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Most Of The News All The Time ^TWELVE. NO. 2 fcrs Daughters j mill Celebrate |s Anniversary ^Ejeth Anniversary Ol: ^ founding Of Local ChapOf That Organization Be Observed Tomor Aj? OFFICERS V WILL BE PRESENT i^Lgram Will Consist Of EEltory Of Organization I^Efogether With GreetH jngs From Visitors IBj Thursday night at 7:30 in the O. U. A. M. hall - of the formaH of Endeavor circle of the -Daughters will be observed, ^ jngram has been prepared will feature a history of and greetings from dis^Kahed guests. jHjxser.t at the meeting will \V Young, of Durstate president of the organand Mrs. Fred Savage, ^ tVdmington. state treasurer. King's Daughters is an inM national organization ^Kgbiistering to those in need. Endeavor circle has been of jKfcaous service in helping the art needy since its forma!:H( was organized on February 1591 by Mrs. E. B. Stevmembers were: Mrs. Oa..mer. Sr.. who became jut president; Mrs. S. M. secretary; Mrs. Walker ^Etcn. Mrs. M. P. Wescott, William St. George, Mrs. W. . |B>'flrton Mrs. M. T. Craig. Mrs. , y. Ferguson. Mrs. L. A. Gal^Ev. Jr . Mrs. J. J. Thompson, K Edgar Crissom. Mrs. H. K. ^Ei. M1? Carrie Gause, Mrs. ; ? Jerome. Mrs. W. S. Dosher, Foley. Mrs. A. E. Davis, & A. M. Vernon. Mrs. W. S. Hrd and Mrs. Stevens. j ^ hser.t officers of the circle Mrs. C. Ed. Taylor, leader; Fred Smith, assistant lead' C. C. Russ, secretary: jHk.]. Me!.;., Lewis, treasurer. Houthport Boy 1 I Wins His Bout cm Simmons Punched I Out Clear-Cut Victory iHOver Opponent In Star-; ^ Jiews Golden Glove TourHument Last Night |, Blushing at long range and 1 ^ tcir.g it up with short jabs ' chin. John Simmons. 135- > Htter of Southport, came L " - i - K.. a ^ nugn wiui a uecismm uy <* ; Hi margin over game Adrain ( Hb: 138-pounder, of WilmingHt3 a Star-News Golden Gloves ' Hue last night. Simmons, chalking up his first ] Htttr. Gloves victory, started , Htfast in the opening round and . ^P Benson on the defensive from , ^P very beginning. He won the B* heat in a walk-away and , ^P second round saw him dishHi out some of the same medi- ] H*-!o:.g punches and short , Hi Benson wasn't able to land . than a couple of blows. j H-e third round saw Benson HWassed and wobbly, but still Benson started throwing , ^Pthes but his blows on most ] ^Paioiis fell short. However, ' ^ managed to keep Simmons | landing any blow of con^pnee. Still the Southport boy H* far out front in the margin . points and the verdict was ^Pmmous. ft. Davis Goes I To New York City D. M. Davis was called to H? York Monday because of the of her mother, Mrs. Millc". H1' and Mrs. Miller resided in H%ort until about 20 years *'hen they removed to New mdisbury Man * Here Last Week l*r and Mrs. A. S. Mowery ^Fwns, Billy and Arthur S. ^r*"y. Jr. of Salisbury, spent J' ?f the past week here. The frequently visits Southport. H ?owery is now recovering a badly sprained ankle. I. RKG1STRANTS Hi latest additions to the ?f registrants listed with ^Brunswick County Selective Board are Ransom Taft H^'fi'te, whose serial number and order number 693A; J! Zander Porter, colored, *ri;'l number 1909 and orlumber 1275A. | THI HOG KII B > . 9R l^B |, m W CHPi w M ||p--:.:p. : ag - - Bf'" . Ci*w D WOMAN'S WORK?Wh there's plenty of work for eve: through slaughtering and clea spend the next day or two ma and drying out lard. The lady of newly made sausage, while busy at her job of keeping th stantly astir. WPA Forces Si Dangerous Cui *? Highway Engineers Have ? Completed Survey And WPA Forces Are Now Busy Clearing Right-OfWay For Road ? RE-LOCATION TO BE FOR OVER MILE h S This Section Of Road Has ' Long Been Known As a One of Most Dangerous f In Brunswick County v WPA workers are at work on ] i project which will re-locate t ibout one and one-half miles of c highway No. 74 and eliminate * four dangerous curves in that r road in the vicinity of Maco. S During the past few days t State Highway engineers, assist- ? ;d by R. L. Brendle, assistant superintendent of WPA projects i ( in Brunswick county, have been I J making a survey of the right-ofway. They have run the