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THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
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NO.
6-pages today Southnort. N. C.. Wednesday. December 3rd. 1947
(PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
91.50 PER YEAB
jjuissioners j
^pointed Tax
Listers Monday
ln.rV AU Set Up To
-Annual Job Of
<! Property For Tax
^lZry\ 1948
'cH?day dates
Littioners Decline Pe
Br" f0 \opoint Dillon
fcaney Constable For
tothwest Township
r5 ; t Brunswick coun- 1
appointed by members
of county commis
si session here Monday
dements were made to
annual task on Jan
1 IMS.
' Hope D. Brooks was nam
, later for Northwest town- 1
r 0 Raton. Town Creek; 1
G. Caison. SmithviUe; I
L i. Holmes. Lockwoods!
r Mrs Sam J. Frink, Shal- I
, j. W. Stanley, Ash.
t commissioners voted to al- J
IiiSe workers $6.00 per day, !
^vision for 5-cents per!
i travel necessary to come
. instructional meeting at :
)mtt. to visit appointments1
L rtturp. the tax books to
ax 'office at the completion
H work.
liidition. provision was made
l;.,v one helper for each
rto be paid at the rate of j
,Kr day, the principal du
jj this "helper being to as- j
taking the farm cen- .
| - v 15 days employment ?
Utilized for these assistants, j
t .... men declined to |
[, favor upon a petition of |
township citizens who,
[ -iiat Dillon L. Ganey be j
,tea constable for that j
lip. The motion was made:
|jl B. Chir.nis, seconded by |
Lewis, who gave as their:
tr. the fact that only one I
Tjgo officials and represen- ;
, citizens of the county met j
*cded to follow a plan of.
g all of the law enforcement i
Bf5 of the county under the
c: ; office. Legislation to that
? was introduced and passed
I this vear, they recall.
nstmas holidays for county!
pees will begin at the close
Bi.tess on Wednesday, Dec
(k 24. and will last until
piy morning, December 29. |
t sMer was passed directing ,
i . aity attorney to search
ittie of S. B. Frink to a strip
raertv a> [joining the tax >f
i The board members have
p: to purchase this land :
n Mr. Frink at a price of!
IK
I recommendation was passed j
Itowrded to the State High- .
I i.".d Public Works Commis- 1
I.-. Fayette ville that the roail
p the beach road to Bruns- j
p Navigation Co. be taken t
pand hard surfaced.
i total of $15.00 was added to
I monthly payments to the
pi relief fund through action
P Monday.
J matters took up the re
'r of the day. J. Golcy
:t tendered payment of
and costs charged against
tor both real and personal
sty. and the board moved
_ ale made to Mrs. Gladys
at public auction be not
""ned. j. b. McKeithan was
"*1 permission to pay 1932
prior year taxes at the 1933
IKwn. E. M. Cliff was reliev
* W33 and prior year taxes
of double listing. B. E.
te was relieved of $500.00
?Son because of double list
!
IritfNeut
Flashes
LOW
mercury dropped to 26-<ie
V? on Monday morning for the
J6' day of the fall. Tuesday
B frermometer readitig was 28
^tes at its lowest point.
I* V MEETING
ffj? regular monthly meeting
?** Southport Parent-Teachers
Ration will be held in the
school auditorium on Thurs
at 7:30 o'clock.
AT L1TTLK RIVER
? ; y early and com
?J*- late. several of the hig
shrimp trawlers are
K^ng ^ Little River and
l|y Grove Beach, S. C. They
K^Unue these long trips so
K 88 the matches down there
? factory, or until a b?t"
^wnluct shows un off South
Princess Elizabeth Marries
LONDON, ENGLAND ? (Soundphoto) ? This first original photo
on the royal wedding was flown from England immediately after the
wedding by American Overseas airlines. Pictured above, scene inside
Westminster Abbey during the ceremony. Bride and bridegroom are
at the altar.
