9)lost Of The News
4iJ Tlie Time
^KtWELVE. NO. 39
Iaf
Melective i
mComplete
I Number;
0 r .r.sbcrs Were'j
^ jrawn Yesterday In Na- I
^ a'ja-Y/iii; Lottery Held I
^ i, Washington, D. C.,
HiiJ Broadcasted
HtEiT.'ONNAIRES TO
V BE ) A.'LED LATER
^ v Annie '.lav Woodside
jefijirrnan Of County Ad- I
Hrisorv Committee To
I Aid In Filling: Out
J Form
for JS74 BrunsHri
'i between the
HQ 'j have been as- 1
Is 'Clivt' rservice
ic-k county and
L on the bulletin
L. Si uthport postofL*
of these are be- j
L in The Pilot, and
L.; w run next week in |
Bi unswick county | (
L- their serial num-, ^
Washington, D, i ;
j retary of war drew j <
-1 bowl Xo. 158, the -i
t '.k r from the mas-1 "
ns that all over1]
L ; s v>. in ever pre- J
fc: : s.fiis!ration, men hold-j
- their serial num-; 1
fc N 1 on the list to |
L tive duty. Drawing |
rr. 1 t: -,'hout the day and [
tr .ay's papers was .
fc: :t r column of numbers,
r what order the men
p: >:i r.ioned for active
k - --- "iT assign*rn.t-.
pr -is completed by I
ps tr.-- Brunswick county
k" (uestionnalrea will be I
t - small groups at a ?
t : -trants in this counf
f ? the sequence of
n or r numbers. Because
b :s cc- -; lerable red tape
vith filling out these
an advisory board
f.>t -p i the county, with
tatives in each commun- n
f1 that th y may assist reg- t
Ml with riding out their pro- jj
lit1'. - Annie May Wood- j,
- n named chairman a
I fit . ray advisory board. s
"o or r ir. which questionL'
- -r- died registrants does r
1 indicate the order j-j
will be called by! p
active duty, for it|j
lation contained in t
aires that the pro- n
ion of registrants
possible. I
strants are those ^
>und in health and j,
ly available for j.
Class 2 registrants s
whom deferment is a
se of present occu- <:
Class 3 is made ?
to whom deferment ^
ause of dependents: \
le up of registrants
erment is specified a
vho are physically,
morally unfit for f
a
nnon, chairman of e
k County Selective 0
wishes to have it ^
it his organization |a
ed on page 2) li
Shortage r
chool Ends c
Relief For Shal- .
ool, But Authori- .
>k Forward To j I
ion Of Municipal
of dringing water
closing^ down of
woods Folly consol!s
last Wednesday,
- efforts of county
ds during the past
ire the supply led
wiling of school this]
morning,
factor in the water
1 lioved to be the exwcather
of the pjast
well which in noroduced
a flow of
; "r minute dwindled
ns per minute, and
in 100 students enschool
were too
i upon it resources.
" this week's activi"ii
the process of
wed On Page 4)
' s
TH
THO
Service B\
d Job List
s OfBrun,
PATROL 1
FLAGSHIP?The Hatl
:.f the patrol boats owned
\ent of Conservation an<
veek to assist local citizen
>f members of the Outd
\merica.
District Draft
rv 4 4 *
rroposed by I
rvin B. Tucker, Of White
ville, Is Lawyer Membe
Of The Board In Distric
No. Three
% -? )ISTRICT
COMPRISES
FIFTEEN COUNTIE!
iach Board Has Five Mem
bers, Including A Lawyer
And Physician; It Will
Hear Appeals From
/ Draftees
Governor Hoey Monday an
ounced his recommendations fo
he s^ven North Carolina appea
cards which will be appointei
y President Roosevelt to handl
ppeals arising from the selectiv
ervice act.
The name of a prominen
Vhite ville attorney, Irvin E
Yicker, Sr., appears among th
ist of appointees from distric
Jo. 3, which takes in this coun
y. Mr. Tucker is the lawye
member of the five-man board.
The proposed appointments ii
Jistrict No. 3. comprised of Bla
en, Brunswick Cartret, Colum
us, Cumberland, Jones, Duplir
ioke, Lenoir, New Hanover, On
i---- Rnhesnn. Samnsoi
ivn, * vuuvi, r
nd Scotland counties are: Judg
leorge Rountree, of Wilmington
>r. Russell S. Beam, of Lumber
en; Irvin B. Tucker. Sr., o
t'hiteville: Dr. J. Y. Joyner, o
.a Grange; and E. Harvey Ev
ns, of Laurinburg.
