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6-pages TODAY Southport, N. CM Wednesday, October 6,1948 fUBUSHED every Wednesday si jo per yea*
Mon Jl
lecting With
County Board
t^jtatives Of Home
,nltration Clubs, li
Club And Woman?
Attend Meeting
LiNG PUBLIC
JJth department
pjjioners Talk Over
Relatin? To Es
ujjjjinent Of This
Tj^ce In County
option representing the
Demonstration Clubs of
^ county, the Southport
ab and the Southport
.j met with mem
r,j,e board of county com
"L, Sere Monday to urge
gKlilisiinient of a public
department.
commissioners cited the
y the 1948-49 budget al
ias Seen adopted, and that
powerless to add new
-aits for which funds
?t been provided.
Jy?n for the delegation
that the major part
p* of the department
p^d by the State, and
_j county's cooperating
founts to only $660.00
tan now is being paid in
rKd travel to the county
TSev also remainded the
^rs that under the
i Health set-up not only
jee be a full-time health
, jut a full-time office as
t a part time Public Heal
jtjscian and a sanitarian
?3 spent most of his time
I county.
i delegation sought to cinch
argument with the fact
Kck is one of four North
a counties who does not
i Public Health Department,
fcr expressed the opinion
S continue to fail to pro
line health protection soon
liter is going to material
It! m? growth and devetop
t Hath ? resorts in the
r
itownissioners promised to
i representee of the Pub
lic senice to meet with
it their next meeting, to
tr.th a committe from the
demonstration clubs, at
i time a more thorough
til be made of the possi
i for establishing a Health
tent.
? matters of business were
t routine. Louis Smith was
W to after list property
?. Mrs. Daisy Taylor Mrs.
? Martin, Mrs N. A. Gore
fH Canady were released
tes from 1944-48 due to
?toy. The board cancel
itattel morgage held agai
Price upon informat
ika the county attorney
t had been paid and satis
5e sum of $10.00 per mon
* temporarily added to the
list
UtfNtwt
Flashti
?coming day
Wtoming Day will be ob
jf?t Antioch Baptist church
October 10. All former
b members and friends are
! to attend.
U meeting
r ?pilar monthly meeting
kScuthport Parent-Teacher
will be held at 7:30
J Thursday evening. Mrs.
r Sanders, the president,
f1 lull attendance.
i
-'G UNIVERSITY
.iW Rcdlric Bellamy, sons
* and Mrs. R. E. Bellamy,
JJT ire students at the Un
' ?< North Carolina this
taught at the Shal
last year.
DEMONSTRATION
1 Wd Parott of the Quaker
will give a demon
? ?i the use of Auht Jem
flour at the Shallotte
J Company in Shallotte
J '* this week. It is un
- demonstration will
all day and the
?viting Brunswick ladles
E
S^SEs WRECK
* operated by Levy
? Dillon, s. C., was ai
rshed on the curve
11 H. Rourk's home at
. -<jnng the drizzly rain
k the operator was only
?'Wred. Patrolman J. C.
*il? investigated the
i?4 U* road was slippery
^ and from oil drip
1 P*wng tanker?.
HUGE DEVILFISH
MONSTER?Some strange things come up in shrimp
nets While the fishermen are trawling along the coast,
and among the more spectacular recent catches is a half
ton devilfish caught recently by Leon McKeithan.?(Wil
mington News Cut.)
Huge Devilfish Is
Caught By Trawler
Half-Ton Of Trouble Found
In Shrimp Net Of The
Dorothy And Leila Re
cently And Photograph
Made
MANY ODDITIES
TAKEN IN NETS
Everything From Ten Dol
lar Bills To A Giant
Stingaree Liable To
Come Up With Net
A devil fish, weighing about %
ton, came up a few days ago in
the nets of the Trayler Dorothy
and Lelia, owned by Dallas Pigott
and operated by Captain Leon
McKeithan with Thomas St.
George as his mate.
Tte-.twatHrs, hedeous with It*
brown and white spotted back,
was 8? inches wide, 18 inches
thick and 72 inches from nose to
end of. its short, clover-leaf shap
ed tail. It was kUled and swung
overboard into the sea after a
photograph was made.
