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SIXTEEN NO. 24
6-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, September 17, 1947
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
SI. 50 PER YEAS
Eber Term i
,.r. ior Court
Closes Tuesday
i^fonvened Here Mon
t' For Trial Of Civil
Iris With Judge Henry
l^tevens Presiding
t,r DIVORCES
?*' ARE granted
L Matters Disposed Of By
Le Afternoon Y esterday
And Adjournment
Results
September term of Bruns
,wunty Superior court for(
laf civil cases adjourned yes
L afternoon after being in
''n [0r less than two days.
Henry L. Stevens, of War-|
oresided.
s Holmes will case drew the
^.jlar attention of the court
-espite the fact it had been
u "me first case on the dock
i continuance was asked for j
pjamtiff. Judge Stevens di- j
j. [iat the case be set as the i
;o be tried in the event a j
a; term of court is called j
? April, and if no special J
. is called, that it be set as J
?st case to be tried at that [
He directed that the plain- ;
mi his counsel be advised 1
is action in order that both
sbape their plans to try
case when Superior court
convenes in Brunswick for
evil matters.
Ik court signed orders grant
attorney fees for the tollow
iMunts to attorneys figur
i this action: Dwight Mc
$500.00; Clifton L. Moore
Ecvce S. McClelland, $250.0"
rr.nk & Herring, $100.00,
? addition to fees already,
ted by them. Payment of |
iaes will be made from the !
i I
igat divorces were granted, i
iM.-. the grounds of 2 years]
rstior,. Principals were: Mor- j
k&Uen vs. Janie Holden; ?
?e Baldwin vs. Elizabeth D. I
lin; Ruth Walker Washing- 1
Ira Joseph Washington; An
Spessegger vs. Charles F. i
gger; Olm C. Lawrence vs. '
S. Lawrence; J. T. Ganey
Cathanne Ophelia Ganey;
Iks Sanders vs. Evelyn San- j
Sadie Belle Joyner vs. Gov- j
? Vance Joyner.
1 the case of C. H. Hewett j
I- D. Evans, et als, H. R.
!tt was appointed by the j
t to make a survey of the
i in dispute Similar disposi- '
made of the action of
(fc Mitchell vs. James W.
of the plaintiff was
ft in the action of Canal
Eddie Land, et al.
ti? matter of J. J. McCoy
XcXair Investment Co. it was
foment of the court that
Plaintiff recover $4910.25
K prejudice to his further
$"310.42. The defendant
ttception. and appeal bond
? at $10,000.00.
lie action of Geo. O. Har
W ?ife vs. J. F. Coleman
*ifc the plaintiff was award
to sum of $150.00.
F^mep-t for the plaintiff was
^red in the case of West Vir
^'P and Paper Co. vs.
E Nelson and wife.
I Flathtt
Jj^ESS TRIP
Jones, proprietor of
f future Co., spent last
m High Point purchasing
HMba
\ CLlB
Southport Lions Club will
en. reguIar meeting tomor
Thursday, at x oclock at
nmumty Center Building.)
\ < COLLEGE
s? Mollycheck and Ken
W h promisin8 young
j, , -Vs who started on
(T^ns high school basket
* t'Jani 'efl 'aSt week t0 en"
fh?5 vr College at
Kthn BpUy Todd Corlctte
pil fi, r' Southport student to
v 5 w?ek at the Wilson
_W tef" th? harvesting of a
?*???? crop is now
?v,n Cou"ty Agent J. E.
and several buyers
a-. county are frank
' "Wr ?T8 -Vear's crop will
^ So ?, n lhe one last
ftfe, ,.r 38 Production per,
~ last yeAj wa?|
faction. j
Shark Fishermen Basing
Operations At Southport
Craft Bearing Special Equipment Arrived Here Last
Week And Will Make Several Trips
The Mako. a steel-hull craft
especially equipped for shark
fishing and manned by a crew
of experienced shark fishermen,
arrived here last week from
Morehead City and will make
several trips out from South
port prospecting for the big fel
lows whose livers bring a pre
I mium price.
