The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
^SIXTEEN NO. 35
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The New*
All The Time
6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. G., Wednesday. December 10th. 1947 wbushed every Wednesday
11.50 PER Y
jjl Federation
Meeting Is Held
fy Club Women
Demonstration Club
^ ?? Of Brunswick
Tunty Enj?y Delightful
Affair Following
Meeting j
^|V,clEuSbsreported
, Speakers Helped
Slke Program One Of
Unusual Interest To
All Who Were
Present
, ,.r?e crowd attended the
swick County Federation of
demonstration Clubs as
p ana friends of the club
STrs gathered at the Shal
school for the annual
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Friday night.
-vj meeting was called to or-;
.?-,th s?ng: ?Come Je Thank
? people." followed by the Cbl
L of the Club Women of Am
1 The devotional was given I
*1, Rev Richard Braunstein
'j, shallotte Methodist charge.!
social music was given by
' ,.a Ann Thomas and Carol,
P Sellers, accompanied by j
L<a Mae Hewett.
jrtetings were delivered by;
wtv Agent J. E. Dodson and I
r c Stone, principal of the :
Hilatte school. The minutes of I
k previous meeting were read j
, >(rs. Thompson McRackan,
eetary-treasurer of the organi
se- and reports were made by j
? different clubs forming the I
Ration. I
Oce of the highlights was the
ress by Mrs. H. M. Johnson, |
Kinston. Mrs. Johnson was the!
I'jeastern delegate to the As
Bited Country Women of the |
hrld meeting in Amsterdam, j
&.-1. this past September. She |
i: introduced to the gathering i
. j(fs Mary L- McAllister.
Bieastern District Home
Flowing the business meeting
tnformal reception was held.
lold Funeral Of
Former Resident
b. Lucy B. Northrop,
Wife Of Former South
port Merchant, Died La?t
Wednesday At Home Of
I Daughter In W adesboro
Mrs, Luck Boswell Northrop, j
1 widow of the late S. B. North- ,
?. of Southport. died Wednes
?t in Wadesboro at the home
iter daughter, Mrs. Nora Mitch
4 with whom she has been re- j
tog for the past several years
Preceding his death her hus- \
to! operated one of the largest
fcrantile businesses in Bruns
Wc county.
Surviving Mrs. Northrop are ;
*0 sons. Glenn A. Northrop, of
raston-Salem, and Milton A.
totiirop, of Wilmington, and the
filter. Mrs. Mitchell, with I
fern she resided.
remains were brought to
ktoport Thursday and following
>^ces at St. Phillip Episcopal
?""ft. with Rev. H. M. Baker,
'charge, were Interned in the
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Flathtt
'WIANI.KSS WEDDING
Ambers of the Leland Lions
will present a Womanless
*?Wing at Bolivia high school
? Friday night at 7:30 o'clock.
"WES omCE
^ office of the executive se
^5' of the Brunswick Coun
? Qapter. American Red Cross,
? feeing moved from its former
"?tion into the Taylor building
*>or to the Southport post
*cce.
^PmONAL WORK
Rev. Herbert M. Baker.
Jf0" of Southport Baptist
has a ided to his work the
?torate of Lebanon Baptist
His schedule calls for
J^ r preaching services on
and fourth Sunday
*?TT.0Ons
^' Hch OYSTER St'PPER
e ladies .( the Sharon Meth
4i^UrCh' between Supply and
fcj" ns &ach, will serve an oys
?ii?P!>er the church at 6
W Satur,jay of this week.
'?* w>" he served along with
^ fe'-'od things that help
" 4 Access of ail event of
* 3,'"r^ ^ proceeds will go
"* church. '
THE THREE BEARS
MEAT ? The three bears shown above were killed on a recent hunting trip by
the Hack Smithdeal party from Tennessee. The two smaller bears were killed in the
Green Swamp, but the big fellow on the left, "Old Thre.e-Toes," was bagged on a side
trip to Carteret county.
