(f The News he Time EN NOTT )tte Git iccama lampic sies Whipped ending ChamSemi - Finals Over Leland BOYS AT BOLIVIA ? Mates To ctory As He lirty Points Finals scnool boys renswick county nnship by turnvia quint Tuesfinals of the ol tournament champion was rl's division as were victorious i mates to vicne, but tired, personally conto his team's t Smith added I rans accounted he finals after - m 1 i|fcs Soutnport lUCSUtty au^x winning 15 to 10. Their round victory was over Le 23-18. Waccamaw gained its ft in the finals with a Monday ' victory over Shallotte, 53 Shallotte girls played fast, ft basketball to turn back Leftn the finals by the tune of ;i 12. Mintz rolled in 15 p ft for the winners?more than I for victory. Like the BoIboys. Leland entered the fin- . lifter having played in the * ftoos. Their semi-finals opft: was Waccamaw, whom | rosed out in a breath-taker, 1 Waccamaw girls swamped ftport- girls Monday afterI to 10. Shallotte entered _ I - the hard way?by eliLir.g Bolivia's defending J pic's M'tnuay night, par 'P Summary page 4) J P pttle Bits Of Big News twi Events Of Stat*, '' lation and World-Wide tl Interest During Peat p Week ' ? n ?J g Iks To Hitler I Herbert Hoover had a 45- ? Haute chat Tuesday with iancellor Adolf Hitler. The & Burner president of the United ^ Htatcs had no comment to ^ Bake after his meeting with ^ Mer at the Reich chancellery. ^ ^Biancellery officials said the ^ B'o statesmen talked of naH^al problems, German-Amerrelations and "just about n Hserything." The conversation c in the presence of Hugh V Wilson, the United States ^ jmbassador. and an interpreter, c H Schmidt. Wrw Bill I apartment of Agriculture I Bfficials Tuesday expressed the ^ Wion that failure of fluc| tobacco growers to adopt prketing control by a two- p Htirds vote in the referendum ' "e held on Saturday will put in the lowering of the "Wage annual income of the families engaged di -'-y in the production of jjccrop from $500 to between ^ and $300. " H This opinion was based on ? failure of the soil conser *tion act to secure any ma "hal reduction of acreage in 1037 and the capa- a fly of the area in which flue- 0 tobacco is grown to pro- 0 B:'" crops far in excess of potential demand. a l^.v Week n I c! >f every driver in North s| ^"blina were even a. tenth as p B^l as j Willie Smith, Major tl ^"ur Fulk of the State High v Patrol probably would lose g I J! i?b. But even though he si 1 know such perfection J '"'possible in a common- p . B?Uh of half a million motor I kks capable of doing over a ^"lilc-a-minutc at any driv- ti whim. Major Fulk would I. d?f"g everything in his g flk' " 1? w?rk himself out of F J?b? which narrows down o to keep you alive p i BT; fc?e you \euture upon a op F^ga fou-"). THf 4. 'Is And [ w Boys In >nshipRole | No Announcements In Political Circles All was quiet along Brunswick county's political front this week as no new announcements were added to the already long list of office-seekers. Judge John B. Ward was in town Monday and said that he was not yet ready to announce his plans regarding the coming election. Representative R. E. Sentelle left Monday for Raleigh, and said that any announcement he mighft have would have to wait until he returned. It is learned from a reliable source that L. C. Brown, former Brunswick county collector, still is toying with the Idea of seeking the sheriff's nomination. 