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THE STATE PORT PILOT
NO. 12
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
6-PACES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, June 29, 1949
Most of The Newt
All The Time
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
91.60 PER YEA*
fewick Leaf I
. Rated As
Best In Years
Ml** Supervis- ;
1 IS l^FULL FORCE
, pJnAlreage IsRe
j planted And Big
Expected
Ltotec^'op for Bru"s' !
Kv ranks as one ot the .
Laective crops seen in
Ljj for many years, accord- j
? iX'i:
growers and tobacco
.(KDUghoi'1 the state. j
-?t:ng of tobacco men!
;j'on June 21 the Border !
,vas listed as one of the j
jvarced as well as "the ,
pjjrcied crop-" in the i
(curding to Dave S. Neil- j
supervisor on the (
jt market.
Tail some hail, have been ;
L threatening at times, j
jiate only a very small
| o i damage has been in- 1
b conversations with local j
i and from personal ob- !
? the Supervisor stated,
hirers were well pleased I
i seasonable weather and I
i optimistic over their [
I flits year.
acreage planted to the
tie yield for the county
be heavy. The quality of
us crop is expected to
p grade if present weather
s prevail through July
_i tie early marketing
I .\r:unately. growers of
I r. were not bothered
|iy blue mold as were [
jkj a the upper part of '
it fc some sections, grow
UiM that they were still
I at ad others had com
| up due to diseased
Pttes.
no sports have come in
fjmrers in Brunswick
counties have made
|Jre? croppings in what
p:-e earliest crop in ten
F"!?ards to tht, expected
^'eilson warned,
p staid be extremely cau
k. selling their tobacco
k of local market op?n
f :rces afe not expected
Rf? on distant markets
|? me in 1948".
want first class
'tie supervisor added,
- ime. additional buy
' )[ier improvements in
15 they should do all
5 support these markets
f their growth".
5 kw no exact date 1
spelling of the mar- i
?' various belts but it '
that the markets in i
I b6tWeen Jul*j
fliiid
|*ACH SUNDAY
Harrelson. grandson of
i I W. Harrelson, will!
I ly morning at the!
hour at Lebanon Bap- |
tit Services will begin J
I oclock.
fUVR 4TH
1 an<l county offices, the
Khes of the Waccamaw
^ust Co. and post offices
ick county will be clos
m observance of the
? July.
service
l?rr Davis, son of Mr. and
|T ^"ers Davis of South
received his honorable
?m the u. S. Navy.
1 *p?rul the summer
|r " er the University of
this fall.
SCHOOL
RIJr'^'0"-v?',eck will arrive
?; : *a'. -or a six-days visit
[.vParents- Mr. and Mrs.
K He has been
mAh,. sl<H for the past
if> a \-S 3nti tlHS been as"
lt ' av? Radio School as
* dun Paterson- superint
end... lc Welfare in Bruns
ii A\this w<*k that
Bt? th" "er department
Miss pServices of a case
I J Th,; nces Coble, who
Dev. -vear fr?iri Guil
' a maj01'
posn,,. n engaged to
?bv tVVhlCh has ***?
froni ~ " commissioners.
^ Sn?w Camp.
Tentative Tax Rate
Established At $1.65
? ? ? ?
Tentative Budget Being Pre
pared This Week For Ap
proval Of County Board
At Meeting Here Tues
day
RATE REPRESENTS
10-CENT INCREASE
Several Factors Entered Into
Decision To Make In
crease, Among Them
Being Loss Of
Revenue
Following a special meeting of
members of the board of county
commissioners here Thursday a
tentative tax rate of $1.65 has
been set for the next fiscal year.
The rate last year was $1.55.
This figure has been used by
County Auditor W. P. Jorgensen
in compiling figures for the pro
posed budget which will be sub
mitted to the commissioners Tues
day for their final approval, and
there appears to be little liklihood
of trimming this rate and still
keeping the budget in balance.
Three principal reasons have
been advanced for raising the rate
10-cents for the coming year.
One is a loss of revenue from
beer and wine taxes which last
year amounted to approximately
$14,000.00. Another is the pro
bability that there will be a notic
|able slump in collection of delin
quent taxes as a natural let-down
j from last year's big push "in this
connection.
The addition of several activi
ties also figures in the change,
among them being provision for a
| case worker for the welfare de
partment and the employment of a
Veterans Service officer on a full
time basis for the first time this
? year.
Southport Man
Goes On Duty
Billie Bragaw Is At Norfolk,
Va., For Two Weeks Ac
tive Duty In Connection
With His Duties In Naval
Reserve
In the Navy Air Corps Reser
ve and still having: to take his
early flight training, Lt. ( jg)
Billy Bragaw, son of Mrs. Helen
Bragaw of Southport. is now
spending two weeks at Norfolk.
