The Pilot Covers Brunswick County THE STATE PORT PILOT _A Good Newspaper In A Good Community 6-pages today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, July 19, 1950 Most of The New* All The Time VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 24 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY *1.50 PER YEA* Two Conference Groups Working At Ft. Caswell Junior Girls Auxiliary Group Meeting This Week Under Direction Of Miss Hilda Mayo Of Raleigh ADULT MEETING ALSO IN SESSION Missions And Evangelism Conference Will Feature Discussion Groups And Lecture Periods Ft. Caswell is perhaps the busiest spot in Brunswick Coun ty this summer as different groups of Baptists continue to at tend the various conferences at Caswell Baptist Assembly. Re ports of registrations week by week indicate that the Caswell site is already finding wide ac ceptance among the Baptist of North Carolina, and will develope into an outstanding religious re treat, comparable to Montreat, Junaluska or Ridgecrest. Last week’s conferences for the Woman’s Missionary Society, the Wilmington divisional G. A.'s and R. A.’s Camp, the Y. W. A. and Business Women’s Circle week-end camp, were well attended and in dicated the popularity Caswell has already acquired throughout North Carolina. A Boy Scout troop from Wil mington used one of the barracks and the facilities of the cafe teria for a week end camp with out the discomfort of pup tents and out-door cooking. The boys enjoyed the brief stay at Caswell and regretted not having planned a longer camp with more time to enjoy the Caswell attractions. Monday night marked the be ginning of two more conferences at Caswell. The Junior G. A.’s are meeting at the old fort this week for a camp under the direction of Miss Hilda Mayo from Raleigh. The G. A. program will afford these junior gills" an opportunity of meeting different leaders from North Carolina and missionaries from foreign lands. Among the missionaries at Caswell this week will be: Dr. A. S. Gillespie, China; Miss Rebecca Edinger, Chile; Miss Pearl White, Brazil. Dr. Matsuta Hara from Japan will be ope of the speakers on the program this week. The Missions and Evangelism Conference for adults will feature messages and discussion periods under the leadership of Earl Brad ley, of Raleigh. Each morning there will be conferences on Home and Foreign Missions under the guidance of Dr. Courts Redford of the Home Mission Board, At lanta, Ga., and Dr. Arthur Gillespie, former missionary to China and now professor of mis sions at the New Orleans Baptist Seminary. The program each night will include the showing of missionary films under the direction of Fon Scofield who is in charge of the visual aid work of the Foreign Mission Board. Mr. Scofield has recently returned from Africa where he filmed "Advance in Africa", a pictorial record in technicolor of Baptist missionary work in Negeria during the past 100 years. Inspirational messages will be brought by Rev. B. E. Morris, Durham; Rev. J. C. Canipe, Baptist Statp Convention, Raleigh; Dr. M. A. Huggins, Ra leigh; and Dr. Henry Walden, Wake Forest. A conference of interest to many in Brunswick county is the Deacon's Conference which begins next week. This session is de signed to help the lay leaders of the church and will be under the leadership of Dr. John Jeter Hurt of Atlanta, Ga.; and George J. Burnett of Memphis, Tennessee. Brief Newt Flashes \m CAKE ANIJ PIE SALE The Woman’s Auxiliary of the s'- Phillips Episcopal church will sponsoi a cake and pie sale in the church yard on Saturday morning from 10 to 12 o'clock. ladies night The Shallotte Lions Club will have a ladies night program and installation service for new of fice's at the Anchor Hotel to morrow (Thursday) night. LIONS supper MvTTTtiers of the Leland Lions Club will serve a fish supper in their new building Friday night. Proceeds from these regular monthly events are helping to pay off the indebtedness on their new building. * Plants Producing fflgmwf nW-Stt TRANSPLANTED—Everett H. Sheppard, who produces millions of tomato plants each spring on his farm located near Southport on the River Road, is shown looking over a farming operation in one of his fields in Shiloah, N. J. His Brunswick county plants seem to be doing alright. Menhaden Boats Back At Work After Tying Up Word Received Late Yester day Afternoon That Men haden Were Showing Up In Large Numbers Off Ocean Drive > Best news of the season for menhaden fishermen came yes terday afternoon from Stanley O'Neal, who phoned from Ocean Drive to report that" the sea has turned to menhaden”. Hall Waters, pilot of the spot ting plane for the Brunswick Navigation Company, took off late in the afternoon and returned with the news that there were scores of schools of fish. 1 These reports set in motion hasty efforts to round up crews and get boats ready to get >out early this morning. All menhaden boats had :been tied up last Wed nesday following weeks of dis couraging results and members of the crews . had > scattered far and wifle. Last night by personal message and by telephone every possible effort was being made to get