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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
B0nd-A-MOnth Drive

BOnd-A-MOnth Drive
Public opinion polls reveal the ma
jority of Americans today are gravely
concerned with security, in a world that
never seemed so insecure.
Insecurity is nothing new but we are
better informed of the fix we're in
than our forefathers ever were and we
have one petrifying problem they never
had: the atom bomb. That highest
achievement of inventive genius has us
scared stiff, away down inside.
World problems, national problems,
economic problems fill the air, the
printed page, and soul of the bewilder-
ed citizen with unanswered questions
and unease He turns the page and
takes his choice among the predic-
tons; he turns the knob and samples
the gloomcasters. When he should be
digesting his supper he hears voices
chanting 80. initiation -. deflation .
higher prices go. higher wages .
labor -. management the Rus
slams -. the peace . And always
that bomb hangs over his head, though
he tries to forget it.
A sense of basic insecurity more
disturbing than he ever felt before is
sending many a backslider back to
church, where newcomers overflow the
pews and sit on chairs borrowed from
the Sunday school room. 1t seems that
economic mar does not live by bread
alone.
The amount of spare cash that is
going into savings bonds is an indi-
Gator of the concern with security
among tens Of millions of Americans
who are able to save something despite
the cost of living. Payroll Savings for
bonds, the Treasury informs US, is on
the upturn since January. Last year
redemptions of E bonds exceeded sales
by 1857 million. In the first four months
Of this year individuals have put well
over $500 million more into E bonds
than they have cashed and now have
SD billion stored up in them. Since the
wars end, thanks to healthy sales and
declining redemptions, the value of all
savings bonds outstanding has in
creased 10 per cent, and now amounts
to $51 billion, of which about $44
billion worth is held by individuals. Not
many would have forecast this upward
trend after VJ-Day.
The Treasury is now conducting an
other of it's peacetime campaigns to
sell more savings bonds to more pepole
as a vital part of wise management of
the national debt. Last year more than
$27 million worth of advertising space
and air time was donated by the press.
radio and other media, or sponsored bv
their advertisers, to promote bond
sales. This newspaper and many of it's
advertisers are cooperating to spread
the Treaury's sound advice to build for
security through Savings Bonds.
Regularity is the key to successful
saving. To the Payroll Savings Plan,
made available to wage and salary
earners by most of the larger firms
since 1941, is added another way to
buy bonds regularly and automaticallv:
the Bond-a-Month plan, now offered bv
many banks. The depositor signs a
card authorizing the bank to deliver IN
him monthly a bond or bonds. charoino
his checking account with the purchase
price. This will be boon to millions to
whom the payroll plan is not available.
small business operators, farmers. nro.
fessional and other self-employed. per.
sons particularly.
Whether you buy savings bonds
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
The Book OF KNOWLEDGE
(Department-FAMILAR THINGS)
THE STORY IN A TEACUP


Nobody a say with certainly
when tea was first used, but it
was known to the Chinese more
than five hundred years before
Christ was born. More than a
thousand years ago, the custom
Of tea-drinking had become so
popular that the first of a long
series of taxes was imposed on
the article. But the custom con-
tinued to spread all over China
and Japan. During the 18th century
it was introduced into Western
Europe, and from there it was
brought to America by the British
settlers.
Eearly in the 10Th century, the
British East Indies Company be-
gan to encourage the cultivation
of tea in India, and today a great
deal of the tea that is imported
by Great Britain and North Ameri-
ca comes from India and Ceylon,
though some of it comes from
SAililo, OAllloco, Java anu 1SOt4A
Africa.
The tea plant is really an ever
green tree which if allowed to
grow, would be as tall as a maple
tree, but in order to get many
small. tender leaves it is kept
trimmed so that it forms a bush
about four feet high. These bushes
are ready to be picked when they
are about four years old. Then
the pickers 60 along the row
with their baskets, picking only
the bud and the first four leaves
from each branch. Since new
leaves are always coming out, the
picking goes on all during the
growing season.
Each Of these leaves has a
name. In China the bud and the
first tiny leaf are called gunpowd-
er. and the other leaves are called,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02

where you work or where you bank or
lust stop at the post office whenever
you can, you are taking a safe, sure
route toward financial security and
helping build economic stability for the
nation-which means for all Americans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-02
Star Dust

