bL'"Ie News el All 1 e Mighter Illir 1 Point Of 1 Before H| Went Ashore During r^Kgder Storm Last Mon/^ Afternoon And Efi^H!T"o Free Her Were [*P?NDENT PILOT o her in charge *?.Chapman-Scott Tug Here From New City To Pull The Kjp Into Channel yrttuin and Hiwaiian H- Ulmoian was float: Sunday after be - the point of Eatthe previous ^Kr iftemoon. H vessel went ashore late in ftrn.vn during a thunder I fK . it that time was . it is believed that Ev,: an.I rain, together ::e flashes of lightning H -jvo been confusing to the pilot who had her in II a nol tonI tons She was draw1 16 feet forI - . k, and adding I ty of freeing her | -it she went L full moon high tiile. I tugs working on I from the rising I from Wilmington I her off to no [ put in for a tug I Merritt-Chapman-Scott I- New York. The | . ived Friday and I .. hich finally relit freeing the distressed kort the Illinf S y another i-ith a barge in If ' ing to transfer I | the stranded ship I she would come off stiff Two hundred longpier. were standing by for foil (Eevervthing was workfee Sunday morning for a at high tide and the <1 tig didn't even have to i land to the Resolute. ' fte worse for her experitte Illinoian sailed Sunday after remaining here during ? for an inspection to de if she had been damaged. Bttlc~Bits Or Big News B" Event* Of State, n and World-Wide Barest During Past Week Wyche, 19-year-old 1 st and son of Mr. j of Hallsdrowned yesterday afB ln Lake Waccamaw when from whiCh he and B yriung men were - out of reach. Bsaid that about three M the four young men Buying a swimming party '-he lak. having gone out B 1 having left the I' a swim, Cyril, and Gra. B ming together i forest, Aug. 7.?Dr. 0. Kitchin, president of ,!"?t college, announced fl the college's medical B loul'l be transferred from1 For?t to Winston-Salem, Bukj be expanded from a ar to a four-year instituB? 1Wire resources of the Tf Cray fund in the Winm foundation, he said, I" "'ado available to B Ljrest college, and will Possible "this long-wished W mUf'ii-necded expansion" Jical school. Bt. !c,h|n did not disclose the litW. ltle fund, but said it B^te for building and j* Purposes. The fund B v< ,l,sLf-d following the H^erni , dj. years ago of BowBfeJ'' ^iuston-Salem tobac 1 TH1 NO. 28 loian Aground Battery Island Being Freed 1 Repairing Dan Steeple Of Carpenters are busy this week repairing the damage suffered several weeks ago 1 to the steeple of the Southport Baptist church. In the accompanying, picture workmen may be seen ' | as they literally start at the top and work their way to the bottom. Included among other improvements is a set of lightning rods, these, of course being designed to prevent a recurrence of the ac- ) cident that twice within the past four years has caused several hundred dollars worth | of damage to the church ; building. It is reported that most i of the loss from the recent damage was covered by insurance. This hnwf>v?" not include wiring and light fixtures which were a total loss. Work of repairing the I Several Memb Associatic Group Came Down Satur- j day Afternoon Aboard Frank Sherrill's Yacht And Spent Over An Hour Sight-Seeing GROUP VISITS AT ORTON PLANTATION Scheduled Visit Friday Aftcrftcrin * Was Postponed Because Of Unfavorable Weather Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sherrill on their yacht, Martinia, brought I a party comprised of members iof the North Carolina Press Association here Saturday afternoon and although their stay here was ;limited to about an hour, the vis-' itors all apparently had a very interesting and delightful time. The party was comprised of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Horner," of Sanford, (Mr. Horner had been elected president of the North I Carolina Press Association only a few hours earlier the same day); Miss Beatrice Cobb, of Morganton, (secretary and treasurer); Wm. C. Lassiter, Raleigh;! ' JSdltor Jonn a. raiK, naicign j [Times: M. C. Dunnagan, Raleigh; | Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parker, Ahosi kie Herald, Ahoskie; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Anderson, Skyland Post, Westjefferson; H. A. Cecil, High j [Point Enterprise ;Leonard Woodjrow Wilson, Chatham News, Siller City. Meeting the boat with Mr. and Mrs. Sherrill and their guests when the Martinia docked were Postmaster L. T. Yaskell, Captain Bonner Bussell, and W. B. Keziah. The visitors were taken in cars to Orton Plantation, a 1 (Continued on page 8) 1 Publicity Is Given Orton, Charleston Radio Station < Carries Information |i About The Beautiful Gar-1 dens Of Orton Plantation 1 In its tri-weekly report over i WSOC at Charlotte, the arolina i Motor Club broadcasted an interesting item relative to Orton Plantation, eight miles above