the men ready for today’s fishing. The decision to tie up was a discouraging blow to Southport economy, which long has been geared to the success of the fish ing fleet. Last season at this time all boats were loading daily, and the only trouble was caused by flooding the factory with fish. This season there was no early fishing, and fish in any consider i able number have been unusually late in showing up. It probably will not be possible for all of the boats of the Bruns wick Navigation Company and of the Sanders Products Corporation to get out today, but if the fish remain in this vicinity men jhaden fishing will be at its peak ! for the next few weeks. ——_ Routine Session In Count yCourt — Variety Of Cases Disposed Of Before Judge W. J, Me Lamb In Recorder’s Court Monday Another lengthy docket was disposed of here in Brunswick county Recorder’s court Monday before Judge W. J. McLamb. Fred Thompson was convicted of assault and was given 6 mon ths on the roads. Ten day stay of execution was allowed. ' Frank Stanley and Henry Brown were convicted of Jarceny. Judgement was suspended upon payment of costs and upon con dition of 2 years good behavior. Stanley was required to pay a fine of $50.00 and Brown a fine of $65.00. Jesse Burnside was found guil ty of operating with an expired chaffeurs license and was taxed with costs. Similar action was taken against William Earl Fow ler for the same offense. James W. Covill was found not guilty of reckless operation. In the case against Paul W. Dosher a jury trial was asked by the State. W’ade J. McRacken was found guilty of possession and was fin ed $10.00 and costs. Mrs. R. L. Jones asked for a jury trial on charges of driving without a license. William H. Jackson was taxed with costs when convicted of op erating a truck of too great height on the highway. Herbert T. Radermacher was convicted of speeding and was taxed with costs and a fine of (Continued on Page 2) Fishing Continues Good For Parties Favorable Weather During Past Week-End Resulted In Satisfactory Results For Sport Fishermen FEW PARTIES GO TO GULF STREAM Preference Thus Far Has Been For Trolling On The Shoals For Blues And Mackerel Which Are Plentiful Captain Victor P. Lance of the Moja reported Monday night that blues and mackerel are plentiful on the shoals, particulartly mack erel. He had just come in with a party headed by Dr. K.’ LIT Clonin ger and son of Newton and also including D. S. Swepston, R. B. Boren, Jr., R. B. Boren III, C. E. Anderson and C. H. Thompson, all of Greensboro. These men had caught a total of 150 nice fish and were well pleased. Captain Lance was "stood up” Sunday and thus missed one of the best fishing days of the sum mer. His Friday party aboard the Moja included Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Snipes of Dunn; Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Crawley of Lynch burg, Va.; and R. H. Barbee, Greensboro. They caught 125 blues and mackerel, and according to Captain Lance “left them hitting hard when we had to come in." Captain Lance kept the good work going Tuesday when a party of three Charlotte men caught 160 mackerel. The party included Elwood and David Sachsenmaier and Jack Crouch. A Saturday party aboard the Botfly made the trip to the Gulf and had a large miscellaneous catch. Included were 14 king mackerel, 4 dolphin, 1 bonita, 1 amberjack, 1 baracuda and 60 Spanish mackerel picked up on the way in. The fishermen were Frank Love, J. B. Icard and Bill Dugan, all of Evergreen. W. G. Melvin and party of Al bermarle caught 85 bluefish and mackerel on a Sunday trip aboard the Botfly. On Monday Captain Basil Watts had another Gulf Stream party and came in with 4 bonita, 8 king mackerel, 2 baracuda and 2 dolphin. The group included Edward Campbell, R. S. Stewart, A. P. Ricker, Bobby and Junior Ricker and Lawson Mason, all of Belmont. The Tuesday party aboard the Serious Loss Is Result Of Fires Spring Months This Year Were Among Most Criti cal In Recent History Of Forest Fire Control According to County Forest Warden D. L. Mercer, from Jan uary 1 through June 30,170,56 acres of Brunswick County’s 430 703 acres of forest land burned as a result of wild, uncontrolled forest fires. 129 forest fires burn ed during this period doing a damage of $72,235,00 to the wood land of Brunswick county. Nine out of every ten of these fires were man-caused and could j have been prevented. Not only I did woodland burn, people’s hom [ es, barns, and livestock also burn ed when in the path of the rage ing fires. On 17 of the 129 fires, the re sponsible parties were determined and law inforcement action was taken resulting in collection of 1 Continued On Page Two Press Association President Is Here Henry Belk, editor of the Goldsboro News-Argus, and Mrs. Belk were week-end visi tors at Long Beach and while there discussed plans which may lead to an important con vention being held in this area next year. Editor Belk is the newly elect ed president of the North Car olina Press Association, whose summer session was held two weeks ago in Asheville. With the natural order of rotation in dicating a 1951 meeting in