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-[he Pilot Covers | Brunswick County ~Ncy~> Ipetitions Seek I Uquor Election I For Brunswick H/woiy Commissioners Have ?ned To Take Action With Regard To Calling H ?|eftion For Purpose Of sniRD MEMBERSHIP Inclined ro be dry ??? petitions Now Being Circu-j lited Must Receive SigMature Of Fifteen Per H Cent Of The Voters H circulated I B g y this week' ot the coun-1 H ssionera to ask I H: 1 l': elections to! H v?te on the local option bill recently North Carolina I. 1 > mil ty eoniI call a spec-1 While no official ac-| taken by the Hjlff' - it isun-; member of body is inclined to be, I I lie only course left open to Hgoe.-i who favor a vote on the ^Cr question was the circula i of petitions requesting- the Blca: election. Success of this depends upon the signaE;: : per cent of the | HpUed voters ol the county in I Hfctast election. I Ito means that over seven | H ust sign these1 iters before the election can Little Bits 1 Of Big News | I'v.t E'ciUs Of Statfe,'7 I Nation and World-Wide I Interest During Past Week miniature A djoiirns I He costliest program of le pillion ever presented to a ] I fcera! Assembly in North I toli.na was done, finished I c: written on the statute I toks Tuesday afternoon?76 I days, five hours and 38 minu us after the session convened I taaary 6. exactly 11 weeks j I <0. Enacted during the sessai were the biggest budget I Ms in the State's history,!: neasures making the State ! ?plv fully with the Federal , I Social Security program and I i county option liquor plan I'N.yi-ar-oliI dry I a? The term was the shortI * since 1929, when .the As-;j | ' home on March | I^b ?a> mc ';dvs earner uian una far. it was approximately 1 H' months shorter than the 1 tee-year average for the ! I Mors of 1935, 1933 and j ( ?1, which quit on May 11. L I 15 and 27. respectively. North Carolina's two uni- i I '"sty presidents will issue a < I ent today plead- t I '.nth the people of Orange 1 Be Durham counties to reI *in dry to protect students ; I ging influence I 9 I v Frank P. 1 9 '"ham, president of the UniI tBity of North Carolina, ( I Whtral unit of which is loca- < B W jr. Oral County, adjoin- ; I ined with Ilr. ! I * P I lent of Duke 1 ~r'.versity in Durham, in the i Rate.nent I hi (l i^e l ^Went Pro Tern A. Hall I 7~ston of Buncombe resign from the State Senate on H:-'"' become Superior wort judge of the 19th disI ",c- filling the unexpired A- McElr?y' retirement became cfI rday. Governor Ho-|, I ann?uno d the appointment . I following the adI Civ?nt ?f thC Gcncral As' |,/a.v Kin, ~~ 1 . rt Lee Dounember of con-11 "m the ninth congresawill become a can-j ?t j N*. United States sen- j Bit; democratic primary of! BVb "St Senator Robert R- i kUlUf" who talked with i ali'nC- was in Raleif?h on jl *. "Saturday, are convin- i THI 3 4-PAG f ???? ... ?. ?.... ! Sout I +?-? iiii a * * n c TM T?^l!..!? 1 l_11>\ivir,3.? I ne i>uuvi<i i Chinquapin high school sextet in Wilmington to capture the week previously they won th secutive year. The squad is s Captain Mary Johnson. Juanii row) Miss Johnsie McCurry, Cannon, Evelyn Willetts and ( Bolivia Bosts Ui Fine Three *? Won Brunswick County j Championship This Year ! For Third Consecutive j Year; Lost Only One I Game | WON STAR-NEWS BASKETBALL TITLE I I Last Year's Team Went To j Finals Only To Be Nosed , Out By Bladenboro; This Year's Team Victorious The Bolivia high school girls basketball team, Brunswick county champions for three straight years and recently crowned victors. in the Star-News tourna-1 j ment in Wilmington, has an en- j viable record for the past three | years. This year's team lost only one j ?ame, that to Hobucken on the latter's home court. One tic 4. ;amc with Wampee, S. C. is 1 the only other blemish 011 a fine i season's record, which carried intact through the Brunswick county and the Wilmington tournaments. is' Last year the team was almost nl is good. One game was lost dur- W ng the regular season to Wac- m :amaw and the team was defea-j o\ ted in the finals of the Star- he N'ews tournament by Bladenboro.! jc The record for the previous year was good enough to win sf the county championship, to start i'>; the string of victories. w The team this year was coach-1 ;d by Eolo Cesareo, who loses' inly three players from this'a' /ears squad. Captain Mary John ion, Inez Wilson, high scoring J . forward, and Lila Mae McKeith- V in will be lost. Among those re-j L turning will be Jaunita Sowell. generally conceded to be about, the best