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jnins?'ck County
^SIXTEEN NO. 46
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The News
All The Time
B-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, February 26, 1947
Met j
b S&U Of Br
f f fount v Chapter On
Gay Afternoon At
ploite
JtO'P1".
:or Annual Red
Cross Campaign
5*H1S YEAR'S DRIVE
. w Ruark, Executive
iry Of Local Ch*?" I
fives Summary Of
: Rendered
field representa
* \ \ < rican Red Cross.
* i-crnoon with of- |
Brunswick County
plans for the
r Sunday Drive
y conducted through
?kS yo^
will head
P.-m and has been at
. an organiza' m"
p reach into every com
? ,e the county
L Livinsston. manager of
?f" A. s. Bus Co.. will
chairman for the South
'^umty and wiU have his
??1 organs ization.
. X.:,-n of many citizens
; at this time upon the!
*4 - i activities. Mr*
rk executive secretary
Bnjr.s.vick County Chap
1 released the following
regarding the services r
l ave been rendered:
r?;Ck County Chapter, |
VT. R;,1 Cross, organize
World War I. has an
arri unbroken record
.?v "ate of its organization
, - y Twice it has been |
. a war basis and cani
%?, pride to its .""Vices i
. x .shments during both I
,n- Between the two j
' r chapter provided
a service as well as other |
a ? veterans and their |
* j: cut break of World
II wt the opening of mitt*
- u. tn? area
? ? service department had
,x vl in order to carry
I a charter obligations and
i v numerous request ^ of
Ik Department a full time
r ?, employed. During the ?
Ijural months home servicc i
isared services such as
? rcrk. completing applica
M all kinds, consultation
IjBdance. and made loans
[parts to six or seven hund
1 jersons. There are many
uxs of our men still in the
Inhere and abroad and Red
? will have continued re- ,
Bolity to them for years to s
t .
& disaster corps working j
lie chaptcr is an organized j
'Continued on Page Six.
Irief Newt
Flashes
k? TO BOLIVIA
F A. E. Smith, pastor pf
t'rc?k Baptist church, is
i? this week from Wil
p? to Bolivia.
MTtt'IKU
introduced in the ;
hj Representatives three j
? hy Representative j
Williamson pertaining to
toral Police set-up for the |
lias been ratified and is 1
? .w.
^WTlON IMPROVES
Whatley, who under
M operation last week in
?ttc, was reported in criti- j
W'.tion Saturday. Later re- j
15 Nitrate that he is much j
* holmks
??ISLY ILL
J '? healtl-. for the past sev- |
.w,rs and recently suffering
?frct<M foot which developed
;angrene. Mrs . W. R- 1
^ of Shallottc. was brought
: Wisher Memorial hospital
. ''"k. Satiinlay she under- j
"Perot inn for Ihe re
, lit leg. just be
p lup
IVM RED
/ ' Thompson, member
( ' "Uton-Cape Kear
j./ was painfully
* ' v ' 'ifi a narrow escape
i, '-*1' last Thursday when
f !k ' " mpted to climb
pilo* hoat up the jacobs
j. 1f *'?' ' lii'j tanker. His
was badly mashed as
? I ween the side
the hull ef the
cocdition i# tfcowfiig
-~P- o.eciuit.
FIRE LANES FOR FOREST FIRE CONTROL
PLOWING? This is the heavy equipment which the N. C. Forest Service is
using to plow fire lanes for the benefit of property owners in this county in a pro
gram of pre-suppression activity. Above left is shown the TD-14 tractor and plow
loaded on the trailer especially built for its transporting. County Forest Warden
Dorman Mercer, of Brunswick, is shown with Lester Edwards and Alva Squires un
lashing the equipment preparatory to unloading. Right above, Edwards makes the
precarious trip down the ramp. Left below, Squires is at the controls as the big
tractor noses its way into a dense undergrowth. Below right, is shown the specially
built 4-disc plow, which leaves a furrow 6- feet wide and about 2-feet deep.
Local School
Principal To
Resign Post
David W. Watson has re
signed as principal of South
port high school and will leave
Sunday for Washington, D. C.,
for assignment of duties with
the Department of Justice.
A. C. Holloman, member gf
the high school faculty and
coach at Tarboro high school
has been ejected principal of
the local school, replacing Mr.
Tfcz&s.. ^Thc n** principal la
a graduate of Atlantic Christ
ian College, where he was an
outstanding athlete. He taught
for fouT years before entering
the army.
Mr. Watson came to South
port as principal at the begin
ning of this year. He was re
leased from active duty with
the U. S. Naval Reserve about
a year ago.
