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^sixteen NO. 51
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The News
All The Time
WAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, April 2nd, 1947
|1.50 PER YEA# PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
jj ]aft Board Holds Final
Meeting Following Order
Ending Selective Service
wick County Board
C Unusual Distinction
? Jiving Two Members
fjeAe For Entire Per
J c
dCE REMAINS
OPEN FOR AWHILE
I
t Eloise St. George,
L Clerk, Is Getting
files And Other Re
: cords In Good
Condition
Sefcit-.ve Service work
?it the country was dis
M this past week follow
jjrlv seven years of opera
jereafter. for the time be
? last, there will be no
?peeting" received through
ijbiI from I'ncle Sam.
,ue young men reaching
i?e of IS will no longer be
i to register.
Brunswick county board,
at the beginning of the
utile the country was
? ? -.redness and se
t nth..- before we became
_ Hi in the war. was origin
... i of H. M. Shannon,
an Price Furpless and J.
izMin. Following the death
Shannon Mr. Furpless be
chaiimnn and J. E. Carr
arrw.1 to the board. With
Furpless and Loughlin he
?;nti! the work was discon
this week. Few draft
members throughout this
ixen; through the whole per
t v.-nrk as Mr. Furpless and
iMighlin did.
i? tlie period of operation
tcung women served as
They were in order
|i Wiley Wells. Mrs. .Lacy
Mr?. William Shannon
^llr E. :se si. Uewrge. At
times a number of others
with the work. Miss St.
although work is finish
n not yet been released. It
:ood she will be retained
Se work of assembling and
all records is completed.
Iritf Newt
Flashes
B TO MEET
k regular first Thursday
?eg of the Southport Lions
t will be held tomorrow
Belay i at the Community
Building.
KK\ HOME
' and Mrs. L. C. Fergus and
ten have returned to South
1 from a month's vacation in
taia. They made the trip
?tomobile.
IW.N0 CAFE
fes Long, who has one of
?ost modern filling stations,
ls' camp and general stores
^ county, is constructing ail
tonal building and will open
Vo-date cafe to serve that
??fflity and his tourist busi
L
*K TO SHALLOTTE
S. Stone and Galloway
pt young Shallotte me
^ who have been living in
wtille the past several
P*. have moved back to
PJrtte. The boys, who are ex
? atwut cars, have leased the
w Roney Cheers Garage and
'so*- operating it.
To BE GIVEN
Passion Play is to be pre
r1 at Sharon Methodist
p"- near Supply, Friday night
week. This Easter story,
I the Christus as he walk
i?<1 talked with His disciples,
hy Mrs. Sam Lewis,
ptitendent of the Sunday
All denominations are wel
lo attend this play.
^.lN MEETING
wgular meeting of the
l0"' Post 247. American Le
al, not be held Friday
L r'' tnis week, owing to the
H?l"lays and services on
PI ?nday night at Shallotte
L~"5t church. Commander
I,. Minta and Adjutant H.
^ ^ staie that instead of
e"ln6 on Friday night the
lV an": Auxiliary will meet
L Shallotte school house on
J light, April 3th.
SERVED ON DRAFT BOARD
H. M. SHANNON
I'KU t: FURPLESS
J J. LOl'GHU.V
J. E. CARR
Interest Being Shown
In Coming Elections
Citizens Of Both Southport
And Shallotte Showing
Concern Over Naming Of
ficials Of City Govsrn
ment
ERIKSEN PLANS
TO MAKE RACE
Mayor Leon Galloway Is J
Undecided About Seeking
Re-Election As Mayor
Of Town Of Shal
lotte
Mayor John D. Eriksen. of
Southport, stated this morning j
that he has decided to be a can
didate for the nomination to sue- j
!ceed himself. At Shallotte Mayor j
Leon Galloway declared that he
has not decided whether to make ;
the race, but his friends declare [
that he will be a candidate.
Citizens of Brunswick county's;
only two incorporated towns are j
showing more than a normal j
amount of interest in the coming;
municipal election. This is par
j ticularly true here in Southport
where there have been announce
ments and rumors of candidacy.
| There are reports that B. M.
Burris and G. C. Kilpatrick may
be candidates for the office of j
mayor. Chas. M. Trott has al- f
ready announced his candidacy, '
and W. S. Wells is another who
may run.
| There is considerable talk about
the board or aldermen, but thus
( far the only announcement has
come from James M. Wolfe and
James E. Pinner, who will be
'candidates from the second ward.
