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- vr. worn - ?j'he Pi?ot Covers Bruns^ ick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time Bt NO. SIXTEEN NO. 22 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. G., Wednesday, September 3, 1947 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDA* |1.50 PER YEA* Kunty Schools ?Open Thursday I for Fall Term 1 White And Colored I*-" cLfXlwoTk lyltte HnilOTTC list W made available Ltf Superintendent Urg W Full Cooperation Of fjdents As Well As I' The Parents B -.-.a county schools open fX\v Thursday) for their ? ; according to Su ? ; J T Denning prac ? ultv vacancies have ?7 filled. He is urging all eli ? ts to begin school on day. and has enlisted the parents in en- 1 ?Un', regular daily attend K' " i ? hope we may have ? allotted additional ? . vhioh are so badly need- j ? our schools depends, I ttendance records." he K:s oat. ? eve of the opening for ; ? as a consolidated | K' shallotte high school has' ? culty. according to Krnal Henry C. Stone. ? 9, tte the children will I opportunity this year j ? besides the regular aca- 1 ? i ry school courses, I miCS. agriculture.: Kipping. typing shorthand, ? g lee club and piano, j K Virginia Young will have; ? ice and band. Miss H n comes from Fur K versity with a degree in have charge of thei I ent. Mrs. Young re ? gree from Winthrop B lock Hill. South Caro- ^ _ & hool faculty includes SI ne. B. S. degree ; r rar.Mina State College, M. :-rre? Duke University, prin (i. Mr- Guy McKeithan, A. Fl::a MacDonald College: e. Ber-nty. A. B. degree Uni r- : Ni rth Carolina, physi t ?? -cation: Miss Edna Russ, 1 - _? v Flora MacDonald i . ;e. math: Mrs. Henry C. 1 : - A B degree, Newberry ; . a'luate work U. N. C.. ! k: ; Miss Mary Coxe. A. B. IP" Elon College, commerce: i- Mintz. B. S. North Caro ca ?:::te College, vocational ag ' ' Miss Sarah Smith. B. ^.ree. Winthrop College, t. ' M " Madge Wood. B. S. *:??? Xroalachian State Teach r? eg' vocational home eco-. ?: Mrs Katherine White. E. C f-rst grade: Miss Shirley > Appalachian State College. first grade: L" M ire-! Spittle. Meredith. - aJe: Mrs. Ruth Galloway, 1 I" X C. first grade: Mrs. Lassiter, University of 1 ' Car'".::ia. second grade: ?arr:-.- Lee Ward, Flora BcDcr.al second grade: Miss Hewett. E. C. T. C., se ?raiir Miss Sara Watson. tCor.tinueu on Page 4) fotefNewi Flashtt flNE MEETING Rfv George Dowd. pastor of j ?tioch Baptist church, stated j 'Way that a fine meeting was i ?ttluded at Bolivia Sunday, i ?? Ceorse W. White, the Bruns- j Associational minister, did of the preaching. tTl RXs HERE ? ' ' Anr.ie May Woodside has ' -rr' f her trip to Den-, jwk wr re she attended the I h"*--st World Convention last j '-'ft. Or. her return trip she ?"ed Norway. r^If.Ns POSITION I Effective last Saturday Mrs. Fashley Lancaster, the former flss Dora Walton, resigned her pition as treasurer at the AAA rjw at Supply she has been pweded by Mrs. Eloise Gore, of STARn flf ?eneral ike bnirvv' Vhe ovrral lilies from a$t , uho went to Raleigh I hj- " to hear Columist Doro- 1 5w "0mPson and General j tJijj ' p ^isenhour were Mrs. j fict7 {Uss and Mrs. Elwood fcan* Shallotte, Mrs. Odell I ? Z? Mrs R. h. McDougall taj ? a ' ?ome line thous 9vt L'P hear<i the General in i anf| almost as large fcn*.- r Were present for the P jn address. RECORD SAILFISH PRIZE ? Robert R. Dees, of Burgaw, is proudly ex hibiting the 7-ft., 11-in. sailfish which he landed Thurs day while fishing with Captain Victor Lance aboard the Moja. This brings to four the number of sails taken off Southport within a 10-day period, and according to the best available records, this is the largest of its kind to be caught along the Carolina coast this season. ? (Star-News Cut.) Roving Reporter Takes To The Water For Trip Southport Newspaper Man Made Interesting Trip From Here To Little! River With Party Sun- 1 day | STATE NEWS MEN MADE THE TRIP I Valuable Publicity Material j Gathered On Last Leg Of Voyage Along Waterway BY BILL KEZIAH We were sort of busy with our typewriter early Sunday morning when a committee of three, en route down the waterway from the Virginia line to the South Carolina line, waited on us and dragged us off for the last legj of the trip, Southport to Little River, S. C., and return. The committee of three in cluded Bill Sharpe, director of the North Carolina State News Bureau; John G. Hemmer, cam eraman for the bureau, and Ches ter A. Davis, outdoor writer for the Winston-Salem Journal, and tops for his versatile hunting and fishing stories. The four-day trip from Virginia to the South Car olina line was being made by these three, with a yacht crew of three more. Captain and Mrs. Tcm Basknight and Bill Ethe ridge. Getting several pictures at Southport and data on fishing, sports and commercial for both the State News Bureau, the par ty headed down the waterway