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Brunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Most of The News
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NO.
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, September 4th, 1946
J1.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
bership In
farm Bureau Is
[rowing
Rapidly
T Ward. Longwood Far
;r And Businessman I,
lted Chairman Of Or
!kt.?nn For This
jinization
County
SSTYn progress
?iHI,pN DR,VE
.. For Brunswick Has
' Set At 302 Mem- i
But Officials
Hope To Go Well
Over This
v. organization meeting of :
3-nswick County Farm
Friday night T. T. Ward.
Lood farmer and business
es elected chairman. Odell
^ ?-aj named vice-chair
jujj. J. Hawes was elected
^??treasurer.
^ first goal for the county
?frtinn is to reach its goal
?? members before the end
& annual membership drive
jster.ber 14. A modest be
ns ?as made with Farm
us in Brunswick last year,
llajirs believe that the 1946
jmli be easily reached.
fcriersiiip for farmers is'
d tnuaDy. and of this amount!
I t^r stays in the treasury
jjt local organization. Asso
I- memberships are available
Lawmen and professional
[ i tfce county, and response!
[a* solicitations has been 1
parlv encouraging.
Wnl xen are actively cn
^ - eliciting member. hip8, 1
jier? is a good prospect that '
I a.(' for the county will
f i free trip to the National
|rn"."" cf the Farm Bureau
toian ir. California. When
?BBtr Tiota has been reach
1 J* Sate organization im
Kft~ makes available the
ii <050.00 toward the ex
pjsitrip to the convention
I" solicitor for the
Stitf Net m
Flashes
I. ?T-L MEET
IkSKthport Lions Club will
t isr weekly meeting tomor- {
' V*iay) at 1 o'clock at
? ir.unity Center building. !
"P TO DELAW ARE
* ci Mrs. C. C. West have 1
I re their home and other !
*" rwr the Brunswick '
*Nge and have moved to
* >laware where they will '
^ftSH MARKET
Redwine. manager of j
'tajtte Drug Company, has
'he Robert White Fish
*t Hoyt Hoklen is manag
market.
it IN VRMY
Ptal H. Smith. Of Ash.
?M War II veteran, has sign- \
Is? far a three-year hitch in
ft tav Air Forces. He recciv
l> pi r,f corporal.
for road
PjUotte ami citizens of that
pnity have asked the State
P**? Commission to pave the
of road from No. 17 in
to the State Highway
P camp in thr outskirts of
r
POBCC srr.AKER
P- M MeEaehern. of South
VWtnM the Laymen's Con
P? ft the Eastern North
Diocese of the Episcopal
FJ last week at Camp
P? The local man addressed
IWww* or the subject of
r- W*Rd(hr in the Diocese."
ru HOMf.
I Mrs. U. L. Rourk. of
P"""' feve sold tnclr home to
I'- Croom. of Deico. who plans
I?** there early in Septem
I ' moib ia with the Gulf
J nt--_ rvmpanv. Mr.
F^rs Kijaru p^n to build an
r "ny'- re.r'tmg Ma comple
occupy on? of the
I
R N-n CAB
? 0 Snath of Ash was winner
1946 Ford car Friday
KC, at ? drawing of lucky
Iw !#B?Wtag a fast game
K. t" lt<e Whiteville Comets
?i? ?8H in which the latt
<wt a 1-3 victory. Mr,
=* pr?btnt at the
c-' *?a notified tttat (tt
P' "*i i**-. ^
Raiding Bruin Winds Up As
Bear Rug And Bear Steak
Three Winnabow Men Capture Large Black
Bear In Cornfield After He Had
Caused Much Damage
Frank Rabon of Winnabow,
long credited with being one of
the most skilled bear hunters in
Brunswick county and no slouch
when it comes to deer hunting,
figured in an episode last week
resulting in the death oif a huge
black bear, weighing nearly 400
pounds.
