pilot Covers
j gruns^ ick County
g^qsixTEEW NO. 41
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The News
All The Time
14-PAGES today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, January 9th, 1946
$1.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Jjnff Station
r\
(is Going Over
jjy Rural Police
1,.. 'war -lligator Creek
ree Court De
.nJant.- Following Raid
L skipped bond or
FAIL: > TO APPEAR
Of Three Defendants
?ken At Alligator Creek
ifiliing Station Failed
To Show Up
:an O. W. Perry
i having pleased a
t. ... - i the Leland sec
U'Umington, when he
- station on the
v i'dui miles out from
_t Ki tilay night.
was called to the
:: , ne R. English, of
gently discharged
English charged
Watts, a white girl
is..: to hang out at the
xl him of S50 and
A search of the place
\ t il the ring but the
was arrested and
? a S 300 bond for her
at court here Mon
.. She did not appear
. was continued until
I
?? ? s raid Policeman
I Delbert Hewett
I - - ? ly Battle. Hewett
I of the place and
I . the Battle woman
. under $300 bonds,
: F. & A. They ap- 1
f Monday but the
. ? them were continued
~.e Watts girl could be I
?ad brought in for trial.!
: at up $300 cash
r tat Watts girl and like
fcv himself and the
tt woman.
tubs To Aid
h Collections
I? Demonstration Clubs
To Assist In Victory
Drive In Brunswick
County
A ne McLamb, Home
?trat'.on Agent, has an
the Brunswick coun
Deomnstration Clubs
? . the Victory Cloth
this month. Miss
i r s out that hereto
i: i.-> not asked the club
rs to participate in any
i:i 'this undertaking
! s fur cooperation from
junty.
e is - v a great need for
- in ? Far East, in the
?? -a I Europe. Miss Mc
i; asi: v.% that every club
" brir-,' or send at least
J ?.!?, ent to their club
in January. The) needj
? ? th ..selves to just one |
! it is hoped that
bring as many articles!
? J as they can spare,
-no are not club mem
who understand the.
I for clothing among the
? - people, whom the war
stitute, are asked toi
: hat clothing they can
L ' 1 be given to some
' r or carried to the home'
office at Supply.
contributing cloth- j
! to write a letter
(Continued on Page 4)
ftriefNewi
Flashes
^'HASKS home
? k ' C. Brown yesterday
~ he two story home on
^ '? A ? i , formerly owned
' ltr- an t Mrs. T. H. Lindsey.
tted and occupied
,1!: ami Mrs. H. H. Thomas.
BACK HKRE
WlUam Stryon and aop,
-*' : | bAck to southpoit
to occupy the
t. of the K. !?
1 tame. Mr. Stryon, who
hailed from the
1'*ur ? : the first of the
? ."i his duties with
Vj F'ar Pilots association.
. ?anuiy haj Hying in
4 wn.:. he was in service.
^tlVf; STII.LS
t,": whiskey stills
t T'"r; '? ired in Northwest
k townships by
k,;1- 1 Rural Police
? & r y, during the past
Along with the stills
Is*.',,' of gallons of mash and
1 ta'":lal>le amount of whiskey
W"1 ar .i destroyed by the
GIs Demonstrate Against
Demobilization Slowdown
C. D. Pickerrell Is Chair
man; Small House On
Coast Line Plaza Is Col
lection Point
FOR RELIEF OF
WAR-STRICKEN PEOPLE
100,000,000 Garments Be
ing Sought From U. S.,
With 100,000,000 Good
will Letters
i
With C. D. Pickerrell as chair
i man for the Victory Clothing
Campaign of 1946 in Whiteville
! clothing collections for the relief
: of war -suffering peoples through
j out the world began this morning
and will continue through the
I month of January.
Use of the small building on
th Atlantic Coast Line plaza from
which Christmas carols were play
ed during the holidays has been
secured, and all persons with
, clothes to donate to this cause
ai e requested to place them in
the building at any time of the
uay. Collections will be made
fiom the building once daily, Mr.
Pickerrell said.
