North Carolina Newspapers

01 The News Hftil The Time 'QpyELEVEN NO. ^^Ltigcites A ?oposed Site ;*or Air Port B,went Official Came ^^B Thursday, One Day Of Schedule, To Over Possible Sites /^ Landing Field INTEREST m IN PROPOSITION IH, Have Been Received Managers Of At IH, Two Up-State |H Ports Endorsing jflBjhe Plan For I^M Southport j^H ,1 ,lay ahead of schc|^B of the necessity of w:th officials else &pnwr Truman VV. Mil ;he C.A V arrived at Thus-, v morning and ^Kt! ever possible airport with local parties, in :ho corporate lini jathport especially pieasH oEfinoei. Ho stated that space was already any immediate needs. ^^B.if of the soil and near|H' ns where fertile topbo secured was also ^B This tepsoil 'ie said, can ' ?" Oi?l,l || :"L imi uiv i.vni I . ; .mil durable I obtained. In I . turf would be I. . sit ible than -hard L vs. as the area irainei. Speaking specifiI I prefer this turf to L Paving is very expensive [right he hard to secure Uvviry part of local fin[ .ven if such paving was k: unless the Navy or nts paving, then they [pay for it." tart one of fie very best piisgs can quickly be se AVik Wn'(I.oa yn qv.cstltn. cost will be nominal and a turf fieH will not mitigate runways when, and if happen to be desired at a penod. all report of the visit and lira here will be mailed W. sail, the Civic Club secsometime this week, while, interested through reports detailing the probof an airport here, several managers in up state have written, expressing ation at the local plans. Meyers. President of the ?1 Airport at Raleigh ngratulating local authors the progressive step. ' Meyers said he hoped the pleasure of attend"iieation of an airport IKiport in the not too distare and he requested fe be kept advised as to hgress of the local matter. **r Harrill, manager of tarlotte Municipal Airport, We saying he was happy "f that Southport contemI building airport facilities, bi he had always thought there should be a good air -'"ng the North Carolina W'l it was gratifying to interest and activity here. ate War lulletins />ndon?"The .Minister of Nation today said that British i.overnment tenaccepted rcsponsibiliI l?r the dropping of a in Denmark, and offerI apologies to the Danish B^fnmi'iit. The minister ex N that the da yof the ^VPI'ing of the bomb, the B>th''r was bad, and some Air Force aviator WW have thought he was bomb the Jriv?Parisians experiencI 'heir seeond aerial boro ^'nt presumablly at the of (iermans today, but damage was negligible, heralding the approach I (ierman aircraft tatore dawn, and it J* an hour before the "all siren sounded. Antiguns eould be heard outskirts of the eity ^ ^Navi fliers approached. H ^htinued on page 6) I ; THE 32 Scene Of ':}1; i SCHOOL?Above is nictu | school building, which is locati and shaded by the giant live c This beautiful building becomes jty beginning Monday, when s i term. Schools Of Co Begin Fall T< *? Faculties For The Five Con- i solidated Schools Of The ( County Have Been Chosen And Everything Is Ready For Opening j ? COUNTY TEACHERS MEETING SATURDAY i' a School Bus Drivers To Get t Their Trucks At Shal- t< lotte Thursday; Patrol- b man To Be There ! ? The consolidated schools of | e i Brunswick county open Monday, j li September 11, for their fall terms 0 and most of the preliminary ar- a rangemcnts for the school year d I have been completed. i ( Miss Annie May Woodsidc an-: nounces that a county-wide tea- j |i chers meeting will be held here j p Saturday morning in the South- j ti ; port high school auditorium. j r On Thursday afternoon of this; h week truck drivers will call at n : the county garage at Shallotte to j p receive their trucks for this fi ! year. A state highway patrolman ( p will be there at that time to! make a short talk on safety and > li?