The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
_A Good Newspaper in A Good Community _
Most of The News
All The Time
VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 21
8-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, June 21, 1950
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Varied Activity
In Progress On
Sheppard Farm
Proprietor Everett H. Shep
pard Now Engaged In
Bean Harvest With Pepper
Picking Next In Prospect
WATERMELONS ARE
COMING SOON
Crotolaria Being Sown On
Land To Be Used For Pro
ducing Tomato Plants
For Next Season’s Use
Checking up on the activities
at the tomato plant farm oi
Everett H. Sheppard on the River
Road, indications are that every
thing has gone fine this year.
This despite the fact that all
sorts of unusual weather prevent
ed a good stand of tomato plants.
The plant production, according
to Mr. Sheppard, turned out to
be higher than last year and the
plants were stocky and strong
a type that is very pleasing to
growers on the faints in the
northern states.
The bean crop, tried tnis year
for the first time, turned out
fine. The first picking paid all
expenses and made a nice pro
fit. Topping off the profit, 300
crates were picked Monday and
except for picking expenses, they
wil be all velvet to the grower.
The price is now some better
than it was a short time ago, says
Mr. Sheppard.
This week they began picking
bell peppers on which the local
price is said to be $3:50 per
hamper. The pepper fields are
credited with being exceptionally
good and the plants loaded with
large and small peppers. The
plants will be picked over every
week from now through July and
possibly well into August.
The Sheppard watermelons may
come on just a little later than
some other fields in this area.
However, the vines are looking
exceptionally good and the fields
are in perfect condition for
growth. About 25 acres are in
melons.
This week two tractors are in
operation, seeding all of this
spring’s tomato plant acregae
down in crotalaria. This soil build
er is planted for the dual purpose
of keeping out grass and weeds
and to provide humus and nitro
gen for the land. It is a wonder
ful summer cover crop that leaves
a dense mass of green stuff to
be turned under in the fall. Rot
ting quickly it leaves the land
ideal for planting tomato seed
again the next spring.
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Brief News
Flashes
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ATTENDS CONVENTION
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Denning left
Monday for Charlotte where they
attended the State Convention for
Lions International.
BASEBALL HERE
The Shallotte juniors will play
the Southport Sandfiddlers here
tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
This will be their second meeting
of the season.
CHURCH BASEBALL
Last week the Presbyterian
girls softball team defeated the
Y.W.C.A. team on the local dia
mond. The Presbyterian boys
went to Supply Saturday and
lost to that team. The Presby
terian boys will play Bolivia Sat
urday at Bolivia.
LIONS OFFICERS
Roy Robinson was elected
Thursday to succeed J. T. Den
ning as president of Southport
Lions Club. George Whatley was
reelected secretary-treasurer; D.
C. Herring and R. B. Thompson
were elected members of the
board of directors; Rev. L. D.
Hayman was reelected tail-twist
er.
WITH STUDENT SQUADRON
PPC. J. A. Turner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alex Turner of Cam
den, N. J., formerly of Southport,
16 now with the Student Squadron
at Scott Air Force Base, HI. He
ie a grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Jones of Southport and of
Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Turner a
former pastor of the Southport
Baptist church.
RETURNING TO U. S.
Dewey Skipper, fireman, U. S.
N., serving on the Destroyer
Brinkley Bass, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frances D. Skipper of Lo
—i&nei- R=—F,—D., is sche4uled to
return to the United States this
month from an eight-month
cruise in the Far East. Before
entering the Navy Skipper grad
uated from the Bolivia high
fcchool.
Look Over Park Area Map
STUDY—Following a tour of the proposed State seashore parK area, last week
j committeemen are being shown maps of the site. Left to right, E. F. Middleton, Jr., and
Frederick H. McDonald of Income and Home Association ; Tom Morse, state parks Sup
erintendent, Chairman Charles S. Allen, Mrs. Roland McClamrock and Dr. C. Sylvester
Green of the State Parks Committee. The Income and Home Association is offering the
State 600 acres of valuable land for the park.— (Star - News Cut.)
