I Most Of The News All The Time KlUME TEN Banquet Th |Observanc< I Of Establ * Commanding Oficers f jouthport Unit Of CivilI ian Conservation Corps Will Be Guests Of Honor MINERAL McCLOSKV V HAS been invited t. Sample Extends Cordial invitation To Local CitiI zens To Visit Camp Inspection Tour I A celebration commemorating H vatv of the es . Company 427, B vis: Conservation Corps, at ; ^po! t will be held Thursday I the camp, and invita v have gone forward to McCloaKy, Colonel; . : and members of his art at Ft Bragg to attend the j is to climax the IaII past commanding officers, j officers, and past advisors have been r.v.toi to return for the celebrav ! the festivities are ex j tO t<lKO Oil Ull diiiiuo^acic day. banquet will be held at 8 I ck mesa hall, and the B - given permission, I theii girl friends. En 1 tton. junior officer, I - as master of cereI I Following the banqeut at 9:30 I there will be a dance in It- recreation hall with music, 1 by Vincent Eiscrman, [ I pluar young orchestra. I the features of the 1 I ly program the I be thrown open to the I of the general public I" rs ly afternoon from 3 o'clock Ik 5 o'clock. Lt. John VV. SamIk urges tent Southport. esr iies. take this opr ; > pay the camp a J e a tour through all f _ 1 grounds. Little Bits Of Big News 'News Events Of State, , Nation and World-Wide | Interest During Past Week Doubie-( rossed A nation-wide hunt was tressed Tuesday for the kidsappers who collected S50.000 r?nsnm. but failed to release aged Charles S. Ross. Spurred kv the knowledge that the family had been doubled-crossei. federal agents and state's attorneys' detectives hurled | mil iUItf 11IV.U cuv owmw* I 'or the snatch gang. mnstaUatinn A double-barrelled program I combining installation of new I American Legion officials with itlon of a handsome new, I bridge over the Cape Fear I River was enacted before; I rood-sized throngs in FayetteI nlle Tuesday despite practi (ontinuous rain. Heetor C. Blackwell of FayI etteville became department r"mmander and Mrs. H. A. I Novel! of Henderson was installed as president of the Left'"! Auxiliary, along with "ther new officers of the two 'fits, at exercises in the Fay'tteville high school last night. ' Ley Sox of Newton was '"stalled as grande chef de rare ,,t the 10 and 8, legion I I fun society. iiifteen Die Ground crews toiled over treacherous Uinta Mountain ' ails Tuesday to remove the I "*Ues of ft persons from the 'wreckage of a luxurious airier. while three separate instigations sought the cause I ' 'he nation's worst airplane i I ''faster. Deep snow, steep,] H %|M| canyon walls, and the " present menace of land- ] forced caution in the1 I tuft of removing the I United Air Lines of'e'als said it may be imposI .'He to get all the bodies of, four women and 15 men I 'ark to civilization before w?dneaday night. H Roosevelt hiked his ! n'"' <rf the Federal deficit or I ft-'ontlnued on page ?lx.) THI NO. 39 6-PAGES 1 ursday Nigl s Of 3rd Am ishment Of < ! j INVITED >? ? "hEB ' SPiK GENERAL XC'CLOSKY [ Basketball Coa Tuesday Ni 5k Henry C. Stone, Shallotte Principal, Elected President Of County Athletic Group For Year scheduleToF-games to be worked out Rules Governing The High School Teams Engaged In State-Wide Elimination Series Will Be Adopted This Year At a meeting of basketball' coaches for the high schools of the county held Tuesday night at Bolivia. Henry C. Stone, principal of the Shallotte high school, was elected president of the group. W. L. Lingle. principal of the Southport school, was elected vice-president; Principal Plyler, of Leland. was made secretarytreasurer. A mo,tion was passed to play all league games this year under rules laid down by the North 1 Carolina Athletic Association, which each year conducts a state(Continued on page 6) Slack Season At County Hospital Check-Up At Local Institu-. tion Shows There Were Only Three White PatiTuaerlav C1110 a uvouu^ This is a slack seasons at the i Brunswick County Hospital, and a check-up Tuesday morning; showed that there were only three white patients at the local institution. Mrs. Katie McKeithan, of South- , port, has been a patient for medical attention for several weeks. Edgar Finch, of Southport, has j been admitted for observation, and treatment. < Allison Mason, of Atlanic, isi the other white patient. 