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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-26
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MICHAEL J. MINTERN, Editor.
A Weekly Paper advocating the Rule
of God in the individual, In the Home,
in the State. in the Nation, and in the
World.
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throughout the City of Zion, as well aH
in Winthrop HnrbOr, Beach, Wads-
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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-26
TO OUR FOLKS ABROAD

Lear folks:
Peace be unto you at this
Thanksgiving time.
Psalm 1904 ENTER into
His gates with thanksgiv-
ing and into His courts
with praise: be thankful
unto Him and bless His
name, for the Lord is
good; His mercy is ever
lasting: and His truth en-
dureth to all generations"
Another year has swiftly
flown and we are preparing to
celebrate Thanksgiving day.
We in America have so much
to thank our God for. Then let
us assemble in His House to
praise and give thanks to Him.
We received a nice letter
today from Pearl and Marty
Barton of Arizona. Pearl is
better - she had the flu. They
are glad to hear that Deacon
S. II. DePew is much better.
He is greatly missed in the
Branch there and they're pray
ing for him, as we'll as others
on their list - Deacon Jason
Cook, Elder Donovan and Mrs.
Bessie Congdon. We know God
answers prayer and the power
OF God is just the same today,
no matter what the people say.
Also received a nice letter
from Mrs. George Studebaker.
They were glad to welcome
Overseer and Mrs. Robinson
back to Pasadena after their
trip to Zion.
Mrs. Ding, the former JOS
ephine Chaw and her husband
were at church last Sunday in
Pasadena, also Mrs. Hobbs,
Sr., attended the meeting.
When Mrs. N. T. Kesler and
Bertha move into their new
home they will be only six
blocks from the George Stu
debakers. That will be nice
for them.
Elsie Smelling Over and her
husband Albert and their fam
lily left Zion November 9Th by
car for Sierra Madre, Califor-
MA to make their home. They
arrived there last Friday. AL
bert is going into business with
his brother.
November 10Th in a little
church in Brewster, Ohio,
Charlotte Schott and Silas
Kutz will be married. Paul
Kutz, his twin brother will
drive his folks from Zion to at
tend the ceremony.
Friday, at 1880 P. M. at the
Methodist Church, Anna Cook
and Earle Mitchell were unit
ed in marriage by Overseer
Carl Q. Lee. Reception at Glen
Flora Club.
Monday, November 18th,
Mrs. Garfield McCulloch enter
tanned fifteen ladies at prefer
red dish lunch in honor of Mrs.
Stella Cakes birthday. A very
pleasant time was spent a.
round the table and social time
after. Nellie Cakes was a spec
ial guest.
Thursday, November goth,
Mrs. Pauline LaBelle entertain
ed our breakfast group at 9
a. m. We enjoyed meeting to-
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-26
THANKSGIVING SERVICE

Overseer Darms' subject for
the Thanksgiving Service will
be america, the Champion of
Liberty" Service begins at
$3.50 a. M, November 9th.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-26

FOR SALE Thanksgiving Bird alive
at Aiuppy's, 1909 w. goth St., Phone
PLAT. 765-11-Cont.
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BARGAIN PRICE TO SELL-Frig-
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sal Gas Range, 9x12 Administer Rug,
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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-11-26

Carpenter work, painting, roofing,
and siding. Phone 1916. Reinhold
Lubke. Cont
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14

to Uncle Joe's questioner. He was
one of the local people who had
been constantly bothered by in.
qulries to which he could give nc
satisfactory answer. The old Negro
was promptly asked where all oil
those yellow fever and small pox
victims were buried at?
We'll, said the old Negro, "they
buried the soldiers who died Of
something else than small pox and
yellow fever on the lot where the
Negro Masonic Hall now is. They
afterwards took up these bodies
and moved them to a graveyard
in Wilmington"
"Those who died Of yellow fever
and small pox we're buried ir
trenches on the lot where the
white high school building now is.
There was more than two hundred
OF them buried there. l never heard
Of the bodies being moved and
have been here all of the time.
think they r all still there, some.
where about the school house."
From this very Informative an.
swer the representative of the Star.
News feels that a sort Of a mystery
of the past has been solved. Also
he is mildly interested as to how
the small fry of Southport will re-
act to the possibility that there may
be more than 200 Yankees sleeping
under their temple of learning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14
SCIENTIST CHURCHES
SACRAMENT"
LESSON SERMON

