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COUNTY REQUESTS POWER AUDIT FUND Resolution Adopted On Mo tion Of Commission er Gardner A resolution setting forth again provisions of a resolution adopted several weeks ago "requesting the commissioner of utilities of the state of North Carolina to request the governor and the council of state for an allotment from the emergency and contingency fund to defray such expenses as may be nec essary in making a thorough, inde pendent appraisal, investigation and audit of the properties and opera tions of the Tide Water Power com pany" was adopted on motion of Commissioner Harry r. Gardner at yesterday's session of the county commission. 5 The motion was made by Com missioner Gardner after, in answer to a question, he was told that only '■an acknowledgement of the commu nication bearing the previous resolu tion had been received by the coun ty from the utilities commission. ~ “it appears that the commission ^merely negotiates from time to time Svith the Tide Water Power com ,'pany,” Mr. Gardner said. “The chair man said at the conference (a -meeting several weeks ago oi rep iresentatives of the power company -and officials from different south -eastern North Carolina communities With the commission) that he didn’t :3iave the information. He can’t ne gotiate fairly with either the Tide nWater Power company or us.” V On motion of Commissioner George W. Trask the board author ized Register of Deeds Adrian B Rhodes to order a two-year supply of books for the office, enough to run the office to July 1, 1944. Mr. Rhode ssaid 14 books were neces sary each year. After being notified by the Board of Managers of the Community hos pital that the Colored Ministerial Alliance had recommended that the Rev. G. D. Carnes be appointed to fill the vacancy on the board caused by the recent death of the Rev. W. H. Moore, the commission moved that the hospital board make the ' appointment for the unexpired term. On recommendation of Commis sioners L. J. Coleman and James M. Hall the board voted to have Potter’s Field landscaped and re vamped. The committee in charge was delegated to have plans drawn up for the landscaping and the work to be started at the proper time. A resolution providing that the county operate on the budget used during the past year until the budget for the new year is approved was adopted. After Chairman Addison Hewlett explained that the county commis sioners of the state would meet July 13 in Asheville this year in stead of August as previously, mem bers of the board moved that the chairman and as many others as possible attend the meeting. Application for a license to oper ate a tourist home was granted Mrs. Melzar Pearsall, Market Street road, . and Mrs. B. TV. TVorley, Market street road, was granted licenses to sell beer and operate a tourist lodge. WATER REVENUE TO RETIRE BONDS (Continued from Page One) the only means of furnishing a :new water supply for the city for ; which the government would furn. :ish funds.’’ “The government did not feel • that a system of wells or any 1 other means of furnishing water ' to Wilmington was feasible enough :fr> back.” f j The polls will be open from 6:30 la. m. to 6:30 p. m.. Eastern War : time, in each of the wards and : precincts in the city for the bond •plection. 1 ; Voters will vote yes or no on the : fallowing question: 5 :• “Shall an ordinance passed on iljlay 27, 1942, authorizing not ex j deeding $600,000 bonds of the City jpf Wilmington for paying all or ;part of the cost of constructing jextensions to the existing water ^works system of said city, includ *ing the acquisition of a new source supply, and a tax for said • ttonds, be approved? | It is necessary, Mr. Campbell ;Siaid for the voters to approve a jtfex for the issue of the bonds in order to comply with the law and tin order to provide for all future ; contingencies. ; ; “However, I feel sure that no increase in the tax rate will ever ■ become necessary in order to re tire the bond issue.” BROUGHTON RAPS RATIONING PLAN (Continued from Fare One) dens on their business—“legislation that is just but helpful.” He criticized rationing b» states rather than -by the nation as a whole, declaring, “we in North Carolina will go barefoot if neces sary. But we would like to see the boys in Illinois and Indiana and Idaho going barefoot with us.” “Above all things,” he said of present problems,” we must pre serve the principles that we are fighting for . , . Our best will be enough to win the great victory and the glorious peace.” The governor was introduced by B. V. Hedrich of Salisbury. C. Fred Brown of Asheville, vice-president