The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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^ NO. SIXTEEN NO. 52 6-PAGES today Southport, N. C., Wednesday. April"7th, 1948 fUBUSHED evert Wednesday wjo per yea*
Cultivation Of
Growing Plants
Very Intricate
?jecision Operations Re
quired From Specialized
Machinery From Time
Ground 1? Prepared To
Time Plant# Are Pulled
ocal LANDS GET
first CULTIVATION
rospects Appear Good For
Having Fine Crop Of
plants Ready for Early
Transplanting In
Fields
T5,e tomato plants being
by Everett Sheppard of|
wloli N J- for himself and
ther farmers in New Jersey and
wnsylvania have received their
-st "cultivation. They are nowi
;1I on their way towards the
jowth that will permit them to
t pulled and rushed to the to
rato farms by truck.
We want to be sure we can
row the plants here early j
cough." said Mr. Sheppard this j
reek When we are sure, a lot
eastern canneries and tomato
irniers will be turning to Bruns
nck to grow their tomato plants I
Bd other varieties."
Last year Mr. Sheppard set the j
?h of May as his deadline for!
letting his plants east. He start-1
d late and started from scratch j
ud just made it. A wonderful1
-,ip of tomatoes were produced |
mi the plants grown here. Pull- j
tg them from the beds here one
JV. getting the plants to New |
ersey overnight and setting
aem'out the next morning after I
Sev were pulled was a factor i
3at drew much attention to the
forth Carolina grown plants.
Thousands of acres are seeded I
; Georgia each spring to grow
[ants for the eastern farmers.!
.he haul from Georgia is three;
imes as long as from Brunswick
winty. Last year the general bad I
pring weather played tricks In
Borgia and despite the local
kte Urt thing* *r>' ?or*'
tere as there. This year the
iorgia plant growers are said
? really be meeting up with j
ruble. The hard and continuous!
sins have packed their heavy |
jiy soils and ruined things so
werally that the supply of)
Eants will be very short.
Mr. Sheppard points out that ^
big factor to favor growing!
lants here is that the land will j
ot crust. It can stand twice as j
:ich rain as the Georgia clay
tils without injury to growing;
Jants. The only matter about
tiiich there is any question is
.-.ether the plants can be gotten
ady early enough for the east
m fields.
This years plants were wanted
bout the first of May. They will
e ready between the 15th andi
1th of April, according to the)
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II PRESBYTERIAN
The final address on the origin
'4 development of the larger
iristian churches will be given
' the Presbyterian church on
iunday evening, at 7:30 o'clock.
Sis will be the conclusion of the
object The Growth of the Bap
? and Presbyterian Church."
!>IT COT SHORT
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Loughlin re
?fned to Southport last week
"m. Norfolk. Va., after a last
S:r-uto attack had made it ne
!?ary for Mr. Loughlin to de
^ from a ship on which he
W his wife were about to sail
the Canal Zone for a visit
"th their son, Joe Sam Loughlin.
fcCK KROM CRl'ISE
The Rev. L. D. Hayman, pas
tr of Southport Methodist
Jwch. returned home yesterday
^ New York following a trip
f the coast with his brother
'fcoarri the tug of which he is
??tain. The tug and tow made
^usually good time, and the
ithport minister reported a
?"t enjoyable experience.
tls|TORs HERE
Mr and Mrs. Harry Clark, of
^jfPort. Miss., have been spend
a few days here with Rev.
Mrs. H. M. Baker. Mrs.
. fk and Mrs. Baker are sisters.
! waark is industrial agent for
iJ^Mippi Power Company.
"e here he went over the
of the river road
. Southport and expressed the
r"ion that the new route, run
L a'?ng the river, would open
possibilities for develop
NEW OFFICERS ASSUME DUTIES
IN LIVE OAK CHAPTER O.E.S.
Officers Were Installed At Public Installation Service
Last Month
The new officers of Live Oak
i Chapter No. 179, Order of East
ern Star, officiated at their first
meeting on Monday night with
appropriate resolution service to
begin their new fiscal year.