Captain of the vessel is Eras
mus Mortenson, with A. B. Cole
and Henry Johansen as his
mates.
Object of the expedition is to
obtain shark liver for the Shark
Industry Division of the Borden
Company, for whom they are
working on contract. The sharks
encountered most frequently in
these waters are the sand shark,
the silk shark and the dusky
shark. The Mako is found oc
casionally and once in awhile a
great white shark is taken. The
prize catch is a hammerhead
shark, one of which has been
caught recently off Southport.
In the course of a profitable
day's fishing the crew will catch
30 or more shark, running from
50-inches up. From these fellows
ithe liver is removed and is salted
away in barrels. Recently the
crew took a great white shark
15-feet in length, and the liver
from this one filled two and one
half barrels, or about one thous
and pounds.
An interesting by-product of
shark fishing is the salvage of
shark fins. This part of the fish
is alted and dried before being
shipped to China, where shark
fin soup is a national delicacy.
Lest surf fishermen and late '
season bathers grow panicky !
about the appearance here of j
shark in commercial numbers, it
might be well to point out that
these fishing operations are car
ried out many miles at sea, the
Mako staying out for three to
five days at a time. Arctic boni
ta, which is frozen and shipped
here for that purpose, is consider
ed the best possible bait to use
for shark.
Navv Veteran Receives
Letter Of Commendation
* 1
Glen Frazier Honored At
Simple Ceremony Here
Friday With Lt. H. C.
Bost Representing 6th
Naval District Headquar
ters
CITATION FOR
OUTSTANDING DUTY
Frazier Served As Chief
Gunners Mate At U. S.
Proving Ground At
Dahlgren, Va., For
Long Period
On instructions from the head
quarters of the Sixth Naval Dis
trict at Charleston. S. C., Lt. H.
C. Bost. the Navy's representa
tive at the Naval Reserve Room
in the customhouse at Wilming
ton, came to Southport Friday
and in a quiet ceremony present
ed a Letter of Commendation to
Chief Gunner's Mate Glen Fraz
ier, of Southport.
The letter was from the Chief
of the Bureau of Ordnance of
the Sixth Naval District. It stat
ed:
"The Chief of the Bureau of
Ordnance takes pleasure in com
mending Chief Gunner Glen Fraz
ier, United States Navy, for ser
vice as set forth in the following
Citation:
"As Officer-in-Charge of the
target area and the handling
equipment for major calibre pro
jectiles and heavy armor plate at
the Plate Battery of the U. S.
Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Vir
ginia, during the period March 43
to March 45, Chief Gunner Fraz
ier contributed outstandingly to
ward the improvement to the pro
jectiles and armor used by the
Naval vessels. His unceasing ef
forts were an inspiration to the
personnel in his charge. His su
perior organizational ability re
sulted in marked gains in the ef
ficiency of operations in this area
to permit the testing of large
amounts of ordnance material in
spite of shortage in personnel.
His performance of duty was out
standing and in accordance with
the best traditions of the United
States Naval Service.
"A copy of this citation has
been made a part of his official
record."
G. F. HUSSEY. Jr.,.
"Vice-Admiral, U. S. Navy
"Chief of the Bureau of
Ordnance."
In an interview with this pa
per following the presentation of
the above letter, Lieutenant Bost
stated that it gave him a person
al pleasure to come down and
meet the young Southport man
who earned the commendation.
Brunswick Native
Dies In Wilmington
Mrs. Florence D. Gray a native
of Town Creek township who has
been residing in Wilmington for
many years, died Monday after
noon at the home of her daughter
Mrs. R. S. McKeithan, in Wil
mington. Mrs. Gray was a sister
of George C. Grimes of Southport.
Funeral services were held yes
terday afternoon at Zion Method
ist church in Town Creek town
ship. Rev. Edgar B. Fisher, of
Wilmington had charge of the ser
Lady Angler
Lands Sailfish
! The trim little sport fishing
{ cruiser Moja, Captain Victor I'.
| Lance, landed its fifth sallfish J
of recent days Monday of last j
| week. What makes it more in- 1
teresting is that the fish was
I caught by a woman, Mrs. C. R.
