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fhe Pi'ot Covers truns?ick County THE STATE PORT PILOT Most of The News All The Time Southport, N. G? Wednesday, April 24th, 1946 SI. 50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDA1 ard Chairman ]avi;: . Trouble Wi'ii Officials j (J: f ./iions Meeting eU He Yesterday For lp0S; Of Instructing riaiary i t'icials l.y VA \NCIES I BY . ^SIGNATION ,irman Rtss Says That 'v, precinits Are With ut Either Registrars Or Judge-- For May Primary Election . the Biunswick y , Elections met v < ; port for the pur [ . - _ :ogistrars of all i# to le law and regu ;:i g holding the L Election. J k . to Chairman Dave 1 f ' -'t difficulty ex- j k :h\i- tar has been in pr; ct't'iua!.* for duty at the . places. As of yes lav there was no registrar jie:e were no judges for e;- j. ? or Shingletree K preci.tcts. In addition, ' ?e ? no Republican judge ' Hft CiveU nor Bolivia, [r. R -s say# that he has been ?i ?"th a discouraging turn ; h:s election official set- ? as ,-y as three appoint- J :j a i ready been made i..-:e of the positions. vv.i- ordered that all pre ?_< having on their books a ???: of -30 or more voters :: vo i a clerk of each ? j patty to assist the pre-, in handling the I vk- ar: i folding tickets,! v; serve only during 1 ? lr> ''"he appointments " lo bv joint consent fe registrar and the two I tes for the precinct. i Brief Newt flashei i PREACH SUNUAY I !?'. Baker, pastor of Coats f.y. <;-.u:ch. will preach SU'i ) - : - tit &?!'.? hport Baptist (HOLD DANCE 1 r;x-. ! and uare dance is it? in -o> i by the Brunswick ity P <; of t;ie American Le b : ce held at the USG Fri F ..ring at 9 o'clock, fe music will be provided. t'VIXC. EQUIPMENT E: Kravitz. owner of Kings ectrjal Supply Company, now ">?- i." the Williamson Motor buil ling at Shallotte, 3 been in New York the past >? chasing elcctrical equip ' His stock is now arriving. NTED HLRE fc a: . Mrs. E. J. Stoker and Miss Carroll Stoker, of h'3bo: ? spent Monday in M-. Stoker, prominent ????' -<o business man, is sccrc rer of the N. C. Wild ? Federation. NLxH1M. building 111 of the cement block con "ttior. work on the new home 1 service station of A. B. at Supply, has been ted. The woodwork is now (tore. When completed the ' "? will be a very attractive - -wvicabii- structure. - Man relics J"- of the most interesting dis sew h( re in long time is low of the Smith Estate office, where the pro ",jr. D. J. smith, has arrow liJ of ail snapes and sizes, aiin) . uumbcr of stone ttets. MOX MEETING -?>. meeting of the Nrtck County Post i?4. Am 1,3 Ugior., will be held in the fc Hut, liiursday night, Api"'-1 ;'fj o'clock. Matters of vital 'W-anee are to be d'scussed ' *1 ok* price men are cor invited. /ham.k lr- Sari .1. Prink. acting post J* it Siiallf ttc. stated this' " that the .Shallotte postoffice j W have tu remain in its pre-j _ quarters until something de ae about a perman /jff'.oial. No suitable building rent any.vhere in Shallotte I 'c *he serves as acting ?^'stress, with nothing definite .he length of her job, Mrs. can ha idly be expected to new office at her own ex 1913 VINTAGE YESTERYEAR ? The above old picture of the business center of the town of Shallotte gives a very good idea of how it looked in 1913. There were nc parking ordnances then and the bull and cart, owned by Charlie Reaves, colored, was tethered to a building where the REA office now is located. The automobile on the left was own ed by the late Dr. W .R. Goley and was parked in front of Dr. Gol ey's store. Across the street on the right is another car that was owned by the late M. L. White. It was in front of a two-story build ing that has been moved across the street and is now owned by D. Carl Andrews. The two one-story brick buildings on the right were the Shallotte Trading Company, owned by W. L. Swain, and the Bank of Shallotte. Galloway Unopposed For Job Cf Shallotte Mayor No Candidate Filed Against | Him Before Deadline For Filing Saturday After noon At 6-00 O'clock LADY ENTERS RACE FOR TOWN OFFICE Mrs. O d e 1 1 Williamson Seeking Election as Town Treasurer; Was Only Candidate To Seek That Office With the Shallotte town elec tion to take place May 6, Mayor Leon Galloway will be unopposed on the regular ticket. He was the only candidate to file for that office before the filing dead line was reached Saturday after noon at 6 o'clock. One woman will figure in the Shallotte town election. Mrs. Odell Williamson filed Saturday for town treasurer. She was the only candidate to file for this office. Four of the present board of town aldermen filed for reelec tion. These officials are Jasper