il\j0st Of The News I ^]I The Time ^ME TEN Ng (Contract On f B-,ailotte Road J Last Thursday Brother Construc f.i, Company Low BidHE.. On Contract For Six Of Highway 130 Wr Old Dock IT/RTH contract pT ON HIGHWAY 130 L increase Total Amount E Paved Highway To EMiles Between WhiteI -ilte And Shallotte L g, C. highway commission Lj- opened bids on snx miles L half of Highway 130 lead|pg5t Old Dock, for surfacing ('grading, along with other t H,js which totaled $800,000. Ljie Brothers Construction Lev were low bidders on the (allies of road, at a figure [gating $88,219. Work was pted to begin on the project He immediate future. 5s is the fourth separate letI in the past few years on the ( road, which leads from leville to Shallotte. and con <f Commerce. There are no funds right now for a steel bridge, say the highway officials, but as soon .as such funds are available a steel bridge will be considered at the above point. The hope was also expressed that the funds would be available soon. In the opinion of Mr. Moore, who wrote the local organization yesterday, the reactions are most friendly and he thinks the matter will work itself out in the manner In which both he and the local organization desire. A recent gracious offer on the part of the Wilmington organization to be any possible assistance to Southport in securing better road facilities was very much appreciated iocally. The Southport organization suggested to Mr. (Continued on page 4.) Unusual Fishii For This J Fifteen or twenty fishing boats arrived here last week, coining from such points as Mantco, Morchead City, Beaufort, Harkers Island, Hatteras, Gloucester, Williston and Davis. Still more arc coming in daily. In addition to their shrimp trawls, about all the boats brought nets for other fish. Many also brought blue fish nets for work later in the spring. All the craft are now busy with shrimping, and some netting of fish is living done at night. During the past few days, the catches of shrimp have been small. However the plica ranged from $d.G0 to I ST A Got DAY Curiosity p?:-: e5 ? Evelyn Loughlin, of South lay be in the Treasure Ches ave never been, opened sin Pa.) Inquirer.) iragement Caswell Roa< * | Leland Man Is Heavy I ,oser Mosl unfortunate shopper of the week is R. A. Wilkerson, of l/i'laiul. On Monday, Wilkerson laid his wallet containing $2Hi on the window ledge of a rest room at a Wilmington filling station and walked away. Discovering his loss on reaching home, Wilkerson hurried back to the filling station Init the pocket book and contents were gone. Several persons, who filling station attendants said had visited the rest room since Wilkersons' departure were being investigated by j police yesterday. Former Editor Is Visitor Her Vincent Stevens, editor of Tt Southport Leader before the tut of the century, was a visitor i The State Port Pilot office Tuei day and recalled numerous inte: esting facts regarding the carl 'history of the newspaper busine; in Southport. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens were c their way to Florida from the home in Akron, Ohio. They stoj ped at Southport for a two-da visit with Mr. Stevens' sistc Mrs. C. Ed. Taylor. They left th morning to continue their tri southward. ig Activity Season Of Yea: $1.00 per bushel and it look very little of this product to run up into good wages for the fishermen. Last week Virginia mullets, tyken as a side line to the shrimping, appeared (o bring the boatmen good money. Many of the boats took seven, eight and nine hundred pounds of this side-line pioduct and were paid threeand-a#ialf per pound. One thing that can be said with a certainly is that Southport has never had anything like the present winter and spring fishing activity. Over 75 power boats are engaged in the fishing activity here when the weather will permit. ATE >d News paper I Southport. N. && '>*' ^ pf: ^|r 1 fe. fl Mfc; - ,^ 1 !XyTrr- ' S^^^E;!,-:^.... Sffi j, ??$ ^f'''"'-i ,'-Y t-B^ ^'I|k , . j&f: i port, are shown' exhibiting a ;t recently dug up at Fort Casce it was first buried.?(Cul Southport Girls 1 Get Picture In : Leading Paper Large Cut Appearing On Th is Page Appeared In Recent Sunday Edition Of Philadelphia Inquirer PHOTO TAKEN BY BILL SHARPE Part Of Business Of The State Board Of Conservation And Development Is To Get Pictures In Papers This week, through the courtsey of the Philadelphia, (Pa.) Inquirer to the Southport Civic Club, we are reproducing one of the many pictures that were recently made at Fort Caswell and Southport by the State Department of Conservation and Development. The picture shows a couple of Southport girls manifesting a very natural curiosity in a treasure chest at Fort Caswell. le From time to time it is hoped n to reproduce others of these picit tures in The Pilot. In sending s- the one used today to the Civic r- club J. V. Harris, of the Phil!y adelphia Inquirer editorial staff, ss wrote W. B. Keziah a very gracious letter, expressing gratifi>n cation that the publication of the ir picture in the Philadelphia paper ?