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
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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 <j,
At Wrightsville Beach ^
c \ This Week
' GROUP INVITED "
* TO VISIT HERE w
0 Have Been Asked To Come
L Down River Road Via The
Orton Plantation J n
Thence To Southport
f For Stop J,
0 The North Carolina Press Ase
sociation will hold it's annual ya(
e ! midsummer meeting at Wrights'
I ville Beach on Thursday, Friday p
?* - - - - j i r
u and Saturday or mis ween unu ^
s j on Friday approximately 200
r newspaper men and women will l,
e | be given their choice of some . (
" i three different outings. One of ? _
" pcrc
these is a drive down the River _
resu
111 Road in Brunswick county, a
" stop at Orton plantation, this pral
S | to be followed by a trip on to | g(
k I Southport and a boat trip out J van(
i to Bald Head island and back. I.
i i burr
11 [ It is understood that at Orton
' on the way back down here Mr. ^
Sprunt and the Orton horticul- tene
turist, Churchill Bragaw, will i that
provide the guests with some
j light refreshments. As this trip
will be directly after lunch, President
Talbot Patrick of the I
d Press Association has requested!
I- that entertainment be very lim- j
ited.
Until the representatives of the (
' various newspapers actually ar-1
j rive at Wrightsville and register ni
! for the convention it will be dife
| ficult to estimate how many edi- m
'e tors will make the trip to Orton, w
e Southport and Bald Head. Pres- al
r- ident Patrick has advised the w
8, Civic Club secretary that as P
n each delegate arrives and regis- a|
te ters on Thursday he or she will j N
0 be asked to designate his or her Si
choice of the various trips for t(
y the next afternoon. It is felt ff
i- certain that more than 50 will
a prefer the trip here. This number j m
i> | 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
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