I Most Of The News
I AiJ The Time
^TWELVE. NO. 51
Ifilmingt
I In Sect
I Brunsu
i. ^
^E-- McRae Tells SouthtMprt
Citizens To Get ToB
.-ether On Same Project
And Go After It, Wil
jington Will Help
AMERON, ALEXIUS
* ALSO MAKE TALKS
^Ljier Sponsored by Brunswick
County Chamber Of
Commerce Held At
Miller Hotel Last
^fl-;you folks in Southport wish
I.-3-! obtaining: projects
^L(!ed with the national deK
program, the first thing
must do is get together on
program, and having decid
y: what you want, bend all
^E? efforts to your mutual adfli
Hugh McRae here
after dinner
^Eech before a group of repre^Ea::ve
Southport citizens. The
-' under the auspicies
Brunswick County Cham
of Commerce, whose direc
had askt d Mr. McRae to
^Ee local citizens the benefit of
a# hie wide experience in j
I to obtain worthwhile proor
his community. About
men were present,
itlining a seven point proor
possible development of
ea. Mr. McRae said that
lidered the construction of
lane highway from Brunsiver
Bridge to Southport
lie Old River Road to be
nary importance. "The
wrists you can get in
he said the more people
i going to have fall in
th Southport."
ond need, he pointed out,
better railroad facilities,
king maximum efficiency
,=tr> in the dofciuaC pro*
said the speaker, "climate
imary consideration. You
equate outlets for water
tation, now you must
itter highway and railnlities."
is third point Mr. McRae
f the yacht basin here
todem improvement. "In
r.g this project", he said,
it one of the finest on
it. No other point along
id waterway is in better
to reap maximum benei
this artery of travel
your community."
val base is the biggest
m can go for in convith
the national defense
'. he said, in taking up
h point. "Go for the big- j
g". he said, "and get it."
! in detail of naval acte
during the Civil War j
ned the strategy of bas ortion
of the Atlantic
local harbor. This probe
of as much benefit
Mmnungton as it will to soutni?the
pointed out, and stated
Mfoely that Wilmington could |
,^Bfepended upon to do all in
^Ppowcr to assist in any way
E f his fifth point Mr. McRae
^fcased the possibility of securest
ship yard here for the con^ Wion
of small craft for which
^pal hundreds of millions of
jts has been appropriated.
IB* speaker gave some off the
adr.ee as to how best to
^it'ter projects of this kind and
that he had good authority
B^lhe fact that there was an I
^Jt'tageius location here for a l
prospect of obtaining a
;^F?ions plant in this county, a
^p>r of the past few days, was
by Mr. McRae as his
F point. As these plants are
i^phucted now. he pointed out,
are not undesirable because
danger. Since pulp is one
chief raw materials, Mr.
:B*ae thought that Brunswick
may be conveniently lo"
'or a development of this
^Bjr.e thing i believe you can
? - said Mr. McRae, "is a flyBjJfield,
i don't mean just a
field nor just an air
Im talking about a flying
'roni which a large number
Master planes can take off and
W to sea to encounter an
Right now we arc furnEngland
with a large perof
our planes. Later,
Wc have trained our pilots.
iBl'''5?- have flying fields stralocated
from which thoy
*0*??c". That was his scv'or
his eighth point. Mr.
I^Ecnl rcturn(;d to his first love?
Hl/ development?as a
J-'Jor fully developing the
Mn?5 uf Brunswick county.
Unued On Page 4)
THI
on Men Pie
iring Proji
nek Count
| MARRIED 5
/i?1?"?
ttr
1
RETURN?Mr. and Mrs.
returned to their home in Sout
mington for the past few mont
the 52nd anniversary of their
Colored School
Wreck Ne
*?
Bus Loaded With 60 Pupils ?
From Brunswick County (
Training School Run Off
Road By Another Automobile
?
ALL CHILDREN
ESCAPE INJURY ?