2alls Meeting Of Hospitality Group Sunday lewly Appointed Members v Of Governor's Hospitaliy a rnmmittao Aalrorl + Meet Sunday At Fort n Caswell UNCTIONS OF I BODY EXPLAINED . W. Ruark Is Chairman ^ Of Committee In Brunswick County But Is Absent Much Of Time C Anticipating that Sunday is as ood time as any in which the lembers can get together, and | iat Wpjt?Caswell will afford pportunit.ja for putting many of ie aims and ideals into actual ractcice while they are together, 'ice-Chairman W. B. Keziah of re Governor's Hospitality Com- . littee is calling a meeting of all " embers for next Sunday after0011 at Fort Caswell. J. W. Ruark, chairman of the oinmittee for Brunswick, is abent from the county most of tie time. Mr. Keziah was apointed vice-chairman and in- al tructed to get the committee a| lembers together, organize and . et things going. c Owing to the present wide- ^ pread attention that is being at- ? racted towards Brunswick the ommittee should be able to do g( ronderful work in the interest t the county." It is desired that 11 tourists and all visitors to fo irunswick be met and greeted j, ospitality by some member or oter of the committer. The public ^ ill be encouraged to show a ^ riendly, welcome spirit to all d( ewcomers and at all gather- s}. lgs at which out-of-state people ar lay be present the hospitalality al ommittee will be rerpresented. ^ It is desired that all on the Dmmittee be present at Fort aswell Sunday afternoon at ^ (Continued on page four) Routine Session ? Before Recorder <> ?i ive Cases Disposed Of ds Here In Recorder's Court th Wednesday Before Judge 01 John B. Ward * th A routine session of Bruns1ck county Recorder's court was ? eld here Wednesday with five ? ases being disposed of before * udgc John B. Ward. Wesley Brown, colored, pleaded uilty to charges of being drunk nd disorderly and resisting an fficer. He was given 90 days n the roads. "t James Gore, white, pleaded 0[ uilty to charges of abandonment nd non-support. He was rcquird to pay the sum of $12.00 per ?f lonth for the support of his bildren, this judgment being su- to ponded until the defendant is to hysically able to comply with C< be terms imposed. th Hadlcy Watson, white, pleaded Gi uilty to charges of failure to th top before entering a highway, w udgment was suspended upon ed r.ymcnt of the costs. The case against Wilford Leon- ed rd, white, was remanded to jus- ai ice of peace court for trial. Johnie Ganey, white, pleaded $J uilty to charges of abandonment, in le was ordered to pay the sum ol f $6.00 per month for the sup- $i ort of his wife and child. o\ Melvin E. Bucktnan, white, wdo w (Continued cn page a : st j A Good PAGES TODAY So March M r f W mmm < &s $ f '< * ? ' :* '; ' v -v-S %5B Br $ Ihb jb v.v.z..:^3| ;; T ; MERMAID?Some of th. ilot may think that printin pater pool pictures is being s there is sufficient intere housand visitors per week, t iews photo, particularly whe irl in the pool. Shown abo1 merging from a swim. \sks That Thei Closed Shr ___ :k ivic Club Secretary Is Active In Effort To Prevent Three Months Closed I Season Law Being Enforced j 0 TROUBLE FOR PAST TWO YEARS 1 Is Contended By Local Boatmen That Shrimp Taken During April, May And June Are Males Responding to a general demid from the shrimp trawlers id the operators of sport fishig boats, the Southport Civic lub yesterday took steps to inrest the powers-that-be in calng off the closed season on irimping that is scheduled to art April 1st. For the past two years the lies requiring a closed season ir three months, beginning April it, have not been enforced. The ?oia urrrp allowed to operate and , io apparent general opinion is j' lat no damage whatever was! >ne. There are very few irimp found during April, May id June, and nearly all that e taken are used for trout . shing. ' The boatmen contend that the few shrimp that are found on ie grounds the above months e males that will never return the spawning grounds in the ver and bays, and that, by rcain of the short span of life for j shrimp, they will finish their f rcle of life before the late sumer and fall trawling season I lens. They contend that no r image is done by taking e product that is found J itside in the ocean during f pril. May and June and i cy do not want a closed sea- 1 (Continued on Page Four) Small Growers Benefits Ofl Giving the small farmer a n ireak" is one of the purposes c the new farm act, according $ E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive fleer at State College. ] Provisions for larger payments j: operators of small farms who f operate in the Agricultural jnservation program, a part of I ie act, have been provided. 