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The Star-News can not be responsible for currency sent through the mails. _ MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND ALSO SERVED BY THE UNITED PRESS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1946_ TOP O’ THE MORNING Said ELwin Booth to your actors, “The king sits in every audience. Play to the king. Perhaps we have been tempted to feel that we are not appreciated—and perhaps we are not. But neither was Christ! It is to our King we play though the people are about us. Let us see His face. Let us have His approval. Let us build for etern ity.—Amos R. Wells. Tuberculosis Survey Preparations have been completed for a national anti-tuberculosis cam paign to promote routine X-raying of all hospital personnel and of patients on admission, according to a statement received yesterday from the American Hospital association, the U. S. Public Health Service and the National Tuber culosis association, joint sponsors. They estimate that such a service among the 20,000,000 persons who an nually enter hospitals and out-patient clinics would discover two or three times as many cases of tuberculosis as mass surveys among the general popu lation. Such a program is to be commend ed and brings to mind the fact that New Hanover has an excellent possibili ties of not only conducting its own tuberculosis survey but establishing a year-around clinic available to every citizen. Key to this opportunity is the $8,000 worth of X-ray equipment now idle within the yard of the North Carolina Shipbuilding company. During the height of activity there, it was install ed and used to make approximately 40, 000 tuberculosis and other examina tions. Many cases of the disease were discovered through its use and it proved a simple and efficient safeguard of the health of the thousands of em ployes. Why don’t those interested in the war against tuberculosis here investi gate thoroughly the possibilities of borrowing this equipment from the Maritime commission? \‘ hy put it in “moth balls” with the remainder of the yard when it could be placed to such excellent use? If obtained, our understanding is that the State Board of Health may furnish the necessary film and read the photographs. Only local costs would be employment o' a technician and pos sibly a clerical assistant. The operation of the equipment is not a complicated process and a person could be easily trained for the work. Routine chest X-rays are one of the best ways to discover early cases of tuberculosis. A clinic based on the use of the shipyard X-ray equipment would be a comparatively simple project. This was proven when numerous cases were uncovered at the big industrial estab lishment in ample time for those af fected to regain sound health with com paratively light treatment. The results to be expected through | utilization of this equipment are too great for it to lie idly by when it could be the basis of one of the best tuber culosis clinics in the country. We look forward to a real effort to obtain this facility for use here. Who ever undertakes such a project and pushes it to realization will be doing a great service in advancement of health in New Hanover county. Regional Designation A movement to designate this reg ion Southeastern North Carolina and not the Wilmington area by all who make any mention of it is highly in jorder. This was brought out at a meeting of- the Southeastern North Carolina Beach association Friday night. Two speakers made several references to the region as “the Wilmington area.” An alert gentleman from Southport | took exception, and rightfully so. He brought out that development of the territory’s resorts as a whole is the aim of tho association and should not be de-emphasized through over prom inence of any one community above all others. Because of its size, Wilmington is the logical capital of Southeastern North Carolina. Yet, its prosperity depends to a marked degree on the well-being of the surrounding country. As Brunswick, Columbus, Bladen, Duplin, Pender and Onslow and other Southeastern coun i ties grow, so will this city benefit. But l we have no right whatsoever to claim any of these benefits unless we co operate and assist the nearby com munities in their endeavors. The term “Wilmington area” is a bit too possessive. It does not go well with the other towns. They too, are just as intensely interested in them selves as we are in our city. Yet, all together, they make up a section of the state that is on the