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V pilot Covers ?>ck County :s0. SIXTEEN NO. 41 THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time 6-pages TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday. January 16, 1946 1T50 PER YEA. ("U BUSHED EVERY WEDNESDAI nfefflffilg VI iperty Begun [gv Government ^nation Suits Have *? piled Against 14 "Lick County Prop ers Whose Lands per R'ver^ . i'sE OF HUGE 51RPLUS SHIP BASIN yners Oppose Proved fases Probably Will Heard At Next Term Of Federal Court ?yerat Government has suits against m. ire Brunswick coun ,v owners who have j this county bor ?he t i sh'P lay-in-basin Brunswick River Bridge. K in excess of two < are embraced in "i area hat the govern-; sires to obtain by the Lra::or. proceedings. The u. . .it the Brunswick L Bridge and runs down the 1. : the Brunswick River, L- ;he river and the river! aat runs to Southport. men fight the condemns- j vveeiings the matter will ( liir be heard at the next Federal court in Wilming \ierst i that the land ; | limping the dredg vil f: >m the basin. Most -sal. it is understood. v pomp< i out on Eagle Is- . tetween the Brunswick ssi Alligator Creek. Such : of the dredged material, l-_T:ir.ate an eyesore to mot (. ...rj the causeway beyond t.ise. as it will fill in a very eicv.ve area of marshland. \ kjes at work on the big t are said to have been mak- , [srid progress with their k The channel from the Cape r ?..ver to the basin was com t: several days ago and the [ pi are now at work in the It area. All of the lands in! liisa area and adjoining it lr. Brunswick county. The t::al should be doubly at C-: to motorists after the ? are placed in the basin, as fcvs along it will be able to C ? unobstructed view of irtcle basin area and the I a?red there. perest ahown In Development coleum Companies Are interested In The Pros JKt Of Increased De mand Here For Fueling facilities For Boats -? v.e ptospect of more than f already large shrimp- 1 . . _ the present year, ^a3 and oil companies, ? :t4 interested in servic- i MMm for these and other , ?' apparently understood i company which has ^ a:, i servicing facili- 1 ~ be ir. line for big busi- , i it this pomt. -? iemanUs of the shrimp :"J" ?as and oil, large as it only one item in the oil Sfc ,:Uties at Southport. ? are piuspects of a big rt fishing. This ;iaw many sport -? coals here. Another source ?3."ess for the oil and gas ? :> the large number of that will make use of the va'er.vay. now that the s over. For this winter it ^?pecteil that only about 50 *?ukl go south through that next year would f*ndr?rj3 of them. So far, at L yachts have gone P5 ?ere- most of them stop j* Xar.y niore would have > ;f they could have se . -flooring facilities. These 'vise a great deal of oil ,jas. Wciv h L: -1 :>.sence of accom kT1, : i mport has always C -?wtt' stopping place for iptain and owners 'u?tinued on Page 2) h'l/X Register V l)eeds Returns Evelyn Autry, deputy r>' D>.f on icave 0f ab feh inties since she l!l'' Waves about two k- '/ >? rs ago, received p i age at Charles pt> She has returned ^ '? has resumed her duties try htu'st*r's office. Miss In . th,: fating of yeoman ^ ' *"V!ee. St. George has 'jtSfn 111 off'ec during ot Miss Autry. There's B'ar In Them Thar Swamps HUNTERS ? Here is plenty of evu.encee that game is abundant in this area. Re cently when a party of hunters stayed for two weeks at Lake Waccamaw they bag ged 6 bears, three deer and nine coons. Most of these animals came from the Green Swamp. Is Victim Of Petty Thievery Five times within recent weeks Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett has been the victim of some petty thief. In each in stance he has had articles stolen from inside his car. Some of the articles were taken during a session of the Record ers court when the vehicle was parked directly in front of the court house. Among the articles that have been taken were five boxes of rifle cartridges; five pounds of sugar, two wrenches, a package of cloth and four pounds of beef roast. Other car owners have been reporting similiar small theiving from their parked cars. Local Officials To Attend Meet Delegation From Brunswick County Will Attend Re gional Red Cross Meeting In Kinston, January 25 A delegation from the Bruns wick County Chapter of the Am erican Red Cross will be in Kin ston on Friday, January 25, to attend a regional conference with Southeastern Area officials on plans for the 1946 Fund Cam paign which is to be held in March, Miss Annie May Wood side. chapter chairman, has an nounced. The meeting is scheduled to be gin at 9:30 a. m. at the Kinston Hotel, with Regional Director Francis P. Simerville leading the discussion of campaign plans. Af ter luncheon the group will hear Lucy H. Darter, Red Cross hos pital worker, in a talk on her experiences in serving hospitalized servicemen. Miss Darter is the Red Cross Field Director at the U. S. Naval Hospital in Pensacola, where she directs and supervises