A lost Of ihe News
9 All 1he Time
KJME TEN
Mr. I.Wintz
Mme From War
antes Maneuver
Hawick County Register
^Mf Deeds Was First I.ieuWith
Company I
K 120th Infantry In
Games
jB'.u OF 29.000
,0OPS PARTICIPATED
^Mi Official Says That
Of Hardships Of
H>>r Were Experienced.
But Savs Is
II Practical
for "ninswick county, rejlV
Mnncl.i / from Brooklyn,
nhere he served for two
,s First Lieutenent with
^Mpny I "f lhe 120 Iinfantry
4 tin- war game maneuvores.
^M
m that section in the
^Kt^t peace-time concentration
^Eriti'' :n the history
Bfi Fnitoii States.
" with the troops
Kf duty it was to successfully
^E ..?the attack of a raiding
^Ebrct on taking the rail center
^H&ttiesburg. Miss., and movH
- New Orleans. This defense
H jeccessful. and the methods
^E .- werc J"st as thrill
? ?..la
110CK WttlliUC ^v/uiv4
hardships encounted.
The supply of
h water was irrewater
was a partimed
item to the
soldiers. The place
lpan.v was encampand
dry. he said,
s no trouble from
3ut the red bugs
matter.
lieves that valuable
it ruction resulted
e scale battle, and
at this is an imig
ground for nato
the Bmnswick
r of deeds, there
,-a'e? from Briy\shis
company. They
I'adgett boys from
Privates Anderson
rom Leland.
Bits
ig News
it* Of State,
World-Wide
)uring Past
eek
ms
two women were
y night in a fill
u dump near the shore 01
luke Erie and police worker
I m the theory that they were
H victims of Cleveland's mac
I iwso slayer." The first body
discovered late today, was disI
acted in four parts?head, upI
per torso and both legs. A
H skull and bones of a secont
I body were found tonight by
I detectives searching for clues
not far from the first.
fi b Defeat
B President Roosevelt called
I a emphatic language Tuesday
for the defeat of Senator Mil
I hrd F Tydings of Maryland
B ?d Representative Johr
I 0 Connor of New York in th<
"mine democratic primaries
I Answering a press conference
I ftstion. the chief executive
"Id. and issued as his owi:
I statement. a recently publish
editorial (New York EvenI
Post i which said Tydings
attempting to obtain re
"mination "with the RooseI
prestige and the money
H his conservative republicar
friends."
Whildren Threatened
I <'ece,'a Dempsey, mo
H of Jack Dempsey, saic
I he- was "worried abou
I safety of his children" an<
vanned to bring his family t(
I ? City to live withir
years Mrs. Dempsey tolt
I ??>rters former heavy
H boxing champion, nov
I a yccessfu' restaurant mat
B ^' T' ^'ork. has been alarm
1 ' kidnappings and "Jacl
I v??|!'V,'a^8 a mama's boy ant
tfywa come home to mi
I The"?^ OFFICE
r ? lce of County Audito:
B*W GeorSe has been mov
S3 he h-ill from his form
Hjcp, ,oa hito a room that re
been repainted am
THI
no. :
Caught Crocod
B tr
**1
W^m d
' ^ ^?\Wjwww? "'" >"
..
BARE-HANDED?Bill V
tion attendant, is shown her
he captured recently in a d<
wick county with his bare h
not afraid to capture crocodil
es that he's done it many tii
Commissioners
Rate At $
;| . .
Material Reduction Made
In .County Tax Rate As
Revaluation I n c r e a s es
Taxable Wealth Of Property
RATE LAST YEAR
^ WAS SET AT $1.75
County Auditor R. C. St.
George Carried Copy Of
Budget Before Local
Government Commission
Last Week
The budget for the next fiscal
year has been adopted by mem- (
bers of the Brunswick county;
i -J Issioners and the
I ouatu w
1j tax rate for 1938 had been defi- j
. nitely set at $1.40.
I A material reduction in the
r tax rate was made possible thr.
ough a horizontal increase of!
. 25 percent in property valuation, I
. I for last year the tax rate for |
II the county was $1.75.
r The new budget provides 40
; cents of the tax dollar for gener-1
al operating expenses, including
I the county poor and veterans
J and public health; seven cents for
social security and blind aid; 75
cents for debt sen-ice and 18 j
I j cents for schools.
