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IfMjost Of The News Tw ?11 The Time / jume ten no ,, Mrd Instructs Munty Attorney \m Push Taxes 'Jl^BTaxPa>'ers Own'ng Pro Upon Which Taxe: 11 JBjr 1936 and Prior Year,' Unpaid Will Be Sub ij^Bl To Foreclosure 3*C?EPURE TO ^KtaRT immediately i Of Delinquents To Be ) jH.;n Up In Systematic .^Ker And ForeclosTo Be Carried Through Kll^^Lyrs of the board of coun ct^Hf-'.^sioners met Monday ii i ^K' session and among th< n^Btusiness transacted by tha U^Bxas a resolution instruct tv Attorney S. B. Frinl ff^Hrceed at once with foreclo " ^ proceedings against all per irho owe taxes for 1936 an< H rears. instructions specifically D that he is requested t< i^H^.vte the foreclosure and t( M if necessary, those wh< to make their tax settle printed forms are neces Ht0 earn' out this work anc are now being prepared by H-nnter. As soon as they ar< Hrered County Attorney Frinl EL to begin at once with thi! meeting of the board Mon : Asibly is the last one foi H body as it is now organized Htcp there may be anoth Hcecial meeting before L. C He the new member is swori Ho December 5. Mittle Bits Of Big News ll?wi Events Of State, Rlition and Worid-Wida merest During Past Bp Week ^mounces Quota Secretary Wallace Tuesday tied the 1939 national market' quota for flue-cured tobac to-tfce total amount producer! Bray sell free from penalty ^Hwct year if they approve it! edition- at 754,000,001 Mfcinds. Growers of this type oi biacco, produced in Virginia H>'orth Carolina, South Carolina ^ Georgia. Florida and Alabama HrJl vote December 10 on whe ler they want the marketing lion in effect next yeai H^er provisions of the 193* H'rm law. I Equal educational opportun ty for southern children thr :,-gh federal aid for school! advanced Sunday by Dr I frank P. Graham, president ol I University of North Caro Jta. as one of the answers t( Htte south's economic problems Braking before the opening Msssion of the southern confer Hftce for human welfare, Dr I Graham said failure to "provide H federal aid now for elementary I secondary schools is a fail of the American system I b follow through for the mosl I as'c of our institutions." fc'Ptt Die I Tossed by a battering rain I :'onn, a big army bombei hashed up in a west Georgia I 'rest Saturday night killing ?*en fliers in one of the worst I Medics in the history of mili I 'iTy aviation. An eighth was I p^'ely injured. The ship, i '-*o-motored, midwing Douglas I ?h a routine flight fron "itchel Field, N. Y? to Max I fold, Ala. So isolated wai I sPot where it crashed th< I Be*s did not reach the out I world until Sunday. W& Roosevelt I The newspaper Boersen Lei I renewed Monday attack! I v. President Roosevelt in th< I 'ab controlled press, calling I j1 "le "prototype" of thi I u'ti"Gctrman wave arising fron I , -^azi campaign agains I \fhS publication askei I t, "V '"tle President's "so-calle( I ^?C'ence oid not trouble hin I itl burning of churche; I tit u Pbat does not inter I ? ^err Roosevelt," it declar I ^ leaves him cold. Si I ^ Roosevelt stands as thi of the anti-Germ a) ""Onent." THI . 43 | Walk' I I BrhM lllc;:- '^iCl^^S^ICxvHrap II HIsBBi^' ' SAFE?Until the State F above photograph last spring 1 school were in danger every 1 trip is made in absolute safet, ' dents of this section one of tl 5 Promotion of the project was y ty board of education. . Church Row Is i Aired In Court c _____ 3 Church Members Lock The S Doors To Prevent Pastor From Holding Services; He Swears Out Warrant ' For Their Arrest Because Parson I. D. Dunlap1C was returned here as pastor of the Mt. Carmel Methodist church, colored, over me protest of many S members of that church congregation, Bob Moore and George Greer were brought before Judge John B. Ward, Brunswick county Recorder, last Wednesday and were tried on charges of locking c< the church door to prevent the o; pastor from holding services n therein. _ -j The latter two gentlemen of j color are members of the Mt. Carmel church and were appoint- tj