Hunting Season Will Be
In Full Swing Next Week
Open Season On Duck And
Geese Will Start Monday
And Last For 30-Day
Period; Change In Bag
Limit This Year
TRAPPING SEASON
OPENED ON MONDAY
Duck Hunters Must Have
Federal Stamp In Addi
tion To Regular Hunt
ing License When
Ducking
The open season for hunting
ducks, geese, scooters and coots
begins next Monday, December
8th, and extends through January
6. On ducks the day's bag limit
is 4. Only one goose is allowed
per day.
All persons over the age of 16
engaged irk hunting wildfowl are
required to have a valid Federal
migratory-bird hunting stamp in
their possession at the time of
hunting. These stamps are in ad
dition to state licenses and may
be obtained from first-class and
second-class post offices.
It is against the law to use
live decoys or to drive, rally or
chase ducks and geese with air
planes. Power and sailboats are
also forbidden.
Open season for trapping mink,
musk rat, o'possum and raccoon
began in this county Monday and
will last through February 15.
There is no closed season on wild
cat, weasel and skunk.
It is unlawful to tend traps
between the hours of sunset and
sunrise.
Large Business
Transaction Made
Felton Garner, Bolivia Busi
ness Man, Purchases Wil
mington Pine Co. Mills
And Equipment At Na
vassa
Possibly ^ the biggest business
transaction of the year in Bruns
wick county is the sale of the
Wilmington Pine Company at
Navassa by Henry J. Koester, of
New York City, to Felton Garner
of Long Beach and Bolivia. Mr.
Garner resides at Long Beach but
has extensive sawmill interests at
Bolivia.
With the Wilmington Pine
Company plant is a large and
modern planning mill and six
acres of yards lying between the
Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard
Air Line railroads. These yards
are now covered with lumber and
the sale price is contingent on
the footage of this lumber. An
inventory is now being taken.
Along with the yard and all
equipment, Mr. Garner becomes
owner of four modern ground
sawmills and their equipment.
About 40 men are employed at
the mills with an additional 35 at
the planing mill and yard.
The local man took over the
plant last week and is already
I operating it with the same offi
I cers and workmen in charge.
There has been no interruption
i of production and Mr. Garner
(.Continued os P?kg? Four)
Fine Catch Of
Rockfish Made
F. Mollycheok, local man,
very frankly admits that the
Missus has him beat when it
canoes to fishing. That is, she
usually 1ms.
Bui. yesterday morning Mr.
and Mrs. Mollycheek and G. A.
Howard were out near the quar
entine station. It looked good
for stripped bass ? rockfish to
you.
They baited some hooks with
pieces of white cloth and taril
ed t'hem overboard. In a very
short time they had six big
strippers aboard. The smallest,
caught by Mrs. Mollycheck,
weighed II-pound and 10-ounces.
The biggest one, which fell to !
the old man went to 19-pounds
and a half.
Mr. Howard caught one that !
weighed 15 and-a-half-pounds. I
S. W. Eadon Dies
At Home Sunday
Was Native Of Sampson
County, Having Moved |
Here Several Years Ago;
Funeral Services Held
Yesterday
S. W. (Bill) Eadon, Bolivia
farmer and business man, died
at his home near Bolivia Sunday |
afternoon at 3 o'clock. He had J
been in failing health for a num- ,
ber of years, but was not serious- (
ly ill until a few weeks preceed
ing his death.
Mr. Eadon was a former resi
dent of Sampson county moving
to this county a number' of years
ago when he married Miss Virda
Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
(Continued on page four)
Cage Schedule
Begins Friday
Opening Games Scheduled
For Southport Gymnas
ium And Waccamaw; Le
land Teams Draw Bye
I Opening games in the regular
' season's schedule of the Bruns
! wick County Basketball League
will be played Friday evening at
Southport and Waccamaw.
