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^nswick County
THE STATE PORT
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A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The News
All The Time
NO. 25
6-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N. C., Wednesday. September 24th, 1947
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
1130 PER YEAfc
freakish Weather
jjpsets Plans Of
County Citizens
?
Lrmen And Farmers
Vjj, Are Experiencing
Lnusual Difficulties As
L,?J t Of Rains
di'INOXIAL STORM
r CAUSING TROUBLE
Ltbeast Storm Warning
t"|ayed From Weather
r^er Today Because
Of Florida Storm
jrBtSwick"county is sloppy wet
? owning. as wet as she has
snce the equinoxial storms
jjt September.
L overnight rain which prob
L,a by-product of the tropi
P isturbance centered ' early
L morning off the Florida
m brought the September re
,ieii above the 10-inch mark,
jrortheast storm warning was
a displayed at the weather
g in Southport this morning,
; 30 great uneasiness was felt
puling the new hurricane
lis: week's storm, which cross
Honda before playing havoc
tj the Gulf Coast, resulted in
in ground swells off shore
I.,- heavy rains, but there was
lamage from wind.
K significant weather change
it week occured on Monday
P when the mercury tumbled
(K-ees in 30-minutes. The
r? at 6 o'clock at the local
i; r station was 81-degrees
I :efore the night was over
I ier" ometer had dropped to
;?rees The first change
* suddenly about 9 o'clock,
I ?t sweltering citizens to
I Aivermg.
??.! ones most anxious to see
Cer conditions settle down
I get back to normal are
k.-s who have hay and other
1 crops to gather; and the
Br? and participants in the
m. Fall Fishing Rodeo, who
iciious for a chance to get
atce to do some real angling.
Iri hfNtmt
Flashu
ITSICE DRl'M
1 C. Brown and others from 1
kffiville are credited with
fcz made some very nice j
tea of Red Drum fishing at
b Landing last week.
MEETING
razsan G. M Bennett, Jack
[fitter and Herbert Swain,
pas of the Brunswick Coun
UA Committee, and J. J.
secretary, attendee a dis- I
meeting in Fayetteville two]
last week.
ILL
? Kravitz, Shallotte business
? spent last week in New
? with his father, Harry Kra
l who is seriously ill. The
* Mr. Kravitz, who is 72. was j
c ill while returning to New j
s from his summer home in j
tat.
[STATE COLLEGE
Wells, son of Mr. and
1 ,v S. Wells, of Southport.
" Monday for Raleigh where
'ill enroll as a freshman at
State College. Edward Tay
*? of Mrs. C. EM. Taylor,
"fc same day to resume his j
1 w the textile school at |
! College.
f CAR AND WHISKEY
f?uty Sheriff 0. W. Perry
* State Patrolman R. C. Dun- 1
captured three negroes,
fcW with transporting, in
p*?t township Thursday.
PS "with six gallons of non
^id whiskey the officers
i 1941 Pontiac sedan. The
Pmen were James Johnson,
p Cobb and Walter Robbins.
PttC! Dl'TY
r * Stephens. Southport man
? with the Wilmington of
the Southern BeU Tele
Pi company, was ordered to
Ha.. Saturday. He will
I?6 emergency duty, with a
P'imber of "other BeU Com
|l ""Ptoyees, repairing dam
Ir1* by the hurricane in
F? and possibly also in Ala
P ^ Louisianna.
Ij^RY CLEANING
K Clemmons, of Supply.
tha? Ca" Mention to the
1^' Thursday, October 2,
1 ' 881 aside for the clean
l_* !,f the Holden cemetery
SuPPly and Holden's
l '*? 13 planned to spend
> ^ " day in the work and
i, T? of all families^ who
active, buried thft? wiU
1 *Kh appreeiatci*
THE OLD TOWN PUMP
RITUAL ? Before leaving early this month for her home in Guatemala Mariflor
Sobavarrc, who had been visiting Stuart Arrington for several months, went up to
Franklin Square to drink from the town pump. The story is that any visitor who
drinks of this water is sure to return, and the young Central, American Miss enjoyed
her stay here so much that she wants to be sure to come back. She is shown drink
ing from the pump, while her playmates, left to right. a,re Patricia Adams. Stj^art* km
rington, Harriett Corlette and Janice- Swarrn. ? (Star-News Cut.)
