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pilot Covers County 'floT SIXTEEN THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time 6-pages today Southport, N. C? Wednesday, November iod7 published every Wednesday >1.50 PER YEAH jflinations In f0r Places On 5oi) Committee _ of County Will ?Ce Opportunity To !r.t Ballot For Members JJ Three-Man Conserva W Board Lirman will represent county Men Nominated And f,(in2 Will Be Carried /u At Various Places Throughout County local farmere have been Lied as candidates for the rck cour*"- Soil Conservi amffiitt* -ording to Gil-' T Reid. Supervisor of the t Cape Fear Soil Conserva- 1 district. These men will be : on in an election to be I a,,, week of December 1 to | * provided by changes made state Soil Conservation K . ia? by the last Legisla , The three men receiving the fcs number of votes will be candidates are: Corbett i. Ash; Earl Earp, Win W. C. Gore, Shallotte; K T P.eid. Winnabow; B. Longwood: and Earl [pson. Supply. j Soil Conservation Commit- J nil have the responsibility presenting the people of this i developing and dlrect a soil conservation program, chairman of this committee j represent this county on the j j Cape Fear Soil Conserva- j District Board of Supervisors. | committee will set up an- j soil conservation goals and I assistance from personnel of i iral agencies develop | for meeting these goals. In | they will provide a med- j trough which any - agency, I ition. or individual inter- j i soil conservation can | in reaching the farmers of i cauty. tot boxes will be located at j Mowing points: U. L. I Store. Leland; Bolivia | Store. Bolivia: J. L. Henry's J Winnabow: Southport i "g Co.. Southport: County I fc's Office. Supply; Shallotte Co. Shallotte: Simmons Ash: J. L. Milliken's Store, ood; and McLamb's Store, Ms Crossroads. |C qualified voters of the ty are eligible to vote in this te. Agricultural leaders of "wity are especially urging "s to vote. A voters may 1 ballot at any of the |tj places listed above at any tang election week. hitfNews Flashes ?iNESS TRIP P#ry Robinson, Eastern North v ributor for the Am Po Stove Co.. left Monday V for a business trip to the V factory at Lorainne, Ohio. ?Jbtmas program Pfe annual Christmas prog P?t Southport Presbyterian pw will be held on Sunday [ ? ember 21. according Itoounccment of Dr. J. M. PR-tte. pastor. f'EO DEPITY ft). Robinson has been named r teputy and jailor by Sher l*alter M. Stanaland, filling i'acancy created by the resig ?" of Ed Leonard several p* ago. p LUMBER ( OMPAXV 1 ! who resigned l*Puty sheriff following the F? ^ Sheriff John White, has f'sPeniiir.K the past ten days L '' ia. He began work F Bolivia Lumber com pJ Monday. ICOMMAXDOra flagship I r?'t L. Jenrette, son of Mrs. P Jenrette of Ash. is F Mnimissary steward, USN, 1J serving aboard the USS F* flagship of the com P^r ^ the Service Squadron, PP1 ? Task Fleet exercises L/* ?ttmuda and Middle At r ??hoard areas. reminder Ij. J Prevatte wishes to P*1 Brunswick county citizens C appropriate plan for f^?5 Thanksgiving Day wiil IL. rin? gifts of small but articles to Dosher Memor K? The Hospital Auxil fc??k nich she is president, is Kv?41 these gifts be brought ?Tv. nt "? tile local institution THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS ? Tomorrow the people of this commun ity pause for the annual observance of Thanksgiving, and on few occasions since the beginning of this custom have there been more reasons for the people of this Na tion to be grateful for the blessings received during the past year. Religious Services Will Mark Holiday Observance Union Service For Protes tant Churches Of Town Scheduled For Trinity Methodist Church At 10 O'clock SPECIAL SERVICES AT CATHOLIC CHURCH Mass Of Thanksgiving Will Be Said by Father Joseph J. Mundell And Gifts For Needy To Be Received Southport citizens, regardless of their denomination, will have an opportunity to make attend ance at a religious service a part of their Thanksgiving Day ob servance here Thursday. Father Joseph J. Mundell has announced that a Mass of Thanksgiving will be offered at 10 o'clock in the morning at Sac red Heart Catholic church. Father Mundell will be the celebrant of the sacrifice. As a part of this observance, Father Mundell Is asking all members of his church to give expression to their thankfulness through donation of canned goods for distribution among the strick en nations of war-torn Europe. Also at the 10 o'clock hour there will be held at Trinity Methodist church a union service in which members of the protes tant churches of the community Will- wdrship " together. The Rev. J. M. Waggette, pastor of South port Presbyterian church, will be in charge of the program, and the Rev. L. D. Hayman, pastor of Trinity Methodist church, will bring the Thanksgiving message. This service will begin prompt ly at 10 o'clock and will last only forty-five minutes. A cordial in vitation has been extended to all to attend. Peanut Farmers Vote On Quotas Decision Regarding 1948-50 Marketing Plan Will Be Made Through Medium Of Farmers' Ballots On Tuesday, December 9, pea nut farmers will say "yes" or "no" to marketing quotas on their 1948, 1949, and 1950 crops. In discussing the coming re ferendum, G. Martin Bennett, chairman of the County Agricul tural Conservation Committee, made it clear that all persons en gaged in the production of more than one acre of peanuts in 1947 are eligible to vote. "This includes tenants, share croppers, and owners who share In the proceeds of the 194 1 crop, he said. The chairman gave the follow ing picture of- what farmers may expect as a result of the referen dum: . 