I fhe Pilot Covers
I Brunswick County
JSTN.NE NO. 7
fcbaub Explains j
Ipetails Of The j
J (lew Farm Setup j
j Conservation Grants
Totaling From 15 To 20 f
M Million Dollars, Probably
I Will Co To North Caro- .
lina Farmers I'
mount DEPENDS I,
' upon THE FARMERS >'
lie College Authority
outlines The Three Ma- I
jor Objectives Of Soil I
Conservation Pro
gram I
^i! conservation grants of 15 1
Mf)o million dollars probably will'}
paid North Carolina farmers
:s vear under the new farm;j
ne exact amount, said Dean 1
q Schauh of State College,
1 depend largely upon then
ither of farmers entering theji
J^ram and the amount of land I <
K winch grants are to be paid. I j
Although no contracts will be! j
limed, as under the old AAA, j
K... r? will be paid lor uevuui.B |4
Ct of their land to soil-building i
I soil-conserving crops, he ex- \
The three major objectives of
H> soil conservation and domes- (
He allotment act are:
Bchnservation of the soil through ! _
Hjse use of the land. This will!
Eso check the overproduction of
Hod-depleting cash crops.
I Re-establishment and mainten-1
H. 0f farm income at a "fair j
Protection of consumers by as-j
Hming of adequate supplies of'
Ed. feed, and other farm comEodities
now and in the future.
With these objectives, said the
Hear, the new program will have
H broader significance than the
Ed AAA. although it may not
Eut cash crops as effectively as
Has done before.
I Farmers who qualify for payHerts
this year will be required
Ho have an acreage of soil-conHerving
crops, or land devoted to
(Continued on Page Six) j"
Little Bits !:
I Of Big News :
I News Events Of State, ,
I Nation and World-Wide
I Interest During Past
Week
fc/ion For Relief
I President Roosevelt asked
I Congress Wednesday to approH
Pirate "more than a billion 1
dollars" to meet the nation's '
I relief needs during the 1937 |
I Iscal years beginning July 1.
tobacco Sign-Up
A whilwind campaign to enH
^ tobacco growers in a volH
0Iltary compact to avert econ
H ?mic disaster this fall was L
? launched WMncsaav The slp-n I,
up campaign, which contem- i
I Plates the co-operation of groI
*ers of Virginia, South Caro- <
I Una and Georgia, was planned
I Tuesday at a meeting of agI
ricultural leaders presided over :
I by Governor Ehringhaus in the
I Hall of the House of RepreI
Kntatives.
weather Trouble
I Violent winds, pulling a cold
wave behind them, whipped
I fain, snow and sleet across (
North Carolina Tuesday. Minor
I damage from the gales was
widespread. One fatality was
Sported, at Winston-Salem.
I Leon Hunter, 8-year-old Negro .
drowned after falling into the ,
Hooded basement of a razed .
'tore building. Waist-high
snowdrifts stalled a school bus
I ?aded with 25 small children ,
I r^ar Marshall in Madison
county Tuesday. Between 75 j
I tad 90 pupils were snowbound ,
1111 the school at Fletcher. (
W*teran Dies
I ^neral Richard A. Sneed,
I former Commander-in
thief of the Confederate Vet
of America and former
Secretary of State and State
treasurer, died Sunday at the 1
?me of a son, Frank, in Law- t
I Okla. 1
I 'Continued from Page "?) 1
THE
6-PAGES TODA\
last Confederah
In Brum
ohn Wescott, Last Survivor
Of Grey-Clad Forces
In This County, Died At
Home Of His Son Here
Tuesday Morning
-IAD BEEN INVALID
FOR SEVERAL YEARS
Funeral Services Scheduled
To Be Held This (Wednesday)
Afternoon At
Bethel Baptist Church
Near Here
John Wescott, last Confederate
veteran In Brunswick county, died
it the home of his son, Calvin
Wescott, here Tuesday morning
Pllowing an illness of more than
'ive years. He was 91-years-ofige.
When the Civil War broke out
Vfr. Wescott, who was born and
eared near Southport, joined the
;oast guards and fought at Fori
Fisher until she fell. Later he
oined the land forces and took
part in the battle of Bentonsville
md Bennettsville. The old soldiei
vas in Captain Wesley Gallovay's
company in the 20th reginent.
