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U? pilot Covers Uswick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Mqst of The New* All The Time NO. . SIXTEEN NO- 36 6-pAges TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, November 9, 1949 published every Wednesday >i.so per yeai ters Showing ]e Concern About Notices PaHi^Have Shown p ?ard F?r P?st?d Refnd Have Killed ! Right Near Lodge Jding ^EDTOHELP t0f Having Girl Scout ; Located In Bruns l Is Believed 1 oo ,t To J 2opardize -PondT^ed by the Girl the Cape Fear Area. visited bv more than i! number of deer hunt er and some alarm expressed over the safe h children that are fre tkere. sick Girl Scouts and girls ( ' jfji other counties are ^ a the Pretty Pond De A Southport man ^ Week that the county! Befitted and honored by this gathering place for! people. Under the cir ^ it appears to be to K;jjt of the Brunswick tenters not to do anything C endanger the young t alarm parents. led is posted for the pro it the girls, not for the , of being selfish. Few ,*ould like it if hunters into their home yards (deer. But just this week inters were asked not to ( the Pretty Pond land 3 said that within five i they shot and killed a jht at the lodge. Ik instance is reported of I swimming out on the r refuge from the dogs in The hunters secured itd went out and killed Brunswick citizens who ted with the fine ob the Girl Scouts have Brunswick county game is to do something at tat keeping a close check ?rs who violate the law at on this posted land c to the camp. It is 0 all sides that it is bet it hunters be kept away 1 take their excue of, "We nean to do it," when they ?taing why the ykilled or k ?.-ne of the children on tap pound. Iritf Ntmi FlaiA?! KM- HOME E H. Smith is building tome on Atlantic Avenue. Bask lot sad Mrs. J. J. Ramseur Mrchased a building lot on street in Southport and construction of a new ^mediately. USS SOLD business transaction was Tuesday in Southport ? sale of his general store ??vice station at Grisset Jesse Clenimons to B. A. v*l MEETING Ival meeting is in progress Baptist Church this will continue through ?'Me of next week. Rev. 1 Anthony of Gold Hill is ?? the pastor, Rev. Earl 4 *ith the preaching. l!> gift shop 1(5 Edna and Margaret ' tave opened a gift sop '1building adjoining the tax r s office. The formal open ^ Mid Saturday afternoon lo the large number ?"ST potates are being urged by St nfent A Know'es to t,their sweet potatoes this dne 18 'mp,,nant to remove str al oncc an(* commerce Hit"6 ,l" prcvent damage as ' - tile killing frost of *?k-eii(j. *0RK OOXE Jtev ',utSK'e work on the [L p.nde' block buildings aectrical Saies Com. B. Willis at Shal rta ,*en completed. Mr. ' to m " ! Saturday that he ?Ve the Kings Electri k. The T?wy in about a I * Jlis building is two Forestry Equipment PLOWING?County Forest Warden Dorman Mercer has had the big bulldozer and plow of the State Forest Service at his disposal for use in Brunswick during the past few days. Left above the tractor and plow are shown arriving in the big truck and trailer. Right above the tractor backs off the truck bed. The two lower scenes show the equip ment beating a path through heavy undergrowth, leaving a clean fire lane in its wake. Investment Man Pays Visit To Southport Area Jack Blackwell of the Invest ment Department of the Jeffer son Standard Life Insurance com pany, spent Tuesday afternoon and a part of the night here and at Long Beach, looking into the development possibilities at the beach. K. Clyde Council of Whiteville and Wananish and J. B. Brinkley of Wilmington were also here. The three, with Prince O'Brien, Ernest Middleton, Charles Trott and W. B. Keziah had a late din-; [ der at Mack's Cafe Tuesday 1 night. Mr. Blackwell is believed1 j to have obtained some valuable i information regarding develop j ment possibilities here. A matter I that seemed to impress hi pi was ! the combination of a wonderful j beach and the unlimited sport fishing development possibilities. His trip here was made at the request of President Ralph Price of the Jefferson. Mr. Price was here last yea? and during that visit he spoke of the great wood ed sand dunes on Long Beach as being the Mountains of the seashore. Fescue Grass Is | Recent Discovery Use Dates Back To 1890 But Bualities Not 'Examined and Big Production Set j Underway