North Carolina Newspapers

I^e Pilot Covers Brons?ick County Iruns^ fa 10Acqi flogging In Trial * ttte Fails To Place Rev-1 " j Vance Simmons 3 Garfield Simmons At ?d c?gging nrn MDES OFFERED OF WITNESSES ? l of Case Attracted [ r* Attention, Follow ? Arrest s,0f nWO Freeland Men On Last Friday Bv Gordon Lewis) 11 or.e a Missionary , j ' - ninister. and the other I a-', c us:n. went free j 1 fe?iav afternoon of as- j i.r.r.-.ctk!: with the flog- S two Brunswick county ( Inman and Jesse Cox,) t :jht before Thanksgiv- , t s ,:e clearly failed to t : the Reverend Vance!; ar.d his cousin, Gartors. of Freeland, were j : the night when In- ^ Cox were seized by a a looded, masked men, | cross the line in Co- r mty, and beaten with c i?s. s the case was begun j r's Court here Tues- s :g, and consumed the t of the day. An array ; t s was offered by both e defense. G. V. Fesunswick county soliciuted the case, while' ints were represented ( ; Frir.k. Southport at- i former 10th district! got underway after' nsel had been denied oatement for the Sim- I 11 Inman, one of the! irns of the flogging, take the stand, of being seized near j t Freeland on the Thanksgiving by a j r men, who although le did not recognize j n. ^ >ss the line in Co IL-- county, inman said nc tKstkmed for awhile, then ( te to ictetch himself across ? pine sapling, after being * flat there were "preachers : c -scons in this bunch." He K tiat one of the hooded mem- a -- a Littic Bits | Of Big News j Events Of State, * fotion and World-Wide i Interest During Past Week v e a Speaking on the radio for " third time in 10 days Stat President Roosevelt's . to enlarge the Supreme wirt if justices eligible to rerefuse to do so. Senator W. Bailey of North ^rolir.a Tuesday night engag ' a ? ?? u- ilv uu uie auujt;v;?. i Senator Hugo L. Black I1 Alabama, who, like a ma of the Southern Demo-1 is supporting the PresiBlack defined ? issue as being one between Bj* "do something" policy of ; ! the 'do nothing'; of his predecessor, for *f President Herbert Hoover. mak Trial HJ;r:'v what is likely ; s most impor p legal tilt. Solicitor John J^rney Tuesday afternoon H ! the first few links of ^EL. C^a'n of circumstantial I 'r.ce he hopes will send' Leroy Smoak to death 'Xjison murder of his I H ,J- The morning session of, BjJTee'Al term of New Han-1 I tiir : ; : Court in Wil-I I mS0" was devoted to the j ,^on of tiie 13-man jury! jj... * har. is the fate of the railroad carpenI of n, lper lios' 1110 selection I iadf.' ^ury m an even three I W , anazt l1 observers, who looted an all-day battle TH1 4-Pji wick 1 litted Of Charges \ Tuesday VANCE SIMMON? lers administered about five licks hen turned to the others anc aid, "I don't seem to be able o hurt him, some of you all try t." Another of the group took the ash, and with 15 more licks Irew whelps and "blue places' .cross his bare back. Asked by the solicitor if he ecognized either of the defenlants in the crowd. Inman anwered in the negative, but said hat he saw one man who "reembled" Vance Simmons. On cross examination he said hat he would not swear that ither of the defendants was (Continued on page four) Schedule Publ Yacht Basin h Representatives From Engineers Office In Wilmington Will Act For Rivers And Harbors Committee At Hearing 'UBLIC IS INVITED TV-* nnrcrvT vrrn ivy ri\LJL111 Vill Be Necessary To Show Convincing Need Of This Improvement, G i v i ng Possible Benefit To All Parties The duty of making a review .nd submitting a report on the idvisability of constructing a 'acht basin at Southport has leen assigned by the Rivers and larbors Committee to the Wilnington office of the U. S. Arm} engineers. A public hearing ir his matter will be held in the Srunswick county courthouse or Thursday, March 4, at 10 o'clock L M. All interested parties are in ited to be present or representd at the above time and place larticularly navigation interests md the officials of any county (Continued on page four) Agitation For Ya< Here Is In a letter received last week by W. B. Keziah from the Secretary of the National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers it was learned that representatives of that organization in 1930 conducted a survey of this port and urged the location of a yacht basin at Southport. Following are excerpts from the published article which outlines those findings: "There is no spot in the United States that has been more blessed by Nature in all its kindness than Southport, N. C. Here dame Nature bestowed upon the community a natural harbor