Russ, Roney W. Cheers, Jr., Guy C. McKeithan. R. Bruce Hawes. New candidates filing to oppose them are Robert White, D. Carl Andrews, W. T. White, Hubert j Holmes, Curtis Tripp,- and R. D. j White, Jr. Hughes Pitches Local Victory League-Leading Wallace Nine Defeated Sunday Afternoon As Local Twirler Holds Them To Single Hit Jack Hughes pitched a beauti ful one-hit ball game here Sun day afternoon to turn back the I league leading Wallace nine by a j score of 3 to 0. Not once during the entire ball game did Wallace threaten to j score, as the lone hit made oft'j the Southport righthander was a single down the third base line in ' the fifth inning. No visiting play er reached third base, and only one ball was hit to the outfield. Hughes received beautiful sup port most of the way to set up this victory, and despite a trio of errors, his mates were really backing him up when he needed support. Sharpe hauled down a towering fly in left field in the first of the ninth for one of the most spectacular plays of the game, and Hardison handled some hard chances at third base. Webb caught a nice game for South- j port, and threw out one of the j two men who tried to steal se-j (continued on page two) l Learn Of Death Of Former. Citizen Friends here have been advised J o? the death of S. T. Nelson, former resident of Southport < where he was employed at the | quarantine station, at his home in Perth Am boy, N. J. Mr. Nelson died on April 11, i and is survived by his widow, two j so: and one daughter. His last visit to Southport was to attend j the .funeral of the late J. fferg I Candidate Makes Special Visit John G. White, of Shallotte, the Lockwoods Folly township candidate for Sheriff on the Democratic ticket, has natural ly not been too optimistic over the size of the vote he will post in Northwest township, that be ing the home township of all three of his opponents. Never theless, Johr was \i!2king the rounds of Northwest one day this past week. About nightfall he was talk ing to a lady way up there, trying to convince her he would make a good sheriff. Both must have been interested in the matter, for neither noticed that the lady's little dog got in the car and went to sleep. In due time the candidate arrived home and as he got out of the car lie was surprised to find a more or less strange dog doing the same thing. With visions of losing a vote and being call ed a dog-thief into the bar gain, the candidate and the dog got right back into the car and John made a 60-milv round trip for the benefit of the dag. Officials Will Visit Southport K. Clyde Council Advises That Members Of Board Of Conservation And De velopment Will Meet Here May 14th K. Clyde Council, member of the North Carolina Board of Con servation and Development, has advised local interests that the board will be at Southport on Tuesday. May 14, for the day. The board, according to Mr. Council, plans to visit Fort Cas well and Long Beach. It is un iCcntinued on page 2) Democrats Will Meet Saturday County Convention For Brunswick Democrats Will Be Held At Shall otte High School At 2 O'Clock Brunswick county Democrats will meet Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Shallctte high school auditorium for their regu lar convention. H. Foster Mintz, chairman of the executive committee, has not announced a formal program for this occasion, but it is understood I that there will be prominent speakers for the occasion. There is considerable interest in selection of members of the executive committee, and in the election of the party chairman. It is not known whether the pre sent chairman will be a candidate to succeed himself. An invitation has been extend- J ed to all Democrats to attend this meeting, and the ladies are par ticularly urged to be present. Conference For Methodists Of This District Whiteville Methodist Church Host Wednesday To Wilmington District Meeting -Of Methodists BISHOP PEELE ATTENDS MEETING Appeal Made For Support Of Methodist Orphanage; business Session As Afternoon Ssssion The District Conference of the Wilmington District of the Metho dist church met in Whiteville to day with some 200 or more lay men and ministers of the district in attendance. The Whiteville Methodist church was host to the annual meeting. The district is composed of nine counties in Eastern North Carolina, including Brunswick and Coiumbus. Rev. A. S. Parker, District Supterintendent of Wil mington, presided. The morning session opened at 10 o'clock with the devotional in charge of Rev. J. D. Young, pas tor of the Garland Methodist church. Rev. C. N. Phillips, formerly of Southport, was elect ed secretary