of the association, was toastmaster for the dinner, and musical presen tations were made by George Wal ker of Wilmington and Miss Edith Jones of Columbia. After the banquet, a dance was held at the hotel’s “Anchor” dance hall. The three-day convention opened Sunday night with a get-together supper and will come to a close after a business session at 11 o’clock this morning during which a resume of the year’s activities will be made by Executive Secretary Bessie B. Phoenix, officers elected and a 1943 convention city named. Rep. J. Bayard .Clark discussed the Washington situation with ref erence to war regulations affecting small business men in yesterday aft ernoon’s session. Harry Sommers, president of the national dealers association, spoke on “Present and Future of the Industry.” Monday’s activities began with a welcome address by Mayor Hargrove Bellamy and response by U. B. Bla lock of Wadesboro. Ray Chamber lain, vice-president of the national group, made a talk on "National Legislation” at the morning meet ing. More than 125 members are at tending the convention. Mr. Brown is presiding in the absence of As sociation President W. J. Hoover of Raleigh, who has been commis sioned a major in the Army Air corps. WAVES~OF TANKS SMASHED BY REDS (Continued from Page One) about midway on the vital Mos cow to Rostov railway line. Voro nezh was 120 miles from the front and if Marshal Fedor von Bock could reach it, he would be in a position tp drive either south to ward the Caucasus or north toward the capital. A major advance would certtinly outflank the Russian armies of Marshal Semeon Timo shenko deployed between Rostov and Kharkov. But there was no evidence that the Germans were meeting with even initial success. Sevastopol dispatches said vio lent fighting continued northeast of the beleaguered Crimean b ase with “tens of attacks” of several German infantry divisions trying to beak the stalwart Soviet de fense line. In one week-end battle which lasted a day, the Russians said they killed 1,500 Germans. Axis troops attacking the south ern sector of Sevastopol’s fortifi cations were said to have been giv en a “strong rebuff.” Attesting to heavy German cas ualties in the Crimea, the Russian communique declared 25 German field dhospitals had been opened at Simferopol to handle “the heavy flow of wounded.” The latest word from the Kupy ansk front south of Kharkov was that the Russians still were coun ter-attacking with some success. The German drie there was re ported definitely blunted. The central front is still largely mud-bound, but the Russian com munique said several Nazi at tempts to capture Red positions were repulsed. Williams11 Condition Reported Satisfactory Condition of Ralph B. Williams, Sr., of 308 North Third street, who is suffering from concussion of the brain following an automobile truck collision Saturday, was re ported satisfactory last night by James Walker Memorial hospital attaches. Williams received the injury Sat urday afternoon when his automo bile collided with a local laundry truck at Eighth and Walnut streets. TO THE PEOPLE OF BRUNSWICK, COLUMQUS. NEW HANOVER AND PENDER COUNTIES: I thank you from the depth of my heart for electing me your District Solicitor. The vote you gave me was truly magnificent. I wish it were possible for me to see each of you and thank you personally. I shall do every thing possible to prove worthy of your confidence. I shall need your help and support in my work and I am sure you will give it in the same measure that you gave me your vote. I assure Mr. Sinclair and his sup porters of my friendship and good will. I am sure they will be my supporters now. Let us all work together for justice and the welfare of the District. CLIFTON L. MOORE WALLACE RESIGNS AS CITY MANAGER (Continued from Pace One) my best wishes and Godspeed to all its inhabitants. “I also wish to express my most sincere thanks to those members of the Council who have stood by—who helped me to the many worthwhile things that have been done. "With the best of wishes, "Most cordially yours, James G. Wallace” The step was not unexpected. Mr. Wallace had discussed it, as he said in his letter, with many persons in the city during recent weeks, and intimated that his serv ices would noi be available after the conclusion of the present fiscal year. He has been employed on a month to month arrangement and at no time had a contract with the city. In an envelop containing a copy of the letter to the council, Mr. Wallace sent to the Star a state ment designated as "Some Things Accomplished.” The copy is here with annended as received. “A real building inspection de