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H ]T,e Pilot Covers grl]iis\\ ick County JUJME^NE NO. 52 Brunswick C I Generous Ir I To Call Foi I ??? *H,J Red Cross Chapter'f ^ "Sjised Quota Monday, I 4nj Is Well On Way To I H fife Otln r Calls L Hill SECTIONS OF COi'NTV CONTRIBUTE literal Boxes Of Clothing H^uded '" Donations ji Southport And I Brunswick County ^B People ^B : that a report ^B eommitK ?s ' *1 uesday night, it H ve the total HpC: of ...Liney raised in iring the past lood victims Valley; howfunds colEi; so fa: by the Brunswick ^E American ^El-< : t? over two after the : it- Monday, resiHpg of Soulhport had contribu-> than sufficient I t fx fie quota for the local i aucd to pour j the day. and on Tues- j "E ken in the | when! J Berg and H. W. I ruesday they reH : taling over a 11 ' the Shallotte v .iliuuivu iuiiuo milEte reported at seventy doltfts. J. A Russ was largely able for raising the mon- c tg the response also b pert us with Mrs. Floyd te'ter.? an active worker.! Etorge Marshall, member of t i.'.'.a school faculty, had 1 (Pi results to show for her j ut'. s in that community lor afternoon. ilif;:"n to the money rais- d; fewr i-r contributions of j, re : clothing. One barrel jr Cr.tinued on Page 4) [ ^ little Bits b OiBieNews * O o' b Vw Events Of State, 'lion and World-Wide in lilerest During Past tfr's Quarrel je j r< 1 o.tter lovers' quarrel re-j ri in the deaths of four i P- ear Stoneville, Tucs- si r H! Mize. enraged by a g Or dispute between himself \ u 1 members of his sweet- j a bs family, killed the 24- b hr- 1 girl, Frances Grogan, | It Her parents at their one- j g >? 'arr.i home near Stoven- si <? Tuesday afternoon, then j tl 18 miles to his Virginia ci te and ended his own life, n ^wnaud J fctolent Roosevelt joined! b telary Perkins Tuesday in g| T-ar.Jin, the General Mo- f( f1 Corporation for refusing . 0 F accept Miss Perkins' invi- n fa" to a strike peace con-, F- Miss Perkins had ask-1 Pttred i'. Sloan. Jr., Gen- i J F1 Motor.- president, and ft L Lewi-, strike generalP t her in Wash-' r v and try to I approach to ? PJ negotiations. Sloan re- ? P- 1 saying lie could ^ f '* : his way clear to negoI riking Uni- ^ PAuti Workers still [ . of General r< I tl l~* State's three is I more radi- itl fa-' in the levy I, pted in 1933 I 1 I to the 1 ittee of the I K . by a subtoday. Proposed B : 1. Start- 's I' one cent on a b K tather thanjd I 2. Raising the.s wnim tax charged on a c: Purchase from $10 to, C.?; ,;i iment of the n basic food n I included in a I t year and r t budget re- A I i. 4. Re- b rom second- b en in trade n I (Ctn? S<ries of trades. 'toned on Page 4.) si TH1 6-PAGI bounty Is l Response r Flood Aid Flood Facts Homeless ? Approximately 700,000. Dead?Kentucky, 53, Arkansas 18. Missouri 14, Ohio 13, West Virginia 10, Tennessee j 9, Illinois 3, Pennsylvania 3, Indiana 6, Mississippi 1, South Carolina 1. Total 132. Damage?Estimated at more than $300,000,000 ? including losses of many millions at Louisville, $4,000,000 at Frankfort, Ky? $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 at Cincinnati and $1,000,000 at Pittsburgh. Relief?Federal, state and private agencies joined in evacuating the marooned and sheltering refugees. Serums, j food, clothing, bedding, fuel | and drinking water rushed to ( stricken cities by plane, boat and rail. The Red Cross esti- j mated its needs at $10,000,000. j The House at Washington speedily approved a $790,000,000 deficiency appropriation bill to make funds available for the flood sufferers. President Roosevelt allotted $900,000 of emergency conservation funds to the relief of refugees. JumOPAIlC f 9COC lumuuuo vaoto Before Recorder everal Cases Of Minor Importance Disposed Of Here Before Judge Joe W. Ruark Wednesday; Defendants Bound Over In Two Others Last Wednesday was a busy ay in Recorder's Court for Judge j oe W. Ruark, and defendants 1 two cases were bound over to uperior Court. Commander Andrews and Flod Hewett, whiter were tried for reaking and entering and lar- j eny. Probable cause was found I nd each defendant was bound i ver to Superior Court under a i ond