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CTTJAI.'S VILLE, NC?.TII CA ILGU11A ! J , is. -41 f " i , ' ' i' - " REV. H. J. WHALEY Rev. Whaley, of Beulaville, was born in Duplin County in 1874. At the age of 19 was married to Bar bara E. Sumner who bore him 9 children, all living. Five months from the time of his wife's death he was married to Myrtie K. Bliz zard and during the second mar riage five children was borne of which four died. Later his second wife died;. Six months elapsed, ha then married Carrie Henderson : with whom he lived until her death 12 years later. Seven months after her death he married his present wife, the former Bertha Brinson At the age of 30 Mr. Whaley Joined the Free Will Baptist Cnurch. Later he requested a li cense to preach and preached for 7 years and left to organize what today is known as The New River Conference and got a charter to be in force for 99 years. Mr. Wha ley began to organize churches and today there are 35 or 40 ordained ministers in the New River Con ference. Mr. Whaley is 75 years of age and has lived a useful life. CAVENAUGH SPEAKS " CONTINUED FROM FRONT As Contractors, you are deeply interested in the economic life of our7 State and most particularly, the area in which you work. In order for you to make money in your profession, you must do busi ness with those that have money. So the financial condition of your working area is of great direct concern to you. The income of its people earn reflects your income. If your neighbor does not have any money, then you don't. Let me tell you how they stack up. 1948 the per capital net buying income for New Hanover County was $14 28.00, Brunswick $328.00, Jones $287.00, Columbus $564.00, Pender $411.00, Bladen $522.00, Sampson $577.00, Onslow $263.00, and Dup lin $582.00. With the exception of New Hanover, these figures are ap paling. These counties are purely agricultural. The rise and fall of farm products determine the am ount of money that they have. Al ready they are suffering from Mod ernization. The tractor and im proved farm machinery have re placed thousands of workers in the farm belt. Our farming counties now have about twice as many people engaged in farming as should be. Each farmer's income should be double the figures that I just told you. The other half of our people should be given other work. They deserve it. They de mand it. You as leaders in your state should think about these peo ple and get together with other lines of business men and make plans to relieve the situation. If you don't and this line of action is allowed to continue, then you are going to see more and more unrest and more and more criticisms as to our form of' government and there will be less and less buildings to construct. Our people want to work, if given an opportunity, but they want enough wages and in come to permit their families to be on a near par with their neighbors. ' These low figures that I have told you of are in the face of High Tobacco prices for the past several years. That crop is the backbone of our farmers now. What would happen if tobacco was to suddenly drop to 1933 levels? It would be bankruptcy for this whole area. This area -would be fertile soil for communistic ideas. A thing like that must be; prevented. X -can be prevented and we are now-in the Southeastern part of our state in the best position to do something about -it, that we have ever been. . A few weeks ago, many of you saw. the turning of the first spade of dirt and the driving of the first pile in the building of North Caro lina port, here in your city of Wil mington. That day marked a turn lng point not only in the life of New Hanover County, but in the life of North Carolina. It marked a -turning point In the life of War saw, iny town, it marked a turning point in the life of every south eastern' county. It is now up to us to take advantage of this and other facilities that we have to exploit them, to. the very fullest. , , , Several months ago; I talked to your'' Wilmington Kiwanis ' club along -this same line. I appealed to them to get Wilmington to accept leadership for this whole south eastern area- and - to "exploit the possibilities and build tip our eco nomy. Tonight,-1 repeat that plea, f nce I spoke last fall, things have i' "?d. You have several big i j". '' - to el'Tter - - b-.-h I.''