The pilot Overs 0runs*v'c k County THE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time lit. ^SIXTEEN NO. 27 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, October 8th, 1947 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEA* u. A. Making kjS For Annual Ljjowe'en Party j,v Night Meeting fcoted Largely To Mat I nf Perfecting Orga feation For^arnival lr DENNING IS |T p.-T. A. SPEAKER I Qt- Grade Mothers An fLced At Meeting And KT I Will Be In Char I ie Of Carnival Events I. ti,e business meeting of 1 high school Parent I lion Thursday r , ivere laid for the f e'en Carnival, LjViil held on Friday F 1, in the Com ?-? Buikill'.g f ; . program for the I ief but inspiring CTV j. T. Denning, superin f . .. Is for Brunswick f. His talk centered about of the school, the I her and the child, f >w the best re L _ lines of education r. . -s iv bo Achieved only L a:, four are working in L | t Potter entertained 1 th thre% vocal se L-j Her accompanist was [.tees M Harper, Jr. r ... ? Mothers, which L i.-.r. iu"ce?i at the meeting, [ isis of committees tiic various activities |i wi 11 be incorporated in \ ? Hallowe'en Carnival, k j;e as follow: r _ i ; o : Airs. Frances L Mrs. Orvill Willis, in t: Fish Pond. t. grade Mrs. Frederick L Mrs larles Hewett. Mrs. IXi-j-.ve. m charge of grab F Mrs. P.. F. Plaxco, | Mrs. W. R. p-T-'-r. Mrs. J. B. Cochran, p. of country store, t .ijJe: Mrs. R. B. pan Mis. T. M. McKeith |i: ? ' Wolfe and Mrs. | charge of Fish P . Mrs Charles Wil ls V - C. .V. Hewett, Mrs. I charge of the l-s stand. P - Mrs. R. C. Daniel. F Oberjohan. Mrs. L. in charge of cold r p.*-. grade : Mrs. Glenn P'" x-rs Alex Bogie, Mrs. R~ Kir.caWe, in charge of IP" | grade: Mrs. J. G. "? Otto Hickman. Mrs. II A" .: Mrs. Connie Lup - charge of raffle and sand fc :ra>: Mrs. Lee Hewett. Harrelson, in charge of *> S'Ald. Mrs. George Flsh ^ Thompson McRacken, lorth Ward, in charge of ":t ca: y and peanuts. tifath grade: Mrs. C. E. e" i-i's Richard Brindle, ! Alfred N'evvton, in charge of P? game. frith grade: Mrs. A. B. j? Mrs. Charles Swann, Mrs. Arr.oi'!. in charge of voting ** for king and queen of 1 anuval. IriefNew* Flathtt ? Hon sipper tewrs of the Auxiliary of snailotte American Legion ' sponsoring a picnic sup 4" Shallotte Point Sunday af ba, beg:rning at 4:30 o'clock. S<ral invitation has be?n ex to this outing, and a pleas in prospect for those '?n make plans to attend. J* district meeting Wick County Post No. ' American Legion, will be j* to lesn'ir.naircs of the 10th M a fish fry at Long J? ?n Thursday, October 30. rare for the visiting ex ** raen to attend the Lions P Maske<i Ball at the Com l ' c?Uer Building following *Pp?r meeting. ^MIN(, DAy Homecoming Day cele Wl' ^J'-' observed Sunday, '2, at Antioch Baptist all-.iay program has ^angefl, and at the noon ^"nUful picnic dinner will ^ r'n the grounds. A cor L^'-'ation is extended to all 1^. Pastor;... former members, k. ' of the present congre | friends. BEST RODEO ENTRY BEAUTY ? Dr. Elliott Motley, of Charlotte, is shown as he and Captain Muian Watts lift his 72-pound, 8-ounce sailfish from the cockpit of the Idle On early Satur day evening. The fish measured 7-feet, 11-inches. This was the larger of two sailfish 'landed by the party during the day, as Dr. E. R. Motley, Sr., made an earlier catch of a 6-fo*ot, 9-inch sail. The big fish is the outstanding entry received thus far in the $15,000.00 Fall Fishing Rodeo and may be worth $5,000.00 to Dr. Motley and $1, 000.00 to Captain Watts, skipper of the boat making the catch. Southport Baptists Begin Construction On Building Excavation Work On Base ment Began Last Week And Plans Are To Begin Laying Brick Early Next Week G. C. KILPATRICK OVERSEEING JOB Sunday School Rooms Are First On Program Of Construction, With New Brick Church To Follow Members ,-<^f Southport Baptist Church have started work on their new Sunday school annex and are planning to build a beautiful new brick church, the work to follow as soon as the annex is finished. The annex is to be of red brick, 92x30 feet and three stor ies. The basement, which already has been exhausted, will contain the heating plant, recreation room, etc. The upper stories, to gether with the basement, will form a total of about 30 rooms, ; according to G. C. Kilpatrick, who j is supervising the work. The J structure promises to be a very | attractive one, and will fill a i long felt need for more room for members of the Baptist congrega tion. The new church, for which plans are already well laid, will be just in front of the Sunday School annex and just northwest of the present church building. It is understood that the lot on which the church now stands will be landscaped when the new church is built and the old one removed. Four Clubs In Joint Session Assistant State Home Dem onstration Agent Conduc ted Interesting Program At Bolivia