New Brunswick River Bridge
Opened To Traffic Saturday
One- Way Traffic Allowed
To Move Over New
Structure Saturday With
Two-Way Travel Starting
Monday
ALLIGATOR CREEK
BRIDGE OPEN SOON
Men In Charge Of Work
Hope to Have This Struc
ture Ready For Use
Within Two More
Weeks
The new concrete bridge over
Brunswick river on U. S. No. 17
was opened to one-way traffic
Saturday and on Monday morn
ing was made available for traf
>fic Moving in both directions.
By Christmas day it is hoped
the final work on the Alligator
Creek bridge, on Route 74, near
Wilmington, will be completed and
the bridge opened to traffic, ac
cording to statements of the V.
P. Loftis Construction Company.
Both bridges are what is known
as four-lane type. They have 37
feet of clearance between the
railings, as aginst the 17 >4 -feet
on the old bridges they are re
placing. In addition to this safety
feature of being more than double
the width of the old bridges, a
very dangerous approach to the
Alligator Creek bridge has been
I eliminated. Straight driveways
now mark the approach to both
bridges.
At the beginning of the work
! early last spring it was stated
: that a full year's time would be
required to build the two bridges.
| Considering the fact that much
bad weather was encountered, the
j finishing of the work ahead of
(schedule speaks well for the Lof
[ tic Company and for the E. W.
I Grannis company of Fayetteville,
[ which built the approaches.
Weathers Youth
Dies In Hospital
Mother Was Former South
port Girl And Deceased
Was Well Known To
Many People Here
William Harley Weathers died
last Tuesday night at the Duke
Hospital, Durham, after a brief j
illness. He was 1? years old. |
Surviving are his widow, the
former Betty Lou Cox, his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Weath
ers, and two brothers, Capt.
James W. Weathers, Jr., of the
U. S. Army, and Charles Weath
ers of Goldsboro. Capt. Weathers
is enroute to the states after
service in Tokyo.
Funeral services were held i
from the home in Goldsboro, '
Thursday afternoon by Rev. Leon
Russell, pastor of St. Paul Meth
odist church, of which the deceas
ed was a member. The burial
was at the family plot in Willow j
Dale cemetery.
Mr. Weathers was stricken des- j
perately ill early Sunday morn- 1
lng. i uesday afternoon he ap- 1
peared much improved, but in j
the evening suffered a fatal re- j
lapse. When first stricken he had ,
complained of a violent headache |
and then lapsed into unconscious- j
ness. His wife and his parents ;
had remained with him at Duke
Hospital.
The deceased in November had j
completed about 20 months in the j
U. S. Marines during which time!
(Continued on page 3) J
Freedom Train
Draws Students
The Freedom Train, bearing
a cargo of the most precious
documents in the history of our
Nation, is in Wilmington today
and notwithstanding the incle
ment weather, hundreds of
Brunswick county citizens* are
expected to pay it a visit.
Prominent among the group
of visitors will be several bus
loads of boys and girls of school
age, who are visiting the train
as a result of special arrange
ments made by the school prin
cipals. Mainy others will travel
to Wilmington throughout the
day with their parents in priv
ate automobiles.
Traffic Counts
Fill Up Docket
Majority Of Cases Before
Judge W. J. McLamb In
Recorder's Court Wed
nesday Grew Out Of
These Violations
Traffic violations featured the
cases tried before Judge W. J.
McLamb Wednesday as the day
for holding sessions of county
court was changed from its form
er time. The following cases were
disposed of:
Fred Fulford, drunk driving,
fined $100.00 and costs, license
revoked for one year.
Thomas- J. Cobb, speeding, ca
pias and continued.
Peter D. Constantine, Jr.,
speeding, capias and continued.
Herbert Galloway, non-support,
continued to December 10.
Willie Boyd Robinson, speeding,
$10.00 and costs.
William Jennings Bellamy,
speeding, $10.00 and costs.
Irvin Hankins, no drivers li
cense, nol prossed.
Houston Bullon, drunk driving,
continued to December 10.
Stacey Jenkins, assault, re
manded to justice of peace.
