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flu Pilot Covers prunsxv ick County HE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time NO, ^SIXTEEN NO. 28 8-PAGES TODAY Southport. N. G., Wednesday, October 23rd, 1946 . $1.50 PER YEA? PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY I A. Planning jjg Hallowe'en party Thursday u Entertainment Plan j M Mammoth Carni I jhat Is Being Arran ^ At Southport Gym ^have aVactivity Promises Plenty ?Vun And Entertain L, For All; Prize Contests Causing Interest _ uiii be plenty of fun and for old and young | '^e Hallowe'en Carnival, Lv night. October 31, at ^thport high school gym. I ?Wtam is being sponsored: / parent-Teachers Associa \r plans are being made | ^ grade, each teacher and1 IFademother to have a part 6 arrangement. to witt be three fish ponds ? enjoyment of the younger j ps These will be handled by J m. fourth, and fifth grades fccfc Miss Mary Lee Norment, 35th Gay, and Mrs. E. R. B sre teachers, and for i Mrs. Lewis Hardee. Mrs jfinti Mrs. L. C. Fergus, p? C. Daniel, and Mrs. Gus Bare grade mothers. contest is now in progress Heroine the King and Queen B Cirnival. The tenth grade, George Lautares as teacher jn, R. L. Brendle and Mrs. i Smith as grade mothers, porjcr.ng this contest and We charge of the corona ommony. Those chosen by wt school grades to repre- ' ;Siar rooms in the contests j jje? Swan and Gene Full- ' I'd grade; Linda Hickman ?ir McDowell, 9th grade; 1 k Simons and Jimmy Rat-! t. fckh grade: Elizabeth wed Jce Cox, 11th grade; | c Pnce a;:a Myiroe Smith, ixe 8a i lot boxes will be I I each of the drug stores,1 m will be accepted by any I ito! class member. Pro- j iif the contest will be post- j ? to the public- may see (ample is uhead. kQee Club, under the direc- j itf Xrs. Dallas Pigott and j II. W. Ruark, is sponsoring l?tme contest. Prizes will R.%1 for the best cos ? and a parade of those in ti will be a highlight of [teal. ?si food booths will be * about the gymnasium and I tegs to eat will be avail is those who attend. The pee will sell pies and cakes ' >- direction of Mrs. Beat- j tokens, teacher, and Mrs. i Sanders and Mrs. Ed Mai- 1 ' He ninth grade, with Miss k Tiwmsend, teacher, and j 1 -avtor. Hickman and Mrs. j c"s' McRacken, grade ! ^ witt have a sandwich j ? -e Tth grade, with Mrs. teacher and Mrs. E. H. i *0* grade mother, will ' in addition to operat ? fortune telling booth. -rt grade will have a hot Ifcota. Mrs. C? J. Williamson *??r of this grade and Mrs. h Thompson and Mrs. G. W, 'Continued on page 7) IritfNew, Flashi$ ['tt.VCH HERE Paul Edwards, son of ? R Edwards, of Wil Wi" preach at Trinity '?J church at the morning ? Sunday. 1 OR. ROSENBAVM | r* Clara Parker, daughter of 1 M?1 Mrs. J. M. Parker, of pJ' recently graduated from j WiiKer school of nurs- 1 V ngton and is now Lw* ^ ^ Rosenbaum, at L P1} SCPPER I ? tkughters of America are I fcrtng a turkey supper on j November 7th. The , C*s a'p to go to the en- j '*'? tM of the Junior Or Mechanics Or nagp ?isc 'SALE k, ,Ilaneous sale of fancy 1 I C?J J a1ft pies Will be held; Ottl M!i?g Station Fri ^ 25, at 2 o'clock, 1 wi if Eastern Star. ti p. ' 50 W beginning at 4 J morning on a 'tan 15 can'ly' 8 home ^ aad * him. POLITICAL SPEAKERS SPEAKERS. ? W. Kerr Scott, left. Commissioner of Agriculture for the State of North Carolina, was the principal speaker at a political rally held last night at Waccamaw high school. On the right is Congressman J.' Bayard Clark, who will speak tomorrow (Thursday) night at 7 :30 o'clock in the courthouse at Southport. Landing Strip Is Now Being Constructed On Bald Head Wilmington Man Given Ex clusive Rights To Com mercial Air Transporta- j tion To And From Island FISHING WILL BE LARGELY UNAFFECTED | Plans Are To Fly In Sports men For Fishing From The Beach And For Duck Hunting In Season Hunting and fishing' rights to portions of Bald Head island have been given by Frank O. Sherrill to- Carl Dunn, Wilmington air field operator, and Mr. Dunn started operations this week on the construction of a t landing strip for planes On the isiand. He plans to fly duck hunters and fishermen to the island when the strip is completed. It is understood that Mr. Dunn and his associates plan to con vert the old Coast Guard mount ed patrol base into a hunting and fishing lodge. His field of op erations are on the eastern beach and Middle and Bluff island. The agreement gives the Wilmington men exclusive commercial privi leges of aircraft operations to and from the island and also for! hunting. For fishing the general public, may use the island much