The Pi'?l Coxers
Ijjrunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
"Zn SIXTEEN NO. 47 ~?
N?- 8-PAGES TODAY
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The New?
All The Time
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, March 2, 1949 published every Wednesday ?i.so per yea?
[|y Blooming
fcjicates That
Spring Is Here I
Various Nurseries And
Come Word That
?.k Season For Bloomin?
Jf;il Bs Three Weeks
?*rly
ciroRS DISCOVER
" WEALTH OF COLOR
rfestion Is Made That
? Pretty Day Will Be
* A Good Tims To !
Visit Favorite Beauty
Spot
,-te the cool weather the
the week azaleas and
Lis are continuing to bloom
ajv and the outlook is for
of flowering to arrive
'1 t)iree weeks earlier than
in this area.
vi lovers of flowers are giv
(je suggestion that they visit
anous gardens and nurseries
Terv first pretty day on which
as get away for such visits,
hnklin Park in Southport still
tuny beautiful camellias for
* .(.'e peak of blooming has
ad. Many azaleas are also
jeni forth. Many Southport
js have had beautiful displays
juwUias and still have them
other early flowers. Without
jtption such home owners are
^ to have the visitors In
t their flowers.
Hr the lower end of the ship
u-basin on the River Road the
itiful Clarendon Plantation
e and its gardens are giving
IK of being very attractive
ssitors during the next few
t= Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius
Bis, owners, are very proud
their beautiful place. Their
sds have been opened com
nallv for the first time this
*
s has been their custom in
at years. Mr. and Mrs.
cas have invited principals,
tors and high school seniors
sat their plantation during
atooming season for Aie Jan
* cherry trees. This invitation
* Saturday afternoon of this
k at 2:30 o'clock.
tout midway between Clar
k and Orton the Pleasant
s Plantation, owned by F. B.
ES of New York, is beginning
Nossom out with the thou
j> of azalea bushes that border
beautiful tree-lined roads. The
fc is welcome to the use of
* driveways, with the pro
as that flowers and .shrub
f be not inpured.
t Orton, the crowning place
beauty during the spring
lis. many of the camellias
?bloomed, many more are
[blooming and many varieties
teas are also breaking forth,
tfa garden, owing to its ex
Iveness and the huge cost of
Kaining a small army of em
fcs. growing and caring for
ks. some of which are ex
feiy valuable, it is necessary
j'-arge a admission fee. Com
N'zing the gardens at Or
N :n line with what is done
| U of the plantations in the
?Mtinued On Page Four
IritfNtwt
Flathtt
A. MEETING
Southport Parent-Teachers
?cation will meet Thursday!
at 7:30 o'clock in the
I ?chool auditorium. A musical
will be presented.
CHl'RCH MEETING
1 Allied Church League will
meeting at Beulah Baptist
- near Hickman's Cross
Monday night, March 7th.
Meeting is for all denomina
and everybody is invited.
XG CEREMONY
iche Weeks, daughter of
1 Wd Mrs. Arthur B. Weeks,
of the 60 students of N.
?Ptat Hospital at Winston
l receiving caps in a candle
- ceremony at Ardmore Bap
l " 'rch March 1st at 8 o'clock.
T W. Rhodenhiser, Assis
[ Chaplain at the Hospital,
rj* speaker. C'apt. and Mrs.
1 ^tended the ceremony.
LJ f benefit
I? Youth Fellowship of Zion
r~* church will give a bene-1
l^'Sram and supper in the
T*' school rooms of the j
[ 5 Saturday evening March
[ "in $ o'clock until 8:30
( Those appearing on pro
. be Henri Emurian,
, ?n<terburg, Helen Dobson,
Ks Knox and Charles
J- Proceeds will go toward
, U>e pulpit chairs. The
18 cordially invited.
Monarch
Bvj jS?isot cnly is the gentleman shown aoove head
man ol the Brahma herd at the Reigel Ranch at Makatoka,
but he is ready and able to give any and all intruders of his
domain a hard way to go.?(Wilmington News Cat.)
Brunswick Timberland
Found Good For Cattle
Forest Fire Lanes Used As!
