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fl,e pilot Clovers ^nswick County ^SIXTEEN NO? 42 THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community 6-PAGES today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, January 28, 1948 Most of The News All The Time PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEA* Recommend ity Home Be ne Away With of Report By Mem Of That Body Re j^ends That Some f*r Means Be Provided Care Of Inmates Lr> JURY IN SESSION 5 DAYS Of Findings Made Tiud^e Nimocks And I To Need T? |\umerous Repairs And Improve ments txins in session here for Lvs last week members of ?iswick county grand juryi ted the following report to j q K Nimocks. who pre fer the term: Of North Carolina p Of Brunswick tr Court try Term e Honorable Q. K. Nim Juiige Presiding. Grand Jury was in ses five days and business d?i until Friday. January IMS. have checked reports of jtowing and find they have I a to the school fund the ;; set opposite their names ^ nt term of Superior Court:! W. Stanley - $20.00 fctt Tripp 90.00 v Duval 35.00 H. Phelps 1.00 F Jlintz ? 30.00 L Galloway 34.50 F. Gar.ey 20.00 H. Ganey 50.00 B. Chinnis 10.00 Lm Smith .500 j n of Shallotte .... 44.70 trie Of Court: Visited above1 i ir.d found everything in I ester Of Dee<ls: Visited j i office and found everything! *r. Room needs painting, j irthouse: Repair to ceilings. Unswick County Training Colored* Southport: Main fc??Roof needs immediate ;:x Install shades (Lib- [ Check all windoW panes. | entire building. Rhport High School: Check-! moughlv. found everything j ! in pretty fair condition. ' oitjr Jail: All commodes i replacing. Immediate repair ks on cells. Need blankets! tfc.vs and sheets badly. namaw School (White):' g ami walls in bad shape. J plastering. Need an electric ( for pumping out basement, i fire extinguishers. Roof, repairs. Buses in good con-1 I ?outlaw (Colored): Need ttnmodes installed. ?gwood School (Colored):] * to be in good condition j "pairs going on. M No. 5: .-*ew door needed. panes need replacing. taunenUations of the Grand ?f September Court for the i-'g buildings has not been' W to: Phoenix Colored | I i Colored >: Piney Grove * Chapel Road School: High School: Leland Col School; North West Colored Xavassa Colored School: | fette High School (White): ' buiUlings in bad condition, "?.ended they be replaced. In *ater fountains and toilets. * in good condition. Repair modes in building. High walls need repairs. Re immediate step be tak 'Wffltlnued on Page Six) hitfNeut Flathtt apply now closi ? (Jate for making Potion with the AAA for new grower allotment is Feb. *' . tu the AAA of ~ Supply. w MEETING regular monthly meeting Unswick County Post No. Amtrioi i Legion, will be to' I.i- i?n Hall tonior '"?ursi|.,y. evening at 7:30 * Adjutant C. L. Rourk ur 1 ^rgc a" endance. 'IN|- tONCKRN ~ t!? only three full '"I'l'-yce- when the first *S! et'"^'ized in December Brunswick Electric "; i <rporation now has > :nployees for office a"<l operation. This , w'll Iv ve to be increased Mansion program pro BRUNSWICK PATIENT TREATMENT?Ronnie Clemmons, young son of Mr. and Mrs. William Clemmons, of Supply, is shown above receiving ultra-violet lamp treatment at James Walker Memorial Hospital. He is one of four Brunswick county youngsters who were treated for Infantile Paralysis dur ing. 1947.?(Cut Courtesy Star-News.) Funds For March Of Dimes Not Coming In As Expected Chairman Herbert M. Bak-j er Reports That Greater Interest Necessary If1 County Quota Is To Be Raised LOCAL EXPENDITURE LAST YEAR GREAT Citizens Of Brunswick Had Opportunity To Know First Hand Of Benefit Of Having Fund Available The Rev. Herbert M. Baker, j chairman of the March of Dimes j campaign for Brunswick county, ( reported today that collections' for this program bave been com-| ing in at a slow pace, and that I unless the citizens of the county j realize that the program for the | control of infantile paralysis isi one which has a lot of local mean- i ing, this county will fall short of its quota. ' "To me it is significant that during 1947 more money was paid for the care of children from Brunswick county afflicted with infantile paralysis than was rais ed last year." stated the South port minister. "If we fail to raise our quota for this year, it looks like our people are unwilling to do their part to see to it that funds are maintained at a level which will allow active work . of cure and control to continue." The campaign for funds Is be ing conducted by vounteer work ers in each community, an appeal is being made from the pulpit of the various churches in the coun ty, and school children will circu ! late cards with slots for inserting [ 10-cent donations. Mrs. E. J. Prevatte, chairman J of the Brunswick County Chapter for Infantile Paralysis, declared (yesterday that the drive will be extended through the first week | in February. Funeral Today For Capt. Lewis Retired Seaman Died Early Tuesday Morning After Waging Stubborn Battle For Life During Recent Illness Funeral services are being held this afternoon at Trinity Metho