[ ~~ |.t Of The News ^11 The Time I TEN NO. ; ge Crani tire Fror ^ourt Jo Man Who Has | n Superior Court | "or Almost Eigh- 1 irs Will Not Seek on This Year REPARES SS STATEMENT xpresses His ApFor The Fine ition Shown iring Service i Bench ative of the State terviewed Judge E. and among other dge said he would end of his term, i 1938. under the I he law, and would j i candidate for the i : Bench. At the j rm. he will have! :e of the Superi- j North Carolina, I and ten months, j lly grateful to the District and his j tting him to serve I ng a time. Up to j of nis recent illness, for I H=: than seventeen years, he from the bench, by reai r l:f illness, only two weeks. H;-- Cranmer said that one chief regrets on leaving r Hjech would be the ioss to hint H] tlways agree^Hantact and Association with IS jiTcrs He is proud to be Bxnber of the profession, and any u: forgetting memory S- . : >v and kindness to personally, and their unvarK respect and honor for the | S-- court bench. Judge I- - -li tl at the lawyers l< i :na, and especially It if the wastrrr Division, I: - est) will ntea np. fully . the members'! I Cathue l on page 4) Little Bits I Of Big News lews Events Of State, lilion and World-Wide Interest During Past Week it Quitting II Generalissimo Chiang KaiI m Mn interview at his lidd headquarters near Wuch|u? December 22, said the I have drawn up a new I : operations which they fettered would enable them to I the Japanese at bay for I'to time. "Wc need only two Souths In which to reorganize strengthen our armies, I'ta naturally, owing to JaI superior mechanical cquI'TOr.t. suffered considerable I in Shanghai and NankI"? the general said. "By pnng. we shall have 50 or I tall divisions in the field. : 'apan thinks China is fin '""t militarily, she is the st self-deluded nation in the I '"-rid " n/?f.s7 Granted Nineteen convicts, who thr'' tned to lead a sit-down pike at Caledonia Prison 'arm Tuesday to force their truest i?r a "transfer" from Medonia, had the opportunity 'enjoy the granting of that "'quest last night in solitary * at Central Prison. Caprs ' D. Hinton, Caledonia y'nntendent, having learned ' plans early morning all B and C grade pri.'J5crs in their cells until 3 '' yesterday to thwart the "cmc. Senator imitative Lister Hill, 'r.r supporter, defeated Wtr Krnator J. Thomas mri ?n Alabama's Senatorial amiry Tuesday, apparently * (H 1 margin. With 1,021 . Mute's 2.200 boxes tab' Hi count was: Hill, ^wo. Heflin, 27,737. Charles ^ "illiams, newcomer to f,,' Politics, trailed far bewith 3,048. The freckle ^ Heflin, whose speeches ff,. Senate prior to his de,"Mi 1930 were favorites "" gallery, heard the i 'be election from a " '.i' bis home tcwr j-.r**" He -'.is stricker C pr.eurr.caU. r-'-are weeks ago, iad was to voce. iu>stinued on page 4.) * &MSN _,j ... . /> ITT' THI '? 4-PAGES T ner Will n Superior b This Year . | CANDIDATE >.;:^iMlk f 3SsK&^BF hhMHHH nBBI JOHN J. BURNET J. J. Burney To Run For Judge Solicitor For This District Announced On Saturday That He Will Run For Position Of District Resident Judge John J. Burney. solicitor for the eighth judicial district, yesterday announced his candidacy for the position of resident judge of the district to succeed Judge E. H. Cranmer. of Southport, who announced Friday that he will not seek re-election. Mr. Burney has been solicitor for the past three years. His term of office continues for another year. (Continued on page 4.) Payne And Tu Captu North Carolina's Two Most Elusive Criminals Were Taken Without A Shot Being Fired On Monday Night hsitm MAKF THE U'lTll-ll FINAL CAPTURE Moved With Characteristic Smoothness And Efficiency As Usual Business Continued Bill Payne and Wash Turner, , North Carolina's foremost bad mcn, would have robbed another , bank and fled the country had i not they fallen into the trap neat; ly laid on Sanford's principal : street by Federal agents Monday, Payne said Tuesday. Payne and Turner, under the pressure of intermittent question| ing by a corps of