Until 1940 The use of fescue for perman ent pasture has become wide- j spread in Brunswick county dur ing recent years. Its value is un questioned. Despite this popularity fescue is in reality little known, so far as its origin and general purposes is concerned. Meeting up with County Soil Conservationist Hugh F. Kiszer this week, he was querried about fescue. He said: "Oddly enough, we are right now distributing a leaflet entitled: 'Using Tall Fes cue for Soil Conservation.' This leaflet gives information on when, where and how to plant fescue, and seed production of. this popu lar new grass. Copies of this leaflet may be obtained at my office in the agricultural build ing at Supply." Mr, Kizer went on to say: "Authors of the leaflet are R. Y. Baliey, Chief of the Regional Agronomy Division, and L. B. Scott, Chief of the Regional Nur sery Division of the Soil Conser vation "Service. Both have had an I Continued on page five) Gets Commission In Navy R.O.T.C. Shallotte Youth Serving As i Executive Officer Of Com | pany In UNC Training Unit I It was announced recently by Captain J. Elliott Cooper, U. S. Navy, Professor of Naval Science at the University of North Caro lina, that Midshipman R. H. Hol den, Jr., has received an appoint ment as a Lieutenant (jg) in the Naval Reserve Officers' Train ing Corps Unit at the University of North Carolina. Midshipman (Continued on Pag? Flv?) Holden Beach Fishery Makes Large Haul Friday Catch Sets Record For Season So Far As | Beach Fisheries Opera-1 tions Are Concerned CATCH ESTIMATED OVER 30,000-LBS. Hundreds Of Bunches Of Fish Given Away Without Record of Their Weight Being Made Between thirty and thirty five thousand pounds of mullets were caught in single haul at Holden Beach Friday. The exact poundage will never be known As hundreds of the fish were carried away in bunches without weighing. Thou sands of pounds were cleaned and salted, also without weigh ing. It is said that the only instances of weighing was when wholesale deals were made to trucks. * Captain Hendrix Phelps .and a crew of fifteen men made the catch. Although they are said to have had volunteer assistance, it took all day Friday to get the fish ashore and disposed of. In addition to the certain thirty or thirty-five thousand pounds [ caught, it is said that many [ thousands of pounds escaped back | into the ocean through holes that [ burst in the net. The net was unable to stand the strain of j the load. I Neither were the men. With more than two thousand pounds I to be pulled in by each of the fifteen-man crew, the fish were i only secured by holding them in a mass and dipping them up in i whatever was handy. The fishing operations naturally attracted hundreds of visitors during the day. Other fisheries all along the coast are reported to have made good daily catches during the past week. Along with mullets, spots have become numerous. Shallotte fishermen said Saturday that the spots were unusually large and fat. Property Owners Ever Increasing t ? ? Thirteen Hundred Different Owners Have Interest In Groweth And Develop ment Of Long Beach Checking up on Long Beach the past week led to the very sur prising revelation that 1300 peo ple own property there. This is exclusive of the many who have recently been buying property in the new model resort town de velopment section of the beach. Allowing for about five persons to a family would give Long Bcach a population of several thousand if all or even a good percent, of those who own build ing lots were to build there. Starting out just before the war and held down by the war and building restrictions that existed thereafter, Long Beach is now on its way to become an outstanding resort town. Its ten miles of unbroken strand and several thousand acres of land that back up the strand are fac tors that point to the possibility of the place becoming a coastal I city. . _ I A more or less pet cow be longing to W. A. Maxwell, care taker at Fort Caswell, found herself in disgrace Monday. She had to endure seevral hours of hardship, in the bargain. Mr. Maxwell provides a water ing place for bossy, but she disdains to make use of it. In stead, she goes to any of the numerous spigots, scattered aboyf place. She' has learn- - ed how to Opeh the faucets. This she calmly doies and drinks ?her fill. Unfortunately, after she :has quenched