I ,\lost Of The News
I \11 The Time
"?
BJuME TEN NOmr
Orders Are F
I ToAbandc
I Sapona I
*?
M Has Been Feared For j~~
Some Time That Local I
u?it Of Civilian Conser- |
I ration Corps Might Be
Moved From Here
Irn NOTICE YET
V WHERE IT'S GOING f
Hn?e Rumor Has It That |
B]y Camp Will Be Discontinued
Entirely; An
0t)ier Report Is That
|t May Be Moved
I dice has been receiv- I
>hn W. Sample, com- I
at Camp Sapona, I
H adandon the camp 1
lv. t-.veen December I
H ir; p, comber 20.
far no official word has
received by Lt. Sample re
th future fate of the
^E*-- Cm unofficial rumor is
imp will be discontinues
men assigned to othKoCC
units.
^B?.r.erily there was a report
Columbus county that the
^E- . . be moved from here
.v? Waccamaw in Columbus
P another report that is f
Y -t rfieial backing is that
L imp may lie moved to Calp.:?
in < unit.
[p- officers and men are just
L doubt concerning fu- Ai
t; plans as anyone else, and
[ waiting for official orders.
local camp was establishl
here in October. 1934, and
tt that time the men have
t engaged in forestry work in
p;:js of 25-miles. With most !p(
I its territory covered by the
p crews, the powers;that-be
?W to move the local unit Ui
e 1 tether territory. \
Little Bits
Of Big News ^
! ? *> Events Of State, ^
Silion and World-Wide ms
'nteiest During Past
Week jjj
, we
ild Weather ke
Winter chilled the South. if
".'.-Jav menaced fruit and I ms
" getable crops worth millions ;au
t ollars. left northern New .. '
v tn<
: :k snow-bound and threat- th(
" shipping from the Virgi- coi
sa capes to Portland, Maine. ju!
Ive deaths were laid j ^
ason's worst cold : lh(
st reacneu as far to
he Everglades. Lou- j ^ ^
r.ers expressed fear;
ar crop would suf-1
i vegetable and ber.
ere nipped and cit- j I
i s were alarmed, j la
mage to vegetables j
in the P.ic Grande j
Oi
s "lame Eagle",
les A. Lindbergh,
k Sunday- ending
rears of self-imposvith
a surprise visit
ive land. Unheralded, da
<trietest secrecy, Col. 00
and his wife arrived on
S. President Hard- be
eak at least for a
erludc during the ft'
holidays their nev- ch
ted sojourn abroad, 'hi
'US aviator left his
children, Jon, 5, and ?
"Months old. in Eng
lev may be at the M
estate. "Long Barn". *
in Kent, England,
drs. Lindbergh's sisAubrey
Niel Morglives
in Wales.
'iathan
c a Japanese bid
3-year-old Leviathan,
d States lines anSunday
the sale of
i wartime troopship
Industries, Ltd., of
for about $800,000.
his, a vice-president.
Japanese bid, one of
not accepted be?
did not think it
at this time to even
in offer from Japan."
dS-ton liner, seized
nmany during the
r ::nd later sailed as
J|1P of the United
'erchant mirine, will
ttly for England.
THE
46 6-PAGES
fOAB
*deceived
^
3n Camp
Sfext Week j
0
Vice-President P
D
th
Bp ?. jjfl^^H Cc
K ^K su
1 br
J. N. COBVRN
k . A 1
ostmaster Aski
To Coopera
*?
nnual Rush Season For ?
Postal Authorities Is At I
Hand And Patrons Are I
Urged To Co-operate In
Every Possible Way
DSTMASTER GIVES '
SEVERAL DIRECTIONS 1
. (
rges That Packages Be 1
Vrapped Securely, Ad- j ?
dressed Plainly And
Placed In Office At ,
Early Date >
rhc Christmas season is at i
nd, and with it comes the an- !
al rush that makes the life of
> postal authorities one of busy (
tivity as they handle holiday j i
til. j 1
Realizing that unsual demands _
II be made the local office and _
employees during the next few J
eks, Postmaster L. T. Yas- j |
II calls attention to several *
portant details in which citizens
ty cooperate with the postofficc
thorities.
Keep all boxes free of mail so N
it they will be ready to receive
> distribution from each in
Tiing bus. Call for packages
it as soon as a notice is revet!;
the office needs the space.
> not destroy package slips, for
jy show the postal clerks where
find each article. ag
Businessmen with important m,
ters to get off should plan to
(Continued on page C
? gn
ight Session ?