line for V, the road, and grade and slope JJ stakes have been set. WPA laborers are busy this week cleai ing the right-of-way j and getting out the stumps. A | three-acre borrow pit from which 1W material for filling in the roadbed will be obtained also has been cleared. The project is being sponsored by the State Highway Commission, which will furnish steam shovels, trucks and graders toJ gether with operators for this equipment. All other work, in- w eluding that of pouring a 22-foot cc concrete road, will be done by w WPA and a portion of the ma- pc terials used in mixing the con- th crete will be furnished by the G Federal organization. O IN WILMINGTON W. T. Fullwood, formerly of P: Watson's Pharmacy, has accept- j ta ed a position in the shipping dc-1 B partment at Sears-Roebuck Co., J R Wilmington. Boats Make Lor South To G< It is a long way around from ( Green Bay, Wisconsin, down i the Gulf of Mexico and up the ( coast to Annapolis, Md., but t the two former Coast Guard [ cutters which came in Friday i afternoon did not show any signs of this long trip. The 1 boats and the crew, made up of j i Naval Reserves, appeared just < about as fresh as they were 1 when they started out from Green Bay more than a month t ago. They spent Friday night 1 here and departed to continue < the trip to Annapolis Saturday i morning. j < Members of the crew stated \ that both boats have been on i constant Coast Guard service i on Lake Michigan. They are of j the hundred-foot class and car- i ry crews of about sixteen men. t sw A Good 4-1'AGES TODAY Sc ~~ ^ .LING jlS m( lea in Be en its hog-killing time; an rybody. After the men get j Jo ning the hogs the women '< king and stuffing sausage 111 on the left holds a string ice > the one on the right, is an e pot of boiling lard con tic th traightening ? rves At Maco ' yo i to ~~^?~~no Wins $10.00 On ao Radio Broadcast Co th ar Paul Sullivan in his daily news iroadcast at 6:30 P. M. reerves a moment or two to an- un wer one question on current vents sent in by listeners. For .11 questions used on the profrani the sender receives $10. ar Monday the question chosen vas sent in by -Mrs. L. T. c I'askell of South|H>rt; her ques- ^ ion, "What is the background x if the new C. S. ambassador ye o London?" This question filled all the E 1 .MullHai) K.' Air C n|uireiin-nui sjn v mm ..... iliUivan?that the question be imely and that it be capable if a factual answer, not a mater of opinion. Mr. Yaskell has by now re- F] elved her check for $10 from ilr. Sullivan. ntroduce Bill To Save Money ju 'ould Reduce Cost Of Re- ? cording Legal Papers Of REA In Four Counties sh Served By Brunswick tv Electric Membership Cor- w poration lir The following bill designed to jn duce the registration and re- hs irding expenses of the Bruns- Pe ick Electric Membership Cor- ^ >ration has been introduced in g( le lower house of the North irolina General Assembly: L, HB 205. (Bladen, Brunswick, ^ Blumbus and Robeson Counties) "To Prescribe the Fees for ga robate and Registration of Cer- ^ in Right-of-Way Deeds in aJ runswick, Bladen, Columbus and yc obeson Counties. (For probate ^ (Continued On Page 4) fi< ip nr* iy >g I rip lo p' 2t Back North C Dne was equipped with a threench gun, the other had had its jun removed. It is understood hat both will be fully equip>ed with new guns after reach- " ng Annapolis. It is understood that both x>ats will be used for the training of Naval Reserves and :oast patrol. Both were rather 'ast craft. cr Incidental with the arrival of W hese boats at Southport is the of 'act that they made the sev- cu nth naval craft to put in here n a week's time, all staying of ivernight. Some of the visitors pc cere Naval Reserve boats, com- ar ng in from Charleston. Anoth- ye :r interesting fact that is that ar practically all of the visitors fo icedcd supplies of either oil, in jas or something else. iTE 1 News paper ] mthport, N. G., Wedi even White Men eave Next Week or Year In Army li Of Men Slated To Fill Latest Quota Assigned This County Are Volunteers, as Are Their Three Alternates dAIRMAN PROUD OF COUNTY BOYS ys That Group That