for what proved to be both a very delightful boat ride and a profitable^ one for getting pic tures and ideas for news stories. Hemmer, a No. 1 boy with the camera, took shots of about everything that had story possi bilities. and there was a lot of such things. Pictures were made of the fish factory in passing; of fishing scenes and shrimp boats at How ell's Point, Holden's Beach, ShaN Jotte Point, Seaside and about Calabash. Skipper Basknight, his crew and passengers had one uneasy moment when the yacht all but ran upon the sunken pulp wood barge at the mouth of the Lockwoods Folly river. The Crotan would undoubtedly have had her b<*iton ripped out by this sunken wreck if Captain Basknight had not seen and heed ed the frantic waving of a fish erman on the pilot house of the sunken barge. Racing the engines full speed astern was about all that saved Continued on page 3 Marshhen Hunters Are Disappointed I Hunters who had hoped i to be able to pry the lid off the hunting season on the very j first day at the expense of the local marsh hen crop were badly disappointed, when noth ing resembling a suitable tide developed. , A few hardy souls, most of whom had made trips from points upstate, went out, but j only a few sattering hens re warded their efforts. Oldtimers here say that the j next good chance is during the I new moon period later in the I month, unless a strong north | east blow were to develope in the meantime. Cold Storage Plant Opened Officials Of This New Cor poration Were Hosts Fri day Evening At An Old Fashioned Barbecue And Brunswick Stew More than 80 ladies and men of the Shallotte and surrounding communities greatly enjoyed an old fashioned barbecue and Bruns (wick stew supper at the plant of the Brunswick Cold Storage , Co., Inc., Shallotte, Friday night. Officials of the cold storage com pany were hosts and they spared no effort to see that all attend ing had a fine time and a boun tiful supper. In addition to the barbecue and Brunswick stew, there was an abundance of chicken, cold slaw, corn rolls and ice tea. | Before the supper all of the guests were taken over the mod ern cold storage plant, just com pleted and equipped, and which opened for regular business this this week. I Officials of the company said yesterday that the plant is re ceiving a very flattering start off from Brunswick county peo ! pie. They plan and hope to ex ! tend the facilities of the plant, ; for handling meats, fruits, etc., ' to the use of farmers and busi ness houses throughout the coun Ity. Criminal Court Session Begins Trial Of Cases Yesterday Devoted To Or ganizing Docket; Grand Jury Remained In Session All Day Preparing Bilb JUDGE STEVENS IS PRESIDING JURIST Calendar Of Criminal Cases Provides That This Week's Term Shall Come To Close Thursday The September term of Bruns wick county Superior court for trial of criminal cases got un derway here yesterday, but after a survey of the docket had been completed, witnesses and petit jury members were excused, to report again this morning at which time actual trial begins. The Brunswick county grand jury, of which Norman C. Bel lamy is foreman, remained in session throughout the day and a number of bills of indictment were prepared. Presiding over this week's term of court is Judge Henry L. j Stevens, of Warsaw, who is here | as a result of an exchange of ! courts with Judge Leo Carr, of | Burlington. Judge Stevens will return here on Monday, Septem ber 15, to preside over a one week term of civfl court. Only one case was heard yes terday, and this action resulted in the use of the first woman juror in the history of the coun ty. Mrs. F. Mollycheck, Southport woman, was one of the body of 12 who heard the evidence in a breaking, .entering and larceny case. A verdict of guilty was returned. The case in which Thomas Hewett, white youth, is charged with rape is the most important that has been marked for trial this week. Husband Shoots Wife/Kills Self : i! Corner John G. Caison Pro nounced Double Tragedy Obvious Case Of Murder And Suicide With No In quest Neccessary Mrs. Walter Piner, a resident of Cumberland county until two I weeks ago when she left her I husband and obtained employ ment at the Williams Cafe at the1 Brunswick River bridge, was shot and instantly killed last Thursday by her estranged hus- j band, Walter Piner, prominent dairyman of Cumberland county. 