flIoSt Of The News
\\\ The Time
"pELEVEN NO. 2
ung Shallotte
an Killed In
Auto Accident
v j
Bennett Died In
^Epital I" Petersburg,
Ai Friday As Result Of
^Vgrirs Sustained
lfR5 WERE
SLIGHTLY HURT
prom Shallotte Was
'Route To Washington
Baseball Game
then Wreck Occurred
services for Jenrette'
H- popular young man of
oi'loi: community, were
H,r.jny afternoon at the
I,.: at Chapel Hill ceme-i
I- the presence of a throng :
relatives and friends, j
H; y Phillips conducted the (
Kv, p,il!bearers were Sam,
Thomas Charles and Dewy
j- i Fred Mintz.
-.ceased is survived by
Mr and Mrs. H. B
his widow and a small i
H.re Allen Bennett, and the
sisters and brothers:
BiVirren Swain. Miss Ethei:
Miss Pollyanna
il.. Tel. Mansci.
I Bennett
|...... in a hospital in
va. about noon FriI
it< mobile truck
I that city a few
t w is traveling to
I p ( . with a party
I men for the
I ttei ng a baseball
I in which they
I- into the rear
I truck The acI
luring a h&rd
I ver of the
I, - put on brakes
I truck the
B to -i skid.
sustained a
I- ther injuries
K '.v Hayes, driver of the
I mtf( red scratches and
L. -v. M S l has a
Eeta rhoinu Stasia
B arm; Ted Bennett
B id youth, mceiv
g; R. P. White, Jr.,
B nor scratches and
little Bits
|0f Big News
r*i Events Of State,
ation and World-Wide
Interest During Past
?- - ! | || ?
BSP list of those who died vio^B
wer the lone holiday weekoOO
last night despite
B^r?a<l campaigning for a
Bawl sanp Fourth of July
As millions still were
from vacation resorts,
ha 1 mounted at least!
His compared with the 517,
^BM for the shorter, threeI
inly A notI
result of safe-and-sane j
^Hirar.ts. however, was that
lor' death from a fireworks
^Br-n was reported throughentire
country. Hospitals ,
York City treated 50
I *<* injured, but none dan-;
Bp" Automobile crashes, as i
the greatest num-1
B; tJead at least 248.
F Association of Superior
B Clerks of North Carolina
Br?n its 22nd annual conrirean
Terrace
Arightsville Beach, tonight
-dock. Approximately 150
are expected to attend
M??ting. which will continue
Saturday. A few of the
had arrived last night.
B?" Wolfe, of Charlotte.
B_>M- if the association, said
^Btht that registrations would
B "tis morning at 8 o'clock
wntinup through the after-:
ffs Charges
- Mrs. James Monroe
B-jame back prisoners of the
' Louisiana's capital late
charged in a fantastic
Hj ?' scandal at Louisiana
B^n-ersitv. Nine days ago
^B r; ' a high position in state
J',5'11 social life, fleeing
"signed as L. S. U.
B,:1 'n the face of huge uniB'''
''lancial irregularities j
armed officers rushed
Art-house at 7:16 p. m.. as
?L"dred citizens watched |
I" "" oppressed excitement.]
] THE
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EQUIPMEN
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TELEPHONE.?A great fa
menhaden fish boats operated 1
tion Company was the installat
shore telephone service. Now
constant touch with the factory
other ships.
Ship - To - Short
Service On
*?
Three Boats Of Brunswick ?
Navigation Company Now (
Have This Latest Safety
Apparatus Installed
CONVERSATION TO
AND FROM SHORE
is
Report Has It That Other hl
Vessels May Install Simi- ]
lar Equipment As
Safety Aid ?
A modern ship-to-shore tele- J'
phono service has been installed
on the three menhaden boats j
owned by the Brunswick Navi- j ri
{ration Company and is in use ir
this week. ' fi
Installation of this telephone; ni
service enables each boat to j s<
communicate with each ship at ] tt
will, with the Coast Guard and 01
with the shore station of the in
Southern Bell Telephone Company ft
at Norfolk. All calls to and from cl
the factory are long-distance and ni
must be relayed from Norfolk $|
This is because there are only five p,
telephone stations on the Atlantic
coast with facilities for picking- mm
up ship phone messages. Others I fwl
are located at Miami. Fla., New!
