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PAGE 4 Bolton Plant Is Swept By Flames Sawmill Building, Lumber Conveyors And Greendecks Destroyed By Fire On Thursday Night The old Waccamaw Lumber1 Cot poration plant at Bolton, whi- j Icb is now being dismantled by a j salvage company and the Hiegel Paper Company, was swept by flames early Thursday night in a I conflagration which for a time threatened all the surrounding buildings. The sawmill building, the lumber conveyors and green decks were destroyed before the fire was finally brought under control, sparing shipping sheds, the planing mill and residences nearby. A favorable wind was termed largely responsible for the flames being confined to the relatively small territory. Had the fire occurred Wednesday night when a heavy southwest wind was blowing across the section, the entire community might have been destroyed. The fire is believed to have been caused by an acetylene torch with which workmen were cutting up old machinery to be junked. Workmen quit their work for the day at 5:30 o'clock and the fire was discovered at 6:30 o'clock. Raging flames made quick work of the tinderlike structures, while the wrecking crew engaged J in junking the plant was powerless to do anything but prevent spread of the flames to the wnole community. x^ert Answers Questions Advice Given On Rooting Grape Vine, Making Chocolate Milk And Testing Seed Corn . Q: When is the best time to | root scuppernong and muscadine grape vines? A: Scuppernong and muscadine j grape vines should be rooted during the fall or early spring. The vines should be laid flat on the: ground or placed in a shallow trench and covered with soil sev-1 eral feet from the end of the! vine. The rooting vine, of course, ( I should be left connected with the parent vine until rooting has taken place. If the vines are very long, soil may be placed on the RUPTURE Shield Expert Here E. J. MEINHARDI, WELL KNOWN EXPERT OF CHICAGO, IS COMING HERE AGAIN. l.E Wll.l. PERSONALLY BE IN WILMINGTON. N. ('., AT THE CAFE EEAK HOTEL, ON WE IIN ESI* AY ONLY. FEB. STII. FROM 1:00 T. M. TO .?:00 p. M. AND ":00 P. M. TO 9:00 P. M. Mr. Meinhardi says: "I have been coming here for fifteen years during which time thousands of Ruptured Men have come to me. You are invited to' come and talk with me privately during the above stated hours and I will give you valuable information without charge. (Only men arc invited.) This isit is for white people only. "My Rupture Shield contracts the opening and produces immediate results on the average?regardless of size or location and no matter how hard you work or ctwoin (Mn ln? n?Knna nM oua 111. oiiaj'o ui cum* bersome arrangements.) "My Rupture Shield is waterproof and may be worn while bathing. It may be removed at night or worn continuously until nc longer desired." Caution: Beware of imitators. I have no Representatives. Remember the name MEINHARDI. (Adv.) E????????i WILMINGTON I Caro BETRAYED BY THE GIRL WHO LOVED HIM! Hated by t^^rn^1 he saved. PtrimM Pinru j\ THl'RS., FKI, SAT., FEBRUARY 3-1-5 I 1 J> I 4-H Club Member To Win Tuition State's Outstanding 4-H Club Youth Will Win A 4-Year Agricultural Scholarship .To State College A four-year agricultural scholarship will be given the farm boy selected as North Carolina's most outstanding 4-H Club member in 1938, L. R. Harrill, of State College, has announced. In addition, a scholarship to the -i-H Short Course, which is held at State College each summer, will be awarded the boy selected as the most prominent club member in each county. Any bona fide club boy is eligible to compete for the awards, which are being made by the Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau through A. G. Floyd, state representative and a graduate of State College. Previous winners of these scholarships will be ineligible for the contest, except for county winners who may continue to compete for ^he State award. The winner of the four-year scholarship must be eligible to enter and his application for admittance to State College must be accepted prior to the opening of the institution the fall following the making of the award. Otherwise, Harrill said, the prize will be given the first alternate or revert to the 4-H scholarship fund. Contestants will be judged on "" 4_TJT oAtliritinc Tbfl plllh