If he Pilot Covers
fcjrunswick County
r^EElGHT NO. 49.
U^Stretch~oij
Ld Waterway^
Lst Complete
Lg From Office Of j
fjjinington District EnLeers
Is That Project
fill Be Completed By
Itch 4 ^
loUNCEMENT BY j
mJOR RALPH MILLISI
Liar Letter Sent Out,
Erday By Wilmington
ftfjce Pescribes Con- i
fjition? Concerning
f The Waterway
1 section of the inland wat- j
K under construction wr?tv..,
River. S. C.. and Winyah
j c , is scheduled to be j
ted about March 4. Major
MiHis. Wilmington district,
engineer, said in a circular.1
0[ which were received I
Ejv dealing with the con
of that part of the North
L canal in the Wilmington j
Being of the Little River-1
gay link is under super-1
of the Charleston district !
By engineers.
' its completion, through |
may enter the ocean
E little River inlet and
Kj outside Winyah Bay. The !
Kir,? low water depth in1
fct is usually five feet, but,
Both and location of the i
El are subject to rapid cha- J
circular contains valuable 1
Etior. regarding the condi-1
Bfthe N'orth Carolina waterIparts
of it read as follows: J
Eeral: The following infor- j
E relative to the condition |
B portion of the intracoastal I
Ely m the Wilmington, N.
Brict or January 1, 1936, is
Htrt for 'be benefit of navi
E nterests. This portion of
Eilenvay extends southerly
H the Higginsport railroad
E about 12 miles north of
Brtiued on Page Eight)
Ile Bits
If Big News
Events Of State,
in and World-Wide
erest During Past
Week
Force Increase
"storing of the nation's
fcfenses by 884 new fightPlar.es
at an approximate
I" S58.000.000 was recomfei
to congress Monday
Resident Roosevelt.
Witutional
r question of constitutiP
amendment was projec- i
the presidential cam-1
P Monday by the supreme !
p toppling the AAA. ITn- i
congress and the New i
tod a way within the
^B*? to pursue the same |
^B^es, there were indica-|
B pressure would be orgabehind
a move to assert
Bj* authority over farm
B? problems in the fundaB|
- charter.
rushed through beH*ri-weather
in another 1
"rial dash by Joe Cros- j
Btoercy" air hero, was:
H* Sunday in Fairbanks'
B: gainst scarlet fever. I
V 8- Gillespie, deputy ter- j
B? health officer, began
B^t* administration of
L- Strain of Durham,
B^r years ago was enBjtoally
active in . Bobj
Bi, successful campaign
^'nited States Senate, :
announced his own i
for membership in
^ ^totative Marion A.
Kr*; Seattle, Wash., De1
U!:Sday sought a new
"toued on page 6.)
THE
8-PAGES TODA
Compromisi
Tuesday
In Chei
*
Agreement Reached Before
Case Reached Jury And
Provides For Payment Of
Sum Of $3,500 To The
Plaintiff
JUDGE CRANMER IS
PRESIDING JURIST
R. Hunt Parker, Of Roanoke
Rapids, Was To
Be The Judge But
An Exchange Was
Granted
"
,
A compromise was reached in j
the case of Mrs. A. M. Chennis,,
administratrix of the late A. M.
Chennis, against the Wilmington
Savings and Trust Company j
late Tuesday afternoon before the
case went to the jury. Under
terms of the compromise the 1
plaintiff will recover $3,500 from i
the bank. The suit was for the'
sum of $5,500 with interest for
about 12 years. j
'This is the outstanding case j
disposed of so far this week dur- j'
ing the January term of Superior' i
Court for the trial of civil ac- i |
tions. R. Hunt Parker, of Roa- j.
noke Rapids, was scheduled to j'
come here to preside over this |*
term of court, but he exchanged '
with Judge E. H. Cranmer, of ]
Southport, who was scheduled to j i
(Continued on Page Eight) 1
Jenrette Murder 1
Example OfHig
The trial of Diiten Jmrette- ,
for the murder of Louis W.
Ganus cost the taxpayers of
Brunswick county the sum of' j
$1,637.70. according to an
itemized statement of the
costs prepared this week by
M. B. Watkins, assistant
clerk of court.