the j same as formerly. Bald Heati island proper is little affected. Likewise the proposition to have Bald Head island made into the home of the United Nations, should this develop, will not be affected. Last week Representative Vo gels, of Mecklenburg county, ex pressed his intention of introduc ing a bill at the next session of the General Assembly, providing for the State of North Carolina to buy Bald Head island and of fer it as a home for the United Nations. So far as is known here it may be months before any action is taken towards the sev eral places that have been sug gested as the possible future home of the United Nations. Bald Head island, however, has receiv ed widespread notice as a very desirable locntion. Hearing Monday For Bert Jacobs M. L. Holden Also Held In Connection With Attempt To Do Away With Os borne Piggott Following the arrest of Bert Jacobs, Shallotte township man on a charge of cooperation and conspiracy to murder, Osborne Piggott, M. L. Holden, prominent farmer of Shallotte township, was also arrested on an identical charge. The two men are alleged by officers to have placed two sticks of dynamite in the car of Piggott, the stuff being wired to explode when Piggott attempted to start his car. When Piggott attebipted to start his engine the starter failed to work and an investiga tion revealed the explosives. The case was worked up by State Highway Patrolman C. J. Ferguson, who secured the as sistance of Harry Fales, Wil mington finger-print expert. The finger prints of both Jacobs and Holden are said to have been found on the Piggott car. Jacobs was at first held in jail in default of a 95.000 bond. At (Continued on Page Six) Sea-Going Deer Taken Saturday The strangest catch of the season was reported Saturday by Derrel Lee Bowen and Harry Chadwick when they re returned from an off-shore shrimping expedition with a live eight-point buck made fast j to their hoisting gear. The two Shallotte men sight- ? ed the big deer swimming about a mile off-shore and moved along side in their boat. Then began an exciting session of amphibious cowpunching as first one then the other tried to ktaso the free-swimming buck. Finally an improvised tangled-noose settled into place and the men were able to hoist the animal aboard and to bring him ashore. Funeral Sunday For W. E. Nelson Northwest Township Farm er Died At James Walker Memorial Hospital Fri day Evening William E. Nelson, of i.\ortii west township, died in the James Walker hospital in Wilmington Friday night. He htd been in bad health for some time, i Mr. Nelson, who was a farmer, i is survived by his wife, Mrs. Tula W. Nelson; two daughters, I Miss Luretha - tison and Miss I Liza Nelson; four sons, W. E. Nelson, Jr., Marion Edward Nel son, Olan Ray Nelson, and Herm lan Rudolph Nelson, all of Le land; three brothers, J. W. Nel son, of Leland, J. T. and W. D. Nelson; Mrs. E. P. Franks, of Wilmington, and Mrs. 0. E. Min tz. of Leland; and one grandchild. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Nelson rsmetery with the Rev. Walter Phelps and Rev. J. Benton in charge of the service. Active pallbearers were William Cook, Robert Babbs, Letha King, Rock Benton, T&te Ganey and Thoiuas Mintz. Honorary pall bearers included J. R. Ganey, A. W. Benton, Stephen Mintz, Ru fus Williams, J. T. White and L. J. Mills. Application For Dredging Basin Engineers Office Has Re ceived Application From D. E. Stanaland For Dredging Basin At Bon apart Landing According to a public notice distributed by the U. S. Engineers office in Wilmington, D. E. Stan aland, well known resident of Shallotte township, has made ap plication for a dredging permit, intended to dredge approximately 3,000 cubic yards of material from a basin 6 feet deep, 100 feet by 150 feet, on the north side of the Intracoastal Waterway, Cape Fear River, to Winyah Bay, S. C., opposite lighted beacon No. Ill, near Bonaparte Landing. The dredged material will be placed along the shore on property own ed by the applicant. Plans for the above work may be 6?en at the Shallotte and Sup I (Continues on Page Six) Southport May Get Post Office Under Program Dispatch F rom Washington Indicates That Appropria tion For Construction May Be Forthcoming Soon BUILDING SLATED TO COST $95,000 Believed Likely That Garri son May Be The Site Of New Structure When It Is Erected A number of eastern North Carolina towns are slated to get apprcpriations for new postoffice buildings sometime in the near future, according to a Washingt on news dispatch of the past week. Among these towns Southport, where a rented