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NO
jf SIXTEEN
NO. 39
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The News
All The Time
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? oouthport, N. C., Wednesday, December 25th, 1946 sTTso per yea* published every wtuNtauAi
Idcoly Agent
Optimistic In J
1947 Forecast
, te, J That Farmers
!,v Look Forward To
Lng Demand For Pro
Lee During Coming
?r At Good Prices
ro? ASE COST
^ OF PRODUCTION
^able Farm Outlook Is
^ Upon Assumption
jf .Normal National
Jjanditions Generally
to eve of the New Year, I
i J K. Dodson has
f , ? the crystal ball
IHt made the following pre- J
s regarding matters that
fiect the farmers in 1947. J
Lultural Oiitl<x>k For 1947
r . . rally can look for
1947 to a strong demand }
facts near or only slightly!
t -j: tW6 ifvel. Prices for ;
tun: products will pass the
tjv the middle of 1947 but I
tarraers pay will continue I
9 A decline of about 10 to I
?? cent in net farm income |
likely due to a 5 per cent I
s* in cash receipts and the '
sed cost of production.
,iabor should be available
njis will remain at the
high level. By increasing
sua efficiency and limiting
to necessities, farmers
n net incomes as high as
^tlook for farmers gen
avorable. This, how
? ?
i Used on the assumption
Jjjjfiv normal national situa
'jlicush strikes may not
I; irsers immediately and j
k. ",ed strikes curtail
?; p reduction and reduce
power of industrial
P, which, in turn, effects
iBari for agricultural pro
j Unless the present coal
1 3 settled quickly and
jr.ous labor-management
bare avoided, the present
rtol situation which in
i rather favorable out
a; be radically changed.
Tobacco
disappearance of all
( tobacco is in prospect
I coming year as domestic
?dor. is expected to re
ts s high level and exports
* as high or only slightly j
iar. the exports in 1946, :
*ere the largest in 14 j
The British loan was a
affecting exports. The
t has suggested that
in of flue-cured tobacco
|- 'die 1946 level, but the
! JRduction be curtailed 15
If production in 1947
fce with the goals, prices
to be higher than
c ralue which was ap
Wy 34.6 per pound in
p*: 1946 for types 11 to
extent prices will be
1 the loan rate will depend
(T upon the extent of infla
IBi the Xational income sit
aisting when the markets
A serious recession would
ssji: in prices near loan
Peanuts
Miand for peanuts will be
b 1947 than during the last
Continued on Page 4)
Iritf Neat
Flashet
?w Bi ll, DING
?^Coastal Drug company, at '
owned by Fred Mintz.
"Uy been engaged in mak
I'onsiderable addition to the
^ building. The work is
**? completed.
"AS DANCE
and his popular
lfaLWiU play for a Christ"
^ ' 'o be held in the Com
r .1'''!''? Thursday even
ly T>i>i:r 26- beginning a 9
?C is being given
l ,<nefit of the Southport
I _ 1 Piano fund.
MAS GREETINGS
\ount still is a pa
0rth^4'c Hospital.
>-^.4 ar''' "ord received
| . - indicates that
I ? splendid progress
' V ^ ?Very from severe
'^!C^ he has been un
K . ''""ivrt ever since
1 4 '>mds- Little Phil wishes
S ^?mbered to all his
'Ha h ' wick eounty- He
I) J" w'shes he might
hstmas greeting to
^ ? i? ^rsotla'ly. but since
r S?t? e'"31'1' has asked
^ ?n Pilot to do it for
The Meaning Of Christmas
The beauty of Christmas has come down
to us through the birth of the Saviour who
taught the world that love is stronger than
hate and good mightier than evil. May this
prevailing spirit of good will embrace us all
during this joyous holiday season, with best
wishes for Christmas from this paper to all
its readers.
