il\j0st Of The News
I ^]I The Time
^ME TEN Ng
(Contract On f
B-,ailotte Road
J Last Thursday
Brother Construc f.i,
Company Low BidHE..
On Contract For Six
Of Highway 130
Wr Old Dock
IT/RTH contract
pT ON HIGHWAY 130
L increase Total Amount
E Paved Highway To
EMiles Between WhiteI
-ilte And Shallotte
L g, C. highway commission
Lj- opened bids on snx miles
L half of Highway 130 lead|pg5t
Old Dock, for surfacing
('grading, along with other
t H,js which totaled $800,000.
Ljie Brothers Construction
Lev were low bidders on the
(allies of road, at a figure
[gating $88,219. Work was
pted to begin on the project
He immediate future.
5s is the fourth separate letI
in the past few years on the
( road, which leads from
leville to Shallotte. and con <<j
a vital artery in this secTwo
projects starting at
5 Whiteville carried the pavnearly
to Old Dock in the
""d onnfhpr fnn?
jtaiB ciiivi ~?
project started at Shallotte.1
fc new construction project
jive the 33 miles from WhiteK
to Shallotte some 23 miles
rived surface. The Highway
tission has promised BrunsH
and Columbus citizens that
mad will be brought to comwith
reference to surfacI
is soon as the funds are availII
for that purpose.
I V road will be given a sandI
talt surface, identically like
I ravement which has already
little Bits
jOf Big News
mm Events Of State,
litioa and World-Wide
[interest During Past
Week
town Restored
The crown Winston-Salem
Ht five years ago as ruler of
be old belt tobacco kingdom
'as restored Tuesday at the
toe of the 1937-38 tobacco
eson when it was revealed
ffscially that 52,629,822 pounds
f leaf were sold there this |
ear. Ascending the throne as
ihr of the old belt, WinstonMem
paid out $9,678,767.52 to
towers from 52 counties amd
w states. The season's avarfe
was $18.39 per hundred
vett Die '
i
mid-air night crash which 1
oyed two giant sky bombing I
took its eleventh life 1
May and raised the death
l? 10 ,? |
i" w vwinin iour wecoo
laneuvers of the navy's new- '
iky weapon. In the midst of
t battle exercises 70 miles at
during- a heavy rain squall 1
night, battleships and '
"vers officers saw two of the
most powerful sky cruiollidc.
One burst into flames,
other fell in splintered wreck
i
taking ^ 1
Capone, scar-faced gang
jf" was under observation ,
esday in the hospital ward
- bleak Alcatraz prison. To ,
fished reports that the oneleader
of the country's ,
notorious mob was sufir%
a mental breakdown,
t^ral officials gave only a
rss "no comment", but they
?j "ot deny it. From the jusdepartment
it was learned
'Pdne had been confined to
hospital since Saturday:
"5 Physicians considered his
, '?val to a prison affording
ptr medical facilities.
Rector
'diet front the dark killed
LTies H. Lee, 71-year-old
f r,f historic Christ church,
I at- preparing a sermon in
[ Jtoty Saturday night. The
L'* ihe paper found clutched
IT read. "Whatso eve: ye
L or deed, do all in the
r i-ord, Jesus." It was based
L *ords of St. Paul. Coroner
Baldwin, who investigated
L(ath of the distinguished
La second cousin of General
y ha-c, said he was unable
f t::otive for the incic?
jags
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: ^t'. W'---- mEumBm
BP^ : iBEEl,
Mercedes Watts and !
lively curiosity as to what n
well. The chest, is .said to li
cotlrtesy of Philadelphia, (
Receive Encoi
About Ft
Appears Likely That Some
Action To Improve Travel
Facilities Will Be Improved
Soon
LOUIS T. MOORE
CONTINUES INTEREST
Reliable Report Has It That
Attention Will Be Given
Bridge When Funds
Are Available
Reactions to efforts for a better
road and a steel bridge across
the waterway canal to Fort
Caswell are highly satisfactory,
" rSvif
according 10 we suuu.^.,
Club and Louis T. Moore, manager
of the Wilmington Chamber
>f Commerce.