4. "If two-thirds of those votii 0 approve quotas." he said, "all pea nuts produced in 1948 on a farm that is not overplanted to pea nuts will be eligible for a loan cr other price support at 90 percent of parity. Peanuts produced over and above the farm marketing quota will be subject to a penal ^"If more than one-third of those voting oppose quotas, the only support which could be available would be on peanuts sold for crushing tlx oil. This support level is about 45 perc.nt of the (Continued on page Shallotte Must Be Well-Known Some months ago the State Magazine published by Oarl Goerch in Raleigh, made the statement that Shallotte was the only town in the United States with that name. The State may have been right, but this week Hotoon Klrby of the Shallotte Trading when he received a letter ad dressed to "Sharlotte Trading Company, Sharlotte, North Da kota." The letter was from a busi ness house hi Yoakum, Texas. The funny thing about it was that it was addressed as above and yet it came through to the Brunswick county town of al most identical name without any delay. Favorable Report On County Home Superintendent Of Public Welfare Finds Things In Good Condition On Re cent Visit One of the duties of Miss Ruth I E. Patterson, new superintendent f of public welfare for Brunswick county, is to make periodic visits to the Brunswick county home and to make a report on condi tions discovered to exist there. Following is the text of her re port made to the board of county commissioners here Monday: "On the last day of the month there were 14 inmates ? 12 white | and 2 colored. "The Superintendent of Public Welfare visited the county home on several occasions unannounc ed. Once she walked in just before meal time. The dining room table j was already set, with a glass of milk at each place. There were) corn bread and biscuite on the table. In the kitchen we found venison and two kinds of vege tables. Th?re seems to be plenty of food? well prepared. The | Home seems to be kept clean and the inmates appear to be happy. We talked with several inmates alone and believe that they are being well cared for and are satisfied. "One of these white inmates, Susie Anderson, is a young girl who is staying here temporarily. (Continued on page four) Local Vessels . | Objects Of Envy Converted Minesweepers Plaxco And Brunswick Are Making Good Name For Themselves Fishing Up The Coast The two ex-minesweepers, Plax co and Brunswick, owned by Mrs. R. F. Plaxco and the Brunswick Navigation company, have been attracting no little attention among the men on the menhaden fleets now operating at More head City and Beaufort. Of the sixty boats operating in that area the two local craft are the only converted minesweep ers. Twins crew craft are rare among menhaden boats. These two i boats, with their two engines, ' (Continued on page four) Eligible Voters Will Participate In 3-A Election G. Martin Bennett, Chair man Of Brunswick Coun ty Agricultural Conserva tion Committee, Outlines Need LISTS ELIGIBLES UNDER FARM PLAN Trend Of Times Dictates Need For Continuer Close Cooperation On P art Of Farm Operators Every tarmer in Brunswick county who is eligible to vote in tfye farm program elections to be held in the >y on Tues day, December P. should vote .ad vises G. Martin Bennett, chair man of the county agricultural conservation committee. Elections will be held in 17 communities in the county on this date. The chairman advises that all persons participating in the 1947 Agricultural Conservation Pro gram, the sugar program or who had a Federal Crop Insurance contract in 194" are eligible to vote whether owners, operator, tenant or sharecropper. "These annual elections give farmers an opportunity to make their voice heard in the develop ment and administration of farm programs," Mr. Bennett said. "And since every farmer has an interest in seeing that the na tional programs fit local needs, he should use this opportunity to select the men to administer the program who will best carry out this responsibility." With continued demand for food, and corresponding heavy drain on the soil, farmer commit teemen will be confronted with many decisions affecting current and