I
H The Pilot Covers
j frunswiek County
ji'.'.'e no. i
jjcai Si idents
ft. Capitol
On Ral igh Trip
I :on,b^f<S?
H jjathpo High School
K Oa!'ShTT : '2_g Tr'P
B.
"at: PLACES
B < Trip To Col '
:h And To
Vorih CariiHna State
' Prison
H . Principal C. A.
^B liijrh school
to
other
^B
-Marlowe.
- Sellers, Dan
f. y ..ret Martelles,
Ann Buchman.
wis. Esther Mae
Kitherine Nor.
.ere chaperoned
j first visit was the Genjs*::
In the lower
p E -telle, representa.
B: 'ick. introduced
iv ; house. The parconte
applause.
.. learned the grind
passktg bills as many
.iiile they were
escorted to tile
niilar work was
the privilege of
J. W. Harrel:
St re College, at his
graciously sent
rough the college grouthe
party was given a
welcome by Dr.
th College. Then
:'.t sent them up
st. through prison
halls, and by the
the State Prison.
:y w. - t on record as
piincipal to lead
- into prison and
i? . -t class to load
i- ~i out of " the state
" - in groups. Some
ms um, others visit.
: hi story, governors
t Superintendent of
k.:: sti ti n and many othZ
ached Southport
r.:: 'cl that night. Each
as being satisi:
t the- t::p was well worth
kfc; and trouble.
Lirtie Bits
Oi Big News
' ?*! Events Of State,
'r'ion and World-Wide
Interest During Past
Week
IW'
5 sh government
Mar Cantabrico,
out of New York
I ahead of conto
prevent
cargo from rea(T
sh civil war,
a Monday with
I : ' - ?t in sight. In
Bis ay she enSpanish
insurm
Canarias, unit of
attempting to
*?". h from delivering
I American-made
' ther war supplies
I the socialist
I l
I nirt
IV' it called f1 "
' t of his court rest':
, Tuesday night
I* stitution from
court and tlie
L " In outspoken
f executive asJ
- i- t! ibunat had '1m
If up" as a
and had read
' tutlon "words and
J.'; are not there
I . never Intended
At the same time,
ntent to 'pack'
k spineless pup^
. " disregard the
te.a*' ''' cases as he
S... decided, and
the ocesses of cont
were too
L ig problems of
leaders ralfcC';?
! -'ay night for
of at leant
^ tonal "must"
v:~ * " b . ar dockets fcr
I ??."<lie adjournI
^Uaued on Page 4.)
.
THI
S 4-PAG
Dies Suddenly 1
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8%, , i I
t- \ ^ "
CHARLES L. STEVENS I
Prominent Man
Died Thursday
. I
Charles L. Stevens, One Of
Southnort's Leading Citi- .
zens, Died Suddenly On ^
Thursday Morning From,
Heart Attack (
Charles L. Stevens, for many j
years an outstanding citizen of |
Southport, died early Thursday
morning following a sudden heart i
attack. He was 79-years-of-age. ]
Mr. Stevens moved here in
1890 from Chicago and was for t
five years editor of The South- t
pert Leader, weekly newspaper. In i
1895 he moved to New Bern, j
where he edited The New Bern i
Journal until 1912. During a part !
of that time he also edited the 1
Washington Messenger, another <
daily newspaper. Mr. Stevens re- 1
turned to Southport several years <
(Continued on Page 4.)
Bald Head Islai
Will Be Sold
jjc
Holdings Of Palmetto Island
Co. Will Be Sold
Monday Noon For Payment
Of Delinquent Taxes
Owed To Brunswick
County
FOURTH TIME THE
LAND HAS BEEN SOLD
Five Thousand Acres Of
North Carolina's Only
Tropical Island Being
Offered At
Auction
1 i
For the fourth time within the
past year the holdings of the
Palmetto Island Co.. which includes
about 5,000 acres of Bald
Head Island, will be offered for
i tnune nu'od
sale tor payment ui UtACO Vnvu r
Brunswick county. C. Ed Taylor
is the attorney representing the
county in the action.
