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t V . _ . . ?-mww ;f The piiot Covers [5run^v ick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community ; Most of The News All The Time NO. SIXTEEN NO. 21 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. CM Wednesday, August 27, 1947 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY 1 1.50 PER YEA* MZ Saiifish In ! Rge Day Taken Ky Party Sunday ! , -?ton Sportsmen Fish Kh -ldl? On" Of H. T. Watts Re I Thrilling Fishing flip if* COWIE WAS lC MEMBER of party ?ye.Witness Account !. The Day's Activity Makes Good Reading For Those Interested In Big Fish v, saiifish- one of them .ttft-nine-inches in length ^;<ved to have been the. ..? caught off the North Car ' ' coast this year, were utt in Sunday afternoon by IdI?. On of Captain H. T. . i H'.s party was comprised ;jt-K Newman, of the Wil Star-News advertising t*-:r.er.t : Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mr and Mrs. Richard .; an.i Richard Peters, a 1 mar. who went along tie rid-'. . captain Watts with re ? -i the trip: "That was the f ;,vs fishing that I have | *r.ce 1941" I: Cowie. being a reporter i :\e Johnnie on the spot in , case, is having his story of | i ay borrowed and used be fc -Hie mble catch, first record ?? th<? North Carolina coast ft [Ml included the largest ftr, boated since the seven ird three-quarter fish ,, from the same craft by . 5h-;ry resident last August. , !t also brings to four the ft?r of satlfish caught locally ' " beating the seven foot * - fi specimen weighing 55 c:s a ted by L. C. Sii*:, j fc- F: :<iav. Aug. 15, while fc\- from Captain Victor P. ( fces "Moja." 1: was really a perfect day lit; as a dead calm caused l wers to retain an oil-slick- 1 I i:?ea:ance throughout the tr i tie party originally intended 1 5ii for blues and after sev passes at the shoals a de 3 was made to head for the Position Buoy and work pis the lightship for sail. 13: the way a piece of debris firt of a box ? was noted and to rocs were readied for dcl A tub was filled with the f-coinred specie and on the 1 maneuver Capt. Richard to. Southport, aboard for the ' called out : "Siii: Dead ahead." That was at 11:20 a. m. and 11:40 Lewis called out: Fish" At the time of the first strike r- -;"ps were over manned by B:s- Newman, Peters and your r'er All were fishing without Sfcrs and were using the free N method. wwis waited several seconds, failed to hook his quarry 1 P ayed out line, reeled in and <W it out a second time. That *?' when the sail struck and started to play out from a ?"wing reel. minutes later, by the , ** Lewis had his fish aboard. ' ",c'; made but one jump then "He docile. ^ *' werP put out again and ; l0 P m Newman screamed: ] ' "?*<! something that is 1 ^Thins* " tllP same moment one after my bait and a quick was made: fetter to get the one that j ??ked than take a chance ; hoth of them.1 (Continued on Page Six) > ir ufNtwt Flathtt home ,7 aM Mrs. Thomas J. Gold ( aughter. Caroline, returned Mavlrfhome at H'gh Point Sat , ? ?trr ."spending two weeks DuthPort and at Long Beach. S?"VDED SHORT course js Anne f'Jl.cher. of Leland. biijj.' a''^nding the 4-H short laitm. T Ra,riSh and is now i,'*? c""sins. Mr. and Mrs. Place. ^ '"iaijis. and family at [art* ? rvF . " xxionin Bewon k^rs ^ 01 county com mis Iky of ^'I;1 ** held on Wcdnes &?2?t weelt. CAUGHT HERE SUNDAY SAILFISH ? Two giant sailfish, the largest measuring 7-ft, 9-in., were caught Sunday by a party of Wilmington sportsmen fishing aboard the sports fishing cruiser "Idle On" with Capt. T. H. Watts, of Southport. Shown above with their catches are Richard Lewis and Jack Newman. ? (Star-News Cut.) White Youth Being Held On Criminal Assault Count Solicitor Clifton L. Moore Made Preliminary Investi gation Into This Matter Pending Next Week's Court Term NINE - YEAR OLD IS CHILD VICTIM Alleged Attack Took Place Wednesday Night As Child Returned Home From Nearby Store Thomas Hewett, 18-year old white man living near Bolivia on the Bolivia-Southport road, is in the Brunswick county jail charged with criminally assaulting a 9 year old white girl of the same community. The child, according to Deputy Sheriff E. V. Leonard, was sent by its mother to a nearby store to purchase some matches Wed nesday of l$st week at about dark. Hewett it said to have been in the store- and when the girl left he followed her, allegedly over taking her and seizing her by the arm as she was passing a to bacco barn near the road. He is alleged to have dragged her to the barn and assaulted her, afterwards giving her a dime and asking, her not to tell. Instead of obeying she hurried home cry ing and told her parents about it. Hewett was arrested at the same store the following night. He is said to