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^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, ,
<H Southport civil en- 1
B?' topped and fell over a
Bk ^ breaking one of
I. "ca!>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 ?<ni htan v
from his premises earlier in the
afternoon when Gause and an
other negro were passing the
Williams home.
The New Hanover jury that
heard the case took only a very
short time to bring in a verdict
of guilty of first degree murder.
Lengthy Report
Of County Court
Session Of Recorder's Court
Held Last Wednesday
And Regular Session
Held Monday
At the request of the state the
cases charging M. L. Holden and
Bert Jacobs, well-known citizens
of Shallotte township, with con
spiring to kill Osborne Pickett,
of the same township, was con
tinued at Monday's session of
the Recorder's court. The cases
are now set to be heard on Mon
day, November 25th.
In addition to the cases heard
Monday of- this week by Judge
Ward, with solicitor 7. W. Ruark
prosecuting, a number of cases
tried Wednesday of last week are
also appended to this report. This
week's cases were as foUows:
Harry Lee Bullard, operating
car without lights, 30 days in
jail, Judgment suspended upon
payment of a fine of $15.00 and
costs.
Thomas Ames, Speeding, con
tinued to October 25th.
Clayton C. Bullard, improper
lights. 30 days in jail, judgment
suspended upon payment of a
fire of $10.00 and costs.
Kenny Potter, forcible tress
pass, 60 days in jail, assigned to
roads, judgment suspended upon
payment of a fine of $25.00 and
costs.
Calo Rattely, possession and
transporting, continued to Nov
ember 25th.
George Hart, assault, nol pros.
Hurley Cook, possession, 30
days on the roads, judgment sus
pended upon payment of a fine
of $10.00 and costs.
Henry Benson, assault with
deadly weapon, 60 days in Jail,
suspended on condition that the
defendant make restitution to
George Berridgc in the sum of
$64.00 to cover doctor bill and
time out of work, and costs of
this ease.
Hollis Cause, non support, 6
months on the roads, suspended
on condition that defendant pay
$25.00 today and $15.00 per
month for the support of the il
legitimate child of Louise Brown.
Anson Nelson, drunk and dis
orderly and resisting officer, nol
pros.
The following cases were heard
at the Wednesday session lufe
(Coptlwd oo Ffte* Four).