<WrjoSt Of The News
4JI The Time
\mmETW NO.
MniereVoteOn
Mbicco Control
n December 10
1j^Ljual Allotments For
jSjg Of This County
Been Prepared And
e^Kji Be In Hands Of
"^ vmers Before Then
r^M/jf>LETE LIST
la^0F COMMITTEEMEN
Of Preparing AIts
This Year Has
Left Largely Up
Township And
County Committeemen
Jfcp-irg their trip to Raleigh
County Agent J. E. Dod^T'-i
members of the county
^fcitee have set machinery in
to have figures for the
allotments for the 1939
|Kj crop in the hands of
^Emck county farmers this
Karco growers go to the polls
Hsarday, December 10, to cast
^^Etcllots either for or against
^^Brresent crop control system.
^Be aujustments made in allotHa
this year have been hand
ataost entirely by members
ie township committees and
Sic township comitteemen. Fol^ tr
is a complete list of the
I be county committee is comic
of J- 0. Lennon, Bolivia,
man, B. R Bennett, Freeland,
G. L. Skipper, Leland.
M^nship committeemen inNorthwest:
H. O. Peterson,
Harvell and J. N. Skipper;
He Creek: A. P. Henry, T. W.
He and G. F. Benton; Smithfl
Mr A. G. Swain
^Hcarl Ward; Lockwoods Folly:
H^i Coleman. George C. Swain
Hi Charles Caison; Shallotte:
H-:y A. Hughes, Dr. E. D. Bis11
W. Grissett; Wacca^Kv:
J. M. Bennett, Cicero Smith
Keifer Babson.
ittlc Bits
M Of Big Nev/s
fori Events Of State,
I; Xition and World-Wide
H Interest During Past
Week
Htwf Bowl Bound
I Duke University's fine footH
M team defeated Pittsburgh
H s turday by a score of 7-0
and thereby earned an invita
tea to represent the east in
I tie annual Rose Bowl game to
te played at Pasadena, Cali
tarda, on January 2. Satur
days \ictory was earned the
hard way over one of the naI
ton's top teams. Wallace
H Duke coach, had his men
H fltai for the battle and 52,I
IM spectators who sat through
| 3 swirling snowstorm felt am
?iy rewarded for their discomfort.
Wade carried three of
lis Alabama teams to the Rose
Bowl and never has been defeated.
lir Tragedy
Two survivors of a wrecked
Med Air Lines luxury plane
breed down in the Pacific
Ocean 30 miles north of San
f r a n c i sco told rescuerers
Tuesday how they fought
tar way through a stormlisheci
surf to reach shore
tfter the plane had broken up
'a the rocks off Point Reyes
five others aboard the plane
Jrc still missing. Capt. Charles
Stead, pilot of the plane, whe
*t the giant "sky lounge'
town in the ocean when he
hocame lost in a storm er
Me from Seattle to Sar
ffancisco, and Isadore Edelstein,
a paroled convict on his
Way to South America tc
start life anew", were the
known survivors.
Grille In France
thousands of troops and mo
guards early Tuesdaj
few cordons of steel arounc
?brjf class districts as viol
'nc'' and rioting ushered ir
] 21 -hour general strike bj
"'000 workers in protesi
^gainst Premier Edouard Dala
lers recovery decrees. A bat
~'?n of mounted machinegun
'"3 and light artilery movee
?t0 Saint Denis in the "Ree
- of Paris suburbs. Work
;'s ?f the Brest Governmen
I 'Mai voted to join the strike
I contingents of mobile
I were rushed there te
arsenal and railroae
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Newly Elected
County Officers
To Be Sworn In
Ceremony Will Take Place
Monday Morning At The
Brunswick County Courthouse,
Probably Before
Clerk Of Court B. J. Holden
COUNTY BOARD
WILL ORGANIZE
Judge E. H. Cranmer, Who
Usually Swears In Officers,
Will Be In Wilmington
To Swear
Judge
Brunswick county officers elected
on November 8 will be sworn
in Monday and will assume the
duties which they were chosen
to perform.
Despite his statement that he
will contest Dillon Ganey's right
to the office of sheriff no action
of Sheriff J. A. Russ will keep
Ganey from being sworn in Monday.