m pm - an i-ii ?vu??nwo. * *" ber's record of production as shown by project record books will count 50 points; participation in club and community activities will count 15 points; leadership activities will be good for 20 points; the member's own story of his club experiences will count 10 points; and high scholastic record will count 5. canes at intervals of every three feet. In this way several roots are secured from one cane. The vines will be ready for planting after they have remained covered for one season. Q: How can I make chocolate milk that will be saleable? A: To each 77.5 pounds of whole milk add 8.5 pounds of chocolate syrup, heat to pasteurizing temperature (160 degrees F?, stir for ten minutes and then cool and bottle. If a homogenize!or viscolizer is available it helps to run it through from 500 to 1,000 pounds pressure. The syrup may be made at home, but most dairymen who are putting out good chocolate milk prefer to buy the syrup from some commercial firm as this is usually more uniform than the syrup made at home. Q: What treatment is necessary for seed corn to protect it from weevil damage? A: Small amounts of corn to be saved for seed can be protected by mixing thoroughly about one part of lead arsenate with 2,000 part by weight of corn. This corn must be properly 'handled and safeguarded to prevent its use for food. Larger amounts of corn would have to be fumigated with carbon disulphide. This chemical must be handled with care as the fumes are explosive after mixing with air. The room or bins should be tight, or if the floor is tipht thn niln nf iri?nin mmr V-pllVl Vliv pHV Ul glUiil Ilia Jf Ut covered with canvass after adding the fumigant. The glands are the messengers of the human body. If one gland is removed it has a definite effect on the rest. ccc v ODD L1QU1D-TABLETS-SALVE 1 (\ r, -> e? NOSE DROPS 1VJ ftt. Z3C lina | WILMINGTON M.G.M's \ a * J? * MIRACLEI \ musical; , FRANK MORGAN Edna May OLIVER * RAY BOLGER , ILONA MASSEY / 1000 Others^. , 4-Di.ye, MON. IUE6., WXD., rmiRE., fie. 7-s?9-io ; ' ( : : tfjt STAtE PORT PILQ1 "Buccaneer" And "Rosalie" i Coming To Carolina Theati - - - , One of the greatest casts ever.(.Monday for a four day enga brought together for a motion. ment. '(picture appears .in Cecil B. De-j . The musical also includes si ' 1 Mille's epic production of Ameri-j favorites as Frank Morgan, E( jca's struggle for' survival during | May. Oliver, Ray Bolger, the r (the War of 1812, "The Buc- European sensation, Ilona Mass '( caneer',, which opens Thursday at Billy Gilbert and Reginald Ov , the Carolina theatre. in a story that concerns the 1 11 Fredric March, the lead, por- anc'. adventures of a West Pc trays one of the most colorful and cadet and a Princess of mythi important, but least known, char- Rcmanza. ! acters of American history, Jean Outstanding among the numb i Lafitte, the pirate king of the ear- is the "Romanza" set, which c i ly nineteenth century who held ers more than sixty acres i the entire Carribean in his grasp, was filmed entirely at night u NEXT WEEK 1 the aid of twenty-fdur camei Nelson Eddy and Eleanor Pow- [This set was so large that lig ell are co-starred far the first had to be rented from every r time in the lavish musical, "Rosa- jor studio in Hollywood for lie", which comes to the Carolina (operation. Twenty-five hund TP A,, J ADVENTURES' CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI "Terror in the Air" By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter Hello, everybody: This is the story of a bunch of young lads who bu a homemade flying machine and got Oliver A. Morard, J of Oak Park into more doggone trouble than he's ever se in his whole previous life. Back in 1930, a bunch of boys in high school at Lakewood, Ohio, interested in gliders. Among them was Oliver Morard, whom the 1; called Bud. That crowd not only got interested in gliders, but they signed and built one, and then learned to fly the doggone thing. Tt came to be known as the Lakewood Glider club. "We flew the glider for almost a year," says Bud Morard, "without experiencing a single mishap. We thought we were so good that, when the 1931 National Air Races came to the Cleveland airport, we persuaded the management to let us come down and demonstrate our ability to the early patrbns." Well, sir, the air