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I Most Of The News fl All The Time j^^OLUME TEN Hope For School Here Grows With Better Exchange Hopeful Signs That NautiIH ca| Preparatory School I May Be Located In ViciI nity Of Southport SomeI time Next Year HEADMASTER OF SCHOOL COMING ^^Hrxpected To Visit Section in Search Of Suitable Location For Young School Boys I Extensive correspondence of a I^^Jrurgulai nature with the 'WilI^^Kr^ton Chamber of Commerce, Hftntain Malcolm Stannard of I^Bjjruhester Green. Conn., and the SBmthport Civic Club has led to I^Krfity definite assurance that I section will have a big I ^Kur.tuer camp for boys next sumj^K.r and that this will be followI^K up bv the opening of a full I ^B^'ped nautical academy on I ^Hpctcher 1st. 1938. | Captain Stannard is the main I ^H-cner of the Connecticut NautiI^Hal Academy, a well established high class preparatory school youth from 12 to 20 years of I v He has received a flatterH . to sell the school and economic conditions in New B&igland are such that the stuH.er.t rate has to be over a thous|S : liars a year, he has practed to accent the of I sell out, come south and esI North Carolina NauI tiny. I He is convinced that here the I pei student can be cut to [less than half what it is there I N v.- England. This and the I - '.iniatic conditions locally are I tins: him in his decision Ito sell and come south. Although he is now in the I midst of a school session, he is arranging things in shape to Urie to Southport anil WilmingL. t oe.vj riant!*. and- make a complete investigation. Should he decide to come here, the middle of next January will brng about general advertising of the school in the mediums in Washington. Baltimore, Philadelphia. New York. Boston, St. Louis. Chicago and throughout North and South Carolina and Virginia. The plan is to open a big summer camp in the spring, ran it through the summer and open the academy proper on October 1st. Temporary quarters will serve ! the summer camp. Captain Stannard has a large four-masted sailing vessel with accommodations and facilities for training and schooling a hundred boys. (Continued on Page four) iLittlc Bits I Of Big News News Events Of State, Nation and World-Wide Interest During Past Week Death Toll At least 116 persons met violent deaths in automobile accidents on the nation's streets and highways over the week-end. Quick Trial A quick trial for the three Garr brothers, charged with murdering Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt, if the grahd My ...ts tnem, is indicated, lie grand jury meets October I. New Commander 'n a thunderous last session, the American Legion elected Daniels .1. Doherty. of Woburn, Mass as its national commander Thursday after recommending vast increases in the United States military establishment which would give the nation the largest navy in the world and bring the standing army to 180.000. The 19th ^gion convention, too, hit obliquely at violence in labor disputes and sharply underWed its reaffirmation of the rights of personal liberty and Private property. The new "state automobile jags will go on sale December and the law requires that j f 1938 tags must be display' hy January 1, it was an,"n'ed last week by Miss innie A. Payne, manager of branch office in Wilrningclub ?f tlle Caro"na Motor TH1 NO. 36 4-PAGES 1 Illinois Physician FISHERMEN THREE? 1 Shupert and daughters, Jear | of the big catch of trout th I weeks ago. Dr. Shupert lane j3 pounds each in two hours. Judge E. H. Cr Preside Ov October Term Of Brunswick County Superior Court For Trial Of Criminal Cases Will Convene On Monday, October 4th EXCHANGES TERMS WITH JUDGE SPEARS Judge Marshall T. Spears, j Who Was Scheduled To Come Here, Will Be In Duplin County Instead Judge E. H. Cranmer will preside over a one week term of Superior court for the trial of criminal cases here beginning Monday, October 4. I Judge Marshall T. Spears was scheduled to preside over this term, but an exchange was effected whereby Judge Spears goes <o Kenansville to preside over a terfn of Duplin county Superior court allowing Judge I Cranmer to remain at home. | Although there are many minor cases to be disposed of here next week, there are none of ; very great interest. Only one murder case, that in which a Ballard