However, a court battle may
follow.
B. J. Holden, retiring clerk
of court, probably will administer
the oath of office to the incoming
candidates since Judge E. H.
Cranmer will be in Wilmington.
In that event Mr. Holden will
swear in Sam T. Bennett, the man
who will succeed him. M. B. Watkins
will continue as assistant
clerk.
There will be one change made
in the board of county commissioners
before members of that
body meet to reorganize. L. C.
Tripp will replace Sam J. Frink.
John B. Ward will relinquish his
duties as judge of the Brunswick
county Recoder's court to Walter
M. Stanaland.
Other officials to be sworn in
...ill ho Cnrn nor John G. CaiSOn,
who was re-elected; S. Bun Frink,
elected state senator; and Cornelius
Thomas, elected to represent
| the county in the lower house of
the North Carolina General Assembly.
Mrs. Ruark Will
Head Farm Group
Has Been Named Local
Chairman Of The Robin
Hood Farm Project, A
New Plan For Giving
Practical Farm Training
, Mrs. J. W. Ruark, of Southport,
) | has accepted the local chairmanship
for the Robin Hood Farms
' project, a planned innovation in
' vocational education that' seeks
( to open farm schools for worthy
, but underprivileged North Caro,
lina boys and girls to make them
| self-supporting through free training
in practical farming and domestic
science.
Announcement of Mrs. Ruark's
acceptance of her appointment
was made by Mrs. Edwin C. Gre'
gory, Salisbury, daughter of the
late Senator Lee S. Overman and
former D. A. R. state regent and
vice president general, who as
organization chairman for the
(Continued on page 4)
r
1 Salisbury Man
i Kills Banded Goose
r
t Hunting here with Captain Jti
- T. Bowmer Friday Arthur S.
- Mowery of Salisbury shot and kil
led a black goose banded with
1 the numerals 38-806663 and rei
quested to notify the Biological
- Survey in Washington.
t It is assumed that the 38 indii
cates that the bird was banded
i this year. The band has been
? sent to Washington witp a reJ
quest for information as to when
and where the banding took place,
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B. J. HOLDEN, (left)
J. A. BUSS (center)
J. B. HARD (right)
?
Sea Scout Exe
Inter
Christmas Lights
Go Up On Streets
Earlier than ever before the
Christmas lights for the
streets of Southport have already
been strung up. City
Electrician Harry Aldridge
and his helpers have spent
the past two days garbing the
downtown district in her holiday
dress.
No formal announcement
has yet been made by members
of the Southport Woman's
Club with regard to
their annual Christmas tree
and porch lighting contest,
but it is safe to predict that
members of that group, which
is meeting this afternoon,
will again sponsor these contests.
Meanwhile the early action
of the city officials in decorating
the streets is a challenge
to the home owners and
store keepers to follow suit
in the matter of making
Southport particularly attractive
during the holiday season.
Local Citizen
Buried Monda'
I .
Funeral Rites Held Monda
Morning For Samuel F
Stanaland Who D i e
Early Sunday Mornin
At His Home
Funeral services for Samuel ]
Stanaland, 67-year-old Southpo
citizen, were held Monday mor:
ing at 10:30 o'clock from tl
home of his only daughter, Mi
L. T. Yaskell.
The funeral services were
charge, of the Reverend E. 1
Hall, who was assisted by tl
Reverend A. L. Brown. Memoe
of the Junior Order had charj
of the service at the grave ai
served as active pallbearers.
Death occurred early Sundi
morning at the Yaskell hon
where Mr. Stanaland had bei
confined for several weeks.
The deceased was a vete.-s
engineer in the U. S. Governme;
service, having served for 2
years.
In addition to Mrs. Yaskell M
Stanaland is survived by 01
grand daughter, Mrs. Louis Dixo
of Wallace.
If You Ever L<
This Before \
Two years agoi this coming
Thanksgiving Day Valle
Fredere went on a hunting
trip up at the North State
Game Club, at Council. With
him was Lou one of his prize
fox hounds.
