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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-03-17
City Briefs
VISITING HERE

The Rev. william c. Rourk,
Of Safety Harbor, Fla, and
formerly Of Wilmington, Is
visiting his brother, Joseph C.
Rourk, at his home on Market
street. He was called here be-
cause of the critical illness Of
his sister, Mrs. b. III. Maults-
by, of Bolivia, who is a pa
tient in Dosher Memorial hos
pital 1T Southport.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-03-17
ARRESTED HERE

Sheriff's officers arrested
Elethia Mathews, charged with
skipping q board bill, and
Het man H. Hall, charged with
reckless operation of an au-
t0mobile, it was learned Thurs
day afternoon. Mathews was
ordered to settle in payment,
and Hall was released under
bond of $3.50, according to re-
cords Of sheriff's deputies.
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Inn WAR PRISONERS
DUE AT DAVIS TODAY
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the camp personnel. Jones reveal.
ed.
The prisoners have been proved
satisfa Glory in both work and con-
duct it has been explained by Off
cers and others who have observed
them.
Stated Scroggs in praise of the
conduct of the prisoners of war,
the men ARE not sullen", and are
good natured and good workers"
Strict Orders
Colonel Potts said strict orders
will prevail against any form OF
sbuse of the prisoners. All camp
personnel were warned that their
conduct toward the prisoners would
he absolutely let them alone"
The type of prisoners to be re-
ceived here, Colonel Potts said, are
those who have reacted favorably
Ia consideration granted them I'M
der the provisions of the Geneva
Convention which deals with the
mutual treatment of prisoners OF
war by this and enemy nations.
ANY prisoners manifesting trouble
making tendencies will be prompt
ly shipped back to base camps for
replacement, he continued.
Considerable skill in the various
crafts has been shown among the
ranks of the prisoners coming here.
They have demonstrated their will
ingness to use these skills in work
not connected with the direct prose-
cution of the war, and many have
turned out to be quite willing to
cooperate with the American gov
eminent in every way.
First Freedom
One of the prisoners has been
quoted as remarking, This is the
first freedom of my life" 1t is
understood that many German
prisoners of war are not in SYM
pathy with the Nazi government,
and claim their participation in
the war was under duress.
Some of the tasks to which the
men will be put will especially in
clude removal of fire hazards
from wooded areas in this sec
ton: construction of much needed
fire breaks''; building of fire
trails; construction and repair OF
roads and bitches; and other en-
cheering work. Some of the work
contemplated in the Holly Shelter
game reservation area has been
suggested by the North Carolina
State Department of Conservation
and Development.
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40 u. S. TROOPS
LOST BY ACCIDENT
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VOUuIIHUCU IIUH I aye OIIcJ
stances involving the approach i'm
in rear Of hostile
bombing attack at night at rel
atively low altitude were the re-
sponsible factors in the loss Of the
planes.
"This action was made the basis
OF careful study destined to i'm
prove Identification and timing and
prevent similar losses in the fu-
ture.
1.-THE navy concurs in this state
ment.''
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-03-17
v. O. PARKER

RALEIGH, March 16. - @ -
V. o. Parker, veteran real estate
broker and former chairman Of
the Wake Forest College board of
trustees, died in a hospital here
today. He was 70.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow. A brother, H. J. Par
ker of Baltimore, Md, survives.
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JAMES A. O'LEARY

NEW YORK, March 16-(RARep.
James A. O'Leary, 81, D-NY) who
had represented the 18th Congress
sional district since November,
1943, died today. He had been i'll
for more than a year.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-03-17

The falls of the Iguassu River
in Brazil are 81 feet higher than
Niagara.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-03-17

twenty-five per cent of the
worlds silver production is being
used in airplane engines.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
pLAsrrcs STRETCH RUBBER

New Y~ork-Although people
think of plastics mainly as a
postwar glamour" industry, they
have been playing an important
role in relieving the nations crit
ical rubber stockpile situation
through the war.
John l.. Collyer, president of the
B. F. Goodrich Company, says it
can be mathematically demon
strated that the total tonnage of
rubber relief" accounted for
by polyvinyl chloride and other
American plasties during the last
two war years is greater than the
tonnage of tree rubber obtained
from all South and Central Amer
lean areas combined.
Foul : weather clothing, and
shipboard wire and cable insula-
ton are two important volume
roles where plastics have been
doing war jobs formerly done by
rubber.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
SHIPS WITH E

