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The pilot Covers Brunswick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community -"V Most of The Newi All The Time NO. Sixteen no. 33 6-pages today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, December 4th, 1946 $1.50 PfcK /UBU3HhL? fc.Vfc.KY wbUWMUHi fetvis Named Chairman Of Board Of Commissioners As Changes Take Place ? ? I , prevatte Appointed To ?icceed J w- R?*rk A# acitor Of Recorder's St At $100.00 Per (.Month niTZ IS NAMED COUNTY ArrORNEY S. B. Frink A* .unty Attorney With duties Of Tax Attor .ey Added At Same Salary LjKjiately upon being sworn kjre Monday, newly elected of the board of county ps'.oners met for a regular and R. O Lewis was f[:] serve as chairman for I Motion for his nomina iiS by M. B. Chinnis, se rf by S. I. Mintz. Mr. Mintz, scmber of the present board obvious experience in this had served previously for nars as chairman. E motion of Chinnis, se rf by Mintz. E. J. Prevatte i appointed solicitor of the j jr.ck county Recorder's j : succeeding J. W. Ruark. ' beard set the salary for this! a: $100.00 per month, a ' rjoc in the salary of this of- j courting to $20.00. Ik motion of Oiinnls, sc- 1 id by Chairman Lewis, R. I. j i was appointed county at j, succeeding S. B. Frlnk. , iities of County Attorney Bmll include bringing tax ? is: the salary for this of B^s wt at $150.00 per t Formerly the duties of ttTix Attorney were main ^ separately, with the ap m working on a fee basis. iPnvatte has held this posi- ' f .. | Asters for five of' tic six ; fc Acre named Monday. Irsy will be $6.00 per day, ' *130 for helpers. Listers to uts. Lillian Caison, Smith t&cil Hewette, Shallotte; E. !ta. Town Creek; Hubert (toes. Lockwoods Folly; D. Stanley, VVaccamaw. No was named for North Swsship, pending selection Instable official to serve in taction. Commissioner Chinnis ? &: that position for a of years. natters disposed of in to placing Mattie Phelps in ?Ety home; instructions 1 tte board to R. G St. W custodian of county pro ? to have the necessary re 1 rade to the jail and to same properly supplied I kd clothing and blankets. IriefNiWi Flashes > to MEET Sonthport Lions Club will 1 ter regular meeting to "* * Thursday ) at 1 o'clock ! Community Club. I^TWORK SALE Woman's Division of tho church will hold a ?Wk mIc on Friday after* tt 3 o'clock in the Clarence 1 tation. PMXG RAILWAY 1- s- 'Bill) Wells is building ?jWutttal marine railway ad N Ms 6hrtmp buying house Import He will use it for ^ir ot small boats. f* at roper 1'; c. H. Lewis, who served * Ssiaittc circuit of the Metk * *wch, has moved witfc W8 7* to Roper, where he was the recer.t Methodist con TO RICHMOND 7* * Court Sam T. Bennett C*>toniey 3. B Frink went to l week, accompany* M. Gau *, who went to ?r *V?s examined. It lK "J**"1 that Mr. Gause will J? So to Fayettcville iot %?Uon. ^ 80ME BURNS k farm home ?* to? Mrs' J 0 Smith, on the ?uLaulway between South 1>)m ? Supp1^ was totally, de ? Are Monday. The en* of the home are fiid jT^ler.. It lit ttSt Hacr>rn 1 ^ ai jr.y Urjradt?. RETIRING COURT OFFICIALS PARTNERS ? John B. Ward, left, has relinquished the duties of Judge of the Brunswick County Recorder's Court following four years of service during which he gained an enviable reputation for the performance of his duties. Also retiring as a court official is J. W. Ruark, Southport attorney, who has been replaced as solicitor, a job which he held throughout the term of Judge Ward. New County Officials Given Oath Of Office m New Officials Of County Government Sworn In By H. Foster Mintz, Magis trate, Of Bolivia ALL NEW OFFICERS ARE DEMOCRATS Two Out-Going Officials Were Republican, Includ ing Sheriff And One Member Of Board Of Commissioners Brunswick county officials to serve the next two years were sworn in Monday morning at the courthouse, the oath being given separately to all except the coun ty commissioners by Magistrate Foster Mintz of Bolivia. The commissioners were sworn in jointly, the oath being read to them as a body and each man answering individualy. Represen tative Odell Williamson, of Shal lotte, was unable to be present and was the only official not to be sworn in at this time. It is understood he will take the oath later this week. The officials who arc to serve 'Brunswick county for the next two years are Stephen I. Mintz, of Town Creek township; M. B. Chinnis, of North West and R. O. Lewis, of Shallotte. Sam T. Bennett was sworn in to succeed himself as Clerk of Court, as was Coroner W. E. Bell. John White, of Shallotte, be came the new sheriff Monday up on taking the oath and present ing his official bond. W. J. McLamb, of Waccamaw township, took over the duties of Judge of the Recorder's court, (Continued on page 4) Odell Bennett To West Coast Receives Free Trip To Cali fornia In Recognition Of I Hi* Work Of Obtaining Most Farm Bureau Mem bers