pilots mailed t<
(fS in Brunswicl
#ty this week
29,
tyBudgei
jx ^
[he Next
, f^L
j rected to the board of count}
j commissioners, the city aldermei
and all county officials as well
by Mrs. Gladys Brown Proctor
former ERA administrator foi
this district, but now director 01
women's work for this district
WPA, follows:
"As you know the new Work:
Progress Administration is now
getting under way. Represent
Jing the many unemployed worn
en in your county, as the per
son responsible to Mr. Caldwell
your district Administrator, foi
planning and directing work pro
jects as will be of mutual anc
(Continued on page 12)
|
Naugatuck Made
Cruise Sunday
The Naugatuck received a cal
about 3 o'clock Sunday morning
from the Oak Island guards thai
a small boat was believed to b<
in distress off shore near Myrtle
Beach. The boat was reported t(
jhave left Saturday morning anc
ino word had been heard of hei
j since.
The local coast guard cuttei
j covered the area where the boal
was supposed to be afloat, bul
j found no trace of her. She rej
turned to Southport about noor
Sunday.
It was later reported that the
boat believed to be lost develop
jed engine trouble Saturday morn
j ing on the way out and had nol
'made the trip at all.
two-year-old son
declared she had
1 short time before
H" <ke "couldn't feed
couldn't bear to see
H,;-'- Her husband
^E!: ? ' ths ago of tuber^ *' '1
die found a job
but later lost it.
*VW-ed in jail withEnding
action by
jury.
(ITS FI ND
gW Bureau, it was dishas
recommended
^E?Uon of $75.000,000 to
Vjo.ai security camoas
been outlined.
Blgned by Presilast
week, called
^B 1Bd on page 12)
feting
?? Heia M??a?y
Bf? Pending P?r 20
jg^^ARS
[..,1 Fund, In<^ud
W ?venthing ExRept
The Debt
Service
B, pTlhT-ward of al"
Wl session here Monday
nnved the City budget
Line vear and estabwZ**?
si 52 per
1dollars valuation. This
ft same that it has been
^st three years.
|&*t calls for the ex
/ S22.568.13 in the
^ which includes
./except the debt serKsum
of SIT.600 is in
' Jie budget for this
t-r.t alloted the general
divided as follows: Ad ~e
department. S3.271;
artment, 81,758; streets
|pk $2,025; fire departwater
department,
light department, ?6,761;
/. $5,298.13.
kiget was tentatively
i; a meeting three weeks
|g it was allowed to lie
K a days as required by
rier that it could be in
jjj subjected to any
adjustments.
Standing I vCVv'S
Everywhere
Events Of State,
Hh and World-Wide
&rut During Past
Week
in dorothy bell
mourn this week
^^^ktcinai nl imiinofont li? or_
Imipvi IUIIV *-r?
irprising speed
>oth houses of
working toward
by the latter
week. President
Roosevelt and
the House and
Sunday night
a "must" list
d bills to be
adjournment.
; IDOL DIES
3, world - famous
humorist, and Wilran
airman, died
when Post's plane
'oint Barrow, Alasian
and the aviator
Alaska together,
lemplating a flight
Ey had been sight eral
days, visiting
iy obscure spots,
occurred not 10
their take-off from
amp to make the
Point Barrow. The
rii Americans were
impact of the heavy
was driven back
fuselage when the
over on its right
S LITTLE SON
in. Dorothy Sher t-year-old
former
walked into Newpolice
heudquarJJV
bearing the
j THE
8-PAGES TC
t Calls For
)f $1.52 For
Fiscal Year
*
I
LOCAL MAN MAKES
TWO-IN-ONE FLIGHT
A rambling reporter from
| The Pilot arrived at a landing
field near Marion, S. C., Sunday
afternoon in time to see
B. M. Hornsby, local insurance
agent, and his young son
alight from the cabin of a passenger
plane.
It took only a short time
to discover that the kid was
far more enthusiastic about
airplanes than was his father.
The latter declared that he
had just made two trips?his
first and last in an airplane.
