M(0St Of The News J>Wj A'l The Time " KlEL?VEN no- 38 Msher Memorial I Sspital Is Given ational Ranking This Year Local Hos- | "M,,a| Has Been Included List Approved By 'Ke American College Of 0^Bjrge?n5 Ay SEVENTY-EIGHT Xfs NORTH CAROLINA Signal Honor For This i K|| Institution To Con- | "i^Bue To Hold Its Place ! Of Leadership j Arthur Dosher Memoriat Southport was one 7s institutions of North included in the official lament of the 1939 list of I approved hospitals in the states. Canada, and a few H- countries, which was made twenty-second annual HosB: Standardization Conference cpene-l Monday morning in ^Btielphia in conjunction with B" Clinical Congress of the B-car. College of Surgeons. B^ announcement was made by Jeorge Crile, of Cleveland, ^B.~3n of the Board of Re^Bl of the College, who declarthe first List of Approved of the American ColH cf Surgeons 22 years ago, names of only 89 hospitals ? The balance of the ap il spitals have in that re-I I jhort interval earned a I ; pear and to be retain- j I the Approved List. Even L rigtaally approved which I I ppear on the list have had |r-ve for betterment in order I enlarged conceptions of ; I gbimum Standard require- 1 L in the light of mechanical < I progress. Behind I ""'aof'mc Russia has f? an ap|>eal by PresiKJ' f"?sevelt stating that the K; a'm of her negotiations inland was to strengthen "Whips between the two the Western battle front KJ1 jnagemmto between the ai"l German calvary H; "'Ported. The last two H^have seen the Nazis make K;' ea'ns into French territo be repulsed later Kb.< Rr?und regained by the L ' fi>e advance of the ir was said to have ^ntinued on page 4.) ^Ba TH | Well Know Us? docked?The S. S: I a dock at the foot of Chei make Wilmington her base engaged in work between junction with the Oceanogr in command. Lydonia Is W< Coast Fi "oast And Geodetic Survey Boat Is Weil-Known Here And Many Southport Boys Have Served On Her In Past :apt. r. p. eyman officer in charge de Was Here Three Years Ago In Charge Of Survey Party Working Local Shrimping Grounds A familliar sight passing in md out of the Southport harbor luring the past few days has )een the Lydonia, coast and geodetic survey boat that spent leveral years in work in this irea. In command is Captain R. P. 3yman. who was here three years igo at the head of a survey jarty whose work it was to lo:ate and mark snags and other )bstructions in the local shrimpng grounds. In past years many Southport x>ys have been employed aboard ;he Lydonia. The vessell will be engaged in lydrographic work in this sec:ion for the next five or six nonths, Capt. Eyman said. The vessel now has a crew of 13 men and also has ten officers ind three cadets aboard. The nornal crew strength is 48 men. The vessel came here from Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, where it has been engaged n work for the past several nonths. The boat was built about 1910 >r 1912 for a man named Lydon )f Chicago, who turned it over ;o the government when this :ountry entered the World War. During the war it was in service n the Mediterranean and was (Continued on page 4) Sunday Was E Ships In Soi For major shipping Sunday was about the most active day that Southport has seen in several years. In addition to four large tankers and two freighters passing on their way to or from Wilmington, there were also a couple of large oil barges and their tug. In the harbor proper were two large tugs three small tugs, one large dredge and one small dredge. In addition to these were a couple of the U. S. Engineers boats from Wilmington, several yachts, including the 110-foot Mamere of D. V. Pjige of New York. Not to be entirely overlooked were the numerous E ST A Go< 4-PAGES TODAY ' Vessel Here 'vy .. , .r.;:; 1 * ' / ' r ' V? *< v :? - .&?&': . j ? , : .r.#v;) i ^ ^ ' ' - Vj . .. ' V : V ;:V" itjpltfn i ? ''i-dH m JB ^ j? r':-!