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The pilot Co\ ers ^nsuick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time >,\i een NO. 40 6-PAGES today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, January 12, 1949 published every Wednesday ii.so per yea? ensive Drive (Polio Funds gins InCounty o,,- L D. Hayman I. iSS-iekTy. Year riNlZATION TO ^ be county-wide Show That About Times As Much Spent Was Raised In This 'County La?l Year . p Havman, who heads for funds for the Nation adation for Infantile par vear, is busy organiz yuwick county for its iwnsive campaign thus tvWr a total of $892.54 was ;or the war against infan ts in Brunswick county, i amount $446.27 was sent -al headquarters, but then turned the other way. >94$ the National Foun "caid out the sum of KV for care and treatment L victims of Brunswick . and use of $459.14 in chapter funds raised the t spent for patient care year to $5.197.14. h ?as almost six times as .a?? raised in Brunswick, r-nal Foundation officials Y-g the matter frankly this fhen they say that there ? K a noticable increase in Uections from all over the . for last summer's polio pc second worst on re ias sapped reserve funds, announcement has been _ bv the Rev. Mr. Hayman ? his goal for Brunswick r this year, but he is plan to carry the appeal into iorae in the county in an it effort to see to it that mck county has a chance ffi that the people are grate 5f outside help which pro it t:se '?.?rHIi of youthful suf i of polio last year, i E. J. Prevatte, chairman ?local chapter, and the Rev. Bivman attended a district ^ last Thursday in Wallace ijard National Foundation b made their plea for sub _l increases in last year s 1 raising effort. I announcement will be made .?eek of the county-wide or 6 ?r. into whose hands the Bbility for the success of rogram has been placed. JritflV?*? Flash?* ? RESl'LTS Kg their first week of com Bi fishing in Gulf Stream K off Southport, local blats i ?ported very good catches. Tor si pper tiers of the Womans Society irs'.ian Service will have a 6 oyster supper on Friday tithe Sunday School Annex toity Methodist church. ?rnj) AX BEACH 1 and Mrs. E. E. Holden of tatviiie, N. J., bought three K Holden Beach last week W planning to build a per tome there. Mr. Holden, ?Waft instructor, is a son and Mrs. Rufus Holden kpoly. "T-U AUXILIARY 'Meting of the Dosher Mem 1 ^ospttal Auxiliary will be the hospital at 3 o'clock % afternoon of this week, "sobers and all who want ?ted are urge(j t0 be pre Md take a needle and a H AND JEWELY SHOP *Russ, young Shallotte vet **><> has been taking train l" fatchmakmg and repairing 1^" a new watch repair shop **Wry shop in Shallotte a V~* first of February. He P m?ve a small building to I ^joining the J. B. Hewett |l*** dance r Dasher Memorial Hospital netted $65.00 from its ^ sponsor of the square J** Saturday night at the building. The same or ^ oa will share in the pro ^ "r"3 week, and all money be used to complete , * ?n the new electric t .""n recently was install ^aher Memorial Hospital. e of $170.00 is owed on *Pmeat. Survey Boat KtAUY?The Trawler Penny is on the Marine Rail way in Wilmington this week being made ready for opera tions in connection with the shrimp survey off the North Carolina coast. Captain Merritt Moore will be in charge. ?(Wilmington News Cut.) Trawler Penny Will Start Survey Soon Southport Boat Has Been Chartered By North Caro lina Shrimp Survey Com mission For The Next Six Months CAPTAIN MERRIT MOORE IN CHARGE Plans Call For Comprehen sive Study Of Conditions Prevailing Off Coast Of North Carolina The Penny, big Southport traw ler owned and operated by Cap tain Merrit Moore, returned home Saturday from a five weeks fish trip to Florida. She is now on the railway in Wilmington, having her bottom scraped and painted preparatory to beginning work for the North Carolina Shrimp Survey Commission next Monday. The boat has been chartered by the commission for six months to carry out a survey the fun length of the North Carolina coast. The plans call for the old fashioned method of using sound ing lines and a drag. The drag is to determine the number and size of fish and shrimp in an area. The sounding line is to determine the nature of the bot tom. The boat also has a fathometer, which will aid great ly in revealing the nature of the bottom. The drag will be a regular shrimp net, but smaller than those usually used. Naturally it will bring up some fish and shrimp but efforts will be made to avoid making big catches. When It is discovered that either shrimp or fish are abundant in a given area the boat will cease dragging efforts and devote the time to ascertaining if the bottom is of a nature that will permit the boats without ruininc their nets. The fish and shrimp taken in the operations will be given to State Prison camps or state in stitutions, where it is practical. Continued On Page Four Prominent Man Dies In Bolivia Charles