lj05t Of 'lie News
AJJ 1'ie Time
JpWELVE. NO. 32
try Bacon Is
Expected Here
mkis Week-End
Hj| Begin Work Monday
Judging ' be Southport
HvjCht Basin, According
Reliable Report
,s WILL TAKE
ABOL T TEN DAYS
j, Hoped To Have Basin
Shape In Time To
B|ay Host To Boat
Cruise 'n Oct?Ber
H W. Gillette
Up i $ Pledging office in
. the Chamber
W. B. i
'at the dredge
; be at South
';v Scptther 15th and will j
U . e new yacht j
that is e.v
ibout ten days'
^ tiglltS- I
was original-1
here to .lredge the local
several weeks ago. How
was released from
dock at Norfolk it was '
nt with econonly I
I several shoals J
the waterway I
vicinity of New River
ii uu?m here.
o: til' local digging should
. : about September I
one month be-1
Power Boat
stages a big power1
Uf .T-v fro:: New York to
1 through souuipori. rcethis
cruise, the New York
tit streamer head lines at
of one of its sport pages
; week. In giving details
trip this paper said that
it noteworthy event enitween
New York and
could be the stop over
atio.n of the yacht basin
port. N. C., and the fishrnament
that would be
rhile the boats were here,
g definite date for the
arrive here and the exjptoximate
length of time
y will stay, no definite
lents have as yet been
bwever. it has been deto
do something big in
of dedication ceremonies
asm and in planning for
tournament,
sw York paper said that
ire boats would participe
cruise More direct ini
received here, is to the
it the officials at LarchY.
are expecting many
n that.
P Story
ie Him Hungry
Sunday Greensboro News
Leonard had a page
ut the Southport shrimp,
d with a beautiful layseven
photographs, the
s a honey and enough
the mouth water,
ay Leonard found time
over his own story. A
s that Bill Keziah was
I bed last night to
at Let rd wanted
ihrimp, shipped him
>y express, collect.
Week At K
bus Hospital
i Heath, superintenColumbus
County
Whiteville has anthe
first week in
been set aside as
;k" to the hospital,
i time, all the peoand
other counties
the institution are
me and see it. Miss
if they have not
ore, and to bring a
h emphasized tha*
is not to be money,
in view of the fact
le at mis time of
i canned goods, prepickles
that they
and the hospital is
his type donation.
> Before
uvenile Judge
lis. white, was taxed
sts by Juvenile Judge
mnett Monday when
of operating a motor
lout license.
K?R TRAINING
Glenn Maultsby, dauJr.
and Mrs. S. W.
>f Bolivia, left Tuesr
the School of NursMedieal
College of
l'na at Roper Hospital,
Miss Maultsby gradu*sr
from Bolivia high
Pr? she was an out
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DOVE OF PEACE?Ma
es a homing pigeon bearing
D. Erickson in Southport. Th
port representatives with W
ion between the two commur
i i m*i i
LOtai uuzeus
Asked To Help
Two Requests Have Been
Received By Mayor John
O. Erikson From English
People For Aid In War
Work
To Mayor John D. Eriksen this
| week came the following cominunication
from citizens of Eng;
land:
Greetings from South port, Lan!
cashire, inviting cooperation of
' sister town in her effort to prej
sent Spitfire to nation. Chairman
Spitfire Fighter Fund".
The message is largely self- explanatory.
It obviously is an international
city-to-city appeal for
I aid in a project to provide the
1 beleagered British nation with
! badly needed fighter planes.
In the interest of providing re|
lief for the hamlets and villages
I of England, an appeal was also
sent to the mayor for funds for
the purchase of an American
Trailer Ambulance. The aim of
this project is to make one of
these trailers available for each
community in England.
No plan for a local campaign
for funds for these two purposes
has been arranged, but with a
strong local sentiment favoring
the cause of the English it
is possible that some local work
may be done on the project.
JVO stnvitb
There will be no preaching I
service at Southport Presbyterian
church Sunday as the pastor.
Rev. J. R. Potts, is conducting a
meeting at Rose Hill. Sunday
school will be held at 10 o'clock
and the Young People's League
will meet at 7:15 o'clock.
It Takes A Spe
Catch Rei
After a hard day spent with
flowers there is no better recreation?or
so says Churchill
Bragaw?than hunting alligators
with your hands at night.
Bragaw is superintendent of
Orton plantation, one of the
beauty spots of North Carolina.
His vocational skill with camellias
and azaleas is widely
known. But his neighbors are
even more impressed with
Churchill's avocational skill.
