I he News : Time * NO- s KR ard r ; Will L hursday v Will Be PPo?re A Bef?re J1 Raleigh By or INCREASE IS Been Set Of Paying Operating >r Comhangcs in the ite take place embers of the ; comnnssioners iv anil tentat;ram of expense based upon n increase of ; year's rate of (will represent an - ated to take carc -t i perating expcnarty a thing that iper.ed during the irs. The deficit for J ars 1937-38 is about budget estimate. | considered and discsday anii again in1 members of the ur.ty commissioners, a valuation of $8,1 upon a 70-per- ta n of the levy. Al- G ted in the matter gi s the collection of 111 n delinquent taxes St ur.ti:.j, to >0,000. I ? t (.arc of the ?!."oo.;K) budget for L itn.g expenses j id the existing deficit '.missionera approve s it now stands it j carried to Raleigh , /> iditor R. C. St.: ' ;an,:nation by the ent commission. If it will be permitop. n for question ! ?i 30 days be- p. ption. Bits r >ig News nt? Of State, fit i World-Wide in| During Past a I Week Ju -? bo CO RI?I \ SPEAKS rc out bitterly against no today to create W( n the United States, a lo H I.a Guardia of th ity described efforts politicians to move! -n n the North to the fjr he promise of cheap jS twr.al suicide" in a in, ck on economic and \ ju ions in an address j aw Knforcement Of f Carolinas in Wil-' L tr the "unity of the ^ 1 the social welfare) the "Little Flower"! lis audience of ap-1 2.000 people which j a downtown theatre j ge antics. <<> QUESTION' dives of flue-cured j 1'ers from Virginia to I rmed hy "unsatisfacO! Georgia markets, j onday in Washington i "fence be held with j die bright cigarette | I?s the advisability of some of this year's from auction floors Prices. The proposal >f a three-point pro-' wiously adopted at a", representatives who | capital to discuss the nth Agricultural Ad- [ dministration officials. WtKms were the en-I House-approved amlo the 1938 farm act ar- immediate farm- j ?Uetl on page 6) THI ATE< i> "Wolf Of L Jk ' Ess Sk tV ^Aflj jgj^H BARRACUDA?Mere is ken recently by an up-state ulf Stream. Mrs. W. 0. Kei ant fellow aloft (but if you jlpinjr hand 011 the extren ,ar-News. ceu Crocs Cif Classes He stood Crowd Of Aspirants! For Junior And Senior Life Saving Badges On Hand For First Class On Monday LASS IS BEING TAUGHT BY MIX 'ill Be Here Each Afterloon During This Week 1 For Purpose Of Giving These Lessons Charles A. Mix. Red Cross Id representative for life savg afid first aid, is conducting class here this week for both nior and senior life savers. More than forty girls and ys were registered for the urse and almost that many ported to him Monday afterion despite the threatening j ?ather conditions that ended in severe thunder storm late in e day. Mix follows a busy schedule his work as life saving and j st aid teacher and usually he I kept busy holding courses for j structors. Because Southport is t st getting started in the work J t Continued on page 6) s Iaul7ngShrimF Is A Job For 1 Trucking shrimp from [ Morgan City, La., to New ork and return, Ben Finch and Warren Swain, young Southport men, have made a coverage of 28,000 miles in the past six weeks. The distance from Morgan City to New York is 1,750 miles and each round | trip entails more than 3,000 miles of travel. They drive I day and night, relieving j each other at the wheel ! about every five or six hours and each covering something in excess of 200 miles before the other takes over. The Finch truck is made to cary 150 boxes of shrimp but during the hot months they have to limit their... loads to HO boxes in order to permit re-icing of the cargo enroute. The re-icing is done by blowing crushed ice inside the compartment, the iST] A GooJ Southport, N^l 5f$D r The Sea".I I vv/WB * 9 I ' ' H rin.i cBflfliiaaa thai: bm? cv line o|;tviim.ii u i a l tvao | l party who went out to the r iiper is shown holding- the ? '11 look closely you'll see a le right.)?(Cut Courtesy ( i i? e Saving re This Week . Lightning Hits Local Hospital h ~~ZZZZ ;? During a heavy electrical t and rain storm Wednesday ? 