J| Of The News
f AiJ The Time
B^TVVELVE. NO. 5
Annual BasI
GetsUndet
I With D(
* Opening
Games Thurs- '?"
B.v Night Southport Girls
KLt Shallotte, While I
Ejllotte Boys Will Play
MONDAY NIGHT
^E,.;a Gii!> Enter Tourna^F.'.
Hei Favorites To
Hfjn Championship;
^ [eland-Bolivia Boys'
HE Favorites
_
squads repreWL
the live consolidated
of Bn.nswick county are
Tar.d resting to go in the
^E; basketball tournament!
^B gets underway tomorrow
^Eni the Leland high schooi
^Eo round games
^B Friday night, semi-'
ied for Saturdayi
Bt and the finals will be play
I jay mgni. apecmi acaung
ments have been made to
re of the over flow crowds i
; expected for the tourna- ^
ames.
ie basis of their perform-!
iroughout the season it1
jv like the Bolivia girls'
i-e smooth sailing to a
-ship in their division,
rongest opposition is like>me
from the fine Wacieam
with both Shallotte
ird capable of proving
they hit a hot streak.
:e promises to be fast
Southport sextet that has
ible to win this year,
te girls open tournay
against Southport, and j
me will be followed by
est between Waccamaw
lotte boys. Friday night
camaw lassies face Le>re
the feature game of
ament. that between Lei
and Bolivia. On Saturt
the Bolivia girls, who
bye in the first round,
winner of the Waccard
game and the South.
holders of a bye in the
id. meet the winner of
id-Bolivia game
boys' division it appears
t the champoinship will ,
d Friday night when '
leets Bolivia in first- '
iv. These outfits have 1
before this season and i ]
won one game. The | ]
s a clear ticket to the - |
I where it will meet either |]
Sotte. Waccamaw or South
L The first pair meet tomori
night and the winner will ,
i or, Southport Saturday '
t Shallotte boys appear to '
fc best dark-horse threat. <
sjxing the last game Mon- >
"oght trophies will be awardwinning
teams and var- |
awards will be announced
dividual performance durihe
season.
ecorder Kept j
usy On Monday
Covering Wide Vari- J
ty Of Offenses Were
foposed Of By Judge
'alter M. Stanaland On I
"onday
: Recorder's court here Mon"
ry g Usher, white, pleadr~.ty
to charges of possession
was gjven 4 months on the s
b This sentence was suspend- j
payment of a fine of g
and costs. . c"
in McDaniel. white, plead- 1
f.lty to charges of reckless c
"tihn. Judgment v{a.a su- 1
upon payment of the '
f a fine of $25.00.
' Henry Williams, white, was 1
* fuilty of operating with s
crs license. Judgment was c
pbed upon payment of one- e
5 ^ costs. -"> '
/rilt Ray. colored, -pleaded 8
to charges of being drunk '
'-sorderly and was given 30 1
on the roads. This judg*as
suspended upon pay,f
costs and a fine of $15.
Scssoma, white, asked i
juty on his charge I
r-s- .-s.. for the purpose of
Bend was set at $200.00.
^ 'rt K Hitter, white, was
guilty of reckless operaH'
war- given 6 months on
_r'jais. 'udgment being suPayment
of a fine
..a1.'! costs, the defendto
pay restitution to
'''ting witness and to
his <irivers license for
Notice of appeal was
I * ' bond was set at $500.
j, L' white, was found
,,w :,,itless operation and
i^:.' ' $25.00 and costs.
:p' Hobinson and James
^ntinued on page <)
i th:
cetball Toui
wayTomoi
>uble Headt
PLAY IN TC
DARK HORSES?Folk
;eams in the girls division o
ketball Tournament play thi
lassies the best chance to i
week's championship play. '
left to' right, front row, Ii
Pruitt, Aaron Inman, Dai
Coach Joyner, W. A. Lonj
King. The girls are, left t
Watts, Audry Bennett, Mi
Hewett; second row: Irm;
Morris, Hettie Mae Norris
;oach, Nocha Mintz, Virgil
/C4oi?_Mourc put ^
v tt u Vmvi f
Considerable i
Rural 1
iVill Demonstrate Practica>ility
Of Library Extension
Service In Rural Sections
Of County
SCHEDULE GIVEN
FOR ALL STOPS
lookmobile Will Carry Library
Extension Service
Into All Corners Of
The County
Considerable interest is being
ihdwn by persons in all parts of
Jrunswick county in the exten;ion
library service which is to
e demonstrated through the use
if a bookmobile lor several weeks
leginning the second week in
darch.
