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The pilot Covers }5ruflsW jcK County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community 6-PAGES TODAY" Most of The News All The Time Southport, N. G.. Wednesday, August 21st, 1946 $1.50 PER YEA> PUBLISHED EVERY WEUNtbUAI vy Plans To etain Caswell far Further Use frial Statement From >ngton Indicates ?( Naw Deoartmsat ,li Use Base For Radar Ration TE UNABLE TO acquire PROPERTY Definite Announcement J. Regarding The Ini tiate "Future Of The Other Than ] That It Will Be Retained I .vjj been officially announ liB: Fort Caswell, owned by v.n- iriil not be declared ^"property and disposed of $ State of North Carolina ;v other agency. Instead the ij retain the property and j. js a radar station and | I I" 19 been given J l^.. . when the property! ? the present care-| fsa:us back into a military ^ -ir-wuncement that the ? in-ill become a radar sta ui rauar training center ?ft ;hat a considerable e of mer. may be based t after the surrender of' er ar.rf while the war with J ? ins ceir.; fought to its p jco-: SO :i.en were placed : &sC Their work was a 1 .7 secret at the outset, but ! . --?> months it was report* t iey were conducting ex Cj with radar. For these oca ihev used a huge c --jptnied at a height of in: by steel cables. After I c. '.ns of experimenting I a; sated that the work pp indefinitely, and in J 1 1* the balloon would be ??- :? a tall tower. One of is it. the work, a civilian ' if they used I7 ?t KiOO men' I ''A" based R ' i k - ...-.o apparently gave' ? r:h :? 2 else, for auth v Sity j stated that : I V ul ! be put up for ' a ? anything was found j insure full usage. The J tSaarj wanted only a small' c ie Xavy was unwilling | a '-he property without assured. The State! ' Carolina then came into j ?ere asking for the pro-| it a party of the ^?"?Seashore park system. Panned to make full 1 - of the facilities and 'fcse it looked as if it h turned over to North 1 IriefNewi Flashes [ttMH SUNDAY k of Chapel; - ,i Trinity Meth- 1 s S ;? ay morning at ! o'clock hour. RtX BY SN AKE Ar-oii voung son of | 'I- Mrs J. J Artiold, of F 'xii 'itten by a snake I - T/rr.ir.g while playing 1 home. Brought to 1 ':??? f r medical attention. " shots were given and f-: e. implications from the, ^7 were averted. f K HOSPITAL j Prir.ce O'Brien of the f the Waccamaw | Trust Comp my has , r I> sher Memorial f ; several days. P a? was taken ill Mrs. f' Corlette who was on r*?*i at Wendell. was p' ? to her work at the bank. rV ?'HIPS PASSING L , V stream of ships, three l*'f '?*??*> 1 all being tow-1, L; an passing through rou' ?? for the lay-in- | P" Oeek township. It U that Mil of the j K* being brought from the , E -la: ?? River at 'N B.VSIX accident to mark the L an'l beginning of the Brunswick River Basin L township occured k h when Eugene Wil C Winnabow man, suf P* u?n'P0,lr'i fracture of his is understood that ? engaged in mooring v?S5?te and a heavy from its mooring and I ^ gainst hu lag: ON THE MAINLAND PALMETTOS. ? It is a well-known fact that there is ! plenty of tropical vegetation on Bald Head Island, but few people know that there are palmettos growing on the mainland near what was formerly known as Hale '? Beach. Presence of these trees is a sure indication of j mild climate, and it may be that they will encourage de- 1 velopment of Brunswick beach resorts as year-round } vacation spots. Shallotte Bank Has Good Opening Week Business I Robert S. White Was First' Depositor When Bank Opened For Business Last Wednesday Morning; A Steady Stream Of Deposi tors DEPOSITS INSURED UP TO $5,000.00 Bank Is Being Housed In Frame Structure XemP? rarily; Brick Building Being Erected For Later Use Opening last Wednesday the Shallotte branch of the Wacca maw Bank and Trust company has had a very auspicious first week, according to Cashier J. E. Cook. Mr. Cook said yesterday that patronage from business in terests and farmers in and around Shallotte has been exceptionally I good. He described the business of the week as having exceeded all expectatiqns. Quite naturally, he was pleased. Robert S. White, Shallotte mer chant and farmer, was the first customer to formally make a de posit when the bank opened. His action has been followed by a constant stream of other deposi tors. For the present the bank is quartered in a small wooden building, the only structure avail able. Material is already on hand for the construction of a brick building to be used as quarters for the bank. Work on this structure will start at an early date, according to R. D. I White, who is to build the new ! banking quarters. For the safety of its deposits the bank has one of the strong est vaults made in recent years. This vault was used in the home office of the bank at Whiteville for several years and was trans ferred to the Shallotte branch to make way for a larger one in Whiteville. The new bank, of course, also carries insurance on all deposits up to five thousand dollars. Boats Returning Here To Shrimp Boatmen