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I fhe Pilot Covers I Brunswick County I VOLUME TEN Grand Jury' I True Bills I Three W ^,1 Of None Of Three Most Sensational Cases ^B On Docket Had Begun | Late Tuesday Afternoon I COURT ATTENDED 1 BY LARGE CROWD D jjierest Centered In Skip^B per Shooting, Clemmons Burning And Bordeaux H Auto Wreck; May Begin One Today true i'ilts returned Tues- ' iy ty ' tlie Bill ns- ' I grand jury charged , drfer.uar.ts with murder. The i ... st Henry Borde- I - i'listed following obile accident The I ^B J.inst Irman Clem- i -jx-s. who is charged with set . fatally burning i H - The third was . Skipper, charged r: shooting of How attended the!' s Monday and Tues disappointed when aether or the three outstanding ; enii.,,j frtr trial Tt is , II caSCS- was v?nw? -- ? rotable that one of them will | < I a", today | Wednesday.) < Three larceny cases have been | Lird thus far, with no sentenI tts having been passed. Money Green pleaded guilty in ; y case charging him and Dan Himsend with hog stealing. . Torcsend was found not guilty it the jury. Burriss Bozeman pleaded guil- ] ty and James McLamb was found j jetty by the jury of breaking j ai entering and larceny. Floyd Hewett pleaded guilty to ! charges of breaking and entering ui larceny but Commander An-> fws held in the same case,; pisad not guilty and was being teaj when court adjourned Tuesay afternoon. At uncontested divorce was , pitted Monday when G. L. Stpper was granted a divorce Ski his wife. Estelle Skipper ttpon grounds of two years sep- j cv.:- | He case charging James Hardrci with operating a motor veto vvith improper lights was wanded to Recorder's Court for i, Wpuent. it the case against Marsben (Continued on Page Six) * i ????? Little Bits j; 0f Big News j; I News Events Of State, I Nation and World-Wide Interest During Pant Week wanted For Murder Even,- detective in New, I Vork city hunted in vain on I Tuesday for 29-year-old RobI at Irwin, blond, squint-eyed I sculptor and divinity student, i I suspected of the killing of I Ronnie" Gedeon, her mother, I J*'i the English waiter who I roomed in their apartment. I All day long police cars dash- ] I ed away from headquarters.; I sunning down anonymous telcI Phone calls, as the entire forI <*. bolstered by 18,000 patrolI men. carried on the search. Wreck I A ground party led by SherI ? John Hunn plodded up the aow-clogged slopes of Mount I ?>My late Tuesday toward I tangled wreckage of a hu?c skylincr sighted several I hours earlier from a searching I Pto Major A. D. Smith, AlI uquerque, from whose plane I wreckage first was seen I frawlcd lifeless against the I jjountainside. expressed belief I ' was the 21-passenger Doug- j I airliner which vanished i I Saturday vvith six men and I *o women aboard. I"0'' Anniversary I h r's"'tn' Rooscvcilt observ the twentieth anniversary I W '^:"eric<m entrance into the I mm War t,y reviewing a I .'' T parade Tuesday and , I that he felt much | I **, llca(-vflll than he did j I denf1 years ag0- The Presi" I t?e Sto?'' for an hour and I to m'nutes in a stand I 4 L1'1' white House* to wat- \ I oeg. co,"rful Army day pro- J ,, He smiled and waved i I ors " mart'hing soldiers, saili^' marines and patriotic un,5d doffed his silk hat l?mtinued on page 6) TH1 NO. 10 1 Returns j ; Charging ith Murder Busy Day Jn County Court _ ! Numerous Cases Of Minor Importance Were Disposed Of Here In Recorder's | Court Wednesday Before !; Judge Ruark Several cases of minor importance were disposed of here in Recorder's Court last Wednesday < Before Judge Joe W. Ruark. A nol pros was taken in the r! case against John H. Davis, j !i; charged with violating the traf-, s. fic laws. i 3 The case of Rhoda Watkins 1 for driving a motor vehicle with-1 _ cut operator's license was re- 4 manded to juvenile court. Juve-1 ( nile Judge B. J. Holden ordered j judgment suspended upon pay- j ment of the costs. Ed Orrell was found guilty of; violating the speed law. Judg- j ment was suspended upon payment of the costs. Lonnie Grady was found not ] guilty of charges of reckless op- j cration and assault with a deadly ( weapon. He was found guilty of driving a motor vehicle while his t license was revoked and was re- 0 quired to pay a fine of Slo.ou. c His license was revoked for