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Mfhe Pilot Covers mflinswick County M0EEIGHT NO. 46 fical Musical < Enedy At High, fchool Thursday j L Maids" Will Be Pre J Kted Tomorrow EvenK At Southport High Kfrgol Auditorium tli My CARRIES AN J INTERESTING PLOT L Lkers Of The High | K*J Glee Club Will jtt Kke Up The Cast Of te Characters !gi I tc B. Clef c,ub at Southport j ai school presents "Sailorly B- a musical comedy, on I "J Ejy evening- at 7: 30 o'clock j ^ B-p high school auditorium. I ? fids Marie is celebrating 10) h.vfhdav and the s ariiteenu' King of her new yacht. Her j ' K|!r sweetheart. Edward Efis to pilot the yacht and ! Eows nothing of yachting. I j" E mistaken for a caterer em- | 1 E for the evening but he 1 * Et reveal his identity beE of his interest in Jeanette.jp E aided in his deception by K Ken1 u'h?. through no will E oun, is taken for Edward j Ear.cis Marie when he comes ~ tring a message from the l E- There is quite a mix up, ' I Eailv when Francis Marie's j * Eement is about to be anted and Edward is taken j a thief. It ends in a happy 1 Kiracters are: Cyrus Temple-1 j. E the light-house keeper: Char-1 I Watson Francis Marie, a i or maid, his daughter: May-! lr Reynolds: Jeanette Spencer, ' kontinued on Page Eight) ( Q little Bits I Of Big News i? __ th laws Events Of State, Pation and World-Wide R I Interest During Past 1 I Week z I aI ' St ftress Dies |J Thelma Todd, blue - eyed , avie actress, died Tuesday of I ^ arbon monoxide poisoning and ^ fact that she had an ar- | ^ lament with Roland West, her ^ xsiness manager, a short ^ >ime before her death caused m police to conduct an investi- ^ jiton into the circumstances j gt crour.ding her poisoning Her ^ *ath was nronounced acciden* ? I tatlis Decrease Thirty-eight fewer people | *ere killed by automobiles in j 3;rth Carolina last month '-ar. were killed the month before, according to the Novem- , *" death records of the Dir-rw. of Highway Safety of he Department of Revenue, : Kmpleted Tuesday. Although, j ' wen, women and children -more than three a day? *9e killed on the streets and , tin ^ways of the State during fa 816 month, the total was 23 B: the number of automo-1 hi 5:-( fatalities during Novem-'of 1534, and well below the jfo 111 killed in October. ai Mnses Revoked Revocation of 189 automo-j drivers' licenses was an-' ? ?fficed by the Highway Saf-:. 1 Division of the Depart-1 , ??t of Revenue Monday. Of V e total, 183 had been conIjted of driving and automowhile drunk. In addition, driver's license was re- _ toil? i)ecause he had hit and I 7^ a man and then driven | three others for non-fatal "Md-run accidents and two w transporting liquor. :'ii? Is in tk Stain's government, i m face of bitterness and ] seldom equalled in re- s< .years, began Tuesday to g< its program for Thurs- tlr Tt House of Commons de- p; on the Anglo-French pea- tf I Plan. There WAS nuorv in- ?* ? ?J " " Ration that Prime Minister w Baldwin would stake h We of his newly-mandated e' j^mmerit 0n the issue, con- j *nt it will be upheld against ir angry opposition. i C {Continued on Page 8.1 '" THE j 8-PAGES TODA iimi-Annual Chec For Confe ohn Wescott, Of Southport, Brunswick County; Chec "A" And Class John Wescott, of Southport, is I le only Confederate Veteran 1 >w living in Brunswick county, j id his pension check for $182.50 ^ rived Monday at the office of I le Clerk of Court. 1 There were also checks for \ tree class "A" widows of Con- j derate veterans. Those in this } roup are either totally blind, or c >tally disabled, and their checks ] re for $150.00 semi-annually. t Checks for the following class l A." widows were received: Eli- < ibeth Gaylord, widow of W. T. i aylord; Mrs. L. E. Lewis, widow i f Thomas Lewis: Rebecca A. ] tyron, widow of Guilford Styr- ( i; Mary C. Swain, widow of i William Swain. ] Checks for class "B" widows j 1 -e for $50.00 semi-annually. The | c ass "B" widows are as follows: rnecy G. Murrell, widow of G., I L Murrell; Mary E. Phelps, <1 idow of Lemuel Phelps; Rachel ? . Robbins, widow of W. A. Rob-1J ns; Fannie Robinson, widow of j t lexander Robinson; Lucy A. s Barnett Is M Oak Isl; las Been In Command Of C Seven Years; Da Replaces Announcement was mad f W. H. Barnett, who for th< i charge of the Cape Fear < >ak Island Station as commai Daniel Willis, chief boatswain's *ate at the Cape Fear station^ ir several