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Jte News Time NO. 4 JSfOi opn Vic & Carried | rs And I Asserts | [ In De- ' HERE on Of Means land I H rspapers r no atties for [ louth of fact, we I at all respect irolina's way: a ' II with ! nation ' >rtance. i it, the st vulof any ) and it acking 3t Derough t s and II. - to command tne l Lv. between Fort Caswell ' 13s:.: Head island. Lars the North Carolina j Liters have been too busy1 Eg something for their own j ' leu: Ixalitics to notice and i H something that the whole j I kgeeds. This does not appear j I the case with South Caro- j [iwspapers. especially those j ferleston. S. C.. Charleston, j Ct city in its own right and j Is great naval yard, has j . Brers that have been loudly j fet time and again, for fctg ta be done in the way ,v- o .-'/ifense at Southport. yj !it.s week, H. W. C. FurI of Charleston, writing in Sws and Courier, asserted ( Southpor t was a very weak s the national defense. Mr. > used pictures to empha- ? lis claims He asserted that kt Caswell, swimming pools to be found on gun placeinhere 10 and 14 inch guns t to be. to? from outside of North ta and appearing in a news- j that is published :n a city ! a las a similar lot on to e port, and which should logi- j _ be supposed to be desirous 0 ting everything that South- F rouid want, Mr. Furman's1 affords food for thought. I j. (Id awaken interest among v Carolina newspapers and Carolina people. j( annonrlincr tVin stfirv , I-ri" "-"'6 ? ' II ' just as it appeared in the j aid Courier: i, wt two miles from South- t IX C., on a peninsula, lies j I Caswell. Built before the -j (War, Fort Caswell has p ' Wll the ravages of time g ' as kept manned until the 0 of Fort Bragg. Today, f tawark of . defense lies fed. sold to a private own- g is gradually going to e ' this day of preparedness s fitor.al defense every one's ! t ' turns to the protection of t fe However, no chain is | f Pr than its weakest link i j, Fay. North Carolina houses , ( s'?k link. This weak link 1 cj Nr. necessary since it can ] 0 N'y be converted into one j 0 p strongest units of our de- i u ' system Our weak link is t fence to the inland water- l s I tsar Wilmington, which j he protected by the now j N Fort Caswell. feington is one of the chief W our Atlantic seaboard : j r connected by rail and j to the interior of our rr' "Che inland waterwayj f'-rtiable highway for the i little torpedo boats and I l yUssg units of the nios- I * - eets of foreign countries. Ration to the grasping of P?'<i and invasion is the Pjfent of the defense sys South port and Wilmingj Ir | l''r,Uj.. l f thc for(. fac03 j L *' 'Smith Island) and it t cfe tins narrow channel, X [ feed, that ships must | f 1"'-vouiping the fort this v F JJe inland waterway sys- \ E*"' stopped up. I |r- 'be Br itish went to cap- t I t?r'''a" in North Africa, L," Italians, they _moved v and destroyers up be- v I * % and blasted it with r Ik'i! Barc!'a fell and so L"lihgton if enemy ships c L.rcc s" deep as the short I | ucd uu page four) t TH1 nNewspaj. lent OfDe :inity Of 1 COULD HOU i EMPTY?Above are shoi n splendid state of repair, wl ind Courier, should be housiu Bill Would Lin T T - * rr nunting ic * According To Provisions Of ~ Measure Introduced Last! Week By Ruark And Others, Hunting Would Be Limited Next Year )THER MEASURES ARE INTRODUCED )pinion Regarding Hunting Bill Appears To Be Against Change Unless Columbus County Changes There has been considerable gitation among the quail liuntrs of this community during the iast two days following receipt f information from Raleigh that tepresentative J. VV. Ruark is co.uthor of a bill that would limit lird hunting to three days per /eek during next hunting season. Concensus of opinion among Deal sportsmen is that the bird aw ought to be left as it is. lowever. since Columbus county ^ s also named in the list of coun- [ f ies in which hunting would be j 1 imited next year to Tuesday, 'hursday and Saturday, they beieve that opposition to the bill hould be contengent upon like pposition on the part of hunters [ ( rom the neighboring county. Following is the text of this nd two other bills of local interst: HB 384. (Public?Bladen, Robeon, Brunswick, Columbus Coun- ! ^ ies) L "Relating to the Closed Season j j or Hunting Quail in Bladen, Ro- I ieson, Brunswick and Columbus | ^ bounties". (Would make it mis- r lemeanor to hunt quail with gun r dog in counties named, except n n Tuesdays. Thursdays and Sat- (j irdays during open season.) Inroduced by Bridger, Sikes, John-' on & Pitman of Robeson, and ^ tuark, February 19. (Continued on page 4) ______________________ V Ward Contract jg For RE A Line ^ 8 -ittle Electric Company, Of 11* Union, S. C., Is Success- j b ful Bidder For Extension! To REA Project cl _ h A contract to construct 120.9 v niles of electric line at a cost of r 588,576.26 has been awarded to u ho " Little Electric company, of $ Jnion, S. C., by the Brunswick s ilectric Membership corporation. r yith headquarters at Shallotte. )t vas announced last week by the 8 tural Electrification administra- a ion. a The Little Electric company S cas the low bidder on the work, vhich is to be started in the 8 lext few days. * E. D. Bishop is superintendent h if the Brunswick corporation and i. O. Vannort. of Charlotte, is s lie engineer on the project. e m A Good 4-PAGES TODAY Sc >er Urges JJ fenses In t< 5outhportM'i SE FORCES I mi; Intc i inj I B I M to K er. be | C? Geoi Fift^ vn houses at Fort Caswell, Peri iiich, says Charleston News son' ff armed forces of nation. )X?r Whi T") 1 MISS nt Bird c > 3-Day Week Rc 5 VVe May Lose Our Mr. Keziah F|IV A V B W. B. Keziall, secretary of . the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce, has received a p. lot of publicity during the past ^jn few months, and as a result J,s' I ally has received many fan letters. . J But nothing before sounded as sinister as the note he received ^ _ Tuesday afternoon from a 46- ... year-old West Virginia Widow. 1 The lady said that she had m<^ read an article in a newspaper that appealed to her and want- ' .. ed to know if the Chamber of Commerce man wouldn't write her a few lines "just to get Ct ^ better acquainted". A sure clue gejjf that she has serious designs on this leading citizen was con- ^ tained in her offer to "exchange snap shots with you, Her] if you want me to." , Numerous Cases X Before Recorder jp Lew ? _ letts !ases Covering Wide Vari- M ety Of Offenses Disposed Mill Of Here Monday Before 1881 Judge Stanaland iami long Several cases were disposed of secti ere before Judge Walter M. Cree Itanaland in Recorder's court vivei londay. Ann The case against Iron Cox for eing drunk on the highway was emanded to a justice of peace. ~ Judge Stanaland passed judgment upon Dayton McLamb in a j eferrcd judgment. He was found uilty of drunk driving and was iven 4 months on the roads, udgment was suspended upon "~? ayment of costs and a fine of 50.00. his driver's license being ' evoked for 6 months. Clay Smith, white, was found uilty of manufacturing, posses- J ion of apparatus for manufactur- JUC ig, possession for sale and was Pass iven 12 months, execution of (?"c udgment to begin March 10. totice of appeal was given and e ond was set at $300.00. lntrc Arny Jacobs, white, was up for Presi runk driving and operating after is driver's license had been re- a. bl oked. Given 6 months on the oads, judgment was suspended pon payment of a fine of a & 100.00, cost of the case and su- con' pension of right to drive for 12 {'_na' nonths. Houi John Strickland, white, pleaded mlnc ;uilty to charges of reckless oper- bicnl tion. The plea was not accepted meai ,nd the defendant was found not fr0Ir ;uilty. ^'le. Ella Bowen, colored, was found duril ;uilty on charges of possession local or sale, but judgment was with- crea ield until March 3. men Harold Williams, white, was tbor entcnced in a case in which he (Continued on page four) Oi w lTE News paper iuthport, N. G., We omans Society ethodist Churcb ) Meet March C !. George Cannon, Oi iolivia, Is President And Vill Preside Over Zone leeting In Wilmington 5SIONARY TO BE SPEAKER :resting Program Includj Representatives From Irunswick County Has Been Arranged le New Hanover Zone of the nan's , Society of Christian 'ice of the Methodist Church meet at Wesley Memorial rch Winter Park, Wilmington March 6th from 10 a. m. tc m. ;w Hanover Zone comprises societies in Brunswick, Penand New Hanover counties, iss Ida Hankins, missionary iorea will be the guest speakThe following program will ariven. ill to order, president, Mrs. ge Cannon, Bolivia; Devoil, Rev. W. A. Tew, Wesley lorial Church; Solo, "Spirit of Mrs. Mildred Farrar Mur:; "Efficiency Aims 1941", Wirt Casey, Rocky Point iliary; "Christian Social Relis and Local Church ActiviMrs. W. C. Davis, Trinity; i Weslyan Service Guild", J. E. McCarty, Grace rch; "Secretary of Student k", Mrs. Blake Applewhite, i Avenue Auxiliary; uui odicals", Mrs. E. M. ThompBurgaw; "Our District k", Mrs. Floyd Johnson, teville; District secretary talk, i Ida Hankins. Korea Round 5 discussion and question r; lunch; adjournment. ibbins