North Carolina Newspapers

M|0St Of The News AH The Time ^ NO- 3< Onerous Ca ft Superior ( ft(0 Attorney r sentelle Was Called T.j-v Because Of His Wtler's Death And R. I. J Was Called BeB*^ Of Cranmer Death Br BURNEY WL is ON BENCH lis E*Pecied TJ?atrlThls I Will Come To Close Ketime Thursday; Bar Had Planned To Clear The Docket U, John J Burney returned iay to preside K" 'October term of Bruns "countv Superior court, his .Lai appearance here s.nce K elected last November. KT, to clear a crowded dock " h a combination of long ",-d hard work hit a snag uomiav when R. E. Sentelle K k"ed " to Waynesville beI th0 critical illness of Blather Tuesday R. I. Mintz B- shreveport. La., because K'death of E. H. Cranmer. B-ssf* in which these two tt:e -. to res ted were con a Hall, colored, pleaded guil charges of larceny but his r James was freed. Alex .,: the theft of scrap lead ?nf of the commercial fer ..,orks in this county. BL rase against S. Waddell !e to vaccinate his dog pressed. Simmons, white, was ivith assaulting Lindsey ,n amicible agreement :ted between the two they divided the court lna Gray and daughter, lewett. were charged ssion of whiskey for the f sale. Judgment of not is entered as to Mrs. n the state was unable ong with its case. The med a similar verdict se against the. younger Clemmons, white, pleadto charges of possestoxicating liquor for the f sale. Sentence of two the roads was suspendpayment of a fine of ilf at this term of court ther half at the April, . the payment of the upon the further con: the defendant remain ehavior for five years. ! against Harry Robinfor embezzlement was t. t adjourned Tuesday the jury was deliberattse of Paul McDowell, ged with bastardy. pers Stop k Two Days Low Prices Paid By krthern Market Made ^fcrimping Unprofitable, Operations Resumed On Monday ^ Mhports great shrimp on a strike Friday an ^BHay. but not through any ^ftct local causes. It simply wi that the wholesale houses Baltimore. Washington, New K and Philadelphia felt that ^fc *ere the only outlets for the ^ Oiport product and that they set the price that local deal co-jld pay the fishermen. This *' "2. apparently, resulted in teuton to not pay the local enough for their truck to permit them to pay the ^nnen more than a dollar pet boatmen felt that they not work for a dollar pei and they tied up theii all went to work again ^(resuming work it is under ? that they had assurance they would get more thar ^llar per bushel. j16 catches both Monday anc *t'lay ran fairly high. The per boat appears to have to somewhere about 25 bush boats getting up^Bjto of 40 bushels and other! "% as low as 15. The qual ?as good. *" catches of blue fish an king made this week a ^Btohi weather is seemingly to good catches of mul Va" along the coast. b?th announcement Ms. Henry Goodwn ^ uatniield, N. J., announce th< o! a son, Stuart Lind, oi ?l*r so. Mrs. Goodwin ii Jjwir.er Claire Lind of South TH1 > ses Continued 1 Zourt Because s Called Away, * ~ii"~ ^P?j ifl $ifl^ 1 ^ '2 JOHN J. BURNEY Funeral Here For E.H. Cranmer, Jr. Eldest Son Of Judge And Mrs. E. H. Cranmer Was Killed Tuesday Morning In Shreveport, La. j Word was received here Tuesday morning that Edward H. Cranmer, Jr., eldest son of Judge I and Mrs. E. H. Cranmer, was in'stantly killed at Shreveport, La., ! by one of the men who worked for him at the city water plant, j where he was resident engineer. First reports was that he had been stabbed by a worker who had run amok, but according to the AP dispatch from the Louisanna city he was shot in the chest by Walter L. Polk who gave as his reason for the shooting a notice that members of his department would have to take a physical examination. The coroner quoted Polk as saying that he feared he might lose his job because at- poor -eyesight. He is. charged with murder. Yesterday afternoon Pearce Cranmer, brother, and R. I. Mintz, brother-in-law of the slain man, left for Shreveport to assist with funeral arrangements. A cablegram yesterday from Judge and Mrs. E. H. Cranmer, I who have been visiting: their j daughter, Mrs. E. H. Arrington, I in Panama, advised to prepare I the body for burial at Southport. This left funeral arrangement! , indefinite, pending the arrival at , Shreveport of Judge and Mrs. ( Cranmer, who were expected to fly to that place before continuing home to Southport. It is ex- 1 pected that the funeral will be j: held the last of the week in ] (Continued on page 4) - - n Masons Uuests At Fish Fry Entertained Last Tuesday Afternoon By Fletcher J Gore At Howell's Point' With Fine Fish Fry !i i Members of fythagras Lodge and members of the Live Oak Chapter Order Eastern Star enjoyed a fish fry given in their honor at Howell's Point Tuesday by Fletcher Gore. Chief chef for the occasion was : Archie Evans. i Those attending were Mr. and ' j Mrs. R. X. Mintz, Mr. and Mrs. ] J. W. Ruark, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. i J Henry, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Russ, : Rev. and Mrs. E. M. Hall, Mack Reynolds and family, C. Ed. i ! Taylor, Mrs. George Y. Watson, i Mrs. W. G. Butler, - Mrs. Katie < , i Leiner, Mrs. W. E. Knox and i . Mrs. Annie K. Vitou. Geo. H. Gray, J Of Deeds, Soi I George H. Gray of Pitts> burgh, Penna., was in South> port Tuesday talking over old i times with Harry L. Mintz, Jr., . Brunswick county's young Regi ister of Deeds. And, strangely . enough, their chief topic of conversation was the duties of that ; office; for more than a quarter i of a century ago Mr. Gray was r elected Register of Deeds fol. lowing a campaign during which he canvessed the county I pn a bicycle. After serving for two years, j Mr. Gray ran for re-election in i 1912 against his brother-in-law, i John Jenrette, and again was 9 the successful candidate. In - 1914 he was defeated by W. H. Walker as he was elected for i .. ' STj A Goo( 6-PAGES TODAY REA Puts OK On Project Serving Three Counties Final Approval Given Rural Electrification Administration For First Section Of Power Lines 16 CARLOADS OF POLES ORDERED 'helps Dodge Coppor Products Company Will Furnish 475 Miles of Wire And Westinghouse To Furnish The Transformers The Rural Electrification Adninistration has approved a contact between the Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation >f Shallotte and Melvin F. Burjess, of Boone, for building the "Irst section of the project which s to serve 1,009 members in 3runswick, Columbus and Bladen bounties, and consists of 324 niles of lines. The first section of the project s for 190 miles of lines to serve lome 600 members. The successul bid was $119,737 and includes naterials and labor. The total cost, with substation, neters an doverhead added, will >e $139,230. This is an average >f $734 per mile. R. E. A. has lotified the engineers to have vor kstarted at once. The conract for the work calls for its :ompletion by the late fall. Two apropriations or allotments iave been made on this project: >ne of $171,000 on the 11th of rfay, and another for $95,000 on September 9th. The Gulf States Creosoting Company will furnish 36 carloads if poles; Phelps Dodge Copper Products Company will furnish ibout 475 miles of wire, and Vestinghouse Electric Company vill ship 308 transformers, rangng from 1><2 kva to 5 kva. Construction of these lines will irovide nearly 21,000 man hours if employment in direct labor done. All who wish to get service rom the new lines should sign up or it at once and make arrangenents for wiring and plumbing nststllations. The route of the ine is now being laid out, and he network is planned to reach ireas where enough member service contracts have been signed o make construction economicaly feasible. If insufficient con;racts have been signed in any jarticular area, the lines will be outed Another way. Experience has indicated that jsually a number of requests for service oome in after construction has started. These requests :annot ordinarily be granted until the contractor finishes building the project as planned and laid out before his crews arrive. Priority must be accorded those lines for which service contracts are signed up early. Construction of other lines must depend upon the availability of funds after the main project is built. r\ . T"1 donations ror Local Library Rev. And Mrs. E. M. Hall And Col. And Mrs. Earl Brown Have Given Valuable Books To Southport Public Library About one hundred and twentyfive books have recently been donated to the