all Red Cross activities in the hospital, including recreation and social service. Since joining the or ganization in 1943 she has served at LaGarde General Hospita, New Orleans, and in the station hospitals at Selman Field, La., and Camp Oordon Johnston, Fla. She is a graduate of Hollins Col lege, Roanoke, Va. Representatives of the area headquarters who are expected to be present include R. T. Schaef ( Continued on page six) Buys Yacht For Sport Fishing Local Sport Fishing Guide Gets 48-Foot Cabin Cru iser For Gulf Sream Work The Idle-On, a 48-foot cabin cruiser owned by Albert Wein berg, of Wilmington, has been purchased by Captain T. H. Watts, who is now busy with some slight alterations that may make the vessel the most attrac tive as well as the most service able sport fishing boat ever own ed locally. Captain Watts stated yesterday that he intended to use the Idle On for sport fishing exclusively, giving preferance to Gulf Stream parties and handling parties closer inshore on occasion. In addition to the Idle-On he will also have his old boat, the Sea Spray, avail able for both Gulf Stream and inshore fishing parties. It is ex pected that his son, Basil Watts, now in the Coast Guard, may ob tain his discharge and be at home to join him in the sport fishing by early in the spring. Leon McKeithan, who formed part of his crew on hundreds of Gulf Stream fishing expeditions before the war, may be back with (Continued on Page 8) Only Wornout Facilities For Pupils Transportation Many Of County School 1 Buses In Use Eight And Nine Years Over Rough Country Roads ONLY THREE MEN TO | KEEP 48 BUSES GOING While They Can Get No Replacements For Worn out Vehicles School Authorities Have Carried On A check of the Brunswick i county school buses in company with County Mechanic Ernest; Parker, last week, led to the ; revealing of one obvious fact ? Brunswick county school authori- 1 ties are not responsible for the poor scoltol transportation facili ties, about which many of the patrons are complaining. 48 buses are used to transport the . children to the various schools. During last summer no mechanic was obtainable for work during the summer vacation period. A result was that this term of school had to begin work with the transportation facilities in very poor condition. Among the buses which the school authorities are compelled to use is No. 18, a 1936 model Ford; No. 24, a 1937 model Ford; No. 10, a 1937 model Chevrolet; No. 28, a 1937 model Ford; No. 55, a 1936 model Ford; No. 19, a 1936 model Dodge; No. 26, a! 1936 model Dodge; No. 38, a 1936 j model Dodge; No. 4, a 1936 model ( Ford; No. 3, a 1936 model Ford, and No. I, a 1937 model Ford. | All of the above machines in ase eight and nine years, carry-, ing heavy loads and much of the! way over dirt roads, are beyond the possibility of maintaining | schedules and insuring safety. But; they have to be kept in use be cause the children must be gotten j to school. The State school au- , thorities have not provided re-| placements for these vehicles, or| for others that are in just as bad condition. The county garage is, allowed only three mechanics and these men, got only two holidays at Christmas and they often have j to work all night in an effort to maintain service. An average of five machines get knocked out every school day with borken springs, in addition to other breakdowns. The broken springs result from washed out and bumpy dirt roads. Often the machines get stuck in mudholes. This last week a call came in from Waccamaw for the rescue of a bus bogged down. The county mechanic set out for the trouble and while still a mile away his service car got stuck. He walked on in to the mired bus, got it started before returning to (Continued on Page 2) Wife Is Held For Stabbing Elija Collins In Serious Con dition In Hospital Suffer ing From Wounds Inflic ted By Ice Pick Elijia Collins, negro employee of the Navassa Fertilizer works at Navassa, is in a serious condi tion in the Community hospital in Wilmington suffering from stab wounds inflicted by an ice pick. His wife, Lina Collins, was ar rested Sunday morning soon after the stabbing by Rural Policeman O. W. Perry. She was brought here and lodged in jail without bail to await the outcome of her husband's injuries. j Collins was stabbed in the back, between the shoulder blades and near the heart. His wife is | charged with the assault. Street Lights At Shallotte Soon Poles and cables are In place at Shallotte for the street light ing system. The lights will be placed and turned on in a very short time now, according to the city officials and employees of the Brunswick Electric Mem bership Corporation. Six of the lights are to be on the main street, highway No. 17, and others will be about in thickly settled residental parts of the town. Large Number Of Cases Tried Total Of Sixteen Cases Dis posed Of Hers Monday Before Judge John B. Ward in Recorder's Court ? Monday's session of the Record ers court