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L Pilot Covers l^vick County fcTtlGHT Decer KeteeFilt a The Jol I Embezz l ,?cl^5526.16 FO, V ' ful Issuing u W?"u,rs While Sum Ol 5s 22 Wa5 Foun< E'o'n Tax Collect.ons I'^ree'IN CASI I, Reported By J- O ^tj! provisions Of ForK Judgment By Kge He"^n\hl jv Givcncjri 1 ms L?ra' >^rTf J" ?; v .' ton referee in th R Brick county again tonrette former count; fc SSing embezzlemen mj Monday and shows K?ta?e of $3,004.38 in th Ml of Mr Jenrette. summary it was conclu m' th' referee: Vat the plaintiff is en D ln - f the defer Kg to rerun K John Jenrette and Th Ecan Surety Company, o fork. the sum of $526.1 Ereunt of the wrongful issu lot the following vouchers: Eher No. 3S41. dated 45.30 5 "5.0 WLgr Xo. 346. dated 75.0 Eer So. 4002. dated EK-30 231.1 Eer N'o. 3885. dated MO 70.0 Eier No. 4034. dated B.39-30 75.0 I T'tal $526.1 Em with interest at 6 pe Bon [each -oucher from dat Bnf until paid. Icentiiiued on Page Eight.) little Bits I Of Big News Bws Events Of State, Bation and World-Wide H Interest During Past I Week mercy Killings I Froeked vicars of the chu: I" famous medical men an "vers met in the great ha If the British Medical Associi I ton Tuesday and organized "tsade to legalize "mere Idlings" in Great Britain. I'(setters Lost I The whereabouts of foi I?? seeking Paul Redfen rag-lost aviator, was niaae I Tuesday in the dense jungle It South America. Unconfirrr tl reports seeped through t lie outside world that thefov I hi abandoned their airnlan Qd started on foot throug lie wild hinterlands to wher I felfem has been rumored hel I *1 natives as a "white god. Vview Refused I Bruno Richard Hauptnann' Bonces of escaping the elec I Wc chair were definitely nai l"*ed Monday when the Sup I 'We Court, in a one-wor Ihtdict, refused to review hi "eviction for the kidnappin] "tiny Charles Augustus Lin Itebergh, Jr. Only two ave remained open to th Baffler Bronx carpenter an l*e-time German army mach |j* gunner. One is an appea I r clemency to the New Jer IJ board of pardons. The sec IS a Pet't-i?n for a nev l^t if fresh evidence can b hmd. ruinated I a'ter Liggett, national lit IS? *'?ure of Minneapolis 1^, P'oyd B. Olson's mos lfeu^en ^oe> was assassina l*ra day niSht- Liggett, th( I** m antl"^armer"Labor edi |ktg by assassin's bul I tot h 10 months there, wa Ik t two men sis he drov< |^ rear of his home I hi/'"'?1' apparently lying it I We 6(1 tbree shots int< I'L body ??he g?t out K car in an alley to opei ??age doors. MM * nber 11, 1935 8-pages ;s Report 1 hn Jenrette lenient Case * ! I |;| JUDGE | " \V. Harris, of e Raleigh, who is presiding if over the special term of 6 Brunswick County Superior i- Court, which is in session here this week. j " Big Money For 6 County Farmers 0 The Agricultural Adjust- j j ment Administration Has ' Poured Almost $3,000,-, i 000 Into This State Dur u ; # ;r | mg Months Of July ;e i August And September The Agricultural Adjustment I Administration poured almost j $3,000,000 into the pockets of | North Carolina farmers during ithe month of July, August and I September. Payments to Brunsjwick county farmers during this period totaled $8,560.97. Rental and benefit payments I to farmers co-operating in the j crop adjustment programs ac-j | counted for $2,578,086.79 of the | total, said Dean I. O. Schaub, of "" State College. The largest sum went to tor. I bacco growers, who received $1,-1 d 1443,792.83. Cotton growers got 11 $997,218.76, corn-hog producers $128,642.57, and wheat growers a $8,432.63. y In addition, cotton growers who placed surplus tax-exemption certificates in the national pool received $1,361.73 from the sale of these certificates to other grow: > ir ers. The $437,904.53 in administran tive expenses went largely to pay !S committeemen, farmers who help l" administer the programs locally, ? Dean Schaub pointed out. ir' The rental and benefit paye ments are still flowing to thej h farmers, he added but the, e amount for October