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MAY 26. 1938 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Page 7 merica Once Led All vorld In Shipbuilding .Clowns. Renew Traditions of Medieval Court Jesters as Circus Season Opens Funsters of ,m the first ship v to those now .'tMpyards. Three . an, I :U years, ii-.hT. the Pop- i : who had , r the mouth Kcr.nebec River, ,,w state of I U. D. C. Director Sawdust . .ached Rins; Carry on Its 'Peak With Art of Slapstick Grimaldi That a pinnace f I and they h. i "Virginia." t.arly Ameri- j ..:-c. uraged 1)V the , :,.,( to go home, ! , tiny craft, .,;!,. several voy . .. ,1V North Atlan . ,',... -mailer than ., ..j.(!nr. and about smaller than i.i, piiip; co was -, !i,hoal nunic i" ,.M-:,t, day liner. , hundreds ship N, England coast L:;ll,l until it had pi ..portions c-.'H-our total popu 7 ; ;,, IT 1 1 rec uds -n-i I tiction of Y2 ;.,.!ai!l alone. We ,i. uf shipbuilders .v. i- i rally born, a . and (hose who :.: Uik early date .... heie. tor their i.f the i-hips L';s were .. I'lenli.'ul and sparr for the e produrt, as high priced build much " V ik. Lf-F " .v. i-xij s Ss i.d am - ard Mrs. Sydney , F. Mauncv. of Old; Port. Director ot District Nunmer 1' of the N. C. Division of the V. D. I'.. ! who presided at tile meeting held, lure last r ridav m the 1- list Motho-j dist Church. n.v X C hai k t niv al ,'iiipliui a Knirln.ul ,:ive of the 1 his pe l io t esters w ere ding' era, i:i '. o:;4. OJ three ATI r - r vessels were in iv seaboard, one :r.i! 'n ii ..!' them being' square M.a-iiiv.i by the scale of -j;i' these were but tiny Thru- are cranes in the mod j.mN which could pick them if the water ami drop them on f i, ii; a present day ship lor a jt.vacv across the "Hig- Pond." i;iy. year after year, our ship 4. i:iiuoveil the designs and el thr size of their vessels. became the highway or our and trade. Youngsters took water like ducks, and bv the were of modern high school ' Hail sailed the Seven Seas, fame merchant-masters in rlv twenties.. s: trie hcvoltition our fiehtinir ve excellent account of them rut with the buildine- of the -.Constitution,"' "Constilla f J'Ttiiteil States" we definite-' "i the fu ld of Naval Construe- very sch(il child Clil Ironsides," and many hn in her reconstructed Tht'V kllinv thn cnv.F nf "nil other home-biult ships ' ?y car skill! id and hardy wo able to accomplish c "Mistress of the Seas" tnc War of 1M2. Even' prior 'at'ii ciniiuest of the Barbary I maile American .ships and i-am.iu-i throughout the world. "f Citrnmodore Preble and ,lil" -' officers, Decatur, unvreiice, ISainbiidge, Hull, I'ide, Morris, Rogers, "!ht;, s .a-e written on the Xaval.hisfow . 01 thls' names are hrnnHKr ' destroyers.; Under the if "Ol-i - r ,t- , . f hy" officers became our 'U lUiVIII .. . , M, i"Miinan(iers. ine :lls and sailors nf th "trland were thp ndnr. ca who wpiv i.i h-,iA - . t'iir'fV 8 e neignt l - American achievement seas. t5ari?:'-'f'r':iTany.'of.':W' -m lhls country were i p'",;e'' At one time Ula '! M, Mass.. was . an city. a- ,knvn In every port ZT' tly Pioneers ak. ,hl. a . ine .. "ei ican. nag into tUlssia C..iu - . East Indies anA S .1,. , " . ;-n n , oecame the ?'. Capita nn ..U 4 Cini 1 - O CQI A the. '.:--d'i" i. Elias Hasket !st American to :e r"l( miilinn rltl..- 1-,., " vimio ii.'ii. -H Ts fortune was t of forty sh ins :h;i '""-s oi tne I 1 ' , " Hi?- flee 'Til S-,1, "Wi ' IJ. -l -ifw ,;, """inorne served ' vm 1;"u- and ship nvV ?achusetts' town ?",b.-iv"''U:T su,'h as thai at '.;rdnJ Crowninshield f A'reH ' t0 this day S"5 Reliance, carx-I ! :l'r Pansion, her field- Of Ptifl0 . ' '' merckl 1 , ; m fact r,d shrewd and industrial H in ,!! finathil judement P of Salem "If to th - - otner colon ial seaports. Not satisfied witii com ing to a new country to very clowly j build it up witli money only derived i from a virgin and undeveloped lan. i, ; they took from the forests the tree wit h which to build th"ir hips, skin-j from the animals, and dried the ti: n I from the sea, and in their small craft i sought the trade ports of the world. I when- their furs, etc.. were sold, or oxcliang'o. A new cargo was secured. ami tne snip would seek another mark et for this new stock of goods. From port to port this purchase and sale would continue, .throughout a voyage perhaps around the world, and his. -ing (wo or three years. With a linal cargo consisting of those tilings most need by the colonists, the ship would sail for home. The captains of these ships were not only sailors and navigators par excellent, they were part or entire owners of these ships and cargoes; they were merchants, shrewd traders, able to wrest from foreign traders of age old training and ability a handsome profit, and to bring back to these shores, a cargo of those things needed by our ancestors and a chest full of hard cash