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^ pilot Covers dick County THE STATE PORT PILOT Most of The New? All The Time A Hnnrl NewtoaDer In A Good Community ~ ^ UOOQ *M " ?* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY flJ? *** **** 6-PACES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, May 25, 1949 coining Day Progress DateNears ?-s Set Up To "Take Various Activities i* Will Be P?rt 0f fc^OfTHe Day |"pireevent , Of Visitors Expsc L To Participate Kout Effort Of Citize"3 nnTaTthe community fSLy *Z chairmen and com JcJbers ?ere named for fcoming event for ex ^ w be held at South lV June 10. has already been rtpiration for the event, ?o E R Weeks. The , f the big essentials v seems to be well; of. Paul Fodale is' , 0f this committee and ff Hardee is co-chairman. 'Ls can be depended * to it that there is ?( fish and shrimp on j-d plenty of them. , Trott. Bernice Hewett, m R. L. Jones and H. T. ^ to look after the ,rier details. These fel that they will have tubs ( :ubs of clam chowder j iti the corn bread and j fise the corn bread and; , department provides. I r Sanders is chairman in I jf tie parade with B. J. j e charge of floats. j athletic events of the ,i B. Thompson is chair ,?ed by William St>Ton T Sanders. They plan to Sing from baseball to Uaccr is chairman of the Cr-Jx :s to build tables i penic lunch. With Mr. i m Tommy Garner and |stt? iw.ir.ittee is also to Ite'ie building of the ! RbutV of ttw Bruns? ty Post American Le ililso Service Officer for K is chairman of all cim fni he is assisted by i Easley as Chairman of Demonstration club, nal committees, if need 11? appointed at a meet t is to be held at the i Monday night. At thirf [ fit complete plans for be copleted. All iiiter mvited to attend. WffJVfHi Fltuhei R ANNIYERSTARY I May 26. will mark , 1 mdding anniversary of [ V Mrs. Will Davis. South k aidcat married couple. Mr. Ik r.ow 89 years of age and l&iis, the more lively of i 87. CATION id Mrs. L. J. Taubenhaus J*> left this week for a j ' Washington, D. C., and I hk Dr. Taubenhaus will1 pod a medical meeting 1 Kc City. X. J., before) ton on June 13. ' i HOMEWARD illas Pigott and Lewis boats which went to Ga., two weeks ago, fly returned to as near ?Georgetown, S. C. They ?failing there, but expect " to Southport in three 1 '"wks. according to Mr. "KG TO SOITHPORT Mrs. Merle Hood and I Hood, are making 1 *nts to move back to j from Norfolk. They; *Khport about two months \ ' it took just that long to them that there wasi 1 to live like Southport. j 1W GEORGIA next four or five wd 15 of the larger ! ' trawlers will be operat- j Brunswick and other, in the Georgia coast. I [we expectH to be here \ ?J numbers in the near land the bo its will then I the Danford Apart ?e Kappa Sigma Frater College will be at ' 40 strong for the ''?Sinning on June 12. | *r,ng will be composed i 1???' ln'l girls, some of Itk/J!' a ?imilar gather I g last year. Turk ^_'raternity has made nt? for the hous*. 1 Going Abroad LEAVING?Miss Marjon Frink, attractive daughter of Attorney S. B. Frink and Mrs. Christine Frink of South port, is shown on the steps of the Nation's Capitol with J Congressman F. Ertel Carlyle, whom she has served as secretary since January. Miss Frink recently has accep ted an offer to go to Germany to do recreation work.? ! (Wilmington News Cut.) Brunswick W ill Get $2,502,775 To Spend This Will Be Total Of Coun ty's Quota For Schools And Roads If Bond Issue Carries June 4th NORMAL HIGHWAY FUNDS CONTINUE Any Help Coming To The County From Bonds Will Be In Addition To Re gular Expenditures Brunswick county will receive MM,TT?.00"for -school building and $2,114,000.00 for road building if voters" on June 4 authorize the issuance of ? -schrottl and road j bonds, according to a letter re ceived by the Brunswick county commissioners from Governor W. Kerr Scqtt. School and road bond bills by the 1949 General Assembly allo cate those amounts to be spent, in the county, provided that the people authorize the issuance of the bonds when they vote in the June 4 election. For school building Brunswick county would get $250,000.00 as its equal share of a $25,000,000 appropriation by the General As sembly plus $138,775.00 as its per-pupil share of the proceeds from the School bonds. The per pupil share established by the General Assembly is deternimed on the basis of the 1947-48 aver age daily attendance. The amount that would be spent in the county for road building, if issuance of the bonds is favored by the voters, is set forth exactly in the road bond bill, and repre sents what the General Assembly determined to be "a fair and equitable distribution" based upon the formula in use by the State