North Carolina Newspapers

A Of The News The Time c'RJTEN NO. J pTMice Mport Reveals jmlreat Activity i^Bjounty Health Service Thousands Of j K(?ick County People K,; School vear A CUMCS ARE M;.D DURING YEAR (Jdition Office Hj Mrs. Smith, CounKgr$e, Has Gone InH All Sections Of County | livitj ":i tile part of | a I iith. county health Hf; :>"> 'ilcil in the follow-' HL' from Hie Brunswick im nt for last! veil- 1938. miles: 55 school ' m [ school children I j .k lot 10 school and ! mothers, H HH :'::s people took fl Hfjswnn.inns taken, i;; neportol ami visited; ,'17 report-1 B ... ilana reported; reported K ??( visited: eases of ^E-; i.'iigh reported ami :i case.- of pellagra; I : v.pti. sore throat; 1! IX county j . ;tsw. il Training School, l visit to Kenedy Home t visit to Confederate lyettcvillc I , clinic. Wilmington. I'-yri't'.ccs with doctors; with county of-! lit people came to office l v tation; $32.88 Hy travel, making ,<10131' He ~Bits Of Big News Bsi Events Of State, liton and World-Wide Hhicrest During Past Week M ! Kluckhohn. New i rt Times ( oi rcS|H)ndent who 1 ' Mexico, arrived Vnitcil States late Tues- ^ He s ii<i lie had been ex- ' y. :rem the Mexican capi? use lie "knew too much ! Mrxiean political deals Germany" ami that the cian government was re-1 r.itkiing all American cor-, v fur releasing |?li- ; il news stories. "I was My inade the liutt <>f a I il nime to crack down American press correspond- j in Mi xii n", Kliickhohu "I found out too much the actjvitirs of Mexican nsiniza linns hi connection j A the Mexican government's i deals to Merman". S f . i. r loyalist general staff | xtneed 'I'uesday that "the1 ' Ins keen repulsed" all I "K the Cila Ionian front cx!' for Insurgent thrusts in ' ' l is which failed to Hcneraiissimo Krancisco !ri||s tumps any closer to! ' "-sieged capital of Barce.Suppnvteii by thousands fresh ninseripts ranging beardless youths to mid?'l men called from Cats4 fae ncies and offices. ' 'leyaiids struck back at "ivaijci fyoin a new line ' "rtifications abijut 25 miles Ba'"li'iia at the closest : lite new resistance of * '"Val' i ended 20 days 'uMii-ni retreat, in which -".If (|(tfeM outlying cities ' low.n;; ?( Catalonia were "I'lijeiJ J.'|anco without f'iht. Mioii L-'tu.' f'lltajieousiy with a deci, f'j hold the first meetings House and Senate elcc'"muttees Wednesday. !1<rv " \ when officials of j '''fie Board of Elections 1* heard, it became Tuesday that there is ^MffiUfcd on page 4) THE 51 Famou ! J. i l&K-Viifif K- -r&Si&m.- ' . s.:.> 4|?*S^S' ^6^*^ v> DEMOTED?The motor : LJradenlon Kerry is the old Ci the Cape Fear River as an exc familiar lines. Representative On Severa Brunswick County Repre-1 """ sentative Has Busy Session Before Him With All I His Duties IS SERVING HIS FIRST TERM i Appointed By Speaker Libby Ward As Member Of House Appropriations Committee Cornelius Thomas, Represents-! ( tive from Brunswick county was! named to eight committees of | ( the House of Representatives by | Speaker Libby Ward in Raleigh | last week. The committees to i which he was appointed were as J follows: . ? ! Appropriations. agriculture, counties, cities and towns, oyst- 1 ers. printing, commercial fisheries, conservation and development, trustee of the university. Since this is his first term in j ' the House of Representatives his! friends are delighted with the i number of appointments given { Thomas. Especially arc they proud that he was named to the appropriations committee, generally regarded as one of the most j important in the entire official T1 set-up. Two-Day Session j Of County Courtly B. Numerous Cases Were tin Crowded On Docket Be- j cause Of Postponement kn Made Necessary Last"1 Week Because Of Super- jvls ior Court !"lc | est It was impossible to dispose ofjaP! Hie Recorder's court docket here,C(' Monday and several eases were I carried over until Tuesday. jIII!' Alice Parker, colored, was cal-1 ' led before the Recorder on a ! charge of assault. Finding that iH she was only 14 years of agej'0' fudge >Staiialand reinajided lierjl''?1 case to the juvenile judge, Sami''J*' T. Bennett, who found her guilty j'^c but suspended her sentence upon condition that she remain of good ? behavior. f l'arrish Willis, wliite^/pleaded I guilty to charges of drunkenness. His sentence of .'iti-days on tlte roads was suspended upon payment of the costs and $10.01) fine. Romeo Jones, colored, pleaded ' guilty to charges of reckless oper- 'lc at ion. Judgment was suspended sa' upon payment of $10.00 fine and ',a | costs. ty | Judgment was with held for wo | one week in the case against ' Fred Kaoch, white, for reckless -scl operation. 