I Cobb, of Burlington.
j A pretty and very game fisih, J
7-feet B-mches in length, ..It
j required a lot of skill by Mrs.
Cobb in handling during the j
| twenty-two minutes that sfhe
j played it before it was boated, j
) This was the first sailflsh I
caught here by a woman this [
year and it may be the only j
one so caught anywhere along j
the North Carolina coast.
The boat party was compos- :
ed of Mrs. Cobb and her itus- j
band and Mr. and Mrs. H. H. ]
I Faust, of High Point. In addi- j
| tion to the sail fish the party |
1 got sixteen large Spanish mack- j
| eral while on their way back
| in to the dock of the Moja at
Southport. Captain Lance said |
I the shoals were swarming with
mackerel.
Commissioners In
Special Session
Appointment Of Veterans |
Service Officer And
Agreement Upon Terms
For County Home Super
intendent Major Busi
ness j
Members of the board of county1
I commissioners met here on Wed
j nesday, September 3, with the ap- j
J pointment of Cecil Edwards as j
j Veterans Service Officers and
I agreeing upon terms for the new
superintendent of the county
I home comprised the major items
of business for the day.
Julian Price and wife, Odessa
Price, are to take over the opera
tion of the county home on a
contract basis effective October
1. They will receive $40.00 per
month per inmate and will have
the use of the county farm. The
(Continued on page 4)
Peanut Growers
Asked For Facts
1
Figures On Production
Since 1943 Being Sought
For Use As Basis For
1948 Allotment
i Peanut producers have until
| October 1 to fill out the question
naire regarding acreages and pro
duction which has been sent from
the County Agricultural Conser
i vation Program office, G. Martin
Bennett, chairman, said this week.
"A questionnaire should be
filled out for each farm on which
peanuts have been picked and i
j threshed since 1943. The informa- 1
tion will be used in establishing
eligibility to vote in the coming
marketing quota referendum forj
1948-crop peanuts. Therefore, it is
highly important that peanut
farmers either mail or bring the
(Continued on jwgv 4>
County Agent
Urges Farmers
To Grow Feed
Commercial Stock Feed Of
All Kinds Sure To Com
mand Top Market Price
During Coming Year,
Says Agent
COUNTY FARMERS
CAN GROW GRAIN
Crops That Will Supple
ment Commercial Feeds
Or Which Will Take
Their Place Needed
Although he frankly acsnits
that the Brunswick county corn
crop is the best he has ever
known it to be, County Agent J.
E. Dodson is alive to the fact .
that a large dependance has al
ways been placed on commercial ,
feeds. With a shortage of suchj
feeds and the almost absolute j
certainty of high prices for those j
of them that are available, he
says that it is the part of wis
dom to plant all possible small
grain and cover crops that will
supplement the scarce and high
priced commercial feeds.
Urging that farmers seed a
large small grjin crop, ryegrass
and winter legumes, Mr. godson
said, Saturday:
"According to the best inform
ation available farmers in the
mid-west have a very short corn
crop. There seems to be a big
crop of wheat and oats but a
large percentage of these crops ;
will be exported leaving us with
a very serious grain feed short
age which means higher priced
feed at the present time and
probably higher priced feed later
on.
Now is the time for us to be
gin making preparations for seed- j
ing a large small grain crop as
wel las ryegrass, and winter le
gumes for fall, winter and spring
grazing in order that we may
conserve our grain as much as ?
possible.
"The AAA office at Supply is
now taking orders, from partici
pating farmers, for Italian rye
grass, Crimson clover, Vetch, and
Austrian Winter pea seed as well
as acid phosphate and potash to;
be used under the above mention j
crops.
"In addition even though aj
(Onntlnuec. on page ??
Fire Line Plow
To Work County
Landowners Interested In |
Having Work Done On
Their Property Should
Contact Forest Warden
Mercer
The plowing of fire lanes will
get under way in Brunswick coun
ty by the North Carolina Forest
Service October 1st. and continue |
through November 30th according ,
to a statement made here today
by County Forest Warden D. L,.