ed by their protesting brethern b to bar the door to Parson Dun- b lap, whom they felt could better g serve some other charge within p ' his conference. p; A compromise agreement was " reached when the court ordered C( 3 that the doors of the church be cj ' unlocked and left open for ser- T 3 vices during the next four Sun- r, ' days until the presiding elder w might have an opportunity to s( make some adjustment that will bl > work to the mutual satisfaction ^ of all parties concerned. Leonard Carter, white, plead- * ' ed guilty to charges of manu- L r facturing intoxicating beverages ? and was given four months on the roads. This sentence was suspended upon payment of a fine cl of $25.00 and the costs of the w case. , Eliza Price, colored, was found ^ . not guilty on a charge of tres' P?ss- w Jennie Hankins, colored, was f found not guilty on a charge of M . assault and trespassing. > D. Otis Wylie, white, pleaded . guilty to charges of reckless oper- f( f ation of a motor vehicle on a fc public highway. He was taxed N . with a fine of $25.00 and the tJ ; costs upon the further condition r that he make restitution to the w . prosecuting witness. ^ i Leon E. Costner, white, was t convicted of violating the rules for the operation of a motor vehicle on a public highway and judg- rr ment was suspended upon pay- QJ ment of the costs. , Feature Writer i Lists Southport ! Leonard Cox In His History , "Exploring the Seaboard" 1 Mentions Location Of First Shipyard Near Here 3 ? Leonard Cox, feature writer - for the New York Times, had two columns this week on "Exploring the Seaboard." He pointed out at length the many de' lights that yachtsmen find along the Intracoastal Waterway to the southland. Of special local 3 interest in the Cox article was 1 the following: > "At least one spot should have ? an appeal for every man who 1 loves the sea and all that has to t do with it?This is the spot be1 tween Southport and Wilmington 1 <where, in 1526, Lucas Vasquez i de Ayllon is said to have cons structed what is generally believ ed to have been the first ship - ever built in the United States." 0 History says that this first e'ship was built on the west bank 1 of Cape Fear River, below Wil(Continued on page 4) | STJ A Good 4-PAGES TODAY way Aids Child S lighway Commission erected children traveling from the ;ime they crossed the Shalh y, and the walkway has bee le finest steps in the directio > Chas. E. Gause, who was schools Of Cou Have Tw *< chool Work Will Be Com-1 pleted Wednesday And; Students Will Have Thursday And Friday for Thanksgiving HRISTMAS CLOSING DATES ANNOUNCED chool Will Continue Thru Thursday, December 22, And Will Adjourn Until January 2nd Brunswick county schools will amplete their work for this week n Wednesday and students and lembers of the faculty will have hursdey and Friday off for hanksgiving holidays. Southport and other communies in this county probably will e enlivened during the holidays y the return of college boys and iris and by the return of local eople who are teaching in other arts of the state. At the same time that the Dunty board of education deided to grant the two-day hanksgiving vacation members lied that the Christmas vacation I ill begin at the conclusion of the 11 :hool day on Thursday, Decern 3r zz, ana wui revunveuc vn [onday, January 2, 1939. )ne Change In ^ Pastors Made Only one change affecting lurches in Brunswick county as made at the annual conferlce of the Methodist church [ jld last week in Elizabeth City. C The Reverend W. J. Freeman \ ill replace the Reverend J. C. c armon as pastor of the Zion [ethodist church, at Town Creek, v he latter goes to Bladen. a The Reverend E. M. Hall was c "turned to Soutliport for his >urth year and the Reverend C. s '. Phillips wil continue to serve t le Shallotte charge. The Rever- f id W. A. Cade will continue his d ork as presiding eider of the t Wilmington district. 