ffl. Pilot Covers 1 - ick County Igruns* no ^SIXTEEN NO. 32 THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time 6-pages today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, November 20, 1946 11.50 PER YEA' PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY ^swick REA m Constructing ?eMr Power Line I Upavv- Voltage Trans ition Line From White T To Shallotte Will Be ostructed Right Away rrrR SERVICE flLL BE AVAILABLE Work Necessary Be ( 5ervice Lines To ,L Power To Cus zLr* Are Further * Extended Brunswick REA announced ?? Shallotte office Saturday! jt would immediately begin' eonstruction of a 37-mile transmission line from lc to Shallotte. this sys jarry 33 Kv and to be feeder for the entire i r. ? cour.ty REA distribu jstem. JOS, 000.00 grant approved nek makes these heavy amission lines possible. | nal power made avail ? much greater than s now available. This will I tiie taking on of around utw REA members in Col ^ ; Brunswick counties, jBter being about equally i between each county. In t 9- phase current will be ^ic. permitting the use of motors. us stated from Superinten t D Bishop's office in ?t Saturday that the en j inve already staked the n Whiteville to Shallotte tat construction will begin Materials are now com i aad the light-of-way has reliable for some time, s necessary that this new esse" line be given first lotion in the extensive ex ( project that the REA has v -mediate future. The ; fce and substations are !c their full capacity and * REA patrons cannot In urtil the additional femes in. Elliott Tripp Stturday that the exten ipparn to seive consumers the construction of about i of distribution line. The fcior these distribution lines Ite available for some time, Instruction has been held f icgh cost and lack of ma k Mr.ired eighty five miles 5 ?'Smiles of distribution I*- to be built in Brunswick are of the about 1,300 Iwnhers. stated that if the p?? lines were built be transmission line to distribution lines B1 1 "ivc to stand idle until '^mission line was finish ^jwiWing the transmission - ? current will be avail 1 all of the distribution the use by consumers ? as these distribution lines ttapleted. j* Brunswick REA, operating ""?lck, Columbus and Bla *?ties, has grown into a J*!JS Power for develop V 1 communities under ?jwgement of Superinten- 1 _ *5p. The announcement i ?f?vier voltage will soon be 'We and the system will be ' BjTi A:!l brillg general satis '? ,lle rural residents of ??ties that it served. It ?rstood that the total funds fir r transmission and " on lln? is in the neigh 'w of Woo.oo?.oo. hhfNewt Flashti TO MEET ?|?i*rs of the Southport j Club will meet tomorrow at , tn their regular third meeting. I ?J*S KNEECAP diking along the water ?I Hornby, Mark Ferguson, , s. He is being treat K' ? DMhtr Memorial hoa- ! roll HJ^JWrnent received this | Fishbuvnc Military #L **J**oro, Va., re ?^7^ Frank Plaxco, son of j *r' R r. Plaxco, of I *? one of the 9 ^C|l~ 01 the freshman class j ?m ^ bailor roil for the month. Greensboro Man Deals Frankly With Brunswick Charles A. Farrell Writes Friend Here And Calls Spade A Spade In His Analysis Of County Needs Charles A. Farrell, prominent Greensboro man and long a friend of Brunswick county, has wi-itten a letter 1 to a friend in Southport giving some frank reactions to his recent visit here. Text of his letter follows: I "The pictures made on Homer' McKeithan's boat turned out quite well and will supplement handily the shots I already have of shrimping operations. T should be heartbroken about the loss of the net except that I'm an old enough hand to accept philoso phically the vicissitudes of the sea and of fishing. "When I think of our ex perience on the River Road last week, I wonder why I ever leave the comforts of Gulford Com pany for the mud, ruts and cor duory of Brunswick. I shiver now when I think of that car embedded to the running gear, night and rain coming on and no h ?lp in sight? the only comfort ing thing, Emmy Lou and her roguish good cheer. Paul and I wf nt down this summer to the Santee-Cooper in South Carolina for some fishing. We drove over forbidden bridges and went through red mud up to the hubs; but the bridges held up and that road at least did have a bottom, and we did catch fish. 'Til tell you why I go back over and over to Brunswick; I like the people in Southport, I like their lazy timeless movement, their gentle calmness, their cour tesy, and above all the pride that restrains them from apologizing for the things they don't have such as hotels and enough sports fishing boats; I like the nearness of the Cape Fear and the breath taking view of the harbor and (Continued oo Page 4) CHARLES A. FARRELL Acme Fertilizer Plant Sustains Big Fire Loss Fire Of Undetermined Ori gin Guts Southwest Wing Of Huge County Manu facturing Plant WHITEVILUE FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED Fire Fighters From Wil mington, Whiteville And Acme Battle Flames For Five Hours A blaze of still undetermined origin that gutted the southwest wing of the $200,000 Acme Fer tilizer company plant at Acme, just outside this County, was halted early Sunday afternoon by Wilmington, Whiteville and Acme fire-fighters who battled five hours. The flames threatened to spread over the entire structure and sweep to the dwellings which surrounded it, before they were brought under control. Thomas H. Wright, president