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Pilot Covers Kj-uns^- County THE STATE #fTo SIXTEEN NO. 42 I'OL. 'NU' A Good Newspaper in A Good Community Most of The News All The Time 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, January 23rd, 1946 J1.50 PER YfcA. /UbLiaHEO EVERY WEDNESDAI ;;bu: Reports ted jiins In (;r0y ;h Of Bank ^holdsrs Mest jr'u" - iccamaw Bank SL - - Afternoon; Sn.o. Elected fnr'- v C-ALS tGE growth n d Assistant ?aV- ,i;o Named For ^ r . ks Of The Chain . as in all phases ! . .:-.s 1945 were N Cobutn, execu - :ent of the VVacca -.1 Trust company, meeting of stock I v afternoon. Of a I' 7 '-hares. 1.802 shares r . -oa either in person 157. .????: to the annual re r ting was featured tion cf all officers 7.7 . and the addition of I \\.s ch of Tabor City " . : t om the Tabor City i ce. the Tabor City t been represented on , board of directors. ; ctricers and directors for Z au : K. C. Council, presi t R. C. Sadler, first vice i ; ii F. Strole, second sent: C. L. Tate, vice " j \*. Coburn. executive w f i ? jrei'.-ieT t. p-.c'-urir. the growth of the 777 19U9. Mr. Coburn said , :ipos:'.s at the end of 1939 -j < 424 29.84 compared with I :'j~.0Sl "S on December 31, i & rep:e.- nting a 670 percent rease. 1 vestments in United :7 ar, 1 other high grade . Wl o reported as increas fron: S49s.665.61 in 1939 to H3.506.59 by the end of 1945. V. other phases of our opera ar. i activity have increased 91 proportion," Mr. Co :. reported. I !e welcomed the return of s former employees who i i>; the Armed Forces; Lester Lowe. Mitchell 7a: H- iy Wyche. Another ?. Lcwrer.ce Bowers, is ; to be released in the i: Mr. Coburn reported, e he will resume his duties c the bank. ?Our bart: is in a very healthy jftior.." Mr. Coburn told the (khoWers. "Its growth has e ? lope l from a solid foun : is felt that a large Mire of any success we have h-'. . ss been due to the high li ar i motives of those who ? : ?: tor shaping our. Ices ar. 1 guiding the affairs lie bank They have had, and Ire .-. z-: a very real respon Bty i obligation to the corn city a:>.l it is their attitude sI'.mvs ioi.k ahead in the de teati to find new and bet cavs to s?:ve our customers." fe . r of plans f">r handling 6Un.*\. cr ???.it as the return ? a. i r.on-durable goods a ::.c: >sing demand for 3 iervic- . He declared alsft i- til1: period of reconversion t W a;e the opportunities to fe . ar.i fur business and agri (ConUiiu-.d on Page Six) SriefNews Flashes l,EIYK> D!>( KARCE : H . s Milliken, son of A:\in Milliken of ^ ? ?- turned home with ; discharge from the - uinir.g from over r-' ths ago he has r i a ship at Trea P !' P lEAVI. I- T. 0f the Army r ? ending a leave F?tth hi mother, Mrs. Brady f1'" v I KK.TING I0* Auxili ry of Oosher Me C -1, H< will meet on y i ? 8 o'clock with Mrs. H. B. Smith, t ' urgently re L . for several pro | r,i;\N home I -irrji i , |g,e im received an j 1 harge from the I returned to his | J 'lie son of Mr. I A kl ridge. [ " RNs HERE L ' 'lark of the, I is spending a ( I his wife and their i wing his return! r?Ve,*M duty. PROGRESSING ? The March of Dimes campaign is making good progress locally, but thus far Chairman G. 0. Rogers has been unable to obtain complete reports from the county. The program continues through Janu ary 31. Show Down Regarding USO Building Is Due Representatives Of Federal Works Administration Here Monday To Confer With City Officials On Subject BUILDING CLOSED PENDING DECISION Meeting Of Board Of Al dermen Called By Mayor For Friday Night To Be Taken By City Two representatives of the Fed- ! eral Works Administration were in Southport Monday to confer with Southport officials regarding; the disposition to be made of the USO building, and it was indicat- j ed that unless the city is prepared 1 to make a reasonable offer for this property both the building and its contents will be put up for public sale. City officials held a one-year lease on the building which ex-i piled December 31.' During their] stay here yesterday the govern ment representatives conducted an inventory of equipment for the building, and in the interest of having all of it at hand when a final settlements made, city of ficials have decided to close the USO building. Mayor John Eriksen said yester day that he will call a special meeting of the beard of alder men for Friday night at the city hall, at which time proposals will be considered for further opera tion by the city of the USO club. J He urged that individuals or groups who believe they have some solution to offer to the question of what to do with the building attend this meeting and offer their suggestions. It the thevg n-s n fmfwp In the event of the sale of the building and equipment, it