Fredere decided to use her
after deer that day, and the
very first one she jumped she
ran out of the bay past State
Game Commissioner John
Chalk, who brought him
down. Here, thought Lou, was
a sport which even had something
on her first love, fox
hunting, so back she went to
jump another deer.
Soon she had him up, but
this time the fleeting buck
stayed away from the stands
and soon was headed for tall
[ timber.
Now a well trained deer
hound knows when he is lickI
ed and will not continue the
i hopeless persuit of an unwounded
deer, but Lou was
i applying the principles of fox
hunting to this new game
ATE
d News paper Ii
Southport, N. G., W
Lday
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scutive Is
ested In Station
-
? I District Scoutmaster Claude
Humphries, Of The Raleigh
District, Here This
Past Week - End With
Group Of Boy Scouts
DESIRES CAMfllNli
PLACE FOR OTHERS
Location On Water Desirable
For Sea Scouts And
He Plans To See If
Quarantine Station
Is Available
District Scoutmaster Claude
Humphries, head of the district
which embraces Raleigh and Durham,
was down here during the
past week-end with a troop of Boy
Scouts from Garner for a camping
trip over at Bald Head Island.
One of the primary objects of
the trip, however, was the location
of a suitable camp site for
the sea scout troops of those two
cities. Finding that Bald Head
Island is somewhat better suited
for Boy Scouts outings than it is
for Sea Scouts, Scoutmaster Humphries
showed instant interest
when the quarantine station was
mentioned. When he learned that
since it has been abandoned there
is a possibility that it might be
available for Sea Scouts work
he made plans to thoroughly investigate
this site.
The scout executive said that
U since the station has all of the
' accommodations required for comv
fortable living that it might be
j | big enough to be undertaken as
i a regional project.
Meanwhile, the Boy Scouts had
8> a pretty tough time of it over
at the island during their stay,
[j Arriving late Friday afternoon,
rt they elected to camp out instead
of accepting the proffered hosle
pitality of Coastguardsman Adr.s
ian Willetts. Friday night was
spent comfortably, despite the
jn cold. But the rain Saturday damp(Continued
on page 4)
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rs Call trtgntens
Robber Away
,y Mrs. Boss Leonard awoke durie
ing the early hours of Sunday
sn morning to see a strange negro
in her bedroom. Her frantic call
in to her husband frightened away
nt the nocturnal visitor before any
8- effort could be made to stop him.
Officers Melvin Lewis and M.
i'r. A. Northrop were unsuccessful in
na their search for clues when notin,
fied about the case Sunday morning.
)st A Dog Read
rou Give Him Up
and was giving tongue when
last she was heard.
From that day until about
two weeks ago Fredere never
saw nor heard of her again.
Then came a communication
from Joe Neisler, of Kings
Mountain, a former hunting
companion, that he had purchased
three dogs down in
Bladen county and that one
of them resembled Fredere's
long lost Lou. He told tlie
local man to meet him at
Lake Waccamaw on a certain
day, that he'd have the dog
along.
Leaving the matter of positive
identification to two of
their mutual friends the men
discovered that this was indeed
the deer-chasing fox
hound. Turned out of her kennel,
she ran immediately to
Fredere's automobile and
jumped in. Moreover, not once
since she has been back home
i has she been tied, so naturally
did she acclimate herself
to her old home surroundings.
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PORr
i A Good Com
ednesday, November 1
Extreme Weather
Is Felt In County
During Week-End
Thermometer This Morning
Falls To The 25 Degree
Mark, For The Coldest
Weather Of The Winter
Season
SLEET AND SNOW
WAS EXPERIENCED
But Mostly Rain Experienced
In This County Saturday,
While Other
Sections Had Heavy
Snowfall
Winter made its delayed appearance
over the week-end leaving
residents of this section shivering
and shaking from a cold
wave to which there had been no
gradual approach.
While Thanksgiving was moderately
warm, Thursday night a
J slow drizzle gave way to heavy
showers as the elements whipped
up a wind of almost gale proportions
to usher in the cold weather.
Friday was extremely cold, and
Friday night the temperature
sank to 28 degrees for the coldest
weather of the season. Ice
was plentiful on both Thursday
and Friday nights.
