^ B,t of The News Bill The Time B^VEN NO. 50 Bess Of Judg Postponeme I Until The I Received Here Monday ^ paU] i rizzelle Advising Directing That Cou ljtl .1; ini.-iry term of B ne die A] Bj',,: a telegram from J Kill, to S. T. Bennett, cl H inability to atten HjKpa::: lead: "1 am ill' able to hold please pen and adjourn the judge's or ^Ee 'i; M. B. Wat- i K:t up - ' s. directed the ^E, ore: court, read the: . . sheriff ssion sine die. | ; Kctiii: came as an anti-. ''By the tense interest that ; of the $50,000 9 . ought by the j Ho u: Elmer Edwards Ho-a lie of Edward Dial I H Allen and the taller: -om far and near : Ksye i for battle, and a was in - and witnesses , Hp- 'em Rhode Island! : e other foreign Lumberton. "inn and Rnrl- , - II;. ;y was learned j ^ .-.on- _ that a special J,., i requested, prob- 1 tr Campaign t [Affects County L Are 32 Places In ttswick County Selling t; Are Under Obliga- i L To "Keep Clean" L.'3H 1 S. Thete are | siness in BrunsI bv the state | :ser at retail, it was an today. j p; piled by the Brew Norf> Carolina Beer Disks Committee as of Janut . Bed that the state dfc pi letail beer licenses to ty piers in North Carolina, 'l" prober includes 37 places w bss vr.i'h have lost their B as a result of the beer ini lys "cieWt up or close up" I St r. ir. J?brth Carolina, it ^ CiiT.v Etgar H. Bain, of ^ r three-times state sen- Ja ! state director of the J s ir.d North Carolina Beer ^ t: r.= f.mmittte, directs e,t against objectionable wi fiets in the state. . 1 th r k Victims j?; tceive Treatment i rlh we injured in an auto- 'ni acc r.t near Shallotte an Br ":sht and were brought by Birr Memorial Hospital for (,r Bh: Mrs. P.. J. Abraham- u" |i- tu Gordon Fulford >n; B Pot'.-1 both of Supply. (|u 8ho'.v:r.g satisfactory im- la m 'ky.v/ Home . mi mfwip. strut ion Club ^ B"?*J1 W-st Home Demon- iar cub n.et on Friday, Jan. j m \ .lh Mrs. Geo. |? T1 . . ting was cal-t ri |' t y the president. Mrs. I "Little Sir ' sung and was follow- i | club collect. B mmutes were read, BtM:: i and the treas^ apwt was given. Poems I p B by th.- president were J B" members. An S B^'1? ;'r -tructive lesson ' t d Family Out- ' y B'1'db ar.'i "The Family! f B -Marion Dosher, f Books for HMO were dis1 discussed. t' B hosU served refresh- v were present: i c I . ' but'. r, Mrs. W. C. ; ? J,' Williams, Mrs. p HjT Wilbur Martin, u l. : and Mrs. C B, /,v; project leaders 1 for the h / ? s *>per, foods and ; u B Mable Williams, ii Mrs. Leo Med- b B."- M: \v c. Biggs, a B, - Mrs. R. J. a B: beautification; n !< sr"i. home gar- s It '' 'laylord, poul-. ji B)^ '> Peterson, home s Ita., -'kipper, Recreali; ''"terson, 4-H club C TH ? e Forces :nt Of Court Special Terir Morning From Judge J Of His Illness And rt Be Postponed runswick County Superio [onday morning followin; udge J. Paul Frizzelle o erk of court, informing th d court because of illness Jl'DGE FRIZZELLE W. B. Keziah New Cham o Serve As Executive Sec retary Of Organizatioi Set Up For Purpose O Promoting Interests O Entire County . T. YASKELL IS HEAD OF GROUI ine Members Of Boar* Of Directors Met Friday Night To Adopt Constitution And ByLaws At a meeting of the board o: rectors for the Brunswick Coun Chamber of Commerce hel< re Friday night W. B. Kezial is elected executive secretary Directors present at the meet g included L. T. Yaskelf, W. M analand, R. I. Mintz, Allen C ving, H. C. Bragaw, Charlei atthews. W. B. Keziah ant mes M. Harper, Jr. Yaskell was named president o: e group, Judge Stanaland wa; ;cted vice-president and Harpei is made treasurer of the organ ition. These three will compris< e executive committee. Matt ws was named secretary to th( ard. Most of the time Friday was voted to the business of adopt z a constitution and by-laws (I one of the resolutions passet the group was to seek a chart of incorporation. The mattei formulating a definite prograir is left open until the next