Dellia Jenkins, assault, remand
ed to justice of peace.
Frank A. Brown, reckless op
eration, continued.
Hollis Ernest Williams, drunk
driving, continued to December
(Continued on Page Four)
1 ?
Attendance Is
Required To 16
Some Confusion Exists In
I County In Belief That
Compulsory School At
tendance Ends At Age Of
Fourteen
It has come to the attention
of the school authorities and the
Welfare Department that a num
ber of children throughout the
county believe that after they
reach their fourteenth birthday
they no longer have to attend
school. The State Legislature of
1945 changed the law so that
children now must attend school
until their sixteenth birthday. The
law has provided penalties for
parents and guardians who refuse
to send their children to school.
This school attendance law ap
plies not only to normal children
i (Continued on page four)
New Man Arrives,
As Head Of Soil
Work In County
Clifford D. Potter Transfer
red To Brunswick County
from Robeson Where He
Has Been For Past Year
OFFICE LOCATED
IN TAX BUILDING
New Conservationist Is Na
tive Of Oklahoma And
Has Had Experience
In Soil Conservation
Program
Brunswick county of the Low
er Cape Fear Soil Conservation
District, now has an experienced
Soil Conservationist to assist the
farmers and landowners with their
drainage and other problems al
lied with soil conservation. Clif
ford D. Potter, a native of Okla
homa, arrived this week and has
opened his office in the tax build
ing near the courthouse.
Mr. Potter started with the
Soil Conservation people in An
son county in 1941. Soon after
wards he was called to the ser
vice and was in the army three
and a half years, two and a half
years of this time being spent
overseas.
Returning to the United Sta
tes in 1945 he resumed his work
in Anson county and was trans
ferred to Robeson county in 1946,
where he was located for thirteen
months until appointed conserva
tionist for this county.
Mr. Potter stated this week
that he expects to be in the
field, working with the land-own
ers most of the time. A little
later when he becomes familiar
with local conditions a limited
amount of time will be set aside
for office work, with regular
hours for such work to enable
the interested parties to more
| (Continued on page four)
Gilbert T. Reid
High Candidate
In Soil Voting
Brunswick County Farmers
Cast Ballots Last Week
For Election Of Three
Man Committee To Over
see Soil Program
OTHER MEMBERS
ALSO ELECTED
W. Claude Gore And Cor
bett Coleman Named To
Serve On Committee
With Winnabow
Man
Gilbert T. Reid, Winnabow
farmer and forester, was re-elect
ed a member of the Soil Con
servation Committee for Bruns
wick county in the Lower Cape
Fear District, at the Saturday
election. Mr. Reid's term is for
three years.
W. Claude Gore, Shallotte
farmer, was also elected, his term
being for two years. Cobett Cole
man, Waccamaw township farm
er, received the third place on
the board. He was elected for a
one year term.
This committee is scheduled to
meet early in January, at which
time they will elect one of their
number as chairman. This chair
man will automatically become a
member of the district board of
supervisors of the Lower Cape
Fear Soil Conservation District
and will work in conjunction with
the supervisors from the other
counties in the district.
The vote is said to have been
lighter than hoped for. Farmers
throughout the county were still
very busy, taking advantage of
the fine weather to finish harvest
ing their corn, potatoes and the
sowing of small grain.
P.-T. A. Meeting
Here Thursday
Monthly Meeting Of South
port Parent - Teacher
Group Held In HigJi
School Auditorium
The Southport Parent-Teacher
Association will start this week
to sponsor a recreation evening
each week at the Community
Building for the young people.
At a meeting of that organiza
tion on last Thursday night, Prin
cipal H. T. Sanders spoke of the
need for such a project and ac
tion was taken to begin the pro
gram immediately.
Mrs. Thompson McRacken, who
presided over the meeting, ap
pointed Mrs. Warren Hood chair
man of a committee to have this
project in charge. It was decided
to have the club open each Sat
urday night. Chaperones were ap
pointed for the first three Sat
urday evenings. Additional chap
erones will be appointed at each
P. T. A. meeting for the succeed
ing month.