Southport Public Library. They are not new books but most of them are in good condition and the others will be repaired soon. Col. and Mrs. Earl Brown gave quite a few of these books including a five set of the works of Alexander Dumas and a set of the works of Washington Irving. (Continued on page 4) Zx-Register uthport Visitor the first two years of his 14year tenure of office. Mr. Gray is visiting in Brunswick county while on a vacation, and this trip was made possible by politics?at least, the vacation was. Mr. Gray was a member of the State Highway organization in Pennsylvania under the Democratic administration of Governor Earle. Following the shake-up of the last election he was thrown out of his job, and he decided that before he started bifik to work he would come down to Brunswick county. North Carolina for a visit. He has been fishing on Bald Head island. ME J News paper I Southport, N. C., We< State Memorial I BdM Wf - I -1 I ! g I SS ;. ; ; ARTIST?R. 0. Johnso above standing beside his exhibited during the Fourth Southport drug store windov Southport Ma Paintin; j R. O. Johnson, Former Com ty Post, American I Painting R. O. Johnson of Southport has gained considerable recognition for his painting "Zero" which is now on exhibit at the Wilmington Art Museum. The painting is highlighted with daring color that strikes home to the heart of the observer the horror of a bursting shell, the ruthlessness of war. The painting has been called "Zero" by the painter, because it represents just that to the doughWinnabow Man Fatally Hurt W. W. Wells Succumbed Early Thursday Morning To Injuries Sustained When His Auto Overturned Near Southport A coroner's jury in session here Friday night found that Woodrow W. Wells, 24-year-old resident of the Winnabow section, came to his death as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident caused by his own carelessness and recklessness. Wells died in the Dosher Memorial Hospital Thursday morning following an accident which occured on the Sou tn port-Wilmington highway about four miles from town. He was alone at the time and there were no eye-witnesses to the mishap. Skid marks on the side of the road indicate that the machine apparently got out of control as the man attempted to take the curve about a mile the other side of the county home. The car, a 1936 Chevrolet coupe, overturned several times and was demolished. The driver sustained a concussion of the brain, a fractured arm, fractured leg and chest injuries and no hope was held out for his recovery during the few hours preceeding his death. Survivers include: his mother, Mrs. E. E. Steiner, his stepfather, Rudolph Wells; his wife, Mrs. Gladys Wells; four brothers: Glen, of Wilmington, Rupert, of Whitaker, Stacy and Louis, of Wilmington: five sisters: Mrs. Anna Ruth Brooks, of Seaside, Lilly May, Edith Catherine, Ellen, and Edna Wells, all of Wilmington. Called Away By Mother s Illness Mrs. R. A. Sentelle, 91, died at her home at Canton late Monday afternoon, her death resulting from the infirmities of old age. She was the widow of a Baptist preacher who died two years ago, after the couple had been happily married for some sixty-four years. Among the surviving children is a son. Attorney R. E. Sentelle of Southport. He was advised of his mother's serious illness Monday at noon and left immediately for Canton. His mother died while he was enroute there. HOSPITAL PATIENT A. L. Simmons of Southport has been a patient at Dosher Memorial Hospital since Friday. t porI n A Good Com inesday, October 4th, Tower Painting I flHH!9^Kl?i&rpi^H% 4 ^ * '^il ffl| s%&- k jj : ' jH Pv:W N Ky^fcj ' HBIH HsbH? p n 1 ^H| t 8 I E t c | c | I n, of Southport, is shown ! painting "Zero" which was j of July season in one of the r S. c n Exhibits ; y Of A Soldier; ? - B ! 1 O mander Ut BrunswicK i^oun^egion, Will Present To College boy, whose face is shown in j I agony as life is blasted from his ) body. There is an implied meanI ing from the title, and that is j the nothingness that comes to the ' soldier who has given his all and < gained "Zero". The picture was painted for the i art gallery in the memorial tower at State College, where Mr. John- ' son attended school, and soon will be presented to Col J. W. Harrelson, dean of State College. P.