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^ Pilot ("overs i** County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The New? All The Time 6-PAGES TODAY Sonthnnrt. N. Wednesday. Mav 7th. 1947 J1.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDA1 lining Heads County Schools for two Years Of VVaccamaw l School Elected Sup pendent Of Public In action Monday Night La SUCCEED *' MISS WOODSIDE Ljuperinte "dent Is fajuite Atlantic Chris 1 College; Came uere December, 1943 |. f Denning;, principal of Lggflw hi?h school since Dee was named Monday Etv the Brunswick county C education to fill the of Lot county superintendent of;' LvU :'or the next two years. If. Denning succeeds Miss L. Vay W ... e, who has L this since she replaced [ i Je-telle in 1P;:5. ;eu superintendent is 35 ojrf an.! a native of Wayne , pty A graduate of the A. C. ; gge at Wilson with an A. B. j ^ he has since taken ad- j mtii studies at both State and i I! tteiversity of Xorth Carolina. ; ti*gar. his teaching career at ? Hill in 1935 and later be- j 'pt principal- He came to Wac- ' jgg* school as principal four Lugo- j i r Denning is married and j Lone four-year old daughter, h Penning is also a teacher, flr family plans to move to I ptkport soon after the present 0g of the U'accainaw school ' tos I ? Denning is tn take chargc j (tie office of superintendent on I k fat of July. IritfNtwi Flathu Hb*E 5r and Mrs. La ml is G. Brown [ re returned home from a trip | iChcago. where Dr. Brown has | R completed a short post grail- j it; course. BITS INTEREST Bujr (Buddy) Anderson,' pr; Leland man, has purchas ? a half interest in the C. A. j fetgom^rj' store on Routes 74 ; nc 1" at the Brunswick River j tap. IMPORTANT MEETING Owmander Harry L. Mintz, of 1 k Sballotte Legion Post, has an important meeting of | tat organization for Friday night' * S o'clock at the Shallotte list school. PLAN BABY SHOW Xn. R. L. Thompson is chair- j fc o* the Baby Show which ?? oe sponsored later this by the Southport Woman's j ii>. Details of this event will ? 'announced next week. WTIRNS TO HIS SHIP Itaias Fullwood, Jr., of i "toirt. leaves tnis week to ; ins ship at San Jedro, Cal- . ?S3a He has been in Japan for over a year and camc | ?! for a visit to his parents | to ship returned to the | ow States. ! I CLUB MEETS C. Bland, of Longwood. sec- 1 ?By of the Brunswick County ! Niton Club, has announced j ^ the monthly meeting of the ? will be held Friday night week at L. C. Babson's store 'ftwland. The hour is 8 o'clock. '' Mr. Bland states that all ^ ?Weans are invited to come , W being a friend. I ttttRNS FROM SPOKANE * D. Bishop, manager of the REA at Shallotte, j * w A. Mintz, of Frceland, ^Wttor in the same organiza ? returned heme this week Spokane. Washington. They 1(81 to the west coast city ten J?o. making the trip going ? coming by air. as delegates 1 ^ national Rural Electrical **?t'.w. meeting. ) ^ITH coast Ol \rd i """am A Stanley. Jr.. son of! . Mrs. W. A. Stanley, of ' recently signed up fori ^ years in the Coast Guard.! ?las just finished his boot ^ r'S at Mayport, Fla., and is totior.ed at the base in I ^>rt as telephone operator. j hornc 111811 hc likes Guard and thinks the & the c>ace for young i ? ha | BEAUTY CONTEST WINNERS WINNERS ? Miss Mary Milliken, left, won first prize in the recent beauty contest sponsored by the building com- 1 mittee of Shallotte Camp Methodist church. Mrs. Nellie | 1. Williamson, right, was runner-up in this spirited con-! test. Miss Milliken was sponsored by Williamson Motor Co.; Mrs. Williamson by Russ Furniture Co. Farming On Plantations Along The River Road Operations Connected With Producing The Necessary Plants For Orton Nursery Make Big Business GRAIN AND CATTLE AT PLEASANT OAKS Clarendon Plantation Is Featuring Well Rounded Program Of Farming Under New Owner With the blooming season just past its peak at the beautiful Or ton Gardens, the most extensive farming operations at any one place in Brunswick county are now in progress at the Orton Nursery, as workers have started wtMkt looks like a million new camellias and azalea plants out in the open air of the nursery grounds. In it new