V\(o$t Of The News
All The Time
mTeleven
Mmorial For
mte Robert W.
J[)avis Is Held
^ Jav School Service Sun[ ,/
Morning At Trinity
H^thodi?t Church HonorK
Ma" Who Was Long
>K Superintendent
sressive but
simple CEREMONY
m,e Was Paid By C. Ed
^E|or. Captain J. B.
? rch And By Judge
?. H Cranmer
impressive memorial service J
the late Robert W. !
m for ;>o years superintendent j
9^B,. Trinity Methodist church !
^Ky school, was held during j
^ juniay school hour Sunday j
H tribute to Robert VV. Davis, j
I^Bltizen. was paid by C. Ed.;
who was associated in j
business and chureh affairs
jary years with the man of1
r he spoke.
Hr?:u J B Church spoke of 1
U Davis. The Church
I,-ine special tribute to the
ess with which Mr. Davis j
his church affairs: he
;iven generously of both
and nis means.
W Davis. The Man,
vgized by Judge E. H.
who was the business
and life-long friend of
is. Light was shed for
time upon intimate de-1
Mr Davis' life, showing I
he strong Christian char- 1
t he was.
ontributions to the pro-)
hided an original poem j
i Will Davis and special !
a girls choir.
Of Negro !
nan Accidental
?re, 65-year-old colored
f near Navassa, died I
ming at Dosher MemorJ
as a result of a dose
took xiwldwit-,
rsday
Win 0. Caison viewed j
Saturday and decided'
dose was accidentally!
id.
r Bits
Big News
IErenti Of State,
a and World-Wide
reit During Pa?t
Week
big Rescue
desperate felons armed
:cher knives seized a J
elfare worker in Indiana j
son Tuesday and threat-1
till her unless they were j
uns and freedom, but j
Kiting guards and state
lot them down as they!
parley with the prison
The three prisoners were
severely. A fourth pris- i
ed into their scheme: the J
lostage and the warden's
suffered slight wounds
rison guard who sought
fere with the convict's |
is slashed in the neck i
knife. Mrs. Ruth Joiner,
tawfordsville. Ind.. mem- j
i party of eight welfare ;
ieing escorted through j
? was the woman seizhopes
for a quick set- j
of the Tientsin crisis
Tuesday as the Japanese :
of the British concession j
ired its third week. Opras
stimulated by reports
%o that negotiations j
progress there for an j
it and by indications that j
lose military here was |
in its strict search of j
>lss'ng the barricades.
uisiana
new Governor Ear! Long
a square deal", news-ouisiana
was told Tues'iigitive
former president
'enshed State university
three big banks of
Since bl-year-old Dr.
Monroe Smith dropped
>hl Sunday night just
ening. details of his sup^ng-doing
had been as
118 as his whereabouts
today Attorney General
Ellaon announced Smith
t-'-ed a coo! half million
university aotes.
j THI
NO. 22
U.S. De
' *
o
VISITOR?The V. S. D
Thursday on her way to Wi
for the Bi-C-entennial celebra
Willing, member of Wilminj
down the river Monday morni
Mrs. Leinert Is I
Auxiliary Head
For Coming Year
li
Has Been Elected President
Of Brunswick County
Lefeion Post Auxiliary
For This Next Year
SUCCEEDS MRS. S. B. ?
FRINK AS PRESIDENT
Other Officials Named In- 1
eluding Delegates To Attend
The State Meeting
Held In Raleigh
At a meeting of members of!
the Auxiliary of Brunswick Coun- j
ty Post 194. American Legion, jf
held Wednesday night at the^
home cf Mrs. S. B. Frink. Mrs. 11
Wayne Leinert was elected pres- j f
for the coming year. Mrs.
