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)lost Of The News f-' 411 The Time ^TWELVE. NO. 2 Welegatioi JlQoes I About "iV.f;!1 ~~~~~ ' 3|c vement Is Outgrowth Of', Child's Death At Leland I Ht^o Weeks Ago As Citi- I H^ns Seek To Get Men L B)APPEar BEFORE B SCHOOL COMMISSION ;:t,<! Will Be For Re For Leland School Khrr,. According To Report. Student Driv.o j ers Are Unavail!' able fl delegation of citizens from leiar. i school community ap board of county s here Monday re^Etug that adult bus drivers be ^Hpiyea to convey their children . 4 result, a delegation from i lunty will api t state school commission! ^ !i!e:g:> Thursday to see if it I pjssibie to secure the help of Bi body in complying with the I ^: Members of the delega-1 will include Miss Annie May' | . county superintendent I ? R. T. VVoodside, chair- j f II of the county board of edu- | f | M. Roach, chairman! of county commis- fj I R. I. Mintz, who will j I county as attorney j I or S. B. Frink, q I ; ... Representative citizens _ I to attend. I- jon was the outgrowth I ( | death of little Rachel t I - two weeks ago asj KValked in front of a school' [ :: which she had just! fc:;: A coroners jury which I the death termed it : le accident. P twas brought out at the hear- H [vfore the commissioners here! Lav that not only was the j L" t. favor of adult drivers be-! be they believe them to bet b competent, but also be-1J pf there are not enough boys j Steg driver's licenses in school | Liiar; to take care of the g rtr problem. aunty Council P.-T.A. Meeting j n ins Discussed For Hold- o itg County-Wide Recita- n son And Declamation rt Contest And The Annual Cl Debates Jh fe Brunswick County Parent- J w tier Council held an interest- i ? Getting in the Bolivia school j itoriuir. on Tuesday evening, n 1 , aOanaanr, fmill I h ^Kpcrt. Leland and Bolivia. E Btend P.-T. A. was hostess t( B^ '.his meeting. Mrs. VV. C. " president, introduced Rev. j) Baptist minister from * who gave a most helpful ? ^fcional. Mrs. Geo. Cannon. ^Bju! president, conducted a; ? business session. Commit- \ B1 were appointed for the coun-! =!er-school debating, recita-; ? proclamation and glee club; B ' L. 1!. Reynolds g serve as chairman with local j r and English teachers! Mrs. J. B^n. Mis. \V. C. Biggs and ^ L Lir.glc were appointed on ^ > ?mim ting committee. j, B- W. L. Paden and Miss g ^para Aiams accompanied by p B Cy:*: Mills sang two jj Bj* Annie Mae Woodside, jj B'-y S'.p< i .ntendent of schools, (j 'B^6 on "Curricular Needs in county. and gave helpful _ ^^^PJ'ttons for improving the ^Fcuiui;: Brunswick schools.fi A. M. Alderman, district " .'jMjkr. ma le an inspiring adB ?n P.-T. A. work in genB^She also told of the LegisB aims, and Federal Aid in Jtntion. L'i. hospitality commits Mrs- Neil Hines, Mrs. Jessie and Miss Lois Peterson. B1 delicious sandwiches and at ti - conclusion of the m^Querade Dance I ((I day Night Bfaia.squc,a,ju ball is being Community Cenon the evening of i-cbruary 14, ^Bt . date talis upon |. ;rltl1' Lav there appear u,'li:m t,j i,|cas for decoraalready ls shown fn I lance. Music will be| ^'->yd fmch and hisj THI i From Br Raleigh Tt School Bii Do Not Ha^ ^ ' ' I j NO RACE?It will be un j. Ganey, left, and Coroner J< or re-election this year as ft lown last week by the State ieclared that their election ii ?his ruling in 110 way affects he Brunswick County Comm tecorder's Court, as the ext? ontested in the courts. Southport Bcv Golden Gloves . 