White Cane Sales Being
Conducted In Brunswick
Southport Boy
Lands Big Drum
A 20-lb. 2-oz. red drum
caught by Bertram Burris, Jr., ?
of Southport is the most not- -j
able entry made by a local
fisherman thus far in the An
nual Fall Fishing Rodeo. So
far as has been reported, fhi.s
is die best fish of this species
entered thus far in the event.
Foul weather during most of
the time since the beginning of
the rodeo has curtailed the ef
forts of party boat captains,
and most of their charters have
been cancelled. Both the boat
men and the fishermen are
looking forward to an end to
the equinoxial storms.
Service Officer
Here Thursday
Leonard Barrett Will Be
Guest of Brunswick Coun
ty Legion Post At Meet
ing Here Thursday Night
Adjutant Crawford L. Rourk of
the Brunswick County Post No.
194, American Legion, has invited
Leonard Barrett, assistant State
Veterans Service Officer, to be
the principal speaker at the regu
lar monthly meeting on Thurs
day night of this week at 7:30
o'clock.
Mr. Barrett, who is himself an
ex-service man, is ' familiar with
problems which may be puzzling
veterans in this community, and
Adjutant Rourk believes that this
will be an unusually good oppor
tunity for them to discuss these
(Continued on pag? six)
Dedication Of
Electric Organ
St. James Methodist Church
In Southport Scene Of
Impressive Musical Pro
gram On Sunday After
noon
St. James Methodist church in
Southport was the scene Sunday
afternoon of an impressive pro
gram of religious music as the
new electric organ recently pur
( Continued or ?age mx)
Lions Club At Southport,
Leland And Shallotte,
Raising Funds For Ren*j
dering Aid To Blind
WHITE CANE IS
SYMBOL OF BLIND
Most Of Money Raised Will
Go To North Carolina As
sociation For The Blind j
In "Raleigh
The North Carolina State As- j
sociation for the Blind, which was
created by the Lions Clubs of this
state, will be the principal bene
ficiary of the Annual White Cane
Sale and Membership Enrollment
which began Monday and will con
tinue throughout this week in
Brunswick county.
Cooperating will be the South
port Lions Club under the lead
ership of Lion Robert Willis; the
Shallotte Lions Club, under the
leadership of Lion M. M. Rosen
baum: and the Leland Lions Club.
White Cane buttons will be sold
directly to the general public,
while at least three schools of the
county have been asked to coop
erate in the drive.
Lions and Lionesses throughout
the state again are cooperating
in the drive which will have as
its aim the raising of funds for
the association's widespread pro
gram of aid to the blind and con
servation of sight, the latter pro
( Continued on Page Six)
Forest Service
| Training Meet
Two - Day Program Being
Planned For Forestry
Personnel Of This Area
In Whiteville Thursday
I And Friday
The N. C. Forest Service per
Isonnel from five counties will at
tend a "Warden Training Meet
ing" in Whiteville, September 25
and 26.
Personnel attending will in
clude county wardens, association
rangers, towermen, towerman
smokechasers and tractor drivers
from Brunswick, Columbus, Bla
Jden, Duplin and Pender counties.
! Raleigh office personnel attending
I will be J. R. Spratt, Chief of
| Forest Fire Control, M. M. Car
.starphen, State law enforcement
I ranger, and Bob Shaw, chief of
information and education branch.
(Continued from page 6)
Farm Bureau
Making Drive
For Members
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Farm Bureau's membership j
campaign in Brunswick county is
moving steadily toward the two
hundred figure and leaders olj
the drive expect this week to be
the best of the campaign.
Tom T. Ward, leader of the
Farm Bureau campaign, express
ed hope that those farmers who
had not been contacted to date
would mail or bring their mem
I berships to headquarters in the
j Triple A office so that the drive
! could be ended on schedule.
Edward A. O'Neal, president of
I the American Farm Bureau, in
i a message to the Brunswick or
| ganization, called attention to
one of the major accomplishments
jof the Farm Bureau. He point
J ed out that while Congress had
j been set to abolish the Triple A
iprogram, the school lunch pro
Igram and the FHA tenant loans,
I Farm Bureau had played an im
portant part in reversing the
vote, obtaining unanimous bal
lots in the Senate after the
i House had voted to do away with
j these agencies. "This,"
Special School
Election To Be
Held Saturday
Voters Of Leland School
District Will Have Oppor
tunity To Vote On Mat
ter Of Levying School
Tax
MUCH INTEREST
SHOWN IN EVENT |
Should Favorable Vote Re
sult, Additional Funds
Will Be Available For
Leland School
Voters of the Leland school
district go to the polls on Sat
urday to decide whether a spe
cial school tax will be levied for
the support of Leland high
school beginning next year. _
In order to pass a majority of
registered voters must cast their
ballot in favor of the proposed
special tax. The official ballot
provides two spaces for voting.
