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fOLUME NINE NO. 12
ilection Board
Names Officials
For This County
[ R. Rourk, Of Shallotte,!
[Was Made Chairman Of,
The County Board Of;
I Elections At A Meeting
'Held Here Last Saturday
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AME REGISTRARS anlm i
ldges for this year
S. Milliken Elected Secetary
To The Board; S. \
W. Watts Third Meml
i ber; Report Of Minutes
Of Meeting
Given
Members of the county board
I elections met Saturday in I
(lthport. Following is a comte
report of the minutes of the 'I
feting: ]
; The Brunswick county Board J
Elections met at the courtLse
in Southport. at 11 o'clock
jtiirday, April 18th. 1936, with
| T. Rourk. R. S. Milliken and J
W. Watts, present. j/
j J'The board organized with G. i
Rourk, chairman. Robert S. I
Jliken. secretary and S. W. j
ltts, member.
Notice is hereby given that |
| Primary Election will be held
i Saturday, June 6, 1936, be- '
fen the hours of sunrise and r'
iset, for the purpose of select-1 ii
nominees for the various of-1 s
is in the General Election. ^
[The following are designated ^
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irk Project Is l
^iear Completion
Wishing Touches Being j
Applied This Week As
Carpenters Begin Work 1
On Community Center J
Building
he WPA project for the beaucation
of Franklin Square is
.wing to a close this week, ac- f
ding to D. B. Black, district
'A engineer.
ill that remains to be comted
is a section of stone wall
one of the entrances and final
rk on the two tennis courts at
rear of the community center
Ming. .
k crew of carpenters began t
rk this morning on the build- J
. Included in the group of 18 s
rkers were six skilled and 8 c
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p
Attic Bits
Of Big News o
lews Events Of State, c
Nation and World-Wide
Interest During Past
Week
I
iven Set-Back
The herculean battle to res-;
cue two dying men and a cor- j
pse from the ..bowels of ..an j
sbandoned gold mine went on I
Tuesday night after another j
leart-breaking set-back. It was I
announced officially, at 8:20!
?. m. (EST) that the resuce j
if Dr. D. E. Robertson and C. ;
Alfred Scadding, entombed | ^
since Easter Sunday, could not j,
be hoped for until "early mor- s
ling." Their companion, Her- ^
nan B. Magill, died last Sun- j
lay and gravest fears were c
field for the lives of the two ! n
Survivors. p
n
fecial Session E
Six thousand North Carolina
tobacco growers Tuesday col- [
ectively demanded of Gover- s'
(tor Ehringhaus that he call (
the General Assembly to enact j
tobacco control legislation, lis- 2
tened respectfully as the Chief
Executive bitterly assailed their
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mucio aiiu uic jiiuiivacu icgia
ation and then again demanled
unanimously that an extra ?
session be called. ^
Masons Meet t:
^ The 149th communication of
pbe Grand Lodge of North n
Carolina, A. F. and A. M., g
has opened in, tha Masonic It
Temple in Raleigh Tuesday
(light with Grand. Master rj
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DR. ROY C. DANIEL
Vew Building &
Loan President
Meeting Of Board Of
Directors Last Tuesday
Night Dr. Roy C. Daniel
F l?rf or! Tn Succeed His
Father
Members of the board of di- j
ectors of the Southport Build-1
lg and Loan Association in ses-;
ion last Tuesday night elected'
>r. Roy C. Daniel president of
lat organization.
Dr. Daniel, prominent dentist
nd business man of this city,
ucceeds his father, the late J. '
1. Daniels, who served for many
ears as president of the local
uilding and loan association.
Dr. Daniels presided over the
irst meeting since his election
'uesday.
Health Report
Given By Nurse
teport Of Activities Of
County Health Department
During Month Of
March Shows Mrs. Lou
H. Smith, County Nurse,
Had Busy Session
The report of the county heal- j
h department for the month of
tarch indicates a busy period
pent by Mrs. Lou H. Smith, the
ounty nurse.
Following is her detailed reiort:
Live births: 26 whites and 22 j
:olored. Deaths: White 22; col-.
red 11.
Ten days spent in office. Dur- j
ng these days 132 people visited
ffice, 94 whites and 38 colored, j
6 days spent in field work, visied
51 homes, 48 whites and 3
olored.
