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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?