North Carolina Newspapers

rv 9((lSt Of The News \II The Time A1ELEV?N NO. 4: Kehnsboro.n.c. pROPOSEP 4IR PICK-UP FEEC fl - .f? U*H CITIES SERVED. ? M FC-..iTlON..! 504.S90 -MILEAGE- | IICIITE 1 266 _ v,^H sc.'t ? ?5 ? SCJTE i.V? ROL'TE 5 E20 PC." e 223 ,^H EC.Tt 7 110 'V '.GASTON >.vf "f ft I riA "'1 ^ JH- A88EVIUE . ' \ v O "n .oof, greenwooc k^-v t ^?oDJSNSSORO \ / matson \y AUGUSTAS?! LEGEND S Hi-trssbx<%No AimtPT \ Ha '.11 h,it Vff A/PPQRT i \ H)!; is iw w fw ?mm Msm/K W. TSfihKNAL POINTS Wiiipof PROPOSED Alf Kk-UP ROUTES FOR THI! SliA. and All American plane Hmn; a pick-up and delivery ^H"onf of the U. S. Capitol ir Hronstration of new service H"e recent national conven ^Ha of Postmasters in Wash? *!- Bf.L I Won. I wo Mir ntK-up ruuic: Enow in daily operation pro Ein; 58 cities in PennsylKia. West Virginia, Ohio an< Eiware with direct air ser I * ftablishment Of ir Mail Route pu Southport EMail P.icJf-JJn Plan Is iw Type Oi Postal SerIte And North Carolina ay Soon Have System I This Kind Lis get mail [WITHOUT LANDING' kie Svstem Enables Pi- ] [To Pick Up The Mail fcoch From A Wire Between Two Poles hitages of direct airmaA i R would be provided to i wrt and neighboring towns ttes under a tentative plan ! p establishmen of Air PickKer routes in this area simt those now operating in i Rvania. West Virginia, Ohio Delaware. according to inforE received this week by i aster L. T. Yaskell. sapping out a proposed air- j network for North Carolina, j t?rt would be included on I Mllto FA ! i?m. uom vjiceiiauuiu j toton, S. C. The route would i down to Sanford, Dunn, j Hcvi'le. Lumberton. Chad-! Whiteville. Wilmington, t?ort. Myrtle Beach, Conway j Georgetown. ] 11 program for this state still "be formative state and the j toi of citizens to the pro> doubtless will affect deci1 -"ogarding its establishment. | I plan has been developed. fcchard C. du Pont, of Wil- j Itoi' Del., inter-national. II flier and aviation author-1 31 connection with a program & creation of a national air 13 system which he recently ?tcd to the Post Office Deand the Civil Aeronau'tathority. ^Pont is president of all Scan Aviation, Inc., the com-. f that operates the present Pick-up routes over which' ?-nt of the unique method *"cct:ii- ar.d delivering mail 'fiit has been demonstrated J??duieu operations. He also Ptoent of the Soaring Soj ?f America and formerly l* world's distance and alF records for sailplanes, pblishrnent of a national PjJfctem to meet the growI, ^-'i thioughout the coun*rect air service will be j L?*1 step in commercial j 'lu pont said, adding: n?nd the orbit of the pres-; Lr**ys m what might be | jiit zone of our I^^Portation system, are f important and pror hich are anxiousI -i direct air service and Lj'i to it. The next great Iv ? ?f commercial aviation l^-'f this frontier. L evclopment of an ader,' h. ler system to tap I wntinue(j on page 4) TH j AREA ./A >er lines VA. chase cn south boston ? a-}"~ ^"4 roxbofio vreidsvtlle J _burun6tonx^ thomaswll^ \ sallsburyrf /asheboro rcatt boutf kannapous/ .4 a^anfoi concoro% /aiBEMARIE dunn 1a> ..^chariot t\ / dck ^monfioe v^rockingham j "lly i/ h^l]j?sim)rin./ -o /great cherawn/ buro / chester 5jalls ^/be^w ^ v * votsflu-e \ \ ewberry pctmbiu \carungton\v ' J?X ^bateseurg ^sumter c< ikin- ^orangeburg s.c. y \ >a5 uaiterboro si k s- xk \ ^?