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Pilot Covers ^swick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The New? All The Time lN0. sixt?EN wa 22 6-pages toda? Southport, N. u Wednesday, September 8th, 1948 " published every Wednesday $im per yea! 9?tor.Riding joys Round Up Wild Cattle Sllected For Moving !NeW Pasturage tltE a?ny PROJECT IS DOING WELL . Is Getting Double Woodlands As , y.ale As Well As pines Are Being Produced riding catapilar tra L man had to laugh the 1 av ?hen County Agent [nodson tola him that they , ase this equipment when m up the cows at the Tpyh on Honey Island. n ja joke." insisted the ? Agent. To ride a horse. . tit car or ordinary farm ?\hen rounding up those k could be about as much lja: 3 life is worth. t, catapilar tractor the is safe, although the big ]Bi old cows do not in the , eicd charging and batter ? it. They could easily get c on a jeep, knock him off plar farm tractor or wreck t but he is safe in the cat- j k explanation of this un rcx way of cattle raising x in order. ?t three years ago the Re Pipr Company bought three hr huge purebred Brama oi seme sixty or seventy fed and cross-bred cows. j H animals were given free |X the companys huge area fccer lands in upper Wac f township. The animals ?ad the herd has increas 100. even despite the fact Cmber of steers have been for beef. | tiring the winter months i feeding is necessary, the fcj3 are comparatively gen I tie traditional fireceness Jk old cows and the bulls k Brahama's. Although two L? are constantly riding a iacd among them seeing li is well, these riders main li respectful distance and (?watchful eye on the older w I s then the cattle have to ?ei in order to load them tacks to move them ten or i miles to another part of Hp that things become dan * Neither horse or men are * such times. Rather than Eecessary risks, tractors sorted to and with such k the men are able to do W in a satisfactory mann ' Brahama's are huge ani ls swift as a deer and with fcper of the devil. It takes Ifej good horse and expert 'to keep out of the way of * Se charging animals. The i employees have found out 1 pays to be respectful of ?iters and not take un *7 risks. W tfMtwt Flathn ??AL SERVICES *ttal service will begin at j * Hill Baptist church !n J Nk county Sunday even- j rj Washing by the pastor, | *-1 F. Britt. Services will *" " 30 o'clock, and every i? Wiled to attend. P6 W-MOCRATS j^'jung Democrat Club of county will meet wetting at'8 o'clock at . school. Important tj5 have been invited to I* Si3 meeting, and Presi h. Redwine is urg I* ?lll ^ abroad at Fort Meade, Officer Egan Hub h- "!:n assigned to go to IW" November 1st for 2 I* to Vhat country- A 3011 "Wi u' E- Hubbard, trP0,rt; the y0Ung 0f"l 1 **is wi*e anc* k? ?C'". ab?ard with him. S li rture Mrs- Hub" !o I <h::,'ren have re , ??uthport and are ? ,tim'' with the War 3 Parents. BEACH VISITORS VACATIONISTS?Among the distinguished visitors at Long Beach this summer was Dr. Thor Johnson, left, director of the Cincinatti Symphony Orchestra, and his father, the Rev. B. H .Johnson, of Mount Airy, shown on the right as the couple was being shown around the area by W .B. Keziah.?(Wilmington News Cut.) Spirited Bidding At Shallotte Saturday Gross Returns From Auction i Sale Are Double Price! Paid Month Ago For H., T. White Property PROPERTY GOES TO MANY HANDS Approximately Twenty-Five Different Purchasers Fig ure In Sales Saturday Afternoon The H. T. White estate pro perty in Shallotte which sold for $11,000.00 a month ago when of fered at public auction brought $21,010.00 Saturday afternoon, a gross which practically doubled the original purchase price. In between the two sales the property was transformed into an attractive subdivision w*j?i? captured the imagination of the buying public, and twenty-five different persons purchased two or more lots Saturday. The property was divided into 82 lots, each of which was 25 fset in width. Eight of these were facing on U. S. No. 17, and the total price from these lots Sat urday was in excess of $10,000.00. This is at the rate of fifty dol lars a front foot. This property is considered to be ideal for business sites. Two of the lots were purchased by Dr. W. E. Swain, two by Charles Russ, two by Ernest Parker and two by G. O. Jones. Lots fronting on Rivervievv Avenue, a street which was cut through the property, and those fronting on the river ranged in price from $97.00 to $350.00 each. Most of these are considered to be desirable residential lots. Craig Wall and associates of Canal Wood Corporation were the high bidders at the White sale, and the idea of subdividing and selling this property was their own. The sale was condicted by C. W. Mills and