have made damag ing admissions. A hearing was scheduled to have been held before Judge W. J. McLamb in Recorder's eourt Monday. However, ' Solietor Clif ton Moore was here Friday night in connection with this case and other matters to be heard at next week's term of court. He carried the warrant home with him to prepare special papers for pre sentment to the grand jury when court convenes next week. Hewett is being held without privilege of bond. Factory May Be Back In Service One Of Owners Of South port Fish Scrap And Oil Company Indicates Plant May Be Renovated Or Rebuilt Prospects seem to be good for the rebuilding of the old South port Fish Scrap and Oil company plant on the inland waterway above the plant of the Brunswick Navigation company. Lewelyn Phillips, of Morehead City, one of the owners, was here this week and he stated that the plant would be in operation next year. Should the plant be rebuilt, it is probable that it will be en larged and its previous capacity increased. Formerly owned by Charles Gause and associates, the plant and grounds were bought several years ago by Mr. Phillips (Continued on pag? sue) Southport Boys Take Big Shark Catching a 75-pound stringaree and cutting him up so that the 1 blood would attract sharks, Sonny Kinsler, Albert Dosher and Coopie Burriss, Southport boys, hooked and landed a 114-pound shark! yesterday afternoon. They had hardly got their catch on the dock before a bigger shark tookl their bait. All three boys wrest- j led with the big fellow for sev eral minutes before their rope- i sized line broke and the shark i got away with the hook and ' part of the line. Game Preserve , Boundaries Set Four-Thousand Acre Tract, On Orton Plantation Will Be Devoted To Effort To Raise Wild Turkeys The Orton State Game Refuge is now definitely established. A few days ago Kenneth Sprunt, man- : i ager of the Orton Plantation, 1 presented this paper with a map showing the boundaries of the I tract now leased by the State and j i under control of the State. The area contains approximately 4000 j acres. . | The area takes in all of Ken dall Pond, extends on both sides of Allen's Creek and is bounded I by Orton Pond on the south, this I pond area beginning about three miles above the dam and run jning westward. While Orton still owns the land i it is under long-time lease to I the State, with hunting privi leges open to no one. The main object is to afford a refuge for wild turkeys and the North Car iolina Wildlife Resources Commis sion says that there are already I approximately 15 native wild turkeys on the tract. More will j be trapped in the Unwharrie Na tional Forest and transplanted on (Continued in page five) Corn Crop Gives Good Promise With Unusual Weather Conditions Causing Loss In The Corn Belt County Ha* Bright Outlook | With the midwest corn crop a failure, owing to dry weather and 'other conditions during the grow ing season, Brunswick county farmers are congratulating them selves on their foresight in having planted a good corn crop this year. Along near the- end of the corn . growing season in 1946 farmers of this county had .many excej^ (Continued On Page 5) Shallotte Bank Ends First Year Period Has Been One Of Unusual Progress In Which Services Of Bank Have Played Big Role The Shallotte office of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Com pany rounded up its first year of operation on the 14th -of this month. When interviewed Monday about this first year, Cashier J. E. Cooke expressed a great deal of satisfaction at the solid man ner in which the bank has be come established. "Results from our standpoint," he said, "have exceeded all of our expectations." From interviews with various business men at Shallotte and in the growing territory the bank is serving, as well as with farm ers, it is evident that (luring its first year the Shallotte bank has performed a great public service. Prior to the opening of the bank in Shallotte, the nearest banking point was about 25 miles away, and consequently, many people were put to considerable trouble to do their banking, and many others did without the conven venience and protection of bank ing service entirely. According to Mr. Cooke, the business is still expanding, many new account now being opened by tobacco growers. J. N. Coburn. executive vice president of the Waccamaw Bank, in expressing his pleasure at the progress made j by the bank stated that the whole organization was glad to participate in and to assist in I the rapid development of busi ness and agriculture in Bruns wick county. "I see you have been taking Congressman Deane fishing," said i Hobson Kirby, a leading Shal- . lotte business man Saturday. J "Wish you'd ask him to stop in! and see me. I was in school with | I him." We don't know just when we will see this particular Con- j j grossmon again. However, he told I us he was to start building a | I summer home at Long Beach ; I early in September and will prob ably be along s6on. So here's ; sending him a copy of this week's paper and this little reminder 1 that his former schoolmate will be glad if he will stop over in Shallotte for a few minutes on some of his trips. | Everybody is mighty consider ate of us. We were on our regu lar trip to Shallotte Saturday and were rushing things as fast as possible when two of our Ra leigh friends, both doctors, canie down thare to examine us on ?