Mercer. All timberland owners
interested in having fire lines
plowed on their property may
make application to Warden Mer
cer. He also wishes to call atten
tion of the people to the fact thatj
the brush burning permit law lsj
in effect through October and
November, and ask the contmua-j
tion of the fine spirit of cooper
ation which has exist throughout,
the county in the prevention and;
suppression of forest fires.
Revival Meeting
Begins At Antioch
The Rev. Herbert M. Baker,
pastor of Southport Baptist
church is holding a series of re
vival services at Antioch Bap
Itist church throughout this week.
In the absence of the Rev. Mr.
Baker, the pulpit at Southport
Baptist church was filled Sunday
morning and evening by the Rev.
George Dowd, pastor at Antioch.
I
Jorgensen Is
Again Named
Tax Collector |
Former Heme Economics 1
Teacher At Shallotte
Named To Succeed Mrs.
Alene Mintz As Home
Demonstration Agent
OTHER ROUTINE
ACTION TAKEN
Commissioners Dispose Of
Matters Of Regular Busi
ness During Monday
Meeting
Members of the board of coun- '
ty commissioners in session here 1
Monday named W. P. Jorgensen
to collect the 1947 tax levy. His
salary remains the same.
Miss Corrine Green, who was
for several years head of the
home economics department at
Shallotte high school, was named
to succeed Mrs. Alene Mintz as
home demonstration agent for
Brunswick county.
Miss Wilma Phelps, who pre
viously had received a tentative
appointment to this post, was un
able to secure a release from her
teaching duties at Waccamaw
high school.
Miss Green is very well known
in this county, and should she
accept this appointment, will en
ter upon her new duties in Jan
uary. Miss Margaret L. McAllis
ter, representing the extension
service, met with the board of
county commissioners and prom
ised that if Miss Green does not
come to Brunswick county, some
other person who if fully quali
fied will be secured for the posi
tion.
Other matters coming before
the commissioners were largely
of a routine nature. These in
cluded an order to pay the sum
of $125.00 to M. H. Hart for crop
damage done by hogs at the coun
ty home; Harlee Kirby was re
lieved of $1.00 dog tax; James L.
Leonard was relieved of $26.00
valuation; I. N. Ingraham was
named surveyor to make survey
in connection with Chennis Entry
Notice No. 4354; James Hardee
Hewett was ordered admitted to
the county home.
Opens Law Office
At Shallotte
Attorney J. B. Hewett, a na- j
tive of this county but resident
of Washington for several years,
has opened a law and insurance
office at Shallotte and has his
office in the R. D. White auto
mobile building. Mr. Hewett will
move his family to Shallotte from
Washington as soon as he can
find a home there.
Raised in the Shallotte section,
a son of the late Dempsey Hew
ett, Mr. Hewett is also well
known in Southport. He had an
office at Southport and practiced i
law here for nearly two years '
during the war.
Our
ROVING
Reporter
W. H. KEI1AH
i Built entirely by colored work
men, the second big shrimp
| trawler constructed for Lewis
Hardee will be ready for launch
ing within another ten days.
Lewis Spaulding, the colored boat
i builder who was imported from I
Florida to build Hardee's fleet, I
has done a mighty fine job on
this boat, as he did on the first.
His Southport colored help has
also done Well. The boats built
here are said to be among the
strongest and best built operat
ing on thfs coast.
The Wildlife Resources Com
mission folks tell us that the big
game refuge that is now being
put into operation on the River
Road is the first such refuge to
be established. However, it is
not an experiment. Extensive
study has been made of the
establishment ?od operation of
refuges in other states, where
they have eben found to be very
successful in restoring game. The
Orton refuge is along the same
line as the tried and proven op
erations elsewhere.
The Bill Wells shrimp trawler,
Bill, Jr., got a five gallon can
of paint along with its drag of
shrimp and fish one day recently.
