the Pilot Covers
lunswick County
?me nine no. 18
lual Vacation
je School To
in On June IS
I. D. Withrow, Pastoi
| Local Presbyterian
Irch, To Be Principal
Phf School This Yeai
lORS OF other
Ihlrches to help
|y Has Been Practic Completed
And Will
I Announced Next
feek; John Garrett
to Be In Charge
I Of Woodwork
T>iMt
Innual daily vawtuun
Ljll he held this year froir
ft June 15, to Friday. June
ftrding to announcement ol
Kaae here this week. Rev
Withrow, pastor of the
lerian church, will serve as
El this year.
fill be actively assisted bj
I of the other churches ir
Irt. who will have turns
lucting the daily general
ly program. The facultj
[ composed of about 2C
I from the various churI
complete list of departluperintendents
and theii
Its was not available this
he woodwork classes foi
Ell be ir. charge of Johr
Iriday night of the final
If the Bible School there
I held a commencemeni
ft at which time certifilid
awards will be given,
age limit established foi
ftnt this year is 4 to If
Inclusive. Those in charge
It in establishing a minifte
of 4 years they would
lie enrollment of children
Ing to derive any actual
ft ?" school.
tie Bits
bt Big News
I Events Of State,
In and World-Wide
srest During rast
Week
)aign Summary
concensus of more or
prejudiced street-corner
:al gossip in Raleigh on
ay included the followorecasts
and beliefs: 1.
the three top men in the
natorial campaign will
)ser together in the balthan
even their cammanagers.
who have
n their better judgment
le window, would expect,
it Hoey and Graham are
ig ground, as opinion
lizes among last-minute
rs. 3. That McDonald is
he leading contender. 4.
Ho y is surely second
i being pushed hard. 5.
if Graham is eliminated,
of the supporters will
IcDonald. 6. That if Hoeliminated,
his support'
November will have dethat
any Democrat is
than a Republican canSubscribed
etary of Treasury Moriu
announced Tuesday
test Treasury offering of
.000,000 of securities for
had been oversubscribed
than six and one-half
1
'ek Help
ublican, leaders gathering
ay 4 for their national
ating convention planned
directly for conservative
iratic support in theii
ign year effort to oust
ew Deal from the White
Ml factions of the G
are agreed upon thai
?y. An influential G. O
>up moved further Tuesvith
proposals that the
licans nominate a conive
Democrat for Vice
ent. *
enge
>osition that the leading
in the first primary b<
the Democratic party's
for governor was mad(
nued on Page Eight)
THE
8-PAGES TODAY
" | ~
I Recorder
II
mm
^?BE9
>
i
? Joe W. Ruark, appointed!
r several weeks ago to fill
, the unexpired term of
i Judge Peter Rourk as
i Brunswick County Recorder,
is seeking the Demo-i
' cratic nomination for that
office.
, n i / >
; BrunswicR uo;
To Go To I
t 4
: Record Registration In This
, County Indicates Heavy
Vote By Democratic Vot- j
ers In Their Primary Bat[
tie This Week
. GUBERNATORIAL RACE
I CENTER OF INTEREST
Close Races F??r Nomination
; For County Offices Also
Are In Prospect As
Several Candidates
Seek Party Approval
Democratic voters of Brunswick
county go to the polls Sati
urday to name their state and
county candidates to represent
the party in the November election.
A record registration during
the past few weeks indicates that
the vote will be unusually heavy.
' i Chief interest in the state
! race, of course, is centered in j
the bitter battle being waged be-1
tween three of the gubernatorial |
candidates for nomination. Dr.
Ralph W. McDonald, who has
waged a gallant one-man fight!
for the nomination, will be given
the acid test Saturday when voters
go to the polls to officially)
proclaim their choice. Some ob- j
servers claim that McDonald's i
primary vote will not show as
-A. i?11?4. !
strong as nas nis straw uauut
count.
Clyde R. Hoey, silver-tongued
orator from Cleveland county,
will seek to top off a sweeping
campaign with the nomination.