Thursday The Bolivia, Cape Fear, Winna bow and Mill Creek home demon j stration clubs united in a meet ? ing at the Bolivia high school Thursday. Miss Leona Langley, assistant state agent of home furnishings, met with the quar- ' tet of clubs. With discussion, de- ! monstration, including the use of I slides, Miss Langley gave some | ! valuable information on "Lights | j in the Home." The ladies of the Bolivia club i served home-made cookies and j | coffee to all present. The refresh- j ments were served in the school's j | new and attractive lunch room. | The regular meeting of the j ! Bolivia club was held on Septem- 1 ber 23rd. In the Home Economics Department of the high school. | Members of the club demonstrat- ; ed the use of sewing machine at- 1 tachments. The Bolivia club members have organized for something new, a I "Knitting-sewing Circle." For the "Knitting-Sewing Circle.'" For j this work they meet once a i month and all women and girls | in the community are invited to ? join. Knitting is new to many of the members, but once they get 1 their needles under control the ! stitches go in rapidly under the j patient supervision of Mrs. Ada | Reeves. Dog Turns Table On Big Alligator Dogs make especially nice meals for alligators, particular ly if the alligator gets the dog in the water where the al ligator is much more at home. The table was turned at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Dosher, who live on Beaver dam. a short distance from the inland waterway bridge, one day this week. They were attracted by the furious barking of their dog, approaching the house and evi dently driving something be fore it. As the barking dog was evidently coming In, they waited and pretty soon a huge alligator came crawling into their yard with the dog right behind it. Now and then the alligator would whirl on his tormenter, seeking to finish it with either gnashing jaws or lashing tail. Mr. Dosher killed the saurian and found that it measured eleven feet in length. He says it would have weighed at least five-hundred pounds. Numerous Cases Carried Over Large Number Of Cases Called In Recorder's Court Here Monday With Eight Continued Until Later Date Monday was another busy day in Brunswick county Recorder's court, with a number of cases be ing continued for trial at later Sates. The following disposition nf cases was made: Gradie Smith, drunk driving, continued to October 13. W. P. Jones, non-support, State isked for continuance to Decem ber 1st. Robert Chapman Sellers, no operator's license, continued to October 20. Herbert F. Hewett, no operators license, nol prossed. Barmer Speight, no operator's card and possession, capias and continued. Ellis E. Todd, no operator's license, fined $25.00 and costs. Robert McRae Taylor, speeding, continued to October 13. Sporbie E. Sneeden, posession, fined $10.00 and costs. Anzlo Robinson, improper equip ment, no license plate, nol pros sed. Joseph Ivey, disposing of mort gaged property, continued to Oct ober 27th. Bennie Hines. drunk driving, reckless operation, he was found guilty of reckless operation, not guilty as to drunken driving, fined $25.00 and costs and re quired to make restitution for pro perty damage. Duncan Durden, escape from prison camp, six months addition al on the roads. K. H. Davis, non support, con tinued to October 13th. O. B. Robinson, possession, fin ( Continued ca Page 4) Season Average Goes To $44.77 On Leaf Mart Whiteville Continues Ope ration With Two Sets Of Buyers And 3,600 Piles Daily High f>rices sent the Whiteville tobacco market's season average soaring upward last week and today the official figures reveal ed that 30,122,590 pounds had been sold for $13,785,629.49 and $44. 77 per hundred pounds. Dave S. Neilson, supervisor of sales and executive secretary of the Merchants Aaoociatioa^ salu the market would continue to op erate this week with two sets of buyers and a selling allotment of 3,600 piles per day. Mr. Neilson said the marketing rush had slackened sufficiently to insure all farmers an immediate sale for the remainder of their crop. Because of other commitments, sales have been discontinued at t Con tinned on Page Four) Sun Tdkes Toll Of Pair In Beach Away from Southport for a year and a half, former postmas ter L. T. Yaskell had not for gotten the fine old-fashioned cus tom of going barefooted on the beach while fishing. But he evidently had forgotten there was such a thing as sun burn. Out on Bald Head Island beach Saturday, he and Postmas ter Wilber Dosher discarded their shoes and were otherwise care less of the sun. Sunday Mr. Dosher was suffer ing from a bad case of sunburn. Mr. Yaskell was in even worse condition. His feet are so badly blistered and swollen he was un able to wear shoes or walk. His face was also badly sunburned. Farmers Busy Saving Their Big Hay Crop Weather During Past Weak