Fiddlers Hold j
Fun Fest Here
Southport Lions Club Was
Sponsor of First Fiddler's
Convention To Be Held
At Southport In Years
The first fiddler's convention
held here in recent years was
staged at Southport high school
Wednesday evening and a hilari
ous time was had by all.
R. H. Cauley, Sr., veteran en
tertainer from Supply, was ad
judged to. be the best fiddler,
with Tom Butler, of Navassa, se
cond. Other competitors were Joe
Reeves and Nathan Hilburn.
Things were reversed when the
bands came on, and Tom Butler
and his boys won the first prize
in this division. R. H. Cauley,
Sr., and his son. Jack, took se
cond prize. Joe Reeves, playing
with N. M. Scott, a member of
the Butler aggregation, was the
only other entry in this division.
Scott hit the prize list in his
own right when winners of the
guitar contest were announced,
coming in first ahead of Jack
Cauley. R. H. Cauley, Sr.; Ed
Lawhorn and R. Peters complet
ed the list of contestants in this
division.
The banjo content was easy
pickings for Nathan (Indian Joe)
Hilburn, who was unopposed.
They were passing - around the
lone harmonica like the only
toothbrush at a country picnic
when this part of the program
came up. The winner was Ed
Lawhorn, member of the Butler
outfit. Other competitors were R.
H. Cauley. Sr.. George Reeves
and Charlie Trott, who was mas
ter ,of ceremonies for the show.
First prize in the quartet com
petition went to the Leland
Juniors, comprised of Thurston
Lynch. Floyd Sellers, Denny Brew
and Garrel Ray iJiggs) Skipper.
Betsy Parker was piano accom
panist. Trying out against them
was a male quartette comprised
of N. M. Scott, fid. Lawhorn, Na
than Hilburn and R. Peters.
Came then the hog-calling con
test. and Joe Reeves, who has
lured many a porker from, the
Cress eix^tsi conj"
(Continued on page five)
Senator Mintz Prepares
Tentative Oystering Law
Text Of Proposed Legisla
tion Prepared By Senator
Mintz And Copy Given
To Press To Inform Citi
zens
REACTIONS TO
BILL INVITED
Out-Of-State Sales Are Pro
hibited Under The Terms
Of Act; License Would
Be Required Of
Dealer* v j
While at home during the past |
week-end Senator R. I. Mintz re- 1
leased to the press the text of
a bill which he proposes to in
troduce in the upper house of
the North Carolina General As
sembly to regulate the taking
of oysters and clams in the wa- j
ters of Brunswick county.
Senator Mintz declared that he
does not intend to introduce the
bill until the citizens of Bruns- j
wick county have had an oppor- 1
tunity to learn of its contests, |
and have had -an opportunity to
express thoir sentiments regard
ing it.
He points out that for, the
most part the regulations em
bodied in the text which he has
prepared reflects the thinking of
?he group which met with him |
and Representative Odell Wil
liamson recently at Shallotte
high school. The two outstand- j
ing differences is that the bill,
as it has been tentatively draft- J
ed, would prohibit the shipment
of oysters from this state and
not merely impose a special tax
for doing this. The second is
that it proposes that a special
tax be levied on all oyster deal
ers. ?
The full text of the bill as
drafted by Senator Mintz fol
lows:
"A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE
TAKING OF OYSTERS AND
CLAMS FROM THE WATERS
OF BRUNSWICK COUNTV,
(Continued On fage 5)
Baptists Discuss
Future Program
Meeting Of Pastors And
Members Of Brunswick
Baptist Association Held
Last Week At Bolivia
Pastors of the Baptist churches
of Brunswick county and mem
bers of the executive committee
of the Brunswick Baptist Asso
ciation held a meeting' on Mon
day evening of last week at Bo
livia
One outstanding development
of this meeting was the forma
tion of a Pastors' Conference of
which Rev. W. W. Robbins was
clected the president. Vice-presi
dent is Rev. E. E. Ulrich, Jr.,
and Rev. G. W. L>owd is secre
tary-treasurer.
It is planned for this group to
hold monthly meetings, the first
of these ' to be held at Southport
on Monday evening, March 3. A
supper will be served by the
Womens. Missionary (Society of
the Southport Baptist ohin-ch. (
Tlua group la:d pianf Sot ee
( Continued on ?afe tlv o> j
To Tennessee By
Way Of Texas
When Mrs. Ray Oiihoun, of
Ktagsport, Teim., gets the State
l'ort Pilot thLs week she may
know that her brother, Pfc.
Rupert W. Hoiden, has return
ed to his old home at Supply
from Son Antonio, Tcxtit*.,
where he was hv the Army. ?
