iThe News le Time E. NO. 35 City M; eorgia Repon ? 5k w rrd., Ta- I chant, Had d Drowned On May 11 CEIVED VSURANCE Men Who i On Fish- j il In County iVard, Tabor business man drowned at1 . while on a Barton Sim1, was placed ; last night for trial in i 55,000 bond, j Sinclair said liracy to deloney under! ch the maxears in pri-, ;ainst Ward J es of conwhich the 10 years in ted against ( i'ard. | preliminary iV defendants j * ! same. J i scheduled jc al term of 1 irt, begin- 1 7. 1 being as- c > by Horn h II.. Lyon. v. nuctlilt aLwurcy. and W. C. Ward are '.i held in jail in default I j &90O bond. ^ 5'irl insured his life with sevi companies for a total of (? i and four weeks after his serai death, one company paid [ r.io'.v the sum of S43.000. ??>?-. ng reports of Ward's . ifr.-g and for several days ' tarter a crew from Oak Is|coast guard station at SouthKsarched for the body. The K was abandoned only after lira! weeks of fruitless search, j J ivitation Sent To ( OWAA Officers ltdoor Writers Being Urged To Select Southport j As Scene Of Their Direc- v tors Meeting This Fall 1 recent suggestion from sev- J i officials and directors of the p Ota Writers Association of Br.ca to the effect that they v greatly enjoy holding their t Sober meeting at Southport < t: ready takers from Bob v tepson of the State News v in Raleigh and W. B. % of the Brunswick County rrer of Commerce. p ho earnest invitations for this t i5*'? to be held in Southport t jone forth to President Dave cts. of the Cincinnatti En- 1 ,r The invitation sent by I Epson was as follows: fer Dave: ?'e in North Carolina would xughted if the officers and Kora of the OWAA would . '-heir fall meeting with us in Sport. Of course, we would ?A(! to have you anywhere, 1 suggest Southport for the *' that it is a delightful * town in the southeast cor*4ich I think you ought to * * --ore about; and on top -" at there will be a concen- ' ?f boats there on Oct. C;1 Nov. l, with a fishing Ttment thrown in. Bill is the guy that gets vii that way, and 1 Continued on page 6) ' B. &S. Depot Being Repaired Being Repaired . New Freight WareJjJ d Is Being Conbegan this week on rcr?S the \\\ b. & S. railroad r- *hich was badly damaged vf /*v,ral weeks ago. L front offices down stairs Fttmain unchanged in their L.,f!r:er". but instead of this jj, teing two-story it will I into a single story L01'* freight depot was comL ?r'e5! roved by fire, and Et* k*0r construction of L' tut smaller one directly K; ?* offices. ^ L. *wk :s being none by reg- i employees. t TH in Found Following ted Drowning W. F. WARD Brunswick Boys At Banner Elk BANNER ELK. Sept. 16.special)?Amor.j the freshmei vho have entered Lees-McRai College for the current scholastii rear are A. P. Henry, Jr., soi if Mr. A. P. Henry of Winnabow Cemp R. Holden, son of Mr. am ilrs. L. S. Holden of Bolivia; an< )alton Ezra Sellers, son of Mr 3. W. Sellers of Bolivia. All are graduates of Bolivii ligh school, class of 1940. Superior Coi Convene Jnusual Interest Centered In Coming Term Because Of Several Important Cases Due To Come Tc Trial IUDGE BURNEY IS TO PRESIDE Tase Against Southport Ne> groes Charged With Assault Upon Chas. W. Easley Is Due To Come Up The October term of Bruns rick county Superior court wil :onvene here Monday with Judg< ohn J. Burney of Wilmingtoi (residing. Judge Burney comes here bj irtue of having arranged t< rade assignments with Judgi Dawson L. Williams of Sanford vho was assigned, this court. Hi rill go to Wilson county nex veek instead. Not in a long time has then >een a term of court in whicl here is greater public interest (Continued on page six) Democrats Meet To Start Work 'artv Leaders Gatherec Friday Night at Shallott* To Discuss Plans Foi Launching Fall Campaigr The Democratic campaign fo; Brunswick county was formally aunched Friday night with i neeting of party leaders at Shal otte. Walter M. Stanaland. coun y chairman, presided. (Continued on page 6) Here's An Imj The Kids Hi If they keep working on it long enough, they may eventually fix it so school will be a pretty nice place for boys and girls to go. Latest improvements is a state department recommendation that monthly reports be discontinued. They'll