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The Pi'ot C?o>ei'8
Brunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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S1XT 6-pages today " Southport, N. C.f Wednesday, February t, 1949 published every Wednesday ji.so per yea*
frt Sentenced
?ive-Ten Years
In Murder Case
? Accepted Plea Of
)(anslai:s',ter After
Jurv Had R-!turn
IjJ True Bill In Murder
Charg-'
U0 gets Ti
" VEARS for rape
callers EigHt
?, y5? When He I
?ered Manslaughter
Guilty Plea I
Hrow Hart entered a plea
^ . t0 manslaughter here
v/i-^d'iv and was sentenc
from 5 to 10 years,
-rite prison for killing |
irEdward Wescott, in;
JT early in December. He
%n indicted by the grand j
(or murder. I
;lr defendant in a mur-;
fj Allison Sellers. WU-j
? man. Pl?dcd guilty to
:vi2hter in connection with
of Coy Baker, also of
-non. last month. He was
3?d to serve from 8 to 12
in prison.
'-est sentence imposed at
:Larv term of court which
Ued Saturday was the 15
t-iven Tuggy Grissett fol
,c"a directed verdict of
m a rape case. His victim
teen-age negro girl.
( Bob) Sellers was
Cd with reckless operation
,r. death. He entered a
to involuntary manslaugh
iad was given 18 months on
roads. This judgment was
fc.'tded and the defendant
under probabtion for 51
upon condition that he pay
"costs, surrender his drivers
- ? 12 months and make
.ion in the amount of
? f. Woodcock was found |
"'of drunk driving. Sentence
months on the roads was
aed upon payment of costs
5100.00 fine.
Ikus G. Woodcock was con
|,; of public drunkeness and
jlie McMillan was given 4
tis when convicted of reck
ooeration and 30 daysfor;
l ; after his license hid been ^
Erected verdict of not guilty j
returned in the case charg-,
Mott Smith with reckless,
Emilr action was taken in the
iof Luther C. Piver for as
? and non-support.
h* case of Kice Gwynn, Jr.
rging robberv and assault with
My weapon was continued
t the May term and was set
I st case.
filer? was a directed verdict of
L in the trial of Dennis Jen
" for assault with a deadly
and he was given 12
s.
falter Harris entered a plea
' rolo contendre to charges o
a.:-, with a deadly weapon,
^?.-rce of 12 months on the
was suspended upon pa>
of costs and a fine of
bell Cape Maddern pleaded
Continued On Page Six
iritf Newt
Flathit
ItRD TO MEET
Brunswick County Board
Education will meet at 3
on Monday afternoon,
?*ry 7, in the office of the
l5' superintendent of schools.
"*EV ARM
Dosher of Southport
a broken left arm while
% Thursday. He is a num
Uie popular Sandfiddler
*cail team comprised of local
?RfH REVIVAL
fining next Sunday a reviv
-wting lasting for a week or
j*" will be started at the
7*? Church of Jesus Christ
Jwhport. Rev. Melton Ford of
^eire' Texas, will have
J'* of the sen-ices. Friday
? this week a moving pic
? *iU be presented at the
church.
T A. MEETING
J* ^uthport Parent Teachers
?ation will hold its regular
meeting Thursday night,
"j* 3, at 7:30 o'clock in
l*#0oI auditorium. Mr. Guy
r;than Will give an illustrat
tu'e on the report of ? the
Educational Committee. All
#(ns interested in the better
<* our schools are urged
Inaugural Parade
FLOAT?Miss Marion Frink, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Frink of Southport, is shown as
the ccntral figure in the North Carolina float which appeared in the inaugural parade in Washington
at the inauguration of President Truman. Miss Frink, who is secretary to Congressman F. Ertel Carlyle,
is wearing a striking beach robe with picture sun hat. (News & Observer Cut)
Speeding Date
Of Ripe Melons
For Marketing
With a contractor now work
ing with a bulldozer clearing new
land that is to go into water
melons this year, Everett H.
Sheppard of Southport and Shiloh,
N. J., is now doing some exten
sive farming despite the early
season.
The big acreage Mr. Sheppard
had in watermelons last year is
all to be used to grow tomato
plants this season and the land
has already received much of the
preparatory work. He will pro
bably plant his tomato seed the
last of this month the land now
being cleared for watermelons will
go to swell his tomato plant
acreage next year.
