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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-31
SENTENCED
TO W YEARS ON
COUNTY ROADS

Two years on the county road
was the sentence handed Donald
Parsley, Greenville Sound youth,
yesterday in Recorders court, FOR
using vile language to a woman
on the telephone.
Mike Hall, husband of the wom-
an, testified that the youth had
telephoned his wife upon several
occasions and that Monday night
she arranged to meat him when
he telephoned. That date resulted
in the youths arrest. Parsley ap-
pealed to Superior Court and Judge
Winfield Smith set his bond at
81, 1000.
R. J. Summerell was ordered to
make restitution in the amount Of
sos on worthless checks he was
alleged to have passed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Wilmington Library Source
OF Pleasure To Bookworms

addition to the ladies' fashion
magazines there are copies OF
Miss America, which is written
for the teen-age crowd.
At present many OF the visitors
in the library are students from
the college center, who have long
reading lists to complete during
their courses. They use the card
catalog to find their books with
out the necessary aid of the Ii
brarians. -...
The North Carolina collection:
and many old editions I highly
priced publications of the library
These books are of utmost inter
est to writer's and others engaged
in research.
In addition to the 4,277 books
which were checked out las
month many other editions and
magazines were perused by visit
ors in the library.
In short the library is a source
of satisfaction for inquisitive anc
curious minds both young and old
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23

to Pamico county. In 1887, he was
transferred from the post he had
served IS years. !
In his job, Galphin has been
called in on about all type farm
ing work. As he puts it, every
thing from measuring a ditch to
assisting in child birth"
As county agent, Galphin sup
piled the serum to bring an cpl
demic of hog cholera under con-
troll recently, after the county vet
erinarian had refused the Job. He
was instrumental in bringing pris-
oners of war to this county to
work on farms, and he assisted
the farmers, during the war, to
obtain gas, tires, new tractors and
cars, and farm equipment He
teaches new techniques of plant
ing, assisting with the procure
ment OF new and special seeds
for experimental purposes, and
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Soon To Complete
10 Years Service In Area

+oo deep. and ruined the whole
That incident taught him that ne
didn't know all there was to know
shout the business, and made him
determined to learn. The next
fine he came home on vacation,
he took the mules and plow out
Sin the morning. and plowed TILL
the sun hit the tree tops.
"I thought that sun would never
sink down ay lower. and when it
did disappear, I went to the house,
ate supper AID Immediately went
to bed. Shortest night ! ever
spent" he declared.
The next morning, sore and still
tired, Calphin hitched the pillow
and mule, to start another day,
regardless of his fathers urging,
to take a lighter job that day.
From then on, h e plowed and
plowed, every summer, until he
learned how it should be done.
Galphin's grandfather died dur
ing his senior year at Clemson,
and his aunts wanted him to come
home and take over their share
of the farm. After graduation, he
did this, and farmed their land
until his father died shortly after.
This gave him the responsibility
Of all the acreage, and he devoted
10 years to tending the homestead.
At the time Of his acceptance OF
duties at home, he was offered
several jobs that would have given
him a better chance to further his
career, but due to conditions al
home, he could not accept.
He later turned the job over te
a brother who needed the work t.
give him the outdoor life thai
would bring him back to gooe
health.
It was at this time, that he &C.
cepted the job of county agent il
Pamico county.
); During his term OF county agen'
in that district, Galphin had hi.
life's path changed when he met
Miss Margaret Calvin, Lincolnton
Georgia. who was teaching schoo
in Alliance. Galphin met Miss Cal
vim in 1924 and married her il
July, 1927.
It was at this time that Ga1phir
was sent to Europe to study the
cooperative plans. The farmers o:
the Pamico district supplied the
necessary funds, and Galphir
stayed two months. visiting Den
mark, Germany, Holland, Bel.
GUM, France, and England. The
conditions he found did not i'm,
press him, as the te%chnicipes en-
ployed in the cooperative efforts
between farmers could not be ap'
piled to American agriculture.
methods. Those countries are bas-
ically consumers and the Ameri-
can farmers work toward export
ing. he says.
Following the European inspec-
ton tour, Gtalphin went to Dur.
ham in 1881 to organize the Pro
ducers Mutual Exchange. This or
%ganization is now known as the
Farms Cooperative Exchange.
Galphin acted as general mana
ger and continued with the ex-
change until September, 1888,
when he returned as county agent
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
TEACHERS TO AID
FOREIGN SISTERS
National Congress OF Par
.nts And Teachers Start
Assistance Program