Southport. The broadcast was a i general one, covering the state. The item relative to Orton was ] as follows: < "If you are a flower garden : lover by all means take time to j, run down to Suthport. Southport : Is located 32 miles south of Wilmington and is reached by U. S. j Route 17, and N. C. State Route j, 303. The Orton Plantation is near i Southport on the Cape Fear ] River. The plantation was estab- , lished in 1725, by "King" Roger i Moore. The mansion is said to be i one of the finest examples of pure colonial architecture in j America, and the gardens, with ; their flowers and moss-hung treis, are famous throughout the coiin try." E SI A Goo Southport, N. fOn For Week Sunday Noon lage Done To Baptist Church w a i. HHg building is under the direction of Bryan Dosher. ers Of Press >n Visit Herei Keziah Is Guest Of Gene Austin __??????? Wlvn the Gene Austin show was in Wilmington last week the star and producer 1 wired W. B. Keziah at Southport and invited him to come up for the evening performance. The local newspaper man j and civic booster accepted the invitation and accompanied Miss Evelyn Loughlin to Wilmington for the show. Before the curtain tne meal folks were guests of Austin and his company at dinner down town. Following the show they were invited back stage where they met the stars of the cast and other- j wise spent an enjoyable even- i ing. I ] Austin visited here last winter and this was his way to , show his appreciation to Mr. Keziah for the courtesies shown him and Mrs. Austin , during the visit. Numerous Cases ; Before Recorder > Drunken Drivers Take Up ' Much Of The Attention ' Of The Court At Regular J Weekly Session Monday ( In Recorder's Court here Monday Frank Brown, colored, plead- 1 ed guilty to charges of driving ' while drunk. He was given six 1 months on the roads, this judg- ' ment to be suspended upon pay- 1 ment of a fine Of $100.00 and J costs. His license will be revoked ' For 12 months. Ronnie Varnam, white, pleaded c guilty to charges of drunk driving and judgment was with held. John Parris, white, pleaded t guilty to charges of drunk driv- ' ng and was given 4 months on the roads, this judgment being suspended upon payment of a ine of $50.00 and costs. George Harker, white, was ound VllSy of drunken driving and was. given 4 months on the oads, this judgment being suspended ikon payment of a fine of $50.00^Hie costs and upon the further iffiaition that he surrender his driver's license for 12 months. Carson Skipper, white, pleaded guilty to charges of drunken driving and was given 6 months on the roads, judgment being suspended upon payment of a fine of $50.00, the costs and surrender of his driver's license for 12 months. Lester Benton, white, pleaded guilty to charges of being drunk and disorderly and possession of intoxicating liquor. He was given 4 months on the roads. (Continued on page 8) 4TE d News paper 1 C.t Wednesday, A Shows Benefits For Brunswick In Form Of Aid Social Security Act Has Been Responsible For Bringing $65,000.00 To Citizens Of County In Three Years STATISTICS ARE FROM HEADQUARTERS M. R. Dunnegan Furnished Fasts For Story At Meeting Of North Carolina Press Association Brunswick county residents and communities have been benefited to 'he extent of approximately $65,000.00 through operation of the ten divisions of the Social Security Act during the slightly more than three years in which some of the divisions have been active, it was stated by M. R. Dunnagan, informational service representative of the State Unemployment Compesation Commission, while attending the annual convention of the N. . Press Association at . Wrightsville Beach. Normally unemployment compensation to unemployed workers is the largest of the ten items and in many cases is as large as the other nine combined, but this is not true of Brunswick county, due to the small number of industrial and commercial firms which are subject to the Unemployment Compensation Law, Mr. Dunnagan said. Unemployment Compensation accounts for only $11,258.78, or less than one-fifth, of the receipts in the county. L. Yelton, State Director of Public Assistance and Dr. Roma S. Cheek, executive secretary of the State Commission for the Blind, and with figures available in the Central Unemployment Compensation office and from Washington, Mr. Dunnagan said he was able to get a fairly accurate picture of j the benefits and services secured to Brunswick county through operation of the Social Security program. In the division of Old Age Assistance, he said, $20,554.00 has been sent to aged needy citizens in the two years of operation of that part of the program, through June 30. In addition, in July, 51,194.00 has been delivered to I 171 aged needy persons, an