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flO. SIXTEEN
NO. 33
6-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N CM Wednesday, November 19, 1947
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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LONGWOOD FARMER DOES OWN DRAINAGE
DITCHING ? Rice Gwynn, Longwood landowner,
is putting into effect at his own expense drainage
practices" which he so long has advocated for his part
if the county. Above is shown a section of drag-line
anil: left, above, the drag-line is shown at work;
rieht. below, is shown a section of a ditch blown with
dvnamite. Mr. Gwynn has cooperated with the U. S.
(Jjjjl' Conservation service and has been one of the
Jnest active supporters of the Waccamaw River Drain
age project.
fcperts Declare I
Cause Should 8e
Tried For Crime
allotte Negro Has Been
Returned To New Han
over County Jail After |
Spending Year In Golds- |
boro Mental Institution
NEGRO KNOWS
RIGHT FROM WRONG
licitor Clifton Moore Has
Set No New Date To Try
Negro For Shooting
Shallotte White
Man
!: 3 understood that Solicitor
ftor. Moore is planning to again
ice Leon (Scooper) Gause,
negro, on trial for his
! for the slaying of H. Jim
Shallotte white man,
t was shot to death in his
k in February of last year,
fee tfc:: ?- appears certain, Sol
t: Mocre has delayed calling
e.r..: ; trial until he was fully
Ka:r, to handle the Insanity
t- For several months Gause
t ir. the state institution
t .;gro insane at Goldsbora for
?ration. This past week he
as - . from that institution
H returned to the New Hanover
I .here he will remain pend- j
E trial.
Officials at the Goldsboro in- 1
a quoted as saying:
*e think he knows right from
ttg ar.u is able to stand trial
crime."
Aether statement from the |
was that Gause ap- j
>--t.y of low mentality, I
* he was thought to have the
?' a., tight year old child,
tried at a special term
' au-rt in New Hanover after
k iis; was trantferred from '
ksw-.ck county, was found
fty arj sentenced to be put to
? the gas chamber in Ra- 1
f The Supreme court found
^Wur in the charge of Judge
' &r.t Parker to the jury and ,
trial was granted.
A" '-"???? i : st trial the defense!
t;- strongly on insanity and it j
^?"3 that the same course will |
' - "... when the matter is
^ called.
Williamson, a well-known
farmer living near Shal- 1
* *as shot and killed on a 1
^::iy night. At the time he!
*ated in his living room
^ ?'???? wife and the couple were
f'"'.1 Celling peanuts. The
. Mast tame from a shotgun,
? the glass of the
S room window.
was captured after suc
IContinued on Page Five) I
hitfNem
Flathtt
PECAN CROP
ijwly every farmer in the
jjpM community grows at
a few pecan trees. Down
^ Wa-V this past week, C. H.
^ s'-ateii that the crop of
pretty good this year.
^iJfTr BARBECUE
j ''"?t barbecue supper will
*??W at Mt. Olive Baptist
?k ? M&r Bolivia on Wednes
November 26, be
S at 6 o'clock. Proceeds will
~'*ar'! the building fund for
I wf?Se ?f erectin? new Sun
'Ooms. Following the
I I a Thanksgiving program ;
?,* Pfesented by the young ;
?f the church.
Cage Season
To Open Here
Friday Niffht
Southport basketball fans will
have an opportunity to see the
two high school teams in ac
tion here Friday night at 7:30
o'clock against the boys and
girls of Bolivia.
Principal H. T. Sanders, who
is coaching both girls and boys
teams, has had a good group of
candidates on each of these
squads, arid although he is
making no wild predictions, he
is hopeful of turning out win
ning combinations in each di
vision. "Every place on both
teams is wide open," he says,
"and starting assignments will
go to the players who earn
them on the basis of their play
this season."
Included on the boys squad
are A1 Shannon, Herbert Swain,
Jack Swann, Bobby Spencer,
Richard Brendle, Tommy Bow
mer, Billy Barber, Billy Mc
Dowell, G. W. Fisher, Gene
Russ, Jimmy Radcliff, Ronnie
Hood, Robin Hood, Harold Spen
cer, Darrell Fisher, Danny Har
relson, Doug Watts, Bobby
Davis, Bobby Cullis, Gene Ful
wood, John Newton.
The girls squad is comprised
of Katharine and Rebecca Mc- j
Racken, Linda Hickman, Betty I
Jo Bryant, Clara Potter, Sue j
Fredere, Blanche Weeks, Nancy |
and Janice Swann, Eulene Sted- J
ham, Peggy Arnold and Lena
Ward.