For his melon crop Mr. Shep
pard has bought thousands of
paper cups. These will be filled
with soil and the melons will
get their start tn his big' hot
beds. As soon as all danger of
frost is over the plants, cup and
all, will be taken to the fields
and planted. With hotbed plants
he expects to cut down the local
date for ripe watermelons by at
least 15 days.
Mr. Sheppard now has two
acres in lettuce that was set
out a month ago. It is growing
and doing fine. It is understood
he plans to grow a lot of bell
pepper plants, in addition to
tomato plants, for use on his
New Jersey farm. He may also
plant an acre or two in bell
peppers here, to see how such i
operations will tie in with his:
tomato plant growing.
Lions Club Dance
Nets Nice Sum
Shallotte Citizens Flock To
Benefit Dance Given In j
High School Gymnasium j
Saturday
Approximately $125.00 was net
ted for the March of Dimes
Drive at the dance sponsored by
the Shallotte Lions Club at the
Shallotte high school gym Fri
day night.
Rain and cold weather during
the late afternoon and early even
ing did not dampen the interest
of the Shallotte folks in their j
determination to make the dance J
yield a nice sum for the fund.
Despite the weather the crowd
is said to have been the largest f
and most orderly that has attend
ed a dance in the neighboring
town.
The Lions Club is keenly apprec
iative of the interest of the public
and the nice sum they are able
to turn over to the March of |
Dimes as a starter.
New Pews For
Baptist Church
I
Chapel Hill Baptist Church
At Shallotte Is Making I
Good Progress Under j
Leadership Of New Pas- j
tor
The congregation of Chapel Hill j
Baptist church at Shallotte is
preparing to install new pews
and otherwise improve the church
interior. Something over $900.00
of the needed funds are already
in hand and it is said that the
work will begin shortly.
Rev. Mr. Britt of Robeson
county is now pastor of this
< Continued of page four)
Polio Drive Going
Strong In County
Direct Appeal Being Made
This Week To Citizens:
Through Series Of Group
Meetings j
COLORED CITIZENS
WELL ORGANIZED!
Prof. A. C Caviness Is \
Heading This Department I
And Is Working Thro
ugh The Schools
This week a series of meetings
are being held in churches and
schools throughout the county.
Tomorrow (Thursday) night the
director of the March of Dimes
and his helpers will be at Wac
camaw school: on Friday night
the meeting will be at Supply
at Concord Methodist church; on
Monday at Shallotte school; and
on next Wednesday night at Le
land high school.
The unit c." Marjh. of Dlrru i
under supervision of Prof. A. C.
Caviness was announced this
week by L. D. Hayman, county
director. The work is being done
with the colored population large
ly through the schools and in
cooperation with the Parent
Teachers Association groups and
the churches. Mr. Hayman has
visited a number of the schools
and finds that Director Caviness
has each unit well organized and
amply supplied with materials and
helpers. The following is the list
of major helpers in this Unit:
Chapel Road School, E. L.
Clemmons and Samuel Bethea;
Phoenix School?Van Galloway
and Thelma Beatty; Waccamaw
School?Bertha McGill and W. |
D.Frink; Royal Oak School?Janie
M. Frink and Artis Bryant;
Cedar Grove School?H. B. Green
and Ola Grissitt; North West
School?H. L. Bryant and Lear j
Lowery; Piney Grove School
Lattie Galloway and Cora L.
Turner;; Leland?Abram McCoy
and Mary Bowles; Navassa
School?Benjamin Thomas and
Wm. Mosley; Longwood?Daniel
(Continued on page 2)
Successful Year
Of Fishing Ends
Vessels Of Brunswick Navi
gation Company Tied Up
Following Record-Break -
ing Year Of Work
Ending what was probably the
biggest season ever experienced
here for the number of boats
engaged, the menhaden fleet of
the Brunswick Navigation Com
pany tied up at their factory
docks this week. For the next
three months or longer the boats
will be undergoing their annual
overhauling.
Not including the crew of the
John L. Morehead, which has!
been idle for a month or more,
about 100 fishermen are effected
by the stop in fishing operations.
It is understood that most of the
regular factory employees have,
jobs of one sort or another with)
the corporation during the off
season.
In addition to the boat over
hauling and possible rebuilding of
i.one of them, it is said that the
entire factory is to be gone over,
enlarged, repaired and new mach
inery installed. The beginning of,
the coming season will find the
plant able to take care of a
i greatly increased production, ac
cording to reports.
| Plans are also said to be under
lay to construct an airfield near
the factory, this field to be used
I by a plane employed in spotting
I fish for the ships.
