pilot Covers
Lnswick County
THE STATE PORT
SIXTEEN
NO. 23
6-PACES TODAY
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The Newt
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All The Time
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, August 10, 1949
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY ?1JW PER Y?AA
bouses Are
I As Second
eek Is Opened
nf Offerings Is Up
g-'^ARSRECORD
u,rk^ReP?/ted T?
Highly Satisfactory
ieJ During First
Week |
? 0( offerings on the var- !
markets was up
today an* a hi8her
?s forecast. I
|^er Belt averaged about |
lT the first week, but,
Sevfd that a better re- ;
K;'d be established as,
ygan to market their
Kjr leaf
rrwers have been heard,
.kjt they were getting j
;tte quality of their offer- j
tiied.
?aeS were reported to
,f0f the opening of the!
?& of operation and the
fi*e-dav week of sales.
OTre that poundage
t greater on each of the
tins week.
[ftiterille tobacco market
^4 of last year's pound
1 for the first four days
0 pounds.
ir Neilson reported
_ of 3,892,510 pounds a
j&lSO for the corresp
Ijeod of last year.
jpooiage figures indicated
ajrket was well on its
a new high this sea
wrage pounds per day|
than 925,000.
tely full sales, but no
fDrecast for this week,
ml he felt confident
ifltid come to the mar
ijht before or even on
ifc; and sell his lot of
average neld to $50
flhtftur days. The pre
1 1 poor quality leaf
e for the market
Bitot observers said.
Supervisor Hugh Nance !
a total of 862,292 sold
Cadtioum market during
four days. The offerings
u average slightly above
e said. '? .
|?ality was not quite up
ir an opening week, but
fa::oa seemed to be re
by the offerings today.
was on the floors of
of the Chadbourn ware
[M sales were indicated
i week.
taor Luther Clark report
a excess of one million
I toe first week. The a ver
bid, was approximately
' Townsend, supervisor of
* the Fair Bluff market,
it be reached by telephone
"port on the market. It
ported, however, that the
tad an excellent week
demand and heavy
City's break of tobacco
** among the best this
?arry Ashby, sales super
N the quality was up con
pj {r?m last week.
warehouses in Tabor
" "20,358 pounds in the
?our da.vs of the 1949 sea
^hfNiw$
Hatha
nxpix
I ^ter Harrelson will
MPtt at Trinity Methodist
Sunday morning in the
' the Pastor, the Rev.
?' an, who is on vacation.
^^0LKS
I f. ? Curtis Cox and
arleston are spend
iii?Cailon at Bollvia and
it 1 ach Mr- Cox is
? Hi na^er of the Virginia
ComPany plant
K ?He 13 the of
Mrs w K Cox of Boli
*** MEMBER
iy at Bolivia
*Ri4attc Brunsw1ck
?>G VTT' C?m"
rnm ' Lewis of the
m % T as a mem
Whst^T of education.
?eek h ? vacancy creat
i foster < r ' the resignation
kMr. 2* of ^^via. In
by b* z stated he was
???*? reason*.
Market Opening
AUCTION ? Congressman F. Ertel Carlyle, shown on
the right as he prepared to open sales at Planters Ware
house No. 2 in Whiteville last week. One notable thing in
connection with this house was its completion in
13 working days in order to be ready for the opening of the
Border Belt Market in Whiteville.
Silver Tarpon Caught
Here By Bill Styron
Local Fisherman First To
Bring One Of These Beau
tiful Fish To Gaff Follow
ing Long Battle Monday
Afternoon
FISH CAUGHT OVER
NEAR BALD HEAD
Presence Long Has Been Sus
pected But Efforts To
Land One Of These
Prizes Have Been
Fruitless
Bill Styron caught a 122-pound
silver tarpon, 6 feet 6 inches in
length nvonday afternoon for the
sensational catch of the season
locally. For 55 minutes the big
fish battled, jumping high out
of the water a dozen times be
fore it was brought to the gaff
held by Bertram Burris, a fish
ing companion.