guard in the county. County Committee To He In Session The county allotment commit-' tee of the Soil Conservation pro-1 ?ram will be in session at the 1 jffice of County Agent J. E. Dodson Saturday. March 27, and igain the following week on Satjrday, April 3rd. Brunswick county farmers who lid not sign a work sheet last I /ear may do so at any time in :he office of county Agent J. E. Dodson. Sunrise Service At Colored Church There will be a sunrise Easter icrvice at 6 o'clock Sunday morning at the St. James colored Methodist church. Special music j vill be rendered by the senior 1 :hoir. ST. A Goo ES TODAY heastern Cbampi SL'^WK ' a & lijrh school jriris basketball in the finals of the Star : Southeastern North Carol e Brunswick County chanr hown above: (front, left t< ta Sowell, Li la McKeithan coach, Mattie Johnson, Gu Catherine Willetts.? (Wilmi nusually i-Year Record THE BLUE MOLD* HAS ' DONE LITTLE HARM1 I There is very little trouble from blue mold so far in Brunswick county, according to j County Agent >1. E. Dodson, 1 who says that reports of this annual tobacco plant disease are inclined to be exaggerated. Some evidence of this plan blight has been noticed in this county, he said, hut damage so far has been slight. The county agent is of the opinion that bright leaf tobacco farmers are well on their | way toward cutting their own throat by planting an unusually large crop for 1!>37. New tobacco barns arc springing up j | in every tobacco section, indi- eating a big increase in ac-J I reage. The gospel of diversi- j fiod farming is being preached j by farm agents. ? 'hocnix ijiuu Meeting Held The Phoenix Home Demon-1 ration Club hold its March eeting at the home of Mrs. C. Shaw. After a short business eeting the meeting was turned j rer to Mrs. Marion S. Dosher, ( >me agent. Her interesting sub-' ct was "Pictures." Delicious refreshments were , rved by the hostess. At this me Mrs. Dosher, a recent bride,1, as presented with a lovely ( ft from the club. I The April meeting will be held , ; the home of Mrs. Jack Roy- , >lds. I Jtrange Light Aim Converts Three perfectly sober Southport citizens were about ready the other night to vouch for the authenticity of the Maco ghost light story. For the sake of those who haven't heard, it is generally | reported that strange lights | appear at night on the rail- | road near Maco. There have been various explanations, but none more simple than the one which follows. It was, late at night, and it was raining. The three travelers in question were riding along the highway toward Wilmington when in the distance there appeared a flare of red light that looked like a comet "What's that," one of the party asked. "Maybe its the Maco ghost light," one of the others sug- j gested. "You must be seeing , things." Five minutes passed, and j 4TE 1 d Newspaper In , Southport, N. G. tItt QQS ] [ JIhHK '' jK M Hf I B hKbB : I ! L/^PiiP^ J Jone M |ljfc jSf' mate pape team recently defeated the]No -News-Y.M.C.A. tournament;take i .? i? i /-w ?k nr ina uasKetnau tine, une pionship for the third con-LIn o right) Margaret Millis, and Inez Wilson; (back n0 , ildaroy Henry, Catherine j the ngton Star-News Photo.) jsout tion Continue Yacht pa" Basin Inspection Ce Major Ralph Millis H-.ve Thursday To Look Over v Two Proposed Sites For an Small Craft Harbor U Major Ralph Millis, Wilming- ol ton district army engineer, was j ^ in Southport Thursday to inspect1 t]l0 two proposed sites for a yacht comi basin and small craft refuge erabl here. in 1 1 hlSt Major Millis came here at the pj]ot request of a committee repre- a senting the Southport board of ing aldermen and discussed with the 'or ' members certain problems rela-1 must tivc to the construction of a suit-1John able basin at Southport. Mem- Tues bers of the board are making Du every possible effort to comply f been with the requirements of the pro-1 have ject. j huun The site selected as being most1 have suitable is located on property Al owned by the CC&O Railroad at supe: the foot of Moore Street. A rep-' uPon resentativc of the roalroad com-1 spire TU.,TO,loir f/v dio. 1 tO b< jmny was nciu niuimioj- iv cuss the matter of allowing the pli city to use the property. f?r hous Colored Citizens j[p,7 Active In League tion s the The initial action of the recent- j rivet' ly organized Community League uso<-' 3l Colored Citizens was a dona-' tion this week of 55.00 to the Lee family, whose home recently rF'_ ivas destroyed by fire. 1 C In the regular meeting Sunday j * members decided