ij ,,.! Of The News ill The Time N?'" fc^-Tof Prizes ;,'?The Fair Last ' 4>lek Announced , Of Exhibits Cover\|| Phases Of HouseBeing And Club Work I fce On Display At The "WiIlMVnder $100.00 :M , b)v Fine Showing Jnffl ' Bv Club Women, shVh Girls and IndepenlicflH' jjgnt Exhibitors totaling S92.75 were week to Brunswick ll-B- c.uzens who placed exhi? display a. the Brunswick fair. which was held at "'Bir'onlv one week's notice ,K,ri?n S. Dosher. county. ,-,i her capable co-workers to restle together a exhibits that more thap for the other fea- j is an unofficial list of winners: " L j,m. Mrs. C. C. Russ 1st. Mrs. C. C. Russ 1st: , ""B preserves, Mrs. C. C. Russ j !anion peas. Pauline Lewis. ! ler beans: Mrs. W. A. Russ 1 Hr?. Josie Reid 2nd; Mrs. j Fisher 2rd. . Mrs. G. L. Norment 1st; I 3. iV. Fisher 2nd; Mrs. C.! ss 3rd. i j beans: Mrs. R. J. Peter1; Mrs. G. \V. Fisher 2nd; r. A. Russ 3rd. :hoke: Mrs. Body Moore ' v Miss Pauline Lewis 1st. ^ it pepper relish: Mrs. Dan j 1st: Mrs. Harry Dosher | led hot peppers: Mrs. Dan ! 1st: Mrs. A. Thomas 2nd. I : Mrs. Dan Brew 1st. Mrs. G. W. Fisher 1st. | li: Mrs. G. VV. Fisher 1st. ' r chow: Mrs. G. W. Fish- j Mrs. J. D. Swain 2nd. its: >frsv G. W. Fisher Jst, I j pickles* Mrs. John riaricl i' relish; Mrs. Annie K. ] fccd pickles: Mrs. J.; Miss Josie Rei IsL corn: Mrs . A Russ J s. G. \V. Fisher 2nd. to: ."rs. Harry Dosher Mrs. L. Walker 1st; Mr.:. j iss 2nd. I j: Mrs. Robt. Maultsby | ntinued on page 6) ' " ~ i le Bits ; f Big News ! Event* Of State, n and World-Wide ! I Interest During Put Week I Systematic thefts of paper I and printing supplies from I Central State Prison totaling I thousands of dollars were disI closed Tuesday as a result of I '.he arrest by Raleigh police of I n'orth Jeffries, 50, Negro janI 'tor in the State Department I Agriculture. The actual amount of the thefts will not I k known until an inventory is I c mpleted. Three prisoners, inI eluding a white truck driver I fw the prison named Gurley, I ,v?re reported in solitary conI 'inenient, and officials of the State Penal Division, gagged I l>y the recent order of ChairI wian Frank Dunlap of the I Highway and Public Works Commission, sought to prevent Publication of facts indicating I jkat a ring, operating out of I 'ke State Prison, was stealing aid peddling printed' supplies I Purchased with taxpayers mon ?y. I The name of Carl T. DurI ,m- middle-aged Chapel Hill Humanist and the "best counI % commissioner Orange Coun- ' I or the world ever had", I 'C1?rged just at dusk Tuesday j aK the Democratic nomiI 'r,r Congress from the SixI f, ^'strict, only a week before I e general ejection. Durham I .88 nominated after the dis- ( I exec,Jtive committee had i I itself into a stream- i I deadlock in two days of. i I nir^'He-door sessions. He 11 "Wis 'h? late Judge I-?wis ! of High Point as sum-ji Woatiiued on page 6) 1 THI 0 Notl <^864*' ? adfe^ :- < . - :v.v \t ^[ if. ... i GROUNDED ?Several ore was en route frorr. New grapher of Greensboro, hap on board the W, P. Andersi off Bald Head Island and i to pull her off when the An the yacht and pulled with 1 The Atshore was floated at background, the Oak Island her line aboard.?(Cut coui County Nurse Her Activities For Last Month Most Of The Work Of Mrs. Lou H .Smith, County Nurse, During The Past Month Has Been In The Schools ISSUES WARNING ABOUT DIPHTHERIA This Is Not Included In Her Report, But Is Issued As A Timely Warning To The Parents The following report of public Health work done in Brunswick county during the month of October has been submitted by the county nurse, Mrs. Lou H. Smith, to the board of county commissioners. Visits to schools 17; school children examined 500; visits to Homes in the county 60; visits to county home 2; visits to hospital i; visits to state sanatorium 1; visits made to office by parents ind children 71; vaccinations jiven (typhoid) 132; vaccinations tjiven (diphtheria) 4; vaccinations jiven (smallpox) 1; vaccinations given for colds 8; conferences .vith parents ?