THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of The New*
All The Time
6-pages today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, September 28, 1949 published every Wednesday ji.50 per year
^ Pilot Covers
flinswick County
Lyille Sales I
[ place Mart
Among First 10
, Figures Show Total
'Of 30.120,388 Lbs.
" ch b 2,620,388 Ahead
1 [^st Year's Volume
re came to end
g,AY AT 11=50 A. M.
Leaf Went Into Stabili
' Pool; August 22
Best Day In Both
Wndage And Ave
rage
HHiteville Tobacco Market
f ;;;rcv-million pound mark
finish the final week.
' " warehousemen, who
atcl;e(j the battle to reach
nation circle with keen (
s reported aggregate sales J
lj!3gg pounds.
record is believed to place !
.j!e in the first ten among j
H*id flue-cured tobacco }
is of the nation,
p, Greenville, Mullins, j
c:. Lumberton, Rocky i
, \V:r.ston-Salem. Kinston, !
pssiWy one other market!
pally in the "big ten."
;4|<> season officially came :
od at 11:50 a. m. Friday
S selling days.
nagatude of the market's
piitment this year was
ta-ed bv comparative fig- j
?leased by Dave S. Neilson, j
sservisor who also serves |
(ri;:ve secretary of the ]
rJ!e Merchants Association.
r:r. acreage was increas
f ::ve per cent, local ware- ,
i said 9.8 per cent more I
i San last year. The in- 1
i ? :r,(!age was 2,620,388,
r<;: having closed the 1948 .
ir? 27,550.000 pounds.
30.120.388 pounds!
i:; 'X'0.688.07 which was j
rder $50 per hundred,
tly sales average was j
tends. The heaviest day i
bay, Akigu??- 22, when)
!0 pounds brought an aver- j
153.51, which was also the i
average for a single day. !
tapered off toward the
si Friday, with total sales
?' was the lightest selling !
i ? warehouses operated on j
this year. Three sets
?re allotted the market
tang the final two weeks
I -e number is reduced to
Neilson quoted Flue
I Stabilization representa
r s&ting that "less tobacco I
|?o the F. C. pool from j
?evtlle market than any
market for which figures!
?toble."
*'? observers were of the
' that both the poundage j
? the price average would j
-k with the average com- <
*7 close to leading the j
mifNewi
Flashu
'RAM CHANGE
*t:ve Monday, October 3,
show at the Amuzu
* will begin at 7 o'clock
' on Saturday, when the
stow will begin at 6:30.
HXG NIQHT CHANGED
' weeks regular meeting
?f the Shallotte Post Amer
kgion has been changed
Friday, October 7th to Wed
F. October 5th. The change
tode in accordance with
'w holding a meeting of
Demonstration Agents at
lion hut on Friday night.
tot MEETING
Brunswick County Wildlife
"ill meet Friday night at
at Bolivia high school.
" of the program will be
of movies pertaining
"Wems in wildlife manage
Rod Amundson of the Ral
?t&e of the Wildlife Re
s Commission has been in
10 attend.
^ AT whiteyille
A O'Neal, past president
* American Farm Bureau
?ion, will speak at the Col
f County Annual Farm
11 Rally Thursday afternoon,
in Legion Stadium at
tllrj This report has just
'wued to the Brunswick
?_rarm Bureau. Along with
was an invitation foi
p delegation of Brunswick
L lrm Bureau members tc
Weal is known per
tJjV a large number ol
t^wrs and is respectec
t ?Wrtag devotation tc
asncuitur?
Southport Shrimping Fleet
BUSY ? This picture of the Southport shrimping fleet was taken on a recent quiet
Sunday afternoon by Johnnie Hemer, State News Bureau photographer, who was here
on a visit. This week all of these trawlers and many more are busily engaged in bring
ing in the fall run of shrimp. Last week the product was plentiful and was of unusually
fine quality. ? (Cut Courtesy Wilmington News.)