eve of greater in dustrial, agricultural and recreational development. The success attained along these lines will depend greatly on the unity and ability of the various 1 communities to work together. They ! can do it best if they will often lay aside their individual identities and merge their efforts into a great one to make Southeastern North Carolina one of the state’s richest and best regions. Byrnes’ Program Secretary of State Byrnes has of fered the German people a clear and essentially fair program for speedy establishment of a democratic provision al government to unify the defeated nation. His Stuttegart address was the ges ture the world has been waiting for. What will be the immediate effect? It could well be the beginning of a real movement to restore Germany to her rightful place in a balanced Eu rope. The idea that a defeated nation must be eliminated from the face of the earth is medevial, impossible to attain. Germany must suffer, and suf fer deeply for her sins, but for the future a peace must be neither hard or soft. Secretary Byrnes’ policy is strictly middle ground. It is not be nevolent but it is protective. He is against making Germany a ‘‘pawn or partner” in a military power struggle between the East and West. In rejecting any proposal that Ger many’s eastern borders were perma nently fixed on the Oder river, Secre tary Byrnes made a definite bid for the country’s friendship. It is a move to push the famous “Iron Curtain” eastward. The Russian reaction will be most interesting to watch. His talk 'Was an expression of the new teamwork be tween the United States and Great Britain to protect themselves from Communism. Both sides have been hoping to win Germany’s friendship if there is another war. The Soviet answer to Secretary Byrnes may be “we said it first.” If this is the response, it will be clearer than ever that the occupying powers are working for the good will of the German people. The Germans have played the Allies well against each other with the result that no one will want to face the charge of being too harsh. Too lenient peace terms may re sult from such tactics. The fact remains, above all other is sues, that Germany must be restored to the family of nations. The quality of reconstruction will depend on two major points: First, the amount and quality of help and super vision given by the Allies. Second, her ability to work in harmony with her inner parties and forces. On the second point, it will be nec essary for occupation forces to remain within her borders. Their responsibility will be to maintain order but not to select her new leaders. That will not be an easy task; it will call for the high est type of diplomacy. Secretary Byrnes has set the course to rehabilitate a people led to ruin by a political doctrine that the remainder of the world, for its own protection, was forced to crush. Whether it will be followed depends not only upon the Ger man people but upon the victorious Al lies. The sailing will not be easy and the voyage will be one of years. Yet, there is hope for all. Certainly the spirit of the United States is clear but whether the situation remains that way depends on Russia more than any other power. His Stuttgart remarks offer the op portunity of either better or worse co operation with Moscow in seeking to restore some order in Europe. The next step should be by Russia and we await it with considerable interest. It will be a big factor in deciding Germany’s future. Along Broadway By WALTER WINCHELL NEW YORK HEARTBEAT Silhouettes. Garbo, back from the Old Coun try, taking long strides along Park Avenue. .CBS’ Jack Smith (on the san>e artery) airing his two prize-winning South American pooches that kept yapping at lovely Maria Montez. . .Wouldn’t you? . . .Patti Clayton, the canary, cuddling a fudgicle at a Broadway soda-stand. . .Actress Marsha Hunt (who por trays a scrub-woman in the new “Carnegie Hall” flicker) being taught how to scrub the floors there bv one of the charwomen. • . Morton Downey: America’s Sweetharp. Sallies in Our Alley: Milton Berle, the $10, 000 per week comedian, was “on” at the Carnival. The act is often a 2-hour routine. . . “He’s a big ham all right,” someone re marked, “but there’s a little bit of ham in everyone”. . .“In Berle's case,” said ' Art Franklin, “there’s a little bit of everyone in that ham!”