her thirst she forgets to turn the Water off and goes on her way leav ing it running. Monday bossy went to 'a faucet, opened up for a good drink and inadverently got her halter tangled and ha(J to re main there for several hours. Mr. Maxwell finally found and released here. Shallotte Unit Still Growing; Total Of 42 Men Have En listed In Shallotte Nat ional Guard Unit, Enough To Guarantee Organiza tion Second Lt. Talmadge Sellers of I the Brunswick National Guard | unit has announced that as of last Thursday a total of 43 men | had enlisted in the guard. This is 13 more than the number re-1 (Continued On Page Four) Precocious Cow Gets Drenching Bids Asked For First Work On School Program General Approval Given Building and Repair Plans Under Better School Pro gram For Brunswick COLORED SCHOOL PROJECTS REJECTED Money From State Program May Not Be Used For Pur chase of Sit2 And These Plans Must Be Re vised Plans for important improve ments and additions to the Bruns wick county school buildings and equipment as a part of the Better Schools program were approved last week in Raleigh. The entire program as approved by the Brunswick county board of education and submitted by J. T. Denning, superintendent of schools, was accepted by the State authority with the exception of three projects affecting colored schools. Approval of these plans were held up due to the fact that the special school fund pro vides no money for the purchase of sites. Announcement has been made by the architectural firm of Les lie N. Boney, representing the Brunswick county board of edu cation, has announced that bids will be opened at 2 o'clock on Friday, November 25, for the following projects. Erection of water tank and tower at Shallotte and Wacca maw, construction of small pump house at each place an installa tion of pump at- Shallotte; in stallation ofhe ating in two-room addition at Shallotte; construc tion of rof for Piney Grove schol; construction of roof for Chapel Road school. Light Session Of Court Held Monday Session Of Bruns wick County Recorder's - Court Over By Noon With Numerous Cases Contin ued Business was over before noon in Brunswick county Recorder's court here Monday as numerous cases before Judge W. J. Mc Lamb were continued. The follow- ] ing entries were made: Henry Lewis Blank, reckless operation, judgment suspended on payment of costs. James Almond Graham and Pete Graham, indecent exposure. Thirty day road sentence sus pended good behavior and costs. Donald McRae Pursley, Jr., pos ession, continued. Harry Hickman, public drunk ness, 30 days on roads, suspend ed for two years god behavior, costs. Jessie Alton Lewis, reckless ope&tion, capias. Dewitt Britt, larcency, capias. Joseph Carson Brooks, drunken driving, continued to Nov. 14th. R. L. Jones, speeding, fined $10.00 and costs. John Bunny McKeithan, reck Continued On Page Four Our ROVING Reporter W. B. KEZIAH One day this week Phil Wright, state news editor of the Wil mington News and Ken Hampton, one of the staff photograhpers of the Star-News, joined us in going over some of Brunswick | county. The immediate objective | was to' get story and pictures of the playground projects at Shallotte. These are matters that have been fathered by the Shal lotte Lions Club and wide-awake individuals. For this main story we got fine cooperation from the Shallotte folks. The News has already carried the story, illustrated with five 3 column pictures and several smaller ones. This story, however, will not be all that results from the day's trip. Considerable more .story foundation matter and pictures were secured and this will appear in this paper and the Wilming ton News in due course of time. "Naturally, I would have liked to see our Shallotte boys win in the football game with South port, last Friday", said Dr. R. H. Holden, chairman of the Bhal lotte school board. "But, they did not win." he continued, "and I want to sincerely congratulate Southport. I It before the game started that ihey had the edge. They made a very fine showing in that first game played with us." No one was talking foot ball when Dr. Holden made the above remarks. This makes what he said all the more appreciated. It is a fine thing. to wish that ones own team may win and is still finer to be ready with con gratulations if it loses. Our own way of looking at last