Each of the seven boards ha:
Ive members, including a lawye
nd physician. Any person draft
d may appeal from the decisioi
f his local board, but the appea
oards will hear such cases fron
written record, and the appel
ant will not make a personal ap
learance.
Appeals made on grounds o
ihysical disability will be decide:
iy a medical board, which ha
lot yet been appointed. Member
f each appeal board will appoin
(Continued on page 4)
Lost Ambular
Makes
The auxiliary yawl Malihini
cleared Southport yacht basin
today to continue her voyage
to Sarosta, Fla., and aboard
her were two rather interesting
people to the Southport
folks who met them. They
were George Wait and his
charming wife.
Nine months ago George
Wait was engaged in the breeding
of Jersey cows at "Shore
Acres", his Shelburn, Vermont
home. With an inborn love of
England, his mother country,
he enlisted for service in
France as an army ambulance
driver. He served there five
months, and when France fell
he was caught with three other
American ambulance drivers in
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4-PAGES TODAY
iLDSl
iard Has
ingSerial
swickMen
30AT HERE
i
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:eras, largest and best-knowr
and operated by the Departi
Development, is here this
s in the proper entertainment
oor Writers Association oi
Appeal Board
jovernor Hoey
.
. I ??????
r Volunteer Members
1 Start Roll Gall
j' Two weeks before the first
solicitors are to go out after
1940 Red Cross memberships
word has come to Mrs. James
M. Harper, Jr., roll call chairman,
that two Southport citizens
jumped the gun on other
joiners.
Last year Miss Edna Bell,
assistant in the Southport postr
office, was one of the local
j canvassers, and when Postmas.
ter L. T. Yaskeli saw the first
notice of this year's activities
0 he pulled out his dollar and
paid up. "I'm going to be the
, first man to join this year", he
, said, and Rev. C. N. Phillips,
e "ho happened to be in the of11
fice at the time pulled out another
dollar and said, "Well, I
~ J guess I'll be the second."
The regular roll call period is
from Armistace Day through
Thanksgiving.
Short Session In
] Recorder's Courl
f Two Cases Settled, Twt
f Others Held Open Bj
Judge Walter M. Stana
land Here In Court Moa
' day
An abbreviated session of Re
1 corder's court was held here Mon
i ! day, only two cases being finalli
- | disposed of by Judge Walter M
" Stanaland.
I Collins Frink, colored, pleadei
* guilty to charges of possessioi
and transporting. He was givei
s 90 days on the roads, judgmen
s being suspended upon payment o
t a fine of $10.00 and costs.
(Continued on page four)
ice Driver
til At Southpor!
the onward rush of the German
army. All four of the American's
were reported lost. Back
in Vermont his twin ten-year
old sons were posthumously
awarded the Croix de Guerre
for the distinguished service
their supposedly dead father
had performed.
They were taken to Sarosoti
to be with relatives. It was
not until several weeks after
he was supposedly lost ti:at
Mrs. Wait learned that her husband
was still alive and making
his way back to the United
States. He arrived in the north
seven weeks ago and she met
him there. They are now on
"their way to join the boys. Mr.
(Contk. ftd on page 4)
ATE
od News paper
Southport, N. C., We
1NTE
Famou
Nation's Voters
! Cast Their Vote
On November 5
J Ballots For All Officers,
From President Down To
Township Constable, To
Be Cast In Tuesday's
Election
LOCAL CONTEST
HOLDS INTEREST
Full List Of Candidates For
State, County And National
Offices Included
For Inspection
A political campaign that has
i been forced to share much of its
limelight with the activities of
the Selective Service Act and
European war developments
reaches its climax Tuesday when
voters go to the polls to cast
their ballot for their favorite candidates
from president right on
I down to township constable.
Local interest, of course, cen,
ters in the county race. Closest
* ? ' ' 1 ~ libnltr fn rlo.
Datiei ot oanuis ia aincijr vJ
velope in the contest for register
of deeds between Democrat W.
R. (Bill) Wells and Republican
London Lewis. Another spirited
battle should develope in the contest
between J. W. Ruark, Democrat,
and M. L. Mintz, Republican,
in their race for member of
' the house of representatives. D.
M. Stringfield and Jas. H. Clark
. are Democratic nominees for
member of the state senate and
are unopposed on the county ballot.
In the state race J. M. Broughton,
Democratic nominee, is opposed
by Republican Robert H.
McNeill for governor; the lieutenant
governor candidates are R.
L. Harris, Democrat, and Halsey
B. Leavitt, Republican; Thad
Eure, Democrat, is opposed by A.