-T. A. Meeting At Waccamaw Members Meet To Decide On Plan To Follow In 1 Conducting Lunch Room : Project At Waccamaw ' School ; The Waccamaw P.-T. A. met j .in a call meeting on Monday , I evening, September 25, The main topic for discussion was to adopt . a plan upon which the operate ' the lunch room this year. After presenting two or three plans for j operation, it was unanimously decided to operate it with the aid of W. P. A. funds. It was supported in this fashion ' 1 * ?????? nvl rwnirnrl tmrV Coti.Q. i ictoc ycai aiiu pv*?u ?v?j uu..~ . [factory, both for the convenience and best interest of all students. The committee was asked to for- j mulate plans for commencing the 1 project as soon as possible. The P.-T. A. is striving to ' make it possible for all students who may desire a hot lunch to be able to buy it and at the same time provide for the less fortunate and undernourished cKildren. The association's main objective for this year is to help raise the standard of the school in every way possible, through the .purchase of books and supplies. | The association is also trying to increase its membership, and it was very encouraging to have so many join at the recent meeting, j It is hoped that others will join | and attend regularly, and assist j in the efforts the P.-T. A. is undertaking for the good of the 6chooI. The program committee has ; planned a program for the October meeting which will be Octj ober 16. , ; Special Session Recorders Court In a special session of Recorder's court here Friday the case against Joe Suggs, colored, for possession of intoxicating liquor [ for sale was nol pressed. Similar | action was taken against Ethel Smith, colored. Richard Hankins, colored, was found guilty of parking a truck on the highway and was taxed with the costs. Orie Jones, colored, pleaded i guilty to charges of driving withI out operator's license. He was taxed with costs. .j Frank Sullivan, white, was | tried for bastardy but prayer for judgment was continued. 1 PH munity [939 publ tecorder Orders Sheriff To Take Gambling Table: __ ollows Up Action Of Lai Monday When Three Sic Machine Case Defendant Were Found Guilty An Fined VANTS EVIDENCE BROUGHT IN COUR udge Walter M. Stanalan Says That He Is Going To Rid County Of These Machines Following up his program !rive all illegal slot machines ai in tables out of Brunswii ounty, Judge Walter M. Stan and signed an order Friday c ecting Sheriff Dillon L. Gam o take up all machines of tb ype. I Following is his order: "Y< ire hereby instructed to take i ,11 machines in Brunswick cou y commonly known as slot m hines, which pay off themselv ir which register and the pr irietor or operator pays off, al o arrest the proprietor or ope itor of the place where sir nachinc is operated." In Recorder's court last Mo lay Judge Stanaland convicted lefendants in slot machine cas< ined them $100.00 each, tax :hem with the court costs a :onfiscated and ordered their m :hines destroyed. Later he rem :ed one-half the fine in each 1 stance. In giving this order to Sh< ff Ganey, Judge Stanaland tc the law enforcement officer tt le not only wanted the gambli nachines now being operated the county, but that he want svidence of the illegal operati 5f this equipment. Local Rector In Vets Hospiti Rev. A. H. Marshall Scheduled To Under Major Operation Tod In Veterans Hospital Columbia News of the serious illness Rev. A. H. Marshall, widi known Southport Episcopal] rector, will be received with gt eral regret. A letter from M Marshall to friends in Southp< yesterday advised that he v undergo a major operation the Veteran# Hospital in Colu bia, S. C., today. Since he v, taken to the hospital by M Marshall ten days ago he 1 undergone one minor operati ind has been unconscious part the time. The Rev. Mr. Marshall is si fering from a serious form stomache trouble. He recently i flerwent treatment in northe hospitals and it was felt at t time that his trouble had be checked. Since returning Southport from the north he h apparently, been in his accusto ed health until ten days ago. AT PRESBYTERIAN Preaching service will be hi Sunday A. M. at 11:30 at N Hope. The revival