Even a highly trained botanist
is not expected to produce perfect
blossoms on every bush he
grows. But when it comes to
grabbing an alligator by the
end of his nose and pulling him
into the boat, the hunter isn't
allowed even one miss.
Bragaw goes hunting in a
small boat, his only weapon a
flashlight. Through cypress
trees and lily pads the boatman
paddles silently while Bragaw
plays his light over the water,
when two red balls of fire appear
on the surface, as the
light is reflected in the alligator's
eyes, the fun begins. The
light holds the 'gator fascinated
as the boat approaches slowly.
Then suddenly Bragaw plunges
his right hand into the water
(and grabs the reptile by the
end of his nose. The important
thing is to grab it right;
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greetings and a message o
lis ceremony was a part of
ilmington officials to discuss
lities.?(Star News Cut.)
Judge Burney
Here For S
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Governor Sends Notice To
Clerk Of Court That An
Exchange Of Terms Has
Been Effected By Judges
JUDGE WILLIAMS
WAS SCHEDULED
Regular October Term Will
Begin On September 30
With More Than Usual
Interest Shown
Notice was received here Monday
from Governor Clyde R. Hoey
that an exchange of court terms
has been effected between Judge
John J. Burney and Judge Clawson
L. Williams and that the
former will come here on Monday,
September 30, to preside over
a one week mixed term of Brunswick
county Superior court.
Judge Burney had originally
been scheduled to preside over
a one-week term in Wilson county
beginning September 30 and
Judge Williams was assigned to
the Brunswick county court term.
There is a growing interest in
the coming term, for in addition
to the trial of the four Southport
negroes for assault upon two
local officers there will be the
trial of four of the men arrested
in connection with a series of
eastern North Carolina robberies,
one group of which here prepetrated
in Southport on three local
business firms.
The coming court session is to
be a mixed term, and the latter
part of it will be devoted to
trial of several important civil
actions.
cialist To
al Live Gaitors
otherwise the hunter is liable to
lose his hand.
Once he has the jaws clamped
shut, Bragaw hands his
light to his hunting companion,
who frequently is attractive
Emma Lou Harrilson also of
the Orton staff, and with his
left hand takes a grip just
back of the head. Then quickly
he shifts the right back and
gets a handlock around the
horny neck. All this takes but
a second for once the alligator
realizes what is happening he
begins lashing with his tail. It
takes strength as well as skill i
not only to hold on but also i
pull the reptile into the boat |i
and tie it with fi rope. 1
Recently Bragaw had some
friends come to Orton for an i
alligator steak dinner. Some if
were a little dubious about the |l
main course, for alligator eat- i
ing is far from common here- j
abouts. They decided to try an- |i
other dish and found it quite i
good. It was not until later I
that they learned they were eat- 1
ing rattlesnakes which Churchill,
armed wfth a forked stick, ;
had gone out and caught for ji
their especial benefit. Undoubtedly,
said Bragaw, they turned
out to be the most unapprecia- I
tive dinner guests that ever i
visited his home. '
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good will to Mayor John
a recent meeting of Southi
plans for closer co-operatTT7T'<1
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Gomstock Going
To Jacksonville
The U. S. Engineers dredge,
Comstock, which has been tied
up at Wilmington for the past
ten days, left today for Jacksonville,
Fla., where it will be
in dry dock, undergoing repair
until October 1st.
There appears to be a belief
among the crew that there will
not be any work for the vessel
when she leaves the dry dock,
and that she may be tied up
for several months. However,
Congressman J. Bayard Clark
Hfes notified the scecretary of
the Chamber of Commerce that
he intends to do what he can
to see that work and funds are
available.
County Council
Meeting Planned
Bolivia Club Will Be Hos
teas To Home Demonstration
Club Women Of
County
On Wednesday, September 18,
at 2:30 o'clock all club members
of Brunswick county are invited
to attend the County Council
meeting at Bolivia Methodist
Church.
Election of county officers and
project leaders for 1941, and program
planning will be the main
features of the program.
This is a meeting of utmost
importance to all home demonstration
club members of this
county and Mrs. Marion S. Dosher,
home agent, urges as many
as possibly can to be present.
Fairmont Mart
Averages Gain
Tobacco Market Continues
To Sell Over A Millon
Pounds Of Tobacco Daily
At Averages That Seem
To Please Its Patrons;
Quality Off
FAIRMONT, Sept. 12.?The
F&irmont Tobacco Market has
sold more than 16 million pounds
during the first 16 days of operation,
according to C. B. Stafford,
secretary.
"Good tobacco", Mr. Stafford
said in commenting on today's
sale, "is selling as high as if not
higher than at any time this season."
Monday was one of the best
days of the seasdn, said Mr.
