The pilot Coxers ^nswick County THE STATE P OK T PILOT l*?-51xrEEN N?'33 6-pages TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednefcfcfy November 17, 1948 published every Wednesday $i.50 per yea* A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time inner Reports fish Plentiful Qff Southport Hulan Watts Said Night That He fj Seen Many Sign* Of ^ While Fishing That *1 fnd parties ^ade good catch llv Mild Weather S'yMonth Of Nov tber Has Resulted In ^tension Of Normal Season as "many^'3h today as ' seen all summer", said ? Hulan Watts when he ^ to Southport from a ^ the Gulf stream Monday ^' He had some of the pie with him. out with him Monday Uice Zezefelis and a party ' Wilmington folks. They m 15 kingfish, 9 to 16 * each: 6 amber jacks, all , 35.pounds: 8 bonita. 8 to "cis each: one 8-pound dol ^iay with very bad weather gjog Captain Watts took out ^ Mrs. E. O. Ferabee, Mr. j?. Roy Lingle and Mr. and 3 C. Caudle, all of Salis rsey got 15 large barra p 3 amberjack and one king fcel. The three amberjack rjjd 35-pounds each. From Caudle it was learned that TOmen folks each hooked on of the amberjack. The i helped to pull them in. _iay Captain Watts had George Johnson and a party Wilmington. This was also i weather day. The party j5i in four king mackerel, iterjack, I dolphin, 7 bonita ??pounds of large sea bass, i all three of the above days - cold nr-Ciea?t winds \*?re It? and there was consider doudiness. Captain Wats ts that if the winds shift to sou-Ji and remain there for it days without getting too i some of the biggest catches a: year may be made. IritfNtmt Flathtt 9CT MOVING A. Lewis of High Point, j Ef in Lockwoods Folly river him Holden Beach last Fri- 1 aught a three and three lis pound speckled trout and !?pound flounder. S MGHT Southport Lions Club will i ladies night program to (Thursday) evening at 7 ta in the Conununity Build Plans are being made to this a gala evening for the 'ambers and their guests. 1 ?OLDEN BEACH and Mrs. W. H. Davis and ft W. Dishion, of Louis Ky., have been spending a at the Ocean View Traven Wen Beach. Dr. Davis. Dean 2* Baptist Theological Semi 1 st Louisville, is on ten days trom his duties. fcu.vr KING after the Southport closed in 1947 James F. ^ fr, son of Mr. and Mrs. *? King of Supply, enlisted ^ army for 18 months. At 'f^ation of his enlistment a ago he was mustered the rating of Sergenat. "ates that he may reinlist in '"siy the first of the year. ?GR PRACTICE high school girls say . y w'ill meet, organize and ^ basketball practice directly ^ ^anksgiving. This team, ~ ^came an outstanding one close of last season, has ^ ;ts old girls back. All are ^ ^ture and the squad will fety of reserve strength. ^'?'Jiport girls also look to . pretty for a strong "fc year. AH of the old ^ *>*ck ar.d there sems to ^ very good reserve Everybody Helps WORKERS?Above some of the younger members of South port Baptist church are shown loading scrap iron on a jeep. In the center Gloria Hewett and the McRackan twins offici ate at one of the machines in the launderette. Right above, Contractor G. C. Kilpatrick looks over some inside work at Uie church. Below, The Rev. H. M. Baker and Harry Robin son supervise the loading of some scrap donated to the cau j ember 11. Fourty-four of these [members are said to have been signed up by H. B. Usher, an active member of the post. The 1948 membership goal for this post is 135 and the workers [still have from now until January 1st to make it. It is believed that a few active workers can easily put it over. The attractive new Hut of the Shallotte Post is now all com pleted on the outside and work is progressing rapidly on the In terior. It is planned to open this new home on New Years Day with one of the biggest events yet staged in that part of the county. ? Shrimp Committe Holds Meeting In Southport Friday Sub-Committee Will Go To Flordia Next Week To Investigate Feasibility Of Leasing Suitable Craft I A meeting of the North Caro lina Shrimp Committee was held here Friday with four of the five members present for a show-down i discussion of plans for doing something- right away about ex ploring Waters off the coast for shrimp. It was agreed that the first step is to acquire a boat which will be both suitable and ser vicable for this operation, and !