one s year. ; e Dave Brown pleaded guilty to c operating a motor vehicle while c under the influence of intoxicat- J ing liquor. He was required to r pay a fine of $50.00 and costs or v serve six months on the roads, c Coley Simmons pleaded guilty (Continued on page 6) Commissioners Against Re' . rr ? Investigation Of Cost Of j C o m p I e te Revaluation Leads County Board To J Consider Other Plans HORIZONTAL RAISE MAY BE INSTITUTED ! ! Meeting Monday Was De- f voted To Discussion Of | P r o b 1 ems Regarding Tax Adjustments For Citizens After making plans for a com- i plcte revaluation of all taxable property in the county, members of the board of commissioners; now arc considering making a horizontal raise instead. An investigation, into the cost Df a program for revaluation is causing members of the board to tho ivnilts will iustifv VVUIlUCi ii w<v . ^ the price, which is conservatively set at S3.000.00. The fact that there was an unusually efficient valuation in H 1933 makes the commissioners inclined to use figures for that | ' year as a basis for establishing I calues this year. Members of the board will; meet Saturday in special session ii to decide about this matter. If t they decide upon the horizontal a increase citizens who believe that! c they are entitled to an adjust- s ment may bring their claims before the board of equalization j p md review when it meets in o June. 111 This Section Of Co. Safe Fron Using the words of many | officers and owners of yachts I that have recently passed | through here, Southport and all of the lower part of the , North Carolina coast is very j much discriminated against by prohibitive hurricane insurance premiums on all pleasure boats coming south below Morehead City during the summer and fall prior to November 15 of each year. The yachtsmen say that the whole North Carolina coast should be released from the hurricane insurance premium on boats. They point to weather records to show that the Hateras and Morehead City areas are in j as much of a greater hurricane area than Southport and the lower North Qaroline coast. In fact it has been many years since anything that even remotely resembled a hurricane struck Southport and it is a matter of record that no life has ever been lost in the Southport harbor during a storm, j I ST; A Gooc 6 PAGES TODAY ? Lecturer ? STEPHEN A. HABOUSH Shepherd Will Present Talk Mative Of Palestine To Appear In Native Costume ' Monday Evening, April 12, At School Auditorium The musical travelogue, "Chrisian Palestine," with the wonders if Jerusalem and Bethlehem will >e presented in the high school ,-a -i i") ..1 ? lUUllOrilim aL O u uiuck iuunua^ . ivening, April 12. The program :omes under the auspices of the :ircles of the Trinity Methodist. ' ifadam Haboush will assist in [ nusic and costumes and there v fill be two young men in charge c if the equipment. Stephen A. Haboush knows (Continued on page 6 J May Decide j valuation Plan "NORTHWOOD" NAME OF NEW CEMETERY t ? "Northwood" was selected ? by judges from a list of more ' ^ than a hundred suggestions t for a suitable name for the ( new Southport cemetery at a a meeting held Wednesday night. , The winner of the two-dollar cash prize offered by the f board of aldermen was .Mrs. ( R. L. Jones. c The most frequently sugges- f ted name was "Pineview," no s 1 less than a dozen people hav- r ing submitted this entry. , Meanwhile, plans for the ] beaut if icat ion of the cemetery f 1 l/.txr >l i/xilv 11II- I . Jin: (iiuviii^ uitrug iiict ij j der the direction of Alderman H. W. Hood. A summer house ;, has been erected in the middle j of the plot, and it is planned j i to plant vines and shrubs j about it. s j. + c Presiding Elder To Preach Here 1 The Rev. VV. A. Cade, presid- j rig elder of the Wilmington dis- I rict, will preach Sunday evening! it 8 o'clock in the Trinity Meth- ] idist church and will hold the econd quarterly conference. Beginning with this service, all reaching services at the Meth- I dist church will begin at 8:00 j intil further notice. j ( t ast Is i Tropical Storms 5 Quite willing to be kept out of the hurricane areas further south, as the hurricane insurance premiums placed in effect last fall was j intended that they should, the boatmen regard South- j ? port as a midway point be- 