The Pilot Overs
Brunswick County
NO. 31
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The News
All The Time
6-pages TODAY Southport, N. G., Wednesday, November 5th, 1947 published every Wednesday
$1.50 PER VEAA
JvA Hospital Site
Inspection Board
Visits Southport
Lup Here Yesterday
rr, ives Opinion That Ft.
1 Caswell Will Not Fill
>eeds For Proposed Hos
pital
iTERNATE SITE
declared better
J(j On River Above
.jouthport Received Fav
| orable Consideration
Of Board Members
(SPECnOX TOWN
- a full month in
>sed sites for the
,, .1 veterans hospital
j: t. built somewhere in
pji Carol::ia. the committee
up its work with the in
?n of two sites at Southport
I ? :iy.
for: Caswell failed to meet
jfc ir.uch approval for various
I other proposed site
edge of town and
the Cape Fear river, seemed
ittract considerable interest,
i act. members of the commit
stateU they were pleased with
[gurever, the interest being
? in this local site should
j :r. the opinion of several of
| citizens who assisted in
| be taken as in
law that Southport has much
less of getting the hospital,
cy other good sites have been
kred throughout the state. The
:i will be thoroughly
I before the committee
tes :ts report to the Veterans
lustration.
fee best that any of the local
:::tee members can feel is
Brunswick county may have
| t getting the hospital.
was given that local
? would hear from the
BEttee.
it the start of the inspection
possible sites the committee
Iiaformed that Southport had
political pull, thatr* oJuthport
all of its trust in God and
committee. This seemed to
s a hit with the committee,
a parting remark. Just as
Kmmittee was leaving South
' see of the members, Dr. C.
Ii:mason, of the Department
Medicine and Surgery, stated
? j/ithport was the last place
k visited in their tour of the 1
f 1 man promptly put
is two-bits worth by saying
- B: says that the last
J ? first."
1 to sites to be inspected
up 1 Southport was sim
| Mr. Livingston, mana
- the W. B. & s. Bus lines,
l?eii one of his big buses for
"'?irpose. This gave an op
for the entire group to
"gether and to discuss the
ffered among them
f. ? t-'- y rode along.
i",:. crjm"i:ttee was composed
J E McMurrer, steering
of (he real estate ser
? veterans Administration; J.
oajnes, construction service;
? Thomason, department of
?nti surgery; J. E. Don
real estate service of the
_~ar'3 Administration Branch
ff No. 4.
^???panying the committee
_ tion tour were E. J.
l\.'f L'avis Herring, James
-per Dan Harrelson, Hur
uvuigston and W. B. Keziah.
hitf Ntwt
Flathtt
I* A. MEETING
i ? _ ; . ! monthly meeting
> Southport Parent-Teachers
* :: will be held tomorrow
;iy evening at 7:30
w thy high school audi
ts CUB
J* regular meeting of the
jfo?rt Lions Club will be held
v 'Thursday) at 1 o'clock
0 Center Build
^ for cruise
L Morehead and Mrs.
' - : f Charlotte, are in
' Fw: f, ,r purpose of tak
#vLi""rt cruise aboard the
, . ? sweeper Brunswick
v.ssel begins fishing
Bninswiek Navigation Co.
V m;R
htrj] . uf tho circles of Trinity
church will give a
0*r the church an
te- .n Ja-v' November 14. The
IHj. *; 1 fce preceeded by a
It fJj ^nictl will feature the j
* tln<7 work, cakes andj
Bolivia Farmer Is Example
For Diversified Program
Fred Lesh Thinks He Will Get Around To Building
Himself New Home When He Gets Other
Building Done
Doing most of his farming
with machinery and using only
one mule supplemented with
another for about one week,
Fred Lesh of Bolivia made fif
teen hundred bushels of corn
this year, some of his better
land producing 126 bushels per
acre.
In addition to the corn Mr.
Lesh made some 40 tons of
fine hay and fed 62 head of
cows and calves through the
summer and fall on velvet
beans and lespedeza. In addi
tion to the corn and hay and
the pasture for his stock for
several months, he grew con
siderable grain, sweet potatoes
and various other farm crops.