building. It is pos sible that the building, when the Post Office Department is ready to construct it, will be on the old Garrison lot. That property is al ready owned by the U. S. Army Engineers and acquistion by the Post Office Department would ; only envolve the transfer of a deed from one department to an other. With 91-other towns in various parts of North Carolina listed to receive postoffice buildings at a total cost of approximately $15, 000,000, the following places in southeastern North Carolina are slated to receive the construction sums listed: Holly Ridge, 595,000; Jackson ville, 5105,000; Maxton, $95,000; Southport. $95,000; Tabor City, $85,000; Warsaw, $85,000; Bladen boro, $85,000; Burgaw, $95,000; Carolina Beach, $95,000; Chad bourn, $85,000; Elizabethtown, $95,000; Fairmont, $85,000; Cherryville, $85,000; and Rich lands, $85,000. Prominent State Officials Speak Scott At Waccamaw Last ] Night; Clark At South port Thursday; Burney At Shallotte Saturday; Ballentine At Bolivia Stepping up their campaign prior to the November election, the Democrats of Brunswick pre sented Hon. W. Kerr Scott, State Commissioner of Agriculture, to the voters of the Waccamaw sec tion at the Waccamaw school last night. The coming of the agriculture official to Waccamaw was a happy selection for this farming section of Brunswick, and a large crowd turned out to hear him. On Thursday night J. Bayard Clark, Congressman of the 7th district of North Carolina, will speak at the courthouse at South port. Mr. Clark needs no in troduction to the people of Bruns wick and all voters who can pos sibly attend are invited to hear him. On Saturday night John J. Burney, judge of the Su erior ! court of this district, will speak at Shallotte school. Judge Burney, j veteran of the first world war, is a favorite speaker among the (Continued on Page 6) AIR TRANSPORTATION PLANNED AIRSTRIP ? Getting to and from Bald Head Island always has presented a ma jor problem to persons who wished to visit this interesting tropical spot. Word was received this week that an air strip will be constructed on the island and that air transportation sodri will be available. Drug Store And j Bank Make Swap Upon Completion Of New Brick Building At Shal lotte, Drug Store Will Move In And Leave Pres ent Quarters For Bank As a result of an agreement between the Waccamaw Bank and Trust company, the Shallotte Drug company and R. D. White, owner of the new brick building, the bank will occupy the quarters at Shallotte now used by the drug company and the drug company will move into the new addition] to the building. The change will take place as soon as the building is complet ed. The drufe company,- osrned^," Guy Culpepper, of Whiteville, and managed by Edward Redwine, was finding itself in need of larger quarters and made the proposi tion for the trade in locations. All of the brick work on the addition to the building is now completed. The front to the drug store quarters was torn down to I make a solid front. R. D. White owns the building. | Southport Boy Aboard Princeton Thomas Fullwood, seaman, first class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Fullwood of Southport, is serving aboard the aircraft car rier USS Princeton, which is on duty with the 7th Fleet in the Pacific. The Princeton was named the famous light carrier, which was sunk in the second battle of the Philippines. The new carrier re cently returned the body of the late President Quezon, wartime leader of the Philippines, to his homeland. The Princeton, now enroute to the Orient, will visit Japan' and China before returning to the Marianas Islands for the Christ mas holidays. Our ROVING Reporter W. B. KEZIAH We lay no claim o being a deer, 'hunter, but D. B. Phelps, one of the Supply-Green Swamp Phelps, has developed in us a desire to go with him. His invitation that, 'we be his hunting companion has J the very attractive condition that 1 we will have nothing to do but sit j still in a boat and maybe hold a j camera. He plans to paddle up 'or down some creek he knows ofj and show us a deer on the bank. I Mind you. this is to take place \ in the daytime. No flashlight and I no night hunting to invite a visit ' from the game warden with the j request that we make a visit to the courthouse and say good j morning to the judge. To the best of our knowledge j ' and belief the Ennis Long fill ing station a mile west of Sup ply is the -best lit-up place of business at night in Brunswick county. With a large and very attractive building, Mr. Long 1 spent over $300.00 for outside neon j lights. He keeps