-? very strongly about coming. I be lieve that you have accepted that leadership and J think the only thing necessary now is to tell the world about it and organize this area. J think that ad organisation should be prefected In these sou theastern counties similar to the one in Western Carolina. Several counties in the west have organized with Asheville, as. the center to promote the well being of that territory. That organization is pay ing dividends to the whole area. We should have a like organization. It should revolve around Wilming ton. Your port and your beaches are natural attractions around which can be built one of the greatest industrial sections of the entire Atlantic Seaboard. Did you ever stop to think Just where North Carolina is geographically? Well it is the next State from a highly developed industrial area, Virgin ia. The north is especially congest ed with industrial plants. And with the Government talking about de centralizing industry, we are in a most favored spot. North Carolina Is nearer to Africa, South America and the Mediterranean countries than any of the northern ports of the Atlantic Seaboard. Now with the coming of our port, why can't we place ourselves in a position to gain the greatest possible benefits? An organization for this area will bind us together in such a way that our counties could, again re gain the leadership of the state like we had it five decades ago. These are the two types of in dustry that we should go after with all our power. First; those that use as their raw material those things that we grow and have In our midst, such as forest products, agricultural products, and lime products. Second; those that use raw materials that come from over the sea into our port, such as wool from Australia, hard woods from the Pacific, iron ore from the New foundland area and South Ameri can, and other imports. The first, type, we can do something about ourselves. These second types, we will have the first shot at them, and it is up to us to stop as much of these materials as possible and make them into finished goods our selves. The Board of the Department of Conservation and Development has done a considerable amount of study along these lines, and as a member of this board, I want to Facts on the Korean Situation The United Nations has declared the military conflict in Korea to be an act of aggression and acted accordingly. Here Erf 1 f 17. VN General Assembly re-j m. iver aivjn.u wu jwit newt j i;fe of Commission (Octo the Japanese Empire. ber 1949) it to "observe and 8. Cairo Conference 0)-; Great Britain, China and the United States declared "in due course Ko rea shall become free and Inde pendent." 3. At the Potsdam Conference (July 1945), the Cairo Conference declaration on Korea was reaf firmed by the United States, the U.S.S.R., and Great Britain. 4. With Japanese surrender at the close of World war 11 (Sep tember 1945), the Korean area north of the 38th parallel was sur rendered to U.S.SA troops and that south of the parallel to U. S. trooDS. 5. Moscow meeting (December 1945) U.S.S.R., U. S., and Great Britain agreed to "reestabliahment of Korea as an Independent tun: (China subsequently agreed.) Joint commission of u. S. ana U.a.s.n. representatives set up to assist in forming a Korean government 6. Months of discussion of Joint commission brought deadlock on major problems. 1. U. S. nronosal (August 1947) that Korean problem be referred to four signers of Moscow agreement of December 1945. Great Britain and China agreed; U.S.S.H. ob jected. 8. U. S. referred Korean matter to the United Nations General As sembly (September 1947). U-t -. 9. UN established Temporary Commission on Korea (November 1947). U.S.S.R. protested. 10. Temporary Commission met In Seoul (January 1948) to facili tate formation of Korean govern ment through elections and with drawal of occupation forces. Re ported to UN its Inability to con tact authorities in North Korea; 11. United Nations Interim Committee or Little Assembly (functioning when the General Assembly is not In session) in structed the Commission to carry out its duties "in such parts of Ko rea as are accessible" (February '1948). - 12. Election held In South Ko rea under supervision of the UN Commission (May 10, 1948). Re ported by Commission to be "valid expression of free will of electo rate in those parts of Korea" ac cessible to the Commission. 13. Democratic People's Bepub lie of Korea set up In North Korea and recognized by UJ5JS.R. in Oc tober 1948. - - i 14. UN General Assembly cre ated new UN Commission on Ko jrea to assist in unification, pro mote friendly relations between ,two parts of Korea, be available ifor consultation,' and to observe and verify withdrawal of occupa tion troops (December 1948). ! 15. Simultaneously . (December -1948) General Assembly declared the Government of the Republic of Korea to be the only legitimate ; government in Korea. 16. Unification of Korea not jachieved. UN Commission able to Report only withdrawal of U. S. loccupation forces (June 1949) ex cept ,fo American Military Ad visory Group of 5U0 men. ' ' i bring you certain Information and certain leads, that if followed will add much to the further building of this grand old State, and give its people a contentment in living that (I so vital at this time. T have lust attendee, the summer meeting oT the board- in Morehead City. At this meeting many things of great importance to our state were discussed and I want to tell you about them. You have seen in the paper many items about -the possibility of a Steel Mill in Wilmington. Several months ago, we contacted an en gineering firm in New York to meet with us in Greensboro and give us his opinion as to what he thought dt Wilmington as a poss ible site for a Steel Mill. He visited Wilmington and in his brief