^HT ' *' jfl A-donia. aoove, as she lay a snut Street. The vessel-, wil for the winter month's whil here and Charleston in Con apher. Capt. R. P. Eyman i 4 " * irking Off om Southporl * , : < Forest Warden , Urges Caution The Pilot received an S.. O. S. yesterday from County Forest Warden Dawson Jones urging that the public be cautioned against the fire hazards now threatening forest areas. Warden Jones points to the unusually dry condition of the woods and says that' extreme caution is necessary upon the part of the citizens of the count ty to present the start of what may turn oijt to be a destructive forest fire. H gives a special warning to hunters, reminding them that to start a forest fire is to threaten the very existance of the game they hunt. Last Rites For Episcopal Rectoi Rev. A. H. , Marshall Diei Last Monday Night A i Veteran's Hospital In Co lumbia, S. G.f Furiera Held Here Thursday j Funeral services for Rev. Ar thur H. Marshall were conducte [Thursday afternoon at 3 o'cloc jfrom St. Phillips Episcopal Chui |ch with Bishop Thomas C. Dars I in charge of the final rites. H I was assisted by Rev. Walter F Noe, of Wilmington, \ and te J Episcopal rectors of, easter North Carolina. \ Mr. Marshall died d News paper 1 Southport, N. CM Wed I District Club " Meeting To Be Held On Friday Southport Woman's Club Will Be Hostess To Other Clubs In Eleventh District Here This Week STATE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND MEET Other Prominent Visitors Will Appear On Program Which Will Begin At 10 O'clock In Auditorium Southport Woman's Club will be hostess Friday to members of the 11th District Woman's Clubs at a meeting scheduled to begin promptly at 10 o'clock in the Southport high school auditorium. The meeting will be presided over by Mrs. J. M. Jerome, of Rose Hill, who is district president. Notable visitors expected to attend the meeting include Mrs. John D. Robinson, of Wallace, state president; Mrs. K. C. Proctor, of Oxford, second vice-president; Mrs. Stedman Carr, of Wallace, corresponding secretary; and Mrs. Charles W. Pierce, of Charlotte, state president of Junior Woman's Clubs. One of the principal speakers on the program will be Mr. Blanton, highway license examiner, who also will speak to the school children. Tho frillnwincr rnmmittees have been named by Mrs. Annie K. Vitou, local club president, to be in charge of the various phases of the day's program; Decoration, f. Mesdames C. G. Ruark, H. H. i Thomas and R. C. St. George; iRegistration: Mesdames G. Y. e Watson, E. M. Hall and Prince " O'Brien; Pages: Mesdames RobS ert Thompson, R. C. Daniel, James M. Harper and Misses Lois - Jane Bussels and Evelyn Loughlin. Many Trials By ' Jury Requested Most Of The Cases Tried In Recorder's Court Monday Appealed; Judge Reprimands Witness For His Testimony On Slot Machines There was an epidemic of requests for jury trial in Recorder's court Monday as three defendants asked to have their cases sent up. Appeals were noted in two other cases. Corbett Smith, white, asked for a jury trial on his charge of drunk driving and bond was set at $200.00. Flovd Evans, white, asked that his charge of driving with improper brakes and without registration card be sent before the jury and his bond was set at $100.00. s Lawrence Childs, white, was found guilty of reckless operation and required to pay $100.00 restitution, plus the costs of his case, p. He appealed and bond was set 1 at $200.00. Mose Evans and Hattie Boykin, i colored, asked for jury trial. Bond t for the former was set at $400.00, _ for the latter at $200.00. Joe Robinson, colored, was tried for possession for the purpose of sale. Judgment of 6 months on the roads was suspended upon payment of $75.00 and costs, d Frank Palmer, white, was k found guilty of making an assault .. with a deadly weapon and was ^ given 2 years. Notice of appeal was given and bond was set at e $1,500.00. ' Frank Sullivan .white ,was n found not guilty of bastardy. n Joe Breece, white, was charged with possession of an illegal slot y machine and a nol pros with n leave was taken by lthe court. This action came after Judge - Walter M. Stanaland had upbraided young Odell Williamson for giving testimony which he said directly contradicted his version given in court here three weeks . ago. Good Roads Meet Next Wednesday An important meeting of the Upper Brunswick Good Roads Association will be held Wednesday, October 25, at Bolivia high school at 8 o'clock. George R. Foulke says that it