of the conference. W. G. Burkhead, member of the Whiteville church, extended a wel come to the conference and Rev. L. D. Hayman, pastor of the Whiteville church, greeted the conference and made announce ments. Also heard at the morning ses sion were Mrs. Floyd Johnson, of Whiteville, Rev. Mr. Phillips, W. A. McGirt, District Lay leader of Wilmington; W. B. Cooper and Bishop W. W. Peele, resident bis hop of Richmond, Va. Rev. A. S. Barnes, director of the Methodist Orphanage in Ra leigh, presented three small child ren from the orphanage in an appeal for the orphanage work in the district. Rev. O. L. Hathway, of St. Pauls, and Rev. F. W. Paschall, (Continued on Page 2) Revival Services Now In Progress Former Pastor Is In Charge Of Revival Meeting In Progress At Trinity Meth- 1 cdist Church This Week j Rev. John R. Edwards, pastor i of Fifth Avenue Methodist church, I Wilmington, is assisting Rev. O. I. Hinson, pastor of Trinity Meth odist church, with a revival meet ing here this week. Services are | being held each evening at 8 o'clock. The Rev. Mr. Edwards is well known here, being a former pas tor of Trinity Methodist church. He delivered forceful sermons on Monday and Tuesday evenings, and members of his congregation) were moved by his messages. The former pastor joins with ; the Rev. Mr. Hinson in issuing a warm invitation to the people of j this community, regardless of their church affiliation, to attend services during the remainder of, this week. Our ROVING Reporter They buried Mr. Henry White ( at Shallotte Saturday, buried him nicely in the fine clothes, j which he really deserved after his J 87 years of never ending toil and little thought to his ojvn personal appearance. The undertaker at Southport did a good job of pre paring Mr. Henry for burial and afterwards, that evening, many Shallotte people stopped us on the street to tell us how nicely Mr. Henry looked just before he was laid to rest. To the folks of the present day who knew Mr. Henry only as an unkept old man, it is only fair to say that he died more square with the world than many of us can ever hope to be. The eldest of 13-children, he toiled to help the family and was ever too busy to think of a family and home of his own. When his brothers and sisters went their ways he continued to toil. He earned and lost many dollars in banks during the days when banks are not what they are now. He continued to live and toil and could have lived much better than he did. But, he lived as he did and was pro bably happy knowing he had never owed anything to anybody. There are a lot of who now think Mr. Henry was a fine man. Soil Conservationist LeRoy Mintz stopped us this week to say that "we," meaning Bruns wick county farmers, have the best small grain and lespedeza i crop prospects that they have ever had. He mentioned the ex ceptional crops of several farm ers and then withdrew the names as the prospects are generally good, instead of exceptional. A short time later W. Claude Gore stopped us to tell of his 40-acrcs of oats, from which he expects to harvest around 75 bushels per acre, and with lespedeza growing in the oats and already around two inches high giving assurance of a big hay crop to follow the oats. Both Mr. Gore and Mr. Min tz asked that we go with them for a. trip about the county to J (Continued on Page Four) District Methodists Meet 1 r ?? CONFERENCE? Bishop Walter W. Psele, of Richmond, attended the conference of the Wilmington District of the Methodist church held in Whiteville today. Scene of the meeting was Whiteville Methodist Church, shown above on the left. Bishop Peele is shown on the right. Handbag Proves Pretty Elusive For Local Ladies "There's a woman's handbag in the road! Stop the car!" There was plenty of excitement In the automobile filled with ladles of Southport Woman's Club who were returning from Wilmington and a visit to the Sorosis meeting last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. H. B. Smith was nearest the door, so she p'led out to pick up the booty. She hurried back along the highway as fast as she very well could with her high heel shoes and party clothes, and as she stooped to pick up the handbag ? because that's really [ what it was the ladles saw ? It j suddenly began to crawl away, > She wasn't left puzzled very I *Jong, for at that moment there j was a chorous from behind a 1 nearby hedge as youthful voices cried, "Another sucker". It seems that a bunch of Ice land youngsters had been fool ing people with remarkable suc cess throughout the afternoon and although, as one boy ex plained "One ,man give us an awful cussin", most of the vic tims took their fooling In shame-faced good humor ? just as the loccal ladies did. Local Minister To Hold Revival Rev. O. I. Hinson, pastor of. Trinity Methodist church, will as sist Rev. C. H. Lewis, pastor of Concord Methodist church at Sup ply, in a series of revival ser vices beginning Monday night, April. 