M ,., 0! The News $* The Time ^ NO- 16 ;Jf . " -}} "'?>:?&$ ? - W ? % ' s '"'' II "V. VISITOR?The Morning f | ?rd which Capt. Wm. McD. | -a!-, spent several days here ( Annapolis, Md., and the enc Hospital Report ;B Shows Low Cost eport Is Also Made Of Jo Those Who Contributed To Local Institution On Hospital Day It will be of interest to the it-Is of the J. Arthur Dosherl ; em.-i.-i b'yita! to learn of the [of npaiative report sent out re-1 als r.tly by the Duke Endowment, ' M< lich contributes each year to i ; me extent to the support of gu is local institution which is wa T.fll by the county and town ju It is well known that the Duke $2; ?r.ent assists hospitals in j irth and South Carolina in the gU l-rse incident to takine in and inc v -"C H 5 hospital service to very th< Ko: people who are unable to ed Hay and without which, in all fin ^Kobability. this institution could res H Tie Duke Endowment sends gu a: a comparative statement of ion Bus local hospital with the aver- ed of a group of twenty-nine i fin H hospitals of like character : a have an average of less ^ Hian twenty-five patients per day. py Hhe cost per patient per day for 0p, fully compiled and it j B found that the J. Arthur an'( tosher Memorial Hospital is fe Biair.taineii at a lower cost per j B per day by $.98 than the - in the group which in-1 hospitals in both states of ess than twenty-five patients j er day, admitting white and 'e?ro patients, and which do not ave schools of nursing. ca] I it :s observed that the costs'wh ' year have been con-1 i B I per patient per|f0l B3-' u shown by the statement, wa B ssued by the Duke En- ju, This record should be highly cos B" Brunswick county and ant B i t. The hos-1 1 B by a board of foi B by the two ing I (Continued on page 4) iSouthport Girl I Volunteer Ni Miss Eleanor Niernsee Haa R< quarters To Assume 1 In U. S. A ;'lss Eleanor Niernsee left *? Baltimore, Md,, Z>i or r year's volunteer '' P'' 1 L". S. Army nurse. f. ' reported to the office of r ,,'3ln v. corps area sup_'''kr.;cr.i of nurses, in Balti- for ?r?and win serve as her assist- me M J*8 ' ;! the daughter urc . !s Era > m. Niernsee of the Itar. floating DreD school Pond is skipper and head last week before heading 1 of her cruise. usy Day For County Judge idge Walter M. Stanaland Disposed Of Quite A Long Docket Monday In Brunswick County Recorder's Court Numerous cases were disposed >ehfre Judge Walter M. Stanind in Recorder's court here >nday. D. G. Grainger, white, plead ilty to charges of speeding and is given 30 days on the roads, dgment was suspended upon yment of costs and a fine of 3.00. Herbert Bell, white, pleaded ilty to charges of drunk driv; and was given 6 months on : roads. Judgment was suspendupon payment of costs and a e of $50.00. His license was raked for 6 months. Frank Britian, white, was found ilty of being drunk and disierly. Judgment was suspcnduopn payment of costs and a e of $25.00. Judgment was withheld in the se charging Clyde Carlisle and rvis Edwards with reckless jration. Sam Burris, white, was called ' ura a rncti pi J IHIJCU. JUUgmcia vraa mu. u. and capias. Sose Miller, colored, pleaded llty to charges of possession 3 was given 90 days on the ids. Judgment was suspended on payment of costs and a e of $25.00. ludgment was withheld in the I le charging Maude White, ite, with assault. .V'allace Johnson, colored, was ind guilty of transporting and s given 6 months on the roads. Jgment was suspended upon yment of a fine of $100.00 and its. Notice of appeal was given 1 bond was set at $200.00. louise Harrison, colored, was ind guilty on charges of aid; and abetting in transporting. (Continued on page 4) Becomes irse In Army, eported At Area HeadDuties As Nurse irmy uy Scouts Visit Town Saturday Javid L. Liles, scout executive Cape Fear Council, and four mbers of Boy Scout Troop No. Wilmington, visited here Satlay morning. Their business s putting out posters adverng sale of National Defense lids. ["he scouts with him were Pete rring, Winder Hughes, Claude dan and Francis Chadwick. E ST/ A Goo( 4-PAGES TODAY IOOL HEADS NORTI | | M \ # Training Ship P Star Vis a5fc- ' *Never Before Has Skipper; 7 Pond Enjoyed A More | Eventful Cruise With His j I n *1 t I lit?