Friday's game is that Shallotte have some good boys, even if they did not win. Long hurried off to an early start with its development plans for. We believe that they were j actuated in this course by the j plans of the Baptists of North Carolina for early activities at Fort Caswell. Whether this be lief is right or not, both Cas Continued On Pag? Four In Shallotte L.unrtKc-iNCt?Miss (Jonnie Leonard of bhanotte engages in a little small talk with T-Sgt. Walter K. Malino wski while he makes his call at Shallotte with the U. S. Air Force Recruiting Service. W accamaw Has Largest Farmer Training Unit Man Reluctant To Go To Ride Friday night Johnnie Arnold of Supply was called to his door, A shiny black hearse stood in his front yard. The gentleman who had aroused him said, "I have come for Johnnie Arnold's body." "But, I ain't dead yet," pro tested Johnnie Arnold. "They phoned me to come for Johnnie Arnold's body," said the undertaker. "I'm Johnnie Arnold and I ain't a goin' with you," said JoKfinie ^ Arnold. ? . Satisfied, at last, that Johnnie ] Arnold had ho immediate need i df his services, the Undertaker j got into his hearse and drove i 'off looking for some other | Johnnie. Jersey Grower To Plant Pepper Irvin A. Sheppard Of Shiloh Will Put 10 Acres Of Riv er Road Land In Bell Pep pers Next Spring Irvin A. Sheppard of Shiloh, N. J., stated this week that he will plant ten acres of bell peppers the first of next April. He will plant on land owned by his brother, Everett H. Sheppard, on the River Road six miles from Southport. Mr. Sheppard, a ^substantial tomato farmer and trucker of Shiloh, is not jumping into pepper growing here hurriedly. Well ac quainted with soils, he has been watching the successful tomato plant growing of his brother, Everett, with interest and plans of his own. He will start his plants the first of January, using hot beds and cold frames to get an early start. He states that he has a good market in New Jersey for all the pepper plants he has left Continued On Page Four Dairy Meeting Planned Monday Extension Specialist From State College Will Speak To Interested Group Of Farmers At Bolivia Plans have been completed to hold a dairy production meeting at Bilivia school on Monday, November 14, at 7 p. m., reports A. S. Knowles, county agent. The meeting is being sponsored jointly by the vocational agricul tural department and the exten sion service. R. R. Rich, Extension Dairy Specialist, will be - the principal speaker for the occasion, says Mr. Knowles. All farmers interested in the production of more milk or in starting a small dairy are urged to attend this meeting. Much interest is being shown in this program and it is be lieved by agricultural leaders that this field of expansion offers real opportunity to a number of farm ers in Brunswick county. Mr. Rich will be available for visits on November 16 and 16, reports the county agent. Seven Instructor* And 120 Students Make This Work Outstanding Importance In Community INFLUENCE OF PROGRAM HELPFUL Reports Indicate That Much Of Progressive Spirit Of Community Stems From This Activity With 7 instructors and 120 men enrolled, the Waccamaw school i at Ash has the largest Veteran Farmer Training school in Bruns wick county. A major cooperative ^accom plishmeht has been the building of a new shop <0 x 25 feet. This ! was done ' without cost to the ["school district. The structure is of cement blocks and'all of the work, from the1 cftnstruction of the blocks down to their laying, was done by the boys without cost. Some of the boys used their own trucks and did all hauling! Largely as a result of the in terest of the boys in this school, a noticiable progressive spirit is developing in Waccamaw. This runs to better farming, better farm buildings and better live stock. The results are things to which the township looks with pride, according to C. O. Bennett, one of the instructors. The school is under the direc tion of M. F. Baker, agricultural teacher at Waccamaw. He has the following instructors working with him, H. B. Parker, D. L. Stanley, D. L. Ihman, Wilbur Smith, Fred Long, Earnest Long and C. O. Bennett. Commissioners In . Routine Session Matters Of Minor importan ce Disposed Of Here Mon day Before County Board In Regular Session Only matters of routine im portance were discussed at the regular first