North Carolina Newspapers

Host Of The News I || W l\ll The Time A M i I^EVEN NO. 15 Iaysslot * mland Populai I KH ftiVk. ^BBW >,f 'i*' "vyfe?i.V;:-::: ?# - "v^BF-'V )ENT SCIENTISTS?In the picture above is shown a Hnts treking over the sand of Bald Head Island as tl" ^ profitable trip. Churchill Bragaw is in the left forei H"ight. Marion Emery is the young lady below who is Ho the obvious wonderment of her associates.?(Cut Co ft Unveil Bronze Plaque I Honoring Dr. J. A. Dosher . ils National Hospital Day And It Is Appropriate hat Ceremony Will Honor Hospital Founder memory of Dr. J. Arthur Dosher, beloved Southi.vsician, will be honored Friday afternoon when a tablet, a gift of members of the hospital auxiliill be unveiled during appropriate ceremonies, will begin promptly at 3:J0 o'clock. . i The tablet will be presented' nltC by Miss Lottie Mao Newton on behalf of the auxiliary and will L n* AT jj be unveiled by Robert Arthur I DI P IN CWS IJones, grandson of Dr. Dosher. I Acceptance will be made by C. r??. b. Ed Taylor, chairman of the board State, of trustecs and then R w Dav. | a and World-Wide [ is will make a short talk. Also rest During Past (Continued on page four) ; Week ?' Bald Head Lonj forge VI and Queen 1 , , , of England sailed Sun-' V( a tour of the United j 'J Canada. They sailed During the past month npress of Australia and ! around four score scientists wed as far as the Eng-1 and students of science in lncl by an escort of I colleges and universities have s. With a deafening | visited Bald Head Island, ac1 Rodney and Nelson cording to W. B. Keziah. who I .. ' -1 U ovnodi. Intern and the monarch con- usually guiues ou [ on his way. They will tions. Fourteen states have k at Quebec, Canada, on May been represented in these I They embarked at the visits. po station in Portsmouth, These visitors have covered pi Their plan is to return a very insignificent part of proximately one month. the 17,000 acre tract. Still, * the number and numbers of HOBOES MEET states represented is in marksnnua! convention of the ed contrast to the fact that Fellowship of America was prior to 1918 only one botm the Delaware and Hud- anist was known to have stlroad yards in Scranton ever visited the place. This iyvania last week. Forty was a Mr. Ashe, tcs were present and they In April. 1918, W. C. Cok* number of resolutions. er and "Mr. Crouch and Mr. | H '-hem were these: Unmis- Vogler" visited the island. 5'r' igns of business pick- Mr.' Coker summed up this ' President Roosevelt should visit in 20 pages in the ^mended for peace efforts, "Journal of the Elisha Mitftt time should be abolish- chell Scientific Society" at i ^ the next meeting will be Chapel Hill. His article was ^ battle. "Chief Justice" illustrated with rr.ar.y photowatinued on page 4.) graphs which he made or. ; ST, A Goo 4-PAGES TODAY MAC! tion ^ *V| I ig&jv HHb V'^fctlmm pr R&^-f &?f&iEB3ttStMt3 o-ftyjfe. ' & ' ': ^v f&'V-' .;'^*'i%: group of Marietta College ley return from a pleasanl ground, Elbert Keziah or , doing the snake-charming urtesy Charlotte Observer) May Be The Skull Of A Mermaid Cap'n Munn of the Cape Fear lighthouse found the skull of some sort of a wampus, sea serpent or unicorn on Baldhead Island Friday and straightway brought it over to the Civic Club secretary, W. B. Keziah, to be dispatched to the State Museum for identification. The headpiece of whateverit-was had a most extraordinary appearance. It was about 8 inches broad by 14 ir-'hes - - ?