When it is in the mood the devil
fish will attack anything, even
leaping out of the water and Into
a small boat. It has the kick of
a mule in its powerful wings or
flappers and the teeth are equally
dangerous.
In addition to the shrimp the
boats ma) drag up anything, con
ceivable from the floor of the
ocean. Occasionally folding money
in the shape of five or ten dollar
bills has come up along with the
catch of shrimp. Once a few years
ago Captain Fred Burrls dragged
up' an old hat. Examination of
the inner band revealed a $10.00
bill, damaged but still good for
exchange at any bank.
Now and then a human bone
comes up in the net. TTiere is no
thing about such finds to con
nect them with anyone drowned
in the dim past and such finds
are returned to the waters.
Ships anchors, all sorts of irons,
timbers, etc., come up. Many such
finds bear the unmistakable stamp
of being a hundred or more years
old. They have laid semi-preserv
ed in the muds until storms wash
ed the mud away and the nets of
the chugging trawlers hooked on
to bring them back to the light
of day.
But the nets do not always
bring such things to the surface.
Many a hard-earned shrimpers
dollar has been lost by his net
getting caught on an immovable
submerged obstruction and torn to
(Continued On Page sour)
Shallotte Man
Passes Sunday
Martin Luther White Died
At His Home Following
Extended Period Of Fail
ing Health
Martin Luther White, 74-year
old prominent resident of Shal
lotte, died at his home early Sun
day morning. He had been in
failing health over a period of
several years. Mr. White was in
business in Shallotte practically
all of his life and was widely
known.
Surviving him are his widow,
Mrs. Ruth White, *nd a daughter,
Mrs. Madine Cheers, both of Shal
lotte; three sisters Mrs. An
Gore. Mrs. Jane Stanley and Mrs.
Bell Stanley, all of Shallotte.
Funeral services were M* ?*
the former residence in
Monday $tteriwoa at
lEHere in charge of Re^
(Continued On Pa$? Four)
Shallotte Boy
In Air Lift
Brunswick county has at least
one man participating in the
huge air lift of provisions and
supplies into Berlin, a task
made necessary by the refusal
Russia to permit trains to run
into the American and British
zones.
S|Sgt. H. M. Holmes, a crew
chief in the air force during the
war, has been running in and
out of Berlin from Frankfort,
Germany, since June. His letters
to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Holmes, of Shallotte, indicate
that he and other Americans
consider the situation around
them m being much in the nat
ure of a powder keg.
He went over as crew chief
in June. At that time he was
on . temporary assignment, and
still is. However there appears
to be a possibilty that his stay
will be more lengthy than was
at first supposed. ?
Plant Azaleatf At
Oaks Plantation
Program Of Beautification
Continues With Accent
Being Placed On Flower
ing Shrubs
Preparations are being made to
set out from eight to ten thou
sand azalea plants along the sev
eral miles of driveway at the
Oaks Plantation next spring, ac
cording to Joe Ramsauer, Jr., who
with his father is co-manager of
the F. B. Adams, plantation.
Seven thousand plants were set
out in the spring of this year.
About all of them have lived and
thrived. They extend for several
yards back in the wooded areas
bordering on the road. Next
spring's planting will be a con
tinuation of what was done this
past spring.
| Previous to this year the Oaks
Plantation had thousands mature
azalea bushes, most of them sur
j rounding the home of Mr. Adams
land bordering on ponds and lakes.
Brunswick county' high school
students, driving through the
plantation while the flowers were
in bloom last spring, described
the drive as one of the most beau
tiful spots they had ever seen.
With last spring's planting and
what is still to be planted, a drive
through the plantation in future
.years will be something that few
I of the travelers over the River
Road can afford to miss.
The Oaks Plantation is on the
River Road, about six miies above
Orton. It is about a mile and a
half from the highway and practi
cally the whole of this distance,
as well as many miles through
the plantation, has the roadway
bordered with flowers.
Stevens Will
Address Club
The Hickman's Cross Roads
Wildlife Club will hold a meet
ing Thursday night of next week
at 7 o'clock.
