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lrm)lo$<01 The News .1' All The Time JMSmTte*1 no- ' '"Key Is Sworn | By Cranmer, "KiJav Morning j t^Rng Southport Jurist . Blears 'n His Successor J B Superior Court Bench J' K Wilmington Monday j IclA|R WILL |j V SUCCEED BURNEY I District Prosecuting | Krrney Also Took Oath Suffice Before Judge f ^Mfranmer, Who Was Paid Tribute villi of office was admin- ? V. Monday to David Sinclair, I F^trict solicitor, and John I l^;y, new judge of the dis- S H,:y Judge E. H. Cranmer, |; Kmpoit. retiring jurist of j Hghth judicial district. ' B ceremonies were held in .-prior courtroom after an crowd gathered in ^ ?icc of T. A. Henderson, H*;.' court of New Hanover, i Hg-iUtcd removal of the proto the larger room. ' took the oath exactly to day after he announc L. candidacy for the posiH. Cranmer began the pro- ' with a remark that he n his hand two "very im-timcnts" which he was iKjt0 have in his possession^ K (mniKlons for the solic- ? the judge. B . peculiar pleasure for 11 administer these oaths," I pointing out that the E . itor and judge arc "both E nds whom I have known B years and I am satisE . . will discharge the duties B- r respective offices with ] B)p' and will make enviable Be for themselves. They both . K il responsibilities and I J Etannccd that each will disB.-f his duties with fidelity, m E... ud faithfuilness. I am't Ll to call each of them my < 1 Mr administered the oath to Mu, flat and then. siepucU j lr i congratulate the mother 1 Be youthful solicitor. I In' lie afraid to take a nolle < L usionally," he counseled ] Bw prosecuting officer. i I congratulate you. I think i sr m will make an admirable | itor. he told Mrs. Sinclair. ] Be then administered the oath Ihrnry and congratulated Mrs. | lifter administering the oaths ] feChmmer s|>okc briefly, tell- 1 IIV)"' gathered in the court- ( b they had just seen "demo- | b in action." i po dictator in Kalcigh select- ] Ik men for their positions", 1 Continued on page 4) i ? ^ Little Bits Of Big News ? bi Events Of Stat*, tation and World-Wid* wrest During fast Week H*?? i I Coming from behind in a. ' taniatic finish D. L. (L-ibby) I *"ard of Craven nosed out [ i tictor S. Bryant of Durham | l -n the third ballot Tuesday ( ?5ht to win the Democratic "emulation for speaker of the I "39 House of Representatives. < final vote was Ward 54; I "lyant 52. Ward was nomin- i I 'trt at a caucus of House I "tmocrats after William E. ' I tenner of Nash, who ran last Ithe first, two ballots, with 5rw in his favor. Over on the thcr side without an opposI vote. Democratic state I ^b^tors nominated W. Erskinc Smith of Stanly county as 'inr president pro-tem of the I "39 General Assembly, which I Tens at noon today. Loses Southern California's mighty I J?ns' ",Ju,E to the peak of ?c comeback trail with a 61 wl toiichdown drive in the I h" "b'-oute of play, defeated I .J1*0 ''niversity's big blue I to"1' 7"3' before 91.000 spcc tJ* ^tooday. Wrecking W '>roud hoast of never a "ever a tie and never a _L"t surrendered in the games -be 'a:<8 schedule. the warBhtIL."f Tr?y- celebrating their -.urn to the Rose bowl after R. 'J '^ence of six years, travel T hough the air to victory I A 15 tt.cer.4c befote the I 't?#ttaued ob Page 4.) I THI 49 Swe . j if^ |lf8fiSk m B MB^A v > : ..-^ MHH HHH^^MMHWL 3H99B?3f 1^'& ' ' wwi |pv|HI ^MHppy J^:; i of office, Monday morning 1 was sworn in as the new di judge. New Year Rec Receptio Dne Minor Casualty Results When Dallas Piggott Is Burned By Exploding Firecracker STOLEN AUTOMOBILE BURNED SATURDAY Dtherwise Only Noise Of Fireworks and Bell-Ringing Marked Passing Of 1938 A noisy Now Year was ushered in with a boistrous celebration staged by members of Southport's younger set Saturday night and :arly Sunday morning. Firecrackers, t. n. t. and dynamite biased and pounded away .he last rcmnana of 1938 and Hanging bells and blaring horns heralded the arrival of 