is un derstood that the building site will not be included. The site was secured from the U. S. En gineers office on the basis of a (Continued on Page Four) Welfare Officer Action Delayed Brunswick County Welfare Board In Session Here , Friday But No Successor' Named For Mrs. Maude PheJps, Who Resigned No definite action was taken by the Board of Welfare Friday as to the appointment of a perman ent Welfare Officer to succeed Mrs. Maude Phelps, who resigned some time ago. Miss Dorothy Swain, who has ' ?been stenographer to the Welfare Officer for a number of years, was appointed to continue to act as Welfare Officer until the board cculd find some one to replace Mrs. Phelps. Miss Swain was in structed to write Mrs. Phelps and ascertain if her resignation was final. *Her resignation, it was stated, was because of her health. The board wished to learn if there was any possibility of her returning. Unusual Run In First Initials Of the nine persons engaged , in waiting on folks at the Shal- ' lotte Trading Company in Shal lot te, seven of them have their first names to start with "L." | Nobody know s just why ? unless their parents had something to do with it. These seven whose first names begin with the letter "L." are, .Miss Lucille Holden, Mrs. Lillian Miiliken, Miss Le Rue Ward, Miss LoLs Formy duval, Leon Galloway, Lindsey Clemmons and Linwood Gray. The only folks in the store whose first names do not begin 1 with the letter "L." is Hobson j Klrby, proprietor, and Guy Mc- { Keithan, manager. Prospects Good For New Basin Representatives of Oil Com panies Here This Week To Determine To What Ex tent They Are Willing To Back Project Prospects for Southport's new yacht basin and sport fishing cen ter appeared to be even better this week. Representatives of four large oil and gas companies are due here, to look into the oil and gas servicing possibilities. Head of fices of all of these companies are said to be very much interest ed in the possibilities and the visits of the representatives this week is to determine how far they will go on the undertaking. 7 he company most interested will obtain exclusive control of the yacht basin re-fueling facilities, rhe companies sending represen tatives here this week are the Sacony-Vacuum, Standard, Texas and Gulf. In addition to the basin, a ma rine railway and dry dock for servicing boats are also planned, as well as a complete machine (Continued or .page six) First Candidate Is Announcing The first 1946 political an nouncement to reach this paper was brought in Monday by Boyd Robinson, young Lockwoods Folly township man who served 42 months during the World War. His last 18-months in service were spent overseas. Mr. Robinson ,is announcing himself a candidate for the of fice of county commissioner on the Democratic ticket and sub ject to the action of the primary electio.i. So far as is known he is the only avowed candidate of either party for this year's elec tions. However it is rumored that plenty of men are grooming them selves for the various offices and hope to receive favorable con sideration from both the Demo cratic and Republican voters. Criminal Cases Heard In Court Here On Monday No Session Was Held Yes- ! terday Due To Necessity ( Of Judge Burney's Ab sence Due To Death In His Family CASES OF MINOR IMPORTANCE HEARD Clerk Expresses Doubt That j Docket Can Be Cleared Of Criminal Cases In Time For Civil Mat ters Tomorrow Owing to the fact that Judge John J. Burney had to attend the funeral of a near relative in Bladen County, no session of Superior court was held Tuesday. Court resumed work on the crim inal docket this morning and Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett stated that he hardly thought all of the criminal cases could be disposed of today to permit the beginning of the civil term Thurs- ! day. Solicitor Clifton Moore had no definite plans this morning as to which of the criminal cases still pending he would call today. In answer to an inquiry he stated that he planned to call anything he could. The grand jury, which found ' a number of true bills Monday, ! resumed its sittings this morning, j Cases disposed of by the court Monday before adjournment was taken were as follows: D. I. Mintz, reckless operation, ' direct verdict of not guilty. T. B. Edge, reckless operation, continued by consent. Corudell Babson, possession of stolen property, not guilty. James Anderson, breaking and entering of occupied home, plead guilty to forcible tresspass, judg ment withheld until today. Ronie Varnum, non support, continued by the State. Tobias Simmons, trespass, con tinued by consent. Douglas Ballard, murder, Con tinued until defendant is released from federal prison. Wildlife Club Meets Tuesday