Saturday was a cold, dreary
day but rainfall here took the
place of snow and sleet that blanketed
other sections of the state.
Those who attended the DukePitt
game returned home with
tales of a heavy snow fall upstate.
Monday morning there was a
frost that resembled a young
I snow, and the thermometer tumbled
to the 20-degree mark, coldest
so far this winter. The low
reading was 30-degrees Tuesday
, morning.
Numerous Cases
Before Recorder
3u4y Session Before Judge
John B. Ward Last Wednesday
As Variety Of
Cases Were Disposed Of
Judge John B. Ward presided
over a busy session of Recorder's
court last week during which
numerous cases covering a wide
variety of offenses were disposed
of.
H. W. Rankin, white, pleaded
guilty to charges of reckless
operation and was required to pay
a fine of $25.00 and the costs.
Buster Simmons, colored, was
charged with an assault upon a
female, but his case was nol
prossed.
Similar action was taken in the
case charging Cecil Lewis, white,
with being drunk and disorderly.
Dallas Moore, white, was charged
with driving drunk. He pleaded
guilty to charges of reckless
operation, this plea was accepted
and the defendant was assessed
a fine of $25.00 and the costs of
his case.
The Rev. Sidney Bannerman,
colored, plead guilty to charges
of drunk driving. He was requir?*
fCA AA
ed to pay a line ui ^uu.uu auu
the costs of his case.
^ Lonnie Waddell, colored, was
found guilty of making an assault
with a deadly weapon and was
given 90 days on the roads. This
judgment was suspended upon
payment of the costs, a fine of
$20.00 and the doctor bill of the
prosecuting witness.
James Arnold, white, was found
not guilty of charges of resisting
an officer.
Fred Fulford, white, was con(Continued
on page 4)
Tag Day Plans
Are Announced
December 10 Designated as
Day On Which Effort
Will Be Made To Raise
Sum Of $100 For School
Playground Equipment
The Parent-Teachers Association
of Southport high school will
sponsor a tag day December 10th
for the purpose of raising necessary
funds for providing playground
and athletic equipment for
the local school.
Two students from each of the
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth
and eleventh grades will participate
in the tag day. These
boys and girls will be divided
into two teams, the reds and the
whites, and members of the winning
team will be entertained.
On the red team will be representatives
from the sixth, eighth
and tenth grades; students from
the seventh, ninth and eleventh
grades will comprise the white
team.
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imunity
iO, 1938 publisp
Scott Milliken C
Interest
SiEighty-Nine
Year Old Resident
Of Freeland Community
Has Remarkable
Memory And Still Keeps
Up With Current Events
ON COUNTY BOARD
62 YEARS AGO
Can Name Presidents In
Order, Together With
Characteristics Of Each,
From Pierce To
Roosevelt
It is doubtful that in all Brunswick
county there is another man
with a keener mind or better
memory than 89-year-old Scott
Milliken of the Freeland community.
Born in 1849 and named for the
great soldier General Winfield
Scott, this remarkable old gentlemen
soon picked up the thread
of events that have marked his
more than four-score years.
Beginning with Franklin Pearce
he can name the presidents in
their proper order right on down
to Franklin D. Roosevelt. What is
more, he remembers the names
of the men who opposed them
in the general elections and the
principals of each man as set
forth in his campaign.
On August 31, 1886, there was '
1' 1 ? * 1 IwAm?o 1
an eartnquttKe, tuc ucmuia v*. .
which caused great consternation j
among the residents of this sec-11
tion. At least that is the date the | c
old gentleman gave, and he told s
what he had been doing that day 11
and several other pertinent facts |
Life Saving Clai
Conducted
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1(
Bird Hunting
Season Opens
l
i Tomorrow is a red-letter
day for many sportsmen of
this county who have been j
anxiously awaiting the opening
of the bird hunting season.
