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The State Port Pilot
Southport, N. C.
Published Every Wednesday
james fct. harper, jr Editor
(On Leave of Absence, In U. S. N. R.)
Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, at
the Post Offi>-e at Southport, N. C., under the
Act of March 1879.
subscription rates
ONE YEAR $1-50
SIX MONTHS 1.00 ;
THREE MONTHS 75
Wednesday, February 28, 1945
, i
Sport Pishing Possibilities
The fame of the Flori da citrus crop
extends throughout the United States.
Everywhere it is regarded a wonderful
golden harvest, piling .up wealth
"" """ll "c -fo mo
the war. Not only that, we will soon
see the beginning of preparations and
plans to look after these thousands.
iThe friendly co-operative spirit of
Brunswick county people has always
.been recognized. It may mean everything
now to extend that spirit to its
fullest toward people who come seeking
to develop the things to which we
have always paid scant attention.
Do The Same Thing Here
Several years ago the State of Louisiana
put several boats into service, surveying
for new shrimping grounds all
(along the Louisiana coast. As one result
of that survey more than ten of
the largest shrimp trawlers in North
Carolina left Southport and have since
been engaged in fishing in the new
waters off Louisiana. They have been
there eight years and will stay there.
\ The coast of Brunswick on the lower
North Carolina coast is, apparently,
the only commercial fishing grounds
for shrimp in North Carolina. All of
the fishing is done one to three miles
off shore and the season is noticably
short because of the fact that the
shrimp move fuifher offshore at times.
Just how far they go and in what
grounds they congregate is a matter of
conjecture, but it is believed that a
survey would reveal them as existing
in great numbers at points 5 to 25
miles offshore.
Fishermen at Southport and all along
the coast of Brunswick to Little River,
S. C., are getting bigger and better
{15 I'll ciO muiv.
Very few people realize that Florida
* has another great source of wealth and
* attraction. That is sport fishing. Kip
-Farrington, Wall Street broker and
* sportsman, is our authority for that
Bstatement that sport fishing carries infto
the state of Florida more money
. than the entire citrus crop brings.
And everybody benefits; hotels,
^hoarding houses, moving picture shows,
- food places, supply houses, all take in
t leir share and it circulates.
Not only Kip Farrington but other
^nationally known sport fishing authorities
have repeatedly said that the
Brunswick county, North Carolina,
coast has great and undeveloped resources
in the. way of sport fishing.
. Southport has access to Frying Pan
"Shoals where dolphin, amber jack bar'
racuda and other medium size fish
-abound. It also has access to the waters
- where marlin and sailfish abound for
1 many months each year, if not for the
v. hole year round.
Not just Southport, but the whole
of the Brunswick coast offers a won
derful attraction to the sportsman.
They were beginning to come when the
war stalled. When the war ends they
will come in great numbers. The coast
of Brunswick is the halfway point between
New York and Florida?halfway
in distance and climate hut all the way
in the sport fishing it can provide.
Before the war stalled spoilsmen
. from Maryland, Washington, D. C.,
K. Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky
and other states were just beJ!g
nning to find Southport and the
Brunswick coast. Only a month before
Pearl Harbor a large group of spoils
writers gathered here and were planning
to do some plugging for the development
of spoil fishing. Pearl Harbor
knocked out their plans for the
time being, but this section of Carolina
has always been kept in mind.
Unknown to Brunswick county people,
another powerful development
agency has been* quitely looking over
things. New Yorkers, who usually know
what is what regarding matters with
money making and spoil providing
potentialities, have been setting themselves
up as a post-war planning board.
Spoil fishing will draw thousands
to the lower North Carolina coast after
* ; THE SI
boats, craft capable of going a great
distance offshore and staying there Until
they load. Will these boats also
have to go to Louisiana because of the
fact that the State of North Carolina
has never done anything to develop
commercial fishing on the lower coast?
A request is now being made of the
North Carolina Department of Conserv- =
ation and Development to assign a good
! sized boat or boats at Southport to !i
! maJ<e a survey of the offshore waters ^
j along the coast of Brunswick and locate ri
new shrimp trawling grounds. This is
one thing that the State Planning ^
Board could and should undertake. j,
b
We Must Do Something Here "
Few Southport or Brunswick county li
people realize the opportunities we ?
have to gain additional desirable residents.