'n John Simmons, white, was tried on a charge of assault and was 1)r' bound over to Superior court. If. C. Howard, white, was found Pa guilty of reckless operation and ' was taxed with $10.00 fine and tin coats. "A J. F. Simpson, white, plead- ha ed guilty to charges of operat- au ing an automobile while he was tio intoxicated. He was required to sit pay a fine of $50.00, the coats of sai the case and his driver's license thi was revoked for 12 months. Judgment was reserved in Uie we case against Nettie Parker, white, wt for possession. to Weldon Hall, colored, pleaded ha guilty to charges of reckless oper- wt ation. He was required to pay illj a fine of $50.00 and costs. bu Ale:: Rivenbark, white, was tio (Continued on page 4) : s A Good 1 4-PAGES 10DAY J s Boat Used As F ? , * -.-ff^szrr ri.1 SOTi' ST.PETERSBURO w% | p?P pisri ship Pinellas which serves ty of Wilmington which for ursion boat. Many Southport Thomas H I Committees 1 Funds Included Fur Yacht Basin Sei I -i included in (he report submitted Saturday to Congress l?y United States army engineers was provision for 11F ilredging a 100x200 foot yacht liasin at Southport. Approximately $000,000 ! Pri ivas reeonimended for main- It lenanco and improving of tin- j waterways in this district luring the fiscal year 193010. I Heading the list of expend!- ' jn^, lures in this section is $118,- 1 500 for dredging in the. in- j *;r land waterway from the Cape wlc l-'ear river to Winy all Bay, 'S. I c? 1"., the construction of a ' " yacht liasin at Southport and | * Win,000 for dredging on the ['ape Kear river at and be- ' low Wilmington. His Enthusiasm J Wins Her Over. ishi ie "His" Referred To Be- ^ ing Charles A. Farrellcm And The "Her" Being cai His Better Half opc ? ^ ^ jvcr Mr. and Mrs. diaries a. rar-isall 1 of Greensboro arc spending | eoa rec or four days here with VV.; loci Kcziah, executive secretary of con : Southport Civic Club. for Parrel 1 is one of the best { " own commercial photographers day the state. During a four days act it here with Kcziah last sum- a < r he made hundreds of inter- be ing pictures of Southport and fiei parently acquired a deep-seat- esti fondness for the old city by aca sea. Jt is certain lliat he be ale a great many friends here, add fie takes The State Port Pilot " il has talked so much to Mrs. ron rrell and other Greensboro the ks about what a- wonderful the ice Southport is she begun to Acs ieve him. She telegraphed, Noi ziah Sunday that they were j con (Continued 011 page 4) 'olorful Jail Mis Arrives In ( Reports from Whitevillc, where I boo visited during the week-end | to d that John W. Bartrain?per- pen ps the only missionary to coun- by jails in the United States? to uld visit Southport this week. E Bartran and his disciples held sinj vices in the county jail here and much the same manner as the por liscopal lay preacher has froi jught the Gospel to hundreds pi." thousands of prisoners in allj'ra: rts of America. 1 bit 'Sometimes I preach to them j 1 rough the bars", lie states, j nar nd occasionally I am able to ] are ve them convened in a prison: Bib ditorium". In reply to a queS-1 ^ n about the number of pes- j lice dc converts he had made, he tivi id they would run "into the I he :>usands." | anc Bartran said he believed he j sioi is the only lay minister in the of >rld who devoted his full time j eon preaching in county jails. He of s been engaged in this type of j say irk for the past 20 years, tak- i 1 * up 110 collection at the jail, der t depending upon private dona- fro ma to defray his expenses. bis: He distributes some 10,009 J JE Vews paper In Southport, N. C., We erry 1 " ' 'T , 'iwi'iH*'.