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The Pilot Covers Brunswick County VOL. NO. SIXTEEN No. 2 THE STATE PORT PILOT __A Good Newspaper In A Good Community 6-PAGES today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, March 15, 1950 Most of The News All The Time rnrn^mmm i « * PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY 51.50 PER YEAH Patrolman Hurt In Gun Battle Saturday Night Patrolman J. C. Pierce In Hospital With Leg Wound While Assailant Is Patient In Columbus County Hos pital ANOTHER PATROLMAN WOUNDS ASSAILANT Gilbert Faulk, Who Was Home From Fort Bragg For Week End Visit, Is In Hospital Here J. C. Pierce, State Highway Patrolman stationed in Bruns wick County, and Gilbert Faulk, a 19-year-old resident of Nakina, military service at Fort Bragg, today were reported in fair con dition following a gun battle near Ash in Brunswick County short ly before midnight Saturday night. Pierce, with a bullet from his own gun in his leg, is in Dosher Memorial Hospital in Southport and Faulk, with bullet wounds in the chest and leg, is a patient at Columbus County Hospital in Whiteville. According to Patrol Sgt. A. H. Clark, who supervised investiga tion of the shooting, Pierce was shot by the 19-year old Nakina youth during a fight that ensued when Pierce and Patrolman J. R. Roupe were attempting to ar rest Faulk’s older brother, Grov er, for driving drunk. When Pierce and Roupe stop ped the car driven by Grover Faulk, 25, in the Ash community, the Faulk brothers and Willie E. Jacobs, 23, owner of the car, attacked the officers. Dayton Rhodes, fourth occupant of the car. reportedly fled when the fighting began. Sgt. Clark reported that during the heat of the engagement, the younger Faulk slipped behind Pierce and grabbed his pistol from his holster. Pierce was struck in the leg by one of the five bullets fired by his assail ant. vvnen me injuieu pacn-umaii screamed, Roupe shot Gilbert Faulk in the leg and in the chest. Jacobs and Grover Faulk fled tc nearby woods when- the shooting started. As soon as Roupe had halted the attack by young Faulk, he picked up Pierce and rushed him to Dosher Memorial Hospital in Southport. Two other youths, who were not Involved in the affray, bro ught Gilbert Faulk, the wounded man, to the hospital here. His condition was termed serious. Jacobs and Grover Faulk, both paratroopers stationed at Fort Bragg, were visiting their homes near Nakina over the weekend. When Roupe radioed the inci dent to headquarters in Wilming ton shortly before midnight Satur day, Sgt. Clark alerted all high way patrol in this area, and the other men were arrested early Sunday morning. Rhodes was taken into custody at his home shortly before one o'clock yesterday morning and charged with drunkenness. Jacobs and Grover Faulk were apprehended about an hour later. Jacobs is charged with allowing a drunk to drive his car and as saulting an officer. Grover Faulk is charged with driving drunk, interferring with an officer and assault with a deadly weapon la knife). Gilbert Faulk is charged with resisting arrest, assault with a deadly weapon (a pistol) with in tent to kill. Grover Faulk, Jacobs, and Rhodes are being held in the Brunswick county jail in South port. f Brief Newt | Flashes TEACHERS MEETING A county-wide teachers meet ing will be held at Bolivia Wed nesday, March 22. Principal speaker will be Miss Marion Stanaland, psychiatrist for the State Department of Education. LIONS TO MEET The regular meeting of South port. Lions Club will be held to morrow (Thursday) at 1 o’clock in the Community Building. A convention movie will be shown as the principal entertainment. HAIL STORM Quite a bit of hail fell in the Shallotte area Monday afternoon at 5 o’clock. It was accompanied by considerable wind and rain, ac cording to Mayor Roney W. Cheers. A little rain and wind reached Southport. Joint Title-Holders CO-CHAMPS—The Southport girls are co-champions of Brunswick county, having tied with Bolivia in the finals of the Brunswick County Tournament. Front row, Lena Ward, Rebecca McRacken, Linda Hickman, Catherine McRacken, Iris Rabon. Back row, Peggy Arnold, Latitia Hickman, Kay Moore, Mary Elizabeth Lupton, Janice Trun nel, Tilly Thorsen, Stuart Arrington.