11 tween the north and south? i a safe harbor offering fine ! t sport fishing just off the |v coast?They want to come ' I here in the late summer and | fall from their homes in the 11 north, remain at Southport jf until the southern hurricane t season is over and then jour- i ney on southward to the ' Florida waters. \ The Southport Civic Club, 1 appreciating the viewpoint ? of the boatmen, has inaugu- 1 rated a determined effort that the facts of the lower ( North Carolina coast being c out of the hurricane zone is 1 brought to the attention of ? the marine insurance people. f And that they be induced to 1 move the deadline from East- j ern North Carolina further ( southward. ? ME 1 Newspaper In Southport, N. C., V James H. Clark I Supported For Highway Board | Members Of Board Of ThejC County Commissioners In Session Here Monday Sent Endorsement To Governor ORiMER MEMBER OF f HIGHWAY COMMISSION Jrunswick County Friends I Of State Senator From This District Asking For His Re-Appointment To Board Members of the Brunswick! :ounty board of commissioners j n session here Monday parsed a esolution requesting Governor ;iyde R. Hoey to appoint James J. Clark, of Elizabethtown, a! ncmbcr of the new state high- i vay commission. j Mr. Clark, who is state sena- j :or from this district, is a for-1 Tier member of the highway )ody, having served from 1933 to 1935. Several friends in Bruns- j vick county have written per- j ional letters to Governor Hoey i isking that he be re-appointed, j At the meeting Monday there [ vas a petition presented asking hat a road in the Supply comnunity be changed. Members of .he local board passed a resolu;ion requesting the state highvay commission to comply with ;he request. A r? Dbrtlno u'oc nnmml MlPfl 1 " "V.I'O joliceman at a salary of $31.50 >er month, plus an allowance of j j 112.50 per month for traveling ' j expenses. f More Agitation ! For Paper Mi!!; Official Of One Large Pa- I per Manufacturing Com- I pany Advises That Location Will Be Investigated Vice-President J. H. Friend, of lie Southern Kraft Corporation, J illied with the great Internationil Paper Company, has advised iV. B. Keziah, executive secreary of the Southport Civic Club, hat a location in Brunswick for l paper mill will be given pro>er consideration. 0 The location is about ten miles t rom Southport and the Civic; j Hub believes it has all the re-' j. lUisites for a paper mill, both ( resh water for use in the mill iS ind navigable waters for ship- f >ing being available. There has s lever been any question about c Brunswick having an available 11 iupply of the raw material for a a nill in the shape of pine timber. J Several paper concerns have s nade investigations of locations j j. n Brunswick, but so far as is [ a snown, none of them have looked ' v nto this particular site. The re- \ mlt of their investigations at f itVior noinfs is not vet known. I, , ? [e V c Superlatives Are < Named By Class ; ji Members Of Senior Class At Shallotte Choose Out-(f standing Students In Va- ^ rious Fields Of Endeavor | Following are the superlatives [8 dcctcd last week by members of 8 .he senior class at Shallotte high | school: 8 The class comic, Erman Will-! x ams; the most handsome boy, |a Tohn Holden; the prettiest girl, 8 tfadelyne Pigott; the best all- v (Continued on page 6) Ralph Sellers f Takes Big Drum ? New tackie is in order for the mrf fishermen for drum on the J >each at Bald Head Island. The ndications are that something in i he nature of a small power j vinch and a light steel cable will r >e better. r For the past ten days fish C >oats cruising around for blue c ish have been coming in and t heir crews have sworn to see-| s ng great schools of dnim, speci- i t nens of which they aver will j i: vcigh 200 pounds or more?the! argest they Have ever seen? j t iwimming around just off the is- a and. ( Friday Ralph Sellers of the t ^ape Fear Coast Guards (vent 1 lown to the beach with his tack- f e. The fish took all his bait c ind broke all his lines, until he a inally came to one with which t le was able to pull ashore a 50- I round minnow. Skipper Willis of t ^ape Fear vouched for this j itory. i P0R1 i A Good Comi Wednesday, April Southport High ] School Finals Are Announced t graduation Exercises Will Be Held Wednesday