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flic Pilot Covers mRruns^ick County KytfEElGHT NO. 44 Mtfi Turns Over f~ lx Collector's ~ Jjjjce To Brown ij tor's Report Of Ac- j I Kunts Of J. B. Ward ' II Kudered Monday ToI I Commissioners By D. R. I K-llnwell I IJ op REFUsis TO I Ky detective bill I Iti'nnal Bureau Of Investi- I IS Rendered Bill For ! f 1565.22 For Work In fl,e Jenrette MurI der Case L g Ward made his final re-; ft. to members of the board S commissioners for Brunswick B I tv at their regular meeting I el I Monday and turned over the'U Ls"of ^ collector t0 L- cft-.~ | fe L, auditor's report of the ac- ai L|s oi the out-going tax col-, SI Lr was rendered by D. R. Hoi- |g< Li of Greensboro. Announce-1 L ffas made that the office of 1 L Ltax collector will be located I L | the grand jury room and the Lffs office in the courthouse, j Ijo deputy tax collector has j L cppointed by Mr. Brown. Members of the board balked U Ijjv:rg the bill of $365.22 renI by the National Bureau of j iwrgation, Wilmington, for ( eir sendees in the Jenrette! iter case. In an effort to ' scfc a compromise the com-1 ssoners offered to pay $2001 s the representatives of the |_ Wtive agency dropped their jf( xye to $300. but no settle- j 0 sr. -.cas made. 1 A.-. agreement was made by J5 (Continued on Page Eight) ^ mi little Bits . ? Of Big News ? lews Events Of State, gu Nation and World-Wide bil Interest During Past ^ Week S hi* - | W Di Tour Senator Robert R. Reynolds, or of Asheville. will be able to j give his colleagues in Congress jOI first-hand information on the troubled situation in Ethiopia and Africa when he returns ?0, to Washington January 15 (je( from a world cruise with his th( iaughter, Frances Reynolds, | "?1iich began with a trip to 11. the Philippines about a month j Ic ago to attend the inaugura-1" to ceremonies of the new j Philippine government at Manila. Meal M More anxious to return home j than to enjoy the comforts of a modem hospital, Robert Dyto, 42-year-old farmer, Monnight protested that his ( r to days in a well without food | ard water did not necessitate j tog hospital treatment. Dy- I * to 40 pounds lighter in |e *eight since he dropped into ^el to 30-foot well, was brought J h> the hospital in North Wil- ^ ?sboro Monday, half-dead and ^, K weak from his long imprisonment he could not speak. * ' |pQT urse Victim 'me to. James H. Breasted, fam- Bri J Egyptologist who exposed J ' J?self to the so-called "cur- Doi * upon violators of a Phara- an< *s tomb, died Monday of a losi to infection. He was taken exp the Liner Conte Di Savoia cia ^ Thursday and speeded to j/toyterian Hospital, suffera ship's doctor said, from IJ burring attack of malarial er Hofmital r>vt*i VU l iVUUO ??lU f '0-year-old archaeologist Numbed to a "hemolytic I ^Ptococcic infection." He had; the titled several times the force por * 1 cure found by him and i S ?ther scientific diggers in j Ail e tomb of Kink Tutankha- ans J?- Inscribed on the walls j 1 the crypt were these words: Jar T^th shall come on swift Jin to him that toucheth |Doi tomb of the Pharaoh." Of 1 B e 22 who first looked on | f ^inscription after the torn- Wa '' **1 was broken In 1922, 1 'en have died. E Oontlaued on eight.) anc THE 8-PAGES TODi SHERIFF SHERIFF J. A. RUSS J. A. Russ is serving his icond term as sheriff of runswick county. He was ected to this office in J30, two years later in the jneral election he was desated by I. D. Harrelson id last year he defeated neriff Harrelson in the jneral election. 