with which to build new ships, finance new cargoes and to lay the foundations for the for tunes of themselves and of our coun try. The money thus -acquired was put to work building up business and manufacturing industry, that the ships might have more and better home prp duced cargoes to dispose of in the ports of the world. During the Revolution and the War of 1812 the merchants of New Eng land armed their ships, and under commissions from the government as privateers preyed upon England's commerce with disastrous effect, thus doing a very large part towards win ning the wars against the Mother Country. The prizes captured were sold and the proceeds divided between the ownerh, officers and crews, down to the nine or ten year old cabin boys. Fortunes were thus made by all con fcerned during this (fighting period of our early merchant marine. War over, with freedom of the seas assured for our ships and sail ors, the attentions of our people were turned in earnest towards developing our foreign commerce. American was then "Sea Minded" to the limit: of all its resources, and we grew to be a rich and prosperous people. Just so long as we fostered our shipping and foreign commerce, so long as we gained and held the markets of the world in which to dispose of all we could produce beyond that needed for ourselves, we continued to build up our world standing. Today what is left of our export business, and im ports too, as well as passenger traffic' is largely carried in foreign ships. The once proudest of our possessions, our merchant marine, has been almost hamstrung, lawed and taxed off the sea. If we had not let our foreign trade pass into other hands we could now be disposing of all of the 'Pro ducts our farmers and manufacturers are capable of producing to other countries, shipped in our own ships, thus greatly adding to our national wealth and building up the moral of our people through their making a living from honest creative work. Following the war of 1812, and from then on until the dav of the extreme clippers, our shipbuilders and .sailors were confining their attention largely to the Atlantic freight, passenger and mail trade. In 1816 the famous New i York, Liverpool packet ships' came 1 into being. The first and best known of these, the Black Ball Line, held the lead in this trade for many years. One of their , ships, the "Canada,'' made the fastest crossing to Liver pool,. 'hi -'15 days, 18 hours. The av erage time for all of these Black Bailers was 23 days outward and 40 days homeward, against head winds and Gulf Stream influences. I crossed twice in sail, once in 27 days and once in 29 to the Eastward, and home from Marderia in 30 and 35 days. In their day these ships were the only IV4 f M'f ?H Ulounlns-u-rouiu. I V W t X ISw Kik 'f 4 w On with the fchow! f Modern I'aftlli I ' ' . , . .'i'. ''" " I . . I. ..!:; I . . ' -; V : ! ' - . . . i i . . . .,,.. ' .i',.i...-r ,.r.;.v ; .( i:n .. - . !: ill 1 i:i: hjn.o 1 1 al. . . 1 1. n : : i .nvsr.rd u, ' nr. :;; -:i ''''-'' !' m I'tv.iu. I !...('. nil i:i Is ; ml ill' ui't'iir:. d m tile manner ils ,. ., "I ft :-?- lu.ir .! II.-- i!.., , immv ot .!.. Miller's au.-i.".t- joK.-; m . I i i-- aiiiei . lent ; .11 si rea mimed tor the radio the stm.ts aii.l t.nl.r today li.a s 1,- iav w i-. devise i I lnwns olten rapilali;-e .m tlie I ei id nro's a :o. eur; . lit lieadlines: also, by .salui.- . i...rs.1M ' a'g 1,1 a muni or sKII Home stt'ia ! i n vi or personage in the Hews. Lie eoiir I place with two ships, the Tuscarora," o .!7;l tons, and the "Lancaster," of 2l0 tons. The KeJ Star Line was also started in 1821. Grinnell, Minturn Co, started their line to London in 182:!. This company lattr built the famous "Flying Cloud," more about her will be told. The Fi le Canal was opened in 18l'5, making New York the eastern gate way for tl:e whole country, and from thin until 1S5U theso packet liile, new ones cmistaniiy being termed, held the "western ocean" trade in the hol low of their hand. 1 nose Mash packet- sir.'', hut did 1. :is until 1,-p; I'lllit the -Nt Then cairn of 1.11P l.'ll- r i.-r:; iiMant ly ;.i nitii'l; w hen 1 luii- World." llie "(iuy and tin d :n i OMR '1'iie err am and waui -.in is once mr t ' n t i of oi.s; rii"; '.he etewn. During the uet six antics ami horseplay laughter troni young Hundreds ot towns months lna will draw and old in and cities Was l'r;ili lueaieval time' oeeupieil a p of eh h on, le .lesfer I In jester oeeupieil j in the retinue . , ... . 