I. Ferree, Republican, for secretary
of state; George Ross Pou
! and J. M. Vgn Hoy, Republican,
are rivals for the job of state
auditor; Chas. M. Johnson, Democrat,
is opposed by W. H. Gregg,
Republican, for state treasurer;
Harry McMullen, Democrat, is
opposed by W. C. Downing, Republican,
for attorney general;
Claude A. Erwin is the Democratic
standard bearer against
Republican Lawrence J. Pace for
superintendent of public instruction;
W. Kerr Scott, Democrat,
is opposed by C. T. Allen Republican,
for commissioner of agriculture;
Dan C. Boney's Republicon
opponent for insurance com1?*?
T? T
I missiuuer juu. l,. i runw?
H. Shuford, Democrat, is opposed
by B. C. Fussell, Republican,
for commissioner of labor.
Also on the state ballot is the
space for voting for seventh disk
trict congressman. J. Bayard
LI Clark is the Democratic nominee
'and his opponent is Fred R.
( Keith, Republican.
r There'll be plenty of interest,
too, in the small white ballot
upon which the voters may !ndl'
cate their choice for president?
Roosevelt and Wallace or Willkie
I and McNary.
J First Aid Class
Begins Course
t Ten-Day Training Program
t For Red Cross Instructors
f Being Conducted By Dr.
Otis Marshall At Bolivia
A class in the administration
of first aid, under the sponsorship
of the Brunswick County
Red Cross Chapter, was opened
* Monday night at Bolivia high
school with 26 persons enrolled.
The instructions are being given
by Dr. Otis Marshall.
Dr. Marshall pointed out that
among persons of all ages, only
three diseases kill a greater number
than do accidents. The diseases
are heart disease, cancer, and
cerebral hemorrhage. He said
that, while it was impossible to
i evaluate a human life in dollars
and cents, the wage losses, medical
expenses, and insurance costs
are estimated at more than two
and one-half billions of dollars
annually.
"These costs". Dr. Marshall
said, "are distributed as follows:
motor vehicle accidents, 33 per
cent; occupational and home accidents.
25 per cent; and public
(Continued on page 4)
/ . ' ' ' ? - -. V*
P0R1
l ?
In A Good Con
dnesday, October ?3, 19
J' '
!R OF
s Ouifd
"ASK ACK" |1
MORRIS ACKERMAN?of the i
I Cleveland Press, Scripps Howard t
newspaper, one of the outstand- 1
ing figures in the Outdoor Writ-,(
ors Association of America. He I
:is to arrive here Thursday morning
for the meeting in which he
and other outstanding writers are
to participate.
Board Will Hold
Meeting Locally
Board Of Conservation And
Development Members To
Hold A One-Day Meeting
Here In 1940
At their meeting at the Mount
Mitchell Game Refuge in western
i North Carolina a few days ago,
the North Carolina Board of Conservation
and Development vot
ed to hold a one-day meeting at
Southport next year.
Under the law the board is
required to meet each year at
Morehead City. However, other ,
meetings are also held at various
points. One instance is recalled
when the board traveled
: here by boat.
| For the past three years the
| lower coast has had staunch
friends among the employees of
i the board. Notable among these
I were Bill Sharpe, who resigned
the management of the State
| News Bureau last spring to estj
ablish a newspaper. His succes.
sor, Bob Thompson, has been
equally interested and cooperaI
tive. Thompson is here now to
I spend the next several days, assisting
in entertaining the officers
and directors of the Outdoor
Writers Association of
America, who convene for a four
jdays session tomorrow.
Baptist R. A/s
Meeting Planned>
County Churches Urged To
Send Delegates To Meet-.'
ing To Be Held At Red 1
Springs Church |(
I
Mrs. J. Ernest .Gilbert, Young J
People leader of the W. M. U. '
of the Brunswick Baptist Association
calls attention of the Royal
Ambassador's chapters, their j{
counselors, pastors and all who
are interested in making Christ- '
ian men out of the boys in the ,
churches to arrange for them to
attend the conclave for the Wilmington
Division Nov. 8th and
9th, in First Baptist church, Red
Springs.
Registration begins at 5 p. m.,
[Nov. 8th; adjournment 1 p. m.
' Nov. 9th. Spend the night in a
Red Springs home.
Program: chief speaker, Dr. S. j
Emmett Ayers, young medical [
missionary to China. He will
speak Friday evening and Saturday
noon.
Banquet?6:00 P. M. Friday;
[ discussion of Royal Ambassadors
I methods; playlets by Royal Am|
bassadors, speeches by Royal Ambassadors.