School Buses Get
Quick Attention
All school buses in use in
Brunswick county have been
inspected by the State Motor
Vehicle Inspection Bureau since
last Thursday. They passed the
tests and received their red
stickers, according to Ernest
Parker of Shallotte, manager
of the bus transportation sys
tem.
Last week grand jury report
published in this weeks paper,
cites a few instances of school
buses being out of condition.
Repairs were made on these
vehicles immediately afterward
and they were run through the
lane and found in satisfactory
condition.
The point, according to M>\
-v>Tf !:<r, is that buses have bccJi.
gone over, put on the inspection
lane and approved since the
examination of the machines by
the grand jury.
County Agent Is
Ready For Work
A. S. Knowles And Family i
Have Moved Into Home |
At Supply As New Agenti
Assumes Duties
County Agent A. S. Knowles,
employed the first of the year
to replace J. E. Dodson who re
tired after many years of ser
vice among the farmers of
Brunswick county, moved his
family to Supply Saturday. This
week he is busily engaged in
getting acquainted with the far
mers.
Mr. Knowles stated that he
plans to meet individual and
groups of farmers as soon as
possible. He is anxious to get
acquainted and find out some
thing of the major needs in
agricultural work and he will
work towards attaining those
needs.
He appears to be already de
cided on one point. He stated that
it appears to him that the rais
ing of beef cattle and the opera
tion of small dairies would be a
Continued On Page Four
Detailed Report
Of Grand Jury
Made To Judge
Members Of Brunswick
County Body Of Grand
inquest lamed In Ex
haustive Study To Judge
Harris
SCHOOLS AFFECTED
BY MANY DETAILS
Complets Lcport Made Of
Repairs And Additions
Needed By Schools;
Other Recommenda
tions
Members of the Brunswick
county grand jury last week sub
mitted to Judge W. C. Harris a
detailed report of their findings,
going into minute detail about
deficiencies in schools and school
buses. Following is the full text j
of that report:
"IN THE SUPERIOR COURT I
"24 JANUARY, 1949
"STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA |
"COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK
"To the Honorable W. C. Har
ris, Judge of Superior Court:
"The grand jury was in session
for four days, beginning Monday,
January 24 to January 27.
"The grand jury passed on
sixteen true bills and two not
true.
"Road leaving from Alfred
Browns to Paul Hewett's place
is too narrow for cars to pass
each other in safety. This road
is a school bus route and should
be investigated.
"We the Grand Jury have visit
ed and throughly examined the
public schools, county jail, county
home, state prison camp and
court house. We have checked
reports of the following and find
that the justice of the peace and
mayors have turned in to the
school fund the amount set op
posite their names since last
term of Superior court.
H. F. Mintz $145., C. F. Ganey
$25. Coy Duval $60., M. L. Gallo
way $32., Elliot Tripp $15., J. H.
Canady 30., J. C. Tucker $80.
Total $387.
SCHOOL REPAIRS
Bolivia High School: 1. Ditches
need cleaning on play ground.
2. The septic tanks need cleaning
and need to be repaired, back of
gym. 3. Grade school playground
needs to be repaired and cleaned
of materials. 4. Ditch back of
lunchroom needs cleaning. 5. A
new grease trap is needed in lunch
room. 6. The wiring in the lunch
room needs to be checked. 7.
Broken windows and sashes need
to be replaced. 8. The septic tank
on right of building needs to be
cleaned. 9. Two commodes in
girls restroom needs reparing.
10. Window sash needs to be re
placed in gym. 11. Plaster needs
Continued On Page Six
REA Officials
In Washington
Superintendent E- D, Bishop
And Eleven Directors At
tending National Conven
tion
Accompanied by Manager E. D.
Bishop of the Brunswick REA,
eleven of the directors of the
Brunswick Electric Membership
Corporation left Sunday morning
for Washington, D. C. to attend
the National Rural Elictrical
Cooperative Association Conven
tion.
The party, residents of Bruns
Continued On Page Four
Our
Reporter
W. B. KEZIAH
Patrolman C. M. Cummings, a
very sympathetic and friendly
officer, asked us to write some
thing for this column. He wanted
us to ask parents to caution
their little tots against the dan
ger cf playing near the highways
or running across them. We feel
just a3 this officer does about it.
We do not want to hear of the
hope , and joy of some home being
ground to death under a passing
car. We hope parents will do as
this and other officers ask?cau
tion their small tots to be care-1
ful.