1 A Lot Of Nickels Here During S Although the Monday and Tuesday catches of shrimp were low, due to the rise in temperature, it is interesting to note that the Peoples , United Bank has had to call for large shipments of nickels almost daily for the past month. The shipments have ranged from $200.00 to $500.00, and have been to augment the supply on hand that is required to pay the pickers each day. 119 pounds and 11 ounces | of nickels, one of the daily shipments to Southport, would seem a rather large amount to an outsider, but that is what $500.00 in nickels weighs, and it was far from representing all that was required for the day's deposits. Many nickels come back to the bank each day in the way of deposits, and the daily shipments from other j banks is simply to make up j and keep an adequate supply on hand. It taKes 7 buckets of shrimp to make a 100 pound box ready for shipment. The pickers are paid a nickel for each bucket, and it is handed to them as soon as they dump their bucket in the washing vats. The pickers i : sl A Good "ODAY it Marks liversary ^CC Camp REMOVED FOR SAFE KEEPING Edmond Ellsworth, signer of an affidavit used in outlawing Melvin Mint/., was removed from the Brunswick county jail to another county for safe keeping Saturday when officers heard rumors that friends of the outlawed man planned to come here | and "get" the man who implicated Mint/ in the robbery of the H. O. Peterson store at Northwest. i Ellsworth, hobo, who came into contact with Mintz while bumming through the county, told oficers that he was with the Maco man when he robbed the Northwest store. Ellsworth was captured by officers following a gun bat- < tie 10 days ago during which he and Mintz fought shoulder to shoulder. ches Meet ght At Bolivia BOATS EVERYWHERE BUT NONE TO FISH With boats, boats everywhere in Southport, you ran believe it or not, A. S. Mowery, C. P. Epting, H. P. Hardiman and Mack McRae, of Salisbury, tried everywhere Monday afternoon and could not find one that would take them fishing Tuesday. Disappointed, they managed io engage a boat at Morehead City by telephone and left for that point at about dark. Every boat at Southport that carncs out fishing part ies had been engaged before the Salisbury gentlemen arrived at noon. Disappointed hut realizing the situation, they left avowing they would be back here soon and that they would speak for a boat a week in advance, next time. Waccamaw High 4-H Club Meets The Waccamaw high school 4H. Club met October 13 with Mrs. I Marion S. Dosher for the purpose of reorganizing the club. The following officers were elected for the year: president, j Dorothy Simmons: secretary-treasurer, Nell Walton; club reporter. Atlas Simmons: song leader, j Elsie Avent; pianist, Mable Edwards. Hallowe'en Party For Eastern Star Members of the Live Oak Chapter, Order of the Eastern nrfl nlannincr n PTallnU'A'pn party to be held at the Army ?nd Navy Club building on Friday night, October 29, at 7:30 3'clock. Prizes will be awarded for the >est child's costume. 1 i Change Hands 'hrimping Season spend much of this money , in trade soon after they receive it, but, a great deal is saved and some is used at outside points and does not find its way back to the local bank. When several hundred boxes of shrimp are shipped each day-and it takes 700 nickels to pay for the picking of 100 boxessomebody has to have a pile of nickels ready each after- , noon. A good story is told of an up-to-date man here on j a fishing trip. He went into a local store and bought a i fifteen cent article, tendering a $20.00 bill in payment. The merchant took it and went in his office, and i nothing was heard from him for ten minutes. Then the impatient customer called out to