of S300.00. S. B. Benton, white, was found j ot guilty of violating the stock | iw. Josh Simmons, colored, was harged with larceny. An action f nol pros with leave was takn in the case. The case against Henry Jenette, white, for obstructing the Dad was left open for judgment. Edwin Hinson and Festus HinDn, white, were tried on chares of larceny. Probable cause as found, and each was bound ver to Superior Court under ond of S250.00. T. F. Benton, white, pleaded uilty to charges of passing a :hool bus that was stopped on le highway. Judgment in the ase was suspended upon paylent of the cost. Amos Wallace, colored, was ' ?* Ktif tVio 1 nargea wim nca^aoo, uuv ise was dismissed. M. King, was charged with astardy, but there was a con;nt judgment in which the derndant agreed to pay the sum f $150.00 to the prosecuting witess for the support of the child. hidge Small Is Stricken On Bench Judge Walter L. Small, of Eliibeth City, suffered a stroke f paralysis Monday afternoon 'hile presiding over a term of uperior Court at Halifax. He ras rushed to a Rocky Mount ospital, where his condition is :ported to be serious. Judge Small was assigned to lis judicial district during the resent term, and was in Haliix by virtue of a trade made ith Judge Henry A. Grady, who i holding court in Whiteville lis week. nt ere sting P.-T. A. Program Planned Superintendent Roland, of the Tew Hanover public schools, will e the principal speaker'Thursay night at the meeting of the outhport Parent-Teachers Assoiation. Included on the program aranged for the occasion is a ledley of patriotic tunes played s a cornet solo by Harold Aldidge; the invocation by the Rev. i. L. Brown; and a vocal solo y W. C. Ledford, accompanied y Harold Aldridge on the coret. Friends and patrons of the :hool are invited to attend. E SL A Gooi LS TODAY Famous Game Is Invited 7 o ' Tom Gifford, Said To Be V erman, Called Here On Christm; There are believed to be many big game fish out on Frying Pan Shoals off Southport, and if this fact was established and the proper baits and methods of fishing were learned it is thought that many wealthy sportsmen would become interested in Southport. Tarpon are frequently taken in fishing, nets, fishing parties have caught as many as eight Porpoises and several Baracuda on a trip, and this without any knowledge of the fish and their habits. Amber Jack are also frequently taken, as are many other big game fish. The shrimp trawlers often take numbers of young Baracuda in their nets and this seems to give support to the theory that where there are plenty pf the young fish there must County Comm Suggestions Brunswick County Soil Con- j servation Committeemen Recommend That Minimum Of 3,000 Pounds Be Allowed FAVORS PRODUCTION CONTROL OF TOBACCO Suggest That Provision Be Made To Take Care Of Young Farmers _ Who Are Just Starting Out __?? Members of the Brunswick county soil conservation com-1 mittee attended the meeting of tobacco farmers last week in) Raleigh, and upon their return home drafted the following letter to the legislative committee in charge of the bill: "Supply, N. C? January 18, 1937. "To whom it may concern. "We, the County Committee of Brunswick County, in session at Supply, do make the following recommendations and think said recommendations express the sentiments of a majority of Brunswick county farmers. "1st. We favor production control, but do not favor following (Continued on page four) Final Dividend Paid Depositors Checks For 1.85 Per Cent Received Monday By De- ] positors Of Defunct Bank Of Southport In Final, Payment Dividend checks for 1.85 per cent were received Monday by depositors of the defunct Bank | of Southport. This was the final I payment, and brought the total I amount paid to 43,85 per cent, j Of this amount, 42 per cent was j paid out by the Peoples United; Bank as receiver. There was general rejoicing' among local business people, as | the checks were handed out. | They ranged from $2,500.00 down to 1 cent. Postmaster L. T. Yaskell received checks for several social, fraternal and civic organizations1 then in existance that have since I ceased operations. Officers of these old organizations should | call this week at the local post office to ask about possible divi- j dend checks. 