Frink. the retiring president, re- II
mains in an official capacity at c
the post of vice-president. 11
Other officers elected were:j(
(Continued on page 4) |S
CCC Enrollees J;
To Be Accepted j
However, Only 64 Will Be J
Enlisted From This Dis- <
trict. Of Which Wilming- l
ton Is Headquarters ;1
If
Twenty CCC camps and three j
enrollment centers at Raleigh.! i
Wilmington, and Asheville will ac-' i
cept 1,357 junior enrollees be- j f
tween July 5 and 8 in North Car-, i
(Continued on page 4) I
HeVeVwhatM
Mike Thir
Wiley Sholar of Greensboro.
former Clemson College
gridiron star, has been taking
a great liking for Southport
during his three days visit
here. Mr. Sholar is an official
of the southern football association
and is often heard
over the radio as commentor
during the season. He also
frequently figures as the referee
in outstanding football
games.
Before he left Southport
yesterday Mr. Sholar said he
intended to do some broadcasting
from the Greensboro
station on Southport this
week or next. This remark
led to the request that he
write The State Port Pilot
a short story, giving his impression
of the town and people.
The following is in his
own words:
"In search of relaxation I
have often visited on the
! coast of North Carolina. This
j relaxation has been found
I in several ports but it was
j not until I came to South[
STJ\
A Good I
4-PAGES TODAY Sc
:stroyer Passes Thrc
" . 1 ? 1
t f
w
r
* |J^ t
^
estroyer Grid ley passed throuj
Iminpton where she was includ
tion. She was piloted up the
fton Cape Fear Pilot Associate
lng and now is on her way to
Charlotte Peop
Interested 1
*?
:rom Sports Editor Comes | ~~
Request For Four Of (
These Fish To Be Put |
On Display In Charlotte j
Stores ?
SEEK. TO INCLUDE
THEM IN CONTEST *
I ir
This Plan Being Cooperat- r
ed With By W. B. Kezi- j ^
ah, Who Contends j
They Are Only
Caught Here i fl
si
A telegram, followed by a spe-1 f(
:ial delivery letter from The | p
"harlotte Observer yesterday! ti
>rought an urgent request to j ^
reeze and ship four barracuda to | 'T
is many different Charlotte firms, j '
["he fish will be frozen in blocks i ?
" ? -i on/1 nlonPfl in ! ^
'I ice at DiaiiuMt emu {/iwvvM ....
he windows of Sears Roebuck & cl
Company, Faul & Crymes, Inc., j s
Smith -Wadesworth Hardware a
Company. \ S!
Roy Cashwell, outdoor editor of
("he Observer, asked all about
he barracuda. He was especially
nterested in the fact that Char- i
otte people made the first catches
)f these fish at Southport. He is
rying to get a prize offered fori
he sportsman in the immediate p0|
niarlotte section who makes the , /
Jiggest catch of the fighting fish j .
lere this year. Specifically he | '
said: "Probably next year we can '
jut the barracuda in a class by J
tself for prizes." He concluded
vith, "Anyway, we'll certainly put -A
Southport and her barracuda over rlJk
n Charlotte in a big way." yea
(Continued on page 4) dea
__________a"?
[an On The T
iks About City J
pne
port and spent a few days the
with that Prince of Good Will. o{
W. B. Keziah, that I found, res(
along with relaxation, a sport jaw
that would turn any man's by
heart. Car
"Brunswick county has ^
freshwater fishing that would bro
gladden the heart of any Iz- njg|
zak Walton. Like the railroad jaw
which runs two ways and bet
leads to something different 0bj<
in both directions; one only 0f
has to turn from the fresh woi
water fishing at Southport to at
find what I believe to be the tesl
best saltwater angling on the. g]a
North Carolina coast. tha
"Southport certainly ap- r
pears to have at least one ton
royal game fish that can- Gar
not be found on the coast fer<
at any point north of here; Ha;
that is the barracuda. From dy
what I heard before coming C
here and from what I have day
seen since arriving, I haven't the
anv doubt now that the Fry- a r
ing Pan shoals off Southport J
has barracuda ir. numbers ful- by
(Continued on page 4)
1
JE
^fews paper Ii
mthport, N. C., We<
)ugh
f ,
:
jS?- " . 4fe
ti&r - - jW
ph Sniitlinort about noon
ed among the attractions
river by Captain Fred
ion. The destroyer came
Panama.
1 e Are
[n Barracuda
lapt. St. George
Rescues Youth
A little Snuthport colored
?y was saved from drownig
one day last week when
aptain Thomas St. George
ent overboard to pull the
Med youth from the water
if the railroad dock.