Ross O. Stevens, executive sec
retary of the North Carolina
'Wildlife Federation, will be pre
sent and will be the principal
, speaker. T. H. Mintz, secretary
treasurer of the Hickman's Cross
Club, states that the pub
lic is cordially invited to attend
the meeting.
District Rally
For Democrats
In WhiteviHe
Leading State Officials And
Candidates For Important
Offices Will Meet Tomor
row (Thursday) After*
noon
COUNTY CITIZENS
URGED TO ATTEND
Speaking Scheduled To Be
gin At 2:30 O'Clock;
Program Will Launch
Vigorous Campaign
North Carolina's top Democra
tic spokesmen will visit WhttevUle
Thursday for the Seventh Con
gressional District rally yrhich will
be held at the Courthouse at 2:30
I p. m.
The official party will be head
ed by Senator Clyde Hoey, Sena
torial Nominee J. Melville Brou
ghton and Gubernatorial Nominee
W. Kerr Scott.
Numerous other Democratic,
dignataries, including Congression
al Nominee F. Ertel Carlyle o?
Lumberton, Brandon Hodges, Stag
Ballentlne, Pat Taylor, Forr?St
Shuford and Clyde Erwfti, will be'
in attendance and will be recogn
ized.
"This is an opportunity for 'the
Democrats of the county and dis
trict to see and hear their nomi
nees for important offices," W.1
Avery Thompson, chairman of'
the Columbus County Democratic
Executive Committee, said today
! in commenting on plans for the
rally. "We urge all Democrat* in
this area to attend and learn the
facts about the present cam
paign."
The official party and Demo
cratic leaders from the several
counties in this district will, ar
rive here about noon Thursday.
Chairman Thompson -said pre
I parations were being made for
!a vigorous campaign to get out
i the vote in the county, district
and State. The rally here Thurs
day will be the forerunner of the
intensive drive which Democrat*
will conduct dthrlng'lhe ftnlU
I weeks df the campaigns.
Captain Sellers
Buried Friday
I Retired Member Cape Fear
Association Died Wed
nesday Night At Home In
Wilmington
Captain James Thomas. Sellers,
, native of * Southport, died hia
residence in Wilmington Wednes
day night
Captain Sellers, a retired mem
ber of the Cape Fear Pilots As
sociation, was 75-year? old. He
had been in failing health for
about three years.
Funeral rites were conducted
Friday afternoon by Rev. J. A.
Russell, pastor of Grace Methodist
church in Wilmington. Captain
Sellers had been a member of
this church for many years. Buri
al was in the Oak dale cemetery
in Wilmington.
The pallbearers were Honorary
Captains H. T. St. George, Fred
Willing, Robert Thompson, Wil
liam Styron, and R. N. Thomp
son, all of Southport; Earl Du
rant. Sr., Dallas Orrell, Charles
E. Gause, Southport; R. W. Cant
(Continued on Pag* Six)
lil Washington
MISS ERLINE ATKINSON,
daughter of Mrs. Harvey Davis,
'of supply, left a few days ago for
Washington, D: C., where she has
a position. "Miss Atkinson graduat-,
?eo front the Shallotte high school
[with the class of 1948.
Symphony Drive
Begins Monday
In This County
Brunswick County Sym
phony Society Will At
tempt To Raise Funds
With Which To Sponsor
i TTiree Concerts During
Season
, Members of the Brunswick
County Symphony Society will
launch, their membership drive on
Monday and wtll continue throu
ghout the following two weeks
i to raise funds with which to spon
sor the appearance of the Little
Symphony of the North Carolina
Symphony Orchestra in three con
cert? in Brunswiok county during
the coming season.
?As was the case last year, one
,concept will J>e. in tl^.&yeifing and
will be primarily, for the enjoy
ment of _ symphony society mem
bers and qther music lovers who
will l?-<A4rged a igonqil .admis
sion. ^faris' are being made for
two free ' concerts, fto children
i similar to those plajled.fest season
at Shallotte and Bolivia.
During the membership drive
volunteet solicitors wil^o contact
citizens fcnd businessmen. through
out the county and explain the
plan and purpose of the program.
Visitor Pulls
Keziah's Leg
r
Raleigh Man Who Likes
Morehead City Fishmg
Taunts Local Man With
Early Exploit?