(Continued on page 8)
Says Southport '
Is "Looking Up".
i
Favorable Mention Of This I
Town Contained In Re- '
cent Issue Of Bulletin Of 1
The Atlantic Deeper 1
Waterways Association )'
In a recent issue of the bulleI
tin of the Atlantic Deeper Wat- j
! erways Association is contained
; a favorable reference to South- j
port, which is described as a j
"local point for mariners voyag-1
ing North or South, and for j
ocean-going craft.
Following is the reference:
"Southport, North Carolina,
l has an enthusiastic friend in j
I Mrs. Earl I. Brown, wife of the
, United States Army Engineer
(Continued on Page 8)
> Announcements For
: Two New Candidates
i.. _/ 41.A
Formal announcements ui mc i
, candidacy of Joe W. Ruark for
* the Democratic nomination as
. Judge of Recorder's Court and of
G. T. Reid for member of the
County Board of Education appear
today.
Judge Ruark was appointed
t 1 itroolra a crn to SUCCeed
I | OCVdGtl ??vv??w ?0 ?
? I Judge Peter Rourk. Mr. Reid was
J appointed to the Board of Edui
cation following the resignation
of U. L. Rourk.
STA1
A Good News]
Southport, N. C
Charlie Trott
Hurt In Crash
Bolivia Automobile Salesman
Received Minor Injuries
Sunday Afternoon
When An Airplane In
Which He Was A Passenger
Crashed
Charlie Trott, Bolivia automobile
salesman, was slightly injured
Sunday afternoon when the
airplane in which he was a passenger
crashed near Bluenthal
field.
Homer Barnes, 26, of East
Wilmington, owner and pilot of
the plane, received a sprained
ankle and contusions and abrasions
of the leg and Trott suffered
a small bruise on the left ankle
and on the right side of the
face.
The plane crashed from an altitude
of 150 feet above the farm
of W. B. McClelland, Jr., located
near the Bluenthal field. Both
wings of the plane were broken
and the propeller was demolished.
Telling of the incident last
night Trott said he and Barnes
had left the airfield about 5:00
o'clock and cruised around over
the field for a short while before
(Continued on page 8)
unty Votors
?olls Saturday
I ??
REVIVAL IN PROGRESS
METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. H. L. Hendricks, pastor
of the Fifth Avenue Methodist
church in Wilmington, is
doing the preaching at a series
of revival services in progress
this week in the Trinity Methodist
church.
Services are being held daily
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
and at 8:00 o'clock in the
evening. Members of the con- |
g regation have been deeply impressed
with the strong gospel
messages brought by the j
visiting pastor.
Special music for the meeting
is in charge of Mrs. E. M.
Hall and members of other
church choirs in Southport
have been asked to help with
the singing.
Further Damage
By Forest Fire
Continuation Of Dry Spell
Has Seriously Handicap-,
ped Fire Warden And;
Others In Their Efforts
To Extinguish Fires
Forest fires are burning in
practically every section of
Brunswick county, and County
Fire Warden Dawson Jones and
his workers are having a hard
time bringing these blazes under
control.
Because of' the continued dry
spell it is almost impossible to j
completely extinguish a forest
fire at this time. Fire lanes have
been plowed in the path of the 1
blazes and these have greatly re- 1
iuced the threatened areas ac- I
tually burned over. A fire patrol j I
has been on duty on all old fires! i
(Continued on Page 8.1 '
Cannot Explai
Marriages .
? - - - j- * ,
Register 01 ueeus ?. >.
Mintz and Clerk of the Court
B. J. Holden, rave shaken I
their heads in wonder. They
cannot, and will not even attempt
to explain the noticeable
slump in both marriages
and divorces in the county
this year.
The truth remains that
both marriages and divorces
were running considerably
behind the figure for
the past two years, and,
in fact, ever since the
marriage bans were lifted In
this county and the divorce
law changed from five years
of separation to two.