partment started, which has oper ated upon a paying basis, with a building ordinance designed to ob tain better construction. “All city department heads and all city department officials placed upon a salary basis, with all fees now being turned into the city treasury. “City market house reorganized and operating upon a paying basis. “Parking meters installed in the downtown area in general, thereby giving better parking service to the purchasing public at low cost and with a saving to tires and gas. Have been a remarkable adjunct in aiding traffic. “Several new traffic lights have been ordered to relieve downtown congestion and to expediate traffic. “A new?type uniform ordered for the police department. All of the men present a more snappy ap pearance—better discipline in the department, no “ticket-fixing” or fixing of arrests—police station has become a business place and not a “card-playing” or loafing resort. “All city street apparatus has been repainted or is being repaint ed a standard, green and red so that they can be easily distinquish ed upon city streets, thereby elim inating loafing and inefficient use of the apparatus. “North Third street traffic com pletely reorganized. “Traffic lanes painted on the main streets to expedite traffic. “Parking places painted on the main streets for automobiles so as to give better parking service to automobiles. aoutn iront street to the city line has been constructed so as to allow travel to the shipyard along that street. The road has been completed; it was built from Meares to the city line, with the shoulders being graded and sown with grass from Greenfield to the city line. “The city dump in this locality is being graded off to a sanitary fill so that it may become incor porated later as part of Greenfield Park. “A great many unimproved or semi - improved connecting street links have been built to expedite traffic; as, for instance, South Sec ond Street, lower end of Dawson street, Greenfield street, Nixon street. South Fifth street, Dawson and South Seventeenth street en trance to the dy widened, Prin cess street lane widened, North Third street, North Second street. North Eleventh street, Dock street, etc., etc., etc. “Several city blocks were recon structed by the public works de partment and the W. P. A. with permanent sidewalks. “To offset salt water this com ing season, the council agreed to the city manager’s recommenda tion for the building of 14 wells for drinking water, upon which con struction has started. The fire department has built a Foamite truck to be used in battling oil and gasoline fires. “A great many streets have been placed in passable condition by a cheap surfacing process, at no cost to the abutting owners. It was the plan to continue this process in the coming years until all streets were either placed in a permanent im proved condition or a temporary improved condition, until such times as they can be improved permanently. “Budget: Beginning September of this year, the city manager in stalled a monthly budget yustem for all city departments, with the result that for the first 10 months of the year, the city has spent $964,525, as against their budget appropriation for the first 10 months of the year of $988,626, or approximately $24,000 saved. In eludes, also, approximately $16,000 spent for parking meters, but not included in the budget. "The same has been applied to the question of revenues receivd by the city, with the result that $1,053,229 was received during the first 10 months of the year, as against $957,500 estimated, or ap proximately $95,000 surplus, there by making the city approximately $119,000 to the good. “The trash and garbage division is handling twice as much material today, with only a slightly larger crew than a year ago. “On January 1, 1942, the State Highway commission allowed the city the maintenance and construc tion of the state roads Within the city limits. As a result, the 17th sreet approach to the city has has been widened and the Princess street approach to the city has benn widened. ‘Due to a different method of handling trash and garbage, insti tuted in January, 1942, the trash and garbage department has been enabled to keep the streets in a cleaner and more attractive condi tion. ‘ lTo offset the bad sidewalk con dition around the city, the city manager in the early winter or | late fall, recommended to the city council the starting of a sidewalk campaign to enable the school chil dren to use the sidewalks and not the streets. This campaign for the construction of better sidewalks is finally under way and will mean the construction of new sidewalks upon many streets