races came along and the Lakewood Glider c got ready for the exhibition. The morning of September 1 was the ti picked. It was a clear day. but the air was heavy and a gusty twen mile-an-hour wind was blowing. Several speed planes were circling pylons, tuning up for the big races. Bud Won the Chance to Fly First. The grandstand, even at that early hour, was rapidly filling w spectators. The glider exhibit was about ready, and the boys matel coins to sec who would fly the machine first. And Bud Morard v the toss. Well, you know how those gliders operate. You hook one to a i with a long cable and the car hauls it up into the air just as if it were a k After it is in the air, the air currenls and the operator's skill do the rt Some of those lads can make a glider stay in the air for hours on c without any motor or anything else but wind currents to propel the sh They hooked the glider to the tow car. Bud got in, and they wi oil. The car started and the glider rose gently. It was up to an a v' Bud Was Ncaring the Ground Rapidly. tude of 200 feet, and the car was still towing it. when suddenly a pla came cutting in between the pylons, directly in Bud's path of flight. 1 The pilot saw Bud's glider just in time and swerved in front of him, but the wash from his propellor and the rough air stirred up by the swerving plane, caused the glider to yaw from right to left. That yawing could be corrected by using the rudder, and Bud did just that. But something was wrong with the rudder mechanism?Bud found out later that it was a faulty hinge?and instead of turning, the rudder jammed the elevator^. Meanwhile, Bud was enjoying the ride, blissfully unaware that I ( steering gear was practically useless. Thought Warning Shouts Were Cheers. "There was a big pylon on my left," he says, "and on my right, t ' grandstand, now almost filled with people. Down below me I saw t fellows in the tow car, waving arid yelling frantically. And thinki that they were just cheering me on, I waved back. "I couldn't hear what they were shouting, but everything seem to be all right. But suddenly the ship began to vibrate and went it a sharp dive. I knew something was wrong then?knew that I had do something within the next few seconds. "Immediately I detached the tow cable and pulled the joy stick ba to correct the dive. A quick workout with the controls told me that t ailerons were the only things that were functioning." Bud was nearing the ground rapidly, and there didn't seem to much he could do about it. He had no parachute. Gliders seldom high enough to make their use practical. "1 had to stick with the ship," he says, "and at the same lime 1 knew 1 wouldn't have to stick with It very long. I was about fifty feet from the ground now, and diving fast at a sixty-degree angle. "I knew 1 couldn't avoid crashing. My one idea now was to ma that crash as gentle as possible. I moved the stick back into the pit my stomach?a position that would make the left wing hit first and i sorb some of the shock. I would hold that position until the last secor Then I'd push the stick forward to prevent its goring me when 1 h The ground was only a few feet away now. I pushed the stick forwai covered my face with my left arm, relaxed and hoped for the best." Did a Good Job of Crashing. And for a young fellow who had only a few seconds to do his thinki : in. Bud certainly did a good job of it. He was all set for the crash no and he didn't have to wait more than a fraction of a second befc it catnc. "The thud of the impact lasted only a moment." he says. "My knees seemed to be where my arms should be and my head and body didn't have the least idea where they were. "What happened next came too fast for me to record, but I fou | myself fully ten feet in the air again, clear of the ship and coming do' 1 fast. I pulled in my neck, put out my arms, and did a tumble followed some classy sprawling, landing twenty feet from the glider, which w now a heap of junk. "I got up and tried to walk toward the ship, but at the first stef took I fell over on my side with a numb feeling in my left leg." And when they got Bud of? the field and into a' hospital, they j him right under ether. He had a bad compound fj-acture of the 1 leg and it- locked as if they might have to take his left foot off. But u nssses state that Bud was more