The case, which lasted for
three days, was tried at the
October term of Brunswick
county Superior Court, presided
over by Judge Clawson
Williams. The defendant was
found guilty of second degree
murder and must serve not
less than 29 nor more than |
30 years in the state penitentiary.
The jury service alone in
the case cost the county
Recorder Hears
Routbe Cases
Number Of Cases Of Min-1'
or Importance Disposed
Of Last Wednesday Before
Judge Peter Rouark;
Several Assault Cases
Among the cases disposed of
here in Recorder's Court last (
week before Judge Peter Rourk
were five charging assault. Num- 1
erous fines and suspended sen- '
tences were meted out.
Henry Isam Clarity, colored,
was found guilty of simple assault
and judgment was suspended
upon payment of the cost. 1
Hampton Thorpe, white, was <
found guilty of assault and was i
given 30 days on the roads, this I
sentence being suspended upon I
payment of the cost.
The case against Grover Brown, j ]
white, charging assault was dis- <
missed. j
James Aldridge, white, was 1
found guilty of unlawful possess- 1
ion, but judgment was suspended ;
upon payment of the cost. j1
John McRoy, white, was char- J
ged with making an assault with 1
a deadly weapon. He pleaded 11
guilty of simple assault and was 11
(Continued on Page 8)
Birthday Ball |j
Being Planned
A President's Birthday Ball is
being planned for the evening of
January 30, to be held in the
recreation hall of the local CCC
Camp.
This celebration has become an
annual affair, proceeds going to1
the Warm Springs Foundation
for the treatment of infantile
paralysis. j
I
V
STA1
A Good Newsj:
Y Southport, N.
j
e Reached (
r
Afternoon ,
inis Action'
YOUNG DEMOCRAT
DINNER TONIGHT
Brunswick county democrats _
will attend the local Jackson I 1
day dinner which is to be served
at 7 o'clock this (Wednesday)
evening in the Junior ^
Order Hall.
J. J. Burney, district solicitor,
will be the principal speak- ,
er for the occasion, and those '
I who are unable to attend the j
dinner are cordially invited to j
come In time for his talk.
At 10:00 o'clock members
of the group will listen to a c
nation-wide radio address by !
President Franklin D. Roose- jj
veit, who will have a special |.
message for Young Democrats. |
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Judge E. H. Cranmer v
In A uto A ccident j r
it
While on their recent trip to i r
Florida, Judge and Mrs. E. H., j
Dranmer were in an automobile ] F
iccident in Orlando, Fla. Neither !
i
the judge nor his wife was in- .
jured, but their automobile was; I
:onsiderably damaged. Rather j
th&n wait to have the old car i
repaired, Judge Cranmer traded
For a new one in which to drive |
lome. | J
rria/ Shows
'h Cost Of Crime
$647.00, including pay to the j(
jurors, service with subpoenas, I n
room and board and officer ] v
fees. Witness fees amounted |a
to $198.65. t
Three doctors were paid r
$25 per day for their services ^
as expert witnesses, of $100 c
each. The sum of $200 was
paid to the National Bureau ?
of Investigation, Wilmington, a
for detective service. e
An autopsy performed <
upon the body of the deceas- ja
ed, Louis W. Ganus, cost the |a
county $100; the coroner's
charges in the case amounted
to $62.05. The sum of $100
was allowed in prepairing
this statement of costs to
cover jail fee, conveying the
prisoner to Raleigh and other j
incidental expenses. I
Fourth Year Of
Pastorate Ends
The Rev. T. H. Biles, Pastor
Of Southport Baptist
Church, Concluded 4th
w* O 1
I ear nere un ounaay,
December 30 s
c
The Rev. T. H. Bilea, pastor 1
of the Southport Baptist church, ?
completed his fourth year of service
in that capacity on Sunday, .
December 30. i
During the time that he has J
been here the Rev. Mr. Biles has
preached 451 sermons; been in
charge of 39 funerals, and has
assisted in as many more; and
has officiated at 13 marriages.
During his pastorate there have
been 100 additions to the local
Baptist church. He was in charge
of the Southport Daily Vacation
Bible School last summer, and
was assistant principal the year
before. During the past four
?? onni 1T1 "10 rO.
years lie nas u> 4V.
vival meetings.