protected from the ravages of the open sea. This spot has been blest with a mild and beautiful climate while the land is shaded by the handiwork of God in the creation of huge sheltering oak trees. "The ingenuity of man has added to the natural inheritance of Southport a protected land waterway route from New York to Florida which will shortly become E STJ A Good tges today Men Aj , Coroner's , Donations Help [" Defray Cost Of " School Curtain Members Of Parent-Teacher Association Have Been Working To Pay Off 1 Debt Incurred By Local I School STAGE CURTAIN WAS BOUGHT LAST YEAR Nothing Was Paid On Debt Of $240.00 Until Organi- | zation Members Got Busy Last Week Raising Money . i A n offnrt ie homo" iMUflfi VlV members of the Southport Parent Teachers Association to raise ' money to pay for the new audi- i torium stage curtain purchased , last spring for the local school I at a cost of $240.00. 3. ! Up to date, the school has pj ' been able through attractions of n. i various kinds to raise the sum j ; of $50.00. One association mem, ber suggested that this method m 'jwould probably be able to re1 tire the debt by the time the cur tain is worn out. However, this j F member pointed to the fact that ? the people from whom the cur-1 II tain was purchased are now de- j manding payment, and are even 1 threatening suit, or repossession. J 11 Therefore, members of the ex- 0 : ecutive committee of the Parent-1 i Teachers Association decided to (Continued on page four) ic Hearing On lere March 4th ? 1in | ce STREET COMMITTEE PLANS DRAINAGE m Plans are being made by j members of the street commit- ^ ' | tee from the Southport board i 1 of aldermen to install storm sewers for the removal of sur- (,r face water from the city | streets. i.. A YVPA engineer from Ral- of eigh is scheduled to come here . this week to estimate the cost j of the project and to give an i , idea of the materials that will ^ be necessary. Throughout the rainy weath- | , i er of the past few weeks sev- j ' eral of the city streets have ' become virtually impassable at ; ' ^ times. The removal of the standing water will get at the ! I bottom of the principal cause . ' Of trouble. ? II Jl ^^??? m I PROMOTION . ! SO Curtis Cox, who for the past q year has been employed at the ar , V-C Fertilizer plant in Selma, , has been transferred to Rome, St | Georgia. vi ~ ~ ~ M :ht Basin i i Not Exactly News [ I the world's greatest motor boat highway, attracting a fleet of sleek, powerful white huls from New York to the beckoning warm land of the , C | South. "There is no reason to believe that Southport should not benefit by being located as it is on the great highway j of the water. Yachtsmen stopping on the welcoming pi waterfront would undoubted- M I ly purchase in the city, not bj only gas and oil, but possibly N fishing tackle, summer cloth- j Di ing for the crew and other V I knicknacks needed on the in 1 boat, as well as provisions for continuing the journey. si "A well regulated and at- pi tractive marina would attract m hundreds of these boats to j sa Southport. There exists no | w< other means of transporta- I or ' tion that attracts a higher j of type of citizen than that of j "I motor boating. Is it not, h? therefore, logical to believe that these motor boat owners in attracted to the shores of in Southport might be of ma- la terial assistance to the city te by their interest in surround- til Ing property?" HE I Newspaper Southport, IN re Ac DC Jury Ori Manager G. M. WILLETTS, Man ?er of the new fertilize lant in Whiteville, is itive of Brunswick cour r, having been born an >ared at Bolivia. He foi erly was superintenden : the V-C plant in Selma. 'ack Tharp Is Death's Victin ne Of Southport's Bes Known Characters Clair^ ed By Death Monda Following Lingering III ness Paxton C. Tharp, one of th st known residents of South irt, died Monday afternoon a 30 o'clock at his home follow g a lingering illness. The d< ased was "8 years of age. Born and raised in Brunswic unty, Mr. Tharp was engage the barber profession fc any years. He was a sport: an of the first rank, and hi inting companions were nun red by the hundreds. He ha iends in every section of Nort irolina. The deceased was a member c e Junior Order, and membei that body had an active pai the funeral services, whic sre conducted at 3 o'clock Tue.' ly afternoon from the Trinit ethodist church. The funeral was conducted b e Rev. E. M. Hall, who wa isisted by the Rev. A. L. Browi istor of the Southport Baptii lurch. Interment was made i e Southport