Change Day Of
Court Session
Effective December 3rd
Weekly Sessions Of The
Brunswick County Recor
ders Court To Be Held
On Wednesday
Effective December 3, Bruns
wick county Recorder's court will
meet on Wednesday instead of
Monday of each week. Members
of the board of county commis
sioners approved that change at
their session here Monday at the
request or court officials.
The commissioners deferred ac
tion on a petition presented by
citizens of Northwest township,
requesting that former Deputy'
Sheriff Dillon L. Ganey be ap-j
pointed constable.
The board approved a petition
presented by a group of citizens
of Town Creek township regard
ing improvement to the Loop
Road, running from Beck's store
around to New Hope church. A
resolution was passed requesting
Continued on page 3
Brunswick Boy
Aboard Cruiser
Cecil M. Anderson, chief ma
chinist's mate, USN, son of Mrs.
W. D. Anderson of Leland, has
reported aboard the heavy cruiser
USS Albany for duty.
The Albany, commanded by
Captain John M. Ocker, USN, is
the flagship of Vice Admiral
Lynde McCormick, USN, Com
mander of Battleships and Cruis
ers in the Atlantic Fleet.
The ship, one of the fleet's
newest heavy cruisers is 675 feet
long, 70 feet wide, displaces ap
proximately 16,500 tons, and is
capable of making more than 32
knots. She mounts nine 8 inch
guns, twelve 5 inch and many 40
and 20mm guns.
Longwood Man Shows
Value Of Farm Drainage
Rice Gwynn Has Completed
Fifteen Miles Of Canal
Which Converts Waste
land Into Soil Good For
Crops
ESTIMATES COST
TO BE $20,000.00
Mr. Gwynn Not Only Goes
In For Private Project,
But Is An Enthusiastic
Supporter Of Fed
eral Drainage
With 15 miles finished and
four yet to go, Rice Gwynn,
Longwood farmer and business
man, Is putting on a real demon
stration of reclaimation work by
cutting canals with a modern
dragline.
He will dig a total of 19-miles
of canals running through his
lands and emptying into Caw
Caw Swamp. All but four miles
of the job has been finished dur
ing the past two or three months.
The "ditches" are 6-feet deep
and 22-feet wide at the top. They
taper up to a V-shape. For its
operations the dragline clears its
own way through the trees and
stumps.
Mr. Gwynn is spending 520,
000.00 on this 19-miles of canal
and this expenditure will be in
creased by cutting many miles of
smaller, feeder, ditches later on.
For results, it is figured that a
huge area of very rich swamp
lands, now too wet for any kii.d
of farming, can be planted in
various crops. This will be added
to the 850-acres that Mr! Gwynn
already has under cultivation.
Much of this land already in cul
tivation will also benefit greatly
by the drainage.
The Longwaad man has gone
in for drainage extensively since
he came to lower Brunswick
(Continued on page five)
Benefit Dance
For Shallotte
Gala Event Is Planned For
High School Gym On
Friday Night Of This
Week; Lions Club Spon
sor
Through an error it was stated
in last week's paper that the
Lions Club of Shallotte was spon
soring a big square dance and
box supper at the Shallotte high
school gymnasium Friday night
of last week.
It should have been Friday
night of this week, November
21st. The event is being sponsor
ed for the purpose of financing a
big Community Christmas party.
The hours are from 8 to 12
o'clock.
Guy McKeithan and other Lions
Club members, as well as com
munity leaders, report a fine ad
vance sale of tickets and that
they anticipate a large turn-out.
Huge Stalks Of
Tobacco Grown
A. A. Cumbee, Winnabow
farmer, last week sent this pi
per a still-green stalk of to
bacco that is 14 feet and 1 in
ch tall. It still had 28 green ,
leaves at the top, and apparent
ly about 150 leaves were pro
duced during the summer and
fall.
Mr. Cumbes didn't state what
variety of tobacco it Is, or how
much of the weed he produced
per acre. But from ttie height
of this stalk and the fact that
it is about as large around as
a mans ankle at the bottom, it
Is very evident that he grew
heavy poundage of tobacco this
year.
Short Session
Of Court Held
Abbreviated Session Of
Brunswick County Recor
der's Court Held Mon
day, With Nine Cases
Handled
This week's session of Bruns
wick county Recorder's court was
adjourned before noon after nine
matters had been disposed of by
Judge W. J. McLamb. The follow
Continued on page 3
County Schedule
For Basketball
Begins Dec. 5th
Line - Up Provides For
Games Each Friday Night
Through February 20th,
Except Holidays
SOME TEAMS ARE
ALREADY PLAYING
Indications Are That Spirit
ed Series. Is In Prospect
During Season With
All Teams Stronger
The schedule for pre-tourna
ment basketball games between
the high school teams of Bruns
jwick county has been announced,
? with the first league game sche
duled for Friday, December 5.
