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Southport, N. CM Wednesday, October 30, 1946
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tfO-Day Session
J)f Association |
geld Last Week
rtdship Baptist Church
fj Mill Creek Baptist
?burch Are Hosts To
jrunswick Baptist Asso
jation
?0RTANT MATTERS
are disposed of
demerits Made To
ovide Trained Work
n To Assist With
Church Programs Of
Association
B Brunswick Baptist Asso
composed of all the Bap
jiiiirches ir. Brunswick coun
ter in their annual session ;
rednesJay. October 23rd. with
friendship church and on
(toy. October 24th, with the
Creek church.
? Wednesday session began j
(l a. m. with Walter Harper
g the devotional period. The
gstor. S. I. Mintz, then call
c tie clerk. John Jenrette. to
te roll or' the churches and (
(janeous items of business '
.cleared up. E. J. Prevatte j
ped the several visitors j
i other churches and those!
renting the State Conven- i
Rev E Evans Uirich gave
wjrt on religious literature j
aade many helpful sugges
I is to how the association j
(better its program of work a- j
|4at line. The morning session
flighted with an address
tr Ear! Bradley of the State !
action on World Relief and j
tfiitation. At the close of his j
less a special offering was
c for this work. John Mc- 1
t representing the Baptist J
tose of North Carolina, 1
I present and reported on thej
l of the orphanage. C. S. |
A pastor of the Mill Creek i
ri preached the sermon.
Or the picnic lunch on the '
Bis James Millikcn opened j
1 iteon session with a de
thought followed by a
Ctrom the Baptist Hospital
Mwman Gray School of
ke at Winston Salem by
IkGee chaplain at the hos- '
IDr Easley. of Wake Forest
tei was present and gave the !
report on Christian j
Met: in North Carolina, and
t ? A. Fulmer, pastor of the
IPisaii church, gave a force- j
wirt on missions, stressing !
iwk of the Baptist Co-op
Program.
k Thursday session, held at
lit! Creek Baptist church,
lalM to order by the mod
1* R. H. Sellers gave the
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VACATION
k Maude Inman left Tuesday '
Snannah. Ga., for an extend- i
Motion.
JfW HOME
* a-i Mrs l. C. Fergus re
iiome Saturday from a
vacation to points in
'?id-west and on the West
I'-DIM, addition
p Barefoot Mattress works
?fed, is having a nice 2S
poet concrete block addition
J 5 building. This busi- 1
P on Route 74 has been grow
? *eadiiy since it was cstab
P1 ?''Xral years ago.
Pfe PRINCETON
P?3 M Ludlum, SI c, USN, of
is serving aboard the
carrier L'aS Princeton.
F1 ;s now on duty with the
V ktt in the Pacific. Ludlum
1?* second Brunswick county
? "ported serving aboard this
rl0N meeting
F?' will be a meeting of the
F*'l=k County Post 194, Am
J? Legion, Thursday night at
K^'clock in the American
room at the City Hall.
r?'1" D. c Herring will
F 1 report on the recent dis
Kjwttag which he attended
I -He.
KyIN|' ?>N W YTERWAY
Marion is now work
' * stretch of the inland
from Brown Landing to
C 5-r??k removing shoals.
E Job is completeu the
K*111 "love up to Seabreeze.
w E. Bellamy is work
B> J* Manor until November
t;mr he is to re
ft Fli*nry iiacor. at jackson
FISHING RODEO WINNERS
"T ? left above is shown Eugene Lewis, of Bald Head Island, whol
won a $100-cash prize and trophy forth best fight caught while surf-casting during!
the First Annual Fishing Rodeo last month. Lieutenant-Governor L. Y. Ballentine,
second from the right, made the awards.
Fall Movement
Of Yachts Is
In Progress
About 20 yachts, mostly
small ones, passed through or
stopped here Sunday. For this
early in the year this is far
and above the normal move
ment. The boatmen who were
interviewed said that there
would be a thousand or more
of the craft coming down the
waterway between now and
Christmas.
% ? included among the jrachts
already gone through are a
number of large ones. This is
another unusual circumstance.
During prewar days the big
boats seldom happened along
until well in November and
later. The increased number of
small yachts and sport fishing
craft, as well as the early move
ment of the big boats, indicate
that the season will see an ex
tremely large number enroute
to Florida and other southern
waters from the north and
east.