The property being offered for
(Continued on Page Four)
Ensign Cotton
To Remain Here
Word was received here this
week that Lt. K. R. Cotton, for
the past six months junior officer
at Camp Sapona, has been
re-assigned to this camp. His
first tour expires this week.
The Spirit Of This
"Let's You
Independent basketball has |
been brought up to a high
plane in Southport this win- 1
ter, and the approach of the
end of the season is finding :
Camp Sapona and Southport
with the best quints they
have ever had.
They have met twice and
each has carried home a victory.
Again and again they
have met invaders at the
same time and on the same j
court in double headers. At
all such times they have
piled up huge scores. Camp
Sapona evidently wanted to
show Southport what it was
going to do when it met
Southport and Southport
just as determined to show
Sapona what they intended
to do to them.
It has been a case of stan- i
I ding off and eyeing each
other with mutual respect, |
but to show what they intend
doing they have belabored
! and whaled the tar out of
every other luckless team
i that came along and gave
them a chance to demonstrate.
Invaders of the Southport
gym have always been the j
st
A Got
ES TODAY
Will Discontinue
Cape Fear Coast
Guard Statior
According To Advices Re
ceived Sunday Fron
Washington, Station Or
Bald Head Island On<
Of Seven To Be Aban
doned
SATION-WIDE PLAN
OF REORGANIZATION
'roposed Change Will No
Cause Any Men To Be
Dropped From Service;
Improve Other Stations
Representative Lindsay C. War
en was informed Sunday by Ad
niral R. R. Waesche, comman
iant of the Coast Guard, tha
10 protests from any quarte
vould prevent carrying out o
he consolidation program of thi
lervice under which the activi
"oast Guard Stations in Nortl
Carolina will be decreased fron
!3 to 16 on September 1.
Included in the list of station
hat will be discontinued is th<
"ape Fear station, on Bald Heai
island.
There will be no reduction ii
"oast Guard personnel and th
cmaining stations will all b
aised to the rank of "super sta
lions," averaging 15 or 16 me)
it each instead of the presen
iverage of 9 or 10 men. Th
urogram will affect only 72 mer
Mr. Warren, who filed a pro
:est last week when inrormea o
he impending change was als
nformed Sunday that the Chan
?e will mean loss of rank for ni
ndividual, that the remainini
stations will be enlarged an
nodernized, each will be furnish
!d motorized equipment, that th
uen will have a cook at gov
irnment expense instead of hir
(Continued on Page 4)
id Property
\gain Mondaj
COUNTY COUNCIL
P.-T. A. SATURDAY
The annual Brunswick County
Council of the Parent-Teachers
Association will meet
Saturday morning, .'March 13,
at 10:30 o'clock in the Leland
high school auditorium.
M rs. C. W. Shaw, of Leland,
is president of the county-wide
organization.
The chief attraction of the
meeting will be the appearance
of the district president, Sirs.
J. S. Blair, of Wallace, on the
program. She will speak during
the days session.
A cordial invitation is extended
all officers and members
of local Parent-Teacher Associations
to attend this meeting.
Leland Teacher
Resigns Positio
The students of Leland hig
school very much regret the loi
of their science teacher, Harve
White, who resigned at the clos
of the last school month.
The students showed their aj
nreciation by presenting M
White with several useful gift
Mr. White left early Thursda
morning for Greensboro.
Article Is
And Them Fight'
victims of grandstanding for
the benefit of certain other
artists in town.
Sapona has a long string
of good players. The usual
line-up being composed of
Nunalee at center; McClammary
and Wagoner at guard
and Cabe and Bradshaw at
forward. They are fast when
they want to be. dextrious in
their passing and wonderfully
accurate in their aims for
the basket.
And Southport, under Captain
Herbert Rogers, can
show up a world of speed,
shifty floor work and puzzling
passing. Robert Hood, at
center is perhaps, not so fast
as the others, but he is always
where he is needed and
usually piles up the highest
score. The usual forward arrangement
is made up of
Robert Thompson and D. I.
Watson or Lonnie McDowell,
all three of whom are speed
merchants, and Captain Rogers
and manager John Shannon
hold down the defense.