The officers were installed last
month at a public installation
with the Masons and their wives
and other close friends present.
When the Worthy Matron, Mrs.
Olive Newton, was presented,
Mrs. Rachel Corlette, accompan
ied at the piano by Mrs. Mary
| Bussells, sang an appropriate se
lection. The officers, holding
lighted candles, formed an aisle
through which she was presented
to the East. Gifts were present
ed to Mrs. Newton by the chap
ter and by her mother, Mrs. Sal
lie Holden. A past matron's jewel
was presented Mrs. Julia Sanders.
| Hie other officers were: B. J.
I Holden, Worthy Patron; Mrs.
Jessie Swan, Associate Matron;
'John Eriksen, Associate Patron;
i Mrs. Julia Sanders, Secretary;
! Miss Lottie Newton, Treasurer;
Mrs. Geneva Smith, conductress;
Mrs. Virginia Weeks, Associate
Conductress; Mrs. Sallie Holden,
Marshal; Mrs. Margaret Hood,
Chaplain; Mrs. Mary Bussells,
Organist; Mrs. Matilda Barnette,
Ada; Mrs. Elan Lewis, Ruth;
Mrs. Frances Baker, Esther; Mrs.
Velma Ward; Martha; Mrs. Viena
Leggett, Electa; Mrs. Alice St.
George, Warda; Mrs. Thelma Wil
lis, Sentinel.
The installing officers were
Mrs. Katharine Russ, Mrs. Mary;
Cranmer, Mrs. Sallie Holden and
Mrs. Mary Bussells.
Brunswick County To
f Furnish Lumber Order
Government Is Placing Or
der For A Tremendous!
Amount of Finished Lum
ber For Immediate Deliv- j
ery
300,000 - FEET FROM
BRUNSWICK COUNTY
Much Speculation As To
What Use This Material
Will Be Put By Gov
ernmental Agencies
| With possibly a national de
fense angle behind the purchase,
the United States Government
bought thirty million feet of
lumber this week, all to be plac
ed FOB railroad cars immediate
ly. Large as the order was, it
may be only an initial purchase
as the thirty million feet is said
to have been all that was avail
able for immediate shipment when
the orders were t eceived.
Three hundred and twenty
thousand feet represents the part
that Brunswick county will sup
ply towards this shipment. That
amount was purchased from Fel-|
[ton Garner, Southport man who
is owner of the Bolivia Lumber
Company and part owner of the
Wilmington Pine Company at
Navassa. Mr. Garner and other
lumber manufacturers were call
ed to Memphis, Tenn., and asked
to make offers of the amounts
they could load immediately.
Upon his return to Southport
Monday Mr. Garner was not pre
pared to say where the lumber is
to be shipped. All he knew was
that It is to be delivered FOB
immediately. He thinks that the
30,000,000 foot order purchased
by the government may be only
a part of what the government)
needs and must have.
Information from other sources
seems to indicate that once the
lumber is delivered it will be
shipped to Oak Ridge, Tennessee,
Norfolk, Va., and Charleston,
S. C.
Former Resident
Dies Saturday
Eli Cavanaugh, Former W.
B. & S. Station Agent At
j Southport, Had Been In
J Poor Health Many Years
Eli Cavanaugh, a former South
port resident, died at his resi
! dence at Sunset Park in Wil
(mington Saturday afternoon. He
| was 86 years of age and was a
(son of Rev. J. D. Cavanaugh, a
[well known Methodist minister of
j Duplin county.
Well known at Southport,
I where he resided for many years
(and was station agent for the
| W. B. & S. railroad, Mr. Cava
| naugh was well known and es
j teemed by many Southport and
(Brunswick county citizens. He
entered the insurance field short
ly after leaving the railroad ser
I vice and his health failed a few
j months later.