1 OCCUPY NEW HOME 1 The R. F. Plaxco family has J loved into their new brick home I i Moore street. ? Artistic Tempei Soars To, Now W. B. Keziah knows the feelings of the hen who hatched out a brood of ducks. Sunday morning he was guide and advisor, to a party of artists on Bald Head island. Arriving at the old lighthouse, towering a hundred feet into shear nothingness, the party climbed to the final landing. This landing happens to be,enclosed in a glass case, the case formerly housing the light. From the glass case there is a two-foot square hole running out to a three-foot ledge, which in return runs all around the glass room. There is no protecting wall or bannister at the edge of the ledge and nothing but a round glass room to grasp hold of behind. The artists all crawled through the hole and 'pranced around on the wet, unprotected ledge, and went to painting. The guide, meanwhile, remained in the HE 1 1 News paper In Southport, N. C,, Wed afety ^ V tc the walkway shown in the cc town of Shallotte to the >tte river bridge. Now the ta n pronounced by many resi- ti >n of child safety ever seen, tc then chairman of the coun- b( in M nty Will o-Day Holiday I ? Injured Sailor tt Brought In Here u u Adrian van de Blom, seaman aboard the Dutch ni freighter Jobshaven, was tl rushed to the Brunswick fc County Hospital Wednesday sc night by members of the Oak b< Island coast guard crew after he had been taken off his f vessel about six miles off the I sea buoy. The Jobshaven had sailed from Wilmington Wednesday afternoon and it was while members of her crew were g( busy battening down her hatches that van de Blom fell into the ship's hold. Fearing that he had sustained a brok-) en back, a message was dispatched to the coast guard for them to transfer the injured man ashore. Examination revealed that broken ribs sl were the extent of his injurles. Ci Mrs. Vitou Heads g Xmas Seal Sales w Vill Serve This Year As fo Chairman For Brunswick County And Mrs. L. C. | Fergus Will be in Charge Of Sales In Southport S( Mrs. Annie K. Vitou, for the' iu mat several vears in charee of iar ?WW - >> - -- c > Christmas seal sales in Southport, vill serve this year as county u' hairman. In Southport Mrs. L. C. Fergus S< vill. be in charge of sales, which ire conducted under the auspicies . if the local Woman's Club. ?u Mrs. Vitou has lined up a trong organization throughout re he county, having appointed the ur ollowing persons to head the co Irive in their respective communi- al ies: ne Mrs. G. A. Lossen, Leland; ilrs. Odell Evans, Town Creek; Pc Irs. J. L. Henrey, Winnabow; drs .Foster Mintz, Bolivia; j. J. 0 lawes, Supply; Miss Gladus Frye, tJ shallotte; Z. G. Ray, Waccamaw. rament c A New Height glass case and cussed, while his knees shook with horror every time he thought of the gs awful consequence of any of Se his charges skidding off that th slippery ledge and going pi down a hundred feet to the th rocky foundation. to Many beautiful sketches m were blocked out, the finish- at ing touches to be put on in Gi the studio. Sketches were as made from the top of both ne lighthouses and from many Ri points in the interior of the W island. The artists declared M the island the most wonder- re ful place for the painting of tie pictures that they had ever visited. The group included ce Irving Guyer, of the New or York Art Museum, Claude L( Howell, of Wilmington, and Je Misses Margaret Williams ar ar.d Margaret White, of Wil- m mington. Miss White and CI Miss Williams were guests of Li Mrs. J. W. Ruark Saturday CI night Mayo Stuntz, night (Continued on page 4) P0R1 A Good Comi Inesday, November 23 allotments For ] 1939 Weed Crop Being Prepared \ Workers In The Office Of County Agent J. E. Dodson Are Working Overtime This Week Prepar- . ing Records EFERENDUM ON , DECEMBER 10TH 1 ounty and Township Committeemen Had Responsibility Of Adjusting Any Grievances Of The Farmers r County Agent J. E. Dodson and s assistants have been working 0 ,'ertime for the past few days ' -eparing the records which will s used as the basis for the 1939 r ibacco allotments for Brunswick v >unty. These form