About 350 yachts passed
through last fall, despite the
fact that the war was then
barely over and many of the
boats out of commission or the
owners still engaged in some
effort. The yachtmen who were
interviewed last season predict
ed that this year would see
the greatest southward move
ment of boats in the history of
the waterway.
Business Mores
In New Building
King's Electrical Sales Co.
Occupies New Quarters
Opposite Junction Of
Of Highway No. 17 With
No. 130
Just moved into its attractive
new building:, which gives them
about ten times their former space,
the King Electrical Sales Com
pany of Shallotte is preparing to
broaden out and greatly increase
its merchandising field as soon
as new stock arrives.
Beginning business in a small
room of the Williamson Motor
Company building several months
ago, the company owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Kravitz, planned to
handle electrical fixtures only.
From the start they have had a
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Oscar Williams
Passes At Home
Supply Resident Died On
Thursday Afternoon Fol
lowing Extended Period
Of Illness; Funeral Fri
day
Oscar Talmage Williams, form
er state highway employee and
filling station operator, died at
his residence on the Supply
I South port road Thursday after
noon. Mr. Williams was 44-years
jof age and had been in ill health
:for U)e past several months.
I Fuheral services were held Fri
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Prize List For Fishing
Rodeo $15,000 Next Year
Results Of First Annual
? Event Cause Sponsors To
Decide To Triple Prize
List Next Season
GRAND PRIZE IS
TO BE $5,000.00
Brunswick County Won
Fair Share Of Prizes Dur
ing This Year's Con
test; Awards Re
ceived
Announcement was made last
week that a prize list of $15,000.
00 has been set up for the 1947
Fishing Rodeo, which will be
sponsored once more by the
Southeastern North Carolina
Beach Association. This is re
ported to be the richest event of
its kind ever staged on the east i
coast of the United States.
These plans were disclosed at .
a banquet held last Wednesday J
evening at Carolina Beach, at j
which time prizes were awarded
winners in the 1946 Fishing
Rodeo.
j Brunswick county furnished the
winner in several events, with
Eugene Lewis, of Bald Head Is
land, walking off with the $100
cash prize offered for the best
fish caught while surf casting.
In addition to his $100-prize,
Lewis qualified for a $25-cash
award for the largest fish taken
1 during the contest and won a
trophy donated by the Sports
I Center, of Wilmington.
Mrs. F. Mollycheck, of Scuth
| port, won a $25-prize for catch
ling the biggest black drum with
her 12-lb. 2-oz. entry taken at
i the quarantine station. She also
j won the trophy donated by the
[ Crest Theatre, Wrightsville Beach,
' to the woman catching the largest
fish during the contest. Twenty
five dollars worth of fishing I
tackle also went with this honor,
I the prize being donated by the
iRockwool Insulating and Heating
I Co., of Wilmington. Mrs. Molly
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Funeral Sunday
For J. R. Dosher
Citizen Of Near Southport
Died At Home Of Dau
ghter, Mrs. Carrie Prince,
At Petersburg, Va.
John Robert Dosher, highly re
spected farmer and resident of
the Beaverdam section, died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Carrie Prince, in Petersburg, Va.,
lost Thursday. He was visiting
I his daughter and son-in-law when
jhe was taken ill.
The remains were shipped here
;to the Kilpatrick Funeral Service,
j where they awaited preparations
i for burial Sunday morning at
'the Beaverdam cemetery. The
! services there were conducted by
Rev. O. I. Hinson, pastor of
Trinity Methodist church.
Mr. Dosher is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Fannie Shields Wes- 1
I cott; by four daughters, Mrs. W.
iT. Fullwood, of Southport; Mrs. i
jD. Swain, St. Augustine, Fla. ;
Mrs. Helen Roberts, of Tennessee;1
(and Mrs. Princc of Petersburg.
' One son, John Edward Dosher,
of Southport, also survives.
i
Watts Boat Has
Run Of Luck
The fishing log for Hulan
Watts' Idle On during the past
week reads like a sports fisher
man's dream book.
On October 23 Albert New
kirk and party from Wilming
ton caught 400 bluefish. Oct
ober 24, a similar was*,
made by a Wilmington party
headed by Mr. Holland.
On October 25, Newkirk and
his party were back and caught
450 bluefish. On October 26
Dr. Johnson and party from
Wilmington caught 100 blues
and trout.
On October 27 S. W. Colerider
and party from Kannapolis caught
20 kind of mackrel, 16 bonita and
6 amberjack. On October 28 this
same party caught 10 kind of
mackrel, 11 amberjack and 8
bonita.