negro is accused of murdering his wife, is scheduled for trial. Migratory Bird Law Explained Stamps Must Be Purchased From Postmaster Before Going Hunting For Migatory Fowls This Season Seasonal limits and federal restrictions upon the shooting of migratory birds, for which bird stamps must be secured at the postoffice, were received yesterday by Postmaster L. T. Yaskell. Seasons: Duck, goose, brant, coot, jacksnipe, November 27 to December 26; rail, gallinule, September 1 to November 30: woodcock, December 1 to December 31; mourning dove, September 15 to October 15 and December 20 to January 31. Shooting hours: I Duck, goose, brant, coot' 7 a. m. to 4 p. m.; rail, gallinule, snipe, jacksnipe, woodcock, dove, 17 a. m. to sunset. Migratory game birds may be 'taken by use of a shotgun only, (Continued on Page 4) Weather Bureau \ But Trawlers ( The first weather flags to I go up at Southport in months were hoisted Monday, . the square red with black center, surmounted by the red triangle, warning to small craft to seek harbor or keep close inshore at points from which they could quickly take refuge should a blow come, i But the huge Southport j shrimp trawling fleet, their crews weatherwise in regard to local conditions, paid scant attention to the signals waving from atop the tall steel tower. They went out and stayed out. Three were towed in by the Coast Guard, j but the fleet itself, in its solidity, trawled away all , day long. Only the approach of darkness brought them in, scurry! ing around Caswell point. Mafiy of the crews were drenched to the skin from the spray kicked up by the flying whitecaps through j which the boats had been i ST J A Good rODAY Made Big Catch Above are shown Dr. F. M. i and Jacqualene and a part! ey made at Southport a few I led 69 fish, averaging about! i anmer Will er Court Term * 1 COSTLY SHOOTING FOR COLORED MAN I Seems like every time Ernest Ballard. Northwest nc| gro, gets into a fight some- j body loses a limb. Several years ago Ernest , got into an argument with , I Alex Adams which finally re- I suited in a shooting. When j the smoke of battle cleared j j away one of the Adams negro's legs was mangled to the point that it had to be amputated. Ernest was tried and sentenced to serve two years on the roads. Last week Ernest got into an argument with Walter Ballard. Once more there was gunplay, hut this time it was Ernest who was on the re- | ceiving end. It was necessary j to amputate one of his arms. Walter is out on a $1,000 bond and will he tried here next week. Shallotte Boy I In Marine Corps James R. Redwine, Graduate Of Shallotte High School, Enlisted Last Week In U. S. Marine Corps, At Savannah James R. Redwine, son of Mr. | j and Mrs. Wiliam H. Redwine, of Star Route, Shallotte. was among I the young men accepted for serv-j ice in the Marine crops last week t and was tranferred to the Marine Barracks, Parris Island, S. C., | for initial training preparasory to I ] assignment aboard ship or forei- J gn station it is annouuced by j Captain A. C. Small, district i recruiting oficer, Savannah, Ga.! Private Redwine formerly 'attended the Shallotte high ! school and intends to continue his studies while in the Marines I through the medium of the Marine Crops Institute which maintains courses in most the arts, trades and sciences and is free of charge to all members of the 'Marine crops. Entrance examinations for j service in the Marine are now ! being in the Savannah Recruiting Office, post ofifce building, j full information and application! blanks will be forwarded upon request. I Vaves Warning Continue To Trawl j struggling all day. Fair catches were reported on all sides despite the gale that blew continuously throughout the day. The big trawlers of Lewis Hardee, I able to go out further than other craft, brought in an av' erage of 40 bushels to the boat. Other big boats scattered here and there in the 1 I employ of other buying houses did just as well. Tuesday morning found the f flags still up and waving. In fact, they were whistling full length outstretched bei fore a northwest blow. Of this the trawlers took no no- I tice, they were away from their docks as soon as they could be iced, and this unspoken optimism of better weather was being justified by noon. The wind began to abate