meet % of the board, which is sche led for Monday night, Januarj . Soon after this meeting then 11 be another conclave of th< tire membership. Members of the executive com ittee were urged by President iskell to spread the word abou! e chamber of commerce. "If w< e to fulfill our proper functior (Continued on page 4) Training Ship ' Mariners ^ The White Cloud, Captain L. \ Bosshardt, and a crew of his unior Marines, left Southport iunday for a continuance of heir long voyage from New fork to Redwood City, Caliornia, 18 miles below San "rancisco, on the beautiful Friso Bay. The White Cloud, a beautiful wo masted racing schooner, ,'ith much reputation and prestje as a racer, has been purhased by Dr. Will Rebec of ielmont, Cal. The underlying urpose of the purchase is to se her as a training ship for ,'aptain and Mrs. Bosshardt's chool of undcrpriveliged boys, "he captain, a master mariner, as spent 30 years of his life t sea. He is the founder of the /idely known Bosshardt Trainlg school for undcrpriveliged oys of the ages between 16 nd 20. These boys arc given six months training in sealanship at no cost to themelves. At the end of that time ibs arc obtained for them with teamship companies. It is through the Redwood lity Exchange Club and Dr. iebee's help that Captain and "IIMUUIUWMM E ST; A Goot 4-PAGES TODAY ; Basketball P1 a y I Begins Tomorrow In County League Southport Plays Host To . Shallotte Teams In First " I Official Games Of Season, Though Boys Divided 2 Pre-Season Games I GAMES ON MONDAYS !f AND THURSDAYS 0 # Indications Are That Le1 land And Bolivia Teams Will Be The Class Of The County Pre-tournament games among Brunswick county basketball teams get underway tomorrow night with Southport playing host to Shallotte and Leland cagers : entertaining Waccamaw. Southport and Shallotte have l met twice before this season in J practice games. The boys' teams have split even in their two contests, but the Shallotte girls have completely outclassed the Southport lassies. . Despite the fact that the Bolivia boys got their ears pinned back last night by the highflying Wampee outfit they appear to be about the strongest team in the county. The right to that j claim likely will be hotly contested by the Leland lads, who won (Continued on page four) r Secretary Of ? iber Commerce! t * ! c J Invitation To ,r fi Golden Gloves i ZZZ b Johnie Simmons and Walter v 3 Jones, two Southpcrt boys, al- g ready have sent in their entry I g ^ blanks for participation iq the ; 1 1940 Golden Gloves tournament IA to b<' Held in Wilmington Feb- 1V ruary 5-6-7 under the sponsor- jo ship of the Wilmington Star- j J ' Xews. I li f Entries an' open to all white F . boys in Brunswick county 16- jb j ..years of age or over and neces-.. [ i sary forms may be 'secured 1 tl from Johnie Simmons at South- fi . port. tl Talking about the coming a boxing tournament Monday, | N Simmons said that he and 1 Jones already were working out ?1 each day and they would be f mighty glad to have other i , Southport and Brunswick coun ty boys enter so that there , could be a full team from this | , section. p . ? ? _-. - Lt. Sample Is , Visitor Here i Lt. John Sample, commanding i officer of Comnanv 427. CCC, at a - Southport when that unit was ?' r disbanded in December, 1937, was 1 a visitor here Monday. Cl He had been summoned as a P. witness in the Edwards suit. Lt. r j Sample is now serving: as execu; tive officer at a CCC Camp near ? : Burlington. He was accompanied j here by Mrs. Sample. j t BACK IN HOSPITAL Q t Clarence Causey of Ash was : re-admitted to Dosher Memorial 1 Hospital Thursday for treatment jr for his fractured arm. w For Young ? Visits SouthportI Mrs. Bosshardt and their boys g I will have a beautiful training ship when the* White Cloud n reaches California. The White Cloud was built in Delaware in f( 1926, and in addition to racing, f( she was used by her former 4 