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<0ty Council I
Ming Is Held
L Club Women
I Estelle T. Smith Was
Lble To Attend Meet- j
L^nd Miss Ann Mason
ktfew Hanover County1
L Speaker
ilECT LEADERS I
JvE THEIR REPORTS
Lng ^as Held Last,
Lesday At Supply; ;
Ulowing Morning 1
fleeting Women Enf
joyed a Picnic
I Lunch
meeting- of i,
i annua' ?H'?o
cnty council of home dem- j ]
,j0n clubs was held Wed
f jn t},e Methodist church |"
^forseen difficulty made ^
wssible for Mrs. Estelle T. j
district home agent, to
j meeting. Her place
L program was filled by
|Ann Mason, home demonI
gent for New Hanover (
l.j the important business j
L of at the meeting was
Lport of project chairman, I
[frank Mintz, of Bolivia, j
I garden and 4-H club chair-1 '
[reported on her work; Miss j I
L Reid made the report on (
| and nutrition for Mrs.!
L Cannon, chairman; Mrs. |a
[podson made a report on I.
[ beautification.
fcty project chairmen electt
serve during the coming
[were, house furnishings,1,
[james Purvis, of Ash; home F
Lenient, Mrs. B. M. Craw- L
|cf Ash; home beautification, f
I] E Dodson, of Ash; home .
ly, Mrs Bertha Devane, of i ^
Levr, home dairy, Mrs. |
I Thylor. Winnabow; child : C
Ipnent. Mrs. D. L. Henry, ?
bow; 4-H club leader, Mrs. | ?
I Mir.tz, Bolivia.
I (Continued on page 4.) |
Ittle Bits !<d
lOt Big News j"
Events Of State, c
tion and World-Wide a
nterest During Past c
Week 3
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' I a
Means Meet Is
n?e Republican State Con- t
itito Tuesday nominated 1
Hiam Grissom, former Coltor
of Internal Revenue, for 1
wnor, and complimented J
S. District Judge Isaac M.
te. of Elizabeth City by
teg him for President of
J United States.
vd Loss
to Ohio River inundated
' lying areas of a dozen
a# and villages in southern
Ohio, Kentucky and
""a Tuesday night as its
^ crest passed Cincinnati, h
20,000 homeless. High r
** ? other sections were a
as flood-torn com- i f
S sought to repair | c
"f.000 damage in East- j
States. Revised death lists ]
1^5 dead. More than;
were homeless. Flood
storm deaths by states:
5, New Hampshire 1,
nt 6, Massachusetts 10,
teticut, 4, New York 2,,
%'vania m, west Vir1,
Maryland 4, Virginia [
orth Carolina 2, Georgia!
Unessee l, Ohio 5, Mis-j
Property loss ran into |
^nndreds of millions of i
To Move
.pe s crisis was thrown
? new and more compli#
tonight when
Hitler refused outright
ijt, "ls troops out of the
He ? 311(1 rejected the
?urt as a tribunal.
s? Trip
kj^lnt Roosevelt was on t
Hi f ,.Seaa Wednesday, s
tota ( , s favorite fishing j (
' ?eelf0 re f0r 016 next s
dc a?, , alternately will i
*Sne r>fPoy in 016 tropic 1
Southern waters, c
THE
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Where Encampi
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s
Above are shown four
where the officers of the 32!
last week-end. The deserted
place for the contact camp,
Officers Em
Is High!
Officers Of 321st Infantry Sp
End At Fort Caswell;
"> Conducte
About thirty officers of
the command of Colonel Edg
it Ft. Caswell last week-em
dose Sunday noon.
The men arrived here Friday *
iternoon. Friday night an in-1
eresting program was presented
a the auditorium of the Brunswick
county courthouse, at which
ime Col. Edgar H. Bain spoke,
"iAflir nn nronaroririPSJ?. Another
VJl
nteresting feature of the program
wagj^ the presentation of
he silver ttoss decoration to Maor
T. G. Tickers.
Following "the program at the j
ourthouse, the audience adjournd
to the Amuzu theatre, where
wo films, "Cadet Life" and
Map Reading", were shown.
