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THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The New?
All The Time
NO
^SIXTEEN no. 22
6-pages today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, September 11th, 1946
J1.50 PER YEAfc PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
riners Urged
0 Carry Out
Farm Practices
c ,mers Will Be Un
't F? Some P?rf~?r
ilfcVu- B,
[hers
JvSSf for use
ther Qualify ThJfm"
jl, Or Inform Of
7/e Of Inability
? effort to obtain maxl.
reservation with the $35,
,Zd that has been made
IT to Brunswick county
? through the 1946 Agri
? conservation Program,
ojp.nett. chairman Bruns
>..-'tv AAA Committee, to
Zi farmers to follow
rt'on their conservation
?jat was approved on their
tiacs last spring.
, fuilv realize that many
K nay have prevented
js from performing the
m$ as originally planned."
In such instances, Mr.
"jjaut that the County
is anxious to render
, is8i5tar.ee by helping these
^ & selecting substitute
finding it impossible
r out their original prac
! C: ^ substitute others are
t irsently requested by Mr.
ir to inform the AAA Com*
-r.cdiately so that the
jiTotted to their farms may
Btsferred to neighboring
pi-ira rcert additional as
ps aM are in a position to
r at rorc practices.
y. ire 8 practices which
lee s carried out in Bruns
IheW this fall according to
itecg methods. The fol
ic ii Ust of them giving
tjncK -umber of each as
jriSe 1946 County Hand
t
UteNi 1: Spreading lime
ot c::;land.
to Xo. 21: Drainage
1
tec? No. 22: Tile drainage,
to No. 25: Improving
trws.
to No. 10: Establishing a
pasture.
to 5: Seeding winter
tR3
i Aastrain Winter Peas,
F-regrass.
' >:rr.scn clover,
: V?tch.
fee No 2: Applying su
lfate to ?
* Winter cover crops,
: Permanent pasture.
to No. 3: Applying pot
m
1 Same crops as for su
fc^bate.
bitf Newt
Flathts
^ TO BE RAZED
?" ???air. building on the
: The Pilot office,
. ?' " MeRackjn interests,
, .. 801,1 to privates who
^rrtee" to have it torn
* rem?ved within 30-days.
W^TRIBrxOR
"CJ. ;Vho,?s?,c Hardware
B ^"rt Co.. has been
I:.. distributor for
Z'h Carolina for the
P (L. ?'T Co- makers of
I jf, 0,1 clrculators and
lev- 0il ranges. Harry
| ^ Pr?priCtor of the
HELD
I^Poi-r ",hPT"man- 23-year
I ,,ch"' of Shallotte.
I ? Whiteville Mon
F of hJ?L Icc with nearly a
Kfe* 'vhl,k?y 'n his
I** , pr?1,niinary hear
h 5ft 'n Re
fnr '' hf to now be
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and Friday.
I , ?,n& opened to
I u,. -!5r-!rS on Satur
1^SC tkoM ' *'5r at a very
F1 1* fl* w? be
*jth ?K*ny W0y they
I -r ? th,c we of seins.
F AHmJ"8 llni't on their
I^rtr !? bc w-oo
? J*"1 B - PWl<i haa not
B ?* > totw J'ears and is
B *=*? with choice
September Term Of Court
May Come To Close Today
With Postponement of Prin
cipal Case On Docket,
Short Term Of Civil
Court Is In Prospect For
This Week
JUDGE BONE IS
PRESIDING JURIST
Several Matters Not Report
ed In Last Week's Paper
Were Settled During
Criminal Court
Session
Judge Walter J. Bone, of
[Nashville, is presiding over the
| second week of the September
| term of Superior court here this
week, and the prospect is that j
the session will end today.
The most important case sche- j
duled for trial was thit of Holras
vs. Smith. This matter was con
; timed when the plaintiff was un
| able to be present, due to his
inability to be away from his
Army post.
Most of the day Tuesday was]
tak^n up with trial of the case
of Danford vs. Cunningham, an
action brought for the purpose of
dispossessing a lease-holder.
The following cases were dis
posed of during the criminal ses
sion of court before it adjourned
last week :
Joe Gause entered a plea of
nolo contendre to charges of be
ing an accessory after the fact.