Comstock Leaves
For Jacksonville
Orders Received Thursday
For Transfer Of Dredge
From Southport To Flor
ida City; Left Sunday Ai
Midnight
The U. S. Government Dredgi
Comstock left at mid-night Sun
day for Lake Worth, Fla., when
she is expected to be stationec
. for the next few months unde:
| the jurisdiction of the Jackson
ville district of Army Engineers
For the past two weeks th<
Comstock has been doing main
tenance work on the Cape Feai
bar and as soon as the work ii
Florida is completed, the dredgi
probably will return to Southport
According to Capt. Ralph Wil
li|i,. Wilmington district a hief. th<
condition of the bar at tnis urni
is good and the transfer of th<
dredge to Florida will not resul
in any navigation difficulties.
Work For Those
On Relief Rolls
All Persons Registered Or
Relief Rolls Are To B?
Put To Work Immedia
tely, Announcement Fronr
District Headquarters In
dicates
All persons who are registerec
! r>n roiipf rolls are to be put t<
j work immediately, announcemen
j from district WPA headquarter!
J in Fayetteville this week indi
i cates. In order that this worl
| may be expedited as much a.'
possible, a call has been issuec
j to the boards of county commis
j sioners of each county in thf
| district to assist in devising pro
Ijects for the WPA, and in som<
I instances to furnish materials foi
| this purpose.
An authorized statement mad<
I to the press this week and di
;stai
A Good News
)PAY Southport, N
Southport Man
Suicide Victim
Robert M. Gaskin Died Fri>
day Afternoon In Brunswick
County Hospital
From Self - Administered
Poison
Robert M. Gaskin, well known
i Southport citizen, died about 6
1 o'clock Friday afternoon in the
Brunswick county hospital from
the effects of several poison tabjlets
which he had taken a short
! time before in an attempt to end
his life. He was 44 years of age.
According to reports the deceased
purchased a number of bi:
chloride of mercury tablets about
jthe middle of the afternoon and
returned with them to his home,
going up stairs to his room.
Sometime later his wife and daughter
heard him fall. They rush
Jea up to his room and found him
writhing in agony. Dr. William
jS. Dosher was called and he
j worked for the next hour to save
[ the man's life.
The deceased told Dr. Dosher
that he took the poison because
k he wanted to die. He said that
' I if the tablets didn't kill him, he
j would jump off the dock. He died
r shortly after he had been remov;
ed from his home to the hospital.
Mr. Gaskin was light tender
t for the lighthouse service of the
department of commerce and was
keeper of the Baldhead and Cape
; Fear river lights.
The deceased was born in Cape
Hatteras but had made his home
i at Southport for the past 15
' years or more. He is survived by
r his widow, Mrs. Sadie Gaskin,
* and two daughters, Mrs. Leland
' Continued on page Twelve)
; Principals To
Confer Monday
2 Dr. J. Henry Highsmith To
? Be Here Monday To
t Speak To Group; Both
White And Colored Principals
To Attend |!
School principals of the county
j will meet here Monday for a con,
ference with Dr. J. Henry High>!
smith and a representative from
j the office of the state supervisor
(j of colored schools.
Announcement of these confer'
j ences was made Tuesday by Miss
': Annie Mae Woodside, county su1
perintendent of schools, upon her
return from Fayetteville, where
j she attended a district conference
of county school superintendents
1 j Monday.
> I This meeting was held at the
t home of John A. Oats, represens
tative from this district on the
state school commission. The
c county superintendents were his
s luncheon guests.
i Whiteville Mart
' Setting Record
\ First Week Of Selling Season
Most Successful In
, History Of Whiteville
Market, And Still Going
Strong
r
f Friday afternoon brought to a
, close seven of the most successful
marketing days in the entire
3 history of the Whiteville tobacco
t market?seven days which saw
- every existing market record
- smashed and Monday's and Tues
day's sales this week saw the
, establishment of more records for
p this market.
This city's tobacconists were
1 optomistic and expecting heavy
sales here but they never expec|
ted to see their market go for!
ward by leaps and bounds as it
has since its opening day, Thurs;
day, August 8th. Beginning with
this (fay tobacco has been
I brought here from thirty counr
ties?coming here from as far
t Continued on page Twelve)
> 1
Notice Of Meeting
I At Palmyra Church
r
The executive Promotion Comp
| mittee of the Dock Association
t will meet at Palmyra Baptist
t church Saturday night, August
. 3lst, at 8 o'clock,
i Miss Blanche Phelps, clerk of
the Association, will distribute
i blank uniform letters to each
. church and give full instructions
. on how to fill them. All church
t clerks and members of the board
are urged to attend.
rEPOi
paper In A Goo
. C., Wednesday, Augu;
CCC Camp Host jl
To Members Of
The Civic Club?
