I^H _ --llost
Of The News
X All I he Time
'w|jm? ten no. :
Jbstmaster1
Named Pi
I 7th Dif
" eicntatives From The
H, Congressional District
U^m The North Carolina
. ^(masters Association
Mgressman WAS
principal SPEAKER
9 ! Postmaster To
I.J The Group; Mrs.
jv j. Builer, Acme
^Bostinistress, Is SecM
..five postmasters from
:n the seventh congresj^H;
district held their annual,
Sg Monday at Caswell
i^Kt. and elected Postmaster L.
of Southport, presi '
0f the group organization
ensuing year.
lidition to the postmasters
there were twenty-five
B-e the business meeting in
^H^viilion at the beach Con- I
Hna.n J. Bayard Clark, of
Sfevville. was the principal
^^Ker. He told the postmasters
has coine in the Unit
^tcs \*ncn "common sense
is needed, and call
; tie of the road policy
tic nation.
M her speaker on the pro
v.as Paul Younts, postm?r
at Charlotte and director
national association.
^Briers of the Auxiliary of
^Bjrunswick County Post No.
I American Legion, served a
seafood dinner which
^Histcl chiefly of seafood.
Kittle Bits
01 Big News
Kti Events Of Stat?
^Bmcn and World-Wide
interest During Past
Week
I The nation's holiday death
U mounted to 363 Monday i
^hht as millions jammed high- |
Bits, trains and air lines.
HBdto.iv,- | bound. Auto acci- [
H claimed 268 lives and
thousands. During the
H 7 Labor Day week-end vio
eaths numbered 391 with
HjKc accidents claiming 274.
^Bw?ts from IS states and the j
^ s,Jlct of Columbia showed
deaths from drowning, 16
- nine homicides and
miscellaneous fatalities,
foifornia led the list with 38
-ths which includ-j
20 in auto mishap and
H^j-t suicides. New York came !
J*1: with if) auto fatalities
If SI deaths.
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and 28 injured,
dy. was the toll
ly in a midnight j
i super-transport J
us and a light
n Charlotte and |
e crowded bus.
New Orleans to ]
id the car crashCatawba
river
r before midnight |
a murky, drizzlnd
the big bus
n a 25-foot emhe
dead, all of
re the occupants
n, which was a
ecognizable mass
Some of the 37
?rs were able to
f the overturned
aid others to get
am R. Meeks, 55,
ne Sunday from a
naping ordeal, and
1 later they had
pot where the woight
but unharmed,
was held for
om, which was not
Highway Patrol
Raymond Cato ane
Sunday his offiund
a barren hillmiles
northeast of
a which they disarks
of blankets,
itubs, crumpled
ind other evidence
it. A trail-like road
it 25 yards from the
is three miles from
ay on which Mrs.
found walking this
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College Girls
a_J D? i ':
AHU uuys Leave ~
Number Of Girls And Boys <
Already Have Left For ]
College, While Others
Will Leavs For School
This Week
The fall exodus of boys and C
girls for their respective colleges
is underway and several students
already have 'eft SoutViport.
Already at Louisburg College
are David Watson, Eddie Jelks _
and Lawrence Willing, of Southport,
Norwood Brooks, of Seaside,
and Elwood Mintz, of Shallotte. f
Robert McKeithan, Jr., has returned
to Edwards Memorial Institute,
Salemburg.
Malcom Frink left Sunday
morning to enroll as a student at
Oak Ridge.
Miss Clyde Fields Swain is going
to business school in Phila- j
delphia, where she is making her t
home with her sister, Mrs. Frank t
Fowler. j.
Mrs. J. W. Jelks has returned b
to Mars Hill College, where she c
is assistant dean of women. With
her is her neice, Miss Anna
Katharine Garrett, who has en- j.
rolled as a student. a
Miss Thelma Johnson has com-11
menced nurses training at James L
Walker Memorial Hospital, Wil- p
mington. ! a
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Many Honors I.
