The State Port Pilot
Southport, N. G.
Published Every Wednesday
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JAMES M. HARPER, JR Editorj
Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, at
the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
DNE YEAR $1.50
SIX MONTHS 1.00 !
ri'.REE MONTHS 75 I
Wednesday, March 3,19-19
.1 /issed Connections
Wo locked at one of the daily news
papers Sunday hoping to see an an
nouncement of the dates of the District
Two Class B. Tournament at Magnolia
and were very much surprised to see in
stead the results of the Saturday night
finals when the Camp Lejeune team
won the title.
All season we had looked forward
with relish to having a Brunswick coun
ty team entered in the State Champion
ship race for Class B teams, and on a
number of occasions we had had some
thing to say in the paper about this ad
ded incentive for the boys this year.
We asked County Superintendent of
Schools, J. T. Denning what had hap
pened, and he gave us these facts: Last
fall there came an inquiry from the
North Carolina Scholastic Athletic As
sociation office desiring the names of
teams in Brunswick county wishing to
establish eligibility for the champion
ship race. Mr. Denning furnished this
information with the understanding
thaLblanks would be sent to coaches or
principals of the various schools.
When the State officials were contac
ted this week they reported that they
never had received a completed entry
form from any Brunswick county school,
and that as a result no team in this area
is'eligible for further Class B play. Thus
Southport, with a fine team and a good
chance to move up in State champion
ship elimination, has been denied this
opportunity because of carelessness.
The State officials say that this oc
curred lccally, but Principal H. T. San
ders, who doubles in the role of coach,
declares that he never has received any
forms and thus has had no chance to
qualify his team. Moreover, he says that
he was not informed of the date of the
Magnolia tournament. And we believe
what he says. It is inconceivable that a
man would work as hard as he did with
an outfit that he has as much confidence
in as he has in his local quint and then
fail to attend to a clerical detail which
would rob them of a chance to move
the next step up the ladder toward the
State Championship in their division.
We write this not because we expect
to see the rules re-written and South
port given another chance; but because
whatever the mistake this year, we hope
that it will never happen again.
Something Helped
Down in Texas they have a saying
that you can steal his money, you can
shoot a man and you can run off with
his wife and still get away with it; but
if you steal his horse they'll hang you
for it.
And that seems to be the way it is
with North Carolinians and their auto
mobiles. Back in the days of rationing,
no other phase of that wartime program
irked our citizens quite so much as did
gasoline rationing; and people who
never before had lied nor cheated nor
stQlen resorted to all of these practices
to get extra petrol for their autos.
The inspection lane program griped
car owners as has no other recent re
striction placed upon their liberties,
and when the bill to abolish this bill
came up for a vote last week, the Legis
lators made short work of writing the
law off the book.
But let us loo konce more at the re
cord before we take too much satisfac
tion from this action. Last year the num
ber of fatalities caused by highway ac
cidents in North Carolina was reduced
by 100 persons. We will not say that the
inspection program was responsible, be
cause we honestly do not think that it
was the only contributing cause. But
the inspection lanes were a part of an
over-all safety program designed to
save human lives, and figures show con
clusively that progress was being made.
We cannot see how North Carolinians
can be very proud of'regaining an un
important freedom which must be paid
for in lives lost in traffic accidents. We
sincerely hope that a new and more
practical program of inspection of mo
tor vehicles will be worked out by the
General Assembly before it adjourns.
Brunswick Timberland
(Continued from page one)
The only problem seemed to be
the getting of a breed of cattle ;
that coulfl stand and thrive in :
the Green Swamp climate. Local
stock could get along, but they
would hardly thrive in that loca
tion to the point of being pro
fitable.
In the Florida everglades were
a number of herds of Brahma
cattle, decendents of the sacred
cows of India. These animals are
good foragers, good beef produc
ers, are able to stand any sort
of the hot climate and insects do
not worry them. Tfcey are tough.
The Reigel Paper Company's ,
woods boss went to the Ever-1
glades to see and learn something
of these cattle. They seemed to
fill the bill and he bought and
brought back 60 head of purebred
and mixed-breed cows and three I
purebred bulls. These animals
were introduced to the "Reigel
Ranch" at Makotoka three years j
ago and they have been a fine
success.
The herd now numbers about
150 heifers, cows, bulls and a j
few steers. The first year's crop [
of steers has already gone the'
way of beef animals. The second
year is coming on for the same
purpose. All of the heifers are j
kept for bredding and increasing;
the size of the herd. These young
animals are comparatively gentle
from constant association with
riders on cow ponies and in cars.
The old cows are wild and it is
difficult to approach them on
foot, if one is so inclined. Few
people who know them care to
do this 83 they roam the woods.
