I Pilot Covers
swick County
NINE NO. 6
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ovisions Of The
m Bill Before
More Than 50C
[n The Shallotte
iditorium
PROVIDES
3NSERVATION
ctive Of The
iure Recently
[s For The
:ion Of The
Soil
jrday afternoon in
Illlotte high school audiE
before a crowd of more
Bo Brunswick county farmlongressman
J. Bayard
telared that the only hope
| North Carolina tobacco
llief in a co-operative efI
reduce production,
lessman Clark, who was
lei pal speaker for the ocIvas
introduced by County
p. E. Dodson.
fcrimary objective of Mr.
f speech was to acquaint
biers with the provisions
pew Farm Bill which has
In enacted by the National
is and received presidenproval.
The new measure
> for the appropriation of
1,000 to be spent for soil
ition throughout the counmeasure,
Mr. Clark told
embly, was not perfect,
resented the nearest apn-hich
the Congress could
> providing a substitute
rortanMv rlpppaqpf] AA.A
igv^iiviji ? ?
t score, he said that the
is, uy the sweeping decis:he
Supreme Court in decIhe
AAA unconstitutional,
in left little opening with
to aid American agricullid
that it was necessary
e measure be framed in
;neral terms in order to
the Supreme Court on its
tionality that much of its
eness was st. If the
itinued on Page Four.)
tie Bits
)f Big News
i Events Of State,
on and World-Wide
erest During Past
Week
,
License
ie long - awaited cracki
on licenseless drivers is
promised for next MonThn
X-Ti frVnifo xr Gofotv Tli_
H 'Mt illguni
Br. hopes to reach the botI
of the application pile
Bndav. The total will reach
By 700,000, of which more
B 1,800 have been revoked
Bdvance of any serious ef
to enforce the law.
wf Program
Bimations that President
Bevelt soon would ask ConSt
for between $1,000,000,Band
81,500,000,000 for conBig
his work relief proB
were dropped in SenBcircles
Tuesday as DemoB
entered a twin defense
Be V.'PA and PWA.
mom Money
B affidavit, giving a pos
explanation of how $30,|of
the Lindbergh ransom
By was disposed of, was
I Tuesday with Governor
B'i G. Hoffman. It was
B by Umberto Pas tori,
Ber Grace Steamship Line
Br, who said he kept $30,Bn
small bills in the safe of
Santa Olivia on a voyage
B the Canal Zone to Callao,
B seven days after the ranI
was paid.
* Resources
Bources of all banks in
B Carolina as of January
Btalled $418,990,884, the
Bst mark since the depres
gained a footing in the
Br in 1930, Gurney P.
Bntinued on page 6)
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THE
6-PAGES TODA
"armer's C
Acreage Ci
Fells Large
' Joe Jelks, Of 5c
Best All-R
Honor Of Being The Bes
All-Round Member O:
The Senior Class A
s Wake Forest Voted T<
Local Boy
HAS MADE FINE
RECORD AT WAKI
I In Addition To Holding Im
1 portant Offices In Student
Organizations Has
Record Of Being A
> Good Athlete
i1 Joe Jelks, of Southport, son o
Mrs. J. W Jelks, is among thi
150 seniors slated for graduatioi
11 at the approaching commence
! ment exercises at Wake Fores
i College.
Jelks has taken an active par
in campus life at the 102-year-ol<
; school, which with 1000 student;
enrolled and an almost branc
i new plant is enjoying one of it'
| most successful sessions.
He is a member of the varsitj
1 hnskpthall team, secretary am
1 treasurer of the Student Council
secretary of the Pan Hellenii
Council, is historian for the sen
321st Infan
3-Day E
Party Of Officers Under C<
Bain Will Be At Fort
Of Ma
The three-day encamp
Fort Caswell, originally sc
February 21-23, will be he
i to word received here this
' Bain, commanding officer.
During the three-day encamp
ment a training school will to
conducted with Lt. Colonel Alex
ander L. P. Johnson in charge
jThe school will include lectures
! motion pictures and tactical wal
king.