of the Acme company, who arrived at the scene of the fire shortly after it broke out at 8 o'clock Sunday morning, said last night that he had as yet no estimate of the size of the loss. Two high-pressure hoses operat ed by an eight-man Wilmington Fire Department company headed by Assistant Chief J. N. Grims ley turned the tide of flame shortly before noon Sunday Archie Rushing Fire Chief said last night. W. A. Stone, plant superintend ent, took charge of the volunteer Acme fire-fighters shortly after the blaze was reported Sunday morning. Within two hours his crew had the assistance of Wilmington and (Continued on Page Four) School Bus In Wreck With Car Columbus County Youth Drives Head-On Into Waccamaw High School Bus, Shaking Up Passeng ers Ore of the Waccamaw school buses, driven by 18-year old Ri h ard Jenrette, was struck and slightly damaged by a car d by William C. Gore. 19-year old h-rMSSZ W D. Evans, who in\estiB the occurancy. the scho. bus was coming to a stop when the Go.e car crashed into it hea - ? Gore was arrested by the ficer, who charged him w ? reckless driving. Tried journed session of the R court last sixty days Ward sentenced him to sixty y on the roads with the nf navine a fine of $50.00 ana the cosu The children in the I Methodist Minister Arriving Friday ! Rev. Paul H. Fields, of Scot land Neck, who has been assign- ; ed to the Trinity Methodist church for the coming conference year, was a visitor here Thursday, his first trip to Southport since he conducted a revival meeting at the Methodist church in 1939. j The Rev. Mr. Fields and Mrs. Fields plan to arrive here Friday j afternoon to make their home at , the Methodist parsonage. The Rev. Herbert M. Baker, pastor of Southport Baptist church, has announced that there will be no morning service Sun day at his church and that he and members of his congregation , will join with the Methodists in welcoming the new minister to Southport Planning Election Of Committeemen Community Committeemen And Delegates To Coun ty Convention To Elect County Officers Will Be Named | Farmers in Brunswick county j will receive notices within the next few days about annual elec tions of community and county farmer-coipmittees, C. O. Bennett, | chairman of the Brunswick Coun ty Agricultural Conservation (AAA) committee, said today. Each of the county's 17 farm ing communities will elect three committeemen and two alter nates, as well as a delegate to the county convention where a three-man county committee will be elected. Announcement of the definite dates, hours, and places for holding the elections are now being determined. Mr. Bennett said that eligible Tar Heel farmers are those who are participating in the 1946 Agricultural Conservation Pro ( Continued on Page 4) Duncan Harvell Passes Thursday Bolivia Resident Had Been In Failing Health For Several Years; Funeral Services Held Saturday Duncan A. Harvell, well-known and highly esteemed resident of the Bolivia community, died here in the Dosher Memorial Hospital Thursday. He had been in ill health for about three years. The deceased was 60-years-old. Funeral services were held Sat (urday afternoon from the Bo livia Methodist cliurch, with bur (Continued on page 4) I New Passenger Bus Begins Runs . On WB&S Line Manager Hubert Livingston Arrived Tuesday From Sidney, Ohio, With New Equipment For Company TWO MORE BUSES COMING LATER New Vehicle Is Of Latest And Most Modern De sign, With Good Seats And Ample Head Koom The first modern bus that the , W. B. & S. Bus Lines, Inc., of j Southport, has been able to ac quire since the start of operations early in war, was brought in last ; week from Sidney, Ohio, and is now in operation, making three round-trips to Wilmington each day. The vchicle is of 37-passenger seating capacity, with ample over head and underbody baggage com partments. Of the same size and identical with the big Greyhound and Trailway buses, it has the International bus chasis and an International B. II, pusher-type engine. The body was built by the C. D. Beck Body Works, of Sidney, Ohio. Manager Hubert Livingston of the bus company went to Ohio the first of last week and drove the new equipment down. He states that the company will receive two similar but smaller-capacity buses the first of the year. These two others that have been ordered are like the one received this week in all respects except that they are shorter, with seating capacity of 29 passengers each. Like the big machine received this week, they will all have the pusher type engines. In addition to two round trips daily between Wilmington and Southport with a mail truck, serving the post offices at Winna bow, Bolivia and Southport, the bus company gives six daily round tifps .viti pawenger between Southport and Wilming ton, serving both of these places and intervening points in the county, including the communi ties of Supply, Bolivia, Winna bow, Town Creek and the Bruns wick River bridge. A daily and Sunday round-trip passenger bus is also run between Southport and Whiteville. Cage Game Set For Thursday Shallotte High School Fac ulty Members Will Play Former Championship Team In Feature Attract ion Shallotte folks are looking for ward to having a jam-up basket ball game this Thursday night at the high school gymnasium, with the main bill offering the high school teachers vs. the 1939 Erunswick county high school girls champions of