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>unty Democrats
Hold Convention
Shailotte High
, o Frink Named Chair
' 'n Democratic Execu
!j Committee, Succeed
" H Foster Mintz in
<<% \ire
This Office
?iVDIDATES SPEAK
' before convention
t.reement Reached Regar
7.? \ppointment Ot
Five - Man Board Of
Education; Prefer
ence Is Estab
lished
n B Frink. prominent farmer
.? v ^ttown. was elected chair
. '0.' the Democratic Executive
vt^ttoe at a meeting held
v ? v afternoon at Shailotte.
t su-jcecU H. Foster Mintz. Bo
h-i businessman, who was not
t candidate for re-election.
Walter M. Stanatand. former
.-?v chairman, was the only
?r candidate. The vote was
pv to seven in favor of Mr.
Iffit
?,1:5 Olive Mercer, of Winna
r,v. was named vice-chairman of
it Executive Committee, suc
Miss Bertha Reid. G. O.
fcKeithan. Shailotte business
rr succeeds L. J. McKeithan,
jjlr.a farmer, as secretary.
Tie meeting was called to or
je,- bv Chairman Mintz. who
P a few appropriate remarks,
g; :r.ea presented candidates for
k -.ration to the various offices
c> :ave them an opportunity to
Practically all of the
ir..:jates were piesent.
Ihe executive committee is
K-:::jed cf the chairmen of the
;i crecinct committees, and in
(j. the following members:
isi. J B. Ward: Bolivia. C. B.
Itccck; Exum. E. I. Vereen;
Fltingpan. Einest Parker: Gris
HlMRi C. C. Hewett: Hoods
ftwk. Paul Brown: Leland, Jack
Eteyr.cl .s Lo.ngwood, Dave Ben
kk: Mosquito, Carl Ward: Sup
ply Morton Parker; Shailotte, G.
C. .YcKeiAan: Shingletree, G.
K Se-.-itt. Seacession, Norman
team?: Southpcrt, W. S.
p.-.i Town Creek, R. L. Ra- '
kr Waccamaw. Wrent Mintz. j
R. I Mintz. unopposed candi
:o the State Senate, asked
t: tn expression from the con- 1
return for preference to be ob
served in the appointment of ad
iiCcsal members of the county
#ar: of education, to raise its
k: xrship from three to five, j
lite: conferring with members of
ie Executive Committee on this
and following a con
teisr.ee with the two candidates
X: "-he House of Representatives,
? .i:mon was rcached to name
- H. Reynolds and H. Foster
I'-'^-ar.d the high man in the
see between J. L. Stone and H.
''*':!!iams as the three men to
*r'"' ?".th R. T. Woodside and ,
- I Phelps, whose terms have '
?t run out.
Brief Newt
Flashes
AITLESNAKE pilot
Pate, of Supply, report
| that he killed a big rattlesnake >
tot one day the past week.
IART WORK TODAY ,
AAA has been expecting]
1 start the work of .r.easuring
e tobacco acreage in Bruns
Kk county today or tomorrow,
sorting to O. C. Bennett, chair- 1
an.
NIVAL (iOING ON
P'tv O. I. Hinson, i>ustor of
MetMht church. South
j:t- is assisting the pastor. Rev.
?! Lewis, with a revival meet
? cac hevening this week at
Kcortf Methodist church, Sup
?T BY ALTO
Mrs. Annie K. Kitou. of South
is a patient in James Wal
;f Memorial Hospital today SUf
^S from injuries sustained
she was struck by an auto
0l- Monday night in Wilming
,n- Her injuries included a
oken right leg, kicciations and
fees.
?VIYal MKKT1NG
Rcv- It. I,. Hethcox. pastor of
evvton Grove Methodist church,
" assist the pastor. Rev. C. H.
c'*is. with a revival meeting at
lniP Methodist church, Shal
next week. Services will
conducted each evening. Mon
|V through Friday, at 8 o'clock.
I Mr. Hethcox will preach
Sui'day morning and Sun
'V evening, the revival coming
' a cl?s? at this latter service.
CONTINUES IN USE
PERMANENT ? The USO building in Southport has
been purchased by the City, and the Lion's Club will
maintain it as a Community Center. This does away
with the chance of the building being sold and wrecked.
USO Building Purchased
By Civic Organization
Southport Lion's Club Spon
sors Purchase of Biuiding
From Federal Works Ad
ministration And Will
Maintain It
WILL BE USED FOR
COMMUNITY CENTER
Members Plan To Use The
Building For Meetings
And To Permit Use By
Various Other Orga
nizations
The USO building on the wa
terfront in Southport has been
purchased by the City Govern
ment in cooperation with the
Southport Lion's Club.
