WO Pilots mailed to Maders in Brunswick mCounty this week luME EIGHT NO. 2C Ky Re-instate ffire Of Home Agent In County I |nbers Of Board Of Com- j Hissioners Will Probably I Hecide Today Whether I Hi'ork Is To Be Retained I |s. FOSTER ASKS i "0 BE TRANSFERRED egation of Women Came I Hfore Board Monday In I Kterest Of Continuing I Work Of Home I Demonstration I Agent I ^wnbers of the board of coun commissioners probably will Hje today whether the office county home demonstration Hf is to be re-instated in Hawick county. H delegation of home demon-1 lion club women met Monday the commissioners in the ' est of this work. Several ^pem asked that Mrs. Ada W. Her be retained as home dem-1 ration agent but they were | Hiinious in their appeal that office be continued in this! Hrs. Foster told members of ] board that her first interest | in the work being done in ( county, and declared that i was ready to step out of ; He if they would appoint some I in her place. i | -a._ I Brs. Estelle T. Smith. siace , ( Br.vsor. was also here Monday I) urged members of the board I ( to discontinue the work. She j that Mrs. Foster had asked i Be transferred and that a new 1 (Continued on Page 8.1 t ftutstanding News j, From Everywhere j lews Events Of State, B'ation and World-Wide interest During Past I | Week |1 BY DOROTHY BELL L llhree hundred and eighty j Borkers of the Kansas prison Btl mine revolted Tuesday Bght and demanded better Book-d food and the discharBc of the prison physician. A I Biy fire was set by the re- < Bitting convicts and a choak- \ smoke rolled through the ( ground passages where ! ^*ey were at work. Prison ofBtkls were prepared to star- i ?i?? reKoiiinns Drisoners 11 Ilto submission, if necessary. ' NEW AGREEMENT i one of the most unusual 1 tements ever concluded be- 1 en two sovreign nations, Great to Tuesday became virtually boss of Germany's future nabuilding. According to the j anient, the Reich will limit J fighting ships, by total tonIt and approximately by cate1, to 35 per cent of Britain's. AAA AMENDMENTS < Amendments designed to Meet the New Deal's farm togram from a Supreme ourt death sentence of "un"stitutionality" were passed f the House of Represents- . Tuesday by a three J majority. These amen- ^ tits must now be given , ^ approval of the United totes Senate. i ttKTED ON* PAGE THREE) bulletin [i 'j h definitely assured that j L ?h cooling and canning f I" will be built at South- i 1 &nd work on the project 1 will begin within oext few days, according J J. Loughlin, member c City Board of alder- ' who, together with H. 1 Hood, another member of ( 1 toard, spent Monday and x ^da.v in Raleigh on this 1 ^ans call for the con- J "Won of a $16,000 plant ??Mhport. The city must s S3,000 of this amount i Jd a meeting will be held 1 (Wednesday) to dls- 1 ?eans for raising this ' THE 8-PAGES TOD ~ CLUB WOMEN ARE J HOLDING ANNUAL MEETING TODAY The sixth annual meeting of the eleventh district of the j 1 North Carolina Federation of ! home demonstration clubs is j being held today (Wednesday) at Carolina Beach with Brunswick county club members act- ; intr a?a hnftfps&ptt fnr thp no casion. . An interesting all-day program has been prepared by Brunswick county club workers under the direction of Mrs. ' Ada W. Foster, home agent. The eleventh district is comprised of Brunswick, Duplin, New Hanover and Pender counties. County Corn-Hog j Contracts Typed; 1 Brunswick County Applications For Corn-Hog Contracts Accepted By Board ? Of Review And Are Be- t ing Typed s Notice has been received at the "c jffice of County Agent J. E. Dodson that the Brunswick county applications for 1935 corn-hog . contracts have been accepted by " the state board of review and ' ire now ready to be typed. County Agent Dodson has also Deen notified that contract sign;rs for this county will be allowed an average of 19.7 bushels if corn per acre. The county-wide iverage is 18.2 and the increase I vas granted to contract holders Decause their farms are among ' lie most productive in the county and their average is greater lian the county-wide figure. There are eighty-three corn log contract signers in the coun(Continued on page eight.) Trying To Line Up Improvements "ity Officials Are Spending Considerable Time Trying To Secure Worthwhile Projects For The Town Of Southport City officials have spent conliderable time and thought re:ently to several projects that vill add greatly to the appearmce and service of the town of Southport. They are expecting daily that 'unds for the beautification of franklin Square will be made ivailable from the ERA. This )reject will add greatly to the >eauty of