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4Mfost Of The News "* W ^11 The Time ?*I,M 'U^MjXEVEN NO- 33 i Xhth Judicia gfcir Associati I Is Held A: ? *I Btable Session Of Law- j ? Group Is Held At K?ell I odge With Each H,?ty In The District ^Lresented v5 SUCCEEDS jil\K as president Ruark Offered ResoTo Members Of ? ^Ke R. W. Davis; Hthers Praised Him -;rs of the Eighth Judicial; H^:: Bar Association held annual meeting Thursday at Caswell Lodge and LeGrand Lyon of White-1 H ?,-anient to succeed S. B., ; of Southport. | H-.;- officers elected for the! H.- year acre Leon Corbett, I "j HL rice president; Dwight * K - Wilmington, re-elected Hjary-treasurer; Walter Po- i IVhttevillc Aaron Goldberg, I ^fcy.or. J W. Ruark, South-! " H and Clifton Moore, Burgaw, c of tlie board of direc- ^ I E Eiihth Pistrict Bar Asso-1 1 S Brunswick. Co-1 IL Pemler and New Han-' n I counties. There were 22 0 L, present at the meeting, j _ . > aker of the eveni I'.nght Hill, col-, 4 [ : customs at the port of W fcftor.. who gave new in-1 Lato certain phases of the pii:y law. Aaron Goldberg,: tc.er.t Wilmington attorney, j t briefly on the attitude of I r.rs of the legal profession p Li each other. i hv P.uark of Southport made k remarks paying tribute to j 'ate P. \V. Davis. He wasj wed ty C. Ed. Taylor of tire:: ar.ii John Stevens of j_ BirtM. A motion was made Mr P.uark to pass a resolu-j is:- nr.? Mr. Davis. This q oasxd, and Mr. Frink pre-; ? over the meeting, appoint-1 Mr P.uark to prepare this ate War ? Bulletins > > POLAND?The autumn rains a ^B- h>-gun to flood the flats c Warsaw and w ithin a |s period it is expected that ^ mntori/<'d Gorman army b<- hogged dow n and on ^B" footing with the Polish a ^B1';". Further encouragement ^B Polish situation is found ' ^B flit strengthened resistance 'h" Poles sinee they have ' -h.-si.-ged at the very gates ^ * * * | ti f;?on.- of the great- j ^B* artillery battles of all times ^ Mng waged between French German troops in the Mo- : ^ I", valley between Germany's l ^Btlri.-d and France's Maginot ^Bs- Th.- German town of "ihach has b?-en destroyed ^ it is reported that Gertroops are being moved ^ "i the eastern to the western .j to st.-m the French and ^ Bitish tide ol battle. * * * f 6Rri.\i\ ?It is reported B31 British diplomats have *n in closed conference for ; Past two days with Italian ntat ivcs. Xo official anB^mmt has been made, f speculation has it that a '""-Italian pact may re"tat will completely alter W t'onipi.-vjon of the Euro- I situation. * * ? t HERMANN ? latest reports Germany say that the B; fonmiand now plans to I Bh 4rross Poland in the event B ' "lish army continues to ^B sround and to force its ; 'he Russian border. ^F^tnhile, th.-ir latest national ^B' ''me emergency act has J*,0 confiscate all tires from owned motor vchi,0r Us.- by the army. TH il District on Meeting t Fort Caswell v <Mi*m % jpf ^B - %igip?w. B ~^HH S. B. FRINK r. J. Loughlin, Jr. Receives Honoi J. J. Loughlin, Jr., has beei amed a director of the Nort! Carolina League of Municipalitie rom the district which include trunswick, Bladen, Columbui )uplin, New Hanover, Pender an lanipson counties. Mr. Loughlin is a veterai lember of the Southport boari f aldermen. Schools Of G Crowd& all Term Opened Monda? With Too Many Student For The Available Clas: Rooms And Faculty Mem bers At Some Schools IAVE HOPE OF OTHER TEACHER" lounty - Wide Teacher Meeting Was Held In Southport On Saturday With Only Routine Work The schools of Brunswick coun y opened Monday morning fo heir fall term, and in the fiv onsolidated white schools crowd d conditions were reported t tiss Annie May Woodside, coun y superintendent. It was too early Tuesday fo liss Woodside to learn if ther ppeared any possibility for tea her increase at any of th chools, but she planned to g ito this matter thoroughly be ore the end of this week. In any event, it is of import nee that children who are o chool age be started on th irst flay and encouraged to main ain particularly good attendanc uring the first month of school or it is upon the basis of th verage daily attendance durinj [lis period that request for addi ional faculty strength is based A county wide teachers meet (Continued on page fourj kosher Child Death's Vic tin One of the twin children o Ir. and Mrs. Bryan Dosher diei unday following a brief illness he other child also is seriousl; 1 and is a patient at Doshe lemorial Hospital. The Season Is For Ba Instead of just one team, Southport plans to put out two strong basket ball outfits this fall, a first and second five with the object of playing double-headers on all possible ocassions. Two game affairs are much more satisfactory from the standpoint of spectators, at the same time the arrangement now being worked out will prevent good men from being kept too much on the bench for substitutes. The available material for this year includes: Center David Watson, two years in college, captain of the Louisburg varsity last year; guards, D. I. Watson, one year in college, ' 1 -.