Organizational Meeting Will Be Held Tuesday Night, January 29, In Brunswick County Court house The Brunswick County Wildlife! Club will hold its organizational; meeting for the purpose of elect ing officers Tuesday night, Jan uary 29. L. T. Yaskell, who was appointed temporary chairman at the first meeting two weeks ago, stated this week that he was very anxious to have a large re presentation of Brunswick coun ty sportsmen and farmers pre sent to hear a discussion of the game and fish situation. An added reason for desiring a general attendance is that the club is intended to represent the whole of Brunswick county, not (Continued on page six) Brunswick Draft Board Members Given Awards Governor Cherry Yesterday Presented Medals And Certificates To All Draft Board Members Serving Two Years Or More ONLY ONE CHANGE IN LOCAL BOARD James Carr Took Place Of Late H. M. Shannon At Time Of His Death; Original Members Served Five Years Governor R. Gregg Cherry yes terday presented medals and cer tificates to draft board members Df 27 of the 100 North Carolina counties. The receiptants weie men and women who have served two years or more without re numeration of any kind. Considering the small number sf counties to which awards were made the Biunswick county board is outstanding. There has been only one change in the Brunswick county board 3ince the Selective Service began functioning. The late H. M. Shan ( Continued on Page 4) Chairman Lt. Col. R. I. Mintz, Southport attorney, has been named chair- j man of the annual Red Cross j Fund diive for Brunswick county. | Steelworkers Strike Is Greatest In U. S. History March Of Dimes Dance Thursday Arrangements have been com pleted for a March of Dimes (lance to be held at the I" SO Club 011 Thursday evening, .Jan uary 31. This event, coming on the birthday anniversary of the late President Roosevelt, will be an effort to swell the growing funds being raised in Brunswick county to combat in fantile paralysis. Virgil West and his orchestra will play for this engagement, coming here from the Planta tion Club in Wilmington where they have been appearing for some time. Fear Boys Are Arrested Here Young White Boys Arrest ed Saturday Night For Removing Parts From A Parked Automqbils Chief of Police Otto Hickman, with Clerk of Court Sam T. Ben nett assisting, took steps Satur day night to put a stop to some of the petty thievery from auto mobiles that has been going on in Southport for several weeks when four young white men, all living near town, were arrested. All were of 'teen age, Monroe Norris, the eldest, is 18. Arrested with him was his brother, John nie Norris, 16; J. W. Hewett, Jr., 16 and Edgar Burnswerr, 15. (Continued on Page 6) 'Strike Of 750,000 CIO Workers Begins In Grim I Quietness; Strike Blank ets Nation TRUMAN CALLS FOR CONGRESS TO ACT Wants Sweeping Program I To Promote Greater Out put Of Lower Cost Goods i PITTSBURG? Strike of 750,000 ! CIO steelworkcrs for higher pay ' ? the greatest strike in American ! history and the one most far ! reaching ? started in grim quiet ness today. The strike blanketed ; the nation. About 2,300 plants, i ranging from mills which make 1 steel to shops which turn it into useful things like railroad rails or can-opcners, were shutdown in 30 states. j WASHINGTON? President Tru man today asked congress to get 1 behind a sweeping program he 1 said will promote a greater out put of lower cost goods by higher paid workers. He cautioned that "voices of desunity" which "are beginning to cry aloud . . . must 'not prevail." In a 25,000 word document combining for the first time both lawmaking and budget recommendations, the Chief Ex ecutive mixed expressions of op timism over business and job potentialities with fresh warnings against inflation and concern over "major strikes." LONDON ? Creation of a special commission to devise controls for atomic energy was approved by i the political and security com , mittee of the United Nations As : sembly today, after 30 minutes ! of discussion. Action was taken I after Tom Connally of the Amer ican delegation said the commis sion will not have power to make any country give up any atomic secrets or take any other action. TOKYO ? War plants which j equipped Japan's losing bid for (Continued on Page Four) Tax Listing Is Going On Well Work Proceeding Smoothly, But Last Minute Rush May Result Unless Tax Payers Begin To Come In Faster Tax Supervisor W. P. Jorgen sen has made the rounds of the township list-takers this week while they are busy with the tax listing. He found that Brunswick folks were listing their property fairly fast and the work was apparently moving smoothly. The list-takers will be at their appointments in the various town ships