While the figures last
year were not quite double
what they are at the present
time in both instances,
they were considerably increased
over the existing figI
:e poi
aaper In A Goo
Z., Wednesday, June 3
County Board Of I
Equalization And
Review To Meet ;
Dates For Special Meetings)
Set For Monday, Tuesday
And Wednesday,
June 15-17; Tax Adjustments
May Be Made
Then
REGULAR MEETING c
OF BOARD MONDAY c
Commissioners ask For Bids I
From Accounting Firms
For County Audit;
Other Routine Business
Disposed Of
Members of the board of coun-1J
ty commissioners will meet Mon- '
day, Tuesday and Wednesday, ,
June 15-17, as a board of equa- -c
lization and review. i
This will not be a meeting toj(
reduce taxes, but will be for the' |
purpose of hearing complaints
where property valuations have j
been affected since a year ago. j
According to the schedule
drawn up by the commissioners,
complaints of citizens from North
West and Town Creek townships
will be heard on Monday; from ,
Smithville and Lockwoods Folly
on Tuesday; Shallotte and Waccamaw
townships on Wednesday.
A resolution was passed recommending
that the State High-1
way Commission make improve- J
ments in the old Georgetown- j
Grissettown road.
The clerk to the board was in-!
structed to write letters to the'
following accounting firms inviting
bids for next year's county
audit: D. R. Hollowell Co., W. C. j
Raines, W. C. Nickols and A. j
Lee Rawlings.
Club Women To
Mppf Jnnp 17th
ATlVVi UKiv m. w |
Brunswick County Club
Women Expect To Attend
District Meeting To
Be Held At Carolina
Beach; New Hanover j
Club Hostess
The New Hanover home dem-'
onstration clubs will be hostess
at the seventh annual meeting
of the Eleventh District of North
Carolina Home Demonstration
Clubs at Carolina Beach on June;
17th.
The principal speakers at the j
meeting will be Mrs. Jane S.
McKimmon, assistant director of
extension and state home agent j
and Col. J. W. Harrelson, of
State College. Mrs. Estelle T.
Smith, district home agent, will
introduce visitors and the farm '
and home agents in this district.
Brunswick county clubs were j
hostess at last year's meeting,
and a large representation of club
women from this county is exDected
to attend the meeting.
Large Crowd Hears a
Judge L. R. Varser J
Judge L. R. Varser, former 1
justice of the North Carolina (*
Supreme Court, spoke before a
large audience Saturday night in F
the Shallotte high school audi-1a
torium in behalf of the candi- n
iacy of Clyde R. Hoey for gov-jc
jrnor. 1n
o
in Slump In I
And Divorces I
? j
ures. ^
For a three week's period j
recently there was only one
iiAonDA #A? maprioffji leaned
UVPIIOC 1U1 lUWaiua^w
from the office of Register '
of Deeds Mlntz. Moreover,
whereas there have been at
least one to two divorces
filed in the office of the ?
clerk of the court for the ! t
past two years practically ' j
every month, there has been je
only one since last term of
court. c
The whys and wherefores j (
constitute a big question i (
mark. Some people have at- I^
tempted to explain by saying 11
that the people are too busy <
on the farms, and in their i <
businesses to be bringing; J1
suits for divorce, perhaps, and <
have said that may have had
something to do with the > 1
slump in marriages also.
RT PI
id Community
rd, 1936 publish
Recorder Hears I
Several Cases"
Suspended Sentences And
Light Fines Meted Out
By Judge Joe W. Ruark
Last Week In Regular
Session Of Recorder's
Court
Suspended sentences and light,
'ines were meted out to defenlants
in the five cases disposed
>f here in Recorder's Court last
Wednesday before Judge Joe W.
iuark.
Slim Davis, white, pleaded guil:y
of being drunk and disorderly
ind was required to pay the
losts in his case.
Horace I. Johnson, R. H. Sel- j
ars and Alec R. Mercer, white, j
ind Schofield Davis, colored, were
lharged with operating a trailer
vith improper brakes. The case
igainst the defendants was dis- J
nissed upon condition that they''!
iquip their trailers with proper
) rakes. 1
E. T. Smith, white, pleaded | <
piilty of possession and transiting
intoxicating liquor. He 1
(Continued on Page 8) Is
Rainfall Durin
Of May 0
? *
? 1
WILL JUST HAVE TO j
U/AIT ON THF. PARK
T X~a* m. * ? a a ? ? ?
