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pilot Covers gruns? ick County THE STATE PORT PILOT Most of The News All The Time A Good Newspaper In A Good Community 6-PACES TODAY Southport. N. C? Wednesday. May 2TTl947~ ~ Ti jo"per~ve** wbushep every wepnespaT flower Show Is Attraction Of Great Interest u Robert K. Godfrey Is thinner Of Sweepstakes I Prize 1h>* Year With lyr). C. G. Ruark In Sec Li H?? InCES PRAISE " THIS YEAR'S SHOW Rehder Declares ^ JI* I fLt r Show Is Credit | t 0nly To Southport But Entire Area show is a credit d Ejsrasrs ??. community ' ? Friday ??^"S Si f particularly outf a"^ 1 ' OTS also special praise "Jnt.re class of mimature *T of the sweepstakes Mrs. Robert K. God a'th Mrs. C. G. Ruark win jscond place. ' , O'clock the annual Worn f tea was held, and more, ? pro hundred visitors came V* show and to enjoy the ,,lltv of the ladies of this Earlier the school ?:? been invited to visit N. -t with their teachers. I (tfrtshments were served j t ? that time. b Helen G. Bragaw. chair , d the show, was assisted by Mowing: Mrs. M. M. Hood, par. of the house committee; 1 3. C. Daniel, chairman of e Mrs. C. G. Ruark, chair iof arrangements; Mrs. H. T. I Bfter??. chairman of the tea; Pearce Cranmer, chairman. Fsrstritiona: M'. * -Olargttrc - |t .. chairman of silver of jss: Mrs. Lewis J. Hardee, pwirn of shadow boxes; and . Mas Pigott, chairman of 1 Iren's arrangements. tars of the first, second, j third prizes in the various] sou included the following: IClass 1. perfection of bloom, V Mrs. H. T. St. George, |r \|ra Thomas St. George, pnl; and Mrs. Richmond Full third. Cass 2. artistic arrangement * large living room: Mrs. Rob Godfrey, first: Mrs. Thomas George, second; Mrs. David Pig. third. It1 small living room: Mrs. J.1 Qrr. first: Mrs. C. G. Ruark,! f Mrs. Dallas Pigott,' ; room table, formal: I H. T. St. George, first; p Robert Thompson, second; ^ te C. G. Ruark, third. dining table, informal: , C G. Ruark. first; Mrs. 1 t Gorfrey. second; Mrs. [ ^ Herring, third. mantel: Mrs. H. T. St. 1 top- first; Mrs. J. E. Carr, J? '? ar/i Mrs. Annie Gertrude j third. I? bed tray: Mrs. Robert! f?P?K first; Mrs. F. M. second. '? seasonal: Mrs. Fred L. ?fc-?- first Mrs. C. G. Ruark, and Mrs. J. E. Carr, l] wildflower arrangement: Continued on page 3 hitfNtwt Flashit ?E OX VISIT a'i" Watson, principal of K-'Mrt high school until March Sis year, is spending a few ! I* iiere in order to attend the i *&auin exercises. He holds a -vi'.h the Department of ?fat. | | ^ EXAMIN ATION" f-'M John G. White went to j ~T-"Ston Monday for the pur *? having an X-ray ?*? tratvn maf)r 0f y,ls iUngs and H? is not ill but Dr. of shallotte recently that he slow up and ? t--"s3 easy. 5 Pr' ACH htrf J?hn C. Glenn, district su ^ent, will be in Southport Sli"Say morning to hold *'?>' conference and will ^ ? the 11 o'clock hour at l_-' Methodist church. Dr " ~ 4 Sorter pastor of Bden Ksthodist church, in Ra. Whileville Produce Mart Will Open Next Thursday Farmer* Of This County Will Be Able To Profit By Facilities Offered For First Time [ WhitevBi's new produce auc-4 tion map't, located on West] j Ctfmmercse street, will open of ficially Thursday, May 29, at 9:30 a. r. according to J. H. i ! Parker, t mager. The ftr C purchase was madei 1 Monday v hen Mr. Parker bought , 36 hampt s of beans from J. P. 1 Stanley of Loris, R 2, at a pri- j vate salt The sale was followed with a futement by Mr. Stanley! that hef vould be back next week i with mjore produce for sale, j The parket is being sponsored ' by the Whiteville Merchants as sociatior ani its facilities are be ing offered , as an encouragement ! i for increase) truck crop produc- ' i tion in the Entire area served by i Whiteville. Adequate shed space and loading and unloading plat forms have been constructed for the convenience of farmers who bring their produce here. On the opening day of ^official sales, buyers from leading Eastern pro duce companies will be on hand to offer farmers the highest prices for their produce. In order to keep buyers sup plied with the truck produce