The State Port Pilot
Southport, N. G.
Published Every Wednesday
JAMES M. HARPER, JR Editor
if
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
ONE YEAR ? $1.50
SIX MONTHS 1.00
THREE MONTHS 75
Wednesday, August 4, 1949
Recognition
We believe that sale of Ft. Caswell to
the North Carolina Baptist Convention is
the most important development in con
nection with the progress of this section
that has taken place during the past de
cade. And if we are right in this apprais
al, then it is about time that citizens of
Brunswick county remember to give the
proper credit to the man who fostered
the idea and stayed behind it with steady
pressure until announcement was made
of the successful consummation of the
deal.
He is the Rev. H. M. Baker, pastor of
Southport Baptist church, moderator of
Brunswick Baptist Association, an able
evangelist who is kept busy with extra
demands upon his time and talents.
The Southport minister was early to
recognize the tremendous benefit that
the Baptists of North Carolina could de
rive from the use of a set-up like that at
Caswell. When the property first became
available, he was just winding up his
work of completing the new Baptist
church and moving back in with his con
gregation. We remember a statement he
made about that time when he declared,
"Now that we are over the hump with
our building program, I want to get busy
and see what we can do about getting the
State Convention interested in acquiring
Ft. Caswell for its Seaside Assembly."
Not all of the credit for this business
Rovin' Reporter
(Continued from page one)
It must be a right considerable
distance from Pueblo, Colorado, to
1 Southport. Hubert Livingston,
t manager of the W. B. & S. Bus
Lines, Inc., left there on July 22,
driving a bus back to Southport.
, Harris Cumbee. one of the bus
| drivers, had charge of another
machine. They only drove during
the day, stopping each night.
With no accidents or delays en
j route they arrived here with both
buses on Wednesday night, July
27.
i When we ran up with him this
week County Agent A. S. Knowl
i es appeared greatly pleased with
| crop conditions in Brunswick
* county. In a general way every
thing looks fine. That coincides
Iwith what we personally think.
We are not a farmer and hence
I may not be qualified for an of
ficial expression on crop condi
; tions. Despite this drawback a
| fellow can always learn some
T thing from the folks that he com
J es in contact with. Contacts with
" many farmers this year lead us
?to believe with Mr. Knowles that
crop conditions are unusually
I good.
ij Every once in awhile Jake
L Tinga, veterans agriculture tea
richer at Bolivia, sends us some
"F thing interesting about what his
class is doing. Such stuff is en
| couraging, both to us and the
Kmen directly concerned. It also
''stimulates the men in other class-.
|i" es to try and do something in
: terestlng It would not be a bad
i Idea for other veterans teachers
Jto send us accounts of their field
pday visits, etc. In doing this it1
jishould be kept in mind that nam
? es are always important in a
Lnews story. The names of all per
sons participating in an event
^should be given, together with
" ' the name of the owner or operat
V a or of the place visited.
|[ The taking over of Fort Cas
Ibwell by the Baptists will not
?nwn that they will use it for
Blathering in the summer time.
HFThe meetings will probably ex- 1
VI .tend throughout the year, at least
| it may be considered as fairly
I certain that there will be a good
? : ly number of people there during
the winter months ? and crowds
>) in summer. A nice thing to look
:|;forward to is that many pro
mlnent Baptists will become in
terested in the Brunswick beach
j es through the assembly grounds
' being at Fort Caswell. It is safe
to say that many who become
{ Interested will build summer
jf j homes for themselves at some
[ of our beaches and through their
f i Interest in this section they will
lyt tract friends. It all presents a
i good build up picture to have the
j Baptist seaside assembly ground
at Fort Caswell.
decision belongs to the Rev. Mr. Baker,
of course. But we do believe that the plan
originated in his mind. And we do be
lieve that his quiet determination and
thoughtful analysis of the changing situ
ation helped materially to bring the ne
gotiations to a satisfactory conclusion.
We believe that in time the Baptists of
North Carolina will realize that they owe
a debt of gratitude to our own Preacher
Baker. In the meantime, we should like
to see South port accord him the recogni
tion which he so well deserves: The No.
1 Citizen of this community for the year
19-19.
Visual Education
In the speed-up education program
conducted during the war one of the big
things which made it successful was the
liberal use of moving pictures in connec
tion with visual education.
It seems to us that we have failed to
take full advantage of the lessons learn
ed during the war period, and in over
looking the value of movies in connec
tion with our school program we feel that
we are reverting to old ways and old
methods which have become outmoded.
