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The Pilot Covers ?*ick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time ft NO. SIXTEEN NO. 20 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, August 28, 1946 $1.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAt Hen Apply ?r Terminal Pay post will Have ka e" Personnel Avail ?f0RISAlpPUCATIONS fToenHaveaClerfcT: land Notary Avail Me For Conven ?? Of S?vi" Men 0f the Brunswick P., st No- 194. American * W of the Shallotte Post * :u,,wn. have completed offering county-wide B ;'v to ex-service men who -?jke application for ter- 1 ?;e3ve pay on Friday of this Lvo-k of handling applicat-j . tezin at 2 o'clock and 1 ?otinue until S o'clock in | ' \-,v or until the last ap- : p present has been served. I L will be a working group E* a notary public, at r; five consolidated L'of the county and at ;? Cour.ty Training school. L,?lv of application forms v hano. at each school, i-is are asked to bring I forms With them if iv secured one of j ^ary Wanks. It is report [? iiiv are available for dis the postoffice 2 V officials have been, p. ?> wholehearted cooper- 1 c ? Grace P. Ruark, ex- 1 t? secretary of the Brun- j si'rrr'v chapter. American ; . handling this work, iischarge certi t;ji '3een lest or destroyed, in lieu of dis fc;. ? -:>> : by the Army, r Corps or Coast Mr. Formy d s. th . a photostatic I - certified to be the ir; :> also acceptable. i esse nf personnel dis c; Navy after Sept ic :m. the "Notice of l-c- from the U. S. Service ( '* fsrsshed. or if lost, a furnished by the R. :: Naval personnel. - ? Reserve and Re-! i ? persons who were j - ::y and released i i. :tv without discharge. itv and orders - .y must be furnish Brief Newt Flashes ^ home here -Oliver, of Charlotte, has ol'.i La vis home at the f' 1 '".ri2 Franklin Park. he will move his family sw U( \T10N Ajc-l and Mrs. J- E their son and daughtcr r Mr an.l Mrs, Phil Dortscn 4?ir little son. have been b: a two weeks vacation rww. North Carolina. ttllw w aters he was <!ue to get ' on a furlough in July. ?'r UVern Hewett, son of Wt Mrs. W. M Hewett, of 'r"' row finds himself cruis " Italian waters on the Cruis fctiriton. on which he is He has been in the ? months and is a seaman ^ class. I(> WUKtK ^ Robinson. Southport Owt >vas carried to Dosher J?1 Hospital early last for first aid and observa ??'i-owing n collision in which injured. His automobile ; ' I pmki pole on Howe knocking ?> transformer " * a time later in the ' 'r- f,ir downtown hut. off ?liilc re VM*. J'" RrifV1' project if the Bolivia li i.'.i". 'rt'restrd in hav ^ ^ r- fWm for the coming iL. . to he present on t 'lay of school to dis Ip a "HPOftant subject. The tj P,rcnt ill be need 5 i?*? J/ mr,rh room operat i tv.' time as possible taj, cbiWrcn viu have ] it !--chss for rscst September Term Superior Court To Convene Monday _ J Judge John J. Bumey Will Preside Over September Term Of Court; First Week For Criminal Cases EXCHANGED TERMS WITH JUDGE BONE Second Week Will Be De voted To Trial Of Civil Actions With A Total Of Fifteen Divorce Cases The September term of Bruns wick county Superior court will convene he.e Monday, with Judge John J. Burney presiding. This was made possible through an exchange of terms with Judge Walter J. Bone, who was origin ally scheduled to preside over this session. This will be a mixed term of court, with the first week be ing devoted to trial of criminal cases. The civil session will con vene on Monday, September 9. For the criminal session there is a total of 30 cases waiting, according to Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett. Of these perhaps the most important is the charge of murder against Douglas Ballard, Northwest township negro, who |is charged with the slaying of ! James Edward Jenkins, also neg ro, of the same township. Jen I kins was killed in 1944 and Bal lard, who fled to Virginia, has (Continued on page 4) JOHN J. BURNEY Dangerous Explosion On Dredge Damages Machinery Personnel Of Dredge Penn sylvania Has Miraculous Escape From Injury When Steam Turbine Ex plodes Saturday QUICK ACTION SAVES DAMAGE Dredge Will Be Out Of Action For Several Days While Repairs Are Be ing Made To Dam aged Parts i ? " J An explosion, remarkable in the extent of damage done without personal injury resulting, occur ed on the big hydraulic dredge Pennsylvania Saturday morning. One of the huge steam turbines exploded, causing damages to it self and other machinery that is said to total $75,000. All crew members of the big boat escaped injury although Wil lie Pellitier, an oiler, and Ken neth Starling, engineer, were standing within ten feet of the blast. Starling is said to have been at the throttle of the tur bine. Although the explosion was terrific, he acted with great presence of mind