'ives Cases In Recorder's Court sual Run of Routine Cases Tried Last Week Before Judge Peter Rourk As Defendants Were Required To Pay Cost And Fines Five cases were disposed of in :corder's Court last week here Judge Peter Rourk. Sam Hankins, colored, was und guilty of reckless opera>n of a motor vehicle but judgent was suspended upon pay;nt of the costs. Hankins and Colon Eagles, alcolored, pleaded guilty to alges of possessing intoxicat% liquor, but judgment was spended upon payment of the sts. C. M. Cox, white, was found iilty of operating an automoe while he was under the inlence of intoxicating liquor. He is required to pay a fine of 0.00, taxed with the costs in j 5 case and his driver's license is revoked for 12 months. Wyman Joy, white, was chard with operating an automobile ; tile under the influence of liqu-1 but the case was nol pressed. David Major and Marie Ma\ colored, were charged with | ssessing intoxicating liquor for i purpose of sale. David was ind not guilty, but Marie pleai guilty and was taxed with ; costs. Resolutions Of j Hospital Board embers of Board of Trustees Approve Resolutions j Of Sympathy And Res-1 pect For The Late Dr. W. R. Goley rhe following resolutions of npathy and respect for the e Dr. W. R. Goley were offerby C. L. Stevens at the Denber meeting of the board of | istees of the Brunswick CounHospital and were unanimousadopted. 'Whereas, God in His all wise >vidence has seen it well to ce from his life of labor on j th Dr. William R. Goley, a mber of the hospital staff of J unswick county hospital; and j 'Whereas, In the passing of ( ctor Goley, both this hospital I the County of Brunswick ?s a sympathetic, skillful and >erienced suigeon and physin. a citizen loved and respjc(Continued on page 8) ]onor Roll For Southport School following is the honor roll for second month for the Southt school: (econd grade: Doris Johnson, een Ledford, Annie Lee Evi and Harper Sasser. Tiird grade: Jessie Lancaster, nes Fales, Evelyn Hickman, imy Hornsby, Dobby Jones and rothy Cox. 'ourth grade: Hilda Galloway. oroHo Ppo-p-v Parr. Carl liM? BOJ rd. 'enth grade: Thelma Johnson. Seventh grade: Anna Taylor, I Lois Mae Ward. STA1 A Good News] Southport, N. ( ? . Unknown Negro Killed Sunday; Struck Sunday Night By Automobile Driven By C. W. Davis, Jr., Of Wil- j mington; Latter Is Being Held For Trial An unidentified Negro man was instantly killed about 8 o'clock I Sunday night on State Highway Number 20, near Woodburn | church when struck by an auto-, mobile driven by C. W. Davis, I Jr., of Wilmington. The dead man appeared to be | between 60 and 70 years of age, jwas wearing a checked cap, blue I I overalls, coat and heavy work | shoes at the time of the accident, j I The only thing found in his pocj ket was a piece of string, but ' fertilizer found in his clothes led officers to believe that he must be an employee of some of the fertilizer plants near where he .was killed. Davis and his wife were reI turning to Wilmington early on I Sunday night from Fayetteville, i where they had gone to carry his sister. Davis said that as he was meeting a car between Leland and Wilmington he felt an im|pact. He said that he had seen i nothing in front of his car and didn't know what he had hit. After driving about a block, he declared that he turned around and went back, only to discover that his car had struck a Nearo man. Several persons had gather Continued on Page Eight.) Brunswick ( Arrested F Mack Garner And Two Com By Deputy Fish Cor Care The arrest last week c I county citizen, and two co: | commissioner for the State o ] the line in that state has be< i comment from border citizei According to reports of the^ case, Garner and his companions. were oystering in Bunpate creek, J a stream that empties into the Little River inlet just below the South Carolina line. To enter the creek with boats it is necessary LU gU UUWJ1 UIC 1I11CL Hi OUUU1 | Carolina and follow the creek back into this state. Garner and his companions secured a boatload of oysters and were returning with this cargo, having to traverse South Caro- j lina waters to reach their homes I in North Carolina. The complaint j is that while their boat was in j South Carolina waters, engaged j in lawful interstate commerce, (transporting seafood from one state to another) they were arrested by a South Carolina deputy fish commissioner, carried to Conway and thrown into jail in default of bonds of $400 each. They were tried before a South Carolina magistrate Wednesday and fined $35 and the costs. Their boat is said to have been confiscated and is held at Myrtle Beach, to which point it was taken by the deputy commissioner. Attorneys representing the men : have written the State Fish and!' Game Commission at