Coas tal Carolina, Editor Belk and interested local citizens entered into a discussion of plans which might bring this convention to one of the Brunswick county resort areas. Joseph N. Arnold Passes Tuesday Well Known Southport Resi dent Died Here Following Extended Illness; Funeral Services Tomorrow Joseph N. Arnold, Southport native and retired U. S. Army Engineer employee, passed away at his home here Tuesday morning after an illness of seven weeks. Funeral services will be held at the Southport Methodist church at 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon and the body will lie in state at the church from 2 o’clock until the time of the funeral. Services will be in charge of Rev. L. D. Hayman assisted by Rev. H. M. Baker and Rev. Akers. Active pallbearers will be Homer McKeithan, Harry Robin son, Wesley Holden, John Caison and Hulan Watts. Honorary pall Continued On Page Two Riegel Considers Plans For Plant In Acme Section O _ Officials Of Corporation Ap prove Release Indicating Construction May Be Star ted In Near Future EMPLOYMENT WOULD COVER 250 WORKERS Annual Requirement Of Pulp Wood For Mill Is Estimat ed At Approximately 140,000 Cords A comprehensive program for the development of the south eastern part of North Carolina, including a large industrial plant involving the expenditure of sev eral million dollars and a new bridge across ^the Cape Fear River, looms as a possibility in the ijear future, George R. Ross, di rector of the Department of Con servation and Development, an nounced this week end. Officials of the Riegel Paper Company, including Walker Hamilton, executive vice presi dent, and Dr. Ward Harrelson, vice president in charge of pro duction, recently conferred with officials of the State Highway and Public Works Commission, the De *rtment of C. & D., and other in terested parties on plans of the company to construct a pulp mill On property owned by the com pany at Acme in Columbus County. *If construction of the mill ij finally decided upon, the company offjfcials pointed out, it will creat6 the demand for a bridge across th4* river to give more steady aoeess to workers at the plant and for the supply of pulp wood in the heavjly timbered areas north of the Cape Fear River. .©te.. Company purchased more th'aji Twelve years ago a tract of^land • totaling some 140,000 apres known as the Waccamaw Forest, mostly in Columbus and puangwick Counties. It is proposed by the company to erect a puTp mill with a 200-ton a day initial (Continued on page six) Brunswick Man Dies At Home Lorentus G. Jenrette Died Tuesday At Hickman’s Crossroads Following Ex tended Illness Lorentus G. Jenrette, 64, died Tuesday afternoon at 3:15 o’clock at his residence at Hickfnan's Cross Roads in Brunswick County after two years of declining health and a critical illness of three weeks. Last rites were conducted Wed nesday afternoon from the home by the Rev. L. Paul Voncannon of Wilmington. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. L. G. Jenrette: a son, Jerome of Wampee, S. C.; two daughters, Mrs. H. S. Ward of Wilmington and Mrs. L. P. Hickman of Hick man’s Cross Roads; a brother, H. A. Jenrette of Hickman’s; three sisters, Mrs. S. L. Bennett and Mrs. H. N. Hickman of Hick man’s, and Mrs. H. B. Bennett of Shallotte, and seven grand children. -Fishincj Fleshes oJ BLUEFISH Pcmalomus sollalrix (Unnatvt) “The blues are running!”—Here is a magic phrase that spreads like wildfire among the salt water angling gentry, for when the blue fish are schooling it mans two things to fishermen—superb fish ing and delicious eating. Probably the arrival of no other fish is more eagerly awaited than the bluefish for when the blues are running, everyone brings home a heavy stringer. The bluefish stands alone for its lust to kill. Like an animated chopping machine, the blue horde moves relentlessly along, killing and slashing as many fish as possible. It has been estimated that each bluefish will eat twice its weight every day. Icthyologists maintain that the gluttony of this fish is so great that after the stomach becomes full, the contents are dis gorged and the stomach is filled again. As the blues move, gorging and snapping, following like a scourge behind food fish, they leave a bloody, oiley trail marked by fragments of fish. Salt-wise fishermen locate many schools of blues simply by watching where the gulls are feeding on the left overs. NAMES . . . Although the vast majority of fishermen call it by the proper name, bluefish, many other colloquial nicknames are used in various parts of its range. Most common are: blue, blue run ner, blue snapper, fatback, tailor, greenfish, skip mackerel, snapper, snapper blue and snapping mack erel. CHARACTERISTICS . . . The bluefish is colored true to its name, a dark, greenish, iridescent blue. This .haracteristic body coloring shades off to a bluish silver on the sides. The pectorial fin, which is comparatively large, is gray-black at the base. RANGE . . . The bluefish is Quite the cosmopolitan of the fish world. In the Atlantic it is found from central Brazil to Nova Scotia. In this country, the bluefish is most