It Oj The News
U The Time
yELVE. NO.
:t Dramati'
if Thursda;
At Tabo
Contest Entr
ven A Pre-Vie
i\ight_ Before .
rt Audience
E LIKED
INTEST DRAM.
Alive" Is A R.
ragedy That
3oris Corlette
ie Starring
nary district dr
among Tabor at
Whiteville will 1
jbor aty gramm,
.um Friday eve
th. at 7:30. T)
>egin promptly i
omers will be a
iring the time a
emission betwei
Iges for the co
mght from Chap
t entry, "Dead <
sented last nig]
<'4>ool auditoriu
nee that was u
se of the conte
II;.. A..vo". is a trage<
I sm. Oppressed 1
I ess of her life. A<
I to improve ii
I irning the rewa:
I the capture of f
I She brings abo
capture f the convict on
[ te that he is h
F
r played by Dor
| gave a splend
I Last night, and loc
| ra are enthusiast
[file local club's chances th
m Popularity
Contest Is Hel
I Benefit Of Buildir
Fund At Bolivia Methoi
It Church; Contest Clo
is March 15th
p- Methodist Missionary Soi
a; Bolivia, is sponsoring
rclar Baby Contest," for t
lifit of the Sunday Schc
?-? fund.
fees will be accepted at t
Hi library and Mintz's sto
? March 15th.
la attractive prize will be gi
fie most popular baby.
entii.c arc* .Tnanna Mini
Leo McKeithan, Carol;
Julia McClure Malpar
Heel Johnson, Nancy Edwart
Hfei Jean Reid, Ennis Hugh
cs:n Gary .Johnson, Lot
H :r. Hickman, Billie Kopp. J
tViiletts, Horace Merc
B?.n. Alvah Ward, III. Joh
F. Johnson, Malcom Knc
^k McKeithan, Donald W
t Franklin R. Mercer, Tal
^k' Leon Roger Swain, VI
^ Brothers. Paul Potter Clei
V. M. U. Meets
I In Wilmingto
Hjsiderable Interest Beir
H"own In State Meetii
Hkheduled For Wilmin
Hbn Next Week
E annual state W. M.
P1"? of the Baptist chur
,, F k held in Wilmington ne
March 12-14.
program begins Tuesd
at 3 o'clock and cc
H? in morning, afternoon a
services during the ne
P^ys, Many interesting spea
:ave been secured to ape
fas program which shot
many from this coun
H^rs are particularly urg
H'ftend as many sessions
while others are invit
!5'/Jsr' the programs of int)
Hffeatest to them and to pi
jnutend.
nera Addicts
I Visit Islan
HJUP Of Visiting Phol
IP*phers Paid Visit '
f?W Head Island Sund
kd By W. B. Keziah
K first of the spring pho
XP' iitions to Bald He
He w*s pulled off Sunday a
to w. B. Keziah. s
Hi..' ?f the Bnjnswick cour
of Commerce, it was
l?g success, despite 1
intennitant rains p
Ul< taking of pictures
Bit' ,(Junng the whole si
iii I bnued on page four)
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CHAMP?Charles A.
shown here holding a part
d water fish made by him, P
I Forest Warden Dawson Jon
j boro man gave his picture p
,g Woman's Club. The catch
? and 06 goggle-eye perch.?(
s
District Schoo
X Meet
he
re Principal Speech For The
Occasion Will Be An Adv-1
dress By Hon. J. M.
Broughton, Of Raleigh
tz, I
yr LARGE ATTENDANCE
5S ! BEING ANTICIPATED
Is. j
es Clubs From Columbus,
"s Robeson, Duplin, Sampr"
son, Johnston And Union
Have Teen InvitiX"
ed To Attend
j1* I The spring District Meeting of
|r_ the Educo (Schoolmasters ) Clubs
of the south central part of
! North Carolina wui convene m
! a dinner meeting at the Y. M.
IC. A. building in Fayetteville on
Friday evening March 8, at 7:00
o'clock.
