North Carolina Newspapers

e pilot Covers 1 gronswick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time ^SIXTEEN NO. 26 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, October 9th, 1946 $1.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAl iJeral Funds Help To Swell Pay To Needy Payments To ,ra^e. Persons Made Welfare Depart pShow Appreciable <\T ACTION JN1 by congress Increases Became Ef L> On October 1; Es Sly Helpful In Lower Brackets .r^ularmonthly meeting ot Lr.v.ack County Welfare , ms held oeptember 27, I welfare office. The board j or. three new applications ase assistance and one * [0 dependent children. age assistance and one j,,j to dependent children ?e:e increased. One ADC ,33 terminated. j gratifying to the board that due to Tecent cen ??iu! action Bruiuwick coun | {tabled to raise the average ( ;f public assistance cases. I included, old age assistance, I dependent children and I stance. Previously the r share was one-half, the i one-fourth, and the county jtftti. Beginning with the t 0f October the Federal jnert will pay two-thirds V fust $15.00 of OAA and 1 grants and one-half all i tlis amount. In other words i person is receiving $15.00 flit OAA or B. A. the Fed Ijj.wiment's share would be Si tie State's $2.50, and the K > $2.50. lad to dependent children I je maximum for one child lasnjusly $18.00 plus $12.00 ad additional child up to I Sow the maximum for lax is $24.00 plus $15.00 for IrtuonaT child. The Federal wec: now pays two-thirds feint $9.00 for each child, nHialf for all over this (is means that the approxi | MO families receiging in a previous $11.00 month kv; #111 now get a $16.00 fcf average. The previous I monthly average for ADC fes can now be increased to wnse of $30.00. There will * an increase in B. A. b tut not as much as in ifcr categories as the aver i tii:s category has been rthan in the others. These ?s are expected to prove 'taficial in the light of such wts of living for the peo * this county who are in of assistance ftom these Iritf Ntwt Flashts li TO MEET ? Southport Parent-Teacher fcw' ort will hold its Octobe' jj"? on Thursday night at ' ? clock. An interesting pro k including a inovie, has been and it is hoped that a * water will be present. Ration service J impressive service Sun ' r^t G. C. Kilpatrick, W. ^dndge and Ivan Ludlum 15 'Gained as dcacons of the Baptist church. The ! bacons were presented ^ ty the church. ?T10CH j^Komir.g- D-iy will be ob te' at Antioch Baptist church g October 13. All former " former members and ? church are invited tein?'/" a,i day Pr?gram' "* ? Picnic dinner, is bc 'traagM. bridte . J* of the auxiliary of the Co?ty Post No. 194, nn, ?n' wl" sI>onsor a toy ?e Party next Wed lkom. e",n?' October 16, at fetft <*?? M. Trott. at 0 o'clock. CLEA^LNtt H?W^ller* of Supply, re ,? ?nd h's fellow com t p|^, . B- Sellers, are mak ,u the community ?eterv at the Galloway 'I*. ar, Supp|y- They are ^ ! who have loved ??* or W tt,f" ?4"ovs cemetery P ?Sdt a??,3 helpcr on Oct ^ at,,? 1,0 arc interested uka tooie' ? OCTOBER FISHING DRUM ? When Dave Roberts, Ohio newspaper man was here on a fishing trip several years ago he landed the big red drum shown above. This was good enough to bring him back on another fishing trip this fall. Look ing on with obvious approval is W. B. Keziah, of South port. National Recognition Is Resulting From UNO Bid Association Press Has Re leased Stories And Pic tures Of Bald Head Is land Following Word Of Invitation ! SENATOR BAILEY GIVES INVITATION ; Acknowledgement Receiv ed And Assurance Given That Facilities Will Be Investigated Newspapers throughout the na j tion are now carrying large pic- 1 tures of Bald Head island, the famous 17,000-acie semi-tropical j tract owned by Frank O. Sherrill, | at the mouth of the Cape Fear j R:ver just off Southport. The (pictures are being distributed by the Associated Press. The news value of the picture j lies in the foct that Senator J. j W. Bailey has proposed the island jas being suitable for a permanent home for the United Nations Or-j ganization. The Senator has writ ! ten UNO officials to that effect jand has received a courteous reply of indicating that all of the facilities would be investigated. J The move began last spring when W. B. Keziah of Southport, followed an agreement with Mr. Sherrill, wrote Senator Bailey and [asked that he take the lead in proposing the island as a suitable home for the United Nations. At the time the Senator was ill, but assurance was promptly given that he would do all he could as soon as he was physically able. Following a suggestion from Mr. Keziah to Mr. Sherrill, who i is also owner of the S. & W. j chain cafeterias, that it would be ja good idea to offer the 17,000 ! acre tract as a home for the j UNO, Mr. Sherrill stated he had ? also thought of taking that ac | tion, but had been too modest to ? advance the