Sport fishermen who saw the
catch boated in one of the creeks
running into Bald Head Island
were not slow to understand what
became of the hooks, lines and
sinkers that they have been loos
ing for several years.
Mrs. Styron, the third member
of the party fishing from a small
outboard motor boat, got three
strikes from other tarpon before
her husband hooked the big one.
In each instance the great silvery
fish either snapped loose in the
water or took to the air and
threw the hook while in that
position.
Captain Burris was not idle
while the battle with Captain
Styron's big fish was going on.
He had his hands full managing
the small boat and remembering
how he had, time and again,
hooked onto some of the big tar
pon next to Bald Head, only to
have them snap his line and get
away.
Last year he lost about a dozen
lines, and most of his reputation
through telling how he came to
lose the lines. This year he and
Captain Styron got something just
a little stronger in the way of
lines and leaders. They have pro
bably started something entirely
new in sport fishing at South
Continued On Page Four
Sheppard Ships
Melons Up North
Necessity For Making Trip
Plus Added Price Being
Paid In That Area Promp
ted This Decision
Four hundred watermelons av
eraging 40 pounds were trucked
to New Jersey during the week
end by Everett H. Sheppard, to
mato plant grower, who has been
here for ten days marketing his
melon crop.
Mr. Sheppard's tomato crop in
New Jersey is about the finest
he has ever grown he says. It
was necessary for him to get
back up there over the week-end
to see how the ripening of the
tomatoes is coming along. As
melons there command about
double the price that they do
here, he decided to take the big
Continued On Pag? Four
Maxie Cooker
Knew Of Tarpon
Perhaps the man in Southport
least surprised at Bill Styron's
prize tarpon catch Monday
afternoon was Maxie Cooker,
Southport fisherman, who has
reported the presence of theae
big fellows over in the bay for
several years.
At first these reports were
scoffed at, but last year local
anglers gave them a try with
the result that much valuable
tackle was lost and many short
lived thrills were provided.
Recently while on a commer
cial fishing expedition in that
area Cooker and his father had
three of these big fellows sur
rounded with a gill net. Some
high-jumping and damaged gear
resulted in a complete getaway.
Another Good
Fishing Week
Party Boats Have Been
Bringing In Good Catches
Each Day During Past
Week With Parties Highly
Pleased
The weather of the past week
failed to cut into the sport fish
ing seriously at Southport and
while some of the boats missed
going out for a day or so, others
did not miss a day. Summing
everything up, the week has been
a fine one ending in general sat
isfaction of all of the parties that
went out.
With not all of the tsoats re
porting, the following sums up
things pretty well for the week:
Idle-On, Capt. T. H. Watts: R
A. Bass, Fred Wiley, Myrtle
Beach; Reginald Thompson, Re
ginald Thompson, Jr., W. K.
Suggs and Billy Avant, Conway,
S. C. ? 100 bluefish and mackerel:
Dr. E. R. Motley and party from
Charlotte ? 25 bluefish, I king
mackerel, 1 barracuda, 8 bonita;
Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Powell, Clin
ton; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lamb,
Garland, and Albert S. Paul of
Holly Ridge ? 1 large amberjack,
10 bonita, 40 blues and mackerel;
Dr. M. H. Rourk and party,
(Continued on page six)
Release Photos
Of Ft. Caswell
World-Wide Photos Ars Cir
culating Pictures Of His
toric Ft. Caswell To All
Subscribers
According to a note and a
copy of the cut lines that are be
ing used, Wide World Photo has
begun distribution of pictures of
Fort Caswell at Southport, re
cently sold to the North Carolina
Baptists.
