Most of The ISews
All The Time
VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 20
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Pioneer Leader
On Program For
Baptist Assembly
Dr. John Jeter Hurt Is Man
Who Made First Attempt
To Establish Seaside Bap
tist Assembly In 1914
TWIN PROGRAMS
NOW IN PROGRESS
Deacons’ Conference In Pro
gress At Same Time That
Divisional G.A. And R.A.
Program Is Going On
The man who was the leading
spirit as organizer and first ad
ministrator of the original Sea
side Baptist Assembly is one of
the two main speakers at the
Deacons’ Conference in progress
at Caswell Assembly, Southport,
this week.
Many changes have been made
in the assembly lacation and set
up since Dr. John Jeter Hurt,
former pastor of the First Bap
tist Church, Wilmington, helped
with the organization of a Bap
tist Assembly at Wrightsville
Beach in 1914. It was he, how
ever, among other prominent lead
ers who recognized then the need
for a seaside retreat serving the
Baptists of North Carolina; it was
he who laid the first stepping
stones to the assembly as it now
stands at historic Fort Caswell.
The assembly at Wrightsville
remained in operation for several
years while Dr. Hurt held the
Wilmington pastorate. It is in
teresting to note that Dr. R. K.
Redwine, present Director of Cas
well Assembly, was a student at
Wake Forest College during that
time and was a frequent guest
there while Dr. Hurt was “head
man.”
Dr. Hurt, now retired, is a re
sident of Atlanta, Georgia. He
has held several important pas
torates an dserved for a number
of years before his retirement as
President of Uunion University.
He is former vice-president of
the Southern Baptist Convention.
Sharing the featured spot with
Dr. Hurt this week is George J.
Burnett of, Memphis, Tennessee.
Mr, fiurnett, a well-known Bap
tist layman and great leader of
men, is a former college president
and vice-president of the Southern
Convention. “Both men,” states
the assembly director, “are wise
and dynamic personalities. Their
wide, varied and rich experiences
fit them for spiritual leadership.”
Mr. Burnett will lead a confer
ence each morning from 9:00
10:00 o'clock; Dr. Hurt will con
duct the worship and preaching
services each morning at 11
o'clock and the evening service at
7:30 o'clock this week’s conference
period opened Monday night and
continues through Sunday noon.
Anyone interested is cordially in
vited to attend any or all of the
services.
On schedule simultaneously with
the Deacons’ Conference at Cas
well is the Raleigh Divisional
Girls’ Auxiliary and Royal Am
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m
Brief News
Flathet
BARN BURNS
W. A. Coleman of Ash lost a
tobacco barn by fire Saturday
morning.
REGISTRATION NEWS
Mrs. Amaretta Burr, registrar
for Selective Service Board No.
10 in Southport, will be out of
the office from July 30 through
August 5. All young men who
have reached the age of 18 and
have not registered are asked to
do so immediately upon her re
turn.
AT PRESBYTERIAN
The Sunday evening service at
Southport Presbyterian church
will be in charge of a group of
young people from Wilmington.
Jean Witherspoon, Jr., will de
liver the message, and there will
be special music. These young
folks have been conducting ser
vices under the direction of the
Wilmington Y.M.C.A. The hour
for worship is at 8 o’clock and
the public is cordially invited.
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. J. L. Jenkins, former pas
tor of the Southport Baptist
church and currently teaching in
the preacner’s school at Ft. Cas
well, will be the guest speaker
in the local Church for the eve
ning service Sunday night. At
the same service the Caswell
male quartet will sing two spiri
tuals^ and one hymn. Members of
the quartet are: Al Bums, irofn
Wake Forest; Ed Preston, from
Baylor University: George Best,
Campbell College; Gene Freeman,
Gardner Webb.