Son. Trawler Burns In Yacht Basin Early Morning Blaze Re sults In Serious Burns For Arthur Fulwood; Shoals Create Hazard Arthur Full wood, Wilmington and Southport man who has been engaged in shrimping here for the past several weeks, sustained serious burns about the stomach chest and arms when the shrimp trawler Rebecca was destroyed by fire here.early Monday morning. Fullwood was taken to the Dosher Memorial Hospital and reports from there describe his burns as being serious. The boat, a 45 footer owned by Bert Flemmington, caught fire when its engine backfired while moored in the basin. It was de stroyed and there was no in surance. With between 75 and 100 boajs in the basin the fire created the greatest hazard that has confront ed local boatmen in years. The bar at the mouth of the basin is badly shoaled and with the fire breaking out at low tide it was next to impossible to get other | boats out of the basin. Had the wind been blowing a large num ber of boats could have been de stroyed. More than ten of the larger and more costly boats ran aground on the shoals at the mouth of the basin during their] efforts to escape. Fast Multiplication On Local Dock Using a sharp hook and line. Kirk Gill, Elizabeth town man, hooked and landed a stingaree while fisbing from the Standard Oil dock this week. Afte/ the cr;3ture had been haulded up on the doek, a tough task as it weighted between 150 and 200 pounds the fisherman turned his attention to something else. When he looked at his catch a few minutes later he nas sur prised to find he h?.d caught four stingaree instead of one. Three young stingaree'?, each weighting about six pounds, had been born after the old one was placed on the dock. ? ? i Leland Youth Official Host When Southeastern World Government Institute Met Recently At Chapel Hill Russell G. Baldwin Had Important Role Russell G. Baldwin of Leland, a student at the University of North Carolina, recently attended the Southeastern World Govern ment Institute which was held at Chapel Hill. As chairman of th$ Student Di vision of United World Federalists of North Carolina. Baldwin serv ed as official host to the institute ana led a workshop in organiza tion techniques. The Institute was sponsored by the Student Division of United World Federalists of North Car olina. The University of North Carolina was host to the Institute. Student leaders from more than 12 states were in attendance. The primary purpose of the Institute was to develop leader ship for the world-wide move ment for federal world govern ment. It consisted of lectures by noted authorities and workshops on various aspects of world gov ernment and related subjects, such as the nation-state system, the United Nations, national sov ereignty, U. S. foreign policy, So viet Russia, and the practicality of world government as an alter (Continued on Page 2) Believes Only i Half Crop Sold Supply Farmer Raises Ten Acres Of Tobacco With Minimum Amount Of j Outside Help W. M. King, good tobacco grow er of the Supply community, made the surprising statement Monday that he believes only about half the Brunswick tobacco crop has been sold. With very little hired help and that only during rush periods, Mr. King, his wife and their three children, grew ten acres in tobacco this year. He says he averaged 1200 pounds of tobacco to the acre and has sold only half of his crop. That part he has sold has brought prices up to $70.00 per hundred pounds. In addition to their ten acres in tobacco Mr. King and his fam-1 ily also produce the usual assort-1 ment of other farm crops. Ttyeir J oldest son is in the army. 21 Million Mark Is Exceeded By Whiteville Mart Daily Sales Average For Current Season Now Stands At Approximately 880,000 Pounds ONE SALE MARKETS TO CLOSE FRIDAY Whiteville, However, Will Continue To Sell Through Undetermined Closing Date The Whiteville tobacco market today counted total sales of 21, 128-346 pounds for the first 24 days of the 1948 season. By auctioning 4,548,222 pounds last week, the market raised the daily poundage average to 880, 000 and kept this season far ahead of the corresponding period in 1947. Supervisor Dave S. Neilson re ported that the market had sold 3,045,802 pounds more than was auctioned during the same num ber of days last year and was running ahead in dollars paid out by 52,835,471.87. The season average to date is $53.82, Neilson said. Prices on good grades remain high, although there has been (Continued on pagre Z) Teacher List For Shallotte Principal Henry C. Stone Announces List Of Fac ulty Members For Open ing Of Fall Term Monday H. C. Stone, principal of Shal lotte high school, has lined up all of his faculty members and every thing is in readiness