needed daily, it is necessary that growers bring their produce to the market between 9:30 a. m. and 6 p. m. daily. Visits among the growers in dicate a very good crop, if wea ther conditions improve. Indications Are That State Will Take Caswell Director Of Department Of Conservation And De velopment Here Thursday For Purpose Of Making Inspection SHORT TERM LEASE IS ONLY DRAWBACK1 However, In Event Decision Is Made To Take Over Property, Immediate Use May Result It now appears definite that the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development will lease Fort Caswell from the Navy and make it a part of the Mountain Seashore park system. Here last Thursday, Director R. Bruce Etheridge stated that the only trouble about things is that the Navy is not willing to lease for a period of longer than five years. This five-year lease proposition has no special .vgnificance. When j the government desires to lease J a building for some gove- ?nent ! ager.cy they usually ask for a] foyr or five year lease. Likewise when it has a building or some thing that it wishes to lease to private or public interests the usuil procedure is to lease for no longer than five years, the sair.e as they want to do with Cas.vell. However they seldom fail to give a new lease at the expiration of the time. According to Mr. Etheridge, the objections from the state to a five years lease is based on the fact that it will be difficult to get much of an appropriation from the General Assembly for permanent improvements if the Department of Conservation and j Development is unable to show a long-time lease. Since the legislature is not now in session it will be neces sary to wait two years unit it meets again before the property car. be utilized to its full value, j However, should the lease be signed in the near future it is thought that the State can take over immediately and open the buildings for summer and winter visitors. A trailer park can also be put in operation, along with seme amusements, without wait ing for legislative action. Mr. Etheridge was accompanied on his trip here by K. Clyde . Council, of Whiteville, and five other members of the Board of Conservation and Development. It is understood that they came as a committee to look over the property and decide what action should be taken. They were ac companied over to the Forts and assisted in making an inspection of a considerable number of the buildings and facilities by At torney Davis Herring of South port. When the buildings were re conditioned in 1941 and 1942 Mr. Herring was there working in tie office of the contractors. No Break Yet In Murder Case' Local Authorities Still Awaiting Announcement From U. S. Army Autho- j rities Or South Carolina : Officers ! There has been no break in' p.e Devoll murder case and j theriff'a. officers say that there j Kill be none until the South Car- , jtiina end of the investigations: t'-e completed. David J. Devoll, young army , i?rgeant attached to the Myrtle, ieach Air Base, was found in his kar shot to death on the morning <f May 9. The car was parked ,<n the shoulders of Route 17, a| laule and a half east of tKe South J ^aro!ir-a line and in Brunswick , (Continued on Page 3) Collecting Used Clothes This Week B. L. Furpless, Brunswick county chairman of the Over seas Relief committee, is di recting a drive this week de signed to collect gifts of used clothing and shoes from donors in all communities. Many such gifts were turn ed in at the various schools be fore they closed their doors, and now that they are no long er open Sir. Furpleois is urg ing that gifts be anuggly (tack ed and sent to Southport on any W. B. & S. bus Manager Hubert A. Livingston has agreed to assist with these collections. In Southport donations may be turned over to the chairman j for each church, or donations j may be left at the Amuzu I theatre or The State Port Pilot ! office. Young Robbers Under Arrest ? ' Brunswick County Officers Capture Trio Of Mary land Youths As Result Of Suspicious Actions Finding three youthful looking fellows in a 1937 Plymouth with a