services bei held there in which Rev C. Storey, D. D., of Wilmington the guest preacher, will cl( with the evening service at 7 o'clock. The public is cordially vited to attend. There will be no service Si day night in the Southpi church. Judge Burnej The Howey The first time that Judf John J. Burney came here 1 hold court was about four ar one-half years ago right afti he had been elected solicitor i the eighth, judicial distric When lunch time came he gi up with Register of Deeds 1 I. Mintz and went around I the Howey House for his noo: day meal. That was a custom which 1 followed on each visit to Soutl port as solicitor, so Monday i noon he headed for his favorii boarding house on the wate front. He walked right in withoi knocking and sat down in ti living room. Mrs. R. I. Mint with whom he is well acquain ed, came in and they began conversation. Finally the judj said that he believed he wou go ahead and eat and not wa for Rudolph, and Mrs. Mint knowing of the occasionally ta diness of her husband, thoug! I T" ISHEO EVERY WEDNESDAY Farmers Go Tc s" Decide Whetl ? Control To >t * ts -11 d Reunion Of Old Registers Of Deeds j T l Young Harry Mlntz is new d In his office of Register of Deeds, but if any perplexity j had come up Tuesday he could have had the benefit of much experience, for on that day to there were five former Registers uj of Deeds in Southport. ,k One was his brother, R. I. a. Mlntz, who recently resigned v lj. the office. Another was W. H. l Walker, who held the office |r [jg longer than any other man. i George H. Gray, the man whom 1 3U Mr. Walker Succeeded; John I1 Jp Jenrette, who proceeded Mr. jx n. Gray, and C, Ed. Taylor, who I a. held that office before Mr. Jen- f eg rctte's election. * Warren Dosher \ Is Buried Here; n- ^ Was Fatally Injured In ( Garage Accident Satured i j. e i | aay ai n asmiig ivn} ? *- . 111 eral Monday From Mctha" odist Church it- ( j In-I Warren Dosher, son of Mr. and , Mrs: W. E. Dosher, of Soutbport, ( was fatally injured Saturday , ' ' afternodn in Washington when hej, >1(1 was crushed beneath his automo- -] iat bile. < ng j According- to reports of the in tragedy, Dosher was making some < etj repairs to . his car, which was being held up by a rope attached < on to a rafter. When this gave way 1 he was beneath the machine which crushed down upon him, < snuffing out his life. I The deceased was 34 years of diage. He was born and reared < in South port, and following his < education it. N. C State College 1 he- was employed for a number |# of years at the Quaddy Dam I project ip Mainer Moss recently < * j he had been employed by the ' I state highway commission until he left that organization two 1 j month ago to accept a position I 'with the district U. S. Army en- 1 ? 'gineers. At the time of his death ' y jhe was at Washington at the an !head of a survey party. ..[ :n" i He is survived by his wife rs' 'and one son, his father and P ! mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. | Dosher, by two, brothers. Dr. W. In S. Dosher, Wilmington, and G. R. m" Dosher, South port; and one sister, 1 ,as Mrs. S. H. Veazey, Wilmington. rs' (Continued on page 4) las ' ?" Seven Members Brunswick Bar in- ^ ^ r' ( irn ~ w ~ he Three flew tract icing Alien torneys Added To List At to Southport Within Past as' Irw Weeks m- _____ Dwight McEwen, well known as j court stenographer, who has been , practicing law at Wilmington law , eld at Wilmington and Whiteville the i ew past three years, opened law of- | ng fices here Saturday. Miss Mar- ] A. garet Dosher, formerly with the , is late Robert W. Davis, has a posi- , >se tion with Mr. McEwen whose of- ] :30 fice is in the old Hood building. ] in- Rudolph I. Mintz, who resigned ] the office of Register of Deeds a , in- month ago to take up the pracort tice of law, has opened his office (Continued on page 4) r Had Dinner At House, As Usual je that might be a good idea to They went in and sat down at id the table. jr The meal was just getting sf underway when Judge Bumey it. asked how was Mrs. Howey* at That was a normal question, S. and Mrs. Mintz told him that to she was getting along just fine, i- Then, "And where is Mrs. Howey today", Judge Bureny le asked ? i- "Down at her