North Carolina Newspapers

i gljost Of The News AiJ The Time sM^jwelVE. NO. 28 fiiys 1 iBRjEFS j ^^Lril AWOINOEMENT and Mi- R S. Harrison, H^^tuihporf- announce the birth daughter. Theresa Hope, on *^H,V morning at Dosher Men^H,l Hospital. S leaves hospital Marion S. Dosher, of was dismissed Mon/^Mfrom Dosher Memorial HosJ nliere she has been recover- | B.'rcrc a recent operation for ! jj^B SEWING SESSION South port ladies who are Hy to help with sewing: and Dosher Memorial ^^B' are asked to meet at I'Wtcspital next Wednesday afHcra at 3:30 o'clock. $1 n'RHE-EGG CAKE Qpbough he has found hunof turtle nests in his lifeV of fishing-. Willie Cooker his first one on Battery . j^Hd. last week. It had 120 I^Hv did turtle eggs. Mrs. ^Ber often utilizes turtle eggs H, nuking and is said to be to make some of the best '"""i hv usine-1 ip evn pw?Mvw? o I eggS as an ingredient in I I QI AIL FORECAST I. uld be good for hunters. From various secL of the county come reports ' I unusually large lys quail. The birds have | such a size as to L- ssen the danger of their I. 'lit during exces| ds, if such should La to come along. AQIAPLANING |- f the prettiest sights ot I r was the aquaplaning fr.r.ration over in the bay leer. here and Fort Caswell pv afternoon when the Die(: sportcraft of L. D. NuchCharlotte, was seen plowthrough the water with his fitter perched jauntily on the CAN II.ANT HAY sing to the fact that we have a continued drowth for sevireeks in certain parts of the ity. some farmers may be | short on hay crops. It is j too late now to sow cow peas ?ast for soil improving purr It < ?.? .r_ i *, ? | II IUI Ilciy UICJT c*xi? hat purpose. Of is cut for hay will a soil conserving ND CAMP 4-H club members ty atending the 4-H White Lake this H members from low counties. These were required by t to have their recmpleted and up to ley were eligible to mp. 1 iN MOUND aid Head Island re- 1 W. Wells, of State I'ered an old Indian . It is about four , 1 20 by 25 feet in eadth. A mound preis was discovered at ch some years ago 1 widespread attenit was dug into a nteresting and valurelics were found, thews, Billy Bragaw feziah are proposing the mound at Bald ime at an early date, cy say, it is too hot digging. * AND MICE pet snake belonging eziah, is faring well dis main diet is mice, dozen small boys are Rtrifcutors when It oviding him with this day morning the ofsisted of six sleek of these Oscar swalut ceremony or pausRrace. Churchill Bragton, an authority on sponsor for the claim would do well on one mouse a week. Oscar ' laying up a surplus last him through the ^jj}ps. THI | COAST GUARD >* i OAK ISLAND?Sunday sary of the U. S. Coast Gua things went on as usual ovei a careful watch is kept of th Work Goes Or Island ? Sunday Marked 150th Anniversary Of U. S. Coast Guard Service, But No Celebration Was Held MEMBERS OF STATION CREW ARE SCATTERED Between Lookout Duty On Bald Head Island And Guard Duty In Washington, Forces Are Depleted The 150th anniversary of the U. S. Coast Guard service was just another day of duty for the' men at Oak Island station Sun-1 day. One reason for the absence of; any kind of celebration is that! the men assigned the station were j pretty well scattered. On duty! are Captain W. H. Barnett, A.; E. Huntley, A. L. Willetts, Garfield Clemmons, Ralph Sellers, Connie Lupton, Roy McKeithan and Roland Davis. Rohnd Styrcn, who replacedMerle Hood as second in command when the latter was transferred several weeks ago, is in the hospital; B. B. Oden was on leave (he just returned); M. T. Henley and Joe Salter were on Bald Head island keeping lookout from Cape Fear light. Dan Sadler returned Moifday from Elizabeth City where he has been for sometime getting the life boat ovei hauled. And the other missing men from the Oak Island family group are Dave Garrish, J. L. Gaskill and R. H. Basnett, who have been in Washington, D. C., for several weeks on guard duty at the treasury department. In other places there was an official observance of the birthday of this branch of government service. Last year the Coast Guard saved more than 10.000 lives and assisted to safety ships and cargoes values at more than $63,000.000. Oldest of the nation's armed forces, the Coast Guard was inaugurated on August 4, 1790, when 80 men took to sea to fight pirates and smugglers. Since then it has grown to an organization of 14,000 men. 300 oceangoing vessels. 