Stafford, with 1,137,982 pounds
being sold for $194,644.16 to
bring the farmers an average of
$17.50. Tuesday's sale was 16,168,714
pounds for $177,727.32, average
$16.18. The season's total
through Tuesday was 16,168,714
pounds for an average of $18.62.
Although the average was down
it was brought about by the of(Continued
on page six)
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In A Good Cor
:dnesday, September 1
Whiteville Is
Over Twelve
Million Mark
Poor Quality Of The Offering*
On County Markets
Being Reflected In The
Price Averages
LARGE QUANTITIES
OF POOR TOBACCO
Chadbourn, Fair Bluff And
Tabor City Markets Are
Still Moving Along
Strong
Through Tuesday, Whiteville's
tobacco market passed the 12
million mark . . . the sales
through last week amounting to
12,076,300 pounds, at an average
for the season thus for of $17.76
per cwt.
Thursday's sales, were totaled
at 499,784 pounds at an average
of $15.47, and Friday's sales
amounted to 497,856 at an average
of $15.56.
All warehouses having first
sales today are filled, and the
sales are expected to run straight
through. The market has had a
consideraoie quantity of common
tobacco during the past few days,
which has been noticeably reflected
in the price average.
Numerous Cases
Before Recorder
Postponement Of Last
Week's Session Caused
Number Of Cases To Pile
Up For This Week
L'ases tnai naa puea up iui
two weeks crowded the Recorder's
court docket Monday, and
Judge Walter M. Stanaland spent
a busy day clearing out the
cases.
R. S. White, white, was found
guilty of speeding. Judgment was
suspended upon payment of costs.
Morris Taylor, white, pleaded
guilty to charges of driving with
no registration card and' no driving
licenses. He was given 30
days on the roads, judgment being
suspended upon payment of
costs and a fine of $10.00. The
fine was remitted.
Clifford Gore, colored, was i
found not guilty of assault.
Ollie W. McLamb, colored, was
given 30 days for driving without
operator's license. Judgment
was suspended upon payment of
costs.
David Cooper, colored, was
found not guilty of drunken driving.
Dan Holdcn, colored, pleaded
guilty to charges of public drunkenness.
Sentence of 30 days on
the roads was suspened upon
payment of one-half the costs.
Wilbur West, white, was found
guilty of violating the speed law.
Sentence of 30 days on the roads
was suspended upon payment of
costs and a fine of $25.00.
James Dudley, colored, was
found guilty of possession for the
purpose of sale. Sentence of 6
months on the roads was suspended
upon payment of a fine of
$6-5.00 and costs. Notice of appeal
was given and bond was set at
$250.00.
E. T. Thomas, colored, was
charged with drunk driving and
with ooeratine an automobile with
defective brakes. He was found
not guitly on the drunk driving
charge, but was convicted of the
iatter count. Sentence of 30 days
on the roads was suspended upon
payment of a fine of $25.00
and costs.
Prime Thomas, Hilton Bell and
Wallace Hill, colored, were up for
chicken stealing. Found guilty,
each was given 6 months, judgment
in each case being suspended
upr.'n payment of a fine of
$10.00, one-third the costs and restitution
in the amount of $10.00
to the prosecuting witness.
Charlie Hill and Henderson Bell,
colored, were found not guilty of
aiding and abetting in this case.
Johnie Stocks, George Jean,
Glenn Walker and William Guthrie,
white, waved appearance to
answer charges of breaking, entering
and larceny and were
bound over to Superior court under
bond of $500.00 each.
(Continued on page six)
Big Sea Turtle
Caught In River
Fishing from the government
dock Monday afternoon Mrs. F.
Mollycheck caught a 60-pound
sea turtle. Naturally, it was impossible
for her to lift her prize
to the high dock with her light
tackle.
As the next best thing she
held it until spectators could
climb doown and slip a line about
one of the flippers. Thus secured,
it was hoisted to the decking and
was later put back in the river
unharaiecL
r pil
nmunity
1, 1940 publis
Prospective D\
Increasing M
Johnny Q. Draftee Doesn't
Marriage Bureau
If the Brunswick county register
of deeds, Harry L. Mintz,
had expected that the prospective
draft bill would send
Johnny Q. Public scurrying to
the marriage bureau with the
nearest available female, then
he admits he was in for a
rude awakening.
Mr. Mtntz declared Friday
that the draft, or the prospects
of Johnny having to go
to the army, had not spurred
the Brunswick county marriage
market in any way whatever,
but rather the bureau has been
experiencing the same lull that
has characterized its activity
for the past two years.