- ??I _ - *- I rupns ADoara nis noaiing Prep School ke w SHIP REMAINED IN pfl PORT LAST WEEK Se . P? Skipper And His Boat Ft Usually Show Up About in Twice A Year As He or And Boys Cruise The Coast Tales of high adventure in tropic seas were related by eight young men aboard Captain William McD. Pond's schoolship, The Morning Star, which was in JJi Southport last week after a seven-months West Indian cruise. A rudder repaired under water, searches for a mysterious oilladen schooner and evidences of a submarine hide-out, and of a of rough 2',i day storm were dis- pr cussed by the bronzed, work- pe hardened lads, most of whom se will enter college in the fall. in The Morning Star left port for C< Annapolis, Md., where it will tie so up for two weeks, while the boys of bear down on the studies before leaving the ship. Captain Pond th will lay over for repairs for a pij month, and will then set out oh a Tc summer cruise for younger boys j wi | in the sheltered waters of the irr Chesapeake bay. j pc For seven years Captain Pond, mi a graduate of Exeter in 1918 ar and of Harvard in 1922, has been Dl conducting cruises, preparing boys no for college entrance examinations *h during the long West Indian trip, ha | taking younger lads along the 1 coast in the summer. For many Pe years be has been stopping in P? at Southport, first on the Indra, hu then on a 'little larger schooner, ac the Polaris, now the 98-foot 63- ha ton steer diesel-powered Morning Star. fa Aboard, besides Captain Pond, nu his wife (Missy to the boys), a ac colored cook, are the "crew". Ted Megargee, of Bristol, Pa., is first mate; Henry Blackford, of Spart- [J anburg, second mate, and Henry I] Cushman, of Bennington, Vt., chief engineer. STUDENTS These three boys are completing their second year with Cap- M tain Pond. Young Blackford will enter Washington and Lee this fall. Cushman will go to Norwich University in Northfield, Vt., and Megargee is indecided, ' but hopes to utilize his training he aboard the schooner in some man- toi ner. thi These boys, chosen as officers I because of their experience, were thi given staterooms aft and were va charged with the duty of break- an ing in the new boys, and all ac- ho cording to Captain Pond, have ty] proven efficient officers. wi: The other students are Bill in{ Lowell, of Boston, Mass., Dick an Howell, of Richmond, Va.; Man- 4, ley Jenkins, of Baltimore, Md.; ] King Benzegar, of Greenwich, sh< Conn.; and Bob Keller, of Akron, cai Ohio. Lowell and Howell will en- to\ ter the University of North Car- ris olina, and the remaining three Ro are considering colleges of busi- Bo ness administration. Ho Skipper Pond related here how Pa (Continued on page 4) jMt ITE I 1 News paper In Southport, N. G., Wedn i A m S B1 Pr< j ] i EX Re " v< i " ' ' : i S . ' p Anr by und ion T helc witl proi tatc the be T gyn and fror are ing flow oth< m era] horning its Southport E priz ?? wt i . s /f ribfc hree White Men c Off For Camp La^ Three white men, Devon Milli- s^' in, Luther M. Stanley and Leon atts, have been ordered to re- es irt to the Brunswick County ilective Service Board at South- mer irt next Tuesday to leave for Bragg. There they will be ducted into the U. S. Army for meJ le year's training. demonstration Ofm Hogging Peanuts , Chr ennie Williams Shows Tha Fine Results With Pigs Upon Which He Kept or Accurate Record mat Allowing for the small amount ?ou labor involved and for imovement to the soil, growing _ anuts to be harvested by hogs I'/ em to be a very profitable crop " Brunswick county. At least Q >unty Agent J. E. Dodson thinks , and cites a concrete instance profits. Mr Last fall Bennie Williams at j e county home farm took 8 j gs averaging 40 pounds each. . ) these he added 10 shoats, each 5 sighng 75 pounds. The 18 an- * ials were turned into field of ^ nnnts nn netnher 1st. In iust 3 , onths and 5 days they showed i average gain v-f 226 pounds. ^ irng this time they were fed to' ithing else, fattening entirely on e peanuts that they themselves ^ rvested. The average production of pork p r acre on the peanuts was 735 PoP unds; which sold at $7.50 per hy ndred, a little over $55.00 per the re for the peanuts without any uncl rvesting labor. Before turning the hogs into The tten on and harvest the pea- cllS3 ts a hay crop of $20.00 per ferc re was harvested. 