00 Pilots mailed to uJers in Brunswick Count)' this week merican Legion embers To Give atriotic Talks 1 ? App?'nle<t Y!s" & Schools Of The ntv Monday, NovemCoUD 1 And Take Part Armistice Day Prolvis wcapspeakers r* pSre^O.h.tj atriotic Features For Chapel Programs jl Monday; Jfg ( Launches Membership Drive | hpen completed by! pjari na** ? of the Brunswick coun- \ post Number 194. American to hold patriotic chapel J in every white school; ^Brunswick county Monday! E-"? November 11th. "^following speakers have L appointed by Commander C St- George: South port, R. K ^is and S. B. Frink; Bo \( g. Watkins; Waccamaw, . B p Fesperman: Leland, the! I y H. Marshall; Shallotte, ^ Kk M. Sasser. F Pmcipals of the schools have L asked to prepare other pat- f( Etc features for this special I. Epel program. M' liese plans were completed on j mday night at the meeting J fi p he members of the legion lit in the Brunswick county L Erthouse. The need for more I Eire members was discussed at j0 Ee length by those present and ; a E following men were named p ECommander St. George to ser-; y Eon a membership committee: I pr John Eriksen, R. O. John-jn E M. B. Watkins, G. V. Fes-' Em M. C. Spencer, John T. ^ Ei George R. Foulke, Jr., Jack- ? E Potter. J. V. Gore, H. D.,U Sams and A. B. Willis. |w Another item of business disEh of at the meeting was the Instance of the report of Com- j , Eder St. George, the retiring a little Bits r Of Big News News Events Of State, Nation and World-Wide Jn Interest During Past b Week T. ij P f inching J A negro accused of slapping e > white woman was lynched ? open daylight near White a Bluff, Tenn., Monday by a pwp of men who wrested y to from officers. Five mem- p itts of the mob surrendered ? b the sheriff. j; % Be Chief J On the basis of seniority, ' tttael Chalmers F. Hall, a ^ ative North Carolinian, is in ae for appointment as chief ' '>' the United States army air Colonel Hall is from s. Hickory. P1 ;^ly returns from the state e< ^tions held Tuesday in New p< Wk indicate a victory for the si ^Publicans as seven Demomembers of the state "fcably were unseated. G. O. .kaders saw in this a relation of the New Deal. ( pWdentally, the Republican _ Davis Wilson led DemoGeorge. B. Kelly in the 0ralty election, r ? lo 7m Toll 81 J?mPlete check -up at Mi-1 ? ttilu 1 foll?wing the storm . tew3truck there Monday af- , jj,' n showed five deaths ^ . Property damage amount^? about $3,000,000. Citi- . torev 1116 town Pleaded for ' ij, / ^th which to erase ta i } renuinder of the grim en by the storm. rjjj Interest ? I t,t m% grey-haired minis- ai I "i th6Sday offered a home la ltrvM e affections of a father ni L^ed on Page Elfht) lb, v \ THE 8-PAGES TODj CORN-HOG CHECKS BEING DISTRIBUTED Checks for the first payment on the 1935 Corn-Hog contracts to group number 3 signers in Brunswick county are being distributed today (Wednesday) at the office of County Agent J. E. Dodson. During the recent referendum conducted over the entire United States to determine whether the Corn-Hog program should be continued by the AAA, there were 74 farmers in Brunswick county who voted in favor of continuation. Fifty-seven of these voters already were contract signers while 17 were non-signers. There was no opposition vote. Seven Cases In Recorder's Court fudge Peter Rourk And Other Court Officials Had Busy Day Last Wednesday As Several Routine Cases Were Disposed Of Seven cases were disposed of ere in Recorder's Court last Vednesday before Judge Peter tourk. Jim McMillan, colored, was Dund not guilty of malicious iniwr norann a I nrnnortv J WV ^IV4 WVtlUlt V|/V4 VJ ( John Lee Patrick, colored, was ound not guilty of assault. Marshall Carlisle and Clyde Carlisle, white, were found guilty f being drunk and disorderly nd disturbing religious worship, 'rayer for judgment was coninued for 12 months upon paylent of the cost in the case. Clayton Ganey, white, pleaded uilty of being drunk and disrderly and was given 12 monis on the roads. This sentence 'as suspended upon payment of (Continued on Page 8) Announce Star Route Lettings 'ostmaster L. T, Yaskell Has Received Call For Proposals For Carrying Mail From July 1, 1936 To June 30, 1940 Postmaster L. T. Yaskell anounced this week that a call