I Jhe Pilot Covers
IBrunswick County
fyUME NINE no. 11
fry Turns In
lengthy Report
to Judge Parker
lat Body Reports That
[Condition Of Affairs In
Offices Of Courthouse
[Appears To Be In Good
[Order
guardians
HAVE REPORTED
'""^nliance With
!in
Charge Of Judge
er, The Grand
Reported The
??f T??r
,0 Have Not
Reported
ng is the report which
wick county grand jury
to Judge R. Hunt Parweek
at the conclusion
nvestigation:
> Honorable R. Hunt
idge presiding:
le grand jury for the
m, 1936, Superior court,
ick county convened at
louse in Southport, N.
>nday. April 6th, 1936,
y submit the following
ve examined 16 bills,
15 true bills, 1 not true
ive made 5 presente
examined the county
g the prisoners well
nd the general appear!
building and furnishclean.
We recommend
:ontrols for the cell
epaired and put into
ler, said controls havut
of order for the
1 years.
examined the county
ind the inmates weli
id apparently content,
lilding, the out buildle
farm are in exceln.
The main building
t leakage down the
; a hard wind and
ecommend that this
led on page 6)
Bits
Big News
ents Of State,
nd World-Wide
During Past
Week
Killed
of six merrymakers
from a dance at
Monday night was
^ uped out in the blazing
^wreckage of a truck and automobile
on U. S. Highway 1.
m north of Wise, about 4:30
^ clock Tuesday morning. Four
^fcre burned beyond recogni^Bon
in their automobile, one
^Bed on the way to a hospital
Henderson, and the sixth
H?d of severe burns a few
Mfly Visit State
Although receiving no deficommitment,
a North
Barolina delegation left the
Htite House Tuesday convinB^d
that President Franklin D.
^Boosevelt will later accept an
^ notation to speak at a proHosed
"Greer. Pastures" DemoHatic
rally for the SoutheastH"
states to be held at Char^Ptte
on a date which suits
^B-e convenience of the PresiB?.
probably in September.
Mads In Illinois'
Col. Frank Knox stepped
Hhead at an almost two-toB16
pace over Senator William
Borah Tuesday in their duV
for Illinois' Republican preHtcntial
vote. The contest,
B^'ed as a decisive engagein
the Presidential asB^t'ons
of the two, brought
support for the publisher
of the Chicago Daily News
H\his home county and latest
H^ms from downstate, where
'aval claimsd his greatest
H*Pport, also favored Knox.
Hf Limit
H*>dent Roosevelt proposed
Hcr working hours and sug1:rnitation
of jobs to men
*omen between the ages ol
'Continued on Page Six)
f?nnuunvtf rr inner o
Of Garden Contest
' Mrs. J. V. Simmons, of the
Myrtle Head home demonstration
club, won first prize in the
annual Brunswick county winter
garden contest, according to announcement
made this week. Sec'
ond prize went to Mrs. John N.
Lancaster, of the Mt. Pisgah
club.
Contestants were required to
plant and cultivate a winter garden,
keep a record of the amount
of food supplied from the garden
and write a narative of the work.
Having won in county competi'
tion, Mrs. Simmons will enter
the state contest.
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1 THE
6-PAGES TOD;
Captain Fred.
Is Relieved
Orders Received Last Week
To Turn Affairs Of Company
427, CCC Over To
His Successor On April
16, And Proceed To His
Home
IN COMMAND OF THE
LOCAL CO. ONE YEAR
During That Time Many
Improvements Have Been
Made At Camp Sapona,
Now Recognized
As One Of Best
CCC Camps
Orders were received last week
I by Captain Fred B. Leitzsey to
turn over the command of Company
427, CCC to his successor
land proceed to his home on April
16 to await further orders.
That date complete the second
six-months tour for Captain Leitj
zsey as commanding officer at
I Camp Sapona.
He is being relieved by Lt.
J John L. Malone, of Nashville,
Tenn. Lt. Malone has served one
Itour as commanding officer in a
CCC camp in his home state.
