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gi 4J] The Time
?jj^LVE. NO. 31
iXPD
wiiliam H,
19 G'Cloc
I Injuri
Sti *
And Head Injuries .
r0Vt- Fatal to Prominent!
Bouthport Citizen; Fu-J
|K,ra| To Be Tomorrow j
^BlREHCl'SE OF
V W B & S BURNED
Of Undetermined Ori'K
Caused Estimated
t^Hlamage Of $5,000.00
Here Yesterday
S H \V: Southport real |
-'.nance man. died'
|M} . -i'k this morning in j
Hospital. Death,
a i -ult of injuries to
jjfli : j- : . -. st sustained yes^H,v
aftoi 'it when he was
i^Mci " i nts from the ex^K
i)f ammonia tank in
'5M A' B .v S. railroad ware^W.:
at :- that structure was
- wered at the railr
,-h rtlv after 6 o'clock. I
. the fire depart
citizens arrived j
? itni'. the warehouse was j
e As firemen battled valr
to check the flames, and I
revent their spread to the
see home next door, the air
y rent with the noise
t. explosion, and the crowd
xctators that had clustered
the blazing building fell .
nth one accord. i
the excitement of the mo- j
saw what actually i
ae.l to Mr. Walker. Just j
to the ' Xplosion he had bepn .
i.:,? iirectly behini. uie i
re home, and when he was j
following the blast he I
:\r -: ox the ground in the [
rat i A flying fragment from j
expl x. apparently had j
i hin upon the head and on i
*Y L. c. Fergus, whose I
:r. the same block, was |
'xxi.ately to render first (
ini following a hasty exam- ,
M: Walker was removed ;
Memorial Hospital. [
right his condition was prok
extremely critical, and
is given little chance to live
$ the night.
Walker was one of the
widely known and highly
tK citizens of Brunswick
" For 14 years, from 1916 I
h 19:;n, he was register c
ai,. t for the past two {
s he has served as manager
i' -is Real Estate Agency .
touthport. '
'* was 62 years of age and r
a life long resident of Bruns- s
I He was the son of r
nd Charlotte Vereen r
was married to the | j
Ruth Evans. 1f
in addition to his I a
iree children, Mrs. B. \
William H. Walker, |
inifl Walker, all of,
)ne brother, D. Itfour
siste"*J, Mrs. Dilv
and Mrs. W. S. t
ued on page 4) f
c
Governing jj
; Of Library u0
ie Sellers, Local c
in, Prepared A r
Rules For Library
_
ml any confusion re- 1
. lions governing the 1
ic Library may be,
bi following set of;
compiled by Miss1
librarian, and is be-,
for benefit of library
i
t .dent of this city in;b
_ may borrow books f
ary without deposit a
ship fee. t*
dents may borrow.y
ut of a deposit of j,
be refunded when v
iiiurned. If
iy be kept 14 days;.
' i i "7 days" and may
d for two weeks.
overdue are subject
i one cent per day. 0
ray fine will debar; a
el library. la
is injured, defaced or o
replaced on demand ^
or ' cost. C
may be reserved on g
of tv.o cents; as soon as ^
' h ted is returned to 1
fy be person reservingj I
wid be notified. !
TH1
8-PAGES
5Sp
. Walker E
k This Mor
ies Sustaint
Daughter Of M
50 Cent Debt A
Stories of superior and al- I
most unbelievable honesty crop ]
up none too frequently and are I
far outnumbered by stories of j 1
dishonesty. Most such tales are I
told about the notoriously dishonest,
scant attention is 1
paid the good deeds of hon- j i
est folk who tread the straight 1
and norrow every day; yet
these latter are the really deserving
of acclaim. . i ]
Rev. J. J. Adams left the <
pulpit of the Baptist church at i
\% nlievine years <igu. i^veii ;
then he'd carried the word of
God for years. The Reverend !