016 (continued on page four) S11"1 ur lealth Nurse <*?' mor Begins Clinics hom rs. Lou H. Smith Is Out fens In County Today Innocu- 1,131 lating For Typhoid And Alw For Diphtheria spir Mrs. Lou H. Smith, county slro alth nurse, is out in the county "1 lay holding typhoid and diph- tlc jria clinics at various places. y?ui She advises that parents bring the sir babies to these locations for 'n ccination against diphtheria, strc d cautions mothers to leave at Wh< me those children who took the Day ihoid treatment during the rem nter months. Two shots are be- has ( given for typhoid, one day danf d the next on Wednesday, June edor just two weeks later. a" Following is the schedule that ?riei ; will follow: Mrs. John Lan- "1 iter's at 8:30 o'clock; Varnam- iary vn at 9:30 o'clock; John Nor- beer ' home at 10 o'clock; J. M. at ( ach's store at 11 o'clock; ers ones Neck at 12 o'clock; Willie all i Men's Store at 1:30 o'clock; then ul Hewett's home at 2 o'clock; the , Pisgah church at 3 o'clock. \ >ori i A Good Coi iesday, May 21, 194 nnual Flower how Sponsored y Woman's Club >gram For This Year's Event Will Be Launched Thursday Night With Dance Sponsored By Wonan's Club HIBITS WILL BE OPEN TO PUBLIC freshments Will Be Ser:d And Awards Made \t 4 O'clock In Afternoon; Good Prizes lans are progressing for the tual Flower Show sponsored the Southport Woman's Club er the direction of Mrs. MarS. Dosher, general chairman, he flower show dance will be 1 Thursday night, May 29th, l Joe Leighton's orchestra riding the music. Special specir seats are being provided in gymnasium and tickets will good until intermission, he show will be held in the inasium on Friday, May 30, will be open to the public n 3 to 10 p. m. Those who on Committees to serve durthe morning will enter thenars from 9 to 10 a. m? and >r club members and the gen. public will register their ens between 10 and 12 noon, unch will be served In the inasium at 4 o'clock and irds will be made at this time. re will be three sweepstakes es, prizes for each class and ions for the smaller division, lasses are as follows:? ies Department:? lass I?Perfection of bloom; ;iman of any flower, lass II?Artistic arrangement, a?dining table, without dishfa?Mantle, or high arrangcit. c?end table or coffee table, d?Interior floor arrangeit. e?Porch arrangement, f?Public building arrangelt. g?Nursery, h?Boudoir. i?Wild flower arrangement, j?Seasonal arrangements . . istmas, Easter, 4th of July, nksgiving, etc. k?Arrangement using fruits vegetabbles. 1?Arrangement using dried :erials; grasses, seed pods, rds, cones, etc. (Continued on page 41 jppy Day Will - Observed Here * S* ?* Frink Is Poppy Jay Chairman And Will ie Assisted This Year By -ommittee Of Young Jouthport Girls lemory of America's war dead the first World War will be ored here on Saturday, May when everyone will be asked wear a memorial poppy in ,1 ute to their service and sacrilans for the observance of py Day are being' completed I the .Brunswick county unit of American Legion Auxiliary er the leadership of Mrs. S. Frink, Poppy Day Chairman. memorial flowers, made by bled war veterans, will be ofd on the streets throughout day by a committee of young s who will assist Mrs. Frink. Phis year, with the threatenshadow of a new World War ng across America, the meP?PPy has new significsaid Mrs. Frink.'"It shows . America still remembers and ors those who fell in its de? twenty-three years ago Americans still believe that erica's free way of life is th any sacrifice, and that the it of patriotism still burns ngly in American hearts. Phe poppies grew on the batfront in France where the ig men of America defeated military might of autocracy a galiant display of the ngth of aroused democracy, in we wear them on Poppy . their bright red blooms will md us that our democracy the strength to repell any icrs ,if we serve as they scrvThere is inspiration for us m the poppy of great mem'he poppies which the Auxilwill distribute here have i made by disabled veterans teen. All Poppy Day Workwill serve as volunteers and of the money contributed to i for the flowers will go into welfare funds of the Auxil(Continued on page 4) r pil immunity I PUBLISI Outstanding Y Will Play Fc Joe Leighton And His Popu Here Next Thurs Flower S Joe Leighton and his 12-piece* radio and recording orchestra,! will play for the Annual Flower i Show Ball, sponsored by members I of the Southport Woman's Club, here Thursday night of next week. This brilliant young band was j secured after considerable nego-1 tiations with a Richmond booking agency, which recommended this orchestra as one of the best, young