As a goodwill gesture, persons
contributing clothes are requested
to indicate on an enclosed sheet
i who contributed them. This in
1 formation will stay with the ar
ticles so that persons receiving
them in other countries may know
to whose generosity and kindness
they are indebted. Last year
many persons attached letters to
their bundles and many thousands
of letters were received from
giateful peoples in war-stricken
countries.
The Victory Clothing Campaign
is being conducted by United j
National Clothing Collection, Inc., I
of which Henry Kaiser is national 1
cnairman, in behalf of the United
.Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration. A total of 100,
000 000 gatments are being sought
fiom the people of the United
States, accompanied by 100,000,
000 good-will letters indicating |
the donors.
Garments requested are coats, ?
suits, trousers, skirts, dresses, ;
shirts, sweaters, knitwear, under- 1
wear, pajamas, night gowns,
shoes (also galoshes, overshoes,
rubbers) blankets, bedding, piece,
goods, remnants, draperies. The
garments are wanted for men,
women, children and infants.
Donors of shoes are requested
to tie the right and left shoes
together, so that they may be
kept together.
Mr. Pickerrell is chairman only
for Whiteville. Other communi
ties have their own organizations.
Whiteville citizens are being ask
ed to contribute a garment from
every citizen in this campaign.
Annual Meeting
Of REA Is Set
Brunswick Electric Mem
bership Corporation To
Hold Annual Get Togeth
er January 19
The Brunswick Electric Mem
bership Corporation will hold its
annual meeting at the Old Dock
school house, Saturday, January
19. Official notice of the meet
ing has been mailed to all active
members and a record attendance j
is expected, according to E. D.
Bishop, manager.
"Every Annual Meeting is an
important milestone in the pro
gress of our REA co-operative
and the one this year should be
a red letter day in view of the
fact that we hope soon to begin
construction of something over
500 miles of additional distribu
tion lines to provide area cover
age of Brunswick and Columbus
counties, bringing electric service
to all residents of the territory
which we have long since mapped 1
(Continued on page 2) j
Ask For Permit I
For Construction
Downing And Swan Make
Formal Request Of Army
Engineers For Construct
ion Permit j
A. E. Downing and Charles
Swan of Southport have filed ap
plication with the U. S. Army
Engineers office in Wilmington
for a permit to construct a ma
rine railway and open timber
wharf on the Galloway property
adjoining the Garrison lot. The
plans call for the wharf and
railway to extend 200 feet river
! wards from the foot "of the alley
between tfte Garrison and the
property recently purchased by
(Continued on Page Six)
Schedule Of
Home Agent
Miss Alene McLamb has an
nounced the following schedule for
the week: Thursday, January 10,
Agents Training School at Lum
berton. Because of this Lumber
ton meeting the Ml. Pisgah Club,
will meet on Friday, instead of
the scheduled Thursday meeting.
Mrs. Dora Holden will serve as
hostess. Saturday Miss McLamb
will be in her office at Supply.
Thirteen Lives
Lost In 5 Years
At Jackies Creek
Second Victim Of Last
Weeks Wreck Died Sat
urday Afternoon In Wil
mington Hospital
CAR CRASHED INTO
A HALTED TRUCK
Narrow S t a te Highway
Bridge On Route Seven
teen Adds To Its Long
String Of Fatal
Wrecks
Onzie B. Todd of Myrtle Beach,
died in the James Walker Me
morial hospital in, Wilmington
Saturday afternoon. His death
was the result of an automobile
accident at Jackies Creek on
Route 17, Wednesday night of
last week. In this accident his
son, James Todd, a veteran of
the war, was instantly killed.
Following the wreck in which
James Todd was killed and his
father injured, State Highway
Patrolman R. E. Sherill stated
to this paper that he had been
stationed at Wilmington five years
and during that time 12 people
had been killed in wrecks at
the Jackies Creek bridge. The
death of Onzie Todd, Saturday,
makes it 13 who have been killed
there.
The wreck occurred at about
7 p. m. Wednesday. This was
(Continued on Page Four) I
Plans To Build
Skating Rink
Monroe Restaurant Owner !
