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Pilot Covers ,nS,vick County NO SIXTEEN NO. 24 B-PAGES TODAY A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Southport, N. C.# Wednesday, August 17, 1949 Most of The News All The Time ? PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY 11.50 PER YEA* Lr Average L Prevail L Leaf Marts , V*^TN?1??? "J* For Sale And Rush '0W'are^ol'ses To Flue-Cured e?e'?ion Corporation Sn HalfBy Higher prices average" Prices and sr ' ked the second i r'X on'tne south Car-: i Border North Carolina Jt!?co markets. Qual [Jiings was lower than fcTa" S?des advanc- | i v*?k according to the *Sm ?nd North ? f^Lents of Agriculture. j were from $1.00 hundred, however,; Vdes jumped as much as . .510.00. Low orange leaf, ' showed the greatest : majority of averages, ^ above the Commodity t?apport price. ?of sales was extremely . Le markets have been L smce opening. During the is *10736 pounds were mar 1%? average of $50.98 LLi This average was C?e die first week. Season brought to 84,034,042 , bo averaged $50.66. ?glitv of offerings was :s Week because of more :aId low leaf grades and k aid choice qualities. The of leaf increased Ciith less lugs and prim ly continued to predomin lisaall margin Chief mar trae common to good leaf, T. jjjj lugs, low and fair d primings. 3 to the Flue-cured c Corporation under jment loan program about half this week Eigiier average prices, fliiveries were placed at (Uwt cent of gt'.a sales , E x cent opening week, i rwists were reduced to iy 15 Vi per cent of hltf Newt Flashis r Iff SCHOOL PICNIC liters and members of the Hope Presbyterian Sunday i enjoyed a picnic supper warning party Saturday urn at Long Beach. rt\S FROM DUKE P. WiUetts, Bolivia auto k dealer, has returned home a three weeks stay at Duke K in Durham. His condi ? reported as improving. rarer ROADWAY tt highway forces have con *1 a paved driveway about iiundred yards in length Route 17 around through tea school grounds. i meeting " will be a call meeting of Mivsa Parent-Teachers As on Tuesday, August 23, 'clock in the school auditor W. A. Kopp, president, * that this is a most im K meeting and urges a full bace of parents. ?t-N TOl'R Mrs. Henry Goodwin "? left on the 10th after a month here with Mrs. fa's parents, Mr. and Mrs. They will make a tour teresting points in western ^d Canada before re * 'o Aruba, N. W. I., the ' September. VISITOR ?}? P. Hedgepeth, 91 years the oldest active Bap bister in the State, has pending bis vacation with ? and daughter-in-law, Dr. *?? Carey Hedgepeth at Beach. While at Southports * neighboring community ? Mr. Hedgepeth has been attendant at services ^ uthport BaPtist church. CpHlXG ENGAGEMENTS ev Walter Harrelson, who ?ect a Baptist minister eek ago has a full pro l o' i ?f k'm Sunday. At ?itC hout he wi" preach ^ Methodist church in the the pastor, the Rev. fttrri51nan Iie will preach at ? ??i?n serVlce at Lebanon | , Urch: and at the 8 c he Will preach at 8. vT81 church for the "? Baker. Commissioner Clark In Conference Here Meeting Tuesday Held For Purpose Of Acquiring County Officials With Methods For Improvement Highway Commissioner Wilbur Clark told a group of Brunswick county officials here Tuesday that j the welfare of the greatest num ber of people will be the prime ' factor in the expanding road j building program. The highway official displayed a county map showing figures on - recent traffic counts, the num- > ber of school buses using each j route for which improvements are I being considered and a rough j survey of population and its dis tribution. "Before the program is i completed," he said, "a real ef- 1 fort will be made to have every { farmer within one and one-half ; miles of a paved road". Mr. Clark was accompanied \ here by L. E. Whitfield, division j engineer, and Bernard Britian, j engineer for district three. Their j conference was with members of j the board of county commission- ; ers and was attended by several i other county officials. The new highway commission er made it plain that allocation ? Spectacular Catches Made Here Saturday 1 Capt. Fred Willing Landed Second Tarpon Within One Week Tak:n From Bay Near Bald Head Is land FIRST SAILFISH OF SEASON CAUGHT Sportsmen Were Treated To Unusual Display Of These Two Rare Game Fish Swinging From Same Rack Saturday I Sportsmen fishing out of South ! port Saturday established some sort of record when through their successful effort* thty made it possible to have a giant sail fish ! and a beautiful silver tarpon [swinging from the rack near the i yacht basin before the sun went | down. Fred Willing landed the tarpon during the morning while fish ing over in Cedar Creek with i Delmas Fulcher, who had two I nice strokes but