1 Piner then turned the gun on himself, firing a bullet through his right eye into his head. He also died instantly. Deputy Sheriff Dillon Ganey, called to the room of the woman i in the Sneeden home on Route 17, 400 yards below the junction with 74 and 76, termed it a clear j case of murder and suicide. This view was shared by Coroner John (?. Caison when he was called to the scene for investigation. He did not hold an inquest necessary. Both the man and woman were past middle age and had , grown and married children by previous marriages. They are understood to have been married about a year, becoming separated recently. Two weekB ago the (Continued on Page Four) Daughter Graduates, Father Is Speaker Miss Evelyn Waggette, daugh ter of Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Wag gette. of Southport, will be a member of the graduating class at Tuomey Hospital School of Nursing, Sumter, S. C., Friday. The graduating address will be delivered by Dr. Waggette. Watch Schedule Of Trash Truck Mayor Eriksen Urges Citi zens To Cooperate In Ef fort To Keep Streets Free Of Trash And Rubbish City officials are doing every thing possible to keep the streets of Southport clean, and in an effort to make this program ef fective, Mayor John D. Eriksen ihas called upon the citizens to | cooperate in two important re spects. | First, he calls attention to the regular weekly schedule followed by city employees in picking up trash and garbage. Citizens are urged to put out their rubbish for collection only on days when the trash truck is due in their yard. Second, city employees have been instructed not to pick up trash that has nob been deposit ed in containers. This applies to ordinary garbage and trash, not to seeds and brushes which can not easily be confined in a con tainer. "If the people will just back us up in our efforts," our plans are to keep our streets in good, clean condition," says the South port mayor. Former Pastor Dies Saturday The Rev. O. I. Hinson, For ; Two Years Pastor Of Trinity Methodist Church, Died At Home In Durham The Rev. O. I. Hinson, . who until Npvember of last year was pastor of Trinity Mbthodist church, in Southport, . died Sat urday morning at his home in Durham. He was 72 years of J age. The Rev. Mr. Hinson had been in failing health since suffering a heart attack last winter, and recurrences of this trouble cut short his strong bid for complete recovery. He had bepn in the North Carolina Conference of the Meth odist church for forty years, and during that time had held pas torates in many parts of the state. He was widely known and was beloved by all who knew him. Surviving is his daughter, Miss Kllie Ford Hinson, of Durham. Funeral services were conduct ed Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from Calvary Methodist church, Durham, where the Rev. Mr. Hinson had formerly served as pastor. Dr. H. C. Smith, dis trict Superintendent, and the Rev. Leon Hall, pastor, were in charge of the services. j Interment followed in Maple wood Cemetery, Annex B, with members of the Masonic Lodge, of Durham, serving as pallbear ers. 1 Our ROVING Reporter w. b. miii Very few, if any local weekly papers have engraving equipment. J Such things run into a big money cost and they are expense to operate. None but the newspaper that have to use many pictures daily, and especially on Sundays, can afford engraving plants. By way of illustrating costs, it takes this paper from $1.50 up to have a small cut, one column wide and three inches deep, made. This cost prohibits papers of this size from using much in the way of pictures. During recent months a great aid in making this paper at tractive has been the cooperative spirit of some of the boys on the Wilmington Star-News, especially A1 Dickson. Any and all cuts made from Brunswick county pic tures and used in the Star and News have been readily available, without cost. The helpfulness of this courtsey Is appreciated. Couple of weeks ago we had with us for the day Mr. and Mrs. : David Brinkley of Washington, 'd. C., where Mr. Brinkley is | with the National Broadcasting I company. Also with us was Pete Knight, clever young Wilmington photographer, David and Mrs. Brinkley finished their two weeks | vacation and went back to Wash ington. A day or two afterwards the National Broadcasting Com pany covered this vacation on its network. Among other things about this section Mr. Brinkley said in this broadcast: .... but the best fishing trip of all was at Southport. . a small, picturs que town in Southeastern' North Carolina. It's Tust at the mouth | of the Cape Fear River and it's (Continued on Page Five) I f?\ .? . 