He enlivened last week's train
ing by flying from Norfolk to
Southport in 45 minutes. For the
edification of his two children
he flew over his home here for
four or five minutes and then
took a longer route back to Nor
folk, landing two hours after leav
ing there.
The plane he was using was
one of the single seator fighters,
identical to the planes he used in
j the Pacific during the war1. Sev
J eral times during the war the
I young Southporter, returning
J from expeditions, had to land on
Continued On Page Four
Tax List Will
Start Next Week
Advertisement of land for sale
for non-payment of 1948 taxes
due Brunswick county will be
1 giri next week in The Pilot and
I Tax Collector Edward H. Red
! wine urges everyone who wishes
to avoid embarassment and ex
tra cost to make payment not
! later than Monday.
I On the following Wednesday,
I July 13, the city tax list will
[ appear to rthe first time, and
j City Auditor E. R. Weks . adds
! his warning to the one given
I by Tax Collector Redwine.
It will be impossible to remove
| names from the list once it has
j been set in type.
Interest Grows
In Pest Control
I Spraying Campaign Is Pick
| ing Up Interested Custom
ers In Every Community
In Brunswick County
| Steadily increasing- interest is
: being shown according to reports
| in the spraying of Brunswick
' homes and outbuilding to kill fli
| es and the malaria bearing mos
j quitoes. The work of spraying is I
| being done by employees of the j
j U. S. Public Service, which pays
about half the cost.
To spray a house the cost to
(the owner is 25-cents per room.
: The same cost prevails for the
| spraying of stables, which on
some farms are the breeding
ground for both flies and mos
quitoes. The workers now car
rying on for the Public Health
j Service in Brunswick county are
the same as have recently been
working in Columbus and New
Hanover counties.
Naturally, they cannot guaran
I tee complete eradication of in
sect pests, but they are pointing
with pride to the results already
achieved in the neighboring coun
ties.
Pure crystals of DDT are de
posited on the walls by the spray
ing. It remains there all sum
mer long. It is not harmful to
the human being or farm animal
that comes in contact with it, but
the fly or mosquito that alights
upon the sprayed surface becom
es marked for death.
Sometimes the fly or mosquito
1 dies immediately. At other times
j the pest may live for an hour or
? two. In any case, once the poison
j is rightly applied the visiting fly
or mosquite gets it in the neck,
J even if it is months after the
I spray is applied before he comes
j calling.
The Brunswick county home de
monstration yclubs are actively
co-operating in the spraying cam-_
paign They are urging all homes'
owners to sign up for the spray
Continued On Page Four
Golden Wedding
ANNIVERSARY? Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dosher of
Southport recently celebrated their Golden Wedding Anni
versary at their home in Southport with scores of friends
calling to pay their respects.
Regulations Set
For Distribution
Of School Funds
Superintendent J. T. Den
ning Has Baen Advised Of
Methods Which Will Be
Used To Insure Fair Al
lotment Of Money
BASE GRANT TO EACH
COUNTY IS $250,000.00
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Definite Restrictions Placed
Upon Manner Of Disburs
ing The Special School
Funds
Superintendent of Schools J. T.
Denning has been advised of cer
tain regulations which must be
followed in connection with dis
bursement of the School Plant
Construction, Improvement and
Repair Fund.
In the first place, Brunswick
county will receive $250,000.00 as
its pro-rata part of the $25,000,
000.00 fund set up by the Legis
lature for equal distribution to
each of the 100 counties. An
additional $138,775.00 will be
available for use in Brunswick on
the basis of per capita allocation.
It is specifically set out that
there shall be no discrimination
within the counties between races.
The funds are limited to the
construction, improvement and re
pair of school plant facilities and
all expenditures must be in ac
cordance with the State law
1 governing this work.
It was the conception of the
State authorities that all work
should be preceded by a thorough
survey of existing facilities, to
gether with an investigation of
most critical needs. These find
I ings shall be submitted to the
[Division of Schoolhouse Planning.
As the building projects are
j approved funds will be made
i available through the Controller
jof the State Board of Education,
(with 15-percent of each approved
i project being withehld until the
completed projects has been in
j spected and approved by a re
! presentative of th? Division of
Schoolhouse JEJlanrjing.
4 It has been adopted "by the
Brunswick county ' boArd ' of idtica
tion^ as one of their objectives
to get all existing ' buildings in
a first Class state of repair be
fore money is spent for ' further
! expansion.