a id Novem- j d be: have not been tabulated to; " date. | The payments are made from j funds raised by processing taxes g I on the commodities covered by j the various adjustment programs. Benefit payments on all crops j in this county for July, August 3! and September were $8,560.97. | s 7 s Food Specialist In This County e d Miss Sallie Brooks, assistant r food specialist frcm N. C. State tl College, was in Brunswick county i .. last Monday and Tuesday where j she conducted training schools v for food leaders and 4-H club e leaders. She was at Bolivia Monday li and at Longwood Tuesday. . Schoolmasters Club | j Meeting At Leland j Members of the Brunswick ' 3 County Schoolmasters Club met < | last Tuesday night at Leland as ? - j guests of H. D. Epting, principal, i 3! After dinner, which was served 3 by Mrs. Epting and Miss Mildred < I Peterson, business matters were 1 1 discussed. > The principal of each consoli- J t dated school in the county and i i the county superintendent of I schools were present. < . A Good Newsf TODAY Southpor Citizens Buying Christmas Seals \nnual Sales For The Prevention Of T uberculosis Being Sponsored This Year By Members Of i The Woman's Club The annual sale of Christmas | seals to secure funds with which to wage war on tuberculosis is j well underway in Southport and Mrs. Annie K. Vitou, who is in I charge of sales, reports that! early sales have been very en- j couraging. The National Tuberculosis Association has made great contributions toward the control of1 tuberculosis. Through commit-! tees of the "best mint ' it stud-1 ies every phase of tuberculosis, has the laboratories of thirteen; Universities co-operating in re-j search work and has recently, greatly impro\ ed the tuberculin i used in the skin and other tests for infection with tuberculosis. It j prints the American Review of Tuberculosis, the scientific medical journal of tuberculosis, the Outdoor Life for patients and laymen. The Bulletin, which is distributed free for the asking, i prints books and pamphlets which i if read will keep physicians and laymen abreast of the newer things. Through committees it has j developed the proper making and interpretation of X-ray plates; both in adult and child. It has printed all seal supplies for every state in the union and furnishes j cost. It has advised our govern-1 ment on potential load of tuberculosis among our soldiers following the war and amount of beds probably needed, methods, etc. Unusual In McCoy Div Special Venire Of 35 Men Summoned For Jury Se Been Con A jury selected from i Hanover County men was < and trial of the McCoy case time court adjourned Tuesd The case was called for trials Monday, but Judge W. C. Harris, of Raleigh, and lawyers for both parties were of the opinion that the case should be decided by men from out of the county. Court took recess until Tuesday I morning. The various civil actions of J. | J. McCoy against his wife, Gladys | McCoy, and of Gladys McCoy I against here husband, J. J. McCoy, have been consolidated into! a case in which J. J. McCoy is seeking an absolute divorce from Gladys McCoy upon the grounds of adultery. F. D. Hinson, correspondent, j was the first witness on the I stand. He was followed by his, mother, Mrs. W. R. Hinson, Duncan Harvell, Mrs. Olivia Mercer, j Mrs. Claude Knox, Mrs. Rock- j well Swain, J .D. Johnson and j Rockwell Swain. Counsel for J. J. McCoy includes L. Clayton Grant, of Wilmington, C. Ed Taylor, J. W, I Ruark and J. D. Davis, of the j local bar. Mrs. McCoy is repre- j sented by Emmet Bellamy, of Wilmington, and R. E. Sentelle, j of the local bar. The sordid testimony offered' Tuesday afternoon was fully1 enough to satisfy the crowd of f curious spectators who were present at the trial. Boys Are Arrested Following Wreck Bill McCall, young white man,! was arrested Saturday night on! a charge of drunk driving following a wreck in which the automobile he was driving was in collision with a machine driven | by