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NO: SIXTEEN NO. 15
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
6-pages today Southport, N. CM Wednesday, July 17, 1946
Most of The News
All The Time
Sl.SU PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEUNE5UAI
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Affect Hunting
L f ' Srrw,M? B?Aln
W<velCP Next Week At
K,d>.v A*d wai
Jrltablish Seasons
| ? m INTERS are
PJuCH CONCERNED
.1 T0 Reduce The
From 90
?fv< To 45-Days Is
Opposed By Hunters
In The County
e!l 0f Brunswick coun- i
1^; 'their eyes turned to,
' C.;V where next weeks
Tulv of the Board
W^tion and Development !
forth the final say-so ;
ntlng regulations for the;
-jjng season.
,-oard will hear recommen
ds' of the Division of Game -
[sialic Fisheries for a cur-|
jn kill through shorter ,
WZ ami bag limits on some;
Wie*. The division's pro- '
'made in January so that
:;riie would be allowed j
atttsmen to speak their
L r. "the subject, are based
te problem of maintaining
-a breeding stock in the
, cf an anticipated step-up in
^-5 pressure.
w'swt will be recommenda
ifcr cuts in seasons on deer,
' 'turkey. and rabbit. Already
"public 'meetings, representa- 1
set" the division and the board i
listened to vaiious sugges- j
s including the desire for
jf law enforcement and a
for lay days for the |
of all game species. All |
ion and recommendations i
a ECters will be presented to I
itet Commissioner John D. j
kiy mil outline the division's
Be?i changes.
Pnms on tleer are for a |
t is Ite season from 90 to 45
^'.s. *1 no hunting in the
t Thi ::v:sion is recommend
i mr. of October 14
Ki Switer 30 in east
icf the following counties: ?
(Biptoo. Halifax, Martin, j
fc Lc;ir. Duplin. Sampson,
Kt Lee. Moore. Hoke, and
K. '.r.th a bag limit of one i
i ?er per day and one per .
ft This would standardize I
k oates which varied by sec
i las year. The bag limit
year was one buck per day
ira per season, except in
V' counties which had
limit of one.)
it? ir. the quail season from
I - 43 days has been recom
The division's proposal:
** December 2 through Jan
713 with a daily bag limit
#t. no season bag limit. It
^ptsci that this season ap
'he entire State and that
?ca! regulations be rescind
_~r:" 1945-46 bag limit was
???' "?>' and !50 per season.
? 5rvjcu! regulations provided
*7 days in a number of
" counties, and a season
November 22 January 10,
akgheny County.,)
?r cuts in seasons rccom- j
^ are on turkey? 71 to 20 i
NlvJ on rabbit? 71 to 55;
recommendations are:!
luntmued on Page 4)
hitfNtwi
Flasha
StBAU, (l.VME
Vtr.pwt piays Hampstead
! aui<l?y afternoon in the
t"' of a two-game scries. The
b were defeated this Past
by the New Hanover nine.
ft*NS TO Dl'TY
r Bessie Spearman has re
? '?'> her duties as Superin
Fj? of the Arthur Doshcr
F': ? hospital after visiting
a-<i brother-in-law, Mr.
^'r- Alexander. in Fayctte
1>hin<; TKir
I SSm" Kendall, editor
I ' ht Gitensboro Daily News.
I Kendall, are spending
t k here on their
Tj? 'rrshwatcr fishing trip,
f^boro couple is very
| in CaahweU BbmAi
f S Beach
,VU.'LE 'HAM-K
L,,' " this week the Amuzu
K'V" ^u,hp?rt will have
I , *5 on Saturday night,
J.'s ?nc beginning at 6
er , ^nis is being done in
5jt^ ?:vc a greater number
5% visitors to Southport
^JWtuaity to go to the
Dosher Memorial Hospital
Approved For Veteran Care
Local Institution Is One Of
Forty-Seven Hospitals In
North Carolina Certified
For Home Treatment
Program
IN COOPERATION
WITH BLUE CROSS
Is For Purpose Of Provid
ing Care Close To Home
For Service-Connected
Disabilities Of
Veterans
Dosher Memorial Hospital at
Southport is one of the forty
seven North Carolina hospitals
that have been approved by the
U. S. Veterans Administration for
treatment of veterans' service
connected disabilities, E. B.