owner for expeditions to the s] West Indies and South America, o: It is only fair to say that in p addition to the captain and hi3 young marines, Mrs. Bosshardt f< was aboard. To a visiting news- ir man in the salon the Skipped n described her as being the cook a: and credited the way she fussed over the victuals as being g something terrible. He was ad- ei vised that the visitors already w knew that sailors were profici- fi ent liars. In appreciation of this discernment Mrs. Bosshardt in- w vited the visitors to stay for la "beans" and coffee. The whole crew, not forget- g ting Mrs. Bosshardt, described oi their trip along the North Car- dt olina coast as having been sim- u ply wonderful. The courteous a: treatment accorded them in all ti 1 North Carolina ports visited ol was a subject of all around p< comment. Leaving Southport at | (Continued On Page 4) 1 VTE 1 1 News paper Ir Southport, N. CM Wedn Russ Passes 1 mm J *^*P| J ; ci( I si Funeral Today j? For J. H. Russs Prominent Southport Citi- j w zen Died At Dosher Me- |a morial Hospital Tuesday [pi Morning And News Of re His Death Comes As A w Shock J. H. Russ, prominent South- tt >ort citizen, died in Dosher Me- cc hi norial hospital Tuesday morning, i de had been a patient there for in leverai weeks, but news of his | leath came as a shock to the J immunity. ; el The deceased was 66 years of ; p, ige and well-known throughout ( y, hp (Yiimiv anil had manv family 1 u. - J ? - -- " * I lil :onnections. He had served as1 ailor and deputy sheriff for aj a) lumber of years and was known y. .s a good and faithful public c]{ ervant. Mr. Russ was a fonner mem- e> ier of the board of aldermen ami i 0, /as former city clerk. te He is survived by his wife and IM ix children: Mrs. Charles H. |F iwann, Southport, Mrs. Elwood 1 Greene, Wadesboro, and Miss J ]a innie Russ, Shallotte; S. V. Russ. p V. A. Russ and J. B. Russ, all I f Southport. Four brothers,. (3 ohnie an'd Charlie Russ of Shal- ] n{ >tte, George Russ of Wakulla, j pl 'la., and Addie Russ of Hurts- : in oro, Ala., also survive. Funeral' services were conducted J f^ his afternoon at 3:30 o'clock j 1)s rom Trinity Methodist church by ! al le pastor, Rev. R. S. Harrison, j In nd the body was laid to rest in j)C Torthwood cemetery. ,,l Fry Several On i License Charge i olicy of Allowing Defend- /" ants Escape Without Pen- V alty Followed By Judge Stanaland Here Thursday Several persons who ordinarily, re strangers in the court appear- C d before Judge Walter M. Stanaind Thursday as defendants in ises growing out of failure to rovide proper license plates for leir automobile before January 1.1 A. L. Willetts, white, was one f these and he also faced charges j jg c ?/\ nnorofnr'o lippn.QO k. L JiaVUIg 11 \J w udgment was continued until anuary 15. m. F. W. Spencer white, was an- j.^ ther and he was taxed with vj] DSts, which were remitted. ^ Identical judgment was passed gQ 1 the case of F. W. Spencc, rhite. William Henry Smoak, white, _ as taxed with the costs when und guilty on charges of inter- "e iring with officer .Sentence of be months on the roads was su- wc pended upon payment of a fine Ph f $25.00 and costs. Notice of ap- asi eal was given. we George W. Brooks, white, was Ttl >und guilty of assault and with on iterfering with an officer. Judg- bo lent vfas with held until Janu- Po ry 15. Wesley Sellers, white, pleaded uilty to charges of larceny. Sent- p nee of 6 months on the roads ras suspended upon payment of a ne of $25.00 and costs. Mack Sellers and Jce Hill, hite, were found not guilty of So irceny. cis Lindsey Evans, white, pleaded au uilty to charges of being drunk da n the highway. Sentence of 30 be ays on the roads was suspended no pon payment of a fine of $25.00 ba nd costs, upon the further condi- Sh on that the defendant remain f good behavior. Notice of ap- H; eal was given. gr Clay Smith, white, was found sti (Continued