The State Port Pilot
Southport, N. C.
Published Every Wednesday
JAMES M. HARPER, JR Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, at
the Post Office at Southport, Pf. C., under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
ONE YEAR $1.50
SIX MONTHS 1.00
THREE MONTHS 75
Wednesday, April 6,1949
Expensive Court Term
A one week term of Brunswick coun
ty superior court convened here Mon
day morning. It adjourned before noon
to go on record as one of the most ex
pensive sessions ever held in this coun
ty in view of the good that it accom
plished.
Men from all sections of the county
were called from their work to serve as
jurors, others were summoned as wit
ness in various cases and the principals
involved were required to be on hand
for a session of court which had as its
most serious business the disposition of
several uncontested divorce cases.
This half-day term of court cost the
taxpayers of Brunswick county over
$200.00 in cash. This does not take into
account the loss of time which farmers
and businessmen can ill afford to lose
at this season of the year.
We recognize the courts of our land
as an agency whose schedule cannot be
set to serve the convenience of all of our
citizens, and where there are ends of
justice to be met, we believe that no
small matter should be permitted to in
terfere with our courts of law.
In looking over the court calendar
which was set by members of the Bruns
wick County Bar Association for this
week we cannot escape the belief that
the lawyers must have known that this
term of court was entirely unnecessary,
and that all that it would do would be
to cause a loss of time and a waste of
money for our citizens and taxpayers.
Our own opinion is that our lawyers
will do much to preserve their positions
of respected leadership if in the future
they are honest enough with the people
to ask the Governor to cancel any civil
term for which there is no more pres
sing need.
Your Red Cross
This week a fellow we know who ser
ved overseas with the armed forces dur
ing World War II came up to us and
wanted to know who is taking up funds
for the American Red Cross.
"When I got to Naples during the
war," he said, "I felt like I was lost un
til 1 found out where the-Red Cross club
for service men was located. You don't
know how good it was to go in there and
get the feeling of being back in the Uni
ted State for a little while.
"Later I was in the Philippines for a
short time just before the end of the
war with Japan, and when he had lib
erty in Manila the only place in that
city that was at all like things back in
the States was the Red Cross. We used
to go there to get cokes, and when you
were there at meal time you could get
food and something to drink that you
weren't afraid of. I decided a long time
ago that never again would I fail to
contribute to the Red Cross every year."
There have been too few reports of
this kind in our county and too many
stories of "I don't like the Red Cross be
cause of this thing or because of that
thing." Before you decide finally what
your own contribution shall be to the
Red Cross, just think back to your own
personal experience with that organiza
tion. When you or some member of your
family needed help from the Red Cross,
what were the results?
We know that the war is over, and
has been for four years; but we still
have thousands of men serving all over
the world in branches of the armed for
ces?many of them from our own coun
ty; and we still are subject to disaster
which will make any given group of us
glad to have the American Red Cross
to call upon for assistance.
The work of this organization was
too good to forget; its continuing respon
sibility is too great to forsake.
Occupational Handbook
Navy Recruiters have an excellent
handbook listing the occupational edu
cation offered by this branch of the(
military service. Of course no one who,
has a reasonable chance of going to col-1
lege should be encouraged to accept an j
alternative and the Navy would be the j
last agency of the government to be j
guilty of considering such a policy.
There are, however, many boys who j
have no thought of going further than j
high school in their formal education.
To these the Navy offers numerous op-1
portunities.
The Navy's handbook, which is cal
led "a manual for civilian guidance
counselors and Navy classification offi
cers," provides an insight into the train
ing which the service offers. Navy re-:
cruiters have distributed many of these !
books in the belief that the occupational
training of Navy service will improve
the skills and help many b9>'s qualify
more adequately for civilian jobs.
The Navy insists that "good recruit
ing is good guidance" and consequently
has inaugurated a policy of interview
ing and advising high school graduates
and others on the possibilities of aiding
them in preparing for life's work. Many
a boy who is puzzled by the great big
world which opens up to him when
school days are over, will welcome an
opportunity for guidance.
