pilot Covers
attack County
Ufcym NO. 34
mfragg Men
M/fhis Week!
M fishing Trip
45 Soldiers EnAt
Baseball Dia^a^And
Will Spend
Days In Southmfalmost
ready
w. Hood Has
^afotcting Work Of
^ Suitable Place /
fa Campers
members of the
^m^cusrters battery 0f
^Kj) tiki Artillery Brigade
K MS arrived Monday
pi week of trout and
jtf- Captain DeShazol
i.mi of the party,/
here in a fleet or
B^fhour after their ar-1
|^ aen had pitched their |
He fifteen tents on the
K Retail diamond. Their
^ te run entirely inde-|
K,t tie CCC camp, the,
K>ee: having their own
K jorer plant with them. |
H^r. went out Tuesday1
K> x the first of a series1
trips which they ex-1
|tyw this week.
ii teen hoped that the
Is) being provided by the
I - -ht visitors would
l^ted before the arrival
K 5-:j:e:s. However, this
|< arairg along rapidly and
| week there
Hi i desirable waterfront
ty water and
for over-night tourHki
want to sleep out of
H EtyrWPA engineer, |
Hrs::r: with the city in;
Hr: - ready. H. W. j
'
Hiiocai toard of aldermen.
fee Bits
|0f Big News
m Events Of State,
fa and World-Wide
bterest During Past
Week
pw Meeting
Be Am erican Legion put on
tig show Tuesday?a steagleaming
processt
Hi World war veterans
Hi:* through the heart of
1 a? the whole day long
ktar.es of bands and bua
legionnaires from Ore'
- Florida dropped everydeluding
most of their
jte.il monkeyshine, to
*'at in bright uniforms
5* climax of their nationaction.
J Prices
^ itan two million poun^tobacco
were sold TuestfopeninS
of auctions
kt,JlIle l0wns of midJM
and prices ranged
*>M0 to $10.00 a hun-1
, higher than they
)ear ago. The Durham
?'4 an estimated 600,-1
Weds at an average of
Per hundredweight and
Wo a similar amount
Jvjg 524.00. Prices in the
, 1'ear averaged $15.61
I107,985,145 pounds
army aviators were
e Sh night when |
bomber crashed
it j," near the state airH
5?a heavy fog. Ma4ea.:.Connel,
commander]
k of .,^?mbardment squ- i
Mitchell field, idenStt
t , the dead as Lieu**??** of
Texas"W
J \t ' and Private j
11 tk" 'ew3ki, a memk
Jf ??? The third
fat, of other
*5oi4i the squadron as,
^ bfe r.7n?e'? Mazzacco.!
*?4?mamed ir> the bur*?tiun
of the plane for
hour.
Jjiie
I the newspaHaJ^y.
demohshed ;
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14-PAGES TODAY
Southport's Sea-G
Extends Well
*Mayor
John Eriksen Is
Captain Of Menhaden
Fish Boat Anderson And
Is Experienced Seaman
Mayor John Eriksen typifies
the hospitality of South-port citizens
when he extends a hearty!
welcome to sportsmen of this
state to visit here during the
next few weeks and enjoy hunt- j
ing and fishing that is unequaled
in North Carolina.
Captain John didn't think much
of having his picture taken for
the paper, but he agreed to stand
still long enough for one shot to
be made. He is shown above in
his sea going clothes.
Southport's mayor is captain
of the menhaden fishboat Anderson.
He is recognized as one of
the best fishermen on the coast
and is one of the most popular
men in Southport.
He was born in Norway, but
came 10 uie umtea states before
the World War. He married
a Southport girl and made his
home here.