Bolivia teams come here to
meet Southport for the third time
j this season while Shallotte teams
will travel to Waccamaw for the
other engagements. Leland teams
drew a bye.
j In their second meeting of the
season last Tuesday night Bolivia
J swept a double-header frorti the
?Southport teams. The girls scored
la 25 to 18 victory, while the boys
leaked out a 13-12 win to avenge
ia defeat by the same margin suf
jfered the previous Friday night
?at Southport.
j There will be plenty of interest
.centered in this third meeting of
the season between these two
I teams.
Election Being
Held This Week
In Soil Program
Eligible Voters Being Given
Opportunity To Express
Preference For Member
ship Of County Commit
tee
BALLOT BOXES
OPEN ALL WEEK
Three High Men In Ballot
ing Will Serve, With The
Highest Man Serving
On District Commit
tee ,
Three county soil conservation
committeemen will be elected by
popular vote in Brunswick county
in the election now in progress.
Every farmer in the county, who
votes in regular elections is eli
gible to vote and should go to
the polling places and cast their
ballots. Voting will continue
through Saturday, December 6.
Candidates for Brunswick coun
ty are: Corbett Coleman, Ash;
Earl Earp, Winnabow; W. C.
Gore, Shallot te; Gilbert T. Reid,
Winnabow; B. A. Russ, Long
wood; and Earl Thompson, Sup
ply
Candidates for Columbus Coun
ty are: G. T. Gore, Clyde Wayne,
G. M. Williamson, Harry Lee Jor
dan, M. K. Long and M. L. In
man.
Ballot boxes are located at the
following places: U. L. Rourk's
Store, Leland; Bolivia Sash Store,
Bolivia: J. L. Henry's Store,
Winnabow; Southport Trading
Co., Southport; County Agent's
Office, Supply; Shallotte Trading
Co., Shallotte; Simmon's Store,
Ash; J. L. Milliken's Store, Long
wood; and McLamb's Store, Hick
man's Crossroads.
The chairman of the county
committee will automatically be
come a member of the Lower
Cape Fear Soil Conservation Dis
trict board of supervisors.
Authorized by an amendment
to the state soil conservation dis
tricts' law during the last Gen
eral ^ssembl^. this is the first
election to be held for county soil
conservation committees.
The three candidates receiving
the highest number of votes shall
be elected. The one receiving the
highest vote will serve for 3
years, the next highest, 2 years:
and the third highest, 1 year. Fu
ture elections will be held an
nually during the week in Dec
cember in which the first Tues
day after the first Monday falls,
to elect a successor to the mem
ber whose term has expired.
jCounty Teachers
Meet At Leland
County Sup. Makes An- J
nouncement Regarding
Visit To Wilmington
Next Wednesday of Free-j
dom Train ,
Miss Margaret Van O'Brian of ?
the State Department of Educa- j
tion was principal speaker at a'
county wide teachers meeting
held Tuesday afternoon at Le
land.
Theme of her discussion was
"Teaching Social Studies to Stu
dents in School from Grade One
through - Twelve."
J. T. Denning, county superln
( Continued on page four) '
No Tall Story
Shown above is A. C. Yar-I
borough of Whiteville with an !
18% pound Rock fish caught re
cently in Cape Fear River near
the 61d fish factory between
Wilmington and Southport. Mr.
Yarborough used a rod and reel
with minnow plug, 40-pound test
line. The fish was 24 inches in
circumference and 37 inches long.
Since landing the fish shown here,
the local man has fished again
and caught several weighing from
four to eight pounds. With Yar
borough on his successful expedi
tion, which he laughed off as
"beginner's luck", was his broth
er-in-law, Claude Moore, of near
Southport.
Beer And Wine
Checks Received
From Department
Brunswick County And City
Governments Of Both
Southport And Shallotte
Share In New -Plan Of j
Distribution
LAST LEGISLATURE
MADE IT POSSIBLE
I
Under the new law, passed at i
the 1947 session of the legisla- 1
ture Brunswick county has re- j
ceived a check for $7,624.18 as
its share in the first distribution
of income from the increased tax
on beer and wine, according to
information that has been releas
ed by the State Department of
Revenue.