Finishing Touch
On Beach Road
Eight Mile Stretch From U.
S. No. 17 To Holden Beach
Being Given Final Treat
ment This Week
Finishing touches are now be
ing put to the 8-mile paving pro
i ject from Route 17 to Holden
Beach. This paving was put down
last summer, too late for the
contractor to complete the fin
ishing before cool weather.
State highway engineers who
were here this week said that
in about ten days when the Hold
en Beach job is finished the con
tractor will move on here to com
plete the four miles of the River
Road from Southport to Walden
Creek.
I Surveys to ascertain damage
;from rains preliminary to this fin
| ishing work are now being car
ried on.
I Highway engineers say that the
Continued on page four
Officers Take
Seven Stills
Seven stills were captured dur
ing the month of June by De
puties Sheriff O. W. Perry, Char
les Skipper and Alex Gainey and
Constable J. E. Lewis in North
west township.
Three men also were taken in
these raids, which netted one
mule and cart which were con
fiscated; 3 units of 750 gallons of
mash; 35- gallons of non-tax paid
liquor.
Deed Recorded
In Big Timber
Deal In County
Sale Of Over 10,000-Acres
Of Land By Weit Virginia
Pulp And Paper Company
To International Com
pleted
A big land deal involving the
sale of 10,094 acres of land in
Town Creek and Northwest town
ships was recorded here this week
! in the officc of Register of Deeds!
'Amos J. Walton.
I The transfer was from the West '
! Virginia Pulp and Paper Com
Ipany to the International Paper
| Company. Revenue stamps show
i that more than half a million
were involved. The exact sum ac
cording to the stamps was $517,
550.
The International Paper Com
pany is the largest landholding
corporation in Brunswick county,
but its exact acreage is not
known. First place is held by the
Reigel Paper Company of New
Jersey. This corporation has
something in the neighborhood of
90,000 acres in Brunswick.
Two Deaths In
Southport Family
Mrs. Fannie Brinkman Died
Friday Morning And Wai
Followed In Death The
Next Day By Mother, Mr?.
Fannie Davis
t Striking twice within the period
of a few hours death this week
removed two prominent Southport
women, mother and daughter.
Mrs. Fannie Davis Brinkman,
widow of the late Capt. jSamuel
Brinkman, died at tlje Dosher
Memorial Hospital Friday morning
at 6 o'clock. Her mother, Mrs.
| Frances Price Davis, widow of
the late Dunbar Davis, died in
the same hospital Saturday morn
ing. Mrs. Davis was 98 years of
age.
Surviving Mrs. Brinkman was
her mother; one son, W. M.
Brinkman, Thorwood, N. Y.; one
| daughter, Mrs. J. J. Loughlin, Jr.,
Southport; a sister, Mrs. Mattie
\ Aspinwall, Southport; and two
i brothers, J. M. Davis of Wilming
i ton and Will D. Davis of South
Iport.
| Surviving Mrs. Davis is Mrs.
j Aspenwall,. Will and J. M. Davis
seven grandchildren; twelve great
grandchildren and seven great
great- grandchildren.
| Funeral services for Mrs. Brink
man were conducted by the Rev.
iR. L. Sturgis assisted by the Rev.
C. L. Alligood from St. Phillips
church at 4 o'clock Saturday af
ternoon, with burial in the North
wood cemetery. Services for Mrs.
Davis were conducted by Mr.
Sturges assisted by the Rev. Alex
Continued On Page Four
Our
ROVING
Reporter
W. B. KEZIAH
Owing to the fact that he usual
ly brings us one of his first ripe
watermelons, we never fail to ask
O. P. Bellamy, former chairman
of the board of county commis
sioners, about his melon crop when i
he is in town about this time |
of the year. He was here Friday |
and happily informed us that the
melons would be ripening by the i
last of this week.
We used to go fishing a great
deal with Jack Christian, cashier
of the Peoples United Bank be
fore it was purchased by the
Waccamaw Bank and Trust Com
pany. He now lives in Wilming
ton and is with the J. Wi- Mur
chison Company. He wrote us
this week with regard to fish
ing and we will probably be bend
ing a pole together again some
of these days.
We learned just a day or so
ago that we just missed being
caught by the highway patrol two
weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Tinga had asked us to go with
them to the Tobaccb Demonstra
tion at Whiteville. Mr. Tinga is
veteran training teacher at Boli
via and was taking his students
with him. We had accepted the
invitation but a day or two be
fore the trip something loomed
up to keep us in Southport. Well,
we have just learned that friend
Tinga got cited for speeding on
that trip we were to have made
with him. Patrolman Pierce of
Shallotte was the offender.