- It was estimated that the oper-1
! ating expenses for general couni
ty purposes will be $59,150.00. j
ij (Continued on page 6) I
( Better Fishing
With Change
i According to all indications j
the bad weather jinx that
has been curbing sport fish'
ing here for tlte past six
' months was broken with the
coming of the change in the j
moon on August 11th. Since ]
that date continuous perfect
weather for sport fishing has I
prevailed.
1 What is better, the weathert
wise folks are of the opinion
1 that the fine weather will
j continue with few interjpi
tions for the next several
1 months.
While the weather is per- [
r feet for sport fishing, it is
i not rated as being quite so
good for the commercial
j boats. The heat and stillness
1 causes the menhaden to scata
ter and break up into small
pods. It is quite a task for
the huge purse nets to be put
out and taken in again, whetr
htr the catch be large or
small. When the schools, or
.pods, of fish are small it takes
afdouous labor on the part of
j the ere we to produce on a
scale that will bring them 1
i STi
A Goot
JO 10-PAGES TODAY
ile Barehanded ]
i 'iy /^^^IKBpW!
Vard, Whiteville filling stae
with the crocodile which
ense swamp area in Brunsands.
Ward says that he is
les bare-handed, and declarnes
before.- .
Set Tax
1.40 For 1938
Rudy Walters To
Play For Dance
Rudy Walters and his swing
orchestra, from Lake Waccamaw,
will play for a dance
to be held Friday night in
the Community Center Building.
The dance begins at 9:80
o'clock.
Local music lovers will remeember
this band as the one
which played the last two
nights of the el987 Regatta
dances. It gained a reputation
for being one of the most
.??..ior ovpp til nlav here.
|Mr, ? After
having good orches- |
tras here every few weeks all j
last year, several months
have now elapsed since the
last dance. For that reason
It is expected that a large
crowd will attend the dance
Friday night.
Trout Now Biting
Around Old Wrecks
Dr. H. L. Price, of Taylorsvillc,
M. H. Heiss, of Greensboro,
and postmaster L. T. Yaskell
made a pretty catch of 97 speckled
trout while fishing over the
wreck of one of the old ships on
the shoals last week.
Weather
Of The Moon
good wages.
The same thing can be said
of the shrimp trawlers. Their
nets are constructed to drag
the bottom or floor of the
ocean. The top of the net is
only five or six feet from the
floor of the ocear. as the bottom
drags over it. Warm
weather causes shrimp to
leave the bottom and swim
everywhere between it and
the surface. They thus escape
the net3 in periods like this.
But the shrimp are out there,
-let a little bit of coo! weather
come along and the boats
will sweep them in.
Monday a party went to five
different places before they
could secure lodging accommodations
for the night. The
hotel is filled up and booked
to be filled for at least two
weeks ahead with out counting
the unexpected guests.
There seems to be ample ac- '
commodations in private and
semi-private homes, and
these accommodations will
have to be made used during
the coming weeks.
ME
1 News paper Ir
Southport. N. G., W<
New Power Line
Project Is Being
Sought By City
Project Would Entail Expenditure
Of $15,000.00
But Would Give City!
Complete New Pole And
Line Equipment
PLANS FOR THIS
PROJECT DRAWN
Application Will Be Made j
Within Near Future To ],
To Head Of PWA In
This State; Authority
From Legislature
i
A $15,000.00 PWA project for
the erection or new poles and
electric lines throughout the city
of Southport is being prepared
by city officials, and formal request
for money to complete this
work will be made within a few ,
days.
Through an act of the legislature
it is possible for a city government
to issue revenue bearing
bonds, even though the municipality
is in default in payment
of its bonded indebtedness.
Through the plan now being considered
the sum of $15,000.00 can
be secured from the PWA. Of
th's amount 45 percent will be t
an outright grant. Revenue pro- j
ducing bonds extending over a i
period of 20 years rr.ay be is- |
sued to pay the remaining 55
nprcpnt
It is estimated by I he city of-1
ficials that payment ot interest j
and prinicpal on these bonds will
not amount to more than one- J
fourth the monthly cost of up
keep on the local power line.