worried about busting Up the clul glider than he was about losing a foot, and I'm glad to announce tl when Bud came out of the ether, his foot was still with him. Copyright.?WNU Service. ? ? .11 I I ; I r I ' i'i a |>|* 'IE j f, SOUTHPORT. N. C Says Document Is I re Bulwark In N. C.. s? State Government * lich 1 11 ?t" f ina In Perhaps The Last Char- A iew gie In Columbus From t 'ey. The Eminent Jurist, Jud- c ven ge Cranmer Praises N. C. c Constitution s caI SAYS MUCH PROGRESS n rs SINCE CIVIL STRIFE o 0V" <ind Progress Made By State Jd ith Since 1872 When Recon- j? as. struction Ended Was ' hts All Accomplished na" Under Present d Constitution n red ? "I am glad that we in North Carolina do not change our Con- C stitution every time the wind li changes", Judge E. H. Cranmer, r' c told the Columbus grand jury ' ^ Monday morning, in a charge in ? J which he lauded the constitution F . I as the bulwark of our state govg| ernment. 0 If' "We have respect for our Con- , stitution, and. believe in the document in which we live and move and have our being. It seems ai- si most miraculous?X guess it was P ti a miracle?that after the close , d of the Civil War in the period j j of Reconstruction the people of I y North Carolina were utterly proslilt trate, with only their honor left, g r., the banks all closed and the car- a en pet baggers here to harass them " and to ruin and enslaven us? c that the same constitution which S1 g0' stood behind us in those days *ds still guarantees us life and liberty t( ' in this great state of ours", Judge 0 ley Cranmer said. "I say, it seems miraculous that 11 we could have accomplished as I much since the last of the Car- j petbaggers were put down in 1872 as we have, and all this has been accomplished under our conlub stitution. So watch those folks 01 me who want to change the consti- 81 ty- tution every four days, because " the | w0 don't want our great docu- 'r | ment changed every time the ; moon changes. J ' "Our constitution laid the founle{j dation of this state in the fear ,on of God, and I am telling you C( I this morning that the states whi- f, ;ar ' ch forget God do not live?they "tc | cannot live. Where aie the gov-1 ,r ,s[ crnments which once ruled over S( ,nc- Rome, Greece, Babylon ? ! c. ip Judge Cranmer said that the Cl ?rc Constitution guaranteed the peo-1 j, Hi- pie of North Carolina equal rights. ,| "If the law cannot protect the j i lowest and most humble man I c from the most obscure mountain I or seashore shack then the governor sitting in Raleigh has reason to tremble with fear, for a state which cannot protect its humblest citizen cannot protect its highest. No state which has M two kinds of justice can long live because Almighty God won't let it live. We say in our constitution-that we guarantee a man life, liberty, and the pursuit of I happiness." Judge Cranmer prefaced his re-! marks to the jury by saying that he always enjoyed coming to Co- p lumbus county, and that he liked J to meet his friends and meet new friends when he came to this county to hold court, and said f. me that he would not be holding j, many more courts in the county e because of his retirement at his j, present term. He has been on the bench more than 18 years. "The law has brought you here i this morning", said Judge Cranmer, emphasizing the importance of the law and the courts of the y state. The law he said, is a rule of action governing our lives. "We in North Carolina have amended the general rule in this he case We say that we are freest ;he of the free, and we say that there ng is no power in this state, but rather three separate branches; ed legislative, administrative and ito judicial, and we say that the law to is a rule of action prescribed by the law-making powers of the ck state. .he "We do not have absolute democracy in this state, in the sense be that there is absolute rule by the go people. We have in North Carolina what we call delegated authority, and representatives of the people make our laws for us." COTTON GROWING ke IN U. S. BEGAN j ?f IN THIS COUNTY ) l|J' (Continued from page one) J William Hilton. They explored ) about seventy-five miles of the j ' ' Cape Fear River and its branch- ) es and bought from the Indians ) thirty-two square miles of land 1 ng for some beads and other trin- ! w, kets. The Lords