Carnival Will ,
Be Held At Gym
Southport Parent - Teachers
Association Will Sponsor
Hallowe'en Event Tomor
row (Thursday) Night
Kids from six to sixty are in
for an evening of hilarious en
tertainment on Thursday night
when the Hallowe'en Carnival,
sponsored by the P.-T.A., gets
underway. The fun starts at
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Thinks Caswell
Will Be Put To
Use By Navy
J. Bayard Clark, Here For
Speaking Engagement On
Thursday Of Last Week,
Says Radar Experiments
Important
QUESTIONED ABOUT
SHALLOTTE OFFICE
Shallotte Must Qualify For
Place In The Building
Program By Busi
ness
Interviewed by The Pilot's re
presentative on some strictly non
political matters when he was
here last Thursday, Congressman
J. Bayard Clark expressed him- i
self on two matters that will be
of general interest. Asked point- .
blank whether or not the Navy !
would carry out plans for what '
may be extensive use of Fort
Caswell in connection with radar
experiments, etc., Mr. Clark said: I
"The only thing that might ]
change the Fort Caswell picture
from the Navy's present plans to
use it as soon as matters can be
arranged, is a heavy curtailment
in Army and Navy expenditures
by the government. A good many
camps and the like now active
may be curtailed or closed soon.
This may possibly change the
Caswell picture."
Pressed for more information on
the possibilities, Mr. Clark added
that the development of radar
was such a vitally important mat
ter that he personally considered
there was good prospects for car
rying on all plans with regard
to it.
With the Post Office Depart
ment planning to expend a big
sum in the construction of post
office buildings and with South
port in line to receive $95,000.00
for such a building by virtue of j
the post office business shown,
Congressman Clark was asked
what is the possibility of Shal
lotte, getting a building at any
time in the near future. To this
inquiry the following direct reply
was given:
"Southport is on the building
lijt by virtue of the post office
business show. I believe the fast
growing community of Shallotte
will soon qualify. I am giving
the matter my attention and when
the Shallotte post office business
reaches the figures set by the
Post Office Department for towns
that are to receive Federal build
ings, then Shallotte will be in
cluded."
Speakings Will
End Saturday
Democrats Conclude Series
Of Speaking Engagements
At Waccamaw School
With Judge Burney
The county-wide speaking sche
dule of the Democratic party
comes to a close Saturday night
with Judge John J. Burney as
the principal speaker at Wac
camaw school. Judge Burney is
also scheduled to speak Friday
night at 7:30 o'clock in the
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Our
ROVING
Reporter
W. B. KT.ZIAH
This week Miss Josephine
Moore, of Southport, will be ad
mitted to any ? show at the Amu
zu upon presentation of a copy
of this week's issue of The Pilot
at the ticket office. At Shallotte
' Miss Nina Phillips, 3rd grade
! teacher in the Shallotte school,
will be admitted to any show at
the Shallotte theatre upon pre
sentation of a copy of the paper
at the ticket office.
Basketball in the schools of
Brunswick should get back to the
pre-war standard this winter.
During the pre-war times Bo
livia and Waccamaw usually took
the honors with Southport and
Leland running up now and .then.
With Shallotte having the largest
school in the county and abundant
material with which to build up
strong boys' and girls' teams, a
logical expectation for the coming
season is that Shallotte will be
heard from a lot. This view is all
the more logical when allowance
is made for the fact that Shal
lots* now has a mighty good
coach in the person of Mr. Blak
enship.
Spending two or three d^ys of1
each week at various points in
Brunswick as we do, it is be
1 coming increasingly evident that
the folks are getting more and
more aware of the possibilities
for development. In addition to
our own folks seeing resources
and opportunities, a lot of out
side people are also seeing them.
This week a Columbus county
man remarked to us regarding a
certain community: "If two orj
three people here who own a lot
of land and virtually control tha
growth of the town, would only
sell or do something to develop,
this place would grow fast into
an ideal business center." These
remarks could apply to any of
half a dozen communities in
Brunswick, we think.
A great many Brunswick coun
ty people and also people from
outside the county have recently
Con toiled on page 3
Brunswick County Voters
Go To The Polls Tuesday
To Elect County Officers
Papers Of Incorporation
Received For Development
Cape Fear Marine Service, Inc., Has Been
Issued Charter For Business To Be
Located At Southport
A new industry for Southport
saw its start this week when the
Secretary of State issued incor
poration papers to the Cape Fear
Marine Service, Inc.