1039. One minor incidcpt put a tcmiKirary dsounei" on the spirits at the younger set when Dallas Pigjott sustained burns as a firc;racker exploded in his hands. His injury was not serious, but *s a precaution he took the antitetanus treatment, which is something of an ordeal in its own "ight. Another incident that contributed to the New Year's eve exHtcment was the report that Daughtrige Willetts' automobile had been stolen while he attend:d the first show at the Amuzu theatre and the subsequent dis;overy of the machine several miles from town on the Supply road almost destroyed by flames. Boy Earns Pin * Money From Traps Foxes may be smart but Roscoe Rogers,, has outsmarted more than two dozen of them this ivintcr. He did it without missing school. It seems that pocket money was scarce. Foxes were plentiful ... 1 i 1- ? D^rvni'O hfimp 1 Vffl iiruUHU lilt; nu^vio iivmv, v.., miles from town. A frieml of itoscoc, told him lie would give (lini a dollar for each fox pelt lie brought in. To date, aided by Ills ingenDUsly constructed and placed iraps. Roscoc has collected $26.00 Tor the same number of fox lides. His parents think he has lone pretty well. Dancers So Bu: That They Fc Music hath charm to sooth the savage brest, but not until last Friday night did local people discover that music also hath power to still the dancing feet The band engaged to furnish the melody for Southport's climatic yulctidc social occasion was an organization with headquarters in Wilmington. Hie claim of the agent who made the necessary negotiations was modest enough?or so 'twa3 thought. Southport people, arc as a a rule, inclined to be very reasonable and easy going. They like to dance and they prefer good music, but in the absence of the good they'll usually labor along and make the best of a bad situation. They were patient as the boy with the stick and the long hair browbeat hia men through the maze of dlaoerd that was finally ident?icq| as the .?J .< E STi A Good 4-PAGES TODAY :ars In His Succes ,x" \ BF I m I BB| ^HHtflBf Al mBg--1':*' / ^^^BBBBBBHWW' ldge E. H. Cranmer of Soutl to his successor, John J. Bui [strict solicitor. Judge Crani eives Noisy m In Southport * ; | Superior Court J Convenes Monday j ' The January term of llrunswiok county Su|>crior 1 court for the trial of civil 11 cases will convene here .Monday with Judge W. C. Harris, of Raleigh, presiding. 1 In looking over the court 1 calendar prepared for the terra it appears that no cases I of unusual public interest will , come up for trial, but several legal matters that have been ] pending for some time are , scheduled for settlement during next week's session. College Students Back To School Students Return To Their Respective In s t it utions ] Following Christmas Season Spent At Their Homes Their holiday season spent, Southport girls and boys turned their backs on the joys of the 1 Ynletide anjl returned to their ' rcsj>ective schools and colleges ] during the week-end. Miss Louise Niernscc has re- ( turned to Peace College, Raloigli; ' Miss Dickie Cannon has return- ' cd to Charleston College, Charles- ' ton, S. C.; Miss Evelyn Autry has returned to Campbell Col- j lege; Miss Anna Taylor has returned to East Carolina Teachers , College, Greenville, but Miss Bob- ' bie Davis, who attended that school during mc tan. nas accepted a teaching position tn Bladen- ' boro; Miss Jane Shannon has re- ' turned to West Palm Beach Junior College and Miss Anna Catharine Garrett to Mars Hill. Malcolm Frink has returned to ' Oak Ridge Institute; Lawrence Willing, David Watson and Eddie , Jelks are back at Louisburg; Joe , Ruark and Dan Wells have returned to N. C. State, Raleigh: Dan Cleminons and Ifarvey Brown have returned to Wake Forest College; Robert C. Mc- ( Keithan. and Victor Cox, Jr., have ! returned to Edwards Memorial Institute, Salemburg; Edward Taylor has returned to Davidson. ( ____________ ^ sy Listening irgot To Dance; I "Flat