There are no funds right now
for a steel bridge, say the highway
officials, but as soon .as
such funds are available a steel
bridge will be considered at the
above point. The hope was also
expressed that the funds would
be available soon.
In the opinion of Mr. Moore,
who wrote the local organization
yesterday, the reactions are
most friendly and he thinks the
matter will work itself out in the
manner In which both he and the
local organization desire.
A recent gracious offer on the
part of the Wilmington organization
to be any possible assistance
to Southport in securing better
road facilities was very much appreciated
iocally. The Southport
organization suggested to Mr.
(Continued on page 4.)
Unusual Fishii
For This J
Fifteen or twenty fishing
boats arrived here last week,
coining from such points as
Mantco, Morchead City, Beaufort,
Harkers Island, Hatteras,
Gloucester, Williston
and Davis. Still more arc
coming in daily.
In addition to their shrimp
trawls, about all the boats
brought nets for other fish.
Many also brought blue fish
nets for work later in the
spring. All the craft are now
busy with shrimping, and
some netting of fish is living
done at night.
During the past few days,
the catches of shrimp have
been small. However the
plica ranged from $d.G0 to
I
ST
A Got
DAY
Curiosity
p?:-: e5
?
Evelyn Loughlin, of South
lay be in the Treasure Ches
ave never been, opened sin
Pa.) Inquirer.)
iragement
Caswell Roa<
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| Leland Man Is
Heavy I ,oser
Mosl unfortunate shopper
of the week is R. A. Wilkerson,
of l/i'laiul.
On Monday, Wilkerson laid
his wallet containing $2Hi on
the window ledge of a rest
room at a Wilmington filling
station and walked away.
Discovering his loss on reaching
home, Wilkerson hurried
back to the filling station
Init the pocket book and
contents were gone.
Several persons, who filling
station attendants said
had visited the rest room
since Wilkersons' departure
were being investigated by
j police yesterday.
Former Editor
Is Visitor Her
Vincent Stevens, editor of Tt
Southport Leader before the tut
of the century, was a visitor i
The State Port Pilot office Tuei
day and recalled numerous inte:
esting facts regarding the carl
'history of the newspaper busine;
in Southport.
Mr. and Mrs. Stevens were c
their way to Florida from the
home in Akron, Ohio. They stoj
ped at Southport for a two-da
visit with Mr. Stevens' sistc
Mrs. C. Ed. Taylor. They left th
morning to continue their tri
southward.
ig Activity
Season Of Yea:
$1.00 per bushel and it look
very little of this product to
run up into good wages for
the fishermen.
Last week Virginia mullets,
tyken as a side line to the
shrimping, appeared (o bring
the boatmen good money.
Many of the boats took
seven, eight and nine hundred
pounds of this side-line
pioduct and were paid threeand-a#ialf
per pound.
One thing that can be
said with a certainly is that
Southport has never had anything
like the present winter
and spring fishing activity.
Over 75 power boats are engaged
in the fishing activity
here when the weather will
permit.
ATE
>d News paper I
Southport. N.
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Mfc<fr:>; - ,^ 1
!XyTrr- ' S^^^E;!,-:^.... Sffi j, ??$
^f'''"'-i ,'-Y t-B^ ^'I|k , . j&f: i
port, are shown' exhibiting a
;t recently dug up at Fort Casce
it was first buried.?(Cul
Southport Girls
1 Get Picture In
: Leading Paper
Large Cut Appearing On
Th is Page Appeared In
Recent Sunday Edition
Of Philadelphia Inquirer
PHOTO TAKEN
BY BILL SHARPE
Part Of Business Of The
State Board Of Conservation
And Development
Is To Get Pictures
In Papers
This week, through the courtsey
of the Philadelphia, (Pa.) Inquirer
to the Southport Civic Club, we
are reproducing one of the many
pictures that were recently made
at Fort Caswell and Southport
by the State Department of Conservation
and Development. The
picture shows a couple of Southport
girls manifesting a very
natural curiosity in a treasure
chest at Fort Caswell.