. . .Jackie Elinson saw a hotel announcement of its current attraction, to wit: A bandleader, his trombone, his orchestra and his picket sign! Vignette: Laura LaPlante, the movie star, who is still a looker, tells it herself. . .She drove up to a gas station recently where the attendant did a double-take and said: “Say, did anybody ever tell you that you look like Laura LaPlante’”. . .A bit cagily, Laura re plied: “Why, yes. As a matter of fact several people have”. . .To which he hastily added: “Oh, don't get me wrong, lady. I don’t mean the way she looks NOW!” Memos of a Midnighter: Paul Haakon, the ballet dancer star, got his final decree in Fla. He will next merge with showgirl Dean Myles. . . .A petition is being circulated by chorines not to go out with striking musicians. . .They are giving out dishes in some local movie theatres again. . .Bill Jaffe says he isn’t re conciling with his ex-wife. . .The Blue Angel resumes Friday night. . .There’s hatcheck gal at Howie’s, a college grad, marking time while waiting orders to serve the gov’t in Germany. She also does surgery at a midtown hosp. . .This is 'worth money tip: The new line of darlings for the Riviera will all be unmarried . . .A drama critic’s wife is rumored in Mexico arranging a divorce. .. Radio editor Harriet VanHorne has finally tuned in Station LOVE. He’s a Conn, editor. New York Novelette: Not too long ago a pretty newcomer chorine phoned a newspaper man she knows. . .She said she had a weighty problem for him to help solve. She said her chief ambition was to wed a millionaire, but she didn't know any. . .Could he introduce her to some? . . .Nothing came of.it. . .A few weeks ago that girl married a multi millionaire, who settled nine million dollars on his ex-wife for the divorce. The newlys are still honeymooning.. .She is Marianne O'Brien. . .He is the Camel ciggie heir, R. J. Reynolds. Broadway Torch Song: (By Don Wahn): The mob is back—the nights take on a tang. . . .New shows, new gals, new blood is in the veins. . .Yet I remember all the songs we sang. . .When wine wfas king and glamour held the reins. . .That was an Autumn tinc tured with delight. . .When life was lush and all the chips were down. . .And we would wait like culprits for the night. . .To steal the gold that drifted on the town. . .But we were ripe for all the pranks of Fate. . .And so we came to terms with discontent. . .And suddenly we found the hour was late. . .The wine was low—the gold was strangely spent. . . .1 turned to you- as solace for a Fool. . . .But you and Autumn both turned very cool! Curtain-Calls: The Dunhills, an exciting act at the Strand. . .Betty Reilly’s DeLuxe disc, “Tierra Va Tembla”. . .Bing’s platter: “The Pessimistic Kerrickter with the Crabapple Face,” a corking lyric. . .Carmen Cavallaro’s version of “Carioca.” Magnifico! . . .Sergio Orta’s torrid revue at Havana-Madrid. . .V. Monroe’s “Lazy Day” (Victor). . .The zingy Peters Sisters at the Zanzibar. . .Lew Parker and Arnold Moss in the revived newspaper comedy, “The Front Page”. . .The “Blue Skies” score (36 Berlinspirations) due soon. On the Small-Time: Paul Small, the artists’ representative , who weighs about an eighth ol a ton, was even heavier when he ran away from home 15 years ago to go on the stage. . . .His father was so infuriated about it, said Paul last night, “that he used,,to beat me up every time he ran into me”. . .He told him he was a disgrace to the family, too. . .Shortly after, Paul was booked to ap pear at the Audubon Theatre, the neighbor hood 4-a-day house. . .The Old Gentleman was seated in the balcony when Paul came on. .A chap in the adjacent pew didn’t ap. preciate Paul’s- talent. ■ . Ho, ho! he heckled, “get a load of that big horse trying to sing!’ . . .Small, Sr., was furious. . .Elbow ing the stranger hard, papa proudly ex claimed: “Shaddopp! Dot’s my son!” Manhattan Murals: The night porter at Peck & Peck’s on Vth near 53rd, who labors until dawn in only a pair of swim-trunks. . . The traffic cop at 40th and 7th—a double for the Mayor. . .The swanky cream-colored ma chine which waits every closing time at 52nd St. and 6th'. A blonde at the wheel waiting for a footer whom she drives to Harlem. . . The cop frisking a lad in the Harlem sector at 4 ayem and finding a knife. “I’d rather.” he said, “be caught by a cop with a knife on me than by a mugger without one.” TO HIM THAT HATH SHALL BE GIVEN ITroub# Stories Of The Old Plantations, Cape Fear River Region From Manuscript by DR. JOHN HAMPDEN HILL Presented to the Honorable George Davis by Dr. Hill, in 1845. Original in possession of Thomas W. Davis, in the handwriting of Dr. Hill’s daughter. Reproduced here through