"^Wtfost 01 The News N? \H The Time ^ETEN NO. !Mo$ion Checks Mor Confederate Widows Arrive ri Check* Received Are j^Kgr $150.00 Each And For Class "A" Pay^ (cn'5 Tfle ^enef'ciarbe given M" OUT TOMORROW , Liberal Interpretation :t^Kj Rules Governing Dis, Add To Number Wtf Class "A" Checks V^^Bj^sirr.ual pension checks for 1^ of Confederate veterans ^Eyccivcd at the office of of court Monday and J^K y delivered beginning tor^Hin the list were 17 H s all "f them for Class "A" . Formerly the $150.00 t^K* were sent only to those who were classed as tocabled and were constant y.niWen. Due to a more interpretation of this law K< now are being mailed to who are unable to do their normal household i ia tin semi-annual checks I i in June there were six 1 B payments included in ' j. but these names have xvn added to the "A" list. . \e. Mrs Lucy A. Ross. | si since her last check was Nl in June, but this check > her nearest kin. rs fur whom checks have iceivcU arc: Mrs. Henrietta widow of Robert Carlisle; I V Cox. widow of J. P. j Mrs. Fannie G. Davis, j I rf Dunbar Davis: Mrs. j if. McKeithan, widow of M. McKeithan; Mrs. Mary | tcholl. widow of S. J.1 L Mrs. Addic L. Morgan.: widow of John W. Mor- ^ !r= A. G. Murrcll, widow' V, Murrcll; Mrs. Mary E.! widow of Lemuel Phelps; , RoJiipsoi*, widow *Of j ib.oson: Mrs. P. M. Russ, j f J ihn Russ; Mrs. Nancy | Hers, willow of B. B. j Mrs. R E.-Vereen, widow ! pi Vcreen; Mrs. Helen White, widow of Eli M. ' Mrs. Mary E. Wilson, ic f Jonas Wilson. I' -| j 1c Bits t Big News 'I ! C Events Of State, l j and World-Wide jc rest During Peat Week a iest Man" Dies j? I Means, 09, "myst- r the . Harding' ail- j, died Sunday in j ? n at Springfield, v ; unsolved the ? men have tried to | became of the 0 s. Evelyn Walsh f| liiin when he told ^ get the kidnapped n by returned alive, j. istice department s larding was pres- ^ a 1932, before he v J and given a 15- jj for perpetrating ], ave the money to n uring negotiations c bridge near Alex- j f, ti nt a I project, estimated { iximately $175,000, le channel of the waterway to a clvc feet from Winyah Bay, S. 5 advertised for todistrict army enit was announced esent depth of the eight feet over the :ed for the proIt h of the channel q <:t at the bottom, 8, present width. The office is advert is- v only on that sec- ? canal which is in p ^ b ting a large aubt the inland water- f< tor yacht, Bonita. | ^ Rongvald Harald- (Sl i the canal at the n it enters the Cape i channel, several Southport Monday 2:30 o'clock. The a Cruard cutter. Mo- on page 4.) * THI 46 ,~T1: ; Ai ^ ^ JBWI &[ ' SIP 1 mm I t , 1 ' wgBP&^V: \ 1. Jfflr - > pack?Valle maeres Tall for the unusual record tl pack of dogs caught and kil giving them their favorite rew )oro Daily News.) County Forest 1 I ? Warden Urges Care Of Trees d ' 'lenty Of Christmas Decorations May Be Secured Without Doing Permanent Damage If Care Is|D Taken VARNS AGAINST D UNWISE CUTTING P ' * Varden Jones Says That Thoughtlessness Causes Most Of The Damage Resulting F rom q Xmas Cutting p fc Careful cutting of holly by land- w iwners and conservative use of y, t by the public is urged by p| bounty Forest Warden Dawson so ones. Warden Jones points out thatjfo he supply of berry-bearing holly at rees is steadily diminishing as lo i result of the careless cutting P1 >r downright slaughter of these si rees in the past. If any appro- P" table amount of holly is to Ire (reserved for use in future years, ut he attitude of the public as well ^ s of the farmers and landown- h( rs, must undergo a decided jn hangc according to the forest l'q ?*rlr?n "One thing that needs improve- . nent is the attitude of many / icople towards holly and other rcens growing along tlie highways", Jones said. "They must et over the old .^idca that any-| N hing that grows in the woods rc r along the roadside is public j rnperty of free plunder. I think here has been marked improverent here in North Carolina the jst few years. But there arc ^ til) entirely too many people who w hink nothing of going into the woods, without the permission of a) he owner, to help themselves to oily, mistletoe and other Christ- 1; las greens. They often cut down a ntirc holly trees or uproot young ^ recs, not content to take only a ew branches from younger ~" ,CeS-" J \ T. A. Council Holds Meeting halloitc Association Was Hostess Saturday To The County-Wide Meeting Of Parent Teacher Association Workers The Brunswick County P.