Mt Of The News
IB A|I The Time
fcliighP
K,gram Starts
JCivitan Group
I M KmgTLt. Covers'
Af Carolinas District,
Principal Speakei
presented Charter
IiSED DUTIES OF
B^CLUB membership
L Night Observed And
Rous Turkey Dinner
'fl| 4 Served In DaughtRr^
Of America
I .1 Governor ol
^Kclinas District, was th<
jR^ncakcr at the chartei
meeting of th<
I^R^Yivitan Club Thursdaj
>m ?0.' i,ut interesting tall
official, who is fron
told local clul
:R^. of their opportunities
^Rr- under the banner ol
...I he urged this nev
^Rftfgc forward in civic ac
^Lrrng acceptance of tht
the club president
R - p. Ericltsen cxtendei
^R^.,. to Southport to th<
^R^Vcsent from the Rockj
R:ind Wilmington Clubs
^JjTcduced by A. M. Whet
H -jtli secretary- Included wn;
K?M Koontz. president o
R mgton club.
flu a ladies night am
E, present appeared to cn
. initial program of South
^ftar.rcst club.
^ _ .. ,n .) business meet
IH tke organization held Fri s.:r
at Ti.'.O o'clock in thi
Baity Center Building.
little Bits |
Of Big News
Li Event* Of Slats,
Ition and World-Wide ,
Interest During Put
Week
I . J
| prici that radio comic
kgc Burns paid for two
1-- bracelets and a ring
r Tuesday when he wa
pi W.OOO. given a suspend|
' ncc of a year and s
Ij and placed on a year's
Nation The sentence imki
by Federal Judge Willi
Bon-ly resulted from
Bis' plea of guilty to two
retmcnts charging smugit?
although federal authors
said he did not actually
t? the jewels into the coun?
Bums' friend, radio funl?a-i.
Jack Benny, has
sded innocent to a similai
I lent and will go on trial
ry 11.
Hams
f Hitler Monday plcdg man
support for Italy
' war against her, doI
return of Germany's
r colonics, and warned
lited States to keep her
off German trade Willi
America. To a world
waiting for an iudicaf
how he would next
> power and whether
ly would support ltaliins
against France, Hitrelated
Germany ami
were "determined h
inmion support to comitercsts."
His speech U
iehslag was regarded
ler's followers as firm
mediatory. Germany's
ic difficulties figured
n tlie address and were
''J as having had a
influence on its modene.
rcononiy-bent appropria
ommittee took pruning
? hand Monday an'!
fely pared $95,568 from
ord total expenditure oi
4.890 recommended hy
Ivisory budget oommist
the next biennium.
dilative Caffey of Guil
chairman of the lious*
Iter. he. was "VOr>
encouraged by the con
v? attitude" of til'
committee. Other mem
cheated tlrat the. proGits
augur more slash
wm<\ The joint commit" ginning
in executive
0 study and tentative
1 or adjustment ol
ilenr of appropriation
d funds for 10 departtotaling
$2,129,061 a:
otad'.d by tlit budge1
tor..
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STRANGE?Strange &p
^! frequently nre brought in tr<
11 Jeasi interesting 01 tnese is
. | taken recently by the Maude
.! Pan lightship. Dan Wells, loc
J huge "crawfish" befqrp.the
I Greensboro Daily News.)
Case For Estab
Of Naval
*
Communication R e c e i v td
This Week By Civic Club
I Secretary From Hon. j
Josephus Daniels Promises
Support
SOUTHPORT IS
WELL SITUATED1
j
' Ambassador To Mexico!
Says Establishment Of j
Emergency Air. Base
! I Here Will Be Good
For State And
Navy
j Working quietly for several
. ; weeks the Southport Civic Club
j secretary has built up strong
11 arguments and enlisted the aid
i | of powerful factors towards hav
i ing North Carolina participate in
the great national naval cxpan'
j sion program that is now being j
[ carried on in the U. S.
I The club is seeking a base for j
1 destroyers and submarines on the j
l iver not far above Southport on ]
1 I a creek or inici iiuti tan vao..j
[ be dredged out for the purpose.-'
(Continued on page 4)
Presiding Elder !
