yhe Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
THE STATE POR
PILOT
NO. 47
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The News
All The Time
6-pages today Southport, N. G., Wednesday, Feb ruary 2 7 th , 1946
J 1.50 PER YEA? PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
tfanhunt Continues For
Jegro Sought For Fatal
Shooting Of Williamson
Until Time The Pilot
'Vent To Press Today
?j-^ere Were No New De
velopments In Search For
jchooper Gause
Lllotte man
1 killed SATURDAY
Williamson, Prominent
I farmer. Struck By Blast
?From Shotgun Fired
Through Window Of
His Home
???..?ore: Gause, Brunswick
' _r0 wanted for the shot
.;\ior of Jim Williamson,
farmer. Saturday night
,-;l[ at large today when The
[ to press.
jjtt of a widespread man- 1
| si: shortly following the!
Gause was reported last
Sunday afternoon by
- ? Meaica in Caulkins Neck
walked across Calabash
g t He was carrying a
ur.. and since Meares was
aw.ed. the best he could do
a summons officers to the
t-_t From this point blood
r.-.ls were used to hunt the fu
ar.d dogs were brought
-r. Greenville to aid in the
:ch. These animals trailed to
edge of a swamp, where they
.. track.
?ch has continued, with
|t:ry law enforcement officer in
county taking part, assisted
, State Highway patrolmen.
V.ve brothers of the hunted man !
s brought to the Brunswick
nty iiil in Southport Sunday
ire they are being held on ten- j
tve charges of being acces- 1
?es after the fact. They are
G.. Joe. Nero. Hollis and Otto
B -*?
iVilliamson was killed about 8
ock Saturday night as he ait
the living roofn of his home
!?: Shallotte shelling peanuts
n the same pan with his wife,
they sat there talking a shot
... blast was fired through the !
jew. and a full charge of
kshot struck him in the upper |
side of his chest and in the
?r r.eck. The moment he was
the injured man rose from his.
ir, went into the next room
i took down his own shotgun ;
tm its price on the wall. He
p" :Y. to the floor, and death
c followed. I
to. Williamson was injured
tat the face from flying glass.
According to her story, Schoop
rjause and two other men were
aged in an argument in front
the Williamson residence late
afternoon. There was
: loud cursing, and William
(Coniinued on page six)
Brief Newt
Flashes
ACCEPTS POSITION
^?ls Jorgensen. Southport
"c vvhij recently returned from |
^ Navy, has accepted position
' Bolivia Lumber Co.
tTlRNS TO WORK
Sow recovered from an illness
**'? ? 1 him to his bed for
: 1 'ks Mayor Leon Callaway
? Sb::.,tte has returned to his
:'.h the Shallotte Trading
fepany.
fftRNS HOME
. '? Shannon, who has
*" with the Army for
pas' three and a half years,
** Siven an honorable discharge
^ i ( turned home Mon
Sy
?j*ClTER HKRE
N" vy recruiting officer
I>- ;it the Southport post
every other Wednesday'
'h> :.iiurs of 9 o'clock in |
~'?rr.ing to 2 o'clock in the,
-?oon. His next date will be
?Kirch 6
*Jl'RNs sr\DAV
i'"' p-' Karl Bradley of the
"ff- Board. Raleigh,
t: :;! tj-' :>ulpit at the South- ?
tr- '' church at hoth the i
^ i ! evening service Sun- ;
f J: ? kev. Mr. Bradley was
"-her at the local church'
? Sunday.
;: IT _ TREES bloom
,J'' and plum trees and
j-,,'' P';jeh trees have broken
lr full bloom during the
, ^ According to all pre
' ? "'licutions another ten days
of the fruit trees
Southport Chosen For
District Club Meeting
This Decision Reached At
County Council Meeting
Held Friday Afternoon
At Office of Home Agent
At Supply *
DISTRICT AGENT
ATTENDED MEETING
Important Business Matters
Disposed Of At Meeting;
Committee Members
Named By Council
President
The County Council of Home
Demonstration Clubs met Friday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the of
fice of the home agent at Supply.
Present at this meeting was Miss
Verna Stanton, District Home
Agent.
One of the chief items of
business disposed of was the
formation of plans for the dis
trict home demonstration meeting
to be held in this county in June,
and an invitation to hold the
meeting at Southport was accept
ed.
The president appointed the
Cape Fear Club as the decorating
cmrnittee, the Shallotte Village
Club as the refreshment commit
tee and Town Creek as the wel
( Continued on Page 6)
Brunswick Lady
Passes Suddenly
Funeral Services Conducted
Saturday Afternoon For
Miss Margaret Jenrette,
Member Of Prominent
Family
Funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday afternoon at 2:00
o'clock at Friendship Baptist
church, Ash, for Miss Margaret
Jenrette, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Jenrette, prominent
residents of Waccamaw township.