In County Court Z
th
nly One Case Was Finally rj,
Disposed Of Here In Re- oj|
corder's Court Friday Be- Co
fore Judge Joe W. Ruark Ei
Last Wednesday was a light ye
y for officials of the Brunswick he
unty Recorder's court, and only Gi
c case was finally disposed of bt
fore Judge Joe W. Ruark. to
Johnic Bellamy, colored, was ot
ven a preliminary hearing of to
arges of breaking and enter- le:
?. Probable cause was found, st
(Continued on page 6) ne
Cing Winter Ms
With Flurry Of
King Winter made his bow J
during November, and the I
first killing frost of the season
was experienced on November
4. Coldest weather of
the past month was on Novcmber
23, when the mercury
dropped to 23 degrees, i
Maximum temperatures recorded
for the 30-day period
was on November 9, when
74-degree temperature was recorded.
Friday. November 12, was
the year's rainiest day, and
the total precipitation during
the 24-hour period was 3.15
inches. This was well over
half the total rainfall for the ,
month?5.17 inches.
Northeasterly windar bane of
: sti
A Good
TODAY
ando:
Peoplei
Waccamaw Bank ]
i Trust Company ]
urchases Bank]
eal Transferring Deposit 5
Liabilities To Chain With
Headquarters In Whiteville,
Announced Last
Week
RINCE O'BRIEN
IS NEW CASHIER E
?mes Here From Fairmont j
iVhere He Has Been As- (
sociated With Bank As
The Assistant
Cashier
The deposit liabilities and asts
of the People's United Bank, j
Southport, were purchased by
e Waccamaw Bank and Trust n
of Whiteville, in a deal con- j.
mmated last week. j
Prince O'Brian, who has been ,
sociated with the Fairmont j
inch of the Waccamaw Bank . h
(Continued on page six.)
a
- II
s r atrons ;
ite With Mails J
?
')
INCREASES PROSPECT [
FOR 'DRY' CHRISTMAS
a
Projects for a "dry" Christ- a
nas were materially increased h
Saturday by Sheriff J. A. Russ h
md his men as they located s
wo 400-galion capacity stills t
ill s<>t up and read.V "for oper- C
ation about one mile from t
Thomasboro.
Sitting about the still site h
vere 86 barrels of mash that e
,vere just about ready to run. 9
The sheriff estimated that he d
ind his men turned out about n
>,160 gallons of the mash. s
Men with Sheriff Russ on c
!he raid were Daniel Cong,
lohnie Stone, Edgar Gore, L.
H. Brown and a Mr. Nelson. (
V
anker Aground
Near Southport5
orwegian Tanker Irma
Went Aground At Battery
Island Tuesday Morning
When Steering Apparatus
Broke "
Norwegian tanker was still j3
xound off Battery Island this "
orning after tugs from the t
Tnu'inp Co. and coast a
lard vessels had tried ill vain o
st night to float her at high w
le. 8
While the tanker apparently
is firmly stuck, she was rest- S
g easily and was in no danger fl
is morning. ''
The Ima was bound up the
,'cr with a cargo of creosole ^
I for Taylor-Colquitt Cresoting
mpany from Manchester canal,
igland.
She went aground early
sterday morning when one of
ir steering engines failed. Coast
lardsmen said a steam pipe
irst causing one steering engine s
lose pressure. The force of the g
* it
her engine swung the vessel far
starboard, causing her entire
ngth to ground, they said. The
ern of the ship was reported
iarcst deep water.
t
ikes His Bow [
'Icq And Snow,
? t
the shrimpers, prevailed during
the month, but tlicre was
only one storm warning, that
for small craft on TTianks- '
giving Day. There were sixteen
clear days, eight cloudy
days and six partly cloudy
days during the month. There q
was a light fog on Move- r
mbcr 13, and on November r
27 and November 28 there j
was a dense fog. a
December was away to a v
breezy beginning, and unusual- q
ly cold weather prevailed
Thursday and Friday. An i
all-day rain which fell dur- i
ing the former day turned to c
uleet and snow at nightfall. c
However, none of the flaky j
precipitator, was found the c
following morning. a
A
ME
News paper lr
Southport, N. C
N CCC
> Unite
(mas Seal Drive
s Launched Here
)uring Past Week
iale Of Tuberculosis Seals
Making Nice Progress,
Says Mrs. Annie K. Vitou,
Chairman Of The
Annual Drive In Southport
iXPECT TO SURPASS
LAST YEAR'S RECORD
Chairman Urges Co-opera-j
tion In Making The Drive j
A Success*, Seal This
Year Depicts The
Age - Old Town
Crier
The annual Tuberculosis Christias
Seal Sale has been officially
lunched in Southport during the
ast week according to Mrs.