He was given from 2 to 3 years
jon the roads, this sentence being
(Continued from pate One)
WALTER .J. BONE
Middletons Purchase Big
Tract From Goldsboro Men
Five-Hundred Acre Tract
Lying Between Long
Beach And Highway To
Caswell Beach Sold To
Father And Son
PROPERTY FRONTS
ON ATLANTIC OCEAN
Transaction Will Be Com
pleted As Soon As Certi
fied Title To Property
Can Bs Furnished
Papers were filed here for re
cording this wee's binding R. W.
Powell, Hugh Maxwell, George
Daniels and R. A. Bryan, all of
Goldsboro, to sell to E. F. Middle
ton and E. F. Middleton, Jr., of
Southport and Wilmington, a
1 tract of approximately 500-acres
I of land lying on the west side of
the Fort Caswell highway.
With the papers for recording
$1,000.00 was paid down as guar
antee money. The balance on
$25,000.00, as stated in the
papers, is to be paid in as soon
las a certified abstract of tit)'
can be made ready for delivery,
j Neither trouble or delay in the
preparation of title deed is anti
jcipated. The property was owned
by the government for many
years. By the government it was
Isold to S. O. Chase of Sanford,
|Fla. Mr. Chase is now dead and
| more than two-thousand acres of
his land holdings near Southport
| and adjoining Fort Caswell were
' sold two years ago to the present
| Goldsboro owners.
The property being sold is on
the west side of the Fort Cas
Iwell highway, beginning at the
[inland waterway and following
the highway to where it turns
to proceed direct to Fort Caswell.
From this turn the line to the
tract being purchased by the
Middletons runs straight on to
the ocean.
Frink and Herring. Southport
attorneys, are handling the trans
( Continued on page six)
Fatal Accident
Saturday Night
Y?v^;"o^cSa;
Sturgeon Creek Bridge
Between Woodburn And
Navassa
The Sturgeon Creek bridge be
tween Woodburn and Navas^
nas the scene of a fatal au o
mobile accident Saturday night
when Edwin Conrad Th0"1^Q^"
year-old Navy veteran. ?f HaI"P
stead, crashed his car into the
railing of the bridge. He
the James Walker Memorial ho?
pita! in Wilmington a few hours
after the accident.
| A companion of Thomaa Law
I mice Howard, also of Hampstea'!
is reported still unconscious and
in a critical condition. He is suf
fering from head injuries.
Thomas was given a military
! funeral at the Topsail Presby
Iterian church Monday aftcmoon
at 4 o'clock. Coroner W. E . Be J,
'of Southport. instigated the
wreck and held that the ^death
of Thomas was accidental a?
tut So ww necessary
Propose Digging
New Oeean Inlet
| Southport fishing and I
shrimping interests tire await- !
ing announcement o? a public ?
hearing by the engineers office i
with regard to diggiag an inlet j
from the ocean to the inland j
waterway about three miles j
north of Carolina Beach.
It is reported that money for'
this project has been appro
priated by Congress, the bill
signed by the President and |
that matters now rest until a
hearing can be held on the
question.
It is also reported that Con
gressman J. Bayard Clark Is
very much interested in the pro
ject and that he plans to at
tend the hearing when it is
j held.
Deputies Sworn
In For Service
Three Special Deputies Will
Be On Duty At Bruns
wick River Anchorage;
County Obligated For No
Additional Salaries
Without the status or duties
of the existing officers being in
anywise effect. Brunswick county
acquired three full-fledged new
deputy sheriffs Tuesday after
noon. Burwell T. Manor. Charles
W. Lockwood and William D.
j Long, all with the United States
I Maritime Commission, were sworn
i in as deputies by Sheriff C. P.
j Willetts.
The new officers were accom
panied to Southport by Captain
A. G. Ford, directly in charge of
the Brunswick river ship lay-in
basin. It was upon the request
of Gaptain Ford that the three
men were made officers, their
duties that of policing the ship
basin in the same manner that
other officers police the county.
The county will pay no salaries
to the officers, that being attend
ed to by the Maritime Commis
sion. However, said Captain
Ford the men will receive fees
(Continued on Page 6)
Pipeline Dredge
Back To Basin
Repairs on Dredge Pennsyl
vania, Completed And
Will Return To Work In
Brunswick River Basin
By First Of Week
According . to reports the huge
pipe line dredge Pennsylvania,
which was badly damaged on
August 24 when its steam tur
bine blew up, will be back at its
job of dredging the Brunswick
river basin by the first of next
week.
