The State Port Pilot
Southport, N. G.
Published Every Wednesday
JAMES M. HARPER, JR. Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, at
the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
ONE YEAR
SIX MONTHS
THREE MONTHS
Wednesday, August 31, 1949
Our Last Chance
The next few months probably will
mark the end of Southport as most of us
know it, because within that time the in
fluence of many new visitors will make
its impression upon life in this commun
ity.
We refer particularly to the change
which will result from having thousands
of people visit Ft. Caswell next summer;
and to the thousands more who will get
their first glimpse of Southport as they
drive through on a completed river road
route.
For instance, we cannot see the need
for a good hotel here going begging for
another twelve months and unless some
local person or group of persons do some
thing about providing this need, some
newcomer is going to provide this service
and thus create a new aud profitable
business for himself. There still is time
for Southport people to take care of this
need themselves, but time is running out.
Local people care little for the physi
cal appearance of stores where they do
their trading so long as they are able to
get merchandise they want at a price
they are able to pay. But visitors from
other sections which are more progres
sive are not going to feel that way about
it, and our merchants are going to be for
ced to do something about modernizing
their stores ? or competition is coming in
to show the way.
We think there is a good opening here
for a modern tourist court, and we know
of a local man who is thinking of erect
.$1.50
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ing one. But if he or some other citizen
does not provide this need soon you need
not be surprised to find that some out
sider has moved in on this opportunity.
We think that Southport is on the
threshold of a new and important chap
ter in its economic development, and we
would like to see the folks we know and
like take advantage of the opportunities
which will be afforded. But if they fail
to do something now, they had just as
well pick out a seat in the second row and
sit back and watch strangers cash in on
their opportunities.
Sticktoitivness
Don't let the title fool you. This is not
an editorial with a fancy Russian word|
for its heading. Stick-to-it-ivness when
you say it slowly is just a formula for
making a success in most anything you
care to undertake, and it is a cardinal
virtue which many of us overlook as be
ing relatively unimportant.
Recently we heard a man explain a
plan whereby it would be possible to take
a few acres of cut-over Brunswick county
timberland and within five years be har
vesting an annual crop of Christmas
trees that would give him an independ
ent income.
Already we have here in sight of
Southport a demonstration of what can
be done to grow blueberries, a crop
which once in production pays a big cash
dividend each year to the farmer who
has had the foresight to plant them, the
patience to work them and financial
backing sufficient to wait for the first re
turns.
It is common knowledge that peaches
will thrive on land in this county. So will
figs, so will grapes, so will countless
other fruit crops. And so it goes.
The thing that keeps us from realizing
the full benefit of our natural advantages
is our failure to follow upon the worth
while projects which we undertake.
Notable exceptions are the Brunswick
Rural Electric Membership Corporation,
a vast system serving thousands a few
years after its humble beginning in this
county; the Brunswick Cold Storage Cor
poration, a fine business serving hund
reds with advance methods in conserva
tion ; and the improved farm practices
which are becoming more and more gen
eral among our people.
There are many good things for our
choosing. What we must do is pick out
the one tha tis for us, then see it through
to completion.
And that is sticktoitiveness.
Brunswick County School
(Continued from page one)
Woolard, Martin F. Baker and
Wilma P. Baker; elementary
school, Zelma Hewett, Muriel
Ward Bennett, Mildred Moye
Lewis, Mammie B. Coker, Judith
Gcsnell, Pauline Callahan, Florine
Evans, Mary Lillian Watts, Daisy
Long, Lila W. B. Shay, Irene
J. Stephens, Mary Ann Fussell,
Verta Lawhorne, Louise K. Wal
ton, Mary Long, and Doris Wright
Ward.
Bolivia high school, Talmadge
I Page, principal; high school, Jer
I ome Evenson, Iva Lee Miller,
, Jean E. Stokes and J. M. King
( elementary school, Reba S. Ro
gers, Wayne B. McMlchael, Ora
G. McKeithan, Alice W. Leash,
Elizabeth A. Talbert, Omega G.
Page, Mildred L. Sauls, Margaret
C. Porter, Emma C. Herring,
Maud Fox and Bertha Reid.
Leland high school, Holland
Manning, principal; high school,
Mary Alice Moorse Nell Webster
Fryer, Irene S. Manning and
Veneeda A. Geddy, elementary
JUST RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF
USED COFFINS
? AT?