dist church for Captain Thomas |K. Lewis, 76-year-old retired com-' mercial fisherman, who died in the Dosher Memorial hospital early Tuesday morning. Captain Lewis had been ill for about three weeks. Burial will be held here. The services are being conducted ( by the Rev. L. D. Hayman. Active pall-bearers are O. E. Hickman, E. R. Weeks. Joseph Spencer, Hugh Spencer, John Eriksen and G. W. Fisher. Hon orary pallbearers are Richard Brendle, Clyde Newton, T. E. Hickman, Ed. G. "Daniels, Price Furpless, Sam T. Bennett, W. B. Wade, L. H. Harrison, R. Martin Willis. J. N. Arnold, M. V. Chad wick. J. B. Church. C. E. Cause, W. F. Jones. D. W. Lewis. Wil liam Oberjohan, Del ma.s J. Ful cher, J. J. Loughlin. Dr. Landis G. Brown, Dr. F. M. Burdette, Joel L. Moore. * ? A native of Carteret county. Captain Lewis came to Southport 30 years ago. Retiring from ac [tive work a number of years ago lowing to bad health, he devoted I such time as he was able to the (Continued on page five) Roosevelt Dimes For Polio Drive One |h'i'sim who was all set for the March of Dimes when the time came to make her an imal contribution was Mrs. Edna Bell, clerk in the post of fice at Southport. During the past year she has accumulated fifty RoosevelJ dimes which she placed in a small coin hank maintained for that purpose, and when she turned this over to the Brunswick County Chapter for Infantile Paralysis last week she made a substantial contribu tion which not only was par ticularly appropriate, but oae which had "been built up over a period of several months and thus imposed no financial hard ship upon the donor at any time. A. J. Robbins Is Laid To Rest Native Of Southport And Widely Known Through out This County, News Of His Passing Comes As Shock To Friends A. J. (Jack) Robbins, widely known former resident of Bruns wick county, died at his home in Orlando, Fla., Sunday. Mr. Rob bins was 88 years of age but was remarkably active- up until a short time preceeding his death. It was his yearly custom to spend part of the time in Southport with his sister, Mrs. Ida Daniels. He still owned considerable pro perty here at the time of his death. A building contractor, Mr. Rob bins remodeled the Brunswick county courthouse in the early 1920's. He left Southport a little over 25 years ago and continued with his contracting business in Florida. Funeral services and burial were held yesterday at Orlando. Mr. Robbins is survived by one (Continued on page four) Captain Potter Dies Saturday Native Of Southport Had Made His Home For A Number Of Years At I Jacksonville, Fla.; Fu neral Monday Capt. Betts Potter, 83-year-old Jacksonville, Fla., citizen died at his home Saturday afternoon. Captain Potter, a native of South port, left Brunswick county 45 years ago, he was captain of ! various vessels, usually seagoing I tugs that plied up and down the coasts. I Although well advanced in years, an unfailing custom of Captain Potter's was to return to Southport each fall for a visit with his niece, Mrs. Ida Potter Watson. He was here as usual , last fall and enjoyed walking briskly about the streets, greeting old friends. ! Funeral services were held at the First Methodist church in 'Jacksonville Monday morning at ' 11 o'clock, the burial also being held in Jacksonville. He is survived by a number of nieces and nephews. Soil Program In Service Record For Year 1947 Conservation Practices Car ried Out On Twenty Mil lion Acres During Past Year According To Re port MORE COOPERATION GIVEN BY FARMERS This Together With Greater Experience And Efficien cy Of Technicians Has Been Beneficial To Program ? I A new record of completing conservation treatment on more than 20 million acres despite lack of personnel for giving adequate assistance to all farmer-operated soil conservation district request ing it during the 1947 fiscal year was reported today by Chief H. H. Bennett of the Soil Conserva tion Service. In his annual report to Secre tary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson, the soil conservation chief pointed out that both 1945 and 1946 were years of record ac complishment, but that in 1947 service technicians assisted farm ers in putting "More than twice as much conservation work on the land as during 1945 and in creased the 1946 record by more than 25 percent." That included some 127,000 farm plans that covered about 36 million acres, in addition to soil conservation practices which were spread to thousands of neighboring farms and ranches. "The increasing cooperative ef forts of the farmers working in districts," Dr. Bennett said, "to gether with the greater experience and efficiency of service techni cians made it possible to increase the amount of conservation put on the land without sacrificing quality." He explained that the conserva tion operations recommended by the Soil Curt Tvation Service ar-< based on 18 years of intensive (Continued on page six) Shallotte Firm Changes Hands Charles And Gene Russ Sell Interest In Coast Road Service Station To R. D. White; New Busi ness Planned ' Charles and Gene Russ, popular young Shallotte