North Carolina Newspapers

mni pilot Covers L-visyvick County wyiae nine no. 32 tmissif ers In jL'jar 5 cs s Cii'ay i oraing Mjji Mat* disposed mf[v ' ; Of Counm BoarJ At Regular Kjt Monday Meeting mrt" jury list i r for next court B of Criminal Court Convene Here Mon- I m.y November 5 th K'i(j) Judge M. V. I gamhill Presiding j ptas of 'he board of coun -hcinners met here Mon KJrnW in their regular tirsc L* meetir.. N > matters of uvro disposer . business was, I ill term of I rawn. This .day. OetI M. V. I Mount, pre \V; pee, S. C.; I ; .: K. Tob - J. Wilson, I tis sh; James H. I : P. D. Todd, I Skipper, LeI-Hazky V. Britt, Ash; N. J. I W. L. Frink, SupI Edgar Gore, Ash; R. P. I Supply; G. B. Skipper, I N. B. Leonard, Bolivia; (p. Smith, Ash; Barcy Little, Laid: C. IV. Watts, Shallotte; |d Johnson, Bolivia; W. J. limb. Ash; Charlie Caison, tly J. L. Mintz, Supply; J. Bellamy, VVampee; John E. I?ttp Ash; J. J. Roach, Sup Robert L. Thompson, South\v. C. Register, Shallotte; . farp Winnabow; Rufus g. Leland. ittle Bits Of Big News ews Events Of State, lation and World-Wide Interest During Past Week widen t I i sit or Ati 1 y his young - f <sistant secrean\ Maivir. H. Mclntyre, a taff of Secret Service men, 1- - i correspondents c' 11 ca: u men. President :ianklin D Roosevelt left Wash:: /ton by special train at i o'clock Tuesday night for a hp which will carry him hrough practically all of weserr. Xorth Carolina during tie next two days. He will peak Thursday in Charlotte. odel Compact A committee from the to cco states will meet in Washington September 14-15 0 draw up a model tobacco """Pact bill with Dr. J. B. j Jutson, director of tne eastwtral division of the Natjol Soil Conservation admin1 ration. Ben W. Kilgore, sec*tarv of Kentucky Farm eration, announced Tues lay that Dr. Hutson had des-1 Stated the dates. The bill is ^signed to control production * tte 1937 tobacco crop and 8 to be submitted to the legr totcre of seven states, after bbacco growers in those sta88 have passed upon it. on Reform Oscar Pitts, acting director lf the penal division, made itblic Tuesday detailed plans ' r a prison reform in North arolina. The change in setup ? be almost as sweeping as " a- which occurred six years S11 when the state took over 3e supervision of all county Evicts, he said. It will inf' the establishment of 'Veral camps having regula-i somewhat similar to lMe at Alcatraz prison. 'ols Meet ?<tent Roosevelt and Govertandon, who greeted each with "How do you do Mr. "kit,' 'and a "How are you; or- " talked over the Kan-1 T?u8ht for 40 minutes at continued on Page Ten) 4 - * THE 10-PAGES TODA" Judge Henry A. I Court For Jud By Order Of Governor Ehi inghaus Change O Courts Was Arrangec Sending Clinton Juris To Southport DIVORCE ACTIONS FEATURE SESSIO] Five Divorce Cases Com Up Before Judge Grady But Two Of Them Are Non-Suited; Other Cases Listed By special order of Governc J. C. B. Ehringhaus an exchanj of court assignments was mac this week, sending Judge Hem A. Grady, of Clinton, here preside over the term of ci\ court in Brunswick county, whi Judge M. V. Barnhill, of Hoc! Mount, scheduled to preside ovi the term, is holding court Nash county. Judge Grady will be remer bered by Brunswick county cil zens as the judge who preside at the trial of the Stewarts se eral years ago. Divorce actions have feature the first two days of the coui Three seperations have bei ! granted, two actions have be< Dr. Arthur D< ! Highest Hon Announcement Receive Last Week Of His Ele tion To American Collog Of Physicians And Su geons SOUTHPORT DOCTOR BELOVFr> IN COUNT Thousands Of Brunswic County People Swear B> This Man Who Represents To Them The Very Life Of The J . County Hospital Word was received here la week of the election of Dr. A thur Dosher to the Americs College of Physicians and Su geons, an honor comparable the D. S. C. in the army. Unimpiessed by this awar which is the dream of eve: young physician, Dr. Dosher sai "Give it to some young fellc who thinks he is going places A me-ited