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fl,e Pilot Covers Lnswiek County ^SIXTEEN NO. 41 THE STATE PORT PILOT Most of 1 ne News All The Time A Good Newspaper In A Good Community 6-PACES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, January 21, 1948 fugusHED every wednesdai ?ij? per yea? tsvvick Farm Leau Elects Ifard President B-ood Farmer And E?e? Man Again Ejs Strong County Or Kation Of Farmers It DELEGATES W to CONVENTION I Organization Now lLrs 482 Members R Are Enthusiastic ? Over Program Of This Group I Brunswick County Farm r meeting at Supply Thurs Etit was well attended with II per cent of the 482 mem Insert L?st >'ear the or" ton had ??"! members. Se B, j. J. Hawes states that I-. ?rs present at the ty night meeting was a Epresentative tx*ly of citi" l o: all sections of the Lrs elected for the year K. toni T. Ward, incumbent, Er j J. Hawes. incum ? secretary-treasurer. Six di L Were elected, one from ?:;?nship. these are Jackson Winnabow: Charles W. t Leland: George Earl Co.".. Supply: W. Ernest End. Ash: C. Frank Lennon, E: and Elroy King, Free-1 L the State Convention at Asheville February Kveral delegates and alter-I Itere elected to attend and Lrt Brunswick. These are: ? Williams, delegate, Elroy j I alternate: Earl Thompson, l:e J. J. Hawes, alternate; ? 1 Brown, delegate, Carl1 Bird. alternate: Jackson B. Ir delegate, Sylvanus L. Pur Icerrate: W. Ernest Stana I elegate. Mannon C. Gore, t:e: Charles W. Harvell, k Paul Brown, alternate. It general discussion the fcrs were united m praise of i Ionization and its power for1 I In this county, as every I the Farm Bureau is strong fesbers, strong in leadership, fe.th a united front to fight1 Ik rights of each farmer to j v- his share of the national j I ir ages." said Mr. Hawes ; I American farmer has been , feast poorly organized pro- ? I in the country. Today, I fe to the Farm Bureau or-! fet:or. with its millions of fers. he has a voice and a j fes hand for better living." ; I litfNewi Flashd ?W)tS OPERATION W. R. Bomberger of; irt underwent an operation - U. S. Naval hospital in | w. Md., Monday. CRN FROM BOSTON and Mrs. Paul Fodale and a have returned home from t ?week's visit to relatives in Mass. ?S TO >1EET i regular weekly session of; SouthfNjrt Lions Club will <i at the Community Cen ifcling tomorrow (Thursday) o'clock. "OMt ON VISIT and Mrs. E. B. Bronson, of Alabama, spent part of *Wk heie with relatives, from here to visit Mrs. brother, Frank St. at Moultrieville, -S. C. USDIXU ship *?r White, seaman second ? the Navy and son of ' "hite, of Leland, is serv ?'?rd the landing ship USS sow operating with the am fortes of the Atlantic moves "wi Mrs Harry T. Sanders Iovf'l from their apartment ,rs m the J. W. Thompson w the house 011 the corner and Lord St. formerly w hy the Doshers. \ MEETING Romans Missionary Union ?^"'P Conference will be M Antioch Baptist church ?c'?ck in the afternoon on ' 27, according to an J0* ''f Mrs. Martin B. i ^ v* M. U. superintendent, -efewe.i in tins work arc to attend. HELP FOR THE NEEDY SHOES THAT FIT are something new to these Greek boys. Through American gifts these necessities have arrived. The overseas relief drive to be held in Brunswick county beginning next week will make pos sible scenes like this in Europe and Asia. Good Year Reflected In Waccamaw Bank Report Capital Accounts At End Of Year Over Million Dollar Mark According To Review Of Operations LOCAL OFFICERS ARE RE-ELECTED Prince O' Brien Re-Elected Cashier Southport Branch, Mrs. Rachel Corlette Assistant; J. E. Cook At Shallotte The 23rd annual stockholders meeting of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company was held in the banking room of the White-! ville office of the bank Friday j afternoon. K. Clyde Council of, W?D?mtsh, president of the insti-: tution, presided at the meeting in which more than 90 per cent of j the 200 stockholders were repre-1 sented In person or by proxy. J. N. Coburn of Whitevllle, ex ecutive vice president, reported a successful year's operation. Net earnings after taxes and reserves amounted to $5.10 per share, of which $1.50 was distributed to stockholders, in dividends during the year. At the end of the year, capital accounts for the bank to taled ' $1,008,027.21, or $50.40 per share. In reviewing operations for 1947, Mr. Coburn reported that loans reached an all-time high of $5,257,704.16 during the Sum mer period. He called attention to the wide diversity of loans which the bank made to meet the varied credit- needs of customers. "I believe our record is unique! in this area in that at various! times our note case has held loans secured by pickles, chick ens. turkeys, bulbs, flowers and honey bees, as well as buggies I and airplanes," Mr. Coburn com mented. He referred to the broad services offered by the bank and' added that, "Since the establish ment of our trust