Iragic Accident
Claims Life Of
Shannon Children
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Sister And Brother Are|
Drowned Sunday After
noon While Playing In Lib
erty Pond Near Orton
Plantation
Guided to the bodies by toy
ducks and boats that still floated,
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Shannon of
Orton found Daniel David, Jr.,
aged 9 and his sister, Patricia,
aged 6, drowned in the waters of
Liberty Pond, shortly after 4
o’clock Sunday afternoon.
The children had been given
the playthings only a day or two
before. Unnoticed Sunday after
noon they had gone to the shal
low pond, only a hundred yards
j from the home, to play. When
I they were missed, the parents
! and Miss Emma Lou Harrelson
began a frantic search. The tracks
of the children were found on the i
edge of the pond. Guided by the
floating playthings, the relatives
waded out and Mrs. Shannon her
self discovered the bodies in about
three feet of water.
Rushed to the Dosher Memorial
Hospital here, doctors said that
both Danny and his sister had
been dead over an hour.
Acting Coroner G. C. Kilpat
rick, during the absence of Coron
er John G. Caison, did not deem
an inquest necessary. The children
had evidently gone to play with
their boats and ducks and the
playthings floated away. The chil
dren followed them and got in
I water beyond their depth. Both
bodies were found close together
and Danny had evidently tried
to save his smaller sister.
A double funeral service was
held here in the Sacred Heart
Catholic church Tuesday morning
(Continued of page four)
Southport Boys
Enlist In Navy
; . |
Tommy Bowmer And LeRoyj
Stanley Now At Great
Lakes For Boot Training;
Both Graduated This
Spring
W. R. Smith, Petty Officers in
Charge, U. S. Navy Recruiting
Substation, Wilmington, announc
es that two young men from
Southport were recently enlisted
in the U. S. Navy. They are
Thomas Leroy Stanley and Tho
mas Smith Bowmer. Both boys
were recently graduated from
Southport high school. They were
both active in sport3 while in
school.
They are now undergoing re
cruit training at the U. S. Naval
Training center. Great Lakes, 111.
They will be given every oppor
tunity to continue in sports while
in training. While there they also
are taught seamanship, Navy
customs;—terms.-basic—ordiance,
gunnery, signaling and navigation.
Upon completion of their train
ing they will be given approxl-1
mately 12 days leave after which i
! they will report back for assign- j
Continued on page four I
Highway Accident
Claims Two Lives
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Eustace King And David Lee1
Faulk Of Freeland Were
Instantly Killed Early On
Tueday Morning Near Lum
berton
SEVERAL OTHER
BOYS INJURED
Group Was Returning From
Week’s Camping Trip In
Cherokee National
Forest
Two Brunswick county boys
were instantly killed and several
others were injured, some of them
critically, Tuesday morning when
a truck in which they were pas
sengers wrecked near Lumberton.
Dead are Eustace King, age
12, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
W. King; and David Lee Faulk,
an orphan, who lived with Mrs.
H. D. Wright. Among the more
critically injured are Sammy
Duval, 12, of Freeland.
This tragedy wrote a sad end
ing to a summer camping trip
for a group of Thirteen Bruns
wick county boys, members of
Boy Scout Troop No. 97 at Free
land. The group departed last
Wednesday for Cherokee National
Forest in Western North Caro
lina for a week’s camping trip
and were under the care of Edler
Leak of the Ash Chapel, Later
Day Saints.
Included in the group were
Sam and Billie Ray Duval, Hoyett
and David Inman, Eustas, Billy, !
Silas and Donald King, Roger
Simmons, Billie Ray Babson,
David Lee Faulk, Don Smith,
David R. Ross.
The boys were crushed when
the stake body on which they
were riding with 22 companions
overturned on a curve on U. S.
74 near Boardman at 7:30 o’clock
in the morning.
Three older men, drivers and
leaders of the three-troop group
from Brunswick county, were in
the cab and escaped without seri
(Continued on Page 7)
Former Leland
Woman Passes
Mrs. Mary Frances Ganey!
