Of The News \Tnflyj The Time ?e,BJvEN NO. 7 Bt1r Bellamy 1 "KoJuces Bill H Commission r ' ^Hr^r-Fort Fisher Natpark Commission Have Four Men B Brunswick And 4 B%ew Hanover c fcpPOSED TO BILL v B,jcations This Week Bb. Keziah Here g By Indicate Oppo- h BBc" To Proposal r . r iXB Emmett Bellamy of r county introduced v Bysday setting: up the v B^>:. Fisher National $ ^^B-ssaission. This group h ^ ;.5:cr invasions were expect- v tdav-n today. a Im1M~ ' j mold, dreaded enemy tobacco plants, has fc appearance tn "RobeColumbus counties, re- t Dr. Luther Shaw exten- t ^PFltr.t pathologist at Stste r "I tound blue mold I or - tn beds W4t on 1 Wi Uet yca|", v?- 4 on Pas* Fsur) 1 ^ - THI Liquor Causes Crowded Docket ilany Of The Defendants In Recorder's Court Here Monday Were In Trouble Because of Being Drunk; Three Were Driving Liquor figured in most of the ases that were tried Monday beor Judge Walter M. Stanaland ind several of the defendants 1 rere hailed into court on charges if drunken driving. R. L. Bullard, white, was found 1 ;uilty of reckless operation and lis sentence of 4 months on the oads was suspended upon payment of $25.00 and costs. Clarence Evans, white, was conicted of drunken driving and fas required to pay a fine of 50.00, the costs and to surrender lis driver's license for 12 months. H. L. Pope, white, peaded guil- ' y to being drunk on the highway nd was given 90 days on the i oads, this judgment being su- ' pended upon payment of a fine f $25.00 and costs. ' J. K. Johnson, white, pleaded uilty to charges of drunken driv- ' ig and was given 6 months on ' he roads, this sentence being 1 usnended unon navment of a fine f $50.00, the costs and upon 1 ondition that he surrender his rivers license for 12 months. ] Mrs. Maxine Rogers, white, leaded guilty of driving without n operator's license and was reuired to pay the costs. Roitha Anderson, white, was ound guilty of being drunk and isorderly and was given 30 days n the roads. Judgment was uspended upon payment of a fine f $15.00 and costs. (Continued on Page 4.) Hub Helps In Cancer Control lembers Of Southport Womans Club Will Cooperate In Nation - Wide Movement For This Purpose Members of the Southport Wonans Club are cooperating in the ation-wide effort for cancer con- 1 rol. Mrs. C. Ed Taylor will be i charge as chairman of the , seal committee. ] Formed two years ago, the . Roman's Field Army of the ] imerican Society for the Control 1 f Cancer has already established { Lself as one of the major health ' lovcmcnts of the day. With a ational budget of approximately 1 he cost of a single pursuit plane, < i-i- ? A nf vnllltla nis peacetime /it mj v? . v.... eers expects to conduct a succssful educational campaign i gainst cancer in the winter of ! 938-39 in 46 states and the listrict of Columbia. The purpose of the Army is 0 save lives from cancer, a isease which in 1935 accounted J or one out of every eight deaths 1 those over forty. More women etween the ages of forty and ixty-five died from cancer than rom any of the other causes of cath. Yet, according to experts, j his disease when it is diagnosed , nd treated early is curable in a , trge number instances. Between : 0,000 and 75,000 of those who ( re destroyed annually could and|( hould be saved through early ( rcatment, the Society says. "Ear- ( f Cancer is Curable. Fight it Vith Knowledge" is the Army's j logan. I Clinic Report ! Is Encouraging; >r. G. C. Godwin Of State Sanatorium Was Here All Last Week Conduct- ; ing Tuberculosis Clinic Dr. C. G. Godwin of the State ianatoriuni spent all last week ere conducting a tuberculosis linic in the office of the county ealth nurse, Mrs. Lou H. Smith. A total of 160 persons were xamined, including 8 ex-sanator* ' am patients. The most encouragug feature of the clinic was the ( act that no new cases were dis- ' overed. 1 Using the Horoscope. Dr. Godon was able to give the patients I . thorough examination, but the >nly two active cases found were : wo that had previously been 1 liagnosed. CATT AN MEETING The monthly dinner meeting of < he Southport Civitan Club will ,' >e held in the Sunday school corns of Trinity Methodist church "rlday evening at 7:30 o'clock, dembers are asked to make res rvatioii not later Tiarsoay light. -- ? I STi A Good 4-PAGES TODA-tf Gene Austin Is | As Popular As Ever Locally Singing Star Returned To Southport After 11-Year Absence And Local People Showed What SmallTown Hospitality Is Like GAVE BENEFIT SHOW AT AMUZU THEATRE Mrs. Austin With Her Friendliness and Naturalness Wint Host Of Friends During Her Short Stay Here