North Carolina Newspapers

I PAGE < I Former Resident | Dies In Texas Captain John L. Price, Famous As Dredge Boat Master, Died Thursday j(. Morning In Port Arthur, Texas; Funeral Here Captain John L. Price, master of the U. S. Engineers dredge, IV- Manhattan, died suddenly of heart trouble at Port Arthur, Hi Texas, early Thursday morning of last week. He was 60 years jf of age and was a native of South port, being a member of I 'J! one of the town's oldest and most i 3j prominent families. ! Captain Price had been connected with the U. S. Engineers for 33 years, many of which were as dredge master. He handled j iff one of the first electric dredges to be put in service by the Government and his diligence and devotion to duty long ago won him the admiration and confidence of his superiors. For several years during his first service with the governi'Jtn ment Captain Price was stationed in this area. Then and later, ' '? many a young Southport man ? owed and still owes his first start to the fact that Captain Price was ever ready to give1 employment to any worthy per-j son from his home town. An ilI lustration of this fact may be i tit had in that several former residents of Southport, now officers or valued employees of the Engineers Department, came hundreds of miles Saturday to attend the funeral of their former chieftain. Surviving are one brother. Captain Victor Price, of Savannah, Ga.. and a sister, Mrs. Mable Price Marran. of Southport. His ahc innthpr Mrs. Marv Price. to iwhom he was very much devot-1 ed. died at her home here just three weeks ago. The remains were prepared for burial at Port Arthur and shipped to Southport. arriving here Saturday morning. Funeral services were conducted that afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from Trinity Methodist church with the pastor, the Rev. E. M. Hall, in charge, assisted by other local pastors. Burial was in the family plot in the old Southport cemetery. The following served as honorary pallbearers: Dr. J. A. Posher, Percy Canady, Sam W. Watts, J. R. Newton, Capt. W. m C. Thompson, R. R. Stone. Capt. J. I. Davis and Captain Thomas Sellers. Active pallbearers were: Rudolph Sanders. Eugene Gutherie, Robert L. Thompson, Bertram Burris, P. M. Snell, M. A. Northrop, Robert St. George and Lester Davis. Big Bear Slays S Pigs Recently When Benny Little, of Makatoka, heard a pig squealing in a bay near his home last week he ran from his home with a Winchester rifle. He found a large black bear standing upright on her hind legs staring at I him through the bushes. He killed the bear by firing three bullets in her body. The bruin had killed 8 pigs. 1 Cleai 11 ^am' 1 All property ov I to clean up thei 1 and remove un | and buildings f I 12th? the date o I ? ! J.D.I Jjj ^ Mayor^City^ HERE'S THE SEASON'S TOP FISHING STORY Ed Wells, bridge tender en the waterway, went fishing one day last week and met with such poor luck that he returned home, arriving just at high tide, lie was astonished to find his front yard, which joins on the waterway, literally covered with fish?all sorts and sizes. It seems a school of shrimp started up the waterway. The fish set out pell mell after the shrimp and a school of sharks set out after the fish. There was a general overhauling right at the bridge and to escape the sharks, the fish jumped ashore in Ed's yard. Lists Duties Of Welfare Officer Duties Of County Superintendent Of Public Welfare Are Defined By Laws Released This Week In a letter received this week from the Raleigh office the duties of tile county superintendent of public welfare, Frank M. Sasser, are outlined in detail They arc as follows: The county superintendent of public welfare shall be chief school attendance officer of the i county, nail snail nave other du-! ties and powers as follows: . .. j To have, under control of the county commissioners, the care and supervision of the poor, and ; to administer the poor funds. j To act as agent, of the State Board in relation to any work to be done by the State Board within the county. Under the direction of the i State Board, to look after and keep up with the condition of persons discharged from hospi-1 tals for the insane and from J other State institutions. To h;ivc oversight of prisoners in the county on parole from penitentiaries, reformatories, and all parole prisoners in the county To have oversight of dependent and delipuent children, and especially those on parole or probation. To promote wholesome recreation in the county and to enforce such laws as regulate commercial amusement. Under