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aunswick County
NO. SIXTEEN NO. 1
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The News
All The Time
6-pages today Southport, N. G., Wednesday, April 10th, 1946
$1.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
\epublicans Will Enter
ftfay Primary To Nominate
Candidates For Next Fall
_ ?
i J, Interest Centers In
?ce For Sheriff, With
jr L. Willetts, R. D.
White. Jr., And Dawson
Running
^ KOPP SUCCEEDS
1XW1S AS CHAIRMAN
Ijtv Leaders Make It
ujn That Race Is Open
p0r All Who Wish To
Seek A Nomination
county convention held
yesterday, members of
t r. oan party decided to
'J May Primary Election
j tvv.'.ests for at least two
r . an invitation was ex- j
candidates to file for,
t :::ce for which there is a
p- ate for filing is Sat
jv A: 'ill 13.
-s of four men were
ominatlon for sheriff,
i c. p. Willetts. incumbent,
his name be with- ,
,v Tii.s left the names of H.
R. D. White, Jr., and
. Lewis up for this of
was decided to have
g. ..t file and make the
taty race.
: - ;.e action resulted in the
nomination for coun
,-iioner. Three men will ;
in the primary fromj
i: .ving seven, or from the
t who file for htis nice:
P F.u--. incumbent, I. N. Ful
?: P.. H. Sellers. C. W. Knox.
N' uris Bailey King and
s* K .Men.
following men were ask
tor the race for mem-,
t or' the board of education :
? >,.:pper. Banks Lewis and
i. Potter.
A:. they may have, op
r.:;r. "in the primary, candi-^
(:? for several offices received
;; ritv vote of the convention
r the offices they seek.
W A. Kopp was given a ma
Ky vote for member of the
of Representatives, but
c asked that his name be
p.:awn and that Bonnie
ks? the other candidate, be
tired the nominee. This was
k by unanimous consent,
t balloting for the next nom
k:: Mr. Kopp accepted nom
t as the Republican candi
fe for State Senate.
|*anis Bennett was given a ma
Rv vote in the convention over |
feU Bennett for nominee for j
krk of Court.
pell B lan ton received a ma- j
r.:y over Roseman Mooney as
? r.orainee for coroner.
8. p.. Hewett was unanimous
fece for county surveyor.
S P.. Johnson was unopposed
I the convention for nomination
' the Republican candidate for
of Recorder's court.
R' A. Kopp was elected chair
l" ' the Brunswick County Re
Swan Executive Committee,
tet F. L. Lewis. Chas M.
tet s re-elected secretary.
Brief Newt
Flashes
tfLDIvr, GARAGE
Long si constructing a'
"S- r '? garage and shop at hi?
P : e ana filling station nea .
My.
SCHOOL CLINIC
>ol clir /
U:
t>:re will be a pre-school cli.^
'South port Tuesday morniiK
M 16th, at 9 o'clock. A
vho are beginning schijl
*'? yar should come for tl*r
**Ulation and vaccination. 1
|f?INTED CHIEF
t Coleman, of Sup
18 '"??' n appointed Chief of
* shallotte. He will be fcs
in his duties by
tola,
PULPIT
? Dennis Clemmon.Jr of
, filled the pulH at
Baptist church Sway
Mr. Clemmons is Bna- 1
'' Brunswick county eA >3 1
?f U' t of Walker Clein?ns,'
"toport man.
JtUER dies
, rs i-'iank Salter, moth^fcof
- W. M. Wells, died at?er
"" - Beaufort, Thursdai^?^1'
' M- - VV. S. Wells; MrB?nd
1 W'ilie Wells, Charle^and
Wells, all attended t?jun
^on Friday. Mrs. W. ^?JVells
' n in Beaufort *wo
Serviceman's Voting Law
Explained Bv Chairman
Head Of Brunswick County Election Board Also Reminds ;
Prospective Candidates Of Filing Deadline
David Ross, chairman of the
Brunswick County Board of Elec
tions, calls attention to regula
tions governing the Serviceman's
Voting Law, and warns of the
approaching deadline for filing for'
the Primary Election. He has
prepared the following informa
tion for the benefit of the voters:
Now that we have all the ne- j
cessary supplies for taking of
applications for servicemens ab
sentees for the primary May 25th
X will suggest that candidates 1
and others interested in securing
the votes of men and women in
the armed forces get busy and ,
try to get them out as early as
possible.