retired some years ago and I 1
now makes his home in South- ' 1
port, but he's not idle; you've 1
seen him on the streets of 1
this town many times. He's a i
lank fellow with a sparse | :
moustache and used to carry I |
an umbrella?he discarded it J 1
for a raincoat after being re- > i
Marsh Hen S
Be Cpen I
*7irst
Chance Of Season For j"
Local Nimrods To Show I
Their Skill; May Not Get J
Chance If Tide Is Not||
High
DTHER HUNTING J ,
SEASON DATES J
Jird Hunting Season To: j
Open On November 28th, ,
This Year; Change Is ,
Made In Dove i
Season i
Drag out your shotguns and ,
;et your shailow-darft rowboats .
iverboard, because Monday ush
:rs in ens marshhen seascn. i ,
However, unless the usual signs (
>cl:e themselves there'll be little I I
nore than the legal right on the I <
lide "of hunters before about the i *
nlddle of the month, for hunting '
narrhhen is a business to be '
>ersued at full moon high tide. .
September full moon is on the |
ixteenth.
There are a couple of points
ibout the shooting season that
bounty Game Warden Eustace i
tuss wants cleared up. One is! (]
hat no bird3 may be killed beorc
sunrise nor after sunset. The
ither is that no Federal stamp
3 required for marshhen hunting. I
iowever, a regular hunting
icense is a requisite, and woe be et
nto the man who is caught with- in
>ut one. ac
Other dates and information ^
oncerning the hunting season has! ?>
ecently been released by the be
(Continued on page 4)
Newspapermen
When Th
Not even the glamour of the in
Dbacco market season in neigh- fo
oring counties could check the
low of newspapermen and camera es
rtists into Brunswick county last of
I'eek. All sections of the state bi
,-ere represented by people seek- pi
lg something interesting in the le
ray of news or pictures. With ei
eu? exceptions, all found what ki
hey were looking for. w
Outhstanding, perhaps, was th
.awrence Leonard, sports editor a(
f The Greensboro News. ' Here ai
, month ago, Leonard became pi
great admirer of this section ai
f Brunswick. Last week he ran hi
own for a few hours with the
3iamber of Commerce man. His C
,im was to get some pictures ai
or a feature story he will short- al
f run In The Greensboro News, bi
nddently, he advised he was com
A
ST.
A Go<
TODAY
"AT
/
lies At
ning Of
sd At Fire
inisier Pays
kfter 24 Years
rerred to in the State Port
pilot as "the man who looks
like Neville Chamberlain". He
travels about this section selling:
Bibles.
About 24 years ago Miss
Ella Adams, then schoolgirl
daughter of the minister,
bought school supplies from
George McNeill's Drug Store
amounting to fifty cents and
charged them. At home she
found that her father had been
palled from his pulpit and they
all left Whlteville before she
could pay her piddling bill.
Last Monday personally Mrs.
Ella Adams Brooks stop|>ed at
i A MaVaIII q Mil (inna in
iVhiteville, en route to visit her
rather in Southport from her
home in Washington, D. C.,
for a sandwich, paid for the
sandwich, identified herself and
paid the fifty cent debt that
had been forgotten many years
ago.
eason To
Vext Monday
\
Change Name Of
Menhaden Boat
There's no longer a boat in
the local menhaden fleet called
the R. B. Hawley.
Not that anything has happened
to the double-decked
craft of Captain John D. Erikion,
for she's still afloat and
seaworthy. Her name's been
changed.
R. B. Hawley is the name of
the president of the CubanAmerican
Sugar Co., from
whom the local boat was purchased.
Her name was not
changed at that time, but recently
permission was granted
t?y the department of commerce
to change the name to U. H.
Cozart, in honor of the presiient
of the Brunswick Navigation
Co.
jood Luck On
Fishing Trip
>ut-Of-State Visitors Discover
That Big Game
Fishing From Southporl
Is Plenty Good
A. F. DeGreve, political writ
for the United Press in Washgton,
D. C., became a strong
ivocate of the Gulf Stream fishg
off Southport yesterday. Mrs.
eGreve, who accompanied him,
icame even stronger. She caught
(Continued on page 4)
Make News
ey Go Fishing
g back September 8th and 9th
ir seme fishing.
