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The Pilot Covers Brunswick County I VOLUME TEN NO. : I Army Engineers I Here Monday To I Look Over Site Major Ralph Millis And Two Other Representatives Of Wilmington Office Were In Southport investigation of YACHT BASIN SITE Engineer Department De H sired Alternate Site For gfl One South Of City And * Looked At Another I Major Ralph Millis, head of the (/ S. Army Engineers for this district and two men from his of iav. T. J. Hewette and R. C. Mer ntt. were in Southport Monday norning looking over a piece of property on the riverfront north of the city with the idea of de termining its suitability as a site for a yacht basin. When figures and a map of the proposed site at the southern end of the city near the entrance of the inland waterway were sub mitted to the Engineers Depart men, there came the request for ?n investigation of an alternate location. This new site is located on property owned by the South port Promotion and Developing Company, and by Phillip Allen. Representatives from the En rineers department were non I oimmital regarding the comparaI tive advantages of the two loca tions. but declared that a thor ough survey would be made of both sites. The attitude of local citizens H in the matter is that there is I I too little to choose between the two places for any disagreement J Hover the matter of location. They I will welcome approval of the H yacht basin project at either end of Southport. 1 Little Bits A Of Big News I News Events Of State, I Nation and World-Wide Interest During Past Week H.Vra1 Champ Battered and bleeding. James J. Braddock went down for the first and last time TuesH day night, under the crushing impact of a right hand smash to the side of the head, and lost the heavyweight boxing championship of the world to Joe Louis, a 23-year-old boy H from the cotton fields of Alabama. In a stunning climax to the first mixed match for the big title in 22 years. Louis came back from a first round H knockdown to batter the de fending champion into a bloody pulp and become the second member of his race ever to capture the most prized crown in pugilism. I Wholesale I Pritsnn nffiriais laid plans this I week for what may be the greatest number of mass killings in the history of North Carolina's 27-year-old death chamber. On six of the next seven Fridays, a total of 17 executions are scheduled. All but five of the 22 men awaiting death at central prison in Raleigh have lost apepals to the state supreme court and will he executed by August 6, unless Governor Hoey intervenes. Wake does Wet Unofficial returns from 44 of 45 Wake county precincts Tuesday night gave 7,841 votes for county liquor stores and 6.553 against. Election officials said the returns from the missing precinct could not change the results of the referendum. While the countywide majority was 1,288, precincts outside of Raleigh voted 3,523 against county control and 2,654 for. Raleigh itself voted wet, 5,187 to 3,030. Premier Resigns Premier Leon Blum released the reins of government early on Monday on the seventeenth day ?f his second year in power?a Marathon term in France where "iinisteries have lasted as little 45 a day. The scholarly socialist, who never before was a minister un'il he became head of the popu|ar front government, resigned after the senate twice rejected 18 demands for full powers to regulate France's finances by deProtection Tobacco states' congressmen (Continued on Page 4) TH1 22 4-PA( Rain Brings Ten To Fori V > . :-V K% ' V *rm Vv. 7 i FOREST FIRE?Showei Brunswick County forest fin rations similar to the one si constant source of worry t organization. General Rains Tn i v i ui vt ^ Forest Organization Has' Been On Pins For Past Few Weeks Because Of Extremely Dry Weather, But Crisis Is Over FOREST FIRE LOSS HELD TO MINIMUM Splendid Co-operation Of Men From CCC Camp At Southport Was Major Factor In Fighting Forest Fires General rains which fell throughout Brunswick county the latter part of last week brought temporary relief to the forest fire fighting forces of the county. Forest Warden Dawson Jones and his helpers have had their hands full during the last few tteeks of' extremely