>T fl* pilot Covets Brunswick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time NO SIXTEEN NO. 24 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, September 17, 1947 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY SI. 50 PER YEAS Eber Term i ,.r. ior Court Closes Tuesday i^fonvened Here Mon t' For Trial Of Civil Iris With Judge Henry l^tevens Presiding t,r DIVORCES ?*' ARE granted L Matters Disposed Of By Le Afternoon Y esterday And Adjournment Results September term of Bruns ,wunty Superior court for( laf civil cases adjourned yes L afternoon after being in ''n [0r less than two days. Henry L. Stevens, of War-| oresided. s Holmes will case drew the ^.jlar attention of the court -espite the fact it had been u "me first case on the dock i continuance was asked for j pjamtiff. Judge Stevens di- j j. [iat the case be set as the i ;o be tried in the event a j a; term of court is called j ? April, and if no special J . is called, that it be set as J ?st case to be tried at that [ He directed that the plain- ; mi his counsel be advised 1 is action in order that both sbape their plans to try case when Superior court convenes in Brunswick for evil matters. Ik court signed orders grant attorney fees for the tollow iMunts to attorneys figur i this action: Dwight Mc $500.00; Clifton L. Moore Ecvce S. McClelland, $250.0" rr.nk & Herring, $100.00, ? addition to fees already, ted by them. Payment of | iaes will be made from the ! i I igat divorces were granted, i iM.-. the grounds of 2 years] rstior,. Principals were: Mor- j k&Uen vs. Janie Holden; ? ?e Baldwin vs. Elizabeth D. I lin; Ruth Walker Washing- 1 Ira Joseph Washington; An Spessegger vs. Charles F. i gger; Olm C. Lawrence vs. ' S. Lawrence; J. T. Ganey Cathanne Ophelia Ganey; Iks Sanders vs. Evelyn San- j Sadie Belle Joyner vs. Gov- j ? Vance Joyner. 1 the case of C. H. Hewett j I- D. Evans, et als, H. R. !tt was appointed by the j t to make a survey of the i in dispute Similar disposi- ' made of the action of (fc Mitchell vs. James W. of the plaintiff was ft in the action of Canal Eddie Land, et al. ti? matter of J. J. McCoy XcXair Investment Co. it was foment of the court that Plaintiff recover $4910.25 K prejudice to his further $"310.42. The defendant ttception. and appeal bond ? at $10,000.00. lie action of Geo. O. Har W ?ife vs. J. F. Coleman *ifc the plaintiff was award to sum of $150.00. F^mep-t for the plaintiff was ^red in the case of West Vir ^'P and Paper Co. vs. E Nelson and wife. I Flathtt Jj^ESS TRIP Jones, proprietor of f future Co., spent last m High Point purchasing HMba \ CLlB Southport Lions Club will en. reguIar meeting tomor Thursday, at x oclock at nmumty Center Building.) \ < COLLEGE s? Mollycheck and Ken W h promisin8 young j, , -Vs who started on (T^ns high school basket * t'Jani 'efl 'aSt week t0 en" fh?5 vr College at Kthn BpUy Todd Corlctte pil fi, r' Southport student to v 5 w?ek at the Wilson _W tef" th? harvesting of a ?*???? crop is now ?v,n Cou"ty Agent J. E. and several buyers a-. county are frank ' "Wr ?T8 -Vear's crop will ^ So ?, n lhe one last ftfe, ,.r 38 Production per, ~ last yeAj wa?| faction. j Shark Fishermen Basing Operations At Southport Craft Bearing Special Equipment Arrived Here Last Week And Will Make Several Trips The Mako. a steel-hull craft especially equipped for shark fishing and manned by a crew of experienced shark fishermen, arrived here last week from Morehead City and will make several trips out from South port prospecting for the big fel lows whose livers bring a pre I mium price. Captain of the vessel is Eras mus Mortenson, with A. B. Cole and Henry Johansen as his mates. Object of the expedition is to obtain shark liver for the Shark Industry Division of the Borden Company, for whom they are working on contract. The sharks encountered most frequently in these waters are the sand shark, the silk shark and the dusky shark. The Mako is found oc casionally and once in awhile a great white shark is taken. The prize catch is a hammerhead shark, one of which has been caught recently off Southport. In the course of a profitable day's fishing the crew will catch 30 or more shark, running from 50-inches up. From these fellows ithe liver is removed and is salted away in barrels. Recently the crew took a great white shark 15-feet in length, and the liver from this one filled two and one half barrels, or about one thous and pounds. An interesting by-product of shark fishing is the salvage of shark fins. This part of the fish is alted and dried before being shipped to China, where shark fin soup is a national delicacy. Lest surf fishermen and late ' season bathers grow panicky ! about the appearance here of j shark in commercial numbers, it might be well to point out that these fishing operations are car ried out many miles at sea, the Mako staying out for three to five days at a time. Arctic boni