York City. Boston. Mass.. and I
at one other New England point, j
(Continued on page 4i
George O'Neal Rc;
n l ll II ,
funeral neid ;
Popular Member Of Oak A
Island Coast Guard Station
Crew Died At Hos-held
pital Monday Morning .da.v
, spir
George O'Neil, one of the most'A. 1
popular members of the Oakjtist
Island Coast Guard station crew, lsi(je
died Monday morning at Dosher
Memorial Hospital where he had
been a patient since he suffered Ale:
a heart attack several weeks ago. Fro
He was 50 years of age. the
Although his condition had been pre?
recognized as grave, it was not j R
until a few hours before his of
(Continued on page 4) j
Mellon Season E
Moores Ant
At this season of the year M
any mention of Walden's o|
Creek conjures up visions of ol
big and juicy watermelons, ot
cantaloupes and musk mel- tl
Ions have been coming on for oi
ten days or two weeks and | '
this last week A. VV. Moore, j hi
one of the big producers, I"
placed the first ripe water- j
melons on the market. They w
were big ones, averaging bi
close to 40 pounds. d<
Mr. Moore has 30 acres in ir
the melons. His brother, al
Claude, has six. Thompson I vi
and Robert McRackan are | pi
understood to have 12 and 0'
20 acres, respectively. J oi
In reporting his first mel- j w
ons last week Mr. Moore j
said his crops and those of j bi
his neighbors were all look- 1 . hi
ing unusually fine. That hi
claim can easily be verified U
by anyone driving along the Y
River Road. The Moore and a;
: st
A Go<
4-PAGES 10DAY
T ON BOATS
ctor in the safety of t
>y the Brunswick Navi.e
ion last week of ship-1
these boats can keep
, the coast guard or wi
e Phone
Local Boat
ain't Get Fish
Small Enougl
The Southport Civic Cluh
beginning to think itsoli
tumped with an order, reiyed
early last week by thf
harlotte Observer in hehall
F four Charlotte, sporting
nods houses. They wanted
>ur barracuda that could br
-ozen in ice and placed on
(hibition.
The fish were not to ex-ed
43 inches in length, this
i order that they could In1
ozen in a standard block
F ice. Out of more than a
ore of barracudas given
te club for shipment, not
ne has been less than 111
iches in length. Many ol
leni have exceeded 60 inies.
It has been a case ol
nt heing able to catch fisli
nail enough for the pur?se.
oderator At
State Meetin
IT. B. R. Page Attend*
Ldf-^linrr f! f State MoHf
itors At Thomasville La
Veek
meeting of the Moderate
the Baptist Associations w
I at Thomasville last Tliui
and Friday. This was an i
ational meeting called by
Huggins, secretary of the Ba
State Convention. It was pi
d over by Mr. Huggins a
field missionaries, Rev. M.
eander, ana Kev. J. C. Pip
m the seventy Associations
state, fifty moderators we
lent.
ev. A. J. Barton, moderat
the Wilmington Associate
(Continued on page 4)
legins For
i McRacken
icRackan boys own and
aerate farms on both sides
the creek and while mclis
are a special early crop,
ley are by no means the
lly things.
fhe McRackans and Moores
ive hundreds of pecans,
;ar and other fruit trees,
weet potatoes are big crops
ith them, as are corn, toicco,
peas, etc. They alsn
d much hog and cattle raisig,
for the marsh lands
long Walden's Creek prode's
wonderful year-round
jsturage and the cows relire
very little in the waj
f feeding, even during the
inter months.
Using a brief slack period
efore the beginning of the
arvesting and marketing oi
s melons, Mr. Moore and hii
imily recently went to New
ork for several days visit
t the World' Fair.
ATE
ad News paper I
Southport, N. CM V
| Soil Building
~~ Progress Made
In Brunswick
County Agent J. E. Dodson
I Cites Figures Showing
Steady Growth Of Interest
In Soil Building Practice
PURCHASING SEED
FOR NEXT YEAR
j Order Has Been Placed For
| 50,000 Pounds Of Austrian
Winter Peas To
Be Sown By Farmers
This Fall
Agricultural conservation has
j made much progress in Bruns|
wick County during the past
three years through the Triple-A
program, reports J. E. Dodson,
county farm agent of the State
Extension Service. I.ast year 82.8
percent of the crop land in the
| county was in the program. This
compares with 42.0 percent in
1036 and 41.7 percent in 1037.
