Most Of The News ^11 The Time KlSven no- 4( Wownship w940 Agi Are si Mailed In By GrowGave Them Final Hj,ySo In The Matter Of Should Represent Hj|,eir Interests mv COMMITTEE V WILL BE CHOSEN aly Convention, To Bhich Delegates Have Heen Elected, Will Be Held Caturday At Supply ^Lr-slup committeemen to ser-> B: Brunswick county in conB' with the Agricultural H?rvatior. Program in 1940 K been named, and on SaturB^-ornin? delegates nominated H;ibacco growers of this counH,-j: meet in Supply to elect a i Bitr committee. Northwest township G. Blai- : ^ y ryer was elected chairman ' rhadwick. vice-chair- < and H O. Peterson, regular Martin V. Skipper is < alternate, Henry Verzaal. i alternate. Dan Lewis was i delegate to the county i ^Kention and Dexter Raynor 1 llternate. K ildir H; Srrathviite township O. Dun- < K~ciemmons. was elected chair- i H. 0f the committee, H. R. 'i vice-chairman; J. E, ; K- regular member, W. C. first alternate and Frank! Hit. second alternate. Henry Hkbert was elected delegate to county convention and B. M. ^fcstv was named alternate. Hi Lockwoods Folly Lindsey | ^Esens was named chairman1 committee, W. McKinley, I H^c-airman: Jarvis Sellers, re-;] H- member, Harvey T. Varfirst alternate and Dennis H&vett second alternate. W. Varnam was elected delegate county convention with IsHciemmons alternate. Hbr Shallotte township John L. 1 Hc< U' chairman, Percy A. Hghes vice-chairman, Frank M. Horns regular member, Robert ] Hsommersett first alternate and R. Bennett second alternate. Hlei P. Russ was elected deleto the county convention Htb G. L. Hickman alternate, in Town Creek townshp Edi Hnltsfcy was named chairman, H P Henry vice-chairman, Alvin H Mercer regular member, Mack Hijnoids first alternate and J. C. Hnltsby second alternate. JewMcKeithan was named deleH (Continued on page 4) |Late War xniet Russia's premier t?xlay Wed President Roosevelt for ding "moral support" to Final and in effect warned the inns to come to terms with if Red Government and at the W time warned the world Rt Russia is drawing closer Germany and Russia. The '"Bier claimed that it was toird to continue the present fcfpean conflict for the pur*e of restoring Poland. 1b Berln it was announced " Nazi scouts had entered "eh territory near the Mag* Line. Fighting on the weslront has been increased siderablv in the past two ')'? and it is believed that the. Ifbe warfare being waged ! the Germans is the begin 8 of a move to end the war. to Nazis were said to be '"8 long range artillery for to 'Irst time. Premier Benito Mussolini in "ne has ousted seven of his "net members and installed t* ones who are believed to 'against German aggression. J**rvers pointed to the fact tot Germany had withdrawn t' envoy to Rome and believed iat it, was the first move totords breaking the Rome-Ber? axis. Thp City of Flina, American "*1 ca|)tured by the Nazis she was carrying contond goods, left a NorwegiSta '"'rt '"''a.v as the United | 'es informed Germany that being held responsible 'the safety of the ship's , England and France J" asked at the same time J*V?'d exposing the American ,IN to any |>ossible danger. * decree published in Berlin I the effect that 4,000 j,s must vacate Vienna by ' HMO. The decree is il , torn i,,g ?ut the "purge" tos in the German Reich. THI ) 1 Commith "iculturaL ected In E C. Ed Taylor R Honor I * Local Man Elected Knight I Commander of The Court Of Honor At A Recent Meeting Of The Supreme Council IS LOYAL MEMBER OF MASONIC LODGE Mr. Taylor Is 32nd Degree Mason And This Honor Comes To Him In Recognition For Past Service At the biennial session of the j Supreme Council, Scottish Rite j Masons held recently C. Ed Taylor of Southport was elected to the rank of Knight Commander sf the Court of Honor. This rank was conferred in consideration of long and continued interest in and service to the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite and is a recognition of Sis worth and service. Mr. Taylor was one of the four sleeted for North Carolina. The j ceremony of investiture will be scheduled for the spring of next rear. Announce Sue For Trans 4 Miller-Baxter, Of Indianapolis, Submitted Low Bid i For Construction Of 113 Miles Of Transmission Lines In Columbus RISE IN COST OF MATERIAL NOTED Superintendent E. D. Bishop Says That Erection Of Lines In Brunswick Is Nearing Completion Miller-Baxter of