250 stations and 55 airplanes which patrol American shores night and day, at peace and at war. KINGS DAUGHTERS The Kings Daughters will meet Thursday night at 8 o'clock with Mrs. Dora Arnold. Try As They IV No Substitut More than 2,500 patents have been granted in the last I 50 years for railroad tie mater- I ials other than wood, according to a recent publication, "Products of American Forests", issued by the Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis., United States Department of Agriculture. But, in general, railway traffic continues to travel on a wood foundation. It is estimated that about a billion wooden ties are in service in the United States ?enough, if laid end to end, to encircle the earth 70 times. Production of crossties is a big business for farmers of this country. There is an annual renewal of about 100 ties to the mile, on the average, but several important railroads get along with a yearly renewal of 50 to 75 ties per mile. This longer life of the tie results from better roadbed, better construction E ST; A Goo< 6 PAGES TODAY > ANNIVERSARY | . ' I , ... . marked the 15th anniverrd service, but on that day r at Oak Island from which e mouth of the Cape Fear. i At Oak On Birthday Large Stingray Caught In Net Stingrays start life without a stinger. As they grow older their first dangerous weapon develops on their tails, and with additional span of life additional stingers are developed and the creatures become really dangerous. Last week Captain Walter Al<1 ridge, of the Wells boat, Adventurer, took a stingray, estimated to weigh a ton, in his net. The ugly creature had four of the long, barbed stingers. Monday Captain Aldrldge brought In a 14-foot leopard shark, estimated to weigh a ton or more. Recorder Judge Had A Busy Day Numerous Cases Were Disposed Of Here In Recorder's Court Monday Before Judge Walter M. Stanaland In Recorder's court here Monday John Sandrock, white pleaded guilty to charges of reckless operation. Judgment was suspended upon payment of a fine of $25.00 and costs. Fifteen dollars of the fine was remitted. R. L. Groover, white, of Wilmington was found not guilty of drunken driving. D. B. Lewis, white, was found guilty of operating a trailer without lights and was taxed with one-half the costs. Perry Holmes, white, was found guilty of public drunkenness. Sentence of 30 days on the roads was suspended upon payment of costs and a fine of $10.00. ' Sarah Jane Hicks, colored, was found guilty of being drunk on the highway and was given 30 days on the county farm. Judgment was suspended upon payment of a fine of $15.00 and costs. Epheram Southerland, colored, was found guilty of drunken driving. He was given 6 months on the roads, judgment being suspended upon payment of costs and a fine of $100.00. On a charge of driving an automobile after his license had been re(continued on page four) [ay, There's e For Crossties methods, and chemical treatments with preservatives. In recent years railroads have been buying about 50 million ties a year, compared to nearly 150 million 30 years ago. Three-quarters of the ties are now treated with wood preservatives before tney are laid. Ties are cut from a number of kinds of wood and in nearly every state in the Union. Many are hewn from the logs by hand. The preference, however, is for the sawed tie because of its greater uniformity, its lower cost for treatment, and its better handling qualities. 