Bennie Williams, causing it to turn over. Occupants of neither machine were seriously injured, but the Williams car was badly damaged. McCall was arrested and faces charges of drunk driv- I ing. The same evening the McCall car ran into an automobile be- j longing to R. W. Davis, local at- j torney, causing minor damage, j Homer Sherill, who was driving j at the time of the collision with I the Davis machine, was arrested in a charge of reckless driving, j luge ! > Ml |/v.n_ along came Monk, the deer hound, to do his stuff. Spying his quarry at bay in the pond, he proceeded to wade out, grab the wounded deer by the tail and bring him ashore to the hunters, who had arrived upon the scene by that time. Heavy Shrir.ping To A Close As I The big rush of the shrimping season has passed and the fleet that numbered more than 125 boats ten days ago has been reduced to not more than 25. The attraction of large shrimp, which are now being caught in southern waters, , caused many local boats to go to St. Augustine, Fla. Two Southport dealers have gone to that state to look after their interests in that section. Not all the boats which departed last week went to i Florida. Some of them were from Morehead City, and have returned there to get ready for the sink-net fish >aper In A Got t, N. C., Wednesday, PASTOR | SB? ? t gaff Lmmmr - - ^ REV. E. M. HALL Welcome Service Sunday Evening Members Of The Southport Baptist Church United With Methodists In Extending Welcome To The New Pastor Members of the congregation of the Soutnport Baptist church united with members of the Trinity Methodist church Sunday evening to welcome the Rev. E. M. Hail, new pastor of the latter church. C. FH rTV-,lor, chairman of the t iwards at the Methodist church, spoke a few words 'Continued on Page Eight.) terest In orce Action From New Hanover County rvice; Two Cases Have isolidated i special venire of 35 New completed Tuesday morning ) was well underway by the ay night. |c ADD THIS DEER HOUND TO LIST OF RETRIEVERS M. A. Northrop, Brunswick county coroner, has the prize hunting story of the week? the tale of a retrieving deer hound. It seems that last week while deer hunting near the Orton plantation with Sam Watts, Calvin Wescott and Gibb Collins the coroner and his hunting companions jumped a deer and shot at him 13 times without bringing him down. Bewildered, no doubt, by the deafening blasts about him, the young buck took rea nnnd nf water. Then >d Community NO. 45 PUBLISHE] Article Presents Information I Editor's Note:?The interesting |se information about Brunswick j cc county is included in the follow-1 hi i ing article prepared by Mrs. J.; si A. Russ for publication in the ! la i manual for the North Carolina j 01 1 Sheriff's Association. I b; (By Mrs. J. A. Russ) [v< Brunswick county was formed tl in the year 1764, from the counj ties of Bladen and New Hanover. | p i It derives its name from the ri j Prince of Brunswick. It is situ-; ir ated on the extreme southeastern tl portion of North Carolina and ir I bounded as follows: On the north j by the Cape Fear River, which T . cnnorafna it from Npw WflnnvAr 3 and Bladen counties! on the east u I by the Cape Fear River, which h aiso separates it from New Han- ii lover county; on the south by the a Atlantic Ocean and South Caro- h jlina line; on the west by the f: Waccamaw River, which separ- i ii ates it from Columbus county. v The county seat is Southport, I formerly Smithville, a distance of one hundred and seventy-three, o i miles from Raleigh. v ,| In historical facts Brunswick t county is very rich. It is com- 1 posed of six townships, which n jare as follow: North West, one J of the most productive farming ! County Teachers . Met At Bolivia : Members Of The South- F port School Faculty Were In Charge Of The Program For The Day, A Discussion Of Geography! Members of the Southport c school faculty were in charge of 1 the program at the second coun- p ty-wide teachers meeting of the p year, held Saturday at Bolivia. | Geography and its relation to the general education of the child i * - f j.t? was tne ineme 01 lhu uiat:usaiuuo. j Following a general meeting, tea- j r chers were divided into discus- j i sion groups where problems per- i taini .g to high school, grammar |j . grade, and primary work were I discussed. ! \ The high school discussion! j group was led by C. A. Ledford, 5 . G. W. Bunting and, Miss Myrtle I j Taylor. 