As its name indicates, Wide:
World Photo is one of the xno3t|
extansuive syndicates in the
Continued On Page Six
Attorneys For
Defense Asking
To Move Trial
Washington Law Firm
Would Have $130,000.00
Damage Suit Heard In
Beaufort County Superior
Court
LOCAL ATTORNEYS
OPPOSING MOVE
Trail Growing Out of Death
Of Four Brunswick Coun
ty People On Memorial
Week-End
N. C. Paul and Rodman and
Rodman of Washington, N. C.,
have served papers asking for a
hearing on the matter of trans
ferring the damage suits brought
by the administrators of Erline
Atkins, Louise H. Gray, Gloria
Ann Gray and Roland Edwin
ing against the administrator of
the estate of A. N. Houston.
The move is to transfer the
suits from Brunswick Superior
court to Beaufort county Superior
court. The matter will be heard
before Clerk of Court Sam T.
Bennett here on August 22. Frink
and Herring, attorneys for the
plaintiffs in the suits, say that
they will vigerously oppose the
attempt to move the case to
Beaufort for trial.
In the four suits filed by the
administrators of Miss Atkinson,
et als., the total sum of $120,000.
is being asked. The suits are
against John J. Benson, adminis
trator of the estate of A. N.
Houston, who with two compan
ions was also killed in the Mem
orial Day wreck near Shallotte.
Houston is alleged to have driven
his car into that operated by
Roland Gray.
Another Long
Court Session
Judge W. J. McLamb And
Other Court Official* Kept
Busy Until Late Monday
Afternoon Working On
Docket
Another siege gf traffic viola
tions filled the docket in Record
er's court here Monday with the
following sentences being meted
out by Judge W. J. McLamb:
Gurney J. Hoffman, speeding,
fined $10.00 and costs.
William R. Kinlaw, speeding,
fined $20.00 and costs.
Chester A. Smith, speeding, fin
ed $10.00 and costs.
James Monroe Simmons, speed
ing, fined $10.00 and costs.
Dewey Houston Edge, reckless
operation, $40.00 and costs.
Hubert E. Stein, speeding,
capias.
Hugh Ashton Plowder, speding,
costs.
Crester Rudolph Askew, speed
ing, fined $10.00 and costs.
John Dexter Jorden, speeding,
fined $10.00 and costs.
Melvin Godwin, assault with
deadly weapon, capias.
Abner Burrett Teachey, speed
ing, fined $10.00 and costs.
Ralph Sarinopolus, speeding, fin
ed $10.00 and costs.
Joe Lewis, public drunkness, 1
fined $10.00 and costs.
Johnie Richard Bermond, speed
ing, continued.
Elder Hewett, possession for j
purpose of sale, not guilty.
Stephens Jones Coker, reckless
Continued On Page Six
Ordained
WALTER HARRELSON, who
was ordained last week as a
minister of the Baptist church,
will preach Sunday morning at
Trinity Methodist church in
Southport.
Fatal Injuries
Inflicted Upon
Man Saturday
Ernest Singletary Arrested
Sunday and Charged With
Fatal Injury To Step
Father Saturday Night
The body of Archie Withing
ton, 60, year old Brunswick coun
tyman, was found in a ditch two
njiles east of Southport and on
the River Road early Sunday
morning. His throat had been cut,
the head being almost severed
from the body. He had evidently
died where he was found but there
was no signs of a struggle.
G. C. Kilpatrick who was sum
moned to take charge of the body,
stated that it was evident that
death occured previous to a rain
that fell at about 11 Saturday
night.
Officers were called immediately
after the finding of the body.
They went to the home of Ernest
Stngletary, a step-son of the dead
man, living about two hundred
yards from where the body was
found. Singletary is said to have
readily admitted killing With
ington, saying that he had had
trouble with him because of his
beating his wife, Singletarys
mother. He is quoted by the offi
cers as saying that when Withing
ton left his house, he followed him
and when the older man attempt
ed to strike him he knocked him
down and slashed his throat.
