moo Pilots mailed to Maders in Brunswick ICounty this week MujME EIGHT NO. 23. Iw Home Agent f gins Her Work L f This County s Marion Smith Arrived j Mere Last Friday And Mas Been Meeting Clubs n The County At Their * Meetings j ^ wegum. Is. FOSTER WILL I j REMAIN UNTIL lSTHl > L Home Demonstration I Msent Comes Here High. I v Recommended By I Mrs. Estelle T. Smith, j ' District Home ' I I Agent Kss Marion Smith arrived dav to assume her duties asj He" demonstration agent for; Mjnswick county, succeeding K Ada W. Foster. Miss Smith It the Phoenix club Friday afM.oM^and will follow to reguI ^hedule of meetings from j Krs. Ada W. Foster, whose * Ice she is taking as home ag-1 >. I will remain here until July j I to assist Miss Smith in getting j \ Irted with her work. r Miss Smith comes to Bruns- _ |ck county from Tabor City lere she has been doing George ] lid teaching for the past year. J lis work is very similar to that I home demonstration agent. Prior to her year at Tabor tv. Miss Smith taught home j ionomics for one year at BurLv and served for one year as "] letition at Samracand, girls reIrm school. Last summer she las employed as emergency home Imonstration agent in Lincoln luntv. I Miss Smith is a graduate of t be Womans College of the Uni- t fersity of North Carolina at t Ireensboro, class of 1931. ^ I Following is a schedule of club ( meetings which will be followed F Miss Smith: July, first week: r Friday?Phoenix: second week: I Bonday?King Town; Tuesday? I ret Ash: Wednesday ? Green1 (Continued on Page 8.) Outstanding News From Everywhere News Events Of State, Nation and World-Wide Interest During Past I Week BY DOROTHY BELL | Bl'RIED AT SEA Under bright rays of the Artie Circle's midnight sun, Bowman Gray, 61-year-old chairman of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, was t buried from his ship Mon- | "lay night. Grey, who died aboard the Kungsholm Sunday of a heart attack, nad expressed a wish that he be buried at sea. His casket, "J draped in an American flag, *as lowered into the sea at 'be stroke of midnight. STORM TAKES TOLL ihirty-seven persons were rented dead and eight others were nissing as the result of floods i upper New York state, accord'" ? to press reports today (Wed- n *sday.) Property damage was 01 stimated to be well above the Ho.000,000 mark. Relief forces ] ^ being rushed to the devastaW area. DRYS CALL A HALT Dry forces of North Carolina staged a belated rally at |be polls Tuesday when Rockingham county, one of the n Inst two counties in the state c< [? v?te on the county control g 1'OUor plan, voted to retain tl 'be present enforcement laws. M Carteret, the other county to fate Tuesday on this issue, n Piled up a small majority M voring the control plan. u ^ (Continued on Page 6.) n bulletin 11 o Mrs. Lou H. Smith, county h nurse< will leave Friday for ? a Week's vorafinn eho mill o: i* back In her office on SatUr^ay, July 20. 81 Miss Josephine Daniel, t' Mate health nurse, will pay t< official visit to the local il a'th office this week. ^ THE 8-PAGES TO Women On Sc H-- ' F'" Wmm^ v v. ^JrX -a ML ]k fl Mrs. E. H. Cranmer, ight, are the only Brunsw ocal school boards. Mrs. C id to take the place of J. louthport school board am is a member of the board vas elected secretary by nittee. Naugatuck Night ToJ rhirty-Five Foot Yacht W: tress Off Wrightsville Answ The Naugatuck, sturdj ioned at Southport, left ;o the aid of a 35-foot yacl r\ Ko in nff WricrVi \J KJK, in MlWV* vuw _ _ vas expected to reach ?ti )'clock this (Wednesday) EFFORT MADE TO CLOSE SHRIMPING SEASON FOR TIME Members of the State Board of Conservation and Development voted Monday to establish a closed season for shrimping in Brunswick county. This period would extend from April 15 to August 1 each year. This action was recinded at Tuesday's meeting, however, when a large delegation from this county appeared to protest the decision of the board. The matter was referred to Captain John A. Nelson, state fisheries commissioner, for further investigation. )peration Fatal To Billy Frinlf 'en-Year-Old Son Of Mr And Mrs. Sam Joe Frinl Of Near Shallotte Diec Tuesday Morning In Th? Brunswick County Hos pital Friends and relatives of th< imily were shocked Tuesday lorning to learn of the deatl f Billy