on page tour) I be PORT 1 A Good Comn iesday, January 10th, 194 'inns Continue Winning Ways In ~ War On Russia 5 /orst January In Years I Proves Unexpected Ally | Of Valiant Finns In Defense Of Their Homeland EMPERATURES DROP TO FAR BELOW ZERO j| oviet Troops Now Reported Digging In Before The Mannerheim Line For Winter Seige HELSINKI,?The bitterest Jan-j ary weather in years, with tem- i jfl eratures ranging from 15 to 40) jglees below zero, stalled Rus- , an offensives on all fronts to-j ; ay as the Finnish high com- j land anounced that a Soviet ski J :tachment had been routed at alia and more than 300 of the i \ ivaders killed. j i H Military experts believed that i I le severe cold, coupled with Fin- . ^ .nd's dogged resistance, had com- j 'I jlled the Russian commanders to J i | ivamp their entire plan for the inter campaign. DIGGING IN ? On th Karelian isthmus, where I ic Red army has repeatedly fail- 1 1 to break through the Manner- 9 dm line, the Russians were re- jfl jrted to be digging in and stringg barber wire in front of their jP >sitions. This was taken by some observ- fl s gs an indication that the ussians intended to stand on jfl leir present line, but others be- W ;ved that lack of success in the ir north might compel them to ' O ;tempt some sort of offensive on | ^ir le isthmus or north of Lake La>ga. The weather has proved an un:pected ally to the Finns, who dinarilly look for the coldest mperatures in February and __ arch. In Helsinki, in southern inland, it was 15 below. I"11 Ice, forming in the Gulf of Finnd, has severely crippled the ed fleet. The Soviet air force continues operate despite the cold, but T1 >t on the earlier scale, when 350 ()f anes were reported over Finland one day. s< Increased resistance of Finnish firs! jilting planes and anti-aircraft mfr itteries had added to the haz- 20's ds facing the Soviet air force , M i two days the Fil.ns have re-' P''ri >rted shooting down 20 Soviet day anes?12 of them on Saturday, read FINN BOMBERS BUSY rord A Finnish communique reported '0-d gr.ificantly that Finnish aircraft n>cti id carried out "bombing flights", d<-gi it the targets were not men- r,';K' >ncd. 87-d sola II v f\? thor .olumn Is biven ^ All Trimmings , Slu harlie Farrell Of Greensboro Saves "Just Among The Fishermen" Column sh. And Has Made Scrap- jn a book Of Material 1 in it I quart Pkn?.lin ITaVI'flll t\f fll'OOn choi'G i ...... v-nai nc I'a^ivu, 1/1. v/ivvuwMviu, y.ciy very much devoted to the lotte >rth Carolina coast at South- hardf rt. He and his family have tory iny friends here, and Charlie, Th( ;e Fi'ank L. Johnson, of States- the I le, thinks that next to his minul me town there is no place like lotte uthport and Brunswick county. Thi A constant and avid reader of the ? Is newspaper, Charlie and Mrs. fore rrell started themselves a dule rap book a couple of years ago sched d it has grown into huge pro- Thurs rtions. "The 'Just Among The gym. shermen' in The State Port lot has provided more material r the book than any other sour- Mr. " writes Charlie. Bolivi in fact, Charlie has carefully son. signed a real art cover and ti- day, for the book, the title being autifully lettered in script. Last _ jek he made some beautiful 1^ f otographs of the cover and an * sortment of the photographs jre mailed to W. B. Keziah. le photographs show that the ly wording on the cover of the A1 ok is taken from The State as t rt Pilot. It reads: pern "Just Among The Fishermen." in Kezi ,-T. A. Meeting Tomorrow Night Corif and The January meeting of the invit uthport Parent-Teacher Asso- menl ttion wil be held in the school Nort ditorium at 7 o'clock Thurs- a th y evening. The program will fall, gin at this early hour in order A t to conflict with the basket- wart II game between Southport and fice, lallotte. mak The theme will be "Mental his fgiene" and most of the pro- visit am will be in charge of the Ti jdents. Musical