gmc Pilot Covers
Kjnsv ick County
uE NINE NO. 28
$ Dispatch
mives Interest
MAirplane Base
^Rsociated Press News
Hy In Sunday's Paper
Need For Coast
^ rd Air Base In This
Bins "visit
f service planes
Of Wilmington
|Rber Of Commerce
Vtes Letter To High
? i
/fficials Urging
Move
ted Press dispatches
;hins ton Sunday quoted
>f the Coast Guard tc
that it was very much
fill up a gap between
X J. and Charleston
h a Coast Guard ait
> was mentioned for
location but a lot ol
>eople who have beer
with matters are conithport
was and is
the establishment ol
len it is finally deci
img reason for this
s that Southport has
nirably adapted fot
And, as an indicauthport
is in mind
I that last summei
rom the station al
>ent nearly a weeh
id coming each daj
ndreds of air views
cthing in an eight
f Southport.
these planes cams
m the river anc
H| laiiun.^ -- otosraphers
and officer ir
Hntinued on page 12)
tie Bits
Df Big News
lj Events Of State,
lion and World-Wide
Bterest During Past
Week
WGrading
B eral .Judge J. Lyles
- lay signed an or
I restraining the federa
B from establishing
grading service ir
I- lina. The auctior
B 3 on the S. C. mar
B v. Government toB
service was tc
I three markets
B Darlington anc
B grading service
B 1 in reference or
B .Judge Glenn's
B is returnable
I August 17. AtB
obacco warehouseB
of the three markets atB
nstitutionality ol
B tobacco inspection act, unI
which the grading service
B to be established.
I Decreases
orth Carolina's per c&pita
I 'oss dropped last year tc
B'v tow record of $1.89 as
B 'h the 1934 previ
?coi.i of $2.08. the 49th
ual State Firemen's Asso
convention was told
B Fire loss throughoul
State in 1935 was $1,748,
although in 1927 it was
00.000. the delegates repnting
more than 150 North
olina towns, learned from
report of Charles C. Harof
P.ocky Mount, statistii
for the association.
ior Tar Heel
oincident with the return
President Roosevelt to
shington, it has been learnbeyond
any question of a
bt that Representative Lin|r
Warren has already been
rmed definitely that he
be appointed Comptroller
eral of the United States,
iough if present plans are
ered to, the position will
be filled until after the
tion in November. At the
ie time, it can be said with
M authority that Mr. Warhas
let it be known that
prefers to remain in Con's,
believing that he can in
t way be of greater service
President Roosevelt, at the
ie time continuing to rendirect
service to his state
district.
THE
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12-PAGES T(
Crowd Of Farmers
Auctioneer A
raj^^KMEr ,.
gLtfd
ON THE FLOOR?Above
in a tobacco warehouse as the
J in the wake of the auctioneer i
being paid for their offerings.
Optimism Preva
Tobacco Ma
5 *?
II/ I A 1 A/I???U .
TV drcuuildcilluil nnu aici enants
Of Whiteville Have 5
Been Making Preparations
to Handle Rush Of
Opening Day Business
c . : Z
MUCH TOBACCO IS #
ALREADY ON FLOORS e
j , : I h
Good Prices Paid Growers ^
On Georgia Market Durt
ing Past Ten Days S
Lends Hope For n
Good Prices p
Whiteville, Aug. 12-With Geor- n
gia reports indicating better pric- r
es for the 1936 crop of tobacco, i!
Whiteville's progressive, depen- c
dable tobacco market this week c
completed preparations for the v
opening today with a genuine air t
of optimism. t<
Whiteville has for years been n
tobacco-minded and for the past h
several months everybody from __
banker down to blacksmith has
been looking forward to the
opening of the tobacco market II
here in eager anticipation. To-1 f\
s bacco time is money time in
White ville. H
1 During the months of prepara;
tion on the Whiteville tobacco
i market, when six gigantic auction ?\
i warehouses have been set in
readiness for the appointed hour
when the long anticipated ring!
> of the auctioneer's staccato bark j
. will once again resound within r
I the warehouse walls, there has
! been one red-letter day always C01
i predominent in the minds of the Pe(
i people of this city?today, Aug- m
! ust 13th. (for
Thursday morning will find the ed
(Continued on Page 12.) [bei
Announce Chatige apf
In Soil Program g
.