Federal Bureau of Investigation men, admitted a string of bank robberies in the two Carolinas since they took part last February in the sensational escape from Caledonia, but late in the day had not admitted any connection with the slaying of State Highway Patrolmar George C. Penn near Ashcvilh last summer. At the end of the day. Edwarc Schcidt, special agent in chargi of the Charlotte office of th< (Continued on page 4.) College Studei Faculty M The week-end marked the departure of college students for their respective institutions following a holiday vacation spent at home; and the return here of members of the Ioeal school faculty who have been away for scv> eral days. Following is a list of tho students: Josephine Smith, i and Lois Mae Ward, Meredith: Joe Ruark and Ike Ro11 binson. N. C. State; Claude McCall. WaJte Forest; Helen J2Z Suttee Lticv Anderson D&vid Walton *r.d Dir. iVaJher Uruiibcrg, Sobb'6 ?a"is ! Zut Cirdici Taacherfc Ccl> lege; Anna Taylor, Greensboro College: Ecjdi? JelkS, Mars Mill; Edgar Hall, UftiI - E ST/ A Good ODAY Hospitality Man ' Appears Before > Commissioners T. E. Pickard, Secretary Of r Governor's H o s p i tality b Committee, And Louis T. a Moore, Member Of Ad- * visory Board, Here ASK COMMISSIONERS . TO HELP PROGRAM I 0 Show Added Advantages n To Accrue To Counties e Of State Which Add S Own Efforts To Those 1 Of The Ste.te T. E. Pickard, secretary to the i Governor's Hospitality Committee, and Louis T. Moore, manager of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce and member of the j| State Advertising Advisory Board, appeared before the county commissioners Monday to explain the state advertising program. Both these gentlemen thought Brunswick especially well situated to reap great benefits from the state advertising campaign. c However, they pointed out that Jj the state was not advertising ' i any especial counties or com- v munities. The plan is to advertise North Carolina in its entirety j and counties and towns desiring jto take advantage of the general t undoanraad TMlhUhifv mQV Hn Srt r ' WiviCopivau vj ...v.j ^ j through their civic organizations. v As a result of the advertising : being carried on in out-of-state e | newspapers and magazines hund- j j reds of inquiries are being re- p ceived each week. These in- r quiries are regarding various c business opportunities in North j r Carolina and everything else from r hunting and fishing to trucking i and general farming. For in- p stance, in the classified list of 1,1 inquiries for last week, sent the | j Southport Civic from Raleigh, there were 89 who asked for j North Carolina farm lands that p J were for sale or rent. Thirty p 'states and Canada made in- p j quiries regarding farm lands that p week, the largest number coming from Ohio. ..... . ^ The Brunswick board is having p another meeting Thursday and \ if they see fit to cooperate with j the state through the regular j (Continued on Page 4) j -??? a rner Are . red At Sanford' * TOBACCO CANVAS IN THE LIMELIGHT NOW T The farmers in this section are feverish with activity at this season getting their tobacco beds in shape. But one. need not drive through the countryside to f know that Brunswick coum.v j farmers arc launching their j; | chief money crop. A certain r barometer is the sale of to- j haeco canvas which is on dis- g play in numerous stores in this section. r The homely, unpretentious i v tobacco canvas is in its glory v now and commands the choice f place on the counters and in c the show windows of stores, j Bolts and holts of the indis- . pcnsible canvas are sold to t form a protective blanket for J I the tobacco plants which will ' | come peeping from the ground 1 in weeks to come. Commissioners In J Regular Session 1 Members of the board of coun' | ty commissioners met Monday in , i their regular first-of-the month ! ? meeting. Most of the day was < ? devoted to conferences with tax- 1 payers of the county. < its Leave, [embers Return versity of Pennsylvania Med- 1 ical school. Southport men and women who teach away from here returned to the following places: Miss Rebecca Alexander, Lucama.; John Garrett and Miss Marion Watson. Asheboro; Miss Elizabeth Taylor, Charlotte; Miss Annie Russ, Shallottc. I Members of the Southport | school faculty spent their vacation in the following places: W. R. Linglc, Cherry j Grove: J. F Wonsavage. I I Willie j 5arre Perm.; Sfiso j Jtelva Pelfly, Allentown, Per-., l.tics Julii Croir.artie, Garland - iSits Clyde Bryan, | Benson. Miss Sophie Hiator., Elizabeth City; J.Irs. GusSwhnn, Marion. 