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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-10
START MOVEMENT
OF CANTAL0UPES
BY THOMPSON GREENWOOD
Agriculture Dept. Editor

RALEIGH, July H. The
movement Of cantaloupes from
North Carolina to Northern mar
kets should reach heavy volume
by the latter part of next week,
Harry T. Westcott, marketing spe-
cialist with the state department
of agriculture, reported today.
In pointing to the need for proper
grading, packing, and shipping
Westcott declared that on the big
Washington, D. c., market last
week North Carolina-grown size As
cantaloupes brought 81 to $3.50
while the same size melons from
other areas commanded only $3.50
per crate.
"This is evidence that our can
taloupes are being properly har-
vested and marketed", Westcott
added.
He said that maturity is the most
important factor in determining
the price producers receive for
their cantaloupes, adding that
growers should pull their melons
at tae proper stage. Picking time
is best indicated by the change in
ground color; and another indica-
ton Of readiness for marketing is
the stem. Westcott said if the stem
separates from the cantaloupe and
leaves clean scar, the canta1oupe
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Obituaries
JOHN NAPIER SPAVEN

Funeral services for John Napier
Spaven, 48, who died at his resi-
dence, 9 South Seventh street, Sat.
urday after short illness, will be
held from Yopp funeral home to-
day at 5 pm. by the Rev. W. S.
Wander Nicer. Interment will fol.
low in Oakdale cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Jes-
sic c. Spaven, of Raleigh; and
one brother, George Spaven, of Va.
Active pallbearers will be Rufus
Williams, Thomas L. Bishop, Mar
desus c. Priest, J. S. L. Brown,
Leon M. Hall and John w. Groom.
Honorary pallbearers will include
A. E. Jones, L. D. Latter, DR.. J.
F. Robertson and George Conant.
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MRS. FANNIE M. PREVATTE

LUMBERTON, July 9 - Mrs.
Fannie Mclean Prevatte, 70, wild
ow of W. Joe Prevatte, former ma
yor of Lumberton, died Friday
night at the home of her son, Rich
ard M. Dick Prevatte.
She had been unconscious since
she suffered a stroke of paralysis
last February and prior to that
time she was a complete invalid
for seven years.
Mrs. P~evatte was born in Wa
gram, July II, 1865, the daughter
of the late Robert and Mary Blue
Mcmillan Mclean. She came to
Lumberton upon her marriage APP
I'll IA, 1891
Funeral services were held yes
terday from TIE First Baptist
church with which she had
served actively many years ago.
The pastor emeritus, DR.. c. H.
Durham of Lexington, was in
charge, assisted by the Rev. I. P.
Hedgepeth. Burial will be in the
Meadowbrook cemetery.
Surviving are two sons, Capt.
Joe Prevatte, with post engineers
Of the U. S. Army in Rome, Ca,
and Dick Prevatte of Lumberton;
one daughter, MS. A. R. Wilson Of
the Internal Revenue department
in Durham; one brother, M. H.
Mclean of Lumberton; a sister.
Mrs. Robert Lampley of Wades-
boro; four grandchildren, Dickie
Prevatte of Lumberton, Mrs. Floyd
Clark, Jr., Of Durham, Jeff B. Will
son of Biscoe and Al Wilson. radio
man first class, stationed in the
South Pacific with the Navy; and
two great-grandchild-en, Judy and
Jeff Wilson, Jr.
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should be moved from the field
before decay begins.

should be moved from the field
before decay begins.
Marketing experts who study the
sale Of cantaloupes point out that
immature melons not only de-
crease appreciably the sale value
OF that particular lot, but affect
future sales of all melons. Con-
sequently, Westcott said. producers
should not be too eager to move
them off their hands"
But the careful handling of the
product from the field to the re-
tail store is also important, for
bruises materially affect the quail
ty of the melons.
Westcott said that the state de-
partment of agriculture now has
enc specialist in the Laurinburg
area working with the growers, adj
vising them when to pick and how
to pack their cantaloupes. There
are also six federal-state inspectors
in that section inspecting and GER
tifying the melons as to general
condition before they begin their
rapid movement from the collec-
ton point to DINING tables through
out the land.
Although no price ceiling is now
in effect on Catalogues, depart
ment officials have been informed
that one will be established within
the next two weeks.
AS to watermelons, the first
movement to terminal markets is
expected to get underway today in
shipments to follow in the Eden
ton-Currituck section the latter par
of the week.
Westcott said that the ceiling for
watermelons is $35 per ton.
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
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MRS. ANNIE MAE BASS