1 rowers who would earn less v lan $200 under the regular rates h ill have their payments inereas- s I this year. g The following scale will be usI when conservation payments r e being made. e If payment is not more than f 10, the total payment will be r creased 40 per cent; payments t $20 to $40 will be increased I plus 20 per cent of the amount r cr $20; payment of $40 to $60 v ill be mcreated $12 plu^ 10 per t At the amount over $i0; jay- I ME . News paper In uthport, N. C., Wednes "ermaid * ti p a P '"?P S a ;?MrW[ T ? aBB; ci kH m^BP| Bfe, v, jg v : 'wBN ? H ^V & ir !^ ._, si s readers of The State Port H g of the Fort Caswell hot ? overdone. However, as long !' st to attract more than a ^ he pool is plenty live for a h n mere is a preuy Darning Cl fe is Miss Evelyn Loughlin d p re Be No I imping Season ?' t< y McKeithan New Mail Carrier J Kenneth McKeithan began active duty as R.F.D. carrier from the Bolivia pnstof- 4< fice Monday following his recent appointment. The new carrier stood first among a group of several applicants who took a Civil Service examination in December to fill the vacancy <o created by the retirement of Mail Carrier Lewis. p McKeithan is a popular young businessman of the Bolivia community, and is well known-Jhroughout Brunswick county. He was a can- r( didate in the last primary for the Democratic nomina- p tion for Brunswick county representative to the lower L house of the North Carolina w General Assembly. p Shallotte Has ? kt ni flew rnysician ol St Dr. M. M. Rosenbaum, Of C Brooklyn, N. Y., Opens ft Office At Shallotte And al Begins Practice Of Me- ^ dicine . Pi Dr. M. M. Rosenbaum, of Pj N Brooklyn, N. Y., has opened an K iffice at Shallotte and is now m >racticing medicine in that comnunity. I bi Dr. Rosenbaum graduated from | T Syracuse University in 1930 and rom the medical school of the Jniversity of Buffalo in 1934. lie next three years were spent 1> (Continued on Pago four) Get Most Of New Farm Bills ncnts of $60 to $186 will be inreascd $14; and payments of .186 to $200 will be increased to >200. P' This scale upward of the smal- sc cr payments will be a first char- ai ;e against funds available for tayments, Floyd declared. m Farmers who take part in the h: \<\A program this year will qua- p< Ify for payments by staying rr eithin their soil-depleting crop pi icrcagc allotments and by mca- tli uring up to their soil-building D ;oaIs. The new act. in the main. <x nerely adds to the present Agri- M ultural Conservation program by a troviding for acreage allotments, hi narketing quotas when producers ! a lofiire them, and crop loans. I gi If the cotton-tobacco referenda B asses March 12, larger growers n< cil! receive steeper acreage cuts bt han v.ill tl'.e smaller tarine:.,, it: ttoyd feinted out, "" (A -* ...... . i POR A Good Cor iday, March 9,1938 itate President Speaks P.-T. A. County Counci Irs. J. Buren Sidbury, 0 Wilmington, Spoke T Brunswick County Men bers Last Week ROGRAM W A S VERY INTERESTIN* delightful Lunch Perio Was Spent W'ith Dinner Being Served By Members Of Waccamaw Association The Brunswick County Counc f the Parent-Teachers' Associi on met with the Waccama '.