^charieston \ i) \ i : * I % I ' \ , | I i K. Ha ; i T - I r , N I f - nr Wilmington i Annual hi Beautiful Colored Lights Draped Along the Streets Of Downtown District Adding To Festive Appearance Of City WAR TOYS FEATURE THIS YEAR'S VOGUE Emphasis Also Is Placed Upon Making Useful and Practical Gifts Attractive For This Season Wilmington merchants are cooperating in elaborate preparation for the formal opening Friday of the Christmas season during which period they proclaim their city and their respective stores to be the Mecca of Eastern North Carolina Christmas shoppers. Never before in the history of the city have there been so many street lights, and the down town district is destined to become a magic fairyland of beauty Friday night when they are switched on to light the path of Santa Clause and merry Christmas shoppers. A prevue of the toylands in three leading stores early this week indicates that never before have toys been better designed to thrill the heart of the youngsters. There was a noticable trend toward war-like toys, plaything replicas of the grim war machines of Europe. Also in evidence was the splendid chance being offered this season to give a practical gift, for in each of the stores visited were countless items of ready-to-wear done up on attractive Christmas packages. And the theme of the entire merchandising district was?"Do Your Christmas Shopping Early." Only 26! E SL A Goot 4-PAGES TODAY J RICHMOND N\ | PETERSBURG f\ NORFOLK^ SUFFOLK \ N. EMPORIA EUZABETMV^ ^HENDERSON ' /" /\ S "W? (oIdENTONx ( lvRockymount I U?piARBORO /piWOUTH SIGH ^WILSON \ J/ GREENVILLE X V N^ELMA WASHINGTON 7~SE, i * t ETTEVILLE VMOOREHEAD * N.c. 3%. ERTON / WITEVILLE wilmington IAD60URNl*| si \ J(V$OUTHPOftT * P ONWAV-X^< p HDWRTIE BEACH V / C' I ri E ORGS TOWN fj ^ 1 w COPYRIGHT 1939 BY All AMERICAN AVIATION, INC. 11 IT b i- ' ? Si Vj iSMkmm. * c T z c M M 1 ( r - * ' \ V ; * X C h * f 'J ^rr o a c " j n? TfC |, . aivuo v/ii xu foliday Regalia * 11 Winter Bathers I At Long Beach Six young ladies, ail understood to have been' from Wilmington and all credited with a 0 ; great deal of pulchritude, pick- j i ed Long Beach, near Southport, ( ! for their winter bathing spot v on last Friday. c j Arrayed in full summer bath- ? | ing religia, which is not much, J they spent upwards of half an | hour in the surf and declared t J the water just as warm as it r was outside of it. Unfortunate- c | ly, the reporter who advised of t ! the occurance was so busy c watching that he neglected to I secure the names of the bath- c I ers. First Week Of E Season Dra j All indications are that [ I sportsmen are having the best | year for duck shooting that j I they have ever engaged in on | j the coast of Brunswick county, j The season opened inauspicious| ly last Wednesday, so far as the ! i weather was concerned, it was j I warm and still and the birds j naturally scattered and many I went far out on the water. Nev- | ertheless one sportsman report- j ed getting 32 ducks, hunting ' at Long Beach for 4 days. He | was only out for a couple of hours or so each day. Up the Cape Fear from ( Southport the birds were plentiful in number and the same condition was reported around ] Bald Head island, Fort Caswell j j and all about. Lock woods Folly, I Shopping D ^TE 1 News paper Southport, N. CM W County Schools Doing Fine With Red Cross Work iouthport, Shallotte And Bolivia Schools Already Have Reported 100-Percent Membership And Others Are Working .OCAL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE PENDING 'all Has Been Sent Out For Field Worker To Come Here To Assist With Regular Soliciting While the Red Cross memberhip drive for the city of Southort is being held in abeyance ending the arrival here of Mr. yilhelm, field worker, out in the ounty things are humming, and eports show that three of the ive consolidated schools are now 00-percent in their membership First schools to go over the top rere Shallotte, Southport and Bovia Word comes from Wacca law that splendid progress is eing made there, particularly in inior Red Cross. The memberhip campaign is on in Leland chool this week, too. To qualify as a 100-percent chool, each room must raise at :ast $1.50 for a membership ir inior Red Cross, and each teaher must join the regular organiation. Rev. A. L. Brown, roll call hairman, is out of town this reek but when he returns a