WFA officials in charge of J
the project for the beautifies
tion of Franklin Square have .
learned that some of the local '
citizens, principally the ladies,
are impatient over the fact I
that the park has not been '
turned over to the city as a
playground.
It has been explained that
workmen have been hard pressed
to keep the grass and
other vegetation in the park
living through the current dry
spell. Trampling on the grass
and running over the young j
plants would just about ruin j1
all chances of nursing them j '
through the dry spell, they j1
say.
The WPA men assure those '
who are inclined to be a bit ,!
impatient that the project is
being rushed through to com- '
pletion in all three phases and ,'
that it will be turned over to 1
them in first-class condition in
Hip npar future.
J
Service Sunday
Very Impressive
Vew Lighting Fixtures Given
To Trinity Methodist c
Church By Family Of
The Late J. B. Ruark t
Were Dedicated Sunday 1
!x
An impressive dedicatory ser-1
f
ice was held Sunday morning
,t the Trinity Methodist church '
s the new lights, given by his
amily in memory of the late J.
5. Ruark, were formally presen- J
ed.
The presentation was made by F
Lobert Ruark, Raleigh attorney,
nd son of the man in whose
lemory the lights were donated.
I. Ed Taylor, Southport attor-1
ey and chairman of the board
f stewards, accepted on behalf y
f the church. The pastor, the g
lev. E M. Hall, conducted a t<
rief dedicatory service. fV
The sermon was delivered by |
lenry G. Ruark, of Princeton, a p
randson of the late Mr. KuarK., ri
lembers of the large congrega- p
ion were deeply impressed with j 1
he message that he brought. | v
c
Former Southport "
Man Attends Meet I
? t
James P. Furpless, son of Mr.
ind Mrs. J. P. Furpless, of
Jouthport, recently attended the ,
3endix Highway Safety Conferince
in South Bend, Ind.
Mr. Furpless, who is manager
>f the Carolina Rim and Wheel
:o., of Raleigh, was the North l
Carolina delegate to the meeting. ]
IVhile in South Bend he made i
three speeches about his native j
state. Upon his return to Ral- 1
sigh he will conduct a series of i
talks in various North Carolina <
lities. I i
Among the notables present at
the meeting was Governor Paul 1
V. McNutt. I]
LOT
IED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Coroner '
'i
<
<
|i
1 <
M. A. Northrop, Bruns- ,
ivick county coroner, is <
seeking the Democratic '
lomination to succeed him- '
self in that office. ii
[i
g Month
*nly .12 Inches ]
Extremely Dry Weather j
Continues And Bruns- j,
wick County Farmers
Are Desperate For Show-;(
ers For Their Crops 1
LAST RAINFALL WAS 1
EARLY IN APRIL
:(
3ther Weather Statistics 1
For Month of May Made
Available From Local
U. 5. Weatner Bureau
Station This
Week J;
The drought which holds
Brunswick county farmers at its i
nercy at the present time is 1
similar to the one prevalent in
this section a year ago. Meanwhile,
the .12 inches rainfall recorded
for the month of May
set something of a low record.
The last soaking rain in this
county was early in April. The
total rainfall for that month j
was only 1.56.
In April, 1935, the official rain- J
fall was 1.66 inches; May vas
98 inches.
Returning to statistics for May j
1936, we find that there were'
1 A ?1 O no rtlir '
lV licdi uajra, a pai vij ww?
lays and 3 cloudy days.
Maximum temperature for the
nonth was 94 degrees, recorded
>n May 9th. Minimum reading1
vas 55 degrees on May 15th.
There was an electrical storm
>n May 9th. '
These statistics were furnished
hrough the courtesy of Mrs. C. '
2d Taylor, local observer for the
J. S. Weather Bureau.
rwo Purposes ,
Behind Program
?: i
'rogram Of The Works f
Progress Administration t
In This District Has Two
Fold Purpose
There are two purposes behind
tie program of the Works Proress
Administration, according.
