The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
VOL. NO. SIXTEEN
No. 1
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Southport, N. C., Wednesday, March 8, 1950
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New Historical
Markers Sought
For This County
representative Of Depart
ment Of Archives And
History Here Monday And
Tree day To Conduct Sur
vey
RIVER ROAD IS
HISTORIC GROUND
If New Markers Are Erected
At Eligible Spots This May
Become One Of Best Re
cognized History
Spots
Brunswick county may get four
or five new historical markers
to be placed on highways de
signating points of historical in
terest, according to W. B. Kezi&h,
who spent Monday and Tuesday
with William S. Powell, research
worker for the Department of
Archives and History in Raleigh.
In addition to new markers for
historical points not now marked,
several other established mark
ers will be moved to points near
est the scenes they represent.
All of the points at which it
Is propsed to erect markers are
on Route 130 most of them be
tween Southport and Wilmington,
excepting a Fort Caswell mark
er, which will be at the junction
of the Fort Caswell and Long
Beach road with 130.
The old Indian Trail Tree in
the yard of Mrs. E. H. Cranmer
at Southport may get a marker.
This tree was bent down by the
Indians when it was a small
bush. This bending and pinning
the top to earth was in accor
dance with Indian sign customs
and was intended to tell one tribe
of friendly Indians where another
tribe was going. Only four such
Indian Trail trees remain in the
United States, according to all
information.
Tlie small creek or branch just
east of the old cemetery in South
port may also be marked. This
stream is called Fiddlers Drain
locally. Officially and on all re
cords it is Bonnett Creek. It was
named Bonnett Creek because of
the fact that the notorious pirate
Stede Bonnett was getting water
from it for his ship when he was
Sin-prised by the ship of Colonel
William Rhett of Charleston. Try
ing to escape, Bonnett ran his
ship aground on Battery Island.
The ship of Colonel Rhett also
rin aground a few hundred yards
apvay. Until the tide rose and
floated them the two ships ham
mered away at each other with
(heir cannon. Rhett's ship floated
first and he was able to come
pbout and bring his guns to bear
bn the pirate ship, forcing the
‘surrender of Bonnett. The cap
tured freebooter was taken to
Charleston and hanged at the
docks there.
Prices Creek lighthouse, the
guiding beacon for blockade run
ners during the seige of Fort
Fisher, may also get a marker.
Battery Lamb, the supporting
battery to Fort Fisher on this
side of the Cape Fear, may make
the list.
Old Charleston on lower Town
Creek seems likely to get a
marker, as does the home of
Rpbert Howe, about ten miles
above Southport.
Various places about Orton, not
already marked at the junction
of 130 with 74 and 76 get mark
ers. This may include Clarendon
Plantation.
All of the markers already in
place at the junction of the high
ways will be moved down to their
proper location nearest the places
they represent according to Mr.
Powell.
While he could not say positive
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r Brief Neme
| Flashes
IN HOSPITAL
Capt. J. B. Church has been a
natient during the past week at
James Walker Memorial Hospital
in Wilmington.
MUSICAL PROGRAM
The Spring musical program
presented each year by members
of Southport Woman's Club is
scheduled for Friday night at 8
o'clock at Trinity Methodist
church. The public is cordially in
vited.
HONOR STUDENT
Cadet R. Frank Plaxco, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F.
Plaxco, of Southport was on the
list of distinguished students at
Fishburne Military School, Way
nesboro, Va., for the academic
month ending February 25, having
met the requirements of no grade
below 90 percent.
Leaving For Japan
FAMILY—Mrs. W. C. Norton and two children, Rich
ard, left, and Billy, right, are scheduled to leave within the
next few days for Kuizma, Japan, where they will join
St. Norton. Mrs. Norton is the former Mary Florence
Moore—(Wilmington News Cut—Art Newton Photo.)
Williamson Enters
Race For State Senate
Present Member Of House
Of Representatives Is The
Third Man In Race For
The Democratic Nomina
tion For Senate
STANALAND AND
FRINK IN RACE
Announcement Also Receiv
ed From H, O. Peterson
For Member Of Board
Of County Commis
sioners
Representative Odell Williamson
makes his formal entry into the
race for the Democratic nomina
tion for State Senator this week,
thus making it a three-man race
between himself, S. B. Frink and
Sheriff Walter M. Stanaland.
Another announcement of great
interest is that of R. O. Peter
son, a former member of the
board of county commissioners,
who declares his intention to seek
nomination and election to that
office. Peterson, a successful
businessman of Northwest town
ship, last served as a commis
sioner during the middle thirties.
