I ^ Pilot C?o\ er s
Lnswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
SIXTEEN NO. 31 ?
N0- . 6-PAGES TODAY
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The News
All The Time
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, November 3rd, 1948 published every Wednesday 11.50 per yea*
fRUMAN LEAD?DEMOCRATS TO VICTORY
tjeoe Stidham
Ejiard Brendle
[Carnival Rulers
Lj Voting Contest Fea
tle(j Annuol Hallowe'
fiContest Sponsored By
Cuthport Parent-Teacher
C2?tion
LERS chosen
r for fancy dress
L? And Runners Up
Lgounced In Three
lrup5 In Costume
I Contest; Total Funds
I $569.60
Stidham was crowned
ttfcl Richard Brendle was
t. km? of the Annual Hal
t Carnival Friday night at
L^t t"gh school. Runner
Efte queen contest was Bet
ide Helms and the second
I winner in the king contest
I Simmy Reese
L attendants were Janice
Egj. VICkle McEwen, Lee
L?H and Paul Cochran; the
Carers were Mary Rose
L and Tommy Harrelson.
[only was the crowning
Lnv an outstanding feature
Et carnival, but it netted
L] to the proceeds. The vot
[aitest was in charge of the
llgade.
L, were about one hundred
m the three groups
[j; costume contest. Winner
k preschool group was Paule
Ea Fodale, first, and Loretta
t second; in the 6-8 year old
L the ?inner was Gay Gordon
K the runner-up Floyd Loh
Inrst prize in the 9-11 year
lise group was Gwyfldolyn
kmCi Jean Evelyn Thomp
kocd.
|p for the costume contest
fits. E. Hanson, Mrs. Sam
?c and Mrs. Roy Robinson.
I sor.g by children from the
Ijrade and a solo, "Bugaman,
ft by Gwyndolyn Cook also
? features of the program in
lig: school auditorium.
Be there the crowd adjourn
In the gymnasium, which had
ft aecked out in traditional
ft) with all the trimings of
? cm. witches, pumpkins and
I laves. After everything was
?9 for the grand opening, an
?few in through an open win
lisd perached on one of the
Ptball goals, surveying the
ptinued on page# four)
Irltf M t te t
Flathtt
i MEETING
regular monthly meeting j
i Brunswick County Board '
fecation will be held tomor- j
' Tuesday) night.
? TO MEET
1 regular first of the month
' of the board of county |
doners will be held to
! (Thursday).
-S CLUB
* South port Lions Club will
Moorrow (Thursday) at one
? it the Community Center
1
t1 meeting
1 Southport Parents-Teacher
fction will meet Thursday
J1? *t 7:30 o'clock in the
? ?tJxool auditorium.
SUPPER
. of the Live Oak Chap
ter of Eastern Star, are
P 1 benefit supper on Tliurs
T inning at 5:30 o'clock at
Immunity Building.
J PISHING
l*'"s at Bald Head Island
1^*- Bill Styron, Capt. J. I
Herring and Fred
got 80 nice red drum. I
understood to have av
p'8ht P?uncis each
L fellows have since com
|T M sore arms from reel
in.
K** P. t. A. .MEETING
1^r-Rt-Teacher Association
K\ socamaw high school will
u ^gular meeting Tuesday
^ ^ovember 9. AU of the
iw. Waccamaw district
following the busi
r b 'altbere 7/111 ^ a P170"
f ?* grammar grad?*
BRUNSWICK COUNTY WINNERS
RE-ELECTED?Amos J. Walton, left led the ticket Tuesday in his race for re
election as Register of Deeds. W. J. McLamb defeated W. A. Kopp for Judge of Re
corders Court to retain this office. Odell Williamson, right, was winner in a close bat
tle with James B. Hewett for re-election to the House of Representatives.
Something For
Nothing Says
Convicted Man
Away back on March 10th
Volley Bolton, a white resident
of Wilmington, was arrested in
this county for public drunkness.
He failed to show up for trial
and dodged the officers Until
last week.
Brought in tor trial he told
the .Judge that he believeij he
had tuberculosis and he want
ed nothing less than a year's
sentence on the roads, as such
would admit him to a sanatori
um if he were found to really
have the disease.
Judge McLamb granted the re
quest, imposing a one year sen
tence and with it the recom
mendation that Bolton be ex
amined for t. b. Bolton left the
court room wearing a big smile,
saying as he did so: "This is
the first time in my life I ever
got something for nothing. ,
Shallotte Store I
Robbed Friday
Coastal Drug Store Entered
Friday Night And About
$50.00 Taken From Cash
Register j
?