suggestion. Mr. Ke i ziah then took the matter up i with several influential people, | including Senator Bailey, who was requested to bring the offer to the attention of the proper sources. Bellamy Goes ' Back To Bacon Brunswick County Man I Will Go Back As Mas- ( ter Of Powerful U. 5. j Engineers Dredge I The Henry Bacon, for many years the chief dependence fori t dredging on the river between 1 Southport and Wilmington, and before the war the most power- j |ful dredge owned by the Army ! Engineers, is due to Jacksonville, Florida, in the near future. C v'n W. E. Bellamy, for m&i y years master of the vessel. : resumed his duties with the En gineers office in Wilmington Mon-j day. He will remain there until. I he is reassigned to the Henry : Bacon when ahe reaches Jackson ville. ' ! Captain Bellamy owns some I valuable beach property in the. Colonial Beach tract east of the Shailott* river inlet, with a part (Continue on page six) Uses Water Level For Foundation R. H. Patterson, who operates the concrete block plant on the old Tom Lindsey place on the Caswell Beach road, had his trenches dug for the foundations of his new: .home -but to get anybody with a surveyors instrument to come out and set his levels for him. Then came the big rain, and the trench filled with water. "This," said Builder Patterson, "is the chance I've been waiting for." Preparing the necessary stakes, he drove each one just even with the water, and since water has a well-known habit of seeking its own level, he had about as good job as he could very well wish for. Commissioners In Session Monday Rcutine Matters Disposed Of Before Board At Re- 1 gular F i r s t- Of -Month j Meeting Monday Members of the board of coun- j ty commissioners, spent a busy day Monday disposing of routine matters of business. An order was passed to fore close on the Mary Fullwood estate in Smithville township for unpaid taxes. Cornelius Thomas was relieved of $9,000.00 valuation on Claren don plantation due to cutting of timber. The H. L. Mintz estate was re lieved of $1,300.00 valuation as a result of two parcels of land hav ing been sold. G. F. Ganey was permitted to pay 1946 and prior taxes on a station and lot at Leland or> basis of $300.00 valuation. Simi lar arrangements were made far a valuation of $350.00 for a small house and lot. An order was passed to admit Mrs. Irish Wood to the county home. The board recommended that, the road leading from Jennies Branch Baptist church via Wil liam Hewetts, via L. T. Hewetts to the Brick Landing-Gause Land ing road be added to the state J highway system. It was ordered that the blind | grant to Alice Danford Hewett be ratped from $30.00 to $40.00 1 morthly. It was ordered that the blind grant for Irene Hill be raised from $8.00 to $11.00 monthly. It was ordered that the inabili ty payments to Jesse J. Babson be raised from $5.00 tc $15.00 monthly. It was ordered that Nancy Clemmons be granted $10.00 per 'month for general relief. ?Upon recommendation of the Welfare Office, Pleaman Daniels was ordered dropped from ;the list of those receiving blind gr*nta. Growing Grapes Popular Crop For Brunswick i One Buyer Has Paid Out | More Than $3,000 For| Grapes From Growers In This County Thus Far, This Year SOIL ADAPTED TO GRAPE CULTURE Advice From State College Specialist Is That Nov ember Is Good Time For Planting Vinss Scuppernong grapes ? are fast becoming a good money crop in Brunswick county, with indica tions that the production is be ing set for a great increase and this year three buyers operated in the county and all are report ed to have made big purchases of the grapes, in addition to more that were taken to markets , in Wilmington and Whiteville. Herbert Russ of Shallotte, one of the Brunswick buyers, repo.t ed Saturday that he had paid out the neat little sum of $3,152.00 for grape; during the past two weeks, and he is still buying. It takes about three years for the grape vines to grow into good producing strength. Once they reach that age the owners are set for a good yearly produc tion, with no expense or trouble other than harvesting. Last week it was mentioned in this paper that Cornelius Thomas, of the Clarendon Plantation, had a young 8-acre viney&id near Grissettown, his vines just coming into bear ing this year. Next year they should produce twice as much as this. Many others have young vines just starting to produce. To those who contemplate planting grapes, H. R. Niswonger, in charge of the Extension horti culture at State College, says that November and March are by far the best months. Mr. Niswonger says that the best varieties are the Thomas, a red dish black; the white grape and the ,ior"-ri jv3.cl ,k V 7\ .both or (Continued on r'age 6) Appreciation Of j Courtesies Here Letter Received By Custo dian Of Courthouse In Southport Expressing Ap preciation Of Coast Guard For Assistance During