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Morson of
Raleigh spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Harris Nelson, of
Leaksville-Spray, at the Nelson
summer home at Caswell Beach.
Mr. Morson's a widely known
educator for whom the Hugh
Morson High School is Raleigh
was named, naturally has the
heritage of being a Morehead City
convert since he lives in Raleigh.
Knowing this, the week-end
[visitors was interviewed.
"Why, "aaid Mr. Morson," I was
(Continued of page four)
Our
ROVING
Reporter
\V. B. KEZ1AH
Several weeks ago the run of
shrimp at Southport slacked up
some. With around 40 of the
local boats being big diesel pow
ered craft, such slack-ups result
in their ranging far. There hap
pened to be a run of shrimp at
Oriental at the time. Three of
the Bill Wells boats, the Bill,
Jr., Captain Dan Wells; the W.
S. Wells, Captain Billy Wells and
the Claudia, Captain Tommy Ben
nett, ranged to Oriental for three
weeks. State News Bureau John
Hemmer saw them up there and j
they were such a contrast to the|
other boats that he made some'
excellent pictures. Carl Go?rch of
the State Magazine also saw the
contrast and last week be used
one of Hemmer's pictures for the
front page cover of the State j
Magazine. The three Southport
boats made a beautiful picture. |
| Hemmer is reported to have spent
days looking for a boat or boats
big enoungh for a good picture
at- Oriental and when the three
Southporter's went in he found
Just what he no longer expected
to find. These three boats are
not the largest of the Southport
fleet, they arei just about the
average of about 40 other boats
This week A. R. Moony of Sup
ply brought us a couple of ears
of field corn. One of the ears had
about half of its grain red, the
other half was a sort of a straw
berry or pinto color. The other
ear had blue and white grain.
We were raised on a farm where
it was the custom to have corn
shuckings throughout the neigh
borhood. It was also the custom,
when a shucker found a red ear
of corn, to kisa a girl, if there
waa one handy among those pre
(Continued On Page *~our)
Shallotte Football
Squad Set To Play
Practice Sessions During Past Ten Days Have Been Cut
Short By Continued Showers
A squad of twenty husky Shal
lottc youngsters who already have
recovered from their first set of
sore muscles and bruises are im
patiently waiting for a break in
the weather and a chance to get
down to hrird work in preparat
ion for a football game.
The team is being coached by
Major P. L. ? Milnor, U. S. Army
(retired), who likes youngsters
and likes football. "I've played a
little football myself," Coach Mil
nor confessed, "and I coached a
little while In the army. But
coaching a football team is Just
like training a gun crew, lta a
matter of coordination, carrying
out assignments and team work."
This may be a strange point of
view for a football coach, but last
season Coach Milnor directed Bra
dley Creek to five victories In five
starts, rolling up a score of 206
points while blanking all rivals.
He doesn't expect to do that
well this season, largely because
his boys lack experience. Onlyi
two membera o f the squad had
seen a football game before the
seaeon started; not one of them
has ever played in a regulation
game.
Notwithstanding these facts,
the retired army major says that
he has a fine pquad from which
to mould a tesjn at Shallotte,
which Incidentally will be the first
ever to represent a Brunswick
county school He thinks that his j
line will average 180-lbs and that
his backs should average 160-lba.
Citizens of the Shallotte com
munity are backing this venture
enthusiastically and have already
provided enough new equipment
to outfit two complete teams.
Since the fcquad got off to * late
Start it will be Impossible to play
a full schedule this teason. How
ever, some l?te-season engage
ments aire being arranged, and be
fore the fall has gone Brunswick
county wlM have been the scene
if its first scholastic football
game. " " ? ? <
Bids Received For
Added Power Lines
Unusual Weapon
For Bear Gun
John Fernside, bear and deer
hunter of Freeland, has one of
the first breech loading shot
guns ever made.
The weapon is a Winchester,
five shot, lever action. It uses
regular 12-gauge amunition.
The lever is also the trigger
guard and it 1? necessary to
lower the weapon and leaver a
new shell into the breech each
time it is to be fired.
r The gun is twice as heavy as
present day 12-gauge Winchest
ers. Fernside was raised in Cali
fornia .His grandfather owned
the gun and left It to FemUde's
father. When Fernside's father
died he left it to the son.