All year long, according to
Mrs. Janie Henry, postmaster at
Winnabow, a bear has been de
stroying hogs, cattle and farm j
crops in the upper Town Creek
section near Winnabow. Last '
week Mr. Rabon, his son Roy i
Rabon. and Lindsay Flowers set |
cut to put an end to these de- j
pradations.
When not after hogs or cattle
one of the favorite feeding
grounds of the bear has been in
the corn field of Dan Atkinson. !
Mr. Rabon and his companions
laid their plans for the end of the
bear to take place in this field.
Several days ago they set a trap
in this corn field and Friday
morning when they visited the
trap they found the bear a pris
oner.
The bear was skinned and his
hide is now being tanned for a
bear rug. Some of the meat was!
converted into steak. I
FRANK RABON
Attendance Figures Are Off
From Those Of Last Spring
t
School Officials Make Ap
peal To Parents To Enter
Children And To Encour
age Perfect Attendance
Throughout Year
FACULTIES AT TV/0
SCHOOLS ARE SHORT
Unfavorable Attendance
Statistics Attributed To
Fact That Not All Stu
dents Have Enrolled
For Term
Brunswick county schools open
ed Monday for their fall term
.vith two principals being forced
to start without full teacher
strength.
At Bolivia there were still one
5r more vacancies when the open
ing bell sounded Monday morning,
*nd Principal O. C. Bruton is
still doing his best to fill the
existing vacancies.
At Shallotte Principal Henry
Stone was unable to get a vo
cational agriculture teacher be
fore school opened.
Attendance figures for open
ing day which compared with
figures for the close of school
test spring show that many boys
md girls have failed to enter
school at the opening of the ses
sion.
Southport had 373 students
ivhen school closed last spring,
while total attendance Monday
was 332. Shallotte dropped from
1079 students in the spring to
919 Monday. Bolivia had 434
students Monday as compared
wiih 484 in the spring. Waccu
maw was down to 625 from a
total of 655.
School officials believe that
late registration will more than
account for these discrepancies,
but urge parents to have their
children enroll at once and to at
tend school regularly.
Legion Officers
Installed Here
Davis C. Herring Is New
Commander Of Bruns
wick County Post 194;
Mrs. Herring Heads Aux
iliary
Davis C. Herring, Southport at
torney, was installed as com
mander of the Brunswick County
Post 194, American Legion,
Thursday night in a joint instal
lation during which Mrs. Herring
assumed the post of chairman of
the Legion Auxiliary.
The installing officer waa Col.
Earl I. Brown, retiring command
er of the local legion post. Mrs.
Herring succeeds Mrs. J Arthur
Dosher as head of the auxiliary.
Following the installation a
short business session was held
at which time plans were discuss
ed for legion activity during the
ensuing year. One plan under
consideration is to have the Am
erican Legion sponsor a suitable
Navy Day program at Southport,
ir.ci 4 4om?!ittee wis name 3 to
(Gtatiaued ofl fife 4)
Duty Makes The
Present Dear
D. J. Smith, local real estate
man, had a like present sent
him ihls M eek in the shape of
a box of cigars from Brazil.
The sender was Frank M.
Niernsee, well known civil en
gineer whose family lives here
and who is engaged in con
construction work in Brazil.
Mr. Nlerosee was at home this
past winter and while he was
; here Mr. Smith assisted him in
the purchase of a home for
his daughter.
Returning to Brazil Engineer
Niernsee thought much of the
real estate man's kindness, and
last week he advised Mr. Smith
he was sending him a present.
In due time the cigars arrived
at the express office, but when
Mr. Smith went around to get
them he was mildly surprised
to find that the tariff, or im
port duty, on them was $19.70.
When he expressed the gift
box Mr. Niernisee assumed that
as it was a gift there would
be no import duty.