outfits in the south. Proof | of their popularity is the fact ' that they played last year for | the Strawberry Festival at Wallace, and tomorrow night they are back to play for the outstanding event of the week-long celebration. A number of Southport young people heard them last year at Wallace, and they all promise that this music will be the best ever furnished for a dance here. In order to raise the necessary [ funds to meet the terms of the contract, members of the dance committee are busy this week selling advance tickets, which are being offered at a considerable savings. I Seven Person; Blast Or * Beef Breeds In Brunswick Now Eleven Brunswick farmers have bought registered Hereford bulls for breeding purposes during the past three years. A large num- I ber of registered heifers of the same breeds have also been purchased. The registered stock is 1 well scattered throughout the county and interest in better cows and other livestock is growing at a rapid rate. Local Doctor Called To Duty; ( Dr. Landis G. Brown Re- i ported To Charleston Na- ( val Hospital Mondays -Morning For Active Duty I Dr. Landis G. Brown, who fori the past year has Been aoing 11 general practice and surgery in , Southport, received a wire Satur- j ( day directing him to report Mon-1 c day morning at the Naval Hos-1 j pital in Charleston, S. C., for t active duty. , Dr. Brown, who was a reserve t officer in the Naval Medical i corps, has been commissioned a ( lieutenant and, according to ad- ( vices received here, and for the t time being, at least, will be at- i tached to the medical staff at { the Charleston Naval Hospital, i During his period of service in e this community Dr. Brown earn- t ed the respect of all with whom t (continued on page four) Exposes Secret About Gi "Three times recently," says W. B. Keziah, local fishing authority, the reputation of postmaster L. T. Yaskell has been grieviously hurt by his going out to Joe's Pond and returning with an unbelievable tale of a 20-pound big mouth bass that stole his plug and broke his line. He swore that never before was there such a fish as this?and he may have been right, at that. "Come last' Saturday, Captain I. B. Bussell went out to the same pond, to which the Yaskell legend is credited. He I made a mighty cast and got a terrible strike. Leastways, it was an awful jerk that nearly carried away rod and reel, as 1 well as plug and line. 1 "But Captain Bussell proved < to be a valiant angler. He re- ' covered from his surprise and < began to play his query in true i sportsman style. He had visions i of winning all the big-mouth I bass prizes from here to way ] back. The perspiration rolled < out on him as he alternately ] pumped and reeled in, only to I lose line again as the (what- ] ever it was) would take a dive i ,0T iED EVERY WEDNESDAY oung Band ir Dance Here lar Orchestra Will Play day Night For How Ball gr HSkL ffp; ' - :.. /' ?..? JOE LEIGHTON s Die In T7! _1_ ! D-.x l nsning ?>uai Accident Occured Off Little River Sunday Afternoon When Gasoline Motors Of Nightingale Exploded At Sea PARTY CAME HERE IN SEARCH OF BOAT However, Unwillingness Of Local Boatmen To Take Risk Of Overcrowding Caused Them To Leave Seven persons lost their lives ind fourteen more were injured Sunday when a party fishing poat, the Nightingale, out from Little River, S. C., suffered an :xplosion in its gasoline tank, followed by another in one of its :ngines. the dead and injured vere members of a party of approximately 40 passengers from Salisbury and Rocky Mount. Reports indicate that the boat lad suffered engine trouble and vas being towed in by another rishing craft. Don Mintz, engineer if the Nightingale was endeavorng to repair the engines while he boat was being towed. It vas asserted at the investigation >4 ? ??? Viorl lunn n/MII*. iiai. lie wa-o, ui nau uvcu, j/vuing gasoline from a five gallon ?n into a coca cola bottle and bat a considerable amount of he fluid was spilled and became gnited, resulting in the first exilosion. The party came to Southport larly Sunday morning, intending o fish out from here. The sysem of carrying out fishing par(Continued on page 4) Of Story ant Bait Thief for the lowest depths of the lake. "By and by at the end of 15 minutes the Skipper Bussells felt that victory was his. The battling in the waters had ceased, or died down into only passive resistance. The fish, he