/ to niaKe any necessary oujuoi , j, I ments in the drivers licenses held) by the student drivers. Last week a list of the faculty j j for Southport and Bolivia' schools was printed in The Pilot. Lai This week anouncement has come j 1 I of the teachers list from Leland, < Waccamaw and Shallotte. j ' They are as follows: j Shallotte: T Henry C. Stone, principal, Percy Gray Bolich, Marion H. GatJ lin, E. Norman Plott, Mrs. Edna Gul Wilson Russ, Shallotte; Miss Por Mary Elizabeth Stanton, Miss IdajP6'* F. Creech, Miss Carinne Iola Imel (Continued on page 6) hav Will Try To Get h' ' mei Brick Building i day Presbyterians Of Southport an Have Launched A Drive bon To Add Sunday School ^lui Rooms And To Brick was Veneer The C h u r c h I the Building 'aid ! wh< ? * *- A? Rev. J. R. foils, pasiui v/, Jajl, Southport Presbyterian Church, i 1 announced Monday morning: that cat' 'an active drive has been started Hai |to add Sunday Schools rooms to 'nS the church building and to brick Mr. veneer the entire exterior. wei Tlie Rev. Mr. Potts said that a good part of the money already . is in sight, and that friends of j,as (Continued on page 6) I Two Flags Are F Displayed 1 Years and years ago a pa- t triotic Legislature in North ' a Carolina enacted a law which | c required that a North Caro- J o lina flag be flown from a | Ca: suitable mast while a session of Superior court was being a held in the courthouse in the v various counties. S In recent years, Brunswick a county has violated that law c in a big way. Perhaps the law d was so old that no one of the n present generation of county J t fathers, past or present, knew anything about it. Anyway, j t Carl Goerch in his magazine, i ii I The State, made mention of | d ; A Good Southport Activity C ~ red the Southport high ed in the center of town aks that line the streets, wii i the scene of busy activi- vei chool opens for the fall L. : op< unty To irm Monday ___ Gr bounty Named ?f. In New Suit thi doi tcr fMin n:\s oeen commenceu i '"tn Federal District court gainst Brunswick county tor mi he collection of past due in- poi erest on S70.000.00 worth of we onds. Ro These bonds arc held by Pe he Catholic Order of Forest- Gl< rs and the Woman's Catho- H. ic Order of Foresters, both et f Illinois, whose represent- Co fives in th's suit aw Hen- Pe erson and Henderson of So harlotte. Co These bonds were never de- Ho osited under the refinancing vs lan which the county instiuted two years ago, despite Ga epeated effoifc, to get the c[ olders to place them in the ew group. AH interest and ^ rincipal payments on the reunded obligations have been aid.5 ood Fishing Is Po Enjoyed Here bor Day Week-End Was, Perhaps The Most Sue- ( :essful Of The Entire ;oM Summer For Visiting jmi] sportsmen [tio, being: the mate of the boat|. j stood by with the gaff to ^ 3 the fish. cul he most important individual ch Saturday was made by ' rry Lustine, well-known Wash- ^ ton, D. C., real estate broker, i ^ Lustine caught a wahoo that lsej ghed fifty pounds two ounces. s was one of the most beauti- ^ fish that has been seen here. SU1 is said to be the only one that ever been taken this far ed (Continued on page 6) fr( ' Re 'roperly In Courtroom ch he fact fliat there was such pa law which required the ch ounty commissioners in each f the 100 counties in North ily rolina to display a flag. wi The flag was ordered and as rrived this week, and along lin nth it a handsome United W itates flag. Both are of silk pil nd have been put in the H. ourtroom behind the judge's esk, as is the custom in pa early all the courtrooms in < he state. I. It might be mentioned here Ca hat there are some counties tei i the state which yet do not A1 isplay a state flag. s tTE I 1 News paper I , N. CM Wednesday, ivil Court Is f Held Here By Judge Stevens arsaw Jurist Came Here IV Tuesday To Preside Over One Week Term Of | Court For Trial Of Civil Actions fPECT SESSION I! TO END THURSDAY Dst Of Tuesday, Opening IV ay, Was Devoted To Hearing Divorce Actions rhe September term of Brunsck county Superior court con-' w led Tuesday with Judge