—(Star-News Cut.—Art Newton Photo.) Bolivia Boys Lose In Star-News Finals Evidence Piles Up During Court John Wesley Joyner, young Winnabow Negro, was on trial here Monday for shooting his step-father, Commodore Jenkins, with a 22 rifle, while his moth er and step-father were in the j middle of an argument. Commodore was on the stand and out of a clear sky his wife, the mother of the defendant, ! arose and called out loudly, | “Judge, this is the shell my husband was going to kill me with”. Commodore wa3 very prompt in denying this accusa tion, he arose in the stand and yelled: * "Judge, that’s a lie. And, I Judge, I wants a divorce frpm I that woman, right this minut Joyner was placed on proba tion for five years and required to pay the costs of the case. Many Southport People Are Spending Some Time In Key West While That City Is Center Of Shrimping Operations General Exodus A sort of exodus to Key West seems to have occurred during the past few days, but most of those going will be returning in two weeks after, visits to their husbands, brothers or other rela tives who are working on the new shrimping grounds on the gulf coast. Friday, Charles Williamson car ried down Mrs. Monroe Potter, Mrs. Stanley O’Neal, Mrs. Roth well Simmons, Mrs. Murdock Simmons and Mrs. Johnnie Sim mons. The same day Mayor H. A. Livingston carried down Mrs. John Potter St., Mrs. Sonny Pot | ter and Mrs. Livingston. All of ! these are to return within a few days. Returning to look after his boats there are fishing there, Dallas Piggott was accompanied by Mrs. Piggott, Mrs. Merritt Moore and Mrs. Lewis Hardee. (Continued on page five) Sheppard Now Planting Seed Tomato Plant Farmer Get ting First Seed In Ground This Week With Other Plantings T0 Follow Everett H. Sheppard began the job of planting about 50 acres of land in tomato seed Tuesday. He will move a little slowly in order to keep the entire acreage from maturing all at the same time. Tomato plants grow very rapidly, once they get started. Too many coming cn at one time can easily lesult in trouble in pulling, pack ing, transporting to Northern , States and transplanting in the I open fields, j The most of his plants will be Continued On Page Two ^ - 3runswick County Five Pro vided Several Upsets Dur ing Wilmington Tourna ment Last Week ALL BOYS TEAMS IN SEMI-FINALS Leland Boys Won Sports manship Award And Don ald White Won Free Throw Championship Of Tourney A Bolivia high school Basketball team that entered the Y.M.C.A. Star News Tournament in Wil mington last week as the darkest of dark horses fought their way to the finals before dropping a 32-21 verdict to White Oak Mon day night. Not only did Brunswick furnish one of the final contestants in the boys division, the Sportsman ; ship trophy in this division went | to another team from this coun j ty, the Leland outfit. Both the j winner and runner-up in the free I throw tournament were from ■ Brunswick. The winner was Don I aid White of Leland, the runner | up was Charles Leonard of Boli j via. Bolivia gained her place in the I finals with a convincing 33 to 21 j victory over Southport Saturday ; night. This marked the fifth meet ! ing of the year between these i two outfits, and the Bolivia win broke a two-all tie. Southport was the defending champion in the tournament. White Oak made the finals by defeating a scrappy Leland crew 34 to 29 in the Saturday night semi-final round. The presence of three Brunswick county teams on that program made a good im pression upon tournament offici | als regarding the calibre of bas ketball being played in this coun ty Southport boys had posted a 39 24 victory over Burgaw in open ing round play and had followed up with a victory Friday night over Penderlea by a 38-23 score. Bolivia got off to a flying start I inthe tournament with a 53-29 (Continued on page 2) County Teams Play At Burgaw Southport Boys And Both Girls And Boys Teams From Bolivia And Leland Playing In Pender Tourney Pairing's for the Burgaw Invit ational Tournament