-i. E Sll A Good 4-PAGES TODAY j Allotment Made For REA Lines In This County [ Rural Electrification Administration Monday Alloted $95,000 To Build Lines In Columbus And Bladen Counties WILL FURNISH LINES OVER 113 MILE AREA Already, $171,000 Has Been Advanced To The Project To Finance Construction Of Line In Project The Rural Electrification Ad- j ministration Monday allotted | $95,000 to the Brunswick Electric1 Membership Corporation at Shallotte to build about 113 miles of line. This new allotment is expected to make power available to 408 i members in Columbus and Bladen counties. . Already $171,000 has been ad- f vanced to the project to finance construction of 211 miles of line 1* j in Brunswick and Columbus coun' ties to serve 601 members, and a an additional $5,000 for wiring h J and plumbing installations. " s! This allotment was among five tl s1 REA projects in North Carolina 0 i, amounting to $699,000, and was t< d I anions the first erouD of allot- s j ments since Hugh Slattery of j' ri | Greenville, S. C., became head of -11 the agency. 1 (Continued on page 4) h li ounty Are " F d For Opening I * |r f\ is s | Recent Weather n Not The Hottest ? w A s ?? Is There probably will not be ^ 5 j anybody in town to agree with j the statistics but official rec- g s ords of the local weather bu- j, reau reveal that the three tor- J rid days of the past week-end P ' F were reallv not as hot as anF other three-day period earlier K i? in the summer. r The high reading of this last ri e spell was reached on Friday + V?" moroitrv tnilfhpil !)! Inucii iuv i>(? ? vm. j degrees; the following day it went as high as 90-degrees while Sunday saw a high readr ing of 89-degrees. However, S e there was a variation of only v - 8 degrees in Sunday's tempere j ature, for the low reading for 0 J the day was only 81-degrees - Back in June the mercury [ hit the 92-degree mark on the f ;- i 9th day of the month and c f j was 90-degrees the following ^ e day. However, in each instance 8 the low reading for the 24- *e hours was in the high seven- 8 I, ties. 0 - Unable To Buy j Cover Crop Seed; tl Plan To Secure Large Order Of Winter Legume I Seed Fell Through Be- I cause Of Increase In I I Price r Jilm J 1 j The Agricultural Adjustment / Administration has announced _ p r that bids in response to a re- * (Continued on page 4) Now Open sketball Stories 5 B | fast and accurate on the floor; ot I John Shannon, one year in col- n; lege, very speedy and good at d< goals; forwards, Ray Richards, ol star man with the High Point rc College Purple Panthers for 2 et years and finishing up on a te Pennsylvania all-state team; ui Herbert Rogers, captain and one of the best players on the pi team during the past two io years; Robert Thompson, Egan pi | Hubbard, Lawrence Willing, re | Malcolm Frink and Dan Early D Wells. All with local experience, ai The most that can be said at o] the present time is that the pi whole ten men listed above hi will report for the initial prac- Si i tice. ? m i I News paper In Southport, N. C., Wedne Commander 'n ; ( Dis rm& me / JHfij a<^ jfll Cou ? ' Leg A. J. KRAHNKE pri( lury List For * l rn mar October Term j; vilh 'ourt Will Convene Here T On First Monday In Next Wa; Month For The Trial Of Mrs Criminal Cases con how A one-week term of Bruns- pre! rich county Superior court for T ie trial of criminal cases will wer onvene here on Monday, Oc- fitti sber 2, with Judge Henry L. M tevens of Warsaw as presiding Mrs .irist. Mrs At a special meeting of the i oard of county commissioners ere Friday the following jury ^rs st was drawn: ^ Thomas N. Galloway, Supply: ?ea [. C. Brady, Freeland: J. H. the odd, Shallotte; James W. King, 'reeland; E. M. Cox, Bolivia; . . trie iryant Bennett, Shallotte; J. B. anc laultsby, Winnabow; C. W. Knox, Min olivia; H. B. Smith, Southport; yje .. C. Piver, Ash; C. A. Stanley, hallotte; J. T. Hickman, Bovia; Nelson Bennett, Ash; Nel- |i| 5n Potter, Leland; Harlee Smith, sh; H. W. Smith, Ash; L. O. mith, Ash; M. B. Chennis, Leind; J. Berg, Southport; O. P. [olden, Supply; Willie Ganus, Ful ,ongwood; George F. Goley, I ihallotte; W. C. Savage, Winna- e