B. Aycock Was Nephew Of North Caro lina Governor Of Same Name; Death Occurred Sunday Charles B. Aycock, nephew and namesake of North Carolina's great educational governor, died at his home at Bolivia Sunday following a long period of failing health. Mr. Aycock was 70 years of age. The remains were taken to Freemont for interment in the Aycock family cemetery Monday morning. The service were held at the graveside at 2 o'clock. Surviving the deseased is his widow, Mrs. Vera McKeithan Ay cock, assistant postmaster at Bolivia; two daughters, Mrs. Earl Aycock of Wilson and Mrs. George Minder of Philadelphia. One sister and three brothers also survive. They are Mrs. Mary Hooks of Golds boro, Harvey Ay cock of Kenley, Millard Aycock of Pikesville. Mr. Aycock came to Brunswick county nearly thirty years ago and was active in the affairs of the county until slowed up by failing health. Williamson On Good Committees Representee Odeli Williamson has been named chairman of the House committee for Con gressional Districts and vice chairman of the committee on Commercial Fisheries, accord ing to announcement Monday night by Speaker of the House Kerr Craig Ramsey. In addition, the Brunswick county representative holds membership on seven other com mittees as follows: Appropria tions, Counties, Cities and Towns, Propositions and Griev ances, Public Utilities, Roads, Veterans Legislation and Wild life Resources. Admits Driving Wrecked Auto ! Quinten (Bobby) Sellers Ar rested Monday In Jack sonville By Patrolman C. M. Cummings On a warrant sworn out by State Highway Patrolman C. M. Cummings, Quentin (Bobby) Sel lers was arrested Monday night and subsequently released on a $1,500 bond. He was charged with the careless and reckless opera tion of an automobile, resulting in the death of Rufus Sellers and the serious injuries of Charles E. Murrell on Saturday night, Octo ber 23, 1948. Rufus Sellers, a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Sellers of Supply, was 31 years old and was a veteran of five years service in the army. His body was found in the wreck age of a car a short distance this side of Supply early Sunday morn ing October 24th. Murrell a Wil mington man and owner of the car, was also found seriously injured. A report in this paper at the time stated that there was a third man in the car and that he was possibly the driver and left the scene hurriedly and secretly. Officials said that they were unable to obtain any evid ence as to the presence of this third man and no action was taken until Monday night when Bobby Sellers was arrested. Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett (Continued on page five) Farmers Invited To Check Needs Many Important Matters May Be Taken Up With County P- M. A. Office This Month January being the first month of the year, farmers will be check ing-up on the things to be done. Some of these should be with the County P. M. A. office, for him to combine or divide farms, mail or send in the 1948 tobacco sales card, sign and return the appli cation for payment mailed to him for his signature, report the use and' or non-use of seeds, lime, and phosphate received, tHrough the office (Decern ter 31, 1948 was the closing date to use them), (Continued on pag? Two), Storage Plant Stockholders To Meet On Friday Annual Meeting Of Stock holders of Brunswick Cold Storage Company Will Be Held This Week At Shal Iotte PLANT ENJOYS GOOD BUSINESS Of 340 Lockers, Only Twelve Remain Vacant, And Thousands Of Pounds Meat Being Han dled One of the busiest places in Brunswick this winter has been the plant of the Brunswick Cold Storage at Shallotte. The place has been running to full capacity! in some departments and six men| and a young lady office worker have been kept constantly busy. Fred Mintz is president of the Corporation and Houston Hewett is Secretary-Treasurer. Mr. He wett stated that the annual stock holders meeting for the year is to be held Friday night of this week at 7:30 o'clock. Dropping in at the plant this week a news man was invited into the meat curing room where ninty thousand pounds of hams, sides, etc., were being prepared to be taken to the homes of the owners or stored. This curing room was overflowing with around 20,000 pounds of meet, in addition to the 90,000.00, hav ing to go into the beef storage department. Of the 340 frozen food lockers, all but 12 are rented and in use. No figures were obtained cover ing the full amount of meats handled during the past year but the total is said to have been enormous. Varied Docket Tried In Court Two Cases For Violations Ot* Oyster Law Tried Before Judge W. J. McLamb Here Wednesday A varied docket was disposed of by Judge W. J. McLamb and ] Recorder's court officials here last week with the following re sults: Hoyd McDonald, violating oys ter law. One year on roads, sus pended On payment of costs and defendant not to violate any oys-j ter law for two years. William