and the buying houses on shore began to prepare for a big catch. These pre- I parations proved to be justij fied. i ----j- - ____ ME 1 News paper In Southport, N. C., V Tuesday's Catch I Of Shrimp Was Around 20 Tons About 100 Shrimping Boats i Operating With Others j Coming In Daily; Big Fleet In Prospect TONS OF SEAFOOD LEFT SOUTHPORTJ Ten Trawlers Arrived From Eastern Carolina Points J Monday Morning; Fleet To Increase Steadily Over 20 tons of seafood left Southport between sundown last night and sunrise this morning, I bound for New York and Balti- j more. Practically all of this ship- a ment was shrimp and represented j just one day's take of the trawl- t ing fleet. A canvas of the eight buying i houses that are in operation re- r vealed at midnight last night that ? a total of 363 one hundred pound boxes of shrimp had been packed I and was moving out. This would i 1 be slightly in excess of 18 tons 1 of the net shrimp product. {< Ten trawlers arrived from 1 eastern Carolina points Monday 1 night. Seven came in yesterday, It these representing about the nor-': mal daily increase in the num-i' ber of boats in the fleet for thej < past ten days. The additions to ( the fleet will increase steadily!' for some time. |i One picking house that operat- < ed 45 boats last season had only j! 15 on hand last night. At the j same time it was stated that j i boats were on the way down and the house would have more than it had last year. 1 The approximate number of i boats now working for the dif- 1 ferent houses, subject to daily in- < crease, is as follows: c J. A. Arnold, 10 trawlers; 1 Roger Riggins, 11; Lewis J. i Hardee, 16; Ben Gray, 15; S. I. 1 Burns, 14; Wells Brothers, "15; Fodale Brothers, 15; North Carolina Fisheries, Inc.; 2 from More- < head City and 1 local boat. j Cast Selected For Local Play 1 Live Oak Chapter Of Eastern Star Will Sponsor Musical Comedy To Be Presented In High School 1 Auditorium Friday, October 8th After try-outs in the soutnpori high school auditorium Monday ( evening the following were selec- ] ted for parts in the musical com edy, "Rosa," being sponsored by \ the Live Oak Chapter of the j Eastern Star No. 179, Friday, ( October 8, for the orphans and t the Masonic home. c John Shannon, Bob Brown, a 1 college boy who opens an inn; 'i Leila Hubbard, Rosa, a Gypsy j t girl in love with the inn owner; j H. E. Brown, professor Jones, | Bob's father, in disguise; Mrs. |( Corlette, Madam Dunne, an opera (i singer and guest at the inn;,( Robert Hood, Mr. Batchelor, a j i henpecked husband; Emma Lou: 1 Harrelson, Mrs. Batchelor, domi- j neering socially ambitious wife; < Evelyn Loughlin, Fanny Batchel- 11 or, a modern girl who rivals!1 North West mounted in her pur-11 suit of her different swain; Wat-[ ers Thompson, Billy Penn, the J different swain and manager of!1 the Inn; D. I. Watson, Uncle De-j' lora, leader of the Gypsy band;!' Susie Sellers, Tessie, the Inn j: clerk; Dan Wells, Gordon; M. I] James Wolfe, Herbert: would-be,1 college boys. The play consists of a rapid-; j fire succession of plots involv- J ing the characters in amusing and unexpected entanglements. ( There are many novel dance l routines done by some of the foremost dancers in town. These j alone are worth coming to see. j ( Tickets may be obtained from j, any of the cast. Remember the ( date, Friday, October 8th, at 8 P. M. You can't afford to miss it! Brunswick Boy Completes Course Ira Lee Chadwick, 19, son of < Mrs. Rosie Davis of Winnabow, enlisted in the navy through the I j Wilmington Recruiting Office | < June, 1937, and has successfully 1 completed three months of naval training at the Naval Training Station, Hampton Roads, Va., and has been spending 13 days' vaca-1 tion at home with his people, j Chadwick returned to the Na- I val Base September 25 from ' which point he will be assigned to duty at a later date, probably ! in some ship of the U. S. Fleet j which is now on the west coast. ^ ? P0R1 i A Good Com /ednesday, Scptembe Orphans Present Program Here Monday Evening Singing Class From Oxford Orphanage Present ed Programme Before Large | Audience Here Monday' Night SPENT TWO DAYS VISITING CITY Vn Appreciative Audience Heard Concert Of The i Oxford Orphans Here On Monday Evening Of This Week The Singing Class from the ifasonic