to be played today, Thursday, Friday and Sat urday in Burgaw were made at a I recent meeting of coaches and re presentatives of schools enter ing. Opening round games will begin at 6 p. m. on Wednesday with the Burgaw boys’ meeting the White Oak team. At 7 o'clock Calypso and Atkinson girls’ will clash, fol lowed by the Long Creek-Calypso i boys' at 8 p. m. Burgaw and Bolil via gills' will meet at 9 p. m. and at 10 p. m. Penderlea boys’ will meet Leland boys'. Thursday night the opening round games will continue with Long Creek meeting Wallace I &i*is at 7 o clock. At 8 o'clock | Southport will meet the winner (Continued on Page 2) Motorboat Race Attracts Many New Entries President Of Myrtle Beach Outboard Motor Boat Club Here Tuesday To Discuss Plans For Coming Event In Southport late Tuesday aft ernoon, Stanley Edgeworth, pres ident of the Myrtle Beach Out board Motorboard club, was opt imistic over the prospects for the marathon race down the wat erway from Southport to Myrtle, Beach next Wednesday. “The outlook exceeds all oi our expectations”', said Mr Edge worth. “In adition to the entries made by our own club members at Myrtle JBeacfi, we have been getting them by mail and per sonally from points as far down the coast as Beaufort, S. C., and as far up as Elizabeth City. They are also coming in from various interior points in North 'and South Carolina. Lake Waccamaw and other sections have assured a goodly number”. , "The Motorboat Club in Charl eston is handling entries there. The same thjng shrould be said of Wilmington, where the Sports Center’, Pickards and the Anchor’ Hardware all have blanks. I un derstand they already have more than 25 entries at Wilmington. “When all entries come in from cooperating points and are ad ded up it will be found that we have a large number of boats here at Southport Wednesday morn ing.” While it is desirable to have all entries in as early as pos sible in order to gauge the ex tent of preparations needed, Mr. Edgeworth pointed out that en tries will continue to be accept ed until an hour or so preceed (Continued on Page 2) Wilmington Gets Ready For Big Azalea Festival All-Americas Charlie Justice And Doak Walker To Per form Coronation Ceremony On Final Day 100,000 VISITORS ARE EXPECTED FOR EVENT Mammoth Parade To Be Ma jor Attraction On Satur day, April 1; Norman • Cordon Will Sing By H. BERNICE JENKINS WILMING’KlN, March 13 - A host of celebrities and beautiful girls will vie with late-blooming Fornriosa azaleas for top honors at the annual Wilmington Azalea Festivial set this year for March 30-April 2. Local horticulturists say that ‘the recent cold spell, which killed most of the thousands of blodlns brought out by this section's sec ond warmest January, also delay ed the blooming of the late' For mosas so that it should coincide with the Festival dates. More than a hundred thousand visitors are expected to converge on Wilmington as North Caro lina’s Azalea Festival offers such outstanding personages as All Americans Charlie Justice and Doak Walker, Ted Malone, ABC Network's popular story teller; Norman Cordon, former Metropo litan Opera star; Sonny Dunham and Bob Astor and their orches tras; a yet unnamed movie star queen; the nation’s top profes sional golfers, including Sammy Snead, Cary Middlecoff, Jack Burke, Jr., Jimmy Demaret and others; and outstanding state and national dignitaries. Festival visitors will be treat edto a mommoth, glittering par ade throughout downtown Wilmin gton, featuring more than 40 gaily bedecked floats and a number of bands and marching units. Queen Azalea will ride on her elaborate ly decorated queen's float alonf with, her court of 10 May Queens from leading North Carolina Col Continued On Page Two Jury List For Superior Court Commissioners Met Monday For Just Long Enough To Pick Names For Jury Ser vice At Civil Term With only two members pre sent, Commissioner B. C. Williams being detained at his home by ill ness, the matter of drawing a jury for the April term of Super ior court was the only thing at tended “to atr the Monday session of the board of commissioners. Another meeting will