Who Have Been Operating In South Caro lina Returning To South port For Fall Fishing With long: experience at the business indicating to them that shrimp will soon begin making their appearance in great num bers, Southport boatmen who have been operating* at George town. Charleston and Rockville, S. C., began to turn homeward last week. Boats operating here were mak ing catches up to 25-bushels some days. Mixed with the catches were a considerable number of "jumbo" shrimp, the whole take averaging a pretty good size and bringing $7.00 per bushel, ac cording to W. S. Wdlls. The W. S. Wells boats are the exception from most of the local ' shrsnpLig fleets. They stay at Southport the year around, oper ating whenever the weather will permits I Among the boats that have returned home the past week were the four big trawlers of Hardee and Pigott and the four others of Lewis J. Hardee, which | are said ?, to be the largest and' most modern shrimp trawlers on j this section of the coast. Theyj will all begin work off Southport i this week. Local Theatre Owner Honored Price Furpli" >, proprietor of I the Aniuzu tjcatre in South port, was given a signal honor this we?k when his picture and [ a wiite-up appeared in "Trade Topics," M-G-M news bulletin. His write-up pointed out that "Woodrow Wilson was nomin ated president of the United I States the week that Price Furpless opened his Aniuzu theatre in SauthpDrt. liiat goes back to July, 1912. Re cently .Mr. Furpless celebrated his 77th birthday and is still active in tlie management of the Amuzu. He is assisted by his son, B. L. Furpless. Routine Cases Tried In Court Another Heavy Docket Dis posed Of Before Nocn Monday By Judge John B. Ward And Recorder's Court Officials Monday was another busy day; in Biunswick county Recorder's' court, but once again Judge | John B. Ward and other court of- 1 ficials managed to finish before noon. Cases were disposed of as follows: Grover Robinson, drunk driving } and reckless operation, prosecut- ; ing witnesses taxed with costs. I Rufus R. Galloway. engaging ; in fight. 60 days on roads, judg- ! ment suspended on payment of a | fine of $15.00 and costs. Albert Ellington, threatening to kill ind using profane language on state highway, bound to Su perior court under $150.00 bond. Robert Robinson, no operators license, judgment suspended on payment of costs. O. G. Robinson, improper li cense. judgment suspended on payment of costs and defendant not to drive car until he gets state license. Wallace Burns, speeding, judg ment suspended on payment of a fine of $10.00 and costs. Ray Parker, reckless operation, (Continued on Page 4) Travel Secretary In Town Sunday Pressing Schedule Made It Impossible For Earl ^ J. Petro To Cover All Points Of Interest In This Trip Delayed in reaching here by a series of meetings in Wilmington, j Earl J. Petro, executive manager ) for the North Carolina Travel Council, could only spend part of Sunday at.Southport and at near-' by beaches. Mr. Petro stated he would re- j turn to Southport in two or three weeks and go more fully into conditions in this area. He stated that he felt that the ; Travel Council could be beneficial i in helping to promote more travel to this section, that Bruns wick had an abundance of raw resources for development. Among other things, he said: "Along with the extremely popu- 1 , lar fishing possibilities, an all- ? out effort should be made to de-( velop facilities for accommoda- J itions, such facilities being 6ne sure way of attracting more peo ple here. ' Bennett Honored By State Group Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett i has been appointed a member of | the important 15-man legislative j group for the association by ; Clerks of Superior Courts of North Carolina. This appoint ment was made by President Joseph Shore, of Greensboro. Two other clerks in neighbor ing counties have likewise been appointed to important posts with the organization. B. C. McMillan, of Robeson county, will serve on the resolutions and memorials J committee and A. L. Meyland, I Clerk of the Superior Court of New Hanover, has been named ! vice-chairman of the membership I committee of the association. Plans Envision From 708 To 800 Cattle On Range Jim Lattey To Go To Flor ida September 1 To Pur chase Initial Herd Of Florida Mixed Breed PREPARATIONS ARE NOW UNDERWAY 1,500-Acre Range To Be In creased To 16,000 As Project Progresses, Lattey Says BOLTON, Augustl9 ? In the most ambitious program for live- j stock production ever undertak ing in Columbus county, the Rei gel Paper Corporation has an- j nounced immediate plans for the purchase of a herd of South Florida mixed breed cattle to be ranged on 1500 acres of Reigel property in the Green Swamp, i The initial purchase will be 60 head, but the projected program1 calls for the increase of this num- ' ber within a fcwiMars to from 700 to 800. r* Jim Lattey, superintendent of, Reigel's Bolton branch, plans to go to Florida September 1 to pur- j chase the cattle. He expects theui \ (Continued on l'a?e 4) a Plans Purchase Of New Buses Two Large, Modern Buses Have Been Purchased By W. B. & S. For Use In Servicing Routes In This Area Manager Hubert Livingston of the W. ? B. & S. Bus Lines, Inc., states that his company has pur chased two modern travel buses for use out of Southport on its routes. The first of the machines will be delivered about the middle of September and the other soon theieafter. The two of them are understood to have cost $39,000. 