Captain Fred B. Leitzsey
And Members Of His
Staff Were Gracious Hosts
At Regular Meeting
Friday Night
JUDGE E. H. CRANMER f
PRINCIPAL SPEAKER i
?
Slides Shown By Zack Wil- 1
Hams Illustrate Value Of
Forestry Service And
Need Of Soil Erosion
Control |
Captain Fred B. Leitzsey and
members of his staff at the local j
CCC camp were gracious hosts j
I Friday night to members of the j
j Port City Civic Club. j
! The dinner prepared for the ocj
casion was of banquet proporj
tions and club members were
unanimous in pronouncing this to
Jbe the most bountiful repast ever;
served them at a regular meet- j
jing.
I Captain Leitzsey sat at the |
I head of the table and served as:
toast master for the occasion. I
j Members of the club opened the
| meeting by singing one verse of
j (Continued on Page 12.) I
County Sch<
Open Sept
Opening Date For White Am
wick County Is Se
Of Educ
Mpmhers of the countv
sion here Thursday named S(
ing date for white and coh
| county for their fall term.
This date was chosen subject*
! to the approval of the state | 1
| board of health. A letter received |
I Tuesday morning by Miss Annie [
Mae Woodside, county superintendent
of schools, gave the local
school authorities permission
to open the schools of the county
I on that date unless there are un-1
forseen developments in the in|
fantile paralysis situation in east-'
iern North Carolina.
For some time there were ru-1
| mors that the schools would not
j be permitted to begin their fall
| work until after October 1. The
j infantile paralysis epidemic now .
| appears to be well under control, 1
' making any unusual delay in | J
! opening the schools unnecessary.
Recorder Hears
Several Cases
{Four Cases Disposed Of
And Several Others Con- j
tinued During Regular
Weekly Session Of Recor- I
der's Court Wednesday t
c
Four cases were disposed of | J
here in Recorders' Court last j t
Wednesday before Judge Peter
; Rourk and several other cases J
jwere continued. In the absence i
j of County Solicitor J. W. Ruark,; s
IG. Vann Fesperman prosecuted i
j the docket. 11
Alton Register, white, pleaded j 1
j guilty of being drunk and indec- ?
i ent exposure. He was taxed with
the costs in his case. a
Willie Grey, white, pleaded S
guilty^>f assault and prayer for c
judgment was continued upon v
Continued on page Twelve) a
________???????
One Winding Each
For Unusual C
Eight-day clocks are put to
shame by an unusual time
piece owned by Mrs. Anna
Miller Davis, who operates
the Miller Hotel in Southport
She has a clock that must
! be wound only once each S65
days.
The clock was brought
over from Switzerland by L.
Miller, Mrs. Davis* father,
who built and operated for a
number of years the Miller
Hotel here. It was brought
to this country during the
i early part of this century.
The clock is a peculiar bit
- * *- 1?
of mechanism, n suimu
about one foot in height and
is completely enclosed in a
RT PIl
d Community
St 21st, 1935 PUBLISH
typhoid Clinics J
For The County
/Ira. Lou H. Smith, County
Nurse, Announces Schedule
Of Vaccinations For
- Thursday And Friday,
August 29 and 30
Mrs. Lou H. Smith, county
lurse, announces that she will
ill the following appointments on
rhursday and Friday, August 29
tnd 30, for the purpose of giving
yphoid vaccinations:
Thursday: Mt. Pisgah church at
:0 o'clock: Will Holden's at 11
>'clock; Boon Neck school house
it 12:30 o'clock; Jessie Roach's
itore at 2 o'clock; Sabbath Home
:hurch at 3 o'clock; Harry Varlum's
store at 4 o'clock; Cedar
Jrove colored school at 5 o'clock.
Fridav: SuddIv at 8 o'clock;
Harry Robinson's store at 9:30 j
)'clock; Grissett Town at 10:30
/clock; Longwood a t 11:30
/clock; Ragon at 1 o'clock; John
Stanley's home at 2:30 > o'clock;
Isaac Hugh's home at 3:30
/clock; Andrews Chapel at 4:30
/clock.
