rhe pilot Covers pruns-vick County NO. 42 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, January 29th, 1947 fl.50 PER YEA* fUBLlSHED EVERY WEDNESDA* 0il Meeting gj-unswick REA Attracts Crowd Of Officers Indi es Healthy Growth Of Operative During Past Despite Adverse Conditions M ? CHANGES IN DIRECTOR group fry President, Foster |-t2'Made An Address fhich Explains Need for Hard-To-Get Materials t Brunswick County REA s biggest and rnosi suc y annual meeting since it' funded at the Waccamaw ^ building at Ash on Jan ,lSth. A big barbecue din-j featured the entertainment, j jiperintendent E. D. Bishop -at more than 600 patrons It organization were present te all-day session. eSanta Fe Trail Blazers, a Hi organization from the i station at Whiteville, furn | excellent music throughout, iy They were assisted by; friendship Baptist church ! i The morning was taken jy routine business, featur j* annual address of Presi Fcster Mintz: the report of ary-treasurer LeRoy Mintz je report Superintendent E. lee? toe's report showed that !?a has gained 444 new! (does during the past j r sonths and that 28.7 miles upole lines have been built. ?A>r.t Mintz in his address, lit part: (f iave continued to go for | airing 1946, in spite of the f acdicaps encountered in' t. equipment and materials pr; to operations and ! leance. and the connections! ? members. During the' lw we have completed the ?con of 387 work orders '? Iwr 444 new members Mr present lines. Thjs re-' pioout 30 miles of addi- j p.* miles and now gives | linerage of 4.8 or nearly j pets per mile. This is a P growth for our present (In fact, the trend of, wy be too fast for the I of our system, as the ; la developing faster than salion of material deliver * permit the installation of "ppment lo provide the Nt capacity. to;: 1'. -years ago your! jltf directors authorized our : to make a complete ' Nfour present system, in I JThO". with the new dis t? lines to be added to our system, to determine the tents necessary to provide ' Sine capacity to render r* *rvice to our entire J This study revealed *fc?ty of constructing a > transmission line I l*Bteville to Shallotte, as feeder, and new substa- 1 ?bout a times as large as use' In normal times ! J ruction would have been t Ontinued on page two IritfNtm Flashes ?*ay meeting Si'Aay Commissioner J- A.. will hold a monthly ! ^ at the State Highway, 1 ? Fayetteville on Thurs febraary f>. Delegations in ?fan with road matters will "Sved at that time. ^TT DANCE s E. J. Prevatte, Bruns 1 County Chairman of the ? of Dimes campaign, an that she has been able Virgil West and his * orchestra for a benefit | 011 Tuesday night, Feb ' P**' Thursday night. After j ^ persons found in the . ^ guns may find them- j I "Sttiwd to give a mighty j ^aaatwn to the game Assembly Votes Emergency Bonus For State Teachers Other State Employees Included In Measure Passed Unanimously By The Legislature RALEIGH, Jan. 27.? (AP)? " State employees and teachers are elated over the unanimous ap proval of the second conference committee's report by each house of the General assembly, for it means that the February pay checks will bring initial results of supplementary salary increas es. Action by the legislature clim axed a bitter battle that has last ed for over two weeks in which the solons debated the amount of percentages of increase and period for which the pay boost should be effective. Members of the 14-member conference committee said the report assured higher pay to persons in lower salary brackets than those recommended by the initial conferees' report that the house rejected last week after the senate gave its approval. The report, of the conferees, signed unanimously, differs from the first conference committee report in the method of payment. Whereas "emergency salaries" was specified in the original bill, the report today terms the extra pay for state employes and teachers "an emergency bonus" for services rendered and to be performed. The bonus is to be payable to all state employes and teachers retroactive to Nov. 1, 1946, with one half of the total bonus to be given with the issuance of regu lar salary checks during the month of February. The remaind er of the bohus "shall be pro-rat ed according to the number of regular monthly salary checks is sued to such teachers and state employes for the remainder of the period ending June 30, 1947 (end of the fiscal year of this biennium)." Range of the bonus is from $144, for persons making $1,200 and less per year to $270 for per sons making $2,701 to $6,600 per year. Adoption of the report came speedily in the house as a jam med gallery of school officials and state employes anxiously awaited action. Rep. Reg L. Har ris of Person, chairman of the conference committee, read the (Continued on page 4) Charter Was Presented To Union Members Saturday Local 68; District 3, Of In- 1 ternational Fisher men ! And Allied Workers Of j America Becomes Acti vated In Southport SEEKING BETTER PRICES FOR SHRIMP