department, the Waccamaw Bank is the only in-j stitution ever to offer complete banking service in Columbus County, and in many bf the other areas served by the bank." In a brief review or some of the history of the institution, ? Mr. | Coburn pointed out that the bank has given special attention to small personal loans since 1926. The first FHA loan was made by' the bank In 1936, and since 1939 a large volume of automobile and other installment credit has been handled. I During the past year, remodel ing and enlarging the Whiteville quarters were practically com (Continued on page four) Appreciation Of Gift Expressed Gracious Letters Received Here From Members Of Waccamaw School Fac ulty Who Suffered Loss By Fire Tins week Principal H. T. San-1 tiers received a letter, addressed I to "The Southporl School Faculty and People of Southport" and signed by every member of tlic | Waccamaw school faculty who j lived in the teacherage. It is printed here in order that the general public may understand that the Waccamaw teachers are I appreciative of the gestures of sympathy that haVfe been made towards them. J The text of the letter is as j (continued on pags two) Note In Bottle Makes Good l ime A bottle ? dropped overboard in the Carribean on May 26, 1947, made good time in going to a good place. It was found the last of the past September by Mrs. L. C. McSwain, Route 3, High Point, at a point op posite her cottage at Holden's Beach. The bottle contained the mime and address of F. M. Jones, Portsmouth, Vs. Mrs. McSwain's daughter wrote Jones, detailing the finding of the bottle. After some delay, as he was at sea, Miss M (Swain has heard from Jones with further information regarding his put ting tho 'bottle overboard. In formation is not available as to the distance, but the bottle undoubtedly traveled fast and far to put up at Holden's Beach. Patrolman To Go To Bolivia Patrolman Morrison Cum mings Being Transferred From Leland To Per manent Station At Bolivia State Highway Patrolman Mor rison Cummings, stationed at Le land along with Patrolman J. C. Taylor for the past several months, is being transferred to Bolivia and will- move his family to the J. A. Elmore cottage, two miles east of that place. Although the commercial traf jfic on Route 74 is much greater than on Route 17, tourists have been using No. 17 as a speedway and throughfare for reckless driv ing, and much stronger policing on this road is necessary. The present set up is for the Patrol men at Whiteville and Patrolman Taylor at Leland to look after 74. Patrolman Taylor also handles the upper end of Route 17. With Patrolman J. C. Pierce at Shallotte, Cummings at Bolivia and Taylor at Leland, Route 17 (Continued on page five) Commissioners In Session Monday i Court Monday Rush Had Members Of Board Of County Commissioned Snowed Under With Bus iness Monday Although the transaction of business was somewhat compli cated by the court crowd here Monday, members ? o? the board of county commissioners gave final approval to but four mat ters. A total of $19.00 was added to grants for disbursement through the welfare department. Mrs. Ona Redwine was relieved of $100.00 valuation on personal property for 1947 taxes due to error in listing. % I C. P. Willetts was relieved of $1795.00 valuation due to double listing. The county attorney was or dered to proceed with foreclosure proceedings in 23 tax suits ^ in j Northwest township. Of this num-1 ber. a total of 13 are involved ill settlement of estates. I Valuable Hound Lost By Rabies A fine deer hound belonging to F. M. Norris, Brunswick man who resides near Wampee, S. C., went mad last week and before it could be killed it is reported to have bitten several other good dogs in the community. Some other farm animals are also reported to have been bitten by the dog, but no verification or details are available. Revision Made In Practices In Soil Plan Payments To North Caro lina Farmers For Compli ance With Soil Building Program Will Be Less Than Last Year TOTAL OF 17 ARE STILL ON LISTI Most Of Those Formerly Carried Out By Farmers In This County Includ ed In Program With the U. S. Department of I Agriculture calling for continued [ high production in 1948 North1 Carolina farmers are faced with additional difficulties this year in conserving and building up the fertility of their soils, according to G. T. Scott, chairman of the Production and Marketing Admin istration State Committee. Though the State's farmers have never been able to carry out in any year all of the soil con servation practices recommended by technical experts, they will re ceive this year less than half as muci. Federal aid as they re ceived in previous years for con serving practices under the Agri cultural Conservation Program, Scott said. Seventeen practices are approv ed for the 1948 ACP for North Carolina compared with 23 in the 1947 