*^ r-e iii length. The eyes nan wen like those of a human being. The roof of the mouth was also exactly like that of a human and from the single joint of bone remaining there seemed to have been some sort of a trunk or snout extending from the upper jaw. I Has Been i To Scientists this trip. Mr. Coker and his associates visited only the west end of the island, being there for less than a day. They listed 15 species of trees; 7 of shrubs and 7 of vines as having been found. Specifically, these trees and plants were: Trees?Loblolly or old Field Pine, Red Cedar, Palmetto. Live Oak. Laurel Oak. American or Wild Olive. Yopon. American Holly. Toothache Tree or Prickley Ash Smoth Red Bay. Flowering Dogwood, Red Mulberry. Hercules Club or Angelica Tree, Carolina Laurel and Magnolia or Bull Bay. Shrubs?St. John's Wort, French Mulberry, Wax Myrtle, Groundsell Tree, High Bush Huckleberry. Tall Blackberry, Dwarf Sumach. Vines?Several species of S m i 1 a x , Trumpet Honeysuckle, Muscadine or Eulls.ce, (Continued on page four) Wi d News paper In Southport, N. CM Wedi HINES * creasesI Bald Head Is To Hit Height Of Popularity , Group Of Duke University Co-eds Will Be Joined By A Larger Group Of Camera Club Campers From Wilmington ENTIRE GROUP WILL CAMP OUT W. B. Keziah Has Engaged Services Of One Of The Menhaden Fish Boats To Transport This Group To Island Up to yesterday some 75 people had made arrangements to spend this week-end on Bald Head Island. They are composed of two parties, one a large camera club with some 52 members. The remainder made up of 35 Duke University professors and S co-eds. The Duke folks wired yesterday for arrangements to be made. The camera club, which includes j a number of professionals and i some newspaper photographers, I made their arrangements earlier [\ in the week. The two parties will all take blankets and food, cooked and un- S cooked. Such of the cooking as I is done on the island will be [ done outdoors as it is proposed to camp out all night. About half of both parties are under stood.lo,.be -rmnpi^cd of. women. They will sleep in'tlreir "blankets ^ in the warm sands 6t some shelt- ^ j ered spot in the great sand dunes. n The men will remain somewhere! n I in the neighborhood, near enough | c I to chase the ghosts away if they * put in appearance. It is proposed to? make flash- f light pictures of the whole col- t lection of beauties, sleeping in ? the rough, for publicity purposes j , in the newspapers. Several of t [ the camera club members are _ " well qualified and equipped for s 1 making flashlight pictures. Never> theless the Southport Civic Club 1 secretary has sent off a SOS for (( either Bill Sharpe or Bill Baker j. of the State Department of Con- jj servation and Development, re- ^ questing them to come down and r help out with the pictures. p Busv Dav For " J J - jCounty Judge1 . 'c' All Day Monday Required 3 To Dispose Of The Cases h Which Crowded The c Docket Of Recorder's Court 0 v Monday was a busy day for P he Brunswick County Recorder 1 s numerous cases were disposed " j if. ^ Prank Beck, colored, was ^ ound guilty of charges of driv- n ng drunk. His sentence of six B nonths on the roads was sus>ended upon payment of a fine of $50.00 and costs, his drivers / icense to be revoked for twelve ^ nonths. The case against R. L. Sullivan, white, charging assault with a deadly weapon, was continued 1 until next Monday. \ Alex McPherson, colored, was found guilty of drunk driving and was given 6 months, this judgment being suspended upon payment of $65.00. costs of the case and revocation of license. Olton Smith, white, who was tried several weeks ago for reck- ^ less operation, was found not f* guilty. He pleaded guilty to charges of driving without a drivers lr license. **' | Morris Johnson and Willie Bo- c I wen, colored, were found guilty * ' jof possessing apparatus for the ^ purpose of manufacturing intoxi- cl Seating liquor. Their sentence of 01 8 months was suspended upon el j payment of a fine of $100.00 each [and costs. 01 Lloyd Royals, white, was found jb guilty of possession of intoxicat- j ti ing liquor and transporting. His j d> Isentence of 30 days was suspen-jti t ded upon payment of $5.00 and (ei [costs. |f< Jume DeBonard, colored, plead-, n ed guilty of possession of an ap! paratus for the purpose of manu- b factur.r.g whiskey. Ser.ter.co of j tl (Continued on page $) . ai P0R1 i A Good Comi nesday, May 10th, 193! MOST t * * * * SPEAKER ^ El I I I ( ? a H. D. BROWNING, JR. t irowning Makes ; Finals Address I At Shallotte! i upcrintendent Of Schools ( For Columbus County } Delivered The Commen- . 