To Preach Here
i
I Hew W. A. Cade, presiding |
elder of the Wilmington district,,
I | North Carolina Conference will '.
II preach Sunday evening at 7:30:
. o'clock at Trinity Methodist1
; church.
The pas!or, Hcv. E. M. Hall,!'
. will preach at the morning ser-r
, vice and will administer the!J
[ Lord's supper. ' |i
> i
;|Fame Of This I
;| Spreads T<
A way up in Canada last
i week an official of the London
Life Insurance Company
wanted to learn something
about fishing here. He and
his wife plan to come down
in early March. In some way
, he got the Southport city
| and post office name confus,
ed with South Carolina and
r there is no such post office
r in the United States as that
to which he uddresscd his
letter.
"Mr. W. B. Keziah, Cape
. fear, South Carolina, U. S.
r A."
The Canadian dropped the
above addressed envelope in
his post office at St. Catharines,
Ont., at 6 p. in. on
January 23rd, as shown by
the cancelling post mark.
> Postmaster L. T. Yaskcll slid
the letter into the box of W.
1 B. Keziah, here in Southport,
at 8:30 a. m. on January
25th, an elapsed time of 38
i hours and 30 minutes.
I There v/as not a single
"Misssnt" post mark any
1 st;
A Good
4-PAGES TODAY
rawfish 3
Bit
Is
1
I
(
t
2Ciniens of the briny deep v
>m the Gulf stream. Not the '
a nine-pound spine.v 'obster
and Mable near the Frying
,.*1 In A W? fUAiim li I >1 VV? r* + V?/* ! I
cu lavi, in ouuvyu Iiuiv.ii.h Hit
camera.?(Cut courtesy '
Jishment
Base Stronger
I : ,
Normal Weather r
During January \]
... g
Weather for the Month of j,
January was distinguished f
neither by extreme cold nor }
unusually high temperature t
for the season. The low read- p
ing of 27-dcgrees was record- t
ed on January 23, while the,
maximum temperature of (Hi f
degrees was reached on Jan- t
uary fi. r
Heavy rain Sunday and r
Monday morning accounted n
for more than half the total c
precipitation of 1.16-lnchcs. t
There were- six cloudy days, i
7 partly cloudy days and 18 a
clear days during the month
with fog on January 5, and J
again on January 29. There t
were, thunder storms on Jan- a
uary 5 and on January 30. . c
Prevailine wind for the moil
th was from the southwest. |c
Circular Tells j
Of Blue Mould I
a
The North Carolina State College
, of Agriculture and Engin- 8
cering Extension Circular No. 220 ''
Issued December, 1038, which ?
treats of bluo mold of toliacco.
and it's control has just been re- f
ceivcd. v
Farmers wanting a copy of N
tliis circular may secure one by f
writing the County Agent, at f
Supply. They will be mailed as t
long as the supply lasts. u
Han Keziah 1
> Foreign Parts <
where on the envelope. In
fact the short time between (
being posted and its receipt v
would not allow going
out of. its way for ail hour
during the long journey
Some folks will wonder
how the letter, addressed to f
some post office that docs
not exist bi South Carolina
or anywhere else,, should
come straight to the man for
whom it was intended at
Southport. The answer is 0
simple enough, says Keziah. r
Mailcd m Canada, the let- (.
ter in a package of other let- ?
tcrs destined for the United t
States was speeded to New g
York. There one of the eagle- t
eyed and agile brained routing
clerks caught the name s
of a post office which he p
knew did not exist in South t
Carolina. He may have hur- r
riedly ihumbed through the v
"C's" of the Post Office Di- li
rectory in a vain search for b
a post office named Cape p
Fear in some other state n
(Continued on Page Four)
^TE
News paper It
Southport, N. Gm Wi
Seeks Sentiment
As To Changing
Hospital Name
f The People of Brunswick
Desire That Name Of
Local Institution Be
Changed Frink Will Introduce
Bill
rHIS MOVEMENT
ALREADY STARTED
Members Of Board Of
Trustees Are On Record
As Officially Favoring
Change To Dosher
Memorial Hospital
If sufficient sentiment is shown
n favor of the move Senator S. j
3un Frink is ready to introduce
i bill in the North Carolina Legsiature
providing for the change
>f the name of the Brunswick
bounty Hospital to the Dosher
Memorial Hospital, in honor of
he late Dr. J. Arthur Dosher.