is important that all interested members attend and he says that business will be brief and to the point. IN GLEE CLUB Talmadge Sellers of Shallotte was accepted as a member of the glee club at Louisburg college this year, L P0R1 [n A Good Con nesday, October 18th, 1 Committeemen In Each Township Is Nominated Today Series Of Meetings Being Held Over Entire CountyToday By County Agent J. E. Dodson To Nominate Members ACTUAL VOTING TO BE BY MAIL Delegates To County Convention Also To Be Chosen By Tobacco Growers Today County Agent J. E. Dodson is conducting a series of six farmers' meetings, one in each town- j ship, today for the purpose of, receiving nominations of township committeemen and alternates, delegates. to the county convention and their alternates to work in connection with the 1940 tobacco adjustment program. At each of the township meetings three committeemen will be nominated and two alternates. One delegate and one alternate will be nominated for the county convention, which probably will be held next week at Supply. At that time a county committee will be elected to serve during the next year's program. After the nominees for the township jobs have been named ballots will be mailed to all tobacco growers eligible to vote in order that each man will have an opportunity to vote by mail for the men who will represent him on his local committee. County Agent Dodson says that thp committeemen to be elected during the next two weeks will be in charge of making tobacco allotments for 1940. Rehearsing Play For Next Week Southport Woman's Club Will Sponsor Thr?e-Act Musical Comedy School Auditorium Tuesday Night Rehersals for "See You Later", a rolicking three-act musical comedy which will be presented I l Tuesday night, October 24 in the | Southport high school auditorium, j are now underway. The produc-1 tion will be sponsored by Southport Woman's Club. John Shannon plays the role of Donald McKay, handsome young business man. The role of Mary Milrocks, pretty but pampered young millionairess, will be played by Leila Hubbard. Jack Livingston will provide comedy relief as Solly Goldstein, money grabbing and money squeezing Jew. Evelyn Loughlin will be cast as the obnoxious niece of a millionaire and Doris Corlett will play the part of a scatterbrain stenographer, Maby Knott. Jack Christian as Jeff, the colored janitor, also is a comedy character. Other roles are filled by the best dramatic talent of Southport. There will be a chorus of 110 school students, including the cream of the town's jitterbugs and pulchritude. A hnhv nnnularitv contest is in mm J r~I ? progress this week and will be culminated Tuesday night by the crowning of little Miss (or Master) Southport. Dredge Is Busy Near Southport Small Pipe Line Dredge Is Working Above Southport At Mouth Of Fiddler's Drain Operating a small pipe line dredge borrowed from the Charleston U. S. Engineering office, the Wilmington office has begun digging out a point on the channel in the harbor, just above Bonnett Creek, better known as Fiddlers Drain. It is not known how long the work will take but it is expected ' to consume some time. After finishing on this side of the river the dredge will move over and work on the inner side of Battery Island. The big pipe line dredge, Henry Bacon, which usually operates be(Continued on page 4) Tides Have Been Favoring Hunters For the past several days tides have been abnormally high at Southport as a result of strong northeast winds. Many sportsmen took advantage of the opportunity to secure fine bags of marsh hens. The regular full moon high tides will be due the latter part of next week. r pil imunity 939 publis] Fishing NEWS REPORTER I Newton, member of the ere1 port, and Don Reynolds, e porter, Whiteville, hold a s' dicates that the composing 1 porter knows fishing as well the picture, taken here rece Captain Newton, David Cook and Orvia Hammonds. Whiteville Ma Close For * NOTICE! Stop! Look at the label on your paper. It it is marked for Oct. '39 or any month prior to that renew today so you will receive your copy of next week's State Port Pilot. The names of all subscribers who are in arrears will be cut from our mailing