Record Black Drum
WHOPPER—Otis L. Washam, of Whiteville, left, landed the 64-lb. black drum
shown at the right while fishing Saturday from the pier at the quarantine station at
Southport. This is one of the largest fish of this species ever caught in North Carolina and
is an outstanding catch among 1950 SENCBA Fishing Rodeo entries. The other fish
shown in the picture weighed 10-lbs, 14-lbs. and 28-lbs. Noel Dunivant, also of White
ville, was Washamn’s fishing companion.— (Art Newton Photo.)
New Maps dhow
River Road As
Being Complete
According To Information
From Highway Depart
ment This Indicates Pro
ject Will Be Pushed Thru
To Completion
The State Highway Commission
is distributing first copies of its
1951 five-coior tourist map of!
North Carolina.
The map contains all highway I
changes contemplated through
the end of the 1950 paving sea
ison along with other important
I highway information about North
Carolina. The Information Division
of the State Department of Con
servation and Development pro
vided a handsome layout of vaca
tion photographs on the reverse
side of the map as well as other
tourist information.
One of the most startling illus
trations is that of seven porpois'e
leaping from the water simultane
ously. This action photo was
taken by Hugh Morton, Wilming
ton photographer, while on a
fishing trip out of Southport sev
eral years ago.
It also is interesting to note
that the highway markings show
the River Road as being com
pleted, indicating that the paving
job and replacement of the Wald
en Creek bridge will be rushed
through before the tourist season
begins next spring.
The Spotts Construction Com
pany who have the contract for
the River Road work moved in
equipment and started grading
operations last week.
The map contains an index to
cities and towns and points of
interest, a small black-and-white
mileage map, and information
about state-operated and private
ferries in North Carolina.
The Highway Commission's Lo
cation Department, which super
vises all map work, has 150,000
copies for free distribution.
Baby Show In
Progress Now
Outstanding Event Sponsor
ed By Altar Society Of
Sacred Heart Catholic
Church
The Baby Show sponsored by
the Altar Society of Sacred
Heart Church will bp held at 4
o’clock Friday afternoon.
The parade consisting of chil
dren in costomes and floats will
form on the Garrison and march
around to the front of the Episco
pal Church. There will be 6
classes, from 1 day to 6 years.
Two prizes will be awarded to
each group, a first and second
prize and one grand prize to the
best costume or float.
The voting for the popularity
contest will close Thursday night
and the boy and girl judged most
popular will be coiwned at the
parade.
In addition each contestant will
Ireecive a surprise.
Sport Fishing Is
Still Good Here
Parties Going Out During
Past Few Days Continue
To Have Good Luck With
Blues And Mackerel
FEW PARTIES GO
TO GULF STREAM
Although Southwest Wind
Has Blown Steadily For
Past Few Days Fishing
Results Have Contin
ued Good
'Mackerel and bluefish continu
ed to hold the sporting spotlight
during the past week during
which good luck continued for
off-shore parties despite unfavora
ble weather.
The Botfly of Captain Basil
Watts caught 114 blues and mac
kerel Wednesday with Mr. and
Mrs. T. C. Frazer, Dr. W. C.
Thomas and Miss Hodges, all of
Siler City, in the party. The
Monday party for this craft was
comprised of Dr. and Mrs. D. G.
Calder of Concord, Dr. A. L. Bar
ringer of Mt. Pleasant and Geo
rge C. Snyder of Charlotte. They
had 161 blues and mackerel. On
Sunday J. M. Mitchner, Dr. J.
M. Kornegay, Walker McNeil and
Norman Bar of Warsaw caught
85 bluefish and mackerel. The
Saturday trip netted 185 blues
and mackerel for R. L. Brown
and Rochard Davis of Charlotte,
W. T. Smith of Mt. Giliead and
S. L. Rackley of Polkton.
Captain Victor Lance and a
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Weekly Session
Of Court Held
Routine Cases Disposed Of
Here Monday In Recorders
Court Before Judge W. J.
McLamb
In Brunswick county Recorder’s
court here Monday Loftin Clem
mons was convicted on charges of
drunk driving and was given 2
years on the roads, judgement
being suspended upon payment
of costs. The defendant was
placed under probation for a per
iod of 5 years and his driving
license was ordered suspended
during that period.
