pilfost Of The New? AH The Time lin i(l Ml frr. B atm^LEVEN__NOj ;'Jnounce Which Files To Apply ?'lfo Weed Vote n ?? farmers Who Wer. ^'Bjgaged In Productioi ^K;~ Flue-Cured Tobacc ~~~^JI>bacco In 1939 Eligibli |lt Vote SMrAl OTHER RULES tPPLYING TO VOTIN( Must Vote In Th< "^ jnmunity In Which Ky Live; No Person . Entitled To More Than One Vote () W^BvorJr'o -V 40-Tob-l, Instrue H for Holding Referendum o ' Tobacco Marketin for the year 1940, Set A, Voting Eligibility; A . who were engaged in th ,D ^Kchon of flue-cured tobac i H- 1939 are eligible to vot fha-cured tobacco market quota referendum. Any pet ' H ,ho shares in the proceed if IP :t? flue-cured tobacc r^H. u owner i other than a land 'H. of a standing-rent or fixed tenant . tenant, or share C^H-o-r is considered as ha\ ISn engaged in the produc of flue-cured tobacco i If several members c same family participate e production of flue tobacco on a farm in 193E >;y member or members o unily who shall be eligibl :e shall be the member o rs of the family who ha ependent bona fide statu perator, share-tenant, o :ropper and was entitled a 0 share in the proceeds o 39 crop. any farm on which record been obtained in connec nth the 1939 agriculture ration program showin; ,ly those persons entitlei eive a share of the pro tt the tobacco crop growl e farm in 1939, only thos is so shown as entitled t : such share shall be eligi vote in the referendum person shall be eligible ti any community other thai mmunity in which he re xcept as follows: (a) An; who resided in a commun which there is no pollinj shall be eligible to vob polling place designate! : community nearest t smunity in which he wa 1 in the production of to n 1939. (b) Any persoi is not reside in the count; ontinued on page 4) Ite War tulletins \?Speaking in Danzij before a throng of cheer sympathizers Chancello Hitler defied the worli Ircim him the Polish tei at has been won by hi latter in the day tenta rs of peace in exchang ight to retain conquere \as spurned by Britai ice. * * * )\V?.Most imi>ortant dc t in the internationa (luring the week was th f Soviet Russia in send i?s into Poland, thus pet Uermany to relax In he campaign and brin| to the French frontiei till share with German won of Polish territor; (vent of victory for th ers, with the possibilit; fer state being establish ten the nations. ? * t ? ""J*" 7 1 ON?Officials of Britiai many of Hitler's asset ado Tuesday as "gros nents". Plans were con ' press the war into Get itory, for it was felt tha fr Nazi rule is wiped ou 'Id peace be possible. * * * HNGTON ? The Congres tinted States has bee to special session begin norrow. In an early mes members of that bod. t Roosevelt is expecte a change in the neutral ' >' of this nation, plac 'pon a "cash and carry ith regard to sale 0 n,!> to warring oountriei THE 14 | Shrimping F1 5 I .' * " o * SHRIMP BOATS?News ol | Monday quickly spread up th< ,J shrimp fleet here has been sw ! tions. From now until late fs n home port of more than 100 be g ;i Shrimp Show 1 ;j The Prices P? > j *? One Boat Brought In A j"~ s Catch Of 50 Bushels On I ? o Monday, This Brought I l-| Hope To Hearts Of Men I [- Who Fish For Living - OTHER BOATS SHOW UP HERE OVERNIGHT; So n > lirt if Shrimp Now Are Bringing see d Only $1.00 Per Bushel; the $1.50 Per Bushel Has bee ?, Been Paid Most Of sul f Time inf e ~ eai r With the Sea Queen of Lewis j j J. "Hardee bringing in a top catch ler s of 50 bushels of shrimp on Mon- Mc r day. the 1939 fall fishing sea- wa s . . . . las son was given a great boost. X Ojv About 15 boats arrived from east- caj s ern Carolina Tuesday morning eTi and only stopped long enough to tha , | take on gas before beginning WP , work. Others boats have been bei j coming in steadily since Labor ab) Day and a fairly large fleet is j n now here. p The prices so far are not so Mo 0 good, hardly in keeping with that lK!