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SIXTEEN NO. 17
20th Annual Tobacco Edition
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The News
All The Time
48-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, J uly 31st, 1946
*1.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
fOLUMBUS MART AWAITING OPENING WEED SALES
Itr Season Is
ut By Fifteen
[Days This Year
l^on Also Made For
E^Oays For This Coun
L With Hunting Being
lermitted Only Last 3
Bays Of VV'eek
Inters may kill
ONLY TWO BUCKS
|g Season Left Pretty
Lch Unchanged From
Jjii Year; Bag Limit
Jet At Eight Quail
Per Day
.?pw season on deer was
: SO-days to To-days
- P.W..T.5 were made for
(ays ' ' the lieer hunters at
aering of the Board of Con
iacr. and Development in
lead City last week.
x jeer season opens on Oct
!5 1-5 extends through Jan
ivith Brunswick being
bSTT. lianey and CJoley B.
, Berp in Southport Mon
jffll stated that a large
kptum of deer hunters from
it- -\t:jn ?i" '?eet Friday
jit it o'clock at Bolivia
[t *fe?>l to make plans for
Bfns tli-' regulations that
fcra announced for deer
to in this county this sea
hter?*t"d persons from all
in; nf Brunswick county
aited to attend this meet
;? ip nine south
( Carolina coustica
.?'vi lsntinj: will be allowed
v, Friday and
hwj" week.
Sr.. is governing bear
t? is tins county are exact
It ante as for deer.
? trill be a reduction in
M-Iimr. for deer, with the
IE ity-z only two bucks dur
tfce saso- for each hunter.
J -y ;t wps lawful to take
k '?'? little change in bird
p-; regulations. The season
rar on Thanksgiving Day.
itecued on page 4)
IritfNtws
Flasket
P TOBACCO barn
F - Warri. of the Hickman's
P Koa<is community, lost a:
'Wfcco barn half filled with|
r? fire Friday.
?N 0\
, ? ??? : irv trials and tnbula
' tfcr matter of obtain
I ? ?' rr!2i the Town of Shal
? *M at last able to turn
Sr-e' lights last week.
ttlEn LAID IT 1
foiv SUr,Uv. snail carrier on
t: 1 f - r Shnllotte, has been
1'ipf- ;- several days with 54
shippi) ankle. Substitute
fe MrK - it Mrwrtt 15 scrv
!%? tout?
MfcETIMi
' A Bridge r. fiistrict coronus- .
* ' state Highway and
' Works Commission, will ,
tarings or road matters I
? Ttarsday, August 8. at
"t'OT'ay office in Fayette
_
Htit
F -. Kisinger. who is
p'g tyv ( 4 Lewis on
W.-.U circuit this summer
rr--p- latter is attending
?^ai-.td Sunday morning
ri';' Methodist church in
c> h? pastor, Rev.
r \j. h i nson is hold
th week in Mon
fannTif WMSCK
n^-l' i.... ' ? ? -.'lit ''ith
r ?' i i- ru-*r.j*r '
r ?- 7 :.l:arr. Carrier
r when
'f- ? t: pi ' va that had
P" Ut off passengers.
I. and threw
I -V /? ? !>?? pavement.
FjC -r.? CtfriflT
t ? i *? bone
u td*i ti-iioeo He
4?s?a??.j.. -<" ,x ?-.eked up
^ " ttU il.
THE ROAD THAT GOES TO MARKET
MARKET ROAD. ? During the next few weeks the Shallotte-Whiteville road
will be the busiest thoroughfare in Brunswick county. Upper left is shown a section
of the highway as it winds its way through the Waccamaw River swamp. The center
photo shows a similar view, , and on the right above is shown the Waccamaw River
; bridge. In the photo on the lower left is shown the road as it runs past Ash postoffice,
and on the lower right the "Y" at Shallotte where the road leaves U. S. No. 17.
Brunswick County Men To
Cooperate In Development
Meeting In Wilmington Last (
Thursday Night For Pur
pose Of Making Plans
For Future Development
Of Resorts
BRUNSWICK BEACHES
INCLUDED IN PLANS
Representative Group From
This County Helping To
Work Out Plans For
Expansion Of The
Entire Area
E. F. Aliddleton, S. B. Frink,
Captain Victor P. Lancc and W.
