rjie Pilot Covers
Mrunswick County
Mme nine no. 21
fit's Office |
Eceives June |
tension Checks 'I
M.\nnual Pension Pay-1
Hits To Widows Of
Kfederate Veterans Be- I
K Delivered From OfH
veteran
H died march 16
I Wescott, Last SurvivH
Confederate Soldier
* D-..n?wick County,
e(] And Check De
livered To Son
annual pension checks for
of Confederate veterans
last week and are being t
; the office of Clerk !:
B, g J- Holden.
Wescott last survivor of
nfederate army in BrunsHunty,
died at his home
March IT and his check
Hg;vered to his son, Calvin
K, were checks for two j
a" widows of Confederate '
in this group are I
totally blind or totally dis ml
their checks are for!
^Kmi-annuallv
H, for the following class
Kdows were received: Re- ]
Hi. Styron, widow of GuilHtyron:
Mary C. Swain, i
or William Swain.
H;$ for class "B" widows
H $50.00 semi-annually. The
Hb" widows are as follows: j
G. Murrell. widow of G.
Hindi: Mary E. Phelps.
H : ' :ps; Rachel
^Kr.s. widow of W. A. RobH
widow of (
Her Robinson: Lucy A. (
Hor.tinued on page 6) j
fie Bits !
i)f Big News ;
H Events Of State, c
Hon and World-Wide
Herest During Past 1
I Week 1
?
mdieck Again
Hp Marion A. Zioncheck,1 j
^B'ash , ertswhile "playboy" , j
Bongress was forcibly con- (
H Tuesday in the Shep- L
Enoch-Pratt hospital, a f
Hte institution which spec
in mental cases. He was
^ftht there in an ambulance
I Gallinger hospital in
Biineton. D C., where he J
B been held three weeks
ntal observation on poB
"wild man"
to a series of escapa- y
hat kept him in the headH
' months. Cursing and
Hniing that he had been '
Bar,ped,' Zioncheck was
on a stretcher into the
Ral by three male atten-. (
H "ho accompanied him j
Washington. He said he.(
been moved without his j,
i v
H ~ ! r
mention t
H*b.st a noisy and color '
background, in which
rences provided a
the major uncertainties, 0
mocratic national con- p
Tuesday night roared
'se at a heated keynote
upon the Republican i
Pces who will face the
' It-Garner ticket next
H Senator Alben W.
> '-1' Kentucky, shouting i
Imunciations in resound- a
r S
oice, centered much of ,
re on Governor Alf M. ^
n, the opposing party j
ixi-bearer. The Kansan, j
indered, was a man who, .
advocated inflation by I i
>g press money.
He Stabbed
papone, the first Public j b
r No. 1, was stabbed J n
k pair of scissors in Al- ' fi
I federal prison Tuesday hi
pes C. Lucas, a prisoner e<
Texas serving 30 years ei
|nk robbery. The wound j
bid not to be serious, tl
lie was stabbed by an- n
prisoner in the room tl
I they were working,"
James A. Johnston, of
bcific Coast "Devil's Is- sc
I said. ir.
Btinued on Page 6) tc
The years rolled along, the!
>eaten way was changed. The!
>ld Georgetown-Wilmington road {
vas removed from its path un- j
ler the sheltering tree. The tree
emains, its branches spreading
127 feet and its furtherest reach;s
touching the roof of the old
McKeithan home, between which,
ird the tree the old trail passed.
"Big Oak," on all the maps of
3runswick, undoubtedly the best J
cnown tree in all Brunswick
:ounty, has been visited by its
housands of nature lovers. Only
our hundred yards from a mod-1
(Continued on Page 61
Advice Given
Cotton Farmers
iVhere Stand Is Irregular
Because Of Drought Usual
Process Of Cultivat.'on
Should Be Followed
Where farmers replanted coton
just before the drought was
iroken, and now find that both
he first and second plantings
lave come up, they should culti- j,
ate it in the usual way, though I
nore rapidly, and leave two or ;
hree stalks to each hill.