& sub-committee including Chair man W. S. Wells, L. J. Hardee and Roy Hampton, the latter a member of the Board of Con servation and Development, will leave the last of this week for Florida where they will attempt :to lease a suitable craft. There was no attempt at this meeting to justify the delay , that has occured in this survey, and there was no buck-passing nor ) laying blame. The men in the J meeting were agreed that the I project is big enough and im portant enough to deserve some j action, and they expressed a de ' termination to either do some thing or get off the committee J so someone else could be named j to serve in their places. t January 29 Date Of Beer Election Brunswick County Voters Will Express Their Pre ference Regarding Legal Sale Of Beer And Wine On That Day The Brunswick county beer and wine election will take place on the last Saturday, January 29, according to G. C. McKeithan, chairman of the Brunswick county board of elections. Petitions signed by for more Continued on page 3 W. B. KEZIAH Our ROVING Reporter When it comes Ito growing: col lards Thompson McRackan out on the River Road probably has the rest of the county pretty well beaten this year. Along the road and in the same field where Long Island, N. Y., parties grew truck crop plants last spring, Mr. Mc Rackan has about an acre and ? a half in these greens, and they would delight the eyes of all who love collards. They are about as green as green things get to be ad of just a size to make them a demand for the table. About the fish ingest folks we know of in Southport are Dr. R. J. Hyatt and his sid-kick, George Wortham, colored. These fellows never let a good day go by with out their being out In some of the bays off Bald Head Island, or some other place. Usually at this season of the year they con fine their energies to fishing for puppy drum. Happening to be around at the dock when they came in one afternoon this week w were interested to note that they had 27 nice puppy drum. Each of the fish weigh about two pounds. Orton gardens and nursery are Jnow in their busy season, accord ing to Miss Hilda Muller, secre 'tary to manager Kenneth Sprunt. This busy season last right through the spring months. As usual each fall the gardens, nur sery, etc., undergoes extensive al terations. It is also a busy sea son for the nursery in the matter of shipping many varieties of plants. Recent visitors to the gar-j dens and nursery are enthusiastic j (Continued of page four) Annual Drive Of Farm Bureau To Exceed Minimum President T. T. Ward Re ported Tuesday That Brunswick County Mem bership Nears Maximum Goal COUNTY FARMERS SHOWING INTEREST President Of County Or ganization Expresses Ap preciation Of All Help In Drive With a few scattered reports still to be received, the Bruns wick County Farm Bureau al ready is assured a record mem bership this year. Starting their annual member ship drive this fall the Brunswick County Farm Bureau had a min umum goal of 500 members, and a maximum of 50 members. The drive closed several days ago and when he was interviewed this week President T. T. Ward of the Farm Bureau stated that workers did well in the effort for new members. A total of 580 were secured and this was more than half-way between the minu raum and maximum goals set. President Ward declared Tues day that he desires to express his appreaciation for the splendid cooperation of volunteer workers who helped put over this year's membership drive. "Right now we have about one-third of our Brunswick county farmers as members," he said, "and as more of them realize just to what ex tent they are Indebted to the national organization our record will be even better. We have some leaders in this county now who are one hundred percent behind Farm Bureau, and that will do a lot to strengthen our program." Numerous Cases Tried In Court Once More Traffic Counts And Trouble Resulting In Most Of Cases Before Judge McLamb A variety of cases were dis posed of here in Recorder's court Wednesday before Judge W. J. McLamb, with the following dis position of cases: William T. McShane, speeding, fined $15.00 and cost. Joe B. Jones, speeding and pos session, guilty of speeding, fined $5.00 and post , Everett 7. Skipper, reckless operation, not guilty. Leroy Everett Simmons, drunk en driving, guilty of recklesa operation, fined 140.00 and cost. Elnrao McNeil, assault with deadly weapon, 30 days on roads, suspended on payment of cost and good behavior. Lewis McKinley Simmons, im proper equipment, one-half costs. Bryant Babson, no operators license, nol prossed. Mott Smith, reckless operation, motion for jury trial. Mrs. Homer McKeithan, assault nol prossed. (Continued on page three) Tennessee Hunters Kill Three Bears Aldreth And Delmas Phelps Were With These Men, Who Brought Along Fine Pack Of Hounds Tennessee bear hunters killed three big bears in the Great Green Swamp near Freeland last week. One of the animals, brought down Thursday