Of The News
The Time
^^mmIM^i1
""?SvEN NO. 5
?flLl County I
?Mrney Plans "
sHre Completed
n And Principals '
ts'^H|Honday Afternoon
j,e^V jjliVia And Passed
officials For Event
' 1'^E, WILL BE
RYED NEXT WEEK
Winning ChampionThis
Week Will
,! '^^ lowed Permanent
I Possession Of
Trophies
1 ^ .reparations for the anS
yiswick county basketwere
completed !
r^^B?ifternoon when a meet-1
ooiicpals and coaches was
(Bolivia.
lumament will get under jssday
night of next week
first round games will
a'. Two semifinals games
K played Friday afternoon.
jot Friday night and on
^Lr night the championship
nil be run off.
it. Wallace, who has offi
a previous tournaments
ithis county, has been enjo
referee the games. Of rr.e
keeper for the tournaBiiil
be Z. G. Ray. principal
^Kcraaiaw high school, and
: < 1? tjr D , ir, J
(scorer win w *?.
cipal of South port school,
aches and principals deallow
the teams winning
r's tournament to have
it possession of the cups ?
archase new trophies for
ir. After this year it ~
lecessary for a team to .
championship only two
succession to gain per>ssession
instead of three
rears as has been the
retofore.
c Bits
Big News |._
Event* Of State,
and World-Wide
tt During Peat
Week
I
' Pope
lemn conclave of 62
by whom a new pope j
chosen opens today. |
relates generally pre-1
i conclave would be
ause the electors of
accessor to Pope Pius XI. I
Br had 18 days in which to j
fl^kder their choice. The pos-,
^kty was mentioned that I
Br vacant chair of St Peter ,
Bttt be filled before Sunday.
Bfty-five of the princes of
church inspected the im^fcised
cells where they will ^
Br apart from the outside J
^Pdd during the election. Four
Btady in Rome did not join
the nispection.
mction Reform f
Hi' House passed and sent
Bthc Senate Tuesday bills to
B*m North Carolina election
^ktices by restricting absenballots
in general election
B prohibiting their use in
jmaries. by simplifyipg bal- fc
marking and increasing the cc
of election officials. a|
support encouraging ^
^mn reformists, but left
to be considered the im-(
^pant matters of prohibiting Si
fliers. obtaining a new ft
ite-wrde registration and
hdiiig large precincts. The c
By last-named come out of
jmmittee. and the marker
bill was dealt a stun- .
fc blow Tuesday by an f'
"endment confining its ef- a,
*' to the primary. tl
<"' Referendum p
. s<
B ^ proposed constitutional al
^"dment under which the hi
Bpfrnment of the United pi
would be prevented ir
^ Paging war on foreign tl
H " unless the people approv
In a referendum, bobbed up 01
H? Senate Tuesday with hi
/; announced support of 12 It
H'.^fs from four prohtical al
rtieS The amendment, high- u
J objectionable to the State bi
Partment. was introduced ti
BI,the 12 while *? Senate S1
u"if-b bitter debate
vni a'J,ll'rustration's arma- c,
7" Program?a discussion
j, *b.ich Senator Nye (R-N. 0!
B.~.. there would be no hi
r1 Europe "until the Uni- tj
States gives toe ywrd."
TH
' jsa
WHITTLIN'?The w
favorite gathering plac
lomely philosophy is a 1
Trees Named
For Famous
Statesmer
There isvno more popula:
place in Southport than the
bench at "Whittlers' Park'
down on the waterfront anc
many is the tale that has
been spun by weatherbouni
fishermen, vacationists anc
just plain loafers beneath the
shade of the two poplars anc
the one gnarled cedar.
There is no way to right'
ly estimate the huge catches
of fish and shrimp that have
been made by fishermen whe
never stirred from their comfortable
seat on the bench.
Nobody remembers wher
the cedar was planted, bul
the two poplars were set on)
in the nineties by the late
Pack Tharpe during the heal
of a McKinley-Bryan cam
paign. Appropriately enough
one of the saplings was christened
William McKinley, th<
other William Jennings Bryan.
rees Supplied
For Reforestr
armors Wishing To R
claim Acres Of Depleti
Land May Obtain See
lings At Nominal Cost
Farmers who wish to recla
:res of depleted land may obti
irest tree seedlings at a nomii
>st through their county fa
jjents, according to an announ
lent by R. W. Greaber, fores
T the State College Extensi
ervice. These trees are bei
irnished by the State For
ursery, operated fey the Noi
arolina Department of Cons
ation and Development.