was marked by an in creased number of defendants ap pearing before Judge John B. Ward and Solicitor J. W. Ruark. The docket has the following en tries: Eldridge Ganey, drunk driving, judgment suspended on payment of a fine of $50.00 and costs. O. B. Robinson, no operators J license and possession, continued to January 28. J. C. Long, reckless operation, ! judgment suspended on payment of a fine of $25.00 and costs. | Harry Guyton, possession, capias f and continued. Richard Dicks, speeding, judg- ! ment suspended on payment of a fine of $10.00 and costs. Earl Edwards, no operators li- ' cense, capias and continued. Eugene H. Stansbury, public drunkenness, judgment suspended j on payment of costs. David Howard, damage to pro perty, not guilty. Letha Loftin, no operators li- 1 cense, judgment suspended on j payment of costs. Willie Godson, assault with deadly weapon, on good behavior I Continued on page two Our ROVING Reporter W. B. KEZIAH The way that fishermen know their weather and fish is often uncanny. Several times we have based predicitions on both the weather and the fishing from what some fisherman said. They apparently know better than any weatherman what may be ex pected locally in winds and wea ther. The same thing applies to fishing. They know when it is worthwhile to go out and when it is not, despite the fact that they often keep up appearances by going out and looking around at times when there is nothing to bring in. The latest in fishing around at times when there is nothing to bring in. The latest in fishing prognistications is made by our good friend Captain J. B. Church, long a follower of the menhaden industry. He dropped in on us this week and remarked that there would not be any men haden offshore at Southport be fore the first of February. We are ready to bet two to one that time will prove he is right. Fishermen around the mouth of Lockwoods Folly Inlet are said | to have been making a killing 1 with mulletts the past week. The catches made there are described as mixed, composed of both large and small fish. At South port some pretty nice fish were also taken. At Shallotte where the fishermen can nearly always be depended | on to have plenty of fish to offer on Saturdays, there was nothing | doing: Saturday. Oysters were plentiful, about a dozen trucks brought in loads for local sales. But fish were conspicious by their ; absence. Odell Blanton, who bought out j the Pigott filling station and store on No. 17 at Supply, three (Continued on page Two) I Candidates May Enter V-5 Flight Training Program Two Distinct Programs For Entry In Navy Pilot Training Program The Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department, Washington, D. C., has advised the Office of Naval Officer Procurement, Wash ington, D. C., that candidates who are between 18 and 23 years of age and who will successfully complete two full academic years at an accredited college by March X, 1946, may now enter directly into the Navy's famed V-5 flight training program. Heretofore, all successful candidates were re quired to pursue a portion of college curriculum under navy jurisdiction in the naval aviation preparatory program. I Applicants who meet the revis ed educational requirement will be enlisted immediately as avia tion cadets, class V-5 USNR, and ordered to active duty at a navy pre-flight school on or about March I, 1946. There are now two distinct pro grams for entry into navy pilot training: A. The aviation cadet training as outlined above; B. The naval aviation prepara tory program, requirements for which remain as follows: 1. 17 and 18-year-old candidates ?must be graduated from high school not later than 25 Feb ruary 1946. 2- 19-year-old applicants (except army air corps discharges) ? must have completed one or more terms of colege by I March 1946. 3. 20-year-old candidates ? must have completed two or more terms of college byl March, 1946. 4. 21-year-old applicants ? must have completed three or more terms of college by I March 1946. Successful candidates for the naval aviation preparatory pro gram will receive four terms of college at government expense prior to commencing flight train ing as aviation cadets. Qualified applicants who are interested in applying for imme ( Continue/3 on fage 2) Sport Fisherman Stops Over Here Washington, D. C., Man Makes Inquiry Here On His Way South; Likes Prospects Of This Section Of Coast Stopping over on his way south and bringing personal messages from three prominent outdoor sports writers, Captain J. C. Boh layer, of Washington, D. C? was here Sunday night and Monday aboard his sport fishing boat. He plans to return in the spring to engage in sport fishing with his boat along the lower North Carolina coast. Captain Bohlayer brought mes sages from Bob Wilson, outdoor editor of the Washington Times Herald, Don N. Carpenter, out door editor of the Washington Daily News and J. Hammond Brown, outdoor editor of the Baltimore News-Post. All are old time friends of the lower Bruns wick coast and its fishing. In ! 