before it will "be finally completed — Princess, Chestnut, Dock, Orange, Castle streets’ sidewalks are now being built. “Operating Cost: There is no question but what the city should live well within its operating cost this year. It has already ypaid off all bonds and interest which is due for the present fiscal year. “Dilapidated Houses: To encour age the repair, the bolstering up of neighborhood pride, to improve the city’s appearance, to improve real estate neighborhood values, a cam apign was started last November for the repairing of or the demoli tion of 800 uninhabitable or dilapi dated structures. These structures have been “eyesores” to the city for a great many years, have been allowed to remain as such by the previous form of government, and have detracted very materially from the general appearance of the city. By either repairing these structures, when repairable, or the demolition of the same, when not repairable, has certainly added to the general appearance of many neighborhoods, as well as encour aged the neighbors to start repair ing and painting up their own prop erty. This campaign should in the end work to the general good of real estate in the city by building up neighborhood values and by en couraging home owners to improve their property, thereby making a better appearing and more hand some city. "A modem building inspection ordinance was passed last October by the city council. “A modern traffic ordinance, making many necessary changes and eliminating obselete factors was placed in operation this spring. “A modem electrical building in spection ordinance was also placed in effect last October. "A back tax office has finally been set up to cover the collection of upaid taxes, dating back for a great many years. “Also, a campaign was instituted for the elimination of unnecessary street noise and the regulation of curb service, with the result that the street noise situation in Wil mingon has been reduced very ex tensively, thereby adding to the ef ficiency of officers, smoothness of traffic, etc. “The foregoing does not include any Federal Works Projects, or projects among which the city council has been working with the Federal government.’’ 3 -v Jones Gets 2 Months On Assault Charges Charged with assault with n deadly weapon, Wilbur Jones was sentenced to serve two months in jail to be assigned to the county farm at a hearing Monday in Recorder’s court. Melvin Hankins was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail to be assign ed to the roads on a charge of turning in a false fire alarm. James Rowell, charged with carrying a concealed weapon, was fined $50 and cost or 80 days in default. He was granted a 10-day stay and bond in the case was set at $200. Charged with violations of the stop law, Walter Wilson, Clifton Ruff, S. L. Pinkston, and J. C Oares were taxed one third the set cost each. George Brisco and J. A. New kirk were fined $5 and cost each on charges of speeding. Julius Mintz was fined $10 and cost on a similar charge. Dempsey Walton was fined $5 and cost on a charge of breaking glass in the street. Charged with crashing a red light and making an illegal left turn, Ernest Halloway was taxed two thirds of the set cost. David Lofton Britt and Charles Yates DeVaughn were taxed with the cost on charges of speeding. Charged with making illegal left turns B. T. Johnson, S. J. Jones and Leonora Eugene Rich were taxed one third of the set cosc each. Franklin Bellamy was taxed two thirds of the set cost on charges of violation of the stop law and operating an automobile without a city license tag. Charged with violation of the stop law and operating an auto mobile without a driver’s permit, John Stewart was taxed one third of the set cost, the driver’s license being exhibited in court. L. N. Davis was taxed one third the set cost on a charge of double parking and Robert M. Simpson was taxed one third the set cost on a charge of making an illegal "U” turn. -V 23 Women Volunteer Services At Filter Center During Week Twenty-three women volunteer, ed for work at the Wilmington In formation and Filter center during last week, Major Oscar C. Tigner, regional signal officer, said Mon day. Major Tigner pointed out that the number volunteering last week compared favorable with the pre vious rate of enlistment as 35 persons volunteered during the first three weeks of June. New recruits are: Miss Peggy Wilson, Miss Julie Spruiit, Mrs. Estelle S. Blanchard, Mrs. Marian Sedwick Harriss, Miss Katherine Corbett, Miss Mary E. Applewhite, Mrs. B. K. Myers, Miss Mabel Louise Buffkin, Mrs. Beaulah Meier, Miss Virginia Sherman, I Mrs. Myrtle Caulfield