-T. A. 'ouncil met at the ishallotte chool Saturday. Kev. Spcncc conducted the deotional after which a brief busicss session was held by th? resident, Mrs. G. II. Cannon. Enouraging reports were given by lie local associations, Southport, I'accamaw, Shallotte and Bolivia, eing represented. Mrs. J .S. Blair, field worker jr the N. C. Congress of P.-T. | i. conducted a most helpful | L'hool of instruction. Enjoyable: I'lsical numbers were rendered j y Mr. Early and Miss Russ of ,w lie Bliallottc faculty. Jf The Bhallotte association served delicious lunch at the noon our alter which the meeting ad3urg^(i I STt A Good 4-PAGES 10DAY ie Fredere Hound . v: ' M hS /'' ' .:' St lOxliQunds have received r ley have made for hunning ( led their 75th victim. Abo^ ard?a big feeding of stewbi Postmaster Call Patrons Fo jfc cspite all Warnings There'r Will Be The Usual Last-' Minute Rush Of Mail And Parcel Post Before j Christmas j ? OX PATRONS WILL J HAVE NO TROUBLE ostmaster Reminds Patrons Of Postage Requirements , For Various Types Of Mailing This is the lull before the usual hristmas rush of mailing and ostmaster L. T. Yaskell has a w important suggestions that ill expediate matters both for ic patrons and the postal cmpyccs during the holiday scaiii. Postofficc boxes may be rented r just the month of December . a special low rate, says the cal postmaster, and inquiry obably will reveal that the nail charge will more than rcly the patron for the time thai ust be spent waiting for service . tiic general dcliw y window. L Pastmaster Yaskel suggests ! lat mail be removed from the >xcs at frequent intervals durg the day and that packages (Continued on page 4) nterested In The Fox Hunting Sport Mrs. Jas. A. Pearcc of Camden, . J., very much interested in ov cent fox hunting stories appear- wi g in this paper, has sent in sii newspaper cupping u-iiuig m i ia, x liunting in northern states |ca id of tlic origin of the sport. | iveral interesting illustrations cd ere with the clippings. an Unfortunately for the sport ari love liere, the hunters very fre- ro lently liave to depend 011 dragng a fox hide or in liberating foi fox from a fox farm in order wi have a chase. tfay Hold Big F Event Her< Sheriff H. L. Mays of Alexander county, president of the North Carolina Fox j Hunters Association, has advised local interests that the association expects to put on a big hunt hi Brunswick next year. It is understood that Brunswick has a good chance to get the Trig yearly ! meet, participated in by j scores of fox hunters ana their hundreds of dogs from this and other states. Incidentally stories and pictures of fox hunting in Brunswick are going the rounds of newspapers in northern and midwestern states. With the j fine dogs owned locally and 1 the known fact that there are literally thousands of foxes in 1 Brunswick, prospects arc that scores of hunters and their packs of hounds will be at- j tractcd to Brunswick in tlic | future. 1 This will suit local sports- I meh perfectly. The fox is ad- ) mittedly one of the most de- 1 structive enemies of bird Uft, . ; HE News paper Ir Southport, N. C., W< S I m MBBBSSSbK^M lation-wide publicity this town foxes. Last week this /e their master is shown 3ef.~(Cut courtesy Greens j s Upon r Cooperation Offer Ut-i-zft: hnr 1 I V ? M a ICVVll JL \/l Pretty Lights Again (his year the South|?irt Woman's Clnh Is sponsoring a contest for attractive Csristmas trees and house decorations and already yard trees are being bedecked in their yulctide regalia. - For the person having the j prettiest cut tree this year a fruit cake will be given as first prize. Winner of the i living tree contest will receive a gallon of Ice cream and the person having the most attractive house decoration will receive three. |K>unds of assorted cakes. c But regardless of the prizes, a large number of entries Is urged in order to make South|Kirt a place of beauty during the Christmas holidays. ive Cases Are < Tried In Court, t ariety Of Cases Aired On 1 Wednesday In Recorders a Court Before Judge W. M. Stanaland l Jiidce W. M. Stanaland presided . rcr his first session of Bruns- ' ick county Recorder's court ncc his election on November 8 st Wednesday and heard five ses of minor importance. Clyde