Hunting Season
Opens Monday
September 2nd Was First
Day Of Season On Which
Hunting Was Legal;
Marshhen Season Opens
On That Date
The first opening in the hunt
ing season began Monday of this
week when the law went off on
some of the migratory wildfowl.
Marsh hens, rail, sora and galli
nule may now be shot along the
coast of North Carolina, the sea
son on these birds remaining open
until the 30th 'of November. Un
der federal laws hunting of these
birds is allowed only from half
an hour before sunrise until sun
set. For marsh hens, rail and
galliJiule the bag limit is 15
birds per day to e-ich hunter. On
sora the days limit is 25 birds.
'Under all conditions it is neces
sary to have a Federal Duck
Stamp when hunting any sort of
migratory' wildfowl.
1 The dove hunting period, of
which there are two. docs not
open until September 16, running
through September 30, with an
i other open season to come later.
While all hunters engaged in
shooting migratory wildfowl must
have the duck stamp, the division
of game and inland fisheries is
showing consideration to service
men in that all who are residents
of the state do not have to buy
the regulation state hunting li
cense. Servicemen who are resi
dents of other states arc permitt
ed to buy and hunt on a state
1 rciident license, which comes very
nvJefc cheaper tKaa tire con-r sai
Legion Assists
Former Enlisted
Men With Blanks
Friday Was Day When Fa
cilities Were Made Avail
able At Each School In
County For Helping Fill
Out Application Forms
LIGHT RESPONSE
AT MOST PLACES
Executive Secretary Of
Brunswick County Red
Cress Chapter Will
Help Veterans If
They Call Here
Three American Legion posts
of this county combined their ef
forts with those of several vol
unteer workers to assist ex-ser
vice men in filling out their ap
plication for terminal leave pay
Friday.
The county-wide organization
included a working unit at each
school in the county. Brunswick
County Post No. 194, located *at
Southport. sent workers to Boli
via. Leland and to the Southport
school. The colored American Le
gion post furnished workers at
Brunswick County Training
School. The Shallotte Legion Post
furnished the working personnel
at Shallotte and Waccamaw.
Although relatively few men
took advantage of this assistance,
several veterans who were under
the impression that they have no
claim were given information
which indicates that they will be
in line to receive payments.
One feature of the service rend
ered by the legion was to furnish
application blanks for the men.
Although these forms may be ob
tained from the postoffices. many
of the fellows had neglected to
get one.
With many eligible applicants
still not finished with the job of
putting in their claim for term
inal leave pay, Mrs. J. W. Ruark,
executive secretary of the Bruns
wick County Red Cross Chapter,
has stated that she is ready to
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v ?_? '
Louis Newton Is
At Boys State
Southport Boy Is Attending
One -Week Training
Course This Week At
University Of North Car
olina
Louis Newton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Newton, is attending
Tar Heel Boys' State, sponsored
by the American Legion and
conducted each year by the In
stitute of Government of the
University of North Carolina.
The coursc opened Sunday and
will close eight days later, or
next Sunday.
A busy week has been mapped
out for the boys who are attend
ing the session, and the daily
schedule includes athletics and
recreation as well as study
periods.
Yoking Newton is attending
Boy's Stale under sponsorship of
the Brunswick County Post 194,
American Legion.
Congressman Is
Sure That Navy
Will Keep Fort
In Letter Last Week To W.
B. Keziah, Mr. Clark
Stated That Navy Appar
ently Has Plans For Con
ducting Radar Experi
ments
STATE HAD HOPED
TO ACQUIRE SITE
There Is Possibility That
Some Connection Exists
Between Government
Experiments Here
And At Davis
Writing W. B. Keziah that he
had delayed advising him as to
the situation with respect to Fort
Caswell because he wanted to get
as near as possible to the bottom
of things, Congressman J. Bayard
Clark stated this week that no
release by the government on the
Caswell property seems possible.