There was no preamble, the ex
pression of his appreciation was
entirely unexpected and perhaps
undeserved, fcut a remark by J.
(Continued on ptft five)
Coons Disturbe Plan
For Feeding Turkeys
*
Long Beach Will
Have Birthday
Monday marks the 10th an- !
niversary of Long Beach, for
it was on that date in 1939 that
visitors to this budding beach
resort were able to travel over
an improved road. In speaking
of that eventful day this week
E. F. Middleton recalled that it
was neccessary to have a trac
tor stand by to pull unwary
motorists out of one bad sand
trap. It was estimated that
3,000 perosns visited Long
Beach that day. \
Indications point to a record
number of visitors to the popu
lar resort during the coming
holiday week-end. In addition to
the regular weekly square dance
at the Long Beach Pavilion
Saturday . night, the Mellotones ;
will play for a round dance
Monday night This is a popular
dance band from Washington,
D. C.
There will be a 4th of July
square dance at Sea Shore Grill
with music by the Old Tobacco
Leaves.
Traffic Counts
Fill Up Docket
Another Busy Day Of Court '
Monday For Judge W. J.1
McLamb And Court Of fi- 1
cials Growing Out Of
Speed Violations
The big list of defendants in
Recorder's court last week on
speeding charges must have had
a salatuory effect. Only 20 such
cases were brought in for triaf
before Judge W. J. McLamb and
Solictor J. W. Ruark Monday of
this week.
Owing to the 4th of July next
Monday, there will be no session
of the court next week. The 4th
and continued activity by the of
ficers is expected to pile up a
record number of cases for the
next session of court on July 11.
The following cases were handed
Monday:
James Santogo and Miguel
Angel Montes, breaking and en
tering, larceny. Probable cause,
was found and the defendants
were bound over to the Septem
ber term of Superior court un
der bonds of $300.00 each.
Percy Rudolph Hewett, speed
ing, fined $40 00 and costs.
Frank Lee Leonard, Jr., speed
ing. fined $20.00 and costs.
Oram B. Adams, speeding, cap
ias.
Phillip Norton Davis, speeding,
capias.
Kennith M. Ramsauer, speeding,
capias.
Leonard Eugene Latimer,
speeding, capias.
Lenges Reed, speeding, capias.
James Devine Formey, larc
eny, thirty days, suspended on
payment of costs and good be
havior for two years.
Floyd Lowery, assault with a
deadly weapon, thirty days, sus
pended on payment of costs and
good behaivor for two years.
James Scott drank on highway
and resisting officer, fined
$25.00 and costs.
Dock Garland Granger, speed
ing. fined $10.00 and costs.
Manuel Millo, speeding, capias.
Mrs- Laurene Millie, speeding,
capias.
Jack M. Burke, speeding, cap
ias.
Joseph Mitchell, speeding, cap
ias.
Mary Virginia Shoffner, speed
Continued On Page Fouc
These Animals Upset Plans
For Railing Feed On Wild
Turkey Refuge By Dig
ging Up Chufas As Fast
As Planted
GOOD FOUNDATION
STOCK ESTABLISHED
Specialist In Game Manage
ment Is Pleased With De
velopment In Connec
tion With Project Lo
cated At Orton
According to estimates there
are about forty wild turkeys most
of them hens now on the Orton
Wild Turkey Refuge of the North
Carolina Wildlife Commission.
With source of food now pretty
well established and some of the
predatory dangers eliminated, It
is expected that the number of
the birds will experience a radical
increase this summer. f ,
One factor relative. to the food
supply is rather disturbing to
Bob Wheeler, young biologist who
is in charge of (jird propogation
for the State.
Mr. Wbeeler states ,thaf one of
the first moves on the refuge to
provide for an adequate food sup
ply. Grasses and other crops were
planted at stragetic points about
the five-thousand acre tract,
bound on one side by Orton pond
and extending across McKenzie
pond. Chufas are a favorite food
of the wild turkey. They scratch
up the- seed and eagerly devour
them. Knowing of this fondness
for chufas, several large patches
were planted in the crop last year
and again early this spring.
Visiting the refuge this past
week Mr- Wheeler made the dis
covery that something besides
wild turkeys were fond of chufas.
Apparently literally hundreds of
coons have been visiting the
chufas patches nightly. He says
they have dug up and eaten every
chufa that was planted, leaving
absolutely nothing for the tur
keys. At present the young biolo
gist is in Raleigh trying to ar
range to secure an experienced
coon trapper who will capture the
coons unharmed. Those that can
be caught will be taken to coon
less parts of the state where
hunters are said to be very an
xious to have certain areas stock
ed with the animals.