Among' the scores of fishing
parties making interesting catches
during the past week the
Beard boys, father and sons, of
Salisbury, deserves special men- .
tion. Fishing from the boat of *
party, consisting of Bryce P.
Beard, Sr., Patterson and John
Beard and Bryce P Beard, Jr.,
took 84 fine trout, blues, angel
fish and sheep head.
The interesting point is that
John Beard, 11, youngest of the 11
party, caught an even 40 of the JI
80 fish. They seemed to single f
out his bait as being the favorite a
and he had a great time hauling n
them in while his father and v
brothers looked on a bit envious- c
ly. Irridently, Mr. Beard, Sr., is n
the former State Commander of a
the American Legion. This was t'
his third fishing trip to South- o
I port this year.
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Home Agent Has ?
Narrow Escape a
Mrs. Marion S. Dosher, Bruns- wick
county home demonstration i
agent, and her sister, Mrs. Rac- I
hel Holmes, has a narrow escape
| from possible serious injury Tuesday
afternoon when the automobile
in which they were traveling
to Wilmington ran off the highway
just the other side of the
Bell Swamp interesection and
overturned.
Neither Mrs. Dosher nor Mrs.
Holmes sustained ahy serious injury,
although both suffered minor
bruises and scratches. However,
they were unable to free
themselves from their overturned
machine until J. R. Hood and
family came along and rendered
assistance.
JOINS HUSBAND
Mrs. W. R. McAuley has left
for Atkiifeon to join her husband,
who is foreman of one of the
asphalt pouring crews of the |
'state highway commission. Theyj
I plan to keep house in an auto j
i trailer. i
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A Good
ES TODAY Soutl
Recorder's Court
In Busy Session
lases Covering Variety Of
Offenses Were Disposed
Of Here Before Judge
John B. Ward Last Wednesday
A busy session of Brunswick
ounty Recorder's court was disused
of here last Wednesday beDre
Judge John B. Ward.
Dorsey Cox, white, was found
ot guilty of making an assault
rith a deadly weapon.
Holly Frink, colored, was conicted
on charges of making an
ssault with a deadly weapon
nd was given thirty days on the
oads, this sentence being supended
upon payment of the
osts.
Beaman Joyner and Archie
/illiams, colored, were found
uilty on charges of affray and
heir sentences of 30 days each
n the roads were suspended
pon payment of the costs in the
ase.
Hudson Hewett, white, was
aarged with setting wood fires. .
udgment in his case was su- ,
pended pending an investigation ?
lto his sanity.
The case against Henry Hill,
olored, charging larceny was dislissed
without costs to the 1
ounty. 1
Henry Woodard, white, was t
pund guilty of making an as- <
ault with a deadly weapon. His <
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Freeland Farm<
Wrong Tyj
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roup Of Farmers Living i
In Kingtown Community
Of Brunswick County
Apparently Have Grown
Crop Of Burley
EED MIX-UP IS
CAUSE OF TROUBLE
'armers Claim They Planted
Seed Secured From
Reliable Seed House,
But That They Were
Sold The Wrong
Type
In the Kingtown community of
irunswick county a serious situaion
confronts a large group of
obacco farmers who apparently
lave raised a crop of Burley toiacco
instead of the usual flueured
type.
More than a dozen farmers
ilanted a total of 46-acres of to- |
lacco with plants raised from i
i reliable seed house. Not until
heir crop was well underway did
hey notice anything peculiar
resent, there were twenty-five
ibout their tobacco. When the <
reed failed to attain its usual
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Inspecting boat
In Cuban Port
i
Captain John D. Ericksen
And R. F. Plaxco Have j
Gone To Cuba With The \
Idea Of Purchasing Men- ]
haden Vessel
Mayor John D. Eriksen and R. ,
i\ Plaxco left Monday for Miami,
la. From there they will sail
or Havana, Cuba, to inspect, with
. view to the purchase, a large
nenhaden boat, for the Bruns- ]
/ick Navagation Company. The ,<
raft is located at Puerto Pedro,
lear Havana. It is said to have '
. cargo capacity of nearly double! i
hat of any the several boaU i
perating at Southport. i
Should the vessel be found
atisfactory and a trade be made j
t is possible that a crew may be <
ecured there at Puerto Pedro 1
nd the ship sailed home by 1
fayor Eriksen. \
Debunking Art
Resident:
In a well-known North j
Carolina weekly magazine
there appeared last week
an article entitled "Debunking
The Gulf Stream," in which
the author, Frank Montgomery,
Jr., ridiculed the idea
that North Carolina climate
is affected by the gentle
breezes that blow from the
gulf and derided claims of
sports fishermen who have
been taking numerous tropical
fish off the Carolina
coast.