Grazing Area For Cattle
As Land Is Placed In Dual
Purpose Use
BRAHMAS FOUND
TO SUIT NEEDS
These Rugged Cattle Fully
Capable Of Taking Care
Of Selves Under All
Conditions
BY W. B. KEZIAIi
Sexeral years ago a young dis
trict forestry official succeeded to
the position of woods boss for the
Reigel Paper Company. This was
J. B. Lattay. A year or two of
wrestling with the problem of
plowing the fire resulted in Mr.
Lattay getting ideas that the
lanes could be put to practical
uses, in addition to serving fox
fire prevention.
The Green Swamp woods have
much in the way of natural graz
ing, grasses and other forage for
cattle. The last frost comes very
early in the year and the first
one in the fall comes late. Except
for the fact that there were flies
in the hot summers, those woods
seemed ideal as a cattle range.
By planting the fire lanes in
grain and permanent pasture
graesses when they were plowed
in the fall, the natural grazing
would be supplemented and be
come year-round, no cost except
for the seed?the plowing had to
be done anyway and just at the
best time of the year for the
sowing of grain.
Raising beef cattle while grow
ing timber presented a pretty nice
picture to Mr. Lattay. The paper
company was mostly interested
in growing timber, but nobody
could see how raising cattle would
hurt such a business.
Continued On Page Four
County Council
USDA Planned
Agricultural Workers Of
County Hope To Correlate
Programs to Prevent Dup
lication Of Information
Agricultural workers of the
county including County Agent A.
S. Knowles, County Soil Conser
vationist C. D. Potter, Vocational
Agricultural teachers of the sev
eral schools and AAA officials
met Thursday in the office of
the county agent.
The object was to work out re
commendations of practices rela
tive to various farm crops with
the idea that all workers will be
talking the same language and
making the same recommenda
tions with regard to the various
crops including pastures.
While the group was to gether
it was decided to organize a
County Council of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
this council to work to coordion
ate the county program with that
of the Federal government. This
organization will meet the first
Friday of each month starting in
April. At this April meeting it
it expected to have a number
of additional workers present and
the complete list of officials will
then be named.
Catch Big Drum
With Bare Hands
It is not at all unusual for a
fisherman when he is surf
casting to suddenly lose faith
in the 60-lb. test line which has
brought his fish up to his feet
and dive into the shallow break
ers to grab his catch in his
arms. This, of course, violates
all rules of good fishing and
doubtless results from a siezure
of buck fever?the seagoing
variety.
On Friday a new chapter was
written in this book when L. S.
Holden and L. V. Ward spotted
a huge black drum aground on
the strand at Holden Beach.
The big fellow was flouncing
around in shallow water where
he had been left by the reced
ing tide, and the two men haul
ed him out, high and dry. Their
big fish, taken without benefit
of hook or line, weighed 55 V2
pcunds.
Prevatte Fills
Solicitor Job
Filta In For Solicitor J. W.
Ruark At Regular Week
ly Session Of Recorder's
Court Here Last Wednes
day
A fairly heavy docket was dis
posed of here Wednesday before
Judge W. J. McLamb in Bruns
wick county Recorder's court. E.
J. Prevatte prosecuted the docket
in the absence of Solicitor J. W.
Ruark, who was ill. The following
disposition of cases was made:
Leon Elgry Cumbee, speeding,
fined $21.55 and costs.
Joe Davis, assault, fined $50.00
and costs and ordered to pay
$15.00 on doctor bill.
L. R. Ford, reckless operation,
fined $25.00 and costs.
Phillip B. Miller, speeding,
capias.
R. Sellers, speeding capias.
Carroll Leslie Evans, speeding,
capias.
William Marlow Hill, drunk and
(Continued On Page Eight)
Robert Butler
Dies In Egypt
Relatives Advised Of Pas
sing On February 19 th Of
Southport Man At British
Hospital In Port Said,
i Egypt
I A cable was received last Wed
nesday by Mrs. W. G. Butler ad
vising her of the death of her
son. Robert Butler, in Fort Said,
Egypt, on February 19. His death
resulted from complication follow
ing an operation for carcinoma
of the left lung. ?
Butler, who has been going to
sea since he was a boy, sailed
aboard the Longview Victory in
January and was taken off his
ship at Port Said for medical
(Continued On Page Eight)
Rev. H. M. Baker
Named Chairman
County Chapter
Southport Minister Will Suc
ceed Mr3. E J Prevatts
A3 Head Of Brunswick
County Chapter For Infan
tile Paralysis
WORK OF DIRECTOR
GIVEN HIGH PRAISE
The Rev. L. D. Hayman Ser
ved As Director Of March
Of Dimss And Record
Collection Indicated
Phillip Randolph, State Repre
sentative of the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis, was
principal speaker at the annual
meeting of the Brunswick County
Chapter Bolivia on Mpnday
night.