Following the explosion of the
turbine which resulted in esti
mated $75,000 dampge to the ma
chinery and ship, the dMdge was
towed to Newport News, Va.and
(Continued on Pag? Sto
Lengthy Report
Of Grand Jury
Made To Court
Report Points Out Certain
Improvements That Are
Needed At County Jail;
County Offices Approved
JURY MEMBERS
MENTION FOLLOWS
Foreman Taken 111 While
Court In Session, One
Member Has Died And
Another Was In Hos
pital Last Week
Members of the Brunswick coun
ty grand jury in session here last
week during the first week cf
September term of Superior court
made the following report to
Judge John J. Burney, presiding:
"To the Honorable John J.
Burney, presiding judge:
"The grand jury was glad to
serve under Judge Burney, it be
ing their opinion that he is one
of the most able judges in this
circuit. We, as a body, also wish
to express our appreciation for
services rendered us by Solicitor
Clifton L. Moore. We feel for
tunate indeed in having a man
that is willing to cooperate to
the extent that Mr. Moore has
shown.
"The grand jury was in session
two days. During this time, al
though handicapped by loss of its
foreman and several other mem
bers. the grand jury was able to
carry out its functions and duties.
We, as a body, wish to express
our regret and wish a speedy re
covery to our foreman, Mr. R. O.
Lewis. We also express our feel
ings of sorrow in learning of
the death of one of our members,
Mr. Julius Hickman. To Mr. R.
Will Davis, Sr., a patient in
Dosher Memorial Hospital, we
send our best regards.
The grand jury passed on four
teen (14) Bills of Indictment.
Twelve were found to contain
sufficient evidence to be marked
True. Two others were returned
as Untrue, lack of evidence be- 1
ing- indicated.
"The grand jury also examined
the records of Magistrates and
J. P.'s. The following named re
ported: Coy Formyduval, L. H.
(Continued on Page Six)
Southport Lady
Dies Saturday
Funeral Services Sunday
Afternoon For Mrs. Irene
Dosher, Who Died Fol
lowing Prolonged Iilness
Mrs. Irene Dosher, 77, wife of
John A. Dosher of Southport,
> died in tAe Dosher Memorial hos
pital Saturday afternoon follow
ing a prolonged illness.
She is survived by her husband,
a daughter, Miss Bessie Dosher,
a son, Robert Dosher, all of
Southport.
Burial services were held Sun
day afternoon at 2:30 o'rlock at
; the Bethel Baptist church, three
miles from town. The body was
interred in the cemetery there.
Continued on page 6
Benefits Mounting To Millions
Seen In Proposed Project For
Draining Water-Logged Area
WACCAMAW RIVER
DRAINAGE ? A project which has far-reaching: effect upon the farming future
of a large area of this county is now under consideration by U. S. Army Engineers
and business and farm leaders of Brunswick and Columbus counties. If it is carried
through to completion many thousands of acres of fertile farm land will be made
available for cultivation.
Farm Bureau Membership
Quota Has Been Reached
Pear T ree Bears
Fruit And Blooms
At the J. J. Knox home near
Leland there is a pear tree
that is loaded with fruit and is
covered with new blossoms.
This strange sight attracted
the attention of Solicitor Clif
ton Moore and Col. R. S. Mc
Lelland as they traveled to
Southport this week to attend
court. They stated that while
they had known of fruit trees
blooming out of season in other
years, this was the first case
they could remember where a
tree bore blossoms and fruit at
the same time.
IN VETERAN'S HOSPITAL
Harry Chadwick, of Shallotte
Point, is in the Veterans Hos
i pital at Roanoke, Va? receiving
| treatment. His mother, Mrs.
Lydia Chadwick, John Chadwick,
and Mrs. Lottie Mae Pigott are
spending part of this week with
i him. His condition is said to
' be improving.