Numerous Cases
Tried Wednesday]
Long List Of Cases Dispos
ed Before Judge W. J.l
McLamb In Recorder's |
Court Last Week
Wednesday was another busy
day in Brunswick county Record
er's court with a variety of cases
being disposed of before Judge W.
J. McLamb.
Paul Aubrey Ward, speeding,
$5.00 fine and costs.
Frank F. Sandlin, speeding,
capias.
Leslie Kelly Taylor, speeding,
$9.00 fine and costs.
William E. Harrell, reckless
operation, $50.00 fine and costs.
Joseph B. Jacobs, reckless op
eration, continued to October 20.
Nat J. Noaks, speeding, capias.
Maxwell H. Schwartz, speeding,
capias.
Robert Williams Sample, speed
ing, capias.
George Morris Price, operating
car without brakes, nol prossed.
Henry Carroll Williams, no op
erators license, speeding, $25.00
fine and costs.
William James Barefoot, reck
less operation, continued to Oct
ober 20.
William B. Cuthbertaon, reck
less operation, continued to Oct
ober 6th.
J. W. Stitt, speeding, fined $10.
and costs..
James Bas com Clemmons, no
October 13.
Abraham Gardner, speeding,
reckless operation, capias.
J. N. Henderson, reckless op
(Continued op page ?tx)
Farm Bureau
Drive Ended!
The Farm Bureau membership
drive closed Monday night and it
may be seveeral days yet before
the final results are known. Last
year the d^ive netted only slight
ly over 400 members in this coun
ty. This year a check up on Mon
day of last week revealed that
500 had joined up to that time.
T. T. Ward, president of the
organization, said "that" he felt
that a check on things through
Monday night of this week would
reveal that the Farm Bureau now
has over 600 members in Bruns
wick.
Additional 320 Miles Of
REA Line? To Be Con
(tucted Soon In Bruns
wick-Columbus Counties
LOW BID STUDIED
IN WASHINGTON
Sooth Ctrtlint Firm Is Low
Bidder On Turnkey Job;
^ Portias Of Job To Cov
l ?r River Road Area
REA headquarters in Washing
ton now have for approval the
bids that were opened on Sept
ember 24 far MO miles of new
distribution power line?. Practical
ly all this mileage Is MSnm*
wick and CokUblMs counties, ac
cording to A D. Bishop, manager!
of the Brunswick Electric Mem
bership Corporation.
E. C. Bridges of Heath Springs,
S. C., was the low bidder The
project'calls for everything on the
above pilleage. The contractor
clears the right of way, furnishes
and erects the cresoted poles,
furnishes and strings the wiring.
He also provides the transform
ers, etc. Mr. Bridges, if his bid is
accepted will d*. everything tip to
the point where property owners
are to put in ? connecting wiring
on the distribution lines.
The Bridges bid was J487,B92.
00 for the 320 miles of transmis
sion lLneA. Thill would be about
|1,300.0>0 per mile. Mr. Bishop ap
peared to think the bid was in
line with cost of material and
labor. He anticipates action from
headquarters in Washington this
week or next
In the event the bid Is approved
work will start immediately. The
project calls for not less than
two miles of cleared right of way
and pole and line completed each
working day. Allowance Is made
of course, for days when weather
conditions make it impossible to
work.
Of Interest around South port is
the fact that lines on the River
Road between Southport and Wil
mington are In those mapped for
first construction after bids are
accepted.
Carlyle Seeks
To Help County!
Discussion With Congress
man - Nominate During
Past Week-End Indicates
Interest In Section
Spending Saturday afternoon
through Monday at his Long
Beach summer home and in
Southport, Democratic congressi
onal nominee P. Ertyle Carlyle,
indicated a lot of interest In
three Brunswick county matters
when he was interviewed here
Monday. '
Outstanding as a matter of
interest to him was the Wac
camaw drainage project. This un
dertaking was carried as far as
it would go at the time by Con
gressman J. Bayard Clark and
Senator W. B. Urn stead during
the summer months. Mr. Carlyle
stated he Intend taking over
where Clark left off In the drain
age matter. He is confident the
project can and will be carried
(Continued ot page tour)
Fire Threatens
Farm Residents
More Than City
One Third Of People KilW
By Fire In United State#
Ar? Residents Of Rui*I
Area*
11,000 PERISHED IN a_
FLAMES LAST YEAE
Fire Prevention WmIcJ*
gan Yesterday And WiM
Continue Through
Saturday
Farm residents are In great*
danger from fires than are resi
dents of towns and cities, accord
ing to the National Fire Pro
tection Association, sponsor of
the Fire Prevention Week, Octo
ber 3-8.