On Friday night, March 20, i
national defense program will to
conducted in the auditorium o
the courthouse. At that time Ma
jor T. G. Vickers, regimenta
chaplain, will be decorated witl
the D. S. C. Major Vickers wai
pastor of the Trinity Methodis
church of Southport at the out
break of the World War, an<
many local citizens will apprecia
te this opportunity to see hin
, honored.
Local arrangements for thi
visit of the officers are beinj
made by Lt. Rudolph I. Mint'
and Captain Fred B. Leitzsey.
: Recorder Hears
| Numerous Cases
Seven Cases Covering Widt
Variety of Offenses Wert
Heard By Judge Petei
Rourk Last Wednesdaj
In County Court
Seven cases covering a widt
variety of offenses were disposec
of here in Recorder's Court lasl
Wednesday before Judge Petei
Rourk.
In a case continued from th<
1 previous week, the Rev. J. E
j Grissett, Levi Grissett and Ha-rj
! Grissett, colored, faced charges
(Continued on page six.)
Wounded Convict
Out Of Ho spit ai
Scarboro Faircloth, white convict,
who was shot and seriouslj
injured two weeks ago when he
attempted to escape from a convict
road crew in this county
has been discharged from the
Brunswick county hospital.
Faircloth has been taken tc
the New Hanover prison camp
where he will remain until he
has full recovered from his
wounds. He will be returned tc
this county for the completion oi
his road sentence.
: STAl
A Good News
Y Southport,
)nly Hope
irtailment
i Assembly
mthport, Is
found In His Class
.T
P
i
3 JOE JELKS
???? ?
' i/\?? aIooo' onH in tho roponf" noil
J 1UI V^ICIOO , UI1U >11 M1V 1 VVV11V ?<?
1 for senior superlatives he was
, elected best-all-round senior at
: Wake Forest.
(Continued on page 6)
try Plans
ncampment
ommand Of Colonel Edgar H.
Caswell For Week-End
rch 20-22
ment of the 321st Infantry at
heduled for the week-end oi
Id on March 20-22, according
week from Colonel Edgar H
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- BODY OF DROWNED
SAILOR STILL AT
LOCAL UNDERTAKERS
The body of M. H. Strahau,
1 one of the sailors of the steam
e ship Chippewa, who was
f i drowned three weeks ago in
' J the Cape Fear river at South1
port, had not been buried late
1 j Tuesday afternoon and still
3 was in possession of M. A.
1 Northrop, local undertaker.
"! The hodv of Strahan was re
*, covered on Monday afternoon
following the drowning and
1 was prepared for burial and
embalmed by Mr. Northrop.
- j Efforts to communicate with
f Strahan's mother in Baton
1 Rouge, La., were fruitless, but
i word was received from a Mrs.
Gertrude Strahan, of Everett,
Mass., directing that the body
be buried in Southport. According
to present plans, this
? will be done as soon as the
' | weather permits.
AH expenses in connection
, with the preparation and bur,
ial were paid by the Standard
\ Dredging Company, the firm
for whom Strahan was work'
ing at the time of his death.
! Name Delegates
To Conference
^1 T"?
r To Attend State-wiae oapi
| tist Sunday School Promotional
Conference At
Hickory On March 19-20
Delegates from the Brunswick
' | Baptist Association selected to
; attend the State-wide Baptist Su
day School Promotional Confer'
I ence which will be held in Hicktjory
on March 19-20 include:
(Those to attend this meeting:
, Rev. B. R. Page, Mrs. B. R. Page,
s Miss Mary Louise Lennon, Miss
Ruth Ludlum. Others who have
> not decided may yet be among
, those to attend this meeting.
s The conference will be fosteri
ed by the Baptist Sunday School
> Board of Nashville, Tennessee,
with Dr. T. L. Holcomb, secre(Continued
on Page Six)
repo
ipaper In A Go
J. C., Wednesday, Mar
Three Prisoners
Escape But All
Are Recaptured
f Three Negro Prisoners
Overpower Jailor J. A.
Russ Early Last Thursday
Morning When He
Took Them Breakfast
MEN ARE BACK IN
I COUNTY JAIL NOW
One Was Recaptured Before
Noon Thursday And
Hfkar Turn WPfP FOlinrl
I "".v. - -
Saturday Afternoon
And Brought In
Three colored prisoners of the
Brunswick county jail overpowered
Jailor J. A. Russ early last
'Thursday morning while he was
serving their breakfast and made
their escape. All of the men have
been recaptured and returned to
the local prison.