and Mrs. Pearl Foumy Duval. Also, Mrs. George Smithson, j CHURCHILL READY TO DEFEND SELF -1—_ (Continued from Pate One) the debate being limited to the Lib yan-Egyptain campaign. A second front would be a stra tegic luxury if the Allies hold in Africa and south Russia, but would become a necessity should Egypt fall or the Germans crash through to the Caucasus. Either event might force the opening of a west ern front sooner than expected. Churchill’s opponents —including former War Secretary Leslie Hore Belisha, former Commando Chief Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, Edgar Granville and others—will open the debate. Oliver Lyttelton, minister of pro duction, probably will make the first statement for the government. His task will be the difficult one of explaining why startling inade quacies in equipment—particularly in heavy tanks and anti-tank guns —still exjst after three years of war. Churchill’s answer to the grow ing demand that he relinquish his role as defense minister obviously could be that the twin tasks he now performs are undertaken by President Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin and Chiang Kai-Shek. He is expect ed to say that no man can be prime minister during war unless he also is minister of defnese. Some of London’s most influen tial newspapers joined today in ad vocating the removal of war stra tegy from the hands of the prime minister. Should Churchill give ground after the debate, it appear ed likely that he might announce the creation of a general staff—a step long advocated by the power ful times and influential groups in parliament. Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wavell, presently commander in India, was mentioned as a man with a “three service mind’’ necessary for the head of such a staff. With U. S. troops pouring into the country and American warships operating from British bases, it was evident that such a staff should include Ameri can representatives. 3 -V Obituaries MRS. ANNA GRANT Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Grant, 85, widow of Richard H Grant, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. F. Smith, at Wrightsville Beach Sunday night at 9 o’clock were held Monday af ternoon at 5 o’clock from St James’ Episcopal church with the Rev. Mortimer Glover officiating. Interment was in Oakdale ceme tary. Active pallbearers were Julian K. Taylor, Jr., Allen Whitehead, W. R. Lutes, Donald C. King, R. O. Grant and W. F. Register. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. G. Koseruba, Dr. J. D Freeman, -Joe B. Brinkley, John Carter, Fred D. Poisson, F. Lacy King, Herbert Kendall, H. R. Gard ner, Dr. H. K. Thompson and Dr. J A. Oldham. * Mrs. Grant was born in Wilming ton and had spent all her life here. She was one of the oldest communi cants of St. James’ church. She is survived by one brother Charlton Lumsden, on New Bern; three daughters, Mrs. Smith, Mrs C. David Jones, of Wilmington, and Mrs. Hans Klopsch, of Mystic. Conn., four grandchildren, Miss Grant Jones, of Wilmington; Miss Patricia Grant, of St. Petersburg, Fla.; Mrs. Richard Rowland, of New York, and Windsor Bisseli, of Washington. OGATHA L. LINN LANDIS, June 29.—(ZP>—Ogatha Lockhart Linn, 65, retired business man and former mayor of Landis, died in a Salisbury hospital Sun day afternoon. He had been in de clining health for nine years and seriously ill for three weeks. DELEON F. GREEN WELDON, June 29—(#)—Funeral services were held Monday for De leon F. Green, 58, a director and former vice-president of the Lig gett and Myers Tobacco company. He died Sunday at a Roanoke Rapids hospital. -V It seems ages ago w hen all Europeans feared was a reap pearance of the Loch Ness sea serpent. Mrs. Josephine Yearout, Miss Eliz abeth Merritt, Mrs. Doris T. Schou man, Miss Virginia Wilson, Miss Katherine Rutherford, Mrs. F. W. McPherson, Miss Helen E. Mab bott, Miss Lucil Moore and Miss TeCoah Harner. City Briefs - i SEEKING HOME /The county welfare office is now seeking a home for an eight-year-old white boy who is eligible for adoption, officials said today. Anyone interested Is. asked to contact the office. RETURNS TO CITY Mrs. J. G. DeBose has re turned to the city after spend ing a week with her husband, Private J. G. DeBose, at Camp Shelby, Miss. ATTEND CONFERENCE Mrs. William Gfissom, direc tor of Religious Education of the First Presbyterian church accompanied by Misses Jessie Newbold, Sallie Prevatt, Elea nor Moore and Emma Mit chell, and Mr. John Codington, left yesterday to attend the an nual Young People’s confer ence of Wilmington Presbytery to be held this week at Peace college, Raleigh. AUTO