CHICAGO. March %. (P) -
A program designed to provide
1000 teachers in war devastated
countries with the essential sup
niles to reopen classrooms was
announced today by the National
Congress of Parents a n d Teach
srs.
Under the pan, 5000 kits will
he filled with supplies sufficient
to meet tt e personal and class
room needs of that many teachers
for a year. The kits will be as
.embled by the Consress'state
boards, district councils. study
oro,1ps and local associations and
shinped through facilities OF tn e
American Junior Red Cross
The Congress said gift ooxes OF
school and health items prevl-
mlslv had been sent to students
in w~ar-torn lands b ut added 1t
ha1ioved this was the first Amerl-
a : sponsored project to help
teachers.
Under the plan. any PTA group
wishing to fill a kit will. through
the president Of its state congress,
notify the national congress and
ooree to supply new materials
Conforming to a list of Al items
Items designated for the kits to
not include books. However, they
a wide range of other neces-
sites such as chalk pencils
nsper. pen points, powdered ink
combs, soap, needles, pins, tooth,
brushes, razors and blades cold
cream, towels. wash cloths mar
nins. darning needles, socks,
cloves. sweaters an1 thread.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
BY DAVID
Star-NewS Staff Writer

~
Richard Wells Galphin, VINO has
served the farmers Of this area
for almost 10 years, has endeared
himself to these men with the con-
scientious attitude he exhibits in
assisting the 'tillers of the. soil'
in their agricultural and everyday
difficulties.
Galphin came to Wilmington in
August of 1897, to take the job Of
county agent, after he had been
transferred, by the state, from
Pamico county, where he had
served as agent for Is years.
To the farmers, a county agent
that is willing to work for the good
Of the people he serves, is a well
thought of man. Galphin has prov
ed that he could gain the friend
ship and cooperation Of tn e
farmer. by his record in Pamico
and New Hanover Counties. In
Pamico, when he was ordered to
leave, after his IS year sojourn
there, the people of the area sent
two petitions to Raleigh, asking
that he not be transferred.
When asked about his duties,
| Galphin was rather dubious about
If himself. IT couldn't tell you
everything, cause there's so much
involved" I have done everything,
with and for the farmer, in his
life span. There's no part OF his
duties or life that I haven't parti-
cipated in"
Richard Galphin was born il
Wells, on August 4, 1892. AS he
says, cit was 400 years and one
DAY after Columbus sailed from
Palas, Spain to discover Ameri
ca"
He attended the Carson public
school and graduated when he
was Is years old.
Galphin's father was a Bapts
minister, and he had hopes o. hi
son becoming a minister or teach
er, but the son was headstronE
and independent. College was
problem to the family, Is the nee
essary funds to attend the schoo
was unavailable.
In a discussion with his father
Richard Galphin was allowed hi
choice of schools. providing tina
he obtain a scholarship for tuition
The summer he graduated from
public school, he stood competi
tive examinations in Orangeburg
S. c. and came out second high
est, winning a scholarship.
Electrical engineering was hi
choice of a career, but the schoo
of his choice, Clemson, was I'm
able to give an engineering course
on a scholarship. This presented
somewhat Of an obstacle to Gal
phin, but he chose agriculture
having lived on a farm all his life.
and studied this subject for foul
years, obtaining his degree anc
graduating with honors.
During his college years, Gal
phin came home to the farm il
the summer vacation periods. ano
practiced his chosen career by
lending a hand in the work.
1t was during just such a time,
with the urge to pillow. that Gal
! phin plowed five acres Of corr
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
By OTIS
Star-NeWs Staff Writer