1 With only a few Southport re sidents knowing the really good fishing spots in the river and bays that may be reached by boat, some of these persons are missing a good bet by not hav ing a small boat, capable of carrying four or five persons, ready for such service. This is the opinion of E. H. Arrington, Southport lusiness ! man, who points to the great ] | number of people coming over | | from the beaches and elsewhere j wanting to go fishing. They can i neither find where to go or how to get there. This is disappointing to them and hurtful to the town, he thinks. There is an abundance of good fishing places from either i boat or band, and if a dependable man with a boat and a knowledge of these fishing spots were to embark in the fishing guide busi ness to points near town he would be performing a public service to Southport, as well as engaging in a profitable business for him jself. Mr. Arrington thinks that the j business people, who now have I to tell visitors that they do not I know of any place where they can fish, would be doing a good thing for themselves by directing such inquiries to the man serv ing as guide. As an illustration of how the ; thing might work out, a party bent on staying at the quaran tine station for several hours could be taken out there, left and the boat return for another j load to the same place or for fishing somewhere else, returning to the station for the first party at the appointed ime. Quite a number of parties could be handled by one boat during the course of a day and all of them I could have about all the time ! jthey wanted for fishing. "One thing is certain," said I Mr. Arrington. The Southport 1 people should do something to ! extend courtesies and be helpful I to people who come here to fish, j None of these folks are asking; something for nothing. They arc : willing to pay reasonable charges I for service, and the business I people should see that they are ! able to get it." Sees Need For Small Craft Catering: To River Fishing Many Persons Who Come Here Desire Few Hours Of Inexpensive Fun Fishing In The River Beaches Of Brunswick Filled Over Week-End . Large Wahoo Is Caught Monday Gulf Stream waters off Southport continue to yield re cord game fish as the time for the Annual Fall Fishing Rodeo approaches, the latest addition to the list being a 5-ft, 6-1 n Wahoo landed .Monday by a member of a party fishing aboard the "Idle On" with Captain T. H. Watts. The fish was taken to Ra leigh for presentation to the State Museum and no record was made of its weight. Capt ain Watts estimated this to be about 60-pounds. The only other Wahoo re ported taken off South port was brought in by a Watts party exactly 7 years ago to the day. Sellers Funeral Held Thursday G. Walter Sellers Died Here At Home Of Daughter, Mrs. Lindsey Robbing, Last Wednesday G. Walter Sellers, age 69, died Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. L. Robbins, at Southport. Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Mill Creek Baptist church. The Rev. Herbert Baker, Rev. C. S. Smith, Rev. B. J. Prince and Miss Ethel Satterfield conducted the services, and burial followed in Mill Creek cemetery. Mr. Sellers, a native of Bolivia, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eliza Willetts Sellers; three daughters, Mrs. J. L. Robbins, Mrs. Sam Reese and Mrs. Ralph Sellers, of Southport; three sons, Ellis Sellers, Southport: Decie Sellers, Winnabow, Dalton Sel lers, Rockvil(e, S. C., and 14 grand children; two brothers, R. H. Sellers, of Bolivia, and J. H. Sellers, of Bolivia; three sisters, Mrs. Victoria Robbins, Winna bow, Mrs. Nora Johnson, Bolivia, and Mrs. Vance Shepherd, of Wilmington. Mrs. Edwards Is New Postmaster Mrs. Ruby P. Edwards Has Been Informed Of Her Appointment To This Port, Succeeding Mrs. Vera Aycock Mrs. Ruby P. Edwards has been advised of her appointment as postmaster for the Bolivia of fice. She assumed the duties of that position on August 31. Mrs. Edwards' commission is signed by President Harry S. Truman and is counter signed by Postmaster General Robert Han negan. Mrs. Edwards replaces Mrs. Vera Aycock, who has been serv ing as acting postmaster for the Bolivia postoffice since June, 1944, but Mrs. Aycock will re ( Continued on Page Six) , Accommodations Were Fill ed To Overflowing At All Resort Places From Cas well Beach To Calabash Fishing held THE SPOTLIGHT I Inland Waterway And Oth er Protected Water At tracted Many Persons Using Pole And Line According to all report* Sat urday. Sunday and Monday saw Sre visitors at the ta* grow** Brunswick county be*<*es * have ever been there before dur ine a like three-day period. Starting at Caswell Beach, regular Learns of automobiles came and went to the beaches on aH open roads as far down as Calabash, next to the South Ca , olina line. j Caswell Beach, with all cot tages full to overflowing, had regular runs of people during all daylight hours and well into the evening, swimming, fishing walking the beacheS . w * Reach the nearest neighbor to Caswell Beach, had all of Its cot tages and accommodation facili ties overflowing and as j more were turned away for tack! of accommodations. As a well Beach, the daylight hours saw a constant stream of visl-; tors coming and going on the ten or eleven miles of strand, jwas well populated nearly all o j the way. I ! Not exactly an ocean beach, 1 Howell's Point, at the mouth of I Lockwoods Folly river, drew the greatest number of pleasure seekers and men and women rent on fishing that it hasher known, according to A. D. Whit Vev who with