This applies to both town and
country as inquiries regarding farms
and places for stock raising are numIS1
erous. For homes for sale, houses and n
apartments for rent or lease and for e
hotel accommodations the inquiries o]
come in every day. h(
These inquiries are not entirely pas- s
sed up as an effort is made to supply
all requested information. *
To give some indication of the nature d<
of the inquiries, two of several letters n
1 1 rlnvino' fhp
thst naye ocen icucivcu uuim6 w*<w ^
past week are being used here. Ob- ia
viously, we cannot publish the names ?'
of the writers. The letters are simply SJ
printed verbatum, with the names of
the writers omitted: v
I would like to know about the
hotels or boarding house facilities ir
at Southport. I have in mind your. w
locality for a vacation for a person ^
who needs a rest and change from a.
overwork. a
I should like to know something w
about Southport and Smith Island.
The signature to the above was that u
of a prominent Asheville physician.
The letter, as the one below, is on file
and may be seen by any one inter- e<
ested. * f i /! ti
I am a retired business man of
independent financial means and
jointly with my wife I would like
to locate permanently in a small tt
sea-coast town around Southport.
Therefore, I shall be very much te
obliged if you could give me some H
" - tt
idea in tni5 matter ao( a*^mgv ^
rentals o? a modest small furnished q
apartment or house of two or three r?
rooms with kitchenette and bath
for year round living in a white- w
peopled district, also information h!
about climate, rainfall, humidity 1-0
and means of transportation. ^
When this war ends inquiries like in
tlie above are going to require a lot di
of attention or we will be passing up 01
a great deal that would accure to the g?
benefit of Brunswick county towns, 30
communities and people. In fact, a lot be
of attention is required now and few sa
are sharing the burden which falls to ps
the local chamber of commerce secre- 01
tary. %
* r p,
T/J/hi/J Pv^/f/// o r ^
i i/nyu i ? tn
st;
The giant carrier-borne air blow at jjj
the Tokyo area by the American Navy
air arm should be evaluated in larger
terms than the damage it undoubtedly
inflicted on ground targets. It appears
to be, without much question, one of
the tactical steps in the strategy of an
impending amphibious operation, probably
the biggest so far in the Pacific.
To make possible such a landing,
whether it be on the China Coast, Formosa,
Japan itself, or some near island
steppingstones, the American forces
would first have to secure two objectives:
First, unquestioned dominance
over Japanese land-based air power in
th enear vicinity of the planned operation.
That dominance has long ago been
gained in the Philippine and other
island theaters remote from Japan's
inner defenses but not around the
home islands. Second, the4 Japanese
fleet must be forced to fight and be
knocked out as an effective force, or
it must be determined that this fleet A:
has already lost its power of defense, e;
Thus the American Navy strikes at 6 J
targets which the Japanese must de- jj:
fend and at the same time offers targets 6:
to lure the enemy's planes and ships to
come out where they can be got at and |destroyed.
Similar measures were 8:
taken by the Allied air forces in Eu- s!
rope before the Normandy landings.
Bombers found the targets which the |;
Luftwaffe would defend in strength
and kkept at them until Germany's =
fighter strength was whittled down to
the point at which Allied planes were
supreme in the air over the beaches.
The Christian Science Monitor. {.;
. \
r
?ATE PORT PILOT, SOU"
WISE
AND
Otherwise
Maxie Cooker, who is T-5 Wi
ajn M. Cooker to the Arm;
TOte us this week that he gel
iie Pilot regularly out in the M;
ianas where he is now stationei
"I read every item in it and
! also read by some of my Nort
arolina buddies Mere," wrol
laxie. "When I read of thos
ig fish and shrimp catches
lakes me anxious to get bac
nd start fishing again."
Maxie is with an engineer ba
ilion and has been overseas fc
bout a year. He joined the sei
ice in October,-1942.
Winnabow News
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Burris. c
'ewport News, Va., arrived Wet
esday morning' to visit Mr
lizabeth Burris.
Mrs. John Vines and little soi
[ Wilmington, spent Wednesda
ere wiui j. v-. i'uliui anu ivuc
allie Potter.
Mrs. and Mrs, A. M. Frazell
rid daughter, Mrs. Forest Humi
rey, of Riclj'iands, spent Wedne;
?y here with Mrs. Maria Gooc
tan and Miss Lillie Sandlin.
Mrs. Robert McDougall and lil
e daughter, Roberta Sue, sper
St. week in New Bern with M:
:id Mrs. E. C. Woodbury. Mri
Woodbury returned with them t
pend the week-end here.
Mrs. John Gill of Rose Hill i
isiting her sister, Mrs. D. I
ohnson.