greenhouse, a big steel and glass affair built last summer, over a million flower plants of various sorts were started, and these are on their way to the fields or more proper ly speaking, to the yards. When the planting is completed Orton will have more than a million new plants growing, and it is doubtful that any Brunswick tobacco farm has to set out that many tobacco plants. Despite the fact that a few people may think otherwise, grow ing flowers is strictly in the line of farming. Seed must be planted or cutting. Seed out for a start in pretty much the same manner as is done on the farms. At Orton it is mostly cuttings that require the attention of the large number of workers. Very few seeds are planted, except in the area de voted to food and feed crops. Around 150 people depend on the varied interests of the Orton Plantation in farming the year round. During the depression of the 1930's not a single plantation employee went on relief. It is a tribute to framing in general that the plantation saw them through. A few miles further along the river road a traveller finds more in real farming, if he takes the time to detour a mile from the road to the Pleasant Oaks Plan continued on page 2) Miss Woodside Plans To Travel Retiring County Superinten dent Of Schools Has Re servations Booked ror Europe Trip Beginning In July Miss Annie May Woodside, re tiring Superintendent of Brun. wick county schools. has J^eve? ed her plans for an extended to of Europe beginning about me middle of July. . - One of the primary purposes i o this trip will be to attend ses sions of the Baptist World Al liance in Copenhagen July through August 3. She has her reservations for a trans-oceanic flight from York, and while on her tr.p P to visit England, Fra"c?' d gium, Holland, Denmark, and Sweden. She hopes to be abl? visit relatives of her late stp father, J. Berg, while m Den mark. * ? Sheriff White Hits The Water Sheriff John White received an impromptu baptism in Lockwoods Folly river last week while searching for a j moonshine still in company J with Deputies J. H. Coleman and Daught Tripp. The reports have it that the three - passenger r o w b o a t reached a log in the upper reaches of the stream. It was I necessary to cross over, boat and all. In the process of lift . ing the boat, the sheriff lost | his footing and slid into the water up to his arms. The deputies are said to have re mained dry, but it is under stood they got a good cussing out for laughing. Proceeding with their quest after the sheriff's clothes had been wrung out, they located a 100-gallon whiskey still, five barrels of mash and eight gal | Ions of whiskey. Hoping to capture the operators, they left things as they were for u con siderable time before taking and destroying the prize. Recorder Has Busy Session Full Docket Disposed Of Before Judge W. J. Me Lamb Here In Recorder's Court Monday I A large docket was disposed of in Recorder's court here Monday | by officials of the Brunswick I county Recorder's court, with the J following disposition being made of cases: Valey Whaley, assault, remand ed to J. P. court. | Richard Willard Vereen, speed ling. fined $10.00 and costs. I Joe Edward Oliver, improper lights, required to pay costs. Milton Columbus Gore, improper lights and brakes, fined $10.00 and costs, fine remitted. Ben Gross Murray, reckless operation, fined $25.00 and costs fine remitted. Preston Edward Rogers, Jr., speeding, fined $10.00 and costs fine remitted. Curtis McCall, reckless opera tion and driving drunk, 60 days on roads, judgment suspended on payment of a fine of $50.00 and costs. | Curtis McCall, damage to pro perty, ordered to make restution in amount of $5.00. Horace Varnum, assault, con tinued. J. C. Strickland, drunk and dis orderly, 30 days in jail, suspended on payment of a fine of $10.00 and costs. ! Mamie Kohn, prostitution and drunk on highway, one year in 'camp 404 at Raleigh, suspended on payment of costs and the de [ fendant be placed ?n probation for two years. | Burris Ward, drunk and dis orderly in public place, fine $10.00 and costs, fine remitted. j Tate Faircloth, Jr., drunk and disorderly and resisting an officer, '30 