Mrs. WhiUey op erates a small hotel at the point Catches of fish ran pretty good and folks apparently had a great time. i At Holder's Beach, conditions were much akin to those found I at Long Beach. Visitors poured in every day. bent on bathing, fishing and having a great time. As at all of the other beaches, the accommodation facilities were flooded, according to Dr. R. H. Holden, of Shallotte. Scores of 'people took to small boats at this place for fishing In the in land waterway arid other nearby waters. Shallotte Point, with its fine little Anchor Hotel and other accommodations, was taxed to the limit, and was unable to icare for many who applied. The, big rush of visitors just for the! .day and intent on fishing was also felt here. Harry Chadwick , resident of that community, said that Shallotte Point outdid itself j in trying to care for the holiday visitors. Fishing in the waterway and at the mouth of the Shal lotte river was very attractive. Gause Landing, with its large number of permanent homes and many summer cottages, was full up. the overflow visitors camp ing where and how they could. All of the many small boats available were in constant use carrying fishing parties and others over to the fine Gause Beach across the waterway. j Seaside and Calabash also had all of the people they could care (Continued on page five) Southport Church Is Host Sunday To Upper Union Fifth Sunday Union Meet ing Held With Southport Baptist Church A* Sing ing Features Worship Program SEVERAL CHURCHES ARE REPRESENTED Morning Sermon Brought By Rev. George White With Rev. Herbert Baker Preaching In Afternoon Churches of the Upper Union* of the Brunswick Baptist As sociation were guests Sunday of the membership of Southport Baptist church at the regular fifth Sunday meeting. Featuring the all day program was the singing by the choirs of the various churches. Those par ticipating were Farmers Chapel, Mill Creek, Leland, Antioch and Southport. Lebanon Baptist church was represented, but furn ished no choir. Feature of the morning service was the message brought by the Rev. George Whaite, association al missionary of the Brunswick Baptist Association. At the noon hour the visitors gathered in the USO building on the Southport waterfront where they enjoyed a picnic dinner. During the afternoon session there were more songs by the choirs, with the message for this period being brought by the Rev. Herbert M. Baker, pastor of Southport Baptist church. Malcolm Frink Seriously Hurt Young Southport Man In Critical Condition At Do sher Memorial Hospital Following Wreck Sunday Night Malcolm Frink, son of Mr. and 'Mrs. S. B. Frink, of Southport, ; is still in a critical condition at i Dosher Memorial Hospital as a | result of injuries sustained Sun 1 day about midnight when the jeep in which he was riding over turned between the hospital and the Southport power plant. Young Frink was given imme diate first aid, and it is probable i that this early action is largely responsible for his life. He re mained unconscious for more than 18 hours following the accident and for the next twenty-four hour period was in a state of coma for much of the time. A full accounting of his injuries was difficult to make In his early condition, but chitf source of worry was an ugly gash in his head. The Southport man was travel ing alone at the time of the ac dicent, and a reconstruction of the wreck indicates that he In some manner lost control of the vehicle, which mowed down one telephone pole before overturning twice. Apparently the driver was thrown clear of the wreckage. Fishing Event Gets Publicity Monthly Travel Paper Spot* lights Fall Fishing Rodeo And Attraction It Will Be To Sportsmen "North Carolina's teeming southern beaches will soon bo even more active than usual. That will be on September 15, when Southeastern North Caro lina's second annual Fall Fishing Rodeo starts," says the current issue of the Esso Road News, monthly travel paper. Now be ing ditributed by Esso Dealer* throughout several states, the publication contains articles about many other places of in terest to motorists, a calendar of. coming events and a detour map showing roads under construc tion. Esso Koad News goes on to say: "Reason for the rumpus la $15,000 in cash and items of fish ing equipment which can be won jin the gala fishing fair. And something big is certain to be jhauled out of the sea by the time j the contest ends on Oct. 31, since 1 $5,000 is earmarked as the grand prize for the biggest fish landed from a deep-sea boat. "Top takes of $1,000 will be awarded for the best fish caught from a pier and for the best fUta caught from surf or sound. Rods, .reels, lines, lures and greenbacks jare the other prizes. "Headquarters for the uttUr 'are In Wilmington? but there ajs i Continued an Pag* SU?
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