The boats were coming in
om a day's eaten wnen the
wall boy, who had gone out
>r the purpose of helping
iek up fish from the deek,
ied to jump upon the dock
5 the boat neared its moorIg
place. Misjudging his disince,
the boy's chest hit the
Dck and he fell, stunned,
ito the water. Sensing the
indition of the boy, Captain
t. George was overboard in
second and pulled him to
ifety.
______ '
inady Freed
In Ganey Case
lowing Hearing Held In
Courthouse Here Friday
Vight, Wilmington Man
iVas. Freed By Coroner's
lury
. coroner's jury Friday night
id that Clayton H. Gainey, 26r-old
Leland man, came to his
th from natural causes and
wed to go free Ralph Canady
Wilmington who was arrested
dnesday and held under bond
$1,000.00 for the hearing here
;he courthouse.
laney died at his home near
and Wednesday morning of
umonia. which, according to
testimony of Dr. T. V. Moore
Acme, was brought on as a
jit of a double fracture of the
said to have been sustained
Ganey in an altercation with
lady on the night of May 6.
,ccording to the testimony
ught out in the hearing Friday
lit, Ganey was kicked in the
by Canady during a scuffle
ween the two after Ganey had
?cted to Canady's treatment
Sallie Mason, Wilmington
nan, during a drinking party
the Pines. The Mason girl
:ified that Canady slapped a
ss of beer from her hand and
t he later slapped her.
>r. Sandy Marks of Wilrringtestified
to his treatment of
ley's injuries. Others who of;d
testimony included Alvie
pes, Billie Thompson and GraGray.
lanady was arrested Wednes
by Sheriff Dillon Ganey and
Thompson girl was held as
naterial witness, u
fembers of the jury impaneled
coroner Caison were: C. h
(Continued on page 4)
PORT
n A Good Comm
Jnesday, June 28th, 19
Grading Contract R<
On Highway 130
Planned July 11
is n
This Project Has Been Added
To The Gigantic
$1,400,000 Letting Sched- r
uled Early Next Month c|).l
EARLIER BIDS ON
JOB WERE REJECTED this
thro u
These Will Be The Second a.
Bids Received, Since The re-el<
Earlier Bids Were In post
Excess Of Alio- 'he 1
cation ofTSl
In<
Of interest to citizens of Co- counl
lumbus and Brunswick counties iconvi
will be the announcement yester- L?"S
day of W. Vance Baise, chief O. J(
engineer for the State Highway M- 1
\ and Public Works Commission, Mr
: that the last connecting link of 'he
the Whitevillc Shallotte sector of Auxi
Highway 130 will be among the mset
July 11 contracts. whic]
This was one of three projects ''mc
added to the Sl.,400,000 letting
scheduled for the 11th of July, Sa i
and calls for the improvement of
Route 130 in Brunswick county. /
"The last connecting link between
Whiteville and Shallotte." C.
This project was up for con- prop
I sideration some weeks ago, and houa
bids which were received for the isheri
grading work and structures was ty a
deemed by the Highway and crop
Public Works Commission as ex- ycari
cessive, being more than the Mi
funds allocated for the purpose, tifiec
and the bids were accordingly comi
rejected. cropi
Commissioner A. F. Powell, Jr., Brun
of Whiteville, said at the time ally
of the first letting that the j>av- mucl
ing project was expected some- ed,
time within the next year, as .
soon as the road bed has had
time to settle after the grading j
I work.
County Court In
Session Monday ~
Routine Cases Disposed Of
Here On Monday Before
Judge Walter M. Stana-;
4 l?nd
In Recorder's court here Mon- Br
I day the case against Almond coi
| Brown, colored was noi prossed. cn
Judgment was neia open in (,u
the case charging Mary Samson, sti
colored, with driving without <ia
operator's license.
W. E. Ganey, white, pleaded W8
; guilty to charges of reckless oper- j
jation. He was fined $25.00 and
!costs- ac
j Arland Dale, white, was found
| guilty of drunken driving but fa
t judgment was with held for 1
I week.
