|() Pilots mailed to Eders in Brunswick /County this week /01EEIGHT NO. 31 Lor Cases Are j Lposed Of In j Superior Court i me Divorces Were GranEd During Monday's /ession ; Unimportant and Suit Ended Tuesday Mfternoon wiu IAMS I presiding jurist ,1 Term Of Superior I A hurricane struck the brida coast Tuesday reap5 a death toll estimated at 0 persons. The tropical orai, raging northwestward on? the west coast, whipped 1 winds estimated at 100 ile> per hour. Property amounted to hunwl> of thousands of dollars *1 broken communications idered rescue efforts. MRS. IC'KES KILLED t Harold Ickes. wife of the Rary of the interior, was ? Saturday night in a motor son at Santa Fe. New MexiPolice charged the fatal -e into a ditch outside of 6 Fe to a hit-and-run driver, collided with the Ford taxii" which Mrs. Ickes, Mrs. , . . , .1 ... ^ roroes t.erricK ana to Seyfullah were riding.! Herrick, a well-known taper correspondent, and ?ah. an attache of the Tur- j embassy, were injured, as the driver of the cab, Frank Mrs. Ickes was 61 years a politician in her own right 1 keen student of Indian B about which she has written J toer of books. BORDERS withdrawal I Secretary of State Cordell B^ announced Tuesday that 1 'kials of the Standard- | Jwnim Oil Company had to withdraw from vr-threatened Ethiopia. *as looked upon as a stroke in th?? ' I1'> world which had B^? seriously threatened the announcement last B*h that a large portion of Bjaopia had been leased by | Bjj*ror Haile Selassie to BJ^te American and EngB^ companies. BRUSH WAR B50 Rivera, noted Mexican hved up to his "stormy! B*!_ reputation Wednesday in B^ City. Rivera, attending > Bf'0r' of the Conference of jussive Education, threw thej Bj't mto an uproar when he j Bf3 a pistol, interrupting B^hre of Alfaro Siqeurios, an | T' A'th views utterly unlike j B; ^ the fiery Diego. Diplo-1 B ! * upset delegates poured B c troubled artistic waters | B tCoWhnnd on page 6.) I THE J 8-PAGES TODAY Fires Have Taken Toll In Green S p?| '? '""W I , ' .: 5 ::: | ' ^ ' if-:-:?>S ; ^ N" CORN PLANTED?Tren done to the Green Swamp < from forest fires. Miles of w over, and the flames at one t pictured above, which is parti MUCH INTEREST IN I | CHOPPING CONTEST Considerable interest is being shown in the announcement that Peter McLaren, world's -] champion wood chopper, is to i appear at several places in this county on Monday, September 9. The champion is *to Ik- at Henry's store at Wunabow at 9 o'clock; at the Shaliotte Trading Company ?tore at 3 ^ o'clock a> il at tte local CCC camp atf a ociwi,"m tne after- s v noon. r v | j. Plan Important >' Baptist Meeting! Meeting Of The Promotion 1 Committee Of Brunswick t Baptist Association To c Be Held Wednesday, Sep- c tember 11 IJ !* An important meeting of the t I promotion committee of the Brunswick Baptist Association j c | will be held at the Bolivia Bap-1 c tist church Wednesday, Septem- j i ber 11. The meeting will get under way at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Included on the program will ' be an address by Dr. Clay I. Hudson, associate secretary of jchurch administration of the Southern Baptist Association, of j Nashville, Tenn. Dr. Hudson is j t (Continued on page 8) |l j c Food Specialist j Here Last Week, I Miss Mary E. Thomas, Ex-,; tension S p e c i alist In ' Foods And Nutrition, In . Charge Of Leader's School In This County '\ Miss Mary E. Thomas, extension nutritionist, spent two days | last week with Miss Marion Smith, the home agent, holding leader's schools for the home demonstration clubs in the county. The meeting Thursday was held at the home of Mrs. J. D. Jdhnson at Bolivia and the Friday "ootinor was with Mrs. Walter Jenrette at Long-wood. Miss Thomas gave most interesting (Continued on page 8) /?. /. Mintz Returns From Fort Moultrie( Lieutenant R. I. Mintz returned Saturday from Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S. C., where he spent two weeks in the Reserve Officers Corps encampment. According to Lieutenant Mintz, ne spent a busy two weeks. He was given three assignments assistant instructor in scouting and patrol, instructor in the use of automatic rifles and lecturer in sanitation and hygiene. STA1 \ Good Newsf Southport, N. G., W< j Tremendous >wamp Recently ? : f ] j/ " ! p" :-yi- f il 1 $jfe: lendous damage has been, luring the past two years, oodland have been burned ;ime ate into the wasteland, ially planted in corn. Child Dies In Auto Accident I rhree - Year - Old Daughter Of Mr. And Mrs. Edgar Willetts, of Winnabow, Was Instantly Killed ' Tuesday Afternoon 11 Mary Inez Willetts, 3-year-oldI ( laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar I, Villetts, of Winnabow, was in- j tantly killed Tuesday afternoon i riien the truck in which she was [ iding with several other Bruns-! rick county people was in colision with an oil truck at Jackies j Ureek Bridge on Highway Num-1 er 30. j Mrs. Willetts, Mrs. Lillie