Lnnie K. Vitou. chairman of the
rive which is being sponsored
y the local Woman's Club.
To date the drive has received
heartv response and it is beleved
that the drive will far
xceed that of last year. The
laioritv of the citizens of South
ort is cooperating in the drive [
.'hich is conducted every year;
ver the nation for the purpose
f raising funds for combatting
he dreaded disease of tubercul- ,
sis.
This year the seal depicts the |
ge-old Town Crier, hale, hearty
nd robust, the picture of virile
ealth as he sets the clapper of
is bells-swinging. Two billion
trong, these seals have been sent
o ajl^ corners of the nation. North
,'arolina's quota has been set at'!
welve million.
The North Carolina campaign
as been organized to such an
xtent that it is now working in
5 of the 100 counties. Two hunred
chairmen and their comlitees
are ready to lend their
trength and time to making this
ampaign the most successful one(Continued
on Page Six)
Suggested Books
For The School
louthport High School Library
Is in Need Of
Books That Can Be Used
By Students For Parallel
Reading
The Southport high school is
laking a plea to the citizens of
his community to contribute
ooks for the school library. It
i hoped that the patrons and
riends of the school will observe
he following list in order to
scertain if they can donate any
f those books. Any contributions
rill be deeply appreciated by the
chool.
The following list of books sugested
by the state department
or outside reading in the Engsh
Department:
Plays by Shakespeare: "As You
ike It", "Julius Caesar". "Maceth",
"Merchant of Venice".
Novels: "The Sny" (Cooper).
David Copperfield" (Dickens),
Treasure Island" (Stevenson),
Last of the Mohicans" (Cooper),
Vicar of Wakefield" (Goldsmith),
Ivanhoe" (Scott), "Tom Brown's
Ichool Days" (Hughes), "Pilrims
Progress" (Bunyan),
House of Seven Gables" (Hawhorne),
"Moby Dick" (Melville),
Lorna Doone" (Blackmore),
Mill on the Floss" (Eliot),
Oregon Trail" (Parkman).
Short Stories: Suggested auhors:
Hawthorne, O Henry,
Srown, Poc, Stevenson. Van
)yke, Cobb. Tolstoi, Morlcy,
acobs, Daudet. Anderson.
Essay: "Making Friends"
Morley). "Jungle Peace" (Becle),
"Birds and Bees" (Bur(Continued
on page six)
Bolivia Teams
Win Doubleheader
The Bolivia high school girls!
lefeatod Southport 22 to 6 last |
light in a one-sided game play-1
d on the local court, but the)
Soli via boys were forced intoj
in over-time period before they
vere able to defeat the local
|uint 33-30.
At the end of the regular playng
period the score was 28-28.
/conard. of Bolivia, and Taylor,
if Southport, paced the attack |
if their respective teams with 12
Mjints each. The all round play
if Bellamy, of Southport, was
mother feature of the game.
P0R1
i A Good Comr
l., Wednesday, Decern
CAMI
d Bank
| These Attractive
.2 ^ j&li.r - ^
'liii - ^'4
DOOMED?Sometime be
buildings and grounds of Can
this district soon will be a des
?
Red Cross Drive ]
Will Continue j
Thru Next Week :
Workers In All Parts Of
Brunswick County Are
Busy With Membership |
Drive, But Returns Are
Not In
FINAL REPORT TO
COME IN BY 15TH
The Rev. A. L. Brown,
Membership Chairman,
Says That Reports Indicate
Good Results
In County
According to the Reverend
According to the Reverend A.
L. Brown, chairman of the Red
Cross membership drive for -1
Brunswick county, final report
for the roll call will be available /
sometime next week. *Originally
it was planned to
bring the drive to a close Saturday,
but from out in the coun-:
ty comes word that workers still \are
busy. It was from these dis- ti
tricts that such good response n
was received last winter for the
flood sufferers.