future production, the state chairman said. "Farmers will be called upon to do all they can to produce the abundance of food and fiber needed for consumers in this country and to share with the hungry 9f other countries. As the demand for food and fiber in creases, the conservation of soil and water becomes more impor tant. "All of these, together with a need for a better understanding of the farm program and what it is accomplishing for the bene fit of the consumer as well as the farmer, are reasons why every eligible farmer in Brunswick county should vote in the com ing election." Buildings Spring Up About Place Peter Robinson Store Was First Built In What Is Now Teeming Little Busi ness Section About seven years ago Mr. and Mrs. Peter Robinson of Lock woods Folly township decided to move to another point several miles away. They went to one of the numerous crossroads in that township and built a home and a store building, the first store in that community. The community has very little farming land, but it is surround ed by fine fishing areas in the Shallotte and Lockwoods Folly rivers, the inland waterway and Holden's Beach. Since Mr. Robin ( Continued on page four) Colonel Gillette Named Head Of Ports Authority COL. GILLETTE Col. George W. Gillette, bro ther-in-law of Mrs. L. H. Harri son of Southport, will wind up many years of distinguished ser vice with the U. S. Army Engin eers upon his retirement as head of the South Atlantic Division in December. Colonel Gillette, a native of Onslow county will become exe cutive director of the North Car olina State Ports Authority on January 1, 1948, according to an nouncement of R. B. Page, Wil mington publisher, S. B. Frink, Southport attorney, also is a member of this body. It is re ported that Col. Gillette in his new role will receive ten thous and dollars annual salary. Joining the Army Engineers In 1917, Colonel Gillette has now rounded out the 30 years of ser vice that makes him eligible for retirement. He has held many im portant positions in the service, including tours of duty as Wil mington district engineer in 1938 and 1935. In his new work his headquarters will be in Wilming ton where he is very popular. Lions Governor Is Visitor Here District Governor Gaither Beam Was Guest Of I Southport Club At Regu lar Luncheon Meeting On Thursday | Gaither Beam, district governor of Lions International, was guest of the Southport Lions Club here Thursday and delivered an in spiring address to members of the local group. ? ! Governor Beam' spoke of the (value of good fellowship, an out standing feature of Lionism; he pointed to the fact that there is power in an organization \yhich attracts the leadership of a com munity to work for a common! cause; but he emphasized the fact that in the final analysis it is only because of the service rendered that the Lions clubs can fully justify their existance. ! Pulling no punches. Governor Beam struck hard at evidences of inactivity and lack of enthusiasm which has sometimes marked the | program of the local club, and he j (urged the membership to greater! (Continued on Page Four) W. B. KEZIAH Our ROVING Reporter Going around the county this past week it dawned upon us for the first time that of the 10 post off' ces In the county seven have women as postmasters or acting postmasters. Preeland, Ash and Southport are the only places that have men serving Uncle Sam. We believe we would have the where with for an interesting news stories if all of the postmasters would write us what they know about when their office was established, how long they have been in charge, the name of their rural mail carriers, if there is a ! route, and how long these carriers have served. There is at least one woman rural mall carrier, Mrs. C. H. Zeiblin, at Winnabow. I Since Mrs. Robbins, formerly Miss Davis, resigned as postmas ter at Navassa some time last July, Mrs. J. c. Chadwick has been filling in very acceptably as acting postmaster. Mrs. J. L. Henry has been post master at Winnabo v 29 years. She succeeded to the office when her sister-in-law, Mrs. Leon Henry, of Rocky Mount, resigned. For the past year or more Mrs. Henry has suffered considerably from rheumatism at times. Ow ing to this trouble she coulci easily retire on disability civil service pay. But, like many other people who have always worked, she is not interested in being laid on the shelf. The argument about our old hat, or rather about our oId Pic" ture vs. the one w being car ried at the head of this column, seems to-be growing general. We do ? not remember exactly how (Continusfl on page 2) Prizes Dress Made By Hand Almost Hundred Years Ago Interesting Garment Reflects Trend Of Times, With Dresses Even Longer Then Than They Are Now Mrs. Olive Phelps, who lives with her sister, Mrs. Ethel Hln son, on the Supply-Holden's Beach road, has a most in teresting heirloon in the shape of a calico dress that was made in 1854 by Mrs. Mary A. Phelps, mother of her husband. The elder Mrs. Phelps was 13 years old when she made the dress and the sewing was all done by hand, as sewing ma chines had not come into gen eral use at that time. Although made for herself by the 13-year-old girl, the dress is 55 inches in length, having what is knowfh as a basque waist. The bottom of the dress had a circumference of 124 in ches and as there was no cut ting to fit the waist the whole of the top had to be tucked or fluffled to the waist size. Except for a hole near the waist, about the size of a dol lar and made by a rat, the dress is still in perfect condi tion. The bottom is slightly stained from dragging on the floor or ground, but the cloth is not faded. Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Hinson own and operate a service sta tion about three miles north east of Holden's Beach. Ladies who are passing there and who are interested in old styles should certainly stop and see this old dress. Farmers Turn Attention To Forestry Work In Winter Killing Frost Is On The Way Today dawned bright and ; fair; and that's news In Bruns- j wick county where most of the | time during the past several weeks It either has been rain ing or threatening. Iliere is reason to believe that the first freeze, accompan ied by the first frost, of the season may follow on the heels of the recent rainy spell as the cold wave now in the mid dle west Is reported to be mov ing eastward. If this develops, chances are that Brunswick county will get , her first killing frost of the season about 10-days after the average date for this occur anee. There is also prose pet of a busy time for farmers who will want to dig their sweet potatoes and have their first round of hog-killing. Southport And Bolivia Divide Bolivia Girls Defeat South port Sextet While Local Boys Win Thriller From Visiting Quint Southport and Bolivia divided a double-header here Friday night in the opening round of the bas ketball season with the visitors taking a 21 to 12 decision in the girls' game and the Southport boys coming back to win by a score of 16 to 15. Bolivia held an 11 to 1 lear over Southport at half time in the girls' contest, but in the lat ter stages of the game the home town lassies found the range and actually outscored their rivals. Tall, blond Betty Jo Bryant ac-l counted for 7 points for the los- [ ers, but the big noise of the even- j ing was made by Sullivan, of i Bolivia, who piled in 14 points. For Southport the line-up in- 1 eluded C. McRacken, Bryant, I Hickman, R. McRacken, Fredere, Ward, Stedham and Potter; for Bolivia Knox, Sullivan, Purvis, Cunningham, Jeford, Skipper sUid Willetts. Southport held a half-time ad vantage of 8 to 5 in the boys' game before a last-half rally on the part of the visitors closed the gap to a thrilling one-point win. Shallon of Southport made 8 points to lead the scoring, with Danford being top man for Bo livia with 6. The line-ups were, Southport: Brendle, Swann, Shannon, Spen cer, Bowmer and Barber; Bolivia: Caison, Hillburn, Gilbert, Lewis, Sellers, Danford, Mitchell, How ard and Mercer. Prison Farm Is Owned By Austin Has Changed Hands One Time Already Since Be ing Purchased By Wil mington Business Man W. G. Broadfoot of Wilmington, purchaser of the old state prison farm on the River Road near the intersection with Routes 17 and 74, has resold the property to ?. Road, about six miles above S. Austin, who lives on the River Southport. The tract is understood to em brace about 260 acres, lying on both sides of the paved stretch 1 (Continued on page four) Farm Forester Gives Some 1 Helpful Information To Landowners Who Desire To Make Most Of Timber Resources EXPERT ADVICE IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE Office Of Farm Forester For Brunswick And Co lumbus Counties Locat ed In Postoffice In Whiteville W. W. BARNES Brunswick Farm Forester : 'The majority of the owners of I large timber holding are practic- 1 ing good forestry on their pro perties. Firelines are established , and fire protection is maintained; those trees are cut which need 1 cutting when It is needed; the mature, low quality, densely crowded and sound dead trees. In many instances the tops or laps are sold for pulpwood. These large timber owners who i are in business to stay, realize the need for cutting only the "interest" from their tree "bank accounts." All the timber on the | tract can be considered as the tree "bank account" and the in- 1 terest" is the amount of growth put on each year. By cutting | only an amount equal to the growth, the "bank account," J which are those trees left stand- j ing, will continue to grow in- j terest at a rate cf from 6 to : 15 per cent a year. For too many farmers with ! small woodlands are overlooking j the fact that they have a tree \ bank account. j/i?Ung on goou : interest every year. Thin Woods This Winter Plan to thin your pulpwood size stands