Pilots mailed to
Maders in Brunswick
m County this week
K^^Jmeeight NO. 21
Art Johnson To
le Leased By U.
S. Government
Mineers Office In Wil^Kington
Will Receive
'-J ProDosals Until
[ Heaicu
afternoon Of June 10,
H:or Lease
blic library
rooms excepted
Hperty To Be Leased For
Hve Years But GovernHient
May At Any
Time Revoke Their
Lease
nnouncemont was made last
H; by the Wilmington office!
the United States Engineer's i
^Brtment that sealed bids willI '
^Bceived until 3 o'clock on the j
^Brnoon of July 10, for the lease
^Bistoric old Fort Johnson at
B
Hie least will be for a period J
^ five years, the government
^ ir.g the right to revoke it at
There is also a clause that
lessee may give up the propyl
at the end of any yearly
Bod. The building may be used
I residential purposes only.
Hollowing are the provisions
Heming the lease:
H lease for five (5) years, re- {
1 l i
b!o at will by tne secretary ,
^Continued on Page Eight.) j j
i s
Outstanding News j <
I From Everywhere j
lews Events Of State, I ^
ation and World-Wide t
interest During Past j
Week j (
I BY DOROTHY BELL j *
yachts "burn * it
A fire which swept the
Bilkington Yacht Basin near
ort Lauderdale, Florida, s
^konday accounted for a loss
property worth more than ^
H 'OO.OOO. and for one death. a
be tire, which began with i ^
explosion in the houseboat
^Hminole, took a toll of some j n
of the pleasure craft be- ^
^kr? measures taken to stop |
had any effect. The man ?
I \\
^ ho is believed dead was last i
i ' -w
Hen in the engine room of ^
^kr Seminole, and supposedly i ^
erished in the explosion. In
ddition to this casualty, sevBnl
men employed on the ^
orned yachts are suffering .
bad burns.
w
i buy MORE guns u
Bte armaments year book of j
League of Nations reveals
^ Soviet Russia led in expen- ^
for armaments and for .
*1?? her standing army in ''
year 1934. Her army is now
a million strong, and is ; v
Bjbger than that of any other j
e: The year book gives Ger-11
old figures, disregarding j *
B open secret that the Reich j i
^ baking great strides in re- i
Byner.t. Most interesting and i
Byps alarming of the book's I
B-=?ents is the fact that world F
yditure for national defense'
*'s an increase of 5500,000,000.!
BlCoatinued on Page Three)
BULLETIN |;
H^hirectors of the Peoples j r
hited Bank, in session c
Tuesday, approved a f
Bjw of $3,000 to the City of
kithport.
This Is the sum which 1
'^umbers of the board of al- I
'^ ktnen were required to f
Bk to match a Federal s
I Put of $13,000 for the conof
a branch cooling
canning plant of the
Carolina Fisherman's
Operative.
< ^solutions drawn by BDavis,
city attorney,
approved at a meeting 1
B ~_t night by members of the (
of aldermen and are 1
H '"? farwarded today (Wed
>esday) to the county gov^ (n?ent
commission In Ralifl
*lth all financial obstacB
v c'eare<t> actual work on
I r? wntruction of the plant
" * "Pccted to begin within
n*tt tew days.
THE
8-PAGES TOI
FOUR GIRLS TOLLED
THEIR OWN CURFEW
Four Southport girls are
spending quiet evenings at
home for the next ten days as
a result of their bell-ringing
escapade Sunday evening after
church hour.
The courthouse bell was
clinging long and loud. Policeman
Hook Moore made an investigation
and found one
lady nearby. She said that she
and her three companions had
been ringing the bell. The four
girls appeared before Mayor
pro-tem J. J. Loughlin Monday
and were sentenced to remain
at the homes of their
parents after the hour of 7
p. m. during the next ten
days.
Cancel Plans For
4-H Short Course
Mrs. Ada W. Foster Received
Telegram Saturday
Informing Her Of Indefinite
Postponement Because
Of Infantile Paralysis
Mrs. Ada W. Foster, county
lome demonstration agent, revived
a telegram Saturday statng
at the spread of infantile
>aralysis in North Carolina has
ed to indefinite postponement of
he 4-H short course which was
icheduled to be held at State
College the latter part of July.
The state board of health has
mnounced that the danger perod
will not be over until after
tugust, at which time it will be
oo late to hold the short course
his year.