recognition of h life's work in Southport ai Brunswick county, his patien are proud that the outside wor has paused to honor the doct they all swear by. Major surgical operations we performed by him long before tl erection of the Brunswick Cou ty Hospital, some of them und the worst conditions. That insl itution was made possible large j through his efforts, and is tl pride of his life. Unskilled Men On WPA Project Over 80 Per Cent Of Worl ers Employed In Brun: wick County Fall Inl This Classifies tion Over 80 per cent of the 31 persons working on projects < the Works Progress Administn tion in Brunswick county are ui skilled, Robert D. Caldwell, dii trict WPA director, announce yesterday. The county's average compare with TO per cent of unskille WPA workers among the 29C people at work on projects a (Continued on Page Ten). Funeral Services For Richard Marloi Funeral services for Richar Marlow, 57-year-old resident c Southport, were held Sunday aJ ternoon with final rites in chai ge of members of the Junior Oi der United American Mechanic: His death occurred suddenl while he was fishing at Corr cake Inlet and was ascribed t heart trouble. In addition to his widow he i survived by the following sons Martin Marlow, of New York Irvin Marlow, of Texas; Ed. Rot ert and Bert Marlow, of South port. : STAl A Good News] y Southport, N. C ' Grady Holds \ ge M.V. 'y HENRY A. GRADY, er1 ? in non-suited and another is pending. a- Ruth Pegram was granted a :i- 1 divorce from W. P. Pegram upon ;d the grounds of two year seperav tion; Campy Strickland was granted a divorce from Thurman ;d Strickland upon grounds of adul t. tery; J. E. Long was granted a ;n divorce from Maud Long upon m (Continued on page ten.) jsher Receives ior In Profession * d c- HOLIDAY FISHING re HURT BY WEATHER r Intermittent showers during the past week-end put a damper on fishing parties that had Y made plans for trying their luck for trout, blue fish, mac, krol and drum. :lt Several parties braved the ' weather and arrangements were made for boats. When they arrived here, though, the weather conditions made fishing impractical and several of U.e visiting parties returned st to their homes without going r_ out. Numerous inquiries are comln insr in every day regarding I*facilities for taking care of parties, and local boatmen are i(j looking- forward to two or c' three busy weeks before the turn their attention in earnest ' ^ to shrimping. I." u Rural Electric ? Lines Approved re ?? lie Rural Electrification Adn ministration Announces er Allocation Of Funds For :i" Construction Of Lines In ly Two Counties ie * [ Allocations totaling 5553,000 j for two co-operative rural line j construction projects in three 'North Carolina counties were approved by the Rural ElectrificaC tion Administration last week. Over 2,7000 farms will receive central station electric service c- (Continued on Page four) ? Southport Girl Ra f, And Clothii i Josephine Wolfe, Southport ,d | high school student, has earned the commendation of ;s Welfare Superintendent Frank d| Sasser for the fine work she in Konontiv rlnne in collect 'W I1CLO 1VVW>?V ? U ing money and clothing for I the abandoned baby boy at f the Brunswick County Hospital, whose discovery here ! several weeks ago was the V subject of widespread inter; est. d According to Mr. Sasser, >f| the child will within the next f-' two weeks be placed in some r- i orphanage. In order that j - j there may be less liklihood a.' of the boy discovering at yl some future date that he l- was an abandoned baby, the o name of the orphanage is not being made public, s But back to the story of i: Josephine Wolfe and her ef;; | forts to secure the things the >- baby needed: Having become i- deeply interested in the little i I fellow from the first day he ! I ITPO paper In A Go a., Wednesday, Septcr Announces Plan For Fall-Winter Garden Contest Contest Sponsored Annually By Demonstration Division Of State College Extension Service Attracts Many Entrants VALUABLE RESULTS COME TO FAMILIES