Most Of The News
B AJJ The Time
^K^THJRTEEN ,\o. ;
raining Sch<
For School J
I This Wee
? *
| Drivers And Their Sub$Hflitutes
Are Required To
Kigid Examination BeJH
OBSERVES ONE DAY
^ nald Hocutt Attended
^ he School Tuesday In
^ Ordet To Observe The
Value Of Training
for bus driv-1
ititutes was
B i Tuesday of
Hp lirunswick coun^B
Ib'uaM Hocutt,
safety for
^B bureau, came
B to observe
B school on I
B the * classroom I
i.viv Keith Saunders and )
|H. A. L. Ricks, and each ap-1
IHan! f-: a permit to drive a
bus this year was requir9:'
^ a written examination
B
examinaB
ach applicant by
- Shaliotte phy
I[ was given hy
I. W. H. Ferrell, of
I was assisted in
L the training by 1
[ rnic Ernest Parker.
|, .... m . consisted of one
I jay's training. On the first
| tit'it we:e about 35 regular
L< jr. candidates for places
fiuistitutts: and the number
.he next day was about the
be.
br.e interesting feature of the
Ll is that several girls took i
t passe the examination. So
I as is known, there has been
sirl to hold a job as school
| driver in Brunswick county,
f (Continued on page 4)
Drmer Resident
(uccumbs In S.C.
rs. Olymphus Vernon
Pepper, Native Of Columbus
County, Dies At
Home Of Daughter In
Conway (
CONWAY, S. C., July 21.? '
!. Olympus Vernon Pepper, 78,
1 at the home of her daught- '
Mrs Arthur K. Goldfinch, Sr.,
e Thursday afternoon followan
illness of several months,
ler husband, the late Capt. L. :
Pepper, of Southport, died in 1
S. Mrs. Pepper was born in ;
uir.bus county, X. C., later
J to Southport, where she
her home until the death
Captain Pepper, and then
to Conway to live with j
daughter.
Pepper was a member of ),
I'rcsbyterian chur- .
oving to Conway ,
: in the work of .
i church here un- (
[ailed. 1
id by one Uaughtinch;
one sister,
Davis, of Southgrandchildren
and '
dchildren.
ices were held on
on at 4 o'clock at <
Presbyterian chur- t
Brearley, pastor of ?
lyterian church, of >
icted the services. 1
1 in the Southport 1
body remained at i
funeral home in :
Sunday afternoon.
Carriers
1 Salesmen
This Legion Of
am's Employees
ense Stamps In
ations From 10>
$5.00
thousand rural mail
now acting as agents
of Defense Savings
tal officials have inTreasury
Department,
the stamps in spardistricts
caused the
Department to authrricrs
to act as salesPS
range in value from
i five dollars. Purchasven
albums in which
* mounted. When fil>ums
may he exchanged"
Savings Bonds,
ficc officials recalled
I mail carriers acted
capacity in 1917 and
S War Savings Stamps.
I . ...
THI
>5
3ol Held
Bus Drivers
k At Shallotte
k
"' :-Wfe' ~MiS - ^ ?' '''Srk^y*
: ?;'$S
i '^Bw.n
RONALD HOCUTT
Juvenile Judge
Tries Case Monday
John W. Hewett, a white .
youngster, was brought before
Juvenile Judge Sam T. Bennett
Monday for trial on two counts. :
He was adjudged not guilty on j
a charge of larceny. Judgment i
was with held in the matter of i
his driving under age. I
To Cooperate \
X
For Daylight
*
Mayor Erikson Makes State-!
ment Yesterday Morn-1
ing After Receiving Request
From Governor
Broughton
MAY BE PUT INTO
EFFECT AUGUST 1
Step Is Being Taken In Effort
To Conserve Electrical
E n e r gy Vitally
Needed For Defense
Effort
Mayor John D. Eriksen indicated
Tuesday that Southport will
co-operate fully with the proposal
for adoption of daylight saving
time, requested by both President
Roosevelt and Governor Broughton.
'
The announcement from the
mayor came after Mayor Erikson
had received a telegram
from Governor Broughton
requesting such action.
Interviewed by a press representative,
Mayor Williamson said
that he knew "The city of Southport
will be eager to co-operate ,
n this undertaking."
It was thought probable this
morning that Mayor Eriksen
might call a special meeting of |
the boara ox aiciermen 10 <iti un,
the matter but there was no' j
definite announcement to this effect.
August 1st has tentatively
been set as the date when the
change in time will become effective
in North Carolina.
