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Smyrna times., 1947-06-19
RONALD NOWLAND
Improve Our Community


(The following essay was the sec
ond prize winner in the Lions Clul
sponsored essay contest on "Ways
of Improving the Community In
Which I Live.")
This community could stand
a good overhaulingl
First, I suggest cleaning
the streets and repairing the
pavements.
Improvement of the pave
ments would not only make
walking easier and safer for
the citizens of this commun-
ity, but it would also add to
the beauty of the town. In
some places tree roots have
grown under the sidewalks
and have broken the cement.
This has made the sidewalks
very uneven and dangerous to
walk on.
Cleaner streets would defin-
itely be an improvement to
our community. Taxes are
paid by the citizens of the
town for men to clean the
streets and pavements. How
ever, these men do not always
do the job they were hired to
do. 1t has been a long, long
time since | have seen the
sweeper being used to clean
the streets. Too much work
to it, I guess. Waste baskets
placed along the sidewalks for
the people to throw waste
paper and so forth into would
do away with a lot of the
waste now being thrown into
the cutters.
I find that some Of the
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of guaranteed loan at any time
within 10 years after the end of
World War II. In the case of real
estate loans, the amount guaran-
teed by the Veterans Administra-
tion cannot exceed $4,000.
Smyrna times., 1947-06-19
Improving our Community
In Which We Live

Como was a great help to oul
community. However, there is
still need of more improve
ments. / have some suggest
ions, one of which is a safe
place for bathers to check
their money, jewelry, and
clothes before going in swim.
ming. Another suggestion
would be to have a high div
ing board as well as a low one
for those who can and like to
dive. And another thing
would be to sell the food just
a little cheaper.
If the town could find an
out-of-the-way location for
the disposing of rubbish, peo-
pie entering and leaving
Smyrna would have a better
impression of our town. A
good place to put the rubbish
would be in one of the sand
pits, that isn't of much more
good, on the other side of
Duck Creek. A more salts
factory disposal of sewerage
would be another improve
ment to the community. The
present method of just piping
the sewerage so that it runs
out into the creek is not salts
factory.
In case of a very large fire
the engines that we have
aren't able to be of much help
if there isn't any water near
by, as they would have to go
back and forth to refill the en-
gines. A water wagon is def
initely needed for the preven-
tion of fires in and around the
community.
Next, we should have more
clean places to go to eat. The
one really popular lunch and
snack place in town is usually
so crowded that you have to
wait a long time to get any
thing to eat.
We need more places of rec
reation. Everyone blames us
for acting the way
we do. They call us juvenile
delinquents, just because we
want to have a little fun. A
person can't stay home all the
time. If he does, he just isn't
normal. Well, he'll go to the
one night; the next
there isn't anything to do, you
have seen the movies so you
don't want to go there again.
You would go up to Glenn's,
but you go there so much that
you get tired going there.
j. G, WALKER
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Then someone decides that i
would be fun to get eight o.
nine, maybe ten kids together
to go bowling. There is prob
ably only one car, and every
one will get into it to go tt
Dover or some other place tt
find a bowling alley. This, Of
course, is very dangerous, be.
cause if there were an acci.
dent, it is very likely that sew
eral would be injured or pos.
sibly killed. It's bad to think
of things like this, but they
happen all the time.
1t would be much simpler
and safer if the people of oul
community would sponsor OF
back up the building of a rec.
reation hall. 1t would serve
the old as well as the young
people.
If the people of Smyrna can
support two liquor stores
they could certainly support
one good, wholesome recrea.
tion center!
In this building there could
be games of all kinds and
maybe a snack bar, so the
young people could spend the
whole evening there instead
of having to go out some.
where else to get something
to eat and drink. There coulo
be a bowling alley and other
enjoyable things in it too. II
would also be a good place fol
different community meetings
and a place for holiday parties
for the young people.
This town and community
has in it's part always made
good of a large project when
it was started, and I think a
recreation center could be
built in the same manner.
Another thing I have seen
and I think it is very danger
ous is the riding of bicycles
on the sidewalks. The persons
riding the bicycles could very
easily run over someone or
knock someone down and hurt
him, and that wouldn't be any
fun. So, I think that bicycles
should be ridden in the streets
out of the way of cars.
Another thing this COM
munity should have is more
Things to draw the interest OF
the citizens together for a
more social time. There could
be plays, and more frequent
happenings in the school to
bring the people together, to
make this a more sociable
community.
We have a pretty good COM
munity, but with some of the
improvements that I have
mentioned, it would be a lot
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Trinity Church, Clayton