sheets, which con- 1 lin purely statistical informa- s on as furnished by the farmers c i their local committeemen, will a ! taken before the state board e i Raleigh Friday morning by 1 !r. Dodson and members of his ' >unty comittee, there to be pas- f id upon by the state board. r The referendum to determine f hether the tobacco control pro- ? ram will be in effect next year ' ill be held on December 10. ounty Agent Dodson is anxious | get his allotments in order lat they may be in the hands : the growers by December 1, soon thereafter. This will give lem ample time to decide what . ley desire for next year. Mr. Dodson said that there is a need for farmers to call at le office for this information, ir cards will be mailed just as >on as this announcement can : made. 'harlotte Police . Arrest Sentelle outhport Man, Charged With Drunken Driving And Violation Of State Liquor Law, Asks Friends Not To Judge Until They Know Facts R. E. Sentelle, former county iperintendent of schools and twome representative to the North irolina Legislature from Brunsick, was arrested Thursday ght by rural policemen in Chartte and was charged with unken driving and violation of le State Liquor Law. Officers Sherrill and Whitley, t ho arrested Sentelle, said they * und a half-gallon of "whitejhtning" and two pints of Old r. Boston whiskey in Sentelle's ir. r-?_i i 3 i 3 ?onn Art T" neieaseu unuer rjunu ox *jouu.oo, l sntelle was brought before the dge of Recorder's court Friday id asked for a jury trial. His .se then was automatically sent > to Superior court. In communications to friends in mthport the Brunswick county an said that he was confident at their faith in him will be c stified when the true facts are 1 lown, and he asked that they 1 serve passing their judgment <itil he has an opportunity to ime back and talk to them b >out this trouble. After a busi- r iss trip into western North Caro- f la he plans to return to South- 8 >rt about December 1. s hallotte Girls ; Organize Club. iris Service Club has Been 1 Formed With Mrs. George Goley Serving As Leader Of Group The girls of Shallotte have orinized a club known as, "Girls irvice Club." This club is for e purpose of helping the peoe of their community, visiting e sick and making a better wn in which to live. The first eeting was held October 14th, the home of the leader, Mrs. sorge Goley. The officers are i follows: Miss Ethel Bert Ben:tt, president; Miss Mildred synolds, vice-president; Miss 'illie Marie Bowen, secretary; iss Bera Elizabeth Arnold, corsponding secretary; Miss Myr5 Lewis, treasurer. Misses Margaret White, Franis Tripp and Vera White, are i the sick committee. .Misses jttie Hewett, Mary Ina and issie Mae Russ are on the card id flower committee. Other embers are: Misses Elizabeth !emmons, Beth Hawes, Annie lura Swain, Aradella Long and larice Russ. < In the near future the club (Continued on page 4) r pii munity , 1938 publi Dr. Watson In Friends F Venerable Southport Citizen Is Patient In Brunswick County Hospital Today, Which Is His 82nd Birthday Anniversary RIENDS CALL ON HIM AT HOSPITAL ivery Year Dr. Watson's Birthday Has Been A Red-Letter Day For His Friends, Who Called On Him Today is November 23, and to nany of the elderly residents of Southport this is a reminder that ine of the annual events to which hey look farward is at hand, "or this is the 82 birthday andversary of Dr. D. I. Watson, enerable Southport citizen. Today Dr. Watson is a patient n the Brunswick County Hospitil, engaged in a hand-to-hand ombat with malaria, a disease igainst which he has often directd the medical attack. He is in he hospital, but he is not too ill o see his friends and all day they iave been calling to pay their espects. There is the same cheerul exchange of greeting, but veryone of them adds that this s no way for the good doctor Superintenden Inspects Southport School Is 100 Per Gent The annual Red Cross membership drive launched last week by the Reverend A. H. Brown, membership chairman for the Brunswick