It will be a good game
when Southport and Sapona
meet.
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ATE
>d Newspaper In
Southport, N.
|
Holds Hearing 1
On Yacht Basin)
[ Major Ralph Millis was , ^
here Thursday morning to
hold a hearing relative to |
the dredging of a yacht bas
* in,1 at Southport, but followi
ing the meeting over which
5 he presided there was no definite
announcement regarding
the project.
Briefs were presented from J
several sources, and three
I suggestions for suitable sites
were offered. None of the in- I
t formation was sufficiently
complete to use as a basis
for a decision, and the matter
is being held open for a
few days.
: Honor Roll For |c
i The 6th Month <
< :i
f First And Second Honor \
e Rolls For Southport c
e Schools Announced This a
1 Week By Principal C. A. I
1 Ledford c
, F
3 ! Following is the honor roll for j a
? th$ sixth school month as an- 1
nounced this week by C. A. Ledford,
principal of Southport high ^
e school.
e In order to be eligible for first j
honor roll a pupil must make
u "A" on everything, conduct int
eluded. t
e Grade II: Agnes Evans, Eve,
lyn Muncy, Margaret McGee,
I Billy Bowling and Billy Wells.
f Grade III: Harper Sasser, Sal0
ly Ann McNeil, Aileen Ledford, t
Francis St. George, Betty Lee
0 Oliver, John Carr Davis.
y Grade IV: Mary Ann Mollyjj
check, Dorothy Cox and Jessie
i T.ancflster_ 11
e Grade V: Mary Swain, Harry I
Ottoway, Claude Ford, Annis1
Jean Weeks, Lula Marie Swan,
' Muriel Lee Jones.
Grade VIII: Wilma Barnett, |
~ I Doris Lewis, Marjorie Potter. | c
Grade IX: Earl Bellamy, W. <
; T. Fullwood, Rosalind Page, and I f
Thelma Sellers.
r Grade X: Edward Taylor^ Ifat- f
ie Cox, Dorothy Jones and Louise (f
- Niernsee. ! J
Grade XI: Dan Clemmons,' j
Thelma Johnson, Susie Sellars, ';
Mazel Lewis and Mary Alice i
1 Lewis.
In order to be eligible for the ;
Second Honor Roll a pupil must i
not make more than one "B", |
conduct must be "A." t
Grade II: Francis Sasser and i
Paul Ledford. 1
Grade III: Bobby Brown, An-|i
nie Lee Evans. i
Gr^de V: Edna Earl Willis.
Grade VI: Margaret Carr. ||
Grade VIII: Doris Corbett, and ,
Sybil Ledford. i
Grade XI: John Hall.
Grade X: Frances Bellamy and!j
Jeannette Cranmer. I
Elect Southport
Girl May Queen
!
Miss Margaret Taylor, Dau- !
-L' r\C Mr<
M gllici VI 1*11. i-iuu
wj C. Ed Taylor, Will Be ,
h I May Queen At Greens- |
is J boro College
y !
,g | Miss Margaret Taylor, a memiber
of the senior class at Greensj.
I boro College, and daughter of
r I Mr. and Mrs. C. Ed. Taylor, of,
s ; Southport, has been elected May j
y j Queen for the 1937 May Day |
Festival. Miss Taylor has been.
- I an outstanding student at the !
! Greensboro College, having been
| a Greensboro College Player, and
a member of the Emerson Lite'
rary Society, the International
Relations Club, and the dramatic
club. In the 1936 May Day court
she attended the queen as maid
of honor.
Miss Taylor will be crowned in
a brilliant ceremony to be held
on the front campus of Greens- j
boro College Saturday afternoon,
May 8. |
Miss Hazel Snipes, of Selma, j
(Continued on Page 4)
Local All-Stars
Defeat Whiteville
The Southport Independents|
had their first game on the floor;
of the Whiteville court Monday
night and spent most of the first i
half sitting down. The floor had,
been used for dancing and was:
waxed to such a state that the!
local boys could not adjust their j
speed to it.