up to and including Jan uary 31st. The law says that all property must be listed by that date. Mr. Jorgensen stated yes terday that despite the fairly satisfactory manner in which the work was proceeding he feared that a great many property own ers would delay their listing until the last moment. He pointed out that it was best to list now. To wait until the deadline may result in the property owners hav ing to wait a long time, to take their turn with the list takers. Our ROVING Reporter W. B. KEZTAH County Attorney and Mrs. S. B. Frink have recently moved into their new brick home near the yacht basin. At the time of sell ing their former home Mrs. Frink was not pleased with the proce dure, but she was finally consoled with the promise of the new brick structure. Meeting the attorney this week, it was a very natural result that we should ask how he liked the new home, and how many rooms has it got? There was no trouble about answering the first inquiry. He likes it al right. But on the subject of I rooms he was hazy and could not | recollect offhand. Finally he call ! ed for a pencil and paper and proceeded to list the various facil j ities, as follows: "One living room, j one dining room, one breakfast I room, one kitchen, four bedrooms, | one sun-parlor, one dressing room. J two bath rooms, one large base ! ment, two halls, one dog house ? | for me." The Sharon cemetery near the Peter Robinson and Williams stores in Lockwoods Follv town ship is, we believe, the best look- ! ed-after grave yard anywhere in j Brunswick county. On a nice ; elevation where two roads form a y, the cemetery has a top cover | ing of beautiful white sand that : is always swept clean. Many of the graves have substantial monu- , ments and tombstones, all in per fect order. An unusual feature i is that practically all of the grave i mounds are covered with beauti ful white shells. I1 i Charlie Harvell of Leland, was telling us a day or so ago that he was the champion coon hunter in : Brunswick. He failed to go into ! details as to how many coons he ! has caught this winter, but he I left the impression that he and ! Charlie Sellers, hunting together, I have caught plenty. That is easy I to believe. We are satisfied they | have been doing some mighty ; good coon hunting. Charlie's j favorite houn' dog has a wing ' spread of 24-inches from tip to | , tip of his ears where they are spread out. This dog cost himi I $150.00. j Brunswick Boys Enter Service The following Brunswick coun ty boys have enlisted in the Army during the month of January: Lindburgh Holden, Winnabow, Paige Bernard, Bolivia. The following young men have recently enlisted in the Navy: C. B. Formyduval, Freeland, George K. Andrews, Ash, Ralph E. Pot ter, Southport, Thomas Fulwood, Jr., Southport. County Agent Makes Report On Seed Corn Numerous Brunswick Coun ty Growers Experimented Last Year With Hybrid Corn And Various Results Reported HIGHER YIELD WAS IN EVIDENCE However, Another Result Was That New Type Of Grain Appeared To Be More Susceptible To Weevils Various Brunswick farmers ex perimented with hybrid corn the past year, a variety that has at tracted much attention in higher ( and dryer climates. Here, ac cording to County Agent Dodson, it showed both good and bad points. It evidently produces bet- [ ter than other varieties in this section, but at the same time it seems more susceptible to weevil damages than harder native varie ties. Since this hybrid corn was the subject of much comment in 1945, Mr. Dodson was interview ed this past week regarding the results of growing it in Bruns wick. He issued the following statement: "Along about this time of year farmers, as a rule, begin to make plans for the coming crop sea son and during the past year Vr.:y have heard a lot about hybrid seed corn over the radio and tl rou /"\ the press. "Last year we had in four one- j acre corn ? demonstrations using hybrid seed corn furnished by the Experiment Station. These demonstrations were with J. B. Ward, Jr., Ash; A. Luther Mc Keithan, Longwood; George Dan ford, Bolivia ;and Mrs. Gertrude (Continued on Page Six) Parts Of County Hit By Storm No Freeze Occurred Last Week Along The Coas tal Area, But Sleet And Ice Were Bad In Some Sections Of Brunswick Brunswick county got only the tail-end of last Wednesday's freeze, with only spots in the county finding itself in the grip of ice. At Orton there was no ice. Likewise none appeared at Southport. Supply, 16 miles northwest of Southport, had some ice. Bolivia, north east of Supply, and only seven miles away had a good bit. Shallottc, southwest of Supply, had a heavy freeze and from there on all of the up per and lower part of the country was in the grip of ice. Leland, Bolivia, Shallotte