Mr. Keziah, who was interested
in the State of North Carolina
obtaining Fort Caswell and using
it as a part of the mountain-sea
shore park system, had querried
Mr. Clark as to the status of
things, to quote a portion of the
Congressman's letter, he said:
"The Navy is very definitely
going on to this property. It
does not give out too much in
formation as to exactly what the
use is going to be but I do know
that it is connected in some way
with the development of radar.
It seems to be the best plan to
hold to the Camp Davis property
and the two may be used some
what together in carrying out
certain desirable experiments in
the development of new things re
sulting from war experiences.
However all this may be, it is
true that for the present no re
lease of the property on any
(Continued cn I'ajse 4)
Fire Line Plow -
To Demonstrate
Equipment For Pre-Suppres
sion Plowing Will Be
Used At Mintz Farm
Near Shallotte Next Mon
day
County Forest Warden Dorman
Mercer said Monday that a dem
onstration or prc-supression plow
ing for fire control will be given
on Monday, September 9, when
the forestry equipment used for
this purpose will be unloaded at
the Mintz farm, near Shallotte.
Timber owners interested in
having fire lanes plowed for
them at nominal cost by the
forest service are Invited to wit
ness this demonstration. The rate
for plowing is $6.00 per mile for
the heavy equipment. Five miles
of plowing must be contracted
for in each community where the
equipment is unloaded.
Following the Shallotte demon
stration the equipment will be
taken to Longwood for a demon
stration on the Rice Gwynn farm.
Our
ROVING
f Reporter
II pays to advertise. Couple of i
j weeks ago wc expressed the de- !
! sire that somebody catch and
| deliver to us a big-live rattle
i snake for which we would pay
$10.00 Right after that a lot of
people told us of killing big
i rattlers, but when the subject of
j bringing them in alive was
! brought up there wasn't much
j interest. Well, sir, yesterday af
ternoon a whopping big diamond
| back with a very busy set of
buzzers was delivered to us by
Clarence Jones and P. McDuffie.
colored men who live out towards
[Orton. That snake . is already
! named "Brunswick" and is due
to find his way to the State
Museum in Raleigh, where he
I will take the place of "Onslow."
tJie museums famous old rattler
| which died a year ago.
While we get a lot of regular
and unusual questions about the
beaches in this county, it seems
j that R. A. Williams, operator of
[the Powell Cafe at the junction
of Routes 17 and 74, asked ua
j the most unusual one .thr, weak.
1 Ka wiitai to Juxw wZmts ass
the fastest growing bcaches in j
this county was locatcd. Wc told;
him just where it was, 7 miles
from Southport, and he went on
to say that two Greensboro men
stopped and asked him where it
was. They aimed to purchase pro
perty at the beach in question
and thought it was in New Han
over county.
With general drives for mem-!
l>crs to the American Legion now |
in progress H. B. Usher, of the ,
Shallotte Post, is doing the most
efficient woik that has been call
ed to our attention. With practi
cally the entire membership of
the various posts working to se
cure members. Mr. Usher by his
own efforts had signed up 21
new members up to Saturday at
noon. D. Carl Andrews of the
Shallotte Post says they are aim
ing- to line up 300 strong for the
organization there.
County Agent Dodson saj'3i
that the hay crop is beginning to |
shed its leaves, partly due to the,
excessive rains. Harvesting cf .
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Murder Case Begins Today
As Superior Court Session
Winds Up Criminal Docket
"Ban The Atomic Bomb"
WASHINGTON, D. C. ? Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal
declared that an "enforcable plan" must be adopted to ban the
atomic bomb. Forrestal's statement was made at a news conference
at the Navy Department in which Adm. W. H. P. Blandy, "Opera
tions Crossroads" Chief, urged swift redesigning of naval vessels to
enable them to withstand the "most insidious weapon of all time."
L. to R.: Vice Adm. W. H. Blandy; Dr. Ralph A. Sawyer. Techni
cal Advisor; Rear Adm. W. S. Parsons, Deputy Commander for
Technical Phases; Maj. Gen. A. L. McAulifee, Advisor, Army Ground
Forces; Maj. Gen. W. E. Keper, Deputy Commander, Army-Navy
Joint Task Force one; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal.