Indianapolis, Ind., were low bidders on the 113 miles of transmission line which comprises NC-40B, a portion of the Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation. Their bid was $80,184.45 and is for a complete job-poles, wire, transformers and fittings. This runs to about $710 per mile as compared with the $680 per mile cost of the first letting. This discrepancy is attributed to a rise in cost of materials. Dr. E. D. Bishop, superintend-1' ent of the corporation, said Mon-1 day that if all goes wen, wiring i in Brunswick county will be com- [ pleted within 30 days. Already' wire has been strung as far as | Shallotte, and another crew is | working down in the Boone's | Neck community. Eloise Buffkin, book keeper for (Continued on page 4) Tried Before Juvenile Judge| Robert Slade, 13-year-old col-1 ored boy, and Donald King, 14-' year-old negro youth, were tried before Juvenile Judge Sam T. Bennett Wednesday for fighting and each was given 10 days in jail. Plucky Little Q Takes An As usual the Quartermore, beautiful and trim little 35-foot racing sloop of Gordon Mendelssohn, MiUbrook, N. J., has made port at Southport after some storm and Captain Mickey has an interesting tale to tell his friend, W. B. Keziah of the Southport Civic Club. Friday the Quartermore hove in and moored at the Thompson dock. Captain Mickey and his fellow captain, Bill Main, had an interesting story. In fact they had several of them, . covering everything from Moth- ! er Careys Chickens to "Sea Undertakers", a couple of which varmints lingered around them for four days during their outside trip down the coast from New London, Conn. Last spring Captain Mickey and Captain Bill brought the Quartermore into Southport on the heels of four days of the roughest weather of the year. They were running up from Fort Lauderdale to New London and a terrific gale chased them all the way here. They arrived in a rather bedraggled con E ST) A Goot 4-PAGES TODAY semen In : Program Wunswick1 ecives High n Scottish Rite' : ^ ; ;&p|i J wi M I * \ Jfl Ik C. ED. TAYLOR Mr. Taylor is a 32-degree Mason. He was notified of his latest honor by Thomas J. Harkins, of Asheville, Sovereign Grand Inspector General in North Carolina. cessful Bid .mission Lines I * * f "I TV T I Watertoui r\ow . On Way South 1 i The open season on ducks 1 and .ge.ese. does not begin until J November 15th, but it is Interesting to note that the past few days of bad weather have resulted in great flocks of both ' being reported around Southport. One of the Oak Island coast guardsmen is reported as hav- j ing seen five large flocks of | wild geese during an hour Moil- j day. Local people, fishing up ' YValden Creek on the same day, , reported seeing a large flock of geese and numerous ducks. From Long Beach, yesterday afternoon, came reports that the big freshwater pond was literally swarming with ducks. Local hunters are looking forward with much anticipation to November 15th deadline. P.-T. A. Tag Day -; Next Saturday At That Time Southport i Citizens Will Be Given Opportunity To Contribute To Fund For School; Needs ; Saturday is Tag Day for mem- 1 bers of the Southport Parent- 1 Teachers Association and plans are underway for an active drive to secure funds for the local I association. ' The P.-T. A. is limited in its efforts to raise money for worth(Continued on page 4) luartermore Awful Beating dition from lack of sleep and i being drenched by waves. 1 Both men are professional racing captains. Mickey has a j regular berth with the Mendelsshon's Quartermore and when, , for any reason, she is not en- ' tered in a racing event, he goes to handle some other boat 1 that is making the event. The ' Quartermore will winter at : Fort Lauderdale and race there ] and at other points along the , Florida coast. ^ This trip down, as on the I trip up, they were 100 miles at sea and off Atlantic City, N. J., when they ran into the same storm that did such terrific damage to the liner President Harding. Under staysails for three days and night, the Quar- I termore was tossed about like i Indian clubs in the hands of a professional juggler. During all of this time one or the other of the two men had to crouch ; in the open cockpit, struggling , with the tiller. At times it took the united efforts of both men 1 and brute force to hold it < (Continued on page four) VTE 1 1 News paper Ii Southport, N. CM