North Carolina Newspapers

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