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The Pilot Covers eruns?ick County THE STATE PORT PILOT Most of The News All The Time A Good Newspaper In A Good Community - ^SIXTEEN NO. 18 NO. 19 Southport, N. C., Wednesday, August 13th, 1947 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAS aunty Hunters Ugd Fishermen Have Their Say _ ting Held Friday Night Bolivia For Purpose Giving Sportsmen I Voice I" Recommend* W?D5 SE PRESENTED TO STATE BOARD llife Resources Commis Decides This Week mjfon Fish And Game Regulations *nswick county hunters and jpBfn were given ^ an oppor jp Friday evening to have a i in writing the regulations tjovern their sport when of i of the Brunswick County jt Club called a meeting Bolivia to draw up recom Hatiorts to be submitted to Wildlife Resources Commis before they went in session r state body planned to con the recommendations sub jec by all of the counties and folio* the wishes of local wherever this was possible. Hunting Regulations b- meeting made the follow Kcommendations to the Wild Resources Commission for ? - regulations: was recommended that the season open of October 15 close on January 1. Hie bag (would be one per day, with fciit of three deer during the r. It was recommended the season close earlier than Buy ! in the event that " closing dates were set for lies adjoining Brunswick. I was recommended that the re! season open October 15 dose January 15. It was amended that the bag limit 10 per day. and that the sea * open for taking either1 spirrels or fox squirrels. j I recommended that the Ifason open on Thanksgiv and close at the same J other counties in the Th? bag limit was re-' at S per day. It was ! wmed that there be no F ??Mon this year on tur reeoni mended that the f season correspond to the ? season, and that no bag 1 ? imposed. I'' * recommended that hunt-' tte with dog only be permit r0Und' VVhcre S?ns' f (Continued on Page Four) hitfNtwi Flathtt w typhoid 1 "?s item in this paper two * ago stated that a daugh Jf Mr. and Mrs. Orbie Stan | of Ash. had typhoid fever. ? statement was an error, as ! yu-ig lady did not have P?N> FIX DAY I" Thursday) will be V j; for members of the pkport Lions and their guests. P''?s of the afternoon and pi's program will be a soft V tame between picked teams ?? among the Lionesses and Pf anion;; the Lions. PBS FROM PttBHX of Schools and Mrs. J 1 ~s, and their little daugh ^ Ann. have returned hom? P CaUowee, where Mr. Den f iHiWM the conference of ?"J superintendents of educa fclast week. F?es from r^T f.l ARD l^rfieW Clemmons. Southport Ul^ho has spent 25 years and FJMhs in the Coast Guard, re r* 'wm the service on July r plans to devote much of ? time to his farm between Jjiiport ami Supply. Mr. Clem Is starte-j out at the Oak F"' s'atior an't wound up by stationed in half ? I*1 More he retired. f^AN'T EXCURSION ? B. & s. charter bus will F' Swtthport Saturday mom Ki ' ?'clock for Manteo with I ' Brunswick county citi P '*ho are planning to see evening performance of "The f Qgony." The bus will pick ? &IS8<n?ers xv>th reservations KPplv. Thf jroup will return . a'ternoon or evening. H. | J^n??tor. who is in charge1' ?r?g?ments. says that there' for five dr as more SELLING TOBACCO AUCTION ? Center of interest for farmers of this j county is the sale of their 1947 tobacco crop. Early prices have been very satisfactory, although somewhat below the average prices received last year. - ? Shallotte Man Furnishes Facts About Big Canal Former Shallotte Postmas ter W. R. Holmes Says That The Sleight Canal Was A Project Designed To Furnish Transporta tion CAPTAIN SLEIGHT WAS GOOD CITIZEN Among His Other Worth while Contributions To The Community Was Gift Of Church Site In last weeks issue of this paper some mention was made of a canal from Juniper Creek to the Shallotte River at Shallotte. This canal was supposed to have been started long before the be ginning of the Civil War .and when the war put an end to the availabilty of slave labor the canal went unfinished. Soil survey maps of Brunswick county show the route of this canal and the straight stretches indicate the pojnts where the work was completed _ or where much work was done. On the maps the route is designated as Mulberry Creek and it can easily be traced to Juniper Creek in the vicinity of Makotoka. Juniper Creek drains a part of the "Little Green Swamp." This name is used to distinguish a huge area in Brunswick county from the still greater Green Swamp that runs through .Bla den, Columbus and Brunswick counties to the west of the Brunswick county Little Green Swamp. The correct name of the canal is Sleight Canal. The name of Sleight, pronounced Slate, is still very much reversed in the Shal lotte section, especially by the Methodists, to whom was given the Camp Ground Methodist church property in the heart of town by the one-time leading citi zen. The history of the church ground