He is survived by his second
wife. Mrs. Jennie Baker Cava
naugh. home agent for Brunswick
county before her marriage. The
following sons and daughters also
survive: Mrs. Lucy Cavanaugh
and Mrs. Madge Cavanaugh of
New York; Mrs. J. Sheppard
Bryan, of Dunn; Ernest and Har
old Cavanaugh and Miss Mary
Cavanaugh of Atlanta; Charles
and James Cavanaugh, of Tam
pa, Fla.
Funeral services were held
from Ward's Funeral home in
Wilmington Monday afternoon.
Interment followed in Oakdalc
cemetery. . ... i
Candidate For
Governor Here
W. Kerr Scott, candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
Governor of North Carolina,
will speak tonight in South
port before the Brunswick
county chapter of the North
Carolina Education Association.
This is the final meeting of
the yei'.r for the teachers, and
a banquet will be served in the
Community Building by mem
bers of the local Farent-Teach
crs Association.
Mr. Scott was allied to be
the speaker for this occasion
before he announced his In
tention to run for Governor,
and after making his decision
to enter the race wrote the
local program chairman to
suggest that she might !'""?> to
withdraw her In v
gubernatorial candidal was
urged to keep his appoi itment,
and will appear before the
group tonight as principal
speaker.
County Native
Passes Friday
Funeral Services Saturday
At Antioch Church For
Mrs. Mary L. Clemmons,
For Many Years A Resi
dent Of Brunswick
Mrs. Mary L. Clemmons died
| at her home at Myrtle Beach
I Friday. She was 77 years of age
J and had been in ill health for sev
eral years.
A native of the Antioch Bap
tist church community, she had
resided in Brunswick all of her
I life until she moved to Myrtle
'Beach several years ago.
Burial services were held Sat
lurday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
(from the Antioch Baptist church.
The services were in charge of
Rev. W. E. Pate and Rev. Jasper
Hinson. Burial was in the Antioch
church cemetery.
In addition to her husband, E.
L. Clemmons, Mrs. Clemmons is
survived by six sons and five
daughters and numerous grand
children. The sons are Thurston
Clemmons, Quincy Clemmons and
Allard Clemmons, of Myrtle
Beach; Ralph Clemmons, of Bo
livia; Dewey Clemmons, Wilming
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Williams Will
Not Run Again
Member Of Board Of Edu
cation Announces That
Condition Of His Health
Makes Politics Imprac
tical
Henry Williams of Shallotte,
member of the board of educa
tion, stated Monday night that he
is not offering for renomination
1 to the position, owing to his
j health.
I A World War I veteran, Mr.
| Williams was recently notified to
I be ready for a call to the vete
I rans hospital in Winston-Salem
i for examination to discover the
[cause of his trouble. He expects
that following this examination
he will be sent to some hospital
for treatment. He stated Mon
day night that he wished to thank
the people of Brunswick for the
fine manner in which they sup
ported him when he ran for of
fice and during his service as a
member of the board.
Harry L. Mintz
Head Of Cancer
Drive In County
Supply Merchant Will Have
Assistance Of Miss Mar
ion Frink Of Southport
As Campaign Comman
der
DRIVE FOR FUNDS
NOW IN PROGRESS
Contributions May Be Mail
ed In By Those Who Are
Not Contacted By Vol
unteer Workers
Brunswick county this week
launched its greatest drive for
funds to fight cancer.
Harry L. Mintz, Brunswick
county campaign chairman- for
the American Cancer Society, de
clared that he expected the local
goal to be reached soon arid be
lieved the county would go well
over its quota by the end of
April.
MisS Marion Frink is serving
as county commander of the can
cer drive.
"This is not a charity drive,"
the chairman pointed out. "On
the contrary, it is a campaign
which benefits alike every person
in the community?old, young,
rich, poor?because cancer Is no
respector of persons. Statistics
show that cancer will strike one
out of every two families.