for the open ing for the fall term on Monday. Following is a complete list of teachers who make up' this year's faculty: ,H. C. Stone, Shallotte, principal; Mrs. Katie Mae McKeithan, Shal lotte, English and French; Mrs. Frances Baker Stone, Shallotte, English; Miss Betty Nevill, Saluda, S. C., commerce; Frederick Nies, 49 Grove St., N. Y, English and history; Miss Alice Copeland, Ahoskie, vocational home ecom onics; LeRoy Mintz, Shallotte, vocational agriculture; Miss Joyce Dean GasQue, Mullins, S. C., music and glee club; Mrs. Edna Russ, Shallotte, math; Mrs. Mu zette W. Arnold, Shallotte, Miss Tensie Frye, Aynor, S. C., eight grade; Mrs. Catherine C. Mintz, Shallotte, Miss Ruth Evans, Bol ivia, Miss Jeanne K. Johnson, Columbia, S. C., seventh grade; Mrs. Margaret Russ, Myrtle Beach, S. C., Mrs. Beatrice Sab iston, Shallotte, Mrs. Gelene G. Russ, Shallotte, sixth grade; Miss Elneda Stanaland, Shallotte, Mrs. Louise B. Formyduval, Shallotte, Mrs. Mary Nies, 49 Grove St., N. Y., fifth grade; Mrs. Talmage Sellers, Shallotte, Miss Brightie Holden, Shallotte, Miss ' Erline Keaton, Rt. 5, Anderson, S. C., fourth grade; Mrs. Clara Mae Russ, Shallotte, Mrs. Harlee He wett, Shallotte, Miss Edna Piatt, Little River, S. C., third grade; Mrs. Lasslter, Shallotte, Miss Lee Ward, Wampee, S. C., Miss Betty Hart, Orford, second grade; Mrs. Ruth Galloway, Shallotte, Miss Verna Hewett, Supply, Mrs. Shir ley Jean Smith Redwine, Shal lotte, Mrs. Katie White, Shallotte, first grade. Nice Catch Of Drum Saturday The nicest catch of fish report ed in some time was taken Sat urday by Mr. and Mrs. H. W. (Red) Barber and their four chil dren, fishing at the Lockwoods Folly Inlet between Long Beach ind Holden Beach. They got 15 large red drum, the largest be ing taken by the oldest of the Barber girls. Owing to the polio Situation up state Mrs. Barber and the child ren have spent the entire sum mer at the beach, Red coming down on week-ends. The family greatly enjoyed their stay at Long Beach and Mr. Barber has already secured a place for them for next summer over there. Commissioners In First Of Month Session Monday Routine Business Disposed Of Before Board Of Com missioners At First Mon day Session Members of the board of coun ty commissioners in session here Monday voted to divert $5,000.00 from the beer and wine tax fund to the board of education, this money to be earmarked for the erection of two additional class rooms at Shallotte high school. Mrs. Frank Mintz was ordered relieved of $260.00 valuation for one lot listed in the name of H. F. Mintz for the years 1947-48. The board agreed to pay $40.00 per month on the salary of a case worker whose duties will bring her into Brunswick five days each month. John W. Brown was relieved of $2.00 dog tax, which resulted through an error in listing. Mrs. 0. D. Sellers Dies Wednesday Funeral Services Conducted From Antioch Baptist Church On Saturday With Burial In Church Ceme tery Mrs. Letha Sellers, wife of ti. D. Sellers, died at her home in the Antioch Church community Wednesday. She was 50 years old and to well known and highly esteemed in the community in which she resided. Funeral services and burial were held at Antioch the following day, Rev. G. W. Dowd and Rev. Fred Mintz officiating. The active pallbearers were Lawrence Smith, Jack Hewett, Willie Hewett, Raymond Gilbert, J. Henry Williams and Hoyd Lan caster. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. L. G. Brown, Dr. F. M. Burdette, Roger Clemmons, Floyd Kirby, Ernest Gilbert, Odell Blanton, Henry Gilbert, Carl S. Ward and Lee Frink. Surviving in addition to the husband are four daughters,Mrs. Mae Huber, Chicago, HI.; Misses Mary, Lois and Jean Sellers, all of .Bolivia; four sons, Stacy Sel lers, Bolivia; David Elmer and Harlee Sellers, both of Wilming ton; mother, Mrs. Erma Clemm ons, Bolivia; four sisters, Mrs. Tom Brown, Southport; Mrs. J. O. Smith and Mrs. Alvie Lewis, both of Bolivia; and Mrs. J. W. Smith of Wilmington; two bro Continued on page two Our ROVING Reporter W. B. KEZIAH It is our conviction that the i past year has been the laying of! the most substantial groundwork for development that our Bruns wick beaches has had since the resort possibilities were first re vealed. This applies especially to Long Beach and Holden Beach, but Cashwell Beach and the many miles of other Reaches along the Brunswick coast are not to be overlooked. Three and a half miles of addi tional roadway at Long Beach have been taken over to be sur faced and maintained by the State several miles of new electrical distribution lines have been put into use; assurances has been forthcoming of a post office with in another year; likewise there is prospect of