Crawford, executive vice president
of the Hospital Saving Associa
tion, the Chapel Hill Blue Cross
Plan, announced this week.
These hospitals are the first to
qualify for participation in the
veteran's "Home Treatment" pro
gram. which is being administer
ed on a non-profit basis for the
Veterans Administration by the
Chapel Hill Blue Cross Plan.
North Carolina was second
only to Michigan in adopting the
plan which permits veterans to
go to their own doctors for treat
ment of service-connected illness,
and to enter hospitals in their
own communities when facilities
of the Veterans Administration
are unavailable.
Additional hospitals are expect
ed to be approved, Crawford said.
Under the plan the veteran
visits his doctor and is treated.
If hospitalization is necessary the
doctor signs the necessary form
which allows the veteran in
patient treatment.
Both the doctor and the hos
pital send their bills to the Chapel
Hill association. In turn Craw
ford's institution bills the VA each
month after paying for the treat
ment of the veteran.
Registration For
Off-Campus Study
Supply Of Blanks For Mak
ing Application Are In
Hands Of County Super
intendent Of Schools
Application blanks for admis
sion to the off-campus college
center to be conducted at several
points in North Carolina starting:
.this fall have been received for
the number of anticipated pre
liminary applications for enroll
ment July 22 and 23 according
to Superintendent of Schools
Annie May Woodsidc.
Men and women, veterans and
non-veterans alike, arc eligible for
enrollment at the college courses
which start in September, she
said.
One unit which was slated for
Wilmington several weeks ago, is
to be a part of the study as pre
scribed by the University of North
Carolina, and was inaugurated as
a means whereby the large num
ber of veterans making applica
tion at the colleges might begin
their studies in preparation for
advanced education later.
A minimum of 30 students is
required for the organization
which has been slated to open
tentatively September 23. It will
be operated on the quarterly
basis, and classes will meet one
hour each day.
I An anticipated enrollment of
more than 100 students has al
ready been predicted by Wilming
ton education officers.
Wac'maw Farmers
Losing Fish Crop
Although residents of Wacca
maw township have been very
fortunate thus far in that their
crops have not been so badly
damaged by the heavy rains,
these people have nevertheless
been victimized by the continual
downpour.
Their principal complaint lies
in the fact that the Waccamaw
river has been brought up to
flood stage again, ruining the
fishing that until about two
weeks ago was the best ill
j history.
Flood water has caused the
river to overflow its banks and
j to make successful fishing next
[ to impossible for the time be
i ">g
Good Record In
Tax Collections
.
Efficiency In Tax Office
And Improvement In
Economic Conditions Re
flected In Tax Advertise
ment
Reflecting the greatly improv
ed financial condition of Bruns
wick county people and at the
same time standing out strickingly
for thee effective work of Tax
Collector W. P. Jorgensen is the
yearly tax sale adveitisement
now running in this paper.
In 1940 the advertisement re
quired twenty-five and falf col
lmns to cariy it all. This year
there is just a little over twelve
columns and it may be added
that the advertisement is running
30-days sooner this year than it
ran in 1940.
Another significant fact that
practically all the lands now be
ing advertised are for small sums
due the county in taxes. In 1940
there was many large tax payers
whose property was included in
the advertised list.
This years tax collections have
already run to 85-percent of the
total levy and with the taxes
not to become delinquint until
October 1st. Taking everything
by and large, the tax advertise
ment for 1945 is showing a re
markably improved conditions
over 1940. and at the same time
! it is a strong recommendation of
I the tax collecting organization. |
Real Estate Is
j Still Big News
Principal Business Activity
In Brunswick Has To Do
With Buying And Selling
Property Of Various
Kinds
The recording of real estate
deeds is now constituting one of
1 the major activities in the office
of Register of Deeds Amos. J.