One is "For Special Tax," the
other "against special tax."
Mrs. Rossie Holmes is serving!
as registrar for this special elec- j
tion.
In the event the vote is fa
vorable, a special school tax, not
to exceed 15-cents per hundred
dollars valuation, will be levied
for the Leland school district and
funds derived from this source
will' be used for the improvement
of the school. The tax cannot be
included until the next tax levy
is made, and funds will not be
available until next fall.
There has been considerable in
terest in this issue, and leading
citizens of Northwest township
are very hopeful of the passage
of the measure.
Scout Executive
Is Lions Speaker
Taylor, Scout Executive For
Wilmington District, Tells
Advantages of Scouting
Program >? ? ?
James R. Taylor, scout execu
tive for the Wilmington area, was
guest speaker at the Thursday
meeting of Southport Lions Club.
Mr. Taylor reported that an
active Sea Scouting unit now is
functioning in Southport under
sponsorship of the Baptist church.
Ihe sponsorship of the Boy Scout
Troop also has recently been
accepted by the Baptists, but
^th Mr. Taylor and the Rev.
I Herbert M. Baker were quick to
' stress the fact that boys of all
demoninations are welcomed into
this group.
The speaker detailed some of
the advantages of membership in
a scout organization, and quoted
, an eminent North Carolina jurist
[who recently declared that "In
i all my years Upon the bench I
' never have had a boy scout
brought before me as a defend
j ant."
| Plans for conducting the White
' Cane Sales campaign locally were
' discussed, and Lion Robert Willis
[was placed in charge.
Revival Services
At Mt. Pisgah
A series of revival services is
in progress this week at Mt.
'Pisgah Baptist church, with the
'Rev. Amos Ledbetter, a native of
Alabama, doing the preaching.
The meeting will be concluded
with the service Sunday evening.
w. B. KElLiH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
"Although our supply of wir
ing is also short, our main
trouble here is the shortage of
central office equipment. You
have twice as many phones here ;
in Southport as you had a few
years ago," so said O. S. Bain,
manager of the Wilmington dis
trict of the Bell Telephone com
pany, when we jumped him again
the other day about the possibili
ties of lines to Caswell Beach
and Long Beach. Mr. Bain went
on to say that the dial central at
Southport was loaded with as
many phones as it could handle
and until new central equipment
could be obtained the scarce sup
ply of wiring had to be used for
connections at points where lines
already exist. Mr. Bain did not
say so in as many words, but
from him we got the Idea that
maybe another a few more
months will sec centra] office
equipment available to the extent
of building new lines to our
beaches.
A couple of weeks ago some
one brought us a dead otter, leav
ing it at the house with the in
formation it had been run over
by a lumber truck, but not say
ing where or by whom. When we
sort of complained about this
lack of detail, J. J. McKoy, of
Bolivia, came forward and advis
ed that it was he who had left
the otter for us, also that it
was killed when it ran across the
road in front of a lumber truck
from Wilmington. Interesting
thing about thi* is that the ot
ter wag killed on the paved high
way at Moore's Creek, only four
miles from South port. These ani
mals must be a lot more num
erous in Brunswick than is gen
X Continued Ob Faf* 6),
Mullet Fishermen Happy
With Change In Weather
Cool Weather Expected To Result In Large School* Of
These Fish Running Along Coast
Tuesday brought to this
coast what hundreds of fisher
men aptlj and, perhaps, cor
rectly describe as mullet fisher
men's weather, so called be
cause it sends the schools of
mullets scurrying out of the
mouths of creeks and rivers to
form into greater schools for
migration southward. Once
formed into these ocean-borne
schools, the fish become the
prey of the men at numerous
shore fisheries along the whole
Atlantic Coast.
The present- cold spell, is said
to be the best to start the mi
gration of the fish of any
September weather in years.
Perhaps today, certainly by to
morrow, reports will be made
of great catches of mullets be
ing made at the fisheries on
Caswell Beach, Long Beach, at
Lockwoods Folly Inlet, Shal
lotte Point, Gause Landing,
Seaside and Calabash. The fish
are moving and the fishermen
are waiting, tense for the
moment when they will be call
ed upon to man their net boats.