list unless they are renewed before Saturday. If you live in Southport, we suggest that you give your renewal subscription to a member of the girls or boys basketball squad to help them get aew uniforms and equipment. Andrews Clears Overtime Issue Ru(es That For Any WorkWeek Beginning Before October 24, Overtime Payable For Over 44 Hours WASHINGTON? Replying to inquiries from many employers in North and South Carolina, Wage-Hour Administrator Elmer F. Andrews Thursday announced that for any work-week beginning before Tuesday, October 24th overtime under the Fair Labor Standards act must be paid only if more than 44 hours are worked. Under the wage-hour law, which begins its second year of operation on October 24, the minimum wage that must be paid on all work necessary to the production of goods for interstate commerce rises from 25 to 30 cents an hour at midnight, October 23. On the same date, the work-week for which straight time may be paid is automatically reduced from 44 to 42 hours. (question arose in uie mums ui Carolina employers regarding pay rolls covering work-weeks beginning Monday, October 23, which include time both before and after the statutory change. The legal opinion prepared for Mr. Andrews by General Counsel George A. McNulty states: PAY BATE RAISED "It is our opinion that all hours worked after midnight of Monday, October 23, must be paid for at a rate not less than 30 cents an hour. As far as overtime is concerned, however, it is our opinion that the 42-hour week applies to the first full work-week beginning on or after midnight, October 23. Section 7 provides that no employer shall employ any of his employes entitled to (Continued on page 4) Is Hypnotism E For Robber There is a report that hyp- j notists have been at work in Brunswick county, using their mystic power to rob innocent people of their money, and this is being printed in order that citizens of rural communities may be on their guard. Today there came an unverified story that two women visited a home in the Bolivia community within the past few days and hypnotized a prominent lady. Once under their evil power, it is reported that they commanded her to place some money, said to have been $160, j ,0T HED EVERY WEDNESDAY Printers EMPLOYEES?Capt. Alfre w of the Eva Mae at South imployee of The News Re tring of fish here which ir oom force of The News Re as printing. Left to right i ntly, are James Hammonds W. F. Dyer, Don Reynolds rketWiU Season Frida) Two Sets Of Buyers Wi; Remain On The Marke Throughout This Wee And Sales Will Close Fo Season Friday Afternooi RECORD SEASON FOR WHITEV1LL1 Markets At Tabor City An Chadbourn Were Closed Last Friday After Good Season The Whiteville tobacco markt will close Friday at the end c sales, it was announced Monda morning'. Two sets of buyers at operating on the market until til closing date to enable growers t market their weed as speedily s possible under adverse weatht I conditions. Prices on the market showe an increase Tuesday and earl Wednesday morning buying we spirited. All first sale auctio houses were filled and there ws a decided increase in the qualit of the tobacco. The markets at Chadbourn an Tabor City closed last Friday ar both markets reported recon breaking sales for the seasoi The border belt, after Frida; I with the exception of markets i ! distant counties will be closed. I Monthly Report Of County Nursi Record Of Public Healt Activities During Mont Of September Given B Mrs. Lou H. Smith I Following is the report of pul lie health work done in Brum wick County in month of Septen ber by Mrs. Lou H. Smith, Cour ty Health Nurse: I Three schools visited: 18 scho< (children inspected; 52 homes vis ted for conferences with mother! 