- '^ * as the St. Petersburgyears plied up and down people will recognize her ere Is Text Of Frink's Nautical School Provision c n un. IIC11UI kJ UUII I lllltv i 1CIO | , Furnished This Newspa-1 per With Copy Of Nautical School Bill Which He Introduced . - It PASSED WOULD BEGIN AT ONCE |, ovision Made To Make A Part Of University j Of North Carolina, Nautical Branch following is a copy of the bill j. reduced two weeks ago by,' I lator S. tsunn Frink of Bruns- j :k county providing for the j, ablishnicnt of a nautical school!; ng the coast of North Caro-1 i: An act to provide for the j ablishnicnt of a nautical school i the State of North Carolina, j The General Assembly of j; rth Carolina do enact: 1 Section 1?That in order to| ter provide for the instruction students in the science and dice of navigation, seaman- i p, steam and electrical cngin- : ing. there is hereby created the cphcus Daniels Nautical Acad- ; y of the University of North j rolina, to be conducted and j rated as a part of the Uni- ] sity of North Carolina, and ] no shall be located on the st of North Carolina, said j ition to be selected by the j imission hereinafter provided I; in this act. i Section 2 That within sixty j \s after the ratification of this 1 " , inc povernur Mian ? :ommission of which he shall chairman and member cx-of- ( o to work out plans for the ] iblishment of said nautical t demy. This commission shall | composed of five members in I lition to the governor. i Section 3 - That said board of 1 imissioners shall be known as i board of commissioners of j Josepheus Daniels Nautical idemy of the University of 1 rth Carolina, and said board of ] imissioners are hereby author- 1 (Continued on Page 4) j i sionary \ jospel Trailer j klets. The Gospel Of St. John, i prisoners each year. The ex- i se of these booklets arc borne j a wealthy lady who prefei'8 ( remain anonymous. i Sartran's two disciples lead the jing in the prison sendees ] I coach music out of a wheezy < table organ which they carry < m jail to jail. They sometimes cli-hit in preaching if the nsient minister's tonsils arc a weary. lie "Gospel Trailer" is well lied. AH sides of the trailer embellished with numerous ilieal phrases. The trailer has a Georgia 1 nse, for that is Eartran's na- ' j state. Some 20 years ago ] quit his work as an electrician I "answered the call' of mis- 1 nary work. "I saw no need 1 going across oceans to find : iverts when our jails are full j people in need of religion", he I 's- . ! Tie "jail missionary" has ere-: itials and letters of praise m nearly every Episcopal hop in the South and from (Continued on page 6) P0R1 i A Good Comn dnesday, January 18, 1! Qrton Plantation [ Is Showplace Of Entire County F Selieved By Many To Be Most Beautiful Spot In i North Carolina; Was Built In Colonial Days PAVED ROAD WILL MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE kVith Orton Open The Year| Round Now To Tourists It Seems Logical That This Road Should Be Paved (By W. B. KEZIAII) Orton Plantation and the stately colonial home built by "King" Roger Moore on the banks of the Cape Fear river ten miles | above Southport is recognized aretty well throughout the state as being the most beautiful place in North Carolina. The Orton is owned by Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Sprunt of Wilmington. For many years it was reached only because Mr. Sprunt paid out thousands of dollars of his own money building and maintaining a road from the j Brunswick River bridge to Orton | and on to Southport. The road j he built and maintained also served other residents along the Cape _ Fear River. The River Road, the most beau- # tiful scenic route in Brunswick * county, and Orton, the most beautiful and famed plantation in j North Carolina, now attraction i thousands of tourists, would 2 never have been built up but for tlu: efforts ol' Mr. Sprunt. The State Highway Commission finally took over the River Kuail anil is nmbitaining it. Relieved of much of u financial burden Uiatj lie had long carried for both him-! self and his fellow property own- [ ers Mr. Sprunt set about improving and beautifying Orton. in a few years it has become; North Cniollna's show place for the year-round. In the spring especially it draws many thousand people to North