Rovin' Reporter Visits
Cattle Ranch At Bolton
Brahma Cattle Being Intro
duced To This Area In
Experiment With Cattle
Raising In This Section
GIVES DUAL USE
OF TIMBER LAND
Believed That This Breed
Will Thrive While Forag
ing Lands On Which
Timber Also Is Pro
duced
BY W. B. KEZIAH
Some really contented cows
may be on their range at the
Makatoka fire tower, this despite
the fact that all of the more ma
ture animals have a very pro
nounced chip on their shoulders,
with the younger ones fast de
veloping the same thing.
The cows ? to be exact 53 cows
and 3 purebred bulls ? are of the
Brahma breed, bought by the
Riegel Paper Company from the
Circle O Ranch in Florida, where
they were raised by Henry O.
Portinn and Sons. J. B. Lattay,
of the Riegel Paper Company, is
understood to have originated the
idea of buying the cattle and al
lowing them to range on portions
Very few people have ever
noticed that a cow does not
perspire ? sw- 'at to you. Like
wise very few have ever noticed
that they did. because they
don't. TTiere is no such a thing
as the ordinary bovine sweat
ing. . ,
But the long-eared, dewlapp
ed and hump-backed Brahma
cows introduced in Brunswick
county by the Reigel Paper
company are not ordinary
cows. At least not to this part
of the world. County soil con
servationist I/eR?V iMintz is
authority for the statement that
they live on lens, can outrun a
jackrabbit and that they sweat
like a horse.
of the 94.000 -acres of woods and
swamp lands which the company
[owns in Brunswick county.
After much study of the type
of cattle best suited to climate,
ability to withstand insectn and
at the same time be real beef pro
ducers, the choice finally settled
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New Manager Of
Service Station
Lindsey Piggott Has
Gulf Service Station And
Lunch Room At Lei and
And Will Operate Busi
ness
Lindsey Piggott.
Dlv man now living at Lelana
? l?,?d the Gulf SUU? ??1
74 and 17, near tne
river bridge. This Pl?^ o^d by
E L Krahnke. was operated un
til recently by Foster Robb'nS_,
Folks who know ^ u_
^0^" defence despite
adversity. h first
Serving throughout
(Continued on pag? '
Kills Deer Just
Inside Shallotte
With the animal browsing
contentedly in R. D. White's
grain field at the rear of the
Williamson Motor Company
building at Shallotte one day
last week, Cecil Tripp walked
up near enough to make sure
| it had horns and bagged a fine
buck deer with one shot from
i a rifle.
Parties had noticed the deer
grazing in the field, almost In
the heart of the town. Luther
White, who was with Tripp,
did not shoot because he said
he didn't see its horns. The
horns were only about three
inches in length.
Christmas Party
At Plantation
Old-Time Christmas Party
Will Again Feature Festi
vities At Famous Orton
Plantation This Year
The regular old time Plantation j
Christmas, an event started sev- 1
eral years ago by the late Capt
ain Henry Churchill Bragaw, be
fore he entered the service and
was killed in Italy, will be held
at Orton next Monday.
i As the name indicates, the
event is patterned' after those
that took place on the plantations
of the south many years ago,
before the civil war. Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Sprunt, their sons and vari
ous officials of the plantation
employees and theif families. The
number usually runs between 125
and 150 persons.
All employees, white and color
ed, and members of their families
'join in the event. In addition to
all receiving presents they join
I in games and merrymaking.
Leland Winner
Over Southport
Visitors Turn Back South
port In Couple Of Thril
ling Contests Thursday
Night
Ths Leland cagers won a double
I header from Southport here
.Thursday night in two hard
'fought, thrilling contests.
After getting off to a slow
start, the Southport girls came
back with a bang in the latter
stages of the opening contest to
give the Leland lassies a real
'scare before losing by a five
! point margin.
The boys' game was a ding
'dong battle, with Southport off
| to a 6-3 lead in the first quarter,
j Leland poured in the points dur
ling the second period to grab a
19-12 lead at the half.