The Coastal Drug Company at(
Shallotte owned by Fred Mintz
was broken into sometime Friday
night and the cash register rob
bed of a sum that Mr. Mintz es
timates as homething over $50.00.
Checks in the register were not
taken.
A small safe in the office of
Dr. M. H. Rourk in the drug
company building was badly bat
tered, supposedly with a sledge |
hammer or ax. n?e thieves fail
(Continued on page four) j
Annual Migration Of
Yachts Through City
Southport Waterfront Pre-1
sents Scene Of Changing i
Interest As Parade Of i
Craft Passes By
PLEASURE CRAFT
HEADING SOUTHI
Most Of Early Arrivals Are I
Small Vessels, With Lar- j
ger Ones Expected
To Follows |
A heavy volume of yachts have'
been passing- through Southport
in recent weeks with a consider
able number stopping overnight.
Others move on to various points
along the intracoastal waterway,
and a good many are finding very
pleasing overnight stopping points |
at Holden Beach, where Dr. R. j
H. Holden has moorings in a
basin.
Most of the boats coming thro
ugh thus far are small craft. The
larger boats seldom come until'
late in November and December.
Some are too large to travel the,
waterway, owing to their draft, j
Such boats usually take the ship- ]
ping lane passage outside or tra- j
vel along the coast at enough of!
| a distance to insure against the
danger of running aground,
j Inquiries among the crews of
tContinued on Page Four)
Pastor Leaves
For Conference
IRev. L. D. Hayman Is In
Greenville This Week At
tending Annual North
Carolina Conference
The Rev. L. D. Hayman, pastor
| of the Trinty Methodist church
{at Southport for the past year,
(Continued On Page Four)
Our
ROVING
w. B. KEZIAH
It was mentioned last week
that since stories started out re-1
cently about John Fernsi(le, of I
Freeland, N. C., and his dogs, he
was getting- more mail than ho i
ever before received in his life.
We believe just that. One morn
ing this week Postmaster Burnice
Russ of Southport called on us
for John's address in order that
he could forward a batch of let
ters from Michigan, Texas, West
Virginia and other places. The
stories all had a Southport date
line. Mr. Fernside's address was
given in all of the stories. But
apparently many people wrote
him addressing their envelopes to
the town bearing the date line.
Saturday night a couple of
Shallotte boys picked us up at
Supply and brought us into town.
On the way one of them told us
had a baby son at the hospital,
his first. They left us at the of
fice and we hurried around to
Mack's for supper as it was about
time for that. While we were
waiting until someone went to
the frying pan and caught our
fish for supper a couple of Sup
ply boays came in and one of
them told us he had a baby|
'daughter, his second, at the hos
j pital.
H. A. Morson, C. P. Wall and
L. K. Thompson of Raleigh spent
part of the past week with Har
ris Nelson, Leaksville-Spray cot
ton mill tycoon, at his-place on
Caswell beach. All his life. Mr.
i Morson has favored Morehead
City for his fishing, etc. He seems
to have only recently got wise
to how things really are. He has!
been coming to Southport every i
two weeks this summer and fail <
(Continued On Page Four)
Road Sentence
Saves Him Money
Two weeks ago Robert White,
colored, was found guilty of
drunken driving in the Record
er Court. He was given 30 days
on the roads, suspended on pay
ment of a $100.00 fine and
costs.
He asked for a 10 days stay
of execution with plans to take
an appeal.
At this weeks session of court
Robert appeared before Judge
McLamb, he stated he wanted
to withdraw his appeal and go
to the roads. "It will only be
for 20 days, considering my
good behavior," said Robert,
"an' I could not make a hund
red dollar fine and cost working
anywhere else in that time."
Expects Work
To Start Soon
Unless Some Unexpected
Development Occurs, Suc
cessful Bidder For RE A
Contract Should Begin
Work
E. D. Bishop, superintendent of
the Brunswick Rural Electric
Membership Corporation, says \
that work of clearing the right i
of way and constructing the 320 J
miles of new electric distribution !
lines in Brunswick and Columbus t
counties may begin in ten days. I
Bids of the Boyle Construction |
Company, Sumter, S. C., for this
work, were approved by the REA;
in Washington two weeks ago.
Following this approval contracts
had to be sent the contractor and
the local unit of the REA for
signatures.