( _ j of other foodstuffs. The boatmen we< ! have been getting only $1.00 per 0 bushel this week. The normal > 11 price this fall has been $1.50 per H | _! bushel. ^ \ Bad weather hampered operations yesterday and a number of I y | the smaller craft returned to port | g I fairly early on account of the Vel j rough weather. Catches ran to r (Continued on page 4) ( ; Parker Howey c Laid To Rest S | wee Southport Man Died At cotc Baker Sanitorium In ma( Lumberton On Thursday; mal Funeral Services At Row- s land Saturday ?en J LiUS Parker Howey, well-known Cap ? young man of Southport, died in wer Baker Sanitorium at Lumberton > Hai r Thursday afternoon after an ill-! thei d ness of only a few hours. j A The deceased was 30 years of her s age and was the only son of kno Mrs. George P. Howey, of South- exp e port. In addition to her he is Sou d survived by his wife and one son, any a George Parker Howey, Jr., of thr< Rowland, and by one sister, Mrs. Ne\ W. R. McAuley. son i- Mr. Howey was brought up in unt il Southport and had many friends j tiv< e here who were shocked to learn I of 1- (Continued on page four) | < Will Try Growir ; And Lemons N< e y Churchill Bragaw, manager Or i- of Orton Plantation, and H( Charlie Mathews, manager of a r Bald Head island, left Saturday foi >i for the Pacific coast and re- Th - turn. They expect to be gone ar( s nearly five weeks. Leaving here ab - in a station wagon, it was dej their intention to take turn Wj ,t about at driving and sleeping js) it and to go straight through to Portland, Oregon, without a t stop. From there they will go pe s to Los Angeles, California, n thence across to New Mexico ' i- and return home. A six day gr' i- stop will be made in Hollywood, pa y California, where Bragaw will I co< d visit his cousin, Cecil De Mille, I- of motion picture fame. *'e i- An interesting local sidelight 'rc " on the trip is that the young tio f men will buy 300 varieties of nit i. hardy camelias for planting on frc : st j A Goo< 4-PAGES TODAY eet Grows O-V. ; : good catches made here e coast and already the elled by numerous addi-i ill Southport will be the! >ats. Dp Here But lid Are Low outhport Boys | Going To Sea 4t least two mothers in uthport scan the war hcades anxiously each morning to ! if the ships upon which iir sons are sailing have ;n involved in any of the ^marine attacks that are be< r uaire<l hv warriner EuroD i nations. I Ernest Vitou and Robert But- I both have been sailing from ibile, Ala. For a time Vitou s aboard the Warrior which t week had her cargo of 00 tons of phosphate confis:ed by the British. His mothMrs. Annie K. Vitou, says it he left that ship several ( eks ago, but that she has ird no word from him in >ut one month. Sutler, the son of Mr. and s. W. G. Butler, is now in ibile where the ship he has n on is tied up for a few eks. ere Is What Expert Thinksi' teran Big Game Fishernan Waxes Enthusiastic 1 )ver Fishing Possibilities :or Southport aptain John Carr, Miami sport 1 erman and skipper of the phin, stopped here this past k on his way back from Chinin inn, va where his boat -OV-I Je the record of taking 53 rlin in 60 days of fishing, peaking of the big wahoo retly caught here by Harry itine of Washington, D. C., >tain Carr said that these fish e sometimes called "Peto" in vaii. He had never heard of m being found this far north. .Ithough he has never fished e, Captain Carr's geographical wledge of the coast led him to ress a postive opinion that ithport had better fishing than point on the coast above us, Dugh Virginia, Maryland and v Jersey. He believes the seastarts earlier here and lasts il later in the year. "I am posf", said he, "you have plenty barracuda, marlin, sail fish, (Continued on page 4) ig Oranges :ar Southport ton Plantation and Bald iad island. They will also buy large number of hardy Calirnia lemon and orange trees, ese orange and lemon trees i immune to cold anywhere ove a temperature of ten grees and it is believed they 11 do well on Bold Head and and at Orton. If the orange