rhirl-wind finish is planned. Quilting Party For Orphanage 'own Creek W. M. U. Has Completed A Colorful Thanksgiving Gift For Baptist Orphanage The W. M. U. Society of Town Ireek Baptist Church met at the ome of the Rev. and Mrs. I. F, ohnson Thursday November 16th, j finish the orphanage quilt that le members faithfully worked n for the past two months. The quilt is very attractive rith 253 names of those that ontributed to the orphanage fund mbroidered in the color scheme f red and green. The quilt is tc e sent to the Baptist Orphanage t Thomasville, as a Thanksgivig offering. The hostess, Mrs. I. F. Johnon served a very delicious lun koAn fr? Hio fnllnwincr MosrlamPf fary Mitchell, J. P., J. H. anc !. J. Mills, E. R. Hufham, M L, R. L. and Elwood Sullivan (Continued on page 4) Thinks Paving To Be Complete Vaccamaw Township Mar In Southport Yesterdaj Says He Believes White ville-Shallotte Road Wil Be Completed In Januar) According to Garfield Simmon! if Waccamaw township, who wai n town yesterday, the Gravii Construction company probabh vill complete the hard surfacing if the last link of the Whiteville iouthport highway sometime ii anuary. The road is between Whitevilli o Shallotte. From Shallotte i uns through Supply and thenci in to Southport over what is saic o be the longest straight stretcl if paved road in North Carolina i'rom a point a short distanci lUt of Supply to a point a shor (Continued on page 4) luck Hunting .ws Sportsmen Holden's Beach, Shallotte Point, Gause Beach, Seaside and Calabash. Sportsmen along a continuous line of coast are all reporting many more birds than are usually present at the beginning of a hunting season. Cold, wet weather marking the beginning of this week, with prospects for the cold increasing, is causing many sportsmen to predict that Saturday will reveal this to have been a banner week for duck shooting along the Brunswick coast. The birds are all in fine condition with great layers of fat, indicating that the feeding has been good both in the north and since the arrival of the ducks in this area. ' lays Before CI P0R1 In A Good Con ednesday, November 22 Head Republican Visits Southport ; Aboard His Boat I John M. D. Hamilton, > Chairman Republican National Committee, Was I Here And Gone Before He Could Be Interviewed OTHER DISTINGUISHED GUESTS ON TUESDAY One Was Publisher Of Important Ohio Newspapers While Still Another Was Son Of Presidential Candidate An important looking man strode into the Southport post, office Saturday afternoon and asked for mail for the yacht' Visago. The man's face was va- ] 1 guely familiar to Postmaster L. ' | T. Yaskell, but it was not until 1 the vistor signed a card designat- j ing a forwarding address that the ; Southport man know that his cal- | 1 ler was John M. D. Hamilton, j chairman of the Republican Na' tional Committee. 1 "Before I knew who I was talk-: 1 j ing to he was gone", Postmaster j Yaskell confessed. "I should have ! I j told him about how strong a Re! publican county he was in and 1 < how it used to go that way be-| fore?but he got away". II Chairman Hamilton was on his ' i way to Florida aboard his yacht, I ' | came ashore clad in regular sports | | clothes and appeared to another j ' observer, W. B. Keziah, to be a ' j very pleasant and unpretentious 1 fellow. Other important visitors ( through here since Saturday in| eluded E. T. Wolfe, publisher of !The Ohio State Journal and The \ Columbus Evening Dispatch, and i his party Tuesday. Interviewed by ' IW. B. Keziah, roving waterfront ambassador of good will, he told i the local man that his guests in- ! eluded James M. Cox, Jr., who , is the son of the man, who in 1920 was the Demrocratic presI idential nominee. Franklin D. ' ! Rooseu?!t wa? hi? running mate as vice-presidential candidate In j the team that lost to the Republijcan tandem, Harding