3jc_ lillie Wills Puts Up Good1 " Scrap Monday Night Before Losing To Thurman Boswell, Of Wilmington OHNIE SIMMONS HAS TO FORFEIT basketball Game Conflicted With Opening Round Fight; Walter Jones Is Defeated Southport had two representa-| ves entered in the annual Star-j fews Golden Gloves tournament; 1 Wilmington this week, and one i ther boy from here found it j ecessary to forfeit his opening j sund fight in order that he! ould play basketball against Bolria Monday night. The latter was Johnie Simmons, | 'ho had been in training for j sVeral weeks to fight in the 136- \ i. novice class. When announce-1 . lent was made Monday night of I is last-minute withdrawal, Phil " luckheit, who stages the boxing mrnament each year, had somel lighty nice things to say about ohnie and explained that the i. arfeiture was not because the I" outhport lad was afraid to fight, immons has proved a mighty poular performer in previous fights i Wilmington. Billie Willis gave a fine account f himself before dropping a deision to Thurman Boswell of <Wilmington. After fighting on ven terms most of the first 1 ound, the Southport boy landed j1 hard right just before the bell,' r iving him an edge in this round.; i hroughout the second period \Vil- j r s kept a beatiful left jabbing s lto his ppponent's face, ably aid- t d and abetted by a stiff right, c is the third round opened, Wils continued his advantage. But 1 nth little over a minute to go, 1; he local lad tired visibly and ( he Wilmington fighter finished' e (Continued On Page 4) 1 Zold Weather I Fisherman, T The finding of -a ton of fresh- [ ly frozen sea trout near South- | port when 'the tide receded one morning last week was some- , thing unusual. The explanatkm is easy. Trout freeze the easiest of all sea fish and freshwater will freeze much quicker than salt water. This school of trout had gone down the inland waterway for three miles or j more to a point where there j is a heavy freshwater content, j The falling tide caught the J wandering salts in shaliow, frigid freshwater, and they just j naturally froze to death. Commercial fishing for edible j fish is good now and promises to be even better. Using hooks and lines Friday, Captain Bark- f ley Tomlin and his crew of five | on the Maude and Mable, caught 1600 pounds of big black bass. They were operating at I ST A Got 4-PAGES TODAY unswick rmorrow is Driven vc To Run necessary for Sheriff Dilloi ihn G. Caison, right, to rui result of the ruling handei Supreme court. The rulini i 1938 was for four years the extension of terms fo issioners and the judge o jnsion for them was neve js Fight In m > l ournameni Recommends Recall Of Beer License A representative of the Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distributors committee appeared before the board of county commissioners in their mis-ting here Monday and recommended that the beer license issued by the county to J. B. Williamson be revoked. The place where the beer permit is in use is operated by his son, Odell Williamson, at Thomasboro. Investigation ol the place was made Friday by the committee representative, who visited the place of business and talked with citizens of the community. The commissioners will act Friday 011 his recommendation. nirppfnirc MPPI L/li VVtVA V ai?VV?. To Form Plani 'rogram For Brunswicl County Chamber of Com merce Now Being Formu lated And Budget O Operations Prepared Directors of the Brunswic bounty Chamber of Commerc net Monday night in the office c t. I. Mintz, the regular meetin dace, until the organization oper ts own office. The meeting wa nainly to discuss plans and g< itarted with the work, now the he first month of cold weatht iperations is past. Directors present were L. T faskell. Judge Walter M. Stans and, Allen Ewing, R. I. Mint; ehurchill Bragaw, Charles Matt ws and W. B. Keziah. A repoi (Continued on page 4) s Help To tat Hindrance Frying Fan, near the lightship, only remaining out there one day. They went again Monday with plans to remain until they loaded up. Roe mullets at this season of the year are rather unusual. Fishing in Waldens Creek last week, Willie Cooker and his son, Maxie, got a thousand pounds of mullets, many of them fine roes at one set of th*Mr net. They were using one of the small 100-yard linen gill nets that arc favorites with fishermen using rowboats and operating in inland waters. 