W Most Of The News
9 /ill The Time
;^?0Ll:AlE TEN no.
state Electio
I Rules Thai
I Counted^
Bftis Apparently Puts End*
f0 Discussion Resulting I
pfojn The Commissioner's
fl Race In Primary, Accor- I
jmjr To R- E. Sentelle
IiFLEGATION "attends
pt RALEIGH meeting
Received Last Week
County Attorney From
attorney General McMullen
Also Favored
Mr. Roach
H Rowing a hearing Tuesday
ft before the state board of
in Raleigh, members of ;
(>>iy ruled that J. M. Roach j
been nominated as a candi
:he post of county com
'he Democratic tic
o., state tward ordered that
^ ijk names of O. A. Lewis, who I
Halved a clear majority in the
^Mfnt prima iy. Roach, who fail- I
H?j to secure a majority vote, and I
c. Tripp, who finished ahead |
j. Roland Mintz in the second
HkmO". appear on the ballots' |
the general election.
The board declared Roach the J
^ jnastvick county nominee for
^ j?i!tiissioner on the strength of '
^ .mlinr front the Attorney Gener- !
* 1"" a
I summarizing tne case. Chair- 1
l?an Lucas said, "If Roach was
Bjjused he "as nominee and due
Ihj niisapprehension of the law
fenme was omitted in the run t(f
jt is inconceivable that he be
Hiprived of both rights."
jt, E. Sentelle attorney for
xutz. had contended Roach for(tiled
his right to the office when
accepted certification without
I a clear majority in the first pri
aarv and did not enter the run- ^
I Mr. Sentelle said Tuesday night
I (: xrg his return from Raleigh ,
that the aetion of the state board
apparently puts an end to the
B case vi said that he would adBn
Us client, Mr. Mintz, to drop
B .'Cbstinued on page 4)'
I Liftlc Bits
I Of Big News !
I Neva Events Of State, I
I Nation and World-Wida J
Interest During Pact
Week
| Crop Estimate i
N'orth Carolina department i
I o! agriculture officials predict- 1
I <d Tuesday that Tar Heel 1
I tobacco growers this season
I 'tnjld harvest 538,400,0000 1
I pounds? the fourth largest i
I tobacco crop in the state's his- i
I tory, but considerably below I
I the record set last year. Des
Pit* rain and cold weather."
fKfl fi-o* (?hQ/,Pn
q? UK ucpai UUCilt o XiJOV wwvvw ^
I forecast of the year said,
B rrospects on July 1 were
I considerably above average"
Spotted conditions were reI
ported in all sections of the 1
I rate, however. Last year's re- 1
I cord crop of 595,530,000 i
I brought Tar Heel farmers close 1
I to J150.000.000. 1
Con/mf5 Crime
The post Intelligencer in a
I copyrighted story Tuesday said
I * man giving the name of
I frank Olson, 32, confessed to
wunty and state officials he
"as the kidnapper-killer of
Charles Mattson, 10-year-old
I sen of a Tacoma doctor, Dec.
271936. The Post-Intelligencer
I C'wted Sheriff Melvin Oestrei
ch of Adams county and Capt.
I f H. Morgan of the state paI
Hi, as saying Olson surrendI
fred to the sheriff at Ritzville,
I ^ash., Monday and after
I questioning said he kidnaped
I in'i killed the Mattson boy a
-'6ir and a Tialf ago.
Kills Four
H A lightning bolt killed four
I Persons Sunday critically in
?ne and stunned ten otI
"trs Midway of a religious serI
lice at a Duplin county church.
I J* congregation ? the Oak
I rove Presbyterian church?
I 'as holding services in a rural
| sidence?at the time of the
I unoccupied house
I J ^?en used for some time,
I saiff^1*8 of 0,6 conKre8ation
I building was not daI
j^Scd. Three of the dead were
I v'rn^rs of one family. They
identified as Asia I. HarI
j," in. bis brother, Woodrow
I Ha***' ^ and a sister* Ada
I T*. - The other victim
y' J' D. Soutijerland, about
THI
25
n Board '
t Roach Be
Vs Nominee,
Merchant
DON HARRELSON?Above
is a prominent merchant of
Longwood and is well ,
known throughout Bruns- i
wick county.