and Cool; idge. I [ Other guests were H, S. Aker- j berg, vice-president of the Co- ! , luinbia Broadcasting System in j charge of station relations; and | I T. E. Pope, president of Pope j , Sales, Inc., a newsprint business I , concern. Routine Session ; Of County Court Numerous Cr.ses (V Minor) j Imnortance Trierl Mon day In Brunswick Coun-1 ' ty Recorder's Court Bei fore Judge Walter M. Stanaland ? j At a routine session of Re' | corder's Court here Monday Governor Joyner, colored, was found i guilty of assault. Sentence of 4 r months on the roads was suspend. ed upon payment of a fine of $25 | and costs. i Archie Williams, colored, plead- , ed guilty to assault and was fore- I ed to pay costs. Charles Simmons, colored, was I charged with reckless operation and having no driver's license. He , was convicted on the latter count ' | and was given 30 days on the j | roads. Judgment was suspended ! upon payment of a fine of $10.00 | , and costs, his license to be re-1 j voked for 12 months. 3 Dace McKeithan, white, was j tried for secret assault. Probable cause was found and he was bound over to Superior court unl (Continued on page four) Honor Roll For Southport High [ List Of Students With Out-1 standing Scholastic Record During The Second Month Of School After several weeks of hard I work several students have finally attained a goal high enough to serve as a reward. The honor : roll for the second month reads jas follows: Eleventh grade: Williams Sellers; tenth grade: Clarence Len|non; ninth grade: Bill Shannon; [eighth grade: Claude Ford, Marie Moore. Mae Swain. Seventh grade: Dorothy Cox, Edward Newton; sixth grade: Sally Ann McNeil: fifth grade: Louis j iNewton; fourth grade: Betsy Jane | Galloway, Sue Fredere; third] grade: Mary Frances Floyd, Rich-] I ard Brendle, Jack Swan, Jimmie j (Continued on page 4) ? _____ hristtnas r pii imunity !, 1939 publi Frank Sherrill For Dale C Famous Psychologist And A Known Locally As His Dail One of the most widely known writers in the United States is Dale Carnegie and his writings appear daily in newspapers from coast to coast. Recently Mr. Carnegie picked for a subject a man well known in Southport, in fact all over the nation. Mr. Carnegie's tribute to the owner of Bald Head Island at Southport, was clipped from the Providence, R. I., Evening Bulletin, and sent to the Southport Civic Club secretary in order to make sure that at least a few people in North Carolina should know something of the success of one North Carolina man. The Rhode Island story written by Carnegie was as follows: "A few years ago a man who J. J, Loughlin First W Resignation Accepted At Special Meeting Monday Afternoon And He Was Appointed As Delinquent Tax Collector BONDHOLDERS ARE PUSHING THE CITY Growing More And More Insistant That Something Be Done About Meeting Obligations On Bonds At a special meeting of the Southport board of aldermen Mon day afternoon J. J. Loughlin, Jr. resigned as member of the boarc and accepted the appointment a: delinquent tax collector. Immediate cause for this actior is the fact that the bandholderi for the city are getting more anc more insistant upon payment oi the bonded indebtedness of this municipality. Feeling that som< drastic action on the part of th< board would be necessary. Lough' lin, who is familiar with the business of the city government was appointed following his for mal resignation. Loughlin is a veteran mcmbei of the board, having served con tinuously since his election a! representative from the firs' ward in 1933. No move has yet been made t( name his successor, a matter tha usually is left up to the remain ing alderman from uie wara 11 which the vacancy occurs. Injury Proves Fatal To Lady Mrs. Emma C. Lewis Diec Tuesday At Dosher Me morial Hospital; Funera services Held Today Mrs. Emma C. Lewis, widow o! the late F. P. Lewis