Small But Important
One of those small but important
matters that has been overlooked
in the proper and salutary practice
OF calling most of our so-called TO-
reign loans, grants, or relief ap-
preparations by the name, invest
ments. They are investments in
democracy and if wisely administ-
cred and not unwisely skimped will
pay dividends in both peace and
dollars. - Lynchburg (Va.) News
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
Start ewsreel Pays Honor
To Hugh MacRae's Vision

the project, for after a compre-
hensive survey it was found that
Italians were more skilled in di-
versified farming than any other
group.
When the families arrived to
clear the land and plant the crops,
MacRae had built homes for them
and stocked them with food. The
colony was named St. Helena in
honor of the Queen of Italy.
As time went by, the county be-
gan to prosper until today it is one
of the most outstanding farm COM
munities of its kind.
Though Italians no longer domi-
nate St. Helena, the spirit which
inspired the original settlers is
still a motivating force among the
40 farmers of different nationalities
there now. o
Peter Katalinich, one of the
many prosperous farmers in the
area today, when interviewed by
Ben Mcdonald, paid tribute to
MasRae and his foresight and eff
forts il the development of st.
Helena.
St. Helena today, in proportion
to its area in the county, pays
more than it's share of taxes, it was
stated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
TIMOTHY WELLS

Funeral services for Timothy
Hill Wells, merchant Of Watha,
who died in James Walker Me-
mortal Hospital Saturday morn
ing after a short illness will be
conducted from the chapel OF
Andrews Mortuary Monday after
noon at 3 o'clock by Rev. P. L.
Clark, pastor of Burgaw Presby-
terian Church, assisted by Dr.. E.
D. Witherspoon. Interment will
follow in Oakdale cemetery.
He is survived by n daughter,
Miss Lois Hill Wells of Watha and
Meredith college, and one sister,
Mrs. Matte V. Lanier of Whining
ton, and several nieces and neph.
ews. Pallbearers will be honor.
airy: Dr.. W. 1. Taylor, ST., Dr.. w.
l. Taylor, >Jr., DR.. Joseph w.
Hooper. DR.. J. F. Robertson, Leon
H. Corbett, Hugh Walker, w. j.
Marshburn, Grover Wells, M. v.
Rivenbark and E. H. Wells. Ac.
tive, all nephews of Mr.. Wells,
will be: Cleveland Bowden, j. T.
Wells, W. Gay Wells, Rodney
Pierce, B. w. Pierce, ]. c. Pierce.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
Radio Programs
WMFD Wilmington - 400 KC

6:3o-'Daybreak in the Barnyard"
7:00-"Southlane Echoes
7:15-"Top of the Morning"
7:30-"Musical Clock
7:55-"North Carolina Highlights'
S:OO-News with Martin Agronsky
s:15-''Your Round the Town Re
porter"
8:20-'Musical Clock
8:25-"Your Sunshine Hour
8:40-.'NBC Musical Reveille"
8:55-"UP News"
9:0O-The Breakfast Club with Don
Mcneil
10:0O-My True Story
10:45-"March of Dimes Program"
10 :25-Hymns of all Churches
IL :00-Breakfast in Hollywood - Tom
Breneman
11:3O-The Hollywood Story
11:45-Ted Malone
12:0O-"Noon Day Musical'
- :30-At Your REQUEST
1:0O-Baukhage Talking
1:15-"Musical Interlude''
1:25-"Round the Town Reporter"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
INNOCENT PLEA
ENTERED BY SON
1birteen-Y ear-Old Charged
with Manslaughter In
Fathers Death

