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#>? SI*TEEN N0- 19 6-PAGES TODAY . ' Southport, N. C., Wednesday, August 18, 1948 fuwJSHED every Wednesday ?ijo per yeam
L; ittee Learns
[firm Program
LlW Season
L Changes Will Be
In Plan Of Pro
Pjure But These To Be
Epliined In New Hand
L\SED FUNDS
r FOR PAYMENTS
Lgrs Will Be Encourag.
Ho Cooperate With
L-Suilding Practicss
And Will B? Paid
?
For Them
jjjj-g. chairman of the
JL. county PMA Commit
, j j jit'wes. secretary of
f.-v Committee, attending
2? on August 6 at Eliza
Irf-'.vhere representatives of
r,'r 0f county associations
. ?ith the PMA fieldman
for the 1949 Agricul
Ccnservation Program. Con
ijs authorized the develop
jf the program for next
t the basis of a consider
jjease in the appropriation
jse funds available for the
?nam. The amount which!
? pa.j to farmers in this!
for carrying out practices!
US will be about the same
j fands available in 1947.
'it meeting, practices which
icisded in the 1949 State
dck were reviewed and dis
t The Brunswick County'
rttee will now decide which
m are most necessary in i
aunty to assist farmers in
ej and conserving soil;
tj. These practices will then1
Bj-ed in the Brunswick i
fhand'oook which is to be|
ml and submitted to the:
i Committee for approval by!
?25. The 23 practices which
iniuae<; in the state Hand
fe 1949 include several new
liich have not been includ
Biously and which will re-1
runs consideration gf . the ,
I committee. .
nlition to selecting from ;
?5 practices those which are
Keded in this county, the j
fcdmiruttcc is authorized to i
I aro additional practices;
i? a local practice for which
iBsv be a definite need in ,
eciy but which is not in- i
t is the National Bulletin, |
i special conservation prac
ilcfc is not includea in the i
iBar.Jbook but is in the Na- i
I Bulletin.
i County Technical Commit
Msting of representatives
k other agricultural agencies
k county, will work with the
? PMA Committee In se
? the practices for the Coun
tacok and in making de
Swauert or, Page Six)
trie f file wt
Flashu
<> TO MEET
* regular meeting of the
l|?t Lions Club will be held
i Thursday I at one
it the Community Center
?S MEETING
1 ^?tilar meeting of Shallotte
247 American Legion
* wi'i at the high school at
on Friday night. All
1? requested to be pre
tXHIBIT
'* exhibit featuring the
if Arther E. Newton
*kld Fr. iay afternoon and
^'t the Community Center
?- Sewton is a Southport
^ ts paintings are princip
kal scenes The exhibit is
'fc auspiceof the Woman?
?,f Christian Service of
Methodist church.
JTJOBT
Plaxc i. Jr., son of
^Mrs P. F. Plaxco of
J/" "lade a solo flight
-Wilmington after seven
^-:?ht training. Permis
,','7 **'s s0'0 was a sort
present for the
^ ? Military Academy cadet.
^';?on also marked his
^ :. DEM(X R \TS
-, .' 2 Democrats Club of
I'?? Wun,y will meet Fri
^ HW * I'clock in the
?2,1 School auditorium.
, 'mPortant business at
"5 *ill be the election
?jw?'*- Pr?sent officers
IH?" Williamson, presi
Marion Frinlc, .vice
torry '< Mints, Jr ,
SAILFISH
PRIZE?Capt. Hulan Watts is shown with E. M.
Hernbon ?f Durham as they survey.the magnificent 8-ft.,
2-in. sailfish landed Sunday while fishing aboard the
Idle-On. This fish is the largest ever officially reported
caught off the North Carolina coast.?(Cut courtesy Wil
mington News, Photo by Hugh Morton.)
Sailfish Catches On
Two Trips Big News
Eight-Foot, Two-Inch Sail
Brought In Sunday After
noon By Party. Aboard
Idle < On Outstanding
Catch Of Season
* y.-?