2?>. The meeting will con tinue through Friday night, with services at 7:45 o'clock. In addition to urging the con gregation to be present at these services, Rev. Mr. Lewis is ex- , tending a most cordial invitation to the general public to attend. Observance Of Easter Is Joyous Occasion Locally Sacred Song Service By Members Of Colored Church Choirs Before Day Sunday Started Off Programs SPECIAL SERVICES AT LOCAL CHURCHES Large Congregations Turn Out For Programs Feat uring Easter Music At Various Churches The observance of Easter in j Southport was marked by a series of special musical programs, be- j ginning before day with the sacred songs of choirs from the colored churches. Going about the city for the I first time this year in a bus, equipped with loud speaker, the beautiful singing of the colored folks came to the greatest num ber of people ever to hear them, A part of the early morning pro gram was a sunrise service at the USO, with Rev. O. I. Hinson the speaker. The morning services for Sun day school and church were de voted to special Easter programs. At Trinity Methodist church the choir presented a cantata, "The j Thorn-Crowned King." Mr. Bax ter Durham, of Raleigh, filled the pulpit at the Southport Baptist church, and there was appropriate Easter music. Lay-reader E. M. McEachern conducted the services at St. Phillips Episcopal church, and there, too, Easter specials featured the musical program. "There Is No Death," an Eas ter pageant of simplicity and beauty, was presented Sunday night at the Baptist church. The scene was laid in an Oriental gar den, the morning of the resu.-rcc tion of Jesus. The Easter Bells were Homer McKcthan, Jr.. Lee Aldridge, Wayne Ludlum, John 1 Arthur Potter, Teresa Fuliwood ! and Gcraldine Lancaster. The Blossoms of the Savior's Garden : 1 were Dorothy Ann Walton, Re mona Williamson, Patricia Ivey, ' Mary Sue Fullwood, Janice Suggs, ' Vivian McKeithan, Rita Cull: 3 and ' Priscilla Russ. The Easter Lilic3 1 were portrayed by Ugie Long, Mary Ann Russ Mary E'izabeth 1 Lupton, Patricia Adams, Janice Tunnell and Latitia Hickman. The 1 character of Cornelius was play- i 1 (Continued on Page 2) First Blue Fish Caught By Watts Donnie Watts Made Big Haul Last Week And These Fish Expected To Be Biting For The Sports- 1 men Soon i Donnie Watts, using his net, I caught 600-pounds of nice blue ! fish one day this past week and he and others who know some thing about these fish say that they will be plentiful in a very short time now. Mackerel will also be coming on soon, and it is believed probable that trout are now collecting around the old wrecks in great numbers. No re ports have been received of any parties going out for them. One of the biggest catchcs of trout that is recalled as having been made in the spring by a j party of sportsmen was taken i several years ago on April 8. This j catch was made by a party of j Wilmington sportsmen, fishing from the boat of Captain H. T. j Bowmer. Captain Bowmer says j that the trout should be plentiful n Continued on page two Thumbing Gesture Results In Ride Rural Policeman \V. D. Evans was driving; along a Wacca maw township road Saturday aftcrnoan when a young man just ahead of him made the widely recognized thumb ges ture. The officer slowed down and stopped, but instead of get ting into the car the would be rider took to his heels as soon as he saw who the driver was. Evans jum|>ed out of his car and also ran. A considerable chase followed before James Simmons and the half-gallon glass jar nearly filled with whis key which he had in his shirt was captured. He got the rM? he thumbed for. Shailotte Man Dies In Woods Henry T. White, 87- Year Old Resident Of Shail otte, Is Found Dead In Woods After Being Miss ing From Home Three Days Henry T. White, aged Shailotte 1 man, was found dead in the woods half mile from his home Friday j afternoon after being missing ' since Tuesday. Death was evident ly due to exposure to the rain and cold of Tuesday night and Wed nesday. Coroner W. E. Bell, after viewing the remains and investi gating the circumstances, decided that an inquest was unecessary. Following his disappearance, , search was made of the river with out discovering any trace of him. Finally, Friday morning his boat containing a quantity of oysters that he had dug was found moor ec