Visited 15 schools 27 times, 20
olored and 7 white. Vaccinated
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Superlatives At
Shallotte High
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Members Of Senior Class
At Shallotte School Recently
Voted To Decide
Class Superlatives
Members of the senior class at j
he Shallotte high school recently i
eld an election to determine
enior superlatives. Results of the
alloting Were as follows:
Class baby: Vera Bell Long; '
lass comic: Jarome Jenrette; I
lost timid: Ersell Lewis; most;
opular girl: Mary Lae Hickman:
lost athletic girl: Erma Earle j
Id wards; best all round: Fairlee j
ewis; most athletic boy: Ira I
had wick; class flirt: Emma Cai- J
on; most graceful: Edith Hoi- j
(Continued on Page Six)
American Legion
Meeting Friday
The regular monthly meeting
f the Brunswick County Post
lumber 194, American Legion,
ill be held Friday night at
o'clock in the Brunswick coun'?
"Aiirfhnil OP
At their last meeting, legion
lembers voted to hold their reular
monthly meetings on the;
Lst Friday in each month.
Commander Robert C. St. Geo%e
urges a large attendance at I
lis meeting.
STA1
A Good News]
Y Southport, N.
Candidate
dr. ralph w. Mcdonald
Gubernatorial
Candidate Here
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald,
Of Winston-Salem, Will
Address Voters In Courthouse
Here Saturday At
Noon
Announcement has been received
here that Dr. Ralph W. McDonald,
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for governor of
North Carolina, will speak to the
voters of Brunswick County in
the courthouse in Southport Saturday
noon.
Dr. McDonald, who is one of
the principals in the three cornered
race for governor, lives in
Winston Salem, and was originally
from the State of Illinois.
He has been waging an extensive
campaign over the state,
and has announced his intention
of speaking in every one of the
hundred counties of North Carolina.
In the Senate last year, he
became well-known as a man of
ability. He has attacked the
present administration in the
state in his previous speeches.
Also in the race for Governor
are Lieutenant Governor Sandy
Graham, and Clyde R. Hoey,
Shelby lawyer.
New Books For
School Library
Several Interesting New
Books Have Recently
Been Added To Shallotte
School Library; Nineteen
Volume Encyclopedia Included
The following books have been
added to the shelves of the Shallotte
high school library:
Alice Adams, Booth Tarkington;
Lord Jim, Joseph Conard;
Death Comes for the Archbishop,
Willa Cather; The Rosary, Florence
Barclay; The Bridge of San
Luis, Thorton Wilder; Marching
On, James Boyd?(Setting: along
Cape Fear River); The Cloister
and the Harth, Chas. Read; Jane
Eyre, Charlotte Bronte; To Have
And To Hold, Mary Johnson;
The Count of Monte Christo, Alexander
Dtumers; Janice Merdith,
P. L. Fonil; The Making of an
American, Jacob Riis; The Great
Hunger, Jollian Bojer; The Virginian,
Owen Wister.
Miss Flaxie Stanland is librarian
and is working wonderfully
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Three Pilots Resci
When Boat
The lives of three members
of the Cape Fear Pilots
Association were In grave
danger for a time Thursday
afternoon when the water
pump on the Stone, small
pilot speed boat, broke down
and the craft began to fill
with water.
Aboard were Captain Tommie
St. George, Harold St.
George and Bill Styron. The
men were bound for the
freighter' Eastern Guide, en
route to Wilmington from
Jacksonville with a cargo of
sulphur, to place Captain
Tommle St. George aboard.
The trouble began as the
boat reached the bar and
water claim in to a depth
sufficient to drown out the
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CL, Wednesday, April
Republicans To
Hold Convention ;
Saturday, May 2 I
Members Of County Republican
Executive Committee
Met Thursday Afternoon
At Supply To Determine
Plan For Nomination
W. C. DOWNING WILL
SPEAK AT MEETING
Chairman Of Executive
Committee Will Be Named
On That Date And
Precinct Organizations
Will Be
Perfected
Members of the Brunswick
County Republican Executive
Committee in session Thursday at
Supply decided to nominate party
candidates for county and legislative
offices in a mass convention
to be held Saturday, May 2,;
at Supply.
Although some of the members
of the committee favored a primary
for the purpose of nominat- i
ing a county ticket the majority
expressed the opinion that the j
convention would best serve the
party needs. When a vote was j
i taken, not a dissenting ballot was
cast.
