\Iost Of The News
II AH The Time
JKlume TEN ]y0
llus Drivers In
Imalety Meeting
It He re Monday
Bjvcrs Of Brunswick Coun ^ ty
School Busses Gatherled
Here Monday For InIBrfructional
Meeting With
IBofficials
lmE EXAMINED
BY PATROLMAN
|lib And Laws Governing
I^Kperation Of The TransIportation
Units Are Definitely
Outlined
HtIk great responsibility that
upon the shoulders of the
! < drivers (or Brunswick coun|B
schools was clearly outlined
f Br ay morning when members
IB tin- sronp attended an instruI.
' -.I meeting presided over by
Iss Annie May Woodside. coun
superintendent of schools.
B-*'*' attendance were the
|B^" of ",0 county board of
l^pcation. Charles E. Gause, G.
Roi l and R. I. Phelps; the
t<?nies John White
I^B Ernest Parker: and the prinB
- of the various consolidated
s W K Lingle, Southport;
B-ry 1. Stone. Shallotte: W. E.
B I: Z. G. Ray. WacB
,a- and B. R. Page. Bolivia.
B men made con
the program.
Miss Woodside told the boys of
H recent aet of the legislature
8 all bus drivers to
H approval of a highway
man and which provides
ghment for any driv
ites a bus loaded
hool children at a rate of
greater than thirty-five
per hour.
stressed the imporB
ping the busses
B told the boys that
I rectly responsible to
I ncipal; told them that
I supposed to haul only
Br.-.- children in their busses,
B r to permit anyone else
I their - ehieie. The drivB
- were instructed to make
I . schedule, and to keep
I to change their route.
i a: the conclusion of the inI"
tional period there was a
I- get acquainted" period
which time representa
(Continued on Page Eight.)
BUttle Bits
I Of Big News
News Events Of State,
I Nation and World-Wide
Interest During Past
Woclc
)oj/Y.v Break
Congressman J. Bayard
I lark, of Fayetteville, denied
I here exists a serious breach
I : the democratic ranks in
in an address to
I democratic women of the seI
enth congressional district
I Tuesday at Goldston's Beach,
I tVhite Lake. "We are entering
|H Jiuh faces the estaI
'ihshment of far-reaching reI
forms declared the congressI
'nan. and it is only natural
I 'hat there should be some disI
to how these reforms
shall be brought about.
IH most have a broadminded
I 'olerance and keep the demoI
.ratic party active for an even
II '
Note
The 1938 license plate colors
111 be just the reverse of
I those used this year, with the
background more of an orange
I than this year's numbers were.
I The yellow on the plates this
Tear was supposed to deeper
II than H was; but whoever
mixed the paint got it a little
too light. For 1938, however,
the background will be a deI
finite orange although light?
I about the color of the New
I Tork plates this year.
m*$ks Intervention
Intervention of foreign
powers to halt the undeclared
I $ino-Japanese war was urged
I Tuesday by China's strong
man Generalissimo Chiang
I Kai-Shek. The premier and
t'preme army commander declared
Chinese legions with inI
JJjWila equipment are fightI
not only their own battle,
I |]|t also for nations who place
aith in the sanctity of treaties
' w'ho have vast commerical
I '"forests in China. "If the na'?ns
of the world recognize
"" menaee of Japanese agI
x assion and wish to prevent
|H ""sequences from descendI
!"!! ''n ^ world directly or
"directly, they should take
^"""diate action," Chiang asI
"tad in an interview.
(Continued on Page Four)
TH1
32 8-PAG
Identifies Bones
Pre!
* ^Hl^ll^'MwBBiggftB lll^l^
FOSSILS?Ottoway Inn
ing some of the bones discov
Eldra Innman, several days
basin, near Freeland.?(Cut
News.)
Fossils Discove
Freeland
Considerable Interest Has
Been Created By Discovery
Of Bones Of Ancient
Reptile In Waccamaw
River. . . 'j
BRUNSWICK MEN
MAKE DISCOVERY
Ottoway And Eldra Inman,
Sons Of A. R. Inman,
Are Responsible For
Report Of Ancient
Skeleton
From Dr. Harry T. Davis, cur
ator of the State Museum, in
iTaieigh, eomes word that the
: huge hones of some pre-historic
animal recently discovered in the
Waccamaw ..iver basin by Ottoway
and Eldra Inman are those
, of some monstrous ancestor of
the alligator. It was estimated
that this creature lived millions
of years ago?long before man
made his appearance on the face
of the earth.