1 John Potter has also beer making good catches during the week. His largest night's work resulted in 1600 pounds of mullets being taken in two sets oi his net. He was also working on Walden's Creek, ~ ATE 1 jd News paper In Southport, N. CM Wednt Anniversary Of B Supreme Court Observed Here I Members Of District Bar Stj I Participated In Ceremony Here Thursday Afternoon Honoring Justice Mfred Moore IS BURIED AT ST. DI PHILLIPS CHURCH Life Of Brunswick County's Le I Distinguished Son Is Re- P called For Audience By Clifton L. Moore The 150th anniversary of the founding of the United States ] Supreme court was observed with fitting ceremony here Thursday att afternoon in a program which saw j on the participation of several out- No standing bar members of this pr district. 3a Immediate subject of the cele- ma bration was Justice Alfred Moore, ah] a native of Brunswick county who . served for six years as a mem- ' ber of the highest judicial body Ho in this land. A history of his life Lq, and a tribute to his memory was wg read by Clifton L. Moore of Bur- ch, gaw, and a paper perpared by se)' John W. Bellamy of Wilmington ^ and read by LeGrand Lyon of Kj. ? Whiteville, traced his activities , tl , .' asl as a junst. . 'J Mr. Bellamy, who had been a slated as principal speaker of the ^ 2f occasion, was unable to attend 1. because of illness, so his paper r was read by Mr. Lyon, president j"1' f! of the district bar. eg r j Following the program in the J high school auditorium a committee of bar members adjourned . - I * - * riu:n:? AM i Hit IU ci. flumps cuuiuu at viu Brunswick where' a wreath was placed upon the grave of Alfred mc Moore. This ceremony was a part of ter ta nation-v ide celebration honor- | ing former justices upon the oc- ma i casion of the 150th anniversary of efl - the founding of the court. j auj Numerous Cases h Tried In Court ms ; " , a i Cases Covering Wide Vari- ] ety Of Charges Heard me Before Judge Walter M. of Stanaland Here In Re- eff corder's Court Monday Pn In Recorder's court here Mon- Ft day Austin Harrell, white, plead- |J I ed guilty to charges of being j I drunk and disorderly and resisting j I an officer. He was given 12 j j months on the roads. Thomas Harrell, white, was | charged with transporting, having no registration cards and driving an auto with improper lights. He ! pleaded guilty and was given 30 ' days on the roads. Judgment was suspended upon payment of costs. F. W. Goodman, white, pleaded guilty to charges of speeding, coi Judgment was suspended upon : inj ? i payment of a fine of 515.00 and: So ? I costs. : ha John Moore and Son Moore, Be k colored, were charged with allow- R> ing a female dog to run at large, ati | Judgment was suspended for one Be ? week. co Jefferson Walker, colored, was J" found guilty of reckless operation and was given 4 months on the to ' roads. Judgment was suspended 22: !e upon payment of a fine of $25.00 da >f and costs. Pr ? Iron Cox, white, pleaded guilty to | to charges of drunken driving. 22: 1 Judgment was suspended upon ^ payment of a fine of $50.00 and At :. costs, his license to be revoked Th 1 for 12 months. 601 !r Clyde Cylisle, white, pleaded fo' ? guilty to charges of larceny and dri ' was given 6 months on the roads, an l" Til i Fame Spreads As *n! Dinner Speaker ? sit | Churchill Bragaw Has Re- dri ceived Numerous Invita- Ar J tions to Fill Speaking En- sai gagements Before Gar- on: den Groups Churchill Bragaw, horticulturist ^ at Orton, is much in demand for addresses to garden clubs on the care and culture of camellias, azaleas and other flowers for which Orton and this part of the lower North Carolina coast is especially i noted. Bragaw goes to Andrews, S. C? Friday night of this week and will address the garden club there. It is understood that garden clubs from Conway and Kingstree, S. S., will have representatives present at this gathering. Colored De slides, depicting flower scenes at m< 1 Orton, will be shown by Mr. Bra- Ml ! gaw. He has just purchased a mi ; new screen and has a new pro- "L jector ordered. W. B. Kcziah will in ' accompany him on the trip to ; Andrews. cu (Continued On Page 4) . 