dry weather in trying to prevent the outbreak of any serious fire. While no I major loss was incurred, the' warden and his men welcomed the showers that put out the last smouldering threat of fires that were being combatted last week. Warden Jones says that much credit for the successful campaign against forest fires during the past few weeks is due the j men of Camp Sapona, CCC organization. at Southport. Under j their project leader, Sam Hill, they have rendered faithful ser-1 vice, says the forest- warden. Routing Expert Completes Workj ; O. S. Dilliard, Representa1 fi' Sfaio Com live VI _ mission, Spent Last Week In County Mapping Out Routes For School Buses 0. S. Dilliard, representative of the State School Commission, spent the past week in Brunswick county checking routes for school buses for the coming year. Several minor changes have been suggested by Dr. Dilliard in an effort to improve transportation facilities. Included in these proposed cha- j nges is a decision to contract two school bus routes coming into Southport. In these two instances less than five children (Continued on page four) The Fishing Party Much Potential V The value of the fishing ; party business to Southport is such as to be deserving of having every attention and courtesy paid to the visiting sportsmen. Sunday night seventeen prominent Kannapolis citizens came in on a fishing trip, going out Monday, remaining over night and repeating the I fishing expedition. This party probably spent more than a hundred dollars for boats and accommodations while they were here. At the same time three other parties were out fishing. The weather was bad, or there would probably have been several more such parties. It should also be taken into account that on Mondays, the beginning of the week, very few fishing parties might be expected. The middle of the week and Saturday and Sunday will probably bring more parties than there will be boats to accommodate. J E SL A Goo( 5ES TODAY Soilthf 1 tiporary End *st Fire Menace ?????______ . * ;s last week wiped the > slate clean. Small conflaglown above were proving a o the county's fire-fighting Bring End >t Fire Menace BRUNSWICK COUNTY CROPS ARE GOOD General rains over Brunswick county last week-end have done wonders in the way of helping crops, and the farm outlook at the present time is very hopeful. In the lower end of the county there has been enough rain all along to keep the situation from becoming acute. As a result, the tobacco crop i is coming along nicely. Many fields have been topped out, and a few scattered barns of tobacco will be housed this i week. The extended drought caused considerable damage to crops in the immediate vicinity of Southport before the rain relief Saturday. R. B. Morse Dies In New York Southport Man Died In New York Hospital Monday Morning Following Operation There Last Week R. B. Morse, prominent citizen | of Suthport, died Monday morning in a New York hospital where he underwent a serious operation last week. The deceased, who was 68-1 years-of-age, was a ship's engin- \ eer and had traveled all over the world. He was a man of quiet manner, and was highly respected by all who knew him. Mr. Morse is survived by his j wife, Mrs. Ada Ferguson Morse, I one daughter, Mrs. Park Win-1 slow, of New York, and a sister, Mrs. Kitty Pullen, of Wilmington. The remains will be brought here for burial at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Funeral services will be conducted by the, Rev. J. R. Edwards, of Mount Gi- j lead, a former pastor of Trinity Methodist church, in the absence of the Rev. E. M. Hall, present j pastor. Following services at the I church, the members of the local Masonic lodge will take charge at the cemetery. Business Now Of alue To Southport | From among the sportsmen here in the past five days, at least one man of ample means has expressed a I keen desire to purchase certain local property and develop it into something that would be of much value to the town. He contacted the Civic Club in the matter. Others may have contacted other parties and some may have become interested in something or other without making any expression of ! their interest, i So far, the number of