Highway and Public Works Com mission. The county's share of proceeds from the road bonds would be in addition to its regular share of highway funds. Ed Harrelson In Postal Job Will Serve As Post Master At Long Beach Beginning June 1 With One Mail Each Day Acting post master J. R. Russ of Southport has been advised that Ed Harrelson will serve as post master at Long Beach when the office is opened there on June 1. Quarters are being pre pared in the store building that will be used as a branch of the Harrelson grocery. Mail schedule for week days call for the arrival of the Long Beach mail here at SouthP<^ from Wilmington and other points at 8:35 a. m. port it Is to arrive at Long Beach at 9 30 and will leave there as ? ?,ll, be ?xch?g?t There will be no afternoon mail sent to the beach. . ?,irtav, the On Sundays and holiday ^ mall will arrive at L?ng at 10:45. a. m. leaving as soon a mails can be exchanged. maws tan u? Southport, the The same as at ?ou . , patrons of the^U"^ ^ ^ j is diapatctfjed as scheduled should ; Halstead Holden Conference Champ Halstead Holden, son of Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Holden of Shal lotte and junior at the Univer sity of North Carolina, won the 880-yard event in the Southern Conference track meet held Sat urday in Chapel Hill. The points won by the Bruns wick county boy helped the Ca/blina team to the conference championship and earned him a place on an all-star squad which compete against the champions of the Southeastern Conference next week. His victory in the half-mile event Saturday came over run ners from 16 colleges and uni versities of North and South Carolina, Virginia and Mary land. Long Beach Is Set For Season Many Visitors Here For The Week-End And Others Planning To Come Down Soon For Season With everything at Long Beach scheduled to open on June 1, a' trip there Sunday revealed that about everything was already open and going full blast. More than a hundred and fifty automobiles were at the various homes or one | the six-mile paved road down the beach. The Long Beach Pavilion will open Saturday night with a dance. Music will be furnished by the Dixie Pioneers. Several house parties were go ing on many residents have al ready moved in for the summer and many more were over for the week-end, arranging to move in. Still other week-end there were arranging to build homes and many were there look ing at the new homes they have under construction. The outlook pointed to this fast Rowing beach being headed this summer for its Continued On Page Four Bolivia Finals Start Tomorrow Congressman F. Etrel Car ivle Wilt Deliver Com mencement Address At Bolivia Finals Commencement week at Bolivia high school begins with the music recital on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. The recital is arranged by Mrs. John Copeland, head of -'-JS , If the East Wilmington Baptist church. On Monday, May "0 the senior class will present "The Wedding of Miss Senior Jass and Mr. Life of Service at g o'clock. Graduation exercises will be on Tuesday, May 31, at 8 o clock. The speaker will be Congress Continued On Page Four Condition Of Bridge Scored By Grand Jury Report Submitted Yesterday 'l'o Judge Henry L. Stev ens Points 1 o Danger Of Walden Creek Span RECOMMEND THAT IT BE REPLACED Detailed Recommendations Made Regarding Condi tion Of County Jail And County Home Realizing the danger at all times, especially to school chil dren, the grand jury inspected the Walden Creek bridge this week and among the other find ings in the report of the body was the following terse recom mendations : "We recommend that the Bridge over Walden Creek be inspected ed at once and that necessary' repairs be made. We further re commend that this bridge be re placed, because we feel that it is a hazard to transportation, especially to the operation of school buses." The report made Tuesday to Judge Henry L. Stevens showed that the jury had examined 13 bills, found 11 true bills and 2 non true bills. The report on J. P. and mayors fines and for feitures as turned in to the school fund and checked by the jury showed the following: A. W. Smith, $5.00; C. O. Blanton, $20. 