is eing made for bids to carry the rnited States Mail on star routes i eight southern states and two ossessions during the period rom July 1, 1936, to June 30, 940. Residence in the vicinity of lie route is no requirement for llgibility. Following is the text of the nnouncement: "Proposals will be received at le office of the Second Assistant 'ostmaster General, Pont Office department, until 4:30 p. m. of anuary 14, 1936, for carrying le mails of the United States om July 1, 1936, to June 30, 940, upon the star routes in the tates of North Carolina, South arolina, Georgia, Florida, Alaima, Mississippi, Tennessee, eniuCKy, ruerio rviuu, anu ?nin Islands, as specified in pamtilet advertisements of this date. "List of routes, forms of pro3sals and bonds, and all necesiry information will be furnishI upon application to your local sstmaster or to the Second Asstant Postmaster General, at Washington, D. C. "JAMES A. FARLEY, "Postmaster General." Circulation Man Is South port Booster Returning to his home inChartte from a fishing trip to juthport, M. H. Brandon, epilation manager of the Chartte Observer, wrote friends jre that his visit was "the most easurable he had had in many jars." 7acuity Members Enjoy Boatride Members of the faculty of the Duthport and Bolivia schools ljoyed a boat ride to the Quarltine Station and up the innd waterway Saturday afterion on the Q-13, quarantine 3at. ' "' ii. in STA1 A Good News Southport, N. Jury List For December Term Special Term Of Brunswick County Superior Courl Will Convene Here Mon day, December 9, Wit! j Judge Harris Presiding I Members of the Brunswicl County Board of Commissioner! in session here Monday drew i jury list for the December tern of Brunswick county Superio: court which convenes here Mon day, December 9. Judge W. C Harris, of Raleigh, will preside over the term. Following is the jury list: J. J. Garrett, Southport; W T. Mintz, Leland; M. J. Phelps Supply; Edgar Holden, Supply L. B. Mintz, Ash; W. N. Kirbj Supply; R. Galloway, Supply; F 1 T. Clemmons, Supply; John Barn ' j hill, Leland; J. S. Hickman, Ash jRufus M. Edwards, Ash; G. E Robinson, Southport; J. B. Atkin , J son, Winnabow; C. C. King, Free jland; H. I. Bennett, Ash; Dewe; ! Clemmons, Bolivia; Joel Moore Southo +.; S. C. Milliken, Shal lote; Ge, R. Foulke, Winnabow j J. C. Am'' -son, Leland; B. H Piggott, Sh .Jotte; Lacy Bennett iWampee; J. W. Russ, Freeland McD. Price, Southport. Park Beaut i Project B One Hundred Twenty-Six I ment Office To Begi: Frankli i _____ Work will begin to da) project for -the beautifica South port and one hundre called from the roll of the gage in this work. j The allotment for this projecl is ?8,000 which is to be used foi trimming trees, setting plant' and shrubs, building walkway; and for the erection of play ground equipment. There is no provision for th< community center hut included ir the original plans for the project Franklin Square is one of th< 'show places of Southport anc the heavy canopy of live oal foliage will provide a beautifu j protection for a park and play I ground. Commissioners In Routine Session: Call Meeting Held Friday And Regular Monthly Meeting On Monday; Nc Outstanding Business Ii Transacted Members of the Brunswick County Board of Commissioner: imet here in special session Friday and this was followed Monday by their regular monthly (meeting. No business of outstanding importance was transacted. The accounts of J. B. Ward, tax collector, are being audited by D. R. Hollowell preparatory I to turning the office over to L. C. Brown, who has been appointed tax collector to succeed Mr. (Ward. I On Monday the members of the board voted to close the account against J. W. Brooks in a matter involving some depository bonds 'and it was ordered by the commissioners that the notes against Mr. Brooks be returned to him. I ? ? October Was Lfrj OfThe_ Add October to the list of months daring which peculiar J weather conditions prevailed. The total rainfall of only .17 of an inch daring this 31day period marks it as the dryest month of the year and one of the dry est ever recorded by local Weather observers. Typical Indian Summer weather prevailed throughout the greater part of the month. On October 6th the mercury