North Carolina Newspapers

^ pilot Cmers p nswick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The Newt All The Time s0 sixteen no. 25 6-pages today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, September 22, 1948 published every Wednesday flJSO PER YIM tiler Refugee p, Arrives At jnuthport Mon. ?? . Persons Aboard ^ rv Schooner Fly Si?" Fla* A# She Pjjes Coast L AND FOOD running low ,|v No Connection lJo These People "Those Who Arr.y On Earlier Vessel e persons, including j j'Tien, twenty-five worn-! ...jurteen children, arrived r^rt early Monday morn ;e?s of their presence iwi to the Coast Guard L t H. Watts who was K* the gulf stream with ' 0f sport fishermen. Watts advised that an Uu boat .apparently about and with 30 or more Lj women aboard, was 10 siX weeks ago he had jicd brought in the Roland jsonSar. refugees aboard, jge tie decided to continue :U business after advising jut Guard. on receiving the _ Chief Warrant, H. E. i of Oak Island put out in boat. Chief B-M R. L. , of the Coast Guard Pat b! 83435 at Southport, also n:. t*o boats found the re 4ip without trouble and l ter into Southport. Stop ilsfly at Fort Caswell the sdiooner was escorted on i river where it waa detain tie Immigration and Cus CBcLals in Wilmington pend sangements as to what is toe with the party on fliey will probably be sent b Island and be held there BCgatton as to their meth etry into the United States m: may be returned to K u return from taking the a Wilmington .Chief War-, Johnson advised a news ta the schooner was the t He said that she left fa. Sweden, on July 23rd. ?arrived at Southport on 16 of September she had lie 7.500 mile journey in fee days less than two k iboat is a two-masted schoo Keet in length. She has an cy engine. Chief Warrant e said that both the food Kir supply aboard her was if. cut all passengers were Ely in fine condition with steptan of one man who linor foot infection. 1 Hand, the ship that ar ise on August 17 with 15 Hi refugees aboard, was ?where at sea when the i craft sailed from Uda valla 23rd. Apparently there * connection between the Wes of refugees, except * they claim to have left 1* ?pression in their home Roland sailed from f?: Sweeden, and her paa B ?r? still being held at Ellis ?a Sew York. Iri tfNtwt I Flathtt ?OLS BUILDING ^ Andrews. Shallotte busi has enlarge the quart store by building a large 6,8 it the back. Can ' Walker is now serving ^ Siuthport board of alder W.g been appointed as a for H. R. Livingston, """ly was named mayor. J,X|' NEW HOME ^ Mrs. Wood row Russ are *5?large and very attrac ** brick home adjoining I?1" and filling station at * The buil&ng will soon occupancy. j?JNG FOOTBALL TEAM [ Tf-S to reports from sev- ? j Shallotte high school will put out a, , i*? this fall. It is be-1 t?*' football will deter, number of the bigger | Ij^liitting school before. started JiJ* ""facing the eight k* ?'lroJect from Soldier near Ash to Grisset It i w Progress, accord ?rown. Longwood k" was in town yester IjL passes through R. J b E' w- Grannis K " *Wtteville, has the News Cameraman Goes Cattle Herding John Hemmer Hooks Up With Keziah In Successful Cattle Round-Up On Riegel Ranch BY W. B. KEZIAH The State News Bureau folks have never failed to be interested in Brunswick county and calls on Bili Sharpe, the director, and John Hemmer, the crack cam eraman. have always been promp tly met. That is they have come without hesitation until two weeks ago. At that time we advised Bill that we wanted some pictures of the Reigel Paper Company's pastured fire lanes and their herds of a \ bout 150 purebreed and mixed |Brhama cattle. The bulls and old j cows of this herd are from the Spanish and Mexican bull fight 'ir.g strains and they are rather fierce. In fact, they can be dan gerous in almost any circumst ances. Bill knew this and was rather lndefinte about coming. He wrote they might come in a bout three weeks, adding an in quiry as to whether it would be quite safe. i The best assurance 'possible wi lder the circumstances was given i him, and without waiting for the ! three weeks to elapse he wired that the camera and Hemmer would be here last Thursday or Friday. Hemmer would shoot the pictures of the cattle, etc., we would have to go along and shoot the bull for the story. Hemmer showed up one day a head, probably hoping we would not be able to rearrange for the trip to Honey Island and that the cattle picture could be omitted. He reported that Bill had to go seme where else. But if Hemmer recokoned on a possible change of program, he failed to count on the cooperation wt could get from Mrs. Charles Fuss at the County Agent's of fice, from Mr. Dodson at his home down in Waccamaw township and from J. B. Lattay, superintendent of the Reigel