POLAND, Me-, Jan. rs N9 =
t,41e Gene Anderson, 10, charged
.;tb manslaughter in the baseball
..t bludgeoning Of his father, was
,sck home today with his mother
whom he loves more than any
thing else"
The 47-pound, three feet, IL inch
.,ll hjeh school freshman had
No. o. innocent entered in his be-
LII when he was arraigned EARL
or in Auburn Municipal court and
i. was placed in his mothers
custodv pending a continued hear
ins, Jan. 80.
Sheriff Louis A. Gendron re.
,,orted the boy signed a statement
p.vins he struck his father. "Theo.
lore 43 when the latter assault.
- his mother in their camp home
Thursday.
Anderson, assistant caretaker at
Mo Burroughs Newsboy Foun.
Sstjon camp, Agassiz Village, died
yesterday in a hospital of a ftac-
tured skull.
"u l hadn't hit him, it would
AVE been my mother,' the boy
t,ld newsmen. I'm a way Pm sor-
~ and in a way I'm not" he
lid struggling to hold back
ts.rs Il had to defend my moth
~ 7 1--we her more than anything
else"
In court with Gene we're his
r,other Marion 80. and his sister,
liam. is. Another sister, Judith. is
four.
Declining to discuss t h e affair
with newsme., Mrs Anderson an
.vered the question, DO you
tbink YOUR son did the right thing
II protecting your" by saying:
II don't know"
Chief Deputy Sheriff Maurice LIE
Clair said the Andersons gave him
the following account of the TRACE
dy:
Anderson began drinking Tues
day. On Thursday, he began
tearing things apart" Demanding
something to eat, he dragged Mrs.
Anderson from a chair by her
hair and began to beat her. Joan
plesded FOR him to stop. He
grabbed Joan's hair and slapped
her face.
Hearing the commotion, Gene
tame from a bedroom with a
baseball bat. hit his father on the
Mead and fled to the home of a
neighbor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
MARINES JAILED
IN CRASH HERE
Wreck AT Greenfield Leads
To Arrest OF Pair; One
Injured

W. A. Newston, 17-year-old Cher
ry Point Marine, was being held
in the New Hanover county Jail
on a charge of reckless operation
OF an automobile with injury, lar
ceny and damage to property fol-
lowing a wreck at Greenfield Spill
way on Third street early yeSter-
day morning.
A companion, c. H. Mcclure, al
so of Cherry Point, was released
to Marine Corps authorities late
yesterday after emergency treat
ment at James Walker Memorial
hospital for injuries received in
the crash.
Newston told police that he and
Mcclure stole a 1912 Ford in New
Bern Saturday and headed for
Wilmington. Early yesterday, he
said. he stopped the a at a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27

1:30-"WMFD's Concert of the Air
2:00-"Home on the Land"
2:l5-"Ethel and Albert"
2:30-Bride and Groom
3:00-Ladies be Seated
3:30-Mental Health Program
3:45-Hollywood Studio Tour
4;00-Tommy Bartlett Show
4:30-'Let's Danes"
5:o0-Terry and the Pirates
5:15-"Sky King
5:30-'Lone Ranger"
6:00-Kiernan's Corner
6:15-'North Carolina Highlights"N
6:20-"Musical Interlude'
6:25-"Round the Town Reporter
6:30-"Columbia Record Shop
7:oo-Headline Edition
T:15-"Reed's Presents"
7:2o-"Evening Request Program
8:15-"Carolina P1ayboys'
8:30-New Adventures Of Sherlocl
Holmes
9:00-cark Venture
$4,000 You want to Lead a Band
IO:oO-Doctors Talk it Over
1o:15-Joe Mooney Quartet
lo:3o-Fantasy in Melody
l0 :4o-Eafl Goodwin News
IL :00-News of Tomorrow
11:15@Joe Hassel
II :30-Gems for Thought
l1;5o-Hotel Pa. Orchestra.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27

A salute to a dream of agricul-
tural expansion that came true in
Fender country through the eff
forts of Hugh MacRae, colonizer Of
st. Helena, was made yesterday
over WMFD on the Sunday Star
News-reel.
The program, written and direct
ed by Ben Mcdonald. Round-the-
ToWn-Reporter for the Star News,
was a Naturalization Of the origin
and development of st. Helena,
which through the foresight and eff
forts of Hugh MacRae, today offers
one of the most productive and fer
tile farming areas in the south
west.
The colony OF St. Helena had its
beginning in 1905, when MacRae,
realizing the value of diversified
farming, visioned the development
Of that part of Southeast North
Carolina as a farming area. At his
expense, seven Italian families
were brought from the Italian city
of Rigigiero, a city where a crime
had not been committed in 40(
years.
The families were secured
through the efforts of a represent,
tative, sent at MacRae's expense
Italian families were secured fol
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27