1 ME News paper In Southport, N. C., W \RE REPAIRING 11 CLUB BUILDING 1 VPA Project For Making Ex-: tensive Repairs And Repainting Building Underway A WPA project to repair and j epaint the Army-Navy Club ^ uilding here is now underway, j .nd the rambling old building-! hat has been the scene of many lOuthport social functions is rapJly taking on a new appearance. The project calls for the reilacement of all broken windows J .nd a complete repainting on the utside. Provision also is being nade for the installation of show- ' rs in the Southport high school, gymnasium, which is a part of he building. I. W. McKeithan Died Thursday Member Of Board Of Aldermen And Otherwise Weil-Known Citizen Passes In Brunswick County 1 Hospital John W. McKeithan, prominent i itizen of Southport and member if the board of aldermen, died Tiursday morning at the Brunswick County Hospital. The deceased, who was 68 ears or age, had been in failing lealth for several years. He had leen a patient in the hospital or only a short time, however, when his death came. Funeral services were conduct- 1 j m : j?.. ? rpainltai t u r i lUdjf aiLciiiuun tiuiu it imi-j < fethodist church with the Rev. i 3. M. Hall in charge. Internent was made in the Southport emetery with the following nembers of the board of alderncn serving as active pallbearers: Edward Weeks, Sam Watts, tobert Thompson, J. J. Loughlin, r? Edward Spencer, William argesen.. Honorary pallbearers were: ohn Ericksen, Price Furpless, J. I 5. Frink, Clarence Crapon, Dr. | itroy Fergus, James E. Carr, )ave Davis, B. J. Holden, Dr. Jond, B. M. Hornsby. He is survived by his wife: ! as ..daughter, M>-s. W. Her man u tanady, 411 South Third street, Vilmington; two sons, Phillip T. tlcKeithan, Flushing, N. Y., and oseph W. McKeithan, of Cape day, N. J; two giandchildren, ,nd one sister, Mrs. M. E. Potter, if Southport. Installation Of ; Masonic Officers < POR' i A Good Com ednesday, January R. L. Thompson Made Alderman For 1st Ward tVas Appointed At Special Meeting Held On Friday Night To Fill Vacancy Created By Week's Resignation \NOTHER BOARD MEMBER DIES Death Thursday Of J. W. McKeithan Leaves The City Board Still Minus One Of Its Members At' a special meeting of mem>ers of the Soutnport board of ildermen held Friday night R. Thompson was appointed to 111 the unexpired term of E. R. iVeeks, resigned, as one of the epresentatives from the first ,vard. There still remains a vacancy )n the board, due to the death rhursday of J. W. McKeithan, ilderman from the second ward. His successor is not expected to Den amed until the regular meetng on the second Thursday in this month. One of the items of business to ;ome before the board Friday light was consideration of bids for the 1938 audit. The contract was awarded to Percy 3anady, of Southport, who submitted the low bid. cil companies, but the Standard 3il Company maintains a distributing plant here and is a city :axpayer. Death Due To Unknown Causes Homer G~ Smith, Colored, Found Dead Near Brunswick River Bridge Yesterday Morning; Inquest Held Homer G. Smith, 40-year-old A'ilmington negro, whose body vas found in the woods near the Srunswick river bridge Tuesday norning, came to his death by 'Unknown Causes", according to he coroner's report of the case. The negro was chased Monday ivening by federal alcohol tax mit officers. Coroner John T. Caison, of 3runswick county, said the evilence tended to show the