the direction of the State Board, to have oversight over dependent children placed ii: the county by t he State Boa I'd. To assist the State Board in 1 finding employment for the unemployed. To investigate into the cause of distress, under the direction of the State Board, and to make such other investigations in the interest of social welfare as the State Eoard may direct. Issuing Officer. (Department! or" Labor). The employment certificate required by this act shall be issued only by county or city superintendents of public welfare in such form and under such conditions as may be prescribed by the State Department of Labor. To serve as executive officer A-..?A'.. r.t'?t'-..''/ i Up i jaign | _ I gr mers are urged k r yards and lots I sightly rubbish j >rior to August I f Yacht Races, j Zriksen j of Southport I PPMPW 8 Bladenboro Bank Robbed Friday Columbus County Officers Notified To Be On Lookout For Two Negroes Who Held Up And Robbed Bank Cashier Columbus county officers were j notified Friday afternoon to be on the lookout for two negro men who held up and robbed the Bank of Bladenboro of between $600.00 and $700.00 about noon that day. They made their escape in a 1935 Chevrolet coach. A negro, John Bann Lewis, who was arrested Sunday by policemen in Fayetteville, admitted participation in the robbery, but said that he had two confederates. He said he was the one who remained in the waiting automobile in front of the bank while others made the hold-up. L. C. Bridger, cashier, who reported the holdup, said one of the negroes, unmasked, came into the bank about noon and demanded the money in the cash drawer. Bridger said the negro flourished a pistol. He said the other negro sat in an auotoinobile in front of the bank and kept the motor running during the holdup. Hands Over Money. Bridger said that when the | bandit ordered him to "stick 'cm up" and demanded the money, he handed the negro some loose change and a $500 package of $5 bills and said he was certain the amount was not more than $700. He said liie bills were numbered serially, beginning at D82102061 A, anil ending with DS2102099A. After the holdup, the cashier! said, the two negroes drove away in the direction of Fayetteville. I Brldgcr sam no was aiojic m the bank and expressed the opinion the negro "was an amateur j at bank robbing." as he accepted i his tsatement, "That cleans me out," uttered as he handed the negro the bills in the cash drawer. There was other money in I the bank, he said. Bridget's discounted the opin- j ions expressed by others that the j man was white, with his face; blacked. He said he "appeared ( to be a dark brown negro, from j all I could see. about .'! ? years old, weighing between 150 and 155 pounds." lie said the man was about five feet ten inches I tall. The negro forced Bridgcr to j accompany him to the door < f the bank, and as soon as the car. a 1955 two-door Chevrolet sedan, j speil away, the cashier notified I police. Recruiting Office To New Location The navy recruiting office at Wilmington, which is the recruiting office for Dunlin, Pender. Sampson, Bladen. Columbus, New j Hanover, and Brunswick counties. will be established in new quarters in room 210 Bost Building. Wilmington, after July 2 i. All who are interested in contacting the navy recruiter should | write ur ajjpiy in mitt uuua-as. The first enlistment quota for this district during the month of August has been set at seventy (70). Wilmington's sahre of this quota will be selected from applicants from above counties. It is expected that room 210. Postoffice Building, Wilmington, will be a permanent address for ' the Wilmington recruiting office. Delinquent Employ'rs May Get Stiff Fines Unemployment ('o 111 prnsat ion ('ommision Threatens to Fine: Offenders. The N. C. Unemployment Com- j pensation Commission Saturday threatened to invoke fines of S20 to $200 each on employers who I; have not' reported payments to j i individual employes during the ( quarter including January, Febm- j1 ary and March. Director E. W. Price stated i' that 10 per cent of employers j have not filed their quarterly re- i ] ports which were due April 30.1 Field representatives, he said,1 called on dcliquent employers ' some times more than once. "Delay in filing these reports, i1 now three months overdue, is | seriously delaying the division in starting the records for individ- i ual employes," he said. The com- | mission is seriously considering, citing such employers before it to show cause why the penalty should not be imposed, he stated.! ol