The moron, he could be nothing
else, who entered two Southport!
homes with criminal intent early]
last Saturday morning will uiti-1
mately find himself filling a date i
with death. First degree burglary,
the entrance into a home in
which people are sleeping, carries
with it a death penalty. This
murderer lacks even the guaran
tee of having a chance in the
courts. Sooner or later in his in
vasion of homes he is likely to
meet with swift and sudden
death.
January passed on leaving be
hind it a record of having been
the warmest such month that
can be remembered by residents
of this county. The mild weather
undoubtedly started much in early
garden planting and the planting
of seeds in beds for farm crops.
It is not unlikata that many of
these plants ana early garden
Continued On Page Four
Brunswick Votes To Put
Stop To Legal Sales Of
Beer & Wine In 60 Days
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Precinct ; i u
Hoods Creek 24 30 24
?>? -
tV.vn (jrce!; 59 *
Bolivia 42 iou 41
Southport No. 1 154 Q3 15o
Southport No. 2 200 48 202
Mosquito 15 30 lo
Supply 32 152 32
Secession li2D ?2
Shallotte 77 126 77
Frying Pan 59 119 59
Grissettown 51 67 51
Shingletree 25 179 21
Longwood 13 91 12
Ash 90 v 213 94
Waccamaw 30 125 29
Exum 15 59 15
TOTAL 970 1813 963
Midnight Intruder
Enters Two Homes
Fishermen Will
Meet Saturday
Anxious to get their views,
Representative Odell Williamson
is asking that all fishermen,
shrimpers and oystermen meet
with him at the Shallotte high
school Saturday afternoon at
' 2 o'clock. He plans for a general
discussion of what the commer
cial fishermen, oystermen etc.,
think they need in the way of
legislation.
Inasmuch as there are hun
dreds of Brunswick residents
interested in some angle of the
fishing or oystering industry it
is believed that some of them
may have helpful suggestions.
In any event Representative
Williamson would like a good
attendance at this meeting and
he would like to receive the
views of all who care to ex
press them.
State Engineers
Inspect Bridge
Crew Of State Highway
Employees Are Located
Here For Purpose Of In
specting Several Projects
An engineering crew of half a
dozen men from the State High
way Department arrived here
Monday morning and may be here
for some time inspecting various
bridges and road work in the
county.
One of the men said that until
the arrival of the District Engi
neer they lacked complete in
formation regarding all of the
work they were to do. However,
it was intimated that in addition
to work at various points in the
county they had a job on the river
road.
It is understood that this re
ference to the river road was
relative to the old wooden bridge
at Walden Creek.
Several months ago State High
way Patrolman J. C. Taylor is
reported to have declared that he
would close this bridge to all
traffic if some repairs were not
made on it immediately. Tem
Continued on page 3
Minstrel Show
Set For Leland
Entertainment Will Be Pre
sented Friday Night With
Proceeds Going For School
Lunchroom Equipment
With the proceeds to go to
wards paying obligations incur
red in -equipping the lunch room,
the Leland Parent Teachers As*
sociation is sponsoring an Old
Time Ministrel Show in the school
auditorium at Leland Friday
night of this week at 8 o'clock.
In the play James Padrick
will fill the post of stage mana
I ger; the music will be directed
j by Mrs. Charles Allen with Harry
Continued on page 3
Southport Woman Awaken
^ By Chloroform Soak
ed Rag Being Pressed
Across Her Face While
Asleep Saturday
THREE CLUES LEFT
BY FLEEING MAN
H*anjkrrchief' Loafer Shoe
And Stopper From Bottle
Are Only Evidence Left
Behind
Aborting to Chief of Police
Otto Hickman, the cork from a
bottle of chlorform, a handker
chief soaked with the drug and a
man's No. 9 loafer shoe lost in
flight are the only known clues
to the identy of someone who
entered the bedrooms of Mr. and
Mrs. J. a. McNeil and Mr. and
Mrs. Johnie Tadlock in South
port early Saturday morning.
At the first home Mrs. McNeil
was awakened at 2:30 o'clock by
someone standing at the foot of
and "?'ne a dim pen
flashlight. She thought it was her
husband and asked: "Gus, what is
the matter?" With her first word
the light flashed off and she
eard someone moving quickly
from the room.
Still thinking it was her husband
but feeling disturbed, Mrs. Mc
Neil arose and walked into her
husband's bedroom adjoining. He
was fast asleep and when he
awakened he told her she must
have been dreaming. Feeling half
convinced, ^ she returned to bed
and no report was made to the
police or anything further said
about the incident until the next
day when the couple heard of
what had occured at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Tadlock a short
time after the McNeils were
aroused.