Saturday's program was devotd
to tactical problems and Satirday
afternoon Colonel Alexanler
L. P. Johnson spoke to oficers
and others assembled in
he courthouse auditorium on
The European Situation."
Sunday morning Colonel Bain
(poke in the Southport Baptist
ihurch. He appeared at the same
hurch for the evening service
ind spoke Monday morning in
:hapel at the Southport high j
chool.
The camp disbanded Sunday at'
loon, and those in attendance j
ipparently were well pleased!
vith their visit to Southport. ,
Several spoke favorably of re-!
urning for another encampment
ater in the summer.
Recorder Tries
Only Five Cases!
": :
Jght Session Disposed Of (
Here Last Wednesday
Before Judge Peter '
Rourk; Only Fines And ,
Cost Resulted ]
i
Five cases were disposed of
iere in Recorder's court last Wed- <
lesday before Judge Peter Rourk, ,
s fines were meted out and de-j j
endants were required to pay! i
ourt costs.
Warren Swain, white, was j
ound guilty of possessing and |
ransporting intoxicating liquor,
udgment was suspended upon
>ayment of the costs.
The charge of larceny against i
tichmond .Fulwood and John
i'loyd was nol prossed.
L. F. Priest, white, was found j
lot guilty of violating the motor I
vehicle law.
W. W. Mercer, white, faced |
barges of transporting intoxi:ating
liquor. He was called and
tn annpar.
W. B. Lindsey, white, was
bund guilty of possessing intoxcating
liquor and judgment was
tuspended upon payment of the
?sts.
Teachers Being
Paid This Week
Salary checks for the fifth
ichool month are being delivered
his week to teachers in the contolidated
schools of Brunswick
:ounty. Because some of the
ichools have been forced to postpone
activities from time to
ime, not all the pay checks go
>ut the same day.
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A Good Newsj
ODAY Southport
nent Was Held
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scenes from Fort Caswell,
1st Infantry were encamped j
army fort made an ideal!'
according to reports. j:
:ampment
y Successful
>ent Three Days Last WeekInteresting
Programs
d Here
i. 1A a O O 1 ^i- T ?? ? A M 4-*?? - ?? if /I n vi
Hie 0?15l llllrtlltl V , UI1UCI j
ar H. Bain, were encamped/
i, bringing their stay to a;(
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BAPTIST REVIVAL
NOW IN SESSION
A successful revival meeting
is now in progress at the
Southport Baptist church, with
Reverend T. W. Heame, of I
Rockingham, doing the preaching.
Announcement was made
last week that the Reverend
John C. Cowell, of Fayetteville,
would conduct the meeting.
A sudden illness made it
impossible for him to appear
here this week, and the Reverend
Hearne was secured to
fill his place.
Daily services are being
held at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
and at 7:30 o'clock each
evening. Good crowds have
been in attendance so far.
Frink Manager
For Graham
Prominent Southport Attorney
Accepts Position As
County Manager For
Man Seeking Nomination
For Governor
S. B. Frink, prominent Southport
attorney, announced last |
week that he had agreed to raanige
the campaign for A. H.
(Sandy) Graham, candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
governor, in Brunswick county.
Recently in announcing his
stand on certain major issues,
VIr. Graham made the following
statement:
"I am not the administration' i
candidate. I am running in my i
>wn right. More than twelve :
months ago I definitely decided i
to make this race and though
^Continued on Page Eight) i
"It's Fun To Pun,'
Burns As He
He .can't sleep at night,
gentle readers, so he lies
awake making up puns.
Here's the latest crop:
This is edited by two Nut
brothers, Chestnut and Walnut
and their sister, Hazelnfat
You'd butternut infringe
upon their work of art as
they are mighty hard nuts to
crack.
Now to proceed with this
collossal, gigantic, stupendous
bit of pulperfect nonsense. It
all started the day Gwen St.
George called me over the
telephone. "Meet me down on
the corner of Front street,"
she had said, "I've got something
very important to tell
you."