A collection of approximately
.750 books will be loaned to
ichools and citizens, for a period
if one week to be renewed or
xchanged each week. This servce
will be given the county for
i period of eight weeks, beginling
March 11th and running
hrough May 3rd 1940.
Following is the schedule to be
(Continued on page four)
Bragaw Says b
Are Ve
"Nigger" Geese arc common
on this coast, especially around
the bays on Bald Head island
where fticy congregate by the
thousands during the winter
months. The average Southporter
or resident of this section
cannot see a bit of use
for these birds. They are too
salty to be fit to eat, or for
any purpose that has been
learned.
But take it from Churchill
Bragaw of Oftonj (he is some
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s who have seen all the
f the Brunswick County Bass
season give the VVaccamaw
ipset favored Bolivia in this
The boys' team above shows,
>hmal Formy Duval, Kermit
lgthridge Beck; back row,
*, Byard Sellers and Harry
3 right, front row: Ora Mae
iry Frances Dodson, Gertie
i Grey, Mavis Brady, Opal
; back row: Miss Perkins,
lia Sellers, Miss Huff, man
I
1
Interest In I
Library Work
*
Ne-High Makes
Two Beds Full
Among the pictures made
i in Southport yesterday by Robert
Thompson, state publicity
director was one of "?high"
Gore, s e v e n-f o o t-four-inch
Southport negro fisherman who
is now recovering from an
i operation in the hospital and
| who, on account of his length
I and size, is having to use two
I beds in the recovery process.
Pictures of this intelligent
| and industrious negro should
create considerable interest,
I partly on account of his great
j size and partly on account of
! the fact that he quit school
| when he finished the 7th grade,
I giving up his own education
for the purpose of working and
earning money with which to
help four of his younger brothers
and sisters through college.
This was a self-appointed task
' in which he succeeded.
ligger Geese
ry Useful Birds
thing of a biologist) that nigger
geese are among the most
valuable birds we have and
their value extends through
all agricultural sections of the
United States.
Down on the coast of South
America the nigger geese flock
by the millions and it is from
their droppings that the highgrade
fertilizer deposits are
mined. Whenever you see a
freighter coming hi from Chili
(Continued on page 4)
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d News paper ]
Southport, N. CM Wedi
Draw Jury List
For March Term
Superior Court
Special Term Of Court To
Convene Here Monday,
March 18, For Trial Of
Civil Actions
JUDGE LUTHER A.
HAMILTON PRESIDES
This Court Takes Place Of
January Term Which
Was Postponed Because
Of Illness Of
Judge Frizzelle
A special term of Brunswjck
county Superior court for the
trial of civil actions will convene
here on Monday, March 18,
with Judge Luther A. Hamilton
of Morehead City presiding.
This special term was made
necessary by the postponement
of the January term. That action
became necessary when
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, scheduled
to preside, became ill and
was unable to attend.
Following is the jury list that
was drawn by the board of county
commissioners in special session
here Friday:
j S. P. Cox, Bolivia; O. P. Bel|
lamy, Wampee; B. E. White,
| Ash; Thomas P. McDowell, Boliva:
R. S. White, Shallotte; J.
J. Henry, Winnabow; John W.
Lancagter, Southport; E. J. Skipper,
Leland; D. G. Hewett, Shallotte;
C. A. Brown, Supply; T.
H. Sellers, Winnabow; J. E.
Evans, Freeland; H. E. Gilbert,
Bolivia; R. L. Clemmons, Supply;
W. J. McLamb, Ash; J. B. Ludlum,
Ash; W. C. Lennon, Leland;
S. J. Smith, Leland; W. D. Stanley,
Jr., Ash; R. G. Phelps, Shallotte;
J .C. Comeau, Bolivia; G.
F. Carroll, Leland; K. Tobiason,
Southport; J. W. Tharpe, Leland;
Thompson McRacken, Southport;
R. S. Stocks, Shallotte; J. E.
Simmons, Supply; R. H. Sellers,
Winnabow, Rufus M. Edwards,
Ash; A. L. Meares, Shallotte.