and shut off all power. This action is be lieved to have averted further damage and possible injury to members of the ship's crew. The dredge will be out of com mission for several days. Illustra tive of the force of the explosion, the 7-inch steel shaft extending from the turbine was broken in half and twisted out of shape. The chief engineer of the ship is credited with saying that in all of his 30-years of experience he has never seen a worse break down. The dredging of the big ship lay-in basin on which the Pennsyl vania was engaged at the time of the accident is said to have been an unusually hard job all of the way. The difficulty has mainly been due to submerged lops and stumps torn up by the 164-ton cutter head. This refuse going through the 33-inch suction pipe creates a terrific vibration in the ship. This vibration is believed to have caused the ex . plosion. With the Pennsylvania moving a million cubic yards of mud per month, and with the job schedul ed to be completed the last of ; December, the wreck may delay | the finishing of the work. Farm Bureau To Seek Members Leaders Will Meet Friday Night At Supply ToDis . cuss Pla-ns For 1946-47 Membership Drive Officers of the Brunswick County Farm Bureau and busi ness leaders of the county will meet Friday night at the office of the County Agent at Supply to discuss plana for the annual membership drive which begins Monday and extends through ! September 14. T. T. Ward. Longwood farmer |and business man, will serve as 1 temporary chairman of the o - ganization. He has been a v that the membership qsw-a -0 ( Continued on Installation Of Legion Officers Installation of officers for the Brunswick County Post 194, American Legion, will be held Thursday evening at ' :30 o'clock at the Community Build ing. Newly elected officers of the Legion Auxiliary will be installed at the same time. New officers of the Shallotte Tost, American Legion, were installed last night by Charles M. Trott. Harry L. Mintz, Jr., is the new commander of that post. New officers of the Le gion Auxiliary of that post were also installed at last night's ceremony. State Geologist May Visit Here Dr. Jasper L. Stuckey Writes That He Hopes To Be Able To Go Over Brick Clay Deposit Some time Soon Writing VV. B. Keziah that he | hoped some time in the future to ; have an opportunity of going over l the brick clay deposits near South i port. State Geologist Jasper L. j Stuckey stated that in the light i of present conditions and his pre jsent knowledge he hardly knew what to recommend with refer ence to the clay on Wuldcn's Creek. There were brickyards on Wal den's Creek at the turn of the j present century. For this yarrl there were no shipping facilities ! save on the nearby Cape Fear riv !cr. Roads did not exist and af ter the plant had operated suc cessfully for many years it q.uit. owing to the transportation pro blems. However, the Walden's yard (Continued From Page Six) Receive Charter For New Business Brunswick Cold Storage I Co., Inc., Received Char ter Last Week; Plan Con i struction Of Suitable Building A charter for the Brunswick Cold Storage Cp., Inc., was re j ceivcd this past week by At ,'torncy R. I. Mintz. who has al ready filed it for recording at , thc courthouse in Southport. The | concern has an authorized capital of $100,000.00. part of which is already paid in. The incorpora tors are Houston Hevett, G. C. McKeithan. LcRoy Mintz and R. D. White, a!! of Shallotte, and J. A. Purvis of Ash. Tlie corporation plans to do a general cold storage and freezer locker business, to serve both Shallotte and surrounding areas of the county. Detailed plans should be available for publica tion as soon as the organization ! meeting is held. The incorpora j tor fc state UJls .-nesting will be 6eW' within the stxt Jew dayfe. Three Schools Still Looking For Teachers Faculty Complete At Wac camaw And Southport And Principals Of Other Schools Making Every Effort To Get Help PARENTS INVITED TO OPENING HERE Principal David Watson Has Been Able To Line Up Strong Faculty For Local School This Session With Brunswick county schools scheduler! to oDen Monday. Sep tember 2, for their fall term, only two of the five consolidated high schools have complete faculties with which to begin the school year. Principals of the other three schools are doing all in' their pow er to complete their organizations this week. At Southport Principal David Watson will be able to start with a full faculty, and parents and patrons are invited to attend the opening exercises Monday morning at 9:45 o'clock. Returning members of the Southport school faculty include Miss Mary Lee Norment, first grade; Mrs. Robert Willis, second grade; Mrs. C. J. Williamson, third grade: Mrs. Ed Weeks, fourth grade; Mrs. Ruth Gay, fifth