Mr. Brown says that he is hoping
to have each consolidated di
school in the county classified tt
as a "100 percent" school, a title c
that indicates that each grade ^
has joined the Red Cross. ^
Mr. Brown urges that all work- g
ers get in their reports to him
promptly in order that the total
membership may be compiled and J
the roll sent in to headquorters. ! *
Narrow Escape
For Salesman
Onc-Armed Driver Has A'
Close Call As His Auto
Takes To Marsh To
Avoid Head-On Collision
' "I'd surely hate to have that
car hit mine," said a highway
workman as he pointed to an
overturned car which lay in the
marshes off the causeway at the
intersection of highway 76 and
the old ferry road, last Tuesday i
morning.
"He was moving".
Robert W. Towlcr, one-armed
candy salesman, of Charlotte,
who was en route to Southport
had attempted to pass a car
driven by the chauffeur of John
D. Bellamy. As the highway
curved slightly he failed to see
the oncoming car. driven by W. i
J. Martin, of Lcland. When he
did realize the situation he applied
his brakes and headed for
the marsh, but failed to miss
the. other car, which caused hint
to be turned over twice into the
marsh. Both cars were only
slightly damaged, Mr. Tower's!
car was dented along the top
and sides, while Mr. Martin's car!
(Continued on page 6)
"
r pil
nunity
iber 8, 1937 ?-uBust
' AT !
Is So l
Grounds Will Sc
17i ? *fi^^KHa| I
L? ^'. /v ^
'tween December 15 and I
ip Sapona will be abandone
erted village.
Will Regain One
O A
Eel Smoker
EDUCATIONAL MAN
GETS PROMOTION
Duncan C. Hunter, who for
the past eight weeks has hcen
at Camp Sapona as educational
advisor, left Saturday for i
Atlanta, Ga., where he will
take a course in visual education,
preparatory to taking
over supervision work in the
CCC camps of this district.
Hunter has had considerable
experience in the educational
program of the Civilian Con- !
servatien Corps. His work at
Camp Sapona drew favorable j
comment from all sides, and
this new work comes in rccog- h
nition of his success with the
boys.
! !
! I
bounty Board j
Met Here Monday:
Members of the board of coun- i
y commissioners met Monday in ! i
leir regular first of the month j <
leeting. I
The only business to come be- '
>re the board other than the '
isposition of routine matters was ,
le acceptance or tne dohu 01 i;
has. E. Gause, newly appointed i
ix collerctor, who now begins
is duties as tax collector of 11
runswick county.
^ivic Club Seer
Anxious Tc
Authorities think that the
various projects in Brunswick
county upon which the j
men at Camp Sapona have
been engagcu for the past
three years arc now about
completed, ami Ward has
come to move the camp.
The Civic Club secretary,
W. B. Kcziah, does not agree
with the contention that
worthwhile projects arc all
finished, and this organization
is making vigorous efforts
to have the camp retained
at its present location.
It is being pointed out to the
various sources that the present
camp equipment includes
physical property worth $15,000.00
to $20,000.00 anel that
all of this will be lost to the
government if Sapona is abandoned
and a new camp built
somewhere else.
Far from being the least
of the contention in. favor of
keeping the camp where it is
the fact that with the enormous
amount of young
forests now growing in the
county the services of the
men during periods, of. dry
weather and forest files is
veil nigh indispensable. : With
more than 80% of the Bruns
t'sCMhi
: > .f
,0T
[ED EVERY WEDNESDAY
)Wft
Id Last
>on Be Vacated |
... V *
Unomlvflv 90 tho atti'ju'tivp
/V.V^I1IUVI Vlav uvv. w?.. . .
d, and the model camp of
ration Of
y At Southport
T. 0. Worth, Of Long Island,
N. V. Arrives Here
To Engage In County's
Newest And Strangest
Industry
BELIEVES THERE
IS GOOD SUPPLY
While Eels Are Frowned
Upon Here, They Are
Recognized As Delicacy
In Other Sections
So far as can be learned, the
only eel smokery in North Carolina
will be operating at Southport
within ten or twelve days.
T. O. Worth, of Long Island,
N. Y., moved to Southport last
week and will start the purchase
and smoking of eels just as soon
as a small building can be erected
in which work may be carried on.
rhe plant is expected to employ
ten to twelve fishermen at the
start, in addition to buying from
anyone who cares to produce.
Only limited quarters will be constructed
at first as it is desired
to that the fish are here in
sufficent numbers before extensive
operations are understaken.
In addition to Mrs. Worth and
their daughters, Mr. Worth was
accompanied from Long Island by
another family. Two homes have
already been secured and are being
occupied this week.
(Continued on page six)
etary Is
> Retain Camp
wick land area in woodland,
it will be difficult for even
the well trained county fire
fighting organization to cope
with the situation during
dry periods.