! Southport was able to hold Le
I land in check in the last two
periods, but the damage was done
(Continued on Page 4)
Christmas Will
Feature Series
Church Programs
Christmas Cantata Present- 1
ed Before Large Congre-j
gation Sunday Evening
By Trinity Methodist
Choir
THREE CHRISTMAS
EVE PROGRAMS
Eoiscopalians, Presbyterians
And Catholics Will Have
Programs On That
Night; Baptists
Wednesday
The Christmas celebration at
the churches of Southport was
away to an auspicious beginning
Sunday evening when the choir
of Trinity Methodist church pre- 1
sented a cantata, "The First
Christmas." This program was
presented for the benefit of a |
congregation which packed the
church auditorium, and was one
of the most difficult undertak
ings ever attempted by a local
choir. It was under the direction
of Mrs. R. I. Mintz.
On Christmas Eve ther/8 will be
a program at 7:30 o'clock at the i
Presbyterian church, and the pub
lic is invited to attend, Later in
the evening there will be two
mid-night services.
Either Bishop Thomas Wright
or the Rev. Mortimer Glover will I
be in charge of mid-night ser- j
vices at St. Phillips Episcopal
church beginning at 11 o'clock.
Father Francis A. McCarthy
will celebrate the midnight mass
for Christmas at the Sacred
Heart Catholic church. Member3
of other choirs in the community
will join with the Catholis choir
in singing Christmas carols on
this occasion.
On Christmas evening at 7:30
o'clock the Sunday School of
Southport Baptist church will pre
sent the program, "Day Star Di
vine," under the direction of Mrs.
Jack Oliver. During the program
there will be a special offering
taken for the building fund cam
paign.
Waccamaw Man
Seriously Hurt
Durant Canady Is Patient
At Dosher Memorial Hos
pital Following Accident
At Supply Wednesday
Morning
Durant Canady, Waccamaw
township ir.an, was seriously in
jured early last Wednesday morn
ing when his car left the road
and was overturned several times
on highway 17 at Supply. Kraft
Carlisle, a companion, is also re
ported as badly injured.
The accident occurred near the
store and filling station of Odell J
Blanton and both men were j
brought to the hospital here, |
where Canady is still a patient, j
Both of his legs were broken near
the hip and he is also said to ;
have received severe chest and
shoulder injuries.
Canady is being held under a
two-thousand-dollar bond for trial
at the January term of court. It
is alleged in the warrant that he
robbed Robert L. Stanley, Wac
camaw township ex-service man,
of the sum of $1,600 several
weeks ago. The case was sent di
rect to Superior court by Magis
trate Coy Formyduval, before :
whom he was given a hearing. His ,
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No Session Of
Recorder's Court j
There was no session of the
Recorders Court this week, all
cases that have come up during
the past week have been schedul- 1
ed for trial on Monday, Decern- j
ber 30.
Several cases have already been j
docketed for next Monday and it!
is probable that quite a bit of
business will confront Judge W.
J. McLamb and the Solicitor.
Fishing Craft
Sinks At Sea
Trawler Mary-Clark, Owned
By Dr. L. C. Fergus, Lost
Off Okracoke Friday;
Crew Members All Safe
The Mary-Clark, fishing craft
owned by Dr. L. C. Fergus and
named for his wife and son, was.
lost in heavy seas at Ocracoke I
I riday afternoon at 2 o'clock. !
The vessel, a 55-foot trawler ;
built three years ago and usually j
setting the pace in production, I
was in charge of Captain Clarence
Simmons.
All members of the crew were
saved by the Coast Guard. The
craft reportedly sprang a leak
during heavy seas. Dispatches say
that 11 were were removed from
the sinking boat by the Coast
Guard and that no one was in
jured.
As in the case with other large
trawlers owned by Southport peo
ple, the Mary-Clark fished here
only during the busiest part of
the season, moving northward
when shrimping slacked up. She
usually went as far as New Jer
sey each winter, while many
others of the big locally-owned
craft go to Florida and other
Southern points.
It is understood that there was
no insurance. At the present cost
of building or buying and equip
ping boats she would have easily
brought between fifteen and twen
ty thousand dollars.