be held on Monday, March 20, as a board of Equalization and Review. The following men and women were drawn for jury duty at the April term of court: Mrs. James Lane, Mrs. Bonnie Bordeaux, W. H. Brew, G. P. Ganey, C. A. Montgomerry, Mrs. I. M. Jacobs, T. H. Sullivan and Mrs. George Parker, all of Leland. Bennie Russ, Longwood. R. H. Sellers, R. E. Danford, Continued On Page Two W. B. KEZIAH Our ROVING Recalling incidents of the past year, we keep wondering if Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett will need a fishing kit, such as they gave men in the navy during the war, when he starts out in his dingy for the 60 mile race to Myr tle Beach next Wednesday. It is hoped some of the other racing boats will carry tow lines. Our own advice is that Sam not wear lubber boots, as they present too much of an obstacle to swimming. While we were on the forestery tour this past week State Forester Wm. K. Beichler took occassion to comment on the loudness of our shirt. “It is a very stout look ing shirt, lie said. Since Jim Rey nolds, Sunday editor of the Green sboro Daily News, and Foots Fessmire -of the Coble Sporting Goods Company in Greensboro, are responsible for our wearing that shirt, the twro guys having tried to outdo each other by send ing us one apiece after going fish ing with us last fall, we are sending them some information, >e shirts, in this manner and they can do what they please with Beichler about it. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith of the Anchorage at Lake Wacca maw did their finest by the 138 hungry men who sat down in their big dining room last Wednesday during the Forestry Association meeting. The dinner was really exceptional for its abundance and quality. Everybody thought so and its tastiness was not in anywise spoiled by thoughts of what the bill might be. The bankers were attending to that. Before going mto the dining room we had plen ty of assurance. We were the Star Boarder in the home of Mrs. Smith's mother at Whiteville for i nine years. Not getting close and not ex pecting to see him in that bunch °f Foresters, Bankers, Farm A gents and Farmers, we took Har i grove Bellamy, Wilmington drug gist and Brunswick farmer as i Continued On Page Four Brunswick Pilots Abducted By Yankees Three Brunswick County Men Become Prisoners When They Boarded Disguised Man Of War \ [ i Some research around Shal lotte and Shallotte Village Point, Saturday, led to a rather surpris ing story of how three Shallotte Village Point citizens became Yankees during the Civil War. But they did so unwillingly, ac cording to the story. The men were Cape Fear river pilots, and while other pilots were doing their best to get blockade runners through during the clos ing days of the war, these three ] ’were serving ip the Union Army. Pilots before the war had no means of knowing when a vessel was coming in. The only way to ge.t a job of piloting was to get there first. As a result, many of the small sailing pilot boats were often at sea for days and many miles from shore, looking for vessels bound for Southport or ! Wilmington, with the aid of get- I ting a jiilot aboard. Some of the pilots lived far ■ down - the coast, maintaining a lookout on a mast or tower for the white sails of ships. Those that were inbound for the harbor usually came up near enough to shore for their white sails to be seen through glasses. Captain George Bowen and Captain Jim Puckett were regu lar pilots and to have a bit of and advantage in sighting ships and boarding them, they estab lished their residence at Shallotte Point. They built a mast or tow er and maintained a lookout, rac ing out in their fast little sail boat whenever an approaching ship was sighted. The Civil War came along and when Fort Fisher was besieged most of their business was in conning blockade runners into the Cape Fear. They had as a boatman a colored man named Plenry (Spivey) King. Nearly a year before the fall of Fort Fisher the three men were maintaining watch from their lookout. According to for mer postmaster W. R. Holmes, of Shallotte and residents of Shallotte Point, they saw the white