Since he relieved Lt. Capers
last April, many improvements
have been made in the physical
equipment and the appearance of
the camp and the grounds. Camp
Impressive 5
Held Ea
Easter Sunday Was A Be;
Citizens Attended Specie
Chui
The inspiration of Eastf
day and the attraction of s
usually large congregations J
Special music and an Easterj
message by the Rev. E. M. Hall
completed a beautiful morning
service at the Trinity Methodist
church. Members of the Epworth
League were in charge of a pageant
for the evening service.
Eight o'clock communion service
was conducted at the St.
Phillips Episcopal church by the
pastor, the Rev. A. H. Marshall
A good congregation heard the
special Easter sermon preached
at the evening service.
Both morning and evening serj
vices at the Southport Baptist
church were beautiful in their
simplicity.
A number of white citizens attended
the program of Easter
music presented Sunday evening
at the St. James colored church.
Seek Red Cross
Funds For Needy
Appeal Received Here To
Contribute To The Fund
Being Raised To Alleviate
The Suffering Of
Tornado Victims
Two telegrams were received
here last week by members of
the Southport chapter of the
American Red Cross appealing
for funds to be used to aid victims
of recent tornado disasters
in southern states.
Announcement of this appeal
was made Sunday in the pulpit
of local churches, and citizens
were urged to contribute to this
cause.
Red Cross officials in making
this appeal point to the fact that
this section has been spared from
major disaster of any kind; they
urge citizens to help those in less
(Continued on page 6)
^ W7,,,,. /, c
rEPOi
rspaper In A Goc
N. C., Wednesday, April
Gurganious And .
d Howe Receive 1
- To 2 Years Each <
'
Chinaman Found Guilty Of
Manslaughter For HitAnd
Run Killing Of
Child; Gurganious Con- ,
victed On Similar Charge
For Fatal Accident
NIGHT SESSIONS OF i
COURT LAST WEEK
Numerous Cases Were Disposed
Of During OneiWeek
Criminal Term
Presided Over By
Judge R. Hunt
STA'
A Good New
Southport,
B. Leitzsey
Of Common
*
?
Capt. Fred B. Leitzsey
Sapona now is rated one of I
outstanding CCC camps in t!
{corps area.
Last summer Captain Leitzs
, was promoted to his present ra
from that of lieutenant. He is
member of the 321st Infantry.
Many Southport residents w
regret to learn of his transf
| for Captain Leitzsey and Car
I Sapona are popular with lo<
citizens.
Services
ister Sunda1
autiful Day And Southpo
II Services At The Local
ches
;r Sunday, the beauty of tl
pecial services attracted u
it the local churches Sunda
x
BLUE MOLD MAY
CUT REDUCTIOf
North Carolina and the en
tire flue-cured tobacco belt to
day faced the prospect of
drastic involuntary reductio
in the 1936 weed crops a
Nature took a hand in th
j affairs of the farmer.
A survey of the flue-cure
belt last night revealed tha
Blue Mold, a disease fatal t
small tobacco plants, has at
tacked the 1938 crop, sti
small and in beds due to th
weather conditions, throughou
the Carolinas and Georgia.
Leaders in the crop eontrr
movement in the three affec
ted states are agreed that th
I disease may hold the 1936 cro
| reasonably close to 1935 pre
duction. So far, there has bee
no report of Blue Mold 1
Brunswick county.
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County Patients
Treated At Duli
During Past Year Patier
From Brunswick Recei
ed Total Of 45 Days (
Care At Duke Hospit
In Durham
Durham, April 14.?During t
past year patients from Brui
wick county received 45 days
care at Duke hospital, accordi
to the annual report of the tv
pital just issued. The report
the hospital shows that 547
499.16 was spent for the to
nf 1 on <)fi9 davs of care provic
during the year, and that char
patients cost the hospital $24
(Continued on Page Six)
Funeral Tuesday
For H. L. Piggc
H. L. Piggott, 64-year-old re
dent of the Supply communi
died Monday morning as the
suit of a stroke suffered If
week.
i He is survived by his wife, c
brother, J. J. Piggott; and th
sisters: Mrs. G. W. Kirby, of Si
ply; Mrs. John Bowen, of Si
gate, and Mrs. W. O. McKeith
of Bolivia.