Dean I. O. Schaub, of State
College, who announced post- J
>onement or trie uuurac, aiau acxit i
rord to all the county farm and
ome agents of the state urging
hem to cancel all 4-H club enampments
or meetings which
ave been scheduled for this
ummer.
Should there be a decided imrovement
in the paralysis sitution,
the dean added, it would
robably be all right for the club
oys and girls to gather in local i
meetings.
Farm and Home Week, which
ad been scheduled for the week
f July 20 through August 2,
rill probably be held the last
reek in August ok early in Sep- j
smber, the dean added. Atten- j
ance will be limited to personal
ver 18 years of age.
This week is an annual assemlage
of farm men and women
rom over the state to enjoy a!
reek's outing at the college while,
;arning about the latest developlents
in agriculture and home
conomics.
Late in the summer it is beeved
that the paralysis epidem:
will not be serious enough to
ffect adults attending the conention.
taark To Resign
Vs Committeem'n
tuling Of Attorney General!
Seawell Is That Positions
Of County Solicitor And
School Committeeman
Both Are Public Offices
J. W. Ruark, appointed several
reeks ago by the county board
if education as a member of the
ocal school board, is not eligible
o serve as a school committeenan,
according to a ruling revived
last week by Mr. Ruark
rom Attorney General Seawell.
The ruling of the attorney general
was that the position which
ilr. Ruark holds as solicitor of
Recorder's court is a public of'ice
and that the position of
* * 4 SCI Q
ichool committeeman usu _
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Two Qualify As
J. P.s In County
M. D. Anderson of Shallotte
township and A. M. Beck of Town
Creek township were appointed at
the past session of the North
Carolina General Assembly as
Justices of the peace and have
qualified.
Three others who were appointed
but who have not yet qualified,
are Warren Mlntz of Northwest
Township, M. E. Chadwick
of Lock wood's Folly and G. W.
Lennon of Smithville tpwnsWf
STAT
A Good Newsp
)AY Southport, N. C
Lone Survivor Of1
Forces Of Br
*?
John Wescott, Southport
Resident, Is Last Confederate
Veteran Living In
Rrun curirlr P nimfv* !4o Ic
i-?? uito n ivn x/v/Mtitj y i iv ?>
Invalid
|
PENSION CHECKS
ARE DISTRIBUTED |
Three Class "A" Widows,
And Twenty-Four Class
"B" Widows Of Confederate
V e t e r ans
Received Their
Checks
John Wescott, for five years
i an invalid at the home of his
! son in Southport, is the last
j Confederate veteran living in
Brunswick county. He will be 90)
years of age on August 28.
When the Civil War broke outj
Mr. Wescott, who was born andj
reared near Southport, joined the'
coast guards and fought at Fort j ?
I Fisher until she fell. Later he! v<
joined the land forces and took w
part in the battle of Bentonsville I ca
and Bennettsville. The old soldier)
says that he was in Captain j cl
Wesley Galloway's company and; th
j that he thinks he was in the 20th j or
regiment. j sii
Semi-annual pension checks I ar
[ were distributed to Confederate |
Forest Fires '
In tfrunswi
Fire Has Been Burning In <
And CCC Boys Have Bee
Day To Keep It Ii
A forest fire stretching
burning in the Green Swamp,
Bolivia, and CCC men are w
keep the blaze from getting
spreading over the county.
*
CALL MEETING OF |c(
COMMISSIONERS IS so
IN SESSION TODAY pe
pr
Members of the board of th
county commissioners are hold- 1
ing a call meeting ? t the ^
courthouse today (Wednesday). fir
Charles M. Johnson, state j.
treasurer, who was unable to J bj,
attend the call meeting of | ba
last Wednesday, is expected to ! ^
be here for todays meeting. |
No action was taken last j
Wednesday on the matter of g^,
reinstating the office of county j go
home demonstration agent b|ut . .
this question probably will be j
settled at the meeting here ! jn'
today. | bl.
dii
ou
Installation Of fi?
Junior Officers de
! lig
The annual banquet and in- 0f
stallation ceremonies of the Oi
Junior Order will be held Mon- C(
day evening at 7:30 o'clock in ws
the local Junior Order hall. bli
Members of the Junior Order, th
their wives, sweethearts and be
members of the Daughters of | ea
America will attend the banquet. | fu
Floating Prep Schoi
Week In The S
j The "Indra", two-mast
schooner from Boston, a
veritable floating prep school,
put in at the Southport harbor
on Monday of last week
and remained here until Saturday
during the stormy weather
which was prevalent
along the coast.