Foot Floogie." there j j was no brutal criticism as the piano won the race j "Around The Mulberry Bush" by twenty full beats; but when the leader gave up af- ; ter the fifth futile lake-off on "Alexander's Ragtime | Band" action was forthcom- ] ing- i Heads got together and after a brief conference a committee wan dispatched to inform the orchestra leader that he and the boys had more tlian earned their j night's wages and that it was the unanimous opinion j of the would-be dancers that 1 they really should pac-k up and go home for some rest. All this at 11 o'clock. , J Thereafter until the wee < I small hours a good time wan ' had by all dancing to the music from a piccolo quick- ! lv rechjited from 4 place ! I 40WS < tTE News paper Ii Southport, N. C., \\ sor ipo.it .administered the oath rney. David Sinclair, right, mer is nmv an emergency Last Month Was Fairly Normal /* Low Temperature Reading For Month Was Registered On Last Wednesday; Hi trK Marif Wa? fiM- Do. grees December was a normal winter month for this locality as the lowreading was only 28-degrecs and the high temperature mark registered was 68-degrccs. The minimum mark was set last Wednesday, December 28, while it was on December 4 that the mercury climbed to the 68Jegrce point. There were 3.36 inches of rainfall during the period, with 18 clear days, 8 cloudy days, 4 partly cloudy days and 1 hazy day. Prevailing wind was from the northeast. Jackson Day Dinner Plans R. I. Mintz, Chairman Of Democratic E x e c u t i ve Committee, Will Head This Work In Brunswick County The appointment of R. I. Mintz as Chairman of the annual Jackson Day Dinner Committee In Brunswick county has been innounced by" State Senator John D. Larkins, Jr., of Jones County, State Chairman of the Jackson Day Committee planning for the innual Jackson Day Dinner to be held in Raleigh on the night of January 7th at eight o'clock at the Sir Walter Hotel. "As the Democratic chairman in Bntnswick county, Mr. Mlntz has been very helpful In the past md we arc counting on' him and ether good Democrats in the county to help us raise our part to help out the deficit incurred by the National Democratic Ex" ill S?, lkn ecuuvp Luimifiuw ui uic fu.?n. campaign", said Chairman Lark(Continued on page 4) Town Creek Club Meeting Held The Town Creek Home Dcmmstration Club met at the home i>f Mrs. Nellie Walker, December LO. A delightful Christmas party ivas enjoyed by the members. Christmas carols, "Hark The Herald Angels Sing", and 'There's a Song in the Air," were led by Miss Sallic Bctts Knox. After the carols Mrs. Furman Galloway ind Mrs. Odell Evans directed the panics. The house was beautiful with a lovely decorated Christmas tree. Red candles were in the candelabrum, and holly and fern on the mantle. Gifts were passed to everyone by Mrs. Leonard Skipper as Mrs. Walker played the. piano. When the , music stopped, the person holdbig the gift, kept it for her awn. A lovely gift was presented Mrs. Marion S. Dosher by Mrs. Walker, club president. She complimented Mrs. Dosher on her help, cooperation, and interest in the club during the past year. Members brought delicious sandwiches and cakes, and liot tea. was served by the hostess. Those present were: Mesdames Alice Craven, E. V. Evans, D. R. Johnson, J. J. Knox, Furman Galloway, G. L. Skipper. Nellie Walker, E. P. Woodbury, Susie ilbilin, ?DiUard Thorpe, Doro Knox,; J.W.*, Freeman, Ode!! Evans, l and Misses bailie Setts ? . ,V JU> ^ P0R1 i A Good Comi ednesday, January 4th, County Court In ] First Regular Monday Session Thirteen Cases Disposed Of{C Here On Monday Before Judge W. M. Stanaland In First Session Since Change Of Days ALL DAY REOUIRED S TO SETTLE CASES! F Ten Other Matters Were \ Disposed Of Last Wednesday To Bring The Court Docket Into Better Shape 1 In the first of the Monday F | sessions of Brunswick county Re- s cordcr's court thirteen cases were c disposed of before Judge VV. M. o {Stanaland this week in a seige I that lasted until after dark. t The case against Rothie Hick- c man, white, for using profane t language was nol prossed. I 1 The case against George Mc- I Dowell, white, for disturbing re- s ligious worship also was nol pros- S sed. ,t Similar action was taken in the t case in which Lindsey Lewis, white, faced the same charge. | i C. H. Powell, white, pleaded f guilty to charges of reckless operation. He was taxed with a fine f of $25.00 and costs. 