The discovery of these fossil
bones was made some time ago
by the Inman boys, sons of A. R.
Inman. of Freeland, during a
period of unusually low water in
the Waccamaw river near their
home. Finding tremendous bones
imbeded in the rock formation of
the river bottom, the boys car1
ried the specimens to their home.
I The interest of Wilmington
newspapermen was aroused, and
they made arrangements to have
the bones sent to Raleigh for
classification by museum authorij
ties.
Dr. Davis writes that he plans
to visit the spot where the bones
were discovered and search for
(Continued on Page 8.1
Sees Need For Son
Boats For
i With big game fishing off
| Southport certain of development.
the secretary of the
Southport Civic Club believes
that a fine opportunity is
awaiting someone who will
build and operate two or
mere large, fast boats.
The craft should be large
enough to be entirely seaworthy
and at the same time
afford sleeping quarters and
accommodations for at least
six persons. A very essential
point is that they should have
a cruising speed of not less
i than 15 miles per hour. A
little faster might be even
better.
While they should be constructed
with an eye to carrying
parties far out for the
big game fish, consideration
should be given the fact that
i on many occasions they will
be desired for the ordinary
deep sea fishing parties close
inshore. At certain seasons
i ST.
A Good
ES TODAY
Of
listoric Alligator
? |k s i
BByr
\T |L. j
man, above, is shown holdered
by him and his brother,
ago in the Waccamaw river
; courtesy Wilmington Stax1-1
red Near
In This County
LAW REQUIRES
GUIDE LICENSES
I
County Game Warden E.
G. Russ was in Southport
Monday and declared that local
residents carrying upstate
marsh hen hunters out
this year will be required to
purchase a guide license. The
cost of this special permit is
$5.25, and may be procured
from the warden or from the
office of the clerk in the court- |
house.
This guide license Is required
i? cnmnliance with the state
regulations and must be purchased
in addition to the regular
hunting license. Warden
Kuss also warns all prospective
marsh hen hunters to
have their regular licenses before
they do any shooting this
j season.
__????????
Colored Bishop
To Preach Here
j The St. James A. M. E. Zion
I Church, of Southport, is celebrating
its 66th anniversary this
' week. There is preaching each
night by city pastors.
Next Sunday at 11 o'clock the
anniversary sermon will be preached
by Bishop Linwood W. Kyles,
of Winston Salem, the Senior
, Bishop of the church, and presiding
over the First Episcopal
District. The Pastor and the
church are inviting their white
friends to hear the bishop Sunjday
morning, and special reservation
will be made for them.
ne Large, Fast
Deep Sea Fishing
| of the year they may be profitably
used for commerical
fishing.
The main thing is that a
couple of fast and seaworthy
boats, perhaps more of them,
will be needed next spring
and summer to cater to the
big game fishing parties.
This is something that can
| be developed into great imI
pcrtance to Southport, if the
situation is properly met by
providing the boats that are
certain to be needed.
It is a safe bet that boats
of this sort will be brought
in from points outside of
Southport, if Southport people
' themselves do not supply the
needs. It stands to reason that
for the big game fishing the
home-owned boats, with
crews who know the waters,
will have a great advantage
over a boat owned elsewhere
and coming in just to pick
I up what it can.
\TE
1 News paper In
Southport, N. <
September Term ji
Of Civil Court
Begins Monday
Session Will Be Marked By J
Trial Of Very Few Cases
In Which There Is Much
Public Interest
JUDGE MARSHALL T.
SPEARS TO PRESIDE <
Durham Jurist Will Come
To Southport From 1
Whiteville. Where He
Is Holding Court
The September term of Bruns- I
wick county Superior court for j
the trial of civil cases will con- j
vene here Monday, September 6.
Judge Marshall T. Speers, of i
Durham, will be the presiding '
jurist. '
While the court calendar for I
the term is well filled, no cases 1
of unusual interest to the public
are scheduled for trial. Included '
on the calendar are four divorce I
cases that are to be heard. ' I
Elsewhere in today's paper appears
a copy of the court calcn- '
dar for the term. l'
1
1 _ _
Seek Permission ,?