WHITEVILLE, July 9-Mrs. An
ME Mae Bass, IS, of the New Hope
section of Columbus county died
Friday morning at Bakers hospi-
tai in Lunberton after an illness
of about three weeks.
She is survived by her husband,
two sons, William Chester and
Howard; two daughters, Dorothy
and Helen Bass; two brothers, B.
E. Mobiles of High Point and W. w.
Mobiles of Caadbourn; two sisters,
Mrs. A. F. Buffkin of Whiteville
and Mrs. M. D. Beck of Chadbourn.
Funeral services were at New
Hope Baptist church with the Rev.
]. FGaddy, pastor officiating.
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Burlington's Labor
Situation Is Easier

RALEIGH, July 9-R-The Bur.
lington labor market has been re.
duced from group two to group
three classification because of
Haveling off of labor needs, the
state war manpower commission
announced today. 1t was the only
area changed in the July CLASH
cation.
New Bern and Wilmington re-
main III group one, areas of criti-
cal shortages, Asheville, Charlotte
and Winston-Salem Greensboro
remain in group two, areas Of
labor shortages or those expect
ing shortages in six months; and
Burlington joined the Raleigh =
Durham area in group three, areas
in which slight labor SURPRISES
exist or are expected; and Rocky
Mount Wilson remain in group
four, along with the remainder Of
North Carolina which is unclassi.
fled.
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STATES BANKERS
OPEN CONFERENCE

CHAPEL HILL, July 9 - R -
North Carolina bankers will open
their eighth annual conference to-
morrow with a discussion of wal
and postwar conditions, problems
duties and responsibilities in bank
ing and finance. The conference
will continue through Friday aft
ernoon.
Raymond Rodgers, professor Of
banking at New York university,
will speak at the opening session
on "What's Ahead of Banking?"
Discussions will be led by Will
liam G. F. Price, vice president
of the American National Bank
and Trust company of Chicago;
James E. Baum, deputy manager
of the American Bankers Associ-
alton and secretary of its insur-
ance committee; Donald S. Thomp-
son. chief, decision of research and
statistics, Federal Deposit insur-
ance corporation, of Washington;
DR.. William A. Irwin, education
al director of the American insti-
tute of banking; and J. Herbert
Waldrop of Greenville.
Among the dinner speakers will
be w. ]. Hinston, peacetime head
of the British institute of banking,
now the British information serv-
ice in Washington, on Tuesday,:
Thomas C. Boushall, president of
the Morris Plan Bonk of Rich
mond, and Manley Stockton,
Southern Regional manager for the
Hartford Fire Insurance company,
on Wednesday,; and DR.. Irwin, on
Thursday.
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ROBERT C. LAWRENCE

LUMBERTON, July 9EFuneral
services for Robert GABRIELLE Law
renee, 81, off Lumberton, for many
years a well known lawyer in
North Carolina, were conducted
from the First Baptist church Sat-
ucday afternoon by the pastor en-
eritus, DR.. C. H. Durham of Lex
ington, and the Rev. I. P. Hedge
peth.
Mr.. Lawrence died in a Raleigh
hospital Friday morning after hav-
ing suffered a heart attack a few
day before. He had been in all
health since 1881 when he retired
from law practice.
He was a graduate of Wake For
est college and practiced with the
late Col. John w. Hinsdale in Ra-
leigh before coming to Lumberton
in 1903. Here he formed a law
partnership with the late Stephen
Mcintyre, which firm was Joined
alter by the late James D. Proctor
Upon the death of Mr.. Mcintyre
in 1926, former Judge L. r. Verser
became the senior member.
Since his retirement Mr.. Law
renee has spent much time in writ
ing and was the author of two
books, Here in Carolina" and
Estate of Robson" He was born
in Raleigh, February 7, 1877, son
of the late Virginius Davenport
Lawrence and Mary Lawrence
Fort.
He was married in 1902 to the
former Miss Emma Norwood.
daughter of Judge William l.. Nor
wood, of Waynesville. She sur
wives with three daughters, Mrs. G.
Butler Thompson of Norfolk, Va,
Mrs. Joseph Genovese of Lumber
ton and Mrs. William T. Maddry of
Mobile, Ala, and four grandchil-
dren, Robert Lawrence and Nor
wood Buckner Maddry and Ann
Lawrence and Valverde Norwood
Genovese.
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POLICE GUARD POLICE