Two months ago, or during
July, when the conscription bill
first began to be talked in the j
ohuses of Congress, the BrunsBrunswick
Sch
Begin Wc
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Seeking Way To
Destroy Sandspurs
Despite repeated mowing and
every effort on the part of the
keeper, sandspurs growing on
the Fort Johnston property are
a nuisance each year. They also
occasion considerablly damage
hv cansintr runs in the hosierv
of visitors to the property.
Lieut. Colonel G. W. Gillette
of the Engineers office, which
has charge of the property, has
this week written W. B. Keziah
saying he will be down in a
few days to see what he can do
to lesson the nuisance and improve
the property.
It has been suggested locally
that the entire tract be plow- |
ed under, mounds leveled out I
and holes filled In and the area j
sown in grass, This will at j
least result in destroying this
year's crop of spurs and will !
permit ciosc mowing in the
future.
Pickpocket Gets
$60 From Smith
Proprietor Of Candy And
Fruit Shop On E. Main
Street Reports Theft Of
Pocketbook To Police
E. B. Smith, proprietor of a
Whiteville candy and fruit shop
on E. Main Street, reported to
police Friday night that he was
victimized by a pick-pocket who
relieved him of $60 and his pocketbook.
Smith told police that $50 of
the amount was in cash, and in
addition there was a $10 check
in the amount taken.
He said that he suspected a
negro woman who entered his
place as being the pickpocket.
Smith said that he missed the
money container, along with the
cash, long after the woman had
gone out of his place of business.
Change Time For
Evening Service
Beginning Sunday, September
15, evening services at Southport
Baptist church and at Trinity
Methodist church will begin
at 7:30 o'clock instead of at 8
o'clock.
The Durhams j
Refugee Wa
A few weeks ago when there
was a lot of talk going around
about securing homes in America
for English children for
the duration of the war Mrs.
Bonner Bussells received a letter
from her sister, Mrs. Baxter
Durham in Raleigh, saying
that she and Major Durham
were strongly considering
taking one of the little refugees.
Mrs. Bussells mentioned it
to one or two of her friends,
who mentioned it to some of
their friends, and soon it was
a pretty well circulated fact
that the Durhams were going
to adopt a little English child,
and don't you think that's just
fine"?
Well, just before Labor Day
Mrs. Bussells received a letter
from her sister saying that she
and Mr. Durham were planning
to come down for the weekend
holiday and surprise-they
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raft Isn't <
arriages
Seem To Be Rushing To
In This County
wick county marriage license ^
bureau issued the sum total of
two marriage licenses.
Last month, when the debate
grew hotter, and the draft
came nearer to a reality than
at any time since the World ,
War, the marriage licenses issued
from Mr. Mintz's office
droped off 200 per cent, or .
down to one license issue for t
the entire month of August.
Now, with prospects that
the draft measure will become
law most any day now, it would
not be surprising if there
weren't a single license issued E
during the moth. For the entire ;b
8 months of 1940 up to the ]c
first of September, there had [c
been scarcely more than a ia
dozen licenses issued in Bruns- d
wick county. '
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iooIs To
g
>rk Tomorrow;
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Faculty Lists Have Been n
Completed And Every- .
thing Is Set To Get Right h
Down To Business a
PATRONS URGED *
TO BE PRESENT "
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County Superintendent Also^h
Urges That All Eligible \
Children Start First s
Day And Continue p
0
Consolidated schools of Brunswick
county open for the fall (
term tomorrow with indications t
pointing to a record enrollment, c
In order that no effort be e
spared in attempting to secure ad- i;
ditional faculty members for the
schools, Miss Annie May Wood- li
side urges that all children of f
school age enter on the first day e
and continue with perfect attend- t
ance during the opening month, t
If new teachers are to be made, r.
available, they will be allow T
upon the basis of average dally t
attendance. t
Principals in each school have t
- xtended invitations to parents i
and partons to attend the Open- i
ing exercises, with the idea of S
working in closer cooperation between
parents and teachers than c
ever before. \
The only major change in the J
school set-up for the county in- i
volves the removal of children e
who formerly attended the Sup- v
ply graded school to Shallotte, a
where they will be housed in a r
new building. The old building at t
Supply will be used for a consolidated
colored school. r
Democrats To ?
Meet Sept. 20;
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Loyal Party Members Are f
Invited To Attend A Ral-;r
Iy Which Will Launch ;v
Brunswick County Cam- \
Pa'gn *
Party leaders met here inform- 0
ally Monday afternoon with Wal- r
ter M. Stanaland, chairman of t
the executive committee, and de- 4
cided to launch the Democratic s
campaign with a party rally at a
Shallotte high school on Friday t
evening, September 20, at 7:30 j.
o'clock.