ta, which is frozen and shipped here for that purpose, is consider ed the best possible bait to use for shark. Navv Veteran Receives Letter Of Commendation * 1 Glen Frazier Honored At Simple Ceremony Here Friday With Lt. H. C. Bost Representing 6th Naval District Headquar ters CITATION FOR OUTSTANDING DUTY Frazier Served As Chief Gunners Mate At U. S. Proving Ground At Dahlgren, Va., For Long Period On instructions from the head quarters of the Sixth Naval Dis trict at Charleston. S. C., Lt. H. C. Bost. the Navy's representa tive at the Naval Reserve Room in the customhouse at Wilming ton, came to Southport Friday and in a quiet ceremony present ed a Letter of Commendation to Chief Gunner's Mate Glen Fraz ier, of Southport. The letter was from the Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance of the Sixth Naval District. It stat ed: "The Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance takes pleasure in com mending Chief Gunner Glen Fraz ier, United States Navy, for ser vice as set forth in the following Citation: "As Officer-in-Charge of the target area and the handling equipment for major calibre pro jectiles and heavy armor plate at the Plate Battery of the U. S. Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Vir ginia, during the period March 43 to March 45, Chief Gunner Fraz ier contributed outstandingly to ward the improvement to the pro jectiles and armor used by the Naval vessels. His unceasing ef forts were an inspiration to the personnel in his charge. His su perior organizational ability re sulted in marked gains in the ef ficiency of operations in this area to permit the testing of large amounts of ordnance material in spite of shortage in personnel. His performance of duty was out standing and in accordance with the best traditions of the United States Naval Service. "A copy of this citation has been made a part of his official record." G. F. HUSSEY. Jr.,. "Vice-Admiral, U. S. Navy "Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance." In an interview with this pa per following the presentation of the above letter, Lieutenant Bost stated that it gave him a person al pleasure to come down and meet the young Southport man who earned the commendation. Brunswick Native Dies In Wilmington Mrs. Florence D. Gray a native of Town Creek township who has been residing in Wilmington for many years, died Monday after noon at the home of her daughter Mrs. R. S. McKeithan, in Wil mington. Mrs. Gray was a sister of George C. Grimes of Southport. Funeral services were held yes terday afternoon at Zion Method ist church in Town Creek town ship. Rev. Edgar B. Fisher, of Wilmington had charge of the ser Lady Angler Lands Sailfish ! The trim little sport fishing { cruiser Moja, Captain Victor I'. | Lance, landed its fifth sallfish J of recent days Monday of last j | week. What makes it more in- 1 teresting is that the fish was I caught by a woman, Mrs. C. R. I Cobb, of Burlington. j A pretty and very game fisih, J 7-feet B-mches in length, ..It j required a lot of skill by Mrs. Cobb in handling during the j | twenty-two minutes that sfhe j played it before it was boated, j ) This was the first sailflsh I caught here by a woman this [ year and it may be the only j one so caught anywhere along j the North Carolina coast. The boat party was compos- : ed of Mrs. Cobb and her itus- j band and Mr. and Mrs. H. H. ] I Faust, of High Point. In addi- j | tion to the sail fish the party | 1 got sixteen large Spanish mack- j | eral while on their way back | in to the dock of the Moja at Southport. Captain Lance said | I the shoals were swarming with mackerel. Commissioners In Special Session Appointment Of Veterans | Service Officer And Agreement Upon Terms For County Home Super intendent Major Busi ness j Members of the board of county1 I commissioners met here on Wed j nesday, September 3, with the ap- j J pointment of Cecil Edwards as j j Veterans Service Officers and I agreeing upon terms for the new superintendent of the county I home comprised the major items of business for the day. Julian Price and wife, Odessa Price, are to take over the opera tion of the county home on a contract basis effective October 1. They will receive $40.00 per month per inmate and will have the use of the county farm. The (Continued on page 4) Peanut Growers Asked For Facts 1 Figures On Production Since 1943 Being Sought For Use As Basis For 1948 Allotment i Peanut producers have until | October 1 to fill out the question naire regarding acreages and pro duction which has been sent from the County Agricultural Conser i vation Program office, G. Martin Bennett, chairman, said this week. "A questionnaire should be filled out for each farm on which peanuts have been picked and i j threshed since 1943. The informa- 1 tion will be used in establishing eligibility to vote in the coming marketing quota referendum forj 1948-crop