to create a | community chest fund with which j to meet emergency and necessary leeds. An entertainment is plan- Elirr icd to raise money for this fund. A lost Won t! For Superstition schoc take suddenly there appeared an- ! other flare that was even whic more weird than the first. purpc "Did you see that?" Ipecti" "Uh hugh." I tenni "What was it?" In "You tell me." j Lane "If I seo it again I will Jimir believe in ghosts," declared lowe. the first doubter. jc- A Five more minutes of sil- , Rivei once, then the horizon ahead 1 sen 1 was splashed with a giant [ red torch that flashed across the road. P Oi The display was greeted j with ghost-believing silence. Five minutes later the car caught up with and passed Shi the end of a slow-moving J over freight train that was mak- turns ing its way along the track tory. paralleling the road. Just as i broujs the car came abreast the catch engine the fireman opened ! nets the fire box again and the crabs mystery of the strange red was light was explained. jare i L_ J0R1 A Good Com: , Wednesday, March spector From J. S. Forestry Service Here T. Eberly, U. S. Forest ervice Inspector, Was i s i t o r In Brunswick ounty Several days Last / eek PECTS FIRE CONTROL WORK Eberly And Assistant >te Forester Impressed ! /ith Abundance Of Timber Resources Available Here T. Eberly, U. S. Forest Scr- j Inspector, has spent part of | past week in Brunswick co. He is making a state-wide ?ction of the Fire Control k that is being done by the e Forest Service. To a repreitive of The Pilot he stated ras much impressed with the c as it is carried on in this j ty by forest warden Dawson s and assistant State Fores-1 W. C. McCormick. r. McCormick accompanied Eberly for his work here, i expressed themselves with rd to the abundance of raw (rial, pulpwood, for a paper 1 In answer to a direct in- J ir as to just what constitutes material for a pulpwood or j r mill Mr MpGormick said: e wood from five inches up. burned or scorched timber n. The pay is from S4.00 to: J I per cord." a recent communication to j Southport Civic Club, Mr. ] ormick also said: "There is j loubting the possibility fori location of a pulp mill at! hport, nor is there any quesof the volume of pulpwood is available in that section le state." ' metery Work Makes Progress ne Contest Draws Sev-! j ral Entries But Will Be I pen To Public For An- j ther Week ark on the beautificatiort of j J new Southport cemetery is j ng along nicely, and consul-; j le interest has been shown \ .j he name contest announced week in The State Port j | two dollar cash prize is be- i offered for the best name j ;hc new cemetery. All entries j be in the hands of Mayor | Ericksen before noon on } day, March 30. iring the past week lots have | staked off, the markers been painted, trees have set out and the grounds been leveled off. dcrman H. W. Hood, who is | rvising the work, has called j1 ladies of the town to donate! a a and bridal wreath plants v b set out on the grounds. jp ins are under consideration! f the erection of a summer | e in the middle of the ceme-1 g Running vines will be plan- o about this structure. Execu- g of these plans depends upon t sale of lots, for revenue de- j u 1 from that source will be to make improvements in c property. i: 1, nnis Tourney :or High School j lination Series Planned mong Boys Of South-1 jrt High School In Or- J jr To Pick Men For,C ennis Team irty-cight Southport high >1 boys have signed up to part in a tennis tournament. I C l has been planned for the j >se of giving a line on pros-!" ve material for a high school [n s team. IH first round matches John n aster plays Barcellus Cox. lie Hood plays Robert Mar- ^ John D. St. George plays . Ledford, Stacy Sellers plays w s Wescott, Hildur Sorren- w ilays Paul Dosher. ti (Continued on Page 4) tl jtc jr Shad (latches ,:i \ i P' For The Season p. id fishing off Southport is ci for the season and the re- n have been very satisfac- C The fish are said to have j p rht a good price but the' p es were so small and the were damaged so badly by tl i that the effort and expense w hardly justified. Fishermen , a still operating on the river, j a r pii munity i 24th, 1937 P"BL1S County Attorney Instruct Members Of Bo^.rd Of C County Attorney S. B. Tax For Copies of the following letter are being mailed this week by County Attorney S. B. Frink to delinquent taxpayers of Brunswick county: "Dear Sir: "About a year ago the board of county commissioners entered into an agreement with the bondholders who hold Brunswick county bonds to re-finance all of the bonds of the county and reduce the interest rate, and thereby save tha tax-payers several hundred thousand dollars in interest. "In this agreement it was agreed that a certain amount of the money collected would be used to pay interest on the county indebtedness, and the remainder used for current expenses. Many of the taxpayers are not paying their taxes, and the bondholders have demanded that the commissioners take action to collect sufficient taxMotor Trouble To Land j? ? ?.?