Organization Hopes To Be Able To Work In Coop eration With Existing Dealers And With out Strikes The charter was presented to Local 68, District 3, Internation al Fishermen and Allied Work ers of America at a meeting Saturday night in the Brunswick county courthouse. Captain Joe Greehalgh, union organizer, was present and spoke before the group of fishermen and other persons attending the meeting. He declared that the objective of the local fisher man's organization should be to get a fair return for the pro duct of their labors, and he point ed out that there is no desire to deny the dealers a fair profit. He expressed the hope that the fishermen and dealers will be able to cooperate in carrying on the fishing industry locally in a manner that will be to the best interest of all parties concerned. Expressions from various lead ers in the movement stressed the fact that it is the purpose of the organization to accomplish their objectives without resorting to strikes. As one guarantee of this the plan was discussed for the union to operate a packing house of its own through which the catch of members might be hand led whenever it becomes impos sible for the fishermen and the dealers to reach a price agree ment. The objectives of the local group, together with the regula tions which will govern their activities, will be drawn up later. President of Local 68 is John Potter, Jr., Orville Willis is vice president; Hulan Watts, secre tary; and Dan Lewis, treasurer. Secretary Watts reports that 61 members have joined the or ganization, a good number of them be'ng negro shrimp boat operators. Consider Plans For New Church Congregation Of Shallotte Camp Methodist Chuixh Is Considering Extensive Repairs Or New Edifice The congregation of the Shal- ; lotte Camp Methodist church Shallotte is talking of making repairs to their present structure or building a larger and more attractive structure. Fred Mintz, of Shallotte, stated this week that if the building of a new church is decided upon it will probably be a year before any thing is done, owing to building : costs. However, members are going aheid with the getting of funds in various ways. | I Ladies of the congregation, do-, mg their bit in evee2" I (Continued on pag? 81X' 1 Teeth Chatter By Remote Control A few years ago Charlie Trott, local realtor, lost most of his teeth as a result of an airplane accident, and since that time the South port man has been somewhat allergic to airplanes. Charlie was In New York last week, having driven a car up there for someone. It was rather cold and he was anxious to get back to the Sunny South as quickly as possible. He for got his distrust of planes, bought a ticket and boarded one bound for home. Many miles out and several miles up, one of the engines began to miss and Charlie's teeth began to chatter. With thoughts of their safety, he quickly removed both upper and lowers and placed them in his coat pocket. After some time the pilot of the plane got the stuborn engine to working smoothly. He land ed at one of his regular stops without mishaps. Once on the ground Charlie reached Into his coat for his teeth. What was his astonishment to discover that they had chattered a hole through the pocket ? by remote control! Recorder Hears Twenty-Six Cases Monday Was Busy Day For Judge W. J. McLamb And Other Officials In Recorders Court Twenty-six cases, several of them being long drawn out. came up before Judge W. J. McLamb in Recorder's court Monday morning. The session lasted practically all day, adjournment being taken just a few minutes before 5 o'clock. The Minute Book shows the following en tries: A. L. Robinson, possession of equipment to manufacture whis key. 18 months on the roads, as signed to work the public roads, suspended on condition that he pay a fine of $200.00 and costs. The barrel of molasses and fruit jars to be sent to the county home and used there or to be re leased to Herbert Robinson. Curt Smith, drunk driving, not guilty. Harvey Riggins, non support, eight months on the roads, sus pended on condition that he pay to the Clerk of Court the sum of $20.00 per month for the sup port of his minor child, and that he pay his wife's hospital bill and costs of this case. T. F. Johnson, false pretense, continued to February 17th. Margaret A. Carleson, speed in" fined $15.00 and costs. Edward Wescott and Vernie Wescott. resisting officer and as-, sault, nol pros. Norman P. Wall, reckless op- , eration. thirty days on the roads,; suspended on payment of a fine (Continued On fa*e 5) Southport Man In Venezuela As Consultant Col. Earl I. Brown Left Monday By Plane For South American Country For Study Of Harbor Im- j provements V RECOGNIZED AS EXPERT IN LINE I Served For Many Years With U. S. Army Engin eers; Was Head Of South Atlantic Division Col. Earl I. Brown left by plane from Wilmington on Monday on the first leg of his trip to Vene zuela, South America, where he ; has been engaged as civilian en gineering consultant in the study of proposed