Wclton. It is said that hardly an
i hour passes without some such
pape being brought in for record
ing. Somewhere around S150.000 in
I such deals is reported to have
changed hands since the first of
| the month of July.
The deeds cover every sort of
!raal estate, from town and beach
lot property farm and timber
[ lands. In one su?h deal something
jin excess of $82,000.00 was named
las the price being: paid- -
ON APPROVED LIST
ENDORSED ? The Dosher Memorial Hospital In
Southport is one of the forty-seven hospitals in North
Carolina that has been approved by the Veterans Admin- j
istration for care of veterans for service connected with !
disabilities.
Forest Service
Will Cooperate
In Fire Control
Three Tractor-Plows To Be
Available To Timberland
Owners Of This County
For Just The Cost Of
Operation
MAKE APPLICATION
TO WARDEN MERCER
New And Improved Equip
ment Will Make It Possi
ble To Do This Work
At Small Cost To
The Property
Owner
County Forest Warden D. L.
Mercer announced this week that
plans have been completed by the
N. C. Forest Service to provide
three tractor-plow units for pre
suppression fire line plowing in
Brunswick county this year.
This announcement followed a
meeting of county wardens and
association rangers of district no.
8 held at the Forest Service Dis
trict Office in Whiteville last
Wednesday. At this meeting Dis
trict Forester W. L. Brewer, Jr.,
of Whiteville, outlined the policy
which will govern the use of this
equipment. Under the adopted
plan these units will be available
to plow fire lines for individual
timberland owners for the actual
cost of operation of the equip
ment.
This program has been in op
eration in certain sections of the
district on a limited scale for
the past two years and its suc
cess has warranted the expansion
which is now possible due to the
recent acquisition of several new
units.
Equipment used in this pro
gram consists of diesel operated,
(Continued on page 4)
Hamlet Man Is
Drowned Sunday
Linwood Martin, 26-Year
O I d Hamlet Resident,
Lost Life In The Sound
At Shallotte Point
Linwood Martin, 26-year old
Hamlet man, met a tragic death
by drowning in the sound at
Shallctte Point Sunday afternoon
at about 3:30 o'clock. His watch,
when the body was recovered
some time later, had stopped at
3:45.
Accompanied by his brother, 1
Carl Martin, and Miss Marger
ette Morrison, the young man was
out in the sound in a motor boat.
The engine, according to his com
panions, backfired and Linwood
jumped overboard, calling to hi3
brother and Miss Morrison to
jump. He was unable to swim
and sank almost immediately.
The parents of both young men
were nearby and saw their son
(Continued on Page 4)
Ice Plant Begins
Work At Shallotte
Bruton Ice Company, of
, Tabor City began producing at
, U fourth plant this week when
|?e ShaUotte Ice Company, with
| ? M. Bruton as manager, be
I gan operating.
I Mr. Bruton and his two sons
.have ice plants at Tabor City,
jLons, S. C., Warsaw and the new
one at Shallotte. The Shallotte
plant is housed in a new and
[modern cement block building.
It has a daily output of 18-tons
and has storage capacity to hold
about 29-tons in reserve.
TaxRateWill
Remain At $1.60
For The County
Budget Estimate Submitted
1 o Members Of Board Of
County Commissioners By
County Auditor R. C. St.
George
estimated revenue
SET AT $160,000.00
Commissioners Also Dispos
ed Of Other Matters At
Regular Meeting Here
Monday
| Members of the board of coun
jty commissioners in session here
Monday approved the estimated
budget submitted by County Au
ditor R. c. St. George, which
provides for the tax rate for
Brunswick county to remain at
51-60 per hundred dollars valua
tion during the next fiscal year,
j The budget proposal is based
.upon a valuation of $10,000,000.00
r": ?n estimated income of $160,
1 000.00. Collections on the 1946
I levy are expected to run in the
neighborhood of 90-percent, this
being the approximate figure
reached last year and this.
