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I? Ifhc Pilot Covers Brunswick County t THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time NO. SIXTEEN NO. 47 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, March 3rd, 1948 published every Wednesday si.so per yea* fasketball Tournament To Begin On Tuesday Night At Bolivia High School * ?jfnamont Arranged To Give All Five Teams In fcch Division Opportun To Compete For Tro phy fO CHAMPIONSHIP nights planned Is In Boys' Division Fri Night And Girls' ? Championship Game Set For Saturday Evening ?? jt Annual Brunswick County detball Tournament will be TUesilay night at Bolivia high ^,1 gymnasium with fourth fifth ranking teams In both bovs ami girls division play for the right to enter the i-finals. n the basis of unofficial re s from pre-tournament con these opening round games semi Waccamaw against Bo i in the boys" encounter and Ilotte against Southport in the ling round for the girls. ,!li a number of postponed es being played this week, it -.possible to give a complete ;re of the final standing of teams, particularly in view of e of the upset victories which i resulted. no of these occured at Leland jy when the local sextet ?I hack the strong VVacca girls team for the first de of the county campaign. An - was turned in last night 3'kvia when the last-place Bo boys defeated the second Shallotte five. ese events merely serve to lasize the fact that anything and usually does, happen in Brunswick County Basketball ::sament: and every team en *?: has a chance of emerging pion. pre-season form is followed, t- i hoys appear to be the best their division, with Waccamaw still the top team In the itr bracket. Brief Nem Flashes DNS TO MEET 5e r?-gular meeting , of the Kiiport Lions Club will be1 Thursday at 1 o'clock at the j imur.ity building. Kf: SATURDAY taitv Superintendent of L ols J. T. Denning announced. stay that there will be no riay classes this week for ^ iMwick county schools. (THl'ORT IT A S.uthport P. T. A. will! K in the high school audi-1 Thursday night of this' i at 7:30 o'clock. Parents and a are urged to be present, i 1ERK AN LEGION Commander R. D. White Com edor of the Shallotte Post Am-1 to Legion has announced a j 'inj? of the organization at, Shallotte school building Fri- ] ! night of this week. !M\KKs7\RY meeting tte Shallotte Lions Club will '? its Anniversary Night meet- i at the Anchor Hotel at Shal- j * Point Thursday night of this! According to Lions G. C. I fethan and Leon Galloway, i 8 first anniversary will be fittingly observed. The ttker of the evening will be Travis of Charlotte. fctSTCM'K SALES frtinswick county farmers have *'VP|I payments totaling $23, ' '' for sales made to the ?'lotte Livestock Market since !ml*r 1, 1947. according to "ncement received here this < December sales were $10, January 57,740.46; Feb t5.570.21. It is estimated ? at least $10,000.00 was re '' fron sales to other sources ? this period. pKC CONSTRUCTION E. W. Grannis Company. fayf.tt. vi lie. began unloading finery and supplies at the , Klrby store on Route 17 ;'UV morning, this for the bc ;n2 of construction work on ? "xi from that point to Hol ^ Beach. It is understood that ? Machinery is being unload same firm for the j^'town to Soldiers Bay road Both jobs call for about ?tiles of grading and sur 0ft each. Boatmen Discover "New" Fishing Grounds Not New Northern Fishermen Have Been Making Catches Near Lightship And Taking Them To Norfolk The fishing areas in the gulf stream off the Brunswick coun ty coast are nothing new, ex cept to Brunswick county fish ermen. Boats from New Jersey fish out there every winter and make the 300-mile run to Nor folk and even further with their catches, according to report. This week when the Penny and Seafighter, out from South port, were out there on the gulf they found a couple of New Jersey trawlers busily en gaged in fishing. They were bringing up a thousand pounds of fish at a'drag. According to one of the local boatmen, "Those fellows know the fishing grounds better than we do and they have not been telling | where they get, their fish. Brunswick county boats have I one -lstinct advantage over the I boats from New Jersey and j elsewhere hundreds of miles up j the coast. To get their catch es to Norfolk and other more distant fishing points they have to stand the loss of a lot of I time and operating expenses. | The Brunswick boats have the most outstanding advantage. They can make two trips and bring in two loads while the other fellow is getting one. Boats out from Southport, Lockwoods Folly Inlet, and Shallotte River Inlet are all in easy reach of valuable fishing grounds for food fish. Clearing Land For Planting Feed On Wild Turkey Range Plans Made For Crops! Which Will Provide Year Round Source Of Food For Birds On Orton Re fuge BIOLOGISTS ARE IN CHARGE OF WORK I Present Stock Of Wild Tur keys Will Be Supplemen ted With Other Birds That Have Been Trapped A "T. D. 18" bulldozer is being! sent in this week by the North! Carolina Wildlife Commission to | clear areas on the Orton Wild I Turkey Refuge. In these cleared areas on the five thousand acre ' tract foods will be grown on which the turkeys may feed in peace during the winters. According to Biologist Robert J. Wheeler, Jr., and his assist ant Biologist Brover C. Quinn. 