ow; W. M. Sermons, Supply; ( . J. Ramseur, Winnabow; F. P. P otter, Supply; B. A. Little, reeland; Homer Mintz, Leland; ^ O. Simmons, Leland; P. J. ec' [lutz, Leland. am( gro rerm Of Civil Court Closes 21 j eptember Term Of Bruns- cd rick County Superior Court a t Came To A Close Here pai< Thursday Afternoon J lick Among the cases continued roj,i rom last week's term of civil fou, ourt was that of Mrs. Louise ij0U raskell vs Western Union Tele- un(j raph Co. and that of Mrs. Louis -p^g )ixon vs Western Union Tele- for( raph Co. This action grows out to i f the alleaged negligence of the rotj| efendant to deliver a death mes- jng age following the death of the ^ ite Sam Stanley, resulting in the gyp bsence of his grand daughter, ati0 Irs. Dixon, from the funeral, the he case has been set as the spe, ,iird to be heard at the January 0f (Continued on page 41 0f was ,ong Beach To j foui Remain Open ?e spei Ians Are Being Made To .Make The Operation Of ^ This Resort Year-Round f / Proposition Developments this week are of , reat interest to Southport peole in that they point to Long j__ar each being kept open continu- v isly winter and summer. It was ( iturally intended that when the ] velopment became a year or so der and more established, year Si >und operations would be carri- havi i on, but no plans for this win- the ir's operations had been formed and ntil the past few days. Coll The heretofore undisclosed Nor [ans indicate that the big pavil- N. n will be sold this week to Eloi rivate interests who plan to ope- Dav ite it straight through the year. Ten uring the winter months a large see, id modem oyster roast will be Wat Derated in conjunction with the Coll ivilion and both will cater to F inters and the general public, stud ime of the several fine cottages lowi (Continued on page 4) I 'OR! A Good Con isday, September 13 stallation Of )fficers Legion Auxiliary Held trict Legion Commander V. J. Krahnke And Maor Lamb, Of Whiteville, Attended Meeting; Forner Installed Officers lETING WAS AT CASWELL LODGE tivities Of Brunswick >unty Post No. 194 Of The American Legion Auxiliary Off To A Good Year ew officers for Brunswick nty Post No. 194, American ion Auxiliary, were installed I lay night at a joint meeting the Legion and the Auxiliary Caswell Lodge. District Comlder A. J. Krahnke of Whito; was installing officer and |or R. J. Lamb, also of White>, made a short talk, he new president is Mrs. yne Leinert, who succeeds i. S. B. Frink. The latter will tinue in an official capacity, 'ever, taking over as vice sident. he following other officers e inducted into office with ing ceremony: Irs. John Eriksen, secertary; i. R. C. St. George, treasurer; i. C. C. Russ, chaplain; Mrs. H. Barnett, sergeant-at-arms; i. Frank Brown historian. Irs. Finlay McMillan of Long ,ch, former vice-president of Florida State Auxiliary Post, i to have served as induction cer, but gave way to the dist commander upon his appeare for the meeting. Mrs. Mclan did serve as chaplain for ceremony. umerous Cases Are Continued II Day For Recorder Monday And Many Cas!S Were Carried Over )ne Week, Including Slot dachine Trials rumerous cases were continuMonday in Recorder's court, )ng them being three cases wing out of the operation of boards in the county. 'therwise there were plenty of Is to keep the court Busy ing the greater part of the ohn W. Hewett, white, pleadguilty to charges of operating :ar with improper lights. He i the costs. ames Rich and James War, white, were up for highway bery and probable cause was nd in each case. They were nd over to Superior court er bond of $2,500.00 each, se men are reported to have :ed a Wilmington taxi driver carry them to Shallotte. They bed him of $3.50 before takhis automobile. fovie Hewett, white, was found Ity of charges of reckless opern and was given 6 months on roads. Judgment was suided upon payment of a fine $50.00 and the costs. Notice appeal was given and bond set at $300.00. rnest Ballard, colored, was id guilty of possession for purpose of sale. Sentence of months on the roads was suided upon payment of a fine (Continued on page 4) >llege Girls And Boys Leave ge Number Of Brunswick County Boys And iirls Are Off At School 'his Semester Duthport girls and boys who s returned to college during week include Dan Clemmons Harvey Brown, Wake Forest ege; Dan Walker, University th Carolina; Joe Ruark, Jr., C. State College; John Hall, i College; Edward Taylor, idson College; Claud McCall, iple University; Louise NiernPeace College; Margaret ;ts and Eddie Jelks, Louisburg ege. rom Shallotte the following