For Third Wharf!
|i
Southern Craft Cohporation (
Of Georgetown Asks |
War Department Fori
Construction Permission |i
Il
Application for a permit to (
build a wharf on the inland wat- <
erway 13 miles west of Southport
has been made by the Southern j
Kraft Paper corporation, of Geor- f
getown, to Major Ralph Millis,
district army engineer.
Permission already has been J
obtained from the engineers of-1 (
fice for the construction of two
other wharves, one near the Cas- ,
well Beach road and another j
near Seaside Work is underway |
on these projects.
The proposed wharf is to be j
erected at Stone Chimney land- (
ing, near beacon No. 26, in (
Brunswick county. ,
It is understood the pier will f
be used by the paper company: (
in the transportation of pine logs
to its pulp mill in Georgetown.
It will be 32 feet wide at the ,
front and will be 280 feet in,
length. j
Possible objections to the pro-!
posed work, plans for which are
on file at the engineer office, will,
be received until September 9. | ^
New Principal
Fnr Snnthnort
A V M. w*r WWW*?J- -w- ? ?
W. R. Lingle Comes Here 1
From China Grove To 1
Replace C. A. Ledford J
As Head Of Local High
School j,
W. R. Lingel, for the past four 1 (
; years a member of the high | (
school faculty at China Grove, j j
(arrived here last week to assume j,
, his duties as principal of the (
iSouthport high school. He sue-j,
coeds C. A. Ledford. (
The new principal graduated
i from Lenoir-Rhyne College in1,
j 1927, where he was a member
of the varsity basketball team. I,
Prior to that he was in school j,
at Mt. Pleasant, and at that in- (
stitution was a letterman in
basketball and baseball. j
High school boys and girls j ]
will be interested to know that j (
Mr. Lingle has enjoyed remarkable
success with athletic teams I
I which he has coached, having | (
I turned out both girls' and boys' j
championship basketball teams.
Mr. Lingle is a strapping, wellbuilt
fellow with a pleasing per-;'
sonality. He is married.
Good Band For
Thursday Dance {
Jimmie Gunn and his orchestra
will play for a dance to be
held Thursday night in the South- j
port Community Center.
This musical organization, one '
of the best known negro orches- .
tras in the South, is well known ! (
to radio listeners for their pro- ]
grams broadcast over radio sta- j i
tion WBT, Charlotte.
Thursday's dance will be in the |
1 nature of a going-away occasion i
'for the younger set who leave in j
ia few days for their various,'
schools and colleges.
VISITING PARENTS
Edgar M. Hall, Jr., who has
been in Quebec, Canada, this
summer as physician in a boy's
camp is visiting his parents, Rev.
and Mrs. E. M. Hall. Mr. Hall
(will sing at Trinity Methodist
church at the morning and even- J
ling preaching services on next;
Sunday. /
FORI
i A Good Com
P., Wednesday, Septen
Suit Hearing Is
Continued Untilj
September 13 Ji
fudge I. M. Meekinr. G.
Continuance Asked 1>y
Brunswick County Of fi-;
cials In Connection With;
Bond Suit
jOOD prospects
OF COMPROMISE
In View Of Fact Additional
Tax Rate Has Been Levied
To Cover Payments
And Compromise
Judge I. M. Meekins, of district
'ederal court, has continued unit
the week of September 13 a
rearing on a petition filed in fed-1
sral court by bondholders of
Brunswick county to prevent di- i
verting money from the bond
'und to the general fund, it was
earned here Tuesday.
The hearing was scheduled
Monday at Elizabeth City.
"I reckon the continuance was
to see if we (the bondholders
ind the county officials) can get
;ogether, but I don't know,"
ludge E. K. Bryan, counsel for
he bondholders said.
"The continuance was asked j
jy Brunswick county and we ac- ]
:omodated them by agreeing to
t," he said.
The petition was filed in fed-,
;ral court by a bondholders' pro- j
:ective association shortly be'ore
the association filed suit to j
ecover principal and interest
layments they alleage is past due
>n $342,000 worth of Brunswick (
:ounty bonds.
