I Most Of The News I All The Time ^goLUME TEN NO. ; Criminal D< 1Disposed C 1 After On Si EL E. H. Cranmer Will | JJear Several Civil Mat- j lt.r, Tomorrow To Wind Up Superior Court ActiH vitiea For 1938 M0 IMPORTANT CASES TRIED Hp Until Tuesday Noon All H,?es Either Had Been Hjettled By Pleading H Guilty Or Verdict Wa3 Directed nfw record for brevity pro ,v was established this week K SJI October term of Brunswick Ho3ty Superior court for the Hgj of criminal cases as the Htet was disposed of and the Kv dismissed late yesterday af^Bncon. Hjuiige E. H. Cramer, presiding Htr the last term of court in ^Kywick count as a regular Suwill wind up tomorrow when he hears ^Cral civil matters. pie cases disposed of this week i.nor nature and not Kji Tuesday afternoon was it for members of a jury ^ Vnder a verdict. Most of the ^ fidants during the fi-st two had pleaded guilty, and ^Ege Cranmer had directed other ^ ffcwnee Adams and William ! ijg. two boys accused ofj r an automobile on the road several months ago, I guilty to charges of deg personal property. Each iven four years on the . Bland pleaded guilty to i of larceny and prayer gment in his case was confor 2 years. lie Stanley pleaded guilty rges of breaking and enami was given six months roads. 7 CCoes was found guilty ; ?y and .vuae given eight, on the roads. ' I i Wililamson, found guilty ind-run driving, was given on the roads. This sentas suspended upon payf the doctor bill of the :ing witness, other damage . t from the accident and ts of the case, and Sump Brown were uilty of trespass but judgtheir case was suspended yment of the costs, tlnued on page four) :1c Bits 'f Big News Events Of State, n and World-Wide rest During Pest Week I ?1 . II I ??^ Urnado A raging tornado dipped furiously into Charleston early I Thursday, killing 28 persons, j injuring between 200 and 300,! sud damaging hundreds of i . thousands of dollars worth of; property. Hours after the de-1 structive twister passed on, | searchers dug into the ruins j of wrecked buildings, and it was feared additional bodies would be recovered. Hospitals feted 53 victims as seriously hurt, requiring confinment to hed. Others were given first aid for comparatively minor injuries and were discharged. This historic city was thrown into confusion as the storm, which lasted scarcely more ithan a minute, broke down Power and communication facilities and blocked streets with uprooted trees, poles and dangerous live wires. leases Lover Lula Belle Kimel, husky 22Tear-old jailer's daughter who Pleased two handsome young prisoners because she did not rant to see the one she loved in the State's lethal gas amber, sobbed out her grief ? a cell Tuesday night while Ponce conducted a State-wide Manhunt for the object of her "factions. Lula Belle, 175 nd blonde who limps noticey but can "handle women goners like so many sacks Potatoes," was locked up by r father, T. C. Kimel, 56w ?M iai|er who resigned a | Ik ,^'n'J'ea after he learned . ^atighter betrayed him by | in "*,? James Godwin, 19, and , ^ Wilson, 21, _ J TH1 57 3cket Is )f Tuesday lyTwoDays H| ! 11 r ' k3 jjfl ! Jl'DGE E. H. C'RANMER Fishing Before And After Work Carpenter Engaged In , Remodeling Houses Of The Lightkeepers At Bald Head Makes Good Catch Of Drum While fishing may not be exactly on the reconstructing program at the Cape Fear - light house on Bald Head Island. Jim Blake, Wilmington carpenter working for the U. A. Underwood Construction company of the city, is having some good sport mixed with his daily labors. (There is a time before vvprk and a time after work and Jim is credited with using these before and after hours to good purpose. According to the light house force, Jim went down to the beach with a casting rod before work time Saturday mornlfig. He returned staggering under the weight of two huge red drum. One of them weighed 30 pounds and the other went that much better, registering an even 42. Jim is credited with having caught his 72 pounds of fish in the space of ten minutes. He had hardly got the 30 pounder off j the hook and his tackle baited I again before the 42 pounder struck and was dragged