"Conservative doctors tell us
that from a third to a half of
the people who develop cancer
can be cured, if they receive early
and adequate treatment. It is to
finance a program to save the
lives that are being thrown away
needlessly?from 850 to 1,30*0 in
North Carolina each year?that
the American Cancer Society
needs funds. At the same time,
the Society's program is aimed
ultimately at stamping cancer out
completely through some discov
ery yet to come from the research
laboratories."
The campaign chairman point
ed out that funds raised here will
be used to finance a three-fold
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Superior Court
Session Loses
Other Important Matters
Settled In Compromise
Agreements Reached Dur
ing Two-Day Session Last
Week
A compromise agreement was
reached in the case of McKay
vs. McNair Investment Co. and
Geneva C. Jones, administrator,
last Wednesday before court ad
journed with the plaintiff recov
ering the amount of $2,800.00.
'In the suit of Arnold Ray
Scott, brought by his next friend,
against Jewell & Strickland and
H. L. McLamb a compromise
settlement was reached with the
sum of $3,000.00 being payed to
the plaintiff. The court made
provision for payment of hospi
tal and doctor bills and attorney
fees.
A survey was ordered by the
court as a basis for settling thel
suit of Stanaland vs. Bennett.
The following divorces were
granted: Bradsher vs. Bradsher;
Thompson vs. Thompson; Cousins!
vs. Cousins.
W. B. KEZ1AH
Our
ROVING
This week someone made an,
inquiry regarding the extent of
the development at Long Beach
during recent years. The interest
probably originated from the fact
that the Post Office Department
Is to establish a post office over
there. The tax bocits give the
best answer to the inquiry re-1
garding the development. Turning
to those books it is found: In!
1939 taxes were being paid on1
$20,465.00 property valuation at
Long Beach. Getting a little more
up to date: Last year, 1947, the j
valuation was found to have in-1
creased to $386,518.00. This week
J. A. Woltz, one of the builders
of this thriving resort town, re-!
marked to us that if the State
Highway Commission will only j
take over the road that the re-,
sort people have built, Long,
Beach will grow to a property;
valuation of a million dollars ^
within two years time.
H. V. Gore, young; Stialiotte
man who has tried Fayetteville
for four or five years and been
employed by the Queen City
Coach company as a bus driver,
has decided that after all Shal
lotte and Brunswick county are J
good enough for him. He recent
ly bought out the Korner Bar
from L. C. White at Shallotte
and has moved back there. Mr.'
Gore, who is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. L. Gore, of Shallotte, has
made considerable change In the
business.
The Williamson Motor Com
pany at Shallotte is finishing up
on a new 25 x 50 foot cinder
block building that will }>e plas
tered white inside and out and
used as the home of the Shal
lotte Laundry and Dry Cleaners.
This business was recently bought
out and is now being operated
by L. C. White, of Whitevllle. It
has been using a walled off part
of the big Williamson Motor
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CENTER OF INTEREST
ORTON?If mild Spring weather continues throughout the remainder of this
week Orton Garden should be at the height of its beauty this week-end. Already
hundreds of visitors are touring the grounds each day, and this week-end is expected
to bring a record number of flower lovers to this beautiful Brunswick county plan
tation.
Auto Inspection Lane
Coming This Month
Southport Boy
Contest Winner
Herbert F. Swain, Jr., won
first place in the soil conserva
tion speaking contest Monday
night at Shallotte and will re
present Brunswick county in
the district contest on Friday
of this week in Fayetteville.
Other contestants were Lind
burgh Gore, representing Shal
lotte high school, second placc
winner; and Miss Marie Leon
ard, representing Waccamaw
high school.
The contest Is being spon
sored by the North Carolina
Bankers Association, with prize
money being supplemented by
Brunswick county merchants.
Testing Cattle
For Infection
Tests Being Given Cows For
Presence Of Tuberculosis
By Federal And State
Vetenarians
Many Brunswick county cows
are now receiving Federal and
State tests for tuberculosis. The
work is being done by Dr. Rod
man L. Lancaster and Dr. N. B.