cemetery. Active pallbearers were selei d from the membership of th inior Order and the followin en served as honorary pallbeai s: E. L. Burris, J. W. Thomj n, J. R. Newton, D. M. Davi ipt. J. I. Davis, H. C. Corlel id Chas. E. Gause. In addition to his wife, Mr; irah Davis Tharp, he is sui ved by two daughters, Mrs. i Denamar, Norfolk, Va? an rs. J. A. Wells, of Southpor sur grand children and or eat grandchild also survive. tace Relations Meeting Sunday olored Residents At S James Church Heard Ad dress By Judge E. hi Cranmer At Morning Sei vice The Race Relations Sunda ogram at St. James Colore ethodist Church, was addresse r Judge E. H. Cranmer, of tt . C. Superior Court, Robert V avis, city attorney, and Mr. ( . Fesperman, county prosecu g attorney. Judge Cranmer spoke impre: vely at 11 o'clock from the pu t. "I came if I could to be essenger for God," his hone .id. He charged us to read God ord and said the Bible was tti lly book that contains sciene 1 life. The Judge admonishec )o Unto Others as You Woul ive them to do unto you." Mr. Davis delivered an inspii g address to the Sunday Schoi the afternoon. He spoke in r< tion to the lesson and predii d a universal spread of Chri! anity among all nations. (Continued on page 4.) POR In A Good Con L C., Wednesday, Febr quittec ] iers Supp 1 Crop And Feed " Loan Office At Supply Is Open T. O. Edens, Field Superintendent For This District, Now Receiving Applications For Emergency Loans MISS MAMIE PIGOTT IN CHARGE OF OFFICE Farmers Must Be Unable To Obtain Credit AnyWhere Else Before They Are Eligible For Loan Applications for emergency crop and feed loans for 1937 arc now being received at Supply, j by T. O. Edens, field supervisor [_ | of the Emergency Crop and Feed r | Loan Section of the Farm Credit | Administration. I-1 Miss Mamie Piggott will be d , in charge of this work in Brunswick county, it Loans will be made only to farmers who cannot obtain credit ~ from any other source, as provided by regulations issued by the Governor of the Farm Credit Administration. The money loanJ ed will be limited to the farmer's immediate and actual cash needs for growing his 1937 crops >t i or for the purchase of feed for i- livestock and in no instance may y exceed $400.00. I- Farmers are not eligible for these loans if they can borrow from an individual, production ie credit association, bank or other i- concern. Emergency crop and it' feed loans will not be made by r-, the Farm Credit Administration j to standard rehabilitation clients of the Resettlement Administra k , uon wnose curreni neeus are prud i vided for by Resettlement, ir As in the past, the security i-1 for those loans will consist of a is | first lien on the crop financed il i-! the loan is for the production ol is crops, and if for the purchase oi h feed for livestock, then a first ! lien on the livestock to be fed >f Landlords, or others having ar s interest in the crops or the live't | stock to be fed, will be required h to waive their claims in favoi 3- of the lien to the Governor oi y j the Farm Credit Administration j until the loan is repaid, y I Checks in payment of the apis proved loans will be issued by a, the Regional Emergency Croj it and Feed Loan Office at Column bia, South Carolina. ,e Judge Joe Ruark g Has Easy Session r Only two cases came up for triai 3- Wednesday in Recorder's Court, ^ One of them, case of the state against C. B. Holden for recks less operation of a motor vehi "icie, was posiponea unui cveunes' i day of this week. d I Harley Beck, white, pleadec guilty to a charge of being a 1C ' nuisance. He was given 2 yean [on the roads, this sentence being suspended upon payment of a j fine of $25.00 an(i the costs ir ! the case. ^ Azalea Gardens i j-i Be Open' > | February, usually describj ed in the north as the month of snow and ice and sleet, y | ^ I is fading and leaving behind d it in Brunswick a galaxy of ie I beautiful flowers. Azaleas it. i and other plants are now in J. [ full bloom, about six weeks t- j earlier than usual. In 1936 the beautiful Orton Gardens 5-1 of Mr. and Mrs. J. Laurence 1- j Sprunt were thrown open to a I the public, for a small ad>r j mission for the benefit of the 'sI Brunswick County Hospital, ie I on April 11th when the flow:e I ers were at their best. 1:1 To illustrate the present Id advanced season, Orton will have its annual opening for r- the benefit of the Brunswick 3l Hospital Saturday, February s- 27. As was the case last > j year, an admission fee of 25 i- cents will be charged and all of this