'Cheapness, strength, elasticity, resistance to shock, ease of treatment, and electric insulating properties are qualities of wood ties that account for the demand that promises a continuing morket for this staple product of American wood VTE j News paper Southport, N. G., Wee Marketing Cards Arrive In Office Of County Agent Are Ready For Distribution And Farmers Of County Will Be Notified When To Call For Them WILL ALL BE OUT BEFORE AUGUST 20 Rules Governing Distribution Of Cards Are Included For Benefit Of The Planters County Agent J. E. Dodson received marketing cards for this years tobacco crop for those producers who have complied with their tobacco allotments in the year 1940. These cards are being prepared in the office for delivery to the tobacco producers and will be delivered prior to the opening of the market on August 20. Each tobacco producer receiving a marketing card will be requested to sign the following operator's agreement: I, the undersigned operator, <fc solemnly declare and agree thai this card will be used only tc market tobacco produced on the farm for which the card is issued I understand that if tobacco from any other farm is marketed under this card: 1. I will be liable for the amount of the penalty on such tobacco (that is, ten cents per pound on the entire amount ol such tobacco); and 2. The allotment for this farm and the "farm on which the tobacco was produced will be reduced in the next year in ar amount equivalent to the amount of such tobacco. Tobacco producers will be notified what day to come to' the county office to receive their tobacco marketing card. Landlords will sign for theii tenants' cards, therefore, it will not be necessary for tenants tc come to the office for them. Summer School Begins Monday Principal W. R. Lingle Has Made Arrangements For Special Summer Sessions A four week's summer school for both grammar grade anc high school students at Southport will begin Monday at the school building, according to announcement of Principal W. R Lingle, who returned here this week after attending the first session of the Duke University summer school. Mr. Lingle says that a comnetpnt fftrnltv has been choser to be in charge of the summei school, and that additions will tx made in its personnel if then appears to be sufficient demand Prospective students were asked to attend a meeting Mondaj morning at the high school foi the purpose of making plans foi the special work that will be offered. Any others interested ir the summer school should get ir touch with Mr. Lingle this week Trial Of Eight Men Tomorrow Southport Negroes Are To Be Tried In Recorder's Court For Assaulting Officers Trial of eight Southport negrc men who are charged with assault upon two l.jcal officers whik they were in persuit of theii duties has been set for Thursdaj of this week by Judge Walter M Stanaland, before whom the tria is scheduled to be held. The defendants are Tippy and Nelson Hankins, James Joyner, Corky Bowen, James Green. Snock Clemmons, Douglas Swain and Robert Hewett. Victims of their alleged assaull were Chief of Police Mel Lewis and Officer Charles Easley, bfttti of whom sustained serious and painful injury which required them to spend some time in the hospital. County Solicitor J. W. Ruarl will be assisted by R. I. Mints in the prosecution of the case while the defense has employee S. B. Frink. He will be assisted by Isaac Wright of Wilmington. P0R1 In A Good Com Inesday, August 7th, 194 Marine Corps j] Claims Three Brunswick Boys Recruiting Station Recently Opened In The Postoffice Building In Wilmington, Has Sent Three From This County OPPORTUNITIES IN MARINE CORPS DUTY This Is One Of Uncle Sam's Favorite Services For. Youths With Flair For Adventure i Three Brunswick county boys 1 . have been enlisted in the U. S. J l Marine Corps since the establish, raent of a recruiting station in the postoffice building, Wilming. ton, several months ago. I The latest was Raymond Jen- . nings Caison, 18-year-old son of ' Mr. and Mrs. Willie H. Caison of , Shallotte. He was accepted at the . Wilmington station on July 22 and was sent to Raleigh for final 1 examination. He now is at Parris , Island for a period of three months training, i Two other recent enrollees from , Brunswick county are John B. Beck, Ash; and McNeil Phelps, ! Supply. They, too, received basic , instruction at Parris Island before