Prince O'Brien and Davis C.
Herring are the representatives
from this ward on the present
board.
1
i Colored Worker
A evident all v Drowns
I ? ? !
David Lawrence. 30-year old
negro employee of the American
Dredging company, was drowned
last Wednesday when he fell off
a pipe line iqto the Brunswick
River ship storage basin.
| The body is said to have been
recovered within five minutes af
ter he fell into the water but life
was extinct. Coroner W. E. Bell
was called and his investigation
left no doubt that the negro was
'accidently drowned. 1
Reports Strange
Animal Cross
Word came this week from
Gapt. Jesse Robinson, of
Boone's Neck, of a strange
cross in the animal kingdom, a
still born litter of half cats
and half dogs, birth of which
cost the life of the mother cat.
Those who saw these strange
little creatures declared that
there was no mistaking the
fact that this was no ordinary
bunch of kittens, and there was
considerable d i s appointment
over the fact that none lived
to serve as a further experi
ment in this strange freak.
Captain Robinson's chief ap
ixiintment grows out of the loss
of a good house cat which he
declares to have been a good
mouse r.
Orton Blooming :
Season Retarded
However, One Result Of
Continued Cold Spell
Will Be To Have Gard
ens Achieve Unpreced- ;
ented Peak Of Beauty
The earlier blooming azaleas |
at the Orton Gardens have been :
held back this spring by the
hangover of winter weather, but !
one result of this is that the |
regular springtime peak of aza- i
lea blooming will be almost doub- 1
led in its profusion. Usually a j
good number of the varieties of
azaleas bloom in February and
many more come on through the
month of March. This year these
early bloomers will .j11 come on
with the great conclusion that
create the peak. ? I
The peak itself is later than :
usual, according to Bob Godfrey, I
of the Orton gardens. As a gen- 1
era! thing the crest is reached
during the first few days of ,
April. This year it will not be,
here until about the 15th of April
and a gorgeous display will be
on thereafter until the first of
May or longer.
The azaleas have not been in
jured by the weather hangover.
In fact, says Mr. Godfrey, the
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Special Services
Being Planned
Easter Sunday
Easter Cantatas Will Be
Presented At Trinity
Methodist Church And
At Southport Baptist Sun
day Evening
SERVICES GOING
ON THIS WEEK
Week-Long Services At
Two Churches Will Be
Concluded With East
er Sunday Morning
Services
Special Easter services will be
held at three of the Protestant
churches of the community next
Sunday, while a Holy Week Com
munion service has been planned
for St. Phillip's Episcopal church
on Thursday evening at 75:30
o'clock.
Youth Week services in pro- !
gress at the Southport Baptist
church throughout this week will
be concluded at the hour for j
morning worship on Easter Sun- 1
day. At the evening service the i
Baptist church choir, under the ,
direction of Mrs. R. C. Daniel,
will present an Easter Cantata,
"Crown Him King All Glorious."
This service will be at 8 o'clock,
marking a permanent change in'
the time for evening worship at 1
the Baptist church.
At Trinity Methodist church,
where a series of pre-Easter ser
vices has been in progress all
this week, the climax of the re
vival will be reached at the Sun
day morning service. There will
be special music at this hour, but
the big undertaking along the
lines of special music for Easter
will be at the evening service at
7:30 o'clock. At that time a can
tata, "Eastertide," will be pre
sented under the direction of
Mrs. R. I. Mintz. Soloists for this
program will includc Mrs. H. C.
(Continued on Paee 4)
Farmers Warned
About Penalty
I Chairman Of Brunswick
AAA Committee Points
: To Increased Penalty For
Sale Of Weed In Excess
Of Quota
In view of the increased pen
jalty for marketing tobacco pro
duced in excess of farm acre
[ age allotments, and loan eligi
bility requirements, G. M. Ben
net, chairman of the Brunswick
County AAA Committee, cau
tioned flue-cured tobacco farm
ers this week against planting in
excess of their allotments.
Mr. Bennett pointed out that
all tobacco produced in excess of
farm acreage allotments this
year will be subject to tax
amounting to 40 percent of the
1946 average market price in
stead of the flat 10 cents per
pound effective in past years.
