>]Bfost Of The News
* Hi Ml The Time
>f jWM
>w 3jH .
paro*T^LVE- N0- 1]
Cre^
JBirnerous <
J? Interest H
" Before J
I ] Of Joe Wescott And
"""^Hiiirlif Robbins Was In
rce?.<s Today At Noon;
R^fr Murder Case DisItND
JURV FOR
R 12 MONTHS NAMED
B Of Matters Settled
Bfljay And Tuesday
Kre Up On Appeal
: fl And Only One
Jury Trial
, soon today Judge Walter
R.,. and a Brunswick county
R .y hearing evidence in the
growing out of the cross
H-er.t of Joe Wescott and
^L_r Rohbms. each charging
R^her with an assault with
Raj:;,- weapon with intent to
R the only murder case heard
Rjffk, Andrew McMillan, Jr..
guilty to manslaughter
a? slaying of his father and
from 4 to 6 years on
R roads, this sentence being
Rpe-^d and the defendant plac^R^rer
probation for 5 years,
^nrcon Johnson was found not
Rrr of drunk driving. Mrs. Jack
Ri-<t was found not guilty of
I[?s operation.
[vie Benton was found not
k of seduction, but was found
k> of failure to support an
Lpmate child. He must pay
(jam of $250.00 in annual inLnents
of $50.00 for its supL.
McKeithan pleaded guilty
Barges of making an assault
ftirter.t to kill and was given
bonths on the roads.
L-fc White and Martin Mintz
hfound not guilty of larceny.
White pleaded guilty to
of being drunk and disv
Judgment will be pas|
October term.
Lrosey Evans pleaded guilty
Marges of being drunk in a
He place Judgment was suited
upon payment of costs
L coadil.or.-riafondant ..remains,
Cood behavior for 12 months.
(Continued on page 4)
I Political
Pot-pourri
DLL JORGENSEN has good
n this week for candidates
i the Democratic nomination
(the office of Register of
Ms He has definitely made
Ms mind not to file. Bill had
pud following throughout the
cty and it was pretty genert
mrm/U,) ?l ? M r: 11
IB WHICUCU Ulttt IIC UUUIU XIII
I office with dignity and abilI
"I want to thank my friends
t their offers of support", he
h Tuesday night. "I appreciate
sr interest, but I believe that
' the best interest of all I'd
to not make the race."
1ap.ry l. MINTZ. Jr.. also
1,5 oil on the troubled political
to with his statement that
is not a candidate for elec'
to the office he now fills by
kintment Impartial opinion is
It Harry has done a swell job
K he succeeded his brother,
Wph. last summer. In all
hbility, he could have made
!?tKl run for the nomination,
1 he wi'shes to complete his
work at the University of
"th Carolina.
k I MINTZ, Southport attor'
will not be a candidate for
tentative to the lower house
the North Carolina General
5?%. For a time he toyed
hi the idea, but finally decided
*ork actively in the interest
Jhe Broughton for governor
"Wgn in this county.
?0p.ge p.. FOULKE, Jr., pops
Political cap in today's Open
Column with his views
JJt the extended terms for
* swick county officials. "What
?Jinty needs," he said, "is a
""Wooded, two-fisted young man
will run for the nomination
^ House of Representatives,
hint g0 out and- speak his
.'Ctions and if there be any
to call hini a liar, let him
P down off tile stump and
" hint in the nose."
'jM COOPKR took off Monday
sound truck, and soon now
5 kn?w just how much polit-,
I P?w-fr is packed by Wil-1
^ Ston's militant mayor. For a
1 there has been a lingering
"cton tJiat Cooper may be the
I-* some of the other
gate's best laid plans. Others
'4 jump on him; it remains
'Continued on page 4)
TH
[
Ceases Of Lit
Lave Been D
udge Walte
fi
FOREST FIRI
I
PREVENT THIS?Ab<
its way through a Brunswii
with the idea of preventii
that County Forest Wardei
an essay contest on "Why
ests From Fire."
Punished Fo
Carele:
\ *
Warrants Being Sworn O
Wilfully Or Wh
Set
Until the rain fell Sun
fires in Brunswick had Co
Jones and his helpers on tl
of the trouble is that man;
of incindiary origin.
