tfost Of The News I \j] The Time W^~\ NO. 3 Report Made By I Grand Jury As I Court Closes H.jy Of Grand Inquest jplits L'P And Makes personal Calls Upon The spools Of County For Investigations :u CHANGES ARE RECOMMENDED a That Previous Recom mendations Regarding County Have Been ;/ Complied With I of their in last week the ty grand jury v the --wing report to H ' P'trney, who pre GRAND JURY, OCTOBER TERM 1940 THK SUPERIOR COURT rut OF NORTH CAROLINA r(!\rv "I BRUNSWICK B11 INK HON. JOHN J. BUR >V JI'DtiE I'KKSIDING: H jury for the !!<) >. Superior court 'y convened at Hi a .:' in Southport, c- Carolina, on Monday, SeptHer " 1M0. respectfully 1 following report, examined 14 bills 11 True Bills and 3 Bills We have made no = --- 'Ye nave e.\aiiuiicu uic wui t se ar.J find that it is in good 3t:o" except a few minor res We find that our recomjlanor.s in our previous report i sen practically carried out. !Ve have visited the county s and found it in excellent riser, ar.d we recommend that t should be additional rooms Ksi to the building sufficient take care of inmates which Be uncontrollable. fe visited the Brunswick cty hospital and found it in li condition, with the exception i leaky roof. And we recom6i the repairs to the follow(Two rolling chairs and renon several beds and several 'le rooms need painting. We I recommend that an import1 apparatus be bought that is red for giving oxygen. "We have examined the reIB of the following justices of (peace in the county and find it their reports are in order. "Eliot Tripp. A. W. Smith, Coy *ett. M. D. Anderson, Coy ffljduval. L. H. Phelps, G. F. rev. E. H Gray, J. T. White, M Milliken. H. A. Mintz, M Ganey. C. N. Phillips, B. J fen. M. B. Watts and H, Ker Mintz. SOI THPORT SCHOOL have examined Southporl tol and find it in good condit and no recommendations ol Wr is needed. Moral atmoS' ? is extremely good. SHALLOTTE SCHOOL "*e found Shallotte school ir "i condition with the excep 6 of one building which is be IBed for two class rooms ant 1 adequate room foi ooms, this building Lunch Room and L for a class room fnd the erection o! ding with adequat< ivater system is no to provide enougl he large enrollment ;nd that another wel n. Moral atmosphen VM AW SCHOOL examined the Wac 100I building and al lings connected wit! and we find all build xl condition, with thi of the plastering tt oms has cracked am e repaired. We recom e walls to be painte< ihed We also recom > commodes for th *e have examined 1 ses and find them ii ition. We find in enroll pupils in this school )nly have 8 busses t them to and f ron We recommend a ne\ furnished this at once Nt> HIGH SCHOOL ave examined Lelam ool and find the schoc in excellent conditior exception of black boar* seeded. and water foun the outside of the build in need of repairs. W over crowded busses, w hus over crowded to it of 15 pupils. VIA HIGH SCHOOL have visited Bolivia hig and find buildings an - grounds in fair condl e recommend at least tw ! fountains inside of th ' and one additional bu 'e the over crowded condi have examined the variou ^schools in the county an a in fairly good oondltioi ""inued on page four) TH! 7 Southport's OI< Reside: Was Highly Respected C During Past 50 Ye Satu; Captain George Wallace Bell,: age 92 years, oldest white citizen of the town, died of a heart attack 7:30 Friday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. B. J. Holden. He was born near Beaufort February 18, 1848, and married Mary S. Jenkins of Little River, S. C., in 1878. She died on June 4, 1896. He was a highly respected resident of Southport for more than fifty years and was a retired Coast Guardsman. Funeral services were held from Trinity Methodist Church j at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon by the pastor. Rev. R. S. HarriI son with other ministers of the j town assisting. The Junior Order of United American Mechanics were pallbearers and had charge of graveside rites. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. A. L. Lind and Mrs. B. J. Holden, Southport; two granddaughters, Mrs. Henry- S. Goodwin, Farmwood, N. J., and Mrs. Charles J. Newton, Lumberi ton; three great-grand-children, j Henry S. Goodwin, Jr., and Draft Board This Co Is Comprised Of H. M. Shannon, J. J. Loughlin, Jr., And Price Furpless; Fergus Is Examiner ALL MEMBERS TO BE WITHOUT PAY Board Was Chosen by Committee Including Miss Woodside, S. T. Bennett and J. J. Hawes I H. M. Shannon, J. J. Loughlin, , Jr., and Price Furpless were named Saturday as members of the Brunswick county draft board. Dr. 1 L. C- Fergus was named examining physician and S. B. Frink I was appointed government appeal agent. A11 members will serve without compensation. ' Appointments were made at the I request of Governor Clyde R. Hoey, the committee of selection being