ask when he was to get his change. "In just a minute, Sir." was the reply, "I'm counting it out now." Time to his word the mer- j chant persented himself in another minute with both hands clutching a paper bag, i in which there were 397 loose j nickels. This he passed to the astonished customer, who indignantly refused it. I ME 1 News paper Ii Southport, N. G. Fisheries Boosts Price Of Shrimp And Starts Fuss In Face Of Curtailed Production During Bad Weather Spell Local Plant Of N. C. Fisheries, Inc., Raises Price THE LOCAL UNIT HAS HAD LITTLE BUSINESS Check Reveals That Independent Buyers Are Handling Much The Greater Part Of Total Shrimp Catch In the fact of a scanty production owing to weather conditions, the North Carolina Fisheries, Incorporated, raised the price of unpicked shrimp from $1.50 to $1.75 per bushel this week. Southport city officials, independent buying houses and scores of the shrimp trawlers, interviewed about the matter, unhesitatingly declared that the advance in price while no shrimp was being produced was aimed at getting boats to leave the independent houses and go over to the N. C. Fisheries. The Fishcries Company is being challenged to maintain the $1.75 per bushel price all through the season. At the same time it is admitted that the concern is very much belter able to pay this sum than are the independent dealers, since it is being financed by the government and does not ?. . ? ??i,AAn nave rent, wacs m upnccp equipment that was furnished to them. Three boats, all reportedly from Morehead City, have been attracted by the rise in prices and have gone over to the North Carolina Fisheries, giving this concern a fleet of six boats. Up to this week they had been taking care of one Southport boat (Continued on Page 6) Boxing Bouts At Local CCC Camp Good Scraps On Card Put On Last Thursday Night In Recreation Hall Of Camp Sapona Seven boxing bouts in which there was plenty of action were staged Thursday night in the recreation hall of Camp Sapona before a large crowd of fight fans. In the best bout of the night Fulton Bradshaw won a decision over I.eroy Patrick. There wasn't a dull moment in their three rounds of fighting. The scrap between Adam Dills and Robert Crawford went to the former when Crawford quit when the going got rough in the first round. O W. McClelland won a close decision over Billie Parker. A If DxndoVinr ohnit.'fid Cliph 3 /V. 1VL. oiauoilbl Oiivnvu uuv?? > convincing style against Labon Bennett that the latter walked from the ring after one minute of the first round. Lawrence Caison received the judges decision over James Raynor. Joseph Porter, one of the classiest fighters on the program, won over Furman Walters. Lonnie Broadwell got a close decision over Edwin Stevens. Robert Thompson was the referee; L. T. Yaskell and Dave Davis were the judges. Fishermen Have Very Good Luck Visiting Parties From Up State Have Unusual Luck During Week-End Despite Rough Weather Although they intended to put In three days fishing. Frank L. Johnson, Boyce Shuford, W. R. McCorl, Gus Deaton, C. C. Foster, Dr. J. R. Morrison and Fred Lawrence, of Statesville, made such a fine catch of trout Monday that they decided to pull up stakes and go home with their catch of something over three hundred pounds. Their trip out was made on the E. M. Lewis, of Cant. Hulan Watts, and practically all the fish taken were trout, some being unusually large. Dr. Morrison caught the largest trout and thereby took the pot, consisting of $1.75, this having been put up for the biggest catch. AH the boys had a great time and will be back at Southport before cold weather. Cal Newton and J. H. Northy of Charlotte, fishing from the boat of Captain H. T. Bow POR; i A Good Com , Wednesday, Octob j Commissioners In Session Saturday On Bond Matter i County Officials Went To Wilmington Saturday For Conference With Attorneys Representing Bondholders In Suit MET IN SPECIAL SESSION FRIDAY Dillon Ganey Placed Back i On County Payroll As j Rural Policeman At Salary Of $75 Per