Square Deal Furniture Company
U. S. Highwoy No. 17 Little River, S. C.
No Sales Tax To Pay Inspection ? FREE ! !
? "ANOTHER JOE DAVIS ENTERPRISE" ?
school, Clara M. Strong, Mrs. A.
M. McFarland, Madge W. Smith,
Peggy K. Davis, Ethellyn B.
Forbes, Grace Taylor, Barbara S.
Craig, Mildred B. Naylor and
Alverta L. Robbins.
JAMES M. RAFTERY
Continued From Page One
winter quarters of the R. and S.
Amusement company had been in
Richmond, Va.
The show is currently playing
an engagement in Nashville.
Raftery is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Carrie Sink Raftery of Le
land; four daughters, Miss Carrie
Raftery of Leland, and Mrs. Hor
ace Turner, Mrs. Lloyd Wolf,
and Mrs. Johnnie Oliphant all of
Wilmington; two sons, Billy Faf
tery of Wilmington, and Lt. Ber
nard Raftery of Waco, Texas;
seven grandchildren, and several
nieces and nephews.
FARM BUREAU IN
Continued From Page One
and there appears to be strong
competition for this honor this
year.
The membership drive is under
the direction of township direct
ors. These are C. W. Harvell,
I Northwest; Jack B. Potter, Town
Creek; Carl S. Ward, Smithville;
Earl Thompson, Lockwoods Folly;
Sam J. Frink, Shallotte; Elroy
Kink, Waccamaw.
Drainage Work
DRAGLINE & BULLDOZER
Available For Contract Work or by the Hour
Brunswick county farmers already have proved to
themselves that money spent for proper drainage of
their soil is an investment which will pay for itself in
one rainy season.
Now is the time to think about permanent improve
ments to your farm. Let us look over your problems
with you and give you an estimate on costs. This is the
time of year to get this type of work done and be ready
to reap the benefit next season.
McLAMB CONSTRUCTION CO.,
W. J. McLamb E. L. McLamb
Shallotte, N. C.
T. T. Ward is president of the
Brunswick County Farm Bureau,
Ernest Stanaland is vice-presi
dent and Mr. Hawes is secretary
treasurer.
NUMEROUS CASES
(Continued from page one)
ly weapon, continued.
Manse Carlisle, Marshall Carl
isle, Lloyd McKeithan, Mabel Mc
Keithan, Charlie McKeithan, as
sault with deadly weapon. Jury
trial asked and bond set at
$500.00 for each defendant.
George Alton Ludlum, reckless
operation, continued.
Ruby Monk Goodman, speed
ing, fined $10.00 and costs.
Percy L. Kennedy, speeding,
capias.
Wilford Henderson Whaley, pos
ession, capias.
John Daniel Evans, Havey |
Evans, tresspass. Motion for jury(
trial, bond set at $100.00 each.
George L. Bacon, Jr., speeding,
fined $15.00 and costs.
Robert Ingram, Clyde Bowens,
Ralph L. King, assult, continued.
James Alfred Bagley, speeding,
fined $10.00 and costs.
James Hiburn Collins, reckless
operation speeding, fined * $20.00
and costs.
Jesse Bowling, drunken driving,
fined $100.00 and costs, recom
mended that license be revoked
for one year.
Ethel Bowens, assult with
deadly weapon, continued.
Jackie Raymond Jones, speed
ing, fined $10.00 and costs.
Harlee Ballard, non-support.
(Ordered that he support his child
I In accordance with agreement
with mother of the child.
H. W. Rogers, speeding, fined
$30.00 and costs.
| John Calvin Hill, failure to j
; dim lights, ordered to pay costs. I
YOUNG MINISTER
Continued From Page One
Europe for study on a scholarship
awarded him this spring.
Mrs. Harrelson and their little
daughter will visit her father in
Elizabeth City before joining him
in New York.
PETER BAYANA
Continued From Pare One
Hickman and Wayne Lednert.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr.
L. G. Brown, Dr. Fred M. Bur
PLAIN & FANCY ?
GROCERIES
It's a good thing to know where there's a
good place to buy the things. you need to help
keep house.
R.GALLOWAY
General Merchandise
SUPPLY, N. G.
fa easy to own a)
/Mcu/laq
Three modele-^12* 95 to $179.95
Ea?y tenne? liberal trade-in/ Let si
?bow then to you today.