Crowded Conditions Are
Better As Market Reopens
Waccamaw River
At Record High
Coy Form.vDuvsit, *- govern
ment tender ioi* the water
ijuage at New Britlan Bridge,
said Monday that the river was
15-ft. 6-lnches above normal on
Thursday of last week, the
highest official recording since
1927. He reported that after
reaching the record level, the
water started to fall, but that
it was receeding from this flood
stage rather slowly due to the
fact that there was so much in
the swamps.
Residents of Waccamaw
township have been keenly dis
appointed during the greater
part of this year because of
poor fishing conditions in the
river. For the greater part of
the time flood waters have
made fishing almost impossible.
Southport Boy
U.N.C. Graduate
Dan Walker, Son Of Mrs.
W. H. Walker And Late
Mr. Walker, Of South
port, Is Now Graduate
Accountant
?Leaving college early in the
war Dan Walker, son of Mrs. W.
H. Walker of Southport. served
about three years, two years of
this time being spent overseas.
Entering the University of North
Carolina the first of the year, fol
lowing his discharge, he was
graduated last week and is now
at home. He received a B. S. de
gree in commerce, majoring in
accounting. While in the army
Mr. Walker was in the Finance
Department.
Elwood Mintz, son of Mrs. H.
L. Mintz, of Shallottc, also rc
turned from the University last
week for the brief fall vacation.
He will return to his studies on
September 20, and has about a
year and a half to go before
graduation. Mr. MJntz was a ser
geant while serving in the army.
He was seriously wounded in the
Pacific but was able to continue!
his army service. He entered the
University last fall, immediately
after his discharge from the
army.
William (Billy) Bragaw, son of j
Mrs. Helen Bragaw, of Southport,
is also at home for the brief fall
vacation. Returning to the Uni- j
versity on September 20, he 13
scheduled to graduate in January, I
1017. He is majoring in Inter- j
national Relations. Serving in,
the Navy Air Corps, Mr. Bragaw |
was an Ensign and was pilot of
6ne of the Navy Hellcat night
fighters. His plane was lost in
the sea during a Japanese suicide
attack. He is married, Mrs.
Bragaw being the former Miss
Louise Niemsee cf Southport.
Tzty bL\'? o?. yo-Ag <U-g5iU.*. I
One Wee Holiday Used
For Clc ng Bottlenecks
In Preparation For Open
ing Thursday
BELIEVE HOLIDAY
lO RAISE PRICE
Some Talk Of Extending
Holiday, But No Definite
Information Released
Congestion in company prize
houses and redrying plants has
been greatly relieved and it is
thought that the markets will be
ready to open by Thursday, Sept.
5 following a week's holiday.
TTicre has been some talk of
extending the holiday for more
than a week because of failure of
buying companies to eliminate
the congested conditions, but so
far Walter H. Paramore, sales
supervisor of the Whiteville mark
et has received no information to
this effect.
As an evidence of the local con
gestion, there was still on the
floors of the warehouse here on
Friday some of the tobacco that
was sold to the companies on
Wednesday.
The buying companies have been
shipping the tobacco to process
ing plants by rail, and by press
ing into service all kinds of mot
or vehicles that could be employ
ed to move the tobacco from
Whiteville.
The Virginia Tobacco company
has been using their recently con
structed prize house, and the
Whiteville Tobacco company was
crowed also even though they
ing and enlarged their facilities.
It is believed that steps will be
taken to increase these prize
house facilities for the companies
in Whiteville by the next season.
It is hope that relief from con
gested conditions at the process
ing plants will be reflected in a
higher price after the market re
opens, and more rapid handling
of the tobacco In Whiteville.
