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NO. 43
6-PAGES today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, February 5, 1947
J1.50 PER YEA> PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
egislature Is
Vtling Down
To Hard Work
j. Time Being Spent In '
f ?;ttee Hearings In
ri.at Proposed Bills
?feared For Ac
jon
Cefor^assembly
rirht Centers About
! L? Pay And Plan
>*' Separation Of
' Division From
Department
..j;e 0f the considerablt ;
'.'V time spent on ti o
?e"ta! ?ay bill for the bal
y "the "current fiscal year
L Server put it. "finish
L work of the 1945 legis
_? the work of the 1947 (
, seems to be moving along
^tter- than -average rate of
. jjjmy of the major ad
and departmental
et already in the mill and
, consideration by appro
t committees, and so far
dicmittees have been mak- 1
po progress with them.
L from the number of bills
this session is ahead
? IM5 session for a com
? period of time: at the
a the 21st legislative day,
j_s [tad been introduced In
jBte and 201 in the Houae,
I total of 281, as against 78
; the Senate and 156 in
fccse for a total of 234 for
ire pericKi in 1945 ? a little
r than a 20 percent ii.
I ic speed.
t apparently greater speed
nich the General Assembly
ts about its work does not
iriv mean, of course, that
es " will be shorter than
'% nor that it may not even
i?: deal longer. The fact 1
li gutter number of bills1
lie introduced thus far!
| an not only that there!
m faster drafting at this I
fe it may also mean that i
l?BKrs of this Assembly I
it jeater number of dif- f
atolative ideas to pre
ifrconsideration, that the
Icber of bills will be
?e Ian before, and that
?pctiy more time will be '
ft to consider them. As for j
w of the committees on
?jor pieces of legislation,
sty controversial issues
i at yet reached the open j
?Rial stage. With respect
k tontroversy over the pay
ton employees in general j
Sxiers in particular, a |
I pview has been afforded !
* fight over the supple
* ?ay bill. As in the case
k amber of bills introduced, j
?P-lemental pay bill fight j
os." either a longer ses- 1
te in 1945 or it may mean
ton one than has been
predicted: it may fore
* s long, hard struggle over
tattial appropriations bill,
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trie f Newt
Flasht*
*> TO MEET
' Southport Lions Club will
' '-sorrow {Thursday) at 1
? at the Grimes house.
mu.
"?port high school boys will
' 8* New Hanover Junior
?T here tomorrow (Thurs
| toning at 7:30 o'clock.
NEW HOME
'Claude Gore, former mem
* the board of education
"- 'inent Shallotte farmer.
S a new ten-i.>om home
"farm near Shallotte.
' "Ol'BLE-HE.VDERS ,
SfeaUottc boys and girls '
I th? t . .
^ ^ Friday night of this
'he same time the
L hoys and girls will be
K?? Boliv,a at Bolivia,
has a bye this week.
Leland boys and girls j
rw for f RcsE
L . 10 tV'hite. son of Sher
V s l!rs' J"hn White of Shal- j
kto ?v,n8 Ulis week to re
L?' cruiser USS Little
L l,-? "i leaving February
L1?oCruiSt lo San Juan,
J R ather ,
dro^d tp the;
? jnark here last night,
nV? th^ U. S. Weather!
Ut tiI'rmomc,'Pr- At 8:30 ,
^"Er morn"'? the readingj
This was much
of yeari
I Hunters Still Puzzled
Over Poor Quail Season
Planting Feed For Birds Seen As Probable
Answer To Need For Restoring
Bird Population
Lovers of quail hunting in this
county had only spotted luck this
season. Here and there, now and
then, a hunter got his day's'
limit, but most of them did not.'
most of the'm did not.
With very little hunting going
on during the several years of
war, it was naturaily expected
that there would be good hunt
ing this year. With the opposite
proving true, all sorts of reasons
are being assigned for the ab- '
sence of quail.
The most logical reason that
has been advanced is that the
excessive rains of last summer
and fall drowned the young birds
by the hundreds. When the rains
started in June many of the
young birds were at just the age
when they could not withstand
the continued wetness. They fell
victims to diseases or were 1
drowned outright.