Two Baseball (
Deck For L
^ j|c
Southport Lads Will Meet I;
Wilmington Legion Team
Here Thursday Afternoon
At 3:30 O'clock In What
Should Be Good Game
COAST LINE TEAM
COMING SATURDAY
With These Two Good
Games Scheduled, Drive
Is Being Made To Secure
Large Attendance
Both Days
\ *
Baseball fans of Southport
have a good bill of fare coming
up this week with games scheduled
Thursday and Saturday for
the local diamond.
Thursday afternoon the local
lads entertain the Legion team
from Wilmington, one of the
fastest, smartest teams faced this
season. The visitors were victoridus
in the only other meeting of
the two teams this season.
Saturday afternoon the Coast
Line boys come to town in quest
af their fourth straight victory
sver Southport. This promises to
to be one of the best games of
the season for the locals. ,
The game here last Thursday
between Southport and Leland '
started off losely, but developed
In its later stages into a 13-innine
thriller. Thompson was on the
(Continued on Page 4)
Mrs. Marshall Will
Not Teach Here
The resignation of Mrs. Josephine
Marshall as French and j
English teacher of the Southport i
school faculty was received last i
iveek by members of the local i
school board. ]
Mrs. Marshall has accepted the I
position of English and Latin i
teacher at the Winter Park i
school in Wilmington.
Episcopal Rect
Kind Of
If plans being formulated I
by the Rev. A. H. Marshall, |
rector of St. Phillips Episcopal
church, are carried out
he soon will be filling the
role of circuit rider. However,
the meandering waterways
will be his path of travel and
a boat will replace the usual
trusty steed.
While he and Mrs. Marshall
were on a week's cruise down
the inland waterway recently
the good parson discovered
surprising evidence of religious
enthusiasm among the
residents of lower Brunswick.
Leaving shortly after noon on
Sunday, June 26, the Rev.
Mr. Marshall preached that
might at Calabash. So warm
was the reception accorded
him there he decided to remain
over for a second service
on Monday night, and aii even
larger crowd was in attendance.
Tuesday night the church
boat, on which he and Mrs.
Marshall, lived for a week,
was moored at Seaside and a
good crowd gathered at. dusk
to hear the parson " preach.
WeJoettUg fee proceeded to
i ST
A Go<
4-PAGES TODAY
Bible School 1$
Completed Witl
Splendid Recot
Second Week Featur
Classes In Knot-Tyir
First Aid And Resuscil
tion Taught By Capts
W. H. Barnett
COMMENCEMENT ON
FRIDAY EVENII*
Record Showed Noticeat
Improvement This Yea
Over Last, Both In Attendance
And Performance
The annual Daily Vacat
Bible School came to a close I
lay night with commencemi
exercises held in the local h!
school auditorium.
The feature of the school d
ing the second week was a ser
sf classes in knot-tying, first
and resuscitation taught by Ci
tain W. H. Barnett, who is
charge of Oak Island co
In announcing statistics on
session, the Rev. A. L. Bros
prrincipal of the school, said tl
there was a total enrollment
146. The largest attendance a
jne day was 130; the small
101. The average daily attendai
ivas 117 as compared with :
for last year.
Mr. Brown said that the si
iames On
ocal Diamon
Motor Boats
May Substitute
Although his speedy llttil
outboard had to huck hot!
wind and tide Commodon
John Anderson, of the WII
mington outboard association
made the run from Wilming
ton to Southport in less thai
a hour Sunday afternoon
The young WUraington sports
man was accompanied b;
Miss Virginia Council as i
passengar.
It is very probable tha
outboard racing may taki
the place of the sailing eventi
orlgginally set for South
port.
Commodore Anderson ask
ed for a meeting with in
tcrested Southporters thii
week for the purpose of see
Ing if some outboard rac
ing events could be workei
out to pinch hit and fill ii
the gap caused by the sai
Knafw ^hmnrine their nlan:
and going to Wrightsville.
Purchaser Looks
Over Proper!