Last year the season opened
on Thanksgiving Day, but
during the winter there was
such a discussion about conserving
quail that the open- s
ing date was set for Decern- t
ber 15. The howl of protest \
from the hunters prompted (
the members of the State I
Board of Conservation and i
Development to open the sea- j
son on December 1 instead. s
In addition to quail, tomor- I
row also marks the opening
of the season for hunting 1
wild turkeys. i
i
Surplus Goods
For The Needy 5
i
More Than One Hundred |
Persons Representing 29
Families Certified For i
Commodities
There were 109 persons representing
29 families certified by (
county welfare officials in Bruns- (
wick county as eligible for re- ;
ceipt of surplus commodities dur- ]
ing October, Arthur E. Langston, I
State director of commodity dis- j
tribution with the State Board
of Charities and Public Welfare, ]
announced this week. <
A statewide total of 166,854 s
persons comprising 36,632 families i
were listed during the month as
eligible to receive the foodstuffs 1
(Continued on page 4) (
t Hogs Outlive T
For Duration
The first real freezing weai
ther of this winter brought
on a wholesale slaughter of
hogs in Brunswick Monday
and Tuesday. It is still continuing.
Well informed people
I say that more hogs are being
i killed this week than in any
other like period . in many
years.
Usually there is weather
cold enough for hog killing
I early, or at least during the
middle of November. This
winter frost and cold weather
s were very much belated. The
1 first killing frost arrived
s Monday morning. Plenty of
thin ice made its appearance
at the same time. Tuesday
morning was even colder,
i Although there was no
i snow, a piercing wind made
i things plenty disagreeable
both Friday and Saturday.
Saturday while Duke Univer
ED EVERY WEDNESDA
ling Residents
I
.
z3jt.
Wr-'
hat made It appear that he we
:new what he was talking about
Now in the nintieth year of hi
ife, he still reads without the at
f glasses but says that occa
ionally now his eyes get tirec
ie is physically active and cai
(Continued on page 4)
ises To Be
Next Summei
Charles Mix, Representativi
Of The Red Cross Firs
Aid And Life Saving Ser
vice, Will Visit Here
TO DISCUSS PLAN
FOR NEXT SUMMEI
Attention Of Red Cross Ex
aminer Must Be Paid To
Skilled Swimmers, So
They Should Contact
Proper Person
From Wm. Carl Hunt, assist
i.it manager of the eastern are
>f the American Red Cross, thi
veck came the advice tha
Charles Mix, representative of th
ted Cross First Aid and Life Sav
ng Service, will visit Southpor
loon with the purpose of discus
ling the development of that wor
lere.
When Mix comes he will nc
lave time to conduct classes fo
lew swimmers, but his attentio
nust be given to the trainin
ind examination of life saver
ind swimmers capable of hole
ng swimming classes after he ha
*one.
The exact date of his visit ha
lot been announced, but wor
(Continued on page 4)
Sick Sailor Is
Taken Off Shi:
T. W. Mattox, member of th
:rew of the tanker Boston ws
:aken off that vessel late Monda
ifternoon by Captain W. H. Bai
lett and two other members c
the crew of the Oak Island coa;
juard station.
Mattox was brought to th
Brunswick County Hospital wher
;xamination revealed that he i
suffering from an attack of mals
ia.
With Captain Barnett on th
:rip were Dan Sadler and Georg
B'Neill.
urkeys Only
Of Week-Enc
sity and Pitt were staging
their immortal gridiron battle
in two inches of snow it was
comparatively mild here. Sunday
brought clear skies and
a rise in the temperature,
shortlived. A drop that night
brought the Monday morning
frost and hog killing time.
A ride through any part
of Brunswick this week revealed
plenty of big fat porkers
hanking in the back yard
of about every farmhouse.
Everybody has been waiting
for cold weather to do their
butchering and when the cold
did come no time was lost.
Porkers gunting in the pen
last week may have laughed
at the turkeys being driven
to slaugher, but there was
nothing for them to laugh
about this week that is if
hogs haye a sense of humor.
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The Pilot Covers |
Brunswick County
t $1.50 PER YEAR
Plenty Of Sport
; For Foxhunters
Here This Week .
From Western North Caro- , .
lina And From Eastern
Tennessee Have Come
Large Band Of Men And
Dogs To Hcfrry Local ,[,
Foxes
ONLY TROUBLE IS
TOO MANY FOXES
Some Of The Hounds
Brought Here To Swell
Fredere Pack are Among
Outstanding Dogs In
This Class j!