ave- ] rage of $6.98 each. This average | is below the State average of 59.59 for July, he said. In addi-1 to Dependent Children, $9,850.00, ivas sent to Brunswick to help) support dependent children in the same two years. In July, $521.00 vas sent for support of 113 dependent children, an average of 54.61 a month. This also is below the State average for July. In Aid to the Blind, $3,070.00 las been sent to this county in the same two years, while the imount for June (figures for luly are not available yet) was 5130.00, for 13 blind persons in the county, an average of $10.00, :ach for the month. | In another division, Old Age 3enefits, or Insurance, it is imsossible to get the figures, but! >y apportionment, it is likely ii hat 32 individuals have received! ibout $620.00 in small lumpsum;1 sayments in this division. This las been paid to workers in : tovercd occupations on the basis >f their earnings since January : ( Continued on Page 8) Couple Arrives Schedule A couple of New Jersey school teachers arrived at | Southport in an 18 foot rowing kayak Friday, traveling right on their schedule for the 1,500 mile trip from Bellvine, N. J., to Key West, Fla. Neat, sun-browned and healthy, they afforded a remarkable illustration of the beneficial effects of out door life. They intended to resume work with their double bladed paddles early Saturday morning but deferred to the hospitality of Southport folks scenery here- and at Orton. They spent the whole of that day getting notes for a book they plan to write, and photographic scenes. Many yards of film were used in the movie camera that was a part of their equipment. POR' In A Good Con ugust 9th, 1939 LAWYER i ?^ Announcement was made Tues; day that R. I. Mintz, above, Brunswick county Register of Deeds, passed the North Carolina State Bar Examination which he stood last week in Raleigh. Health Report For July Given By County Nurse Mrs. Lou H. Smith Makes Report Of Her Activities For Month Of July In Health Department VACCINATIONS TAKE UP MUCH OF HER TIME Following is the report of public health work done in Brunswick county during the month of July by Mrs. Lou H. Smith, County nurse: Fifty-seven homes visited to advise mothers; 140 people came to the office of advice, or to take some vaccination; 5 conferences with doctors of the county or elsewhere; 9 conferences with county officials; 5 trips to hospital on official business; 1 chsc of diphtheria quarantined; 4 Wassermanns taken; 28 malarial smears taken; 32 specimens sent to laboratory. One trip to Whltevme for a conference; 1 visitor from state; 25 persons took typhoid vaccine; 3 babies took toxoid to prevent diphtheria; 25 cases of malaria reported to this office; 20 cases of syphilis reported; 1 case of T. B. Reported; 1 case of diphtheria reported; 1 case scarlet fever reported; 850 miles driven during month. WppfJ Snips flnnr! I! V VV? MM?VV V?VWVt At Lumberton Market's Average Rising Since Opening Day With Sales Running To Capacity BY. J. C. FULTON, I Lumberton Sales Supervisor LUMBERTON, Aug. 9.?Lumberton's tobacco market apparently topped all Border Belt markets on the two-day average for the opening last week. Monday's sale of 811,178 lbs. sold for an average of $19.68. Lumberton's $18.67 average for Thursday and Friday was ahead of anything else in the belt so far as official records showed. With brisk selling today pushing through to another fine ave(Continued on page 8) Here On On Trip South \ The journey here from Bellville has been without incident, ac- e cording to information. An in- c traduction to the travelers is best ? given in an Associated Press Dispatch which the Civic Club secretary, W. B. Keziah clipped on July 3rd and has been holding until they arrived here. Hhis dispatch was as follows: "?Two New Jersey school teachers pushed an 18-foot kayak into the water of the Passaic river Sunday and shoved off for Key West, Fla.? a 1,500-mile jaunt via the inland waterway. "Charles Fisher of Newark, instructor in Central Avenue school, and Leon Kvadar of Bayonne, a teacher in Hamilton junior high school of Elizabeth, had food, extra clothing, tent, 'cooking utensils, radio, firt aid (Continued on page 8J r pii nmunity PUBUSHED EVERY Forest Warden Makes Report Before Board County Forest Warden Dawson Jones Shows That A Big Improvement Made In Efficiency Of Forest Protection Program BIG REDUCTION IN ACRES BURNED County Warden Says That Chief Credit For Improvement Should Go To Citizens Of County County Forest Warden Dawson Jones presented his annual report to members of the Brunswick county board of commissioners here Monday and showed that fire protection has been given 412,500 acres in this county during the past fiscal year with a loss through burning of only 