Mjftt Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
M^HINE no. 30
Word Re>
tlocal Q
I Is S
And Civic Leaders
Ku'ilmington Join With
Kiibport Citizens I?
V Protest Of This
M that shipping
mm BE CRIPPLED
Mrrige Charges Caused
mpelay Here Would Be
Muse Of Driving ComMmerce
To Other
/rui??
was received here this
?t plans are being made
jon the U. S. Quarantine
which is located in the
? the Cape Fear river
ibout a mile and a quar>
Southport. This action
jd to take place within
two or three months,
teous with the anit
there was a loud
rotest from local citirom
business and civic
Wilmington, who feel
;ss of the local quarion
will sadly cripple
r Cape Fear river citI
complaints have been
officials of the U. S.
!h service.
in here is the only
!h Carolina. Quaranare
maintained at
at Charleston, and
ons of the proposed
w would be brought
te latter station to
lip whenever inspects
to be necessary,
sk of delay involved
gement has caused
with the shipping
?\v with alarm the
s.
of great tonnage
at a tremendous
iwners. Any delay
to important monon
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n Events Of State,
tion and World-Wide
iterest During Past
Week
v Ambassador
tapper, well-to-do William
ristian Bullitt, of Philadelia.
first United States Amador
to the Soviet Union,
Bday was named by Presist
Roosevelt to be AmbasJor
to France, succeeding
Be I. Strau3, of New York,
brement of Straus because
ill health was announced by
President a few minutes
or to the naming of Bullitt.
Payments
Jeorg^'s 1936 tobacco crop
1 117,585.270,27 into farm'
pockets during the past
oe weeks of the auction sea'
the State Department of
^culture . announced Tuesl
It was the greatest
ount ever obtained for the
P in the state. An average
M of 21.55 cents a pound
s received for 81,586,758
^ Barland Bagley, agritore
department statistician
Q.
\ Refund
_re s no harm in asking.
1 counties of the State
Tuesday had filed
for repayment of girts
, State highway system
" n? 156,970,188. The amo?*
the claims is equal to
entire road bond indebted?f
the 100 counties, ac.
the low estimate of
'e official. It lacks less
WO.OOO.OOO of being equal
>tMr,PreSent net highway In,
"ess 01 the State itself.
?. , ?unt of claims, also, is
imes the amount of rei
in 7estcc* f?r 44 counj.
? bill introduced in the
*tor R6? Assembly by
CW' c?burn of MarB7nty
and others.
Ued on Page Eight)
THE
16-PAGES TOD A
ceived
Quarantine
oon To Be
*
Bill Styron Is Grai
Full Brat
*Returned
Last Week From
Charleston, Where He
Stood Examination For
Piloting Vessels Of All
Draft
POPULAR YOUNG
MAN OF SOUTHPORT
During High School Days
Was Recognized As One
Of The Best Basketball
Players Ever In
Southport
William L. (Bill) Styron, popular
young member of the Cape
Fear Pilots Association, returned
last week from Charleston, S. C?
where he stood examination for
his full branch pilot license.
Styron began his apprenticeI
ahir> in the local association Aug
ust 1, 1933. After two years, he |
was granted his 18-foot branch |
license last year. After serving'
for a year with these papers, hei
has now qualified to pilot vessels
of maximum depth in the Cape) _
Fear river. j ei
Bill, as he is known localy, is ir
the son of Mrs. Charles Easley U
and the late Captain Styron, who b:
was killed while on duty in the h
Coast Guard service. He graduat- C
j Books Being D<
County Schoc
*County
Book Manager, Le- r
Roy Mintz, Has Been
Busy This Week Unpacking
Books And Distributing
Them For Opening
Next Week
EVERYTHING READY
FOR OPENING DAY
Few Last Minute Changes
Necessary In School Faculties
Have Been Completed
This Week
LeRoy Mintz, county book
manager, has been busy all this
i week unpacking and distributing
textbooks to the various schools
in the county in preparation for
;the opening Thursday.
rtAiintv
This year crunswiun wu>.v .
school children will have an op- I
| portunity to rent every book they |_
! need for school work. If they do i _
I not care to rent all their books, I jthen
they must buy all of them; j t
I they will not be permitted to *
I rent some and buy some. This [
! county is one of a few in the1 j,
I state that has made arrangements
to furnish complete rental
service for the school children. *
Other arrangements for school
opening have been complete.
Some of the principals have been!
faced with the necessity of making
last minute faculty replacements.