Will Build Up-To-Date
Skating Rink And Res- 1
taurant At Long Beach
E. W. Baucom, owner of the'
City Restaurant at Monroe, has
purchased a large lot at Long;
Beach. He announced this week '
that he would immediately begin
the construction of a large skat
ing rink with a modern restau- '
rant adjoining. He will also build
a home at the beach as soon as
material becomes obtainable.
The Carolina Lands, Inc., own-|
ers of the beach property, have
completed the survey of two ad
ditional miles of beach frontage
property that they are said to
plan developing this year. Among |
other things it is said that the
corporation will build a large |
hotel this year. Definite informa
tion regarding this structure is
not yet available.
Two Bad Fires
Near Shallotte
Two Fine Homes Go Up In
Flames With Heavy Loss
In Both Cases, $1,700 In
Cash Lost
The splendid two story, ten
room, home of Mr. and Mrs. Man
I ley Bennett, near Hickman's
I Cross Roads, was completely de
I stroyed by fire on January 3rd.
The fire originated in the second
story, supposedly from a defect
in the chimney. It had made
much headway before it was dis
covered by Mrs. Bennett. A new
roof had just been placed on the
structure and it was in fine con
dition. Neighbors estimate that
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett lost fully
ten thousand dollars in the build
ing and furnishing. There was
no insurance.
Just a" few days preceeding the
fire which destroyed the Bennett
home Mr. and Mrs. Chandler
| Rourk, of Shallotte, lost a fine
home at Shallotte Point. The
J building was occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Boyd Robinson, who were
recently married. Mr. Robinson
returned from overseas service
about a year ago and had since
been engaged in shrimping. He
and Mrs. Robinson are understood
j to have lost all of their fumish
IContinued on page six)
No Action Yet
On Welfare Work
Nothing Definite On New
Welfare Worker Expect
ed Before Meeting Of
Board January 18
O. P. Bellamy, chairman of the
board of county commissioners
and member of the board of pub
lic welfare, stated Monday that j
insofar as he knew no action i
could be taken relative to the
matter of appointing a Superin
tendent of Public Welfare until
January 18th.
Owing to ill health Mrs. Maude
Phelps who had held the position
of welfare officer for several
years, resigned early in Decem
ber. Appointment of a worker to
succeed her rests largely with the
State Board of Welfare, with the
local board approving. It is un
derstood that so far the state
board has not expressed a pre-j
ferrence for any one to succeed.
Mrs. Phelps.
Mr. Bellamy stated that the
county Board of Welfare was
scheduled to meet on January
18th. By that time it is expect
ed that something will have been
heard from the State Board re
garding an official. Since Mrs.
Phelps left for her home at Ahos
kie the work in the office has
been carried on by Miss Dorothy
Swain, who has served as secre
tary in the office for several
years.
SPECIAL, MEETING
Adjutant D. Carl Andrews of
Shallotte announces that Post No.
247 of the American Legion will
meet on Tuesday night, January
llth, 7:30 o'clock, Shallotte school
building. All members are urged
to be present.
Military Honors
For G. W. Smith
Aged Retired Army Serg- 1
eant Buried Tuesday Af- 1
ternoon In Northwood
Cemetery
Full military honors were given
George W. Smith, 92-year old re
tired Army Sergeant, who died in <
the Dosher Memorial hospital Sun- 1
day night after several weeks of
failing health. The funeral service
and burial took place Tuesday
afternoon at 3:30 at Northwood
cemetery.
Sergant Smith served in the
Army 45 years, his first period of
service is understood to have been
in foreign countries. Then he was
sent to Fort Caswell and served
there many years more, being re
tired before the beginning of
World War I. Following his re
tirement he remained in South
port, for the last fifteen years of
his life he made his home with
Mr. and Mrs. John Full wood.
Quiet and unassuming, he was
disinclined to talk about himself
or his personal affairs. His exact
age was not known until after
his death and the place of his
birth is still unknown, although
he is understood to have been a
native of Massachusetts. No one
at Southport, . where he spent the
past 45 years, has any knowledge
of his having any relatives.