Jesse Warren Lancaster, white, Dl
pleaded guilty to charges of as- ^
sault. Sentence of 6 months on of
the roads was suspended upon |
payment of a fine of $50.00, costs
of the case and upon the further _
condition that he remain of good
behavior for 1 year. ' *
O. D. Wells, white, was found
not guilty of abandonment and
non-support. The judge found that
I the prosecution was wilful and
malicious and the costs were Mrs
taxed against the prosecuting wit- D
ness. M
Edwin Clemmons. white, plead- n(
I ed guilty to charges of failure
to support an illigitimate child
I but this matter was compromis- _,
ed.
The case against Grover Hand, | Wa][
white, charged with assault was ,
??' 2*1
Charles Farrell ^
Visiting Here
Ac
Dead - Eye Photographer Mills
Came Armed With His Pete
Trusty Camera And Has
Taken Many Valuable
Photographs ^
Among the interesting Southiport
visitors here during the past,
several days was Charles Farrell.
| Greensboro photographer with a I
| wide reputation for his fine art! '
j work. Mr. Farre.l made this trip lin
I with the idea 01 combining both we
pleasure and work. He has been, air
! fishing a good deal and keeps bei
'close at hand one of his efficient Th
! cameras. j of
As Mr. Farrell himself expresj
sec? ' T-ne ^ th the idea of; po
I getting some pictures that would tal
show Southport an outstanding inj
point for both sport and commer- nil
cial fishing. He already had a a
large number of excellent local bli
pictures, made during previous
trips here. It is understood that to<
the present trip has added great- j th
ly to this collection. thi
Accompanying Mr. Farrell was TTi
I Wiley Sholar, former Clemson w?
| College football player and now w
I an official of the Sou'hem Foot-! an
. j ball Association. Local sportsmen dil
j (Continued op page 4) to
PIL
unity
|39 PUBUSJ
Jv. Frank H
State Le<
4e?/bf.r ?f Brunswick Cc
Well Known Throughoi
Hev. Frank Howard ir
"ft P?st No. 191, Ame
plain for the state denj
is ^ to a, cIose Tuesdf
is is a singular honor for*
man who is well known!
ighout the county.
J. Krahnke of Whiteville was i
?cted district commander, a
which he has filled since i
esignation of M. B. Watkins '
authport. f
,'luded in tt]e Brunswick
ty delegation attending the
mtion were Commander J. J,
Win, retiring commander R
jhnson, S. B. Frink and Chas.'
rott.
Rnfn.R ,Frink' President of
Brunswick county Legion I
I'ary, attended the state
wg of that organization
in D , , iessi0n at the ?ame
in Raleigh.
ss Brunswick Has
'ine Tobacco Crop
B Brooks, one of the co-1
rietors of the Brooks Ware-,
' ln Whiteville, has just fin-'
la survey of Brunswick coun- j
? ::po:L"that thr
3,s 0,6 best in a number of
Brooks seemed highly gra1
at the prospects for the
ng season, and said that
' n hoth Columbus and
r"iCk,,C0Untips are exceptionme.
Up in the eastern belt
' of the crop has been drownMr.
Brooks averred.
'a,son Onpirs
Beach S;
? *
ail Damages
Tobacco Crop
From several sections of
unswick county there have
me tales of hail damage to
ips, particularly tobacco,
ring a thunderstorm which
uck this section last Thursy
afternoon.
Perhaps the worst damage
is done on the Hewett farm
Waccamaw township where
is reported that several
res of fine tobacco was al>st
a total loss. Other
rmers suffered to a smaller
tent.
In the Thomasboro area
. Stone is said to have been
ief sufferer, with the crops
other farmers in that vility
also being hit.
ominont T n/ltr
UllIUFClIl LidUjr
Of Leland Dies
. J. A. Galley of Leland
ied Early On Tuesday
lorning Following Illess;
Funeral Services
eld Today
neral services for Mrs. E.
laney, 43. who died in James
cer Memorial hospital yestermorning
at 2:30 o'clock after!
ort illness were held from the [
id Baptist church this after- j
at 4 o'clock,
e Rev. H. S. Strickland, as-1
d by the Rev. J. E. Allard!
ucted the services. Interment I
wed in the church cemetery,
live pallbearers were: L. J. ]
, R. V. Williams. Ernest j
rson, Dan Willetts, R. G. En-,:
(Continued on page 4)
ood Luck For
Parties On I
Gulf stream fishing held the
lelight at Southport last
tek with parties going out
nost daily and fine catches
ing made in each instance,
e barracuda attracted most
the attention.