afternoon is claimed by Brunswick hunters to have been the largest bear ever killed in Brunswick county. They estimated its weight all of of the way from five to six hun dred pounds. Three shots, all fired at differ ent times during the chase, were required to bring the big bear down. The third shot with a 30 30 rifle was fired in the woods, 100 yards from a country road. This bullet was mortal. Still fol lowed by the hounds the bear ran on until it reached the middle of the road. There it dropped dead. Aldreth and Delmas Phelps were with the Tennessee hunt ere on the trip. The visitors brought in a large pack of ex ceptionally fine dogs. The three bears, including the giant which had only three feet, were de scribed as very fine results, tak ? ing into account the nature of 1 the woods and swamps in which the hunters had to operate The big bear is said to have been chased many times over a 1 period of years by Brunswick hunters and hunters from Tennes see. On the Monday before it ! was killed Elwell Euss of the 'Makotoka section chased it with i his dogs for several hours. At one time the hounds held it at | bay until Russ was able to ap proach near enough for a shot. The dogs, however, we so active : around the bayed animal that | (Continued on page four) Lunch Room Opens At Shallotte School Jumbo Shrimp Is An Old Timer A most unusual shrimp was brought in Saturday afternoon by Clarence Spencer of the W. S. Wells boat, Imperial III, his specimen weighing two ounces. The unusual thing was that the escutician was covered with barnacles, 90 of them by actual count. They ranged in size to as large as the head of a pin. Mr. Wells says that another such shrimp was caught here in 1934, the first and only one of its kind that he ever heard of being taken before. Shrimp ers say that the big shrimp must have been a very quiet one little disposed to do much mov ing about. Other wise the barn acles would never have been able to get a foothold on its back. It was pickled in formal dehyde and sent to the State Museum at Raleigh. Rally Service In Local Church Plans For Coming Year Will Be Discussed For Benefit Of Membership Of Trinity Methodist Church Sunday At a meeting of the planning committee of Trinity Methodist Church of Southport, arrange ments were set in motion for a big rally service Sunday morning, November 21st, at 11 o'clock. The pastor and his staff are preparing for a big occasion and are inviting every member of the church and the public in general to attend this service. ' Beginning with the church school hour an effort is being made to have the banner attend ance so far this fall. TTien follows the morning hour at eleven o'clock when the year's program of the local church will be an nounced and explained. Everyone is urged to cooperate fully in making this program a reality as the church moves along in this conference year. The conculding part of the program will be at the evening hour. Here again, ef fort will be made to enlist the largest attendance of youth at (Continued On Page Four) Call Collect To Tell Of Theft Ormand Leggett Recovers Pick-Up Which Was Stol. en Saturday Night From Streets Of Southport Ormond Leggett was mighty worried Sunday morning when he discovered that his pick-up truck was missing, but his mind was set somewhat at ease a short time later when he accepted charges on a collect call from Burgaw and was informed by a couple of local boys that his truck was in that town. Leggett made hasty arrange x Continued on page 3 This Facility Opened On Monday Of Last Week With An Average Daily Use By More Than 700 Students MRS. DORIS REDWINE LUNCHROOM MANAGER Means That It Is Necessary To Feed Students In Six Different Shifts The lunch room at the Shallotte school opened on Monday, Novem ber 8, with Mrs. Edward Redwine as manager. Mrs. Redwine had a number of very efficient helpers but all were very much hand icapped by the lack of space. Illustrating this crowded lunch room condition, $88 students were fed the first day, 715 the second and 718 the third. Hie rest of the week saw an average of approxi mately 700 daily. Guy C. McKeithan, a member of the school board, says that on ly 132 children can be fed at a time. This handicap, coupled with the great number of students us ing the lunch room facilities, makes it necessary to serve six different groups. Mr. McKeithan says he hopes that the patrons of the school 1 will come forward, aee what is done at the lunch room and then help towards getting larger and badly needed quarters.. With am ple facilities the entire school, except for a few students living nearly could avail themselves of the