North Carolina Newspapers

iThe News ie Time N JJJJ. armers iw Farm The Polls >unty Joined rider Of The Tobacco Groi In Voting e TE IN TY 18 TO 1 iter Majority bacco Growtton Farm>unty Enrogram ity farmers joinr of the cotton owing areas in lingly in favor or the 1938 sea, a referendum for that purpose, s of the county to 1 endorsed >p control mearrent year, and r an even larger IK-'.V, IC-x. I . ick county there were votes cast in favor of the control measure and llfl K-: j; as it applied to tol" With reference to cotton, I >; 1S1 votes cast for aaaire and 10 against it. n complete returns record all but two of the state's Jelling: places, the AAA office Leigh listed North Carolina') In: |r flue-cured tobacco quotas, ES. against 17.112. I cotton quotas. 126,838: L 15.232. | the basis of virtually comI returns from balloting SatI in 20 states, AAA officials I that far more than twoIs of the necessary majoritj toned the quotas on cotton loured and dark tobaccos. Ar Lted 2.500.000 farmers in 2( t voted. L results showed that 1,180,I voted for the cotton quota Bred to 95.812 against, makI It 5 in favor of it. Officiali that returns from minors niri and California were no! IpJeted but that thqy woulc iffect the result. An estimat tjrei.000 were eligible to vot? antrol. a flue-cured tobacco, 213,341 d for the quotas compared 133.908 against, making 8< rent in favor of it. For dark (Continued on Page 4.)' ittle Bits Of Big News ltw? Event* Of State, Won and World-Wide Interest During Paat Week irrow Dies larence Darrow, champion o Underdog" and bitter foe o Sal punishment, who won in ational fame as a defens< ?wy. is dead. The 80-year Irayer who once wrote "l'v< Pit all my life for the under succumbed at his home Sun after a long illness. Hear ire was given as the immedi cause of his demise. Th Per pleader for the defens ? long list of criminal case ding that of Nathan Leopol Richard L<cob, the "thri of little Bobby Frank Chicago more than a dccad 1 had been confined to hi 1 'or the past two months. onwdos Sixteen persons were reporl H hilled yesterday and cor '(derable property damage re mlted in prespring tornadoe ^t struck in seven differen <8. The twisters hit in 111! ois. Missouri, Alabama, Ark insas. Tennessee, Mississipl '"'I Iowa. The heaviest loss c 'e apparently was in Belle 111., where at least seve ^rsons were reported dea( [hree others died in the vicir ?f Bakerville and Wardel where a storm cut 'cnty-tmip path, demolishin '"dreds of homes and ? one school and on ?Urch. r' P of eat Dies v; L. Poteat, presidei ;riU? ?f Wake Forest colleg 'crmer president of th "aptist convention, died ? home at Wake Forest Satu I He was 81 years old. D h- had been in poor heali Isst October, when he su 4 stroke and had been cd! 16 to t?i ^ 1 THI . 8 Frank Hancocl InSout Congressman Who Is Opposing Bob Reynolds For Senate Nomination Spent Several Hours Here OPTIMISTIC OVER POLITICAL FUTURE Goes Over In Coast Guard Boat With Group Of Local Citizens To Witness Nature's Shower Congressman Frank Bartcocft, of Oxford, opponent of Senator Robert R. Reynolds for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator, was a visitor in Southport Saturday and spent several hours here with friends. An interesting feature of his visit was a trip to Ft. Caswell for a look at the famous hot springs. A boat from the Oak Island Coast Guard station carried the congressman and a group of local citizens oyer. Mr. Hancock showed an active interest in the well and wanted to know the results of analysis that have been made. Congressman Hancock says i that he is enthusiastic over developments in his race to oust Bob Reynolds from his seat in the senate. "I have met with encouraging success everywhere I have been," he stated, i Reminded that his opponent i was no mean politician, Congrest Choose AU-To Teams Foil i Unanimous Vote Accorded Three Boys And Two ' Girls in Selection of Myt hical Teams Of County > SELECTION MADE BY THE COACHES ! Waccamaw Boys Team Has , Four Men On First And Second Selections; t MtUettf Uad? I Girls Teams ? Jenerette and Smith, of Waccamaw, and Charles Taylor, of ' Bolivia, received the unanimous ' vote of Brunswick county coach' cs for first team places on the c mythical all-tournament team at the conclusion of the Brunswick county tournament held here last week. Gladys Mintz, of Shallotte, and Juanita Sowell, of Bolivia were unanimous selections for the girls team. Five coaches handed in a selection for the boys, but only four girls teams were named. The blanks provided for a first and second team in each division. Two points were given for a first team vote, one point for being J named on a second learn. J Paired with Jenrettc at forward on the first team for the boys is Clark, diminutive Leland forward, whose classy ball-handlf ing won him nine votes. Smith f was a stand-out at center, and Bolivia made a clean sweep oi e the guard positions on the first team when Lewis was given eight p votes as a mate for C. Taylor. At forward for the second team were Evans, of Waccamaw, and Lcsh, of Bolivia. The former waf barely nosed out of a first tearr p berth. Watkins, of Bolivia, and c Edward Taylor, of Southport g each received two votes for cenj ter on the second team. This Ij five is rounded out by Bellamy s of Southport, with five votes, and Millikcn, of Waccamaw, with s four. Cleo Stanaland. of Waccamaw and Catherine Cannon, of Bo(Continued on Pase four) ; Government L Gives Ii '* The log, or record of the drilling operations at the Fort Caswell mineral well * has been located among the many books left by the " government in the headquarters building at the time the post was sold in 1920. ' This record is a very coma plete one and adds much to the interest surrounding the well. It establishes as aut'e hentic many of the current claims for the well, some of these claims having been based on supposition. For instance, it required it over two years to sink the ;e shaft. It was first started in ie 1905 and was finished in it 1907. First rock was struck r- by the drill at a depth of r. 728 feet. At 1.410 feet a h strong flow of salt water was f- struck but the drilling was > construed and the well is 0. $rtW\y Iq+2 fgtt tktp la i ST. A Goo< 4-PAGES TODAY k Is Visitor hport Saturday oil? JjB &?L , , Mb. BB FRANK HAISCOCK sman Hancock said "He has run five times > for political office and has been successful only once. In 1932 his victory was gained when the voters cast their ballot'against' Cameron Morrison; not , "because they particularly winted Bob Reynolds. And he tied himself in with the Roosevelt landslide by standing with the successful nominee for president on the question of prohibition," he added. Plainly he does not subscribe to the theory of Bob's invincibility. ' V j '/ urnament owing Tourney * . Mintz Named As Receiver I 1 : lit an order signed by Judge E. H. Cranmer, Register of Deeds R. I. Mintz has been named temporary recetver of the Hale Beach Corporation and E. H. Smith and wife as an outgrowth of an action brought by Brunswick county to recover taxes and the unpaid amount of the judgment obtained by the county against Smith and Inman and the Hale Beach Corporation. One order was signed by Judgo Cranmer on March 4, another on March 8 making Mr. and Mrs. Smith parties to the action. It is returnable before Judge Cranmer oil March 21. | Purchases New Fishing Boat S. I. Burris, Southport Citizen, - Purchases Vagabond, A Vessel Used Last Year For Gulf Stream L Trips S. I. Burris, fish dealer and one of Southport's most energetic workers on tne wateriront, has purcnaseri uie vagaoono, a wui mington boat used last year for 1 Gulf Stream fishing. Immediatei ly after purchasing the Vagabond i Mr. Burris set about on the conI struction of still another boat , The new craft is to be 55 feet long and to have a 12-foot beam, i It will be suitable for Gulf , Stream or any sort of fishing or I work. i Various other local