1, Of The New. ' jl The Time iJjPlaces 1 County Are *iven Markers !^lr Je To North CaroB^storical Highway mZ I* Interesting, MjratedJVohime MRE^N'BRUNSWICK A, Located In The K' Of Orton And Brunswick; Others E At Southport markers, covering jRrton Of the state and V of its history, are Ww Guide to North ' Historical Highway published jointly by the Commission and the De' 0f conservation and ^^Lient. :V 0i these markers are R a Brunswick county and Orton. site of first armed to the .Stamp Act, Ft. r Caswell. St. Phillips. first attack by SpanW2,i the grave of Arthur ,u]je not only lists the Jsc.d their locations but m?' their full inscriptions. R<- ical marker program K. in North Carolina in K:; :s conducted jointly by Historical Commission, Dei^E.. of Conservation and ^Kbiic Works Commission, impropriation of $5,000 anI ~ fnnm tha Uiffh IIis avauauic uviu kid to meet the expense tag ar.it erecting the marlr the law. all inscriptions ke markers are written [group of the State's leadk-nans. as follows: F. VV. aid G. \V. Paschal, Wake [ College F. W. Johnston, L College; D. A. Lock|ar.d L. \V. Barnhardt, N. Lie College; R. H. Woody i [ C. Robert. Duke Univers- j I R. N'ewsome, H. T. Lefler,; k; Johnson, University of I Carolina: C. C. Crittenden, Lr.. State Historical Comt This group meets e refy neks to pass upon inscrip[i public service for which tamteer group receives no station. The necessary rei and travel are done by j Marvbelle Delamar, of the \ cf the Historical Commis1 marker has the State seal scroll at the top center, ;b:?-faced has black lettern an alumium-colored back1. and is mounted on an tpe imbedded in a concrete Each is placed on a numhard-surfaced highway. Jmtinued On Page 4) o Overturns ar Washington wm'm I rip For W. P? ! ^Brgenson And Party To Unhappy EndH Near Little WashingSaturday nation plans of Mr. and ^B'; P. Jorgensen and party ^B r' went awry early ^B when the auto^B in which they were on B*ay to Salisbury, Md.. overB about 12 miles this side of ^B Child Willing received a B laceration which required ^Hrtitches. but Mr. and Mrs. ^B-'e" and Lawrence Willing, ^BjWh member of the party, B*i only minor bruises. B*as raining and the road B^-w. according to accounts B^ mishap, and when the j B$a car hit a place oppos . paved side road the , Bkcumulated on the highway B1 it to skirl out of con Wtomobile in which they , r-mg was badly damaged ?as left in a Washington , B f?r repairs, the passeng -"ing home Sunday with 9 ' ling, who drove up for { r' In IVreck I Monday Night Btral Southport persons nar escaped serious injury B*-' r'ght when an automo iriven by Dwight McEwen B? collision with a machine B?* to have been driven by Btr-'Jge Wilietts. The acciH^currcil on the beach road. Br'gors m the McEwen car B 1,lsa Margaret and Edna !, ^lss Blanche Newton B Ruth Gay. Miss MarBporicr and Miss Newton Panful cuts and bruises. THI Negroes Attach Here Sah Chief Of Police Mel Lewis Ai Early Sunday Morning Ankle And Ot Chief of Police Mel Lewis and It Charlie Easley, night policemen, 1 were brutally beaten early Sun- h day morning when they were ji 'ganged' by a group of Negro s men after one man they sought ii to arrest had forcibly resisted the officers. e Easley was slugged in the head ft from behind with a heavy piece S of wood and was beaten across the e head and back as ne attempted to fi rise from his knees. Lewis was 1; beaten about the face and head, ii and a blow on the ankle with v some blunt instrument resulted tl in a fractured ankle. h The assault upon the law enforcement officers occurred when E they went to Herbert Brown's C place and forced him to stop play- P ing the piccolo in accordance with h a city ordinance that requires fi them to cease operation at mid- d night on Saturday. ii One of the men, Nelson Han- p kins, resented the intrusion of f< the officers and remarks he made S' Tentative Tax ] At $1.6 *Budget Estimate Has Been Completed By R. C._ St. GeorKe, County Auditor, And Is On File For Inspection REMAINS OPEN FOR TWENTY DAYS Budget Is Based Upon 70Per Cent