and lemon ies do well here, and comtent authorities have said it they will, they will be of j eat advertising value to this f rt of the North Carolina ist. Mr. Matthew's wife and lit- ( son will return with them im New Mexico in the sta- 1 n wagon. They will buy fur- 1 ure here instead of shipping s im their home there. t ME I i News paper Ii Southport, N. C., We( To Soon Start I Construction Of f Electric Lines I Group Meetings Have Been I Held At Various Points In Columbus And Brunswick Counties To Acquaint People With Facts WIRING CONTRACTS I MUST BE RETURNED Not Until Three-Fourths Of T These Agreements Are Returned To Office Will Work Begin Construction of Rural Electrification lines by the Brunswick t Electric Membership Corporation, ? to serve approximately 900 mem- ^ bers in Brunswick and Colum- ' bus counties, will soon be started, c according to E. D. Bishop, super- ' intendent. r Group meetings of the mem- 1 bers have recently been held at < Bolivia, Shallotte, Waccamaw, Guideway and Tabor City, for the ? purpose of informing the mem- 1 bers of the proper methods of f wiring their homes to be able to secure the maximum benefit and s convenience from the electrical c energy that will soon be available. ^ House wiring contractors ap- c proved by the project have agreed t to a low unit cost for the wir- < ing of the member's homes and the same schedule of prices will I prevail in all sections of the pro- ? ject. v "The major factor to be con- t sidered by the members at this 1 time", Mr. Bishop advises, "is <3 the filling out, signing, and re- 1 turning to the project office, the i wiring contract form which was 1 mailed to each member on Sep- 0 tember 2. It is an absolute requirement by the Rural Electri- ^ fication Administration at Wash- c ington, D. C., that at least three * fourths of the members sign and c return these forms before the > contractor will be released to e build the line. 2 "It is hoped that those who, * through oversight or neglect have failed to return the contract 4 form to the project office at 1 Shallotte will do so at once in c jrder that there will be no dc- 1 lay," says Mr. Bishop. c c Foxhunters In j Annual Meeting' Will Be Held At Lumberton During Second Week In October; Invitation Has * Been Extended To Come Here Next Year ? Stressing the lack of accommodations here now for the seven hundred people who usually attend the meeting of the North r Carolina Fox Hunters Associa- 1 tion, President H. L. Mays has 8 written the Southport Civic Club c secretary regarding a conference ' over the possibility of accommo- J dations being available next year. c This year's meet is to be held * at Lumberton October 9-13. Pres- ' ident Mays advised he expected to come to Southport as usual the s last of October or first of Nov- ' ember. Although this trip to 3 Southport will be nothing in the 8 order of the big meet at Lum- 1 berton, it is expected he will 1 bring quite a number of sports- ' men with him from western c North Carolina, Tennessee and 8 Kentucky. Some 40 hounds were f brought in last fall for a week's ' hunt and the prospects are for s more than double that number this year. e W. B. Keziah has advised Pres- 1 ident Mays of the plans to con- 1 struct a large hotel at Long % Beach this winter, and that this I hotel, together with the cottages e already built and those which will a be built within the year should provide ample accommodations for at least a thousand hunters I (Continued on page 4) Patrolman Is Stationed Here r a State Highway Patrolman T. e K. Griffis arrived here Monday f 'rom Rocky Mount. He has been permanently stationed at South- J port and assigned to work in this F :ounty. t He is a native of Wake Coun- J :y and his family will join him a lere in a short time. It is under- t stood his full time will be devoted v o Brunswick county, r POR] i A Good Coir inesday, September 2( Commissioners In Special Session Here On Saturday 'rimary Reason For