&; conferences with doctors 3; conferences with county officials 5; specimens sent to * * ' c. />n!1nnta/l fnr state laooiaio-y u, un^vwu 4W> toxoid 60 cents; spent for office supplies 35 cents; miles traveled t,150. Mrs. Smith also issues a timely warning to parents with regard to having their children immunized against diphtheria. She says: "We have had recently several Jeaths in the state caused by Jiphthcria. How long before we .vill have one in Brunswick County no one knows. We have numbers of children in the county Detween the age of 6 months and 5 years that have not had toxoid. If you are in the group that have lot had your child take toxoid [ am advising that you see your family doctor, or call in your county nurse, and see that your :hild is protected against this iread diseases. Toxoid is a safe procedure, and it does not hurt the child; to neglect getting this jone may cause you many years if sorrow and your child many hours of suffering. Death Claims Winnabow Lady Mrs. Helen Rooks Kelly Died Saturday At Home Of Her Daughter, Mrs. J, N. Sowell, At Winnabow Mrs. Helen Rooks Kelly, wife if the late Walter J. Kelly, died it the hodie of her daughter, Mrs. J. N. So well, Winnabow, on Saturday at 12:50 o'clock at the ige of 75 years. Php was stricken with paralysis two years ago and has been (Continued on page 6) Mm I E STd A Good ] 6-PAGES TODAY j tosed For Photogra] # \ > m ly'iTi"1"' * days ago wnen the big two-mas York to Southport, Charles Fa pened to be out making picture an, of Southport. On her way in the Oak Island Coast Guard Bof t _1 Tk K aerson came aiong. mayor mias the Coast Guard, breaking three high tide that night. Above sh< boat pulling and the Anderson *tesy of Greensboro Daily News.] Plans For Fox Hi Tournament! Southport People Are Get- "~~ ting Fox Hunting Fever After Listening lo Tales Of Fredere's fox-Hounds BRUNSWICK HAS -r PLENTY OF FOXES, n _________ I H Since A Number Of Up- " State Sportsmen Come . Here Each Winter It Is Believed That It ? Will Attract f< Southport residents are getting 0 the fox hunter's fever. 1, The immediate cause for this p i malady is that fine pack of s, hounds that Valle Fredere is using ? to run down an average of a ? fox each day. The natural effect J is talk of more and grreater fox a hunts and local sportsmen are uis-1 c cussing plans to hold a fox hunt-1 ? ; er's tournament on the same ord- t< er that field trials are run for] bird dogs. M The idea is to attract several Ifl packs of dogs ~nd their owners to Brunswick county for a threeday event. Tentative plans call for holding a stop-watch on the dogs from the time they arc! Rol j turned loose until they make the j < | catch. There is no possibility of1 ( failure when the weather is good, J ( j for there is an unlimited supply j ' of foxes in this immediate local(Continued on page 6) j p ^ >1 ton' n Bru rrogram uiveii urd I"1 /" i * 1 locs ror Convention b?n enc ! of i Announcement Made Ofed Program To Be Present- thn ed At 108th Annual T Meeting Of Baptist State Wh Convention sho nigl The program for the 108th an- mol ! nual meeting of the Baptist State nea ' Convention of North Carolina u as era; released last week by M. A. Hug- TV gins, executive secretary of the picl convention. whe The 1938 session will be held to j in Raleigh, November 15-17. Host | the; (Continued on page 6) , ? Brunswick Coun Her Warm Cli ( Despite the fact that one North I T Carolina writer went to consid-, par erable pains several weeks ago j tots to deny that the effect of the j Tw Gulf Stream has anything to do j prfc with the warm climate in this : nor section, there must be some con- j 7 trlbuting cause that is keeping j for the weather mild and pleasant o j jven in November. the Only one time last month did . the thennomter drop as low as ^ 42-degrees. That was on October 8. and this stands