Local Library
Gets New Books
I
Several Interesting Volumes
Included In Collection
Recently Donated Southport
Public Library
The following books have recently
been donated the Southport
public library by Major William
Holmes, of LaCrosse, Wisconsin,
through his father, R. J.
Holmes, of this city.
"The Lone Wolf" by Louis
Joseph Vance; "We Begin" Carlisle;
"Never Ask the End" Paterson;
"Pageant" Lancaster;
"From Day to Day" Goetel; "Bad
Girl" Delmar; "Earth Horizon"
Austin; "Maids and Mistresses"
Seymour; "The Chairvoyant"
Lotlar; "The Happy Mountain"
Chapman.
A number of books have also
been given by Mrs. Elizabeth
Wortlev. of Washington, . D. C.,
also through Mr. Holmes. These
books are:
"Through the Gates of Old Romance"
W. Jay Mills; "The Garden
of Vision" Adams L. Beck;
"Gone With the Wind" Margaret
Mitchell; "Journey of Tapiola"
Robert Nathan; "The Magic Forest"
White; "The Adventures of
Christopher Columbus" Thompson;
"Miss Mole" E. H. Young;
"Paradise" Esther Forbes; "The
Friendly Road" Grayson; "Old
English Towns" William Andrews;
"Gay Life" E. M. Delafield;
"In One Ear" Frank Sullivan.
Creech Funeral
Held On Friday
Bodies Of Men Who Were
Lost Last Monday While
On Way To Shad Nets
Buried Here Friday
Funeral services for James E.
Creech and his brother, Charles
Gilbert Creech, were conducted
Friday morning at 11 o'clock
from Southport Baptist church
vvith Rev. A. L. Brown and Rev.
Jr. S. Harrison in charge.
The funeral was attended by a
throng of sorrowing friends and
relatives, *and business in the
town was at a stand-still during
that hour.
The two men lost their lives
last Monday when they drowned
while on their way to their shad
nets off Bald Head Island. Their
bodies were discovered last Wednesday
after a two-day search.
Pallbearers for. James Creech
were: Ed Weeks, Robert Thompson,
Thomas St. George, Harold
St. George, Alfred Newton, Lester
Davis, Fred Willing, Robert
Maultsby, John Potter, John Preston
Lewis, Joe Lewis, Hubert
.(Continued On Page 4)
P0R1
n A Good Corn
lesday, February 28, 19
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ROCK?Fishing is never
dence is needed than the abc
ly presenting five of the 12
a recent cold spell in Town i
1.
Board Revokes
Williamson Beer
License F r id a y .
Following a hearing held here I
Friday before a special meeting
of the board of county
commissioners the beer license
of J. B. Williamson, of Thomasboro,
was revoked.
Col. Edgar H. Bain, director |
of the Brewers and North Car- j
olina Beer Distributors Com- !
mittee, appeared before the |
board and presented the results j
of a recent investigation con- j
ducted by a representative I
from his committee.
Col. Bain was here several
weeks ago to discuss with j
board members a complaint
signed by a number of citizens j
of the Thomasboro community.
Action was deferred until a 1
thorough investigation could be
made by a representative from |
the state-wide committee which
is sponsoring the clean-up or
close-up campaign lor inoilii
Carolina.
To Test Eyes In
County Schools1
County - Wide Teachers
Meeting Held Saturday it
At Shaliotte; Proposed !e
Program Explained C
F
At a county-wide teachers t
meeting held Saturday morning v
at Shaliotte plans were laid for y
testing each school child in
Brunswick county for defective n
vision. c
Miss Penny, representative of ]j
the state commission for the y
blind, appeared before the group .
and explained the program. Eyetesting
charts and a form upon J
which to make a jreport have "
been placed in the hands of each
teacher. It is understood that information
gained from these tests
wyi be used as a basis for lending
aid to school children who
are handicapped by defective vision.
Among other business that
came before the meeting was a
discussion of plans for a preschool
clinic. Parents of children
who will enter school for the first
times next fall should plan to
have them attend one of these
schools. .
Before the meeting adjourned,
(Continued on page 4)
To Speak Before
S. C. Garden Club
" t ?