grade; Mrs. Rut:? Hood, eighth grade. The new sixth grade teacher is Mrs. Beatrice Stephens, a gradu ate of Western Carolina Teachers College. She has taught in Bun combe county, but taught last year in Florida. Mrs. George Lautares, who has had previous teaching experience as instructor in commercial sub jects, is the new seventh grade I teacher. During the war she serv ed as Wave. Members of the high school faculty, in addition to Mr. Wat son, will be George Lautares and Miss Sarah Townsend. Mr. Laut ( Continued on page six) Application For Dredging Basin Operators of Holdens Beach Plan Boat Basin To Be Situated On South Side Of I n 1 a nd Waterway Near Ferry Dr. R. H. Holden, of Durham, | and his brothei s who are associated with him in the operation of IHolden's Beach, have applied to the U. S. Army Engineers for per mission to dredge out a basin 12 feet deep and 200-feet square on the inland waterway. The proposed boat basin is about 3,000 feet west of the road and ferty leading to the bcach and is on the south side of the water way. Plans for the work may be seen at either the Supply or Shallottc Post offices. Any persons opposed (Continued on Page Six) County Forestry Officials Meet In Whiteville County Forest Warden And Members Of County For estry Organization At tend Two-Day Confer ence STATE OFFICIALS ATTEND MEETING Considerable Emphasis Giv en To Law-Enforcemsnt Phase Of Forest Fire Control Program County Wardens, Association I Rangers and other key person nel of the N. C. Forest Service from Columbus, Brunswick, Bla 5 den, Pender and Duplin Counties concluded a two day district con ference in Whiteville Tuesday. Presiding over the conference was W. L. Brewer, Jr., district ! forester in charge of disrtict j forester in charge of district the Armory Building in White ville. Lecture sessions were con ducted in the vocational agricul ture building and demonstrations et the forest service warehouse on the Chadbourn road. Discussions at the Monday ses sion were confined to the organi zations' public relations and law enforcement program. Lee J. Greer, local attorney and former Judge of Recorders court, was heard in a timely and very in formative lecture on preparation fif State's evidence in court. Also lecturing on allied subjects were, J. R. Spratt, Raleigh, Asst. State forester in charge of fire con trol, M. M. Carstarphen, Raleigh, ranger in charge of law enforce ment and Wm. S. Edmunds, dis trict ranger of the Columbus county office. Also featured on the program was a trip through the Riegel forest near Bolton where the re sults of the intensified fire con trol program sponsored jointly by the Ricgel Paper Corp. and the forest service were noted. On Tuesday the group inspect ed the Columbus county head quarters located at Chadbourn tower as the guest of County Warden B. F. Batten, and at tended a demonstration at Wac camaw Tower of equipment to be used in the forest services' fire line program this fall. Looks Forward To Next Crop Longwood Farmer Had Fine Returns From His 1946 Tobacco Crop, But Is Looking Forward To Sweet Potato Harvest Among the fine reports on pro duction and tobacco sales this year T. T. Ward, prominent to bacco grower and farmer of Longwood. has one that is out standing. Mr. Ward and his tenants 'granted 16.7-acres in tobacco this J year and from this acreage they (Continued on page six) Our ROVING Reporter W. B. KEZLAH | First Sergeant Joe S. Simpson, | who got his first training with' I the army at Fort Caswell in j 1904, has ag?in wound up at i i South port. Trained here, he went) j the rounds. Coming back when J j the first World War loomed to j train men at Caswell, he left here | j again with the 31st Company in 1917. Coming back from that war | he continued with the army and ( some years ago he was retired | under the 30-years service ptovis 1 ions. This is his first trip back to Southport sincc leaving with [ the 31st in 1917. I "When they drive 3000-miles | just to visit you they arc real friends." So said W. S. (Bill) Wells, this week. He was refer ring to Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stiles. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Alley and their daughter, Miss Betty Zoe Alley. They had driven all of the way from Derby, Kansas, to 'spend a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Wells. Mr. Stiles was sta* jtioned at Fort Caswell during the ' war and when he received his | disdiarge he went back to hi a home ir. Kassa* accl ejsni ssucfc I ci iis tine UUfcjj JoBon about South port, Southport pco< pic and Southport fishing. While we were waiting for the bus Friday morning, Folton Garn er, Bolivia Lumber company man. came along and deprived the bus company of a passenger as far as Bolivia. He wanted us to have a look at the Will Smith road, a six mile short-cut that goes by Antioch church. We both looked at and felt the road. Mr. Garner, who has to use it twice dally, says it is both the most used and the least worked road in the county. About a hundred families have to use it getting to and from anywhere. Three I school buses, two white and one ! colored, have to travel over it Five country stores, all doing a | good business, are along the road. A mail route covers It and there! are two churches and a lot of fin? farming land needing better ) road service than is available. In fact, we cheated the bus company out of a passenger , twice Friday. Asrlv&g at 3c ( Continued on Ptgt 2) Britain Prepared To Safeguard Suez NEW YORK ? Despite withdrawal from Egypt, the British have! no intention of leaving the vital Suez canal, the thin lifeline of the Empire, without the protection to which it has been accustomed. I This map, based on reports from authentic sources, shows how Brit- 1 ain is prepared to safeguard the canal. New naval and air fc-ases are planned for Cyprus, Tripoli, Haifa, Tobruk and Bengazi. The Tripoli and Haifa anchors of the system would, in addition, flank the impor tant pipeline to oil rich Iraq. Haifa is a hotspot just now with the British diverting thousands of refugee Jews from that port to pre pared camps in Cyprus. I Local Boats Will Be Off For Gulf Stream Monday Southport Man Has Old Money Clarence Crapon, Southport citizen, owns what probably is the oldest piece of currency in existence in Brunswick county. It is a seven dollar bill, Is sued by the United Colonies in 1775 as Continental Currency. Printed upon the face of this ancient note is the following as surance to its holder: "This bill entitles the bearer to re ceive seven Spanish milled hi lars or the value thereof In gold or silver according to reso lution of the Continental Con gress of Philadelphia." Mr. Crapon is not sure whe ther his unusual bill has some unusual value, but he is taking no chances. It has been placed between two pieces of glass, where it may be seen but not handled. Seventeen Cases In Court Monday Variety Of Cases Disposed Of Before Judge John B. Ward In Recorder's Court Here Monday A total of seventeen cases were disposed of here in Re corder's court Monday before Judge John B. Ward. The follow ing disposition of cases was made: Ulysses Williamson, resisting arrest, motion for jury trial and defendant held for Superior court under $100.00 bond. Hilbert Stanley, retailing, con tinued to September 16th. Mamie Ruth Hewctt, no op erators license, judgment suspend ed on payment of costs. Waddcll Wallacc, assault and non-support, judgment suspended on payment of costs. Lillie Corbett, possession and transporting, not guilty. Karl Goodman, possession and transporting, twelve months on the roads, judgment suspended on payment of a fine of 5125.00 and costs. Carlton Shcppard, recklces op eration. Four months on roads, (Continued on Page 2) Fisheries Line County Beaches \ Many Brunswick County Men Now Spending Time At Various Fishing Camp? Along The Coast Robert Stanley, who with Vance Gore operates one of the shore fisheries between Lockwoods Folly Inlet and Little River, stated Saturday that there are about 17 fishery camps, each employ ing from 8 to 20 men, now fish ing along the coast between Shal lotte Point and Little River. From Shallotte Point to Fort Caswell there are quite a num ber of additional camps, all set and eager to go for the fish whenever they put in appcarance. So fix large catches have" not (Continued on Fage SU? Fishing "Ta*k Force" Will Rendezvous With South port Boats Monday Near Frying Pan Lightship And Will Fish In Gulf Stream CATCH ELIGIBLE IN FISHING RODEO Rodeo Officials And Lead ers of Southeastern North Carolina Beach Asso ciation In County Sunday Two Southport bunit wW a "task force" of gulf stream j fishermen Monday in a Labor Day excursion that is due to 'rendezvous near the Frying Pan lightship. Five boats from Wilmington will meet Captain Hulan Watts on his Idle On and Captain Vic tor Lance aboard his Moja, and a wholesale try will be made for some of the game fish which populate the gulf stream off the coast of Carolina. Lured by $1,000 in cash prizes, including a $500 cash award for the best catch of the rodeo, a party of more than 50 sportsmen will nose out in scarch of sail and other game fish. j The prizes the fishermen will be after have been posted for I the first Annual Fall Fishing j Rodeo sponsored by the South eastern North Carolina Beach As sociation, which contest begins at j sunrise Friday, Aug. 30, and ends at sunset Sept. 30. Most of the anglers arc North | Carolinians, though a sprinkling of South Carolina and Maryland game fishermen are included in the half-hundred who will be aboard the boats. Officials in