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
*?" ??<i his sister and
Druuiris iuim ?? ,?,
they did all they could to
help him. After visiting them
all for a time, Fryer said
that he came to Whiteville,
his old home, in search of a
(Continued on page eight)
!LOT
SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
cted Chairman
loard Of Trustees
*
Organization Meeting Held
Monday Night And All
Except Two Members
I Were Present To Be
Sworn In As Trustees
SUTTON RE-ELECTED AS
SECRETARY-TREASURER
i
IH. W. Hood, Out-Going
i Chairman Attended The
I Meeting And Made Report
Of Work Being
i Done; Entire Hospital
Staff Will
Be Retained
i
A meeting of the new board
1 of trustees for the Brunswick
' county hospital was held Mon|
day night and C. Ed Taylor, pro'
ft nttrtrnfiv \X7Q Q
minent suuuipun, owwuivj,
elected chairman. J. D. Sutton
was re-elected secretary-treasurer.
All but two members were
present.
W. H. Hood, the retiring chairman,
was present at the meeting
and gave a comprehensive
J outline of the workings of the
-1 hospital,
j Mrs. H. R. Porter, superintenj
dent of nurses, was re-elected
I'and it was indicated that the
.present personnel of the hospital
! staff will be retained.
I Mr. Taylor stated that until
., rules, regulations and bi-laws for
t j the hospital can be formulated,
. those in use at the present time
p will be continued.
i Members of the board expres'
sed their appreciation for the
11 (Continued on page 8.)
; Good Meeting Of
The Pivir Club
M. kAV -wm V a w ^ ? .
i
j Good Attendance At Meeting
Held Thursday Evee
ning At Caswell Beach;
Important Business Taken
Up By Members
-1 Business and pleasure were
i.; combined by members of the Port
1 City Civic Club in their meeting
!.! held Thursday evening at CasJ
well Beach.
I Club members, their wives,
! children and other guests were
present for the bountiful dinner
i served by J. F. Coleman in the
pavilion of his place at the beach
and everyone apparently enjoyed
f the meal.
R. I. Mintz, president of the
. club, acted as toastmaster and
presented R. W. Davis for a
"! short talk in keeping with the
" occasion. The speaker harked
?| back to the early days of the
i nation, when North Carolina led
the way for the other colonies in
(declaring their independence from
c England.
11 Mr. Davis made a hurried
l sketch of the progress made by
s North Carolina and pointed out
the possibility for still further
1 development if the natural ad
vantages of the state are used
- as they should be. He mentioned j
1 briefly the advantages to be
s gained by the proper development
of the port facilities at South.
portAfter
dinner members met in
a brief business session. Following
a short discussion, members voted
to pay a monthly fee of $1.00
| each, this amount to cover membership
dues and the cost of the
bi-monthly dinners.
Upon the motion of R. W. Davis,
a rising vote of appreciation I
was accorded G. Van Fesperman j
for his efforts to establish the I
Port City Civic Club. A similar
recognition was made of the ser-1
vices of R. O. Johnson in making |
preparations for the meeting i
Thursday evening.
A program committee was appointed
by President Mintz and
the meeting was adjourned.
Attend Funeral
Held In Sampson
Mr. and Mrs. E. Holden, Sr.,
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Holden and
Mrs. A. B. Willis attended the
funeral of their relative, Simpronius
Holden, at Salemburg Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. Holden died Friday at a
Fayetteville hospital as the result
of heart and kidney trouble.
He was 57 years of age.
The deceased was well known
in Brunswick county, where he
taught school for a number of
years./ He was educated at Wake
Forest college.
\
Most Of The News
All The Time
$1.50 PER YEAR
Representative
Sentelle Named
On Parole Board
Board Appointed Last Tuesday
By Governor Ehringhaus
And Members Probably
Will Be Sworn In
At An Early Date
BOARD INCLUDES
IMPORTANT MEN
Duties Of New Members
Will Have To Do With
Policy Rather Than
With Individual Cases;
To Consider
i, New Record
P _ . i
system
Raleigh, July 3.?Governor EhringhaUs
yesterday appointed former
Judge T. D. Bryson of Bryson
City, former Solicitor J. F.
Spruill of Lexington, and Representative
R. E. Sentelle of Southport
as members of the new Advisory
Board of Paroles.
Ex-officio members are the
| Governor, who is chairman, Attorney
General A. A. F. Seawell,
|Capus Waynick, chairman of the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission, and Mrs. T. W. Bost,
Commissioner of Charities. Commissioner
of Paroles Edwin Gill
lis secretary of the board.
( Members of the new commission
probably will be called to
i Raleigh to take their oath of of'fice
and hold their first meeting
I within a week or two, said Mr.
Gill. Their duties are advisory
and have to do with policy rather
than individual petitions and
cases. Probably their first duty
will be the consideration of the
proposed parole system on which
Mr. G;li, with the advice of the
Governor and Mr. Waynick, has
been working for weeks.
One of the outstanding features
of -the proposed parole system
will be the records Mr. Gill Intends
to keep on both prisoners
and on men who have been giv(Continued
on page 8.)
7 .
Making A Survey
For Highway 130
Making Investigations To
Determine Most Suitable
Route From The Columbus
County Line To Intersection
Highway 30
A survey has been in progress
during the past two weeks to
| determine the best route for
I highway 30. This investigation is
being made by employees of the
Federal Government in response
1 to repeated requests of citizens
of this county that this road be
hardsurfaced.
The survey is being conducted
by seven men,, three of them
graduate engineers, working under
the direction of P. A. Jenns.
Mr. Jenns says that the work
will require several weeks for
completion. Even with the information
available, he said, there
is no assurance that actual work
of hard surfacing will begin at
an early date. The data will be
submitted to Federal authorities
in Washington, D. C., for their
consideration.
Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
fnr Snnfhnnrf Hnrlno* fKo novi
week. These hours are approximately
correct and were furnished
The State Fort Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fea' Pilot's Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Wednesday, July 10
1:54 a. m. 8:10 a. m.
2:35 p. m. 9:08 p. m.
Thursday, July 11
2:54 a. m. 9r04 a. m.
3:32 p. m. 10:07 p. m.
Friday, July 12
3:55 a. m. 10:01 a. m.
4:28 p. m. 11:03 p. m.
Saturday, July IS
4:53 a. m. 10:53 a. m.
5:22 p. m. 11:56 p. m.
Sunday, July 14
5:48 a. m. 11:51 a. m.
6:14 p. m.
Monday, July 15
6:41 a. m. 0:46 a. m.
7:04 p. m. 12:44 p. m.
Tuesday, July 16
a m 1.M o ~
7:53 p. m. 1:36 p. m.
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