lost his fish. His fish weighed 65-pounds, and while only about one-half as large as the one caught last Monday by Bill Styron, he fought for one hour and fifty-five minutes be fore he was able to bring it into the boat. Willing was using a bamboo I pole which he had rigged himself, had on 54-lb. test line and a No. 6-0 hook baited with shrimp. He says that the big secret of his Success Is that he cut his boat adrift the moment he hooked the tarpon, and that for the greater part of the next two hours they were being towed about by the girations of his unwilling victim As weighing and measuring operations were in progress on this catch word came in over ship to shore phone that a party aboard the Idle-On had landed a big sailfish. When the boat docked late in the afternoon this proved to be an under-statement. The sail in question was an 8-ft, 2-in. specimen which weighed 71 pounds. He was taken by Dr. George Johnson of Wilmington. Other members of the party were Dr A H. Elliott and George Johnson, Jr., of Wilmington and Dr. Douglas Elliott of Fair Bluff. They also had 50 blues and mack eral. 4 bonita and one barracuda. Other parties out with Captain Watts on the Idle-On this week were as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Joe dine, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Turn er and Bobby Yount of Newton, (Continued in page five) Elderly Leland Lady Passes Mrs. Alice Smith Died At Dosher Memorial Hospital Saturday Morning Follow ing Lengtky llljiess Mrs. Alice Smith, 74, resident of Leland, died here in the Dosh er Memorial Hospital early Sat urday morning. She had been ill for a long time. Surviving her is a daughter, Mrs. LeRoy Garvey of Mooreville, N. J., a son, W. W. Harrell of Leland and two sisters, Mrs. Kate Woods and Mrs. Victoria Branch of Wilmington. The funeral was conducted from the Elah Baptist church at le land Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with the Rev. Walter Phelps conducting the services. Burial followed in the Nelson cemetery at Leland. of road funds will not result from pressure meetings. "The facts will speak for themselves", he said, "and we will use them to determine the basis of need." Brunswick county delegations wishing to discuss road matters with Commissioner Clark will be received at the highway office In Fayetteville at 10:30 o'clock on the third Tuesday of each mouth. Mr. Clark pointed out that al ready much road work is in pro- j gress in Brunswick county. "If you will look at the map you will find that the projects are scattered over a wide area", he j pointed out. "One thing that I want to make clear," he added, "is, the importance of avoiding controversy in connection with location of road projects. We have enough to do when we undertake to build the roads without being involved in a lot of preliminary squabling." Mr. Clark said that several im portant jobs are up for considera ContinueU On Page Fow Lightning Hits Church Tuesday Lightening struck the steeple of the Southport Presbyterian church during an electrical storm here Tuesday afternoon, shattering that portion of the building and doing other dam age the extent of which had not been determined today. The northern exposure of the steeple structure was ripped away and debris was scattered around for several hundred feet. The electric charge traveled to the northeast corner of the church- before grounding and ripped open a wide crack at that point in the building. Members of the Charlie He wett family living next door felt the impact of the shock, and lightning which traveled in to the dwelling burned out electric lights and a new refri gerator. Funeral Rites For Mrs. Caison Mrs. Sarah Alice Caison Died Wednesday In Wil mington Hospital; Funeral Thursday At Lebanon Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Alice Caison, 69, of Wilmington, were conducted Thursday morning from the Lebanon Baptist church near Winnabow. Mrs. Caison died in the James Walker Memorial Hospital Wednesday morning. Rev. Carl Tally, assisted by Rev. C. E. Brinson, conducted the funeral services. Burial was in the church cemetery at Lebanon. Mrs. Caison is survived by three sons, D. E. and J. E. Caison of Wilmington, D. A. Caison of Win nabow; one brother, J. K. Outlaw of Wilmington; two sisters, Mrs. A. F. Rhue of Wilminton and Mrs. J. T. Hickman of Bolivia; two stepsons, John G. Caison of Southport and W. W. Caison of Winnabow. County Women Attend Meeting Six Brunswick County Wo men Attended Farm And Home Week Last Week At State College Six Home Demonstration Club women from Brunswick county have returned home from State College in Raleigh where they at tended Farm and Home week. These women had the pleasure of hearing and meeting many out standing people. Among these were Governor W. Kerr Scott, U. S. Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannon, Miss Doris Davenport, Mrs. Camellia Kelly, who is judge of juvenile court in Memphis, Tenn; Norman Cordon and Bob Hawk, | nationally known quiz master. One [of the local group, Mrs. Nelson Bennett, of Ash, had a chance to compete for prizes and won four gallons of paint. On Tuesday the group toured 1 the State captiol and were enter tained at a tea at the Governor's mansion by Mrs. Scott. On Wednesday a tour was made Continued On Page Six Farm Bureau To Hold Membership Meet Saturday Kick-Off Rally At Shallotte Will Feature Visit From A. C. Edwards, President Of N. C. Farm Bureau SUPPER WILL BE SERVED AT 6:30 Valuable Prizes Will Be Giv en Away During The Course Of This Meeting Which Will Launch Drive The Annual Membership Kick Off meeting of the Brunswick County Farm Bureau will be held Saturday at Shallotte school, be ginning at 6:30 o'clock with a fish and shrimp supper for mem bers, wives and their invited guests. It is estimated that be tween 400 and 500 persons will attend. Feature of the meeting will be a talk by A. C. Edwards, president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, who has accepted an in vitation to be present. The purpose of the meeting is to get the annual membership drive off to a flying start. From an humble beginning Brunswick county has developed a healthy organization and this year an ef fort will be made to further ex pand its membership. This week Governor W. Kerr Scott declared that he can see no excuse for every farmer and every business man who deals directly with the farmer not being a Farm Bureau member. More than one hundred dollars worth of valuable prizes will be given away to those attending the j meeting Saturday night. This was made possible through the genero sity of Brunswick county mer chants. Ash Resident Dies At Horne^ I Mrs. Amanda Gore Coleman j Died Saturday Morning; Funeral Services Monday; With Burial In Griffin! Cemetery Mrs. Amanda Gore Coleman, 49, 1 died Saturday morning at 7 :45 1 o'clock at her home . at Ash in j Brunswick County. She had been' ill for a long time. Funeral services were conducted Monday at 10 a. m. from the residence by Rev. Vanoe Simmona and Rev. Anson Smith. Burial - will follow in Griffin Cemetery. Mrs. Coleman was a. member of Soldier Bay Baptist Church. She was born July 23, 1900, the daughter of Beaugard Gore and Fannie Simmons Gore. Surviving are the husband, Wade A. Coleman; four sons, Ivan and Laye of Ash, Tallman of Fayetteville, and Clyde of the U. S. Navy; four daughters, Mrs. Annie C. Simmons of Ash, Mrs. Janie C. Wade of Fayetteville, Miss Pauline Coleman of Charles-: ton, S. C., and Miss Willa Mae; Coleman .of Ash; three brothers, Lester, Youth, and Olen Gore, all of Ash; five sisters, Mrs. Roxie Tripp, Mrs. Cora Newton, Mrs. [ Ida McCumbee, and Mrs. Ressie Millican, all of Ash, and Mrs. Almira Turlington of Hope Mills; and eight grandchildren. w. B. KEZIAH It struck us as kind of funny at the time and still does. We were sitting in a booth at Mack's grill the other night. With us were Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Wade, Jr., of Durham and W. R. Lingle, principal of the Jacksonville schools. Mr. Wade left us to go to the phone booth to call up Captain Howard Victor of the Cadet, the plan being to arrange a fishing trip. Wallace was busy dialing away and waiting for an answer to his ring. We happened to look towards the booth and there were Captain and Mrs. Vic tor sitting about six feet away from the phone booth and the industrious ringer of their number. i A card this week from Dr. iThor Johnson, conductor of the ! Cincmnatti Symphony Orchestra, brings the information that he Caswell Pools POOLS. ? Visitors at Fort Caswell are intrigued by the big concrete pools located atop the batteries which once were gun emplacements for giant coast artillery cannon. The pools are fed by an artesian flow of warm mineral water to which medicinal prop erties have been ascribed. ? (Star-News ' C 't.) Conjure Shooting Case Heard Monday Southport Votes Legal Beer Sales With a light vote following a light registration, Southport voted for the legal sale of beer in no uncertain terms Satur day. The total vote was 359 for the legal sale of beer and 63 against the issue. Out of a possible 900 who cloud have qualified on the re gistion books, only 500 had taken the trouble to register. In Ward I the vote was 167 for beer and 21 against the sale. In Ward 2 the vote was 80 for beer and 23 against. Ward 3 east 112 votes for beer and 19 against the sale. Soldier Bay To Build Parsonage Ground-Breaking Ceremony To Be Held Immediately Following