School trucks and other
equipment has been checked and (h
everything has been pronounced'C(
ready for the opening day Thurs- n
day.
d
To Hold Meeting fe
At Jennies Branch ti
s<
An interesting program has
been prepared for the Brunswick a:
Baptist Union to be held Sunday, oi
August 30. ,sl
The program will begin at j
10:30 o'clock with devotional by ir
W. C. Gore. A business session j
, will follow, then a sermon will
be delivered by the Rev. W. A. C. /
Harrelson. There will be a picnic)
lunch on the grounds during che I
noon horn. I
The afternoon session will be;
opened with a devotional by Den-! tl
nis Hewett. The Rev. Z. G. Ray w
will lead a discussion of how to cl
raise church finances. At 2:00 ni
o'clock there will be an address si
on the subject of stewardship by di
R. E. Sentelle. At 2:30 o'clock
there will be a general discussion ci
including a decision concerning di
I the meeting place for next year. C
STAr
A Good News
Y Southport, ]
e That
Station
Deserted
nted His
ich Pilot License
WILLIAM L. STYRON
j v.:?u
u iiuiii ouuuipun uigii acnuui
t 1928 after establishing a repuition
for being one of the best
asketball players ever developed
ere. Later he attended State
bUege for one year.
slivered To
>ls This Week
DEER SEASON NOT
OPEN UNTIL OCT. 1
The article, appearing two
weeks ago in The State Port
Pilot announcing that the open
season for deer would begin on
September 15th was in error.
The season will ' open on October
1.
This mistake was made
through a misinterpretation of
information received from out
of the county, and the correction
is made at the request of
County Game Warden Eustace
Russ.
The open season for marsh
hens comes in Tuesday, September
1. The bag limit is 15
per day for each hunter.
Licenses will be placed on
sale this week at the Brunswick
county courthouse and
at other points in the county.
* ?i ys
loiI-Lonserving
>eed To Be Saved
'robably Will Be Big Demand
Next Spring For
This Type Of Seed, According
To Advices Of
Soil Experts
North Carolina farmers are be1
g urged to save seed of soilonserving
crops to plant or sell
ext year.
Not only has the drought reuced
the supply of seed, said
lean I. O. Schaub, of State Col:ge,
but indications are that
lere will be a big demand for
lil-conserving crop seed in 1937.
In most areas, he said, farmers
re growing as large quantities
F roughage as possible for live:ock
feed.
They have also indicated their
iterest in the purchase of seed
(Continued on page 8)
Conferences To
Be Held Locally
The Rev. Charles H. Dickey, of
le Baptist State Mission Board,
ill be at the Southport Baptist
lurch on Thursday and Friday
ights of this week for stewardlip
conferences with church leasrs
and officials.
The Rev. Mr. Dickey has been
inducting a similar series of
[scussions this week at the Mill
reek Baptist church.
re po
paper In A Go
N. CM Wednesday, Au
Baptist W. M. U.
Meeting Will Be
Held Thursday
Miss Ruth Ludlum, County
Superintendent, Urges A
Large Attendance For
Meeting At Chapel Hill
Church
?
STATE PRESIDENT
WILL BE PRESENT
Mrs. J. Clyde Turner, Of
Raleigh, Will Attend The
Meeting And Make
Principal Address
Of Day
The annual meeting of the
[Brunswick County Baptist Womens'
Missionary Union will be
' held at the Chapel Hill church
(next Thursday and Miss Ruth
Ludlum, county superintendent, is
urging a full attendance.
Principal feature of the day's
i program will be the address by
i Mrs. J. Clyde Turner, state presi
ident.
Leaders of the county organization
feel that they are extremely
fortunate in having the
state president here for the meeting,
and they are anxious for as
i many members as possible to
take advantage of this opportunity
to hear her.
Since the meeting is to be
held on the same1 day that the
' consolidated schools open in the
county, fear has been expressed
: that some conflict may occur.
Members of the organization are
urered to make a special effort to
attend the meeting at Chapel
r Hill Baptist church.
' Among those appearing on the
program will be: Mrs. W. L.
Swain, Mrs. Carl Ward, Mrs. Ernest
Gilbert, Miss Lula Mae
[ Skipper, Mrs. W. C. Biggs and
j Mrs. Turner.
Numerous Cases
Before Recorder
Number Of Cases Of Minor
Importance Disposed Of
Last Wednesday Before
Judge Joe W. Ruark
Several cases of minor importance
were disposed of here in
Recorder's Court last Wednesday
before Judge Joe W. Ruark.
C. L. Smith, white, was charged
with non support, but the
action against him was dismissed.
Leslie Mullinax, white, was
found guilty of possession. Judgment
in his case was suspended
upon payment of the cost.
Bruce Ricks, white, pleaded
guilty of violation of a traffic
('ordinance. Judgment in his case
i (Continued on Page 8.1
Legion Meeting
Friday Night
| Commander R. C. St. George
jhas called an important meeting
of the Brunswick County Post
'Number 194, American Legion to
be held Friday night in the courthouse.