Although there have been many
previous efforts to have him run
again for this office, this is his
first entVy into an election race
for 15 years.
“My entry into the race for
Democratic nomination for the
State Senate makes this a three
man campaign, and I realize full
well that both of my opponents
are experienced politicians,” said
Williamson in making his an
nouncement. “On two other oc
casions I have received the horn
or of my party’s nomination for
member of the House of Repres
entatives, and both times my suc
cess resulted from the loyal sup
port of my friends and support
ers. If I am the successful candi
date I plan to continue to work
for the best interest of Brunswick
county, not just the leaders of
some political faction.”
Carlyle Seeks
Congress Seat
Lumberton Man Announces
His Candidacy ForThs De
mocratic Nomination For
Seventh District Congress
man
F. Ertel Carlyle, who has rep
resented the Seventh Congress
sional district in the U. S. house
since January of last year, has
announced that he will be a can
didate for re-nomination in the
May 27 Democratic primary.
Carlyle, whose home is in
Lumberton, stated in announc
ing his candidacy that he would
uphold the “democratic form of
government” since he believed
people in the district “are op
posed to Socialism in any re
spect.”
Dr. J. R. Parker, also of Lum
berton, previously has announced
his candidacy for the seat,
In his prepared statement
Carlyle said:
“It is a very special privilege
to represent such a fine and pro
gressive congressional district.
This being my first term I have,
of course, been unable to ac
complish many things for the
district that I believe to be high
ly important and in which I shall
always be interested. Our nation
al government should at all
limes give first consideration to
the welfare of this country and
to our people, and I am convinc
ed that the welfare of this coun
try demands that we again have
a balanced budget and that this
be accomplished by reduced
spending and not by increased
i taxes.
“The welcome suggestions
from my constituents have been
Continued On Page Five
County Officials
Unable To Appear
There was no Recorders Court
Monday. Judge W. J. McLamb
was sick at his home at Hick
man’s Cross Roads and no sub
stitute was available to take
over. Cases scheduled to be
tried Monday were moved ahead
until next week when it is
supposed the judge will be able
to return to his duties.
Likewise, there was no session
of the board of county commis
sioners Monday. Chairman R. L.
Rabon was ill at his home at
Winnabow and Commissioner
B. E. Williams was ill at his
| home near Shallotte. Commis
sioner George B. Ward was the
only official able to show up
and he was unable to do any
thing with both of the others’
absent.
Beach Building
Continues Fast
| Visit During Past Week To
Various Beach Develop
ments Indicate Unpreced
ented Building For This
Season
Contacts with practically all
beach areas of Brunswick during
the past week have revealed an
encouraging amount of construc
tion and preparations for con
struction for this early in the
year.
Beginning with Fort Caswell;
about all of the urgently needed
repairing has been attended to
and work is now in progress to
wards making as many of the
; buildings as is possible ready for
June 12, at which time the Ban
tist Assembly season will begin.
The auditorium which will seat
several hundred has been repaired
and painted inside and out. All
work on this building is com
pleted except for the installation
of the seats. The administration
building has been repaired, paint
ed white and is ready for use.
Several other buildings have also
been placed in shape. Most of the
work on the two an da half story
hotel has been finished. Dr. R. K.
Redwine, general manager for the
Baptists, much pleased at the
way things are shaping up. He
expects a large number of visi
tors and convention delegates dur
ing the summer.
At Caswell Beach just below
Fort Caswell three attractive
new homes are just being com
pleted and half a dozen more are
known to be in the planning
stage. Among those who are said
to be ready to build at this beach
is a prominent Iowa City, Iowa,
doctor and Dr. Thor Johnson,
conductor of the Cincinnati Sym
phony Orchestra.
Long Beach is showing signs
of a boom. Joe Ramsauer started
two cottages last week. A Char
lotte contractor is said to be ready
to start several residences. A
drag line and other heavy ma
chinery was moved in this week
to start extensive private road
building.
Holden Beach is also humming
with activity. Five new residences
are being started there this week
by Contractor J. R. Corbett and
other builders. Mr. and Mrs.
Eunice Holden, who have been
living in New Jersey for several
years, are completing a nice per
manent home. Mr. and Mrs. A. S.
Gregg, Jr., of Lake Waccamaw
are ready to start on a nice
home. R. L. Blackman of Red
Springs is starting a cottage. L.
