The flruns^ pilot Clovers ick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time 'SIXTEEN NO. 28 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. G., Wednesday, October 15th, 1947 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDA1 91.50 PER YEA* FROM BRUNSWICK COUNTY PLANTS i Clear Land Be Used For Growing Plants lr Jersey Truck Farmer Well Pleased With [at Year's Experiment He Has Purchased Farm Site Ihato plants FEATURE CROP It H. Sheppard Had Good Luck Last Ifear With Crop Grown From Local Plants . is soon as weather condi r will permit, a big bulldozer jejan clearing operations on ?tecre tract of land along the . Road near Marsh Branch. Jand was leased last week Mrs. Helen Bragaw by |r- H. Sheppard, of Shiloh. Along with the lease Mr. Bid took the option of pur s the tract at any time the next three years. plans are to grow tomato next spring on as much of! land as can be cleared and |?to shape for such plants. :? seen a few days ago Mr. fpard was uncertain how j if the acreage he could get d up for tomato plants in smg. This depends largely 1 i*!rk:ng conditions. It is also lod that he plans to plant Oomato land in watermellons, ; soon as the plants are Some of the land, which be gotten in shape until tay also have watermelons first crop and the whole * in shape for tomato in the spring of 1949. - the coming spring Mr. will not depend entire * *hat land he can clear and ?~to shape by that time. He 1 .eased 25 acres of cleared " lar i from Robert McRack ? Walden's Creek and cover 5s are being planted on that 1 !o have It in tip-top condt 1 *her. the time rolls around planting of the tomato ^ ^ring, starting the grow ! : tomato plants in Bruns Wunty from scratch, Mr. leased 25-acres of the Moore farm and sowed tomato seed. The land " just what he desired and Continued on page six) bitf Newi Flat/its TO MEET ?pullers of the South port ? Club will hold their regu ??onthly meeting tomorrow at * Community Center Building. F* PROPERTY W. E. Bellamy has bought I1 toney Cheers garage and F ? Shallotte, near the bridge. B*ates he will tear the old P61 buildings down and erect P1?' two story brick building ?"Place them. rfes ox building J? outside work on the two F feck building, that is be f ?"?tructe are interested' in en w this branch of the ser GROWING ? Folks who have been wondering how the transplanted Brunswick county tomato plans made out in New Jersey fields will be interested in the above pictures. Everett Sheppard, Shiloh, N. J., truck grower, is shown beside his sprayer with which he carefully pro tected his growing crop. Below is evidence of a job well-done. Brunswick Farm Bureau Drive Is Nearing Goal With One More Month In Which To Enlist Mem bers, Officials Of Farm Bureau See Good Chance For County TOTAL OF 773 IS BRUNSWICK QUOTA Preliminary County Report Reveals That Walter M. Stanaland Is Leading In Signing Up Mem bers Last week's check on the results of the membership drive for the Brunswick county Farm Bureau indicates that the workers are now more than half way to their goal, of 773 members. Up to last week 346 members are known to have been signed up, with no re ports having been received from fifteen or sixteen workers who are thought to have each secured small numbers of members. Top man in signing up new members, according to last week's check up, was Walter M. Stana land with 100 members. Next was T. T. Ward, president of the county organization, with 60 mem bers; E. King had 55 and Cecil Hewett, 27. The remainder of the 346 members signed up at that time were in ? small blocks from various workers, with nothing de finite known of the efforts of the 16 from whom no reports had been received. In an interview Saturday Presi dent Ward said he felt sure the county would exceed its mem bership drive quota for 773. The drive does not end until Novem ber 15 and he is urging all work ers not to wait until the last min ute to sign up members. "Sign them up now and take it easy at the last," he urged. Likewise he urges all farmers and business houses to meet the workers half way and sign up for membership now. Schoolmasters In First Fall Meet Principal Martin C. Free man Of Waccamaw Elec ted Prelident Of County Organization The Brunswick County School masters Club, organized ten years or more ago with both recreation al and school advancement activi ties as its object, is again func tioning smoothly after having its aotivities greatly curtailed by the (COntinu*. on *) Facts On Hours For Sale Of Beer With recent arrests of deal