5 The grammar grade group ] heard discussions led by Miss ] Marion Watson, Miss Lelah Par- < ker, Mrs. Warren Hood and Miss j Mae Ledford. | ( Primary grade discussions were led by Mrs. Thelma Willis, Miss j' 1 Clyde Bryan and Mis Sophia Hinton. j \ South port Man Robbed Of $130j, George Smith, aged Southport j citizen, was robbed Saturday i night of a large sum of money, | 1 said to be between $130 and; $140. A warrant sworn out for IGeorge Lewis, charging him with the robbery, later was withdrawn 1 iwhen Mr. Smith said that he was r j unable to positively identify c , young Lewis, member of a pro- j F j minent family. j d | It is reported that Mr. Smith J was in an intoxicated condition jv Saturday night, and that the a money was taken from him while! he still was under the influence V 'of liquor. Season Comes ' fay Boats Leave ^ ing. Others from outlying J sections' of Brunswick county have returned home for the i O winter months. ni Most of the boats here fi now are shrimping for Fo- tc aaip. Wells. Grey. Arnold and ! fc I the Fishermen's Co-operative, iti While the big cat-ches for the ipl season have already been rt made, there probably will be ai more good days for the it boats. Meanwhile, other products j, brought in by the boats are being handled. Grey and the j * Fishermen's Co-operative are I buying sea bass, and arranj gements are being made by H Chas. E. Gause, manager of a> the latter plant, to buy as n< many clams as he can get. ot ' i D EVERY WEDNESDAY > Interesting ^bout County ctions. The only nursery in this ( mnty is located there, Leland! gh school is in tnis township | tuated in the little town of Lend. This township is the only le that is served at all times' y a railroad. It also boosts a sry large fertilizer factory on le banks of the Cape Fear. Town Creek township is a very roductive farming section and ich in historical facts, the restlg place of Gov. Dobbs is on le old Dobbs plantation, he havlg died there March 28, 1765. The first settlers landed at j 'own Creek on May 24, 1664. bout twenty miles from the bar' p the Cape Fear river. The ome of Governor Russel is still I l a nice state of preservation, j nd the site of Governor Tyron's ome is properly marked. The inest home in all Brunswick is i this township, on U. S. High-I ray 117, and is owned by Mrs. /indsey Walker. Smithville township, the home f the county seat, Southport, /as formerly Smithfield, is now he largest town in the county, 'here is situated some of the nost historical sites?Old Fort ohnston and the Garrison just (Continued on Page Eight) Jury List For January Court tegular Term Of Brunswick County Civil Court For Trial Of Civil Cases Convenes January 6 * 1- - Dnimotiriolr 1 A regular teiiu ui uiiuunivn ounty Superior Court for the rial of civil cases will convene tonday, January 6, with Judge t. Hunt. Parker, of Roanoke tapids, presiding. Following is the jury list: E. Maultsby, Winnabow; A. H. 'arker, Shallotte; H. E. Gilbert, lolivia: J. O. Garner, Bolivia: W. Sellers. Supply; Allard Clemnons, Bolivia; N. W. Bennett, i'reeland; D. N. Hewett, Shalotte; S. L. Brinkman, Southport; f. T. Ganey, Leland: C. A. Watts, -.eland; J. A. Pinner, Southport; N. C. Smith, Bolivia; W. J. tfartin, Leland; C. T. Hewett, supply; J. S. Aldridge, Southsort; J. J. Arnold, Bolivia; John Smith, Ash; R. O. Pigott, Shalotte; W. L. Cheers, Shallotte; Mevvland Edwards, Ash: R. W. Sullivan, Leland; H. W. Williams, Shallotte; P. A. Hughes, Ash; 2. D. Carlisle, Ash. N. C. Fisheries Faces Law Suit Charlotte Lawyer Says