will make another story. W. R. (Bill) Holmes, former well known resident of Shallotte, has many valuable papers rela tive to that section which furn ish authentic information. Going into these papers relative to the Sleight Canal, Mr. Holmes gave the paper this story Saturday. "Samuel W. Sleight, an English sea captain, settled here in the early 1800's. He owned consider able property in and around Shallotte. On the site of the pre sent R. D. White home on the (Continued or page etx) New Principal For Waccamaw Work Of Arthur E. Newton Will Be Shown At Bene fit Exhibit At USO Fri day Afternoon And Even ing Martin C. Freeman, of Jack sonville, has been elected princi pal of Waccamaw high school, succeeding J. T. Denning who is now serving as county superin tendent of schools, Mr. Freeman has been serving since the war as director of re creation at Jacksonville. Prior to entering the U. S. Army Air Force in 1942 he had served as coach and had taught science at Jacksonville high school since 1938. Previously he had taught and coached at Max ton. The new principal is a grad uate of N. C. State College, from where he holds a B. S. degree. He is married, and Mrs. Free man has been elected a member of the high school faculty, with | math a a her major subject '. '4 To Hold Clinic For Bus Drivers A test or clinic for school bus drivers and substitutes will be held at the Shallotte school grounds on August 18, begin ning at 10 o'clock. Supt. of Schools, <J. T. Denning, states that all prospective drivers and substitute drivers who have not been certified during previous sessions of school are expected to attend this clinic and take the examination. Drivers who already hold cer tificates for eligibility as school bus drivers need not attend this clinic. Shallotte Lady Dies Saturday Mrs. Olivia Russ Died Sat urday At Her Home In Shallotte; Funeral Servic es Conducted Sunday Af ternoon Mrs. Olivia Russ, 74-ycsr old member of one of the oldest Shal lotte families, died at her home in Shallotte Saturday morning at 8 o'clock. Although she had been in bad health for some time, she had only been seriously ill for a few hours preceeding her death, she was the widow of the late W. A. Russ, of Shallotte. Her husband died 33 years ago. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 4 o'clock, with Rev. Richard Braunstein, pastor of Camp Methodist church, offici ating. Mrs. Russ had been a mem ber of this church all of her life. Mrs. Russ is survived by three daughters, Mrs. R. D. White, Mrs. R. S. White and Mrs. Chandler Rourk, all of Shallotte, one son, A. R. Russ of Daytona Beach, Fla., one sister, Mrs. Lennie He C Continued on page six) Catholics Plan Ceremony Sunday Father Joseph T. Mundell Will Be In Charge Of Program Blessing Shrimp ing Fleet And Members Of Crew In Louisiana and other shrimp ing centers a beautiful pre-sea son sjirimp fishing ceremony is held each year, just before the season starts. At these events all boats in each port are expected to be assembled, along with their crews, tc receive blessings and prayers for the season that is about to begin. Such ceremonies have never been held at Southport. but pre parations are being made to bless the boats assembled in the yacht basin next Sunday morning. The ceremonies will be in charge of Father Joseph T. Mun ' dell, of the Sacred Heart Catho I lie church, and will take place j right after the 9 o'clock Mass at the Sacred Heart church Sunday | morning. Father Frank Howard, who has been associated with the J Catholic church activities at Southport for a long time, will . take part in the ceremonies. I The public is invited to wit Jness the services and all hoat . men ape asked to be present in th* ywshU basic with their traw JQK l W '? J Hot zigity dog! Looks like we ; have another Congressman to | [take fishing sometime this week. . Monday, while we were getting I lunch, a visiting card was left i on our typewriter by Charles B. Deane of the 8th District. Writ | ten on it was the following mes Jsage: "Hello. Bill ? Prince O'Brien J and I came by to greet you. My| | family. Mrs. Deane, Betty Carol | and Charles, Jr., are spending, I ten days at Long Beach. Hope ! to see you before leaving beach. ' ! This is a great place. Expect to | build over on Long Beach. Am anxious to help you give this sec Jtion the big boost it deserves." j I Mrs. Alvin Milliken, of Shal lotte, Will be admitted free to | any show at the Shallotte Thea- 1 I tre this week, if she takes along i {with her a copy of this week's j issue of Hie State Port Pljot. [ . The ssCfoe thing applies to Mrs. : J. w, Tfcoasjsos* Southfjort, tn relation to the Amuzu theatre. One reason why we have not ! been getting around more among our friends in Brunswick county is that there is only a limited number of hours in each day. A good many of these hours have to be used up in answering let ters from people, folks who write us