Governor Broughton communicated
by telephone Wednesday 1
vith Governors of Virginia, South 1
Carolina and Tennessee, all of c
vhom assured him that they were s
taking similar steps for volun- c
tary observance of daylight sav- 1
ng time in their respective t
states. t
(continued on page four) |
Keziah Vindica
Fellow S
The Greensboro Daily News
took notice of the lower North
Carolina "coast last week by
letting W. H. Kendall (Slim
for short) the versatile associate
editor, come down into this
neighborhood on his vacation.
Slim was well prepared for
this visit, for in addition to
bringing Mrs. Kendall, he fetched
along with him a very carefully
written letter of recommendation
to the Chamber of
Commerce Secretary from John
Derr, sports editor on the same
paper.
John deposed and said (the
recommendation was sealed)
"he thought Slim could catch
a fish if the chamber of commerce
man would slip one on
his hook while he wasn't looking
Yesterday the chamber of
commerce man took Slim and
his wife and Joe Walters, also
E ST.
A Go
4-PAGES TODAY
City Tax Rate
Remains $1.60
For Next Yeai
This Figure Is Set By Mem
bers Of Board Of Aldet
men In Tentative Budge
Adopted By Them Frida;
WILL BE HELD OPEN
FOR TWENTY DAY]
Seventy-Five Cents To Gi
For Current Operating
Expenses With 80Cents
For Debt
Service
At a special meeting of mem
bers of the board of alderme
here Friday a tentative budge
for the next fiscal year was ap
proved and ordered filed for in
spection until August 7, 1941.
The tax rate proposed in thi
budget estimate is $1.60 per hun
dred dollars valuation, the sam
figure as last year. In the breal
down of this amount 75 cent
will go for current operating ex
penses; 5 cents for payment oi
judgment of Gause, Adm. vs Cit;
?f Southport; and 80-cents fo
the debt service fund.
The budget proposal will re
main on file for 20 days, dur
ing which period it may be in
spected by any taxpayer, whi
registers any valid complain
igainst provisions of the budget
with Proposal
Saving Time
Deed To Slaves
In Old Papers
Among some interesting old
pa|>ers recently given C. Ed.
Taylor by Geo. T. Rourk of
Shallotte is a deed given by
Dennis Hankins in 1768 to
Thomas Frink, for a negro
wench named Leadea and one
negro boy named Jack, together
with ten head of cattle."
From the'writing in the deed
it is apparent that Thomas
Frink was the brother of Hankins,
for it is recited that "in
consideration for the love and
good will I bear to my brother,
Thomas Frink, son of John and
Martha Frink, I have given,
made over . , etc." the above
property. Apparently .Martha
Frink was also the mother of
Hankins, for she is named as
guardian for Thomas Frink until
such time as he should become
of age.
_ ? m A ~ m V
Youth Aids In
Drive For Funds
Mrs. L. C. Fergus Is Namec
Brunswick County Cair
man Of Old North State
Fund; Plans Benefil
Dance
Pessimists, sour-pusses anc
iyspeptics, who insist that the
joys and girls of the presenl
lay are spoiled, thoughtless anc
ihallow-minded had better watct
>ut, declares Mrs. L. C. Fergus
Brunswick county chairman oi
he Old North State Fund, ai
here is at least one man ir
(Continued on uage 4.)
ted Through
cribe's Fishing
of Greensboro, to Orton. There
he turned them over to Duncan
the guide. This done he hitch
hiked right back to town.
The idea was, if the sports
editor on The Daily News asked
how many fish Slim caught,
the chamber of commerce man
wouldn't know. He could tell
the sports editor that he wasn't
along, didn't see the catch and
never made a pratice of reporting
catches he didn't see personally.
But, along about 2 o'clock
Slim showed up back in town
with Joe and the faithful Mrs.
Kendall both intact. They invited
the still doubtful chamber
of commerce man around to
the ice plant, where they had
left a string of crappie, bream,
gray heads, bass and red finn
trout that was four feet long.
It was a most beautiful catch
(Continued on page 4)
ATE 1
od News paper Ii
Southport, N. C., Wed
y m m f | i 1
AH ^K- \ r
r^H k > i&
j^^^USSz. * 'SB
I ' >JH^m
This scene, which shows
during the past six weeks, wh
11 Agent J. E. Dodson estimates
y year.
Highway Official I
; Will Investigate
t n l r j:j.:
Dnage lonaiuuu
R
Chairman L. B. Prince Says
That Bridge Situation Between
Southport And
Long Beach Will Be In,
vestigated
N
PONTOON BRIDGE
UNDER DISCUSSION
D
May Look Into Feasibility ]
j Of A New And Shorter
| Route To Caswell And
To Long Beach
Chairman L. B. Price of the W
State Highway Commission has pi
advised the secretary of the Bi
Chamber of Commerce that he Ei
is having the bridge situation 80
over the inland waterway between
Southport and Fort Caswell and vi
Long Beach investigated and that s
he will advise the local organiza
tion as soon as a report is received.
