H
I The Pilot Covers
I Brunswick County
KJjHENINE NO. 22
leieree Hearing I,
[Arguments For
I Damage Action
m,rsden Bellamy, of Wil-j
mmiogton, Acting As Re feree
In Case Where I
Hale Beach Development
Co., Inc., Is Being Sued 1
for Right-Of-Way
MfPOSlNC ARRAY
OF LEGAL TALENT
Mme Of Most Prominent
Mjwyers Of Southport
MJnd Wilmington Have
Been Arguing Facts
I In The Case This
Week
I
J. J. Ludlum And Son,
Bruce,. Find This A Profitable
Business; Fish
Meal Is Valuable Part of
Diet
J. J. Ludlum, of Shallotte, put
50 small pigs on feed the past I
week with the object of bringing 1
thejn all to 200 pounds by the
first of September, at which
time they will be sold on the '
hoof to markets in Norfolk or ,
Baltimore.
Mr. Ludlum will place additi-1
mal lots of pigs on feed from
time to time during the summer'
and is expecting to ship quite extensively
during the coming fall j
(Continued on Page 8)
Three Held In
Cutting Scrape
Three persons are being held
n the Brunswick County jail on
lefault of a $500 bond following
i cutting scrape which occurred
n Waccamav^ Township Sunday.
Victim of the assault was
Hiss Mabel McKeithan, young
vhite woman. Her assailants
vere fourteen - year - old Lacy
Vhite, his father and Mrs. Delner
Bennett.
Warrants also have been issuid
for Rich White and M. C.
Carlisle, charging them with mating
an assault upon the Benlett
woman, and for Mabel McCeithan,
upon the same charge.
E_, 3Ctj0ri of the State of
Birth Carolina upon relation at
V Transportation Advisory j
mmittee vs. the Hale Beach1
velopment Co.. Inc., is being
{' here this week before I
Bellamy. Esq., of Wil-1
Keton. referee.
The case was referred by the
art to Mr. Bellamy to take the |
Kdence, ascertain the facts and
port his findings and conclusE
to the court
seat of the action lies in the
Edemnation of a right-of-way i
E the inland waterway through j
E causeway constructed by the j
Ee Beach Development Co., Inc. [
E seeks to recover damages j
Eakr.e $70,000. The right-of- J
By was condemned by statute i
Ej deed was made co the FedB
Government.
Evidence in the case was tak-'
Monday In the court-room of |
E Branswk -ounty courthouse, j
hearing adjoum
to ' mt property ad- |
i >n Page 8)
Little Bits j
I Of Big News j
News Events Of State, j
Nation and World-Wide
I Interest During Past
Week
headed For Home
I Representative Marion D. I
I Zioncheck, < D., Wash.,) wor-!
I ried wrinkles creasing his fore- I
I head, arrived in Chicago from
I Washington Tuesday en route
e.? .*1" .whom hp will I
name oj ocaiuc, wuw?? ?
rest and then seek re-election
to Congress.
Iorgan III
J Pierpont Morgan, worldfamous
financier, was carried
in an ambulance and then in
a stretcher, police authorities
sai l Tuesday to a special railroad
car in West Manchester,
Mass, which immediately left
for Boston and New York. His
sister. Mrs. Stephen V. R.
Crosby, insisted he was only
slightly ill," and said that re- |
ports he was in a serious con- i
dition were "greatly exagger[
ated "
designation Rumored,
The New York Times in a
Washington dispatch said
Tuesday that James A. Farley
has sent his resignation as;
postmaster general to President
Roosevelt so he can de-;
vote more time to his duties j j
as chairman of the democratic ,;
national committee. It was
said that the resignation will; (
he accepted soon and that Wil- \
liam W. Howes, first assistant j
postmaster general, will be )
designated acting postmaster
general.
ew Ambassador
An astute diplomat whose
experience has covered the entire
world, Undersecretary of
State William Phillips, was se- :
lected by President Roosevelt;c
ruesday to represent this gov- j ?
irnment in Rome and attempt
solution of the baffling ItalioAmerican
problems arising
torn Mussolini's conquest of r
Ethiopia.