NEW YORK, July s-R-
As the result of a game Of cops
and robbers, the police guard
ed the police in New York's big
central office tonight.
Cash and War bonds were
stolen from the chief inspec-
tors office last weekend. It's
still a mystery, but today a
special guard was assigned to
the north wing of the first floor
corridor of the bureau of oper-
ations of the police department
and all persons entering or
leaving the building were
questioned.
A cash box containing S402.75
in currency and war bonds with
a maturity value of $3.50 was
stolen from an unlocked, open
safe in the inspectors office
last Thursday. Police Commits
sioner Valentine attributed it to
"a dishonest employee"
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WITH SERVICE GROUP

Pvt. Russell c. Williams, Jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs Russell c. Will
iams, of 314 North 18th ST., has been
assigned to service group at the
Oklahoma City air depot, Tinker
Field, Okla. Prior to entering serv-
ice, Private Williams was employ
ed by the North Carolina Shipbuild-
ing company.
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CHARLES A, FOWLER

TABOR CITY,July 9.-Charles A.
Fowler, Sc, died at Mcleod mfr,
mary, Florence, S. c., at 9 o'clock
Sunday morning.
Services will be held at his form.
er home at 4 o'clock Monday after.
noon, with the Rev. Winthrop Da-
Wis, pastor of Mt. Tabor Baptist
church, officiating. Interment will
follow in private cemetery.
Mr.. Fowler is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. F. T. Fits and
Mrs. W. H. Stephens OF this com
munity, and Mrs. ]. L. Hinston
Of Whiteville; two sons. Levi Fowl
err of Whitevil1e, and Hartford
Fowler, of Tabor City, and one Sis
ter, Mrs. Almary Spivey of White
vile,
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TAKE BASIC TRAINING

Pvt. William E. Bate of Alb RED
Cross street, and Pvt. Samuel D.
Driggers, Jr., of 604 Dock street
have been assigned to the Army
Service Forces Training Center al
Camp Plauche for basic military
training. After six weeks of basic
work, they will receive nine weeks
of specialized training to fit them
for duty with the Transportation
Corps, which is charged with the
mission of transporting men and
war materials to theaters of opera
tons throughout the world.
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GRANTED MEMBERSHIP

RALEIGH, July g. R- State
College has been granted academic
membership in the American Gear
Manufacturers Association, Prof
essor T. C. Brown Of the Depart
ment of Mechanical Engineering
said today. It.. is the sixteenth edu-,
cational institution in the nation,
he said, to receive his honovt
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MONDAY, JULY 10, 1914
BY F. H. JETER

1IANHATTEN, Kan. July 9 =
RS hot out here on these Kansa
n1ains but there ie a dry wint
rhich blows almost continuousl,
and thus the heat is made some
that bearable.
For a week, representatives from
mo editorial offices of Land Gran
colleges in 81 different states have
oeen meeting here at the Kansa:
State college in an effort to learr
something of Cuc mutual problems
il, rendering assistance in the fooo
noduction and food conservation
movement during the war emer
eencv. 1t has been an interesting
conference.
The college was kind enough
10 arrange for us to hold our meet
iags in a club house. high on a hill
overlooking the little college town
Ct Manhattan. Here we have talked
together and have had officials oil
the government and of the local
college to discuss our problems
with uc.
One of the most interesting per.
sons of those taking part in the
Program has been Milton Eisen-
hover brother to the famous Gen.
Dwight Eisenhower, and presi-
dent of the local college.
Milton went to north Africa short
" after it had been wrested from
the control of the Germans and he
found some interesting facts in re-
gard to food. AS the Army goes
forward into German-controlled
territory, it must see that the civil
Ian population is fed.
The Army has an appropriation
of around 100 million dollars to use
tol this purpose and while it does
not hand out the food in the soup
kitchen style, it does try to feed
the people or to stimulate local
iced production and distribution un-
I'll it is feasible for the United
Nations Relief administration or
the local government to take over
As the Allies go along, this
supplying of food is going to cost
more and more money and our
Teople are not going to like it very
much unless they know the facts.
President Eisenhower said. But
hungry people can cause lots Of
trouble to the Army and they will
be led to follow the next foolish
dictator who will promise them
focd This would mean that we
would again lose the peace for
which we are fighting such a ghast-
ly and costly war.
There are 4 nations associated
together in the UNRA. Before the
war the peoples of Europe were
getting about 1900 calories of food
a day, UNRA aims to supply about
1000 calories a day and if the
countries can be satisfied with this,
the job can be done.
In helping to supply this food.
the Allies are accepting the farm
ing conditions of a given section as
they lind them and are not trying
any decided reforms.
They had plenty of trouble with
TINS in the early days after north
Africa was conquered. The people
mere were willing to ship food to
france but they found that the
Germans were taking it as fast as
tney shipped it, so they stopped
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C. CHALMER MCLEAN