Hook Kay was round guilty of
assault and was taxed with costs,
the defendent to be of good be
havior fo rtwo years. Her sister,
Nevada Ray, was found not
guilty.
A nol pros with leave was taken
in the case charging Howard L.
Inman with issuing a worthless
check.
D- R. Phelps was found guilty
of driving without an operator’s
license and was fined $25.00 and
costs.
Catherine Johnson was found
guilty of speeding and was fined
$10.00 and costs.
William Gore was found guilty
of transporting and possession for
sale. Sentence of 6 months on the
roads was suspended upon pay
ment of costs and a fine of
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Bad Weather
Hurts Fishing
The news last iv/eek about the
the appearancd of menhaden
in waters off Vie Brunswick
county coast was no false
alarm, but weather conditions
since their discovery have made
fishing operations virtually im
possible.
On days when the boats could
operate, fair catches have re
sulted; but rough weather not
only has kept them in most of the
time, it has made it difficult
to fish once the boats were in
operation.
One crew had a large school
surrounded when the net they
were hauling burst, and a purse
boat sank before they were
through. Both net and boat
were salvaged.
Control Methods
For Boll Weevil
County Agent Gives Direc
tions For Detecting Degree
Of Infestation And For
Control
Only a few farmers are grow
ing cotton in Brunswick county,
says County Agent A. S. Knowles
but it is important to those to
control insect damage especially
the boll weevil.
This pest is present in greater
numbers this year. A good dust
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Members Of REA
Group Served By
36-Person Staff
Full Time Personnel Employ
ed By Brunswick Member
ship Corporation In Serv
ing Its 5,700 Electricity
Consumers
OFFICE AT SHALLOTTE
HAS EIGHT WORKERS
Twenty - Eight Others En
gaged In Construction And
Maintenance Work; E.
D. Bishop Counts Most
Years Of Service
The Brunswick Electric Mem
bership Corporation, local REA
cooperative, is giving employment
to thirty-six persons on a full
time basis in serving its 5700
members.
Eight of the thirty-six are em
piayed in the administrative and
executive positions in the central
office in Shallotte. The remaining
twenty-eight are technical and
service men engaged in construc
tion and maintainance work.
E. D. Bishop, manager of the
corporation, is the cooperative’s
oldest employee, having been em
ployed in 1939 at the time of the
formation of the co-op.
H. B. Usher, lineman, is the
second oldest employee, and be
gan his employment in February,
1940.
Next in length of service is E.
N. Rhinehart, construction super
intendent who was employed in
May 1940.
Mrs. Mae M. Sanderson, book
keeper, began her career with the
cooperative in October, 1940,
making her the oldest office em
ployee.
Other employees of the cor
poration at present are, C. E.
Tripp, assistant manager; Hugh
B. Cherry, electricification ad
visor; Robert A. Jones, staking
engineer; Mrs. Lena Hawes, assis
tant bookkeeper; Mrs. Elizabeth
L. Willis, clerk; Mrs. Margaret
A. Grooms, steno-clerk; B. R.
Russ, lineman; H. E. Williams,
lineman; Charlie Arnold, lineman.
T. E. Chadwii.^, grour.dman;
Hubert Leonard,; groundman;
Charlie Gray, lineman; Hercules
Stanley, groundman; Lawrence
Continued On Page Four
rarm And Home
Week In Raleigh
Outstanding Summer Event
For Farm Families Will Be
Held At State College Dur
ing Week Of July 31
Farm men and women from all
over North Carolina will assem
ble at N. C. State College in
Raleigh for annual Farm and
Home Week beginning Monday
reports A. S. Knowles, county
agent, who is anxious to have
Brunswick well represented.
Farm and Home Week is gain
ing in popularity each year. It
is a great convention of farm
men and women and is conducted
by farmers for farmers. It brings
together outstanding speakers
and provides a wonderful pro
gram for rural men and women.