Finally, the club is asking
that the camp be retained
where it is now and changed
front a forestry to a beach
crosin camp; that the efforts
of the men be devoted
to the prevention of beach
crosin' at Fort Caswell, Bald
Head island and Battery island.
The southern shore
line of Bald Head is said
to have lost 3 miles to the
ocean in the past 26 years.
It has many large areas
where the planting of trees
would be of wonderful value.
Battery Island, about 60
acres, in the river directly
off Southport., has three or
four acres in trees and is a
valuable bird sanctuary. By
planting the remainder of
this island in trees hundreds
of thousands more birds
would refuge there. While it
is feared that it is too late
to make a change in the
plans to remove the camp,
it is assured that every effort
is being made to keep
' it at fceuthpert.
The Pilot Covers ^
Brunswick County j
' ?
$1.50 PER YEAR L
(PORT
I
Week
Top-Notch Fight J
Card Is Planned
Thursday Night
Father Manley, Of Wil- '
mington, Is Coming Down
With Boxing Team To
Meet The Boys Of Camp
Sapona In Gymnasium
FREE ENTERTAINMENT
SHOULD PACK GYM
In Addition T0 The Bouts,
There Will Be One Wrestling
Match And Also
SomeSleight-Of-Hand
Trick".
Father Manley, of Wilmington,
is coming down Thursday night t,
with his boxing team to meet i,
the best fighters from Camp
Sapona in a fight card that will
be held in the Southport high I
school gymnasium.
The program will be free, although
a free will offring will
be taken lo raise money to det-t".
tnrti.nl nvnanoAC nf f hp , J
Ua.V IIIC l l U > VI VHjHiroVW ??
visitors.
Included among the boxers to j
appear here are two boys who
received state-wide publicity last i
spring when they went from Wilmington
as representatives to the K|'r
j Golden Cloves boxing tournament
at Atlanta and, after winning
championships, there.' went to the
national tournament' at Chicago.
These boys are Carter 'Castoen It
and Porter Davis.
The team coming to Southport if?
with Father Manley is the same ftthat
entered the Wilmington K
Golden Gloves tournament in Wll- I
vror. In. a irtii ion. I
The is bringing along some otner 1
nice scrappers.
George Morgan, advance man
for the Wilmington group, has
been in ft-?m t V nol i foi two days
mumming up interest in the fight
program. It is expected that the
looal gymnasium will be filled to
capacity. In addition to advertising
the coming bouts. Mr. Morgan
doubles in the role of announcer,
and also does sleightof-hand
tricks between bouts.
Father Manley has promised to
bring Wilmington's famous "sque- r
ezer" along with him as one of
the principles in a wrestling
exhibition. Wilmington's "masked H
marvel" will come along to look
after the far-famed "squeezer". I
The program will begin at 7:30
! o'clock.
Leland Man Is |
Death Victim |
Thomas S. Ganey, Of Lc- Si
land Community, Claim- r'
ed By Death; Had Been |i
In Poor Health Some j
Time
Thomas Sylvester Gancy, 55, I
W. P. A. Road-force foreman 1
died at his home at Iceland following
an heart attack Friday. B
He had been in bad health, suffering
from high blood pressure,
for several years. He was held B
in high-esteem by those who knew |
! him and was an ardent church B
I worker. He was member of Elah B
(Continued on page six)
Tide Table /
Following Is the tide tubl. I
tor Southport dur'ng the next
week. These hours are approximately
correct and were fur :
nlshed The State I'ort Pilot
through the courtesy of the I
Cape Fear Pilot's Association.
High Tide 1-ow Tide N
TIDE TABLE
Thursday. December !>
m. 5:35 a. in. B
12:01 p. pi. 0:31 P- in.
Friday, December 10
12:1'* a. m. 0:11 a. m.
12:19 p. m. 7:31 p. m.
Saturday, December II B
1:31 a. in. 3:21 a. B
1:12 p. in. 3:37 p. m,
Sunday. December 12
2:21 a. m. 9:28 a. in.
2:10 p. n> 9:33 p. in.
Monday. December 13
3:25 a. in. 10:27 a. in. B
3:17 p. m 10:38 p. m.
Tuesday, December 11
1:30 a.m. 11:21 a. ni. fl
1:58 p. m. 11:20 p. m.
Wednesday. December 15
5:33 a. ni. , B
0:09 i* K 12:11 p. m. I '