B. Keziah attended a meeting
sponsored by the Wilmington |
Chamber of Commerce at Trail's 1
End. between Wrightsvillc and 1
Carolina Beaches, last week. The I
purpose was to work out some
plan between the beach interests I
of New Hanover and Brunswick I
counties, looking to a coordination !
for mutual development.
The beaches interested are Cas
well. l4>ng Beach and Holden's
Beach in Brunswick county;!
| Wrightsville. Carolina. Wilming-j
ton. Kures and Fort Fisher beach- '
es in New Hanover.
The sense of the meeting was
for mutual cooperation in the de
velopment of the above beaches
(Continued on Page Eight)
Funeral Services
; Are Held Friday
Brother Of Southport Wo
I man Laid To Rest At'
Northwood Cemetery Fol
lowing Services at Grave
| side
Funeral services were held here
Friday afternoon at the grave
side for James Thomas Meadows.
Sr., 55-year old Wilmington man,
who died Wednesday in the High
smith hospital in Fayetteville.
Burial was in the Northwood
j cemetery, th" Rev. Hubert M.
Baker conducting the services
Mf Meadows is survived by his
-< i 'V?Q in
tor. md the following ciirldrer.
Mr;. John landy, Fissile. N. J
Lt. (J.g.) J. T. Meadows, United
States Navy, Mr3. F. E. Regis
ter, Miss Ann Meadows, both of
Wilmington; Mrs. Russell Ketter
man, York. Pa.; Jack Meadows,
United States Navy; and six
1 S'andcjiildrer' 'Ako included in
grandchildren. I Alio included
among the fairvivors is a sister,
J (Ctntf-Uci on W
Compromise In
Damage Suit
Reached Here
Two widely known suits, one
of which evoked a special term
of Superior court, were settled
this week in consent judgments.
The case figuring in Superior
court, where a non-suit was
taken during the progress of
the trial last month, involved
the lease taken by Dr. L. C.
Fergus on the waterfront lot
where the Wells Brothers fish
house is located. The Wells
Brothers contended that they
had a prior lease. Dr. Fergus
was represented in this case by
Frink and Herring and the
Wells brothers by Isaac C.
Wright, of Wilmington. Clifton
Moore of Burgaw, and R. I.
Mintz. of Southport.
It is understood that a con
dition of the consent judgment
j was the purchase by the Wells
Brothers of two waterfront lots
adjoining the fish house from
Dr. Fergus.- The purchase price
for these lots is not stated
The other case, settled in
volved the alleged poisoning of
a valuable dog owned by Dr.
Fergus about three years ago.
In this case Dr. Fergus was
suing for $1,000 damage. Isaac
C. Wright and E. J. Prevattc
represented Wiley Wells and
wife, who were charged with
putting out the poison, while
j O. L. Henry represented Dr.
I Fergus. No information vivas
j been given out as to the nature
I of the settlement in the dog
i case.
Commence Hiring
Men August 1st
Ej^Dlovfurst Office !ri WiI.
I ?\gf im^i f C3 That
Around 409 Men W?U
' Get Jcbs At Ship Lay-lip
1 Basis
The hiring of men for work in
the Brunswick River lay-in-basin
in Town Creek township will be
gin August J and continue
through August 15th. according
to ths Wilmington office cf the j
; United States Employment Ser-.
C Continued on pags fix) I
County Budget
Given Approval
County Auditor R. C. St.
(?eorge was in Raleigh the
first of last week for the pur
pose of submitting the 1946-47
budget for Brunswick county to
the local government commis
sion for approval. He reports
th:it the figures were approved
without change.
Another important matter of
business attended to during the
course of his visit to the State
capitol was the purchase for
the purpose of cancellation of
SI 7,2323. 10 worth of county j
bonds. These cancelled securi
ties were placed in a strong
box and will later be burne-d.