1 . . . . - ? .... ... ? . V >0R1 A Good Com ?sday, February 7, 19 ain Substitutes I For Commander RoseAs Speaker ate Commander Unable To Attend Legion Rally Here F*;da" Night Because Of Illness, And Bain Is Speaker NNER AND DANCE ARE HUGE SUCCESS gionnaires From Several 'osts In This District Attended The Rally Staged By Brunswick Post [llress made it impossible for ite Commander June Rose to end the dinner and dance put by the Brunswick County Post . 194, American Legion, here iday night, but Col. Edgar H. in, one of the state vice-cominders, was here and did an ;e job of pinch-hitting, rhe program opened with nidation by Father Frank J. ward. Tnen Commander J. J. ughlin, of the local Legion post lcomed guests and turned the lir over to L. T. Yaskell, who ved as toastmaster. District Commander A. J. ahnke was introduced and was ced to present the several visit; legionnaires from Whiteville. en Harry Symms, member of s membership committee of the ^ te department, was introduced ^ 1 was asked to present visiting ionnaires from Wilmington. \fter other guests had been re- c rnized. Father Howard, chap-1 ~ n of the state department, was reduced, and following him y ite Adjutant Jim Caldwell ide a short talk. Then came ! principal address of the af1 dinner program by Col. Bain. \t the conclusion of the foril program the group adjourn- " to the Community Center I "" ilding where their number was i gmented by another group of | litors. Then, to dance music ; nished by John Boyd Finch & and hisp.stheM etaoinetaoi J his boys, and improvised voa. izing led by Joe Mann, cominder of the Whiteville Post, merry time was had by all. Particular credit is due the imbership of the local chapter Daughters of America for the icient manner in which they spared and served the dinner. hedging Work Behind Schedule edge Now At Work Near; Holden's Beach In Inland Waterway With No Hope f Of Finishing Work On * Time The dredging company with the ntract for deepening and widen* the inland waterway from A uthport to Little River, S. C., s only just reached Holden's ach, working up from Little A r\f V\n rt Anor_ VC1. J\ L LUC taic ui paok uj/vi ons the gap between Holden's ach and Southport will not be mpleted until about the first of iy. v rhe contract with the govern- V :nt specifies completion by Feb. nd, with a penalty of $25.00 per v y deducted from the contract ice for. each day the work re- n lins unfinished after February nd. e! The Hill Dredging Company of R lanta, Ga., holds the contract. e, ley sublet the work to Atkin- s( l Dredging company of Nor- R k. This company placed a small s] edge at Little River last July a, d began to work this way. c, ,e specifications were to in- a ease the depth from 9 to 12 feet n d the width from 90 to 100 feet. The progress of the work began y fall behind schedule from the g irt and there is now no pos- n lility of finishing by the dead- B e time, not even if additional j edges were placed on the gap, l official of the Hill company ? d, this week, that no additi- I il dredges would be placed. ' ish. H. D. Club Women Meet < < sh Home Demonstration , Club Held January Meet- i ing With Mrs. H. V. i Britt; Membership Drive < Started; Next Meeting February 14 1 ASH, Feb. 7.?The Ash Home ' imonstration club held its 1 jnthly meeting at the home of 1 rs. H. V. Britt, Jan. 31. The I acting was opened by singing ] ,ittlc Sir Echo" and repeating i unison the collect. 