152 people came to health offic for information; 3 conference with doctors; 7 conferences wit county officials; 2 trips made or side of county, one to Raleigti t take a patient to Dicks Hill an one to Wilmington to take thre 'children to eye specialist. ! Five contagious cases reportec 2 of diphtheria and one of sypi ilis; 9 Wassermanns taken an sent to state laboratory; 3 mala rial smears made and sent to lat oratory; 11 children took dipt theria toxoid; 1 child vaccinate for smallpox; 2 people took tj phoid innoculation; 60c vial c eye drops bought at Watson's fc school children's sore eyes; $12.5 bill presented to county for tri to Raleigh; 1,500 miles travele (during month. teing Used Ir In Brunswicl in a book and give it to them. While their victim was still ir their power, they are reportec to have told her that she coulc not tell anyone about the money*until the following morn ing. And the strange thing about it is that it worked. The lady was nervous during the evening and occasional!} gave way to hysterical cryin; The following morning, so the report goes, she told her husband the above story, but wit! an overnight start the bewitching robbers had made gooc I their escape. The Pilot Covers Brunswick County, r $1.50 PER YEAS I Will Open Bids ? " For Erection Of Extension Line* Bids For Erection Of HI Miles Of Electric PowWf Lines In Project NC-4M,, Will Be Opened At SU*Alotte Tuesday PROJECT LINES IN COLUMBUS COUNTY Meanwhile, Work Of Cutting Right-Of-Way And Setting Power Polea Along Highway No. 17 Progressing (j Bids will be opened at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning for construction of 113 miles of electric power line in Columbus county, >- the northern extension of the n Brunswick Electric Membership 5, Corporation project, this is of1. ficially known as project NC-40B. Superintendent E. D. Bishop said Tuesday that Miss Eloise Buffkin, bookkeeper and cashier for the Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation, would leave j Saturday for Washington, D. C., where she will attend a training ' school conducted by REA offic- ' |1 ials. This training period ends next Thursday, k Superintendent Bishop said that * tinwiniv /lAntraofAro olrflodl/ hov0 1 t VTI1 lllg vv/liviavtvio Ull vuujr ? ? n been assigned territory in Brunswick to begin work and that a number of homes are being wired ? this week. The crew in charge of cutting : , a right-of-way along highway No. 17 has worked down almost to Shallotte and the pole setting crew is hard on their heels, having reached Supply. No definite date has been an!t nounced, but it is expected that >f within the next few days wire y will be strung along the high e! way. le . s Association In J Annual Meeting , y' is Annual Dock Baptist Asso,n ciation Will Be Held At 18 The New Britian Baptist - Church Beginning Friday c, Morning id ' j. | The Dock Baptist Association ^ will hold its annual meeting at ' New Britian Baptist Church ben | ginning Friday morning at 10 | o'clock. Following is the program prepared last year for this year's , meeting: Friday morning: 10:00?Openly ing; 10:15?roll call; 10:30?rellt gious literature, Mrs. Z. G. Ray; 10:40?orphanage, C. F. Ward; , 11:00?appointment of commlt? tees, P. A. Stanley; 11:10?Ser" mon, W. C. Wescott; 12:10, lunch, y Friday afternoon: 1:20?devotional; 1:30?report of committees; 1:35?blackboard data; 1:40-^ j '* Christian education, Mrs. P. A. '* Stanley; 2:00?temperance, R. M. i- Edwards; 2:30?Hospital, J. D. '* Register; 3:00?pastoral support ' J. C. Whittington; 3:30- Dismiss. >' Saturday morning: 10:00?De1 votional; 10:15?Roll call; 10:20 'I ?Sunday School, B. B. Perish J P 11. Art aarmnn T fl T?a?*r?* 10 'AA 18 ?Lunch. h Saturday afternoon:?1:30?Def 't votional; 1:40?Home Missons, J*. 0 J. Little; 1:45?State Missions, lA d L. Smith; 1:50?Foreign Missions e ?Mrs. I. T. Long; 1:55?discusf sion of missions, Z. G. Ray t,. Tide Table I ! | Following Is the tide table J tor South port during the nest week. These hours are appreI xlmately correct and were ful* ir nlshed The State Port Pile! 0: through the courtesy of the ? Cape Fear Pilot's Association j High Tide Low XI* TIDE TABLE Thursday, October 19 0:01 a. m. 6:10 a. m. I 12:27 p. m. 6:56 p. m. J" Friday, October 20 0:56 a. m. 7:18 a.m. 1:22 p. m. 7:58 p> m. , Saturday, October 21 1 1:53 a. m. 8:25 a. m. I 2:19 p. m. 8:56 p. m. , Sunday, October 22 2:53 a. ni. 9:25 a. m. 3:17 p. m. 9:45 p. nj. Monday, October 23 3:52 a. m. 10:15 a, m. 4:13 p. m. 10:30 p. 1% g Tuesday, October 24 , 4:44 a. m. 11:01 a. m. 5:04 p. m. 11:13 p. m. , Wednesday, October 25 5:30 a. m. 11:45 a. m. 1 5:48 p. m. 11:54 p. m. M