No definite information is
available as to just how many
of the shore fisheries are op
erating on the Brunswick coun
ty coast line. Estimates put it
at least half-dozen wher.e from
15 to 20 men are employed. To
these regular fisheries may be
added scores of men working
alone or in pairs with selns and
i gill nets, Intent on getting a
j share of the moving fish to sell
| or salt away for their own use
j during the winter and spring.
In addition to the fish, a
still more valuable product is
often found in the shape of
mullet roe, especially in schools
of the larger fish. The value
of the roe often runs to double
that of the fish from which it
is taken. All sizes of mullets
are eagerly sought after, but
' roe mullets are among the most
coveted fish to be found on the
coast in commercial quantity.
After the runs of mullets
comes the run of spots. They
are taken In great numbers and
also are eagerly sought after.
Shallotte Officials To Make
Plans For Waterworks
*
No Information
On Oil Agreement
There has been no new de
velopment In connection with
the lease of Brunswick county
lands to an oil company for
the purpose of drilling for oil,
but Register of Deeds Amos J.
Walton said this morning that
he Is expecting to receive the
papers any day for recording.
Hie attorney w*k> prepared
the lease agreement declared
tills week that he lias no doubt
concerning the final execution
of the papers, and that he ex
pects to be notified of their
completion within tbe near fu
ture.
Night Hunters
Caught In Act
Columbus County Men Face
Trial In Recorder's Court
In Whiteville Following
Arrest
Nine men, all residents of Col
umbus County, are being held un
der bond totalling ?1,600 for their
appearance in Recorder's court at
Whiteville on Tuesday, Septem
ber 30. They are charged with
illegally hunting deer at night
with lights and hunting deer out
of season. The arrests were made
near the border of Brunswick
county and District Game Pro
tector Charles Skipper, of Ice
land, was among ?he officers
making the captures.
Tate Anderson, Ernest Ander
son and J. J. Smith, all of
Whiteville, were arrested in the
Green Swamp, near Bolton at 9
o'clock Friday night. Four hours
later at 1 o'clock in the morning
the same officers made another
raid near Council. This haul net
ted Tom Vance, Fred Edwards,
Reuben Green, Earl C. Rogers,
Wade Rogers and Roger Minton,
all of Fair Bluff. |
In addition to Skipper the of
ficers making the raid were Su
pervisor E. W. Cains, of Lum
(Continued on Page Six)
Vacancy Exists
In Soil Service
J. F. Harper Has Asked
Leave Of Absence From
Soil Conservation Service
Due To Personal Business
John F. Harper, who assumed
the duties of Soil Conservationist
for Brunswick county on July 15,
has obtained a leave of absence
from the Soil Conservation Ser
vice, leaving the Shallotte office
without an active head.
Harper came here from John
son county, where he had served
since being discharged from the
Air Force in December, 1945. He
has farming and business in
terests in Wake county, and it
was the pressure from this source
which prompted his request for
release from duty with the Boil
service.
Thus far there has been no
announcement of a replacement
in thla position.
Sample Of Water From Ar
tesian Flow At Ice Plant
Receive* Favorable Re
port From State Labora
tory
MAY BE USED AS
SOURCE OF SUPPLY
Mayor Leon Galloway Re
ports That Meeting Of
Aldermen Will Be Cal
led For Study
Mayor Leo.. (VsVTWjr of Shal
lotte stated this week that reports
had been received on the analysis
of the water from the Shallotte
Ice Plant well and that these re
ports described the water as be
ing, "very good." Several samples
of the water had been sent in at
intervals of over a week apart.
With the report in every way
favorable, the Shallotte official
says that a meeting of the town
aldermen will be called either
this week or at a very early date
to determine the future course of
action in securing a town water
system.
The ice plant well is a deep
artesian flow, said to provide an
outpat of 175,000 gallons each 24
hours. This is ample for the pre
sent and immediate future needs
of the town. Mr. Bruton, owner
of the ice plant and well, is said
to be willing to arrange a rea
sonable deal for the town to ob
tain and use his surplus water.
Forty-Seven Are ]
Brought To Court
Near Record Number Of
Cases Confronted Judge
W. J. McLamb And Offi
cials Of Recorder's Court
Monday
_____
A total of 47 cases appeared
on the docket for trial when
Judge J. W. McLamb opened Re
corder's court here Monday. This
unusually large number was
partly the result of no session
having been held last week and
of a number of cases having been
continued at the September 8th
session. The minute book for
Monday shows the following en
tries:
J. L. Sandy, possession, order
ed to pay costs.