le From time to time it is hoped
n to reproduce others of these picit
tures in The Pilot. In sending
s- the one used today to the Civic
r- club J. V. Harris, of the Phil!y
adelphia Inquirer editorial staff,
ss wrote W. B. Keziah a very gracious
letter, expressing gratifi>n
cation that the publication of the
ir picture in the Philadelphia paper
?- had created so much local interiy
est. v
r. He had been advised that his
is paper had a sell-out at the news
ip stand here when it appeared with
the picture.
- Eight pretty Southport girls
posed in the various pictures which
were made by Bill Sharpe, of
the Department of Conservation
and Development. Mr. Sharpe
f was managing editor of the Winston-Salem
Sentinel when the
State of North Carolina drafted
(Continued on page 1)
Waccamaw 4 Ml
Club Girls Meet
The Junior -1-H club of Waccamaw
school met in (he sclioo
auditorium Monday with all members
present.
The president, Ernrn Grey, presided.
The secretary, Jo Brady
read the minutes of the last meeting
and called the roll. The clut
learned a new song, "Sing youi
Way Home".
Mrs. Marion S. Doshcr gave
members new club books and assigned
work for the next meeting.
'Ilie club adjourned to meel
again on March 7.
k
P0R1
n A Good Com
C.. Wednesday. Febri
Recorder Given
Salary Cut By
County Board
Members Board Of County
Commissioners Cut Monthly
Pay Off That Office
From $100.00 To $75.00
COMMISSIONERS IN
SESSION MONDAY
No Other Matters Of Major
Importance Came Up
Before Board Meeting
Members of the Brunswick
county board of commissioners
met Monday in their regular first
of the month meeting.
One of the most important
items of business that came up
before board members was a
downward adjustment made in the
salary to be paid the Brunswick
county recorder. J. E. Ruark, who
recently resigned that position, received
S100.00 per month. When
the salary of the recorder came
up for consideration last week
J. B. Ward his successor, appeared
before the board and asked
that the salary not be reduced.
Nevertheless, the commissioners
voted to reduce the monthly pay
for that office to $75 per month.
Earl Goodman, colored store
keeper of Town Creek township,
was called before the board and
was required to show why his
beer licenses shouldn't be revoked.
He asked for a postponement of
the hearing until he could gather
witnesses to testify in his behalf.
Other business disposed of was
of routine importance.
m i
Six tases 1 ried
In County Court
Six Cases Covering Wide
Variety Of Offenses Disposed
Of Here Before
Judge John B. Ward
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Six cases covering a wide variety
of offenses were disposed of
here in Recorder's cbi 'it V'edneS^
day before Judge John B. Ward.
Earl Bellamy, white, was found
guilty of violating the traffic laws.
Judgment was suspended upon
payment of the costs.
A. G. Gore, Rufus Graham anil
D. G. Blanks, guilty, pleaded
guilty to charges of gambling.
' Judgment was suspended upon
payment of the costs.
O. W. Messick, white, pleaded
i guilty to charges of violating the
i rules of the road. Judgment was
t suspended upon payment of the
costs.
Robert Lee Holden and LeRoy
Bryant, colored, pleaded guilty to
charges of assault. Bryant was
given 60 days on the roads, this
( judgment being suspended upon
payment of the costs. Judgment
as to Holden was suspended until
after the next term of Brunswick
| county Superior court.
Ernest Moore, colored, was
| found not guilty of possessing in;
toxicating liquor for the purpose
of sale.
Pleleman Daniels, colored, pleaded
guilty to charges of making
an assault with a deadly weapon.
He gave notice of appeal
from the judgment of 18 months
on the roads.
LeRoy Thomas, colored, waived
7mo in n cr nn a mnrrlor phararo onrl
bond for his appearance at the
next term of Brunswick count
Superior court was set at $2,000.00.
Former Resident
Buried Friday
| Funeral Services For Mrs.