I The funeral was conducted
the Rev. Hardesty Tuesday m
ning from the Concord Methoc
church at Supply. The body v
laid to rest in the church cer
tery.
I
H . . ,
Ir arivcrj ncgiu
Murder Cases
Tried - J
_l j Lee Fun Howe, Chinese laun- 1
. ' dryman, and Floyd Gurganlous,1
white citizen of Wilmington, both !
? convicted in Superior Court here |
^e last week of manslaughter, were;1
h'S sentenced Friday afternoon by I
Judge R. Hunt Parker to serve v
!ey not less than one nor more than 'c
nk two years in the state peniten- J J
a j tiary in Raleigh, to be worked
I under the supervision of the "
rtU | State Highway and Public Works i
er>! Commission.
"P The one-week term of court '
3a' was devoted to the trial of criminal
cases, and several night
? sessions were held in order that
; the docket might be completed. 1
The case against A. W. Smith
[for violating the city milk ordi- I
nance was continued.
. j Joe Brown was found not guily
ty of shop lifting.
/ i The case against Davis Holden j
[for assault was continued,
irt Elbert Wilson was found not j
{guilty of making an assault with
' j intent to kill. > [
Clyde Carlisle was convicted on
a charge of forgery and was sentenced
to 4 months on the roads.
~ | Cases against Joe Bellamy for
?_ j (Continued on page 6)
j Service Club In
? Monthly Meeting
* Third Meeting Of Brunss
wick County Service Club
e Held Thursday Evening
At Bolivia School Lunch
d Room
t I
o The Brunswick county service
club held its regular monthly
II meeting Thursday night at the
e lunch room, at Bolivia, with Dan- it
iel Johnson, president, presiding.
During the business session it
>1 was decided that the club meet
the second Thursday in each
e month at 8:00 o'clock at the lunp
ch room, Bolivia. Bolivia was dei
cided upon as the meeting place 1
n because the greater number of ,
n members are from that part of
the county. However, when there
_ are members from other parts of .
the county, the meeting places
will vary.
As the program for the year
has not been made out, none t
, _ ! other than the Recreational part c
L.V was carried out. The program i
committee, appointed by the I
president and consisting of Bar- t
ney Lewis, Lottie Lay Wilson,
[7; and the president, will meet with \
Miss Marion Smith and J. E. t
:a' Dodson sometime this week to {
/\m no wo Al
IL/Oliuiiueu i/n
zFarm Mortgai
'I In County Ovt
! There was a definite ad- i
tal
iecj vance in the number of farm
ity ; mortgages in Brunswick coun3,-!
ty for the first quarter of
1936, over the same period
last year, records gathered
from the office of Register
of Deeds R. I. Mintz this
week reveal.
si- For, against a total numty,
ber of real estate mortgages
re- given last year amounting to
ast a total of 41 up until April
1st, for the same period in
>ne 1936 the figures have totalree
ed 69.
jp- As to whether or not this
ea- indicates better times, or
an, poorer times, the Register of
Deeds was at a loss to exby
plain. A large number of the
or- mortgages given on reallist
estate both years were on I
fas farm lands, so that the rane
tio of increase would remain |
I about the same.
I
RTPI
>d Community
15th, 1936 P"BUS
Appropriation
Survey In
$
iVord Received Here Last
Week By Mayor John D.
Ericksen From Congressman
J. Bayard Clark
Concerning The Project
5UM OF $15,000.00 TO
BE SPENT LOCALLY
Congressmen Clark And
Barden Appeared Before
Appropriations Committee
Asking That
The Shrimping
Grounds Be * r
Marked
A letter received last week by'
Mayor John D. Ericksen from
Congressman J. Bayard Clark
stated that an appropriation has
jeen included in the appropria:iona
bill for the location and
narking of submerged wrecks
hat are a menace to local and
risiting shrimpers.
While it is understood that this
vork will be under the direction
if the Coast and Geodetic Surrey,
local labor will be used so
ar as is practical.