Miss Jenrette was 28-years of
age. Her death occured Monday
night of last week in Washing
ton. D. C., where she had held a
responsible government position
for the past ten years. She had
been ill for only a few days pre
ceeding her death.
The funeral services were in
charge of Rev. E. Evans Ulrich,
assisted by Rev. Z. G. Ray, a
former principle of Waccamaw
High school and Baptist minister.
Burial was in the Jenrette family
cemetery.
Miss Jenrette is survived by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Jen
rette; three brothers, J. Edward
of Lake Waccamaw; W. Kimball
of Ash and Lieut. Addison of Ft.
McClelland, Ala.; three sisters,
Mrs. F. M. Brown. Greenbelt,
Md.; Mrs. Michael Stelock and
Miss Marian Jenrette of Wash
ington, D. C.; an uncle, A. L. Mc
Keithan of Longwood; two aunts,
Mrs. J. W. Brooks of Wilmington
and Mrs. G. H. Gray of Pitts
burg, Pa.
Two Businesses
Change Hands
An indication of the changing
scene of local business is shown j
by two announcements included
in the advertising section of
today's State Port Pilot.
E. H. Arrington, retired Stan
dard Oil man who has recently
returned to the States after
more than a decade of foreign
duty with that concern, has
purchased Galloway's, local dry
goods and clothing store, from
the owner, >Irs. George Gallo
way. This store will be operat
ed under the name, Arlington's.
Helen Fulcher has announced
her purchase of The Beauty
Emporium, and this business
will !>e operated under the name,
Helen's.
Round-Up Made
Of Road Houses
Rural Policeman O ,W. Per
ry Has Several Defend
ants Facing Trial Before
Judge John B. Ward In
Court Monday
Rural Policeman O. W. Perry
went on the warpath against taxi
drivers and their feminine fares
this week, and as a result two
white men and two white women
spent last night in jail, unable to
put up bonds of $500.00 each.
Two others escaped jail by giving
bond. The whole six ore sche
] duled to be tried before Judge
j John B. Ward in Recorders court
! next Monday.
The defendants appear to have
been paired up. Two of those jail
ed yesterday in default of bond
were Moody Barnhill and Sarah
Beck Callihan. They were charged
with prostitution and V. T. Pad
quisky, a Marine, was released on
the same charge under a $250.00
bond.
David Lanier, another Wilming
ton taxi driver, and his lady
friend, Marie Latta, were also
jailed yesterday by Rural Police
man Perry. They are being held
under bonds of $750.00 each for
trial Monday. Perry charges them
with larceny off the person of a
man named Henry Tedder. He
alleges that the couple got Ted
( Continued or page dix)
Local Legion
Post To Meet
The Brunswick County Post
No. 194, American Legion, will
hold its regular meeting Thurs
! day night at 7:30 o'clock at the
Legion Hall. All legionnaires and
j ex-service men are invited to at
j tend.
Crawford L. Rourk, adjutant of
\ the post, says that matters of
. vital importance will be discussed
| at this meeting.
Red Cross Has
Begun Campaign
For 1946 Fund
Solicitation Of Funds From
Business Firms Began On
Tuesday In Order To
Clear Way For Member
ship Drive
SPEEDY CAMPAIGN
SET AS OBJECTIVE
Organization Set Up To
Handle Campaign In All
Sections Of County;
Schools Will Help
Again
The Red Cross Fund Drive
jumped the gun to get underway
in this county on Tuesday of this
week as a canvass was made of
business firms prior to the gen
eral membership drive that starts
on Friday.
The organization machinery has
been geared to get away to a
fast start in the hope that the
county quota of about $5,000.00
may be raised in a hurry and |
thus avoid a long, drawn out '
campaign that often proves so
hard on the solicitors and the
public as well.
As usual, much of the final
work will be done by the child
ren through the schools. This i
phase of work will be done over
the week end.
Chairman of the program for j
the entire county is R. I. Mintz, '
Southport attorney, who has gone
to great length to insure a strong
organization.
Mac F. Jones, chairman for !
Northwest township, has report
ed that his committee will in- ;
elude J. C. Chadwick, Thurman i
Skipper and Jimmie Paden.