Evening, April 28, With Solicitor J. J. Burney As ( Speaker 1USY SESSION TO / PRECEDE FINALS 7irst Feature Of Commenceinent Program Will Be Dramatic Club Play On April 16th According to plans announced his week by Principal C. A. Led- j ord the graduation exercises for ( he Southport high school will j >e held in the high school audi- j orium on Wednesday evening, j | \pril 28, with Solicitor J. J. | j lurney as principal speaker. The commencement season gets ( inderway on Friday, April 16,1 vhen members of the high school 11 Iramatics club will present their , ipring play. The annual declama- , ;ion and recitation contest will |, )e held on Tuesday evening, Ap- j ( il 22. , Thursday afternoon, April 22, ] vill be school exhibit day. A corlial invitation is extended pat ons of the school to attend this session and see just what the children have accomplished this icason. On Friday evening, April 2,'i, he high school declamation con,est will be held. Medal for the vinner will be presented by the South port Woman's Club. The baccalaureate sermon will I >e delivered Sunday evening:, I Vpril 25, by the Rev". Mr. Neil-1 on, of Thomasville. The high school recitation con-1 est will be held on Monday eve- j ling, April 26. Medal for the i vinner of this contest also will te donated by the Southport Wo-j nan's Club. Strong Support For Protection Several Million Dollars Worth Of Shipping Is Represented In List Of Supporters For Coast i Guard Boat Here Several million dollars worth j if shipping are now listed with , he Southport Civic Club as ask-1 ng the Treasury Department to! I lase a medium sized Coast Guard J J Gutter at Southport. A boat, omething in the range of a 125 j oot cutter, is being asked for, | pmething that can give service in the 12 foot deep waterway, ] he Cape Fear river and the hallow waters of the coast. Many commercial boats arc nnong those that have signed i lut the great majority are yachts j ind their home ports are every-11 vhere from Cape Cod to KeyJj Vest. One line suffices to list | ach craft and the information i jives the name of the captain or s iwner, the name of the vessel tnd the home port. Seventeen ] itates are listed in the home ports and this is all that borIcr on the Atlantic coast and alio includes some of the Great I ' -akes states. In addition to the specific pur-1 >ose of asking for the Coast; Juard cutter, the listing of the1 . >oats is a valuable undertaking ( o Southport. Friendly contacts j' ire -made with owners, officers; I tnd ships crews. It is hoped that jr Southport will have a yacht ba-: i lin in the near future and the | f 'isitors are being told about it ] 1 ind are being asked to make long i itops here on their return south- t vard in the fall. It is also pro- J tosed by the Civic club to use t he mails during the summer and t :ontact the vessels, repeating the |. nvitation that Southport be i napped off for a long stop on I ill of its passages through here. Expecting Annual Visit Of Alva The Civic Club docs not rccog-1 lize the fact that spring is al- j eady fully hero. This is because j Commodore and Mrs. W. K. Van- j lerbilt have not yet arrived for j heir regular three or four days! itay. The same authority says | hey will be along on the Alva j n the next ten days. The Alva is one of the biggest I hings in steam yachts, carrying j i crew of about 45 and with the Commodore's airplane on deck. In he fall she makes a brief stop lere. In the spring the stay is or several days and the Comrnolore just has to see the flowers j it the Orton plantation and I o spend awhile at Arlic in New I lanover county. He makes his | rips by plane or car while the Uva swings grandly at anchor n Southport harbor. r pii munity 7th, 1937 PUBL1S Miss Annie Ma Is Named ? * Members Of County Board Of Education Met Monday And Re-Elected Woman Who Has Served For The Past Two Years :has. e, gause is NAMED CHAIRMAN Gilbert Reid And R I. Phelps Were Sworn In Monday Morning By Assistant Clerk M. B Watkins Miss Annie May Woodside was e-eloctetl county superintendent >f schools at a meeting of the 3runswick County Board of education held here Monday. She las held this position for the last two years, having been clec:ed to succeed Representative R. E. Sentcllc. She was the only applicant for this office this