TAX STAMPS Twenty-eight hundred $5 fed eral automobile tax stamps have been sold here since June 10, officials at the postoffice said Monday. They added that the Federal government has netted $14,000 from the sale of the tax stamps in this county. Although the stamps are to be on the automobiles by July 1, the sale will continue through July. , ELECTRICIANS WANTED Two electricians and two electricians’ helpers are wanted for work on a nearby defense project, officials of the U. S. Employment Service announc ed Monday. CHARGED WITH THEFT Robert Lane was arrested near here about 11 o’clock Mon day morning on a charge of larceny and receiing of an au tomobile Sunday from Second and Dock streets. Police said the automobile, valued at $250, was the property of Margarette Coleman. VISITING HERE Miss Marion White Fisher, of Roanoke Rapids, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Harry McGirt, here. Miss Fisher is a techni cian at the Roanoke Rapids hospital. -V NATIONAL COURT BERLIN, tFrom German Broad, casts), June 29—(#1—German au thorities in Czecho - Slovakia an nounced the creation today of a ‘‘National Court” to try Czech pol iticians “who have acted as en emies of the Czech people,” and there will be no appeal against the court’s decisions. ti- - 2,300 YOUNG MEN TO REGISTER HERE (Continued from Page One) the Selective Service registration of 18 and 19-year-olds. Approximately 100,000 youths are expected to register with local draft boards tomorrow, bringing to more than 1,000,000 the total of North Carolina men registered. Registration places will be open from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. and all young men—except those already in service—who were born on or after January 1, 1922 and on or before June 30, 1924 are required to register. The registration will be handled by the state’s 155 local draft boards which are responsible for setting up registration places and provid ing them with enough workers to handle the registration. State Selective Service headquarters an nounced today that all boards had reported they were prepared to handle the job. Those registering tomorrow wil: rot be liable for immediate mili tary service, but they will be in line for service just as soon as they reach the age of 20. State head quarters has announced that there will be no national lottery for to morrow’s registrants. They will be assigned serial numbers on the basis of their birth dates instead, and when they reach the age of 20, they will receive selective serv ice questionnaires and then they will be liable for military service BRITISH ASSAULT NAZI RAIL CENTER (Continued from Page One) Super-Mare, causing a number of casualties. LONDON, June 29—(/P)—Photo graphs made by reconnaissance planes showed tonight the German battleship Gneiseau was so badly damaged that three main 11-inch gun turrets had to be dismantled and 30 feet of forecastle deck re moved, leading to the British be lief that she “may be out for the duration.” The 26,000-ton Gneisenau has been removed from Kiel to Gdynia former Polish port, where the air ministry said it would be impos sible to make large-scale repairs required to put her back into serv ice. The damage was inflicted, the airministry said, in RAF attacks on Brest and during the dash of the Nazi fleet from that French port through the channel. The photographs were made in daylight after an attack on Kiel Feb. 25. 'They showed the German depot ship Monte Olivia or a liner of the same class burned out. The Gneisenau was moored near this vessel and the air ministry said "it is most probable that she also was hit on that night.” 14 DIE IN NAVY TUG EXELON (Continued from Page 0nt) street, Port Richmond N v man Homer Pendleton' 4fi' Washington street. New York c and seaman William Balfour? 63 Adams avenue, Norwood, 5 They said the tug was trai T' northward alone after answer?5 salvage call and was hittin. !J speed, about 11 knots. 8 “ “Suddenly there was a bio bap Lacoy said. “We four went the air and the tug was out ^ sight. Then we went down in water and I was so long ;n co up I thought I’d never eet , “ top again.” ” 1 ° Lacoy expressed the opinion'«. tug hit a mine. n tbe “There were three or fop-t outs in the pilot house " he °0l!' plained. “It was broad davW with fair visibility and we dB see a submarine or torpedo An] we had no engine trouble." The ship shook like she ramming something," Balfour« “She lifted in the air. She didn'* settle and stnk-she just disappear ed in a flash and there was Lt ing left of her,” ot‘" A fishing boat picked up two bodies an hour and a half afte- th sinking. They were identified a Captain