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^ Pilot Cover? ^nswick County THE STATE PORT PILOT Most of The Newt All The Time csssen A Good Newspaper In A Good Community = 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, January 14th. 1948 ? published every Wednesday fi^o per yea* smanship Is tipal Theme [Banquet Here IthverSt Coaches, Prin Ll, And Other Offici Attend Enjoyable Monday Evening | to Promote better feeling placed Upon Value [citizenship Training J Well As Physical ?Development Angle :baU players from all of js m the county, coach ipals. members of local committees and members aunty board of education : a banquet at the Com Center Building in South fcndav evening. L purpose of the meeting , lav the groundwork for ;ir understanding and to d good sportsmanship be piayers representing the J scliools. pring thetr evening of fun rod fellowship there was r present who doubted that strides had been taken to |!hi? end. ?pai H. T. Sanders of port presided as toastmas- j presented the Rev. L. D. i m for the invocation. There ri a round of introductions, acti one taking part by in pg the person to his right. ; this period a welcome was M by Miss Linda Hickman Bthport. with response by Kose Marie Holden of Shal k all guests had been serv ie toastmaster presented p Superintendent J. T. Den l?ho made an appropriate) Bition of the purpose of the j tg and outlined a few of j joais which school officials! i will be attained. [ toastmaster then introduc ing M. Harper, Jr., editor Se State Port Pilot, who I a brief talk on "A Well Ked Athletic Program." Hej ti out tfiat. lntei scholastic , etition is more than just a' af team strength and is of | b benefit than the mere' ol development which comcs ! players. Perhaps the great unefit derived by the boys prls from athletic competi ?ccording to the speaker, from lessons learned in self ?i, in dicipline and in good manshlp. lowing this talk, the meet tu turned over to Principal r Freeman, of Waccamaw, directed a pleasant recrea Kssion which left all guests gay and pleasant mood. SritfNewt Flashtt mxc. IX CUBA b. Lou H. Smith and Missj ? Mac Woodside left this; | for Miami. From there they j ieave by plane for Cuba,1 R they will spent some time., HLOTTK ALDERMAN' ' R. H. Holden has recently appointed to the board of' (?n at Shallotte, succeeding j T White, who resigned. ? AT BOLIVIA Rthport basketball teams will j I Friday night at Bolivia in j ?br games on the county | (* schedule. ?CH PAINTED ?cord Methodist church at Py has recently received a 1 Wat of paint and is now rating an attractive appear r____ : Ns POSITION George Stevens has resign i*r position as stenographer Frink and Herring and has f to Wilmington, where her j*"'1 is employed. Mrs. Lenny fwcceeds her in the law of f here. ktFlT L-.. SVPPER No i of the Womans 1 JWary Society, of Southport] J* church. Is sponsoring a j barbecue supper at the Building Friday night of *wk. Supper will be served .15 to 8 ,/clock. The proceeds "th? church building fund. ^RINTS ready *?andnr r. d. White, Jr., Shallotte Post American ?? sail I this week that the , for the new Legion Hut arriv..,i. Some of the ma i ^ I'ecn placed on the, ^ the construction work] as soon as possible. RAISING BEEF CATTLE LIVESTOCK?During the past few years there has been a increasing interest in growing livestock in Brunswick county, and it is no longer any strange sight to see a white-face calf at almost any farm. With year-round grazing established as a prac tical possibility, it is likely that one of the trends in diversified farming as a result of reduced tobacco acreage may be an increase in the production of beef cattle in Brunswick. Menhaden Boat Gifford Destroyed By Fire Sunday Fire Of Unknown Origin Discovered During Early Morning Hours And Boat Cut Free Of Dock At Fish Factory ACTION CREDITED WITH SAVING LOSS ?__ Had Flames Reached Dock And Buildings of Factory Fire Of Tremendous Damage Undoubted ly Would Have Resulted ?? ?- ? v Fire of unknown origin origina ting in the crews quarters com pletely destroyed the menhaden boat Gifford, of the Brunswick Navigation Company, early Sun day morning. There had been no one aboard the boat for several hours, according to all informa tion. . ? The ship was one of the lar gest and best belonging to the company. No information is avail able as to its value. Other ships belonging to the j company were all at their dock. on the river in Southport. With | crowded conditions there the Gif ford, last boat to come in and go up to the factory shortly after noon Saturday, tied up at the factory dock for the week end. Sunday morning the factory watchman making his rounds dis covered that the boat was on fire. He gave the alarm and the ves? sel was cut lose from the dock and pushed out into the stream, where it continued to burn. But j for this prompt action the