Brunswick county officials have |
igreed to restrain themselves
'rom diverting funds from the
jond fund and it is probable the
suit will be dropped after an
igreement is reached between
he bondholders and the county
)fficials.
The suit arose from a divergence
in interpretations in an1
igreement between the bondhol-l
iers and the county officials. !
After a period of years in
vhich the county officials divert;d
funds from the bond fund to
the general fund, an agreement
vas reached between the bond-,
lolders and the officials, calling i
for all bond funds to be used for
(Continued on page 8.)
Reserve Medical
Officer At Camp
Notice Received This Week
That Reserve Medical
Officer Will Replace |
Contract Surgeon At
Camp Sapona
Notice was received this week i
that a reserve medical officer
will be sent to, Company 427
CCC, at Southport, to replace Dr. i
L. C. Furgus, contract surgeon,
rhis change is effective at mid- i
night, September 3.
In informing the commanding
officer of the local CCC unit of |
this change he was instructed to
notify Dr. Furgus that his ser-'
idces have been satisfactory, and ,
that should it be necessary in
the future to use a local physician
at the camp the army I
should like to feel free to call;
upon him again.
Several CCC camps in North
Carolina have been disbanded
ivithin recent weeks, many of
them with medical reserve officers
on their staff. It is with the
idea of providing places for these
men that a change of policy has
been made at Camp Sapona.
Official action in the matter
iriginated at CCC district head- j
quarters.
Shrimping Will i
Be Heavy Soon
Good Catches Made During
Unfavorable Weather Of
Past Week Make Prospects
Seem Unusually
Good
Although the exteremely warm
iveather ot the past week created
a. condition that was very unfavorable
to shrimping, some very
satisfactory catches were made
by trawlers working off Southport.
This week is expected to bring
about the real obeginning of the
1037 trawling season. Something
like 30 boats operated last week
for Fodale Brothers, Wells Brothers,
S. I. Burris, L. J. Hardee
and J. A. Arnold. Each of these
houses will put out additional
boats this week.
Roger Riggins is here and
ready to begin buying and shipping.
Mr. Davis, who will have
charge of the North Carolina
Fisheries, Inc., arrived Saturday
(Continued on Page 8)
f ' >' ? V =
r pii
munity
nber 1, 1937 publisf
Month Of Aug
Slump In Sal
From July 21 To August 30 I
se Was Sold To White Cc
Of Deed
A tcrible slump has been ;
experienced in the saic of
marriage licenses from the
local office of Register of
Deeds, and during the month
of August only one white
couple obtained their permit
to wed.
until Miss Grace Rich and
Elmer Mooney, of Supply,
came in Monday to purchase
their marriage license there
had been no sale during the
month of August, nor, in
fact, since July 21.
July was a fairly busy I
.. .month, with sales totaling 6
Brunswick Coi
OpenTodaj
the fate of little
school uncertain
With thr fall trrm opening
today (Wednesday) at all the
other Brunswick count y
schools the fate of the little
one-teacher school on Bald
Head Island still is uncertain.
Last year this unit was operated
for the benefit of children
of members of the Cape
Fear Coast Guard station and
the ('ape Fear lighthouse
crew. In the meantime, the
coast guard station has been
discontinued and several families
have moved away. The
number of school children has
been reduced from 11 to 6,
and it is now up to the state
school commission to decide if
the school will be continued.
Club Boys And
- Girls On Tour
Three Day Trip To Points
Of Interest In North Carolina
And Virginia Made
By Brunswick Group
County Agent J. E. Dodson and
members of the 1-H club group
of Brunswick county left last
Thursday for a three-day tour
of points of interest in North
Carolina and Virginia, returning
Saturday night.
Eighteen persons, most of them
4-H club boys and girls, made the
six-hundred-fifty mile trip. Spending
their nights at tourist camps
and eating at lunch places along
the route, the' cost for aecli person
was six dollars, including
transportation.
Among the places visited were
Pinchurst. Greensboro, Mt. Airy.
Winston-Salem, High Point, Clinton,
Wilmington, Martinsville, Va?
Stuait. Vn? and Hillsville, Va.
The following club members
made the trip:
James Bennett, Frecland; Daffney
Bennett, Frceland; Newton
Edwards, Ash: Mabel Edwards,
Ash; Harry King, Freeland: Andrew
Lesh, Bolivia, Shelton Stanley,
Ash: Rotha Hickman, Winnabow.