The deal for this property, to
gether with all furnishings and
equipment, has been approved by
the Federal Works Administra
tion, and only a few business de
tails remain to be worked out.
It is planned to maintain the
plant as a Community Center
Building, a place suitable for
gatherings of various kinds. It
is understood that it will be
made available of use by social
and civic organizations of the
town and county.
No definite date has been set
for the building to be turned
over to the sponsoring club.
Baptist Ladies
In Annual Meet
Woman's Missionary Union
Held Annual Meeting At
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Last Wednesday; Was
All-Day Meeting
The annual meeting of the
Brunswick Association of the
Woman's Missionary Union was
held on Wednesday at Mt. Olive
church.
The all day meeting had as its
theme "Christ for the World" and
was well attended by members
from all over the county. A lunch
wus served in the middle of the
day and was a pleasant interlude
for social contacts.
The following program was
carried out:
Watchwords: (in unison)
A Season of Prayer (For God's
guidance during the day. for those
on Prayer Calendar, and for the
"whole wide world.")
Appointment of committees
Laborers in a World-Wide Task
Continued on page two
Hotel Property
Is Sold Friday
Paul J. Arnold, Of Lexing
ton, Ky., Purchased Mil
ler Hotel From Mr. And
Mrs. D. M. Davis
The Miller Hotel building and
lot owned by Mr. and Mrs. D. M.
Davis was sold Friday to Paul
J. Arnold, of Lexington, Ky., and
two other parties from Hazard,
Ky. It is not known if they plan
to build a new structure or repair
the present one, however, it is
stated that they will be in the
(Continued on page Two)
Latest Report
On Early Corn
Back on February 15 County
Commissioner O. P. Bellamy
planted some early corn. Early
was the word far it and he got
considerable ribbing for trying
to steal a match on the plant
ing season.
Friday, April 2S, the commis
sioner had business in South
port and he made it his busi
ness to bring along with him
the taesel from some of his
early planted corn.
If any other Brunswick farm
er had corn tasselling out as
early as April 28, it would be
interesting to hear from them
and learn how they grew it.
No Public Spirit
Mayor Declares
Mayor Eriksen Objects
Lack Of Interest In Pay
ment Of Dog License And i
Auto License Tags
Mayor John D. Eriksen stated j
this week that he and the city j
aldermen would like to find sonic
solution to two or three vexing
problems that civic minded town;
leaders should attend to without
too much suggestions having to
be made to them.
Southport, in keeping with oth
er towns, has an ordnance, re
quiring dog owners to purchase
license tags and have their dogsi
wear them on the streets.
"Seems like," said the Mayor,
"the only way we can get this
law complied with is to issue |
warrants and find the dog own
ers."
I Pretty much the same thing
applies to automobile owners.
There is an ordnance requiring
that license tags be purchased
and worn on such vehicles. "Yet,
despite it being the law," said
the Mayor, "we have a lot of
prominent people who seem to be
ashamed to wear the Southport
city tags on their cars."
As to cleaning up yards and
premises, there are many spots
in parts of the town that are a
disgrace to both the town and
the property owners. The town
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Bolivia Club To
Present Play
, On Thursday, May 9, at 8
(o'clock the Bolivia Home Demon
stration Club will present a play,
i "The Old Maid's Club," in thej
| high school auditorium. Everyone
i is cordially invited to attend.
{There will be a small admission
charged.
| Those who will take part in
| the play are: Mrs. Bill Kopp, Mrs.
Oscar Burton, Mrs. Eurly Dan
ford, Mrs. Harold Willetts, Mrs.
Ada Reaves, Mrs. Frank Mintz,
Mrs. Tom Johnson, Mis. Lillian
! Mercer, Mrs. Olivia Russ, Mrs.
1 Lester Edwards, Mrs. Junior Hil
burn, Mrs. Dallas Johnson, Mrs.
Foster Mintz, Miss Vernie Hew
ett, Mrs. Billy Moore and Mrs.
| John Danford.
U. S. Maratime
Commission To
Supervise Basin
U. S. Maratime Commission
Will Soon Take Over Su
pervision Of Dredging
Operations At Lay - In
Basin
ONE DREDGE MAY
SOON HAVE HELP
Basin When Completed
Will Have Room For
Storage Of 500 Vessels
And Will Lie Along
River Road
It was announced this week
that the U. S. Maritime Commis
sion will shoitly take over the
work of supervising the dredging
of the big surplus ship lay-in bas
in on the Brunswick river in
Northwest township. The present
dredging operations by the Am
erican Di edging company of
Philadelphia will not be effected,
it was stated.