MOJA PARTY HAS
MARLJN ON LINE
Results Of Fishing Expedi
tions From Here During
Last Week Indicate
Plenty Of Good
Sport
E. M. Hernbon of Durhkm land
ed an eight-foot, two-inch sail
fish, the largest caught off the
North Carolina coast in recent
years, while fishing aboard ths
Idle-On with Captain Hulan Watts
Sunday.
Captain Watts said that the fish
put up a triffic struggle, break
ing clear of the water 11 times
during the 20-mintite .battle.
"When we lifted him aboard he
didn't have a breath of fight left
in him", the veteran Southport
skipper said. "One time, though
he raced up abreast our boat,
about 75-yards on our beam. I had
to 'hook-up' my motor to take the
slack, as it was impossible to do
it with the reel."
This was the second time within
three days that Captain Watts
had returned to port with a sail.
On Friday the thirteenth W. H.
Harper of Charlotte caught the
first sailfish of the season which
measured 7-foot, 4-inches.
(Continued on pags .six) >
Rodeo Winners
Local People
Several Awards For First
Month Of SENCBA Fish
ing Rodeo Go To Local
People; Other Winning
Fish From Local Boats
A list of July Southeastern
North Carolina Beach Association
Fishing Rodeo winners included a'
number of Southport persons int
addition to numerous out-of-the;
county winners whose fish were
caught while fishing aboard local
party boats.
Youngest of the local winners
was Gay Wells, 6 year did daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Wells, j
who won a first prize of $15.00 j
for her one and one-half pound
blatkfish. Another youthful winner
wag Joe Swain, who won a $15.00
first prize in the Virginia mullet
classification. Ralph Mollycheck,1
another local youngster, won a
camera as third prize in the
croaker contest.
Crawford Rourk, Southport an
gler, was top man in the croaker
classification and received a cash
awcrd of $15.00. Mrs. F. Molly
check won first prize for black
drum and received $15.00 for a
fish she caught on the first day
of the current rodeo.
Farm Bureau Is
Out For Members
The annuai membership drive
for the Farm Bureau is under
way in Brunswick county, hav
ing been launched with a din
ner meeting at the Shallotte
high school gymnasium.
Last night a follow-up meet
ing was held at the office of
the county agent at Supply, and
plans were made for the cam
paign for members. One result
of the meeting was to lay plans
for a good Brunswick county
delegation to attend the dis
trict meeting on August 24 at
Eliza be thtown.
In urging support of " the
Farm Bureau, President T. T.
Ward reminds the farmers of
Brunswick county that this or
ganization has played an im
portant role in looking after the
interest of the growers In the
face or advancing prices. "Left
to our own individual efforts,"
he said, "we' would have been
in mighty bad shape. But
there is a lot of strength Jn an
organized group as large as
Farm Bureau, and when the of
ficials of our organization speak,
somebody is likely to stop to
listen."
Local Family In
Magazine Series
Photographs Taken of Mer
rit Moore Family Last
Week For Use In Health
Publication at Early Date
While taking pictures here last
u/jek for an illustrated health
story showing the home life and
activities of the average North)
Carolina fisherman's family, Ben
M. Patrick, staff photographer
and manager of the magazine in
which the story is to appear, de
clared he haa never met with bet
ter cooperation from models.
Chief among these were Jim
mie, Penny and Paul, children of
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Moore, of
Seuthport. All details of home life
were gone into and photograph
ed. The children also were shown
at the old pump and in the trees
at Franklin Park and at the
markers on the Garrison lot. Fol-|
lowing this, various scenes were
taken aboard and around the
Penny, the big shrimp trawler
owned by their father. .
In the afternoon the children
went to Long Beach, met Dr.