Last year he was elected may- i
or of Southport, and he has fill-, i
ed that office with marked effi- i
Yacht Races F
Next Y
*
Visit Here Sunday Of Several
Members Of Carolina
Yacht Club Caused
Them To Heartily Endorse
Facilities For Racing
TWO WILMINGTON
BOATS DOWN HERE
Quite A Bit Of Local Interest
S^r>wn By Spectators
In Appearance Here
Of Two Yachts
Southport will have one of the
big South Atlantic Yachting Regattas
next season. This much
was virtually decided upon Sunday
when William Emmerson and
Henry L. Taylor, both members
of the Carolina Yacht Club, of
Wrightsville Beach, and members
of the club's governing body
brought their two fast boats here
for cruises over the proposed
route.
Mr. Emmerson and Mr. Taylor
feel sure that there will be not
less than 30 boats to start with '
each day. Races at Rockville, S.
C., a town of only two hundred
inhabitants, 30 miles below Char- j
leston, drew crowds of three.
thousand people each day, 50;
boats starting the race there each
day. Rockville has been holding <
the races for a number of years,
however, and has an assured
standing. Southport will be just
starting out.
At Beaufort, S. C., another
town of 500 people, where these j
Continued on Page 8)
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County Teachers'
Meeting Is Held <
Judge E. H. Cranmer Spoke i
To Brunswick County
Teachers At First Meet* 1
ing Of The Year Held i
Here Saturday 1
The first county-wide teachers ?
meeting of the year was held 1
here in the Brunswick county
courthouse Saturday morning at .
which time the teachers heard an i
address by Judge E. H. Cranmer
on the State Constitution.
Judge Cranmer's speeci. came
following a business session presided
over by Miss Annie May
Woodside, county superintendent
of schools. Problems which have
come up during the first month
of school were discussed.
The Brunswick county unit of
the North Carolina Education Association
was organized with Miss
Woodside president and Mrs.
Henry C. Stone secretary-treasurer.
New Building And
Loan Series Starts
Announcement appears in today's
paper of the opening of the
51st series of the Southport
Building and Loan Association j
on Saturday, October 3.
VISIT SOU!
STA1
A. Good Newsp
Southport, N. G.
oing Mayor I
:ome To Visitors 1
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MAYOR JOHN ERIKSEN it
'a
ciency. He is also senior warden a
of the St. Phillips Episcopal
church. r
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or Southport |?
most Assured"
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BALD HEAD SCHOOL
BEGINS NEXT WEEK t
The one-teacher school on ?
Bald Head island will begin
Thursday morning, according
to word received this week n
from the office of Miss Annie Q
May Woodside, county superintendent
of schools.
The little school biulding, o
erected by residents of the island
at their own expense, was _
completed this week. It is situated
about midway between '
the Cape Fear lighthouse and
the Cape Fear coast guard
station.
Miss Bertha Ried, of Winnabow,
who is to be in charge j ^
of this little school, will be
the first public school teacher
in the history of Bald Head
island. There are 11 children
of school age on the island, all
of them belonging to families ii
whose heads are employed in ii
government service. d
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Announce Dates s
C
Hunting Season;
County Game Garden An- ^
nounces That The Season
On Various Animals In c
County Soon To Be Open p
it!
County Game Warden Eustace j j,
Suss, of Shallotte, has announ- j?
- * ? eaoanna nn I
jea me ioiiuwmg u^cu
mimals in Brunswick County:
Bear, October 1, to January 1, <
aag limit 2 a day; Season 2.
Deer (Male) October 1 to Janjary
1; bag limit 1; season 3.
Opossum, Raccoon (with dogs),
October 1 to February 1; no a
Dag limit. e
Opossum, Raccoon, Min.k o
Vtuskrat, Otter (trapping), November
1 to February 15; no bag b
imit.
Quail, November 20 to Febru- ir
iry 15; bag limit 10; season bag h
imit 150. t<
(Continued on Page 8) tl
Resume Work On
Community
A crew of WPA carpenters
began work Monday moming
under the supervision of John
Richard Newton, Southport
contractor, completing the
Community Center Building
in Franklin Square.
The old Southport high
school building is being completely
remodeled to make a
suitable recreation center for
Southport residents, a new
city hall and a meeting place
for the Brunswick County
Post Number 194, American
Legion. The property was
purchased jointly several
months ago by members of
the Legion Post and the city.