Funeral iunday Morning al Rites For Victim Of lUtomobile Accident /ere Held At Mill Creek aptist Church Sunday lorning meral services for R. M. Robof Winnabow, who was fatinjured last Monday mornwhen he was struck by a car en by Capt. M. M. Pickett, louthport, were held from the Creek Baptist church Sunday ling at 11 o'clock, iv. A. L. Brown, of South, and Rev. B. R. Page, of da, conducted the services, rment followed in the church etery. etive pallbearers were R. H. :rs, G. W. Whatley, Bob JoGeorge Walton, Joe Waland B. Ellis. Honorary pallet's were: I. D. Harrelson, i n D TAhnnnn T /CI l runci , x-t. iv. juitiiouii, o, lenry, C. Ed. Taylor, F. L. is, Everett Lewis, John Jens, G. T. Hickman, Levis in, Rev. M. L. Mintz, Rube te, M. E. Cox, S. A. Potter, V. Knox, O. A. Lewis, W. D is, Tom Lewis and I. S. Wilr. Robbins was born in the Creek section on Dec. 31, , the son of Susie and Benn Robbins. He was a life resident of the Mill Creek on anda member of the Mill k Baptist church. He is surI by his wife, Mrs. Carrie Willetts Robbins; three chil(Continued on page 4) THE LEG A Brief, Review Of Wha At The Pi REFERENDUM ic biggest news of the eighth lative week was the introion of the long-expected ir referendum bill and the age of the revenue act. The ir bill calling for a statevote next November 4 on question of prohibition, was iduced in the House by Reentative McGowan of Pender lty on Friday, together with II to restrict the importation quor and wine into the State. revenue measure, embodying roup of amendments to the Inuing 1939 act, was given passage Thursday when the se concurred in a batch of >r Senate Amendments. The riial budget appropriations sure is expected to emerge i the Commmittee this week, thirty-odd other bills passed ng the week, most of them 1 in nature, included acts ting a Motor Vehicles Departt and a State Marketing Auity. PUBLIC MEASURES the 170 bills introduced i POR' In A Good Co sdnesday, February 26, BRl I ' jL^mmg nBUH^ K ::'*1 LIMELIGHT?Hardly reached Fort Bragg before speaker of the House of last week. Young Mooney County Council j P.-T. A. Meeb Executive Committee De cides To Combine Coun cil - Sponsored Debate This Year With State Tri angle i The Brunswick County Counci : of Parent-Teacher association me Thursday evening, Feb. 13, a the Bolivia High school. Prio to the regular meeting, an ex , j ecutive session was held, at whicl i time tne omcers 01 tne counci ' decided to combine the count; debating contest this year wit] the state debates instead of hav ing a separate contest. A lovinj cup will be given to the schoo whose team wins in the triangle Mrs. L. H. Reynolds, the counci 1 president, announced that Mrs Howell, field representative, woul be present at the next counci meeting in April. After the regular Business meti ; ing, members of Southport P.-1 A. rendered special music witi Mrs. Corlette and daughter a soloists. The most important feature o . the meeting was the Recitation Declamation contest which i sponsored annually by the count; , council. There was one boy am : one girl from each school in th j county in this contest, all o whom gave an excellent interpre tation of his declamation or reci ' tation. The three judges gav first place for the boys to Bill; i Robbins of the Bolivia school am for the girls to Helen Eagles o the Southport school. Mrs. Reynolds presented ti these students a medal from th county council of the P.-T. A She congratulated both of then , on winning in this contest whicl she said was the best the coun . cil had ever sponsored. While the audience waited fo : the judges to render their deci sion, another interesting ana en , tertaining feature of the evcninj (Continued on page 4) Tax Expert To Be In City An income tax expert will b at the Brunswick county court house all clay Tuesday to assis i local people with problems relat ing to working out their inconv tax reports. ISLATURE ,t Is Going On In Raleigh esent Time. during the week; the preponder ance of public measures, one more, related to roads, commerce education and agriculture, plu: 1 a goodly sprinkling of municipa and county legislation. RETIREMENT PLAN One bill affecting local uniti i would place every county am municipality whose governinj ' body does not notify the retire ment system's board of trustee: otherwise by January 1, 1942 under the statewide teachers' an< state employees retirement sys tcm. This would mean that mun icipai and county employees wouli receive pensions, contributing per cent of their salary while thi town or county appropriates ; i near corresponding amount. An other bill would allow municipali ties and other political subdivi i sions of the State to make air i port zoning regulations. Other i would: permit coroners a fee o $10, instead of $5, for holdinj inquest: not require the recorda tion of rights-of-way or ease mcnts by telephone, electric o (Continued On Page 4) / ' ' - ?