Miss Ruth Patterson, county
Superintendent of Public Welfare,
was the speaker for the evening.
She told of the duties of her of
fice with special emphasis on
problems relating to children.
W. B. KEZIAH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
Seeing a lot of tobacco canvas
at the Shallotte Trading Com
pany, this week, brought about
the remainder that the beginning
of another crop season is not so
far off. Many tobacco growers
are at work on their plant beds
by Christmas. All of them try
to get their seed in the ground
as soon as possible after the new |
year comes.
Although the past two weeks |
of clear weather have permitted,
a great many Brunswick farmers J
to sow grain, finish digging their !
potatoes and the job of harvest- j
ing the corn crop, there is still ,
a tremendous lot of work to Be ;
done. Hardly more than half the1
big corn crop has been gathered,
some potatoes are still undug and1
a lot of grain remains to be
planted. This condition is espe- 1
cially true on the rich, heavy
farming lands of Waccamaw .
township. Many corn fields there,
are still too wet and mirey to,
permit trucks to go in and hauli
out the corn crop. . I
Our friend, Oakland Smith,
Waccamaw township man who is
very hard of hearing, said the
other day that it would be in
teresting to find out the number
of deaf people in the county.
That might be so, but the aver
age deaf or hard-of-hearing man
has no desire to be considered in
any way different from another
human being. Some of them are
no dumber than a lot of other
people who find it difficult to
talk to them.
James F. King, Supply-Bolivia
boy who graduated from the
Southport high school last spring
and immediately enlisted in the
army, has been spending a ten
days leave with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. King, near Sup
ply. He was accompanied home
by his friends, Charles J. Math
eny, of Ohio, also in the army
and stationed at Ft. Eustis, Va.
Earl Bellamy, Shallotte High
school teacher and coach, says he
is very much pleased at the
spirit of sportsmanship that he
has seen among the school teams
thus far.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. .Ed
( Continued on page Two)
Telephone Manager Brings
Officials Here For Visit
O. G. Bain, Manager Of Wilmington Office, Always
Brings Company Visitors To Southport
When O. G. Bain, manager of
the Wilmington District of the
Southern Bell Telephone and Tele
graph Company, has somebody
worth while calling on him it is
his good, old fashioned custom
to bring the visitors to South
| port.
Monday, in accordance with the
, custom of the telephone execu
tives to visit other districts, E.
A. Clement, Raleigh District
manager, and W. T. Gillham man
ager of the Atlanta office, were
in Wilmington with Mr. Bain.
Mr. Bain's glowing argument
that the party should visit South
port was warmly received. They/
came down and had sidewalk in
| terviews, and in addition engag
ed in informal discussions in re
gard to hunting, sport fishing,
commercial fishing and shrimp
ing with Paul Fodale, James
Arnold, Prince O'Brien who want
ed golf for his part, and others.
Mr. Gillham appeared especially
interested in finding out why
Southport people or someone else
with ' an eye to a wonderful busi
ness venture had never built a
hotel here. "You won't have to
depend on just summer resort
business," said he. "With hunting,
fishing, tourist travel, yachtsmen
business, etc., your hotel, if you
build one, will have good year
round business.
Shrimp Trawlers Install
Ship-To-Shore Telephones
Visiting Bishop
Likes Southport
Seeing Southport for the first
time yesterday and liking tile
place so well, ttie Rt. Rev. Ar
thur R. McKinstry, Bishop of
| Delaware and a resident of Wil
I mington, Delaware, said that he
j might return here soon for a
i more prolonged stay.
The distinguished eastern
churchman is now spending
some t'\ne at Charleston for
his health. Yesterday he drove
to Southport for a visit with
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Smith. He
was a classmate with Mr. Smith
at Kemyon College, Gambler,
Ohio] a little over SO-years ago.