Wee Schoolmasters In 1 First Meeting OF New School Year c Matter Of Mapping Basketball Schedule For This Season Deferred Until Next Meeting, To Be Held At Shallotte si ZOUNTY GOES FOR B NCEA MEMBERSHIP c' d Matter Of Use Of School u Buildings For Public ^ Meetings Is Discussed d By Principals Of ci County si rr The Brunswick County School- si masters Club held its first meet- t( ng of the year Tuesday night in it Southport at which time numer- w >us things of common interest to the schosl principals were dis- g cussed. if Miss Annie May Woodside, si ;ounty superintendent of schools, o: ind the principal of each of the live consolidated schools of the g county attended this meeting. n It was announced that Bruns- ei wick county now is 100-percent p for the NCEA, meaning that each teacher in the county has joined o: [he state association. d The problem of mapping out a a program for the basketball elimin- w ition series was deferred until the e lext meeting, which will be held cl the second Monday in November o it Shallotte. cl Another matter of interest to ? every principal in attendance was t< that concerning the use of school wildings by outside groups and irganizations. Miss Woodside ? pointed out that the state school a commission proposed that a small ri charge be made when buildings u ire used for public meetings not iirectly concerned with the f1 school, and the collection of this a fee will be a future policy in this 1 county. It also is urged that those "hrt , 1 c Vi In Qpherllllp the use of f' i high school auditorium let the a principal know as far as possible in advance. S e Southport Man 0? Holding Revival * Rev. J. R. Potts Is In Bur- ? gaw This Week Where He Is Holding His 7th f' Revival Meeting Since d August 1st ? Rev. J. R. Potts is in Burgaw ? this week where he is holding b the seventh revival meeting in which he has participated since f| August. j. The report is that attendance during the first three days has been very gratifying and great fi interest is being shown in the sermons. jl Mr. Potts said last week that ^ the meeting which he recently _ closed at Bethel- Presbyterian c church near Chinquapin was one of the finest it had ever been bis privilege to participate in. Fifty-seven persons joined the ^ church by profession of faith at j the conclusion of the meeting, he d said. He paid high tribute to Rev. Ben Lacy Rose, a young Presby- f| terian minister serving his first Q charge. He said that this young s man is destined to go far in the a service of his church and he spoke with warm admiration for bis organizing ability. _ . [ Coast Defense Worries Keziah 7 Letter From Secretary Of War To Mayor Tom Cooper, Of Wilmington, Forwarded To Local Man Writing Mayor Thos. E. Cooper jf Wilmington that the Depart- T ment appropriation for the fiscal I year 1939 provided for additional e: nobile 3-inch anti-aircraft guns c and certain necessary equipment, 1 Secretary of War Harry Wood- c ring stated last week that it was thought that these new mobile s< weapons, together with others al- b ready in hand, would go far in relieving what was recognized as d a critical condition with regard E ;o the anti-aircraft defense of the ii United States. w A copy of the Hon. Secretary ti Woodring's letter has been sent o the Civic Club Secreatry, W. B. Keziah, by Mayor Cooper. The ii view taken by the club is that a the guns in question are of the r same size, no larger, than the s 3-inch carried by the little cutter si Naugatuck, stationed here five E years ago. These guns should be very effective, as Secretary a Woodring says, for use in any S threatened area along the South- S east coast or elsewhere. ii (Continued on page 4) d ft P0R1 i A Good Com Inesday, November 1, leavy Session I In County Court ine Of The Heaviest Dockets Ever Handled In One Day Settled Here Mon- f day Before Judge Walter M. Stanaland In one of the busiest one-day jssions ever experienced in ( irunswick county Recorder's Durt Judge Walter M. Stanaland isposed of fifteen cases Monday. . One human interest case came p during the day when Lonnie iavis, colored, pleaded guilty to harges of escaping from the aunty prison camp. Taking the tand, he told the court that his lother and sister had died the t ime week and he felt like he had 1 ) go home. He only had 20 days r lore to serve, but 60 more days f ere added by his conviction. * Hugh