Collections On Valuation Of Eight And A Half Million A tentative tax rate of $1.60, the same as that of last year, has been set by the Brunswick county board of commissioners, who last week approved a budget estimate presented to them by fj County Auditor R .C. St. George. I Estimated valuation of taxable f "iroperly In Brunswick county is $8,500,000, and upon the basis of 70-percent collections for the cur- , rent levy the revenue from this , source would be $95,200. Collec- i tions from delinquent taxes and , from miscellaneous fees, fines, | etc., must make up the differ- ] ence between this and $157,798.05, the amount of the budget esti- j mate. Of this amount, the flat | sum of $60,000 must be paid into , the debt service fund. In the break-down of the tax , rate 15-cents is, levied for gen- j eral fund purposes; 10-cents for j public health; 10-cents for poor , and veterans; 10-cents for the of- ( fice of county accountant; 10- | cents for recorders court; 4-cents | for office of farm agent; 11cents for social security; 1-cent I for aid to blind. This total of 71- | cents is to cover general county purposes. A total of 70-cents is levied for payment of interest and principal on bonds. For * a.1 1? n f <-\f o 1 low r?f n scnoois uicre 10 a wn>. ^ 19-cents. Three-cents of this amount is for debt service; 5-' cents is for current expenses; and 11-cents is for capital outlay. The poll tax is set at $2.00, and of this amount $1.50 is for the schools. w Little Theatre ; Organized Here ? gi ? di Officers Elected And Some 0r Assignments Made In Su First Play To Be Present- ar ed By Group H< m Leila Hubbard as president will head the Little Theatre group w in Southport. She was elected in pi a meeting held Monday, when the jU following officers were also nam- h ed: Vice-president: Claude Mc- ur Call; secretary; Susie Sellers; 0j and treasurer: Edward Taylor. aj For the forthcoming production tt of "The Yellow Shadow" Evelyn b( Loughlin was selected as publicity m director, Waters Thompson as stage manager and Edward ca Taylor as business manager. ec Several names were brought up in as a title for the club in the meeting. These were: The Foot- th light Masqueraders, The Black c( Friars, The Paint and Powder ]n Club, and The Port City Thespians. One of these will be select- m ed in the next meeting; it will w be subtitled with "The Little Theatre of Southport". ci A tentative cast for The Yel- re low Shadow was made, but ad- er ditional try-outs will be held in m the school auditorium next Mon- m day at 8 o'clock. Nine playbooks h have been ordered for this. All a( interested young people are in- p< vited to these try-outs; member- tt ship into the dramatic group is sf (Continued on page i) 1 STj A Goo 4-PAGES TODAY : Officeres irday Evening nd Charlie Easley Attacked ; Lewis Has Broken her Injuries sd to his arrest by Policeman <ewis. As they started to put lim in the car to take him to ail the struggle followed with everal of the other Negroes joinig in. Mayor John Eriksen was awakned and he swore out warrants or the arrest of five of the men. heriff Dillon L. Ganey and sevral deputies and Patrolman Grifis spent a good part of the ear1 morning hours Sunday roundig up the ones named in the warrants, and ' for the rest of lie time everything was well in and. Those arrested were Cockey towen, James Green, Snook :iemmons, t Douglas Swain and lobert Hewett. They are being eld under a $500 justified bond or trial in Recorder's court Monay. Officers have been searchlg this week for Nelson and Tipy Hankins and one other Negro or whom warrants have been worn out. Rate Set 0 For County "Wv A % 1 Picture Apology For Essay Writers Three weeks ago when we ran the first in our series of articles on "Why We Should Protect Our Forests Fron. Fire" we used the first-prize winning Evans Krahnke essay in the high school division, written by Miss Gwendoyn Krahnke. The essay was good, but the picture of Miss Gwendolyn failed by far to do ier Justice. The following week Miss Annie Lee Evans, winner in the grammar grade