Died At Home In WiJming-1
ton Saturday Following
Long Illness
Mrs. Mary Frances Ganey, a
former resident of Brunswick |
county, died at her home in Wil-j
mington Saturday night. She was
89 years of age and had been in
ill health for some years.
Funeral services were conduct-1
ed from the. residence Monday af- i
ternoon, Rev. J. D. Withrow and I
Rev. V. D. Combs officiating.
Burial followed in the cemetery
at Iceland Baptist church.
Active pallbearers were George
Ganey, Jr., Elmer D. Ganey, Nor
man Walters, W. D. Nelson, Jr.,
Floyd Nelson, Jr. and James j
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Broom Sale For
Shallotte Lions
The Shallotte Lions Club. wil}>
sponsor a broom and mat sftle
Saturday, June 24, with the club’s
share of the proceeds going to
the fund for the mass tuber
culosis examinations during the
month of August.
The brooms are manufactured
by a North Carolina firm which
employees blind people, only.
A booth will be set up on the
corner of Kirby’s Hardware Store
anrf will be attended by attrac
tive young ladies of the com
munity. There also will be music
to attract customers.
Commissioners In
Session Monday
Routine Business Disposed
Of Before Commissioners
In Regular Meeting Here
Monday Morning
Routine matters of business
were disposed of before the board
of county commissioners in ses
sion here Monday.
The board recommended that
the state highway commission
extend the paving of Ocean Drive
at Long Beach a distance of two
and one-half miles. A recommen
dation also was passed to have
the Howells Point road graded
and placed in all-weather con
Continued On Page Four
Director Plans
To Spend Time
In This County
George Ross, Director De
partment Of Conservation
And Development, Coming
To Brunswick For Visit
PARK COMMITTEE
CONTINUES INTEREST
Indications Favorable For
Development Of Park Ar
ea On Extension Of Long
Beach Property
.^This week Director George
Ross, appointed head of the -De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment by Governor Scott last
year, wrote W. B, Keziah that
he will spend some time in this
community at an early date and
will visit with him. Mr. Ross
also expressed dissapointment at
having been prevented from being
With the State Parks Committee
at Long Beach last week.
A rather rare occurance for
this part of the state seems to
be in the making. Heretofore
when the head of the Depart
ment of Conservation and De
velopment has come to Brunswick
county the stay has been very
short, and the coming rare.
Mrs. Roland P. McClamroch,
only woman member of the board
of Conservation and Development,
has also written Mr. Keziah that
she hopes to return to South
port soon. The first and only
woman to hold board membership,
Mrs. McClamroch is perhaps one
of the most keenly interested in
real accomplishment. It is felt
sure that she and the entire
organization realize something of
thg wonderful natural resources
nbw lying more or less dormant
in this much neglected “Lost pro
vince of North Carolina."
Dr. C. Sylvester Green, a mem
ber of the Board of Conservation
I and Development, also wrote
Keziah yesterday. He stated he
I sineereiy hoped that it will even
tuate, that we will have a State
■raft at Long Beach.
Varied Docket
Tried In Court
J Numerous Cases Covering
j Wide Variety Of Offenses
Disposed Of Before Judge
j W. J. McLamb Here Mon
day
A fairly heavy docket was dis
posed of here in Recorders court
j Monday before Judge W. J. Mc
j Lamb with the following entries
i being made:
Bernice Lynn Hewett, reckless
operation, motion for jury trial.
John C. Shelton, possession,
fined $10.00 and costa.
I Gary Roderick Pope, speeding,
! fined $10.00 and costs.
Thomas L. Poteet, speeding,
fined $10.00 and costs.
| Livingston Eugene Dent, im
l proper muffler, adjudged to pay
| costs.
Willie Dudley, public drunkness,
fined $1O.O0~ and costs.
O. B. Robinson, non support,
nol prossed with leave.
Bill Jarrell Costner, speeding,
fined $10.00 and costs.