*" r pii immunity 71941 publi JNSWICK BOY IN C had Elmer Mooney, of Supp he was snapped talking to Representatives, while the sol left for camp Tuesday. Bolivia Boys S ; Win Unles I ! Fishermen Begin Catching Shad .11 t1 Captain Jim Arnold said this 1 work that shad and whiting r am finally bringing in some - ' revenue to fishermen, \vno nave ^ been suffering from the poorest I season in years during the past few months. y Shad fishing is being carried l on this year in the river, Captain Jim said, figuring that last j year's tragedy which cost the J life of two local shad fishermen !. might be the cause. Stake nets 1! and drift nets are being used I. ] and the nightly catch is averd I aging about 10 fish to the il j boat, he said. Recently whiting fishermen have been doing well with their trawl nets outside, he said, (l with catches running to seven s and eight hundred pounds per day. Piggott Freed I Of Wreck Blame f Captain M. M. Piggott Absolved Of AH Blame In Accident Which Caused i Death Of R. M. Robbins f A Brunswick county coroner's jury in session here last night e ruled that R. M. Robbins, Winnabow man who died last Monday in Dosher Memorial Hospital ^ as a result of injuries sustained when struck by an automobile driven by Captain M. M. Piggott r|of Southport, came to his death I ae fVt/v rwcjiilf- nf nn "unavoidable accident". I Captain Piggott was exhonor' ated of blame in connection with the fatal collision. The hearing was presided over by Coroner John G. Caison, with . the following citizens serving as * members of the jury: Price Furpless, C. L. Sellers, Joel L. Moore, e J. A. Arnold and W. S. Davis. Young Artist Visitor Here Claud Howell, Of Wilmington, Spent Week End In Southport Painting And Sketching ; Claud Howell, young Wiiming" ton artist and great admirer of e , Brunswick county and Southport, spent Saturday here sketching. s, He is planning to bring a nuirt1 j ber of his fellow artists to this section during the spring and summer. He stated Saturday that s he would really like to move here, 1 live here and go more into the * work of painting. He is in the of fices of the Atlantic Coast Line s and for the past several years he has been devoting every spare i moment from that work to paint ing. Friday night of this week the i Wilmington Musuem of Art will 1 put on a oneman exhibit of painte ings, to remain on display for a i month. All of the pictures to be - displayed are products of Howell's - brush. To Brunswick county peo pie a still more interesting fca ture is that nearly two-thirds of s the paintings will be of Brunsf wick county scenes. I Many of Howell's paintings - have becrt on display at various - times in nationally known musr eums in the north and east. Some (continued on page four) ,0T SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY :amp ( N|^nH 1 wBgjfli mrrMr^lBT ly, second from left above, a Representative 0. M. Mull, h Ions were on a visit to Bragg ll let For I b s Upset Comes\ * p Are Undefeated In Pre- e Tournament Play With " Teams Of County, Al- c though They Had Nar- * row Escape Monday SHALLOTTE GYM s TOURNEY SCENE t ' r Waccamaw Girls Are Es- h tablished As Favorites fi In Their Division; Bo- a livia Next n b Bolivia boys will go into the Brunswick county basketball tour- w nament next week at Shallotte ^ overwhelming favorites to win f the championship, but nobody C knows better than they do now J that they can be upset. g Already this season they have 0 thad two hard struggels with Leland, a fast, sharp-breaking little c team that made their opponents c go all out before dropping close ^ games. Latest scare was furn- d ished by Southport Monday after- g j noon when Bolivia managed to "1 j nose out the seaport lads by a 0 I lone point. t In the girls division it looks [ like the Waccamaw lassies de- e J serve to be cast in the role of t ! favorites by virtue of victories n in all save one game. Bolivia j. girls, though, are a tournament i( team and may stage a revival s : after dropping a pair of contests in regular season play. I The tournament opens Thurs- I day afternoon and will continue that night. Two games will be played Friday night and the fin(als will be held on Saturday. Mr. j Wallace, who has rcfereed prev [ ious tournaments in this county, will be the official. 