Longleaf, loblolly and shojrtli
Ines, black locust, cypress, y
iw popular and red cedar tri
re available at a cost of $2 ]
lousand at the nursery, or $2
er thousand delivered by par
ost or express. Black wall
:edlings cost $10 per thousa
t the nursery. County agei
ive order blanks and are p
ired to assist farmers in sele
ig the best species of trees
leir particular land.
Greaber reported that to di
rders have been placed throu
is office for 432,667 tree sei
ngs for 158 Piedmont and Coa
I Plain farmers. These inch
irmers in typical cotton and
icco counties, where rcfores
on is most needed following c<
ant cropping.
Twenty-eight farmers in
aunties are planting 5,000
lore trees each, with the Iarg
rder being placed by Adam Lot
art of 4jtfpn County, for 36,(
ees. Turner tWfitefieaS, manaf
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hittler's bench under the trees
e for persons who are not busy,
jy-product of the huge pile of i
Committee Will
Consider Bills
y For Legislature
? Meeting Of Democratic Executive
Committee For
- Brunswick County Will
Be Held In Court Room
1 Friday Night
i
i LEGISLATORS TO
J SOUND SENTIMENT
1 Sure To Come Up Is Proposal
To Extend Term
Of Recorder From Two
Years To Four
\ Years
A meeting of the Brunswick
j county Democratic executive com:
mittee has been called for Frii
day night at 7:30 o'clock in the
s courtroom here.
: The purpose of the meeting is
to determine the will of the comi
mittee with regard to extending
the terms of certain officers and J
s to sound the sentiment with regard
to enlarging the board of
commissioners from 3 to 5 mem
bers beginning with the next
term. I
Of immediate interest will be
a bill already drawn by Senator
yFrink to extend the term of
Walter M. Stanaland, recorder, to
January 1. 1942, and to elect the
[e- recorder thereafter for a foured
year term. Also provided in this 11
d- proposed bill is a salary limit of i
not less than $75.00 per month i
nor more than $125.00 per month 1
jm for the office. 1
lin The salary for the Brunswick 1
county recorder now stands at <
la' $100.00 per month. I
rm Other proposed legislation likely (
ce- to be discussed is a proposed bill
ter providing for the appointment and <
for the salaries of deputies sher- I
lon iff. I
ng Any other matters that should 1
est be taken up by the executive ]
rth committee probably will come up <
at this meeting. ,
Talking Crow I
ses ^
? Local Man All
ccl ???
,ut Already in wrong with the
lIM] law because of the use of
ats profane language, there is a
re. crow here in Southport that
ct. recently had a narrow escape
for from hawing a murder charge
against him.
ite Hoyle Doshcr, the near
igh victim (intended or otliered
wisel, was working on a pipe
st- of the city water main down
ide near the Standard oil dock
to- late one afternoon when he
ta- heard an eerie voice crackle,
an- "Hello".
"Hello", said Hoyle, then
20 straightened up to see to
or whom he was speaking. Noest
body was in sight.
:k- Hoyle brushed the back of
100 his hand, across his eyes and
jer took another look, saw no
person anywhere about and
ME
1 News paper Ir
touthport, N. C., Wedr
:h ~|
h ?r hi
?wt> ?
w- , . /
- ' vS^b
down by the waterfront is
particularly m the summer,
shavings.
Records show
Wet Weather
For February
The effects of the rainyweather
of the past few days
is reflected in the m-nthly <
report of the local weather
bureau, for figures released
this week show a total precipitation
of 5.72-inches during
the month of February.
Moreover, there were thunderstorms
on February 15 and on
February 26.
Minimum temperature for
the month was 23-degrees
while the maximum reading
was 69-degrees. The prevailing
wind was from the southwest.
There were 12 clear days,
6 cloudy days and 10 partly
cloudy days during the 28-day
period.
Englishman Is
ni *.
Planning visit
Has Become Interested In
Orton Plantation And Its
Early History And May
Make Visit There Sometime
Soon
Brunswick county will likely
jjet into the English newspapers
shortly, according to a letter revived
this last week by the Advertising
Division of North Carolina.
O. E. Hoppc, who has published
several books on travel,
vrotc Bill Sharpe of the Advertising
Division for pictures of
Drton and other information.
Mr. Hoppc is planning a tour
rf North Carolina this year with i
the object of gathering material
for another book. Meanwhile, he
las recently been attracted by
published pictures of Orton and
owing to its early English con(Continued
on page 4)
lightens
most To Death
decided it was his ears and
not his eyes that had deceived
him.
"Hello". This time the voice
came from the Southport
cemetery, which was near by.
No answer from Hoyle, for
now he was frozen in his
tracks. While he was trying
to pull himself together for
a hasty retreat there came
again this wierd greeting.