The Andrews, S. C., Garden
Club will meet Friday night of
this week and Churchill Bragaw
of the Orton Plantation at Southport
is on the program for a
talk on flower culture and the
showing of lantern slides.
Mr. Bragaw will be in Georgetown
Saturday for the annual j
. camellia show, which is to be)
held Saturday and Sunday. 1
* p II
munity
1
40 PUBLI
JIGE MID-WINTEF
?i y i ^
nr. H? > IhSB W
out of season in Brunswii
ve photograph showing M
rockfish whicti ne ana sgi
Creek.?(Star-News cut.)
Publicity Dire
State Is
Brunswick Boys
Dine With Taft
.
There are a lot of 'ifs' mixed
up in this story, hut two
Brunswick county boys may be
abte next year to say "I had
lunch with the man who is
president of the United States."
Senator Robert A. Taft, of
Ohio, spoke Thursday night in
Chapel Hill, and at dinner he
was guest of the Young Republicans
Club. Dan E. Walker
and Norwood O. Brooks, students
at the University, attended
and report that they enjoyed
the affair very much.
But to get back to the story:
If Taft manages to gain the
Republican nomination over
such Worthy opponents at Dewey,
Vandenburg and other aspirants,
he then must defeat
the Democratic nominee in the
general election in November
before the Brunswick county
boys shall have dined with a
president.
Winnabow Boy
Given Honor
Jack Taylor, son of Mrs. E. F.
'aylor, of Winnabow, has been
Iected to active membership in
"hi Chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma,
ihysics honorary fraternity, at
he University of Richmond,
'here he is now in his sophomore
ear.
This Brunswick county boy is
aaking a splendid scholastic reord,
having been on the Dean's
ist of distinguished students last
ear and the first semester this
Claim Freshwt
Championshi
The goggle-eyes and big
mouth bass are biting and the
prize if there is a prize, for
magnificent off-season catches
is claimed by Charles Farrell
and Harold Smith of Greensboro,
Dawson Jones of Leland,
L. T. Yaskell and VV. B. Keziah
of Southport. In one expedition
Ferrell, Jones and Yaskell
took 36 goggle-eyes and
11 bass. During another trip
Farrell, Smith and Keziah took
47 goggle-eyes and one bass.
Pictures were made of the
catches and Bob Thompson,
state director of publicity, was
so impressed with the story of
early spring freshwater fishing
that he wired to Farrell
in Greensboro for the negatives
of the pictures. He will have a
large number of prints made
and distribute them to newspapers
and fishing and hunting
magazines.
Mr. Farrell, an expert photographer
and an ardent fisherman,
had pictures' of the catch
inserted in The Greensboro
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SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
ICATCH
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William V. Ochs proud.
Larry Gruits caught during
:ctor For
: Visitor Here
* ' .
Robert L. Thompson, Who
Succeeded Bill Sharpe As
Head Of Advertising Bureau
Of Department Of
CMrtervitkSft And Development
Here
LOCAL PICTURES
MADE YESTERDAY
Southport Was One Of
i First Places Visited By
Thompson After Assuming
New Duties
Robert L. Thompson, formerly
private secretary to Governor
Clyde Hoey, went to work Monday
as North Carolina director
of publicity. His first journey out
from his office was to come to
Southport yesterday to stay
through today for the purpose,
he said, of getting ideas, news
and pictures with the aid of the
Brunswick County Chamber of
, Commerce.
Yesterday local pictures were
made before Thompson made a
trip over to Fort Caswell. When
Thompson returned he and W. B.
Keziah paired off again and went
to Orton for publicity ideas from
Churchill Bragaw. For today, they
plan to return to Fort Caswell,
taking along half a dozen young
(Continued on page 4.)
I Named Delegate
To Waterway Meet
II R. I. Mintz, Southport attorney,
has been named by Gover!
nor Clyde R. Hoey as local dele '
gate to the 35th Anntial Rivers
i and Harbors Committee meeting
: at the Mayflower Hotel, Washi
ington, D. C. '
iter Fishing
ip Of This State
News, and the Chamber of
Commerce will look to other
local distribution.
For bass to bite good in
Brunswick at this season of
the year is nothing unusual.
Neither is it so very unusual
for goggle-eyes to bite, but
a fellow has to know a bit
about these fish to catch them.