1 (Continued on page 4) Treaty Will Be At Motor I m c Not-So-Crafty Fox Is Killed Foxes are famed for Ix-incT I just about the craftiest members of the animal kingdom, but this reputation appurent- ^ 1y was built up before the age of automobiles. At any rate a handsome Sir Reynard made the inlstake Moncfay liigltt "of rcn-~ testing the right-of-way across the Lockwoods Folly bridgo at Supply with the Iv automobile driven by Judge W. M. Stanaland. Ills pelt is 11 now .in the hands of the tcxl- v dennist to be preserved as ^ a lasting monument to his foolhardincss. Students Hold I Worship Service t College Boys And Girls In Charge Of Wednesday <, Night Prayer Meeting i> Period At Baptist Church College boys and girls at home ^ for the Christmas holidays were [ in charge of the regular Wednesday night services at the Southport Baptist church last week.! a The services was comprised of j ^ talks on the Baptist student work | j, on rhn raMinuses of the various i colleges, and special music. jy Following the devotional period a of song and prayer Dan Clem- L mons lead in scripture reading. c Susie Sellers. Lucy Anderson and Evelyn Autry made talks and ,, tlien followed a vocal solo liy \ D. I. Watson. Harvey Brown j, made a talk on "Campus Exper- j, iepccs" and Rev. A. L. Brown s concluded the program with a r few remarks as to how the local church can help its college students. Baptists Have Special Service mpressive Candle-Lighting Ceremony Held At Evening Service On Sunday With Large Congregation An impressive candle-lighting ceremony marked the special New Year's program presented Sunday night at the Southport Baptist church. The church was lighted by a glowing cross in the pulpit as twelve young candle-bearers came j in with short, burning tapers, j After an appropriate poem had! been read by the pastor these, candles were snuffed out, sym-! bolic of the old year. There followed two young people bearing a tall, burning light and a Bible, these symbolic of the. True light that should guide the world. The new candles borne by twelve other young people were lighted from this candle, showing the effect that the twelve :r.or.th3 of the' New year t r pil nunity 1939 PUBLISH rwo Brunswick Representatives Off To Raleigh >n Eve Of Departure S. Bunn Frink Said His First Bill Would Be For The Establishment Of Nautical School 1LENT ABOUT OTHER PLANS 'rink And Thomas Left Tuesday Morning For State Capitol To As"siime Active Duties S. Bun Frink and Cornelius 'homas left Tuesday morning for taleigh where they will reprecnt Brunswick county at the oming session of the North Carlina General Assembly. Frink, who is a veteran memicr of the State Senate, said n the eve of his departure that lis first bill would be one to irovidc a nautical school for 'forth Carolina, with the proviion that it be established at iouthport. This is a question that tas been spoken of frequently in his newspaper. Frink said that he had no defintc plans regarding any other imwrtant legislation. Thomas was not contacted beore he left for Raleigh. This is lis first term as legislator and (Continued on Page Four) Disussed Boat Meeting )fficials Write Local Man Advising That Investigation Will Be Made Into Possibility Of Amendment ? | m OCAL INTEREST d WILL BE HELP b is It Now Stands Law Will L Seriously Affect The ! Small Boats Like Pleasure Craft And - Shrimpers " The International Labor Treaty j, rhich has aroused widespread incrcst and considerable resent