Henry id Stevens of Warsaw presiding. L Most of the cases heard on si sning day were divorce actions,1 o: th decrees being granted to the j h lowing: Roma M. Coats from L. Coats: Eula Mac Coleman I f< im Tilman Coleman: Elsie k pes; William J. Gordon from p irion C. T. Gordon; Carrie Mae n een from William Green. o: rrial began today of the case n Luther A. Meares vs J. E. c: ng, et al. With only two or w ce actions remaining on the a :ket it is predicted that the a m will close Thursday morn- p he past few days have been |^nt lily successful in the matter of ( f Stream fishing at South- ^ t. Although badly handicapby the lack of boats, sports1 from all over the country I e been going out and bringing i various prizes. j 'or a general catch the palm uld probably go to F. P. Sum- Jgaj rs, of Charlotte, pioneer in ^ f Stream fishing here. Mr. ^ nmers went out alone Satur- ^ morning and returned wth|gd even dozen barraicuda, six ito and a lot of mackerel, ab] ?s and dolphin. His prize catch 5 a 52-pound cabio. He made .me whole catch himself, his only J rhc case of Chas. E. Gause, ad- u nistrator, vs the city of SouthrC et als was continued, as si re the following cases: Cating 1 pe Works vs C. J. Newton; fi oples United Bank vs Horace w >ver; Edgar Finch, ex, vs J. ci McDonald; James A. Eichorn, a al, vs Mutual Fire Insurance 11; .; Peoples United Bank vs i o ter Ruark; M. A. Northrop vs p uthern Dixie Fire Insurance V .; Elizabeth Crimes vs H. J. s oks, et al; Fairbanks-Morse w Jas. R. Hood; F. D. I. C. vs ri M. Shannon et al; Chas. E. P use, ad, vs Corena J. Bennett,|a al. In apt. St. George I Buried Monday pular Member Of Cape Fear Pilots Association Died Saturday At Dosher Memorial Hospital Fol- ] lowing Short Illness Captain Thomas St. George, I est active member of the Wil- j g igton-Cape Fear Pilot Associa-1 g, n, died Saturday noon at Do-' 0j :r Memorial Hospital following u short illness. jsi Japtain Tommie, as he was j a niliarly known, was 71 years I age and had served for half a I s{ itury as a pilot. He was a pro- v, :t of the old school when there v s keen competition among the <j ots, and in his early days most ic his trips outside weft: made in ?] lboats. u 3e was one of the friendliest tl izens of Southport and it was tl and others like him who help- 0 earn for this community the tl me of being the most hospit- g, le town on the coast. q Japtain St. George was a ]( mber of Trinity Methodist t< urch to which he gave his ti al support. One of his great, joys was from associations j, Itivated in the Men's Bible; f iss of that Sunday School and j b adhere else will his loss be more j ti :nly felt. j p Pour sons, James, R. C., Rus-1 si 1, and Thomas St. George, and lb o daughters, Miss Marion St. j Cl orge and Mrs. Guy Garrett, | vive. j k runerai services wcic vjnuLibv M Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock t> >m Trinity Methodist church. Ci iv. C. N. Phillips was in charge b d was assisted by Rev. A. L. p own, pastor of Southport Bapt- ri church. Rev. J. R. Potts,' o stor of Southport Presbyterian 10 urch, and Rev. A. H. Marshall, o: stor of St. Phillips Episcopal'S1 urch. in urns laid in rest in the fam- t' plot in Southport cemetery h th the following men serving h active pallbearers: Fred Wil- o: g, Robert B. Thompson and ? , L. Styron, members of the u ot association, W. C. Reece, w C. Corlette and R. L. Brendle. u The following were honorary llbearers: o: Captain M. T. Craig, Captain a B. Bussell, Captain Tom Sellers, q' ptain, J. L. Davis, Julian Car- fi , Chas. E. Cause, N. R. Pryde, ii ex Hoffman, Louis Hanson, R. b (Continued on page 6) p PORT n A Good Com September 6th, 1939 iealth Report f For August Is Made By Nurse T P( lr?. Lou H. Smith Reportsj Absence Of Any Cases Ci Of Contagious Disease In County During The Past ( Month 5 STILL GIVING FEW INNOCULATIONS Y Irs. Smith Says That Vaccinations For Typhoid, St Diphtheria