1941, they and a couple of dozen (Continued on page 2) Judge John J, Burney To Preside Over Term Require County License To Fish All Persons Over 16-Years Of-Age Must Have Licen se For Freshwater Fish ing; None Required For Salt Water Fishing All persons, male and female, over the age of 16, must have state- or county fishing license if they go fishing in the freshwater lakes and streams of Brunswick county, according to County Game Protector H. T. Bowmer. The game protector and others charg ed with enforcement are not pro posing to spare anyone. Bowmer illustrated this point last week by picking on Postmaster L. T. Yas kell and W. B. Keziah as they re turned from a fishing expedition. Heretofore county residents have not had to bother wiUi se curing licenses for fishing in the county. State residents have al so been undisturbed. Under the new order residents of the coun ty have to pay $1.10 for county license. Non-residents of the coun ty must have the $3.50 state li cense for their freshwater ex peditions. Otherwise they are subject to fines and costs. The fishing licenses may be ob tained from the game protector or his assistant, Charles Skipper, of Leland. They are likewise available at all of the agencies where hunting licenses are sold. The public, however, may bear in mind that for salt water fishing it is not necessary to have li- 1 censes. The salt waters are open j to all, whether they be a resident , of the county, state or some other j state. Officers Seize Whiskey Still Two White Men And Quan- 1 tity Of Liquor Captursd By Deputy H. L. Willett# And Deputy Sheriff Blan ton Near Southport The first whiskey still raid in Smith ville township in a long | time, and the first made near Southport in many years, accord ing to law enforcement officers, was effected Friday afternoon. Deputy Sheriffs H. L. Willis and C. O. Blanton located and captured a 500 gallon vat type whiskey still and also seized about 15 gallons of finished whiskey. The still was about one mile north of the Brunswick County Hojiie, near an old abandoned I farm, formerly owned by a Mr. I Ellis. Along with the still and whis key, some tools were taken. The officers describe it as having been \ a most complete whiskey-making outfit. Not the least of the haul by ^Continued on page 2) Held For Trial Following Wreck Eddie Land, Operator Of Truck Figuring In Fatal Wreck At Jackie'* Creek, Ordered Held Under Bond Of $500.00 Following a coroner's inquest held here Thursday night Eddie Land was ordered held for trial! for contributory negligence in the fatal wreck at Jackies Creek Bridge two weeks ago. Land, who is a , resident of the Supply sec tion and who is at present re ceiving treatment in a hospital at Conway, S. C., was the opera tor of the truck parked near the bridge to allow another approach ing truck to pass over the nar row structure. His bond was (Continued on Page Four) One Week Mixed Term Of Superior Court Will Con vene Here Monday With First Part Of Term For Criminal Cases NO CASES OF UNUSUAL IMPORTANCE FOR TRIAL Latter Part Of Week Will Be Devoted To The Trial Of Civil Matters; New Grand Jury To Be Drawn While there are few cases of a really serious nature on the docket for next week's term of court, present indications point to the criminal session being a lively one. Thp number of defendants to answer criminal charges has been mounting steadily during the past two or three weeks. In all, 30 or more criminal cases are to be heard. The session will be presided over by Judge John J. Burney, with solicitor Clifton Moore pro secuting. This will be a one-week mixed term, with the first of the week to be devoted to crim inal cases. There is some doubt that all of the criminal cases can be disposed of in the first three or four days. A new grand jury to serve for the next 12 months will be sworn in at this term. A list of 48 tailismen, from which this grand jury and the petit jury will be selected, was drawn the first of the month. Wildlife Club Is Distinctive Of The Many Wildlife Clubs Now Organized In North Carolina, Bruns wick Has The Only Wo man Member There are now upwards of one hundred Wildlife Clubs in North Carolina, all having been organ ized within the past year and having a huge total membership. The Brunswick County Club, formed last week and with the organization meeting slated for January 29th, has an unusual distinction according to all in formation available. Among all of the Wildlife Clubs it is the only one that has a woman mem ber. Miss Hilda Muller, steno grapher at the Orton Plantation Gardens, is the woman member. She joined right along with all of the men who were present at last week's meeting. Ross Stevens, executive secre tary of the State Wildlife Federa tion, stated last week that insofar as he knew the Orton Gardens girl was the only woman member of North Carolina Wildlife clubs. At the same time he stated that he saw no valid reason