them on night ly until 11:00 o'clock aod can be i said to have a very bright spot along a dark highway. Sending the paper his subscrip tion, Charlie A. Phelps, an old Brunswick boy, has this to say: "I really enjoy your paper. It is like getting a letter from home. My people live in Brunswick county and, of course, I was rais ed there. So, you can sec why I like the State Port Pilot so much. I left Brunswick county when I was a boy but I remember lots of the oldtimers and often see (their names in The Pilot. My best wishes to it and all my people and friends in Brunswick." Mr. Phelps is now living on Park I St., Jacksonville, Fla. j The farmer probably comes in I I for more free advice than any' other man. Most such advice t j comes from people who know' I nothing of the individual problems] a farmer has, and like other i ; things that arc free. The advioe is ] : usually worth nothing. We arc. (Continual on page six) ? .L Fishermen Busy Along Streams Of Brunswick Bear Joins His Amputated Foot Lost fall the Phelps boys living between Supply and the Green Swamp, set a trap for a bear that was doing damage in a cornfield. They caught the bear, alright, only to lose him. The powerful jaws of the trap so mangled the bear's foot that he broke away, leaving his amputated foot behind. This week Oddie Phelps came Tan a jig blank bear --Hi- the same corn field. When one of these boys meets a bear the bear always gets the worst of it. Oddie shot and killed the animal. It weighed 350 pounds, not counting the one front foot that the trap bit off In tiie same field last year. Fox Hunters At Shallotte Point Western North Carolina Sportsmen Spent Morning Hours Hunting And Fish ed In Afternoon Three parties of western North Carolina hunters converged on the Anchor Hotel, at Shallotte Point, several days ago for five days of fox hunting. They brought with them over 100 fine Walker fox hounds and had daily chases each morning, spending the afternoon in fishing, at which they had fine luck. One or two foxes were bagged each day of the hunt and from ail information the party l\ad a big time. Several parties of western North Carolina deer hunters have reservations at the hotel for this week and next. The fox hunters were: J. Lee Moody, June Dark. Paul Dunlap and W. H. Murray, from Siler City, Rufus Brooks, Will Brooks, Paul Brooks, Ralph Brooks, Roy Webster, Clem' Dunlap and Pat Murrow, Boone; Charlie Moody Romie Poe, Elmer Moore, Jr., Jack Phillips and Jack Beal, from Bear Creek. Father And Sons Start Business W. R. Holmes And Sons Begin Operation Of Gen eral Business At Shallotte The Holmes Service, a new general business, has started op erations at Shallotte with W. R. Holmes, former postmaster, and his three sons all actively en gaged in partnership. The com pany is handling school and of fice supplies, radio sales and service, electrical equipment and will also engage in job printing and other affiliated activities. Hubert L. Holmes is general manager of the business.. With him and his father are his two brothers, James P. and William Holmes, Jr. All" three of these young men are veterans of three or more years of service in the war and all have had business experience. William Holmes, Jr., will have (Continued on page six) I In Addition To The Men Who Engage In Fishing Outside And From The Seashore There are Many Who Fish Inside GILL - NETTING IS GOOD OPERATION Many Men Depend Upon The Results Of Their Ef forts With These Nets For Their Cash In come A large number of shore fish eries are operating along the coast and up and down the Shal lotte and Lockwoods Folly rivers in Brunswick county. A great many people have seen the shore fisheries in operation and know I something about the work of these groups of 15 to 20 men with their long seins, but very few know of the work of those who live and operate along the rivers. These individuals or small bunches take their fish to mar ket and nearly always have fish for sale at their different bases. That's about all the public knows about them. In addition to several small commercial fishing points on both the Shallotte and Lockwoods j Folly rivers, there are many j other small fisheries down the ! waterway and at various inlets to Calabash and Little River, j Last week a representative of (Continued on page six) Short Session Of Court Held Only One Hour Required To Dispose Of Caset Ready For Trial At Re corder's Court Monday : J Mondays session of the Re corders court lasted only one hour with Judge John B.Ward and Solictor J. W. Ruark finishing up all cases that were ready for trial