boats are being repaired, or new ones built, , to take care of the sport fishing, In all it appears that there will (unoj 03UJ no panuijuoo) .og Of Well iteresting Facts place of the 1,472 or 1,500 feet that has been variously credited to it. From the 1,400 foot level where the first strong artesian flow was struck, the soil formation was a coarse sand, with small shell fragments and crusts of iron oxide. The prevalence of the iron mineral and that of calcium and other minerals in large quantities causes the water to turn to a deep golden yellow soon after it is exposed to the air. Many persons have gained the impression that the water in the bathing pool is muddy, because of this yellow color. This is a mistake, the yellowness is a natural color for water containing so many minerals, after it has been exposed to the air. Attention is called to the fact that the (CipgUttanj oU 4) i ATE I News paper In Southport, N. C., We Changes Made In Democratic Party Official Set-Up S. B. Frink Resigns As Chairman Of The County Democratic E x e c u t i ve Committee; Watkins Resigns As Secretary R. I. MINTZ NAMED NEW CHAIRMAN Recommend G. T. Rourk And Rohert Milliken As Members Of The County Board Of Elections At a meeting of the Brunswick county Democratic Executive Committee held here Friday night in the courthouse S. B. Frink resigned as chairman, and M. B. Watkins tendered his resignation as secretary. R. I. Mintz was named to succeed Frink during his unexpired term. The names of G. T. Rourk, of Shallotte, and Robert S. Milliken, of Ash, were recommended to the state board of elections as members of the Brunswick county board of elections. Both men were members of that board in 1936. The resignation of Chas. E. Gause as member of the Bruns- 1 wick county board of education | was accepted and Rob Woodside, of Southport, was named to fill his unexpired term of office. The date of the Democratic county convention was set for May 14, the time and place to be announced later. County pricinct meetings will be held prior ( to that time. Kenneth McKeithan, of Bolivia, gave notice that he had tendered his resignation as president of the Young Democrats Club of the county. Brunswick Will 1 Be Represented Eight Of The Ten Basketball Teams Of Consolidated Schools Of This County Will Enter Star- 1 News Tournament ? 1 Eight of the ten basketball . teams from consolidated high schools of Brunswick county have 1 entered the fourth annual StarNews basketball tournament ' which opens Thursday morning ' in Wilmington. ' Bolivia high school girls will ' enter the tournament as defend- ' ing champions in their division. ! They will have their ha-.ids full 1 if they are to defend their title ' successfully, however, for the ' Shallotte team whipped them last week to capture their crown in 1 the annual Brunswick county tournament. Paired in different ' brackets, a meeting between these strong Brunswick county teams will be impossible before the finals. The Waccamaw boys will 1 carry the county's chief hope for a championship in the boy's division. They meet the strong Long 1 Creek-Grady five in the opening : round. I Following is the Thursday . schedule for Brunswick county (Continued on Paee Four) Debaters Hold First f nntests A ? V*. WMWwwv Teams Representing Boliiva, Waccamaw And Leland Debated Last Night Before Neutral Audiences ' The Committee appointed by the Brunswick County ParentTeachers Association Council met recently at the home of Mrs. E. H. Cranmer, in Southport, to complete plans for the Brunswick , county oratorical and debate conI test. For the debates it was decided to accept the state rules, allowing any minor amendments made necessary oy prevailing local conditions. After a discussion an agreement was reached to run the debates on the triangular basis. A vote was taken, placing Lcland, Waccamaw. and Bolivia in the first triangle. The winner of this series will form a second triangle with Southport and Shallotte. "Die first debates were held last night at the following places: Bolivia (affirm.)