peanuts. Therefore, it is highly important that peanut farmers either mail or bring the (Continued on jwgv 4> County Agent Urges Farmers To Grow Feed Commercial Stock Feed Of All Kinds Sure To Com mand Top Market Price During Coming Year, Says Agent COUNTY FARMERS CAN GROW GRAIN Crops That Will Supple ment Commercial Feeds Or Which Will Take Their Place Needed Although he frankly acsnits that the Brunswick county corn crop is the best he has ever known it to be, County Agent J. E. Dodson is alive to the fact . that a large dependance has al ways been placed on commercial , feeds. With a shortage of suchj feeds and the almost absolute j certainty of high prices for those j of them that are available, he says that it is the part of wis dom to plant all possible small grain and cover crops that will supplement the scarce and high priced commercial feeds. Urging that farmers seed a large small grjin crop, ryegrass and winter legumes, Mr. godson said, Saturday: "According to the best inform ation available farmers in the mid-west have a very short corn crop. There seems to be a big crop of wheat and oats but a large percentage of these crops ; will be exported leaving us with a very serious grain feed short age which means higher priced feed at the present time and probably higher priced feed later on. Now is the time for us to be gin making preparations for seed- j ing a large small grain crop as wel las ryegrass, and winter le gumes for fall, winter and spring grazing in order that we may conserve our grain as much as ? possible. "The AAA office at Supply is now taking orders, from partici pating farmers, for Italian rye grass, Crimson clover, Vetch, and Austrian Winter pea seed as well as acid phosphate and potash to; be used under the above mention j crops. "In addition even though aj (Onntlnuec. on page ?? Fire Line Plow To Work County Landowners Interested In | Having Work Done On Their Property Should Contact Forest Warden Mercer The plowing of fire lanes will get under way in Brunswick coun ty by the North Carolina Forest Service October 1st. and continue | through November 30th according , to a statement made here today by County Forest Warden D. L,. Mercer. All timberland owners interested in having fire lines plowed on their property may make application to Warden Mer cer. He also wishes to call atten tion of the people to the fact thatj the brush burning permit law lsj in effect through October and November, and ask the contmua-j tion of the fine spirit of cooper ation which has exist throughout, the county in the prevention and; suppression of forest fires. Revival Meeting Begins At Antioch The Rev. Herbert M. Baker, pastor of Southport Baptist church is holding a series of re vival services at Antioch Bap Itist church throughout this week. In the absence of the Rev. Mr. Baker, the pulpit at Southport Baptist church was filled Sunday morning and evening by the Rev. George Dowd, pastor at Antioch. I Jorgensen Is Again Named Tax Collector | Former Heme Economics 1 Teacher At Shallotte Named To Succeed Mrs. Alene Mintz As Home Demonstration Agent OTHER ROUTINE ACTION TAKEN Commissioners Dispose Of Matters Of Regular Busi ness During Monday Meeting Members of the board of coun- ' ty commissioners in session here 1 Monday named W. P. Jorgensen to collect the 1947 tax levy. His salary remains the same. Miss Corrine Green, who was for several years head of the home economics department at Shallotte high school, was named to succeed Mrs. Alene Mintz as home demonstration agent for Brunswick county. Miss Wilma Phelps, who pre viously had received a tentative appointment to this post, was un able to secure a release from her teaching duties at Waccamaw high school. Miss Green is very well known in this county, and should she accept this appointment, will en ter upon her new duties in Jan uary. Miss Margaret L. McAllis ter, representing the extension service, met with the board of county commissioners and prom ised that if Miss Green does not come to Brunswick county, some other person who if fully quali fied will be secured for the posi tion. Other matters coming before the commissioners were largely of a routine nature. These in cluded an order to pay the sum of $125.00 to M. H. Hart for crop damage done by hogs at the coun ty home; Harlee Kirby was re lieved of $1.00 dog tax; James L. Leonard was relieved of $26.00 valuation; I. N. Ingraham was named surveyor to make survey in connection with Chennis Entry Notice No. 4354; James Hardee Hewett was ordered admitted to the county home. Opens Law Office At Shallotte Attorney J. B. Hewett, a na- j tive of this county but resident of Washington for several years, has opened a law and insurance office at Shallotte and has his office in the R. D. White auto mobile building. Mr. Hewett will move his family to Shallotte from Washington as soon as he can find a home