1 *Iost Of The News W All I I12 Time 'nX^ELEVEN NO. labiish~Rules for Free Lights Muring Holidays j;, Of 20 kwh Will Be flowed Each Citizen ?'|,o Has Outside ChristDecoration During JH tORATIONS MUST BE ON OUTSIDE Be Up And Lighted 'IE December Twentieth K?d Must Remain Up Until New Years ^B persons who cooperate in[ T^B^tsiiie Christmas lighting ^B.r: for the city of South-1 luring the holiday season I ie given credit for 20kwh on ! BE light bill, according to reMrjctior. of the board of aldergoverning this offer reH that all lighting be out-of^B the yard or on porch. The lights must be: on not later than Dec:'0 and must be allowed to or. until January 1. Erec^B rchting effects must be IK. I t. E R Weeks at the, I while lights are up in I nt may be received. I ffer is made to perI wish a string of colored I. near their residence. If I. - will furnish light Es an.! sockets (at a cost of I ach* the city will furnI power and installa| pK- Club House [for Leland Women r Leland Home PemonstraI takes great pleasure in I _ the acceptance of a1 I s. donated bv Mrs. Rufus - of Woodburn. r rst eting to be held in I club hoyse will be Jam | r ilth, li?40, with Mrs. Lee j lit hostess. Itt'O Services At Presbyterian T?o services will be held at! athport Presbyterian Church j (day. Rev. J. R. Potts will Bdi at the 11 o'clock hour, i subject "A Great Woman". | at 7:30 o'clock he will ach. this time on "The NeglectGarden". Hiere will be no preaching serv! at New Hope, but the Wo- j cs Auxiliary will meet at j 39 o'clock. easiness Over Missing Boatman of Sunday morning fellow Berrien entertained the fear N'at Ebron of Morchead City j fallen unnoticed from one ; fte local docks and been ! He was last seen at: ^P":?ht Saturday and was no- I about his boat Sunday 11 rather thorough search was! for him, even to the extent j 1 ting some dragging about ^P' of his boat. Finally discovered that he was a ^P-et at the Arthur Dosher MeB^. Hospital for some slight ^P>r.t. Someone had carried him 'jf hospital and gone on out 'own for the day. H Shopping D: ATE >d News paper I Southport, N. CM W< Progress Being r Made In Wiring Rural Brunswick _____ E. D. Bishop, Superintendent Of Brunswick Electric Membership Corpo- j ration Says Wiring Will Be Completed There; Next Week FIRST COLUMBUS PROJECT STARTED Wiring Contract For That Part Of NC-40A Should Be Completed Before Christmas, Says Dr. Bishop Dr. E. D. Bishop, superintendent of the Brunswick Electric membershprpCooor orYsii'/i Membership Corporation, was in town Tuesday afternoon and said ( that splendid progress is being ; made in the erection of power J" I lines in Brunswick county and (j that he expects this portion of the j t work to be completed before the: n end of next week, s The superintendent said that1 work on the Columbus county ( jl portion of this same project is 1, also getting along nicely and that it probably will be completed bed fore Christmas. This is for that n portion of the project known as e NC-40A in Columbus. Contract if for the erection of power line for d NC-40B, which lies in another section of Columbus, was let seper_ ately and has not been started. The report has been circulated freely in this county that a portion of the completed line would be energized within the next few days. Superintendent Bishop statr ed definitely Tuesday that no k definite date has yet been set for this to take place. Funeral Held For Mrs. Lewis _____ Died Last Tuesday Morning' At Home Of Her Daughter Near Bolivia Following Injury Resulting i From Fall _____ Mrs. Emma Cornelia Lewis, daughter of the late Dr. Peter Vaught and Joemma Harrell Vaught, was born in Horry county, South Carolina, March 9th, 1859. She died Tuesday morning, November 21, at the J. Arthur Dosher Hospital, due to a fractured hip and other injuries resulting from a fall on the night of Nov. 12. The deceased was twice married, the first time to Armlin C. Willard in 1876. They came to Brunswick county and made their home a few miles below South' port. Three children survive this j j union, Mrs. S. W. Maultsby, of j Bolivia, Mrs. T. B. Player, of tj Wilmington, and a son, P. H. Willard. She was left a widow in 1892. In 1894 she married F. Prior Lewis, from which union one daughter, Mrs. Frances L. . Dixon, of Bolivia, survives. Mr. Lewis passed on December 4th, * 1938. Other surviving relatives arc one brother, Judge W. H. Vaught, r of Myrtle Beach, a sister, Mrs. ' Annie Davis, of Harvey, 111., three S X U4??r, Ulee "EVlno ~ granu- uaugiiici>9, unoo , e Maultsby, of Kinston, Mrs. ? (Continued on page four) c Chinese Seaman Is Buried Here a . II Died Wednesday Aboard > The Coast Guard Boat That Was Bringing Him j d In To Hospital At South1 port For Treatment A Chinese seaman who was fatally injured at sea Tuesday was buried in Northwood cemetery here Thursday afternoon following services held in the chapel f at Northrop's funeral home under