years, will be promo- j I d to the position left vacant by : I le transfer of Boatswain Bar- I stt Since the transfer of Captain oy Robinson from the Oak Is- j nd station to Boston several eeks ago George O'Neal, chief >atswain's mate at that station j id the oldest man at either j ation in point of service, has >en serving as temporary officer charge. Boatswain Barnett came to the 1 ape Fear Station from the Hatras station seven years ago. is splendid record at the station i Bald Head island was sufficiit recommendation for his prootion. Chief Boatswain's mate, rillis, came to the Cape Fear ation five years ago from the tlantic coast guard station. . Jennie Williams j Receives Praise deeper Of The Brunswick j County Home Receives High Praise From Official Of State Welfare Department Wm. C. Ezell, field a Tent for I le State Board of Pu' lie Wei- iC ire, recently inspected the |c runswick county home, and in F s report he praised the work jt ' Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Williams ir the manner in which they c -e running the home. is After making a review of the t lysical equipment of the plant, [1 r. Ezell concluded with the fol-11 wing comment: IF "The agent wishes to commend r >th those responsible for proding the home and its apparent e jme-like atmosphere, and those1 a sponsible for maintaining it so r (Continued on page 8) jt 'i Vaccamaw 4-FI Club Girls Have Meeting 1 Miss Marion Smith, home demistration agent, and Mrs. B. M. rawford, club leader, met with t le Waccamaw 4-H girls Tuesday t orning, December 10. ? Members of the club sang a 11 >ng and Miss Smith took char-1 e of the meeting. She gave out j I le requirements for the clothing J roject for the first year and : ilked about making the Christ- j .* * *1Shell las nonaaya muib -ants a Christmas tree in every! ome and a Christmas party in i ( very community, she said. She told members how to make | (expensive decorations for the hristmas tree and how to make i ice favors to be used at parties. I / STA1 A Good News] Y Southport, N. < ks Received derate Survivors Is Only Veteran Living In :ks Received For Class "B" Widows loss, widow of G. J. Ross; P. H. Russ, widow of John Russ; Jancy Jane Sellers, widow of B. 3. Sellers; Rebecca Simmons, vidow of Robert T. Simmons; I. E. Vereen, widow of Daniel /ereen; Helno Caroline White, vidow of Eli Martin White, Mary \.nn Williams, widow of C. C. Williams; Mary E. Wilson, Wid>w of Jonas Wilson; Lydia A. 3enton, widow of Preston Ben;on; Henrietta Carlisle, widow of rtobert Carlisle; H. V. Cox, wid)w of J. P. Cox; Fannie G. Davs, widow of Dunbar Davis; Anlie K. Ferguson, widow of W. R. Ferguson; Ellie Gray, widow of Jeorge W. Gray; Alice McKeithin, widow of G. M. McKei than; Vlary Mitchell, widow of S. J. Mitchell; Addie L. Morgan, wid>w of John W. Morgan. Mrs. Jennie Stanland, widow of Lorenzo Stanland, Mrs. J. E. Wiliams, widow of I. E. Williams, ind Teletha E. King, widow of rohn W. King, have died since he July, 1935, checks were islued. [oved To and Station 'ape Fear Station For Past iniel Willis 1 Him e this week of the transfer 2 past seven years has been Hoast Guard Station, to the riding officer. PATROLMAN TO GIVE EXAMINATIONS FOR SPECIAL LICENSES y A. A member of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol will be at the city hall in Southport each Wednesday until further notice for the purpose of conducting examinations for applicants for operator and chaeffeur licenses. Eleven o'clock is the appointed hour. ' Itnl-airaAn f liit All plTSUHS UC mccil tuv ages of 16 and 17 years of age who have mailed their applications to Raleigh must wait untiy they are returned and go before the patrolman for examination before the licenses will be granted. Privy Campaign Being Renewed id Daniels Namer County Sanitary Inspector In Charge Of The Privy Program In The County Announcement has been forthioming this week from state and ounty health circles that the irivy campaign in Brunswick will te renewed immediately. Ed Daniels, well-known ' local itizen, has been named county anitary inspector in charge of he new campaign. Some relief abor now will be available for he building of privies for any :ind of buildings which now are tot thus supplied. Privies will be built for churchs, schoolhouses, homes or most inywhere else that the building naterial will be furnished. The ?m * laVinr will