year. After members of the new aoard were sworn in before Assistant Clerk M. B. Watkins. their first business was to organize. Chas. E. Gause was chosen chairman of the group. The other members are Gilbert Reid and R. I. Phelps. Following a discussion of sevVeteran Cape Pilot Reti :j >+ 'county council MEETS SATURDAY I I I Mrs. .1. Knrt'ii Sidlwrv, of j ! Wilmington, president of the 1 I North Carolina I'arent-Teach- J ( its Association, will lie tile j > nimilfflr al the filial county i s council meeting of the year, J which ?s to he hdil Saturday, April 10, in the Southport high school. The meeting will hogin at 10 o'clock. The Southport Parent-Teachers Association will l?- hostess to the meeting, aral Mrs. E. II. Cranmer, of Southport, vice-president of the county i council, will also speak on the | program. 1 Mrs. C. W. Shaw, of Phoen- i | ix, president of the Brunswick J J county group, is urging a lar- | j go attendance for the meet- j j'^ j Honor Roll For Seventh Month List Of Students With Unusual Records Of Scholastic Achievement Is Announced By Principal Following is the honor roll for he seventh month at the South>ort school: To make the first honor Roll1 i pupil must make "A's" on all lubjects, conduct included. Grade 2: Billv Bowling, Evelyn Huncy and Margaret McGroe. (Continued on page 6) Special Series Now In Progress A series of illustrated sermons s being delivered this week in he Southport Baptist church by he pastor, the Rev. A. L. Brown. ( These sermons are designed prinarily to drive home certain j undamental truths to young >oys and girls. An effort is being made to inerest these young people in Sunday school work, but no atcmpt is being made to add to1 he church membership. The Civic Club Pis Prizes For To stimulate the reporting | of exceptional catches of j of game fish in Southport waters, the Civic Club is preparing to offer attractive and valuable prizes this year. Some of these prizes will be donated by individuals and business houses here and in neighboring towns and others will be civic club prizes. It is planned to award the prizes for catches with rod and reel or hand lines. In all cases the fish must be weighed by civic club officials and the party or parties making the catches must furnish a short statement tel- j ling where and how the catch was made. Following are j the classes: For the largest party catch ,0T ^ HED EVERY WEDNESDAY yWoodside Ca iuperintendent N; w. (HAS. K. CAUSE iD , oral problems pertaining to the j ^ ' transportation of school children,' A' the board adjourned to meet j Rus again in the near future for the age, purpose of naming members of \\ro< the local school committee for i ii the five consolidated schools of j jur> , the county. of i ?? the p n crin rearKiver ires From Duty j Captain M. T. Craig, Old est Member Of Cape |,|0c Fear Pilot Association, he Gives Notice Of Retire- suet ment Nor citiz OVER 50 YEARS Hi ACTIVE SERVICE that ! duty Began His Service When it Sailing Vessels Were In fact Majority And Has Seen Uk. Gradual Change "7 ; fron Captain M. T. Craig, oldest! A member of the Cape Fear Pilot .. ?. , - , inve Association, Tuesday informed I vjaj( the Board of Navigation and Pi- tiom lotage of his decision to retire, per ! With more than a half-century su active duty to his credit, Captain Craig was recognized as one f can< of the most capable and depen- j weri dable pilots on the river. Failing [ so|d health during the past few weeks j j, prompted his decision to resign, j cj,a] Captain Craig is the oldest pi-! whe lot in point of service on Cape j n | Fear river. He has been piloting vessels on this river for 65 years, during which period he has witj nessed the disappearance of the j ~ forest of masts that used to frin- j V/ ge both sides of the Wilmington i I harbor. He has also seen the stern I wheelers and side wheelers, I ' which in nftnbcrs used to ply i \ Cape Fear river, to Fayctteville Me and to Southport, give way to | J the more modern method of pro- \ pulsion, the propeller. e Local Office Aid I S( To Re-Employment porl 1 i Will The re-employment office be- j t?nc ing maintained here by the local ove| chapter of the American Red L. 1 Cross has been responsible for R( several placements during the Isen. short time that it has been in Spei operation, and