division, was victimized in like manner. The fault was In the technical reproduction of the pictures in the paper, and since this ias been remedied we wish to run these pictures over in order that our readers may see that the girls are not only talented, nut are good looking.?Editor. Veekly Session In Countv Court J outine Cases Tried In Recorder's Court Here Monday Before Judge Walter M. Stanaland In Recorder's Court here Monly William C. Skipper, white, as found guilty of speeding and as given 30 days on the roads, ldgment was suspended upon lyment of the costs and a fine $30.00. Vance Robinson, white, pleaded lilty to charges of drunken iving and was given 6 months i the roads, this judgment being ispended upon payment of costs id a fine of $50.00, his driver's ;ense to be revoked for six onths. J. E. Jones, white, was charged ith disposing of mortgaged operty and made motion for ry trial. Bond was set at $100. aving been previously placed ider a peace bond by judgment ' a justice of peace court, he ipealed to Recorder's Court, len asked that this case, too, s tried by jury. Bond in this atter was set at $250.00. Judgment was held open in the ise charging Joe Brown, colorI, with possession and transportg of intoxicating liquor. Judgment also was reserved in le matter of Hedrick Vought, ilored, for aiding and abetting these practices. The case charging JohnieGoodan, white, with false pretense as nol prossed. Alex Ganey, white, faced three larges. He was found guilty of sis ting an officer and wasgivi 30 days on the roads, judgent being suspended upon payent of costs and a fine of $10. e appealed, and bond was set ; S100. Found guilty of transiting, he was given 60 days on le roads, judgment being su>ended upon payment of a fine iContlnued on page 4) \TE 1 d News paper Ir Southport, N. C., Wedm Favorable Vote f On Weed Control Will Help Prices E. Y. Floyd AAA Executive Officer of N. C. State College Predicts Better Prices Than 1939 If Vote Carries TWO-THIRDS OF VOTES CAST NEEDED TO WIN Government Will Not Be Able To Protect Prices On Tobacco If Vote On Control For Three Years Fails Flue-cured tobacco growers will go to the polls Saturday and decide whether they want threeyear marketing quotas, one-year quotas, or no quotas at all. They also will be deciding to a large extent the price they will receive for their 1940 crop of tobacco, it is pointed out by E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive officer of N. C. State College. If quotas are approved for a three-year period, 1941 through 1943, the Federal Government has promised to protect prices of the 1940 crop "at or slightly above last year's 14.09 cents per pound level". The Triple-A officials also have announced that if three-year quotas are voted, the allotments in 1941 will be the same as in 1940. Recent amendments to the tv/-?l Totir nrnuidA that. WlihlVt uun 4/>vr>uv ??no quota can be reduced more than 10 percent from the 1940 allotment during the next three years. If one-year quotas are voted, Floyd said, the Federal Government will not be able to pro* tect prices at the 14.9 cents level . the 1939 crop brought, and allot- tl ments for 1941 will be reduced 10 0 (Continued on page 4) F L Allotment For County Teachers ( Total Of 82 White Teachers Allotted To Brunswick County Schools For _ This Year; One Less _ Than Last j , Eighty-two white teachers and 50 colored teachers have been allotted Brunswick county for the _ 194,0-41 school year according to | word received this week by Miss | Annie May Woodside, county j ,] superintendent of schools. This is: tl a loss of one teacher since last year, one member of the element- j 0 ary school faculty at Waccamaw.! 