"I'm working on a couple o
cases right now". Forest Wardei
Jones said Tuesday, "while it i
wet and I can get off for a fe\
hours from fire-fighting. On
man, Horse Taylor, colored, wa
tried today and was taxed witl
the costs and required to pa;
suppression costs on a fire tha
j burned over an area near South
port. Sujwrqssion costs amount
' ed to over >l5.'0O," he added.
Last week two colored resident
of the Maco community flatly re
fused to assist the forest warden
in suppressing a fire in thei
1 section. Warrants were sworn ou
for their arrest a id the fine an
| cost for each amounted to $11.9C
The fact that there have beei
no large fires during the dry
windy days just past reflect
great credit upon the work o
the district wardens. "If we couli
just have the whole-hearted co
operation of our citizens fo
awhile now, both in carefulnes
and in helpfulness, we have th<
situation well in hand", Fores
Warden Jones said.
Pre-School Clinic
Schedule Giver
First In Series Was Held In
Southport Yesterday, Sec|
cond Today At Leiand;
Continue Next Week
The first in a county-wid<
series of pre-school clinics wa.'
held Tuesday at Southport a'
which time 20 children who xvil
start to school next fall were ex
amined by Dr. Charles P. Stevicl
and Mrs. Lou H. Smith, count}
nursd.
Ten mothers accompanied theii
children, and Mrs. Smith want!
to stress the desirability of hav
ing them present at other clinic!
throughout the county. In addi
tion to a thorough examination
the children are vaccinated foi
smallpox and innoculated foi
diphtheria.
(Continued on page 4)
Exploarer's CI
University J
The Explorers Club of Duk<
University makes an annual pilgrimage
to some part of the
state sort of in keeping with th<
name. Last spring 40 or mor<
of the members came to Southport.
This year they arc planning
an unheard of thing?thej
are coming back to Southpor!
and have already written W. B
Keziah, executive secretary of th<
Brunswick County Chamber oi
Commerce, to see if he coulc
make any satisfactory arrange
mcnts regarding the weather during
their three days stay here.
Keziah has advised Dean Baldwin
and Miss Dale Sutton thai
heretofore his dealings with th<
weathermen have all been in behalf
of fishermen. In this case
however, he will do everything
possible for a kindly dispensation
from the weatherman foi
E SL
A Goo
4-PAGES TODAY
tie Public
isposed Of
r Bone Here
iS IN COUNTY
' $
>ve is shown a fire as it eats
ck county timbered area. It is
ng a repetition of this scene
11 Dawson Jones is sponsoring
We Should Protect Our Forr
Being
ss About Fires
ut For Persons Who Either
o Through Neglect
Fires
day night and Monday, forest
unity Forest Warden Dawson
le run. And the worst feature
y of the fires appeared to be
f*
ii ?
I Old Document
e Transfers Slave
S: '
h ^
y The days of slavery are
t brought to light again among
- some last century documents
! in possession of C. Ed Taylor,
[ South port attorney.
s A bill of sale for the right
- to "a negro slave named Sam"
3 was found to have been made
r I to John B. Staley by M.
II Schulte, from whom the slave
d i was pnrcnased for the sum of
' $800. The deed, written in elai
borate 19th century formality,
' | was covered by crudely hand3
drawn seals of all parties inf;
volved In the transaction. On
I the paper was the line "Bruns
wick County, Feby. 8, 1860."
r Since this was only one year
s before the outbreak of the
a Civil War there is reason to
II doubt that Buyer Staley ever
received his money's worth in
service.
.
County Council
1 P.-T.A. Meeting
^' Will Be Held Friday At
Bolivia High School And
I \i/:n na?
TT III VIllIlnA * 1IOI.
Of School Exhibit
i _________
s The Brunswick County Council
t of Parent-Teacher associations
1 will meet at the Bolivia school
" oh Friday April 12th at 800 p. m.
' Mrs. George Cannon, council
president, will preside " over a
r brief business session at which
3 time new officers will be elected.
The inter-school declamation
3 and recitation contests will be
held at this time. Special music |
, will b? rendered by the glee clubs I
r from the various county schools,
p Waccamaw P.-T. A. will be
I hostess for this meeting.