Originally the plans, w'th no
contracts signed, seemed to be
for the North Carolina Ship
building company to prepare the
ships for the basin and maintain
them at a yearly cost of about
85,000 per ship, for each of the
500 ships that are to be stored.
It now seems that the shipbuild
ing company may be removing it
self from the picture and that
the Maritime Commission or some
other contractor may prepare and
maintain the ships.
Only one dredge has been en
gaged on the undertaking where
it was originally expected that
three or four would do the work.
Rumors in the upper part of
Brunswick county are to the ef
fect that additional dredges may
soon be moved in to assist in the
work. Operations were started the
first of the year and thus far
(Continued on Page 2)
Yaskell Leaving
For New Jersey
Southport Post Master On
Extended Leave; Mrs.
Hubert A. Livingston In
Charge Of Office Until
Successor Named
L. T. Yaskell, Southport post
master, left today for his home
in East Orange, N. J., going on
extended leave frorr his govern
mental duties. Mrs. Hubert A.
Livingston will be in charge of
of the office until an acting post
master is named.
Mr. Yaskell announced his
resignation some time ago, stat
ing that he was giving up his
local position in order to become
associated in business with mem
bers of his family in East Orange.
He stated that his plans called
for his leaving as soon as a suc
cessor could be appointed. Later
developments have made it neces
sary for him to go on ahead of
time.
Bernicc Russ, rcccntly discharg
ed Naval Reserve officer, is one
of the applicants for appointment
Continued on page two
New Sugar Stamp
Comes In Today
Spare stamp 49 in family ra
tion books became valid May I
for five pounds of sugar. An
nouncing this, OPA said the new
coupon will expire August 31.
Sugar stamp 39, the last speci- j
fically labeled "sugar," expired
April 30.
OPA said that on the basis of
latest surveys it expects the pre
sent sugar ration of five pounds
every four months can be main
tained. In that case, another su
gar stamp will be validated Sept
ember I. Spare stamp 49 is in
ration book four, as well as in
the special sugar ration book is
sued to veterans and as replace
ments.
Ex-Servicemen
Facing Charge Of
Highway Robbery
Roscoe And Cecil Jones Of
Ash Bound Over To Su
perior Court On $500.00
Bond E.ich
ASSAULT BRITT
LAST THURSDAY
Foiled In Attempt To Take]
Money After Assault j
With Instrument
Two former service men, Ros- 1
coe Jones and Cecil Jones, brothers I
of Ash, have been bound over to |
superior court on $500 bond each j
on charges of highway robbery in I
connection with the assault and
attempted robbery Thursday of R.
S. Britt, R I, Whiteville on the
highway leading to his home
north of Whiteville.
Preliminary hearing took place
this morning before Justice of
the Peace Brooks Ward who
found probable cause and bound
them over to superior court.
According to Sgt. J. R. Pridgen
of the State Highway Depart
ment, the two men followed Mr.
Britt, age 56, from the court
house Thursday and driving up
behind him and hailed him while
he was en route home. Thinking
they wanted help, Mr. Britt stop
ped his car, whereupon one of
the men demanded his money.
(Continued on Page 2)
Minister Accepts
Call To Church
Rev. Herbert M. Baker, Of
Coats, Will Assume Du
ties Of Pastor Of South
port Baptist Church June
1st
Rev. Herbert M. Eaker, pastor
of Coats Baptist church, has ac
cepted a call to the Southport
Baptist church and will begin his
pastorate here on June I.
The Rev. Mr. Baker filled the
local pulpit Sunday morning, and
at the evening service he an
nounced his acceptance of the in
vitation to serve as minister for
the Baptist congregation.
The new minister comes to
(Continued on page 2)
Our
ROVING
Reporter
V. B. KEZIAH
Just headed in a general di
rection, we pulled out of South
port on an early W. B. & S. bus
Friday morning. The bus was
bound for Whiteville| Two men
going in that direction; two col
ored school teachers enroute to
their work at Supply. Dora Wal
ton, also bound for Supply, where
she works in the AAA office,
formed all the passengers to
start out with. Miss Walton got
aff at Supply. So did we.
It was an hour until the next
bus was to come along. We talk
ed awhile with Jimmy Hawes in
the AAA office, and naturally
passed the time of day with the
four young ladies who work there.
They are all quite attractive.
Stop and sec them when you arc
passing through Supply sometime.