the week the tanker i Bennington was at Southport hav ing temporary repairs made of the j damage resulting when an ex plosion and fire Killed seven of j her crew, the Coast Guard had several heal ings in an effort to j find the cause of the explosion., | The hearings were held in the courthouse here. No findings have j been announced, but a courteous j letter of appreciation fpr the use of the courthouse has been receiv- | ed. This letter from the office of j the cfficers-in-charge of Marine 1 Inspection, at Norfolk, to the custodian in charge of the court- ; house, was as follows: ;Dear Sir: "I have been directed by Rear Admiral Thomas ? A. Shanley, i Commander of the Fifth Coast Guard District, to extend to you and the employees of the Bruns wick county courthouse the sin- 1 j (Continued on Page Six> Our ROVING Reporter TV, B. KEZIAH As a punishment for having i told of Solicitor Clifton Moore ! and Attorney McClelland report- j ing a pear tree full of blossoms : and ripe pears at the same time, I Miss Lillian Collins, who lives , near Orton, brings us in several j twigs from a peach tree in her i yard. Mixed with the leaves are; full grown blooms, every eighth ' of an in,ch pn the twigs. Miss Collins says that it is nothing] unusual for her peach trees to | bloom in October and even later.1 During the recent rains, folks out on the River Road were un able to get mail for four days. When it did begin to come through Mrs. Zeiblin, the mail carrier, found that she Was get ting stuck and had to have help in getting her oar out of the holss half of the tim*. Tbin^s Southport Boy Class President Frank Plaxco, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Plaxco, South port, was elected this week as president of the freshman class at Fishburne Military School (Waynpsboro, Va.) . Class elections were held Monday and results were announced in a special or der published by the school's su pciintendent yesterday. Fire Prevention Program Begins Monday, Oct. 7 Needs For Conserving All Possible Forest Resourc es Being Emphasized By Forestry Officials FOREST FIRES CAUSE BIG DAMAGE Statistics Show That Nine Out Of Every Ten Forest Fires Are Man-Made; List Of Rules The shortage of forest products is one of the most critical of our peacetime problems, and man made forest and wood fires are a real factor in that shortage, according to County Forest War den D. L. Mercer who today announced the opening here of the nation-wide Forest Fire Pre vention program for 1946. The housing situation highlights this shoitage, he said, but in ad dition to lumber there is urgent and widespread need for wood for such things as newsprint, timber and ties; fence posts, balled staves and furniture; telephone, telegraph and electric light poles; chcmically processed foods, al cohols and plastics. The county warden points out that the United States averaged more than 210,000 forest and wocds fires in peacetime years, and that besides destroying enough big trees to make 215,000 two-bedroom houses ? or 5,700,000 tons or newsprint ? these fires 'killed billions of little trees that would otherwise have made more homes and jobs for tomorrow. "It will be the same old story again this year unless each one of us wakes up ' to the big cause of forest fires, and does some thing about it." he said, "because (Continued on page six) Esquire Inquires About Brunswick Southport Man Receives Inquiry From Travel De partment Head Of Nat ional Publication Esquire Magazine, nationally known publication, has recently | founded a Travel Department and i is proposing to run travel and I vacation information covering sec tions that are available to the American tourist. In keeping with these plans Richard Joseph, head of the Travel Department, has written W. B. Keziah asking for all avail able information regarding South port and the Brunswick county area. In part, Mr. Joseph said: "We are particularly interested in hotel and other accommoda tions in Southport and Brunswick county; their rates, tourist at tractions; climate, temperature (Continued on Page 6) are still bad. That is one road that will have to have permanent improvement if children are to reach schools, the mails be de livered and usual travel is al lowed to go on. Miss Barbara Weeks spent the week end with relatives at Shal lotte and this reminds us that if she will call at the ticket office of the Amuzu Theatre in South port, carrying a copy of this is sue of The Pilot, Manager Fur pless will be happy to admit her to any show free. Miss Joy Russ, of Shallotte, will alsio get a free ticket to any show at the Shal lotte Theatre if she calls at the ticket cifice this week and pre ?enta a copy df The Pilot to Mrs Layton Bennett, or whoever may (Continued on Page Five) Former Personal Cook For F. D. R. Living In Brunswick Jacob McClaria Is Now Taking Life Easy As Cook Aboard Yacht Argo After Some