fishing parties that have failed in- the object that drew them to Southport have been remarkably few. Fine catches have been an almost invariable rule. In the one or two instances when things did not turn out well, no fault can be laid to the boatmen. ! They have been striving to please their patrons and see that fine catches of fish were t made. In this they have suc(Continued on page 4.) V ME i Newspaper In )ort, N. C., Wednesday, Commissioners In I Special Sessions Here This Week Members Board Of County T Commissioners Are Meeting As Board Of Equalization And Review In Tax Matters MEETING TODAY A AND AGAIN FRIDAY Board Met On Monday To 0 Hear Complaints Brought I By Citizens Of North West And Town Creek Members of the Board of Coun- t\ ty Commissioners are in session t< here this week meeting as a. ei board of equalization and review, tl On Monday they met to hear , ]? complaints in the matter of tax b adjustments from citizens of j North West and Town Creek j ]?' townships. Today (Wednesday) ! c( they are hearing citizens from Smithville and Lockwoods Folly a townships. At their session Fri-1a day they will hear complaints j w from citizens from Waccamaw \ and Shallotte townships. This is not a session merely cl for the purpose of reducing valu-, li ation, but is for the purpose of! n making adjustments where the' g value of property has been seri- IV offoofnd oinno Inst" VPflT. ! L v/uoiy aixvvvvu b?>wv , ? n Law Requires j An Examination 2 'w Text Of Legislative Act Re- E lative To Health Of The j House Servants Requires 1 V Evidence Of Being In ^ Good Health Because some question exists in the mig/1? of local citizens regarding their rights in requiring E their domestic servants to pre-1 sent a health certificate, the text of the act is printed below: "An Act Requiring The Examination of Domestic Servants. "The General Assembly of North I h Carolina de enact: j tl "Section 1. That hereafter all j o; domestic servants who shall pre- j r: sent themselves for employment j g shall furnish their employer with 1} a certificate from a practicing b physician or the public health of- j t< ficer of the county in which they j it reside, certifying that they have J been examined within two weeks1 p prior to the time of said presen- o tation of said certificate, that j n they are free from all contagious o; infectious or communicable dis- ti eases and showing the non-exis-I ei tance of any venereal disease a which might be transmitted, j tl Such certificate shall be accom-1 tl panied by the original report tl from a laboratory approved by [ a the State Board of Health for 11' making such tests showing that 1 i; the wasscrmann or any other ap-' ri proved tests of this nature are j u negative. Such tests to have been I; made within two weeks of the; d time of the presentation of such certificates; and such certificate s shall also affirmatively state the | b non-existence of tuberculosis in t a the infectious state. j a "Section 2. That all domestic u servants employed shall be exam- s ined at least once each year and a as often as the employer may re- r quire, and upon examination shall a furnish to the employer all of the n evidence of the condition of their tl health, as is set out in section c one hereof. o "Section 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. f "Section 4. That this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification. "In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the u 22nd day of March, 1937. tl "W. P. HORTON, I Pres. of the Senate, p "R. G. CHERRY, S Speaker of the House of Repre- 7 sentatives." d r Demonstration Club |s At Phoenix Meets s I r: The Phoenix Home Demonstra-1 1 tion Club held its June meeting I j at the home of Mrs. Joe P. Ver-1 zaal. The meeting was opened j by singing "The Song of the Op-1 en Country." After a short business session, v the meeting was in charge of ii Mrs. Marion S. Dosher, home ag- ti ;ent. Her topic was "Accessories For v The Home." Refreshments were 1 served by the hostess. Those h present were: Mrs. E. Tharp, d Mrs. Henry Verzaal Mrs. Jack Reynolds, Miss Dora Fuller, Miss a Betty Brew Chinnis, and Mrs. j e ^Marion S. Dosher. jo 1 P0R1 A Good Comr June 