S. T. Bennett, clerk of court; Miss Annie May Woodside. superintendent of the county board of education; and J. J. Hawes, chairman of the Bruns. wick county board of elections. One requirement for membership on the board was that all members must be at least 36 years of age. Governor Hoey cau tioned that "only men of unimf peachable character, men who - may be counted on to do their duty without regard to outside influence, and men having the i complete confidence of the com munity" be appointed. "Members of local boards will 1 have to serve without compenr sation, since funds are not availf able to pay them", stated his let' ter. "I consider membership on these boards a position of honor f and trust and hope that you will ! impress upon the men selected by 1 your committee that it is their 1 patriotic duty to serve in this capacity, especially when so ' many of our young men are go(Continued from Page 1) j Fishing Summ Week Show J The past few days have been marked by some exceptionally j good sport fishing. This has _ been found both outside in the e ocean and on shoals at various g points in the harbor. It has , been impossible to make con. tacts with all of the parties I and ascertain names and the 0 extent of the catches. This be1 ing the case, only a few inv stances are being mentioned. , C. G. Vogell and R. A. Goldschimdt, of Columbia, S. C., ^ have apparently topped things ,) with the outside fishing. Moni day they brought in 304 large j blue fish, taken while trolling off Bald Head Island. Mr. Vog. ell, during a few minutes of e experimenting to see if the e trout were biting at one of the s old wrecks, caught a 15-pound sheephead. This was the largest taken here in some time, h While trolling, he also caught d a 3-pound pompano on a squid. |? The pompano is a bottom fish o and is seldom if ever caught e while trolling. s Dr. Clyde Thomas, of Siler j. City, fishing with F. T. Boling, of the same place, also made 8 an exceptional catch of two d sheephead, each of # which j. weighed I3-pounds. A party from Kannapolis, out E STj A Goo 4-PAGES TODAY lest White lit Passes Here itizen Of This Community ars; Funeral Held rday * mr V A CAPT. G. W. BELL Stuart Lind Goodwin Farnwood, N. J., and Charlene Newton, Lumberton. lamed For m m 4 T *44A1/^WT Ulliy wJctlULUd^ * New Wrinkle For Catching Snakes Maybe It is the bigness of Bald Head island that sometimes inspires big tales from over there. Saturday Captain J. S. Pinner was telling a group of his having captured 26 chicken snakes alive during the summer. He said he got a wooden egg, placed it in a hen's nest after first anchoring it to a nail with a yard of fish line. Hie snakes came along, swallowed the fake egg and could not get away. The story was a good one until one of the listeners hunted up Mrs. Pinner and asked if it was true that Jim caught a snake with an egg. "Why, yes", said Mrs. Pinner, "he caught two big ones." Annual W. M. U. Meeting Held At the annual meeting of Woman's Missionary Union of Brunswick Association held at Bolivia September 24, the following offi cers and chairman were eieciea: Superintendent, Mrs. Carl S. Ward; Asst. Supt., Mrs. M. B. iRobbins; Young People's Leader, Mrs. J. E. Gilbert;Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. J. M. Mills; Stewardship chairman, Mrs. M. L. Mintz; Personal Service chairman, Mrs. Dennis Hewette; Mission Study Chairman, Miss Ruth Ludlum; White Cross Chairman, Mrs. Melvin Lewis; Training 1 School Chairman, Mrs. J. D, Johnson; Margaret Fund Chairman, Mrs. L. F. Johnson; Literajture Chairman, Mrs. Bertha Devaune. ary For Past s Luck Is Good with Captain Albert Arnold, Sr., took a large number of blues, mackerel, trout and large sheephead. The names of those composing the party was not learned. Dr. J. R. Hyatt, fishing in the river Monday, caught a 20pound black drum, an unusually large fish for this sort The doctor was using a light casting rod and a small No. 2 Calij fornia bass hook. It required 40-minutes of hard work to get I the fish to the boat. The same : afternoon Rufus Dosher got a 28-pound red drum and a black drum weighing 10-pounds. He | was using a rowboat and the red drum put up quite a fight. A fishing companion, George Galloway, in the rowboat, hooked a red or black drum that was so large that it broke his line and got away. Postmaster Wilbur Dosher, of Wilmington, who is spending ; his vacation here, (an annual j event for him), has been catch| ing a number of red drum, ' black drum and sheephead, running from 9 to 15 pounds, j His fishing mate, George Wortham, colored, was proudly displaying a 5-pound gray trout yesterday afternoon. . s \TE 1 id News paper I Southport, N. G., Wedn Elections Board I To Call Meeting Of Registrars County Board Of Elections ? To Meet Precinct Registrars At Supply