A full attendance of members
is urged.
Radio Song Swee
Popular W
I
If the reaction all over the
United States to the popular
song sweepstakes being conducted
by the manufacturers
of a popular brand of cigarette
is as great as it is in
1 Southport, it is a mystery
! how office force sufficient to
handle the influx of mail can
j be assembled.
It is a conservative estimate
that at least 200
sweepstakes cards are being
mailed each week from the
Southport post office. And
J the cartons of cigarettes reI
ceived as prizes indicate that
local radio listeners have
good judgment.
For the information of
those who may be unfamiliar
with the sweepstakes, it is
only fair to state that it appears
to be a game where
the player has everything to
gain and nothing to lose.
You simply fill out the names
of the three songs that
you believe will be the most
popular in the nation during
the next week, and mail in
RTPI
od Community
gust 26th, 1936 PUBUst
Interesting Tree In
W^as Oldlndii
*Stands
On Vacant Lot Next
To Home Of Judge E. H.
Cranmer, And Has Been
Object Of Much Curious I
Interest
TREE IS ONE OF FOUR
IN UNITED STATES
Twig Bent To Indicate Direction
Of Indian Line
Of March Again Took
Root And Grew
On the vacant lot next door to
the home of Judge E. H. Cranmer
in Southport stands a live
oak tree which, through a freak
of nature and the design of some
Indian brave, has two stumps
and in between a hump that very
much resembles the back of a J
camel.
This tree has been the object
of considerable interest on the
part of visitors to Southport, for
jit is generally believed that only
three others are now standing in
the United States. One is in the .
state of Washington, another in I
Arizona, a third in New Mexico s
and the fourth in Southport je
The secret of these strange tl
trees date back to the time that d
tthis country was populated by In- j t]
dians. History recalls that the
Carey And Hai
Win Mixed
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EMPLOYMENT MAN
WILL VISIT HERE!
R. C. Dellinger, district manI
ager of the U. S. Employi
ment Service with headquar- ?
ters in Wilmington, announces
! thrt beginning September 2, he
will have a representative in
Brunswick county ' each Wed- :
nesday at N. B. Leonard's I
store in Bolivia.
Mr. Dellinger's representative
will be glad to duscuss
with Brunswick county citizens
opportunities for work, and
those who are unemployed are f<
urged to take advantage of ?
this contact which may result tl
in their being profitably em- si
ployed. C
g
Fishermen Had I
Good Luck Sunday t
Ten members of the New Han- a
over fishing club made a remark- v
able catch of trout Sunday at 1
the wreck off from Southport. c
The party was out with Cap- s
| tain H. T. Bowmer and came in I
! during the middle of the after- *
noon with 375 trout that aver- ?
aged about two pounds each. In- 8
eluded in their catch were many;
fish that scaled three and four '
pounds. j J
Members of the party included, I
S. McKenzie, Ed Clemmons, Lew-1
is Scott, Jesse Jones, I. R. Tuck- I 1
er, W. P. Earp, George Goodman, J
'Chink Hines, Elwood Lee and T.
I. Watkins
i
pstakes Still ?
ith Local Listeners
I your card. If your selections |
coincide with those of leadI
ing musicians, who rate the o
songs, a carton of free cig- ! B
i arettes is sent you post paid. IS
You are required to buy t<
nothing?not even the post- h
age stamp to mail your card P;
?and a new. card with expert
information is mailed M
! you in order that you may V
see how you came out. y1
Rules of the contest pro- Si
vide that only one card shall
be mailed in by any one person
each week. There is no
rule, though, which makes it ^
unfair for some song-loving
member or a large iamuy iu
assist his brothers and sisters,
his father and mother
with their selections. Through Ji
this course several local per- rc
sons have established quite ?
a reputation as experts for in
picking winners, one boy be- ti
ing responsible for 6 winners ai
last week. hi
Others have picked as high
as five winners in a week, ta
and one boy has won a total b<
of 12 cartons. j G
LOT
IED EVERY WEDNESDAY
i Southport
an Trail Marker
EsflKbW&itfK#/^^^4''cE
BkRf*/' ?
,'
jm
ndians would bend over twigs or
mall bushes and pin it in the
arth pointing in the direction of
heir line of march. This was
one at regular intervals along
heir route, and when they re(Continued
on page 8)
inah Reece
Doubles Title
>efeated James Harper
And Eleanor Howey In
Finals Saturday In inree
Hard-Fought Sets Beneath
Floodlights
:lose matches in
SEMI-FINAL ROUND
'inalists Managed To Survive
Only After Playing
Three Sets With Opponents
On Friday
Night
Carey and Hannah Reece debated
James Harper and Eleanor
lowey Saturday night to capire
the mixed doubles championhip
of the Southport Tennis
Hub.