telephone service, and many thousands of dollars have been expended in the construction of new homes. Instead of spending just a week or two weeks at the beach, scores of families have spent the entire summer there, especially in the case of families with children. There has not been a single case of polio anywhere within 30 miles of either Long Beach or Holden Beach. Children were brought to the beaches early in the summer and they remained there, the par ents feeling safe and secure. At Holden Beach the biggest groundwork for development came in the construction of eight miles of hard surface road. This beach, the oldest in Brunswick, has al ways been greatly handicapped be cause of the inacessability due to i Continued on page 2J> TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM HITCH-HIKING?One of the most spectacular homes on this section of the coast is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Leon Capel at Long Beach. Located atop a wooded dune, travel to and from the house presented quite a problem until a farm tractor with large pneumatic tires was pressed into service. Mrs. Capel is shown acting as pilot for the iron horse as she brings a load of guests down from a visit at her home.?(Wilmington News Cut) Schools Of County Opening On Monday Paving Making - Good Progress The E. W. Grannis Company of Fayetteville is said to be making good progress with the surfacing of the Holden Beach road from E. J. Kirby's store on Route 17 to the beach. The grading of the 8 mile project was finished several weeks ago, as was the struc tural work across stream. Some unforseen circumstances are said to have delayed the pav ing work longer than was ex pected. Residents of the Holden Beach section who were ii\ town this week said they understood that more than half of the pav ing has been put down. Another few days of uninterrupted work should see the paving complet- J cd for the full length. Telephone Line j Has New Owner Southport - Shallotte Line Sold By J. A. Barbot To Edward G. Maxwell, Of Wilmington; Plans Un known J. A. Barbot of Wilmington has transferred his interest in the Southport-Shallotte toll telephone line to Edward G. Maxwell, also of Wilmingtpn. The transfer was as of August 21st and the an nouncement of the change has just been made. In a note to this paper Mr. Barbot says he wishes to thank the people of Brunswick county for the kindness shown him dur ing his ownership of the lines. Mr. Maxwell, the new owner, has not been contacted and no statement is available from him as to whether he plans to con tinue the service as it is or will expand. It is understood that the line serves only about eight phones at Supply and Shallotte, with connection with the ?outh port dial system. During recent years there has been much in sistence on the part of Shal lotte and Supply residents for additional phone service. The ex isting line is said to have been loaded to capacity. Aged Resident Passes Sunday William Bethel Phillips Dies At Dosher Memorial Hos pital After Brief Illness William Bethel Phillips, 67 year-old resident of the Shallotte section, died in the Dosher Me morial Hospital Sunday night. He had been ill for only a short time. Funeral services were conduct ed from the graveside at the Gur ganus cemetery at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Rev. Barney V. English had charge of the services. Mr. Phillips is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ro3a Carlisle Phil .? Continued on page 2) No Grounds For Postpone ment Seen By Dr. F. M. Burdette, County Physici an, Who Permits Opening FEW VACANCIES ARE REMAINING Everything Appears To Be In Readiness For Begin ning Of Fall Term; Teacherage Is Com plete Brunswick county schools will open Monday, September 6, ac open Monday, September 13, according to County. Superintendent of Schools J, T. Denning, who reports that Dr. F. M. Burdette, to whom he ap pealed for a ruling, assured him that there appears to be no jus tification for further postpone ment. Superintendent Denning reports that a full faculty is ready to start to work at Southport and Waccamaw. At Leland there still exists one high school vacancy. One faculty post still was in doubt over the week end at Bolivia and Shallotte. Two new principals will be on hand for the beginning of the fall term. W. C. Stephenson, formerly of Cameron in Moore county, has been elected to replace Martin C. Freeman, who resigned at Waccamaw; and Talmadge Page, former principal at Newton Grove, has succeeded O. C. Bur ton, who resigned at Bolivia. Hol land Manning returns to Leland; H. T. Sanders to Southport; and H. C. Stone to Shallotte. A. C. Caviness is principal of the Bruns wick County Training