negro lad died of natural causes, probably a heart attack, brought on by over exertion and exposure. Smith, said the coroner, had ibandoned his automobile and aKen 10 me woous uu xuuu aiiw i chase by the federal agents Monday night. The agents pursu:d him on foot through the rice swamps in the vicinity of the Srunswick river for two hours before giving up the chase, the ;oroner said. The negro's body vas found yesterday morning at J o'clock just west of the Brunsvick river bridge a short distance from the highway. Discovered by a young girl, the body vas brought here pending the inquest. The coroner said the body was not examined by a physician, but showed no wounds or external injuries. Members of the coroner's jury ivere Dawson Jones, G. F. Ganey, Marvin Powell, J. E. Mintz, E. V. Evans, J. F. Coleman. (Continued on page four) New Employment Service Planned Beginning January 1 the territory surrounding the Wilmington office of the N. C. State Employment Service will provide itinerant service that will include bi-monthly stops at Southport. A representative of the Wilmington office will be at the local WPA office oil the first and third Friday of each month. Funeral Held For McDermitt D. Price McDcrmitt D... Price, 64, died Monday morning in the Brunswick county hospital following a lingering illness. The deceased was unmarried and is survived by one brother several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Bet he! Baptist church . by. the Reverehd A. L- Brown,, and the bed;, was laid tc. resj; in. the familj cemetery. * Pal'.be are rs \ver?- S. C. Russ ; Herberts S, Ward, B H. Price, F. B. Price, W. C I . . . J,. I r pii munity 5, 1938 pubus Judge I.M. R Dismiss Aga Elderly Reside Of Town's, a A. E. Peterson, Native Of Sweden, Came Here In 1888 With Late E. B. Stevens And Has Worked Here Since AMAZING FEATS OF AGILITY PERFORMED No Uncommon Sight For This 87-Year-Old Man To Work On Top Of A House Or Work In Treetop A. E. Peterson, elderly resident of Southport, is in many ways the town's most unusual citizen. Peterson is a native of Sweden and came to Southport in 1888 from Chicago with the late E. B. Stevens. He is 87-year-of-age, but despite his advanced years is one of the most agile workmen in the city. It is not at all unusual to see him on top of some house menda nnr nnV of the "?6 ? o ?v ? hundred-and-one other odd-jobs for which he is regularly called upon by local residents. Less than a year ago he took a contract to move a house from one part of the city to another, and he accomplished this feat with a minimum amount of trouble and expense. Peterson has never married, Last Week W< Season SCHEDULE FOR ? JSOCIETY NEWS In an effort to increase the local reader interest of The State Port Pilot residents of the city who have any news items to submit for the society or |>ersonaI column are urged I to get them in each Monday. News stories may be writj ten and left at the office of I The Pilot, or they may be I phoned in by calling cither 59 or G8-R. All contributions are welcomed, so if you don't | see the things that you want, I it's your own fault. J. H. Clemmons Funeral Held I Died Wednesday In The Brunswick County Hospital And Was Buried At Antioch Church Thursday Funeral services for J. H. Clemmons, whose death occurred last Wednesday at the Brunswick j County Hospital, were conducted ; Thursday afternoon from Antioch f Baptist church with the Rev. A. ! L. Brown, pastor of the South| port Baptist church, in charge of the final rites. He was a World war veteran and a member of the American j Legion. Burial was made in the church j cemetery, with the following men serving as pallbearers: Pallbearers were: F. W. Sponi cer, Johnny Swain, Ernest Gilbert, Zade Williams, Allard and Quincy Clemmons: honorary? I Floyd Kirby, C. E. Cause, P. L. (Continued on page 4.) Here Is New S] Promises T Excusing only the bird dog, and he only because of the fact that there is no bark to him and his progress cannot easily be followed in march