The article caused considerable
discussion locally, for in
it the writer located the
Gulf Stream approximately
100 miles off-shore from
Southport.
Under the indigant leader*
HE
News paper Ir
lport, N. C., Wednesd;
Ete
CONCERT?The Chori
a program of music Friday
vited to hear the program
boys already are well know
on a campaign trip.
hwite Parents
To Exercises
Parents, patrons and friends of
;he Southport school are invited
:o attend the opening exercises
it Southport high school Thurslay
morning at 10 o'clock, ac:ording
to Principal W. R.
Lingle.
2rs Plant
pe Of Tobacco
Tiny Baby Girl
At Local Hospital
A premature, three-iM>und
baby girl that was born at
the Brunswick County Hospital
last Friday to Mr an.d
Mrs. B. H. Hewett, of Supply.
The child is a five-months
bahy, and little hope was held
for her life at the time of
her birth. Tender nursing and
expert medical direction,
however, have collaborated in
keeping the little miss alive,
and hospital attaches now
hold definite hope for her
normal development.
Barely have children as
much as four months premature
been saved.
Superior Court
Now In Session
fudge E. H. Cranmer Is
Presiding Over Septem-1
ber Term For Trial Of
Civil Actions This Week
The September term of Bruns- j
wick county Superior court for I
the trial of civil cases is in ses- j
rion here this week, with Judge
E. H. Cranmer presiding.
In the matter of Hill vs Willetts
the jury decided Monday
that the plaintiff was entitled to
recover the sum of $202.30 from
(Continued on page 4)
Child Suffers
15-Stitch Cut
Floyd Kirby, Jr., young son of
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kirby, of
Supply, suffered a severe cut
fust, above his left eye last
rhursday afternoon when he
stumbled and struck his head
igainst a sill in a new building
icross from his father's store.
With blood streaming from the
*ash, the little fellow was rush;d
to Wilmington by Mr. and Mrs.
Kirby where it was necessary to
;ake 15 stiches to close the
vound. ,
icle Irks
s Of Southport
ship of W. B. Ke'ziah, Southport's
tireless press agent, investigation
of the official records
was made with the result
that it is now established
that the inner limit of the
stream runs less than forty
miles from Southport.
It also was determined that
the stream varies in its location,
and that at times the
inner wall lies this side of
the Frying Pan lightship.
Keziah has been seeking to
debunk the debunker, and the
sheaf of official letters and
telegrams received by him
this week probably will be
used to unhold the claim of
close proximity to the Gulf
Stream,
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P0R1
i A Good Com
ay, September 7th
.
To Present Progi
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T *
il Club of Kennedy Home, 1
evening at 8:00 o'clock in tl
by this group of 43 young j
n to South port people, for tl
I
Jobless Checks
Show Decline In
North Carolina
Revived Industry And Payment
Limits J^iven As
Reasons For Decline in
Checks For Jobless
DROP INDICATION OF
CHANGING CONDITIONS
This Drop In Payments
Indicate Many Workers
Have Drawn All The
Payments Due Them
For The Year
Raleigh.?Checks for unemployed
and partially unemployed
workers in North Carolina, which
average 6,000 to 8,000 and
amounted to $50,000 to $60,000
a day during the heavier paying
period, have now dropped to
an average of 3,500 to 4,000 a
day for $25,000 to $30,000 a day,
records of the State Unemployment
Compensation Commission
reveal.