And Small t Pox Given In her report of public health i ;ork done in Brunswick county j uring the month of August Mrs.! ,ou H. Smith, the county nurse, [ co] (lowed that there was no casei(ia f contagious disease reported to|fo] er office. j ga Mrs. Smith savs that she's like L?: I J/1, >r the people of the county to now that innoculations for tyhoid, diphtheria and small pox ow are available at the health]0 ffice in Southport. Where m< lothers request diphtheria vac-' inations for their youngsters st* rho have become 6 months of ge Mrs. Smith will try tc make m( call at the home for this pur- in ose. on Following Is the report of Aug- tei st activities in this department: C01 Twenty-nine homes visited to re< ;e children or advise mothers, ne: 46 people visited the health ofce for advise, 5 conferences Cli nth doctors about patients, 8'of onferences with county officials erf bout work, 17 vaccinated against|be pphoid fever, 5 babies took tox-' ? id to keep of diphtheria, 3 peo- j ?le took small pox vaccine, 21 f /assermanns taken, 30 malarial mears taken, 1 case of hook rorm reported, 1 case of syphilis cported, 9 cases of malarie re- ? orted, 34 specimen sent to labortory, 5 days taken of on vaca- J [on, 950 miles traveled during lonth, $1.00 spent for stamps. iuilding Boom At Long Beach { ~ lore Building Progress Is' Made At Beach Develop-1 ment This Summer Than Anywhere Else In County Long Beach, seven miles from outhport, probably has underone the greatest physical develpment of any point in Brunsick, over the period of the last x months. Apparently, activities re only just beginning. The physical improvement conists of the construction of six cry substantial cottages; a pa- | ilion 65x125 feet; two large J ressing rooms with numerous >ckers for bathers and upwards f a mile of sand-asphalt road ay. Another outstanding matter hat may properly come under jS< le head of physical construction | r improvement is that more ran two hundred people, repressing all sections of North 'arolina, have bought building jpl )ts and many are expressing in-1cc sntions of immediately construe-1 w ing cottages or homes. It is rumored that an added npetus to the growing populari- p' y of this beach will be available oi ? a. i 1? tU? nhono nf Q y IK'AL apt HIg 111 uib oua^/v v?. u tioroughly modern resort hotel. Jans for this have reached the gl tage where the hotel may now e referred to as an absolute *n ertainty. In addition it appears that at ? :ast 50 new cottages will be con- ? tructed between now and the; JL eginning of next summer. These ottages, and perhaps others, will e erected by parties who have urchased lots this summer. They epresent practically all sections re f the central and western part be f the state. Many are residents ol f South Carolina and other oil tates. g< Southport and Brunswick counf people, in fact everybody who m as been at the beach this year, w ave found owners and developers (a f the beach very friendly and Ci ooperative. Visitors are allowed co se of the beach regardless of wi hether or not they pay for and de se the bathroom facilities. as The whole community smacks be f a friendly village to which all le< re welcomed and where the fii ukHrf well behaved person never de na himself subject to annoy- he igfe restrictions. The place is ed idtfjfig: fair to become a coastal ar laJ>ground. ' ' PIL imunity PUBLISHED EVI 'ostmasters Of Meet At * jstmasters Of District | Meet At Fort Caswell ! >ngressman J. Bayard Clark Addressed The j Postoffice Officials And Made Interesting Comments On War ASKELL RETIRES AS CHAIRMAN F ate President Of Postmas- i ers Group As Well As Secretary Attended The Meeting Here And Spoke Postmasters of the seventh ngressional district met' Mony at Fort Caswell and heard a rceful talk by Congressman J. yard Clark, who was their 1 incipal speaker. 