as the low 'ro1 reading for the period. j In contrast, however, is the ! fact that on three days, October H J18, 19, 20, the mercury touched tire J the SO-degree mark. No . ? . . lTE I Mews paper In Southport, N. C., Wed pher i , ;W&. J (J ed mm see HjM w ?? ^EHB ted schooner yacht Asth- jaj rrell, well known photo- bn is of commercial fishing sui the Asthore ran aground Th it was endeavoring vainly ab len put a hawser aboard wf hawsers in the attempt. hL' )ws the Asthore in the getting in position to get hjj ' an ed , do unters * Being Talked " an ___________ W( Ixperience For Home Ec Girls I ?= L The regular meeting of the Ifunswick County Schooilasters Club will be held londay evening at the Shal)tte school and the girls of T1 lie home economics departicnt will serve as hostesses ?r the occasion. Since this is the first year f George Reid work at Shal)tte, this will be a sort of ] radical test for the young jrj ludents, who are studying th( lod.rn methods of the house- thi ife. wl In addition to the principals Sp, nd the county superintend- ( nt there will be a number thi f basketball coaches in at- he nidanco. thi thi an Being Held b Pending Inquest i at> bert L. Mears Was Dis-;on :harged From Brunswick bounty Hospital Satur-1sts lay But Was Carried To|JJ^ rail Ga I cai .obert L. Mcares, of Lumber- an' , was discharged from the nswick County Hospital Satay only to be placed in the f?' il jail in default of a $1,000 ' d demanded to insure his presi at a coroner's investigation the fatal accident which claimthe life of John H. Foy, Sr., , J un ?e weeks ago. ve? he accident occurred on the . iteville-Wilmington highway w itly before 10 o'clock on the ea< ,lt of October 12. The autorile failed to make a curve r Maco and in the resulting V 5h Foy was instantly killed. ^ tears said that he had been | ted up at Bolton by Foy, I ) asked him to drive for him j Wilmington. Later, he said,1 y picked up another man and I *-c (Continued on page 6) ty Continues mate Record _ |yei he last 31-day period was com- j ha atively dry, for there was a ari il rainfall of only 1.78 inches, da enty-onc day3 were clear. The wl vailing wind was from the is theasl. "" "here is an encouraging note farmers with green garden is revealed in the records of weather bureau of the past gcj r years. Only one time since ^ 0 has there been a killing ^ st before the second week in cjj vember. In 1935 there was no er ing frost until November 24. is estimated that the average A] ,e for the first killing frost is member 8. _ POR' A Good Cor Inesday, November Recapture One Of The Escaped Men Saturday iree Inmates Of Bruns wick County Jail Over powered Jailor J. H Russ Last Thursday Mor ning And Escaped ULOR RUSS WAS NOT HARMED BY THE MEP ihnie Wright, Colored leing Held For Store Breaking, Was Captured At Navassa On Saturday One of tSie three men who over wered Jailer J. H. Russ earl; st Thursday morning and escap from the Brunswick count; il was recaptured Saturday a ivassa. He was Johnie Wright lored, who was being heid fo >re breaking. Neither of the other two mei ve been apprehended. One wa illie Bryant, colored, who i ing held in jail on a charg murder. Dan Mason, white, be X held for breaking and enter f, is the other escapee. When Jailer Russ went to th 1 Thursday morning to serv sakfast to his prisoners he wa ildenly seized by Willie Bryant ie Brunswick county jailer wa out to get the best of Bryan icn the other two men came t i help. Although no attempt \va ide to harm Russ in anyway ison and the other negro heli n while Bryant took the key d went downstairs and unlock the door. Their path to free m cleared, the men rushed fron ! jail and entered the swam] rth of the jail just as Rus me out the front door. The alarm was quickly spreai d late in the day bloodhound :re brought here to try to ru; e men out of a swamp where i is believed they were hiding. eland Service Station Robbec iree Unmasked Bandit