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,he Pilot Covers ij^vvick County the state port pilot A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time A Southport, N. C., Wednesday, December 18, 1946 $1.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESOAJ ^Community ommittees Are flamed For 1947 -,k County Farmers a More Interest Past Year, In ?Bt Voting For Farm togram ^agaKSairman . of Community Com * men To Assist In pee?6" . aaA administering AAm Program On Farms Of This County jjinual community AAA ' was held recently in the L communities in Bruns- 1 auntv. and farmers show - interest than for many ? the selection of commit ' t0 represent their com-! land assist in adminis lie fartr. program for an ?ar There were a total of ^ cast in the county, the j r being about 43 percent t: than in 1945. ? countv convention was held ( county agriculture build- 1 t Monday. December 9, at , ame the delegates from , Biggs communities nominat- 1 $ elected three county com- j deer, and two alternates. A j .< satisfaction must have j p>il at the convention as the l. r.eir.bers of the commit * served for the past year iislected. i county committee elected p for the next twelve j< ^ as follows: dan. C. O. Bennett. Free- , * vice-chairman, G. Martin j f, shallotte : regular mem jxltscn B. Potter, Winna ijist alternate, F. Herbert l South port; second alter ii Manley Bennttt, Shal tie following community Kmen were named : I West community: Chair &i Brown. Leland; vice ?L Leo Medlin, Leland; (tC. yj . x~. Rlaine .Skipr m first_ alternate, F. L. inland, ,ccnd alternate, flttz. Leland. ii community: chairman, lie Leland; vice chairman, J Williams, Leland; regular b J. R. Williamson, Le 5s alternate, LeRoy Lewis, It second alternate, James btv. Leland. Creek community: Chair t Sjlvanus L. Purvis, Le t"a-ciiairrtian, W. M. Edge. ?t regular member, W. S. fca:. Leland; first alter 1 P D. Skipper, Leland;" se I iterate. John N Sowell, h community: Oiairman, 1 t Hclden. Supply; vice-chair (t B. McDowell, Bolivia; re t number. Roy G. Sellers, k('" first alternate, L. L. fcs Bolivia; second alter C. Gore, Bolivia. !*fort community: Chair Hoyd Lancaster, Bolivia; Hermon Smith, Wt; regular member, M&l Bw. Southport; first alter r Dillard Price, Southport; c alternate, John B. Drew, taort. toc" Community: Chair John h. Brown, Bo ',s.ce chairman, Carl S. 1 Bolivia: regular members, ? Swain. Bolivia ; first al D. o. Soles. Bolivia; se iltercate. Elwood Clemmons, toi'mutti oa Page Four) hitfNews Flaihn PROGRAM ? invited u> attend j ??Waas program at Sharon church on December K't ' o'clock. Featuring the V?> will be the Christmas , g WB?CTCW Von "'aitair. Oil company, of : has acquired a lot Hilled two four-thousand- j !>! oil tanks here for the I distributing to local | The distribution will i G. E Hubbard and ^P"' p-''gers. CU \MNG ?JJ* 8. 1947. has been setj ft for the cleaning up of j cemetery, at Ash. j have relatives or there arc urged to] above date.! ?^V8* and working equip- , KL ' * those who are unable , ?Jj^NonaUy it wiU be ?p ^Erjj they wiU send some {?? m their steads I ? B BEAR HUNTING IN THE GREEN SWAMP HUNTERS ? Pictured above aro Hack Smithdeal of Johnson City, Tenn., and his party of bear hunters, their jeeps, their dogs and one bear. This photo was taken at the end of the day's hunt. Smithdeal is shown at the extreme right. Chief Owens Is Retiring From Active Service Chief Paul A. Owens and Mrs. Owens left Friday for their home in Hendersonville, chief having received his hon orable discharge from the Navy. The couple had been residing in Southport for a year and a half. Chief Owens being sta tioned at Fort Caswell follow ing his return from the Philip pines and several weeks of hos pitalization. In the Philippines when Gen eral MacArahur left it to the .j'Ypappf t; hipf nwpnp became. . one of the men who survived and carried on in the jungles until MacArthur returned. Dur ing this long period they lived on grasshoppers, snakes, liz zards and anything that they could dig out of the jungles. They heard nothing but jungle grapevine regarding how the war might be going. The only thing that sustained them was the determination to live, and faith in the American Army and Navy. During all of these weary months Mrs. Owens back here in North Carolina had no word from her husband, directly or indirectly. One guess was about as good as another as to whe ther he was dead or among the few who were thought to be living after the Japs swarmed over the luckless islands. It was not until MacArthur returned to the Philippines that