I m Pilot Covers
I Bunswick County
I IM? NINE NO. 15
HviaFinals
Bme To Close
Briday Evening
I Class Day Exercises!
I ll Be Held Thursday
I Borm of Playlet Show-1
I | The Funeral Of The1
Of 1936
^BO.MMENCEMENT
SPEAKER CHOSEN
Of Formal SpeakI
Program Friday
BBht An Interesting
Bp <m Been Ar
ranged For The
(annual commencement exare
now in progress at the
high school and will come!
ase Friday night
baccalaureate sermon was
d Sunday afternoon by f
S. Love, pastor of the
Street Methodist Church,
;ton. |
hursday evening the annior
class day exercises
staged under the direcMiss
Julia Oates. The
af the program will be
>ral of the class of 1936.
owell is class poet, Dot'illetts
is class historian,
Jloway is class prophet
te Lewis is class lawyer,
will be no formal speak:he
graduating exercises
light. Special music will
:he program and diplomiwards
will be given out
ipal O. C. Johnson,
will be awarded outstudents
for activities,
and scholastic excele
best all-round student
named by members of
school faculty. j
Leonard is valedictorhe
class and Dotridge
s salutatorian. Both are
graduates. j
e Bits
' Big News
Events Of State,
and World-Wide
st During Past
Week
?
s U. S.
go Eckner, after pre40-hour
flight by the
Hindenburg from j
t, N. J.. to the Engine!.
hit Tuesday at'
f arrangements at
t to handle the j
iner.
'pplement
g their stand of i
rs ago, voters of I
ilmington and New Hanover
Bunty yesterday approved a
^Becial school supplement tax j
Bt to exceed 20 cents on the i
Boo by the most smashing i
Bijority yet recorded in an,
Bction on the school ques- j
Bn in North Carolina.
Bcovernor Ehringhaus was
B-> at the Mansion again j
Bsterday with the kidney ail-'
^Bnt that has bothered him at
Bkrvals during his entire
Ban of office.
Crime
BAnnouncement that Thomas
B Robinson, Jr., has "willingI
admitted" that he kidnapBd
Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll
that during the 20 months.
Bice he had spent most of j
time traveling between |
Bw York and California was
Bide Tuesday in Louisville i
B E. J. Connelley, in charge
I the Cincinnati office of the i
^B'icral Bureau of InvestigaBn.
mtenced
'-faced William Median, dis-'
Bg the $200,000 George MeyBhser
kidnapping was plot- ;
Bfipulsively when "I should
I known better" entered Mc- i
^ Island prison late Saturday
B"ve a 60-year term?only 48
B after he was arrested.
Br years is a long time,"
mused the last of the "big
B." kidnappers to fall into
BContinued on Page Six) j;
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6-PAGES TODA
Southport G
Honors At
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Miss Dorothy Bell, Daughter
Of Mrs. Edna Bell, Of
Southport, Recently Was
Chosen Secretary Of Woman's
Student Govern-1
ment For Next Year
JUNIOR AT HIGH
POINT COLLEGE
Has Made Enviable Scholastic
Record In Addition
To Her Long List [
Of Student Activi- ,
ties
Dorothy Bell, of Southport, a'
member of the junior class at |
High Point College, recently was j
elected secretary of the Woman's
Student Government Association
at High Point College for the
next school year.
Miss Bell was one of the two j
delegates named to represent her
institution at the annual con-!
gress of the North Carolina Federation
of Students held at East 1
Carolina Teachers College March
26-30. i
One of her outstanding student
activities is her position as
managing editor of the Hi-Po,
one of the better college weekly
newspapers in this state. She was
elected to that office a year ago. I
Announces Pa
Soil Buil
*
Dean I. O. Schaub Announ-I
ces Practices For Which
North Carolina Farmers
Will Be Pajd Under Pro
i visions Of Farm Program
PRACTICES AND
PAYMENT LISTED
Soil-Building Payment Is In
Addition To Soil-Conserving
Payment Which
Will Be Made To
Co-Operating
Farmers
11
Soil - building practices for j
which North Carolina farmers |
will be paid under the 1936 soilimprovement
program have been j
announced by Dean I. O. Schaub, I
of State College. |
The soil-building payment is in j
addition to the soil-conserving |
payment made to farmers for I
shifting part of their soil-depleting
base acreage into soil-conserving
crops.