New YorkECrews of four
Army ducks log their way in the
Mediterranean IND captured 100
Italians in the Sicilian invasion,
says Ships" magazine.
The ducks headed for a heav-
lily armed beach where pillboxes
along the shore fired at them.
They lodged through the water,
escaping damage, and when they
zoomed up on the shore it was
too much for the enemy. Hands
in air the defenders ran out of
their emplaeements, begging to
give up to the crews of the queer
ships that didn't stop when they
got to land.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
Friday Bridge Club
Has Meeting AT Home
OF Mrs. BroWder

The Friday Bridge Club,
which meets fortnightly, held a
meeting with Mrs. |. w. Browder
as hostess on the name day last
week.
The games were preceded by
a dessert course served shortly
after the members had assem-
bled.
In playing, the high score ia
vor was captured by Mrs. Arnold
Handy, with Mrs. Robert Demp-
ster receiving the cut favor.
Mrs. Meredith Hardy and Mrs.
j. H. Buck played substitute
hands.
Members present. besides the
hostess were Mesdhmes Handy,
Dempster, Julius M$Ilwain, Bay
lous Stokes and Wide Hilliard.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
Cyril E. Cain Tells OF Early Election In
First Of Historical Sketches On County

ty OF Jackson" Each has the
date. May 25, 1873" One is
signed, "John Ship, Clerk and
the other is signed, James Gar
nett, Clerk" Below is arranged
in alphabetical order the list of
names OF those who voted (their
lists were in the order in which
they voted:
John J. Abner. Richard Barrat,
Thomas Bilbo, Gabriel Burras,
Matthew Carter. William Carter
Moses Collins, Sf., Moses Col
Inns, Jr., John Cumbest, Samuel
Davis, Jr., Samuel Davis, Sr.,
Walter Davis, George Davis,
Walter Denny, Charles Daily,
Ellis Fairbanks, James Garnett,
r. H. Gilmer, Benjamin Goodin,
David Grayham, Wheeler Gress-
ham, John Highlands, William
Highlands. George Highlands
(the correct form of these last
three names, Eubanksl. John
Ravens, William Howell, Kinner
Hudson, Isaac Jordan, Perry
King, Benjamin Linear, Edwin
Lewis, James Meazels, John Mil
Ter, William Mills, Aaron Par
ker, Hubbard Parker, Lewis
Parker, Joseph J. Pierce, Isaac
Ryan, John Richardson, Samuel
j. Stroud, Edmund Smith, Rob-
ert Smith, Briant Terrell, James
Ware, Moses Ward, Tarlton
Ward, Patrick Ward, Henry
Wells, Samuel Williams, Robert
Williamson and Ben amin
Youngblood.
On the reverse side of the
pole" sheets were the TALES 9f
votes, without any indication as
to the offices for which any
man wak running. The tally
showed; III. Touman, 81; Theo-
dore Brightwell, O; Cowles
Mead, 0; WIN. baltimore, O.; 7.
r. Read, So. From other sources
it was found that the first two
were up for the legislature and
the last three for congress.
Two facts about this election
are very remarkable, and prob
ably seldom, if ever, duplicated
The first is that these men by
some process reached an agree
ment and voted unanimously.
This probably could not have
been done If any of the candi-
dates had lived in the county.
The other remarkable thing is
the distance some Of these mel
travelled to get to east their bal
lots. James Ware lived at
Wares Bluff, now known as
Martins Bluff, and John Cum
best lived Just across the river
from him at what is now Moss
Point. If they went up the west
side of the river, they had te
cross ferries on Bluff Greek, Red
Creek, Black Creek, and prob.
ably the river, a round trip on
horseback or on foot of over
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01

sixty miles, just to vote.
Ware and Cumbest had both
lived under Spanish rule, with
no voting privileges and were
showing their appreciation. Also,
the representative was the only
county officer elected, the others
we're appointed by the legisla-
ture, hence the choice of a leg
islator determined all officers.
Information Sources: State
Department of Archives, jack
son; Digest of Territorial Laws.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01