I rushed up breathless and
concerned. There she stood,
calmly gazing into the window
of a grocery store.
"What's the matter, Gwen?"
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EPO
Daper In A Go
N. C., Wednesday,
Allot Funds To
Start Community
Center Building
WPA Funds Have Been
Made Available To Begin
Work Remodeling Old
Southport School Building
Into Community Center
WORK WILL BEGIN
WITHIN FEW DAYS
Mayor John Eriksen And
City Alderman J. J.
Loughlin Were In Fayetteville
Monday In
Interest of Project
Approval was received Monday
of a WPA project to completely
remodel the old Southport school
building into a modern community
center.
Mayor John Eriksen and City
Alderman J. J. Loughlin spent
Monday in Fayetteville and returned
with news of the project.
The exact amount of the
grant has not been made known,
but it is understood that funds
sufficient to make the building
into a modern, up-to-date community
center will be spent.
Plans for the project still are
in the making, but provision will
be made for an auditorium suitable
for organization meetings or
dancing to be located on the
second floor. One of the rooms on
the first floor will be used as
the city hall, the other as a
legion hall. Rest rooms for ladies
and gentlemen also will be provided.
May Apply Now
For Seed Loans
Applications Being Received
At Office In Supply;
T. O. Edens Is Field
Supervisor For This District
Application for emergency crop
loans for 1936 are now being received
at Supply by T. O. Edens,
field supervisor of the emergency
crop and feed loan section of the
Farm Credit Administration.
The emergency crop loans will
be made only to farmers who
cannot obtain credit from any
other source, as provided by regulations
issued by the governor
of the Farm Credit Administra(Continued
on Page 8)
Telephone Office
In Smith Building
A crew of men from the Southern
Bell Telephone Company
was here last week installing the
new telephone exchange in the
Smith building.
The new office is located on
the second floor, adjoining the
office of Dr. Roy C. Daniel.
Operetta Will Be
Presented At School
Students of the primary grades
of the Southport school will present
the operetta "The Sleeping
Beauty," in the school auditorium
on Friday evening, April 3.
The story is based upon the
ancient fairy tale.
' Says Skipper
Takes Off Again
I asked anxiously.
"I just wanted you to see
that bread loaf," she laughed,
pointing to the window, "the
lazy thing."
I was so mad I could have
chewed nails. Instead, I
came back with a stinging
retort. "Oh yeah?" I replied
brilliantly, "if you're so
smart, lets see you answer
this one. Can a cigar box?"
"No." She replied. "But a
tomato can."
Not to be outdone I came
back with a fast one. "Is
the ink well?"
"Oh yes," she says, "but
the coal bin sick."
I've been under the weather
myself, lately," I replied. "I've
been so pony I could hardly
talk."
"Pony? Whats that?"
"A little horse."
(Continued on Page Four.)
RT PI
od Community
March 25, 1936 publisi
Floyd To Speai
At Shallott
*Tobacco
Specialist From!
State College Will Talk
To Brunswick County
Farmers About New Contracts
WILL SPEND THE
DAY IN BRUNSWICK
! Will Meet Saturday Morning
With Members Of J
Tobacco Committee;
Expect Large Attendance
E. Y. Floyd, tobacco specialist i
from State College, will explain
the details of the new soil con[
servation program for the benefit
of Brunswick county farmers
Saturday afternoon at the
Shallotte school auditorium. The
meeting will begin at 2 o'clock.
Mr. Floyd will spend the day
in Brunswick county, and will j
meet Saturday morning with the! _
tobacco committee.