The concern has an initial au
thorized capital of $100,000.00
and quite a number of Wilming
ton men are said to be interest
ed. The parties specifically men
tioned as the incorporators are
E. G. Mallison, of Southport;
Peter Brown Ruffin and W. Clark
Bellamy, of Wilmington. Mr. Ruf
fin is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Lawrence Sprunt and Mr.
Bellamy is the son of County
Attorney and Mrs. Marsden Bel
lamy of New Hanover county.
Mr. Mallison, originally from
Washington, more recently from
Tenafly, N. J., moved to South
port in the spring with plans for
the undertaking.
According to the incorporation
papers the object of the corpora
tion is to manufacture, repair,
sell and service yachts and boats
of all kinds; to operate a ma
chine shop, yacht basin, pier, ma
rine railway, woodworking plant,
and eating establishment; to en
gage in marine and general sales
and service and ship chandlery;
to do and perform all things rea
sonably necessary and incident
thereto.
It is understood that officials
of the corporation will be -named
at a meeting to be held in the
very near future. Conctructicn
will start immediately following
the competition of a few minor
details.
It is also understood that in
addition to the corpoiation going
in heavily for its own construc
tion and equipment, one of the
major oil companies will make
extensive installations for service
and oil and gas distribution in
the area.
The creation of this corporation
is especially pleasing to those
who have been interested in and
see the possibility of the sport
and commercial fishing develop
ment at Southport. Boats used
for this purpose have had a hard
time obtaining repairs and ser
vice here. The same thing ap
plies to the hundreds of yachts
that pass through Southport each
year.
The place of business and of
fices will be on the bluffs on
the Cape Fear river in the east
ern part of town.
Congregation Cleans Up
Grounds At.New Britian
A. D. Whitley, operator of
the hotel at Howell's Point,
brought in 190 spots and Vir
ginia mulletts, all of which he
had caught alone on the morn
ing tide yesterday.
Mrs. Whitley stated he had
also been out on Monday and
on that trip he brought in 195
spots and 45 other fish. His
catch on this trip ran to al
most a bushel and a half and
he said that the hardest part
of the work was keeping the
hook baited and taking the fish
off.
Last week C. A. Roberts and
son, Ray, and friends spent
part of the week at Howell's
Point. On one of their fishing
trips they got over 200-pound
of red drum, spots, trout and
flounders. This party was from
Kannapolis.
For the week end D. A. Har
rington of Wadesboro and a
party of friends were With the
Whitley's. Fishing only a short
while Sunday morning they
caught over half-bushel of fine
fish.
Beloved Woman
Passes At Home
Funeral Services Conducted
Sunday Afternoon For
Mrs. Nathalia St. George
Who Died At Her Home
- Friday
Mrs. Nathalia Daniels St
George, widow of the late Capt
ain J. N. St. George, widely
known Cape Fear pilot, died at
her home here Friday night in
her 83rd year. Mrs. St. George
had been in failing health for
some time but had become seri
ously ill only a short while be
fore her death.
She is survived by three daugh
ters, Mrs. Houston Robbins, of
Washington, Mrs. R. B. Brunaon
| and Miss Annie Louise St. George
of Southport; three sons, Capt.
E. Frank St. George, Moultric
ville, S. C.; R. D. St. George,
Penn's Grove, N. J.; and Capt.
Harold St. George, of Southport.
She is also survived by eight
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
She was a lifelong member of
Trinity Methodist church at
Southport. Funeral services for
[Mrs. St. George were held from
that church Sunday afternoon at
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Fine Fishing At
Howells Point
Representative Of This
Newspaper Collects Inter
esting News Material
During Course Of "Ceme
tery Cleaning"
NEW CHURCH NOW
IS BEING USED
Modem Church Building
Includes Sunday School
Rooms For Use By
Members Of Congre
gation
The 50-year old cemetery at
the 112-year old New Britain
Missionary Baptist church in
Waccamaw township was the sub
ject of an old-fashioned cleaning
Thursday. Cemetery . cleanings
happen frequently in brunswick
county, and on this occasion a
reporter for The Pilot happened
along and found about 50 interest
ed people hard at work.
They were armed with every
thing from shovels, rakes and
brooms to a big tractor and a
plentiful supply of dynamite. With
this they were blasting stumps
from the yard of the handsome
new concrete block building.
Garfield Synmons, one of the
church deacons, naturally was
among the workers. From him a
bit of interesting information was
learned about the church and
cemetery.
