The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
'no SIXTEEN NO. 48
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday. March 10th, 1948 published every Wednesday ?i.so per yea*
iport Of Red
Jross Urged By
Illation's Groups
)T% Industry And Gov
^ent Back Appeal
r Funds To Carry On
?at Program
IriON'S LEADERS
|5aCK ORGANIZATION
^jent Truman, Secre
j. Of State Marshall,
;eneral Bradley And
Others Give Full
Support
LsHINGTON. d. C?Leaders
Ljonting a cross section of1
Lean national life have urged j
[support of the Red Cross!
Fund appeal which opens1
?h 9 President Basil O'Connor
today.
L, Truman's Secretary
M ir shall and other Cab-|
I members head the long list
Government endorsements,
L spokesmen for labor and in- j
veterans and servicemen, j
and social groups, farmers,
I business men add to the list i
Jjupporters.
fcserting the American Red,
[b exemplifies the noblest in- j
of mankind?the desire to i
f one's fellow man?President
on February 18 proclaim-1
|March Red Cross month. His
Is were seconded by Secre-1
Marshall, who termed Red
s work at home and abroad |
impressive indication of in-1
Btional good will.
i war or peace the American i
Cross fulfills an essential1
ion. declared Defense Secre-1
Forrestal, while former U.:
I Army Chief of Staff Dwight!
Itisenhower spoke of the splen
] -sor. t tal services of the or
pat"'".
r.eral Omar N. Bradley, new;
| j Army Chief of Staff, en-:
fd the campaign because of j
i earnest belief in the import-,
| work and accomplishments of |
i Red Cross. Added to these
ages are others from Secre-J
(.(the Army jtii "RoyaU,:
tetary of the Navy. John L.'
(itivan. Secretary oi i the Air j
te VV. Stuart . ^Symington, j
if of U. S. ? Naval Operations j
liral Louis Den'.iell, and Gen-!
B. Cates, Commandant of
Marine Corps.
The U S. Chamber of Com
e. through Earl O. Shreve,
dent, commended the Red
for its National Blood1
Ofram, calling it one of tht I
t far-reaching peacetime
th services ever to be offered.
Mrs. J. L. Blair Buck, presi-i
<, General Federation of Worn-?
J Clubs, pointed out that "it j
everyone's responsibility to in-1
it success of the blood pro
tii and urge the public to give!
tr. more than we think we can
year.
Speaking for American veterans
World War II, Edgar C. Corry,1
rational commander, said vet
to remember most vividly the
tvices received from Red Cross
le they were in uniform, and j
strongly urged veterans and
^lians alike to make the Red j
S3 campaign a success.
James F. O'Neil, national com-1
teier of the American Legion, |
M numerous services of the j
i Cross not only to veterans [
! servicemen but to civilians, ^
i urged all good Americans to
m their hearts and pfirses in
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Brief Newt
Flathtt
&SKKTBALL GAMES
A double header between inile
Ment teams from Bolivia and
Waniaw will be played on the
""'ia home court next Wednes
f evening.
Tl RXS FROM DCKE
c- P WiUetta, Bolivia automo-!
^ dealer, has returned home
'"i Duke hospital at Durham,
he was a patient for a
tek.
'?Image sale
Members of the Woman's Bible
^ of Trinity Methodist church
!1 holil a rummage sale Satur
morning beginning at 9
in the Leggett's appliance
Jtoing next door to the Amuzu
?ttre.
T tournament
* number of Southport basket
* fans attended the Southern
^erence Tournament at Dur
during the past week end.
^ included Mr. and Mrs. W.
. "'ells. Malcolm Frink, Dan
!"> J. A. Gilbert, Prince
Robert Willis. H- T.
SEASON OPENS
ORTON?Announcement was made this week that
camellias are blooming in great profusion now at Orton
Gardens following the past few days of mild weather.
The blossoms appear to have been little damaged by the
cold Weather of January and February.
County OfficeGoe? On
40-Hour Work Week
County - Wide Change In
Work Week Plan Became
Effective Last Week At
Direction Of Secretary
Anderson
FARMERS URGED
TO COOPERATE
Braacwick County M^wbers j
Urged To Visit Off ice
Monday Through Fri
day From Now On
Workers in the AAA office at
Supply went on a 40-hour week
effective March 1. according to a
statement received from J. J.
Hawes, secretary of the Bruns
wick County ACA.
The change to the 40-hour week
was authorized some days ago
by U. S. Secretary of Agriculture,
Clinton P. Anderson. It applies
to all office personnel throughout
the country.