1 Alteration Made In Ruling eqt
' In Interest Of Farmers (
Hard Hit By The Summer me
J Drought j^8
! Farmers who have been set
. back by the drougth will find K
' two changes in the soil-improve(
ment program especially helpful
according to Dean I. O. Schaub,
of State College.
t One change allows them to
classify as soil-conserving any | t
land seeded to soil- conserving/ f
j crops up to September 1, pro- j s
vided no soil-depleting crops are i
harvested from it in 1936. j t
This will enable many growers ! (
i! to increase their soil-building al-, g
. inmanw The allowance, the dean j (
(Continued on page 12) t
Colonel Bain To
Preach Sunday t
t
Col. Edgar H. Bain, of Golds- I
boro, will conduct the preaching,
services at the Southport Bap- t
tist church Sunday. The morning ii
service will begin at 11 o'clock, I
and evening worship at 8 o'clock. Ii
I Col. Bain, who is commander li
of the 321st Infantry which was c
encamped the last week in March a
at Fort Caswell, filled the local 11
j pulpit during his last visit and f
I will be favorably remembered by b
, members of his congregation. n
i The public is invited to attend II
these services. v
STA1
i Good News]
)DAY Southport, N
; Follow
it Tobacco Sale
is shown a typical scene
crowd of farmers follow
mxious to know the prices
lent On Eve
irket Opening
HONCHECK ENDS
LIFE IN PLUNGE
Representative Marion A.
;ioneheck, Congressman from
he state of Washington, endd
his life Friday night when
e plunged headfirst from the
ifth story of a Seattle office
iiiilriintr ;in<] smashed on the
idewalk in front of his bride.
The turbulent career of this
ladcap representative took on
eeuliar interest for Brunswick
county citizens several
nonths ago when ht was arested
near Shallotte by SherFf
J. A. Russ. Taken into
ustody, Congressman Zionheck
and >Irs. Zioncheck,
who was with him, returned
o Shallotte where he was able
? make satisfactory arrangelents
over the telephone for
is release.
J
epairs Being
flade On Schools
ferything Being Made
Ready For Opening Of
Schools For Fall Term
On September 3
rhe school buildings of the
inty are being overhauled and
lessary repairs are being made
order to have everything ready
the opening of the consolidatschools
on Thursday, Septem
3rd.
\t Southport, repairs are being
ide in the plumbing and it is
jftable that the leak in the
ditorium roof will be patched.
\ new boiler for the heating
int is being installed at the
allotte school in addition to
i general overhauling of the
lipment.
General repairs and improvents
are being made at Boli,,
Waccamaw and Leland.
ieen Eye Of Coas
Sends Crew Or
A tiny fifteen watt elecric
light, the juice being
urnished by an ordinary
storage battery, and the lamp
10 larger in circumfrence
ban a quarter, sent the watchful
boys at Oak Island
itation scurrying out on the
!?ape Fear shoals for a dis
ance of fifteen miles at one
('clock Tuesday morning.
It was a useless trip but it
tands out strikingly as a
ribute to the watchfulness of
he Coast Guards at Cape
"ear and Oak Island.
The blue fish boat of Capain
Hulan Watts was out at
ts accustomed work Monday,
t took some seven or eight
lundred pounds of blue fish
ate in the evening and the
rew decided that they would
.nchor until midnight and
hen drift their nine hundred
oot net for mackerel. The
oat had no masthead light
or either port or starboard
ights. The only illumination
/as a tiny bulb in the cabin
repo]
paper In A Goo
. C., Wednesday, Augus
Hunting Season I
To Open Earlier
Than Last Year f
Quail And Rabbit Season
Will Begin This Year On
November 20, Instead Of;
On Thanksgiving Day, ^
As Last Year g.
OTHER CHANGES IN o
STATE GAME LAWS y
. It:
Deer Season For Brunswick e
County Will Begin On tJ
September 15; No Sea- v
son In Some Sections
11
North Carolina's open seasons v
! for 1936-37 for hunting quail, je
rabbit, and turkey hereafter will 8
start on November 20, instead of f
Thanksgiving Day and will ex- ?