SACRAMENT" was the sub
ject Of the Lesson-Sermon in all
Christian Science Churches a n d
Societies on Sunday, July -.
Golden Text I Corinthians 5:8.
"Let US keep The feast, not with
Gle leaven, neither with the
leaven of malice and wickedness,
but with the unleavened bread Of
sincerity and truth.
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermoa were the Col
lowing from the Bible: "Let us
search and try our ways, and turn
again to the Lord. Let us lift up
our heart with Our hands unto
God in the heavesn" damenta-
tons 3: 40, 41). And from the
Christian S c ence textbook,
Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures" by Mary Baker
EDDY: zones aim, a point be-
You'd faith, should be to find the
footsteps of Truth, the way to
health and holiness. We should
strive to reach the Horeb height
where God is revealed; and the
cornerstone Of all spiritual build
Ing is purity" page 241).
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14
OF NATION
PROBE NEARS END
Leon Henderson,, Pau,
Porter, Two Others To
Testify Today

WASHINGTON, July 13-W.H-
The Congressional Economic com.
mlttee ends hearings on the state
OF the nation this week with testi-
mony Of four former adminis,r IA.
ton officials who warned only
two months ago that a boom ane
bust cycle impends.
Appearing Wednesday will be
Leon Henderson and Paul A. Por-
ter, both former chiefs Of the OF
flee of Price Administration: Will.
liam H. Davis, former head of the
War Labor board, and Richard v,
Gilbert, another ex-OPA econo.
mist.
These men differ sharply with
Committee Chairman Robert A
Taft, (R.O.). in their views or
wages and prices.
On May is the four. joining with
former OPA chief Chester Bowie:
and others in a report sponsored
by Americans for Democratic Ac
ton, called on the committee tt
give an immediate hearing. They
asserted that decisions taken il
the ensuing 60 days might decide
whether the nation could avoid {
SERIOUS recession"
Urge Price Cut
Accusing the cor1mittee of E
conspiracy of silence" the group
urged establishment of a price ad'
justment board to press for a vol
un!ary 10 per cent price reduction
by business. 1t also advocated
that business generally accept the
10 per cent wage boost patterr
which had just been set by the
steel and auto industry as a mean.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14
CUERILLAS CROSS
GREEK FRONTIER
Frontier Attacked From
Albania By 1000, Army
Staff Announces

ATHENS, Greece, July IS - W.n)
= The Greek Army general staff
announced tonight that 1000 Greek
and Albanian guerillas invaded
Greece from Albania today and
attacked the frontier town Of
|Konitza.
A communique said Greek Army
units now were heavily engaged
by the combined Albanian-Greek
force and that elements Of a Com
munistic-led international bri-
gade" of. volunteers from a num-
Der of European nations were pois-
ed across the Albanian border
awaiting the order to join the at
tack.
The communique, issued after a
hurried cabinet meeting called by
Premier Demetrios Maximos, said
the situation was grave"
Government sources said Kon-
itZa, 10 miles from the frontier,
was encircled.
Unofficial reports from the area
said 1000 members of an inter
national brigade already were in
volved in the fighting but the
official communique said merely
that considerable forces have con.
centrated on Albanian soil nea-
the frontier including sections OF
the International brigade"
British and American military
officials said their reports indicat-
ed a heavy battle was raging
around Konitza but discounted re-
ports that the international bri-
gade, said to have been recruited
in France and collected in Italy for
shipment to Yugoslav Adriatic
prots, actually was engaged in the
fiphtinp
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14
Communism To Be Topic
Of Organized Reserves
AT Tonight's M eetin

Communism will be discussed
tonight at a meeting of the July
conference Of the 322nd Organized
Reserve Composite group in the
basement of the postoffice.
Speaking on the doctrine of com.
munism compared with democra-
cy as practiced in this nation will
be H. Edmund Rodgers, dean Of
the Wilmington law school.
Col. Kenneth Corbett will talk
on military courtesy.
The group is composed Of Of
ficers and enlisted men residing
in this county, Brunswick, Pender
and Columbus counties.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14
SEVENTEEN