he used fYTA xCtiV/* .. n construction of the privies. Stewardship Met At Antioch Church The Baptist Training Union of he Antioch church will present i stewardship program Sunday ifternoon, December 22, beginling promptly at 3 o'clock. Included on the program will ye an interesting play, "Farmer Srown's Conversion to Stewardship." In addition there will be special music and interesting talks. The public is cordially invited to attend. PAINTING HOUSE The home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Ed Taylor on the waterfrpnt is Being' repainted. [EPOI paper In A Gooi Wednesday, Decern Frank Hancock > To Be Visitor During January ? Representative From Fifth Congressional District In A Recent Letter To A Friend Says He Will Vis-1 it Southport jei MAY RUN AGAINST ? SENATOR BAILEY it :tl Declares That Trip Down it* Here Will Not Be Poli- ?? tical Expedition, But |t( To See Natural Ad- L vantages 'B Southport will have the pleas- jjj I ure of having Congressman Frank ! Hancock as a guest some time n | during the coming month. Mr. | a i Hancock, who is recognized as i ti ' one of the most able of the elev- I tl I en congressional representatives ; di I in Washington, recently wrote a : ej I friend here that he planned to i C I spend a week-end in January at a: j Southport for the purpose of see- ! tf ! ing for himself some of the great j tl j natural resources that he has I heard so much about. hi He will come direct from b: Washington where he will be en- j b; gaged in his duties as Congress-! 01 man of the fifth district. jg An idea of Congressman Han- cl cock's standing in his home dis- trict may be gained from the _ fact that in the last election he was the only one of the eleven J Democratic candidates that had ;no Republican opposition. At the (present time it seems pretty cer| tain that he will make the race | for U. S. Senator against Sena- j j tor J. W. Bailey but, according, I to his letter, his trip here will j not be a political expedition. He ' i simply wants to visit Southport j and gain some first-hand knowledge of the great natural harbor ? | that the state has here. I g Help Wagi War. I On Tuberculosis | Christmas Seal Sales Are Used To Fight Against Spread Of This Disease; Local Sales So Far Are Very Satisfactory A final canvas is being made j ' - l--- of fho cms weCK uy mciuucto ux miv Southport Woman's Club to see that everyone has a chance to purchase Christmas seals to stamp on their holiday greeting 'cards and packages. Mrs. Annie K. Vitou is chairj man of the Christmas seal sales ; committee, and reports fine rei suits so far from the local campaign. I The secret of preventing tuberculosis lies in the examination of i all "contacts." -A "contact" is any person who lives, works or 'plays with a person who has tuberculosis of the lungs. He may I not have any signs of illness?, I he may not even have the germs j ~ of tuberculosis in his body, but I for safety's sake he should be ^ | examined. (Continued on Page Eight) Hold Shallotte |tt Man For Robbery & | ill Calvin Bozeman, alleged mem- Sj !ber of a gang of robbers wanted I t ama c n lnntinc a fll Ill JUUHO, KJ. 0 _ store of merchandise valued at1 tr several hundred dollars, was ar-1 h( i rested Saturday in Laurinburg. j 01 Bozeman told officers that he ce I is a native of Shallotte. i tlr Everybody Around To Have The I < The Christmas spirit is in I complete possession of things around here this week as the school teachers of the county go Christmas shopping with their monthly pay checks, j ' the school children look forj ward to Friday, the last day j of school before the Chrlst| mas vacation, and the postal employees of the county i groan beneath the piled-up work of holiday mailing. The teacher's pay checks for the entire county were paid out Monday and TuesMils week, putting UOJ v? - , _ _ more than $10,000 into cir- i culation for- last - minute V RT PI] d Community ber 18, 1935 publish Article Present! Information J Irs. J. A. Russ Writes Bri County History To Be Used N. C. Sheriff's (Continued from Last Week) ci Old St. Phillips Church is elev- 3' r miles up the Cape Fear River w om Southport, built by the citi- S ;ns of Brunswick about 1740. S ts walls are nearly three feet j b lick and are solid and still in-1 a ict, although the roof and floor J Q ave disappeared. Just ten minu- |o: ;s walk from there is Orton P lantation, the