Trinity P. E. Church, Clayton,
announces the service of evening
prayer and sermon for Sunday
night, June %, at 7:30 PM. Those
who have no church home are
cordially invited to worship with
us at this time.
Smyrna times., 1947-06-19
EPISCOPAL CHURCH NEWS

st. Peters p. e. Church Services
Announced For Week
st. Peters P. E. Church, Smyr-
ma, Rev. Paul Hebberger, rector,
announces the following services
for Sunday, June %: 500 AM,
Holy Communion; $50 AM, Church
School; IL AM, morning prayer
and sermon.
Smyrna times., 1947-06-19
Wesleyan Methodist Church

Rev. Joseph Kephart, pastor of
the Wesleyan Methodist Church,
announces the following services
for the week: Prayer meeting
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26

Virgins was asked about his
educational background by the
Judge, who asked him what was
the capital of Alabama. He
answered Montgomery, but
when asked what was the CAPT.
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WATSON SURE
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better position to meet these
problems through policies OF q
more pei. ,nent nature than
we have ever devised 4ol wing
the other wars, because for the
first time in history we h-7e an
instrument in the form of the
United Nations of which practi-
cally all countries of, the world
are members. It is only natural
that there will be many differ
ences of opinion the develop
ment Of plans for the future"
.-ees No War
Regardless of this, I feel that
the representatives of all the
countries in the United Nations
realize their individual respon-
sibilities Ito the organization
which is Sc. up to provide sound
and fair economic and political
policies that will maintain world
peace-at least to the extent tl.at
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26

we can feel confident of not hav.
ing another world war.
"In my judgment, these result:
can be accomplished if the poll
cies are fair to all countries re
CARELESS of size or political i'm
p~ortance. I feel that the United
States has proved to the world
our interest in helping people
everywhere.
II am confident that the Uni
ted Nations organization will
chart the road to peace, but this
road will have to be repaired
and broadened and extended,
generation after generation, to
keep it abreast of changing con
ditions throughout the world"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26

Fred Virgins, at a loss to find
words to. describe how ne shot
Miller, got off the witness stand
and tried to demonstrate how he
held the gun and the position of
the bed in the room.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26
TRUMAN RELEASES
Continued From Page One)

shipment by the United States,
there would still be a serious
gap between the minimum
needs of deficit countries and
the total of foodstuffs which
could be supplied" Thus, addi-
tional steps should be taken to
increase the amount of food
America can export.
S. Care must be taken, how
ever, ITO protect our own econ
omy and price structure
from the inflationary effects of
over-large exports. IA balance
must be struck which will call
for the shipment of the last food
calorie which can be provided
without undermining the ma
tons strength and effective
ness"
Beans, Peas, Fats
6. One thing which the United
States can do is ITO put more
emphasis on shipments of food
stuffs other than grain" - for
example, beans, peas, peanuts.
edible fats, raisins, dried
prunes, dry milk, and concen-
trated citrus juices. Sizeable
quantities of these commodities
will be available for export
from the United States, but the
substitution of them for grain is
hampered by the fact that they
cost very much more, per cal
orie Of food value, than grain.
In this connection, the report
said that grains would cost
from So to S. per 100, 900 cal
cries, whereas most of the sub
stitute foods range upward. in
cost from $40 to more than $50
per 100, 900 calories.
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FREEDOM TRAIN
CONTINUED From Page One)