"Planting in excess by the
larger of 0.3 of an acre or 5 per
cent of the farm allotment dis
qualifies all tobacco produced
within the allotment from sup
port loans," he stated, "and in
such eases only the excess pro
duction will be eligible for sup
port price ? and that ' at just 60
I Continued on Pa^re 4)
Prize Rockfish
GAITHER CRl'TCHFIELD,
Whiteville tobacconist, is shown j
with his 29-pound rockfish which |
he caught in Lockwoods Folly a j
couple of weeks ago.
Superior Court
Comes To Close
Here Yesterday
Judge Hubert E. Oiive Pre
sided Over Abbreviated
Session Of Court For
Trial Of Civil Actions
DIVORCE CASES
FEATURE SESSION
Total Of Eight Divorces
Granted In Two Dqys;
Other Matters Dispos- >
ed Of By Court
j The March term of Brunswick
, county Superior court for trial
of civil cases came to a close
| Tuesday morning following an
abreviated session which featur
ed the trial of nine divorces.
I Divorces were granted in the
following actions: K. H. Davis
vs Lillie F. Davis; Laura Hall vs
Thomas Hall; Oleta Mooney
Clemmons vs Willie Clemmons;
? Laura Lee Newell vs Robert Lee
I Newell; Warren Hewett vs Peggy
Hewett; R. C. Wagoner vs Mamie
Wagoner; German Evans vs
Sarah E. Evans; Althea Price
I Smith vs Willie Smith; Claud
Morris vs Henrietta J. Morris,
i In the matter of Woodard vs
Willie Frink and Collins Frink a
survey was ordered by the court.
! Similar action was ordered in the
j action of Stanaland vs. Bennett.
I A consent judgement was reach
ed in the matter of Wm. S. Gause
vs Kermit L. Causey, with one
half the costs to be paid by each
party.
A judgment was rendered in
favor of the plaintiff in the mat
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Our
ROVING
Reporter
Our custom is to spend the
whole of each Saturday at Shal
lotte. Even with a full day there
we do not get to cover things
as well as we like to. This past
Saturday we had a very much
abbreviated visit to our neighbor
ing town, did not get to see
half the people" we wanted to see
nor do half the things we want
ed to do. The way it happened
was this: Saturday morning at
torney and Mrs. G. Butler
Thompson and Crawford Rourk
decided early in the morning that
they would go fishing. Both of
them realize that it takes brains
to catch fish, so they went to
Shallotte and brought us home.
As a partial illustration . of
what we missed out on by not
staying at Shallotte Saturday,
our friend J. A. Barbot, owner
of the Shallotte and Supply tele
phone system, was down there.
He missed seeing us and so he
came around by Southport on his
way home. His rounciaoout. trip
was just to tell us that he was '
in Lumberton the day before and
saw John Sellers. There are two i
or three John Sellers in Bruns- |
wick county. This John went to |
Lumberton a few years ago, open- 1
ed himself a sporting goods store
and a big news stand, with all
of which he is doing well. It
seems he told friend Barbot that
he wanted The State Port Pilot
and Barbot came around from .
Shallotte to tell us about it. j
Normally about half of the j
Brunswick county corn crop 1
should have been .planted before1
April. With the exceptionally bad
February and.March, only a small !
per cent of the crop has been
seeded. Pearl Jones pf Ash, was ,
remarking Saturday that he got !
four acres planted last week and 1
Monday of this week he was ex-J
pecting to get in eight acres [
more. With half a break from .
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No Closed Season Planned
For Freshwater Fishing
Sportsmen Who Go In For Freshwater Fish
ing May Continue Their Operations Un
interrupted
There will be no closed sea- |
son on freshwater fishing in :
eastern North Carolina this j
year, and sportsmen may take I
iieir cane fishing poles, rod !
and reels and fish to their j
hearts content. They are re
minded that in the case of us
ing artificial bait 4t is neces- ,
sary for them- to have fishing |
licenses, also if they are not
residents of the county in which
they operate.
Then, too, it may be possible
that the game and fish com- '
mission will designate several j
miles of this and that stream
as a closed area. There will be
no general closed season and
few, if any, streams or lakes
will be closed for their entire
length or breadth. Plans as
talked over last year were for
ten mile stretches of some
streams to be closed one year
and open the next. While one
section is closed the areas above
and below will be open.
A sort of zoning system is
understood to be contemplat
ed, to handle the streams in
much the same manner that a
farmer rotates crops from one
field to another, and with fish
ing Spots in abundance always
open.
When interviewed this week
District Game Protector H. T.