charge of the first Annual Fishing- Rodeo were guests of Long Beach at a steak I dinner Sunday, and later in the j day visited Holden's Beach, where 1 they were served a seafood sup per. Also in attendance were of ficials of the Southeastern North Carolina Bcach Association, spon sors of the fishing rodeo. Immunization Of Children Urged County Nurse Points Out That State Law Requires That Children Be Protec ted Against Certain Di seases With the schools opening Mon day Mrs. Lou Smith, county health nurse, calls attention to the fact that It is now a state law that all children in school b; immunized against smallpox, diphtheria and whooping cough before entering any school. The vaccination may be ad ministered by family physicians or by Mrs. Smith at her officc in the courthouse. The law requiring such immuni zation is as follows: "Section 130-190.1 of the Gen eral Statutes of North Carolina requires that all children be im munized against whooping cough before reaching the age of one I year. "Scction 130-190 of the General 1 Statutes c Z North Carols re (Coatinued on cage six) Lay-Off Period Will Begin With Thursday's Sales Action Taken, Royater Say* To Boost Falling Pricot And Relieve Crowded Conditions DECISION REACHED AT SATURDAY MEET Growers Urged Not To Grade And Place Their Weed On Market Fast er Than Processing Plants Can Han dle It A special flue-cured tobacco marketing committee, represent ing growers, buyers and ware housemen Saturday ordered a one-week marketing holiday in the Eastern and Border belts be ginning at the close of sales this Wednesday, and delaying the scheduled opening dates of two other belts by a full week. The action was taken, said Fred S. Royster of Henderson, who was elected chairman of the commit tee, in an effort to bolster sag ging prices in the two belts and to clear up near-critical condi tions in tobacco redrying plants. The marketing holiday in the Eastern and Border belts will end on Wednesday, September 5, an* : sales will be resumed o.i a full | five-hour sales day on Thursday , morning-, September 6, Royster | said. " I Whiteville tobacconists say that j conditions in the local prize house and redrying plant were crowded kUt.T^u" crowded as on ln?r* kets farther up the line. I Fa^mera w>th space booked in (warehouses during the holiday .Period are requested to hold their tobacco until the holiday is over (when booking space will be pro vided on the same days promised I except one week later. Neu Opening Datfw. The action in calling the holi day automatically set the open ing date for markets in the Mid dle Belt for Monday, September and foi markeu in Ui? OH ! Mond?y. September 23. , Middle Belt markets originally I had been scheduled to open oi ; Monday, September 9, and those in the Old Belt on Monday, Scpt? ember 16. y I At the same time, the com mittee set up regulations design jed to curtail sales at any time in the future when there is threatened congestion in ware houses and redrying plants. It was decided that should the need arise, the daily sales time 'In Border Belt markets would bo reduced from five to four hour, for each set of buyers. Other markets in each belt then operat ing would be affected the same y after ^ey had operated for is many days on a full five-hour sales schedule as those in the Border Belt. In a statement issued after the meeting, the committee urged growers not to grade and place fa.T t?bacco on the markets faster than the processing plants ;.an hancHe it, and that tobacco j Dot be placed on warehouse floor* I far enough in advance of the 1 i/or the i?bacco to damage. The committee is certain that * 18 thc best interest of 1' n ' ,bu>'crs and warehouse men and respectfully requests the full cooperation of all con cerned," thc statement said. Zade Williams Funeral Today I Brunswick County Veteran I Of World War I Died Monday at Veterans Hos pital In Fayetteville ? : Zadc M. Williams, resident of Bolivia and veteran of the first world war, died Monday at noon in the Veteran's Hospital at Fay etteville, where he had been a patient for some time. Mr. Wil liams was 51-years of age. Funeral services were held this morning at 10:00 o'clock from thc Antioch Baptist church, with Rev. G. W. Dowd in charge. The burial followed in the Antioch ccmetcry. . - Mr. Williams is survived by his wife. Mrs. Bessie Clemmons I Williams. Bolivia: one daughter, 'Mrs. Wilbur Caison. Bolivia; three sons, Leon Zadc, Jim Henry, and Billy Williams, Bolivia: hi# father, B. F. Williams. Raleigh; three brothers, B. M. Williams of Detroit; Rev. T. H. Williams, Ra leigh; Oscar Williams, Supply; two sisters, Mrs. G. O. Walker. Rocky Point and Mrs. L Little, Freeland. Active pallbearers were Ril?>y . Clemmons. Elwood Clemmon*. I Join Brows, Los Shaw, Willie 1 4 Continued on Pip 81*2