4 acres are already planted in a mixture of oats, wheat and rye. This is up and growing. Twenty acres more are to be planted as soon as possible in chuffas, Ger man millett, etc. Some of this is to build up the land. Eventually | 100 acres of the 500 acres will j be cleared and will be managed so as to produce native grasses and seeds. Seeds and grass furnish a large part of the food of a wild turkey during the spring, late fall and winter, according to Mr. Wheeler, j The cleared and planted lands will all be in advantageously lo cated areas about the refuge, a few acres in each plot. The scat tering is necessary, especially for the young poults to find food without having to range too far. Over a dozen wild turkeys, mostly hens, are known to be al ready on the refuge. With plenty of food available and protection from hunters and predatory ani mals, the present wild stock ( should show a substantial increase t (Continued On Page Four) Commissioners In Session Monday Matters Of Routine Impor-1 tance Disposed Of By Board During First Mon I day Session | The regular first meeting of .the board of county commission ers this week was devoted to dis I position of routine matters, j C. L. Holden was relieved of ! $90.00 valuation due to error in listing; J. F. Coleman was reliev ed of $1,900.00 valuation due to ! ertor In listing and fact that State Highway Commission had ' condemned a portion of his pro ' perty as a right of way; J. L. iClemmons was granted permiss ion to pay 1932 and prior years i taxes and from 1942 to 1947 on the basis of $6.00 per acre. I The commissioners passed a re solution directing the county at torney to prepare and deliver a deed to A. M. Blanton foe the P. M. Blanton property in com pliance with a similar roder pass ed in August, 1940, and never (Continued On Page Four) The Big One Got Away, Temporarily About three weeks ago W. H. Murray of Shallot to Village . '"it was trolling for rockfish in Lockwoods Folly Inlet. He oaught an eightoen-pounder and then came in for a strike from th(' bi?T fifh that always gets away. This one took alwut ten feet of Air. Jtarwy's line and plug with him. Grieving at the loss of the plug that had brought him many a rockfish, the s|?ortsman could do nothing about it. But a week ago Del mas Hew ett of Shallotte was fishing in the Shallotte river inlet with a net for mullets. He caught a rockfish with the .Murray plug | In it* mouth. A free h<iok on the plug had become caught in the net. The big felknv that had at first got away weighed 25 lbs. Former Cutter For Shrimping Swan And Downing Purch ase 75-Ft. Cutter For Use In Fishing^ And Shrimp ing Operations Here As soon as a change from gas to diesel engines can be made and converting operations can be car ried out, Chas. Swan and A. E. Downing, local seafood dealers, will have the largest and one of the most powerful locally owned shrimp trawler. The boat, a former 75 foot Coast Guard Cutter, built of wood and now having two 175 h. p. gas engines, has a cargo ca pacity of about 30 tons. She is described as being, "In good con dition in every respect," on the bill of sale. The i:ew owners plan to remove the gas engines and replace them with two Gray die sels with a total of 225-horse power. The gas engines are rated as being too expensive in their consumption of fuel. The oil burning diesels also are much safer. In addition to changing to die sels, cargo holds will have to be constructed and the vessel rigged out complete for fishing. These (Continued On Page F*our) Shad And Herring Season Is Open The shad and herring season opened the first of this month but very few of the f,8h are running yet. according to reports. Dis trict Game Warden H. T. Bow mer is calling attention to the fact that the netting of these fish may only be carried on three days of. the week, Thursdays, Fri days and Saturdays. All nets used for the purpose must be licensed and- be of not less than one and one-half inch mesh. Prosecutions will follow in the case of parties using nets on other than the above described days or having nets of less than the prescribed mesh. Begin Seeding Land For Early Tomato Plants Twelve Acres Of Seed Be ing Planted By New Jer sey Man On Farm Locat ed On River Road Near Southp'ort SPECIAL EQUIPMENT USED IN PROCESS More Land Being Prepared For Use Next Spring By Same Grower; Clear ing Operations Go On Day And Night Twelve acres are being planted this week in tomato seed to pro duce plants for New Jersey