McDonald, violating! oyster law. One year on roads, suspended on payment of costs and defendant not to violate any of the oyster laws for a period of two years. Jack Aaron Sneeden, speeding, fined ten dollars and costs. David Hooper, no operators lic ense, fines $25.00 and costs. John Jackson Ballou, speeding, capias. Alma H. Murphy, speeding, capias. William Ellis Gray, reckless op eration, 90 days on roads, sus pended on payment of costs and making restitution for damages to car. Marcella Benton, assault, six months on roads, suspended on payment of costs and defendant ordered to have a mental exa mination, costs remitted. Lee Simmons, reckless operation fined $23.00 and costs. Edward M. Gore, reckless op eration, finer $23.00 and costs. Josephine Parker, tresspass and assault, nol prossed with leave. ' W. B. KEZIAH Under the recognized order of; things the term, "Training School" j is accepted by the public as mean ing a correctional institution for) wayward boys or girls as the case may be. The State of North Carolina has training schools for such purposes. This gets us a-1 round to the expressing of the J opinion that the name of ' the Brunswick County Training school at Southport ought to be changed, regardless of how much sentiment1 clings to the present name. The negro school here is in no sense a correctional institution. It is just an excellent high and gram mer school. Reference to it in the j newspapers under' its present i name gives many people the im Ipression that it is something dif ferent from what it really is. Annual Meeting Of Farm Bureau The annual meeting of the Brunswick County Farm Bureau will be held on Friday, January 21, at Shallotte high school, be ginning with a fish and shrimp supper at 6:30 o'clock. T. T. Ward, president of the Bruncwick county organization, says that the membership drive this year resulted in about 600 members, and he urges as many as possible to attend. Secretary J. J. Hawes should be notified so plans may be made for feed ing the crowd in attendance. One of the most important mat ter of business to come before this meeting will be the election of officers of the Farm Bureau to serve during the coming year. Brunswick Body Votes Boycott Of Wet Communities Allied Church League In vites Support of "All Fair Minded Citizen* Toward This End" The Allied Church League of Brunswick County served notice this week that "we shall boycott all towns and villages that en dorse or vote for the sale of alcoholic beverages." T. T. Ward, farmer and busi ness-man of the Langwood com munity, today released a copy of the solution adopted Monday evening at a meeting of the Allied Church League at Mouijt Olive Baptist Church near Supply. "The league has been a moving spirit in the State toward abolish ing the sale of beer and wine and other alcoholic beverages, and we're in this fight to the finish," Ward stated. Various denominations in Bruns wick were represented at the Allied Church League meeting, Ward reported. After resolving to invoke a trade boycott of municipalities which approve the sale of beer and wine, the Brunswick group declared that "we desire the sup port of all fair-minded citizens toward thi^ end." The Brunswick Allied Church League is now in the midst of a fight to ban beer and wine sales in that county. Brunswick citizens will vote on the issue on January 29. Walter Jenrette Funeral Monday Former Brunswick County Man Died Suddenly Satur day At Home At Wades boro; Funeral In This County Walter Regan Jenrette, 52 year old native of Brunswick county and resident of the Longwood community until a few years ago, died suddenly early Saturday morning at his home in Wades boro. He was a timber dealer and also engaged in the real estate business. He had worked all of the day preceding his death, which is understood to have re sulted from a heart attack. Mr. Jenrette was bookkeeper for the Jackson Brothers Lumber Company when they operated at Longwood and Whiteville. When this firm sold out he engaged in the ffrocery business at Long wood for a few years, selling out his business to go with the Canal i (Continued on page 3) Our ROVING Reporter i A good idea for Brunswick county people who own camellia bushes is to sprinkle them liberal ly with water in advance of any severe freeze. Dry buds are killed easily by cold. If they are moist they will suffer very little, if any. Even ice covering will not hurt camellia buds as there is plenty of moisture along with the ict? Any night when you are looking for a freeze and have camellia buds that you fear will be damag ed just turn the hose on the bushes until the buds are thoro ughly moistened. They will be all right the next morning, but in some cases of extra severe cold it is advisable to sprinkle them a gain early the next morning. {Continued on page 2) The Floor Show Is Good At Cage Games Cheer Leaders Take Over For Jam-Up Exhibition Every Time Negro Basketball Team Play The stunts