The various practices, with
their rates of payment, are as
fol'ows:
For seeding any of the follow- '
ing crops between January 1 and
October 31, 1936, with or without
a nurse crop, either alone or in
connection with perennial grass-1
es, provided that such seeding is
at a normal rate per acre for
the locality, payments per acre j
will be: j |
(1)?Alfalfa, serecia, or kudzu, |<
$2. (2)?Red or mammoth clover, ]
$1.50. (3)?Alsike, sweet, white, j|
(Continued on page five) <
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CCC Camp Evens }
Count With Locals <
'!
The boys of Camp Sapona j i
pounded out a 15 to 4 victory j 1
Saturday afternoon over the j
Southport town team to even the j c
count for the two games played | r
this season. 3
The camp boys staged a series j c
of scoring sprees during the I
early innings, several of their if
runs resulting from poor support J
given Bunting, starting hurler for s
Southport. a
Wagner, pitching for the camp r
boys, held the local nine well in n
check until the ninth inning, If
..*?n ail four runs were scored, j o
"The Fairy Cobbler"
To Be Presented 1
Students of the fourth and fif- i
th grades of the Southport high
school will present an operetta,
"The Fairy Cobbler," Friday eve- c
ning. b
Elaborate cosfumes have been ii
designed for this production, r
which includes beautiful songs j
and dances. ' h
The operetta will be staged un- a
der the direction of Miss Lelah e
Parker and Mrs. H. W. Hood,1 v
teachers of the fourth and fifth J tl
grades respectively. - to
STAT
A. Good Newsp<
Y Southport, N. C
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High Point 1
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DOROTHY BELL j
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Miss Bell is a member of the' en
Order of The Lighted Lamp,' a
wt
local honor society requiring 5 an
semesters of honor roll eligibility.
Other requisites are charac- na
ter, leadership and service. j t
This Southport girl is the dau-1.
ghter of Mrs. Edna Bell. She E
graduated in 1931 from the local j
high school. i ^
|er
yments In j?
ding Program ?
FLOWER SHOW IN
PROGRESS TODAY Jjjj
I ]
The annual flower show
na
hold nnripr thp misniries of
members of ' he Southport pj
Woman's Club is being held op
today (Wednesday) in the j
gymnasium. Mrs. Annie K. : 'i
Vitou is general chairman in
charge of arrangements. _
Preliminary reports from L
members of the various com- *
mittees indicated that a large
number of entries are expected
from the different communities
in this county.
The following judges have Bl
been named to officiate at the
show: Mrs. Annie K. Ferguson,
Mrs. Charles Greer and
Miss Marion Smith.
Rev. Marshall ?
Attends Meeting 5
th<
Episcopal Minister Left On co
Sunday By Boat For fio
Edenton Where He Will j"
Attend Episcopal Con- cu
vention, Which Begins ^
Wednesday
The Rev. A. H. Marshall, rector
of the St. Phillips Episcopal *3
;hurch here, left Sunday for
Edenton, where he will attend1
:he convention of the East Dio- ,
:ese of the Episcopal church
vhich begins today (Wednesday) nQ(
A pre-convention session was
leld Tuesday evening at which
George B. Elliott and Billy Dan- J j
els, of Wilmington, and Freder- teg
ck A. Turner, of the Virginia I Dq
rheological seminary, will speak. hj(.
The convention proper will be,
ipened at 10 o'clock Wednesday j ?
norning with the Reverend | T
rhomas C. Darst, D. D? bishop I I
if the diocese, presiding. The!
lev. W. R. Noe. of Wilmington, j
3 secretary of the convention, j
Among the important matters!