Names to be recommended to j
the county board of. elections for j
appointment as Republican election
judges in the various precincts
were as follows:
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Recorder Hears !
Numerous Cases
Several Cases Covering A I
Wide Variety Of Offenses
Were Disposed Of In
Recorder's Court Here
Wednesday
Cases postponed for two weeks '
because of Superior Court crowded
the Recorder's Court docket
here last Wednesday, and Judge
Peter Rourk had a busy day.
R. W. Andrews, white, appeared
in court and heard a former I
fine of $100.00 taxed against him i
j reduced to $25.00.
Lorenzo Clemmons, colored,
I was found guilty of driving a
motor vehicle while he was under
A.%. _ 1 1M. ? ~ f intAviontino- 1 i _
tne lniiut'iitc ux un.uAn.aung
. quor and was given 3 months on
the roads. [
Thurman Strickland, white,'
was given 18 months on the
roads, this sentence being suspended
upon condition that he
pay the sum of $15.00 per month
in to the court for the benefit of
j his children. Bond was set at
$500.00.
The case against Newly Edwards,
white, for bastardy was
nol pressed with leave.
Maxie Witherspoon, colored, ;
I pleaded guilty of larceny and was
| bound over to Superior court.
Morton Holden and Obie Hol(Continued
on page 6)
State Superintendent i
Will Speak To Pupils
Clyde A. Erwin, state superin|
tendent of public instruction, will j
deliver the commencement ad-:
' dress at the Shallotte high school I
I on May 21, according to announcement
made this week by
I Principal Henry C. Stone.
There are seventeen members
j of this year's graduating class, j'
I
ued Thursday
Fills With Water
| motor. With a running tide '
and a south west wind the I
waves were breaking over '
the bow and the men feared ]
for a time that they would 1
go down before aid could <
reach them.
Their signals of distress
were answered by members
of the Oak Island Coast
Guard Station. Coast Guards
men coming to their assistance
were Boatswains Mate
G. B. O'Neill, Mechanists I
Mate Arthur E. Huntley and !
Surfman A .L. YVilletts. Cap- I
tain St. George was placed t
board the freighter and the <
coast guard boat returned to
the side of the disabled pilot I
boat, which was towed back \
to her dock. I
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Civil Servia
For Sha
Announcement Received Of 1
Purpose Of Selecting Pos
SHallotte
The United States Civil
nounced an examination, as ;
ted to make certification to
tion of fourth class postmast
COLD SNAP OVER
WEEK-END CAUSED
LITTLE DAMAGE
Cold weather during the
past week-end gave early
truck and garden crops in this
county a set-back, but little
serious damage was reported
by Brunswick county farmers.
The thermometer dropped to
39 degrees here Sunday morning.
No official reading for
Monday was available but
there was a heavy frost and
ice was reported in several
sections of the county.
Several farmers already have
bemn setting out tobacco and
others have plants ready to
begin pulling this week. Although
there have been reports
of appearance of blue mold,
farmers of this county have
escaped serious damage thus
far.
WPA Has Aided
County Schools
WPA Workers In Brunswick
County Have Been
Engaged In Several Projects
That Will Be Of
Great Benefit To Schools
One of the features of the
WPA program in Brunswick
county is its attempt to better
the school facilities of the coun"mu;
Kaon nnp of the
ly. inis j itio wvv? v**? _
principal goals of the Works
Progress Administration through>ut
this district and in the State
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Junior Class To
Sponsor Show
Members of the junior class at
die Southport high school will
sponsor a performance of the
Sanders show in the high school
luditorium Friday night at 8:00
/clock.
Billed as a mysterious entertainment,
this show promises a
wide variety of stunts and aero- i
Mi tics.
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i Exam In
llotte Office I
Examination To Be Held For oi
(master To Serve At The
Postoffice P
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Service Commission nas an- o:
a result of which it is expec- m
fill the vacancy in the posi- ti
er at Shallotte. 51
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The compensation of the post- r<
master at this office was $1,029 F
for the last fiscal year. $
Applicants must have reached
j their twenty-first birthday but
j not their sixty-fifth birthday on 1
the date of the close of receipt J
of applications.
Applicants must reside within
the territory supplied by the post!
office for which the examination
is announced. [
The examination is open to all I
citizens of the United States who!
can comply with the require-!
ments.