Roy Allen, the tug's skin per 65 said to be of Quonsef R. I., and seaman SimeonT. Cron 36, of Grand Manan, New Brum wick, Canada. : ANNOUNCED BV N\Vy WASHINGTON, June 29- if _ The Navy Department announced tonight that a large United States tug has been sunk off the Atlantic coast as a result of an underwater explosion of undertermined origin, Suvivors have been landed at aii East coast port. Cakrtahs!mt!,y0U(need eaI°mel take taiotabs the Improved calomel ™5“"d tablets that make calo fcrl'iohi S pIeasant- Sugar-coated, agreeable, prompt, and effective, hot necessary to follow with salt* or castor oil. Use only as directed on label. FOR CORRECT TINE DIAL 3 5 7 5 —Courtesy— MOMENTOUS I On Wednesday registered voters will have the privilege of staying at home: iThey may vote for a POLLUTED WATER SUPPEY costing not less than two million six hundred thousand dollars; or they may vote for a PURE WATER SUPPLY costing not more than six hundred thousand dollars. The difference in cost, except to help win the war, may be overlooked as immaterial, but the question of death rate and public health cannot be ignored. These may come home to us, to our children and our grandchildren. IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO ALL YOU CAN FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE DEAR TO YOU, IT MAY BE PREDICTED THAT YOU WILL BE ON THE LOSING SIDE! VOTE FOR A CLEAR CONSCIENCE! It would seem that a citizen visioning the five recently bored wells on one-fourth of a square mile of the North Carolina Shipyard yielding l.ooo gallons of pure water pert minute, could use his own judgement as against the theoretical claims of men designated as experts but who failed to qualify to the extent justified by these wells. YOU WILL HAVE, HOWEVER, THE CON TINUING SATISFACTION OF NOT CONTRI BUTING TO THE DISTRESS OF OTHERS. You can protect your own family by drinking water frctn Whites, from Greenfield Springs, and from one of the fifteen wells which the City is now boring, but which may not be allowed to remain open after this year. Argument can be useless, even detrimental, but for the record I would like to reply briefly to some of the statements which have been made selecting samples from Mr. Campbell, Dr Elliott and Mr. Lander. In an advertisement in the Sundav Sta~-News 2!th approved of by Mr. Campbell it is stated that the Cape Fear River water above King s Bluff is ‘forever free from . . . sewage contamination . . .” This overlooks Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, and the National Hospital. Before the Council and a Civic Club he makes five statements which can be properly modified. HERE ARE TWO OF THEM: \ 1— ‘‘Every engineer from Wilmington to New York” has decided favorably to King's Bluff. 2— ‘‘Engineers have told us that it is not safe to use ground water.” DR. ELLIOTT, COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH DENIES THE TWENTY PERCENT HIGHER THAN AVERAGE DEATH RATE IN NEW HANOVER COUNTY'. The record of this high rate is taken from official report of the U. S. Census Bureau tabulated in 1938 and published in the University “NEWS LETTER” dated Oc tober 15. 1941. If New Hanover County did not use polluted water from Toomers By-Pass it might aspire even to the splendid record of Graham County which has according to the Census Bureau only half the death rate of New Hanover County. Dr. Elliott may explain this. MK. LANDER is a competent aim Civil Engineer but evidently not a Geologist; iff In his report on tills geological subject there are nine evident mistakes which can he refuted hj Mr. Paul Hess. Mr. Sydnor, or Mr. Callahan. Take this as a sample: Mr. Lander says that “all local rainfall runs toward the river before it penetrates the ground to a depth greater than 30 inches.” Check this by going out in a deatf rain and standing on any part of one square miles of the sand areas around ton, Government mapped sand areas. 5 ' what happens. Where does Greenfield La>re aI’ Crystal Lake come from, and why does one overflow into the Cape Fear River and the otn.. into Hewdett s Creek? Ask Mr. Paul Hess. We learn slowly and, contrary to the 0 axiom EXPERIENCE IS THE ONLY SCHOOL; Perhaps to a majority it seemed better for Hen Cabot Lodge to keep the United States t-o joining the League of Nations. The result a - not confirm this? WHATEVER THE RESULT OP THE ON WEDNESDAY LET US OBSERVE LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE. HUGH MacRAE NEW IRISH POTATOE _|_ BUSHEL 50 lbS. Bags 80« I 5 Bushels or More Delivered In 5 Mile Radius Of City W. S. NORTHROP 520 Qneen Sf. pione 21703 — _
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