S. Holden is completing a nice
six room home and two-car gar
age. Blake Thompson of High
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Brunswick Has
$2,057.37 From
| Marcia Oi Dimes
I l ined Report Turned In E*'
r ampaign Director Taft
Hcv/eft Shov/s Total Col
lections Cf $2,057.37
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SHALL CTTE LED
ALL COMMUNITIES
Fund Campaign Carried In
to Ev?ry Section 05 The
County Through Efforts
Of Volunteer Work
ers
I
The Rev. Taft Hewett, director'
of the March of Dimes campaign
! for Brunswick county this year,
| submitted his final report to the
: Rev. H. M. Baker, chairman of
' the Brunswick County Chapter,
1 and showed collections totaling
j $2057.37.
In making this report, the Rev..
Mr .Hewett resigned his commis
jsion as campaign director and ex
pressed his appreciation to work
I ers throughout the county for1
their cooperation in making the
drive a success.
Shallotte again led all other
communities in the county with
contributions totaling $520.57.
Mrs. M. H. Rourk was chairman.
Southport was next with collec
tions totaling $436.27, with the
Lions Club heading the driye.
Other community reports in
clude: Bolivia, H. Foster Mintz,
chairman, $100.00; Leland, Mrs.
M. F. Jones, chairman, $324; Sup
ply, Mrs. Floyd Kirby, chairman,
$200.98; Waccamaw, W. C. Steph
enson, chairman, $229.43; Winna
bow, Mrs. R. L. Sullivan, chair
man, $71.00; colored schools, A. C.
Caviness, chairman, $174.17.
Dr. Blackburn
Monday Speaker
Wake Forest Chaplain Will
Speak Before Executive
Committee Meeting Of,
Brunswick Baptist Asso
ciation
Dr. Glenn Blackburn, chaplain
at Wake Forest College, will be
the main speaker at the executive
committee meeting of the Bruns
wick Baptist Association Monday
night at the Supply Baptist
Church.
Dr. Blackburn’s coming is a re
sult of a policy recently adopted
by the executive committee to in
vite different Baptist leaders to
explain to the local committee the
several important programs cur
rently being promoted by N. C.
Baptists. Dr. Blackburn will give
an account of the beginning and
progress of the campaign to
move Wake Forest to Winston
Salem and meet the terms of the
Smith-Reynolds Foundation offer
of several million dollars to Wake
Forest College.
The meeting will be open to all,
and Dr. Blackburn will welcome
questions about any phase of this
campaign. Other important mat
ters on the agenda for this meet
ing are- the drafting of a re
solution favoring the acceptance
of Medical Care Commission funds
for the Baptist Hospital, and the
Continued On Page Five
Bolivia Basketball Team
I ' •
CO-CHAMPS—Here are the Bolivia girls, co-champions with Southport in the re
cent Brunswick County Basketball tournament Top row : Eline Sullivan, Clara Willetts
Edith Purvis, Polly Lewis, Joyce Lewis, Eloise Sellers and Loris Anderson; bottom rowr:
Emma Ray McDowell, Doris Danford, Sylvia Leonard, Alberta Skipper, Teenie Johnson
Verna Willetts and Patsy Caison.—(Wilmington News Cut—Art Newton Photo.)
Republican Party To
Enter May Primary
Cummings Leaves
Highway Patrol
' -
•State Highway Patrolman C.
M. Cummings, stationed at Bo
livia for the past two and a
half years, has resigned effec
tive March i5. He will return
to his old home at Sanford and
engage in private business. In
his resignation the State High
way Commission losses a very
fine officer and Brunswick
County shares in the loss.
-Replacing Mr. Cummings and
with headquarters at Bolivia
is Patrolman JV R. Roupe of
Ash county, a young and com
paratively new member of the
State Highway Patrol. Patrol
man Roupe is now working
with Patrolmen J. C. Taylor,
J. C. Pierce and Cummings,
preparatory to his taking over
when Cummings leaves on
March 15th. The new officer is
married and his family will live
at Bolivia.
Commissioner Of
Welfare Speaker
Dr. Ellen Winston Here On
Wednesday To Speak Be
fore Southport Woman’s
Club Members
Dr. Ellen Winston, Commission
er of Welfare for North Carolina,
spoke here Wednesday before
members of Southport Woman’s
Club. She was introduced by Mrs.
Ruth Blake.
The welfare official stressed
the significance of the broadened
aspect of public welfare. Whereas
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W. B. KEZIAH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
The State Port Pilot office
occupies a part of the lower floor
of the Captain J. B. Church re
sidence. Captain is now in the
James Walker Memorial Hospital
in Wilmington for 10 days treat
ment. Before he left for the hos
pital last Wednesday Captain
Church stopped in at this office
and asked that we not burn down
his house while he was away.
For double assurance he left a
check to insure the whole she
bang.