The escaped men were Marsden
Bryant, awaiting trial in
Superior Court for breaking into
a railroad car; Robert Holden,
awaiting trial in Superior Court
on an appeal from Recorder's
Court, and Charlie Petersen, who
was given a 90-day sentence last
week in Recorder's Court. Willie
Johnson, colored prisoner awaiting
trial in Superior Court on a
charge of murder, was in the
same cell, but made no attempt
I to escape.
The break occurred about 7:00
j o'clock. Jailor Russ handed in
1 the food to the men, and reached
for the empty plates. When he
did the Holden negro grabbed
him. When this happened, the
j Peterson negro came over with
a blanket and threw it over the
i jail-keeper's head. When he made
an effort to make an outcry, one
of the negroes attempted to shut
1 off his breath, Mr. Russ said.
During the scuffle with the
other two men, Bryant took the
jail keys and went down the
I stairs, unlocking the doors and
(Continued on Page 6)
j Draw Jury List
For April Term
I
Grand Jury For 1936 And
Petit Jury For The April
Term Will Be Selected
From List Drawn Last
Week By Commissioners
I
Members of the board of coun;
ty commissioners in session here
| last week drew a jury list from
which to select members of the
1936 Brunswick county grand
I jury, and a petit jury to serve
'during the April term of Superior
I court, which will convene Mon|
day, April 6. Judge R. Hunt Parker,
of Roanoke Rapids, will preside.
Following is a list of the men
whose names were drawn for
I jury service:
J. B. Russ, Southport; J. W.
McKeithan, Southport; A. E. Babson,
Freeland; G. W. Carlisle,
Ash; Melvin Smith, Bolivia; F.
O. Simmons, Leland; J. B. Sulli(Continued
on Page Six)
See If You Can R(
j Your Neighbors A
Several Southport citizens
j are identified with the folj
lowing news item, contributed
to this newspaper by
Skipper L. R. Burn:
Boy, I was all fixed up to
go to a Masequerade Ball.
My costume consisted of 3
Bussels and a Hood. I had
been looking forward to the
event for Weeks.
On the way 1 saw an Outlaw
about to Rob Davis of
his Carr Roz asked me to get
him some Waters. I looked
around and finally found some
Potts and a Pitcher. I went
{f Tim o Hrv
nangweu, uuit iv
As I was coming back I
was bitten by a Wolfe. I ran
and fell over a Gum Stump
tight in front of a big Gator.
I Howey got there, gosh Daniels
only knows. My clothes
were full of dirt and Grimes
so I had to go to a Taylor.
While there, Bartells me that
I Capt. Bill is ill. It appears
that it was something Barnett
but Corlette him have it.
As Fred was Willing we
Sutton the steps very Leitzsey.
Just then the Campbell
r
RTPI
od Community
ch Uth, 1936 pubusi
Drainage Work
Gives Jobs To
Men Of County
_______
Several Drainage Projects
Now Underway In This "
County Under Direction
Of R. L. Brendle, Of
Southport
OFFICIALS PLEASED
WITH THE PROJECTS
__________
Important Result Is Aid In
Control Of Malaria In
This Section; Also Is
Big Help To
Farmers
A crew of 141 men are at work
on Brunswick county's WPA
drainage project. Nine units of
the project are in operation at
J Shallotte, Supply, Bell Swamp,
Saraha Swamp, Marsh Branch,
| Battle Royal Creek, Old Field
i Branch, Jones Branch, and Bear
Branch. The work is under the I
| direction of R. L. Brendle, of
; Southport.
This project is one of the larg- j
est and most important being j
carried on by the Works Progress j
Administration, according to M. j
F. Wooten, Jr., district supervisior
of malaria control for WPA. j
(Continued on Page Six)
Negro Mure
Captured
i
Officers In Clearmont, Fla.