- had created so much local interiy est. v r. He had been advised that his is paper had a sell-out at the news ip stand here when it appeared with the picture. - Eight pretty Southport girls posed in the various pictures which were made by Bill Sharpe, of the Department of Conservation and Development. Mr. Sharpe f was managing editor of the Winston-Salem Sentinel when the State of North Carolina drafted (Continued on page 1) Waccamaw 4 Ml Club Girls Meet The Junior -1-H club of Waccamaw school met in (he sclioo auditorium Monday with all members present. The president, Ernrn Grey, presided. The secretary, Jo Brady read the minutes of the last meeting and called the roll. The clut learned a new song, "Sing youi Way Home". Mrs. Marion S. Doshcr gave members new club books and assigned work for the next meeting. 'Ilie club adjourned to meel again on March 7. k P0R1 n A Good Com C.. Wednesday. Febri Recorder Given Salary Cut By County Board Members Board Of County Commissioners Cut Monthly Pay Off That Office From $100.00 To $75.00 COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION MONDAY No Other Matters Of Major Importance Came Up Before Board Meeting Members of the Brunswick county board of commissioners met Monday in their regular first of the month meeting. One of the most important items of business that came up before board members was a downward adjustment made in the salary to be paid the Brunswick county recorder. J. E. Ruark, who recently resigned that position, received S100.00 per month. When the salary of the recorder came up for consideration last week J. B. Ward his successor, appeared before the board and asked that the salary not be reduced. Nevertheless, the commissioners voted to reduce the monthly pay for that office to $75 per month. Earl Goodman, colored store keeper of Town Creek township, was called before the board and was required to show why his beer licenses shouldn't be revoked. He asked for a postponement of the hearing until he could gather witnesses to testify in his behalf. Other business disposed of was of routine importance. m i Six tases 1 ried In County Court Six Cases Covering Wide Variety Of Offenses Disposed Of Here Before Judge John B. Ward i ?? Six cases covering a wide variety of offenses were disposed of here in Recorder's cbi 'it V'edneS^ day before Judge John B. Ward. Earl Bellamy, white, was found guilty of violating the traffic laws. Judgment was suspended upon payment of the costs. A. G. Gore, Rufus Graham anil D. G. Blanks, guilty, pleaded guilty to charges of gambling. ' Judgment was suspended upon payment of the costs. O. W. Messick, white, pleaded i guilty to charges of violating the i rules of the road. Judgment was t suspended upon payment of the costs. Robert Lee Holden and LeRoy Bryant, colored, pleaded guilty to charges of assault. Bryant was given 60 days on the roads, this ( judgment being suspended upon payment of the costs. Judgment as to Holden was suspended until after the next term of Brunswick | county Superior court. Ernest Moore, colored, was | found not guilty of possessing in; toxicating liquor for the purpose of sale. Pleleman Daniels, colored, pleaded guilty to charges of making an assault with a deadly weapon. He gave notice of appeal from the judgment of 18 months on the roads. LeRoy Thomas, colored, waived 7mo in n cr nn a mnrrlor phararo onrl bond for his appearance at the next term of Brunswick count Superior court was set at $2,000.00. Former Resident Buried Friday | Funeral Services For Mrs. I Alletta Boyette Conducted 'At Episcopal Church By The Rev. A. H. Marshall Mrs. Alletta Boyctlo, former , resident of Southport and a mem1 ber of a prominent family here, ! died Thursday at the home of ; her sister, Mrs. Earl I. Brown. in Richmond, Va. : Surviving is one son. Horace I Glover, of New Bern and a stepdaughter, Miss Ruth Boyette. Three sisters. Mrs. Brawn, Mrs. H. K. White and Mrs. Harry Phelps; and one brother, J, W. 1 Thompson, also survive. Funeral services were con. ducted at the St. Phillips EpisI copal church, in Southport, Fri. day afternoon with the Rev. A. H. Marshall in charge. The body . was laid to rest in the family plot in the Southport cemetery. ' Active pallbearers were: John i Caaison. Captain Ike Davis, R. L. - Thompson, Mike Thompson, Joel Moore and Price Furpless. Hono rary pallbearers were C. Ed. Tay. lor. Chas. E. Gause, J. .1. Adams. . Sam Brinkman, Alex Lind, J. R t Newton, Captain J. B. Church, (Continued on page 4 ) * r pii munity jary 9th. 1938 l'UBU Junius Powell For Solk Junius Powell Enters