11 night lightning stnick the , Doshcr Memorial Hospital . and slightly shocked a num- ; \ her of the patients in ad- j c (lition to putting the electric P lighting system out of com- ' mission. Kerosene lam|>s and ^ candles had to be resorted to for the remainder of the night. ? The bolt is believed to i , have followed wiring intothe J building. One of the chimneys was demolished from ( the top of the roof upwards, brick being hurled into the hi eh way about a hundred fret from the building-. NEW BUSSES Three new school buses have * leen received for use in the couny schools during the coming ' chool year. ) To Market ! Traveling Man J pressure being sufficient to force the ice over and between all boxes. The freight receipts are governed by the I number of boxes ill a load ] and the 140 box loads bring i the haulers $420.00 on deliv- c cry in New York. I c This is not all velvet. The i i trucks use an enormous h amount of gas and oil, going steadily for two days and a | ( half or longer under a heavy J s load and consuming about 11 the same amount of time ; getting back. In addition to 1 the oil and gas, wear and 1 tear on the truck, to say I nothing of the energy and i time of the drivers, the truckers have to pay for the 1 re-icing out of their own 11 pocket. The profits are a ! I little better in winter as the 1 < I , oil and gas consumption is . lower and the cargoes do j J not need re-icii)g. 11 VTE 1 News paper CM Wednesday, 60 TE -* Count) Opening Date Is Later This Year Than Lasl ill Consolidated Schools Ii Brunswick County To Be gin On The Same Day Which Is The Secon* Monday In September JO BUILDING DURING SUMMEF lowever, Effort Is Beinj Made To Secure Funds For Erection Of Additional Classrooms The consolidated schools o Jrunswick county will open fo he fall term on Monday, Sep ember 11, according to announ :esient received this week fror diss Annie May Woodside, coun y superintendent of schools. There have been no unusua epairs or improvements to an; if the buildings during the sum ner months, but during the nex ew weeks a complete check-u rill be made in order to hav ach plant in tip-top conditio: or opening day. Miss Woodside says that whil here has been no building thi ummer, an attempt is beini nade to secure a building projec hat will provide additional clas oom space at Waccamaw an ihallottc schools. 5end Diagram Of Landing Field; Vilmington Men Still Show ing Helpful Interest Ii Construction Of Air Por Here Pennington Flying school offi :ials, here last week to mee vith local citizens with a view o in airport for Southport, hav iubmitted sketches for thrc ypes of fields, eitner of whic ire adapted to one of the pre >osed sites inspected. Plan No. 1 is a sketch of a 'L" type airport, the main rur vay to be 3000 feet long in th lirection of the prevailing wind! rhe shorter part of the "L," i 1000 feet in length and bot unaways are calculated for 30 eet width, the same as at th ilew Hanover county airport. Plan No. 2 is for a "T" typ lirport, the two wings of th T" to have a total distance c 1000 feet and the long run t 3000 feet in length; as in th 'L" type plan, the runaways ar :alculated for 300 feet in widtt Plan No. 3 calls for the 300 'cet main runaway and allow or a short one at either end o n the middle, the hanger to b it one end of the main runa vay. Meares Harriss, Jr., Warre 3ennington and Bill Betts, all ol icials of the Pennington Flyin School, who were here last wee n consultation with local citiz :ns, are indicating a great dea >f personal interest in the ic :al movement. ^uneral Services Held For Citizet Funeral services for D. C. Mc Ceithan, of Northwest who die Tri. at his home after a short if less, were held at 3 o'clock Mor lay afternoon from the chapi >f Andrews' mortuary in Wi nington by the Rev. Walter f Voe. Interment followed in Oakdal :emetery, where the gravesid services were conducted by th A'ilmington Lodge No. 319, A. I ind A. M., and Camp No. I United States Spanish America tVar Veterans. Members of th two organizations were asked t ittend. Mr. McKeithan is survived b lis widow, a son, D. R. McKe than, of Bartlesville, Okla., laughter, Mrs. H. F. Hamptoi if Washington, D. C., a broth< I. S. McKeithan, of Washingtoi D. C., and a sister, Mrs. J. I Russ, of Lumberton. PORT In A Good Comn August 2nd, 1939 INTATI * * * * * J / SchooL Sentelle Case C Is Continued 1 Until Aug. 22 Boj l ! ??????????????? aB' ed I the houi trav j sloo j o'clt pert ceetl [and I a d tern spra thej befo nati viol< j e; The case of R. E. Sentelle,; ( s 63, of Southport, former Legis-1 " 1 lotAi- arrootorl nt fJastonifl. SPV t; oral weeks ago on a charge of s drunken driving, was continued d for the third time in Gastonia City Police Court Monday. J The continuance was granted j ^ until August 22 when R. Gregg Cherry, ex-speaker of the House, I who is representing Sen telle, I J 1 presented