of the Bolivi: community, died in Dosher Me morial Hospital Tuesday morn ing at 5 o'clock. The immediati cause of her death is attributec to a fall on Sunday, Novembei 12th, at which times she sustain ed a severe fracture of her hip She was within four months o: being 81 years of age and hai (Continued on page 4) Hunting Wild Head Islai As a result of a first day hunt Monday, a two-hundred pound wild hog was captured alive on Bald Head island. The capture was effected by a pack of dogs led by a bull dog especially trained to hunt and hold hogs. The animal was tied up and taken to the island headquarters, where it is now penned with the object of being slaughtered for pork a little later on. The hog was apparently about four years old. It had a formidable set of tushes, weapons that proved ineffective against the bull dog, which fastened on to its ear and held on. The dog is owned by Charlie Sellers of Town Creek township. The real aim of the hunt is to get the huge boar that is said to weigh in excess of sixhundred pounds and which is now supposed to be nine or ten years old. It is doubted if this huge animal can be taken Wmm ?JW .OT SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Is Subject 1 arnegie Article author Uses Man Who Is Well : Subject Of One Of y Columns p had once been a sign painter, was honored by the biggest banquet ever given in Los Angeles up to that time. The doors swung open and Hollywood chorus girls, with har- ^ nesses to represent ponies, came prancing in, dragging behind them an immense cake. "His name was Frank O. Sherrill. "Let me tell you why they gave this magnificent banquet to a former sign-painter. Because he hit on an idea that made him a millionaire Just one idea. But sometimes that is n all it takes. "He was a sign-painter in North Carolina, but there came a lull in his business, and he couldn't get any signs to paint; w (Continued on page 4) oi Resigns As ard Alderman? al * i . al Bad Nickle Turns si t t~ \v :*l li.ll u/^iio I?^ IJ >1 1111 1J111 II VUil I IB I lc ir Rill Well# isn't the kind of jw man you'd expect to be able to j | pass off a wooden nickle on, I but Uncle Sam slipped him a " j five-cent piece that obviously ' isn't some of his best work. The defective nickle is over- j sized, about one-fourth larger ^ in diameter than a normal coin of that denomination. The in- ^ ' I scription is stamped on one )a side, making obviously defective w coin. vi I This piece of money was in- ; ft l eluded in a bag containing $50.00 in nickles which wells | . received to pay his Shrimp ' headers. He has been informed that it is possible to obtain big prices for defective coins from coin collectors, so Bill is offering half to the person who secures for him an advantageous sale?the original principal of five cents to be deducted, of . course, from the total. Dredge May Go To Puerto Rico i v r ri-j. U-. congressman *^ic*iiy uao t Been Informed That The " Vessel May Be Returned I To Active Service With Old Crew J There is a possibility that the ! U. S. Engineers dredge Comstock, , ; may be sent to Puerto Rico for ( r 1 a small job for the government, | j according to advices from Con- , . (gressman J. Bayard Clark to the ' Southport Civic Club secretary, ( j W. B. Keziah. If the boat is sent ( II there it will provide work for it and the crew until sometime late ] in the spring, and the annual f work at Georgetown, Southport i and Morehead City will then be - in order. If the boat is not sent on this > contemplated mission, Congress1 man Clark is assured that all the S p men in the crew will be picked t( - up and given employment by the ti i. first of the year. A few have a f already been so placed. 