Thrilling Experiences Jacob McClaria, colored cook on the yacht Argo, at Supply, treasures for himself a recom mendation signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, attest ing that he, Jacob, is a fine cooks. Jacob, it may be further stated, was one of President Roosevelt's personal cooks, was ' with him on much of his war time journeying, was with him at Warm Spring, Georgia, when he died and cooked his last meal. Charlotte-bom and North Carolina-rai3ed, Jacob has done much wandeiing at his trade of cook and other vocations, chiefly with the railroads and Pullman company, Jacob jump ed into shipbuilding when the great program was launched before the United States enter ed the war, and he is said to have been the best colored man employed by the North Carolina Shipyard at Wilmington. There he became "push-off-man" at the launching of ships. In addi tion to this ritual at Wilming ton he was often called to New port News, Va., and other ship Large Equipment Company Building Outlet At Leland Initiations Are Sometimes Grim Chief of Police Otto Hick man received an emergency call last week from a lady who live* near the western city limits. "Please hurry down here to my house right away," she call ed. "They are killing somebody out here hi a clump of hushes near my house." It isn't often that even a Po lice Chief gets invited to a murder, so Chief Hickman piled into his automobile and rushed to the scene of the reported crime. Things had quieted down considerably before he arrived ? just in time for the finale of an Initiation ceremony which some boys from Brunswick County Training School were conducting. Rally Day At Woodburn Sun. Interesting Program Pre sented On The Theme "Teach All The People" At Sunday Celebration The Woodburn Presbyterian church rendered a fine rally day program last Sunday, the theme being "Teach All People." The Leland Baptist church, with a fine cooperative spirit, gave up > its Sunday ' morning preaching 1 services in order to join with the ] Presbyterians in the rally. Rev. I Wood row W. Robbing, pastor of the Baptist church, led the Bap tists in joining up for the day's program. The program was as follows: Prelude Hymn No. 159 ? 'Heralds, of Christ" The Lord's Prayer (in unison) Leader's Introduction: Mrs. Mac Floyd Jones Talks: 1. "The Value of the Teach ing Program" 2. "We Are to Teach AU Ages" 3. "Wc Arc to Teach All Raccs" 4. "We Are to Teach In All Places' Hymn No. 65? "I Love to Tell TTie Story" Talks: "Reaching and Teaching Through Giving" Presentation of Offering Dedication Prayer Hymn No. 168 ? "The Voice of God" Benediction: Rev. J. D. With row Intermission MORNING WORSHIP 11:15?12:15 'The Lord is in His holy temple: Let all the earth keep silence before Him." Piano Meditation and Silent Prayer Doxology Invocation Hymn No. 7? "O Worship the ! (Continued on page six) building yards to serve as "push-off-man" at launchings. In all he officiated at cere monies that sent 139-ships slid ing down the way. Before the shipbuilding pro gram reached- its full war-time proportions, Jacob was back with the Pullman people. Cook ing on a special train that car ried the nations great war time leader across the country, President Roosevelt liked one meal particularly well. He ask ed who prepared it and asked to see the chef. Jacob imme diately forsook the Pullman company and became one of President Roosevelt's personal cooks. When President Roosevelt made the famous war-time jour ney for a conference at sea aboard a battleship with Win ston Churchill, Jacob was r.'ght there, too. Thereafter, wherever the president went, so went Ja cob. He went on the last journey to Warm Springs and cooked the last meal tha'. Frank , lin Roosevelt ate. Continued on page 6 North Carolina Equipment Company Of Charlotte And Raleigh Opening Branch Of Their Busi ness In Brunswick BUILDING FOR TEMPOilARY USE Permanent Building To Be Erected Later By Their Company; Land fur chased Near Road Junction Buying two acres of land on Route 74, located midway between Wood burn and the Brunswick River Bridge, the North Carolina Equipment Company, of Charlotte and Raleigh, has already graded the tract and is now layThg the foundation for c 40 x 120 foot quanset hut and other buildings which will provide the huge sales company with temporary quarters until a modern brick building can be constructed. The tract was purchased from W. E. Raftery at an undisclosed price. The North Carolina Equi p ment Company, of Charlotte, aiid Raleigh, is reputedly the largest machinery conoem In the state, dealing extensively In catlpillar tractors, heavy duty trucks, road scrapers, drag lines, steam shov els, hoisting drums, concrete mixers, pump3 and on through the entire list of equipment. Residents of Woodburn and the Brunswick River Bridge com munities are naturally very much elated over the fact that the Car olina