While he was away his sin
ter, Mrs. Snode Lancaster,
subscribed for the paper to he
sent to him. Getting home this
past week he foand that oil
his family and kin folks take
The Pilot and were going to
renew when their time runs out.
So, as a last resort, they had
the address dunged from him.
where he had been in Texas,
to her, where she is in Tenn
essee.
Lenten Services
At Sacred Heart
Series Of Lenten Services
Planned For Sacred Heart
Catholic Church In South
port; Public Invited
With the holy season of lent
in progress. Father Frank How
ard, pastor of the Sacred Heart
church, Southport, announces
through his assistant, Father
Francis McCarthy, that - weekly
lenten services are being held at
the Catholic church.
On Friday evening of each
week at 7:30 o'clock the devotion
of the way of the cross is con
( Continued on Page Five)
Shake-Up Made
In Organizing
Sheriff Office
Rural Policemen DUcontin
ued But Ganey And Per
ry Named To Lift Of
Paid Deputies Under
Sheriff White
LEONARD NAMED
OFFICE DEPUTY
Salaries For These Officials
Will Be Set By Commis
sioners At Next Meet
ing Htere Monday
Under the new set-lip of the
sheriffs office as provided for in
the bill introduced by Representa
tive Odell Williamson and since
that time ratified, Edward Leon
ard, now Chief of Police at Caro
lina Beach, becomes full-time of
ficer deputy sheriff and will have
office in the court house, here. The
office will open from 9:00 a. m.
to 5:00 p. m. each day, except at
such times as when the office de
puty may be out on cases.
Other new deputy sheriff's in
the field are O. W. Perry, of Le
land, a rural policeman until the
new order of things took effect;
Dillon Ganey of Leland, also a
former rural policeman and
Pawnee Formyduval, of Wacca
maw township.
W. D. Evans, also a rural police
man under the old set-up, was
advised he would have to give
up his farming interests and de
vote full time to the deputy
sheriff duties if he jvas appoint
ed to that position. This he was
unwilling to ' do and while in
town Monday he cancelled his
bond as rural policeman and is
planning to devote his time to
farming.
The salaries to be paid chief
deputy Leonard and the other de
puty sheriff's is dependent on
the action of the board of county
commissioners at their next meet
ing. The new law authorizes them
to set the amount of pay.
Musical Program
Set For Leland
Old Time Fiddler's Conven
tion Will Be Held Friday
Night For Benefit Of
Scholarship Fund
An old-time fiddler's convention
will be held on Friday night of
this week at Leland high school,
sponsored by the Leland Lions
Club. This is an annual event in
that community, and plans are
being made for the biggest event
of its kind ever held in Bruns
wick county.
The purpose of the program is
to raise money for the establish
ment of a second $500.00 scholar
ship fund to enable some Leland
high school senior to attend col
lege. _
The invitation has gone out to
all individuals or groups of string
instrument players to compete
for the generous prizes being of
fered. This invitation is to ama
teurs only, as no professional en
tertainers will be allowed to com
pete.
The prize list includes awards
for the best fiddler, the best
string band, banjo player, guitar
player, the best quartet. There is
(Continued on pag? six)
Our
ROVING
Reporter
W, B. XBtlAH
We should be credited with
making an assistance to Lonnic
Ganey, of Leland. in the matter
of selling tickets to the Fiddlers
Convention at Leland Friday
night. Lonnie approached Dis
trict Game Warden H. T. Bow
mcr who was sitting next to us.
It happened that the game war
den had just received his brand
new uniform that day. (To make
sure we observed the uniform
may have been one of the rea
sons for bis sitting down by us).
The clothes fitted him handsome
ly and he should have been well
pleased with everything. Never
theless he showed a hesitation
about buying a ticket to the Fid
dlers Convention. It was at this
moment that we came on with
otir assist to Lonnie. Right there
wc told the game warden that
unless he bought a ticket from
Lonnic we would see to it that
not a word about his new. uai
forru ahould get is tia jifer.
The spted with which, it Jtspogd
cd to this warning was proof
'enough that he considered it
worth something to get his name
in the paper.
j No place in Brunswick could
have worked harder nor have
'gone further than Shallotte did
to make the 1947 basket ball
tournament the success that it
!wa8. The Shallotte folks were
glad to have the young folks of
[Brunswick and tournament spec
tators as visitors in their town
and they spared no effort to
'show it. They had teams of
| their own in the tournament.
Nevertheless, from the begiiuiirj
'to the end they were ready wiih
praise of all other teams, whtther
those teams were winning or
losing. The 1947 tournament re
pealed a real sporting spirit.