Month Members of the board of county commissioners, their attorneys, j S. B. Frink. and R. W. Daivs, Register of Deeds R. I. Mintz, and D. R. Hollowell, contract audi tor, met Saturday in Wilmington with attorneys representing the bondholders association in an effort to effect an agreement that will do away with the necessity of court action. Members of the board met here Friday in a special session during which time they voted to place Dillion Ganey back on the i county payroll as rural policeman } at a salary of $75.00 per month. At this same session members | of the board posted a reward of $50.00 for the capture of Melvin J Mintz, self-styled desperado of the Maco community. This offer is :?t?~i ranture must j;i uvioiuiiai uiuv m>w ?r 'be made in this county. Moth Boats Will Enter Regatta International Moth Type Boats Sailed Last Week In Regatta In Elizabeth City And Program Listed | Southport As Racing Place Next Season International Moth Class yachting races have been scheduled by the association to be held at Southport each August, according to the Southport Civic Club. Programs for the Elizabeth City National Regatta, which was held at Elizabeth City last week, listed future events as to be held here each August. The regatta the past summer was under the auspices of the South Atlantic Yachting Association in which the Moth Type boats do not usually participate. However, as there were three or four of these speedy crafts owned by ambitious young sportsmen in Wilmington, it was decided to permit them to participate ,and half a dozen took advantage | of the opportunity. But the event was not officially recognized by their association. Recognition and designation of Southport as a point for future races should bring around half a hundred of the speedy little craft from eastern North Carolina, especially from in and around Elizabeth City. It will also bring great numbers of the boats from interior North Carolina and from other states. The failure to fix a definite date for the 1938 Moth Type races at Southport is understood to have arisen from the fact that the South Atlantic Yachting Association has not yet set the date for the big official regatta at this place next year. It is understood that it is the desire to have the event for the little boats at the same time, , a combination of the two events. Tide Water Is Refused Funds REA Officials Feel That Power Rate Being Charged By Power Concern Is Not Reasonable Nor Practical For Cooperative Group After extended negotiations, during which no rate at all was quoted, the Tide Water Power Company has offered to sell elec; tricity at wholesale to a cooper^atlve group in the Tidewater section of the State. The cooperative has proposed a project in Sampson. Bladen, Duplin and Pender Counties. The rate quotled would average 1.3 cents per (kilowatt-hour. REA has felt that 'it cannot approve this rate as i A complicating factor in the situation is that the company is now asking for an additional loan of $190,000 to build lines in parts of the same area? Greene, Lenoir, Jones, Sampson. Duplin, Pender, Columbus, Cravj en, Pamlico, Onslow, Carteret, 1 Wayne, Brunswick and New (Continued on page 6) r pit munity >cr 20th, 1937 publisi Giant Sting I^L trouble?When a stir gets entangled in a shrimp i trouble. This specimen was Newton while shrimping the back views are shown of this ed to weigh between 80b an Melvin Mintz Is And Rew j * _??? ' blue fish boats ?