This is the first of 10 articles
adapted from a book being
compiled by Cyril E. Cain, ma
tive Jackson countian. dealing
with the history of the areas
now known as Jackson and
George counties over the past
four hundred years. MIR. Cain
will be glad TO receive further
historical information from old
residents OF family histories
and anyone possessing such
information is asked to for
ward il 10 the author in care
of the Chronicle Star and Id
verfiser.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
SLY RATS GET THE BIRD

New Orleans.-Pigeons hatch
six or seven broods a year, but
rats hold the pigeon census in
New Orleans to an estimated
rs, 1000 pairs.
John Youngblood, building en-
gineer. says the rats formerly
relished pigeon eggs, but now
let the birds hatch and eat the
young.
1T isn't unusual to see a big
rat hop along a ledge with a
piece of bread in his mouth and
drop it at a nest,n said Young
blood. Naturally the parent pi-
geons pick it up and feed it to
the squaps. That's just more
meat for the rats"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
OATS FOR GEESE

RALEIGH, N. C.-Fred Lath-
am. Hyde County farmer, has a
20-acre field of oats meant for
wild geese. Latham promises
''free transportation to Jail" to
anyone molesting the geese.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
Letters To The
Editor
Dear Brother King:

Dear Brother King:
Thank sa million for all the
cooperation in the past. Now that
| have been transferred to a new
church, the Milsaps Memorial, in
Jackson, Miss, we hope to get off
about Friday of this week. Rev.
j. S. Noblin will fill the place va
Gated by us. He will be in Thurs
day of this week. You may send
my paper to my new address, in
Jackson, Miss, Duling street,
Pastor Milsaps Memorial.
Say anything you choose about
Noblin, or us, we are both from
Scott county, Mississippi. =
Blessings upon you and yours,
Your friend,
Andrew j. Boyles.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
No. /. JACKSON coUNTY's
FIRST ELECTION

In 1910, Spanish West Florida
revolted from Spain and set up
an independent nation, the Re-
public of West Florida. BY 1911,
the United States had taken over
the new republic, claiming it
was a part of the Louisiana Pur-
chase, and had added it to the
Territory of Orleans. The gov
ernor of this territory called all
the old West Florida district the
County of Feliciana," with the
county seat at Baton Rouge. The
Parish of Paseagoula was one
of the several subdivisions of
Feliciana and extended from
Biloxi river and bay to the Per-
dido river. with the exception of
the city of Mobile, which was
still in the hands of the Span
iards.
An election was caaed for a.
representative in the territorial
legislature at New Orleans, but
we have no evidence that this
election was ever held.
In May, 1912, the territory
east of Pearl river and south of
the 3lst parallel was added to
the Mississippi territory, and
some months later the Missis-
sippi governor named the whole
area, Mobile County This
county was entitled TO a repre-
sentative but again there is no
evidence that one was ever
elected. Just eight months later
Mobile county was divided into
three counties, Mobile on the
east. Hancock ON the west, and
Jackson in the middle with
about the same area now in
Jackson and George counties.
An election was called for
MAY 24-25. 1913 elections were
held for two days. to elect a
representative to the Mississippi
legislature and to vote on a ter
ritorial delegate to congress.
Jackson and Mobile counties had
a representative between them,
and by the order OF. the legisla-
ture the sheriff in each county
held his own election, but the
Jackson county returns were sent
to Mobile and that Sheriff made
the returns to the election com
mittee of the territorial legisla-
ture.
Jackson county had but one
voting precinct at the time this
election was held, and that was
the county seat. The act which
created the county prescribed
that until a courthouse could be
built the courts would be held
lat the house of Thomas Bilbo."
Land entries of that date show
that Thomas Bilho held land on
both sides of Pascagoula river
just north of Wilkerson's Ferry,
Section |, T 3. r 3 S. in George
county. On which side of the
river the house Of SAID Thomas
Bilbo was located is not known.
II is hoped that il may yet be
found out.
Who voted in this election is
definitely known. In the State
Archives in Jackson are tive
lists made by the two clerks who
kept separate records of the men
as they voted. Each list has this
certificate; The above is a true
statement of the pole Of the coun-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
Vancleave Boy
Writes Welcome
Letter To Editor
Dear Mr.. King:

Dear Mr.. King:
l was delighted to get my
! first Chronicles Star for several
months. 1t was the July 81 is
| sue and had been following me
for some time. as il was origi-
nally sent to Camp White, Greg,
then to New York, and from
there TO my outfit in France,
then back to me here in the
hospital in the British Isles.
Although the news was old, il
was new TO me and | enjoyed
reading every word of il down
to the ads.
But, of course, sine was
born and raised in Vantleave. /
enjoyed the V~aneleave and Nit
Pleasant news best.
Since | was employed by the
U. S. Forest Service from 1888
until January, 1874, when | went
into the Army, l was fortunate
to be placed in an engineers for
estry company to supply timber.
etc, to the engineers.
This weeks issue OF "Yank"
magazine, published in the ETC,
carried an article about the work
of my outfit, SO I'm enclosing it,
as | thought you might be in
terested in the various kinds of
units Jackson county boys are
in.
| was very much interested in
your editorial about the dump
ing Of fresh milk by a Jackson
county dairyman because of out
side milk being shipped in.
However, being raised on {
farm, having been a farmer, ano
still one at heart, | know only
too well that merchants, cafe
owners, etc, in Pascagoula have
bought out-of-state produce in.
stead OF buying the same pro.
duee from Jackson county farm.
ers, expecting these same farm.
ers to patronize their establish.
ments.
However, l believe that in
postwar Jackson county a,
younger men and women work
their way into business. indus,
tries. and agriculture, a better
understanding will come abour
among these, with each realiz.
ing that a dollar in a farmer OF
a dairyman's pocket in Van.
eleave, Wade, Hurley, Daisy
Vestry-or any other place II
Jackson county is. a potentia
dollar for the man in town, ane
vice versa.
Since the Chronicles Star is I'll,
most widely read paper in tn,
county, such editorials by you a
the one mentioned is going Il
hasten the complete understand
ing between rural and urbar
Jackson county.
In the past five months I've
travelled over $4,000 miles ane
l have yet to see a place that
would swap for 40 acres in Jack.
son county.
Yours very truly,
Sgt. Thos. L. Murphy. Jr.
The foregoing letter was writ
ten from somewhere in the Brit.
ish Isles, where Sergeant Muir.
ply apparently has been he's.
pitalized and from which it /!
hoped he is now released. 1
was gladly received, not onl,
for the reference to the editorial
but because of IFS thoughtful ex.
preston Of postwar conditions
Il also shows that the Chronicle
Star may be delayed, but that /
gets around.
Natural rubber syn
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
SUBSCRIPTION T

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS does not give a Newspaper
the right TO publish, scandals. attack innocent individuals or
business firms. Neither does FREEDOM OF SPEECH give tina
Individual the right to bersmear the reputation Of outstanding
citizens. attack the communitY's leading institutions. nor start
whispering campaigns for the sole reason Of disturbing the
puhIc peace. To violate the above rights and privileges il to
sndanssr the rights and happiness of all"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01

Natural rubber surpasses syn
thetic rubber (Butaprene S and
Butaprene NJ in adhesion and
cohesion. vulcanizability and
general workability, flexibiIity,
elasticity and tensile strength.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01

Marines invading Peleliu Is
and in the Palaus named one
q the hills Million Dollar
Ridge" since more than a mil
In dollars worth Of ammuni-
ton was spent taking It.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01

II is estimated that for every
dollars worth of merchandise in
the United States today, people
have $3.50 to spend.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
PAscAGouLA cHRoNIcLE-srAR and MOSS POINT ADVERTISER
TO the People
Of This Community

Sad little personal belongings
are streWn all over these bitter
sands" Thus wrote Ernie Pyle
from a beachhead in Normandy.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01

More than g.
900 bundles of
these belongings,
carefully collect
ed and packed by
the armed forces,
are sent monthly
from a Kansas
City depot to
homes through
out America.
That's the cur
rent price Of vic
tory over enc
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
eve on OUR EsTEEMED &C