asliore. Although the fact is little known, the tip of the shoals running out from Bald Head offers some of the best drum fishing that can be found anywhere on the coast. In addition to Mr. (Continued on Page 4) South port Has New Stop Light An automatic, flashing stop light has been erected at the L - ? ~ V. ; rrVtotO \r in for. corner wiieic mc uigimaj . sects Moore Street in Southport. The view coming into town is a yellow light, giving a warning of caution: there is a similar signal flashing to traffic approaching from the east on Moore Street. The western exposure on Moore Street is a red light, requiring traffic to come to a fUll stop before entering the intersection. There is the same warning signal on the south end of the highway. Boys Stop Her< Fla. In Man-P Swinging double bladed paddles and sending a twelvefoot canoe as far as they can go before their month gives out would seem more like work than play to the average person. However, R. E. Piatt and Robert Elliott, both of Philadelphia, paddled into port Saturday, fourteen days out from home and still going strong on their journey southward. They had come through sunshine and storm, making almost 50 miles per day. Their worst experience with weather was on the Chesapeake Bay, soon after leaving Philadelphia. There they ran into the hurricane that played such havoc in the New England states. The boys said that on the Chesapeake Bay it was nothing to get excited about, nevertheless they were capsized and had to> right their boat and readjust the light cargo in very rough seas. Everything they carry In the light canoe is in waterproof containers that are securely lashed the craft ' e st; A Good 4-PAGES TODAY To Try Officers ( Death Of Negro True Bill Against A. T. U. E Investigators Found By Brunswick County Grand Jury In Session Yesterday A Brunswick County grand jury Tuesday returned true bills tj against Lon M. Howe and John tl R. McFall, of Wilmington, inves- se tigators for the Federal Alcohol ti Tax Unit, for the slaying of Horn- ai er Smith, Negro, on January 8. Smith's body was found the V morning of January 9, beside a te fill approach to the Brunswick qi River bridge. His neck was brok- th en and his spinal cord severed. it; A. T. U. officers reported they in had chased the Negro when they hi discovered him transporting nontaxpaid liquor and that he jumped M | from his machine and ran into a fr swamp. They foljowed him but C! lost him in the recess of the G swamp they said. H Smith's body was found a mile Bi from where they said he jumped; B from his machine. His cap was Pi found at the point where his ma- er chine was left by the roadside. to The officers were ordered held under $5,000 bond each. They had sc not been arrested last night since th capiases had not been sent to hi New Hanover county. |SI Last Thursday's Broke Twen ?- *Torrential Rains Weref About The Only Indica- | tion Of Disturbed Weather Conditions On That Day L TORNADO WRECKED CHARLESTON SECTION Brief Flurry Shortly After Noon Thursday Blew Over Several Small Trees, But Did Little Harm The highest rainfall for a single day since January 27, 1*20, j was recorded here Thursday when 6.70 inches fell during the 24hour period. The downpour started before dawn and continued almost without interruption until noon. After a brief intermission it set in again and rained intermittantly throughout the ofternoon. A small craft warning was displayed on the tower in the garrison, and as soon as reports of the storm in Charleston reached (Continued on page 4) ^ Local Catholics Visit Whiteville II Mrs. L. C. Fergus Sang A Solo During Celebration Of High Mass; Others From This County In All unoir of wl Several Southport Catholics at- S( tended the dedication of the Q.