Total expense, this includes
banquet, Saturday lunch, cost of
the meeting is 75c. This is pay1
able on arrival.
Lodging and breakfast are pro-,
vided without cost by members
(continued on page four)
r pil
imunity
140 PUBLJS
lntel
Ioor W
Fishing Exper
Caster Den
Captain O. L. Hawk Amazes
With Both Freshv
Fishing
One of the most interest
end for the gathering of 0
Outdoor Writers Association
tain O. L. Hawk, trick cast
sored by the Shakespeare Co
tackle.
Captairi and Mrs. Hawk earned
,n yesterday afternoon from
Washington, D. C., where last
veek he gave a demonstration
jefore one of the city's casting
:lubs, using the pool in front of
Lincoln Memorial for his casts.
Soon after he reached Southport,
Captain Hawk had pulled
>ut one of his light rods and wa3
loing a little target practice on
nain street, this at the instance
)f Chamber of Commerce Secre;ary
W. B. Keziah. There were
ilenty of "oh's" and "ah's" when
re did neat casting from all
ingles and positions, but when
le dropped his plug (taken from
egular stock) into Keziah's hat
it a distance of 40-yards, then
lis audience really did get exited.
This was only a small sample
rom the captain's bag of tricks.
Host of these, he says, he learnid
from fishing. For several years
le served as a fishing guide "in
Florida, but for the past three
fears he has been traveling for
:he Shakespeare Company. A
rick caster now by profession,
lis first love is real fishing and
le hopes while here to be able
:o try for both freshwater and
saltwater game. He wants par;ieularly
to -try some new- lures
No Relief In
County Drou
? *
?????????
Hope To Iron Out
Basin Difficulties
County Attorney S. B. Frink,
who is also local attorney for
the Standard Oil Company,
stated a few days ago that
questions of title, which had
caused a hitch in the construction
of facilities at the new
yacht basin, would be ironed
out in a short time.
The oil company was prepared
sometime ago to start
up with the construction of
some rather expensive facilities.
Before anything was actually
done, it was deemed best
that the title to certain bits
of the abutting property be
cleared up beyond all question.
Waccamaw P.-T. A.
Meeting Held
The Wacacmaw P.-T. A. will
lolcl a Hallowe'en carnival at the
Waccamaw school building Friiay
night. Nov. 1, at 7:30.
Thfere will be a free main
show, after which everyone will
lave a chance to visit the hall
>f horrors and the fishing pond,
?aze at the world oddities, and i
loin in a few games of chance?
jingo, archery and other games.
Grapes Are Se
Money Crop F<
J. W. Soles, Whiteville, Route
4, has found a new cash crop
that is most adaptable to Brunswick
County, and farmers
throughout the county will be
interested to know that on 0.8
of an acre Mr. Soles received
$365.52 from selling scuppernong
grapes. He harvested from
this 0.8 of an acre of grapes
18,276 pounds and sold them
for two cents per pound or $40
per ton.
These scuppernong grape
vines were set out by Mr.
Soles six years ago and fertilized
the first two years at
the rate of about 100 pounds
of fertilizer per acre. Since that
time, he has had no expense
whatsoever except pruning,
which he does with his own
labor and harvesting.
Many farmers in Brunswick
County are seeking a new cash
?r~
.
,0T
i
HED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Mf
rtiters
t And Trick
nonstrates Art
Local People With Arti?try
rater And Saltwater
Tackle
Ding men in town this weekfficers
and directors of the
of America meeting is Caper
and fishing expert sponmanufacturers
of bait and
CAPT. O. L. HAWK
on bluefish and trout, for he says
that these fellows frequently show
a greedy appetite for his artificial
bait.
The reason he is being sent
about the country by his bompany,
of course, is in order that
he may stimulate a greater interest
in fishing, hence a greater
(Continued on page {)
Sight From
ght Condition
No Rain Of Any Consequence
Has Fallen In
The County For More
Than Two Months; Delays
Grass Planting
MANY WELLS DRYING
UP VERY RAPIDLY
Little Bit Of Rain Which
Fell In The County Last
Wednesday Scare ely
Enough To Wet
The Dirt
The drought condition in Brunswick
county, which with each
passing day becomes more critical,
does not seem to have an
end in sight. With no rain of any
consequence in the county for
the past two months, the county
countryside has been parched
dry.
Authoritative sources this morning
estimated that many rural
families in the county are without
their own water supply, due
to the fact their pumps or open
wells have gon? dry. These families
are suffer ng the inconvenience
of having to haul water for,
quite a distance.