Farmers earned 40.3 percent of
their maximum soil-building payments
in 1938, 36.5 percent in
11937, and 58.0 percent in 1936. To
a. receive these payments they
0. | planted within their acreage allotin
ments and carried out such valth
j uable soil-building practices as
I seeding legumes and grasses;
turning under green manure
crops; applying ground limestone,
and improving timber stands.
For instance, in 1936 a total
of 26 acres of legumes and
grasses were seeded in this counSjty.
In 1037 it was 101 acres, and
jin 1038 the seedings totaled 241
j acres. Of these, 25 acres of win
tor legumes were seeded in 1937
jand 128 acres in 1938. Green mai
nure crops were turned under as
j follows: 4,206 acres in 1936, 2.924
' | acres in 1937, and 11,456 acres
?1 iin lOSS.
The Brunswick County C. A. C.
i Association has placed an order
' with the State Office for 50,00(1
pounds of Austrian Winter Pea
Seed, "A Winter Legume", to be
' sold to members of the associa
tion who comply with the proI
gram and want the seed, and the
. cost of seed will be deducted
, from their rebate checks.
For each acre seeded to these
peas the farmer will be given
. credit for one unit of soil build,
ing practice, and for each acre
turned green in the spring he will
get credit for one unit of soil
building practice; each unit of
Soil building practice pays $1.50.
^ "If you don't believe it is a
good practice, visit some farmer
who turned Austrian Winter Peas
, last spring and planted corn behind
them," says Mr. Dodson.
1 "We recommend sowing 30 lbs.
per acre broadcast, and be sure
to innoculate the seed before sowing
using commercial innoculation.
They should be sown in September
or October. October 31.
1930. is the last date for getting
n credit for seeding in the 1039
fe Program."
rd; Barracuda Said
To Be Ferocious
irs I
as I Expert Is Quoted In Colj
umn Conducted By The
10" I ?. - _ m ,
in. j Charlotte uoscrver; inM.
terest Shown In These
p- Fish
re-!
-:! Under the caption. "Barracuda
nc ;Fishing at Southport," The Char*-*
I otte observer carried an interestes.
| ng little story in Roy Cashwell's
of I All Outdoor Column. Monday:
:re j It will be noted that Mr. Cashwell
quotes an authority on the
or |character of the 'Cudas.' How>n,
ever, the meanness credited to
(these fish should not worry any_
| one along the North Carolina
(coast. The barracuda are found
Iat only one point in North Carolina.
That is out 20 miles and
| more from Southport on Frying
SiPan'
The following is The Observer
story:
, | "Barracuda fishing around Frying
Pan Shoals, out from Southport
is attracting much attention
. I from salt water fishermen over
j the state. Most people have al,
(Continued on page 4.)
Senator Council
Has Good Luck
Senator K. Clyde Council of
| Lake VVaccamaw gets all of his
' saltwater fishing at Southport a
fit and proper procedure, but
1 heretofore he has not had any
great luck. This may have been
due to the fact that he nearly
always confined his operations to
j the river.
1 Yesterday, however. he went
to sea with Captain H. T. Bow'
mer, J. C. Blakeney. F. Averette
3 and J. Parker of Monroe. They
came in at noon with a beautiful
; catch of trout and some blues and
mackerel.
P0R1
n A Good Com
/ednesday, July 5th, 19.'
Allotment For
County School
Teachers Made
jUpon Basis Of Announcement
Received This Week j
By Miss Annie May
Woodside County To
Gain Teachers
ONE VOCATIONAL
DEPARTMENT ADDED
This Means That Three Of
The White Consolidated
Schools Of Brunswick
County Now Have
This Work
11 A total of 85 white teachers
and '19 colored teachers has been,
allotted to Brunswick county for
j the coming school year, accord-1
ing to announcement received,
11 this week by Miss Annie May
Woodside, county superintendent
! of schools.
1 This represents a gain of 3
j white teachers over last year. I
. There will be an additional high
j school teacher at Shallotte, a
vocational agriculture teacher at
1 Bolivia and an elementary teacher
at Waccamaw.