program. Even though the 17 soil-saving practices in the 1948 program in clude most of the major practices used by North Carolina farmers in past years, Scot points out (Continued on page four) Stockholders To Meet During June Change Made In Annual Meeting For Members Of Brunswick Rural Elec tric Membership Corpora tion At the last special meeting of1 the board of directors of the Brunswick REA in Shallotte ap proval was given an amendment j to the by-laws, providing for the | annual meeting to be held the1 Wednesday following the second' Sunday in June, the first such meeting falling on Wednesday,; June 9th, this year.' Heretofore the annual meetings have been held on the second' Sat-j urd&y in July. This date was very | unsatisfactory to many of the members and officers, who de the meeting, which was chiefly devoted to plans for the big ex pansion of the service, which is hoped will get underway shortly. (Continued On Page 5) | Final Approval Given Bids For REA Power Line Washington Officials Of REA Approve Low Bid Submitted By Wilming ton Concern For Big Pro ject In Two Counties HOPE TO START WORK IMMEDIATELY About 400 Miles Will Be Added To Distribution Lines In Two Counties At Cost Of Million Dollars THe construction of 400 miles of new transmission and distribu tion electric lines in Brunswick and Columbus counties by the REA is expectcd to start witlrn the next few days, according to E. D. Bishop, manager of Bruns wick Rural Electric Membership Corporation office at Shallotte. Final approval for the construc tion of these lines Was given in Washington this past week by J. K. O'Shaughnessy, chief of the REA and Wm. H. Grove, re gional head. Bids for labor from the 7,. A. Sneeden's Sons, of Wil mington, were carried to the above officials In Washington by Superintendent Bishop after they had been approved by local of ficials of the unit. The Sneeden's Sons contracts call for the clearing of the rights of way and the erection of the poles. The REA office at Shal lotte will follow up this work by its own workmen stringing the wires. Two hundred and forty miles of the new lines are to be built in Columbus County and 160 miles will be in Brunswick. However, 25 or more of the miles credited to Columbus will be transmission lines carrying cur rent to Brunswick for distribu tion. Nearly a million dollars, or to be -exact $998,000.00, is involved In the REA expansion project in the two counties. This money is already available and has been waiting for some time until labor contracts reached a figure that could be considered. Durmg the past two or three years all bids are said to have been too high. Added to this, material that was necessary has not been available. The expansion, much of which it is hoped will be completed this year, will make electric current available to thousands of new us ers in the two counties. In addi tion, much of the overload that the REA has been carrying will be lifted and old users will have additional current available for the operation of motors and vari ous electrical equipment. Murder Suspect To High Court James Kiser, Navassa Neg ro, Sent To Superior i Court By Recorder W. J. McLamb Last Week The regular routine of Bruns- ] wick county Recorder's court was changed Wednesday when a man charged with murder was brought before Judge W. J. McLamb. He was James Kiser, and probable cause was found, the defendant (Continued on page four) \V. B. KEZIAH Our Reporter Writing that he hopes we will, think of him when we catch a j big bass with a minnow that is; caught in the trap that he was j sending us, Walter Horvath of: New York City sent us an honest I to-goodness minnow trap this J week. It was the real thing, a | trap of the kind we have been | wanting for the past seven years. I Mr. and Mrs. Horvath were here, with us for five days just after j Christmas. Raymond Camp on the i New York times sent them down.' They both took a liking .to South port. Mr. Horvath says he hopes' to get down again the latter part1 of February. The other day we rode part of the way to Wilmington with Wa-i ban Thomas, Shallotte school stu dent who was winner in the light j heavy weight division in the Gold-, en Gloves tournament in Wil mington. Thomas, a likable young! fellow, went through the prelim-1 aries in fine style. He knocked out a Mt. Gilead boy in less than a minute and a half of fast glove j throwing. In the finals the follow ing night the young Shallotte man again came through to defeat the representative from the Marine Corps. Some time back Mr. and Mrs. Peter Robinson of the Silver Hill community in Lockwoods Folly township were rather puzzled when an almost brand new shoe of good make and a man's sock was found near their place. The shoe, a left one, had hardly been worn more than a couple of weeks. A news item in this pa per told of its being found. So far the owner has never called