Odell Bennett, young Wacca maw township farmer and presi dent of the AAA in this county, left early Monday morning for Raleigh to join other delegates and Is to leave at 6 o'clock Sat urday night for Atlanta, Ga. In Atlanta, joining a great mass of delegates from 20 or 30 States, Special trains are to carry Mr. Bennett and his companions to Sail Francisco, California, to the National meeting of the Farm , Federation. This meeting will ex I tend through December 12 and ' Mr. Bennett and other delegates from this and adjoining states should be at home by about the ,16th of December. I The expenses of the Brunswick delegate to the West Coast meet ing is paid by the national or ganization in recognition of the faofc that He obU&ed the greei 1 (Cbatiaue4 oa pt|> 4> ? Best Treatment For Buck Fever Getting 3 fair shots at a 4 snag buck_ and _ suffering from buck fever to the extent that he made a clean miss each time, Walter Jackson, Greensboro hunt er, fell a victim to the ire of his companions Friday. Instead of merely divesting him of a part of his shirt tail, the companion hunters set-to and slashed up the entire garment, leaving him with nothing but his coat and his undies. The hunters who exacted ven gance were Chief of Police Otto Hickman, Tom and Elliot Hick man, of Southport, and P. A. Reeves, of Greensboro. They brought their victim into town and exhibited him, sans shirt, to a reporter for this newspaper. Southport Man Helps In Tests Army Conducting Experi ments With Task Force Frigid Designed To Show Conditions In Extremely ' Cold Weather 1 Technical Sgt. Owen C. Mc Keithan, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. McKeithan of the Bethel church community, has been in the army eight or nine years and is now with the AGF Task Force "FRIGID" in Alaska. From the Information Section of the Army it appears that Task Force FRIGID is being able to combine a lot of recreation with the business in hand, which is (conducting tests from November through the month of March. Among the sports is skiiing, a really important pastime, as this is one of the few modes of travel open when snow has stopped or dinary means of travel. Combined with skiing and learning to ski, the boys have to acquire the art of dodging the other fellow, who is unable to dodge him. " ! (Continued on Page Six) Near Serious | Wreck Thursday Automobile Completely De molished When It Crash ed Into Oil Tanker Near Bolivia Thursday Morn ing With a nearly new passenger car damaged to the extent that it was sold to a garage for $100, a near fatal wreck occurred at 3:30 o'clock Thanksgiving morn ing on Rout? IT at the McKeith an place, a mile west of Bolivia. In addition to the car an empty gaaoHhe tanker, . enroute to the tetralcil at f*t!r,trgtcc f6r a i (Continued From Page six) Basketball To Commence This Friday Evening Opening Round Of Bruns wick County High School Schedule Will Start With Two Double-Headers On Program ? ALL TEAMS APPEAR TO BE STRONGER Calibre Of Cage Play In County This Year Expect ed To Be At Level Of Pre-War Contests The Brunswick county high school basketball season gets un derway officially Friday night, with each team in the county scheduled to meet teams from the other schools twice during the schedule, on a home-and-home ar rangement. Indications from early season games are that basketball in Brunswick this year will be up to the pre-war standard, and every school will start the sea son a potential winner. Last year the Leland boys and the Bolivia girls were champions in their respective brackets in the tournament that was held at Southport. Although the cham pionship laurels usually are di vided on the basis of tournament results, there is keen interest in the regular season games as par tisan fans watch their favorites develop week after week. In the opening round Friday night Shallotte will play at Wac icamaw and Bolivia will visit Southport. Leland teams drew a bye. One week later, on Friday, Dec ember 13, Waccaniaw teams journey to Leland and the South port aggregations go to Shal lotte. Bolivia holds a bye for this round. "The next game is on Thursday, December 19. when Shallotte in vades Bolivia and Leland comes to Southport. Waccamaw teams jhave a holiday on this date, j Following the Christmas hoV days, on January 3. Bolivia gcj I to Waccamaw. Leland to Shal lotte and Southport holds a bye. The first-half of the schedule (Continued on page 4) Tug Captains From Brunswick Other Members Of Crews Of Tugs Handling Snips Coming In For Tie-Up Are From This County I Of the five big Maritime tugs i in constant operation In connec tion with the Brunswick River lay-in basin in upper Town Creek township, two are in command of Southport and Brunswick county men. Arthur B. Weeks, of South port, is in charge of one and | Rudolph Fulcher, formerly of | Southport, now living in Town Creek township, is in charge of