To get the greatest yield, said
5. C. Blair, extension agronomist
t State College, top dress the
otton early with 100 to 150
ounds of nitrate of soda to the '
(Continued on Page Six)
Sunday School
Worker In County
Miss Zula Rogers, state Sunay
School field worker, who is
pending ten weeks in the Bapist
Sunday Schools of Brunswick j
iaptist Association, will be at
fount Pisgah next week.
Wishing Is Good
After Bad Weather
Rough seas kept menhaden fish I
oats inside last week-end and
o pleasure boats dared risk a
shing trip outside. By Monday,
owever, the water had smooth3
considerably and the menhad0
boats all made fair catches.
A party which went out with i
le Rev. A. H. Marshall Monday
lorning had good luck out at.
ie blackfish grounds.
Captain S. L. Brinkman and
>n, Marsden, are visiting friends
1 Beaufort and other sea coast
?wns this week.
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6-PAGES TODA
Giant Oak Tree,
Limb-Spread O
GIANT OAK?An outst
Brunswick County is the hi
front of the old McKeithan
"Big Oak" Is i
Interest
4
Huge Oak Stands In Front
Of Old McKeithan Home
In Supply And Has Been
Admired By Hundreds Of
Visitors
HAS LIMB SPREAD
OF OVER 127 FEET
Farm Upon Which This
Mighty Oak Stands Has
Been In Hands Of One
F amily F or More
Than 100 Years
A century and more ago the
ravelers between Georgetown, S.
2., and Wilmington drove their
umbering wagons and clumsy
;arts under the spreading bran-!
;hes of a gaint red oak tree,
growing in the yard of the late
I. W. (Wilse) McKeithan, a
scant four hundred yards from
he village of SuDDlv.
Coast Guards Havt
To Cape Feai
After battling heavy seas j
for more than 12 hours in a
36-foot boat Friday, Captain j
W. H. Barnett and three men
of his crew at Oak Island
Coast Guard Station came into
Southport at 1:00 o'clock
Saturday morning with G. F.
Moon, first assistant engineer
of the Cape Fear lightship,
and carried him immediately
to the Brunswick
County Hospital.
Word was received Friday
at noon that Assistant Engineer
Moon was in serious
condition aboard the lightship,
which lies forty miles
off shore at Frying Pan
Shoals. It seemed imperative
that he be brought ashore
for hospital treatment and
the Oak Island men set out
E PC
aaper In A G(
C., Wednesday, Jui
Commencement
Vacation Bible
School Friday
Program Friday Night Ii
High School Auditoriur
Will Present Idea Of Th
Work Accomplished Dui
ing Session
PRINCIPAL PRAISES
WORK OF FACULT
Parents Of Children An
Citizens Interested In
Work Of This Kind Invited
To Attend Exercises
Friday
The Daily Vacation Bib
School commencement will 1
held Friday night at 8 o'clock
the Southport high school auc
torium and will present a revie
of the work accomplished durir
the session.
An invitation is extended 1
the Rev. T. H. Biles, principal,
all parents and other citizens L
terested in religious work ar
community upbuilding to attej
the commencement program.
In addition to the formal pr
gram, posters, note books ai
exhibits from the woodcraft d
partment will be shown.
In commenting upon the su
cess of the current session of tl
Bible school, the Rev. Mr. Bit
spoke in terms of deepest appr
ciation of the faithful work c
the part of members of the fa
ulty. He declared that the atte:
dance this year was not quite i
to that of last year.
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A Good Newsj
Y Southport, N.
At Supply Has ^
f Over 127 Feet
an ding object of interest in
ige oak tree that stands in
home near Supply.
Object Of
To Naturalists
1
BEGIN BATTLE FOR
SECOND PRIMARY
Setting aside any rumor to
the effect that he will not enter
the second primary race
for the Democratic nomination
for sheriff, J. A. Russ, incumbent,
makes a clear-cut statement
in today's paper of his
intention to wage a strenuous
campaign for the nomination.