*' Urges Farmers To Stabilize Tobacco Price Head Of County Farm Bu reau Points Out That Many Farmers Have Been Selling Tobacco Below Support Level 40-QENT PER POUND AVERAGE GUARANTEED Flue-Cured Tobacco Stabili zation Corp. Is Support Agency An urgent appeal to tobacco farmers of Brunswick county to take full advantage of govern ment loans through the Flue Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stab ilization Corporation, was made [ today by T. T. Ward, Longwood, president of the Brunswick Coun ty Farm Bureau Federation. Ward said that many farmers are now belling their tobacco be low the 40-cent per pound aver age guaranteed support price which is made on a prorated grade basis. This is in keeping with the government's commit ment to support tobacco prices at 90 percent of parity am of JUne 15 each year preceeding market openings. The tobacco farmer ? the actual ( owner of the tobacco ? is the | only person who can authorize tobacco to be turned over to the Stabilization Corporation for Loan purposes. Mr. Ward quoted from a state ment by Carl T. Hicks, President of the Stabilization Corporation, in appealing to Tar Heel farmers to get a fair and stable price for this year's crop. "Many farmers do not remain with their tobacco until sale is completed. Ware housemen will co-operate by set ting the time of sale to enable the farmer to be present. He can then arrange for his tobacco to be placed under loan if the price falls below the support level." To eliminate confusion on the warehouse floor, farmers may join the Stabilization Corporation prior to taking tobacco to mar ket. Memberships may be ob tained at the local tobacco ware house or the Stabilization Cor poration office, Raleigh. Office Of Clerk j Has Busy Sunday Unusual Activity Carried On In Clerk's Office In Southport Sunday As Re sult Of Activity Of Depu ties Closed except for emergencies, the office of Clerk of Court Sam T. i Bennett took on the appear ance of far above the normal week day activity Sunday when officers brought in nine prisoners, charged with selling . tax paid | and non-tax paid whiskey, gamb | ling, vagrancy, public drunken j ness, etc. Along with their prisoners the officers brought in a lot of booze contained in bottles and fruit jars, punch boards and a pistol. Most of the men and women brought in gave bond and were liberated. Others went to Jail in default of bond. Some of them are due to answer to three se parate warrants when their cases (Continued on page 4) ? . . I Our ROVING Reporter w. b. nim little matter. It was a bad day, moon change, we are working, and all that. Despite these and other alibi's that we advarced, the doctors prescribed that we quit work, come home and go fishing with them. They offered to, and did, dig the fish ing worms. Nobody is asking, but our per sonal opinion is that stock in a local hotel corporation is about as good an investment as any that the Southport man or wom an can make. This applies espe cially to those who have property and those who expect to spend | the rest of their lives here. It is (generally admitted that a hotel is one of the greatest local needs. | We will not get one until we put up funds that will show our own ' confidence and attract outside 'funds. j Mrs. Odeli Williamson will be (Continued on page six) They Are Catching Mullets . With Hook And Line Again Beach Fisheries Having Little Luck, But The Story Is Out Once More Of Getting Them With Hooks Inquiry of beach fishermen at Little Beach, Long Beach and ether points on the coast brings reports of only a few small cat ches of mullets being made dur ing the past ten days. The work ers say that it has been too hot and still a little too early for good runs of the fish to show up, as they stay in the creeks and river imets waiting for a touch of cool weather. The mullets should soon be moving. During the past several days small boys at Southport have been getting a lot of entertain ment and some spending money, fishing for them with (looks in the shalloW water at the rivers edge. The fish they have been taking in this method are pretty large, some