'Waccamaw Fresh Plan To Enter The "Waccamaw Fresh Water Lads" will be on hand with plenty of Snipe boats at the Mid-Atlantic yacht races next summer, and they will give the "Salt Water boys" of Wilmington, Southport and anywhere else plenty of competition in these events that are to form a part of the big Yachting Re- j gatta in Southport next August. Assurance to the above came from Lee Greer, young Whiteville lawyer, who is a leader of various boys activities in Columbus county. It was Mr. Greer who piloted half a dozen young Whiteville and Lake Waccamaw lads on a 500-mile journey down the Waccamaw river to Georgetown and then back up the inland waterway to \TE i Newspaper In Southport, N. C '.Fisherman p Fry Luck Here I World's Greatest Game Fish- i His Way South About is Time I also be considerable numbers of the old. During Christmas, Tom Gifford, the most famous game fish guide in the world, according to reports, j stopped over in Southport aboard his new yacht, Lady Grace. The Southport Civic Club contacted Mr. Gifford and this week decided to write him and ask him to stop over in Southport for a week or longer on his return north. The object is to see if he cannot locate what the Civic Club believes exists here?a wonderful new sport fishing ground, filled with game fish, out near the Gulf Stream off Southport. Mr. Gifford is famous for his discovery of new fishing grounds. It is hoped he will come to Southport. ittee Makes \ For Compact I - . XXI 1 ANNUAL MLLIIINU ur |BANK STOCKHOLDERS |< I The annual meeting of stock c holders of the People United < Bank of Southport was held Thursday night. Officers elec- c ted for the coming year were: It J. W. Ruark, president, J. W. 0 Yates, vice-president, and G. ' W. Bunker, cashier. Members 1 of the board of directors are: | J. \V. Ruark, chairman, J. > Berg, S. B. Frink, W. C. Man- r son, C. Ed Taylor and J. W. t Yates. c Members of the board of !I directors passed a resolution providing that on and after 1 April 1, 1937, the interest rate J of 2 per cent per annum will be computed on all deposits remaining in the bank semiannually, on the first days of j January and July. If not drawn by depositors, this interest will go to their credit and will be compounding. County Students Ls Attend Louisburg * f David Watson And Dan g Walker, Southport Boys, ? And Pauline Ward, Of 1 Ash, Are Brunswick v County Representatives 1 e A total of three students are t registered at Louisburg College ,c E from Brunswick county. c Louisburg College has a total a enrollment of about 300 students this semester, which represents an enrollment increase of over e 15 per cent over last year's re- t (Continued On Page 4.) p Conference For Disabled Vets I u Notice was received here Mon- v day by Commander R. C. St.! |, George of the Brunswick County ,i Legion Post, that a conference i a of disabled ex-service men will a be held in Wilmington on Feb- i s ruary 13 at 2:00 o'clock. The j, place will be announced next week. All disabled veterans in Bruns- 1 wick county should get in touch with Commander St. George this week in order that proper arrangements may be made for c having them attend the- meeting. J, Water Lads' j? Yacht Races Here s Southport and Wilmington v last summer. F The Snipes are small sail t boats, under (14 feet. Indica- S tions are that a lot of young C Southport salts will build I themselves Snipes and enter ii into competition with the v many boats of that class j C that will come from other S places. I With the active backing of C the Carolina Yacht Club of v Wilmington, originators of C the idea of the regatta, the o Southport Civic Club is fos- I tering the event. A steering committee composed of Captain I. B. Bussell, Capt. F. L. Willing, James Harper, a Rufus Dosher and W. B. t Keziah are already actively [I at work. Many other commit- jj tees and officials for the it event will be selected later. |d POR' i A Good Com Z., Wednesday, Janua Board Of County Commissioners In 4 Special