He Represents 100 Seafood Dealers in Carolinas Who Are Protesting Against That Body Charlotte, Dec. 9.?H. Haywood tobbins, attorney who said he epresented 100 seafood dealers if the Carolinas, said today he ilanned to petition at an early late for an injunction against forth Carolina Fisheries, Inc., rtiich he said was operated at loss on government funds. Robbins returned today fromj Washington where he conferred rith Harry Hopkins, national reef administrator, and said he lanned to confer later this week 'lUl liovernor ?,ri nngna.ua. The fisheries company entered (Continued on page 8) itay On The Drive At The Hospital Officials of the Brunswick ounty Hospital request that j lotorists who park their cars in ! ont of the hospital be careful ? stay on the driveway. An ef- j irt is being made to beautify; le grounds and grass has been j lanted. Deep automobile" tracks | itard efforts to produce a lawn, [ id callers are asked to co-opeite. Ittend District Steward's Meet The Reverend and Mrs. E. M. all attended a district stewrd's meeting held Tuesday afterion in the Grace Street Methlist Church in Wilmington. '. ' - '* - Most Of The News All The Time $1.50 PER YEAR Baptist Sunday Schools To Meet With Mt. Pisgah Annual Meeting Of The Brunswick County Baptist Sunday School Association To Be Held Sunday STATE SECRETARY WILL BE SPEAKER Representatives From The Twenty Sunday Schools Which Comprise The Association Expected To Attend Meeting ?he annual meeting of the F)'nswick Baptist Sunday school (.Afociation will be held Sunday ffcWnoon at the Mt. Pisgah Cv'urch in this county. The prog am will begin promptly at 2:30 0 :lock. Principal speaker for the occ .sion will be the Rev. Perry Morgan, state secretary of the 1 Baptist Sunday School Associa' on. Other interesting features jtre included on the program. On Saturday afternoon from id :00 o'clock to 7:00 o'clock pasitors and their families, the sup! erintendents, teachers and offij cers of the Brunswick Baptist Association will gather for a social on the Mt. Pisgah church grounds. Supper will be served, and the Rev. Mr. Morgan will speak at that time. Following is the program for Sunday afternoon: 2:30, "Praise Him In Song."; 2:40, Scripture reading; 2:45, Prayer; 2:50, "An Analysis of the Sunday School Enrollment"; 3:00, "A survey of the tTnen"olled Constituency in This Asso iation'; 3:10, "What should a 'astor do ab "it this ?" ; 3:20, "What can tJf / uj*<;riniend.ai4t> do?"; 3:30, "Help Teachers can Render"; 3:40, "Parents place in changing these conditions"; 3:50, Conference; Round table discussion, led by a vigorous and successful Sunday School Superin; ten dent. Brunswick Lady Dies In Kinston Mrs. Amelia Hazeltine Holden, Of Supply, Died On Saturday At Home Of Her Son In Kinston; Was 76 Years-Of-Age Mrs. Amelia Hazeltine Holden, of Supply, died Saturday at the home of her youngest son, Emery Holden, in Kinston. Pneumnnin urns thn r>nii?v> r%f VinrHnnHv The deceased, who was 76 years of age, was the widow of the late Benjamin L. Holden, who preceded her to the grave a few ! months ago. She was the daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. A. A. Edwards, of near Bolivia. Surviving are four sons: Thomas and Rufus Holden, of Supply; IG. Preston Holden, of Wilmington; and Emery Holden, of Kinston; one sister, Mrs. John D. DeLoach, of Louray, S. C.; and i one brother, R. L. Edwards, of Welbourne, Fla. The simple and impressive fun(Continued on page 8) Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low Tide Wednesday, December 11 8:14 a. m. 1:59 a. m. 8:44 p. m. 2:44 p. m. Thursday, December 12 8:58 a. m. 2:45 a. m. 9:30 p. m. 3:29 p. m. Friday, December 18 9:42 a. m. 3:32 a. m. 10:15 p. m. 4:14 p. m. Saturday, December 14 10:25 a. m. 4:19 a. m. 11:01 p. m. 4:57 p. m. Sunday, December 15 11:09 a. m. 5:06 a. m. 11:48 p. m. 5:40 p. m. Monday, December 18 11:54 a. m. 5:57 a. m. ??? 6:25 p. m. Tuesday, December 17 0:37 a. m. 6:50 a. m. 12:41 p. m. 7:10 p. m.