sails of what they took to be a freight schooner, fighting a head wind and moving up off the coast. Without stopping to tell their families goodbye, the three men raced for their boat and out to Continued On Page Two Candidates Continue To Announce Entry Clarendon Is Shown In Book A new book written by Claude G. Bowers and being published by Houghton Mlffin Company is of farther special interest in Brunswick county as some of the paintings for the illustrations were worked out at Clarendon Plantation by Miss Margaret L. Coit. Three summers ago while en gaged on the illustrations for the book, Miss Coit spent two or three weeks as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Thomas at Clarendon. Her masterpiece for the book was a painting of John Calhoun of the Great Triumvirate. The book itself is the story of the life of John C. Calhoun, brilliant statesman of South Carolina, prior to 1850. In its book review on March 5 the New York Times gave more than a page to the Cal houn story and the painting by Miss Coit. Attendant For Azalea Court Miss Evelyn Evans of Leland Is Chosen As Brunswick County Representative To Princess Court 111 » couniy-wiae contest to select an attendant at the Prin cesses Court during the Azglea Festival in Wilmington, Miss Evelyn Evans of the Leland school was selected from among ten girls at the American Legion Hut in Shallotte Monday night. Each o fthe five schools select ed two young ladles to represent them in the contest. Miss Evans emerged triumphant, but she had a close second in Miss Gloria Lee Hewett of the Southport school. The entrants from each school were as follow: Shallotte, Anne Tompkins, Marie Fulford; South port, Gloria Lee Hewett, Linda Hickman; Bolivia, Verna Wil letts, Sylvia Leonard; Leland, Christine Hewett, Evelyn Evans. Judges were all from Wilming ton, it being considered that in the interest of fairness to all schools the judges should be from some outside point. The gentlemen serving were Leonard W. Barrett, Q. T. Reynolds, N. A. Avera and Malcolm Womble. The program was under the direction of Mrs. Ed Redwine with Ed Redwine as master of ceremonies. Miss Evans, as a result of the honor conforred on her, will go to Wilmington o nthe afternoon of March 31. She will be one of 15 Attendants at the Princess’ Court. From these fifteen young ladies one will be selected as Maid of Honor to the Princess in a contest with all of the attend ants taking part. The remaining fourteen will continue to serve as attendants. All of the young ladies, includ ing Miss Evans, will be guests of the Wilmington Azalea Festi val Committee from the time of tehir arrival in Wilmington on March 31 until the afternoon of April 1. They are to be housed, dined and afforded all of the hospitality that the limited time wil lallow. W. J. McLamb Declared In tention To Again Seek Nomination Of Judge Of Recorder’s Court for Brun swick County THREE COMMISSIONER CANDIDATES ARE OUT R. L. Rabon, John B. Ward And Otho P. Bellamy, All With Previous Exper ience, Make Formal Announcement Judge W. J. McLamb, now com pleting his second term as Bruns wick county Recorder, has an nounced his candidacy for the De mocratic nomination to succeed himself. Commissioner George B. Ward had previously made known his intention to seek the nomina tion. In making his announcement Judge McLamb said “Just about everybody knows what kind of Recorder I have made. I have done the best I can, and if I am nominated and again elected I will continue to perform the duti es to the best of my ability. In other words, I am running on my record.” Commissioner R. L. Rabon also makes formal announcement of his candidacy this week. “It took me a good while to make up my mind to again enter the race," he said this week,” but many citiz ens from all sections of the coun ty have asked me to run again, and I have decided to enter the race. I have done my best to serve the people well, and if nominated and elected I will con tinue to perform the duties of this high office to the best of my ability.” John B. Ward, former judge of I the Recorders court, former tax collector and former county com missioner, declared Monday that he is a candidate for the Dem ocratic nomination for member of the board of county commis sioners. “I believe that I have had experience that will make it pos (Continued on Page 2) -.