hardly hear many dissenting votes from the young scholars on that score, for bringing home the monthly report card for parental signature has long been a periodic day of judgment for Little Johnnie. Things aren't perfect yet, however, for a substitute nethod for this year wilir be j eriod reports, with the school year divided into 2-month quarters. There will be a different significance to symbols used. "A' neans above average; "B" i iverage; "C" is below average E ST/ A Goo 6-PAGES TODAY New Triple-A Organization Is To Be Selected ' Dates Set For Election Of Township Committeemen, Delegates To County Convention, Etc. ADMINISTRATION IN HANDS OF FARMERS County Agent Urges Importance Of Having Farmers Show Interest In Organizing All farmers in Brunswick county will be given an opportunity of voting for AAA township committeemen some time between Oct. 1st and 15, according to County Agent J. E. Dodson. "We understand at this time that these committeemen will serve for the year 1941 only. At the time these committeemen are elected farmers will also elect ! delegates from each township for I the county convention, where the j county committeemen will be ' elected", he says. " j The duties of committeemen are to administer allotment ,! quotas. By allotment quotas is meant making any changes in ! acreage allotments, Brunswick j county may have to come under 11 truck crop allotments for the - j year 1941 because of the fact c that it had near 1,000 acres plantl ed in 1940. ; The county agent and the i Brunswick County Agricultural i Conservation Association office . force do not have anything to do with setting up allotments for ij farmers. This job belongs entire ' (uonunueu on page amj irt Will Here Monday I ! ; Whiteville Road | Is Not Completed Reports to the contrary not1 withstanding, the road from Shallotte to Whiteville has not . yet been turned over to the state and is not yet open to traffic. This was determined today in a trip over the thoroughfare. Near the Shallotte fire tow. ed one stretch of asphalt for 1 about a half-mile has been dlsc, ed and is being worked and dried before being emplaced 1 again. Another bad place is about r a mile this side of Ash post) office where the road men ; again ran into difficulty get,, ting the hard surface to stay i put. Both these places are this t side of Soldier Bay church, and it is possible to make the s Whiteville trip by taking the l Grissettown-Longwood detour. ii7 I D?: IL yyeea r rites up At Lumberton k Market Showed Appreciable Advance on Medium I And Better Grades This s Week; Inferior Grades f Predominate Offerings i LUMBERTON, Sept 25.?Prices r advanced on medium and better l grades on the Lumberton tobac co market reported Sales Super visor J. C. Fulton, today by telephone. (Continued on page 6) movement ave Waited For "D" is unsatisfactory. 1 Under the old system of I grading in vogue in the schools I of this county "A" denoted a j grade from 93-100, or superior ! effort; "B" a grade from 85| 92, or ordinary effort; "C" a grade ranging from 77-84, or j denoting defficient effort; and "D" a grade of 70-76; "E" was | failure. The modern trend in educa! tion is,, to place more stress i upon le^mjng and less upon ! grades, and thW-move has been j taken by states officials in RalI eigh. It is hoped' that one reI suit will be a closer relationship between parent and teacher, for through this means it still will be easy for motiers " and fathers to keep trace of s Johnnie's progress?or lack of ; it. \TE >d News paper Southport, N. C., Wee PIGEONS HE^ ^SrWji &??*** ^^2?^ ' '' IPi pjH^?P .*? '-V-V.Tt; h-.&w "*?** *** ".** ^"3 'P i 4* ' <* )??JBI^? 4 '#? *, V*? 