in a cove. This led to a search Df the woods between the river and his home and the discovery of his body where he had evident ly been overcome by feebleness and exposure to the weather. Mr. White lived alone. He was S7-years old and was the eldest of a family of 13 children. Hav ing spent much of his early life in assisting to care for this large family, he never married. Surviving him are three sisters, Mrs. J. A. Stanley, Mrs. Jane Stanley and Mrs. Jane Gore, and a brother, Martin L. White, all of Shailotte. Funeral services were held Sat urday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Chapel Hill cemetery with Rev. C. H. Lewis of the Shailotte Methodist church in charge. (Continued on Page 8) Short Session Of Court Here Only Four Cases Disposed ' Of Monday Before Judge ! John B. Ward With Session Adjourning Be- ! fore Noon Only fcur cases were disposed 1 of here before Judge John B. Ward this week in an Easter Monday session. All other coun ty offices were observing a holi day with the exception of the court and the Brunswick county tax office. A nol pros was taken fn the case charging William Mintz with (Continue4 on Page 2) Southport Girl In Solo Flight In Wilmington Miss Marion Frink Com pletes Training Course At Wilmington Flying Field By Going Up Alone This Morning IS FIRST WOMAN PILOT IN COUNTY Daughter Of Mr. And Mrs. S. B. Frink Of Southport, Is Enthusiastic Over Flying Following T oaf Miss Marion Frink, of South port, completed her student flight training this morning at the Caro lina Skyways Field on the new Wrightsville Beach highway and made a successful solo flight. Just to make it stick, Miss Frink made a couple of other solo trips for good measure. The Southport girl had expect ed to make this test yesterday afternoon, but night came on be fore she had completed the neces sary number of hours with her instructor. This morning ?he was up with the sun to complete the routine training program, then was off on her own to qualify for her student license. | Miss Frink is the first woman pilot from Brunswick county to obtain her license, and is one of the few civilian pilots from this county. Miss Frink is enthusiastic over flying, and plans to go ahead im mediately with 32-more hours of flying in order to qualify for her private license. She said this morning that she hopes eventual ly to own her own plane ? al though she says that is some thing for the future -and that she was very anxious to see a j flying field at Southport. The young aviatrix is the at 1 tractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. IS. B. Frink, of Southport. She is ; a graduate of the University of j North Carolina school of journ-al j ism and is a reporter on the Wll ! mington Star-News. x Easter Fishing Turns Out Well < Sunday Was Most Un promising In The Way Of Weather, But Monday Gave Anglers A Better Break For Their Sport The Brunswick folks who get their fun in freshwater fishing were all out of luck in the Easter Sunday and Easter Monday re spite from the closed season on freshwater fishing. With the sea son closed until May 19, the De partment of Conservation and De velopment lifted the ban and told the fishermen they could go fish ing on those two days. The weather man thought otherwise about it. Sunday he sent chilly weather and howling northeast winds. It took no great man for freshwater fishing to know that to fare forth on that day would simply be wasting his time. Easter Monday was much warmer and had much less wind, but it was still far from being promising. Despite the still un favorable outlook at least one local party gathered up some Wait and set out for their favorite fish ing hole. Included were E. J. Pre vatte, L. T. Yaskell and W. B. Keziah. They returned with a string of 38 good-sized goggle eyes, warmouths and bass. In ad dition to these 38-fish the party (Continued on page 2) Shallotte Plans DanceWednesday Dance For Benefit Of American Legion Hut Fund Expected To At tract Hundreds Of Danc ers And Spectators A big event for next Wednes day night at Shallotte will be the dance that is being staged at the Williamson Motor Company build ing for the purpose of having a good time and raising funds for the new American Legion Hut and communily'Hiuilding that i? planned there. The Williamson building will ac commodate about 500 dancers and plenty of spectators, and if the interest that Shallotte people are showing means anything, there will be plenty of both spectator* and dancing. In addition to the music and dancing there will be a lot of other things to Interest and pleaaa the spectators. The plans are to give all amending a good tim%