0 Of the white teachers 24 are high school instructors and 58 j, are for elementary work. Two ^ vocational agriculture teachers t, and one home economics teacher f| are not included in the announce- s: ed total. Six of the colored tea- fl chers are for high school instruc- b tion. f Break-down of the teacher allottment shows 4 high school and 8 elementary teachers for , Southport; 7 high school and 211 Ih elementary teachers for Shallotte; j 4 high school and 13 elementary ? _J. ttr ..... c u: I leacners at waccauutw, u uigui school and 8 elementary teachers' at Bolivia; and 4 high school and | 8 elementary teachers at Leland. Attend Funeral In Georgia Sunday Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Bennett and Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Bennett went Hc to Midway, Ga., which is 60 miles ce' below Savannah, to attend the da funeral of Willie McLamb, their da cousin, and a native of Brunswick county. wi The deceased was 72-yee.rs of Jo! age and will be well remembered Pr by many citizens of this section. Another Group Experts Vis Edmund McLaurin spent Sun- R day on Bald Head Island with ^ several attractive models. He T thinks he secured a number of w outstanding pictures, especially L in the vicinity of the fresh- M water lake, which is described H as being nearer to the ocean than any other body of fresh- jr water in the world. v, Edward Gruhen, photograph- s] er of Wilmington, was with a McLaurin and also made pic- o; tures, as did E. S. Nance. Mc- si Laurin and Gruhen are both # n planning to return to South- S port soon to get action pictures la of fishing. si For the Sunday trip a picnic an was had on the island at the H home of Charles Matthews, if superintendent of the Sherriir' w property. The whole party con- A sisted of Churchill and Billy p: Bragaw, Charles Mathews, W. D B. Keziah, Mr, and Mrs, E. A. at P0R1 i A Good Com esday, July 17th, 1940 OFF FOR CO] gil jL-0fa ' | " 1 , .. v V jr '?& V'^vi <- ' ; V <!; L, |3 f' a-gjjy tffiWffm \ :. ''.V | CHICAGO-BOUND?Sho ley pulled out of Raleigh Fr cratic National Convention a red I. Sutton, of Kinston; i umpkin, of Louisburg, and ird and Raleigh.?(Cut Com jood Record I; By Regii * iF When To Vote And How To Vote Facts about vote Saturday: ^ It will be necessary for proueers to vote in their own ownships. T The polls will open at 8 ! 'clock a. m. and close at "I \ 'clock p. m. Waccamaw School Gymnasjm for Waccamaw township; I Irissett Town for Shallotte swnship; County A. A. A. Of- R Ice for Lockwood Folly town- fi hip; Midway Filling Station rc )r Smithville township; Winna- D ow Post Office for Town reek township; Leland School m ?r North West township. ai lomecoming Day ? At New Hope'0' ai >rty - Sixth Anniversary Ia And Homecoming Day To Be Celebrated At * New Hope Presbyterian . Church Sunday vv The 46th anniversary of New 88 as >pe Presbyterian church will be p( lebrated with a homecoming y celebration and picnic Sun- | y- ill Services at the 11 o'clock hour| 11 be in charge of Rev. F. S. j hnson, pastor of Emmanuel j esbyterian church, Wilmington. I (Continued on page 4) , p Of Photo its The Island | usher and little Miss Dorothy j" usher, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph !ic rhompson, David Chadwick, J. J be . Graves, E. S. Nance, Ed- j Bi ard Greuhen, Edmund Mc- t0 aurin, Miss Janie Griffith, [iss Jean Chadwick and Miss brtense Glover. of In connection with the above lentioned freshwater lake, jn hich is becoming a favorite cj. pot for the visits of picture . nd picnicing parties because 0 f the beautiful and unique :enery, it is interesting to lo ote that Dr. B. W. Wells of w tate College visited the lake ist week and secured a lot of imples of the bottom depths i water analysis and testing, m [e is endeavoring to determine gc the lake was originally salt ti? rater or fresh as it now is. p? nother group of Wilmington tor icnicers, led by Miss Johanna m ules, were on the island and lir the lake yesterdayi be 1 PIL munity PUBLISI r WENTION | v vmm * * ytiy.jjgglfc ,y^Wi It ?rn in the group above as v iday morning for the dem- t t Chicago are S. B. Frink, d Mrs. Frink, Senator W. L. F Miss Mae Oliver, of San- e tesy Raleigh Times.) i< ii > Made ; ster Of Deeds igures Of Fiscal Year Just 1 Closed Show Office Was 2 Operated At A Profit To c The County APPROPRIATION WAS ? MORE THAN EXPENSE . 