lent on the entire U. S. coast, [| .'ill be the subject of a conferncc at the National Motor Boat Ihow in New York Friday of this /cck. The act provides for licensed p ibor and, apparently, a considrablc augumcntion of crews n all vessels leaving any port.' Vhijc. the act cannot be repealed here arc openings for amendments in the effects of the act pon vessels of 200 tons and less, i ;|1 Sparkman & Stephens, out- el landing motor boat builders of n lew York, and Ira Hand, sccrc- ai (Continued on page 4) ! ai 'ugitive From A j| Cartoon Movie i . ti Walt Disney does not know E nything about it, but Snow | F Vhitc spent Christmas at home | E i Southporl with the seven bro-1 ti hers and sisters. This Snow | Vhitc is Snow White Claridy, j p n 18-year-old Southporl negro, rho is an enrollce in a CCC' amp in Dare county. And he does not carry a nick-1 isnie. His rightful name of Snow d Vliite Claridy, bestowed upon | la tint by his parents when he was, tl iorn in Lockwoods Folly town-1 J< hip, has any and all fanciful ld< licknanies skinned a inilc. ip Hunting Wild H Sport Fo Donnie .Watts and Alfred Newton enlivened a dull after-Christmas week for themselves by making a couple of wild-hog hunting trips over to Bald Head island. They brought in four goodsized hogs and a number of coons. Sonic ten or twelve years ago a resident on Bald Head island had a large number of Iiogs running at large in the woods, feeding on acorns aud the succulent roots of undergrowth. They became so wild Uiat the owner decided it was better business to keep a pig in a pen and feed it than to go to all of the trouble of catching or shooting one of the savage beasts. So be had a sort of roundup and trapped or shot all he could before moving away from the island. Plenty of stock was left and progeny has apparently beer, numerous. Eald Head tiaid, especially tiit por OT | [ED EVERY WEDNESDAY To Raleigh j ft '-"" ^ iti jjif' -Wf9* I ^'^Ib I f: <: >( S. IIiiii Krink, altove, and (VirL'lius Thomas, below, loft Tues?y for Raleigh to represent runswick county at the comig Mwion of the North Caronu General Assembly. Frlnk is veteran member of the State eiuite, while Thomas 1# ing his first term jis_ member [ the rdw-ei- house of (lie State c.gislaturo. llasonic Officers Installed Friday ublic Meeting Held For Installation Of Recently Elected Officials Of Pythagras Lodge At a public meeting of I'ytli?e'ie T ?wlrrr? ITrirlav nit'ltf nt'U'lv * J ? | j cctcd ofifccrs were installed. A j j umber of ladies were present , ad refreshments were served. I R. L. Thompson was installed L 1 worshipful master; It. F. Plax- I ( > as senior warden; James L milh as junior Warden ; C. N. I j hiliips as secretary; J. Berg as 1 ( rcasurer; R. O. Johnson as tyler; j, !. J. Holden as senior .deacon;, j ;. T. Woodsidc as junior deacon; , L. C. St. George and J. D. Sut- , jn as stewards. j tfegro Man-Drops ' Dead On Friday , 1 H. K. Walker, Leland negro, j ird suddenly at his home in Lo- | ind Friday. (Jailed to investigate 11 lis sudden passing, Coroner ]. ohn G. Caison declared tliat , eatli was due to natural causes, j j robably to heart trouble. logs Another r This Section tion of it called big island, has plenty of wild and savage hogs in its depths. To outwit one it takes a cunning hunter. They emerge from the jungles to feed only at night. Cornered or. wounded they would rip a hunter to pieces if they can reach him. The flesh is described as fine but entirely different in taste from that of .the domestic hog. The animals probably subsist on seafoods along with acorns and- roots. The island has never been burned over in the memory of anyone. Thousands of huge liveoaks spread a heavy layer of acorns on the ground each fall. These acorns, falling in the thick leaves and straw, afford food the year round. Although the island also has plenty of coons, o'possums. squirrels and birds, the wild Imgs have little competition to interfere with their