Proprietors de- ) ire dined to confirm this sale but ) did make a satisfactory grant of ! land to them. ! "A few months later, Sir John, i governor and commander-in-chief, nd set sail with his colonists from ivn Barbadoes and began their setby tlement in May 166t>. Some his- , as torians say there were six hundred of them, but the Colonial . > I Records indicate that there were considerably less than that num>ut :bcr. Sir John remained with sft them only a short time before rtt* he held large interests, 3 s j "The colonists located their Iat settlement at the junction of a small stream with the Cape Fear > River. They called it "Charles j hL, . TV 1.? ' ' 'owne," and for two centuries he little stream has been known v s Old 'town Creek, or Town a Jreek. It is on the west side of S he river, about seven miles t outh of Wilmington. "It was here that these British ( olonists from Barbadoes planted Dr the first time .in. North imerica and grew successfully S1 he Barbadosian, or black-seeded ti otton, known as the Sea Island otton, which has the longest c taple in the world. a ' The new crop did well in its ew location, but the settlement I n the Cape Fear lasted only I c bout two years. The people were j ti issatisfied with their location p nd decided to move further w outh. This they did, but they a ere careful ot take enough cot- e on seed along with them in or- tl ar that they might continue b lanting the crop on their new tl arms. u "And that, according to the lolonial Records of North Caro- tl na,' is the way that King Cotton ti eceived its start on the Ameri- v an continent. It has spread far c< nd wide since that time, but p harles Towne, on the Cape Fear ? Liver, will always have the dis- ei inction of being the birth-place f the crop in this country." \ UDGEJOHN B WARD IN COURT (Continued from Page 1) I e entence being suspended upon! tj ayment of the costs and upon S( lie further condition that the efendant stay off the lands of j, . L. Sprunt for a period of two j e( ears. | Joseph Eagles, colored, pleaded tl uilty to charges of making }, ssault with a deadly weapon. He 0 as taxed with the costs in the tl aso and was required to pay the ij am of $20.00 to M. A. Northrop jr nr damages to clothing. He en- j, ;rea a plea of nolo contendre to p; harges of transporting and was ai ixed with the costs of that ac- v ion. LITTLE BITS OF J BIG NEWS ? (Continued from page 1) S 00. How the rambling wooden n tructure caught was not deter- N lined. The hotel is not operated p i the winter. tl nsult SI v A Japanese soldier was reporti Friday to have slapped the ice of John M. Allison, ranking J; 'nited States diplomat at Nank- y lg, when he refused to obey the ildier's order. A second Amcri- :in, whose name was not reportJ, was said to have been man- } andled also by the Japanese soliers at the same time. " " uggests Means Securing Spacious Facilities Free (Continued from cage 1" | ing charges are high and the ships have to come from dis- i tant shipyards where the ma- | chinery is junked. Uncle Sam is somewhat of a sticker for not paying the freight on things he gives away. The matter is being followed up to ascertain its possibilities. Meanwhile Mayor Horner has been thanked for his interest. iILL PROVIDING FUNDS FOR VETS HOSPITAL PASSED (Continued from page 1) ivor of the construction of the; ospital here, local citizens securd several offers of attractive uilding sites. I. | Columbus County's ! Largest Mule | Stables! I CASH i or | TIME! [ HACKNEY WA i Sethi | WHITEVILLE, t ? . _ WEDNESI No effort will be spared this1 j ,'eek by residents of this section s they seek to interest Uncle ' iam in bringing his new hospital; j o Southport. I )rganizations Will Work j For Bridge Facilities f (Continued from Page 1) ime time the club has informa- j Ion to the effect that the State iighway Commission would be reeptive to a request to build j $75,000.00 permanent steel j rawbridge across the canal. Boat traffic on the canal is inrtasing at a rapid rate so is ? raffic to Fort Caswell. A wooden j ontoon bridge for this point ould be far out of date and in- * dequate before it could be plac[1. The general local idea is that c h Highway Commission shouldj g e asked for a steel drawbridge t hat will handle both road and j rater traffic. While having its own views' hat a steel