Every school in the county has facili
ties for showing moving pictures to large
groups. In Chapel Hill there is a grow
ing film library which is available to
educational institutions for only a small
express handling charge. Some of the
literary classics are included, along with
technical movies which have proven in
valuable in teaching.
We feel that one big step forward in
the educational program for our county
schools would be a wider use of moving
pictures in the schools. By that we do not
mean that the program should be com
mercialized, nor that one student who
has some spending money should enjoy
an advantage over another who does not
have it. We think that there should be an
intelligent program of recreational and
technical pictures arranged for our
schools; and that showing movies should
become a regular part of our educational
program.
This is not some plan for the distant
future, and we do not have to wait for
invention nor for supply. This is one im
portant improvement that can be made
a part of our school program during the
coming school term.
Vacation Ends
On Happy Note
Greensboro Sporting Goods!
Man Highly Pleased With
Facilities At Long Beach
For Pleasant Vacation
Foots Fesmire, with the Coble
Sporting Goods Company in
Greensboro and a tackle on the
Elon College football team in his
day, returned to Greensboro Sun
day.
They came to Long Beach two
weeks ago, intending to stay a
week. None of the family develop
ed an itching foot so far as going
home was concerned. They stre
tched their one-week stay into
two and Foots said "Doggoned if
I wouldn't stay all summer if I
could." In this expression the
entire family agreed.
In this office Saturday, Foots
said: "I am going to make Long
Beach my vacation spot forever
after this. I think it is the nicest
beach I have ever visited, has a
lot of the potentalities of becom
ing one of the most widely known
beaches on our coast.
"Another thing," he continued,
"you have some of the finest
people here in Southport, all
working with the beach residents
and doing everything they can to
make the stay of beach visitors
pleasant.
POSTMAN'S HOLIDAY
.George W. Smith, Chapel Hill
pharmacist, is spending a two
weeks vacation with Mrs. Smith
and their daughter at Long Beach
Dr. Smith is having a sort of a
Postman's holiday for himself. He
Is spending most of his time in
Southport, pinch-hitting at the
Watson Pharmacy for Robert Wil
lis, who is away with Mrs- Willis
on their vacation.
VISITORS AT MANSE
Recent visitors of Dr. and Mrs.
J. M. Waggett at the Presbyter
ian manse have been Rev. and
Mrs. J. S. Walkup and Mr. and
Mrs. T. W. Dabbs, and Kenneth
Waggett. Mrs. Dabbs and Mrs.
Walkup are daughters of Dr. and
Mrs. Waggett and Kenneth, their
son, is a student at the Charles
ton Medical school. In the final
report of the school this summer
he was listed on the honor roll.
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Shallotte, N. G.
SPORT FISHERMEN
(Continued from page one)
keral, 1 barracuda, 8 bonita, 9
Spanish mackeral; George S.
Crouch, Jr., Jack Crouch and Lee
Kerlin, all of Charlotte: 16 bon
ita, 5 barracuda and 1 dolphin.
Joy, Captain George Gregory,
Jim Maulden, Charlotte; Mr. and
Mrs. Bert McLauren, Rocking
ham; Mrs. Valeria Burney, Char
lotte: 206 bluefish; C. L. Efirc],
C. T. Efird, Alex Clus, Neil Mc
Eachern, J. W. Lobb and R. L.
Bessenger, all of Wilmington: 88
large bluefish, 18 Spanish mac
keral, 5 king mackeral, 1 dol
phin and 65 jack callivas.
Kaibab, Captain Jomes Arnold,
W. M. Transom, Jimmie Fox,
Howard Holderness and Alexan
der Schenck, all of Greensboro;
2 barracuda, 1 bonita, 7 king
mackeral, 150 bluefish and Span
ish mackeral; Lyman B. Wein
guard, A. L. Bushalter, Columbia,
S. C., Mitchel Saleeby, Myrtle
Beach, J. D. Reese, Columbia:
80 3 lb. bluefish, 29 Spanish mac
keral.
Botfly, Captain Basil Watts:
Ballard Garner and Merita Bread
company employees, Wilmington:
107 bluefish and Spanish mac
keral, 6 king mackeral; D. E.
Coleman, Carl Robbins, John Ash
ley, Stacey Marlowe and Jack
Culpepper, all of Whiteville: 150
blues and mackeral.