00, or $14,500.00 each. Except for the paint jobs, the machines are understood to be ; exact duplicates of buses used byi the larger transportation com- j panies on their long routes. They| have seating accommodations for 37 passengers to each bus, have (Continual* on page 4) County School Principals In Session Today School Heads Meeting To day With County Super intendent To Discuss Plans For School Term Which Begins September 5th PRINCIPAL ELECTED FOR LELAND HIGH Eugene King Elected To , Fill Vacancy Created By \ Recent Resignation Of Glenn M. Tucksr Eugene King, of Wilmington, has been elected principal of Le land high school for the coming year and is attending a meeting of the school principals of Bruns wick county that is being held today at Southport. A similar meeting has been called by Miss Annie May Woodside, county su perintendent of schools, for next Wednesday. The schools of the county are scheduled to open for their fall term on Monday, September 5. Miss Woodside says that she has recently been advised by the state school authorities that the principals are supposed to be at or about the school during norm al school hours for the two weeks prior to the opening of school and for two weeks following its closing. This is in conformity .with the provision for employing principals for ten months each year. The purpose in having the principals on hand early is not merely to work a hardship on them. Miss Woodside pointed out. There are many problems that may be worked out with pupils and with parents prior to the beginning of the school year, she said. When it is necessary for a principal to be away on busi ness during the two-weeks prior j to school opening, the state de- j partment insists that he leave i sufficient notice where he is, and when he will return. Miss Woodside calls special at-j tention to the state law which ^ requires all children to be inno culated against diphtheria and typhoid fever and to be vaccinat ed against smallpox before the beginning of school. British Bride Here On Visit Mr. And Mrs. Johnnie Still er Here On Vacation; She Recently Came To United States To Join Husband Mr. and Mrs. Johpny Stiller, of Washington, D. C? have been spending several days in South port with relatives and friends. Mr. Stiller, a native of Rowan county, was a resident of South port for some years previous to entering the service. Mrs. Stiller, until she came to the United Sta tes six months ago to be mar ried. was a resident of Yarmouth, England. (Continued on rape FourJ Our ROVING Reporter w. b. keeuh A day or two ago in a shop-; talking moment, the editor of! this paper remarked to us that I there ore dozens itnd dozens ofj outstanding people at distant points who take this paper for; no other reason than to keep up with developments in Brunswick county. We already knew that and are really getting confirma- 1 tion. This week Southgate Jones, I of the Depositors Bank Building | in Durham, well known real; estate man, subscribed to The , Pilot in order, so he said, that j he could keep up with the trend | of things here. Odell Williamson, of Shallotte, j has acquired the fastest thing , in the shape of boats in Bruns- j wick county, and we seem to be | slated to be the unwilling victim} of a ride in it some time soon. ; The craft is only 18-feet In length but is powered by a brand new 85-h. p. engine that is credit- j cd with easily hurling, it over the ' water at 45-miles per hour. That is going pretty fast for a small boat, even if it would not seemj much to you fellows who travel : in automobiles. Davis Holden, of Shallotte, ! claims he grew the longest leaf- < ed tobacco that was placed on I the Whiteville market last week. The leaves were 56 inches in j length and the big pile brought! $80.00 per hundred pounds. Speaking about tobacco, J. H. j Milliken of down in the upper! edge of Waccamaw, was remark- j ing Saturday that he had har- j vested and cured 15-barns full of J tobacco. His barns are large j ones and each curing has been I sold separately from the others, j Thus far he has averaged $872.00 j for each barn sold. Last week we asked tfiat some- 1 body catch add deliver us a bigi live and uninjured rattlesnake, | this rattler to be sent by us to j the State Museum and kept there. Ten dollars will be paid for the favor. Saturday Kermit L. Causey, of Shallotte, present- : (Continued on page Two) | State College Professor Enjoys Working Vacation: Dr. B. W. Wells Is Spending The Month Of August Doing A Lot Of Mighty