As he personally put it he has
"plenty to eat and a place to
sleep."
But he is not exactly satis
fied with his home. He states
he is going to build a new barn
36 x 60 feet with concrete
floors and enlarge it later with
sheds. He already has a barn
of this size on his farm some
distance from his home. When
his new barn is completed for
his stock he will build a house
for his truck and farming tools.
When that is finished he will
build a new house for himself.
In his farming operations
Mr. Lesh uses very little com
mercial fertilizers. He usually
has from 60 to 200 head of
cows and calves. These with
velvet beans, soy beans, lespe
deza and other crops for hu
mus, provide about all the fer
tilizers he needs.
Stanaland Assumes His
Duties As County Sheriff
Tenders Bond Friday After
noon And Is Sworn In
Before Assistant Clerk
Of Court B. J. Holden
O. W. PERRY NAMED
AS CHIEF DEPUTY
A. W. Smith Given Tempo
rary Appointment As
Deputy And Jailor,
Succeeding Ed
Leonard
Walter M. Stanaland tendered
his bond and was sworn in as
Brunswick county sheriff Friday
afternoon before B. J. Holden,
assistant clerk Superior court.
Immediately thereafter he took
over the duties of the office from
acting-sheriff John G .Caison.
At their regular monthly meet
ing here Monday members of the
board of county commissioners
formally approved the bond made
by Sheriff Stanaland and affirm
ed their action taken at a call
meeting of the board one week
earlier.
Sheriff Stanaland has announc
ed that O. W. Perry, Northwest
township man, will be his chief
deputy. Pawnee FormyDuval will
continue to serve as deputy sher
iff in the lower end of the county
and Sheriff Stanaland has named
Afton Smith, 'of Southport deputy
sheriff and jailor.
The vacancy in this latter de
partment resulted from the re
signation of Deputy Sheriff Ed.
V. Leonard. During the interim
Dave Garrish kept the keys to
the jail for a day or two, but on
Monday relinquished them to the
new sheriff.
Commissioners In
Session Monday
Affirm Appointment Of
Sheriff And Vote to Hold
Salary At Same Figure;
$125.00 Per Month For
Deputies
Routine matters claimed the
attention of members of the board
of county commissioners during
the greater part of the day Mon
day.
After giving their approval to
the surety bond of Sheriff W. M.
Stanaland and affirming their ac
tion in naming him to fill the
unexpired term of the late Sheriff
John White, the remainder of
their time was taken up chiefly
with the tax matters.
D. J. Rowland was relieved of
$320.00 valuation due to error in
listing; R. P. Robinson was re
lieved of $1,362.00 valuation on
his beach property due to double
listing; an order was passed to
settle the taxes for Mrs. M. E.
Mintz for $82.39, due to error in
listing.
An order was passed to make
a deed from Brunswick to George
Cannon and wife for the Walker
lands upon payment of $903.40,
any rent paid to be credited to
the amount of the principal pay
ment; A. B. Mintz was relieved
of $80.00 valuation 1 due to double
listing; William Warnett was re
lieved of $1,000.00 valuation due
to fact that building was listed
in error.
The board agreed that the
salary for the sheriff should re
main at the same figure and
that the three deputies appoint
ed by him each shall receive
$125.00 per month.
Edgar McMillan was ordered
placed on the inability list for
$8.00 per month and his wife for
(Continued on Page Six)
Sunday Storm
Hits Southport
A northeast storm that blew
up seemingly out of nowhere
Saturday night and early Sun
day morning, made Sunday
about the most disagreeable day
In months. Considerable dam
age was done on some sections
of the coast, notably at Char
. leston where the tide is report
ed to have reached nine feet.
Outside the high tide the storm
was not felt badly at Southport.
Wrights ville Beach and Car
olina Beach, both facing the
wind, had high tides that did
very little damage. With the
wind coming in from the back,
Caswell Beach and Long Beach,
at Southport,' sustained no dam
age, although the tide went
pretty high.