woods, at Bolton. In an hour the schedule to go tc the Reigel ranch was moved up cne day and while waiting for| that day pictures were made at Shallotte Village Point, Holden Beach and Long Beach. Mr. Dodson met us at Makot oko the following morning. With him was R. S. Douglas, forestry extension specialist fpr the South Eastern district. Mr. Lattay ar rived at the ranch just as we did. It was suggested that first pic tures be made at a point about 12 miles away. The larger part of j the herd, including most of the | eld cows, easily irritable critters, I were there. (Continued On Page Four) j Woman's Club Hostess T o District Meeting Eleventh District Of North Carolina Federation Of Woman's Clubs Will Meet In Southport Wednesday STATE PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS GROUP Morning Session Will Be Held In Trinity Methodist Church; Luncheon To Be At Community Building The Woman'? Club wiH be hos tess to clubs of the 11th District, North Carolina Federation of Women's Clu.bs, on Wednesday, September 29', when members of sixteen clubs convene for their annual fall meeting. Mrs. J. A. Gupton of Char lotte, state president, will be the principal speaker, her subject be ing "Mobilizing for Peace". Pre siding over the business session during the morning will be Mrs. N. C. Blake of Burgaw, district president. The morning meeting will be held at Trinity Methodist Church and will begin at 10 o'clock. Mrs. James M. Harper. Jr., president of the local club will welcome the guests. Clubs which will be re presented are Atkinson, Burgaw, Calypso, Clinton (two clubs), Fai son (two clubs), Garland, Kenans ville, Roseboro, Rose Hill. South port, Wallace (two clubs), and Wilmington (two clubs). Reports will be heard from each of these clubs on their past year's work. Mrs. Edwin P. Brown of Mur freesboro, state vice-president, will be present at the meeting and will outline the work of the clubs for the coming year. Other state officers who will be present are Miss Dorothy Forbes of Wilming ton, treasurer, Mrs. J. F. Colwell, chairman of Literature, from Clinton. One National Federation officer will be present, Mrs. John D. Robinson of Wallace. Luncheon will be served by the Southport club at one o'clock at the Community Club. Mrs. E. H. Arrington will be in charge of the luncheon, assisted by her finance committee, made up of Mrs. Har ry Weeks, Mrs. R. C. Daniel, Mrs. Landis Brown, Mrs. Felton Gar ner, Mrs. F. M. Burdette and Mrs. Davis Herring. Building Starts On Classrooms Shallotte School In Dire Need of Additional Space For Regular Classroom Work Work now being carried on at the Shallotte school building will provide for two badly needed class rooms as several classes at this school are now having to use whatever makeshift quarters they can find vacant at the moment. Aa the overflow classes are us ing rooms that are without heat every effort is being made to fin ish the two new rooms before cold weather sets In. Guy McKeithan a members of Shallotte school board stated Sat (Continued of page four) Republicans To Hear Speakers ! Brunswick county Republicans launch their campaign activities tomorrow (Thursday) evenin*> when J. O. West, candidate for Congress from, the 7th District speaks at Bolivia high school auditorium at 7:30 o'clock. On Tuesday night of next week Ben L. Spence, Republican can didate for State Treasurer, will speak at the courthouse in Southport. This engagement will be at 8 o'clock. In addition to these speakers, county candidates will appear 81 both of these meetings, and problems pertaining to the wel fare of the county. State and nation will be discussed. Lengthy Docket Before Recorder Cases Car^TOver From Two Previous Weeks Dis posed Of Before Judge W. J. McLamb Last Week With no session held during docket greeted Jtidge . ? Lamb and Solictor J. W.BMj K rrtfif ?e leases were trival. A ' number were continued until Oct jober 6th. The mfuteSfo^" the following entries for the day, Albert Holden, speeding, fined $10.00 and costs. William E. Baldwin, reckless op eration, continued. James Inman, no operators 'IS.'SU ,in ed to Justice Of the Peac trCalven Sullivan. as^uUje manded to Justice of the Pe f?Sylvester Waddell. Jr., assault, . with leave. n?SyWester Little, larceny, con tinjUohdn Burwood Carter, speeding expos nerson on public highway, 30 dnys on roads, suspended on good behavior for one year and payment hDartf Holden. drunk driving, IJ100 00 fine and costs, license re '|V?Johnnie Swain, drunk am^dls ' roads'" sus^ndecT'on payment of i^'and defendant to be of good ibCGree?rr bright Rowing Joe Lrithto operate automobile while ? under the influence of liquor, con itinjUa6ck W. Smith, allowing un jncensed person to operate his ^WufiamV