The Southport plumber was
just one "hello" removed from
being scared to death.
Never was the sight of a
human more welcome than
was old Aunt Carrie as she
rounded a bend and came toward
Hoyle. In words that
were barely audible he told
the old colored woman w^t
(Continued on page 4)' *
P0R1
i A Good Comi
lesday, March 1st, 1931
Hospital Name j
To Be Changed
Sometime Soon
Legislative Act Legalizing
Change From Brunswick
County Hospital To J.
Arthur Dosher Memorial
Passed
CELEBRATION OF
CHANGE PLANNED
Plans For This Occasion
Will Be Worked Out
This Week And Announced
Next Week
Word was received from Raleigh
Friday that the bill to
change the name of the Brunswick
County Hospital to the J.
Arthur Memorial Hospital had
been passed by the house of re- ,
presentatives and had been rati- ,
fied into law.
Following announcement of this
change local citizens began at
once to plan a special ceremony
for the near future, details of
which will be announced in this
newspaper next week.
The Brunswick County Hospital
was the fulfillment of a lifelong
dream for Dr. Dosher. who was a
pioneer in medicine and surgery I
in this section. Having already
gained nationwide renown for
some of his operations performed
under great handicapps, he attained
the peak of his service
during the years immediately following
the erection of the hospital
here.
He served as chief-of-staff of
this institution until the time of
his death.
The move to change the name
of the institution was begun several
months before his death by
members of the board of trustees
for the hospital. The bill was introduced
several weeks ago by
Senator S. Bun Frink.
Freighter Freed j
By Coast Guard,
Freighter Cumberland
Went Aground On Fry- I
ing Pan Shoals Because J
Of Heavy Fog; Floated
Tuesday
The Canadian freighter Cumberland,
which went aground on ]
Frying Pan shoals, southeast of
Southport, early yesterday morning,
was floated by the U. S.
Coast Guard cutter Modoc yestei-day
afternoon at 1:45 o'clock
after a haul of an hour.
Damage to the vessel was slight (
officers aboard the Modoc said. <
OUam41? "ft"" Viai'mo- fHnn/1 (tin I
guui ujr nnu Lnpiug nvwuj miv ,
1,615 ton steamer continued on ,
its voyage to Havana. The vessel
was en route to Havana from .
Norfolk with a cargo of 3,430 j
tons of coal. s
Modoc officers said that the <
only damage to the ship was clog- ,
ged pipe lines, which were filled (
with sand and water when the
Bhip went aground, this prevent- f
ing use of the ship's engines until c
she was in deeper water.
The freighter, owned by the ^
Maritime Navigation company, of ,
Liverpool, Nova Scotia, was cap- J
tained by T. W. Bagnell, of Halifax,
Nova Scotia. She left Hamp- ]
ton Roads Sunday. c
There were no navigation in
strument8, outside of a compass, ,
aboard the ship, officers of the
Modoc said, and due to the heavy ,
fogs and poor visibility, the ship j
had gone about 20 mile off its t
course. ,
The ship grounded on the east
side of Frying Pan shoals, about
ten miles inside the outer shoal
buoy. j
Honor Roll For
The 5th Month
List Of Students In Southport
School Who Have
Made Good Record During
The Past Month
Following is the honor roll for
Southport school for the fifth
school month:
First grade: Anne Pleasant
Dosher, John Newton, Allctta
Glover, Peggy Arnold, Frank
Plaxco.
Second Grade: Jimmic Cox.
Mary Frances Floyd, Richard
Brendle.
Special primary: William Meadows.
Third grade: Betty Jane Galloway,
Sue Fredcre.
Fourth grade: Margaret McGec.
Billy Wells, Louise Newton, Doro- j
thy Ward, Kenneth Stiller, Ann (
McRackan.
Fifth grade: Sally Ann McNeill.
Betty Lee Oliver, Barbara Myers.
Sixth grade: Dorothy Cox.'
(Coattbusd on Pigs Tout).
i
r hi
munity
J PUBL
Raising Flowe
Gives Job
This Matter Of Raising Da
Big Business At PL
A visit to Orton Plantation
Monday afternoon revealed
that not only Is this the most
beautiful place in Brunswick
county but also that it is
affording more employment
at the present time than any
other business or organization
in this section outside the
WFA.
Forty-one persons were employed
Monday to . gather
4,500 dozen daffodils to be
packed in boxes of 50-dozen
each and shipped to New
York City. Few people in this
section knew that this volume
of flower business was
being engaged in within the
county.
Wilmington-S
Men I
Season's First
Fishing Party
The honor of making the
first good catch of salt water
fish this spring goes to Captain
H. T. Bowmcr and a
party from Charlotte, consisting
of E. It. Brooks, J. L.