Henry Delks, Colored, In j "
Jail Charged With Reck- ?
less Operation After j,
Hitting Bus With
His Car | e
A Brunswick county school bus I 5
loaded with 60 pupils from Bruns- j Jj
wick County Training school at'
Southpcrt partially overturned in ; j,
a ditch near Marsh Branch Mon-1 w
day afternoon after, it is charged j a
it was forced from the road by: |
a machine driven by Henry Delks, J
colored. All passengers escaped
injury. H
A warrant charging Delks with *
reckless operation and damage to
- ? ? - v r bio
property was sworn uuc xo? ,
arrest, and yesterday he was still j
in the county jail under default |
of bond. R<
According to a report of the
bus driver, Lawrence Dudley, a
post graduate student at the
training school, the car driven by
Delks struck the school bus twice
before a final collision which oc- gL
curred when he attempted to pass I.
the conveyance. j ?
County Mechanic Ernest Park- su
er said that the front end of the to
school bus was apparently knick- til
ed loose, the left front wheel
being completely knocked off. ch
Only the fact that the bus was ye
of all-steel construction can ac- do
count for the fact that nobody se
was hurt, said Mr. Parker.
This Man Ough
Top Hai
Attorney S. B. Frink last t
week discovered a Brunswick n
County Negro who should make v
a mighty good infantryman in t
any man's army. He's already
had his training as a foot sol- a
dier, and that without getting v
into the ranks. t
Mr. Frink was on his way to 4
Shallottc when 13 miles out of q
town he overtook a colored
man who was bound somewhere a
on foot. The pedestrain was t
picked up and on being inform- t
ed his benefactor was bound for t
Shallottc he said he would like c
to ride that far. His home was h
at Thomasboro, about 10 miles u
beyond.
The host to the ride inquired a
if his passenger had not found li
it cold walking? t
"It is pretty cold", admitted
: su
A Goo
l-I'AGES TODAY <
dgeAid !
sets For i
y&Area'
2 YEARS jl
y -, "/
* ^^B '.<
' ' v :H"- '
J. J. Loughlin, Sr., have
;hport after living in Willis.
Today, January 22, is
marriage.
Bus In
ar Southport
^Ihas. E. Gause In
Washington Mon.
Chas. ?. Gause, Brunswick
Dunty tax collector, returned
'uesday morning from Washigton,
D. C. where he attendd
the inauguration ceremony
ar President Franklin D.
tooseveit Monday.
.Mr. Gause went up Saturday
veiling and spent Sunday and
londay in the capital city as
uest of Mrs. Harry Phelps
nd daughter, .Miss Mac Phelps.
The Southport man said that (
ic il"> liriiiciiuuu.nj nupivvc^u ^
kith the inaugural ceremony >
nil that he never enjoyed a j
rip more in his life.
'astor Resigns 1
At Presbyterian i
ev. J. R. Potts Submitted j
Resignation at Congregational
Meeting Sunday
Night
At a congregational meeting .
tnday night at Southport Pres- .
terian church Rev. J. R. Potts
bmitted his resignation as pas- ,
r, this action to become effec- |
re February 1.
Rev. Mr. Potts has served this
arge during the past four \
ars, and during that time has ]
me considerable evangelistic |
rvice throughout this Presby- j
(continued on page four) j
(
t To Make
(id In Infantry j
he passenger, "but not so 1
auch cold as it was last night I
.-hen I walked from Southport
o Thomasboro and back." <
Mr. Frink was perfectly 1
ware of the fact that a one- t
.'ay journey from Thomasboro i
o Southport embraced nearly <
0 miles. He began asking
uestions.
The negro. Eddie Green, was '
. newcomer to Brunswick couny,
having lived in the Thomasloro
sedtion over a year. For
he previous day he had been l
irdered to appear at draft 1
icadquarters in Southport to I
mdergo medical examination. i
Not having any money or j
ny mode of transportation, 1
le had arisen at two o'clock
he previous morning and set I
(continued on page four) i
HE i
d News paper 1
Southport, N. C., Wedi
3ptimistic Note At
Waccamaw Bank
Stockholders Meet
Fifteenth Annual Meeting
Of The Stockholders Of
The Waccamaw Bank &
Trust Co. Was Held On
Thursday
WAR BOOM AFFECTING
BUSINESS COBURN SAYS
But Warns That Business
Conditions Not As Healthy
As They Would Be
Were The Increase
More Natural
The fifteenth annual meeting
jf the stockholders of the Waclamaw
Bank and Trust Co. was
leld in Whiteville Thursday, Janjary
20.