Singletary is about 26 years
old, has been married a year or
(Continued Oil Pajge Four)
Poultry Show At
Shallotte Soon
Shallotte Lions Will Sponsor
4-H Club Poultry Show
And Sale On September
17; Project Aimed At
Poultry Improvement
The Shallotte Lion's Club will
sponsor a 4-H Club poultry show
and sale on September 17.
The Sears, Roebuck Company
Foundation gave 1000 day old
pullets to ten 4-H Club boys and
girls this spring. These pullets
have been fed and grown out un
der the supervision of the ex
( Continued on page four)
W. B. KEZIAH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
Some day when the Baptists
take over Fort Caswell they will
have, if they open the huge con
create swimming pools, one of the
greatest sources of news pictures
in the State. The Fort Caswell
mineral waters, with much the
same analysis as those of widely
famed Hot Springs, Arkansas, are
of intriguing interest to all, even
when they are not in use. No
cameraman ever goes to Fort
Caswell without getting pictures
of the swimming pools. During
the past week millions of people
have seen pictures of the pool,
these pictures being distributed
by two of the greatest news pic
ture syndicates in the United
States, Wide World Photo and
King Feature Service. The pictur
es will continue to circulate for
months. Putting the pool back in
to use thereby giving an outlet
for the thousands of gallons of
hot salt water, will also create
scenery and new angles for phot
ography and painting. The Bap
tists will get much publicity
through owning the Fort Caswell
pools.
A few days ago a very polite
small boy, about eight or nine
years old, came to us in the
Southport post office, shook hands
and said he wanted us to know
how much he enjoyed reading the
State Port Pilot He was com
plete stranger and left before we
could think to ask his name.
However, his politeness and fri
endliness created an impression
that led to the making of in
quiries. Without finding out just
who he was, we found out that
he was one of four bright young
fellows from Durham, all visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mai
Continued On Page Four
Robins Nest Has New
Owners Moving In
Former Home Of Mr. And Mrs. Edward Dial Targarson
Has Been Completely Renovated
Untenanted except for a care
taker since Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Dial Targerson moved away about
fifteen years ago, the Robins Nest
on the Cape Fear two miles
above Southport will again have
owner occupants after August 20.
At that time Mrs. E. P. Hayes
is scheduled to arrive from Al
bany, New York. Mr. Hayes, who
retired from the Standard Oil
Company at Winston-Salem the
first of May, has been at the
Robin's Nest several weeks get
ting things in shape. Mrs. Hayes
who has been visiting her daugh-,
ter and son-in-law, Dr. and Mrs.
R. S. Gardner, joins him on the
20th.
Dr. and Mrs. Gardner and their
two children will accompamy Mrs.
Hayes here for a two weeks vaca
tion at Robin's Nest. Dr. Gardner
is a professor at the New York
State Teachers College.
Since buying the Robin's Nest
more than a year ago Mr. and
Mrs. Hayes have done wonders
in restoring the place. Everything
from basement floors to attic and
roof has been gone over. With
the exception of minor matters
here and there the building is
in as fine shape as when it was
built many years ago.
The house is two stories with a
full sized basement below and a
full sized attic above the two
main floors. Located right on the
edge of the Cape Fear on a very
high bluff, the big full-length
porch and sun porch above it
have strikingly beautiful views of
both the Cape Fear and of the
ocean east of Bald Head Island.
High above the second floor
sunporch another striking view
[can be obtained from the "Wives
Wa-ch" perched on top of the
high, steeply pitched ' roof. This
structure is easily reached by a
stairway running up through the
attic. Several years ago the State
Magazine, published by Carl
Goerch, stated that there were
only three homes remaining in
North Carloina with "Wives
[Watch" as part of their con
struction.
If Mr. Goerch was accurate in
his claim Southport is rather dis
tinctive in having two of the
three. The Robins Nest and the
residence of Colonel and Mrs. Earl
Brown both have these features.