23rd, 1937 'ension Checks ( For Confederate Widows Arrive wo Class "A" Widows And Eighteen Class "B" Widows Of Confederate j Veterans Received At I Clerks Office f LLL CHECKS HAVE J BEEN CALLED FOR >ne Class 'A' Widow, Mrs. Rebecca Styron, Has Died Since Last SemiAnnual Payment Semi-annual pension checks for vo class "A" widows and eigh;en class "B' widows of Confedrate Veterans were received at le office of the clerk of court ist week and all checks have een called for. One class "A" widow, Mrs. Re- j ecca Styron, has died since the ist checks were received in De- j smber. Checks for class "A" payments re for 5150.00; class "B" checks re for 550.00. Recipients of class "A" checks j rere: Mrs. Ellie Gray and Mrs.] lary E. Swain. Those receiving class "B" j hecks were; Mrs. Henrietta Car- j sle, Mrs. H. V. Cox, Mrs. Fan- [ ie G. Davis, Mrs. Annie K. Fer-: uson, Mrs. Alice W. McKeithan. j Irs. Mary Mitchell, Mrs. Addie - i. Morgan, Mrs. Arnecy J. Mur- j | ill, Mrs. Mary E. Phelps, Mrs.! I annie Robinson, Mrs. Lucy A. j oss, Mrs. P. M. Russ, Mrs. I'ancy Jane Sellers, Mrs. Rebeca immons, Mrs. R. E. Vereen, Irs. Helno Caroline White, Mrs. _ Cary Anne Williams, Mrs. Mary . Wilson. Specialist Gives Garden Hints Extension Horticulturist Of State College Gives Advice To Home Gardener For Summer Crops The hot dry weather has been ard on the garden as well as j le field crops, but we must keep ti planting and when it does lin we will have seed in the round which should grow rapid'. Additional plantings of both ush and pole snapbeans and but>r beans should be made durlg the first and last part of une. Okra, corn and blackeyed eas should be planted also. Anther planting of pepper and tolatoes will extend the season f these very desirable vege- j " tbles. Tomota seed can be plant-1 r d where they are to remain j nd the plants protected and ' dinned out to one plant after1 ley are up. If plants are used! ley should be planted as deep J s possible, leaving the bed about ] i/vo inches above the soil. This S i necessary in order that the sots may be placed below the pper layer of soil which usual-1 ir becomes very dry and warm uring the summer months. Sweet potato plants should be ti et not later than June 10 for tl est yields. Early plantings have 0 longer period for growing and 0 larger yield of prime potatoes rill be produced. Fertilize the a weet potatoes with a fertilizer n nalyzing 3-8-8 and apply at the n ate of 800 to 1,000 pounds per t( ere depending on the soil. Do rj ot put compost or manure in r lie drill with the plants. It will (p ause the potatoes to be discol- j red and cracked and they will (Continued on Page Four) ^ jalloway Passes Pharmacy Exam Adrian Galloway, of Bolivia, 'ho graduated this month from lie school of pharmacy at the Tniversity of North Carolina, assed the examination of the tate Board of Pharmacy held 'uesday, Wednesday and Thursay of last week and now is a egistered pharmacist. Mr. Galloway is well known in ' outhport, having worked for everal months at Watson's Phamacy. Divorces Granted Here Last Week Two divorces were granted last reek before Judge Sam J. Ervl, who presided over the special erm of Superior Court. Mrs. Annie Blanche Thorsen 'as graned a divorce from Olaf Tiorsen upon the grounds that er husband was a habitual runkard. Mrs. Lena Jacobs was granted divorce from her husband, Robrt E. Jacobs, upon the grounds f two years separation. r pii nunity PUBLl ^lemmons In 'Tour In Si ?ow Flying Plan Fo Have Belongt The gaint monoplane which skimmed low over Southport about 10:30 o'clock Mondaj morning is believed to have been the one belonging to Clarence Chamberlain, transAtlantic flyer, that was forced down a short time later in the inland waterway, near Wilmington. The low-flying plane created considerable local excitement. Representatives of the Army Engineers office, in Wilmington, and a group of local citizens were looking over a proposed yacht basin site at the northern end of town as the ship came over. Immediately thereafter a group of kids came along on a bicycle to see if the mei were landing from the plane. The plane, a 40-passenge transport which Chamberlain purchased in Miami, Fla., Saturday, was set