Proved To Be Ideal For Task Long Delayed By Heavy Rains During Sep tember STILL TOO WET TO DIG PEANUTS Farmers Continue To Be Busy As Preparations Are Made For Seeding Un usually Large Small Grain Crop Hundreds of stacks of curing hay grew up in the fields of Brunswick county the past week to await the hay bailing ma chine or loose storage in barns and other outbuildings. The week has been perfect for hay making and the time had arrived when hay had to be saved or lost al together. County Agent J. E. Dodson stated a week ago that the crop had been damaged, but that there was a big crop and ten days of good weather would enable the farmers to save most of it. So far little of the peanut crop has been dug, the ground having been too wet. This part of the hay crop is not yet harvested. Last week was devoted mostly to the saving of lespedeza, pea vine and hay from various grass es. Peanuts are now being dug and their vines will add to the fine hay crop that has already been harvested. The job of saving the hay crop has not been the only task that has confronted the farmers this week. They are making prepara tions to plant an unusually large small grain crop and if the dry weather continues it is very live ly that this winter will see the Brunswick fields green with the biggest crop of small grain that has ever been seeded in. Ladies Night At Lions Club Shallotte Lions Enjoy Pro gram Presented For Their Amusement by Lion John son, Of Raleigh Ladies Night at the Anchor Hotel at Shallotte Point was a big event for the Shallotte Lions Club. A banquet dinner was serv ed to 29 Lions, their wives and to two other guests. Lion Henry R. Johnson, of Ra leigh, was the main speaker and he enlivened the occasion with impersonations, wit and humor. Prior to the dinner, E. D. Bish op, president of the club, an nounced the results of the White Cane Sale and memberships to State Association for the Blind. The Shallotte club quota had been set at $84.00. Lion Bishop presented the final tabulation, showing the total results to be $345.30. This showing is gratifying to the whole of the Shallotte sec tion, in addition to the member ship of the Lions Club. In a subsequent interview Lion Bishop stated that the Shallotte Lions Club, in addition to the White Cane Sale, has supplied funds for examination and has provided glasses for 22 of the | Shallotte school children. - Our ROVING YY. B. KEZIAH Our compliments of the wee-, ago to the Shallotte Lions Club for its especially nice showing in the White Cane Sale. One of the main functions of the nation al organization of Lions Clubs is to help the blind and those with bad eyesight who cannot help themselves. The Shallotte club, in its year of existence, has helped 22 school children who needed sight aid. Now it comes forward with about five times its quota towards aiding the blind. Last spring we were told it would take a year to complete the Brunswick River and Alliga tor Creek, bridges in this county near Wilmington. This summer the weather has been far from favorable for bridge work. Still, from the looks of the progress that has been made at the Bruns wick river, the bigger job will be done and the road opened in another five or six weeks. The Alligator Creek bridge will be a much smaller problem, and sub stantial progress has already been made on it. "We should have a full time Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce worker, a man em ployed to do nothing else but publicize this county and devote himself to helping people from other states who are interested in acquiring farms and home here.'" This was the opinion vol unteered by Odell Blanton, Sup ply business man, thi3 week. Mr. Blanton added. "I know it will take money and I am willing to j go just as far with that as any j other business man." Phil Wright, state news edi- j tor of the Wilmington News, isi becoming sort of impressed with| (Continued on page five) Fire Prevention Week Centers Attention On Cost Of Negligence This Week, October 5 Through 11, Has Been Set Aside As Period For Taking Special Safety Measures College Station Raleigh? If you value your life, your family, your home and your farm, be con stantly on the alert to the causes of fire and how to eliminate them says David S. Weaver, head of the agricultural engineering depart ment at State college. President Truman has set the week of October 5 to 11 as Fire Prevention Week this year, Mr. Weaver said. Never before in the t history of the country has fire j prevention been so important for! fire losses are currently running. 