Mr. Hawes states that with the
reduction in working hours five
full days will be put in by the
office force, Monday through Fri
day. Farmers throughout the
county are asked to please take
note of the fact that the County
Production and Marketing Admin- ^
istration (AAA) Office, will not.
be open on Saturday this week
or thereafter.
Post Office At
Bolivia Unique
Is Only Office In United
States By That Name
And Much Mail Intended
For S ou t h American j
Country Is Received
Like Shallotte, Bolivia is the!
only post office in the United j
States with monopoly on its j
name. There is no other post of-,
fice and no other town named
Bolivia.
Shallotte, with a name resemb-j
ling Charlotte, gets a great i
amount of mail that was intend-1
ed for the Piedmont city. On the)
other hand, Bolivia gets a large:
amount of mail that was intended |
for Bolivia, S. A. This has to bo j
forwarded to the South American
republic.
In an interview Monday Mrs.
Lester Edwards, the post master
at Bolivia, was asked regarding
the name of the office and town.
She stated that there was a post
office there before anything else.
The late S. P. Cox was post mas
ter and the government sent him
a list of names that might pro
vide a suitable one for the office.
He selected Bolivia for the name|
and some years later when the
W. B. & S. railroad came through;
there the town was established j
and took the same name as the(
post office.
Mrs. Edwards is not certain
what year the post office was
established and named. At that
time it was supplied with mail
by a star route, said to have run
between Wilmington and Shal
lotto. I
Mr Cox. the original postmas-,
ter who selected that name that
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Pecan Tree Loses
Battle With House
For a long time a huge pe
can t rit', planted 45 years ago,
has been disputing the right!?
of the home of .Mrs. Hattie
Galloway, between Bolivia "BBd
Supply.
Growing very close to the
large Galloway home, It became
a matter of either having to
cut down the tree or move the
lHHi.se. The house was too large
to move, so the home owners
could no longer spare that tree.
It was cut down this week
and across the stump, some
three feet from the ground, it
measured S feet, 11 hiches. In
circumference it was 124 In
ches. The tree furnished one
huge 15 foot saw log and a
large pile of wood.
Service Officer
Has Suggestions
Makes Report On Activities
During First Five Months
Of Operation Of Office
At Supply ?
Cecil Edwards, Veterans Ser
vice Officer for Brunswick Coun
ty, reporting .on his first five
months in the office at Supply, is
adding a few timely suggestions
and some helpful information for
the benefit of the ex-service men
in Brunswick.
He calls attention to the fact
that an automobile, not exceeding
$1600.00 in cost, may be obtained
free by service men who lost a
leg in World War II. Applications
with proof of the disability, must
be filed with him before July 1st
of this year.
Dates for application for term
inal leave pay are still open.
Veterans who have let the chance
for such pay to slip by, and who
are entitled to it, will have to put
in their aplicatton before Septem
ber 1st of this year.
In the case of veterans who
die within three years after re
ceiving an honorable discharge
from the service, Mr. Edwards
points out that their widows and
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Supply Resident
Taken By Death
Mrs. Henrietta Clemmons, 68,
of Supply, Brunswick County,
died Friday night in Dozier Me
morial Hospital at Southport.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the graveside in Silent
Grove Cemetery Sunday afternoon
at 1 o'clock by the Rev. Qillard
Lewis.
Surviving are three sons, John
nie, George and Albert Clemmons,
all of Supply; two daughters,
Mrs. Mary Potter and Mrs. Eva
Hewett, lx>th of Supply; a sister,
Mrs. J. W. Flowers of Leland; 19
grandchildren and several great
grandchildren.
Forest Warden
Preparing For
Trouble Later
Forest Warden Dorman
Mercer And Crew At
Work Preparing To Pro
tect Brunswick Forest?
From Fire
WINDS OF MARCH
CAUSE DANGER
Growing Timber Comprises
Valuable Asset To Coun
ty And Everyone
Should Help Pro
tect It I
County Forest Fire Warden
Dorman Mercer stated Monday
that there have been no damag-J
ing forest fires yet, a fact for j
which timber owners should be
grateful. )
A few hours after interview-,
ing the warden he was seen in
another place, 15 miles away,1
working with a good sized force
at the task of burning off high-)
way shoulders as a precaution
against fires being started later
when things are dryer and mo
torists are inclined to forget the
danger of throwing lighted cigar
ettes from their passing cars. I
The real danger period, said
Mr. Mercer, will come a little
later when things get good and
dry and March winds blow. At
j such times a lighted cigaret or
[ carelessly thrown match may
J start a blaze that will cost some
(timber owner thousands of dol
lars.