The officers of the affiliated
II clubs are planning what is exi
pected to be a very interesting
I program. Hon. J. M. Brough?g
ton. Attorney and former Legisig
Jator of Raleigh will be the pring
cipal speaker of the'evening. His
j Subject will be "Public Education
J in North Carolina." Music will
U. be presented by the Fayetteville
ch High school Band. A program
:Xt of "stunts" will be conducted unj
der the supervision of A. B. Wilay
kins, Superintendent of Cumber>n
land County Schools and Horace
nd : siske, Superintendent of Fayette:xt
j ville Schools, joint hosts of the
k- j meeting.
ar j More than two hundred and
J'd (Continued on page 4)
ty.
ed __
" State Departm
Fine Publi
Bob Thompson. the new
state publicity director, was
here last week. Immediately on
dhis return to Raleigh his first
release went out to sports
magazines and rod and gun
editors all over the United
lo- States. His mimeographed news
To story bore the Southport date
ay line and was as follows:
"This section's intensified
campaign for the prevention ofto
forest fires not only has in:ad
creased game, say anglers, but
,nd also has greatly increased the
ec- supply of freshwater fish. The
ity prevention of fires has resulti
a ed in the elimination of floods
the and the steady replentishment
re- of streams throughout Erunsor
wick County. Early season
lay catches have been the largest
In many years, according to
E STJ
A GocJ
4-PAGES TODAY S|
WATER CATCH I
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I p ~n d naLaafl ,<ri
r ttl I til, Ul Uiccujuuiu, 10 |
of the fine catch of fresh-]
ostmaster L. T. Yaskell and
es the day after the Greensrogram
before the Southport
included 11 big-mouth bass
Daily News Cut.)
lmasters
In Fayetteville
5k
1
Republicans To
Meet Tomorrow
^
F. L. Lewis, chairman of
i the Republican executive committee,
has called a convention
for tomorrow at 2 o'clock at
Supply, at which time important
political matters will bo
taken up.
One of the duties of this convention
will be to name dele
Spates to district and state conventions
which will conic later.
There also will be a discussion
of the political - situation in
Brunswick county and it is
likely that the first foundations
of the party's 1940 campaign
wil be laid.
Robbins Child
Killed Friday
The youngest son of Mr. and
I Mrs. S. H. Robbins, of Wash!
ington, was instantly killed FriI
day afternoon when struck by a
j truck. His funeral services were
f held Sunday and were attended
by several relatives from South,
port.
The boy had many friends and
playmates here, for he spent sevJ
eral days each summer in SouthI
port.
ent Giving
icity To Fishing
W. B. Keziah, intimate friend
of fishermen from Maine to
Florida.
"I never saw such big-mouth
bass and goggle-eye perch
caught this early, said Keziah,
displaying pictures of a string
of 47 brought in by Postmaster
L. T. Yaskell, Fire Warden ,
Dawson Jones and Charles Far'rell
of Greensboro, got during
an hour and a half of fishing.
The 11 bass weighed from two
to four pounds each?and on
the grocer's scale at that. The
perch ranged from one to one
and three-quarter pounds.
"Why we've got so many bass
j around here now that I'm worried
about finding enough minI
nows to use as live bait," said
1 Keziah.
m\
I News paper Ir
outhport, N. CM Wedne
Mrs. Vitou Is
Named Head Of
0. E. S. Chapter
Named Monday Night To
Succeed Mrs. Mary Cranmer
Mintz As Worthy
Matron Of Live Oak
Chapter
OTHER OFFICERS
ARE ALSO ELECTED
Installation will Take Place
With Fitting Ceremony
Sometime In The Near
F uture
At a meeting held Monday
night members of Live Oak
Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, j
named Mrs. Annie K. Vitou wor- j
thy matron to succeed Mrs. Mary |
Cranmer Mintz.
Other officers named at the
Monday night meeting were B.
J. Holden, worthy patron; Mrs.
Marion S. Dosher, associate ma-1
tron; John D. Eriksen, associate
patron; Mrs. Thelma Sutton, secretary;
Mrs. Lottie Mae Newton,
treasurer; Mrs. Anna Miller
Davis, conductress; Mrs. Julia
Sanders, associate conductress.
New officers will be installed
at an early meeting. As a rule,
this is a public ceremony in
which state officials take part.
Announcement of these plans will
be made later.