going to about two pounds. Few people know how to fish for mullets with any reasonable expectations of catching them with hooks. Those who do know how are able to make nice catches and get a lot of fun at the same time. Pound for pound, a mullett can put up as much fight as the best game fish. In fact, it fights so violently that it would easily break a line capable of holding any other sort of a fish of the j same weight. Calendar Of Criminal Cases Set For Next Week j * Noon Monday Is Hunting Deadline Monday is the first open day of the season for marsh hens, but Game Protector H. 7. Bowmer calls attention to a provision of the Federal law which declares that waterfowl may not be shot before noon on the opening day. The Game Protector states that he has oeen advised by his su perior officer to enforce this fea ture of the regulation. Another provision which ap plies to hunting marsh hens is that in addition to possessing a hunting license, it also is neces sary to have a duck stamp. This applies to all persons over the age of 16 years. Two Patrolmen For Brunswick Men Will Be Stationed At Leland And Shallotte; Patrolman Ferguson Is Being Transferred State Highway Patrolman C. J. Ferguson, who has been sta tioned in Brunswick county for the past five years, is leaving Wilmington on September 1st. He has been transferred to San ford in Lee county. A very con secutive officcr, Patrolman Fer guson will be missed by the gen eral public in Brunswick county and especially by county officers, with whom he has always coop erated. The change In the highway pa trol system which sends patrol man Ferguson to Sanford ? is bringing two new officers to be based in Brunswick county. These are Patrolman J. C. Taylor, who has just finished the highway pa tralman's training school, and J. C. Pierce, who is likewise just out of school. Patrolman Taylor will be bas ed at Leland and Patrolman Pierce at Shallotte. They will work the county from those points and will make their homes in these respective places. Co operating with these two officers in Brunswick county \tfill be Pa trolman Duncan, who will be based in Wilmington. Calls for Patrolman Taylor will be made to his home or office at Shallotte and for Patrolman (Continued or> page mx) Special Term For Recorder Recorder Will Hold Court Here Saturday In Effort To Clear All Matters Now Pending To wind up cases that have been continued for sometime and to take care of the Monday over flow of work, Judge W. J. Mc Lamb and Solicitor J. W. Ruark will hold a special session of the Brunswick county Recorder's court Saturday of this week. Cases that come up between now. and Saturday, as well as those that were continued Mon day, will be handled at this spe cial session. It is probable that the whole day may be taken up with trials. Court officials say that- it is necessary that every thing now pending in the Re corder's court be disposed of before next week's term of Su perior court. Should appeals to the higher court be made in any of the cases now pending in the Recorder's court the appeals can be heard in Superior court next week. t Is Fir?t Time This Has Been Done In Recent Years In Connection With Crimi nal Term In Brunswick JUDGE STEVENS WILL HOLD COURT i Because Monday Is Labor Day, Court Will Not Con vene Until Tuesday Morning, Sept. 2nd A three-day callendar of crim inal cases to be heard in Super ior court next week has been ar ranged and is being published elsewhere in this issue. Accord ing to Clerk of Court S. T. Ben nett it is unusual in that it is the first regular criminal court cal lendar that has been arranged in years for Brunswick county. Judge Henry L. Stevens, of! Warsaw, will be the presiding j jurist. Heretofore, with no callendar, ] all witnesses and attorneys invol ved in cases were supposed to be present on the opening day of court. With the three-day callen- { dar these parties need attend only ! on the day when the case in , which they are interested is sche- ! duled to be heard. Owing to next Monday being j Labor Day court will not open ; until Tuesday morning. One murder case is on the doc- ! ket, along with a manslaughter | case and a case of rape. The ma- j jority of the other cases has to j do with store and house break- 1 ing and larceny and with driving j cars while drunk. Recorder Holds Brief Session, Several Cases Disposed Of | Before Judge W. J. Mc Lamb, But Numerous j Others Set For Saturday A brief session of Recorder's | court was held here Monday with | several cases being disposed of. The following disposition of cases! was made: The following cases were con tinued to Saturday, August 30, 1 by Judge W. J. McLamb and | Solicitor J. W. Ruark: Russell Moore, possession for sale; Noah H. Shelly, possession of