'cement Address Wcdnes- , day Night In School . Auditorium 1AY DAY PROGRAM FOR CLASS DAY j uccessful School Year Brought To Close Wednesday Night Following A Week of Varied Activities r-H. Dr--Browning, - Jr~-sttperinendent of public schools in Cojrnbus county, delivered the comlencement address Wednesday light before a record class of ;raduates for Shallotte high ciiool. The speaker spoke particularly or the benefit of members of he graduating class on the topic A Few Thoughts For A Senior", le told the young seniors that hey were indeed passing from a irotected and nurtured life into a truggle for existance in the aaelstrom or economic unrest. j Reminding them that their logcal goal should be a successful 1 tfe, Mr. Browning said that a Ife dedicated to useful and crea- ' ive purposes was headed in the ight direction. To add true haplincss, he advised, live a cultiated life and for the very sake J f succcess itself live a life of nthusiasm. "Finally", he said, live an elevated life with faith a self, in country and in God." Following this inspirational ad- 1 ress diplomas were awarded the 0 seniors comprising Shallottc's irgest graduating class by prin1?.1 T J r< Unno i\tai ix. v. uxuiiv. The commencement season pencd Friday night, April 28, J dth a piano recital presented by j upils of Miss Helen Stanficld. \ 'he following students took part t i the program: Ruby L. Brown, t mnie L. Swain, Hilda Kirby, ] larion Anderson, Dorothy Ben- ( ett, June Thomas, Amaretta 1 lennett, Marie Spivey, Vernie I i (Continued on page 4) 11 1 Camera Club Is Planning Trip' Wilmington O r g a nization < Was Well Pleased With I Success Of Recent Visit ( And More Members Are! Coming This Time More cameras will be on Bald lead Island next Saturday unday than has ever before been , lere in a months time, accordig to all of the present indicaons. The Wilmington Camera lub is meeting tonight, at which me a trip down here and to te island will be planned. The lub has about 55 members, all f them pretty good with camras. - '' On a previous trip by the same rganization only some 20 memers were able to come. This ip turned out to be such a elightful affair and so producve of photograhic scenery, the r.tire club has been clamoring >r another expedition to be lade. At the meeting tonight it will e decided just how many of 56 Cirr-era. fsns will cor.'.e. It (Coatlaued on Page A) r piL munity } PUBLISH LEA\ * * * * * iVaccamaw High j Closes School m Year Last Week )r. David A. Lockmiller, j Head Of The History Department At State College, Was Speaker At Finals SPECIAL AWARDS GIVEN STUDENTS * Commencement Activities j j Extended Over A 10-Day | Period And All Programs Were Well Attended Commencement for Waccaniaw | school exercises began with the mnual declamation-recitation con- j est, which was held on the night j >f the last meeting of ihc Par-1 ? nt-Teachcrs' association. Atlas %l Simmons won the reciter's medal, 1" ind Lester Smith the declaimer's . nedal. The Senio"r Class gave their j day?"Good Gracious; Grandma!" j >n Friday evening, /v;u 11 ^i. u vas well attended. The characters showed that they had been veil directed by their sponsors, Miss Madge Myers, the English Prench teacher. About thirty dolars were realized from the play, jretty girl contest, and cake valk. Ten dollars of this was jiven to the elementary library IS hind, and a similar amount was ipent for waste baskets and pen- j :il sharpeners, which were a need- 5a id asset in the high school. Public t ccognition was given the seniors 'or these nice gifts, during their graduating exercises. Third in our commencement urogram was an