William McD. Pond, associated
with the Pond School,
Cambridge, Mass., is bead
master and skipper of tne ;
crew, which included nine
boys of prep school, age
whom be Is tutoring for college
entrance examinations.
Two members of the crew
plan to stapd the entrance
examination at Annapolis.
The boys come aboard for
a study curiae. Skipper Pond,
who is a Harvard man, not
only sees to. it that they
spend four hours each day
in supervised study, but he
trains them to be good sailors.
A cook is the only member
of the crew besides the
EPO
aper In A Go
a., Wednesday, Jun
Grey Clad
unswick County
JOHN WESCOTT
A ? ? -.~?1 iU aJm In c
aeraiia anu men wiuuwo me
eek and Mr. Wescott's chec
illed for $182.50.
There were three checks fo
ass "A" widows. Members c
lis group must be totally blin
totally disabled and their per
on checks are for $150 simi
inually. Those receiving thes
(Continued on Page Eight)
Raging
ck County
Green Swamp For Weel
n Fighting Night And
i The Swamp
along a 16-mile front ii
about five miles west o:
orking night and day t<
out of th* swamp anc
According to W. P. Killette
- - ' * ? r- ai i ? 1 /""i
ojecc supeivisor 01 uie louai ^
3 camp, this fire was set b;
me one in the county. The pro
rty damage from this blazi
obably will amount to severa
ousand dollars.
Fire fighting forces from thi
2C camp at Southport havi
en working in shifts plowing
e lanes and setting back firei
their efforts to confine thi
ize to the swamp. Their worl
s been greatly handicapped bj
e unusually dry weather pre
lent in the county at this time
W. C. McCracken, in charge o
ite fire control, arrived ii
iuthport Monday morning t<
in with County Fire Wardei
iwson Jones and other official!
making plans to combat thi
ize. The CC men, under thi
rection of Mr. Killette, earn
t the plans of the state firi
fhting officials.
A fire, which caught from i
ad tree that was struck b;
;htning, burned over an arei
valuable timber land on thi
ton Plantation last week. Thi
:C men and the county fir<
irden quickly brought thi;
ize under control and, althougl
ere was still fire in the pea
ds of the burned over lam
rly this week, there is n<
rther threat from this source.
)1 Spends
iouthuort Harboi
a
skipper and the nine boys.
The "Indra" was on her
way north after a 30-weeks
cruise in Bermuda, the Bahamas,
the islands of the
Carribean and along the coast
of South America. In the
summer she cruises along the
New England coast, returning
In the fall to southern
waters.
Mrs. Pond always is aboard
the ship, skipper Pond: being
of the opinion that feminine
Influence keeps men from becoming
too rough, Catherine
Pond, their daughter, who
winter months in
o|/vnua tiuv ww ,
boarding school, also was
aboard when the "Indra"
was In Southport.
Boys aboard lnoluded: Paul
Barr, Miami, Fla., Keevil
Helmy, Savannah, Ga., Bobbin
Matthew, Billy Coleman,
William and Jules Deas,
Thomas Stoops and Walter.
Dunn, Charleston, S. C., John
Vance,, Chevy Chase, Mi.
RTPI
od Community
e 26th, 1935 PUBUS
Statement Made
; By Commissioners
. State That Their Body Has
No Jurisdiction Over
School Problems And
Deny Any Part In Displacing
R. E. Sentelle
Following is a statement by
Brunswick County Board of Commissioners
relative to the election
of county superintendent ol
schools:
"Having been informed thai
reports are being spread ovei
the county to the effect that the
Board of County Commissioners
i aided and abetted in the defeal
nf R rc. Sentelle as countv suner
! intendent of schools, we wish tc
i give to the voters and tax payers
! of the county the following facts
i which are published for the pur
pose of correcting false reports
| "We, as members of the countj
j board of commissioners, have nc
j voice or vote in the election o:
I a county superintendent ol
- schools. Under the law it is th<
't function of the board of educa
k tion to elect a superintendent.