The Rev. Mr. Biles declares
that his years of work in Southport
have been the happiest of
his entire life. His relationship |
with the people of the community
have been very pleasant, he |
says, and their many kindnesses \
always will be remembered and>
appreciated.
WPA Work Will
Begin On Roads
WPA laborers will begin work
Monday on four or five county
roads, according to word received
this week. These projects are
expected to give employment to
between 75 and 100 men.
EPO
taper In A Go
C., Wednesday, Jan
Commissioners In
Iwo-Day Session
Here This Week
tegular First Monday
Meeting Stretched Into
Two-Day Session When
Number Of Routine Matters
Came Up For Discussion
rO HOLD SPECIAL
MEETING MONDAY
Vt That Time Commissioners
Will Confer With Attorneys
For John Jenrette
Regarding Settlement
Of His
Case
Members of the Brunswick
ounty board of commissioners
net here Monday and Tuesday
if this week in a two days season
for the dfsposition of routine
msiness.
B. W. Benton, member of the
loard, is a patient in the Brunsrick
county hospital and so was
inable to attend either session.
l lit' uummiaaiuiieio paoacu a
esolution asking- WPA adminisrators
to reduce the number of
nen now working on oyster proects
in Brunswick county and to
tut more of them to work on
(Continued on page 8)
Business Census
To Be Conducted
I. W. Yates, Of Wilmington,
Named Local Supervisor
Of Census Of Business;
Enumerators To
Be Named Soon
J. W. Yates, who) has been
tamed local Supervisor of the
Census of Business, today antounced
that enumeration work
vill start in Brunswick county at
.n early date. He said enumeraors
will be named within the
text few days to make the canvass
in this district, which inludes
seven counties.
Offices of the Census are to be
stablished at Wilmington, and
l staff of four persons will be
imployed to handle the work. All
Census employees are bound by
i strict Census oath not to reveal
my information contained on
tusiness reports and the law
nakes any violation a criminal
iffense.
Mr. Yates stated that every reail
and wholesale business, all
lotels, places of amusement, busiless
service companies, insurance
igencies, real estate offices and
rucking and bus companies; all
tanks, office buildings managers
ind contractors will be canvassed
or reports on their operations
lurine- the calendar year 1935.
rhe results are to be tabulated
n Philadelphia, headquarters ol
he Business Census, and become
he basic statistics which busiless
use in planning their operaing
policies.
All enumerators will be initructed
thoroughly on all phases
>f the Census, Mr. Yates said,
>rior to the beginning of the
anvass. Mr. Geo. D. Motte, who
tas been selected as Assistant
(Continued on Page 8 *
Reported Appear?
Caused Ccnsii
\
The reported appearance
here Tuesday of Thomas H.
Robinson, Jr., wanted for the
kidnapping of Mrs. Alice
Speed Stoll, of Louisville, Ky.
caused considerable excitement
until representatives
from the department of investigation
learned that the
reported criminal was a. u.
Huggins, of Shallotte, an
employee of the Shallotte
Trading Company.
The apparent nervousness
of a stranger who called at
his barber shop Tuesday for
a shave caused P. C. Tharp
to become suspicious. After
he had left, Mr. Tharp looked
up some pictures of Robinson
that were recently posted
in the lobby of the
Southport post office and he,
together with others who had
seen the visitor, noticed a
resemblance. The Charlotte
office of the department of
investigation was notified,
and a federal agent was in
Southport Wednesday to oon
.
RTPI
od Community
uary 8th, 1936 pubusi
[Decision Of
Court Bust
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may secure
license here
i Local motorists who have
( not yet secured their 1936
automobile license plates will i j
be able to purchase them Saturday
In Southport when representatives
of the State Highway
Patrol will be here, aci
cording to information received
from M. B. Watkins, assisI
tant clerk of court.
Patrolmen have been here
' each Saturday morning for
| several weeks for the purpose
of receiving applications for
| driver's license. The special
service for this week is for
j the convenience of motorists
who are afraid to drive their
cars to Wilmington for their
; new license plates.