-T. A. on February 26. In ti bsence of Mrs. T. W. Shaw, tl resident, Mrs. E. H. Cranmer, ( outhport presided. The roll call and report of tl arious schools were attended 1 t first; then the Waccamaw P . A. quartette rendered specii lusic. Mrs. J. Buren Sidbury. presii nt of the North Carolina Pa nt-Teachers' Association, Wiln igton, was guest speaker ai al introduced by Mrs. Cranme Iveryone enjoyed the helpful ar (forming address which tl tate president delivered. At the close of the mornin :ssion, all were invited to tl inch room in the Waccama \r U'hprp a fli cious lunch was served, consis ig of boiled ham, mashed poti )es, garden peas, deviled egg ot rolls, coffee, jello, whippt ream and cake. During the lunch talks wei elivered by J. W. Purvis, Mr otter, George B. Ward, chai lan of the school board, ar irmer county superintendent 1 Page. Each one pictured 1 lose present the schools of otl r days, and stressed the impor nee of urging boys and gir j go on to a completion of foi ears of high school work. itudents Enter Play Contest Slave With Two Faces, One Act Fantasy, Wi Be Presented At Tabc City Thursday Evenin Thursday night, March 10, tl Scarlet Masque Dramatics Clut ill compete with wnitevill iallsboro, and Tabor City in reliminary contest of the annu arolina Dramatic Associatic lay festival. The Southport Club, whose d sctor is Miss Melva Peifly, hi tiosen "The Slave With Tv, aces", a one act tragedy. The cast for the fantasy ii ife, Edward Taylor; 1st git filma Barnett; 2nd girl, Marie rink; Workman, Edmund Nev >n; Young man, William Seller, Id man, John Hall; Womai oris Corlette; Voice, Josephir rolfe. Essential to the presentatic f the play is the productio :aff, which will also go to Tabc ity. The staff consists of tli illowing members: stage mat jcr, John Hall; assistant mar jer, Edmund Newton; electriciai uster Northrop; prompter, Jos< line Moore; properties, Jos< line Wolfe: costume, Louis iernsee; make-up, James Mc eithan, Susie Sellers: busines anagcr, James McKeithan. The setting of the tragedy ! .ylistic and consists of four ros ishes and a platform and step; he roses are made to resembl (Continued on Page C) 'ishing Season To Start Sooi cvcral Local Boat Own ers Have Made Import ant Repairs And Improve ments To Their Craft Local boatmen have been bus cparing for the sport fishin ason, and fishing will start u ly day now. Among the local boat improve ents, Captain H. T. Bownie is recently installed a mor iwerful and faster engine an :built and painted his boat Cs :ain Hulan Watts has been doin ic same thing to his E. N ewis. The Rev. A. H. Marshall ha implctoly rebuilt the Josephin arshall and converted her int pretty little yacht. Wells Brol ?rs are remodelling and placin newer and more powerful cr ine in the Sunny South. S. 1 urris has purchased a larg 2w boat and has also been n hiding and placing new engine i several cf hi3 other craft .. Arnold has also been doin ????? T PII nmunity PUBL1 Serious Damage Threatened From I Forest Blazes If County Fire Fighting Foreo es Face Desperate Situi ation In Saving Valuable Timber From Ravages 01 Forest Fires S CARELESSNESS IS PRINCIPAL CAUSE d County Forest Warden Dawson Jones Urges Extreme Caution During Dry Spell; To Prosecute Offending II Persons i w The most serious crisis of rele cent years is confronting the firt ,e fighting forces of Brunswick county as they seek to protect valuable timberland from the ravle ages of forest fires. "I believes the whole countj would be burning up right now if my district wardens hadn't stuck to me so faithfully during J" the past week," said County Forr" est Warden Dawson Jones Tues i" day. "We've been fighting fir< >d until we are dead on our feet r- and still they are burning." 'd Unseasonably dry weather ant ,e high winds are the biggest thr eat in the present control ef lS fort. "And we can't get peoph ic to volunteer to help us," com w plained Warden Jones. "Everj e- landowner should be interested ir t- cutting fire loss as low as posi sible, and if they want to b( s, of greatest possible service, thej id will volunteer their efforts." (Continued on page 4) re s. Z Second Week ? Set F Is _ ? Declines Job As Manager I ?