Near the half, Whiteville had f
a ten-point lead, which was reduced
to three points before in- i
termission. Slowing up in order
to avoid sitting down in the second
half, the local boys came
through to win 49 to 32. D. I.
Watson led the assault for South-1
port, scoring 24 points. Robert
Hood added ten points to the
victory.
1
POR'
i A Good Com
C., Wednesday, Man
Board Has Taken
Vo Action Toward!
Whiskey Election
Representatives From The'
Towns Of Southport And
Shallotte Ask For Division
Of Profit If Whiskey i
Is Sold
VPRIL 13 EARLIEST
DATE FOR ELECTION
Vo Vote On The Whiskey
Question Can Be Held
Before The 13th Of
April; Nothing Definite
In This
County
The board of county commissi-1
iners in their meeting here on |
Monday made no move toward!
ailing for a county-wide referindum
on the liquor question in
Jrunswick, which they are pri-:
'ileged to do under the local
iption whiskey bill recently enicted
by the General Assembly.
Representatives from the towns
>f Southport and Shallotte ap-1
leared before the board and ask>d
that any profits which may
>e realized from whiskey stores
illowed in Brunswick county be
livided 50-50 with the city govirnment
of the place where these
itores may be located.
Under the provisions of the
>ill recently enacted, the comnissioners
have the right either
o call the election themselves,
(Continued on Page 4.)
Judge Ruark Has
A Rucir ^accinn
A JL/UO J UV0O1VH
iight Cases Were Disposed
Of Last Wednesday Before
Judge Joe W. Ruark
In Recorder's Court
Last Wednesday was a busy
lay for Judge Joe W. Ruark, as!
light cases were disposed of be-1
ore him in Recorder's Court.
J. R. Seagrove, white, was
'ound guilty of failure to stop
ollowing an automobile accident,
ludgment was suspended upon
>ayinent of the costs in the case
ind restitution to the prosccutng
witness.
Martha Brown, colored, pleaded
;uilty to charges of being drunk
ind disorderly. Her sentence of
:hirty days in jail was suspenled
upon payment of the costs.
Marcellus Benton, white, was
'ound guilty of an affray. Judgment
was suspended upon payment
of the costs.
Lee Kye, Jr., white, pleaded
guilty to charges of simple assault.
Judgment was suspended
jpon payment of the cost.
Cordis Smith, white, pleaded
juilty to charges of violating the
traffic laws. Judgment was suspended
upon payment of the
DOStS.
Lacy Dawkins, white, was
found not guilty of violating a
traffic law.
Jake Caison, white, was found
not guilty of being drunk and
disorderly. Quincy Ellis and Chas.
Ellis faced charges of larceny.
Action was dismissed as to
Quincy. Charles pleaded guilty to
larceny of merchandise of less
than $20.00 vaiue and was given
90 days on the roads.
?- a i m
Donald Skipper
Makes His Bond
Man Being Held Here For
Trial At April Term Of
Court Manages To Raise
$4,500 For Release From
Jail
Donald Skipper, who had been
held in jail here since the slaying
at a filling station last October
of Howard Scott, was released
under $4,500 bond Saturday
morning.
Judge Henry A. Grady, of Clinton,
at a habeas corpus hearing,
had originally set bond at $7,500,
but later reduced the bond at
another hearing.
Skipper's release came after
S. Bunn Frink, Southport attorney,
had posted the bond. Sureties
on the bond included H. O.
Peterson, E. L. Krahnke, R. M.
Powell, Charles and Agnes Harvell.
Ethyl Dow Men
Visit Bald Head
Four automobile loads of officials
of the Ethyl Dow Chemical
Company and their families
spent Sunday here and were taken
over to Bald Head Island at
noon for a visit to that rather
far-famed body of land. It was
to be observed that there were
more Wilmington than Southport
people on the streets here this
past Sunday,
r pn
munity
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:h 10th, 1937 P"BL!
Scenes Of Nort
Tropical "
BALD HEAD?Above
famous Bald Head Island,
of the Cape Fear Lighthoi
above is of the abandoned
right is a close-up picture
picture shows two boys wit
in front of a background <
N. C. Fisheries
Be Used By
YACHTSMEN HERE
TO CHART COURSE
Several members of the
Carolina Yacht Club of Wrightsville
Beach spent Sunday afternoon
here chartering a
course and going over plans
for the Yachting Regatta
which is to be held August
12-13 and 14.