Continued On Page Four
Business Spotlight
Centers On Longwood
Beer Election
Here Saturday
Voters of the City of South
port will go to the poll Satur
day to cast their ballot for or
against the legal sale of beer.
Voting will begin at 6:30 o'clock
in the morning and will close
at 6:30 o'clock in the afternoon.
Basis of the balloting will be
new registration books which
were used during the recent
period of preparing a new list
of voters. This step was taken
in an effort to bring the city
registration up to date and will
be used in future municipal
elections.
Training School
Opens For Vets
Service Officer Will Assist
In Establishing Eligibility
For Those Who Want To
Take Course
Crawford L. Rourk, Veterans
Service Officer for Brunswick
county, has been notified that a
school for refrigeration and air
condition repairmen opened at
New Hanover high school Monday
as a part of the Veterans Train
ing program. The schedule calls
for classes five days each week,
five hours per day.
Veterans are urged to contact
the Veterans service officer for
certificate of eligibility.
The service officer also reports
that application blanks for apply
ing for dividend payments on
National Service Life Insurance
will be available after August 29.
He will assist in filling out these
forms.
Mr. Rourk says that he has
been advised that payments will
be made sometime early in 1950.
According to Commander Ed
ward Redwine, Shallotte Post 247
American Legion, will gladly as
sist all service men in making
applications for their refunds on
government insurance.
Adjutant Cecil Edwards, for
merly service officer for the Leg
ion, will be present at each meet
ing on the first and third Fri
Continued On Page Four
Wallace Wade Is
Visiting Beach
Duke Football Mentor Is
Spending Annual Week's
Vacation At Caswell
Beach Near Southport
Here for his annual weeks
vacation at the Robinson cottage
on Caswell Beach, Wallace Wade,
Duke University football coach,
is taking things easy with the
exception that he never stops
thinking and mapping out plans
for the approaching gridiron sea
son.
With him at the Robinson cot
tage is his son and daughter-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Wade,
Jr., of Durham, and his daughter
ind son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ro
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
Auction Sale Of Valuable
Property On August 20,
Will Afford Opportunity
For Further Expansion Of
Business
COMMUNITY ONCE
POPULATION CENTER
Removal Of Jackson Bros.
Lumber Interest Caused
Gradual Decline UrtI!
Farm, Development
started
t ? "
Longwood, once the second
largest center of population in
Brunswick county, is on its way
back as a thriving business place
and on Saturday, August 20, will
be the scene df an acution sale
which will make numerous valu
able business and residential sites
available.
This will be a sale of a con
siderable part of the L. C. Brown
property, with Edward H. Red
wine, young Brunswick county
auctioneer, conducting the auctidn.
In 1925 Jackson Brothers built
a railroad to this Brunswick coun
ty community and Longwood be
came the center of logging oper
ations. There were at least 75
company houses erected, and the
occupants of these in addition to
the normal population of that
section brought the total number
of persons living in that area up
to more than 500.
In 1930 the railroad was aban
doned and the 5-year siege of
! prosperity was at an end. Grad
ually the company property went
down, and in 1935 a sale was held
at which most of their local hold
ings were sold to individuals.
L. C. Brown was one of the
principal purchasers, and among
the property bought by him was
the large commisary and office
building which he operated as a
general store until it burned in
Continued On Page Four
Clyde P. Patton
Attends Meeting
Executive Director Of Wild
life Resources Commission
Was Principal Speaker On
Friday Night At Town
Creek
The special meeting of the
Brunswick County Wildlife Club
at Rabon's Store, Town Creek',
Friday night was termed highly
successful by club officers here
today. In attendance were Clyde
P. Patton, executive director of
the North Carolina Wildlife Re
sources Commission, and Ernest
McGougan, district commissioner.
Practically all Brunswick county
members attended as well as
many other interested Brunswick
sportsmen.