The schedule calls for games
each Friday night through Feb
ruary 20, with the exception of
the Christmas holiday period.
Some of the teams of the
county already are playing warm
up games, and the indication is
that this year will see spirited
competition with most of the
schools being better off for play
ing talent than they were last
season.
Following is the complete
schedule :
Dec. 5: Shallotte? Waccamaw;
Bolivia ? Southport; Leland ? bye.
Dec. 12: Waccamaw ? Leland;
Southport ? Shallotte; Bolivia ?
bye.
Jan. 2: Bolivia ? Waccamaw;
Leland ? Shallotte; Southport?
bye.
Jan. 9: Leland ? Bolivia; Wac
camaw ? Southport; Shallotte ?
bye.
Jan. 16: Waccamaw ? Shallotte;
Southport ? Bolivia; Leland? bye.
Jan. 23: Leland ? Waccamaw;
Shallotte ? Southport; Bolivia ?
bye.
Jan. 30 ? Bolivia ? Shallotte;
Southport ? Leland; Waccamaw ?
bye.
Feb. 6: Waccamaw ? Bolivia;
Shallotte ? Leland; Southport?
bye.
Feb. 13: Bolivia ? Leland;
Southport ? Waccamaw; Shallotte
?bye.
Feb. 20: Shallotte ? Bolivia; Le
land ? Southport; Waccamaw ?
bye.
Fishing Party
Has Good Luck
Wilmington Sportsmen Out
Monday With Captain
Hulan Watts Hit Big
King Mackeral And Bon
ita
Fishing Monday with a party
from the Crystal Cafe in Wil
mington, Captain Hulan Watts
and his Idle-On really ran into
big business, so far as king mack
erel, or cero, and bonita were
concerned. "
Sixteen of the king mackerel
were boated. The smallest weigh
ed only eight pounds but nearly
all of the others were in the 23
24-25 pound class. They made it
really interesting for the party,
despite the fact that they were
not expecting much so soon af
ter rough weather.
But, it was with the Bonita
that the party really went to
town. They described the ocean
as being full of these fish, strik
( Continued on page five)
W. B. KfeZIAH
| We were at Ash the other day
and Jesse Purvis handed us his
subscription. Included in the
| change was a quarter that had
been through fire or somethin'g.
Anyhow it was easily recogniz
able. Couple of hours afterwards
we stepped into the D. C. An
1 drews store at Shallotte and
bought some small article, pay
ing for it with the quarter to the
| clerk who was the only one in
I the store at the moment. Twenty
| minutes later we met up with
[Carl as he was on his way to the
store. He said to come along to
| where he could get some money,
jhe wanted to renew his subscrip
| tion. Have you guessed it ? He
handed out that quarter right
back to us!
j One of The Pilot's readers
( probably many of them) don't
like our looks. Neither do we, but
low can we help it. Whether we
can change it or not, we were
pleased to get the following from
Mrs. Snode Lancaster, of Supply,
in this weeks mail: "Dear Mr.
Keziah: ? I have long been a sub
scriber and a reader of The State
Port Pilot. I especially like to
read the Rovin' Reporter column.
I never miss reading it. But, what
I want to know is why in the
world you wanted to change that
perfectly good looking picture of
yourself for* the one that you are
now using? It would please me
very much to see the old one
back in the paper again. I have
heard other readers say the same
thing. If you don't believe this,
just ask some of them and see."
The smartest young fellow that
'has been presented for our in
spection in a long time is Phillip i
Ray Tysinger, son of Mr. and I
Mrs. H. D. Tysinger, of Freeland '
(Continued on Page Six)
Governor Cherry Awards
Prizes In Fishing Rodeo
Governor Hands Cafch Prize
Of $5,000.00 To Dr. El
liott Motley, Of Charlette
For 7-ft. 11-in. Sailfish
Brought In Here
CAPTAIN WATTS IS
ALSO PRIZE WINNER
Forty - Pound Red Drum
Taken Off Point Of Bald
Head Earned Another
Major Prize For
Wilmington Man
Southport and Brunswick coun
ty came in for their fair share of
glory last night as the final chap
ter of the 1947 edition of the
SENCBA Fall Fishing Rodeo was
completed, with Governor R.
Gregg Cherry doing the honors.