employers have at'hi expressed great satisfaction over m<?n the type of help that is avail- 'rip able. " Wei Last week it was announced T1 that there were more jobs than Cap there were applicants. Since that Free time the situation has been re- P- < versed, and all persons who need ' labor for full or part-time jobs _ are requested to try the local rc-i I employment bureau. i ms To Give 1?; Unusual Catches % thi ! Ca in one day, all varieties of Hi game fish. For the largest individual g:j catch, all varieties, in one day. j For the largest drum; lar- j , gest trout; shecpshead; blue | fish; mackerel; dolphin; tar- | :'" pon; snapper. Tliere will also be a prize for any of the numerous va- , rictics of tropical game fish ! that are often taken in these | waters out near the Gulf i Stream. It is believed that Southport waters have great ; 8:" numbers of big game fish 9:1 and that the reason why j more of them are not taken ] is that local boats never go | out far enough and the fish! ermen are not versed in the I j sort of bait that should be j11 | used for these fish. ^ ost Of The News I All The Time I $1.50 PER YEAR I iptain Church I amed Foreman I Of Grand Jury I y Of Eighteen Men I /ere Chosen On Monday fl lorning As April Term I If Criminal Court Con- fl ened B tY TO SERVE I FOR ONE YEAR fl ge G. V. Cowp'er Deliv- fl ed Impressive Charge fl 0 Jury, Outlining H The Duties. Etc. B iptain J. B. Church was nam- 9 iy Judge G. V. Cowpcr Mon- flj as foreman of the grand fl chosen for duty during the 9 year. ther members of the body are fl 3. Benton, Layton Mintz, D. fl I.eonard. it. M. Edwards, K. I Clemmons, E. D. Danford, T. *9 frowning, L. W. Coleman, J. H Mintz, George A. Swain, B. Little. W. K. Cox. Herbert jR s. Robert Millikcn, VV. C. Sav J. C. Henry and R. D. B xlard. I 1 his charge to the grand I Judge Cowper told members B that body that they stood at fl threshold of this term of H linal court. No trial may be fl ted, he reminded them, until fl ue bill has been found, and fl least twelve members of the id jury must vote in favor of fl rue bill. This, according: to ;e Cowpcr, makes it possible seven unscrupulous men to k the wheels of justice; but expressed assurance that no > condition could exist in th Carolina with her tyi>e of ens. s told members of the jury is is just as much their II to protect the innocent as s to punish the guilty. In . said the judge, that was * original duty of the grand , ' , '.tee* ? nr. at M 1 false accusations, ftcr calling attention to the es of the grand jury as an ' stigating body which should . various offices and institus of the county, Judge Cowdirected his remarks to a ey of the alarming highway dent toll. He showed that moaccidents arc killing Ainerii faster than the Germans j able to dispose of American i iers during the World War. idge Cowper concluded his -ge with a note of mercy, | n he declared that he hoped iibers of the Brunswick coungrand jury would be able to (Continued on page 6) :outs Attend Court Of Honor i i * mbers _Of Local Sea j icout 1roop 1ogether iVith Local Scout Offici- B lis Attended Meeting In B iVilmington B . ven members of the South- B p Sea Scout troop went to jfl mington Monday night to atI the court of honor presided fl * by Scout Executive David S L.iles. H obcrt Marlowe. Rialto Sorren- ^B Victor Kartells and Linden {^B ncer passed their tests to 9 eve rating as ordinary sea- 9 . Other scouts who made the 9 were Elliott Moore, Dan J^B Is and Jimmie Hood. 9 le boys were accompanied by 9 tain John Erickscn. Captain 9 I Willing, Ensign and Mrs. K. I^B 'otton. 9 ride Table I Following is the tide table 9 Soulhport during the next 9 ek. These hours are appro- 9 nately correct and were fur- ,9 ihed The State Port Pilot jfl rough the courtesy of the 9 pe Fear Pilot's Association. 9 gh Tide Low Tide jfl Thursday, April 8 9 18 a. m. 9 16 p. m. 12:03 p. m. ^B Friday, April 9 fl !8 a. m. 12:36 a. ni. ffl iO p. m. 12:19 p. m. tf!9 Saturday, April 10 II a. m. 1:25 a. m. T9 13 p. in. 1:31 p. m. |H Sunday, April 11 H H) a. ni. 2:14 a. m 9 19 p. in. 2:21 p. in. |9 Monday, April 12 B 19 a. ni. 3:02 a. ni. \9 )8 p. m. 3:07 p. m. B Tuesday, April 13 B 12 a. ni. 8:50 a. ni. 9 :02 p. m. 3:55 p. m. B Medmsday, April 14 B :I3 a. m. 4:40 a. m. | :03 p. m. 4:11 p. m. fl