gum and studying Columbus
letter on the discovery on
America.
Behind them, an. old man OF
obvious Italian extraction peer
ed at a document and remark
ed to "momma" in accented
English that it was good to be
an American.
AS the lines moved along the
carpeted corridors, a French
woman showed her two chill
dren the bill of rights, with a
full hearted pride because her
native land and her home OF
adoption both had had a hand
in it's spiritual authorship.
Next to her stood two colored
Children of high school age,
studying the original copy of
the emancipation amendment.
Opposite we're two impeccably
dressed business men, examining
the bay psalm book, used by
the original settlers. "Worth all
of $3.50, Co.," one said.
Women Excited
Just then an imperious look
ing elderly woman, who I'm
doubtedly traced her ancestry
to the Mayflower, grabbed her
companions ARM.
"Jane, give me my glasses,
quick" she said. "Here's the
music for the Star Spangled
Banner, my dear, just the way
Francis Scott Key wrote it."
In front of the parched re-
of Lincoln's Gettysburg
address a Chinese boy read to
his companion from the text,
World Will Little Note Or
Long Remember What We Say
Here"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26
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JURORS WEIGHING
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abortion or could bring in a
verdict of acquittal.
The jury deliberated from 5
pm. until 7:20 pm. when ii
requested that it be allowed to
continued its deliberations Fri
day morning.
Seagle Pleads
Clarence w. Seagle of Char
lotte and Tabor City has plead
ed nolo contendre to chrges Of
manslaughter and abortion IN
the death of Mrs. Anderson. He
is indicted jointly with Or.
Choate. Seagle was the princi-
pal witness for the State.
Seagle testified that DR..
Choate gave medicine to Mrs.
Anderson at his Sparta office.
which caused her to have an
abortion. He also testified Mrs.
Anderson died at an Elkin hotel
after she had taken medicine
given her by DR.. Choate.
Dr.. Choate, testifying in his
own behalf, denied giving nedi-
cine to Mrs. Anderson. He testi-
fled Seagle brought Mrs. Ander-
son to Sparta and that he saw
her while she was in a car.
said he was told she had
been taking narcotics and that
Seagle requested a "shot" for
her.
DR.. Choate introduced wit
nesses who testified he was at
other places on the time and
which Seag1e said he Wis
tied the Sparta physician with
Mrs. Anderson.
The skill of Etruscan dentists
between 700 and 100 B. c. was
0r,,,l1oJ for oop<,r;oe alton
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26

Latest reported dog bite vic
tim in Wilmington is Allen Dale
Eason, 105 Pinecrest parkway,
who told police yesterday he
was bitten by a dog belonging at
lis Pinecrest. \
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26

DIAL 2-S3l1 For Newspaper s...,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26

Judge Burgwyn had &c rep fo1
order when Virgins said in an
swer to a question, II just hauled
off and shot him."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26

Between 1910 and 1850 about
1000 clipper ships were in opera
ton, most of them controlled by
u. S. business men.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26
tai of North Carolina he replied,
1T think it's Charlotte"

read a section from an insurance
policy stating that if the insured
was killed by a highwayman or 6
burglar the beneficiary would be
paid.
Attorney in his plea sometimes
talked in a quiet voice and sud-
denly would burst out into a loud
shout. His coat sleeves pulled
over his elbows, he would pound
on the table in an effort to
stress his point. He accused So
licitor Carlyle of having a
newspaper field" day when the
case had to be postponed last
month.
Several times Stacy criticized
the newspapers for calling the
case a triangle" and said it
made good reading, but that he
did not approve the second
honeymoon" and other angles
printed by the papers.
Almost everyone in Rowland
signed a petition asking the
court for mercy on Mrs. Miller.
Attorney F. L. Adams read the
lengthy message.
Thomas Mcneil, a former So
licitor of the Ninth district took
a crack at the newspapermen
and photographers when he re-
marked to the judge that the
family of Mrs. Miller had suffer-
ed enough without a bunch of
photographers and newspaper
men jumping on them like a
bunch of buzzards." In fact only
one picture was taken of Mrs.
Miller, even if Mcneil told the
Judge that the flash bulbs were
flashing "all over the place"
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HICHLICHTS
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Continued From Page One)