In Order To Be Eligible For Prizes Offered Record Of Activities Must Be Kept Accurately A fall and winter garden contest, sponsored for North Carolina farm women by the home demonstration division of the State College extension service will begin October 1 and continno tVirmicVi "March 31. W4*v,fc*e>" The object of the contest, saic Miss Mary E. Thomas, extensior specialist in nutrition at the col lege, is to stimulate the produc tion of vegetables needed to bal ance the diet during fall ant winter months. Each farm woman entering the contest will be asked tokeej monthly records of the vegeta bles grown and the number o: times the different vegetable! are served on the family table These records and other daU will be used in determining th< 1 winners. In each county wh*e there art 10 or more contestants, county prizes of $5 and $2.50 are offer ed to the winners of first ant second places, Miss Thomas said The four county councils o: home demonstration clubs having the highest percentage of theii active club members enrolled ii (Continued on page ten.) Spirited Sales For Whiteville Good Tobacco Bringing High Average At A1 Warehouses And Is Ii Strong Demand By Buy ers Whiteville, Sept. 9.?With goo< tobacco much in demand, ant common grades selling at satis factory prices, Whiteville's fast growing tobacco market thi week has experienced spiritet ?nilo "Diirinp- thi JSLllCiS UJl cav-Ji ptiv. ^w....0 seven day period just elapsed hundreds of thousands of pound of bright, yellow weed have beei converted into dollars?dollar which found their way into th< pockets of farmers. | Already this season, million: of pounds of tobacco have beei auctioned off in Whiteville ware houses, and the market eacl week brings thousands upor thousands of dollars to the far mers of this and outlying territories. Whiteville's market has gainec the distinction of being the market on which farmers may always find a ready market foi their tobacco at prices which are satisfactory to them. They car readily recognize the superior features of the local mart, and (Continued on Page Ten) ises Money lg For Baby Boy was discovered in an old garage back of the Hulen Watts home, she set about gathering baby clothes that i now include a supply sufficient to last until he has outgrown the garments. The * " A1 -1 Un?A cash coruriduuoris ai?u nave mounted up. Following is a list of contributors: Cash: Mrs. Charles Gause, Mr. and Mrs. John Caison, Mrs. George Bunker, Mrs. Ida Watson, Mrs. Jane Moore, Mrs. L. D. Potter, Mrs. John Eriksen, Mrs. Katie Dosher, Pater Byanna, and Mrs. Gilbert Messick. Clothes: Mrs. A. P. Newton, Mrs. James Hood, Mrs. Ruth Gay, Mrs. Eva Wolfe, Mrs. William Larsen, Mrs. Willie Dosher, Mrs. Charles Parker, Mrs. R. C. Daniels, Mrs. W. E. Bell, Mrs. Richard Brendle and Mrs. Oscar Laine. Leggett's and Watson's Drug Stores: Toilet Articles. RTP1 od Community nber 9th, 1936 PUBLI Representative Ci Fight For Q J. Bayard Clark, congressman for the seventh North Carolina Congression district, of Fayetteville, is making a personal fight to maintain the quarantine station at Southport at its present status. In a letter to R. B. Page, j publisher of the Wilmington Star-News, Cong. Clark said: "You no doubt noted from correspondence I sent you upon the subject of the quarantine station that Dr. Williams (Dr. C. L. Williams, assistant to the surgeon general of the U. S. Public Health service) has written me that nothing final would be . done in this matter at all un,! till I had an opportunity to be heard further * * * \ "I was surprised and somej what provoked when, pending 1 this, the proposal was put , forth to reduce the personnel, move it ashore, etc. This I F.vn ; Shrimp To C f 3 LOCAL KNOCK, KNOCK ; CHAMP MAKES GOOD a Lawrence Willing, already 5! distinguished locally for his r ability to name winners in the . i radio song sweepstakes, added j; the local "Knock, Knock" crown to his laurels this week f when his contribution was r 1 published in the Baltimore 'r American. 