His opponent in the race will
b? Dillon L. Ganey.
The only other contest in
the county will be for the
nomination for coroner, and
.... . . m
this will lie between Jonn u.
Caison and Gillard Lewis.
Elsewhere in today's ?
is an official notice of the second
primary to be held on
Saturday, July 4, with instructions
and explanations
from members of the county
board of elections.
Song Sweepstake
Adds Following
!l
Several Local People Have
Received Cartons Of Popular
Brand Of Cigarettes ,
During The Past Few
Days
A popular song sweepstakes
being sponsored by the manufac- '
turers of a well known brand of
cigarettes has created considerable
local interest and several
Southport people have received
free cartons of cigarettes for
their ability to pick the three.
leading song hits of the week.
Ormand Leggett was the first j
local winner-. Mrs. George What- i
ley was the next and the follow- i
ing week her husband guessed i
right on the three leading songs.
Last week several others were 1
added to the list of winners. :
They were Lawrence Willing,
Dallas Pickett, D'Ormand Swain, I
Ed Weeks, Malcom Frink and '
Lelah Hubbard. : 1
In this latter group were some i1
whose three songs were not in;.
their proper order, but the cig-!
irettes were mailed as a special 1
award for picking the three lead- 1
srs. '
Bsisy uay ror
Judge Ruar!
i? i ,
Numerous Cases Dispose
Of Here In Recorder
Court Last Week As Vs
riety Of Sentences Wei
Meted Out
Numerous cases were dispos<
of here in Recorder's Court la;
Wednesday before Judge J. \
Ruark.
Cass Merrick, colored, pies
guilty of making an assault upc
a female and was required to pa
the costs in the case.
A. C. Anderson, white, wi
charged with operating a mot(
vehicle without license, but a n
pros was taken when it wi
proved that he did have the pri
per license.
Foster Frink, colored, wi
charged with operating an auti
mobile with improper brake
without a horn, with dcfectb
(Continued on Page Six)
Camp Makes Clean
Sweep Of Matche
In five tennis matches play<
here Saturday afternoon tl
Camp Sapona racqueteers made
clean sweep over Southport pla;
ers.
Tom Hunt defeated Cart
Reece in straight sets 6-2, 6-'
Lt. John Malone turned bac
Dick Brendle in straight sel
3-2, 6-4: Fred Ashford beat Fre
Willing 6-4, 7-5; Fat Marr di
feated Robert Thompson 6-3, 6-'
iVeldon McGlamery won ove
lames Harper 5-7, 8-6, 6-2.
A series of doubles matchc
jetween the two teams probabl
,vill be played Saturday aftei
loon.
! Rough Trip
Lightship Fridaj
for the boat in the face of
one of the roughest seas to
blow here for several months.
With Captain Barnett were
Theodore Willis, Johnie Jones
and Richard Scarboro. Captain
Barnett said that the
ocean was "plenty choppy"
but said that he and his men
were safe at all times during
their trip.
Out at the lightship the
water was so rough that
there was some difficulty in
coming alongside, but once
the sick man was aboard, the
little Coast Guard boat headed
for shore.
At the hospital Assistant
Engineer Moon was treated
by Dr. J. Arthur Dosher and
was dismissed from that institution
Sunday.
IRTP1
)od Community
ne 24th, 1936 publis
Draw Bridge (
Waterway Ti
i
^Complaint Arising From
Delay To Government
n' Dredge Results In Order
n To Keep Canal Open For
e Vessels At All Times
' REVERSES FORMER
OPERATING PLAN
lt Cars Now Must Wait For
The Bridge To Swing Inj
to Position Each Time
They Wish To Cross
The Waterway
i Word was received here Tuesday
that the draw bridge over
le the inland waterway on the Casx
wen Beach road must now remain
in open at all times except while
li- automobiles are crossing,
w Heretofore the bridge has been
'g in position for cars to cross at
all times except while boats were
>y passing in the canal. The new
to order reverses this practice,
o- It is understood that the chanld
ge resulted from a recent inci*d
dent during which the government
dredge Neuse was required
o-1 to wait for a few minutes for
id the bridge to open. A complaint
e- at the engineers department in
Wilmington led to the discovery
c-1 that there is a rule providing
that the inland waterway be left
JS open for boats 24-hours per day.