the first word came that her husband was still living. | Several Cases Tried In Court Busy Docket Faced Judge W. J. McLamb And Soli citor E. J. Prevntte In Re corder's Court Here Mon day A full docket was disposed ofl here in Recorder's court Monday J with Judge W. J. McLamb pre siding and with E. J. Prevatte! serving as prosecutor. The follow-,' ing disposition was made of cases: Harold Taylor, drunk driving, six months on the roads, suspend ed on payment of a fine of $50.00 1 and costs. Rufus Jewett, drunk on high way, thirty days on roads, sus- 1 pended on payment of a fine of 1 $10.00 and costs. Ralph Walton, drunk and dis- 1 orderly in public place, 30 days I on the roads, judgment suspend- j ed on condition that defendant j pay the costs and remain away I from J. W. Garner's place of bus-i in ess for two years. Same charge and like judgment also applies to Robert Walton, Rupert Sikes, Pet Sellers and Ruth Cribb. Leon Hill, drunk in public f place. 30 days, judgment suspend ed on payment of a fine of $10.00 ! and costs. James A. Graham, reckless op-j eraton and improper brakes, not guilty as to reckless operation. Guilty of operating with improper brakes, fined $10.00: fine suspend-; ed on payment of costs. I Rupert W. Jernigan, reckless, operation, fined $25.00 and costs. i Lundy Monroe, drunk driving, 6 months on roads, suspended on (Continued oa Fag? V I Task Force Invades Swamp In Search Of Black Bears Ten Men, Two Jeeps And 22 Dogs Included In Out fit Which Recently Spent Several Days In Area DECLARE BEARS ACTING FUNNY ; Tennessee Men Are Veter ans At This Sport And Find Forests Of Bruns wick Ideal For Hunting Bear hunting in Columbus and Brunswick counties great Green Swamp is going contrary to every rule- of the sport, -veteran Tenn essee bear hunters who hunt every season in this many-thous and-acre lush bear territory are saying. Hack Smithdeal, sportsman par excellent and leader of this 10 man, 22-dog, two-jeep hunting team declares thaf the bear are , crazy. "I've never seen the like of it" he said. "Since I started bear hunting when I was 21-year old, I've always been taught that bear eat something like human beings. They require a balanced diet. They'll eat here today for one item of their food, and tomorrow j they'll move over to a neighbor ing range for another item. But [ this year, they're doing everything backwards. You can't tell where they are going to be, which di rection they are going to run, and anything else you'd normally ex pect them to do according to a relatively fixed pattern. I've even caught them making deer runs." Smithdeal and his party of hunters are from Johnston City, Tenn., but as bear hunters they are cosmopolites. Immediately prior to their arrival in this area for their annual hunt, they had conducted a two-weeks bear hunt in the northwoods of Michi gan under the auspices of the Michigan Board of Conservation and Development. There their hunt had been witnessed and photographed by writers and photographers from some of the nation's leading sports magazines. Smithdeal himself went on his first bear hunt when he was 12 years of age in his native Tenn essee. Since then he has follow ed it as avidly as "Old Heavy," (Continued on page 4) Brother Dies In Washington Mrs. Ormond Leggett Was ! On Way To See Her Bro ther At Walter Reid Hos- 1 pita! At Time Of His j Death Donald Bottorf, 20-year-old Navy man, died in the Walter) Reid hospital in Washington Sun day afternoon at 5 o'clock. He had just arrived there by plane I from Germany to receive treat- 1 ment for lukema, with which he was recently found to be suffer-! ing while his ship was at a Germ- ! an port. He was a brother of Mrs. Or mond Leggett of Southport and visited here last year following, his discharge from the service and ? before reenlisting. Mrs. Leggett left Sunday morning but he died be/ore she reached the hospital. Burial is being held this after noon with military honors at his home at Lock Haven, Pa. j Killing Doe Is Costly Business Arrested for killing and hav ing in their possession a doe deer, two Brunswick men and one man from Columbus en countered stiff fines when they were taken before Magistrate J. P. Long, at Bolton, and tried last week. They were taken in Columbus county. Charlie King, of Free land, | was fined $25.00 and costs; Os j car Phelps, of Supply pal<jL. 1 $50.00 and costs and Bernard I Simmons of Whltevllle, paid $25.00 and costs. The arrests were made by Game Wardens Charles Skip per, of Leland; H. T. Bowmer, of Soutiiport, and Wardens D. C. Hewett and Braswell of Col umbus county. Soda Shop Moves