Helms, speeding, finpd $5.00 and costs. "oh. Boy H?". reckless oper ,um(cS& o? m? SU) Two Sailfish Are Sign That Fish Are Here Captain Victor P. Lance Brings In First Sail For September Sunday With Captain Hulan Watts Fol lowing Monday LANCE PARTY- IN SCHOOL OF SAILS Other Catches For Week Considered Good In View Of Unfavorable Weath er Of Past Few Days Good fishing weather appears to be coming along again after about ten days of very unsatisfactory conditions, with north and east winds blowing every day. Despite such unfavorable weath er, the Moja, Cap. Victor P. Lance, boated one seven-foot one inch sailfish. Sunday as men on this boat also had strikes from four other sailfish. Captain Hul an Watts followed on Monday with a 7-ft. 5-inch sail for the Idle On. Only three of the five sport fishing boats made a report to the paper this week. They were, the Moja, Captain Lance; The Idle-On, Captain Hulan Watts; the Botfly, Captain Basil Watts. Their scoring for the week follows and it appears pretty good to folks who know the sort of weath er that has been prevailing. Moja, Sept. 13; party, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Wiley, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. JosepTi, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Silllman, all of Myrtle Beach, 61 mackerel, 4 bluefish Moja, Sept. 14; party, T. H. Lackey, Hamlet; Jake Lackey, Fred Cummings, Eustace Russ, R. M. Fuege, Pete Peterson, all of Myrtle Beach, 30 bluefish, 22 mackerel. Moja, Sept. 15; J. P. Hazzard and party, of Chapel Hill, 31 blue fish, 38 mackerel. Moja, Sept. 19; T. E. Hodgin, Greensboro; J. B. Hodgin, F. R. Hutto, Jr., Wm. K. Hodgin, Wil mington. Raised 5 sailfish, had 4 strikes. Wm. K. Hodgin boated 7-ft. 1-inch sailfish. Got 15 blue ana 1 mackerel." Idle-On, Sept. 13; Mike Fells and party from Wilmington, 112 mackerel. Idle-On. Sept. 14; Mike Chand gie and p^rty of Salisburg, 75 mackerel. Idle-On, Sept. 20; S. W. Cbld rider, Jr., and party of Concord, Botfly, Sept. 13; Dr. Dunlap and party of Albemarle, 75 mackerel one 7-ft. 5-inch sail landed by H. G Turner. i Botfly, Sept. 14; Dr. Dunlap [and party from Albemarle, 14 barracuda, dolphin and mackerel. Botfly, Sept. 18; R. L. Brown and party from Albemarle, 40 trout. Botfly, Sept. 19; Luke Mahnler and party of Wilmington, 88 blue fish. White Cane Safe Here This Week Dwight McEwen Is Chair man Of Committee Charg ed With Responsibility Of Raising Local Lion's Club Fund Quota Dwight McEwen, local attorney, lias been named chairman of the White Cane Sales Committee for (Continued on pag# six) SAFE WALKWAY SAFEAY?Once more one of the busiest places in Shallotte is the walkway which the State Highway Commission erected a few years ago across Shallotte river in order to give children an opportunity totravel in safety to and from school. Shallotte Officials Express Appreciation Young Democrats Planning Meeting Edward H. Redwine, president of the Brunswick County Young Democrats Club, has announced ' plans for a party rally to be [ held on Saturday, October 2, at James Chadwlck's place at Shallotte Poffit. One of the big attractions of this meeting will | be a free oyster roast. Several prominent speakers have been invited to this event, and all party candidates for county offices are expected to attend. This will be one in a series of meeting sponsored by the Young Democrats organiz ation, which plans to play an active and aggressive role in this year's campaign activities in Brunswick county, Series Planning Meetings Held Committee Chairmen Hold Meetings At Which Club Objectives For The Year Were Established The 1948-49 program for the Southport Woman's Club is al ready organized according to Mrs.; Ijames M. Harper, Jr., president] | who reports that a series of meet-J ir.gs have been held during the i past few weeks to plan the work of the various departments for the coming year. General plans were made at an executive board meeting in Aug ust. All department chairmen then communicated The outline of work to their respective committees during the following two weeks. The president attended each of these meetings. First of the meetings was that of the Literature Department. The chairman, Mrs. A. L. Lewis, en tertained at a luncheon at her home at Caswell Section Base. Present were Mrs. M. R. Sanders, (Continued or page six) Our ROVING Reporter W. B. KEZIAH Corporations are usually re-, gsrded as being without souls,! but one is desetving of much ere-1 dit for the Girl Scouts and Brow nies Council of the Cape Fear Council being able to purchase the 138 acre' Pretty Pond tract twelve miles from Southport. The j Scouts originally bought 50 acres |of land further up in Town Creek' | township. Pretty Pond was much (the more desirable, and