Another interesting and interited
visitor was Mayon Parkei
' Parker Brothers, Ahoskie. The
others own four county newsipers
and they are rated the
ading weekly newspaper publish's
of North Carolina. Mrs. Par;r
and little Miss Julia and Joe
ere along and after staying foi
tree or four days Mr. Parkei
ivised he was taking them home
id was going to round up a
irty from Ahoskie to come dowr
id go gulf stream fishing with
m, about next week.
Paul Pillsburry, Columbia, S
owner of the Pillsbury sigr
id outdoor advertising, was here
so accompanied by Mrs. Pillsirry
and their daughter, Mise
(Continued on page four)
' * '
ATE
od News paper
Southport, N. C., W
"FIRE
Men O
Suggestion For
J Dedicating The
New Yacht Basin
From Yachting Magazine
> Has Come A Tip That
1 Fleet Of Small Boats
Will Be Here In October
OF COURSE, YACHT
BASIN COMES FIRST
Delay In Beginning Dredging
Operations Means
That Improvements
Will Have To Be
Rushed
The government dredge, Henry
Bacon, is still pounding away
day and night at the removal of
a few small shoals on the inland
waterway near New River. No
one here knows when this task
I will be rinlsnea ana permit me
I vessel to come on to Southport
to begin work on the new yacht
basin.
She was originally scheduled to
come about a month ago, at the
time she was released from the
shipyard in Norfolk. However, a
few small shoals had developed
in the waterway at various points
and it was considered the interest
of economy that these obstructions
be removed while the
ship was on her way here.
When she arrives, working
three crews Jor 24-hours each
day, she will be able to complete
the new yacht basin in something'
like ten or eleven days. The oil
company that is to construct the
r servicing facilities wi" yequire
more time than that. However,
- when the first yachts begin to
1 move south this fall the basin
will be fully completed and the
| servicing facilities wilt have been
constructed to the point that all
. boats can be taken care of nicely
From Yachting Magazine this
past week came a valuable news
tip that may result in big dedication
ceremonies for the basin,
and possibly a big Gulf Stream
fishing tournament, about the
23rd of October. One of the big
yacht clubs in New York is arranging
a conducted cruise of
something like 100 to 150 power
boats down the waterway, leaving
New York October 14th.
Several places down the coast are
ports of call for this cruise and
an effort is being made to have
the longest call of all to be at
the new yacht basin.
Many of the boats are sport
fishing cruisers that are closing j
their summer fishing operations
in New York and New Jersey on
October 13th. The idea is to have
tVio whnb flopt hprp for d^dira
tion ceremonies for the yacht
basin and to have all possible
craft to participate in a one-day
I fishing tournament on the Gulf.
The fishing season here closes
much later than in New York
and New Jersey. With the boats
! operating there until October 13,
' it goes without saying that all
sorts of big fish will still be off
the Brunswick county coast when
' the fleet arrives here.
Dedication ceremonies and a
fishing tournament with these
luxurious craft participating will
result in wonderful publicity for
the bagin and also for the big
1 game fishing off Southport.
Fishing Good
Over Week-End
Gulf Stream Parties Had
l Unusually Good Luck At
Southport During Past
, , Week-End
Gulf stream and all sort of
! sport fishing got going again
with a bang over the week-end.
: Parties came in from all over
the state, with the Greensboro
' and High Point areas apparently
! the most generously represented.
The mackerel, trout and blue
fishing was not so good, owing to
! the fact that the water was still
i muddy. Tautogs, sheephead and
i other bottom fish bit well off
, Bald Head, Fort Caswell and
Long Beach. Red drum also
showed up on Bald Head, Cap-.'
tain J. E. Pinner getting a 47- j
1 pounder and a nice catch of
: smaller ones.
Saturday Churchill Bragaw, of
i Orton, with Jimmie Briggs, of
(Continued on page 4)
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r; _'j >
P0R1
In A Good Con
ednesday, August 28th,
"kE
* * * * *
rdered,
Jury List For
September Term
Superior Court
Fall Term Of Criminal
Court Will Convene At
Southport On Monday,
I September 30th
JUDGE WILLIAMS
WILL PRESIDE
Much Interest Sure To Be
Shown In Coming Trial
Of Four Local Negroes
Held For Assault
The fall term of Brunswick |
county Superior court for trial of
criminal cases will convene on
Monday, September 30, with Judge
Clawson L. Williams of Sanford,
. presiding.