San- ; ord, of Sampson county and tfary L. Goodman, the latter a tegro, were admitted to James Valker Memorial hospital. The other occupants of the ruck, Mr. Willetts, W. J. Collins. >f Winnabow, owner of the vehi;le, and two negroes, Alice A. fones and Fred Jones, of Leland, vere given first aid treatment at he hospital and released. According to reports the acci-1 lent occurred when the oil truck, iriven by J. R. Bender, of Wil- j nington, sought to pass the (Continued on page 8) Attends Meeting At White Lake Mrs. Estelle T. Smith, district lome demonstration agent, and he extension specialists from Raeigh will meet the county home lemonstration agents of this dis;rict at White Lake for the anxual conference September 4th hrough the 7th. The agents are anticipating the vorking out of a constructive >rogram of work for next year vhile they enjoy the three days ogether at the 4-H camp. Miss Marion Smith is attend- j ng this meeting. Veteran Skipper R Of Sailboat You may take it from Captain D. W. Fulcher, Fourth of July celebrations in Southport aren't what they used to be. The time was, according to the Captain, when sailboat races played an Important part In the local observance of the birthday of the nation. Captain Fulcher had with L.. him a sliver cup won uy mm | in the Fourth of July race in 1895 when he flashed the "Elizabeth Stevens" across the finish line ahead of her three competitors. He was successful in defending the trophy on the two following years and it came into his permanent possession. The cup is on display in The State Port Pilot office. Other entries in that race were the "Teaser," handled by Captain T. W. Fulcher; EPO >aper In A Got sdnesday, September Establish New Sales Records At Whiteville s Living Up To Reputation As "The Money Market"; Is Easily The Fastest Growing Market In The Border Belt total' sales over 12,000,000 POUNDS \nother Record Sale Mon-1 day Of 1,081,590 Pounds Was Also Marked By High Average Paid By The Whiteville Warehouses For Weed Whiteville "The Money Mar-1 d Community 4th, 1935 PUBLISHED 1 Shallotte Resum< Under Incor{ Dr. W. R. Goley, Mayor At Time Town Government Was Abandoned In 1917, Continues In That Office; Mass Meeting Held TOWN COMMISSIONERS CHOSEN BY CITIZENS Primary Purpose In Resuming Town Government Is To Promote Law And Order; Several Improvements Also Are Being Considered At a mass meeting held Monday night citizens of the Shallotte community voted to resume operation of a town government under the provisions of a charter granted in 1899. Dr. W. R. Goley, who was mayor when the town government was abandoned in 1917, was chosen unanimously to continue in that office. The following five men were named to serve with him as members of the board of town commissioners: L. C. Tripp, secretary, A. B. Willis, Dr. E. D. j Bishop, R. D. White and W. L. Swain. The Monday night meeting was presided over by J. A. Stanley; IW. R. Holmes acted as secretary. There was a discussion of plans for civic improvements and Henry Stone, principal-elect of the Shallotte school, and R. E. Sentelle, Southport attorney, were asked to go to Chapel Hill Tuesday to Electrical St j Heavy Rail Night Cau j Two Have Miraculous Esce Road Washout Frida Strikes Baptist A torrential downpoui electrical display occurred ii Lightning struck the steep church and a serious wreck j fore day Friday morning r< caused by the rain. I UNLAWFUL TO KILL DEER BEFORE THE FIRST OF OCTOBER There are reports that deer hunting has been going on in . several sections of Brunswick county during the past few days and Dawson Jones, former county game warden, has furnished the State Port Pilot i with a copy of the 1935 game laws for North Carolina which shows that the open season for deer begins October 1st. Anyone convicted of hunting deer before the first of next month is liable to be fined or imprisoned, or both. Discusses Book Rental System Egbert N. Peeler, Secretary Of State Text Book Purchase And Rental Commission, Held Instructional Meeting In Wilmington Friday Miss Annie May Woodside, county superintendent of schools, attended in Wilmington Friday a meeting at which Egbert N. Peeler, secretary of the state text book purchase and rental commission, discussed the procedure to be followed in distributing books to the pupils in connecJ tion with the new book rental (Continued on page 8) Civic Club Will Meet Friday Night The regular meeting of the Port City Civic club will be held I Friday night at Caswell Beach. (Officials of the organization urge I that as many members as pos1 sible attend this meeting, j Congressman Bayard Clark has I been asked to attend the meeting but no definite reply has I been received. I Most Of The News All The Time $1.50 PER YEAR Commissioners In Regular S e s s ion Here This Week Matters Of Routine Business Were Disposed Of By Board In Their Regular First Monday Meeting; Discuss The Bonded Indebtedness SHALLOTTE BEER QUESTION