These contracts have been sign
ed and the papers returned to
Washington for administrative
signature. In an interview this
week superintendent Bishop did
not appear to anticipate any de
lay in the final signatures to
contracts as all angles to the
papers have already approved.
District Legion
Meeting Friday
Legionnaires Of District No.
Invited To Meet At Ocean
View Tavern At Holden
Beach
The Shallotte Post No. 247 will
be host Friday night to a Dis
trict meettng of the American
Legion. Scene of the meeting will
be the Ocean View Tavern at
Holden Beach and a seafood sup
per will be served.
District Commander Harry L.
Mintz has been advised that Col.
Wiley Pickens, State Executive
Vice-Commander, will be present.
An invitation was extended State
Commander Joe Grier to attend
this meeting, but he has advised
that this will be impossible.
Commander Mintz states that
a large crowd is expected for this
occasion and he urges a large de
legation from Brunswick county
posts to attend.
Will Make Trip j
To Discover If
Boats Can Work
Exploratory Trip To- Gulf
Stream Water* Being
Planned By Big South
port Trawlers Sometime
Soon
FISHING GOOD
IN EARLY SPRING
If Discovery Is Made That
Fish Are There At This
Season The Chances
Are Good For In
dustry
Any day now a start will be
made soon in operations to find
out if fish may te taken com
mercially out in the gulf stream
at this season of the year.
There seems to be no doubt
that the gulf offers profitable
fishing grounds in the spring.1
That fact was demonstrated ear
ly this year by Captain Merrit
Moore of the Penny and Captain
Walker Lancaster of the Sea Figh- j
ter. They went out and found
grounds where they could fish
and where there were plenty of
fish.
What those grounds may hold
now is more or less guesswork,
but taking the guess of fishermen
who know, there are "plenty of
fish out there now waiting for j
the taking.
To make the start to see what
is on hand now, three boats Will
go out, according to Dallas Pigott.
These are Captain Moore's Penny
the Sea Fighter and the Bill Jr.,
Captain Dan Early Wells.
If the boats find fish at this
time of the year 15 boats will
'start fishing immediately. Lewis
J. Hardee will send out six boats,
(Continued of page four)
Discusses Value
Of Good Diet
Consultant In Nutrition
Spoke Last Week Before
Brunswick County School
Teachers At Blivia
The importance of teaching
school children the relation be
tween diet and health was stress
ed by Dorothy Krely, Southeast
ern District Consultant on Nutri
tion for the North Carolina Board
of Health, in her visit last week
to the teachers of Bolivia, Shal
lotte, Leland, Waccamaw, and
Southport. Speaking at Bolivia
high school to faculty members
of these schools, Miss Krely told
of her work, in which she par
takes of cod-liver oil and sand
wicKes made of enriched bread,
raw carrots and turnip greens to
demonstrate the health-giving
qualities of these foods before
classroom audiences.
"Younger students may have
their interest in healthful diets
aroused by food parties; older
boys and girls will be curious to
tnow what foods make them
rrow; while high school students
nay proceed with a study of the
jcience of food: its caloric con
ent and vitamin values." All
groups, Miss Krely believes, would
benefit from controlled experi
ments with animals. "When they
can see for themselves how a
poor diet results in loss of weight,
(Continued of page four) I
All Democrat Candidates
Winners In Contests For
Brunswick County Offices
PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN
Local Menhaden Boats
To Fish Off Beaufort
Woman Harvests
Deer In Yard
Hunting deer with dogs and
guns is going for your venison
the hard way, at least that is
what Bessie Lewis, Bolivia col
ored, thinks.
On Wednesday of last week
she was busy washing clothes
in her back yard when she
wnen she heard a commotion
nearby. She looked up to see a
large buck entangled in a wire
fence, apparently unable to es
cape.
Bessie grabbed an axe off the
wood pile and headed for the
slaughter. There will be plenty
of deer meat served at her table
for awhile.
I
Plan Revival For
Presbyterian Church
Rev. J. M. Waggett, pastor of
the Southport Presbyterian church
announces a week of revival ser
vices from November 15 to Nov
ember 21.
Rev. Alfred E. Dudley of Wil
mington will be the special preac
her. Services will be held each
evening at 7:30 o'clock. The Rev.
Mr. Waggett states that every
one is cordially invited to attend
these services.