improvements to the harbor at Maracaibo. Col. Brown will go by plane from Miami to Caracas, the capi tal of Venezuela, where he will be joined by four experts, all en gineers in government service, who will proceed with Col. Brown to Maracaibo after paying their respects to the head of the Venezuelan government in Cara cas. It is understood that Col. Brown had been asked several times prior to this to head the mission to Maracaibo, but be cause of his health had been for ced to refuse. .Because of his long service with the Corps of Engineers, and because he has had considerable experience in tropical countries, Col. Brown is particularly suited fc hi - ^nt task. The group > "" study the pro posed improvements planned to make the Lake Maracaibo har bor large enough to accommodate Caribbean shipping. Col. Brown was formerly South Atlantic Division engineer and, after having retired prior to the war, was recalled to serve as Wilmington district engineer un til his second retirement onlv two years ago. Paul M. Snell, chief of the Con struction Division, Wilmington District Corps of Engineers, is a member of the mission, serving ! as a dredging expert. A third member of the group is from California and the other two are from New York. Winnabow Man Dies Thursday Funeral Services Conducted Saturday Afternoon For D. M. Meekins; Burial At Lebanon Baptist Church D. M. Meekins, 73 year old resident of Winnabow, died at him home Thursday after a short illness. He was buried in the Lebanon church cemetery Sat- j urday afternoon following servi ces by Rev. Woodrow Robbins. Mr. Meekins is survived by a ' large family, nine daughters and . four sons, in addition to numer our grandchildren. Among .lis immediate relatives are the widow and the following eon.-'. (Continued or sage six) I Post Office Is Asking Bids On Lease Proposal With Little Apparent Pros pect For Government Construction Of Postof fice, Bids Being Sought From Private Owners SPECIFICATIONS ARE SET OUT IN DETAIL Complete Details Available From Acting Postmaster Kuss; Deadline Set For February 13th The postoffice department is advertising for bids for quarters fcr the Southport postoffice on the hasis of a 5 or 10 year lease. Although this office has been tentatively approved for a gov ernment-owned building, the in dications are that this work will not be done in the predictable future, and the department is therefore seeking proposals from private owners. The department requires 1,250 square feet of floor space, not including a lobby; the building must be centrally located; must be well lighted; and must be ac cessible from the side or rear for the purpose of loading and unloading mail. Deadline for receiving these bids has been set for February 13, the contract to begin, August j 1, this year. Interested persons may secure complete details from Acting Postmaster J. B. Russ at the Southport office. Supply Man On Naval Cruise Hubert Robinson, Of Sup ply, Leaves February 9 For Two Week's Cruise On USS Little Rock Hubert Robinson, of Supply, j will be included among the more than 250 Naval Reservists who will be aboard the light cruiser1 USS LITTLE ROCK when she ! leaves Charleston, S. C. on Feb ruary 9 for a two weeks' train- j ing cruise to San Juan, Puerto Rico. A member of the Navy's or ganized or volunteer reserve, he will have his travel expenses j paid from Supply to Charleston J and back, full Navy sea pay and allows nces and free food aboard ship. The LITTLE ROCK will spend sufficient time in San 'Juan to give all reservists ample time for shore leave or liberty. The cruise is part of the Navy's V-6 training program, member ship in which is a pre-requisite j to make such a trip. ' All former male enlisted vete-' rans of all branches of the ser- j vice up to 60 years of age who [ have an honorable discharge or were discharged under honorable conditions may enlist or reenlist in Class V-6 for inactive duty. A recent change in requirements also makes non-veterans in the 17-18 and 30-40 age bracket eli gible. Navy veterans may reen list at the rate held at time of (Continued on Page Six? Our ROVING Reporter W. B. XEZUH Some time ago something was { said in this column about the need of good sportsmanship be tween the participants in bas ketball games involving the vari ous high schools. As the sche dule of playing progresses it is, gratifying to be able to say that; so far as the players are con- j cerned the sportsmanship angle ? is being carried out well. The j boys and girls are alright, and so are their ? instructors, in view j of the spirited rivilary that now | exists between the teams. But, if we may depend on in- ] formation from several of the schools, the good sportsmanship attitude of the players dees not] always extend to the spectators. Members of several of the girls' teams are said to have become nervous and their playing hinder ed by noisy, boisterous conduct on the part of spectators at some games. In one or two instances t this unsportsraan like conduct has