J. E. Dodsor Brunswick county
agent, said that the continued
drought is considerably hampering
the farm program for the
winter, inasmuch as farmers are
(continued on page four)
en As Fine
Dr This County
crop to supplement the cash
crops of tobacco and cotton
and it is altogether possible
that we might utilize our natural
location of soil and climate
for the production of
scuppernong grapes. Practical- j
ly all of county farms have a
scuppernong grape vine with a
number of runners reaching the
ground.
If they will cover these runners
with dirt, they will ropt
in a comparatively short time
and they may be cut off and
set out as any vines.
Through this method, a grower
can get all the new plants
that he wishes at virtually no
cost to him and one or two
acres of scuppernong grapes
could prove most profitable to
our growers as a supplemental
source of cash income.
- _ . .
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
||
$1.50 PER YEAR
HERE
it
Guests
State Department
Joins Southport |
In Entertainment I
1 i III
State Patrol Boat Hatteras
Is Here, With Captain
John Nelson, And Bob
Thompson, Head of State
Advertising Bureau
KEZIAH MAPS OUT
SPORT PROGRAM
Includes Fishing And Hunt|
ing Of All Descriptions 9
And Carries Through
The Week-End
North Carolina and Brunswick
county, this week, have as guests
the greatest assemblege of outdoor
writers that has ever collected
at any one time at any u|S
point in the State, the occasion
being the meeting of the officers
and directors of the Outdoor ]
Writers Association of America, j
which convenes here October 31st
and continues through Novemoer g i
4th.
Arriving today, (Wednesday),
are J. Hammond Brown, J. Alden I
Knight, Joseph W. Brooks, Bob 1
Wilson, Carl Shoemaker and Bill |
McCormick. There is a possibility
that Ray Camp, Bob Edge and
Johnny Mock will also arrive
with them. Thursday, Morris
Ackerman, Dave Roberts and
Jimmy Stuber will blow in and J
it is understood they will be ac- ,'R
companied by one or two other
key men, whose names have not
yet been learned here.
Since the visitors come from
distant states, a bit of individual $
introduction is being given each: m
Dave Roberts, Cincinnati, Ohio,
president of the OWAA, outdoor R?i.;
writer for the Cincinnati Enquir- Of,
J. Hammond Brown, Baltimore,
Md? 2nd vice-president of OWAA,
outdoor writer for Baltimore h
News-Post and Baltimore American.
Jimmy Stuber, Vandalia, Ohio,
sec-treasurer of OWAA, member
of state of Ohio Division of Con- B
servation and Natural. Resources,
outdoor writer for the Columbus
Dispatch.
Johnny Mock, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
All Outdoor Editor, Pittsburgh
Press, former president of OWAA. I
Robert Edge, New York, radio I
commentator, Columbia Broad- SjB
casting System big game hunter I
and angler. 1
Morris Ackerman, Cleveland,
Ohio, the "All-Oucdoor" man of 3
the Cleveland Press, a Scripps 1
Howard newspaper, widely famed ?"*B
for his "Ask Ack" column. He I
has been "Where to go Editor" /ijjl
for Outdoor Recreation, Forest js9
and Stream, Outdoor America H
and Sportsman Digest. He is
President Emeritus of the OWAA.
Bill McCormick, Washington, 1
D. C., in charge of News Bureau HI
handling all publicity for the I
American Wildlife Institute and tnfl
the National Wildlife Federation,
Editor of Wildlife, produces
weekly radio show over Mutual
Broadcasting System.
(continued on page four)
Tide Table 1
Following Is the tide table
for South port during the neat' 11
week. These hour* are appro-.. '
ximately correct and were furnished
Hie State Fort Pllet
through the courtesy of the I
Cape Fear Pilot's Association I
High Tide Low M 1
TIDE TABLE ' I
Thursday, October SI j 1
7:34 a. m. 1:26 a. mi |
7:54 p. m. 2:04 p. m. 1
Friday, November 1 I
8:20 a. m. 2:15 a. m. I
8:48 p. m. 2:50 p. m. ji I
Saturday, November 2 I
9:10 a. m. 3:08 a. m. I
9:83 p. m. 3:40 p. m. 1
Sunday, November 3 I
10:01 a. m. 3:51 a. m. 'J
10:27 p. m. 4:28 p. ta.
Monday, November 4 j I
10:54 a. m. 4:40 a. nt J I
11:24 p. m. 5:10 p. ta 1' I
Tueedpy, November 5 ;jl
11:50 a. m. 5:34 a. na. ,
6:14 p. m. 1
Wednesday, November 6 .
0:22 a. m. 6:35 a. oa>
12:45 p. m. 7:16 p. nt II