Heart Attack Is
Fatal Ta Man
* #
Solon Stocks Found Dead In
Yard At His Home; First
Report Was That He Had
Been Shot
Coroner W. E. Bell investigat
ed the sudden death under mys
terious circumstances of Solon
Stocks, Longwood white man, last
Monday night and reported that
the death was due to a heart at
tack.
Stocks was found lying dead
in the yard of his home near
Longwood, and when members of
his family recalled having heard
an explosion nearby only a short
time before, they assumed that he
had been shot, Sheriff John G. |
White was called, and he relayed
the message to Coroner Bell.
When these men and other of
ficers appeared at the Stocks
home Coroner Bell made a pre
liminary investigation which fail
ed to reveal any sign of death by
violence, and when a thorough
search failed to disclose that any
unnatural cause contributed to
his death. Coroner Bell deemed an
innuest unnecessary and ruled
that death was due to a heart
attack.
HOLDEN'S IX FLORIDA
Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Holden and
childre.., of Durham and Lock
woods Folly township, left Sat
urday on a ten day trip to points
in Florida.
Our
ROVING
Reporter
W. B. KEZIAIT
| Getting about the county week
after week for several years has
had its many pleasures. We have
been meeting hundreds and hund
reds of Brunswick people fairly
often and practically all of them
have been very helpful in one j
way or another. They have aided :
U3 in getting news items, stories, !
advertising, subscriptions and in|
nearly every fray in which theyj
I could aid. With Christmas com- j
' ing on fast we have been rather ,
worried because it is an impos- 1
sible task to even begin getting!
a personal word of appreciation
to all these people. All we can
say must be said here if \ye are
to reach all to whom we would'
| like to make acknowledgements j
? and good wishes. We appreciate
j everything you folks have done, J
j and The State Port Pilot appre- J
i
ciates it. Together we wish every
body in Brunswick county a very
happy Christmas.
Beginning now it will be ap
preciated if all of our sport fish- j
ing friends will start sending us
reports of unusual saltwater fish
ing incidents. Anything and every
thing that will make a story ?
and u lot of things will make ;
stories if you will only send usi
the important essentials, such as
names, dates and facts about un- J
usual catches. In addition to much
of this matter being used in The j
Pilot much more will be sent to
national saltwater sport fishing,
magazines and will thereby be a
source of valuable publicity to
Brunswick county.
i Continued oo Page 6).
Catching Coons Is Profitable
Winter Sidejine For Farmer
Robert McRacken Has His Troubles With
Coons During Mellon Season But Gets
Revenge Now
Robert McRackan, Walden
Creek farmer, is having consider
able fun at the expense of the
coons. At the same time he is
getting revenge for ravages made
by the animals on his mellon and
corn fields, not to say other dam
age that has been done by the
animals during the summer and
fall.
Up to the present week Mr.
McRackan had caught some 45
coons this season, hunting in the
early evenings and mornings. His
biggest catch was made this past
Friday when his dogs got five of
the animals on the edge of a corn
field where they had been feeding.
A great deal of water mellons
are grown in the Walden Creek
area and Mr. McRackan says
that the coons are very damag
ing to this crop. They eat holes
in the choicest mellons during
nightly visits and there seems no
way to keep them from the mel
Ion fields. Unless they are killed j
during the winter months when
their hides are worth something. !
The coons also do much damage
to corn in the field. Apparently
they are fond of this crop, raiding
the fields from the time the crop
is in the roasting ear stage on
through until it is harvested. It
is not just the corn that they
eat that is lost. They sample a
great many ears and leave them,
and these sampled ears quickly
rot in wet weather.
A coon hide, depending on its
size, is now worth from two to
five dollars. An additional dollar
and a half can be obtained for
the carcass of the animal when
a hunter has a customer who is
fond of coon meat. There seems i
to be plenty of these people ???]
this particular hunter never has!
any trouble selling all of his
skinned coons.