More than the usual amount of
I interest is sure to be centered
in this session because of the
trial of the Southport negroes
for assaulting two local officers.
Not until the grand jury has investigated
the facts of the case
will 11 De Known just wnat,
charge will be preferred against'
them. j
The jury list for the term was j
drawn Monday while the board of,
county commissioners was in
session, and the following men
were named for jury service:
j E. D. Milliken, Ash; S. S.
jciemmons, Supply; Peter Hewett,
[Shallotte; H. R. Lancaster, Boljivia;
M. A. Phelps, Bolivia; W.
(L. Stanley, Shallotte; Robert Mc-j
I Lamb, Ash; J. T. Hickman, Bol-1
ivia, G. H. Caison, Supply; T. A
1 Henry, Leland; Claude Moore, j
1 Southport; Gilbert Brown, Sup-1
! ply; J. D. Bender, Supply; W. B.'
j Phillips, Ash; S. L. Kirby, Jr.,
| Supply; Geo. W. McLamb, Shalilotte;
B. M. McKeithan, Bolivia;
A. C. Bellamy, Wampee; Harry
Robinson, Southport; J. I. Gore,
Winnabow; J. A. Bellamy, Ash;
Mack A. Moore, Supply; C. S.
Lewis, Bolivia; O. R. Mintz, Ash;
J. A. McNeill, Southport; Carl
Long, Wampee; M. E. Chadwick,
Supply; B. W. Hewett,
Shallotte; J. R. Ennis, Leland.
Recorder Has
A Busy Session
Monday Was A Busy Day
Fnr Itfcrlrro Walter M
w? V HMgV ?? m?wi ??*
Stanaland; Many Cases
Grow Out Of Traffic
Violations
In Recorder's court here Mon- '
day a heavy docket was heard
by Judge Walter M. Stanaland,
many of the cases growing out
of traffic violations.
Billie Willis, white, was charg- 1
ed with driving without an operator's
license. His case was re- ]
manded to juvenile court for trial.
Floyd Hewett, white, was found 1
not guilty of aiding and abetting '
in operating a motor vehicle without
operator's license.
Murdick Simmons, white, plead- j
ed guilty to charges of operating
without operator's license and
was taxed with costs.
W. A. Willet, white, pleaded I
guilty to charges of reckless operation.
Judgment was suspended
upon payment of costs and a fine
of $25.00.
Daniel Kern Reeves, white,
pleaded guilty to charges of being
drunk and disorderly. Judgment
of 30 days on the roads was
suspended upon payment of a
fine of $25.00 and costs.
Willie Hewett, white, was found
guilty of drunken driving. Sentence
of 6 months on the roads
was suspended upon payment of
costs and a fine of $65.00, his
license being revoked for 6
months.
Jack Bowen, colored, pleaded
guilty to charges of drunk driving.
Given 6 months on the roads,
this judgment was suspended upon
payment of a fine of $50.00
and costs. His license was revoked
for 6 months.
Abraham Frink, colored, was
found guilty of being a nuisance
and was given 30 days on the
roads. Notice of appeal was given
and bond was set at $50.00.
Alfred Newton, white, was
found guilty of being drunk and
disorderly and was given 4 months
on the roads. Judgment was suspended
upon payment of a fine
of $25.00 and costs and upon
condition that the defendant reiContinued
on page 4)
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nmunity
1940 PUBLISH
Flo
* * ? * *
Held Ft
I IN THE WA1
3C?S^E^fe? - 1 .w*r?ft^3Wl
p ~. >-r^ S8iLij>WWfa?MMi
ON SALE?Warehouse s
are familiar to Brunswick cou
of the year as they carry theii
Tobacco A vera
20-Cents i
*
: 1 si
Holiday Monday
For Officials
MONDAY HOLIDAY 14
Unless the board of county
commissioners decides that j
their first Monday meeting ;S
precedent is too well establish- !
ed to be abrogated because of !
a holiday, Monday will be a 1
day of inactivity for county officials.