Officers re-elected for the coning
year include K. Clyde Coun:il,
President, J. N. Coburn, Ex:cutive
Vice-President, Dr. R. C.
Sadler and Glenn F. Strole, Vicepresidents,
and Blanche D. Potts
md C. B. Sears, Assistant cashers.
L. R. Bowers was elected
in Assistant Cashier.
In his annual report Mr. Coiurn
stated that the institution
las had a successful year. Deposits
reached a new year-end
ligh of $3,714,179.05 and capital
iccounts amount to more than
f35U.UUU.U0. Tne DanK aaaea in
:ighth branch during the year, an
jffice in Kenansville in charge of
M. F. Allen Jr., formerly of
iVhiteville.
In reporting the agricultural
ictivities of the bank Mr. Co>urn
stated that members of the
staff organized six tours for
'armers to secure foundation
stock for beef-cattle herds in this
section, and to see pasture develipments.
This travel covered over
1,500 miles in 6 states. The bank
:ooperated with the Extension
Service and the Whiteville Mershants
Association in bringing to
his section 15 registered Hereford
cattle and assisted in dis
iributing more than 175 grade
seef-type animals.
During the year a branch was
established at Kenansville, ^giving
he bank its eighth unit, Mr.
Joburn said.
Of the future, the report of the
ranker had a definite optimistic
10te: "Due to the demand from
England and China for war
naterials, and the stimulation by
rur own National Defense preparations,
1941 gives every indi:ation
of increasing activity and
arger income for practically all
lines of industry, including the '
farmer. It is well to remember,
lowever, that business activity
ind larger income resulting for
the most part form unusual coniitions
cannot be regarded with
the same satisfaction as if it re- ]
presented a more natural expansion
to satisfy the normal
iconomic needs of our people.
War booms are inevitably follow2d
by a period of readjustment
tvhich may easily prove painful,
rhe conduct of business, bankng
in particular, during and fol- 1
frvmtiniipri on nape 41
\ * V- ? '
Work Progressing
On New Theatre
Price Furpless Says That
He Hopes To Have Old 1
Northrop Building Ready
For Use By April 1
Price Furpless, Southport thea:re
owner and businessman, anlounced
this week that he plans 1
j' '
to open a new movie house in
the old Northrop building by
ipril 1st. <
As part of his plan for rcnova- i
don, the building will be enlarged
from its present length of 80-feet
to 105-feet. Foundation for the i
iddition has already been poured, ]
ind bricks are on hand for the :
:xtension of the walls. The building
is 32-feet wide.
The proposed seating capacity i
)f the new theatre will be 550, 1
and there will a spacious bal- \
:ony. The floor will be elevated
n order to give a clear view of '
the screen from every seat in i
the building. i
Nothing but the latest and best
equipment will be used, says Mr.
Furpless, who declares his inten- j
ion is to make this one of the ;
most modern theatres in Eastern
Carolina.
American Legion
Enjoys Meeting
Members of the Brunswick <
bounty Post No. 194, American i
Legion, enjoyed hearing a talk
ay Rev. A. L. Brown on "Americanism"
made at their regular
meeting Thursday night in the
cgion rooms. ^
This was a particularly enthusiastic
gathering and a large
membership was present.
FORI
In A Good Con
lesday, January 22, 1!
Geo. M. waietts [
Taken By Death; '
Rites At Selma
E
ll^Hr ; . >> mUm
G. M. WILLETS p
Superintendent Of The Re- !&
liance Guano Co. Dies s
Friday Afternoon of Long a
Illness; Funeral Yester- n
day At Selma b
n
ueorge Marsnaii wmeus, ui, iui
the past five years general super- .
intendent of the Reliance Guano
Co. Whiteville, died at his home 1
on Franklin Street Friday after- J
noon at 4:15 of a lingering illness.