The Wilmington public library
to many Wilmingtonians means
only a place where they go to
check books in and out with nc
thought of lingering to explore its
shelves for special enj oyments.
But 10 others the library means
a place of u~nbounded knowledge
and a source Of great entertain
ment. On it's shelves are books
and magazines to interest all. The
variety is SO wide that everyone
is able to find at least one book
or publication of particular charm
to his own mind.
A vision of the historian or edu-
Gator. extremely interested IN re-
search, is seen by many as the
bookWorms most fond OF the Il
brary, yet quite a different type
of visitor is actually found in the
room. Sitting around at the tables
OR before the big bright windows
are children, bobby soers, stu
dents, housewives, businessmen
and many other Wilmiagtonians.
With its wide variety of current
publications. ranging from Clean
ings in Bee Culture to Philately
til" stamp collectors magazine
to .Ioose from, the library has
special appeals for the banker.
artist, musician, writer, photogra'
pher as well as the average citi
zen.
Sportsm-a take great delight ii
the numerous magazines on the
shelves devoted to the activities
Included among these and of spe
cial interest to residents of the
Port City are issues of a motor
boating magazine.
For the young bobby-soxers If
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23

obtains information in agriculture
for the benefit of farmers.
Galphin said that he enjoyed his
work because he likes farming so
well, and he likes Wilmington. The
people here have shown that they
can be c%onsiderate and coopera-
tive, and the pleasure of having
to be associated with the many
farmers and other men that he
1lnds 1t necessary to deal with,
has been all his and will continue
to be, he declares.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
KEEPS CAMPAIGN PROMISE

HARRINGTON, Tex. W.H- r. ).
Kroeger, who campaigned with
no idea of personal gain" lived
up to his promise when he was
elected mayor of Harrington. He
asked that his salary be reduced
from s., 400 to 81 a year. The city
commissioners compromised on
5000 a year, the pay of a COM
missioner.
Celery knob, a new winter
vegetable, can be found in many
markets. It is another root vege-
table with mild, celery-like
taste, and can be cooked Or used
raw in vegetables.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Quick Relief from
Pile Irritation

40 years ago a Buffalo druggist
created an ointment for relief from
the itching and smarting Of Piles.
It brought such quick cooling,
fame spread throughout the coun-
Ary. and made Peterson's ONT
soothing, astringent relief that its
nent a favorite in thousands of
homes. Ask your druggist for a
l5c box Of Peterson's Ointment
Today. or Coo tube with a%pplicator.
Honey back if you are not delight
Id with relief
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Well, Well, Well .
He Fell In A Well

HICKORY, March 22.-P)-Os
wald Wagner. 81, of Conover es-
eaped with cuts and bruises when
he plunged head-first into a fifty
foot abandoned we'll here today.
Wagner. employe of a gas COM
pany, was crawling under the floor
OF a local residence when the
weight of his body broke through
planks covering the well. He was
rescued by fellow workers by use
Of a rope.
The well was dry. Wagner said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
SUNDAY, MARCH q n.

Triple A office warned in
ment today. III a sts!a
fed Inc af farmers t5a;e So who have been
cluded in tie warnins are not il,
producers proaue r whose acreage 'c dod many
exceed 20 acres have a. ooes not
u uolty of to get in on the pr prie 9pp .r
port program provided tbav I'VE Sup,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Warning Issued Farmers
By Columbus Farm Agent

TABOR CITY, March 22.- Pro.
ducers Of Irish potatoes have until
April l to qualify for price support
under the government purchase
the Columbus county
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
A UP PROFITS

n,e CITY ug-ws.
announced asts ' he w sH bootleg o1'3s.. 5.aa,:,
business to resume his s't old t4s
Ciem Reed thought it was bSaeFt
OF the current crackdo W. o 0@eGau'.
leggers. But the man On ooot.
Its because I've been eA 5s55netd
too much Of my own st7, tt'nAa3
It'll trieste, now under United :,
IONS control, was settled &c IA,
Evening star., 1947-05-20
Dishonest Car Riders