Tyler of Raleigh. In an inter
view Monday night Dr. Tyler re
minded a news man that he made
the first tuberculean test of cat
tle in Brunswick county. This
(Continued on page four)
Mechanical Inspection Lane]
Will Be Located First At
Shallotte And Then Will
Be Moved To SoUthport
COMING TO COUNTY
20TH OF MONTH
Lane Will Return To Bruns
wick Later In Year, But
Automobile Owners
Urged To Have
Early Inspection
The schedule of the Motor Ve
hicle Department for Mechanical I
Inspection Lane No. 28, which |
covers Robeson, Columbus, Bruns
wick and Bladen counties, calls
for four set-ups in this county
between now and July 3rd.
The lane is operating in White
ville this week and will be there
until Friday, moving out that
night for other points in the
three counties it iS to serve.
Its first appearance in Bruns
|wick county will be on April 20th
j when it will set up at Shallotte
[and remain there through April
123rd. On April 26th it will come
I to Southport and remain here
| through April 29th.
For its second round in Bruns
wick it will arrive at Shallotte
on June 22nd, remaining through
June 26th. Coming to Southport
on June 29, it will remain here
through July 3rd.
The lane is supervised by J. S.
Edgerton. The full schedule for
the three counties was worked
[out with the idea of giving the
[ best of service to motorists in
each county. It is hoped that all
car and truck owners in Bruns
wick county will have their ve
hicles inspected when the set-ups
are made at Shallotte and South
port.
Cleaning Project
Need Finances
Failure Of Property Owners
To Contribute Toward ]
Present Clean Up Pro- j
gram May Cause Halt In J
Operations
Prospects are that the work of [
replacing the headstones, clearing i
off debris and removing old brok-!
en fences In the old Southport
cemetery will have to be discon
tinued this week, for the pre
sent at least. The Southport
Lions Club is sponsoring the
work and Mrs. Helen Bragaw is
giving her own time to supervis
ing the labor. She says that there
is only enough money on hand to
get through this week.
Unless more contributions
come in this week completions of
the job will have to wait until
funds are obtained in some man
ner.
Many people who have rela
tives buried in this graveyard
have not contributed anything to
wards their graves being kept
up in years. Others have given
very little. The present work em
braces every grave in the ceme
tery, the known and the un
known. It is hoped, says Mrs.'
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Record Crowds
To Visit Orton
This Week-End
Tile coming Friday, Saturday j
and Sunday are expected to |
bring record breaking crowd* j
to the Orton (iardens. It ap
pears that for the first time |
In year* the roads will be in
fine condition at the height of ]
the Indian azokw blooming -wa
gon. Three thousand people are J
said to have gone through the j
gardens this paM Sunday. That
Is a record for one day's at- j
tendance and next Sunday ;
should see ail even greater
number.
Visitors from Southport to
the gardens this week say that [
a great many visitors are com- |
ing through every day. Flower |
lovers are coming from prac- i
tically all states.
Baptist Church Is
Formed At Supply
Organizational Meeting
Held Sunday Afternoon,
March 21, With Many
Visitors And Friends At
tending
On Sunday, March 21, the fol
lowing charter members met at
Supply for the purpose of organ
izing the Supply Baptist church:
Lucy Margaret Banks, V. E. Gal
loway, Thelma Galloway, V. E.
Galloway, Jr., Ruth Galloway,
Richmond Galloway, J. J. Hawes,
Ethelyn Hawes, Mildred Hawes,!
Dennis R. Hewett, Mary Louise i
Hewett, Lucy J. Lennon, Frank |
Lennon, Muriel Lennon, Clarence
Lennon.
Rev. C. E. Brisson of Wil
mington was moderator and H.
L. Clemmons, secretary.
The congregation opened the
program by singing "He Leadeth
Me." Dennis Hewett led in the
devotional reading and prayer.
Following this, delegates from
! sixteen other churches in the
association were recognized. Rev.
T. F. Johnson read the Articles
of Faith and by motion the
church adopted those articles.