-? K. C. St. George, county auditor, has declined the in? vitation of Senator R. R. Reynolds to manage his campaign ,, in this county. In a recent letter from the II senator, Mr. St. George was ir urged to accept the respong Nihility of directing the local political campaign for Reyie nolds in his drive for re)? election. Although the local 0 official is a good friend of ^ Reynolds, he felt that the reI quirements of his office demanded his undivided atten>n tion. No other contact relative to the managership has yet been made. '0 More Pictures Of Ft. Caswell 11, _ ie Bill Sharpe Here Again Or Picture-Taking Trip; Tc n Be Released For Wide n Publication >r ie| Along during the week a new ' series of bathing scenes at the ' Mineral Well at Fort Caswell will be released to the press all over *_ the United States. In addition to Department of Conservation and Development jg pictures heretofore and still being: published, an opportunity is I now open wherein any strikingly good pictures made by amateurs ' may find themselves widely pube lished. The persons making these pictures that are considered of exceptional merit should give a print to the Southport Civic Clut and carefully preserve the negative, as it may be needed. J , Brunswick Co Plenty Ol There are a great many y unusual names in Brunswick ? county. Seeing in the News ^ and Observer where a place >. called Jump and Run was :r credited to either I'itt or Lcn c ior counties, the Southport d Civic Club promptly, advised l- the above paper that Jump g and Run was a branch three I. miles from Southport. In addition, the club ad,s vised the News and Observle J cr that Secession, Mosquito, ;o [ Shingle Tree an^l Frying Pan t- j were all voting precincts in g I Brunswick county, i- And, there's Half Hell near j.! Antioch church: Long Reach, :e near Wilmington and suppos: cd to have gotten Pits name :s because some of the colored j citizens could reach tar and ,g fast vith their razors. 1 ,0T [ SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Tobacco Refe Will Be Cc Saturday * ; vo? Shallotte Bov \ ? * m 1 w T< mL m m cour fl 111 dfi M ! gov< fain . the A Jh^H^H lis-te i ship bert , LEADER?Harry L. Mintz, Jr., q - has been elected president of the ly): r Sophomore class of Pfeiffer Jun- H. < i ior College at Misenheimer. He Gi is also president of the Student- T. I : Faculty council and is a member L. 1 r of the Y.M.C.A. council. A native W of Shallotte, he is the son of Mr. cam and Mrs. H. L. Mintz. ence \V In August HS or Yacht Races % * ' Age This Year's Event At South- hold port Will Be Official Re- leacl gatta Of South Atlantic for Yachting Association visi< will AUGUST 11-12-13 '"6 SET FOR RACES sch< Huggins Boys, Of Wilming- c' ton, Have Purchased swe High Tide, Consistant hill. Winner Last Year The date for the South Atlantic Yachting Association's official regatta has been definitely set for Southport on August 11-1213th. At the same time the International Moth Class Regatta el will also be held here. The two events will draw ' a F huge list of fleet sailing craft F from all,, directions along the coast and from inland lakes. The E, International Moth Class parti- seal cipation, alone, should insure over Han a hundred competitors. day But. as last year, the main citiz events will be for the larger lect ; Class "A", "B", "C," "D" and tion Snipe boats of the South Atlan- fish, tic Association. As was the case sum 1 last year, the Carolina Yacht Ti ' Club, of Wilmington and Wrigh- fact I tsville, will be host to the event espe Last year, in addition to being tion the hosts the Carolina Club spon- that ' sored the regatta. This year the be i II entire assiociation, it is under- stat I stood, reaching from Florida red j through North Carolina, will do tary the sponsoring, this being the ly ' big main event of the year. wei| During last season's races out- es I standing craft in the class "A" Ir i and class "B" events were -the the Geechee of Savannah, Ga., and plat i the Syndicate and High Tide, of som Beaufort, S. C. It Of special local interest is the fact that the Huggins boys of : Wilmington have purchased the ? i High Tide, and this year she m > will participate in all racing J| events under the banner of the (Continued on Page 4.) ????????? foi