At the same time ^the City of
Southport was sent a check for
$907.83. Of this $887.76 was the
revenue from the sale of beer and
$20.07 from the sale of wine.
Shallotte received $196.52. Of
this $192.18 was from the sale
of beer and $4.34 from the sale
of wine.
The 1947 legislature doubled
the crown and stamp taxes on
beer and unfortified wines and
directed that half of the collec
tions be distributed to counties,
cities and towns which permit the
sale of these beverages. The new
tax rate went into effect on July
1st and this first distribution of
revenue is from collections for
July, August and September. Fu
ture payments to local govern
ment units sharing in the tax will
be made annually.
W. B. KEZIAH
Our
! Morton Parker, Supply busi
ness man, tells us he has bought
t two of the 7-apartment units at
Maffitt Village in Wilmington,
j The buildings are of cinder block
I construction and tile. Mr. Parker
plans the construction of some
.extensive improvements at his
'store and filling station near the
! Supply postoffice.
Several Southport auto owners
have been complaining at the
nuisance and danger arising from
the habits of a few dogs chasing
every car that passes. This not
only brings on dangerous possi
bilities of cars being wrecked If
efforts are made to avoid running
over such dogs, it trains other
and often more valuable dogs in
car-chasing habits, habits that
often result in the death of
othei-wise good dogs. It is thought
that the city should do some
thing to put a stop to the habit
ual car chasing by dogs.
H. G. Ratcliffe, with the Mari
time Commission for many years
until he recently resigned, has
gone with G. E. Hubbard, South
port dealer in Richfield products,
as salesman. During much of his
time with the Maritime Commis
sion at the North Carolina Ship
yard, Mr. Ratcliffe and his fam
ily have resided . in Soufhport
where they own a home!
Having to go to Cherry Grove
Beach in South Carolina one day
this past week, we met up with
a lot of friendliness that caused
us to think we were still in
Brunswick county. Contrary to
our understanding, the bus does
not actually go to the beach in
winter time. Passengers get off
(Continued on Page 2)
Food Being Collected Here For
Shipment On Friendship Train
Sacred Heart Catholic Parish Seeking To Obtain Canned
Goods For Europe's Needy; Father Frank J. Howard |
Issues Statement Regarding Critical Situation
It is not too late to get aboard
the Friendship Train, according
to Father Frank J. Howard, rec
tor of Sacred Heart Catholic Par
ish.
In connection with the efforts
of the Cathlotic Church to obtain
supplies for the train, Father
Howard said:
"You have been reading for the
past two weeks of the Friendship
Train that started at Los Angeles,
I California and in every town
'along the way was given a royal
j welcome as more and more food
| stuffs for the destitue of Europe
iwere piled aboard.
"An eye-witness account of the
terrible plight of the people of
Europe was given last week by
His Excellency, Aliosius J. Muen
ch, bishop of Fargo, North Dako
to, Apostolic visitor in Germany.
"During this past summer Eur
ope suffered the worst drought in
over one hundred years. It was
so bad that crops were a failure.
The pasture lands dried up; the
livestock had to be slaughtered;
now there is a big shortage of
milk for infants. Europe depends
(Continued on page four)
Fall Federation Meeting !
Friday Night At Shallottej
Small Airport
Inside Shallotte
t
Shallotte now has a flying
service for the carrying of pas
sengers and instruction in fly
ing and a fine plot of ground
for an airport has been leased
near the state convict camp In
side the town limits by W. T.
(Talmadge) Sellers, who has
been busy perfecting the land
ing strip.
Mr. Sellers spent three years
in the army air corps, flying
B-29's and B-17's. For a good
part of the time he was an in
structor in the. advance flying
schools and is well qualified for
the instruction in flying that
he plans to give along with pas
senger service.