Staged Bold Dayligh Stick - Up Early Frida; Morning; No Trace I Found Paul Ganey, operator of Pinei lling Station near Leland, wai : victim Friday morning o ree young unmasked white mci 10 robbed him of about $20 am ed away in a high powered car City police checked the rcpor it the three stickup men wen aded towards Wilmington bu sir car failed to turn up a ; state highway biidge over thi irtheast river. Phe holdup occurred about ( lock in the morning at tin ling station and tourist cam] erated by Ganey and locatet out six miles from Wilmingtoi U. S. highway 74 and 73. rhe three men drove up to th< ition, made a pretense of buy ; some gas and oil, and wher ney came out to wait on theii r, they poked pistols in his ribs J ordered him to hold up hii nds. rhe person of Ganey ivai irched by the stickup men, whi >k about $20 in cash from his ckets, and then rushed awaj vards Wilmington in their high wered car. All three of the robbers wen masked and were said by in stigating officers to be be een 20 and 30 years of agi :h. (Continued on page 6) ears Program For The P.-T. A. implete Schedule Of Pro grams Has Been Com plcted And Will Include Programs Of Unusual In terest The program of Parent-Teach i Association meetings for thii ar at the Southport high schoo s been announceci. All meeting ? to be held on the first Thurs y night in each month excep lere a postponement occurs, a: the case this week when th letlng will be held on Frida; fht instead. November. "Fathers Night' *s. A. L. Brown, chairman; Dec iber: Christmas program by th hool children, Mrs. R. M. Wolfe airman; January. "Professo liz Hour", Mrs. James Cari airman: February, guest speak , Mi's. W. R. Lingle, chairman arch, music by the glee club ?rll, play by the dramatics clut Mrs. Frank M. Niernsee is gen (Continued on page" 6) r pii nmunity 2nd, 1938 ru"" Brunswick Go To! ! Fo * W* K 8 J. BAVAKiTtlS^^^ S : Project For Ex Hospital V s " s Frank Gordon Is I Veteran Teacher s _? i Recently there was rcleass c Will Provide An Addition To The Hospital That Will Greatly Increase The Bed Capacity Word was received here MonI day of the aproval of a WPA 1 project to repair and enlarge the | Brunswick County Hospital. The , total cost of the project, including ! the contribution of the sponsors, is unofficially estimated at $19,, 000.00. Included in the plan for the | work is the construction of a new roof on the present building i and other repair work. The most ; important thing, however, is the l addition of an annex that will , greatly increase the bed capacity jof the local institution. 1 This annex will he constructed j paralcl with the front of the building by an enclosed corridor. The ground floor of the annex will be used for a laundry. It has been learned that work ion this project wil lnot begin immediately, for there are other WPA projects in the county that must be wound up before another jone is started. District P.-T. A. Meets At Tabor District Number 8 North Carolina Parent-Teacher Association, Will Meet Friday District Number eight of the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers will meet in Tabor City on Friday, November 4th, at 10:00 o'clock. Mrs. C. E. Stevens, of Council, director of the 8th district, will preside. The theme of the conference will be I "Our Child in Our Community." Mrs. Doyle D. Alley, of Waynesville, president of the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers, will be the principal speaker. Her subject will be "The National Outlook of The ParentTeacher Movement." Continued on page 0) ?For 3 Days, iarrowing Tale | Thursday walking the highway, and became lost in the swamp, | How all that came about, he was I unable to explain to officers. When he emerged from the j jungle, the man was covered in j mud and his clothes were almost torn off of him. His face was j bleeding, and he was noticeably suffering from cold, hunger and ! and tnirst. He said that at one time