and Pennsylvania tomato growers. The seeding of another twelve acres will start in about ten days j with still another twelve to g? j into seed some time this month. The planting is being done on | the River Road between South-1 port and Wilmington on land leas- j ed from Robert McRackan by E. H. Shepard of Shiloh, N. J. The work is being done gradually as the planting of the entire acre age at once would result in all of the plants maturing at the same time and would create too much of a rush in pulling the plants here and in transplanting them after they reach their des tination. The harvesting. transporting and transplanting should cover a period of three or four weeks in late April and May. A powered seed planter, with the operator walking and con trolling it, is used to plant four rows of the seed at a time. The rows are about 10 inches apart and between each four rows mid dles are left to permit the pas sage of pickers with their bas kets when the plants are mature. The planter drops seed singly, about one inch apart in each row. In addition to the McRackan land for this year's planting, Mr. Sheppard has purchased 135 acres of land from Mrs. Helen Bragaw. This property is also on the River Road and near Marsh Branch. When the weather would permit, (Continued On Page Four) . Red Cross Fund Campaign Begins Chairman Of Brunswick County Chapter Makes Personal Solicitation Of Business District In South port The Annual Red Cross Fund Drive got underway here Mon day, with Mrs. Helen Bragaw, chairman of the Brunswick Coun ty Chapter, making a personal solicitation of the Southport busi-1 ness district. Throughout Brunswick county volunteer workers are busy this week trying to acquaint each citizen with the work of the Red Cross and giving them an oppor tunity to contribute to its sup port It has been appointed out by Mrs. Bragaw that a large part of the money raised in Brunswick county through these annual membership drives remains here to finance services which are be (Continued On Page Four) Making Plans To Discover Secret Life Of The Shrimp RESULTS OF DRAG CATCH?Abcve is shown a net loaded with shrimp being hoisted aboard a trawler operating off the coast from Southport. They will be dumped on deck in order that undesirable fish and other refuse may be culled and thrown over the side. Quick Freezing Process Ready At Local Ice Plant Shallotte Men Catch Rockfish Young Shallotte Business Man Will Once More Seek Nomination To Low-, er House Of North Caro lina Genera] Assembly Hock fish will be striking at their best ?hiring the month of j Marcli, in the opinion of Jom W. Garner of the Anchor Hotel at Shallotte Village Point. Mr. Garner backed up his belief by bringing to Soutfoport eight rockfish that he and W. H. Murray caught in the Shallotte and Locltwoods Folly inlets Fri day. The biggest fish, taken by Mr. Murray on a very light casting rod, weighed an even 25-pounds. Mr. Gamer backed up this catch with an ? 18'/j poundcr. The other six rain to somewhere around 12 i>ounds each. No one took the trouble to weigh them. The two Shallotte Point men were using large white plugs and trolling from an outboard boat. With their light tackle the larger fish gave them an awful battle. Redwine Will Run For House Edward H. Redwine, popular | young Shallotte business man, has : announced his candidacy for the house of representatives, subject ( to the will of the voters in the democratic primary election. Mr. Redwine hardly, needs any ] introduction to the voters of j 'Continued On page 2) / Our Reporter W. B. KEZIAH Every mail (and they come twice a day) brings us a letter or. card that is both surprising and very pleasing. They are from readers of this paper and this column, throughout Brunswick county and, in fact, throughout the whole country. Practically all of them bring us material for an interesting news story or item somewhere in the paper or for some comment in this column. If we had followed our own inclina tions we would have dropped this column long ago. As things are. the letters and messages of ap preciation from folks all around are more than enough to give real satisfaction and willingness to keep on with the little effort that it takes to write it. i A group of 10 Brooklyn, N. Y., people have written us to find I them a place in Southport to ; spend their Easter vacation, I March 26th through April 2. They will be in two cars and want rooms and meals. A guess is that about four rooms will be needed, but not necessarily in the same home. It will be appreciated if the Southport people who can look after these folks will kindly advise us. With the county-wide basket ball tournament getting under way at Bolivia next Wednesday, no predictions are being made here as to whom the winners will be. The pre-tournament games should have given a lot of fans and supporters of the various teams their, own ideas. These ideas may