The relatives ( father, mother, ]
sister, brother, husband, wife or
child) can make application for
the serviceman's ticket only if
he is: "first" ? registered on the I
regular precinct, books or "se
cond" if he or she is registered
on the special registration book
prepared by the chairman of the
board of Elections in the election
of 1944.
I further call attention to the
fact that next Saturday, April
13th, at 6:00 p. m. is the dead
line for filing notice of candidacy
for office in the county.
I am making every effort pos- j
sible thru courtesy of Mr. Harper
and The Pilot to keep the public
informed as to the workings of
the various rules of conducting
the primary as there will be no
election pamphlets published for
1945 session of the general as
sembly and therefore election of
ficials and candidates and others
will have to depend on the 1943
pamphlets and pamphlets of in
struction to registrars and judges
of election.
DAVID ROSS, Chm:
Election Board.
Welfare Superintendent
Arrives Here For Duty
Charles E. White, Of Hert
for, Takes Over Duties
As Superintendent Of
Public Welfare For
County
IS SUCCESSOR
FOR MRS. PHELPS
New Officer Has No Ideas
For Revolutionary Chan
ges In His Department;
Has Recently Been
Discharged From
Army
Charles E. White, newly ap
pointed Superintendent of Public
Welfare for Brunswick county, ar
rived here Monday to assume the
duties of his new post.
The new Welfare Office is from
Hertford, and was discharged four
months ago from the Army Sig
nal Corps, with which he served
for four years. He was in the
ETO, and spent time in England,
France and Belgium.
Mr. White is a graduate of
Duke University, and following
his graduation t.-,ok a special
course in social work at the Uni
versity of North Carolina. Prior
to entering the armed services
he was engaged in welfare work
in Durham county.
In an interview yesterday Mr.
White said that he has no plans
for instituting any startling new
program in his department. "I
want to have an opportunity to
learn the community and the
people I am to serve first," he
said, "and any announcements I
may have to make will be after
I have had an opportunity to
consult with members of the Wel
fare Board."
Incidentally, the new county of
ficial has met the Welfare Board,
.having come here three weeks
jpgo for an interview with mem
fiers of that body.
jGroups Of Men
' Leave For Army
{Fifteen Brunswick County
| Men Leave Next Tuesday
For Ft. Bragg For Pre
Induction Examination;
Others Following Week
\ Fifteen white men from Bruns
wick county are due to leave
n.Vxt Tuesday for pre-induction
ex amination at Ft. Bragg, and
onle week later a total of 17 are
dL|e to leave for the same place
tcf induction into the Army.
]The following men leave for
pile-induction Tuesday April 16:
| JLouie Stanley, Shallotte; John
nki Anderson, Southport; Joseph
Ja^ob Ward, Freeland; Edgar
|Ht?ward Tatum, Shallotte; Willie
Cujrtis Hewett, Bolivia; Keith
jjerald Stanley, Ash; E. G. Mag
jgf Vd, Bolivia; James R. Hewett,
Si 'pply; Dewey Allen Edwards,
I A?|h; Charles O'Neil Hickman,
i Solithport; William H. Babson,
? Ash; Harold Martin Williams, Le
i i (Continues on page six)
Mintz Proposes
Change In Board
R. I. Mintz, Southport at
torney nd candidate tor the
Democratic nomination for
State Senator, has advised H.