food supply. They are in surprisingly_ good condition at | ail sea&ogg of the year. - The Pilot Covers Brunswick County I ============ $1.50 PER YEAR Election Reform Recommended To yew Legislature n Report -That Dodges No Issue Nor Calls For Any Compromise State Board Of Elections Ask Changes VOULD REPEAL-T*t? ABSENTEE BALLOT rfembers Also Recommend Complete, New Registration'ln Order To Bring Books Up-To-Date In a report which dodges no ssues and compromises no principles the State Board of Elec- t ions recommends to the Governor and the General Assembly: |'"J 1) the subdivision of large votng precincts with not more than | ive hundred voters; (2) a new itatewide registration of voters ,o eliminate tens of thousands cf lames of dead persons, non-residents and d'squalified felons from he registration books; <3> theabolition of markers and the provision of assistants only to the iccasional voter who is illiterate. <f )lind, paralytic, or laboring under ithcr physical disqualification vhich prevents him from mark ? t. ~ k.llnt 1 I \ ..,nnn I At' he absentee ballot law and provision of a safeguarded method J1 or legitimate use of absentee voting. jf] The Board recommends the 'subdivision of those precincts in vhich more than five., hundred ,i )crsons voted in the c'ection oi' .936, into such precincts that lot more than five hundred pcr10ns will vote in any precinct", n order (1) to relieve congesion at the polls, (2) to promote til he orderly - conduct -of- elections, J-S 3) to lessen the opportunity for rfj regularities and frauds, (41 to cmove unnecessary hardshiiis on dcction officials in counting balots with the consequent delays n election returns. In many counties the registra- a ion books are scarcely more than ists of names, "without informa- ffl don . s*.-U> soge. residence, place & )f birth, party affiliation and S late of registration, as required ly registration laws. They conlain names of hundreds of thousinds of dead persons, non-residmts, and disqualified felons." "To remedy this condition," cfl says tiie Board, "we recommend [1) a new statewide registra- jjyiji ion; (2) that this statewide rejistration be made without access >r reference to present registra;ion books; (3) that any duly luaiiftcd?voter-who limy be ab- i icnt from his prccim-t during the * egistration period, may, by makng proper affidavit by mail, if t can be done consistent with the :onstitution." "There is need", says the resort, "for the assistance to the iccasional illiterate, to voters vho are blind, paialytic, or labor- J ng under other physical hartifi:ap which prevents them from liaising their ballots; but there ,s nr need are issued up to and SH in election day; til there is no sufficient check on the ballots | rt ssucd and no sufficient report r J:|3 s required by the persons issu- || ng same. , "From its experience over, a IS iiinilicr of years, the State Board if Elections is fully satisfied that J .here are many more absentee ;jf| Mllots umimI in primaries than in [| jcneral eleelions, ami that the 11 ibuse of the absentee ballots is ;l' iiorc widespread and general In party prbnarics than in general (Continued 011 page 4) Tide Table jj Following Is the tide table j for South port during the nest week. Th?'?n hours nre apprw. J limately correct and were furnished The Stale Tort I'llot through the courtcey of tte j C'ape Fear Pilot's Association I nigh 1 i't? Low Tier 19 TIDE TABLE ~ " Thursday, December 23 jj 7:48 a. m. 1:41 a. m. ' j 8:08 p. m. 2:19 p. m. | Friday, December 23 1 8:25 a. 10. 3:23 a. in. Sfl 8:40 p. m. 2:38 p. m. Saturday, December 24 A 9:01 a. in. 3:02 a. m. 9:24 p. ni. 3:24 p. m. I Sunday, December 25. I 9:38 a. in. 3:37 a. m. 10:05 p. m. 4:08 p. m. j Monday, December 26 ] 10:17 a.m. '4:11a.m. j 10:47 p. m. 4:41 p. ui. | Tuesday, December 27 10:58 a. m. ; 1 > a. m. i 11:31 p. m. 5:17 p. m. Wednesday, Dtcember 28 ,1 I 11:42 a. m. 5:20 a. m. ) | v?5:58 p. m. , J 1 ^ r9