A detail of Navy men, in the
absence of soldiers, from Fort
Caswell, accorded him the mili
tary honors at the graveside,
Serving as active pallbearers !
were, Charles Trott, Crawford
Rourk, Robert St. George, S. B.
Prink, Wayne Lefnert and John
Ericksen.
Our
ROVING
Reporter
V. B. KBZIAH
Seagruls are apparently running!
; against a food shortage and are :
turning from their native salt !
water elements to what the land
may have to offer. They can i
now be found in great flocks, farj
inland. At Starling Hewett's, mid- j
' way between Supply and Shal- .
ilotte, we saw several thousands
of these birds in a grain field t
early Saturday morning. At the
Shallotte high school ground there
were thousands more. They were)
evidently finding good foraging
there from the remnants of school 1
childrens lunches that had bee^
thrown away.
| State highway commission em-j
ployees are now engaged in burn- j
ing off the dead grass on the i
shoulders of Brunswick county i
'roads. This action, which is in- J
tended to aid in preventing forest
fires, is to be commended. A little
later when the ground and grass
may be well dried out, and the
spring winds blowing, grass left
by the roadside becomes a postive
menance. Lighted matches and
smouldering cigaretts thrown
from speeding cars may, and
often do, start conflagrations
that result in the loss of thous
ands of dollars worth of timber.
Along with the cooperation
given by the highway employees
by burning timber. Along with
the cooperation given by the high- 1
way employees by burning the
grass from the shoulders of the
road, the traveling public can al
so cooperate by being careful not
to throw lighted cigaretts from
their car windows.
| (Continued on page Two)
Give To Victory Clothing Drive
GREEK women in patched rags wait in line as clothing" collected m
America's nation-wide spring drive is distributed in their land. Seven1,
million other bombed-ont Greeks with no clothing, shoes or bedding face ?
the bitter winter living in frail lean-tos. Give all your spare clothing to, '
the yictory Clothing^Collection for^overseas relief, January^?? 3Ly '
Victory Clothing Campaign
Underway\In Brunswick
Lieut. Watson
Returns Home
Served As Courier In Paci
fic Theatres And Met Up
With Many Old Brun
wick Friends
Lieutenant David Watson, son
of Mrs. Ida Potter Watson, re
turned to the United States last
week, made a brief trip home
and is now back in Charleston,
awaiting his discharge from the
Navy. With his wife, who ac
companied him back to Charles
ton, he is expected to return to
Southport this week. Mrs. Wat
son, to whom he was married
shortly before going overseas, is
the former Miss Jennie Cheatham
Alston of Louisburg.
Lieutenant Watson, a star on
the Southport high school basket
ball team and later Captain of
the Louisburg college team, grad
uated from K. C. T. C. four years
ago and immediately enliited in
the Navy. Following extensive
training here in the United Sta
tes he was sent overseas 19
months ago.
As a courier he was entrusted
with the flying of important mes
sages over Australia, New Guinea
and the Philippines, traveling ex
tensively in this capacity. He very
frequently met up with other
Brunswick county men stationed
in various areas. In fact, serv
ing as a courier, he met up with
so many men that he had known
at home that it ceased to be
news when such meetings occured.
During his brief stay at home
this past week he expressed him
self o.s undecided as to what he
would do when he obtained his
discharge.
Death Claims
Rev. J. R. Potts
Former Presbyterian Pastor
At Southport Died In
Wilmington Hospital Sun
day Morning
Rev. J. R. Potts, former Pres
byterian Evangelist and for the ,
past several years pastor of
Presbyterian churches at South
port, Winnabow, Wallace and
Penderlea, died in the James Wal
ker Memorial hospital in Wilming
ton Sunday morning. He was
78 years old and had been ill
for only a few days with heart
trouble.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at four o'clock
from the Wallace Presbyterian
church, with Rev. Andrew J.
Howell, of Wilmington in charge
of the services. Burial was in
the Rockfish cemetery.