Mr. and Mrs .Gene Austin and party left this morning for Atlata, Ga., after a week's vacation spent here and never have Southport citizens been more reluctant to bid adieu t" a group oT their guests. The Austins came in last Thurs- f Hay with Otto Heimel and Russ Hall, both actors and radio artists. They composed the team of Candy and Cocoa. Charles Picard, who acts as secrctaiy to the /Vustins and assists in the performances, was also in the party, g They had completed a tour of personal appearances that extended all the way from Hollywood I to New York early last week. | There in New York Gene remembered the blissful days that tie spent in Southport eleven years ago, days which he has never forgotten. He had only been here ' once and he was bound to come j again. The whole party is due in Atlanta, Ga., on March 18th for a ten-day run at the famous Roxy Theatre. From there they go to Kansas City, Kans., for a five day run at the biggest theatre in that I city. Early in April they are to be on the road again filling a 32-week personal appearance con- E tract. The trip to Southport was just a friendly visit, made possible by die short gap of time between he New York and Atlanta engagements. Gene and Mrs. Austin ^ adopted Southport from the moment of arrival, so did Candy and Cocoa. Even Picard got a ? big kick out of the stay here. 13 As for the town it went crazy b ever Gene eleven years ago. And r It went crazy again, over both v him and Mrs. Austin. Visits were ^ arranged tor au 10 jo?iu ne?u [stand, to Orton Plantation (two S trips), to Fort Caswell and the Oak Island station and fishing ^ trips, boat riding and horseback s riding developed into astonishing r popularity. f Early in the stay Mrs. Austin ? was donated the use of a bicycle (Continued on page 4) d Orton Gardens : In Full Bloom' h e Sunday Should See Beauti- f ful Gardens At Climax s Of Their Color, Accord- t ing To Churchill Bragaw t V Orton gardens will be in the o ticight of their glory Sunday E iccording to Churchill Bragaw, t superintendent of the plantation Monday afternoon. Already d there is plenty of color in evid- p ;ncc everywhere, but by Sunday tl the warm weather should bring E the azaleas into their full glory, a Following her usual custom, v Mrs. J. Lawrence Sprunt again 1 this year is cooperating with the D-..?n..-lelr Cnnntv Wrvqniffl 1 Aux- ? PlUiunivn \^wu..v iliary and has sent 200 tickets to be sold by members of this organization, the money received ' to go in to the auxiliary fund. It is important that these tickets be purchased here by those who wish to help the hospital, for there is an admission fee this year for all visitors to Orton. Mt. Pisgah Club Wo wen Meet The ML Pisgah Home Demonstration club met March 9 at the home of Mrs. Rosa Brown. The president called the meeting to order after which a song was sung. The club collect was repeated in concert, then followed the business session. The garden leader, Mrs. W. J. gellers, gave an interesting report on gardening, after which the meeting was turned over to the home agent, Mrs. Marion S. Dosher, who gave an interesting talk on color in the home. The hostess served delicious refreshments of peaches and cake. Those present were Mrs. W. J. Sellers, Mrs. Rosa Brown, Mrs. Floyd Evans. Mrs. Ada Moore, Mrs. Alline Hewett, Mrs. Girtie Hewett, Mrs. Mary Royals .and 2 visitors, Mrs. Bell ClefccU'ae afid Mrs. Riftba Sellers. VTE News paper Ir Southport, N. G., Wi Popular rfy .: /. yPSwPIM^^^BWttr PL^V x w Both Bolivia T( All - Star 1 Bolivia High School Teams 1 Made Clean Sweep Of Victory In Annual Basketball Tournament Last Week NTERESTING GAMES 1 FEATURE TOURNEY lolivia Girls Defeated Shal- 1 lotte Lassies In Finals While Boys Gained Victory Over Leland The Bolivia high school girls efcated the Shallolte girls 41 to 1 6 in' the Bolivia gymnasium on I iaturday night and the Bolivia i oys were victorious over Leland ] iy the score of 23 to 15. As a | esult of these games, the Boli- ( ia teams are the champions of , he county. A resume of the tournament ;ames follow: . The Bolivia girls won over j Vaccamaw girls, 26 to 19, to j tart the ball rolling Thursday j light. This was a close, hard j ought game throughout. Cath- , rinc Stone, with 19 points, was . he star of this game. Leland had little trouble , sub.uing the Southport boys the . ame night The first half, how- , vcr, saw some tight guarding ' iv the Southnort bovs. The. final ' r ?? ? - ?