the direction of Rev. J. R. Potts. Ah Fong. ship's carpenter, died at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon aboard a coast guard boat off here as he was being brought ashore for treatment of head injuries sustained in a fall aboard his ship, the M. V. Oscilla, a Dutch tanker. Coroner John G. Caison, said the carpenter's death resulted from a fractured skull and no inquest was held. Caison said the man was working atop a pump room aboard the Dutch ship Tuesday and fell eight feet to the main deck, where he struck above his right ear. Members of the crew told the i coroner when the carpenter was j picked up from the deck he was I (Continued on page 4) - t lys Before CI P0R1 n A Good Coin ;dnesday, November 2S Reappoint Gause ] Tax Collector For Brunswick F Action Taken Tuesday By Members Of Board Of County Commissioners In Special Session; Extends J To October, 1940 L BOARD TO MEET AGAIN MONDAY , I ^ Other Actions Of This j Body Tuesday Was To Dispose Of Tax Matters And Routine Business Chas. E. Gause was reappointed 1 tax collector for Brunswick coun- a ty Tuesday by members of the c board of county commissioners in f special session. The appointment i is effective until October, 1940. The appointment was made s with the provision to pay the tax ^ collector 2% percent on the cur- v rent collections and 5 percent on t delinquent payments. Current collections will include just the 1939 e levy and will not be continued to c take in pre-payments on 1940 a collections. e The special session of the com- g missioners was devoted almost j entirely to tax matters, one of j the more important being the j sale of the farm formedly owned r by Louis Robinson to Mrs. Elan c Robinson. This is one of the pieces of property foreclosed upon by the county in recent tax suits ' instituted by the county attorney. The board wil meet Monday in regular session. Southport High Wins And Loses I Girls Defeated Faculty On | Thursday Night In Hot Contest, But Boys Fell Before The Old Men Basketball season was officially opened in Southport Thursday night as the high school girls defeated the faculty teachers 28-27 and the high school boys tasted defeat by the "Old Men" of Southport by the tune of 32-23. Both games were replete with thrills and spills. In the opener the high school girls started off fast but two field goals by Poore, of the teachers. made the count 5-3 at the end of the first quarter. The teachers took the lead on shots by j Miss Jack Livingston (Pardon us, I Jackie-boy) and two fast goals by Mrs. Lingle, but Pearl Mae; Lewis and Gilda Arnold off-set' these by their field goals and at the end of the half the degree daughters lead 11-10. In a fast j and furious third quarter the teachers still held a one point lead 17-16. In the fourth quarter the high school gals opened up and I took the lead on three field goals | by Arnold and Corlette. Beautiful shooting by Lingle and Arnold kept both teams evenly matched and the game ended 28-27 in favor of the gals without degrees, p The lineups: High school Teachers Lewis 10 Poore 5 i Livingston 4 Arnold G. 12 Lingle 18 Corlette 6 Colvin Hickman Ward v Smith Wilborne t Arnold, J. Willis [j Moore Hood; The "Old Men" of Southport opened by taking a 3-0 lead on a j" shot by Lingle and a conversion1 of a foul by Mintz. (Miss) Liv- c ingston, now playing forward for the old men, made a field goal. Willis sank two field goals for " the red-cladded high school out- , (Continued on page 4) | Southport Girl Is Doing Well Miss Marion Frink, Daughter Of Senator And Mrs. S. Bun Frink, Is Outstanding Student At Fas-' sifern Miss Marion Frink, daughter' of Senator and Mrs. S. Bun Frink of Southport, is making an enviable record during her first year at Fassifern, girls' school at Hcndersonvillc. The Southport girl has been chosen as feature editor of the school annual and feature editor of the school paper. The Fern. Other honors which have come her way include election to of- j fice of vice-president of the I French Club; member of the j Dramatic Club; member of Scrib- j bier's Club and , member of the | cast in the Dramatics Club play i "Ladies In Waiting". I iristmas 1 PIL imunity k 1939 publish New Episcopal i St. Phillips sk lev. J. Leon Malone Of Wrightsville Sound Has Accepted Call To Local Charge And Will Preach ! Sunday Morning THE REV. MR. MALONE IS WELL KNOWN HERE Vill Continue To Serve Church At Calabash In j This County As Well As Other Churches In District Rev. J. Leon Malone of Vrightsville Sound has accepted i call to St. Phillips Episcopal ihurch, Southport. and will hold j lis first services Sunday mornng at 11 o'clock. There will be regular preaching j lervices each Sunday morning at .1 o'clock and the new rector will vork with the Sunday school and 01 each an adult class. u The Rev. Mr. Malone was rear-1 id at Williamston and was edu-, n lated at Christ School, Arden, i h ind at DuBose