The board has a special
session Thursday.
All county offices will be Jjr
closed for the day Monday In g,
observance of Labor Day.
This will include Recorder's 01
court, which took recess Mon- tl
day to meet again on Monday, ^
September 9.
gi
To Be Ready For "
Work May 15th
M. O. Nelson, Jr., of White- 01
ville, Announces That He tt
And An Associate Will;o(
Erect Mill
M. O. Nelson, Jr.. of White- T
ville, anounced Tuesday that he g?
and an associate have already |
purchased a 75 barrell per day |
capacity flour mill and that it1
will be installed and ready for'
operation on or before the 15th I sj
of May. "If*
Land has already been leased ~
on the corner of Thompson and 8
Virgil Streets in Whiteville for I"
the erection of a building suitable
for the business *1 di
Approximately five or six peo- it
pie will be employed to operate li,
the plant, with expert millers in j a
charge. Mr; Nelson says that the (e
equipment to be installed will be |
the best available to manufacture |
100 per cent bleached flour either:
plan or self-rising?as the cus- j P(
tomer desires. ( j'?
Going Back To
Trip With Fin
Many people do not know \
that the purchaser and also the i
driver of the first automobile <
ever owned in Brunswick county
are still living. What be- t
came of the car history sayeth t
not. I
It was back in the winter, of s
1911, same year that the rail- 1
road came to Southport, when v
J. J. Loughlin, Sr., went to s
Henderson and purchased a Cor- a
bett automobile, the first ever r
bought by any citizen of Bruns- t
wick. The contraption was c
painted a bright red and was j
topless. Its engine was some- r
thing in the order of those that e
were latter used in the Model I
T. Fords. 1
The machine cost $450.00 v
there in Henderson. Mr. Loughlin
paid the expenses of bring- I
ing it here, used it 5 days and (
paid out $210.00 more for re- s
pairs. He then sent it to Wil- i
mington and placed it in Clyde t
Lassiter's garage for repairs. c
That is the last he wants to i
remember it. At the time there <
OT
ED EVERY WEDNESDAY
CAT
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>r Grar
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REHOUSE |;
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SJfwEL^y^^BB
it *
cenes like the one above
nty farmers at this season
1940 crop to market.
ges Over
\t Whiteville
mith Sflvs That the White- !
ville Market Is Enjoying
The Best Season Thus j
Far In History
[AS ALREADY PASSED
THREE MILLION MARK
ales For First Six Days
Of This Year Are Al- j
ready Far Out In Front
Of Those Last .
Year
"It's the best season, so far,
i the history of our market",
lid M. S, Smith, sales supervisor |
t the Whiteville tobacco market
lis morning. "Today's sale will
5 the largest sale of locally
rown tobacco in the history of
ic m&rke't and the quality of the
Iferings is somewhat better than
as sold last week."
"So far this has been the best
jeing week of the market, with
ily six sales days thus far
le market sold a total of 5,500,)0
pounds of tobacco for an ofcial
average of $20.20 per cwt.
he first four sales for the 1939
ason showed a total of 2,898,iS
pounds sold for a total of
545,469.14, making an average of
18 81 per hundred pounds. Bodes
selling more tobacco during
le first four sales the market
lows a much better average per
mind.
The break of tobacco offered toly
is definitely better in qual
y as a whole, Mr, Smith be- !
>ves, and today's sale will be
record breaker he thinks. He
ie!s sure that bidding will be
uch more spirited than heretore
because the break is com>sed
mostly of locally grown
bacco.
?
The First
it Automobile
vere a number, of cars in Wilnington
and garages were just
:oming into being.
J. J. Loughlin, Jr., then
foung Joe, was chauffeur of
he car during his fathers brief
>eriod of ownership, which reiulted
in the loss of something I
ike $666.00. Joe is credited !
vith having driven the machine |
ibout town a bit. and to have j
ictually steered it for several |
niles out in the country and j
lack. This trip out in the j
:ountry, as well as the entire
leriod of ownership, was in the
niddle of winter. When the
ipochical trip to Smith's Cross
toads and back was completed,
foung Joe forgot to drain the
vater from the engine.