South port Man
Joins The Army I
I
Fifteen more men, most of
whom were veterans, were pro- 1
cesscd by the Wilmington Army
Recruiting Station, for enlistment
in the Regular Army during the
week ending 20 July, according
to Gspt. N. G. Cottle, command
ing officer.
One Brunswick county man,
Charles Tillman, Southport, was
included.
BY LEROY BANNERMAN
Tobacco day is circus day!
From far and near farmers
come; their wagons and truck
and automobiles loaded to the
brim and over with gold<;n weed.
Yes, it happens every year and
along about tobacco time one can
see the gradual but certain tran
sition from a sleepy-eyed village
to a thriving metropolis, filled
with the excitement and thrills of ;
a three-ring circus. From open- j
ing day to the September finale, j
the streets and sidewalks and
stores are teeming with the mul
titudes that swamp our city,
j backwash the warehouses and i
flow out into its avenues. It is a
I great day for thousands and
'happiness is apparently as plenti- j
ful as money.
Even at night the caravan |
moves continuously onward, some
wending their way in speed, oth- !
ers sluggishly. It is not uncomm- .
on to hear the creaking wheels j
of a mud-coated farm wagon
feeling its way in the blackness
of evening behind the flop-eared j
perseverance of a faithful mule. J
Perhaps a sleepy negro boy of
about seven or eight clings to the !
quilted hump, holding a smoking '
Circus Atmosphere Holds
Spotlight In Weed Season
There Is Nothing To Compare With Interesting Side
lights Of Tobacco Marketing Season
.lantern, whose feeble light is in
tended to warm other of their
'presence. His stalwart father
holds the rope reins, knotted and
worn through a year's use, con
stantly urging his beast onward,
j And so they come . . as dark
ness fades and the gray of dawn
gives light to the east, the vast
floor space of the tobacco ware
houses is filled for the morning
sales The weary farmers who
have worked through the night
jnow cat-nap upon a pile of tob
[acco that they, themselves, have
produced. Meanwhile, as the sun
shows itself above the redrying
plant and morning shadows spl
ash Madison, the town comes to
[life. People begin to move. Stores
jbegin to open. Traffic gets heavy.
With the noise of the streets,
there will rise the cries of pink
lemonade and peanut venders,
shouts of surprise and of greeting
baby whines and childish pleas,
laughter and talk. . . tall talk. . .
small talk farm talk, There will
be sounds of a ferris wheel and
carnival rides, deep-throated bark
ers, gum-chewing ticket girls.
And you will hear the grind of
company trucks, rattling a stack
(Continued on Page 8)
Reciprocal Fishing Plan
Brought Before Meeting
Southport Fishermen Ask
Board Of Conservation
And Development To
Work Out Agreement
With South Carolina
MAY TAKE ACTION
BY THE LEGISLATURE
Local Men Also Ask For
Law Prohibiting Shrimp
ing In Inland Waters
During Spawning
Season Each
Year ,
Southport fishing interests
I were given a special hearing at
the meeting of the State Board
of Conservation and Development
at Atlantic Beach, last week. The
delegation was headed by W. S.
Wells.
Mr. Wells asked for better
shrimp conservation in that there
be a closed season in inland wa
ters during the spawning season
from March 1 to July 15th of
each year. He asked that the
law bo rigidly enforced as to the
size of mesh used in shrimping
ond that a reciprocal agreement
be worked out between North and
South Carolina and other states.
I Although unable to make def
inite decisions without the ap
proval of the other board mcm
( Continued on Page 8)
Our
ROVING
Reporter
One way we heard it was from
Doris Frink: The escaping con
victs were stealing her dad's
truck and when they were scared
away they went over across the!
road and stole her Uncle Sam
Joe's Oldsmobile. instead.
When the McRackan twins
were returning from a 4-H club
meeting ^ve reek ui with thcni cn
Hie On 5 of them is a, uttle
bit r.icer . thar. the other but ourj
trouble is that we cannot tell
which or.e.
Mrs. Krink and Miss Hubbard |
at the Sh-allotte post office are
kind of gratified at any apprecia-j
lion of the improved 'ooks of.
their postoffice building. It has
had its Uce lifted.
Ma.::* Igcssri. ot Bolivia, is I
i
one of the girls who has grown j
up the past year. Saw her at!