unty Has ! "j f Funny Names I ? I Hi Pinch Gut Swamp divides Town Creek and Lockwoods Folly townships. Incidcntly, Lockwoods Folly obtained its ?.j name through an English- <j. man named Lockwood building a ship in the yard of ?j:, his home in that part of the j.j copnty. When it was completed he found he could not get S;) it to the water. Wet Ash Swamp, in Waccamaw township, is many miles long, and years ago ' there was only one place where it could be crossed, j There it could only be done j " by wading. Even so, it is said that it required a pretty tall man to cross over without suffering bodily discomforts to certain portions of his anatomy, especially in the winter. ?jc. the swamp ' was named Wet Ash. ? Tie Pilot Givers runswick County $1.50 PER YEAR rendum inducted I , March 12 I ing Places Will Be Open I 'rom Nine O'Clock In | 'he Morning Until Seven | U Night; List Voting I 'laces I ,SS MEETING AT I 1ALLOTTE THURSDAY | n Farm Bill Must Have I >te Of Approval Of I 'wo-Thirds The Grow- I ers fl sbacco growers of Brunswick I ity will go to the polls Sat- B ly to determine whether their I I farming operations will be I trned by the provisions of the I farm bill. The law will not I into effect unless given a 9 third vote of approval by the I lers. I te polls will be opened at H o'clock and will remain open I 1 seven o'clock in the even- I Voting will take place at 9 folowing paces, with the men I d as poll-holders. fl id-Way (Smithville Town- H ): J. Ernest Gilbert, F. Her- I Swain, O. H. Holden. I Dunty office (Lockwoods Foi- I William M. Hewett, Charlie liaison. I rissett Town (Shallotte): Sam fl lenett, Amos J. Walton, Thos. fl Long. fl accamaw sehoolhousc (Wac- fl aw): Barney R. Bennett. Clar- I i H. Jenrette, Jesse A. Purvis. fl innabow Postoffice (Town fl k): A Preston Henry, E. M. fl traan, Troy Danford. I 'land schoolhouse (North | it): J. O. Lcnnon, G. B. SkipH. O. Peterson, uring the past week County nt J. K. Dodson has bci>n ling a series of meetings in i community in the county the purpose of explaining proms of the new program. There J be o county-wfrio mass moetTbursiluy afternoon at 2 <ck at the Shallotte high lol auditorium at which time tiolson, of State College, will to the farmers and will anr questions about the farm A full attendance is urged, eigh Station For Fishermen nceforth The Fishermen's itory Must Check With lesults Shown On Scales 'rovided Sportsmen , R. Johnson, chairman of the es committee for the New over Fishing Club, spent Fri-. afternoon here with local ;cns, the object being to sca place for the weighing stafor catches of gulf stream made by club members this j mer. iking into consideration tho that it is open at all times, cially on Sundays, a sugges- M was made by L. T. Yaskell I the River View Care would l very desirable place for the B ion. This view was concur* B In by the Civic Club Secre- H . and Mr. Johnson according* B made arrangements for the fl thing of all competing catch* fl there. 9 i the case of the largo fish fl weighing will be done on I ho B form or swinging scales ut B e of the fish houses. fl should be kept in mind that B (Continued on Page four) fl Tide Table I Following Is the tide table fl r Soutbport during the next H ek. These hours are appro- fl uately correct and were fur* fl (bed The State Tort Pilot fl rough Ihe courtesy of tbe fl ipe Fear Pilot's Association. H gh Tide Low Tide i II'I TABLB "f Thursday, March 10 W 11 a. m. 0:29 a. m. 17 p. ni. 9:11 p. m. I Friday, .March 11 I 17 a. m. 10:20 a. m. fl 12 p. m. 10:11 p. in. I Saturday, March 12 M HI a. m. ll:2f a. m. I (5 p. ni. 11:10 p. m. fl Sunday, March 13 fl )l a. m. I !9 p. m. 12:13 p. m. fl Monday, March 14 |1 >2 a. ni. 12:34 a. na. il 16 p. m. 1:03 p. tul B Tuesday, .March 13 fl 18 a. m. 1:33 a.m. B >2 p. m. 1:50 p. nt. fl Wednesday, March 16 fl 52 a. m. 2:14 a. m. fl 15 r ps, 2:3b p. t* fl fl

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