Meeting n Effort To Improve Present Plan For Collecting Taxes, Board Asks Clerk And County Attorney To Suggest Move At Next Meeting MOTIONS REGARDING LEGISLATION MADE ^sk For Bill Validating Action Of County Commissioners In Their Refunding Program Members of the Board of bounty Commissioners disposed if important business here Frilay in a special session. In an effort to improve the >resent system of collecting the :ounty taxes, members of the loard instructed the clerk, R. I. dintz, and County Attorney S. 3. Frink to draw up a plan for liscussion at the regular first donday meeting in February. C. Ed Taylor was employed by he board to proceed with closng the action of the county igainst the Palmetto Island Co. n a foreclosure suit for taxes. The motion of Commissioner r. B. Ward to appoint D. L. laney and O. P. Bellamy rural >olicemen failed to receive favirable action. The proposed sal try was $50.00 per month. Members of the board approved a resolution asking Represenative R. E. Sentelle to introduce i bill in the legislature validatng the action of the board in heir debt refunding policy. A motion was passed instructng Representative R. E. Sentelle lot to introduce or support a lill which will change the name if the Brunswick County Hoslital. Hog Farmers To Meet Thursday I. W. Taylor, Hog Specialist From State College, Will Show Educational Pictures At The Shallotte School Auditorium H. W. Taylor, extension swine pecialist, will conduct a school n Hog Management at Shallotte chool, Thursday night, January 8th, at 7:00 o'clock. It is to the interest of every armer in Brunswick county who ;row hogs, either for the market r his own use, to be present at hat time as two moving pictures nil be shown. One picture shows he proper management and feedrig of hogs and the other in disase and worm control. Mr. 'aylor will also conduct a disussion regarding the growing of ogs in tms section, as uie uiaussion will last about two hours nd a half, the meeting will bein promptly at 7:00 o'clock. Tenants are invited to bepresnt. Good hogs are important to hem, also. It is estimated that under the resent method of growing hogs hat worms alone slow the growh of hogs as much as 20 per ent. In other words, if hogs are :ept under average conditions, rarms get one out of every five ushels of corn fed. Therefore, t will be money to be present nd take part in this discussion nd secure from Mr. Taylor a atisfactory method of controllig worms. Attend Officers Meeting At Shelby The Associational Sunday Ichool Officers' Conference for forth Carolina was held at Shely on January 21st and 22nd. "he speakers were from all parts f Southern Baptist Convention. Tie conference was well attenled, there being about one thouand delegates in attendance. Those attending from Brunswick Association were: Misses tuth Ludlum, Shallotte: Elizaeth Page, Southport; the Rev. iteve Mintz, Leland; the Rev. Z. }. Ray, Ash and the Rev. B. R. 'age, Southport, the latter bcng Superintendent for Bruns wick Associational Sunday School Convention. He was appointed itate Promotional Chairman for Jrunswick, also chairman of Christian Education in Brunswick Association. The Rev. Z. J. Ray was appointed chairman f Evangelism for the Baptist of Jrunswick Association. MOVE FROM HERE Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Mangum nd family are moving this week rack to their home in Monroe, for the past eighteen months Jr. Mangum has been local disributor for Standard Oil prolUcts, r piL imunity ry 28th, 1937 publish Island Derives i Old Bald Hei *Lighthouse Is 123 Years i Old, But Was Discontinued Three Years Ago; Appearance Of Tower Said To Have Resulted In Nick-Name BALD HEAD IS AN UNUSUAL PLACE ! Is Most Southernly Point I Of North Carolina; Much Of The Land Is Swamp, But Other Spots Are High And Dry The solid white masonry structure, 99-feet tall, located on the | northern tip of Smith's Island, : is responsible for that body of land being called Bald Head. On the island, on the side fronting towards Southport, is the famous old Bald Head lighthouse, now 123 years old. This lighthouse stands out so