Latest census figures show that
about one-fifth of the people of
the United SUtes live on farm
while latest fire statistics show
that one-third of the persons who
are killed by fire are farm red
dents, the NFPA says. In lW,
fires oaused about 11,000 death%
3,600 of them on farms.
"Fire hasards are more nurasc*
ous on farms because farms*?
keep large stocks of gasoline and
kerosene an hand, because farqn*.
are In greater danger from lightn
ing, because farmers use large
quantities of combustible materi
als such as hay, rags and fee*
bags, because there are moce
lamps and lanterns on farms sad
because farmers have the pro
blem of curing hay properly a*<
keeping It dry to prevent spon
taneous Ignition," NFPA official?
say.
NFPA recommendations for
correcting farm fire hazards are:
1. Don't smoke in barns or la ,
bed and don't discard lighted
cigarettes or matches heedlessly.
3, Get rid of flammable rub
bish. When allowed to accumulate
old papers, magazines, cloths, box
es or worn-out furniture jare Me
al tinder for a stray sparlsdfceep
oily rags In metal contaiflB^te
prevent spontaneous Ignition. t
?. Keep matcbst out at, ths
reach M small dUMrtri." ''
' 4. Store gasoline and keros?y?
In metal containers away fnifa
buildings. ? ' '
5. Don't use flammable cleap?
ing fluids. ' ; , kin(r
6. Clean lamps and lanterns. .
7. Keep machinery and engtyqi
clean. a,1(!
8. Repair defective electrical ap
pliances and replace frayed cord*
The NFPA reports that, in ad
dition, structural hazards catitf
half of all farm fires. If heating
plants, chimneys, lighting rods
and wiring were installed proper
ly and If fammable wood rtil^gle
roofs were replaced with fire-re
sistant roofing such as asphalt
singles, date, asbestos or met^J,
60 percent of farm fires woUlg
be prevented, the NFPA saySl.
Leland P.-T. A.,.
Meeting Held
Members Discuss Plans For
Completing Lunch Room,
The Principal Project Of
Association This Year"
The Leland Parent-Teacher As
sociation held Its first meeting
of the year Thursday at 8 o'
clock In the school auditorlUih.
A large number of parents and
teachers were present.
The meeting was called to ord
er by the president, Mrs. Odefl
Evans. After the reading of the
minutes several songs were sung,'
Including Leland school sotlg
which was sung to the accomp
animent of an lmprolsed orehear
tra consisting of leader and vUtS
allst, Mrs. Madge Smith; plaiMitt
Principal Manning; violin AriMr
Sue; boss violin, Miss Kuhn;
trumpet, Mra Meta Neilson. lAf
ter a few minutes of fun and re
laxation the meeting settled down
to the main project of the P.T.A.
this year, the new lunch room,
which is sponsored by the P.T_n.
and is nearing completion. .Re
ports on the progress of the
work were given by Principal
Manning and A. H. GalneyaltA
general discussion followed, aftd
plans were made for finlsMOg
the project. Plans were also made
for a Hollowe'en party to be giv
en at the school the latter part
of October.
All the business over, a social
hour followed In the lunch &p|n
with refreshments of homealle
cake and Iced drinks.
The officers and committees p\
'elected to serve this year are M \ '
followers; President, Mra OdfU
Evans; vice-president, Mrs. Her
bert Brew; secretary, Mrs. Dick
Saunders; treasurer, Mrs.
?McFarland; program committee,
Mrs. Madga Smith and Mra.
Mamie McFarland; refreshments
committee, Mra. W. W. Knox,
? Continued on Fin Fourl