Foster Mintz, chairman of the
Democratic Executive Commit
tee, that he favors the appoint
ment of a five-man board of
education and has expressed his
desire for a preference vote in
the coming primary for candi
dates representing Shall otte
Lockwoods Folly, Bolivia and
Leland School Districts.
The W'accamavv and South
port school districts already
have representation on the
county board.
Mr. .Mintz has asked that
this matter be called to the at
tention of executive committee
members in the precincts af
fected in order that candidates
| may have a chance to file be
j fore Saturday.
Application For
River Dredging
T. Peders, Of Wilmington,
Seeking Permission To
Dredge Approach Chanel
And River Basin Up The
River
Capt. T. Peders. of Wilmington,
has made application to the U. S.
Engineers office for permission
to dredge approximately 25,000
cubic yards of material from the
Cape Fear river about four and
one-half miles south of Wilming
ton and also for permission to
construct a wharf there. Col.
George W. Gillette, district en
gineer, announced this week.
The wharf, it is understood, will
serve private small craft. It will
be located on the east side of
I the river, about 3,000 feet east
of the ship channel.
Plans showing the proposed
work are now on file in the engi
neers office, Col. Gillette said,
and may be viewed on request.
Objections, if any, to the work,
from the standpoint of navigation,
I may be filed until April 15.
i Wildlife Club
Plans Fish Fry
Members of the Brunswick
County Wildlife Club will hold a
fish fry at Town Creek bridge
Thursday evening. The time has
been set for 7:30 o'clock,
j A committee comprised of
Goley Lewis, C. W. Osborne and
Frank Rabon has been named to
make preparations for the outing,
and it has been reported that
these men are relying largely
upon Charlie Sellers to provide
the herring, which are to furnish
' the main item on the bill of fare.
I An invitation is issued to all
members and prospective members
of the club to attend this meet
ing.
Farming Holds
Spotlight For
Entire County
Rain Monday Was Helpful
To Farmers In Certain
Sections Of County As
Truck And Fruit Crops
Do Nicely
PROSPECTS FOR BIG
FRUIT HARVEST GOOD
Small Grain Crops Looking
Good Throughout Coun
ty, With Most Of Ac
reage Planted To
Lespedeza For
Hay
Heavy rains that came Monday
were apparently gladly welcomed
by farmers along near the coast
and in the northeastern part of
the county. Both garden and field
crops, they say, were greatly
benefitted. The lower part of the
county had good rains the first
of last week, while the quick dry
ing lands near the coast were
: beginning to suffer.
On the face of things the fruit
crop is safe. With no frost or
severe cold weather since fruit
trees, first b<i?an blooming, there
should be a heavy crop this year,
according to some farmers. This
being the case it will soon be in
order for Miss McLamb and her
club women and girls to begin
their preparations for canning.
Probably the prettiest field of
cabbage in the county is being
grown by Thompson McRackan
on his farm just across Walden's
Creek on the River Road. He
has three or four acres in one
patch of the vegetables. They
have been looking nice since i
they were first planted.
Truck loads of cabbage heads ;
will soon be moving out of that
field to market.
The small grain crop continues
to look exceptionally well and it
is not disputed that the acreage
is much larger than normal. In
connection with the small grain
crop, an encouraging fact is that j
practically the whole acreage is
also seeded in lespedeza. The les
pedeza is up to a fine stand and
is growing in a manner that gives
promise of a big hay crop fol
lowing on the harvesting of the
small grain. Last year few good
(continued on page two)
Try Ten Cases
In Court Here
Several Cases Disposed Of
Monday Before Judge !
John B. Ward With
Court Being Adjourned
Before Noon
A total of 10 cases were dis
posed of her in Recorder's court
Monday before Judge John B.
Ward, but they were handled in
time for the session to adjourn
before noon.
The following disposition was
made of the cases:
Harry Guyton, posession, judg
ment suspended on payment of
costs.