the courtesy of Mr. Davis. Turning East from Castle Hayne and crossing the county road, we come to the Hermitage, the resi dence of the Burgwin family. The founder of this family was Mr. John Burgwin, an English gentle man, in olden times an opulent merchant, and between Wilming ton and Bristol in England, he car ried on an extensive commerce. He must have had fine taste, as displayed by the manner in which the grounds around the Hermitage were laid off and improved. Its fine avenues and handsomely ar ranged pleasure grounds, sur passed everything in the whole country round. Mr. George Burg win, who occupied the Hermitage after his father’s death was also a gentleman of good taste and de voted much attention to the deco ration of the place, and kept it up in a handsome condition. Mr. George Burgwin reared a numer ous and highly respectable family. His oldest son, Capt. John Burg win of the United States Army was killed in battle in the Mexi can war, and his grandson Genl. George B. Anderson, died of a wound received at the battle of Antietam. (This place has also passed out of the family, ar.d there is little left of it to tell of its former attractiveness. We will turn now Westward, and recrossing the county road, at a short distance come to Rocky Run, where lived Dr. Nathaniel Hill. In earlier times this place was the residence of Mr. Maurice Jones, whose daughter Dr Hill married. Of the history of this gentleman tne writer never neara tnucii mu a tradition worth relating will il lustrate his firmness and self-pos session and preserve of mind. He was a great woodsman, and in the habit of still hunting. On one oc casion he was creeping to snoot a deer, which was feeding at a dogwood tree, (the berries of which deer are very fond,) when feeling that something was drag ging at one his legs he turned his head and saw that it was a large rattlesnake, which had struck and fastened his fangs in the buckskin leggings which all huntsmen wore at that day. He deliberately crawled on dragging the snake as he went, getting within proper range he fired and killed the deer, then turning killed the snake. Dr. Nathaniel Hill was sent to Scot land when he was quite young, where he was placed with an apothecary. Having completed a full term of this business he en tered the medical college at Edin boro. where he remained until he had completed his medical course. Returning home before he was quite of age, he eptered actively trl practice of his profession at Wilmington. Full of energy and earnestness, with remarkable sa gacity and decision, he very soon acquired the confidence of the community. His reputation was es tablished and not surpassed in the whole Cape Fear region. After a iaborous and lucrative practice of twenty-five years Di. Hill retired with an independent estate at Rocky Run, where he had built a commodious and comfortable house. Here before the prime of life was over, and in the full vigor of manhood, he took up his abode, land for many years dispensed a liberal hospitality to a large circle of friends and relatives. On the first day of January of each year, being Dr. Hill’s oirth day. a numerous party of friends and relatives always assembled at Rocky Run to celebrate the event ‘‘with feasting and good cheer.” And then it v-as that these fine deer hunts came off, w'hich were so skillfully conducted, that they were invariably successful. The standers were judiciously placed, and the bringing dowm the game depended on their skill as marks men. In the management of these hunts, the guests whether old or young w:ere invariably placed at the best stands, the doctor taking the chances as they might arise for himself. He always carried flint and steel, a single barrel, silver mounted gun, and it was not often that he failed to bring down the deer coming fairly by him, within one hundred yards. Many a day of sport has the writer enjoyed with this noble old gentleman, at his fine old seat. Most systematic and punctual in his habits, invariably as we arose from the breakfast table (eight o’clock in winter) the driver was waiting with horses and dogs eager for the drive, and as punctu ally we returned by two o’clock, the dinner hour, as the family were never kept waiting. The old Rocky Run mansion was destroyed by fire many years since and the place has shared the fate of all the others on the North East, and fallen into strange hands. The next two places below un the river were Rose Hill, the residence of the Quince family, and Rock Hill, of the Davises, two