Vent Off Last Month Was One Of Finest Bunches Of Young Men He Has Ever Seen Seven Brunswick county white :n, all of them volunteers, will ive next Tuesday morning for . Bragg where they are to be iucted for one year's service the United States Army. These men are Elmer Talmadge >oney, France Hewette, Albert rton O'Quinn, Norman Elroy ttle, Wilbur Earl Russ, Andrew njamin Gray, and Ernest Mize Coleman. The three men who will serve their alternates also are volteers. One of them, John Hurt Shannon, is one of the chair:n of the Brunswick County lective Service Board. Others e Owen Shelby McKeithan and hn William Savage. 3o far, every man called for rough the local Selective Servs Board has been a volunteer, d this is a fact of which Chairin Shannon is mighty proud, his does not mean any reflecin upon the men are called rough the draft", he hastened add, "but I'm glad that Brunsck county's quotas so far have en filled by boys who are ready d anxious to serve their counIr." Speaking of the group of nine ung volunteers that went, off camp last month Mr. Shann said that he had never seen finer looking, cleaner bunch of ys in his life. "If Herr Hitler uld see the type of young men at rural districts of the South e furnishing the United States my", he said, "his attitude ward our armed forces would idergo a big change". Although there still are a few I en on the volunteer list who ,ve not been called, these ranks e being depleted rapidly and | embers of the Selective Service >ard will be glad to talk to iung men above the age of 18 10 wish to volunteer for one ar of service. , ^ iarly Vegetables Are Doing Fine mm All Reoorts Green Pea Crop On Bald Head Island Should Be Ready For Picking Sometime Soon With six acres in green peas, i\v nearly 15 inches tall and st ready to break into bloom, lid Head island has it r.ll over e rest of North Carolina for ,rly truck growing. The peas ould begin bearing more than to months f-head of any other te field crop in North Carota. They planted on December 13th, mediately following the final irvesting of another crop of :as grown on the same land. Ithough there have been two or ree hard frosts over here at mthport during the winter, the as and other truck crops on ild Head have passed through itouched. Three acres of lettuce at the ,me place are also coming along le and will make an early crop, though weather conditions preinted planting at the time when e plants were first ready. Numerous other garden and 3ld crops are also doing splendid. Many of them were planted irely as an experiment. Irape Yield Shows Increase verage Of $42.00 Per Ton Is Paid For Grapes Grown In North Carolina During Past Year North Carolina's 1940 gtape op was the largest on record, '. T. Wesson, junior statistician the State Department of Agriilture, reported today. The estimated 1940 production 8,500 tons of grapes was 13 ir cent above 1939 production id 37 per cent above the 10lar (1929-1938) average. An 'erage of $42 a ton was paid r the crop compared with $60 1939, representing a reduction (continued on page four) " - - . i PORl in A Good Cor lesday, February 12, Negro Killed Sunday Night Finds That Arthur Brewington. Came To His Death From A Pistol Shot Fired By "Person Unknown" A coroner's jury investigating the death early Sunday of Arthur Brewington, colored, returned a verdict Monday night that "We find that Arthur Brewington came to his death from a pistol shot fired by a person unknown while he was resisting arrest and assaulting Deputy Sheriff M. A. Tripp." Brewington, who was about 30years-of-age, had been in trouble previously in this county and was known as a tough character. Five witnesses testified at the hearing Monday night. They included Deputies Sheriff Tripp and Douglas Cook, and Ernestine Daniels, Daisy Lee Boyd and George Boyd, all colored. Both Tripp and Cook stated that they, together with Sheriff Dillon Ganey, had chased Brewington in an automobile for about 25 miles on Sunday morn- j ing. Brewington, they stated, was allegedly driving while intoxicated. When he was finally over taken in ' Northwest township he got out of his car