operetta, "Peter Rabhit'V.which was put on by the Primary and Grammar grades. ?ti Miss Eunice Huff, second grade thi teacher, directed it, and was ably oli tssisted by all the other element- ca] iry teachers. A large crowd was I gQ arcsent for the evening enter- w tainment. . ' On Sunday afternoon, April 30, the Rev. J. R. Phipps, pastor j. ' if the Whiteville Presbyterian w( Phurch, preached the baccalaure- j hi< ite sermon. He used as his subiect, "Hewing and Building". His cmarks to the graduating class . ivere bulging with meaningful suggestions. Miss Huff sang a solo?"God is Love". j Mr. Everlasting Success and ^ Miss Senior Class were married of' (Continued on page 4) B Audubon Society th Hoq/1 Ic Vicifn?*!wv 1IVUU AO T MIlVl als ] I chi Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson. ag President - Emeritus Of de: That Organization, Was of Visitor Here Last Week Co spi On Bald Head Island last week ne' Dr. Gilbert Pearson, President- to\ Smeritus of the National Audu-, a )on Society, secured a small bird bu hat all of his experience with boi jirds did not qualify him to name, to The bird was shot by Rev. John 1 Ircy of Raleigh, who was a mem- off )er of a party takefi to the wa sland by W. B. Keziah. Dr. ses 'earson is a resident of New of fork. Jui Others in the party were Har- sig y Davis, curator at the State Mr duscum in Raleigh, and C. S. i bei Irimley and O. L. Wray of theied (Continued on page 4) Encouraging Me Received Fi The barracuda are swarm- i ing on Frying Pan shoals i and around the lightship of t the same name, according to I a letter received Thursday I from Captain R. K. Torsten- 1 sen, master of the- vessel, j r Earl Lewis, one of the men j i on the ship, speared and cap- [ t ture a 57-inch barracuda I 1 Wednesday. The fish weighed 36-pounds. s Captain Torstensen advised r W. B. Keziah that the bar- t racuda appeared much more t numerous than during pre- I vious years. They are all s about the ship, which is 35 v miles out on the shoals in c the gulf stream. He thinks , t many of the fish can be j i taken considerably nearer the j t shore than the lightship. *.| i However, he is not holding out prospects ci the bar- ' \ I OT I ED EVERY WEDNESDAY fCOl VISITOR j Br : ; ^ ^||| CARL qOERCH" jne ! Of lagazine Editor :;, Writes Up His ? Brunswick Trip _ wc irl Goerch Came Through jjjj Brunswick County Two t)l, Weeks Ago And In The he Last Issue Of His Maga- wi zine Writes Up Trip a r? STILL STRONG ts FOR SOUTHPORT wl iys That When He Finish:s Work This Is Where ',f He Wants To Come .c For Purpose Of Re- to tiring k. to Carl Goerch, editor "f The wj ate Magazine, made a trip bu rough southeastern North Car- thi na 10 days ago and his itinary rried him from Wilmington to pc uthport, thence to Shallotte and ac hiteville. One of the interest- bu ; features of his magazine is 0r > habit of writing up his trips thi the form of a travelogue, and ; are quoting below the part of a, > article which refers to Bruns-! 1* ck county. We haven't been to Southport almost two years, so let's go wn that way. Brunswick County, with its pj lcs upon miles of timberland it show the devastating marks forest fires. I believe that unswick has more burned-over id than any other county in 2 State. .. Southport, and an excellent ? im chowder at the Miller Hotel, . a tere we find W. B. Keziah I or io eating lunch. He's a great I g aracter. Stone deaf, but man- j ^ es to get along very nicely j Ar spite that fact. He's secretary' 1 .. .. .. _ no' the Southport Chamber of mmerce and spends all his wo ire moments trying to think up . w ways of advertising the p . vn. He insists on our taking .... trip over to Bald Head Island, ^ t there doesn't seem to be a w, it available, so the trip has m(, be abandoned. wo Bunn Frink, in his upstairs au ice, talking to some clients. He s in the Senate during the last of isfon. The name of Frink is one the oldest in