Monkey Junction filling station and
told the operator to put some gaso-
line in the tank.
AS soon as this was done, he
continued, he and Mcclure jumped
in the a and left without paying
for the fuel. D. M. Roper, sation
operator, then gave chase to the
driven by the Marines. which
was headed for Carolina Beach.
Newston said he then turned the
auto around and drove back to-
ward the city at a speed of 81
miles per hour. Failing to make
the curve at the spillway, the cal
hit several road signs, a power
line pole and then ended UP against
a tree after having dragged the
pole for a distance of IS feet. The
car was demolished in the crash,
police reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
EXPLOSION HITS
MONTGOMERY GAS
Supply Begins To Trickle
Back After Blast Damages
Mains

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Jan. 26.
-tP-Gas began tn ckling back
into Montgomery Saturday after a
day-long interruption Of service
caused by an explosion which
ripped out the main line into the
city and left most of the 122, 900
residents without heating and
cooking facilities.
The Alabama Gas Company an
nounced that partial service had
been restored to st. MarSAret's
hospital and would BE put Back
into four other privately-owned
hospitals shortly.
Officials said efforts were Being
made to speed gas to downtown
eating places 80 the people can
have somewhere to eat" They
added that it would be sometime
tomorrow before service is restor-
ed fully.
Power failures we're occurring
throughout the city tonight. Off
Gals Of the Alabama Power Com
pany said it apparently was due
TO overlooking Of electric lines BY
use of electric appliances for
cooking and heating.
The blast, of undetermined ORR
gin, severed a l0-inch line near
the company's s~ub-statioh at CHS
holm. The station was demolish-
ed. No one was hurt.
A company official said each Of
the 14,500 meters-some serving
-four or five families or scores Of
persons in a hotel or hospital -
would have to be shut off and each
outlet checked before service
could be restored.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
d. M. MEEKINS

Funeral services for Donnie
Mack Meekins, 73-year-old resident
Of WinnaboW, who died Thursday
after a short illness, were conduct
ed from the Lebanon Baptist
church Saturday afternoon, The
Rev. Woodrow w. Robbins official
ed and interment followed in the
church cemetery.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Nora Meekins, of WlnnaboW.
Nine daughters: Mrs. Paul Lewis,
Mrs. H. j. Simmons, Mrs. Archie
Sellers, Miss Leona Meekins, all
of Winnabow. Mrs. Benton Dean,
of Dillon, S. c., Mrs. W. H.. H.
Buffkin, Tabor City. Mrs. Taft
Strickland, Loris, S. c., Mrs,
Joseph Hayes, Cerro Gordo, and
Mrs. C. B. Lowe of Wilmington.
Four sons; Frank Meekins, Lave
View, S. c.. Ernest Meekins,
Laurel Hill. Oakley LMeekins, Dill:
lon, S. c., and Boyd Meekins Of
Winnabow. One sister also sur
wives, Mrs. John Fenger Of Char
lotte.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
MONDAY. JANUARY ~