It is now fast approaching that
period of the year when the for
est wardens and the timber own
ers are genuinely appreciative of
I cooperation on the part of the
I public. Timber is a valuable crop,
worth far more than any field
[ crop grown in Brunswick. But
ithis fact is little recognized. A lot
of people who would shudder at
the thought of deliberately cutting
down the corn or tobacco stalks
of their neighbors, do not stop
to think that they may be doinjr
him even more damage tlrrougn
| the careless handling of matches
(Continued on page 4)
Former Judge
Seeks Office
John B. Ward Will Seek
Democratic Nomination
For Judge Of Brunswick
County Recorder's Court
John B. Ward, prominent farm
er of Waccamaw township, made
formal announcement yesterday
that he is a candidate for the of
fice of Judge of the Recorders
court in the Democratic primary
election. Mr. Ward's announce
ment was the first formal one for
that office to reach this paper.
The voters and residents of
Brunswick county hardly need to
be introduced to Mr. Ward. He
served five years as tax collector,
two years as county commissioner
and four years as Judge of the
Recorder's court, the same office
to which he again aspires.
He served as judge until two
years ago and at that time did
not offer for reelection.
His formal announcement in
which he places his candidacy in
the hands of the democratic men j
and women voters appears else
j where in this issue.
New Hat In Ring
J. ROBERT (BOB) YOUNG,!
attorney, farmer, businessman and j
war Veteran of Dunn, who has'
tossed his hat Into the race for|
Congress in this district. He is |
the third candidate for the nom-:
ination, others being F. Ertle
Carlyle of Lumberton and Har-1
grove Bellamy of Wilmington. S. j
Bunn Frink, first to come out, |
has withdrawn in favor of Car
lyle.
Grading Starts
On Road Project
To Holden Beach
Contractor Has Started
Operations At Canal End
Of Project And Is Work
ing Toward Highway No. 1
17
The E. W. Grannis Construct
ion Company started grading work
last week on the Holden's Beach
road leading from J. E. Kirby's
store on Route 17 to Holden's
Beach. The contract calls for
grading and surfacing, along with
.construction of the necessary
?bridges between the inland water
w?y and the Kirby store.
Operations began at the canal
end of the project and will work
towards the highway, according
to Dr. R. H. Holden of Shallotte.
Dr. Holden, one of the owners of
the beach, stated Monday that
i the contractors had made good
progress for the short time they
had been working.
The same company is to build
[the Grissettown to Soldier's Bay
road, a project eight miles long,
the same length as the Holden's
Beach project. Equipment is also
being placed on the Grissettown
project and it is said that work
will begin in a few days. L. C.
Brown, prominent Longwood
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Two Candidates
For Republicans
Lonnie Evans And Isaac E.
Reynolds Announce In
tention To Seek Nomina
tion For County Commis
sioner
Although the matter has not
been verified, it appears that can
didates in Brunswick county on
tlie Republican ticket will enter
the primary Instead of seeking
nomination through the conven
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\V. B. KEZIAH
Our ,
ROVING
Reporter
This week the old admonition, |
"Don't count your chickens be
fore they are hatched," was
brought tp our mind rather sud-1
denly and unexpectedly. We are [
now wondering if there is any '
connection between chickens and,
boats? The facts of the case arc
that Lewis J. Hardee is about to
complete and launch the third big
shrimp boat of the six that he is
building here. The Sea Boys andt'
The Sea Fighter were launched
long ago and have been giving;
fine service. Meeting up with Mr.
.Hardee, we asked what he waB
going to name the third vessel, j
"Don't you know," he asked, "itj
| is unlucky to name boats before
you get them painted?"
The operators of a canning fac
tory in Vineland, N. J., were here
this week to see if theV could
buy tomato plants from their
farms from Everett H. Sheppard.1
who is now growing plant? for
his own farms in Shiloh, N. J.,
and for a canning factory in
Pennsylvania. All of the plants
Mr. Sheppard expects to produce
this year are already under con
tract to the Pennsylvania factory
or for use on his own farms. The
factory people tell him that
if he gets half a good break in
his production this year they
want him to greatly increase his
acreage for next year. Eventually,
Mr. Sheppard thinks, plant pro
duction volume in Brunswick will
rival or exceed the Georgia-grown.
Thursday night while the South
port high school girls were strug
gling to hold Shallotte to an even
score, their more or less ungal
lant brothers were outside at a
hot dog stand, drinking pop and
eating hot dogs. When those boysi
came in to take their tuni on the
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Southport Girls, Bolivia
Boys Win Opening Game
In County Tournament
DISTRICT GAME WARDEN
OUTLINES FISHING LAW
H. T. Bowmer Thinks That Considerable Trouble For
AH Parties Concerned May Be Avoided
i With the minds of many people
now turning to freshwater fish
nig, District Game Warden, H.