There has been agitation for
.his change for sometime, and
everal months ago members of 1
he board of trustees of that inititution
caused to be spread upon
he minutes of their meeting a
esolutlon requesting this change
n name.
Since the recent death of Dr.
Dosher there has been a renewal
>f interest in this cause and from
Senator Frink it has been learned
hat he stands ready to do the
vill of the people as soon as their
Icsires in the matter are made
mown to him.
Numerous Cases
Before Recorder
/ariety Of Actions Disposed
Of Before Judge Walter
M. Stanaland In Recorder's
Court Monday
A variety of eases were dlslosed
of here in Recorder's Court
Vednesday before' Judge Walter
>[. Stanaland.
Alvin Hayes, white, was found |
ruilty of operating a motor ve- j
licle while jie yas under the in-1
luence of intoxicating liquor.}
lis sentence of five months on!
he roads was suspended upon J
layment of a fine of $50.00 and '
he costs.
Baz Johnson, colored, was
ound guilty of reckless operaion.
He was sentenced to six
nonths on the roads, this judgnent
being suspended upon paynent
of a fine of $50.00 and the
osts, with the further provision
hat his license be revoked for
2 months. Appeal bond was set
,t $200.00.
Soloman Smith, 'alias James
ohnson, colored, pleaded guilty
o charges of highway robbery
nd was bound over to Superior
ourt under bond of $1,000.00.
The case against Alfred Smith,
olorcd, for receiving stolen goods I
ras nol prosscd.
Frank Ballard, colored, was
ound guilty of possession and
ransporting. He was taxed with
, fine of $10.00 and costs.
Clove Long, white, was found
uilty of having whiskey in his
losscssion for sale and of translorting.
He was required to pay
. fine of $25.00 and costs.
Henry Randolph, colored, was
ound guilty of assault. His fine
ras set at $30.00 and the costs
v'ore taxed against him.
Shcpard Johnson, colored, was
;ivcn 60 days on the roads when
ound guilty of reckless operaion.
Judgment was suspended
ipon payment of the costs.
The case against Stacy Jen;ins.
colored, for assault was nol
irossed.
I/onnie and Celia Ellis, colored.
I'cre up for assault but their
asc was nol prosscd.
> (Continued on page 4)
Strawberries To
Be Tried Locally
Member Of Crew Of Com?
stock Has Backed His
Belief In Adaptability By
Purchase Of Farm
C. W. Osborne, for many years
n the dredge Comstock and still
mployed there, has purchased
he Wade Lews farm near Bell
iwarnp and plans to devote it to
ruck, witil an experienced truck
rower in charge, while he coninues
his work on the hoat
Osborne wa3 raised in the
trawberry growing sector of Cojmbus
county. He says that one
hing he is going to do is to
aise. strawberries, a crop with
,'hicb he is well acquainted and
e plans to have an experienced
erry grower in charge of the
lace. Owing to the present late.esa
he does not plan to begin
(.Continued on page 4)
-A.-..-..
PORT
l A Good Comm
edncsday, February 1st, J
Lunch Room Is S<
Opened Here By S
P.T.A. Members
Of
Was In Operation For First q]
Time Tuesday When jai
Meals Were Served To Cd
Twenty-Six Children Who co
Had No Lunches From or
Home th
MADE POSSIBLE gC
BY CO-OPERATION hs
??? al'
Surplus Commodities Are se
Furnished By The WPA i or
While Merchants And
Others Contribute I na
Very Liberally
The Southport school lunch,
room opened Tuesday in quarters j th
located in the rear'f the Mintz- j cr
Frink building and hot meals
were served that day to 26 chil- Jc
dren whose previous habit it has of
been to do without their lunches. ecl
The lunchroom is sponsored by sc
members of the Southport Parent- wi
Teachers Association and the w,
work of Mrs. \V. S. Dosher, chair- st
man of the grade mothers, has w
been largely instrumental in sccuring
this project. Most of the w
equipment and many of the pro- sa
visions have been donated by Q1
merchants and citizens of the fta
community. Surplus commodities hi
for the meals have been furnished hi
from the WPA, but. this includes y?
only a few staples.