Ward, white, pleaded ? uilty to charges of possession of r ltoxicating liquor. Judgment was I jspended upon payment of a fine a f $10.00 and costs. c Weston Brown, white, pleaded uilty to charges of operating a I lotor vehicle with improper 1 quipment and was required to ( ay a fine of $10.00 and costs. Neil Galloway, colored, was up * n three charges. Found guilty of 1 runken driving, he was fined $50 r nd costs and his driver's license ' 'as revoked 1 year. He was tax- * d with the cost in the case barging him with driving with- c ut operator's license. On a third I barge of hit-and-run driving he 'as ordered to make restitution ) the prosecuting witness. I Joe Bellamy, colored, was , jund guilty of making an asiult upon his wife and children nd was given 4 months on the Dads. Judgment was suspended pon payment of a fine of $25.00, . lie costs of the case and upon the . arther condition that the defend-1 nt remain of good behavior for 2 months. H. I. Chadwick, white, was sund not guilty of reckless opertion. Wilbur Tharpe, white, pleaded uilty to charges of public drunknness and was fined $10.00, plus osts. Similar disposition was made f the case against George Floyd, rhite. Judgment was with held In the ) ase charging James Creech, rhite. with making an assault I rith a deadly weapon. Corky Bowen, colored, was sund guilty of being drunk and isorderly and of indecent expoure. Sentence of 8 months on be roads was suspended upon ayment of a fine of $50.00, the osts and upon condition of good ehavior for 8 months. | Charlie Hill, colored, was sund guilty of reckless operation, le was taxed with a fine of 25.00 and costs. Wash Bryant, colored, was sund guilty of possession of an j paratus for the manufacture of quor. Sentence of 10 months on he roads was suspended upon ayment of a fine of $100.00 and osts. Notice of apeal was given. Freddie Pellom, colored, faced similar charge and with identi- ' al results. ' General Grissett, colored, was ' sund guilty of being drunk and isorderly and was given 90 days l the county home. James McMillan, colored, was ' sund guilty of larceny. Sentence * f fln rlnvs on the roads was su- 1 pended upon payment of costs 1 nd upon agreement to return 1 tolen goods to the lawful owner. Narcissus Now In This District i 'ransfer Of Coast Guard Tender From New York District To Norfolk District Effective November 1st, 1939 Transfer of the Coast Guard 'ender Narcissus from New York iistrict to the Norfolk District ffective November 1 will be welomed by Schuyler D. Stanaland, st officer, who is a Brunswick ounty man. Stanaland is loyal to his native ection and is a regular subscrier to The Pilot. Transfer of the Narcissus is ue to the fact that the Norfolk iistrict has been enlarged to and lcludes the Cape Fear river. It rill assist in taking care of aids a navigation in this newly taken ver territory. The new part of this district I from New River inlet down to nd including the Cape Fear iver. It was under the Charleton division while this particular ervice was under the Lighthouse lepartment. The vessel is supposed to carry crew of 4 officers and 14 men. he was built by John H. Mathis hipbuilding Co. and is 123-feet | i length, has a 27-foot beam and. raws 7 feet of water. r pil imunity 1939 pubus] County Council Was In Session Here Thursday Meeting Was Presided Over By Mrs. George H. Cannon Of Bolivia, Who Reporter On State Meeting )THER FEATURES ON THE PROGRAM deeting Here Was Well Attended By Representatives From All Except On School At the first yearly meeting of; he county council of Parent- \ Teachers Association a large lumber of parents, teachers and riends heard interesting accounts rom the local chapters. With the :xception of Shallotte, which had 10 representatives, the groups relorted health, attendance, libriry, citizenship projects as their :urrent objectives. Mrs. George Cannon of Bolivia )resided at the meeting and also eported the business of the State Convention for P.-T. A. associa;ions. As guest speaker, Mrs. L. I. Reynolds spoke on "Our Child ind Our Community", stressing leeds for closer relationship be- J ween the community and the i lome. This Saturday at Magnolia, the iistrict meeting of P.-T. A. froups will be held. At this time (Continued on page 4) School Boys Ai Working I !?