dropped to 40 degrees and a light frost oc' curred here. This was an unusually early appearance for frost in this section, November 8th being the average repoi paper In A Gooi C., Wednesday, Noveml Certificates To E i Be Filed Before November 16th t t " I Growers Who Wish Price 1 Adjustment On Cotton Sold Before November 1st Must File Cirtificates 3 Before 16th ar 1 AAA REQUIRES THE jj *1 ORIGINAL COPY ci r i d? " November 1st Was Set As jse H Deadline, But 15-Day jb< Extension Has Been lni Allowed To Farmers I St Growers who wish to get price jn' r' adjustment payment on cotton ^ sold before November 1 must w - have the sales certified by their w ; county agents not later than a] ' November 16. y The Agricultural Adjustment e. !- Administration requires that the n f original copy of each sales certi- y !, ficate be filed with the local county agent, explained J. F. y ; Criswell, of State College. a] [. The certificates for cotton sold q t, after November 1 must be filed y ; iwith the agents not later than g | (Continued on page eight) ti ification ::: - rn. i_. *! egins loaay p. |T< Wen Called From Re-Employ- di n Work Of Beautifying R in Squire hs j (Wednesday) on the WPA ^ tion of F.' aruljt Square jni d twenty-six men have been m re-employment office to en- i fi: h? t* 3 OFFERS REWARD 5 3 FOR PERSON WHO SET FOREST FIRE County Fire Warden Dawson 1 Jones offers a reward of ?50 ? to anyone who will report and : furnish sufficient evidence to ' convict the person who set c fire to the woods in six dif'1 ferent places near highway | Number 130 in the Beaver Dam section Saturday afternoon. cc Quick work on the part of al j Warden Jones brought the ?' fires under control before they ? I assumed dangerous proportions. ] c| ' A detachment from the local ;vi CCC camp aided in putting out ' the fires. a' r si ? ? 1 Veteran Buyer !p" Here Two Days sc !er di , Charles S. Hewett, who for 21 - years has served as representa tive of Caleb Haley, the oldest pr ' fish dealers in Fulton Market, C] New York City, arrived in South- ec port Friday from a trip to Florida. [ I Mr. Hewett left Tuesday for % Morehead City where he will be " for three weeks before returning | to Florida for the winter season. OPEN SEWING ROOMS Sewing room projects for this j M wauvUn Ul?? itrtll Ko nnonod ! , UUUI1LJT pxuuavijr w tu K/\* v^vuvu this week, according to Charles L. Geer, WPA assignment offi-1 cer. Miss Mary Ruth McQueen1 j will serve as county supervisor jof these projects. ] of vest Month jj* Year In Southport ?"< ' de1 frost period. On October 21st the thermometer established the heat Q record for the month with a mark of 89 degrees. The prevailing wind during 20 days of the month was : from an easterly direction. scl There were 19 clear days, 5 Pa cloudy days and 7 partly Tu cloudy days. ros All the rainfall for the i month occurred on two days, of! with a slight sprinkle one ' bu other day during the month, jit A report of these weather ac conditions was made available through the courtesy of Mrs. coi C. Ed Taylor, local observer Mi for the United States Weath- Be er Bureau. jen RTPI d Community ber 6, 1935 PUBUS Saptists Meet At Asheville he 105 th Annual State Convention Will Be Held There Beginning Tuesday, November 12, And Lasting Three Days Asheville, Nov. 5.?The 105th inual session of the North Carola Baptist State Convention will >nvene in the First Baptist lurch of Asheville on next Tuesly, November 12, for a 3 day tssion, the concluding program ;ing rendered on Thursday ght, November 14. As is this denomination's cus>m, the Baptist pastors of the ate always meet in their anual session at the convention ,ty a day earlier. Accordingly, le Baptist pastors of the state 111 meet in the same place on tonday afternoon, November 11, ad will carry their sessions irough that afternoon, that rening, and through Tuesday lorning, adjoining Tuesday afirnoon at two o'clock. The Baptist denomination is le largest in North Carolina, ad each year when the Pastor's onference and Convention meet lis constitutes the largest reliious meeting of any denominaon to be held anywhere in lis state. It is expected that velve to fifteen hundred deleaves and visitors will be present t the Asheville meetings. Notilo