Frink, 10-year-old soi f Mr. and Mrs. Sam Joe Frink f the Grissett Town community (Continued on page Eight) VOman's Auxiliary Suspends Meetings Regular meetings of the Wo lens Auxiliary of the Brunswicl junty post of the American Le ion have been postponed unti lis fall, according to Mrs. A. H iarshall, president. Any important matters of busi ess may be taken up with Mrs iarshall, Mrs. James Carr, treas rer, or Mrs. Frank Sasser, sec jtary. Prominent Minister Visits Southpor Dr. H. T. Stevens, pastor o: le First Baptist church or Asn oro, was a South port visitor to sveral days last week, the gues f the Rev. T. H. Biles. Dr. Stevens conducted a verj uccessful revival meeting hen ivo years ago and several peopli x>k advantage of the opportun :y to hear him at the regula Wednesday night meeting. ISTA1 A Good News DAY Southport, IN :hool Committee SP ^ r i Ji A left, and Mrs. J. E. Dodsor ick county women serving 01 ranmer was recently appoint W. Ruark as chairman of th i Mrs. Dodson was appointe at the Waccamaw school. Sh other members of her com Called Last Rescue Boal ith Two Men Aboard In Dis Beach And Coast Guards rer Call r little coast guard cutter sta >out 8 o'clock last night to g it, with two men aboard, sai tsville Beach. The Naugatucl ' ? ? * - i - i J. 1 .r\ te neipiess Doat aoout i :u morning. -* The men aboard were believe " I to be Sam C. Woolvin, aviato: I and Fred F. Singleton, shippin j clerk at a Wilmington baker; The men left about 5:30 o'cloc ' yesterday morning for a fishin [trip outside and expected to re ' turn by 10:30 yesterday morning Rumors flew thick and fas ' during the day and early laj ) night. Reliable reports, howeve: ! indicated that the N boat wa about three-quarters of a mil j off-shore at the Masonboro Inle j Early last night four fishing ve: sels from Wrightsville Beach al tempted to go to the rescue c the distressed boat but high seat made it impossible for them t get out through the inlet. . Three Cases In . I Court Wednesday f Negro Held In Connectioi With Murder Case Free< When It Was Discovers i There Was No Chargi 11 Against Him s Three cases were heard an two were finally disposed of b; Judge Peter Rourk here in Re ? * r j -Jn.r corder's Court last weuiiMua;. i Arthur Evans, colored, appear r ed to answer charges of being ai 11 accessory in the Clarence Wil i' liams killing several weeks age , He had been held by order o , the coroners jury, but it was dis covered that there was no char ge against him in Recorder" I Court and the action was dis I missed. ? Robert McLamb, white, wa charged with being drunk am (Continued on Page Eight) c ; Local Theatre Being Repairei The Amuzu theatre in South i. port was closed Saturday to several weeks during which tim repairs will be made in th equipment It is understood tha a new ventilating system will b installed and that the souni ^ equipment will be improved. County Gains Two Colored Teacher. r ?? t Bolivia lost one high schoo teacher and Southport gained on f as a result of the recent re-al ? lotment of teachers for the a tat* t Changes made in the colorei - schools of the county resulted ii r a net gain of two teachers to Brunswick. rEPO >paper In A Gc f. C., Wednesday, Jul Choose Site For Fish Factory To Be Constructe< John Sykes And Roy Gaj State Engineer, W e r Here Tuesday And D? ' cided Upon Location 0 Plant EXFECT WORK TO BEGIN IMMEDIATEL Officials Veto Plan To L< cate Plant Near Inland Waterway And Decide To Use Portion Of | City Property Next To Oil Plant i Tnhn Svkes. head of the fis lermen's rehabilitation work North Carolina, and Roy Gra state engineer, met here Tuesds afternoon with local officials ai i, decided to build the fish coolii n and storage plant, which hi been under consideration for son e time, on property owned by tl j city next to the Standard C plant. Plans for the plant call for i l" expenditure of $16,000. The ci of Southport donated $3,000 i this amount and the building sit The building is to be a woodi structure, 47x100 feet, not ii eluding the wharf. Mr. Gray remained here follo\ ting the conference, ready to su erintend the actual constructio which is expected to begin wit] in the next few days. (- Plants will also be construct! at Morehead City and at Ma: teo. The establishment of the: plants is an integral part of tl program of the fishermen's c ' | operative to organize ana conir , the fish market. ^ The central plant at Morehei ^ (Continued on Page Eight) ?Board Of Health r, ; Met Here Monda k f i Discuss Possible Measun For Prevention Of Sprea K~ Of Infantile Paralysis Ii to Brunswick County; M ,t Cases Yet Reported P ' At a meeting of the Brunswii e county board of health, held he j. ! Monday afternoon for the pu '' pose of considering measur j which might aid in preventii ^ the spread of this infantile par B ! lysis into Brunswick count Q! members voted that all childn coming into the county fro other sections shall be under o servation of the county heal1 authorities for a period of tv weeks. No cases of infantile paralys J have been reported so far in th county, but should any cases a poar, they will be under stri n quarantine. J In order to prevent the spre? i of the disease in Brunswick coui e ty, it is advised by the counl board of health that parents c not allow their children to vis d moving pictures, beaches or othi y places where crowds gather, i- 'Continued on Page Eight.) ?|Boy Confesses T( t Attempt To The young man who, uns der the name of Joe Cheers, - Jr., was convicted at the spring term of Brunswick s County Superior Court as an i i accessory in the attempt to burn the Cheers home in Southport, told the editor of The State Port Pilot Monday j afternoon that his real name t is Joseph Kendall Fryer. The boy confessed that he purchased the gasoline used r by Mrs. Minnie Cheers In her s attempt to set fire to the e house, that he brought her to t Southport and that he later e purchased a quantity of 3 wrapping paper for her in Wilmington in order that she might have K to use to shade tke windows. . Fryer said that be is the S son of Mrs. Fannie Fryer, formerly of Columbus county, 1 now a case worker in the ree lief office at Clintwood, Va. His mother taught school for 1?? ^ in rVtllim !. a numw-r u* jvaio U? i bus county, according- to his [l story, and his brothers and r sisters are highly respected, most of them being college iRTPl >od Community ly 10th, 1935 FUBL'' C. Ed Taylor Ele i Of Hospital E ii Chairman U e k. h- Vr ^ w t ln c. ED TAYLOK i Vocational Work " May Be Secured V P" I State Director Of Vocati onal Education Says Thai Two Teachers Are Avail ,dj able For Brunswick II "a, I Funds Are Provided 30 ie | It was learned this week tha 0. Itwo vocational teachers an ol; available for Brunswick count] [ schools provided the county i; id I able to raise their proportions I part of their salary. This information was furnishei j from a letter written by T. E I Browne, director of vocations education, to O. C. Johnson y I chairman of a county committei 'appointed some time ago to in j vestigate the possibilities for sec uring vocational agriculture tea " Inborn anH hnme economics teach ers for Brunswick county schools n* At a meeting of educations '? leaders, held at Bolivia, O. C Johnson, L. H. Phelps and J. W (Continued on Page 8-1 1 Mrs. Usher Dies 2 In This Count) Died Thursday, June 27, A b- Her Home In The Shal th lotte Village; The De to ceased, 63-Years-Of-Age Had Been HI For Som< 'is Time is p- Mrs. C. A. Usher died at hei ct home in Shaloltte Village oi Thursday, June 27, following ai id extended illness. She was 63 year: ti- of age. ty The deceased was a gooc lo friend and neighbor and through it out her long illness she main sr tained a cheerful attitude towarc I life. She was a member of th< (Continued on Page Eight) i His Part In Burn Cheers Home I graduates. The boy said that he was making this voluntary statement in order that the people of the county might better understand his position. He declared this to be the first trouble of any kind in which he has ever been involved and he says that, when he has completed his sentence of from three to five years In the state penitentiary, he is going to stick to the straight and narrow path. His story, which he told in a frank, straight forward manner, was one of a young boy Who has been betrayed by circumstances. Having entered the army at the age of 15, he was discharged three , years later. He was without t a job, he said, and bega.< at once to look for. employment of some kind. He visited his *?" ??