CNE OF OUR ESTEEMED con-
tcmporaries, defending Governor
Bailey's sponsorship of the So
called "b1ack market tax" which
places a 10 percent state tax on
the sale of liquor in legally dry
Mississippi, calls the tax an lad
itional penalty and states that
federal liquor licenses sold in the
state have shown a considerable
drop. He adds that State Tax
Collector Craig is collecting at the
rate of SIS 900 a month from the
bootleggers. With that latter
statement we agree. The state
collections have shown a steady
increase month after month as
Mr.. Craig's boys chase down more
nd more bootleggers and make
them shell out. The passage of
the "black market bill was SUR
rounded by hypocrisy and has not
the remotest connection to a sim
cere effort TO abolieh or control
bootlegging. All ii does is recog-
lie the fact that liquor is sold
openly in Mississippi and the
state at least should be cut in on
the revenue.An intelligent local
option bill would give the state
greater revenue. place it in a po-
sition to control the sale of Ii
nor and virtually abolish the Vi
icious road houses that infest our
highways and byways.
sTRIcTEH OF
TRAFFIC is needed in the school
zones of Pascagoula. Morning af-
ter morning the writer sees cars
whiz through the school areas at
speeds where il would be impos-
el5le TO stop if some child darted
ltom the school grounds into the
erect, as children will do. Also
there remains the problem of
Polk street. about which the city
has done nothing despite the fact
that school has been in session for
lore than three months. School
lone signs should be placed along
the street, and better yet. il should
b. made a one-way street. Unless
stch measures are taken some
child will either be killed OF
leaimed one of these days.
THE RECENT GOVERNORS
convention at Biloxi resulted in
some intelligent proposals for the
South's progress which should be
carried through by the executives
OF the states they represented
The South has a magnificent post
war future, but to bring that flu.
lure TO reality, intelligent plan.
ming, concerted and sustained eff
fort will be necessary. Mississippi.
has, we believe, with its tremen.
dous oil reserves and other nat.
ural resources, n of the bright
est futures of all the states. II i:
too bad that the last session of the
legislature did not pass a Work.
mans Compensation Law. Il
Governor Bailey had advocated
end supported such a bill with the
same fervor that he did the
BLACK market" tax bill it woule
lave passed. Mississippi, the only
state in the union that does mo-
have such a law, will be tremen.
dously handicapped as long as i
remains without one.
THE QUESTION Of whether o.
1ot the city should issue S35, 00C
n bonds to bring the eity's shar,
Ct the proposed S185, 900 program
% $4,000, will be put up to tn,
soters of Pascagoula. This is a.
i should be, and by far the flares
way 10 handle the problem. Re
alization of the program will Civ,
pascagoula the finest recreation
al facilities of any city in tn,
state. We think that the voter
should support the bond issue an,
believe that they win.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01

mics who forced this war upon
you. These souvenirs are en-
veloped with heartaches and
drenched with tears.
How long this tragic depot
stays in business is up to you.
Every second prolongs the
slaughter. Every extra 500 War
Bond in the Sixth War Loan
helps to shorten the fighting. Can
you do less than to lend your
money for speedy victory
THE EDITOR.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-07-08

The Mt. Nebo Circle met at the
home of Mrs. Sadie Perkins. 1902
Hill street, on Friday evening at
4 pm. The president, Mrs. Adkins
reports a very successful meeting.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-07-08
A GREAT CREDO
By Ruth Taylor

10 me there was one moment at the Negro Newspaper
publishers Convention that high in all the
VentonS / have recently attended
1t was the reading of the Credo for the Negro Press
written by F. Bernard Young Jr of the Journal and Guide
There was only one thing didn't like about i-and that
was specified that this credo for the Negro Press
wish Mr. Young had confined it group but had
made apply to all newspapers is good be restrict
ed.
While the Credo designed yardstck for EDITORS
there are great phrases contained it which should be
credo for aWhether they be leaders owers-who
trying to bring about the fullest expression Of democracy
daily life.
81 shall be Crusader, but will not permit my fervor
cardinals of joras) of accuracy fairness and OBJECTIVE
ty Imagine what would be the effectiveness power
tighter who was trpped up by his preudices
shall be ever guard that will not forget the great
est good for the greatest number while seeking deserving
benefits for those small disadvantaged by denias of them
A leader who is mindful the controversy
the needs OF ALL leader who win not only rights but
acceptance and good will for his followers
Il cannot deny overlook my peoples vices and short
comng Neither will permit their virtues and good attri-
bueS to be hidden denied To be too proud ab
TAR to minimize the good too just to allow dsparagement
OF group because of individual bespeaks that inner
pose which is the hall mark of the who has thought
things through
Il will knowing say (prnt) nothing with malice nor
permit the exploitation of people Columns by self seek
and petty preudces to be courageous to accept aid
from those who movated only by self interest be
sure of the Brightness of ones soop malicious talk
that is yardStlck for any leader and for people,
This great credo Would that all could be worthy
Of it!