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THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Brunswick County
VOL. NO. SIXTEEN MO. 30
6-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, August 8, 1951
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Training School
Being Planned
For Baptists
Associational - Wide Pro
gram To Train Teachers
And Officers Of Sunday
Schools Will Be Conduc
ted In County
OCTOBER 8-12 SET
AS SCHOOL DATES
Schools Will Be Held On
Group Plan, Giving Every
Church Opportunity To
Attend A Session
The Brunswick Baptist Sunday
Schools will sponsor as associa
tional-wide Sunday School Group
Training School, which is to be
held during the week of October
8-12. This is to be of a simul
taneous nature and is to be held
by nine hundred Baptist Associa
tions in the Southern Baptist
Convention territory.
It is to be held on a group plan,
whereby five churches can be
grouped together for a central
meeting place for each teacher
and officer of the church for their
week of study and devotional. A
teacher will be selected to teach
each department head and offi
cers that represent each church
in each group territory.
The general book that will be
taught will he “The True Func
tions of the Sunday School.” How
ever, each departmental teacher
will have taught to them a book
especially prepared for the class
of which he or she is a teacher
in their respective church. An
inspirational message will be
brought each evening at the close
of the study period.
Rev. W. R. Moorehead, associa
tional missionary, states that
there are five objjectives that will
be reached through this type of
school: (1) Will build attendance,
(2) Will lighten load of pastor by
distributing work to leaders, (3)
Will cause the workers to see
where they can do more than ever
before, (4) Will cause the lost to
be found and given a place in
society of the church.
Each five-group field will have
someone selected by the general
superintendent of the -association.
A. S. Knowles, to Be in charge
of the general plans such as se
curing the amount, of books need
ed, notifying the teachers in their
respective group, and the selec
tion of capable teachers to teach
the group their respective book.
Every church in the association
is asked to join in this crusade for
training in order that Brunswick
association may advance in the
field of teaching and learning.
MritfNama
Flaahaa
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DENIED BAIL
Pat O'Quinn must remain in
Brunswick county jail without
privilege of bond pending action
by the grand jury at the Sep
tember term of court on the
charge of fatally shooting his
wife. O’Quinn was given a ha
beas corpus hearing in Wilming
ton last Tuesday before Judge
Hatch.
TIME EXTENDED
The temporary rescission of in
ter-service agreement limiting en
listment eligibility has been ex
tended to August 31. This in
effect allows the men who have
taken their pre-induction phys
ical to enlist in the branch of
service of their choice, so long
as it is in active service. The
Reserve components are not
classed as being in active ser
vice.
HUNTING LICENSES
Game Protector H. T. Bowmer,
who looks after hunting licenses
for- Smithville, Town Creek and
Northwest townships, says that
under a new ruling all agents
handling the licenses have to be
bonded. In addition to his hand
ling them they can be obtained
from the following agents in his
territory: W. T. Fullwood, South
port; Chas. Rourk, Bolivia; C. C.
Robbins, Winnabow; Mrs. Edna
Skipper, Lindsey Pigott, W. H.
Brew, D. J. Skipper, Leland.
BUSINESS VISITORS
C. G. Bain, former district man
ager of the Southern Bell Tel
ephone Company of Wilmington,
now of the Charlotte office, was
here this week. During his ad
ministration of the Wilmington
District Mr. Baine was much in
terested in the improvement and
extension of telephone service
here. Mr. Baine was accompa
nied here by Paul Woodson, pres
ent manager of the Wilmington
District. Like Mr. Baine, Mr.
Woodson is very much interested
in local development prospects.
Traffic Figures
Reveal Visitors
Figures Being Compiled By City Officials For Benefit Of
Highway Department Show Travel Trend
A traffic count conducted dur
ing the past week by Southport
city officials for the purpose of
determining the need for im
provement revealed some inter
esting facts regarding automo
tive travel in community.
The most startling figures werg
compiled during a 40-minute span
Friday afternoon when a count
at the foot of Howe Street at the
Ray Street intersection showed 87
cars and 22 trucks for a total
of 110 units during that period.
Cars from 18 states were repre
sented; there was one car of
foreign license and the North
Carolina vehicles were from 23
different towns. This latter pro
bably was a result of visitors to
the nearby beaches and to Cas
well Assembly.
t On the same day a morning
count in the same location show
ed 238 cars and 67 trucks ov
er a three-hour 20-minute period.