Funeral services will be coniucted
this (Wednesday) afterr*
.. nr 1,
nre luestu
Did $20,(
Fire Of Undetermined Orig
ing Early Tuesday Mori
Causing Fu>
In one of the most desl
cent years, the two story I
by fire of undetermined 01
All the equipment of the 1
Bell Telephone Co., the Sc
Fesperman law office was
The fire alarm was turned ir
shortly after 4 o'clock. John Ful
wood, night operator of the tele
phone exchange, was awakenec
and discovered that his exit dowi
the stairs was cut off by th<
flames. His calls for help result
ed in a ladder being placed tx
the second story window, and h<
made his way to safety. He wa:
suffering as the result of inhal
ing smoke and was given medica
attention by Dr. W. S. Dosher.
With the flames fanned by i
strong wind, members of th<
Southport volunteer fire depart
ment fought valiantly to keej
the fire from spreading to ad
joining buildings. The fact tha
there had been a soaking rain t
short time before the blaze wai
discovered assisted them in theii
efforts. Before daylight the fir<
was under control, and only th<
damaged brick walls remained ai
a further menace to safety.
Early Tuesday morning a por
tion of the stock of the South
port Cafe was salvaged by th<
proprietor, D. P. Xanthos. Short
ly after noon the walls of thi
building caved in, destroying anj
equipment remaining in the cafe
and completely demolishing th<
Specialty Shop building nex
door.
No one was injured in th<
crash, as Mrs. Clyde Newton
manager of the store, had beei
warned a short time before ol
(Continued on Page Six)
Recreation School
TJ 2 Ltl
M. ii kgiuy
The recreation school held re
cently in Fayetteville was quit<
successful, according to the report
of Brunswick county delegates
who attended. This was the
first meeting of its type everhelc
in the district, and was undei
the direction of Miss Mary Swain
Lenoir county home demonstration
agent.
Representatives from this county
who attended were: Miss Helm
Taylor and Miss Pauline Lewis,
Winnabow; Miss Lottie Lay
Wilson, Bolivia; Mrs. C. W. Shaw
)f Phoenix; and Miss Marion
Smith, Southport.
District Agent Was
Southport Visitor
Mrs. Estelle T. Smith, district
lome demonstration agent, visited
the county home demonstration
agent. Miss Marion Smith,
lere last week.
STA1
A Good News]
Southport, N.
>. Veteran
wick County Dies
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; i JOHN WESCOTT
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. j noon at the Bethel Baptist churi;
ch, near Southport. The American
Legion and the United Daughters
j | of the Confederacy will have a |
I part in the final rites.
I In addition to his son Calvin
j Wescott, the deceased is survived
by a daughter, Mrs. H. L. Dosher
j several grandchildren and one j
| great-grand child.
iy
Morning
)00 Damage
in Destroyed Laughlin Build-.
H/-11- T J Ovor I
ling j T* ClU3 I Vppivu V*v. I
rther Damage
tructive blazes suffered in re-!
liaughlin building was gutted
igin early Tuesday morning,
local office of the Southern
Mithport Cafe and the G. V.
destroyed.
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SERVICE CLUB TO
, MEET AT BOLIVIA
The second meeting of the
j Brunswick County Service Club
" | will be held Thursday night
'l at 7:30 o'clock at the Bolivia
school.
One of the principal objecj
tives of the meeting will be
the organization of a county
4-H Council. Work already is
1 underway for the organization
of 4-H Clubs for boys in the
" j county.
' L. R. Harrill, state 4-H Club
" j leader Is expected to attend
this meeting, and boys and
1 girls who are interested in
3 this type of work are urged
r to attend.
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. Complete Plans
j For Encampment
. About 25 Officers Of The
Pvnprfpfl
f loi lUIUIkt* J m- . . . . .
Here This Week-End For
! Three Day Encampment
1 At Fort Caswell
i Lt. R. I. Mintz and Captain
Fred B. Leitzsey, in charge of
1 local arrangements for the threef
day encampment of officers of
the 231st Infantry at Fort Caswell
this week-end, announce that
j plans for the proper reception
. and entertainment of the visitors
' are complete.