Vernon H. Kapale, speeding,
fined $25.00 and costs.
William Shrinege, speeding, fin
ed $10.00 and costs.
Elizabeth Dixon Napier, speed
Continued On Page Four
Our
ROVING
VV. B. KEZIAH
It is very possible that J. L.
Stone, Shallotte township farmer
and tobacco grower, topped all
eastern Carolina tobacco grow
ers by being the first man to be
gin cropping and curing his 1950
crop. Mr. Stone began filling one j
of his barns with the weed last
Wednesday, June 14. This date is'
far ahead of the usual time for
such work, but it is hardly an
indication that all of the Bruns
wick crop Is that early. As a
matter of fact .tobacco cropping
and curing is not likely to be
come very general in Brunswick;
until late this month.
—A—little—incident_that may be ,
interesting to the membership of
the Southport Baptist church oc
eured one evening this week. We ■
wore on the upstairs porch at the 1
Camellia Ir with a group o£
Charlotte sportsmen in the early]
evening. Their laughter and jokes
suddenly ceased and remained
silent for several minutes as they
listened to the church chimes
pealing several blocks away.
Long Beach folks are still
without telephone service, except
when they come to Southport.
Charles M. Trott of the Long
Beach Reality company has de
cided he can’t either wait for the
lines to Long Eeach or use the
pay station in Southport. He has
had a phone of his own installed
In the State Port Pilot office, but
he has another guess coming if
he thinks we are going to run
the ten miles to his office to tell
him when he is wanted on the
phone.
Talking with several members
of the Department of Conserva
Contmued On Page Four
Little River Party
Boat Has Rough Time
Captain Olin Carter Discovered Difficulty Of Negotiating
Inlets In Rough Weather
The Helen Jean, Captain 01in<
Carter, had an experience Tues
day that supports the contention
of Shallotte Point and Lockwoods
Folly Inlet fishermen that some
thing should be done to make
their channel safe.
The Little River inlet is big
ger, but it can be dangerous in
rough weather.
The Helen Jean, a party boat
owned by Luther Wilson, went
out Tuesday with about 25 or
30 men, women and children pas
sengers. It was a little rough and
the blow increased. Captain Car
ter decided his passengers should
be taken in.
By the time the boat reached
the Little River bar the seas were
rough, a condition that makes
that bar dangerous. The boat
struck slightly on a sand bar,
according to Mr. Hunter, a pas
senger from Hendersonville. Her
powerful diesel engine backed her
off in short order and without
damage.
Knowing the bar, Captain Car
ter decided not to attempt it
again. He set out in the rough
seas for the 40-mile run to the
Cape Fear inlet at Southport.
The Cape Fear has two chan
nels, one the deep and wide re
gular shipping lane that passes
close to Bald Head Island. The
other, more shallow and narrow,
runs close in to Fort Caswell
and down westward close to the
coast. On the charts this west
ward channel appears safe for
the use of small boats at all
times.
However, it is a rip channel,
its changes constantly. Captain
James Arnold stated this morning
that boatmen had to use it every
day to be certain of its course.
Captain Carter, does not use the
passage every day. He knew no
thing of its shifting nature, but
he tried to come in through the
westward channel thereby saving
several miles.
Under the circumstances, he
again ran aground and again he
got off without trouble. This time
he headed around southeastward
to the regular channel and got in
without trouble, but at the ex
I Continued On Page Four
Second Primary Is
Set For Saturday
Extra Passengers
Get Long Voyage
Not so humorous to them but
amusing to the folks who have
heard about it was the ocean
cruise made last week by Rev.
H. M. Baker of Southport and
Missionary Alex Passeti, who is
assisting with the Baptist Sea
side Assembly. The 83-foot Coast
Guard Cutter stationed here got
orders to go out in the early af
ternoon and pick up a broken
down trawler off Wrightsville.
Invited to go along for the ride,
the local minister invited the
missionary to go along. They
thought the cutter would be back
with the boat by early evening.