Monday That Sam Williai
Deputy Sheriff Ganej
Or.t-k-i w.illiQmc pfilnrpH. w
kjtcl III Tr 11IIUMW7 J
j for the killihg of Dave West,
: Monday by officers in Cles
! word received here from thai
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THE FIRST POLITICAL v
ANNOUNCEMENTS IN ,
THIS WEEK'S PAPER i
The race for party nomina- |
tion in the June primary is <
officially opened this week 1
with the announcements of 1
James B. Church and J. B. i
Ward, which appear in the ad- 1
vertising section. I
Captain Church, prominent
I Southport business man, is j'
j seeking the Democratic nomi- i
nation as representative to the j J
lower house of the North Carolina
General Assembly.
Mr. Ward, prominent farm- '
er of Waccamaw township, is ,
former tax collector ot Brans- 1
wick county and is well known
in every section. He is seeking
the Democratic nomination j
for judge of the Recorders'
Court.
There also is an announce- j
ment today of a scheduled radio
address by "Sandy" Gra- j
bam, candidate for the Democratic
nomination for gover- ^
nor.
jl 1;
;
;cognize Some Of I
it The Masquerade *
" I
t]
| rang and out came the King. v,
j He didn't Mintz words, but 1
yelled out, "One of you boys n
Leggett to town and get me U
a Pack of Tharp razor blad- \v
es."
The boy replied, "I Frink tl
I'll Skipper long up to the w
Berg and see if I can't Win- ! r
, nie few nickles at the drug
store."
We went Swan hunting 1
one day last week. Gee! But
it was Coleman! I din't kill
any but Yaskell one. Did
that Burn me down? !j
Now if anyone doesn't like i d
all of the above truths and si
can Marshall up the nerve j f<
to complain, there are only
three men's sons to make the a
complaints to. They are: Rob- \
j inson, Johnson, and Watson. d
They will probably tell you j tJ
to take a fig Newton and lc
! Cranmer down your throat.
For an early prediction of
the fishing in Southport and
vicinity, we would say, "You fi
can Hook Moore fish this g
season than ever before." c
Read your State Port Pilot d
| for further details. a
LOT
TED EVERY WEDNESDA
Mil liken A]
Tax Colk
Brown
FATE OF THE OLD
SOUTHPORT SCHOOL
BUILDING IN DOUBT
Members of the board of
county education in session
here Monday rejected the offer
of $300 from members of the
Brunswick County Post 194,
American Legion, for the old
Southport school building, but
offered to sell the building for
$400.
Members of the board of
county commissioners were
asked to help settle this business,
but declined to take any
action. Legion officials asked
for 10 days in which to consider
the proposition.
If the building is purchased
by members of the Legion
post, it will be completely remodeled
and converted into a
community center building.
Otherwise it Is to be torn down
and the material used to build
a colored school building in
the Royal Oak section of the
county.
lerer Is
In Florida
y u
The heaviest rainfall since lasi
uly was experienced here Tues
ay as the streets of the busines;
ection of Southport were trans
armed into flowing torrents.
The rain began Sunday night
antinued throughout the daj
[onday, Monday night and Tuesay.
Shortly after noon Tuesdaj
tie rainfall for the past 36-hours
>cally had exceeded 6 inches.
STORM WARNINGS
Storm warnings were flying
com the signal tower in the
arrison Tuesday afternoon, foreasting
a northeast storm scheuled
to strike between Hatterai
nd Southport
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Most Of The News
All The Time
Y $1.50 PER YEAR
ppointed
jctor After
Resigns Post
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Members of Board of County
Commissioners in Special
Session Here Monday
Accepted The Resignation
Of Brown
COMMISSIONER RESIGNS
TO ACCEPT NEW JOB
After Serving For Just A
Month As Member Of
The Board Milliken
Quits To Take Job
Vacated By C. L.
Brown
The resignation of L. C. Brown,
Brunswick county tax collector
Notified County Official)
us Had Been Arrested;
r Will Go For Him
ranted in Bruvnsw:ck county
also colored, was capturec
irmont, Fla., according t<
t city.
West died as a result of knif
rounds said to have been inflic
;ed by Williams during a figh
vhich took place at the home o
Cdna Fields at Navassa on th
light of January 18.