and advanced toward the officers with a wrench in his hands. He struck Tripp on the hand and attempted to strike him again when he was shot, they testified. It had previously been stated in the preliminary investigation that the negro was shot by Sheriff Ganey. The inquest was held at Carl West's service station at the intersection of highway 17 and 7. | Members of the coroner's jury were: E. M. Peterson, G. D. Robinson, W. L. Paden, George Hollis, R. C. Holmes and Carl West. Ruark Favors Farm Markets Brunswick County Representative Joins With Sykes In Trying To Get Market At Whiteville While spending the past week | end here Representative J. W. Ruark stated that he strongly favors the establishment of a produce marketing center at Whiteville. "This will provide a needed outlet for produce' grown in the lower end of our county," he said. The Brunswick county solon has aided Columbus county's representative, Joe Sikes, in every manner possible in working out the details of this set-up. It has been his recommendation that three Brunswick county men, J. B. Ward, J. M. Roach and Charlie Russ, be named on a committee to work out the program to be followed. Schoolmasters In Meeting Monday Set Date Of County Basketj ball Tournament And | Discuss Plans For Teachers Dinner The Brunswick County Schoolmasters Club met Monday night at Southport with W. R. Lingle as host. The session was held at the home of Mrs. G. D. Robinson. One of the principal items of business was a discussion of plans for the annual Brunswick county basketball tournament. It will be held during the first week of March at Shallotte high school gymnasium, and other details surrounding the tourney will be announced later. Plans also were discussed for a dinner of all teachers in the county to which it is planned to invite all legislative representatives from this district. "Bashful Bobby" To Be Presented Members Of Junior Class At Bolivia School Plan To Present Three - Act Farce The junior class of Bolivia will present "Bashful Bobby" Feb. 21, starring G. C. Hickman in the title role. He is a very bashful boy of nineteen, as the play opens, and seems to be affected by an inferiority complex?lacking the nerve to stand up for his own rights. Bob. under the spell of hypnottsm, goes to the other extreme. It is surprising what he does do, (continued on page four) r pil nmunity 1941 publisi Little Typhoid Fever In County During Past Year j Mrs. Lou H. Smith, County Health Nurse, Says That Only Two Cases Were Reported To Her Office; In Same Family IS NOW VISITING 1 SCHOOLS OF COUNTY < < Plans To Complete Series j Of Clinics For Schools , Before End Of Term; Praises Reports Qf i Rosenbaum s Mrs. Lou H. Smith, Brunswick county health nurse, reported Sat- ] urday that there were only two l cases of typhoid fever in the < county last year. These cases i were children in the same fam- i ily, and both of them recovered. ] Neither had ever taken the anti- t typhoid vacination. i Mrs. Smith has recently vacin- 1 ated the school children of Le- i land and Shallotte schools and < is now preparing to start up i with the schools at Waccamaw, I Bolivia and Southport. She plans ] to finish the work before the i schools closes the present sessoon. ; At the same time she will ad- ' minister vacination to the adults i at her office in Southport on : Mondays and Saturdays. Mrs. Smith stated that last i year only 50 cases of prevent- : (Continued on page 4) I Southport Los Bill To * | STANDING BOYS VV L Pet. Bolivia 4 0 1.000 Leland 3 1 .750 Southport X I .500 Waccamaw 0 3 .000 Shallottc* 0 3 .000 GIRLS W L Pet. Bolivia 4 0 1.000 Waccamaw 2 1 .666 Leland 2 2 .500 Southport 0 2 .000 Shallotte* 0 3 .000 Table does not include results of Shallotte-Waccamaw game played last night. SCHEDULE Leland at Bolivia Friday Shallotte at Waccamaw Friday Waccamaw at Bolivia Tuesday Southport at Leland Tuesday Four Cases Are Tried In Court Comparatively Light Session Of County Court Disposed Of Here On ** 1_.. r?r tu:. u/??i. iviuiiuc&jr vi i mo ti c&n Four cases were disposed of here in Recorder's Court Monday before Judge Walter