future
created by his selection OF the Sec
ond avenue. Yet remotely, annoy.
ihgly. there always lurked in his
mind the specter Of his own selfish.
ness. For, to deprive Martha Of
the Injuries she now enjoyed, the
very Injuries about which she had
always dreamed and repeated 10
him during their most intimate
chats, would be an act Of greed
that, he feared, would lessen the
Joys Of its results a hundred fold.
Uncomplaining, helpful, kind and
loving though he knew Martha
would be, Keith wondered IL his con.
science would permit a continuance
OF his deception once 1t were
started.
Keith stood up and paced the
floor, his thoughts a riot Of conflict.
II occurred to him that the very
thing that Knocked him was the
wealth for which he and Martha
had SO cheerfully worked. OF what
little worth II seemed now that he
knew 1t had deprived him Of the
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of a crisis and so did America, and
the Thirteenth Amendment.
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Furniture Made IIere

The value Of furniture annually
made in U. S. factories is over
$685., 900, 900 according to the census.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10

ADVERTISEMENT
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yards and only three of these were
used.
The ships built there were AT
feet long. carried a crew Of so men
and were powered by $500 horse
power, triple-expansion steam en-
gines. The ships had a draft of II
to % feet and were capable of about
II knots.
The first keel was laid on Labor
Day 1918, after ground for the yards
had been broken in April Of 1917.
Ships which were built at the
Carolina Shipyards were the s. S.
Crawford, City of Fort Worth, Win
ston-salem, City Of omaha, Nernaha,
Hybert and Syros, all of which we're
cargo ships, and the San Leon and
San Lamberto, which were tanl ,rs.
The first of the tankers was be-
gun as a cargo ship and was 10 to
Is per cent complete when an order
was received for the two tankers.
Something new in shipbuilding was
begun th.n, when part of the steel
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was taken out of the already-begun
ship, the engines were moved from
amidships TO aft and the hull was
made into a tanker.
A salvage company in Baltimore
bought the shipyards, a n d the
wrecking and salavaging OF Will
mington's most important ship
yard was begun in the fall OF
1921. In about a year the Will
mington shipyards had gone to
China, Canada and other states OF
the union leaving only the stays
and Quitting pier.
"Watching a ship 60 up is one
of the most interesting sights I've
SEEM" commented Spurgeon Bax-
ley, who worked as chief clerk in
the Carolina Shipyard. The keel
is laid, and enough construction
completed on the ways so that the
hull can be floated. Then the hull
is launched and carried to the out
fitting dock where the machinery
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the welfare and progress of our
state"
North Carolina believes in -.
that great humanitarian and bril-
liant EXPONENT of social reform,
the President of the United
States"
"Strikes affecting essential way
or defense industries are properly
under condemnation. I pledge
my fullest cooperation to capital
and labor in helping to preserve
fair and harmonious relation
ships"
1T would not be inappropriate
if this general assembly, as one
OF its first acts, should pass a Joint
resolution commencing the Presi-
dent and congress for the program
OF defense that will make America
strong and keep her free, and en-
dorslng the policy Of unlimited aid
to England, and pledging the full
cooperation on the part of u
state" d
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War Interpretive
Continued From Page One)

fact that Britain's war leadership
is not concerned primarily over
her ability to survive any Ger
man attack. Their concern is with
ways and means of achieving a
positive victory.
IF cooperation (between Britain
and the United States). were
to fail, the British empire, rugged
and embattled, might indeed hew
its way through and preserve its
life and strength for the inevitable
renewal of the conflict with Ger
many on worse terms after an
uneasy truce" Churchill said.
'But the chance of setting tn c
march of mankind clearly and
surely along the high roads of hui
man progress would be lost and
might never return"
Of great significance is the fact
that Lord Halifax will hold ex Of
ficio cabinet status while at his
post. That opens to President
Roosevelt a direct avenue of ap-
proach to and influence upon both
British war strategy councils and
the shaping of British war and
postwar aims.
What might stem out of that
ultimately to reshape Anglo-Amer-
lean relations or affect the destiny
of Europe or the world is beyond
conjecture. It is tantamount, how
ever, to a British pledge that
Washington will have a co-equal
voice at the peace table in the
event of British victory.
1t is to be recalled that on the
Y of Frances fall the London
government formally proposed a
Franco-British union, political and
economic, to keep overseas France
and the French navy in the war.
1t is now renewing assurances to
Washington in more than words
that the British commonwealth
and the British navy will continue
the fight even if England should
eiall.
american policy making and the
help-to'Britain program is founded
on that British commitment. It is
also founded on President Roose-
velt's fireside declaration to the
american people, based ION the
latest and best information" that
the Axis powers are not going to
win this war"
That was a negative prediction.
II did not exclude the possibility
OF a stalemate end of hostilities
which Churchill has now defined
as intolerable. The essence of Brit
1sh-American cooperation is to
avert such an outcome and insure
not only survival of Britain. but
ultimate destruction of the Axis
regime. Lord Halifax to
Washington as the living symbol
OF that Anglo-American common
purpose. 2
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REYNOLDS RAISES
$56,230 IN STATE
Report On Contributions To
Democratic Campaign Is
Released In Raleigh