?Leland (neg.) ?at Waccamaw: Leland (affirm.) ?Waccamaw (neg.),? ?at Bolivia: Waccamaw (affirm.) ?Bolivia (neg.), ?at Leland. It was decided to have the president of each ParentTeachers Association with the help of a committee select three judges for the debates held in each local school. The second seties of debates .{CoiUoued V POR i A Good Con idnesday, March 16, sB ; X . *9H9i Frink Considers Entering Contest For Prosecutoi liroup Of Friends Hav Urged That He Becom Candidate For Distri< Solicitor's Job Being Vi cated By Burney TWO CANDIDATES ALREADY RUNNINi Oavid Sinclair, Of Wi mington, And Junius K. Powell, Of Whiteville, Already Actively At Work From a reliable source it earned that S. B. Frink, Soutl lort attorney, is seriously consii :rlng entering the race for di :rict solicitor in the coming pi nary election. Questioned Tuesday rcgardir Lhis report, Mr. Frink said thi ic had not definitely made t lis mind to run. He admitti that he had applied to the sta loard of elections for the nece sary blanks for filing. He add( thdt his candidacy is being urg< by friends in various sections i the district. David Sinclair, of Wilmingto and Junius K. Powell, of Whit ville, announced their candidal several weeks ago, and both mi have been actively campaignit (Continued on page 4) Advertising Is Being Spreai Postal Cards Will Be Mai j nr_ i :.1 r\c ti un CQ i O L*I5l V/I * auac *? II Have Expressed Intere In This State In an effort to interest ai bring people to Southport ai Brunswick county the Civic Clu this week, begins mailing o five thousand post cards people all over the United Statr Around 20,000 of the cards we needed, but the club only hi funds for an initial five thousai and the postage problem still h to be met. It was expected to begin ma ing cards a week ago but a d lay in getting the illustratii held up the printing. One source that of the Nor (Continued on page 4.) Southport Stu Second The Scarlet Masque Dramal Club's play. "The Slave Wi Two Faces" won second place a play contest March lOst Tabor City. The contest, spo sored by the Carolina Dramal Association, consisted of one-a tragedies. The winning pis "Lighted Candles," presented ! the Tabor City School, will ] to Chapel Hill next week. The casts and directors of t contesting plays were given chicken salad supper by the T bor City home economics depai ment. The program started seven-thirty with a speech John W. Parker, Secretary of t Carolina Dramatic Associatk The plays in the order giv were: "The Slave WiUi .Ti Fzics" (Southport) "Light (Tabor City) '"I i T PU nmunity 1938 BJ; Never Better Newsreel Can Come H r ??? Collection Of e Taxes Is Good e :t l- Apparently tax collecting officials of Brunswick county ?n? (iplcrmiiit-d to establish a new record this year, for [J figures compiled the last day of February showed that total collections for eight months during this fiscal year exceeded those made during the entire 12-month* period last year hy SI0,388. Taxpayers of Brunswick county paid in $80,387 last 3 year; during the first eight months of this year collec1 Hons totaled $09,725. Acs_ cording to Tax Collector ,, Chas. E. Gausc, approximately $4,000 has been collected I during the first half of this ig month. Idub Schedule "i For Next Weel ni [ Mrs. Marion S. Doshe n I Home Agent, Gives Clti e- Schedule And Assigi :y ments For Various Le. :n ders 'g Following is the Home Demo stration Schedule For The Coi ing Week: Thursday 17. Winnabow, 2: d o'clock at the home of Mrs. To Johnson; Monday 21, Town Crec 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs. L. Skipper; Thursday 22, Tease sion. 2:30 o'clock at the home io Miss Jettie Mae Phelps; Wcdnt st day 23, Longwood, 2:30 o'clo at the home of Mrs. E. 1 Cooper; Thursday 24, Bolivi id Antioch, 2:30 o'clock at the Af id of Mrs. Cesarco. b, J Leader will report as follow * TT?5f?? h? Xjf, UL "doming OLUidgL' UII'L ,JJ .... to | dames D. L. Henry, E. C. Wee is. i burg. Lacy Bennett, Ccsare re; "Garden Contest and Plant E id! change" by Miss Kate Johns fid and Mesdames Pearl Caison, as i W. Cooper, Frank Mintz. "Si J Help Garments for Pre-Sch( il- Children", by Mesdames E. 1 !e- Taylor. C. H, Gray, Edna Be Dn'nett, J. W. Danford; recreati will be directed by Miss Bobl th t Thorp and Mesdames Cann ! (Continued on Page 4) idents Are \ I In Play Contes Lie Groove" (Hallsboro) "Wcstt th Night." (Whitevillc). in After the play at a judg at and directors' meeting, the thi n- judges from Chapel Hilt expn Lie sed themselves as being grea ct impressed by the fine directi ty, of Miss Mclva' Peifly. and by t by acting of Edward Taylor in I go leading role. In addition to the three judj he and Mr. Parker, of Chapel H a Frederick, H. Kock, Jr. was p 'a- sent. From Southport, Mr. a rt- Mrs. I. B. Bussels. Mrs. H. at Hood, Mrs. Thelma Willis, M by Julia Cromartie and Miss Oli' he Miller attended the plays. >n. Plans are being made to p en sent "The Slave With T ivo Faces" in a public perfonnar od at Louth port with two other 01 he act plays. i LOT 1SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY 11 pm' **^i. v , ~ I I SEVENTY. Sunday. Mar. C 13i whs the - seventieth I birthday anniversary for ' HI Captain Tommie St. I George, but despite his ^ I three-score-and-ten years ti he is still an active ^ I member of the Cape Fear c Pilot Association. ^ B K c KI I :,l J m J f leraman To ; ere For Pictures < ?* t ? Representative Of Fox f Movietone News Ready i To Come To Southport i For Shots Over At Fort 1 J . Caswell I OTHER LOCAL 1 SCENES SUGGESTED J r?l T_ M.I.. Pknto. 1 r lans i u man? ? graphs At Bald-Head . Island And At Site Of First Shipyard M. D. Cooke, of the Fox Movietone News, will come to Southport for a series of sc?nrs just j las soon as program for one* or jtwo days work with-the camera lean be arranged. Among other scenes to go in this program, Bill Sharpc of the state Publicity Bureau has suggested to Mr. Cooke that pictures ] be made of the Venus Fly Trap, surf fishing, Captain Tom St. George, Fort Caswell, etc. The ( ! Civic Club is adding some shots , jof the site of the first shipyard | k in the United States, this point , | being on, the river two miles I above Southport. Scenes on' Bald j [head Island will al$o be taken. j r' j Mr. Cooke is especially interestio ed in a fishing scene, and since , n* fishing has barely started, it may , a- be two or three weeks before the Civic Club can assure him of any- ( thing good in this line and sug- J n- gest a date for the event. n.; Contrary to the procedure fol- ( I lowed on a previous occassion, the ( [ Civic Club plans to use only one j or two local girls for models in ( 11111 the movie. To gain more wide- ( l"'' spread attention, the best in . beauty from Wilmington, White- , !S"lville, Lumberton and other neigh- , of 1 boring towns will be asked to s" also serve as models, ck j ;t Fishing License PlarprJ On Sale 'n* j A 1UVVU \/ MM ??? v is-1 Attractive Badges Now !X! j Available For Sportsmen on Who Want To Persue E. The Art Of Isaac Walton elf >ol With the tang of spring already iV. in the air and the thoughts of n- sportsmen turning to their reels on and rods, the game and Inland lie fishing division of the Departon ment of Conservation ami Development is announcing that the _ new 1938 fishing licenses are now on- sale. It is also putting out the gentle reminder that no person is allowed to fish in the inland waters of the State without a state fishing license, which ' jcosts $2.10 except boys and girls J under 16 years of age, or unless rn fishing is confined to the home , county of the angler in those seces> tions where no county licenses are w required. Fishing seasons in Eastern and y Piedmont counties remain open ?n until April 1st when they close "e for a 10 days spawning period. *,e In the mountain counties trout season will begin April 15th and e" smallmouth