- t V core, Lcland 40, Southport 12. Friday afternoon saw the Leind boys and the Bolivia girls merge victorious to go to the inals. Lcland won handily over ihallotte, 31 to 11, Clark again be high scorer and chief cog of he team. Bellamy and Phelps /ere best for Shallottc. In the ther game of the afternoon the lolivia girls had little trouble urning back Lcland 32 to 17. In the first game of the Friay night scraps, Shallottc girls iut the Southport team out of he running by a one-sided score, tennctt, with 15 points, E. Stanland, with 8 and V. Stanaland, ,ith 16, were high for Shallottc. I he Southport defense did little j (Continued on page 4.) 1 Mt. Pisgah One Churches 1 Although it has been several times rebuilt and the location shifted, the alertness of Mrs. J. N. Lancaster of Supply reveals the fact that the Mt. Pisgah Baptist church in Lockwoods Folly township is not far from bcin r two hundred years old. Mrs. Lancaster recently read something written by the Civic Club secretary relative to old churches, the article appearing in this paper. Living near Mt. Pisgah, her attention was attracted and this week she wrote IV. B. Keziah the following very interesting information about, that church. She says: "Mt. Pisgah Baptist church was first organized in 1762. It was known then, as now, as Mt. Pisgah. The first structure Was built of logs and was located on the bank of Lockwoods Folly river, about two miles below the present town of Supply. Several years later it was moved to another ]o?%tio? ca the old Stone t P0R1 > A Good Com ednesday, March 15, 1 Visitors STARS. Gene Austin, above, star of radio, stage and screen, spent the past week in Southport. With him were his inimitable musical clowns, Candy and Coco, left above. One of Gene's favorite i amusements while here was horseback riding. Mrs. Austin proved to be as popular as her husband. ;ams Win; "earns Chosen '\\w. | Bolivia And Waccamaw I Each Place Two Men On First All - Tournament; Team For Brunswick! County Boys BOLIVIA PLAYERS FEATURED PLAY In Girls' Division Five Bolivia Lassies Were Named In First And Second Team Selections Not only did both Bolivia basketball teams win championships n the finals of the" Brunswick :ounty tournament Saturday light, but the all-tournament teams selected by composite vote if the coaches also showed a lib:ral sprinkling of Bolivia talent. On the first team for the boys Lcsh at forward and E. Lewis it guard were the Bolivia placements. Clark, classy little Leland forward, was teamed with Lesh; Purctt of Waccamaw was stationed at center while Milliken of Waccamaw was given the nod for the other guard berth. The second team saw Robbins if Leland and McKeithan of Bo.ivia at forward; Rabon of Leland , it center; St. George of Southport md Lewis of Bolivia at guards. ' Catherine Stone of Bolivia was placed at forward on the girls team with V. Stanaland of Shalottc and E. Stanaland of Wac:amaw; Sowell of Bolivia, E. ' Lort; A. L. McKeithan, Ash; R. lalloway. Supply; W. S. Jones, Southport; T. R. Phelps, Ash; E. Little, Frceland; L. O. Smith, V.sh; R. F. Plaxco, Southport; t. T. Lewis, Supply; E. H. Kirby, lhallotte; R. A. Bennett, Jr., Ash; 3. G. Ellers, Leland; G. K. Lewis, Vinnabow; A. J. Brown, Shalotte; George C. Swain, Supply; I. M. Parker, Shallotte; J. L. Galoway, Supply; I. D. Fulford, Supily; C. M. Reid, Winnabow; W. 3. Varnam, Supply; W. B. Edvards, Ash; M. B. Clemmons, Supply; M. L. Holden, Shallotte; Jarry Bennett, Wampee; S. C. farnam, Supply; W. H. Varnam, Supply; C. L. Stanley, Ash; R. t. Lancaster, Bolivia; F. N. McCeithan, Ash; W. E. Evans, Long.'ood; Grover R. Gore, Shallotte. Development In Frink Bill till To Extend Term Of Brunswick County Recorder Was Due For Hearing Tuesday Before Senate Committee No new word has been received n the bill introduced last week iy Senator S. Bun Frink to exend the term of Brunswick couny Recorder from two years to our years. A hearing was scheduled for hiesday before the Senate comlittee on courts and judicial disricts. Representative Cornelius T.'ioms, who says that he will be ound by the action of the Demcratic executive committee in his matter, was not in Raleigh he first two days of this week, ut he did wire Speaker Libby Vard to have any matters of Irunswick county legislation reurred to committee. A heated exchange between enator Frink and George R. 