citizens who have been with the Coast Road Service' Station and store at Shallotte since it started in business, have sold out their interests to R. D. White, Sr. Gene is remaining with the busi ness for the present at least. Charles has leased the new R. S. White brick building adjoining the Shallotte Theatre. He will open an up-to-date grocery store and meat market there in a few days, as soon as he can secure the remain der of his equipment. While no name has yet been given this new Shallotte business, an announcement of its opening will appear in next week's paper. This announcement will include I the offer of an attractive prize j for the best name suggested for the store by any of the customers. Three Men Held In Robbery Case Three men charged with break ing into the Coastal Drug Store | at Shallotte during the early hours [of Tuesday morning were arrest ed yesterday afternoon and were [lodged in Brunswick county jail. A warrant charging breaking, entering and larceny was sworn out by J. H. Coleman, chief of | police for Shallotte, for John Al vin Chartier, Harry Edward Cow Jan and Robert Glenn Larkins. All three are white men. Only a rough estimate could be made [ of the amount of merchandise and money taken from the Shal lotte establishment, of which Fred Mintz is proprietor. Farm Delegates Leaving Sunday Fop Convention Brunswick County Farm Bureau Will Have Three Voting Deleggtes At Asheville Meeting Next Week Brunswick County Farm Bu reau will have three voting dele gates, in addition to a sizable con tingent of regular delegates, at the annual' convention of the North Carolina Farm Bureau in Asheville, February 1, 2, 3 and 4, T. T. Ward, county president, has announced. "The number of voting dele gates representing a county Farm Bureau is determined by the total membership of the local unit," Ward pointed out. "In all, there will be 344 voting delegates at the meeting, representing the statewide membership of 70,805. "Voting delegates are elected by the county units to act on resolutions presented to the an nual meeting by the 75 county Farm Bureaus in the state. The resolutions, submitted before the state organization only after full consideration on the county level, touch upon various problems and policies affecting North Carolina agriculture. Without doubt, the work of the voting delegates is as important as any action taken at our annual meetings, foj- their decislorft touch upon the-organiza } tion's whole program for the year to comf." , ? ? > The 1948 convention, which will be highlighted by addresses and discussions by leaders in agricul ture, industry, labor and govern ment, is regarded as a milestone in the progress of Farm Bureau in the state, Ward said. Leading the South once more in member ship, he added, the North Carolina Farm Bureau Is looked upon as one of the strongest units in the entire organization of 1,275,180 farm families and is expected to continue to show the way in Southern farm leadership. J. Q. Little Of Freeland Dies Funeral Services For Aged Man Will Be Conducted On Wednesday After noon Joe Quincey Little, 76, died Monday at 8 a. m. at his home in the Freeland community fol lowing a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held at (Continued or page six) Our ROVING Reporter Sending her subscription to The i Pilot last week, Mrs. L. H. Brad-1 ford wrote that she had a friend in New Orleans to whom she | would like to send the paper if j we can send it out there. Sure, I we can send it anywhere in the j United States at the same price i ($1.50 per year). As a matter of I fact, half a dozen copies of The j Pilot go to New Orleans every; week and more scatter all about the State. California, about the farthcrest state from here, has a great many more subscribers than Louisiana. About the county this past week we were met on all sides by in quiries relative to the rat killing campaign that is to be waged all over the county in the next week or two. All we know about it is that by uniting and waging, a general campaign the rat bait can be secured at a fraction of wji&t it would cost to buy it [through the usual channels. The I work will also be ten times more effective. With your neighbor working with you there will be very little rat-breeding stock left to spread from his home or farm to yours. Send a dollar to your school for three pounds of the bait and urge that your neighbor do the same thing. This effort is not one where anybody makes any money. It is a cooperative under taking for the good of all who join in it. There is still right much of the 1947 corn crop ungathered. This applies mostly to Wacca maw township. There the rich black, low lying grounds have been too soft from rains for trucks or wagons to enter the fields. Waccamaw township is the biggest Illustration of the need of drainage in Brunswick county. (Continued on page five) Meditation Hour Sunday At Trinity Methodist IF' Period Of Organ Music Will Be Played And Public In vited To Visit The Church From 3:30 To 4:30 P. M. For the past weeks there has developed a growing interest in providing