knowing j of the good cause, the Southern I Kraft Corporation agreed to trade I a tract worth five times as much ;for the 50 acres. No money was I involved in the deal. During the ten or more years j they have had thfcir huge timber land holdings in Brunswick and Columbus counties, the Reigal Fa per Cofripany has carried on its i leforestation program to an ex tent undreamed of by the average citizen of either county. Slowing j i (town only when the war loomed and labor became short, they planted five thousand acres in young pine trees. These plantings, 'supplemented by ycung volunteer J trees, are now presenting a dense growth from which regular timber croppings can be taken in a few years. The tree planting has not j been the only step towards re forestation. Volunteer trees have | sprung up by the millions on j thousands and thousands of acr j es and are thriving. Fires have [been religiously guarded against I I'and both the young and older; trees are growing luxuriantly.: The success o t the tree planting has been so great that the pro gram will probably be resumed when labor becomes more abun dant. The fact that Dr. R. H. Holden. is planning to open his Ocean! L Continued on Paze Four) J Resolution Expressing Grati tude To State Highway Commission Forwarded To Chairman A. H. Graham ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS RECEIVED FROM HIM State Official Declares Ex pression Of Appreciation Is "Unique" And Thanks Shallotte Citizens Mayor Leon Galloway of Shal lotte has received a letter from Chairman A. H. Graham of the Slate Highway Commission in which he expressed his apprecia tion the town officials for their letter to him thanking- the ?high way commission for some recent paving inside the city limits of Shallotte. "We try to do a good job," -the highway chairman said, "but it is unusual to receive a letter from anyone thanking us for our ef forts. Your letter is unique, and is much appreciated." The letter from the Shallotte board was in the form of a resolu tion drawn to express apprecia tion for surfacing about three miles of roadway inside the city limits of Shallotte. These impro vements now provided this Bruns wick county community with a complete system of paved streets 8nd has been listed among the most important recent steps for improvement within the town. Rufus Woodard Passes At Home Respected Brunswick Coun ty Citizen Laid To Rest Following Funeral Ser vices Monday Afternoon Rufus D. Woodard, 75-year old ana highly respected citizen of the Shallotte-Supply community, died suddenly at his home Sunday afternoon. He is reported to have been in bad health for the past two or three years but was still able to get about. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday afternoon from the Chapel Hill cemetery at Shallotte the Revs. H. B. Bennett and I. F. Britt officiating. Active pallbearers were Kenneth White, Harry White, Charles Ar nold, Wilson Arnold, Henderson Arnold and Rudolph Robinson. Honorary pallbearers included (Continued on Page 8) Name New Man At County Home Commissioners Appoint Johnie Price To Succeed Son As Superintendent Of Brunswick County Home Johnnie PRce was appointed Monday to take over the job of superintendent of the Brunswick County Home, effective October 1. His employment is on the basis of the same agreement under which his son, Julian Price, has served as superintendent during the past year. By the terms of this agreement the superintendent has the use of the county farm and buildings and receives $40.00 per month each for feeding and looking after the welfare of the inmates. In the contract with the new superinten dent there is a stipulation that (Continued on Pag* 0). i Inspection Lane Will Not Come To Shallotte Word ?? received today that a chang? has been made In the schedule of Motor Vehicle In spection Lane No. 28 which will make It Impossible for this ser vice to keep its September ap pointment at Sfaaliotte. As the schedule now stands, the Inspection lane will be in Soutfaport on Tuesday and Wed nesday, September 28 and 29, and this will be the only ap pearance in Brunswick county during this month. Originally the lane was sup posed to go to Shallotte two days this week-end, but due to a change In plans the above can cellation was made. Name Committee* Of Local P.T.A. Teacher* Entertained at Re ception Thursday Even ing At Community Build ing; Committees Set To Function The Southport Parent-Teacher Association held its first meeting cf the year Thursday night at the Community Building, and follow ing the business meeting a recep tion was held honoring members of the school faculty. During the business session plans were discussed for the Hal lowe'en Carnival, the Teen-Age Club and Improvements for the school