the agency which is the legal agent of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare. |, To serve as the agent for such other Slate Departments, j commisisions and federal agen- j cies as are designated by tl,e1 State Board of Charities and, Public Welfare. (Including Blind! Commission which administers | blind assistance under the Social Security Act.) Under the supervision of the State Board of Charlities and Public Welfare through the field staff, to assume the additional responsibility of administering' Old Age Assistance and Aid to | Dependent Children under the rules and regulations of the State Board of Charities and | Public Welfare. (This responsibility is in addition to powers and duties of County Superintendent established under C. S. 5017). THE STATE PORT PILOT, m????????? j^Jocial j^ecurity Question gox As another service to its readers, The News Reporter each week will give authoritative answers to questions on the Social Security law. By special arrangement with Staeey \V. Wade, Manager of the Social Security Board office at llti S. Salisbury Street in Raleigh, the Social Security Board has consented to pass on the accuracy of answers to questions on Social Security, which may be asked by employers, employees, and others, through The News Reporter. Address inquiries to the Editor, The News Reporter. Answers will be given here in the order in which questions are received. This is an informational service and is not legal advice or service. In keeping with Social Security Board policy names will not be published. THE EDITOR. Q. No. 1. Must an employee be employed continuously during a I five-year ponou to qualify for j old age benefits? A. No. One day's gainful em- | ployment in each of five different calendar years in any employ-! niont not specifically excepted under Title VIII of the Social Security Act is sufficient to meet the five-year minimum requirement. Q. No. 2. Arc wages from all types of work included for Federal old-age benefits? A. No. Wages for certain spe- j cified services are not counted in the computation of benefits. Q. No. 3. Will monthly Federal old-age retirement benefits be, paid to everyone after age 6.1? ' A. NO. In order to receive monthly old-age retirement benefits from the Federal Government at the age of 65, individuals must have boon employed in at least five different calendar years after 1!?.'!6 in what might be | termed "industry" and "com- j nierce", and their wages from such employment must be a total of at least $2,000. Q. No. I. May an individual buy Federal old-age retirement benefits from the Federal Government? A. No. The Federal old-age retirement benefits are not pur-1 chasable. Q. No. 5. If my total wages is, $62,100, wiiat will my monthly! Federal old-age retirement benefit lie? A. The amount of your nion-1 thly old-age retirement benefiti will be one-half of one percent of the first $5,000, plus onetwelfth percent of $12,000, plus one-twenty-fourth percent of the remaining $17,100. t of 1 percent of 3,000 $15.00 1-12 percent of $42,000 $35.001 1-21 percent of $17,100 $ 7.12 Total $57.12 Your monthly Federal old-age retirement benefit will Ik- $57.12 when you become 65 anil retire. Hutson To Speak To N. C. Farmers Assistant AAA administrator Will Be Chief Speaker Before Farm And Home Gathering The federal agricultural program for 1958 will be discussed by J. B. Hutson, assistant AAA administrator, Wednesday morning of Farm and Home Week to, be held at State College. August 2-6. Starting at S o'clock, Hutson will explain tentative plans for the agricultural conservation propram to be offered- North Carolina farmers next year. He v.-ill also give the growers opportunity to express tlicir opinion ot the program, as conducted I this year, and of the poroposed program for 1958, said E. Y. Floyd, cf State College. In addition, Hutson will outline the bills now before Congress regarding control legislat'nn for cotton, tobacco, corn, wheat, and rice, and which may be expanded to include peanuts and truck crops. "This will lie your chance to get some first hand information j on the program for next year," Floyd staled in urging all growers who can to hear Hutson speak. John W. Goodman, of State College, who has arranged the Farm and Home Week program, has announced that fann tenancy will be subject of much disrussion Tuesday morning. T'.vc landlords will discuss the matter from their viewpoint, and three tenants will explain the pi omenta confronting those who work lana owned by others. Tenant security will be the subject