Still another good reason fe
ttle decreased supply of quail is
that the number of predatory
animals never seems to decrease
Stray cats continue to roam the
woods by the hundreds, and
broods of young quail provide
them with choice food, and they|
are not lacking: in abi'ity to slay '
an consume the parent birds. The
stray cats and other small ani- j
mals are undoubtedly greatly re
sponsible for a large part of this
year's low supply of quail.
The cats, most abundant around
fields and farm lands, where the
quail are also most prevalent in
their search for food, arp seldom
found in the deep woods at any
considerable distance from hum
an habitation. It would appear
that there is a possible solution
to the quail shortage, good for
all seasons except those follow
ing very wet years, if quail food '
is planted in the fire lanes of
the woods in the less thickly
settled portions of the county.
The cats, with some domestic
elanings, are hardly likely to go
any considerable distance from
human habitation. The birds will
if the food supply is there. With
food in the woods the birds
should be able to maintain a
better balance in numbers against
both their natural predatory ene
mies and the hunters.
Basketball Tournament
To Be Held At Shallotte
? .
Tentative Plans Drawn Up
Monday Night Call For
Opening Round To Begin
On Tuesday, February 18
TOURNAMENT TO
RUN FOUR DAYS
Play Continues On Thurs
day, Friday And Satur- i
day Of That Week 1
With Championship
Play Two Nights
Tentative plana for the annual
Brunswick county . basketball
tournament were completed Mon
day night, with the event sche
duled to get underway at the
Shallotte high school gymnasium
on Tuesday, February 18.
Since the pre-tournament sche
dule is still in progress, it is im
possible to make the pairings
this early, but in the opening
round games of the program the
fourth and fifth ranking teams
in both the girls' and boys di
vision will fight it out for a
place in the semi-final program.
This will be played on Thurs
day, following a one-day rest,
with double-headers scheduled for
both the afternoon and evening
sessions.
On Friday night the champion
ship game for the boys will fea
ture a double-bill, the other half
of which will be the consolation ;
game for the girls.
The championship game for the
girls will be played on Saturday
night, with the consolation game
for the boys making up the |
other half of the program.
At the present time Leland
holds a commanding lead in the
boys' division with a record of
4 games won and one lost. South
port and Shallotte are tied for |
runner-up spot with a record of j
4 wins and 3 losses.
In the girls' division Bolivia!
is leading with a 5 to 1 record. 1
Shallotte is next with a record
of 5 to 2.
Final Rites For
Mrs. R. C. Inman
Mrs. Rebecca C. Inman
Passes Away At Her
Home On Tuesday After
noon After Short Illness
Mrs. Rebecca C. Inman, 70, oc
Ash died at her residence Tues
day afternoon at 5:15 after sev
eral months of failing health.
Funeral services held at the
residence on Wednesday after
noon at 3 p. m. with the Rev.
Dagger Stevens of South Carolina
officiating. Interment followed in
the Griffin Cemetary near Ash.
She is survjved by her husband.
A. R. Inman, five sons, Steven
of Bladenboro. Eldric, Eugene,
Acie R. Jr., and D. Leslie all o
Ash, three daughters, Mrs. Sylvia j
Bland and Mrs. Annie Belle Bland
of Long-wood and Mrs. Elizabeth
Simmons of Ash. Also surviving
are: three whole brothers. Rev. j
W. V. Simmons and R. P. Sim
mons of Ash and V. J. Simmons
of Bolton, two half brothers,
Isaa<: Inman of Ash and Wood
row Simmons of Exum, one whole
Biater, Mrs. Susan McKeithan of
Cumberland and one half sister,
Mrs. Elnita. Coleman of Ash.
Standing Of Teams
Team
Leland
Shallot t?>
Boys
Won Lost Pet.