another. Both of these tugs, along with a third, are based at Southport, using the Army Engineers dock for their moorings. They meet all incoming ships headed for the basin at the Cape Fear Bar and carry them up the river to the basi.n, where two other Maritime tugs are based to tak? over with (Continued on Pace Suc? Southport Boy Accidentally Shot Joe Cox, 14-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Cox, who live about ; two miles north of Southport, was accidently shot and seriously hurt on Thanksgiving day. His brother, Frankie Cox was handling a 22-calibre rifle when the weapon was accidently dis charged, the bullet striking Joe in tllh stomach. The injured boy, one a twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Cox, Vjis being treated in the Dosh? Memorial hospital and it is uAerstood his condition is satisfactory. Farmers Urged To Go Out And I Vote Saturday Pointed Out That Evidence Of Healthy Interest In Farm Program May Have Much To Do With Con tinuation I POLING PLACES BEING LISTED Farmers To Vote On Men To Serve A? Community Committeemen And On County Committee Also A final appeal to farmers to attend their local farm-program committeemen elections was is sued Monday by Jackson B. Pot ter, Member of the Brunswick County Agricultural Conservation (AAA) Committee. The polls open at 9:00 a. m. and close at 1 6:00 p. m. Saturday, December !7. Farmers are urged to be at the polls at opening time and as sist to nominate six for com mitteemen and three for dele , gates. The voting places are as fol ' lows: I North West community, Maco: Leland community, Rourk's store; Town Creek community, Henry's store; Bolivia community, Cox's 'store; Southport community, 'county home; Aitttocfa community, I Ward's farm; Supply community, ' Blanton's store; Mt. Pisgah com munity, J. H. Royals store; Boone's Neck community, R. P. Robinson's store; Shallotte com munity, Coast Road warehouse; Gause Landing community, Vance Gore's store; Griseettown com munity, Grissett's store; Thomas boro community, Bennett's store; Friendship community, Thurston MinU's store; Ash community, j Simmon's store; Waccamaw com munity, Ernest Milligan's store; (Continued ?n Prjtp Fouri Judge McLamb In First Session Four Cases On Docket Monday; One Nol Pros Taken, Three Other Mat ters Were Continued Immediately following1 his be ing sworn in Monday, Judge W. , J. McLamb held his first session of the Recorder's court, with Solicitor J. W. Ruark prosecut ing and Sheriff John White serv ing as court officer. The docket awaiting was a very limited one, with only four; cases to be called. The minute : f Continued on Page your' j Our ROVING Reporter ir. b. ubii Making the rounds with th~ tax collector this past week, three days revealed that the .State High-vay Commission is really making an effort to put Bruns wick county roads in better con dition than they have been in but at. various points .large and I well equipped road forces have jbeen repairing the breaks caused by the summer and f^ll rains. The coming ye-ir should see the county getting right much of the paving to which it, is entitled^ lh this connection this reporter be lieves that Jhe considerable pav ed road mileage shourd be let oh the basis of population to bo served. The roads should be built with a view of allowing unin terrupted attendance of children at school; the regular delivery of mails and the serving of farm populations. Along with thiB con sideration should he ?iven-,lhe? roads that proraWi 16 -ejnttttot* i to tie. ecojeafiio dasfeiQjaeet '.of the county. Getting arottnd to the roads seen last week: TTie Supply-Exum ' and Frceland roads had been, or were being, scraped up to afford excellent temporary condition. The same could be paid of the Ash to GrissetOwn road. From Thom asboro to Hickman's Cross Roads a large State Highway road build ing crew . was resurfacing the three Or four miles of paving. From Shallot te to Shallotte Point shoulders Vere being built on the recently paved strctch of road. Rokds to Cause Beach and to Seaside had been scraped, but they were stiH something off of being in top condition for dirt rosds. The River Road between South port and . the Brunswick River bridge has.' been worked all of the wiy. - Residents on seven miles of this road have never been able to get &U1 service tecaUM of; (CottU?iu6 On Pa?e 3) Shallotte Officials Place 5- V j . Ban On Fireworks Here City Officials Anticipate Trouble With This Type Of Holiday Celebration And Limit Use One young Southport boy I was seriously injured by the j careless handling of firearms on Thanksgiving day, and with the 1946 variety of fireworks said to be the most dangerous ever put on the market, it is feared that this Christmas Will" see many people injured, if not killed, by the careless handling of the explosives, espe cially in crowded places. Anticipating the danger May or Leon