The largest barracuda rerted
was a 30-pounder
ken by H. J. Kranz of Covjton,
Ky. His party took
le of these fish, along with
fine catch of mackerel and
les.
A party from High Point
ok the biggest dolphin of
e week with a specimem
at was 54-inches in length,
le sportsmen in this party
:re A. H. Holton, Allen
elborn, Arnold J. Koonce
d John R. Peacock. In adLion
to dolphin this party
ok eight barracuda, some
,0T [
UED EVERY WEDNESDAY
oward Is
gion Chaplain
>unty Post No. 194 And Is
ut The Entire County
iember of the Brunswick
rican Legion, was elected
irtment at the convention
ty in Raleigh.
Pilot Boat Is
Burned Today
Off Bald Head
The little pilot boat of the
Wilmington Cape Fear Pilot
Association was completely
destroyed by flames at
1:80 o'clock this afternoon as
Pilot Robert Thompson and
Engineer Harry Weeks were
between Bald Head Island
and Ft. Caswell on their way
in from putting Captain Tommie
St. George aboard a ship.
It is not known how the
flames started, but when
they were discovered the fire
extinguisher was brought into
play. It soon was apparent
that the craft was too far
gone, so the two men were
forced to go overboard and
await the approach of a rowboat
manned by Robert Johnson
and Leonard St. George.
Shortly thereafter other boats
were on the scene, including
the large pilot boat and a
boat from Oak Island coastguard
station.
(Continued on page 4)
At Long
iturday Night
Vincent Eiserman And His
Popular Young Orchestra
Will Furnish Music For
Dance To Be Held In
New Pavilion
ROAD TO BEACH
IS COMPLETED
New Development Will Be
Under Management Of
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman,
Weil-Known Operators
This Season
A gala opening for the Long
Beach development is planned for
Saturday night when Vincent
Eiserman and his popular young
orchestra from Florence, S. C.,
will play for the first dance ever
to be held in the spacious new
pavilion.
Traffic has been turned away
from the beach for the past few
weeks while the road was being
improved. Now everything is shipshape
and visitors can travel all
except 1!4 miles on hard surface.
Negro's Body
Is Identified
Body Of Colored Man
Found Floating Monday
Morning In Cape Fear
Was Alexander King
The body of the drowned negro,
found floating Monday morning
in the Cape Fear river, was identified
yesterday as Louis Alexander
King. 22, of Old Town, near
the Orton plantation.
The body was identified by
Jenkins Brewington, uncle of the
dead negro. He stated that King
left home Saturday morning in
the company of several other
negroes and came to Wilmington.!
(Continued on Page 4.)
Gulf Stream
[very Trip Out
of them quite large.
Captain John Ericksen reported
the taking of a 8
foot tarpon in his menhaden
net. The capture of such fish
in the commercial nets is not
unusual, although the boats
try to avoid them. The presence
of the tarpon in considerable
numbers would apparently
indicate good fishing for
some man experienced in tarpon
fishing.
Bill Sharpe of the State
Publicity Department syndicated
several pictures last
week showing catches of barracuda
made at Southport.
The pictures were made by
W. B. Keziah. Civic Club
secretary and the state handled
them owing to the facilities
for greater distribution.