All to graduate this spring,
Tommy Bowmer, Bobby Spencer,
Bill McDowell and G. W. Fisher
will move out of the Southport,
high school basketbll picture with
this session of school. After see
ing Billy Dosher playing at cen
ter against the New Hanover
Junior Varsity Wednesday night,
we are not worried at what Coach
Sanders will have left for a bas
ketball team next fall.
One has visit the factories
at Navassa to appreciate the size
of the Brunswick county fertiliz-1
er industry. We were roundup
this past week and got a short
look-in at three of them, Armour
& Company, Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Company and Smith
Douglas. Those and other factor
ies at Navassa stand out for a
lot of employment and a lot of
taxes to Brunswick county.
In the development of the coas
tal section of Brunswick county
the opening of the inlets from the
ocean to the canal at Lockwoods
Folly and Shallotte Point are No.
1 necessities. Before the water
way was dug the two rivers kept
their own mouths open and boats
could come in and go out at all
times. Now with the river waters
flowing up and down the canal
that the government dug, ihe in
lets are badly shoaled up and
more than half a hundred work
boats cannot get in or out ex
cept under high tide condition.
While the waterway is generally
beneficial it is also very injuri
ous to a great number of in
dividuals and they should not be
Continued On Page Four
| W. A. Kopp Reelected Chair
man Of Republican Exe
cutive Committee At Con
vention At Supply Satur
day
JOHN WILKINSON IS
PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
i Delegates Named To State
Convention And Executive
Committee Members For
Brunswick County
Were Chosen
|
j Members of the Brunswick
I county Republican party voted
j Saturday to nominate their can
! dictates in 'the May Primary this
year, a policy which has been
followed for the past two cam
paigns.
“You can tell the people that
we will have out a full slate of
office-seekers”, declared W. A.
Kopp, , who was reelected chair
man of the executive committee.
While there was a good crowd
in attendance despite the incle
j inent weather there was little talk
[ of candidates. Only one man de
[ dared his intention to file for
the primary race. He was Drew
Spencer, Bolivia contractor, who
says that he will seek a place on
the ticket as a candidate for
county commissioner.
Other officers of the executive
committee besides Kopp are Mrs.
Helen Inman, vice-chairman, and
A. E. Inman, secretary. Members
of the executive committee in
clude Rivers Wescott, Smithville;
M. G. Moony, Lockwoods Folly;
(Continued on page five)
Ready To Make
Acreage Checks
Premeasurement Of Crop
Lands For Cotton And To
bacco Is Available Now
Through Local Office
Tobacco and cotton growers in
Brunswick County were informed
today by S. L. Purvis, chairman
of the Brunswick County Pro
duction and Marketing Adminis
tration, that premeasurement of
these crops is available this year.
Reporters from the local office
began premeasuring March 1 and
applications will be accepted
through April 5.
The state committee has ap
proved a cost of 70c per acre or
a minimum charge of $3.50 per
farm, and tobacco and cotton
applications may be made to
gether. All farms with an acre
age of 5.0 acres or less will cost
the minimum charge of $3.50.
Each additional one-tenth will
cost seven cents—seventy cents
per acre. The increased cost of
premeasurement of allotted acres
from fifty cents to seventy cents
is because of increased cost of j
field work, office work and the
spotchecking in connection with
field work. Ten cents of the
seventy-cents per acre goes for J
state and national costs.
Acreages which are premeasur
ed by an approved reporter will
be considered as an official acre
age, provided the farmer has de
posited the estimated cost with
the County PMA Committee prior
to the time the acreage is pre
measured. If the farmer employs
a reporter or another person and
pays such reporter or other per- j
son himself, the acreage will not!
(Continued
on page five; (
Boats Will Race
In Four Classes
Based On Power
No Handicap Will Be Impos
ed Upon More Powerful
Boats Because They Will
Run Against Others In
Same Class
An inquiry was received this
week regarding what handicaps
the more heavily powered boats
will be under in the Marathon
Outboard Motorboat race from
Southport to Myrtle Beach on
March 22. There are no handicaps.
Boats of 7%hp, 10hp, 16hp and
22hp will run in classes by them
selves. The winner in each class
will be determined by the boat
which crosses the finish line first.
Operators of the more heavily
powered boats who win will get
slightly larger prizes. This is be
cause they will be put to more
expense than the smaller boats.
But the larger boats will not be
handicapped. They will run in
their own class, as will the small
er ones.
The ftthp class boats will leave
Southport at 10 o’clock; lOhp at
12:15 o'clock; 16hp at 1 o’clock
and 22hp at 1:30 o’clock. All of
the lighter classes are expected
to finish their race and be out
of the way before the bigger and
faster boats come along.