Helms, Chas. Stroupe, Jr.,
and Paul D. Timmons. These
s|M>rtsmen went out late one
morning recently and brought
in about 150-pounds, arriving
back at port by 4 o'clock.
Mr. Timmons, who is a
member of tho Charlotte
Itadio Police Patrol, has recently
purchased a fishing
boat and is stationing- it at
Southport. He and Charlotte
friends expect to make frequent
fishing trips here during
the summer. Captain
Bowmer will look after the
boat, in addition to handling
his own. ,
Five Cases In
County Cour
Numerous Other Action
On Docket Monday Wer
Continued Until Nex
Week
Only five cases wepe dispose
)f here in Recorder's court Mor
lay before Judge Walter \
Stanaland but a number of othe
ictions were postponed for on
,veek.
Willie Hewctt, white, plcadc
vnilfir trt nhnrffaq nf nn?SP51sinn C
)U"V w v""* Ov I ntoxicating
liquor for purpose c
sale. His sentence of i month
>n the roads was suspended upo
jayment of the costs and a fin
>f $15.00.
D. C. Smith, white, pleade
fuilty to charges of possessio
>f intoxicating liquor for pur
rose of sale. He, too, was give
t months, this judgment bein
luspcnded upon payment of a fin
>f $15.00 and costs.
Frank Ballard and Queen Mc
ioy, colored, were found guilt
m charges of manufacturing
(udgnrcnt was withheld until nex
week.
Luther, alias Son, Porter, col
rred, pleaded guilty to charges c
>osscssion of intoxicating liquc
or the purpose of sale. His senl
inee of 8 months on the road
(Continued on page 4)
Comstock Ma;
Here For
The U. S. Engineers Dredge
Comstock with her home base
at Southport for - the maintainance
of the Cape Fear
bar, is apparently due for the
longest stay at home within
the past fifteen years.
Working now at Charleston,
the Comstock is understood
to be scheduled to return here
this week and begin work on
the bar and various channel
operations. There are few
points on the river above
Southport where the Comstock
a dump dredge, can
operate. Her activities will be
centered almost exclusively
on the bar and through the
harbor to points two or three
miles above town.
Unlike the Henry Bacon,
which is a pipe line dredge,
the Comstock pumps mud into
its own great holds. When
she is loaded down she moves
out into the ocean or into
some ununportant bay. There
her bottom drops o'it with its
caj^o a?d she steams away
[
?0T
ISHED EVERY WEDNESDA
rs At Orton
s To Two Score
ffodils Has Reached Stage O
antation Up The River
It also may be a surprise
for some people of this section
to learn that the japonica
season is just about over at
the Brunswick plantation.
Cold weather during the past
ten days cut short the blooming
season.
J. Lawrence Sprunt, the
owner, said Monday that with
all the recent raiqs the
azaleas soon will be blooming
in profusion provided
there are a few warm days.
Despite the fact that the
height of the tourist season
I is several days away, an average
of 150 visitors per week
have been stopping at Orton
during the past month.
outhport
nvestigate Pari
" I Committee From Wilming
ton Headed By W. D
McKaig Met On Frida;
Night With Group O
- Southport Citizens
HIGHWAY WOULD
CROSS RIVEI
n * m / ?? 17 TL
e
Mrs. H. C. Merritt of Tucka
d hoe, N. Y.( died Thursday after
n noon aboard the Floating: Theatn
- a few hours after she had dock
a ed at Southport.
g The deceased, who was 50
e years-of-age, was stricken witi
a heart ailment and died imme
diatcly. Coronor John G. Caiso:
y was called, but after viewing th
j. body decided that death rcsulte
;t from natural causes.
Mus. Merritt was a sister o
[- Mrs. Nina Howard, owner of th
if showboat, and was spending some
ir time traveling about with he
I- at the time of her death.
Is The remains were shipped t
New York state for burial.
y Be Stationed
Several Month:
for another load of mud and
sand.
For the past two decades
there has been little need for
her here for longer than a
month or so each year. She
has filled in the extra time
with maintenance work that
called her all of the way
from Southport to Jacksonville,
Fla., and back to as far
north as New Jersey. It is
estimated that the present
work at "home will require her
remaining here several
months.