Top winner for the $15,000.00
contest was Dr. Elliott Motley,
Charlotte dentist, whose 7-ft. 11
in. sailfish caught off Frying Pan
shoals was good for the 55,000.00
cash award. The fish was caught
while Dr. Motley was fishing
aboard the Idle On with Captain
Hulan Watts and was brought in
here for weighing and for pic
tures.
As a result of being the skip
per of the boat catching the prize
winnincr fiah Pontnin Watts
DR. ELLIOTT .MOTLEY, JR.
qualified for the $1,000.00 prize.
Brunswick county had its part
in furnishing another of the ma
jor prize winners when Billy Jen
kins. of Wilmington, won the $1,
000.00 award for the best fish
caught while surf casting. His
40-lb. red drum taken off the
point of Bald Head island earned
this prize money for him.
There were numerous other
Southport and Brunswick county
people included in the list of per
sons who won lesser cash awards
and valuable merchandise nrizes.
Southport Shrimp Will
Be Delivered By Plane
Baptists Holding
Services At School
While the Southport Baptist
church is being moved from its
present location and is under
going a complete renovation,
members of that congregation
will hold their worship services
;ln the Southport high school
building.
Sunday school was held there
Sunday morning, with the mem
bers of the church joining at
the 11 o'clock hour with the
congregation of Trinity .Metho
dist church la welcoming their
new pastor, the Rev. L. D.
Hay man.
Work on the Sunday school
rooms has made encouraging
progress despite adverse wea
ther conditions and following
pouring the concrete for the
basement, masonry work al
ready is underway.
Respected Lady
Passes At Home
Mrs. M. E. Gore Died Sat
urday At Home Near
Ash Following Period Of
Failing Health; Funeral
Services Monday
Mrs. M. E. Gore, 78-widow of
the late Elias Gore of Waccamaw
township, died at her home near
Ash baturday afternoon. Her
death followed upon six years of
gradually failing health.
Both Mrs. Gore and the hus
band, who preceeded her in death,
were widely known and active in
the affairs of Waccamaw town
ship and Brunswick county.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from the graveside at the Griffin
cemetery. The services were in
charge of Rev. H. B. Bennett, of
Shallotte.
Honorary pallbearers were
Armstrong Evans, J. H. MiUigan,
L. C. Tripp, W. J. White, W. A.
McCumbee and R. C. Piver. Ac
tive pallbearers were Mattison
Continued on page 3
Young People
Enjoy Outing
The young people of Prospect
Baptist church at Supply had a
weiner roast on Saturday even
ing, October 31. The event took
place under the trees near the
church. Hot dogs, drinks, delicious
sandwiches and cookies were serv
ed.
Those attending were Myrna
Clemmons, Janice Holden, Carolyn
Holden, Katherine Clemmons,
Gene Holden, Wright Clemmons,
Elton Phelps, Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
Clemmons, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Holden, Mrs. Rudy Clemmons and
a visitor, Miss Gwendolyn Blan
ton.
The occasion was thoroughly
enjoyed by all present. Following
the refreshments the folks met at
the church and had choir prac
tice.
1 Initial Service To Points In
Central North Carolina i
Will Begin This Week
With Expanded Program
In Prospect
USE IMPROVISED
LANDING STRIP
If Experiment Proves Prac
tical Better Facilities Will
Be Used To Deliver
Fresh Seafood
The first shipment of seafood j
direct from Southport by air is |
scheduled to be made Friday af
ternoon of this week, with the
destination being Chapel Hill and
Durham. It is understood that
the initial load will be composed
of seven hundred pounds of
shrimp. ?
Dave Beard, ex-Marine pilot,
now of Chapel Hill, is heading the
venture. The shrimp will be pack
ed for him by Swan and Down
ing. He expects to leave Chapel
Hill soon after noon Friday. Fly
ing here he will land on the sand
dump, formed by the dredging of
the inland waterway. Loading
there he plans to take off and
fly back to Chapel Hill with his
cargo.
After Friday he will make two
trips here for shrimp each week,
; using a light plane. If the ven
! ture works out alright he will
buy a heavier surplus navy train
ing plane and carry larger loads, j
Instead of just transporting to !
Chapel Hill and Durham, he may i
extend the service to other North
Carolina cities. He has already
contracted for the sale of all
shrimp he can deliver in Chapel
Hill and Durham.
"In fact," said Mr. Beard,
"those shrimp we get in Chapel
Hill and Durham are from South
port, coming to us via reship
ments from Baltimore. I found a
big demand for shipments direct
from Southport, the quickest pos
sible way."