Talmadge King and T. C. Ser
mons. violating game law, re
manded to Justicc of Peace.
Robert Carlisle, improper brak
es, lights and no registration
card, judgment suspended on pay
ment of a fine of $10.00 and
(Continued on page six)
NEW BUSINESS
OPEN ? This is the newest addition to the business bocm that is taking place
in Northwest township. It is the attractive building occupied by Mac's Home Supply,
at Woodburn. The proprietors of this new business are Dawson Jones and his son,
Floyd Jones. The shop on the right is a soda shop operated by the Anderson boys.
Local Library
Open Five Days
Mrs. Ida Marshall Takes
Over Duties As Librarian
Following Resignation Of
Mrs. Mollycheck
The library trustees of the
Southport Woman's Club have
adopted a resolution to enlarge
and improve the local library.
Beginning April 8. the library
will be open Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
afternoons from 2:30 to 5 o'clock.
Mrs. Ida Marshall, well known in
this community, will replace Mrs.
Moiiycneck, who recently resign
ed as librrian.
The Woman's Club plans to
make the library a well stocked
civic library where both new
bookT and current popular maga
zine? will be available. To attain
(Continued on Page 6)
Two More Months
Of School Remain
.
Two Schools Will Be Late |
In Closing For 1946,
Sessions Due To Tims
Lost During Current Year
Less than two months remain |
before all white and colored j
schools in Brunswick county will j
close their 1946 session, accord- 1
ing to reports from the office of!
Miss Annie Mae Woodside, coun
ty superintendent of schools. The
Shallotte and Southport schools
will be the last to close, because
of days having been lost in teach- 1
ing at those places during the j
session.
All colored schools are due to |
close on May 28, or thereabouts.
The Waccamaw high school will i
close on May 28; Leland on May j
29; Bolivia on May 31; Southport;
on June 3 and Shallote on June 4.
This far in advance of the clos
ing, definite plans have naturally
not yet been made. However, it
is definitely understood that ' the
closing exercises in all of the
schools will be in much the same
order as prevailed during pre-war
days. The schools will all have
big commencements.
W. B. KEZIAH
Oar
ROVING
/
Reporter
Some time back we devoted
most of this column to mention-!
ing little incidents and people that
we met up with during a day of
loving around. Well, folks seem-i
ed to like that stuff and we are,
moved to report on another aver
age days doings.
Saturday, April 6: We got up
at 4:00 a .m., came to the office
and wrote some letters and some
news stuff, read the early morn
ing paper and went back to the
Grimes House for breakfast. Came
back to the office 45 minutes be
fore the bus to Whiteville was
due to leave. Found one of
Southport's prettiest girls waiting
for that bus and she came to the
office as a better place to wait.1
Went with her on the bus as far
as Shallotte. Dora Walton was on
the bus as far as Supply. Nice
looking girl who works in the
RE A office at Shallotte got on I
the bus at Supply. Two elderly;
ladies who had been at the hos
pital in Southport rode on the
bus to their home near Shallotte.
Balance of passengers were color
ed people, except for one sailor.
A. B. Willis was the first guy
we saw when we got off the bus
at Shallotte. Soon we met up
with Charley and Gene Russ. Her
bert Russ, Hoyt Holden. Went
over to Shallotte Trading com
pany and saw Hobson Kirby, Guy
McKeithan and his honor, Mayor
Leon Galloway. Roney Cheers, Jr.,
happened in there and told us j
this and that. There was also
the usual number of nicc looking
sales ladies at this place.
Went round to the Shallotte
Drug Company and engaged in an
argument with Edward Redwine,
who insisted that Dr. Wingate
Swain was too busy to see us
(Continued on Page Four)
Cancer Drive To Begin
In County Next Week
Three More Men
Have Announced
Two new names have been
added this week to the list of
those seeking the Democratic
nomination as member of the
Board of County Commissioners.