The can and contents was in per
fect condition, despite the fact
that it had probably lain on the
bottom of the ocean since it was
lost when some vessel carrying
it was torpedoed and sunk off
Frying Pan Shoals In the early
days of the war. Stranger things
are sometimes dragged up from
the bottom of the ocean by boats
of the energetic shrimping fleet, i
Miss Flaxie Stanaland, a form
(Continued OB Pld 5)
Drilling For Oil Expected
To Start In Branswick As
Result Of Lease On Land
I DOLPHIN? BROUGHT TO GAFF
LANDED ? The 18-pound bull dolphin shown above !
left as he make his final fling in the water, and right as j
he is brought aboard, was the prize catch of a recent j
fishing trip out from Southport. Hundreds of fishermen,
are planning to go out from here during the next sixj
weeks in quest of prize winners in the SENCBA Fall
Fishing Rodeo. ? (Star-News Cut.)
Malaria Control Unit
Working In Brunswick
Baptist Choirs
Make Recording
The Southport Baptist choir, t
both adult and junior units,
Sunday night joined in making I
a transcription of the hymn,
"Jesus Loves Me," for four- j
year-old Carolyn Robb, Decatur, I
111., who is dying from a can
cerous condition.
The following letter was sent
with the record from the
Southport Baptist church:
Dear Carolyn:
The adult and junior choirs
of the Southport, North Caro
lina, Baptist church heard about
your being a brave little girl
and of your wish for the hymn, [
"Jesus loves Me," so they got I
right to work and made a spe
cial record all for just you ?
end here it Is. They hope you
like it and want you to know they
have Included you in their daily
and Sunday prayers. All their
love is sent to you and to your
Mommic and Daddy, too.
Your Friends
Hie Southport Choirs
Cecil Edwards
Opens Office
Veterans Service Officer
Collecting Necessary
Forms For Making Out
Claims Of Various Kinds {
Cecil Edwards, Veterans Ser
vice Officer for Brunswick coun
ty, has opened a permanent of
fice in the county building at
Supply and is ready to assist
veterans or members of the fam
ily of any deceased service man
or woman with any problems
which they may have.
"This work is new to me," Mr.
Edwards was frank to state, "but
I am learning how to handle the
various claims just as rapidly as
I can, and I am ordering a com
plete set of forms which are ne
cessary in filing these claims.
Hie office hours are from 9
o'clock in the morning to 5
o'clock in the afternoon, Monday
through Friday.
Southport Man
Goes To State
Robert K. Godfrey To Be
Assistant Professor In
Botony Department At
N. C. State This Year
Bob Godfrey who gave up a
teaching position at State College |
in 1940 to come to Southport as
superintendent of the Orton
Plantation nursery, is preparing
to return to State College as as
sistant professor of Botany.
Following about two years at '
Orton Plantation, Mr. Godfrey |
served over three years in the ?
Navy with the rank of Lieuten- [
iConttouad OB ftC* i
Effort Being Made To Se
cure Tests On 10-Percent
Cross Section Of Popula
tion Of This County
SCHOOL CHILDREN
ARE BEING TESTED
Children Of Grades One
Through Six Are Furnish- !
ing Blood Slides For
Examination
A Malaria Control Unit from I
the State Board of Health is
working on cooperation with Mrs. j
Lou H. Smith, county health j
nurse, in conducting a survey of |
malaria in Brunswick county. I
In order to get an ' estimated j
10-percent cross section of resi- !
dents of this county, children 1
form grades one to six in all
schools are being contacted fori
a thick-film blood slide.
This work began Monday, and '
w.<i continue until all schools 1
have been visited. Not until this 1
phase of the survey has been
completed will any of the slides |
be developed, and therefore re- 1
suits will not be known for sev
eral weeks.
A need for this survey was in
dicated by the fact that many
slides being sent in by physicians
of this county are showing up
positive, and authorities of the
State Health Department decided
to make a comprehensive study [
of malarial conditions.
D. F. Ashton and Mrs. Frances
Withers are conducting this sur
vey.