Larnell Willetts, who is attenc
ig Campbell College, spent th
'eek-end here with his parent.'
[r. and Mrs. A. L. Willetts.
Mrs. Ray Stike and little so
nd Mrs. Margaret Formy Duve
nd little daughter, of Wilmingtoi
ere visitors here Saturday whil
iroute to Bolivia to spend th
eek-end with their father, Lu
ler Holden.
George Mcllvaine, who bee
Irving overseas and who recent!
rrived at Pensacola, Fla., arriv
i Sunday night to spend som
me here with his wife.
lounty Chairman Tells hov
)ur Red Cross Money Goe
(Continued From Page One)
lem, through the Red Cross
ith interest. Volunteer Red Cros
orkers have given their time t
iach First Aid, Nurses Aid, am
bme Nursing Classes. Many i:
ie county received great per
inal benefits from these classes
ther families have come in di
set contact with the Red Cros
id its work through Mrs. Grac
uark, the executive secretary
hose office is in Southport. Sh
is travelled all roads and by
iads in this county to obtain
id bring messages of importanc
and from individuals concern
g their family, whether the sol
er was in China, Europe or ii
e next state.
The Red Cross is the only or
inization that can contact Pri
ners of War. More than eve
fore we are learning the stor
3 of how the Red Cross actually
.ved lives by sending P. O. W
ickages of food to camps. Ii
e Wilmington Star there ap
ared an article, "Tar Heel Offi
r Describes Resuce from Naz
ison Camp by Russians," 01
ibruary 22, 1945. In the articli
e officer from Winston-Salen
ated: "Rations they (the Nazis;
For Bett
BUY & Use AGI
Leading
U _ _
Place Your ()
odelli
Suppl:
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Southpo
BUS SCI
Effective J
SOUTHPORT T
Monday
LEAVE
Read Down
M AM AM I'M I'M
15 7:00 9:00 4:00 6:00 Smith
45 7:30 9:30 4:30 6:30 Suppl
00 7:45 9:45 4:45 6:45 Bollvl
15 8:00 10:00 5:00 7:00 Winn
25 8:15 10:15 6:15 7:15 I.unvi
40 8:30 10:30 5:30 7:30 Wllm!
SUNDAY
30 10:45 4:15 6:00 South
00 11:15 4:45 6:30 Suppl
15 11:30 5:00 6:45 Bollvl
30 11:45 5:15 7:00 Winn:
40 11:55 5:25 7:10 l.unvi
65 12:10 6:40 7:25 Wllml
SOCTHFOKT
00 1:30 9:30 South
25 1:55 9:55 Mill (
45 2:05 10:15 Winn.
00 2:20 10:30 T.anvt
30 2:50 11:00 ShipjBHAILOTTE
45 1:16 Shnlle
00 1:00 Suppl,
20 1:60 Bollvl
40 2:10 Whin.
00 2:80 I.anvt
30 8:00 Bhlpyi
rHPORT, N. c,
= 'provided would have broke
j by starvation if it hadn't
for the Red Cross parcels."
, parcels were then received
i ly and each day it arrive!
' men called it "Christmas I
| Getting clown to bald stat
there 727 Red Cross Ov<
Clubs. The average numbe
meals served daily in the
theaters of war is 65,000.
I makes an average of 2,0<
1- ( meals served each month.
Y,! There were 10,800,000 food
S eels packed at Red Cross Ce
i- 37,500 emergency messages
3. Prisoners of War handled,
" 112,700 medicine kits distribi
111 In the Home Service di\
e ; there were 3,000.00 servicemei
|e families assisted and 550,000
ilies i^ceived financial assist
k I The Red Cross' total exj
i tures for disaster service ii
1 past 64 years has amountc
,r ?116,293,355.00.
** The Volunteer Special Sei
reported 775,000,000 sui
dressings have been made, 13
000 garments made and 3,24
kit bags made for servicem
,f The Red Cross has reci
j.' 15,000 nurses for the Army
s j Navy and now hopes to r<
| more to satisfy the needs o
' services at present.
' J A great deal of foreign wa
^ i lief has been undertaken an<
iS j figures which can be quote
j the values of cargoes shlppe
le and through the Red Cross r
)_ j ed astronomical heights. Thi
5.' tal spent for foreign relie
^ ?102,969,817.42. This was sei
; over 25 diffenet countries.
. | Here then, in part, is how
^! money is spent.
I know your feelings a
' possibly be expressed in di
Q and cents, but your generous
tribution can help to express
feeling of gratification.