Shallotte. The Shallotte high school girls won the championship that year. Although some of them now are married, they have formed the Shallotte town team. They have one addition in the person of Mrs. Myrtle Boyd, a star on the Fairfnont team of about the j same time. Playing Thursday night will be j (Continued on Vage sixt Welfare Officer Resigns Position In This County Chas. E. White Will Return To His Home At Hert ford To Serve as Welfare Officer For Perquimins County NO REPLACEMENT AVAILABLE NOW White Has Served As Sup erintendent Of Public Welfare For Bruns wick Since April Charles E. White, superinten dent of public welfare for Bruns wick county, has tendered his re signation to the State Welfare Board in Raleigh, effective Dec ember 1. White came to Southport as head of the welfare department in April, a short time following his discharge from the Army. He is resigning from his Brunswick county post to accept appoint ment at superintendent of public welfare for Perquimins county, with headquarters at Hertford. He is a native of that town. Thus far there has been no announcement of a successor for White. Members of the county welfare board will meet here with in the next few days for the pur pose of considering this matter. Prior to the time when White assumed the duties of this office, Miss Dorothy Swain had served for several months as acting welfare officer. Highway Force Working On Dam State Highway Employees Are Hauling In And Fill ing Many Places In Gen eral Repair Of River Road As large force of state high- ? way employees with road build ing the Orton dam causeway, which was destroyed in the late August floods. Since the de- 1 struction of this causeway, a long and often impassable detour, has been followed. In fact the whole river road has been in such con dition that school buses and the mail, ns well as general travel found it impossible for travel at! (Continued on Page Six> RESORT HOTEL SHALLOTTE POINT ? The Anchor Hotel at Shallotte Point has played an im portant part in attracting tourists and sportsmen to the coastal area of Brunswick county. The construction of this hotel by John W. Garner is the first step toward to ward providing adequate accommodations for visitors to this section of the coast of Carolina. Hotel Accommodations Add To Interest In The Point Sight Of Big Bear Makes Him Lonely Elroy King of Waccamaw township is fond of deer hunt ing, but he is said to be aler glc to bears. He was out with a deer hunt ing part}- this past week and was finding his way along alone. Some of his companions suddenly noticed him running, as If he was chasing some thing and was very anxious to catch up. It later developed that El roy had rounded a large cypress knee and discovered a big, black bear standing on its hind legs only about five-feet away. Elroy forgot all about his double-barreled shotgun, both barrels loaded with buckshot. He set out highballing it for home, or at least for human companionship. Potato Harvest At Its Height Cold Weather Of Last Week And This Week Has Placed Emphasis On Potato Digging In Bruns wick Apparently very little frost oc curred in Brunswick county dur ing the cold nights of Wednesday and Thursday last week. None at all was reported along the coast, and at interior points the only visible effects were the nip ping of leaves of sweet potatoes. In some cases, where the fields ? were exposed, the leaves were killed. Aided by fine weather, Bruns wick county sweet potato grow ers made substantial progress in harvesting their sweet potato crop last week. However, they still have a long way to go be fore reaching the finishing line. This week, if tains do not hind er, will see the main efforts be ing made to harvest and store, or sell, this crop. Reports indi CContinued on Page Four) P.-T. A. To Back Salary Demands Southport Parent - Teacher Association Went On Re cord Favoring 40-Percent Salary Boost For Teach er# Thursday At their regular monthly meet ing here last Thursday night, members of the Southport High School Parent- Tcachers Associa tion went on record as favoring a 40-percent increase in teach ers' salaries, and a resolution was adopted to write a letter to both the State Senator-elect and the Representative-elect urging their support of legislation which- will lead to this end. Feature of the program was a talk by Mrs. Guy McKeithan, member of the legislative com mittee of the Brunswick County) Education Association. Mrs. Mc-j Keithan disclosed some startling l facts regarding the current ten- 1 dency for qualified tcachers to leave the profession, and the cor- 1 responding reluctance of able young men and women to enter the profession as replacements. She urged for the teachers not only a deserved boost in salary, but more general recognition and respect for their profession. The entertainment feature of the program waa in two parts. (Continued on page 4) Shallotte Point, Long Re cognized As Place Of Outstanding Beauty, Has Become Popular Resort HOTEL WAS ERECTED DESPITE DIFFICULTY Has Been Necessary To Ex pand Facilities In Order To Take Care Of In creased Demand From Visitors During the war Army men and Coast Guardsmen liked to visit Shallotte Point for the fishing and hunting when they could get a few hours or a day off duty. The Point was widely recognized as one of the very best places in Brunswick county for inside fish ing and oystering. The only