Supply Saturday. At first we j
mistook her for one of the nice j
looking young Supply girls.
Through the bus window, we'
saw two very nice looking bunch
es of girls working at tobacco
barns between Shallotte and Sup
ply Saturday. Come to think of
ii. a tsbacec bam is a rlacc ^
where a girl simply car. t use
lipititk.
Odell Bennett of Exum insists
his youngest sister, Rachel, is
one of the smartest girls in Was
camaw township. Ftor the past
four years she has made the high
eat grades of her claaa at the
iWaccaniaw, school
Miss HubbaM at the Coastal
(C&ntir.ued es pa^e 4)
Union Services At
Local Churches
During the month of August
union services will bp held each
Sunday evening', with four
Smithport churches cooperating
in the program.
First of these services is
scheduled for Sunday evening
the the Baptist church, with
an Episcopal minister in charge.
St. Phillips Episcopal church In
Southport is without a rector,
but E. M. McEachern is lay
reader, and it is probable that
he or someone secured through
his efforts will hold the Sunday
evening service.
The schedule for the remain
der of the month Is: August
11, Episcopal churrh, Presby
terian minister in charge; Aug
ust 18, Trinity Methodist
church, Rev. Herbert M. Biker
in charge; August 25, Presby
terian church, Rev. O. I. Hin
son In charge.
Several Assault
Cases In Court
Crowded Docket Disposed
Of Here Monday Before
Noon; Continuance Was
Granted In Several Cases
Assault eases of more than Uie
usual nature featured this week's
docket in Recorders court. Some
of these were continued for var
ious reasons. Despite the number
of cases coming up Judge John
B. Ward and Solicitor J. W.
Ruark had finished the days
work before noon.
Tiic minute book shows the
following entries:
Ben McLamb, assault with
deadly weapon, continued to Aug
ust 12.
Lee Andrews, assault with
deadly weapon, nol pros with
leave.
Robert Wade, speeding, 60
days on roads, judgment suspend
ed on payment of a fine of $20.00
and costs.
Mable Urgnhart. transporting,!
continued to August 12 |
Herbert Lse Robinson, improper
Ujhtfl 30 days or. road: juig- 1
mtjif tUincndt* ci^ D2yin$!it ci '?
z tint of ii CO ir.d cist;.
Cato Grissett, opratmg motor
vehicle on highway with improper
equipment, 30 days on roads,
judgment suspended on payment
of costs.
Edward L. Cumbee. no opera
tors licensc. judgment suspended
on payment ct ccctt.
Herbert Lee Robinson, ocerat- '
' (Continued on Pa^e 2) , 1
Market To Open
Next Thursday
One New Warehouse Added To County
Roster, Bringing Total To 17; Both
Quantity And Quality Are Good;
Indications Point To Record
Breaking Season
Columbus county's 17 tobacco warehouses are ready
for opening sales of the 1946 tobacco season to be held
next Thursday morning, August 1.
Word from every warehouse in the county is to the
effect that the floors are cleared, the personnel ready,
and all other details placed in shipshape order for the
opener.
Tucker Resigns
Principars Job
At Leland High
Has Served As Principal In
Brunswick County for Eight
Years, Seven At Bolivia
And Last Year At Leland
TO DEVOTE WHOLE
TIME TO BUSINESS
Other Vacancies Occur In
Line-Up Of School Facul- i
ties, With Vocational
Agriculture Teacher i
Resigning
Miss Annie May Woodside,
county superintendent of schools,
announced Monday that Glenn M.
Tucker had resigned as principal
of the Leland school.
"It is with a profound sense of
regret that I offer my resigna
tion as principal of Leland high
school.
"During the eight years it has
been my pleasure to work in the
schools of Brunswick county. I
have gained some of the finest
friends one could hope to have.
The children of both Bolivia and
Leland have been very fine to
mc, and I shall always regard
them as special friends.
"If there have been any un
pleasant experiences throughout
the years, they have been more
than offset by the kindnesses
shown me and tny family, and we
shall be eternally grateful for
those kindnesses.