from about all sections of the United States, asking about Brunswick county. We just na turally have tft write, telling them j all we can about your county and mine. This takes time. There are other things that also take time. We may not be getting around so much, just now. Still, the things we are doing are, we hope, very much in the interest of Brunswick county. We sort of misplaced one of I rplpts several days ago. Had1 idea we must have lost it at I (Cetottniiici C? Pift 8) 9, * W. B. XEZLLH Our ROVING Reporter Shorter Season Announced For Duck And Geese Season Will Open This Year On December 8 And Will Close On January 6, ? IS Days Less Than Last Year MARSH HEN SEASON REMAINS THE SAME Changes Also Made In Bag Limit Allowed For Migra tory Game Birds Dur ing The Coming Season Brunswick county hunters will go after migratory game birds this season under sharply reduc ed limits, according to Federal regulations just announced by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Ser vice. The season for ducks and geese will run from December 8 through January 6. This is a cut to 30 days from the 45-day period in effect last year. The daily bag and possession limits for geese were set at one, and the bag limit for ducks was reduced to four a day, with a possession limit of two, and duck limits of seven daily and 14 in possession. After two open seasons, the government this year has taken brant off the open list in North Carolina and other states border ing on the Atlantic Ocean. Shooting hours for migratory birds also were reduced. This year the shooting day will run from sunrise to one hour before sunset; last year. the hours were from a half-time before sunrise to a half-hour before sunset. The State's usual split season on doves was reduced by two weeks. The first period will ex tend from Sept. 16 through the 30th, and the second part from Jan. 1 through the 31st. The se cond portion is two weeks short er than last year's. Other j*gula$icns. an; the saw* as Ihoie In effect last year. The season on sora, rails, marsh hen, and gallinule will run from Sept ember 1 through November 30. Paintings Will Go On Exhibit Martin C. Freeman, Of Jacksonville, Has Been Elected To Replace J. T. Denning As Head Of Waccamaw High School j The work of Arthur E. New ,ton, talented young Southport ar tist, will be exhibited Friday af | ternoon and evening at the USO j building under auspices of ladies ! of Trinity Methodist church, j While he was still in high I school young Newton showed un usual talent as an artist, and fol lowing his graduation he enroll ed in a commercial art school in Cincinnati. His work there was interrupted by World War II, during which he served in the Coast Guard. Upon his release from service he returned to art school. Dur ing recent months his interest has turned to fine art, and most I of his efforts this summer have j been along that line. (Continued on pag# six) Returns R. C. ST. GEORGE returned ! today from Asheville', where he : represented Brunswick county at j the annual meeting of county ] commissioners and of county au j ditors. Weed Markets Enter Second Week Of Sales Price Trend Appears Up ward With Farmers Bet ter Pleated Over Outlook AVERAGE IS ABOVE FIFTY CENTS TODAY Volume Expected To Be Comparatively Light For Several More Days Tobacco markets of Columbus county opened the second week of sales this morning with more spirited bidding than during the flfst two days and indications are that the price "Average will j be slightly more than 50 cents ' per pound. Walter H. Paramore, supervis-i or of sales on the Whiteville market, said the trend was more favorable. The sales volume was light in comparison with last year and market observers said there was j no evidence pointing to a block j for several days. Lateness of the] j crop which ; has kept growers busy processing their tobacco is ' responsible. Quality of early offerings rang ed from poor to fine with the j 1 average far below that of the , 1946 early season tobacco. Talks ' with growers on the warehouse j floors reveal that they are as much concerned about the lower ' quality as they are about the price structure. Tabor City, Chadbourn and Fair Bluff reported about two thirds as much tobacco sold in the first two days as was sold on the corresponding two days last year. Supervisors on those three mar kets were still on the warehouse floors at noon today and could ?Jiot be reached for a statement. . However, other market observers reported prices and volume at about the same ratio as noted on the Whiteville market. . j The Stabilization Corporation is receiving about 15 percent. ? ! Botonical Rarity Grows I ? In Yard In Southport Plant Which Has Baffled Famous Biologists Has Finally Been Successfully Classified Growing in the front yard of 1 the D. J. Smith home in South- | port are two ordinary looking | hushes resembling the common privet such as used