for it nor offered to send Mr. Robin son the other one. Seeing Mrs. Robinson the other day she ad vised lijiit her husband would , like to deliver the shoe to whom . it (Continued on page five) No Action Likely InConway Case During Present Term As Key Witness Is Missing T Fayetteville Jurist Impress es Members Of Group With Responsibility Im posed Upon Their Should ers ASKS THROUGH JOB OF INVESTIGATION Charges Jury Members To Be Particularly Diligent ? In Their Inquirey Into Condition Of County Home In a thorough and impressive charge to members of the Bruns wick county grand jury here Mon day morning Judge Q. K. Nim ocks told the members of that body that they can be a power ful influence for either good or evil. "You are the most powerful body of citizens in your county, and the power and influence of this authority which has been vested in you may be exerted in either direction. You can work for the betterment or for the de triment of your county." Judge Nimocks dwelt at some (Continued on page five) First Woman On The Grand Jury On jftnday Mrs. A. T. But Itfr of Navaasa became the first Brunswick county woman ever named for service on the grand jury. She was sworn In for the full 12 months term for which all Brunswick county grand juries are drawn. Paul Fodale, Southport sea food dealer, was named foreman and D. B. Edwards assistant foreman. The. former later was excused from at least a part of his duties on the jury, thus (Kissing along to Mr. Edwards mast of the responsibility of the job of foreman. Other members of the jury include: W. T. White, Pearce Cranmer, L A. Hewett, J. L. .Mint/., J, P. Swain, Robert Hawes, Raleigh Varnum, Odell Jenrette, C. W. Hewett, S. P. Cox, Floyd Washington Hewett, J. L. C'lemmons, J. B. Norris, Weston Willetts, Clyde Benton. Highway Commission Calls For Bids For New Paving Giant Rockfish Serves Banquet A 21-pound rockfiah, or strip per, caught on a trot line Tuesday morning by W. B. Kcziah huh Immediately pre sented to Judge Q. K. NI mock s. Solicitor C'ilfton Moore and Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett. Getting the use of the cot tage of Attorney Davis Herring at Long Beach in return for inviting him along, the clerk set up %ig praparations for a fish fry, just as soon as he found out he could sign on Prin cipal H. T. Sanders of the high school as a cook. Guests reported that never before had they tinted better fish, nor had they seen fish served in more plentiful por tions. Miss Green Now Back In County Former George Reid Teach er At Shallotte High School Returns To Bruns wick As Home Demon stration Agent Miss Corrine (?reene, who be gan her duties as home agent for Brunswick county the first of the month, has been making fine headway in meeting with the clubs, interesting additional worn' en in joining up or in working individually in various ways for better living on the farms. Miss Greene, a native of Simp sonville, S. C., taught home eco nomics in the Shallotte high school for several years as George Reid teacher, leaving there to ac cept the same position with the Canton high school seven years ago. Her work at Shallotte was very gratifying and when the position of home agent for the county became vacant last August through the resig nation of Mrs. Elwood Mintz, Miss Greene was elected to suc ceed her. ? Still teaching at Canton at the time. Miss Greene's acceptance of the office was conditional on her continuing to teach until the first of the year, this allowing time for a successor to be secured for her work at the school. In an interview this week Miss Greene said she was meeting all of the clubs at their scheduled January meetings, assisting to outline work for the year and kindred duties. She added that if there were any groups of Bruns tvick women wishing to organize home demonstration clubs, she hoped that they will get together and let her know when they plan to meet. If such dates do not con flict with others that she is al ready scheduled to attend, she will be glad to meet with them and assist with organization. She will do everything possible to help promote and carry on home demonstration club work. It is suggested that if a group (Continued on page five) Road From Grissettown To j Ash, Joining No. 130 At | Soldier Bay Baptist Chur ch One Under Considera tion STRUCTURES AND GRADING INCLUDED Other Project Is From June tion With U. S. No. IT To Inland Waterway At Holdens Beach The State Highway Commission | is advertising for bids for grad-1 ing and surfacing nearly 17-miles of roads in Brunswick county, the letting to be made on Jan uary 29. Estimates are being ask ed for grading, bituminous sur-i facing and structures. One of these roads is that leading fro pi N. S. No. 17 at Grissettown by way of Longway to a junction with No. 130 at Soldier Bap Baptist church in the Ash community. This distance is 8.92 miles. The other