during I his three days lost in Mie jungle| like swamp, he sunk down in a , mud slough, and was able to save himself only by holding on to bushes and finally working himself out. The mud on his clothes I bore out that story. Sutherland is said to be promI inently connected. His brother !s reportedly manager of the Bladen theatre in Eliza be thtown, and another brother is in the hardware j business in Wilmington. _ The Pilot Covers Brunswick County r $1.50 PER YEA* orsTo y ToVote nty Officers j Chief Interest Centers In Election Of County Officers And Intensive Political Campaigning Has Taken Place LARGE VOTE IS ALMOST ASSURED Important Speakers -Are | Scheduled To Wind Up Campaign This Week; Both Parties Ably Represented ???? Political activity in in Brunswick has reached fever heat this week pointing to a climax on Tuesday. November 8, that will bring out a record vote for a year when there is no presidential or gubernatorial race. During the past week both the Democrats and the Republicans have brought to this county some of the ablest speakers their partics afford. Friday afternoon chas. A. Jonas, Republican candidate for the United States Senate against Senator Robert R. Reynolds, spoke at the Waccamaw high school. The same night A. J. Maxwell, state commissioner of revenue, spoke before a packed house at Shallotte. Jake F. Newell, chairman of the Republican executive committee, spoke Saturday afternoon at oiiaiiuiu'. juuuun^ uigiii vviiua Smith, of Raleigh, former speaker of the lower house of the North Carolina General Assembly, spoke j at Bolivia and last night carried on the battle in behalf of his party at Leland. Hcadlmers this week will be J. M. Broughton, of Raleigh, veteran legislator and a likely candlI date for the gubernatorial nom1 illation in 1940, who speaks Thursi day night at Southport in the ; courthouse, and Congressman J. Bayard Clark, who speaks Fitday at Hickmans CrosSftJads and Saturday night at the YVaccamaw 'school. S. Bunn Frink and K. Clyde Council are the Democratic nominees for the state senate from the 10th senatorial district. Against them the Republicans are running just one man, Irvin Tucker, Jr., of Whiteville. Cornelius Thomas, of Thomasboro, will draw as his Republican opponent Chas. M. Trott, of Supply. Both..of these men are well known in Brunswick county and every voter has had an opportunity to hear them during the campaign. Sam T. Ben iett, Democrat, of Hickman's Crossroads will be op- j posed for the ofice of clerk of Superior court by J. J. Loughlin, Jr., Republican of Southport. Bennett formerly lived in South' port and is weJknown here ua well as in his home community. Loughlin is widely known thr- \ Ioughout the county. \ The sheriff's race promises to Y ; be a hot one between former Sheriff F. London Lewis and Dillon L. Ganey, who has served for several years as deputy under | 1 Sheriff J. A. Russ. BQ Walter M. Stanaland of Shal- ?6 lotte township will draw as his B Republican opponent for the posttion of judge of the Recorder's S court Martin B. Bobbins, of Town H Creek. B Coroner John G. Caison will be 9 seeking reelection, but opposing 9 him will be R. S. Willetts, the 8B Republican standardbearer, whose HE home is in the Mill Creek sec- j? tion. S J. M. Roach, chairman of the S (Continued. .onpage . 6). fl ? H Tide Tablet 1 Following Is tbe tide table fi for Southport during the nest X week. These hours are appre* K ximatel.v correct and were fur* flj nlshed Tbe State Port Pilot M through the courtesy of tfee H Cape Fear Pilot's Association W High Tide Cow TUB M TIDE TABLE 9 Thursday, Oct. 27 M 10:10 a. m. 3:42 a. m. S i 10:17 p. m. 4:24 p. m. fl Friday, October 28 9 10:54 a. m. 4:25 a. to. 11:02 p. m. 5:10 p. ta> B Saturday, October 29 11:41 a. m. 5:11 a. m. 6:00 p. nv S* Sunday, October 30 9j 11:63 a. m. 6:01 a. m. M 12:32 p. m. 6:53 p. m. B Monday. October 31 9 12:50 a. iu. 6:53 a. ra. ffl 1:28 p. m. 7:47 p. fib 3