Southport
Bolivia
Waocamuw
4 1 .800
4 3 .571
4 S .571
3 3 .500
0 5 .000
Girls
Bolivia
Slmllotte
Leland
Waceamaw
Southport
5 1 .833
5 2 .714
4 2 .666
.3 4 .428
0 7 .000
Regulations For
License On Nets
i
Licenses Required For Use
Of Nets For Certain
Types Of Non-Game Fish
To Be Taken In Fresh
water Streams
A corrected schedule of license 1
fees as set by law for the use
0. commercial fishing gear in
taking non-game fish from in
land waters of North Carolina
was release this week by the
Division of game and Inland Fish
eries and will be of interest to
Brunswick county fishermen. The
season for taking non-game fish
(exclusive of shad and herring)
with commercial gear extends
through February 28. The season
for shad and herring opens March
1 and closes May 1.
Commercial fishing gear in
cludes all seines (except minnow
nets not exceeding 6 feet in leng
th), all gill nets, whether of the
drift or stationary type, all dip
or skim nets used in taking shad
and herring, and any other speci
al devices authorized by the
Board of Conservation and De
velopment.
The schedule of fees, as set by
law, applies to the following typ
es of gear which the board has
authorized for use in inland wat
ers:
1. Anchor gill nets, one dollar
for each one hundred yards or
fraction thereof.
2. Stake gill nets, fifty cents
for each hundred yards or fract
ion thereof; provided that when
iny person uses more than one
such net the tax shall be imposed
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Brunswick Man
Clyde Kennedy, Northwest
Township Business Man,
Laid To Rest In Cathar- 1
ine Lake Cemetery J
Clyde Kennedy, well known :
North west township business i
man, died in the James Walker
hospital in Wilmington Friday)
following a period of declining
health. He was 66-years old.
Funeral services were held
Monday morning from the grave
side at the Catherine Lake ceme
tery in North west township. TTie
services were in chargc of Pev.
Mr. Rasberry.
Mr. Kennedy is survived by sev- 1
eral brothers and sisters, res:- 1
dent of Columbus county. j
Passes Friday
Money Coming In
From Polio Drive
Funds received thus far from
the March of Dimes campaign
in Brunswick county now total
$427.00, according to Mrs. E. J.
Prevatte, chairman of the Bruns
wick County Chapter.
This probably does not reflect
the full results of the recent
campaign for funds, since only
one of the five consolidated
schools of the county has report
ed. In addition, other workers
throughout the rural districts
have not yet made their final re
turns.
Collections may be mailed di
rectly to Mrs. Prevatte, or to
Mrs. James Harper, chapter treas
urer.
Shallotte Bank
Moves Into New
Brick Building
The Shallotte branch of the
Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co.
moved Friday into its hand
some new quarters in the R.
D. White building that was re
modeled especially for this pur
pose.
When the bank opened last
fall in its temporary location,
Mr. White, Shallotte business
man, promptly set about mak
ing provisions for permanent
quarters that would fill every
requirement for the instition.
The bank is now situated on
the corner, in a completely re
novated building and has at
tractive new furniture, and fix
tures which give it a thorough
ly modern appearance.
J. E. Cook is cashier of the
Shallotte bank.
Funeral Monday
For W. L. Hewett
Fnnier Sf>M*hpcrt Resident*
Died Saturday Of Heart
Attack; Was Veteran In
Engineer Department
Dying suddenly of a Jieart at
tack at his home in New Jersey
Saturday morning, the body of
Captain W. L. Hewett, former res
ident of Southport, was brought i
here Monday and following fun
eral services at the Southport
Baptist church, were intered in
the Northwood cemetery. Rev. H.
M. Baker officiated at the funer
al services.
Mr. Hewett was 47 years of age
He began service with the U. S. j
Army Engineers nearly 30 years;
ago as an employee of the dre- j
dge Comstock at Southport. Work- 1
ing continuously, he rose to the
position of master and for the
past several year3 he has com- j
manded dredging vessels in .the
east coast.
Members of Pythagoras Lodge
of Masons served as pall bearers
at the funeral.