The visiting officers will be
under the command of Colonel
i Edgar H. Bain, of Goldsboro. Lt.
Colonel Alexander L. J. Johnson
is to be in charge of the study (
: course for the men and also will
I be in charge of a national de
fense program to be held in the
, auditorium of the Brunswick
county courthouse Friday night.
A large attendance of South(Continued
on Page 6)
Legion Meeting
Friday, March 27
i
An important meeting of the
Brunswick County Post Number
1194, American Legion, will be
i held next Friday night, March,
'; 27, in the auditorium of the j
; Brunswick county courthouse.
Commander R. C. St George j
urges a full attendance, as mat- >
ters of unusual importance to all
legion members will be discussed
at that time.
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EPOI
Daper In A Goc
G., Wednesday, Marcl
Commissioners In
A Special Session
Tuesday Morning .
!
L. C. Brown Checked Out [
As Brunswick County
Tax Collector And Office
Turned Over To S. K.
Milliken, His Successor
ANOTHER SPECIAL
MEETING TODAY
Audit Of Brown's Accounts
Was Furnished By D. R.
Hollowell Firm; Thomas
O'Berry Here To
Arrange Bond For
Mr. Milliken
Members of the board of county
commissioners met here Tuesday
in special session for the j
purpose of checking out L. C.
Brown as Brunswick county tax
collector. Duties of this office
were turned over to S. K. Milliken,
who was appointed last
week to succeed Mr. Brown.
An audit of the accounts of
Mr. Brown was furnished by the'
D. R. Hollowell Firm. Thomas
O'Berry, representing the National
Surety Company, was present
to arrange a $20,000 bond for
Mr. Milliken. The bond was tendered
and was accepted by the j
commissioners.
At the direction of members
of the board, a card system of |
qproiintinp" is tn hp. installed in !
the office of the dilenquent tax
collector.
Members of the board are in
another special session today,
meeting at the county home to i
map out a program of work for
the farm for the year.
Several Cases
Before Recorder
Three Prisoners Who Escaped
From Local Jail
Sentenced To Serve Two
Years Additional Time
For Assault And Escape
The three colored prisoners who
escaped from the Brunswick
county jail two weeks ago were
tried in Recorder's Court here on
Wednesday morning on charges
I of assault and escape. Each of J
I them had two years added to his
road sentence.
i Charlie Peterson only had a
three months term to serve fol-,
lowing his conviction in Recor-1
'der's court on a charge of larceny.
Holden was being held in
jail upon default of bond, after
jhe had appealed to Superior
(Continued on page six.)
I
Men Arrange To
Purchase Building
Five prominent Southport busiIness
men have arranged for the
I purchase of the old school building
in Franklin Square from the
Brunswick county board of education.
A WPA project is being
drawn up today by District Engineer
D. B. Black for remodeling
the old structure into a mod-,
ern community center building. |
There Were Stra
Sunday At The B.
Several of his friends in
Southport drove out to the
B. M. Homsby farm on the
old Bolivia road last Sunday
afternoon for a visit. Since
it was such a pretty day, the
- ?* a !
men took tneir wives ?nu
children along for a visit
with Mrs. Hornsby and the
Hornsby children.
When they arrived they
were welcomed by Mrs.
Hornsby, who invited the
ladies to come in and told
the men that her husband J
was down about the bam
looking after his turkeys.
They said they'd go down
there where he was.
When his friends reached
the bam, they saw no sign
of Mr. Hornsby. Just as they
were about to return to the
house, one of them looked
across the field and spied
their host crawling on hands
and knees through the grass.
Being unable to account for
this strange conduct, the men
went over to investigate.
As they drew nearer, they
RT PI
>d Community
h 18th, 1936 publisi
Young Baptist Evi
Will Condi
4c
John C. Cowell, Of Fayetteville,
Will Do The Peaching
At A Series Of Meetings
At Local Baptist
Church Next Week
REVIAL TO START
SUNDAY EVENING
Cowell Known as Outstanding
Young Evangelist
Of His Denomination;
Preached Here Several
Years Ago
John C. Cowell, outstanding
young evangelist of the Baptist
denomination, will assist the Rev.