abundant along the Atlantic coast, coming there as migrants j, Continued On Page Two 1 Local Church Enjoys Proximity To Caswell — Summer Program At Southport Baptist Church Has Been Greatly Enriched Through Visiting Speakers The influence of the Ft. Cas well Baptist Assembly reaches every part of North Carolina, but the Southport Baptist church reaps a direct benefit from its proximity to Caswell Assembly. At least this is the opinion of the pastor, Rev. H. M. Baker. Dr. and Mrs. R. K. Redwine, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Maxwell, and Mr. and Mrs. Walker Clemmons are year-round residents of Cas well and esteemed members of the local church, but it is when summer comes that the local group begins to profit most. Because Caswell is within easy driving distance of Southport many members of the Southport Baptist church are availing them selves of the opportunities at the Assembly each week, and it is ex pected that this trend will grow as the program of the assembly becomes more familiar to the lo cal congregation. Some have discovered the at tractiveness of the cafeteria and hotel dining room and visit the assembly for an occasional meal. Many of the local young people visit the pools on hot summer afternoons to swim with other young people from North Car olina in attendance at the various conferences. From time to time the congre gation of the local church enjoys the privilege of listening to mis sionaries and leaders from the Ft. Caswell Baptist Assembly. So far this summer they have heard Rufus Fisher, a ministerial stu dent on the staff at Caswell, Laiz Lessa, a Brazilian in America on a Rotary scholarship; Dr. Matsuta Hara, president of Seinan Jo Gakuin, a girl's school and college in Kokura, Japan; and Miss Rebecca Edinger, Missionary in Chile. This week the local pastor is showing the film "Ad vance in Africa’’ at the mid-week prayer service, and next Sunday night the Caswell choir will sing in the local church. This choir is under the direction of Miss Edith Allen and is made up of boys and girls from differ ent college glee clubs who are working at the assembly this summer. They will sing during the regular evening wroship service ; and between the worship service j and the baptismal service Sunday night. Still another way in which the local church is benefiting from the proximity of Caswell is the recreation and fellowship between the young people of the South port church and the staff. From time to time the two groups get together for socials or games on Saturad.v nights. Recently the boys from the local church played the Caswell boys in a basketball game despite the heat, and plans are being readied now for a solf ball game between the two groups. It is hoped that this co operative spirit among the young people will be a characteristic part of the summer program in Southport through the years ahead, and it is a safe bet that the local church will continue to reap larger and larger benefits from its advantageous position as the closest church to the assem- ! bly. Shrimping Suddenly Becomes Big Business Tobacco Crop Is Being Harvested In every section of Brunswick county this week farmers are busy cropping tobacco, and present indications are that this will be one of the best crops produced in this area in several years. Although some farmers were hard hit when excessive rains fell ten days ago, many others with late tobacco actually bene fited. Some of the last plantings are just now being cropped for the first time, while other fields already have been stripped. The Border Belt market opens August 1, and it looks like Brunswick county farmers will have plenty of the golden weed graded and ready for opening sales. Former Resident Returning Home Richard D. St. George Is Re tiring From DuPont Indus tries And Will Move Here With Mrs. St. George Latest addition to the list of retired residents of Southport is Richard D. St. George, who has completed his work with DuPont Industries at Deepwater Point, N. J. Born in Southport, he came from a family of rivermen and pilots, a vocation which both his father and brother followed. How ever as a youth, St. George turn ed his back on the sea, preferring to handle his water in solid form. He went into the ice business, supplying the fishermen and local fishing industries, eventually buy ing and operating and ice plant of his own. Some time later, he sold out an dwent to sea as an oiler on coastal freighters for a while. In the early part of 1916, long before America became involved in the first World War, it be came evident that German subs were going to make things un healthy on the seas and St. George, hearing about job oppor tunity and good wages available at the Dupont powder plant, de cided to come north. After working with the mill wright group in Plant 2, Plant 3 and the Central Shops of the Powder Plant, advancing to top rate in a short time, St. George got a transfer to the Deepwater Plant within a few days after the armistice. Here, he was assigned to operations work at the Chlorine Area, later going to the Silver Salts Building of the Ponsol Area. Then a new product was