'?P Insurance
AA officials said Friday that e
e administration definitely (
ined to offer farmers option- P
cr3P insurance in connection r
1 soil conservation benefit I
THE
6-PAGES TODA
J. Berg One Oi
Most Veri
*
Native Of Denmark, Came
To United States In 1891,
And Has Lived In Southport
Since 1898
IDENTIFIED WITH
MANY INTERESTS
In Addition To Public Health
Duties, Has Taken Active
Interest In Civic
Affairs
One of the most versatile citi-;
zens of Southport is J. Berg, na- j
tive of Denmark, who has played [
a prominent part in the civic life
of the community since he came j
here in 1898.
His chief duty is that of executive
officer at the U. S. Relief
Station and the U. S. Quarantine
Station here. Meanwhile, he finds I
time to serve as vice-president
of the Southport Building and
Loan Association, as a director
of the Peoples United Bank and
as president of the Brunswick
County Chapter of the American 1
Red Cross. For a number of years
he was secretary-treasurer of the
Ocean 'Seafood Canning Co., and
he is also former secretary of j
V??* SAiifhnArf fhamhpr nf Pnm
merce.
Mr. Berg came to the United
Brunswick ]
To Go For
S. B. Frink, County Manage
dy Graham, Joins W
Comn
S. B. Frink, county mai
the first primary, has joined
campaign committee and is
M. B. Watkins and W. B. ]
given Clyde Hoey by Brunsw
It is freely predicted here thatH
Hoey will be given a comfortable j
majority over McDonald Satur- j
day, the only difficulty being in (
getting voters to go to the polls j
on a holiday that falls upon Sat-1
urday.
Two other state races will find j
Thad Eure contesting the first j
primary lead of Stacy W. Wade
for Secretary of State and Wilkins
P. Horton battling with Paul j
Grady for the Democratic nomi-1
nation for Lieutenant Governor, i
In the county chief interest,
lies in the battle between Russ:
and Ganey for the sheriff's nomination.
Both men have been waging
intensive personal campaigns
since early in June.
John Caison and Gillard Lewis
will be the only other county
candidates, as they fight it out
for the Democratic nomination j
for coroner.
Plans To Fatten i
Pigs Before Fall
IPO
japer In A Go
C., Wednesday, Jul
Commencement
On Friday Night
Well Attended
Finals Of Annual Daily Vacation
Bible School Held
In Southport High School
Auditorium Before Good
Audience
BRINGS TO CLOSE
SUCCESSFUL TERM
Certificates Denoting Per
feet Attendance And Satisfactory
Completion
Of Work Awarded
57
The commencement exercise;
Friday night in the high schoo
auditorium, bringing to a closi
? ? *r A.! Tlit.1
STA1
A Good Newsj
Y Southport, N.
fSouthport's 1
satile Citizens
I
''''-w"\
ggHJF
i|
JjRaj
State in 1891. For eight years
he was in the Ordinance Departrv?rvnf
r\f fV?o TT C Armw ataHr?r>- I
ed at Sandy Hook, N. J. He moved
here in 1898 to enter the U. |
S. Public health service and has |
(Continued on Page Eight)
Expected J
Clyde Hoey
r In First Primary For Sanfith
Hoey Campaign
littee
nager for Sandy Graham in ;
the Brunswick County Hoey;
working with J. W. Ruark,
Eveziah to increase the lead
ick county voters on June 6.1
!s
EXPECT COMPROMISE
IN BRIDGE ARGUMENT
Following a conference Saturday
between R. I. Mintz and j
A. J. Rlnck, of Southport, Major
Ralph Millis, District Engineer,
and R. V. Bibberstein,
district highway engineer, it
appears that a compromise
agreement satisfactory to all
parties concerned will be arranged
in the controversy in
connection with the draw bridge
over the inland waterway
,on the Caswell Beach road.