The call for continued donations
has been sent out by the
ladies, who insist that this work
will have an important bearing
upon the ability of these underfed
children to do good school
work. ??
Tn charge of the lunch room 11 yy
are Mesdames George Auiry an<i i ?
Bessie Watson.
Pictures Being
Taken Locally
Bill Sharpe Of State Board
Of Conservation And Development
Is Here On d<;
Another Photographic m
- TOUr f ' f*
th
Extensive picture-making oper- pi
ations arc In progress in Brans- th
Wick thts week. Starting out Sunday,
a number of nice shots were | M
made in the various government j m
buildings on Bald Head Island, I hj
the Coast Guards and Captain j dc
Munn and Captain Pincr being j
exceedingly helpful and consid-j p
crate in this work. So was Cap- j | J
tain H. T. Bowmcr, who provid- j
cd the boat to tanc a party of I
about 15 persons to the island. Li/I
Monday operations were recessed
on acocunt of rains. Tuesday y^n<
morning was spent at the magnificent
Orton plantation with r
Manager Churchill Bragaw in
charge. Working on to Southport,
a jump was made out to Supply, _
and various pictures were made
around there. Perhaps the most Satu
interesting were several of an old toba
fashioned oullting party at the sten
home of Mrs. Harry Robinson. nrov
- c* 1.. *
L>aaiCS OI U1C BU|>piy wcMiiniujiiij ^
arrange these quiltings almost r
weekly, mostly for the fun of *n
the gatherings. This one was ar- tion,
ranged for Tuesday at the re- drew
quest of the photographers in Wer<
order that it be on the picture hran
making schedule. A picture of aIuj
the ladies at work will shortly did
appear in magazines of national ij,
circulation, as will other pictures need
made during the week. worl
Various pictures were made in day
(Continued on page 4) ploy
- toba
Movement For . _
Channel Cut PI
Local Interests Would Be
Benefitted By New Chan-1
ne! Connecting Masonboro
Inlet With Inland ?r
Waterway Kl
Sc
A movement was launched In !y
Wilmington last week to have a on
channel cut from Masonboro Inlet. cu
below Wrightsvillc, to the Inland ne
Waterway and to have this chan- j wl
net marked with lighted beacons. I lal
This channel, says the South-j f?
port fishermen, will be of great i da
help to the local fishiiig inter- j
csts. Upon the request of Captain j th
J. B. Church and others identified j lai
with the local commercial fish- tn
big, the Sou eh port Civic Club | th
secretary has tendered an offer; sh
of all possible aid to Manager " dr
Louis T. Moore and the other
Wilmington interests that arc bo
credited with fostering the un- de
dcrtaklng. Ot
The channel would permit easy on
passage of boats into the river ca
and to Southpo'rt when they get po
storm, bour.-4 above the JTryicg ow
Fan shciu?. fh
' V
3?-3bfos. ;j?r fit i,
PIL
unity
[939 PUBL1SI
juthport Boy1
itar-NewsFigJ
Johnie Simmons was one
the two Southport entries
the Star-News Golden
oves Boxing Tournament
st winter and the fair-hair:
local boy gave a good acunt
of himself in losing to
le of the better fighters in
e Wilmington meet.
This year Johnie plans to
> back and stay longer. He
is been training off and on
I winter and believes himlf
a more capable perform than
last year.
This year's Star-News tourment
will be held on Febary
9. 10 and 11 and Phil i
jckheit, who again is in
large of the event, says that
ere is still time for boys to
iter.
But let's get back to
ihnie. Right now he is one (
the cleanest, most rcspect1
boys in Southport high
hool. Four years ago it
is a different story. Johnie
as a little tow-headed brat,
uck in the" sixth grade and
siting until he got old
lough to quit school. That
as the year that J. P. Wonvagc
came here to teach,
aickly this man-teacher
,incd Johnie's respect, then
s confindence and finally
s loyal devotion. The next
:ar Wonsavage was moved
eceiving App]
For 1939 Se
? *
: :? 1
anclals Ruin
Church Shrubs
Latest nominee for the )
itfut honor of being the
eanest man in town is the
rson responsible for cutting
le shrubbery in front of the
juthport Baptist church.