'oulke, Jr., featured this week's cvclopmcnts. Frink charged that Foulke evidently thinks that he i senator." Foulke retorted that ; was his right as a Democrat nd a citizen to oppose any Iegisition that he believed to be conrary to the best interest of his ounty. He said that he was not pposed to Walter M. Stanaland, resent judge of Recorder's court ersonally, but that he believed tic people should have the opporunity to show by their vote whetier they wanted him as Recorder or four years instead of for two ears. benefit Boxing Bouts Scheduled loys In Training For Benefit Program Scheduled For Local Gymnasium On Evening Of March 24 Boxing bouts matching a large roup of Southport youngsters ill be staged Tuesday night, larch 21. in the Southport gymasium in a benefit program deigned to raise funds for outfitIng a scout troop. Claude Jones, scoutmaster, has ad considerable ring experience nd has been coaching the boys 1 daily workouts. Most of the oung pugilists have more Spirit tian science, but some interesting outs are promised. One of the best of these should e that between Johnnie Simmons nd Walter Jones, two Southport oys who entered the annual goldn gloves tournament in Wilmingwi last month. BENEFIT SUPPER Circle members of Trinity Metlidist church will serve a chicken a lad supper Friday night beguiling at 6 o'clock ip the Supday chool rcocas. The Pilot Covers Brunswick County r $1.50 PER YEAR ? Committees For Annual Flower Show Appointed New Plans To Be Put Into Practice This Season By Club Members who Sponsor This Annual Event MRS. MARION S. -DOSHER IN CHARGE Beginning Weeks In Advance, Groundwork Is Being Laid,. For A Very Successful Program Mrs. Marion S. Dosher, general chairman for the 1939 Flower Show sponsored by the Southport Woman's Club has announced chairmen and committees for various departments of the show. Asking the members of the flower show committee to act as chairman, Mrs. Dosher outlined the duties of each at a meeting held with Mrs. A. K. Vitou, president of the club, on Tuesday night. The following committees were chosen by the chairman: Mrs. A. K. Vitou, in charge of special exhibits has to assistt her Mrs. Clarence Crapon. A house committee, Mrs. C. C. Russ, chairman, is composed of Mesdames W. G. Butler, A. L. Brown, R. C. Daniel and Misses Mary Weeks and Susie Newton. Mrs. R. M. Wolfe is chairman of the program committee and will have Mcsdames R. I. Mintz and H. W. Hood to assist her. Mrs. F. M. Niernsee, in chargo of school exhibits, will be assisted by Mesdames H. B. Smith and Robert St. George. In charge of placement of exhibits is Mrs. C. G. Ruark with Mesdames R. L,. Thompson and Joel Moore. For the first time the Woman's club will entertain- at tea for guests of the flower show. Mrs. H. H. Thomas has charge of all arrangements for the tea and Mrs. I. B. Bussells will arrange music for the occasion. Assisting Mrs. Thomas will be Mosdainca George P. Howey and C. C. Cannon. Mrs. Bussels will have Mesdames B. M. Hall, William Sty- ,k ron,"'J. I. Davis, and H. C. Corlette to help with the music. Pre! siding at the tea table in tho : afternoon will be Mesdames E. H. Cranmer and J. W. Ruark, at I night Mesdames A. K. Vitou and C. Ed. Taylor. The following ladies will serve at the teas: Mesdames L. C. Fergus, William Styron, R. I. Mintz. R. C. Daniel, J. I. Davln Robert Thompson, R. M. Wolfe, J. M. Harper, George Y. Watson, H. .. W... Hood-and G. R. Dashler. Mesdames R. J. Holmes and W. G. Butler will be at the door dor- I ing the night exhibition and Mrs. I Clarence Crapon and Miss Marjgaret Parkliill in the afternoon. ! Mrs. L. . C. Fergus is in charge of prizes. M Secretary for the flower show will be Mrs. J .M. Harper, who will be assisted by Mesdaipes William Styron, R. M. Wolfe and Prince O'Brien. 7 i| Heart A ttack Is Fatal To Floyd ! L. Pink Floyd, 64, died Friday' 9 afternoon just as he reached the! hospital where he was being rush-, cd following a heart attack suf, fcred while he was out shrimping^ He Is survived by his wife and J several sisters and brothers. ?. Burial .was made Saturday afternoon in Gurganuous cemetery at Seaside, with services at | the graveside being conducted by Rev. A. H. Marshall. TideTable j Following Is the tide labia for Southport during the neat I week. These hours are appra? ximately correct and were furnished The State Port Filet through the courtesy of tha Cape Fear Pilot's Association High Tide Low TUP TIDE TABLE Thursday, March 16 4:22 a. m. 10:40 a. m. 4:50 p. m. 11:05 p. m. Friday, March 17 5:13 a. hi. 11:26 a. in. 5:38 p. in. 11152 p. in. Saturday, March 18 5:58 a. m. 6:20 p. m. 12:10 p. m. fl Sunday, March. 19 6:38 a. m. 0:37 a. m. . 6:56 p. m. 12:52 p. na. Monday, March 20 7:15 a. m. 1:19 a. m. 7:31 p. m. 1:52 p. ra. Tuesday, March 21 7:51 a. m. 2:00 a. ra. 8:06 p. hi. 2:08 p. m. Wednesday, Starch' 23 8:27 a. m. , . 2'.31 e, sb 8:40 pi m. " ' 2!45 p. ah ? af ?i?,r -