fac-| tory, machinery and finished ma-1 terial would have also been de- j stroyed. The dock is immediately alongside the main factory build ing and the timbers are thorough ly soaked with oil. Both the dock and factory would i have burned like tinder if the i fire had reached them. Dr. Waggette To Head Collection | Pastor Of New Hope And Southport Presbyterian [ Churches Will Be In | Charge Of Clothing Drive Appointment of Dr. J. M. Wag gette, Southport, as chairman of the overseas relief drive of Bruns wick county was announced to day by the North Carolina Coun cil of Churches, which is sponsor ing the statewide "Fill a Ship with Friendship" campaign, Jan uary 25-31. Rev. Dr. Waggette is one of 100 county chairmen who will or- ( ganize community collections through the state to gather cloth ing. bedding, shoes, and household] goods for shipment through; Church World Service, official | Protestant overseas relief agency, j To be packed for shipment, the | materials will go to New Wind sor, Md.. where the Church World! Service Center for this area is located. Oldest and largest of nine CWS Centers scattered throughout the United States, the New Windsor Center has a ca pacity for processing nearly a million pounds of relief supplies (Continued on page ttn) Women Excused From Jury List Of the 18 women whose | ?tames were called In December to serve on the jury at next | weeks term of criminal court, i 9 have presented themselves be fore Clerk of Court Sam T. j Bennett and were excused from serving. This leave? just half those i who were' drawn still on thp ? < list as possible jurors. Mr. Ben nett said .Monday that he an ticipated that more of them would ask to be excused before Monday. The clerk lacks the authority to excuse a male juror. He mast H[>peur before the judge with his request. Ill the case of women ?ho are drawn to serve the clerk can excuse them for any of several good reasons. This can be done before court convenes. Teachers Find People Helpful Several Efforts Have Been Made To Help Teachers Of Waccamaw School Recover Some Of Their Loss Suffered In Fire According to letters received by this paper, the teachers of the Waccamaw school are deeply ap preciative of the friendliness and help shown them by the folks of their school district, and especial ly by Southport teachers and stu dents. Some of these Waccamaw teachers lost practically all of their personal belongings in the fire that destroyed the teacher age in which they lived late in December. With teachers pay what it is, the loss was a severe one to some of them. In part they have been compensated by; finding out that their work lay among sympathetic people. And there has been a substantial show ing of this sympathy. One of the letters received this week from Waccamaw had the (Continued on page- four) Recorder Has Busy Session Numerous Cases Disposed Of Here Wednesday Be fore Judge W.J. McLamb In Brunswick County Re corder's Court Wednesday was a busy day in Brunswick county Recorder's court with numerous cases of routine'importance being disposed i of before Judge W. J. McLamb; | The following disposition was made of cases: Hollis Williamson, selling beer: on Sunday, $50.00 fine and costs ( and beer license revoked. Ten, days stay ordered. Johnnie Brinson, larceny, held for Superior court under $500.00 (Continued on page four) Find Navy Craft Well Suited For Shrimp Survey Southport Men Return From Inspection Trip To Woods Hole, Mass., Where They Examined Vessel Being Offered Free Of Charge CRAFT CARRIES MANY DEVICES Not Only Will Vessel And Equipment Be Loaned To State, Bat Certain ,r technical JSajsirfc i As Well W. S. Wells, chairman of the State Shrimp Survey Commission, and Louis Hardee, a member of the board, returned? home Satur day night frdm Woods Hole, Mass., where they went to ex amine an 85-foot craft that the Navy had offered for the shrimp ing survey, rent free. Both the local men say that they found the craft entirely suit able for the needs. It is already equipped with between $300,000 and $400,000 worth of scientific instruments, adapted for use in' carrying on the survey. The Navy j will also supply some of the tech nical men needed to handle these Instruments. It is planned to operate the survey on a 24-hour basis. At1 present the boat has bunks for I only 11 persons. Before it is brought here its sleeping quarters ' will be expanded to sleep 18 men, j the number that will be necessary j for around the clock work. The boat is expected to arrive; here in February and the survey work will get underway imme-1 diately. Beginning here, it will, cover those sections of the North Carolina coast where there arc1 any prospects of developing the, (Continued on page five) J Gore Is Named Chairman New Soil Committee Alto Represents Brunswick On Board Of District Supervisors Of Lower Cape Fear Soil