Ruby Stanley, Ash: Odell
Williamson, Ash; Leon Williamson.
Ash: Mary Francis Dodson,
Ash; Wilbur Roberts, Supply;
Archie Smith, Ash; Odcll Bennett,
Freeland, and Dorccy Simmons,
Ash.
New Fixtures For
The Bolivia Stage
B, R. Page, principal of Bolivia
high school, was in Southport on
Tuesday and announced that the
new stage curtain and fixtures
have been installed at the Bolivia
school.
These additions will greatly enhance
the beauty of the school
auditorium.
Huge Devilfish Is <
Shrimp Nel
Sting rays often attain
huge size. Crawford Rourk
and the crew of his shrimp
trawler got one of these
creatures in their net last
week and it was estimated to
weigh over three tons. It
lodged in the net near the
mouth and all of the efforts
of the men, pulling on the
net, would not even lift the
head from the water.
A hook was fastened in its
mouth and the fish was lift(
ed as near the surface as
possible by the boat hoist.
With the tide and several
houndred pounds of shrimp
,0T
IED EVERY WEDNESDAY
ust Witnessed
e Of Licenses
*Jot A Single Marriage Licen>uple
From Local Register j
Is Office
i
for that thirty-one day per- .
iod. Only three licenses were |
issued during June.
Other months this year
have run along at about that
same rate. In May there were
four sales; in April three;
the same number in March;
February's total was two; j
and three permits were issu- ,
cd during January.
With the harvest season
practically over and cooler
weather coming on, a definite
improvement in the marriage
mart is expected during the
coming fall season.
mty Schools j
r For Fall Term
The Preliminary Preparations
For Opening Of
Fall Term Completed On
Tuesday At Teacher's
Meeting At Southport
COMPLETE TEACHER
LIST FOR SCHOOLS
New Changes And Improvements
Have Been
Made At All Consolidated
Schools During
Summer
Summer vacation comes to a
close for Brunswick county school
children today as the five consolidated
scnoois and the various
colored schools open for the
fall term.
Final preparations for the
opening day were completed on
Tuesday at a county-wide teachers
meeting held at Southport,
and later in the day when principals
held individual faculty
meetings at their respective
schools.
Faculty members and pupils
will find that numerous repairs
and improvements have been
made at several of the schools as
equipment was made ready for
the school term.
1 Following is a complete teach(Continued
on Page 8)
Two Cases Tried
One Is Continued
Short Session Of Recorder's
Court Held Here Last
Week Before Judge Joe
I W. Ruark
Two cases were disposed of and
another was continued last Wednesday
in Recorder's court presided
over by Judge Joe W. Ruark.
Willie Simpson, colored, pleaded
guilty to charges of transporting
whiskey for the purpose of sale.
! He was required to pay a fine
of $25.00, the costs for 12
months.
Abram Galloway, colored, who
was invovled in an automobile
| accident with Dr. H. L. Keith, of
Wilmington, last week, was found
1 guilty of operating a motor veI
hide while under the influence of
' intixiocating liquor. The defendI
ant was given 12 months on the
roads, this sentence being suspended
upon payment of a fine
; of $50.00, the costs in the case
iand the revocation of the defendant's
driving license. There
was the further provision that
the sum of $100.00 restitution be
paid the prosecuting witness.
(Continued on Page Eight,)
WPA Project For
City Approved
Notice was received here last
week of the approval of a WPA
i project for the extension of the
' water system and the installation
of two additional hydrants on
, the city streets of Southport.
Caught In
t Here But Escapes
i and fish aiding, the net was
j then slipped from around, it
| leaving it dangling free in
the water alongside the boat
Intending to bring the
catch in and exhibit it, as
soon as it was flood tide, the
( fishermen sought to fasten
the ray with a 75 pound anchor
and a cork buoy on the
surface. Returning for it at
high tide, the ' cork anchor
and all had disappeared. It is
supposed the ray dragged the
anchor off into deeper water,
in which case the buoy would
have dragged under the surface,
as it had only fifteen
' feet of line.