1 If you haven't played the game, here's the formula: "Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Sea shell." "Sea shell, who?" "Sea Shell Have Music i Wherever She Goes." To radio listeners it is obvious that Willing's song hit * theme fs maintained even in 1 his "Knock, Knock" contribul tion. i Numerous Cases : Before Recerde s i Stiff Fines And Road Ser e tences Meted Out To D< ' fendants Convicted I Recorder's Court Las ] Week g Stiff fines and sentences wei 5 meted out last Wednesday b Judge Joe Ruark to defendant . convicted in Recorder's Court. { 'David Ambrose, colored, pleac , ed guilty to charges of trans .; porting whiskey for the purpos J of sale. He'was required to pa | a fine of $25.00 and the cost I and it was further ordered tha . his automobile be advertised an .;sold. Dave Brown, colored, pleade , 'guilty to a charge of possessio' ! of intoxicating liquor and was re . quired to pay a fine of $25.0 I and the costs. Bob Brown, white, pleadei guilty of operating a motor vehi ' cle whiie he was in an intoxicat ed condition. He was required t pay a fine of $50.00 and the cost in his case. His drivers licens r | was revoked for one year. Lester Benton, white, pleadei guilty of drunk driving am transporting intoxicating liquoi He was given 6 months on th roads. C. Smith, colored, pleaded guil - - *- ? 1-: ty of operating a motor vuuu with improper lights. Judgmen was suspended upon payment o , the costs. (Continued on page 10) Errors Occur In Tax Advertisemen Through mistake the names o several Brunswick county citizen! who had paid the full amount o 'their 1935 taxes appeared in th< tax advertisement completed las j week. At the request of Tax Collec tor S. K. Milliken, a list of thosi j wrongly advertised follows: | Town Creek township: W. D Lewis, A. P. Henry and Mrs. Ol i ive Mercer, white; Q. C. Greer colored. Smithville Township: Mrs. Ids Swain estate, Captain Tommii St. George. [LOT shed every wednesday lark Makes 1 Quarantine Station i let Dr. Williams know. "I am following this up today by a pretty strong demand that I be heard in per- J i son before final action is taken .... "I feel that the state is j entitled to have such facilities increased rather than diminished." A report on the situation as regards the quarantine station has been forwarded by Dr. J. A. Dosher to the I public health service in Washington. Senator Robert R. Reynolds, who has been active in ! seeking retention of the present status of the quarantine ! station, wired he will confer | with officials of the public health service Tuesday, (Monday, Labor Day, being a holiday) and will do "everything possible to prevent reduction in quarantine | force." ert Tagging !heck Migration ~ Representatives Of U. S. Bureau Of Fisheries Here Last Week Catching And Tagging Specimens hOpl to determine habits of shrimp Bounty Of Fifty-Cents Offered Shrimpers Who Report Catching Tagged Specimens A Bureau of Fisheries boat, working under the United States Department of Commerce, spent part of last week here making a study of shrimp and tagging several hundred specimens for the purpose of learning something of their movements. The work is being done under M. Hon. J. Ludner, who has charge of the shrimp investigations for the Bureau. From here J the boat went to South Carolina, _ Georgia and Florida, persuing the work at all points in each State where shrimping is carried or. The work has been in progress six years, but this is S the first year that operations have extended east of Georgia. It was not until six years ago that a permanent method was '* discovered for tagging shrimp. n The method is to use a red and 't white disc about as large around ,as an aspirin tablet. A nici'le pin is passed entirely through e the body of the shrimp, leaving V & uii3i; uu catu oiuc ui mc uuuj ;s and it is then liberated where it is caught. I- Fifty cents will be paid to i- fishermen for the return of all ie (Continued on page Ten.) y t Prospects Good di _ r d ror Development n jT Unofficial Rumor Has It ; That