Representative citizens from all
areas in the county were Invited
to attend the meeting which was'
for the purpose of broadening the!
membership on the executive com
mittee to include residents of the
various communities.
The meeting was presided over
by Mrs. E. J. Prevatte, county
chairman. A report was heard
from the treasurer, Mrs. J. M.
Harper, and the campaign direct
or of the March-of-Dimes, Rev.
L. D. Hayman, who reported that
the unofficial figure for collec
tions in the current drive stands i
at $2,918.21.
In his remarks Mr. Randolph i
praised very highly the campaign :
director and his workers through- j
out the county. He spoke of the 1
great need for funds in the state,
and commended Brunswick county ]
for doing such splendid work in:
going beyond the quota.
After several suggestions by |
Mr. Randolph as to the proper
procedure for electing the execu
tive committee and the officers
an election was held with the
following results: Rev. Herbert
Baker, Southport, chairman; H.
Foster Mintz, Bolivia, vice-chair
man; L. J. Hardee, Southport,
secretary; Mrs. J. M. Harper, Jr.,
Southport, treasurer. Other mem
bers of the "xec'Vive commit^e
include Mrs. R. L. Sullivan, Wina
bow; W. C. Stephens, Ash; Harry
Mintz, Supply; Mrs. Mack Jones,
Leland; Joe Ramseur, Winnabow; |
Mrs. M. H. Rourk, Shallotte; ? and
A. C. Caviness, Southport.
No Blue Mold In
Brunswick Yet
County Agent Reports That
Best Plan Is To Treat Tha
Beds In Effort To Ward
Ward Off Plan Disease
Blue mold made its apperance
in the tobacco beds of Georgia
growers several weeks ago, but
thus far no reports have been
made of the disease appering in
Brunswick.
"Nevertheless", said County
Agent A. S. Knowles, this week,
"now is the time when our tobacco
growers should take preventative
steps to guard against the disease.
The chances are pretty strong
that blue mold may strike the
beds of our growers. Prevention
is better than cure. In fact," he
added, "there is almost no cure.
The disease, once it appears, can
destroy millions of plants in a
single night."
Mr. Knowles went on to say
that the recognized treatment,
not cure, against' the disease was
fermate. This may be either
(Continued On Page Eight)
Enter Tournament
READY?Leland boys already have entered the Annual Star-News-Y.M.C.A. Tour
nament in Wilmington, and the second place tram of the recent Brunswick county tour
nament will bear watching in the Wilmington event. Squad members,Jeft to right, are,
top: Wooten, Phelps, Locky, Scott; bottom: White, Brew, Coker, Peterson and Clark.
?(Cut Ccurtesy Wilmington News.)
Formal Opening
Shallotte Hut
Friday Night
Finishing Touches Baing
Made To Structure This
Wsek And Open Houss
Will Be Observed Friday
BUILDING CREDIT
TO THE COMMUNITY
Value Far Beyond Cash Ex
penditure Goes Into The
Building In Form Or
Donations Of Mater
ial - Labor
With the finishing touches put
to it Monday and Tuesday of
this week, the attractive new
home of the Shallotte Post Ameri
can Legion will be formally open
ed Friday night.
Members of the American Le
gion and friends from through
out the county are invited to be
present at this open house ses
sion. There will be free entertain
ment and refreshments, according
to Post Commander Mitchell Mc
Coy of the Shallotte Post.
With more than six thousand
dollars in actual money having
been spent on the building, the
construction really represents
something like $11,000 or $12,000,
so much having been donated in
both material and labor by men
of the post. Saturday about 30
of them were busy with trucks
and tools clearing up the grounds
and the refuse left in the biulding
by the carpenters and masons.
Several of these men expressed
appreciation of the fact that when
building funds ran short one .of
their-members a veteran of World
War I, came forward and loan
ed all of the needed funds to
Continued On Page Four
Our
VV. B. KEZIAH
High school students in this
area who are studying biology
should go to Joe Verzeal about
it when the subject happens to
be fish. Mr. Verzeal, owner of
the Eastbrook Nursery, one mile
north of Leland on the Phoenix
hard surfaced road, is tops in
the matter of fish, their breeding,
food and care. He has several
thousand small tropical fish of
varouis sorts and also collects
snails of various sorts. In short
the Brunswick county man pro
bably has the most valuable col
lection of fish owned by a pri
vate individual anywhere in a
dozen states.