Maryland tag on the highway in Waccamaw township last Wed nesday, Chief of Police J. H. Coleman of Shallotte, who is also a deputy sheriff, started to in vestigate the car. When he opened the door two of the boys got out and ran. A short search of the machine re vealed a large number of pen nies, nickles, dimes, cigaretts, beer and a bottle or two of wine. The papers to the car were miss ing or with one of the boys who had taken French leave. Calling in Deputy Sheriff Hor ace Long, of Columbus county, who was passing, and also send ing to Shallotte for Sheriff John White and other deputies, Chief Coleman rounded up the two boys who had run. They were found hiding in the woods. State Highway Patrolman C. J. Ferguson, who also went to join in the search, questioned the boys and learned that they had stolen the Plymouth in Baltimore, (Continued on page 2) Baptists Plan Study Course Annual Study Course For Baptist Training Union Begins On May 26 At Local Church The Training Union of the Southport Baptist church will hold its annual study course from May 26 through May 30. The schedule to be followed each evening during the week is as follows: 6 o'clock to 6:45 o'clock, classwork; 6:45 o'clock to 7:15 o'clock, supper on the grounds and an assembly program; 7:15 o'clock to 8 o'clock, classwork. Teachers for the week are: Miss Annie May Woodside teach ing "The Junior Training Union Manual;" Mrs. H. M. Baker, teaching "The Intermediate j Training Union Manual" and Mrs. ! M. T. McRackan teaching "Young People Union Administration." Upon completion of the study and written examination appropriate awards will be made. All members of the Baptist [ church of nine years or over are; urged to attend these study, groups. Urges Support Of Organization To Aid Growers Tobacco Associates Is Non P r o fi t Organization Whose Purpose It Is To Help Develope New Weed Markets MUST GET SUPPORT FROM CONTRIBUTIONS Provision Has Been Made For Election On July 12 To Decide Whether Assessment May Be Charged T. T. Ward, president of the Brunswick Farm Bureau, wishes to urge all tobacco growers of this county to send in $1.00 to j. J, Hawes, secretary of the Farm Bureau, at Supply, to help | build a fund with which to help to finance the program of To bacco Associates. Tobacco Associates Is a non profit, non-stock organization which has been formed by to bacco farmers and others in terested in the tobacco industry with the chief aim of promoting world wide markets for the crop produced in the United States. John B. Hutson has been nam ed president of the agency. Mr. Hutson is former president of the Commodity Credit Corpora tion, Under Secretary of Agri culture and director of personnel of United Nations. He was very acUve in the tobacco program during the thirties, at the time when quotas were being establish Brunswick county was asked to raise $401.00 as her part In underwriting the first few months of the new organization. Mr. Ward says that all except $140 00 has been raised, and that the full amount will be realized if each man who produces tobacco, or for whom tobacco is produced on his farm, will send in $1.00. On July 12 tobacco farmers will be given an opportunity to vote on this program, and tA make an expression by ballot ar to whether they wish to have a 10- cents per acre assessment made to cover expenses of this program for the coming year. Commencement Leland School Twelve Members Of Senior Class Received Diplomas At Exercises Held las* 1 Night In High School , Auditorium Commencement exercises at the , Leland high school began Sun day evening at 7:30 o'clock with! the baccalaureate sermon being, nreached by the Rev. Herbert Strickland, of the WrighUboro Baptist church. Last Friday evening the an nual Junior-Senior held at the "Famous Grill m Wilmington. The commencement was made by the Rev - Dr. Mad dry of the First Baptist church in Wilmington, Tuesday eveni g at 7:30 o'clock. Twelve students formed the graduating cla. these being: Robert Rourk Hou.v ton Williams. Chris Burris. Jimmy Sessoms, Herbert Mintz, Herman Klutz, Maude White. Lois