1 " Local Lad Loses Charlotte Bout s ; h Johnnie Simmons Ran Into Trouble When He TangI- ? ed Thursday Afternoon v With More Experienced P Fighter e Blond Johnnie Simmons, welter- o weight champ in the novice division of the Star-News golden gloves tournament, suffered a second round knock-out in the Carolina Golden Gloves go in Charlotte Thursday afternoon at the hands of veteran Jake Bowman. According to first hand reports I of the battle Johnnie was doing i better than all right for himself ' until he caught the hay-maker on j his chin. In fact, so the story I goes, he was building himself up a nice lead on points and apparently was headed for a first-round victory in the fast Carolinas league. Now Johnnie's back home and confining his sports activities to the less streneous work of playing a guard position on the local basketball team. W. M. St anal and Is Jackson Day Head VV. M. Stanaland, chairman of the Brunswick county Democratic executive committee, has been named Jackson Day Dinner chairman for Brunswick county by Senator Joe L. Blythe, state chairman. Plans for a campaign in Brunsi wick have not been perfected, but Judge Stanaland is expecting to be actively engaged in this i cause. 1 The Pilot Covers Brunswick County I / $1.50 PER YEA* lodisi Guard To Change District After March 1st lans Announced for Changing Boundary Of Coast Guard District To Conform With Navy District OCAL COAST GUARD AFFECTED lews Of New Set-Up la Announced By The Coast Guard Commander In Washington Last Week-End Plans for a new coast guard istrict with control over the outhport area and conforming to he sixth naval district, with eadquarters at Charleston, to be stablished March 1st, have been nnounced in Washington. The eadquarters will be at Charleem. Commander Stephens S. Yeanle, now in command of the Coast luard cutter Hamilton, which is ^turning from weather patrol, rill be in charge of the new disrict it is reported. Lieutenant tommander R. V. Marron was ransferred to Charleston two reeks ago from the cutter Tallaoosa at Savannah. He is actively ngaged in making plans for the ew district, and on arrival of 'ommander Yeandle he will pro bly be made chief of staff, it i learned. Under the present arrangelents which are to be changed, outhport has always been the iil-end of the Norfolk Coast !uard district. In other words, it as been about the furtherest rom the point of control of any rea in the district. Under the ew arrangements Southport will e much nearer the headquarters. The new district at Charleston rill have in its jurisdiction ten oast guard vessels, the Modoc, 'allapoosa, McLane, Narcissus, 'amiico, Coast Guard Cutter 282, Cypress, Mangrove. Palmetto and lie Agassiz. Lightship No. 15, on 'rying Pan Shoals; No. 94 off avannah and 109. whicl- is now n relief duty f ' The district will take in the Charleston base, the Charleston oast guard air base in the navy ard, the Ocraocke, Beaufort, N. !., and Southport and intermeiate stations, as well as the St. limmons and those on the Georia coast. The Atlantic recruiting ffice will also be in the new disrlct. In the case of national emerg* ncy or mobilization the new disrict will be under the comland of Rear Admiral William r. Allen, commander of the Char:ston Navy Yard, and of the ixth and seventh naval districts. uineral Held For Mrs. Messick inal Rites Conducted Sat urday From St. Phillips Church By Rev. J. Leon Malone Mrs. Mamie Mcssick. widow of lie late Golbert K. Messick, o? outhport, died Thursday in a .aleigh hospital following an at? ick of pneumonia. >. The deceased was a life-long esident of Southport and is surived by her mother, Mrs. Anhio 'arker. Funeral services were condu'ctd Saturday afternoon at 3 'clock from St. Phillips Episco* (Continued on page 4) Tide Table Following Is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Fort Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association High Tide Low Tt* TIDE TABLE t h j Thursday, February 27 8:26 a. m. 2:30 a. m. 8:41 p. m. 2:47 p. n;. Friday, February 28 O) <f-J 9:02 a. m. 3:09 a. m. 9:17 p. m. 3:22 0k. m. Saturday, March 1 ^ 9:39 a. m . 3:44 a. m. 9:34 p. ni. 3:53 p. hi. Sunday, March 2 10:10 a. m. 4:19 9. ni. 10:31 p. m. 4:27 p. m. Monday, .March 3 10:56 a. m. 4:53 a. no. 11:12 p. m. 4:58 p. na. Tuesday, 3 larch 4 11:40 a. m. 5:31 a. m. 11:36 p. m. 5:34 p. m. Wednesday, .March 5 0:23 a. ra. 12:27 p. m. 6.26 p. in. - -t '
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