They will charge a person on foot;
without the slightest provocation.
Unless there is a tree or fence j
handy it is best to leave them[
alone. This is especially true when
they are being followed by young
calves. At such times they fiercely
resent the approach of anything,
man, beast or machine, that they
may possibly mean danger to J
their young.
Breeding of the cows is done
with the view of having all calves!
to come in the early spring. This!
permits branding of calves to be
done at a given time each year. |
It also permits there being sev-1
eral herds of calves and cows
with each bunch of about the
??me age on different parts of
the big range.
A few weeks ago the writer
was on the ranch and saw one herd i
of beautiful young heifers, all I
fairly gentle. They were all two j
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wars old. About 10 or 12 miles
?way we came across a large
ierd of unapproachable old cows,
all are due to drop calves this
spring. These animals all stam
peded into the woods at our ap
proach and it was impossible to
?et near enough to any of them
:o make a picture.
The three huge bulls are con
fined in a coral near the feed
oarn. If they happen to be near
the fence a good picture can be
made, the bulls staying on their
side and you staying on yours,
ro cross the fence is inviting
something unpleasant. With their
erreat flapping ears and huge
throat wattles the bulls appear
to be very gentle creatures, in
:apable of molesting anyone. This
appearance last only for so long
as they know they cannot reach
you.
Handling the young bulls each
year with the object of getting
t>eef steers is a very delicate
process. The young steers have to
be separated from their mothers,
m operation to which both they
and their mothers object. The cow
ponies are useless for this separa
tion project, as the cows would
:harge and kill both ponies and
riders.
The safest and best way arrived
it so far has been to use catta
pillar tractors. In the seat of
such machines the driver is safe,
rhe cows do not attempt to
mount the machines. They just
;harge them with their heads
Sown. No matter how hardhead
ed they may be, their butting has
little effect on such mounts.
The last winter was a fairly
severe one, even in the Green
Swamp. During the month of Feb
ruary it was considered advisable
to feed the cows and they were
brought up from their different
ranges and confined in great cy
press wood corals.
These pens are built of 2x8 cy
press planking, to a height of nine
feet. Railed walkaways are built
on top of the pens, allowing atten
dants to place feed and oper
gates when it is desirable tc
move a herd from one pen to an
other. The gates are all operatec
from above. Under no circum
stances does anyone get dowr
into any of the pens while the
cattle are there. The . cattapillai
tractor has to go in when any
thing except a cow has to go, anc
it has to go in to make then
move from one pen to another.
This winter the cows are graz
ing on the miles and miles ol
grain-sown fire lanes. A true!
equipped with a power pump goes
out and sees that the big con
crete watering troughs are kept
full of water from wells that
are sunk at the trough. The
I truck also carries out rock salt
that is left in the salt sheds to
which the animals have ready
| access.
There is little or no need of
shelter or supplementary feed. The
matter of whether or not the
cattle will go into the corals this
j winter is entirely dependent on
I whether extremely cold weather
comes along.
As a final word, it may be said
J that the idea of importing the
j Brahma cattle to this county has
| apparently proven to be a great
one. With a big herd of breed
stock being built up, returns are
; already coming in from the cheap
ly raised steers. The cattle have
undoubtedly contributed to the
forest fire protection and they
have given many Brunswick far
mers ideas as to raising cattle,
for which this county is admir
ably suited.
CONTEST PLANNED
Continued From Page One
| The first prize will be a $50.00
j Government Saving Bond; second
[ prize-$25.00 Government Saving
Bond.
The State contest will be held
at Raleigh on March 25th, the
first prize-J400.00 Government
Saving Bond; second prize-$100.00
Government Saving Bond; third
prize-$50.00 Government Saving
Bond.
NEW LEGION HUT WILL
Continued From Page One
finish the building.
The building has a large kitch
en, office, recreation room and a
60 by 30 foot hall that is amply
large enough to accommodate
large gatherings. The members
of the Shallotte Post will take
pride in showing the building to
fellow Legionnaries and friends
at the open house session Friday
night.
OUTSTANDING FILM
(Continued Firm -rage One)
j shown in a commercial theatre,
| "Seeds of Destiny" holds an all
time record for receipts, exceeding
i even the fabulouc production
I "Gone With The Wind" in that
I respect.
Ann uncement of the date of
appearance in each community
will be made through the schools,
and everyone is urged to see this
! outstanding moving picture.
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MILD BUILDING BOOM
(Continued from page 1)
plyea of New Orleans, where Mr.