00; Coy Duval, $125.00; G. F. Ganey, $10.00; J. H. Canady, $45.00; Leon Galloway, none; Elliott Tripp, none, J. C. Tucker, $31.00. Examinations were made of the various county offices, with fair condition being reported in all cases except the county jail which was found in need of consider able attention and the county home which is badly in need of paint and various other articles. Following are the recommenda tions made for improvement of these two county institutions by the grand jury; --s "County jail: Walls of jail need to be replastered; window panes to be replaced; window saahes Continued On Page Four Choral Concert Here Thursday Southport Choral Club Will Present Varied Program With Proceeds Going To Fire Truck And School Band The Southport Choral Club, composed of about a dozen voices under the direction of Ben Steven son, will present a concert on Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium. Proceeds of the ticket sales and program advertising will be divided evenly between the high school band and the fire truck fund. The evening's program will in clude several solos in addition to the chorus numbers. The chor us will sing among others "The Green Cathedral" by Hahn, "The Naughty Little Clock" by De ko ven, "Carmena" by Felton, and the chorale from "Finlandia by Sibelius, the last named being sung a capella. Mrs. H. C. Corlette will sing Continued On Page Four Re-Elected HENRY C. STONE Stone Stays As School Principal For Shallotte Protest Meeting Here Last Wednesday Results In Re shuffling Of Local School Committee By The County Board Henry C. Stone has been re elected principal of Shallotte high school and all of the teachers who were expecting to remain as members of the faculty have been retained for another year as a re sult of a meeting of the local board at Shallotte Thursday even ing. This action followed a meeting in Southport last Wednesday even ing at which time two members of the original Shallotte school committee were dismissed by the county board of education and V. E. Galloway and Dr. M. H. Rourk were named to take their place. The deposed members are the Rev. Dennis Hewett and J. P. Rusa. ? ? On Thursday night there also was a meeting iri Southport when a group of citizens from the Shal lotte school district met with the county superintendent and county attorney^ to discuss the matter of reinstatimg the two members Who had been fired f?om the Shallotte school board. ; . ?' : As an outgrowth of this meet ing, another session the county, board of education Was called for Monday night, at which time supporters of both factions ap peared at a public hearing in Southport to present their case. Results of this hearing were to leave matters as they were, with Continued On Page Four Music Recital Begins Finals Commencement Program At Southport High School Starts Tonight; Baccalau reate Sermon On Sunday Morning The commencement program for Southport high school begins to I night with a music recital under the direction of Ben C. Stephen son at 8 o'clock. The baccalaureate sermon will Continued On Page Four Our ROVING Reporter W. a KEZTAH Still no rain in Brunswick for the past two weeks or more, at least none up to the time this is being written. During the past few days a lot of farmers and gardeners have been saying that rain at this time would do their crops a lot of good. Still, the dryness has not yet reached the point of causing serious worry. Corn, tobacco and everything is thriving. All crops have been well cultivated and there is plenty of moisture underneath the plants, even If there is none on the sur face. Rains would undoubtedly speed up growing, but in the condition they are crops may be depended upon to continue to make a fine, steady growth. Something a bit out of the us ual happened to us Saturday. At Shallotte a young fellow appro ached us and said: "They have me in Federal court Monday for making: whiskey. After then I want to give you a good story." Tills information caused us to re call the case of a well known re sident of Brunswick county who took us around and pointed out a large oak tree. He said, "On this tree my grandpop was hung by mistake." In two years time Phil Wright State News Editor of the Wilmin gton News, has picked up more information about the folks in Brunswick than anyone we know of. He has learned who is likely to sue him and who is not apt to do so. With what he now knows he is able to keep on the borderline between telling the whole truth and leaving off some of it. Fred Fletcher of WRAL, Ral eigh,' follows up his wires by 'Continued on pige 2) Benefit Barbecue Unearths New Help Men Of Trinity Me'.hodist Church Prove Adept At Putting On This Type Of Supper ? The men of Trinity Methodist church rolled up their sleeves and put on a benefit supper?a per formance. usually left to the wo men?Friday afternoon on the church grounds and now they are afraid that they may fall victim of their own success. Already there is a demand for another barbecue. That is what was served. One reason is that one member was willing to donate a pig of suitable size; another was that this type of supper promised about as little trouble in the way of preparation as anything else; and still