being assigned for duty. , Marine Corps veterans from ! this section of the country are . familiar with Parris Island, which : lies off the coast of South Carolina about 35 miles northeast of ( Savannah, Ga. It is probably the most historic island near the American mainland. Today the island Is a training center for men who enlist in the Corps at points east of the Mississippi River, and it is usually , the first stop on the travel itinerary of every young man who joins the Marine Corps at Wilmington, 1 . according to Sergeant George F. I I Frederlksen, the officer in charge ( Of recruiting. Thousands of marines were trained there during the World t War, the island being establish- * ed as a regular recruit depot in 1915. However, it was known to American pioneers as early as 1562 when French Huguenots settled there and built a fort. A few r i years later there was a Spanish ^ (Continued on page 4) i Yacht Basin Is t Being Laid Out; i t ' Work On The Basin Expec- v ted To Begin About 20th n ' Of This Month; To Be p ^ Completed This Fall C Un'dss unforseen developments s ' intervene, work of dredging the t ' Southport yacht basin should be- f . gin on or about the 20th of this * . month, it was learned this week from an authoritative source. t It is understood that the work r will be done by the Henry Bacon, m an dif dredging operations proceed t according to schedule, the job . should be completed about Sept- ^ i ember 1. t i Engineers have been here dur. ing lhe past week and have marked off the proposed lay-out with flags. t All other operations going off 1 according to schedule, it is likely . ' that the proposed improvements, y including bulkhead, walkway, slips and service station will be comi pleted by the middle of October, i which will be in plenty of time 1 to catch the southbound yachts this fall. Dr. Stevick Now ; At Acme-Delco I Formerly Practiced Medicine At Southport And I More Recently At Shallotte i Dr. Charles V. Stevick has moved from Shallotte to Acme Delco where he will be engaged , in the practice of medicine, j Dr. Stevick came to Southport I from Goldsboro in April and was I for a time associated with Dr. , L. C. Fergus. Later he moved to Shallotte where he opened an. of. fice in Shallotte Drug Store. ; Dr. Stevick has had special , training in pediatrics and while I practicing medicine in Brunswick I established himself as a special. ist in the treatment of children's diseases. 1 PIL tmunity 0 FUBLIS Proverbial CoI< August Sna It took a cold day in August i ?well, a cool day?to break j the July heat wave that was J causing misery to both animal and plant life with an eleven- I day run of 90-degree readings. High spot for the period, as was previously reported, was reached when the mercury crawled up to the 97-degree mark on August 23. Low reading for the month was 64- i degrees, a point reached by the | thermometer both on July 6 ! and July 14. Farm - Home ^ To A Sui * New Method For Catching Minnows L. D. Nuchols, of Charlotte, president of the Volunteer Explosive Company, is nothing if not original in his method of catching minnows for bait. Mr. Nuchols owns the Diehard, a S5-milt-an-hour sport fishing boat, which he bases at Fort Caswell, where he spends most of the summer. When he wants fish bait Mr. Nuchols lowers a small square net in the water. It is suspended by a wire or j string at each corner. Just I above the net and above the j water, he hangs an electric light. Minnows swarm from all directions and gather under the night. When the net is pulled up it brings rrom one to two quarts of the minnows with it. epidemic Of Moving Here ieveral Changes In Residences Are Being Made In Southport During This Week A sort of "fruit basket" com-! ilex seems to have come over the own, what with all the moving hat is going on. The M. A. Northrops have moved from the old Jim Hood j louse into the upstairs apartment of Mrs. Sam Northrop. The food house has been purchased iy the W. P. Jorgensens, who \ rill move in as soon as some re-. modeling and repairs are completed. They have been living