bass fishing opens June 10th. Other mountain flshrc" ing seasons arc open until April nd 15th when they will close durw ing the spawning period until iss June 10th. "a | The license has a pin back so | that it may be pinnc,. to a shirt, re-1 coat or hat. It is regarded as wo one of the most attractive fishice ing licenses ever devised by the le- game and inland fishing division. (Co&t&ted ob fourl i The Pilot Covers I Brunswick County I $1.50 PER YEAR I Republicans In I Convention At I Supply Saturday I lame Delegates To Re- I present Brunswick County I At State Convention In I Charlotte Yesterday And I Today | CANDIDATES-MAY I ENTER PRIMARY H Col. Frank Knox, Candi- I date - For Vice-President fl In 1936, Is Key-Note B Speaker Of Meeting I Brunswick county Republicans H eld a convention at Supply Sa- fl urday for the purpose of naming I elegates to the Republican state Ej onvention, which convened in fl ."harlottc last night. I Following are the delegates: H M. Trott, D. R. Johnson. B. H. B Imith, W. A. Kopp, C. Ed. Taylor, H X H. Jenrette, Walter Jenrette, I A. Hughes, and John Jenrette. fl Uteroates are:. F. T. Clemmons, fl L O. Smith, C. P. Willetta, L. G. B enrette, A. L. McKeithan, Wilii- fl ,m Matthews, H. L. Clemmons, fl tiley Clemmons and R. D. White. fl While it was not expected that E ill of these men could attend the fl onvention, a delegation from H ach end of the county left ear- H y Tuesday morning for Chariot- fl There was some discussion per- I aining to holding a Republican fl irimary election in this county fl n June, and in a notice appear- fl ng in today's paper C. Ed. Tay- fl or. chairman of the county ex- fl icutive committee, is asking all fl >rospective candidate to notify fl lim of their intentions before flj inril ll. Throuch this plan a fl Jrimary race will be arranged If t is necessary. H Numerous Cases I In County Court I Defendants In One Case I Were Youths Who Per mitted Fire To Escape B And Cause Considerable I Damage To Woods I Several cases were disposed of H icre in Recorder's court before I Judge J. B. Ward Wednesday, I ind the defendants in one of the ;ases were two youths who per- I mitted a camp fire to get out of H their control and cause consider- I ible damage to property. fl They were Tom and Jim Floyd, who pleaded guilty to charges of I allowing fire to escape, -lncy I were given 30 days on the roads, this sentence being suspended fl jpon payment of the costs. B The case against John Thomp- fl son, white, for larceny was nol fl pressed with leave. B W. R. Howard, white, was fl round not guilty of reckless opera- fl Sammy Grissctt, colored, plead- fl cd guilty to charges of being 9 drunk and disorderly. His sen- fl tencc of thirty days on the roads fl was suspended upon [>aymcnt of fl AAfltll |a Ult' WOUI. Wood row Russ, white, pleaded B guilty to charges of operating a B trailer without license. Judgement -H was suspended upon payment of' I the costs. H Sam West, colored, pleaded H giutly of assault. He was sen- I tenced to three months on the I roads, this sentence being suspend- B ed upon payment of the costs I and upon condition that the de fendant remain of good behavior. I In an action growing out of I (Continued on page four) I Tide Table I Following to the tide tMp I for Bouthport during the next H week. These hours are appro- B ximately correct and were fur- H nished The State Port Pilot B through the courtesy of the K Cape Fear Pilot's Association. B High Tide Cow 1M? TIDE TABLE Thursday, March 17 B 0:05 a. m. 2:58 a. m. 0:27 p. m. 3:16 p. ra. Friday, March 18 B 0:40 a. sn. 3:12 a. m. 10:00 p. m. 3:56 p. >u. B Saturday, March 10 H 10:33 a. ra. 1:23 a. m. 10:51 p. ni. 1:31 p. m. I Sunday, March 20 B 11:19 a. m. 5:04 a. m. B 11:30 p. in. 5:13 p. m. B Monday, March 21 I 5:47 a. m. B 12:07 p. m. 5:55 p. m. H Tuesday, March 22 h 12:25 a. iu. 6:40 a. m. 31 12:54 p. iu. 6:52 p. m. B Wednesday, March 23 H 1:12 a. m. 7:44 a. m. B 1:15 p. m. 8:07 p. m. . , ^ I