Carolina and Brunswick county to see the beautiful flowers. Orton is 10 miles from Southport, 18 from the junction with the paved federal highway at the Brunswick River Bridge and , B or 10 miles from the Coastal i Highway at Winnabow. FULL TIME MANAGER Two years ago Mr. Sprunt put j on a full time manager of Orton. supplementing keepers and workmen who had previously run the farm, worked the lateral roads and kept the mansion and grounds in order. This manager [ Is Churchill Bragaw, State Col- L lege graduate, specializing in j p horticulture. Mr. Bragaw is a clever, encr-; gctic, likeable young fellow, in; iddition to having both talent H ind training for the development of natural beauty. Under his guidance Orton grows more lovely and at the same time is ran on a business basis. This is according to personal observation, not from anything Mr. Bra paw has ever said. We *' ire simply drawing tile inference that the heavy administration ha jurden of maintaining Orton and St lis roads is now partly borne to >y the farm and the wonderful fr nursery where millions of flowers wl ire now being grown. ur Korntcrly spending only a few st ivceks out id each year at Orton. 10 Mr. and Mrs. Sprunt now spend lei much of the year there. The tu jrounds were formerly opened Ci :>nly on stated days during a wl few weeks in the spring. Now the ? gates stand wide the year round. The visitors and tourists may L lrivc through, but for those who * do)) and inspect the grounds and 'lowers a small admission s charged. Tart of this admission goes to charity, the balance goes to defray some of the cost! if keeping guides and attendants; lonstantly on hand. A visit to Orton Monday by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Farrell of Jreensboro, Miss Mercedes Watts )( Soutliport and the writer rc(Contlnucd on Page Four) Northwest Club Women Meet tu The Northwest Home Demon-: stration club met with Mrs. IV. i C. Biggs the first Friday in this month with Mrs. E. It. Skipper j presiding. Subject for discussion by the home agent, Mrs. Marion S.1 Dosher, was "Kitchen Arrange- j merit". The hostess served delicious re-j freshments to the following ( guests: Mesdames E. R. Skipper, j W. C. Wiggs, J. J. and R. J. j Peterson. T. J. Butler, Viena Robbins and Miss Leah Skipper. Visitors were Mrs. E. Marks and Miss Isn.ae Peterson. ' PIL nunity }39 PUBUS Jnsolicited Lei Interest In ^ rom Many Sources Have Ct To Have Nautical Schi Carolina Unsolicited endorsements of I the move to obtain a Nautical School for Southport are coming in from all sides, in and out of state. A number of the firms, organizations and individuals who have written Senator Frinli in liehalf of the bill have also forwarded copies of their letters to the Southport Civic Club. One such copy, received Monday, was as follows: Sanford. Florida' January 14, 1939 j "Senator S. Buim FrinU, "Raleigh, N. C. "Dear Senator: "I notice in the State Port l'ilot, issue of January 11, that you have introduced a Nautical School Bill in the i State Semite, to lie located somewhere along the coast of North Carolina, Personally, I know of no better location than Southport, and I trust that the Bill will be favorably acted upon, and that the location will be Southport. "With personal regards, "Vours very truly "S. (). Chase" To K. O. Johnson, origin^ivitan Club 0 At Mee * .? . . /^I Investigate nuance For Electrification While :>( home for the woeh-c n il Representative Cornelius Tliomus report eil that lie anil Senator r'rink were in eonlerenee last week with -lire I eleefritieation officials who promised that an i immediate Investigation will be made to determine the possibility of bringing electric power to the residents of Bolivia, Shallotte, Supply, j Thomasboro and other points on U. S. Highway No. 17. Representative Thomas said that Mr. Kagiey, head of this work in North Carolina, aided in making this contact and that from the conversation which he had with the men in charge he feels sure that some favorable action will result. Establish Detours lo County Roads iighway Detour Bulletin i Contains Information i With Reference To The I Detours On Whitevillej Roads With work already started on' . C. Hichwav 