intoxicants for sale and sell ing beer after legal hours; Win nie Pascal, possession for pur pose of sale; possession and sell- 1 ing beer after legal hours. The days docket shows the | following other entries: James Martin, public drunken ness, ordered to pay costs. L. C. Piver, assault, continued | to September 8. George Allen, larceny, three | months on the roads. Leona Moss, public drunken ness, 30 days in jail, suspended on condition that defendant leave county in 24 hours and not re turn for two years. John Lloyd Carey, drunken driving and reckless operation, continued to September 8th. Willie Simpson, gambling, or dered to pay costs. Rufus Conyers, gambling, . or- 1 dered to pay costs. Earlie Benton, profane lan guage, possession and assault Guilty of possession, not guilty as to other charges. Ordered to pay a fine of 120.00 and costs and to be of good behavior for one year. Lacy Dawkins, passing car in face of oncoming traffic, ordered to pay costs. David Hawes, improper brakes brakes and lights, continued to September 8. I Oscar Larkins Shaw, no li cense plates on trailer, .no tfcil ? lights, improper muffler, ccn (Ooounudu oa s+S? <t Movement Begins For Construction Of Modern Hotel Southport Citizens Show In clination To Back Enthu siasm With Funds For Erection Of Hotel Build ing OUTSIDE CAPITAL WILL BE SOUGHT Evidence Of Enthusiasm Be lieved To Be Healthy , Sign In Interesting Other Backers Starting a movement towards the construction of a modern hotel at Southport. nineteen Southport men have pledged themselves to buy stock in a hotel corporation in sums rang ing from $500.00 up for each. This is believed to be only a drop in the bucket toward* tho sum that will actually be need ed. However, the 19 persons wiio have pledged themselves to buy stock are 19 out of 23 people who have been seen. The movement has been carried on slowly for the purpose of feeling out things. When Uiey are approached it is felt that somewhere between 76 and 100 citizens of the town will readily subscribe to stock In dif ferent amounts. In addition to local individuals it is understood that two large blocks of stock in the hotel will be taken by corporations and that outside money will also readily enter the undertaking. The plan is to see how much local people will put up for the undertaking. When the effort reaches the stage where there is assurance that the Southport peo ple are backing the project, in corporation papers will be ob tained and additional stock will ? be sold. It is definitely believed by all Interested parties that construction can be started by the first of the year. A modern 40 or 50 room hotel Is the goal, and unless the funds pledged as sure such a structure the matter will be dropped. ? Citizens who are interested In the matter and who do not wish to wait until they are called up on may leave a pledge for the amount of stock they will take at the office of this - paper. No exchange of money will be in volved until the company is form ed, the charter obtained and de finite plans made for construc tion. Qualifications Of Service Officer Representative Of Three Legion Posts Will Recom mend Candidate For Ap pointment By Commisii oners Delegates from American Le gion Posts at Southport, 3hal lotte and Ash met Friday even ing at Shallotte to consider the matter of making recommenda tions for filling the post of Vete rans Service Officer for Bruns- , wick county. Chief result of the meeting was to draw up a list of requirements which the successful applicant must meet. These include: Service Officer must be a vet eran of World War I or II. Application must be made in the handwriting of applicant. The applications must be sub mitted to the commander of one of the three American Legion Posts in Brunswick, and must be received on or before noon of September 1. Headquarters for the Service Officer shall be at Supply. The office hours shall be from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., five days per week. The duly appointed delegates wiJl meet following the closing date for applications to select an applicant, who will be recom mended to the board of county commissioners for appointment ^ . Dance Saturday Night At Shallotte With music by one of the best orchestras appearing in this part of the state, the Shallotte Post of the American Legion Is stag ing a big dance in the high school gymnasium Saturday night of this week. The dance is being sponsored for the purpose of adding to the funds now available for the con struction of the new American Legion home at Shallotte. Tbte is an undertaking that the many ex-service men In the Shallotte area have very much at heart. I They hope for a good attendant I at dance.
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