there. Raised in the Shallotte section, a son of the late Dempsey Hew ett, Mr. Hewett is also well known in Southport. He had an office at Southport and practiced i law here for nearly two years ' during the war. Our ROVING Reporter W. H. KEI1AH i Built entirely by colored work men, the second big shrimp | trawler constructed for Lewis Hardee will be ready for launch ing within another ten days. Lewis Spaulding, the colored boat i builder who was imported from I Florida to build Hardee's fleet, I has done a mighty fine job on this boat, as he did on the first. His Southport colored help has also done Well. The boats built here are said to be among the strongest and best built operat ing on thfs coast. The Wildlife Resources Com mission folks tell us that the big game refuge that is now being put into operation on the River Road is the first such refuge to be established. However, it is not an experiment. Extensive study has been made of the establishment ?od operation of refuges in other states, where they have eben found to be very successful in restoring game. The Orton refuge is along the same line as the tried and proven op erations elsewhere. The Bill Wells shrimp trawler, Bill, Jr., got a five gallon can of paint along with its drag of shrimp and fish one day recently. The can and contents was in per fect condition, despite the fact that it had probably lain on the bottom of the ocean since it was lost when some vessel carrying it was torpedoed and sunk off Frying Pan Shoals In the early days of the war. Stranger things are sometimes dragged up from the bottom of the ocean by boats of the energetic shrimping fleet, i Miss Flaxie Stanaland, a form (Continued OB Pld 5) Drilling For Oil Expected To Start In Branswick As Result Of Lease On Land I DOLPHIN? BROUGHT TO GAFF LANDED ? The 18-pound bull dolphin shown above ! left as he make his final fling in the water, and right as j he is brought aboard, was the prize catch of a recent j fishing trip out from Southport. Hundreds of fishermen, are planning to go out from here during the next sixj weeks in quest of prize winners in the SENCBA Fall Fishing Rodeo. ? (Star-News Cut.) Malaria Control Unit Working In Brunswick Baptist Choirs Make Recording The Southport Baptist choir, t both adult and junior units, Sunday night joined in making I a transcription of the hymn, "Jesus Loves Me," for four- j year-old Carolyn Robb, Decatur, I 111., who is dying from a can cerous condition. The following letter was sent with the record from the Southport Baptist church: Dear Carolyn: The adult and junior choirs of the Southport, North Caro lina, Baptist church heard about your being a brave little girl and of your wish for the hymn, [ "Jesus loves Me," so they got I right to work and made a spe cial record all for just you ? end here it Is. They hope you like it and want you to know they have Included you in their daily and Sunday prayers. All their love is sent to you and to your Mommic and Daddy, too. Your Friends Hie Southport Choirs Cecil Edwards Opens Office Veterans Service Officer Collecting Necessary Forms For Making Out Claims Of Various Kinds { Cecil Edwards, Veterans Ser vice Officer for Brunswick coun ty, has opened a permanent of fice in the county building at Supply and is ready to assist veterans or members of the fam ily of any deceased service man or woman with any problems which they may have. "This work is new to me," Mr. Edwards was frank to state, "but I am learning how to handle the various claims just as rapidly as I can, and I am ordering a com plete set of forms which are ne cessary in filing these claims. Hie office hours are from 9 o'clock in the morning to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Monday through Friday. Southport Man Goes To State Robert K. Godfrey To Be Assistant Professor In Botony Department At N. C. State This Year Bob Godfrey who gave up a teaching position at State College | in 1940 to come to Southport as superintendent of the Orton Plantation nursery, is preparing to return to State College as as sistant professor of Botany. Following about two years at ' Orton Plantation, Mr. Godfrey | served over three years in the ? Navy with the rank of Lieuten- [ iConttouad OB ftC* i Effort Being Made To Se cure Tests On 10-Percent Cross Section Of Popula tion Of This County SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE BEING TESTED Children Of Grades One Through Six Are Furnish- ! ing Blood Slides For Examination A Malaria Control Unit from I the State Board of Health is working on cooperation with Mrs. j Lou H. Smith, county health j nurse, in conducting a survey of | malaria in Brunswick county. I In order to get an ' estimated j 10-percent cross section of resi- ! dents of this county, children 1 form grades one to six in all schools are being contacted fori a thick-film blood slide. This work began Monday, and ' w.