of a talk by C. E. Faris, of the Resettlement Administration, and Congressman Harold D. Cooley will tell about new. tenant security legislation. Every day of the week will bring something worth while for North Carolina farmers as well; SOUTHPORT, N. C. Post Office Is Being Repaintei One of the most noticeable re suits of the Clean-Up Campaigi announced by Mayor J. D. Erik sen, is the work now being don ir. painting the local postoffiee Postmaster L. T. Yaskell sail ; yesterday that he expected thi work would be completed befori i the races next month. Work has already started 01 I the inside of the building when all fixtures, tables and stands wil be revarnished. They expect ti start on the inside in a few days 1 Charles Newton is in charge o: the work. Fair Sailing By W. B. KEZIAH Although he has never been accredited with being a yachtnian Governor Clyde R. Hoey will b( * a very important visitor at thi 1937 yachting regatta at South port. * All sail boats arc rcfcrrred tc as "she" because of the fact thai they are so hard to handle. Oddly enough, most ot those whe compose the crews are men. Wt expect to sec a lot of fellows in deep water here August 12-1-lth Ahoy! Shipmates! ! If you have anything that will sail the briny deep?anything from a class A boat on down to a Snipe?write for an entry blank and bring your tub on for the big August event. The public is invited to come anil have a look-see. 'Twill be the biggest, free, open air sporting event of the year on the Carolina coast; no charge for standing, sitting or parking space, ever-blowing Gulf Stream breeze will keep you cool. llllormauon irom uown iurxner south is that wc will have at least one fast little craft with a full fledged lady skipper in charge. From her picture, we can say she does not resemble "Tugboat Annie". Three full days of open air, free show. Fishing trips when you are not watching the races. Southport will be the center of interest along the' North Carolina coast August 12-13-llth. If Potential spectators are afraid that all boats will look alike and that they will not be able to tell one from another or what it is doing, here's to remind them that each craft will have a number, painted in huge figures on the mainsail. Skipper James Sprunt, of the Carolina Yacht Club, has launched a brand new class "A" boat. She has been attracting a lot of attention in the South Carolina and Georgia races. Her entry blank for the Southport event was one of the first to reach us. Our sympathy is with Skipper J. R. Paul, Jr., of the Charleston Yacht Club. He writes us that, sadly enough, his good ship, the Zephyr, was recently lost at sea. The crew and the Paul children were rescued by a passing tramp Mt'.l.IR'! . A letter from Elizabeth City reads like aspiring yaehtmen up there are aiming to show the lower North Carolina coast and the Florida, Georgia and South Carolina boats something in the art of sailing here at Southport, August 12, 13, 14th. Just as we expected, sailing under the Carolina Yacht Club flag, Everette Huggins was one of the first to affix his John Doc to an entry blank and file it against other comers in class "B" at Southport in August. Although we are still awaiting word, we are not in the least doubtful that Commodore R. M. Dcmcro, the high potentate of the South Atlantic Association, will be here with his big class "A" boat, from Savannah, Ga., August 12-llth. Referring to the entry blank of Skippers Henry Taylor and James Metts of the Carolina Yacht Club, it is observed that the Queen Mary will have a as farm women, Goodman added, "and we hope to have a large number who will come to spend the entire week." j. ??.?-?m?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?Stevens Real G. ED. TAYD Ow Auto Insurance Fire Insurance Tornado Insurance Establis Southpo j young lady sailor in her crew Well, her father was the best oi / the Cape Fear in his day. ... | Fixing to sting other craft ii n class "C" David Scott, Jr., of thi .1 Carolina Yacht Club, has filed hi: e entry of the Thistle. \ i William Emmerson and hi: ; I Mischief, sailing under the Car i j olina Yacht Club Flag, are los ing no time. The Mischief arriv i ed Saturday night and Bill anc ? his crew are in training at th< 1 scene of August activities. j . j Class "C" is getting in a lol f of entries. Skipper Luke French | of the Puzzle XI has filed. His ! crew will consist of himself, T Ames and E. Weaver, with M Allen as an alternate. Another Class "C" boat with her entry filed is the Top Over Skipper J. C. Pretlow, Jr. She will also sail under the Caro ^ lina Yacht Club flag. : First to enter to uphold the ; honor of Southport is Rainbow, a j Moth type, Elliott Moore, skippet I and owner. Robert Marlowe is his J crew. Moore, who is only 16, >; built this craft himself. She will . I compare favorably with custom i built boats. 