Meeting Will Be To Approve The Transfer Of Old Bonds Into The Debt Service Fund JCENSES WILL BE GRANTED THEN Notice Has Gone Out To All Roadhouse And Tourist Camp Operators To Get Licenses Members of the board of couny commissioners will meet here jaturday in special session at vhich time they will discuss tax natters and will aprove the exhange of $18,850.00 worth of iterary and state building fund totes for the regular refunded >onds of Brunswick county which arry a much lower interest rate. Applications also will be revived for beer licenses and for icenses for the operation of road louses, dance halls, etc. The following letter has been lent out by members of the lounty board: "To all operators of road louses, cabin camps, tourist amps, public dance halls and ourist homes in Brunswick lounty: "Pursuant to an order of the Joard of Commissioners passed in Spnfpmhpr 8th this is to ad " ~~jr ? ??t ? -- -? ise you that you are requested o comply with Chapter 188, 'ublic Laws of 1939, which retires the licensing of every Jurist Camp, Cabin Camp, Tourst Home, Road House and Public lance Hall outside of the limits if an incorporated town. "The order of the Board of Commissioners requires that you omply with this act not later han September 18th. We are enilosing an application blank for 'our license and it must have the indorsement of three good citiens before it will be considered ly the Board of Commissioners. "We are also calling your atention to the license tax on tusic Machines which is requirid under the Schedule "B" Tax. I Che tax under this section for j very machine is $5.00 for maihines requiring deposits of five :ents or less." P.-T. A. Meeting At Waccamaw :irst Meeting Of The Year Well Attended and Members Show Interest In O 17 TTI V rrogram r or ine i car The P.-T. A. of Waccamaw ligh school met in its first nonthly meeting of the year ifonday evening, September 11, it 7:30 o'clock. The vice presilent, Mrs. Z. G. Ray, served in he absence of the president, Mrs. I E. Dodson. The meeting was ipened with singing "Faith of )ur Fathers", followed by devoional conducted by Mr. Walton. The president appointed the ame program committee to serve his year, as the programs last rear proved to be very beneficial ind entertaining. A membership , lommittee composed of Miss tawls, Miss Sink and Mrs. Hazel 3urvis was appointed. The assoliation is striving to strengthen ind widen its use by contacting nore of the patrons and acquaintng them with the work of the ichool. Mrs. Dave McKeithan was lected to take inventory of the J.-T. A. store, which is operated inder it's auspices for the conrenience and benefit of the lupils. Lester Smith was also lected to be store clerk for this chool session. The treasurer gave (Continued on page 4) 5"njoy Trip To Southern States Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Russ have eturned from a trip to Georgia ,nd Florida where they spent an njoyable vacation visit ing riends. At Wakulla, Fla., they visited tr. Russ's brother, George E. tuss, and while there they paricipated in a family reunion. Lfter visiting Mrs. Russ' relatives t Waycross, Ga., they continued o Ludowici, Ga., where they /ere present at a Smith family eunion. r pil imunity )th, 1939 publish] H. G. Tuggle, I Tobacconisi *? Funeral Services For Prominent Whiteville Tobacco Man Will Be Held In Danville, Va., Tomorrow DEATH OCCURRED IN WILMINGTON HOSPITAL Had Owned And Operated The Tuggle Warehouse In Whiteville For The Past Number Of Years H. G. Tuggle, for the past 25 years one of the leading tobacco warehousemen in Whiteville, died this morning at 8:45 o'clock in a Wilmington hospital following an illness of several weeks with a heart ailment. Funeral services are scheduled _ to be held tomorrow (Thursday) y( afternoon in Danville, Va. lu Surviving are his widow, who I at before marriage was Miss Toccoa Gray, of Laurens, S. C., and two fr children. j y, Mr. Tuggle had owned and! operated