The addition of the vocational
agriculture teacher at Bolivia
brings the number of vocational
' departments in the county school
system to 3. A George Reid
I teacher has been at Shallotte
Viirrh cfhonl for V VCars and H
vocational agriculture teacher was
secured last year for Waccamaw.
| On the basis of the new allotment
there will he the following
division among the white schools
of the county next year: At
i Southport. 4 high school and 8
elementary teachers; at Shallotte,
1 j 7 high school teachers, 1 George
Reid teacher, 21 elementary teasellers
(including faculty forLock!woods
Folly unit); at Bolivia, 4
high school teachers, 1 vocational
| agriculture teacher, 8 elementary
teachers; at Leland, 4 high
I school and 8 elementary school
teachers! at Waccamaw, 4 high
I school teachers, 1 vocational ag|riculture
teacher and 14 elementary
teachers.
Young Cannon
Local Visitor
Trip Out To Gulf Stream
On Boat Of Dr. Mizclle
Results In His Conversion
To Southport As
Fishing Center
j Joe Cannon. Jr., son and namesake
of the industrial tycoon of
'Piedmont, North Carolina, spent
Saturday and Sunday here fishjing
in the Gulf Stream. At
jend of his stay he unhesitati
i told the Southport Civic Club
[letary: "Southport has the best
[fishing that I have seen any-1
|where on the coast of North]
ICarnlina."
I This is high praise, Mr. Cannon
is a sportsman of many degrees.
I He has probably spent as much
time in pursuit of various sports
as any man in North Carolina.
He came to Southport Friday,
flying from Charlotte to Wilmington
aboard his big cabin |
plane, with Dr. Elias Faison, Dr.
W. T. Martin and Dr. Robert
McKay, of Charlotte, as passengers.
Completing the trip from Wilmington
to Southport by car,
they boarded the sport fishing i
yacht Vennie, of Dr. D. B. Mizelle,
of Charlotte. With Dr. Mizclle
as host they went to the
Gulf Stream Saturday morning!
and made a pretty catch of bar- !
racuda. albacore and amberjack, |
the largest weighing between 25 j
and 30 pounds. Early Sunday |
morning another run was made ]
(Continued on page 4)
Postmaster Is
On Vacation
Postmaster and Mrs. L. T. Yaskell
left Saturday to visit Mr. j
Yaskell's relatives in Pennsylvania j
while he is on a ten days vaca- j
tion from his office.
Part of the time will be spent
at the World's Fair in New York. |
j They were accompanied by Mr. |
and Mrs. R. L. Jones.
Light Vanishes
Very Mysteriously
Unless it was hit by a boat,
Thursday night or struck by!
lightning early Friday morning,
Keeper Frank Mollycheck of the
Cape Fear Lights, is at a loss to
account for the total disappear.
ance of the Snow Cut beacon,
near where the inland waterway
runs into the Cape Fear river.
The beacon was in its place
Thursday afternoon and Friday
[ morning it was gone without a
trace being left. _
r pit
imunity
59 PUBLIS
Baptist Churc
By Ligl
Was Second Time Within Fo
Has Been Hit B;
During the course of a s
day night the steeple of So
struck, resulting in damage
The bolt apparently hit the*
steeple and then ran clown the
four corners, ruffling shingles
from their place. A few pieces of
weather boarding were knocked
off around the vestibule. The
heavy charge then * apparently
followed the wiring about the
church, shattering some of the
light fixtures as it ran down the
chain in a vain attempt to
ground. Having run its course,
the pent up electric power burst
out through the northwest side
of the church building.
Experts who viewed the damage
said that it was a miracle
that fire did not follow the bolt,
and the probable reason that this
did not occur was that the electrical
display was accompanied
by a torrential downpour of rain.
The thunderstorm Friday morning
brought an electrical climax
to a period of unusually hot
weather for this section. During
the 10-day period from June 17
to June 27 the thermometer was
85-degrces or above each day and
never went below the 72-degree
mark during each 24-hour period.
Only on 2 days did the mercury
drop below 75-degrees.
The highest temperature for the
month was reached on June 20
when a reading of 92-degrees was
officially recorded. Low reading
for the month was 66-degrecs.