Several Sent To
Court For Fight
Fighting And Non-Support
Furnished Cases Tried,
Last Wednesday Br fore
Judge John B. Wa'3 %
The defendants in five cakes j
tried in Brunswick county Recorder's
court last Wednesday J
were furnished from onee free- I
for-all colored tight.
Dock Bryant was found guilty!
of making an assault with a
deadly weapon. His sentence of 60 |
days on the roads war. suspended
upon payment of a $10.00 fine!
and the court cousts. Her part
in the affruy cost Pauline Bryant
a 30-day suspended sentence
after she had paid the court
costs.
Dave Brown got mixed up in
the affair to the extent of being
convicted of making an assault
with a deadly weapon. His
sentence of 30 days on the roads
was suspended upon payment of
a $10.00 fine and the costs. John j
Smith paid out of his case with
a $10.00 fine and his part of I
the costs. The 30-day sentence!
of Jo McKoy was suspended upon
payment of her part of the
costs.
Leia Frink, colored, was found
guilty of assault. She was not |
mixed up in the first fight, but|
hails from another end of the
county. Her transgression, it appeared
in court, was biting another
colored woman with whom j
she ewas engaged in strife. In
addition to paying the costs of
her case she was required by
the court to pay the $2.00 doctor
bill of the prosecuting witness.
Fred Fulford, white, was found
guilty of charges that he has J
failed to support his illigitimate
child. He was ordered by the
court to pay the sum of $5.00
monthly for this purpose until
further action of the court.
Elva Meoney, white, was found
guilty of charges of non-support
and was given 6 months on the
New Equipment
In Local Show
Amuzu Theatre Recently
Has Installed Latest,
Sound Equipment Available;
Other Improvements
Planned
The Amuzu theatre re-opened |
last Wednesday night after being
closed for two days while a complete
new sound unit was being
installed.
Patrons of the theatre Wed- j
nesday were instantly able to
cell the improvement, and the
| general opinion was that the
acoustics were as good as may
be found anywhere.
Price Furpless, proprietor of
the local show house, stated that
he has an order in now for new
seats and that soon he will have
the best equipped, most modernly j
furnished little theatre .in this!
ipa:t of the state.
P0R1
i A Good Comi
;dnesday, August 17th,
Interest Being !
Shown In Queen
Mermaid Race
F
Inquiries From Various Sections
Show Interest On
Part Of Lovely Maids In
All - Expense Trip To ~
Wrightsville
WINNER WILL BE ,
GIVEN NEXT WEEK h
Names Of No Contestants
Are Given Today, For
Next Week's Announcement
Of Winner Jv
Must Be Surprise e
From several sections of Bruns- 9
wick county have come inquiries j ?
concerning the contest for the "
selection of Queen Mermaid for
Brunswick ^ounty, for which the
first prize will be an all-ex- v
pense trip to the Water Carnival jat
Wrightsville Beach August 27 j y
and 28. !
The plan is simple. Just pick 8
out yen favorite pretty girl above 0
the age of 16 and send in your c
vote for her as Brunswick county's
queen. Official ballots are "
printed on the editorial page, and . ^
no vote will be counted that is
not sent in on one of these forms.
All ballots must be in the of- ^
fice of The State Port Pilot not
later than Monday, August 22, c
ai l'i O ClOCK noon, xiic ucuoiuu i ^
of the judges will be final.
The winner will receive the
title of Brunswick county's Queen
Mermaid and will represent this '
section in the beauty contest at |
Wrightsvillc Beach August 28. J
The two day trip to the carnival
will be paid for by this newspaper,
who is offering this prize
to the county's most beautiful and
popular mermaid.
Remember: This is a county-'
wide contest: and all votes must
be in before Monday noon.
Dr. Shupert Is
Back For More.
Centralist, lTH., Physician
Made A Fine Catch Here
In Half Day Last Year
And Is Ready To Try
Again
Dr. F. M. Shupert, of Centra-1
da, 111, holder of the 1937 record
for a half-day catch of trout, arrived
Monday with Mrs. Shupert
and their daughters, Misse.) Jean ;
and Jacqualene. The Doctor intends
to put in a full week of
fishing this time.