1 J. R. Teague, of Henderson, ssident of the state association fjr postmasters, also attended the ma, :eting and spoke. He was fol- j0 ved by Mrs. Scott, of Sanford, p tte secretary. ton, rhe state officials spoke at the gro >rning meeting, which was held of an assembly room arranged in ges e of the officers quarters. Af-|vic? visitors had been allowed the bur jrtesy of the grounds during a was creation period, a seafood din-1 ma: r was served at Caswell Lodge.' Acr In an after dinner talk Mr. the irk pointed out tiic importance j T the organization of postmast- yea i and reviewed for the mem-j by rs some of their opportunities! nou European War I To Affect Tc * Al Rev. A. L. Brown < Heads Roll Call 1 ST Mrs. Louise W. Frye, roll eall representative of "National Headquarters for the a, American Ked Cross, was in town yesterday to discuss with local officials plans for the membership campaign for this year. cot Rev. A. L. Brown has con- vet sented to serve again as roll W1 eall chairman, and a program aff designed to enlist the services i hai of several organizations in j nia the county was mapped out. | if The goal set for this year ; pa' is 350 memberships, which J is almost three times the us- sal ual total for the Brunswick vj|j County Chapter. me ???? I pre .umberton Weed ? - n it \H mart rnces up w 1 ;ason's Poundage Over 25 Millions; Better Grades j Show Price Improvement ^ A noticeable upward trend in ices on better grades of tobac- J is on the Lumberton market as reported by Sales Supervisor J C. Fulton this morning. drc The supervisor reported that wa ices were up on the better 3:3 ferings and that bidding was: bcl isk and keen for the top leaf, j of A capacity break of quality !eaf| " eeted buyers in the nine ware- tob )uses as sales began this morn- tod g. Supervisor Fulton stated, her (Continued From Page 6) 'bis -arge Bear Give Man Real Fr When it comes to getting a I for al fright from the sight of a lab iar, Jim Crawford, a fifty-year- I t d employe of the North Car- bea na Lumber Co., of Hallsboro, we; >t just that. wh Mr. Crawford is a night watch-! bea an over the machinery in the me oods operations, and one day, lot ibout noon) last week, Mr. A rawford saw an old mother bear ing iming down a railroad right of her ay, followed closely by two well- On: iveloped cubs. So he stepped cil, lide and when one of the cubs the igan nosing around him he pul- we; i out his watchman pistol and pig red it. Then he heard a thun- Fai rous growl and, looking around, to i saw the mother bear had turn- mij I upon him with mouth open uni id teeth gleaming. hea "I was so scared", Mr. Craw- wo; OT iRY WEDNESDAY District Fort Caswell " 3. BAYARD CI>ARK service. The congressman a 1st 1e brief but pointed reference the war situation, ostmaster Lanier, of Lilting , was elected chairman of the up. succeeding L. T. Yaskcll Southport; Postmaster Brid , of 0. ark ton, was electee '.rhairman: Postmaster Wil R. Dosher, of Wilmington ' elected a director and Post ?ter, Mrs. Ruth P. Butler, 01 ne, was re-named secietary oi organization. he time and place for next r's meeting will be decided or the board of directors and an need later. tJot Expected >bacco Prices I Domestic And Foreigi Companies Buy On Mar ket Monday EMMERIES REOPENED IN NORTH CAROLINA arid War Found Short ge Of Weed; Competition Is Keen On All Grades Tobacco growers in Columbu inty arc seriously questionini eran tobacconists on th liteville market as to wha ect the European war wil fe on prices and whether th ,rket would be forced to clos foreign and domestic com lies called in their buyers, donday morning the three firs e warehouses on the White le market opened with an do stic and foreign companies rc rented. The floors were wel nn no frn fit ^V/UllUilUCU wu 1'Wgv vy Ian Drops Dead Warehouse Here S. Bozeman, Of Shallottc Victim Of Heart Attach \t 3:30 This Afternoon f. S. Bozeman, 48, of Shallottc ipped dead in a local tobaco rehouse this afternoon abou 0 o'clock. A heart attack wa ieved to have