Conserva tion District GILBERT T. REID IS VICE-CHAIRMAN This Group Affords Med ium Through Which Con tacts May Be Made With Soil Conserva tion Program Of County The recently elected soil con servation committee for Bruns wick county held its first meeting at Supply on January 5th, with Claude W. Gore, of Shallotte, be ing elected chairman; Gilbert T. Reid, Winnabow, vice-chairman and Corbett Coleman, Ash, se cretary. Mr. Gore, by virtue of his of fice as chairman of the county committee, becomes a member of the board of district supervisors for the Lower Cape Fear Soil Conservation District. He, with the district supervisors from the other three counties in the dis trict, Pender, Bladen and Colum bus, will represent the Lower Cape Fear District at the annual meeting of the state association, being held on Thursday and Fri day of this week in Winston-Sa lem. The county committee has the responsibility of representing the people of the county in develop ing and directing the soil con servation program. They provide a medium through which any agency, organization or individual interested in soil conservation can work. The committee met with J. J. j Hawes, representing the AAA; J. E. Dodson, the county agent, and H. M. Stott and Clifford D. Pot ter, representing the soil con servation service. At this meeting the committee made plans and set up soil conservation goals for this year. Trial Of Gause Again Continued , ? Judge Q. K. Nimocks Sets Trial For March Term And Orders Special Ven ire Of 100 Jurors For The Case The trial of Leon "Scooper" Gause, set to begin in the New Hanover Superior court today, was continued yesterday by Judge Q. K. Nimocks, upon the repre sentation of J. W. Ruark, one of the defendants attorneys, that he was ill and unable to conduct the defense. Judge Nimocks ordered the case continued until the March term of New Hanover court. Judge Nimocks ordered a special venir of 100 jurors to be present at that time, for the purpose of a jury being selected. Gause, on trial for his life for the slaying of H. Jim Williamson, Shallotte white farmer, is repre sented by Ruark and Ozmer L. Henry, Lumberton attorney. Soli citor Clifton Moore is assisted in (Continued on Page 'Five) Our ROVING .Reporter W. B. KEZIAH A check that should be in-1 teresting to a Jot of Brunswick county people because it means that the Waccamaw school teach-, erage can bc_ rebuilt, was deliver- ( ed to County Superintendent J.' T. Denning by James Harper of the Stevens Agency Monday. The check was for $27,000.00, full coverage of the Waccamaw fire loss. Before signing it and turn ing it over to Supt. of Schools. Mr. Denning said it was the big-j gest check he had ever handled. This was a claim we can easily believe. The check was from the! American Insurance Group, and1 the adjuster for this company and Mr. Harper visited, the scene of the fire and appraised the loss while the building was still smoul dering. Knowing that the school was amply protected, our personal sympathy has been with the teachers, who were uninsured and' who lost so much of their person- ! al belongings. A few days ago we met up, with Lloyd A. Phelps, young ex service man of Ash. He said that, while he was in the service The| State Port Pilot followed him all over the world. Things were not certain as to when it would ar rive, but if he missed two or three issues the missing numbers would always catch up with him, some, where or another. Among the many places he saw service he spent some time in India and he is now corresponding with a Hin du out there. Although he is already 011 a REA line, M. C. Gore, of Shal lotte, is more than pleased at the proposed extension of the service, since it will give him and other present users much power that they now find lacking. The pre sent transmission lines are un able to carry power to supply all of their needB. (Continued on page five) Brunswick Man Retires After 20 Years In Army i Spent Several Years As Bomber Pilot During World War II, Winding Up In B-29 Planes Master Sgt. Raleigh J. Canady has sort of grown tired of flying I around wit* the Army Air Corps.' This year he sought and obtained retirement on the 20-year service retirement plan. He first enlist ed in the army in 1928. He is a son of W. S. Canady. of Ash, with whom he is now liv ing. His wife, the former Miss (Evelyn Mintz, daughter of Mrs. Barden Mintz, is also a .native of Ash. She is said to have be come even more tired of the air service than her husband. In fact, it was largely due to her desire to return to Brunswick county that her husband retired. During his 20 years in service, the Master Sgt. spent over 9 years overseas. In the infantry and stationed in Hawaii for a long time, he came home And was assigned for training in the air corps. Following this training he was stationed at Baringreen Field, Porto Rico, in 