(Continued on page 4)
Columbus Tol
To Be Openet
jl
Widening Road
For Two Miles
=?* - _
A road ctw of tt.fr State
j Highway Commission moved
| into Southpnrt Saturday and
Monday morning were at
work on a project that will
add 2-fect in width on each
side of tlie highway from the
railroad to the Sawdust Trail
intersection.
After reaching the Sawdust
Trail, a sand-asphalt
surface will be laid on the
Wilmington highway to a
point about 10 miles from
Southport.
While this work is in progress
all Wilmington traffic
will be routed over a detour
way of Bolivia. W. R. McAuley,
who is in charge of
this crew, says that the
camp probably will remain
here for about a month.
.
Mrs. Mollycheck j
Is Prize Winner;
Her 6-Pound Big Mouth
Bass Took Top Honors
Among Local Anglers
For Last Week
For best entry of any variety
of fish at the Southport Civic
Club weighing station for The
Charlotte Observer fishing contest
the past week. Mrs. Frank Mollycheck
won the local prize. Her
entry was a 6-pound big mouth i
bass. Mrs. Mollycheck took her
fish on a medium sized hickory
rod with a Belmont reel. She
uses this tackle for both salt and
(Continued on page 4)
Cruiser Po were
H.P. Engine:
The Sea Isle, formerly the
Martina III, left New York
yesterday bound for her permanent
base at Southport.
The boat is a 50-foot Dawn
Cruiser with two 150 horse
power diesel engines with
freshwater coolers. She his
ship-to-shore telephones and
is outfitted for either cruising
or fishing.
The boat is a new pride and
joy to the heart of Frank O.
Sherrill, of Charlotte, owner
of Bald Head island. She will
be used between Southport
and Bald Head and also for
fishing charters. She comes
down in charge of Captain
Roth, with whom several local
people are acquainted by virtue
of many jaunts made by
the captain between New
York and Florida. Walter
Evensen, former manager of
the famous Childs restaurant,
will have charge of the !
Ill
,0T
iHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
:h Struck
itning Friday
ur Years That Local Church
y Lightning Bolt
evere electrical storm Thursuthport
Baptist Church was
totaling about $1,000.00.
L
ALDERMAN
i
CAPT. I. B. BUSSELLS?
has been named a member
I of the South port board of
aldermen to represent the
(second ward, lie fills the
I vacancy created by the
death of S. W. Watts.
Dacco Markets
J On August 3
United States Tobacco Association
Sets Dates For
Openings At The White
Sulphur Meeting
GEORGIA MARKETS
WILL OPEN JULY 25
Eastern Carolina Openings
| Set For August 22; Bor-'
der Belt Asked For
Opening On August
3rd
Columbus county tobacco markets,
along with the others of
the South Carolina and border
belt, will open on August 3rd
(Thursday) it was decided Friday
afternoon at the convention of
the United States Tobacco Association
at White Sulphur Springs,
W. Va.
This is the date which has
been requested by the Border Belt
Warehouse Association in recent
meeting at Mullins, S. C.
Georgia tobacco markets are
to open on July 25th, the South
Carolina and border belt, August
3rd, and the Eastern Carolina
markets on August 22.
<Continued on page 4)
Several Cases
Tried In Court
Regular Weekly Meeting
Of Recorder's Court Was
Adjourned Early Monday
Afternoon
In Recorder's Court here Monday
Austin Garrison, colored,
pleaded guilty to charges of reckless
operation and was given 4
months on the roads, this sentence
being suspended upon payment
of a fine of $25.00 and J
(Continued on page 4)
idByTwol50
s Coming Here i
"vituals" on the craft. He is
the steward.
" Mr. Sherriil placed another
passenger car with big tires
on the island this past week.
For the past month he has
been very busy with his various
interests but it is understood
that he will arrive here
at about the time that the
Sea Isle hooves in. Meanwhile
he expects to get the
completed architects plans
for the remodelling of the old
hotel structure on the island
into a fishing camp. The
plans were submitted to him
a few days ago and had to
be returned to the architect
for some changes that both
he and Mrs. Sherriil desired.
No gasoline whatever will
be required aboard the Sea
Isle. Her two engines are kerosene
burners. She i3 understood
to be fa3t and very
seaworthy.