Poultry Show Will
Wind Up With Sale
Project Sponsored By 5hal
lotte Lions Club Has Giv
en Valuable Experience To
Numbers Of Boys And
Girls
EVENT PLANNED
FOR OCTOBER 8-10
Sale Of 144 Choice Pullets
Will Afford Unusual Op
portunity For Fanners
To Acquire Superior
ying Hens ,,
the ShaBottc -Lirfn's Club Work- J
ing with the extension service j
reports final plans ofr holding the ,
4-H Poultry Show and Sale on ,
Saturday, October 8, in Shallotte. '
Back in March of this year |
twelve 4-H Club boys and girls
obtained 100 New Hampshire day- ,
old pullets from the Sears, Roe
buck Company Foundation. These |
boys and girls have been busy |
growing out those chicks under j
the supervision of A. S. Knowles, |
county agent, and Miss Corinne I
Greene, home demonstration j
agent. The pullets are now six
months old and many of them are
laying.
The 4-H Club boys and girls
carrying this poultry project will
put twelve of their choicest pul
lets in the show on October 8, and
they will be sold to highest bid
der at 11 a. m. that day. These
twelve pullets constitute the pur- j
chase price of the 100 day-old
chicks. The proceeds from the j
sale will be used to finance simi
lar projects next spring accord
ing to County Agent Knowles.
The 4-H Club boys and girls
carrying these projects are: Shal
lotte 4-H Club? Bobby Roach,
Carolyn Holden, Mary Frances
Lee, Estha Osborne and Remona
Osborne; Bolivia 4-H Club ? Hugh
Danford, Edward Rabon, Louis'
Bryson Hickman and Ethel Pur- 1
vis; Leland 4-H Club ? Donald'
Lennon, James Benton and Char
les Benton.
Everyone connected with the
show and sale realizes that these '
poultry projects should continue j
from year to year. It gives rural!
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
Citizen Reports
Being Waylayed
Bolton Man Says He Was
Stopped And Searched
Without Any Explanation
Being Offered
Johnie Vereen, Jr., of Bolton,
wrote this paper this week, giving
[ the following account of what
i happened to him one night re
j cently on the Bolton-Makatoka
Iroad:
I "Last night at about midnight
I I was on my way home to Bolton
from Exum. As I slowed down
I to cross the canal bridge I saw
a car parked crossways, blocking
; the road. I thought at once that
it was a holdup, but I could do
nothing but stop.
"As my car came to a standstill
two men jumped out of the
parked car. Both had guns and
flashlights. They ordered me out
' of the car and began searching
1 it without a word of explanation.
I They searched the car, even to
i Continued On Page Four
Season Opens
On Marsh Hen;
The mash hen season opens
Saturday of this week, October
1st. Prospective hunters are re
minded, however, that favorable
hunting conditions are found
only during high tides. Such
tides usually occur immediate
ly after a full moon. There will
be no full moon until October
&
Strong east winds also pro
duce high tides, favorable to
marsh her hunting in this area,
The full moon period . of good
hunting is pretty well assured.
At other times hunters should
only make a trip and try for
the birds when they have as
surance that the east wind is
creating the right sort of tide.
Benefit Supper
For New Church
Ocean View Baptist Church
Soon Will Be Ready For
Use By Congregation;
Rev. T. F. Johnson Called
As Pastor
The Ocean View Baptist church,
located at the Sommersett's land
ing, will have a fish fry on the
afternoon of October 8th from 4
o'clock until 6 p. m. A silver off
ering will be taken. The public
is invited to attend.
The church is under a building
program at the present time and
is planning to have their initial
service in their new building on
the second Sunday afternoon in
October with Baptist State Con
vention officials bringing the lead
ing messages assisted by the local
pastor and leaders of the associa
tion of the Baptists of Brunswick.
A new slate of officers has
been selected for the in-coming
year's work and the church has
called the Rev. T. F. Johnson,
who is also pastor of the Jennie's
Branch church to serve in the
afternoons as their new pastor.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this outing.