The real great men of every genera
tion, are those who realize that the spir
itual is infinitely stronger than any ma
terial force.
RALEIGH ROUNDUP
BOB DEYTON . . . Bob Deyton, assistant
director of the budget (the Governor is exofficio
head), was offered a job with North Carolina s
largest bank, but turned it down for the $18,000
comptroller position with Ecusta (cigarette
papers, etc.). The place he is leaving pays him
$10,000. He is expected to complete arrange
ments for moving to Brevard next week. Al
though he and Governor Scott had numerous
tiffs while Scott was Agriculture Commissioner,
they have done a lot of rabbit-and-dove-hunting
together and are parting on relatively good
terms. Although Deyton was regarded as a
Charles Johnson man, his younger brother, C.
P. Deyton, was in charge of Scott's finances
during the early weeks of his campaign last
summer. Deyton's leaving won't be any help
to Nathan Yelton, his cousin who is in charge
of the State Retirement System. He was sup
posed to be a Johnson follower too, but not of
the enthusiatic variety. ?
SUGAR . . . Bob Deyton's leaving drops an
other sugar plum appointment into the Gov
ernor's lap. This position is probably the most
difficult in North Carolina officialdom and Scott
should place his appointee in Deyton's office be
fore long now so he can learn how to handle
the State's fiscal matters while there is an
expert around to show him the ropes.
ROAD BOND . . . The State Senate has vir
tually fixed it so that the people will not be
able to vote on the $200,000,000 road bond is
sue unless a one-cent tax increase is attached
to it. Look for this bill?the $200,000,000 and
the tax Increase?to pass through the Senate,
which is riding rough-shed over Scott, and then
to go over to the House, which wants the bond
issue separate from the tax. The House will
argue over it for a time. Then conferees (men
from the House and Senate) will be appointed
to come out with a compromise. This first set
of conferees will likely not be able to come to
an agreement. Another set will be appointed,
an agreement will be reached, and the Legisla
ture will adjourn. This bill is the bellwether.
WINE-BEER-WHISKEY ... The beer peo
pie, crying "sneaky Pete", are pointing angry
fingers at the wine folks for the sorry plight
they find themselves in these days. And the
grape crushers are looking just as hard at the
brewers. Each group knows it is on a hot seat
and each is blaming the other. Both of them
are looking envious daggers at whiskey. Con
fidentially, they arc of the opinion that they
would be faring much better If they had the
financial strength and political support with
which the ABC system is blessed.
They still have hopes that the Legislature
will somehow assist them in salvaging at last
something from the funis brought on by coun
ty votes. Keep an eye on this during the next
two weeks. Capers White, brother of Dairyman
Geo. L. H, White and just as fine a man, is
the wine fronter while Sam Blount of Washing
ton, N. C., is the brewers' bat boy. They want
to get under the ABC system or into some
thing just as popular and powerful.
WHAT ABOUT IT? . . . Speaking of power,
what has the State done about those five ABC
officials in five Eastern North Carolina counties
who have been charged with mishandling liqu
or in the stores under them (selling entire cas
es of liquor to friends, etc) during the past
18 month's? This iS something State ABC Head
Carl Williamson should clear up before he tak
es his leave.
CONTRAST . . . Life magazine is planning
to contrast in a picture layout the careers of
Movie Sextress Ava Gardner and Mrs. Liston
Malpass of Clinton, a shapely striking brunette
who defeated Miss Gardner in an Atlantic
Christian College (Wilson) beauty contest years
ago. Mrs. Malpass, the former Janle Fitzgerald
married a prosperous Clinton businessman and
has two children. You know about Ava. A Life
photographer was in N. C. last week preparing
the feature. '
The Rovin' Reporter
(Continued from page one)
fishing:. Writing us from Atlanta
I where he Is Rector of The Church
| of The Incarnation, the Rev. Cecil
Xj. Alligood says, "I enjoy read
ing your column in The Pilot
1 each. I am especially Interested
I in fishing, as you well know, and
you certainly do revive the old
fishing urge whenever you begin
writing about the fish biting In
Brunswick county. Hope to see
you sometime during the sum
mer."