We are not certain at the mo
ment which of the high schools
will get the basket ball tourna
ment next year, but one thing
that is certain is that this year
should see either the rebuilding of
the present Southport high school
gymnasium or the construction of
a new one. And it should be of
such a size as to allow for double
or more the spectator space now
available. Southport had good
teams this year and has the
muclces for still better teams next
season. The attendance has been
pretty good this year but not
half what it would have been if
there had not been constant fear
in the mind that the two bal
conies were unsafe. Something
should be done in the matter of
a larger gymnasium soon, to have
it ready by next fall.
Adding to the 55-pound black
Continue on page 8..
Mild Building Boom
In Progress Locally
Freak Accident
Results In Loss
Two vehicles collided in a min
or mishap Thursday afternoon
at a suburban intersection in
Wilmington, and while the driv
ers were standing around agree
ing that little damage had been
done to anybody, the stationwagon
driven by E. H. Arrington of
Southport suddenly burst into
flame.
The fire came from under the
hood, and before the flames
were extinguished damage
amounting to several hundred
dollars had resulted and Arring
ton had sustained painful burns
about the hands in his efforts
to fight the blaze. Cause of this
sudden flare-up was never de
termined as the fire destroyed
all possible clues as it burned.
Musical Program
Presented Friday
Southport Woman's Club
Presented Annual Musical
Concert Before Apprecia
tive Audience At Msthod
ist Church
Members of the Southport
Woman's Club, assisted by other
musicians of the community, pre
sented their annual spring musical
program Friday night at Trinity
Methodist church, and the con
census of opinion is that this
was one of the most enjoyable
programs ever presented here.
Outstanding was the work of
the Woman's Club Chorus, which
had the help of several male
singers. A variety was added to
the program through vocal solos,
organ solos and organ-piano duets.
[ The following numbers were
included:
"Come to the Fair"-Mintin-by
[chorus; "Melody in F."-Rubins
tein-by Mrs. Ruark; "Summer"
C. Chaminaae-by Miss Patterson;
"Go Down Mosses- by chorus;
"Kentucky Babe" by woman's
chorus; "Leibestraum"- Liszt- by
Mrs. Potter; "Rhapsody in Blue".
Gershwin- by Mrs. Harper; "Un
till"- Sanford and "For You
Alone- by Mr. Stephenson; "Par
ade of the Wooden Soldiers"
Jessel- by Mrs. Harper; "Deep
Purple"- De Rose- by Mrs. Harper
and Mrs. Pigott; "The Hills of
Home"- Fox-Calhon- by Mrs. Cor
lette; "The Holy City"- Adams
by chorus.
The following persons partici
pated in the program:
Sopranos. H. C. Corlette, Mrs.
R. C. Daniel, Mi^. Bryant Pot
ter, Mrs. H. T. St. George and
Mcs. J. E. Carr.
Altos: Mrs. L. J. Hardee, Mrs.
L. C. Hayman, Mrs. G. E. Hub
bard, Miss Ruth Patterson, Mrs.
Dallas, and Mrs. E. J. Prevatte.
Continued on page four
Two New Houses Just Com
pleted, Two Others Under
Construction And Two
Others Ready To Start
i
ACTIVITY ALSO
SPREADS TO BEACH
Three Houses Under Con
struction At Long Beach
With Two Others Ready
To Get Underway
Immediately
Two new homes have just been
completed, two more are under
construction and two others are
ready for work to get started
immediately as ?outhport enjoys
a current boom in the building
business. In addition, two other
Did residences are being complete
ly renovated.
Felton Gamer of the Bolivia
Lumber Company and Davis Her
ring, Southport attorney, have
just completed two nice residences
that were constructed with the
idea of sales to home-seekers who
are frequently in search of resi
dences here. It is understood that
one of these new homes may be
sold this week to out-of-state
people. Believing that it will be
helping to the town Garner and
Herring plan to construct other
homes as fast as they have a
demand for them.