Hard Work On The Stuart House With only one month out of twelve for his vacation this year, Dr. B. W. Wells, head of the department of botany at j State College, is claiming that ! this year's vacation is the I greatest either he or Mrs. I Wells have ever had. At State College since 1919, I a total of 29-years, Dr. Wells plans to retire in three years more. With this end in view he and Mrs. Wells purchased the old Kate Stuart home at Southport the past winter. With studies going right on at State during the summer. Dr. and Mrs. Wells had very little time to really get ac- i quainted with their future home until the beginning of the pre sent month. Then they moved iyi for 30-days with plans of taking a good rest, fanned by the salt sea winds and lulled by the murmuring waters of the Cape Fear, which bounds their front yard. i But a good rest seemed not so much in the order of things. Dr. Wells looked about him and decided that the old sea wall in front of his yard was crying out for attention. It had been constructed of wood and pilings and about half of | it was washed away, taking with it some of the front yard. New planks and new pilings to restore the wall appeared to be 1 unatainable, so Dr. Wells j bought a plentiful supply of | these new-fangled cement I blocks and with such help as j ' he could pick up he set out to build a new wall, this time an aitistically staggered affair that makes the visitor inquire if the good doctor was drink ing when he designed it.' The wall finished, Dr. Wells decided the whole two and a half story house needed re j painting. That was too much of an ambitious program for these remaining days of Aug ust. Still he bought paint blushes and paint and has started dabbing away at the \ porches. Visiting the scene of his operations yesterday, one | could see no hope of the un [ dertaking being finished this month. Still, the laudable work has started and there is every assurance that all of the old Stuart home will get painted some day. Not only is he painting the building, or at least such of it as he can get around to before September calls him back to State, Dr. Wells has devoted part of his one month's vaca tion to painting one of the pret tiest water color pictures that has been painted here in some time. He found the inspiration for his pictuie from his front porch. The main object ts the Swan and Downing shrimp house, with Charlie Dosher's old boat for the foreground. Most interesting of the scenery is a lot of beautiful flowers growing? where this reporter ' has never before seen flowers I grow. Weed Sales Top Records By Two Million Pounds County Garage Training Center County .llrchanic Ernest Parker, of Shallotte, received approval Saturday for the coun ty parage t5 be used lor a 4 year course In training; as me chanics by ex-service men. However, the shop has facili ties tor only two such workers. An opportunity to increase this number may come later. Under the arrangement the men are to be given year round work. The State pays a salary of $70.00 per month, and to this the Federal govern ment adds $95.00 per month. This wilt make a total salary of $165.00 per month for the men taking the course. At the j end of the four years they j should be expert mechanics, 1 able to go on their own. The men accepted for the 4- ! year course will be received | through the Veterans Admlnis- j tration, whirh will give pre- | ference to Brunswick county j men. Colonel Bennett Visits Relatives Served As Chief Chaplain ] On The Staff Of General Douglas MacArthur Dur ing Past Four Years Col. Ivan L. Bennett, just back from four year's service in the Pacific and Chief Chaplain on General Douglas MacArthur's staff since V-J Day, spent last week with relatives at Shallotte and in Waccamaw township. Mrs. Bennett, their son and Dr. and Mrs. Henry B. Day and son, all of Raleigh, were with the col onel. Col. Bennett, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Bennett, of Waccamaw township, went with the regular army as Chap lain over 25-years ago. The coun try at peace most of that time, Mrs. Bennett and their son were able to be with him at most of the posts where he served until World War II began. Then, with the Colonel's being assigned to active training centers and soon afterwards sent overseas, they began to make their home in Ra leigh near Dr. and Mrs. Day, Mrs. Day is one of the several sisters of the colonel. At present in Raleigh on leave with his family. Colonel Bennett does not know to what field he will be assigned when his leave expires. He may be assigned to duty in this country, at the same time, he states, it is just as likely that he rrtay be sent to Europe or the Pacific. Report From Sales Super visor Of Whiteville Mar ket Shows Mwe Thar Eleven Million Pounds Sold Thus Far This Sea son CHANGE MADE IN OPENING HOUR Markets Now Open At Nine O'Clock Instead Of At 9:30; Other Markets Enjoying Good Sea son Topping last year's all-time high by approximately two mil lion pounds, the Whiteville