1 pire on February 15, it was an-1"
nounced Monday.
John D. Chalk, State Game and c
1 Inland Fisheries Commissioner, jc
also announced general revisions in
the game seasons and bag 1
limits.
Under the change eight more
days will be allowed for rabbit
and quail hunting this year than
last, as Thanksgiving was on the .
28th last year, while 23 days
have been added to the open season
for turkeys. Five western
counties have no turkey season.
"... .*, 1 II It !M 1 rt .! n l.
ine quail mini ia j.v pci \xaj
or 150 per season and the turkey
limit, one a day or three a
season with no limit on rabbits, j
A bag limit of two per season
I is put on bear, which had no
limit last season, and the hunt-l
ing dates will be from October 1:
to January 1 except in a group
(Continued on page 12)
Return Here In
! Home-on-Wheels
i
Captain Raymond Jacobs
And Family, Of Natchez,
Miss., Are Visiting With
Friends And Relatives
Following Trip In Auto
Pullman
|Captain
and Mrs. Raymond .
Jacobs and daughter, Miss Mary '
(Jacobs, of Natchez, Miss., are
Spending a month at their old
home town here. Captain Jacobs
is skipper of one of the big pump'
barges at Natchez. Robert C.
McKeithan, also of Southport, and J
his son, Roy, are on the same
barge, the former as Chief En-1
gineer.
Captain and Mrs. Jacobs traveled
home in their car with one
of the most modern of home-on- [
(Continued on page 12.) 5
- c
A ssociation Wide
Meeting On Sunday
f
I An association-wide meeting of c
II the pastors, members of the pro- a
1 motion committee, leaders in the ?
Baptist Training Union and the t
, j Woman's Missionary Union will
be held Sunday afternoon, August r
16th, at 3 o'clock in the Mount t
Pisgah Baptist church. t
Notice of this meeting wasjv
furnished by the Rev. B. R. Page, v
[who urges a full attendance. t
J F
t Guard Lookout ;
1 s
1 miUUlgiil juumcy
and another out under the J]
extension top covering the
rear of the boat.
The lights were both extin- '
guished until midnight, the 1
crew catching a nap. Shortly *
after midnight the light un- ''
der the extension was turned
on and the boat went to fishing.
(
The light was kept on for
only a half hour and then
doused again, the crew loafing
while waiting for fish to
go in their net. They were g
around fifteen miles from the P
Cape Fear station and still d
further off from Oak Island. a
Sometime after two o'clock fi
the innocent fishermen noticed
lights from a boat, some C
distance away, being flashed J'
repeatedlj- in signals. Their e<
own light was quickly turned s'
on in answer to the signals s1
and pretty soon the Oak Isj
land boat with Captain Bar- P:
nett and his crew drew W
alongside, anxious to know E
(Continued on page 12) w
RT PL
d Community
t 12th, 1936 pubusi
louting County
School Trucks
Representative Of State 1
School Commission Is In
Brunswick County This
Week For That Purpose
Curtis Christman, representaive
of the state school commis- (
ion, is in Brunswick county this [i
reek for the purpose of mapping't
ut the routes to be followed this ]
ear by the school busses. He is
raveling over the routes follow- 1
d last year, and any changes !
hat will allow greater efficiency i
rill be made. i
There will be four new busses i
.1 the county this year, and these 1
fere delivered Tuesday. Old busss
have been stored in the Perry i
;arage in Southport all summer, t
Recently they have been moved 1
ne or two at the time out to '
Shallotte where they have been
horoughly overhauled and reconlitioned
by county mechanic J.
}. White. I
Men's Doubles
Will Begin t
*
|t
shrimping-fishing
are good this week
Good catches made last
week by local shrimpers have
turned out to be not merely
a flash in the pan, for their
good luck has continued this
week.
Boats have been averaging
about 20 bushels per day. The
shrimp are of mixed sizes,
making it hard for dealers to
dispose of them at top market
prices. Local fishermen have j
been paid S1.50 per bushel.
The luck of the menhaden
fleet also has changed. Forced
to go far down the coast last
u'eelr tnr their fish, the local
fishermen found schools of the
fertilizer product near the
Cape Fear bar Monday and
Tuesday and returned early in
the day with large catches.