The Pilot Covers B
Brunswick County
H
H
$1.50 PER YEAR I
Three Persons I
Drown In Surf I
Near Shallotte I
i ^fl
Were Members Of Swim- I
ming Party Saturday Af- fl
ternoon And Apparently fl
Died When Caught In fl
Strong Tide fl
YOUNG SHALLOTTE fl
BOY WAS HERO fl
Twelve - Year - Old Robert fl
Lee... Chsers. Saved One fl
Man And Made Hero- fl
ic Attempt To Res- fl
cue Woman fl
Three persons were drowned fl
Saturday afternoon while swim- fl
ming in the surf at Little Beach , fl
a few miles from Shallotte and | fl
only the heroic efforts of a frail fl
12-year-old boy prevented another fl
drowning, according to best re- fl
ports of the tragedy. fl
The dead are Mrs. Hazel Sul- 9
livan, 25, Henderson Joe Cheers, ' fl
16, and Annie Mae Turner, 15. fl
all of whom lived near-Shallotte. fl
They had gone with three others fl
for a swim not far from Brick fl
Landing, which was near their fl
home. After swimming for awhile fl
on a sandbar farther out, the I fl
group had returned to the safety ' fl
of the beach to escape the rush- tfl
ing tide. Four of the group, in- fl
eluding all those who were drown- fl
ed and Walter Lewis, returned ,fl
I !
to the water, according 10 uio h
story told by members of tho IB
family, when suddenly there was I
a call for help from Lewis, it fjl
appears that Mrs. Sullivan and 9
the Turner child were about to 9
drown and had caught hold ot JB
him. Doing the best he could to ,'B
[bring them to safety, he called to j;B
Henderson Joe Cheers to help VB
him, and Lewis says that he saw 9
I the boy start toward him. The ,l|B
| tide swept the woman from his 9
grasp, he said, and about that '19
time little Robert Lee Cheers, 9
having heard his cry for help,
came out far enough to give him 'jB
la hand and pull him to safety. 9
Completely exhausted, Lewis if9
j lay where he fell in the sand 9
[and the lad looked for other 1 9
members of the party. He dis- 19
covered "that he was able to reach !
another body, this one being Mrs. 9
Sullivan, and he pulied her ashore. H
He and little Gladys Sullivan. {^9
daughter of the woman and sixth 9
member of the party ,then began I
to administer first aid as best 99
they could to Mrs. Sullivan, and I
under the direction of Lewis, who E
still was completely worn out, 9
they succeeded in emptying' considerable
water from Mrs. Sulll- I
van's lungs. I
Worn out and discouraged with Ijll
their efforts ' to bring ' the lady fl
around, the children ran for help I
and a doctor. Although Mrs. Sul- jl
j livan had shown signs of life E
while they worked on ner, wnen a
medical aid arrived she was dead. S
It was more than an hour.Jgter I
that the body of the Turner girl a
washed up on the beach and it B
was not until late in the after
noon that the Cheers boy washed jrH
ashore more than a mile down the 1
beach from the scene of accident. I
From the reports of the ac-, : H
cident it appears that Lewis 1
would have drowned beyond a I
1 shadow of a doubt had not the E
little Cheers boy pulled him to I
safety. His efforts also appear I
to have come close to saving the I
life of Mrs. Sullivan. 1
Mrs. Sullivan is survived by g|fl
four children, Gladys, Wynona, ; fl
Kermit and Gertrude, and by her I
father, G. R. Cheers. I
The Turner child is survived by I
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. I
Turner, and by one brother, Edl- | 'I
(Continued on page 4) I
Tide Table |
Following Is the tide table I
for South port during the Btt. M
week. These hours are appr?- I
ximately correct and were fu?* 1
nlshed The State Fort Pile# J I
through the courtesy of the g
Cape Fear Pilot's Association jill
High Tide liOw TM i I
TIDE TABLE I
Thursday, June 29 . I
6:48 a. m. 11:52 a. ns. I
6:12 p. m. ; I
Friday, Jun6 30 I
6:35 a. in. 0:35 a. BL ]
6:54 p. m. 12:41 p. m. HI
Saturday, July 1 I
7:16 a. in. 1:22 a. ffi. : I
7:33 p. n. 1:28 p. m. !
Sunday, July 2 fl
7:56 a. m. 2:05 a. m.
8:12 p. m. 2:12 p. m. I
Monday, July 3
8:36 a. m. 2:46 a. m. j
8:49 p. m. 2:53 p. ra.
Tuesday, July 4
9:16 a. m. 3:24 a. m.
j 9:27 p. m. 3:32 p. m.
Wednesday, July 5 , H |
I 9:57 a. m. 3:59 a. m. j
10:06 p. m. 4:08 p. m. ; '