Johnson, colored, plcadguilty to charges of making * . assault with a deadly weapon 1 id was given G-inonlhs on the ads. Fannie Ionian, colored, was a and guilty of trespassing and is required to pay a fine of ^ (Continued on Pago Four) fi ox Hunting ( 3 Next Season especially quail. They kill and devour much other small 1 fame and even invade barnyards to prey upon domestic fowls. Local hunters gladly welcome the invasion of fox hunters and their hounds for the pursuit of the trouble- s| coinc pest. fi Land owners all appear just p as keen as the sportsmen A In seeing fox hunters come p to the county. They do not n hold any grief for the protection of the fox. It is doubt- ir ful if there is a land owner w in the county who Is not hap- f< py to see fox hunters on his ci land any time between Sept- oi tmber and late March. Dur- \v Ing other months of the year S crops arc growing and would be damaged. L This fact is not discourag- ft ing however, as it is too hot ir to run foxes during the spring tl and summer months and no ai good dog .lover cares to ex- g pose his hounds to the menice of snake bite durir.g sugji L months. P0R1 1 A Good Comn sdnesday, December 14, Recorder's Court I Date Changed To ~ Meet On Monday ~ rhis Change In Arrange- i ments Will Become Effective On Monday, January 2nd \NNOUNCE SALARIES OF COUNTY OFFICERS fj Mo Changes Made In The Amount Being Paid Employees as Board Members Go Over List In Regular Meeting ? Beginning Monday, January 2, :he Brunswick county Recorder's I :ourt will be in session on Monday of each week instead of on Wednesday. This action was taken Monday ? by members of the board of county commissioners at-the request of W. M. Stanaland, judge. _ Members of the beard passed _ i resolution requesting depart- la nent heads and officers of the * lounty to submit a written report of collections and activities for the preceeding month at lach first Monday session of the ? :ommissioners. I A letter also was drafted to J >e mailed certain bondholders offering to purchase their Brunsvlck county bonds from funds set ? iside for retirement of bonds .his year. Members of the board consider Hi the list of salaries bcinff paid JOUnty employees and, upon the motion of L. C. Tripp and secondid by J. M. Roach the salaries will remain the same for officers and appointees. Following is a complete list )f salaries per month for county imployccs: Sheriff D. L. Ganey, 11150.00; Jailer J. H. Russ, $75.00; 1 Janitor J. G. Hewett, $35.00; J Register of Deeds R. X. Mirtz, 1197.92; B. C. Williams, keeper I )f the county home, $125.00; Wcl-1 "are Superintendent C. C. Russ, I 1150.00; Miss Dorothy Swain, stenographer, $80.00; Miss Mar- j jaret Holmes, social worker, 190.00; Brunswick County Hos- j JitaL $100.00; Mrs. Marion S. J (Continued on page 4) j Leland Honor H Roll Reported itudents Who Have Com- . piled High Scholastic Record And Who Have Been Of Good Deportment Honored Forty students at the Leland ^ ligh school made the honor roll ^ or the third month of the school ^ rcal'" ren To be eligible for the honor roll, " i student must not make less , han an "A" or "B" on any of gm heir subjects and must receive j in "A" on conduct. Those who nadc the honor roll were as fol- . own: First grade?Nancy Powell, Svelyn McFadgen, J. T. Peterson, 'airly Simmons, Helen Skipper, i t Joyd Benton and William Bowler, ^ r. Second grade?Gloria Potter, ilnora Skipper and Sammy Sue. _ Tliird grade?David Potter, , )oris Field, and Wilma Joyce . . ?cwis. j Fourth grade?Louis Clemmons, ^ Ihirley Adams, Katheruie Field ? nd Mary Reynolds. rmcr group. John Simmons, d< sptatn of the red team, led all cl there in collecting money but tli as closely followed by Rudolph cllers, representing the whites. L Tlie red team was comprised of If ibby O'Brien and Bobby Jones pi om the sixth grade, John Sim- ai ions and Margaret Carr from ti le eighth grade, Josephine Moore fa nd Dorb Corlett from the tenth I tv radc. Ef On tlie white team were Murriel ie Jones and Rudolph Sellers ir(Continued on page 4) t T- r< ' PIL lunity 1938 pubush First Session I W. M. STANALAND Tc 'romises To Inv Danger Of Si !yj Ieroes Reversed In Bear Story ????? i Iu one of the bottom-of- SI Ihc page stories lost week this newspaper carried an account of an impromptu bear Hint that ea?t the bear in j I he hero role. Comes now evidence that ndicates that Clarence Spender, who last week was eredtcd with beating a hasty retreat, shot and fatally wound- 1 al the liear before ho went ?r >nc way and the startled an- ^j? mat the other. Hunters who have visited ^rc :he duek pond during the 'ar last few days say that there G. .s a terrible odor coming U. 