It appears certain that con
siderably more than a hundred
boats will be in the race. Entry
blanks may still be obtained from
the Sport Center, from the An
chor Hardware and from Pickards
in Wilmington; from the State
Port Pilot office in Southport and
from the Myrtle Beach, S. C.,
outboard boat club, which is
sponsoring the event.
An effort is being made to get
the Fox Movietone News camera
man to come to Southport for the
start of the race. Charles Parker
and John Hemmer of the State
News Bureau will be here.
Raftery Shows
Coming To City
Annual Spring Tour Will Be
gin With Engagement Un
der Auspices Of Southport
Volunteer Fire Depart
ment
Following its regular custom
the James Raftery shows will I
break winter quarters at Leland |
this week and come to Southport
to open Monday for a full week I
here, the beginning of the annual
spring, summer and fall road
tour.
Since the show purchased it
winter quarters at Leland a
dozen years ago it has been the
steadfast custom to start the
spring tour with a week at South
port. That custom is still being
followed despite the death of the
genial owner, Jimmy Raftery. Mr.
Raftery died suddenly last sum
mer in the middle of the season's
tour.
Mrs. Raftery, herself a trooper,
carried on for the balance of the
season and is personally in charge
this year.
The show with its great
variety of rides will be at the5
Ball Park and open Monday .Its
appearance her > this year is un
der the auspices of the South
port Volunteer Fire Department,
which will phare In the receipts.
Brunswick Will
Be Represented
In Cage Tourney
Both Teams From Southport
And Bolivia Have Entered
The Star-News - Y.M.C.A.
Tournament In Wilming
ton
SOUTHPORT BOYS
WON LAST YEAR
Teams From This County
Given Good Chance To
Figure In Championship
Play Of Wilmington
Event
Brunswick county schools will
be well represented in the Star
News Tournament which begins
today at the Wilmington Y.M.C.A.
Southport and Bolivia have en
tered both boys and girls teams
in the tournament and Leland
and Shallotte have entered the
boys division.
The two Southport teams will
be playing first in the tourna
ment, the boys placing Burgaw
at 3 o'clock this afternoon and
the girls playing Wallace at 4
o’clock. Leland and Bolivia will
not play until Thursday. With
twenty-nine teams entered in this
classic it became necessary to pro
long the tournament to allow
more time for the play-offs. Aft
ernoon games will be played on
the Y.M.C.A. court, night games
will be played on the Chestnut
Street court. Plans are underway
to secure the New Hanover gym
for the finals Monday night.
At a meeting of the coaches .
Tuesday night at the Y.M.C.A. it
was decided that the elegibility
rules of the N. C. High School
Association would be followed in
this tournament. Special rules
were set up to solve the problem
of ties in the girl’s games in this
tournament. According to these
rules, should a girl's game result
in a tie at the end of the playing
time, after a five minute rest a
three minute over-time period will
be played. Should the teams re
main tied at that point, three
players from each team would
then attempt to break the tie at
the foul line.
A special foul shooting contest
will be a feature of the tourna
ment this year.
Brunswick county fan? may
have another opportunity of
watching their favorite teams
Continued On Page Four
Supply Citizen
Dies Instantly
Almand H. Brown Killed
Friday Night When He
Walked From Behind Bus
Into Path Of Oncoming
Truck
Almand H. Brown, 33 year old
resident of Lockwoods Folly town
ship, was instantly killed Friday
night, when he was struck by a
truck driven by Edward S. Moore
of Wilmington.
Mr. Brown, a passenger of a
west bound bus, had just alighted
at the J. E. Kirby store, a mile
west of Supply. As the bus moved
on he is said to have walked
right out from behind it in the
path of the east bound truck.
Coroner John G. Caison ruled the
death as accidential and no in
quest was held.
Funeral services and burial was
held Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock from the graveside at the
Holden family cemetery, between
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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 Tort Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, March 9,
11:56 A. M. 5:59 A. M.
0:00 P. M. 6:02 P. M.
Friday, March 10,
0:39 A. M. 6:57 A. M.
12:57 P. M. 7:04 P. M.
Saturday, March 11,
1:44 A. M. 8:04 A. M.
2:03 P. M. 8:13 P. M.
Sunday, March 12
2:52 A. M. 9:13 A. M.
3:12 P. M. 9:23 P. M.
Monday, March 13,
3:57 A. M. 10:17 A. M.
4:17 P. M. 10:28 P. M.
Tuesday, March 14,
4:57 A. M. ii:ii a, M.
5:16 P. M. 11:24 P. M.
Wednesday, March 15,
5:51 A. M. 12:00 A. M.
6:08 P. M. 0:00' P. j/L