Frank Sherrill Of Charloi
Who Recently Purchas
Bald Head Island, He
On Visit Last Week
Frank Sherril, who recen
purchased Bald Head Isla
jpent part of the past week lo<
ng over his property. Mr. Sh
ill was accompanied to Sou
port from his home in Charlo
by his son, Frank Sherrill, .
ind by J. D. Lineberger, Will'
mdSherrill Lineberger, of Shel
(Continued on page 4)
or Ties New
Circuit Ridin
Gause Landing and on tha
and the following night hi
preached there. On Friday hi
made his way to Villagi
Point, and Friday night thi
largest crowd of the weel
gathered to hear him preach
"All of these services weri
well attended," said the Rev
Mr. Marshall, "and we weri
given an urgent invitation t<
return at an early date. Mrs
Marshall plans to leave agaii
Sunday for this district
and you may say that thii
one section of the inlanc
waterway where service!
will be held regularly fron
the church boat.
"There are more than 71
communities located on thi
inland waterway between thi
Virginia line and the Soutl
Carolina line which are han
to approach because of pool
roads. In many cases thesi
places can be reached onl;
by boat." the Rev. Mr. Mar
shall continued. "It is t<
these places that we hope U
be able to carry the cfcurcl
boat so that the6e people ma;
have the opportunity to havi
regular religious services,"
ATE
>d News paper In
Southport, N. C., We
Boys Free From
b Blame In Death
d Of Mr. Grissett
ed Prominent Citizen Of The
ig, Grissett Town Community
ta- Died Friday Night In
lin James Walker Hospital
Of Wreck Injuries
CORONER'S INQUEST
IG TUESDAY EVENING
>le Jury Found That Injuries
r Resulting In Death Of
Mr. Grissett Came
From Unavoidable
Accident
ion A corner's jury Tuesday night
'ri- found that Samuel E. Grissett,
ent prominent farmer of the Grisset'Sfh
town community, came to his
death Friday night in the James
ur* Walker Memorial Hospital, Wilies
mington, as the result of injuries
aid sustained in an unavoidable acap
cident Tuesday night of last
in week.
ast Lance Holden, driver of the
the car, appeared before the coroner's
vn, body and voluntarily took the
lat stand to relate his story of the
of accident.
iny He said that he and James
est Robinson were driving from
ice Grissettown toward Longwood
late Tuesday afternoon at a J
speed not exceeaing inirty miles
uc" per hour. Rounding a slight curve
in the road, he said that ahead of (
him he saw Mr. Grissett walking 1
toward him. When the car ap- ?
_ proched within a few feet of the I
d deceased, he said that Mr. Grls- ]
sett suddenly dodged directly in .
? the path of the machine. Holden r
?i said that he cut his wheel sharply
to avoid hitting Mr. Grissett,
but at that moment that victim
g dodged back into the path of the
automobile and the last effort
made to clear him failed. The left
5 head light struck Mr. Grissett,
1 knocking him down, breaking
5 both legs and fracturing his (
skull.
Carried to the Wilmington hos"
pital, Mr. Grissett, who was 72
1 years of age died Friday night.
Important testimony in the
case also was furnished by Patrol- '
f man Hugh Sloan, who made an
1 investigation of the accident the
following day. He testified that /
t had there been evidence of recks
less driving he would have arrests
ed Holden, but stated that he
did not feel that this action was
called for by the facts.
The jury deliberated only a few
minutes before returning the ver- ^
? diet of unavoidable accident. r
Members of the body were Price t
Furpless, Sam Watts, M. C. fc
1 Spencer, Hoyle Dosher, G. W. v
i Fisher and R. T. Woodside.
Boats Showing !
Up For Shrimp f
?
\7 Wells Fleet Deserts Party
'J Business At Wrightville a
Beach For Shrimping ?
And Parties At Southport 4
cf' For Remainder Of Sum- r
!re mer j
t
The boating business at
tly Wrightsville this year has not
nd, been what is was in other years
3k- and Sunday the Etta, the Althea- J
er" B and the Sunny South cast off
their moorings and returned to
tte Southport. All three boats are
Jr., parts of the Wells Brothers Fisham
ing fleet. They usually spend the r
by- whole summer operating at
Wrightsville and it has been
? about a quarter of a century
since a Sunny of Captain William
Wells or h's sons has failed
to operate a full season at
Wrightsville.