Orders were received last
week to keep the span open
for canal traffic at all times,
except when the bridge was
brought in place temporarily
to allow passage of automobile
traffic. The contemplated compromise
will allow the bridge
to stay open for traffic at all
times when beach road travel
is highest.
i
Death Comes To
Brunswick Lady
Mrs. H. I. Bennett Died
Friday Morning In The
Brunswick County Hospital;
Several Children
Survive
Mrs. H. I. Bennett, prominent '
woman of the Longwood commu- |,
nity, died Friday morning in theji
Brunswick County Hospital. i
(Continued on Page 8) j
I
Month Of June Pa:
Citizens Swell
The last two days of June |
g^ave residents of this section
a real sample of summer
heat as the mercury soared
to the 94-degree mark for
the high reading of the month.
One sweltering citizen was
philosophical about the heat i
when he declared that "every ,
time he thought about the
bitter cold days that we had
so many of last winter, I get
plenty cool."
June brought an end to a
protracted dry spell that had
agriculture in this section in
a serious condition. The official
rainfall during the month
the annual uauy v arauun diui
School, was well attended by par
ents and others interested in th
work.
Certificates for perfect atten
dance and satisfactory complet
ion of work were awarded to 5
pupils at the exercises Frida;
night.
Attendance figures were no
quite up to those of last year, i
total of 139 pupils were enrollec
including 73 Baptists, 41 Method
ists, 16 Presbyterians and 9 Epif
copalians. Average daily atter
dance was 102.
The Rev. T. H. Biles, princip?
of the school, spoke in terms c
warment praise for members c
the faculty in appreciation fo
their co-operation during th
course of training.
Recorder Hears
Numerous Case:
Heavy Docket Disposed O
Here Beforie Judge Jo
W. Ruark; Sentences Pro
nounced In Continue!
Cases
Numerous cases were dispose
of here in Recorder's court las
Wednesday before Judge Joe V>
Ruark.
Frances Gore, colored, plea
guilty of assault. Prayer fo
judgement was continued for
years upon payment of the doc
tor bill of the victim and th
costs in the case. Further pro
vision was made that the de
fendant in no manner molest th
prosecuting witness, and upon vi
olation of this clause, is to b
sent to the county roads for i
period of six months.
Webb Nelson, white, was char
ged with burning grass withou
first notifying his neighbors am
the action was dismissed.
Hettie Price, colored, wa
found not guilty of trespass am
tvio nrrvopciitinp' witness was tax
o
ed with the costs when it ap
peared to the court that th
prosecution was malicious.
F. S. Burney, colored, pleadei
guilty of setting fire to th
woods and was required to pa;
a fine of $10 and the costs ii
the case.
(Continued on Page 8.1
Free Cigarettes
For Radio Fan,
Ten more Southport peopli
were winners this week in thi
radio contest being conducted b;
manufacturers of a populai
brand of cigarettes.
Unusual interest is beinj
shown in the contest, and morf
than a hundred cards are beinj
mailed each week from the loca
oostoffice.
sses On Leaving
:ering From Heat
of May was only .12 of an
inch. During June there were
3.83 Inches of rain.
During the month there
were 20 clear days; 7 partly
cloudy days and 3 cloudy
days. There were thunder
storms on June 8, 11 and IS.
Prevailing wind for the
month was from the southwest.
Minimum temperature was
59 degrees, recorded on June
6th.
This information was furnished
through the courtesy
of C. L. Stevens, acting-observer
for the tycal station
of the U. S. Weather Bureau.
RT PI1
od Community
y 1st, 1936 publish
Parole Grantee
Brunswick C
|l
Jesse C. Walker Released
Thursday From State]
" Penitentiary In Raleigh,
But Must Return To Oklahoma
Prison
ONCE WAS FAMOUS
OUTLAW OF COUNTY
I After Killing Sheriff Stanland,
Walker Broke Out
Of Jail And Was Not
Brought to Trial For
Sometime
Jesse C. Walker, who more
1 than a quarter of a century ago
s shot and fatally wounded Sheriff
1 Jackson Stanland as the latter
e attempted to arrest him on some
e j minor charge, was granted a pa- \
-' role Thursday.
e I The parole, however, was de|
livered into the hands of Okla
homa prison auh tori ties. He es
caped from that state in 1914
7 while serving a 30-year sentence
y j for manslaughter. It is understood
that friends and relatives
t will make every possible effort
| to secure a parole for Walker
i. from this unfinished sentence.