snoakers will be Dresent. nong whom are Dr. Ellis Fuller, istor First Baptist church, Atnta; Dr. Millard A. Jenkins, sxas; and Dr. Charles E. Mad y of the Foreign Mission Board, ichmond. The Baptist number nearly oneilf million in this state, and ive 2,400 churches with as any Sunday schools. All indiitions point toward a great eeting in Asheville. This is the rst time the annual sessions ive been held there in 15 years. ichool Masters Meet At Bolivia ounty Superintendent Of Schools And Principals Of Other Four Schools In County Were Guests Of O. C. Johnson Miss Annie May Woodside, mnty superintendent of schools, id the principals of the four her schools in Brunswick counr were dinner guests of Prinpal O. C. Johnson of the Bolia school Monday evening. The major business discussed ; the informal after dinner 'seson was concerning athletics, rrangements will be made withthe next few days to have the incipals and coaches of the hools in the county get togethto prepare a basketball scheile for the season. At an earlier meeting of this oup, Mr. Johnson was elected esident of the School Masters ub and Miss Woodside was elted secretary. Visitor Praises Local Facilities rs. Bayard Wooten, Well Known Woman Photographer, Writes To Her Friends Here Following *-> ? t. ft ?i i-i; 11 Return 10 cuapci * Recently Mrs. Bayard Wooten Chapel Hill, probably the best own woman photographer in irth Carolina, spent three days Southport taking photographs, all she pictured some 250 local :nes and these pictures, when reloped, will be of great adver(Continued on page 8) Oyster Roast For Shallotte Faculty Members of the Shallotte 100I faculty were guests of the rent-Teachers Association last esday afternoon at an oyster ist down at Shallotte Point Several important state school 'icials were invited to attend, t previous engagements made impossible for any of them to cept. Miss Annie May Woodside, jnty superintendent of schools, rs. Frances Young and Mrs. J. irg, all of Southport, were prest. . r . - _ , . , . * LOT f HED EVERY WEDNESDAY PEOPLE MUST BE GETTING BETTER Following last Wednesday's session of Recorder's Court the Brunswick county jail was unoccupied for several hours, the first time in many months that the local calaboose has been free of prisoners, according to Jailor Jimmie Russ. The spell was broken Wednesday night and it seemed ' that business was headed back toward normal when a prisononer was brought around to j j Mr. Russ. Thursday night, however, this lone prisoner [ gave bond and was allowed I his freedom. The local jail has been empty ever since. Traces History Of The Bible Miss Margaret Parkhill1 Read Interesting Paper Tracing History Of The Bible At The Last Woman's Club Meeting An interesting feature of the j last meeting of the Woman's Club was a paper tracing the | history of the Bible, prepared and I read by Miss Margaret Parkhill. The paper follows: "Since the 4 hundredth birthday of our English Bible is being commemorated this year from October to December, it was thought appropriate by the lit- j i erary committee that we give one j meeting this year to this subject. J There appeared in England in I 1535, just four hundred years; ago while William Tyndale wasI in prison, the first complete prin! ted English Bible. Before this time, of course, there had been; portions of it translated by the Monks into Latin. We owe them! a debt of gratitude. Had it not been for the Monks, the New ' I Testament might have been lost forever. Two Monks were especially no- < ted for their translations, Cadeamon and Bede. King Alfred translated the Ten Commandments land part of Exodus. In 1320 an I Oxford professor, John Wyclif, J was born, he translated the Bible | in the English of that day, (Cha! ?