down on the waterway near Wilmington at 11 o'clock Monday 3ast Week Hi Time At HEARING IN HALE BEACH MATTER ON The referee's hearing in the matter of the Intra-Statc Waterway Commission, A. G. Myers, et als. vs. the Hale R< aeh Corporation was resumed Tuesday morning in Wilmington before Marsden Bellamy. In this action the Hale Beach Corporation is seeking to recover $50,000.00 damage for property loss sustained when the plaintiff in the suit condemned a right-of-way for the inland waterway. Judge George Rountree spoke Tuesday for the beach body, and was followed in his argument by C. Ed Taylor. Their colleagues are R. W. Davis, S. B. Frink, W'oodus Helium and R. E. Sentelle. E. K. Bryan, W. B. Campbell and J. W. Rtiark represent the plaintiff. rhree Baseball Games In Weel outhport Town Team flay ing This Afternoon Ii Wilmington; Will Go Ti Loris For Game Friday Three baseball games (nvolvin f/o local teams are scheduled fo ne last part of this week, bu nly one of them will be playe n the local diamond. The Southport town team ha game scheduled with a Wil lington all-star nine this (Wed esday) afternoon; on Friday af rnoon the local boys go to Lo s for a game. The Camp Sapona team wil lay on the local diamond Sun (Continued on page 4.) Catching Rattlesn Traps Is Tl If a mule drawing a plow steps over a large rattlesnake it logically follows that the man following the plow should do likewise. John Dosher, truck grower living two miles from Southport, did nothing of the sort Friday morning. On the contrary, he detoured with surprising rapidity, his sudden activity awakening the more or less sleep-walking mule and the two of them thereby disturbing a huge rattler who had his mouth full of meat, a nearly grown rabbit that was furnishing the material for one long slow gulp. The commotion caused the reptile to let go the half swallowed rabbit, and with every indication of being in a most trucculent mood, crawled off into the swamp while the man and mule looked on from a respectful distance and in a rather agigitated frame of mind. But, with the vanishing of the snake Mr. Dosher's ire .OT SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Is Found Nc ch Murder' 1 iperior Couri * I e Monday Believed d To Chamberlain * ?1 mjfc' r i Clarence C'hamberlln | ' ' ~ : morning. A speedy repair ! was made to a leaking cop] per pipe, and the plane conI tinued her way northward. Raom Riioir AO uccu J_#Uoy : Local Hospital " Total Of Ten Appendicitis Operations Performed At Brunswick County Hospital Since Last Thursday FIVE OPERATIONS PERFORMED THURSDAY Unusual Rush Has Filled All Beds At The Local Institution; Many Other Cases In Hospital Ten patients have been admitted to the Brunswick County Hospital since last Thursday for the removal of their appendix, and this unusual epidemic plus the normal number of cases has filled the local institution to overflowing. The high spot for the past week was Thursday, when five appendictomies were performed. On that day Evelyn Gore, Carrie Benton and Corbett Holden, all of Shallotte, Mrs. Talmadge Var" nam, of Supply, and Harris Cumbee, of Camp Sapona, underwent operations. On Friday Robert Garner, of [ Southport, and Tom Oats, of Supply, had their appendix removed. William Shannon, of Southport, l was operated on Sunday night. d' Thomas Earl Milliken and Gladys Mintz, both of Shallotte, jwere operated on on Monday, g | During this period there were r | three white babies born at the t hospital. A daughter was born to d j Mr. ana Mrs. i^ee ivye, jr., ui Winnabow, Friday. On Sunday a s! boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. i W. C. Webb and another boy to - Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Watts. AT .MYRTLE BEACH Mrs. Mayme Moore left this il i week for Myrtle Beach, where - she will operate the Mack-Moore I Cottage J^ls summer. lakes In Steel he Latest Of Sports began to rise to replace the entirely different emotion that had preceded it. No snake could do that to him and his mule and get away with it. He and his mule and plow proceeded elsewhere and the mule was undressed from his plowing apparatus and turned into the pasture to graze. The recent follower of the plow went to