Thor Johnson, famed conductor of
the -Cincinnati Symphony Orches
tra, and had him as a guest at
a watermelon slicing on the
beach. After this and bathing
scenes they went to the "Capel
Castle", the wonderful summer
home of Mr. and Mrg. Arthur
(Continued on Page 0)
Beauty Contest
Closes With Big
Dance Saturday
Beauty Queen To Represent
Shallotte Post American
Legion At State Conven
tion To Be Crowned
VOTING CONTEST
FOR HUT FUNDI
Money Being Raised From
Balloting Up To Time To
Announce Winner; Cor
onation Dance Gala
Affair
A beauty queen to represent
Shallotte Post No. 247 at the
State Convention of the American
Legion in Asheville next month
will be crowned Saturday night as
the outstanding feature of a dance
being sponsored jointly by the
legion post and the Shallotte Lions
Club.
The beauty contest will be de
cided upon the basis of votes cast
for their favorite by friends and
supporters during the balance of
this week and until intermission
at the dance Saturday night. A
total of 21 entrants have been
sponsored for this contest, and it
is reported that,voting has reach
ed a spirited stage already.
All funds from the contest and
dance will go into the fund for
the Legion Hut, which already is
under construction. This is a pro
ject which has been held the cent
er of interest for the Shallotte
Legion members since the end of
World War II, and recently mem
bers of the Shallotte Lions Club
voted to cooperate to the fullest
In completing this work.
Although the big spotlight has
been focused upon the beauty con
test, Shallotte people and their
friends have not overlook the fact
that dancing is on the program I
for Saturday night, and a popular!
band from Wilmington has been i
engaged to play for this event.
Executive Visits
County Beaches
President Of Jefferson Stan
dard Life Insurance Com
pany Was Visitor To Sev
eral Brunswick County
Beach Resorts Last Week
Ralph Price, president of the
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance
Company, of Greensboro, and D.
Stowe Crouse, Myrtle Beach, S. C.
realtor, spent one day last week
visiting the beaches in Brunswick
county, arriving at Southport
shortly after noon.
Here they were joined by a re
presentative of the State Port
Pilot and the three spent some
fime looking over things in South
port.
Asked regarding his reactions
to the Brunswick county beaches,
Mr Price was unhesitating in his
praise. He was especially impress
ed with the east-to-west shore
line of the coast, a condition that
leaves the Brunswick beaches all
facing south and therefore not ef
fected by storms or bothered by
surfs of such a nature as to create
dangerous undertows.
Asked what he thought of Long
Beach, the last place to be visited,
the insurance executive said:
"Well, we walked about a mile
at Long Beach to arrive at the
top of the world view from the
Capel house. There the vast pan
orama that unfolded itself made
the walk more than worth while.
"1 have never before seen a pan
(Continued On Page Four}
Shrimpers Are"
Back From Trip
About 20 Holden Beach shrimp
trawlers returned home Saturday
from Pamlico Sound to which
point they were attracted recent
ly by reports of more and bigger
shrimp.
The ten day trip turned out to
be a flop all of the way, none of
the boats being able to get enough
shrimp for their traveling ex
penses. Some of them said they
were out a good deal in time and
expenses.
None of these boats have radios
and they are slower than the
boats they found working up
coast. They reported that there
were considerable shrimp, 22 to
the count, in the sound, but they
were just not used to the area and
could not keep up with the regu
lar boats at that point.
^order Markets |
Continue Sales
On Large Scale
Maximum Number Of Piles
Sold On Friday At Most
Warehouses Throughout
County
Near-maximum sales sent the
poundage shooting upward on
the tobacco markets of White
vllle, Chadbourn, Fair Bluff and
Tabor City last week.
High average prices prevailed
on all markets.
Whiteville ended its ninth mar
ket day with total sales of 6,
802,368 pounds and a dollar out
lay of $3,678,927.84 for ? an aver
age of $55.78. This was 2,953,434
pounds and $1,869,860.49 ahead of
the figures for the same number
of sales days in 1947.
The local market had prospects
for full sales today and market
observers predicted a near-block
for this week.
Supervisor Lawrence J. John
son of Chadbourn reported a sea
son total of 1,543,052 pounds
?r!iich was ?94,836 pounds ahead
of the cotTesp?fi(fih'g"period last
year (when the market there got
Of* tb a si/V start and Mid only
648,116 pounds during the first
nine days. Johnson said Chadbourn
warehouses hadr paid an average
price of $55.98 for the season.