an hour on Sunday af ternoons for organ music at Trinity Methodist church in Southport, and there has been worked out a plan for having I such an hour beginning Sunday afternoon, February 1, at 3:30 (o'clock. This will be known as The Sun day Afternoon Meditation Hour. One of the organists of the Church will be at the key-board and the church will be nicely warmed and open to the entire community. One need not remain the whole hour unless he feels inclined to do so, but an invitation is ex tended to just drop in and enjoy as many of the organ numbers as convenient. The pastor will be at the church or next door during the period, and any who may wish to speak to him about any mat- j ter are cordially invited to do 80. , Those who have a favorite num ber that you would like to have played and on a given Sunday, should send it to Mrs. James Harper or to the pastor of Trinity Church and the selection will be played. The organist at the key board for that Sunday will play these favorite numbers. Everyone is invited to visit thfc Church during the meditation hour every Sunday afternoon from 3:30 to 4:30 o'clock to hear music and to share the privilige of personal meditation. Work Begins On Expansion Of RE A Transmission Lines Burning Permit Law Effective County Forest Warden Dor man Mercer tails attention to ..tho fact that the Burning Per mit law become? effective Feb ruar)' 1, and he urges all Bruns wick county citizens to obtain these permits before engaging in any burning operations dur ing the next four months. " Object* of the law is to pre vent permiscuous setting of woods fire* during a period of the year which normally Is a dry time and is a season when high winds usually blow. Where permits are procured in advance, forestry officials are advised where these operations are plan ned, and white' a watchful eye is maintained for possible trouble, It keeps the wardens from making needless trips for the pnrpose of investigation. General Approval Of River Project Poll Of Farmers In Lower Part Of County Reveals No Outspoken Opposition To Waccamaw River Drainage Project Usually the best of projects have some opposition, but for the proposed drainage canal from the Waccamaw river through Bruns wick county no opposition of any nature was found during a two day trip through lower Wacca maw and lower Shallotte town ships last week. The opposition, if there is any, is apparently confined to the smallest possible minority. At Exum, several miles up the river from where it is proposed to start the canal and several miles from the river itself, the half a dozen farmers spoken to were all for the canal. The same sentiment was found at Freeland, nearer the river but still several miles above the beginning of the drainage undertaking. New Britian bridge and Ash folks who were seen were all for the drainage, as were the several people seen at Longwood. Many of the farmers seen at these var iously mentioned places have lands that are directly effected by the (Continued on page five) Farmers Should Report Practices No Payment May Be Made For AAA Practices Car ried Out In 1947 Unless Reports Of Compliance Is In By February 15 A very important matter to farmers right now, according to J. J. Hawes, secretary of the AAA at Supply, is the reporting of practices carried on on the farms during the calendar year 1947. These reports must be in the AAA office not later than Feb ruary 15, 1948. Where there is failure to make reports no pay ments can be made. Mr. Hawes says that all forms are now in the AAA office and that the community committee men will probably have a meeting in a few days. It is important to each farm operator that he speed ily make the port of his farm practicea [Successful Bidder In Re cent Letting Of Contract Has Large Crew Of Men Already At Work Clear ing Right-Of-Way TWO SUB-STATIONS TO BE INCLUDED One To Be Located Near Whiteville, The Other Near Shallotte; Addi tions Planned To Distribution Putting 25 men on the job to start with, the Z. A. Sneeden's Sons of Wilmington, have be gun the first of the 400 mile right of way clearing in Bruns wick and Columbus counties for the Brunswick Electrical Mem bership Corporation. The initial project is for a main ! feeder line that will supply one i sub-station on the Southport Whitevllle highway, six miles this side of Whiteville, and another in Shallotte. This line will carry 33, ! 