extremely nervous, much more
so than his wife.
When court was called to order
and H. E. Stacy entered a plea
of nolo contendere. Solicitor F.
Ertel Carlyle then asked the
court to change the plea of Fred
Virgins to nolo contendere and
this was granted by Judge W. H
S. Burgwyn.
Solicitor Carlyle called his wit
nesses. The first to take the stand
was DR.. Stephen Mcintyre who
described David's wounds.
Mrs. Miller kept her eyes
trained on Fred Virgins, the
Negro, while he told how she
approached him and asked him
to shoot her husband. She appear
ed calm and Unconditional during
the cross examination of the
would be killer of her husband.
At the conclusion of Virgins
testimony Mrs. Miller was allow
ed to retire to the jury room
where she remained until the ex-
animation of witnesses and pleas
Of attorneys had been made. She
was not present when her hus-
band was cross-examined.
When she returned she again
took a seat beside her mother.
Mrs. Miller appeared to be in
much better physical condition
in the late afternoon than she
was when court convened at 2:3o
o'clock. Her eyes had cleared and
she looked straight ahead as
Judge Burgwyn went over the
facts in the case.
Mrs. Miller did not finch as
Judge Burgwyn sentenced Fred
Virgins to three to seven years
in state prison. When he sentenc-
ed her to four to eight years,
Mrs. Miller was Unconditional and
did not shed a tear until her
mother burst out into tears. Mary
Edna tried desperately to comfort
her mother and then she burst
into tears and was lead out of
the room.
Solicitor Carlyle broke down
the testimony of several of the
defense witnesses when the de-
tense attempted to show the
character of both Mr.. and Mrs.
Miller. His one question: did
you ever hear of any mental disc
turbances that Mrs. Miller had
until after her husband was
shot?" all of them answered they
had not.
Fred Virgins, at a loss to find
words to. describe how ne shot
Miller, got off the witness stand
and tried to demonstrate how he
held the gun and the position of
the bed in the room.
Judge Burgwyn had &c rap for
order when Virgins said in an
swer to a question, II just hauled
off and shot him."
Virgins was asked about his
educational background by the
Judge, who asked him what was
the capital of Alabama. He
answered Montgomery, but
when asked what was the CAPT.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26

The skill of Etruscan dentists
between 700 and 100 B. c. was
not equalled for centuries after
their time.
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See this unusual value at Fer
guson's graceful vanity
with swinging mirror, large
chest, full size bed and van
ity bench.
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To Investigate
Communism f,
Among Colored

Washington, D. c., Feb. - The
House Committee on Un-Ameri-
can Activities will inquire into the
activities of Communists among
colored peole in this country and
their infiltration into colored and
bi-racial organizations, pit was
learned last Friday.
Robert e. Stripping, chief in
vestigator for the committee, said
hearings will be held in about six
weeks and he expects to call six
key witnesses.
William O'Dell NOVEL; of De-
troit, who recently identified be-
fore the committee Gerhard Eisl-
er. one of the top-ranking Com
munists in this country, told the
committee that he would be avail
able to appear before it again at
any time he was wanted.
His testimony is believed o
have had weighty effect on the
committees decision to investi-
gate Communist activities among
colored people.
After he had identified photo
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Streamers conferreupon the reg
iment during national emergenci-
er, since it was first actived by
Act of Congress in 1869.
Streamers received by the re-
giment for service during World
War II were for the Northern
Solomons Campaign, form jan
uary to March, 1914; to Octor-
Der 1914, and for the New Guinea
Campaign, from October, 1914 to
March, 1886
Prior to World War II the 25th
had been awarded fur Battle Str
Gamers the Cmasche Streamer for
service in the Indion Campaigns,
1874 = 1880; Pine Ridge Camp
align, 1890 - 1891; Santiago
Streamsr, Spanish American
War, 1898,and the Luzon Stream
er for service on the Island of
the Philippine Archipelago, 1899
1900.
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II was placed In charge OF agi-
alton propaganda, NOVEL; replied.