former home of tl King Roger Moore,' 'Governor w enj. Smith, of Richard Quince, ti ?r. Fred J. Hill and Col. Kenneth j a [cKenzie Murchison: This plan-|v ition is now owned by J. Law-; f< ;nce Sprunt, who is constantly j n t work on its up-keep and beau-1P fication. Orton boosts one of j A le most beautiful Azalea gar- j A ens in the world, also the only, w *Tet colony remaining in North si arolina; and hundreds of lakes a nd ponds. As a whole this plan- S ition is an earthly paradise for lc le hunter and angler. Just across the land-locked ci arbor from Southport near the n ar is Fort Caswell, commenced o y the government in 1826. Maj- o; r Geo. Blaney of the U. S. En- S ineering Department was in large until his death, which oc-1 Nfaugatuck I JLranslerr< )fficial Announcement Was Guard Cutter, Formerly Naval S? Official announcement w Norfolk of the transfer of th atuck, stationed at Southpc oat has been in Norfolk for I iot return to Southport. * ci JUMPING OUT OF I THE FRYING PAN h INTO THE FIRE ? ? ! Granted a divorce Monday n w morning during the opening | Q session of the Brunswick coun- p ty Superior Court, Alice Bry ant, colored, didn't stay single ' n for very long, being married j ti shortly after noon to Freddie iij Pellomen. j ri C. L. Stevens, local notary u public, officiated at the mar- e riage ceremony, which was i held in the office of the Reg- h ister of Deeds in the presence j b " 1 U/ifnPM- h 01 a. nuiliistrr ui nu.tv ...... M es. After the knot was tied, a the groom asked Mr. Stevens b what he owed him. ti "Well, just pay me what it's u worth to you," the local notary told him. i "I'm sorry, sir," was the j J groom's gallant reply, "I don't | have that much money." Christmas Dance j ^ At Camp Sapona The outstanding social event of le Christmas season will be the ince Friday night of this week , the recreation hall at Camp 0] ipona. j d Music for the dance will be 'Ui irnished by a 12-piece orches- k< a from Fort Bragg that comes c. ire highly recommended. This tl chestra plays at all the offi-, fc :r's dances at the fort and at | le Fayetteville country club. |fr G I Here Seems ; Christmas Spirit S d< Christmas shopping. Many of | ol the teachers will leave Fri- ai day for their homes in various parts of the state. The Christmas vacation for | I the schools this year will ex- j tend through Christmas week, school work to be resumed on Monday, December j 30th. i?, Although much of the a Christmas mail is already L moving, Postmaster L. T. C Yaskell urges that everyone 1 co-operate with the postal C authorities this year in get- | i! ting off their holiday greet- h ings and Christmas packages a before the last-minute rash. C LOT" ?D EVERY WEDNESDAY s Interesting 1 \.bout County ief Review Of Brunswick In The Manual Of The Association ' iirred at Southport in 1836 or | T. The work of its completion j as in charge of Capt. A. J. wift. Oak Island Coast Guard tation, about one mile down the ( each from Fort Caswell, is very ctive in coast patroling. The quarantine station, located about, < ne mile up the river from Southort, is in charge of Dr. J. Arlur Dosher, and J. Berg. BrunsIck county hospital on the wesjrn edge of town, completed bout five years ago, merits a i ery commendable mention. It's' >rce of nurses under the capable 11 lanagement of Supt. Hariett N. 1 orter, R. N? and its doctors, J. If .rthur Dosher, who was with the ( .. E. F. in France during the! , rorld war, and who proved him- {1 elf a surgeon unsurpassed, is' f bly assisted by his cousin, Wm. v . Dosher, who is faithfully fol-11 >wing his kinsman's footsteps. | J A modern county home has re-1 ently been erected about two j s liles out from the county seat s n Route 130, and is in charge f B. C. Williams, a native of j J hallotte township. I > Lockwoods Folly township, so ! y (Continued on page 8) i 1 c e ias Been ; id To Navy5 ? it Made Monday Of Coast ' Stationed Here, To |c jrvice 11 ? !t ras received Monday from, ie coast guard cutter Nau-;c irt, to naval service. Thejt the past few days and will 1 Rumors of the change were'a iirrent last week, and efforts ,li rere made by local citizens to js ave the Naugatuck remain at outhport. When it became c nown that the little cutter was'1 eeded by the navy, these efforts i rere directed toward having an-1 ther boat assigned to South- j ort. \xto-u Mndnn stntinnpd J50 VV iUi Ult