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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<?
by the Southport merchant.
Everybody W orks T o
Build New Church
Success Of Building Pro
gram Is Due To Enthus
iastic Support Of Entire
Congregation Of Local
Church
FIRST SERVICES ON
THANKSGIVING DAY
Not All Work Will Be Com
plete By That Time, But
Auditorium Will Be A
vailable For Use In
I Union Service
j On Thanksgiving Day the people
of Southport will join with mem
|bers of the Baptist church in a
union service which will mark
the first occasion that the new
church auditorium will be placed
in use.
For the members of that con
gregation and for friends of other
churches this will be a day of
triuph, for it will mark the com
pletion of the first milestone in
lone of the most ambitious build
ing projects ever understaken in
Brunswick county.
After much discussion of plans
and finances, leaders in the build
year ago to settle for a complete
{remodeling job on the old church
] building, including alteration of
steeple, new slate roof and a
brick veneer, and tke erection of
spacious church school quarters
at the rear of the auditorium.
Once this plan had been settled
upon, the church building was
raised and the congregation was
setled permission by school auth
| orities to hold their worship ser
vices in the Southport high school
auditorium.
The successful completion of a
building program in these days
and times presents a major fin-1
ancial problem, and the Baptists
set' about their task of keeping
workmen supplied with materials
and a weekly payroll. There had
been some accumulation of build
ing funds, and members continued
'to make generous contributions;
but as the work progressed it be
came apparent that more money
than then was in sight would
have to be forthcoming before
the biulding could be completed.
| Then it was that the aggressive
leadership of the pastor, the Rev.
H. M. Baker, began to be felt. He
had encouraged his church people
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State Interested
In Ft. Caswell
Inquiry Received By J. T.
Denning This Week In
dicates That Prospect Of
Acquiring Caswell Still
Exists
j The fact that the state still
lis interested in the possible ac
quisition of Ft. Caswell is reveal
ed in a letter received here last
week by J. T. Denning, superin
tendent of schools.
An official in the office of the
j State Division of Purchase and
Contract asked the Brunswick
I county school official for Inform
ation regarding the suitability of
Caswell for utilization as an
(education center for farm life
school or community public school.
It was revealed that the pro
perty is available for purchase
by the State at "100 percent
discount."
Some Waiting
Is In Prospect
Stat? Auto License Examiner
| N. E. Hudson is very considerate
! of the public who have to take
! out auto license.
! When only four E, F and G
I operators presented themselves for
[ licenses Monday, Mr. Hudson
| stated he was very sorry for all
j of the ?folks who would have to
I stand in line in the cold, here
j and at Shallotte, during- the clos
ing days of the month.
At the rate at which folks
have been applying for license
there will undoubtly be much
waiting in line and much cussing
in Brunswick during the holidays.
Mr. Hudson is here at the court
house each Monday and at Shal
lotte each Tuesday.
Open Season On
Turkey Gobblers
Wildlife Commission Will
j Vigorously Prosecute All
Found With Wild Turkey
Hen In Possession
| Along with the general hunt
ing season opening Thursday of
J next week, hunters will get a
short season on wild turkeys.
The open season wild turkey
will extend from Thanksgiving
Day through January 10, but no
I turkey save gobblers may be kill
ed during that time. The hunter
twill be restricted to killing only
j one gobbler in a day and not
more than six gobblers during
the season.
The Wildlife Commission has
stated that the killing of a wild
turkey hen during the open sea
son or any other period will be
met with vigorous prosecution.
The hunters are warned that be
fore they pull the trigger they
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Shallotte Post
After Members
One-Hundred Mark Reach
j ed By Armistice Day
With Drive Continuing
For Biggest Membership
In History Of Post
Now engaged in a drive for I
J additional members, the Shallotte |
j American Legion Post No. 247
(had signed up to over the 100
mark by Armistice Day on Nev>
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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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