"It is my candid opinion that
my successor will find in the
Leland school one of the most co
operative and appreciative groups
that one could expect.
"Please consider me a member
of the Brunswick county school
family, and if I can ever be of
service I shall consider it an
honor to be called upon to render
such service."
Miss Woodside also reported
the resignation of J. L. Carpen
ter as vocational agriculture
teacher at Sh-allottc and of Mrs.
Carpenter as a member of the
high school faculty.
Frightened Away
But Steals Autoi
Two Escaped Convicts Re
captured Last Week Af
ter 24 - Hours French
Leave; Wreck Frink Au
tomobile
Jessie Brewer and William H.
Smith. Cumberland county negro
convicts who were sprving terms
at the Brunswick courty camp at
Shallotte. escaped one day last
week and were recaptured 24
hours later on the BcnnetWtown
road, about $. mile from Ash.
Following tlwtr escape Supt.
w. T. White a?| guards at the
camp searched nfcinly for them
all day and Into Uw night until
one o'clock At tfcat time the.
hunt was stvwi ?p .on the as
sumption that tam hid made
a get-away from tMJ-.^cmity.
This "a:. "it At about
- .00 s m.
erei trying
D. B. Frir.k,
Longwood-G
thieves were
almost im:
Mr. and Mrs!
awakened by $e
of their
l"'ri!!k look
jut-t tn tun I
(Oca tin'
? dlflCOV
fc t?ucfc cf
s on the
road The
away but
thereafter
rink were
barking
art. Mrs.
wiisidw
car
3>
i One new warehouse has been
added to the roster of Columbus
county weed houses. Located in
Chadboum, it gives to that mar
ket a total of four warehouses
and brings the total in the coun
ty to 17. They are divided among
the four major towns as follows:
Whiteville six, Tabor City three,
Fair Bluff four and Chadboum
four.
Every indication points to one
of the best years in the history
of the tobacco industry. Prices
on the Georgia market have been
highly encouraging to hopeful
farmers, while both the quanity
and the quantity of weed an
good.
Excessive rains tended to cut
the quantity sharply in some seo
tions, but the loss was not ai
great as first anticipated.
Over 50,000,000 pounds of to
bacco were sold on the four coun?
ty markets last year for a re
venue of approximately $12,000,
000. Warehousemen are freely
predicting that both the amount
sold and the pricc [>"id this year
will surpass that of last year,
which reached an all-time high.
From warehousemen all over
the county comes word that th?
golden weed is already beginning
to roll onto the floors.
This golden crop, in which
more energy, effort and money
are put than in all other Bruns
wick county farm industries com
bined, will bring along with it a
great impetus to business activi
ties in all parts of the county,
and Brunswick merchants, along
with Columbus tobacconists, have
been busily engaged in preparing
for the great influx of business
which always comes with tht
opening of the tobacco market.
New Developm'nt
Seeking A Name
Robinson Beach I* Strand
Five Miles Long And Ly
ing Between Holden's
Beach And Shallotte Riv
er
Robinson Bcacli, due to be
christened under some other name
soon, has not been receiving much
notice. Nevertheless, it is show
ing signs of going placcs sortie
day just the same.
This bcach is below Holden's
Beach and runs to the Shallotte
river inlet, a distance of about
5 miles. It is owned by R. P.
Robinson and W. P. Bellamy and
it is from one of these owners
that the name is derived. Mr.
Bellamy says that the sale of
lots has progressed at a rapid
rate and he feels assured that
at least 75 new homes will be
built at this beach just as soon
as building conditions will per
mit.
Present plans arc to give the
beach a new name just as soon
as an appropriate one can be
decided upon.
In addition to the difficulty of
obtaining material, the many pro
perty owners at thin beach also
face a very trying problem In
that they have no road to the
property. Road construction does
not offer any major problenp,
but getting new roads and tr
building old one? seems to be
something that the State
" ay OWnrwitciar. is gcir.j
very zl6v4y.
j Mr. Bfe'.lirr.y pcir.ted
week that a real
way would result
iprovement of the
| from Route 74 to
[following the pr<^
(through bong
, bridge from
.p-eek .to
Ho Ideas _
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