lunch room facilities, says Mr. McKeithan. Better Road Is Helping Beach Recent Week-Ends Have Seen Unusual Numbers Of Visitors- At Holden Beach; Many Fishermen Try Their Luck Although the final smooth-top surfacing will not be applied un til spring the new paved road from J. E. Kirby's on Route 17 to Holden Beach is otherwise all completed. Except for being a little rough it will be in fine traveling condition all winter. Illustrative of the interest in and appreciation of this road large numbers of up-state people who own property at Holden Beach have been coming in to spend the past two week-ends at Holden Beach. At the Ferry last Satuday things looked al most like they do in the middle of the summer. Most of the visi tors had fishing tackle and were making good use of it. A lot of others just came down to spend the week-end at their summer homes. The Ocean View Tavern is fill ing a big need with its nice room and meals for many of the week end folks who own cot tages but do not care to open them for just a short stay. In addition the fishing parties, hunt ers and some yachtsmen are find ing the scrvice excellent. A short visit to the beach Sat urday revealed surprising interest in the possibility of the Bell Tele (Continued on page three) Record Sum Is Asked By State School Officials Board Of Education Keen* Its Promise To Seek $2, 400 Minimum Salary For Teachers 50 MILLION ASKED TO BUILD PLANTS Governor-Elect Scott Indi? cates That Appropriation " Will Be Pared To Tha Necessary Figure Appropriations totaling $221,-J 583,356 were requested Friday W operate North Carolina'? pubMc schools during the next blennium. Over and above this amount, fifty million dollars was asked for the purpose of aiding cltlea and counties in constructing school I buildings. ] State school officials made the. requests to the Advisory Budget Commission as hearings were con cluded on the budget to be sub mitted to the 1949 General Amb' embly. Paul Ried, controller of the' Board of Education, said mo* of the increase over the last biennium's figure wiuld be used to boost salaries of teachers. K the amount requested in appropri ated, he sair it will be possible to increase pay by about 59 per cent. The appropriation request waa based on a pay scale calling foe a $1,400 minimum salary and a maximum of $3,600. Under the proposed budget, principals would receive an aver lage of $4,230 per year and sup erintendent's would get $6,029. I One report out of Raleigh tn jdicated that Governor-elect W. iKerr Scott may seek a compro i mise on the request. He was quot jed as asking Controller Reid M "how much lee. . . you can get along with?" Retiring Board Concluded Work Routine Matters Disposed Of Here Monday Before County Commissioners In Final Session Members of the retiring board of county commissioners met here Monday in their final session, and most of the business to come be fore them was of routine import jance. The present board is composed of R. O. Lewis, chairman, M. B. Chlnnis and S." I. Mintz. None o fthese men were candidates for reelection, and since the new board will take the oath of office o? the first Monday in DccemlM^ this week's meeting concluded their term of service.' The board approved the don' tract entered into between the county and J. D.'Price as super intendent of the county home. This agreement may be termin ated within 30 days by either party, and includes the same pro visions under which the home waa operated by Julian Price during the past year. Other business consisted prin cipally of tax matters. The Wil liam Ashe property was ordered conveyed to Hattie Ashe upon payment of $94.76; the Hilda Henry Estate was ordered re lieved of taxes from 1929-40 duo to double listing; the same action was taken for the Queen Ann Oelts land for 1927-32; a one fifth Interest in the Morris Evana Estate was ordered conveyed to Continued on page 3 Negro Returned For Rape Trial Robert Grissett Arrested Monday 1n Wilmington For Crime Committed In September Robert Grissett, 19-year-old Shallotte negro, was arrested in Wilmington Monday and grought back here by Brunswick office? to answer to acharge of rape. The alleged crime occured oa September 27th of this year and Grissett fled the county and was not located until his arrest in Wilmington. He is sair to have admitted the crime, claiming that it was with the concent of tha girl. The victim is a 12 year old ne gro girl of Grissett's community. Examined by a physician shortly after the alleged crime It was revealed that she had bben at tac ted. It is understood that Grisaet will be given a hearing in Recorder's court hare today? 3r