The cemetery, in some respects,
is unusual in that it has quite a
number of graves which, in ad
dition to attractive headstones,
have their mounds covered with
electric light bulbs. Deacon Sim
mons stated that everybody in
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R. & S. Showing
At Shallotte
Outstanding Attraction I*
Thrilling High-Act; Show
Being Sponsored *By The
American Legion
i The R & S Amusements are
I closing out their 1946 season with
'a full program of attractions this
, week at Shallotte, under the spon
Isorship of the Shallotte Post,
! American Legion.
Featured on the program is the
j thrilling aerial act, one of the
! most daring ever presented in
j North Carolina. This is the first
appearance of this outstanding
act in Brunswick county, and
thousands are expected to thrill
this week to death -defying event.
As a part of the county-wide
good neighbor policy, a special
invitation has been extended
South port citizens to attend the
| show Saturday flight.
Great Interest !? Centered
In Outcome Of Election
Which Will Fill Several
Important Offices
CONTEST SLATED
FOR EIGHT OFFICES
Sheriff, Clerk, Recorder,
Coroner And Commission
sioners Will Be Voted
On In General Elec
tion
Next Tuesday, November 5, 1 a
the date for the General Election,
and as the date for election of
candidates to public- office draws
near interest on the part of
Brunswick county voters con
tinues to mount.
Eight county offices are be
ing contested, while the Demo
ciuts have one candidate unop
posed. He is R. I. Mintz, South
port attorney, who is running for
election to the State Senate.
The Democrats have nominate
ed John G. White as their can
didate against Charles W. Knox
for the office of sheriff. White
served as deputy under the lata
Sheriff John Robinson and under
Sheriff J. A. Russ, who defeated
Knox- for sheriff In 1936.
Sam T. Bennett, clerk of Su
perior court, is the Democratic
nominee to succeed himself and
is opposed by WannU Bennett, a
neighbor of Hickman's Cross
roads section of the county.
Unusual interest is being shown
in the contest for the place as
judge of Recorder's court. W. J.
McLamh, former representative
to the North Carolina .General
Assembly, is the Democratic
nominee and is opposed by P. R.
Johnson, who lost by one much
disputed vote in the 1942 Gene'al
Election to John B. Ward.
Coroner W. E. Bell is the Dem
ocratic standard-bearer in the
jsuce 1.1". : a, op
ponent la C. O. Blanton, Supply
merchant and -eputy sheriff.
The Republicans offer the only
memb.T of the present board of
county commissioners who is up
for re-election. He is A. P. Russ,
who was elected four years ago.
His running mates are R. H.
Sellers, Mill Creek, and Bailey
King, Freeland. S. I. Mintz, one
of the Democratic candidate^
was elected to the board of com
missioners in 1942 and served for
two years as chairman of that
body before resigning to accept
appointment as superintendent ot
the county home. R. O. Lewis,
Thomasboro citizen, and M. B.
Chennis, Phoenix merchant, are
the other two candidates.
Routine Session
In Court Here
Cases Covering Variety Of
Offenses Disposed Of
Here Monday Before
Judge John B. Ward
Upon motion of S. B. Frink
and R. I. Mintz, representing M.
L. Holden and Bert Jacobs, who
were due to have a preliminary
'hearing for the alleged attempt
ed murder of Osborne Plgott,
Judge John B. Ward agreed to
a continuance of the matter at
the Monday > session of the Re
corders court. The hearing wtll
be held on November 13th.
Other cases handled Monday
as shown by the minute book
were us follows:
Nora McMillan and William
McMillan, trespass, continued to
November 13th.
Christobell McMillan and Dora
McMillan, trespess, continued to
Nov. 13th.
Ned Jones, trespass, continued
to November 13th.
W. W. Bamhlll, drunk driving.
6 months in jail, judgment sua
ipended upon payment of a fine
' of $50.00 and cob Is. License re
' voked for one year.
j Wood row H. Jones, assault on
'a female, not guilty.
Alexander Reaves, operating
motor vehicle on highway with
out lights, continued to November
1 13th. '
i Anson Nelson, drunk and dis
! orderly, continued to November
1 13th.
| Harry Gore, assault with dead
ly weapon on female,- capias and
continued.
Charles Lee Faulk, Improper
brakes, judgment suspended on
payment of costs.
Hollis Cause, non support con
tinued to November 13th.
Woodrow H. Jones, trespass, 60
days on roads, judgment suspend- ,
ed upon payment of a fine mt
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