why wo men should not be eagerly wel (Continued on page Two) Membership Of Clubs Increases Present Emphasis Of Bruns wick County Home Dem onstration Clubs Is On Increase In Membership Reports from the office of the | Brunswick County Home Demon- 1 stration agent indicate that the ! women of the county have been making fine progress in their ef forts to secure new club members. The drive for additional mem- 1 bers began several weeks ago and practically all of the clubs have been reporting increased mem bership. The most notable pro gress seems to have been made by the Shallotte Village Point Club. Nine new members have secured by this club and several others who had dropped out have returned and become eager work ers. (Continued on Page Six) Leland Man Is On His Way Home T-5 George T. Ramsey, of Le land is one of 5,000 high-point Army veterans whom the Navy is returning to the States for dis charge aboard the U. S. S. Ad miral Hugh Rodman. This^ ship left Nagoya, Japan, December 22, and was scheduled to arrive in Seattle about January 3. The U. S. S. Admiral Hugh Rodman is one of more than 300 I ships in the "Magic Carpet" fleet which returned 691,431 servicemen ! to the States for discharge during : December as part of the greatest 1 transportation operation in his ' toryt March Of Dimes Campaign Begins In This County G .O .Rogers, Principal Of Southport High School Is Chairman And Has An nounced Membership OIF Organization DRIVE TO CLOSE ON JANUARY 31 Polio Is Dread Disease That Challenges Best Efforts For Control; One-Half Funds To Remain In County G. O. Rogers, chairman 01 Brunswick county March of Dimes committee to raise funds for the fight on infantile paraly sis, today announced that the appeal which began Monday, Jan uary 14 and will continue until January 31. The quota for Brunswick coun ty is $1120.00. Last year $1842.60 was contributed to this cause by this county. There were 14 cases of infantile paralysis in Bruns wick county from 1918 to 1943. No cases of infantile paralysia were reported from this county during 1944 and 1945. The following persons are in charge of the appeal in the dif ferent areas of the county: Southport, Mrs. Muriel Lennon; Bolivia, Mrs. W. A. Kopp; Shal lotte, H. C. Stone; Waccamaw, J. T. Denning; Leland, Glenn Tucker. | Professor A. C. Caviness will be in charge of the Southport colored area and Mrs. Rose King , will conduct the appel to the other i colored schools of Brunswick county, "All people," Mr. Rogers said, "have come to know that the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis is a necessary and In valuable force in our national life. We know how effective it has been in epidemics of polio, pro viding medical care and treatment for poliomyelitis patients, regard less of age, race, creed or color. "We realize that much of the knowledge of the disease and Its treatment results from sclenti tic research made possible by the National Foundation. I am sure that everyone will contribute more generously this year than ever before." As in former years, Mr. Rogers said, one-half of all the money collected in the county will re main here to finance the hospitali zation. care and treatment of local sufferers. The other half goes to headquarters of the Na tional Foundation and is used for continuing research, education and emergency aid in epidemic* throughout the nation. Deadline For t Weed Allotment Eligibles Should Make Ap plication This Month For 'New Grower* Tobacco Allotment For 1946 Sea son / All eligible producers interested in applying for a 'new grower' to bacco allotment should file an application at the Brunswick County AAA office prior to Feb ruary I, C. O. Bennett, chairman, Brunswick County AAA Commit tee said here today. ' . He pointed out that in order to be eligible for a new tobaccp allotment, the following condi tions must be met: (X) The farm operator shall have had experience in growing the kind of tobacco for which an allotment is re quested cither as a sharecropper, tenant, or as a farm operator during the past five years, or if the farm operator has been in the armed services of the United States, within five years prior to his entry into the armed services; (2) the farm operator shall be living on the farm and largely de pendent on this farm for his live lihood; (3) the farm covered by | the application shall be the only !farm ownec or operated by the farm operator on wh'ch any to ( Continued on Page 4) Funeral Flag Donated To City | The beautiful United States flag used to cover the casket of George W. Smith who was buried here last week was presented to the City of Southport following j the ceremonies. Mr. Smith, in the army for 45 years and re tiring as a Master Sergeant, had resided here for 45 years. Part of that time he was still in servic* and stationed at Fort Caswell. Twelve service men officiated j in rendering military honors, ' the Coast Guard from Oak Islr
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