,
WPA Payroll Is
$6,006 Monthly
iurvey Of This County Indicates
That These Are
Fast Moving Dollars That
Usually Are Spent For
Necessities
Each month approximately
16,000.00 is paid to the workers
in WPA projects in Brunswick
ounty, according to Robert D.
Caldwell, district WPA director.
"These have been called the
astest moving dollars in the
ountry, and that is what they
ire," Caldwell said. "This money
mes rie-ht into circulation, stim
dating the whole business strucure
of the county."
Caldwell pointed out that the
esults of a survey conducted by
he WPA in this district some-l
ime ago showed that all of the!
worker's semi - monthly check!
t-ent immeditely for the necessi- j
ies of life. "We found that 40
>er cent went for food, 10 per j
ent for clothing, and the bal-1
ince for such things as medicine
.nd household necessities," he
aid. :<
"Thus Brunswick county beneits
from the WPA program in a
lumber of ways," Caldwell said. I
People who otherwise would be .
die have been given the work i
hat they need, doing tasks that
he county needs. The money that
hey receive for their work goeSii
^mediately into the cash regis(Continued
on page 12) <
i
jood Catch Of j
Fresh Water Bass
Three veteran fresh water aniens
of the county had their (
atience amply rewarded Thursay
with the finest catch of bass
nd grey-head taken by inland j
shermen in several weeks.
Pnstmojitw L. T. Yaskell, I c
ounty Fire Warden Dawson I
ones and Lt. John Malone visit- v
i one of their favorite fishing a
:reams and came back with a (
:ring of 36 beauties.
Postmaster Yaskell shared his e
art of the catch with Dr. D. I. 1
fatson and Mr. and Mrs. Will b
avis, who are very fond of fresh t
ater fish. j 1
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Most Of The News
All The Time
i *=
$1.50 PER YEAR
aranville Wilt
Threatens Ruin
Of Weed Crop
Epidemic Of Alarming Proportions
Developing In
Several Eastern North
Carolina Counties
VNNUAL DAMAGE IS
ESTIMATED $1,000,000
directions Given Farmers
For Control Of This Disease
Which Might Develop
Into Major Tobacco
Threat
Granville Wilt is one of the
most destructive diseases of toDacco.
It is developing in epiiemic
and alarming proportions
luring the current season ifc a
arge number of tobacco fteld%
throughout the flue-cured belts
of eastern North Carolina. Irf adlition
to severe development of
the disease in Granville, Durham
ind Wake Counties where it has
been present for more than thirty
years, heavy losses by individual
growers during the past
few weeks have been reported
from Pitt, Jones, Onslow, Pender,
-*t- ?c ? LOT
r
-JED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Iry Three Cases (
Before Recorder
Light Session Of Recorder's
Court Conducted Here
Last Wednesday Before ?
Judge Joe W. Ruark
A short session of Recorder's
3>urt was held here last Wedlesday
before Judge Joe W. Ruirk
as only three cases were dis- '
cosed of.
G. V. Turbeville and Herbert
(Vard? white, were charged with I
affray. Turbeville pleaded guilty
md judgment in his case was
suspended upon payment of the
costs. Ward was tried and found
not guilty.
W. C. Smith, white, was tried
for making an assault with a ]
deadly weapon, but judgment in j ^
his case was continued for one (
week. |
Boy Randall, colored, was i
found not guilty of making an,
assault with a deadly weapon;
with intent to kill.
? 11
Tournament
iere Thursday
Play On Local Courts All
Summer Has Developed
Several Players Who Will
Figure Strong In Tournament
Competition
FINAL PAIRINGS
NOT YET COMPLETE
New Lighting Facilities
Make Night Playing A
Pleasure And Courts
Are Amusement Center
For Many
Although final pairings have
not eben completed, plans are being
niide to run off the men s
doubles tennis tournament here
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
of this week. Right now it appears
likely that there will be
eight teams entered, opening play
in the quarter final stage.
There appears to be little to
choose between the teams already
entered in the tournament. Steady
playing this summer has brought
about a marked improvement in
the game of eight or ten of the
men and boys of Southport.