another was that there is something about an outdoor barbecue that just nat urally captures the imagination of a man with a normal appetite. W. B. Keziah, Southport's cham pion early-riser, had the pit dug and had some hickory poles burning by 5 o'clock Friday morning, and shortly after 6 o'clock the pig was sprawled across the pit in the first process of being roasted. This con tinued throughout the day, with coals from the green hickory be ing replenished from time to time. As the pig browned and savory odors began to reach out from the pit there was a noticable increase in public interest. Keziah develop ed into a super-saleman when it came to handling ticket?, and the high-pressure methods he employ ed consisted of rounding up two or three prospects and bringing them up to the grove for a temptation. If no sale was in immediate view, he would inform the visitors that the fee was five cents per smell to folks who did not have a ticket. This turned the trick. Came six o'clock and the pig was pronounced cooked. Then it was that the true test or organi zational ability came out. While three of the men sliced and chop ped away in final preparation of the barbecue, others began to show up with bowls of slaw, potato slad, ccrnbread and pickles. Ro bert Thompson fired up the big coffee urn in the recreation room, and it never was used to better ad vantage than to provide plenty of good, black coffee for the dinner. ^ Once everything was ready, the men used an assembly-line pro cess for serving plates, and even the folks In the rear of the chow line .soon were enjoying South port's first outdoor barbecue given on this scale in recent years. Judge Upbraids Jury In Hunting Acquital Fire Truck Fuiyi Gets Good Bo^st While the drive fcfr fupds to make' the initial payment* of the new Southport fire* truck _was ofTne Brunswick Navigation Company gave assurance of a nice donation to the cause. He then asked that a letter relative to the need of the fire truck be written him so he could forward it the corporations owners. This past week Mr. Plaxco hand?! Ormond Leggett a check for $100.00, his own con tribution to the fire truck fund. At the same time he passed over another check for $500.00 from the Brunswick Navigation Company. Needless to say, the $600.00 addition to the fund that is to pay for the truck and buy new hose is very much appreciated by the boys who compose the Voluneer Fire Department. They can use and will need a lot more windfalls before they have everything completely in the clear. Young People Hurt In Wreck Three Members Of Shallotte School Faculty Received Injuries In Auto Collision Saturday Night In a two car collision near Cherry Grove Beach in South Carolina near midnight Saturday, six young Brunswick county peo ple received serious injuries and some of them are still in hospit als in Conway, S. C., and Wil mington. In the other car a Mr. Thompson and his wife, of South Carolina, were critically injured and there is small chance for either living. Jimmle Norris, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Norris of Hickman's Cross Roads has his new Ford completely demolished when it crashed head-on into the approa ching Thompson car. Continued on page four Winnabow Man Buried Today Funeral Services Being Held This Afternoon With Bur ial Being Made In New Hope Cemetery Marcellus S. Benton, 48-year old resident of the Winnabow com munity, died here in the Dosher Memorial Hospital Tuesday after a four-day illness. Services will be held at 3 o'clock this after noon at the residence at Winna bow in charge of Rev. L. L. Barnes and burial will follow in the cemetery at New Hope Pres byterian church. Active pallbearers are Woodus CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Judge Henry A. Stcveina Declares Own Helpless l nesi To Correct Situation - Where Jury Refuses To Act COURT EXPECTED TO END TODAY ing First Two Days, With Several Matters Con tinued Judge Henry A. Stevens paid his respects to a Brunswick county jury which Tuesday after noon returned a verdict of not guilty in a case charging three white men w}th jack-lighting deer. Evidence had been presented by game protectors showing that the men were taken while traveling along a little used dirt road off the regular route from their home and Southport, where they claim ed they. had been; that hunting weapons, including a rifle, were in the car; and that they had in the possession a S-cell flashlight. "I have no doubt in the world but what these men were guilty," Judge Stevens declared, "but there's nothing I can do when you turn them loose before I get a chance to pass on the case." Most drastic sentence passed during the first two days of the