drawback from the standpoint of the hunters, fisher men and summer guests was that there were no accommodations at the Point, except for three or four tourist cabins and such homes of residents as would open their doors to guests. It was a hard matter to build anything two and three years ago. There was the matter of being able to get material, and priorities were also a serious problem. Recognizing the need for accommodations, John W. Gar ner, who hails from Piedmont North Carolina managed to get the needed lumber and building material. Setting out with deter mination, he constructed a small but neat hotel with twelve guest rooms and modern facilities. The hotel and dining room were filled almost from the start and Mr. Garner has had to expand as far as he was able during the two years or more that he has been operating. He has construct ed severed small cabins or tourist homes near the hotel building and now about 24 -rooms available for guests summer and winter. The increased travel to and from Shallotte Point as a result of ac commodations being made avail able there undoubtedly contribut ed greatly towards the success ful efforts to have the road from Shallotte to the Point paved this year. Shallotte Point is at the mouth of the Shallotte river, at its junction with the inland water way six miles below Shallotte. A beautiful view of the river, inland waterway and ocean add much to the attractiveness of the place. The picture of the hotel, shown in this . issue of The Pilst, does not show the tourist homes and other facilities also operated by Mr. and Mrs. Garner. Commissioners In Fmal Session Meeting Of Board Of Coun ty Commissioners Will Be Last Regular Session Of Present Body Members of the board, of coun ty commissioners met Monday in what will be their final session during this term of office, for on the first Monday in Decem ber the members of the new board will be sworn in. Monday was not a busy day for board members. The voted to give a $5.00 Christmas present to Caswell Training School; voted to raise the blind aid grant for Ben J. Johnson from $15.00 per month to $20.00 per month beginning December 1; voted to authorize certain electrical repairs for the courthouse that have been declar ed necessary by the inspector; and ordered the financial state ment for the month of October' aa submitted by County Auditor I R. C. St. George to be filed. Our ROVING Reporter County tax collector W. P. Jor gcnsen begins making his rounds of appointments at various places in the county next week. In or der to reach some parts of the county that we do not often get to visit, this department of the State Port Pilot is planning to accompany Mr. - Jorgenson on all of his trips. If you ask what breed he is, Toby, property of R. D. White, Sr., of Shallotte, is passed off as just dawg. However, despite the lack of any presentable pedigree by Toby, young Jack White, R. D. White, Jr., and even old man R. D. White himself, will affirm and declare that Toby is a smart dog. As an example of his smart ness Toby insists that he be serv ed ice crcant, a haft pint or at least a cone, five times a day, by one or the other of the three. When he gets Hungry Toby re sorts to frantic barking, and to making believe that he intends to take a piece out of the calf of somebody's leg if they do not get his ice cream and be prompt about it. > Charlie Caison, rural mail car rier out from Supply, has to serve a 46-mile mail route daily except Sunday. Forty-two miles of this distance is over country roads and part of the time this sum mer Charlie has been in urgent need of a boat with which to get over some portions of his route. At other times nothing short of a oatapillar, tractor would serve. At the office of this, paper all of the subscribers at Supply for the postoflice, the star route and {Continued On Page 5) W. B. KGZUH Supreme Court Hearing Appeal In Cause Case Appeal For Convicted Mur derer Being Held Today In Raleigh By North Car olina Supreme Court WAS CONVICTED OF WILLIAMSON MURDER If No Error Is Found Gau>? Will Go To His Death In Gas Chamber In January The appeal of Leon (Scooper) Gause, Shallotte negro, from the death sentence Imposed on him for the shotgun slaying of H. J. Williams, Shallotte white farmer, on the night of February 23rd, is being heard by the State Su preme court in Raleigh today. Williams was shot through the window of his home as he sat shelling peanuts with his wife. Gause was tried in the New Han over superior court on a change of venue from Brunswick Coun ty. Following his conviction he was sentenced to death by Judge R. Hunt Parker, who presided at the trial. The opinion of the State Su preme court will be handed down within ten days or two weeks fol lowing today's hearing. If the court holds that there was no ?r ror in the trial of Gause and the sentence of Judge Parker is af firmed, the date of the execution of the negro will be set for some time between 30 and 40 days fol? lowing the handing down of the Supreme court opinion. This wlU bring about the execution of Gause around the middle of Jan uary, if Governor Cherry does not interfere. Following the killing on Feb ruary 23rd, Gause was the ob ject of an extensive manhunt. He was captured after eluding hund reds of citizens and officers for four days. He admitted the kill ing, saying he was mad at Wil liams becsuse Williams had juiuckea nlm uovvh tuul ?