in hedge fences. The bushes are about 5-feet tall and in the spring have a white, fuzzy bloom and the fall have small black ber ries. The leaves when crushed in the fingers have a strong aromatic odor. Mr. Smith has asked several botonists the name of the plant but it seemed strange to them. Last week Dr. W. C. Coker, the famed botonist of the Uni versity of North Carolina, visit I ed Mr. Smith who showed the I plant to him, and Dr. Coker I said that he did not know what it might be, that he had never seen one like it. He took some sprigs with him and Mr. Smith has since received a letter stating that the plant is the true myrtla,. found only in Southern JSurope and not known here. It is used in making perfumes and in antiquity was considered sacred to the Goddess Venus. It is puzzling to know just how this plant got its start in Southport. Farmers Too Busy Now To Sell Their Tobacco t Congressman Has Fishing Date Here When you go to Washington | while Congrats Is in session It Is an accepted custom to try and make an appointment with your Congressman. This week Prince O'Brien, ca-iiier of the Waccaraaw Bank and Trust Company, was going around town looking for W. B. Keziah. The banker wanted to make an appointment for Con gressman C. B. Deane to see Keziah the next day at 10 o'clock to discuss the matter of going fishing. Reginald Pinner Passes Monday Funeral Service* Conducted Yesterday Afternoon From Southport Presby terian Church Reginald Albert (Reggie) Pin ner, 43-year-old Southport citi ! zen, died in the Arthur 'Dosher hospital here early Monday morn ing. He had been a patient in the hospital for several months and his death was not unexpected. A veteran of many years in the Coast Guard and of the U. S. Army in which he served during the recent war, Mr. Pinner spent his entire life at Southport, ex cepting only such time when he was not in service with the gov ernment or serving as a sailor ?U on various , ships. He is survived by his father, Captain James A. Pinner; three sisters, Mrs. Eva Wolfe and Mrs. 1 Miriam Newton, of Southport, and Mrs. A. D. Rourk, of Wil mington; one brother, James E. (Bud) Pinner, of Southport. Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the Southport Presbyterian church, with the .pastor, Dr. J. M. Waggette, in charge. He was assisted by Rev. Paul Fields, of the Methodist church, and Rev. H. M. Baker, of the Baptist church'. Burial was held in the, old Southport cemetery. The burial services were In charge of the American Legion, members of which organization served as active pallbearers. The honorary pallbearers were, James Arnold, Lanier Furpless. James Aldridge, G. W. McGlam mery, W. P. Jorgensen, Clyde Newton, R. L. Brendle, Stanley O'Neal, Walter Aldridge, Harold St. George, Otto Hart, Malcolm Hart. Eldridge McKeithan, James Smith, Otto Hickman, Pete Hick man, Tom Hickman, G. W. Fish er, Fred Willing, Tom Peadrick, Arthur Dosher, Sandy Simmons, Glenn. Pigott, William Styron, E. j J. Prevatte, Lindsey Robbins and , H. A. Livingston. Navassa Colored Youth Enlists Lt. Charles J. Markus. com manding officer of the Wilming ton U. S. Army Recruiting Sta tion, announced the acceptance of fifteen applicants for enlist ment in the Regular Army, " in cluding one Navy and three Army veterans, during the week ending August 9. One colored applicant, Joseph W. Malone, Navassa, was ac cepted from the Brunswick coun ty area during the above period. He volunteered for three years for assignment to the Army , Ground Forccst and Ming fc form- 1 er member of the armed forties he wis *cdepted U * StlfmzL j Prediction I* That The Brunswick County Crop Will Be Slow Getting On The Warehouse Floor This Year MANY FARMERS STILL CROPPING Former Chairman Of Coun ty AAA Committee Thinks Quality And Poundage Will Show An In crease It ?will be ten days before the tobacco growers really begin to go to market with this years crop. Right now they have too much work to do, getting the stuff in shape to sell. The above was from Odell Ben nett of the Exum community, chairman of the Brunswick County AAA for several years until he re*}- . some months | a?? Mr- Behnett has a pretty sound knowledge of 'what tobac co growers have to do, and what they are doing at about this time of the year. He grows tobacco himself. Mr. Bennett and a number of other farmers met up with this week agree that the Brunswick county crop will be pretty large and that the quality will average better than that of the 1946 crop. The rain-damaged tobacco this year was only in spotted sections of the county. In 1846 the dam age from rains extended over the whole of Brunswick. All growers who have been in terviewed seem to be very well satisfied with the price being paid and are confident that as soon as the sand lugs and other inferior grades of tobacco are dis posed of, they will begin to see really good prices being paid. Meanwhile they are working