New Automobile
Wrecked Monday
Driver Apparently Lost Con
trol Of Vehicle While
Taking Look At Road
Map
A brand new 1949 Chevrolet
turned over four times and was
almost completely destroyed early
Monday morning on Route 17, at
a point near the Russ farm below
Shallotte.
The single occupant of the car,
a white man whose last name
was Mollie, was enroute from
Charleston to his old home in
Frinklin, Mass. He stated to
Patrolman C. J. Pierce who in
vestigated that he was just driv
ing along and looked down at a
road map in the seat beside him.
The next thing he knew was
when he found himself getting out
(Continued on Page 'jj
Beautification
Helps Looks Of
Shallotte High
Figures Show Increase In
Number Of Students At
tending Largest Consoli
dated School This Fall
Shallotte high school has the
largest enrollment in history this
year, a total of 1,040, with 811
in elementary grades and 229 in
high school.
Many improvements have been
made during the summer and
many are still in progress.
The new library and classroom
completed at the end of last year
were ready for use. Also the new
books ordered by the library had
arrived.
The halls have recently bad a
new coat of paint and the class
rooms are expected to be painted
soon.
For the bcautification of the
grounds, they have been leveled
and grass is being sown in front
of the school and teacherage.
With these improvements Shal
lotte is hoping to add another
trophy to the one it won in 1935.
These awards are given for the
beautification of school grounds.
Collecting Pine
Cones Profitable
Forest Service Anxious To
Receive Supply Of Seed
For Planting For Pine
Seedlings
The North Carolina Forest Ser
,vice is very desirous of obtaining
I pine cones to plant for seedlings
that will be used in reforestry
work. From $1.00 to $1.50 per
bushel is being paid for the cones.
They may be of either longleaf
pines or shortleaf, loblolly.
J. H. Tinga, veterans teachers
at the Bolivia school, says that
at the price being paid women
Continued On Page Four
Burning Permit
Law Effective
After Oct. 1st
Permission For Setting Out
Fire Or Burning New
Ground Must Be Obtained
From Forestry Represen
tative
LIST OF PLACES
TO OBTAIN PERMIT
Object Of This Law Is To
Give Forest Wardens Op
portunity To Keep
Check On Reports
Of Fire
County Warden D. L. Mercer |
stated that as of October 1st and i
until November 30, inclusive, it |
will be necessary for all people
burning any brush to first obtain
from him or a duly authorized
agent a burning permit to start
or cause to be started any fire
in Brunswick County.
The law reads as follows: It
shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to start or
cause to be started any fire or
ignite any material in any of the
areas of woodlands under the
protection of the State Forester
Service or within five hundred
feet of any such protected area
between the first day of October
and the thirtieth day of Novem
ber, inclusive, or between the first
day of February and the first of
June, inclusive, in any year, with
out first obtaining from the State
Forester or one of his duly author
ized agents a permit to set fire
or ignite any material in such
above mentioned protected areas;
no charge shall be made for the
granting of said permits.
This section shall not apply to
any fires started or caused to be
started within five hundred feet of
a dwelling house.
"Any person, firm or corpora
tion violating this Act shall be
guilty of a misdemoanor, and up
on conviction shall be fined not
more than fifty dollars ($50.00)
or imprisoned for a period of not
more than 30 days. (Chapter 14
137, General Statutes of North
Carolina as amended by Chapter
Continued On Page Four
[Sergeant Mann
Leaving Fort
Friendly Custodian Of For
mer Navy Base During
Tenure By WAA Will Re
turn To His Home In At
lanta, Ga.
Sergeant C. S. Mann, custodian
at Fort Caswell for the War
Asset Administration during the
past year, will leave Friday for
his home in Atlanta, Ga. He has
1 finished his work here and the
North Carolina Baptists will for
jmally take possession of the pro
perty on the 30th.
Sergeant Mann, retired from
the army, says he is coming back
to Southport sometime, maybe to
live. He took a deep likng for
Caswell and Southport people dur
ing his stay at the fort and may
at some time either sell or rent
| his property in Atlanta to move
here.