1 Old and new business was dis- I ssed and reports were made. < (Continued on page four) i ' PIL munity 40 PUBLISH Billie Wil ' -v I EiSaSw? viSrx' EflHK&S jBLxv. xn'ti.r BOXING?Billie Willis, 1 imbly away from Thurman heir Golden Gloves bout M head of his opponent until 1 if the fight. Boswell was dec ? < /i s~\ ^ged Super-a Is Jailed : * Received Valuable Fishing Tackle v Postmaster L. T. Yaskeil was in Wilmington Monday f and got his 1939 winnings in the New Hanover Fishing Club prizes that were coming to him. He took the prize jack of the year; the season prize for bass and three monthly prizes for the same fish. The prizes ran to ?13.75 in reels; ?4.85 in lines and ?3.00 ? worth of plugs. With the post- 1 master already ample equip- P ment thus added to, the 1940 1( bass season will be declared on h just as soon as he can get the live minnows to start with. f 7 llrs. Styron Is \ Club Presidenta J e it Election Of Officers ? This Afternoon She Was Elected To Succeed Mrs. C ? f A. \v/? Q /\nnie rv.. vuou no ???- ? man's Club Head 11 a At a meeting of the Southport b /oman's Club this afternoon Mrs. * /. L. Styron was elected presi- ? ent, succeeding Mrs. Annie K. c itou. Mrs. Prince O'Brien is the ? e\v vice-president. * Mrs. J. M. Harper, Jr., was relected secretary and Mrs. M. j s Sanders was reelected treasur-j c r. Mrs. C. Ed. Taylor will again i v jrve as literature chairman; Mrs. e C. Daniel is the r.ew citizen-1 b lip chairman; Mrs. L. C. Fergus !p gain heads the ways and means j b immittee and Mrs. G. R. Dosher gain heads the flower show com- d littee. u Mrs. Styron is an addition to $ le board of trustees for the " outhport Public Library. Other s lembers are Mrs. Vitou, Mrs. I. p . Bussells, Mrs. Taylor, Mayor n ohn D. Eriksen and J. Berg. Weather Propc Saved B; Although last month brought , he longest sustained cold spell )f the past several years, it vas necessary to look back mly six years through the files of the local weather bu- i eau to find record of a colder. lay. That was in January, 1931, when the mercury dropped to 10-degrees above zero. Another fact brought to light oy the records was that by virtue of a technicality the reputation of Southport's weather broadcaster is saved. Unless precipitation attains a measurement of ,10-inchcs it is not counted, and at no time during the month did that much melted snow fall into the measuring recepticle. So far the tin.: OT ED EVERY WEDNESDAY lis Spars M " ISt jh^fl ; -. t . v;?$Sggj eft, is shown as he dances Boswell, of Wilmington, in londay night. Willis was ~ ? ?"onlf A?nrl ?A'l >> f llQ Onfl le ?' CdACUCU Ileal U1C vitu ilared the winner. alesman In Southport Warning Issued By Members Of Highway Patrol Here VAS HEADED FOR S. C. WHEN ARREST MADE low Awaiting Trial In The Brunswick County Jail At Southport; Purported To Be Taking Orders For Electrical Appliances Close on the heels of a warnlg from several members of he highway police patrol for peoile of the county to be on the sokout for a man representing limself as agent for the Detroit Specialty Co. came the arrest the irst of the week of J. R. Brown, 3-year-old Reidsville man, who iow is being held in Brunswick ounty jail at Southport on harges of operating an electric ppliance racket. His arrest was made Dy servant J. R. Smith, of the highway latrol, and Sheriff Dillon Ganey, f Brunswick county. Sergeant Smith and Sheriff laney arrested Brown Sunday fternoon on the highway in the jwer part of Brunswick county s he was hiking with his orderook for the South Carolina line, irown was placed in jail at louthport on several charges of alse pretense to await more harges of fraud which Sergeant imith said are expected to be iled. Sergeant Smith said that the nan represented himself as a alesman for the Detroit Specialty ompany of Detroit, Mich., and rauld take orders for either an lectric hot water heater or a athroom heater, accepting a deoslt and then going on about his usiness. "Persons who gave him the orers and made the deposits, usally from $1 to $3 or sometimes, 5, never heard from Brown or the heaters", Sergeant Smith aid. The highway