During the winter months there
is no better bait Ulan minnows
when one is fishing for crappie,
blue gills, bass, etc. When the
big spring minnow crop on In all
waters these fish are less and
less appreciative of the minnow
on the line. They can catch plen
ty swimming about in the water.
This year the minnow crop came
along much earlier than usual.
About all fishing waters are al
ready teeming with them. You
can still get a nice strng of fish
If you take only minnows for
bait, but from now on through
the summer the lowly fishing
worms will be increasingly ef
ficient.
Although it is said to be too
late for them to get on any high
school schedule, Guy McKeithan
of Shallotte stated this week that
it was hoped that Shallotte would
put a high school baseball team
this year, if only for practice
games that will give them some
training and experience for next
year. Whether the Shallotte
school has a team or not Mr. Mc
Keithan plans to have the small
boy team again this year. Play
ing for the? past two years a :
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WILMINGTON, N. C.
HERBERT JOHNSON,
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
bunch of Shallotte boys, all un- [
der twelve years of age, gained
much experience at baseball.
From all that they are saying
here and there in the country,
some Brunswick .tobacco growers
will have touched off things for
the 1949 crop by transplanting
from the beds to the field before
another issue of this paper is
published. The planting of this
years crop is bound to get un
derway early unless an unusual
ly bad spell of weather comes a
long in the next few days. Some
growers stated this week that
their plants were getting to be
of such a size that they will Just
have to be pulled and transplant
ed. j
Lucius Lamar of the Washing
ton, D. C., Daily News, is down
with us for about six days of
fishing. He may have heard the
Chinese proverb about, "He
travels fastest who travels alone,"
and must think he fishes best
he who is unanchored by friends.
At any rate he made the trip
from Washington solo. An old
friend, Captain Don N. Carpenter
of the U. S. Marines, who is also
hunting and fishing editor of the
Daily News, sent Lamar on the
trip here. Captain Carpenter fish
ed here a dozen times before the
war.
Ladies who have inclinations |
for travel probably will envy Mrs.
George W. Rapplyea of New Or
leans, La., and Southport. Mr.
Rapplyea is at present engaged
in Aerial Photo Surveys of En
gineering Projects, and his work
will take him to Cuba next week
and on to Latin America: Mrs.
Rapplyea will accompany him.
This past winter and spring Mr.
and Mrs. Rapplyea has been
dividing their time between New
Orleans and Southport. They have
remodeled an old home here into
a thing of beauty and they plan
to sometime make their perman
ent home here.
Saltwater sport fishing, trolling
for blues and for the big fellows
out on the gulf, appears to be
settling itself to get started sev
eral weeks earlier than usual this
year. By next week reports of
nice catches should be breaking.
Being sort of midway between
the enthuasism of Mrs. R. H.
Holden (of Holden Beach) and
Mrs. R. H. Holden (of Wilming
ton) over Holden Beach and
Pretty Pond, puts us in a spot
that is likely to result in our
finding ourself in deep water any
minute. Mrs. R. H. Holden of
Wilmington is a Texas "Long
Horn."' In addition she is said
to be nearly full-blooded Irish.
One of her greatest aims is to
develop Pretty Pond, 10 miles
from Southport, into a great Girls
Scouts camp. Mrs. R. H. Holden
of Holden Beach aims to see
Holden Beach develope and her
greatest personal ambitition is to
fish for yellow tails down there.
We have long been sort of
notorious as a collector of pipes
Not Exactly NetD?
Recently when city employees dug out Fid
dlers Drain in order to improve drainage of
Swamp Garden plots they found fish over 18
inches long as far up the Southport Ice Plant.