To New Building Move Made Sunday Morn ing From Old Quarters To Newly Completed Building Next Door With Christmas here and every thing in a rush, the Shallotte j I Soda Shop and Cafe, formerly .the Shallotte Drug company, got ! extrai busy early Sunday morning j and everybody from Dr. Guy Cul- . pepper on down to the volunteer j helpers, went to moving stock j | and fixtures into the larger and j much more attractive quarters [next door. It was necessary to get moved, as carpenters were waiting to j begin remodeling the old quarters! for the Waccamaw Bank and ( i Trust company Monday, or as [ soon as the soda shop vacated ' (Continued on Page Six) J Our ROVING Reporter W. B. KEIIIH Next week's issue of The Pilot comes out Monday, two days ! earlier than usual. It should reach most of its readers the day be fore Christmas. This early issue makes it necessary that news , mater and advertising be at thei office a little earlier than usual. | A spry-appearing old colored i man from Leland dropped in to ? see us this week. He was Willie Anderson and we mentally set his age down as being about 70. On | inquiry it developed that he was 82-years of age, an age that he [ neither looked or acted. I We extend our thanks to Coach 1 Blankenship, of Shallotte, and , Womble, of Leland, both of whom i seconded some remarks made in . this column last week about | sportsmanship. It looks as If the schools will have a jajn-up fine session of sports this year and we c.re glad to see the hoys, girls Supreme Court Grants Cause Another Trial ? i Shallotte Negro Charged I With Murder Of H. Jim Williamson Early This 1 Year And Was Convicted Of Crime DEATH SENTENCE BY JUDGE PARKER No Indication When New Trial Will Be Held, Or Whether Gause Will Be Tried In This County The State Supreme court last week held that Judge R. Hunt Parker erred in his charge to the New Hanover jury which con victed Leon Gause of first de gree murder, and this act auto matically throws the case back into the courts of Brunswick county for a new trial. The next move in the case, the Shallotte negro charged with the murder of Charlie Williams, is apparently up to Solicitor Clifton Moore, of Burgaw. Originally the case was to be heard in Brunswick. Coming up for trial at the spring term it was ruled by court officials that too much feeling existed against Gause for him to get a fair trial. Accordingly the matter was trans ferred to New Hanover for trial and there a jury found him guil ty Following the verdict of guil ty, Judge Parker sentenced Gause to die in the gas chamber for the crime. From this verdict an ap peal was taken to the Supreme court. If he elects to do so, it is un derstood that Solicitor Moore can place Gause on trial again for his life at the January term of court. Likewise either he or the negroes attorneys can again ask that the case be heard outside of Bruns wick county. P,-T. A. Xmas Party Is Held Program Of Christmas Car ols By Students Of First Three Grades Featured Monthly Meeting The December meeting of the Southport Parent-Teacher Asso ciation Thursday night in the high school auditorium developed into an enjoyable Christmas par ty, featuring a program of carols by students of the first three grades, and winding up with re freshments of punch and cookies. The devotional was conducted by the Rev. Paul H. Fields, pas tor of Trinity Methodist church, who made brief but appropriate remarks about the Christmas sea son. Mrs. Thelma Willis, teacher of the second grade, was in charge of the musical program, and in addition to the carols, the Christ mas story from St. Luke was read by Joe Cochran, Jr. During the business meeting the Parent-Teachers Association voted to transfer $150.00 from the proceeds of the Hallowe'en Carnival to the lunchroom fund. It was decided to use $20.00 for each of the first eight grades for the purchase of athletic equip ( Continued on Paee 6)t and their coaches all agreeing that sportsmanship is an import ant part of the game. The Shallotte business places are this year offering more . *to the Christmas shoppers than any place in Brunswick county has ever before been able to offer. The folks down there not only have the goods. Uiey advertise and let folks know they have a mighty good trading center. Cigars are now the most plen tiful of any time since long be fore the war. Even when they were scarce our good friend, Clarence Montgomerry, of the Brunswick river bridge communi ty, always had a couple to stuff in our pocket when we called on him. He's handing out better ones now. Shallotte folks, including the; (Continued on ;??f6 five) OLD SENATOR AND THE NEW ] " I LEADERS ? North Carolinians were shockfed Sunday to learn of the death that morning of Senator J. W. Bailey at his home in Raleigh. On the right, above, is shown William B. Umstead, who was named yesterday j by Governor R. Gregg Cherry to succeed Senator Bailey. Major Changes Made In Arrangement Of Gardens Misses Chance At Big Buck Roy Rabon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Habon, of Winna bow, came home for the week end to engage in his first deer hunt In more than four years. Roy was following right in the steps of his deer-hunting fa ther, and so it was no surprise when he quickly got back in stride at the Saturday morning hunt. One of his duties was to place about one-half the men on the hunt on their stands. This he did in good order, then took a place himself. As the drive progressed the deer start ed running, and about mid morning a fine buck headed by Roy's stand. About 35-paces away he stopped and threw his head high, and Just at that moment Roy raised his double barrel twelve and let her go ? click, click! In the excitement of his re turn to his best-loved sport, the Brunswick county boy had neglected to breach his gun far enough to cock it. Johnnie, Mike and Layton Poole, three Army buddien of Roy, came down with him, and Mike Poole killed one of the two bucks that were tajien dur ing the day. Commissioners In Session Monday Routine Matters Disposed 1 Of Before New Board At( Their Second Regular \ Meeting Members of the board of coun ty commissioners held their se cond regular meeting here Mon day and disposed of a number of routine matters. The board passed a motion to forward to the State Highway Commission a recommendation for the improvement of the road from Gray's Bridge near William Blanton's to the Brown school on the Shell Point road. Appearing before the board in behalf of this project were M. L. Galloway, A. E. Callendar, O. L. Phelps and A. B. Hale. They re ported that the school bus is ex periencing extreme difficulty in reversing this road, and that re ( Continued on Page Sixi Attractive Doll Display Opens Dolls Of Many Nations Are Shown In Native Cos tumes During Christmas Season At Arrington's In Southport The dolls of many nations dis- ] played in the show windows of Arlington's at Southport, all ar- j rayed in the native customs of the various countries to which | they belong, have been attracting I much attention. | They portray real creative art in their many garbs and sizes, J ranging from the tiny figures 1 from Guatemala to the huge bear skin-clothed representative from | Czechslovokia. Some of the dolls are also shown in the windows at Blanna's, next door to Arring- , I ton's. Photographers Will Enjoy New And More Beautiful Opportunities In Beauti ful Orton Grounds This Season BLOOMING SEASON IS LENGTHENED By Careful Selection Of Plants, Season For The Garden Has Been Ex tended From Early Fall To Summer Following many weeks of hard work, a major renovation pro gram covering part of the beau tiful Orion Gardens has been completed. Visitors there this win ter and spring, especially the hundreds of camera fans pn ir/V find many rare' spots for the ex ercising- their' artistic touch, with the stately mansion home as the centerpiece. The redesigning program in cluded the removal of the many large camellia trees directly in front of the mansion. This al lows an unobstructed view of the front from many angles. Heretofore, good photographs of the mansion could only be made from the right hand corner or from the walk directly in front. The large trees that were re moved in the new program have been replaced with smalled grow th. A number of the visitors' walks have also been moved to new locations and the visitors get an entirely new view of both gardens and mansion. Keeping pace with the rede signing of tne gardens, hundreds of camellia bushes, encouraged by the warm weather, have broken out in full bloom. These flowers, of which the gardens and nursery has hundreds of varieties, were selected by variety to bloom from September through March and well into April. The usual course j is for a small number of the bushes or trees to bloom in Sept ember, the number increasing each month until the peak is reached in early spring. The un usual this year is that there are now as many blooms as are usual ly found when the plants approach their blooming peak in February. Dance Place Is Opened At Leland Mr*. Carrie's Place Will Be Operated As Popular Dine And Dance Attrac tion Near Brunswick River Bridge Mrs. Carrie's Place, on Route 74, opposite the