'otal Receipts For The Office Last Year Also Were Greater Than Either Appropriation Or Expense p A good record for the office of egister of Deeds during the past seal year is reflected in figures leased this week by Register of eeds Harry L. Mintz, Jr. Total receipts for the past 12- g lonths was $5,090.51. Of this nount $3,263.33 was for office I ^ mnotlv for recording: and I . vo, ... J _ . ^ 1,827.18 was for miscellaneous s Elections, chiefly for beer licen;s and licenses for music ma- a lines and pin tables. d During the year expenditures g nounted to $4,268.79, which j, eked $877.57 of taking up the ^ dl amount of the $5,075.00 ? hich was appropriated. ti In one department, however, isiness hit a bad slump. That 0 as in marriage licenses, where i, lies for 1939-40 were only 13, i i compared with 64 for the same ti sriod during 1938-39. q nstallation Of I Legion Officers j ormal Induction Into Office Will Be Held At Long Beach On Thursday Night With Dutch Sup- _ per A. J. Krahnke, of Whiteville, strict commander of the Ameran Legion, has been invited to ! present at a meeting of the runswick County Post No. 194 f' morrow (Thursday) night at a jng Beach and to install the jj ficers for next year. A Dutch supper will be served S the dining room of Long Bea- P t pavilion at 8 o'clock, and fol- ~ wing this the business of in- b allation will be taken up. Folwing the business meeting there F ill be a recreation period de- a ited to dancing. In sending out notices of the y eeting, J. J. Loughlin, Jr., out- N >ing commander, has urged par- a mlarly that members come preired to pay their 1941 dues in ei der that the local legion post fi ay be the first in North Caro- tl la to go over the top in mem- a irships this year. p The Pilot Covers Brunswick County r $1.50 per yeav Vill Be Made opening Dates Carolina Belt * M. S. Smith In Receipt Of Telegram From Senator E. D. Smith, of South Carolina, Announcing Fact QUOTES MESSAGE FROM H. R. PETTUS . Sales Committee Unanimous . In Opinion That There Should Be No Change In Opening Dates The sales committee of the to' bacco association of the United I States was quoted Saturday as saying that no change in the opening market dates could be justified. Markets of the S. C. border belt will open August 20. M. S. Smith, Whiteville's sales 1 supervisor and secretary of the ' | Merchant's Association here, is in i receipt of a telegram from SenaI tor E. D. Smith, of South Caro' I lina in which he quotes a mes.sage received from H. R. Pettus, chairman of the sales committee of the Tobacco Association of the United States at Richmond. "After again polling each member of the sales committee, it is 1 ---? 1-1 tkni OT LED EVERY WEDNESDAY No Changes \ In Market 0 In South Judge Meekins Fails To Sign Paper In Suit Does Not Sign Order Presented By Attorney Representing A Bondholdei Asking Additional Levy JUDGMENT WAS OBTAINED IN APRIL \ttorneys R. I. Mints And W. B. Campbell Went To Elizabeth City Tuesday For Hearing Federal Judge I. M. Meekins, ifter hearing Attorneys R. I dintz and W. B. Campbell in Elizabeth City Tuesday, declined o sign an order for D. E. Henlerson, who sought to obtain a nandamus to force Brunswick :ounty to levy a tax sufficient o pay interest and principal due us bond holder-clients in the amount of $45,000. Henderson represented the Catholic Order of Foresters and he Women's Catholic Order of foresters and at the April term if Federal Court in Wilmington ibtained a judgment of $45,000 gainst Brunswick county. His move for immediate paynent was stopped cold Tuesday ,-hen Mintz and Campbell showd the court that the plaintiff lad been invited to come in unler the refunding plan and be laid at a reduced rate of interst. Mintz, who has been active n the refunding program since ts inception five years ago, told udge Meekins that the pro-rata mount of the funding payments or Henderson's clients is on delosit with bond attorneys in Chicago. , Mintz further showed Judge leekins that a total of $166,443.18 worth of bonds have been reired since 1938. In 1938-39, $60,:85.21 worth of bonds were purhased. In 1939-40 