The case was placed in th
lands of Deputy Sheriff Dillo
Janey, who spread pictures an
fingerprints of the fugitive kille
jefore him in his flight. Thi
vork of Deputy Sheriff Gane
-esulted in the capture of Wii
iams.
The Brunswick county deput
vill leave Thursday for the Floi
da city to return the prisoner t
Brunswick county for trial.
County Has Goo<
WPA Rating Nov
Latest Figures Reveal Tha
Brunswick County's Rat
ing Is 60.94, As Compar
ed With The State Ave
rage Of 35.95
BOUNTY HAS GOOD Rating 2
According to the latest figure
eleased by the Raleigh WPA of
ice Brunswick county had a semi
nonthly rating of 60.94 percent
n continuous rating the fourtl
VPA district leads the Stati
vitli a rating of 51.34 per cen
s compared with a State ave
age of 35.95 percent.
The fourth district has leac
le State WPA since the federa
orks program began operations
his rating is based on time
loney, and employment of reliei
ibor, each having the sams
eight.
In the semi-monthly ratings
nis district also leaas uie siau
rith a rating of 75 percent. This
ating is based on the numbei
(Continued on page 6)
-feavy Rain Fell
Ti/pcdnv Mnrnint
for the past 6 months, was accepted
Monday by the board of
county commissioner in special
session. Mr. Brown is giving up
his public office in order to return
to the lumber business, and
his resignation becomes effective
on Thursday, March 19.
S. K. Milliken, appointed a
month ago to replace the late B
W. Benton as a member of the
board of county commissioners,
resigned as a member of that
body in order to accept appoint
ment as tax collector. No successor
to Milliken as a member
of the board has yet been named
by Clerk of Court B. J. Holden,
whose duty it is to appoint a
new commissioner.
| In tendering his resignation,
Mr. Brown asked for an audit of
his accounts. Members of the
i board directed that the firm of
D. R. Hollowell be directed to
make the audit.
I In taking over the duties of
. his new office Mr. Milliken wilt
, be required to post a oond of
1 $20,000
5 Another important bit of business
transacted by the commissie
oners was their instruction to at"
torneys to proceed with the ad(Continued
from Page 6)
[ Honor Roll For
3 The 5th Month
* i
y Honor Roll For The Fifth
1-1 Month For Southport
School Announced By
y Principal C. A. Ledford
.. i
o' Following is the Southport
I high school honor roll for the
I fifth month, as announced this
Ijweek by Principal C. A. Ledford:
Second grade: Anna Dean Galloway,
Aileen Ledford, Doris
I Johnson, Annie Lee Evans, Sally
|r Ann McNeil and Harper Sasser.
Third grade: Jessie Lancaster,
Dorothy Cox, Evelyn Hickman,
Leroy Burn, Jimmy Hornsby,
- Bobby Jones, Billy Potts, W. A.
Russ and Emory Sneeden.
i- Fourth grade: Annis Jean
Weeks, Mae Swain and Hild Galloway.
4 Fifth grade: Carl Ward.
s Eighth grade: W. T. Full wood.
'- Ninth grade: Edward Taylor.
Tenth grade: Mary Alice Lew;.
is, Mazel Lewis, Thelma Johnson,
i and Susie Sellers,
s Eleventh grade: Lois Mae
t Ward, Ruby Ledford, Anna Tay
lor and Josephine Smith.
1 Tide Table
? ,
,
J Following is the tide table
for Southport during the next
j week. These hours are approximately
correct and were fnr,
nished The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, March 12
9:57 a. m. 4.11 a. m.
t 10:21 p. m. 4:04 p. m.
Friday, March IS
10:35 a. m. 4.44 a. m.
, 11:02 p. m. 4:29 p. m.
Saturday, March 14
11:20 a. m. 5:25 a. m.
11:49 p. m. 5:01 p. m.
Sunday, March 15
6:21 a. m.
,1 12:14 p. m. , 5:58 p. m.
, Monday, March 16
0:47 a. m. 7:35 a. m.
1:17 p. m. 7:29 p. m.
Tuesday, March 17
1:52 a. m. 8:46 a. m.
\ 2:29 p. m. 8:54 p. m.
Wednesday, March 18
3:04 a. m. 9:47 a. m.
3:43 p. m. 10:90 p. m.
mammm