liles from the bar in Wilming-1 an, local citizens pointed to the! ick of protection afforded a long 11 each of territory along the coast |1 nless the Naugatuck is replac-11 d. M F. D. Taliferro, chief mechan- 1 it mate, and Charles Plunkard, j' oatswains mate, first class, have ' een transferred to the Travis, j t Morehead City. Other mem- ' ers of the Naugatuck will be i ransferred to other coast guard 1 nits. 1 Directions For ' Christmas Mail < fo Mail Delivery On Chris-' tmas Day; Public Is Urg-ij ed To Mail Early To In- ] sure Delivery Before < Christmas Day 1 t There will be no mail delivery c i Christmas day, Wednesday, ecember 25, and the public is 7 rged by Postmaster L. T. Yasall to shop now and do its hristmas mailing early in order lat delivery may be made be>re next Wednesday. The following information is om a bulletin from Postmaster eneral James A. Farley: During the holiday time the >lume of mail increases approxiately 200 per cent. It is a phycal impossibility to handle this reat mass of mail matter efficiltly and promptly within a few lys. Therefore to assure delivery : their Christmas presents, cards id letters by Christmas day the Continued on Page Eight.) 7ather Of Captain Leitzsey Dead Hugh Wingard Leitzsey, retir5 Southern Railway engineer, nd father of Captain Fred B. .eitzsey, commanding officer at ICC camp 427 in Southport, died "uesday morning at his home in lolumbia, S. C., following a brief llness. Funeral services will be eld this (Wednesday) afternoon .nd interment will take place in lolumbia. ' Vr y ** Most Of The News All The Time $1.50 PER YEAR Compromise In McKay Divorce Action Friday Jnder Terms Of Settlement Mrs. Gladys McKay Will Receive $1,700 From Her Ex-Husband, J. J. McKay ZOURT GRANTS HIM ABSOLUTE DIVORCE Granted On Grounds Of Two Year Separation Law; He Will Be Required To Pay All Costs In The Case Under the terms of a compronise agreement reached in the ? HcKay divorce case Friday beore it went to the jury, Mrs. Gladys McKay was awarded a udgment for $1,700 against her ormer husband, J. J. McKay, vho was granted an absolute divorce upon the grounds of two rears separation. Both sides withdrew charges of idultery, with complaint and aniwer. In the judgment signed by ludge W. C. Harris, of Raleigh, vho presided over the case, Jt vas ordered that neither party lereto shall hereafter institute >r prosecute in any manner what(ver any action, criminal or civil, igainst the other party, or any vitness testifying in this case in account of any testimony givin or other act done in connec:ion with this action. Four other divorces were graned during court last week. Harris Evans was granted a livorce from Adrian Phelps upon he grounds of two year separaion. Litha Phelps was granted a livorce from Adriab Phelps upon ne grounus oi iwu ycaio ocjiaioion. Morris Simmons was granted ' l divorcg from Maggie Simmons 'f'i1 thl grounds of t' - Oj year, A lepa ration. Alice Bfyant was granted a livorce from Walter Bryant upon he grounds of two years sepiration. Trees In Water Will Last Longer If a Christmas tree is set in water when it first comes into the house and is kept in water while it is part of the Christmas iecoration, it will remain fresh and green for at least a week longer. Water should be replaced as it evaporates. If the base of a Christmas tree is trimmed with a sharp knife just before it is mounted, the pores will be left open, allowing water to rise in the stem to the living cells which are still trying to provide the tree with food and moisture. Spruce and fir retain their needles longer than most other Christmas trees. FRESH MEAT Recently a nice lot of fresh >ork has been donated by W. J. Purvis, of Ash, to the Brunswick :ounty hospital. Officials of the ocal institution have expressed heir appreciation for the generDuririo VI I'll. A U4 V AM. Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the nest 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 18 1:26 a. m. 7:46 a. m. 1:94 p. m. 7:58 p. m. Thursday, December 19 2:17 a. m. 8:43 a. m. 2:30 p. m. 8:47 p. m. Friday, December 20 3:09 a. m. 9:38 a. m. 3:25 p. m. 9:36 p. m. Saturday, December 21 3:58 a. m. 10:31 a. m. 4:19 p. m. 10:25 p. m. Sunday, December 22 4:48 a. m. 11:21 a. m. 5:11 p. m. 11:13 p. m. Monday, December 23 5:35 a. m. 6:00 p. m. 12:09 p. m. Tuesday, December 24 6:21 a. m. 6:48 p. m. 12:54 p. m. J! I