The Phoenix home demonstration
club met Friday, January 3,
vith Mrs. J. C. Chadwick. Folowing
a short business meeting,
Hiss Marion Smith, county home
iemonstration agent, discussed
table setting and service.
Those present were: Mrs. Hen*y
Verzaal, Mrs. Dan Brew, Mrs.
E. Thorpe, Mrs. F. Johnson, Mrs.
J. Gore, Mrs. C. W. Shaw, Mrs.
Toe Verzaal, Mrs. J. C. Chadvick,
and Miss Smith.
The next meeting will be held
it the home of Mrs. Henry Verzaal.
TRANSFERRED
J. P. Swain, Southport boy
who was a member of the crew
of the Naugatuck, has been transferred
to the coast guard cutter
Acushent, which is stationed
at Norfolk.
H. C. Stone Host To
Schoolmasters Club
Henry C. Stone, principal of
the Shallotte high school, was
host Monday night to members
of the Brunswick county Schoolmaster's
club. A delicious turkey
I dinner, with all the accessories,
was served.
Principals and coaches of the
various school will meet Thursj
day night at Bolivia to discuss
plans for the annual county bas- J
i ketball tournament.
Continued Rains I
County Roc
Recent spells of bad weath- |
er have left the roads in this j
county in the worst condition
since the washing rains
of last July.
Frozen hard following the
. i sleet of two weeks ago, the
,' roads were badly cut up |
when they began to thaw.
, Heavy rains that have fallen
during the past week made
the mud even worse and
many citizens who have been
attending court report that
some of the roads are practically
impassable. Sand roads j
Death Comes To
Aged Resident
[ Mrs. Martha Ringgold, 69,
J Died Early Friday MornI
ing At Home Of Her
i Daughter; Interment In
Stedman Cemetery
[
' Mrs. Martha Jane Ringgold,
i aged resident of Southport, died
j early Friday morning at the home
j of her daughter, Mrs. Clifton Arinold,
following a two-days illness
| of pneumonia. The deceased was i
i 69 years of age. j
i Mrs. Ringgold is survived by j i
i j one son, Ben Ringgold, of South- i
II port, and two daughters, Mrs.
j Gus Coulis, of Baltimore, Md., ]
(Continued on page 8) l<
ii
ince Of Kidnaper ;
derable Excitement'
|J
| duct an investigation of the j1
reported appearance here of j I
the much-sought criminal.
The G-man learned that
the strange visitor was accompanied
by a 4-year-old
girl and that he told some
one he was heading for Geor.
gia. After making a round 1
of boarding houses here, the M
agent left Southport. Thurs- J1
day he returned and ques- i
tinned Tharp, Ed Weeks, (
local barber, and H. C. Cor- t
lett, who also saw the suspect.
i
The whole story was shot 1
sky-high Friday when it was
discovered that Huggins was
the Southport visitor who M
caused all the commotion. A |
Mr. Gray, G-man sent here 11
on the case, carried Mr. i
Tharp to Shallotte, where he
identified Huggins as the
man who visited his barber
shop. Huggins confirmed the
report that he had visited i
Southport Tuesday, and that
he was accompanied by a little
girL j
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Most Of The News
All The Time
$1.50 PER YEAR
Communities May
Still Apply For
Work Projects
Still Not Too Late To Submit
Applications, According
To Announcement
Of Robert D. Caldwell
WANT ALL CITIZENS
TO BE SATISFIED
District Director Says, However,
That There Is No
Assurance That Projects
Will Be Completed
Before Program
Ends
It is still not too late for comImunities
to submit projects to
! WPA, according to announcement
made today by Robert D.
Caldwell, district WPA director.
Caldwell said that several complaints
had been brought to his
attention from communities
which said that they were not
getting any of the benefits of the
federal works program. "In most
instances," he said, "these places
| either could not offer an ade
will be discussed at that time.
Outstanding among the problems
to be discussed is the bonus
question. At the present time
members of Congress are considering
some definite action on the
jonus issue. Commander St. Georqe
says that he is anxious to
lave every veteran in the county
tnow just what has been done,
ind he wants to see the ex-service
men in this district pull together
for their own interest.