Orphange in Oxford rave a concert in the high school j luditorium Monday night. The | irogram was sponsored by Py- j hagoras Lodge of Southport. The well-trained children were inder the direction of Mrs. Sadie t\ Hutchinson and were managid by L. W. Alderman. During their two-day stay in Southport the singing class and eaders were entertained in the lomes of local Masons. On Mon Jay morning they were taken 'or a trip to Fort Caswell. Jim Hood conducted the class over :he fortifications and explained jomething about the fort to them, rhe children were then taken >ver the Coast Guard station by Japt. Barnett, officer-in-charge. The orphans showed appreciation .'or the attention paid them and ;xpressed wishes to return to Southport. Their program for the Monday light concert is as follows. Part 1 Chapel Choir, Luther; Gounod- [ Deis; "Hello, Bill", Painton; "The Stylish Little Ladies", RugbeeFreeman; "a Quaker Duet", Ko-j igle; "Dance of the Dunces", Eliridge; "Caudle Has Become a| Vfason", recited by Miss Helen J Sanford, Jerrold; "Parade of the | iVooden Soldiers", Jessel. Part H "Just a Scratch on the Fen- J ler", Adams; "The Rheumatis", Alston; "Silk Stockings", Kempe;! 'Rag Dolls on Parade", Taylor; 'Giddy-ap. Little Rockin' Horse", jy High. Legion Ceremony | Set At Southport Edwards To Preside At Joint Installation Of Of-j ficers On October 7th iv. \j. ot. ueurge, uuigum^ i Commander of the Brunswick | Post American Legion, and L. T. I'askell, the incoming official who akes his place, are making freat plans with the assistance of )ther officials for the big installa;ion ceremony which is to be held in October 7th. The Wilmington 5ost No. 10 is also active in the natter. The following story from he Wilmington Star covers the jlanned event: Plans for a joint installation of ifficers of the American Legion ind auxiliary at Southport Oct>ber 7 were made at last night's neeting of Wilmington Post No. 10. J. B. Edwards, Seventh district :ommander, will preside. Members of the Legion and auxiliary will be the guests of Southport Post No. 194. The tentative program includes i fish supper at Camp Sapona at 1:30 p. m., followed by formal nstallation exercises at Southsort. Then a dance, music for which will be furnished by a well | mown orchestra. Members of; the Columbus county post have | ilso been invited, as well as Com-1 nander Wiley Pickens of Lincoln- j ton, State Commander-elect H. C. j Blackwell, of Fayetteville and other state officers. Officers of the society of Forty and Eight will also be installed and awards presented. Among the officers i to be installed will be Comman-1 ier-elect H. M. Symmes, of Wilmington post. Members of the (Continued on Page 4) Loafalong Party Made Pretty Catch Some 16 Southport. Wilmington ind Morehead City boats operat!d out from Southport Sunday ivith sport fishing parties. The prettiest catch reported by any of the craft was that of the Loafalong of J. Irving Corbet of Wilmington. Included in the take of this boat was over 100 of the biggest mackerel that have been brought in this year. The Loafalong went some distance out to the 11 mile slough. All other boats seem to have congregated at points close in shore and while fine catches were made there was no outstanding report of success. r pii munity r 29, 1937 bli Chas. E. Gaus Brunswicl Succeeds S. K. Milliker Who Has Held The Pos Nearly Two Years IS ON FEE SYSTEM INSTEAD OF SALARY In Place Of Delinquent Taj Collector Commissioners Create Office Of Depputy Collector And Appoints William Jorgersen Chas. E. Gause, member of th Brunswick Board of Education was yesterday appointed tax col lector for Brunswick county. H succeeds S. K. Milliken, who ha held the post for a little over i year. Mr. Milliken was a candi date for reappointment and Sar J. Bennett, prominent youn| business man of Shallotte town ship was also an aspirant. Th name of Mr. Bennett was place in nomination by Commissione John B. Ward but there was n seconds. Commissioner Sam J Frink then nominated Mr. Gaus and Chairman Roach seconde the nomination. Instead of a straight salarj Mr. Gause, who will begin hi work on October 15th and wh will have to resign as a membe of the school board in order I Congressman Out ToB REAL MONEY IN THIS SHRIMPING Robert Ripley will have to dig deep