The new farm program will be
explained to North Carolina far- j 1
mers in a series of mass meet-. (
ings that will cover the entire |
Elizabeth W
Grave Ne
Daughter
Of Thomas Hooper
Of Independence, Buried 1
Phoenix, March 25, -On
rounded by large moss-laden
of the old Cape Fear river, tl
ing a brick vault, which is n<
dition, stating that beneath i
Elizabeth Watters, who was
; Hooper, a signer of the Dech
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LEGION MEETING
FRIDAY EVENING ,
11
An important meeting of the j
Brunswick County Post Num- ! I
ber 194, American Legion, will j;
be held Friday at 8 o'clock
I in the auditorium of the i
Brunswick county courthouse. '
Commander R. C. St. George i
urges a full attendance of ]
members. There will be a discussion
of certain phases of j
the bonus question and mem- |i
bers of the legion will be
shown plans for the Southport
community center build- j
ing, which will include a le- Ji
gion hall. ]
C. A. Ledford, principal of |
the Southport high school, will 1
! come before the meeting with 1
j a proposition regarding the 1
| library. 1
1
| I
County Service
Club In Meeting;
Second Meeting Of This Re-;
cently Organized Group
Was Held Thursday .
Night In Bolivia Lunch
Room
The Brunswick County Service
Club held its second monthly j
meeting last Thursday night at I
the Bolivia lunch room. Daniel!
[Johnson presided. After a short r
| business session, county Agent J. j t
IE. Dodson introduced L. R. Har- j 1
rell, State 4-H Club Leader. 11
Mr. Harrell gave a very inter- t
esting talk concerning the work j
i of the Service Club. Everyone j \
j present enjoyed the talk very j r
much, and members resolved to 11
| endeavor to make the Service i
j Club a success in Brunswick. t
Miss Marion Smith, county i
home demonstration agent, dis!
cussed the special subjects that
jwill be taken up at each monthly
| meeting.
After the recreational hour
'which was enjoyed by everyone,
Miss Smith served delicious re(Continued
on page 8) i
Brunswick Citizens 1
At State Convention
The following Brunswick county
citizens comprised the delegation
to the Republican state
convention in Raleigh Tuesday.
C. Ed Taylor, Percy A. Hughes,
Clarence Jenrette, D. R. Johnson, 1
G. V. Smith, L. W. Willetts, W. j
R. Jenrette, W. A. Kopp, Charlie i
Trott and R. H. Maultaby.
LOT
1ED EVERY WEDNESDAY
k Saturday
e High School
By y : . ,v- *
v' $ ' -:5s<.
P ? > v o x>/ M?1 3S^y : f' ' ' iMBW
P ^Sri ' y.;ftflfrSv i
s. Y ^toyo
state.
The meetings will be conducted |
by seven teams from the State
College agricultural extension ser(Contlnued
on Page 8.)
ra tiers'
T3K rvoniv
(XL JL 11UC111/V
, Signer Of The Declaration
In Vault In This County
the Williams estate, suroaks,
on the southern bank
lere is a marble slab cover)w
in a tumbled-down conire
the remains of the late
a daughter of V~lliam
iration of Independence.
Part of a sketch found in Col.
rohn H. Wheeler'3 History of
tforth Carolina (a book no longer
being published) says that:
William Hooper died in 1790 at
the age of 48, that (at that time)
le was survived by a widow, two
sons and a daughter.
This daughter at that time was
married to a Mr. Watters, and!
ivas living at Hillsboro. The Watters,
however, moved to what is
now known as the Phoenix section
of Brunswick county, and
perhaps Mrs. Elizabeth Watters
lied near where she is buried.
An unconfirmed bit of traditional
history has it that, as a
girl, Mrs. Watters sang a patriotic
song at the signing of the
Declaration of Independence.
Interest was aroused a few
months ago and may be rekindled
by members of the D.A.R so that
it some time in the near future
the remains of the vault of Mrs.
Watters may be moved out beside
the highway near Leland,
ind a marker erected to her
memory.
Sum Up Work Of
WPA In County
Return Of Warm Weather
Will Give People Opportunity
To See The Benefits
To Citizens Of This
County
Summing up the accomplishnents
of the WPA to the present
ime, Robert D. Caldwell, district
VPA director, said today, "Now
hat winter is apparently over,
he people of Brunswick county
will have an opportunity to see
vhat the Works Progress Adninistration
has accomplished for
hem."
Pointing out that this has been
he most severe season that this
iection has suffered in many
(Continued on Paae (U
Naugatuck Passed
Through Tuesday
The navy cutter YP-56, for-!