Application blanks, Form 9,
and full information concerning
i the requirements of the examina- i
tion can be secured from the ]f
postmaster at the place of vac- [f
ancy or from the United State j ^
Civil Service Commission, Wash-1 '
jington, D. C. Ir
Applications must be properly jc
executed and on file with the
J Commission at Washington, D. t
i C., prior to the hour of closing f
business on the date specified at '
the head of this announcement. |
Receipts of applications to
| close May 8, 1936. I
The date for assembling of' |
competitors will be stated in the !
admission cards which will be
mailed to applicants after the
close of receipt of applications.
Members Of Service
Club Attend Meeting
Members of the Brunswick
County Service Club attended the
meeting of the New Hanover
Service Club Monday night in
Wilmington.
TOm RninouHelf mnntv 8TOUD :
was represented by several members
and Miss Marion Smith,
county home demonstration agent.
Presiding Elder
To Preach Here
The Rev. W. A. Cade, presiding
elder of the Wilmington district j
will preach at the Trinity Methodist
church this (Wednesday)
evening at 8:00 o'clock and will
hold the second quarterly conference.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
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All The Time
$1.50 PER YEAR
otal $68,224.57
WPA Payments
In This County
ighty Per ^ jnt Of This
Amount W?nt For Employment
O. Relief Labor;
Only 2 Per Cent For
Non-Relief Workers
1GURES COMPLETE
UP UNTIL APRIL 15
ist Of Projects With
Amounts Spen- On Each
One Includ""? In A
Summary Of Expenditures
So Far
Until April 15, a total of $68,14.57
had been spent on WPA
ojects in Brunswick county. Of
lis $54,486.69 (80 pet.) was
>ent for the employment of re5f
labor; $1,658.01 (2 pet.) for
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JI1 IC1XC1 WUIACIO, ipiu.uoi.iw
16 pet.) for materials and suplies;
and $1,395.77 (2 pet.) is
le amount of the sponsors' conibutions.
From these figure it will be
:en that most of the money has
Dne where it was supposed to
d, for the employment of men.
id women on relief," said Rob t
D. Caldwell, district WPA diictor,
when releasing the figres.
"That has been our primary
ial since the beginning of the
rogram. Conversely, we have
ied to keep non-relief expendiires
at a minimum. Aside from
te amount spent for relief labor
te largest sums have gone for
ie purchase of supplies and
luipment necessary for carrying
it projects."
A total .of $927,130.00 has been
>ent in the entire district, Caldell
said. Of this $641,947.43
59 pet.) has gone for the emloyment
of re' :f labor; $40.J3.03
(A ptni.; iff non-relief wnr-' .
ers; $193,332.02 (21 pet.) for
[aterials and supplies; and $51,56.52
has been spent by the
lonsoring agencies in the variis
communities.
The money spent to date on
rojects in Brunswick county is
3 follows: School sewers?$613.2
for relief labor; $43.16 for
laterials; $602.25 sponsors' con ibution.
Oyster planting? $12,30.04
for relief labor; $66.67 for
on-relief labor; $163.50 for non3lief
labor; $6$4.00 for materials,
ranklin Square beautification:
4,429.83 for relief labor; $100.00
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Local Nine Will
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nay lamp team
rirst Baseball Game Of The
Season Is Scheduled For
Saturday Afternoon When
Southport Town Team
Will Play CCC Boys
Baseball practice has been in
ull swing here this week and the
irst game of the season is scheluled
to be played Saturday afernoon
when the Southport nine
neets the team from Camp Sapina.
Showing up well in practice for
he town team are Robert Thom>son,
Eddie Spencer, G. W. Buntng,
Carey Reece, Lonnie Mc(Continued
on page 6)
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
Thurs, April 23
8:38 a. m. 3:03 a. m.
9:14 p. m. 3.07 p. m.
Friday, April 24
9:49 a. m. 8:52 a. m.
10:06 p. m. 3:55 p. m.
Saturday, April 25
10:45 a. m. 4:40 a. m.
11:00 p. m. 4:46 p. m.
Sunday, April 26
11:42 a. m. 5:34 a. m.
11:56 p. m. 5:40 p. m.
Monday, April 27
6:80 a. m.
13:89 p. m. 6:44 p. m.
Tuesday, April 28
0:33 a. m. 7:33 a. m.
1:37 p. m. 7:52 p. m. 1
Wednesday, April 29
1:49 a. m. 8:32 a. m.
2:34 p. m. 8:56 p. m.
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