County Chapter, netted encouraging results from the Southport school, .which already has reported 100-percent membership. This means that students of every grade in the school contributed to a membership in the Junior Red Cross ranks and that, in addition, each teacher of the school became an individual member. The Reverend Mr. Brown plans an intensive drive for members this week in Southport, and reports from other schools probably will be in before next week. ^arrJpn flrn win or On Bald Head )oubtful That Anyone In North Carolina Can Match The Garden Being Grown By Captain And Mrs L. R. Munn It is doubtful that anywhere in forth Carolina there may be disovered a more flourishing graden han the one that is being culivated on Bald Head Island by Japtain and Mrs. L. R. Munn. Butter beans, pole beans, cabage, parsnip, onions?in fact lost everything that may be ound in any well-kept garden? .re flourishing there at this late eason. The Munn garden is located ome distance from the lighthouse :eepers quarters and is protected n all sides by trees and other (Continued on page 4) Using Prison-E To Make Ai All fishermen, in fact all boatmen, are proud of their boats. As a general rule they give their craft more care and attention than an automobile owner bestows on his car. Johnnie Varnum of Southport is not an exception. He is so proud of the little thirteen and one half foot craft that he made during his spare moments while an inmate of the state prison camp that he called at this office and asked that a piece be written for the paper about it. Varnum was pardoned from a 20-year sentence for murder last summer. He had served several years and a contributory circumstance to his securing the pardon was the fact that he saved four persons from drowning while he was working at the state prison fishery at Holden's Beach. Two or three years of his .OT SHED EVERY WEDNESDA Hospital But 'emember Him * ^ ' } ' *?&.$* -.' ?; 'S^M HE M A H^B|? 0^7^ *"*" W If ^ JBF/ R Jk*#*. M r49?HS '* I v 2 ' ' '. i ^ hSH ^^ K' s' M ' '*$ ': "? .:fl DR. D. I. WATSON ^ 1 to be observing his birthday? that ere another year they wan to see him up and around; baci at his home presiding over ar evening of fellowship with hii inenas. it Beck Improvement: * Numerous Changes In The Lighting Facilities Ant Equipment At Cape Feai Light Made During Pasl Few Months HUGE LIGHT NOW RUN BY ELECTRICIT\ Services Of One Of Th? Lighthouse Keepers Was Dispensed With When Electricity Was Put In H. L. Beck, Superintendent o the Charleston District U. S Lighthouses, spent Thursday a Southport and Bald Head island He was accompanied by Mrs Beck and their young son. Th< visit was primarily for an In spection of the many improve' ments that have been made or the lighthouse and the keepers quarters at Bald Head during the late summer and fall. These improvements are quite extensive, including the installa' tion of electric lighting equip ment in tne ngninouse ana Keep ers homes and extensive remodel ling of the homes. These home! are the most southernly located ol any residence in North Carolina They are built directly out in the open, protected from the north and east winds, but exposed tc the full blast of those that sweej (Continued on page 4) Brunswick Men Seek Road Work G. T. Ruark, chairman of th< Brunswick County Board of Elec tions, D. T. Long and his son Elmer, all of Shallotte, were ii Whiteville Saturday afternooi conferring with Highway Com missioner A. F. Powell, Jr., abou the possibility of getting furthe: paving on highway 130 from heri to Shallotte. Fourteen miles of the road ha: already been paved from this enc and a small sector (Jut fron Shallotte. luild Boat 1 Honest Living sentence was spent at the state prison camp in Anson county. There, during his spare time and also during part of the time that he owed to the state, he built boats. The craft were for the use of prison authorities for various work. Johnnie made $60.00 by working overtime on these boats. And during his spare time he built himself a boat. Not to escape prison in for he was a model prisoner. The boat was built against the day when he felt sure his debt to the state would be paid and he could resume the task of making a living. Very properly, as the prison camp was located in Anson county, his boat was named Miss Anson. Miss Anson was recently brought to Southport and with her a good net which he was able to purchase, Johnnie is going ahead at making an honest living. 