Moja, Captain Victor Lance:
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wrenn and
Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Joseph, Myr
tle Beach: 70 bluefish, 56 mec
keral, 2 large dolphin, 1 alba
core; J. C. McWhorter, Jr., Par
kersburg, W. Va., Dr. R. G. Tut
tley, Winston Salem, Dr. J. D.
Kiser, J. M. Spoon, and J. R.
Mendler, Charlotte: 112 big blues,
7 mackeral, 1 dolphin; H. J.
Rasberry, C. P. Hackett, E. D.
Blake, M. A. Newbor and J. ? G.
Blake, all of Wilmington: 54 mac
keral, 6 bonita, 1 dolphin, 1 blue
fish; J. O. Hinton, Wrightsville
Beach, Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Rob
bins, Ft. Pierce, Fla., Effie Rob
bins, New York: 63 mackeral
and 1 bluefish.
SEVERAL COUNTY
Continued From Page One
inches in the drill. He applied
500 pounds of 4-10-6 fertilizers
and 600 pounds of calnitro. A
crop of soybeans was turned un
der on his land last fall. Both i
men are using- the N. C. 27 var
iety of corn.
Several of the 4-H Club boys
are to be reckoned with when it
comes to producing 100 bushels
to the acre this year. Among
those with splendid crops of corn
are Homer Anderson of Hick
man's Crossroads, Ray Hewett
of Grissettown and Rudolph Sul
livan of Bolivia.
JOHN L. BABSON
(Continued Frwn page One)
son, Roseboro; three sisters, Mrs
Ada ColemaVi, Fayettevllle, Mrs.
Sally Simmons, Bennettaville, S.
C.; and Mrs. Kate Smith, Ash;
and i'our brothers, M. F? W. A.,
W. W., and G. W. Babeon, all of
Supply.
Active pallbearers were Rob
ert S. King, James B. Babson,
Silas I. King, Jr., Dobery King,
Nelson King, and Carl King.
Honorary pallbearers were: Al
bert Williams, J. E. Co&ke, R. D.
White, Sr., C. P. Willetts, J. B.
Hewett, Dr. W. E. Swain, and F.
D. Simmons
; EDUCATION BODY
I (Continued from page one)
Attorney Prevatte, S. B. Frink
| and R. I. Mintz who have been
1 retained by friends of Principal
'Henry C. Stone met briefly with
i the board.
I Two other matters of import
lance were disposed of at this
'meeting. One was a decision to
I place insurance covering Bruns
i wick county schools in the State
J Insurance Plan. The other was to
'set the salary schedule for county
i mechanics.
| THREE MARINES
I Continued From Page One
| rants have been issued against
I Mrs. Everett Holden, charging her
j with reckless operation and with
! driving without a license. The
j driver of the car from Camp Le
jeune will also be arrested, Pat
| rolman C. M. Cummings says.
Expression of Love
r
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there is an opportunity to express love, sentiment and
reverence in a manner which is at once lasting and ex
quisite. When a design of beauty is executed in one of
nature's most enduring stones the effect is a sublime tributt
to a memory which remains bright throughout the years, ?<>'
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Design, material and craftsmanship are the 'three things
which insure beautiful and permanent memorials. You get
them when you place your confidence in an established
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KING MARBLE & GRANITE Co.
892 S. 17th St. WILMINGTON, N. C.
Wilmington, N. C.
AUTHORIZED DEALER
Not Exactly Neivs
With the two buses which arrived here last
week from Colorado the W. B. & S. now has
facilities for taking care of any reasonable de
[ mand for excursion trips. Customers along the
route would appreciate seeing a better vehicle
on the Whitevilte run . . . Last week wh?n we
were late with the Tobacco Edition we were
flattered at the number of complaint* we re
ceived from subscribors in all section of the
county.
Only turtle nest we have heard about .being
discovered at nearby beaches this summer was
right in front of the Robinson-Gilbert cottage
at Long Beach. The people who had the place
rented for that week had an 108 egg bonus. .
Saturday night square dances continue to draw
big crowds to Long Beach Pavilion, the majority
of the people coming from Brunswick county . .
Shady-role Yvonne DeOarlo stars in "River
Lady," the feature attraction for Thursday and
Friday at the Amuau.
We think that somebody is overlooking ?
good entertainment feature when they fail to
promote flounder-gigging on a reasonable com
mercial basis. There are few ways to spend a
more exciting evening while at the beach on
vacation . . . Mr. and Mrs- Ira Butler of Row
land are back in a beach cottage C[ ,v I
after an absence of three years. Thev ^ 1
of the early cottages at the nearby' " I
ment, sold it and now have comply J
for their own use. Meanwhile, they
a place each summer.