'rom the marsh toward which ctl Clarence's liear was headed. pa 3u?.Aards obviously intcut up- thi in a feast have jutilied the j iclief that the bear dragged sui ilmsclf out there and died. vci thi onor Roll For The 3rd Month ? dit it Of Students Who Have Made Scholastic Records jov Qualifying Them For ]on Honor Roll Of Southport ma School at nin rhc number of students on the 8ur lor roll for Southport high str ool shows an increase, but the ntromnnfu r\f mtilrinrr hnfumon B ...... and 100 on all subjects and C lortincnt has kept the list very all. following is the list for this nth: ^ 'irst grade: Aletta Glover, Peg- Ilu Arnold, Ann P. Dosher. John ele a-ton, Edwin Nichols, Letcy nhi nicy, Frank Plaxco. fit; lecond grade: Mary Francis, Ch yd, Barbara Ann l'ricc, Jini- fra : Cox, Kichard Brendal, John- 1 Hazel ton. dct 'hird grade: Elizabeth Willis, bei sy Jane Galloway, Sue Fit- nal e, Doris Swan. 92 'ourth grade: Louis Newton. Un 'ifth grade: Betty Lee Oliver, a bara Myers, Sally Ann McNeil, rol iixtli grade: Dorothy Cox. 1 lighth grade: Bill Shannon, Sts lil Watts. I Pa, linth grade: Clarence Lennon. jHe lleventh grade: W. T. Full- wit xl, John Hall. | low fo Long Journe; For Return' Sam Varnum of Southport I t! lay be living on borrowed ' h me?he is now 81 years of | ? gc, but he can still turn j b lat borrowed time to good si icount by working hard j w i-cry day. In fact, he is ! fi lore spry and active than a le average man of sixty. ci He has been a fisherman b 11 of his life and has seen si lany periods of hard times, r< Song with good ones. b hrough all of his ups and jwns he has always been o] leerful and met things as f< ley came to him. pi Sam was bom down on a: ockwoods folly river in h 157. He quitted the old home ai ace for good 51 years ago it id and never been back un- c 1 last week, this despite the ict that he has lived in ' j bi velve miles or les3 of the ir >ot all of his life. a Last week Sam was fish- bi g on Lockwoods Folly and hi ok a sudden notion to visit a OT ED EVERY WEDNESDAY Brunswick Joii In Voting D< Of Tobacc< * How County Voted In Referendum ? t ?> Tobacco Cotton Yes No Yes No irthwest .... 32 11 15 4 Creek 62 45 20 10 nithville .... 30 56 9 17 Folly 75 208 11 6 lallotte . 161 192 10 10 accamaw 216 106 2 5 itals ., 576 618 67 52 estigate unken Wreck achts Anchoring Here Over night Occasionally; Move Over Toward Battery Island Where There Are Dangerous Objects JRVEY PARTY TO j BE SENT HERE' hoorter Brought In Here n Sinking Condition Several Years Ago Provides Hazard To Boats following a request from MayJohn Eriksen for something ae to eliminate the constant nget of yachts and small boats >m the wrecks on Battery Isid, onposite Southport, Major W. Gillette of the Wilmington S. Engineers office has advisW. B. Kcziah that a survey rty will be here the last of a iponth. Major Gillette states that the rvey party will make an initigation of the wrecks and it local authorities will be aded of what can be done, fhe most dangerous of the ccks is that of a large barge schooner, brought in here 11 , 12 years ago in a sinking conion after being in a storm at l. She was taken to the outc edge of the harbor and al- I red to go down there. For a I g time her pilot house and sts were well above the water all times and afforded a warg. In recent years she has ik so deeply or the upper ( uctures have washed away to ' 41 * ???? A \ iv^uniuiucu vu i'd?v -x/ mthport Boy Receives Honor i loscph C. Ruark, son of J. W. j ark. Southport, has just been , cted to the office of initiation , lirman of the North Carolina itc College chapter of Lambda ; i Alpha, international social < teniity. .ambJa Chi Alpha has an un- ] graduate strength of 25 mem- ] s at State College. The inter- j ional organization consists of ] active chapters throughout the | ited States and Canada, with i total of more than 20,000 en- , led. ] tuark, a junior in textiles at ; ite this year, succeeds Richard , yne of Hertford in the office. ] will take over