bridge can be ob- J lined it is understood that both t Wilmington Chamber of Commer- r e and the local organization are , erfectly willing to work for 'hatever the Fort Caswell inter- < sts may desire the matter. VATERWAV VESSEL , BURNS IN RIVER NEAR SOUTHPORT t (Continued from page one) t i'er-lightening boat on a bank to1 r le west of the channel. The ves- i 5l sank in eight feet of water. I c Capt- Tolar and the crew took j < urriedly to a life boat and scull-' j 3 eight miles with the tide down < :ver to Orton plantation, where i t ley landed and awakened the j ousehold of J. Laurence Sprunt, j ivner of the plantation. There ley were given restoratives, badr needed after a four-hour pull j, t a chilling rain with the men , adequately clothed in the ap- e arel they had been able to seize <. 3 they abandoned the sinking essel. ( t On the boat with Capt. Tolar t ere J. W. Willis, first mate; r [airy L. Tomas, chief engineer; c I. W. Shipp, first assistant engi- | eer; Dick Davis, cook; Carl M. j ( awyer, able bodied seaman; W. f laston, ordinary seaman, all of forfollt, and Capt. W. M. Guthrie, j ilot, of Southport, who boarded ic vessel at Wrightsville Sound. " Capt. Tolar said the vessel and le cargo were a total loss but j lid he was unable to estimate the I alue of either. j He and Capt. Guthrie both ex- [ ressed their appreciation for the; ind treatment afforded them and t le members of the crew at Orton ToboccoGro* f MHASTCR^ i THE BEST IVE EVER GROWN. AND CAME ) ME A TOP PRICE PER POUND FOf BEST GRADE LEAF. AS THE FELLOW V \ GETS THE CHECK,I KNOW CAMELS USE f EXPENSIVE TOBACCOS. yOU BET ISMOKI I THAT GOES FOR MOST PLANTERS, T< TOBACCO quality is an open book to the men who grow tobacco. Do they favor any particular cigarette? "Yes," says Harold L. Camels arc a matchless blend EXPENSIVE TOBACCOS-Turki Copyright. 1938. R. J. Kej "WE SMOKE CAMEL! BECAUSE WE KNOV! Wnpro vnn I I UV/1 \J WU J v/w. And what has hats got ad? Just this: You buy h get what you want at the | It's the same with mules where they can get the bes est price. THAT'S WHY ! ERS BUY MULES FROM COMPANY! A iONS?(Both one an u Smith I - NORTH MY, FEBRUARY 2 iH plantation "They were very kind to u^B nade us as comfortable a^H ihipwrecked men ever couIdH reen. We waked them up i^B larly hours of the mornin^H hey came out, took us i^H realed us swell. We eertainl^B predate it," Capt. Tolar sa^H TWO CANDIDATES fl HAVE ANNOUNB (Continued from pace on^fl While a member of the^B egislature. the local / nade an enviable record. .isioii to run again has becn^H it the insistance of my fri^H dr. Frink said. Prior to 19^1 lerved as clerk of court in I^H vick county for four years^H B. J. Holden, who was ^B if court succeeding Mr. ilso has announced his int^H o seek re-election. "I have id the county to the best (^B ibilily," lie said Monday, ^B im seeking re-election upo^H pasis my record. I aup.-^B ho words of friendly encoi^H nent that have greeted louncement." SINCLAIR SEEKS SOLICITOR'S (Continued from page oi^B democratic circles throughouH| lection of the State, having s^H 'or four years as Chairm^B he Democratic Executive ^B nittee of New Hanover C<^H ind also upon the State I^B iratic Executive Committee^K Sinclair is :;6 years of age.B| nember of the Pirb\8H ihurch, and resides with hi^M her in Wilmington. Robert Merlowe Goes B| To Payne-Turner (Continued from page ^B toon as he entered the' oom. Marlowe said that he^B id at Payne, and that the hung his head". The local boy said that he ^B 'd on the stand for abou^B een minutes and was requir^B elate the events that tran^B in the night he was forc^B >a>ne and Turner to carry o Hallsboro. One of the l.i^B or defense cross-cxamine<^H iHrilfr V>?e oioinmA-t 41?* ?? " Oiaiviiiciu Ulttl minted a gun at him, he CCC ??!l OOU ';J l iquid. I nlilrls III. MiAr^B Suite,BOM Drops nil MINI Try "It nb-My-Tl ?m"?\V urli^H ltcst l.lnlmeui ing'sMyJol MR. HAROLD I. CRAIG, o tobacco planter Icttf/|^H for twenty years. I V"" Craig. "Camels." of finer, MORI; sh and Domestic. mol.l, Tobf ra Uooiptn,. J tobacH .. plant? i TOBACCO s?fl buy Hats? I to do with a mule flE ats where you can greatest saving . . . . . Farmers buy Ufr t mules at the low50 MANY FARM- H SETH SMITH & B d Two Hone) H k Co. I [ CAROLINA I
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