Friday's sales reached 286,874
pounds and an average of $56.20.
Fair Bluff's four houses have
sold 1,500,032 pounds to date and
holds an average of $56.32, ac
cording to official figures report
ed today by Supervisor C. B.
Townsend. Friday was one of the
market's best days, he Said. With
sales at capacity, 332.420 pounds
was sold for $189,545.88, giving
an average of $57.02. He said
prospects were good for maxi
mum sales this week.
Commissioners In
Session Monday
Pass Resolution Which Will
Permit Greater Portion
Of Return From Delin
quent Tax Sales To Go
To General Fund
Members of the board of coun
ty commissioners passed a resolu
tion Monday directing the county
auditor to pro-rate all costs in
volved ? in foreclosure proceedings
for collection of delinquent taxes
to the various funds into which
the tax-dollar Is broken down.
The practical result of this
action is to take the entire cost
(Continued or page mx)
Our
ROVING
Reporter
XV. B. KEZIAH
A note from Carl Goerch, radio
commentator and publisher of The
State Magazine, advised us this
week that he hoped to get down
to prunswick county soon. We
have written advising him of slow
tide time this and next week. So,
if he wants to he can use his
plane and land at Holden Beach
or Long Beach.
Writing from his widely known
Whiskey Creek Apiaries on the
rural route out from Leland, W.
j. Martin overlooked what might
have madq a nice little item by
telling us how many colonies of
bees he has and the honey crop
prospects for this year. InsUad
of that he just said: "You are]
getting out ? mo* cr?diUble pa-|
per for Brunswick county and I
hope the folks are with one ac
cord in manifesting: their appre
ciation by sending in a steady
flow of subscriptions." '
This week a good friend of
ours -wrote us and asked us if
we would please leave something
out of the Recorder's court pro
ceedings about another good
friend of ours. We are sorry, but
such things Just cannot be done.
The court proceedings are suppos
ed to be carried out with justice
and fairness to all. The Judge is
not, supposed to favor friends or
discriminate against enemies, and
neither are we.
Dry weather and heavy traffic |
(Oonttamd on Pa?* rive^ ,
Estonia Vessel With 17
Passengers Reach Harbor
After 7,500 Mile Voyage
Mill Creek Farmer Is
Free Of Army Worm
Lay ton Swain Gives In To Superstition And Uses Old
- Remedy For Getting Rid Of Infestation
Reports from various sections
of Brunswick county indicate that
considerable damage has been
caused to small grain crops this
year from army worms, but if
a recent remedy tried with suc
cess by Layton Swain, Mill Creek
farmer,' had been discovered in
time, great loss might have been
avoided.
Layton says that he always has
heard that if you will shoot a
gur. in a field infested by army
worms, they will disappear. Hej
said that he hadn't thought much
about it, even though his corn j
was hard hit this spring, until
someone told him that Francis
Skipper had subjected the army
worms in his field to an attack
of shell-shock with the result that
they had retreated to some other
sector.
Then the worms hit his soya
bean field. "They were marching
right across it", he declared. "You
could see the very roy they had
worked up to. I remembered
what I had heard, and I decided
that even if it ' didn't work I
wouldn't be out anything but a
few gun sheila.
"So that night," he continued,
"I yot my gun and I went out to
the head of the field and I bias
ed away. Then I walked a little
piece further, and I let go another
blast. I got down next to the
woods and I set off another
round. Then I slipped back to
ward the house, because I was
afraid that some of my neighbors
might think I had lost my mind.
"The next morning I went out
to the bean patch to see what,
had happened, and I give you my
word there wasn't an army worm
to be found anywhere. What's
more, that was several weeks ago,
and I haven't been bothered since.
Now I don't ask anybody to be
lieve In this method of getting rid
of these worms; I'm just telling
you what happened on my place!"