Farmers Art
WithNe
Schedule Of Instructional Mi
County Agent J. E. Dodsor
Brunswick county farrr
ileased with the provisions (
iccording to County Agent <
lolding a series of instruc
>ast few days.
*
LIBRARY IS OPEN
EVERY DAY NOW
The Southport public library
is open every day now between
the hours of 9 o'clock In the
morning and 5 o'clock in the
afternoon and visitors are welcomed
to the reading room.
No books may be taken from
the library except on Wednes- j
day and Saturday afternoons.
The longer hours for the library
have been made possible
through the co-operation of the
WPA. Mrs. E. M. Rappleyea
and Miss Alese Autry are assisting
the regular librarian,
Miss Vera Swain.
Favor WPA Work
Of Permanence
\s Work Is Curtailed, Projects
That Will Be Of Lasting
Benefit To The County
Will Be Retained Until
The Last
The Works Progress Adminis;ration
has placed emphasis prin:ipally
upon permanent civic im>rovements,
according to Robert
3. Caldwell, district WPA direcx>r.
As example of this in Brunsvick
county, Caldwell pointed out
he street and road improvement
irojects, the beautification of
(Continued on Page Six)
res Advance
>r1935Figure
Both liens and chattel
mortgages showed a marked
increase over last year's
first quarter as well, the records
indicate. Whereas there
were only 59 chattel mortgages
recorded in the office
for the first quarter last
year, for the same period
this year, the chattels to"*
* * * ? !?I
taled I'v4. L,ieii? UUlCiWvu
this year for the first qnarter
from 261 to 356.
There were more marriage
licenses issued last year, for
the same period, than this
year, however.
All told, there was a 20
per cent increase in the number
of instruments handled
in the Register of Deeds office
this year over the volume
of business in 1935. A
total of 777 instruments were
recorded during 1936 as compared
with 641 during the
first quarter last year.
LOT
HED EVERY WEDNESDAY
i For Wreck
i eluded In Bill
fc I
REV. BILES C. M. T. C.
ASSIGNMENT OFFICER
The Rev. T. H. Biles, pastor
of the Southport Baptist church,
has been appointed C. M.
T. C. procurement officer for
Brunswick county this year
and he Is anxious to receive
applications from boys between
the ages of 17 and 24 who
i desire military training.
The camp will be held this
' year at Fort Bragg from August
5 September 3. The
program will include military
training, courses of instruction
i and athletics.
The quota for Brunswick
county is three, but alternates
will be named to fill any vacancies
which may result should
other counties fail to fill their
quota. Five Brunswick county
boys were in camp last year.
In response to the request of j
more than a hundred shrimpers
from Southport and Morehead
(Continued on page 6)
j Pleased
w Farm Bill
eetings Being Conducted By
? To Be Completed Friday
lers apparently are well1
)f the Soil Conservation bill,
1. E. Dodson, who has been
tional meetings during the
The .xheauie of meetings announced
last week has been com- j
pleted and a meeting to be held |
Friday night in the Supply school
will be the last.
Following each meeting, farmers
have been offered an opportunity
to sign work agreements.
The response has been very encouraging
and township committeemen
were unable to take care
of the rush in several communities.
To take care of those people
who have not had a chance to
sign one of the new contracts,
Mr. Dodson is getting out cards
i this week telling the individual
farmers when to come to the of!
fice at Supply to fill out the
necessary forms.
It is important that tobacco
growers complete the necessary
arrangements as soon as possible
for plants are ready to be set.
Several farmers in the Kingtown
section are planning to begin
planting this week.
Former Pastor
Dies In Ayden
Word Received Here Sunday
Of Death Of The
Rev. R. H. Broom At His
Home In Ayden; Was
Former Pastor Of Trinity
Methodist Church
Word was received here Sun-1
day of the death of the Rev. R.
H. Broom, former pastor of the
Trinity Methodist church, at his
home in Ayden.
| Members of the congregation
at the evening service Sunday
voted to send the following message
of sympathy to the family
of the deceased:
"Congregation of Trinity Methodist
church assembled unanimously
send message of love and
sympathy with assurance of
faithful prayers." The message'
was signed by the Rev. E. M.