Check On Paving Shows
County Had Some Work
Bushels Of Rats
Killed Last Week
Tearing up the wooden floor 1
and the old vault base in the
former Shallotte Drug company
building last week, workmen
found that literally hundreds of
large rats had made their head
quarters there. When the ensu
ing battle came to an end it is
said there was a pile of between
two and three bushels of dead
rats to be carried away and dis
posed of. More than two-hundr- j
ed of the rats killed were ex- I
tra large ones.
This work is preparatory to
|HJttlng in a new floor and oth
erwise renovating the building
a-j the future quarters of the
Shallotte branch of the Wacca
maw Bank Si Trust Co.
River Road Is
Hurt By Rains
Heavy Rain Friday Put An
End To Travel On Cer
tain Portions Of Road For
Time Being;' Interferes
With Mail
Fridey's heavy rains put the
River Road out of commission
again. From a distance above
Orton Plantation all cars bound
to Wilmington Saturday had to
come around by Southport. Ex
cept for what the carrier was
able to deliver on foot by carry
ing in a grain sack, there was no
mail along a considerable stretch
of the river road Saturday, none
at all on portions of it.
The mail carrier is said to have
become hopelessly stuck near
Funston. Many cars that tried to
get around by Southport Friday
evening and Saturday morning
also got stuck.
According to figures obtained
from the weather bureau observ
er in Southport, total precipita
tion during the 24-hour perior
ending Friday afternoon was 3.21
inches.
Guard Quarters
Burn Thursday
Valuable Building With All
Its Furnishings Destroyed
By Fire At Brunswick
County Prison Camp
The guard quarters, a good 7
room well-furnished building with
bath, was completely destroyed
by fire at the Brunswick county
prison camp at Shallotte Thurs
day morning at 10 o'clock. It is
reported that nothing was saved
from the structure.
The convicts, numbering about
45, were nearly all away working
on various road projects. When
the fire was discovered it had
made such headway that the few
available men were unable to do
anything towards saving the build
ing.
The camp and its inmates are
in charge of Capt. W. T. White.
It is understood that he and about
all the guards were absent with
the men. They had a good fire
going in the grate before leaving
early that morning and it is sup
posed that the fire originated In!
this manner.
Resurfacing On The Bell
Swamp Road Has Been
Completed And Inspec
tion Made By Officials
Of Highway Commission
NINE MILES OF
NEW PAVING DONE
Resurfacing of Thomasboro
Hickman's Cross Roads
Highway And On No.
17 Done This Year
Nearly seven miles of the Bell
Swamp road from Winnabow to
wards Southport has just had Its
| resurfacing project completed.
This stre.tiii nearly went to piece3
from the vrtt weather and heavy
travel last summer. State high
way engineers made their final j
inspection of the work last week. 1
During the year five miles of
new hard surfacing road was
built from Shallotte to Shallotte
Point. Nearly four miles of new
paving was also laid on the River
Road paralleled with the ship lay
in basin. This gave the county a
total of about nine miles of new
paved road during the year.
About three or four miles of ;
the road between Hickman's;
Cross Roads and Thomasboro has ;
also been resurfaced this year.
This work, together with the Bell
Swamp resurfacing and the re- j
surfacing of part of Route 17 1
through Shallotte and Supply i
makes about 20 miles of resurfac- !
ed road for the year.
Honey Island j
Hunting Good
Party Bagged Two Big
Bear And Couple of Deer
While Operating In That
Vicinity Last Week
Two big, black bear and two j
buck deer, in addition to smaller
game, fell victims to the guns
and dogs of John Furnside and
several hunters from Albemarle
operating in the Green Swamp
near Honey Island last week.
Eight regular bear hounds were
used in these chases. Most of
these animals are owned or are in
the care of Fernside, who each
year trains quite a number of
bear hounds for parties in Tenn
essee and other states. Residents
of that part of the county claim
that Fernside is the best bear
hunter and trainer of bear
dogs in the county, if not in the
state. He also has quite a repu
tation as a fisherman, with Ma
katoka Lake his favorite point of
operations.
j Referring to this Makotoka
Lake, concerning which the gen
eral public knows very little,
Dempsey Atkins, one of the Rei
gel Paper Company's Makotoka
headquarters, gave a newsman
some definite information last
week. Mr. Atkinson said that the
lake is only one mile in length
and six hundred feet in width,
with an average depth of four
teen feet. Its waters abound with
blackfish, jacks, redfinn pike and
other fish, with plenty of alliga
tors thrown in.