> LII DE ' Elm 1EEN
81 sent for you," said Veronica
che handed John a box of ciga
because we've got to talk
I,s,ve got to make arrangements
Tor our future, I mean"
10 took a cigaret and lighted it
rho, he said quite pleasantly:
np,,t have we a future?"
She gave him a sharp glance.
"What do you mean, john? O.
curse we have got a future
We.ve wasted fifteen years.
Tbere's no need to waste any
more time"
He sat down.
"1,m sorry, Veronica. Bus Tn
sfraid you've got all this tapeo
aTt wrong. I've-enjoyed meeting
WV, again very much. But youl
10 and mine don't touch any.
n'here. They are quite divergent
"Nonsense, John. 1 love you ano
mi, love me We We always loved
ssch other. You were Incredibly
ESTIMATE in the past! But never
r~ind that now. Our lives needn
lash. I don't mean to go back tc
t|e States. When I've finished this
n,cture I'm working on now, In
eoing 10 play a straight part on
.se London stage. I've got a Won
derful play-Elderton's written il
foT me. 1t will be a terrific sue
cess" ~
itely.
doctor" Her voice was kind and
understanding. You're quite well
known. they tell me-"
MY dear girl, I'm married.
I've cot Children
I'm married myself at the mo-
rent" said Veronica. But ali
.aese things are easily arranged.
A good lawyer can fix up every
hing" She smiled at him daz-
zljnglv. 81 always did mean to
marry you, darling. I can't think
vhv I have this terrible passion
TOR YOU, but there it isl"
I'm sorry, Veronica. but nc
GOOD lawyer is going to fix up
ANYTHING. Your life and mine have
nothing to do with each other.
"Oh, my dear john" she was
still amused, indulgent. IF you'd
seen your face-there in that
suffy drawing room! You might
have been in San Miguel again!'
John sighed. He said:
81 was in San Miuel. Try
to understand, Veronica. You
came to me out of the past. Last
night I, too, was in the past, but
today today's different. I'm a
man fifteen years older. A man
you don't even know-and whom.
/ daresay. you wouldn't like much
If you did know
"You prefe" your wife and chill
dren to met" ~
She was genuinely amazed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14
d : ois'ibv'.d BY King F~.e,yre. syndies,,

Dad as it may seem to YOU. !
CO."
Nonsense, John. You love
me-"
Pm sorry, Veronica"
She said incredulously:
"You don't love me?"
cts better to be quite clear
about these things. You are ar
extraordinarily beautiful woman.
Veronica, but I cont love you
She sat So still that she might
have been a waxWork. That still.
ness of hers made him just a little
uneasy.
When she spoke it was with
such venom that he recoiled.
who is she?"
"She? Who do you mean"
THAT woman by the mantle
piece last nlght?'
Henrietta! he thought. How the
.aevil did she get On to Henrietta?
Aloud he said:
Who are you talking about?
Nudge Hardcastle?"
Nudge? That's the square dark
girl, isn't it? No, I don't mean
her. And l don't mean your wife.
1 mean that inso,ent devil who
was leaning against the mantei.
piece! It's because Of her that
you're turning ME down! On,
don't pretend to be so moral about
your wife and children. It's that
other woman"
She got up and came toward
him.
Don't you understand, John,
that ever since l came back to
England, eighteen months ago,
I've been thinking about you?
Why do you imagine 1 took this
idiotic place here? Simply be
cause 1 found out that you often
came down for week-enos with
the Angkatells!"
$50 last night. was all planned,
V%eronica?"
"You belong to me, John. You
always have!!"
Il don't belong tc anyone, Yer
onica! Hasn't life taught you even
now that you can't own other hui
mar beings body and soul? l low
co you when l vas a young man.
l wanted you to share my life.
Y0lle woi11dn't do ito
my life and career were much
more important than yours! Any
ole can be a doctor!"
He lost his temper a little.
Are you quite as wonderful as
you think you are?"
"You mean that 1 haven't got
to the top Of the tree. l shall! l
SHALL"
John Christow looked at ne1
with a sudden quite dispasslonate
interest.
IT don't believe, you know, that
you will. There's a lack in
you, Veronica. You're all grab
and snatch-no real generosity -
I think that's it."
Veronica got up. She said in a
quiet voice:
"You turned me down fifteen
years ago. You've turned me
down again today. I'll make you
sorry for this"
John got up and went to the
door.
I'm sorry, Veronica. if I've
hurt you. You're very lovely, my
dear, and I once loved you very
much. Can't we leave it at that?"
"Goodby, John. We're not lea
ing it at that. You'll find that out
all right. l think-I think l hate
you more than l believed l could
h. anyone"
He shrugged his shoulders.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14