Their builder is Clyde Benton of
Waccamaw township. He has been
engaged in home construction for
15 years. Finishing the second
of the two homes for Garner and
Herring this week, Mr. Benton has
started construction work on a
nice home for Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Fodale. This home is located in
the beautiful grove of oaks on
the bluff overlooking the yacht
basin.
Otto Hart is also building a
very attractive home on the old
railroad station property which
he owns near the river. Mr. Hart
recently stated to a newsman that
he also has a model tourist court
in mind with some twelve units.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bap
(Oontinued of page four)
Outstanding Film
Comes To County
i ??
"Seeds Of Destiry," Movie
Showing Problems Faced
By Children Of Europe,
Will Be Shown At All
Schools
"Seeds Of Destiny", a docu
mentary moving picture showing
; problems which hover over the
! children of the war-torn countries
; of Europe, will be shown next
' week at each of the five consoli
! dated high schools, of the county,
according to the Rev. H. M.
Beker, pastor of Southport Bap
tist church, who as responsible i
for obtaining this release.
Although it has never been!
Continued On Page Four
County Agent Is
Satisfied With
Farm Situation
County Agent A. S. Knowles
Reports That Growers Of
Brunswick Are Well Ad
vanced In Operations At
This Season
NEW MECHANIZED
EQUIPMENT USED
Farmers Are Resorting More
And More To Us? of Trac
tors; Crops Are Looking
Very Good Over
County i
Checking up with county agent
A. S. Kriowles Monday, it ap
pears that this agricultural work
er is pretty well satisfied with;
existing conditions among the
Brunswick county farms. This is
said with the reservation that
better farming practices by no
means being discouraged.
Although there has been gener
ally fine and fa.r weather, last
week was about the first time
that farmers could get their
tractors in the field for a full
week's work. Mo'i of the heavier
lands have beci too wet. Mr.
Knowles said thi.i the past year
has seen heavy purchases of farm
tractors. Nearly every farmer
either has a trt - of his own or
a machine is i mailable from one
of his neighbors when needed.
Short as the time was for plow
ing last week a tremenduous
amount of land was put in pretty
good condition for the crops that
are soon to be planted.
The farmers are making plana
to put in the full tobacco allot
ment this year, he says, and if
blue mold does not invade the
plant beds they should easily be
able to carry out these plans. The
present crop of tobacco plants 1s
about the largest ever in the'
hands of the growers at this,
season of the year, and the plants
are looking good.
There is also a likelihood of
more sweet potatoes being planted
and the farmers are undoubtedly
aiming at better corn production
practices. This matter of growing
.nore -corn -to the acre' is dome
thing that both the land and cli
mate of Brunswick county a/e
helpful to the efforts of the
j growers.
Mr. Knowles stated that of the
large number of permanent pas
ture planted last fall, quite a
Continued on page four
Contest Planned
On Soil Topic
N. C. Bankers Association
Cooperating With Agri
cultural Workers In Spon
soring High School Speak
ing Contest
North Carolina Bankers' Associ
ation is cooperating with agricul
tural workers in sponsoring a
state-wide speaking contest for
high school students on the sub
ject, "Proper Land Use and Treat
ment-It's Effects Upon the Eco
nomy of North Carolina."
There will be $25.00 in county
prizes donated by Waccamaw
Bank and Trust Co. of Southport
for the county contest which will
be held during the week of March
14th.
The district or group-contest
for Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus,
Cumberland, New Hanover, Pen
der and Robeson Counties will b?
held at Elizabethtown, March 18.
(Continued on page 4)
Tide Table
Following is the tide table
for Soiithport during the next
week. These hours arc 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 March S,
10:01 A. M. 3:51 A. M.
10:18 P. M. 4:14 P. M.
Friday March 4, ;< 1
10:32 A. M. 4:35 A. M.
10:64 P. M. 4:47 P. M.
Saturday March 5,
11:06 A. M. 5:16 A. M.
11:42 P. M. 5:25 P. M.
Sunday March 6,
11:49 A. M. 6:02 A. M.
0:00 P. M. 6:10 P. M.
Monday March 7,
0:29 A. M. 6:59 A. M.
12:42 P. M. 7:06 P. M.
Tuesday March 8,
1:30 A. M. 8:04 A. M.
1:48 P. M. 8:14 P. M.
Wednesday March 9,
2:36 A. M. 9:14 A. M.
3:02 P. SI. 9:25 P. M.