Bowmer summed up his own
understanding of the situation
by saying: "There is not to be
a closed season in this county,
but the Fish and Game Com
mission may designate parts of
some streams as closed. So
far, no orders have been given
to close parts of any streams I
and until these orders are re
ceived folks may go ahead with
their fishing."
In addition to no closed sea
son there is this year no size
limit on members of the perch
tribe. Likewise no days catch
limit is in effect on such fish.
Normally and under the old
conditions the general closed
season began about the first of
April of each year, lasting 40
days, during what sportsmen
termed the very best period
for fishing.
Shallotte Postoffice Has
Long Record Of Service
?
Record Rockfish
Caught T uesday
Johnnie White, a resident of
Ash, fishing in Town Creek last
Tuesday with . Richard White,
also of Ash, made the catch of
his life with an ordinary cane
fishing pole and cork line wheji
,he boated a 45-pound stripped
bass. The fish was weighed by
| George Piver, storekeeper near
Ash, and he is prepared to swear
;to the fish making the above
'weight two hours after it was
j taken from the stream. The head
'of the jumbo was brought to
Sh/)llotte Saturday to be shown
to The State Port Pilot's repre
sentative. At that time, well dried
|out, the head of the fish weigh
ed three and a half pounds,
j The cane pole and line was a
! fairly light one. Mr. White was
[using a piece of pork rind for
'bait. When the huge fish struck
he felt for several minutes that
he had gotten fast to a floating
submerged log. The water was
about 20-feet deep and the fish
I went straight down and played
along the bottom almost directly
under the boat. There was little
of either pole or line that was
not submerged and jt took over
half an hour to bring the big fish
; to the surface where the other
I man ran his hand into its mouth
and grabbed it by the gills.
Beauty Contest
Causes Interest
Shallotte Business Firms
Sponsoring Candidacy Of
Young Ladies For Beauty
Title; Church Building
Fund Benefit
Of main interest in and around
Shallotte this week is a pretty
girls contest, inspired for the pur
pose of raising funds for the
Camp Methodist church building
funds
Climax of the contest will be
next Thursday night at a square
dance to be held at the William
son Motor Co., at which time
the Beauty Queen will be crown
ed.
More than a dozen attractive
young ladies of the town and
community have been named by
different Shallotte business house
es as their candidate for the
title of the most attractive girl.
Unlike other such contests. It is
understood that there will be no
prize for the winner. Instead all
of the proceeds will go into the
church building fund.
Announcement was made Sat
urday that the following young
ladies had been entered in the
contest, sponsored by the business
firm indicated: Polly Anna Ben
nett, Shallotte Theatre; Bobbie
Claire Bennett, Coast Road Ser
vice Station; Beth Long, A. B.
Willis; Connie Leonard, Wacca
maw Bank and Trust company;
Connie Frink, Shallotte Trading :
company; Lois Formy Duval, '
Shady Park Service Station; An-I
nie Merle Pigott, Shallotte Soda
Shop and Cafe; Marie S. Brown, |
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Interesting Information Con
cerning Early Days Of
Office Furnished By For
mer Postmaster W. R.
Holmes
FIRST ESTABLISHED
AT VILLAGE POINT
Complete List Of Names Of
Persons Who Filled Job
Of Postmaster Touch
es Some Old Famili
I
es
Former Postmaster W. R. Hoi- 1
mes has furnished us with some ,
data covering early operations of
the Shallotte postofflce, and the j
Shallotte office is far from be
ing an infant in years. Its orig
inal establishment was on Feb
ruary 21, 1837, and John F. Sel
lers was the first postmaster.
Originally the office was nam- .
ed Lockwoods Folly and is under
stood to have been at Shallotte I
Village Point. This location is '
in Shallotte township, although
Shallotte town itself is in Lock
woods Folly. Following several
years of operation as Lockwoods
Folly the office was discontinued
on December 29, 1858, and had a!
rather stop and go existence be- j
fore, during and following the I
Civil War. On April 26, 1859, |
the name was changed to Shal- 1
lotte. During the 60's it had its
worst period, being discontinued 1
on September 14, 1860, and not |
being reestablished until August !
11, 1871.
At some early period of its ;
operation the office was moved j
from the Village Point to the j
Dew Place, northeast of Shal- 1
lotte, now owned by E. H. Gray, 1
whose father was postmaster at
the time. Finally at some un
known period it was moved to
Shallotte.