this winter by re 'moving those trees which will never produce valuable lumber, j those which are standing too; close togeather and those which I are diseased. Since most farmers are not too j busy during the winter months 1 | they have a good chance to use ' this idle time to make some cash ; money by cutting their own pulp- 1 wood with their own labor. By J (Continued on page four) Funeral Held For Pvt. Long Pvt. Roscoe S. Long Is Be lieved To Be First Bruns wick County Man To Lose Life Fighting In Germany The remains of Pvt. Roscoe S. Long, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Leng, of Supply, and reported to be the first Brunswick county soldier killed in Germany during the war, were brought home last week. Pvt. Long was 23-years old at the time of his death. Burial was held yesterday In the National Cemetery in Wil mington. The Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion gave full military honors. In addition to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Long, Private Long is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Hanna Long. In addition he is survived by five sisters, Mrs. Florence Hamm, Lit tle Rock, Arkansas; Mrs. Retha Padgett and Mrs. Lillie Pridgen, Wilmington; and Barbara Jean and Virginia Long, of Supply; and five brothers, Carl and Jen kins Long of SummerviUe, S. C., Jupius, Curtis and Guy Long, ol Supply. Building Funds Available For Training School Money Raised Principally Through Efforts Of P.-T. A. Of Brunswick County Training School at South port MARKS PROGRESS OF LOCAL SCHOOL Vocational Training Feat* ures Curriculum Offered For Benefit Of Stu dents; A. C. Cavi ness, Principal With funds raised largely by their P. T. A., The Brunswick County Training School for col ored at Southport is now ready to start the erection of a new 52 x 86 foot building in which various trades will be taught. The building will be of cement block construction and will be built by the vocational students under the supervision of their teachers. In addition to the regular ele mentary and high school work taught in this school there also ire classes in agriculture, brick laying, typing, shorthand and bookkeeping. High school stui re brought in from Bolivia J Grove, Royal Oak and t' er Road section with enrollment in the high school now 167. These students are looked after by six capable teachers. From the River Road bot high school and elementary students are brought in by the huset> -'o being used on this route. The other places have one bus each and these buses bring in only high school students. A. C. Caviness, principal of the school, has been in charge for about 17 years. During that time he has done excellent work. Under Principal Caviness Annie Evans, a Southport girl graduate of this school and later trained at Shaw University in Raleigh has charge of the first through the 8th grades. This elementary department has an enrollment of 304' students, in charge of 9 teachers. ? Gertrude Evans, another grad uate of the school and also a Southport girl, has charge of the high school choral work. She is a graduate of Livingston College at Salisbury and has also done graduate work at the University of Michigan. In all of its departments the school is exceptionally well equipped with trained teachers, with an admirable spirit of co operation existing between thera and the patrons. Marines Bound Over To Court Two Marine Corps Men And One Former Servica Man Held Under $5,000. Bond For Armed Robbery In County Waiving preliminary hearing:, Cecil R. Hosmer, Carl E. Steinert and Gerald E. Lee, charged with armed robbery and assault, were bound over to Superior court by judge J. W. McLamb In Record er's court Monday their alleged victim was J. M. Irving, Wilming ton taxi driver. Bond was fixed at $5,000.00 in each case. Two of the men are Marlnea. The excep tion is Hosmer, who recently re ceived a dishonorable discharge from the service. The men are alleged to have employed Irving I to carry them to the old Charles Hattem road house near Navassa and to have subsequently robbed him. Other cases coming up in Re corder's court Monday were as follows: Jule Andrews, seduction, con tinued. . C. C. Potter, forcible tresspass, six months in jail, judgment sus pended on payment of $62.50 as I restitution for property damage and pay costs of case. James Arnold Pierce, failure to stop at stop sign, ordered to pay costs. Johnson Barefoot, reckless op eration, nol prossed. Thomas Lennon Long, no op erator's license, nol prossed at re quest of arresting officer. Earl Rhodes, reckless opera tion, called and failed to appear, capias. Ronald B. Smith, reckless oj^ eration, nol prossed with leave. George P. Collins, speeding, called and failed, bond ordered forfeited. Gertrude Davis, no operators 1 license, continued to December 3rd. | Charles Potter, ? no operator's license, nol prossed at request sg (Continued on page 4) j *? )3