Worship Ser vice Sunday A ground-breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of con struction on a new parsonage for Soldier Bay Baptist Church at Ash will follow the regular wor ship service Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The pastor's home will cost in the neighborhood of $8,000. The pastor, Rev. W. T. He wett .said all members and friends of the church were in vited to attend the service, join in the special ceremony, and bring an offering for the purpose of assisting in the building program. The Soldier Bay church has (Continued From Page Six) Our ROVING will arrive at Long Beach on August 22nd for a months stay. He wrote from Missaula, Mont., where the orchestra was on tour at the time. In addition to his parents, Rev. and Mrs. H. B. Johnson, of Winston-Salem, Prof, and M. M. James and children, of Detroit, Mich., will be in the party. Mrs. James is a sister of Dr. Johnson. The coming of this distinguished orchestra leader, who is often described as one of the greatest in the country, is a big event each year to many friends in Southport and at our beaches. * Mrs. H. C. Bird of Durham and Holden Beach spent most of last Wednesday here with us. With her was her son, Rev. Mr. Bird, Episcopal minister of Concord, his Continued On Page Four Seventeen Year Old Colored Youth Teils Of Shooting His Father Because He Wanted To Lift "Spell" On Mother JUDGE McLAMB PUTS HIM ON PROBATION Other Cases Before Recorder Monday Were Of Routine Nature With Traffic Violations Featuring A 17-year old Negro boy who shot his father convinced Judge W. J. McLamb in Brunswick County Recorder's Court Monday that he did so because he was sure that the father wa? conjur ing his mother and that only this act of violence could free her from the "spell". James Frink of Supply shot his father, Willie .Frink, several weeks ago after thie bey and other members of his family had( discussed the declining health of the mother. The boy told Judge McLamb that he had been ad yised to shoot his father if he wanted his pother to get well. He said that his mother had said j she didn't believe she would get . better until his father got out j of the way. Following the shooting the mother left home and went to j visit relatives in Hallsboro, where | she since has died. The boy was arrested and remained in jail un til the trial; and the father is recovering from injuries, which included a broken leg. Tempering justice with mercy, Judge McLamb sentenced the boy to 2 years on the roads, sus pended upon payment of costs, the defendant to be under probation for five years. He has gone to Chadbourn to live with a brother and to go to school. He has fin ished the eighth grade. Continued On Page Four Church Pulpits Feature Visitor The Rev. Jack Neilson Preached For Baptists On Sunday Morning With The Rev. Walter Harrelson At Methodist New faces in the pulpit greeted most of the Southport church goers here Sunday. At Trinity Methodist church the pastor, the Rev. L. D. Hayman, was away on his vacation. His place at the Sunday morning service was fill ed by the Rev. Walter Harrelson, who was ordained a minister in the Baptist faith here two weeks ago. At the Southport Baptist I church the Rev. Jack Neilson, a| former pastor, new pastor of the church at Greenville, preached for the Rev. H. M. Baker at the morning service. The Rev. Mr. Neilson is pleasantly remembered here by members of all denomina tions. For the evening services at the Baptist church the Rev. Lowell Soleman of Clinton now spending some time at Fort Caswell, did the preaching for Rev. Mr. Baker. Delivery Of Caswell Deed Expected Soon Negotiations In Final Stage With Probability Of Hav ing Them Completed This Week The deed from the United States Government, closing the sale of Fort Caswell to the North Carolina Baptist Convention for $86,000 is all ready for signing and the property is expected to be formally transferred this week. Tr-^tlng the historic military post ' and its fine physical pro* perties for $86,000 the Baptists believe they are making ? the greatest buy of the year. Real estate men who knew something of porperty values, and the others, agree with them. One of the three trustees of the Baptist State Convention, P. H. Wilson, clerk of the Wake; County Superior court, is quoted, as saying that the Baptists want to build two more large auditor iums at Caswell this winter. This in addition to making general repairs and painting. They plan to paint all buildings white. The trustees in addition to Mr. Wilson are F. H. Brooks of Smith field and R. L. McMillan of Ral eigh, secretary. They are quoted as saying that the Baptists have big plans for both the religious and recreational center they plan to make at Fort