21 v ii - -i PIGEON-GRAM?Last a couple of his young homi a trial flight to Southport. .' of the Whiteville tobacco Miss Mary Locke Smith, us a message to Brunswick cou is still open and that tobac< Numerous Cases Before Recorder Usual Run Of Cases Take Up Time Of CountyCourt Officials Here On Monday Morning Only a few cases of minor importance were disposed of here in Recorder's court Monday before Judge Walter M. Stanaland. Hubert Holmes, white, was found not guilty of driving a motor vehicle with improper brakes. Otis Joy, white, withdrew his appeal to Superior court from a sentence given him several months ago when found guilty of transporting intoxicating liquor. J. G. Hickman, white, pleaded guilty to charges of driving with improper brakes and was taxed with costs. John liavu, colored, was convicted of driving with improper lights and brakes. Taxed with a $10.00 fine and costs, he gave notice of appeal and bond was set at $50.00. The case against Mathew Williams, colored, for failure to vaccinate his dog was remanded to J. P. court. Donnie Watson, white, was found guilty of transporting intoxicating liquor and of driving without proper license. Given 6 months on the roads, judgment was suspended upon payment of a fine of $50.00 and costs. Judgment was held open in the case in which William Mathews, colored, was tried for being drunk in a public place and possession of intoxicating liquor. Tom Gore, white, charged with drunk driving, was called and failed. Capias issued and the case was continued. Julius Warnett, colored, was up for making an assault upon an officer, but an action of nol pross with leave was taljen by the state. Lingle Heads I County NCEA Election Held At CountyWide Teachers Meeting Monday Night At Bolivia School At a county-wide teachers meeting held Monday night at Bolivia W. R. Lingle, principal of Southport high school, was elected president of the Brunswick county unit of the North Carolina Education Association. Other officers are H. C. Stone, vice-president; Mrs. Virginia W. McDougal, secretary: Mrs. Blanche Tucker, treasurer. The following members were named to the advisory committee; W. H. Moye, Southport; E. Norman Plott, Shallotte; Glenn Tucker, Bolivia; Z. G. Ray and S. T. Hood, Waccamaw; Mrs. T. R. Garrett, Leland. PORT In A Good Com Inesday, September 25, 1 lD FOR HOME 1 5 jj^* Bfw'ljxj! R jBSBBB ? BiWll Be ba eg S-;^,; . HjHVW an ,-'5n^ ; [ m< ^MMEsKEBE to: HEE25S ni* m. i liffiiS ]y I foi ag v^p;:l. I wc ' l'S;' I to j I th. ! :#>- I up I th. I ed "$?%-- I "V j ^ " I kn I cl / ' week Gene O'Brien sent H* ng pigeons to Whiteville for M. S. Smith, sales supervisor ? market, and his secretary, t sed this opportunity to send inty farmers that the market :o is selling high. Five Deaths In First X Months Ir (Brunswick County Contrib- j "" uted That Number To! Death Total Of North Carolina P Five of the 498 street and high- c way fatalities in North Carolina 8 the first eight months of 1940 occurred in Brunswick County, the Highway Safety Division re<1 ported this week. ? Only 11 of the 100 counties in ? the state had a clear record in b traffic deaths at the close of the eighth month, these being Camden, Caswell, ChoWan, Clay, s Gates, Greene, Hyde, Mitchell, n Perquimans, Tyrrell and Yancey, p Mecklenburg topping the state * the month of August, and the 18 pedestrain fatalities, representing approximately 25 per cent of the month's toll, were well below the | national average. a Only four cities above 10,000 tl population reported fatalities, in August, Charlotte reported four, b [ Shelby and Winston Salem report- l ed 2 each, and Fayetteville, had one. I Is Waccamaw P.-T. ? Holds Meeting { I . . w New Officers Preside And J New Committees Of Or- i' ganization Are Named a | The Waccamaw P.-T. A. met C | Monday night, Sept. 16, with Mrs. o ! A. J. Walton, Jr., serving in'the a capacity of new president. a The coming year's work was assured success by the election of ? diligent program, hospitality, and b and membership committees. The C (Continued on page 6) t > PII munity 940 PUBLJ triking Begil Harry Rot nyway, According To IBucketsful Of Match If it hadn't been for Allen Taylor Wholesal iveral years ago Harry B i a successful Southport n Nope. Harry didn't have anj juranee on the building, but th( >hold he gained from that con .gration was almost as fan stic. At the time Harry was s ckster in Wilmington wit! one's Neck serving as horw se. He'd buy up chickens anc gs and farm produce in seasor d carry it to town to sell. One )hring when he got to Wilming a he heard that the Tayloi irehouse had been burned the jht before, and he could hard wait until the had sold out be re going down to see the dam e. The charred, smoldering