Walter Robbins, aiding and'
abetting in transporting, contin
ued to September 29.
Cecil C. Reynolds, possession,
fined $25.00 and costs.
Morris Arthur Avant, posses
sion, not guilty.
Joseph H. Ward, possession,
fined $10.00 and costs.
Lucdelphia Bellamy, no opera
tor's license, fined $25.00 and
costs.
Loftin B. Clemmons, reckless
operation, continued to October
6th.
? Mersel Tharp, no operator's li
cense, fined $25.00 and costs.
Ed Hall, possession, capias is
sued.
Frank Reaves, passing on
curve, improper brakes, fined
$25.00 and costs..
C. D. Carter, possession, fined
$10.00 and costs.
James Foy, speeding, fined
$10.00 and costs.
Willie J. Powell, failure to stop
(Oonttousd qd p?g? 4)
Veterans Given
Preference In
Securing Loans
Loan Funds Available This
Year Considerably Reduc
ed From Total Offered
Last Year
REGULATIONS OF
PROGRAM GIVEN
Farmers For Whom Loan*
Are Available Through
Other Channels Are
Not Eligible ,
Ivey C. Brown, county super
visor of the Farmers Home Ad
ministration office at Whiteville,*
which serves Brunswick and Col
umbus counties, returned last
week rrom a statewide conference,
at Raleigh to review program op
erations and activities for the
ensuing year.
Mr. Brown stated that emphas
is was placed on the iact that
farmers who can obtain credit
from regular sources on reason
able terms and conditions are not
eligible for assistance through the
Farmers Home Administration.
He also stated that the loan
funds available this year for some
types of loans are very limited.,
in comparison with funds avail
able for such purposes in pre
vious years.
District Government loans for
the purchase, enlargement and,
development of family-type farm*
will be made to the extent that
funds are available. Veterans have
preference.
Insured mortgage loans are al
so available through Farmers
Home Administration for the pur
chase, enlargement and develop
ment of family-type farms by
tenants, sharecroppers, and farni
laborers who are eligible for the
services of the agency. Veteran#
also have preference in applica
tions for these loans. This is Ut?
first time that such loans have
been available to farmers. Mr
Brown explained that all loans
will be made on the basis of ap
praised normal values. Th* bor
rower pays down 10 percent ' at
the normal value, and a lending
institution, such as a bank or in
surance company, lends the re
maining 90 percent. The Govern
ment insureathe loans and Farm
ers Home Administration person
nel make' collection's and other
wise service them.
Both direct and insured farm
ownership loans bear 3 percent
interest and are repayable on a
10-year amortized basis.
A production and subsistence
loan program will provide short
term credit for eligible farmers
for , the purchase of seed, feed,
fertilizer and farm and home
equipment.
Two kinds of production and
subsistence loans will be made.
Annual, loans are available to fin
ance operations for the year and
must be repaid within 12 months.
Adjustment loans are available
when farmers wish to make ma
jor changes for the better In
their farm and home operations,
and may run up to five year
The interest rate on both annu.
and adjustment loans is five pet
cent.
Guidance and assistance t
planning farm and home opera
tions, and in executing the plans,
will be available to families who
obtain farm ownership and ad
justment loans, Mr. Brown said.
SHallotte Youth
: Drowns Sunday
i Louis W. Callender Meet*
Tragic Death While
Swimming At Tar Land
| ing With Companion Sun
day Morning
Lewis William Callender, 18
year-old adopted son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Callendar, of Shallottf,
met a tragic death by drowning
in the Shallotte river at Tar
Landing Monday morning. The
body was not recovered until sev
eral hours later.
The young man, recently dis
charged from the army after en-/
listing at the end of the war, is
understaad to have been swim
ming with a younger companion,
a Hale boy. While swimming the
boys started playing with a small
boat, which started to drift with
young Callendar swimming after
It into deep water.
The boat appears to hove,
drifted faster than he could syrim,
and when he tried to catch it
he sank before help could reach
him.
Men at the nearby landing saw
the trouble and went to the ree
cue in a motor boat, arriving JiMt
too late.
In addition to his adopted par
Jents young Callendar ia survived
J by three adopted brothers. Buf?
I Continued on pagt sU)