.< s
Dick isrenaie ana ua .
Thompson form a team that will (
be hard to eliminate. The former 1
plays a consistant game at all (
times, and his southpaw partner '
covers a world of territory to '
make seemingly impossible shots. '
Another interesting combina- J
tion is David Watson and Neils '
Jorgensen. This pair of lefties '
will cause plenty of trouble any 1
afternoon they are both on their
game. i
Fred Willing, one of the most 1
improved players in town, will '
(Continued on page 12.)
County Officials
Attending Meet
Register Of Deeds R. I. .
Mintz And H. O. Peter- ,
son, Chairman Of Board
Of Commissioners, Atten-'i
ding Meeting In Ashe- :
ville
The meeting of the State Association
of County Commissioners
of North Carolina and the Association
of -County Accountants
began their annual sessions in
Asheville Tuesday. Brunswick
county is represented by Register
of Deeds R. I. Mintz and H. O.
Peterson, chairman of the county
board. Mrs. Peterson accompanied
her husband on the trip.
Approximately 300 commissioners
and accountants, representing
most of the 100 counties of
the state, are expected to attend
the three-day meeting.
Included among the speakers
(Continued on page 12)
Southport Men
Attend Meetingj
Fire Chief Harry Aldridge, Allerman
Warren Hood and Lanier
'\irpless left Monday for Raleigh
vhere they are attending the
innual convention of the North
Carolina Firemen's Association.
Business sessions were scheduld
for Tuesday and Wednesday,
lie program also includes a barbecue,
dances and other recrealonal
features. The annual races
Tiursday will close the meeting.
Craven, Columbus and other eastern
counties. "
It is not always possible to
positively identify the Granville
Wilt disease of tobacco on the
basis of field symptoms alone,
because there are other wilt diseases
which have symptoms very
similar to Granville wilt. However,
the first sign of Granville
wilt on tobacco in the field is
usually evidenced bv the drooping
or wilting of one 01 iTktir
leaves, and this effect is followed
by wrinkling, yellowing, and
death of the leaf or leaves. Before
the first leaf which showed
symptoms of the disease has
lied. ~>the? leaves, usually those
idjaoent <.o the ~ne which was
iffected first, develop symptoms \
ind progress through the characteristic
stages. In most cases the
iisease progresses until the entire
plant is killed. If a crosssection
is made of a tobacco
stalk in the early stages of the
Iisease, the woody portions will
je marked with yellow streaks,
vhich in later stages turn brown
>r black. If the cut end of a dis;ased
stalk is pressed with the
'ingers, or otherwise, the discol>red
strands of tissue will yield
i dirty, yellowish ooze. Release
>f this ooze upon the application
>f pressure to the cut ends of
diseased stalks is one of the most
:haracteristic and reliable symptoms
on which to identify the
Cranville Wilt in the field. Sometimes
the presence of a few dead
roots with the brown discolored
tissue is another reliable distingishing
symptom. In the late
stages of the disease, the stalk
of the plant turns black at or
near the soil line, which is followed
by a complete collapse of
both the above and below ground
portions of the plant. Characteristically,
the Granville wilt disease
kills a high percentage of
the plants in infested areas in
the field, which are usually scattered,
in contrast to sore shank
and southern root rot which
characteristically kill plants at
random. If you are uncertain of
the identity, send in the roots
and lower part of the plant}
(Continued on Page 12.)
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, August 13
4:30 a. m. 10:31 a. m.
4:54 p. m. 11:23 p. m.
Friday, August 14
5:28 a. m. 11:26 a. m.
5:48 p. m.
Saturday, August 15
6:18 a. m. 0:14 a. m.
6:31 p. m. 12:18 p. m.
Sunday, August 16
7:01 a. no. 1:01 a. m.
7:15 p. m. 1:07 p. m.
Monday, August 17
7:40 p. m. 1:43 a. m.
7:52 p. m. 1:53 p. m.
Tuesday, August 18
8:19 a. m. 2:22 a. m.
8:28 p. m. 2:84 p. m.
Wednesday, August 19
a-.W a m o.xa . ?
v.? ?- ? . ?.wo a. ill.
9:03 p. m. 3:14 p. m.
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