ers for selling beer after clos ing hours, law enforcement of ficers state that many beer dealers in this county have the wrong idea of the hours dur ing which they may legally sell beer. Under state laws the sale of beer must cease at 11:80 o'clock each night and sales must not be made before 7 o'clock the next morning. On Saturdays the closing at night is at the same hour, 11:30 o'clock, and no sales can be made legally thereafter until 7 o'clock the following Monday morning. The law also applies to the sale of wine. In addition to prohibiting the sale of beer and wine during the above hours, the same state laws make it unlawful for an owner or operator of a wine oi beer stand to permit drinking of wine or beer on his premises during the closed hours. This applies even if the proprietor made no sales during the for bidden time. Leland Citizen Dies In Hospital Charles Rufus Skipper Died Last Week In Wilming ton Hospital Following Extended Illness Charles Rufus Skipper, we'll known resident of the LeU.ncl com munity, died in the Bullock hos pital in Wilmington last week after an extended illness. Mr. Skipper was 73-years of age. Burial was held in the Nelson cemetery near Leland. Rev. Wal ter Phelps and Rev. Stephen Mintz had charge of the services. Mr. Skipper is survived by four daughters, Mrs. B. T. Williams, Mrs. R. O. Williams, Mrs- R. L. Ganey and Celia Ganey, all of the Leland community; three sons, D. J. and Jerry Skipper, of Leland, and J. D. Skipper, of Wil mington. Serving ?>s active pallbearers at the funeral were Tate Ganey, E. H. Ganey, Rock Benton, David Sullivan, James Hollis and J. H. White. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. E. G. Goodman, J. D. Hollis, J. R. Ganey, J. T. Ganey, A. W. Benton and C. O. Ganey. Hurricane Path Reported Headed West Of County Hurricane Warnings Receiv ed Here This Morning j Had Residents Digging In To Ride Out Storm SAVANNAH HIT BY WIND MOVING NORTH Mid - Morning Report Of Charleston Weather Bu reau Indicates Storm Center To Miss Area A hurricane warning which ] sounded like it was really intend j ed for the Southport area had boat owners and residents along the coast digging in early today ito weather a storm. | Some relief was felt when the ; mid-morning weather report from Charleston indicated that the tropical disturbance of hurricane intensity had veered inland after \triking Savannah, Ga., with the prediction that the center would pass about 100-miles west of I Southport. Knowing the capricious J nature of a sea-born storm, old [ timers here determined to keep ' a weather eye until all signs had ! past. Up to this morning the chief I result of storms which have j struck along the Atlantic coast I during the past few days was a | continual rain which annoyed everybody and threatened to ruin [the farmers. Accompanying these torrential downpours was a strong wind shifting from northeast to northwest, and making fishing op erations virtually impossible. An unusually big tide last night was followed by one this morning which ran even higher, and every craft along the South iport waterfront which could find ' a sheltered anchorage was moved. 1 Special Session Called For Today Entire Day Monday Devot ed To Trial Of Cases In Recorder's Court And Special Session Found Necessary I Monday saw the longest ses sion of Recorder's court in many months, as the entire day was j given to the trial of cases aris j ing during the past week and with several that had been con I tinued from previous sessions. Ad i journment was not taken until 7 o'clock at night. At that time it was announced that another session would be held today and would be given over to the trial of various cases that have been on the docket for some time, some that were car ried over Monday and any others that the officers might bring in yesterday. The minute books show the following entries for Monday: Clyde Church, reckless opera tion and damage to property, con tinued to October 20. Albert Lee, no operator's li cense, no clearance light on truck, fined $25.00 and costs. LeRoy Holland, reckless opera tion, not guilty. Oliver Evans, reckless opera tion, continued to October 20. Lester M. Oliver, drunk driv ing, fined $100.00 and costs. Walter Thorp, drunk driving, (Continued on Page Eight) Homecoming Day At New Hope Annual Homecoming Day will be observed at New Hope Pres byterian church at Winnabow Sunday, October 19, and a cordial invitation has been extended by the pastor, Dr. J. M. WaggeUe, to all members, former members and