Of providing added purchasing
power to Offset the reduction in
profit due to lower prices.
While the committee has made
no formal reply, testimony already
presented a in the main sharp
ly contradicted the view that a
recession is certain. Instead, busi-
ness leaders from various branch
es of industry and many econo-
mists look for continued high lev.
els Of business and employment.
This view is shared by Taft,
who is expected to dispute many
Of the ADA contentious.
Tomorrow the committee will
hear from Jerome M. Ney, board
chairman OF the American Retail
federation, and C. Wilson Harder.
president CT the National Fedora
ton Of Small Business, Inc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14
Two Tabor City Men
Recommended To Fill
National Guard Posts
Especial To The Starr

TABOR CITY, July 10. - In a
letter to the Adjutant General of
North Carolina Mayor W. A. Viii
hams recommended John w. Bar
low and J. Roy Buffkin as the first
officers to be commissioned in the
organization of a National Guard
unit here.
Barlow, executive secretary of
the merchants association, was
recommended for commanding Of
flcer Of the company. A former
army captain, he is a relative new
conner to Tabor City but his interest
IN the project and former military
service made him the choice of
town officials for the chief officers
post.
As adjutant of the company,
Buffkin's recommendation was
wen-received by local veterans.
After four years service in the
Marine corps he returned to his
home here to engage in business
with the Cameron Drug company.
The mayors letter Saturday was
the first step toward the actual
setting up of the unit which will
Ibe a rifle company, tentatively
designated K Company of the 119th
Infantry. The recommendations
were made after a lengthy study
Of the proposed guard unit which
was introduced to the local COM
munity by a visit from 1t. Col.
John M. Hall, Jr., of Wilmington.
A minimum of 30 men and two
officers is required before a fede-
raj charter can be issued. Maxi
mum strength, after a two year
period, would be 1873 men. After
the maximum strength has been at
tanned, the federal government viii
allot funds for the erection of an
|armory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14
SURPLUS PROPERTY
| SALE SLATED TODAY
AT GOLDSBORO FIELD

Small lots Of surplus property
art to be on sale at Seymour John
son Field beginning today and run
ming through July 10. according to
William T. Hogg, salvage officer.
Property in this sale consists OF,
safes, bedsteads, mattresses, Of
flee chairs, lathe, so pound bags
Of lime and "a pound bags OF &C.
ment.
Kindling wood is being sold by
one ana one-half truck loads
5000 pounds) for $3.50.
Inspection period will be between
the hours Of s am. and 4 pm,
July IA through July 10, inclusive,
he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14

son McHacken Farm, on WALDEN
Greek in 1857, Uncle Joe played
with the two young sons of Colone
Lamb, the commander at For
Fisher. During the early stages O
the war the Colonel brought the
boys down from his home in Vir
ginia. Fort Fisher was not exactly
the place to keep them, so the
boys went to stay with Mr. Reaves
across the river.
Mr.. Reaves, incidently, had two
sons serving with the Confederates
one as a Lieutenant and the Other
a Captain. Battery Lamb, one o:
the several western fortification!
on the river, assisting in the de
tense of Fort Fisher and the river
was in the Reaves Plantation.
1t may be said here that in 1874:
Southport school children went t.
Battery Lamb, located three huge
Confederate cannon, where they
were buried in the earthern breast
work, and turned them in to bt
used as scrap metal to be usee
against Germany, Italy and Japan
This getting ahead of the story
To get back to the starting point;
Southport and the west bank OF the
Cape Fear was overrun with Fede
raj soldiers after Fort Fisher fell
Many hundreds Of them were sta
tiored on the old Garrison lot ane
at various places about town. Small
pox and yellow fever broke out IL
a regular plague and they died by
the scores.
For many years Southport people
have been receiving letters, the
writer's stating they were endeavor
ing to locate the graves OF grand
fathers who died during the plague
and were buried at. Southport
These letters have come from al
parts of the north and east. Ap
parently several hundred people
lost their gr%andfathers at or neal
Southport during the civil war ant
there was no record of where they
we're buried.
Gravestones in local cemeterie!
have provided no answer to the
question of what. become OF thu
soldiers who died Of yellow fevel
and small pox. In many case
relatives have come to Southpor
from the north to make a persona
effort to find where their kin wa
buried. These visits were .unpro
ductive of results.
This week Uncle Joe Reaves,
small, very black and very &C
tive man for all Of his 91-years
was engaged in one Of his dali.
chores of looking after a yard ane
sidewalk. A rather indhferen
question was asked him. regard
ing how long he had been living
here in Southport.
81 was here in town when thu
soldiers and others were dying o
the yellow fever and small pox
like flies," said the old Negro
Gwen when they we're drilling OF
the streets the men would tau ou
and die where they fell. The yellow
fever was fast working and it sure
got a lot of them"
This information was interesting
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14
JIMMY E UP