Rev. Mr. Potts came to Bruns
wick county about ten years ago
and held the pastoriate of the
Southport Presbyterian church
and New Hope church at Winna
bow for three years. During this
time he made his home in South
port, where he gained many last
ing friends. Resigning the pas- 1
toriate of the local churches to |
go to Wallace, he retained his i
love for Southport and Brunswick
county people. One of his great
est delights was to return here
for long visits several times each
year.
Recently when a new church
was founded at Penderlea the
Presbyterians could find no more
fitting name than the Potts Me
morial Presbyterian church, in
honor of Rev. Mr. Potts who had
labored untiringly among them.
The New church at Penderlea is
accordingly bearing the name of
Potts Memorial.
Surviving are two daughters,!
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Hill, Savannah, I
Ga., and Mrs. Wilfred Best, of |
Raleigh; and one son, Irvin L. '
Potts of Syracuse, N. Y.
Work In Woods
All Bogged Down
Woods Roads Are Impassi- 1
ble For Heavy Hauling
Owing To Long Contin
ued Rains In County
Saw mill and pulpwood opera
tors are now practically bogged!
down, unable to get their pro- j
ducts from the woods to the mills
and shipping points, except in a,
few instances where the timber;
is growing on well drained lands, j
with no swampy stretches be- 1
tween there and the highways.
Heavy rains throughout the !
later part of last year resulted
(Continued on Page 8}
Shotgun Case To
Superior Court
SHallotte Shotgun Case
Goes Goes Up To Super
ior Criminal Court; Other
Cases Heard At Two Ses
sions
Several cases were disposed of
here Monday in Brunswick county
Recorder's court, with the follow
ing disposition being made:
Martin Brooks Smith, reckless
operation, judgment suspended on
payment of a fine of $25.00 and
costs, fine remitted.
O. R. Baldwin, possession and
transporting and drunk on high
way, nol pros.
Pauline Watts, larceny, called
and failed to appear.
Pauline Watts, retaiUng, called
and failed to appear.
Delbert Hewett and Francis
Sandy Battle, f. 7 a., continued to
January 14th.
Gerora Brown Hewett, William
Fullwood and Ruth Fullwood, as
sault with deadly weapon, judg
ment suspended on payment of
costs.
Scooper Gause and Nero Gause,
tresspass, continued to January
14th.
Scooper Gause, assault, con
tinued to January 14th.
Arthur E. Branch, violating
traffic laws, judgment suspended
on payment of a fine of $15.00
and costs.
William F. Jacobs, speeding,
judgment suspended on payment
of costs.
Woodrow Willie Merritt, im
proper brakes and lights, con
tinued to January 14th.
Jesse Tate, failure to stop at
stop sign, judgment suspended on
payment of costs.
John West Short, improper
brakes and failure to stop at Stop,
sign, judgment suspended on pay
ment of costs.
Samuel Joyner, failure to stop
at stop sign, judgment suspended
on payment of a fine of $5.00 and
costs, fine remitted.
Charles A. Brickhouse, passing
car on curve, judgment suspended
on payment of costs.
Letha Lofton, no operators li
cense, judgment suspended or*
payment of costs.
The following cases were triec!
Wednesday of last week in an
adjourned session for the holidays:
James Fullwood, reckless opera -
tion, judgment suspended upon
the defendant making restitution
to Brady Hewett in the sum o-'
Continued on page two
Outlines Needs |
Of Exum Section
Former County Commission
er Sees Need Of Drainage
And Roads In His Sec
tion Of County
Recently this paper suggested
that public spirited citizens o:!
needs of their community and
write something regarding th<;
various sections of the county
the county, as a whole. The firs;
response comes from D. B. Ed
wards, of Exum, who writes:
"In answer to your request for
some one in the various communi
ties to wrfte something of the
needs of their communities and
the county, as a whole, I would
like to outline two very important
matters to the Exum community.
I believe they would be of bene
fit to the entire county.
"The first thing is a drainage
project for Exum community. We
have good soil for farming in and
around here. We can producc
fine crops but the undertaking iaj
subject to being hindered much
by rain. Drainage is therefore a
very vital needs. The oommunity
gains its livlihood by farming.