Charleston, ' vigorously protesting the arrest < and sentencing of these men i when they were engaged in a < lawful business. It is contended j j that so far as South Carolina is i concerned, the men were simply j 1 (Continued on Page 8.) |' Cold Snap Late In Brought Deal Crossed up all season by j some of the most peculiar weather ever recorded during a single year, nature's effort to stage a spring show in November was rudely interrupted on November 26 when j the mercury dropped to 26 degrees and Jack Frost became master of ceremonies. The appearance of a fall crop of new leaves on trees in this county had caused considerable comment and young grass was beginning to sprout out in places. The extremely light frost which | occurred on October 6, did little to discourage this outof-season growth. Maximum temperature for | EPO paper In A Go G., Wednesday, Decei Christmas Seal Sales Sponsored By Woman's Club Inspiration For Sale Of Seals To Secure Funds With Which To Fight Tuberculosis Came From Denmark SALES IN CHARGE OF MRS. VITOU Purchase Of These Seals To Stamp On Christmas Correspondence And Packages Will Be Help In War On Tuberculosis The annual sale of Christmas seals in Brunswick county is being sponsored this year by members of the Woman's Club and Mrs. Annie K. Vitou is chairman of the committee in charge of sales. Tf ic tr> tV>p insniration of a 'Danish postal clerk, Einar Holjboell, that the world owes the I Christmas Seal idea. In 1903 he interested his government in the idea of a sale of stamps at Christmas time to build a hospital for tuberculous children. In 1907, a story written by Jacob Riis about the Danish seal [appeared in the "Outlook." One of the magazine's readers, Miss Emily P. Bissell, of Wilmington, (Continued on page 8) bounty Men or Fishing '< panions Arrested Last Week nmissioner Of South ?Iina >f Mack Garner, Brunswick mpanions by a deputy fish if South Carolina just across en the cause of considerable is. 5 NO THANKSGIVING DINNER NECESSARY to one seciion or Uie runway anu track. November th To New Leaves the month of November was 84 degrees, recorded on the fifth day of the month and on the nineteenth day. Rainfall for the month was 1.97 inches, there being ten days on which some rainfall was i noted. Westerly winds prevailed throughout the month, but there were no unusually heavy gales. For the most part, the weather was ideal with only four cloudy days, fifteen partly cloudy days and eleven clear days. These statistics were furnished through the courtesy of Mrs. C. Ed Taylor, local observer for the United States Weather Bureau. t od Community mber 4th, 1935 publishe Naugatuck Now I On Patrol Duty Coast Guard Cutter Left Sunday For A Week Of Patrol Duty Included In New Schedule Announced Monday i The Naugatuck, United States .coast guard cutter stationed at Southport, left Sunday for Charleston and is spending this week on patrol duty. ! A schedule of patrols for the .three coast guard vessels sta! tioned in the Norfolk division | was announced Monday. The Mo1 doc, with headquarters in Wiljmington, and the Travis, with jheadquarters in Morehead City, lare the other cutters to aid in patroling this section of the Atlantic coast. j Each vessel in turn will patrol j for a period of one week, return I to port for two, the first of J which she will devote to upkeep (Continued on Page Eight) Promotion For F Southport Man AT COUNTY JAIL It wasn't necessary for Jailor Jimmie Russ to serve Thanksgiving dinner to any of his star boarders at the Brunswick county jail on Thanksgiving day for the simple reason that the local bastile was empty. The last inmate was liberated Wednesday following Re/~Vtn?4 on/1 11 n until i ui ur a vvui t. unu up ...... Tuesday of this week there were still no prisoners in the jail. It is getting to the point where it is no longer news for the Brunswick county jail to be empty, but this is the longest period of inactivity for Jailor Buss since he took over the job as keeper of the county calaboose. ANOTHER CALL Fire alarm number two of the fall season was turned in at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, rhis time