Rapplyea was one of the vice
presidents of the Higgins Indus
tries during the war, have trans
| formed an old Southport residence
! into a very attractive place, it
lis understood they plan later to
j make their permanent home here.
The old Willis house near the
Garrison lot has also been the
i subject of considerable remodeling
| work.
Several Southport people are
| now constructing summer resi
I dences at Long Beach, is. ts.
j Frink is to start another there
this week. Dr. and Mrs. J. R.
Ames of Onancook, Va., are to
arrive here Saturday and they
plan to build immediately at Long
Beach. Robert Jones, Wiley Well?
and a Greensboro man have new
cottages already under construc
tion.
MUSICAL PROGRAM
Continued Prom Page One
Tenors: Pearce Craiimer, Fred
Stephens, Robert Thompson,
Waters Thompson and Robert
LESPEDEZA HAY
$30.00 & $35.00 Per Ton
DUPONT DYNAMITE
Fuzes & Caps
SEED - FEED - FERTILIZER
Farm Equipment
THE COUNTRY STORE
Rice Gwyn, Jr., Proprietor
Longwood, N. G.
NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR THE EXTENSION
OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE
TOWN OF SHALLOTTE
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commission
ers of the Town of Shallotte, at a meeting held on the 18th
of February, 1919, called and ordered a special election to
be held on Tuesday, March 29th, 1919, for the purpose of
extending the corporate limits of the Town of Shallotte, as
authorized by an act of the 1949 General Assembly. (HBi
No. 27.) All persons lawfully registered upon the present'
election books for the Town of Shallotte and who have
not changed their places of residence are eligible to vote
in this special election without further registration. This
act provides for a new Special Registration of voters in the
territory proposed to be. annexed. , V.'i.
Residence in the State of North Carolina for one (1)
year and in the town or the territory proposed to be an
nexed for four (-1) months is required to qualify a person
for registration.
The official registration books will be open at 9:00
A. M. on Wednesday, February 23rd, 1919, and closed at
4:00 P. M., March 16th, 1949. The Registrar will be L.
Bailey Russ. He will have the books open at HOLMES'
SERVICE on Wednesday, February 23rd, 1949, Wednes
day, March 2nd, 1949, Wednesday, March 9th, 1949, and
Wednesdav, March 16th, 1919, from 9:00 A. M. to 4:00
P. M.
Wednesday, March 23rd, 1949, will be challenge
day and the registrar will hear any challenge then made,
from 9:00 A. M. to three O'Clock P. M.
The description of the territory proposed to be annex
ed is as follows:
'Beginning at a stone located 3100 feet northeast
wardly from the present northeast corporate limits as
measured along United States Highway No. 17, said stone
being: cn the north side of said highway; running thence
South 60 degrees 00* West 2800 feet to the old New Brit
tain Road near R. D. Woodard's place; thense northwest
wardly with the said road to the present corporate limits;
thence continuing with said corporate limits to Mulberry
Branch; thence down Mulberry Branch to Shallotte River;
thence up Shallotte River to Bobby's Pike; thence up
the run of Bobby's Pike to United States Highway No. 17;
thence East 2,000 feet to a stake; thence North 30 degrees
East 6,000 feet to a point on Shallotte River opposite the
mouth of Charles' Branch; thence down Shallotte River
1,000 feet; thence North 5,000 feet to the. point of begin
ning.'
By order of the Board of Commissioners of the Town
of Shallotte.
H. L. HOLMES, Town Clerk.
M. L. GALLOWAY, Mayor.
SCHEDULE
W B &B BUS LINE
Southport, N. C.
EFFECTIVE TUES., JAN. 20,1948
WEEK-DAY SCHEDULE
LEAVES SOUTHPORT LEAVES WILMINGTON
4* 7:00 A. M.
7:00 A.M. "9:30 A.M.
9:30 A. M. 1:35 P. M.
*1:30 P.M. 4:00 P.M.
4:00 P.M. 6:10 P.M.
6:00 P.M. 10:20 P.M.
*?These Trips on Saturday Only.
**?This Bus Leaves Winnabow at 6:10 Daily.
- SUNDAY ONLY -
LEAVES SOUTHPORT LEAVES WILMINGTON
7:30 A'. M. 9:00 A. M.
10:50 A.M. 1:35 P.M.
4:00 P.M. 6:10 P.M.
6:00 P.M. 10:20 P.M.
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Not Exactly News
It didn't take long for us to learn that we
had misspelled 'minie ball' in a front page head
last week, but in attempting to defend our
generous use of the letter 'n' we made an in
teresting discovery. Minie is not a coloqual
contraction for miniature as we had imagined,
but is the name of the Fret^h general who in
ventioned this type of amunition. . . The Dis
trict 2 Class B. basketball tournment for which
Southport boys were eligible by virtue of their
county championship was over befcre local of
ficials eyer learned when It was to be played.