The long stay at home will
be a welcome change for
both the members of the
crew and their wives. The
frequent transfers of the vessel
has been forcing the wives
to flit about from port to
port in order to be with the
husbands. They seldom remained
anywhere longer than
two months and arc naturally
looking forward to the opportunity
of settling dowa for a
good long tihie.
oy means \ji r crry u
Proposed Area For A
National Park Would
Be Connected To
Southport
A delegation of represcntatlv
Wilmington citizens met iritis
night wit a group of Southpot
men at the office of C. E
Taylor to discuss the matter c
developing a National Park o
property about Ft. Fisher and ex
tending southward into Brunswic
county.
W. D. McKaig, spokesman fo
the group which also include
Wilbur Dosher, Bruce Camero
and C. B. Parmerlee, presente
the plan as thought out by th
Wilmington people. This include
the reconstruction of Ft. Ftthei
the construction of a road acroe
Corncake Inlet down to Bal
Head island, thence by cause
tway to Battery island. Completio;
of the route contemplates the us
of a ferry from Southport to th
g small island across the river.
The matter on interesting land
. owners concerned in this projec
was discussed frankly and i
(Continued on page 4)
;; Showboat Lady
Dies Suddenly
,f Sister Of Owner Of Fam
,f ous Floating Theatn
s Died Thursday Afternoot
n Following Heart Attack
THis Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
T $1.50 PER YEAR
Better Roads
i Group Meeting
f Held on Monday
Pushing Plans To Gain
provements In Secondary
Roads In Upper Part Of
Brunswick County
CAPTAIN BURNETT
ATTENDS MEETJNG
Group Sends Letter T#
Board Of Commission^
Inviting Attendance At
Meeting
Plans for the development of
roads in the northern section of
Brunswick county were discuss^
at a meeting at Leland Monday
night of the Upper Brunswick
_ County Good Roads association.
Approximately 125 attended the
session, which was presided over
by George Foulk, Jr., chairman,
r Capt. Dick Burnett, road supervisor
for this section, was the
,. principal speaker at the meeting,
i He endorsed the _ move of the
y group and expressed the hope that
f | better roads could be obtained
j through the united efforts of the
I citizens of this section.
, The committee on resolutions
was authorized to map the plans
e for the road improvements for
presentation to the board of county
commissioners at an early
date. Th erequests will then be
given to the state highway copimission
within the next few
e weeks.
y The association will hold its
t next meeting at Bolivia on March
d 8, at 7:30 p. m.
,f Members of the board of counn
ty commissioners had been invited
. to attend this meeting. In a cornlt
munication from the good roads
group to the commissioners last
r week their secretary also desired
(j to know if there was any plan
n being contemplated for moving
^ the road camp further west from
e the center of Brunswick county,
d stating that a report had been
Pi heard that .a movement... w "fl
3 foot to move the present camp
d at Supply to a point beyond Shal:
lotte. (
Dramatics Club
Enters Contest
t
1 Southport High School Will
Again Be Represented In
State - Wide Dramatic
Contest "" ,
The Scarlet Masque Dramatic,'
' Club of Southport high school has
again entered the state-wide dra-j
matic contest. This year the high,
[ schools arc presenting cons^Ws
" while the colleges and universltWs
1 are presenting tragedies. The deh-i
test will be held in the Wlitee-j
villc school auditorium at Wh'fthville.
There will be five plffts
given this year, because Shallone
c high school has entered the contest.
The schools participating and ,?
" the plays they will present are as!
follows:
" Southport high school presents.^
n "Sweet and Twenty"; Shafjdtto;
? high school presents, "The Young-!
er Generation"; Whiteville highj
school presents, "Companion Mbtei
Maggie": Tabor City high school
e presents, "Ever Snitch"; Bladen-!
boro high school presents, "fcoitlei
r Mourns". 4' j
The plays will be presented on J
0 March 3, at 7:30 o'clock. nl*
iljbJ
Tide Table :
J Following Is the tide taM?
for Southport during the next I1
week. These hours are appiw*
xlmately correct and were furnished
The State Port Filed
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association jj
High Tide Low TUT
TIDE TABLE
Thursday, March 2 .
4:27 a.m. 10:59 a. m. J
5:06 p. m. 11:10 P- n?Friday,
Starch 8
5:29 a. m. 11:51 iL d|<
6:01 p. in.
Saturday, Starch 1
6:21 a. m. 0:08 a. m.
6:51 p. ra. 12:47 p. ta.
Sunday, March 5
7:11 a. m. 1:03 a. 01
7:37 p: m. 1:36 p, a.
Slonday, Starch 6
7:56 a. m. 1:55 a. m.
8:23 p. m. 2:23 p. m.
Tuesday, March 7
8:13 a. m. 2:12. a. m.
9:09 p. m. 3:08 p. EH.
Wednesday, S larch 8
9:30 a. m. 3:30 a. m
9:56 p. m. , 3:50 p. m
j
Will 1
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