5 Robert D. Caldwell, district
/PA director.
"It is purely a matter of simle
mathematics," Caldwell said.
1* ">??? A AO nnamnlmrad
J1CIC VYC1C OUillC 1VW UlltHipiWJW |
ersons in Columbus county, i
"here was much necessary public
?ork to be done. WPA merely
ombined the two, putting the
nemployed to work on benefiial
projects throughout the
ounty. The people got the work
hat they need so badly, and the
(Continued on Page 8.)
Home-Coming Day
At Beulah Church
Annual home-coming day will
>e celebrated on Saturday, June
L3, at the Beulah Baptist church
n this county. The preaching
service will be in charge of the
Rev. John F. Warren, of Wilmington.
Following the picnic j
iinner there will be a program I
n the afternoon by the children.
A cordial invitation is extended
jo former pastors and church
members.
1
Most Of The News
All The Time
$1.50 PER YEAR
[iive Rates For
Soil-Conserving
Pay In County
)ean I. O. Schaub Announces
That Average Per
Acre In Brunswick County
To Be $7.40; To Vary
With Individual Farms
NDIVIDUAL RATE
MAY BE MORE OR LESS
General Productivity Of
Each Farm To Be Determined
From Average
Past Yields Of Crops
The average rate of the soil:onserving
payment in Brunswick
bounty under the 1936 farm program
has been fixed at $7.40
>er acre, according to Dean I. O.
Schaub, of State College.
This rate applies to general
soil-depleting crops other than
jotton, tobacco, and peanuts, the
lean said, and will vary with iniividual
farms.
The general rate for each coLintv
has been determined accord
ing to the average productivity
3f general soil-depleting crops in
that county.
The rate for an individual farm
will be above or below the county
rate in the same proportion
that the productivity of general
3oil-depleting crops on the farm
is above or below the county average.
The general productivity of
;ach farm will be based upon
the average past yields of soildepleting
crops other than cotton,
tobacco, and peanuts.
For tobacco and cotton the rate
of payment has been fixed at
five cents a pound on the average
tobacco and cotton yields of
the farm. The rate for peanuts is
I'i cents a pound.
The soil-conserving payment
will be made for shifting land
from soil-depleting into soil-conserving
crops this year.
A farmer who takes high productive
land out of cash crops
and puts it into soil-conserving
crops is making a bigger sacrifice
than the farmer whose land
is low in productivity.
For this reason, the dean ex
plained, the rates of payment
have been based on the productivity
of the land.
Rivers Of State
To Get $488,000
War Department Allocates
Funds Voted By Congress;
Only One New
Project
Washington?A total of $488,300
for new work was allotted
by the War Department last
veek to projects along the North
Carolina coast in its allot-nent
of $137,000,000 to improve
:he rivers and harbors of Amerca.
The only new project approved
s the development of Rablinson
Channel. The bulk of the money
issigned to the State will be
ipent on the Cape Fear River,
rwo allotments, one of $200,000
or work at and below Wilmingon,
were made, and $15,000 was
^Continued on Page Eight.)
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
Thursday, June 4
6:59 a. m. 1:09 a. m.
7:17 p. m. 1:03 p. m.
Friday, June 5
7:39 a- m. 1:54 a. m.
7:55 p. m. 1:46 p. m.
Saturday, June 6
8:20 a. m. 2:36 a. m.
_ ? o.oa ? M
O'.OO p. 111. p. ill.
Sunday, June 7
9:03 a. m. 3:17 a. m.
9:16 p. m. 3:10 p. m.
Monday, June 8
9:50 a. m. 3:58 a. m.
10:03 p. m. 3:51 p. m.
Tuesday, June 9
10:41 a. m. 4:40 a. m.
10:54 p. m. 4:39 p. m.
Wednesday, June 10
11:35 a. m. 5:26 a. m.
11:49 p. m. 5:33 p. m.
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