the Tuggle Warehouse |wl in Whiteville for a number of j pa Farmers Defei File Their C |F School Columns Begin In Paper mm^mmI Back in The Pilot this week F> are the school columns. Three of the five consolidated schools of the county are Sa represented and one other 1 (Bolivia) has given assurance of its intention to keep the parents and patrons of the school informed of progress and activities during the current wj Another feature that will be {h of interest to the school stuca dents and to those interested in the schools of the county will " se be a regular sports section p. each week after the basketball , to season opens. School sports ^ should reach their highest point jn of interest this season because of the three new gymnasiums ^ in the county. ca A Hornsby Buys ? New Pavilion * ty f cl Long Beach Pavilion Purchased By B. M. Hornsby And Will Be Operated _ This Winter As An Oys-|l ter Roast Continued activity points to development at Long Beach during the winter and months to q come. Some sixteen well located building lots were sold during the past week. With one sale of four lots went the large dance pavilion and refreshment stand, built the past summer. The pur- Le chaser was B. M. Hornsby, well ti< known and enterprising Bruns- th wick county man who moved here sh from Kentucky seven years ago. A. Mr. Hornsby plans to operate the pavilion the year round, hav- ye ing a modern oyster roast inj lie connection with it during the be winter months. ye Robert McRacken, well known tie (Continued on page 4i There Appears Fact About We Despite serious efforts both tl here and elsewhere to stirr up fi a local war scare there appar- si ently is no foundation for the jr stories and rumors being circu- ti lated. ir In Columbus county Satur- ^ day the report was being I T spread that a German sub- ^ marine was lying offshore from Southport and was threatening 01 any foreign ship who poked ^ her prow across the bar. Here s' at home the presence of such e! a visitor was unknown until the inland report came in, and si then it was laughed off just as w it should have been. tl Other stories have it that p OT ED EVERY WEDNESDAY )roniinent L t, Dies Today SBBHBj B c R I Jmm&SFM W H. G. TUGGLE b, t? pars. He first came to the Co- cl mbus capital from Danville lc pout 1915. The deceased had hundreds of dl si iends all over this section of b| e state and throughout Bruns- 0l ick County who will mourn his issing. 0 ni id Suit And l i ^ 1 v__ u ounter t^iaim fi a a i r m o nt Manufacturing s< Company, Inc., Was Sue- b ing Group Of Brunswick g, County Farnjers For Un- tl paid Balance On Curers \RMERS CLAIM " . GREAT DAMAGE t. ' ir ly That Curers Sold Them B ^/ere Cause Of Ruining a Much Of Their Crop; h, Ask Damages From Manufacturer b. In one of the most spiritedj ^ ril suits ever heard by a Bruns- tj Ick county magistrate, more ^ an a score of farmers of Wac- 0 maw and Shallotte townships lesday night defended them- j Ives against the charges of the I lirmont Manufacturing Co. Inc., collect the unpaid balance due r tobacco curers sold them durg the past year. The trial was before John b. h ard and was held in the Wacmaw high school auditorium, n estimated crowd of 300 toicco growers were in attendlce. The plaintiff was sueing to colct upon notes ranging from fif- d dollars up given by tobacco p rmers since last year on the le (Continued on page 4) di eland P.-T. A. Begins Activity Ip peration Of Lunch Room I C( Will Be One Of The Projects Of Organization I e( During This School Year d: The executive council of the land Parent-Teacher Associa- f. >n met Thursday, Sept. 14, in e high school under the leaderip of Mrs. W. C. Biggs, P.-T. president. Plans and programs for the ar were discussed, and it is beved Leland will have one of it's st P.