GREENSBORO, July S-VhNC.
Caalmer Mclean, SO, widely known
throughout the state in fraternal
circles and since 1881, deputy clerk
of the superior court Of Guilford
county, died yesterday at his
home here. He had been critically
i'll for several months. He was
past chancellor of the grand lodge,
Knights of Pythias, and was for
many years active in state circles
of the Travellers Protective Associ-
alto
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RESCUED

LONDON, July 9 -R-Buried
four days under the debris of a
billet wrecked by a flying bomb,
Sgt. Emory Barefoot, "a, of vi
emma, Ca, was rescued without
suffering any serious effects from
his ordeal, it was disclosed today
He lay imprisoned without food
for IS hours, protected by beams
(which collapsed into a tent-like
position over him and held back
the great weight of the wreckage.
-V
Japan's largest and best devel-
oped coal mines are at. Chikuho.
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PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN

Marine 1t. Michael Mosteller of
300 Colonial Dr., has been promot-
ed to the rank of captain, it was
announced in Washington by the
United States Marine Corps.
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AIN here With the dedication of the
~ Philco Relay Transmiter Mt Rose N j. the first Teev
sion Network linking Philadelphia New York and Schenectady
actual operation today Now Phdephians enjoy clear
ton programs York through their local Phlco e
Thus the first step has been taken through which
you will be able eventually witness events home that take
place thousands of miles away .. BY eevsi0n!
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TO Ask Ruling