Examination For
Rural Carrier
Civil Service Commission
Announces Receipt Of
Applications For Job Of
Rural Mail Carrier From
Supply Postoffice
The United States Civil Ser
vice Commission has announced
an examination to fiil the position
of rural carrier at Supply. The
examination will be held at Wil
mington and recipt of applications
will close on January 15. The
date of examination will be stat
jed on admission cards mailed to
applicants after the closing date.
I The salary of a rural carrier
Ion a standard daily route of 30
I miles is $2020 a year, with an
(additional $20 a mile a year for
leach mile or major fraction there
of in excess of 30 miles. Salaries
i on routes of shorter length or
[of less frequent service are .pro
I portionately lower. A rural car
rier serving one tri-weekly route
I shall be paid a salary on the
i basis of a route one-half "the
| length of the route served by him.
A rural carrier serving two tri
weekly routes shall be paid a
salary on the basis of a route
one-half the combined length of
, the two routes. ' All rural carriers
. must furnish and maintain at
their own expense all necessary
j vehicle equipment for the prompt
handling of the mails, but they
are allowed an equipment main
tenance of 6 cents a mile on the
basis of the daily mileage sche
duled (this amount of $549 per
year for a 30-mile route). They
are permitted to use motor ve
hicles, but are required to furnish
sufficient equipment to handle
postal business properly.
Rural carriers shall be promot
ed successively at the beginning
of the quarter following one
year's satisfactory service in each
grade to the next higher grade
(Continued on Page Six>
Material Being
Bought For Hut
Site Selected And Building
Material Being Delivered
For Erection Of Ameri
can Legion Hut At Shal
lottc
The Shallotte Post American
Legion is having material deliv
ered this week for the construc
tion of their new hut. The build
ing committee, composed of R.
"D. White, H. B. Usher, Ernest
Parker, Billy Russ and Odell Wil
liamson, chairman states that
they expect construction work to
start very soon.
The lot, acquired from LeRoy
Mintz, is on Route 1?, just east
(Continued on pag? 4)
Additional Craft Of South- i
port Shrimping Fleet In- 1
stalled These Facilities
During Past Few Days
ADVANTAGES OF
PHONES IMPORTANT
May Help Guide Other
Boats To Areas Where
Shrimp Are Being
Found, May Also Re
port And Trouble
That Developes
Several more Southport shrimp j
trawlers were outfitted with the !
ship to shore phones during the
past week. For the most part
these small boats have limited
range in their outfits, as most or
the phones have five watt power,
which gives them a good range ]
up to about 200 miles.
When a trawler is out and !
strikes good fishing, even if there
is no other trawler in many
miles, the catch is usually known
as shore within &,f,ew minutes
after it W made. The otiw?* boat*, j
which may be operating on un- >
profitable grounds, also learn of
it in short order.
One of the biggest advantages
of the phones is in addition to the
news that thpy can spread of j
good fishing. If - a boat meets!
with an pccident or gets into |
trouble it can instantly call the*
Coast Guard or call another boat
to its aid. , i
Ranging trom tne low watt'
phones with ranges of 200 miles
ample for the trawlers, there are
several craft engaged in the
fishing industry with powerful
ship-to-shore phones. The Plaxco
and the Brunswick, converted
minesweepers of the Brunswick
Navigation company, have 75
watt phones that gives them a
talking radius extending from
coast to coast.
It may be significant that W.
T. Gillham, of the Atlanta office,
twas in Southport Monday for the
(purpose of conducting a survey to
determine if there is a present
need for shore central office in
connection with the expansion of
this new service.
No Development
In Raftery Case
? ? ? ?
Leland Man Beaten, Bound
And Robbed By Stick-Up
Men At Home At Leland
Tuesday Night Of Last
Week
I Brunswick county officers have
'made no announcement regarding
j their efforts to apprehend the
| three or more men who held up
and robbed Jimmie Raftery, own
er of the R. & S. Amusement
shows, at his home near the
Brunswick River bridge last
week.
Mr. Raftery lost upwards of
$1,500 in cash which he had in
his home ar.d jewelry said to be
worth a ?still larger sum.