friends to be present. As has been the custom in past years, an all-day program will be held, with a picnic dinner of the kind that has helped to make these occasions famous to be served at the noon hour. Whiteville Mart Closes Selling Season Today Prospects Are That 32-Mil lion Pound Mark Will Be Reached By Time Sales End On W arehouie . Floors Today LAST MINUTE SALES SWELL SEASON TOTALS One Set Of Buyers On This Market During Final Days Of The Selling Season Surpassing even late season predictions, Whiteville's tobacco market today had sold 31,301,072 pounds for $13,972,567.12, accord ing to official figures released by Dave S. Neilson, supervisor of sales. Tobacco came rolling in during the week end and gave rise to hopes for a 32-million-pound sea son. To reach that mark, it will be necessary to sell 699,000 pounds during the final three days this week. One set of buyers have been left on the market to buy until final sales are held Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 15. Neilson's report for last week showed that 1,178,482 pounds were sold in the seven warehouses which are still open. The best day was Thursday when 328,000 pounds were sold with Friday close behind with a poundage of 327,000. Deer Hunters Have Some Luck Scattering Reports From Various Parts Of The County Indicate That Deer Are Plentiful This Year No attempt has been made, to check on the number of deer hunt ers in the Brunswick woods dur ing the threeopen days, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, of last week, but it is safe to say that they ran into more than a hund red. Around 20 were seen on the road between Southport and Sup ply Saturday morning and about the same number could have pro bably been seen on any other stretch of road. Likewise no at tempt has been made to check on the number of deer killed dur ing those three days, or yesterday. Casual mention revealed that a number were killed around Shallotte Point and in almost every section of the county. Mor ton Parker, D. B. and Aldreth Phelps of Supply each got a fine buck. Alex Lind and Malcolm (Continued on Page 6) Our Reporter W. B. KEZIAH From a forestry and economic standpoint, it is a long step from the fire-swept area of Brunswick county of twenty-five years ago to the hupdreds of thousands of acres of well protected lands now producing pulpwood and other timber. Fire protec'tion in Bruns wick has paid huge dividends and the various boards of county com missioners who have continued the cooperation with the state officials without a let up are to be commended. In fact, the coop eration in Brunswick has always been so marked, and the results so obviously to the general bene fit, the county is now being held up as an example. This past week state forestry officials were here and discussed with interested ! parties the writing and illustrat ; ing of a big illustrated feature story, the story to be distributed generally among the North Caro lina daily papers and to have Brunswick county for its setting. It is probable that a photographer and a local writer will spend a couple of days getting pictures and data for these stories some time in tlvs near future. Burlington folks who have a cottage at Long Beach called up by Long distance Thursday to have someone find and charter a boat for a trip to the gulf stream Saturday. The boat was found and chartered and when a return call advised the upstate folks of this fact they promptly called up Harrelson's Grocery and put in an order for 40 different grocery items. Thirty nine of the 40 "items were in stock, the order was fill ed and was waiting for the cus tomer when he came In Friday afternoon. It took two whole page to write down the grocery order as it came in over the phone. The (Continued on page five) Durham Dentist Returns To His Native County Dr. R. H. Holden Has' Opened Offices In Shal lotte Soda Shop Building For Practice Of Dendis try The ranks of the Brunswick county professional men recently ! received a fine addition when i_>r. R. H. Hclden, returned from Dur j ham to his native Brunswick county and opened dental offices at Sliallotte. He is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Holden, of Supply, and Holden's Beach. Dr. Holden graduated from Trinity Park high school in 1916. From then on until he went into the army 'in 1918 he attended Trinity Col llege. His service in World War : I included 12 months overseas. When the war was over he was I discharged over there in order I that he could spend three months studying