Commissioners In
Regular Session
Routine Session Of Board
Held Here Monday With
Few Matters Of Unusual
Interest
Members of the board of coun
ty commissioners met Monday in
their .regular- fir3t of the month
session.
It was ordered that two tracts
of the W. P. Gore Estate, one in
Waccamaw and the other in Shal
lot tc township, be advertised for
sale for taxes.
One 4-acre tract of Bland land
in Shallotte township was order
ed back-listed for five years.
The commissioners recommend
ed that th?- State Highway Com
mission ks over a one-mile sec
tion of .oad leading through a
farm community from the
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Douglas Ballard On Trial
For Killing Jenkins Neg
ro In 1944; Court May
Come To Close Late Thii
Afternoon
MANY MATTERS
ARE CONTINUED;
Judge John J. Burney Has
Been Presiding Over
Criminal Court Here
This Week; Civil
Term Next Week
The trial of Douglas Bollard
charged with the murder of James
Edward Jenkins, began this morn
ing in Brunswick county Superior
court, and unless some unexpect
ed obstacle presents itself the
first week of the September term
should come to a close late this
afternoon.
One of the cases in which there
was unusual interest was the
trial of A. L. Meares on charges
of assault with a deadly weapon.
His sentence of 8 months on the
reads was suspended upon pay-,
mqnt of costs, the sum of $450.00
to Ben McLamb, prosecuting wit
ness, Monday and a like amount
before October 1. These payments
were for personal and real dam
ages due McLamb. The defendant '
was placed on probation for 3
years.
J. Lee Brewer plead guilty to
charges of larceny and was given.
18 months on the roads, sentence
to begin at expiration of his pre
sent sentence.
Willie Smith plead guilty on *
similar charge and received ad
identical sentence.
Donald Swearingin was found
guilty of resisting arrest an<
was given 12-months on the
roads. Not a true bill was re
turned in the matter charging
this defendant witfi ~ asShult with
intent to commit rape.
Not a true bill was the verdict
of the grand jury in the matter
of Luther Gause, charged with
aiding and abetting in escape.
Pleurious capias issued and the
following cases were continued:
Alton Leonard, crime against
nature: Lucian Moore: James
McNeil and William King, assault
and larceny; James McDanicl,
murder; William Shubert, aban
donment and non-support.
The following cases were nol
prossed with leave: Sam Brown,
improper brakes and no opera
tor's license: Lonnie Grice.
James Smith, charged with
false pretense, was called and
failed. Instantcr capias issued and
the case was continued.
The case of H. V. Stanley for
refusal to deliver title was re
manded to Recorder's court.
Rufus Sellers, charged with
reckless operation, was called and
failed. Capias issued and the
case was continued.
Tobias Simmons, charged with
trespass, had his case continued.
Similar action was taken in
the case charging Burris Boze
man with housebreaking and lar
ceny.
4-H Club Queen
And King Named
Winners Of These Coveted
Titles Will Be Crowned
At Federation Meeting In
November
The Brunswick county 4-H
Club King and Queen will be
crowned at the Annual Federal
Uon meeting on November IsL
Jimmie Sessoms, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Sessoms, of Leland.
will be crowned King and Betty
Danford, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Early Danford. of Bolivia,
will be crowned the 4-H Club
Queen.
Final selection was made this
past week when Dr. L. C. Fergus
of Southport examined the nino
boys and girls who passed the
examination given by Miss ALeno
McLamb and Mrs. Lou H. Smith,
county health nurse, last spring.
Miss McLamb and Mrs. Smith
examined the boys and girls in
each school and from these
schools the nine were selected for
the finals before Dr. Fergus.
From a physical standpoint
Jimmie will have the rating of
being the best boy in Brunswick
during the next year. The same
honor goes to Betty on the girto
sIHa
LIBRARIAN
Miss Beth Grimes has succeed
ed Mrs.* A. H. Marshall as lib
rarian in charge of the Bouthpoii
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