NEW YORK, -U.R- A small
mammal officially opened the new
small mammal house at the Bronx
Zoo. A kinkajou named Jimmy
chewed a chocolate cookie to which
were tied ends of a white ribbon
stretching across the entrance. The
ribbon fell to the ground and the
house was officially opened.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14
Aged Negro Recalls Epidemic
Of Kellow Fever; Small Po1
Union Soldiers Died "Like Flies On South.
port Streets After Fall Of Fort Fisher,
"Uncle'' Joe Reaves Says
BY BILL KEZIAH
Star CORRESPONDENT,

SOUTHPORT, July IS - Saying that he was living here
when the Union soldiers and others died like flies from
yellow fever and small pox, after the fall of Fort Fisher,
"Uncle' Joe Reaves, 91-year-old Southport colored man, may
have the answer to a question that has been perplexing a
lot of Southport people for years.
Born on the Reaves plantation, now known as the Thomp-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-02-13
After d ark
The Sentimental Irish Types
Give Show Business Good Name
By HARRY MacARTHUR.

are those whose every off -stage
move is instinctively right. Most
often they are those who have been
around show business for long
time and know that there are many
easier ways of making a buck. They
know that who as well as what
goes up, most come down. They
usually are sentimental Irish types
in their attitude toward the bust
ness, whether or not they are Irish
One Of those, from all indications
is Patsy Kelly, the Club Cairo's
highly entertaining headliner.
Miss Kelly has been around long
enough to know that there's no bust
ness like show business for handing
out pain as well as.fame. That she
is a woman whose heart Is big was
thoroughly proved the other day to
Larry Beckerman, the radio pro-
Queer, and anyone he has encount-
cred since. Mr.. B. learned about
Miss K. when she appeared Satur-
day night as a Judge on his WTOP
"Top Talent" show. He was explain
ing the procedure to her. before the
program started.
"You pick a winner and write the
name on a piece Of paper" he told
her. Then we pick a winner by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-02-13

he said. '.It was Dance Of the Cob
nns.' It was composed by Antonio
BaZzini. He was q famous Italian
violinist, born in 1918 and died ir
1897. I'll play it for you" He
turned on the monograph and we
listened.
That's not it." we said.
only Heifetz and Szigetti car
play it" Mischa said.
TITS still not the same witch OF
the same dance" we said.
X X X
Only because Alice Eversman ane
Elena de Sayn have an Office JUS
around the corner, we can tel
Mischa today that Paganini.
Witches Dance is one of his more
lasting compositions. Bazzini fol.
lowed him in time and somewhat II
style in the attempt to compose ex.
ceedingly tricky violin music thai
other people couldn't play. He sue.
ceeded rather well in this instance
but Heifetz and Szigetti have ne
monopoly. Any violinist must be
able to play Dance of the COLLINS
before he calls himself violinist.
y 4 II
Addenda: There's no new show al
Delmonico's tonight. No old show
either; the new policy, at least tenn
porarily, being for dinner without
dancing -. Business at the Lounge
Riviera of Hotel 2400 has assumed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-02-13

There are some in the show busi-
ness who do not endear themselves
to those who meet them of stage.
Most often they are those who
gained sudden success during the
war years, when audiences were so
eager for something to laugh at that
they laughed at almost anything.
Success comes in big hurry to
good, old "Slappy" Glutz, the Cat
skill Mountain kid, and he is not
"Slappy" any more to his acquaint-
ances, but MIR. Glutz, If he has
his way.
Then, on the other hand, there