e- The order makes this forgotten
>n rule effective immediately,
c- j (Continued on page 6)
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Free Inspectio
Offered Tol
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PULLET TAKES OVER
d MOTHER'S DUTIES
?,
The story of chickabiddy
turned worried mother during
e infancy was related yesterday
by Mrs. J. L. Bishop, of Town
Creek township in Brunswick
county.
? Three and a half months
j ago, Mrs. Bishop said, a hen
which she owned hatched a
brood of chicks. Recently while
>n the hen was setting on a second
setting of eggs, one of
the pullets of the first brood
ls took up her position nearby on
""j the ground and remained there
0 until the second brood hatchis
...i
ed. .
Shortly after the hatching
of the second brood the setis
ting hen died and now the
3" pullet, but three and a half
s' months old and hardly as lar,e
ge as a quail, has adopted the
second brood, clucking over
them and giving them the
same care as a mature hen.
s ?
f- Will Lean Money
* To Co-operatives
y .
j. Farmer Co-Operative Enterk
prises May Now Be Orts
ganized In New Hanover
d And Brunswick Counties
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l; i Farmer co-operative enterprises
!r: now may be organized in New
Hanover and Brunswick counties
!S
y I with the aid of funds loaned to
' such organizations by the Resettlement
Administration, John
. F. Klein, county rural rehabilita~
j tion supervisor, announced today.
Funds have been made avail
able, Mi. Klein said, for loans to
community and co-operative asr
sociations and to farm families
' for participation in such associations
as well as in existing: co(Continued
on Page Six)
F. C. Floyd, Leland I
First To Get Bonus
F. C. Floyd, of Leland, rei
ceived the first baby bonus check
delivered to a veteran in this
(section Friday.
Mr. Floyd was the first veteran
to file his application at the
Raleigh office and the first one
to be paid off.
The Brunswick county veteran
served in the third di/ision and
under the command of Captain
Tom Gause, of Wilmington. He
was founded in action. i
Mr. Floyd says he is going to1]
be sensible about his bonus mon-! 1
ey. Of his 14 bonds, worth $712.- 1
28, he cashed> in $300 worth. He <
is using the money to pay bills. <
i
LOT
IHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Over Inland
> Be Left Open
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OFFICIAL
Mrs. H. T. St. Georgeprominent
in the Live Oal
Chapter of the Easten
Star, served during the pas
year as Grand Adah in th<
.State Organization.
7i Service
jacco Growers
K
Eastern North Carolina To
bacco Growers Beijig Of
fered Choice Of Thre<
Markets For Free Inspec
tion Service
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REFERENDUM FKUM
JULY 23 TO JULY 3C
_
Only Growers Who Sole
Tobacco Last Year At
One Of These Markets
Will Have Opportunity
Of Voting
Tobacco growers of easteri
! Carolina who may sell any 01
jail of their cured leaf on th<
markets at Farmville, Goldsborc
and Smithfield will hold a refer
endum during the eight days o
July 23 to 30 as to whether the;
favor the inspection at govern
ment cost of all tobacco sold a
; auction on these markets.
The Agricultural Extensioi
Service of State College is co
operating with the Bureau o:
Agricultural Economics of th<
United States Department of Ag
riculture in assisting growers t<
vote on the matter. Any growei
who sold tobacco at auction oi
one of these three markets ir
1935, according to Internal Reve
nue records, will have the privilege
of voting in the referendum
For any market, two thirds ol
| the growers voting must he favorable
before the Department ol
Agriculture is authorized to fur
i nish the service without cost. Bal
lots may be secured from the
county farm agents and voting
may be done by mail or at meet
(Continued on page 6)
Postponement Of
All WPA Projects
All WPA Projects In This
County Came To Standstill
Friday; Receive Assurance
That Work Will
Be Resumed
All WPA propects in Brunswick
county came to an abrupt
halt Friday when all projects
were ordered postponed until further
announcement.