"Hie deceased is survived by his
widow and two daughters, Miss
es Delores and Gloria Hewett. J
Also by several sisters living at j
various points in Brunswick
county. I
Stockholders Of
Local Building
And Loan Meet
Officials Of The Southport
Building & Loan Associa
tion Report Successful
Year With Important
Gains Made
DANIEL IS AGAIN
NAMED PRESIDENT
J. E. Carr Re-Elected Secre
tary - Treasurer Of As
sociation; A Statement
Of Condition Printed
The Southport Building & Loan
Association held its 34th annual
stockholder's meeting in its of
fices at 7:30 o'clock Friday night
for the purpose of hearing re
ports of the president and secre
tary-treasurer and the election of
9 directors to serve for the year
1947.
Dr. R. C. Daniel, president, re
ported the association had reach
ed a new high in assets of $226,
349.00, a gain of $32,372.00 in the
course of 1946. The gain in
mortgage loans was $58,748.00.
The association has 443 stock
holders owning 4,540 shares of
stock, a gain of 734 shares.
President Daniel also reported
that the outlook for 1947 indi
cated a further gain will be made
since most building restrictions
have been removed.
The secretary-treasui er re
ported that the association does
not owe any borrowed money or
own any real estate. A net in
come for the year was reported
amounting to $6,774.65, a gain of
$2,086.00 over last year. The
averagp monthly cash receipts
were $11,000.00, an increase of
$1,783.00 per month over last!
year. j
The secretary-treasurer also
reported indications of further
gains to be made during the cur
rent year.
The association offers weekly
installment shares both 25c and
50c and optional and full-paia
stock.
The directors ^serving during
(Continued on page 4)
Southport Men
Remain In Army
Teddy Lewis And James
McKeithan Have Reenlis
ted For Duty With Regu
lar U. 5. Army
Two former officers in the J
Army were accepted for enlist- j
ment as Sergeants last week by ;
the Wilmington Army Recruiting
office.
Richmond R. Lewis, Box 843,
Southport, a former first lieuten
ant in the Air Corps, served as a
B-25 pilot in North Africa in
1943, and made 50 missions I
against the Nazis in support of'
the British 8th Army. Having!
completed his flying time, he
was sent home for a rest and
then was sent to India in 1945,
where he flew C-46 type planes
over the Hump. Lewis has had
2100 hours in the air and was
discharged Jan. 13, 1945. His
wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis, is
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Our
ROVING
X
Reporter
W. B. KEZLAH
I We have frequently felt the
Surge to comment on the attitude
of Shallotte business men towards
advertising. They are whole- 1
neartedly for it, both for joining
up in general community adver
tising and in advertising their,
own business. This trait indicat- 1
cs a determination on the part|
| of the Shallotte folks in making I
? their community forge ahead.!
From talks with various Shal
ilotte business men it is easy to
see that they entertain no doubt'
regarding the general and indivi- J
dual good of advertising. They .
lcok upon it as directly benefitt- !
ing their individual business and
at the same time helping others
in their community. In other I
words, when a business man ad- j
jvertises something that draws
trade to his store he also' draws
trade to other stores in his com- J
munity. In this way towns and
communities are built up.
An autographed copy of the;
book, "North American Game
Fishes," has been received by thia
columist from the author, Mies .
Francesca LaMonte, associate '
curator of the American Museum ,
of Natural History, in New York.
The book forms a valuable guide
to both fresh and salt water,
fishing, with color plate illustrat
ion and description of more than
a hundred of the leading variet
ies of game fish. Miss LaMonte
was a recent visitor in Brunswick
county for the purpose of getting
local information on sport fish
ing. She was apparently greatly
pleased with the possibilities of
the -Brunswick coast.
Catching rock fish ? strippers
to sportsmen ? in nets is practical
ly unheard of. The fish are un
usually strong and the ordinary
mullet net affords little obstacle
to their progress in going where
they are going ? if they are going
anywhere. But, this week we saw
several nice strippers being of
fered for sale by Shallotte Point
fishermen. They had been caught
along with mullets. This brings
us around to saying again that
in a few years frcm now the
Continued on page 6
Revaluation Of Property
Ordered For County By
Board Of Commissioners
BUILDING & LOAN OFFICIALS
OFFICERS ? At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Southport Building & Loan Association
here Friday night Dr. R. C. Daniel, left, was reelected
president and J. E. Carr, right, was re-elected secretary
treasurer.