II was placed In charge OF agi-
tation propaganda, NOVEL; replied.
subsequently, of course, I taught
school, directed education, Or
ganize dunions, Of course, to the
extent that there w ere unions in
those days, and later We organized
the National Negro Congress,
which is a front organization, and
headed the city wide factions of
the party to prepare the ground
work for that local chapter in
Detroit.
Mr.. NOVEL; testified that he
made two trips to Russia - the
firsttime in 1929 and again in
1884. On the first trip, he said,
he was only there month just
as a delegate. On his second trip
he stayed a year and four months
and was a student in the Inter-
national Lenin School in Moscow.
He said the expenses of the first
trip were paid by the central and
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in 1886. Sc gave as his reason dis
agreement with its policies in la
Dor organizations and that politi-
cally he saw that it was not what
it was cracked up to be.
$50 I disagreed while in Mos
sow and engaged there in long
political struggle with them, which
eventually led to my repudiating
the theories and a number of
practices that | didn't think were
in the best interests of this coun-
try, or any other country, labor, or
anyone else," he said. II couldn't
go along with that sort Of thing, So
/ dropped out
ITO what practical purpose did
you put the knowledge that you
gained in the Lenin School when
you returned to the United
States?'' asked Representative
Richard B. Vail, Republican, of
Illinois.
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local district committee, and the
second trip was financed by the
central committee If the Commu-
mist party in New York.
ANY part of your expenses on
either trip financed from the Com
intern in Moscow" asked Repre-
sentative John S. Wood, Demo-
crat of Georgia.
"Well, Of course, the Comintern
was furnishing all of the means,
| suppose, but - as a matter OF
fact. I know but it is rredited
to the sentral committee" he re-
piled.
what was toying to find out
is just row you get the funds
while in Moscow, just by what
avenue did you receive the funds?
persisted Mr.. Wood.
1--WE were paid by the Comm
tern while studying. We were CIV
en- fifty rubles a month, dormitory
and board" he replied.
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18th Infantry Re-
gilnent Awarded
StreanerS

Fort Benning, Georgia During
colorful ceremonies held on the
Sand Hill ParadeGround here last
week, the 25th Infantry Regiment
bp authority of the War De-
partment, was awarded three Bat
tie Streamers for distinguished
service against the enemy dur
ing World War II.
The awards fade a totalof seven
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harbors and rail functions are,
things of that kind, or did you
have occasion to observe what
knowledge the Soviet agents had
about thi scountry?" asked Karl
E. Mundt, Democrat, of South Da-
kota.
Eyes, they had full knowledge
of that" replied NOVEL;. 80 f
course. it was not widely discuss
ed. Delegates who shuttle back and
forth from this country to Russia,
trade-union delegates, and so on,
naturally make reports as to what
the entire situation is here. That
includes labor organizations, the
whole of the structure, economic
conditions. the technical, theolog-
ical facilities. But their specific
locations and the strategic mani
pulation was something that was
kept quite private. But such a file
is kept in Moscow
broke with the Communist arty
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graphs on several passports as
that of Eisler, who is being held
by federal authorities In N e w
York pending the filing of con-
tempt charges against him by the
House Un-American Activities
Committee, committee members
questioned Mr.. NOVEL; closely as
to Community activities in gener-
al in this country.
Mr.. Stripping asked him his o.
pinion, "as a prominent Commun-
list for a number of years" as to
the duties and functions of a reg
ular Communist party member
with respect to espionage activi-
ties.
"As art of our instructions,
when | pwas director of educa-
ton, in connection with the or
ganizational work of the arty, we
were instructed to secure all pos
sible information that would be
of advantage to the revolutionary
movement - armed forces, loca-
ton Of arsenals, strategic means
of control in a city, all about 9TH
er groups, labor and otherwise, to
get across to various offices and
officials, and through them to Sc
cure whatever information might
he desirable" he replied.
Gu fact. conspiracy and espion-
age was an important part of the
illegal operation" he added. THAT
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Mr.. Wood, who was interested
in Nowell's Georgia nativity, drew
from the witness the fact that he
was born in Monroe County, Geor-
gia, about forty miles from At
lanta.