prominently from the rest of the island that local people have fallen inI to the habit of referring to the l island as Bald Head Island. The correct name is Smith's Island and Bald Head is merely the 99 j j foot masonry lighthouse that serl ved the purpose of directing ma- j : riuers into the Cape Fear River i ; until 3 years ago when it was I | deemed obsolete and its light dis- j j continued as no longer being needed in these days of modern j navigation instruments. I ] | Smith's Island, a seventeen' ( | thousand acre tract of land five I ! miles from Southport and direct-1 ' ly opposite the Fort Caswell pen- j' ; insula, forms the landlock to I Soulhport's wonderful natural j l_ Coast Guards/ For Floi * ! \ BIRTHDAY BALL THURSDAY NIGHT The annual President's "Birthday Ball will be held on Thursday night in the Com- j munity Center Building, at j Southport, and preparations are being made to take care j of the largest crowd that has j yet attended a dance in the recreation hall. K. I. Mintz is general chairman in charge of arrange- I ments for the dance this year. J Assisting him are Mayor John | Ericksen, R. C. St. George, W. j S. Davis, L. T. Yaskell, Willi- a am Jorgensen and Wattcrs ! V Thompson. I a Music for the dance will be !w furnished by Vincent Eiser- a man, who played for the last fo two dances held in the Com- z munity Center Building. i'.. . _ , ? i' Shad Season Opens, * Eastern N. C. Waters v 0 The shad fishing season open-1 ! n ed Wednesday in the rivers and | c streams of New Hanover, Pen- n der, Brunswick, Bladen, Cumber-1a land, Duplin and Sampson coun- < n tics. It will close on April 15. Letter Of Apprecia From The P The Southport Civic Club appears to have taken the honor in matters of salutes by the U. S. S. Perch on the occasion of her recent, visit here. This fact came to light with the receipt of a letter just too late to be published in last week's paper. When the submarine left Wilmington, she was escorted to the harbor-end by two tugs, and as they turned back they \frere given three light blasts from the visitors siren. Passing Southport it could be seen from shore that all sailors on deck were waving hats and handkerchiefs and that a flag was being waved. In addition, three long and lusty blasts came from the | ships siren. j The local salutes were explained next day with the I receipt of the following let| ter, written by Lieutenant G. C. Crawford during the halfhour that elapsed after the Perch passed here until she dropped her pilot at the bar. It should be said that the pilots also received a salute as the submarine gathered full speed ahead for Cuba, and the pilots boat turned back to Southport. U. S. S. PERCH, Passage, Wilmington, N. C. to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 19, 1937. , j. r ; ,0T ED EVERY WEDNESDAY Name From id Lighthouse L. ^S i lai bor. The Cape Fear river ;iows between the island and the -eninsula and there empties into he Atlantic Ocean. A considerable area of Smith's (Continued on page four) nen Leave tded Districts iVarrant Officer W. H. Barnett, Of Oak Island Station, In Charge Of Seven Craft And Twenty-Five Men .EFT WILMINGTON IN SPECIAL TRAIN )ne Boat And Crew From Oak Island And Cape Fear Stations Included In The Group Mobilized In Wilmington Twenty-five coast guardsmen nd seven power surf-boats left Wilmington Monday night aboard special train for Louisville, Ky? here unprecedented floods threten the lives and property of undreds of thousands of citiens. The relief party which enrained in Wilmington was from oast guard stations along the oast of North Carolina and Virginia, and was in charge of Warrant Officer VW. H. Barnett, f the Oak Island Station. The boats are all non-sinkable notorized surf-boats capable of art-vine- 20 nassene-ers Each is mnned by a boatswain's mate nd two surfmen. In addition to Captain Barett, men from the Oak Island (Continued on Page Four.) tion Received erch Commander "Mr. W. B. Keziah. Southport Civic Club. Southport, N. C., "My dear Mr. Keziah: "I gratefully acknowledge the receipt of your very kind letter which reached me in Wilmington just prior to