& Back at Southport, the three c
~ boats will fish and will also be c
t available for carrying parties at c
3 any time" when their services are a
s needed. Since she. was here last
5 winter the Althea-B has been re- p
3 built and more modernized for h
c party business. The Captain Wells
of the same fleet is remaining at a
? Wrightsville for the present. J
Indications are that shrimping n
b will get in full blast much earli- I
> er than usual this year. A sizable t
i.' little fleet operated all through c
i last week, the number increas,
ing daily and good catches being e
s the rule. This week the number I
1 of boats is increasing still more I
s rapidly. I
1 Last week several blue fish c
boats came down from Harkers
5 Island, prospecting around. It is 1
understood that they are now tak-. *
b ing things easy a little further S
i up the coast and that they will I
i return here, perhaps this week, a
r Ben Gray, of Morehead City, r
3 operator of one of the most ext
tensive buying houses here, came J
in last week to go over the out- *
> look. He is to return this week I
> and it is expected his boats may r
j be coming on at any time. Last J
1 year he operated about 40 boats, 1
3 all from the vicinity of Davis, 1
-(Continued on page 4) _ Jr
i fJi-utrfatfirfijalwi
P0R1
A Good Comi
dnesday, July 13th, 19.'
Alligator
? i- - *
'GATOR?This large all
jus McNeill, Harry Weeks,
lunt which at no time carrie<
locks. The reptile measured
>f being the largest alligator
ibove are, left to right, Joan
md Mary Brown. The young
Newton, 22-month-old daughi
J J /M \
Olte UDserver.;
Tobacco Quotas
Are Explained
By AAA Officer
Quotas For 1938 To Be Determined
Partly From Information
Recently Gathered
1ROUP DETERMINES
NORMAL MARKETINGS
allowance To Be Made For
Abnormal Weather, Plant
Diseases And Other
Factors, Says Floyd
Tobacco growers' marketing
uotas for 1938 will be deternined
in part from information
hat AAA committeemen have
ieen gathering for the past two
feeks or more.
The methods to be followed in
alculating tobacco marketing
uotas for individual growers
lave been established by Congress
in the crop control pro;ram
for this year, said E. Y.
rioyd, AAA executive officer at
!to to Pnllotro
The committeemen have been
isked to determine what is conidered
the normal marketings
if farms which have been producng
tobacco in the past. These
iormal marketings will be subect
to adjustment if necessary
o keep the total for all indivi(Continued
on page 4)
- f
\ged Resident j
Passes Friday
tichard W. Sullivan, 81, Of .
Town Creek, Had Been
In Poor Health For Some
Time; Funeral On Sunday
Richard Whitfield Sullivan, 81.
f Town Creek in Brunswick :
ounty, died in the Brunswick '
ounty hospital Friday night,
iter a long illness.
Mr. Sullivan was a highly res- (
iected citizen of his community. (
laving lived there his entire life.
Services were conducted Sunday
iternoon at 3 o'clock at Mt. Zion
4. E. church, where he was a
nember, by the pastor, the Rev.
larmon. Interment was made in
he family plot in the church
emetery.
Survivors include: his wife,
ight sons, J. W. Sullivan, of
lampstead, N. C., B. L? R. C.,
4. B., B. J., E. L., A. H., and
5. R. Sullivan, of Brunswick
ounty.
Three daughters, Mrs. Sol
Tiorp, of Tarboro, N. C., Mrs.
D. Skipper, and Annie Mae
lullivan, of Brunswick county,
I. C., forty-five grandchildren,
nd thirty-five great-grand childen.
Active pallbearers were Willie
files, I. W. Thorp, Harmon
lenry, J. M. Eichorn, George
''oik, W. D. Thorp; honorary,
'eter Eichorn, C. H. Zibelin, J.
J. Atkinson, M. B. Watkins, Dr.
V. Moore, W. C. Savage, J. L.
itkinson, Bob Fields, and Fred
toach, .
r pil
nunity
58 PUBLIS
Of Near Record
| : t y-:
mgr.^tL. ; v-^if
| ' '" " ' ": ^
igator was killed one Sund
Crawford Rourk and Billy 1
i the men more than three
11 feet and three inches ar
ever killed in North Carolin
Matthews, of Charlotte, Lil
lady doing the bare-back i
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. N<
Restraining Or
Removal UH
*
Visitor Looks
For Plantation
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Fisher,
Arthur and Miss Jackie Fisher,
of Went Virginia, are
spending this week here with
the Southport Civic Club.