1941 and was there as a full fledged bomber pilot when the Japs attacked Pearl Harbor and war was im mediately declared. Sent to Central America, he re ceived slight wounds and also the air medal and citation. Concern ed with various matters relative to the Japanese until 1943, he was sent home to attend a B-29 school In Seattle. Wash. From there he was tushed to Guam with the 21st Bomber Command and remained with this outfit un til hostilities ended in 1945. He since then has been stationed at Eglin Field, Fla. In an interview this week the Master Sgt. stated that one pain ful tiling to him was that very few of the buddies with whom he started serving in the 21st Bom ber Command ever came home. They cashed in one by one on various missions. Record Number Of Cases Set For Trial Next Week Solve Mystery Of Church Bell Two matters pertaining to I the big bronze bell which re- I cently was lowered from the j steeple of Southport Baptist church have been cleared up. Mrs. Annie K. Vitou report? that the French Company who donated the bell wan a Wilming ton concern whose head was the grandfather of one ?f her brothers-in-law. This firm was in the gener.'.l merchandise and hardware business at what now is the Saunders Drug Store site. As to the appearance of the painted initial* "H. L. D?" Mrs. Harry DosJier repo rte that her late husband hel|>ed to paint the church several years ago, and that while working about the steeple he left his Inscription upon the bell. Maco Resident Passes At Home Warren Walker Skipper Died Friday Morning Fol lowing Period Of Failing Health; Funeral Friday ? Warren Walker Skipper, 43 year-old resident of the Maco community and employee of the Virginia Carolina Chemical com pany at Navassa for many years, died at his home early Friday morning. He had been in bad health for some time. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Farmer's Chapel church with Rev. W. G. Phelps and Rev. Fred J Kelly in charge. Burial was in j the Skipper cemetery. Active pallbearers were Timo thy Corbett, Daniel Thompson, James Skipper, Leon Peterson, E. J. Skipper, Jr., and Ira Jacobs. Honorary pallbearers were D. L. Mercer, Troy Brown, Daniel ,Pot (Continued on page five) Mrs. Bragaw To Head Red Cross Named Tuesday To Succeed j Miss Annie May Wood-, side As Chairman Of Brunswick County Chap-1 ter Mrs. Helen G. Bragaw was ap pointed chairman of the Bruns wick County Chapter, American Red Cross this week. She suc ceeds Miss Annie Mae Woodslde. who has been chairman since the death of the late J. Berg some years ago. Miss Woodside tendered her resignation owing to the fact that? much of her time is now spent' in traveling. This fact prevented her from giving as much time to' the duties as formerly, and not wishing to hamper the work of| the organization she resigned. | Mrs. Bragaw, during her eight, or nine years of residence in Brunswick county, has been very! active in all phases of civic work, j With a deep interest in the Red Cross and its work those who know her feel that the chair-1 manship will be in capable and active hands. Mrs. Grace Ruark continued her work as executive secretary of the organization, with office! in the Taylor law office, building. Majority Of Case* Schedul ed For Trial Are Of Min or Importance, But Three Of Them Charge Defen dant With Murder CAPTAIN CONWAY CASE MAY BE TRIED Many Cases Being Tried As Result Of Appeals Taken F rom Recorder Court I Or On Request For Jury Trial Something of a record is being established for next week's Urm of Superior Court in the number of criminal cases docketed for trial. Up to the beginning of the week a total of 63 eases were on the docket and Clark of Court Sam T. Bennett ia? * 'J/Mf. witb'r his ten years experience there have never been more than 40 cases on the docket of any term. Assistant Clerk B. J. Holden. with several more years of ex perience in the office, likewise says that he has never before known more than 40 criminal cases to be docketed for any one term. Three murder cases are on the docket, one of them of long stand ing and with the defendant, a negro, never having been taken. Also held for trial is Edward I. | Conway, superintendent of the j Brunswick River ship lay-in basin, whom a coroner's jury ordered Iheld In connection with the death [of Sheriff John White. The other | murder case set for trial is that of James Kaiser, who is accused of the killing of another negro, i Richard Munson. at Navassa ten I days ago. Ranking highest in the number of offenses are charges of drunken driving. Thirteen defendants are due to face trial on this charge. Cases of assault loom next with 12 defendants to come up on this charge. All of these cases in Superior court are a result of the defendants having taken an, appeal from the findings of the, Recorders court, or from having ? demanded a jury trial