On the first floor to the
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HPORT TH1
"EP01
aper In A Goo
, Wednesday, Septemfc
lew Enrollment i
For CCC Camps
After October 1 b
Welfare Superintendent
Frank Sasser Announces
That Young Men Be- >
tween Age Of 17 And 27
Will Be Interviewed
RUNSWICK'S QUOTA F
STILL UNDETERMINED
lr. Sasser Calls Attention
To The Fact That Substantial
Part Of Pay ..
Must Be Turned fj
Over To Boy's 2
Parents lj
Shortly after October 1, a new! a
ill for recruits for the CCC j b
imps will be sent out according i0
) Welfare Superintendent Frank |v
asser. At this writing it is not i y
nown how many men, white and ja
olored, this county will be al-10
>wed to recruit, but Miss Mary t
Luth McQueen, of the welfare ^
epartment, will be glad to in- 0
erview young men between the u
ges of 17 and 27, whose families;0
re in needy circumstances. j13
Those young men you have al-!n
eady, within the last two weeks,
alked with members of the wel- *
are department about this mat- a
er need not return to the office t
s officials already have their a
ames and addresses. This notice to
3 given in order that some I
oung men who may not have eard
about this new call may1
e notified.
Mr. Sasser wishes to call at- 1
ention to the following rulings
f the government: (1) That a:
ubstantial part of the monthly j _
ay must be returned to the parnts
or guardians of the young
len in camp. (2) That an honrable
discharge junior is not eli-1
ible for re-selection for a period
f one year following the date i
f his dischar^-.i
Susy Session In
Recorder's Court
lumber Of Cases Of Minor
Importance Disposed Of j
Here In Recorder's Court
Last Wednesday
A number of cases of minor
nportance was disposed of here j
i Recorder's Court last Wednesay
before Judge Joe W. Ruark,
s cases postponed from the preious
week were tried.
G. W. Bryant, colored, pleaded
uilty of operating a motor vehi- ,
le with improper lights. Judg- j
lent was suspended upon piy- 1
lent of the costs.
E. A. Thomas, white, pleaded1
uilty on the same county. Judg- | I
lent in his case was the same, j J
Fitzhugh Lovett, white, faced |
Marges or assaun. auu uuu-suji- ; j
ort. A nol pros was taken as to
lie charge of non-support but
jdgement in the other matter
ras held under advisement for
(Continued on Page 8.)
Service Club Will e
Meet At Bolivia ?
County Service Club will meet ^
t Bolivia lunch room Monday ^
vening, September 28th, at 8
'clock. n
J. E. Dodson, farm agent, will
e in charge of the program. ^
Members of the 1936 graduat- B
lg classes of Brunswick county j(
igh schools are cordially invited
) attend this meeting and join c
le club. 0
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Southport
/ Center Building
right will be the new quarters
for the city hall; on the N
left on the lower floor will
be the Legion hall. Rest
rooms for men and women 1.
will also be located on the
first floor. '
Upstairs there will be a '
spacious hall, suitable for i
meetings of various organiza- ^
zations, card parties and
dancing. A new hardwood
floor has been laid.
Materials for completing i pi
the job already are on hand of
and work will be pushed W
along as rapidly as possible Bi
in an effort to have the in
building ready for occupancy ch
by the last of next month. jth
IS MONTH
RT PI
d Community
ier 23, 1936 pubusk
irunswick j
Has Been In >
i
irunswick County Was Established
In 1746; First
Courthouse Was Built 20
Years Later At Supply
dOVED TO SOUTHPORT
IN THE YEAR 1792
:ront Of Courthouse Has
Beautiful View Of Old
Fort Johnson And Of
Southport Harbor
Brunswick county was estabshed
in the year 1746, and the
irst courthouse was constructed
0 years later at Lockwoods Folf,
now Supply.