our sailing. When I say that every officer and man on this ship thoroughly enjoyed their short visit in Southport, I feel that I very inadequately express our real feelings. It was with regret that we left your most hospitable community and it is our sincere hope that we will be fortunate enough to return again in the not distant future. "I personally appreciate your thoughtfulness in writing to the Navy Department regarding our stay and I would like very much to have a copy of your letter. "This letter is being written immediately after personally sounding and waving ?. salute to you as I saw you standing on the dock as we passed Southport. Captain Craig is piloting us, and he has kindly consented to bring this letter to you when he returns. "With kindest personal regards, I am "Sincerely yours, G. C. CRAWFORD." I Lmm ?| J Most Of The News $ All The Time j ^_ $1.50 PER YEAR Officials Attend Highway Meeting Today In Raleigh County Attorney S. B. Frink, Register Of Deeds R. I. Mintz, Commissioner J. B. Ward And Chas. E. Cause To Attend Meeting WILL PRESENT CASE OF HIGHWAY NO. 130 Letter From Office Of Capus M. Waynick Indicates That Hearing In This Matter Will Be Held Within Short Time County Attorney S. B. Frink, Register of Deeds R. I. Mintz, | Commissioner J. B. Ward and Chase. E. Cause left this (Wednesday) afternoon for Raleigh where they will attend a meeting of the State Highway Commission tomorrow. Their appear- !t ance before the highway body is in the interest of the improvement of the Whiteville-Southport highway. S}j In reply to a recent letter to Chairman Capus M. Waynick, of the State Highway Commission, P.-gifter of Deeds Mintz the | week received the following reply from W. Vance Baisc, of the h'ghway office, relative to the uroirW that is of such m lior ? 'X1 | * ' " " ~ - 'Tj j interest to citizens of this coon- ,,1 ty. i "Dear Mr. Mintz:? "Inasmuch as Mr. Waynickwill be absent from the office most of this week I am taking the liberty of replying to your letter of January 11, concerning the holding of a hearing at Southport re- i lative to the location of the . above project in the vicinity of Shallottc. Your letter will be brought to the attention of the Chairman upon his return to the office. "In this connection I wish to advise that I am sure Mr. Waynick plans to held a hearing on this ten" -r v.-;* . short time? fl There is no special rush in doI ing this since it will be some time before the plans and estimate are completed so that the (Continued on Page 4.) Southport Man | Died Thursday | William C. Anderson, Veteran Employee Of U. S. Public Health Service, Died In Brunswick Coun! ty Hospital William C. Anderson, respected I Southport citizen and veteran I ! employee of the U. S. Public ! Health Service, died Thursday in the Brunswick County Hospital He was 55-years-of-age. The deceased was born in Stockholm, Denmark, and came 1 to this country when he was I about 20 years old. He was employed at the quarantine station in SouthDort until about five I years ago, when he was retired because of disability. He was married to Miss Marie Ellis, of Soutliport, who preceded him to the grave nine years ago. I An adopted daughter, Miss Lucy Anderson, is his lone survivor. iH Funeral services were conduce ! ted at the Trinity Methodist [ church Friday afternoon, with I the Rev. E. M. Hall in charge, j Fellow members of the Masonic Jl order were in charge of the ser- i vice at the grave, and he was buried in the Southport ceme- j Tide Table I Following is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Fort Pilot' through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low Tide Thursday, December 24 3:52 a. m. 10:26 a. m. 4:25 p. m. 10:32 p. m. Friday, December 25 4:53 a. m. 11:23 a. m. 5:26 p. m. 11:28 p. rn. Saturday, December 26 M 5:51 a. m. 6:21 p. m. 12:20 p. m. U Sunday, December 27 6:41 a. m. 0:23 a. m. j 7:11 p. m. 1:15 p. m. Monday, December 28 7:30 a. m. ' 1:18 a. m. 7:58 p. m. 2.05 p. m. Tuesday, December 29 r 8:17 a. m. 2:10 a. m. 8:46 p. m. 2:53 p. m. Wednesday, December 30 9:03 a. m. 2:58 a. m. 1 9:35 p. m. 3:38 p. m. I ' tils1