patrol and radically every police departlent or sheriff's office in the (Continued On Page 4) iganda Is y Technicality Jjeing, at least, Keziah may proclaim to the world at large that there has been no snow this year at Southport,_and the weather reports will bear him out. But here comes some of the shine off that prospect: There was sleet on January 7 and again on January 19. Moreover, there were 20 days during the month when the thermometer fell below freezing, the coldest day being January 28 when the mercury dropped to 12-degrees. On January 27th the. maximum reading was 30degrees, while the low reading for the day was 11-degrees. Rainfall for the month was 4.89-inches. The Pilot Covers ! Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Install Officers Of Junior Order Council Monday Officers Who Will Direct Activities Of Ft. Johnson Council No. 27 During Coming Year Installed At Meeting NEW RESPONSIBILITY NOW FACES JUNIORS By Action Of State Council Support Of Orphanage At Lexington Is Up To Junior Order In \ The State On Monday night the officers for the year were installed by Fort Johnson Council No. 27, Jr. O. U. A. Mechanics, the Council holding a special service. j The officers for the' year are as follows: Councilor: C. R. Livingston. Vice-Councilor: R. L. Thompson. <j Recording Secretary: Thomas St. George. Financial Secretary: C. N.Phillips. Inside Sentinel: C. W. Easley. Outside Sentinel: Ivan Ludlum. Chaplain: C. N. Swan. Conductor: Brother Fisher. Warden: A. W. Smith. After the installation service the ladies in the Daughters of America served light refreshments. At the meeting C. Ed Taylor, recent delegate to the meeting of the State Council at Lexington gave a report or tne enwusiasuc meeting that took over the re- I sponsibility of the operation of I the Lexington Children's Home, I the former orphanage operated il by the National Council, which was about to be closed. This . 1 home will henceforth be exclu- I sively for the orphans of the de- I ceased members in North Caro- I lina. The National Council will jl operate the home at Tiffin, Ohio, I for other states. The North Car- 'I olina Juniors from and after Feb- 9 ruary 1, will support the Lexing ton children's home, a new move- I merit that is challenging the ln? terest of all members in North I Carolina, and the supporting or- 9 ganization, the Daughters of I America. I Founders Day I P.-T. A. Program I Program Arranged for Feb- B ruary 13th In Observance IB Of Founding Of Organi- I zation I An interesting "Founders Day J Pageant" will be given by the I Bolivia P.-T. A. under the direc- I tion of Mrs. Geo. Cannon, on il Tuesday, February 13th at 7:30 I P. M. Those taking part are: I Leader: Mrs. M. B. Robbins, president. -I "Faith": Mrs. Alex Robinson. J Song: "Faith of Our Fathers," I choir: "Oneness of Purpose," Mrs. I Gilbert Reid; "Understanding", fl Mrs. Ephriam Danford. I Song: "We Would be True," 'I choir; "National Congress," Mrs. I Bill Kopp; "Dedication," Mrs. J. n T?kM<lnM J JLJ. tlUIlilOUII. Song: "My Tribute," choir; "Education," Mrs. John Hand; "Recreation," Mrs. C. H. Zibelin. Song: "Recreation," choir; "Service," Mrs. D. L. Mercer; "Founders," Mrs. Robbins; "The Backward Look," M. B. Robbins; "The Forward Look," Miss Julia Tay(Continued on page 41 Tide Table Following Is the tide table for South port 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 Association High Tide Low IMP TIDE TABLE Thursday, December 21 > 5:05 a. m. 9:46 a. m. 3:31 p. m. 9:48 p. m. Friday, December 22 1:05 a. m. 10:37 a. m. 1:31 p. m. 10:36 p. m. Saturday, December 23 1:59 a. m. 11:37 a. m. 5:25 p. m. 11:25 p. ra. 1 Sunday, December 24 5:47 a. m. 6:17 p. m. 12:17 p. m. Monday, December 25 ~ ! 6:32 a. m. 0:14 a. m. 7:00 p. m. 1:07 p. m I Tuesday, December 26 7:16 a. m. 1:04 a. m. 7:46 p. ra. 1:55 p. ns. Wednesday, December 27 8:01 a. ra. 1:55 a. m 8:32 p. m. 2:42 p. m i > ???