it was the inshore end of the railroad dock. Evidently some one in passing, dropped a cigarette or a match and the dry j jrass under the dock flamed up1 it once and caused some damage 1 Other members or me ujx j family will continue to operate! me their retail grocery store in jbui Southport. pai Bennie Lehew, In Govern- j j ment Service for Twentyj Five Years, Made Assis- g, tant District Superinten- h dent iN ! Relatives here recently learned I w that Bennie Lehew, former South- ft j port resident, has been made j n ; Assistant District Superinten- ft I dent for the Jacksonville, Fla., district of the United States En-|ir I gineers. M Mr. Lehew left Southport when ai he was 19 years of age and has ai spent more than 25 years in gov-jC ernment service. During this time ia he has held a number of impor-1 s< tant positions. At the time of R his latest promotion, he was chief , L engineer aboard the largest gov- M ernment dredge, which had made W a fine record under his direction, j Pi Mr. Lehew has a brother who j\\ is in the United States Engineers service, captain of a large government dredge. Sam Lehew, I di j another brother, is in charge of 'B I the local Home Owners Loan j Corporation. All these boys were f ! reared in Southport and are well known here. CCC Boys Give Blood To SickJ Dozen Boys From Local! CCC Camp Offer Samples of Blood When Called On Recently By Hos- O pital ltr IM ( When it became necessary re- j rii [ cently to give blood transfusions j to two patients at the Brunswick : w j county hospital, a dozen boys ! in from Camp Sapona offered tojnc give their blood for the opera- j ta j tion. VI j After several specimens had I m jbeen tested, the blood of Frank th | Wright was found to match that> | of the patients, and the transfus- i t | ion was made. r Others who offered to give their blood were: Archie Bullock, Welden McGlamery, Thomas Hunt, Frank Woodard, Fred Ash-' ford, Harvy Little, Clarence j Marr. Robert Fields, Johnis Stil- j ler and Willie White. Oak Island Man Sent To Boston Boatswain Roy Robinson, wholas for the pa|t four years has been |wii the officer in charge of the Oakjsul Island coast guard station, left ter Monday for Boston, Mass., where J ] he has been commissioned chief oni warrant officer and assigned to brc the first district in Boston. |s. Boatswain's Mate George O'- dai Neal, is officer in charge of the am Oak Island station for the time 1 being. ted o'c Young Business Man Leaves Town m i Curtis Cox, popular young bus- the iness man of Southport, left this j pal week for Wilmington where he j ge, will operate the filling station j S. formerly under the management! J. of the late French Lewis, who j was killed last Sunday night. D EVERY WEDNESDAY BIRTHDAY be. < ni Birthday Party For Dr. Watson riends Called At Home Of Beloved Southport Physician During Evening Of November 23, His Birthday Dr. D. I. Watson, beloved outhport physician, celebrated is 79th birthday anniversary on ovember 23. Dr. Watson had dinner at home ith members of his immediate imily and during the evening a umber of friends called to of;r their congratulations. Among those who called durig the evening were: J. Berg, ir. and Mrs. C. Ed Taylor, Mr. nd Mrs. W. G. Butler, Judge id Mrs. E. H. Cranmer, Mrs. heatham, Mr. and Mrs. K. Tob,sen, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Robin>n, Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Dosher, ufus Dosher, Mrs. J. A. Dosher, ieutenant and Mrs. Roy Aaron, .'rs. C. G. Ruark, Mrs. Bessie ratson, D. I. Watson, Mrs. Ida otter Watson, Miss Marion 'atson and David Watson. Refreshments were served by iss Louise Watson and Mesimes Ida Potter Watson and essie Watson. Superior Court Convenes Monday udge W. C. Harris, Of Raleigh, To Preside Over Special Term Of Brunswick County Superior Court A special term of Brunswick ounty Superior Court for the ial of civic cases will convene onday with Judge W. C. Hars, of Raleigh, presiding. Listed on tne courc caienaar, hich is printed in full elsewhere today's issue of The Pilot, are > cases of outstanding impornce. The action entitled McCoy I. McCoy promises to be the ost