cheduled for attention are the j
nnual address of Bishop Darst, j 0
eport of the anniversary com-' y
nittee on the i-esults of the work | t
or the first year, consideration j h
" "? ??/ikono-a in A rti_ I ,,
r Uie pivpt/ocv* uian6c v
le Four, Section Three, of the d
(Continued on page 5) b
j J
R. O. Johnson Named ?
Setter Housing Head s
R. O. Johnson has been named | t
hairman of the Southport Bet- j r
er Housing Committee, succeed- 1<
ig J. C. Christian, who recently a
esigned. i p
Mr. Johnson is well versed in | t
ousing administration procedure J d
nd will assist people in the gen- t
ral section of Southport who I
rant to repair and modernize t
heir homes or business proper- a
les. h
RT PI
od Community
13th, 1936 publis
Democrats (
Saturday
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Brunswick County Democratic
Convention To Be
| Held Saturday Afternoon
At 2 O'clock In Shallotte
School Auditorium
|
JUDGE ALTON LENNON
PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
^Delegates To State DemoJ
cratic Convention To Be
I Chosen And Members
Of County Executive
Committee To Be
Named
The Brunswick County Demo ;
cratic convention will be held
I j
II Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
;1 in the Shallotte high school audit
torium. Judge Alton Lennon, of
Wilmington, will deliver the
^ keynote address.
" One of the principal purposes
of the convention will be to name
delegates to the State Democrate
ic Convention which meets in
r June at Raleigh.
9 ' Reports from the precinct com;
mitteemen will be made at the
9 meeting and members of the
jj county Democratic Executive
' C. P. Willetts
; In $23,0CH
[. ?!
H LOCAL INTEREST IN
' ROBINSON'S CAPTURE
^ Announcement Tuesday of
I the capture of T. H. Robinson,
the nation's latest public enemy
No. 1, in Glcndale, Cal.,
EPO
jiper In A Go
Z., Wednesday, May
sveral Changes
Occur On Final
Day For Filing
fin B. Ward Files For
Member Of Board Of
County Commissioners,
Bringing Number Of
Candidates For That Office
To Eight
? REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES FILE
?wever, No Contest Looms
or Any Nominees Named
By The Republicans
In Their County
Convention
Outstanding among the last
y changes which occurred ii
! filing of candidates for th<
ne primary was the decisioi
John B. Ward, former count;
i collector, to seek the Demo
itic nomination as member o
5 board of county commission
s instead of for Judge of th
scorder's Court, an office fo
lich he had previously made hi
nouncement.
J. W. Ruark, who recently wa
med to complete the unexpire
rm of Judge Peter Rourk, wf
opposed in the primary b
D. Bishop.
H. O. Peterson, chairman c
e board of county commissior
s, did not file for the primar;
addition to Mr. Ward, th
llowing candidates filed: J. N
>ach and S. J. Frink, incum
nts; O. A. Lewis, J. W. Nel
n, Coy Formy Duval, G. C
una and P T, Rnhnn
Four men filed for sherifl
iey were Harry Robinson, Dil
I Ganey, J. A. Russ, incumben
d G. D. Robinson.
Race for the Democratic nomi
tion for Register of Deeds als
II be a three-cornered affaii
I. Mintz, incumbent, will b
posed by M. L. Galloway am
B. Russ.
Three men seek the Democrat
(Continued on page 5)
larry Robinson
Wins Cuba Trij
runswick County Philci
Radio Dealer Leaves To
day (Wednesday) Fo
New York And \Vill Sai
Friday For Havana
Harry Robinson, of Supplj
lilco radio dealer for Bruns
ck county, will sail Frida;
>m New York aboard the Mon
ch of Bermuda for a 10-da;
p to Havana. All expenses o
e trip will be paid by the Phil
Radio Company in recogni
m of Mr. Robinson's fine worl
selling more Philco radio
ring the past 6 months tha:
y other dealer in the Wilming
i district. Buck Service Sta
(Continued on page 6)
outhport Lads
Defeat Bolivii
The Southport junior varsit;
lothered Bolivia Monday after
on 26 to 11 on the losers dia
>nd.
rhe pitching and hitting of D
Watson, for the Southpor'
.m, featured the game. Mc
well and David Watson alsc
hard for the winners.
liief Steals Autoi
Man Who H
Another shining example
f "biting the hand that feeds
ou" occurred Sunday night in
his county when a stranger
le had given a ride all the
/ay from Jacksonville, Fla.,
rove off in the automobile
elonging to A. W. Frost, of
lit. Dora, Ala., when he
topped and went into Lee
Jlemmons' service station at
lupply.