The hilly lands have been under
cultivation for years and we are
now having to extend our opera
tions out into the lowlands. In a
normal season these lowlands pro
duce bumper crops. During rainy
years they may be an absolute
failure. To avoid the gamble
that comes with attempts to cul
tivate these lowlands, we need to
have Big Alligator Swamp open
ed with a canal sufficiently large
to take water away from the
large area of the swamp. Such
drainage would not only open up
a lot of fine farming land, it
would be of great value to sur
rounding timber areas that are
not in cultivation.
"We need some advice and help
on how to handle this situation
? (Continued on Page 2)
?
Mrs. LeRoy C. Fergus, Of
Southport Heads Drive
For Clothing For War
Stricken People
DEMONSTRATION CLUBS
ARE HELPING IN DRIVE
Clothing Contributions Are
Sought From All Willing
To Aid People Of
Strickcn Countries <
I The Victory Clothing Collection
I got underway Monday, January .
with Mrs. LeRoy C. Fergus of
Southport as chairman for Bruns
wick county. The drive is to run
through the month of January
and with the aid of many ef
ficient workers Mrs. Fergus is
confident of finishing up with a
fine showing for Brunswick coun
ty- ^ . i.
The Victory Clothing Drive is
being conducted throughout tho
United States at the request of
President Truman. It is designed
to aid in providing clothing for
the millions of destitute men,
women and children in war strick
en countries. The work of col
lecting and seftding has been or
ganized under the national leader
ship of Hev.ry J. K. Kaiser, as
National Chairman. The sponsors
are national organizations and
civic leaders, representing the re
ligious field, the labor field, tho
field of men's and women's or
ganizations and war relief agen
cies. All are giving their whole
hearted support to this great
huma tartan effort.
Locally, in Brunswick county, it
is believed that one of the most
active aids to Mrs. Fergus will
be the Home Demonstration
Clubs, under the leadership of
Miss Alone McLamb, the Home
Demonstration Agent. Members
of these clubs are each plannmg
to take articles of clothing to
their January meeting. They will
also solicit ?rr">ng their neighbors
who are non club members.
In addition to the club work
ers, Mrs. Fergus has contacted
a number of persons and secured
their cooperation in their locali
ties. Among those who have been
seen are, Mrs. J. E. Dodson, for
Ash and Waccamaw township;
Mrs. M. M. Rosenbaum, in Shal
lotte; Mrs. W. E. Greer, in Bo
livia; Mrs. Robert Sullivan, in
Winnabow" Mrs. G. L. Skipper, in
Leland; Mrs. Herbert Royals, in
Supply and Mrs. Davis Herring
in Southport. Aside from these
local chiirmen each school prin
cipal has been contacted, along
with post offices. The local chair
men will designate clothing de
pots in their communities.
Each and every individual In
Brunswick county is asked by
Mrs. Fergus to contribute some
article of wearing apparel and
thus help this county to do its
vshare in helping to ease some
of the miseries of our fellow men
In other countries.
In conclusion, Mrs. Fergus
pointed out that in the countries,
where the clothing is needed,
thread, needles and darning equip
ment are just as rare as cloth
ing. The articles given should
be in wearing condition. She gave
the following information about
needed articles:
Matched shoes, boots, goloshes,
overshoes, rubbers, mittens and
gloves. Tuck shoe pairs together
heel to heel and tie with stout
string.
Fasten the parts of a suit to
gether firmly. All articles of
men's, women's, and children's
clothing that are to be worn to
gether should be bound together.
Mark each bundle of clothing
with the name and address of
the person donating it. Get your
bundle to the Clothing Collection
Depot today. Having the bundles
In good order and delivered
promptly will speed up the work
of delivering them to the people
in need.
Routine Matters
Before Board
i
Complaints As To Condition
Of Roads And Routine
Tax Matters Heard Mon
| day
Tax payers in distress of mind
'over the condition of various
county roads, and others seeking
J tax adjustments, constituted the
bulk of the visitors to the office
of the board of commissioners
while they were in session Mon
day.
j As regard the roads, the most
the commissioners could do was
? to advise visitors to consult at
torneys, have petitions drawn up
and presented to the State taigh
( Continued on page Two)