The following day a Saturday
crowd showed 156 vehicles trav
eling past this point from 11 a.
m. to 12 noon. Sixteen states
and 15 North Carolina towns
were represented. A one-hour
check on Monday, from 1 p. m.
to 2 p. m., showed 118 vehicles.
A traffic count on the corner
of Atlantic Avenue and Bay
Street Friday afternoon showed a
total of 26 cars and three trucks
during a 45-minute period in the
late afternoon.
Local officials are compiling
data for presentation to the State
Highway Commission for consid
eration in connection with the
street improvement program, and
this afternoon will be taken to
Fayetteville by Mayor H. W.
Hood.
Big Oil Company
Sends $1,000 Gift
Hospital Building Fund Re
ceives Biggest Boost Thus
Far From President Of
Company In Northern
State
FUND CAMPAIGN
STILL GOES ON
Those In Charge Of Drive
Believe Chances Are Good
For Raising Necessary
Matching Funds
Soon
Mrs. Josephine Newton Smith,
president of the J. Arthur Dosh
er Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
this week received a letter from
Philadelphia, Pa., from the pres
ident of one of these shipping
companies, including a check for
$1,000 and a letter that spoke
for itself.
Omitting the name of the com
pany, the letter received by Mrs.
Smith is as follows:
"My dear Mrs. Smith:
"It is with a great deal of
pleasure that I am enclosing our
company’s check in the amount
of $1,000.00, which we hope will
represent to you an expression
of our appreciation for the ser
vice of the hospital and staff
when our seamen have needed
care.
“While we are always aware,
of course, of a certain feeling
of additional security in know
ing of your organization at
Southport, your letter of June
12 caused us to consciously enu
merate the many times you have
given us able assistance in car
ing for our personnel. Therefore,
this check comes to you with our
very best wishes for the com
plete success of your present pro
ject.”
Mrs. Smith said, “I am ex
tremely grateful. In fact, all
Brunswick county people who
take pride in their hospital and
recognize its usefulness should be
Continued On Page Two
Brunswick Man
In Benson Post
El wood Mintz Accepts Post
As Head Of Chamber Of
Commerce In Johnson
County City
Elwood Mintz, 31, of Brunswick
County has been employed as
manager of the Benson Chamber
of Commerce. He began his duties
on Wednesday of this week.
Announcement of the appoint
ment was made by Chamber of
Commerce President Emery Mil
ler.
Mintz will succeed Lewis H.
Lawrence, who has served as man
ager of the Benson Chamber of
Commence for- the past 17 months.
On August 15 Lawrence will as
sume his duties as Manager of
the Roanoke Rapids Chamber of
Commerce.
Mintz is a graduate of the Uni
versity of North Carolina at Cha
pel Hill, where he received a bach
elor of arts degree with a major
in government. He is a former
school teacher, and, until he ac
cepted his new position, was sales
engineer for a rock wool insula
tion company at Asheboro.
The new chamber manager is
married. His wife is from Samp
son County and is a home econo
mist. They have no children. He is
the son of Mrs. H. L. Mintz, Sr.,
of Shallotte and the late Mr.
Mmtz.
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Retired Boat Is
Back In Port
The Atlantic, famous old
Wilmington fire boat, is back
at Southport where she was
built in lpiO by Capt. James A.
Arnold. A. year after her con
struction Captain Arnold sold
The Atlantic to the City of
Wilmington. She was remodel
ed that year and since then
until a few months ago she
served up river with honor.
Replaced some months ago
by a larger and more powerful
boat, the city of Wilmington
no longer needed the aged fund
outmoded The Atlantic. There
was no buyer for her hull. She
had to be removed from har
bor and rather than pay the
cost of towing her hull away,
The Atlantic was presented to
Swan and Downing of South
port. They towed her home
this week and she is now rest
ing on a shoal here, awaiting
rebuilding.
Youth Groups At
Baptist Assembly
Sunday School Christian
Home Organizations And
Junior G. A. And R. A.
i Groups From Raleigh Di
vision At Caswell
This weeks’ program at the
Caswell Baptist assembly includes
the gathering of the Sunday
1 School Christian Home organiza
tions, the Junior G. A. and R. A.