Last year. Dr. and Mrs. Shup-r
ert were attracted to Myrtle
Beach. Near the end of their vacation
they heard of the Southport
fishing and came here for
the last three days of their stay.
During one of these days, while
out on the boat of Captain Hulan
Watts, Dr. Shupert hauled in
trout to the astonishing number I
of 97. He caught about all of |
fheap himsplf Mrs. ShuDert beine : i
seasick as was one of the little j1
girls. The other assisted her
father by taking eleven.
The large number of trout
caught by one man in hardly
more than half a day was all the
more remarkable in view of the c
fact that the fish were unusually v
large ones. TTiey averaged about |
three pounds to the fish, many 1
specimens tipping the scales at '
four pounds and better. 3
Pictures of the big catch were
widely circulated, appearing in 1
Illinois newspapers a/id various '
North Carolina publications.
Sportsmen Hear
Of Gulf Stream
From Distant States Have
Come Inquiries Regarding
Big Game Fishing
Off Shore From Southport
From all over the United States
inquiries have been pouring in
during the past week regarding
Gulf Stream fishing at Southport.
The inquiries have come from all
sorts of people, from the Governor
of Pennsylvania on down.
Governor Earle, of Pensylvania,
did not merely make an inquiry;
he asked if he could get a boat
and made inquiry regarding the
weather. It is believed that he
will show up at Southport before
the end of the summer for
Gulf Stream fishing.
From the right distant state;
of Wisconsin two inquiries came
in one day. The sportsmen writing
were both actuated in their
interest by a story appearing in
the last issue of one of the best
known outdoor magazines in the
United States.
Incidently, Paul K. Whipple, of
Minneapolis, Minn., editor of the
(Continued on page 6)
r piL
munity
1938 PUBLISH
Southport Attoi
District J
*?
9
'oisson, Wilmington Attor- ]
ney, Tells Of The Problems
Confronting The Attorney
Of Today
OUTHPORT ATTORNEY
NAMED AS PRESIDENT
1. L. Lyon, Jr. And Dwight
McEwen, Both Of Whiteville,
Are Named Officers
In District
S. Bunn Frink. of Southport.
raa elected president of the
Ighth judicial district bar as- j
ociation when fifty members (
athered at the Anchorage pavi-;
;on at Lake Waccamaw Friday J
vening for their annual dinner
ession. _
H. L. Lyon, Jr., of Whiteville.
ras elected as vice president, g,
>wight McEwen, Sr., of White-1 tj,
ille, and Wilmington, secretary p,
nd treasurer and Louis J. Poissos:
f Wilmington was re-elected in
ounselor. hi
Members of the executive com- pi
aittee were elected as follows: j b;
ulian D. Lewis, of Whiteville; ! th
oon H. Corbett, of Burgaw, Ro- J sf
lert W. Davis, of Southport; K. j of
). Burgwin. of Wilmington, and th
rving: Tucker, Sr., of Whiteville. d<
Louis J. Poisson was the prin- J til
ipal speaker of the evening,
peaking on "Problems Confront- m
ng the Bar Today." . th
He classed the problems of the j
Begin Paving St
Rpach Roac
*
? lA
Postmasters To
Visit Southport
Postmaster Wilbur Dosher, y
of Wilmington, was in town
Saturday afternoon talking j
over prospects for n meeting Jj
here sometime next month of
the postmasters of this district.
Postmaster L. T. Yaskell
got in touch with the head
man at the Wilmington of- |
flee Monday and the two of
them decided upon a district ?
meeting to be held here dur- tl
Ing the first or second week is
In September. ' p
No complete program has J fi
been mapped out as yet, but ! st
fish will be biting at their (
best about that time and it (b<
Is a well known fact that i w
both of these postal officials c<
are faithful followers of Isa- fi
as Walton.
Fake-Outs For
The Tax List in
Iti
"ollowing First Insertion j.j
Of County Tax List Last; t)
Week Several Tax Pay-'w
" U?urs Pair! I In |h?