Mrs. Smith urges that every>ne
wishing to take the vaccina- I
tion be at the appointed place oni
time. Mothers are asked to bring
rabies under two years of age
'or diptheria inoculation.
x>ls Will '
:ember 19th1
j<
1 Colored Schools In Bruns- j <
t By The Board j
:ation. c
c
board of education in ses- (
iptember 19th as the openired
schools of Brunswick ?
t
d1
SUNDAY SCHOOL
RESUMED AT ALL s
LOCAL CHURCHES t
:?
Announcement is made that |i
Sunday School services will be 11
resumed beginning next Sun- jj
day at the Episcopal and Pres- j
byterian churches in South- j i
port. These services were sus- J
pended at these churches some j
?- x ;n_ i
time ago oecause ui mo
fantile paralysis epidemic.
(
Becomes Pastor
In This County
lev. J. D. Withrow To Serve
As Pastor For South- t
port, New Hope And s
Woodburn Presbyterian 1
Churches In This County 1
The Rev. J. D. Withrow, of J
Sast Falls Church, Va., has ac:epted
the call to serve as pastor
if the Presbyterian churches at
Southport, New Hope and Wood- c
>urn, in this county. c
He filled the pulpit at the 1
Southport church Sunday morn- *
ng and preached an impressive
lermon on the three appearances j
n the Bible of the word Chris- jc
ian. His regular appointments c
lere are on the first and third '
\
Sunday mornings.
The Rev. Withrow is a gradu- J
ite of Richmond Theological J,
Seminary and this is his first j'
harge. He is making his home
.jiv if- ??/] xTr-a nan Johnson 11
VIU11 iUl . anu 4>MM. ?
it Winnabow.
Year Enough L
lock In Southport;
o
glass cover. All the parts are c
of brass. The pendulum is t
made up of four brass knobs o
which spin as the clock is c
working. They complete .t
about three-quarters of a
turn, then back again. This
turning motion reduces the
spring action of the clock to
a minimum, accounting for
the length of time one winding
will last. c
The clock has been Inactive I
because of the broken wire c
that is a part of the pendu- 1
lum. This is only a minor ^
trouble and Mrs. Davis says C
that any jeweler could easUy t
put the clock in running condition
again. I
Vlost Of The News
All The Time
$1.50 PER YEAR
te Cooling
ding Next Week
Concrete Being Poured And
Plumbing Fixtures Being
Installed; Only Finishing
Touches Remain To Be
Done
rO BE READY BY
1ST OF SEPTEMBER
Machinery And Other Fixtures
Will Be Installed
During Next Couple Of
Weeks And Building
Will Be Ready
The building for the Southport
:ooling and canning plant of the
forth Carolina Fishermen's Co>perative
will be completed by
;he middle of next week and ma:hinery
and fixtures will be initalled
in time for the plant to
)egin operations by September
'irst. ,
Workmen were busy the first
lays of this week pouring the
:oncrete floor of the building and
jutting in plumbing. Hanging the
irvnra and winHnwA and screen
LOT [
[ED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Expect To Comple
Plant Bail
*
C
NO SALARIES OF
OFFICIALS RAISED
BY COMMISSIONERS
In order to correct courrent
rumors that the salaries of "]
several of the county officials
have recently been increased
by action of the board, the j
county commissioners wish to
issue the following statement:
"Recently, rumors have been |
circulated that the board of j
county commissioners have j
raised the salaries of several j
officers and employees. No j
salaries have been raised and <
the board has no intention of |l
raising any salaries. The bud- |<
get adopted for the fiscal j1
year beginning July 1, 1935, j(
carries the same appropriation !*
for salaries that the last two j'
years' budget carried. I
"Signed,
H. O. PETERSON, <
Chairman." j <
I
CCC Educational '
Directors Here!
I
Group Of 11 Men Report {
At Local CCC Camp For ?
Training Period; Will
Later Be Transferred To j
Other Camps f
Eleven men who will serve as c
:ducational directors in several *
>f the new camps of the Citizens]^
Conservation Training Corps re- .
>orted here Tuesday for a period .
>f training under the direction
>f the staff at the local CCC j,
, c
^amp.