000 volts to the two stations. The station near Whiteville will serve Columbus and some parts of Robeson and Bladen counties. The one at Shallotte will serve Brunswick. _ To safeguard against falling limbs and trees which might pos sibly interrupt service, the right of way is being made 100 feet wide. E. D. Bishop, manager of the Corporation, stated this week that the Sneeden's Sons will put on additional crews immediately in Columbus and Brunswick, clear ing the rights of way for distri bution lines. In addition to clear ing the rights of way, the Sneed en's contract also calls for the erection of poles. The stringing of the wires will be done by the regular REA crews, with addi tional men employed during the construction period. The REA crews are already clearing ground for the sub-sta tions at Shallotte and near White ville. Brunswick Gets Piay In New Map New Map And Tourist Guide Being Circulated By State News Bureau Features On Tour Entire ly In County A beautiful new and colorful map and tourist guide to coastal North Carolina has Just been re leased by the North Carolina State News Bureau. The front,is printed in seven colors and shows the whole of the North Carolina coast and a considerable distance inland. The back is devoted to descrip tion of 9 tours, covering coastal North Carolina. Tour one is a description of Route 17 from where it enters North Carolina on the Virginia border to where it leaves at the South Carolina line in lower Brunswick county. Tour 0, last to be described, lies entirely in Brunswick county, be ginning at the Brunswick River Bridge and running down by the ship storage basin, described as the largest in the world for World War II. It embraces the various plantations ^nd points of interests along the river road to Southport, With description of South port) Bald Head Island, Fort Caswell and beaches. From South port It runs over 303 to Supply, the total distance being 37.5 miles. in connection with this tourist guide a special insert has been prepared for waterbome travelers, (ConUautf on page four) Four Boys Sent To Roads After Robbery Trial Young White Men Plead Nolo Contendre To Char ge? Of Highway Robbery, Get Two To Three Years Each NUMEROUS CASES ARE CONTINUED Eleven Divorces Granted During Last Week's Court Term Which Was Tak en Up With Crimi nal Cases Four young white men, three of them members of the U. S. Marine Corps, entered a plea of nolo contendre last week to charges of highway robbery and were given from 2 to 3 years each on the roads as a result of their attempt to hold up a Wil mington taxi driver last fall. Judge Q. K. Nimocks presided over the one week term, the great er part of which was devoted to trial of criminal matters of min or interest and importance. Defendants in the stick-up case were Ed Wilson, G. E. Lee, Cecil Hosmer and Carl E. Stenert. James Kiser, charged with the first degree murder of Perry Mun son at Navassa early this month, entered a plea of guilty of second degree murder and was given from 7 to 10 years on the roads. Rufus Sellers was found not guilty of reckless operation. At the conclusion- of the State's evedence there was a directed ver-., dlet of not guilty returned in the case charging Carl D. Lane with, drunk driving. Richard Bordoe was found guilty of drunk driving and was given 60 days on the roads, judgment suspended upon payment of fine, of $100.00 and costs, his driver's license to be suspended for 12 months. Henry Brown pleded guilty to. charges of assault upon a female. Judegement of 12 months on the roais waf, suspended upon psy ;mcnt of costs, 5 years good be havior, the defendant to stay away from his wife. Luther William Brewer was charged with drunk driving, but entered a plea of guilty to charges of careless and reckless opera tion. Judgement was suspended upon payment of a fine of $50.00 land the defendant to remain of 'good behavior for one year. Edward Marlowe entered a plea of nolo contendre to charges of assault. Judgement was sus pended in the case upon condition that the refendant remain of good behavior for a period of one year and not molest the prosecuting witness in any manner. Similai action was taken against Martin Bowen and Elija Bowen. Harvey Smith pleaded guilty to charges of assault with a deadly weapon. Judgement was suspend ed upon payment of costs, the defendant to remain of good be havior for 1 year. John Brinson was convicted of larceny and was given a sentence of from 6 to 12 months on the roads. Earl ? Babson was found not guilty of reckless operatioh. Levi Simmons was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon. Sentence of 60 days on the roads (Continued on page four) Capt. St. George Is Buried Here Well Known Former South port Man Died In Marine Hospital In Baltimore On Friday Following Exten ded Illness E. Frank St. George, native and long-time resident of South port until he removed to Moultrie ville, S. C., a dozen years ago, died in the 'Marine Hospital ill Baltimore Friday morning. He had been in bad health for the past several months. Following the sea all of his life, he was captain of a government boat at Moultrieville prior to his death. The body was brought to South' port from Baltimore and following services at the Episcopal church at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon was interred here. Captain St. George Is survived by his widow, the former Mis? Laura Larsen, of Southport; one son, John D. St. George, of Moul trieville; two daughters, Mri Louis Dickson, of Wilmington, and Miss Frances St. George, of Moul trieville; two brother?, R. D. St. George, of Penns Grove, N. J, and Harold St. George, of South port; three sisters, Mrs. S. H. Bobbins, of Washington, Mrs. B. B. Brunson, of Foley, Alabama, and Miss Annie St. George, ot SoUfcport.