2 "We favored the re-electioi
r (Continued on Page 8.1
i Improvements In
County Offices
WW J D..IIJ! D ll.
riooa DUiiumg, ncwuuj
Purchased By The Coun
ty, Has Been Divided Into
Convenient Offices Foi
7 County Officials
The second floor of the Hooc
{, building has been divided intc
j convenient offices for Brunswick
county and ERA officials.
; The offices of Mrs. Lou H
, j Smoth, county nurse, and Mrs
P i Ada W. Foster, county home
I demonstration agent, already were
? located on that floor. The re'
modeling that was complete last
J week provides offices for Charlie
' > Gause, in charge of rural rehabili
tation, H. B. Smith, in charge of
f the works division of the ERA
- in Brunswick county, Charles
s Greer, chief case worker for the
1 ERA in this county, and Frank
| Sasser, Brunswick county welfare
2 officer.
e The offices were built from
X plans drawn by R. I. Mintz, res!
gister of deeds for Brunswick
2! county, and the actual construct
tion was under the personal direcr
tion of Mr. Smith and Mr. Greer.
- Mater:als were furnished by the
i. county and labor was furnished
f'by the ERA.
1 j The new quarters for these
a I county officers are very attrac11
tive and are conveniently arrangs
I ed. It is understood that other
2 offices may be constructed on
2 the first floor of the building.
/ When these plans are completed,
2! Brunswick county will be able to
j boast of unusually fine office
11 (Continued on Page Eight)
n
\ Death Comes To
: Mrs. Bettie Lewis
1
I Died Sunday Night At Her
Home In Shallotte; Was
31 Widow Of Late Thomas
Lewis And Was Highly
" I Esteemed
Mrs. Bettie Lewis, widow of
1 the late Thomas Lewis, died Sun*
| day night at her home at ShalI
lotte, death resulting from comj
plications attending her advanced
i years. She was 89 years of age.
Mrs. Lewis was the widow of
| the late Thomas Lewis, ConfedI
erate veteran and one of the
} most prominent men in the early
1 history of the Shallotte commun.
ity.
? ? fV? rsf hPT
.following me u?u.
husband many years ago, Mrs
Lewis continued to live at their
(Continued on Page 8.) .
Officers Capture
Large Copper Still
Rural Policeman Harry Rob'
inson and Deputy Sheriff Melvir
Lewis captured a 100 gallon cop
per still early Saturday morninj
ih Lock wood's Folly township.
The plant was not in operatioi
at the time of the surprise visi
by these two officers but every
thing apparently was in readines
for a run. About 200 gallons o
mash was poured out and th<
still was brought in: and. demol
ished.
\
LOT
HED EVERY WEDNESDAY
I
NO PARALYSIS
YET REPORTED
No cases of infantile paralysis
have been reported in
Brunswick county, acording to
Mrs. Lou H. Smith, county
nurse.
Mrs. Smith urges parents to |
take every possible precaution j
against the further spread of j
' this dread disease. Especially I
did she warn against children j
attending public meetings of '
j all kinds.
At his service Sunday, the
j Reverend A. H. Marshall, Epis'
I copal minister, declared that
! I Sunday school services at his
1 j church here will be discontint
ued until after the current
state-wide epidemic of infanI
j tile paralysis is checked,
s
I I
i Campbell Alumni
Hear President
f
> ?????
.{Professor L,. H. Campbell
Spent Past Week-End In
1. Southport And Brunswick
j County; Preaches Sunday
At Mt. Pisgah
President L. H. Campbell was
| guest of honor at a fish fry given
j by Campbell college alumni of
Brunswick county at Holden's
Beach Friday afternoon. Presir
dent Campbell made a short talk
. I and the fellowship of this occa.
sion was highly beneficial to those
. who attended.
Plans were discussed for the
organization of an active chapter'
I of the Campbell college alumni
, association in Brunswick county.
. President Campbell was guest
of the Reverend T. H. Biles in
Southport during the week-end.
He spent Saturday interviewing j
several prospective college students.
On' Sunday morning President
Campbell filled the pulpit at the
Mt. Pisgah Baptist church near
Supply. A large congregation attended
the service.
I PI . O
onort session
Of Civil Court
j Court Convened Here Last
j Tuesday And Adjourned
Friday Afternoon; Hewett
Case Took Up Most
Of Session
| Only a few cases were settled
! at the June term of Brunswick
j county Superior court, which was |
| in session here last week for the
11 trial of civil actions. Judge J.
Paul Frizzelle of Snow Hill was;
the presiding jurist.