To the Editor of The Star:
There is one circumstance which has not
been mentioned in the esrecent discussion OF the
Capital Transit Co.'S fare boost
Several months ago had occasion to ride
the Benning street carline every night during
the rush hours. Nearly every time, at the In
tersection of North Capitol and H streets. num-
bers Of people would board the car by way OF
the rear entrance, thus avoiding having to pay
their fare The operators of course. could do
nothing about it, since the cars would be too
crowded for them to see what was happening.
I mentioned this to one Of the starters and
was told that the company was aware OF this
practice and nothing could be done about 1t.
But why can nothing be done about 1t? Esti-
mating the number Of streetcars passing this
one intersection during a two-hour period at
40 or so, then estimating the number OF free
ride chislers at three or four per car "a con-
servative estinate) 1t can be seen that the COM
pany must lose quite substantial amount In
this way.
Would 1t not be simple matter for the
company to post an employe at such an inter
section to prevent this practice? Is 1t within
the Jurisdiction of the Police Department? Or
does the Capital Transit Co. consider that the
easiest solution Is simply to let these chiselers
ride free and put the added expense on those
Of its patrons who make a practice Of being
honest? LOUISE 3. THOMAS.
Evening star., 1947-05-20

French petit deJeuner OF cOHee, pread ana
jam, and sardines in the living room while we
talked military strategy and North Africa.
What could not tell Mast. and had to be
extremely careful not to reveal by any slip
of the tongue. was that TORCH Operation,
or anything like 1t had actually gotten any
where beyond the planning stage-and this
with the leading elements of our armada
actually at sea. could not tell him why North
Africa had been selected for the f1rst American
offensive in the war.
Farley Held In Previous July.
The history of this was that in the previous
July, with two American divisions already IN
Northern Ireland and one in England, Pres
ident Roosevelt had sent Gen. Marshall, Ad-
miral King, Harry Hopkins, Steve Early and
others to London for a conference in which
they were to specifically demand that United
States troops get into battle during 1912. The
group met at Claridge's for two days OF fan
tastic discussions.
The United States proposed that, together
with the British, we mount cross-channel
operation on the Cherbourg peninsula in the
fall of 1912. I was supposed to command the
American element of this expedition and there
was so much heat on it that we had already
sent radios to Washington outlining equipment
and special units which would be needed,
when the British Cabinet turned It down cold.
Ike and went to Chequers and the Prime
Minister kept saying over and over again, mo.
it isn't France, North Africa is the place"
The Mediterranean seemed to be increasingly
important We wanted to get the pressure on
the British 9Th Army by striking at Rommel's
rear.
In tindsight the original TORCH landings
were not daring enough. We could have gotten
away with following Gen. Mast's SUGGESTION OF
striking deep into Tunisia and In so doing
might have saved a lot of time and overland
fighting.
was very impressed with Gen. Masts sim
cerity He certainly sold me on the tdea that
he was entirely at our disposal and would do
everything possible to help us carry out an
operation which to him was only hope.
Later when things got hot, Gen. Mast de-
livered all the goods he had promised Us. y
Evening star., 1947-05-20
Peace Should Be Inevitable

Although full of between-the-lin
horror, the authoritative Rosebury-Kabat
report on germ warfare probably is largely
outdated by more frightful possibilities
developed since it was first written.
Released now with the Governments
permission, the report-which lists thirty
three different diseases as likely military
weapons-covers findings only up to 1912.
It does not touch upon anything done in
the field during the past five years. The
fact is-or at least there is good reason
to believe so-that our scientists, working
with the Army and Navy, have discovered
even deadlier potentialities in more effec
tive germs and poisons,
Thus, 1t is instructive to recall that as
recently as last fall General Alden H.
Watt, chief of the Arny's Chemical Corps,
substantially confirmed report that the
United States had developed poison
potentially as terrible as the atomic bomb,
and possibly more terrible. He suggested
that this toxin might remain only a
scientific curiosity" but in the same
breath he acknowledged that it approx
imated the fantastic strength ascribed to
1t by Dr.. Gerald Wendt-a strength SO
tremendous that an ounce of the substance
could conceivably destroy 180000,000
human beings.
In fact, there have been many other
official and semioff1cial hints Of terrible
meteorological and biological developments
beyond those cited in the Rosebury-Kabat
report. The burden of these hints-refer-
ences to mass destruction weapons other
than the A-bomb-has been that any
nation with test tubes and brains can wage
war with germs and that the only real
protection against such warfare Is lasting
peace. All this, of course, is wholly apart
from the atom. The atomic field, as
Glenn L. Martin has just reminded every
body, involves more than the bomb. When
we think of It, we have to think; too, Of
such fearsome possibilities as radioactive
clouds let loose, without explosions to
spread multitudinous death and lingering
corrosion over vast areas.
The picture thus adds up to one indicat-
ing that modern war is at last at the point
of becoming humanity unendurable. With
meteorological and atomic weapons, armed
conflict now can mean death and destruc-
ton on such gigantic scale that there
can be no victory for any one, but only
defeat for all. Indeed, given no-quarter
struggle, given sufficient madness among
peoples and governments, two-thirds or
more of mankind, II not mankind In its
entirety, could be literally wiped out.
We have been hearing great deal about
the inevitability of another war. But the
Evening star., 1947-05-20