to bacco market has sold through Friday a total of 11.313,632 for an average of about 57 cents. The figures were released this morning from the officer of Wal ter H. Paramore, sales supervisor for the Whiteville market. Last week's total sales amount ed to 5,775,070 pounds. At the close of sales Friday, farmers who had sold theit- tooacco on the Whiteville market since the opening of the market had been paid $6,294,880.25 as compared with less than 4',* million dol lars during the same number of days last year. Beginning M o n d a y open ing tobacco sales began at 9 a. m. instead of 9:30 as heretofore. Under, the schedule, sales hours are: 9-12 a. m. and 1-3 p. m. TABOR CITY Friday's sales on the Tabor City market pushed the season total to over the 4.100,00 pounds, it was reported by Willard Cole. (Continued on page 4) Mrs. Godwin Is ' Laid To Rest Funeral Services Conducted Tuesday Afternoon From Mill Creek Church With Rev. Hinson In Charge Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Goodwin, 57, died here Wednesday night at the home of her niephew, L. H. Johnson, with whom she was living. . Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday afternoon from the Mill Creek Baptist church with Rev. O. I. Hinson, of Southport, in charge. Pallbearers were Paul Johnson. Archie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Roy Spencer, Johnrlie Hewett and Fred Spencer. In addition to other relatives Mrs. Goodwin is survived by one son, James. Flowers 6f Wilming ton; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Spencer of Baltimore and Mrs. J. W. Gancy of Rockingham and one brother: S. F. Sullivan of | Wilmington. The Manner Of Applying For Absentee Registration And Bal lot For The General Election By Members Of The Armed Force* Was Examined By Dave Rom. Chairman Of The Brunswick County Board Of Elections, Here Saturday. ^ , Application fdr absentee regis tration and absentee ballot for the 1946 general election may be made by or for a person In the armed forces of the United Sta tes he Mid. Such' application may be made at any time prior to November 5, 1946, and In either of the following ways: On a written form signed by the applicant and addressed to the Chairman of the Board of Election of the applicant's home county. By an informal letter, card, or other writing signed by the ap plicant and addressed to the Chairman of the Board of Elec tion of the applicant's home coun ty. By an application for a ballot made pursuant to Act 712 of the 77th Congress of the United States, as amended by Act 277 of the 78th Congress, (such ap plications as being currently made through the Secretary of State) or other application for a ballot made to the Chairman of the County Board of Elsction of the applicant's home county. By writing i formally or in formally) executed in behalf of the npplicar 1 ? member of ,iu -t.'liy (ItuawJJvV* wife, mother, father, brother, sis ter, son or daughter) and address- jj ed to the Chairman of the Board < of Election of the applicant 8 home county. An application for absentee registration shall be construed as an application also for an absen tee ballot. An application for an absentee ballot shall be construed as all application also for absentee re gistration in the event the appli cant is not already registered. ? Commissioners In Session Monday Committee From Le'?ntj Appeared Before Board In Interest Of Road Pro ject In Northwest * ? A committee representing a citizens from Northwest township appeared before the board of county commissioners Mondl J and requested that follow-up 1 tlon be taken in the matter ~ ' their petition presented on May 6 with regard to improving the old Wflmington-FayetteviUe high way. . . It appears that no record of that action was ever made at the district highway office, and the commissioners, through Coun ty Attorney S. B. Frink, took special pains to see to it that the highway officials do some thing in connection with this project. 'Hie commissioners granted permission for the heirs fit George Fields and Ben - Fields estate to list as part of the Re becca Fields estate. These list ings are for Northwest township. L. C. and Florie Bland were ordered relieved of $420.00 from their 1945 listing due to error. It was ordered that H. D. Wil (Contlnued on page 4) Election Board Head Explains Absentee Vote Chairman Dave Ross Gives Explanation Of Manner By Which Applications May Be Made For Mem bers Of Armed Services SEVERAL MEANS BY WHICH TO VOTE Every Possible Opportunity Will Be Given Men In Armed Service To Ex press Their Prefer ence At Polls Brunswick Man Claimed By Death Member Of Prominent Brunswick County Family Died Monday In Wath inpton Following Exten ded Illness John H. Holden. prominent Lockwoods Folly township fann er and one of the five brothers who own Holden's Beach, died in a hospital in Washington, D. C., Monday. He had been 111 for some time and was taken to tJae Washington hospital about. * month ago when his conditio? (Continued on page 4)