J. M. King, vocational agricul- j
ture teacher at Bolivia, is chair- 1
man of the Town Creek township j
committee. Serving with him are j
Mrs. Martin Robbins, Mrs. Eliza- 1
beth Johnson, Mrs. Odell Evans,
Mrs. Virginia McDougall, Miss j
Etta Mae Evans, Mrs. Tyler Pot
ter, Mrs. J. L. Henry, Mrs. Jack
Walls, Mrs. W. A. Kopp, Miss .
Emma Lou Harrelson, Neils Jor- j
(Continued on Page Six)
Application For
Wharf And House
U. S. Army Engineers In
Wilmington Receive Ap
plication From J. C. Rob
inson For New Construc
tion
Colonel G. W. Gillette, U. S. |
Army Engineers in Wilmington '
last week, made public announce- 1
ment that J. C. Robinson, Supply, i
has made application for permit
to construct a wharf and fish
house at Henry's landing on the
north side of the Inland Water- j
way, about three miles east of !
Shallotte Inlet.
Plans showing the proposed
work may be seen at the U. S.
Engineers office here and at the
U. S. Engineers office here and
at the Post Offices in Supply andj
Shallotte.
Any objections to the proposed
work must be sent to the office
before February 28, 1946.
FSA Meeting For
Two Counties Is
Held In Armory
Annual FO Meeting Featur
ed By -Discussions From
Agricultural Leaders And
Awarding Of Prizes
The Farm Security administra
tion of Columbus and Brunswick
counties held its annual FO meet
ing in the Whiteville armory on
February 20, 1946.
Due to lack of gasoline and
tires the meeting had not been
held for the past two years.
An interesting and helpful pro
gram was planned and carried
out. Col. John Tilsy of the
County Soil Conservation service
led a discussion on Soil Conserva
tion and showed slides of the
work. C. D. Raper, county agent,
talked on Hog and Corn Produc
tion for 1946. The District FSA
Farm and Home supervisors, Mrs.
Ellen M. Thurston and C. D.
Pickerrell, led discussion on re
cords of 1945, food and feed con
servation and farm upkeep.
Prizes were awarded to the
farm man or woman or family
for outstanding achievements dur
ing 1945.
The prizes were donated by the
following: Waccamaw Bank &
Trust co., Columbus Trading co.,
Leder Brothers, FCX, Marks Ma
chinery co. and S. L. Fuller, live
stock dealer.
Brunswick Lady
Dies At Home
Mrs. Emma Carrie Russ
Laid To Rest Tuesday
Afternoon; Death Occur
red Sunday Morning
Mrs. Emma Carrie Russ, 57, of
Shallotte township, died Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock in her
home.
Funeral services were con
ducted Tuesday morning at 11
o'clock from Shallotte church with
the Rev. Bob Carter, of Loris, in
charge.
Surviving are her husband, W.
H. Russ; one son, B. F. Russ,
Ash; two daughters, Mrs. M. C.
Gore, Ash, and Mrs. W. L. Russ,
Jr., Shallotte; one brother, Joseph
Rhodes, Macon, Ga.; seven sisters,
(Contiiyied on page six)
Our
ROVING
Reporter
W. B. KEZLAH
I We were around the Brunswick
River bridge again the past week,
that point, Woodburn and Leland
being on our regular Thursday
list of callers. Since it all goes
in the days work we usually
( carry plenty of subscription re
ceipt blanks with us. Getting
around to what we are driving
at, we had not been around the
bridge very long before we found
ourself fresh out of those blanks.
We had to dig up another re
ceipt book before we could con
tinue handing out those auto
graphs that are good for getting
the State Port Pilot for a year
.... Mrs. J. E. Winn, who re
cently took over the lunch room
at the junction of the River Road
with Nos. 17 and 74, has named
it the Orton Lunch. Very ap
propriate since it is there that
folks turn off from the above
named highways to go to the
| beautiful Orton gardens . . . R.
A. Williams, proprietor of Powell
Cafe, was found to be all set for
the folks getting together and
giving the fast growing com
munity a name. Offhand he sug
gested "Brunswick Town, Orton j
Point, or something or another.
We should give orchids or some
thing to someone who can sug-'
gest the best and most suitable
name for the Brunswick River
bridge community . . . We shook
hands (at a distance) with the
two young lions belonging to
Jimmie Raftery of the R. &. S.
Amusement company. C. M.