Midwives Will
Get Trailing
Health Department Official*
Will Inaugurate Program
Which Will Improve Thi?
Important Service
The Brunswick County helath
department is planning two or
ganization meetings of all mid
wives who are engaged in that
work in this county the first
week in August.
On July 29th at 10 a. m. phy
sicial examinations for all county
midwives will be made at health
office in Southport. In order that
midwives can be licensed, they
must pass a physical examination. {
On August 1 a midwives meet
ing will be held at Shallotte at 1
p. m. to 4 p. m. at the high
school. On August 2 midwives
meeting will be held at Southport
1 p. m. to 4 p. m. at the health
department.
Dr. Floyd Johnson, health offi
cer, declares that "this program
is necessary in order that we have
a better trained group doing this
work. It is felt that this lead to
the establishment and operation
of monthly pre-natal and baby
Continued On Paf? Four
University Graduates
FINISH ? Bennie Brooks Ward of Ash and William
Ear.' Bellamy, Jr., of Supply, are two Brunswick county
men who graduated from the University of North Carolina
this month.
Local Audience.
Enjoys Hearing
Musical Program
Rossini'* Stabet Mater Wat
Presented Last Night At
Southport Hign School
Auditorium Before Large
Audience
MUSICIANS ARE
WELL RECEIVED
Program Here Was Under
Sponsorship Of Southport
Choral Club Who Is
Seeking To Improve
Music Here
A presentation of Rossini's
Stabat Mater by the Wilmingtoh
Choral Society and Civic Orch
estra was given last night at the
Southport high schol auditorium.
Under the superb direction of
Henri Emurian the choral group
and orchestra gave performance*
which have seldom been equaled
here.
The magnificent finals, "To Him
be glory evermore. Amen," was
the greatest portion of the work,
both from the standpoint of per
formance and music. Rossini'*
chorus has been compared to the
Hallelujah chorus from Han
del's Messiah and would perhaps
be as well liked if performed a*
often.
The quartet, composed of Orma
Jean Willis, soprano, Ruth Pat
terson, alto, Emory Grubbs, te?
or and Jack Carswell baritone,
achieved a superb blending of
voices. In the solo passages and
in the measures of harmony the
similarity of the voices made for
rare beauty. Outstanding soloists
were Jack McDougall, tenor, and
Middleton Norris, bass-baritone,
whose technical excellence was
lent aptly to the difficult music
of Bossini.
It is rare for non-professional
groups who have had such little
experience working together to
perform a work of the difficulty
of Stabat Mater with such bril
liance and polish. It Is also rare
to see such a blend of voices M
has been achieved by Mr. Emuri
an. Soloists were well chosen with
a few exceptions and gave ample
proof of hard work and much
time spent In studying the dif
ficult passages.
Wilmington has in Mr. Emuri
an a director who if given a ful
ler orchestra and more of the
talent which that city certainly
possesses could build one of the
finest symphonic and choral
groups In North Carolina or the
surrounding states. The group haa
been rehearsing and performing
together less than a year and haa
made remarkable progress.
New Initials Up
For Examination
L't And M's Will Be Next On
LUt Of Drivers Who Matt
Pass Their Tests During
Six Months Beginning On
July 1st
The drivers license examination
program for North Carolina hai
moved on down the alphabet tfl
the L's and M's, but those
wish to take their tests in Souths
port will be unable to do so be<
fore July 11, according to LicenM
Examiner N. E. Hudson.
Time runs out this week an
H, I, J. K drivers, and since Mon
day falls on July 4th, Examiner
Hudson will not be in Southport
to fill his usual engagement/
He says that having Recorder's
Continued On Page Four
Tide Table
Following: Is the tide table
for Southport during the next
week. These hours are approxi
mately correct and were (urn
lshed The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, June 30,
10:58 A. M. 4:52 A. M.
11:19 P. M. 5:01 P. M2
Friday, July 1,
11:54 A. M. 5:40 A. M.
0:00 P. M. 5:59 P. BC
Saturday, July 2, ?' 1
0:10 A. M. 0:82 A. Hi
12:53 P. M. 7:00 P. H,
Sunday, July S,
1:07 A. M. 7:27 A. M.
:53 P. M. 8:06 P. ML.
Monday, July 4,
2:07 A. M. 8:25 A. M.
2:55 P. M. 9 :1S P. M.
Tuesday, July 5,
3:0? A. M. 9:25 A. M.
3:57 P. M. 10:18 P. M.
Wednesday, July 5,
4:05 A. M. 10:28' A. M.
4:56 P. M. 11: 18 P.