(Continued on page 4)
ub Of Duke
Is Coming Here
;, the Explorers' Club while the
girls are here.
s Last year Churchill Bragaw of
: hosts and entertainers for the
! Explorers Club. They took the
boys and girls on alligator hunts
and for lengthy wanderings about
r Bald Head island, not to mentjtion
hair the rest of the county.
. For this year Krfziah has assured
! Miss Sutton that he and Bragaw
f I will both be available again as
11 guides.
I It will be about a month yet
j before the visitors arrive, the
i exact date not yet having been
I set. The plans arc to leave the
t university on a Friday morning
s and to leave Southport on the re
turn journey Sunday afternoon.
, Miss Sutton, who had charge of
; the party last year, and Dean
-! Alice Baldwin will be head of the
j iflf rimage. |
i .
\TE
d News paper
Southport, N. CM We
Change Date Of
Flower Show To
Friday, May II
Cold Spells Have Set Bad
Development Of Flower
This Spring, Necessitat
ing Change In Show Dat
EXPECT INTEREST
TO BE COUNTY-WID1
Believed That By May 10tl
Many Varieties Of Spring
Flowers Will Be In
Full Bloom
Mrs. Marion Dosher, geners
chairman for the 1940 Flowt
Show sponsored by the Soutl
port Woman's Club, announces t<
day that the date of the she
has been postponed from Apr
17 until May 10.
This change has been mac
necessary by the two cold snai
since the date was first set. Flov
ers were delayed to such an e:
tent that it is thought that vei
few will be in bloom by the dal
originally set for the show.
Plans are progressing to malf
the flower show an outstandin
success. General approvi
greeted the announcement ths
there would be a dance the nigl
of the flower show, and It
expected that a large crowd wi
attend.
Cancer Control
Needs SuDDor
J 4
Mrs. L. C. Fergus Of South
port Is In Charge O
Program For Brunswicl
County
In. 46 state, North Carolin
among them, the Woman's Fiel
Army for the control of cance
is conducting an active educa
| tional program. In Brunswic
| County Mrs. I., C. Fergus, i
chairman.
The first and most pressin
need before this field army i
to draw attention to the fac
that cancer is among us and i
even increasing today.
Not very long ago cancer wa
a word which was not mentionec
It has been an unwelcome sub
ject and has therefore been push
ed aside by most people.
Attention should be drawn no\
to its danger and its symptoms
Cancer can be cured if it is diag
nosed as such in time. For tha
reason it should be brought be
fore the people. Education aloni
this line is being offered th
public now through news article
and through speeches and pro
grams. It is the civic as well a
personal duty of every person t
acquaint himself with the fact
which are being placed befor
him.
Amendments Get
Hearty Approval
Columbus County Had A
Good Delegation At To
I m--.: I_
Dacco meeting in n aou
ington Yesterday
County Farm Agent S. C
Oliver, Bill Hooks, D. H. Jordor
H. E. Soles and I. L. Spivey re
turned this .morning from Wash
ington, D. C. where yesterda;
they attended a meeting of mor
than 100 tobacco growers, ware
housemen, bankers, business mei
and members of Congress fron
flue-cured tobacco areas who gav
their wholehearted approval to i
program of six AAA tobacci
amendments and paved the wa;
for their passage at this sessioi
of Congress.
Adoption of at least a three
year control program was urge*
emphatically as the group enthus
iastically endorsed plans t(
strengthen the tobacco contro
program.
Provision of additional penal
ties for warehousemen failing t<
cooperate in the program waj
(Continued on page 4.)
Sunday Visitors
For Southpori
A party composed of Mr. ant
Mrs. Robert Strange, Mr. ant
Mrs. Walter Storm, Mr. and Mrs
R. H. Gwathmey, Mr. and Mrs
Julian D. Taylor, Mrs. J. K
Wise, Mrs. Graham Kenan ant
Miss Alice Walker visited South
port. Bald Head, and Ft. Caswel
Sunday. They declared they hat
a most enjoyable day and wer<
much charmed with the courtseyi
extended them on the island to
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Matthews
A large number of Southpor
young people, including most o:
the teachers in the school, alst
spent from Saturday until Sun
day night on the island and re
port having a delightful tintf.