RALEIGH, Jan. g. Up AS di'
rector of finance for the democra.
tic national committee in North
Carolina, Richard j. Reynolds
raised $56, $4,000 from 3,447 con-
tributors for the national campaign
last fall, his Office reported today.
The sum placed North Carolina
third among all the states in money
received for the national commit
tee. Reynolds home county OF
Forsyth led the state with $19,-
562. so, and M~ecklenburg was Sec
ond with SO, 1873. Wake ranked third
with $4,000.
Reynolds, newly appointed treas
urer of the democratic national
committee. attended the Inaugural
ton here today while winding up
the affairs of his state Office be-
fore leaving for Washington and
his new post on Friday.
He said the $500. 900 loan to the
New Jersey state democratic com
mittee was a personal transaction
to be repaid and had no connec-
ton whatever with the campaign
for funds in North Carolina.
The finance director expressed
appreciation for the splendid CO.
operation" given by Young Demo
cratic clubs in various counties.
He appointed YDD presidents or
their choices as campaign chair
men in each county and offered a
prize for the. greatest amount OF
money collected. Carroll Wilson OF
Halifax won first prize and Victor
Meekins of Dare was second.
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SHIPYARDS TO BE
LARGER THAN THOSE
HERE DURING WAR
Continued From Page One)

men at the peak Of production and
had a payroll of between $120, 900 and
$4,000 a week. The Liberty yards
employed a much smaller number of
men and had a corresponding small.
er payroll.
The Carolina Shipyards we're es-
tablished here by the Emergency
Fleet corporation in the fall of 1919
and before delivery of the first ship
the yard vas sold by the govern
ment Represented by the Emergen-
cy Fleet corporation) to George A.
Fuller and company, of New York,
who continued to operate it until the
yard was closed in 1921.
There were but four ways at the
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and other interior parts and super
structure r completed.
The dock trial at the Carolina
shipyard took about "a hours
while the engine on a new ship
was run at the dock. Then the light
sea trial involved running t h e
new ship along the coast before
it was loaded in order to watch
every mechanism before the fin
ished ship was turned over to the
owners.
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MORE CARPENTERS
NEEDED AT CAMP
CONTINUED From Page One)

unloading of materials and a.
tlcally all of the late night work
consists of unloading materials.
Flood lights have been installed
on the southern half of the camp
site and will soon be extended all
along the streets which border or
are near the railroad tracks.
Street lights will be installed on
other streets, to allow the move
ment of materials at night and to
provide sufficient light to unload
them.
Pouring concrete was proceed
ing at the southern end of the
camp site yesterday and today.
Two or three more office build
ings are rising near the center of
the site and many more piles of
material r making their appear
ance over the site.
The saw mill, where the parts
of all buildings, with the keep.
ton of flooring and roofing, will
be cut, has been put into opera
ton and when the entire procedure
is working according to plan work.
men will have little use for a hand
saw. All lumber will be cut to fit
and delivered to the site, where
carpenters will proceed to nail
it together to form barracks, or
mess halls, or hospitals or other
needed buildings.
Tremendous amounts of clay
are being hauled into the reserva-
tlon from Vista in Fender county,
a constant stream of trucks NOV
ing up and down the highway. The
clay is being used as base mater
ial for the roads which had be-
come a problem due to the diff
culties which are being experienced
in the matter of drainage.
Better progress is being made
IN drainage work here also, as
ditch digging machines continue
to scar the face of the nearly level
land with big gullies in which other
crews r laying big corrugated
iron drain pipes.
And here at Holly Ridge things
are moving faster. A drug store
which was recently completed has
opened for business. A pool room
north of the postoffice is rising
rapidly and work has been begun
on a cafe between the pool room
and the postoffice.
Work is slated to begin this
week on a clothing store. A build
ing to house a hardware company
has been completed but has not
yet opened for business. One re-
freshment stand is open and others
are being planned. An application
for a beer permit for n refresh
ment stand has been refused on
the ground the applicant has not
been a resident of the state for a
period of one year.
Near the southern end Of t h e
camp but off the reservation, L.
w Bishop has opened a filling
station and further south two OF
the old electric traction C a r S
which formerly ran between Will
mington and Wrightsville Beach
have been made into dining cars
but r not yet open to the pub
lie.
Army orders today included:
Lieutenant Colonels: Edward @.
Halbert, Gao, Jacksonville to Camp
Davis; James D. MacMullen, GAG,
New York, to Camp Davis.
Captain Roland Byron Peck, Inf.
Res, Huntley, Nebr., to duty, Camp
J
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Penetro's spe-
cial formula
bringyoudou-
bic help, dou-
BILE quick. Acts
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Prison Guard Wounded :
By Life Time Prisoner

RALEIGH, Jan. 9.-LP-A guard
at Central prison was knitted and
painfully wounded today by a prison
err who, Warden Hugh Wilson said,
was a twice-convicted murderer serv.
ing a life sentence for n killing
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Col. James B. Crawford, Qef) currently the commanding officer of
Camp Davis, and Lieut.. Col. Samuel L. McCrosey, currently the executive
officer, arrived in Wilmington Wednesday and have established temper.
airy offices in room 2l2 postoffice building: Yesterday they attended a
Jacksonville where a cooperative, effort to deal with problems and oppor-
Crawford will ultimately be the executive officer of Camp Davis and Lieut..
Col. McCroskey will ultimately be the plans and training officer.
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Polaris, the north pole star, never
is seen from points south of the coma.
tor.
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and 20 years for the other,

and 20 years for the other.
Wilson said Booker T. Watson. tba
prisoner, attacked Guard Charlie Al.
kins, without reason" and left him
with wounds on the forehead, arm
and hand.
Watson was serving a life ser.
tence for murder when Tinhead
Jones, another lifer, was knitted 10
death last year. Watson was tried in
Wake superior court, convicted ard
given an additional 20 years.