Race For Solicitor Of District Whiteville Attorney Announces Intention To Seek Nomination For Office Now Held By Solicitor J. J. Burney IS WELL KNOWN WHITEVILLE MAN His Announcement Brings To Two The Candidates Who Are Seeking Dist r i c t Solicitorship ' That Will Be Vacated Junius K. Powell, Whiteville attorney and formerly solicitor of the Columbus county recorder's court, has thrown his hat into the ring and announced he will be a candidate for the solicitorship of this district. Ir making official announcement of his candidacy to the press, Mr. Powell said that "it is with full understanding of the duties incumbent upon a solicitor that X aspire to this high office. He made the following statement to the press in announcing hi3 candidacy: "For some time I have enterRoach And Ru Candid I Brunswick Mas 717 Unemployed Itmnsnick enmity tins 717 pi rsons totally unemployed ami who want to work, 29* employed in Federal emergency projects and 012 who are partly employed and desire more work, according to the census on total and partial unemployment recently made public in Washington. In the ehlirff Stave there are 205,110 men ami women who are entirely or |>artially unemployed or are working on WPA, NYA, CCC or other emergency work. Figures for the Nation show 5,821,035 totally unemployed and desiring work, 2,001,877 emergency workers and 8,200,211 part time workers who need additional employment, making a grand total of more than II million men and women in the army of unemployed and partly employed. Mrs. Mary Rourk Death's Victim Member Of Prominent Family Of Shallotte Died Sunday At James Walker Memorial Hospital In Wilmington Mrs. Mary Rourk, prominent resident of the Shallotte community, died Sunday afternoon at the James Walker Memorial Hospital. She was 61 years of age. The deceased was the wife ot Peter Rourk, former sheriff and recorder of Brunswick county. The services were conducted bj the Rev. Herbert Strickland, ol Wilmington, and the Rev. J. D Withrow, of Leland. Interment was made in Cool Rum cemetery Pallbearers wilt be: honorary: S. B. Frink, R. W. Davis, M. B Watkins, Bert Holdcn, Floyd Kirby and Henry Stone; active, six nephews of the deceased: Rudolph, Leroy, Frederick, Harry, Jr., Colon and Elwood Mintz. Mrs. Rourk is survived by her husband, five children, U. L. Rourk, of Leland, L. C. Rourk, of Shallotte: Mrs. Bryan Marlow, of (Continued on page 4.) Navy Sub-Cha Commanc In world war days the U. S. Navy had thousands of little sub-cliascrs, some of them as swift as hornets. One of these boats, the No. 74. now the Anna of Panama. is at Southport. She is 110 feet in length and, except for slight changes in her pilot house and removal of her guns, she is in the same shape as during her naval days. Equipped with gas burning engines that generate 500 horsepower, the Anna of Panama still has a cruising speed of 27 knots per hour, (31 nu!e3 to a land lubber). I he beat is row owned by .OT SHED EVERY WEDNESD^ Enters Race :itor Of Distrid * V ifcii. T, ? JM -JUNIUS K. POWELL tained an ambition to be Solic tor of the Eighth Judicial Dii trict and I am happy to say tha since my ambition became know I have received from each cour ty in the district encouragemer much beyond my expectation, f( j all of which I am grateful." iss Announce acy This Weel * | Chairman Of Board C Countv Commissioners ! Rounding Out His Sixt Year And Will Seek R? election OTHER RUMORS ABOUT POLITIC Sheriff J. A. Russ Also Hs Served Three Terms And Is First Candidate For Sheriff To Announce Two Brunswick county official old in point of service, came fo ward this week with announc ment of their intention to see reelection. J. M. Roach, chairman of tl Brunswick county board of con missioners, says that he will see the Democratic nomination < member of the county board ; the June primary. "I have alwa; tried to do what I believed we for the best interest of the coui ty", said Mr. Roach, "and in b coming a candidate for my fourl term as commissioner I am rui ning on my record in the past "My friends have been aft< me to run again this year," sa Sheriff Russ, as he tossed h hat into the political ring. Th [ will be the fifth consecutive pr mary in which Russ has sougl the Democratic nomination. Ji 1 has been his party's standai beaier in four elections, and hi been the successful candidate i times. Other political developments < the week are confined to rumor Tf i? Viiv rpnnrteri that Wrei ; |iU *v?M?wV --f Mir.tz will run against Sheri Russ, and friends of Dillon Gail ey say that he will again be candidate in the primary. There is a possibility that 1 ' C. Brown may run for this non I (Continued on Page C) 4-H Clubs To Meet Next Wee The following 4-H clubs wi : meet in their respective schoo . next week; members are asked I bring 4-H Scrap Books to tl : meetings: Tuesday morning. Feb. 15. 