Galloway and the Shal : lotte town officials have issued j strict orders, banning the use j of fireworks in Shallotte aa, far ; as the law will permit. Wheth | er they are old or young, Christmas celebrants at Shal [ lotte will have to confine their | use of fireworks to their own premises if they wish to avoid arrest arid the resulting fines. It is understood that South port town officials may issue similar orders banning the use of fireworks. From interviews with offi cials a {.both places it was clear ly indicated, that, there is no desire to take a high handed attitude. The officers simply realize the danger and plan to eliminate as many of the haz ards to the public as possible. Where fireworks are used they must be used on private premi' ses and not on streets and side walks. Where Christmas celebrants feel that the use of fireworks is the only possible way in which to express their feelings the officials urge that they at least exerise care. Federal Funds Are Made Available For Dredging Government Dock May Not Be Used Hie use of the Government dock at Southport for yacht* and other privately owned ves sels Is out, according to a let ter received this week from Col. B. C. Snow, U. S. Army District Engineer. Col. Snow calls attention to the fact that the wharf Is built and maintained by Federal funds and that Its use by other than government craft Is pro hibited by law. This leaves the yachtsmen pretty much dependent on what Southport will do towards providing facili ties for their craft. Farm Forester Helps Landowner Farm Forester Walter W. Barnes Is Ready To As sist Farmers With Matter Of Marking And Market ing Timber "With the fall logging season coming on, now is the time to get your Extension Farm Forest er to go over your woodlot and help you plan your logging job," says Walter W. Barnes. In recent years there has been a noticeable trend toward the cut ting of woodlands on a "marked tree" basis, the Farm Forester says. This is a method of harvest ing which only takes selected trees, instead of the old practice of selling and cutting on what they called "by the boundary.". "The marked tree harvest gen erally' shows a much greater prof it for the land owners," accord ing to Farm Forester Barnes. "Most buyers or operators seem 1 to like it too, once they got used to it As a rule, It also leaves a good residual stand of trees on the ground to come along for the next harvest. Those opera tors who plan to remain In busi ness In their present locality seem to like this good remaining I stand idea as it mean? future supplies of trees for them. Landowners arc invited to get the Farm Forester to show them how to select trees to be marked for sale. It will be profitable to i (Continued on Page 41 Veteran Beach j Fisherman Busy R. F. Swain Probably Holds' Record For Fishing Most i Consecutive Years At One Place On Coast The Swain Fishery at the beach probably has one man who has been engaged in beach fish ing at the same place for a long er period than any other beach fisherman In Brunswick. This is R. F. Swain, of the Antioch church community. Mr. Bwain stated this week that for 49 years he had been farming In the spring and early summer and that a fixed job in connection with the farming operations waa to move on over to the beach in the late summer and remain three months, weather permitting. Mr. Swain is foreman of the fishery, a position he hae al ways tela. Uaulty ie i u ?ro?, {Continued ao Page 6) j I Release Of Maintenance Funds Last Week Will Enable U. S. S. Dredge Hoffman To Commence Work On Bar [crew OF DREDGE LARGELY FROM HERE Fact That It Has Been Long Time Since Much Work Has Been Done On Bar | May Lengthen Oper ation | With the releasing of dredging maintenance funJs last week, the crew of the big hopper dredge Hoffman, now tied up at the en gineer's yards on the Brunswick county ?id? -jjf. the Cape Fear liver; at Wilmington, will retwii; | aboard this week. According to members of the crew the vessel will be at South port sometime early next week and will begin the work of dredg ing on the bar. The work may re quire two months, as very little has been done during the past several, years. Normally, the Comstock, prede-| cessor of the Hoffman for opera-' |Uons in this district, spent about a month of each year working on the bar. The Hoffman, much larger than the Comstock. will be able to carry on operations faster. However, the several year's accummulation will also make the present clearance job larger than usual. About twenty-five Southport and Brunswick county men, in cluding Captain John G. Swan, are included in the crew of the Hoffman. The vessel, with three crews, will work around the clock, stopping Saturday mornings to come in to the engineers dock here to take on fuel and supplies ! and waiting over until midnight Sundays to go out and resume operations. Book Covers For | Sixth Graders