Equipment Company is locating one of its branches 'n upper Brunswick county. This big business is only one of sev eral that are reported to be In terested in the area lying near the Brunswick county ship lay in basin. Short Session Of Court Held All Cases On Docket Dis posed Of Before Judge John B. Ward Before Noon Monday Monday was a comparatively light day ill Brunswick county Recorder's court, and all coses were disposed t>f by Judge John B. Ward before the noon reccss. Cases were disposed of as fol lows: Bryant Brown and Emma Hcw ett, fornication and adultery. The Hewett girl was ordered placed in the care of the' Welfare Of ficer until Oct. 14th. at which time it will be dccided where to send her. Bryant Brown was given 18-month8 on the roads, judgment suspended on condition that the defendant not be in the company of Bob Hewett and family for two years. Dewey Fulford, assault, mo tion made for Jury trial. The de fendant was bound over to su perior court. William Gray, larceny, 18 months or the roads, judgment suspended on condition that de fendint make restitution in tte (Continued From Page ?x) New Fertilizer Plant Complete And Set To Work Smith-Douglas Fertilizer Plant In Northwest Is Housed In Largest Buiid ' ing In Brunswick County MODERN DEVICES , CUT LABOR NEED Unusual Safety Record Compiled By Builders As Not A Single Man Hour Was Lost Be cause Of Injury The machinery of the huge Smith-Douglas fertiliser mixing plant at Navasaa had Ita initial run last week. With everything about the new building still far from completed, Supt. Homer Wright advised The State Port Pilot that everything would be going good and on a permanent producing basis within a teW days, or possibly two or three weeks. The building is much the lar. gcst single unit of any structure in Btunswick county. Built to serve during the modern ma chine-age days, there will be around only 50-employees. With this comparatively small number of workers and the modern ma-, chinery, the company will have an enormous output of ready mix ed fertilizers, sacked and put out under the widely known Smith Douglas brands. Supt. Wright comes to the Navasaa plant from the Klnston plant of the same company. Be fore going with the Smith-Doug, las people at Klnston he waa with the Planters Fertilizer Company for a number of years. Still young and energetic, he looks with pride on the splendll build ing" and the modern machinery now under his charge at Navasaa. He called particular attention to the automatic freight car un loader, where whole freight car loads of materials for the mixers may be unloaded in record time. Another object of pride waa the concrete 7.V) fnof |r?dln<f and un, loading platform whire aa many as 18 to 20 freight cars may be loaded at the same time. The building housing this hu<e new Brunswick county industry is a marvel of construction. There Is not and will not be a foot of woodwork. The whole structure Is of concrete and steel. The building is 750-feet in length, 180 feet in width and 65-feet from the floor to the first steel girder, of the rafters. The cement foundation which extends out into the loading plat form was built by the Norfolk Constructing Company of Nor folk, Va. Some idea of the size of their task may be had from the fact that it required 6,900 cubic yards of cement for the foundation construction. The walls. 10-feet high, are also of cement and the steel trelliaed rafters rest on these walla. There are no Joists or other obstructions to collect dust. The building, out side of the floor and concrete walls is formed of 7 huge steel airplane hangers, welded end to end to form the 750-foot building. |he hangers were built for the' WiTh/h? USC 3t over#eM base*. With the war ending when It did they were not needed. the Norf?l* Construction Company and Mr. Andrews who contracted all steel construction. are very much pleased over the fact that there was not a single nurytowor*?, No man laid of. from work for so much as an hour, due to injury while the huge construction work waa In progress. Record Rush Or Army Enlistments Men Get In Before The Deadline For Regulation Changes In G. I. Bill Eligibility During two weeks ending Oct' ober 5, 110 men, the greatest number of white voluuteero In the history of the Wilmingtan Army Recruiting Station, signed up for service in Uncle Sam's peacetime regular Army, CapL N. G. Oottle, Commanding Officer, announced today. Most of these volunteers, rang ing from 10th, 11th and 12th graders to high schv>i and col lege graduates, Joined up to get in under the "GI" Bill deadline. As an example, all but one senior left Atkinson high school to sign up. Those who have not finished high school will have the oppor tunity of doing ao In the servtM Cottle pointed out that thus* enlisted on or b?!ore October & i will be guaranteed tht full b ?o? ! fits of the -jr BO tcr tiw i (Ormttaj'4 ob tki)