coded the message correctly with great rellei.
There was nothing to do but stick 1t OUT.
NV feeling of working against time was oy no
means allayed by the knowledge that on TINS
day some units of the TORCH Operation
under Gen. Patton were actually on tner
way from the United States.
AS darkness approached, I speculated upon
what would happen that night. We surfaced
as soon as it was fully dark; but there was no
light showing from the shore. At 1880 l
turned in.
Feyerish Activity on Submarine.
At u midnight, they called me to say light
was showing from the shore. There was fever
ish activity on the submarine getting the small
boats on deck as the craft pulled shoreward
To within bare two miles from the surf. Ihe
embarkation was calm and pretty well organ
lied.
We approached the beach In formation;
julius Holmes and Livingstone ahead. nay
boat and the others waited about zoo YARDS
of shore until, through the darkness over the
feathery surf, we saw the letter *" nashed
by a flash light-the signal that the nrst boat
had made 1t ashore and all was well We 1ol-
lowed, making it pretty dry through quite
moderate surf.
There was a steep bluff at the other side OF
the beach. 1t was covered with SCRUB Vegeta-
ton and knotty olive trees and, on this dark
night looked just plain black. We rushed 1or
the cover of this darkness, carrying our boats
and gear.
Just as we reached the edge OF the blum,
Bob Murphy and his French associates came
down. No one showed any light. Murphy SAID,
welcome to North Africa,
I had had speech all figured out for prompt.
and what I hoped dramatic delivery in French.
I was going to say Lafayette, nous sommes
arrives pour lie deuxieme fois" What really
did was to puff with relief from the exertion OF
clambering over the beach and say I'm damn
glad we made It,"
Arab Servants Sent Away.
We climbed quickly up a steep and stony pain
over the bluff to the house This was rather
tynical French colonial villa OF red-roofed
white stone built around courtyard, with
the main highway to Algiers only 80 yards
away. It's owner, M Tessier, had sent MS
Arab servants away 50 that we would be un-
disturbed and unreported. 1t was this act
which brought the police to search the mouse
next day. The servants were suspicious ana
told the Cherchel authorities
The house was pretty messy by our standards
and 1t certainly was not very Impressive
setting for conference Of any sort.
Gen. Mast and his staff were not yet there
when we reached the house and we were 1oio
bv his representatives that they could not ar
rive until almost am, coming by car from
Algiers some so miles away.
Tessier took me to an upstairs oeoroom
where an unkempt and much-used bed was
Evening star., 1947-05-20
Brook Sonq

The brook that slept through ptnter
months nofn. tells
Its dreams In little blue and stlver trebles,
Tumbltng erctted lyrics oUer pebbles,
It hardly takes breath betaoeen the bells
OF sound cascading through the naeadotc's
= heart.
The piHosos listen as they tcdrm their
long
BroDn fingers In the sun, and find the
song
Familiar as lullaby IN part.
But recognize netU choruses TOR Uhen
was there spring as beautiful as this,
Unless tt tDas the spring OF Genesis?
The sufllows nod, and listening again,
Seem satisfied to proio along such streams
that count them friends and share their
pleasant dreams.
CCSETTE MIDDLETON.