knew, was only a couple of feet or so down in the dark water, about ready to be revealed as the biggest bass that was ever caught. "With a final supreme effort the Skipper dragged it to the ' surface and thence on to the j bank?a four-foot aligator that was afterwards found to weigh 24-pounds. "The pay-off came when the Skipper Bussells approached to within a respectful distance in order to see how the dickens he was going to get his plug out of the critter's mouth. What he saw was his own plug and two others, dangling from the "gator's jaws. It is said that the postmaster identified the two oxtra plugs as his own, but he positively refused to identify the aligator as being the 20oound bass that had made iway with them." i \ ? I The Pilot Covers j Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAfe Rabbi Thurman Speaks Before Graduates Here / i "How Can Youth Bless America" Is Subject Of Inspiring Address Delivered For Benefit Of Young Graduates AWARDS MADE FOR SPECIAL HONORS Various Medals And Cups Awarded to Students For Outstanding Achievement In Activities Using as his theme "How Can Youth Bless America," Rabbi M. M. Thurman, of Wilmington, brought a forceful message to the young members of the graduating class at the commencement exercises held last Wednesday night in the Southport high school auditorium. Describing something of the present turmoil and confusibn evident on the world's stage of today, he reminded his hearers that America has given them many and precious gifts, among them freedom and security. And, when contrasted with life in totalitarian states, such privileges should not be looked upon lightly, but reasured and loved as the eternal heritage of free men. "The time of codling and spoiling youth," vaid Rabbi Thurman," is over, and although the days ahead do not give any promise of ease and luxury, th?y are challenging days, and give promise of developing great and ' strong character." Sterner qualities than those belonging to pamnered vouth are demanded: obe diance and discipline are the key words, and nothing less can suffice. j Rabbi Thurman stressed the importance of setting the world "right" and said that this can be done only as man is set "aright"; only as the hearts of men are purified of hatred and intolerance and of any false notion of racial or cultural super- i iority. In his address it was quite evident that the Rabbi was fully | conscious of the necessity for deep and spiritual undergirdlnga in the life of modern youth, and though frankly realistic in phis survey of the future to be faced by the youth of America, his was not a pessimism of despair. Rather it was a promise of pro- . 1 gress at the cost of sacrifice, and devotion to these great and lofty, ideals which belonged to our forefathers in the establishment of American democracy?a return to the fundamentals of life upon1 which our present true achltre- ' ments have been built. : The commencement program was opened with the salutatory | address by Victoria Lancaster;, then Mrs. E. H. Cranmer Intro- , duced Rabbi Thurman. Following', his address the glee club sang: , ! "Garden of Roses," then followed : the valedictory address by Claf-. { ence Lennon. Diplomas were awarded by Miss Annie Mayj 0 Woodside, and special awards | ? were given to the following stu* dents for outstanding achievement: Citizenship, Edmund New-, ton: dramatics (boy), Edmund' { Newton: dramatics (girl), Lula Marie Swann; most versatile boy, Jack Christian; most versatile girl, Eloise St. George; English award, Victoria Lancaster; athletic medal, Donald St. George. Mrs. W. L. Styron, representing the Southport Woman's Club presented the following prizes A for the recitation - declamation: (continued on page four) | ' >1 Tide Table Following is the tide table ' for Southport during the next . week. These hours are appnj-. 5 xlmately correct and were fur-nished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low Tidn TIDE TABLE J Thursday, May IS 11:04 a. m. 4:36 a. m. 11:25 p. m. 5:11 p. m. Friday, May 16 11:59 a. m. 5:49 a. m. p. ra. 6:10 p. u. * Saturday, May 11 0:21 a. m. 6:47 a. m. 12:57 p. m. 7:16 p. m. Sunday, May 18 1:16 a. m. 7:46 a. m. 1| 1:58 p. m. 8:21 p. m. i Monday, May 19 2:12 a. m. 8:42 a. m. 2:50 p. m. 9:20 p. m. Tuesday, May 20 3:11 a. m. 9:32 a. m.' 3:46 p. ra. 10:12 p. m. j Wednesday, May 21 *' 4:07 a. m. 10:18 a. m. 4:37 p. m. 11:00 p. mi : ?, f '