days on the roads, suspended on payment of a fine pf $25.00 and costs. Roland Leonard, reckless opera tion resulting in death, nol pros with leave. Fred Joye, reckless operation, ^Continued on page 2) Announce Classes For Flower Show! Here On May 16th ! Annual Event Sponsored By : Southport Woman's Club Already Creating Much | Interest Locally USUAL SYSTEM IN AWARDING PRIZES; Large List Of Classifications Offers Variety Of Con tests In Which Entries May Be Made Plans are progressing for the annual Flower Show sponsored by the Southport Woman's Club to be held here on May 16. Gen eral chairman for the affair is Mrs. Helen Bragaw. Classes as announced by Mrs. Bragaw are very much the same as in former years, and prizes' will be awarded on the same bas- j is. The point system will be used to determine the two grand prize winners. First places will count 5 points, second places will count 3 points and third places will count 1 point. Classes and divisions are as follows: Class I? Perfection of bloom, (a) Large flower, any variety; (b) small flower, any variety. Class II ? Artistic arrange ment (a) Large living room; (b) i Small Living room; (c) Dining table, formal; (d) Dining table, informal; (e) Mantel; (f) Bed tray; (g) Seasonal; (h) Wild flower; (i) Miniature; (j) Coffee table; (k) Largest wild flower collection; (1) Floor: 1, large, and 2, small; (m) Novelty; (n) Chil dren's miniature garden; (o) Childrens' arrangement. Class III ? Potted Plants, (a) Flowering; (b) non-flower ing. Schooner Ready To Resume Trip Beautiful Yacht Tied Here For Several Days While Repairs Are Made : Following Damage To | Rigging The two- masted schooner | Vee Gee II, delayed here at j Southpor t for over three weeks while a new jib boom was being made and afterward to await the arrival of a new chain to replace a damaged one, will clear for Marblehead, Mass., this week. The ship is a 109-footer with a draft of 16% feet. It is own ed by M. P. Johnson, Massachu setts business man, and is a trim little pleasure vessel. Commanded by Capt. Finley Dunton, the Vee Gee II left Boothbay Harbor, Maine, on De- 1 cember 19. She went to Bermu da, Nassau, Havana, back to Mi ami, Fla., Charleston and to Southport, where she ran into j trouble when a tug dragged its tow into the bowsprit or jib, as | the Vee Gee II was anchored in i the river. In addition to the skipper, the | vessel carries a crew of eleven ' men. According to some of the 1 officers, the damage, loss of time, etc., runs to a good deal. It is assumed that the tug own ers will be required to make , good the loss. The tug was own-: ed by the Wood Towing Com pany, of Norfolk. Furpless Elected President Of Lions At their annual election of of of the Southport Lions Club named B. L. Furpless to serve as president for the coming year. Other officers included D. C. Herring, first vice-president; J. W. Ruark, second vice-president; D. J. Smith, secretary; W. P. Jorgensen, treasurer; M. R. San ders, lion tamer; Dallas Piggott, tail twister; C. G. Ruark and Dan Harrelson, new members of the board of directors. Officer Slate For Legion Post R. D. White, Jr., Nominated j To Serve As Commander | Of Shallotte Legion Post During Coming Year With the honor going to some outstanding Senior of the Shal lotte high school, the Shallotte Post No. 247 American Legion will have a representative at Boy's State this fall. The selec tion will be made at some meet ing in the near future. The decision to send a boy to this Institute of Government training course was made at the regular meeting of the Shallotte Post Friday night. At the same meeting the Post went on record as unanimously endorsing Charles M. Trott, of Southport, as Com mander of the 7th District. The Post also went on record requesting that veterans be given first consideration with regard to jobs of a local nature where they qualify. Harry L. Mintz, who has been commander of the Shallotte Post for the past year, was unanim ously nominated by the nominat ing committee to serve another j year. Mr. Mintz declined to ac cept the nomination and thank ed the committee for the honor. On the second ballot R. D. White, Jr., was unanimously