[ Camp of the Raleigh Division. The
three weeks school for preachers
also continues in session through
Friday.
The large gatherings that have
marked every week of the confer
ence period is still a feature. The
conferences have drawn several
thousand, most of whom have
taken an active part. Quite a nu
mber of others came for only a
short period, attracted by the fine
work that is being done.
Attendants during the earlier
conferences have gone home, full
of praise of the work of the Bap
tists at Caswell and of Caswell as
a wonderful place for both study
Continued On Page Two
Mrs. Mintz At
Duke University
Mrs. Mary Wyche Mintz At
tended Annual Institute
Of N. C. English Teach
er’s Association Last Week
Mrs. Mary Wyche Mintz of
Shallotte attended the ninth an
nual institute of the North Caro
lina English Teachers Association
at Duke University last week.
The three-day institute, which
also includes a session at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, featur
ed addresses by noted authors and
round table discussions on the
problems of teaching English.
Frances Gray Patton, noted
Durham author, and Dr. Edwin
McNeill Poieat, Raleigh poet and
pastor, were two of the main
speakers. Mrs. Patton talked on
“How a Short Story Got Written,’’
while Dr. Poteat entitled his talk
"Why Do We Have to Have Poet
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Minister
WALTER HARRELSON, re
cently returned to the U. S„
following a year of graduate study
abroad, will preach at both t»e
morning and evening services at
Southport Baptist church Sunday.
Press Members
Will Be Guests
Here Next Week
Members Of North Carolina
Press Association Wnll
Hold Friday Session At
Community Building In
Southport
Members of the North Carolina
Press Association, which will fee
in session three days, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of next
week at Wrightsville Beach, will
be guests of the citizens Of
Southport at a luncheon here on
Friday and will spend the after
noon visiting points of interest in
this area.
The group will come to South
port following a brief morning
business session, and a seafood
luncheon will be served in the
Community Building. No elabo
rate program is being planned,
since it is considered to be more
important to save. time for
eral side trips which are being
arranged for the afternoon.
One option will be for an au
Continued On Page Two
Serviceman Is
Killed In Wreck
Jay Gould Simmons of Free
land Died In Automobile
Accident At Memphis,
Tenn., Where He Was In
Navy
Jay Gould Simmons, 19, son of
Mrs. J. V. Simmons of the Free
land community in Waccamaw
township, was killed early last
O} 5{3eq itfSno.iq stem Apoq aqx
at Memphis, Tenn. He was" in the
Navy and was stationed in Mem
phis.
Other than that his death oc
curred in an automobile accident,
no details have been received here.
The bodywas brought back to
the former home near Freeland.
Funeral services were held Satur
day afternoon at 4 o’clock from
the New Britain church. Rev.
Continued On Page Two
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District Governor
Is Speaker Here
At Lions Club
Lion Geo. T. Rogers Atten
ded Ladies Night Program
In Southport Thursday To
Install Local Man
OTHER LEADERS
ATTEND MEETING
Ladies Night Program At
tracted Visitors From Sev
eral Other Clubs In Dis
trict Thursday Night
District Governor Geo. T. Apex
was guest of honor at. a "Ladies
Night program presented by
members of the Southport Lions
Club here Thursday evening.
A highlight of the program was
the installation of Lion J. T.
Denning as Deputy District Gov
ernor to serve the clubs of Re
gion No. 5 of District 31-E. Nor
man Trueblood of Elizabeth City,
executive secretary of Lions
Clubs in North Carolina, also
was present.
Ray Walton, president of the
Southport club, presided as mas
ter of ceremonies. The invoca
tion was by the Rev. Norwood
Jones. Following a delicious tur
ky dinner served by members of
the Southport Baptist church, the
welcome was spoken by Lion Da
vis C. Herring, with response by
Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr. Lion
Denning presented the visiting
district governor, who delivered
an address on the "Strength of
Lionism.” Then followed the in
stallation of Lion Denning. Then
special awards were made by Li
on Robert Thompson, Lion Foster
Mintz, president of the Bolivia
club, then introduced Lion True
blood, who made a brief talk on
the goals of Lionism. He wound
up his participation in the pro
gram with the presentation of
achievement awards to members
Continued On Page Two
Commissioners In
Session Monday
Little Business: Brought Be
fore Members Of County
Board During Regular
First Monday Session
. The board of county commis
sioners held their fii^t regular
meeting of the month Monday.