This drop in payments, according
to Chairman Charles G. Powell,
indicate two conditions: one,
that many of the unemployed
workers have drawn all the benefits
due them, based on their
earnings since January 1, 1937,
or for the full limit of 16 weeks,
and, two, that industry has been
picking up some during the past
weeks.
Through August 31, during
seven full months of payment"-,
plus three days the latter part
of January, the Commission had
paid out in benefits $6,591,314.93,
embraced in 881,550 checks, to
probably slightly more than 200,000
claimants.
On January 28, day before the
first check was issued, the reserve
fund had reached $10,024,044.40
and additional collections
i-.ii A: _? r.r.sf inf orocf nn
or COniriDUUUlia aitu invwvw?
balance with the U. S. Treasury
since then went to $15, 794, 706.63
on August 31. /This, less the
benefit payments made, leaves a
balance of $9,203,391.70 in the
fund which can be used for benefit
payments only. The reserve
has thus been reduced by $820,652.70
during the seven months
of heavy payments.
Closes Meeting
At Mill Creek
The revival meeting that has
been in progress for the past two
weeks at the Mill Creek Baptist
church came to a close Sunday
afternoon with a baptismal service
in which 12 persons were
baptised by the pastor, the He v.
A. L. Brown.
Two other additions were received
to the church during the
revival meeting.
Drum Biting Good
On Bald Head Beach
George B. Canady, secretarytreasurer,
and other members of
the New Hanover Fishing Club,
had fine luck with the drum on
the beach at Bald Head island
Sunday morning, while fishing
with Captain Leland Day.
They brought in 11 big red
drum at noon, after a late start
in the morning. The early return
was in order to permit a scheduled
trip out for blues and mackerel,
which also turned out well.
; Captain Day says that the drum
were biting hungrily and that a
large number of the big fellows
were lost, after being hooked,
some of the fishermen not being
used to them. In fact, says Capj
tain Day, one member of the
| party caught six of the eleven
| which were taken. . _
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munity
, 1938 P^BLISHI
ram At Southport
% ri As ^
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3aptist orphanage for eastern >
le Southport Baptist Church. '
>eople. In the club are 32 girls
ley were here with the scout ti
Schools Of Com
Tomorrow
? T
August 12th Was
Warmest Date
1 ?? I
Tlic mercury soared to 93 g
degrees on August 13 to qualify
as the hottest day during
the month of August, ac- |g
cording to figures released
from the local weather bureau.
On August 31, and again
ton days later, the thermometer
managed to get down to
the 66-degrce mark to set c
the month's record for cool '
weather. r
During the 81-day period tl
there were 38 clear days and '
8 partly cloudy days. There
were thunder storms on
August 17, 18 and 37. a
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Resident Ends >
Life Thursday?
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| J. W. Johnson Commits Sui- g
cide At His Home Here rr
When He Fires Pistol d
Bullet Into His Brain o
si
J. W. Johnson, 56-year-old
resident of Southport, committed | ^
suicide at his home here Thurs- 11
a
day morning when he pressed a | Sj
revolver to his head and fired a I
bullet into his brain.
The deceased had been des-1 *
' pondent over failing health, and
' tviio was believed to have been |
the reason for his rash deed. He
had made previous threats of
self-destruction. C
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
| Lizzie H. Johnson, and the following
children: James, Annie,
Archie, Wesley, Robert Lee, Emma,
Addie, Charlie and John
Henry. ci
The funeral services were con- s;
ducted from the Mill Creek Bap- o
I tist church by the Rev. A. L.
Brown Friday afternoon and in- s'
terment was made in the church ci
cemetery.