Among the fishermen who
swear by this lake are Arthur and
Irving Little, . Memory Ward,
Ben Grey, Allen Simmons, John
Fernside and Irksene Vereen.
Southport Native
Is Appointed To
Important Post
Dr. Margaret D. Craighill
Named Consultant For
Medical Care Of Wo
men's Veterans
DR. CRAIGHILL IS
SOUTHPORT NATIVE
Served As Major In Army
Medical Corps During
War And Received Le
gion Of Merit For
Services
Dr. Margaret D. Craighill, a
native of Southport and former
consultant for women's health and
welfare to the Army's Surgeon
General, is consultant for the
medical care of women veterans,
the first position of its kind In
Veterans Administration.
Dr. Craighill serves with 11
other distinguished medical spe
, aj> who are consultants In
meai and surgery for VA
hospitals. The group is headed by
Brig. Gen. Elliott C. Cutler (ret.)
of the Peter Bent Brigham Hos
pital of Boston. Dr. Craighill is
a specialist in surgery and gyne
cology. _
Dr. Craighill was appointed a
major in the Army Medical Corps
In May, 1943, and developed poli
cies for physical standards and
medical care for the WAC as
consultant to the Army Surgeon
General. She also advised on
health matters for other Army
women personnel.
She was presented with the
Legion of Merit for her duties,
which included a round-the-world
inspection trip to investigate
health and living conditions of
Army women overseas. When she
left the Army, she was a lieuten
ant colonel.
Before Joining the Army, Dr.
Craighill was dean of the Wom
en's Medical College of Pennsyl
vania in Philadelphia, the only
medical college for women in the
United States.
The daughter of Mrs. Mary W.
Craighill and the late Col. W. E.
Craighill, Dr. Craighill was born
!in Southport, N. C., and received
'her Bachelor of Arts and Master
I of Science degrees from the Uni
versity of Wisconsin and her
doctorate from Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine.
After graduate work at Hopkins
and Yale Universities, she estab
lished private practice in Green
wich, Conn.
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New Service Is
Being Offered
Electrical Sales Concern At
Shallotte Now Offering
Complete Installation Ser
vice In Connection With
Sales
The Kings Electrical Sales Co.,
a Shallotte concern which began
business less than a year ago with
E. Kravitz as proprietor, has been
rapidly branching out and extend
ing its business.
This week Mrr. Kravitz an
nounced that in connection with
the electrical supply business he
has secured the services of Vanca
E. Hart, of Fayetteville, a licens
ed electrican and electrical con
tractor. In addition to now being
able to furnish anything in electri
cal equipment the company is pre
pared to contract for or other
wise install any sort of electrical
wiring or equipment job with Mr.
Hart doing or supervising all
work. He entered upon his duties
a week ago.
The original store, handling
electrical supplies exclusively, was
In a small rented room. Recently
a large and attractive concrete
(Continued on page 4)
Navy Veteran
Goes Into Army
Leo Orenstein Is One Of
Three Southport Boys
Accepted For Scrvice In
Regular Army Last Week
Fourteen applicants, including
eight veterans, were accepted for
enlistment by the Wilmington
Army Recruiting Station during
the week ending December 14, It
was announced today.
One Navy veteran, Leo N.
Orenstein. Southport,, was accept
ed from the Brunswick County
Area. He enlisted in the grade of
S.Sgt. for assignment to the Med
ical Corpa
Non-veterans accepted from
this area were: Johnnie M. N or
ris. Southport and Edgar A.
Muncy, Southport.
U. S. Army Recruiting Station
is located in Room 203, P. Q,