Recently the bridge keepers
have felt it prudent to post a tv
sign at high and low tides, ad- M
vising the public that they cros- fo
sed the bridge at their own risk. jn
This is said to have created con- g.
siderable local uneasiness and to
have also evoked uncompllment- re
ary remarks from tourists bound
to Fort Caswell or Long Beach, y,
It is also claimed that when y,
the highway commission was m
building the Long Beach road p(
they were unable to get their ct
flivprl asnhalt tank nf
trucks across the bridge; that they
> hauled that far and then trans- "J
' ferred their load to much light- St
er trucks. of
' The road is much used and, in TJ
the light of contemplated use of ^
> Fort Caswell by the Navy, it Jj
t will shortly become of greater E
importance. Leaving out this T)
question, it is felt by the Long
1 Beach and Fort Caswell property
i owners, and the public as well, .
t that the road is used enough for I
I them to feel that bridges and all
should be maintained at a degree |
of safety in keeping .with other J
! state highways.
, Chairman Prince and Dr. Guy ?)
, Gooding, the District Commissioner,
are said to have neither
(Continued on page 4)
County Rate h8
Remains $1.60
-? la
This Is Figure Used As,^
Basis For Tentative Bud- wt
get Prepared By County Ju
Auditor pa
of
At their meeting here Monday I
morning members of the board J ch
pf county commissioners gave jnj
their approval to a tentative bud-' wi
get that calls for the tax rate! bo
to remain unchanged at ?1.60 per de
hundred.
The budget estimate will be foi
taken to Raleigh next week by an
County Auditor R. C. St. George, roi
who will seek the approval of. up
the local government commission j fir
before it is posted. i?l
Other business before the board I
Monday was a request bv James foi
Garner that members of that hi.'
body seek to have something done Gi
about the midway-Bolivia road no
which is reported to be in very-bo
poor condition.
\
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P0R1
n A Good Con
nesday, July 23, 1941
Familiar Scene
* '? -:r '"V
%
"T.
a threshing machine in ope
en the county has been re a
that the wheat acreage th is
3aptists Missio
Meeting He;
*
eturned Missionary From
China Brings Inspiring
Message To Wilmington
Division Missionary Union
i
UMBER OF TALKS
HEARD ON PROGRAM
_____
r. McMillan Gives Some
Interesting Sidelights On
The Work Now Being
Carried On In China
The Wilmington division of the
roman - Miosivrmry Uni -> -om
ising th; Bladen Brunswick,
urnt Swamp, Columbus, Dock,
astern, New South River, Robein
and Wilmington associations,
et Thursday with the Whitelie
Baptist church in an all-day
ission, which began at 9:45 a.
presided over by Miss Macy
ox, of Magnolia, divisional susrintendent.
A large crowd attended the j
eeting, which was featured by!
vo addresses by Rev. Dr. H. H.1
cMillan, missionary to China j
r 28 years. Theme of the meet- j
g throughout was "Jesus,
ives."
During the morning session, I
ports were given by the super
tendents of the associations,
le Robeson association leading
le associations in the division in i
any phases of the work. Re-;
>rts showed there are 316 chur-11
les with 9,439 women and young j
;ople enlisted in the division. I
Talks were made as follows: |
fesus Saves Through Mission!
"MVC TT!arl Rnhir??ir?n_ !
.uujr, uj , |
St. Pauls; "Jesus Saves !r
trough Personal Service," by: t
rs. H. T. Lewis, of Proctorville; ll;
fesus Saves Through Steward- j t
lip," by Mrs. W. O. Biggs, of's
lizabethtown; "Jesus Saves'a
irough Our Hospitals," by Mrs. If
(continued on page four) j
? ii
ong Session In
Recorders Court
c
ocket That Had Piled Up|s
For Two Weeks Required ,e
Greater Part Of Monday n
For Disposition
A Recorder's court docket that J
id piled up during the past two |
;eks was disposed of here Mon,y
by Judge Walter M. Stanand
and his colleagues.
B. F. Beggs, white, was found
lilty of reckless operation and
is given 90 days on the roads,
idgment was suspended upon
.yment of costs and a fine
$40.00.
Edgar Henderson, white, was
arged with breaking and enter%
and larceny. Probable cause
is found and the defendant was
und over to Superior court unr
bond of $500.00.