At tiie present time he has
a 2-passenger Aeronca Champ
ion plane, practically new and
ideal for either training or pas
senger hops. In addition to the
field in Sihallottc Mr. Sellers
has an auxiliary strip on the
side of tho waterway at Brick
Landing, two miles below Shal
lotte Point
Lighting Plans
For Shallotte
Shallotte Merchants To Co
operate In All-Out Effort
To Beautify Community
During Holiday Season
With the business people kick
ing in Shallotte, is said to be |
planning to go all out for Christ- |
mas decorations and lights along
the main highway this year.
It is understood that prizes will]
be given for the best decorated
living trees, store fronts, windows
in homes fronting on the high
way, etc. With the great number
of tourists passing through this
main street over Route 17, the
plans to concentrate on the high
way is well taken. It should re
sult in fine publicity for the town,
as well as in providing interest
to the citizens.
Active steps looking to the
plans and decorations will get
underway this week, according to
Odell Williamson.
Retiring Officer
Returning Here
Commander Roy Robinson
And Family Returning To
Southport To Make Per
manent Home Following
His Retirement
His retirement effective Feb.
1, 1948, and now on terminal
leave, Commander Roy Robinson,
and Mrs. Robinson's mother, Mrs.
Viola Guthrie, have recently re
turne to Southport from New Or
leans. They are now remodeling
the old Guthrie home, where they
plan to reside permanently.
In the early 1930's Commander
Robinson was in charge of the
old Cape Fear Coast Guard sta
tion on Bald Head Island, going
from there to take command of
Oak Island station, which was un
der his administration for sev
eral years.
Transferred from Oak Island in
1935, he was sent to stations in
Boston, New Orleans, Washing
ton, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and
other points. For the past three
and a half years he has been in i
charge of the big Coast Guard
repair yard in New Orleans.
His retirement in February will
mark the end of 30-years of ac
tive service with the Coast Guard.
Mrs. Robinson, the former Miss
Elizabeth Guthrie, of Southport,
(Continued on page four)
Home Demonstration Club
Members Of Brunswick
County Will Enjoy Inter
esting Program At Shal
lotte School
VISITORS INVITED
TO ATTEND MEETING
Reception Planned Follow
ing Regular Meeting And
Is Hoped That Families
And Friends Attend
The ladies of the Brunswick
County Home Demonstration
Clubs will hold their County Fed
eration meeting at the Shallotte
school on Friday night of this
week, at 7 o'clock.
I One of the main features in
the extensive program will be an
address by Mrs. H. M. Johnson,
of Kinston. Mrs. Johnson was the
delegate from the southeastern
North Carolina clubs to the Asso
ciated Country Women of the
World meeting in Amsterdam,
.Holland, in September of this
j year. She comes to the meeting
[at Shallotte with the reputation
j of being a very interesting speak
er. In addition to having her as
a guest speaker, the Brunswick
I women will have Mrs. Mary L.
McAllister, District Agent, and
other guests present.
The entire program for the
evening is a very interesting one.
, It was planned by Mrs. Robert
I McDougall, County Council presi
dent, and other ladies of the or
ganization. The reports from the
various clubs will be given this
year in the form of playlets and
skits.
Following the program a re
ception will be held. Families and
, friends of the club woman are in
jvited to attend.
| Tanker Crashes
Leland Station
R. Iy. Rabon Service Station
At Leland Is Wrecked
When Oil Tanker Goes
Out Of Control Saturday
; Morning
|
j An oil transport tanker belong
ing to Black's Motor Express and
.running empty toward Wilming
ton sustained fire and wreck dam
Jage of approximately J5, 000.00
j Saturday morning when it crash
ed into the R. L. Rabon filling
[station about a mile south of
; Leland on Route 74.