been carried to the point of actual fights. It is among thej spectators, as well as the play-' r - - ' ers that we now need good j sportsmanship, according to some of the school officials. Another point about the school basketball games and all other basketball games is that the re feree and other officials are usually selected by both teams. The referee is supposed to see the game and to call it as he sees it. If he calls It in the way that rabid fans for either of the teams wish him to call it, he is J a poor official. The referee is , selected for the work and unless j he is obviously unfair he should , be allowed to call the game as he sees it, without molestation from either spectators or school officials. J. H. Milligan, of Waccainaw township, reported this week that his tobacco plants were up and growing nicely. County Agent J. E. Dodson added to the tobacco plant picture by saying that such ' reports of plants being up and growing were reaching him from (Continued On Page 6) SCENE OF SCHOOL MEETING ? Soldier Bay Baptist church, at Ash, will be the scene of an important school for pastors and dea cons beginning Monday of next week. Eastern Interests Lease Land For T omato Plants Temptation Is Placed In Hand Chairman Odell Bennett of the Brunswick AAA is about the last person acquaintances would suspect of being a gambler. The young Brunswick man was in Reno, Nevada, some weeks ago, on his way home from the Farm Federation meeting in California. Walking around Reno, he stepped inte a store to buy a package of cigarettes, handing over a $10.00 bill in paymen. Reno, with the world's largest divorce mill, is also credited witii being a great gambling town, most of the joints being run by women. Silver dollars with which to play the machines are the most general form of change. The young woman at the count-' er handed over the package of cigaretts, three quarters and I nine silver dollars. Introduces Bill Affecting Sales Senator R. I. Mintz Intro duces Bill Empowering City To Dispose Of Real j Estate At Private Sales The first bit of local legislat-J ion introduced at the current session of the North Carolina Gen eral Assembly was handled last ! week oy Senator R. I. Mintz and j was for the purpose of validat- , ing sale of property by the City! of Southport "HB 53 - Introduced by Mintz, January 24. To amend chapter 345 of the Private laws of 1909 relating to the charter of the City of Southport and authorizing and empowering the board of aldermen and mayor of the City of Southport to sell lands at private sale and validity, (sic) sales heretofore made." As the title indicates the bill would apply to any city-owned property, including legal and equitable interest in water skirt lots, except land used at the time of sale for governmental purpose; sales or contracts therefor to be made only at regular meetings of the board. It also would vali date prior private sales made by the city. This bill was referred to the committee on Counties, Cities and Towns. Shallotte Home Burns Wednesday Home Of Mr. And Mr?. Hasper Hewette Had An Interesting History Be- j fore Being Destroyed By Fire The dwelling occupied by Mr. | and Mrs. Hasper Hewett, of Shal- 1 lotte, was destroyed by fire Wed- 1 nesday morning of last week. All ( of the household goods were lost, ! except three or four articles. The ' building was owned by the W. A. i Rourk estate. W. R. Holmes, Shallotte man, t who has the history of most of j the town at his finger tips, gives ! some interesting information re lative to this building. Mr. Holmes says that the structure was originally built as a home for the Farmer's Alii- ! ance, back in the days when 1 Marion Butler reigned over the Populist party. Following the ex ( Continued on Page Pour) Largest Average Fcr Pro duction Of Tomato Plants For Use In Delaware Is Located In Calkins' Neck In Brunswick ANOTHER FARM NEAR SOUTHPORT Plants Will Be Produced In i This Area And Will Be Sent North For Plant ing Large Tomato Farms During the past week Delaware interests made all arrangements to engage in tomato plant grow ing in Brunswick county on a huge commercial scale. It is un derstood that the planting of the seed will begin just as soon as the ground can be prepared. It is planned to truck the plants to eastern states. One of the tomato plant farms will be on the farm formerly owned by Wallace Moore, three miles from Southport on Wald en's Creek. At this point 25 acres of land have been leased and the report has It that the whole acreage will be devoted to growing plants. The other plant farm will con stitute the real thing in plant growing, according to County Agent Dodson. He says that other Delaware interests, in no way connected with the opera tions near SouLhport, will sow , from 125 to 300 acres in tomato seed to produce plants for use in Eastern states. This location is at Calkin's neck on the lower part of the coast. In both cases the land has already been leased and preparing the land will start immediately, if it