KINGS ELECTRICAL SALES CO.
Shallotte, N. G.
Labor Day Week-End
Square Dances
Square Dance
SATURDAY NIGHT
MONDAY NIGHT
?
Music By
Dixie Pioneers
PLAN NOW TO ATTEND
THE FINAL TWO
DANCES OF THE YEAR
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Long Beach Pavilion
Not Exactlij News
Congressman C. B. Deane finally made it
before the Labor Day deadline. A week-end
vacation at his cottage at Long Beach, that is.
He has spent a lot of time in the heat and
humidity of the Nation's Capitol this summer
wishing he could join his family for a holiday
down here by the Atlantic . . . With School
starting up tomorrow (Thursday) and Labor
Day coming up Monday to put an official end
to the beach, seems to us that this has been
a very short summer.. Few vacationists get to
know it, but the period from now until the
middle of October is one of the best seasons
of the year to spend some time at the beach,
particularly if you are interested in fishing.
We were talking to some Kannapolis folks
over at the beach during the past week-end who
told us that their school hadn't had a good
basketball or football team since Principal H.
T. Sanders left there as coach . . . Holden
Beach got a good publicty break in last week's
issus of The State Magazine. On Sunday Wood
row Price had a picture of Captain Fred Willing
and his tarpon in The News and Observer and
devoted the first few lead paragraphs of his
column to the development of that phase of
sport fishing in this area.
Gene Autry fans will have a chance to see
him Friday and Saturday jn ..R. "
Canyon" at Shallotte theatre, xt' jv ^
in Southport the feature Thurs^y ^
will be "Red Pony," starring Rofert/
who was keeping good company
this movie with Myma Loy . . ^
Southport high school probably ^
eyes in disbelief when they discover
that of the thireen members of the 1
faculty three of them are men. '
Superintendent J. T. Denning ha?
booklet covering the official orgar.hj
the educational set-up of Brur.s-*^
which provides a handy summary jl
schools and the teaching Personnel
Mrs. R. D. White, Jr.. have just 3^.
jam-up job of moving and renovabtj
house in Shallotte . . . Work is prop
the construction of Supply Baptist ci
More new Chevrolet have been fctJ
1949 car-owner in Southport than tl
make . . . Ernest Holden has tur^'I
terest from his striped-down auto r^l
outboard motor boat which he shov? J
a "sound-up" 55- h. p. motor . . . <it
we hope we will have our school co!aj|
in The Pilot.
dette, Dr. R. C. Daniels, J. A.
McNeil, J. J. Loughlin, Jr., W. P.
Jorgensen, Harrison Creech, Joe
Spencer, Sam Bennett, G. E.
Hubbard, R. C. Livingston, James
Arnold and George W. Fisher.
COUNTY TOBACCO
(Continued from page one)
Whiteville has sold more tobacco
per set of buyers than any other
market in the Border Belt. "There
is no block and booking of space
is no longer necessary," Neilson
said.
Read The Want Ads.
Rovin' Reporter
(Continued from page one)
find them happy from the influx
of tobacco money that is now be
ing distributed among the Bruns
wick growers of the weed. We
were not disappointed in our ex
pections. Mr. Cooke did not have
to tell us that a great deal of
money was circulating around. He
showed it by his pleasing expres
sion.
For the benefit of the Shallotte
school playground the Shallotte
Lions Club and Shallotte Post
American Legion have joined
hands to give a big sq^,
at the Legion hut r.tt j
night, Labor Day. All 5
ceeds will go to the
fund, according to G. C. j.
an, one of the fellows n
actively interested m n
other school tmprovemet', i
takings. 1
mrs7 long diks 1
Following a fivc-rr.or.'jl
Mrs. Finnie Long died J
home in Waccareaw J
Sunday. She was 65-ye?l
Funeral services were d
Tuesday afternoon frosl
Bay Baptist church. |
*'The mon?y I ?ov?d y
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You get
Not 6
But 12
Delicious Glassfuls in
Pepsi's 6 Bottles!
Just a few cartons of Pepsi-Cola in the big 12-ounce
bottle can save you enough for party "fixings"!
Be smart . . . Buy Pepsi 6-at-a-time? and save.
There's do finer-tasting cola on the market!
WHY TAKE LESS? WHEN PEPSI'S BEST!
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"Lilian to 'Counter-Spy'? Tuesday and Thursday evenings y?or
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