Making Plans
To Get Members
i
Farm Bureau Membership
Drive Launched In Bruns
wick With Meeting Of
Leaders At Shallotte
Point
At the start of the campaign]
for Farm Bureau membership in |
Brunswick county 45 interested j
men and women met at Shallotte
Village Point Friday night. They I
represented a good coverage of ,
the county and manifested much;
interest and determination to j
swell the membership of the fed
eration.
J. P. Quinerly and Bill Hooks. I
prominent agricultural leaders in :
Columbus county, were scheduled i
to be present and to speak on
the organization and its work.
Both were unavoidably prevented
from appearing and in their ab
sence President T. T. Ward, Coun-|
ty Agent J. E. Dodson and J. J.
Hawes, secretary to the AAA,
took over.
The speakers pointed out that
the farm organizations are the
daddy of stabilization, REA, AAA
and other government set-ups
that are of widely recognized
help to farm people. Mr. Dodson
states that there is a lot of in
terest being shown in the Fed
eration throughout the county and
he anticipates a very successful
oiembenliip drive.
Reliable Source Indicate*
That Search Of Oil In
This Area Will Be Con
ducted By Large Oil Pro
ducer
EXTENSIVE AREA
BEING LEASED
Contract Paper# Governing
This Activity Are Expec
ted To Be Signed Some
time Thi? Week
According to reliable informa
tion, the source ot which cannot
be disclosed at the present time,
drilling for oil in Brunswick coun
ty will start before the end of
the year, perhaps much sooner
than that deadline. The search
will be undertaken by one of the
country's largest oil producers or
its agent.
Leases, for a minimum period
of five years covering large
areas of land in both Brunswick,
county and Horry county, S. C.,~
were to have been signed last
week. A temporary halt came
while the oil company asked for
a legal opinion on a minor detail
of the leases. This legal opinion,,
it is said, should have been in
every way satisfactory to both
parties.
The legal poinion was wired
the company Saturday, they hav
ing requested that it be wired
and be followed by written con
firmation. This indicates urgency
and the possibility of immediate
action.
One four-thousand foot well and
its location nas already been de
cided upon. Interviewing an in
terested party and asking him if
this well would be in the South
port area brought the following
answer :
"Could be. It will certainly be
in Brunswick county:"
Last winter and spring several
million dollars were spent in other
eastern North Carolina counties
in a fruitless search for oil. This
drilling was carried on by the
Standard Oil company. An inquiry
as to whether it is Standard Oil
company that plans to drill in
Brunswick brought this reply:
"Could be it, or it's agent."
It now appears that the drill
ing operations carried on in .
eastern North Carolina several
months ago are about to be con
tinued, with the scene of opera
tions shifting to Brunswick coun
ty and Horry county lands slated
for future operations. It is under
stood that something definite
about the land leases is almost
certain to break this week.
New Postmaster
Assumes Duties
Mrs. Ernest Parker
Over As Postmaster For
Shallotte Last Week,
Succeeding Mrs. Lucille \
Frink
Mrs. Ernest Parker, recently
appointed postmaster at Shallotte,
took charge of the office last
week. She succeeds Mrs. Lucille
Frink, who had been acting post
master for about three years.
For the present at least the
office will continue to be operat
ed from the same building where
Mrs. Frink carried on the duties.
It is understood, however, that
both the patrons of the office and
Mrs. Parker hope to have more
commodious quarters in which to
carry on the business sometime
in the near future.
In a growing town and in a
thickly populated farming and
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? ? i
Hold Services
In Laurinburg
Remains Of Mrs. Etta Gore
Lane Carried To Old
Home For Burial Sunday
Following Death Here
Friday
? ? ? ?
Mrs. Etta Gore Lane, 29, wif?
of Fred Lane, died here Friday
jmorning at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Gore.
The family had only been living
here two weeks and the young
| woman is said to have been ta
i bad health for several years.
A former resident of Laurin
burg, the remains were tak?a
there for burial Saturday morn
, ing. In addition to her parent*
and husband, Mrs. Lane Is sur
vived by several brothers ant
aiattra.