Williamson Introduces
Bill To End Rural Police
Delayed Action
On Xmas Package
A little misunderstanding
cleared up resulted in Mr. and j
Mis. Bert Jacobs of near Shal- |
lotte receiving Christmas pre- |
(tents on the first of February. ,
Their son, Elmer, stationed j
in Alaska, sent them a large I
package just before Christmas.
Inside the large package was
a smaller one, and in a letter
he asked them not to open it,
meaning the small package, un
til he returned home.
The large package with the
smaller one inside was placed
under the bed to await his re
turn. Last week the son ask
ed how they liked their Christ
mas presents and It was not
until then that they realized
that the request not to open
until he returned applied only
to the smaller Inside package.
They had a swell second Christ
mas.
Thankful For
Red Cross Gift
Letter Received By Students
Of Leland School F rom
Child In Luxemburg
Thanking Them For Pres
ent
A group of students at Leland
high school recently received a
letter of appreciation from Leonie
Luxen, of Birnsch, Luxemburg,
for a Junior Red Cross package
that they wrapped and sent
abroad last year before Christ
mas.
The teacher for this group was
Miss Elizabeth J. Smith, and the
students who received this friend
ly recognition were James Ben
ton, Betty J. Fulcher, Jenny
Hinson, Geneva Peterson, Elmore
Hooks, Marjdrie Mintz, Irene
Willis, Paul McLamb, Howard
Phelps, Kent Baldwin, Neil Ste
wart, Nancy Williams, Charles
Benton, Rosa Lee Tender, Mary
Jeon Sipe, Curtis Butler, Nell
Craven and Morris Fisher.
Lions Club Will
Sponsor Program
Old Time Fiddlers Conven
tion Will Be Held At
Southport High School
Wednesday, February 19
The Southport Lions Club will
sponsor an old time Fiddlers j
Convention at Southport high
school on Wednesday, February
19.
A liberal list ? of prizes is be
ing offered for this event, and
already there has come word
that a group of musicians from
Columbus county is planning to
come down air?" try to carrv
the hJnor&i 'iJYIVflH
This event will be patterned
after the Fiddlers Convention
staged each year at Leland under
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?
Measure Introduced Last
Week In Lower House Of
North Carolina General
Assembly By Representa
tive
SALARY OF SHERIFF
WILL BE AFFECTED
Provision Made for Employ
ing From Three To Five
Deputies At Salary To '
Be Set By The Board
A bill providing for the aboli
tion of the office of rural police
man in Brunswick county effec
tive February 15, 1947, was in
troduced last week in the lower
house of the North Carolina Gen
eral Assembly by Representative
Odell Williamson. The text fol
lows:
"HB 145? Introduced by Wil
liamson, January 29: To fix the
salary of the sheriff of Bruns
wick County, to provide for the
appointment and compensation
of deputy sheriffs and to repeal
Chapter 403 of the Session Laws
of 1943 relating to rural police
in Brunswick county and to re
peal Chapter 330 of the Public
Local Laws of 1939 relating to
the salary of the sheriff and de
puty sheriffs of Brunswick coun
ty."
As the title indicates, the bill
would abolish rural police by re
pealing Ch. 403 S. L. 1943, and
would provide that the sheriff's
salary be fixed by the county
commissioners at not less than
$2700 nor more than S3000 year
ly; that in addition the commis
sioners should pay to th<j sheriff
in monthly installments not less
than $700 more than $!>00 yearly
as reimbursement for actual and
necessary traveling expenses In
curred within the county; that
the sheriff and deputies receive
(Continued on page six)
Recovers Stolen
Auto In Raleigh
New Dodge Sedan Owned
By Representative Odell
Williamson Was Stolen
Last Wednesday Night
Representative Odell William
son drove to Raleigh Monday of
last week and returned via the
hitch hiking route Friday night.