The amusement company went
into its winter quarters across the
;road from the Raftery home two
| weeks ago. Tuesday night Mr.
j Raftery and his sister-in-law,
!Mrs. Hedgecock, were eating sup
| per in the kitchen of the home.
|Mr. Raftery went to the front
idoor in response to a ring and
iwas confronted by an armed man
jwho told him it was a stick-up
iand ordered him back into the
| house. This first man was mask
: ed. He admitted a second man
who was unmasked through the
kitchen door and both Mr. Raf
tery and Mrs. Hedgecock were
I bound and gagged. Mr. Raftery
was struck over the head several
| times with a blackjack in an ef
(Continued on page four)
Plan Community
Christmas Party
On December 24
Mr?. Helen Bragaw Head
ing Movement Which
Will Be Community- Wide
Celebration On Christapa
Eve
COLLECT PRESENTS
FOR ALL CHILDREN
Festivities Will Be Held
Around Lighted Outdoor
Tree Located On Lawa
Of Brunswick Coun
ty Courthouse
Southport people are making
plans to provide a real community
Christmas for all white children
in this vicinity from one to ten
years of age. Approximately 300
presents have already been donat
ed for the purpose, together with
a nice sum of money. --
The party will be held on lite
courthouse lawn. The town haa
agreed to decorate and light ott
of the cedar trees near the Epis
copal church for the purpose. The
lights and decorations will Iw
kept on during the holiday*
Hours for the party are from 4
to 6 o'clock Christmas Eve. It i*
very much desired that all of the
small children be present during
these hours. Parents and friends
are asked to please bring theni.
Individuals or business people
who are interested in making
donations of either money or
presents may contact Mrs. HeMft
Bragaw, who is leading the mote
ment with a number of other
ladies assisting.
Mrs. Bragaw says it is esti
mated that approximately 300
children of the one to ten year
age live in the town and conP
munity for a reasonable distance.
All of these are invited to atten4
the tree festivities and all may
be assured of receiving a present.
It is urged that friends and thoef
having knowledge of childrra
who may not receive much af
Christmas make a special person
al effort lo see that these little
folks are present at the tree
and party.
Methodist Church
Plans Full Day
ChristmAs Celebration Will
Feature Service* At Trin
ity Methodist Church:
Cantata To Be Presented
Sunday, December 21st, will* be
a full day at Trinity Methodist
church according to announce ??
ment of the pastor last Sunday:
Beginning with the Church
school hour at 10 o'clock, tha
children's division of the churcM
school will " fender the worMp
program. This work is in charge
of Mrs. C. G. Ruark, Mrs, U' W
Hayman and Miss Barbfcrit
Weeks. ?r? > c
At 11 o'clock, the pastor ! wtl
preach the Christmas sermon and
the choir will render approximate
music for the occasion.
The day's program will b?
climaxed by the Christmas can
tata given by Trinity Church
choir at 7:30 o'clock. The eiUifff
evening's program will be undsir
direction of the committee on
music, Mrs. Dallas Pigott, Mrt.
J. W. Ruark and Mrs. J. M. Her
per. and the eighteen voices In
the choir. The decorations in the.'
church will be in keeping wiUi
the season.
During the week preceding
Christmas, the various divisions
of the church and the youth work
will feature programs.
Shallotte Will "
Sponsor Contest
Christmas Lighting Contest
For That Community Ex
pected To Encourage
Home ? Owners In Holi
day Decorations
Encouraging the Christmas
Spirit, the Shallotte town offi
cials are sponsoring a Christmas
tree contest in the homes .Sit
Shallotte and also including, tbe
area from the Woodrow Rusf
filling station to the town limit*
on the east and to the Becqlag
Sellers residence on the west....
First, second and third
are being offered, these priae*. if
be awarded by a committee, , at
three from outside the town. In
order to have a tree eligible far
competition the home-owner must
list it with the town clorkrhot
later than noon on December.
Town officials point to the. tk ?t
that it is necessary that alftjfiji
be listed before the above tlnje
in order that the judgA if
range their inspection route
trees will be judged on the
at December 23rd.