A warm invitation has been
extended leaders from each pre- .
cinct to attend this meeting, and at
that time plans for an active !
and agressive campaign will be
discussed.
\nd Their
rmly Received
J
were going to bring little Scottish
immigrant who had come
to make her home with them.
Never before did the arrival
of the Durhams on one of their
visits here create more excitement
in the Bussell's household.
Even Captain Bonner left
word at the Pilot Office to be
called if he was needed, and
came over to welcome the expected
guests.
At the appointed hour, up
drove the Durhams; and with I
them was their ward. Captain
Bussclls admitted later that the
lass was a bit larger than he'd
expected the general run of refugee
children to be, but, withal,
she appeared to be a very
nice, timid soul. While other
members of the family were
getting their greetings exchang
ed and their small talk over,
Captain Bussells was talking to
the child visitor.
(Continued on page 6)
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
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$1.50 PER YEAR
jood Neighbor
Attitude Will
Receive Stress
V. B. Keziah And Gene
O'Brien Have Talk With
Wilmington Officials Regarding
Inter-City Interests
lOMING PIGEON
STUNT FEATURED
tird Trained By Young O'Brien
Released To Bring
Good Will Message To
Local Mayor
A delegation, consisting of W.
t. Keziah from the local Chamer
of Commerce and Gene
I'Brien of The State Port Pilot,
ailed on Mayor Thomas Cooper
nd a Wilmington committee Friay
afternoon to discuss plans
or a Friendly Neighbor drive,
"he purpose of the drive is to
ring closer cooperation between
he two cities.
As an opening gun in the proram,
Mayor Cooper released a
air of homing pigeons on the
ront steps of the city hall-the
lirds carrying good will messages
o Southport from Wilmington.
Tie messages, taking apprpxilately
forty-five minutes of
light, ran thus: "Greetings and
est wishes for continued cooper,tion
and neighborly relations beween
Wilmington and Southport.
iigned, Mayor Cooper."
The birds were seen around the
oft about three quarters of an
lour after their departure from
Vilmington but possibly arrived
ooner, as the racing homer
ligeon is capable of great speeds
n short flights.
In opening this drive, Mayor
hooper wrote the following letter
o Mayor Eriksen: "On behalf
if the citizens of Wilmington I
xtend greetings to our neighborng
municipality of Southport.
"Wilmington and Southport
lave a common interest in the
urther development of Southastern
North Carolina and our
wo municipalities can be greatly
penefitted by a greater degree of
^operation with . each other. i,
["here is no need lor rivalry be- ''
ween the two communities for
he growth of one is bound to
penefit the other and by combin- ,, J
ng our efforts to aid each other
n all things both Wilmington and
Southport be bettered." . j
Immediately after the release
if the pigeons, the meeting conrcned
in the Mayor's chambers,
tctive plans haven't been defintely
drafted, and another conferince
will be held, possibly this
veek, to set a definite line of
iction. A number of local busipess
men will be asked to atend.
During the conference Keziah
nade the following statements:
The action of the Wilmington
livtc organization in standing up
o vigorously for the government
o do something at the mouth
if the Cape Fear has been more
(leasing to Southport ana Brunswick
than any thing that has
lappened in years. We feel wa
low have some real influence
working where influence has i
leen sadly needed in past years,
t is not just civic organizations.
Ve have had many indications
if the solid interest of the Wilnington
city administration in
heir efforts to have something
lone at Southport. Mayor Cooper
ind Commissioners Louis Fisher
ind J. E. L. Wade have earned
he gratitude of Southport peoile."
At the conclusion of the meet(Continued
on page 6?
Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
for Southport during the next
week. These hours are approximately
correct and were fu^
nisbed The State Port P1M
through the courtesy of thr
Cape Fear Pilot's Association
High Tide Low
TIDE TABLE
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Thursday, September 12
4:21 a. m. 10:33 a. m.
4:49 p. m. 11:06 p. m.
Friday, September 13
5:16 a. m. 11:25 a. m.
5:36 p. m. 11:51 p. m.
Saturday, September 14
8:01 a. m. :..
8:20 p. m. 12:12 p. m.
Sunday, September 15
6:40 a. m. 0:34 a. m.
6:58 p. m. 12:58 p. m.
Monday, September 16 '
7:16 a. m. 1:16 a. m.
7:34 p. m. 1:40 p. OS
Tuesday, September 17
7:51 a. m. 1:55 a. m.
8:08 p. m. 2:20 p. ra.
Wednesday, September 18
8:20 a. m. 2:30 a. ra.
8:42 p. m. 2:57 p. ?