The available list of postmast- 1
era at the Lockwoods Folly of- '
fice, later Shallotte, as furnished
by Mr. Holmes, together with the
date of their appointment is as
follows:
John F. Sellers, February 21,
1837;
Armilain Bryan, December 13,
1837;
William Brantley, January 21,
Continued on page 6
Sunrise Service
For Shallotte
Will Be Held At Shallotte
Camp Methodist Church
Next Sunday Morning;
Services On Friday Eyen
ing
Easter sunrise services will be
held at Shallotte Camp Methodist
church next Sunday morning, be
ginning at 6 o'clock.
The program will be under the
leadership of Miss Angelia Hub
bard. a member of the Shallotte
school faculty. Music for the pro
gram will be in charge of Miss
Virginia Brooks and Mrs. Alene
M. Mintz.
On Friday evening of this week
all of the churches on the Shal
lotte charge will join in a Good
Friday program. The Rev. Rich
ard Braunstein, pastor of the
Shallotte circuit, ' will be in
, charge.
Legislation On
County Matters
Getting Action
New Bill Introduced By
Senator Mintz Last Week
Would Validate Recor
dation Of Maps Now On
Record
SEVERAL OTHER
BILLS MOVE ALONG
Two Bills Governing Town
Of Shallotte Get Action,
With Term Measure
Being Ratified
Two new bills and several
others affecting Brunswick coun?
ty citizens that had been pre
viously introduced made some
progress through the legislative
mill of the North Carolina Gen
eral Assembly in Raleigh last
week.
On Monday Senator R. I. Min
tz introduced a measure designed
to validate the recordation of
certain maps in the office of the
Register of Deeds for Brunswick
county. The bill would declare
all maps recorded in Book of
Maps No. 1 and No. 2 to be as
valid and binding in all respects
as if such original recordation
had been in full compliance with
the statutory provisions govern
ing such recordation. This bill
was passed three readings in both
the house and the senate.
Representative Odell William
son's oyster bill, a resume of
which was given last week, pass
ed its third reading in the house
and is now before the senate
committee on commercial fisher
ies.
On Tuesday Senator Mintz
collaborated with Senator Alton
Lennon, of New Hanover, to in
troduce a bill relating to terms
of Superior court in Brunswick
and Pender counties. As it affects
this county, the bill would pro
vide for a civil term of court to
convene on the second Monday,
instead of on the first Monday,
after the first Monday in Sept
ember. The bill is now before tha
committee or. courts and judicial
dis'u'ki*. '* ??*
The bill providing that Shal
lotte town officials be elected for
a term of two years instead of
for just one has been ratified.
The bill authorizing a special
election in the Leland school dis
trict for a special school tax has
been ratified.
The bill providing, for a vote
on the matter of extending tha
city limits for the city of Shal
lotte has passed its third reading
in the Senate and is now before
the calendar committee in the
house.
Brunswick Boy
Receives Letter
Youngster In Luxembourg
Write* John Joseph Pig
gott To Thank Him For
Gift Of Red Cross Cloth
ing " (
John Joseph Piggott, if-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. H.
Piggott, of Shallotte, received a
letter this week from a little boy
in Luxembourg expressing grate
ful appreciation for the gift of
a leather coat which the Bruns
wick county youngster contribut
ed to the Red Cross clothing
drive last spring.
Text of the letter follows:
"Brandcnbourg.
February 25, 1947
"My Dear Friend,
"I have finding your address
in an overcoat-dress what you
have given to the Red Cross.
Many thanks.
"You ask me who I am ? A
little Luxemburgian boy, twelve
years old, black hairs, blue eyes.
I have also a brother, who is ten
years old. I leave (live) with my
parents in a little village, com
posed of fifty buildings in the
country of Luxembourg, nearly
two and one-half miles from the
Germany. My father is working
at the street. In the December
of 1944 we must also leaved our
house and all things, to go away
from the German brute, till near
the France. I can't describe how
we all were enjoyed to see our
true American friends as libera
tors.
"Many American soldiers, also
the General Patton, have find
peace in a beautiful cemetery in
our nice country near the town
of Luxembourg. Perhaps you
have hear of it.- Never we can
thanked enough our libecfttora.
"Little and little our and all
the destructed houses in our vil
lage and country are reconstruct
ed.
"At the moment It's very cold
here (10-12 degrees) and mmfe
snow. We hope that the sprii^
L Continued on Fags Four).