Caswell. Mr. Wilson says tney plan to lay out the property just like a city. They plan new streets and will stake off property that may be used for the private con struction of homes. A number of prominent people have already in dicated their intention of buying property and building homes at Caswell. It is understood that the re moval of furniture and equip ment from Fort Fisher to Fort Caswell will begin on the first of Septemebr, at which time this year's assembly ends. The Bap tists had an option to buy Fort Fisher, before Fort Caswell be came available for purchase. They are quoted as saying that the Fort Fisher option will be drop ped. Everette Holden Dies Wednesday Prominent Shallotte Citizen Died In Wilmington Hos pital At Age Of 60; Fu neral Service* Friday Everette Holden, until a few years ago an active merchant and fertilizer dealer at Shallotte, died in the James Walker Memorial Hospital at Wilmington Wednes day. Mr. Holden was 60 years of age and retired from the mer cantile business some years ago, but still being active as a fertili zer dealer at the time of his death. Burial was held Friday after noon at 4 o'clock from the grave side at the Brooks cemetery, two miles west of Shallotte. The ser vices were in charge of Rev. Char les Maddry, pastor of the First Baptist church in Wilmington. Surviving Mr. Holden is his Continued On Page Six Laboratory May _ Be Established At Ft. Caswell Baptists Have Indicated |t> terest In Establishing Ma rine Laboratory For LoastJ Study MATTER BROUGHT BEFORE LEADEM Belief Is Expressed T)mt Representatives Of Va|4* ous Baptist College* Will Adopt Plan It is possible that Wake Foretf College may establish a marine laboratory at Fort Caswell, o*ee the sale of the property is cafftr pleted. O. C. Bradbury of ttr department of botany- plans ta at Caswell for a week beginning early in September. He will took over buildings and other facilitlM that may be available. It goes without saying that department of botany of Wake Forest or any other college will find abundant marine life sad other material for study on M4|I part of the coast. The big shrimp trawlers with crews noted for their courtesy are always to take students of biology, etc-, with them on their trips at no charge. The matter of a marine labora tory at Caswell apparently had if origin when the Rev. H. M. Baker of Southport wrote Dr. EL 0. Cooke, professor of botany at. Wake Forest. Dr. Cooke evident ly talked the matter over with Professor Bradbury. In turn Pro fessor Bradbury wrote the Rev. Mr. Baker saying that he had conferred with M. A. Hugglna, Baptist Secretary, and that a trip to look into the matter was being planned for early in September. Should the matter of the martae laboratory come to a head k Ap pears sure that in addition U> Wake Forest other Baptist wl leges and their departments of botany will join in making it a big thing. Visitors Pleased Withh. Caswell ' Ut i; >1. :.j , Many Baptists Have Coih* To Nearby Historic Mili "~tary InstallatiSn Fbffflfbr mal Ipspcction Rpfcntljt Although the BantiQts of Noft& Carolina, hove not announced the completion of the transaction regarding the purchase of Caswell, it is understood that thd matter' is progressing MriootMy? It has been stated that they ^rtlj begin moving furniture and equip ment from 1 Fort Fisher to (W well on September 1. - . *r Still busy with the assembly at Fort Fisher, M. E. HuggUu, secretary to the Baptists, told a local newsman last week that would be at Fort Caswell mo* of this week. ' ( The WAA is still in charge of the property and will continua. toj look after it until the Baptists take over. Sgt. Mann, the cuv tonian, is being extremely dMW siderate of the public. HundffcU of Baptist families have been visiting the Fort during reefnt weeks. They were getting an^Jn* sight on what they will have for an assembly ground next a^pi mer Along with these visiting B*pj tlst have been hundreds o fothef interesting, folks, anxious to ,aeq a property about which they (Continued on page mx) Tide Table Following It the tide t?Me for South port during the MKt week. Theae hours are approxi mately correct and were furn ished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of tha Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low Ttti. Thursday, Aug. 18, 1:59 A. M. 8:2.1 A. M. 2:58 P. M. 8:28 P. M. Friday, Aug. 19, 8:05 A. M. 9:29 A. ML 8:54 P. M. 10:81 P. M,, Saturday, Aug. 20, 4:10 A M. 10:80 A M. 44:51 P. M. 11:27 P. M. Sunday, Aug. 21, 5:11 A M. 11:27 A..M. 5:46 P. M. 0:00 P.-!*.' Monday, Aug, 22, u.;'. 6:08 A M. 0:18 A. J?, 6:89 P. M. 12:22 P. M, Tuesday, Aug. 28, M 7:00 A. M. 105 A. M.' 7:28 P. M. 1:18 P. M. Wednesday, Aug. 24, 7:50 A. M. 1:50 A M,. 8:16 P.M. 2.-01 P. M. i >r*