house, I supit pose", replied Mrs. Mintz. te And it was then that Judge r- Burney learned for the first time that he was the uninvited it (but not unwelcomed) dinner le guest of the Mintz's, who purz, chased the Howey House the t- first of the year. And up to a that point Mrs. Mintz hadn't ;e thought anything was amiss, Id either because her husband is it a new member of the local bar ;z, and she thought that it might r- be a good idea for him to init yite the judge to dinner, i The Pilot Covers I Bruamrick County, I $1j? per yka I i?in ' >! i" m iwm i.ii I Polls To tier Tobaccq ' I Be' Practice^ Jnofficial Poll of Represent I tative Brunswick Courtly I Farmers Here Monday j Reflects Sentiment I OBACCO MARKET 1 OPENS TUESDAY j t Is Expected That Effect j Of Referendum W i to* | Have Important Bean ' I ing On Prices Paid"" I The vote on tobacco control j trill be held tomorrow and a I hirds majority in favor willvbe i iece8sary to carry the etecliote 9 The tobacco markets wilUutJe I eopened for sales on October MB J egardless of "toe outcome of thk I rote, but everyone believes tjtot | irices will be considerably hltfit I Er< if control carries. iRh- I A question propounded to half j i dozen representative tobaood I ,'rowers of Waccamaw and Sfcrtlu j otte townships Monday brought j tnswers that indicate BrunswldW I vltl go overwhelmingly for took i >acco crop control in the referdft- j ium that is to be held tomonUW, I October 5th. row- e Waccamaw and Shallotte town- j ihips were selected for the quw- I ;iqnaire, as most of the tobaotjo I frown in Brunswick is prod used j n that section. I In asking the question there | vas no advance idea as to iMife* I her the , growers approached j itood for or against control. 1M I epresentative of The Pilot sfcw 11 >ly asked representative grow ant 11 >f the two townships; "How yrtii the vote on tobacco 11 :ontrol g? tomorrow?" John Henry Milliken, Ash, (for ;ontrol) "Vi per cent of the vdta . fvill hh for <t>op control." *? John 8- Ward, Ash, (against J control) "The vote will go 50-150 'or and against control." 0 30 Sam J. Frink, Shallotte, (for :ontrol) "At least SO per dtbtt of the vote will be for crop WO trol." ' ' ?mRowland W. Andrews, 8hal- f i kotte. Hot control) '95 per cent 'a ?f the vote in Shallotte township < will be for crop control." j - M. D. Anderson, Shallotte, (/of conrol) "The opponents of tfloacco crop control will not ,gjqt more than 25 per cent of tfio vote cast tomorrow." L,,''j Nelson Bennett, Shallotte, (f<jr control) "I estimate that the Brunswick vote will go 90 per cent strong for crop control.1' Following the above question and answers practically all of ! the above expressed doubt of gij early ending of the war, or that the British-American tobaflpo companies would be able to nave buyers on the markets next season. With such an apparent certainty and with reckless gnawing of the weed a dangerous possibility, they thought it besti?fc> have control and to devote math of their effort to foodstuffs, c*. * ^ Brunswick Boys ' Enlist In Army Eight Brunswick boys have fjji* I listed in the United States army [ luring the past sixty days. All }| snlisted for three years of ffifj 'I vice. The list is as follows: Cl8V- jf :on C. Coleman, Ash; Calder B. j ftoblnson, Supply; Oscar L. Ol9y, || Jr., Shallotte; William L. Willi- II imson, Longwood; Howard E. il Dorsev. SuddIv: Shannon B. LdffgJ H Ujngwood; Roy A Grissett, SlfliKlotte; Horrie L. Hickman, Longivood. m. Tide Table! Following Is the tide tahto tor Soutkport during the aej(l week. These hours are approximately correct and were f<X^. nlshed The State Port Piled through the courtesy of the Gape Fear Pilot's AesoclaOsas High Tide Low TMI TIDE TABLE Thursday, September 28 . , 7:17 a. m. 1:1> a. m, 7:38 p. m. 1:41 p. jfl,, Friday, September 29 rC4 7:50 a. m. 1:51 a. m. 8:07 p. m. 2:20 p.,9t> Saturday, September SO pj# 8:23 a. m. 2:25 a.^B 8:42 p. m. 2:56 p. a. Sunday, October 1 8:57 a. m. 2:58 a. m. 9:18 p. m. , 3:32 p. m. Monday, October 2 9:35 a. m. 3:30 a. Hk\ 10:00 p. m. 4:09 p. Hk Tuesday, October 3 > " 10:18 a. m. 4:04 a. m. 10:50 p. m. 4:52 p. m. Wednesday, October 4 r 11:10 a. m. 4:45 a. id 11:48 p. m. 5:46 p. na sc? . liQ* th^ ^rr Ufa 1 . of