The high tide area was ap
parently along the South Caro
lina coast, with the highest be
ing between Myrtle Beach and
Charleston.
Short Session Of
Court Monday
Weekly Session Of Bruns- ;
wick County Recorder's j
Court Was Adjourned
Before Noon With Sev
eral Cases Disposed Of
The regular weekly session of
Brunswick county Recorder's
court was over before noon Mon
day, with the following entries
made in the minute book:
Charlie Arthur Reaves, reck
less operation, continued to Nov.
17.
David Benton, improper equip
ment, no brakes, no windshield
wiper, no driver's permit, con
tinued to November 10th.
Richard Gibbs, no operators li
cense, fined $25.00 and costs.
William DeCover, speeding,
continued at request of arresting
officer until November 10.
Joseph Baxter Haymore, public
drunkness, fined $10.00 and costs.
Carl D. Lane, drunk driving,
continued.
Edward I. Conway, reckless op
eration, asked for jury trial.
(Continued or .page six)
Drainage Project
Briefs Submitted
Two Hundred Citizens At
tend Conway Hearing
From Columbus And
Brunswick
A delegation of two hundred
Columbus and Brunswick citizens
appeared before representatives of
the U. S. Army Engineers at
Conway, S. C. Friday to present
their brief and statements in sup
port of the proposed Waccamaw
River drainage project.
The law firm of Fnnk and
Herring took a prominent role in
I presenting the facts of the drain
age project, and both Mr. Fnnk
and Mr. Herring were present,
giving their services in this* con
nection without charge.
I speaking briefly in advocacy of
a canal which would divert flood
waters through Mullet Creek at
a noint near the South Carolina
line were S. B. Frink of South
port, H. E. BlaBchard and Henry
(Continued oo Page 4)
Auto Collision
At Leland Sunday
A 1941 Pontiac coach was dam
aged to the extent of about $300.
00 Sunday on Routh 74 at Wood
burn when it- ran into the rear
of a 1937 International three
quarter ton truck. The truck was
damaged about $10.00, according
to the State Highway Patrolman
who investigated the occurance.
The truck was driven by Wini
fred S. Robinson, colored, of 1108
Queen street, Wilmington, and
the car by William H. Howard,
of Wrightsville Beach. The high
way ? patrol reported that the
truck was driven out of a side
road in front of the approaching1
car. No one was injured in either,
machine.
Brunswick One
Of Counties To :
Receive Survey
Education Commission Is
Named By Governor R.
Gregg Cherry To Study
Conditions In Cross-Sec
tion Of State
INFORMATION OF
VALUE EXPECTED
Visiting Body Of Eighteen
Men Will Visit In This
County For Purpose Of
Studying Education
Needs
At the last session of the North
Carolina General Assembly Gov- 1
ernor R. Gregg Cherry appointed
the State Educational Commis
sion, the object being to study the
state educational program, find
out where its application might
prove weak and where it would
be strong. #
The original plan was for this
commission to visit and make a
study in each of the 100 counties
in the state.
Consideration of the fact that
such extensive coverage would
take practically all the time of
the commission, as more tjian one
day would be required at some
points, It has been decided that
a fine cross-section insight of the
(Continued on page 4)
Legionnaires Of
District Here
Brunswick County Post No.
194 Was Host At Enjoy
able Outing At Long
Beach Thursday Evening
Some 150 members of the Am
erican Legion, their wives and
friends, gathered at Long Beach
Thursday night for the fish fry
at which the Brunswick County
Post No. 194 at Southport was
host to Legion members of the
10th District.
The district is composed of
posts in Brunswick, Columbus,
Bladen and New Hanover coun
ties and all posts in this area sent
good delegations. There was no
speaking or business of any sort
on the program. It was just a
big Brunswick county fish fry
with friends and fellow members
of the Legion in adjoining coun
ties invited to join in.