In the year 1792, twenty years
fter the first courthouse was
uilt at Lockwoods Folly, the
ounty seat was moved to Smithille,
now Southport. Fourteen
ears later in the year 1806,
second court house was built
f wood on brick pillows. Fortywo
years later in the year 1848
he present court house was built
f brick and has now been in
ise for 87 years. A few years
go an addition was made to the
uilding and the courtroom was
lade over.
st-an/Unc nn the front norch of
his historical old court house
.nd looking riverwards you see
he river basin, where as many
,s sixteen pirate vessels have
ieen known to swing at anchor,
n the distance old Fort Caswell,
Southport Fee
Of Last Wei
OFFICERS IN CHARGE
TO BE TRANSFERRED
Notice has been received
that Lt. John L. Malone, commanding
officer at Camp Sapona,
and Ensign Roy Aaron,
junior officer, will be relieved
about October 1.
Lt. Malone came here in
April from Tennessee to relieve
Captain Fred B. Leitzsey.
Ensign Aaron is completing
his six months tour, having
come here last October to succeed
Lt. Ralph Glenn.
Both these men are popular
with the boys in the camp,
and have made many friends
in Southport who will regret
to learn of their transfer.
Neither has been notified
of their new assignment, nor
have the names of their successors
been disclosed.
ifoung Democrats
Meet Next Week
Bayard Clark Has Been
Asked To Address Important
Meeting Here On
Friday Evening, October
2nd
An important meeting of the
Irunswick County Young Demornfo
olnh will be held Friday
ight, October 2, in the courtouse.
Congressman J. Bayard
Hark has been asked to make
he principal address.
Clyde C. Carter, district chairian,
also has been invited to be
resent for this meeting and
here is a possibility that Ed
Sutler, of Morganton, state preslent,
will attend.
R .1. Mintz, chairman of the
lub, has been working this week
n the program, the details of
rhich will be announced next
eek.
Legion Meeting
Friday Evening
R. C. St. George, commander
f the Brunswick County Post
umber 194, American Legion,
inounces that there will be an
nportant meeting of that orgazation
Friday evening, October
in the Brunswick county court>use.
?
Irunswick County
Girls At Boone
Ruby Ledford, daughter of
incipal and Mrs. C. A. Ledford,
Southport, and Mary Lillian j
atts, of Freeland, are the two
runswick county representatives
the student body of Appalaiian
State Teachers College
is year.
lot;
[ED EVERY WEDNESDAY
i Courthouse
Use For 88 Years
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which the government commen
ced in the year 1826, and jus
across the street from the cour
house stands the old colonial For
Johnson, the first fort in thi
province of North Carolina.
In the year 1862 the count;
I court ordered the clerk and re
'gister of deeds to remove the re
cords to a place of safety, a Fed
eral attack being apprehended.
The will books begin in th
year 1763 and are complete; th
deed books begin the same yea
and also are complete. The cour
rlAnlrofa Koo-in ir? 17A1 thp mar
I uwnv vu ??? AI v?|
jriage register in 1810.
7s M> Effects
ik's Hurricant
*
Tropical Disturbance Pas
j sed To North Of Thi
City, Causing Consider
able Property Damagt
And Loss Of Life
WEATHER BUREAU
ISSUED WARNINC
Residents Along Atlantii
Coast Forewarned Of
j The Storm; Coast
Guards Did Heroic
Work Saving
Lives
Forewarned by repeated radii
weather reports of the impendini
tropical hurricane, Southport citi
zens spent Thursday in an at
mosphere of nervous excitement
'But that was about the only ef
feet felt here of the storm tha
j caused considerable propert
damage and the loss of seve
lives.
Advised that the storm proba
hit* txrsMilrl ofrilro fh? AhoU
'J1J ?? V/UIU ubL Hlw W?V N. ? ??