A break-down of the tax rate
shows 68- cents being levied for
debt service: 59-cents for the gen
eral fund; 20-cents for the
schools; 11-cents for social se
curity and 2-cents for aid to the
50^nfP?" tEX 'atC is $200' with
ll'Tl t0 Uie 8chools
to the general fund.
thJW? namcs were added to
the disability list. They are Annie
; Goodwin and Mrs. Olive Phelns
each for $i0.00 per month. B ?
(Smith was raised from $5.00 to
I $10.00 per month.
I The commissioners authorized
the purchasing agent to make
arrangement to have the doors
and windows of the county build
ing at Supply screened.
r^,eTberS ?f the board passed a
resolution to maintain the salary
and of ^ ' the h?mc a*ent'
nd of other county employees
at the present level.
MAKING CEMENT BLOCKS
Jack Oliver has recently set up
a permanent cemct block-making
plant on the northern edge of
town and is now manufacturing
blocks for building purposes.
Our
ROVING
Reporter
W. B. KEZLiB
"Now is the time when we
need to be most afraid of cholera
breaking out among the hogs in
Biunswick," said County Agent
Dodson, when we met up with
him at Supply. Asked for a rea
son as to why this should be
an especially dangerous period,
he said: "At this time of the year
turkey buzzards are attracted to
the coastal section from up
state. They corpe to feed 011
fish offal and deal fish that wash
ashore. The chances are that be
ifore coming to the coast they
| were feeding on the carcasses of
hogs that died of cholera and
were not buried or burned. The
buzzard is one of the most pro
lific carriers of hog cholera germs
and from now through the fall
I months they visit the coastal
{ areas in increasing numbers."
As has been said in this col
|Umn before, we are not doing
! anything much to publicize sport
: fishing along the coast of Bruns
iwick county. This for the reason
! that we are so short of the
j necessary hotel and boat facili
ties. The boats, we now have
I arc finding it hard work to keep
up with the customers they have
and it would be kind of foolish
? to invite more sportsmen by
j distributing publicity about the
' fine catches being siafle. Still. ..for
those who read this column, a
measure of interest may be
found in the fact that a sport
fishing party, out last week with
Capt. H. T. Watts, caught and
brought in 350 large blue fish.
"I want to carry you out to
the O. R. Mintz farm," said
County Agent Dodson, when he
encountered us Saturday. As a
matter of fact, it was too blam
ed hot at the time to be carried
anywhere. The trip out to the
Mintz farm is on the temporary
deferred list. It was right after
the rainy spell that is supposed to
have hurt crops and Mr. Dodson
went on to explain why he want
ed us to go and see it. Mr.
Mintz, he says, has some pretty
corn and cotton. He had a fine
cover crop to turn under in the
spring. His soil is filled with
humus and it stands up better
during either wet or dry weather.
Come to think of it, John W.
Sellers, John Ward, Rice Gwynn,
T. T. Ward, and a whole lot of
other good farmers are always
telling us that soils that have
plenty of humus will stand up
under any sort of weather con
dition. Following this rainy
period it is easy to see that light
sandy soils have little humus
were growing the crops that got
(Continued on Page Four)
Preliminary Work Begins
On Two Blueberry Farms
Damage To Crops
Varies In County
If you hear conflicting re
ports concerning I he amount of
damage that has been ??aused
Brunswick county crops due to
the recent rains, don't be In
clined to discount any of them
without due consideration. The
fact is that some section.? have
been hard hit, while others
have suffered little if any dam
age.
From recent travel about the J
county it appears that the to
bacco in Smithvillc and Town
Creek township has been the
hardest hit. .Many farmers have
lost a major portion of their
crop as leave? wilted right in
the field.
.Most of the farming in
Brunswick takes place in Lock
woods Folly, Shallottc and Wac
camaw townships, and this area
has managed thu< far to escape
serious loss. The greatest
threat to farmers in that sec
tion now comes from the possi
bility of tobacco ripening too
rapidly to be taken care of in
available curing barns.
Good Honey Crop
Being Reported
Brunswick County Farmers
Find That Keeping Few
Colonies Of Bees Pro
vides Profitable Sideline
Speaking of this years honey
crop, Homer Holdcn, Bolivia man, j
stated this week that he and his
father would get between 350 and 1
400 gallons of extracted honey
from their bees this year. The I
T?hc product is worth $2.50 per
gallon and three or four hundred
gallons tuns into good money,
especially when bee keeping is
only a small side line with farm
ing.