* Another Slot Machine Case ] Another slot machine case is scheduled for an airing here, in Recorder's court .Monday be- ] fore Judge Walter M. Stanaland, who has declared war on the gaming machines in Brunswick county, Two slot machines, described as tjie old-time "one arm ban- | dit" variety were confiscated Thursday by officers E. V. ' Leonard and Magnus Tripp, who played the machines to determine their character. Warrants were sworn out for L F. McCaskill and B. M. Hornsby. Local Man Buys Shallotte Lot 'rice Furpless Purchases Dr. B. T. Atkins Property At Shallotte; May Erect Movie Theatre A transaction was completed lere Tuesday afternoon in which j Price Futpless of Southport pur-' :hased the property of Dr. B. T. htkins in Shallotte. The purchase includes the house, md lot of Dr. Atkins facing on j :he highway and lying next to | :he Shallotte river. Dr. Atkins is Manning to move from Shallotte, I .vnere ne nas uccn iJiacuwuig nedicine for several years. Mr. Furpless is proprietor of :he Amuzu theatre in Southport ind it is rumored that his pur(Continued on page 4) Story About V< Given Natioi A story with a Southport date line, has been traveling afar during the past ten days and all indications point to the ,1 fact that the combined circu- | lation of all newspapers and | magazines using it will run into the millions. The story concerns the venu.'i fly-trap, with its natural home in Brunswick county, and nowhere else except in New Hanover. The local date line story was mimeographed and sent out to a huge list of newspapers all over the United States. With the story went a short note, | saying that pictures for illus- | trating the story where available for the use of newspapers and magazines on request. Scores of outstanding rttewspapers and magazines used the story immediately without waiting to send for pictures. Scores of others held it until they could write Bill Sharpe in Raleigh, asking for the pictures. Although the story was mailed out barely ten days ago Mr. Sharpe has already received an avalanche of letters requesting the pictures. Copies of these ( ,0T [ 3ED EVERY WEDNESDAY Red Cross Me: Drive Sched Underway * R Hog Cholera Is | Now Raging In This Section J HZZ n Brunswick county corn-hog farmers are now facing one of the worst epidemics of hog cholera ever experienced in this section, according to reports from out in the county. Not only are many growers b losin ghogs from cholera, but a u new and mysterious disease al- n so is taking its toll. L County Agent J. E. Dodson has been working night and day vaccinating hogs against P cholera and he has been ably s assisted by two agriculture tea- IP chers of the county, LeRoy c Mintz of Waccamaw school and " John King of Bolivia. Each ? man in trying to take care of 01 the calls in his own immediate d locality. a Although the appearance of disease is widespread, it appears now that the situation is w being brought under control. 0 nd Girls C KJL W1XUVLXX1U Ijtc 1? [-ligh School Students At! Each Of The Five Con- I solidated Schools Of This I County Are Busy BASKETBALL SUITS WILL BE GIVEN A Members Of Teams And Other Loyal Students Are Hard At Work Trying To Obtain Subscrip- ] tions |F Students at each of the fivejti consolidated high schools of jo Brunswick county are hard at j. work this week soliciting sub- fi scriptions to The State Port Pilot n with the understanding that cash s premiums will be paid them so tl they can purchase new basketball a warm-up suits or uniforms this year. b Interest in basketball is keener v in Brunswick this season than j, ever before, for this year for p the first time there is an indoor p gymnasium at each school. There u is live interest in the coming con- ^ test for the county championship, p and each school is anxious to put v out a team that not only will be I (Continued on page 4) l0 jj Women Injured !? In Auto Wreck p |c Mrs. Ada M. Cook of Boston, i o Mass., and Mrs. Lola B. Jones of [ p Evanston, Fla., were injured last o Wednesday in an' automobile ac-'c cident near Thomasboro. L The ladies were on their way to n Boston from Florida when a tire p on their machine blew out, caus-1 d ing them to turn over. They were a brought to Dosher Memorial Hos- j p pital for treatment, which was mostly for bruises. h ii enus Fly Trap . lal Circulation letters have been mailed the Southport Civic Club, co-operating agency in Brunswick ivith the State Publicity Bureau. Typical of the newspapers and magazines requesting the pictures for use are the following: The American Cotton Grower, New Orleans, La.; Popular Science Monthly, New York City: Philadelphia Record, Philadelphia, Pa.; Science Service, Washington, D. C.; The Boston Post, Boston, Mass. Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan; Automobile Digest, Cincinnatti, Ohio; The Christian Science Monitor, Bolton, Mass.; Travel Magazine, New York. Six different publications in California and four in Colorado, two in Canada and practically every state in the ; Northwest and east has been represented by a publication asking for the pictures, with more of the requests still coming in. The story should combine withv other interesting attractions to draw a great many people to Southport and Brunswick county this winter, The Pilot Covers I Brunswick County 3 $1.50 PER YEAR I tnbership I ule To Get ' I In Brunswick I lev. A. L. Brown Again R Will Serve As Roll Call 1 Chairman And Has Map- 9 ped Plans For County- H Wide Campaign B UNIOR RED CROSS 1 THROUGH SCHOOLS 9 lope To Make This The 3 Most Successful Drive fl For Membership Ever I Conducted In Bruns- B wick County fl The annual Red Cross Mem- fl ership drive will get actively B nderway in Brunswick county B ext week, according to Rev. A. fl . Brown, roll call chairman for 9 le Brunswick County Chapter. fl Tuesday night Mr. Brown ap- I eared before a meeting of the fl choolmasters Club to discuss 9 lans for working a Junior Red fl ross membership drive through fl re schools. The countywide pro- fl ram calls for work in every B ommunity, and the school chil- fl ren, as in other years, will play fl n important part. B Red Cross posters and litera- fl ire have been received here and fl 'ill be circulated throughout the fl ounty, showing the needs for B oncerted action in making this B ear's Red Cross drive a huge fl Liccess. fl Volunteer workers will later 9 anvass each community for fl lcmberships, and citizens of the fl ounty are urged by Mr. Brown B o begin now to thing in terms B f Red Cross. fl Jegin Work On I n l n .. fl Beacn totiage g activity For Beach Devel- fl opment At Long Beach fl Is Indicated For Coming fl Winter Months fl D. M. Stringfield, prominent fl ayetteville attorney, had con- fl ractors to start work yesterday fl n his new summer home at fl >ong Beach. While no definite in- fl irmation is available at the mo- fl tent regarding the size of the fl tructure, it is understood that 9 lie plans call for the building of fl large cottage. fl Major James Warlick, of Salis- fl ury, will also start immediately fl ,'ork on a cottage at the above fl each, and about a dozen other fl eople outside of Brunswick, fl roperty owners at the beach, are fl nderstood to be planning immc- fl iate construction. Beach buildng 9 u-omises to he very active this fl .'inter. fl Among last week's purchasers fl f lots at the beach was W. C. fl fcCormick, assistant State For- fl ster. Mr. McCormick purchased fl wo lots and is reported to be fl tanning to build immediately. A fl hecking up of the list of lot fl wners at the beach revealed that fl rior to three weeks ago a total fl f 93 non-residents of Brunswick fl ounty had acquired property at fl .ong Beach during the past eight fl lonths. Since the list was com- fl iled several additional non-rest- H ent parties have bought lots, in fl ddition to some Brunswick peo- B The development of the beach ,B as done a great deal in interest- IB lg out-of-county residents in B trunswick. With the exceptions H (Continued on page 4.) B Tide Table I Following Is the tide table I for Soutbport during the next fl week. These hours are apprw- H xlmately correct and were fits* B nlshed The State Fort Filet 9 through the courtesy of tj| H Cape Fear Pilot's Assoc taUaj fl High Tide Low 71* fl TIDE TABLE R Thursday, November 2 fl 10:02 a. m. 3:50 a. m. fl 10:41 p. m. 3:42 p. m. fl Friday, November 3 fl 11:54 a. m. 5:34 a. m. fl 6:37 p. m. fl Saturday, November 4 fl 9:42 a. m. 6:46 a. m. fl 12:57 p. m. 7:46 p. m. fl Sunday, November 5 fl 1:46 a. m. 8:03 a. m. fl 2:02 p. m. 8:49 p. m. fl Monday, November 6 fl 2.50 a. m. 9:10 a. m. fl 3:09 p. m. 9:44 p. m. fl Tuesday, November 7 fl 3:53 a. m. 10:10 a. m. fl 4:13 p. in. 10:36 p. m. fl Wednesday, November 8 fl 4:51 a. m. 11:04 a. m. fl 5:11 p. mi. 11:26 p. u fl

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