Captain I. B. Bussells carried
the party and members
of the. Civic Club for a cruise
over the course in the new
Pilot boat, R. R. Stone. The
visitors appeared greatly pleased
with everything at this
stage of the proceedings and
they, along with local citizens,
are looking forward to
this years races as the beginning
of a big annual event
that will attract much attention.
Every week brings new inquiries
from private owners
and yachting organizations
along the Atlantic Seaboard,
and there apparently is every
reason to believe that the
yacht races will draw entrants
from far and near.
Inspection Held
At Camp Sapon
Captain David G. Wilson, sul
district inspection instructor, coi
Ipleted an inspection of the buik
lings and grounds at Camp Saj
ona last week. He warmly praii
I ed the manner in which the 1<
I cal camp is being conducted.
An inspection visit from tt
I headquarters of this corps are
I is expected soon.
-
Negro Boys Com<
Forest W<
A group of Negro boys
' from the vicinity of the
I Chapel Road school came to
the assistance of County For!
est Warden Dawson Jones
Sunday and fought like veterans
until a stubborn forest
blaze was under control.
Warden Jones was in
Southport Tuesday and told
the story of his volunteer
helpers.
Having received a call to
go to a forest fire in that
,1 section, Warden Jones took
; one of the fire trucks and
I started for the scene. After
turning off the hard surface,
the fire truck stuck on a
side road leaving the warden
unable to make a hurry call
for help. Upon reaching the
' fire, Warden Jones found a
group of small Negro boys
fighting for dear life with
pine boughs,
i Forced by necessity to
handle the situation with the
T
.OT f
[SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
h Carolina's ^
Bald Head Island
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i
; V
e:
a
F
t;
a
are shown several views of e
In the upper right is a view e
ise tower. The center picture "
Bald Head lighthouse. At the u
of a palm tree. The lower e:
h a Tarzan complex standing
)f tropical vegetation. j?
Plant Will I
' Local Concern ;
"? ti
"'Capo Fear Sea Food Com-iv
pany Began Operations
This Week; First Work f'
Will Be Cooking And fi
Canning Crabmeat tl
c
SKILLED WORKERS f
TO BE EMPLOYED M
L
Idea Of Alan C. Ewing And "
H. B. Ludlum, Managers, ?
Is To Prepare AH
Types Of Seafood ^
For Table u
The local cooling plant of the
North Carolina Fisheries, Inc., j
has been leased by the Cape Fear j
Sea Food Company, which began |
operations this week.
Alan C. Ewing and H. B. Ludlum
are in charge of the new!.
business.
It is the purpose of the new
company to use the cooking,
cooling and canning equipment of
1 the plant to prepare seafood primarily
for distribution in North
(Continued on Page four)
F
Prominent Attorney s
Visitor In Town
_| Judge and Mrs. R. S. Rich- ^
j mond, of Providence, R. I? spent
I part of the past week here with t
(I | Judge and Mrs. J. W. Ruark. 2
jJudge Richmond's visit was in j ^
j- j the interest of development of a j.
^ ; large tract or iana on uie east- c
j ern edge of town, for which he \
is attorney.
' 1 He told a representative of the j:
3-1 Pilot that something of great im-1
>- j portance was certain to be done
I with this property this year. He
ie was unwilling to talk for publi- t
a | cation as to the precise nature *
j of the development.
; To Aid Of
arden To Fight Fire
help at hand, the forest warden
directed the efforts of j
| these boys, whose ages ranged
from 8 to seventeen
years. "They fought like veterans,"
he said, "and I feel
that they should be commen- |
ded for their fine work."
Warden Jones says that he
believes the quick response
may be traced to a recent
visit paid the school in the
interest of forest fire protection.
E. O. Gandy, principal
of the Chapel Road school,
evidently had instructed the
boys in the proper methods
of fire-fighting, according to
the warden.