Mr. Holdcn's remarks in re
gard to his honey led to an in
quiry being made of County Agent
J. E. Dodson, who is also a bee
keeper in his own right. He finds
that keeping some colonies of the
little workers is a valuable side
line for any farmer, provided they
know something about bees.
Speaking of his bees, Mr. Dod
son told something that sounds
rather like a fish story, he said:
"I have one colony of bee that
has produced sis suppers this
this year. That would be 240
pounds of honey and 240-pounds
would be 20 gallons. At $2.50 per
gallon, this is $50.00 from the one
hive of bees this year."
The agent went on to make the
reservation that this was an ex
ceptional case. The average colony
of bees will not produce $50.00
worth of honey. He did not say
it was a family matter, or just
what inspired this colony to do as
well as it did.
j Fine Catches Of
Blue fish Made
Something of a record for a j
July catch of Bluefish was made
this week when C. C. Carr and a I
iparty of his guests at Long!
Beach got 350 large fish in less '
than half a day of fishing.
The following day A. R. Boat-j
wright, also of Long Beach, and j
a party of his friends, caught 250
blea. They were also out for onlj-!
half a day.
Both carties wers aboard the,
Idle Hour of Oapt. T. H. Watts.'
Land Recently Purchased
For Trying Blueberry
Culture In This County
Is Being Prepared For
Planting
PROPERTY LOCATED
ON HIGHWAY 130
Establishment Of Berry
Farms In Brunswick Ex
pected To Give Em
ployment To Many
Persons
Work prelimary to the plant
ing of two 100-acre blueberry
farms, the plants to be set out
in the early spring, is starting up
this week. Both farms will ie on
Route No. 130 between South
port and Supply and at the junc
tion of the Foi t Caswell road with
No. 130.
Seen by The Pilot's representa
tive last week, T. P. Key, Sr., of
Brant Branch, N. J? said that
about 45-acres would be ready for
the first planting on each farm
next spring. Purchase of the land
has just been complete with Frink
and Herring serving as attorneys
handling the sale. One of the
farms will be operated by B. M.
Graham, of Decorah, Iowa, the
other will be owned and operated
by the K. C. S. Blueberry Com
pany of Harrisville, N. J. Both
owners arc extensively engaged
in bluebarry farming in New Jer
sey, Iowa and in Pender county
this state.
Mr. Key, who was here with
his son, T. P. Key, Jr., is con
nected with both undertakings.
He stated that clearing and pre
paring the land was the first un
dertaking with that work beginn
ing this week. The construction
of homes and nccessary out
buildings will also be started as
soon as possible. The plants will
be brought here from other blue
berry farms owned by these in
terests and will be set out in the
spring. It is planned to have 100
acres in blueberries on each farm
when the planting is completed.
Mr. Key says that the farm
owners plan to spend many thou
sands of dollars in the growing
of the berries. The crop is much
like other crops in that the plants
have to be cultivated, fertilized
and watered during dry seasons.
A large capacity pumping system
will be installed to provide water j
when it is needed. A difference I
(Continued on Page 4)
Colored Youth
Injured Friday
Supply Boy Struck By Auto
mobile Driven By Shal
lotte White Man; Arrest
Made By Highway Pat
rolman
Joe Willie Highsmith, young
colored boy of Supply, is in the
J. Arthur Dosher Memorial hos
pital with a broken leg and num
erous bruises and lacerations.
He was riding* his bicycle oil
the highway near Supply Friday
when an automobile driven by
Homer Causey, of Shallottc, ran
into him with the resultant in
juries.
Oausey was arrested by State
Highway P'.ttrolman R. E. Sherill.
the warrant charging careless snd
reckless driving. He is scheduled
to be tried before Judge John B.
Ward in Recorders courts next
Monday if the injuries to the High
ssslth boy will prmlt his appear
ing; as i wit?MB at that Use.