School. Superintendent Denning reports that the teacherage at Wacca maw will be ready for occupancy by faculty members. That build ing was totally destroyed by fire during Christmas week last win ter. Plans To Sell Fresh Seafood Local Outlet For Seafood Products Being Planned By Dallas Pigott At Packing House Dallas Pigott, local seafood pro ducer, is taking the first step to ward the creation of a better lo cal market for shrimp and fish. He has installed an eight hund red pound capacity home freezer at his fish house and plans to keep both shrimp and fish In a sanitary, frozen condition for the local market. Should the plan work out It is understood that he will install all required freezer capacity and have a supply of both shrimp and fish on hand at all times. Heretofore Southport has been one of the poorest local markets on the coast. This was due to the fact that the producers care little about catering to the retail trade. They prefer to pack and ship all of their catches to New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and .other wholesale markets as fast as the fish and shrimp were delivered at the packing houses. With facil ities for furnishing Southport (Continued on page TwoJ Case Of Interest Called For Trial; In Court Today White Woman And Colorwl Man Defendant? In C*?J Charging Fornication Ai? Adultery; Center Of Ift terett OTHER CASES ARE BEING DISPOSED OF Most Of Matters Up for Trial Are Unimportant .1 With No Capital Case Included On Docket The case in which chief In? terest for this term Is eentered was slated to begin this morning with Mrs. Curfie Robinsoh White, and Willie Belton, colored, fac ing charges for fornication an<t adultery. Court adjourned yesterday af ternoon following arguments In the case charging, Liston Baboon with false pretense. Judge John J. Burney, who was presiding over the term, was scheduled to charge the Jury this morning. Another case tried yesterday _ afternoon feaufted in conviction of Ella May Hayes on charges of public drunkenness and transport-, ing. She was fined 150.00 and costs. Claus Brown was found not guilty of manufacturing whiskey. In the case against Rony Car lisle there was a directed verdict of not guilty. James Herring, facing charge* of drunk driving, pleaded guiltit' to reckless operation. The defend ant was ordered to pay to the clerk of court the sum of 3207.54" for the benefit of Mrs. C. H. Jen kins. Winnie Paschal! was convicted of possession. Sentence of 18" months on the roads was suspend ed upon payment of costs, the defendant to be on probation for 5 years. , - Walter Murrell was found gull-' ty of breaking and entering. Sen tence of 2 years on the roads was suspended upon payment of cdOUl, the defendant to be placed under probation for 5 years. Southport Man Dies Suddenly Marshall Cooker Died Frl< day Morning Aboard Shrimp Boat Off George? town; Funeral Service^ Here Sunday Funeral services were held here Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock tot Marshall J. Cooker, 43-year-Old Southport man who dropped dead Friday morning on the deck of one of the Lewis J. Hardee btfatti, while the craft was engaged in shrimping off Georgetown, S. C. The services were in charge of Rev. H. M. Baker and Rev. G. L. Akers and burial was In the Northwood cemetery. j \ The boat Sea Boys, Captain Kenwood Varnum, on which Mr. Cooker was employed, was work ing out from Southport to George town, spending the night Uvcitt and due to return here the next day. According to Captain Var num, who is a brother-in-law of the deceased, the boat was juat getting out to the shrimping grounds when Cooker toppled over on the deck and was dead when assistance reached him. His death is credited to heart trouble. The deceased Is survived by hit widow, Mrs. Ruth Simmons Cook er, two daughters, Mary Virginia and Annis Carroll; two son?, Stephen Frances and Carl Eugene; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Cooker; a sister, Mrs. Monroe Potter, and one brother, Maxw^l Cooker, all of Southport. Active pallbearers were Rich* (Continued on page 2) Brunswick Man Held In Horry Corbett Elliott Being Held In Connection With Fatal Stabbing Of James Lewis Corbett Elliott, Brunswick county man, has been arrested in connection with the fatal staft bing on Saturday of James Lewis, colored resident of the Thomas boro community. The fight in which Lewis mortally wounded occurred ' at Little River at the Luther Witefa store and followed an argumtM, details of which were not Im ported. The wounded man wu brought to Dosher Memorial Hos pital for treatment, but died tm, Sunday. e Elliott waa arrested by BifM wick county officers, but laftr was delivered into the hands of Horry county officials.