is not already i underway. Cattle Grazing The Year Round Many Brunswick Farmers Now Raise A Few Cattle Which They Maintain j During Winter Months ; On Cover Crops A lot of Brunswick farmers who raise some cattle on the side are getting through this the least valuable for general winter without having to use a pound of feed to supplement or dinary grazing, according to County Agent J. E. Dodson. They are pasturing the cattle on win ter grain and grasses and such stock as have been seen by a representative of this paper are really in better condition than they would be in if th*y had re ceived high priced feed. It is nothing new for Bruns wick county cattle to do well all winter on what, they can for age in the way of natural grass and reeds. Such cases, however, have applied mostly to the coas tal sections where much green marsh grass and reeds may be found all winter. Some years ago Joel Moore, Southport business man, kept more than a hundred head on year round range. Out side of being provided with salt received no attention and they were always in fine condition for slaughtering. The present vinter grazing is not confined to the coast. Farm ers all about Jie county have been finding that by sowing win ter grain and various grasses and pasturing these fields they can keep their stock in as good con dition as by feeding. The cost of such grazing is only a fraction of wh*t feeding (Continued From Pag* Six) i Week Of Study Begins Monday At Soldier Bay School For Pastors And Deacons Will Begin On Monday, February 3, And Will Extend Through Fri day INVITATION IS EXTENDED PUBLIC Representatives Of Church es In Brunswick Baptist Association Particular ly Urged To Be Present The pastor's and deacon's school to be conducted February 3-7 at Soldier Bay Baptist Church is expected to draw many preach ?rs and deacons. As Soldier Bay Baptist Church Is in the Dock Association the emphasis has been laid upon those churches in lhat Association. But the pastor of Soldier Bay Baptist Church, Woodrow W. Robbins, has ex tended an Invitation for all churches to attend and take part in this week of study. Following is a schedule of the work each day: 10:00? 10:15: devotional 10:15 - 11:15: study period. "Honoring the Deaconship," by P. E. Burroughs, to be taught by the Rev. Earl Bradley, state mis sionary. 11:15 - 11:20: hymn 11:20 - 12:20: study period, "The Country Church," by Free man, to be taught by the Rev. Sam Lamb, pastor WhiteviUe Baptist Church. 12:20 - 12:45: discussion period 12:45 - 1:30: dinner Since the ladies of Soldier Bay Church are going to prepare din ner, a study period for men would follow from 1:30-2:30, us ing "The People Called 3aptlat," by George W. McDaniel. EVENING SESSION 6:30 - 7:30 mission hour. 7:30 - 8:30 Inspirational Mess age. Rev. Earl Bradley will bring the majority of these evening wl7Trw-t STit is exjtiifcj 'J., iTc, Sam Lamb will speak one even ing. Members of the Soldier Bay church are extending an Invitat ion to those who enlist in the school from other churches to spend the week in the Soldier Bay community. Those who plan to spend the week, without return ing to their homes, will be wel comed into the homes of Soldier Bay members. Persons expecting to spend the week in this manner are asked to contact Mrs. Hazel Purvis of Ash. This is the first such program ever offered in the Dock associat ion. All churches of the associat ion are expccted to be represent ed. The evening services are plann ed for the public. Rev. Mr. Rob bins has expressed his hope that the church will be filled to cap acity for these inspirational even ing services. Building Permit To Be Required County Forest Warden Call* Attention To Fact That Burning Permits Are Re quired After February 1 County Forest Warden Dor man Mercer calls attention to the fact that beginning February 1 a burning permit will be re quired of all persons who plan to use fires for clearfhg brush or other burning about their farms and timber areas. "It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to start or cause to be started any fire or ignite any material in any of the areas of woodlands under the protection of the State Forest Service or within five hundred feet of any such pro tected area, between the first day of February and the first day of June, inclusive, or between the first day of October and the thirtieth day of November, in clusive, in any year, without first obtaining from the State Fores ter or one of his duly authorized agents a permit to set out fire or ignite any material In such above mentioned protected area; no charge shall be made for the granting of said permits. "This Act shall not apply to. any fires started or caused to be started within five hundred feet of a dwelling house. "Any person, firm or corpora tion violating thia Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convictiop shall be fined not more than thirty (30) days. "Al\ laws and clauses of law* in conflict with the provisions ot this Act are hereby repealed."