selections will who: furnished by the glee club. over PIL ranity ^ PUBLISl Clipper Ship I, . W^-f ? , ' m'iZatatKBl liling Schoor Much Int * rigid Weather Continues Here he most severe cold spell I recent years has held this ion in its grasp during the 10 days of January as the ' cury dropped into the low i on five diflerent occasions, illinium temperature for the od was registered last Tues- j and Wednesday when a low I ling of 2 1 -degrees was re- I led. Only twice during the |. lay period has the therino- I er climbed above the 50- ' ec mark, and the highest t ling so far this month was 1 egrees on Monday. One con- 1 tion furnished by the tvea- ' , though, is iTlief from a < racteil dry spell. So far this it th there has been 1.23 < cs rainfall. K illotte Teams Defeat Southport < illotte teams met Southport |1 doubleheadcr Thursday night;v te Shallotte gym. The first11 er of the girl's game was j' close but later the Shal- 1 girls crashed through the jc ighting Southportcrs to- vie- j *with a score of 35 to 8. j" ; boy's game was tight al' ? :ime, and up until the last j t te was anybody's game. Shalboys won, 13 to D. !v s is the last practice game [v Shallotte teams will play be- j v the beginning of the sche-|0 games. They play their first; a ule game against Southport e iday night at thg Southport! !v ANNOUNCE BIRTH 1 and Mrs. Frank Johnson of p a announce the birth of a William Franklin, on Thurs-: t January 4. I ^quested Tha North Carol though there is some doubt | :o whether her death will | lit her to make any port 1 North Carolina, W. B. i ah. Executive Secretary of j Brunswick County Chamof Commerce, has written : jressman J. Bayard Clark j asked that he extend an j ation to the War Depart- | t to send the battleship h Carolina 'to Southport on | ree days visit of state this \ like request has gone for- I 1 to Governor Hoey's of- i asking that the Governor I e the invitation official with personal request for the le Southport Civic Club, j se functions were taken | by the Chamber of Com- I ? !oT[ MED EVERY WEDNESDAY Visits Here :i ler Causes erest On Visit The Swift, Of Ipswich, Mass., Is A Replica Of Old-Time Sailing Vessels1 And Is Both Unusual1 And Inspiring Scene I BOAT HAS RFCEIYr J", l; WIDE ATTENTION! Considerable Space Devoted To This Craft When She Was Launched; Has All The Colorful Trimmings Southport had an interesting tnd unusual visitor, in fact, twc | )f them, last week. They were ' he yachts Swift and Santa Cruz, , joth of Ipswich, Mass. The Swift 9 a replica of the old Baltimore Clipper schooners and the Santa >uz combines all of the essen;ial - features of the old Cape Charles Pilot boats. < Captain William A. Robinson, >wner of the Ipswich Boat Works i nc., builders of the vessels, was n command of the Swift. He was i iccompanied by Mrs. Robinson. Is his bride, she accompanied ] lim in a circumnavigation of the < vorld in a little 32-footer in 929-31. This voyage is familiar o yachtsmen, as the the boat, he Svaap, was the smallest to ver make such a voyage. Capain Robinson's famous book, 10,000 Leagues Over The Sea," ;ave a wonderful description of his voyage. In charge of the Vera Cruz; ras Captain George Wilkinson, a [ eteran Gloucesterman. This boat fas 51-feet in length and was f the Ketch type. The Swift was ' , 72-footer and was a two-mastd topsail rigged schooner. The news columns of the Yach- ' ing magazine of July, 1939, deoted two pages to the Swift, "he following paragraph comrised the lead to the story: "One morning early in June here sailed out of Gloucester j (Continued on page 4) t Battleship ina Visit Here merce, has had an invitation standing with the War Department for several months. Mr. Keziah frankly states that he doubts if the battleship can make any port in this state. However, if, on her shake-down cruise, she has not been loaded or outfitted to the extent of drawing much over 30-feet