( Chapel cf the Sacred Heart i?i; Whiteville Sunday morning. pr In an impressive ceremony pre- D, ceding the Solemn Hi;;h Mass, ar Bishop En:;cne J. Mc'.Jutnress dedicated the chapel to the services of C-id. OV Mass was celebrated I*y the pastor, the Rev. Father Frank (Continued on page 4) ^ sp *-? , np io 5 Enroute To ? owered Canoe S P? Up to the time of arriving nfl at Southport they had lost ja nothing, but Piatt had pick- jr ed up a handful of goodsized Tt blisters from the constant paddling. They have a month vaca- Tj tion and intend to spend all ' of it going south in the canoe. They hope to make Lake George, Fla., before the end of the month and there M jtrs. Piatt will meet them ci with a car. The canoe will h be loaded atop the car and af the boys will speed back to vi Philadelphia, their vacation at ended. oc Piatt is a restaurant man- r( ager at Frankford, in Phil- te adelphia. Elliott, his compan- ce ion, is a hosiery mill employee. Both boys said that ar they were getting a big kick Ci out of their trip south but 4 had been encountering a J. whole lot more rough weath- Si er than they ha4 bargained br for. To start with there was vs the hurricane and this was v? followed the next week by M last weeks storm. The wind gr has been against them ail the pi m News paper Ii Southport, N. C., Wi Commissioners In Regular Session district Highway Engineer R. V. Bibberstein Attended Meeting Monday To Hear Road Matters Discussed Members of the board of coun' commissioners met Monday in leir regular first-of-the month ission but devoted most of their me to a discussion of roads id taxes. District highway engineer R. . Bibberstein, of Wilmington, at nded the meeting and heard relests from the commissioners lat he investigate the possibily of having the following roads this county taken over by the ghway commission: The WunderlMch road in the ill Creek community: the road om Supply school through the lemmons community to J. S. rissett's; road connecting the . and L. road with the Holden's each Road; extending the oone's landing road to Long sint; a road from M. L. Holdi's place across Shallotte Point the Gause Landing Road. Most of these roads have had ime improvements made on lem, but all of them previously ive been turned down by the ate Highway Commission. i Rainfall ty-Year Mark Statistics About T AAO 1 \\/on flioi* l ! j_/ui/ai tt bauivi | A survey of the records compiled by the local observer for the U. S. Weather Bureau during the past 18 years reveals the fact that September is the month when new records for rainfall are set. When last month's figure reached 14.36 Inches a research was begun. It was discovered that two years ago In the month of September there was a ralnfaP. of 13.10 inches. The high mark was reached, though, with the September, 1924, mark of 21.10 inches. On no day during that record-making month did the rainfall exceed 4.19 Inches. The record dry month, according to weather bureau figures, was May, 1936, when only .12 inches was recorded. '.-T. A. Council Meets At Leland itercsting Program Arranged For First Meeting Of Year, Which Is To Be Held Saturday At Leland The Brunswick County Council Parent-Teacher Associations ill meet with the Leland unit on iturday, October 8th, at 10:30 clock. Mrs. C. E. Stevens, of Council, esident of the Eighth P.-T. A. [strict, will be a special guest id bring an interesting message. >?" t~1 XI Cnnnnn RrvlUHa flira. vjr. ii> vaiuivn( ? ?, uncil president, will preside er the session. The following ogram will be given: Devotional: Leland Parent-Teaers Association: minutes of the iring meeting, Mrs. Julia Tayr, secretary: Roll call, each lo,1 president will give the "obctives" of their association for e year's work; reading of Gov- ] nor Hoey's letter, secretary; reirts, old and new business; anmncements; open forum; Spec! music, Leland P.-T. A.; aders, "The Value of the Parent achers Association to The Lo(Continued on page 4.) Vinnabow Man Dies In Hospital Moses B. Sullivan, age 48, a e long resident of the Town reek sect'on, died in Bullock ospital early Thursday morning ter a short illness. Funeral serces were held Friday afternoon . 