After reaching the boat off
Wrightsville and getting a line
aboard her the cutter got or
ders to tow her into Morehead
City, instead of Southport. Some
48-hours or more after leaving
here for a “short” cruise the two
ministers and the Coast Guard
cutter were back in Southport.
Big Kingfish
Taken Monday
Signs Favorable for Improve
ment In Sport Fishing Off
Southport For Balance Of
Season
An Ocean Drive party out on
the Idle-On made one of the
most interesting catches of the
year Monday. Some 40 large
king mackerel, running between
12 and 15 pounds, were taken
along with 2 barracuda. The bar
racuda weighed 25-pounds each.
The interesting point was the
size of the king fish. Heretofore
this year these fish caught along
the coast have been rather small.
Another interesting point is that
the trip was made just after a
day of continuous east wind. The
party was composed of me and
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Briggs, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Davis, Captain
and Mrs. Jack Brady.
Along with this catch Captain
Hulan Watts of the Idle-On. re
ported that the sea was getting
full of “bait”—flying fish and
other small fish that attract the
game fish. The coming in of this
bait always assures that there
are plenty of big game fish not
far behind.
Menhaden fishermen also seem I
optimistic about their product
moving in. So far the menhaden
catches have not been large this
year. This has been partly due to
prevailing weather and partly to
the fact that all sorts of fish
are credited with moving in a
month or more later than usual.
The menhaden fishermen say they
expect good catches to begin soon.
If their guess is right it is a
safe bet that there will be plenty
of game fish for the sportsmen
right behind the menhaden.
The big Southport shrimp traw
lers, now all back from Key West,
are adding their bit to the opti
mistic outlook for the sport fish
ermen. The men on these traw
lers knew and acted on their
knowledge that the shrimp are
now due to be fairly numerous.
Shrimp are the favorite food of
game fish and their coming in
(Continued on page 7)
Considerable Interest Is Cen
tered In Contests For Sher
iff ■, Judge Of Recorder’s
Court And Cimmissioner
U. S. SENATE RACE
ATTRACTS INTEREST
Voting Expected To Be Con
siderable Lighter Than In
First Primary When Re
cord Vote Was
Cast
Brunswick county voters go to
the polls Saturday in a second
primary election which features J
a hot local race for the Demo- 1
cratic nomination for sheriff,
Judge of Recorder's court and
two members of the board of
county commissioners. There also
is the matter of helping to
nominate the Democratic can
didate for U. S. Senate.
Ed V. Leonard who led a field
of four candidates in the first
primary is being opposed for the
nomination by O. W. Perry. Both
men have had considerable ex
perience in law enforcement and
their contest is expected to be a
hot one right down to the wire.
W. J. McLamb, who is now
serving as Judge of Brunswick
county Recorder's court, was high
man in the first primary for the
Democratic nomination. His op
ponent is J. W. Ruark, South
port attorney who is a former
holder of the same position which
he now is seeking.
There is a three-man race for
the two vacant places on the
Democratic ticket for county com
missioner. ElRoy King was high
man among the three, being sec
ond only to R. L. Rabon, who
received a clear majority. J. B.
Ward, a former member of the
board, was second to King and
R. T. Woodside was next. Wood
side declined to make the second
race and the third candidate is
H. O. Peterson, also a former
member of the board.
Although there is considerable
Continued On Page Seven
Bolivia Citizen
Dies Suddenly
Henry Franklin Mintz Died
Suddenly Sunday Night;
Funeral Services Held On
Tuesday
Henry Franklin Mintz, widely
known resident of Bolivia, died
suddenly at his home Sunday.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Bolivia Baptist church
at 4 o'clock. Rev. W. T. Hewett
and Rev. John L. Lawrence were
the officiating ministers.
Mr. Mintz is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Stella Edwards
Mintz; one son, H. Foster Mintz
of Bolivia; a daughter, Mrs. E. B.