lents are returning to the folng schools: Talmadge Sellers (Continued on page 4) r pii imunity , 1939 publ R. I. Mintz Re As Re Resignation Accepted B; Board Of Commissioner At Special Session Oi Friday; His Brother, Har ry L. Mintz, Jr., Named R. I. Mintz, register of deed for Brunswick county sine March, 1931, when he was ap pointed to fill the unexpired terr of the late Hamilton Mintz, Fr: day tendered his resignation t members of the board of count commissioners in special sessio here. The resignation was accepte and the board named Harry I Mintz, Jr., to succeed his brothei The new register of deeds was student last year at the Univei sity of North Carolina. Previous ly he graduated from Pheiffe Junior College. Twenty - thre years of age, he probably is th youngest register of deeds no' holding office in North Carolini In resigning this office the r( tiring register of deeds expresse his pleasure gained from associf tion with board members. Th commissioners in turn prepared suitable resolution regretting th resignation of their out-goin clerk ex-officio. "Other duties" was the reaso set forth in his letter of resigns tion for leaving the office ( register of deeds, but it is ei pected that Mintz will begin i once the practice of law. He ws 'Plans Progre Navy E State Home Agent To Hold Meeting Miss Ruth Current, state home demonstration agent, wit be at Bolivia next Wednesdaj night, September 20, where she j will be principal speaker at u j county wide club meeting thai I has been planned by Mrs. Mar [ ion S. Dosher, home agent The meeting will be held ill | the high school gymnasium and I will begin at 8 o'clock. Mrs Dosher emphasizes the poinl that men and boys will b< welcomed to the meeting an<l i she urges their attendance. Board Asking Foi Road Improvinj Request Highway Boar To Pave The River Roa And Also Recommeni That Long Beach Roai Be Added To System During their meeting here Fr j day afternoon memoers 01 ui board of county commissioner passed a resolution requesting th State Highway Commission t pave the river road. This is project that has been agitated fo sometime both by Southport an Wilmington interests. At the same time a reques was forwarded to the highwa body to have the Long Beac road added to the highway sys tern. The developers of this pre perty asked last spring that th state take over the road to th Long Beach pavilion, but the re quest was refused on the ground that it was a new and little use road. There was encouragemen given that favorable action migh (Continued on page 4) Here On Visif History Oi Lewis A. Pinner, a native o Southport, now and for many years with the National Park Service of the Interior Department at Washington, is spending several days here with relatives and old friends. He left Southport in 1905 and this is his first visit back home ii eleven years Now 52 years of age but looking no more than 35, Mr. Pinner vividly recalls how his father once owned the Brunswick Inn and much surrounding property. As a matter of fact the elder Mr. Pinner was reputed to have made over half a million dollars in the operi ,0T ISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY signs Job I gister Of Deeds * s /MM Bgk H I Ji i v tl i- Ilk. I a 0 flip m I B^IIWh B WM d flr* ?BBBHr* *J HARRY L. MINTZ, Jr. ? d a successful candidate for the 1 1 I state bar examination held in 16 C [Raleigh in July. It is not lawful e [for a public official to engage g in law practice in North Carolina, c hence this resignation to pave n the way for the beginning of his t. law career. >f The law office of Mintz will be t c-that formerly occupied by the v it.late R. W .Davis. It is over the j| is[postoffice building at Southport. j ri ssing For ; )ay Celebration. -* t ' Communication Received By a Civic Club Secretary P From Commander V. C. ^ Griffith Of Patrol Wing v -| Five P i e > MEN AND OFFICERS = I WISH TO RETURN r I t ? However, War Clouds Make c k Announcement Of Defi- 1 nite Plans Impossible 1 At This Time d j . h I Prospects for Southport being o . able to put on a top notch Naval t i Day observance with Navy air I t t bombers as the chief object of|f : interest took on a very promI ' ising angle this week with the receipt of a letter from ComI mancler V. C. Griffin of Patrol t j Wing Five. a f Commander Griffin advised W. g j B. Keziah secretary of the Civic ^ J Club that the personnel, the of- v 5 ficers and men of Wing Five jhave been expressing nothing but a ^ praise for the gracious manner ^ d 1 in which they were received and, t d ' the courtesies that were extend-1 ^ J j ed them at