rather inconsiderable and inferior rice plantations. The Quinces were among the earliest of the gentry settlers on the Cape Fear. I have heard an old story related about a Mr. Parker Quince, somewhat characteristic, I presume;'-of him self and his times. It seems he was a merchant and quite a traf ficker. In sending an order for goods on one occasion to Long (from whence most all impor tations were made), a dozen cheeses were included, and several gross of black tacks. Instead the cheeses yere sent a dozen English chaises and for the tacks there was sent an immense number of black jacks as they were called, a kind of small japanned tin drink ing mug. His correspondent apolo gizing for not completing the or der as to the cups as he had bought all that could be found in the shops of London. Mr Quince either speiled very badty or wrote illegibly, probably a little of both. There was one of the Quinces who for some family reason or °t.h®r> adopted the name of Hazell William Serninza Hazell. He was much esteemed and the intimate friend of many gentlemen of his day. When party politics ran high between the old Federalists and Republicans, he edited a paper called the Minerva, advocating the principles of the Federal party, and was well sustained and ca ressed by his friends. He must nave been a man of fine literary easte, judging from ehe number of old volumes of the best English literature, with*his name and coat of arms inscribed in them, which 11 have come across in the old libraries. Rock Hill was hand somely located on a bluff, com manding a fine view of the river. It was in old times the residence of Mr. John Davis, and more late ly of Mr. Thos. J. Davis, his son. The name of Davis both in early and later times on the Cape Fear, nas always been associated with all that was highly respectable, and honorable, and it h a s been most eminently sustained in the person of Hon. George Davis of Wilmington, and the late Bishop Davis of South Carolina. Proceeding further down, but not immediately on the river, was once a place known as Nesces Creek, on a creek of that name, which before the Revolution was the residence of Arthur Mabson, Esq., a gentleman noted for his great energy and industry, by which he had accumulated a con siderable estate but died the first year of the war. This place \iias long abandoned, and I don't sup pose there is a vestige of its im provements left. Crossing Nesces Creek and go ing on a mile or so farther, we come to where once stood Fair fields, also gone totally to ruin. Here lived Mr. John Hill, a gen tleman of note in his day, fre quently representing the county in the legislature. He had been a soldier in the Revolution. Entered the army while ouite young and served with* Genl. Green in his Southern campaign. Passing on we come to Sans Sowei .Of the early history of this place the writer knows nothing For many years past it has been the residence of the late Mr. Ar thur Hill. Crossing Smith’s creek we come to Hilton, the place named for the first adventurer who explored the river, Capt. Hilton. This was the residence of C o r n e lius Harnett, Esq., and the old mansion created by him is still standing, the only one left of all the old places on the river. It is not surprising that this point should have attracted the admiration of those who first Deneid it, and gave it its name. A fine bluff near the junction of Smith’s creek with the river, it has a commanding and extensive view up and down the stream. Al though much out of repair, the grounds mutilated by the deep cut of a railroad passing through them, it is still the most attractive spot near the city of Wilmington. Cornelius Harnett was about the most noted and conspicuous per sonage of his day in the whole Cape Fear region. No man more entirely commanded the confi dence "and admiration of the com munity, in which he lived. Notwith standing that Hilton was hot with in the corporate limits of the town of Wilmington, yet in such high estimation was Mr. Harnett held that by a special ordinance he was invested with all the rights and privileges of a resident and en titled to vote in their municipal and borough elections. Either or. account of feeble health or ad vanced life, Mr. Harnett was ntt an active participant as a soldier in the war of the Revolution. Both heart and means were neverthe less enlisted in th <> cause, and after Wilmington was occupied by the British, he was ousted from a sick bed, and confined in their Interpreting The News BY DEWITT MACKE\7ir AP Foreign Affair**^ One of the most important of Secretary of State ByL''^ gart speech on American S* regarding Germany strikes ®oLc? resting in this basic truth- 5 a' “Germany must be ‘ chance to export goods in ord" ‘ import enough to make he 0 omy self-sustaining. Germa part of Europe, and recover! 