winter quarters of the R. & S. Amusements, was I formally opened Saturday night with a cafiacity crowd and fine music and dancing. Not content to wait until build ling conditions would permit her husband to carry > out his long cherished plans of building a big night club with a seating capa city of 600, Jimmie Raftery has remodelled a small building on I the property on which their home and the show grounds are located. They will have dancing every night, with the big nights on Wednesdays and Saturday nights. Good string bands will furnish the music on all occasions as the dance floor is not large enough to accommodate an orchestra. In addition to the dance hall a fine little cafe is being operated and special attention is being given : to private parties for both meals! ayyj dancing. * [a , ?. > "A v Churches Plan Special Music For Christmas Four Churche* of Southport. Planning Special Christ mat Program#, With Mu sic Playing Leading Role CANTATA SUNDAY NIGHT AT METHODIST Baptists, Episcopalians And. Catholics Also Planning Christmas Programs During Week Special Christma3 programs have been planned by members of four of the churches of Souths port, beginning Sunday morning with an entertainment by the children of the Methodist church during the Sunday School hour. . At the Sunday evening service at Trinity Methodist church mem bers of the choir will present a Christmas cantata, under the di rection of Mrs. R. I. Mintz. The choir has been practicing for this program for several weeks, and it bids fair to be one of the out standing events of the Christmas season. The Sunday School of the Southport Baptist Church vvi'l present a Christmas pageant en titled "Day Star Divine" under the direction of Mrs. Jack Oliver on Christmas night. During the program there will be a special offering taken for , the building fund campaign. At St. Phillips Episcopal church in Southport a mid-night service has been planned for Christmas Eve, beginning at 11 o'clock. Either Bishop Thomas Wright or the Rev. Mortimer Glover, of St. James Episcopal church, Wil mington, will be in charge of this service. In commemoration of the birth of the Saviour, Father Frank J, Howard, pastor of the Sacred Heart Catholic church, Southport, has announced through his as sistant, Father Francis A. Mc Carthy, the celebration of mid nit.; mass for Christmas It will be the first liftejy *' 'o )^earv that mid-nlte mass" has been of fered in the Sacred Heart church. The families Christmas carols will be sung by members of the Sacred Heart church choir pre ceding the other ceremonies. Sev eral members of the other churches in Southport have gen erously given their services in rendering the music for the oc casion. At 11:55 o'clock a few words of welcome will be extend ed all by Father McCarthy. At imidnite the holy sacrifice of the mass ? which is the central act of worship in the Catholic hcurch ?will begin. The Christmas mes sage will be delivered by Father McCarthy during the mass. An invitation is given to all of the members of the communi ty of Southport, regardless of denomination, to attend the mid nite service and witness perhaps for the first time the sacred ac tion of the holy sacrifice of the mass. Two other masses will follow later on in the morning at 10.00 and 10:30 o'clock. Fatal Accident Sunday Evening Pender County Youth I* Victim Of Automobile Crash At Alligator Creek Bridge In This County Jay J. Batson, 20-year old navy man and resident of Pender coun ty was killed in an automobile wreck on the Alligator Creek bridge Saturday night. His body was thrown from the car into the water and was not found until noon the next day. Preliminary investigation has indicated that he was killed in the wreck and not drowned. Following the recovery of the body State Highway Patrolman C. J. Ferguson went to the James Walker hospital and rerved a warrant on Fred Brown, driver of the car, charging him with reckless operation, resulting in death. Brown and M. L. Walton, companions of BatSon, told offi cers they were on their way from Wilmington to Wrightsville Beach when they overturned on the Brunswick county bridge in the opposite direction. There is said to be evidence of drinking and that the car ap proached the bridge, on a curve, at high speed. The machine over turned on the bridge and Walton and Brown were carried to Wilmington hospital In a serious condition. No trace was found of Batson following the accident un til the body was located the next day. The State highway patrol men Investigating the accident expressed belief that ha was kill? (ConUniMd aa paja 4)