The PiW Covers - ick County gi-unstt NO 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 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 _ (Con|