! The judge was unable to arrive I
| in Southport on Monday. Court
was opened by the sheriff and
| was immediately adjourned until i
i Tuesday morning.
Several divorce actions were |
heard on Tuesday. An annulment I
was granted in the case of Wilile!
j Margaret Medlin and Earl Eldr- j
11 idge Medlin. The defendant was
: taxed with the costs.
Final settlement was delayed I
' in the other divorce proceedings
heard.
In the matter of Mattie Le Rue1
j Hewett the defendant was ad- j
I judged to be competent to man-;
I age her own affairs and Beaman j
W. Hewett, temporary receiver, i
was ordered to make immediate!
settlement of business begun by
him in that capacity and to turn
her affairs over to the defendant.
The petitioners were taxed with
the court costs.
In the case of Mack B. Rey:
nolds against J. B. Ward, administrator
for the estate of J. B.
Reynolds, a judgment was made
in favor of the plaintiff. The
court costs of this case were or1
rlororl nfllH Attf fllTlHo holH hv
the estate before final disbursement
was made.
(Continued on page Eight)
r Bond, For Negro
Is Set At $2$00
ij Judge J. Paul Frizzelle signed
- an order last week for the re- j
r lease of Henry Hickman, negro, ]
ordered held by a coroner's jury
i for the fatal shooting of Clart
ence Williams, also colored, under
- a $2,500 bond;
s This amount has not been prof
vided but there is a possibility
e that the amount of the bond re
quired may be still further reduced.
a
v * , .'*SI
Most Of The News
i
All The Time
$1.50 PER YEAR
Club Women In
Annual Meeting
Last Wednesday
Several Hundred Club Women
Attend The Sixth
Annual Meeting Of The
Eleventh District Last
Wednesday
BRUNSWICK WOMEN
WERE HOSTESSES
Home Demonstration Members
Met In Morning And
4-H Group Held Their
Meeting In The
Afternoon
More than seven hundred club
women attended the sixth annual
meeting of the Eleventh District
of the North Carolina Federation
of Home Demonstration clubs at
Carolina Beach last Wednesday.
The Brunswick county unit acted
as hostess and the meeting
was presided over by Mrs. George
Cannon, chairman. Brunswick,
New Hanover and Pender coun
ties were represented.
Dr. R. B. House, dean of administration
at the University of
North Carolina, was the principal
speaker. In a forceful address he
stressed the importance of applying
principles of religion in
everyday life. He urged club
women to be independent in their
thinking.
Short talks were made by Reuben
Brigham, editorial section of
the Agricultural Adjustment Administration,
F. H. Jeter, agricul(Contlnued
on page 8.)
Referendum To
Close Saturday
Early Returns Show 300
Tobacco Growers Favor
Continuation Of Program
With Only One Dissenting
Vote
Early returns from the tobacco
referendum being conducted in
Brunswick county in an effort to
determine the sentiment of farmers
toward continuation of the
program after this year show
three hundred votes in favor of
the program and only one against
its continuation.
According to County Agent J.
E. Dodson there are still many
ballots that have not been returned
to the office. In order to
be counted they must be in before
the office closes Saturday afternoon.
Attention once more is called
to the fact that all sharecroppers,
share-tenants, renters and landowners
engaged in the production
of flue-cured tobacco, regardless
of whether they are contract
signers, are urged to vote on this
question.
While the exact nature of the
(Continued on page 8.)
Roger Clemmons
Is Recovering
Roger Clemmons, who was seriously
injured in a train-truck
smash-up near Bolivia two weeks
ago, is much better, according to
reports from the Wilmington hospital
where he is a patient.
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 26
3:34 a. m. 9:48 a. m.
4:11 p. m. 10:38 p. m.
Thursday, June 27
4:34 a. m. 10:43 a. m.
5:05 p. m. 11:33 p. m.
Friday, June 28
5:29 a. m. 11:36 a. no.
5:56 p. m.. ??. |
Saturday, June 29
6:23 a. m. 0:25 a. m.
6:44 p. m. 12:26 p. m.
Sunday, June 30
7:10 a. m. 1:13 a. m.
7:30 p. m. 1:14 p. m.
Monday, July 1
7:55 a. m. 1:58 a. m.
8:13 p. m. 1:58 p. m.
Tuesday, July 2
8:38 a. m. 2:40 a. m.
8:52 p. m. 2:42 p. m.
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