Southport when the j n planes were here for group train-1 | ing. At that time the bombers | j ' came in groups or six, remainie ed for two or three days and re8 (Continued on page 4) c a I Southport Negro s r Gets In Limelight n d V Southport for a second time 1< it within the past twelve months c y broke into the national limelight g h Tuesday by way of a nationally V i- famous cartoon. i- John Hix's widely syndicated ~ e "Sy*ange As It Seems" cartoon j" e carried a picture with the follow! ing legend: "Snow White Claridy a is the actual name of a negro d living in Southport, N. C." Six t! months ago, the same cartoon II carried a mention of Rev. A. H. j Marshall's Gospel Boat. Recalls f Brunswick Inn f| ation of the Brunswick Inn, the two pubs that once graced the basement and the huge dance hall on the water front. The dance hall, still in good condition, was torn down and removed barely ten years ago. Fort Caswell, says Mr. Pinn ner, was then going full blast and, in addition to the soldiers, Southport probably had twice as many regular visitors as come here now. At least they stayed longer. With little transportation save by steamer from Wilmington, the visitors to Southport usually remained for sometime. ? j The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR ??^as Jorder Markets j Suspend Sales Of Weed Crop Withdrawal Of Great Buying Companies Of Great Britain Causes Tobacco Selling Holiday (RUNSWICK FARMERS VITALLY AFFECTED assurance Given That The Markets Will Resume Sales As Soon As Adjustments Made The European war and wlthrawal of foreign buyers from the narkets caused North Carolina obacco growers and warehouselen Saturday to suspend tobaco sales for an indefinite period, uring which agricultural leaders / ill study the desirability of an mmediate referendum on control f the 1940 crop. Suspension of sales on the lorder market became effective 'uesday afternoon at five o'clock -the close of the selling day. Ither morkets on the Eastern elt will close at the same time. Supervisor of Sales M. S. imith said that the WhiteviliS riarket would definitely reopen nd that the closing was jusl suspension of marketing actlviies. fai cuuuacuicii gave ao iuuui j/uir icity as possible to the With* rawal of the Imperial buyers to* ay. However, three sets of buyrs operated this morning and he price for the golden weed /as firm but lower than opening ay prices. I The Tobacco Association supended sales upon recommend#ion of warehousemen, grower# nd agricultural leaders, who 'J J ilan to send a committee to Vashington Wednesday to confer . ith government authorities. Tha ossibility of an immediate referndum on the 1040 crop will ba onsidered at the conference. It has bear est-matert th?,t leas I han half of the state's record fl rop has been sold. Farmers in Irunswick and surrounding counies while having sold a great leal of the weed are believed to iave approximately 20 per cent f the weed on hand. Smith said that present indicaions are that the market will le reopened in the very near uture. Under no circumstances, offW :ials advised, will any tobacct te sold after the deadlines hough tobacco put on the fldfrl head of sales will be accepted, nd if the floors are cleared"j ore the deadlines, the markets /ill close immediately. ,|ir. The markets will sell the u#upl even hours daily until cloaUg ime, W. E. Fenner, presidents fl he Eastern North CahMRa jn Varehousemen's association anounced. J. S. Ficklen, president of the 'obacco Association of the |j Jnited States said that he felt ure the sales committee wdllld dopt the program proposed. Warned that prices might "tall pin" if selling continued, the leeting of 150 to 200 farmt'ts, warehousemen and agricultural 1 saders, authorized a committee omposed of Carolinians and Vlr? Jl inians to confer in Washington Vednesday with J. B. Hutson, (Continued on page 4) w Tide Table 1 Following Is the tide table if for Soutbport during the nehft ijj week. These hours are appm ' zlmately correct and were ful* "41(1 nlshed The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association High Tide Low XIA TIDE TABLE Thursday, September 11 7:57 a. m. 1:56 a. m. 8:16 p. m. 2:18 p. m. Friday, September 15 8:44 a. m. 2:42 a. m. 9:03 p. m. 3:07 p. m. Saturday, September 16 9:33 a. m. 3:26 a. m. 9:52 p. m. 3:55 p?- m. Sunday, September 17 10:23 a. m. 4:11 a. ra. 10:43 p. m. 4:43 p. m. Monday, September 18 ' * 11:15 a. m. 4:56 a. m. 11:36 p. m. 5:35 p. m. Tuesday, September 19 5:47 a. m. 12:09 p. m. 6:32 p." m. Wednesday, September 20 0:30 a. m. 6:47 a. m. 1:04 p. m. 7:36 p. m. I? .1 tear