When somebody asked Paul Fodale the purpose
of the little house he has built behind his new
home overlooking the yacht basin he said
"That's my dog house. That's where I'll stay
when I get mad with my wife."
"I'm getting some of my pictures too fast",
I complained R. D. White last week. "A lot of
j them are playing at Shallotte before they get
j to the theatres in some of the larger towns,
and a lot of our people haven't heard enough
I about them to want to see these brand new
J releases." All we can say is that we hope that
i R. D. won't let the reaction get him down. We
like the Idea of getting some first-rate pictur
| es early in Brunswick . . . Breman Furpless
| stays right in step with the holiday spirit on
j Thursday and Friday of next week when he
shows "Easter Parade", starring Judy Garland
and Fred Astaire.
Few people in Brunswick county have a more
interesting job than does Glenn Jones ^
port boy who is serving as Flight iw
Piedmont Airlines. His trips are from \vj
ton to Concinatti, Ohio, where he spends
other night. He says that he is looking'^
ward to seeing some big league baseball s
this season . . . One result of the Azalea p
val Parade Saturday was a d.-tr-rmmaUon'*1
the part of one local group to see t0 it ?
Brunswick county ha3 a float next year
This talk about early bluefish isn't all
talk. We saw Hoyle Dosher with a str. W
fresh ones Monday . . . The young ^
bragging on Oliver's Place . . . \Vork 0[) u
airstrip on the beach road has reached the poj,
of deciding kind of grass to plant . . Y
see a lot of painting and fixing up being <jj,
on small pleasure boats ... Joe and Eut
Mae Willetts celebrated Washington's birth*
over a bowl of homelgrown strawberries ai
furnished us with the first native berries <
have had in March. And they were goo? enouj
to wind up on for this week.
from friends coming from a dis
tance to go fishing with us. At
least those friends often make
it a point to send us a pipe after
being down here with us. Now
it seems to be box. On the min
utes of the Girl Scouts of the
Cape Fear Area, Inc., CFour
counties, New Hanover, Pender, I
Columbus and Brunswick) mere
is an entry covering the receipt
of a box of nylon hose. They
were rather too long for us and
were accordingly donated, to be
sold at auction and the money
put in the kitty that is to pay
for the building of the camp. The
girls bought their beautiful lake
and surrounding land by selling
cookies for seven years, at a
profit of 12 cent per box. They
can have all the sox we get to
help in constructing the camp
building. We'd even give our
shirt.
GROWER PLEASED
Continued From Page One
acreage to tomato plant growing.
He trucks the tomato plants to
New Jersey, pulling them here one
day and with his trucks leaving
Southport late in the afternoon,
he is able to be setting out the
plants in the fields in New Jersey
early the next morning. This short
and quick transportation results
in the prevention of wilt and the
plants get a rapid start.
This will be his 3rd year grow
ing the plants in Brunswick
county. Each year his efforts
have been successful. This year,!
with better land, he feels he is
really sitting on top of the world
with the ability to show that this1
section is tops for the commercial
growing of tomato plants.
GEORGE R. FOULKE
Continued From Page One
developing coal mining properties
in West Virginia.
Mr. Foulke is survived by his
I widow, Mrs. Dorothy Fisher
Foulke; three daughters, Mrs
B. Reath of Pine Valley, X,
Mrs. David B. Oat of West Cii
ter, Pa.; Miss Elizabeth Gtor
Foulke, of West Chester; j
mother, Mrs. Jeane Kane Foul
of West Chester; a sister, M
E. Paul DuPont of Wilmingu
Delaware and one brother, \f
liam Bayard Foulke of Men<
Pa.
RETURNS FROM GKRMANV
Pat Shannon, son of the h
H. M. Shannon and Mrs. Shi
non, returned home last ?
from Germany, when he t
been serving with the army I
more than a year.
Thor Washing Machines
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makes it possible for us to turn out high quality jobs in a
hurry. Bring us you work, or phone or write us
about your needs.
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