300 per cent over the 1937 figure ; According to figures assembled ! by the National Fire Prevention association, Mr. Weaver says a i fire breaks out in this country ; once every 20 seconds ? right i around the clock ? or, ,1700,000 I fires a year, at the present rate of i burning. About 11,000 Americans lose their lives by fire each year ? more than half of them women and children. There are about 600,000 build ing fires a year in the United States and half of these, are dwell ings. More than 700,000 grass, brush and rubbish fires were started in 1946, Forest service ex perts estimate that there may be 200,000 forest fires a year ? and 9 out of 10 of them are man-made. In a dally basis there are 1 650 building fires, 28 deaths by fires, 760 home fires, 140 store fires, 6 church fires, 6 school fires, and 3 hospital fires. The tragedy of it all, Mr. Wea ver said, is that 90 per cent of the fires which are costing this nation thousands of lives and hundreds of ?millions of dollars every year, can be prevented. Converted Mine-Sweeper Fishing For Menhaden Never Too Late To Catch Fish Who said it was getting late | for fishing? On November 2, 1941, four or five big sailflsh were brought ' in by the South port boats. Two of th<vie sails were caught by Captain Bob Roberts of Wil mington. He went out alone ' with his mate and between handling the boat in a rough sea and getting the fish aboard j they had a tough time of it. In addition to the two they j caught Captain Roberts and | his mate lost several other sail I fish. Both fish were taken just | a short distance offshore. Cap tain Roberts was at Southport yesterday, making preparations to bring his boat here. Another Charter Boat Comes Here Craft Which Compiled Un usual Record For Marlin This Year At Ocean City, Md., Will Try For These Fish Off Southport The Sallfisherl, Captain Her-j man Reitz, Jr., arrived here this j week from Ocean City, Md. This trim sport fishing cruiser stood ] out third from the top for marlin ! catches among a fleet of 40 boats i operating at Ocean City this sum mer. The Sailfisher's parties landed 43 marlin, a good number of sail fish and various other big game fish at Ocean City during the I months of July and August. In j 1946 only one boat from a fleet I of 40 beat the Sailfisher at tak- j ing marlin at Ocean City. In an interview this week Cap tain Reitz stated that he did not | have the least doubt that there were plenty of marlin off South- ! port all during the summer months. Now they are beginning to move a little further south, he thinks. There was still plenty of mar lin at Ocean City when the Sail fisher left there, others were moving down from further north. At Ocean City these fish began to school up and tail southward early in September. This advance movement of fish should be here at about this time, and the skip per is confidertly expecting to get | a number of them while they are in the Southport area, and maybe some stragglers that stay in this area the year-round. The ship will remain hete and j be at the disposal of charter par ties until the first of November, perhaps longer. Two More Boats Here For Rodeo Craft On Way South From Ocean City Are Stopping ' At Southport To Partici pate In Fishing Event The Lucky Lady, Captain Fred Voss, on its way from Ocean City to its home port at Borcarton, Fla., put in at Southport yes terday to stay here through Oct ober serving charter parties. Fish-, ing at Ocean City this summer parties aboard the Lucky Lady boated 45 marlin, which was se cond boat from the top in a list of 40 in the taking of marlin. She ^Continued on Page 6), The Plaxco, 137-Foot Navy Craft, Has Been Conver ted For Use In Fleet Fish ing For Local Factory NEW CRAFT HAS PLENTY OF POWER Another Of The Formsr Service Boats Will Be Ready To Start Fish ing Operations Soon Formerly a mine sweeper and having only a number, the Plax co, a 137-foot vessel, is now en gaged in menhaden production off Southport for the Bruns\yick Nav agation Company. She is probab ly the fastest and most heavily powered boat that is engaged in ! menhaden tishlng anywhere on the Atlantic coast. The ship lias two 500-horse power diesel engines, * Che same engines that furnished her power when she was build and placed into service during the recent war. If she needs to she can travel at 18-knots per hour. The ship is in command of Captain Edwin Pinner, of Beau fort, who was mate on the Gif ford. Until the Plaxco began work the Gifford was the biggest boat employed by the local factory. A sister ship to the Plaxco, the Brunswick, will go into operation in a few days. A duplicate of the Plaxco, it is understood will be in command of Captain John Potter, Southport man now in charge of the W. P. Anderson, It is undersood that when Cap tain Rotter is transferred to the Brunswick he may be succeeded on the W. P. Anderson by Merle Hood, now the mate on that ship. The two ex-mine sweepers, with their heavy load capacities, will be able to bring in about double the amount of fish that the fac tory has heretofore been handling. Commissioners In Session Monday Board Requests State High way Commission To Pro vide 24-Hour Ferry Ser vice At