M. Stanaland. Because Representative J. W. Ruark had been called to Raleigh for a meeting of the finance committee of the lower house, E. J. Prevatte prosecuted the docket. Spurgeon Dallas, white, pleaded guilty to charges of larceny and was given 6 months. Judgment was suspended upon payment of a fine of $25.00 and costs upon the further condition that the defendant return the stolen property. Warren Dallas, white, was found not guilty of aiding and abetting in larceny. Francis Coleman, white, was tried on charges of assault, but judgment was withheld. Joseph Earl Williams, white, (Continued on page 4) Here Are Som< For Members Although the season closes Saturday on quail, turkey, rabbits, coorio and possums, foxes may be hunted with dogs after that date; and today there came a message that indicates that the clan of Sir Reynard that lives in and about this teritory is in for a hot time next week. In a message to Dr. J. V. Davis, Concord dentist who is here with a pack of hounds, six men, headed by John R. Boker, expressed their intention to come down Sunday for a week of following the hounds. Others planning to make the trip include Charlie Burrage, R. E. Newell, Eugene and Dick Beaver and Dick Dorton. ,0T 4ed every wednesday Would Raise Pay Road Employees Ruark Co-Sponsor Of Bill i Which Would Raise Salaries Of Certain High way Employees With Salaries Under $125 A bill introduced in the Gen:ral Assembly on Friday jointly >y Representatives J. W. Ruark, | )f Brunswick and J. A. Bridger, >f Bladen, would increase the lalaries of certain state highway ( smployees whose salaries are less :han $125 per month. Previously, Mr. Ruark had repealed his intention to support such a measure. The bill provides in part: "That the State Highway and Public Works Commission is heresy authorized and directed to increase the compensation of all regular employees of the Commission in both the Prison Department and the Maintenance ind Construction Department ivhose present compensation is less than $125.00 per month, by a. total cost of ten per centum, with authority to make adjustments within each classification to more equalize the pay for employees with the same classification, giving due regard to length of service and efficiency. This act shall not require the increase of any salary beyond $125.00 per month." The bill provides that if enacted, the measure shall be in full force and effect from and after May 1st. :pc Twin JLm f ? JLM.M. Bolivia Teams Local Lads Serve Notice On Their Opponents That They'll Be Stronger In Their Next Meeting IMPORTANT GAMES THIS WEEK-END Likely That Pre-Tournament Championship To Be Settled On Friday Night When Leland Plays Bolivia Southport lost a double-header to Bolivia basketball teams in the local gymnasium last night, but before the evening was through the home town boys had demonstrated to the satisfaction of their partisan gallery that they must be reckoned with before the season ends. Bolivia trotted out a bunch of big, strong, hard-working boys who set about the business of winning their fourth conference victory in a row. During the first quarter the speedy little Southport quint had them messed up with a clever passing atttack and tight defense and but for their inability to make good on their shots the local five might have moved into a commanding lead during this stanza. Then the visitors got going, and the score at half time was 11-6. For a brief period in the third quarter it appeared that the locals were going to catch up, and once the score stood 1814 against Southport. Once more the Bolivia boys took command, this time to run out the game with 5 more points while the home team was scoreless, winding up with a 23-14 win. The girls game was just another gallant struggle put up by the Southport lassies against a better team. Final score was 3310. In what many people believe will be the deciding game of the pre-tournament season, Bolivia plays host Friday night to Leland. These teams have met once before, with victory going to Bolivia. Southport plays Shallotte here Friday night. 