We all have a little "ego
little fellow who lives insic
US and varv nftnn t hrnwa r?u
chest when we are complim
e: with "I've heard a great
'' about you" or "You're a ;
'guy" or "My you're a beai
girl." Yes, we love to have
' pie give us compliments. ]
''1 nomal process and part of li
c i 'But, just for a change lets t
e | form that personal charm ii
j real thing to be proud of no
I cause of how we look or wha
11 j wear, but because of what v
^' and how we give. Your ego
time is going to burst fori
e full bloom because you "did
best through the Red Cross.'
s Captured Two
Moonshine Si
i,
3 Rural Policeman W. D. E
j I of Waccamaw township, cap
n two whiskey stills during
past week.
} The larger of the affairs
J in the^ Grissettown section
was of one hundred gallon <
? city, Two Hundred and forty
r Ions of mash were seized :
p with this outfit. A smallei
I ga'lon outfit, was seized in
" I camaw township. One hundrec
e i twenty gallons of mash were
en along with it. No oper
were captured at either plac
1 WE HAVE GASOLIN
REGULARLY
- General line of Feeds
r Merchandise.
r DUN ROVIN'
; FARMS
STORE & SERVICE
STATION
U. S. 17 Between
; Winnabow and Bolivi
i J. O. Mintz, Opera
er Results
UCO The World'
Fertilizer
rder Now With
5LANT0N
y, N. C.
US LINES, Inc.
rt, N. G.
3EDULES
une 16, 1944
O WILMINGTON
- Saturday
ARRIVE
Read Up
AM I'M TM PM
port 8:30 3:00 6:30 7:50
y 8:00 2:35 6:00 7:20
[n 7:45 2:20 4:45 7:05
ii bow 7:30 2:05 4:30 6:50
ilo 7:15 1:50 4:15 6:35 .
[ngton 7:00 1:35 4:00 6:20
SCHEDULE
oort 10:25 3:00 7:45 11:25
? 9155 2:30 7:15 10:55
a 9:40 2:15 7:00 10:40
abow 9:25 2:00 6:45 10:25
fie 9:15 1:50 6:35 10:15
lugton 9:00 1:35 6:20 10:00
TO snirTARD
port 9:00 5:25 1:25
'reek 8:35 5:00 11:50
?bow 8:15 4:40 11:35
fie 8:00 4:25 11:20
ard 7:25 3:55 11:55
TO snirTAIU)
lite "" 5:35 1:30
T 5:20 1:15
a 6:00 12:55
ibow 4:40 12:35
He 4:25 12:20
aid 3:55 11:55
?>
I
i
"been FJNANC
These /
week- (
1 the
CLERK OF THF
istics,
!rrsea* Of Brunswick C
As of Ja
)0,000
' par- GENER
nters,
J to
and Cash - ited.
Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co.
ision' Waccamaw Bank & Tr. Co. Ti
'fam- Trust Funds
ance. Miscellaneous Accounts
>endi- Advanced Coi^l Costs
'd tb? Superior Court Costs, Crimina
Superior Court Costs, Civil
-vices Recorders Court Costs
rgicai Fees
:,000,-1
10,000 j
en. I
uited
and
:cruit I
f the MISCELLAb
ir re-(
1 thei Babson vs. Gresham
td as| Brown vs. Brown
d by David Bryant vs. L. B. Clemmt
?a^h" Brunswick Navigation Co
^ State vs. Buckman
it to Robert H. Burn
Cash Bond Account
your Viney Brown
L. B. Capps Companv
jnnot Cjty of gouthp0rt, (Tax Suit di
3l'ars| State vs. F. T. Clemmons
that! Corbett Packing Co
James B. Church, vs. W. C. Mt
."?a Coast Road Service Station
ie of J. H. Dixon, heirs
1 h's Federal Deposit Ins. Corp., vs.
ent(# Cov Formy Duval
c,ea' J. H. Frink, Estate
Walter D. Frazier
p'eo A. G. Fennel, estate
ts q S. J. Frink, vs. L. H. Hewett, J
iving. j Government Bond Account
rans-i Charles E. Cause vs. City of So
ito a | Griffin vs. Margan
1 be-j D. 0. Hewett, heirs
redo Hewett vs. Sugg
thia! Hewett vs. Hewett
h'in Inland Waterway Account
your Jenrette vs. Jenrette, et al
John Jenrette, Pieferee fee
Justice of the Peace fees
Alex Loftin
jfjs S. B. Frink, guardian
J. M. Long, estate
vans, I W. C. Manson
tured W. A. Mintz vs. Maude Inman,
the State vs. D. I. Mintz
L. J. and Mary C. McLamb ....
and Gladys McKay vs. J. J. McKay
,apa_ McKeithan, et al. vs. McKeithai
gal. Norden vs. Gainey, et al
iiong George Parker, estate
"> 60 Peoples United Bank vs. D. F.