Brunswick county foxes, and
there appears to be one behind
every bush are treading on dangerous
ground this week, at least
those in the vicinity of Soutfe
port are for to the ever present ,'j;
menace of Vallee Fredere's pack
is now added 30 white-and-black
spotted brutes, including some of
the most famous fox hounds in >
Tennessee and Western North
Carolina.
H. P. Richards of Blbff City, ,-jt
Tenn., and Sheriff H. L. Mays fl
of Alexander county are heading I
a party of hunters that arrival j
with tlie dogs Friday. Othesy J
1 in the party are W. A. Patter |
son, W. R. Drum, R. C. Crua% flH
3 J. L. and U. R. Smith, June Gas- J
i den, of Taylorsville. For the week . [
- their thirty hounds are conspjfL
idated with the Fredere pack and I
i its a tough old fox that ge|? j
away once the mighty choroids j
? gets on its trail. .*9
The first day's hunt resulted j
in the death of four foxes. Sua- I
day the hunters did not go out I
but some of the dogs escapedi I
* started a fox near the camp and J
the other dogs set up such a 5
din that they had to be liber- I
e ated. Two foxes were killed that I
* afternoon before the dogs could [H
all be rounded up and coralled. J
Monday a representative of tha ; 'il
State Port Pilot went along with I
a camera. Five foxes were Jump- kjtffl
t ped at just about the same time Bl
by different dogs. The packs just Jwl
> naturally split up and went all j
of the way from the bad place H
to breakfast. By good fortune tho j
camera man stuck to the largest I
pack, which ran down and made I
its kill at the and of a spectacular M
_ chase which led the fox across a (j
road about a dozen times. Finally I
a he made the mistake of taking a
3 to a clearing and into a pig pen. I
* The dogs were right after and 3
e pounced on him before he could I
get out again. 1
* Some of the dogs from Tenn- I
r essee are, Red Ranger, White Cur- I
k ry, Whiteside, Red Sail, Kit Cue- j
ry, My Raider, Charlotte, Sheri? 9|
Grover, Joe Ruth, Lady and Tony. , 9
r (Continued on page 4) |
s Escaped, Prisoner 1
i- Returned To Jail jj||
Don Mason, one of the men I
3 who escaped in the prison break 1
d here several weeks ago, surrend- ?
ered to officers in Clinton Mon- 11
' day of last week and was re- . I
turned to jail Tuesday by Deputy ' | B
^ Sheriff Sinclair Gore and his bro- ' jffl
Asked why he voluntarily sur- jl
ie rendered, Mason, who is being K
13 held for trial on a charge of , I
y larceny, said that he was tired ct'l
" nf being on the dodge. He start- fi
>f ed to come in once before, he 1
said. Lonnle Wright, another of E
the escapees, already had been I
ie recaptured, but no word has been ' 1.1
e heard of Willie Bryant who was .:[ H
'8 awaiting trial for murder.
: TideJTable I
Following Is the tide table I
for Southport daring the next 9
week. These hoars are apprs- jj B
Ixlmately correct and were tut' 8
nlshed The State Port PUe* H
through the courtesy of the j E
Cape Fear Pilot's Association
High Tide low TUT |
TIDE TABLE 1
Thursday, December 1 B
1:55 a. m. 8:28 a. m. I
2:13 p. ra. 8:45 p. ra. ^
Friday, December 2 J
2:58 a. m. ' 9:27 a. m. iofl
3:14 p. m. 9:36 p. m. I
Saturday, December 3 3
3:51 a. m. 10:19 a. m.
4:15 p. m. 10:24 p. m. 1
Sunday, December 4 E
4:45 a. m. 11:11 a. m. I
5:11 p. m. 11:12 p. m. 3
Monday, December 5
5:36 a! m. 1
6:02 p. m. 12:02 u. m. I
Tuesday, December 6 0
6:24 a. m. 0:02 a. m. I
6:51 p. m. 12:54 p. m. H
Wednesday, December 7 I
7:11 a. m. 0:54 a. ns. I
7:40 p. m. 1:46 p. m 8
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