1 ' The Pilot Covers Brunswick County i --- ! r. $1.50 PER YEAR Large Number | i Enjoy Meeting Of Federation g, Annual Federation Meeting Held Friday Evening At Waccamaw High School Auditorium With Larg# Attendance i AWARDS OF MERIT FOR 4-H MEMBERS ti Interesting Talk Made By H. M. Ellis, Of State College, About Water For Farm Homes J ] The annual county federation meeting of 4-H Clubs, Service Clubs and Home Demonstration Clubs of Brunswick county was held Friday evening in the Waccamaw high school auditorium with a large attendance. The first thing on the program was a picnic supper, beginning at 6:30 o'clock, during which a delightful period of fellowship was enjoyed. | The business meeting was called , to order one hour later, and the ^' ] . most interesting features of this t session was the talk by H. M. j - Ellis, of State College, on the I [ hand force pump water system I , for the farm home. j musical matures ui tue piugiaiu i were provided by the Southport I high school band and by a male ] quartet, comprised of Walter Jen- j rette, Clarence Jenrette, George f l Ward and Percy Hewes. Their I > accompanist was Mrs. R. D. Ben- j nett. I For making the best achieve5 ment record for work during 1938 j 1 members of the Bolivia club re- I r ceived a pressure cooker; the I t Exum cluj was second. The Bo- I livia club won first prize for 1 having the best club scrap book; I Shallotte was second and Leland <H r was third. The attendance prize I went to the Ash club. I i Awards of merit for 4-H Club I ' members were awarded to the fol- |5flj lowing: I Food and nutrition: I Ethel Johnson, Louise Johnson, iffil Elizabeth Lewis, Juanita Skipper, Hettie Fisher Willetts, Annie M. | f Watts, Mary Frances Dodson, I . Irene Robinson, Juanita Cannon, OH t Catherine Willetts. I Canning: j Delphia Lennon, Annie Margar- C|l i et Watts, Odell Smith, LiUie R. I Rogers, Mildred Lancaster, fl Clothing: i i Evelyn Willetts, Ruth Rabon. O i Mildred Lancaster, Elizabeth Red- HI > wine, Lucille Varnam, Edith Ce? 9 less Sellars, Eva Hewett, Virginia JH Varnam, Peller M. BraUsher, fll Elolse Sellers. fl County champion of health: 1 Catherine Willetts, Bolivia. ' Contract Not Let I On Uierltiirciir m m , v/ii mgunajf m.ov ? > Powell Say# That Nothing Ha# Developed In The i * Matter Of Whiteville* Shallotte Highway ' When the State Highway and Public Works Commission met in ii 5 Raleigh Thursday and Friday, Jj consideration was given to seme Jri ' paving projects, but there were no 1 lettings of contracts. 1 A. F. Powell, Jr., third division commissioner, who was in jt attendance at the meeting, in- j^H r formed the press this morning *1 1 that nothing was done with refer- a ence to paving Highway 130, from 9 ' Whiteville to Shallotte but lnti- n (Continued on page 4) I TideJTable I Following Is the tide tablo ',1 f for South port dnring the neat I 1 week. These hoar# are appre- R xlmately correct and were fur- 9 nlshed The State Port Pilot sfl through the courtesy of the 99t Cape Fear Pilot's Association B High Tide Low TUT ft TIDE TABLE | Thursday, November 24 I 8:47 a. m. 2:42 a. m. tWgl 9:06 p. m. 8:19 p. na 9 Friday, November 25 Bj 9:24 a. m. 8:20 a. m. S 9:49 p. m. 8:57 p. ra. a Saturday, November 23 ^^9 10:06 a. m. 3:57 a. na '3 10:84 p. m. 4:84 p. a, H Sunday, November 27 W 10:50 a. m. 4:84 a. a, I 11:22 p. ra. 5:14 p. m. Monday, November 28 9 11:35 a. m. 5:14 a. ra. 9 5:59 p. ra. jflH Tuesday, November 29 B 0:10 a. m. f>:i2 a. m. 9 12:28 p. m. 6:52 p. m. I Wednesday, November 86 9 1:01 a. ra. 7:22 a. m. 19 1:15 p. m. 7:50 p. m.