Boys who volunteered for
this duty were: Quince, Richard
Small, Allen Plenty,
James Waddell, Wiljie Ray
Millington, James McKoy,
Sylvester Waddell, Willie
Dudley, Robert Henry Garrett,
Pronice Gibbs, William
Henry Street and Richard ,
Gibbs. |
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Most Of The News |
All The Time 1
$1.50 PER YEAR
Change Made In
Supervisor For
Feed Loan Body
V. F. King, Of Wilmington,
Replaces T. O. Edens
As Field Supervisor;
Applications Now Being
Received
1ISS MAMIE PIGOTT
IN CHARGE OF OFFICE
armers Must Be Unable
To Obtain Credit Anywhere
Else Before
They Are Eligible
For Loan
Announcement waa received
lis week of the appointment of
/. F. King, of Wilmington, to
lcceed T. O. Edens as field suprvisor
for the Emergency Crop
nd Feed Loan Section of the
arm Credit Administration.
Mr. King had Brunswick counf
in his territory two years ago,
nd is well known in this seeon.
Applications for loans are beig
received at Supply by Miss
iamie Piggott, who is in charge
f the local office.
Loans will be made only to farlers
who cannot obtain credit
rom any other source, as proided
by regulations issued by
ne Governor of the Farm Credit .
.dministration. The money loand
will be limited to the farmr's
immediate and actual cash
eeds for growing his 1937 crops
" nnroVlQQp nf fppd fof
l xu1 wlc ];uivi?m>v ????
vestock and in no instance may
xceed $400.00. t
Farmers are not eligible for
lese loans if they can borrow
rom an individual, production
redit association, bank or other
oncern. Emergency crop and
?ed loans will not be made by
le Farm Credit Administration
} standard rehabilitation clients
f the Resettlement Administraion
whose current needs are proided
for by Resettlement.
As in the past, the security (ar
those loans will consist of a
irst lien on the crop financed if
he loan is for the production of >? .
rops, and if for the purchase of
eed for livestock, then a first
en on the livestock to be fed.
.andlords, or others having an
iterest in the crops or the livetock
to be fed, will be required
d waive their claims in favor
f the lien to the Governor of
he Farm Credit Administration
ntil the loan is repaid.
jood Prices Get >
Shrimpers Busy
"let Price Of 15 Cents Per {.
Pound At Dock Leads
Several Boatmen To Start
Earlier Than Usual With
Spring Shrimping
A net price of 15 cents per
lound for shrimp at the Southiort
docks has resulted in a coniderable
number of shrimp traw?rs
beating the gun for the start
f the season. Boats going out;
his week for short stays have
.veraged 100 pounds or better.
The dealers buying from the
rawlers are said to be getting
:7 cents per pound on the New
fork market. It costs quite a
lit to pack and deliver the proluct
there and the 12 cent margin
h,'tvvppn what the boatmen
;et at the docks and what the
myers get in New York falls
onsiderably before the overhea4
f delivering.
Along with the catches of
ihrimp there is a considerable
imount of edible fish being tak(Contlnuea
on Page 4)
Tide Table '
Following Is the tide table
for Southport during the next
week. These hours are approximately
correct and were furnished
The Stat* Fort Pilot
through the courtesy of the Cape
Fear Pilot's Association.
High Tide Low TMe
Thursday, .March 11 / i
6:5k a. m. 1:02 a. m.
7:19 p. m. 1:26 p. m. .1
Friday, March 12
7:40 a. m. 1:48 a, m.
7:59 p. m. 2:08 p. m.
Saturday, March 18
8:22 a. m. 2:84 a. m.
8:41 p. m. 2:49 p. m.
Sunday, March 14
9:07 a. m. 3:20 a. m.
9:26 p. m. 3:30 p. m.
Monday, March 15
9:56 a. m. 4:05 a. m.
10:19 p. m. 4:12 p. m.
Tuesday, .March 16
10:53 a. m. 4:53 a. m.
11:16 p. m. 4:58 p. m.
Wednesday, March 17
11:62 a. m. 5:47 a. m.
5:5t p. m. ^
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