the town and will proride a suitable playground for he children. Plans call for the tearing down (Continued on page Eight) Bolivia Negro 1$ Instantly Killed I Clarence Williams Died Satruday Night Soon After Being Shot In The Breast j By Henry Hickman ' Clarence Williams was shot and nstantly killed late Saturday light by Henry Hickman at a estival which they were attendng near Bolivia at an incomileted filling station on highway 10. verdict of the coroner's jury, endered Monday night following i second hearing of evidence in he case, declared that Williams' leath resulted from a bullet vound in his chest, said wound ' 3?a ? vxiofol in the Jeing UUUtlCU UJ a. lands of Henry Hickman. The jury recommended that the deendant be held without bond and s was so ordered by Coroner Hilton Northrop. The first inquest was held at Sollvia Sunday afternoon but the liscovery of new evidence caused he case to be held open until Monday night. At the final investigation, Solicitor J. J. Burney vas present and the defendant vas represented by his counsel, 3. B. Frink and G. Van Fespernan, Southport attorneys. Hickman claimed that the shooting was accidental and that t resulted from handling a pistol in a careless manner. There vas no evidence offered that there had been any argument or (Continued on Page Eight) STA1 A. Good Newsj AY Southport, N. L. J. Dawkins As Principal # de And Mrs. Dawkins Left Tuesday For Onslow County Where Mr. Dawkins Is To Be In Charge Of A Seventeen Teacher School PRINCIPAL HERE FOR NINE YEARS Expresses Appreciation To Local Citizens For Their Cooperation During His Stay Here As Head Of The Southport School L. J. Dawkins, for the past line years principal of the Southiort high school, resigned last j veek to accept a similar position , n the Dixon school in Onslow :ounty. He and Mrs. Dawkins left ["uesday for their new home. The Dixon school is located ibout 12 miles from Jacksonville, he county seat of Onslow coun;y. It is a seventeen teacher j school and Mr. Dawkins expressed his belief that his new field, sffers an unusual opportunity for j service. During the years that they i lave lived in Southport, Mr. and I Wilmingtor Re-Opens 3oad Has Been Closed For State Highway Workei Rep; * WAS INJURED WHILE PROTECTING OTHERS Southport citizens know that ! C. A. Ruark has his right arm in a sling as a result of ! an accident of which he was a victim about ten days ago. Few of them know that he re- j celved his injury while saving the lives of three of his fellow | workers. Mr. Rourk and three other | men were at work on the government boat, The North East, located about 63 miles up the Cape Fear. They were unloading piling. One piece of this heavy, water-soaked timber slipped from the boom and was falling on top of three men in a small boat below when Rourk stuck out his arm and managed to shove the ! piece of piling so that It fell | clear of the three men. They escaped Injury, but the large bone in his arm was broken and h*s wrist badly dislocated. And if there is any doubt concerning Mr. Rourk's grit, it might be mentioned I that he pulled the dislocated j joints of his wrist back in | place himself and doctors who | made an X-ray of his arm J declared that the wrist and j the fracture were both perfectly fitted. I| Quick Work By N Prevents Sei Fire threatened the destruction of the old railroad ? ?- m kuf dOCK aooui nuuu 1 urauaj l/Uli I quick work on the part of members of the crew of the Naugatuck prevented the blaze from endangering other structures along the waterfront. Members of the Southport volunteer fire department answered the alarm, but were helpless when they discovered that the fire hose was not long enough to reach the end of the dock, sphere the blaze was burning. A strong southwest wind was blowing and there was danger that the fire would spread along the waterfront and into the residential section. Meantime, the Naugatuck got into action and moved in close to the burning dock. The fire rignung equipment of the sturdy little coast guard cutter was turned on the blazing timbers and the fire was soon under complete control. The property damage was negligible. EP01 japer In A Goo C., Wednesday, June :cepts Position. jl Of Dixon School i I i IjH 1 -4H w ^B t t c i Mrs. Dawkins have made many J roaa crew scauoneu nere. The road has been closed for nearly three weeks while ten miles of the hard surface between the Sawdust Trail intersection and Bell Swamp were repaired. Work began the other * side of the turpentine plant and came this way. The last of the work was expected to have been completed today (Wednesday) and the highway camp which has been