'I midnight, local boatmen remove
! their small craft to the closel;
sheltered harbors up the inlan
(waterway. Not once during th
| night did the wind blow stronj
enough here to prevent the small
Continued on Page 8)
County Council
Meets Tuesdaj
Important Business To B<
Held At Methodist Chur
| ch At Supply
| The annual fall meeting of thi
I county council of the Brunswicl
county home demonstration clubi
will be held at the Supply Meth
lodist church Tuesday morning
September 29, beginning at 1(
! o'clock.
j Important matters of business
will be disposed of at this meeting,
and Miss Marion , Smith
home agent, is urging a full attendance
of all officers and project
leaders.
Among the matters to be disposed
of are the election of officers
for 1937-39; final reading of
the 1937 plan of work; plans for
the fall federation meeting or
achievement day; and discussion
of participation in the Coastal
Fair October 12.
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r ormer ouuinpur i
Girl Is Honored
Miss Martha Howard, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rice
Howard, of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
recently was named athletic director
at the Chattanooga, Y. W.
C. A.
This young lady and her parents
will be remembered by
South port residents.
Most Of The News
All The Time
$1.50 PER YEAR
Road To Caswell
Beach Gets Sand
Asphalt Surface
Members Of State Highway
Maintenance Department
Moved Their Camp Here
Thursday And Began
Work Friday
HARD SURFACE TO
EXTEND TO BRIDGE
Link Of Almost Three Miles
Will Be A Boon To
Beach Travelers; Effort
Being Made To
Have Work Continued
Members of the maintenance
department of the State Highway
Commission began work Friday
hardsurfacing the Caswell Beach
road from the intersection with
highway No. 130 to the draw
" bridge over the inland waterway.
. The project calls for two and
J seven-tenths miles of hard surface.
e The highway crew moved into
town Thursday from Red Springs,
^ pitching their camp at the western
outskirts of the city. Friday
morning they began their
work of preparing a level road
bed for the asphalt mixture and
e actual pouring began Tuesday. It
e is expected that the project will
? be completed within the next few
i days.
~ | Meanwhile, a group of local
citizens have been busy this week
- attempting to have the project
extended on the other side of the
bridge to the beach, a matter of
about two and one-half miles.
There is considerable travel
J over this road, particularly during
the summer season, and
beach visitors will be glad to
learn of the improvement,
s
= Survey Work Is
Almost Complete
M :
Coast And Geodetic Survey
c Party Will Complete Its
Work Next Week; Markers
Placed By Lighthouse
Department
The work of the Coast and
| Geodetic Survey party in locato
ing submerged wrecks and other
g obstructions on the local shrimp'
ing grounds will be completed by
j October 1, according to Captain
. Raymond P. Eyman, chief of
party.
t Of the $15,000 appropriation
v J made for this survey, $5,000 was
^ alloted to the survey group. This
fund will have been exhausted by
the first of the month.
^ The dragging for submerged
, objects has extended from the
shoals off Bald Head island to
^ Lockwoods Folly inlet, and has
extended out as far as shrimpers
usually work.
* Last week the lighthouse buoy
~ j tender Cypress was here and
planted 15 buoys at wrecks located
by the survey party. These
are second class nun buoys with
black and white horizontal stri|
pes, lettered.
7 Many more obstructions have
been located and charted by the
survey party, and the lighthouse
; department will mark these
. places with permanent buoys
within the next few weeks.
; Tide Table
j
j | 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 24
0:57 a. m. 7:01 a. m.
, 1:84 p. m. 8:28 p. m.
Friday, September 25
2:06 a. m. 8:80 a. m.
2:47 p. m. 9:28 p. m.
Saturday, September 26
8:16 a. m. 9:87 a. m.
3:47 p. m. 10:19 p. m.
Sunday, September 27
4:28 a. m. 10:38 a. m.
' 4:46 p. m. 11:07 p. m.
Monday, September 28
5:18 a. m. 11:27 a. m.
5:39 p. m. 11:55 p. m.
Tuesday, September 20
6:06 a. m.
6:27 p. m. 12:20 p. m.
Wednesday, September SO
6:51 a. m. 0:43 a. m.
7:18 p. m. 1:12 p. m.