T. H. Biles in a series of revival
services at the Southport Baptist
church beginning Sunday night.
During the meeting here, morning
and afternoon services will
be held. The morning worship
will be at 11 o'clock; the evening
service at 7:30 o'clock.
The Rev. Cowell has conducted
successful revival services in sev- j
eral of the leading cities of the
South and has a reputation for
bringing strong gospel messages.
He has a compelling personality,
and large congregations have
flocked to hear him wherever he
preaches.
Bodies Of 1
Drowned \
Body Of William Creech, So
nesday On Fort Caswell
Sailor Discovered
The bodies of two m<
drowned in the Cape Fear
morning- of February 20, wei
leaving just one body still ui
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SAMUEL J. FRINK
NEW COMMISSIONER
Samuel J. Frink, prosperous
farmer of the Grissettown section,
was appointed last week
to succeed S. K. Milliken as a
member of the board of commissioners.
He was sworn in
before assistant Clerk M. B.
Watkins.
Mr. Milliken resigned last
week as a member of the
board in order to accept appointment
as tax collector,
succeeding L. C. Brown. He
had been appointed several
weeks ago to fiU the unexpired
term of the late B. W.
Benton.
Mr. Frink met with the
board here yesterday in special
session.
County Council
Meeting Today
The spring county council of
Brunswick county home demonstration
clubs is in session today
(Wednesday)"1 at Supply. Mrs. Estelle
T. Smith, district home
demonstration agent, is the principal
speaker.
inge Doings Last
M. Hornsby Home
saw Mr. Hornsby peeping
first this way then the other
through the grass as he pro
ceeded cautiously upon anfours.
He looked for the
world like a beast of prey
stalking a victim. It occurred
to his unseen audience that
he might be playing Tarzan,
so they decided to see what
he would do next.
Remaining a safe distance
behind him, they watched j
while he wormed his way toward
a pine top. It was j
plain, even to them, that the j
trail of whatever he was af- |
ter was getting hot by that j
time, and they drew closer.
They saw the man peer under
a pine bough, and they
held their breath as his out- i
stretched hand darted out for
some unseen catch. He arose
to his feet with an egg in his
hand.
Spying his visitors for the
first time, he held up his
prize and declared, "I've been
looking for that damn turkey
nest for a week."
LOT
HED EVERY WEDNESDAY
mgelist <
act Meeting Here 1
BL : ' ~ 10b <
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JOHN C- COWELL 1
i
Six years ago he assisted in a ]
series of meetings here and will
be well and favorably remember- t
ed by Southport citizens. 1
The Rev. Cowell's home is in, i
Fayetteville. He is married to <
the daughter of Dr. W. R. Alex- ,
ander, pastor of the First Bap- <
tist church, of Florence. S. C. |
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rwo More j:
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leti Located:
jj
uthport Man, Located WedI
Breakwater; Body Of 1
Thursday Morning j
ire of the men who werelj
River at Southport on the i
e discovered here last week, j
laccounted for.
s The remains of William Creech, ,
Southport man, was discovered ,
late last Wednesday afternoon on j
the rock breakwater at Fort Cas- j,
well. Discovery was made by ,
Miss Beulah Meeks and Billy ,
Potts, son of W. H. Potts, care- ,
[taker at the fort.
The body apparently had been
swept out through the mouth of
the river and later brought back
in by the tide. It was in a bad
state of decomposition and ef-j
(forts to identify him were made
easier because of a ring he was
wearing at the time he was
j drowned.
On Thursday morning the body!
jof J. M. Conklin, member of the
| crew of the Chippewa, was sight-!
ed floating off the Captain J. B.
j Church dock. His body was in a j
Igood state of preservation.
Funeral services for Creech (
were conducted Thursday morning
by the Rev. T. H. Biles, j
pastor of the Southport Baptist
(Continued on Page Six)
Buoy Project Is
Provided In Bill
"
Sum Of $15,000 Has Been
Included In Appropriation
Bill To Mark Wrecks
And Snags Off Coast At
Southport
The sum of $15,000 has been
included in the appropriation bill
covering the activities of the Department
of Commerce for making
of old wrecks and other obstructions
in the water off South-!
nort that are resulting in thou-!