will go to the Hospitj al Auxiliary. The azaleas and T PII imunity uary 24, 1937 publi: I in F1 ly Man Capt. C, About Casiv II Retired Lighthouse Keeper In Recent Article Which About Stran Captain Charlie Svvann, retired ' lighthouse keeper, has come forr I I rotrardino" waiu wiui uuui iiiawun ivgw>w?ig | the lighthouse at Fort Caswell, j Several weeks ago there appear-1 ; ed in this paper a picture of the! j tower, and an inquiry was made ,! for information regarding the [history of the light. Captain Swann is a pretty I good authority on the matter of | lights and lighthouses in this section, having served for almost ,! forty years in the lighthouse service. He says that the tower was : never used as a lighthouse, but only for a rear range light mark ing the Cape Fear River bar. The [ I front range light at this location 1 was on the beach, just above the highwater mark, according to Captain Swann. It was mounted! Lt. Carlyle Kin Local Can I * TERMINAL BILL PASSED BY HOUSE The house of representatives ; j passed .tlonday night a bill ' ' authorizing the state to erect a $100,000 gasoline terminal. The measure, introduced on I February 3 by Representatives Barker of Durham, Ward of Craven and Royster of Gran- J ville, instructs the council of state to order construction of j the terminal "if necessary." No location is specified. A representative of the Southport board of aldermen wrote the chairman of the committee which made recommendations regarding the bill "i""" 4*?af ttnnlltnnrt tu> rnn mav uu? sidered in the matter of as signing a site for the terminal. Assurance was given that repi resentatives from here would be heard. I Camp Team Will Play Fort Bragg The Camp Sapona basketball ] r team will play a team from Fort] ' I Bragg Saturday night in the j ' | Southport gymnasium. The camp ; boys, under the direction of Coach W. C. Marr, have compiled | J a record of 17 victories in 19 starts this season. [| i Two Couples Get Marriage Licenses ' j After going for almost a mon- J | th with no call for a marriage i license by a white couple, the I j local office of the Register of i Deeds issued permits to marry i j to two couples last week. ;| Contracting parties were Alice i Benton to Otis King, both of Lei land; Catherine O. Williams to . Conov alen nf T^>lflnd. i ""?J. \t Orton To To Public Saturday | other flowers are said to be well advanced with their blooming and the gardens present a beautiful spectacle. The hours for visitors at Orton, Saturday are from 2 to 6 p. m. Orton is on the river 11 miles above Southport and about 18 miles below Wilmington. Without exception it is the show place of Brunswick county, and the extensive gardens are extre| mely beautiful, ranking close to the far famed Magnolia Gardens near Charleston, S. Carolina. It is noted that the many young azalea plants in Franklin Park, at Southport, are also blooming, as are other flowers. In a few years when the plants will have attained j a more extensive stage of growth the park will afford a year-round beautiful spectacle. ,0T 3HED EVERY WEDNESDAY ogging Held With # Swann Tells I ell Lighthouse' Explains Mystery Expressed *1 i Asked For Information ge Structure F on a tracK, ana couiu ue inuveu as the entrance to the bar shifted. The last keeper of this range light, according to Capt. Swann, ^ was George Walker. In August 1894, there was a severe storm which washed away the light- ,, house keeper's dwelling. Some of " his household furniture was swept 1 over to Southport and deposited on the beach. The light was abandoned in 1895. Keeper of the lighthouse before Captain Walker was Captain Joe A. Bell, who lost his job during m the first administration of Gro- jw ver Cleveland. The lighthouse ap-! pointes in those days were j H made upon a political basis, and ;H Captain Bell was not in harmony bc with the winning party, accord- er ing to reports. o\ g Leaves 5 tip For Polkton s . !?r Educational Advisor At d? Camp Sapona For Past w 16 Months Given Trans- tr fer To Polkton Camp m LEFT MONDAY TO ASSUME DUTIES ? D Officer Had Been Stationed Here For Past 16 Months . And Had Many Friends oj Both In Southport And Camp {4 Lt. Carlyle King, for the past ^ 16 months educational advisor at g. Camp Sapona, left Monday for: S Polkton where he has been trans- F ferred for duty. f ^ Since he replaced Zach Williams as educational advisor more . than a vear ago, Lt. King has j ' made an enviable record with the boys at the local camp. A short _ time ago his classes were moved' I into a new educational