in that time. The minute book shows the following recjrd of the of the day's proceedings: Caldwell C. Potter, . aiding and abeting in larceny, probable cause found and defendant held for Superior court under bond of $250.00. Woodrow MinU, aiding and ! abeting in larceny, probable cause found and defendant held for , Superior court under bond of $250.00. Pal bo Comadow, passing car in face of on coming traffic, judg ment suspended on payment of a fine of $10.00 and costs. Commissioners In Session Monday 'Light Day Of Work For! Members Of County Board ; Special Session Held On Saturday Monday was a light day for the members of the board of county commissioners, and a good paj-t of theli time was spent out at .the county home looking over the ! property and checking matters of business with the new superin tendent, Roscoe Rogers. ? During their sessions at the tax (Continued on Pag* Fivs) Legion Officials Hear Important State Officials Judge William M. York, Of Greensboro, State Com mander, Included On List Of Speakers For Meeting WHITEVILLE ARMORY SCENE OF MEETING Stressed Importance Of Making Determined Ef fort To Keep Legion Membership Up lo Present Strength Post Officers and chairmen, together with Division Officers, of this district of th* North Carolina Department The American Legion me Whttevtlle Tuesday night to hear State and National representatives of the Legion outline the coming year's program in a visual man nCJudge William M. York, of Greensboro, state commander of the Legion, Paul R. Younts of Charlotte and Raleigh, executive vice-commander, Mrs. Thomas W. Bird of Charlotte, state president of the American Legion auxiliary, B. A. Brooks, national representa tive of the Legion, and R. Mayne, Albright of Raleigh, state mem bership chairman, Roy Galloway, department vice commander, ap peared on the program and out lined the Legion program. Commander York and the others stressed the necessity of securing renewals of member ships. fhe securing of new mem be, s, especially among veterans of World War II and the ex pansion and stabilization of the Legion program. The meeting held here was one of a series of 20 being held be tween now and November 7th in various parts of the State. Pointing out that there are now more than 300 Legion Posts n the State, Commander York said the North Carolina Department of the Legion last year had la excess of 67,000 members an* that the goal for tne coming year is 100,000 members. ??The Legion," Younts added, "has a potential membership of more than 400,000 in North Caro lina and It is up to us as ^8'?"" naires to get out and get every man and woman veteran to join their local Posts. ??We must also seek to do our utmost as Legionnaires by help ing those who need help and this applies especially to our disabled comrades and the widows and or phans of those who made the su preme sacrifice for their country. ^ Mrs. Bird told of the work of the Auxiliary and outlined the program for the coming year. Post commanders and represen tatives were present from ^'e' ville Cerro Gordo, Tabor City, Chadbourn, Fair Bluff, Wllming ton Shallotte, Ash and Southport. Members of the Whltevllle Am- . erican Legion auxiliary served a turkey dinner. Joe S. Mann of Whitevllle, dis trict Legion commander, presided over the meeting. In attendance from BrunswicK county were Mr. and Mrs. Davit C. Herring and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. M. Trott, Southport; Harry L. Mintz and Edward Redwine, Shallotte.* Venison Added To County Diet Hunters Report Unusually Good Luck During First Week Of Open Season; Game Warden Calls At tention To Bag Limit With deer hunting allowed every day in the week except Sundays from now until January 1, 1947, Brunswick county deer hunters got off to a good start last week. Reports seem to indicate that anywhere between 50 and a hund red deer have already been kill ed, many of them large und beautiful animals. All are de scribed as being very fat and in fine condition. The largest re ported thus far was a 200-pound, 8-point buck, killed by C. T. Sim mons, of Lcland. Another Le land party, composed of Foster Robbins, Boyd Parker, Harry Hil burn, Mr. Graves, T>. L. Ganey, Mr. Carroll and Ed Leonard, got three fine bucks their, first day. The Phelps boys, at Supply, also report they got three fine bucks the first day. Many a home in Brunswick county got fresh meat by going to the woods after it since the season opened. While hunting may be indulg ed in each week day, Game War den H. T. Bowmcr calls atten tion to the law which saya that I {Continued on Page ?)