STUDIED Members Of The Board Rei quest S. T. Russ, Manager Of The Coast Road Service Station And A. B. Willis To Show Cause Why Should Revoke License Members of the Brunswick ' county board of commissioners j met in regular session Monday ! and disposed of a number of routine matters of business. LOT [ EVERY WEDNESDAY ?s Operation poration Charter * ________________________ MAYOR ' J DR. W. R. GOLEY investigate the possibility of securing PWA funds for this pur] pose. Although the primary reason ; for resuming operations under the j charter of incorporation is for j the maintenance of better law I and order; citizens of the comI munity are enthusiastic over plans for modernizing and imj proving their town. orm And i Thursday sed Damage ipe When Car Plunges Into y Morning; Lightning Church Steeple * accompanied by a severe 1 this section Thursday night, le of the Southport Baptist on the Wilmington road be;sulted from a road washout ? Captain Oscar Lane, of the U. S. Government Dredge Comstock, was taking his wife to a maternity hospital in Wilmington when the car which he was driving drowned out near the edge of ? ** 1 : ? T ?*%?a no llorl SOUtnport. ^aputlil l>ant Edgar Finch from his home nearby and asked him to take Mrs. ' Lane on to Wilmington. About 8 miles from town the car plunged into a washout which occurred at Allen's creek bridge near the turpentine plant. Both occupants of the car were knocked unconscious. Mrs. Lane was the first to come to and she | succeeded in arousing Mr. Finch. He managed to get to one of the houses at the turpentine camp and persons there brought him and Mrs. Lane to South,1 port to the Brunswick county i hospital. A short time after beling admitted to the local hospit| al Mrs. Lane gave birth to a ba! by girl. I Mrs. Lane's head bumped j (Continued on Page Eight) No. 5 Cross Roads Given New Name 'Name "Thomasboro" Given That Community At Meeting Of Citizens Monday Evening; Speakers And Contests Feature Program Residents of the No. 5 Cross Roads community in this county met Monday night and decided to call their little settlement Thomasboro henceforth and forever. The matter of choosing a suitable name for the community c was the principal reason for the meeting, which was called by Cornelius Thomas of Charlotte, a former resident. Mr. Thomas' grandfather, the late Cornelius Thomas, owned a large estate in the immediate neighborhood and a large part of this property is I now neia Dy ms granason. 11 Announcement was made someI time ago of a contest for the 11 best name for the community. (Continued on page 5.) The bonded indebtedness of the , county was discussed to some exi tent by the members and final | adoption of the refinancing proj gram outlined some time ago was delayed until Friday when the board will hold a special session. The Shallotte beer question was again brought before the ! board and members voted to have S. T. Russ. manager of the Coast Road Service Station, and A. B. I Willis, proprietor of the Willis I Service Station in Shallotte, apI pear before the board at the meeting the first Monday in Ocj tober and show cause why their I license to sell beer should not be revoked. There is a local law which provides that beer may not be sold within 300 feet of the Methodist church in Shallotte. There have been protests that the two above mentioned establishments are within this proximity of the church and therefore should not be permitted to sell beer. More vaccine has been ordered with which to complete''the job of vaccinating all dogs in Brunswick county and Sheriff J. A. Russ was instructed by the comI missioners to aid in winding up this work. Light Session Of Recorder's Court Only Four Cases Of Minor Importance Disposed Of Before Judge Peter Rourk In Court Here Last Wednesday Only four cases of minor importance were disposed of here in Recorder's court last Wednesday ! before Judge Peter Rourk. Several other cases were continued. The case against Adrian Clemmons, white, for assault was nol prossed. Gaston Waddell, colored, was found guilty of receiving stolen goods and was given 30 days on 1 the roads, this sentence being suspended upon payment of the costs in the case and a fine of $5.00. I Elmer Davis, white, pleaded guilty of possession of intoxicat( Continued on Page 8) Tide Table Following is the tide table j for Southport during the next week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the I Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low Tide Wednesday, September 4 11:15 a. m. 5:45 a. m. 11:38 p . m 5:50 p. m. Thursday. Sentemher 5 5:88 a. m. 12:08 p. m. 6:45 p. m. Friday, September 6 0:38 a. m. 6:41 a. m. 1:13 p. m. 8:00 p. m. Saturday, September 7 1:52 a. m. 7:57 a. m. 2:24 p. m. 9:02 p. m. Sunday, September 8 3:04 a. m. 9:12 a. m. 3:33 p. m. 10:09 p. m. Monday, September 9 4:09 a. m. 10:18 a. m. 4:34 p. m. 11:04 p. m. Tuesday, September 10 5:08 a. m. 11:18 a. m. 5:32 p. m. 11:56 p. m. i 1 1