I The front end of the filling sta
jtion and the gasoline pumps were
badly damaged by the crash and
[resulting fire.
j The tanker had been delivering
a cargo of gas up-state. It was
rounding a sharp curve just south
I of the filling station. The driver
Clyde Johnson, of Wilmington, is
said to have started to slow down
when he found a car just ahead
of him. His left front brakes are
said to have locked, throwing the
tanker out of control and causing
(Continued on page four)
Leland Citizen
Passes Sunday
James Hollis, 84- Year-Old
Leland Resident, Died
Sunday Morning At Hi*
Home Following Short
Illness
I James Hollis, 84-year-old resi
dent of the Leland community,
I died at his home early Sunday
morning. He had been ill for only
a short time.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from the Woodburn Presbyterian
church with Rev. J. D. With row
in charge. Burial was in the Wil
l Continued on page four)
Urges Farmers
To Participate
I In AAA Voting
G. Martin Bennett, Chair*
man Of County Agricul
tural Conservation Com
mittee Hopes For Show
Of Interest
ELECTION AFFORDS
VOICE IN PROGRAM
Strength Of Organization
Depends Upon Interest
And Active Participa- * '
tion Of County
F armers
A last minute call to all farm
ers of Brunswick county to vote
on Tuesday, December 9, in farm
program elections was Issued to
day by G. Martin Bennett, chair
man of the county agricultural
conservation committee.
Mr. Bennett urged farmers to
make certain that their vote will
be counted in the election of
community committeemen and
delegates to the county elected.
He said that too often farmers
let other jobs and interests keep
them from voting in these elec
tions. But this year with so many
vital decisions and perplexing
problems regarding current pro
duction and conservation, he
stressed that farmers cannot af
ford to forego the opportunity to
vote.
The Agricultural Adjustment
Act provides that the adminis
tration of the farm program on
the county and community level
shall be in the hands of local
farmer-elected committeemen.
According to Secretary of Agri
culture, Clinton P. Anderson,
"this approach, right down to the
county and community level has
proved itself the most effective
organization yet devised for the
administration of any national
farm program. This country has
never witnessed a finer demon
stration of the processes of de
mocracy in action than the com
mittee system under the Agricul
tural Conservation Program."
The way to keep this organiza
tion strong and representative of
the farmers is for all eligible
farmers to vote in the elections
when they are held in their com
munity, Mr. Bennett said. Com
munity elections are scheduled as
follows:
North West community, Maco;
Leland community, Rourk's store;
Bolivia community, Cox's store;
Southport community, Lindsey
Robbins store; Antioch communi
ty, Wards Farm; Supply com
munity, Blanton's store; Mt. Pis
gah community, J. H. Royals
store; Boone's Neck community,
R. P. Robinson's store; Shallott*
community, Coast Road ware*
house; Cause Landing com muni*
ty, Vance Gore's store; Grisset*
town community. Grissett's store:
Thomas bo ro community, Harrj
Bennett's store; Friendship com
munity, Thurston Mintz's stors;
Ash community, Simmon's store;
Waccamaw community, Ernest
Milligan's store; Exum communi
ty, Vereen's store.
Still Time To
Sow Fall Oats
County Agent Of Opinion
That Better Gamble Is To
Plant Now Rather Th#n
Wait Until Next Spring
"It is late to plant oats and
other grain, but spring oats -in
our soils and climate is always
a gamble, with a big chance of
the planter losing the gamble.
! My advice to Brunswick county
| farmers is that, if the ground
!gets dry enough and keeps dry
this week and next, and if It is
not unseasonably cold, they should
plant their oats now."
This was from County Agent
J. E. Dodson when interviewed
Saturday. He had been pointing
out how impossible it has been
for the farmers to sow grain dur
ing the past several rainy weeks.
At the same time he was not
loosing sight of the urgent need
for the planting of a big crop
this year. It is needed both for
pasture and for grain.
"If we can, we should plant
now," he said.
Later on the same day a re
porter was talking to James
! Bellamy, young Shallotte town
iship farmer. Without grain plant
ling having been mentioned Mr.
Bellamy said: "If It does not
rain, the first week in December
will be about the busiest one our
farmers have had in a long Unit.
They are going to sow a lot . <jC
oats this week if they can pos
, sibly do so. My seed has b^en
waiting in the barn for weeks
and I intend to start planting the
first day the ground is 4rj*
(Continued on page four I