I Alletta Boyette Conducted
'At Episcopal Church
By The Rev. A. H. Marshall
Mrs. Alletta Boyctlo, former
, resident of Southport and a mem1
ber of a prominent family here,
! died Thursday at the home of
; her sister, Mrs. Earl I. Brown.
in Richmond, Va.
: Surviving is one son. Horace
I Glover, of New Bern and a stepdaughter,
Miss Ruth Boyette.
Three sisters. Mrs. Brawn, Mrs.
H. K. White and Mrs. Harry
Phelps; and one brother, J, W.
1 Thompson, also survive.
Funeral services were con.
ducted at the St. Phillips EpisI
copal church, in Southport, Fri.
day afternoon with the Rev. A.
H. Marshall in charge. The body
. was laid to rest in the family
plot in the Southport cemetery.
' Active pallbearers were: John
i Caaison. Captain Ike Davis, R. L.
- Thompson, Mike Thompson, Joel
Moore and Price Furpless. Hono
rary pallbearers were C. Ed. Tay.
lor. Chas. E. Gause, J. .1. Adams.
. Sam Brinkman, Alex Lind, J. R
t Newton, Captain J. B. Church,
(Continued on page 4 )
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munity
jary 9th. 1938 l'UBU
Junius Powell
For Solk
Junius Powell Enters Race
For Solicitor Of District
Whiteville Attorney Announces
Intention To
Seek Nomination For Office
Now Held By Solicitor
J. J. Burney
IS WELL KNOWN
WHITEVILLE MAN
His Announcement Brings
To Two The Candidates
Who Are Seeking Dist
r i c t Solicitorship
' That Will Be Vacated
Junius K. Powell, Whiteville
attorney and formerly solicitor of
the Columbus county recorder's
court, has thrown his hat into the
ring and announced he will be a
candidate for the solicitorship of
this district.
Ir making official announcement
of his candidacy to the
press, Mr. Powell said that "it
is with full understanding of the
duties incumbent upon a solicitor
that X aspire to this high office.
He made the following statement
to the press in announcing
hi3 candidacy:
"For some time I have enterRoach
And Ru
Candid
I
Brunswick Mas
717 Unemployed
Itmnsnick enmity tins 717
pi rsons totally unemployed
ami who want to work, 29*
employed in Federal emergency
projects and 012 who
are partly employed and desire
more work, according to
the census on total and partial
unemployment recently
made public in Washington.
In the ehlirff Stave there are
205,110 men ami women who
are entirely or |>artially unemployed
or are working on
WPA, NYA, CCC or other
emergency work. Figures for
the Nation show 5,821,035 totally
unemployed and desiring
work, 2,001,877 emergency
workers and 8,200,211 part
time workers who need additional
employment, making a
grand total of more than II
million men and women in
the army of unemployed and
partly employed.
Mrs. Mary Rourk
Death's Victim
Member Of Prominent
Family Of Shallotte Died
Sunday At James Walker
Memorial Hospital In
Wilmington
Mrs. Mary Rourk, prominent
resident of the Shallotte community,
died Sunday afternoon at
the James Walker Memorial Hospital.
She was 61 years of age.
The deceased was the wife ot
Peter Rourk, former sheriff and
recorder of Brunswick county.
The services were conducted bj
the Rev. Herbert Strickland, ol
Wilmington, and the Rev. J. D
Withrow, of Leland. Interment
was made in Cool Rum cemetery
Pallbearers wilt be: honorary:
S. B. Frink, R. W. Davis, M. B
Watkins, Bert Holdcn, Floyd Kirby
and Henry Stone; active, six
nephews of the deceased: Rudolph,
Leroy, Frederick, Harry, Jr.,
Colon and Elwood Mintz.
Mrs. Rourk is survived by her
husband, five children, U. L.
Rourk, of Leland, L. C. Rourk, of
Shallotte: Mrs. Bryan Marlow, of
(Continued on page 4.)
Navy Sub-Cha
Commanc
In world war days the U.
