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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,
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.
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