\
The Pilot Covers |
Brunswick County 9
$1.50 PER YEAR I
Calls Attention I
To Dangers Of 1
Poor Boilers I
H. B. Smith, Of Southport, I
| Is State Boiler Inspector I
And He Says That Many I
Now In Use Are Danger- I
ous I
RIGID LAW NOW 1
COVERS BOILERS [I
Illegal To Operate A Boiler 1
With More- Than 15- I
Pounds Of Pressure 5
Uuinspected 1
"Deaths and serious injuries,
not to mention damage to per- B
| sona! property, from boiler explo- I
sions are far too numerous in B
North Caorlina and the total must I
be reduced", H. B. Smith, chief I
j boiler inspector for North Caro- IjR
lina, stated while here recently. 1
Smith made known that two I
persons had been killed and five I
others seriously Injured as a re- 1
suit of boiler explosions which I
have occurred within the past six- fl
ty days. Total property damage I I
from these accidents amounted to h
more than ten thousand dollars. I
In 1935 the General Assembly I
enacted a boiler inspection law
which makes it a misdemeanor
to operate a steam boiler at a fl
pressure in excess of fifteen ' I
pounds without an operating cer- jgj
tificate. Operating certificates are '!
issued by the department of labor fl
to owners of boilers which are fl
found in safe condition, following fl
rigid inspection by State-Oommis- (<
sioneri Boiler Inspectors. Only in- B
spectors for insurance compameg
which operate in this state, and I
state-employed inspectors are lafl
commissioned inspectors, and ' I
these men are not issued a com- IhI
mission until they prove their I
competency by means of a rigid <fl
examination and by experience in QH
| this particular field. Had boilers I
which have exploded been inspected,
and properly repaired in ac- I
cordance with the state law, they [ 1
probably would not have explod- I
Because of the fact that the 1
I state department of labor has J I
jonly one boiler inspector at the
present time it Is impossible to I
ferret out every boiler In the j
state as some of them are located
in isolated sections. Inspections I
are therefore dependent upon in- a
cidental location of the boilers, I
by the inspector, or upon notifies- 1
i tion by the boiler owner of the | I
location of their boiler. It freIquently
happens that the first CI
knowledge that the department
has of the location of a boiler is 1
a newspaper' report "covering an Bl
account of an explosion. |
"We cannot positively guaran- jfll
tee that an inspection will pre- 1
vent an explosion". Smith stated, I
! "but we do know that the chances 8
of an accident happening are II
greatly minimized by an inspec- 9
tion. It is interesting to note that / II
I not a single boiler inspected by 11
!an authorized boiler inspector has
I exploded since the establishment I
| of the bureau of boiler inspection I
I by the General Assembly of 1936. 1
"It is my earnest hope that I
(every boiler owner will cooperate j I
, with the state department of |
| labor by notifying the department I
: of the location of any uninspect- I
I ed boiler. If those owning and |H
! operating such boilers realize the I
tremendous danger wrncn uiey , i
present to life and property, however,
I am sure that their cooperation
will be forthcoming and II
that they will realize that the
inspection fee of from seventy to H
ten dollars provided for by the W
Ilaw will be repaid many times gl
over by the protection afforded."
Tide Table I
I
Following Is the tide table
for Southport during the ffekt fl
week. These hours are approximately
correct and were furnished
The State Port Pllo*
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association jii
High Tide Law TMi H
TIDE TABLE
Thursday, July 6
10:39 a. m. 4.34 a. m.
10:46 p. m. 4:45 p. m. !
Friday, July 7
11:23 a. m. 5:08 a. m. j
11:28 p. m. 5:26 p. m. j
Saturday, July 8
5:46 a. m.
' 12:06 p. m. 6:17 p. m.
Sunday, July 9 M
0:14 a. m. 6:32 a. ra. I
12:53 p. m. 7:22 p. IBMonday,
July 10 i
1:05 a. m. 7:28 a. m. ! fl
1:44 p. ra. 8:27 p. ra. I
Tuesday, July 11 { 1
2:02 a. m. 8:28 a. ra. |
2:41 p. m. 9:28 p. m. !
Wednesday, July 12 j
3:08 a. m. 9:24 a. is. ] 3
3:42 p. ra. 10:23 p. cfe ( jjfl