and Waccamaw schools all closed Wednesday and resumed classes Monday. The trouble appears not to have been due so much to the ice, but from the roads which were in a terrible condition from previous wet weather. The school busses simply could not make it with their loads of children. Shal lotte, with a school enrollment of nearly t\vice that of Southport and Bolivia, is largely dependent on buses to get the children to school. Southport was the only school that remained open right along. The Brunswick REA had trouble, especially in Columbus and Bladen counties, where the ice was heaviest. All available workmen had to be out for long honrs, repairing- breaks from fall ing limbs, trees and wires. Dr. E. D. Bishop, manager of the corporation, said that the trouble was quite bad. Is Admitted To The State Bar D. . C. Herring, who entered the Navy soon after the completion of his law study, was sworn in as a member of the bar before Judge John J. Burney, Monday. Mr. Herring and S. B. Frink have formed a law partnership with offices in Southport under the name of Frink and Herring, j Crime Wave Is Predicted By Judge Burney In His Charge To Brunt wick County Grand Jury Here Monday, Wilming ton Jurist Pointed To Alarming Juvenile Delin quency LEWIS IS NAMED FOREMAN OF BODY Grand Jury Is Named To Serve During Coming 12 Months; Members In structed Regarding Duties In his charge to the Brunswick county grand jury here Monday at the opening session of tho January term of Superior court Judge John J. Burney gave,sobe. warning to the members of that body that they had been named to serve during a critical perior In the history of this country. "I am afraid that during tho next years we are going to see a crime wave like none we have ever experienced before," Judge Burney declared. "The tragedy of it is that it is the young boys and the young girls who are get ting into trouble, and the blame belongs to their parents, who have been too much interested in tho almighty dollar. "I have had some pathetic cases to come up before me dur ing recent months, and when I question these youngsters I find that most of the time their trouble dates from wheA they left school to take some high paying war job. Now that soma of the war industries are cutting off their employees, they find themselves unable to keep up with the pace they have set, and they turn to crime as a means to finance their continued high liv ing." Judge Bumey pointed out that there has been a fantastic in crease in the arrests among- the teen-agers, girls as well as boys, and he spoke of the harm that bad boys and bad girls can do in a community The jurist was trariK to* iJfn.'i thai' he didn't* know the answer to the question of what is to be done. He point ed out that it is much easier for the young people to get into trouble now than it ever has been before, simply because they arc subject to temptations that were never a problem for the older people. In connection with the increase in crime. Judge Burney mention ed the situation of the returning veteran who has come home in a mentally sick condition. His advice to the members of the grand jury and to the law en forcement officers was to handle these men with sympathetic in telligence. In touching briefly upon tho present National situation with re gard to strikes, Judge Burney didn't attempt to say who is right and who is wrong. "Usually," he said, "there are three sides to every question. My side, your side and the right side. All I can say about present conditions is that I have every confidcnce that they will be straightened (Continued on page six) Rev. A. L. Brown Leaving City Has Served As Pastor Of Southport Baptist Church Since January, 1937; Has Accepted Call To Beu lahville Rev. A. L. Brown, pastor of Southport Baptist church for tho past nine years, has accepted a call to Beulahville Baptist church in Duplin county and will move with his family from Southport next week. The Rev. Mr. Brown came here in January, 1937, from Benson. For a period of five years he serv ed the Mill Creek Baptist church as pastor, resigning for that work in 1942. He has served for two years as moderator of the Brunswick Baptist Association, and through his work with that organization is well known throughout the county. Another' county-wide activity with which the Rev. Mr. Brown, has been prominently Identified la the Red Cross. To this and other worthwhile undertakings he has given unselfishly of his time and efforts. Church officials say that no re placement has been secured thua far but that several promising contacts have b?en made. Thejr state that arrangements will be made to have 'he pulpit filled each Sunday until such time a> a permanent pastor can be cured.