130 from Old, jck to Sliallottc, detour signs ivc already been erected. The | ate Highway Commission's dc-1 ur bulletin shows that traffic i om Old Dock (South) to Ash, licrc 6.6 miles of grading, hit-1 ninous surface treatment and ructurcs, are being routed over i miles of dirt, county road,! iving the highway at Old Dock, j ruing left there going through usoc Island and on into Bruits-1 ick county. ' dentify Two P Taken By Mai From the description published in this paptr last week and later from a photograph. Captain J. K. Piner of the Cape Kear lighthouse positively identified the strange 22pound fish taken in the Gulf Stream last week as lieing a California Perch. 'Tliey are common enough on the West Coast." said Captain Piner. "but I have never heard of em coming as far Kast as Florida." Likewise. George Thompson. sailor of the seven seas, has come forward and identified the 9-pound "crawfish as being a spiney lobster. He has speared many of them on the coast of California. but never got one weighing quite as much as this 9 pounder. And. he never heard of one being caught north of Miami, Fla. It has developed that there were eight varities of tropical fish in the 10,371 pound catch made by the Maude and Mable in the Gulf OT [1 HED EVERY WEDNESDAY :ters Show F Nautical School 1 >me Letter* Endorsing Move ?ol Established Aiong l Coa3t ^ ator of the idea for the Nautical .School came the following communication this week: AshcvUle, N. C. ai "Dear Mr. Johnson: "Your form letter relative to the establishment of a . Navigation .School in North Carolina has come and I " write to say that I am heartily in accordance with the plan, as outlined in your letter. Only last spring I helped to get a boy from Ashe- I t ville Into the navy and if ; No there had then been such a | bc( school as your ietter pro- j poses, he could and would ; have l>een interested and ellgible. With so many splendid wa boys out of work and want- ^ea ing to do something worth- cnl while, such a plan should 1 have the support of our , ^ir state and its citizens who ^ wish to see its future citizens ' <~'1 trained for useful lives. I did not know there was in this ' ^ country any trade which was |ln' not crowded and am delight- I ed to hear of this scheme. sm With good wishes, ".Mrs. R. II.Latham". uc . Kl< (ill lirraniypfl ]ov. ting On Friday Eighteen Men Attended Or- ex< ganization Meeting Held Crti In Community Center 1 Building Last Week I'r< Dr OFFICERS ELECTED i"< TO SERVE CLUB s" . qm Plans Laid For Charter wli Presentation Meeting To of Be Held Thursday Night, January 26th da! Eighteen members of the to Southport Civitan Club met Fri- in day night and elected officers to 1 serve from now until time for ap the annual election in May. At w'/ the same -time it was decided to m' hold the charter presentation P" meeting Thursday evening, Jan- Nc nary 26. ro< This event will be attended by c" several district and national of- ^oi ficers and members present Fri- wil day night voted to make it a "' Ladies Night. A. M. Whelpley of Birmingham, Ala., field secretary for Civitan International, presided over the ? meeting. The following officers were named: James M. Harper. , Jr., president: C. J. Newton, vicepresident; Dr. R. C. Daniel, vice- ?cl president; Rev. C. N. Phillips, ap secretary-treasurer; Rev. A. L. j?e Brown, chaplain; R. O. Johnson, ^ master-at-arms. The directors of the club a re: j II. E. Scntcllc, B. J. Holdcn, E. R. "vi Weeks, R. F. Plaxco, and R. M. a Wolfe. Tlic chafer members are: R. T. Mintz, William Jorgensen, C. C. f Rubs, Dr. R. C. Daniels. Dr. L. C. Fergus, Prince O'Brien, R. E. no Scntcllc, .1. E. Carr, John Erik-1 Sen, E. R. Weeks. W. K. Mc-1,1,1 Clamcry. the Rev. A. L. Broun, i k'a R. F. Plaxco. j Ormand Leggctt, B. J. Holdcn,' 0 f, J. Newton, G. R. Doshier, R. I M. Wolfe, 8. Bunn Frink, R. O. ! ?.0' Johnson, W. C. Reese, D. B. ' " Young, the Rev. C. N. Phillips, j II. T. Bowmer, R. L. Brindell. , M. R. Sanders, and James M. . "al Harper. Jr. eculiar Fish iideAndMable Stream last week. ' '' Thompson is a fishing de- ! " votec as well as a splendid * photographer. This week lie " gave the Southport Civic " Club secretary some valuable information relative to dol- " phin fishing. He says tliat the spoons that arc used here with moderate success are worthless. The bait at ? which dolphins will strike at best is nothing more than a strip of snow white cloth' tied ' to the hook. On his last trip in to Southport and Wilmington 8 aboard a tanker the crew cut 8 the white collar from a man's j shirt and tied it to a hook for the purpose of trolling ? after the vessel rounded Frying Pan lightship in the Gulf Stream. With this and other ? like baited hooks they got a lot of dolphin. At one point. 