Oar
ROVING
?- Reporter
W. B. KEZIAH
Eleven land sale deeds were
filed Monday morning for regis
tration in the office of Register
of Deeds A. J. Walton, at that,
this number is said to be only an
indication of the average day's
receipts of such papers. Bruns
wick county farm and coastal
lands are coming into great de
mand with buyers coming from
both near and distant points. I
Thanks to a greatly improved
labor situation and a wet summer
that encouraged plant growth, the
flowers on the many acres of the
Orton nursery and grounds are
! said to be looking the best they
( have ever been. In addition to
caring for the millions of estab- 1
lished plants on the grounds and
in the nursery, there has been
enough labor available to start
several hundred thousand new
plants. Conditions are said to be
unusually good, except for the
need of a paved road which will
bear up under the; established
? travel and at the sajne time take
J care of the thousands of tourists
'and visitors wio will be cossi?.^
I during the winter and spring.
| While disclaiming that streets
Jand vacant lots are in half as
j bad a condition as fault-finders
[represent them to be, Southport
jcity officials are frankly saying
j that this year has found them
facing the most acute labor
shortage they have eyer ex
perienced. It has been impossible
to secure labor. The small force
of workmen employed regularly
[have had their hands more than
full with their regular work. Dur
ing the whole summer only one
[extra laborer has been available,
[and he only when it suited h(m
i to work. Nobody will work for
less than $4.00 , per day and few
for that.
According to Clerk of Court
Sam T. Bennett, Judge John J.
jBurney and Solicitor Clifton
Moore made a clean sweep of
[ the criminal court docket last
week, trying all cases that could
'be tried and leaving the calendar
the clean ett it has been ir. years.
^Continued On Fage 5)
I
Meeting Of Members Has
Been Called For Friday
Night At 7-30 O'Clock
For Purpose of Naming
Board Of Directors
ONE MAN WRITES
165 NEW MEMBERS
List Of Men Throughout
County Who Are Author
ized To Accept Mem
bership Of Farmers
Who Have Not
Joined
There will be a meeting of
Farm Bureau members Friday
night at 7:30 o'clock upstairs
over the office of the county
agent at Supply. The purpose of
the meeting is to take inventory
of what has been accomplished
in the current membership drive,
and to name a board of directors
for the organization.
As the campaign for new mem
bers draws to a close it appears
that Brunswick will go well over
its quota of 302. Odell Bennett,
vice-president of the organization
reported this morning that he
has written 165 members and
that T. T. Ward, the president,
is over the 125 mark. Other men
assisting with the drive have
written twenty or more members.
For the benefit of those who
have not had an opportunity to
join books are in the hands of
the following representatives who
are authorized to write members:
Odell Bennett, Frank Inman and
Elroy King, Freeland; T. T.
Ward, Longwood; Odell Blanton
and Dennis Hewett, Supply; Jack
Potter, Winnabow; Charlie Har
vell, Leland: J. B. Ward, Sr.
Ash; W. J. McLamb, C. C.
Hewett, Charles Russ and H. C.
Frink, Shallotte; Prince O'Brien,
Southport.
Morse Home Is
Being Remodeled
Old Captain's Walk Is An
other Landmark That Is
Giving Way Before The
March Of Progress
Workmen started removing the
upper story of the oltj Morse
home next to the Brunswick Inn
this week. The building is to be
converted into a bungalow by W.
S. Wells and it will be occupied
by his mother, Mrs. W. M. Wells,
jwhen the remodeling ia complet
ed.
Tho changes in this structure
will remove rfom the scenery one
of the three captains walks still
crowning old-time structures in
this section. These watchcs, at
one time common along the coast,
!are rapidly disappearing. In addi
'tion to the one atop the Morse
! house, the other two are on the
I (Continued or page aU)
Sports Fishing
Off Southport
Is Good Now
Tlie tempo for sports fishing
picked up during tb" ;>.?-*?
reaching its height Monday and
Tuesday with fine catches by
Gulf Stream parties plus brief
but losing skirmishes with sails.
Hulan Watts came in Mon
day afternoon with a boat load
of amberjack and baracuda
taken by a Durham party lead
by C. Y. Bailey. The best of
their amberjack weighed 43 >4
lbs, best of that species enter
ed thus far in the Fishing
Rodeo.
The Idle On had another
happy party Tuesday when four
Charlotte men came in with 16
amberjack, 9 baracuda and 4
bomita. There was also a king
mackerel that weighed 8-pounds.
The biggest baracuda went a
little over 27-lbs. Dr. E. R.
Motley was in charge of this
party.
Captain Victor Lance came
in with reports that three sail
fish had toyed with lures
streaming from the Moja, but
that none was hooked. One
other sail was sighted.