I Mrs. Guy WomWo will be ad
' nutted to any ahow at the Shal
lotte Tieitrs tits waek span pre
( Continued on pa gt 7)
Southport Boys, Bolivia
Girls Are Champions In
Brunswick Cage Tourney
Engineering Firm Will
Work Up Local Projects
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Atlanta Firm Enters Into Agreement With
Board Of Aldermen On "No Work,
No Pay" Basis
The John J. Harte Company,
engineers and contractors, of At
lanta, Ga., was authorized by the
city aldermen Monday night to
make an extensive survey, engin
eering and auditing, for the pur
pose of obtaining various projects
for public improvement. J. C.
Worley, Jr., representative of the
company, stated yesterday that
the engineering studies will be
gin immediately.
Among the projects in view is
one inwhich the Georgia concern
has the utmost confidence in their
ability to put through. This is an
airport. The government has al
ready ear-marked $75,000.00 in
an allotment for such work at
Southport. Mr. Worley stated
that in his opinion there not be
the slightest difficulty ( in secur
ing this allocation and that con
struction would depend on the
availabllty of labor and materials.
Other projects that the en
gineering firm Intends to push is
a yacht basin, sewerage and
water system improvements and
a modern hotel.
The terms under which this
widely known firm of archltecs
and engineers were willing to
take over were very favorable to
the city. They proposed, and the
city accepted, a "no production,
no pay agreement". The engi
neering and other prelimary work
will cost considerably, but unless
the company delivers their pro
jects all efforts will be at the ex
pense of the engineering firm and
the city will be out nothing.
Hope Of State Ownership
Of Base Waxes And Wanes
Southport Guest
"Summer" Visitor
Believe it or not, but South
port has a "summer visitor."
She is Miss Mary lor Sota
varro, of Guatemala Citjj (iau- ^
temala, Central America.
about now it Is summer down
whore she liver*, and as a con
sequence It is summer vacation
from school work. About ten
days ago she arrived here to
spend her "summer vacation"
with Miss Stuart Arrlngton,
daughter of Mr. and Sirs. E.
H. Arlington.
It has taken a lot of ex
plaining about the weattier
which she has experienced
since her arrival in Southport?
and to make matters worse
she left last night with Mrs.
Arrtngton and Stuart for New
York, where she is likely to
encounter even more jieculipr
summer weather."
Revaluation Is
Now In Progress
Tax Collector Jorgensen It
Having Busy Time At
tending To Detail# Of
This Added Burden Of
Responsibility
With the revaluation work in
Brunswick scheduled to be fin
ished in 35 working days, the
task of examining every piece
of property is progressing slowly
but in a satisfactory manner, ac
cording to Tax Collector W. P.
Jorgen8en, who has chargc of
the supervision of the work.
It has been a good many
years since Brunswick property
was last revalued. During that
time a great many changes have
occurred to both increase and
decrease the value of various
tracts. The work now being
done under the orders of the
commissioners is not intended to
impose a hardship upon any pro
perty owner, but in some cases
increases will take place in keep
ing with improvements and pre
sent values. On the other hand
there may be quite a few who
will find that the revaluation of
their property to its true Worth
will bring them a decrease in
their yearly tax bill.
7 "he tax cjllcctor is receiving
no extra pay, just his actual
mileage made by his car when
it is necessary for him to go intoi
the various townships for the
purpose of advising the revalua
tion workers. These are three
men from each township. The
scale at which property is to be
valued was fixed by the board
of county commissioners and the
supervisor has nothing to do
with that. His job is merely to
secure qualified workers and to
see to. it that the work is carried
out as the co:r.nusaioaerg order.
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One Washington Release
Last Week Indicated
That Everything Had
Been Settled For State
To Take Over Caswell
DETAILS &R1NG
ABOUT CHANGE
Stipulations Involved In Of
fer Tend Vo Liscvursfc
Representatives Of De
partment Of Con
servation
Dispatches from " Washington
last wfcek indicated early adjust
ment of terms wherein the State
of North Carolina would take
over Fort Caswell from the Navy
for the purpose of using it as a
part of the Mountain-Seashore
Park system. The dispatches stat
ed that no money would be in
volved in the deal, that the State
would take over and maintain
the place subject 'to its being
again needed by the government.
Senator W. B. Umstead awl
Congressman ? J. Bayard Clark
were both mentioned in the dis
patches as being active in the
consumption of the ' deal.
Senator W. B. Umstead and
Congressman J. Bayard Clark
were both mentioned in the dis
patches as being active in the
consumption of the deal.