1 Sunday morning brought in !: the entry of the Lightning, own1 ' eel and skippered by R. C. Cant well, sailing under the Carolina Yacht Club flag. Capt'n Cantwell did not list his crew. The Lightning is a class D. boat. It is understood that the Carolina, of James Sprunt, will be at the August races. Three times j the past week the Carolina was : edged out from winning at Bcau! fort by Beaufort owned boats. When August rolls around this splendid craft will be in waters ' - *- *? -1 ...J11 Wllicn Mil' Knows llliu win na?c a better chance. VV. L. Parsley's Rebel is all | properly entered for August with a Carolina Yacht Club flag at the peak of her mast. Listed as crew members and alternates a re Donald Parsley, Walter ParJ sley, Jr., H. B. Pcschau. H. B. Peschau. Jr., and Sam Sweeney. 1 The Rebel is in class C. Father (to young son sucking thumb off, "You may need it when you get old enough to t ravel." We agree with that judge who ruled that a wooden leg does not i bar a man from operating an auI tomobilc. It is wooden heads j that cause most of the trouble. J. B. Hutson, head of the ag| ricultural conservation program | for the East Central Region, in | which North Carolina is located, I will discuss the 1938 farm proj gram on Wednesday, August 4, i during Farm and Home Week at State College. LITTLE BITS OF BIG NEWS (Continued from page 11 had under serious contemplaI *: ? ii.K ,i..wnfiw ..c 111)11 LI 1 v LII (lollL |)lUVI01Ulia \JL the old AAA law still in effect in connection with the current tobacco crop, was made to the group of Congressmen from tobacco districts headed by Representative Harold D. Cooley, which has under consideration a draft of tobacco legislation to be made part of a general farm bill or offered as separate legislation. Four Freed Swift court action in the Scottsboro mass rape case freed four negroes and left five others under sentence ranging from 20 years imprisonment to death on Saturday. Prosecutors agreed to dismissal of charges against two who were "juveniles," one who i was ill and one who was "praci tically blind" when possemen I dragged nine negroes from a freight train at Paint Rock, Ala., I March 25, 1931. The charges were assault in a gondola car j upon two white women mill workers. Ruby Hates and Victoria Price. Of the five other negI roes, four were under sentence of rape after a series of retrials and one, Ozie Powell, for assault with intent to murder in slashing a deputy sheriff with a knife on January 22, 1936. Return Returning to Washington for [ the second time since he ended 30 years of service in the United _ .J. ' I Estate Agency OR & J. BERG ners Rent Collections Property Handled On Commission lied 1SS9 rt, N. C. vv . i States Senate, former Senatoi 11 Furnifold McLendel Simmons 01 Friday received unusually cordia receptions at the White Hous< i i and on the Senate floor. After i 11 conference with President Roose 3 velt, who paid him the unusua honor of introducing him to th< 150 Washington correspondent' 3 attending his press conference ! the 83-year-old ex-Senator spokt -! his mind on the state of th< - j nation to North Carolina corres1 j pondents. Named Successor Overriding demands for som< , factions that a special primary 5 be called, the Democratic statt committee Friday nominated 42year-old Governor Carl E. Bailey to be Joseph T. RoDinson's successor in the United States Seni' ate. He will enter the special , election which he himself will j call, probably for September 14 to fill the vacancy. Construction Of Wharf Is Already Underway 1 (Continued from page one) increased by several car loads ! daily as trucks bring the logs in 1 from tracts where cutting operations have been in progress the 1 past three or four weeks. The product is exactly like cord wood and of the same length, the one 1 difference being that there is no splitting. The chunks of wood will all have to be run through a ' scaler or peeler at the mill, before they arc ground into pulp. Willie Stewart Escapes From Bryson City Prison (Continued from page one) he was sent to the roads under a prohibition law conviction. He escaped and was recaptured, only to escape again. His next escapade was the robbery of Ira Hill, of Wilmington. at Lakeside. He made his es cape after the