H. G. Shelton is president of
the men’s convention and Mrs.
J. S. Gray is president of the
women’s convention. The conven
tion this year will be held in the
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Fishing Fleshes
ATLANTIC SAILFISH
Isliopherut amtrkonut
^ (Cuviti £ Veltnci»nn»t)
To thousands of sportsmen the
supreme thrill of saltwater fish
ing comes when the angler is en
gaged in a spectacular tug-of
war with the glamorous sailfish.
Here, to many, is the most
graceful fish that swims in any
kind of water and for sheer
beauty it is surpassed only by
the dolphin.
Mere words cannot convey the
breathtaking experience that
comes when an angler feels the
hook sink home on his first sail
fish and then watches those in
spinng leaps, the amazing “grey
hounding”—or walking on its tail
—and the frenzied, high-speed
dashes in trying to shake the
hook. When the battle, won or
lost, is finally over, there is much
that never will be forgotten.
However, it is only within the
past decades that the sailfish has
been taken on rod and reel, for
the rather peculiar method of
hooking it was not discovered
prior to that time.
In the first part of this century,
anglers trolling off the Florida
coast with strip bait as a lure,
would get strikes which would
mangle the bait even though they
struck back vigorously, they could
never hook the fish. Finally it
was discovered they were sailfish,
then called “spikefish.”
The reason for the failure to
hook the sailfish was due to its
unusual method of striking. The
sword, or bill of the sailfish, is
not used to pierce its prey, but
rather to stun it. It will approach
a smaller fish with considerable
speed, strike or tap it sharply
with its bill, and then pause a
few seconds to see if its victim
Ts stunned: Before—it—recovers,
the sailfish will then seize it in
its mouth. When anglers felt this
tap, which was the effort of the
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Caswell Staff to
Present Minstrel
Performance Scheduled For Saturday Night Will Be Staged
For Benefit Of Fellow Worker
wnen rsetiy scnmai or Wilming
ton was taken sick with appendi
citis some two weeks ago the whole
staff of the Ft. Caswell Baptist As
sembly felt that they needed to do
something to help her with the un
forseen hospital bill. A staff meet
ing was called and a motion to pre
sent a benefit minstrel show was
enthusiastically adopted despite
the fact that such a show would
demand hours of practice and no
dates among the courting couples
when rehearsal was called. The dif
ferent parts have been assigned, the
practice sessions go on each night,
and Saturday night the curtain
goes up at 8 o’clock for the presen
tation of "Chocolate Chuckles.”
Gene Freeman from Moyodan
and Gardner Webb College, and
Chris Foil from the Y.W.C.A. in
Winston-Salem, are in charge of
this production and have worked
out an hour and a half of music
and laughter for Saturday night.
There will be no admission charge
for this production, but those who
attend will be given an opportunity
to make an offering to help defray
Betty’s hospital bill.
The end men who are chiefly re
sponsible for the comedy running
throughout the production are:
Marshall Price, Gastonia and Cata
wba College; A1 Burris, Wingate
and Wake Forest College; Chris
Foil and Gerte Freeman.
Other stars in the minstrel are:
Mr. Whitehill, in charge of the caf
eteria at Caswell during the sum
mer and supervisor of the public
school lunch-rooms in Forsyth
ocunty during the winter; Kenneth
Gwinn, guitarist from Winston
Salem and Wake Forest College;
Louise George, from Raleigh and
Mars Hill College; Dorothy Brown,
vocalist from Clinton and Meredith
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Settlement Seen
In School Dispute
Shallotte Girl
Hit By Auto
Esther Osborne, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Osborne of
near Shallote, miraculously es
caped death or serious injury
late Sunday afternoon when the
bicycle on which she was rid
ing on U. S. No. 17 was struck
and completely demolished by
a car driven by the Partin
family from Dallas, Texas.
Patrolman J. C. Pearce re
ported that the girl apparently
turned her bike directly into
the path of the oncoming car.