1 *? i.i? ernoH niif-fpr
meriy uie tuui. 6uu.vt
Naugatuck, stopped over in the;
Southport harbor Tuesday on her
way to the Panama canal zone,
where she will do survey work.
None of the members of her
old crew were aboard and the
boat herself was all dressed up
in new colors. White and buff
trimmings have replaced her gray
coat.
Officers on the boat said that
it probably would be a long time
before the little boat put in at
Southport again.
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Most Of The News
All The Time
4.
$1.50 PER YEAR
Frank Sasser Is
To Preside Over
Welfare Meeting
Brunswick County Welfare
Officer Is President Of "*
Southeastern District*
Which Meets Thursday r
In Burgaw
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
APPEAR ON PROGRAM
Problems Peculiar To Welfare
Work In This District
Will Be Discussed
By Welfare Workers
Of This Section
Social Welfare?A Local, State
and Federal Responsibility will
be the theme of the southeastern
district welfare conference which
will be held in Burgaw Thursday.
Mrs. W. T. Bost, Commissioner
of Public Welfare, will discuss
"To What Extent is Social Welfare
a Public Responsibility?"
Mrs. Bost will emphasize the importance
of the community's responsibility
in strengthening
county welfare services to meet
the demands of the future program.
Frank Sasser, superintendent of
welfare in Brunswick county,
president of the district, will preside
over the conference which
will be held in the Burgaw High
School. Counties included in the
district are: Sampson, Cumberland,
Duplin, Onslow, Pender,
Brunswick, Jones, Columbus, Bladen,
Robeson, New Hanover.
The afternoon session will be
given over largely to the sup(Contlnued
on Page 4.)
Raise Funds Here
For Flood Needy
Southport Citizens Respond
To Emergency Plea Of
Red Cross For Funds
With Which To Aid
Flood Victims In Eastern
States
A wire was received here last
Wednesday night by local officials
of the Red Cross asking
that Southport citizens contribute
funds for the aid of the
flood victims in several of the
eastern states.
C. L. Stevens, J. J. Loughlin,
Mrs. C. Ed Taylor and Mrs. Annie
K. Vitou were in charge of
raising funds locally. They were
gratified with the unselfish response
of local citizens and business
firms as $50 was raised in
a short time. Among those who
contributed were the following:
Jim Evans, C. W. Easley, J,
W. McKeithan, R. Hewitt, G. W.
Bunker, Rufus Dosher, John Eriksen,
R. C. St. George, Miss
Gladys Dozier, R. I. Mintz, B. J.
Holden, R. W. Davis, Mrs. F. M.
Niernsee, J. E. Carr, R. E. Sentelle,
B. Coleson, I. B. Burris.
J. J. Loughlin, G. V. Fesperman,
Miller Hotel, Bruce Ludlum.
Miss Edna Dozier, Capt. J.
I. Davis, George Smith, C. L.
Stevens, K. Tobiasen, Capt. I. B.
Bussels, Mrs. George P. Howey,
C. Ed Taylor, J. D. Sutton, J.
Berg, Mrs. Annie O. Robinson,
Miss Margaret Parkhill, Mrs. E.
(Continued on Page four)
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 cottrtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, March 26
10:09 a. m. 4:08 a. m.
10:28 p. m. 4:16 p. m.
Friday, March 21
11:04 a. m. 4:59 a. m.
11:24 p. m. 5:06 p. m.
Saturday, Mar en z?
5:54 a. m.
12:02 p. m. 6:03 p. m.
Sunday, March 29
0:21 a. m. 6:58 a. m.
1:01 p. m. 7:10 p. m.
Monday, March SO
1:22 a. m. 8:08 a. m.
2:03 p. m. 8:22 p. m.
Tuesday, March 31
2:25 a. m._ 9:10 a. m.
3:08 p. m. 9:26 p. m.
Wednesday, April 1
3:31 a. ra. 10:04 a. m.
4:11 p. m. 10:21 p. m.
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