put on here at their basket ball games by the negro cheer leaders of the Brunswick County Training School are just as interesting as the games them selves, The cheer leading and mor al support of the teams is all a part of the game. It would hardly be practical to do the same thing just at the gym of the Southport white school. It would break down the floor and bring down the roof. Still and all there is plenty of room for the patrons of the white schools in Brunswick county to give better support to their school teams. They could learn a lot about how to do this by attending one of the negro school games, where they can see everything from top notch playing to cake walking by the supporters of the teams. At a game here Thursday night around six or seven hundred spec tators from here and various sec tions of the county turned out to Sub Station Of RE A Nearing Completion Southport Wins Two From Bolivia When a Bolivia forward slipp ed in a field goal during the first minute of the fourth quar ter last night she broke a scor ing famine which for three full quarters had threatened to give Southport a shutout victory over the visitors. Southport had completely dom inated play during the first three periods, but once the ice was broken Bolivia laid In eleven points in a hurry to cut the victory margin to 28-11. Re becca McRackan led the scoring with 16 points. In the boys' game Southport trailed by a 13-8 score at half time, but came back with a bang to take a 28-20 triumph over the visiting Bolivia quint. Bowmer for Southport and Wal ton for Bolivia tied for scoring honors with 14-points each. Violations Of Local Law Noted I Representative Ode]] Willi amson Greatly Disturbed By Apparent Disregard For Oyster Regulation The arrest of two Brunswick county citizens last week for violating the fish and oyster law resulted in Representative Odell Williamson getting pretty warm under the collar. In 1947 Representative William-1 son fathered a purely local law, applying entirely to Brunswick. This law says that it iS illegal to take oysters from the waters of Brunswick county for delivery outside of the state or for sale to non-residents. Despite the. fact The North Carolina Fisheries Commission is supposed to cooperate with Bruns wick county officials in the en forcement of the local law, it appears from the claims of Re presentative Williamson that the Fisheries Commission has been deliberately selling licenses to people who dig oysters and sell them in defiance of the local law. This week Representative Wil liamson showed a news man a Department of Conservation and Development receipt in the sum of $29.00 for a license issued to William McDonald on November Continued On Page Four Funeral Rites For Florida Man! Daliie H. Hickman, Native Of Southport, Died In Florida; Funeral At Anti och Saturday Daliie H. Hickman, native of Southport and son of Mrs. Charles Hickman and the late Mr. Hick man, died suddenly Monday night of last week at his home at Mt. Dora, Fla. He had been residing in that state for several years. The body was brought home and entered Saturday at the An tioch Baptist church cemetery. Rev. H. M. Baker, pastor of the Southport Baptist church had (Continued of page four) see the boys and girls contesting with East Arcadia. Both games were brilliantly played with the Southport negroes loosing 13 to 22 to the formidable looking, stevedore sized East Arcadia girls. It looked equally bad for the boys before the game started. All are small and the East Arcadia negro boys were something like big sisters. But, the local boys surprised the spectator and more than surprised the red garbed visitors. With their speed, passing, guarding and goal shooting they completely outclassed their visit ing oponents, winning with a score of 28 to 6. Thirty or more white residents of Southport, including several members of both the boys and girls basket ball squads and the cheer leader?, witnessed these' games and got a big kick out of the fine playing and showmanship bf the cheering forces. Superintendent E. D. Bishop Says That Station With Transmission Lines Will Be Furnishing Added Power Soon REA WORK GOING ON OVER COUNTY Prediction Is Made That Sometime During The Spring Most Of REA Lines Will Be Com pleted E. D. Bishop, manager of the Brunswick REA, stated this week that the sub-station at Shallotte should be completed tn abouf Wrr days. Another interesting disclo sure is that the poles for the tran smission line from Whiteville to Shallotte are now all up and less than 8 miles of wiring to the sub station remained to be strung the first of this week. The transmission lines and sub station will be completed at about: the same time in less than two weeks from now. The REA will then be able to energize all new distribution lines that have been completed recently. At the same time additional power will be avai lable on the old lines, which have been overloaded. Constructing of