Numerous Cases
Before Recorder
As Usual, Liquor Played
' n i t /-i. T* *
iviajor note in Lase.s in- .
ed Monday Before Judge 1
Walter M. Stanaland
]
In Recorder's Court here Mon- 1
day A. B. Sellers, white, pleaded ]
guilty to charges of drunk driv- J
ing. He was required to pay a ]
fine of $50.00, costs of the case and
his drivers license was re- c
voked for 5 months.
Billie Ludlum, white, was tried "
on a similar charge and received
an identical sentence, save for
the face that his license was revoked
for 6 months.
Cleveland Joyner, colored, was
found guilty of possession of nontax
paid liquor. Judgment was j
suspended upon payment of a i
fine of $25.00 and cost.
Faison Edge, wnite, pleaded "
guilty to charges of reckless
operation. Judgment was suspended
upon payment of a fine of
$25.00 and cost.
Bruce Moody, white, was tried
for driving an automobile with
improper license tag. Judgment
was with held.
Earl Sharpe, white, pleaded
guilty to charges of drunk driving.
He was required to pay a
fine of $50.00, the costs of the
case and his driver's license was
revoked for 90 days.
Burris Bozeman, ,white, pleaded
guilty to charges of public drun-!
kenness. He was fined $10.00 and
cost.
Douglas Hooper, colored, pleaded
guilty to charg es of having no
drivers license and no rear view
mirrow. Judgment was suspended
upon payment of costs.
Clyde Bryant and Clarence
Hall, colored, pleaded guilty to
charges of possession of apparatus
for the purpose of sale.
Each was given 6 months, their
sentences being suspended upon
payment of $75.00 each and costs.
Rose Miller, . colored, pleaded
guilty to charges of possession
for the purpose of sale. Judgment
was suspended upon payment of
a fine of $10.00 and costs.
L. F. Jones, white, was found
not guilty of possession.
Lower Acreage
Is Lost In Fire
Accurate Check Of Burned
Over Area Revealed Loss
Of Only 6 Acres In One
Fire And 300 Acres In ,
Other Reported Last
Week
A final check-up on the two
forest fires reported last week in
The Pilot reveals that only 6
acres was burned over in the
Thursday fire and 300 acres in
the fire near Orton Plantation on
Friday.
In last week's paper the combined
loss was estimated at from
500-acres to 600-acres. The correct
figures are from the official
report to County Forest Warden
Dawson Jones.
The Thursday fire was caused
when a house belonging to a colored
resident of the' county was
burned. A grass fire set out by
a colored boy started the second
day's fire.
PORT
i A Good Con
isday, March 6, 194(
"leland
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BHB||g?p?^<y ^ '* '..,.J jlCAGERS?The
Leland
n the finals of the annual
onsidered among the stroi
clayed this week in Wilmi
W. A. Wheeless, Cecil Low
Robbins; second row, Arm*
Rourk and J. C. Chadwick
Sthel Douglas^ and Retha x
Mary Burns 1'eterson, r.vei;
Sylvia Bordeaux and Mildr
Honduran Ship
Detained Here
For Inspection
Considerable excitement was
created on the Southport waterfront
Tuesday afte'rnoon when
the Honduran freighter, San
Luis, was stopped by coast
guards and was inspected on
"suspicion".
It was impossible to learn
just what the "suspicions"
were, but a thorough inspection
lasting for two hours was
made by customs officials after
the boat had been stopped upon
their order by the patrol boat
from Oak Island.
John Bright Hill, Customs
collector, said that their inspection
revealed that everything
was in order and that the San
T nio moo allrmrori tn mntinilA
UUIO 1TUU UKUI. VM ?v
on to her destination at Havana.
The ship cleared Southport
at 4:45 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
Under present neutrality laws,
all foreign vessels must undergo
a rigid inspection at every
port of call. Mr. Hill said that
the San Luis arrived with her
cargo of sugar late Saturday
and that customs officials were
unable to inspect the ship before
yesterday.
Southport Boys
And Girls Hurt
Billie Willis, Johnie Simmons
And Odell Smith
Injured Thursday Nigh)
In Auto Mishap
Three Southport high schoo
students were injured Thursdaj
night when the automobile ir
which they were riding was ir
collision with a car driven bj
George Galloway, Southport mer
chant.