Just when we were telling out youngster a
bout seeing "Bobby Coon"? a well-known
storybook character?down street Little Roy
Daniel spoiled our tale by informing us that
his tame coon's name is Josephine. Well, Bob
by of Josephine as the case may be, Roy has
a nice and unusual pet . . . Something new has
been added at the Amuzu: POPCORN.
Henry Bryant has more regular jobs than
anybody in town, and he never seems to let one
of them suffer from neglect while he does an
other. . . Add February Freaks: Beautiful yel
low roses blooming In frynt yard of the Leslie
Garner home near Southport. . . Over 200 visi
tors saw the Dodge Coronet at its initial show
ing at Williamson Motor Co. Friday.
Little Anne Denning has a new puppy
she will have to get her playing with it 0
by next November. Reason? The pup is a ^
er from real bird hunting stock and Atur"
papa, Superintendent of Schools J. t Denn*'
is planning to find out if it can live up to u,
illustrious reputation o fthe mother. Jesse pj
vis' Susie-Q ... . The weekly square dances ?
the Community Center Building in Southport
have provided a much-needed source of recrea
tion fcr people in this area during the wint^
months. Lions Club officials say they will con
tinue until beach season opens.
Best break the kids in town got during the
past few months was when Dorothy istr,
Louis J.) had the old garage building on the
corner by her house torn down and the cement
flocr turned into a skating rink. With that
good beginning, the Hardee yard has been de.
veloped into one of the leading contenders (or
the Southport Home Demonstration Club's
beautification contest . . . Peter Robinson, son
cf Mr .and Mrs. Ted Robinson, shows gooj
promise as a cartoonist. . . And that does it
for this week.
Willing.
Basses: E. H. Arlington and C.
R. Livingston.
Accompanists: Mrs. J. M. Har
per, Jr., Mrs. Dallas Pigott and
Mrs. J. W. Ruark.
The program was under the
direction of Mrs. Pigott, 'chair
man of the music committee for
the club.
EARLY BLOOMING
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low country, extending from
Brunswick county through Geor
gia.
The Elmore nurseries at Bolivia
have both camellias and azaleas
that are well worth seeing. At
Eastbrook, one mile from Leland
on the hard surfaced road to
Phoenix, Mr. and Mrs. John Ver
zeal have many beautiful flowers
and shrubbery of various sorts.
Of even greater interest to many
people is the aquarim that Mr.
Verzeal has been building up for
more than 12 years. In his tanks
and bowls he has several thou
sand beautiful little tropical fish.
At this place-the Sunday visitors
have special welcome as Mr. and
Mrs. Verzeal are not busy with
the nursery on that day and have
time to show their guests the
aquarium.
COUNTY AGENT IS J
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number have been grazed for a
month. Others will be ready for
grazing within a few weeks. The
permanent pasture idea is taking
hold strongly and may lead to
more extensive efforts at cattlc
raising. In this climate cows can
be pastured for 12 months of the
year, with little or no feeding or
shelter during even the most
severe parts of the winter.
The small grain crop of which
there is a very large acreage,
is also looking good. Better farm
ers ffre now top aressing this
crop with 200 pounds of nitrate
of soda or its equalivant per.
acre. The supply of nitrate is
short but many far-sighted farm
ers were able to supply their
needs by buying early. Along with
the top dressing most of the
grain growers are now also seed
ing in lespediza. This is a won
derful crop for soil restoration.
It also produce a very heavy hav
crop that is easily cured and is
relished by stock. The counts
agent thinks that more lespedeza
seed should be produced in Bruns
wick. By allowing the lespedia
to mature the soil receives much
additional humus and the harvest
ed seed constitutes a worthwhile
crop in itself.
YOUNG SON DIF.S
Steve Smith. 5-vear old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Goldic Smith of the
Ash community, died here in the
Dosher Memorial Hospital Thurs
day. The remains were taken to
Ash for burial.
FEED THE FAMILY
That's a problem, especially when there arc
no garden crops to fall back on. But you caw
always depend upon being able to buy a good
line of groceries when you do your trading
with.
R. GALLOWAY
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General Merchandise
SUPPLY, N. C.
Plan and Plant Now
FIELD SEED
You can get everything you need to start your earl}
farm crops right here at our store. Buy seed from a fir'11
whose reputation you know.
FERMATE
Get a jump on blue mold. Treat your Tobacco plant
bed before infestation sets in.
Shallotte Trading Co.
Hobson Kirby, Prop.
SHALLOTTE. N. C.