Went from the AAA office to
Mrs. Richmond Galloway's and
had a good morning with Mrs.
Galloway and her daughter-in
law, Mrs. V. E. Galloway. From
there went around to see Harry
Mintz and while X was there A.
B. Chestnut came in and bought
five bottles of pop.
Walked up the road a quarte*
of a mile to OdcJl Blunton'a. He
told us of some boy killing a
snake. Odell Bennett, of Freeland,
was also there. He told us some
news of his community and wind
ed up By subscribing for the
paper for his sister in Michigan.
Some other fellow was getting
his money out of his pocket when
the bus came down the hill and
we lit out, telling him we would
see him later.
Got off the bus at Bolivia and,
as usual, Poley Leonard was
sunning himself in front of his
store. No one was around at the
moment to engage him in play
ing checkers. We agreed it was
remarkably fine weather for to
bacco and other crops and then
we went around to the Bolivia
Lumber Company.
Saw a lot of friends there and
among thvn H. S. McKeithan,
who volunteered the information
he had paid Floyd Brittain back
that 50-cents. For the moment
we were at a loss as to how 50
cents figured in anything. Then,
we recollected that a short time j
back H. S. and Floyd had sub-|
(Continued on Page Four)
OFFERED TO UNO
ISLAND ? The United Organizations still is without
a home, and this week W. B. Keziah wrote Senator J. W.
Bailey suggesting that he offer Bald Head Island as a
possible site. Above are several scenes of the island,
which lies across the harbor about five miles from South
port.
Bald Head Island Offered
As Site For United Nations
?
Snake "Catches"
Himself A Ride
Tops in this years snake
stories wcs told Friday by
Sheriff C. P. WHletts. He was
driving: along; the highway and
just ahead of him Boyd Robin
son, of Shallotte, had stopped
and was inspecting a six foot
snake in the wheel of his ear.
The snake wouldn't dislodge
from the wheel and Robinson
concluded to give it a bit of a
merry-go-round ride. He got
back into the car and sped up
three mides down the highway,
where he stopped again and the
sheriff overtook him.
The snake was still in the
wheel, caught between the
brake drum and wheel and still
very much alive. Robinson, ac
cording to the sheriff, had to
take the wheel off the car be
fore he could get the snako
free.
Lengthy Docket
Settled Monday
Total Of 16 Cases Disposed
Of Before Judge John B.
Ward With Nol Pros Be
ing Taken In Several In
stances
A total cf 16 cases were dis
posed of here Monday before
Judge John B. Ward, although
several of these matters were
nol prossed. The following dis
position was made of cases up
for trial:
Minnie Ruth Lewis, assault, nol
pros.
Lydia McFattcr, assault, nol
pros.
M. B. McFattcr, larceny, nol
pros.
Willie Daniel O'Quinn, speed
ing, judgment suspended on pay
ment of a fine of $10.00 and
costs.
David Floyd, assault, 60 days
on roads, judgment suspended on
payment of costs and defendant
to be of good behavior for two
years.
David Floyd, locking children
(Continued on page 2)
Construction Of
Courts To Begin
Plans Call For Construction
Of Two Concrete Courts
And Materials Will Be
Assembled Starting This
Week
At a meeting of the Southport
Tennis Club Monday night defin
ite plans were made for start
ing work on the construction of
two hard-surfaced tennis courts.
Following a discussion of var
ious plans for having this work
done, it was the concensus cf
opinion that it will be best to
build the courts of concrete, and
(Continued on page 2)
Organization Has Expressed .
Considerable Impatience j
Over Inability To Secure
Suitable Home; Need Of
An Island Mentioned
SENATOR BAILEY
ASKED TO ASSIST
Island Has Many Natural
Advantages To Recom
mend It As Possible
Site For Home Of
World Organiza
tion
It is no secret that the United
Nations Organization has been
having considerable difficulty in
locating a site for its permanent
home, and the recent statement
by one of its officials tha! an
island is desired for this purpose
brought W. B. Keziah, Southport
newspaperman, into action with
an invitation to establish perman
ent headquarters at Bald Head
island.
Frank Sherrill, owner of this
property, has been contacted and
is in hearty agreement with the
invitation, and Senator J. W.
Bailey has been asked to official
ly offer this site. In his letter
to the North Carolina Senator,
Mr. Keziah pointed out the na
tutal attraction of a fine climatc
and of the strategic location of
this proposed location. Other
prominent public officials have
been contactcd, and their interest
in behalf of this proposition soli
cited.