+ 'cripple children SEAL SALES GOOD I ! Fine progress has been made ' during the past week in the I sale of Cripple Children Seals, a campaign which is carried ! on each year at Easter in ' much the same manner as is | the sale of tubercular seal sal| es at Christmas. Mrs. S. B. Frink is chairman of the seal sales in this J county, and she is receiving | the aid of several active work| ers. After covering Southport w ith the sales campaign last week, workers took to the | county this week and report | good results. i A large percentage of the | returns from seal sales remains at home for the aid of 1 cripple children in Brunswick j county. 'f?? * ? 4 Court Adjourns To Honor Judge iVhen Brunswick County Recorder's Court Adjourned Wednesday It Did So Out Of Respect To Former Judge John A. Stanley When Recorder's Court adjouricd Wednesday after a short seslion in which only two cases fere heard, it did so out of res ieci 10 me iaie jonn j\. ouuucy, ormer judge. Andrew Gray, white, pleaded uilty to a charge of being drunk n the public highway. He was iven six months on the roads, his sentence being suspended pon payment of the costs. Nettie Parker, white, faced harges of possessing and selling ntoxicating whiskey. After a engthy hearing, judgment in the natter was held under adviselent by Judge Joe W. Ruark. Hog Profits For Brunswick Man lorn Sold Through Hogs That Were Fattened On Seventy-Five Day Test Paid $1.31 Per Bushel Figures made available by Ounty Agent J. E. Dodson rearding a recent hog-feeding delonstration conducted by J. T. ickman, Brunswick county faricr, will be of interest to other rowers~in this section. Thirteen hogs, whose total J eight was 1625 pounds, were: eighed and put on a 75-day ra-j on of corn and fish meal. At: le end of the feeding period the >tal weight of the hogs was 131 pounds, a gain of 1806j Dunds. This was a gain of 1.85 j aunds per day per hog. During this period the hogs | msumed 350 pounds of fish j leal and 116 bushels of corn, harging the fish meal at S2.85 er hundred, the hogs paid SI.31 cr bushel for the corn they ate. | These figures are given with ie idea of encouraging Brunsick county farmers to pay more ttention to growing more corn nd hogs as a cash crop. .OT HED EVERY WEDNESDAY Receives ions To Foreclose ounty Commissioners Order Frink To Proceed With eclosures es to meet the county's ob- | ligations. And in order to do this, the commissioners have passed a resolution authorizing me as County Attorney, to immediately foreclose on all tax liens where the propl erty is worth the taxes. J Therefore, I am sending you this notice before commencing an action on your tax lien. I hope you will see Mr. Tripp, the delinquent tax collector at once and pay your taxes so that I will not be forced to perform the unpleasant duty of foreclosing your property for your taxes. "I wish to assure you that the Board of Commissioners does not like to take this step, but they must, as the bondholders are shoving them and they must collect the taxes. "With best wishes, I am, "Yours very truly, "S. B. FRINK, "County Attorney." i Forces Plane A i A-l. f-l i Ml Udtt. isiauu * i Four-Passenger Monoplane Forced Down Monday Morning By Engine Trouble With Pilot And Two Others Aboard ON PROSPECTING TOUR OF COUNTY Pennsylvanian And Wife; Looking For A Suitable j Site For Game Preserve In Brunswick County A four passenger monoplane j piloted by Warren Pennington, of i Wilmington, with two passengers' aboard was forced down with j I motor trouble Monday morning on the sand near the Oak Is- j land Coast guard Station. The forced landing was made without danger to the passengers' or damage to the plane. The | passengers were a Mr. and Mrs.! George, of Pennsylvania, who j had chartered the plane for a j trip over Brunswick county in j search for a suitable location for I a hunting preserve. Three trips I had been made around Bald Head island, and a long tour was made ! up the coast to the westward. It j was on the way for a final | flight around the island that the! motor began to give trouble. Pilot Pennington praised Mrs. i George for her iron nerves. "When she alighted from the j plane after the landing," he said, "she was just as cool and unshaken as though she was getting out of an automobile." I The plane remained on the heaeh Mondav night and the! I greater part of the day Tuesday j while necessary repair parts were being sent here. Education Board Finally Settled Last Minute Move On Part i Part Of Representative; R. E. Sentelle To Name Five Men On The Board Blocked In Committee When the board of education' j omnibus bill came before thej North Carolina house of Repre-! sentativcs Tuesday for final pas-' sage, Representative R. E. Sentelle made a motion that the house not concur with the Sen- j ate amendment to strike the; names of Lucian Phelps and Hus-1 ton Reynolds from the member| ship of the Brunswick County Board. j This sent the bill before the [ house and senate conference committee, appointed to iron out last minute difficulties, where it j was decided to allow the senate amendment to stand. This amen-1 dment provided for the naming of a three-man board, the mem-1 bership to include Chase E. Cause, Gilbert T. Reid and R. 1.1 Phelps. Expect Checks For Soil Conservation County Agent J. E. Dodson, said Monday that he expects Soil j Conservation checks for co-ope-' rating Brunswick county farmers to arrive in his office not later | than the last of next week. These checks are for compli- i ^ance with 1936 contracts. j ' / Most Of The News All The Time $1.50 PER YEAR Electrification Meeting Will Be Held In County Specialists From State College Will Hold Meeting Thursday Night In Shallotte School Auditorium LARGE CROWD TO ATTEND MEETING Will Be Of Special Interest To Families Who Are Getting Electricity In Homes For The First Time D. E. Jones, extension electrification specialist, and Miss Pauline Gordon, extension specialist in home furnishing "and homo management, will be in charge of an important meeting for the discussion of electrification problems Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock in the Shallotto school auditorium. The meeting is being plaqnerl for the purpose of giving vortji-." able instructions to familiei who ' I soon will have electricity in theii*'. home for the first time. The matter of safe wiring and the proper placing of lights will be stres- . sed. The meeting will be of interest to persons who already have electricity as well as to those whose first access to elec- i f,-i, una ?,. ...ill h.? th., Ti.ln Wal. or Power Co. line which will be constructed along U. S. Highway No. 17. The meeting is being sponsored jointly by the county home demonstration agent. Mrs. Marion S. Dosher, and by the county agent, J. E. Dodson. A large attendance is urged. Folder Planned Advertising City Illustrated Folder To Be Issued By Civic Club For Purpose Of Interesting Outsiders In i Visiting Southport The Southport Civic Club is confident in the belief that this summer will bring several times as many visitors to Southport as have been here during any of the recent years. To back up its belief the club proposes to go out and interest folks in Southport? to get them to come here for at least a short vacation or a fishing trip. Inquiries of all sorts arc being received from all sections of the state and these inquiries promise to greatly increase in numbers with the appearance of spring. Some of them call for a great deal of information and to eliminate repeated writing the club is now planning a folder that gives a great deal of information on (Continued from page 1) Superlatives At Southport High Members Of Senior Class At Southport High School Choose Superlatives, Motto, Class Flower And Song The members of the Senior Class at Southport have chosen their class song, flower, motto and superlatives. They are now at work on their commencement exercises, assisted by Miss Myrtle Taylor. The superlatives are: (Continued on Pago 4.) {*,?-?-??-?-?-?-?-'' -?H 1 Tide Table i I 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, .March 25 7:17 a. m. 1:04 a. m. 7:38 p. m. 1:25 p. m. Friday, March 20 7:56 a. m. 1:49 a. m. 8:15 p. in. 2:06 p. ui. Saturday, March 27 8:37 a. m. 2:32 a. m. 8:50 p. m. 2:46 p. m. Sunday, March 28 9:10 a. m. 3:12 a. m. 9:24 p. m. 3:23 p. m. Monday, March 29 9:45 a. ni. 3:50 a. m. 9:56 p. m. 3:58 p. m. Tuesday, .March 30 10:21 a. in. 4:27 a. m. 10:31 p. ni. 4:30 p. m. Wednesday, March 31 10:59 a. ni. 5:03 a. m. 11:07 p. m. 4:56 p. m. ??