Lync ,, (Continued on page 2) I Wildlife Club To Hold Meeting E. J. Prevatte, president of the Brunswick County Wildlife Club, says that as soon as Governor R. Gregg Cherry announces the names of the commissioners un der the new game and fish set up the Wild Life Club members in Brunswick county, and all who care to join, will hold a meeting, perfect the organization and push the membership. It is possible that directors may be appointed from each township. At last week's meeting in ad dition to Mr. Prevatte being elected president Dillon L. Ganey was named vice-president and W. B. Keziah was re-elected se cretary-treasurer. Crop Situation Is Discouraging Cold Spells Coupled With Unusually Dry Weather Is Retarding Develop ment Of Farm Crops A review of the Brunswick crop situation this week reveals a rather discouraging outlook as ! regards the general condition. I Dry weather in connection with recent cold spells has prevented mtich growth, except in the case of corn. The corn crop, little effected by dry weather in its early stages, is doing well and some fine fields are to be seen through out the county. Small grain, just ready to head out when the dry weather became pronounced, has been considerably injured, but the young lespedeza in most of the fields is understood to be al right. With a good stand of this plant there should be a good hay crop in the making after the grain is combined. Tobacco, according to a num ber of growers who have been interviewed this week, is rather spotted, with small plants in many fields and some fairly well developed ones in others. In still ! other fields there is a mixture of both large and small plants. The crop appears to be in far from a normal condition for this season of the year. Everything else, in addition to corn, tobacco and small grain, is presenting a rather backward ap pearance. Another week or two with good weather should bring: about a marked change for the better. I Commencement In Progress Here I ________ Graduation Exercises For Southport High School i Will Be Held This Even ing Commencement, exercises for the Southport high school seniors arfe now in progress, with the I graduation address to be deliver- 1 ed tonight at 8 o'clock by Solici tor Clifton Moore. The baccalaureate sermon was delivered Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock hour by Dr. J. M. Wag 1 g'ette, pastor of Southport Pres byterian church. Dr. Waggette brought a message of inspiration j and interest to members of the senior class and to the large | congregation which had come to hear him. Special music made; this part of the commencement (Continued on Page 2) i Our ROVING Reporter We were hanging around at. Shallotte one day last week when State Highway Patrolman C. J. j Fergus and Chief of Police J. H. Coleman came along with three | men they had arrested for auto j theft. They were bringing them to Southport to jail. We had not done anything those fellows knew about, but they stopped and ' brought us in, too. The freshwater fish are mak- j ing good a prediction that ap peared in this column over a year ' ago and has probably been men- ! tioned several times since. 1Tiat| prediction was that the fresh- . water fishing for the next fewj years would be the best that most of the folks hereabouts had ever known, faow, from down on the Waccamaw River to up on Town Creek and from half a hundred small lakes a r.Z etreiraa in Brunswick county, it* Cot&Dlgj reports of fishermen getting their full day's limit in a very brief time. Some of the older residents, like T. M. Hickman's Cross Roads, say they have never ( known fishing like the fresh i waters afford this year. Some sources in Wilmington have been asking why there are so few game fish in the sea this year. The answer is that there are just as many fish in the sea this year as there ever were. With continuous floods last spring, sum mer and fall the self-respecting saltwater fish went to sea where , they would not be disturbed by mud and slime. Save for excpt ional days there has been very little in this year's weather to