ruin: ire all that he'd dared hopet see, and Harry was admiring e wreckage when his eye fel on a pile of boxes that showec e ill effect of having been sav from fire with too much water /hat's in them", he wanted t( ow. "Matches", said a companj irk. "All .them's matches", askec irry, unbelieving? "Yep." Dredging O] OnYa Tentative Plans For Tournament Tennis got a mighty slow tart here this summer, but if resent plans go through it may lose the season in a blaze of lory with a men's doubles aurnament under the lights ere next week-end. The high School boys spent profitable afternoon last cek working on the court .'1th the lights, and if it can e put into shape in time for se on Thursday, Friday and aturday of next week, the men lay decide just which two layers from the town's best oubles combination. A prelimlary survey reveals the probbility. of at least seven doubles ntries. astern Demos Rally Saturday early 3,000 Democrat! From Eastern N. C. Gathered In Lillington To Open Campaign LILLINGTON, Sept. 23.?For >r Governor Cameron Morrisor Charlotte toid a political rallj re Saturday that reelection oi esident Roosevelt, whom h< -med "the greatest statesmar e world have ever known" >um oe tne cesi assuranct ainst America's being drawr ;o war. His audience of nearlj 100 applauded loudly and long Other speakers included Gover r-nominate J. M. Broughton anc :p. J. Bayard Clark. A barbecue picnic spread wa! . ved. (Continued on page six) iport Fishing! Encouragin Fishing, both just off shore nd in the gulf, hau been tops lis week despite east winds. A lot of good catches have een made. Yesterday Frank i. Johnson, Dr. Ralph Holmes nd Bill Johnson of Statesville 'ere fishing off Bald Head isind and brought in 136 large lackerel and blues. Monday the tme party was out on the Sea rirl and brought in seven large arracuda and two dolphin. >r. Holmes and Bill Johnson rent home last night but Frank ohnson will make a week of Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Hutton nd Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Mc!omb of Hickory were also Out n the gulf this week and made good catch of barracuda, mberjack and dolphin. Horace and Arthur Williamon and W. N. Peal of Chadourn, Carl Gunnerson and Jrawford Rourk of Southport trough t in 92-huge blues and ** ,0T SHED EVERY WEDNESDA ining To >inson's Career larry It Took Hundreds Ol les To Get Him Going the fire which destroyed the e warehouse in Wilmingtor tobinson probably would nol lerchant today. r * ! VHARRY ROBINSON > "I'd sure like to ha ce 'em" r said Harry. "How much will you give to I them", was the surprising rejoin er? (Continued on page perations cht Basin Over II Dredge Henry Bacon Mad< I Short Work Of Cuttinf li i. T?I 1 l Ins way i nrougn marsi To Make New Ypch Basin IMPROVEMENTS TO FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY Large Oil Company Wi! Make Physical Impi'w?: ments To Take Care Of Yacht Traffic Through Here Starting Wednesday afternoo: at six o'clock and stopping onl; at midnight Saturday and resum ing at the same hour Sunda; night the dredge Henry Bacoi was finishing up the task o dredging out the new Southpor I yacht basin early this morning The dredge is equipped with j thousand horse power boiler am has a 26-inch pipe line, througl which /nud and earth is hurlei with about the same force an* distance that water is flung fron a fire hose. It is said to be th most powerful dredge owned b; ' the government, and this clain is readily believable to those whi saw the speed with which it du| i the huge basin, some three block . from the Southport post office. > The mud pumped out eliminat ed several acres of marsh lam (Continued From Page 6) J Laymans Day At f Sharon Church > ______ i Sunday will be Layman's Da; , at Sharon Methodist church an< i W. A. McGirt and Isaac Wrigh 1 of Wilmington have been invitei r to be the principal speakers a . the 11 o'clock hour. At noon a picnic dinner will bi i served in the grove. Members of other churches ii i the charge served by the pastor Rev. C. N. Phillips, are urge* to attend this service. 