Billie Willis, driver of thf
students' car, received severa
cuts about the head and a mastei
piece of a black eye. Johnie Sim
mons, one of the front seat pas
scngers, went through the wind
shield and received numerou:
bruises and lascerations abou
his face. Odell Smith, member o
the girls basketball team, re
ceived treatment for shock ii
Dosher Memorial Hospital.
Miss Louise Ward, member o
the high school faculty, was alsa
passenger in the car.
Other passengers in the Gallo
(Continued on page 4)
r pil
imunity
} PUBLISi
SQUADS IN TOUR
am
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high school basketball team v
Brunswick County Basketbal
lgest teams entered in the S
ngton. The boys, left to rij
e, Charles Robbins, Sylvester
md Ganey, Billy Ilines, Dan
The girls, left to ngnt, are.
[ae Peterson; standing, Elizal
fn Allen, Juanita Lowe, Mari
ed Clark.?(Star-News Cut.)
Bolivia Girls,
Boys Coun
New Wrinkle In
Shad Fishing
Dr. L. C. Fergus, Southport
physician, wrote a new page
into the book of shad fishing
Monday afternoon while on a
freshwater fishing trip with I
Postmaster L. T. Yaskell and
I W. B. Kcziali.
Discovering a pool that apparently
was alive with young
shad, the doctor decided to forsake
the pleasure of fly-castipg
and set about his own devices
in taking shad with an
improved rig. This consisted of I
a set of gang hooks ripped
from the belly of an artificial
minnow. With this attached to
a short line he spent the next
hour snaring the fish and tos!
sing them on the bank.
Saturday Mrs. F. Mollycneck
used a red artificial minnow
to catch shad with hook and
line?the first that have been
taken around here in that manner
so far as was ever reported.
ATTENDS BALL
Cornelius Thomas, Jr., attended
the Pages Ball given during
the D. A. R. Convention in High i
Point last week. I
Improvements
j Head Is
Although a long dry summer
I and fall and a very cold winter
r for this part of the state creati
ed great drawbacks to Supt.
i Charles Matthews' first efforts
r to create a garden paradise on
- Bald Head Island, he is up and
on his way to accomplish some;
thing now, according to visit1
ors on the island Sunday,
r All of last fall it was very
- hard to get anything started
- on the island. Things were
- about as dry as tinder. For
s that matter things around
t Southport are still very much
f behind with having had the
- .normal rainfall, and this claim
i is borne out by the numerous
lakes that are still half dry.
f On the island the ground,
o freshly plowed for the first
time, was simply too dry for
i- seed to germinate and take
root. Fall crops did not pan
/
,0T
i?D EVERY WEDNESDAY
NAMENT
"" I
....... ^
V j jfc. ME&i- & d
'
/as runner up Monday night
1 Tournament. They are
tar-News tournament oemg
,'ht, are: front row, Coach
Hollis, Roy Hall and Paul
i Willetts, George Thomas
seated, Elizabeth Ganey.
Deth King, Lilly Williams,
ian Butler, Beatrice White,
Shallotte
ty Champions
Bolivia Girls Swampet
Waccamaw In Finals Oi
Monday Night, Whil<
Shallotte Upset Highly
Favored Leland
BOYS' GAME WAS
REGULAR THRILLEF
Contest Was Tied At En<
Of Playing Time And An
Overtime Period Was
Necessary To Decide
Winner
In one of the rankest up-set
in the history of the Brunswic!
County Basketball Tournamen
the scrappy Shallotte quint de
feated the highly favored Lelam
team in an over-time thrille
Monday night in the finals. Th
score was 22-20.
The Bolivia girls ran true t
form and smothered a game bu
out-classed Waccamaw team 60
no
In the girl's game it was jus
a case of too much Cannon an<
Stone. The former made 28 points
while Captain Stone accounte
for 20 more. Showing a clea
superiority over their opponent
from the opening whistle, Bolivii
put on a display of power tha
bodes ill for teams scheduled t
face her in the Star-News Tour
nament opening in Wilmingtoi
(Continued on page 4.)
For Bald
land Going Or
out.
This spring things are different,
flowers are growing.
Young fruit trees are putting on
a healthy color and quite a
sizable little acreage is waxing
green with various things while
plant beds are full of thriving
plants, just about ready to be
set out. In a short time Matthews
will be able to show
something worthwhile for hh
pains.