into his file of Believe It or Nots to match this true story of shrimping that occurred last week. Dunie Watts and Homer McKetthan were clearing their net after an offshore drag when one of them spied a piece of paper in the meshes which looked like money. Examination proved that to be exactly what it was? a five dollar bill. It was a U. S. Treasury note, and was made in 1934. The bill was in good repair, and was brought in to a local store to be changed and divided. Meeting Called For Friday Nit< Matters Pertaining To Ad vantageous Co-operatioi With State Board O Conservation And Devel opment Will Be Discus sed The North Carolina Depart ment of Conservation and Deve lopment is desirous of cooperal ing in various matters relativ to Brunswick county and South port, some of which matters ar very important. In furtherance of the coopera tion Mayor John Ericksen is ask ing for a mass meeting of citi zens at the court house Frida night of this week at eigh o'clock. The Civic Club is alread cooperating with the Departmen The meeting is being calle purely for the purpose of havin Southport people obtain a bette understanding of matters i which they can aid their con munity and themselves by thei individual cooperation. All public spirited men an women are invited to be presen Shrimping Seasor Work For Loc< If any station anywhere has a lifeboat that sees more active service than the one at Oak Island it should be awarded a distinguished service medal. The reports on the work performed by the local craft are not available at the moment, but the offhand impression is that the Oak Island boat has been averaging a call a day to tow in a disabled craft for the past three j weeks. Monday morning, shortly | after daylight, Captain Barnett's efficient little boat was observed towing in a big menhaden boat, a vessel 40 times her size. Friday she I was seen bringing in two shrimp trawlers on the same line, and it has been a daily | occurence for one or som I .OT [SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY e Appointed k Tax Collector 11 i c RBk* .$ S? \ y t IB ' I I BL. e BE * CHARLES E. OAUSE j r j qualify, will work on a commiso [ sion basis. He is to receive two i. i and one half per cent on all e current and delinquent taxes cold; lected and is to have the aid of a deputy collector who is to be r,; paid the sum of $125.00 per s | month by the county. This deo j puty is to do all the work of r the delinquent tax collector, o | (Continued on Page 4) Clark Turns e Crack Hunter -* "jlHe And Postmaster Wilbur Dosher, Of Wilmington, I Were Guests Of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Yaskell CONGRESSMAN GOT HIS BAG-LIMIT Casting For Drum Over On Bald Head Island Also Proved Enjoyable Sport For Visitors Guests of Postmaster and Mrs. L. T. Yaskell, Congressman J. Bayard Clark, of Fayettevllle, I and Postmaster Wilbour Dosher, of Wilmington, spent the first part of last week here and engaged in marsh hen hunting and jsurf casting for drum. Guided by Capt. H. T. Bowner, - Congresman Clark proved an - able nimrod and brought down j his full quota of marsh hens, ! and was hie-h man for the day last Wednesday. Save for the 1 guide. Congressman Clark went " j alone for the shooting and his | single companion was high in ' praise of his abilty to handle his J J gun j One night was spent at the i- old Cape Fear Coast Guard ' station as guests of Captain W. H. Barnett and the two men who are on duty there. The next day the Congressman and the two !- postmasters enjoyed themselves at t- the surf casting for drum. Quite e a number of nice fish were taken, i-the largest that fell to Congrese sman Clark weighing 18 pounds. Postmaster Yaskell is reported i- (Continued on Page 4) y Library Meeting it Thursday Night y Mrs. C. Eld Taylor, chairman t. of the board of trustees for the d Southport Public Library, has g called a special meeting to be :r held Thursday night at 8 o'clock n in the library building. All peri sons interested in the welfare of r j the local library are invited to I be present, d! Plans for obtaining new books t. j for the library will be discussed. i Brings Much il Coast Guardsmen j times two to be brought in. Among suclj a huge fleet of boats as are now at Southport accidents are bound to happen daily. An j engine