robbery in a stolen car, fleeing to South Carolina. Officers in that state pursued hini and succeeded in capturing the car in which he was riding. He returned later and stole the automobile from under the noses Of South Carolina authorities, to return again to Wilmington. He was captured by local officers in Sunset Park. Given a 10 to 12 year term, Stewart attempted to escape from the Caledonia prison camp. But a bullet proof vest he had made of magazines was ineffectual and he was wounded by pursuing ! guards. A kidney punctured by buckshot, he lay in the prison hospital at Raleigh for months before he was able to be sent to a road camp again. His plans to escape turned out more successfully Saturday night, and he remains at large uespitc the pursuit of officers and bloodhounds. Stewart is the son of C. W. Stewart and the brother of Elmer Stewart, who were electrocuted about 10 yeai-s ago for the murder of Sam Lilly, a United States deputy marshal, and Leon George, a New Hanover county special investigator, in Brunswick county. Officers recalled the Stewarts, who operated a still in the Brunswick county swamp lands, ambushed the two officers at Bob's branch ford in Brunswick county as they began an expedition in search of stills. The ..ri-:??i,i.n?a ...if 1. ?v,?t wniV'Vio nciv nuuicu onui* gun slugs and pistol bullets and even a dog owned by Lilly was killed in the fusillade of bullets fired by the Stewarts, officers recalled. ! I HAVE Y0! i AND FRE I j FOR SALE ; H. E. 1 | BOL1V1 .......... I II ? Price am 11 When you ask a !| tliat you notice tin . # ) | pays to he penny w jj ish. When you a j I i( you can judge the < if* dise for yourself, it || upon a reliable, || whose business d( || fied customers. )( | Shallotte 1 \! ||| Hobson K 11 S1IALLO dfa. EDNESDAY, JULY 28. loJ LARGE GATHERING^ i FOR HOMECOM1NC I DAY, NEW HOPfl ' I (Continued from page i ,1 I C. Ed Taylor, of Southport, A j called the roll of old family, , the community, and response I i heard from several persons, <9 > eluded in this group were: H I ; McKeithan, Greensboro; y H , Pridgen, Rocky Mount; h McKeithan, Florence, S. C.; j 1 | Pridgen, Wilmington: Gsr,B Maultsby, Charlotte; and serejH from the local community. r LELAND WOMAN IS * HURT IN WRfJ I (Continued from page skirted around a car in ? H .; they were riding, to pile headij . | into Miss Garner's automottt^H II There were four negroes [ in the car, Bell and Jacobs highway patrolmen, all of ' j leaped out and scattered in fl directions. A negro woman, Lenina y,H dy, of Wilmington, was ch-il down by Bell and Jacobs, >1 later released by police, who 9 she was only a passenger ir^fl car. It was not learned whether *9 1 of the negroes were injured Miss Garner was taken to home in Leland. ONLY FOUR CASES I BEFORE RECORD* (Continued rrom page i the defendant remain of good * havior. j i Andrew Gray, white, wu ! guilty of being drunk and ' | orderly. Sentence was sns;*^* , \ upon payment of the costs :* i upon the further condition t* [1 thedefendant remain of gooc^B J havior. Willie Floyd was found * | guilty of trespass. SHALLOTTE MAN HURT IN MISHifl/ t mm noaa 1 V>UUIiiiucii txnu yni(i; ?iur.| I Neck road in Waccamatv t?H | ship, Friday afternoon at ^B j o'clock. ' Bnwens suffere<l injuries: 1 head, chest and hips. H [taken to a doct< i K treatment and was kept thenlM. observation. 'ra The driver could give r...; tails as to how the accident i BL' j curred. The truck was tc WT' wrecked. BARNETT SPEAKS AT KIWANIS CLlli (Continued from page 1 I Cape Fear hotel. Wib Capt. Barnett. born and !' I on ('ape Hariri I yard of the Atlantic. drs-ii^^P [ the growth of the roast life saving service and ^^B I cues in which lie | C: :: He told of the work of t^H i. i Coast Guard in the flood cHe I early this year and praised ; Sea Scouts for the MAYOR COOPER IS J j I LOCAL VISIT? (Continued from page 1 II past half dozen years i not a bit of difference is I Tom Cooper of today fro:' fl R man that Southport people p. known and liked for maiivra^^B He came to town, as be Hi pressed it, "To get a paper i I j the court house for man at Phoenix." He was aM panicd here by his daughter 1 ' Louise Cooper, who has 1 spending the past several j H with Miss Gertrude Lougiii-' H n I her home on Bay Street. f UNG MULES cu rnwQ " Jll tu TT U M OK TRADE .EWIS I (A, N. C. i Quality?I bout price, Ik suri'^H i quality. It never use and pound lool-^^R ire not certain quality of mercliaii'M** is better to depiWB^. home nierclian'^^P spends upon sati$'K|?? m rading Co. irby, Prop. ^H> rTE, N. c.