A. L. Lewis and Chief Baker,
: other civilian employees of the
| WAA, are to quit their duties on
October 7. They are remaining
over a few days until other work
1 ers come in and are orientated
' (Continued On Page Four)
Our
ROVING
Reporter
w. B. KEZIAH
Our shrimpers are positively un
canny in their ability to locate
areas in which shrimp are to be
found. We have often thought
that they could smell them. This
view of things has been strength
ended during the past week dur
j ing visits to the shrimping houses,
j We could smell them ourself. In
fairness to the delectable shrimp
it should be said that they do
not smell. The unpleasant odor
that sometimes greets visitors to
the shrimping houses comes only
after the shrimp are headed,
packed and gone. It results from
decaying heads washed up on
shore.
I It took editor Haley A. Cook
of the Burlington Daily News
to tip us off to a really good
J story in something that we see
every day. Editor Cook is ? mem
ber of the State Port Authority
and one day recently we were
standing talking to him on the
Thompson oil dock. He called at
tention to the actions of the
Thompson dog and remarked,
"There is a really good story in
that dog. Have ypu ever written
it? We had not written it but it
is appearing this this week and
this is by way of appreciation to
the Burlington newspaperman
for pointing it out.
In his dealings with the public
Sgt. Mann, caretaker for the
WAA at Fort Caswell, has been
of the most accommodating and
congenial of anyone ever placed
there by owners or agencies hav
ing control of the property. In
the past there have been instances
when visitors .intent on nothing
ConUp??0 Ojj P*gf four
Dog Proves Useful
Helper With Boats
Bob, Sheppard Companion Of R. L Thompson, Has Greet
ing For Visitors And Help For His Master
With vocal powers that are said
to make him easily heard all
over Southport waterfront, Bob
a 3-year old sheppard dog be
longing to R. L. Thompson, is
about the most active animal in
town.
Bob is essentially not a house
dog except maybe at night. Mor
ning after morning he accom
panies Mr. Rob or his son, Waters,
to their marine gas dock. Some
times the trips to the dock are
made long before daylight and
the stay may not end until late
at night. It all depends on the
activities of the boats, far. Thomp
son or Waters always have to
be there to dispense gas or fuel
and lubricating oils. Bob is al
ways there with them.
Boats approaching the dock, are
always greeted by a noisy bark
ing from Bob. Likewise, when
they are departing he bids them
a noisy "godspeed" on their
journey. The boatmen get both
a loud welcome and an equally
noisy farewell.
Not all of the activities are
devoted to saying howdy and
goodbye. Bob is really useful to
both the boatmen and to the two
Thompsons. The man on the deck
of the approaching boat with a
mooring line can always be as
sured that it will not slip back
into the water when he throws.
I Regardless of whether he aims
at a dolphin or just at the deck
of the dock, Bob will be under
the line when it comes down and
seize it.
He holds fast until someone
comes along and relieves him of
his responsibility by taking the
line and drapping it over a moor
ing dolphin. Once a line is taken
from him and moored. Bob is
off for some other point on the
dock to receive another line that
someone is preparing to throw
from tne boat.
Sometimes the lines may be
big ones, wet and heavy. The
sheppard' always manages to take :
such offerings without injury, I
1 This is a little remarkable in I
view of the fact that they are i
sometimes thrown with a force
and weight that would knock a
man down. Bob manages to dodge
such impacts, but such dodging
does not prevent him from seizing
the sliding line and holding fast
to it until he is received.
It should be undestood that a
line thrown from a boat some
distance from the dock a lot of
unsupported slack in between.
This unsupported slack would
drag the end of the line back and
down in the water if the end were
not seized almost on the instant
of touching the dock.
Bob takes care of this chore.
Southport Football
Team Plays Friday
Masters Degree
Earns Demotion
Mrs. Frances Baker Stone wu
awarded her masters degree in
elementary education from the
University of North Carolina
following work at the summer
session just closed; and after
teaching as a member of the
high school faculty at Shallotte
for the past several years is
teaching first grade work this
fall.