2:30 o'clock from Zion Methlist church by the pastor, the everend J. C. Harmon, and inrment was made in the church metery. He is survived by his widow id 4 children, Gladys, Iona, jrmett and Sara, all of Leland; brothers, B. L? R. C., and B. Sullivan, of Leland, and J. W. illivan, of Hampstead; 3 half others, E. L. and A. H. SulUm, of Leland, and B. R. Sulliut, of Winnabow; one sister, rs. Lizzie Thorpe, of Tarboro; id 2 half-sisters, Mrs. F. I). -ripper and Miss Annie Mae ?uJ'&J> 91 Inland. . , , } POR' i A Good Con sdnesday, October 5th County Students Given Tickets To State Fair Superintendent Announce) That She Has Received Free Tickets to The N. C, State Fair In Raleign 12,000 TICKETS SENT TO COUNT* Miss Woodside Now Has In Her Possession 12,000 Tickets For Brunswick County School Children To Attend State Fair Superintendent, Miss Annie Mae Woodside, of the Brunswick county schools announced Monday she had received free tickets to the North Carolina State Fair, which will be held in Raleigh, October 11-15, for distribution to all Brunswick coun ty's 12,000 children in the publie schools. She will distribute the tickets next week. Dr. J. S. Dorton of Shelby manager of the State Fair, has designated Friday, October 14, as Young North Carolinian's Day al the Fair. Tickets will be available for 900,000 school childrer to be guests of the State on thai day, he declared. Wake County school childrer will be admitted free Tuesday te lessen congestion on Friday oi fair week. Governor Clyde R. Hoey has joined Dr. Dorton in expressing the urgent hope that as many children as possible take advantage of their free tickets to the fair. "No fair is complete unless children have an opportunity to see the exhibits and enjoy the entertainment features," declared Manager Dovton. "We want to see the midway full of youngsters or Friday of fair week." In addition to an imposing array of exhibits, the children will find much to interest them at the fair. The gigantic Johnny J. Jones Exposition, with 40 high-type rides and shows, will be a brand new attraction on the midway. A i.0ien thrilling hippodrome acts will be presented in the grandstand arena each afternoon and night, and a sparkling musical comedy will feature each event's program. Bear Hunters Go Free In Court Trial Of Men For Violation Of Game Law Held Before Judge John B. Ward Here Last Wednesday The final chapter of the bear hunters' story was written into the court record Wednesday when Albert Reaves, J. R. Fields and Red Roach, white, were found not guilty of violating the game law. All three men admitted that they were hunting bear out oi season at the time they were arrested, but they claimed that they were under the impression that they had a right to do so because of depredations committed in their community by bears immediately prior to their trial. The case of Reggie Piner, white, charged with being a public nuisance, was remanded to magistrate's court. Corbett Simmons, white, pleaded guilty to charges of being drunk on the public highway. The defendant was taxed with a fine of $10.00 and the cost. Slmuel Bunting, colored, was charged with failure to support his illegitimate child He was required to pay the sum of $2.00 per week to the clerk of court for this purpose and performance bond was set at $200.00 dollars. Clarence Evans, colored, pleaded guilty of reckless operation and was required to pay a fine of $40 and the costs. Oscar Mintz, white, pleaded guilty to charges of making an assault upon a female. His sentence of two years on the roads was suspended upon condition that he remain of good behavior for two years and pay the costs of his case. His fine of $25.00 (Continued on page 4) To Take Pictures Of Shrimping Scenes Charles Farrell, wellknown Greensboro photographer, is scheduled to arrive here Sunday for several days of picture making, fishing and shrimping scenes being the most desired. This is commercial work, the pictures to be used in newspapers and booklets. The Civic Club secretary states that he hopes for cooperation in the malting of these pictures as tyiey will constitute valueable advertising to the town, i . . .... r pil imunity i, 1938 PUBUS1 Station Bein^ 'y/'W/v/b'/Z'// * 'y///////'///// i vy/yT \/ zy / y/y/A '/ ////// yyy/j.. .y \ NORTH r / > \ / ' N //S?. CAROLINA ' --^"1 //////,y>-" t/ //.SOUTH ///; \ WT" ' // t / / ' //. . *vv //CAROLINA // S//Y/ / a//A if yy/////Aj ^/777^^r mrr-yy \M, w/ w?y*? Am Vy y 9^U JACKSONVILLE / 4 / \Y/Ar\ II / M ; MAP?While