* ? i/r rrtrtn r a tfufq I Somewhere l>etwcen fifteen md twenty thousand pounds of blue fish were bought and shipped by local dealers Monday, some ten boats being engaged in the work of fishing and all making fine catches. One boat is known to have brought in five thouand pounds. The price is not so good, said to be only 8 cents per pound, still with a large proiluctlbn being the rule the txiats are making good money at even this low price. All but one of the boats engaged in blue fishing are from Morehead City, Hatteras or j other points in eastern North j Carolina. Several Books Donated Library m m Mrs. Holmes Makes Dona> tion Of Several Valuable Books To Southport Public Library Mrs. Sarah Egle Holmes donated the following mystery novels to the Southport Public Library j Tuesday: "Give me Death," by I. B. iMyers; "Was it Murder", by! James Hilton; "Where Three Roads Meet," by Ethel M. Dell; "Fatal Shadow," by D. C. Meade: ; "Forty Years of Scotland Yard", by Wensley: "The Revenelle Rid- J die", by E. B. Black; "Grey Cotfarm" hv ci MoPhorson: "The . i Whip-poor-will Mystery", by H. Footner; "Peter Ruff and the Double Four", by E. P. OppenIheim; "The Company of Shadow", by J. M. Walsh; "For the I Hang-Man," by J. S. Strange; I I "Shot at Dawn," by John Rhode: i "It couldn't be Murder," by Hugh 'Austin; "Patty Mc. Gill, Investi| gator," by M. Medora;" Mystery 'and ", by H. Adams; "Who 'Rides On A Tiger", by M. B. I Lowndes; "Pent House," by A. jS. Roche; "The Man in Button ! Boots", by A Gilbert; "The Star jof Midnight", by A. S. Roche;; ! "The House on the Marsh", by Helen R. Martin. ' Negro Shrimpers Monotony Of NEGRO SHRIMPERS RELIEVE; j You've read of stevedores and their chanteys, negro workers with their spirituals and even their popular ditties . . . but Southport ; shrimp pickers are the only j ones who wait for their ships to come in to the tune of semi-classical songs. Very often there are ne' gro girls waiting on the wharves for boats to bring in the day's catch of prawn , long before they come in sight. The pickers are always a laughing and joking | crowd. With the traditional inherent rhythm which the negro possesses, one of the group occasionally leads the others into a melody which j the listener is surprised to | recognize as "Annie Laurie" or "Love's Old Sweet Song". It is found that the pickers also relieve the mono- j tony of picking the shrimp i with an occasional tune. The ?? ,0T ^ED EVERY WEDNESDA* ;ray Taken I l i ji lg ray the size oi this fellow , net the boatman is in for taken recently by Alfred i Crescent City. Front and ; ? sting ray that was estimatd 1,000 pounds. ill 5 Outlawed ard Is Offered Action Taken Friday By Judge Joe W. Ruark, Of Brunswick County Recorder's Court On Strength Of Affidavit FELLOW ACCOMPLICE INVOLVES MACO MAN Makes Sworn Statement That Mintz Was With | Him When He Robbed The Peterson Genera! Store Melvin Mintz still is at liberty, presumably somewhere in Eruns-1 wick county, but with a price | on his head, and. a band of law enforcement officers on constant lookout for him. Judge Joe W. Ruark, Brunswick county recorder, Friday signed an order declaring the Maco man an outlaw and giving any good citizen the right to i arrest Mintz and to slay him should he resist capture. The decree outlawing the Brunswick county man was issued upon the strength of an affidavit signed by Edmond Ells-' worth, who admitted to officers1 that he participated with Mintz in the robbery of the H. O. Peterson store at Northwest on October 8. Beginning last Wednesday of-1 ficers of this section, with the assistance of highway patrolmen (Continued on Pace Six) Demonstration Club Schedule For Week Following is the schedule ol home demonstration club meetings for the next week as announced Monday by the home ( agent, Mrs. Marion S. Dosner: Monday, October 25, Northwest club meets with Mrs. H. O. Peterson at 3 o'clock; Tuesday, | October 26, the Sea-Session club meets with Mrs. C. H. Gray at 2 o'clock; Wednesday, October 27, the Longwood club meets with Mrs. B. M. Etheridge at 2:30 o'clock; Thursday, October 28, the Bolivia-Antioch club meets with Mrs. Thurston Clemmons at 2:30 o'clock; Friday, October 29, the Southport club will meet in the apartment of the home agent at 7:30 o'clock. Relieve The Work With Music negro is never without music even though his hands arc busily engaged in beheading and "decoating" the small crustacean. It seems to be a good idea to have something to keep their minds on more pleasant things. It must have been a group of high school girls which gave a listener her biggest surprise a few days ago. She heard a haunting strain floating up from the wharf but could not quite recognize the tune. After a second verse it came fo her ... it was "Au clair de la lune"; Not only was the tune there, but they were singing the entire song in French! When the listener heard their next song she was even more surprised. The song was being sung as though loyal Frenchmen were on parade. Yes, it was a rousing chorus of the Marseillaise Hymn! j M?M - The Pilot Covers I Brunswick County I $1.50 PER YEAR I Committees For I P.