Phoenix Club
Meeting Held
LOT
TED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Supreme
s The AAA
Second Cornerstone Of The
New Deal So Completely
Shattered That All Plans
For Patchwork Abandoned
For Present
FATE OF LOCAL
SETUP UNKNOWN
Dffice Of County Agent J.
E. Dodson Closed Tuesday
Afternoon but Will
Operate Until Notified
Since the epoch-making decision
of the United States
Supreme Court Monday when
it ruled against the AAA
there has been no definite
announcement concerning the
activities formerly carried on
through the office of county
agent. It was learned Wednesday
that President Roosevelt
will ask for funds with
which to complete promised
payments to farmers.
The office of County Agent
J. E. Dodson was closed
Tuesday afternoon, but reopened
for business Wednesday
morning and will continue
to operate until officially
notified to suspend operations
for the AAA. Duties
of the county agent far exceed
those connected with
the administration of affairs
of the AAA.
(Continued on Page Eight.)
leave The
ids In Bad Shape
have held up better than the
improved sand-clay routes.
So far there ha% been no
report of any trouble in
transporting children to
school, but if the rains continue
for another day or two
the roads may become too
bad for the heavy school
busses to travel.
Members of the maintenance
department of the State
Highway Commission have
been powerless to help conditions
this week, being forced
to stand by until the rains
cease.
Legion Meeting
Friday Evening
Commander R. C. St. George
Urges Full Attendance
Of All Ex-Service Men
For This Gathering; Bonus
To Be Discussed
Members of the Brunswick
County Post Number 194, American
Legion, will meet Friday
night in the Brunswick county
courthouse. Commander R. C. St.
George urges a full attendance of
all ex-service men, as matters of
extreme importance to veterans
quate sponsors' contribution or
else they submitted their projects
without complete plans and specifications.
Thus our hands were
tied."
With WPA well underway in
the whole district, Caldwell said
i that he could not promise that
j any project submitted now would
!be completed before the duration
jof the works program. He poinj
ted out, however, that if any
| community had a worthwhile
; project to offer, whether an entirely
new venture or a substitute
for some project already underway,
the district office would
cooperate in speeding it through
the Raleigh and Washington offij
ces so that work might be begun.
I "Our aim is to be of service -to
the communities," Caldwell said.
"We do not wish any community
to feel that it has been cheated
(Continued on Page 8.)
Mrs. Moore Dies
At Home Tuesday
Mrs. Sallie Moore Died On
Tuesday About Noon Fol
lowing Heart Attack Suffered
During Morning;
Funeral This (Wednesday)
Afternoon
Mrs. Sallie Moore, 75-year-old
resident of Southport, died Tuesday
about 1 o'clock at her home
in Southport as the result of a
heart attack suffered early Tuesjday
morning. News of her death
came as a shock to friends and
rlfatives here.
The deceased was the widow
j of the late Adrian W. Moore,
{who preceded her to the grave
[several years ago. She was forj
merly Miss Sallie McCracken,
j and was born and reared in
Brunswick county.
Surviving are seven children:
James Moore, of Norfolk; Eugene
Moore, of Ahoskie: Mrs. E. W.
Latham, of Plymouth; Mrs. Inez
Alexander, Joel Moore, Wallace
Moore and Claud Moore, all of
j Southport.
Mrs. Moore was a loyal member
ar.d active worker in the
(Continued on Page 8)
i Tide Table
i ???
Following Is the tide table
i for Southport during the next
week. These hours are approximately
correct and were furnished
The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association.
High Tide ' Low Tide
Wednesday, December 25
7:04 a. m. 0:46 a. m.
7:34 p. m. 1:38 p. m.
Thursday, December 26
7:50 a. m. 1:31 a. m.
8:20 p. m. 2:23 p. m.
Friday, December 27
8:33 a. m. 2:18 a. m.
9:08 p. m. 3:07 p. m.
Saturday, December 28
" O .A/i . M
9:is a. in. oiira a. iu.
9:55 p. m. 3:52 p. m.
Sunday, December 29
10:07 a. m. 3:58 a. m.
10:47 p. m. 4:39 p. m.
Monday, December SO
10:56 a. m. 4:53 a. m.
11:40 p. ra. 5:28 p. m.
Tuesday, December 31
11:51 a. m. 5:52 a. m.
6:20 p. m.