when their case came up there. An appeal for a jury trial In Recorder's Court automatically sends a case up to Superior court. What next week lacks in im portant cases will be more than made up for in the increased number scheduled to be called. Judge Q. K. Nimocks of Fayette ville will preside at the term (Continued on page five) Town Creek Man Dies Here Sunday Walter Donnie Watson Laid To Rest In Benton Ceme tery Following Services Monday Afternoon i Walter Oonnie Watson, a resi dent of Town Creek township, died here In the Dosher Memorial Hos pital Sunday afternoon. He was 44 years old. Burial was held at the Benton cemetery near Leland Monday af ternoon following funeral services by the Rev. Walter Phelps. Active pallbearers were Pen Benton, Colan Mintz. Robert Ben ton, Frank Watson, Donald Skip per and C. B. Skipper. Mr. Watson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary M. Watson; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Mintz, and a son, W. D. Watson; four brothers, Ed Watson, of Bolton; Dillion, Hadley and Maco Watson all of Town Creek townsklp. March Of Dimes Drive Here Will. Begin Thursday Rev. Herbert M. Baker, Pastor O fSouthport Bap-, tist Church, will Head 1948 Drive For Bruns wick County COUNTY QUOTA IS SET AT $1,700.00 Review Of Activities During Paat Year Reveals That Patients From Bruns wick Have Been Benefitted A total of ?1427.32 was spent to combat Infantile paralysis in Brunswick county last year by the Brunswick County Chapter of the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation, according to Rev. H. M. Baker, 1948 director of the "March of Dimes" campaign. n>is year's "March of Dimes" campaign begins on January 15 and continues through January 31. The goal for Brunswick coun ty this year is $1700.00. Last year's expenditures In cluded $881.32 spent for medical treatment and purchase of vari ous types of braces for Bruns wick county residents who have had polio. Besides this amount already paid out some $942.00 more remains to be paid on bills Just recently received in connec-. tlon with treatment given some Brunswick County patients. Dur-, ing the past year $546.00 was spent by the local chapter in. payment of Brunswick county's share of the expense in providing a special department at James. Walker Hospital for the care and treatment of polio patients. Brunswick county patients bene fiting from the March of Dime! last year include: Kirk Thompsoo of Supply, Billie Mae Edwards of Bolivia, Marshril Long, Jr. o?_ Ash, Brenda Kae Mints of Le land and Ronnie Clemmons of. Supply. A three-fold approach is being used In the campaign for polio this year. J. T. Denning is chair man of the campaign through the schools. In this campaign "Thdlvi dual cards are being issued to every school-child. These cards contain holders for five dimes. A. C. Caveness is chairman of the campaign for the colored schools in the county. A special appeal is being made for free will offerings In all of the different churches in the county and the various, civic groups arc being asked to' help in this important campaign.! Attractive posters and special coin receptacles are being placed! In strategic stores in every com munity in the county. . " Timber Growing Proves Its Worth Demonstration On Riley Clemmons Land Clearly Prove* Practical Value Of Producing Pines In This County A twenty-five year old timber growing demonstration on thfe farm of Riley D. Clemmons, of Supply, was ended this week with a final report from E. W. Gra ber, chief of the North Carolina Extension Forestry Service. The report was compiled from data furnished by R. H. Page, assist ant extension forester, and J. E. Dodson, extension agent for Brunswick. The two ani a half acres of land used was valued at less than $10.00 per acre when Its im poverished ccndltion caused it to be taken out of cultivation 23 years ago. Mo trees were plant ed. Time and nature were allow ed to take their course?nature being given a little assistance by seeing that (.11 fires were kept from the wcods that began to spring up a/ter a year or so. The final jutting of timber from the tract was made a few weeks ago. The li.nd is now ready to go back into cultivation, several times richer than when It was taken out. Summing uj, of all the timber sales show that it has paid all taxes on the lani! paid interest on the value of the land at the rate of Bix per cent [.er year and $6.22 per acre per year in the way of rental for the land dur ing the 25 years the crop was ia the making. Other demonstration! like the one above are being carried on at the Governor Russell Plantation at Wlnnabow, by D. L Mercer, Bolivia; C. A. Russ, Shallotte, and J. R. Mintz, near Griiisettowo. They promise equally good r^ suits. During the Riley Clemmow demonstration, In addition to tht returns from the timber (Continued on page five) '