S. H. Newkirk, white, was
und guilty of reckless operation
d was given 90 days on the
ads. Judgment was suspended
on payment of costs and a
le of $25.00, of this amount
0.00 was remitted. 1
Elder Hewett, white, was 1
und guilty of operating after
5 driving license was revoked,
ven 6 months on the roads,
tice of appeal was given and
nd was set at $200.00.
(Continued on page 4) ?
k. ,
r pil
imunity
PUBLiSF
In Brunswick
' ?_ ' j
w wkft i Sflll ftSflMO
nj |kn^
ration, has been a familiar
ping the biggest wheat crop i
i year was several times gre
nary Group <
irs McMillan
Wet Weather Is '
Continued Here
Although it still is short of.,
a record, July has established
itself as an unusually wet
month. During the first 23days
the rainfall has totaled j
6.77-inches.
So far, there ha^ been some
rain on 10 of the twenty-two
days of the month, the high
point being reached ?s. a da;
when there was 2.55-inches
precipitation. Only on July 8th, <
however, has the rain been ac- 1
rompanled by any electrical dis- i
play. (
Because of the humidity there i
has developed the idea that this
has been an unusually hot
si>eU. Actually, official figures '
show that the mercury has not '
been above 88-degrees here this 1
month, and there is relief each
night as the thermometer read - j
ing usually runs down to the
75 or 70-degree mark.
HEA Conference ;
Begins Today!
i. D. Bishop, Superinten- ,
dent- Of Brunswick Elec- e
trie Membership Corporation,
Is Host j
The superintendents of 29 i
forth Carolina Rural Electrifies- s
ion projects will hold a quarter
y conference at Carolina Beach
oday and tomorrow with repre- *
entatives from the engineering: r
nd operations divisions of the .
tEA, in Washington, D. C.
E. D. Bishop, Shallotte, super- ,
.ltendent of the Brunswick Coun- v
y Electric Membership Corpo- ,
ation, in charge of arrange- j
aents for the conference, anounced
yesterday that Guy B. t
'rice, , chairman of the North g
larolina Rural Electrification Asociation,
will be the guest speak- t
r at a dinner at 8 o'clock to- I
ight in the Royal Palm hotel.
Hickman's Croi
Has Modern
"It is a far cry", says Sam
T. Bennett, Cierk of the Superior
Court of Brunswick county,
"from the days of the old
cross roads communities to the
present time, when you find
almost as many modern conveniences
to the rural communities
as can be found in the
cities."
Mr. Bennett lives at Hickman's
Cross Roads. Until just a few
years ago it was that and nothing
more. Two little-traveled
dust (the word was used inadverently
in place of dirt)
roads crossed each other and
were the distinguishing features
of the community, with a couple
of typical country stores
thrown in.
Now the Coastal Highway
has evolved from one of the
roads and hundreds of tourist
cars pass through Hickman's
Cross Roads daily. The size of
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one in Brunswick county
in its history. County Farn
ater than in any previou:
Anniversary Am
Home - Comim
Observed Sunda
?
Mew Hope Presbyteria
Church Was Scene C
Annual Gathering (
Members, Friends Ar
Former Members
ALL-DAY PROGRAM
ATTRACTS THRON
Prominent Speakers Ai
Heard During The Da)
And Other Special Features
Add To Program
New Hope Presbyterian Chi
:h at Winnabow, celebrated h
;orty-seventh Sabbath School a
liversary and home-coming Su
lay, July 20, with an all-di
fathering of friends and mer
>ers.
The devotional was led by M
Raymond Spivey, who is suppl
ng the church for the summ
nonths during his vacation. Ri
{ye, a member of New Hop
fave the address of welcome ai
:he response was from Garlai
S. Maultsby, of Wallace, a fc
ner member of the church.
The beautiful electric light fi
ures in the church which we
jiven by Henry McKeithan,
ormer member, were acknowle
fed and we wish also to thai
iach one who contributed to tl
virfng of the church. We a
rery proud of our lights and a
in joying using them.
Miss Mildred McKeithan, da
jhter of Henry McKeithan, a
:ompanied by her sister, Mi
/irginia, at the piano sweet
lang: "The Holy City."
Reid Newland, son of a form
>astor, Rev. L. T. Newland, ai
vho is now a student for tl
ninistry gave the address. H
ext being taken from the Go
>el of John, 8th Chapter, 12
erse. "I am the Light of tl
vorld, he that followeth Me shs
lot walk in darkness, but sh<
lave the light of life."
A bountiful picnic dinner, i
isual, was served in the os
[rove, of which all enjoyed.