his new duties h the reopening of school fol- . ring tlie holidays. y Required | To Birthplace) he acene of his birth. The ouse in which he was born as built 14 years before Ills irth, or in 1843. It >as lotig incc crumbled away. Rut randering about among the imiliar scenes of more than half a century ago. Sam imc across a foundation lock to tlie house. It was till standing firm, a silent sminder of the years gone y Seeing it there the 81-yearId man is said to have wept >r joy. According to comanions, he knelt right there nd gave thanks to God for is long life and good health, sking that he begiven 19 tore years to make it an ven hundred. He believes this prayer will e answered, and before leavig the scene of his birth he irefully knocked loose the hiding block and carried it J onre with him to preserve 3 a souvenir. * . ' * The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR is Nation | awn Control a Crop Quotas | By Vote Of 618 To 576 Brunswick Farmers Rejected Crop Control Plan For 1939 ; v ^ } .. COTTON CONTROL TO BE CONTINUED County Fqjls To Giv$ Crop Control (5n Cotton The Required Two - Thirds Majority fc By a vote of 618 to 576 Brunswick county farmers Saturday .Invoiced their disapproval of th< tobacco contrcl program and add cd their bit to the general down fall of the plan. A two-thirds vote of approve' ?j was necessary to keep the pro- fl gram in effect through 1939, but in three of the six township. I cast a majority against it. Strong- fl est opposition was In Lockwoodf Folly township where the vote was 308 against continuation t ftj 76 in favor of the program. In Waccamaw township, on the othe1 fl hand, tjie vote was 216 for the plan to 106 against it B Smithvilic and Waccamaw townships were the only places B where the cotton program was voted down, the final county vote boing 67 for and 52 against the program. B Vitial eaoiillu i henlicrlii >iif Ihn (fl *" >i>ui i vnuita mi* vugit"U? m*v fii| tobacco and cotton growing belt showed a victory for a continuation of the cotton program and defeat of the tobacco measure. In the nation, the vote went the same as it did in Brunswick H county, and the tobacco control H program throughout the flue-ctrrcd tobacco was voted down flj latest figures show that through- H out the tobacco growing oi-ea H there were 122,069 votes cast for H the tobacco program, and 92,183 against it. j Virtually complete returns H showed that in the nation 82.4 H of the cotton farjners of the H nation favored the control pro- I gram in Saturday's election, while 11 rice and tobacco farmers voted * it down. Figures showed that 937,- * j 601 cotton farmers voted for the j program, while 174,917 voted ! against it. I (Continued on l'aga Four) j Harris To Hold I January Term 1 - ? - . V1 Dne-Week Term For Trial ] Of Civil Cases Will Con- j vene Here On Monday, I January 9th Judge W.[ C. Harris of Iialcigh will preside over a one-weeks |H term of Brunswick county Super- ffl Lor court which will convene here ! on Monday, January 9. Only civil ^9 ictlons will he tried. j Following is the jury list drawn Monday by members of the board >f county commissioners: j P. D. Todd, Shallottc; H. C. || (leaves, Ash; Roland Evans, Ash: (J] f. E. Galloway, Bolivia: L. A. Stewart, Lcland; N. W. Bennett, || Krceland; W. A. Phelps, Ash; Albert Dixon, Supply; E. D. Ed- 11 ivards, Ash; 1-'. M. McKeithan. Ash; J. O. Smith, Ash;' O. T ll Hewett, Supply; N. B. LconttN, H Bolivia; J. W. Mills, Supply; James T. Gancy, Iceland; Ralph I M. Edwards, Ash; J. B. Sullivan. I (Continued on Pace 4.) n I Tide Table 1 BC Follow Ing Is ihe (Ida table u for Soiilbport during the iml H week. These hour* ere appre>- I xlmalelv correct and were for* ?? nlshed The Slate Port Pile* ? through the courtesy ol tkt | Cape Fear rilot's Association 9 High Tide ? Low TCflr I TIDE TABLE I Thursday, December 15 I 2:09 a. m. 8:32 a. m. I 2:26 p. m. 8:56 p. nr. 89 Friday, December 16 > I 3:08 a. it). 9:32 a. in. Hi 3:27 p. m. 9:19 p. m. j Saturday, December 17 I 4:07 a. m. 10:25 a. m. 1 4:27 p. m. 10:38 p. m. 1 Sunday, December 18 I 5:00 a. m. 11:16 a. m. j 5:22 p. m. 11:26 p. m. II Monday, December 19 I 5:48 a. m. ? fl| 1 6:08 p. m. 12:05 p. m. I Tuesday, December 20 1 6:31 s. ni. 0:12 a. in. I 6:51 p. m. 12:51 p. m. I Wednesday, December 21 , I 7 JO a. m. 0:58 a. m. X;Z# p. ?. 1:37 p. m. !U