Thanks to road building, por
tions of the island never be
fore accessible can now b<
i
reached. These roads are lead
ing to the discovery of nev
wonders in beauty and are als<
revealing great potentalitiei
ana possibilities. The spring
and summer visitors to Bali
Mead will find many thing
that are well worth being seer
2 vfl
The Pilot Covers I
Brunswick County H
$1.50 PER YEA* I
Bond Election
Held Saturday
For Shallotte
>
Voters Of Town Voted To
Authorize Bonds Amounting
To $10,000.00 FA?
Waterworks System And
$7,000.00 For Sewer
NO DISSENTING
VOTE WAS CAST
As Soon As Bonds Are Itsued
Preparations Will
Begin To Have This
Work On Improvements
Commenced
At a special bond election held
Saturday at Shallotte the voters
of that Brunswick county munlfclpality
voted overwhelmingly ih
favor of authorizing expenditure
for a waterworks and sewerage
system. t
Eighty votes were cast for the
ordinance authorizing not exceeding
$10,000.00 bonds for the town
of Shallotte to pay all or a part |
of the cost of constructing a ,
I waterworks system. There was no u
dissenting vote. Only 79 voters
cast their ballot favoring the
authorization of $7,000.uu bonds
for paying all or a part of the
cost of installing a sewerage '
system; but there was no vote 1
against uie uiuumnce.
As soon as the bonds are Issued
and their sale has been
arranged, it is understood that
an effort will be made to secure
a PWA project for the installation
of the water and sewer systems.
j
Miss Willetts
Dies At Home
y
Funeral Services Today For
Young Woman Of Mill
s Creek Community Who ,
Died Tuesday Morning
Miss Ida Moore Willetts, 27,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
I Willetts, of Wini ' died at
her home yesterday' morning at ,
3 o'clock after an illness of several
months. ,
Funeral services will be held -j
from the Mill Creek Baptist
, church this afternoon at 2 o'clock, j
i with the Rev. B. R. Page in
charge. Interment will follow In
the church cemetery. I
1 Honorary palbearers will be: D.
i S. Lewis, G. T. Lewis, E. T.
e Mills, J. H. Sellers, C. Ed Taylor, j
f D. R. Johnson, R. S. Willetts,
Mack Martin, A. M. Beck and
J. B. Carter. Active pallbearers
will be: Foster Robbins. Junior
. Hilburn, Ellis Sellers, Newman
Willetts, Humphrey Sellers and
Eugene Sullivan.
* Miss Willetts was born Jar- i
uary 28, 1913, and attended tha i
(Continued on page 4)
Mrs. Gore Dies V
s
J Near Winnabow
.] Died Following Illness Of
r Two Weeks; Funeral Sere
vices At Mill Creek Tu?sday
Afternoon
J Mrs. Dolly Gore, 67, of Win- !
nabow, died Monday afternoon at 1
4:30 o'clock after an illness o&
t about two weeks,
j She is survived by two sons,
Charlie and Allen Gore, and ona
j brother, Walker WiUetts, all of I
r Winnabow. ^
s She was a member of the Mill
a (Continued on page 4)
t 1
I Tide Table i
Following Is the tide table j
(or Southport during the next ,
week. These hours are appre- '
xlmately correct and were furnished
The State Fort Pitt ;,|
through the courtesy of Uw
[ Cape Fear Pilot's Associate*
High Tide Low M
TIDE TABLE
'
i
Thursday, March 7
G:40 a. m. 0:35 a. in.
6:57 p. m. 13:55 p. m.
Friday, .March 8
' 7:17 a. m. 1:19 a. m.
7:33 p. in. 1:35 p. m.
Saturday, March 9
7:53 a. m. 1:59 a. m.
r 8:05 p. m. 3:13 p. m.
i Sunday, March 10
8:36 a. ni. 3:36 a. in.
8:39 p. m. 3:47 p. m.
Monday, .March 11 )|
> 9:00 a. m. 3:11 a. m.
9:11 p. m. 3:19 p. nt.
r Tuesday, .March 13 .
, 9:35 a. m. 3:44 a. m. i
3 9:46 p. m. - 3:47 p. ru.
r Wednesday, .March IS
j 10:11 a. m. 4:16 a. m. . J
s 10:33 p. m. 4:17 p. * rt
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