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BUILDING HOME tl
A new five-room bungalow n
being constructed across the road si
from the G. W. Kirby store rft li
; Supply will be occupied by Wilj
lie Mills, popular employee at the li
| Kirby establishment. ti
Gulf Stream Fis
Welcome<
The men on the Frying
Pan lightship, anchored in
the Gulf Stream 35 miles out
from the Cape Fear lighthouse,
are perhaps the strongest
well wishers for the
development of the Gulf
Stream fishing off Southport.
Monday the E. M. Lewis of
Captain Hulan Watts had a
party of sportsmen on the
gulf stream. As usual they
contacted the slip and was
given a bundle of letters for
mailing. Among the letters
was one from Captain Karl
Torstensen to the Civic Club.
It is appended in full:
Lightship Number 115
Frying Pan Shoals
September 5, 1938
Southport Civic Club
Seuthport, N. C.
"Gentlemen:
"Please permit me, in behalf
of the officers and members
of the crew of this ship,
to express our deep gratitude
for your greatly appreciated
OT p
?D EVERY WEDNESDAY
|i
^ MI
arj
hel
tisi
forth Carolina, will present R.
The public is cordially in- Ra
and 11 boys. Some of the Un
roop earlier in the summer 1
or
_ Wc
fity Open ?'<
For Fall Term
the
eachers Already Are On the
Hand for Teacher* Meet- in?
ings That Are Being
Held Today At Local
School. ?
AFETY MEETING ?h,
HELD ON TUESDAY Pr,
.vcrything Is In Readiness Ba
For School Opening And Sh
Successful Season Is sio
In Fiospect ice
the
The schools of Brunswick "W
ounty will open tomorrow for of
he fall season and several hund- '
ed children must leave behind th<
he joys of another summer vaca- R"
ion to return to their studies.
This morning at Southport a toi
uacher meeting is in progress, a^
nd this afternoon there will be by
final conference between the 1
rincipals and his faculty mem- ?s
ers. ch
Tuesday morning there was a 801
rincipals' meeting held in the
ffice of Miss Annie May Woodide,
county superintendent of a(J
chools and in the afternoon at
hallotte there was a safety Rleeting
during which the bus thl
rivers were instructed in rules in
f safety by a member of the P"
tatc highway patrol. '?
Several important changes have
een made in the physicial equiplent
of the schools in the county ^ui
nd a successful season is in pro- taI
. brc
pect for the lyas-oit ierm.
r the
l I bu:
.ommi -sioners In ?
Regular Session j
inly Matters Of Routine 10
Business Came Up Before mj
Board Of County Com- So
missioncrs Here Monday <
mi
Members of the board of county :nj
ommissioners met Monday and
pent most of the day disposing Ms
f matters of routine importance. po,
Harley Gore was appointed to 3
srve as rabies inspector for Wacjmaw
township. Rj
Notice was given Charlie Hat- j_
;m, of Navassa, to appear before m,
le board next Monday, when ge
lembers will be in special sesion.
and show cause why his gjcense
should not be revoked. en
Disposing of road petitions and SU|
ind suits took up most of the mi
ime of the board. ?
hermen
J By Lightship ,
kindness. We found your
gifts very acceptable, the *
reading matter was interesting
and the cigars were of
excellent quality.
"I believe it Is safe to- *
state that this is the most
isolated station on the Atlantic
Coast. You can never really
appreciate such acts of
kindness as yours and those
of the boats that now visit
us, until you have been isolated
on a ship like this one.
"The boats that have been
coming out from Southport
seem to be having fair success
in this vicinity. The barracuda,
from the ship, appear
very plentiful from the
middle of April until the middle
of October. They seem to
be much more plentiful after
two or three days of calm
weather.
"Two members of the crew
spreared over 30 barracuda
during the month of August. '
The largest one weighed 1
(Continued on page 4) m
Phe Pilot Covers
runswick County
$1.50 PER YEAR
MM.U. Meeting
Held Friday At
Pisgah Church
rge Number Of Baptist
Women Find Inspiration
In Address Given by Mrs.