and may not be upset. One certain fact is that the fans will see a lot of good, clean sportsmanship and fast ball play ing. Here are our best wishes to all the teams, regardless of what I Continued on page five) Manager M. R. Sanders Has Installed Facilities For Quick-Freezing And For Storage Of Seafood Pro ducts OFFERS QUARANTEE ! AGAINST BAD MARKET Dealers Have Choice Of Holding Product Off, Glutted Market Until Prices Adjust Them selves I Although it has not yet boon 'put to much use, the quick freez i er-storage system of the South port Ice and Coal Company uiay be very helpful in aiding to . de velop the move now underway for more seafood production here. ! These facilities were originally i Intended to . process shrimp. Loom 'ing still larger among its possi | biliti'es is the fact that it will be j able to take care of large quanti fies of fish, freezing them and I then holding them in storage to 'await better prices if the fish are j brought In at times when the I market is glutted and the prices low. Recent fine catches of fish have reached here when the market price was off, this as a result of heavy deliveries of the same kind I of the fish are brought in at 'times when the market is glutted 'and the prices low. Recent fine catches of fish have reached here when the market price was off,-this as a result of [heavy deliveries of the same kind of fish further up the coast. While the local quick freezer was not used in these instances, a study of the situation has convinced several local fishermen that if the catches had been frozen .and held off the market for a few days they would have brought more than three times as much as when placed on the market the day of their arrival. A 'representative of this paper went over the plant in company with owner R. M. Saunders this past week. Mr. Saunders stated that approximately two thousand pounds of fresh fish could be given the quick freeze process at a time. As fast as they are froz en they can be transferred to J the storage room which will hold around 1200 boxes of fish. The quick freezer systems have proven very profitable at other seafood producing centers. Two Barbershops Are Consolidated J. A. Gilbert Purchases Bell Barbershop From Clinton Bellamy In Local Busi ness Transaction Announcement was made here 'yesterday of the purchase of the i Bell Barbershop in Southport by, j J. A. Gilbert, proprietor of Gil bert's Barbershop. J Gilbert moved here early last year from Raleigh, where he had 'been engaged in the barber trade for many years, and opened up a shop in the old Pack Tharp build ing. The building was completely refinished and modernized. The Bell Barbershop was pur chased by Clinton Bellamy young : Brunswick county man, from W. j (Continued On Page Four) State Authorities Are Seri ous About Developing Seafood Industry Along Coast Of North Carolina BY TOMMIE GATES No longer will unlovely but de lectable Mr. Shrimp who lolls off ,the coast of North Carolina en j joy the privacy he once knew? for the state of North Carolina is spending $50,000 to probe into his innermost secret habits, in a effort to find out when he eats, what he eats, when he sleeps and what's more important, where he sleeps. It Is part of a $1,000 000 fisheries research program launched by the state. The whole thing came about because the University of North Carolina biological department in collaboration with the State De partment of Conservation and De velopment, the U. S. Navy and Woods Hole Oceanographic In stitute of Miss., realized that the shrimp is one of the most profit able of our seafoods, and decided that something was to be done about the fat supply that lies un molested off N. C. shores. The on-the-spot job of research will be conducted by means of a 85-foot schooner now on loan to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute from the Navy, which will operate at sea for days at a time, on a continuous, three shift basis. It is equipped with over a quarter million dollars worth of the finest and most modern instruments, including new sonic devices. By no means is the shrimp the only sea inhabiting creature which will be disturbed in the near future?so will the shellfish. Some $100,000 has been set aside for an oyster restoration program, and of this sum $15,000 will be expended in an effort to determ ine the proper place and techni que for the planting of oysters. Research does not termii.