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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
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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
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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
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J*8 ' ;! the daughter urc
. !s Era > m. Niernsee of
the I<Jrt anii 18 a graduate of .
j,.',, -' -r; school at Johns 1,81
Ei..: ...: her gradua- Boi
'red at that instl- ^
the h !,UrSe 'n ?ne ?*
rhere psycopathic Me.
are treated. Jot
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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.
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Training Ship P
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Before Has Skipper; 7
Pond Enjoyed A More
| Eventful Cruise With His j
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rupns ADoara nis noaiing
Prep School ke
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SHIP REMAINED IN pfl
PORT LAST WEEK Se
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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;
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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
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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
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iED EVERY WEDNESDAY
oung Band
ir Dance Here
lar Orchestra Will Play
day Night For
How Ball
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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."
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The Pilot Covers
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Brunswick County
$1.50 PER YEAfe
Rabbi Thurman
Speaks Before
Graduates Here
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"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:
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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
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