Friday Night TO STUDY PLAN OF I DRAFT REGISTRATION Board Will Also Distribute I Forms For Registering All Men Of Draft Age In County On October 16 J. J. Hawes, chairman of the Brunswick County board of elections, stated today that he and the other two members of the board, R. S. Milliken and W. M, Hewett, would call a meeting of the registrars of the 16 voting precincts in the county at J. J. Howes' store at Supply Friday night to distribute registration forms for the registering of draftees in the county on October 16th. Hawes said the entire plan for the registration of all men in the county between the ages of 21 and 36 would be studied in detail so that the big job could be handled without a hitch. Throughout North Carolina the plan for registration for army conscription has been left in the i hands of the regular election of- 1 ficials. Since this work is new | to all those who will serve, the preliminary meeting is being cal- s led in order that the registrars < may familiarize themselves with ( the work. i The regular voting place in j each precinct has been designated ( as the place for registration, and voting will take place from the i hour of 7 o'clock in the morn- ] ing until 9 o'clock in the even- | ing next Wednesday, October 16. : Suggests Church i Day In Southport Episcopal Rector Believes That Conflicts Might Be < Avoided If Plan For Meetings Can Be Worked Out In many cities, towns and communities the plan of having a special day each week for the meetings of church organizations ' and groups has been found very satisfactory, and Rev. J. Leon Malone, Rector of St. Phillips < Episcopal church, suggests that this matter be considered for Southport. "Frequently we find church meetings and other worthy community meetings conflicting," he pointed out. "There are some individuals who will put their church meetings first and go to that. There are others who will give preference to the other meeting, sometimes because they know that church meetings are held regularly and that the one they are attending is a special. Some will give the secular meeting preference, without apology. Still others will be undecided and will be unconfortable about whichever . way they decide. If we had a day set apart each week for Church meetings only, the leaders of the other organizations, many of whom are the church leaders also, would undoubtedly cooperate by not planning their meetings on the same day. That day could be left open for church meetings, and the other days of the week left open for all other meetings, parties, etc. The ' churches would then endeavor to have no meetings, unless absolutely necessary, on these days. "Since Wednesday is the usual day for Prayer meetings it might be a good day for as many of the other church meetings as can be scheduled for the day. I favor the plan and would like to discuss it with the other church leaders. I would like to have the matter brought before the church leaders of the town if possible." Landlords And Tenants Meet Purpose Of FSA-Sponsored Meeting At Supply Next Thursday Is To Smooth Out Problems Better relationship between the landlord and tenant is the principal object of the meeting to be held above the county agen'. s office at Supply on Wednesday, October 16th, at 10 o'clock. Forty-two per cent of the farmers in the United States are tenants or share-croppers. In recent years the number of tenants and share-crcfppers has increased at the rate of forty thousand a (Continued on page 4) ' >V P0R1 n A Good Con tesday, October 9, 194 Hawes Is Named Election Board Ch'mn. Monday iupply Merchant Succeeds G. T. Rourk, Who Served County In This Position For Many Years REGISTRATION FOR ELECTION STARTS Robert B. Hawes Named Registrar For Shallotte Precinct Following A Discussion J. J. Hawes, Supply merchant, vas sworn in Monday as chairnan of the Brunswick county ward of elections, succeeding G. T. Rourk of Shallotte. Hawes assumes his new duties it a particularly busy time, for >ne of the first duties be must >erform is to head the county nachincry in" charge of properly egistering men between the ages if 21 and 35 for the draft. Also in immediate prospect is :he general election, which takes dace on November 5 and in vhich there is keen interest this rear. A meeting of the county board vas held here Monday, with Rojert S. Milliken and W. M. Hewitt, other members, also present. Dne important bit of business was lie appointment of Robert B. Hawes as registrar for Shallotte irecinct. tt? c'wiir ?roa nrip-inallv HiUgeilc uiaj ...... 