She managed to hang on to the
fender and bumper of the car,
while the bicycle was ground
beneath the wheels. She was
badly shaken up, but no bones
were broken, and when she was
brought to Dosher Memorial
Hospital for a camplete exam
ination, no evidence of serious
injury could be found.
The accident was tuermed un
avoidable and the Partins con
tinued on their way after they
had learned of the results of
the hospital examination.
Judge Armstrong
Is Club Speaker
Deputy District Governor Al
so Present At Regular
Meeting Of Local Club
Thursday
Wallace Dickens, deputy- dis
trict governor for District 31-E
attended the Thursday meeting
of Southport Lions Club, his prin
cipal business being the installa
tion of J. T. Denning as Zone
Chairman of Zone IT, Region V.
The principal speaker for this
meeting was Judge Frank M.
Armstrong, who spoke of five
ammendments upon which the
voters of North Carolina will be
called to vote in November. He
laid particular stress upon three
which have to do with the courts
and urged th ecitizens to make
a study of the merrits of these
changes in the State constitution.
The club raised the balance of
the amount due on its pledge of
$100.00 membership in the SEN
CBA and received a progress re
port on the effort being made a
raise a similar amount for the
purpose of helping sponsor the
mass x-ray survey for Brunswick
county in August.
Promotion For
Former Citizen
Curtis A. Cox Has Been Ap
pointed Assistant To Man
ager Of Fertilizer Division
For V-C Chemical Co.
The Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Company has announced appoint
ment of Curtis A. Cox, for the
last four years assistant superin
tendent of their Charleston, S. C.,
fertilizer manufacturing plant, as
assistant to the manager of the
fertilizer division of the entire
company, with headquarters in
Richmond, Va.
and Mrs.—Cox and their
young son, Donald, have moved
to Richmond.
In his new position Mr. Cox
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Hearing Tuesday And Wed
nesday Before Judge Claw
son Williams Resulted In
Order To Compromise Dis
pute
ALTERNATE SITE
BEING SOUGHT
Unless Something Unforseen
Develops Colored School
Will Be Located On
Highway No. 17
Following a call meeting of the
Brunswick county board of edu
cation here last night it appears
probable that the dispute and re
sulting litigation over the location
of a new high school for colored
students of the Shallotte area may
reach a comproise agreement.
If necessary arrangements can
be made the school will be located
on the Fulford property between
Grissettown and Shallotte near
highway No. 17.
A hearing was held Tuesday
and Wednesday before Judge
Clawson Williams in Wilmington
on a restraining order obtained
by one of the interested groups
to prevent the erection of the
proposed school at a site on high
way No. 130 near the Shallotte
fire tower.
Previously a site below Thomas
boro on U. S. No. 17 had been
tentatively approved, so after
hearing evidence in the case
Judge Williams ordered that an
effort be made to locate a suit
able site somewhere between the
two positions, preferably on U. S.
No. 17.
The board last night approved
the Fulford property site with
the provision that it can be made
available at no cost to the coun
ty. Since both of the other two
proposed sites had been offered
free of cost, it is expected that
arrangements can be and will be
made by civic minded residents
of the community to donate this
property.
The site is a 20-acre tract that
appears to be ideal for a school
location, and once arrangements
have been made for its use the
board of education will authorize
commencement of the builing pro
ject, for which bids already have
been received and approved.
Deputy District
Governor Present
Wallace Dickens Of White
ville Attended Installation
Ceremonies For Shallotte
Lions Thursday
LeRoy Mintz was installed
Thursday night as the new presi
dent of the Shallotte Lions Club,
succeeding Djc. R. H. Holden.
Elected to serve with the new
[president were: A. S. Knowles,
first vice-president; Leon Gallo
way, second vice-president; Guy
C. McKeithan, secretary; E. H.
Kirby, treasurer; John Garner,
lion tamer; Woodrow Russ, tail
twister.