H"y Ia Vhh
MONDAY, JANUARY ~
5~:45-Front Page Farrell. Serial - nbc
Treasury Bandstand, Continued chs
Tennessee Jed Repeat at 6:45) abe
Dick Tracy With Repeat abc-west
Tom Mix repeated at 6:45) - mbs
Buck Rogers in Repeat mbs-west
s :oO-News Report for IS Minis. - nbc
Quincy Howe and News Period - chs
No Network Shows Il h. abc-east
Terry Serial in Repeat - abc-west
Hop Harrigan in Repeat - mbs-West
6:15-American S%erenade; Sports - nbc
In My Opinion, a Discussion - chs
Repeat by the Sky King abc-west
Repeat from Superman - mbs-west
6:3o-Red Barber & Sports Time - chs
Jack Armstrong in Repeat - abc-west
Capt. Midnight in Repeat - mbs-west
6:45-Lowell Thomas & Newscast -'nbc
World News with Commentary chs
7:00-Radio's Supper Club nbc-basic
Mystery Drama for the Week - chs
News Commentary & Overseas - abe
Fulton Lewis, Jr. in Comment - mbs
T:l5-News & Comment of World nbc
Jack Smith and Series for Song - chs
Elmer Davis and Commentary abe
Dancing Music Orchestra - mbs-basic
~ 1llOCIL C I1GI oOI1E - nDC
Bob Hawk Quiz tRepeat 10:30l - chs
Dancing Music Half Hour - other chs
Lone Rangers Drama of West - abe
Henry J. Taylor in Comment - mbs
7:45-Kaltenborn and Comment nbc
Bill Brandt IN Sports Comment - mbs
8:00-America Cavalcade Drama - nbc
Tuner oahctum. Mystery Drama - chs
Lum and Abner Comedy Skit - abr
McGarry & His Mouse. Drama mhs
8:15-John Paris and His Song abr
8:30-Howard Barlow & Concert nbc
Joan Davis in Comedy Variety chs
Sherlock Holmes in a Drama ~ abe
The Casebook of Gregory Hood mbs
6:oo-Five Minutes News Period - chs
9:o0-Voorhees Concert & Guest nbc
Radio Theater, Dramatic Hour - chs
Dark Venture. Dramatic Series abc
Gabriel Heater and Comment mbs
g:lo-Re9l Life Drama Series mbs
9:30-Benny Goodman. Vic Borse - nhc
Sammy Hayes Band Program - abe
Guy Lombardo and Orchestra mbs
l0:oo-Contented Concert Orches. nbe
screen Guild Players and Guest - chs
Doctors Talking Things Over abe
Fishing and Hunting Club mbs
l0:l5-The Joe Mooney Quartet - abe
I. @. and His Quiz Show - nbc
Sweeney & March Comedy - cbs-basic
Fantasy in Melody, a Concert = abe
Broadway Talks Back to Critics mbs
II :0o-News for Is Minutes - nbc-basic
The Supper Club Repeat - nbc-wes,
News, Variety. Dancing 2 h. - cbs-abc
News and Dance Band Hour abe
News, Dance Band Shows, 2 h. mbs
11:15-News, Variety, Dance to l nbc
12:00-Dance Con. Il h. - abc-West only
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
MEETING CALLED

The Young Adult Sub-District
fellowship will meet tonight at
8 o'clock in the Fifth Avenue
Methodist church, according 10
Mrs. Mildred Duncan, ptesi-
dent. All young adults Of the
Methodist churches throughout
tfak city are invited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
TODAY
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imperialism Of u own. or en-
tangled in a conflict for the domi-
nation of the world.
There is no use pretending that
this is an easy thing to do. That Is
obvious from the angry debates
between the "appeasers" and the
Observation-Disclosures those who
think there is no real conflict and
those who think it is an irrecon-
cilable conflict. Yet as a matter of
fact there is no reason as yet for
accepting the idea that we must
choose one or the other horn of
this dilemma. There is good ground
for believing that if American
power and influence are used wise
ly they can be effective.
Where does wisdom begin? 1t
begins i'll these matters, 1 venture
to think, with the ability to dis
tinguish between power and influ-
ence, and to conduct diplomatic
policy accordingly. A failure to
bear this distinction in mind can
lead only to the most dangerous
confusion. For the contest with
the Soviet Union and with Com
munism, only power can check
power, only influence can check
influence. Where our object is to
check the advance of the Red
Army, or to reduce it, only the
presence of equal Or superior force
can be counted upon to convince
the Soviet government. But where
our object is to check the advance
of Communist parties, that are not
based upon the Red Army, the
only effective measures are those
which support governments that
can win and hold the confidence OF
their own people:
This is a dual policy. 1t differs
from that of the so-called ap-
peasers in.that it calls for the use
of American military power as an
instrument of diplomacy at any
point where the Soviet govern
ment threatens to enlarge it's mill
tary orbit. This means of main
tenance of the armies of occu-
patton in Germany and in Austria,
the presence of American forces
to guarantee that the line will be
held on the Italian border, on the
Greek border, at the Dardanelles
and in Turkey and in Iran, and IN
the Far East.
But it differs also from the
policy of those who would organize
an anti-Soviet coalition, combln-
ing with any government or any
faction in any country which is
or says it is, opposed to Com,
munism. For this policy would
commit us to support the very
people whose corruption an re
action a~lietlates the masses of the
people everywhere, and make!
them hospitable to Communis
propaganda. In the contest witt
the Soviet Union, the corrupt ane
the reactionary are not an asset
They are a liability. They car
contribute nothing to our power il
dealing with the Soviet govern
ment. For they cannot enlist thu
support of their own people. Ant
they diminish our influence. Fol
they make us apologists connivins
at the very evil forces that we say
we oppose.
This, in %generalized form, is
as | read his report on China
the conclusion which Genera
Marshall came to after prolonged
and direct experience with the
actual problem in one Of the great
unsettled areas of the world. The
conclusion does not apply to China
alone.
Copyright, 1s47, New York Tribune, Inc.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
Briefs
NAMED TO CAST