Mr. Tadlock is in the Coast
Continued Or* l?age Four
Amuzu Theatre
Giving Benefit
Late Show Tomorrow (Thur
?day) Night Will Be For
Benefit Of Dosher Mem
orial Hospital Auxiliary
The facilities of the Amuzu
Theatre in Southport are being
donated by the management to
morrow (Thursday) evening for
a late show beginning at 10:30
? clock, the full proceeds of
which will go to the Dosher
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary to
help pay for the new electric
range.
** fe?ture attraction is
-w* ' Sta7ing JosePh Gotten. I
th; th T ,?onatinS use of |
r es ? ' Says Manager B
thD T 688' ',The ?Perator and
e ushers are donating their
rC- the film - being avail
able without charge from Film
Classics, Inc.; in fact, the only
t^V,?1 wi" not be free *
the candy?and Bill says that
1 have to charge for that"
att1ndarhe Cr?Wd iS exPected to
attend, being attracted by the
? % which 'he proceeds Ire
Ind the6 Sty ?f 8 late 3how
drawing power of a
good picture with a popular star
Dry s Mark Up Victory By
Margin Of About Two To
One As Result Of Satur
day's Special Election
SOUTHPORT-LELAND
VOTE FOR BEE*
Shallotte, Bolivia And Sup
ply Follow Rural Precinct?
In Vots To Outlaw
Sales
By a vote of 1813 to 970 the
citizens of Brunswick county on
Saturday rejected the legal sale
of beer, and continued legal sale
of wine suffered a similar fate
by a smaller but still command
ing margin, 1734 to 963.
Only Leland and the two South
port precincts voted to continue
legal sales, and the Leland maj
ority was by a narrow margin.
For the total Southport vote the
margin was about 3 to 1.
The town of Shallotte voted;
dry by a margin of 5 to 3; ?
Bolivia by a margin of about 4%
to 1; and Supply by about 5 to X.
Shingletree precinct and Long
wood showed the widest margin
for the. drys with a 7 to 1 deci
sion.
It is significant that dry-mind
ed citizens of Brunswick appar
ently are more tolerant of the
continued sale of wine than they
are of beer, with 79 fewer ballots
being cast against the former.
On the otherhand, the proponents
of continued legal sales of beer
cast 7 more votes than the total
favoring continued sale of wine.
Beer and wjne dealers have a
period of 60 days from the date
of the election to dispose of their
remaining stock of beverages, and
after that sales nil0Qtc illegal.
No other counjjJwMte election
may be called f<# the'purpose of
legalizing the sale of beer and
wine for a period of two years,
although municipalities within the
counties ms v hold an election to
determine if sales within their
own limits sfliall be legal.
Youth Fellowship
Of County Meets
Sub-District Of Methodist
Youth Fellowship Organ
ized At Trinity Msthodist
Church Wednesday
Last Wednesday the young1
people of the Methodist church*?
of Brunswick county met at
Trinity Methodist church in
Southport to organize a Sub
District of the Youth Fellowship
recently in the large gathering
and Zion church in Town Creek
township led in the attendance.
Upon their arrival the young
visitors were invited into a roojn
where they registered. Each was
given a card with his or her name
on it.
From the registration room the
young folks assembled on the
church grounds and played games
until they were invited into the
dining hall, where they found *
delicious picnic supper awaiting
them.
Following the supper all gath- .
ered in the church auditorium1
where Charles Cadill and Wilma
Grant led in singing fellowship 1
songs. This singing preceeded
several discussions that were '
(Continued on page 2)
Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
(or Southport during the next,
week. These hours are approxi
mately correct and were furn
ished The State Port PUot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday February 3,
11:11 A. m 5:04 A. M.
11:86 P. M. 5:29 P. M.
Friday February 4,
11:48 A. M. 5:47 A. M.
0:00 P. M. 6:10 P. M.
Saturday February 5,
0:20 A. M. 6:87 A. M.
12:80 P. M. 6:55 P. BL
Sunday February 6,
1:12 A. M. 7:87 A. BL
1:28 P. M. 7:48 P. BL
Monday February 7, ,
2:11 A. M. 8:41 A. BL
2:24 P. M. 8:50 P. M.
Tuesday February 8,
8:11 A. M. 9:47 A. BL
3:29 P. M. 9:54 P. M.
Wednesday February 9, '
4:14 A. M. 10:50 A. BL
4:34 P. BL 10:54 P. Bti