W. T. Fuilwood, Jr., who goes in f
himself, had an airdale pup for his tw 8,1
Cooker Fishing Industries (Mr. \y :
Maxie) now have the services of a ^
up truck which we hope will not serw'
rupt the local seafood supply. Take it ^
round, these men furnish most of the
clams consumed by Southport resije..
M. W. Lindner, who is marketing
u
Vet<
from his Long Island truck at this" &
a nice quarter-acre of tomatoes ripe^J
wasting out at the Dr. Doshet ;,iacc. , / j
Once more the Walden Creek aret
be the center of the watermelon p,?
the county, but we are informed that %
the market is off . . . They have swr '
again this year in the creek over bevo- -
tery Island. One of these days some lo'ciu
man is going to make big news by
of these beauties . . . Look for an old a
to set up a new business in Southport v
Mrs. Holden was proceeding
east on Route 17, the officer#
say. She made a left turn In front
of the oncoming car, at the
Shallotte Ice Plant. The car in
which the marines were riding
was headed westward and was
traveling at a high speed in a
35-mile speed zone. The name of
the owner and driver of the Mari
nes car could not be learned here.
Following tome temporary re
pairs to ilia car he was able to
proceed to Florida to be with his
family.
WALTER HARRELSON
(Continued from page one)
call to the ministry, and a report
of his education at Mars Hill, the
University of North Carolina and
Union Seminary in New York,
the examining council authorized
the ordination of the candidate
as a minister of the Baptist
church.
At the 8 o'clock service Rev.
Carl A. Tally delivered the
charge to the church; Rev. W. R.
Morehead, the charge to the can
didate; Rev. H. M. Baker brought
the ordenation sermon; Mr. Hints
welcomed Mr. Harrelson into the
ministry and Mr. Robblns pre
sented a Bible to Mr. Harrelson
from the Lebanon church.
All ordained deacons and min
isters had a part in the symbolic:
laying of hands while the candi
date knelt at the altar. Besides
the ministers from Brunswick
county taking part In the ser
vice ' were the Rev. Yancy El
Hot of the First Baptist churcn (
in Stanford and the Rev. I. P.
Hedgepeth frojn Lumberton. The
Rev. Mr. Hedgepeth is ninety
three years old and is the oldest
active Baptist minister in North
Carolina.
Mrs. Gertha Wart~^I
Noia Tyler have return' J
a visit in Washington. D. t
friends and relatives Mrs n,
brother, Tom Jenrette. asiy
in-law, Mrs. Howard Jeirett,
turned with them for a li9,'
CATHOLIC INFORMATION
Hew Simple ? To Travel To Heaven !
How simple It U to travel to
any town across the land! Simply
make sure that you are on the
right train and that you stay on
It. Obey the simple rules of the
road. That's all. You're sure to
get there.
How simple it is to travel to
our Heavenly Father's land. Just
make sure that you are on the
right road and that you stay on it.
Obey the simple rules. That's all.
You're sure to get there.
Engineers and train crews must
know the intricacies of railroad
ing. Passengers can learn them
for their own benefit. But as
trains are for everybody, he who
knows but little will get there
just as surely and as comfortably
if he stays on the train and ad
heres to its rules.
Theologians and teachers must
know the fine points of the God
building road to Heaven. Laymen
are encouraged to study these
also. But as God's train must be
for every man, so be who knows
but little must get there just as
surely and comfortably if he
stays on the train and obeys its
rules. 1 ? } : ? ^
I With simplicity of reasj^a.
.Catholic is convinced tit'
founded one true Churci n
because it is God's
(be perfect in itself ani :
operation. To insure thi
Catholic believes that Gx ,
His engineer, the Pope,
in the running of the 1?kj
1 ? that He divinely
the priests, His train-cm.
direct, serve, and feed tin
sengers? and that thertfari
the masses of Cathoh? c
faith and simple obedience i
1 the full-paid ticket fror. !?
. the heavenly depot.
Just as a machine will a
complex parts may he
[operation, so the comptei
the will of an Infinite Coin
| into utmost simplicity o* ?
tion for the man of ftii
' harks to the words of ta 1
'Jesus: "He that doth the li
' my Father who is in have
1 shall enter into the to.fi::
heaven" (Matt. 7:21).
If it's anything Cathooe. is
Catholic !
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