Mary Cameron Dixon and
Sally Margaret Johnston, STU
dents at East Carolina Teach
ers College, are members Of
the cast of John Van Du-ten's
Il Remember Mama" which
will be presented by the Chi
Pi players of the college on
February 20 and March l in
Greenville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
M. TODD

TABOR CITY, Jan. 2%e.-samuel
NJ. Todd of Route 8, Tabor City,
died in the James Walker Memo.
rial hospital, at 5 o'clock Friday
afternoon. Funeral services were
held at the Old Zion Methodist
church Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock, with Rev. Hardwick Of
ficiating.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
MOSCOW MAKES
A COMEBACK

Moscow, where the Big
F'our's foreign ministers will
meet in March to draft the
German peace treaty, seems
to be making some progress
toward a return to prewar
conditions. These photos, from
Soviet sources, show peacetime
highlights there.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27

Top: Huge Hotel Moscow is
a blaze of lights at night. Far
beyond means Of average Rus
sian, palatial hosiery will
probably house many notables
of Big Four foreign ministers
encourage.
Center: In Russian version
of swing band, drummer is
evidently "top man." This Mos
COW night club outfit Is COM
plete even to crOoner in fore
ground.
Left: Autos are a scarce lux
ury for the ordinary Comrade
Ivan, but Russians who do own
them have to cope with traffic
cops, even as you and you.
This one tagged down motorist
to examine his papers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
LARRY 1. MOORE

NEW BERN, Jan. %. - Larry
l. Moore, rs, Dean and President
of the Craven County Bar and a
former District solicitor and State
Senator, died Saturday at a local
hospital where he had been -ecelv-
ing treatment for the last four
months. He had been in failing
health for two years. .
The fun e was held at 4
o'clock Sunday afternoon from the
home by the Rev. Charles Williams,
rector Of Christ Episcopal church.
Interment followed here in Cedar
Grove cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
MRS. NELLIE SMITH MITCHELL

Funeral services were held from
the Hayes Chapel in Garner Sun
day at 8 p. m. for Mrs. Nellie
Smith Mitchell, SO, widow of Simon
H. Mitchell, who died at the home
of her daughter in Greensboro Fri
daV.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
Obituaries
MRS. ANNIE B. HIGHSMITH
.+z.M.

Funeral services for Mrs. An
ME B. Highsmith, 90, of Burgaw,
who died Saturday at the home
of her nephew, H. D. Mcmillan
OF Teachey, were C 0 n d u C t e d
from the Centenary Church at 2:3O
o'clock Sunday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27

The howl Of the wolt WAS AZ
familiar to the ears Of pioneers on
the eastern seaboard, and as fear
some, as it was later to those Of
ranchers in the West.