can go wrong, a rudj der can be wrenched off p when the craft is caught in an unexpectedly heavy sea. The same seas may i sweep a trawl into the churnI ing propeller, bending or breaking it. or at best resulting in a hopeless tangle of torn netting around propeller 1 and shaft and the absolute necessity of beaching the boat and waiting for low tide before the crew can get down ! and undo the trouble. It's either a case of calling the Coast Guard or anj other trawler will have to stop and lose its day's work in order to tow the distressed e-1 craft in. ., f The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR j Quick Action Of I Deputy G a n e y ] Saved His Life 1 Brunswick Special Officer 1 Seized Arm Of Stick-Up j Man And Deflected Gun I SERIOUSLY WOUNDS J HIS ASSAILANT I Filling Station Stuck Up I And Deputy Surprises !1 Man While Making I His Getaway I Possibly it was only the quick I thinking and just as quick ac- I tion of Special Officer Dillion j Ganey that saved his life at a I filling station at the Brunswick jl [Bridge Saturday night. As it was, 9 j the officer was slightly wounded il in both legs and on the other side Collins Thrope of Wilming- 8 I ton received two bullets in his In jbody from the officer's gun. One |H of these wounds was for a time H thought to be fatal. Thrope is alleged to have shot [i and wounded S. J. Cooker, filling station operator at the bridge, (during a stick-up. Cooker was j! robbed of $40.97 by his assailant who then rushed to a car that ' he had parked on the highway and was then vainly endeavor- 'j ing to start it and escape when the special officer drove up and stopped. ' Ganey was unaware of tha l trouble until Thrope left the machine he was endeavoring to J start and rushed to the Ganoy i car. springing on the running i board, he thrust a pistol through 1 the lowered window, and shouted I to the officer to drive. Ganey's gun was in the bo* on the right hand side of thd dashboard, almost out of reach of the officer. Instead of obeying , the command to drive he seized' ! his assailant by the gun wrist and deflected the weapon, at tha same time he reached for his own guft in the dashboard. Thrope fired twice while the of- I [fleer had hold of his gun wrist, -<$H jboth bullets striking the officer H in the legs but making only M superficial wounds. a By this time Ganey had reach- I ed his own gun and brought it IB into play. He fired twice and IB Thrope dropped from the running I (Continued on Page four) 1 Numerous Cases jl j Before Recorder 9 Five Cases Covering A I Wide Variety Of Offen- i I ses Were Tried Wednes- I day Before Judge Ruark j J I Five cases of minor importance I were disposed of Wednesday in Recorder's court before Judge J. J j W. Ruark. I F. P. Morris, white, pleaded I I guilty to charges of driving an |j I automobile while he was under J J the influence of intoxicating li| quor. He was required to pay I I a fine of $50.00, his driving li- I I cense was revoked for 12 months -bB and he was required 10 pay uie costs of the action. I Isaac Jackson, colored, pleaded H guilty to charges of making an I | I assault. Judgment in his case fl | was continued for one year upon H I condition the defendant remain H of good behavior and pay the H : costs of the case. . 1 Pete Randolph, colored, was I 1 found guilty of being drunk and j disorderly. His sentence of three : months on the roads was sus- EH | pended upon condition that he H refrain from public drunkeness II (Continued on Page 4) I . ?-?-? ?-?_?. , ?i, Ifl Tide Table | Following is the tide table lufl for Southport during the next jgl week. These hours are appro- I I ximatrly correct and were fur- | I nlshcd The State Port Pilot Igfl through the courtesy of the I. I ' Cape Fear Pilot's Association. )^| I High Tide Low Tide IB TIDE TABLE ' I Thursday, September 80 IB 1:47 a. m 10:56 a. m. M ->:11 p. m. 11:28 p. m. IB Friday, October 1 IB 5:44 a. m. 11.48 a. m. I Saturday, October 2 II ! 6:33 a. m. ,1 8:51 a. m. 12:39 p. m. I Sunday, October 3 I 7:16 a. m. 1:01a.m. II I 7:33 p. m. I r.'ii p. m. | jfl Monday, October 4 I 7:56 a. m. 1:44 a. in. IB 8:12 p. m. 2:11 p. m. Ml Tuesday, October 5 II 8:33 a. m. 2:26 a. in. I | 8:51 p. m. 2:53 p. m. II Wednesday, October 6 B | 9:08 a. m. 3:05 a. tn. H 9:28 p. m. 3:33 p. m. OB