This move threw into temporary
idleness several hundred
Brunswick county citizens and
left Incomplete important projects,
including the completion of
the Community Center Building
in Southport.
A statement issued Friday at
the WPA office read:
"The local WPA engineer was
today instructed by the district
office to close down all WPA
projec'8 temporarily. It is expected
that within a few days additional
funds will be received, thus
;nabling the continuance of the
sther WPA projects."
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Most Of The News
All The Time
f $1.50 PER YEAR
Veterans Begin
Changing Bonds
Into Ready Cash
Figures Supplied Tuesday
Morning By Postmaster
L. T. Yaskell Reveal
That 412 Bonds Have
Been Endorsed Here
WILL BRING $20,600
IN CIRCULATION
In Cases Where There Has
Been Any Mix-Up Or Delay
In Delivery Of
Bonds Legion Officers
To Help
During the second week of delivering
the bonus bonds through
the Southport post office there
! has been a noticeable trend to|
ward cash conversion, according
j to Postmaster L. T. Yaskell.
Whereas last week there had
1 been only one out of more than
j thirty veterans to ask for endorsement
so that his bonds
might be converted into cash,
during the past week through the
local office 49 veterans have asked
that 412 of their bonds be
j cashed. Their value totals $20,;
600.
This does not mean that each
" veteran asked that all his bonds
C be cashed at one time. The ave11
rage number of bonds received,
t according to Postmaster Yaskell,
j is 10. A man may have one or
all of his bonds cashed at a time.
Delivery of bonds has been
made to around 70 veterans
through the Southport post office.
Bonds for three veterans
are being held at the local office
? until these men have an oppor*
tunity to call for them in person,
or until the expiration of 30 days,
- when they will be returned to
. the treasury department.
? Postmaster YaskSii* ae.yj that 1
'm the mechanism of delivering and
endorsing the bonds is running
smoothly and that he appreciates
the thoughtful co-operation of
the ex-service men. He says that
' it takes about one week from the
time the endorsed bonds are mail'
ed before the check arrives in
1 payment.
Officials of the Brunswick
' County Post No. 194, American
! Legion, announce that they will
be glad to assist in any way
i persons who have encountered
r unexpected difficulty in the busi?
ness regarding their bonds.
,
f Legion Meeting
; Here Last Night
1 Members Of The Brunswick
~ County Post Number 194,
American Legion Met In
1 Courthouse For Impor)
tant Business
r
, Members of the Brunswick
j County Post Number 194, Ameri.
can Legion, held an important
. meeting Tuesday night in the
courthouse. In addition to the
j disposition of routine matters of
. business there was a discussion
f of the bonus situation.
Interesting talks were make by
Chas. E. Cause, S. B. Frink, L.
, T. Yaskell, M. B. Watkins. R.
\V. Davis and M. L. Bums. These
' men stressed the meaning and
importance to all ex-service men
(Continued on page six.)
t 1 '
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 Tide
Thursday, June 25
(J.OS a. m.
12:23 p. m. 6:31 p. m.
Friday, June 26
0:23 a. m. 6:50 a. m.
1:09 p. m. 7:30 p. m.
Saturday, June 27
1:11 a. m. 7:41 a. m.
1:58 p. m. 8:29 p. m.
Sunday, June 28
2:01 a. m. 8:S4 a. m.
2:48 p. m. 9:25 p. m.
Monday, June 29 v'
2:57 a. m. 9:24 a. m.
3:44 p. m. 10:15 p. m.
Tuesday, June 30
4:00 a. m. 10:13 a. m.
4:37 p. m. 11:04 p. m.
Wednesday, July 1.
4:58 a. m. 11:00 a. m.
5:28 p. m. 11:54 p. m.