born, Continued On Page Two Southport Shrimp Fleet Hav ing Best Luck In Recent Seasons Working In Local Waters CONDITIONS ARE STILL UNCERTAIN Brown Shrimp Are Being Caught And This Variety Is Unusually Flighty; Present Product Small In Size The Southport shrimping fleet currently is enjoying its best re sults of the past few seasons in local waters, and both the buyers and the boatmen are hoping that the present trend continues. The shrimp are being caught principally east of Frying Pan shoals in water very trecherous and on bottoms that are usually rough on nets. However, catches for some of the boats during the past week have run as high as 30 or 40 bushels, and at the pre vailing price of $6.00 per bushel the boatmen are more and more inclined to take a risk. There are two or three signifi cant things about the present run of shrimp which prevent the fish ermen from feeling complacent about their presence. One is that they are brown shrimp, which have a distressing habit of being here today and gone tomorrow. They fear that one morning they are going out to look for them and they will be off for parts unknown. Another disturbing fact is that even while shrimping for the most part is good, it is spotty. This is illustrated by the fact that some boats work all day and come in with only 2 to 5 bushel catches while Other boats run into the Continued On Page Two County Roads In Latest Letting Road From Long wood To Ash-Hickman’s Crossroads And Road From Thomas boro To Longwood-Grisset town Road Up For Paving A Brunswick county project is among those being advertised by the State Highway Commission for letting on July 27. The project, to be financed un der the $200,000,000 secondary road program, calls for the hard surfacing of 5.3 miles from Long wood to Ash-Hickman Crossroads Road, and from Thomasboro to Longwood Road at Wilson’s Store. Specifications were also advert tlsed on 23 other highway pro jects throughout the state. Low bids received on July 27, along with 30 other projects advertised for letting on July 25. will be re Continued On Page Two County Tax Rate Tentatively Set At $1.80 Figure Fifteen - Cent Increase Fol lows Request From School Officials For Funds With Which To Furnish Build ings OTHER CRITICAL JOBS COVERED Budget Shows Total Antici pated Revenue For All Pur poses Of Over $400,00. 00 For Fiscal Year Members of the board of county commissioners on Monday approv ed a tentative budget calling for an increase of 15-cents per hun dred in the Brunswick county tax rate, bringing that figure to $1.80 for the next fiscal year. The increase was brought about through the necessity of the board of education to have funds with which to furnish newly erected buildings, provide increased transportation facilities for the schools and to make some critical improvements to the school pro perty. The full amount of the rate in crease will be applied to these purposes, bringing the total levied for schools to 40-cents out of the total tax rate. Of this amount 17-cents will go for the current expense fund and 18-cents for capital outlay. Five cents goes to debt service. Although the total cost of the estimated budget is $407,473.45, it is pointed out that more than $100,000.00 of this amount is fur nished through Federal and State aid to various agencies, especial ly to the social security program and the health department. Another heavy item is the debt service, for which 57-cents of the tax dollar is levied. The total of this item is $72,310.00 for the next fiscal year. All budget estimates are based upon a $12,000,G0O.00 valuation and an anticipation of collections amounting to 90-percent of the levy. Among the routine business of the board the Charlotte Dixie property was sold to Irene and Walter Loftin, two heirs, for $200.00. Weldon Hewett was re lieved of $245.00 valuation for 1950 due to error in listing. Brothers Using Guernsey Bull Bennett Brothers Of Thomas boro Using Bull Which Was Bred By Artificial In semination Byron Bennett and R. B. Ben nett, brothers who live in the Thomasboro community of Bruns wick county, have recently added an artificially bred Guernsey calf to their growing herd. It is believed that this is the first bull resulting from artificial insemination ever brought to this county. The sire of this calf has a fine breeding record. His daughters have produced over 10,000-lbs of milk and over 500-lbs of butter fat in one year. The young bull is named Maximum Royal Master and his sire is Elmwood Farms Royal Master. The Bennett brothers are work ing toward the establishment of a small dairy next spring. 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, July 20, 11:35 A. M. 5:23 A. M. 11:48 P. M. 5:48 P. M. Friday, July . 21, 0:00 A. M. 6:11 A. M. 12:32 P. M. 6:48 P. M. Saturday, July 22, 0:41 A. M. 7:05 A. M. 1:34 P. M. 7:45 P. M. Sunday, July 23, 1:43 A. M. 8:05 A. M. 2:40 P. M. 9:04 P. M. Monday, July 24, 2:48 A. M. 9:09 A. M. 3:46 P. M. 10:13 P. M. _Tuesday. July 25._ 3:55 A. M. 10:15 A. M. 4:51 P. M. 11:17 P. M. Wednesday, July 26, 5:00 A. M. li: 17 A. M. 5:53 P. M. 0:00 P. M.

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