Fort Caswell Prop^ erty Soon Will Be Scene Of Improvements Of Some Kind 0 s Something is believed to be e scheduled to happen relative to Fort Caswell in the near future, j In fact, a representative of this 1 paper was told this week that if . the government desired the proe perty for a Coast Guard air base action had better be taken pret. ty soon for there was something e definitely on the way and schet duled to break at Caswell, f All of which is welcome enough news and does not in the least disturb those who have been and who are still working for an air base. It is true enough that the Fort Caswell property would aff ford a mighty good location for the air base. Southport people f would probably rather have the g base there than anywhere else, f (Continued on page ten.) 3 I 1 J. E. McKeithan Is /n * 1 T% I _ uranrea raroie jj ' ?????J. E. McKeithan, young Bruns. wick county white man convicted - (last October for making an as, j sault with intent to kill and sentenced to serve two years on the 1 roads, received a parole last 2 j week from Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus. Most Of The News All The Time $1.50 PER YEAR County School Principals Met Monday Evening Meeting Held At Office Of County Superintendent To Discuss Any Early Problems Which Arose At First Of School FACULTY VACANCIES HAVE BEEN FILLED Slight Delay In Delivery Of Textbooks Being Straight ened Out This Week By Officials Principals of the five consolidated schools in Brunswick county met Monday night in the office of Miss Annie May Woodside for a discussion of problems which have come up during the first three days of the fall term. Parents apparently are well pleased with the rental textbook plan, although some have made arrangements to purchase the books outright. While either plan is permissable, the rental method is preferable, since it offers with it the possibility of use of supplementary books. Principals were able to announce names of faculty mem bers not available last week. At Shallotte Albert Lee Hendren, of Charlotte Courthouse, Va., has been added to the high school faculty. B. W. Miller, of Hickory, will teach the seventh grade at Waccamaw. Eolo Cesareo, of Salisbury, will be a member of the Bolivia high school I faculty. Miss Johnie Marie Mcj Murry, of Cashiers, has been added to the high school faculty at Bolivia and William Guenther, of Altoona, Fla., will teach agriculture. John Paul Won Savage, of Wilkes Barre, Penn., will teach the sixth grade at the Southport school. Rain Interrupts Tennis Matches Men's Singles Championship Play Halted In The Midst Of One Semi-Final Match With Major Upset I Impending Rain which put an end to the Eddie Jelks-Fred Willing tennis match last Thursday night interrupted one of the major upsets of the season. At the time play ceased Jelks had won the first set 6-1 and was leading 3-1 on the second set. Play will be resumed at the beginning of the second set. The other semi-finalists are Bill Styron and James Harper. Styron won a harcb-fought threeset match Thursday afternoon from Robert Thompson 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. Harper defeated D. I. Watson 6-2, 6-2. Fred Willing went into the semi-finals Wednesday night as a result of the best match of the tci'rnament in which he eliminated Carey Reece. Reece took the forst set 6-4, dropped the second by the same score and Willing ran out the match at 6-3 in the final set. Every ball was hard hit and every point was well (Continued on Page Ten) 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, September 10 3:05 a. m. 9:19 a. m. 3:30 p. m. 10:10 p. m. Friday, September 11 4:12 a. m. 10:18 a. m. 4:36 p. m. 11:01 p. m. Saturday, September 12 ^ _ 1 * .1 - ? ? 0;iU ik 111* li<lj Urn III* 5:29 p. m. 11:48 p. m. Sunday, September 18 5.57 a. m. 11:59 a. m. 6:12 p. m. Monday, September 14 6:37 a. m. 0:31 a. m. 6:50 p. m. 12:46 p. m. Tuesday, September 15 7:14 a. m. 1:11 a. 7:26 p. m. 1:30 p. m. Wednesday, September 16 7:49 a. m. 1:48 a. m. 8:00 p. m. 2:10 p. m.