a physician's certifi ! cate to the effect the defendant j I was too ill to make the trip " Ui B here to appear in court, t j ?ress Members ;nh ; Will Be Here "l On Short Trip ? h . lo K Annual Summer Meeting pr Of North Carolina Press 0j Association Will Be Held | may swell to a hundred or more. e' :r j During - the past year a great | a! i>, | deal of interest in Southport and \ ei I. Brunswick county has been ere-, 1' (Continued on page 6) | 1 PI1 mnity PUBLISHED E VEL1 f * * * 5 Oper harleston B A Stormy rs Have Narrow Escape Trip Here From I Sati eking an ebb tide and chas by a tail wind that blew a rate of 35 to 40 miles pe r, four young Charleston men eling on a 28-foot auxiliar p, put in at Southport at oni >ck Sunday morning and re ,ed themselves as being ex lingly glad to be here, he men were Graham Raht idy Benson, Carlisle Mahom Jack Leonard. They lef rleston early Saturday morn with the seas as calm a; uck pond. Late Saturday af oon a steady southwest gali ng up and for several hour; ' were able to speed along re it at a lively speed, pproaching the North Caro coast the wind and combi on of ebb tide became s< :nt that all sails had to bt jectment Pr C,..., T.. ^iari ii ands Alligator 'ith Rod and Reel Mrs. Fn.nk Moiiyeheck, loll devotee of fresh water shing, made a very unustl cateh last week in the tape of a 32-inch ablator. Mrs. Mollycheck was castg for freshwater bass in le spillway at Orton ponil. lie 'gator, a very fat one, we for the bait with as ueh gusto as a trout would id the strike resulted in its ing neatly hooked in its wer jaw. It made a tough' fight than any game fish twice its size would have me, but was finally landI. It is planned to send the eature to some of the rod id gun editors in the north, here the 'gators are not so ell known. >ss Suffered n Tobacco Crop ef > n/?ai) P nn lUUi) VII v Ullio in. iiwo wwaa ute To Loss Of A Large 'art Of This Year's To' acco Crop >sses in the Brunswick coun :obacco crop ranging rrom 21 ent up to 50 percent havi lted from inability to get thi 1 housed, according to gen report over the county, sveral reasons have been ad :ed for this unusual loss fron ling up in the field. One ii constant wet weather kep fertilizer in solution and has d the loss of plant food s< there was no nutriment lef (Continued on page 6) ong Neglecte Finally Emj Maxie Cooker, Southport an, is authority for the atement that the handsome ast in the R. W. Hawley as not e?it for her originly. It was first discovered ashed ashore on the Bay each, about fifteen years 50. It was found by Clyde ewton and the late Capt. am Newton, who decided i get it to be used as a nder piling for the cus>ms house wharf in Willington. After looking it ovr, however, they were (raid it was too worm eata to be serviceable, and so ley left on the beach. In the course of years it ,0T : :VERY WEDNESDAY fADOi * * * * * i Septet\ oys Have [( Trip Outside From Derth Durin? Outside j South Carolin-. City p urday . -1 reefed. The little 25 h.p. engine t took the whole burden for awhile r but began to experience trouble , as the craft approached the Cape y eFar shoals. In fact, the engine, V s like the sails, failed them alto gether when the boat was near - and in danger of being hurled 1 upon the shoals. ;, Thanks to swift and skilful | ! work on the engine by one of the t boys, power was finally restored j - and the four men were able to j s navigate the craft through the ^ - heavy seas that were running off i'' i the bar. They docked here with 13 3 everything on the boat soaking j s j wet from the flying spray. Out-' a j side of this soaking, the craft i ? -' and men were uninjured. After - spending all day Sunday drying 3 j out, the trip to Washington was s 3 resumed Monday morning. I c ? b oceedings ' ' A Y > > r i i ax matters. . ? . it Seven Suits Have Been Fil- a ed In The Office Of Clerk Of Court And Dis-r possession Awaits Own- ] 9 * ers T__ 0 FAIR WARNING c HAS BEEN GIVEN , i_ |! County Attorney Shows f Each Step In The Devel- r opment Of These Tax Suits That Are Winding Up s Papers were filed in the office of the clerk of court here j'' last week instituting a suit for |v ejectment against seven defend- ^ ants whose property was fore- (. ] closed for taxes. r Defendents in these suits arc 3 Edward Sparrow and wife, John l; A. Clemmons and wife, W. VV. Long and wife, J. L. Phelps and a J wife, J. J. Hewett and wife, H. 1 M. Long and wife, L. N. Robin- t son and wife. I If the suits