I- Walker's case attracted nati>
on-wide interest a year ago last
April when he came to Raleigh
from Gulfport, Miss., walked in- j _
l' to the office of the prison ward- t
>f en and anounced that he had re. t
lf i turned to complete the unexpired r
ir time of his 30-year sentence for j
e the slaying of the Brunswick ?
j county sheriff. Records revealed
! that he had escaped in 1919 af- j
|
5 Early Harve:
t Begins In
j First Tobacco Reported Curei
- son And Son, L. C. Babsc
Blooms And )
d J. L. Babson and his son
it barns of nice, bright tobacco
r. report was the first to reach
word has been received froi
d' primings would be cured thi:
r *
2 SICK MAN BROUGHT i,
e IN BY THE MODOC c
i-! P
The Coast Guard Cutter Mo- |f,
e doc arrived In Southport on | a
Tuesday morning shortly af- p
e ter 7 o'clock with Frederick 1 p
i Piirala. chief steward on the
fruit steamship Tanamo, who c
was brought ashore by mem- l
t bers of the Ooak Island coast \
i guard crew for an emergency e
appendicitis operation at the a
s Brunswick County Hospital. p
d The cutter passed through
the local harbor Monday af- r
j ternoon on her way outside for t
e a week's cruise. At midnight ?
word was received at the Oak v
j Island station that she was in- s
e ward bound. Local coast j
y guardsmen were waiting for |
i her when the Modoc arrived. (
It was reported that the
steamship Tanamo was about
125 miles at sea at the time I
j the stricken sailor was taken
; Seven Accepted
For CMTC Duty ?
> The Rev. T. H. Biles, Pro- a
i curement Officer F or J"
I This County, Says That
Others May Be Accepted ^
If Application Is Made ^
At Once 10
N
Chaplain T. H. Biles, chairman Zl
of the Military Training Camps N
"! Association for Brunswick county,
announced this week that a i ec
total of ? Brunswick county boys j o'
, have been accepted for enroll- oc
I ment in the camp at Fort Bragg R
from August 5 through Septem-1
i ber 3. > ^
In spite of the fact that this fo
exceeds Brunswick county's quo- P?
! ta of enlistments the Rev. Mr.: Ei
Biles stated that there Is a pro- al
| bability that he will be able to CI
J place more boys to complete the
unfilled quota of other counties B.
provided applications are received M
at once.
The mission of these training R.
camps is to bring together for so
a month's training, under heal- H<
thful surroundings, young men A.
| (Continued on Page Eight) eri
I
I ?
Most Of The News
All The Time
$1.50 PER YEAR
Improvements In
Equipment Used
In Fire Control
1 ive-Room Houses Being
Built For Look-Out At
Three Towers In County;
Tele phone Connections
Almost Complete
rO USE CONDEMNED
TRUCKS NEXT YEAR
loard Of Education Donated
4 Condemned School
Busses Which Will Be
Stripped Down And
Equipped
County Fire Warden Dawson
rones was in Southprot Monday
ind announced that 5-room cotages
are being constructed at
hree of the look-out towers in
his county for tne keeper and
lis family.
He also stated that the telephone
line to the new look-out
tower at Maco has been ta>mDieted,
connecting every tower in
the county.
Members of the county board
jf education have donated four
:ondemned school buses for use
in the forest fire control work.
LOT
[ED EVERY WEDNESDAY
(Killer Of 5
ounty Sheriff
JESSE C. WALKER
11
he most sensational in the his- i
er serving only 4 years. The
novement which resulted in his '
>arole was begun soon after his'
lurrender. j i
The Walker case was one of
(Continued on rage ?-?
;
st Season I1
Brunswick
d Last Week By J. L. Bab?n,
Of Freeland; Cotton
Vatermelons 1
i, L. C. Babson, report two
cured out last week. Their
The Pilot office, although
n other sections that first
s week.