1 master. ruder airi'iiiiiim L'ltiu'u niaies. iiim is I a universal language which is equally sigmlieant to people of all ages and stations in life. Seldom emerging from the ob scurity ot his role, he continues as a virtual nonentity, his counte ii ince tovercd by gu ise paint, his personality suhuuigtd in the rou tine of his trade Althou tne liaidest working or circus HOih it is not his lot to take bows in the (enlir ring as a inriiieu audience applauds. Such plaudits conic to the trapeze artist, the bareback riding star and the wild animal trainer, but the clown must content himself without such glory. His is ( nnil-i!.in which eoes l ion or Whatever the stunt or trick may he. however, it never- is 'cruel in nature or in violation' of good , taste. 'I lie art of c lowning i eHsentinllv a kindly one and cure in taken to avoid nnv reaction or impression which will defeat the carefree and happy world built up in i lie minus or ms audience liy iil. . I his I' if. I and loal; ot a ciiiii). ' dared to make remarks which i others would not have r isked, and I his humor otten carried with it I words of wisdom which attached' worm to ins rreipientlv wise com OO'MU-. II,,. u...,liiu -i.,., I.. 1. Many consider the greatest! The Imd.- nf ii .lou-.n iu ulm,i clown of all time to he the famed ,iu mm,.,, it ii,.. ,.....i...t ine comic eemus who Crmialdi n one orvvas Ixym in 177S. reigned supreme in his class until bis retirement in 1S28, and Invented miwlv of (he routines and gadgets used by bis brethern today. As is the ease with many in this Held, his was a family of clowns, both his father and his son choosing the cap-and-bells. There are; certain established tricks which ciirrv on. through the traditionallv closes the vaudeville mil. He must till in while scenery is being changed, amuse the audience between acts, and attract their attention without (he fanfare and build-up given other per formers. That be in able to do this testifies to the integrity and ability of those who are in the profession, and speaks well for the manner in which they uphold the trad'tmn.s established in the past. mci va.-i d u: I ca el 1 .dl'O t Id .McKay f 1 . 10-' t,.l I Mania l ing,' .Min i i Viaiiat m. id i -i t,,n I IMP these thiee Were tile lalgest nielclialit ships in the woild. 'l'he.-e lacket ships pic-ellli'd a cloud of ' ..iv..- wlun under lull sail. Croat was tlie iivahy between these ships. I'he tiit ri-e.H.led race was between the .I'lack Hall l.iner "I'ldumbus,' Captain rey-t.r, and the Uraiualic hiiii'i -'Sheridan." Captain Wallace. T!i.- raic wa- lor a purse of $1(1,(100. .did was won by the "Columbus" in 111 i!as. I'latine; her nal by two days llie d,sci.iiy of. gold ill California III! lied the ,-)is ol ship ow ael s to the wist mast an. I main of the Atlantic paekeis wiii soon beating their way around Cape Horn. From April 1st. 1MT lo April 1st, IP IS but four -hips arrived in 'Frisco from Atlantic ports. In IMP there were 77,r ships cleared for the California coast, and I'l.lOfi passenger.- landed in San Fiancisco from all ports of the world .luring this lir-t y.ar of the gold rush. It maiked the beginning of the "clcip 'i r ship'' period when American .i md jaiumeis became the glory of the -ea, things uf speed and beauty the like of which had never been alloal bel'oi e. and have rmt been eipialed since. Tin' rush around the Horn luoiight a new day lo American ship ping, the giealest in its history. .SI.-.IUMH) IN ONE HANK I. OS A N( JEI.ES.'- A Court order rest rained Lou I'd k e, brother of Fannie lb ice, coiiiendeiine, from col lecting SloO.Otlll which, records show ed, he won 1 1 .nn Harry T. Clifton, lit a single hand of slud poker. STEALS KAM.KOAI) ri;() lH:.'CE, II. L- Convicied of "stealing a railroad in broad daylight," Joseph (icninia, ,!S, has been senten ced to prison; Evidence showed that he, together with fictitious agreement and a gang of hired workers, remov ed JfiO tons of rails from the aban doned llarrisville-Woonsoeket Itail road. Til K EAT ENS PRESIDENT MEiM'I'IIIS. Teim. Keith H. Happ. 2!l, of liakeistiel.l, Calif., is being held under $25,00(1 bond, having been charged with sending six threaten ing letters to President Roosevelt from Hakersfield. He was removed from a bus here while on route to Washington to see Mr. Roosevelt. regular means of communication be tween this country and Europe, one of the Black Ball ships sailing from Now York on the first and sixteenth of each month, winter and summer, and no matter what the weather condi tions were. They had good sailor men in those days. In 1821 a line of packets was start ed from Philadelphia for Liverpool Berry Empress i mUl ii ! r J ' fg Iff ' J v , 3 I 1 f" ' ?S x ' ' ' ' Pi?-' I Queemof the Strawberry Empire of Eastern North Carolina is Louise Robinson, above, who will reign over the annual Strawberry Festival at Wallace, May 23-28. v,. -. I Parable A certain man had a furnace and his house grew cold. Said he to his furnace: "Not another lump of coal do you get till you give more heat." . the poor man froze and so did the merchant who cut down his newspaper advertising budget to expense." "save The Mountaineer
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