Thomas of Wilmington: three sis
ters, Mrs. Lunda Ottherbury, Wil
mington: Mrs. Fred Allen, Ash;
Mrs. Sam Eawards, Brunswick,
Ga. Three brothers, Bryant Mintz,
Seattle, Wash., J. L. Mintz, Ash,
and Joe Mintz, Marshville.
Active pallbearers were, John
Otterbury, Homer Holden, Avan
Rickman, Cecil Edwards, Oscar
Allen and Harold Willetts: honor
ary pallbearers were, D. L. Mer
cer, Gilbert Reid, J. A. Elmore,
Dr. W. E- Swain, Woodrow Allen
ancj B- M- Wilson.
Training Union
Members Attend
Caswell Session
Several Hundred Members
Of Baptist Training Union
Comprise Group Attend*
ing Caswell Assembly This
Week
THREE TOURNAMENTS
ARE OUTSTANDING
Recreation Facilities Proved
Big Favorite With Royal
Ambassador Members
Last Week
The second religious assembly
at Ft. Caswell opened Monday
night when several hundred Train
ing Union members from every
section of North Carolina assem
bled for a week of study, in
spiration, fellowship and recrea
tion. A faculty of twenty-six will
be in charge of the program for
the week, all of them working
under the guidance of Harvey
Gibson, Raleigh, Baptist Training
Union Director for North Caro
lina.
Of wide-spread interest are the
three state-wide tournaments to
determine the winners In the
Junior Memory Work Tourna
ment, the Hymn Festival Tour
nament and the Adult Scripture
Reading Tournament. The final
ists in the Junior Memory work
tournament will be on the pro
gram Wednesday morning; Thurs
day a large crowd is expected to
hear the finalists in the Hymn
Festival Tournament, a tourna
ment to determine the top-rank
ing choir from among those that
have already won out in the dif
ferent regional tournaments held
earlier this year; Wednesday
night’s program will feature the
Adult Scripture Reading Tourna
ment.
Music for the week will be it,
charge of Alwyn Howell, Minis
ter of Music, First Baptist
Church, Charlotte, with Miss Ruth
Miller from Wallace assisting Mr.
Howell.
The Inspirational speaker each
night will be Rev. Nathan C.
Brooks, Jr., from the Earle Street
Baptist Church, Greenville, S. C.
At 9:15 o’clock each evening
there will be a camp-fire service
by the sea in charge of Rev.
James Cammack, First Baptist
Church, Smithfield.
The afternoons will be given
over the recreation, and the
Training Union group will be
able to avail themselves of the
(Continued on page four)
Mrs. Chinnis Is
Laid To Rest
Elderly Resident Of Phoenix
Community Died Saturday
Afternoon At Home; Fu
neral Held Sunday
Mrs. Nellie Brew Chinnis died
at her home in the Phenix sec
tion of Northwest township Sat
urday afternoon. She was 71
years i>1 and her death followed
a lingering illness.
The funeral services were held
from the New Hope Baptist church
Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock.
Burial was in the cemetery there.
Active pallbearers were Earl
Brew, D. S. Reynolds, R. V.
Williams, W. G. Adams, M. B.
Chinnis and Wilbur Brew. Honor
ary pallbearers: P. I. Butler, W.
J. Martin, Duncan McFayden and
Continued on page four
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, June 22,
0:09 A. M. 6:38 A. M.
12:51 P. M. 7:07 P. M.
Friday, June 23,
1:04 A. M. 7:33 A. M.
1:53 P. M. 8:13 P. M.
Saturday, June 24,
2:06 A. M. 8:31 A M.
2:57 P. 'M. 9:22 P. M.
Sunday, June 25,
3:08 A. M. 9:32 A. M.
4:00 P. M. 10:29 P. M.
Monday, June 26,
4:10 A. M. 10:33 A. M.
5:03 P. M. 11:31 P. M.
Tuesday, June 27,
5:14 A M _L 11:31 A. M
6:04 P. M. 0:00 P. M.
Wednesday, June 28,
6:15 A. M. 0:29 A. M.
7:02 P. M. 12:28 P. M.