Rev. C. E. Brisson read the
church covenant and each char
ter member was presented with
a copy of the covenant and a
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
Board Revokes
Beer License
Action Taken Following
Hearing Held Before The
Board Of County Com
missioners Here Monday
The retail beer license of W.
E. Babson was revoked Monday
by members of the board of coun
ty commissioners following a
hearing on charges that the said
W. E. Babson had violated the
beer laws. This action followed
the testimony of several witness
es.
Rabies inspectors for this year
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Brunswick Boys
And Girls Doing
Well In College
Eight Brunswick County
Boys And Girls Are Mak
ing Enviable Records As
Students At Wake Forest
VARIED INTERESTS
SHOWN BY STUDENTS
These Representatives Ar?
Taking Active Interest In
Student Activities Of
Wake Forest
The eight students from Bruns
wick county at Wake Forest are
contributing much to campus life
and are taking an active role in
the colleges' wide and varied ex
tra-curricular program.
Shallotte Is represented by Wil
liam L. Bennett, senior, and Bea
jmon O. Hewett, freshman. Wil
liam H. Robbins, senior, come?
from Wirinabow; Mary Ellen
{Reynolds, freshman, from Le
land; Thurston Little, junior,
from Freeland; Harold F. Ald
| ridge, sophomore, from South port;
John F. Stanley, sophomore, and
Ray H. Walton, 1st Year Law,
from Ash.
Robbins is listed In Who's Who
among students in American Col
leges and Universities, is on the
editorial staff of the Old Gold
and Black, student newspaper, Is
on the honor roll, is a member
of Phi Beta Kappa, highest na
tional scholastic fraternity, and
is a member of Omicron Delta
Kappa, national honorary leader
ship fraternity.
Little and Stanley are members
of the Cullom Ministerial Confer
ence, prominent religious organi-,
zation.
i Bennett made the honor roll
last semester, is a member of
the Euzelian Society, well known
literary and debating organiza
tion over 100 years old, and is a
member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Aldridge, Hewett, Little, Rob
bins, and Stanley are veterans.
Little and Stanley are con
templating careers in ministry;
Aldridge in medicine; Hewvtl mid
Walton in law; and Robbins in
teaching. Miss Reynolds is plan
ning to be a medical teachnician
and Bennett is taking graduate
work.
| Most Wake Forest graduates
have gone into the fields of law,
ministry, medicine, teaching, and
journalism, although a good
many have gone into business,
dentistry, and engineering.
The present enrollment of Wakq
Forest, the oldest and largest
Baptist College in the United
States, is a record breaking 2,
000 students, of whom approxi
mately 200 are enrolled in Wake
Forest's Bowman Gray School of
medicine in Winston-Salem.
Two years ago approximately
115 000,000 was added to the col
lege's resources, the bulk of
which was the Smith Reynolds
Foundation Fund, valued at
around *11,000,000. This fund was
donated on the condition the
college be moved to Winston-Sa
lem and that sufficient funds be
raised during the next five years
to accomodate a student body of
around 2000 men and women.
A planning committee has al
ready been appointed by Wake
Forest's Board of Trustees and
some architects' sketches have
already been drawn up showing
the tentative layouts of the pro
posed campus and necessarv
buildings.
Preliminary plans for a cam
paign in Forsyth county to raise
$1,500,000 is already under way
while a campaign among Bap
tist churches in the State to
raise $1,500,000 in three years is
already well in the advanced
stages. Another source of in
come will be the sale of the pre
sent college plant at Wake For
est.
Four Prospects
For Post Master
That Many Persons Have
Received Blanks Upon
Which To Make Applica
tion For Job At Long
Beach
J. B. Russ, Southport post
master, says that four persons
have made inquiries and applied
for blanks, presumably to apply
for the position of post master
at the office soon to be establish
ed at Long Beach by the Post
Office Department.
As previously stated the poal
office will be known as Long
Beach.
No civil service examination
will be required of the applicants
for the position of post master.
The position will be open to
.either men or women, with the
J usual preferrence being given H
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