CIS *IOTC a ?*?w ?- f ,
The first publication of the s(
:ounty tax list was made last. cl
veek, and since that time a num- tl
)er of property owners have come 1 a
nto the office of Tax Collector v
3has. E. Gause and paid their g
1931 taxes. t\
Once the list was set up. it A
vas impossible to withdraw the I v.
lames. However, we are running j fi
lerewith a list of persons whose i pi
iroperty has been advertised, but
vho have since paid their taxes: ' d
(Continued on page 6)
Raleigh Mayor!
At Trou
Mayor George A. Isley, of
Raleigh, demonstrated Fri- [
day that he was a right good
spoilsman. The demonstration
was not so much along the
line of ability to catch fish
as it was to show, he could
take hard luck and keep plugging
away.
Coming down as the guest
of Frank Johnson, of Statesville,
Mayor Isley went out on
the boat of Captain H. T.
Bowmer. The moon had
changed just the day before
and the fish evidently decided
to take a holiday Friday in
celebration of the event. They
would not bite for anybody,
except Mr. Johnson, until
the afternoon. It began to
look like the said Mr. Johnson
was going a bit too far
and was taking all the sport
from the mayor and the Civic
man, who was also a guest.
Came noon and the Raleigh
chief executive had not
capght anything at all de- J
OT
ED EVERY WEDNESDAY
*ney Is
Bar President
~i^JS
sSbk
s.-bTnn~i rink
ir under three heads: The
owth of arbitration: administram
tribunals: and unauthorized
act ice of law.
In suggesting means of meetg
the problems he gave a brief
story of the development of the
ofession and of the part played
r members of the profession in
ic development of the nation. He
loke of the "steadfast adherence
the attorneys of the nation to
le fundamental principles of
;mocracy through the trying
me in U. S. history."
He called for unity among the
embers of the bar in meeting
le bar's problems and in render(Continued
on page 6)
retch Of
1 Near Station
ibout A Mile Along Ocean
Front Between The Coast
Guard Station And Caswell
Beach Is Being Surfaced
V. R. McAULEY IN
CHARGE 9F CREW
s Foreman In Charge Of
Sand - Asphalt Workers
Who Have Been Sent
Here T0 Begin
Proiect
A sand-asphalt crew of the
tatc Highway Commission under
le direction of W. R. McAuley,
working this week to comlete
about a mile of paving
om the Oak Island coast guard
:ation down to Caswell Beach,
Instead of using the old roaded,
the new road lies over toard
the ocean and will, when
impleted, afford a pretty ocean
ont drive.
Present plans call for the suricing
of just this portion ol
le road. Later the pavement will
8 extended another mile down
le beach, where it will interict
the old beach road as il
ins out to the ocean. Compleon
of the pavement now is conngent
upon preparing a suitable
ladbed along the remainder ol
le beacn ana across uie wuacay,
which has been pronounced
y engineers as being too low.
With the completion of thii
:retch they will have quite a
nange from the old order ol
lings at Oak Island. It was only
few years ago that boats proIded
the only way for the
uardsmen to come and go tieveen
the station and Southport
t that the guardsmen had tc
alk nearly a mile of causeway
om the station tc reach the
oint where the boats were kept.
A half dozen years ago, in adItion
to building a modern and
(Continued on page 6)
Has A Try
t Fishing Here
spite diligent effort. His poor
luck did not upset him. He
stuck to his fishing. His patience
was finally rewarded.
In the afternoon the fish
completely deserted the
Statesville man in favor of
Raleigh. Mayor Isley reeled in
trout after trout and the most
that Mr. Johnson could do
was to chew more industriously
on his tobacco and mutter
soft things to himself.
The day wound up with the
Mayor about a dozen trout
ahead.
The days results was pretty
good, intriguing the Raleigh
man so much that he is coming
to try it again. He had
one unfortunate accident during
the afternoon. Believe it
or not, he hooked the great
grandady of all the trout,
and brought him up alongside
the boat. Ju3t as he made
the heave that was to land
the big fellow in the boat the
fish let go the hook and
swam decously away.