Call Meeting Of REA
Saturday At Shallotte
Charlie Hattem
Place Padlocked
Padlock proceedings have
been brought against Charlie
Hattem and Raymond "Happy"
Murrill, owner and operator of
Charlie Hattem's place In the
Navassa section of Northwest
township, and the defendants
have until August 23, when
they are . to appear before
Judge John J. Burney in Wil
mington, to \hink of reasons
why the restraining order now
In force should not be made
permanent.
Under the provisions of the
order signed by Judge Burney
the SheiVf of Brunswick coun
ty or one of his deputies has
been authorized to seize all
equipment, furniture and stock
contained in th?" place under In
dictment and to sell these ar
ticles at public auction sale. The
building has been locked up, and
entrance has been forbilden the
owner and former operator.
Recorder Hears
Varied Docket
Cases Covering Wide Vari
ety Of Offenses Disposed
Of Before Judge W. J.
McLamb Here Wednes
day
A variety of cases covering a
number of offenses were dispos
ed of here in Recorder's court
Wednesday before Judge W. J.
McLamb. The following disposi
tion was made:
Marino Alvariz, speeding, ca
pais.
James B. Clemmons, drunk
driving, continued to August 18th.
Murray Bowman Brown, reck
less operation resulting in person
al injury, continued to August
25 th.
Claud Brown, possession of ma
terial and manufacturing, fined
$200.00 and costs, notice of ap
peal given and appeal bond fix
ed at $300.00.
Noah Alexander Shelly, drunk
driving, continued to Aug. 18th.
Walter M. Lewis, improper
equipment, ordered to pay one
half the costs.
John Leslie McConnell, posses
sion, fined $5.00 and costs.
Willie McKinley ?Cromartie,
speeding, ordered to pay costs.
Sidney B. Godwin, reckless op
eration, continued to August 18th.
Franklin H. Richardson, dis
playing borrowed license plates
and improper lights, continued to
Aug. 18 th.
Thomas Edison Turner, loaning
his 1948 license plates, continued
to August 18th.
Robert Jackson White, speeding,
capias. _
John Anderson, possession, con
tinued to August 25th.
Louise Williams, assault with
(Continued on page ttiO
Board Of Directors Will
Ask For Permission To
Increase Debt Limit To
Five Million Dollar*
NEED RESULTS
FROM EXPANSION
Urgent That Quorum Be In
Attendance Or Be Repre
sented At The Meeting
By Proxy
A call meeting of the Brunswick
Electric Membership Corporation
will be held Saturday afternoon at
3 o'clock, and an urgent invitation
has gone forth to members to be
ir attendance or to be represented
by their proxy.
Purpose of the meeting is to
authorize the board of directors
to raise the debt limit of the co
operative from $1,500,000.00 to
$5,000,000.00. An effort was made
to attend to - this matter at the
annual meeting when it was held
at Williams high school in Col
umbus couny in June, but the ne
cessary number of voters were
not present
In order to attend to this mat
ter of business it will be necessary
to haw at least 140 members pre
sent and either the vote or the
proxy for 1,400 members.
In referring to the request for
authorization to increase the debt
limit, a spokesman for the coop
erative points out that this is no
indication of financial instability.
On the otherhand, he showed that
when the Brunswick Rural Elec
tric Membership Corporation was
set up it was on a much smaller
scale than that Into which it has
grown. This meant that the J1,
500,000.00 borrowing limit was
sufficient to take care of any
needs during the first years of the
(Continued On Page Four)
Professor Visits
Long Beach Folks
Head Of Department Of
Mechanical Engineering
At Lehigh Greatly Inter
ested In Section
Prof, and Mrs. Milton Caleb
Stuart, of Bethlehem, Pa., are
spending- two weeks as the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Capel at
Capel Castle on the lower end of
Long Beach.
Professor Stuart is head of the
Department of Mechanical En
gineering at Lehigh University.
He is a member of the Bethle
hem Bach Choir, a widely famed
organization of its kind. He was
naturally interested in. finding an
other musician in Thor Johnson,
conductor of the Cincinnati Sym
phony Orchestra, as a resident of
Long Beach.