One essential is to know the
kind of holes they stay in and
the sort of bait to use. The
matter of bait is simple; they
j prefer nothing so much as
small minnow. When located
{ they bite ravenously and even a
mederately good fisherman can
quickly get a sizable string.
Mapy sportsmen aver that
there are no better eating fish
j than goggle-eye perch. The
meat is sweet and of a flavor
that not even a freshwater
trout can approach. The fish
are shaped like other perch
but have a large mouth and exceedingly
thin lips. They have
to be pulled out jently, not
(Continued oh page 4)
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The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
$1.50 PER YEA!
Social Security
Program Benefits
For This County
Chairman Of North Carolina
Unemployment Compensation
Commission Estimates
Total Benefits
For Brunswick To Be
$74,650
i;
SEVERAL TYPES OF i
PAYMENTS MADE
These Include Unemployment
Compensation, Old
Age Assistance. Aid To
Dependant Children
And Aid To Blind
Brunswick County residents and
communities have benefitted
about $74,650 through operation
of the Social Security program,
it is estimated by Charles G.
Powell, Chairman of the North
Carolina Unemployment Compensation
Commission.
Unemployment Compensation,
or benefits to workers temporarily
out of jobs, is usually the
largest item in the ten divisions
of the program, in counties with
fairly large industries. In the two
years of benefits payments, 1938
and 1939, the distribution was
$13,258.37, included in 1,930
checks to county residents. J
Through cooperation of Nathan '
H. Yelton, State Director of Public
Assistance, and Dr. Roma S.
Cheek, executive secretary of the
State Commission for the Blind,
anu Wltn ngurea irum > v asimigton
and in the Central UCC office
in Raleigh, it is possible to
get a fairly accurate picture of
the benefits distributed in Brunswick
county.
Old Age Assistance, help for
the needy passed 66 years of age,
in Brunswick county in the 31
months of distribution amounted /
to $29,621. The 'January amount /
was $1,391 going to 188 needy
aged persons, an average of $7.40
each, as compared with the State
average of $9.72 for the month. '
Aid to Dependent Children, help -f
in the support of children de- '
prived of their natural bres dwin- 'i
ners, amounutu to $13,466 1ft thft >*?
same 31 months. The January ?.
amount was $532, going tc the
support of 115 such children, an
average of $4.63 each, as compared
with the State average of
$6.18 for the month.
Aid to the Blind in Brunswick
county was $3,966 for the same
31 months. In January $128.00
went to 13 blind persons, average
$9.84 each; State average
$14.90.
In Old Age Assistance and Aid
to the Blind, the funds are provided
one-half by the Federal
Government and one-fourth each
by the State and county. In Aid
to Dependent Children funds so
far have been furnished one-third
each by Federal, State and County
Governments. Now the Federal
Government will furnish one-half,
as in cases of the needy aged
and blind. '
Old Age Benefits, now Old Age
and Survivoro' Insurance, is not .J
available by counties, but a proration
can be made to get a
county estimate. This has been
small lumpsum payments to '
workers in covered employment
since January 1, 1937, and who
have since reached 65 years of \
age and quit wqrk, or to the -H
families of such porkers who I
have died since that date. The I
importance of this part of the I
program win oe more apparent
now, since payments have started
on a monthly basis, as provided
in an amendment by Congress in ,
August 1939.
With an estimate In this one
xX Continued on page 4)
I Tide Table
Following is the tide table
for South port during the noxt
week. These hours are approximately
correct and were furnished
The State Port PflsS t
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association i
! High Tide Low IMP j
TIDE TABLE
Thursday, February 29
0:13 a. ni. 6:33 a. hi.
12:36 p. m. 6:57 p. m.
Friday, March 1
1:10 a. m. 7:41 a. DA.
1:35 p. m. 8:08 p. id.
Saturday, March 2
2:10 a. m. 8:46 a. lis.
2:37 p. m. 9:07 p. m.
Sunday, March 3
3:14 a. ni. 9:45 a. m.
3:44 p. ni. 10:05- p. A
Monday, March 4
4:18 a. m. 10:37 a. m.
4:45 p. m. 10:58 p. a
Tuesday, March 5 /
5:13 a. m. 11:25 a. m.
5:37 p. m. 11:47 p. m.
Wednesday, March 6
6:00 a. m.
6:19 p. ni. 12:11 |>. A
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