P0R1
In A Good Con
dnesday, April 10, 1940
Deadline For
i Forestry Essay
9 Contest Monday
k All Essays Must Be Turned
s In To School Principals
On Or Before That Day
e And Local Contests Will
Be Judged
E TO READ PAPERS
AT COMMENCEMENT
h _
Winning Paper For Both
Grammar Grades And
High School Will Be
Read During Finals
il
!r April 15th is the deadline for
entering the $100 Prize Essay
)- Contest sponsored by the Foresw
try Department and cooperating
il landowners and businessmen, and
County Forest Warden Dawson
le Jones is anxious for many en>s
tries from each school.
/ Principals of the individual
t- schools will name judges to select
y the two best papers for gramte
mar grade students and the two
best for high school students dur:e
ing the week of April 15th. First
g and second place winning papers
il will be turned over to the judgit
ing committee for the county
it contest not later than Monday,
is April 22. County winners will
11 be chosen during that week, in
order that all papers may be
returned in time to be read dur
ing the commencement program
at each school.
Miss Annie May Woodside told
t Forest Warden Jones Tuesday
that the two winning essays from
each school will be read during
one of the commencement pro'*
grams if this plan meets with the
approval of the school principals.
* Since the limit on these papers
is from 500 to 1500 words this
will not take long and should be
a of great interest to citizens of
^ the county.
ir The $100 prize money was raisl"
ed from the following contribu*
tors: Southern Craft, Hugh Mcs
Rae, Geo. L. Buist, E. W. Godwin's
Sons, Taylor-Colquitt, Gulf
State Creosoting Co., West Vir3
ginia Pulp and Paper Co., Reigle
:t Paper Co., J. L. Sprunt, McNair
3 Investment Co., F. B. Adams.
I Southport Lady
Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Inga G. Tobiasen Died
t At Her Home Here Fri!
day Morning Following
g Sudden Heart Attack
e
s Mrs. Inga Gunderson Tobiasen
died Friday morning at her home
s here following a heart attack. She
o was 75-years-of-age.
3 Mrs. Tobiasen was a native of
e Norway and came to the United
States in 1894. She married in
October, 1899, to K. Tobiasen of
Southport after coming here on a
visit with his sister.
She was active in the Kings
I Daughters, the missionary society
-i?1~
I OJIU UIIVICO U1 llilllbj 4HVUIVU1UV
church and was a charter member
of Live Oak Chapter, Order
^ of Eastern Star. Members of that
organization participated in East
ern Star burial rites at the funeral
Sunday afternoon.
The services were in charge of
~ Rev. Walter B. -Freed, pastor of
i, St. Pauls Lutheran church, Wil..
mington. He was assisted by Rev.
R. S. Harrison.
Burial was made in Southport
? cemetery vjith the following men
serving as active pallbearers:
" John D. Eriksen, Alex Lind, J.
Berg, C. G. Ruark, W. H. Walker
jj and R. C. St. George.
; Zone Missionary
Meeting Held
- Representatives From Sev3
eral Methodist Churches
1 In Brunswick County Attended
3 A joint meeting of the New
3 Hanover, Duplin and Union zones
of the Woman's Missionary So- (
ciety of the Methodist church was j
held at Faison on April 10th. \
An interesting program was i
f given on "We Advance", and an <
"officer training" drill was held. 1
1 The Faison Auxiliary served a i
j (Continued on page 41
Secretary Of State !
i Finals Speaker i
1 That Eure, North Carolina Sec1
retary of State, has been secured i
; to deliver the commencement ad3
dress at Southport, according to '
f announcement made this week by
. Principal W. R. Linglc.
t The baccalaureate sermon will 1
f be preached on Sunday, April 28,
j by Rev. R. S. Harrison. Other ]
- churches in town will suspend '
- their morning service on that :
date. I
f*"
r pil
imunity
PUBLISl
SHOW PLACI
| ' * <-.v
WSw^Hyim
^mm * 1
PEACE?One of the pn
beautiful Orton Gardens is
awav amidst the flowers an
tration book, and each day
visitors from many foreign si
School Exhibi
Compleb
Public Is Invited To Attend
At 4:30 O'clock
Uninter
Plans are being comp
school exhibit which will be
of this week at Bolivia higl
are being made to accommod
*
Local Citizens
Look At Eclipse
This past Sunday afternoon
near the hour of 5 o'clock
local citizens flocked into the
streets armed with bits of
smoked-glass, sun glasses and
old film negatives to witness
one of nature's oddest phenomena,
that of the eclipsing |
of the sun. The sun at no time
was in total converance. This
particular occurence was caused
by the moon's journey between
the earth and sun, an
unusual form of eclipse. The
whole process lasted barely
half-hour, and in its most
acute form the sun was seen
as a narrow circle of light.