Two Converted Mine-Sweep
ers Already up The Coast
To Be Ready For Fall
Run Of Menhaden
TWO BOATS WILL
WATCH OUT HERE
Third Converted Navy
Craft Expected To Join
Vessels Up Coast As
Soon As Completed
The Plaxco and Brunswick,
boats in the menhaden fishing
industry at the Brunswick Navi
gation Company, are now at New
Bern, being painted on the rail
way, preparatory to two or three
weeks of fishing out from Beau
fort
Both boats are converted mine
sweepers. The Plaxco is command
ed by Captain John D. Eriksen
an the Brunswick by Captain
John Potter. A third former mine
sweeper the Nickerson, command
ed by Captain John C. Shelton, is
to leave today also to fish at
Beaufort. She is being accom
panied by the Gifford, Captain
J. B. Church.
The Plaxco, Brunswick and
Nickerson are each 1361 footers
with plenty of speed in their en
gine rooms. Each of these boats
have two 500-horse power diescl
engines. The Gifford is almost
(Continued On Page u'our)
COMPLETE, UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RETURNS
PRECINCTS
Hoods Creek ?
Leland
Winnabow
Bolivia
Southport No. 1
Southport No. 2
Mosquito
Supply
Secession
Shallotte
Frying Pan
Grissettown
Shingletree
Longwood
Ash
Waccamaw
Exum
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??Ar , 'Am ?ii.iCji '
Local Ticket Led By Amot
J. Walton, Democratic
Candidate For Register
Of Deed?; B. C. William*
Second
DEWEY MAY LEAD
RACE IN COUNTY
Vote Throughout Nation |i
Close In The Presidential
Race As Truman Scor
es Victory In One
Man Fight
Nobody took him seriously when.
Harry S. Truman contended
throughout the campaign that he
would be re-elected President of.
the Uni:ed States, but this morn
ing he held a small but steady
lead over Republican candidate
Thomas E. Dewey in the out
standing political upset of our
time.
Democratic domination of yes
terday's election results was not
confined to the National scene, .
as members of this party scored
landslide victories in State races
and every candidate on the coun
ty ticket piled up a safe majority
over his Republican opponent (
here in Brunswick.
Locally the Democratic victory
parade was led by Amos J. Wal?
ton, who had a vote of 2479 1?
his race for re-election as Register
of Deeds. B. A. Russ, Republican,
had 2124 votes.
B. C. Williams in his race for
county commissioner was the next
ThlgH man on- the Democratic
ticket with a total vote of 3457.
His running mates showed 2434
votes for George Ward and 2416
for R. L. Rabon. Lonnie Evan
was high man among the Repub
lican candidates for this offloe
with 2136 votes. Chas M. Trott
had 2107 and George Swain 2080.
' W. J. McL&mb, Democratic
^candidate for judge of Recorders
Court, compiled 2383 votes to
defeat W. A. Kopp, who had 2176
votes. '
Odell Williamson held a lead of
89 votes over his Republican op
ponent James B. Hewett in the
race for House of Representativ
es. The Williamson vote was 2307
to 2216 for Hewett.
Due to the fact that returns
in the Brunswick county votA
for President still were incomr
plete this morning, it was Impos
sible to determine just how Pre
sident Truman had fared in his
race for reelection. However, with
Thurman picking up strong sup
port in several precincts, there ?
was a strong possibility that the
President would, trail Dewey la
this county.
There appeared to be no logi?
cal way to explain the Truman
victory, for all of the national
polls, the . leading national publi
cations and most of the political
experts had predicted an over*
whelming victory for the New
York governor. The President had
gained great sympathy and some -
admiration for the gallant fight
he had carried to the people and
for the fearless manner in which
he had flailed out at members
of the 80th Congress, upon whom
(Continued On Page Four)
Mrs. G.W. Parker
; Passes Tuesday
Funeral Service* For Pro
minent Shallotte Woman
Will Be Conducted At
Brooks Cemetery Tomor
row Afternoon
Mrs. G. W. Parker, member of
a prominent Brunswick county
family died last night at 11:30 o'
clock at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. James Chad wick, after suf
fering a stroke yesterday after
noon. She was 76-years of ag?.
Mrs. Parker was a life long
citizen of Brunswick county and
was a member of Shallotte Camp
Methodist church.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from the graveside at
; Brooks Cemetery at 3 o'clock
i Thursday afternoon, with the Re*.
Bert Bennett in charge.
i Mrs. Parker is survived by the
j following children: Ernest Pttr
jker, Odis Parker, Preston Park?,
Shallotte; Newland Parker, Fay
'etteville; two daughter?; Mrs.
! James Chad wick and Mrs. Ernest
i SUnaland, StuUlotte,
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