purchases mounted to $85,631.67, while mrchases for 1940 amount to >20,527.10. Vew Building Goes Up Fast 'rimary Building _ At Waccamaw Is MakinK Rapid Progress Toward Completion And Will Be n 1 TL f_11 Keaay inis ran Work on the new primary chool building at VVaccamaw is rogressing nicely now, accordig to word this week from Miss mnie May Woodside, county uperintendent. The building program is moving long much more rapidly than id the one built last winter at hallotte, the principal reason belg the improved weather condiions. It is hoped that the bulldig will be ready for use by the ime school opens in September. Meanwhile, there is uncertainty ver prospects for the libraryinch room building at Leland. 'emporarily, at least, plans for tiis work are stopped because f lack of sufficient funds, but liss Woodside and the county oard will do all in their power 3 obtain this as an early school nprovement. rtrs. S. W. Watts Dies At Home outhport Lady Died Tuesday Afternoon At Her Home Here; Funeral Services Today At Methodist ni L v-nurcn. Mrs. S. W. Watts died peacejlly at her home here Tuesday fternoon at 4:45 o'clock. She fas 61-years of age and was a fe-long resident of Southport. She was the widow of the late . W. Watts, prominent Southort man, who preceeded her to le grave last year. She had been I for several months, but had orne her suffering patiently. She is survived by two sons, iulan Watts and Sam Watts, Jr., nd two daughters, Mrs. Lucy /hite, and Miss Mercedes Watts, II of Southport. One sister, Mrs. Millie Price, and one-half-sister, trs. Susie Zibelin, of Winnabow, lso survive. Funeral services were conduct:i this afternoon at 4 o'clock -om Trinity Methodist church .by le pastor, Rev. R. S. Harrison, nd interment was made in Southort cemetery. tneir unanimous upmum uiai. nu [ change in the opening dates already set can be justified. If 1 opening dates in S. S. should be advanced, then Eastern Carolina 1 and all other districts would demand corresponding changes, whereas sufficient time must be allowed between opening dates in [ Georgia and Eastern Carolina for buyers to complete purchase in Georgia before moving as usual to Eastern markets. "It is also sincerely believed that any earlier ' opening dates 1 would in fact prove detrimental (Continued on page 4) Contract Let For Folder Job Will Have Typical Scenes And An Illustrated Map i Of Brunswick County; 15,000 Being Pr'nted tfHrt Prtinswfftk County Chamber of Commerce awarded a contract for 15,000 folders advertising Brunswick county to Edwards and Broughton Printing Co., Raleigh. Specifications on this order provide that typical scenes of life and activities in Brunswick county shall be shown and that all subject matter shall be presented in a two-color printing process that will be highly attractive to prospective visitors ! and investors. One unusually interesting tea' ture of the folder, which is to be 12xl7t4 inches over all, is to be an illustrated map in which a complete coverage of Brunswick county has been attempted by artist's drawing. These booklets will be ready for distribution by late summer. Change Made In Library Schedule The Southport public library will again be opened each Tuesday afternoon from 2:30 until 5, instead of being opened on Tuesday nights. This will become effective, Tuesday, July 23, and will continue until further notice. Tide Table Following Is the tide table for Southport during the neat week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of tfco r?rw, Fear Pilot's Association High Tide Low TUP TIDE TABLE Thursday, July 18 8:42 a. m. 0:42 a. m. 7:02 p. m. 12:51 p. m. Friday, July 19 7:25 a. m. 1:80 a. m. 7:44 p. m. 1:40 p. m. Saturday, July 20 8:08 a. m. 2:14 a. m. 8:24 p. m. 2:25 p. m. Sunday, July 21 i 8:46 a. m. 2:55 a. m. { 9:03 p. m. 3:08 p. m. Monday, July 22 9:28 a. m. 3:33 a. m. 9:43 p. m. 3:48 p. m. Tuesday, July 23 10:10 a. m. 4:09 a. m. 10:23 p. m. 4:26 p. n*. Wednesday, July 24 N 10:52 a. m. 4:44 a. m. 11:04 p. m. 5:06 p. flfe 1

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