The local post provided the fish
and the fixings and there were
plenty of both. In charge of the
cooking were Crawford Rourk,
(Continued on Page Five)
Tobacco Crisis
Shows Influence
Of Farm Bureau
j Recent Action Resulting
From Decision Of British
To Withdraw Buyers
From American Markets
Shows Value
PRESIDENT WARD
SEEKS NEW MEMBERS
Only Through Organization
Will Full Strength Of
Farmer Population Be
Felt According To
Leaders
Swift action taken to meet the
crisis resulting from the recent
British ban on imports of Ameri
can tobacco has proved conclusi
vely that "farmers together have
the necessary power to protect
their interests," T. T. Ward, pre
sident of the Brunswick County
Farm Bureau, declared today.
In the wake of the Federal
government's approval of a plan
to finance British buyers for the
remainder of the season, Presid
ent Ward pointed out how Farm
Bureau representatives went to
work for government action to
relieve the market situation, as
soon as the ban was announced.
"This example of organized ef
ficiency is typical of the way in
which the Farm Bureau has ser
ved farmers in North Carolina,"
he observed. "No Tar Heel far
mer can forget how the Farm
Bureau took the leadership in
promoting establishment to the
Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative
Stabilization Corporation, which
has added millions to the income
of North Carolina growers by
guaranteeing minimum support
prices for their tobacco."
Mr. Ward continued to say
that the Farm Bureau's current
campaign to enroll 100,000 mem
bers in this state, deserves the
support of every North Carolini
an.
"We are faced with the task
of making sure that a sound nat
ional farm program is created to
replace the present agricultural
laws which expire at the end of
1948," he said. "Already farmers
are faced with strong opposition
to the parity and price support
principles, which are basic to a
real farm program.
"Unless we farmers unite to
see that a beneficial farm pro
gram is enacted, dissatrous con
(Continued on Page Five)
Sports Fishing
Boats Continue
Both Captain Hulan Watts
And Captain Victor Lan
ce Will Continue To Cat
er T? Fishing Parties
Both the Idle-On of Captain
Hulan Watts and the Moja of
Captain Victor Lance will con
tinue their sport fishing opera
tions through the month of Nov
ember, or longer if the weather
permits. Both the boats have a
good number of charter parties
and should the long-deferred
break in the weather come this
month some real catches of big
(Continued on page 4)
W. B. KEZIAH
Our
Reporter
We already knew it and this
is just repeating for your bene
fit if you are one of those few
folks who do not know it: "It
pays to advertise." A couple of
weeks ago John Swain and son,
John, Jr., were digging ten feet
in the ground to get a sewer that
was laid 32 years ago. They dug
up one of the old style 8-ounce
Pepsi-Cola bottles that had been
buried all those years. We men
tioned the old bottle in this
column and this week a Pepsi
Cola truck from Wilmington stop
ped and left us a crate of 1947
Pepsi-Cola bottles, all of them
full, in exchange for the one old
bottle. With the crate was the
compliments of J. W. Jackson
president of the Pepsi-Cola Bott
ling Company, of Wilmington.
At least Dawson Jones, former
game warden, and ourself have
decided that the fun of it and
the mess of fish is enough ln
centitive for us to go fishing.
Meeting Dawson on the street the
other day, he said it was contrary
to the laws of sportsmanship to
fish, for anything except the fun
of it and the fish you get. There
are two kinds of fishing, sport
and commercial. Both kinds stand
on their own merits.
The boys of the Brunswick
County Post American Legion, at
Southport, and of the Shallotte
Post, aj Shallotte, have always
been mighty good fellows in in
viting us to their various meet
ings, fish frys, etc. Somehow, we
always went to bed instead. That
was the usual procedure until
last Thursday night. At that time
Commander R. D. White, J t., of
the Shallotte Post came around'
and not only ask us; he took us|
to the fish fry at Long Beach. 1
j (Continued on page five)
ANCIENT LIGHTHOUSE
LANDMARK ? Among the interesting landmarks of
other years still remaining in this section is the Price
Creek Lighthouse, situated on the river east of South
port. The man in the above picture is W. B. Keziah, who
was showing this interesting place to local visitors.