at the University ? of . Grenoble, France. Returning to the United States he continued his dental studies and was graduated from the At lanta Southern Dental College in 1923. Following his graduation he spent six months with the North j Carolina State Board of Health, opening his own dental office in Durham in April, 1924. He had a , large and profitable practice DR. R. H. HOLDEN there until he sold out this sum mer in order to return to Bruns wick county. During his residence in Dur ham Dr. Holden served two terms as president of a tri-county Den tal Society, the counties being Durham, Orange and Person. H< (Continued on Pace Four) Prize -Minded Fishermen Get Lesson In Sailing Three Winners On Rodeo List Brunswick county furnished winners in three divisions for woeki.v prizes for the Annual Fall Fishing Rodeo according to announcement made Thursday. The big story was the 7 -ft. 11 in. Hailfi.sh caught by Dr. Elliott Motley, of Charlotte, aboard the Idle on, a Souttiport craft. This catch remains tfce outstanding entry of the tournament thus far. Mrs. W. J. Grady, of Supply, was one of the weekly winners with her 5-lb. 15-oz. flounder. She received a $15.00 cash award. James Ghadwick, of Shallotte, received some fishing tackle for catching the best spot reported; and Bertram Burriss, Jr., of South port, won a prize of fishing equipment with a big catfish. Longwood School Adds Two Grades Principal James Dicks Will Teach Classes In Two Grades Being Added For Benefit Of Students In I Area J. T. Denning, Superintendent | of the Brunswick county school | system, states that beginning [next Monday, October 20, the ! State is establishing 9th and 10th high school grades at the color , ed school at Longwood. All col ored students in those grades | living in the area are asked to be present on that date. James Dicks, principal of the school, will teach these two high school grades. He is a graduate of Allen University, of Columbia, S. C., has had eight years as teacher and principal, is a vete ran of World War II, married and his wife is also a teacher. They will live at Longwood. The school, which has been j functioning in an old church building during the fall months, l will open up Monday in its new ; 4-room building, each room being ? 24 by 32 feet. This building has been a great need of several years for the colored people in the Longwood section. The old build ing which it is replacing was in an extremely bad state of repair. Former Resident Dies In Virginia Martin Miller Spent Several Years Here As Engineer Aboard Menhaden Boats Martin Miller, a veteran of the first world war, died at home in Virginia Thursday as a result of heart trouble. He was about 60 years old and was a brother of Mrs. R. P. Plaxco, of Southport. He never married. Several years ago Mr. Miller resided in Southport for three or four years and served as engineer on the menhaden boats U. L. Coz ( continued on Page Six) Captain Jodie Arnold Held A Class In Elementary Seamanship Aboard His Dory Saturday Afternoon FORMER POSTMASTER AND LAWYER ATTEND Fishing Foray to Corn Cake Inlet Has Unhappy End ing When Somebody Forgot Can Of Petrol Attorney Davis Herring and former postmaster L. T. Yaskell early last week began to lay plans to to Corncake Inlet Sat urday and catch that $1,000.00 drum. A deal was arranged for Capn' Jodie Arnold to take the two prospectors over to Bald Head in land early Saturday morning, us ing his outboard motor boat. The former postmaster, spend ing Friday night with friends in Wilmington was to do the im possible thing of coming down early and wake Davis, another impossible early morning under taking. But, the occasion was so momentous, the former postmas ter actually managed to get up at 5 a. m. He drove all of the way down from Wilmington and after half hour of effort he man aged to awaken the lawyer by throwing rocks through hio up stairs window. Permission having been secur ed from Mrs. Herring for her husband to go fishing, the two conspirators for the $1,000.00 prize hurried around to the dock where Capn' Jodie was waiting for them. Each had two rods, two extra reels, extra lines, all calculated to hold that 6-4-pounder. They hap pily stowed everything aboard and Capn' Jodie yanked the start er langard and gave the order to shove off. In about an hour they arrived by routes that the crow does not fly to a point some six miles off Southport and a mile and a half off Bald Head, so close to Corn cake they could see the waters. Yaskell describes those waters as