Despite the fact that the }
Brunswick County Chamber of j
Bommeree swears that it never J
mows, sleets or freezes much !
n Brunswick county, it froze
hat night and bursted the head
dean out of the one and only
lutomobile engine in Brunswick
:ounty.
,r
?
The
Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
$1.50 PER YEAS
IaR
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id Jury
Four Southport
Negroes Ordered
HeldJFor Trial
Coroner's Inquest Into The
Death Of Charles W.
Easley Was Held In
Brunswick County Courthouse
Monday
TWO OF ACCUSED
PRISONERS FREED
Chief Of Police Mel Lewis
And Dr. L. C. Fergus
Took Stand To Testify
Before Coroner
Caison
Following an inquest into the
death of Charles W. Easley, for- 1
mer Southport peace officer,
Monday night in the Brunswick ,
county courthouse, Coroner John
G. Caison ordered four of the
Southport negroes charged with
being among his assailants held
for err and iurv investigation.
Nelson Hanklns and James B
Bowen are being held under bond fl
of $2,000.00 each; James Green ' fl
is being held under $1,000 bond B
and Snooks Clemmons is being B
held under bond of $500. B
The coroner's jury found no B
cause for holding Toppy Hanklns B
nor Robert Hewett, and James B
Joyner and Douglas Swain both B
have been at liberty for three jlB
weeks after an action of not pros 1 fl
with leave was taken as to them. : fl
Dr. L. C. Fergus, Southport '. fl
surgeon, who performed an au- , fl
topsy upon the body of Mr. Eas- fl
ley a short time following bis J fl
death, stated that the prim?Vy fl
cause of death was hemorrhage
from a gastric ulcer; secondary
cause of death was pneumonia; fl
contributory caijse of death were ,-B
blows sustained by Mr. Easley on fl
the night of July 14, said to have fl
been inflicted while he was as- fl
sisting Police Chief Mel Lewis to
make an arrest. Dr. Fergus stat-, fl
ed that Mr. Easley had been . fl
totally disabled from that time B
until the date of his death.
Officer Lewis was the first and B
only other witness to take the B
stand. He told of the officers' B
scuffle with Nelson Hankins as B
they sought to place him In their B
car following his arrest, and he B
related having seen others whom B
he identified strike Mr. Easley B
during the fight. B
In their verdict, members of B
the coroner's jury recommended B
that Nelson Hankins, James B
Green, James Bowen and Snooks B
Clemmons be held under sufficl- B
ent bail for grand jury investiga- B
tion. It also was their recommen- B
dation that Tippy Hankins, Rob- B
ert Hewett and James Joyner be |
released.
Solicitor David Sinclair attended
the hearing, and he publicly > BB
congratulated the jury members
upon the soundness of their ver- , |B
diet. "That was a fine verdict," ^B
he told them. "We want to hold B
the ones we believe are guilty, .
but those who apparently had "* ^B
nothing to do with the trouble
had better be turned loose now B
than later. I believe that you i H
(Continued on page 4) B
Tide Table I
Following Is the tide table B
for Soutbport during the neafi B
week. These hours are apprw B
ximately correct and were fur? B
nished The State Port PQet B
through the courtesy of the B
Cape Fear Pilot's Association B
High Tide Lew XMf B
TIDE TABLE B
Thursday, August 29 B
1:02 a. m. 10:09 a. m. H
4:23 p. m. 11:00 p. m. |l
Friday, August 30 H
3:02 a. m. 11:04 a. m. flj
5:21 p. m. 11:50 p. m. B
Saturday, August 31 B
5:55 a. m. 11:58 a. m. B
6:11 p. m. fl
Sunday, September 1 B
6:44 a. m. 0:41 a. m. B
7:00 p. m. 12:53 p. m. H
Monday, September 2 B
7:80 a. m. 1:80 a. m. I
7:46 p. m. 1:46 p. m. H
Tuesday, September 3 H
8:17 a. m. 2:17 a. m. B
8:33 p. m. 2:37 p. m. B
Wednesday, September 4 . H
9:05 a. m. ' 3:03 a. m. ^B
9:23 p. m. 3:26 p. m. I
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