-T. A. organizations in ars. Many worthwhile activi:s are being planned. (Continued on page 4) To Be No tr Scare News ie coast guard cutter Travis om Morehead City has been :nt here to search all incomig ships, presumably for con abands and unwelcomed imtigrants. In the first place, the ttle gray cutter is not the ravis, but is a 75-foot patrol oat (No. 228) sent here to mtinue a custom of several ears standing, viz escorting lips from the bar to the near3t customs. While a new pracce here, it is said to have abilutely no connection with the ar and the natural suspicions lat arise in the minds of peole at times like this. " i I The Pilot Covert J Brunswick County I $1.50 per YEAH I .eland Loses I In Finals Of I League Play j I runs w ick County Nip# (I Drops Third And Decid- I ing Game To Pepsi-Col# I Team Of Wilmington In 1 Game Played At WiU I mington ROWD OF 3,500 WITNESSED CONTEST ay Brew, Leading Hurler For Leland Outfit, Was On The Mound, But Was In Trouble ~ s Brunswick county's lone repremtative in the ranks of ami:ur baseball during the season ist closed was the scrappy Le.nd nine which ended a brilliant , ;ason Sunday with a stubborn ittle against the Pepsi-Ooln iam from Wilmington for the lampionsmp or uie cape Pear ague. The Pepsis took the third and sciding game of the post season :ries 5 to 2, but not before a ittlc that had thrilled a crowd f 3,500 fans at Legion stadium. "Baby Ray" Lefty Brew went le distance for the Brunswick ine, allowing nine safeties and fl hiffing five Pepsi batters while fl ranting Annie Oakleys to two I rid hitting one. fl Clifford Clark, Lciand's sense- I onal shortstopper, opened the fl ay with a slashing single to left . j I eld. He advanced to second on fl sacrifice hit by W. Brew and fl :ored on a base blow by Herbert fl rew for the first tally of the 'j I ame. Pitcher Ray Brew ended UI le frame by striking out. ' I The Cola boys tied thinj up in Ijfl leir half of the second chapBir ~"Y| a a single by Red Page and a | fl 1ple by James Carter. With two 9 len out in the third, Woody J rew, Leland firstsackcr, rapped ' I single to left and was doubled fl ome by Lyion Clark to pull the fl ;cond half winners out in front tJB y one marker. fl The losers went scoreless for fl le remainder of the battle while |H te Pepsi outfit sewed up the ball III ame with a big seventh inning; fl utburst that netted four runs. fl Recorder Has I Crowded Day j| lumerous Cases Are Trierf I Before Judge Walter M. I Stanaland During Course fl Of Day's Activities Moth I fl In Recorder's court here MWf- j fll ay Walter D. Frazier, white, fl leaded guilty to charges of r&& ; ^fl ss operation and was given 5)0 fl lys on the roads. Judgment ! as suspended upon payment pf ' ?lH fine of $25.00 and costs. ^ j fl W. T. Sikes, white, pleaded | fl uilty to charges of recklega i I I peration. Sentence of 60 days : fl i the roads was suspended upon ! | aymcnt of a fine of $25.00 afld i ,'fl jsts. The fine was remitted. ,, | Ifl Marshall Carlisle, white, plead- |H i guilty to charges of druijjk BH riving. He was given 6 month? fl i the roads, this judgment to H ; suspended upon payment of ^ H ne of $50.00, the costs and uptyn H >ndition that his driver's license 9 (Continued on page 4) fl ' | UH Tide Table I Following Is the tide taMf | I for Southport during tke next i;fl week. These hours are apprw ' I ximately correct and were fur- I nished The State Port Pliet through the courtesy of the , I Cape Fear Pilot's Associations ujfl High Tide I-ow TMi ' I TIDE TABLE j fl Thursday, September 21 1 'I 1:29 a. m. 7:55 a. m. fl 2:01 p. m. 8:39 p. pi. I Friday, September 22 OM I 2:30 a. m. 8:59 a. m. fl 3:02 p. m. 9:35 p. fp. I Saturday, September 23 t f fl 3:34 a. m. 9:55 a. m. fl 4:01 p. m. 10:53 p. in. fl Sunday, September 24 ! fl 4:32 a. m. 10:46 a. m. I 4:35 p. m. 11:09 p. m. fl Monday, September 25 fl 5:21 a. m. 11:33 a. m. 'fl 5:41 p. m. 11:51 p. m. jfl Tuesday, September 26 ;fl 6:04 a. m. 6:20 p. m. 12:18 p. na> H Wednesday, September 27 , i ' fl 6:42 a. m. 0:33 a. nv 'fl 6:57 p. m. 1:00 p. sfc ; 11 . /H i

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