project also leads from U. S. No. 17, making a junction with that highway at the J. E. Kirby store and running southward for a distance of 8.56 miles to the inland waterway. W. O. Mangum is in charge of a group of highway department engineers now engaged in making' a survey with regard to relocat ing the River Road as it leads. from Southport' toward Wilming-) ton. The purpose of this project j is to establish a route which will) run through the central part of Southport when the River Road ] is hard surfaced. Bolivia People ' Want Telephones Residents Of That Commun-1 ity Have Made Some Pre liminary Investigation In to Matter Of Relieving The Situation Claiming that all business was badly handicapped by the lack of telephone facilfties, W. A. Kopp! and other residents of Bolivia are j looking about for anything that gives a promise of relieving the situation. Mr. Kopp said this week that the most practical solution seem ed to be in constructing a line or lines from Supply through Bo livia to Winnabow.and from there get hooked up with the Bell line to Wilmington or Southport. A recent survey was made of the potentalities of such a line and 40 residences and business houses at the two places and along Route 17 agreed to Install phones If the line is built. Many others along the same route are also listed as potential subscrib ers. As matters now stand residents of Bolivia have to go seven or eight miles to reach- a phone to call a doctor, ambulance or trans act business over a phone. Mr. Kopp said that telephones were the most acute need of the com munity. Principle Witness 111 And Unable To Appear Before Grand Jury, Thus Tying Up Return Of Bill In Case FIRST TWO DAYS SEE FEW TRIALS Principal Action Wai To Select And Charge The Grand Jury, Settle Di vorce Cases, Con tinuances Solicitor Clifton L. Moore stat ed this morning that the bill charging Captain Edward I. Con way with murder could not be presented to the grand jury and no action could be taken In the case at the present term bt court: Captain Conway, who Is Fleet Captain of the Brunswick River Lay-up Basin, was held by a' coroner's Jury under $5,000 bond in connection with the death of Sheriff John White several months ago. The main, witness, around whom most of the evidence again st Captain Conway centers, Is D. E. Tripp, a deputy under Sher iff White. Tripp was present when the defendant and sheriff alleged ly had a scuffle while Conway was being placed under arrest on a traffic charge. Not being present in court this week, an officer was sent for Tripp and returned with a not? saying that he was 111 In bed at his home. Through yesterday afternoon no case of great public Interest had been called for trial, and none of the inmates of the jail had been brought into court. It was report ed this morning that some of these cases would be heard today. Six divorce actlona have been settled during the first two days rOi the Ur^i, rvrrr.-our vases have been continued or have been nol pressed. Included in the latter group was a nol pros with leave taken against M. L. Holden, who was Indicted with Bert Jacobs for conspiracy to commit murder. The warrant against the latter, whose death occurred about two months ago, was marked "abate." Big Fine Imposed In Speeding Case Fine Of $200.00 And Costs Taxed Against Bill Lewis At Weekly Session Of Brunswick County Recor ders Court Allegedly driving his car all of the way from Iceland to the South Carolina state line at a speed of 75 to 85 mile! per hour, Bill Lewis, Leland man, was called upon to pay a fine of (200.00 and costs in court here this past week. Lewis was followed entirely across the county by State High way Patrolman J. C. Taylor, of Leland. The officer recognized Lewis when he flashed by and he also got the number of the Lewis car. Realizing that an attempt to catch him would only provoke Lewis to greater speed and make him a still more dangerous men ace on crowded Route 17, Patrol man Taylor merely kept Lewis in sight until he crossed the state line. The arrest was made later when Lewis returned to North (Continued on page 4) Taking Orders For Rat Poison Plans Being Laid For Con certed Campaign To Rid Brunswick County Of Its Population Of Rat? Although the preliminary steps to the rat killing campaign throughout Brunswick county started up only Monday, indirect reports are that a large volume of orders for the bait are finding their way to some of the schools each day. Contrary to previous informa tion, it is understood that only about one dollar will have to bo expended for enough bait to kill [the rats on the average property. The price will be one doQar for three pounds of the mixture. Cards with the following in formation are being mailed out from the office of County Agent J. E. Dodnon: "Give or send to yoOr scho# (Continued on page Two)
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