in the lutherie home, and it is undertood that they will be replaced here by the J. G. Christian amily, who must move from the 1 Episcopal rectory to make room or Rev. J. Leon Malone, who fill move here about the first of he month. Dr. Chas. V. Stevick and wife noved from Southport this week o Acme-Delco where he will iractice medicine, and Mrs. Oscar Coleman and family have moved o Raleigh. FOR TREATMENT Mrs. Alva Lewis, of Bolivia, enered Dosher Memorial Hospital \iesday night for treatment. When They G< Fishermen Although strong northeast winds prevented all boats from going to the Gulf Stream Friday, Saturday and Sunday, apparently the inclination of the fish to bite was not affected. Monday while the seas were raging and the waters were still good and muddy the Sea Girl put out with W. T. Powell of Greensboro and F. M. Pratt and S. P. Spitz of Washington, D. G, aboard. Mr. Spitz has not been well recently and by the time the party reached the gulf he was to sick to fish. Powell and Piatt, however, were in fine fettle. Pratt got one 27-pound barracuda and Powell did almost as well with a 20pound amberjack. Between them the two got 8 barracuda, the amberjack and 12 bonito. Monday, also, another party, from Greensboro, went out aboard the E. M. Lewis. They brought in one large cero, 3 barracuda and 12 bonito. The sportsmen in this case were Hal ,0T HED EVERY WEDNESDAY J Day In I ps Heat Wave But, to get back to the relief from the heat a shower Thursday afternoon cooled things off considerably, and 1 the unsettled weather conditions of the week-end brought more cool than it did hot. During July there was an official rainfall of 2.47 inches, ' with thunder showers on July 13-24-25. There were 17 clear days, 12 partly cloudy days and 2 cloudy days. Prevailing wind was from the southwest, from which quarter what breeze there was blew for 12 days. ? t P^eek Brought; ccessful Close I Two Thousand Farm Men 1 And Women Attended I The Raleigh Meeting; ' Rowan County Man Named President i SEVERAL FROM 1 COUNTY ATTEND ( But For The Most Part The Columbus Farmers Were j ** ?r l _ loo Busy wun looac- , co To Be Able To Attend Two thousand farm men and j women are back home with memories of what most of them ] hailed as the best Farm and | Home Week ever held at N. C. State College in the 37 years of < the history of this annual event, i With few exceptions, every one j of North Carolina's 100 counties i was represented at the conven- j tion in Raleigh. W. L. Lyerly, of Woodleaf, Rowan County, was elected president of the Farmer's group, with T. B. Upchurch, Jr., of Raeford, i being elevated to the first vice- i presidency, and J. M. Picker, of ] Stanly County, was elected sec- 1 ond vice-president. Dan M. Paul, ; of State College, was continued as secretary and treasurer and F. H. Jeter was re-named pub licity director. i Among the speakers heard by i the farm people during the week I were Governor Clyde R. Hoey; I Governor-nominate J. M. Broughton; R. M. Evans, Federal AAA j 1 administrator; Col. John Hall 1 Manning, of the N. C. National i Guard; the Rev. John C. Glenn, ' of Raleigh: Dean R. B. House, of the University of North Carolina; < Jonathan Daniels, Editor and 1 author, and literally dozens of j I others who addressed special I groups. ' About 600 county and commun- I ity AAA committeemen attend ed the convention and held three 1 afternoon sessions at which phas- ' es of the Agricultural Conserva- 1 tion Program were discussed and 1 recommendations for improve- I ments made. Carl Olsen, of the j1 National Defense Commission and 1 several National and regional AAA leaders spoke before this group. j i vAcmlitHnns committee took I note of one lack when it recom- j mended that an auditorium to j seat at least 5,000 persons be built on the State College cam- I pus. The general assemblies were , held in Pullen Hall, which seats , | only about 1,300, and in Riddick I, Stadium which cannot be used in j bad weather. Loud speakers en- i abled those unable to gain en- 1 trance to Pullen Hall for the 1 morning programs to