criminal court session was three to five years given Lucian M. Benton for making an assault with a deadly weapon. The case against Mrs. Myrtle Wescott charging assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill was nol prossed with leave. The defendant and her husband were admonished that if they continue to live peaceably there will never be any further trouble growing out of the December shooting which came close to claiming the life of the man. It was pointed out that any violation of any law may result in having this case brought into court for trial. Court is continuing today, with prospect for adjournment this afternoon. Brief Session In County Court Judge W. J. McLamb Dis posed Of Only Few Cases During Last Week's Ses sion Of Recorder's Court Only a few cases were tried be fore Judge W. J. McLamb here in Brunswick county Recorder's court last Wednesday, with the following disposition being made: Agnes Lee, no operators license fined 125.00 and costs. Graham Padgett, reckless op-1 eratlon, damage to property, con tinued pending coroners Inquest. Jsmes Davis, drunk on high way, fined $10.00 and costs. B. C. Rivers, speeding, called | and failed, capias. - John Norman Moore, speeding, j fined (10.00 and costs. Etheridge Utley Guraganus, Jr., I speeding, fined $50.00 and costs. Big Bond Rally Scheduled For Friday Evening Wilbi^r Clark, 3rd District Highway Commissioner, Will Present Cam For Better Schools And Roads ???> f: ' M MANY ORGANIZATIONS SPONSORING CAUSE Commissioner Also Slated To Appear Tomorrow As Guest Speaker Before Southport Lions Plans are being made this week for a big county-wide bond rally Friday night at 8 o'clock at Shal lotte high schooV at which' tint* Wilbur Clark, 3r<l District High-' way Commissioner of FayetteviUe,; will be the principal speaker. On Thursday the new highway commissioner will be in South port to speak to the members of the Southport Lions Club on the subject of Better Schools and Roads. From present indications Bruns- > wick county will line up In force | behind the bond program which will s be voted on Saturday, June ' 4. The following organisations al- [ ready have endorsed the bend ? drive' and have pledged their sup-) port'in getting out a strong vote, on the day of the election: The Brunswick County Farm ? Bureau, board of county commls*) sionirs, Shallotte Post No. 247,. American Legion, councilmen for' Shallotte. Other organized groupei are expected to lend their sup port just as soon as meetings' can ; be called. During the past week announce- ! men^ has been made that the ? following men have been added to' the .bond committee In their re-. spective precincts: Southport, H.' W. Hood, S. B. Frink and J. W.. Ruark; Bolivia, W. A. Kopp; ? Town Creek, Joe Ramseur; Shin*), gletree, Sheriff W. M. Stanaland;. Longwood, Rice Gwyn; Ash, Lon?". nle 'Evans. \t a meeting of the Brunswick"' Shirty,. faefr end figures were quoted showing just how important It is for Brunswick county to support the bond election, and leaders of that group urged members to make a sacrifice to get out to the polls and vote on June 4. Phone Service Shows Increase Sixty-Eight New Phones Have Been Added In Local! Service Since Last Direc tory Was Issued Sixty-eight new telephones have been added to the local exchange of the Southern Bell Telephone Company during the past six months, according to a check orf the new directory just Issued, The new books show Southport with 318 phones. With only eight or ten exceptions all of the 318 phones listed are in the city lim it*. Additional equipment placed in the local exchange during the past three or four months is said to make it possible for about 250 more phones to be taken care of here. Residents of Caswell Beach want phones badly. The same conditions exist with regard to Long Beach. Holden Beach Is al so said to be anxious for phohe* If the Bell people are able to run their lines down Long Beach Continued On Page Four ? Tide Table Following 1? the tide table for South port during the next week. These hour* are approxi mately correct and were furn ished The State Port PU?t through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot'? Association. ?1 High Tide Low Tide Thursday, May it, 6:4? A. M. 0:54 A. M. 7:10 P. M. 11:5? P. M. Friday, May SI, 7:27 A. M. 1:37 A. M? 7:50 P. M. 1:80 P. M. Saturday, May 28, 8:05 A. M. 2:18 A. M. 8:28 P. M. 2:0? P. M. Sunday, May 29, 8:45 A. M. 2:5* A. M. 9:09 P. M. 2:49 P. St. Monday, May SO, 9:28 A. M. 3:40 A. M. 9:51 P. M. 8:88 P. M. Tuesday, May 81, 10:15 A. M. 4:24 A. M. 10:88 P. M. 4:20 P. ?t Wednesday, June I, 11:08 A. M. 5:11 A. M. 11:30 P. M. 5:12 P. N>
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