nominated as commander for the year. James D. Bellamy was unan imously nominated for adjutant. Sees Improvement In Fire Program ? . State Forester Declares That Better Facilities Than Ever Will Be Made Available For Brunswick County J. R. Spratt, North Carolina State Forester in charge of fire prevention work, spent Monday here with the board of county commissioners, discussing the forest fire prevention program for the current year. In an in- 1 terview Mr. Spratt stated to J this paper that the program! calls for a much more adequate j fire prevention system for the future, this with no additional j cost to the county. With an increasing nation- 1 wide consciousness on the part of the public relative to the value of conserving timber, espe cially in counties like Bruns wick where a tremendous acre age goes to the growing of pine trees, the State and National governments are redoubling their efforts at cooperation in fire prevention Mr. Spratt stated that full de- ! tails as to the program in Brunswick county will be avail able to the press in a short time. i Our ROVING Reporter ir. b. raua Around at Clarendon Planta tion on the river road recently Neil Thomas pointed out the lit j tic island, a short distance from the beautiful home, where he ' . killed eight big black ducka and J two crows at one shot three 1 I years ago. In the winter time, the ducks swarm about the 300- j acre rice fields at Clarendon. The crows fraternize with them more | or less. These two were mixing 'with the ducks until they got it in the neck. | Despite heavy hunting last iyear there should be plenty of deer found in the woods this fall. [Twice, on successive days and at j different spots we have seen ! pairs of the animals, by the road side. Inquiry of others who use the highways frequently reveals that it is not unusual for them to se6 deer by tiie yoadade. Staging the event late to allow! the girls time to look their pret-| tiest (which they did), the Bo livia high school girls' basketball team, champions of the county j during the past season, were giv en a supper here at Mack's Cafe j this past week. Johnny King and I Charley Rourk were ' hosts for j the event and the following mem bers of the team and guests were present: Margie Phelps, Mattie Mae Cunningham, Vernie Willetts, Sammie Mercer, Louise Gray, Kathleen Caison, Vivian Gore, Doris Long, Emma Mc Dowell, Alberta Skipper, Linda Mae Sullivan; Miss Catherine Stone, the coach, and Miss Gladys Danford, a guest. Regardless of how people may be rushed, with about everybody intent pn getting somewhere or (Continued On Page 6). I Shallotte Man Tells Of History Of Whipping Post Late J. H. White Told Family Of Incidents Which Hap pened During Court Sessions Jimmy Stanley, of Shallotte, | comes out this week withjsome ! additional information about | the old whipping post at the | rear of the Brunswick Coun- I ty courthouse. The Shallotte man, who is a ; son of the late Judge J. A. 1 Stanley, of the Recorders ! court, had the following com ment in a letter to this paper this week: "In regard to Southport's famed whipping post, in reali ty the Brunswick county whip ping post at Southport, I can give you a little more informa tion. "I was only nine years old when my grandfather, J. H. White, died 30 years ago at | the age of 76. I can recall hearing him tell of seeing a man whipped at this post. I have seen the post and it is exactly as my grandfather de scribed it. "Many years ago a man was convicted of stealing a horse from a poor farmer. My grandfather was a young man then and was called to serve as a juror at the trial. The thief had kept the horse only nine days before he was ar rested. Owing to circumstanc es not now recalled he was sentenced to receive only nine lashes at the post. Sherriff Jack Butler was at the whip. "My mother, who is getting well along in years, remem bers hearing my grandfather telling them around the fire side at night of the CiviJ War he was in, and of the whipping post at Southport and the men he had seen whipped there. He seldom, if ever, missed attend ing court. "It seems that the whippings were more to shame the crim inal than to hurt him. Imme