For 27 years prior to coming
to Whiteville, Mr. Willets had
been general manager of the Vir- _
ginia-Carolina Chemical Co., I
plant in Selma. He was a mem- I
ber of the Baptist church. L
Surviving are his widow, who
was formerly Miss Lessie O'Neill,
of Selma; one son, G. M. Willets,
Jr., two daughters: Miss Mary
Lou Willets, a teacher in the
Powellsville school, and Miss
Janice Willets, of Whiteville;
three sisters, Miss Bessie Willets
and Mrs. W. K. Cox, of Bolivia,
and Mrs. Sara Long, of Lumberton.
Mr. Willets was a native of
Brunswick county.
The body was taken to Selma
yesterday, where funeral services
were held in the Selma Baptist!
church Sunday afternoon at two
o'clock, with Rev. Samuel N.
Lamb, of the Whiteville Baptist
church, and Rev. D. M. Clemmons,
of Selma, in charge.
Busy Day In '
Court Monday
?:? . v
Docket Covering Wide Variety
Of Offenses Tried
Before Judge Walter M.
Stanaland In Recorder's
Court
. n
In Brunswick county Recorder's
here Monday Judge Walter
M. Stanaland and other court
officials disposed of a docket ^
comprised of numerous cases of
minor importance.
Dallas Shaw, colored, pleaded
guilty to charges of being drunk h
on the highway and was given p
30 days on the roads. Judgment ^
was suspended upon payment of
costs and a fine of $10.00. a
L. B. Jenkins, white, pleaded fl
guilty to charges of reckless oper- d
ation. Judgment was suspended i<
upon payment of costs and a fine a
of $25.00. This was remitted up- ti
on condition that the defendant &
make restitution satisfactory with F
the prosecuting witness. ^
Gordon Curry, white, was
charged with driving after his ^
operator's license had been re- F
voked. He was found not guilty.
Similar judgment was render- 1
ed in the case charging Lewis 11
E. Simmons with the same of- a
fense. F
Evelyn White, white, charged c
with making an assault with a deadly
weapon, asked for trial |
by jury and had her bond set I
at $50.00. J
Arthur Brimmington, Millie
Lee Daniels and Martha Jones,
colored, were found not guilty of
aiding and abetting in transporting
for sale.
Willie Perkins, colored, pleaded
guilty to charges of transporting
for sale and was given 18 i
months on the roads. Judgment
was suspended upon payment of a
fine of $300.00 and costs, his
car to be confiscated.
Lacy Bryant and Annie Bell
Bryant, colored, were found guilty
of making an assault with a
deadly weapon. Judgment of 90
days in jail was suspended upon
payment of costs and a fine of
$5.00 each.
Warren Goodman, colored, was
found guilty of operating a car
with no driver's license. Given 30
days on the roads, judgment was
suspended upon payment of costs
(Continued on page 4)
1 PIL
lmunity
PUBLISHE
tuark Co-Author P
)f Bill Removing *
rax From Table
irunswick County Legisla
tor Is Sponsor Of Meats
ure Which Carries Out j
Campaign Promise Of
Governor
LUARK NAMED
ON COMMITTEES' .
| sor
s Made Chairman Of en{
Drainage Committee And (j,{
T o Membership O n
Several Other Important
Ones
Representative J. W. Ruark of wa
Irunswick county is co-author ali;
rith Representative Volger of ris
lecklenburg and others of a bill ha
esigned to remove sales tax from j
ecessary food articles. ,
This bill, which has been introuced
and referred to the fin- Th
nee committee, is to carry our dia
lovernor J. M. Broughton's camaign
pledge to "remove the
ales tax from the table." re<
The Brunswick county repreentative
has received consider- his
ble favorable recognition as a [0
lember of the General Assem- Qn
ly. He has been named chair
lan 01 uie l^rainage tommiuee, i ?
(Continued on page 4) crc
Leland Wins Tw
In First Gai
*
Sh?
STANDING i
BOYS <
Team W L Pet.
Leland 1 0 1.000 OT
Bolivia 0 0 000
Southport 0 0 000
Waccamaw 0 0 000 gol
Shallotte 0 1 000 p
GIRLS ,
Team W L Pet.
Leland 1 0 1,000
Bolivia 0 0 000
Southport 0 0 000
Waccamaw 0 0 000
Shallotte 0 1 000 todi
FRIDAY GAMES end
Southport at Bolivia of
Shallotte at Waccamaw wic;
TUESDAY GAMES ball
Bolivia at Leland Ii
Southport at Shallotte toui
gall
Maryland Men
J toui
Here On Hunt haid,
ed
risit Here With Outdoor ^
Writers Leads Member .