re port stated hat In his opinion this area had sufficient attractions for a Steel Mill to warrant full studv. In as much as th(s full study would cost us about $25,000.00 and the outside preliminary reports were not too optmlstic, we Just tabled the idea for the time being. The conditions have changed and with the Government stressing de-cen tralization and the fact that the steel mills have not caught up with their orders, and it doesn't look like they will, we think now Is the time to have this full study .of this section. The City of Wilming ton, the County of New Hanover and the -Port Authority, will' In a few days, receive a request from j us that all of our agencies come ' together and pay for this study. In as much as the' Port of Wilmington will receive the greatest amount of benefit and because we don't have the money to do the whole Job, we believe that this is the best approach to solving the prob lem. . A steel mill would be a mam moth industry in our midst, but the smaller factories that would spring up all along our railroads and streams would mere than dou ble the, benefits, accruing to us from the mill;itself. We think that it is worth going after with all our power and we believe that a com plete" study of this" area from this mHl, will not -sals place us in a most favorable position as to the mill, but will, als airing out con siderable, ialarmaUon that can be used in 'attraoting other lines of industry. This study will tell us what we have' in this area a thing I don't think many if any of us, report any developments which might letd to or otherwise involve military conflict in Korea." 18. UN Security Council met (June 25, 1950) at request of the U. S. which was informed of North Korean invasion. UN Commission on Korea established and con firmed fact of such aggression. Security Council declared North Korean action "a breach of the peace" and acting under UN Charter provisions, called for ces sation of hostilities. Council asked UN Commission on Korea to inform Council its recommendations and Of adher ence to UN declaration by North Korea. Council also asked all member governments of UN to as sist UN in its efforts and refrain from helping North Korea. 19, President Truman author ized Gen. MacArthur to. respond to appeals from Republic of Ko rea for help. (June 26, 1950.) 26. Security Council (June 37, 1950) heard message from Presi dent Truman stating measures U. S. was taking on Council's re quest of June 25. (A member na tion also has the right, under th UN Charter, to individual pr col lective defense against an armed attack "until the Security Coun cil has taken . . . measures," with immediate, notification . to ,,thi Council of feat defense.) ? !.' , i XL Resolution adopted by th Council (June 27, 1950) noted re-, port of UN Commission on Korea that hostilities had not ceased, and called on member. UN , countries for help. Including armed forces needed to repel the armed attack. 22. Secretary General Trygve Lie appointed Col Alfred G. Kat tin, a South African, aa his per sonal representative in Korea. 23. UN Security Council (July 7. 1950) asked U. a to appoint a commander of UN forces fighting North Korea. Also asked V. & for periodic reports on conflict and permitted use of UN flag (blue and white) by UN forces. ' ' tt. President Truman (July I, 1950) appointed Gen, Douglas MacArthur commander of all UN military forces defending Repub lic of Korea and Instructed him to use the UN flag along with the flpgs nations participating. . ! 25. Member nations) to dale (July 10) that have endorsed Council's two appeals: Afghanis tan, Argentina, Australia, ? Bel gium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma. Can ada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guate mala, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, India, Iran, Israel, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Now Zea land, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakis tan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Sweden, lhailand, Turkey, Union of South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela. ' ' - Non-mmlr ";' f'-,i fcm r " -1 ixrtir- -trt t our: know. As I hear more a: i ! ijie yu w,J t taat direct from the Board. ':':.:: v. ': A complete study as to the pos sibilities of a cement factory in this area is being made at the present ' time in the Maple Hill section of Pender County. We have had Mr. G. W. Moore, a geologist exploiting the marl possibilities in eight or ten counties in southeast ern Carolina and the best he has found is located in the southeast ern part of Duplin and the north eastern part of . Pender, with the Pender marl holding the edge on the Duplin marl. This study was made possible by the State Board of Agriculture, the Highway De partment, and the Department of Conservation and . . Development taking care of expenses.' Mr. Moore has not completed his .study but reports that the further he goes into it, the more optomlstie he. is. A cement mill in Pender would work miracles for that county-It would give her people a shot