of water, she can easily make the harbor, and in the harbor she will have no trouble in being handled or turned. The North Carolina, is to be launched in June. It is 'probable that after the launching three or four months will be required to put the finishing touches and having her outfitted. A visit, if it is possible to make one, will not be staged until early fall. * The Pilot Covert Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Agents Attend Annual Meeting At State College County Agent J. E. Dodson And Home Demonstration Agent, Mrs. Marion S. Dosher, Are Attending Agents' Conference SPECIALISTS TALK OF FARM FUTURE Editor Clarence Poe Discussed Ten - Year Plan That Has Been Proposed For Farmer Of The South N. C. State College Extension Service workers yesterday pledged active support to a program for balanced prosperity in the South" during the next decade, but warned against too rapid a change from so-called "cash-cropping" to livestock farming. The 300 farm and hame agents, meeting in their annual conference at State College, warned that such a change, if made too fast, would create a social problem in that scores of tenants would be dismissed from cotton and tobacco farms. The meeting is being attended by County Agent J. E. Dodson, and by Mrs. Marion S. Dosher, Brunswick County Home Demonstration Agent. The "balanced prospesity" program, adopted by the Southern Governors' Conference, was explained by Dr. Clarence Poe, Raleigh farm editor, who asserted it would succeed "because of necessity and unity." The program, he said, will be directed toward better balance between cotton and tobacco on one hand, and on the other, dairying, poultry raising, and livestock produstion; more income from forestry; a better supply of North Carolina's own markets; and improvement in the quality of farm products and in their standardization and grading. Dr. Louis Bean, U. S. Department of Agriculture economist, predicted an upturn in business this Spring or early Summer, with "resultant stimulation of farm income." m t He offered no immediate hope of closing the gap between farm prices and < lustrial prices, except by one or both of two ways ?continuation of government payments to farmers, and stimulation of greater use of farm products by low income groups. John W. Goodman, assistant ex- V, tension director, presented charts showing that on the basis of AAA allotted acreage, flue-cured tobacco would have to sell for an average of 25 cents a pound this year for growers to get the approximately $117,000,000 they received last year. The agents were advised Dr. I. O. Schaub, extension director, to impress upon rural population the necessity of "growing something to cat" as a counter balance for an "inevitable decline" in tobacco income this year. Col J. W. Harrelson, State College administrative dean, welcom:d the workers. J. B. Hutson, assistant AAA ad(Continueci on page four) Notice i Due to circumstances beyond our control several articles Intended for publication today are , being omitted. A package of news copy mailed to our printing plant in Whitcville failed to arrive before time to go to press, necessitating several important ommissions.?Editor. Tide Table ! Following Is the tide table for Soutbport during the next week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Port P1M through the courtesy of tfca Cape Fear Pilot's Association High Tide Low TMr TIDE TABLE Thursday, December 21 3:05 a. ra. 9:46 a. m. 3:31 p. m. 9:48 p. m. Friday, December 22 4:03 a. m. 10:37 a. m. 4:31 p. m. 10:36 p. m. Saturday, December 23 4:59 a. m. 11:27 a. m. 5:25 p. m. 11:25 p. m. Sunday, December 24 5:47 a. m. 6:17 p. m. 12:17 p. m. Monday, December 25 6:32 a. m. 0*14 a. m. 7:00 p. m. 1:07 p. m. Tuesday, December 26 7:16 a, m. 1:04 a. m. 7:46 p. m. 1:55 p. ua. Wednesday, December 27 8:01 a. m. 1:55 a. m. 8:32 p. m. 2:42 p. ________ I :~^C- , v.J 1 . Hi' in i ass?s