Mr. Frost was on his way
o Creswell for a visit with
elatives. He was making the
i>ng trip alone, so he gave
, ride to his ungrateful comanion,
who flagged him in
he Florida city early Sunlay
morning. All day long
hey traveled together and
Ir. Frost said that he noiced
nothing suspicious
bout the man. About dark
le stopped at the Clemmons
i created considerable local In.
J terest.
" A report that the kidnap?
per of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll,
wealthy Louisville, Ky., society
matron, had stopped here
long enough for a shave
brought a representative of
' the department of justice to
Southport for an investigation.
It is a matter of record
| that the whole affair locally
was a false alarm, and that
j the "suspect" was in reality
0 M. A. Huggins, an employee
i. of the Shallotte Trading Comr
pany.
1
. Benefit Lecture
M Here Next Week
y
f Illustrated Lecture To Be
Presented On Thursday,
"i May 21, By Member Of
* Byrd Expedition; Hospitn
al Auxiliary Benefit
Finn Ronne, a member of
1 Commander Richard E. Byrd's
j staff on his expedition to the
| South pole, will appear at the
Amuzu theatre Thursday, May
I 21, for two illustrated lectures
j in a program that is being sponf;
sored by members of the Bruns
J wick county Hospital Auxiliary
- [ in co-operation with the manager j
of the local theatre.
. i There will be two shows, at'
t 3 o'clock in the afternoon and
- again at 8 o'clock in the eve>
ning. In addition to the illustra(Continued
on page 5)
mobile From
ad Given Him Ride
| filling station and went inside;
when he came out, the
car was gone.
Mr. Frost was left completely
stranded, because all
his baggage and personal belongings
were in the back j:
seat of his sedan. He had
even removed his coat in or- ,
der to make driving more
| comfortable.
The automobile thief was
! described by Mr. Frost as a
short man with dark, curly
hair. He had an ugly, unheal- J
ed scar on his nose. He ap- 1
peared to be about 30 years 1
j of age. j]
When he made off with the jl
car, he turned around and <
headed toward the South
Carolina line. The automobile
was a black Ford V-8 sedan h
and bore Alabama license |<
number 161-194.
LOT
HED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Convene
t Afternoon
MORE CANDIDATES
HAVE ANNOUNCED
The first formal announcements
of four more candidates
for nomination on the Democratic
ticket in the June primary
appear in today's paper.
Dr. E. D. Bishop, mayor of
Shallotte, will oppose J. W.
Ruark for the nomination as
Judge of the Recorder's Court.
R. L. Rabon, of Leland, will
seek nomination as a member
of the board of county commissioners.
Coroner M. A. Northrop has
announced his candidacy to
succeed himself.
Chas. E. Gause, prominent
Southport citizen, is seeking
nomination as a member of
the county board of education.
Committee to serve for the next
two years will be elected.
L. C. Tripp, chairman of the
county executive committee, will
preside over the meeting and
urges a full attendance of loyal
Democrats.
Defendant
n n
J L/amage oun
h
Bolivia Automobile Dealer
Is Being Sued For That
Amount By Columbus
County Couple In Action
Instituted Here
S. B. FRINK ATTORNEY
FOR THE PLAINTIFFS
Mr. And Mrs. Harry Jenrette
Claim That They
Both Received Serious
Permanent Injury In
Auto Accident
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jenrette.
of Columbus county, have instituted
suit against C. P. Willets,
of Bolivia, in what has been said
to be the biggest action for personal
damages ever instituted in
Brunswick county. The papers
were filed at Southport on Saturday.
The total sum of $23,150.30 is
being asked by Mr. and Mrs.
Jenrette of Willetts as a result
of an automobile wreck on Route
20 on the afternoon of March 20.
The wreck occurred at a point
about one mile west of Leland
'on a curve, and both Mr. and
Mrs. Jenrette are alleged to have
sustained serious injuries, mose
of Mrs. Jenrette said to be for
the remainder of her life. She
(S aSsj no pannnuoj)
Fishing Season
[ Opened Monday
Inland Fishermen Of This
Section Permitted To Return
To Their Favorite
Sport This Week Following
A Forty-Day Vacation
Local enthusiasts of inland
fishing returned to their favorite
sport Monday, when word
was received from J. D. Chalk,
state game and fisheries commissioner,
that the holiday of the
past 40 days was at an end.