\ mViinb la irorrr : iigci a raiigiiou/ niuwi M ? W j \ hard to read. In the early years there was ! no English language at all. Angi lo-Saxon and Noman, French, I were spoken and finally the two ! languages were linked into the j English language. About fifty years after Wyclif's I death, a German silversmith, named Johame Gutenburg invenI ted the printing press and gave ' the first printed copy of the Bible I in Latin. About one hundred copies were printed, and thirty-one (Continued on Page Eight) Armistice Day Dance At Camp Ball To Be Sponsored By American Legion And Auxiliary; Grand March To Be Led By Judge And Mrs. E. H. Cranmer One of the outstanding social ; functions of the fall season will j be the Armistice Day ball Monday night at the recreation hall of the local CCC camp, sponsored by members of the Brunswick County Post 194, American Legion and members of the Legion Auxiliary. There will be a grand march and Judge and Mrs. E. H. Cranmer have been asked to lead the j figure. The invitation was accep-1 ted by Mrs. Cranmer upon condition that her husband is here Monday night. A committee composed of May-1 or John Eriksen, R. O. Johnson, J. J. Loughlin, R. C. St. George and G. V. Fesperman has been appointed to look after arrangements for the dance. Music will be furnished by Jack Paul and his orchestra, the most popular j band to play for a dance in Southport in several seasons. Grand Master Is Southport Visitor Most Worshipful Grand Master Charles B. Newcomb and District Deputy Grand Master John j S. McEachern, of Wilmington, j visited the Pythagoras Lodge Number 249 F. and M., in Southport Tuesday night The lodge meeting was well attended. ? Most Of The New. All The Time $1.50 PER YEAR Storm Warning Op For 48-Hours During Week-End White Flag Above Red During Day And White Light Above Red At Night Told Of Threatening Northwest Storm - * SOME UNEASINESS EXPERIENCED HERE i Storm Struck With Full Force At Miami Monday Afternoon But Turned Back To Sea From That Point Storm warnings were raised Friday afternoon on the signal tower overlooking the Southport harbor and remained up until Sunday afternoon when advices from the United States Weather Bureau indicated that there was no further danger along this section of the Atlantic Coast. During the daylight hours the flags flown from the signal tower were white above red?warning of $ possible storm from the northwest. At night the signals were a white light above red. The threatened disturbance struck with all its fury Monday afternoon at Miami, Florida. Four were reported dead, several were missing and property damage probably will amount to more than a million dollars. The storm pursued a freakish course. It moved inward in the region of Fort Lauderdale and Miami, then proceeded almost directly across the Gulf of Mexico, in the region between Everglades and Cape Sable. Rough weather outside handicapped fishing and shrimping vessels during the week-end and .?o lar thiw week. Most of them remained at the dock. An unusually large number of yachts also remained here in the safety of the Southport harbor. Oyster Project Making Progress Captain Leonard Nelson, In Charge Of This Work In North Carolina, Visitor In SouthDort Tuesdav Of This Week Captain Leonard Nelson, who is in charge of the oyster planting projects for North Carolina, was a Southport visitor Tuesday and, together with Pete Reynolds and Henry Williams, supervisor of this work in Brunswick county, inspected the work that is being carried on in this section. Ninety-four Brunswick county men are now engaged in planting oysters with the object of improving the size and flavor of the specimens to be found in this section. Captain Nelson appeared to be well pleased with the progress being made. Mr. Williams said that he discussed with Captain Nelson the matter of having the territory lying west of the Shallotte river made available for this work. These waters have been condemned but Captain Nelson told local officials that he was going to seek to have the ban removed. Tide Table f ollowing is me tioe taoie for Southport during tlie next week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Fort Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low Tide Thursday, November 7 4:25 a. m. 10:45 a. m. 4:45 p. m. 11:00 p. m. Friday, November 8 5:18 a. m. 11:41 a. m. 5:40 p. m. 11:51 p. m. Saturday, November 9 6:09 a. m. 6:81 p. m. 12:84 p. m. Sunday, November 10 6:57 a. m. 0:40 a. m. 7:24 p. m. 1:25 p. m. Monday, November 11 7:45 a. m. 1:28 a. m. 8:14 p. m. 2:14 p. m. Tuesday, November 12 8:82 a. m. 2:16 a. m. 9:02 p. m. 3:02 p. m. Wednesday, November 18 9:19 a. m. 8:04 a. m. 9:51 p. m. 8:51 p. m. ?I

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