For Mrs. Stone this represents
almost a complete cycle. This
week she recalled that in pre
vious years she has taught sec
ond, third, fifth, sixth, minth,
tenth, eleventh and twelfth
grade work.
Her thesis was "A Study In
Non-Promotions" and drew un
usual praise from her instruc
tors. It will be used as reference
material in the education de
partment.
Recorder Hears
Lengthy Docket
Large Number of Cases Post
poned From Last Week
Because Civil Court Was
In Session Here
Monday was another busy day
I in Brunswick county Recorder's
court, with many cases carried
over from last week when Super
ior court was in session. The fol
lowing disposition was made:
Orbie Stanley, reckless opera
tion, resulting in property dam
age, prayer for judgment con
tinued.
Sam Spack, speeding, costs.
L. C. Piner, reckless operation,
not guilty.
H. F. Brown, reckless operation,
$25.00 fine and costs.
Luther C. Rourk, reckless oper
ation, fined $50.00 and costs.
Dillon L. Ganey, Jr., speeding,
continued.
Woodrow Mintz, possession, con
tinued.
Robert M. Spivey, possession,
continued.
Fred Ames Lee, speeding, fined
$5.00 and costs.
Louis Edward Johnson, reckless
operation, fined $15.00 and costs.
Frank James Clark, no opera
tors license, capias.
Joseph Nelson Ganey, speeding,
costs. ^
Robert S. Duncan, speeding,
capias.
Winifred Lesh, speeding, fined
$10.00 and costs.
Lacy Little McAllister, failure
to stop at intersection, costs.
Boyce Walker, possession, fined
$10.00 and costs.
Sam Justice Holly, speeding,
continued. ,
Valno White Jamison, operating
on left side of highway, costs.
Alvin Leo Reeves, reckless oper
ation, not guilty.
Horace Henderson Hartis, speed
ing, nol prossed.
Edwin Carl Grosskeph, speeding,
Coptlnu*^ Op J>ag? Tow
Columbus County Team Will
Play At Southport In First
Scholastic Football Game
Ever Played In Brunswick
CHADBOURN HAS
STRONG ELEVEN
Southport Squad Comprised
Of Light But Eager Group
That Are Totally Lack
ing In Experience
The first regulation football
game ever played in Brunswick
county is scheduled for Friday
afternoon wh?n the Chadbourn
high school eleven meets South
port on the latter's home field.
Not only is it their first home
game, it will be the initial ex
perience in gridiron play for any
of the Southport boys, and they
have their hands full as they go
against the veteran Columbus
county squad. Chadbourn lost its
first game of the season to Eliz
abethtown, but last week rolled
to an impressive 19 to 6 victory
over Hallsboro.
Coach H. T. Sanders has been
working out with a small but
eager squad, many of whose mem
bers are on the light side. He has
spent considerable time drilling
in fundamentals, and he thinks
the locals will be able to give a
good account of themselves as
they head into the football wars.
Southport seems to be pretty
well set at the ends, with four
fast men out for these positions.
Bobby Spencer, G. W. Fisher, Paul
Arnold and Darrel Fisher are the
candidates.
Billy Sanders and Stud Mc
Kelthan are two tackle candidates
with plenty of size, but Harold
Spencer, Frankie Creech and Wil
liam Robbins are not quite so
hefty.
Perhaps the strongest position
as matters stand at this point
will be at guard, where four light
Continued on pitge four
Urges Farmers
To Earn Funds
PMA Chairman For Bruns
fick County Points Out
Step* For Earning Farm
Payment*
EIRoy King, chairman of the
Production and Marketing Associ
ation f or Brunswick county says
that there are three main steps
necessary for farmers who de
sire to earn farm payments dur
ing 1949.
The first of these is to obtain
prior approval at the PMA office
in Supply immediately unless this
already has been done.
The second fs to complete the
practice as soon as possible and
report it.