Department Of Conserva tion And Development Streues Importance ' Of Forest Fire Protection The Division of Forestry and Parka of the N. C. Department of Conservation A Development' is now in the process of furnish ing each sixth grad? student of white and negro schools through- 1 out the entire State with special ly printed heavy maflila. book covers. This project jointly ap-| proved by officials of the State Education Department and De partment of Conservation and De velopment has been planned to provide a practical item for pro tecting valuable text books and at tHe same time introduce to! the minds of this younger gen eration the vastly Important theme of Forest Fire Prevention end related practices. The front face of the book cov ers ib cleverly designed with a bear-like caricature, named Smokey, busily engaged in sup pressing a Forest Fire and offer ing a reminder that "Little Trees Grow to Big Ones Through Fire Protection and Proper Harvest ing." A space is also provided for the name, of the student and title of book. The back of the covers Is devoted to i. table of four simple Safety Rules for prevent ing forest fires under a heading: "ptft ieor Maaurt" condadteg (Continued oa pag? $U) Committee Has Suggestions To Beautify City Chairman of Civic Improve* ments Committee For Southport Lions Club Makes Full Report Of Activities Of Group IMPROVEMENTS ALL POSSIBLE NOW Care Taken By Committed Members To Avoid Sug gestion? Which Involve Expenditure Of Large Sums D. J. Smith, Southport real tor, chairman of the committee on civic improvement* for the Southport Lions Club, has com piled the recommendations mad* by members of his committee an'd has made the text of this report available for publication. The complete report follows: "The Civic Improvement Com mittee of the Uons Club of Southport has been meeting regu larly each Monday and at the last meeting a trip was made through the town to view it as the tour ist would see it in coming into the village and driving through the streets. "Considerable trash, torn pap ers, unsightly piles of rubbish, broken down fences, piles of fir* wood and uncut weeds were no ticed and a good portion of these were found between the sidewalk and the lane of travel in th? street, all of which detracts from the beauty of the city as seen from the tourist viewpoint. "The following recommend** tions are made which we believe will help to make the town more attractive. y "1st: The citizens be asxed to keep their garbage cans and trash recepticles off the street and in the rear of the house and only brought out on the days of trash removal. "2nd: That garbage container* be of such size as to permit the garbage collector to easily handle them, in place of some of tho "3rd: Considerable complaint has been made about dogs turn ing over trash cans at night and tile committee recommends, mat people owning dogs be asked to make a check up of their dog and if it is found that their dog is doing the damage to remedy the matter. "4th: That the business houses selling ice cream and soft drinks in paper containers be asked to install at their own expense me tal containers to receive the used paper cups and to install these containers in front of their stores. This will greatly aid in keeping the paper off the street "5: That the city school autfe* orities put on a program of us ing the children to make a gen eral cle.in up of all trash, rub bish and paper on the school lot*, city property and public park and other public grounds and to con tinue the practice at regular in tervals. "6th: That all citizens make a (Continued on page five) - New Residence On Berry Farm ) S. L. Barnhil! Will Serve As Manager For Blueberry Farm Near Southport; Ha? Moved Into Resi dence A nice new residence and age- has recently been completed at the blueberry farm three miles out of Southport Mr. and Mri. Barnhill have moved put there and Mr. Barnhill is actively --ea gaged In seeing that as mueh the land as possible is made ready for the blueberry planting in the spring. The work of pulling up tree#, stumps and plowing the land boa been slowed down badly since the first of September by the con tinuous rams. Despite this hartdi cap somewhere around 50 acres have been cleared and plowed, and as much more as poMiUe will be gotten ready before plant ing time. The berries will be planted ttt rows eight feet apart. An abund ance of plants for the local 'op erations are said to be ready at the Pender county blueberry farm of the same company. Mr. Barnhill, a young man, uaa brought up on a blueberry farm and employed on the Pender county farm until he went into the army about five years ago. He served four y sara two years of this time being spent in tfee Pacific. Upon hia discharge he returned to the blueberry farm ing and was selected to manage the Boutkpert braach of
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