-tc the survey, for the Department , )f Conservation and Development [acquired the Navy section base at Morehead City to be convert Jed into a fisheries research and ! training center. A technical 'school under general supervision i of Ed Ruggles of N. C. State Col ilege Extension Department is al I ready in operation with a curri culum which eventually will fit 'our citizens to more efficiently Imake a livelihood in following the 'sea. I The Morehead City Institute is designed from a long-range point 'of view to equip our people to ' build, maintain, operate large I boats, engage in fishing on a 'large scale, to understand the economics underlying the seafood business, and to prepare, pack age and merchandise their pro ducts. Many Violators Skip Cash Bond Speeding Tourists Frequent ly Forfeit Cash Bond And Continue On Way Before Trial In Record er's Court Frequently when they are caught violating traffic regula tions, tourists elect to post a small cash bond to cover costs and fine and continue on their way. A number of instances of this kind are included in the re port of last week's Recorder's court. Other results were: Chaddie Simmons, assault on female, continued. Robert O. Wilson, speeding, ca pias. Vincent Pappalardo, speeding, capias. Stewart F. Subald, speeding, $15.00 and costs. Albert Clark, speeding, capias. Stephen J. Daly, speeding, ca pias. Anglo Forogasso, speeding, $10.00 and costs. Frank Vandette, speeding, ca pias. Ralph D. Hollander, speeding, capias. Trudy Watson, assault, ten days in jail, suspended on pay ment on payment of costs. Elwood S. Wood, Jr., speeding, capias. ? Louis Koplan, speeding, capias. Tom. Mintz, reckless operation, 30 days on roads, suspended on payment of costs and defendant not to violate any law for period of two years. Louis George Stone, speeding, capias. Aaron Eisner, speeding, capias. Emree Floyd Young, possession, adjudged to paycosts. Arthur E. Curtis, speeding, ca pias. Robert F. Lowe, speeding, ca ' (Continued On Page Four) Prize Contest Being Planned For Students Brunswick County Merch ants Offering Prizes For County Winners In State Contest On Soil Conserva tion BANKERS SPONSOR STATE CONTEST Considerable Interest Being Exhibited By Eligible Boys And Girls In Speaking Competi tion Inspired by the need of soil conservation and the wealth that lies in our lands, the North Car olina Bankers Association is of fering three handsome prizes for the three best speeches made this spring by North Carolina high school boys or girls on the sub ject of soil conservation. Backing this state-wide offer, three Brunswick county firms are also offering three nice prizes. These to go to the Brunswick boys or girls who have the best speeches In the state-wide effort. For the county contests to select the Brunswick 'representa tive, Hobson Kirby of the Shal lotte Trading Company will give a $25.00 prize for the best speech; R. D. White of the R. D. White Motor Company will give $15.00 for the second best and D. C. Andrews of the D. C. Andrews Company, will give the third prize of $10.00. All of these are Shal lotte firms. For the State contest the North Carolina Bankers Association Is donating $350.00; $100.00 is being given by the Peoples Savings and Trust Company, of Wilmington, and $100.00 by the Peoples Bank of Roxboro. All of this is in War Savings Bonds. The first prize will be $400.00, the second $100.00 and the third $50.00. The winner of the state prize will also be given a free trip to Pine : ill ?;pc..sc3 pM?*, to the 52nd annual convention of the bankers n>'.<ciation, May 1?, 17 and KUi.'i'ne winning cmtcMaal will be invited to present the prize winning speech before this organization.' County Superintendent of (Continued On Page Four) Club Leaders Meet At Supply Family Life Leaders Of Home Demonstration Clubs In Brunswick Hear Interesting Talk By Mrs. Grimsley A very interesting meeting was held in the county office at Sup ply Friday to prepare the Family Life Leaders of the County Home Demonstration Clubs to give dem onstrations for the month of March. Miss Corrine Green, the home agent, introduced the speaker, Mrs. Corine Grimsley, of italeign. Mrs. Grimsley engaged in a dis cussion on family life and her message was received with a great deal of Interest by the la dies present, who hope to see and hear more of Mrs. Grimsley in Brunswick in the near future. The "Teen Ager's Lunch," put up by the young folks was en Joyed by the Family Life Lead ers and 4-H Club girls, who were present to represent 7 out of the 12 Brunswick county clubs. Frink Declares Intention Not To Enter Race S. Bunn Frink, Southport at torney, released to this paper this morning the definite state ment that he will not file as a candidate for Congress In the 7th District. Should F. Ertle Carlyle, Soli citor of the 9tli Judical Dis trict, who has already filed, re main in the race Mr. Frink will support him. If by any chance Mr. Carlyle should withdraw Mr. Frink will file as a candi-" date. The Southport matt was the. first to announce that he would be a candidate. At that time he felt that the office should go to the southeastern part of the district. He also felt that the' southeastern section could elect the Congressman if it stood united. With the entrance of other southeastern men in the race and a resultant split up of the vote he will not file, and instead will support Mr. Car