Wac-| Pearsall & Company
! a"d Rabon, et al, vs. Wolfe, et al. ..
Virginia Sellers, et al.
e. ?rs J. 0. Smith vs. L. B. Clemmons
- Southport Building & Loan vs.
E Alex Swain, heirs
G. R. Sellers, Gdn
and Mrs. S. A. Todd
M. B. Watts
State vs. Johnny Williams
George E. White
B. M. Williams
a ( ' TRU
tor! ;
Arnold, Herman Lee
Burriss, Lawrence, et al
Bryant, Ransom, heirs
Beasley, Horace, estate
SCottrell, Arvel
Clemmons, F. T., estate
Davis, Robert W., estate
Edwards, S. L., estate
Edwards, Mary G., Admr
Frazier, Otto, et als
Frink, Francis 0., et al., estate .
I Fnnk, J aeon ana Mary rrinK, ei
Finch vs. McDonald -------
Gaskins, Sadie Mason, Gdn
Haskett, Carrie 0., estate
Hewett, Coreen, et al
Hewett, Norman Dykes
Interest Acct. (Trust Funds)
Inman, William L., estate
Jenrette, Sylvia
Julius, Isaac James,# estate
Long, Nova and Velma :
Meares, J. D., Gdn
Mercer, Henry B., heirs 1
Pinner, Lizzie, heirs
Phelps, J. D., estate
Phelps, W. H., estate
Reynolds, Van, heirs .
riw Roach, Elizabeth
ll:oo Russ, Dorothy, et al
Robinson, Cornelia Fay
10:15 Robbins, Elsie, Gdn
10:00 Savage, W. C
Simmons, Clarence M., Gdn
Williams, et al., vs. Brown, et al
Walker, L. Estate
Willetts, C. P., Gdn
Willetts, Rhoda, Gdn
Wilson, Mrs. Opal, heirs
' ?
S. T. BEN
Superior Court
WEDNESDAY, FEBRTTAPv 28
IIAL STATEMENT
DF THE
5 SUPERIOR COURT
ounty, North Carolina
nuary 31, 1945
AL CONTROL
Dr- Cr.
? 4,104.34 $ .3,447.12
General Acct. 10,3*16.68 2,308.16
ust Funds 6,361.98 21.00
24.00 6,670.89
564.85 3,599.54
' 57.20 1,386.11
I 212.25 1,138.95
63.19
1473.86 4,421.78
181.80
$23,178.35 $23,178.35
IEOUS ACCOUNTS
Dr. Cr.
$ $ 5.00
5.00
jns 2.21
- 0:>.57
15.00
O
250.00 75O!OO
50.00
7.23
je County) 7,3D
23.95
50.00
inson 31.45
165.76
2.29
Price Furpless.! 3.25
2.00
3.90
1.50
I I
r 1.50 6.0(1
100.00
mthport, et al... 1,121.99
3o!o0
8.00
J 1.01
6.00
68.25
36.25
75.00
50.50
6.00
1.40
8.00
4.00 9.00
et al 13.54
- 26.10
7.20
' " 3.05
ft, et al 183.40
* 1.28
14.00
St. George 5.01
*. 6.00
2.50
43.50
[ 2.24
F. W. Spencer.. 7.08
30.19
358.40
10.00
3.00
5.00
1.00
53.24
$363.00 $3,397.69
ST FUNDS
Dr. Cr.
$ $ 253.87
3.05
120.00
ZZZ Z 26.25
28.01
11.31 1,042.06
130.00
105.57
142.50 701.66
12.67
7.80
state 13.20
100.00
Z ZZ~. 412.95
106.32
216.00 523.34
50.00
ZZZZZZZZ 35.32 375.52
7.50
27.33
25.00
2.00
42.21
80.32
14.53
8.34
4.25
38.32
35.71
26.17
8.44
ZZ 583.65
:=: 300-00 ,5.00
68.86
zzzzz 10-09
2,000.00
ZZZZ 1.00
300.00
$706.13 $7,353.02
NETT, Clerk
of Brunswick County.