The installation ceremony was
I held at the Anchor Hotel at Shal
lotte Point and was attended by
a number of Lions and their
wives from other clubs. Included
in the visiting group was Lion
Wallace Dickens of Whiteville,
deputy district governor, and Lion
J. T. Denning of Southport, zone
chairman.
The featured speaker for this
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Whiteville Pays
Out $85 Million
In Five Seasons
Supervisor Dave Neilson Re
views Record Of Tobacco
Market Here And Terms
It Border Belt’s Finest
1950 PRICE OUTLOOK
SEEN AS EXCELLENT
Same Warehousemen Will
Be Back On Market And
Thirteen Spacious Hous
es Will Be In Opera
tion
By DAVE S. NEILSON
(Supervisor Of Sales)
A $15,000,000 industry opens in
Whiteville on Tuesday, August 1,
with 38 years of experience and
service backing its name.
The Whiteville Tobacco Market,
the Border Belt’s “Finest Mar
ket”, swings open its 13 ware
house doors on August 1 to grow
ers from all sections of North
Carolina who choose to sell with
“the leader”. Over three quarter
million square feet of floor space
is available on this old and re
liable market for the 1950 season.
Ranking among the top 10 in
the flue-cured markets of North
Carolina Whiteville has built up
a reputation for high prices, ser
vice, and warehousemen with
years of experience behind them,
to each and every grower. White
ville has never claimed it; it was
given to the market by facts and
figures through the years, the
title, “The Leader”.
Selling more than So,000,000
pounds for the past three years -
the progressive and growing
three-sale market looks to the
1950 season with confidence and
assurance that this year will be
another banner year for growers
who sell for the top dollar in
Whiteville. To leave no room for
doubt that this industry is by no
means a short seasonal affair,
in the past five years Whiteville
has paid out an amazing $85,
000,000.
The same reliable and exper
ienced warehousemen will be back
on the Whiteville market this
year. The names of these top
flight tobacco men are as familiar
to the growers of the state as
the market name itself. They
are: Oliver and John Nelson at
Nelson’s; Raymond and Gaither
Crutchfield in Crutchfields; A. H.
(Bert) Moore and Charlie Mason
at Moore’s; A. Dial Gray and
| Jack Neal operating Tuggles and
Farmers warehouses; Blair and
Latane Motley at Brooks and
Motleys; “Buck” Peay and A. O.
King operating Planters No. 1
& 2; Townes Lea and Louie Love
in Lea’s No. 1 & 2, and operating
Perkins-Newman No. 1 & 2 are
Bill and H. L. Perkins and Harold
Newman.
“Experience is the best teach
er” applies to the warehousemen
in Whiteville who for years have
satisfied thousands of growers,
large and small, with their ser
vice, prices, and courtesy.
Growers have the distinct ad
vantage of selling in all houses
every day in morning and after
noon sales. Long trips can be
made in the early morning and
sales can be completed in the
afternoon enabling the grower to
return home the same evening.
I Market observers are predicting
that the big Whiteville market
will come up to their 1949 sales
in poundage when over 30 million
pounds of the golden leaf was
auctioned off for over fifteen
million dollars. The price pros
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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 Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot’s Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, July 27,
6:04 A. M. 0:15 A. M.
6:50 P. M. 12:15 P. M.
Friday, July 28,
7:03 A. M. 1:07 A. M.
7:43 P. M. 1:09 P. M.
Saturday, July 29,
7:57 A. M. ‘ 1:56 A. M.
8:31 P. M. 1:59 P. M.
Sunday, July 30,
8:46 P. M. 2:41 A. M.
9:15 P. M. 2:46 P. M.
Monday, July 31,
9:33 A, M. 3:24 A. M.
9:57 P. M. 3:31 P. M.
Tuesday, August 1,
10:17 A. M. 4:05 A. M.
10:37 P. M._4:15 P. M,
Wednesday, August 2,
11:01 A. M. 4:05 A M.
11:16. P. M. 4:58 P. M.