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^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,