interesting case included on e docket. tged Resident Died Last Week rs. Jennie Stanland Died Monday Night In Brunswick County Hospital Of Complications Resulting From Advanced Years Mrs. Jennie Stanland, 83, died j it Monday night in the Brunsck County Hospital, death re-1 ting from complications at-1 iding her advanced years. Mrs. Stanland is survived by 3 sister, Mrs. P. C. Tharp, one j >ther, R. Will Davis; one son, j H. Stanland; and two grand- j itriiters. Mrs. L. T. Yaskell I -o > i Miss Gwendolyn St. George, mneral services were conducI Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 lock from the Southport Methst church with the Rev. C. A. les and the Rev. R. H. Broom, charge. fhe body was laid to rest in f Southport cemetery. Active lbearers were, R. C. St GeorJ. I. Davis, Price Furpless, B. Frink, R. W. Davis and B. Holden. MORE IMPROVEMENT tny time during the past week n were at work on different Idings and residences in town nting and repairing the roofs. Most Of The News All The Time $1.50 PER YEAR Local Teachers Outline Program For Next Week County Wide Teachers Meeting Will Be Held Saturday At Bolivia With . The Southport Faculty In Charge Of Program TO CONDUCT STUDY ABOUT GEOGRAPHY Teachers Will Be Divided Into Three Discussion Groups And Topics Pertaining To Their Grade Discussed The second county-wide teachers meeting of the school year will be held Saturday at the Bolivia school with members of the Southport faculty In charge of the program. The topic for the day will be I geography and its relation to other school subjects. The teachers will be divided into three groups for discussions pertaining to their own grade problems. I O. C. Johnson, principal of the Bolivia school, is chairman of j the program committee. Other (members are Miss Clyde Bryan, of the Southport faculty, and [Miss Elizabeth Griffin, of Bolivia. Following is a list of the topics for discussion and the teachJers in charge of each group: High school: What is the viewpoint of modern geography as related to high school??G. W. iBunting; How may geography be correlated with the other grades? |?Mrs. Frank Sasser; What are the distinctive offerings of geography to general education?? C. A. Ledford; What should constitute the teacher's preparation for teaching geography in the high school??Miss Myrtle Tayjlor. Grammar grades: What is the viewpoint of modern geography as related to grammar grades? ?Miss Marion Watson; How may geography be correlated with the other grades??Miss Lelah Parker; What are the distinctive offerings of geography to general education ??Mrs. Warren Hood; What should constitute the teacher's preparation for teaching geography in the grammar grades ??Miss Mae Ledford. Primary: What is the viewpoint of modern geography as related to the primary grades? j?Mrs. Thelma Willis; How may geography be correlated with the primary grades ??Miss Clyde Bryan; What are the distinctive offerings of geography to general education??Miss Julia CromarItie; What should constitute the I teacher's preparation for teaching geography in the primary grades ??Miss Sophia Hinton. Waccamaw 100 Per Cent For Red Cross Following a visit to the Waccamaw school last Monday by C. L. Stevens, Red Cross membership chairman for Brunswick county, pupils responded with donations which enabled every grade in school to become a paid member of the American Red Cross. This total of 18 membership for a perfect record is the first to be announced by any Brunswick county school. Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are approximately correct and were furn iuhd/1 Tho Pnrt Pllnt through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low Tide Thursday, December 5 3:40 a. m. 9.27 a. m. 3:23 p. m. 9:39 p. m. Friday, December 6 4:02 a. m. 10:29 a. m. 4:24 p. m. 10:35 p. m. Saturday, December 7 4:58 a. m. 11:25 a. m. 5:22 p. m. 11:29 p. m. Sunday, December 8 5:50 a. m. 6:17 p. m. 12:19 p. m. Monday, December 9 6:39 a. m. 0:21 a. m. 7:08 p. m. 1:09 p. m. Tuesday, December 10 7:27 a. m. 1:10 a, m. I'M n m 1 ?K7 n til. !/ I |/? ? |" ?~ Wednesday, December 11 8:14 a. m. 1:59 a. m. 8:44 p. m. 2:44 p. m.