Brunswick. . . . ige Cranmer's house, but no n of the old man himself .... Kcziah shows us the whittler's i _ ich, a picture of which appear- \ on a recent cover of The, ' (Continued on page 4) ssage Is om Lightship ; " *_ acuda being: close in as an c nducement to keep the party >oats from ranging around lis ship. He recalled with ileasure the fact that the J ocal civic club sent out lewspapers and other readng matter by the party ' oats at every opportunity ast summer. The men on the ship get _ ind send mail only once each 8 nonth when the lighthouse ender from Charleston visits 8 hem. With this long time 4 letween the arrival of letters ind papers, the men gladly 4 velcome the thoughtfulness 8 if friends in Southport in he matter of sending out eading matter. In return ? hey always endeavor to adose the boats of points in ? he vicinity of the lightship ? vfcere the fish stay he found. ? . * ? ^ rhe Pilor Covefs Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR JnTy tanaland Will )eclare War On Slot Machines nless These Devices Are Protected By Law They Must.Be [ Removed From Public Places In County Says Recorder IVES WARNING TO OPERATORS lis Will Mark Second rime That Judge Stanaland Has Declared War On "One-Armed Bandit" Judge Walter L. Stanaland id Monday that he was serving tice upon "all persons in Brunsck county who are in any manr connected with the operation slot machines that they had n tter be sure that the devices their possession are legal or le be prepared to suffer the u nalty of the law. The Brunswick County Rccorr declared that he had seen a news aunng inc past ncaoiwi the State Legislature that jl >ulrl indicate the law governX operation of slot machines H d been changed. "I'm giving " ; operators fair warning now," said, "because I'm going to ite the Attorney General for ruling on these machines anil n going to run every one that H illegal out of the county." Judge ^tanaland , said . that len he served previously as Re- Jl rder he drove the machines out 1 Brunswick, but at that time did not confiscate them. "This flj lie," he promised. "I'm going confiscate and destroy all ii;ul uiadiiiiLS and I am going I indict not only the persons I 10 have then; ir. their charge, t also the agents who bring jm around, and impossible, tho es- who are the actual owners." : added that he wanted all rsons in Brunswick county who cept these machines in their siness houses to take the name names of the ones from whom ?y are secured. Irs. Yaskel! Is Poppy Chairman ans Arc Being Made To' Push Sales Of Little Red Flowers Here On National Poppy Day Poppy Day will be observed oughout the United States on turday. May 27, with the wear; of memorial poppies in honof the World War dead, Mrs. B. Frink, president of #?'c unswick county unit of the' nerican Legion Auxiliary, an-1 unccd today. The observance 11 be led by the Auxiliary { mien who will distribute pop?? on t hp strppts riurinc tlip riav. . More than.eleven million of the Lie red memorial flowers have en made by disabled World ar veterans working in governint hospitals and in poppy irkrooms maintained by the xiliary, said Mrs. Frink. These wcrs arc crepe paper replicas the poppies which grew on the arid War battlefields and (Continued on page 4) ride Table 1 "Following Is the tide table or Soutbport during the tfSIl reek. These hours are appm (mutely correct and were fu*? Ished The State Port Pilot hrough the courtesy of the .'ape Fear Pilot's Association Ugh Tide Low TIDE TABLE Thursday, May II ':52 a. m. 7:26 a. m. :31 p. nt. 8:01'p. m. Friday, May 12 :46 a. m. 8:23 a. m. :25 p. m. 9:01 p. m. Saturday, LMay 13 :42 a. m. 9:14 a. m. :21 p. m. 9:34 p. m. Sunday, May 14 :41 a. m. 10:01 a. tn. :16 p. m. 10:41 p. m. Monday, May 15 :38 a. m. 10:46 a. m. :06 p. m. 11:29 p. m. Tuesday, May 16 :30 a. m. 11:30 a. ra. :51 p. m. _ a Wednesday, May 17 :11 a. m. 0:17 a. a. :32 p. m. 12:14 p. Um " '-i "1i- I ?