could be reached for statements
relative to whether Negroes in the
Armed Services would be permit
ted 10 vote in the primary and
general elections free OF poll tax
and without having to register.
SECTION Is CONFUSING
In one section of the bill these
lines in Section Is, will be asked to
be clarified, spokesman for the Ne
gro delegation said Friday: ut
shall be the duty of the County
Registrars in any PR I M r Y
ELECTION held by any political
party for the nomination of candi-
dates for the Office of Governor,
State House officers, members Of
Congress, u. S. Senators, Judges
of Superior Courts, Justices of the
the Supreme Court, Judges of the
Court of Appeals, Solicitors Gene
raj, and the members of the Gene
raj Assembly, to furnish to any
member of the MILITARY who is
a REGISTERED AND QUALIFI-
ED VOTER and who is a MEM
Der OF THE POLITICAL
PARTY HOLDING THE SAID
PRIMARY a ballot for the use OF
the military voter who is a MEM
Der OF THE SAID POLITICAL
PARTY IN CASTING HIS VOTE
IN THE SAID PRIMARY ELEC-
TON"
In the event a statement is not
made by the governor or any OF
the other sponsors of the measure
stating whether the bill in it's in
tent includes Negroes in the
Armed Services voting just as
whites in the Service and are resi-
dents of Georgia, there will be an
attempt made by the delegations
at work to have an Interpretation
made by the State War Ballot
Commission, which the bill says
will be Governor Arnall, State
Senate President Frank Gross;
Speaker of the House Roy v. Har-
ris; Acknowledgement T. Grady
Head and Secretary of State Frank
Wilson, which said Commission Is
authorized and empowered to make
any and all provisions and regula-
lions necessary to effectuate the
operation of this Act and to CO.
operate with federal authorities in
facilitating and expediting the
handling of registration and bal
loting by military voters
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
1.-THE said War Ballot Commits
sion, the measure states, is also
directed to cooperate with State,
County and political party officials
in all matters relating to the re-
gistration and voting of members
Of the MILITARY in ELECTIONS
and PARTY PRIMARIES"
The War Ballot Commission,
Spokesman Harper, Attorney Wal
den and Scott, officers of NAACP
officers of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, which body has had The
leading part in these approaches,
will further be asked to interpret
this part in the measure in Section
18-"THE SAID COMMISSION is
ALSO EMPOW Erred AND
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AUTHORIZED TO SETTLE AND
DETERMINE I ALL QUESTIONS
OF LAW, PROCEDURE AND RE-
GULATION GOVERNING THE
REGISTRATION AND VOTING
OF PERSONS IN THE MILL
TARY," which has been construed
|, as meaning all OF the Armed Serv-
ice personnel, but Intended in The
measure to mean white only in re-
gard to the primary election.
All persons who have aided this
effort to have written into the bill
provisions which will allow Negroes
in the Armed Forces the same
rights and privileges as the whites
in the Service by appearing at the
the capitol in person by the use
of their names in appeals, and by
sending personal kilograms to the
governor and others sponsoring
the measure are thanked and
congratulated fer the part they
have played SO far in paving the
way for. some type OF action in be-
half of those Negroes who are risk
ing their lives in Hell holes, before
death fires and In other dangerous
missions.
AS a public service to the thou
sands of readers of this publication
the measure in it's entirety will be
published in the WORLDS Sun
day edition. 1t is asked that all
Atlantans and friends will read it
carefully, pass it on to others to
read, and urge that others whom
they meet will read this important
bill which has vital bearing upon
the future of the Negro of Georgia
in and out of the service as far as
the exercise of their franchise is
concerned.
FIRST TO PASS ACT
Georgia goes on record as beirg
the first state in the union to make
it less difficult for the enlisted
personnel of the Armed Forces to
vote when on Friday morning the
Senate passed the measure, follow
ing the measure, following the
Houses passage of the bill We'd
nesday afternoon.
Putting the finishing touches to
the measure at noon Friday was
Governor Arnall, who placed his
"Jchn Hancock" on it, after both
bodies of the Georgia General As
f'Sembly, called an extraordinary
session for this specific purpose,
had passed this bill without single
dissenting vote. The Assembly had
been in session here in the State
Capitol since last Monday noon to
consider the Arnall-sponSOred
measure
APPEALS ARE HERE
This is the appeal sent by the
NAACP, and below it may be found
the letter sent these state leaders
Atlanta Daily WORLD:
of the General Assembly by the
I'm order to enhance the morale
of Negroes participating in the
armed services from Georgia, we
respectfully request that you will
amend the pending soldier vote
measure SO as to permit all men,
bers of the armed SCI vices to vote
in all primaries as well as general
elections.
Without such an amendment to
the pending soldier vote bill very
large proportion of Georgians serv-
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ing their country will be effectual-
~ deprived OF the right to partici-
pate In the government which they
are defending with their lives on
the battlefields of the world
There Is no disc7imina ton in the
sacrifice which every member Of
the armed services Is required to
make for his country and there
should be no discrimination In the
right to participate in the determi-
nation of the kind of government
for which he may have to die"
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questions regarding voting by per-
sons in the military services, ac-
cording TO a statement made Fri
day by G. l.. Harper, president of
the local branch Of the NAACP;
c. A. Scott, Vice President and
Chairman of the Public Affairs
Committee and A. r. Walden,
Chairman of the Legal Redress
Committee.
Earlier this week several leaders,
Of the NAACP and the Atlanta
Daily WORLD made attempts to
reach Governor Arnall and other
leaders of the General Assembly,
for statements on the bill and its
relationship to Negroes of Georgia
in the service, who number more
than 10000. The effort proved flu
tile as none vi .sle hills sponsors
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former coach of Tougaloo College.
now Secretary and General Man
ager of the Security life Insurance
Co.
Mr. Williams left the city Nom
day for the family home III Gu1d7
on, ARK.
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not satisfied. 6oc and $I.oo. get C-2z29.
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Mother OF Duke
Williams Passes

Word was received here early
Monday Morning of the death of
Mrs. Ella Williams, the mother of
Mr.. Walter H. Duke" Williams.