Seminary, Mont-1 Is lagle, Tenn. He is 34 years of s< ige and had 9 years experience si n town and country church work. B ie has attended the lectured in V loth National and Provincial Ru-1 al Conference of the Episcopal | w ihurch and is at present chairman 16, Trailer Camp Construe n Get-Together Is Caused By Pilot Very often some subscrilier C to The State Port Pilot living in some other state reads something about some other sub- p seribcr who lives in the same town as he, or nearby, and also came from South port or Brunswick county. In such eases the paper often serves as an introduction. f< A few days ago William W. p (Billie) Price was at his home at Franklinville, N. .1. Mrs. P Price answered the door bell Sl and returned to advise him that T some one from his old home C town was there to see him. a Going to see who it was, Billie s< found Rich St. George, who a lives at Penns Grove, a short tl distance from Franklinville. Mr. | C| St. George had seen something ju in The Pilot about Mr. and ' Mrs. Price living at Franklin- If< ville and he straightway called 0 on them. a District Meet Of p Teachers Closes " S| diss Lucy Powell, Of Hallsboro Faculty, Was Chos- nen As Vice President Of District Group hi C( Miss Lucy Powell, of White- pi iile, and member of the Halls- (I' loro school faculty, at the openng session of the Southeastern a| 'eacher's Association's ' 17th an- ft lual convention in Lumborton w Friday, was chosen vice president m if the group for the coming year, di Other officers elected included (Continued on page 4) Cratie Arnold ( City's Remar L. C. (Cratie) Arnold is i i known far and wide as an ! extraordinary character, and j < this without benefit of news- ; s paper publicity. In the press he I ( is probably less frequently men- , tioned than any other South- j port citizen. When he was only five or six years of age Mr. Arnold [ . lost both legs, midway between J the knees and hips. Unable to j go to school in the normal way I 1 of boys, he traveled between I ' his home and the Southport j 1 school in a small wagon, drawn I 1 by a goat. He finished such j i schooling as was to be had in j 1 those days in good order and j l then set out to learn telegraphy, j 1 Mastering this, he secured a ! good job. Good in some re- i spects, but telegraphy offices | 1 down by the sea were few and I < far between. Born with a love j ( of the sea in his veins, he j 1 could not brook the four walls jJ< of the telegraph office. He 1 j OT ED EVERY WEDNESDAY Rector For At Southport Hi ^ (8 o3bcI uo panuijuoo) f the Rural Work Committee in' le diocese of East Carolina. The Rev. Mr. Malone plans to love here soon, but will continue is work at Wrightsville Sound, i addition, he will continue his :rvices at Tar Landing in On ow county anu at uaiaoasn in runswick county on alternate Wednesdays. The next service at Calabash ill be on Wednesday, December Is Under tion At Fort I. H. Thomas, Manager Of Property, Will Go To Florida For Purpose Of, Studying Latest Trailer Camp Plans 1THER IMPROVEMENTS I PENDING AT CASWELL lans Call For Erection Of Spacious New Pavilion Before Next Season And Possibly A Pier Work on the new trailer camp >r tourists at Fort Caswell has rogressed to the point where It romises to be one of the nicest jch camps in the state. H. H. homas, manager of the Fort as we 11 properties, will leave in few days for Florida to get )me advanced ideas on the opertion of the camp and also on le new pavillion that is to be instructed at Caswell Beach this Inter. Florida has long been a mecca >r tourists with trailers. The perators of camps in that state re naturally well informed as to II angles of management and laking their establishments poular. The new pavillion, Mr. Thomas lys, will be started soon and ill be completed in the early :>ring. Old buildings at the beach re already being demolished in. rder to clear the landscape and I lake room for the new structure. I The building will be a large one. | iving a frontage of 330 feet, acirding to the blue prints and: lans which have already been j rawn. It will consist of a large ;ntral building with a modern ince hall, refreshment and recretion rooms, as well as quarters >r the operators. Long wings ill extend from each side of this J tain building and will contain: ressing rooms, etc. Plans are to construct a fish(Continued on page 4) )ne Of The kable Citizens :hucked his job and came home. ! He now owns and personally . rperates one of the larger shrimp trawlers at Southport, >wns a good home and a good :ar, which he also operates efficiently in spite of the handi:ap of being without legs. In the fall, winter and spring ic operates his trawler (he also jwns an interest in other :rawlers) and in the summer te goes to Little River, S. C., vhere he has operated pleasure ind sport fishing boats for nany years. In the course of following this party boat busiless he has become widely