One is Homey Lewis, Tliom
asboro businessman; the other
is M. B. Chennis, Phoenix busi
nessman. This brings to nine
the number of men who have
announced their candidacy for
this office.
Edward H. Redwine, dis
charged veteran and young
Shallotte businessman, has an
nounced his intention to seek
the Democratic nomination for
member of the House of Repre
sentatives. He is the second
candidate to announce for this
office, Odeli Williamson, also of
Shallotte, having previously an
nounced.
Donations Help
Baseball Club
Local Firms Contribute
Funds For Purchase Of
Uniforms And Equipment
For Baseball Team
W. C. Webb is manager of the
Southport entry in the Eastern
league and Jack Hughes has been
elected secretary-treasurer of the
club. .
Southport business firms and
individuals have contributed funds ;
with which to completely outfit1
the squad with new uniforms,
and a reserve has also been rais-;
ed for the purchase of bats, balls,
(Continued on Page 6)
Winnabow Man j
Plants Tobacco
Bill Goss, Winnabow Farm
er, Is First Man Report
ing Planting Tobacco In
County This Year
So far as can be learned fol
lowing the most painstaking in
quiry, Bill Goss, Winnabow farm
er and tobacco grower, is the
first Brunswick county man to
begin transplanting the 1946 to
bacco plants from the beds to [
the fields.
County Commissioner J. N. I
Sowell reported Monday that Mr.
Goss began transplanting the
Continued on page 6
Brunswick Lady
Died Wednesday
Mrs. Mary Ellen Piffgott
Died Wednesday Night
Following Extended Per
iod Of Illness
Mrs. Mary ? Ellen Pigott, 60,
died at her home at Shallotte
Point Wednesday night following
an illness of some time. She was
a daughter of A. J. Russ, former j
Ennis Long is constructing a j
township, now residing in Burling- j
ton.
Mrs. Pigott is survived by her
husband, J. R. Pigott, by one son, j
Carl C. Pigott and two daugh- '
ters, Mrs. Mae Milliken and Mrs. |
(Continued on Page Six) i
Money Will Be Spent To
Curb Increasing Death
Rate, Chairman Glenn M.
Tucker Says
EARLY DETECTION
IS IMPERATIVE1
Volunteer Workers Will
Make Canvas; Goal For
Brunswick County Is
$200.00
The drive of the American Can-!
cer Society for $12,000,000 will |
open April 15 and continue
through April 30.
Glenn M. Tucker is chairman
of the drive for Brunswick with
a goal of $200.00, which Mr.
Tucker hopes to double.
James Harper, Commander of
the Brunswick county unit of the
Field Army, is co-chairman for
the fund-raising campaign in
Biunswick county. The principal
of each school is again acting as
school chairman, and is expected
to help the cause in his usual
fine manner in which his school
supports worthy causes. i
Mr. Tucker said that it is the'
hope of his committee to have a
volunteer worker visit every
home in Brunswick county.
"Although the all-out attack
to curb cancer costs money,"
Chairman Tucker declared, "we
campaign workers are concerned
too in attempting to spread the
message that if detected early!
enough and treated properly can- j
cer can be cured in about 50% of.
the cases. However, at present we '
are only saving only 15% of all
persons becoming ill from cancer.
"The danger signals of cancer
are a matter in most cases of the
greatest personal intimacy. In
variably the victim is the first to
detect them and we want every
citizen of the county to learn to
recognize the danger signals of
cancer and to seek proper medical
or surgical attention immediately.
"Thus, our campaign workers
have a two-fold purpbse; namely,
to raise money to carry on this
fight and to spread word about
how cancer can be detected and
that something should be done
about it as soon as it is discover
ed.
(Continued on Page 2)
Demonstration
At Supply Office
Home Agent Will Have As
sistance Of State Special
ist For Slip-Cover Demon
stration Thursday
Thursday of next week, April
18, Miss Rosa Elwood Bryan,
j home agent at large for the
j State of North Carolina, will as
i sist Miss Alene McLamb, the
j Brunswick home agent, in an all
| day slip-cover demonstration at
Miss McLamb's office at Supply.