1 The engineers were deeply re- ~ (Continued on page 4) Hogs On Bald nd Gets Results alive, or even if it can be killed without some of the dogs or hunters being injured. In past j years this hog has been shot j many times without apparently being seriously injured. At such times it was always ambush- j ed by hunters. To go for it with dogs will involve actual combat, and on account of its great size and undoubted toughness, it is doubted if any bull dog can fasten upon it and remain with it alive until the hunters can get near enough to shoot. There are said to be quite a number of wild hogs in the jungles of the island, the progeny of a domestic herd that was liberated there some fifteen years ago and which ran wild. Two Southport men ambushed and killed a total of fourteen hogs as a result of a number of hunts on the island last winter. The largest so slain weighed 262 pounds, ? The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAB rhree Fishermen From Brunswick Drowned Friday atalities Occur Following Collision Between Tug Especo And Menhaden Fishing Boat, The Southland 1EMBERS OF CREW OF LATTER CRAFT iccident Occurred In Inland Waterway A Few Miles Above Beaufort As Loaded Boat Headed For Factory Three Brunswick county fisherlen, all negroes, drowned Friday ight when the menhaden vessel outhland was in collision with le tugboat Especo in the inland aterway near Beaufort. Robert Lee and Joseph Eagles f Southport and Isaac Clarriby f Bolivia were the Brunswick aunty dead which included 6 ther members of the boat crew. The Southland, which was a freuent visitor here, was proceed ig from Ocracoke to Morehead ity with 300,000 menhaden fish board. Investigating officers said that pparently there was a mixup on gnals and that the craft hit ith fullforce. Most of the Southind's crew of 20 men was beiw and were caught like rats i a trap as their boat quickly ent to the bottom. The barge belongs to the Solvay rocess Co. of New York and as towing the barge Espee No. Her captain was W. F. Dunir. The Southland was captained 1 y John Guthrie of Morehead City ad was owned by the Carteret ish and Oil Co. It was reported that although le superstructure of the Southed was visible, her wreckage ould not block the inland wateray channel. The canal is 400 et wide at that point. ? ??i Late War Bulletins BERLIN?German secret police disclose arrest and confession of man charged with planting bomb in Hitler assassination attempt; also announce rapture of two British agents eacused of plotting German revolution. LONDON ? Britain accuses j Germany of illegal mine war- , rare, proclaims unrestricted sea blockade of German trade in retaliation; Japanese liner Terr ukuni Marii largest vessel to sink on England's east coast where British charge Germans loosed mines; mines, torpedoes ind "enemy action" account for ten Rritish and five neutral ships since Saturday, British report German scouting plane shot down on east coast. PARIS?French announce 3 German planes downed 011 westend front; two in flames. MOSCOW ? Russia discloses Baltic fleet engaged in maneuvers, declares her supremacy In Baltic with warning to Finland not to put obstacles in way. AT CONVENTION Rev. A. L. Brown, pastor of outhport Baptist church is at:nding the Baptist State Convenon which is in session this week t Winston-Salem. Tide Table Following Is the tide table for Soutbport during the next week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pile# through the courtesy of the/ Cape Fear Pilot's Assoclatle*1 High Tide Low IMP TIDE TABLE Thursday, November 23 4:30 a. m. 11:12 a. m. 5:12 p. m. 11:13 p. m. Friday, November 24 5:33 a. m. 11:58 a. m. 5:37 p. m. 11:58 p. m. Saturday, November 25 6:17 a. m. ...... 6:40 p. m. , 12:45 p. m. Sunday, November 26 6:36 a. m. 0:42 a. m. 7:21 p. m. 1:30 p. ra. Monday, November 27 7:36 a. m. 1:28 a. m. . 8:02 p. m. 2:15 p. ra. Tuesday, November 28 8:16 a. m. 2:12 a. ra. 8:47 p. m. 3:00 p. Bfc Wednesday, November 29 9:00 a. m. 2:56 a. is. i? 9:37 p. m. 3:44 p. ' -