T. Bowmer, stated this week that
if the public became better in
formed as to the freshwater fish
ing laws some of them might be
saved a great deal of trouble and
expense.
"No license is required," he
said, "for residents fishing with
pole and line or rod and reel, pro
vided they do not use artificial
bait. If they use artificial bait
they must have a fishing license,
costing $1.10 and this license is
good only for the county jn which
they reside.
"It is unlawful for any person
to take more than 25 freshwater
fish in any one day. These may
include bluegills, redbreasts,
largemouth bass, warmouth, yel
low perch, crapie, etc. Of these -
varieties 20 either bluegills, red
breasts, warmouth, crapie may be
taken in a day. Only 8 large
mouth bass are allowed in a day.
If a sportsman gets 8 largemouth
bass in a day he is only allowed
17 other fish or the various or
of any one variety.
"There is no closed season or
size limit on any of the above
fish throifehout the year, insofar
as relates to Brunswick county.
With regard to shad and herr
ing fishing with nets in the in
land shad and herring waters of
this area from the first of March
until the first of May, such fish
ing is permitted on Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays only. All
nets must be licensed. All such
nets must have a bar of not less
than one and one-half inches."
Local Fish Factory Is
Alone In Winter Work
Supervisor Now
Touring County
Mis* Mary Van O'Brlant, dis
trict supervisor for the North
Carolina Department of Public
Instruction, is spending this
week in Brunswick county- and
plans to visit each room In
each of the five consolidated
srfcouH for the purpose of ob^
serving classroom methods.
Accompanying Miss O'Briant
Is .Miss Mary Anthony, repre
senting one of the school text
book publishing houses, who Is
demonstrating new methods of
teaching reading to grades of
the elementary school.
County Superintendent of
Schools J. T. Denning Is- mak
ing the rounds with these visit
ors.
Several Counts j
Against Robbins
Jury Trial Asked By Stale
In Whiskey Case*; Trials
For Larceny Continued j
Until March 24
Three cases charging Charlie
Robbins, Jr., Leland filling sta'
tion operator with larceny from
the person, were continued in Re
corder's court last week until
March 24. In all three cases the
Amount was fairly large, running
as high as "between $600.00 and
$700.00."
Four other cases against the
same defendant, charging him
with selling whiskey, will be
heard in Superior court, the State
having asked for a jury trial. The
warrants in these cases are ra
ther unusual in that they charge
Robbins with selling whiskey by
force of arms. The exact word
ing of the warrants is as follows:
"Charlie Robbins, Jr., did unlaw
fully and willfully possess for the
purpose of sale barter or 'ex
change or distribution intoxicat
ing liquor against the form of
statues in such cases made and
provided against the peace and
dignity of the state and that on
the said day and year aforesaid
in the county and state aforesaid
the said Charlie Robbins, Jr., did
with force of arms unlawfully
and willfully sell barter, exchange
and distribute intoxicating li
quors."
Other cases coming up In the
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Two Services At
Antioch Sunday
The Rev. Fred Migtze of Wil
mington will hold services at An
tioch Baptist church Sunday at
the 11 o'clock hour and again at
the evening , hour at 7:30 o'clock.
Sunday school at 10 o'clock and
B. T. U. at 6:30 will round out
the program' for the day.
?The Rev. E. C. Chamblee, mis
sionary for the Wilmington As
sociation, will meet with mem
bers of the Antioch congregation
next Tuesday evening at 7:30
o'clock to discuss the matter of
forming a field of churches. All
members are urged to attend.
Hi
Believed That Brunswick
Navigation Co. At South
port Is Only Menhaden
Factory North Of Florida
Operating Now
SHRIMP BOATS ARE
.OUT AFTER FISH
?ith Some Minor Changes {
In Accommodations Of
Vessels, Chances Are
??od For Next
Season
So far as can be learned, the |
plant of the Brunswick Navlga-i
tion company at Southport is the;
only menhaden factory north of'
Florida that has operated con- j
tinuously during the winter.
With cold weather since Christ-j
mas the fish left the surface of!
the water and their location could
not be detected by the menhaden
boatmen with their purse nets.
On the other hand the big South
port shrimp trawlers have been
able to scoop them up from the j
floor of the ocean.
While the menhaden boats have
been at their docks and on their (
railway undergoing repairs, the
shrimp trawlers have been supply-(
ing the factory and keeping it
going. s
In summer time or even when!
it is moderately warm, the
shrimp trawls would be useless
against menhaden. Their effective!
work in the winter time, how-|
ever, has led to' the prediction
that next winter wil] find a whole i
fleet of the trawlers taking over
and providing catches that will
make the winter operation of
the factory very profitable.