Hedgecock introduced them to us
and all they would do was yawn
and yawn some more. First thing
we knew we were straining our
jaws in sympathy ... At the
Spiratine Chemical company of
fice Mrs. Lily Farabow, the sec
retary, reminded us that we
should send her paper to Wilming
ton, although the plant, lock,
stock and barrel, is there at the
bridge . . . J. F. Coleman was
still dreaming of the big tourist j
home which he plans . . . The[
Hinaon boys were still looking re- i
gretfully at the twisted iron, tin j
; and broken bricks that had
I (Continued on page three) '
Basketball Tournament
To Be Held In Southport
Southport Girls
Win Gage Game
The Southport high school [
girls basketball team broke a
record of ten-years standing
Wednesday night when they de
feated the Shallotte lassies by a
score on 24 to 14.
Everyone who had seen
Coach Byrd's charges In action
this year knew that the record
was in danger every time they
took to the floor, because the
local sextet has turned in some
nice performances in earlier
J games. But according to the
best available information, this
is the victory of the decade for
Southport girl basketball play
ers in high school competition.
The Southport boys added
Shallotte to their list of victims
with a 17 to 6 victory. Leland
1 is the only five that the local
boys have been unable to
handle.
Shallotte plays host to the
two Southport teams tomorrow
(Thursday) night.
Three Bird Dogs
Stolen One Day
Two Dogs Belonging Toi
Robert Jones Recovered
At Supply, While Detec
tive Work Needed To Re
cover Thorias' Dog i
Despite the fact that the hunt
ing season is just over three fine
bird clogs were stolen from their
Southport owners this week. All
were taken the samp afternoon
and all have been recovered, but
it took some fine detective work
to regain one of the animals.
Two of the dogs belonging to
Robert Jones, were found in a
car as it passed through Supply.
It is understood the Identity of
the men is known but no inform
ation is available as to whether
any action will be taken against
them.
The same afternoon H. H.
Thomas missed his beautiful and
valuable pointer Mutt. Learning
of the theft of the Jones dogs,
Mr. Thomas thought that Mutt
(Continued on page Two)
Shrimp Catches
Good Last Week
Ability Of Large Boats To
Operate Well Offshore
And In Almost Any Kind
Of Weather Is Changing
Season Around
Some of the larger shrimp
trawlers made between three and
four hundred dollars last week
for only three or four days of
operations. The boat of Sandy
Simmons brought in an even
$300.00 worth of the product for
only three days of work. Some
of the big boats did even better
than that.
During prewar years practical
ly all of the bgats in use were
small and totally unsuited to go
out in the average weather that
prevails during January, Febru
ary and March. As a result of
this the season usually closed
the last of December and there
was no fishing until the end of
the March winds. *
The boats now in use are cap
able of going out in almost any
kind of weather short of actual
storms. As a result shrimping is
becoming a year-round industry
with the bent men making good
wages at times when they would
normally be idle. The shrimp be
ing taken this year are larger and
better than those usually taken
during the busiest months. This
is due to the fact that the boats
work further offskora now.
? 1
Play For County High
School Championship Will
Begin In Southport Gym
nasium On Wednesday,
March 20
ALL SCHOOLS TO
ENTER TWO TEAMS
Leland Girls And Boys Ap
pear To Hold Edge Over
Other Outfits With Im
pressive Victory
String
The Brunswick county high
school basketball tournament will
be resumed this year, with South
port playing host to the other i
schools beginning Wednesday,
March 20.
Preliminary plans for the event '
were discussed at a meeting of
school officials here last week,
and although some of the teams
in the county are not up to their
pre-war standard, it was indicat
ed that each school will be re
presented in the tournament by
both a girls and boys outfit.
On the basis of team records
tiuflfig die cutter... season, Lx'.tuuJ
will enter the tournament as fav
orite in both the girls and boys
division. With about three weeks
in which to continue practice and
to get into shape some of tl^
other schools will be set to cause
plenty of trouble to these fine
i teams.
I I
Details of the tournament play(
will be announced as soon as
J plans have been completed.
Old-Fashioned J
Convention Held
|
Hilarious Time At Leland |
High School Friday Even-'
ing When Old-Time Fid
dlers Convention Was
Held
I
The old-fashioned Fiddlers Con- ,
vention, staged at the Leland
school last Friday night with the ,
object of raising funds for a col
lege scholarship to be awarded a
member of the graduating class
was about the most successful j
event of the kind that has ever'
been staged in Brunswick county.
Between seven and eight hund
red paid spectators jammed the
school auditorium and saw Joe
Reeves crowned "King of Fid
dlers." This ceremony was not
attended by any use of a rolling
pin. Joe was simply deemed best
of the several artists who strutted
their stuff with bow and fiddle.
But not all of the acclaim went
to Joe and his fellow fiddlers.