Some lawbreaker had stolen the
law-maker's shiny, Dodge sedan
Wednesday night, while he and
other lawmakers were making
laws "agin it."
The Brunswick county repre
sentative had nothing but a bunch
of keys to show for the car when
he arrived home. It was a dis
couraging report . that he had to
make to Mrs. Williamson, who
had been running the business of
the Williamson Motor Company
while he was away.
Discussions of the lost car were
cut into Friday night by Ser
geant J. R. Smith of the State
Highway Patrol. He called to ad
vise that the Dodge had been re
covered by the Patrol, that it was
still in running condition and had
been stored in Kaleigh to await
being called for.
Tax Supervisor W. P. Jor?
gensen Will Have Charg*
Of Business Of Reviiiaf
Values Of Property On
County Tax Book#
COMMITTEE FOR
EACH TOWNSHIP
Announcement Of Tbei?
Committee* Must Be De
layed Pending Accep
tance Of Appoint
ment
At their regular meeting here
Monday members of the board of
county commissioner* ordered a
revaluation for Brunswick coun
ty, the work to begin immediate
ly under the direction of Tax
Supervisor W. P. Jorgenscn.
It is impossible to announce a
complete list of officials who
will be in charge of this work,
since some of the appointees
have not yet indicated their will
ingness to serve. However, the
organization contemplates having
a three-man committee for each
township.
Since there was no provision
made in the 1946-47 budget for
the expense of this undertaking,
the commissioners have authoriz
ed the work to begin at once,
with a committment to take car#
of the expenses in the 1847-M
budget. ^
Included among other matter*'
disposed of before the commis
sioners here Monday were the
following:
J. T. White was relieved of
$600.00 vaiuatlon due to error in
listing; T. C. Williard was re
funded (5.76 paid by him through
error on taxes due on the L. O.
Arnold land; G. R. Hewett was"
granted permission to pay on the
Charlie L. Hewett Estate taxes
at the rate of $10.00 per month;
T."*: M<*rtV>ynin was granted
permission to pay taxes on the
Nelson Shr.w Estate on the basis
of the 1933 valuation; Joe John
son was added to the blind list;
Sarah Jane Flowers had her
blind grant raised from $15.00 to
$18.00 per month; Gus Bland had
his blind grant raised from
(Continued on Page Pour)
Ruark Resumes
Role In Court
1
Perform* Duties Of Prose
cuting Attorney Monday
For First Time Since Ap
pointment By Board L*
Month
A total of 16 cases wera
posed of here Monday t
I Judge W. J. McLamb,
W. Ruark serving as pros?* "
for the first time since hL
pointment last month. He t
ceeds S. J. Prevatte. who eer?
in this capacity for two month,
j Following is the record of dl?
position of cases.
I Isiah Jenrett, running on high
way at night wilnout lights, fined
$10.00 and costs.
i Oscar Johnson, reckless opera
tion, fined $25.00 and costs. Fine
remitted.
Cecil C. Corbett, improper
lights, no operator's license, fin
ed $10.00 and costs.
Fred Goldston, speeding, fined
$10.00 ind costs.
Love Willetts, drunken driving,
fined $50.00 and costs.
Joseph Galloway, drunk on
highway, fined $10.00 and costs,
fine remitted.
Olive C. Lawrence, speeding,
fine $5.00 and costs.
Wendall Watson, no license
tag. adjudged to pay costs.
Dave Cowan, no licensc tag.
(Continued on Page Four)
Funeral Tuesday
For Sommersette
Was Kell-Known Resident
Of Grissettown Commun
ity Before Moving To
Wilmington Several Year?
Ago
j Andrew J. Sommersette, form
erly of Grissettown tiut for tlM
past several years a resident of
i Wilmington, was stricken IH
Friday while visiting relatives at
his old home. Taken to the J&mM
Walker hospital, in Wilmington,
h- died Monday morning.
j The remains were brought
back to Grissettown Tuesday and
buried in the Mint; cemetery
with Hev. Lester Mintz conduct
1 j?oattaiMd (m Pa?? ?*