encourage them to come right in shore. According to Captain H. T. Watts, whose boaf. were the first' to invade the Gulf Streaa in (CbnttoudS Ttom H(t Stt) Big Graduating Class Finishes At Shallotte F o r t*y - Two Brunswick County Boys And Girls Receive Diplomas At Ex ercises Monday Night HONOR AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED Baccalaureate Sermon Was Delivered Sunday Morn ing By Rev. Richard Braunstein Shallotte high school concluded a most successful session Monday night with the graduation of 42 young men and women. This is probably the largest number of students ever to graduate at one time from any school in Brunswick. The commencement exercises were spread over two days. Mon day was graduation night, with the invocation by Rev. Richard Braunstein; the Salutation by Margaret Phelps and a program which included the presentation of the Hamilton Mintz Memorial Cup, the Dr. W. R. Goley Plaque, the valedictory by Allene Hewett and the presentation of diplomas by Principle Henry C. Stone. Marshalls for the occasion were Dixie Hewett, Darius Stanaland, (Continued on Page 4) Dynamiting Case Scheduled To Be Tried This Week Presiding JUDGE PARKER Local Electrical Cooperative Officials Attend Meeting Bellamy Grand Jury Foreman Norman Bellamy was named foreman of the grand jury by Judge R. Hunt Parker Monday morning;. Other members of the body include: P. D. Smith, J. R. Osteon, T. F. Cumbee, Jesse J. Cheers, James Oaison, O. R. Mlntz, G. T. Holden, L. C. Robinson, John L. Henry, W. A. Kopp, W. A. Reynolds, S. B. Fisher, L. O. Sellers, P. M. Cox, J. O. Smith, W. H. Tharpo and W. B. Edwards. Judpo Parker carefully ex plained the duties of members of the grand jury and impress i ed upon the members (heir re sponsibility for good law and order in their county during the next 13 months. | Commissioners In Session Monday Grant Leave Of Absence To Coroner W. E. Bell; Act ing Coroner To Be Nam ed By Clerk Of Court Members of the board of coun ty commissioners in session here Monday granted a leave of ab sence to Coroner W. E. Bell until such time that he desires to re turn to Brunswick county and resume his official duties. This action was based upon a letter from Coroner Bell request ing that he be granted a leave of absence. Appointment of an acting-coroner is left in the hands of Clerk of Court Sam T. Ben nett, who has not yet named a man to serve during the continu ed absence from this county of Coroner Bell. The commissioners rescinded their order of January 6, 1947, appointing H. R. Hewett to make a survey of Eentry No. 4355 made by W. H. Simmons, and J. B. Atkinson was appointed by them to make this survey. In a joint meeting with mem bers of the Welfare Board ap proval was given an item of $8,001.00 to be included in the 1 1947-48 budget estimate. Stormy Session Here Thursday Citizens Of Shallotte Town- j ship Came Before Board ! Of Equalization And Re-j view To Register Protest ' Hie county commissioners, sit ting as a board of equalization and review, had a stormy ses sion Thursday when a number of Shallotte township tax payers ap peared before them to protest the valuation set on their pro- 1 perty by the reviewing board in , their ,tow#Aip. A settlement of' the township natter ! E. D. Bishop, Superinten dent Of Brunswick Elec | trie Membership Corpo ration And Direct or 1 Mintz Attend FULL REPORT ' MADE ON MEET Picture. Showing FuU Jfcopel Of Growth Of RtA vice Given For Benefit Of Those Attending Meeting their friends made a JKimage to ?