-T. A. Named I For This Year I Complete List Of Commit- u tee Appointments And fl Grade Mother Represcn- H tatives For vear Are Ap- H pointed |m MRS. C ED TAYLOR HEADS ORGANIZATION Meetings Will Be Held On The First Thursday In 9 Each Month In Local jH High School Audi- H torium tB Mrs. C. Ed Taylor, president of the Southport Parent-Teach- |H ers Association, has named the SH following grade mothers to serve this year: |H First grade, Miss Bryan tea- j^H eher. Mrs. J. E. Smith and Mrs. H H. T. Bowmer; second grade, Miss Cromartie teacher, Mrs. George Galloway and Mrs. Valle H Fredere; third grade, Mrs. Wil- |^H lis teacher, Mrs. R. F. Plaxco; 9H fourth grade, Miss Hinton tea- jjuj cher, Mrs. A. L. Brown and Mrs. J. A. McNeil; fifth grade, Mrs. si Hood teacher, Mrs. R. L. Jones j?3 and Mrs. Ed Newton: sixth gra- ' |H| de, Miss Miller teacher, Mrs. W. ESS E. Bellamy; seventh grade, J. ^9 P. Wonsavage teacher, Mrs. J. 99 E. Carr and Mrs. Tyndall: eigh- J^9 th grade. Miss Peifly teacher, Mrs. Lizzie Gilbert: ninth grade. i^9 W. L. Lingle. teacher, Mrs. S. B. Frink and Mrs. W. M. Baraett; tenth grade, Mrs. Swann teach- jW ? *1." IS U U nil vir-e r B R. Hood; eleventh grade, Mrs. U Marshall teacher, Mrs. F. M. Niernsee. aoj The following; committees were |H named by the president: Mem- IB bcrship committee: Mrs. W. T. BB Ottoway, Mrs. Charlie Kasley, Mrs. William Wells, Mrs. F. M. Niernsee and Mrs. Harold St. George. Bfl Program committee: Mrs. I. cU E. Bussels. Mrs. K. M. Hall, Mrs. H H. C. Corlette, Mrs. Josephine J^B Marshall and Mrs H. W. Social* ?/iif.*W-.ce4* Jit re- VMBBB zeth Gilbert. Mrs. Agustus Swann IB and Mrs. Geneva Smith. B Publicity committee: Mrs. R. B| F. Plaxco. H Finance Committee: J. Berg, j^B Mis. Plaxco, Miss Mclva Peifly, j^B Mrs. Robert Willis, Mrs. J. E. Carr. Mrs. J. W. Ruark, Mrs. Ed (fl| Newton and Mrs. R. L. Jones. B Payments Show Better Business fl Cancellation Of Mortgages H Held By Wilmington Pro- jjflj duction Credit Co. Against Brunswick County Far- 9 mers 3 A batch of forty-four crop liens and chattel mortgages held by the Wilmington Production Credit Co. against Brunswick County farmers was received Tuesday morning by Register of Deeds R. I. Mintz for cancclla- BB tion. This was taken by the localS^ I^B county official as an indication mat rarmcrs 01 mis county arc meeting their obligations to the B credit company promptly, and ^B that, he thinks, is indicative of ^B good business conditions. Register of Deeds Mintz says that around a hundred-fifty papcrs for the Wilmington Prodnc- ^Hj tion Credit Co. were recorded, B in his office this year, and of B this number approximately one- B half already have been cancelled. B Tide Table 1 Following is tho tide table B for Southport during the next j.^H week. These hours are nppro- H ximately eorrert and were fur- B nished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the B Cape Fear Tilot's Association. B High Tide l ow Tide B TIDE TABI.E B Thursday, October 21 fl 8:38 a. m. 2:40 p. m. M 3:00 p. m. 3:25 p. m. H Friday, October 22 9:29 a. m. 3:26 a. m. S 10:03 p. m. 4:13 p. m. B Saturday, October 23 10:28 a. m. 4:14 a. m. B 11:07 p. m. 5:04 p. in. B Sunday, OetolMT 24 M 11:31 a. m. 5:07 a. m. <H| 6:02 p. m. Bj Monday, Octolier 25 |B 12:12 a. m. 6:10 a. m. 42:36 p. m. 7:00 p. m. H Tuesday, October 26 1:18 a. m. 7:25 a. m. I 8:17 ^B Wednesday, October 27 fl| 2:21 a. m. 8:38 a. m. ^B 2:42 p. m. 9:19 p. m. 91 - M

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