the above t the location of South port an pretty clear idea of the loca l miles off Southport. Recently ; ed an article claiming that th Southport and 75 miles off IV 1 reproduced from the U. S. I ! L. Murphy, of Dare Count through the courtesy of the I , rows show the approximate : miles off Southport, 35 miles r miles off Hatteras. | Cuban Official! Delivery Of 1 Teachers Will j Receive Checks i , First month salary chocks i I totaling about $12,000.00 will be patf to Brunswick county 1 school teachers this week, ] according to information received from the office of Miss Annie May Woodside, County Superintendent of schools. Also sharing in this fund i will be the bus drivers and I janitors. With the first month's 1 ' I work now completed and j with figures compiled an- j other effort will be made to t l secure additional f a c u Ity i members for schools where ( conditions are overcrowded. r Miss Woodside and W. R. c Lingle, principal of Southpport school, recently made a t trip to Raleigh in the Inter- | j est of this cause. t c Negro Fisherman 1 Drowned Friday | Beamon Joyner, I oung Menhaden Fisher man, Missing Three Days Before He Was Found In I River Monday The body of Beaman Joyner, negro menhaden fisherman, was found floating between Southport . and Battery Island Monday afternoon by members of the crew of 1 the menhaden fishboat Anderson, t Joyner had been missing since ( Friday night when he is reported c to have gone aboard the Storm t King, the boat on which he work- r ed, with the cook, saying that 1 he planned to sleep there that J night. It is reported that he had \ (Continued on page -4) Southport Man From Unusu i Surfman Roy A. McKeithan, youngest (and also credited with being one of the handsomest) of the Oak Island i stalwarts, is home on a 15 days leave from New York, to which place he was assigned several weeks ago as a guard in the transfer of silver. The young coast guardman will be in New York until someti ie in the spring, the time when the Treasury Department estimates the task of removing the silver bullion from New York to West ( Point, N. Y., will be completed. In all there are 14 men from the 7th Coast Guard District, with headquarters at Norfolk, who are engaged in this task of guarding silver while it is being removed .OT n * *, f KED EVERY WEDNESDAY y Improved S IP / & Al jyXs2 ?L_ , 'Y y A Nc pa Br foi wa __ eni i thi coi 1 ? mc cia cut does not clearly define bn d Smith's Island, it gives a m< tion of the gulf stream, 40 a Wilmington man publishie stream was 100 miles off wflf lorehead City. This cut was ^ eodetic*Survey Maps by J. j ;y, and is published here is )are County Times. The ar- coi course of the stream, 40 Ki: off Morehead City and 10 eri for Wl s Hold Up Z Mew Fish Boat 7 a Captain John Ericksen And atr Men Who Accompanied tiv Him On His Trip To Pu- 1 erto Padre, Returned 1)61 Here Yesterday WILL STRAIGHTEN 'w OUT DIFFICULTY ^ Law Passed Several Years ? Ago That No Boat Under |? Cuban Registry Can Be Sold; Exception May Be Obtained Captain John Ericksen, W. S. jyj Javis, Eldridge McKeithan and jeslie Garner, who left Soulh>ort more than ten days ago for 'uerto Padre, Cuba, to bring >ack a boat recently purchased >y the Brunswick Navigation Company as an addition to her 1 nenhadden fleet, returned Tues- jus lay empty-handed.* H. Their trouble was a hold-up in foi he delivery by the Cuban-Amer- wi can Sugar Company of a clear Mi itle to the boat. The vessel while lot iperating for that company was Mi inder Cuban registry, and it th< (Continued on page 4) sal ?????? eai rw Af n b? L>ay ur rrayer p; Next Thursday ? J dit Day Of Prayer For District Number 1 Cf Wilmington inf Presbyterial Will Be th< Held At New Hope se< Church ^ the The Day of Prayer for District we fo. 1 of the Wilmington Pres- mc >yterial will be held Tuesday, the Jet. 11, at New Hope Presbyteian pn :hurch. This is the year honoring he 50th anniversary of the Wll- ? nington Presbyterial and is being ~ leld at New Hope honoring Mrs. f ackson Johnson, deceased, who , vas one of the ladies in the (Continued on page 4) On Vacation " al Assignment ? ?? E from