1> land Senior club meets at 10:! and the Lcland Junior club mce at 11:35. Thursday morning, Feb. 1 ' I Bolivia Senior club meets at 10:4 ' | and the Junior club meets i 111:45. iser Is Now led By Germai Germany. Captain Wolfe was a captain in the Imperai German Navy during the World War and it may be that the boat which he now owns spent some time looking for him some 21 years ago. Captain Wolfe's facial expression greatly resembles that of the former Kaiser, even to the flowing, curledtip mustache. He speaks English fluently, infact he is an accomplished linguist with nine languages at his command. In addition, he has a habit of cmbelishing his almost every word with a gesture of some sort, or a facial Kipressiorf. ^ ? M The Pilot Covers g Brunswick County I tY $1.50 PER YEAR I Clark Explains ; I t Steps Taken In , I New Farm Bill ,| For Benefit Of Readers Of I This Newspaper, Con- |l gressman J. Bayard Clark II Gives Detailed Explana- I tion Of Program ,jl BILL MAY PASS 1 CONGRESS SOON ,1 Has Been Held Up Pend- I ing Few Minor Changes, I But Now Appears That I All Is Ready For ' I Final Passage 9 BY 1. BAYARD CLARK . I It is of course important that I the farmers should know at the I earliest possible moment what leg- I islative program, if any, they are |j I going to have to deal with this I year. It was primarily for this 9 reason that Congress convened in I _ extra session on the 15th of Nov- I j. ember 1937. 9 3_ At the previous si ssion the I lt House Committee on Agriculture | I n held hearings upon the subject, | I and during recess the Senate ? j I Committee held extensive hear- j )r ings throughout the country. As |i I soon as the extra session conven- j|B ed. the committees immediately j began hearings. Before Christmas , I the house and senate each pass- j ll ed a bill, but being considerably j I different in terms, it was neces- j ' r sary to refer them to a commit- j t| k tee of conferees from the two | ll houses. It seems now that t'.e jll If conferees have about agreed, and | ( [g it is thought that the bill will j tl be finished this week. I Such length of time for the ** passage of this bill may seem unreasonable. But it should Is: |JI remembered how vast and diffi- |M cult this problem is. All men re- 99 5 cognize that any legislative pro- [19 gram for agriculture is filled with ill IS stubborn difficulties. When con- jfl i sideration is given to the fact |9 that the present bill includes corn, wheat, rice, cotton and tobacco, involving hundreds and hundreds H |St of millions of dollars, and direct- SM r_' Ht- "affecting the welfare of a diird- '99 of the population of the nation, I e" the difficulties of the problem *9 tk become more apparent. Also, it 1 should be remembered that with J9 re respect to the wisest way to ap- ,} (Continued on Pace four) I j? Winnabow Man ; j > Dies At Home 1 ? Fred Flowers, 78-Year-Old I Resident Of That Com- I ?r munity, Died Following jl id Heart Attack Sunday j is Fred Flowers, one of the oldest I i- residents of Winnabow died Sat- 19 it urday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock SH le after a lingering illness of heart i (E d trouble. He was 78 years of age. |H is He is survived by 5 sons: C. T. ill 3 and A. R. Flowers ,of Wilming- J| ton, J. W? D. L. and I. J. Flowif ers, of Winnabow: 15 grand chil- fl s. drc-n and 8 great grandchildren. it Funeral services were held Sun- ill ft day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock (H i- from the Piney Grove Methodist M a church, of which he had been a |l member for over 50 years by, the IB {j. Keverena w. j . r reemtin, 01 T ?B i- Scotts Hill, a former pastor of H the church. Burial wa smade in the church ifl cemetery, Active pallbearers were i W. C. Savage. Frank Rabon, ' H ft George Rabon, Homer Rich, Rob- f? ert Sullivan and Isaac Gore, Hon- |H HI orary pallbearers were J. L. Hen- B ls ry, A. P. Henry, J. P. Mills, M. I to A. Sullivan, A. O. Sullivan and B ,e T. H. Wolfe. i s Tide Table I Following Is the tide table I for Soutbport during the next I week. These hours are appro- J ximatcly correct and were fur- II _ nished Tho State Port Pilot 1 through the courtesy of the |M Cape Fear Pilot's Association. II High Tide I-ow Tide jfl TIDE TABLE ijl Thursday, December 23 II 12:36 a. m. 6:36 a. in. ? 12:80 p. m. 7:10 p. m. 91 Friday, December 24 ill 1:31: a. m. 7:43 a. m. Til 1:45 p. ni. 3:10 p. in. n Saturday, December 25 lil 2:25 a. ni. 8:48 a. m. id I 2:11 p. ni. 3:08 p. ni. bu Sunday, December 26 [a 3:20 a. m. 9:47 a. ne. ill 3:41 p. ni. 10:02 p. m. -l] Monday, December 27 fl 4:17 a. m. 10:40 a. M. lij 4:48 p. ni. 10:50 p. m Tuesday, December 28 : M j 5:12 a. in. 11:30 a. m. Ifl 5:19 p. m. 11:38 p. m jn Wednesday, December 19 fl 6:00 a. m. M 6:26 p. m. 12:16 p. at, ; * 8