Following is the text of the
letter to Senator Bailey:
"My Dear Senator:
"The United Nations Organiza
tion is still without a homesite
and it has recently been widely
stated in the press that it wants
an island.
"If such is their wants, we
respectfully ask that you call at
tention to Bald Head (Smith Is
land) at the mouth of the Cape
Fear River, Southport.
"This island, as you already
(Continued on page 2)
Uneasiness Is
Felt Over Hogs
Indications Are That Hog
On Brunswick Farm May
Have Been Victim Of
Rabies At Time It Was
Handled By Owner
A fox killed by one of the
hogs on his farm is said to be
causing the family of D. E. Ed
wards, prominent Waccamaw
township farmer, considerable un
easiness.
Several weeks ago tlie animal,
said to have been foaming at the
mouth, jumped into a pig pen on
the Edwards farm. The pen con
tained an old sow and six 40
pound pigs. The sow is said to
have seized the fox by the back
and to have shaken it to death.
Several days ago one ot the
pigs in the pen at the time was
taken sick. Mr. Edwards and two
of his sons thought from its
actions that it had a bone in its
(Continued on Page 2)
Election Board
Not Allowed To
Name Candidate
Letter From Attorney Gen
eral Says There I? No
Authority For Board To
Name Candidate
FRINK ASKS McMULLAN
FOR INTERPRETATION
Say s Board Of Education
Can Be Increased To
Five By Legislature
When It Passes
Omnibus Bill
The following letter from at
:orney general, Harry McMullan,
Raleigh, clears up the question as
:o whether or not the Brunswick
bounty Board of Elections may
lame an additional candidate for
he County Board of Education
:o be voted on in the ty-iy prim
iry. In his letter to S. B. Frink,
:ounty attorney, Mr. McMullan,
states that he knows of no au
thority for the chairman of the
County Board of Elections to
name a candidate for the posi
tion as member of the Board of
Education. His letter follows:
Honorable S. B. Frink
County Attorney
Southport, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Frink:
I have your letter of April 16,
in which you write me as fol
lows:
"The Chairman of the Board
of Slection for Brunswick County
has requested that I advise them
the necessary procedure to place
the name of one man on the
primary ballot for membership on
the Board cf Education for Bruns
wick County. It is contemplated
that the next legislature will ap
point a five member Board of
Education for Brunswick Countyr
Only four men have filed for the
May Primary. Does the Board
of Election have the authority to
allow an additional person to file
and place his name on the prim
ary ballot?"
I know of no authority on the
part of the Chairman of the
Board of Elections for your
County to supply the name of a
candidate for the position of
member of the Board of Educa
tion in the May Primary. Of
(continued on page two)
Southport Wins
Another Victory
Local Nine Defeats Wallace
Sunday Afternoon By A
Sco.e Of 9 To 6 In A
Game Played At Straw
berry Capitol
Southport slugged out a 0 to
0 victory over Wallace Sunday
afternoon in a bascba'l game
played on the Duplin diamond.
Southport was off to a flying
start, scoring two runs in the
first inning, three in the second
and three in the fourth. The
final marker was racked up ,'a
the sixth.
Wallace scored first in the se
cond inning and again in the
fourth, the latter being a home
run by Wallace, first baseman for
the Duplin county boys. Wallace
scored its third run in the sixth,
then staged a mild rally in the
seventh for three more tallies.
One-half of their total of 10 hits
came in this inning.
Hardison, classy little third
sacker, led the local attack with
four hits in six times at bat.
GAME RESULTS
Masonboro 6
Southport 9
Leland
Whiteville 0
Wallace 6
Blaclcnboro 9
Hampstead 2
Tabor City 6
NEXT GAMES
Saturday ? Masonboro at Bla
denboro
Sunday? Wallace at Whiteville
Southport at Leland
Humpstead at Tabor City
STANDING OF TEAMS
W L Pot.
Hughes, Southport pitcher, hit
three four, and Webb, his bat"
tcry-matc, had three for five.
This victory gives Southport,*
record of three won and threa
lost in league play, with a .500
pcrccntage. The team hu3 won
its last three contests.
On Tuesday night at 8 o'clock
the local nine will face a strong
Masonboro team under the lights
in Legion Stadium, Wilmington
this game taking the place of
the one rained out last week.
The schedule calls for Southport
to play Leland on the latter'*
home diamond Sunday afternoon.
Southport
Masonboro
Leland
Bladenboro
Whiteville
Wallace
Tabor City
Hampstead
5 0 1000
5 1 .833
4 2 .666
3 3 .500
3 3 .500
2 "4 .333
1 4 .200
0 6 .000