The young ex-service man was
here Saturday, looking for a land
ing strip he could use. He found
that north of the '.waterway, be
ginning towards the lower end of
the yacht basin, there is a strip
(Continued on Page Five)
Brunswick Boy
On Track Team
| Halstead Holden, Son Of
Dr. And Mrs. R. H. Hol
den, Of Shallotte, Is Run
ning On U.N.C. Cross
Country Squad
During the half of the Univer
sity of North Carolina and, Uni
Iversity of Virginia football game
'at Chapel Hill Thursday of next
week Brunswick county specta
tors will have an opportunity to
[see a young Shallotte man in
action with the track team.
Running with the University of
j North Carolina cross country
squad will be Halstead Holden,
son of Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Hold
en, of Shallotte. He is on the reg
ular varsity squad and his team
has not been defeated this year.
(Continued on Page 4;
Army Engineers
Make Inspection
Of Flooded Area
Suggestion Of J. P. Quiner
ly That Visit Be Made To
Waccamaw Drainage Ar
ea During High Water
Accepted
GOVERNMENT MEN
SEE GREAT NEED
This Action Follows Oa
Heels Of Public Hearing
Held at Conway Court
house Last Month
Optimism prevailed here this
week over prospects for approval
of the Waccamaw River flood
control project which would re
store and bring into profitable
production thousands of acres cf
farm and forest lands in Bruns
wick and Columbus counties.
Hopes for early action were in
creased by a visit of Army En
gineers James W. Blair and
Joseph D. Pearce pf Charleston
who came to observe the Wacca
maw at high flood stage and
were impressed with the extent
of the damage being done and the
incapacity of the river to carry
off the water.
The two representatives of the
U. S. Corps of Army Engineers
were particularly amazed by con
ditions in the lower section where
efforts of farmers to drain their
lands by means of ditches proved
an utter failure. Mr. Blair and
Mr. Pearce saw these ditches
serving merely as a media of
wet weather irrigation.
The proposal to obtain improve
ments in the form of flood water
drainage has been one of the
major projects of the Farm Bu
reau of Columbus and Brunswick,
with J. E. Dodson'of Brunswick
and J. P. Quinerly and Henry B.
Wyche serving as a special com
mittee for the purpose of focus
ing attention of both the public
and the U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers on the enormous dam
age from water.
On Oct. 31, a public hearing
was held in Conway, S. C. at
which time a brief was submitt
ed to show the annual damage
and citing the yearly benefits
which might be expected from
flood control in the area. This
brief estimated the total benefits
at 5700,000 per year.
In a letter to Mr. Quinerly, as
sistant county farm agent for
Columbus, Col. C. W. Gillette of
the South Atlantic Area engine
eers, said, "I think your sugges
tion that we observe the Wacca-.
maw River at flood stage is very
timely and I am going to have
that done at once ... I feel con
fident that we shall be able 'xr
come through with a solution to
the problem of flood control in
the Waccamaw valley."
The inspection trip this week
was a result of this suggestion.
Mr. Pearce and Mr. Blair were
taken on a trip aboard the Sea
Scout Ship Waccamaw across
Lake Waccamaw to the "river
mouth" where the water was
surging across the dam far above
the capacity of the river to take
off. They saw the White Marstl,
Soles Swan.p, Seven Creeks, Sim
mons Bay and other tributaries
overflowing and backing up wa
ter in the fields and woods. TTiey
also were shown the river at New
Britain, Reeves Ferry, Pireway
and other points.
The most effective evidence of
the flood damage was observed in
the vicinity of Pireway where
there was no appreciable flow in
the river, but the river water was
rapidly running off into small
creeks and sloughs into the ad
joining lowlands. At that point,
the overflows extended more than
five miles into Brunswick and
Columbus counties.
The engineers say that the
solution seems to point to a spill
way and canal from the river at
the nearest point to tidewater
near the North and South Caro
lina line to take the flood waters
to the sea instead of the present
long and slow route 90 miles fa
ther to Georgetown. Supplement
ing the spillway, it is also
thought necessary to straighten
the river? cut off the worst
horseshoe bends, clear it of logs,
trees, etc. from the location of
the spillway to or near the point
where White Marsh enters the
Waccamaw between Whiteville
and Old Dock.
While, of course, refusing to
make any definite commentment,
engineers have indicated a favor
able reaction.
Mr. Wyche, Mr. Quinerly and
Mr. Dodson expressed confidence,
following the visit of the engin
eers, that the report will be fax
orable, that the detailed survey
will be authorized and made be
fore the end of 1948, with bright
prospects of getting everything In
readiness for requesting an ap
propriation from Congress bv tr.?
first of 1949. y '*