early and late in the fields, crop ping the leaves and getting them through th6 curing barns. The pre-marketlng work does not end with the curing in the barns. The slow and laborious task of grad ing comes after curing. With one thing or another, the growers are simply too busy now . to do much in the way of getting their tobacco to market. Routine Session Of County Court Several Matters Disposed Of Here Monday Before Judge W. J. McLamb In Recorder1! Court Monday was a fairly busy day for Judge W. J. McLamb and other officials of the Brunswick county Recorder's court. The fol lowing disposition of cases was made: Lester wniiam Brewer, drunk driVing, continued to August 18. Jerome 1 'ft good. Jr., speeding, finM $15.00 and costs. Wilbert B. Henry, Jr., speed ing, found guilty of operating a motor vehicle at a speed of 80 miles per hour. Ordered to pay a fine of $25.00 and coats and j Judge McLamb recommended that, his driver's license be revoked for a period of 90 days. John D. Eurhart, speeding, fined $15.00 and costs. Thomas Mints, fraud, contin ued to August 18th. French Bowen, drunk in public place, fined $10.00 and costs. Wesley Johnson, possession and transporting, 30 days on . roads, ! sentence suspended on payment of a fine of $20.00 and cdrto. (Continued oft pag? 4) September 27th Set As Date Of School Election Qualified Voter* Of Lei and School District May Vote That Day On Whether Or Not Special Tax Will Be Levied SCHOOL TAX MUST NOT EXCEED 15-CENTS Registration Book* Will Be, Open Beginning August * 30 In Order To Give Citizens Opportunity Saturday, September 27, has been set by the Brunswick Coun ty Board of Elections as the date for holding the Special School Tax election for the Leland school district. In setting up the necessary machinery of this election ar rangements ' were made to have the registration books open from August 30 through September 13. Saturday, September 20, has been designated as challenge day. Mrs. R. C. Holmes has been nam ed registrar for this election and will have the books in her pos session throughout the period of registration. On the day of the election vot ing will take place at the Leland high school between the hours of 6:30 o'clock in the morning and 6:30 o'clock in the evening. As sisting Mrs. Holmes as election officials on that dsy will be S. A. Sue and Mac F. Jones, Judges. The proposed special tnx for the Leland school district may not exceed 15-cents on the hund red dollars, and the question up on which the voters may cast their ballot is "For Special Tax" or "Against Special Tax." This special tax cannot be le vied until next year even though the question is given a favorable vote by the citizens next month. Gives New Angle ' State Park flan Acquisition Of Fort Caswell As New Link In Parks System Secondary In Im portance To Securing Funds To Support Pro gram Writing yesterday with regard to being down here on a visit before long for a couple of days, Bill Sharpe, director of the State News Bureau and wise in mat ters of benefit to the State of North Carolina, had something to say relative to Port Caswell a J South'port and State Parks la general. Mr. Sharpe evidently believes that in urging action by the State Parks Commission and the Department of Conservation and Development, North Carolina folks are beating the ^vrong bush. These departments are willing and probacy anxious, but they must look to the North Carolina eLgislature for funds for such undertakings. Thus far it seems that the Legislature has had only pas sive interest. In his letter Mr. Sharpe was not criticizing any one or anything. He was merely outlining the situation in a per sonal letter to W. B. Keziah. Since the State News Bureau was first founded a warm and friend ly spirit of cooperation has ex isted between its head and the local man, and Mr. Keziah be lieves that the publication of the reference to Fort Caswell and State Parks may help to bring about a better understanding on the part of the public. That por tion of the letter was as follows: "I have personally been very interested in the Fort Caswell matter. There is much Interest In the acquisition of Fort Caswell as a state park but there la a very disillusioning background for their whole park program. The Department has acquired a number of desirable park areas but the Legislature has consist ( Continued on Page Six) Skallotte Post Plans Fish Fry The Shallott* Poet 247, Am erican Legion, will stage a big fish fry for their members and other ex-service men at Shallott* Point Thursday night of this week at 7:30 o'clock. Arrangements are being made to have plenty of fish on hand and to feed Legionnaires and their guests. No charge will be made and officials of the Post state that it will be a pleasure for them to have all white rx service men in Brunswick county to attend. The fish fry will be held at the Charley MtUictt Place, at Shallott* Point.