The clerk was ordered to notify
the electrical inspector for Brujf-;
swick county, C. E. Tripp, to
send his monthly inspector, Re
port to N. E: Cannady, elect rt
can engineer, Raleigh, - at the end
of each month.
It was ordered that the W. T.
Fulwood lot on Dry Street, South
port, heretofore foreclosed for
taxes, be sold to Neils Jorgen
sen for $200.00, subject to the
approval of the City of South
port.
The board examined a sum
mary of the recent audit report
made by the W. C. Rainee firm
of Tarboro, of Brunswick county
accounts and approved its pub
lication in • the county newspa
per in order that the voters shall
be given a periodic statement of
condition of the financial stand
ing of the county government.
W. B. KMAH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
w. n;. spencer, former soutn
port boy, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Spencer, now operating
his own trucking business at
Oakland, Calif., is spending a
week or two at home. He got
us somewhat puzzled by stating
he received his State Port Pilot
every Saturday morning. It
leaves here each Thursday morn
ing at 9:30 and no regular mail
can make the distance in two
days and two nights. A possible
explanation may lie in the fact
that a large number of papers
go to the Army post office at
San Francisco each week. An
equally large number go to the
Navy men in care of the San
Diego post office. The mail for
service men is carried air mail
or at least speeded up in every
possible way. Mr. Spencer’s pa
per probably gets in the bag
that is speeded to the west coast.
Brig. Gen. David J. Crawford
reprimanded last week and re
lieved of the command of the
great Army tank-automotive cen
ter in Detroit, is a Brunswick
county tax payer, although he
has never resided in the county.
General Crawford owns, accord
ing to the tax books, the old
Prices Creek lighthouse tract of
about four acres on the Cape
Fear, two miles above Southport.
The records show he has always
been a prompt taxpayer. His
dismissal from his post is said
to have resulted from his accept
ing favors from bidders for gov
ernment contracts and it is said
that further action may follow.
Although he did little to identi
fy himself at the time, several
Southport residents recall when
he spent a weeks vacation here
about three years ago.
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‘‘Pump Pond” about a mile
from Orton and once supplied
four great fish factories with the
water needed for their numerous
boilers and other purposes. Cov
ering about 20 acres, and fed by
underground springs, it appar
ently has an inexhaustable supply
of clear, pure water. A natural
lake, with nothing in the way of
a water shed, cleaning up around
the edges and a moderate amount
Continued On Page Four
Tobacco Check
PAY-OFF—The above tobacco farmer is shown re
ceiving his check for his first tobacco sales of the 1951
season. Although many of them have been too busy
with their harvest to get any tobacco on the warehouse
floor thus far, Brunswick county growers are generally
well-pleased with prices being paid.
Local Fishermen
Cease Operations
Origin Of Name
“Pop” Bottles
Workmen digging for foun
dations for the new Franklin
Park Tourist Court being con
structed by Sam Bennett, turn
ed up half a dozen old beer
bottles this \ye?k. One of the
bpttles was . still half, full of
4 darkish liquid.
The botties . were all of a.
large, very old type, with corks
of a style, of 50 years and more
agp, These corks were of hard
rubber and were forced down
i into the neck of the bottle by
a wire spring that could be
released with a flick of the
thumb.
iCterking the-bpttle tightly re
sulted ilf much'1 'kfr beihg im
pounded together with whatever
el$*': happened to be in the con
tainer. when the closing spring
was released and the cork flew
■ oift J there- was. a loud and dis
tinct pop. This pop led to all
sorts of cold, drink bottles be
ing dubbed ‘‘pop bottles.”
Lengthy Session
Of Court Held
Weekly Session Of Bruns
wick County Recorder’s
Court Required Practical
ly All Day For Complet
ion
In Recorder's Court Monday
the case of Ronnie Hewett, char
ged with rape, was continued
until August 20. The alleged vic
tim, a 12-year-old white girl of
Supply, was not present. She is
said to be a second cousin of the
defendant and the alleged attack
took place while she was accom
panying him to his home to work
as a baby sitter. Hewett, who
surrendered is being held in jail
Without privilege of bond.
Other cases disposed of dur
ing the day were as follows:
Williarti H. Myers, speeding,
fined $15 and costs.