Holden's Beach Members of the board of coun ty commissioners in their regular meeting here Monday took fav orable action on a petition pre- j sented by residents of Holdens Beach in which they requested 24 hour ferry service across the in land waterway. This petition was forwarded to the District Highway office in Fayetteville with the recom mendation that this service be provided by the highway depart ment if possible to de so. Most of the day was taken up with settlement of tax matters, with a number of persons appear ing before the board to seek ad justments in their tax listings. The following actions resulted: Jabe Sullivan allowed to pay $10.00 on his delinquent taxes, balance of $43.26 to be paid by December 16; S. H. Hewett re lieved of $50.00 valuation on Smlthville township property; Fred Jones was allowed to make a payment of $30.00 on his taxes, balance of $116.48 to be paid by December 15; T. O. I?ng was relieved of 1947 poll tax due to poor health; M. D. Tharpe was relieved of taxes charged against him for years 1938-42, as joint listing was discovered; John (Continued on page 4) Drainage Canal To Come Up At Conway Hearing Army Engineers Set Date To Go Into Matter Of Waccamaw River Im provement PUBLIC HEARING SET FOR OCT. 31 Columbus County Leaders Are Working In Conjunc tion With Men From Brunswick On Pro ject The case of those favoring im provement and drainage on the Waccamaw River will be present ed to Army engineers in a pub lic hearing at the Horry county courthouse In Conway, S. C. on October 31, at 11 a. m. Colonel John B. Hughes, dis trict engineer, alwounced the date for the hearing in a communica tion to Henry B. VV'yche, assistant vice president of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company, and J. P. Quinerly, assistant county farm agent, who have been serving as chief promoters of Colun us county's interests in the matter. Brunswick and Columbus coun ty citizens have been seeking to obtain a survey for the explora tion of the possibilities of cutting a spillway near Calabash across the South Carolina line and emptying the flood waters of the Waccamaw about 90 miles north of the river mouth. Horry residents and others along the lower basin are reported to be primarily concerned with the flood water problem and may look favorably upon the proposal for a spillway. Under this plan, the head waters would be divert ed. Mr. Wyche and Mr. Quinerly are now endeavoring to secure data for the brief which will ba presented at the hearing. "We are anxious to obtain any pertinent information, showing the benefit to be derived from the river im provement on malaria control, re creation, fish and wildlife con servation, water supply and in creaypil uroductivity of land in the aiea."~Mf. QMnerly sam. Oral statements will be heard, but for the record, It is necessary for interested parties to submit their case in writing. Sidney H. Veasey Accident Victim Wilmington Man Was Well Known In Southport And Was Husband Of Former Miss Sallie Dosher Sidney H. Veasey, 51-ycar old Wilmington man, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dosher, of Southport, was killed Monday af ternoon at dusk when his auto mobile left the road and plunged into the waters of Smith Creek, four miles north of Wilmington. Mr. Veasey was riding alone in his car and ia understood to have been en route to his home. His car, which plunged ovei?an embankment and into the waters of the creek, was not entirel*" submerged and was little damag ed. Mr. Veasley is believed tcv, have died from the impact of his chest against the steering wheel. No evidence of drowning was found by the investigating officers and the , exact cause of the acci dent has not been stated. The tire on one front wheel of the car was found to be flat when the machine was taken from the creek. It is possible that this flat tire caused him to lose con trol of the machine. Ho was a travelling salesman. Mr. Veasey's widow is the former Miss Sallie Dosher, of Southport. Also surviving is a (Continued on page 4) Two Students At Mars Hill Two students from Brunswick county are enrolled at Mars Hill college this fall. These are: Crys tal Stanley, of Ash, and Marcellus Cox, Jr., of Southport. The total enrollment at the college is 981, exclusive of spe cial students in the departments of speech, art. arid music. These come from 18 states, District of Columbia, and two foreign coun tries. North Carolina, 717; South Carolina, 80; Virginia, 58; Flori da, 37.; Georgia, 35; Tennessee 21; Alabama and Kentucky, five each; Maryland, four; Indiana, three; Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio and New York, two each; Texas, Rhode Island, Missouri, New Hampshire, and District of Columbia, one each ;' Cuba, two; Brazil, one. The North Carolina student# come from 88 counties,

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