The set scores, 8-6, 3-6, 9-7,
ive a fair idea of how closely
he match was fought and there
asn't a single dull moment for
he more than a hundred and
ifty fans. Hannah Reece played
. beautiful game at the net
vhile her husband possessed an
mcanny ability to dust the
:halk off the base line with
iteaming drives into the corners.
Sleanor Howey put on about the
(est exhibition of girl serving
iver seen in Southport as she
hot over several southpa,w aces.
Both teams were lucky to be
n the finals. Neils Jorgensen and
Elizabeth Watson took their first
(Continued on page 8)
Death Comes To
Southport Lady
flrs. Nancy Jane Burriss
Died Sunday Night At
Her Home Here Following
Extended Period Of
Illness
IT ??n "NTo nmr Tono RurriflQ uriH
iuio. xvaiivj > .uw, .< ?
w of the late Thomas Gray
urriss, of Southport, succumbed
unday night to a period of exrnded
illness that had left her
i an invalid condition for the
ist few months.
Had she lived until October 20,
[rs. Burriss would have been 90
ears of age. For the past 53
ears she made her home in
DUthport, where she reared her
unity.
(Continued on page 8)
wuthport Men
Capture Alligator
Bingo Burriss and Burnice
imes engaged in an alligator
>deo here Sunday when they
iptured an eight foot alligator
i the river. Spying the reptile,
ley climbed into a small boat!
id went close enough to lasso
m.
He was kept alive and was
iken Monday to Wilmington to
i added to the collection at
reenfield Park.
Most Of The News
All The Time
$1.50 PER YEAR
1
Farmers Pleased
With Prices For
Weed Offering
Whiteville Market Swings
Into Third Big Week
With Indication That
Average Will Go Even
Higher
INFERIOR GRADES
HAVE BEEN OFFERED
Offerings So Far Have
Been Light As Farmers
Have Been Retained
At Home For Harvest
Whiteville, Aug. 26.?Blazing
[the trail with high prices, White'
ville's growing tobacco market
today swung into its third selling
jweek and took its place at top
rank among the markets of the
entire South Carolina belt.
Many of the offerings thus far
have been inferior, but even in
face of this fact, high prices
have been predominent this week
as the market's total sales near
the four million mark. Sales were
j light all last week because farmers
were still working feverish1
ly td get enough tobacco ready
i to put on sale.
I A definite upward trend in
! prices could be noticed the first
[of last week, good grades selling
$5.00 to $10.00 higher on the
nuncired pounas, ana otner graaes
selling relatively high. This price
level has been maintained and advanced
as the market approaches
the height of the selling season.
All last week the offerings
were relatively light, but the prices
higher. Thursday 326,676 lbs.
sold for $79,631.62, which placed
the average at $24.97. Averages
in the neighborhood of the quarter
of a dollar have been experienced
locally during this week,
when the sales have been much
heavier.
Initio ting something new in the
history of Whiteville, the market
here each evening at 6:05 o'clock
except Sunday is sponsoring a
short radio broadcast through the
facilities of Raleigh's station
WPTF giving interesting facts
and figures with reference to the
days sales. This brief nightly
(Continued on Page 8)
Funeral Service
For Mrs. Greer
Mrs. Virda Greer Who Died
Last Tuesday Night, Buried
On Wednesday Afternoon
In Bethel Church
Cemetery
At twilight on the evening of
August 18, Mrs. Virda Greer passed
from this earth following an
extended illness.
Mrs. Greer was about 62-yearsof
age. She was the widow of
George Greer, who preceded her
to the grave about eight years.
| Their l^ome was at Southport.
Funeral services were in. charge
'of Revs. Bryan Dosher and E. M.
Hall and were held on the afternoon
of the 19th at Bethel Baptist
Church, where the deceased
had long been a faithful member.
Special mention was made of her
(Continued on Page 8.)
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 27
2:38 a. m. 9:02 a. m.
3:19 p. m. 10.01 p. m.
Friday, August 28
3:50 a. m. 10.02 a. m.
4:23 p. m. 10:52 p. m.
Saturday, August 29
4:54 a. m. 10:57 a. m.
5:18 p. m. 11:41 p. m.
Sunday, August 30
5:46 a. m. 11:50 a. m.
6:07 p. m.
Monday, August 81
6:32 a. m. 0:30 a. m.
6:53 p. m. 12:41 p. m.
Tuesday, September 1
7:16 a. m. 1:15 a. m.
7:35 p. m. 1:33 p. m.
Wednesday, September 2
7:59 a. m. 2:00 a. m.
8:20 p. m. 2:22 p. m.
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