Two Brunswick
Men Join Army
One Is Veteran Who Has
Decided To Re -Enlist;
Other Recruit Plans To
Complete His Schooling
While In Service
The largest number of Regular
Army volunteers in a single week
since June were processed by the
Wilmington Recruiting Station
during the week ending 31 Aug
ust. as 23 men, including five
veterans and eight high school
graduates, signed up, Capt. N. G.
Cottle, commanding officer, an
nounced Thursday.
One veteran, Willard H. Smith
'of Ash, was accepted from the
Brunswick County Area. He en
listed for a period of three years
(Continued on Page Six)
Funeral Tuesday
For Mrs. Berg
j Widow Of Late J. Berg
Died At Her Home Here
Sunday Morning Follow
ing Extended Illness
Mrs. Mary W. Berg, 77, widow
of the late J. Berg, died at her
home here in Southport Sunday
I morning at 10:30 o'clock. She
had been in poor health for some
]time but her death came as a
[shock to many of her friends.
Mrs. Berg is survived by one
_ daughter by a previous rs&rriage,
?CooU8U?cr on Pa** Sill
Leaders Of Two Counties
Meet With District Army
Engineer To Talk Drain
ing Waccamaw Flood
Waters
WOULD DIG CANAL -
TO MULLET CREEK
Project Would Furnish Out
let For River Waters Into
Tidewater Some 200
Miles Above Present
Outlet
Possible drainage of thousands j
of acres of water-logged land in
the territory comprising the wa
tershed of the Waccamaw river
has been disclosed here with the
announcement that Brunswick
and Columbus county farm and
business leaders held a recent
hearing with Col. George Gillette,
district U. S. Army engineer in
Wilmington, seeking the coopera
tion of the Army in securing a
drainage canal connecting the
Waccamaw river with Mullet
creek through which the waters
of the Waccamaw would be drain
ed off into tide water.
Representing the two counties
at the hearing before Col. Gillette
were County Agent Dodson ot
Southport and Rice Gwynn of
Longwood, Dr. Floyd Johnson,
county health officer for Colum?
bus county, Henry Wyche of th|
Waccamaw Bank and Trust conv
pany, and Joe Quinerly, assistant
county agent for Columbus.
Quinerly, spokesman for thft
group, said that Col. Gillette re?
sponded very sympathetically to
the request and promised the as
semblage of information neces
sary for a survey of the entire
region which would be affected
by the drainage project.
He expressed his opinion that
the influence of the Farm Bureau
would be placed hehind the pro
posal. ?> ?<<? would likely
assure its being adopted as a fed
eral farm project.
The proposed canal would di
vert the flood waters of the Wacca
maw into tide water about 75
airline miles above Georgetown
where the Waccamaw now emp
ties into the Atlantic, thereby
providing diversified benefits in
millions of dollars to Columbus,
Brunswick and Bladen counties
above the canal and Horry and
Georgetown counties in South
Carolina below it.
A. two-state and five-oountf
project, the drainage consequent
to the opening of the canal would
provide health benefits from ma
larial control, flood prevention,
soil conservation through drain
age, improved forestry, easier
road construction and less .ex?
pensive and better maintenance,
and a great facilitation of logg
ing operations in swamps water
jammed during much of the year.
Throughout the entire water
shed of the Waccamaw river,
which originates in Lake Wac
camaw and empties in the ocean
at Georgetown, there are thous
ands of acres of land incapacitat
ed for forestry or farming due- to
a back-log of undrained waterT In
this same area, malarial control
is a pressing health problem,
while the construction and main
tenance of good roads present a
Capital problem for highway ' En
gineering.
It is being pointed out that
benefits from the canal would ex
(Continue on page ?) ' ?**''
County Agent Is
On Study Trip
Several County Agents Of
Southeastern North Caro
lina Are Off For Wash
ington, D. C., And Mary*
land
County Agent J. E. Dodson left
Tuesday for Clinton where - he
will board a bus, together with
other southeastern North Caro
lina county agents, for a three?
day trip to Washington, D.. .C.,
and Beltsville. Md. -f
The trip was arranged by Dean
Schaub Director of the North
Carolina Slate College Fx tension
Service and District Agent C >-*
Brickhouse. An educational trip,
the travelling expenses are being
paid by State College. The party
expects to make a study of .the
work being carried on In other
states.
Mr. Dodson stated that county
agents and assistant county
agents from nineteen or twenty
| southeastern North Carolina coon
1 ties would make the trip. Uiey
expect to return tie last ot titfd
[week.