The evidence of this vanli's
handiwork are slashes
a<le in the foliage of bushes
id shrubs which members of
id Baptist congregation have 1
anted and cared for 1
roughout recent months. (
Hero Ls everj' indication that 11
io damage was willful, for (
me of the Cut. branches (
ast have required a strong
ind and determination for t
structlon. (
\
ibacco Workers j
;empt From Law;
???? S
Irews Rules Workers In
iction Warehouses Not if
'nder Provisions Of 1
Wage-Hour Law
r
tc Wage-Hour administration '
irday exempted employees-of j.
cco auction warehouses and U
iming plants from the hours t
isions of the Fair Labor v
idards act.
a final ruling on the qucsAcJniinistrator
Ehucr 1'". An- '
. 3 held tliat such workers
s engaged in a seasonal
irh of the tobacco industry
that the 44-hour work week <
not apply to them i
ider the ruling, employers I
not pay overtime except for ci
< in excess of 12 hours a
or 56 hours a. week. Em- t
ces of these branches of the 1
ceo industry were not ex- 1
(Continued on page 4) I
lenty Of Prett;
Hand For Pti
It is amazing the number
pretty girls that W. B.
"Ziall, secretary of the
(Uthport Civic Club, can ralround
when he's off on
ic of his photographic exrsions;
and pulchritude was
ver more plentiful tlian
icn the boat bearing the
test expedition embarked
r Bald Head island Suny
morning.
In wrather unfit for anying
except ducks the party ,
nded on the dcach and was
uisfcrrcd immediately to
c coast guard station where
eltcr was had from the
iving rain.
Bill Sharpe of the state
ard of conservation and .
vclopmcnt. for whose bene.
the trip was designed, was... i
hand with his trusty
mera, and while the rain
ured Bill manufactured hi3
r lighting conditions with
tslies and proceeded to pho_
OT
iED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Will Enter '
it Tournament
BI
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I
i .
t
<
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t
:ut Courtesy of Morning Star '
up a grade and was made !
sevcntli grade instructor.
Johnic went up, too, and an- ,
other year under his favorite !
teacher left him ready to
make "a fine start,in high "
school.
Now he not only plans to
complete his high school ,
course, but is saving part of (
the' money he earns at his ,
after-school job toward de- 1
fraying a part of his college
expenses. j |
h
lications j;
ed Crop Loans
^>ans Will Be Made On
Same Basis As In Past
And Only To Those Who
Are Unable To Receive
Other Credit
N. F. KING STILL
FIELD SUPERVISOR
"irst Mortgage On Crop
Financed Is Security Demand
In Granting One
Of These Loans
Applications f6r emergency crop
ind feed loans for 1939 are now
)eing received at county agent's
>ffice at Supply, by W. F. King,
'ielu supervisor of the Emergency
>op and Feed Loan Section of
he Farm credit Administration.
The loans will be made, as in
he past, only to farmers whose
lash requirements are small and
vho cannot obtain credit from
iny other source. The money loanid
will be limited to .the farmer's
mmediate and actual cash needs
or growing his 1939 crops or
or the purchase of feed for liveitock.
Farmers who can obtain the
unds they need from an indivilual,
production credit associa- '
ion, bank, or other concern are
lot eligible for crop and feed
oans from the Emergecy Crop
md Feed Loan Section of the j
"arm Credit Administration, i
"he lions will not be made (
o standard rehabilitation clients' j
ihnflp nii-rent needs are provided i.
(Continued on page 4)
J<inds Woman Died <
Of Natural Causes )
(
Coroner John O.Caison rcport d
Monday that his investigation j
nto the death of Luvinia Patrick, j
ycland negress, revealed tliut sho ,
lied of natural causes. f
The official was called when j,
10 doctor could be found to sign j
icr death certificate because they .
lad not treated her within tlxe
last 60-days.
y Girls On
iota Excursion
tograph various genuine
and faked activities of the
group.
Making their debut before
the camera of the chief photographer
of the North Carolina
department were Miss
Mabel Johnson of Whitevillc
and her two guests, Miss
Olga Ondck of Pittsburgh,
and Miss Betty Douglas of
Stanton, Tenn., the latter two
being co-eds at Duke University;
and five members of
the Southport school faculty,
Misses Dorothy Craven, Bertha
Colvin, Louise Anbury,
Thelma Comer and Jeanne
Setzer.