-— Junior Class Play Coming Annual Southport Junior Class Play Will Be Presen ted Friday, March 24, In High School Auditorium — The junior class of Southport high school will present their an l nual play, a three act comedy, "Out Of The Frying Pan,” Fri day, March 24, at 8 o’clock. The cast is as follows: George Bodell, Bobby Cullis; Norman Reese, Bill Cranmer; Mrs. Gar net, Janice Swain; Tony Denni son, Darrell Fisher; Dottie Co burn, Delight Gay; Muriel Foster, Mancy Swan; Kate Ault, Gloria Hewett; Marge Benson, Ramona Frink; Mr. Coburn, Danny Har relson, Mr. Kenny, Peter Larson; Joe, Billy Dosher; and Mac. Gene Russ. This has been proclaimed one of the most heart-warming and hilarious plays about the show business ever to create bedlam on both sides of the footlights. A few seconds after the rise of the curtain the laughs start, and are practically continuous until the final curtain falls. Call For Bids On Projects In Several Schools Advertising For Bids For Work Of Additions And Repairs To School Facili ties Of County Begins This Week OPENING IS SET FOR APRIL 4TH State Board Will Meet On April 6th For Purpose Of Approving Contracts Be fore Final Awards Are Announced Sealed proposals will be re ceived by the Board of Education of Brunswick county at the office in Southport until 2 o’clock Thursday, April 4, for the erec tion and campletion of certain additions to school buildings as follows: Southport high school: Gymna sium, new classroom and library. Shallotte high school: Home economics department, four class rooms and wiring of primary building. Bolivia high school: Home economics department, library, new classroom. Waccamaw high school: Gym nasium, home economics depart ment, library, new classroom. Leland high school: Home econ ofics department, library, new classroom and re-wirlng of old building. Brunswick County Training school: Six new classrooms and completion of vocational build ing. Leland colored school: Six new classrooms. On,e copy of plans and specifi cations may be obtained by lic ensed contractors upon written request to Leslie N. Boney, Archi tect, Wilmington, accompanied by certified check for $25.00 made as a deposit. All deposits will be refunded to bona fide bidders up on return of plans and specifica tions to the architect. A bidders certified check for 5 per cent of the amount of bid must accompany each bid, made payable to S. J. Frink, chairman to the board of education, South port. The check must be drawn on some bank or trust company taht is a member of Federal De posit Insurance Corporation. In lieu thereof the bidder may of* fer as a bid deposit, a certified check for 2 per cent plus a bid bond of 3 per cent of the bid. Said bid deposit may, at the dis cretion of the Board, be retained in event of failure of the success ful bidder to execute the con tract within 10 days after the a ward dr failure to give satisfac (Continued on page 2) Pythagoras Lodge Elects Officers Walter Aldridge Is Named Master To Serve During Year; Other Officers Lis ted Members of Pythagoras lodge in Southport recently electee* Walter Aldridge mastor for the coming year. Other officers elect ed to serve with him include: O. C. Burton, senior warden; W. P. Jorgensen, junior warden; Miles S. White, senior deacon; B. M. Burris, junior deacon; Alex Lind, tyler; J. B. Ashley, stew ard; Tom Tyler, steward; Wil liam McDowell, secretary; W. L. Styron, treasurer. 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, March 16, 6:38 A. M. 0:15 A. M. 6:53 P. M. 12:43 P. M. Friday, March 17, 7:20 A. m! 0:59 A. M. 7:34 P. M. 1:22 P. M. Saturday, March 18, 7:58 A. M.' ft41 A. M. 8:12 P. M. 1:59 P. M. Sunday, March 19. 8:33 A. M. 2:20 A. M. 8:47 P. M. 2:35 P. M. Monday, March 20, 9:05 A. M. 2:57 A. M. 9:20 P. M. 3:07 P. M. Tuesday, March 21, 9:37 A. M. 3:34 A. M. 9:53 P. M. 3:42 p. M. Wednesday, March 22, 10:07 A. M. 4:10 A. M. fe 10:27 P. M. 1:16 P. M.