During the afternoon servi
he infant son of Mr. and Mr
V. A. Kopp, members of Ne
(continued on page four)
ssroads
Convenience
the community has grown verj
little, but several times dailj
modern passenger busses thun
der to a stop there and ther
rumble on; equally rooderr
school busses, during the schoo
session, stop for the childrer
daily and return them home al
night. Practically all homes ir
a wide radius of the cross roads
have electric power available al
the turn of a swdtch.
One of the things that especially
impresses the official is
the mail service. It may Ix
that Hickman's Cross Roads is
especially favored in that respect.
At any rate, its mat
service is much better thar
that at Southport, the count)
seat.
There is now no post office
In its stead the clerk and othei
residents of the community
have the folding mail service
(Continued on page 4)
!
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
Y $1.50 PER YEA!
I Six Fatalities
Is Brunswick
Highway Toll.
Report Issued This Week
By 'Highway Safety Division
Shows Six Deaths
In County During First
Six Months
CLEAN RECORD IN
TEN COUNTIES
Greatest Increases In Accident
Toll Noted in Wake,
Columbus, Cumberland
And Henderson
Six traffic fatalities were charged
to Brunswick county in a
report issued this week by the
Highway Safety Division covering
the first six months of this
year.
This report showed a grim toll
of 545 human lives reaped on
North Carolina streets and highways
the first half of this year,
against 363 persons killed in the
same period last year. This increase
of 50 per cent is well
j above the increase for the county
as a whole.
3
In the fact of this steadily rising
slaughter, ten North CaroJlina
counties succeeded in having
clean traffic fatality records for
the six-months period; these being
Alexander, Alleghany, Avery,
Of. Camden, Cherokee, Dare, Hyde,
* Tnnoo Dnllr and VonPflV
1/WltbO) A Uiii Ul'U A wttvv^ I
|t Nineteen counties with 10 or
7 more traffic deaths each accounted
for an almost even 50 per cent
in of the total. These were; Wake,
with 29; Cumberland with 24; ,
Mecklenburg, 22; Guilford, 20;
Buncombe and Columbus, 18 each;
Halifax and Durham, 14; Robeson,
13; Rockingham and Alamance,
12; Davidson and Gaston,
P 11; and Harnett, Henderson,
Johnston, Pender, Sampson and
Wilson.
re
j Fifty-seven of the 100 counties
in the state showed increases
over the first half of last year.
The greatest increases were recorded
in Wake, Columbus, Cumir_
berland, Henderson, Halifax and
er Rockingham.
n- The report showed further that
n- 94 persons were killed in traffic
iy accidents in the state during tho
n- month of June. This was a 50 per
cent increase over the 62 traffic
[r. deaths in the s tate last June,
y- The state's 1941 traffic toll to
er date is averaging three lives a
iy day.
District Bar To
x- Meet At Beach
re
^ Local Members Of Bar And
,14 Their Wives Invited To
lie Attend Friday Meeting
re At Wrightsvilie
The District Bar Association I
u- will meet Friday night at 7:30 I
c" o'clock at Paris Cottage, Wrights- I
ville Beach, and all members of I
the local bar and their wives are I
or urged to attend. 1
id Judge Walter Bone of Nash- I
fie ville has accepted an invitation I
is to attend the meeting, as has I
s" Judge E. H. Cranmcr, retired Jur- 9
ist of Southport. Judge John J.1 B
ie Burncy of Wilmington is also ex- fl
1,1 pected to be present. fl
Leon Corbett of Burgaw is I
,, president of the district associa- I
ik tion- I
: Tide Table I
Following Is the tide table I
for Southport during the next I
week. Theee hours are appro- I
xlmately correct and were fur- I
nished The State Port Pilot I
n through the courtesy of the I
' Cape Fear Pilot's Association. 9
High Tide Low Tide I
r TIDE TABLE ? I
j Thursday, July 24 fl
I 7:38 a. m. 1:44 a. m. I
t 7:44 p. m. 1:42 p. m. I
Friday, July 25 I
[ 8:19 a. m. . 2:27 a. m. I
, 8:24 p. m. 2:26 p. m. I
Saturday, July 26 I
9:01 a. m. 8:07 a. m. t I
9:07 p. m. 3:10 p. na. I
. Sunday, July 27 I
9:47 a. m. 3:46 a. m. I
. 9:54 p. m. 3:54 p. m. E
Monday, July 28 |
! 10: 36 a. m. 4:26 a. m. 1
, 10:44 p. m. 4:42 p. m. |
, Tuesday, July 29 I
11:29 a. m. 5:11 a. m. I
11:39 p. m. 5:36 p. m. .11
\ Wednesday, July SO I
f 6:01 a. m. I
12:24 p. m. 6:39 p. t? I
^ I