The third is to sign an appli
cation.
The PMA chairman points out
that there are several thousand
dollars still available for payment
to Brunswick county farmers and
urges that farmers Investigate the i
possibility of securing their parti
of tttf fuptf.
Plaintiff Gets
Benefit Of Act
For Civil Relief
Valuable Property Located
At Shallotte Will Be Of
fered For Sale As Result
Of Court Ruling
ROUTINE MATTERS
SETTLED IN COURT
Judge Henry L. Stevens Pre
sided Over Term Of Civil
Court Ending Last
Thursday
A valuable piece of business
property in Shallotte will be off
ered for sale sometime next month
as a result of a decision handed
down here last week by Judge
Henry L. Stevens in favor of a
former service man coming into
court under the provisions of the
Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief
Act.
Esso Clemmons was seeking
damages from R. D. White for
the sale under mortgage in 1942
of a corner lot in Shallotte which
had been owned by Clemmons
father, whose death occurred in
1940 after paying $600.00 on a
(1,200.00 indebtedness. The court
found that the plaintiff was en
titled to protection under the
above mentioned act and that his
one-third undivided interest still
belonged to him, subject to one
third the amount of indebtedness
against the property. D. C. Her
ring and E. J. Prevatte were nam
ed commissioners to offer the pro
perty for sale, with a division of
the rightful interest between the
plaintiff and the defendant.
A compromise settlement was
reached in the case of Dwight
L. Hewett, through his next
friend, W. C. Hewett, against 8.
H. Hewett. The amount of the
payment was $1,500.00.
A non-suit resulted in the case
of Thomas O. Long vs Elizabeth
Long.
In the action of Senorah L.
Hewett vs Henry A. Chadwick,
et als, the court found that the
plaintiff is entitled to a life estste
in the property under controversy.
The judgment also provided for a
division of the personal property
and monies received from sale
of crops.
In the action of Mrs. D. B.
Lewis vs D. B. Lewis a comprom
ise was reached in the terms of
the settlement propesed by the
commissioners.
A verdict was returned for the
plaintiff in the case of U. S.
Fidelity and Guaranty Co. vs
Katie Farmer Cox and Marcellas
Cox. The plaintiff is to recover
from the defendant $2,500.00 with
interest at 6 percent from August
29, 1927, less a credit of $210.00.
The action of J. B. Hewett vs
Kirmit L. Causey and wife was
non suited, from which judgment
the plaintiff appealed.
Dwight McEven was named re
feree in the action of C. H. He
wett vs J. D. Evans, Lloyd Evans
and Bessie Evans.
The case of D. P. Andrews et
als vs Duncan Miller et als was
set for trial at the next term of
court with provision made for
selling logs now out from a dis
puted timber tract, proceeds tq
be paid to the clerk.
A verdict was returned for the
plaintiff in the action of Bruns
wick county vs Mrs. Annie Gallo
way et als.
The case of Mildred Hewett vs
G. C. Berry was set as the third
on the calendar at the next term
of civil court. The plaintiff was
granted 30 days in which tb
(Continued on Page 2)
Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
for Southport during the nerft
week. These hours are approxi
mately correct and were furn
Ished The State Port PUot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, September 29,
1:11 A. M. 7:15
2:00 P. M. 8:16
Friday, September 30,
2:1S A. M. 8:21 A. M.
3:03 P. M. 9:20 P. M.
Saturday, October 1,
3:21 A. M. 9:27 A. M.
4:01 P. M. 10:17 P. 31.
Sunday, October 2,
4:22 A. M. 10:27 A. M.
4:55 P. M. 11:06 P. M.
Monday, October S,
5:14 A. M. 11:19 A. M.
5:42 P. M. 11:51 P. M.
Tuesday, October 4,
6:02 A. M. 0:00 A. M.
6:25 P. M. 12:06 P. M.
Wednesday, October 5,
6:42 A. M. 0:31 A. M.
7:02 P. N. 12:49 P. 9fc