To Return With Friends whc
On Hunting Trip anc]
T
Joe Brooks. Maryland sports- c|ca
lan and painter of Wildlife nos]
cenes has "been spending this 28-J
reek here, along with two com- thr(
11-1
anions, Wilmer M. (Pussyfoot)
mac
ohnson and John Horner. Kin
Mr. Brooks is manager of the netl
imous Maryland Annual Camp, ing
eld under the auspices of the B
/-Jo TV
irotherhood of the Jungle Cock.
le was here in November to and
ttend the meeting of the of- pon
cers and directors of the Outoor
Writers Association of Amcr- \hi
:a. This visit in November so
roused his interest in this secion
that the present trip resultd.
He will return here again on L
'ebruary 2nd and again early in golc
larch. sore
Of his companions on this trip, Nev
Ir. Horner is with the Maryland eral
'ish and Game Commission. He into
i manager of the Sycamore gra:
'rout Rearing Pools for Mary- Wil
md. Mr. Johnson is a crack shot moi
nd is skipper of the Gibson A
aland and the Glenbumie skeet this
lubs. Joh
Electrocred TurJ
For $25.C
Tidewater Power Company sul
employees in Wilmington got mc
themselves a nice Brunswick sul
county wild turkey gobler Fri- we
day, but it cost the company ha
more than $25.00 for each of evi
the 20-pounds that the bird sle
weighed. cu:
According to all indications A
and surmises, the goddler dccid- an
ed he would roost on one of ly
the power company's towers, an
at a point where the high volt- Tr
age lines pass across Eagles ou
Island. This is near the Bruns- wi
wick River bridge in Brunswick ha
county. thi
All must have gone well un- del
til shortly after nine o'clock. ha
At about that hour practically wa
all of the lights in Wilming- coi
ton went on the flicker. At the coi
OT
D EVERY WEDNESDAY
revalence Of
Causes Wacca
To Be Gost
*
- 1
npertinent Crow
Accosts Hunters
loe Brooks, Pussyfoot Johni
and John Horner, promint
Maryland sportsmen, hung
sir days shoot of quail in the J
in window of their hotel
>m Monday night,
ruesday morning Pussyfoot
s must disturbed by a crow
ghting in the window at sune
and asking if he could
ye some quail.
Hell, no," said Pussyfoot,
ou get away from there."
e crow flew off but immeitely
came back, alighted in
i window and repeated his
juest for some quail,
rhis time Pussyfoot grabbed
i gun and was just about
shoot the visitor when somee
on the street called out
d told him it was a tame
>w.
in Bill
nes Of Year
lllotte Boys, Last Year's
Tournament Winners, Go
)own By 41-22 Count In
Opening League Schedule
HER GAMES
ARE POSTPONED
ithport-Waccamaw Game
>stponed Because of Inluenza
In This Section;
Other Games
Coming
eland boys found themselves
ly right where they expect to
the season?perched on top
the standings of the Brunsk
county high school basketleague.
i the opening game of premament
play the Leland lads
led a measure of revenge over
llotte aggregation that stole
r thunder and won last year's
rnament title upon which they
designs.
: was a sound whipping handlast
year's champs, final score
ig 41-22. Dan Willetts made
points to pace the winners
was trailed by Paul Robbins,
> made 11 points. Robertson
Ludlum led Shallotte.
he Leland girls made it a
n sweep for their school by
ing out the Shallotte girls
16. Hiis fracas was tight
mghout, the score being tied
L3 at half time. Ethel Douglas
ie 12 points and Elizabeth
g 10 points for Leland. Ben:
and Stanaland led the scorlncoro
O.IICLVIV 1U( UIC IVOVI0.
ecause of the influenza epilic
now prevalent in the counthe
games between Southport
Waccamaw teams were posted.
terest Shown In
Golden Gloves
ocal interest in the annual
len gloves tournament spon:d
by the Wilmington Starts
is growing daily, and sevSouthport
boys are getting
i condition for the fight prom
that will be staged at the
mington Y. M. C. A. next
ith.