hear the ' talks and discussions. < et Out There Bring Them In Oliver, Garland Daniel and Carl Elkins, all of Greensboro. Yesterday the Sea Girl went out again. This time she had as passengers Robert T. Highfield of Washington, D. C., F. J. Boling, Siler City; John R. Peacock, W. T. Powell both, of High Point. For sport fish Peacock took the honors with a 30-pound barracuda, but Powell ran him a close second by bringing to boat a 28-pound amberjack. For the biggest catch of any kind the honors went to Highfield. He was trolling blythely along when he got a strike that led him to believe he had hooked onto one of the submarines of Herr Hitler and Company. A tough fight led to the discovery that he had an 11 foot, 260-pound shark. It is not usual for a shark to strike at a moving trolling lure and this one did. He paid for his rashness by being brought in, lashed atop the stern of the boat. The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Balanced Crops / Is Aim Of New Farm Committee Dounty Wide Organizations Are To Be Set Up For Purpose Of Promoting Balanced Farming 30ARD TO SERVE BETWEEN 1940-50 Committees From This District, Headed By J. A. Sharpe. Of Lumberton, Are Named LUMBERTON, Aug. 5.?J. A. Sharpe of Lumberton, regional chairman of the Governor's Comnittee on Balanced Prosperity for 1940-50, announces appointment jf chairmen for the counties comprised in this district as follows: Robeson county: E. J. Britt of Lumberton, farmer, banker and lawyer, and W. K. Bethune, deputy Grange master, co-chairmen. Bladen county: James H. Clark )f Eiizabethtown, farmer, banker ind merchant. Democratic nominee for the State senate. Columbus county: Bill Hooks 3f Whiteville, farmer and business man. Brunswick county: James M. Harper, Jr., of Southport, editor jf The State Port Pilot. Onslow county: N. A. Burton, Tacksonville. Duplin county: C. E. Quinn of Kenansville, merchant. Pender county: J. T. Wells of Burgaw, banker, farmer and county commissioner. There has been some delay In securing a chairman for each of the other two counties in this nine-county district, New Hanivcr and Jones, but these appointments will be made at an early date. Each county chairman will appoint 16 sub-chairmem, one fot each of the following fields: Foo( and feedstuffs; livestock, dairy* ing and poultry, grading and marketing; new industries: education; health; housing; public forums; public library service; recreation; transportation and communication; electrification; tourism (developing tourist trade); beautification of homes and roads; planning; score cards and recognation: a, individual, b, communities. Mr. Burton already has organized his county, Onslow, by appointment of a chairman for each if the above-named fields of work. Dr. Frank Graham is North Carolina chairman for "Balanced Prosperity for 1940-50, sponsored by the Southern Governors' conference. Dr. Clarence Poe, editor bf The Progressive Farmer, is general chairman for the entire South. Dr. Graham, president of the University of North Carolina, las divided the State into eight iistricts, other regional chairmen being: D. Hiden Ramsey and J. K. G. McClure of Asheville for the western part of the state; Cordon Gray for the area center(continued on page four) City Tax List Runs Next Week Advertisement of real estate for sale for payment of 1939 taxes due the City bf Southport will oegin in tnis newspaper next week. Elsewhere in today's paper Is I notice by E. R. Weeks, city tax collector, in which he gives final warning to all persons who are ielinquent in payment of taxes. 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 TW TIDE TABLE Thursday, August 8 11:17 a. m. 5:01 a. m. 11:31 p. in. 5:38 p. m. Friday, August 9 5:o3 a. m. 13:13 p. m. 6:39 p. m. Saturday, August 10 0:38 a. m. 6:53 a. m. 1:09 p. ni. 7:37 p. m. Sunday, August 11 1:38 a. m. 7:57 a. m, 3:09 p. m. 8:43 p. m. Monday, August 13 3:31 a. m. 8:59 a. m. 3:13 p. m. 9:44 p. m. Tuesday, August IS 3:38 a. m. 9:37 a. m. 4:15 p. m. 10:39 p. m. Wednesday, August 14 4:43 a. m. 10:51 a. m. 5:11 p. m. 11:31 p. m.