*?? determination that rural America: shall have Ugh*. ^ ^^1 Electric Membership Corporation J sSotte, was represented at tho^ Spokane convention y 'M(n. Bishop, manager, and | tz, director. The event was the fifth annua financed rural electrlc^sysUm. ! west' where" many of the greatest I hydro-electric developments m, Vhe world are constructed, the the WUI1U Svstem managers farmers and ^f^ooo rural I were speaking fo ? f ml families receiving eleciricuj which are members on j systems convention the Association at tne w which was held April - ? | ' seven - hundred cooperatives. puS Power districts and public, ? Rural Electric Cooperative Association. i coiu?L?sC^eyrLrTen^all^ 'S^V^rtHcification Administration with interest. A resolution passed by _ the ? r F C A convention asked tha ingress increase funds earmark S for rural electrification loans. Mary E. Purvis Is Dead At Ash Funeral Services Conducted At Home Thursday Morn ing At 10 O'clock Mrs. Mary E. Purvis, a resi dent of Ash. died Tuesday at noon after a brief illness. A na tive of Columbus county, she was the widow of W. J. Purvis. Funeral services will be con - & Guldeway. She was a member of Old Dock Methodist church. , Surviving ?e of| A. and James ^Purvis, ^ M| Suggs.^f Whiteville. route 4. and! Mr, h. E. r fuT '. * Case In Which There la Much Public Interest Had Not Been Called For Trial At Early Hour To day SUPERIOR COURT IN SESSION HERE Judge R. Hunt Parker Pre siding Over One Week Mixed Term Which Convened Here Monday The ease In which Bert Jacobs, Brunswick county white man, is charged with placing dynamite beneath the hood of an automo bile belonging to Mr. Piggott in an alleged attempt to bring about his death had not been called for trial here early this morning. The May term of Brunswick county Superior court is in ses sion, with Judge R. Hunt Parker presiding. During yesterday's session Will Mathews pleaded guilty to charges of assault. Judbment was suspended upon payment of costs and $>.00 on the doctor bill of the prosecuting witness. The de fendant was required to post ap pearance bond in the amount of 150.00. The court found upon the pre sentation of evidence that George O. I-ewis has not violated the terms of a previously imposed suspended sentence. Howard N. Gray was given from 2 to 3 years for store breaking, larceny and receiving stolen goods. William Walls and James Gib son were tried for breaking and entering and for larceny. Both defendants received sentences of from 2 to 3 years on each of the two counts, execution of the se cond sentence to begin with the ending of the first. George It. Johnson and Luther Pudin were sentenced to serve from 10 to 15 years for highway : robbery, and Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett was directed by the court to make restitution to per sons who were victims of this pair in a stick-up at a Bruns wick county roadhouse one night last week. The case charging Tobias Sim mons with trespass was nol prossed at the request of R. I. Phelps. The case against Ronie Varnum for non-support was nol prossed at the request of Mrs. Retha Varnum. Capias was issued and the case against James McDaniel con tinued. He is charged with mur der. Alias capias was issued and the case .charging William Shu bert with abandonment and non support was continued. Instanter capias was Issued in New Hanover and Pender coun ties for James Smith and the case charging him with false pre tense was continued. The following cases were nol prossed with leave: Alton Leon ard, crime against nature; Lundy Monroe, drunk driving; Lucian Moore, abandonment and non support. Divorce decrees were granted in the following actions: Edna E. Gore vs. "William E. Gore; Annie Evans Williams vs. David Jesse Williams; Myrtle S. Horne vs. Cecil L. Horne. Musical Concert Friday Evening Southport Woman's Club Is Sponsoring This Pro gram At Trinity Method ist Church; Public It In vited The public is invited to attend the Southport Woman's Club con cert which is to be presented by a group of local musicians Fri day evening at 8 o'clock in Trinity Methodist church. The following program will bo presented: "Thank God For A Garden" (Del Riego) mixed chorust "Sylvia ( Oley Sp?aka) mixed chorus; "Ave Maria" (Bach Gounod), "Andante from 6th Symphony" (Tchaikowsky) and "To A Lilly" (Hod. son) Mrs. J. W. Ruark; "None But TT;e Lone ly Heart" (Tchaikowsky) and "Where E'er You Walk" (Handel) Mrs. H. C. CSirlette; "Claire de Lune" (Debussy) Mrs. R. I. Min tz; "Greeting to (Stra mlrifl Love Sor.g" (Frisdeni Stress) mixed cboru*; ulnJLove Song" (Fr.?d? M i Contained on ;
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