,ny local boys interested in
year's events should contact
nnie Simmons at Southport.
iey
10 Per Pound
3-statfon on Eagles Island
ire than that happened. Inators
were broken, switches
re burned out and general
voc was wrought. The turkey,
idently, having moved in his
ep had effected a short cirit
that caused an explosion.
reserve circuit picked up
d carried on almost instantthe
task of supplying lights
d power into Wilmington,
ouble shooters were rushed
t from the office and along
th the assorted michicf that
d been wrought, they found
! dead turkey. He was very
ad as a result of 33,000 volts
ving passed through him. He
is good and singed but not
aked. It is understood the
3king came later.
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
$1.50 PER YEAS
Influenza
imaw School
;d One Week
Waccamaw Township Appears
To Be Hardest Hit
By Present Epidemic, Although
Cases Appear In
Other Parts
ATTENDANCE SUFFERS
IN OTHER SCHOOLS
Southport Has Several Cases
Of Disease, But So Far
Conditions Have Not
Become Serious
Waccamaw high school was
scheduled to reopen today after
being closed for one week, due
to the ravages of an epidemic of
influenza that swept through thg,t
community.
So far, according to Miss Annie
May Woodside, county superintendent,
it has been unnecessary
to close any of the other
schools because of prevalence of
influenza in the county, but average
daily attendance figures at
more than one institution has
suffered during the past three
weeks.
At Soutbport several cases of
this disease have been reported,
but the situation has not reached
epidemic proportions. During
the past two weeks several persons
have been sent to Dosher
Memorial Hospital for treatment, '
and spread of the malady has
been reduced to a minimum.
Other sections of the state are
reported to have been much more
hit by this year's flu plague, the
situation at Charlotte having become
so serious that schools were
closed for two weeks and other
drastic precautions taken. Other
sections of piedmont and western
North Carolina were also hard
hit.
One peculiar thing about this
year's epidemic is the fact that I
it is moving eastward instead of
westward, as was the case in
1917. Another peculiar characteristic
is drat this year's epidemic i
is characterized by the mildness ?
U the cases, very few 4cad s jR
having teen reported so far.
Eichorn Estate
Sued For $20,000 |
Mother Of Girl Fatally; j
Hurt In Accident Christ- '
mas Day, Sues Estate Of '
Man Who Was Killed In
Same Accident
Suit in the amount of $20,000, ,
was instituted last Thursday
against Joe D. Sikes, administrator
of the estate of J. E. Eichorn,
of Hallsboro, by Mrs. Georgia
Jolly, who as administratrix of
the estate of her 17-year-old j]
daughter, Elizabeth Ferrell, sues
for the death of the girl on H
Christmas Day. ill
Eichorn was instantly killed
and the girl died later of injuries
received when Eichorn's
car crashed into the Bogue
Swamp bridge abutment on .
December 25th, in which accident
Mrs. Eichorn was seriously hurt. :
Mrs. Jolly alleges in her complaint
that Eichorn "invited and t
commanded plaintiff's intestate 1.
to take a ride in the defendant's 9
intestate's car. and that subsequently,
while the car was being
driven in a "fast, furious, dangerous
and reckless manner" the
car crashed into the bridge causing
injuries from which the girl
died later.
Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
for Southport during the next
week. These hours are approximately
correct and were furnished
The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association
High Tide Low XMr
TIDE TABLE
Thursday, December 26
5:21 a. m. 11:40 a. m.
5:43 p. m. 11:53 p. m.
Friday, December 27 uj
6:13 a. ra. ? '
6:34 p. m. 12:34 p. m.
Saturday, December 28 fl
7:00 a. m. 0:46 a. m.
7:21 p. m. 1:26 p. m.
Sunday, December 29
7:45 a. m. 1:38 a. ta. :
8:07 p. m. 2:15 p. m.
Monday, December 30 t
8:30 a. m. 2:26 a. m.
8:52 p. m. 3:00 p. m.
Tuesday, December 31
9:14 a. m. 3:12 a. m.
9:37 p. m. 3:42 p. ta. 1
Wednesday, January 1 . u
H