Mr. Fisher is interested in
locating and purchasing a
five to ten thousand acre
tract of land with ocean
frontage to be used as a game
preserve.
Mr. Fisher is owner of the
largest marble manufacturing
plant in the world, his plant
having a daily production of
a million and a half children's
playing marbles, in addition
to agate novellties. His
visit is promoted by a desire
to have a place on the coast
where the officials of his
company may come with
their families and friends for
their vacation. It is the cusq
mimhrr of these
officials get their vacations
each month in the year, winter,
and summer. A large
number of saddle horses will
be kept for the use of these
employees. So far he has
been greatly pleased with
some of the possible properties.
Club Schedule
For Next Week
Cottage Cheesd Demonstration
By Foods Leaders
Will Be Feature Of Club
Work This Month
These subjects wiU be discussed
at the club meetings scheduled
below: Cottage cheese demon(Continued
on page 4)
Sorrel Mare Re
Of51Bef
D. Y. McGee, resident of
the Wlnnabow section, was a
visitor Monday morning at
The State Port Pilot office
and brought word that his
famous sorrel mare was dead.
In fact this remarkable animal,
which would have been
51-years of age this year,
died last fall after serving
her master faithfully for
two score and ten years.
Mr. McGee moved his family
to Brunswick county from
Wake county nearly twenty
years ago and he brought the
mare with him. She was a
heavy draft animal, and during
the later years of her
life was noticably swayback.
"But that did not hurt her
none," her owner assured us,
"and it took a good man
to keep up with her last
year when she was plowing."
__ /'In the earlx &U si* got
?! -
.OT jj
HED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Legnth | j
. CI
V.v ;/.*/ ->a&
:.** e?
* * ? /
* Y ^ i
-. * -' . - *> -#* ?. '>"
Y, #ip5 v>> >* it yyfripjfrjjl|
'^-s it* ** - .'"sfSflP
|M
ho
ay morning last month by ^
Newton after an all-morning
hundred yards from local th
id lacked only four inches ph
a. The interested spectators w
iby O'Brien, Barbara Weeks ?
iding act is little Charlene f0
,'wton.?(Cut courtesy Char- p?
, se
' ch
sil
der Stops ?
^mnRiiilrlinas
/uiuj/i#uuMiitgu m
1 CO
Monday Morning At P?
Camp Sapona For Pur- fo
pose Of Completing Job 01
Of Ransacking Buildings ze
But Are Stopped j
HEARING IN MATTER %
SET FOR SATURDAY
When Government Lease ^
Expired July 1, Captain
I. B. Bussels Prohibited
Further Wrecking
A restraining order signed Q
Monday morning by Judge E. H.
Cranmer put a temporary stop
to efforts of CCC workers to remove
the remaining buildings
from Camp Sapona. A hearing is
scheduled to be held before Judge
Cranmer here Saturday afternoon
to determine why this order 0(
should not be made permanent. e(j
A corps of CCC workers ap- yj
peared at the camp site Monday w
morning and were preparing to
tear down and haul away the W;
three buildings now standing,
Captain I. B. Bussels, owner of 0f
the property, discovered this Hi
fact and immediately took steps ^i
to put a stop this work. . w
When the superintendent in ro
charge of the men was ordered ds
by officers to cease operations,
(Continued on page 2) cl,
? le
Summer Students
At Mars Hill in
at
Two students from Brunswick ai
county are attending the Wake rc
at Mars Hill this summer. ec
These are: J. W. Jelks, of
Southport, and Walter Sessoms, fo
of Leland. er
Slightly over 350 students are st
enrolled this year from 55 coun- oi
ties of North Carolina, 15 states oi
and two foreign countries. Ap- jproximately
1,000 students are en- ?
rolled in the two divisions of the |
summer held at Mars Hill and
Wake Forest.
lached Age j
ore Her Death i
down," he continued, "and I !
reckon it was from overwork.
Anyway, she did not get no
better. The county agent
and a man from Raleigh ^
came to the house to see her
and they told me there wasn't
nothing to do except to get (
her out of her misery.