Closed season for spawning
began 30 days earlier this year
than previously but covered the
same length of time since opening
day was also moved forward
an equal number of days. The
closed period this season, for the
first time in several years, extended
continously through the
40 days without exception save
in the case of Easter Monday. |
The opening of the season re-j
(Continued on page 5)
Dan Walker Wins
Declamation Contest
Dan Walker won the annual j
iiigh school declamation contest
ield Tuesday night In the Southport
schodl auditorium. His declamation
was "Give Me Liberty
Or Give Me Death."
Second place went to Robert'
Marlowe, who said "The Speech
Of Johns Adams." Carlton Hoi- j
den won third place for his de-'
livery of "The Call To Arms."
I
Most Of The News
All The Time
$1.50 PER YEAR
Commencement
Begins Sunday
Shallotte High
Baccalaureate Sermon To
Be Delivered Sunday Afternoon
By Dr. F. Swendel
Love, Pastor of Grace
Methodist Church
DR. CLYDE A. ERWIN
TO BE THE SPEAKER
Program Of Commencement
Activities Announced; To
Take Place Between
Sunday And Next
Thursday
Shallotte high school commencement
program will begin Sun|day
afternoon. May 17, at 5:30
! o'clock when Dr. F. Swendel
'Love, pastor of the Grace Methodist
church, Wilmington, willde'
liver the Baccalaureate sermon.
The candle ceremony will be uspri
whilp fhp choir of thp school
sings "Seal Us, Oh Holy Spirit"
Other songs to be offered by the
choir for the evening will be
! "The Day Is Dying in the West"
and "Praise ye The Father."
On Monday evening following
the sermon, the high school declamation
and reading contest will
be held at 8:00 o'clock. Dr. M.
Henderson Rourk will give the
boys medal and Mr. and Mrs. R.
D. White will donate the girls
medal. Elwood Mintz, Nicholas
Mintz and Leon Hewett are candidates
for the boy's medal while
Gladys Mintz, Edith Jenrette, /
: Vera E. Arnold and Mary Lae
Hickman will try for the girls,
medal.
The high school glee club,
which is under the direction of
Mrs. Ruth V. Warren and Marion
H. Gatlin, will render two
1 R" . *. "Sw??t and I.ow" and r\
j"Roll Along Prairie Moon." Mnl.
Mabel R. Andrews will play the
piano accompaniment. {( $
Other awards will be three
(Continued on page five)
New Recorder In
First Session
Joe W. Ruark Presided
Over First Term Of Recorder's
Court Wednesday
And Meted Out Several
Stiff Fines And
Sentences
Joe W. Ruark, recently appointed
to succeed Peter Rourk as
[ judge of the Brunswick County
Recorder's Court, presided over
, his opening session here Wednesday
and dealt out stiff fines and
road sentences to defendants
found guilty.
Howard R. Pool pleaded guilty
of public drunkenness and was
required to pay a fine of $25.00
and the costs of the court.
E. Craig Kennedy pleaded
guilty of operating an automobile
while under the influence of
intoxicating liquor. He was reJ
quired to pay a fine of $50.00
and the costs of the case.
George Lewis pleaded guilty of
larceny and was given 12 mon
ths on the roads.
Rothy Anderson was found not
guilty of larceny.
(Continued on Page PI \re.)
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, May 14
1:05 a. m. 7:43 a. m.
1:48 8:13 p. m.
Friday, May 15
2:08 a. m. 8:48 a. m.
2:50 p. m. 9:19 a. m.
Saturday, May 16
o.?A _ A.OO ? M
a:io a. iu. a- ?'
3.51 p. m. 10:38 p. m.
Sunday, May 17
4:17 a. m. 10:30 a. m.
4:50 p. m. 11:14 p. m.
Monday, May 18
5:17 a. m. 11:21 a. m.
5:42 p. m.
Tuesday, May 19
6:11 a. m. 0:09 a. m.
6:31 p. m. 12:14 p. m.
Wednesday, May 20
7:02 a. m, 1:04 a. m.
7:20 p. m. 1:06 p. m.
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