lunchroom. The following committees were named by the president, Mrs. M. R. Saunders. Ways and Means: Mrs. Thomp son McRacken and Mrs. Robert Thompson, co-chairmen; Ed Weeks, Dan Harrelson, Mrs. Louis Hardee, Mrs. Homer McKelthan, Mrs. George Fisher and Mrs. Wiley Willis. Program Committee: Mrs. E. H. Arrington, chairman; H. T. Sanders, Mrs. J. T. Denning, Mr?. James M. Harper, Jr., and Mrs. Ed Hanson. Publicity Commit t tee: James M. Harper, Jr. Hostess Committee: Mrs. James Smith, chairman; Mrs. Joe Young and Mrs. Paul Fodale., Lunchroom Committee: Mrs. E. C. Newton, chairman; Mrs. John Swann, Mrs. C. J. Williamson and Mrs. R. F. Plaxco. Teen-Age Club Committee: Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hickman, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Loughlin, H. T. Sand ers, Mrs. M. R. Sanders. Membership Committee: Pearce Cranmer, chairman; Mrs. H. W. Hood and Mrs. James Wolfe. During the reception the teach ers were introduced, and delicious | refreshments were served. Urges Veterans jTo Keep Informed : Veterans Service Officer For The County Says That Changing Regula tions Make This A Wit? Course In making a report of the act ivities of his office during the months of July and August, Cecil |C. Edwards, Veterans Service of ficer for Brunswftk county, re quests that all veterans make in quiries at his office from Ume to time, relative to benefits for which they may be eligible. Some changes take place from (Continued on page stac) j Superior Court Now h Session For Civil Term Case. Of Brown V*. W B. A S. Being Heard Today Following Selection Of Jury Late Yesterday Af? ternoon JUDGE BURNEY IS PRESIDING JURIST Verdict Returned For D*> fendant In Action Of Long V?. Morgan; Com* promise In Helms Suit A jury was drawn yesterday afternoon to hear the dvtl an ions brought by Dr. L. G. Brown] ana his wife, Mrs. Nell Bnnm, agsinst the W. B. * S .Bus Liist and trial of these cases will pro-, ceed this morning before Judge John J. Bumey, who is presiding' over a one-week term of civil court. Most of Monday and Tuesday was taken up with the suit brou ght by Joyce L. Long against Wil liam C. Morgan, with a verdWt for the defendant being returns!.' late yesterday afternoon. In this action the plaintiff sought to cover damages amounting to $lf, 000.00 for injuries sustained whan he was struck by an automobftt being operated by the defendant. A compromise agreement wm reached in the action of Helaw vs the Brunswick Navigation Company. Divorce decrees were granted in the following actions: Peyton vs Peyton; Styron vs Styroa; Robinson vs Robinson; Mltchsft vs Mitchell. Grand Jury In Report To Couit Routine Inspections Mad* By Grand Jury Whiek Makes Report Of Ik Findings To Presiding TTie Brunswick county grand jury made the following report to Judge John J. Burney at the conclusion of the deliberation* during the September term of court for trial of criminal cases: Justice of the peace and mayors have turned in the following fines and forfeitures to the board of education: H. Foster Mints, $120. 00; Coy Duval, *146.00; C. O. Blanton, $35.00; G. F. Ganey, $105.00; M. L. Galloway, $2.00. "Clerk of Court: Visited aboyj office found everything In orderv? "Register of Deeds: Visited a bove office found everything order. Recommend a door betwqyi vault and accountants office m more room. "Court House: Recommend re pairing windows. "County Jail: In fair conditio#,. except for two rooms which nsed plastering. ,lt^ "State Prison Camp: Visited +> bove and found everything inord er. Li "County Home: In fair condh tion, except for two bath roomii which need repairing. "We the grand jurors recom* mend that all school yards be drained and the bc<ler at BollvJa be repaired. "Grand Jury "W. T. White "Fereman". Funeral Friday For Mrs. Leonard iry Prominent Bolivia Woman ? Died In Hospital; Burial Made In The GurgandjHf Cemetery * Funeral services for Mrs. N. B. Leonard of Bolivia were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon froiA the Bolivia MethoOtst church wit* Rev. Russell Oaudill in charge dt the services. Mrs. Leonard was 72 years of age and her death occured here In the Dosher Mem orial Hospital. The burial was'th the Gurganous cemetery, nMr Shallotte. She is survived her husband; Napoleon B. Leonard of Bolivia, three daughters, Mrs. A. R. Mer cer, Mrs. Edward Mercer and Mr*. J. W. Danford, all of Bolivia; four sens, Claude Leonard of Soutfe port, Hiriam Leonard of Ricfc> lands, QUintin Leonard of Nor folk and Len Leonard of CtMr fornia. Five grandchildren ?top survive. Active pallbearers were Levu George and Willie Bowen, JohniiljL Carl and Cecil Andrews. Honort^ pallbearers were Dr. Taubenhft* use, Dr. M. H. Rourk, Dr. F. 1L Burdette, 8. B. Frink and ChazW Rourk.