5hows An g Improvement mackerel Sunday. They made their strike off Bald Head and owing to the large size of the fish they had an interseting time of it. Several other parties have been out, making fair to good catches of blues, mackerel and trout. Some have gone for blackfish, or tautogs, and made great catcher. The general belief now is that Indian Summer is at last here, that thg east winds are a thing of the past and good fishing is ahead for October and longer. Several parties of sportsmen are booked for the gulf during the next week, among them F. P. Summers, pioneer in this fishing here. Doc. Summers has made his boat reservations for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On one of his trips an expert photographer will probably be sent along to get some real action pictures of barracuda fishing. "'I " I- ..I.ifjl.-. ML >7 The Pilot Covers Brunswick County j T $1.50 PER YEAR ^ County Council , Meeting Held In Bolivia Church F _ Mrs. Odell Evans Of Town > Creek Succeeds Mrs. Jesse Purvis Of Ash As Head Of County Organization OTHER OFFICERS OF COUNCIL NAMED Foods And Nutrition Is To Be The Chief Theme Of The Club Program During Coming Year Brunswick County Home Demonstration officers were elected for 1941-1942 at a meeting of the county council at Bethel Methodist church at Bolivia on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Jessie Purvis, of Ash, president, was in charge of the meeting at which nine clubs were represented. Mrs. Odell Evans of the Town Creek club will assume the duties of president, succeeding Mrs. Purvis in that office. Miss Pauline Lewis, of Winnabow, will be vicepresident. Mrs. Charles Russ, Jr., of the Shallotte club will be the new secretary, and Miss Annie M. Newton, of Southport, the new treasurer, r Mrs. George Cannon, of Bolivia, - is to be organist, and Miss Sailie Betts Knox, of the Town Creek club, song leader. The main project for the coming year, according to Mrs. Marion S. Dosher, home agent, is to be "Foods and Nutrition". Project chairmen were elected at the Wednesday meeting to have | ' charge of the following projects as indicated: J "Foods and Nutrition", Mrs. J. s E. Dodson, Exum club; "Food , Conservation", Mrs. V. W. Simj mons, Calabash club; "Clothing", j Mrs. Zelma Hewett, Ash cluo; "House Furnishings", Mrs. Rufus Williams, Leland club; "Home Management", Mrs. Sermons r Roach, Boon's Neck; "Home ^ , Jf Beautification", Mrs. Carl Ward, | Antioch club; "Home Gardens", T Mrs. Karly Danford, Bolivia clu*- Wr "Hoiue Poultry", Mi a. ?Ar..cit Stanaland, Longwood club; "Home Continued on page 6) ; Married Men j Not Exempted [ Will Be Up To The Local Draft Board To Decide ! Whether Or Not Married i Man To Be Exempt ] WASHINGTON?Army officials j made it plain Friday that married men will not be exempted from e the draft simply and automatically because they are married. In each individual case, that point is to be decided by the ? local draft board on its own mer' its and, if necessary, after an in3 quiry as to whether the wife or other dependent is actually de' pendent upon the draftee's earn-1 ings for a livelihood. Thus, private means of income and such questions as whether the wife has a job apparently are to be taken into considers tion. ' Officials of the selective serv- 9 ice system reversed a previous f opinion to set this forth today. * Meanwhile, preparing to provide ' shelter for the conscripts, the J senate passed an appropriation of $338,263,802" lor DUliaing DarracKs and other facilities. Previously ap5 proved by the house, the mea^ sure now goes to the President. j Tide Table J Following Is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are approximately correct and were fur [ nlshed The State Fort P1M through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association High Tide Low Ttf TIDE TABLE Thursday, September 19 8:57 a. m. 3:04 a, m. 9:17 p. m. 3:31 p. m. Friday, September 20 9:32 a. m. 3:34 a. m. 9:53 p. m. 4:04 p. m. Saturday, September 21 10:08 a. m. 4:02 a. ra. 10:32 p. m. 4:39 p. m. Sunday, September 22 10:50 a. m. 4:34 a. m. 11:19 p. m. 5:20 p. m. Monday, September 23 11:38 a. m. 5:11 a. m. 6:16 p. m. Tuesday, September 24 0:13 a. m. 6:08 a. m. 12:34 *p. m. 7:28 p. ra. Wednesday, September 25 1:16 a. m. 7:29 a. m, 1:36 p. m. 8:37 p. m . ' i?" J