Barracks Fired By Prisoners
CAMP McQUADE, CALIF. ? Charred remains of barracks fired
by prisoners during a disturbance last week at Camp McQuade Dis
ciplinary Barracks, near Watsonville, California. The prisoners, be
hind hastily erected barricades, used clods, stones and timber to
prevent fire fighters and guards from entering this section of the
compound. Resistance was finally quelled using teargas, but without
resort to firearms or serious injury. By that time, however, a total
of thirty-six buildings were completely demolished.
County Farmers
Vote In Favor
Of Control Plan
More Than 1,000 Voter#
Express Better Than 97
Per Cent Approval For
Acreage Control
VOTING GREATLY
EXCEEDS 1943
Balloting Far More Than
Double Previous Vote;
Farm Leaders Jubilant
By an overwhelming vote that
far more than doubled the 1943
total vote, Brunswick county to
bacco farmers called for a con
tinuation of tobacco acreage con
trol for three more years in the
tobacco referendum Friday.
Final returns from all the 17
county polling places showed 1,
036 favoring controls for three
years, 23 for one year, and 26
against any control.
AAA, Farm Bureau and Ex
tension Service spokesmen were
as jubilant about the great in
crease in voters over 1943 as
they were in the more than 97
busy time for farmers.
* The tobacco-growing South
voted overwhelmingly to continue
the three-year quota system for
its flue-cured leaf crop, almost
complete returns showed yester
day.
The six states voting n the
special poll pilled p 242,51'J votes
for the three-year quota; 3,126
for one-year quotas and 4,132
against the quota system, accord
ing to tabulations last night.
A breakdown by percentages
showed farmers participating in
the refereendum had carried the
quotas through for another
three-year period by 97 per cent
in North Carolina; 90.7 in Flori
da; 90.3 in Georgia, 97.4 in South
Carolina, 96.8 in Virginia, and
99.1 in Alabama. A two-thirds
majority was needed to continue
! the quotas.
A total of 175,726 growers vot
ed in North Carolina.
Director G. T. Scott of the
State Production and Marketing
1 Adniln.stration in a semi-official
compilation of the returns, re
ported the state-by-state vote as
follows:
North Carolina: 1,762 for one
year quotas; 172,042 for three
year quotas, and 1,922 against
the quota system.
Florida: 140 for one-year; 3,
566 for three-year, and 226
i against.
South Carolina: 303 for one
year; 25,994 for three-year, and
381 against.
Georgia: 616 for one-year; 15,
j 520 for three-year, and 1,049
against.
Virginia: 304 for one-year;
j 24,910 for three-year, and 513
against.
Alabama: 1 for one-year; 84
for three-year, and 1 against.
Elect Officers
For Corporation
R. I. Mintz, Southport At
torney, Elected President
Of The Long Beach Mu
tual Water Company
At the meeting; of the stock
. holders of the Long Beach Mu
jtual Water Company, a corpora
tion recently chartered by the
Secretary of State, held at the
pavilion at the beach Monday
night officers were elected as fol
low:
President, R. I. Mintz; vice
president, Dr. L. C. Fergus: sec
retary, Davis Herring: treasurer,
iSam T. Bennett. C. C. Carr was
appointed general manager. ?
In addition to the above the
following were elected members
of the board of directors: Felton
Garner, E. F. Middlcton, Jr., -C.
M. Trott and Miss Sallie Tomlia
son.
The company will commence
operations as soon as the neces
sary 100 shares have been sub
scribed. The great part of this
amount has already been paid in.
Plans are to take over the pre
. (Continued on Page Six)
Search Made For
Lost Relatives
About. 1S90 a Miss Mattie
Leonard from somewhere in this
state, perhaps from Brunswick
county, was mairied to Robert
Ohl. The couple moved to Illinois,
where both have since died.
Genealogists are now making
an effort to locate relatives of the
former Miss Leonard. Should any
of the numerous Leonard families
in Ui'a county be related to her
\ and have proof of this relationship
,thcy might learn something to
their advantage by inquiring at
I the office of Tte State Port PU>
jot.