diately after a man ? was found guilty and sentenced to teh post, court recessed for a few minutes so that everyone could go and see the sentence carried out. "The culprit's shirt was re moved, his hands were tied or handcuffed to the ring in the post and the whip was lightly applied. This over, he was un fastened, his shirt was restored and he was told to scram, or something equivalent to that. Then everyone, except the whipped man, went back to the court room to hear the next case. "Yes, your old post in the rear of the court house has had plenty of history behind it" Report Of Activities Of Home Demonstration Clubs ? Final Report On Cancer Fund Drive Mrs. ..SI... M... Rosenbaum, Brunswick county chairman of the drive for funds for the American Cancer Society, re ports that a Mim of $408.36 has been reported to date, an amount which almost doubles the assigned quota of $240..00 Sirs. Rosenbaum says that there may be some few volun teer workers who have failed thus far to turn in their re port, and die urges that these people get into touch with her as soon as possible. Following is a report of the drive in each community: South port," $130. j Supply, $13.75; Shallot te, $84.40; Vil lage Point, $20.25; Seaside $2; "Bolivia, $51.15; Wlnmabow, $13.50; Waccamaw school, $28.58; Leland school, $15.73; Shallot te school, $19. Commissioners In Session Monday Matters Of Routine Busi ness Importance Disposed Of Here By Board Of County Commissioners On Monday Members of the board of coun ty commissioners disposed of several routine business matters at their regular meeting here Monday. The application of W. W. Har rill for a beer license was re fused. W. P. Jorgensen was appoint ed to accept pre-payments on the 1947 tax levy, and a tenta tive rate of $1.60 was set by the board. Mrs. Opal Wilson was granted permission to pay taxes due on the R. L. Wilson estate for the years 1931-32 on the basis of the 1933 valuation. Upon pay ment by Mrs. Wilson of one-half the taxes now due the commis- ? sioners agreed to relieve of fur ther obligation the heirs of this estate. The following items were ap proved for inclusion in the new! county budget: .02c for aid to the blind; .09c for old age assistance; , ,05c for aid to dependent chil- , dren. The commissioners approved the request of the Leland school district for a special election to determine whether or not an ad valorium tax not exceeding 15c may be levied. The commissioners requested 1 the State Highway and Public j Works Commission to take over the road leading from the S. A. Potter place to the Old George- j town Road near the A. F. Reyn olds place. The commissioners approved an order for all county offices to be closed for the day on Satur-j day, May 10. Thirteen Well - Organized Home D e m o n s t ration Clubs Now Functioning In Brunswick County CLUB WEEK IS NOW BEING OBSERVED Home Agent Anxious To Organize Clubs For Com munities Which Have Enough Interested Women With the theme that "Today's Home Builders Create Tomor row's World," Mrs. Alcne Mintz, the home demonstration agent, and the club women of Brunswick are this month em phasizing the fact that it is in the home that the pattern of the culture of a people is founded. Relative to home demonstra tion work in Brunswick county, Mrs. Mintz points out several pertinent facts, interesting alike to the club members and the general public. She says: There is one white home agent in Brunswick, no assistant and no colored agent. There are 13 well organized home demonstration clubs with a total enrollment of 188 members. There are 16 women neighbor hood leaders, with 104 others serving as project leaders. In 798 Brunswick county homes changes in practice have definitely resulted from the home demonstration program. Twelve hundred Brunswick farm families are credited with having been in fluenced for the good by some phase of the extension program. Many women of the county have earnestly studied ways of improving the family's health through better food practices. They have studied meal planning from the standpoint of including and preparing the correct foods (Continued on page 4) Leland Baptists Building Church Material