2 Sad Tidings Of Fox Family Dr. Davis has been here since the first of the month with a fine pack of eight dogs, and he and Valle Fredcre have been having a merry time. The other up-state men are planning to bring other tried and tested hounds, and it also is reported that they may bring along a string of saddle horses in order that they may ride to the hounds and thus enjoy the sport to the fullest. In addition to the visiting hunters, several Southport sportsmen plan to join in the fun, and it appears likely that all of the town's equine population will be pressed into service. The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR County Residents Receive Aid From Social Security Total Payments For This County Are $92,018.28 With Beneficiaries Falling Into Four Main Classifications REPORT FOR STATE IS ALSO INCLUDED Old Age Assistance Has Been Biggest Single Item For Social Security In Brunswick County RALEIGH, Feb.?Operation of four major divisions of the Social Security Act's ten divisions has resulted in the distribution of $34,902,030.74 to individuals in North Carolina through December, 1940, it is shown in figures released by Charles G. Powell, Chairman of the N. C. Unemployment Compensation Commission. Brunswick county individuals have received $92,018.28 from these funds through December, 1940, divided as follows: Old Age Assistance, $45,927.00; Unemployment Compensation, $19,647.28; Aid to Dependent Children, $21,069.00; Aid to the Blind, $5,375.00. These four major divisions, including Unemployment Compensation, Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and Aid to the Blind, account for about 82 per cent of the amount distributed through the ten Social Security program divisions to the end j of the year. The other divisions are the five "services", including Maternal and Child Health, Crippled Children, Child Welfare, Vocational Rehabilitation and Public Health services, and Old Age and Survivors Insurance, which is destined through the years to become one of the more important of the five major divisions. Distribution of funds in North Carolina through the four divisions in three years for Unemployment Compensation and 3 ^ years for the other three have beer. as follows: Unemployment Compensation, $16,792,820.20; Old Age Assistance, $12,168,506.71; Aid to Dependent Children, $4,795,909.19, and Aid to the Blind, $1,144,794.64. Broken down by sources, this $34,902,030.74 was furnished, $16,792,820.20 or 48.11 per cent, by North Carolina employers; $8,558,164.43, or 24.52 per cent, by the Federal Government; $5,021,683.82, or 14.39 per cent by the State of North Carolina; $4,529,362.29, or 12.98 per cent, by the 100 counties of the State. The unemployment figures do not include $378,040.59 paid to former N. C. residents, with wage credits in the State, who received benefits while living in other states. This information is supplied by the Public Assistance Divisions of the State Board of Charities and Pnhlir Welfare, the State Com mission for the Blind and the Research and Statistics Division of < the UCC, Mr. Powell said. t County Contest To Be At Bolivia The Brunswick County Council of P.-T. A. will sponsor the County Declamation and Rccitatio.i contests at the Bolivia school Thursday. February 13, at 8 o'clock. The public is invited. An executive committee meeting will be at 7:30 p. m. All , local presidents, officers and principals are requested to be present Tide Table I Following is the tide table for South port during the next o week. These hours are approximately correct and were fu^ nished The State Port Piled through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association High Tide Low TMT < TIDE TABLE Thursday, February 13 8:30 a. m. 2:30 a. m. 0:00 p. m. 3:03 p. m. 3 Friday, February 11 9:17 a. m. 3:17 a. m. 9:19 p. m. 3:16 p. mi. Saturday, February 15 10:06 a. m. 1:05 a. in. 10:11 p. m. 1:30 p. in. Sunday, February 16 11:00 a. m. 1:55 a. m. 11:36 p. m. 5:18 p. m. r Monday, February 17 ( 11:56 a. m. 5:50 a. ra. 6:11 p. m Teusday, February 18 " 0:33 a. in. 6.55 a. m. I 12:51 p. m. 7.10 p. m. Wednesdays February 19 1:32 a. m. 8:04 a. na 1:57 p. ui. 8:57 |k at n I ' -4- j