Captain Conway Is Ordered'
Held For Grand Tury Action
Shoots Big Buck
In Self-Defense
A. P. Henry, Jr., derided to
move down the road from his (
stand in the direction from I
which the sound of the hounds
was coming early last Thursday |
morning, and suddenly found
himself rigfct in the i>ath of an
8-point buck. "If I hadn't yell
ed he would have jumped on
me," declared A. P.
But the young Wianabow
man was armed, and his first
shot at close range took off I
the buck's right leg just above I
the knee. The second shot at
twenty-five yards further slow
ed the animal, and a third try I
at 60-yards resulted in his cap
ture by the hounds within a
mile of the spot.
With him on the hunt were
s. L. Purvis, Briton Ward,
Jackson J. Henry and A. P
Henry, Sr.
Gratitude For
Fire Department
W. S. Wells Sends Check
For $50.00 To Treasurer
Of Southport Volunteer
rire Department
Tied up right in the middle of
six big trawlers, the "Vagabond "
belonging to W. S. (Bill) Wells
caught on fire in the yacht basin
early last Wednesday morning.
Surrounded on all sides by other
Wells boats and with the basin
full of small craft there was
fire*1 danger of a disasterous
The Southport Volunteer Fire
Department, which arrived on
the scene In jig time, waded into
the blaze with chemicals and
water from a nearby hydrant. So
quick and effective was this
work, the fire was put out be- 1
f ore it reached the oil tanks
aboard and did much damage to
the boat.
Had the fire reached the tanks
he basin might have become full
of burning boats.
Mr. Wells was not unapprecia
e of the work of the fire de
f AccomPanying a check
for $50.00 to the treasurer of the
organization was the following
f fif- him' mailed Monday,
of this week: '
"The enclosed check will ex
press in a small way my deep'
appreciation for the splendid work I
of members of the Southport
lunteer Fire Department in!
quickly bringing upder control a
during ?hd the,trawIer Vagabond
Of w ^ y morninf? hours
of Wednesday, October 29. 1
But for the speedy and. effec
tive action on the part of these
men a fire might have resulted
which not only would have caus
ed many of our people to be out
of work for the rest of the
shrimping season.
"Use this money for whatever
you think best, but be assured of
gratitUde f?r your ef"
? * V. .. ' . ? J
Brunswick County Coroner's
Jury Makes Recommen
dation Following Inquest j
Held In Courthouse Here J
Thursday Night
EVIDENCE BEFORE
JURY CONFLICTING
Assistant Captain Of Bruns
wick River Storage Basin
Required To Post Bond
For $5,000.00 For
Appearance
Captain Edward I. Conway, as
sistant superintendent at the
Brunswick River lay-in basin,
was ordered held for grand jury
action, under a $5,000.00 bond,
following a coroner's inquest held
at the courthouse Thursday
night. The recommendation came I
following several hours of testl- 1
mony by physicians and others
relative to the death of Sheriff j
John G. White a week previous- j
iy
The sheriff died at the home ,
of Mr. and Mrs. Burt Jacobs in
Shallotte township, three miles '
from his home, under circum- 1
stances not entirely clear. It is
said he had started to Gause j
Landing to serve papers and had
some kind of an attack or seizure
while passing the Jacobs home.
He went to bed there and a short;
time later was found to be dead.
At a preliminary investigation]
held by Acting-Coroner G. C. Kil
patrick, D. E. Tripp, deputy sher
iff and the deputy had arrested
Captain Conway on charges of
reckless driving. When they were
making the arrest, the deputy de
clared that Conway had reached
out and grabbed the sheriff by
the back of the neck, Jerking the
officer towards him and down
wards. This preliminary investi
gation resulted in the re-arrest
of Captain Conway on a charge
(Continued on Page Four)
Southport Girl
Receives Honor
Miss Dorist Stevens Is Nam
ed Queen Of Harvest
Dance At Woman's Club
Event In Raleigh Last
Week
Miss Doris Stevens, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stevens, of
Southport, and Eugene Flemming,
of Grifton, were crowned Harvest
Queen and King, respectively at
a Harvest Dance given by the
Woman's Club of Raleigh last
Thursday.