"She still could eat hearty,
so I fed her good and led .
her out beside the grave we .
dug for her. I couldn't look
when they. shot her, but she
tumbled into the hole in the
ground and we burried her."
"She was some horse," he .
continued in a somewhat
more ci.jerful vein. "Once I
pulled a load of tobacco to
market behind her on a onehorse
wagon and sold it for
$2,500.00. If I just had the
money I got from tobacco I
raised with her I'd be a
well-fl*ed sas," - I ?
/
rhe Pilot Covers 1
Brunswick County
I
JI
$1.50 PER YEAR |
>ial Telephones 1
flay Be Installed I
For Southport I
H
spresentatives Of Bell Hi
Telephone Co. Spending u!
Fir?t Part Of Week Here
Determining Local Senti- IE
ment
dANGE WOULD NOT
TAKE PLACE NOW ||
juipment For Operation
)f Dial System Must Be
Manufactured For
Special Require- B
ments
Officials of the Bell Telephone _[,
i., which owns a franchise for E
e city of Southport, were here Mi'
e first of this week conduct- ffj
j a personal survey of each Fj
lephone owner to discover If K
ere is a demand for the instal;ion
of the dial system. ;
S. H. Youngblood, of Raleigh, M
strict manager for the comny,
stated Tuesday afternoon H
at fifty-two of the eighty telep- H
me users in Southport had
en contacted and that without
ception they favored the change I
the dial system.
Mr. Youngblood explained that I
is is the last word in telelony.
Charlotte, Greensboro and
inston-Salem are among the 11
rge cities of the state who have HI
und the dial system vastly su- H
rior to the operator type of H
rvice. Other towns are being H
a.iged over as rapidly as pos- H
Die, he said, and application j
r change must be made months fl|
fore the actual transformation H
kes place.
"But it is the customer who !
ust say what he wants," the M
mpany official said. "The purise
of this survey is not to
rce a change, but to discover
e will of the Southport citlns."
With Mr. Tounblood here were 9
R. Thomas, group manager, of [j]
ilmington, and Goorge Prenzel, J If
strict sales manager.
Tiree Cases In g
County Court I
efendant Against Whom li
There Were Four Separate
Charges Given Sus- li.
pended Sentence Conditional
Upon His Leaving
Community
Only three cases, all of them |
minor importance, we dispos- B
I of here in Recorder's court j
ednesday before Judge John B.
John W. Srothard, Jr., white, n
as faced with two charges of S
jstroying crops and two charges B
disturbing religious worship. B
e pleaded guilty to charges of
sturbing religious worship and
as given two years on the B i
ad. capias to issue if the defen- -B|
int were found in Brunswick j j
lunty after the next day. Other M
larges were nol pressed with j
ave .
Joseph L. Walker, white, was 0
larged with breaking and enter- B
g. He pleaded guilty to the 9
nended charge of trespassing I
id was given 30 days on the ' i
>ads, this sentence being suspend- JH
I upon payment of the costs.
Fred Moore, colored, was < 4C
und guilty of speeding and of jfl
itering the highway without |H
opping. His sentence of 30 days (9
t the roads was suspended up- H|
l payment of the costr.
Tide Table I
Following Is the tide table
For South port during the next U
seek. These hours are appro*,
itmately correct and were for- Ml
ilshed The State Port Pilot f I
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association. ft]
High Tide Low H* H
TIDE TABLE I ?|j|
Thursday,. July 14 /
1:84 A. M. 2:41 A. M. t|
1:88 P. M. 2:88 P. M.I 18
Friday, July 15 ' * a
1:12 A. M. 8:20 A. M. 21
1:32 P. M. 3:18 P. M. j]
Saturday, July 16
1:50 A. M. 8:58 A. M. \ A
10:07 P. M. 3:58 P. M. jfil
Sunday, July 17 T1
10:82 A. M. 4:86 A. M. !|1
10:46 P. M. 4:42 P. M. Ill
Monday,' July 18 i
11:18 A. M. 5:16 A. M. id
11:28 P. M. 5:80 P. M. Jl
Tuesday, July 10 fl
6:00 A. M. B
12:09 P. M. 6:26 P. M. ,'fl
Wednesday, July 20 !
12:19 A. M. 6:52 A. M. I J
!:06 P. M 7:28 P. M, I l|