building, ? which is the pride of the camp. I A farewell dinner given in hon- j or of the departing officer Monday night was attended by a number of local citizens, who join; P with them at the camp in wishing Lt. King every possible sue-1 cess in his future work. Lt. King will be replaced by| H. W. Black, a former member' of the faculty of the New Han- tl over high school. P : j la Legion To Meet ? Friday Evening! # S1 At Last Meeting Resolution C( Was Passed Expressing C( Appreciation Of Legion n Post To R. D. White For w Chairs I ir | ir Commander R. C. St. George j & calls attention of members to j the regular monthly meeting on _ Friday night at 8 o'clock in the j | legion hall of the Community Center Building. At a call meeting held in the legion hall February 5, the following resolution was passed expressing appreciation of the members to R. D. White for the gift of more than a hundred chairs for the Community Center Building: "Be it resolved that on behalf of the citizenship qf the City of Southport, the county of Brunswick and the membership of the Brunswick County Post No. 194, American Legion, our sincere thanks be extended to Mr. R. D. White, of Shallotte, for the fine donation of chairs recently made by him for the community hall at Southport; assuring him that the donation is highly appreciated and fills a much needed part of the hall's j furnishing. "Resolved further, that this resolution be spread upon the minutes of the Legion and a copy of same bo forwarded to Mr. White under the hand of the Legion Commander of the Brunswick County Post. "R. C. St. GEORGE, "Commander." i ' i Most Of The News All The Time " $1.50 PER YEAR Trial j out Bond rman Clemmons lefused Bond By r 1 m ludge tlemments ollowing Hearing Wednesday Night Coroner's Jury Recommends That Clemmons Be Held Without Bond In Torch Slaying TTORNEYS APPEALED TO SUPERIOR COURT [abeas Corpus Hearing Before Judge J. H. Clemments Monday In Wilmington Resulted In Confirmation Attorneys for Irman Clem- : ons, young Brunswick county hite man being held in connecm with the torch slaying of obson Sellars, heard Judge John ' . Clemments refuse to set a i >nd for the release of their cliit Monday. Judge Clements is presiding rer a special term of New Hanrer county Superior Court and ;ard the habeas corpus appeal 1 Attorneys R. W. Davis and B. Frink, defense counsel for lemmons. His decision confirmed , ie recommendation of the corler's jury which last Wednesly night ordered Clemmons held ithout privilege of bond for ial at the April term of court. A crowd that packed and jamed the courtroom to overflowg was on hand for .the hearing ;fore Coroner John G. Caison. ut those who came for excitelent went away disappointed, j ir testimony offered at thehearg substantiated earlier reports ' the fatal burning. First on the stand was Sidney i olden, 17-year-old Supply youth ho was an eye-witness to the 'fair. He told of how he saw oilers lying beside the Shallotteupply highway ill the night of I ebruary 6 and saw Clemmons , M our "something" on his body I nd strike a match to the body, I itting it in flames. The young H oy, who said Clemmons "acted I (Continued on Pase 4) I * "lonor Officers Of Eastern Star 'ast Matrons And Patrons Of Live Oak Chapter Here Honored Monday Evening At Meeting The local Chapter, Order Of le Eastern Star, honored the ast Matrons and Past Patrons ist Monday evening. A beautiful march was given i which the Past Matrons were resented at the altar. They were elcomed by the Worthy Matron, irs. Robert Willis. Each! honor1 guest was given a miniature avel tied with the Eastern Star slors. The guests were then es- j jrted to their seats. As the larch continued the word Love as formed. The last figure was t the shape of a heart. While i this position "Love's Old Sweet ong" was beautifully rendered (Continued On Page 4.) Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are appro ximately correct and were fur- ' B nisbed The State Port Pilot I through the courtesy of the I Cape Fear Pilot's Association. I High Tide Low Tide 1 Thursday, February 25 J 8:18 a. m. 1:10 a. m. 4 8:42 p. m. 2:36 p. m. rj Friday, February 26 H 8:58 a. m. 2:54 a. m. I 9:22 p. m. 3:15 p. in. 1 Saturday, February 27 I 9:37 a. m. 3:35 a, m. 10:01 p. m. 3:54 p. m. I Sunday, February 28 10:15 a. m. 4:14 a. m. 10:39 p. m. 4:29 p. m. .Monday, March 1 10:55 a. m. 4:53 a. m. 11:17 p. m. 5.03 p. m. ' Tuesday, March 2 11:31 a. m. 5:32 a. m. 11:54 p. ni. 5:38 p. m. Wednesday, March 3 6:19 a. m. 12:12 p. m. 6:17 p. m.