Clouds blotted out the rays '
for a few of these so rare
minutes, but the skies cleared
ere long. Scientists states that
this kind of eclipse will not
occur again before the close
of this century.
Rev. J. R. Potts j'
Full Time Here ,
i
Rev. J. R. Potts has given up <
his work at New Hope Presby- !
terian church and will hold both
morning and evening services j
each Sunday at Southport, ex- j 1
cept when he is away holding a
revival meeting. It
Recounts Indiai
Creation OfWi
By B. L. NESMITH, JR. v
(In "The Tarheel Banker")
In a large area of Southeast- c
srn North Carolina, when the
name Waccamaw is mentioned, it v
usually refers to a financial in- v
stitution which took that name r
when it was organized in 1925. a
The Waccamaw Bank and Trust t
Company has its home and or- i
Iginal office in Whiteville, Colum- s
bus County, only a few miles \
from Lake Waccamaw, one of the 1
largest natural fresh water lakes (
in the Carolinas. It seems only c
natural that the bank be given I
the name of this beautiful resort t
spot. A name that is rich in ?
legend and dates long before the 1
white man came to America. 1
Lake Waccamaw, as well as c
the river that carries its overflow t
to the Atlantic through Winyah c
Bay at Georgetown, South Caro- t
lina, get their name from the ?
Waccamaw tribe of the Siouan t
Indians, cousins of the great t
Sioux and Dakota Indians of the {
4
OT [
HED EVERY WEDNESDAY
2 AT ORTON
iBa i
/
ettiest spots to be found in
the chapel that is tucked
d trees. Inside it the regisare
entered the names of
tates.?(Star-News Cut.)
it Plans
e For Friday
Program Which Will Begin
And Continue
rupted
leted for the county-wide
held Friday and Saturday
h school and arrangements
late a large crowd.
Visitors are invited to see the
exhibits during the afternoon,
and to remain for the picnic supper
that will be spread at 5:30
o'clock. Following this, there will
be a musical program prior to
the County Council of P.-T. A.
meeting at 8 o'clock.
Sincd this is the first year for
this event, the exhibits will not
be entered in a county-wide contest,
but will be displayed solely
for the purpose of showing the
parents an dpatrons what is being,
accomplished.
One interesting department will
be the flower show for which ex
hibits from all sections of the
county are solicited.
There will be no admission
charged for any feature of the
program and the public is cordially
invited to attend.
Mrs. Melvin Smith
Is Club Hostess
Mrs. Melvin Smith was hostess
to the Bolivia Home Demonstration
club on Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Carl Ward, president, presided
over an interesting busiless
session during which reports
>f officers and committees were
riven.
Mrs. Marion S. Dosher, Home
\gent gave the lesson on "House
Keeping Standards".
During the social hour the hos;ess
served delicious refreshments.
ti Legend Of
accamawLake
vest.
The Waccamaws, unlike most
if the North American Indians,
vere agricultural. The men, as
veil as their squaws, spent
nost of their time in raising corn
ind tobacco. Not depending on
lunting and fishing for a liveliiood,
they were not nomadic but)
itayed within their own territory,
vhich was the area around the
akc and southward into South
Carolina. In not trying to poach
in the land of their neighbors,
irobably accounts for their peaceill
nature. Mounds which reprelent
their burying ground can still
ie seen on the shores of the
ake. It is thought that the tribe
:onsolidated with the Catawbas
ibout 1755 due to encroachment
if the white settlers. No doubt
hey were encouraged in their
igricultura! pursuit by the ferility
of their soil, a condition
hat is still noticeable to their
iale face successors.
