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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)