Focal point of the evening was
Mr. Patton's informal speech to
the gathering. Addressing the
group- he impressed upon all the
importance of Wildlife Conserva
tion in North Carolina explaining
the need of regulations and laws
to protect a constantly diminish
ing game supply. He asked for
club help to carry out the state's
program of game law enforce
ment. Pointing out the importance
| of conservation education of the
Continued On Pag* Fouc
Farm Bureau To
Help Beautify
School Ground
This Project Discussed At
Length At Meeting Of
Farm Bureau Board Of Di
rectors Last Week
PLANS BEING MADE
FOR ANNUAL MEET
Leaders Stress Fact That Or>
ganization Is Non-Politi>
cal And Is For Service
Only
The Brunswick County Farm'
Bureau has adopted as one of its
major projects the beautiflcatkw
and improvement of school
grounds and immediate steps will
be taken to put this program
into effect before school opens
for the fall term on September
L
Several months ago Farm Bur
eau sent a representative before
the board of county commissioners
to enlist the aid of that body to
seeking help in the way of heavy
equipment. The farm organization
has gone on record as being ready
to underwrite the cost of seeding
the grounds to the proper grasses.
Both the county agent and the
soil conservationist for Brunswick
county have expressed their will
ingness to help in any way pos
sible with this program.
At their meeting members of
the Farm Bureau stressed ths
fact that this organisation is
non-political and that Its onjy
Interest is to work for the better
ment of the farmers and citlaema
who make up its following. Those
who have suggestions which they
believe should be incorporated
the program are Invited to
mit them in open meeting. V
members of the board ?f tf' :tofS
for consideration.
The annual meeting the
Farm Bureau will be held Shal
lotte School on the eve ag of
Saturday, August 20, and mem
bers have been asked to notify
the secretary of their Intenti**
to be present for the supper sad
progra'n. | v- ^
Improved Bns
To Whiteville
f ? inui
Newly Acquired Bus Now
On Southport - Whiteville
Run With More Comfort
able Service Promised
______
With a shifting of drivers of
the W. B. & S Bus Lines, inc.,
one of the four Superior buses^
recently brought here ftjp
Pueblo, Colorado, was placed Sen
the Whiteville run Monday. Hari
ris Cumbee, formerly mall track1
driver between Southport and
Wilmington, was transferred to
the Whiteville bus.
Howard Watts, who has been
operating the old bus to White
ville since the service was first'
started, has been switched to the*
mail truck position. It is under-j
stood that he will move from;
Whiteville to Wilmington. The1
mail service requires early morn-i
ing and afternoon runs from Wil
mington to Southport, via Winrta-!
bow and Bolivia. Mall for Shal-f
lotte and Supply is dropped ''atj
Bolivia and picked up by a truck)
from Little River for Its destina
tion. ,
The bus now running to WhltsJ
ville is a low-built, city servic^
type. While not entirely . new1 ' it)
is modem and comfortable. Owtho
to heavy grades in Colorado the
Continued On Page Four" I
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Tide Table
Following la the tide table
for Southport during the adit I
week. These hours are approJSM"
mately correct and were furn
ished The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's AssocUtfam.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, Aug. 11,
9:82 A. M. 3:26 A. M.
9:50 P. M. 8:82 P. M.
Friday, Aug. 12,
10:09 A. M. 4:08 A. M.
10:22 P. M. 4:11 P. M.
Saturday, Aug. 18,
10:46 A. M. 4:86 A. M,
10:55 P. M. 4:49 P. M.
Sunday, Aug. 14,
11:25 A. M. 5:18 A. St
11:81 P. M. 5:27 P. ML,
Monday, Aug. 15, ljLi'
0:00 A. M. 5:52 A. H,
12:07 P. M. 6:11 P. M.
Tuesday, Aug 16,
0:10 A. M. 6:86- A. M.
12:57 P. M. 7:16 P. ILj
Wednesday, Aug. 17,
0:59 A M. 7:26 A. M.
1:54 P. M. 8:21 P. jfc
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