distribution lines is getting underway. A con siderable mileage has the right of way staked and much of it cleared. The entire mileage in Brunswick will probably be stak ed within the next three weeks and clearing of the right of way will follow in rapid order. Among other project the en gineers will start staing out the line that is to run from Caswell and Long Beach road up the Riv er Road this week. This line will follow the road from the dairy to a point at the lower end of the Continued On Page Four Grading Work Almost Ended With Good Weather Only Two More Weeks Work Remains On Grading Of River Road To Walden Creek C. L. Gregory, grading construc tion foreman for the Towles-Cline Construction Company of Wilmin gton, stated this week that all grading on the Southport to Wal den Creek project would be com pleted within the next two weeks. Most of the work is finished, with the exceptions of the fills at Price Creek and Fidlers Drain, where the men are now working. At Fidlers Drain a 60 inch cement culvert will be used with concerte abudments. At Prices Creek a unit of three of these pipes will be used. At both places a 70-percent grade is being made and this entailed a 10 foot fill at Prices Creek and a 5 foot one at Fidlers Drain. With the grading work to be completed within two weeks the i paving will not be put down until it beccmcs warm enough for such work in the early spring. The Towles-Cline Company also has the paving contract. Mr. Gregory stated that the River Road is a Federal Aid pro ject. Owing to this fact and an ticipated heavy uses of the road, the foundation has been built with an eye to future needs. Bill To Prohibit 'Wet' Advertising Offered By Powell Measure Would Forbid Use Of Newspapers, ? Signs And Billboards To Pro* mote Alcoholic Beverage Sales STATEMENT ISSUED BY REPRESENTATIVE Says Idea Is To Halt Efforts Of Manufacturers To Cre ate Appetites And Desires A bill to prohibit the advertis ing of alcoholic beverages in North Carolina was tossed into the legislative hopper by Repre sentative Junius K. Powell of, Columbus County during the ? initial week of the 1949 General) Assembly. Entitled "A Bill To Be EntiUed An Act to Amend Chapter 18 of the General Statutes As the Same Relates to the Advertising of In toxicating Liquors," the legisla tive proposal would exclude the use of newspapers, periodicals, magazines and all signs or bill-. boards which call attention to alcoholic beverages. The section relating to signs and billboards is designed to pro hibit the placing of any marker which would advertise any busi ness or establishment as a retail outlet for beer or wine. "It shall be unlawful," the bill reads, "for any person, firm or corporation to erect or set up or permit to be erected or set up on premises owned by or under the control of such person, firm or corporation, any sign, signboard, billboard or other device contain ing any advertising of alcoholic beverages as defined in. . . etc." Powell, here for the week end, expressed himself as hopeful of favorable action on the measure. "I feel that those who are truly inearnest about the control of alcoholic beverages should sup port this bill wholeheartedly," the Representative stated. "Everybody is agreed that advertusmg- is the greatest media in the world for the creation of new appetites and desires, whether for a new tooth paste, a certain length of dresses, a cigarette or aity other product. That being true, it is to the best interest of those who favor a temperate society to restrict the use of this media in regards to alcoholic beverages. This bill is designed to put an end to effort* of manufacturers to develop new appetites and thus create greater consumption whether that con sumption is fronj legal or illegal sources." If enacted into law, Powell's bill would become effective Im mediately. Former Resident Passes Thursday ? ? Mr*. Be rta Seller* Worthing? ton Died In Jame* Walker Memorial Hospital; Fu neral In This County ??? i Mrs. Berta Sellers Worthlilg ton, 54, of Swansboro wife of a former pastor of Hallsboro Metho dist Church and a sister-in-law of J. W. Worthington of South Whiteville, died Thursday in James Walker Memorial Hospit al at Wilmington. Mrs. Worthington lived in this 'county when her husband, Rev. J. K. Worthington, served as pas (Continued on page five) Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are approxi mately correct and were furn ished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low Tide Thursday, January IS 6:88 A. M. 0:14 Ki JUL 6:51 P. M. 1:08 P. M. Friday, January 14 7:24 A. M. 1:58 A. M. 7:42 P. M. 1:51 P. M. SATURDAY, January 15 t V 8:14 A. M. 1:58 A. M. 8:84 P. M. 2:87 P. M. t Sunday, January 16 9JS A. M. 2:48 A. hf. 9:25 P. M. 8:24 P. M. Monday, January 17 9:52 A. M. 8:88 A. ML 10:19 P. M. 4:10 P. M. Tuesday, January 18 10:45 A. M. 4:25 A. M. 11:14 P. M. 4:57 P. M. Wednesday, January 19 11:86 A. M. 5:18 A. M. 0:00 P. M. 5:50 P. M.