in the arm that is needed in every agricultural county in our area. Its benefits would spread to the city of Wilmington first and then to all the other county , towns of this section. Don't yon think that Wilmington should be mighty in terested in locating a cement fee tory In Pender? I think so. and I think that organization of our counties can have a most important say so in una case and other slmi. lar cases. Thlsi 'study that . Mr. I,;ooie is making will advertise our section more than anything we have done before. All the facts dug out are riot good, some are actually bad, but with your help and the help of an organization of our counties, a lot of these bad facts can be overcome and made into real assets. . The Board talked about the North Carolina Coast We have the long est coast line of any Atlantic State, we have several inlets from the outer banks to the Sounds, The Morehead City inlet of 35 feet and the Wilmington Inlet or Cape Fear River of 32 feet are the only places that boats can come into our shores. I happen to, be Chairman of the Inlet and Water Way Clmmlttee of the board and we asked for and were promised an engineer to check all the Inlets and waterways that warranted It and prepare sufficient data to en able us to go to Washington and get Federal help in making these most necessary Improvements. It would mean to us if our waters were accessible to ocean going ves sels and especially ocean going fish boats. I will mention the fish industry later. Not only should we hsve federal help on our Inlets and channels, but we should have their help in the matter of Flood Control on our rivers. The farmers in this area have just experienced one of the worst floods that we, have had In manny years. Tobacco -and other - THIS YEAR IN Jt. il llL ill. lOLV LAST YEAR, 1949, TOBACCO SALES INCREASED 34.9 per. cent in Clarkton, N. C. The largest increase of sale in all the North Caro lina Border Belt markets. There must be a reason - HIGH PRICES. Farmers be here - see for yourself. Bring tobacco to Clarkton. 6 warehouses and 3 firms. A sale every day for each firm. Clarkton leads Here's the increase of sales in the North Carolina Border Belt for 1949: Clarkton 34.9; Fairbluf 1 30.2; Chadbourn 15.9 Fairmont 11.6; Tabor City 10.3; Vhiteville 8.1; --.. ' .!- ;. ,'. -.' Lumberfon 5.3; Fayelleville .4 p ' M n clami, :'n. c. crops were damaged from 10 to 100. Duplin and Pender, on the Northeast River received their full share of the damage. If this rver was cleared of all rubbish and logs so that the water could go. but 75 t 90 of the damage to our crops could have been eliminated, but as it was, the flood 'water backed up into our fields and big damage was the . result "We need an organization to help us interest the Federal folks to do something about our inland streams. It will be a direct benefit to Wilmington, If the farmers of Duplin and Pender had more money to spend."' We discussed at the Morehead City meeting the fishing Industry. There is not a fish factory or sea food processing plant In North Carolina. Most likely the last fish that you bought from your mer chant came from Norfolk. Those seafoods that you buy frozen most likely came from Boston or Glou cester, Mass. Isn't it a shame with North Carolina having more In land water in its bounds and just as much outside water as any other state and does not have a single seafood processing plant? I be lieve that the inlets and channels that we now have reflect to some extent why we do not have more seafood interests. . An organization such as I am trying to point out to you could be of great help in' bringing about those very things. -''. "There are scores of other things ' n 1 1 rs -rnnnrs it are nuvt i., . : our e. unomy that I wouiJ l.ke to talk about, but time does not permit. t have already talked too long, but before I slop, I want to tell you' people in Wilmington that south-;', eastern North Carolina is looking to you t for leadership.- With the advent of ' the many things that have happened and are In the ma king, makes you a natural leader. A complete study Of our area, from an organizational standpoint, will disclose many assets that we didn't think we had. It will eliminate a considerable amount of Jealousy and friction that exist in some parts of our section to a great degree. Ah organization will tie us togeth er and make it easier for us to do the hard jobs. The Department of Conservation and ' Development will give to us all possible aid. I pledge to you all that I can per sonally do. In conclusion may I say: The ; time is ripe for an intensified ef fort on our part .to develop our '' section. Our peonle are casting around for a leader. The port de velopment makes Wilmington a most natural one. Will you tell our people that you , will accept j leadership or will they have to go to some other city . or; section? City of Wilmington you are in the, driver's seat now., How about say ing it? ' - 1 " ' - . Gentelmen I thank you for your attention this evening., v - , 1 n ,14 X. l!i i.
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