It was a great party, despite
the unfavorable weather,
and several young swains of
the town who had declined
the opportunity of going
along on a blind date realized
the mistake -they had made J
too late to catch the boat
The Pilot Covers ^ ^
Brunswick County |
<1.50 PER YEA*
Schedule Hearing J
On Project For^ ]
Electrification |
w |
Representative Thomas Has
Been Assured REA Prof.
ject For This Section
Provided Customers Can
Be Furnished ||
KASS MEETING ON ' I
FRIDAY EVENING M
Allowing Inspection That (
Day By E. E. Karnes,
Meeting "!*) Be" Held
At Shallotte - ijj
Representative Cornelius Thomis
of Brunswick county reported
Saturday that Mr. Nicholson.
:hief counsel for the Rural Elec- j
rificatlon Authority ill Raleigh,
lad assured hiin last week that,
i rural electrification project for
Brunswick and Columbus counties j
vould be granted provided the j
equired average of 4-pa id cilSomcrs
per mile can be furnished. ?
The proposed, route of the line
vould be down U. 'S. Highway
Vo. 17. according to tentative 3
dans drawn, branching off where
rver necessary to connect with j
jther communities. After looking ll
rver a map of the two counties j
Representative Thomas said that,
t appeared that the best places i
:o carry the line over into Coumbus
was at Pireway.
However, this and other details J
vill be worked out Friday when j
S. E. Karnes, field man for thfc Jlj
R. E. A., comes to Brunswick
o go over the proposed route. i
following; a"! preliminary .' survey,
here wilt be a mass meeting
icld Friday night at 7:110 o'clock
it Shallotte high school and all
ntorested parties are urged to -s 3
ittcnd.
In order to secure the project
.t will be necessary to secure an fl
iverage of 4 paying customers
per mile. The more miles the pro- J
|ect makes the better and ?
hundred miles is the minimum f<lr lj
vhlch this work will be undertaken.
ill.
Recognizing that this is a bad ' J]
time o.f year to talk to a farmer ( |
inapt. wil ing his' horrit for electricity,
Representative T^wnas
said that arrangements could be J]
nade to borrow 80-pcrcent of the
:ost of wiring from the government
and that 5 years would
oe granted to repay this loan. He
idded that this same plan of
'inancing could be used for lrf-'
.tailing waterworks and plumb-' I
r.g fixtures.
Rural residents of this section 9
lave been keenly interested " In
securing electric -power-and thu
neeting Friday night has"' beeri j
:allcd for the purpose of giving
hem an opportunity to express
heir wishes.
Mrs. J. S. Bellamy B
Is Found Dead
i/Jh
Mrs. J. S. Bellamy, 70. of*
flickman's Crossroads was found
lead In bed Sunday morning. f>
Jirce months after the death of
ler husband, who also was found jD
lead in bed.
The funeral services were cohlucted
Monday morning by Rev.
3. N. Phillips at the Methodist- I
hiirrh at Utile River. S. C. The I
lcccased was a member of Anlrcws
Chapel.
The following children survive 5
desdomcs Joe Hughes, Ike-'
Hughes, Dnlton lJest, Elbcrla Pi-5T j!
nento, Uillie Bryan, Edgar Gore
ind Otha Bellamy. Ernest Bel-? *
amy, Draudy Bellamy and Chap
Jcllamy. 1
Tide Table - I
Following ,ls_ the tide table- - j
for Houtbporl during the next j
week. These hours are appr*?
xlmafely correct and were fu*- j
nisbed The Slate Fort PIMk
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear FUot's Association
High Tide Low T4t
TIDE TABLE
L
Thursday, February 3
5:16 a. m.
6:18 p. m. 12:1A p. ro.
Friday, February S
8:38 a. nt 0:33 ,v ro7:10
p. m. 1:10 p. A!
Saturday, February 4
7:28 a. m. 1:19 a. m.
7:56 p. m. 2:01 p. m.
Sunday, February 5 .
8:17 a. ui. 2:13 a. m.' *
8:16 p. in. 2:19 p. m.
Monday, February 6 Ku tv
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