the wood shed where he gathered unto his arms several large and vicious steel traps. Thus equipped, he returned to the scene of his recent excitement and. after making sure that the snake was nowhere in the immediate neighborhood, carefully planted his implements of destruction about the abandoned rabbit. This operation performed, he went to the house had his dinner and accustomed noon-day nap in which various visions of rattlesnakes predominated. In the afternoon he sallied . forth on (Continued on page 4.) Ill Most Of The News All The Time $1.50 PER YEAR H >t Guilty I [rial Held I t Last Week I Brunswick County Jury Re- . KH turns Quick Verdict Of jH Acquittal Following Trial SH That Lasted For Two 'HI Days SKIPPER GUILTY OF H 2ND DEGREE MURDER H Man Tried For Fatal Shoot- nBj ing Of Donald Scott Sentenced Thursday To Serve From Five To Seven Years In Penitentiary Irman Clemmons went free on Thursday afternoon when a Bru- ^HD nswick county jury brought in a Mjjfl verdict of not guilty following his trial for the fatal burning of Hobson Sellers. The jury dcliberated for less than thirty mlnu- I J99 tes upon evidence that had been introduced since Wednesday mor- | H Solicitor John J. Burney sought conviction upon a charge of sec- |Hl ond degree murder. B9HB Donald Skipper, whose trial for the fatal shooting of Donald Scot was completed Tuesday after noon, was found guilty by a jury ! which returned its verdict Wed- |^H ncsday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The defendant was sentenced on Thursday afternoon by Judge 3H Sam J. Ervin, of Morganton, to SflH conm ffAm fivn In cnvAn voara | in the state penitentiary. No mo- IN tion for appeal was taken. The turning point in the trial RH came when an affidavit signed by 17-year-old Sidney Holden was presented by defense counsel to j HH 1 refute testimony given by the '^^9 youth as a reputed eye-witness <^9H to the burning. H Young Holden on the stand j 9H Wednesday, told the jury he had accompanied Clemmons down the road near Supply, That they .lounu*Sellers lying ill tn the road. 799 He said Clemmons told Sellers to '^^Hj get up and that Sellers replied he was too ill to move. Clem- j mons then picked him up and put him on his feet, the youth said. But he added, after walking a ,^^9 few steps, Sellers complained he was too ill to go on and lay back down beside the road. Enraged. Clemmons cried, "I'll I B9 get something that will make j him move," young Holden said, j j ^9| and departed up the road. In a few minutes, said the youth, ^^9 Clemmons returned carrying a j! 9 can. He poured the contents upon the prostrate form of Sellers, the young witness went on, and then I struck a match. Sellers was immediately envel- 1 jj^H oped in flames, said young Hoi- ^^9 den and, frightened, he fled upon his bicycle. Johnny Stone testified that af- .i^^H ter Sellers' clothing had been ex- 1 ^9 tinguished and rescuers were pre- ! paring to take him to the hospital in Southport he heard Sel- : 9 lers accuse Clemmons of having HH set him afire, adding, "And you ' 9H cursed me while you were doing 1^9 ' it." SH - . u.. IHI Solicitor tsurney cnargeu uh ^ 1 fluid which Clemmons is said by HH the Holden youth to have poured j^H upon Sellers was gasoline. ^B | On Thursday defense counsel i put into evidence an affidavit, j ^B (signed by Holden the day following the burning of Sellers which | .completely contradicted the dam! aging testimony he gave against 'j MB Clemmons from the stand Wed- j B J nesday. Defense Attorney K. W. Davi3 said the boy had signed the affi(Continued On Page 4.) fl Tide Table I Following is the tide table for Southport during the nest week. These hours are appro- IBB ximately correct and were fur- B nlshed The State Tort Pilot through the courtesy of tfie ^Hj Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide I-ow Tide Thursday, June 24 8:37 a. m. 2:44 a. m. B 8:37 p. m. 2:43 p. m. Friday, June 23 9:11 a. m. 3:23 a. m. j 9:08 p. m. 3:20 p. m. j B Saturday, June 26 9:48 a. <BB 9:44 p. m. 3:34 p. m. BHj 10:27 a. m. 4:33 a. m. f^B Monday, June 28 I^B 11:09 p. m. 5:06 p. m. Tuesday, Inn. 29 11:34 a. m. 3:39 a. m. 5:53 p. m. Wednesday, June 30 I 6:19 a. m. H a. m. i^B