X _
sands of dollars damage to fish- j
ermen's nets, according to advic-1
es from Washington.
The fund was sought by Con- j
gressman J. Bayard Clark, of
Fayetteville, and Graham A. Barden,
of New Bern, after the pro-!
ject was proposed by Southport
(Continued on page 6)
Mrs. Ruark Ch'mn.
Elect Roosevelt Club
Mrs. Arch McDougald, representative
of the National Democritic
Executive Committee, was
a visitor here Friday for the
purpose of organizing a county
"Elect Roosevelt Club." Mrs. J.
W. Ruark, of Southport, was ap- j
pointed chairman.
Mrs. Ruark announces that the
campaign will be carried into
every precinct in order that every i
loyal Democrat may be given an
opportunity to do his part to-'
ward defraying the campaign ex-1
penses.
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Most Of The News
All The Time
$1.50 PER YEAR
:o. WPA Work
For Women To Be
Cut 20 Per Cent
Meed Of Added Efficiency
And Need For Immediate
Curtailment Discussed at
WPA Meeting In Clinton
CONFERENCE HELD
LAST THURSDAY
One Of Features Of The
Meeting Was An Exhibit
Of The Work Done By
Women Workers
Added efficiercy and the need
for an immediate curtailment of
women's WP> projects were
stressed by M Gladys B. Proctor,
district ector of women's
work for V -... at a meeting of
project supervisors held in Clinton
last Thu lay.
Supervisor. A Brunswick county's
women's projects present
were Mrs. len B. Sneden and
Mrs. Duta C Moore.
Mrs. Proct announced that in
iccordance ?h rulings from
Washington .1 women's projects
in the district will have to be
:ut by twenty percent before
April 1. This move is to make
vay for the reopening of opportunities
for private employment,
Mrs. Proctor said.
Colonel George L. Peterson,
mayor of Clinton, welcomed the
von.en on behalf of the city. He
sledged the cooperation of the
nty government with WPA, just
is it had cooperated in the past
11 the building of the American
Legion recreation center.
Thirty women attended the
neeting, held in the American
Legion recreation center. After
Mrs. Proctor's talk they discussed
problems which have arisen
ct nnt'ft'", v.^Jh women's work
n the various 'counties of the
fourth WPA district.
One of the features of the
meeting was an exhibit of the
vork of the women's projects.
Dresses for women and children,
men's overalls and shirts, quilts
ind other products of the WPA
sewing rooms showed a remarkable
development in the skill of
the WPA women workers, Mrs.
Proctor said. Each county
brought an exhibit representative
of the work that it is doing. To
the group of women Mrs. Proctor
said, "Even a man can tell
tell that these garments are well
mode."
(Continued on Page Six)
Makatoka People
Seek Mail Route
Makatoka, March 11.?People
living along the Columbus-Brunswick
road between here and Bolton,
numbering about 23 families,
are trying to have a mail
route established.
Several years ago a carrier
was employed over this route,
but because of a decline in inhabitants
the service was dropped.
Since the service was discontinued
more families have
llwo q Inner thp route and
in addition to the 23 families
mentioned, there are many of the
Waccamaw Lumber corporation
employes living at this logging
camp who hope that the mail
route mentioned may soon be reestablished.
Tide Table
Following is the tide table
for South port 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
Thursday, March 19
4:15 a. m. 10:40 a. m.
4:49 p. m. 11:00 p. m.
Friday, March 20
5:14 a. m. 11:82 a. m.
5:42 p. m. 11:54 p. m.
Saturday, March 21
6:06 a. m.
6:30 p. m. 12:22 a. m.
Sunday, March 22
5:54 a. m. 0:49 a. m.
7:16 p. m. 1:11 p. m.
Monday, March 23
7:41 a. ra. 1:41 a. m.
8:01 p. m. 1:58 p. m.
Tuesday, March 24
8:28 a. m. 2.31 a. m.
8:48 p. m. 2:44 p. m.
Wednesday, March 25
9:18 a. m. 8:19 a. m.
9:86 p. m. 3:99 p. m.