Plans are being made to make
quite a day of it by the club
women of Brunswick county. The
meeting will begin at 10 o'clock
in the morning and will continue
throughout the afternoon. At
noon a picnic lunch will be spread
and for this event all of the club
women of Brunswick are asked
to bring a basket.
The meeting is open to all of
the iadies of the county who are
interested in learning how to
make slip covers for their furni
ture. Miss McLamb is especially
urging that all club members at-<
tend.
Special Session
Of Civil Court
Asked By Board
Members Of Board Of
County Commissioners
Held Special Session On
Monday For Purpose Of
Making Arrangements
SEVERAL CASES
LEFT INCOMPLETE
Judge Parker Withdrew
Juror And Ordered A
Mistrial In Case Of
Fergus Vs. Well.
Wednesday
At a call meeting of the Board
of county commissioners here
Monday a formal request was
made of Governor R. Gregg
Cherry for a special term of
Brunswick county Superior court
for trial of civil cases. The spe
cial court was asked for the week
beginning June 3.
This request was made follow
ing a conference between Judge
R. Hunt Parker and members of
the bar at the conclusion of last
week's term. So many incom
pleted civil cases remain on the
docket that it was decided to re
quest the special term.
This was the only matter of
any importance taken up by the
commissioners Monday.
One of the cases which prob
ably will be tried at the June
term, if it is granted, is that of
Fergus vs. Wells. Judge Parker
ordered the withdrawal of a
mistrial when Clifton L. Moore,
one of the lawyers for the defend
ants, became ill.
In other cases disposed of be
fore Judge Parker before court
adjourned on Thursday H. R.
Hewett was designated to make
a survey as a basis for settling
the Woodard vs. Willie Frink
and Collins Frink matter.
It appearing to the court that
a satisfactory settlement had
been made in the case of Wil
mington Oil & Fertilizer Co. vs.
D. B. Lewis and wife, a non-suit
. granc*:, the defendants to .
pay the costs.
Numerous parties defendant
were added to the case of Henry
Stanley vs. John Price, .et als,
and the case was continued.
The case of M. H. Glenn vs.
C. R. Bennett and wife was set
tled in favor of the plaintiff, and
the court directed the commission
er regarding disposition of the
matter.
Coleman Plans
New Buildings
Grading Has Begun For
Erection Tourist Home*
On Attractive Site Near
Brunswick River Bridge
J. F. Coleman, who operates a
cafe and filling station near the
Brunswick river bridge, has been
grading a one-acre tract of land
on the hill at the turn of the
River Road from Routes 74 and
17
Mr. Coleman stated Friday that >
he expected to start work on a
7-room tourist home on the pro
perty within three weeks. He
plans to construct three other 7
room tourist homes on the same
lot during the summer.
The elevated location is a very
beautiful one, overlooking Routes
74 and 17 and right at the be
ginning of the River Road where
it leaves the above highways. The
tourist homes will be on the up
per end of the big ship lay-in
basin that is now under construc
tion and which is intended to ac
commodate 500 big freight ves
sels.
Will Start On
Bank Building
R. D. White Stated Satur
day That He Will Con
struct Bank Building On
Lot Next To Shallotte
Drug Co.
R. D. White, of Shallotte, stat
ed Saturday that he would im
mediately begin the construction
of a brick building for the- pro
posed Waccamaw Bank and Trust
Company branch, at Shallotte.
The building will be on the lot
on the south side of the Shallotte
Drug Company, which building i*
also owned by Mr. White.
* Mr. White stated that he would
have construction work on the
building pushed as much as pos
sible. It is believed that the bank
will be ready to open the branch
by the time quartern become
available. Application was made
to banking commissioner Oorney
P. Hood last week for permission f
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