The Pilot Covers j
Brunswick County j
$1.50 PER YEAR j
First Pre-School f]
Conference Will 1
Be Held On 25th j j
Meeting Called By Dr. J. fl
Henry Highsmith For All |
Administrative Officials I
In This County ; I
VARIED PROGRAM IS
PLANNED FOR EVENT
Thorough Discussion Of I
Vocational Education To j
Be Disqussed: Princip- j
ais To Hold Meeting I
On Friday, September 16, there H
will be the first of a series of j
j school clinics held here for the 1
I benefit of Brunswick county d
school officials. This meeting ori- I
finally was set for August 26, I
I but school will not be open at j
I that time, and school teachers I
and principals will not be avail- I
able.
A representative of the Division a
of Instructional Service and a re- j
presentative of the Division of I
Vocational Education will be pre- ?
sent' at the conference. The pro- j j. J
j gram begins at 9:0(1 a. m., and 1
| will adjourn for lunch at 1:00 a. I '
m. The morning program will be 1
devoted entirely to a discussion J
of professional improvement HE
through: 1
1. Various types of professional I
meetings. 2. Use of the profes- j
sional library. 3. Observation and I
study of classroom practices. 4. I
Educational trips, excursions, in- H
ter-school visits. 5. Council meet- a
ings, workshops, and organized I
committee work. 6. The study and
use of pupil records and reports. ^Hj
7 A Unnwleriee of instructional j
t materials, supplies, and equip- I
I ment for the school as a whole. I
18. Participation in curriculum I
i studies. 9. Practical uses of cours- Ml
: es of study and manuals. 10. 1
, Adaptation of instruction and in- 1
formation in 1938 Handbook. I
The second part of the morning |M
program will be given as a dis- *
cussion of school improvement SB
, through; |
1. Values in requirements for .?"
, accredit nicnt. 2. Accumulative history
records of pupils. 3. General (H
history record' of the individual I
schools. 4. Accession records of jIB
materials, supplies, and equipment. jfl
5. Better housekeeping for all 8
buildings and the proper care, use, j
, | and beautification of school H
.' grounds. 6. Plaint and programs ?
I for coordinating and unifying the |
work of individual schools f
(also within each school.) 7. |H
Health and physical education C
program coordinated with the 1
school programs. 8. School and
community organizations and co- juj
operating agencies. 9. Safe and
' efficient transportation of pupils t
1 (bus system). 10. Interchange of 3
visits between the home and the I
; school. 11. State and National ,
plans and programs. J
A thorough discussion of voca- Z
' tional education as a vital part of
the program of education with
special emphasis upon the vari- |
ous phases of the instruction B
' program for the ensuing school BH
; year, will be discussed under the 1
leadership of a representative of I
the vocational department. 9
1 The afternoon session, which
will be held in the Textbook De- IB
pository, with the principals only, IH
will deal with the administrative I
program for the year, as well as Km
plans for the opening on Thurs- V
day, September 1st. Among thoso 5
expected to he present in addition H
to the State officials will be the SI
following. G. O. Rogers, I. C. > 11
Pait, R. L. Marsh. Ivo Wortman, M
Mabel White, F. A. Ficquett, C. I
H. Pinner, T. L. Wooten, B. E. uflS
Ratchford, E. L. Derrick, L. M I
Adcox, J. R. Woodard, Jap Led- 9
(Continued on page 6) g
Tide Table |
Following Is the tide table <1 1
for Southport during the next S
week. These hours are appro- 9
ximately correct and were fur- |
nlshed The State Port Pilot I
through the courtesy of the j
Cape Fear Pllot'a Association. i
High Tide l-ow Tide I
TIDE TABLE f 1
Thursday, August 11 I
7:27 A. M. 1:88 P. M. I
1:82 A. M. 7:54 P. M. f
Friday, August 12 *, !
8:06 A. M. 2:15 P. M. j*E]
2:10 A. M. 8:28 P. M. 9
Saturday, August 13 . I
8:44 A. M. 2:55 P. M. I 1
' 2:47 A. M. 9:08 P. M. j
Sunday, August 14 I
! 9:22 A. M. 8.86 P. M. I
3:25 A. M. 9:38 P. 51. 1
Monday, August 15 ]
10:03 A. M. 4:20 P. M. I
4:08 A. M. 10:17 P. M. J
Tuesday, August 16 ,j-l
\ 10:50 A. 51. 5:09 P. M. SI
4:45 A. M. 11:08 P. M. 1
Wednesday, August 17 f I
11:42 A. M. 6:05 P. M.^