For the most part, tobacco in
Jrunswick County is so irreguir
this year in its stand that
onsiderable difficulty may be exierienced
in curing. Many
armers, however, have reported
, remarkable recovery of the late
ilants since the recent showers
iut an end to the dry spell.
First native watermelons and
:antaloupes of the season were
irought in on Saturday by
Vallace Moore, prosperous farmr
of near Southport. He has 20
eres of melons this year and
ilans to ship his crop.
John B. Ward, Democratic no-:
ninee for county commissioner in 1
he recent primary, was in
iouthport Monday and brought
vith him the first cotton blosom
seen here this year.
iouthport Lady
Died Wednesday
diss Weisner Newton Died
Wednesday Morning At
Her Home Here Following
Extended Illness
Miss Weisner Newton died at |
er home here last Wednesday
lorning at 10 o'clock following
n extended illness. She was 41 j
ears of age.
The deceased was a member
: one 01 uie must. prominent
unities in Southport. Among the
nmediate family are the fol-1
wing survivors: Mrs. Missouri
ewton, her mother; Miss Annie j
u Newton, a sister; and Clyde
ewton, a brother.
Funeral services were conducti
Thursday afternoon at four
clock from the Trinity Methlist
Church with the pastor, the
ev. E. M. Hall, in charge.
The body was laid to rest in
e Southport cemetery with the
llowing men serving as active
illbearera: S. B. Frink, John
rickson, K. Tobiasen, C. G. Ru k,
Joel Moore and J. B.
lurch.Honorary
pallbearers were H.
Smith, R. L. Brendle, R. I.
intz, R. C. St. George, J. E.
irr, J. G. Caison, Fred Willing,
L. Thompson, Robert Thompn,
William Jorgenson, B. J.
>lden, H. T. St. George, Dr. J.
Dosher, Dr. William S. Dosh,
L. T. Yaskell. j
dCCUramg IU VVilUCil OU11CO ULCOO
trucks will be stripped down and
necessary repairs will be made.
Water tanks and other equipment
will then be installed and a
truck will be stationed at each
of the four towers in the county
before the dry spell next
year. This will give towermen an
opporunity to go directly to
small fires and to put them out
before they have an opportunity
to spread
Charles Drew Is
'Drowning Victim
Fourteen-Year-Old Boy Is
Drowned Sunday Morning
While In Swimming
With Friends In Mill
Creek
Charles Drew, 14-year-old son
>f Mr. and Mrs. Byron Drew, of
lear Southport, was drowned on
Sunday morning while in swipining
with friends in Mill Creek.
Some difficulty was expertneed
in locating the body, which
vent down in about 15 feet of
vater. A call was made to tha
Dak Island coast guard station
ind a member of the crew, Anirew
Midgett, brought the boy to
die surface.
The drowned youth was a stulent
at Southport High School
md was popular with his young
'riends of his home community.
Mews of his death came as a
ihock. rq
He is survived by his parents.
three sisters: Lula, Laura
ind Betty Drew, one brother,
3illy, and one half-sister, Mrs.
rommie Beck. In addition he is
lurvived by his mother's parents.
vir. ana Mrs. u uewia, auu
>y his grandmother on his fatbits
side. Mrs. Mamie Drew.
The funeral was conducted
Monday noon from the gravelide
in the Bethel cemetery. The
lev. B. R. Page was in charge
>f the final rites.
Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
for Southport during the next
week. These ho' rs are approximately
correct and were furnished
The State Port PUot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, July 2
5.51 a. m 11:47 a. m.
6:12 p. m
Friday, July 3
6:36 a. m. 1:42 a. m.
6:56 p. m. 12:36 p. m.
Saturday, July 4
7:19 a. m. 1:29 a. m.
7:36 p. m. 1:25 p. m.
Sunday, July 5
8:02 a. m. 2:14 a. m.
a:u p. m. ?;u p. ujl
Monday, July 6
8:46 a. ra. 2:56 a. m.
9:00 p. m. 2:57 p. m.
Tuesday, July 7
9:33 a. ra. 3:37 a. m.
9:46 p. m. 3:42 p. ra.
Wednesday, July 8
10:22 a. m. 4:19 a. m.
10:36 p. m. 4:30 p. m.