being full of big drum. But at that moment the indus (Continued on Page Eight) Hallowe'en Ball Tickets On Sale 1 E. R. Weeks Is General Chairman Of Event Which Will Feature Mus ic Of Virgil West Orches tra E. R. Weeks, general chairman iof the Masked Ball which will be sponsored by the Southport Lions Club on Hallowe'en eve, has ; turned over the matter of dec ' orations to a sub-committee head : ed by Lion Cluft Secretary D. J. ; Smith. With his reputation for 'getting things done, there seems 'good reason to expect a jam-up Job of setting the stage for this \ event. I Chairman Weeks says that the club is hicky to have Virgil West and his popular orchestra signed Iup for Hallowe'en eve, and he is starting tomorrow with the ad vance sale of tickets for the bail County Baptists To Convene Here Next Wednesday Annual Session Of Bruns wick Baptist Association Will Be Held In South port With Local Church As Host FORMER GOVERNOR BROUGHTON COMING Will Deliver Inspirational Address As The Feature Of First Day's Program Of Association This year Southport and Shal lotte share the honors of playing; hosts to the Brunswick Baptist Association, organized at Shal lotte in 1899 and holding yearly sessions since then without in terruption. Twenty-four Baptist churches are represented in the organization and the place for the yearly meetings rotate about among these churches. For this year's meeting the first day, Wednesday, October 22, the session will be held at South port and on the following day the gathering will reassemble at Shallotte. Perhaps the highlight of the entire meeting will be the inspira tional address, scheduled to be given in the Southport Baptist church at 3:30 Wednesday after noon by former Governor J. Mel ville Broughton, of Raleigh. The Wednesday business of the association includes, the devotion al, roll call of churches, miscel laneous business, welcome to visi tors, religious literature report, address, orphanage report, ser mon, lunch, devotional, hospital report, mission report, inspiration al address and adjournment. Par ticipating in the above are Rev. W. Lee Aldritch, Rev. H. M. Baker, Rev. Ed Ulrich, Jr., Dr. L. L. Carpenter, editor of the Bi bical Recorder, Rev. E. E. Ulrich, James Millike'n, Bennie Price, Rev. Woodrow W. Robbins, Rev. A. S. Smith and Mr. Broughton. The second day, Thursday, at Shallotte, has an equally good program. The devotional will be at 10:00 a. m. and will be follow ed by the handling of .miscellan eous business, welcome to visi tors, Sunday school report, W. M. U. report, B. T. U. report, ser mon, lunch, devotional, temper ance and public morals report, Christian education, business and inspirational addresses and ad journment. Participating in the above program will be Rev. J R Carter, I. S. Willetts. Mrs. Mar tin B. Robbins, Dan Johnson, Rev. A. E. Fulmer, Dennis R Hewett. Rev. H. M. Baker and E. J. Prevatte. Each church will send three delegates to next week's meeting at Southport and Shallotte. Along with the delegates many of the members of the various churchei will also attend and a great gath ering of Baptists is expected at both' places. The churches represented in the association are, Antioch Bethel, Beulah, Bolivia, Boones Neck, Chapel Hill, Cool Run, Elah Farmer's Chapel, Friendship, Go shen, Jennie's Branch, Lebanon Longwood, Mill Creek, Mt. Olive' Mt. Pisgah. New Life, Oak Grove Prospect. Sabbath Home, Shal lotte, Southport, Town Creek. Tlie ordained ministers in the association are Rev. H. M Ba ker, Southport; Rev. Ivan L. Ben nett, Friendship; Rev. H. B Ben nett, Chapel Hill; Rev. John Wright Butler, Goshen; Rev. Clif ton W. Clemmons, Prospect; Rev. G. T. Hickman, Mill Creek; Rev. (Continued on Page Five) YoungWaccamaw Resident Passes Funeral Service* For Clyde Long Were Conducted Saturday Morning From Soldier Bay Baptist Church Funeral services (or Clyde Long 35-year old citizen of Waccamaw township, were conducted Satur day morning at Soldier Bay Bap tist church by Rev. Woodrow W. Robbins, pastor of the church. Mr. Long died in the Dosher Hos pital at Southport Thursday, after a long illness. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Jolly Long, one son. Jerry Long and his mother, Mrs. ,D B. Long, all of Ash. Active pallbearers were Dalton Simmons, Melton Evans, Roland Simmons, Pawnee Formyduval, James Purvis and Jesse Purvis. Honorary pallbearers were Dea cons of Soldier Bay church, Bar den Coleman, Parley Formyduval, Orby Lee Stanley, Rufus Phelps, Baxter Williams and Armstrong Evans.