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
r $1.50 PER YEAR
New Registration
In Southport Is
Found Necessary
Registration Book For This
Voting Precinct Cause*
Election Board To Order
New Registration
RE-LISTING GOES
ON OTHERWISE
j Election Law Made It Man|
datory To Hold New Registration
If Any
Books Missing J
There will be a re-registration
of voters of Southport precinct 9
by order of the Brunswick county I
board of elections. This order was I
passed Saturday when members
of that group met here, and de'cision
to re-register the voters of
i this precinct resulted from the
j inability to locate one of the poll
I books.
Registrars and judges of the
various precincts also were named
by the board, and official
notice was given voters of the
primary on May 25, 1940.
The registrars are required to
attend the polling places with
the registration books from 9:ty0
A. M. until 3:00 P. M? May 18jth
when and where tne books shall
be open to the public for inspection
for the purpose of challenges.
"Whereas, Chapter 263 of the
Public Laws of 1939 provide that
prior to the 1940 primary elections
there shall be a re-registration
in any precicnt in which the
poll book for 1936 and 1938 is
missing: it appears that the poll
book for Southport precinct is
missing: therefore in compliance
with this act a new registration
for the Southport precinct is Hereby
ordered. This registration for
the Southport precinct is hereby ,
ordered. This registration shall bo
held during the regular registration
period beginning at 9 o'clock
A. M. Saturday. April 27 th, and
closing at Sunset on Saturday,
May 11th.
"Notice is hereby given that tho
primary election will be held ort
Saturday, May 25. 1940, between
the hours of 7 A. M. and 7 P. M.
for the purpose of selecting nomineas
for the various offices in i
the general election."
The following are designated
as the polling places for the
township precincts and the persons
named were appointed as ,
registrars and judges of elections
in said townships and precincts:
Hoods Creek: Mrs. Geo. O. Gaylard,
registrar, G. W. Lennon, (D)
judge, Roddey Skipper, (R) judge.
Lelknd: R. C. Holmes, registrar,
S. A. Sue, (D) judge, Lonnie
Regan, (R) judge.
Town Creek: A. P. Henry, registrar.
J. N. Sowell, (D) judge, i
Herbert Potter, v R) judge.
Bolivia: L. J. McKcithan, regisr
trar, D. L Mercer, (D) judge, H.
L. Willctts, (R) judge.
Southport: John Shannon, rer
gistrar, Thomas St. George, (Dd
judge, Lester Davis, (R) judge
Mosquito: J. E. Gilbert, rcgig?
trar, Johnnie Swain, (D) judge,
Elwood Clemmons, (R) judge.
Supply: Charlie Caison, registrar,
Gilbert Brown, (D) judge,
Edgar Holden, (R) judge.
Secession: S. O. Hewett, regis- j
trar, M. E. Chadwick, (D) judge, ,
J. B. Sermons, (R) judge.
Shallotte: Elliott Tripp, registrar,
H. B. Bennett, (D) judge,
D. C. Andrews, (R) judge. ti
Frying Pan: Mrs. Leslie Chadwick,
registrar, Wilbur Register, [
(D) judge, L. T. Hewett, (R)
judge. ''
Grissett Town: D. B. Frink,registrar,
Cecil Hewett, (D)
(Continued on page four)
Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
tor Southport during the next
week. These hours are approximately
correct and were furnished
The State Port Fllst
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association
High Tide Low IMP i
TIDE TABLE I
Thursday, April 4
5:28 a. m. 11:35 a. m.
5:50 p. m. FrlJay,
April 5
6:10 a. m. 0:07 a. m.
6:28 p. m. 12:18 p. m. '
Saturday, April 6
6:48 a. m. 0:51 a. m.
7:03 p.: m. 1:00 j>. m. I
Sunday, April 7 I
7:25 a. m. 1:33 a. m. I
7:37 p. m. 1:38 p. m. I
Monday, April 8
8:00 a. m. 2:12 a. m. I
I 8:10 p; m. 2:15 p.nh I
Tuesday, April 9
8:34 a. ni. 2:48 a. m. I
8:43 p. m. 2:48 p. m. I
Wednesday, April 10 fl
I 9:11 a. ni. 3:23 a. m. I
| 9:17 p. in. 3:21 p. na.
i f