Some changes in the cargo J
space will have to be made to |
make shrimp boat operations on1
menhaden as profitable as it
should be. At the factory the big
elevator that unloads the catches
has to go down in the holds and
there should be working space
around It. The hold openings on
most of the boats are just large
enough to allow the elevators to
descend and the ice pens built
around the opening to the hold
prevent workmen down there
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Welfare Office
Wants Clothing
Requests Being Received
For Clothing, Principally
For School Children; Will
Be Distributed
Miss Ruth Patterson, superin
tendent of public welfare for;
Brunswick county, reported a case
Monday which highlights the need|
for a supply of good used cloth-]
ing to be handed out through her,
office.
Miss Patterson said that a j
mother of four small children i
came in to request assistance in
the matter of clothing some of
the youngsters. Their father has1
deserted them, according to the
story, and some of the children
of school age must stop their at-1
tendance unless some provision is
made immediately to replace their
worn clothing. -
Miss Patterson points out that!
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?
Southport Girls Nos? Out
Shallotte While Bolivia
Qualifies For Semi-FinaU
At Expense Of Wacca
maw
PLAY TO RESUME ON
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Championship Game For
Boys Friday Night; Girl*
Finals On Saturday;
Also Consolations
Opening games of the 1948
Brunswick County Basketball
Tournament were played last
night at Bolivia high school gym;
with SouUiport girls and Bolivia
boys qualifying for places in the
semi-finals.
No games are scheduled for
today, but play is to be resumed
tomorrow afternoon and will con
tinue through Saturday night,
with four successive double-head
ers being scheduled for play.
The Southport high school girls
edged Shallotte out of further
participation in the tournament
by defeating them by one point.
The score was 16 to 17. A spurt
by Shallotte in the last period
made the game a thriller. Pre
viously the Southport girls had
held a substantial lead.
In the nightcap Bolivia boys
eliminated Waccamaw, 19 to 1?.
Trailing Bolivia all the way, the
Waccamaw boys were game to
the last. The Bolivia boys were ?
little sharper in their shooting.
Continuing the tournament the
Leland girls will meet Bolivia at
3:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
At 4:30 o'clock the Leland boys
will take on Bolivia, winner of
last nights contest with Wac
camaw. At 7:30 o'clock the W?'
camaw girls, with the best i
cord of wins of any team In tire
county, will m eel Southport. the
victor ^kwr SS-Uiott;! l*1?! nljM*
At 8:30 o'clock Shallotte and
Southport boys meet.
On Friday night the champion
ship game for the boys will bo
played at 8:30 o'clock following
the girls consolation event. Cham
pionship play for the girls will
be on Saturday night, with the
boys consolation event making up
the other half of the night's twin
bill.
Officials In charge of this year's
event are A. C. Dawson, vice*
president of the North Carotins
Education Association, and Mr.
Appanitls, the same pair who
handled last year's tournament.
Last night's games were calWd
by Coach Earl Brinkley, of White
ville, due to the fact that Mr.
Dawson and Mr. Appanitls were
unable to assume their tourna?
ment duties until tomorrow.
An added feature of this year'?
tournament in which there is con
siderable interest is a free-throw
contest for both girls and boys.
Elimination contests are being
conducted in each school thif
week preparatory to staging the
final competition on Friday and
Saturday nights.
Two beautiful trophies are be
ing awarded winners In both the
boys and girls division. These are
being donated by Stanley's Jewel
ers, Wilmington, through their re
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Getting Ready
For Building
J. A. Woltz Has Sold Hi*
14-Room House At Long
Beach And Is Getting
Ready To Do More Build?
ing
J. A. Woltz, tobacco market
auctioneer of Sanford, has the
jump on other Long Beach boost- '
era for building activities this
yea-. It is understood that Mr.
Wo'.tz is now here with the plan
oi being a year-round resident of
Long Beach.
Last year Mr. Woltz built one
of the finest homes at Long
Beach. Getting an attractive of
fer, he recently sold this home to
W. W. Wallace, of Fayettevllle.
Here to stay now, he Is plan
ning to build four eight-room
houses at the beach. One at
these buildings is for Bill Fltz, of
Sanford. Mr. Woltz has not staU
ed what he will do with the other
three new homes.
Dr. W. Corey Hedgepeth of
Lumberton is now also engaged
in the construction of a nice home
at Long Beach. A great many
other property owners at ttaa
beach are said to Bfe assembling
materials or getting plans ready
for constructing buildings, thia
spring. The summer promises to
be a very sctivs one ovtr th*r%
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