0 ? suggested for this post, but when sounsel representing the chairman >f the Republican executive committee protested the election his lame was withdrawn and that jf Hawes substituted. It was arranged to have the registration books open at the polling places of each precinct on the next three Saturdays, October 12, 19 and 26, from the hours jf nine o'clock until sunset. Busy Session Of County Court Cases That Ha<* Accumulated For Two Weeks Were Disposed of Before Judge Stanaland Monday Cases that had piled up for two weeks crowded the Recorder's court docket Monday morning and Judge Walter M. Stanaland and colleages had a busy day. Frank Melvin and Sampson McKoy, colored, pleaded guilty to charges of transporting for purpose of sale. Each was given 6 months, judgment being continued upon payment of costs and a fine of $100.00. Notice of appeal was given and bond was set at $300.00. Judgment was withheld in the case charging B. M. Peterson, white, with reckless operation. Similar disposition was made of the case charging Harry Lance, colored, with reckless operation. Judgment also' was with held in the case charging Marland Beck, white, with violating the speed law. J. D. Pridgen, white, was found not guilty on charges of public drunkenness, R. A. Yopp, Jr., white, was tried for speeding and judgment was withheld. No Judgment was passed in the case charging DeVane Caswell, white, with speeding. Joseph Galloway, colored, was given 30 days for driving without auto lights, judgment being suspended upon payment of costs. Roy Lee Brown, colored, pleaded guilty to charges of driving without operator's license and was given 30 days, judgment being suspended upon payment of one-half the cost. Earl Hardy, white, was convicted of operating without trailer lights and judgment was suspende Suggs, Who Was Involved In Fatal Accident, Given From 10 To 12 Years In Penitentiary ANY OTHER CASES WERE DISPOSED OF idge Burney Gave Young Vhite Robbers From 5 To 7 Years For Depredations In County A Brunswick county jury lursday found four Southport gro man guilty with assault th intent to kill in connection th the case growing out of the ,| ath of Policeman Chas. W. isley and Judge John J. Bury sentenced them to serve 3m 7 to 10 years each in the ate penitentiary. The convicted men were James een, Nelson Hankens, Snooks emmons and James (Cocky) >wen. They were tried for secid degree murder, manslaughter, sault with intent to kill and resting an officer. Joe Suggs, Southport negro ao gave an eye-witness account the fight in which Officer isley was seriously injured a w weeks before his death, was ied for manslaughter in coniction with the death of two suthport white men in an auto- . , obile several weeks ago. trough tys counsel he pleaded lilty to charges of involuntary anslaughter and was given from J 1 to 12 years in the state penlntiary. jfl Johnie Stockes, George Jean, ias George Gann, and William 'fij uthrie, three of the young men led for a series of robberies in 91 istern North Carolina counties, ere given from 5 to 7 years in ?9 ate prison following their plea ! guilty to charges of breaking id entering. Judgment in their ise for larceny was suspended ir 10 years upon condition of sod behavior. Glenn Walker, mrth member of the group to 3 on trial here, was given from ? to 5 years on the first count ith the same suspension of idgment on the second charge. L. C. Edens, convicted of runken driving, was required to ly a fine of 550.00 and costs, is driver's license being revoked >r 12 months. The judge directed a verdict of * 3t guilty in the case charging iarvey Evans with reckless opertion. Ivy Russ, charged with transorting for purpose of sale, was tiled and failed. Nisi a fi and mtinued. John Davis withdrew his appeal om judgment of the Recorder i a. case charging him with, perating with improper brakes nd no signal lights and accepted le judgment of that court. A nol pross was taken in the: ise charging G. E. Jones with; image to mortgaged property, he defendant's appeal from a, once hond was diSDOSed of ill mllar manner. The case of Elmer Smith, larged with abandonment and on-support, waa transferred to JL ecorder's court. The case charging Archie RoH inson with drunk driving waaT ol prossed. Judge Burney directed a verict of not guilty of being drunk) nd disorderly in the case against (Continued on page 4) Tide Table \ Following Is the tide table , for South port daring the next week. These hoars are appre? xlmately correct and were fad nished The State Port Pllsd through the courtesy of the Cape Fear PUot's Association High Tide Low TUT TIDE TABLE Thursday, October 10 2:51 a. m. 0:19 a. m. 3:20 p. m. 9:16 p. m. Friday, October 11 3:52 a. m. 10:12 a. m. 1:18 p. m. 10:34 p. m. Saturday, October 12 1:47 a. m. 11:01 a. m. 5:09 p. m. 11:18 p. m. Sunday, October 13 5:32 a. m. 11:47 a. m. 5:52 p. m. Monday, October 14 6:12 a. m. 0:10 a. ns. 6:31 p. m. 12:32 p. ta. Tuesday, October 15 6:48 a. m. 0:41 a. ill. 7:06 p. m. 1:15 p. in, Wednesday, October 16 7:22 a. m. 1:21 a. m. 7:42 p. m. 1:55 p. a M U