stationed here while the work was r in progress will be moved Thurs- \ day to Wilmington. s c Meet Requirements a For Scouting Test it The following girl scouts have i met the requirements of the ? tenderfoot test: Anna Taylor, > Susie Sellers, Mary Catherine f Northrop, Jeanette Cranmer, Helen Dean Sutton, Lois Jane 1 Bussells, Helen Rourk, Elmina Rourk, Wilma Barnett, Augusta Davis, Annie Moore Harper and 1 Dickie Burns. J A number of those named are working on the second class test, which is more difficult than the preceding one and requires a longer period of work. ] augatuck Crew rious Fire Damage Tills was the second Impor- ', tant service rendered within ] a a week by the Naugatuck. j * y On Sunday morning at 7:15 o'clock a call for assistance . was received from the yacht t Wilanna, which had run a aground in the Cape Fear ie river off Southport. The Nau- u gatuck came along side the stranded yacht, but after a s preliminary survey, it was t decided to wait for high tide before pulling her off. b The distressed vessel was c aground in the most danger- E ous spot in the Cape Fear, b according to 8. Christensen, C boatswain of tbe Naugatuck. I There was a swift current and the boat was near a f solid rock pile. c The Wilanna was towed b off at 4:30 o'clock Sunday f afternoon, great care being taken to see that the boat t did not lose her shafts, rud- p der nor propellers. She es- 1< caped without any damage n and continued on her way t north. friends who will regret to learn (. of their decision to move. Both I J tUnf t V. m. Viorl aninv^H 1 UCt'iaiCU uiab witj uuu their work in the Southport 1 school and Mr. Dawkins express-1' ed his appreciation to the patrons of the school for their fine [1 co-operation during his term as |( principal. i f i Highway Tomorrow j _ 1 Nearly Three Weeks While r rs Have Been Making ?irs ! ^ c : s The Southport-W i 1 m i n g t o n [ p highway will be rf-opened to the j v public on Thursd9> of this week, j t according to information received j yesterday from members of the j i - ?j i levere electrical storm weaneslay afternoon when lightning itruck a chimney flue of his lome and the shock pasised hrough his body. The young man, who had been narried less than a year, was ilone at his home with his wife. According to reports he stepped rom the bedroom into the hall ;o stop a leak that had developed lear the chimney flue. He was (Continued on Page Eight) Measuring Land For Compliance -ocal Compliance Supervisors Busy This Week Checking Tobacco Acreage; To Complete This Work By End Of Week ( Local compliance supervisors in 3runswick county began work Monday checking tobacco acreige to see that it is in line with J igures called for in the contracts leld by the land owners. This work will be rushed on hrough to completion, according , o County Agent J. E. Dodson, nd should be completed by the nd of this week. An effort is | ieing made to finish these meas- j irements before farmers get busy ousing their tobacco crop, and | everal farmers are putting in | obacco this week. j i Tobacco acreage is all that is \ ieing checked this week, cotton < ontracts, corn-hog contracts and ( lankhead allotment acreage to < e checked at a later date, ac- i ording to plans of County Agent \ >odson. 5 Supervisors who are checking armers 'compliance with AAA i rop adjustment contracts have < een instructed to measure the < ields with all possible accuracy. < No guess work will be tolera- < ed, said H. M. Ellis, state com- i liance supervisor at State Col- 1 ege, and a careful note will be i aade of any excess acreage planed. i 'Continued on Page Eight) RT PI d Community 19th, 1935 PUBLlst Referendum On Tobacco Issue ballots Received At Office Of County Agent J. E. Dodson And Are Being Distributed To Growers This Week Ballots on which growers may J :ast their votes in the flue-cured' obacco referendum have been revived by County Agent J. E. Dodson and are being distributid to farm agents in this county >y local compliance supervisors. The question at issue iswheth;r the growers wish to have the obacco adjustment program coninued in the future. The present wnfrro m ic rliio fn PvnirP with .he 1935 crop. E. Y. Floyd, of State College, mnounced that all share-tenants, share-croppers, renters, and land>wners who are actually engaged n the production of flue-cured ;obacco this year are eligible to rote in the referendum, regardess of whether they have signed idjustment contracts The growers may sign the balots and must return them to he county agent's office before r p. m. on June 29. If a grower wishes to vote an insigned ballot, he may do so by lelivering it to the