The banjo players, guitarists, hus
band callers, hog caller3 and
various other stunts kept the
crowd in an uproar. Dawson
Jones, former Brunswick county
forest warden, pulled a novel
(.Continued on page 2)
'Former Resident
Passes Monday
Mrs. Katherine Woodside
Died At Home Of Her
Daughter In Wilming
ton; Has Many Relatives
In This County
Mrs. Katherine Woodside, a
former resident of this county,
jdied at the home of her daugh
I ter, Mrs. W. J. Carter, in Wil
mington. Monday morning. She
was 68 years of age.
Funeral services were conduct
ed in Wilmington this afternoon
at 3:30 o'clock with Rev. C. E.
Brinson officiating. Following the
services the remains were brought
to Antioch Baptist church, be
tween South port and Bolivia, and
interned there.
Mrs. Woodside is survived by
(Continued on Page BU)
U.S.S. North Carolina
Sleek, trim and powerful, the battleship USS NORTH CAROLINA, was the first
of the Navy's new class of 35,000-ton men-o'-war. She won her spurs in the Solomons,
helping repulse Jap attempts to land on Guadalcanal. Throughout the combat actions
that followed she wan acclaim as a first line fighting ship, hanging up an enviable
record.
Commissioner Is
Present Friday
For Road Talk
District Highway Commis
sioner J. A. Bridger, Of
Bl&denboro, Heard Peti
tion Of Delegation From
Hickman's Cross Roads
DISTRICT ENGINEER
SAYS PROSPECT GOOD
Only Shortage Of Machin
ery And Trained Men
For Operation Is Hold
ing Up Paving Pro
jects For Bruns
wick
District Highway Commissioner
J. A. Bridger and other State
highway officials were In South
port Friday afternoon where they
heard the request of a delegation
from the Hickman's Crossroads
section for a paving project for
the road running from that com
munity to Ash.
Included in this delegation were
O. P. Bellamy, member of the
board of county commissioners,
and W. J. McLamb, former mem
ber of the House of Representa
tives.
The arguments of these citizens
apparently fell upon willing ears,
for the highway men were frank
to state that they hope to do con
siderable surfacing in Brunswick.
Right now, according to District
Engineer T. T. Betts, who was
present for the meeting, their
chief trouble is getting men and
machinery. For once there are
more funds available than there
are equipment and man power.
Although this was the only
formal group gresent, there were
other citizens Interested in road
improvement projects in varloul
sections of the county. When
asked about the prospective order
in which paving would be done,
Mr. Bridger said that Mr. Betts
would do his talking. The latter
could not be sure in just what
order the following work would
be undertaken, but he listed these
as the projects for early under
h v re
surfacing the Holdens Beach
road from its junction with U. S.
Highway No. 17 at the Harry
Robinson Store near Supply. This,
It was pointed out, would not be
done with State money, but will
be done as a part of the Federal
project for the Improvement of
secondary roads.
Surfacing a portion of the
River Road beginning at Bruns
wick River bridge and running
past the State Prison Farm.
Surfacing a section of road be
ginning at Leland and extending
to the Seaboard railroad at
Phoenix.
Surfacing a short stretch of
(Continued on page six)
Brief Session
Of Court Here
All Matters Before Judge
John B. Ward Were Dis
posed Of In Time For
Recorder's Court To Ad
journ At Noon v
came up at Monday's session of
the Recorder's court, and Judge
John B. Ward and Solicitor J. W.
Ruark finished up the days busi
ness by noon with the minute
docket showing the following en
tries covering cases that came
up:
John S. Smith, speeding, poses
sion, 60 days on roads, judgment
suspended on payment of a fine
of $25.00 and costs.
James Clemmons, shooting dog,
not guilty.
John Gore, non support, six *
months on roads, judgment sus
pended on payment of costs and
paying $20.00 pfer month for the
support of illegimate child.
Alton Milliken, no operators li
cense, judgment suspended on pay
ment of costs.
John Carter, speeding, judg
ment suspended on payment of
$10.00 fine and costs.
W. G. Frink, passing car on
state highway facing oncoming
traffic, judgment suspended on
payment of a fine of $5.00 and
costs.
Willis Johnson and Jesse Bar
rus, posession, judgment suspend
ed on payment of costs.
J. B. Carlyle, operating motor
vehicle with improper lights,
brakes and no operators license,
capias and continued.
Willie James Goodman, speed
ing, sixty days on roads, judg
ment suspended on payment of a
$15.00 fine and costs.
James. C. Phillips, speeding,
judgment suspended on payment
of costs.
D. E. Tripp, reckless operation
and damage to property, continued
; to March 4th.
Frederick Baldwin, recklses op?
J eration, continued to March 4th.