-1 i
The Pilot Covers I
Brunswick County B
$1.50 PER YEAR 1
Oppose Policy I
Practiced By I
N. C. Fisheries I
Making No Effort To Ct .n- I
ply With Provisions Of S
Contract With City Of H
Southport, Plant Com- I
petes With Buyers 1
PRIVATE DEALERS 1
MADE TO SUFFER 1
Local Plant Opens For Few
Weeks During The F:g I
Shrimping Season, An J 9
Then Closes For I
Winter
Local seafood dealers and . I
Southport city officials arc up in
arms against the North Carolina
Fisheries, Inc., which organiza- {>t|H
tion, they feel, is dealing them
a hand from the bottom of the jH
The city fathers are irate be- I
cause they claim that the Fish
erics urgcini/.ciuuil liao lanvu vw
live up to the first one of their 9
agreements that were made when <B
the board of aldermen was indue- . ,B
ed to put u|> Sd.ooo.on toward I, B
the construction of the local fl
plant. No effort is made to ope- B
rate the Southport unit on a fl
year-round basis, the plan for ''fl
the past two years being to send fl
a representative here during the fl
busy shrimping season to pur- B
chase green shrimp in compcti- fl
tion with independent buyers and ' fl
ship to northern markets with- fl
out using any of the expensive I B
machinery in the plant to pre- |fl
pare them for delicatcsan sales H
within North Carolina. H
The independent buyers are fl
hot about the local situation be- <
cause their competitor, the North fl
1 Carolina Fisheries. Inc., pays no j H
taxes on its plant and pays no
license fee. Moving out immedia- j H
tely after the busy season is i| |B
over, the problem of providing
sustenance for fishermen during d| fl
the off season becomes the res- I fl
ponsibility of local seafood deal- ' jffl
Or attractive act JH
guments offered by fisheries of- 'll|B
ficials in securing the co-operation
of the city government in
the construction of the plant was 9
the prospective monthly light and !>B
water bill of the unit. Two or j jfl
three months has been as long B
as there has been a demand for B
lights and water, and last year's | fl
i power and light bill still is un- .Jjfl
Members of tile board of al- jfl^fl
derman and the mayor are high- jjfl
ly dissatisfied with their treat , E.-jfl
(Continued on page 8.) fl
Barge Is Freed I
Wprl nperJav Nitf I
? ? V<? UHV a
Oak Island Life Boat, 8
Launch From Cutter Mo- B
doc And Stone Tug Pul- fl
led Vessel Off After Two I
Days w 3fl
Tho barge John Frederick was a rfl
floated Wednesday night about fl
7:20 o'clock through the combin- fl^B
ed efforts of the Oak Island life g.'fl
boat, the launch from the Modoc I ^B
and one of the Stone tugs. , I
She had been aground on Fry- I ^B
ing Pan Shoals off Bald Head H
Island since Monday night when fl
the tug Pejepscot also went high fl
and dry on a shallow reef. The J M
tug was freed Tuesday night. fl
After the tug had been float-/ I
ed, she was discovered to be | B
leaking hadly. and was towed to. I ^B
j Wilmington for repairs The in- B
gc was barely damaged, but was Jo] fl
also towed to Wilmington to I B
await passage to New York. fl
Tide Table I
Following Is the tide table iH
for Soutbport during the next B
week. These hours are appro- H
ximatcly correct and were fur- 'I
nished The State l'ort Pilot i jffl
through the courtesy of the H
Cape Fear Pilot's Association. jfl
High Tide f-ow Tide fl
TIDE TABLE B
Thursday, September 2
5:58 a. m.
l>. 1:02 p. M|^B
Friday, September S B
j 6:52 12:10 a. m.
7:09 p. in. fl^B
i Saturday, September 4 ! B
7:36 a. m. 1:27 a. m. H
j 7:53 p. m. 1:15 p. m. B
Sunday, September 5 B
8:19 a. m. 2.12 a. m. flfl
8:35 2:33 p. m. gl^B
Monday, September 6 B
I 9:01 a. m. 2:53 a. m. | B
9:16 p. m. 3:16 p. m. Jj B
Tuesday, September 7 M^B
9:43 a. m. 3:31 a. m. B
j 9:57 p. m. 3:58 p. in. 1 fl
| Wednesday, September 8 fl fl
10:26 a. m. 4:12 a. m. fl I
10:36 p. m. 4:39 p. m. B