11,185 acres. This compares favorably with last year's record, which showed a loss through burning of 45,329 acres in 214 fires, an average loss! of 211.82 acres per fire. During the fiscal year just closed there were 136 fires resulting in an average loss of 82.24 acres per I fire. Total cost for protection to this I county was $2,000.00 appropriated by the county and matched by Federal funds. This does not begin to represent the actual good from fire control in Brunswick for, as Warden Jones points (Continued on page 8) I Tobacco Pric< Close To 20 a Vanderbilt Yacht Here On Visit [ : The Alva, palatial Vanderbilt yacht, arrived in the Southport harbor Tuesday night about 8:30 o'clock on what was unofficially announced as a two or three day visit here. The graceful craft, which is about the finest that ever puts In here, usually stops at Southport every year. She carries a crew of 45 men and officers and has a draft j of 19 faet. She was brought In by a member of the Wilmington-Cape Fear Pilot Association. Wednesday morning it was reported that .Mrs. Vandcrbilt, wife of the owner, is aboard. Local PTA Group Invited To Meet lumber Of Prominent Speakers Scheduled To ( Appear On The Program Of PT-A Institute All members of Parent-Teach- ] irs Associations in this county ( lave been invited to attend the , welfth annual sessions of the 'krent-Teacher Institute which is ] leing held at the University of >!orth Carolina at Chapel Hill | his week, today through Frilay, August 7-11. The Institute is being conductid by the University of North iforth Carolina Congress of Par?ts and Teachers. ] A number of prominent speakrs scheduled on the program iniludes Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, State Superintendent of Public Instrucion; Dean Ray V. Sowers of Florida Southern College; H. E. i Stacy, of Lumberton, president of j t he North Carolina State School,? Board Association; Dr. J. Henry < lighsmith, president of the < s'orth Carolina Education Asso- 1 liation; Jule B. Warren, Secre- < ary of the Association; R. 1 dayne Albright, Director of the 1 State Employment Service. < Miss Grace Van Dyke More, i ihairman of music of the Na- ! ional Congress of Parents and < teachers; Mrs. Ruth Vick Ever- i ;tt, Field Secretary of the;! iforth Carolina Education Asso- j nation; Prof. Guy B. Phillips and,: ?rot. Roben J. Maake, both of j 3 he University Education Depart-1 ,0T jj WEDNESDAY $1.5 Ten Candidates Saving Course Given Friday * Six Student Life j Saver Rescues Boy From Death G0 Coi An unusual occurence hap- J pcned Friday afternoon at Wrightsville Beach when one of the Southport boys who had gone down there for one of the classes In the senior sav^ life saving course rescued a Jun' boy from drowning. Frid Perhaps the most authentic repr report of the rescue Is that Natl of Charles A. Mix, Red Cross clusi Life Saving examiner, who Hi { was an eye witness: 90, "While at Wrightsville Clai Beach Friday I was able to mon see the fruits of our labor Isucc materialize. Claude McCall I scor was responsible for saving a ' Tayl small boy from certain death Wee by drowning through a swim- B< ming rescue. Assisting him savi: was John Simmons, who joe went along to assist if need- O'Di ed. It will lie of interest to jn your people to know that the ]jfe courses were worthwhile and I am indeed irrateful that I ih? was able to be the instructor \ of these boys, and also was wjj| able to observe the results of Vent our labor." cere do ] y tt One 2S Hover Ifact Cent Average "-J i j Thu Total Of $266,531.99 Paid ?he Out To Patrons Of The rcpo Whiteville Tobacco Mar- worl ket Thursday And Fri- rivei day peril that MORE POUNDAGE ON the MART THAN IN '38 favo j the Sales Held Up To The 18 only Cent Average Which date Started The Market the Off On The Opening and Day on sent Whiteville's tobacco market sjng got off to a flying start during e(j, the week-end, selling a total of!able 1,459,026 pounds of tobacco as | compared with 1,369,955 pounds l-l| for the first two riavs of the 1938 ! ' selling season and the average this year for the first two days was $18.26. Money paid out for the first fyja] days of selling, Thursday and q Friday amounted to a total of jy $266,531.99. Records are believed g to have been shattered for open- j ing sales on the Whiteville tobacco market. qc Official figures for the market russ show that Whiteville on Thurs- ancj day sold a total of 796,084 state pounds of tobacco for a total vrill Df $145,803.87, which figured an Place average of $18.32 for the day. ^ Friday's poundage and average their both were only very slightly un- whic 3er those of the preceding day, when 662,942 pounds sold for ' $120,728.12 for an average of 518.21 per hundred. Weed Prices Up