11 Europe, and particularly adjoining states, will be sw h* deed if Germany, with he- V* resources of iron and coal i,lre3t ed into a poor-house.'1 ’ That is indisputable, ard « ■ terlocks with all other v., ( sues. These include the punish '* and reform of the Rei-h Pr,’1 claims to the Rhineland Ruhr (which Mr. Byrnes rejected'* and the boundary between pCi:,'i and Germany (which the Sec-.. America d0^-'t consider"!* settled). a< Common Sense It's just a matter of even ■ horse-sense. Germany lone been the keystone of contiJ., economy, and if you rip the stone out of a structure then Si be a collapse. ' J The division of Germany - four zones for purposes of Ali:n occupation was in accordance the Potsdam agreement amore Big Three. But it also was agree that those zones should be unified for economic purposes so “thai there might be an exchanged foodstuffs, raw materials rra factures and other essentials * Neither Russia nor France has been willing to implement the Po° dam pact regarding unification On the urgent invitation of United States, England has agreed to weld toe two zones economica, ty. and this will help considerably But rich eastern Rhineland have no desire to see Germany's grea industries in the Ruhr revived. ’ Unhappy Situation So Germany has become a sym. bol of growing dissension between Russia and the Anglo-American allies. Mr. Byrnes points this un happy situation up when he says: ‘ It is not in the interest of the German people nor in the interest of world peace that Germany should become a pawn or partner in military struggle for power be tween the east and the west.” But Byrnes didn’t stop with the advocacy of economic unity. He declared that “the American people want to return the govern ment of Germany to the German people.” He outlined a broad plan for eventual unification of the Ger mans under federal government. He said the Americta government took the stand that the “German people throughout Germany, under proper safeguards, should now be given the primary responsibility for the running of their own a' fairs.” He made it clear, however, that the United States has no intention of foregoing any of its obligations in the reform of the Reich. As things stand it may be a long cold day before the occupation is ended. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov has indicated that it will be years before the Allies fan entrust Germany with any real political power. We can be sure, I believe, that so long as any Red soldiers re main in eastern Germany, just so long will American, British and French troops stay in their zones of occupation. Mrs. Evelyn Farrell Named To City Post Mrs. Evelyn L. Farrell, 101 South Monroe street, who has been secretary to P. F. Halsey, vice president and general ynanager for the North Carolina Shipbuild ing company, tomorrow willa-“ sume her duties as secretary to Gilbert F. Morton, city purchase agent and building inspector. Mrs. Farrell had been serving as secretary to Halsey at the ship yard from June, 1941, until ~'1 present. She has had considerable expo-' ience in the purchasing depsi-* ment of the North Carolina Shi? building company, and was ; some time previously connec.s with the New York and Newjw News offices of the Newport Ke** Shipbuilding company. Precision Drawn Fine SCHENECTADY, N. Y.—'LP Recently developed equip®;1 makes it possible to measure vac uum pressure as low as 1-lM lionth of a pound per square tot to measure thickness down to*--; millionth of an inch, and to reco weights to within lOO.OOOths o. a ounce. Southern Arkansas has a re•"■;■ of 400,000,000 barrels of pertole-.i according to estimates. _. prison, where he died in CC-W quence of their hars.n and Jl treatment. i « Mr. Harnett, I believe *e descendants, and in £iter_ "1 Hilton became t h e property • residence of Mr. William H. ■ Esq. This gentleman was saw ■ have possessed fine Q'-ia. •’ ^ both head and heart. Gejtia temper and fond of convn he attracted many frienas him and was always the _ his company. He was a spirit among the gentlemen ■ ^ Federal party when P°lltlCS 0 high, and represented me mington district in Contes ing the administration of t.-e Adams. , (The End)
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