S. Navy had thousands of
little sub-cliascrs, some of
them as swift as hornets.
One of these boats, the No.
74. now the Anna of Panama.
is at Southport. She is
110 feet in length and, except
for slight changes in
her pilot house and removal
of her guns, she is in the
same shape as during her
naval days.
Equipped with gas burning
engines that generate 500
horsepower, the Anna of Panama
still has a cruising
speed of 27 knots per hour,
(31 nu!e3 to a land lubber).
I he beat is row owned by
.OT
SHED EVERY WEDNESD^
Enters Race
:itor Of Distrid
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V ifcii. T,
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-JUNIUS K. POWELL
tained an ambition to be Solic
tor of the Eighth Judicial Dii
trict and I am happy to say tha
since my ambition became know
I have received from each cour
ty in the district encouragemer
much beyond my expectation, f(
j all of which I am grateful."
iss Announce
acy This Weel
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| Chairman Of Board C
Countv Commissioners !
Rounding Out His Sixt
Year And Will Seek R?
election
OTHER RUMORS
ABOUT POLITIC
Sheriff J. A. Russ Also Hs
Served Three Terms And
Is First Candidate For
Sheriff To Announce
Two Brunswick county official
old in point of service, came fo
ward this week with announc
ment of their intention to see
reelection.
J. M. Roach, chairman of tl
Brunswick county board of con
missioners, says that he will see
the Democratic nomination <
member of the county board ;
the June primary. "I have alwa;
tried to do what I believed we
for the best interest of the coui
ty", said Mr. Roach, "and in b
coming a candidate for my fourl
term as commissioner I am rui
ning on my record in the past
"My friends have been aft<
me to run again this year," sa
Sheriff Russ, as he tossed h
hat into the political ring. Th
[ will be the fifth consecutive pr
mary in which Russ has sougl
the Democratic nomination. Ji
1 has been his party's standai
beaier in four elections, and hi
been the successful candidate
i times.
Other political developments <
the week are confined to rumor
Tf i? Viiv rpnnrteri that Wrei
; |iU *v?M?wV --f
Mir.tz will run against Sheri
Russ, and friends of Dillon Gail
ey say that he will again be
candidate in the primary.
There is a possibility that 1
' C. Brown may run for this non
I (Continued on Page C)
4-H Clubs To
Meet Next Wee
The following 4-H clubs wi
: meet in their respective schoo
. next week; members are asked I
bring 4-H Scrap Books to tl
: meetings:
Tuesday morning. Feb. 15. 1>
land Senior club meets at 10:!
and the Lcland Junior club mce
at 11:35.
Thursday morning, Feb. 1
' I Bolivia Senior club meets at 10:4
' | and the Junior club meets i
111:45.
iser Is Now
led By Germai
Germany. Captain Wolfe
was a captain in the Imperai
German Navy during the
World War and it may be
that the boat which he now
owns spent some time looking
for him some 21 years
ago.