Placed On Ground And Hopes Are To Begin Construction Work On Edifice At Early Date The congregation of the Le land Baptist church hopes to have construction work started on their new church building at an early date. The grounds have been cleared and several thou sand brick and other building material has already been placed. It is said that the building will be very much on the same plan as that of the Soldier Bay Bap tist church at Ash. The cost will be approximately $40,000. The auditorium is planned to seat about 300 persons and Sun day School rooms will be in the basement as at Soldiers Bay church. Members of the building com mittee are Robert Bordeaux. Lloyd Bordeaux and F. O. Sim mons. Rev. Woodrow Rob bins is pastor of tile church. Southport And Shallotte Name Same Mayors No Opposition For Mayor John D. Eriksen As He Goes Back For His Sev enth Consecutive Term GALLOWAY BACK AT SHALLOTTE Serious Opposition Is Offer ed In Shallotte Voting With Roney Cheers, Jr. His Opponent John D. Eriksen was safely re turned to his post of Mayor or Southport and Leon Galloway was reelected as head of the town government at Shallotte in yes terday's municipal election. An unusual show of interest marked balloting in Southport, with a total of 141 votes being cast for Mayor Eriksen. There were no write-in candidates. Only in the third ward was there a write-in candidate for alderman. Monroe Barnhill re ceived 2 votes. Hubert Livingston had 48 votes and Lewis J. Har dee had 43 to score an easy vic tory. Dan Harrelson had 63 votes and G. W. McGlamery 61 in the first ward. Voting f was lightest in the second ward, where Davia C. Herring received 28 votes and Murley Hood 27. At Shallotte Mayor Galloway had serious opposition from Roney Cheers. Jr., but managed to win by a margin of 56 to 32. The new board of aldermen will be comprised dl J. P. Russ, Hu bert Holmes, W. T. White, Rob White and Ted Bennett. D. C. Andrews and Bruce Hawes. mem bers of the old board, were not candidates for reelection. All successful candidates were sworn in last night before Magistrate Elliott Tripp. J. H. Coleman was named for a two years term as town marshall, and also was sworn in. Driver Is Freed Of Deaui Clame Canadian Given Hearing By Acting Coroner Caison And Later By Recorder's Court Judge Roland Leonard, of Canada, chauffeur of the car that was in volved in a fatal wreck oh Route 17 at Jackies Creek two weeks ago, was last week clear ed of blame by a coroner's jury empaneled by Acting Coronet John G. Caison. Following this verdict another case, charging reckless driving, was nol prossed here in Recorder's court Monday morning. Leonard and two ladies, Mrs. Florida Plante and Miss Mary Bellsmore, both of Montreal, Canada, were returning frot* Florida. At the curve, four hun dred yards* south, of Jackie's Creek, Leonard lost control of the car when it skidded off ths pavement. With the machine turning over several times Mrs. PlB/ite received fatal injuries about the head and died in the Wilmington hospital shortly after being car ried there. Miss Bellsmore was also seriously injured about the head. Foq a time her condition was regarded as critical. Young Navy Man Laid To Rest Shallotte Youth Died Sai? urday In Naval Hospital In Brooklyn; Funeral Services Yesterday Lawrence C. Leonard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Leonard, of the Shallotte Village Point community, died early Saturday morning in the Navy hospital, at Brooklyn, New York. He had been a patient there for some time, suffering from a stomach trou ble. The deceased was 19-years old and had been in the Navy nearly two years. A graduate of ths Shallotte high school, he enlisted in the Navy immediately after his graduation. Popular in the Shallotte section, the news of hia death came as a shock to rel?? tives and friends. In addition to his parents he is survived by two sisters, Blots* and Shelda Lee Leonard, and one brother, W. C.' Leonard, all -at ShaUoette. The remains were returns^ from Brooklyn yesterday morn ing and taken to the Gurgmus cemetery, where services were held from the graveside at 4 o'clock, with Rev. W. J. Free* Continued on page two