Edna R. Harris, State
Secretary
iET NEXT YEAR
WITH SOUTHPORT
nnie Heck Memorial Was
'iscussed At Length By
Members And Other
Organization Business
Settled
rhe Baptist Woman's Missionr
Union's Annual meeting was
d Friday at Mt. Pisqah Bap:
church at Supply. The outnding
speaker was Mrs. Edna
Harris, secretary of the State
ptist W o m a n's Missionary
ion, of Raleigh.
This year marks the fifthieth,
Jubilee, year of the Baptist
iman's work anxiliary to the H
ithern Baptist Convention,
ifrs. Harris' address was "Our
jilee Goals." She reviewed very
erestingly the work done by ij
w If and its growth during
se past fifty years stressing
! things which are planned for fl
i future. Among the outstand;
goals is $50,000 to be raised
1 used as a memorial to the 1
oved first state President,
sss Fannie, E. S. Heck, born
1 reared in Raleigh, where she 3
0 died in 1915. She was at
s same time both N. C. State
esident and also president of jfl
W. M. U. of the Southern
ptist Convention at her death,
e was author of the first Misn
Study Book," In Royal Serv"
and others. She also wrote
: W. M. U. Hymn Known as JlJ
toman's Hymn" sung to tune
"Come Thou Almighty King." '
rhe meeting was opened with
1 associational President, Miss
ith Ludlum, presiding.
Mrs. B. P.. Page gave the his y
of the "Woman's Hymn."
;er which it was feelingly sung
the congrcgatioh.
Reports from the officers were
follows: "Stewardship" t by
airman Mrs. J. E. Gilbert: per,ial
service, by chairman, M''S.
, E. Lewis: Mission Study by
airman, Mrs. B. R. Page; The
dress by Mrs. Harris. a
An Inspirational address by B.
Page brought the meeting to
: dinner hour where the table
the beautiful Oak Grove suped
every need in good things
eat. )i
rhe afternoon was largely
ten up by conferences and
siness, with the exception of a
k by Mrs. M. S. Mintz which
iught before the members
! aim of $50,000 to help reild
the W. M. U. Training
hool at Louisivile, Ky.
"ommittee report were made m jfl
i accepted as follows:?
rime and Place:
First Thursday in September,
39, at Southport Baptist church.
Resolutions were read by Chair'
? {fl
mi mi a. iiiuiuj/avii
uthport.
Dbituary remit found three
mbers having passed on durr
the past year: Mrs. Mary C.
ard. Mrs. Collie Robbins, Mrs. ^ jS
iry Swain nominating >'om. rsrted
and accepted: Supt. Mrs.
R. Page, assistant Supt, Mis.
ilvin Lewis, Mission Study, Miss
ith Ludlum, Stewardship, Mrs.
E. Gilbert, Personal 3ervice,
s. Thompson McCracken,
cty, Mrs. E. W. Lewis.
A rising vote of thanks was
/en Mrs. Harris for her oresce
with and for her helpful
Ingestions. A closing prayer disssed
the group.
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ride Table
Following is the tide table
or Southport during the next
reek. These hours are approJmatcly
correct and were tarilshed
The State Port Pilot
hrough the courtesy of the
}ape Fear Pilot's Association,
ligh Tide Low Tie?
TIDE TABLE
Thursday, September 8
6:19 a. m. 12:19 ft. m.
6:16 p. m. 12:29 p. m.
Friday, September 9
6:59 a. m. 12:58 a. m.
7:23 p. m. 1:11 p. ns.
Saturday, September 10
7:37 a. m. 1:36 a. m.
7:58 p. m. 1:52 p. m.
Sunday, September 11
8:16 a. m. 2:15 ft. Ok
8:85 p. m. 2:84 p. m.
Monday, September 12
8:55 a. m. 2:54 a. m.
9:18 p. m. 3:16 p. nk.
Tuesday, September IS
9:39 a. m. 3:34 a. m.
9:57 p. m. 4:08 p. m.
Wednesday, September 14
10:28 a. m. 4:19 a. m.
L0:47 p. m. 4:54 p.
V. 'grtm\ , n -r*rT