are granted J when they are heard at the Sep- h [ tember term of court the above | f J persons, will be disposessed and | [ title for their property will come j t k I P1 to Brunswick county. \ The above arc the only seven ii . | cases out of the more than 20 J , in which action for foreclosure ( . ! was commenced by County At- 1 torney S. B. Frink in May in c {which foreclosure was necessary. | Other defendants came in and I 3 paid up, while some effected r ? satisfactory compromises. n ? In explaning this step in the ji . tax foreclosure proceedings, Mr. C Frink says that nothing sudden . or unexpected has been done; j; and every effort has been made " s: to give the defendants every t opportunity in the world to pay I .'up before they lost their prop> erty. First the defendents were t given personal service on a com(Continued on page 6) d, Ship Mast placed In Vessel drifted all around from place to place about Bald Head, coming to rest finally at the head of Cape Creek. When the Hawley was being fitted out, Capt. James (Bud) Pinner of the U. S. Lighthouse service, learning that a mast was needed, floated the old spar to the mouth of the creek where it was picked up. The worm eaten part was shaved off, leaving the heart of the mast intact and in excellent condition. It may be seen now, as good as new, once more serving the pur- j' pose for which it was In- 11 1 tended. l! The Pilot Covers I Brunswick County j $1.50 PER YEAR J pTed * * * * I nberll jood Luck For I Fishermen Here % 11 Last Week-End I ishing Was Particularly I Good Here The Latter I Part Of Last Week, With I Each Party Having Sue- I cess I LEATHER SUNDAY I WAS TOO ROUGH I 'here Appeared To Be I Plenty Of Fish Both On ] The Shoals And Out In I The Gulf Last Week 1 The fishing has been especially j ood for the past few days with I irge schools of mackerel and 8 lue fish waiting to give the I portsmen plenty of excitement I t points close inshore. Offshore | lie barracuda, amberjack, bon- j a and rlnlnhin havo a lsn hoPtl I triking strong. Dozens of barrauda, many of them weighing upwards of 25 pounds, have been rought in. It has been impossible to keep * rack of all of the fishing paries and note results upon their eturn to port. However, several i f the Saturday and Sunday roups of sportsmen were conacted and the following brief ccounts of results are given: Dr. Graham Barefoot of Wilnington and party brought in 7 large mackerel as the results f two hours fishing directly off 5 hore in the boat Golfvn Shell, Captain Mart Gutherie and Tony -I IcKeithan. Dr. Barefoot's party iras composed of George Forte, Charlotte; A. L. Harvey, Wilson; -S )r. H. F. Hall, Dr. Leo F. Hall .nd M. B. Medlin. Columbia, S. I 3., and Julian Price, Florence, I Dr. F. P. Summers of Char- j otte and G. A. Kalber af Harts- 'I 'ille were out on the E. M. I yewis. Captain Hulan Watts, to I he Gulf Stream Friday. They I irought in a large catch of I nackercl, blues, dolphin and one I 0-pound barrcuda. The boat on- _ E y went 17 miles out. | Saturday Doc Summers went .9 gain, this time accompanied by j Sen Cone, textile man of Greens- | >oro, Bill Houston, Greensboro; /|| Sen Harris, High Point, and D. I k Rronnnn of Raloie'h Thov _1 irought in a nice catch, including I ive barracuda. I Also on the Gulf Saturday was I he Eva Mae, Captain Donnie v jfl Vatts, carrying a party consist- I ng of John R. Peacock, Mr. and r 4rs. E. F. Crayer and J. O. >aig, Jr., all of High Point. a Tiey brought in a splendid 1 atch of barracuda and dolphin. Fishing with Captain H. T. ? lowmcr Saturday and getting nore than a hundred pretty "lackerel, as well as an amber- I ick and other fish, were, W. L. f, :ole, S. G. Hardy, J. C. Brad(Continued on page 6) Tide Table I] Following Is the tide table 11 for Soutbport during the nest 1 week. These hours are appro- J xlmately correct and were fur- ] nlshcd The State Port Pilot I through the courtesy of tfc? ! Cape Fear PUot'a Assoclatio* J High Tide Low TMt il TIDE TABLE Thursday, August S I 9:26 a.m. 3:30 a.m. j 9:36 p.m rS:44 p.m. Friday, August 4 i | 10:02 a.m. 4:00 a.m. 1 10:12 p.m 4:16 p.m. Saturday, August 5 10:41 a.m. 4:31. a.m? 10:31 p.m. 4:51 p.m. Sunday, August 6 11:23 a.m. 5:03 a.m. 11:36 p.m. 5:34 p.m. . j Monday, August 7 5:43 ajn. 12:10 p.m. 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, August 8 0:28 a.m. 6:85 a.m. 1:0-2 p.m. 7:46 p.m. : Wednesday, August 9 1:26 a.m. 7:44 a.m. j 2:01 p.m. 8:56 p.m. j J . ! ' /: :L -