county agent n person on June 29. If the program is continued, a | ew minor changes may be made, nit it will be essentially the same is at phesent, Floyd pointed out. The future program contemslates the adjustment of producion to consumption, with benefit sayments which would tend to qualize any difference there night be between the market irice and a fair parity price. < Claude T. Hall, of Woodsdale, hairman of the tobacco growers' ' tate advisory committee, has ' iredicted that the referendum . srill roll up a heavy vote for con- ; inuance of the control program. Lightning Kills Shallotte Man' Wilbur Cheers Is Instantly Killed Wednesday After- : noon When Struck By 1 Lightning During Severe ; Electrical Storm Wilbur Cheers, young white , nan of the Shallotte community, vas instantly killed during a )V LOT 1ED EVERY WEDNESDAY Judge ' ~ ~ J Judge J. Paul Frizzelle of Snow j Hill, who is presiding over the j June term of Brunswick county | Superior Court for the trial of civil cases. Court convened Tues- i day morning and several divorce j actions were disposed of during! the day's session. School Election Held At Leland \ ] H. D. Epting Re-elected < Principal At Meeting Of The Board Which was 1 Held Recently; There j Are Two Vacancies ( Announcement was made this j J week of the re-election of H. D.!, Epting as principal of the Le-j1 land school in this county. 1 Miss Eva Bowden and Miss t Mary Louise Smith and one other teacher who h:'clock Thursday afternoon when he lumber truck which he was iriving smashed into the side of l W. B. and S. freight train vhere the track crosses highway 10 near Bolivia. The truck, which was headed award VVi' iiington at the time >f the accident, hit the second jar behind the engine and part >f the load of lumber fell on top >f the driver. A negro who was iding with Clemmons jumped Irom the cab and escaped without njury. Clemmons was rushed to a Wilmington hospital where exam(Continued on Page 8.) x .ov a. in. 4 .sy? a. m. 2:14 p. m. 8:87 p. in. Tuesday, June 25 8:82 a. m. 8.52 a. m. S: IS p. m. 9:89 p. m. I* ?* Most Of The News All The Time $1.50 PER YEAR Commissioners In Special Sessions Past Three Days Meeting As Board Of Equa* lization And Review For The Purpose Of Making Needed Adjustments In Valuation For Taxes DISCUSSING PLANS FOR REFINANCING Charles M. Johnson, State Treasurer, And Director Of Local Government Commission, Will Be Here Today Members of the board of county commissioners have been in session here during the first three days of this week as a board of equalization and review for the purpose of making adjustments in valuations for 1935 taxes. Members will meet today (Wednesday) as a board of commissioners to discuss matters of important business. Chief among these will be a consideration of plans for refunding county bonds. Members of the board are seeking to make some adjustment with bondholders before the budget for the next year is prepared in the hope that the county tax rate will not have to be increased. Charles M. Johnson, state treasurer and director of the lo;al government commission, will oe here today (Wednesday) for the meeting. W. Kelvin Gray of the North Carolina Municipal Council, who represents a large lumber of county bondholders, ind C. A. Bray, representing the rond company of Bray Brothers, vill also attend the meeting. Short Session Of Court Held . Dnly Two Cases Disposed Of In Recorder's Court Before Judge Peter Rourk Here Last Wednesday; One Family Affair Annie L. Sparrow and four of ler daughters appeared in Retorder's court last Wednesday md were tried for assaulting their husband and father, Edward Sparrow. According to the evidence in the case, most of the trouble grew out of the alleged unfaith(Continued on Page Eight) Thunder Storms In The County Temporary damage was done to the local power plant during the thunder storm which struck lere last Wednesday afternoon. As a result, there were no street lights in Southport last Wedneaiay night. Rain and wind storms in the upper end of the county did considerable property damage and nail was reported in some sections the same afternoon. Water was across the road in a numuer of places on temporary highway 130 between Shallotte and the Columbus county line. Tide] Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low Tide Wednesday, June 19 9:31 a. m. 3:31 a. m. 9:47 p. m. 3:33 p. m. Thursday, June 20 10:23 a. m. 4:21 a. m. 10:33 p. m. 4:28 p. m. Friday, June 21 11:20 a. m. 5:12 a. m. 11:32 p. m. 5:26 p. m. Saturday, June 22 6:04 a. m. 12:16 p. m. 6:29 p. m. Sunday, June 23 0:29 a. m. 6:58 a. m. 1:15 p. m. 7:33 p. m. Monday, June 24 1 >OA ? a .Pi _