Zack M. Williams is educational
lirector at the local camp and j 1
le will play a prominent part in 11
he program of instruction. A j
ull week's program has beer,
napped out for the new men.
All phases of camp life will be:
itudied with sessions under Cap- 5
ain Fred B. Leitzsey, Lieutenint
Ralph Glenn, Project Super-j
ntendent W. P. Killett, Arcnie |
Bullock, Weldon G. McGlamory,
r. R. Marr and Dr. W. S. Dosher.
To Create Fund :
For Advertising?
Circular Letter Mailed This j1
Week To Many Leading d
Citizens Seeking To Es-1
tablish Fund For Adver-'8
tising Port Development jc
Here
I
Letters were mailed this weekj I
a leading citizens of Southport j f
ind Brunswick county urging the j r
lecessity of establishing an ad-! t
/ertising fund for the purpose of j t
jetting information concerning a j
>ort development at Southport
>efore the people of Piedmont 1
<Jorth Carolina.
It has been repeatedly pointed
>ut that citizens of that section |
if the state would reap the bene-1 s
'its of lower freight rates if alt
>ort terminal development could | i;
>e secured for Southport. 'a
The letter, which was gotten ?
iut by R. O. Johnson, secretary \
)i the Port City Civic Club, sug- a
jests that a body of men and vomen
be formed to make a com
ilete canvass of the county for
hese funds. The letter suggests
11,000 as a minimum goal.
Library Books For ..
Chapel Road School
Library books which were giv- j
n the Chapel Road colored j
chool in this county as first
irize in a state-wide beautifica-1
ion contest, arrived at the office j
if Miss Annie Mae Woodside, j
ounty superintendent of schools, J
his week. They will be turned'
iver to the principal of the col- ;
ired school at the beginning of j
he fall term.
I
I
Mrs. Young New
Office Assistant
Mrs. Joe Young, Jr., is the new j
iffice assistant to Miss Annie
dae Woodside, county superintenlent
of schools. She began work
ast week, coming here from
iVhiteville, where she had been
imployed for several months in
he ERA office.
Mrs. Young's home is in South>ort.
I
ng the building are the biggest
obs that remain.
With the completion of the
milding, work of installing ma:hinery
and equipment will be;in
immediately. Those in charge
jstimate that all these prepara;ions
should easily be completed
>efore September 1st.
The building is 47 feet wide and
.00 feet long. The walls are of
galvanized roofing, the floor is of
.'oncrete and the ceiling is of
ypress. The building rests upon
i foundation of creosoted piling.
["here is a dock in front of the
milding which extends out over
he water to a point easily acessible
to fishing and shrimp
oats.
Leroy Martin Is
Local Visitor * |
iecretary Of State School
Commission Was Here
On Business Friday; Discussed
Plans For Routing
School Buses
Leroy Martin, secretary of the
tate school commission, was a
isitor at the office of Miss Anie
Mae Woodside, county superitendent
of schools, here Friday
or the purpose of discussing the
ransportation of the school chil!ren
of the county.
Mr. Martin said that 11 men
.re now at work in the various
?unties of the state mapping out
outes for gchool bus transportaion.
A representative will be In
Srunswick county within the near
uture and will see that the truck
outes are planned so as to give
he greatest possible efficiency at
he lowest cost.
Recovering From
Recent Illness
Friends of Willie Holmes, tax
upervisor for Brunswick couny,
will be glad to learn that he
s able to be out again following
b serious illness. He was in
Southport Monday at the courtlouse
but remained at home
.gain on the following day.
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 Tide
Wednesday, August 21
ft-ia a m 7:01 a. m.
1:21 p. m. 7:53 p. m. ,
Thursday, August 22
1:50 a. m. 8:04 a. m.
2:24 p. m. 8:57 p. m.
Friday, August 23
2:55 a. m. 9:07 a. m.
3:26 p. m. 9:57 p. m.
Saturday, August 24
3:58 a. m. 10:07 a. m.
4:24 p. ra. v 10:51 p. m.
Sunday, August 25
4:53 a. m. 11:02 a. m.
5:16 p. m. 11:40 p. m.
Monday, August 26
5:43 a. m. 11:51 a. m.
6:02 p. m. ??
Tuesday, August 27
6:26 a. m. 0:24 a. m.
6:44 p. m. 12:35 p. m.
I
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