8 25 miles from Southport, j they hooked and got a 68pound dolphin on deck. This 63-pounder, says Mr. | 1 (Continued on page 7) 4 ? lie Pilot Covers runswick County <1.50 PER YEAR ishermen Will rind Protection From Provisions 1 i ord From Congressman Clark Reveals That Ammendment Already Is Being Prepared tfNCLE EXPLAINS EXPECTED ACTION Appears That Danger or Local Boat Owners And Operators Will Be Removed By Amendments ,] J. S. Labor Draft Convention, . 53, about which there has n such an uproar among boatn everywhere on the coast of s U. S? is already in a fair y to have its objectionable itures eliminated at the pros: session of Congress. When news of the treaty was K st made public shortly before ristmas the Southpoit Civic, ib secretary immediately wrote > North Carolina representees in Washington, asking for fl ormation and that the inters of the fishermen and other all boatmen be safeguarded. Writing the Civic Club this ck on another matter, Con issman J. Bayard Clark conded his letter with the folding remarks: 'By the way, I have talked the Char-man of the Commit- |l 1 on Merchant Murine ant: iluries and he has introduced bill making it compulsory to mpl craft up to 200-gross torn, mi Mir mi-ration of No. 53". In response to questions at his ss conference today regariling g aft Convention No. 03 of the .emotional Lulsir Organization 9 crctnry of Commerce Roper otcd excerpts from n letlei licll he rent to Chairman Bland the Committee on Merchant m irine and Fisheries of the mse of Representatives under te of December 3rd in answer inquries made by Mr. Bland his letter of November 28th. 'A number of statements have pw&cd recently In the pfcsft ifch indicate that there is soma . understanding concerning tho ja jvisions of Draft Convention i. 5.3, 'concerning the minimum |H piiremcnts of professional capay for masters and officers on '[ ird merchant ships', which, th two understandings appendwas ratified as a treaty by ! President of the United ttcs, the advice and consent the Senate to the ratification ving been given on June 13, 18. That convention bccames rctive on October 29, 1939. 'The convention, when read tether with the understandings ponded, applies to all docuntal vessels of the United itcs navigating the high seas ly, with the exception of ships ,ijj war, government vessels, or iseis engaged in the service of )) public authority, which are not jaged in trade, and wooden pa of primitive build such "as ows and junks. 'The convention provides that person shall be engaged to form or shall perform the jgffl tics of master or sktppcr, navlting officer in charge of a tch. chief engineer, or engineer leer in charge of a watch, less he holds a certificate _ of npcteney to perform such ties, issued or approved by the ' 3! die authority of llie territory ere tlie vessel is registered. t'i 'Tlic convention provides that tional laws or regulations shall vlji (Continued on page 4) ride Table j Following la the tldn tahta tr Houthport during the next : eeh. These hours are appfV Imately correct and were fucislied The State Fort FIM tirough the courtesy of the 'ape Fear I'llot's Association Ugh Tide l ow TMT TIDE TABLE <JH Thursday, January 10 J:52 a. in. 0:11 a. to. :11 p. in. 1:15 p. re. Friday, January ,0 :2# a. in. I :2fl a. in. :47 p. in. 1:A7 p. in. Saturday, January 21 :0R a. m. 2:08 a. n. :26 p. in. 2:38 p. iu. Sunday, January 22 :11 a. in. 2:18 a. re. :00p. re. 8:11 p. in. Monday, January 23 :18 a_ ni. 3:21 a. m. if :38 p. iu. 3:13 p. in. Tuesday, January 21 1 \ :52 a. ni. 3:54 a m. 0:15 p. in. 4:15 p. in. Wednesday, January 23 0:29 a in. 4:27 a ns 0:54 p. m. 4:47 p. ras