the old depository to the new one. The coast guard functions under the Treasury Department; hence the selec- 5 tion of picked men from the 5 coast guard for the task of guarding the coin. McKeithan, g in addition to being the only g man from Oak Island, is the youngest in the contigent of p 14 from the 7th District. The g 14 from the 7th District, however, constitute only a few of 7 the many picked guardsmen 7 who were selected to see that the transfer of the money 7 was made safe. g McKeithan, whose home is at Southport, says that al- g though he likes New York g City and his work there he is mighty glad to get back 9 down here for a short vaca- 9 tion before returning to active duty. " - - 1 ITie Pilot Covers Brunswick County : $1.50 PER YEAR peaking Held By Republicans Friday Evening ood Audience On Hand For Speaking, Despite , The Fact That Weather Was Threatening; Was First Official Meeting LL CANDIDATES PRESENT SAVE TWO i > Elaborate Statements ior Promises Made By Speakers, But Party Platform Drafted For Campaign Republican candidates forcoun- , offices in the general election ivember 8th, opened their camIgn here Friday night in the unswlck county courthouse be- j e an audience whose number a decreased because of threating weather. Clarence Jenrette, chairman of ; county Republican executive nmittee, presided over the eting and expressed his appre.tion for the audience who had I ived the weather to attend the :eting. Former Sheriff F. L. Lewis s presented, and he promised it if elected in November, he f 'Uld try to inake the courity a 3d officer. Next was J. J. Loughiin, who Iks ro on fnr rlorlf nf t Jiiai\iii? uic iavvy iv> v>vm ? ? irt; he was followed by Me- j nley Hewett and Walter Sell- j 1, two of the three candidates I ' county commissioner. R. S. H lletts, candidate for coroner, Jfl .s the next speaker and he SI 3 followed by Chas. M. Trott, j ndidate for the house of rep- H lentatives. j 2. Ed Taylor, former chairman 1 the executive committee, mi.de J few remarks during which lie fl 'cased the importance of an ac- B e minority party. I With several prominent mem- ,j| rs of the Democratic party in %g tendance the chairman exten- j i the couriesy of the flo.r to o of the candidates. Sam j nnett and John Caison, and to fl Sir chairman, R. I. Minus. m isherwoman Is I Unusually Lucky | rs. Paul D. Timmons, Of j Charlotte, Managed To J Show Up The Men On | Her Recent Fishing Trip S Here 'I With the fall fishing season H it now getting its stride, Capt. | T. Bovmer is looking around II sonic lady sportswoman who II better the recent catelr of fl s. Paul D. Timmons, of Char- | te. On her recent trip here | a. Timmons went fishing in : river for her first time on I It water. She had beer, here 1 rlier in the year with her hus- jfl nd, but on this earlier trip she 9 ;ferred to remain ashore. I On her second and more recent :M p, Mrs. Timmons went along 3 d about the first thing she I was to catch the biggest trout fm ided by any member of the par- : W during the day. Ill fact, accord- | ; to Captain Bowmer, it was o( ? hi<rcro?t front that hi* hajiVv#?r SJ3I ;n caught in the river. I N'ot satisfied with the catch of B : big fellow. Mrs. Tiinmons 1 nt on and proceeded to catch fl ire fish than anyone cise in jpl ! party and they were all doiiig 1 :tty well. | (Continued on page 4) * ride Table j I Following la the tide tabfe - 'J ?r Southport during the next 1 reek. These hours ere appro- j imately correct and were tar- I ished 'The State Port Pilot jfl trough the courtesy of the 1 'ape Fear Pilot's Associativa. j Ugh Tide Low Ml J TIDE TABLE j Thursday, October 6 gl :05 a. ra. 11:18 a. m. fl :30 p. m. 11:42 p.m. I Friday, October I S :48 a. ra. i :12 p. m. 12:03 p. m. I Saturday, October 8 I :30 a- ra. 12:34 a- m. (j :51 p. m. 12:48 g. m. 3 Sunday, October 0 | :11 a. m. 1:03 a. W. | :S1 p. m. 1:30 p. m. I Monday, October 10 | :53 a. in. 1:44 a. ra. 1 :11 p. m. 2:14 p. m. M Tuesday, October 11 j :3? a. ra. 2:28 a. m. J :55 p. m. 3:00 p. ra. I Wednesday, October 12 I :22 a. m. 3:11 a. m. IB :44 p. m. 3:48 p. m. 5

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