grass, any common or uncommon dog can easily and quickly be trained to hunt, diamond back terrapins on i. marshland. And In these terrapins, the , Civic Club secretary believes, , Brunswick has a valuable source of employment. It | should not be a. hard matter i for a diligent worker and a deg to get from one to several dozen terrapins each ' I day, working only at low ' Lie. "fiis pass weak a. Scutfcport man happened-' to find . i 11 diamond back terrapins. ! ' .OT HED EVERY WEDNESDA deekins Sigi ing Bondhc inst Brunsw nt Is One Active Citizens k I _ ' MWmmiij.. i mi ? &*L Jp* M ws J, : against Brunswick county officials was dismissed without an an- j swcr being filed. This action was by consent of attorneys representing the bond- ' holder and attorneys for Bruns- j 1 the county and the bondholders tM committee on December 10, 1937. jfl It was agreed in the order that fl in the future all monies levied il and collected for debt service ll purposes shall be used exclusively _ ,1 , for debt service purposes as pro- {l vided in an agreement between I Ity and the bondholders commit- . I tee on December 10, 1937. I At the present time Brunswick |l . county has on deposit more than i. $100,000.00 to be applied to the 1 I debt service fund. This amount I I is enough to meet all debt ser- il 0 vice requirements up to and In- II -'eluding July 1, 1938. I r The exchange of the old bonds |l s for the new, which bear a lowei ' il e irate of interest, will be made II sometime early in the spring. I Rules For Weed f j| j Plant Bed Given I |{5ays Warm, Sunny Loc$- il tion Best For Tobacco '(| Plant Beds; Soil Should . I **"' "Ber"Loamy And' Well Pul- 'fl verized Jj The seed bed should be se- 'J lected in the warmest location j - where the soil is very loamy and will not have a tendency tr bake f and get hard or the other extreme which would bo extreme- ! I ly wet naturcd. It is best to se- I lcct new soil which has been f ] covered with leaf mold in order to prevent grass and disease, r1 The seed bed . should be d thoroughly broken*-4- -to- 6 inches, rj e i then pulverized until the soil is jta - very fine. Two ~p6iuuls~<5f a 4- if' r 8-3 fertilizer, the potash derived j I from sulphate of potash magnc- 5| I i, sia, should be applied to each j j square yard of bed and mixed j " -> lh? u,!l iihnnf C UlUiuu^mjr *y i%.u mv ?v.. I _ r 3 or 4 inches in depth. Then I|tcH . the soil should be smoothed off (ffl rj to make Stir, th. :. aie no clods I [I and the seed sown. It is usually Ijfl ,f best to thoroughly mix the seed with about two gallons of ferti- 111 II lizer or cotton seed meal to make r a good carrier so that it will g make possible a more even dis- jfl ,1 tribution of i After the |l . seeds arc sown, the soil should ). be packed lightly. Hie method |^^| c most commonly used to tack a III ; board to a wooden maul so as to ^|l n tamp the soil evenly over the y entire bed. I t As soon as the seeds arc | I sown and the bed tamped, a thin 9 I layer of wheat, rye or oat straw Lt, which has been thoroughly thra-^^H ,r shed should be broadcast over , I .,. tki t: hould be I I n evenly broadcast. Twenty jxmnds F'jB c (Continued On Page*?) I I Tide Table, 1 Following is the tide table' 1 fur soutlipoit during the next ill ~ week. These hours are appro- 11 xiniately correct and were fur- , ill uished The State Fort Pilot II through the courtesy of the ( i?l ~ Cape Fear Pilot's Association. j I 3 High Tide how Tide II TIDE TABLE II Thursday, December 23 I 12:38 a. in. 8:36 a. m. 12:50 p. in. 7:10 p. in. ffl Friday, Drcrmbcr M Jl 1:31: a. m. 7:13 a. m. I:IS p. in. 8:10 p. ni. )B Saturday, Drccmber 25 B'tB 2:25 a. in. 3:18 a. in.' M p III b.OK p. in. tH Sunday, December 28 'rB 3:20 a. m. 9:47 a. ill.! ] fl 3:41 p. in. 10:02 p. m.\ Ml Monday, Deceniiier 27 il 1:17 a. in. 10:f0 a. m. |1 l:l,'i p. in. HI lilt !:. . December 28 ' ?| 5:12 a. ta. 11:30 a. m. jl ffl 5:19 p. m. 11:88 p. ip- If Wednesday. December 29 I 8:00 a. m. I 8:28 p. a:. 12:!( p. m. I flfl i? ? I