In Southport several times,
Professor Stuart was greatly in
terested in the boat building op
erations carried i on by Lewis
SpaukUng, colorei, for Lewis Har?
Auxiliary Sailing Craft
Used By Hardy Band For
Ocean Crossing To ???
cape Domination Of Ruf
fians In Own Country
OVERJOYED TO
BE IN AMERICA
Five Women Included In
Crew A? Three Families
Pool Resource* For
Purchase Of Craft
For Desperate
Journey
A 45-foot auxiliary saTling ves
sel bearing 17 brave but half*
starved Estonians completed an
amazing Journey Tuesday after
noon when the little craft anchor
ed in the Southport harbor.
The skipper was a man who
appeared to be In his mid-forties,
and his feat of navigation whtoh
carried him snd his passengers
over 7,500 nautical miles during
the last two months seems almost
unbelievable. To make it eveft
more remarkable, his first ques
tion, In broken English, was tO
find out where is Wilmington.
Charts aboard showed that this
port had been marked as the des^
tlnation for the Journey.
The hardy craft was first sight
ed yesterday alxmt 24-miles off
Southport by Captain Hulan
Watts and a fishing party aboard
the Idle-On. As soon as they
came in view, the Estonian flag
was raised, and when the two
boats were within hailing dis
tance, Captain Watts offered to
show the crew their way into
port.
These visitors from oversea?
told a story ot oppression which
prompted three families to pool
their resources for the purchase
of the sailing vessel aw* s des
perate attempt to land
of freedom.
Even so, they discovered upon
arrival that not all of their
troubles were behind them. The
Coast Guard required the craft
to remain anchored In the harbof
while public health officials made
arrangements for observance of
quarrantine regulations.
"We would rather die than go
back," one member of the crew
was reported as saying. All de
clared that prior to the time Uit
Estonia came under Russian dom
ination they had plenty, but M
the "Russians took everything."'
The first big step in making
possible a continued stay In thl)
country Is the fact that they at
have passports. "We would ndt
have come without them," declar
ed the skipper.
Included among the 17 passen
gers are 5 women. One of these
la a redhead, whose hair when
unljralded reaches the floor. AH
were greatly overjoyed at their
good fortune "it reaching port
safely, and all of them seem su
premely confident that America
offers to them the haven they
sought, when thjy set forth oft
their perilous voyage.
This morning the Cbast Guard
crash boat tfas standing by, aAl
It was reported that later In the
day the vessel will continue Itis
trip up the river for quarrantine
inspection. }?
Brunswick Group
Attends Pageant
W.B. & S. Excursion T9
Manteo Was Enjoyable
Trip For More Than.. A
Score Of Brunswick Pm,
pie
A group of 26 Brunswick coun
ty citizens, most of them from
South port, made a week end ex
cursion visit to Manteo where
they saw the "Lost Colony" pa
geant on Saturday evening. On
Sunday morning the visitors bfd
an opportunity to visit the miup
um, and later in the day were
able to stop briefly at the Wright
Memorial at Kitty Hawk.
The following made the trip:
Mrs. Matilda Barnett, Mrs. Vien
na Leggett, Meade Da ret, AM*
ridge McKeithan, Mr. and Mrs.
Dock Robinson, Gertrude Louglfc*
lin, Mrs. G. C. Ktlpatrlck, Mrs.
Edna Bell. Mr. and Mrs. Fr?4
Willing, Mrs. K. Tobiasen, Mm,
F. M. Niernsee, Mrs. Annie MM
Woodside, Mrs. W. F. Jones, Mr*
E. H. Smith, Mrs. Margaret M&
Racken, Miss Lucy SeUers, XM.
Maxlne Fulcher, Mrs. James Carr,
Mrs. Harrison Creech, Mrs. VAU
Sellers Davis, of South port; Wv
bpa Thomas, Mrs. Ruth Beck,
Kathleen Moore, and Ella Bed^
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