Things looked very encourag
ing and seemed until the later
part of the past week, when Di
rector R. Bruce Etheridge, of
the Department of Conservation
and Development, received an up
setting letter. He was advised byj
the Navy that the terms of the
lease would call for Fort Caswell
to be returned to the Army in
five years. Mr. Etheridge, accord
ing to a letter received by W. B.
Keziah, docs not think that any
of the extensive plana of the
State for the improvement and
use of Fort Caswell would be
justified or could be carricd out
for such a short time as the five
year lease would give. The di
rector was also advised that the
Army or Navy would continue to
. (Continued on page 7)
Plan Survey Of
Alms Seekers
County Committee Is Form
ed To Assist With Pro- 1
gram Of Control Over
Persons Who Beg For
Their Living
Dr. Ellon Winston, Commis
sioner of Public Welfare, has an
nounced that plana are being
made for a statewide survey of
individuals who are soliciting
alms as a means if livelihood.
These persons solicit on the street
and occasionally go to homes in
residential sections. Although they
are concentrated in citlcs, al
most every area of. the state has
beggars during some period of
the year. ""Hie purpose rof- this
survey," Dr. Winston decided, "is
not only to ttoerUin t?e r.um
.(CoWftuefl <4 fift feu
Southport Five Triumphed
Over Leland Friday In
Thrilling Championship
Battle; Bolivia Defeated
Waccamaw Friday
SHALLOTTE TEAMS
WIN CONSOLATION
Tournament Which Extend
ed Over Four-Day Period
Last Week Wai One
Of Most Successful
Ever
Southport high school boys and
the Bolivia high school girls are
the 1847 Basketball champions of
Brunswick county.
The championship in the boys'
division was settled Friday night
when Southport turned back Ice
land's defending champions by a
score of 21 to 17. The pay-off
in this contest was on the per
formance of the teams during the
first half, with Leland going
without a single goal during the
first two periods. Southport's
half-time margin had shrunk to
4 points by game's end, and on
many occasions during the latter
stages of the contest there was
every indication that Leland was
about to get her high scoring
attack going.
Mollycheck, as usual, led the
Southport scoring and played a
good all-round game. The sur
prise package for the night,
though, was Newton, who stood
over in the corner and poured
through clean-cut set shot* when
they were needed most to keep
his team front-running.
Stiller and Russ played air
tight ball for Southport to keep
Potter and Rourk, Leland's stars,
bottled up. They had just one
field goal each during the even
ing. although both played a nice
floor game.
Bolivia repeated as county en#*
champion* by - virtue of a cut
vlncing 30 to 18 victory over
Waccamaw in the finals of the
girls' division on Saturday night.
It was a ball game during the
first half, with Bolivia holding a
scant 3-point advantage at that
stage, k but Waccamaw never
threatened after the intermis
sion.
Caison led her team with lS
points, while Gore contributed 12
points to the Waccamaw attack.
McDowell added 8 points to the
(Continued on page six)
Numerous Cases
Tried In Court
Total Of 22 Cases Disposed
Of Here Monday In Re
corder's Court Before
Judge W. J. McLamb
Twenty-two cases were dispos
ed of in Recorder's court Monday
by Judge J. W. Ruark. The ses
sion lasted practically all day.
The minute docket shows the fol
lowing matters:
Cecil Dixon, failure to deliver
certificate of title, continued to
March 3rd.
Coffee Soutncrland, public
drunkencss, continued to March
3rd.
James Henry McDonald, park'
ing on highway without lights,
no chaff curs license, damage to
property, not guilty.
Joseph Crocker, no operators
license, adjudged to pay costs. '
Hampton Henry, no operators
license, fined $10.00 and costs,
fine remitted.
Sylvester Waddcll, improper
equipment, steering wheel and
horn, fined 110.00 and costs.
Johnnie Caison, trespass, case
remanded to A. W. Smith, jus
tice of peace in SmithviUc town
ship.
Cleo Lewis, carrying concealed
weapon, fined J50 and costs, the
gun to be returned to the owner,
A. C. Lewis, father of the de
fendant.
Alvin Conglcton, breaking a?d
entering and assault Guilty of
assault, sentenced to 30 dayt, in
jail, suspended on condition that
he leave county and stay out' tif
Brunswick for a period of two
years.
Paul Fields alias B. R. Spivey,
bad check, boupd over to Su
perior court when motion was
made for jury trial.
LeRoy Braddock, no operator's
license, improper brakes, fined
>10.00 and coats, fine remitted.
Charles M. Dale, no operator**
license, adjudged to pay coste.
Decie R. Sellers, improper
brakes, adjudged to pay cost&
ClMiez.ce 7. Wjacfcs, ro