Hall, pastor.
The following Southport people
attended the funeral services held ;
Monday in Ayden: Mr. and Mrs. j
Price Furpless, Mrs. C. G. Ruark,
Mrs. Robert Woodside and
Mrs. Rob Morse.
*
Drum Season Is
Officially Open
Captain L. Munn, of the Cape
Fear Coast Guard station, landed
a 25-pound drum Sunday afternoon
on the point of Bald Head.
This was the first drum caught
here this spring, and the report
is expected to touch oft the activity
of Southport's salt water
fishermen.
Most Of The News
All The Time
$1.50 PER YEAR
Inland Waterway
Link is Opened
With Ceremonies *
Celebration Saturday At
Socastee Bridge, S. C.,
Climaxed Work Of Digging
The Atlantic Intracoastal
Waterway
PHILADELPHIA MAYOR
PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
_
Southport Represented By
Mayor John D. Ericksen,
Captain I. B. Bussels,
Chas. E. Gause And
R. O. Johnson
Opening of the final link in the
' Atlantic intracoastal waterway
was celebrated with fitting ceremony
Saturday at Socastee bridge,
near Myrtle Beach, S. C.
The program was attended by
officials of cities along the route,
army engineers and yachtsmen.
Southport was represented by
Mayor John D. Ericksen, Captain
I. B. Bussels, Chas. E. Gause and
R. O. Johnson.
While the 17th Field Artillery
band, from Fort Bragg, N. C.,
played and the notables stood at
attention, Miss Geraldine Bryan
sniDDed a ribbon to formally
open the Little River-Georgetown
link of the route.
This link, last completed, eliminated
the last open sea passage
between the Delaware river and
Miami. In the past, rough weather
has often held yachtsmen for
weeks at the end of the 55-mile
outside trip.
Col. Holmes B. Springs, of
Myrtle Beach, chairman of the
celebration committee, presided at
the ceremonies. Speakers included
J. Hampton Moore, Philadelphia,
"fati?- of ..the inland waterway,*'
Maj. Gen. E. M. Markham,
chief of Engineers; Col. Earl I.
Brown, division engineer from
Richmond; Col. W. G. Caples,
district engineer at Charleston;
John H. Small, former North
Carolina congressman; Represen(Continued
on page 6)
Postmaster At
Shallotte Dies
W. Frank Pierce Instantly
Killed Wednesday Night
When His Automobile
Left The Road And
Crashed Into Tree
The death of W. Frank Pierce
which occurred Wednesday night
following an automobile accident
about one mile South of Shallotte
came as a shock to Shallotte
citizens. It is believed that death
was instantaneous.
Mr. Pierce was riding alone
when his car left the road and
crashed into a tree. There were
' no eye witnesses. Some young
folks walking a little ways beyond
saw the lights of thq car
and heard the crash. They hur*
i ried to the scene of the accident
and immediately summoned medical
aid which was too late.
Mr. Pierce was 58-years-old
and was never married. He was
an esteemed citizen of Shallotte,
having resided there most of his
life. He' taught school for sev(Continued
on page 6)
Tide Table
Following is the tide table
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
Thursday, April 16 t.
2:34 a. m. 9:16 a. m.'; *
3:13 p. m. 9:39 p. m.
Friday, April 17
3:42 a. m. 10:09 a. m.
4:20 p. m. 10:38 p. m.
Saturday, April 18
4:45 a. m. 11:00 a. m.
5:15 p. m. 11:33 p. m.
Sunday, April 19
5:42 a. m. 11:50 a. m.
6.06 p. m.
Monday, April 20
6:32 a. m. 0:29 a. m.
I n m. 12:40 d. m.
w r- ?
Tuesday, April 21
7:20 a. m. 1:21 a. m.
7:39 p. m. 1:31 p. m.
Wednesday, April 22
8:08 a. ra. 2:13 a. m.
8:25 p. m. 2:19 p. m.
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