meeting of the board of county commissioners here Monday. The board approved the road from Longwood to a junction with the Hickmans Crossroads-Ash road for grading and surfacing. They also recommended that a section of road running from No. 130 near the fire tower to U. S, No. 17, a- distance of one and three-quarter miles, be graded and placed in all-weather Condi tion. R. M. Powell was relieved of $1400.00 valuation due to error Continued On Page Five Brunswick Boys And Girls Win Results Of Achievement Day At Wilmington Saturday Look Good For Entrants From This County The Achievement Day Program and Fair held with New Han over 4-H Clubs was well re presented by Brunswick 4-H members, reports Miss Corinne Greene, home ag'ent, and A. S. Knowles, county agent. Several of the boys and girls entered ex livia?3rd prize. Continued On Ptge Four Hayman Returns For Third Year To Local Church Only One Change Affecting Slate Of Methodist Minis ters Of Brunswick County Announced At Conference. MAJOR BRAUNSTEIN GOES TO HALLSBORO Sanford Session Of Confer ence Well Attended By Representatives From Brunswick County The Rev. L. D. Hayman re turns to Trinity Methodist church in Southport for the third year as result of action taken during the North Carolina Conference which adjourned in Sanford Sun-. day. Only one change affecting I Brunswick county was announced ? in the list of appointments. That ] was the transfer of Major Rich ard Braunstein to Hallsboro and' the assignment of the Rev. J. M., Carroll to Shallotte. The Rev. R. H. Caudtll returns ] as pastor at Town Creek and ? Sharon. i Trinity Methodist church was ? represented at conference by The ] Rev. Mr. Hayman and by J. W. < Ruark, chairman of the board of 1 stewards. On Saturday a large, group of young people attended a special conference for young folks. Included in this group were . Stuart Arrington and Billy San-' ders, president and vice-president . of the Methodist Youth Fellow ship; Orville Robinson, leader; E. C. Blake and a number of members of his Sunday school class. Rev. C. D. Barclift was con tinued as superintendent of the Wilmington District of which Brunswick County is a part. Among ministers who had died within the conference during the past year whose memory was honored in a special service Sun day afternoon was the late Rev. J. A. Martin of Whitevllle. About 600 Eastern North Caro lina Meu.uuLbL leaders registered for the convention. . ?_> Among those attending the con ference from the county as lay delegates were Leslie S. Thomp son from Whiteville; Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Frink of Clarendon and W. Ward of Nakina from the Wac camaw Charge; D. D. Bruton of Chadbourn, and Dr. M. A. Wad dell of Fair Bluff. The conference re-elected its slate of lay leaders: Chairman W. J. Smith of Bethel, Associate Chairman B. G. Childs of Dur- . ham, Secretary. Sam B, Under wood, Jr., of Greenville, and , Treasurer S. W. Ruark of Ra leigh. The conference was held at Sanford's 62-year-old Steele Street Methodist Church. The Rev. R. Grady Dawson was pastor host. Conference statistician, the Rev. W. C. Wilson of Mount Olive, presented the following figures: The four Methodist schools of higher learning in the confer ence?Duke University and the colleges of Greensboro, High, Point and Louisburg?have 617 teachers, an enrollment of 9,287,' property valuation of $36,729,986 and endowments of $51,181,611. Active members in the confer ence total 166,374. The conference has 975 houses of worship valued at ?15,236,149. The grand total of contributions from all sources last year was $3,837,941. The conference will hold next year's session at Kinston's Queen Street church. Tide Table Following Is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are approxi mately correct and were furn ished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low Tide Thursday, Nov. 10, 10:32 A. M. 4:14 A. M. 10:45 P. M. 5:05 P. M. Friday, Nov. 11, 11:20 A. M. 5:00 A. M. 11:40 P. M. 5:53 P. M. Saturday, Nov. 12, 0:00 A. M. 5:54 A. M. 12:15 P. M. 6:4? P. M. Sunday, Nov. 13, 0:42 A. M. 6:57 A. M. 1:15 P. M. 7:45 P. M. Monday, Nov. 14, 1:49 A. M. 8:05 A. M. 2:16 P. M. 8:47 P. M. Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2:55 A. M. 9:14 A. M. 3:17 P. M. 9:4? P. M. Wednesday, Nov. 1?, 3:5? A. M. 10:18 A. M. 4:20 P. M. 10:41 p. M.