Captain Wolfe's facial expression
greatly resembles
that of the former Kaiser,
even to the flowing, curledtip
mustache. He speaks
English fluently, infact he
is an accomplished linguist
with nine languages at his
command. In addition, he
has a habit of cmbelishing
his almost every word with
a gesture of some sort, or a
facial Kipressiorf. ^
? M
The Pilot Covers g
Brunswick County I
tY $1.50 PER YEAR I
Clark Explains ; I
t Steps Taken In , I
New Farm Bill ,|
For Benefit Of Readers Of I
This Newspaper, Con- |l
gressman J. Bayard Clark II
Gives Detailed Explana- I
tion Of Program ,jl
BILL MAY PASS 1
CONGRESS SOON ,1
Has Been Held Up Pend- I
ing Few Minor Changes, I
But Now Appears That I
All Is Ready For ' I
Final Passage 9
BY 1. BAYARD CLARK . I
It is of course important that I
the farmers should know at the I
earliest possible moment what leg- I
islative program, if any, they are |j I
going to have to deal with this I
year. It was primarily for this 9
reason that Congress convened in I
_ extra session on the 15th of Nov- I
j. ember 1937. 9
3_ At the previous si ssion the I
lt House Committee on Agriculture | I
n held hearings upon the subject, | I
and during recess the Senate ? j I
Committee held extensive hear- j
)r ings throughout the country. As |i I
soon as the extra session conven- j|B
ed. the committees immediately j
began hearings. Before Christmas , I
the house and senate each pass- j ll
ed a bill, but being considerably j I
different in terms, it was neces- j '
r sary to refer them to a commit- j t|
k tee of conferees from the two | ll
houses. It seems now that t'.e jll
If conferees have about agreed, and | (
[g it is thought that the bill will j tl
be finished this week. I
Such length of time for the
** passage of this bill may seem
unreasonable. But it should Is: |JI
remembered how vast and diffi- |M
cult this problem is. All men re- 99
5 cognize that any legislative pro- [19
gram for agriculture is filled with ill
IS stubborn difficulties. When con- jfl
i sideration is given to the fact |9
that the present bill includes corn,
wheat, rice, cotton and tobacco,
involving hundreds and hundreds H
|St of millions of dollars, and direct- SM
r_' Ht- "affecting the welfare of a diird- '99
of the population of the nation, I
e" the difficulties of the problem *9
tk become more apparent. Also, it 1
should be remembered that with J9
re respect to the wisest way to ap- ,}
(Continued on Pace four) I
j? Winnabow Man ; j
> Dies At Home 1
? Fred Flowers, 78-Year-Old I
Resident Of That Com- I
?r munity, Died Following jl
id Heart Attack Sunday j
is Fred Flowers, one of the oldest I
i- residents of Winnabow died Sat- 19
it urday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock SH
le after a lingering illness of heart i (E
d trouble. He was 78 years of age. |H
is He is survived by 5 sons: C. T. ill
3 and A. R. Flowers ,of Wilming- J|
ton, J. W? D. L. and I. J. Flowif
ers, of Winnabow: 15 grand chil- fl
s. drc-n and 8 great grandchildren.
it Funeral services were held Sun- ill
ft day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock (H
i- from the Piney Grove Methodist M
a church, of which he had been a |l
member for over 50 years by, the IB
{j. Keverena w. j . r reemtin, 01 T ?B
i- Scotts Hill, a former pastor of H
the church.
Burial wa smade in the church ifl
cemetery, Active pallbearers were i
W. C. Savage. Frank Rabon, ' H
ft George Rabon, Homer Rich, Rob- f?
ert Sullivan and Isaac Gore, Hon- |H
HI orary pallbearers were J. L. Hen- B
ls ry, A. P. Henry, J. P. Mills, M. I
to A. Sullivan, A. O. Sullivan and B
,e T. H. Wolfe. i
s Tide Table I
Following Is the tide table I
for Soutbport during the next I
week. These hours are appro- J
ximatcly correct and were fur- II
_ nished Tho State Port Pilot 1
through the courtesy of the |M
Cape Fear Pilot's Association. II
High Tide I-ow Tide jfl
TIDE TABLE ijl
Thursday, December 23 II
12:36 a. m. 6:36 a. in. ?
12:80 p. m. 7:10 p. m. 91
Friday, December 24 ill
1:31: a. m. 7:43 a. m. Til
1:45 p. ni. 3:10 p. in. n
Saturday, December 25 lil
2:25 a. ni. 8:48 a. m. id I
2:11 p. ni. 3:08 p. ni. bu
Sunday, December 26 [a
3:20 a. m. 9:47 a. ne. ill
3:41 p. ni. 10:02 p. m. -l]
Monday, December 27 fl
4:17 a. m. 10:40 a. M. lij
4:48 p. ni. 10:50 p. m
Tuesday, December 28 : M
j 5:12 a. in. 11:30 a. m. Ifl
5:19 p. m. 11:38 p. m jn
Wednesday, December 19 fl
6:00 a. m. M
6:26 p. m. 12:16 p. at, ;
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