The dance was given for the
students of Kings Business Col
lege. Both Mr. Flemming and
Miss Stevens are students there.
Their selections came by way of
popular vote of the student body.
Miss Stevens graduated from
the Southport high school this
year and entered King's Business]
College at the beginning of the
fall term. Pretty and popular
here, she has many friends at
Southport who are proud of her
popularity in the school she is
now attending.
Annual Carnival
Friday Evening
Is Big Success
Coronation Ceremony Dur
ing Which Miss Blanche
Weeks Was Crowned
Queen And A1 Shannon
King Was Outstanding
GROSS RECEIPTS
TOTALED $550.67
Among Other Attractive
Features Was The Cos
tume Contest, With
Winners Named In
Three Groups
Miss Blanche Weeks was crown
ed queen and Alfred Shannon waS
crowned king of the annual hal
lowe'en carnival held in the Com
munity Building at Southport Fri
day evening.
Crowning of the queen and king
was an outstanding feature of
the event, which saw the local
building filled to overflowing and
earned the rating of one of the
most successful school benefits
ever staged here. It was reported
that gross receipts were $550.67.
Leading the processional in the
coronation ceremony were the
runners-up in the contest, Miss
Catherine McRacken and Tommle
Bowmer. They were followed by
the attendants, Frances Bennett,
Harriett Corlette, Billy Cullis and
Darrell Fisher. Next came the
crown bearers, Rebecca Dosher
and John Potter. Trainbcarers
were Sandra Smith, Martha John
son, Larry Wolfe and Mikeal
Hardee.
Another outstanding feature was
the costume contest. Mary Ann
Dosher and Bubba Rogers were
winners in the pre-school classifi
cation. In the grades 1 to 7 group
Barbara Bomberger and Donald
Burriss were winners. Prizes in
the grades 4 to 7 group went to
Gwendolyn Cook and Julia Fay
Smith.
Judges were George W. White,
Fred L. Kelly and Mr. King, of
Wilmington.
Leonard Resigns
Post Of Deputy
Popular Law Enforcement
Officer Hands In Resig
nation To Acting Sheriff
John G. Caison
Ed V. Leonard resigned last
week as office deputy and jailor,
tendering his resignation to act
ing-Sheriff John G. Caison. In
giving up his duties as a law
enforcement officer, Leonard re
leased the following statement:
"I have resigned my office as
deputy sheriff of Brunswick coun
ty, but before I drop out of the
picture as a law enforcement of
ficer I want to express my ap
preciation to my fellow citizens
for their cooperation and assist
ance during the past eleven
months. I love my home county,
and it is my hope that never
again will I have to leave ,lt in
search of gainful employ mei 1 in
order to support my family \ I
have accepted a job at Boli
and I am going to continue V
live in Brunswick.
"My resignation is based upon
the fact that I do not believe
that I will fit into the new or
ganization of the sheriff's office
very well. I cannot help but be
lieve that the members of the
board of county commissioners
have made a mistake to fill a
position of this Importance with
out first sounding public opinion.
Two members of the board are
credited with stating that with
out the strength of the new ap
pointee no Democratic candidates
could have been elected at the
last general election. I consider
(Continued on page 4)
Brunswick Man
In New Field
Cornelius Thomas Now En
gaged In Building Homes
For Re-Sale At Salisbury;
Retains Home At Claren
don
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Thomas,
who are spending most of their
time at Salisbury, were at their
home at Clarendon Plantation for
the week end and Mr. Thomas
was in town Monday.
Mr. Thomas Is engaged in the
operative building business at
Salisbury. That is to say that he
buys vacant lots, constructs build
ings and then sells them. Thus far
he has completed ten homes dur
ing the summer and is now start
ing up on fifteen more.
He stated Monday that he and
Mrs. Thomas had no intention of
ever leaving Brunswick and their
beautiful home at Clarendon