been the caus death. dr. Bozeman had been sellinj acco on the Whiteville marke lay. Some of his relatives wer e with him at the time o demise. )S Hallsboro ight Recently d told a friend a short whil er, "that I don't know wha lid. I must have shot the oli ir in the mouth. At least ther re more empty shell in my gui en the smoke cleared and th irs had gotten away. I do re mber, however, that I did i of hollering". Veil, you see bears are scout around now hunting pigs. S e are a couple of pig items e is that R. L. Faulk, of Coun has seven pigs which los ir mother shortly after the; re born. There was a maide that befriended them and Mi ilk said: "They brought he her milk by nursing her." W jht say that this is the mos lsual farm item we have eve ird of. But Mother Nature i nderful. The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Missionary Union Is In Session In Southport Today Annual Meeting Of Brunswick Baptist Missionary Union Is Being Held At Southport Baptist Church THE SPEAKERS ARE VERY WELL-KNOWN Interesting Program Was Presented Before Representatives From Many Sections Of County The annual meeting of the Brunswick Baptist Woman's Missionary Union is in session today at Southport Baptist church, the topic for discussion is "The Challenge of a New Day." The meeting opened at 10 o'clock this morning with a hymn and devotional by Mrs. A. L. ) Brown. Greetings were by Mrs. : W. G. Butler, with response <by Mrs. W. L. Swain. Mrs. Thompson McRacken : spoke on "The Challenge of Per- I , sonal Service This Year", follow ed by Mrs. J. E. Gilbert, who 1 spoke on "Stewardship?a Chal lenge". , Miss Ruth Ludlum spoke at - 11 o'clock on "The Challenge of f Mission Study". During the buslf ness meeting which followed there were reports from the V . 1 tUa irnoonr. i j auj;ci liiicinivnia anu uic ucaouii ers, announcements and appoint ment of committees. Principal address of the morn. ing session was by Honoria IEstinoza of Santiago, Chile. Luncheon was served between 1 o'clock and 2 o'clock. , Opening the afternoon devo1 tion was a devotional period by Mrs. M. B. Robbins. "The Chall lenge of Our W. M. U. Train. ing School" was ably discussed by Mrs. W. D. Briggs of Ralftgh. Mrs. Dennis hewett spoke on | "Youth's Challenge- Report of ^ Young Peoples Leader." An interesting playlet, "The . Value of a Boy", was put on by a group of Southport young people. s Methodists Plan 5 District Meets ii1 e Whiteville And Fair Bluff e Are Among The Places !- Where Important Meetings Are Scheduled 1 Important group meetings of Methodist laymen, laywomen, mlnisters and church officials of the Wilmington district are sche" duled for the week of Septemj ber 10th, at which time the ! theme will be "The Program of i United Methodism." C. K. Vliet, general Commlst sioner of Benevolences, Dr. E. L. ' I Hillman, Rev. F. S. Love, the ! district superintendent and lay I leaders are leading the meeting. , Among the meetings to be held will be one at Lumberton, Sunday, September 10, at 11 a.m.; at Fair Bluff on Wednesday ^ morning, September 13th at 9:30, ^ i and in Whiteville on Wednesday j night at 8 o'clock p.m. District 'conference will be held at Fair CI Bluff. ! 1 t : ' Tide Table Following Is the tide table for Soutbport during the next week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pile* through the courtesy of the r Cape Fear Pilot's Association High Tide Low TMP e | TIDE TABUS t Thursday, September 7 I I 1:04 am. 7:14 a.ra. j e: 1:33 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Friday, September 8. u c 2:10 a.m. 8:31 a.m. 2:43 a.m. 9:33 p.m.: a Saturday, September 9. 8:27 a. m. 9:39 a. m. 3:51 p. m. 10:82 p. n% 0 Sunday, September 10. ; 4:34 a.m. 10:39 a.m. 4:30 p.m. 11:20 p.m. t Monday, September 11. y 5:33 a.m. 11:37 a.m. n 5:51 p.m. Tuesday, September 12 r 0:24 a.m. 0:17 a.m. e 0:42 p.m. 12:32 p.m. t Wednesday, September 13 r 7:12 a.m. 1:07 a.m. s 7:29 p.m. 1.27 a.m.