Andrew Brady Cracker, no op
erators license, fined $25 and
costs.
Melvin Caudelle, drunk, driving,
fined $100 and costs.
Israel Davis, assault, nol press
ed with leave.
Herman Cox, charged with
drunken driving, plead guilty to
reckless operation, $35 and costs.
William McKinley Lane, reck
less operation, fine $25 and
costs.
Rudolph Caison, improper au
to registration, one-half the
cost.
Lee Vander McDowell, reckless
operation, fined $50 and costs.
Dannie Goodman, improper au
to equipment, nol pressed.
Marion Woods Decosta, speed
ing, fined“$10 and costs.
George Walker Hewett, reckless
operation and possession, fined
$35 and costs.
Charles Parsons, drunken dri
ving, improper brakes, fined $100
and costs.
Loftin Baxter Clemmons, pos
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Members Of Crews Of Men
haden Boats Operated
By Brunswick Navigation
Company Refuse To Go
Out Monday
FACTORY WORKERS
STOPPED FRIDAY
No Statement Outlined As
To Objectives Of Present
Action; Rumor That
Men Joined Union
Fishing operations for Brun
swick Navigation Company came
to an unscheduled recess Friday,
the day following some of the
outstanding catches of the sea
son.
Reason for last week’s stop
page was failure of the workers
at the factory to show up for
work. A dispute over hourly
wages is reported to have been
the cause.
On Monday members of the
crews of the five menhaden boats
being operated by the company
refused to go out and the ves
sels remained at the dock, even
though the best concentration of
fish reported thus far this sea
son was within range of the
Southport fleet.
It is reported that a union rep
resentative has recently been in
Southport for the purpose of or
ganizing the fishermen. No pub
lic statement has been made of
the objectives which the fisher
men hope to gain through the
strike, but unofficially it is re
ported that the basis of the trou
ble is failure of the local com
pany to pay as much for men
haden as is being paid in other
sections. Fishermen claim that
they are being paid the same
scale which has been in force
for the past ten years, with the
only increase being seasonal rais
es which are made each year as
the fishing year progresses.
Meanwhile, the Southport bus
iness people, beginning" to feel
the first pleasant influence of a
fishing payroll, are hoping for an
early settlement of differences,
since this represents the only in
dustry for this section of Brun
swick county.
Mrs. Corlette
Buried Friday
Elderly Resident Of This
Community Died Wednes
day Night At Her Home
Following Brief Illness
Mrs. Louise Corlette, elderly re
sident of Southport, died at her
home here Wednesday night. She
was 83 years of age.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Southport Methodist church
Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock,
Rev. Norwood L. Jones, the pastor
officiating. Burial was in the old
Southport cemetery.
Surviving are three sisters, Mrs.
Maude Dalton of Columbia, S. C.;
Mrs. Tessie Mercer of Durham
and Mrs. L. H. Bringlow of South
port. Three grandchildren and one
great grandchild, all of Southport,
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Sales Up From
Last Year But
Average Lower
Volume For First Two Days
Of Season Is More Than
600,000 Pounds Above
1950
MANY FARMERS
BUSY WITH CROP
Early Offerings Have Been
Mostly Of Poor Quality,
Thus Causing Low Ave
rage On First Sales
Whiteville tobacco sales were
up but quality and average were
down during the first two days
of the 1951 season.
Sales Supervisor Dave S. Neil
son reported total sales of 1,643,
476 pounds on Thursday and Fri
day, representing a gain of more
than 600,000 pounds over the
first two days in 1950 when 1,
020,046 pounds was sold.
Official figures for opening day
were: 947,328 pounds for an av
erage of $53.22 per hundred. The
opening average last year was
$55.35.
Friday’s sales were 696,148
pounds for an official average of
$50.94.
The average for the first 1,
643,476 pounds is $51.40.
Since buyers and the Stabiliza
tion Corporation have higher
prices than last year, this year’s
lower average can be explained
only by the absence of high qual
ity offerings.
It was not regarded as likely
here today that either the quality
or volume would improve greatly
before the last two days of this
week.
Something close to full sales
are expected Thursday and full
sales are in prospect for Friday.
However, this is speculation and
by no means a certainty.
Booking of space has been fair
ly heavy for Friday.
Sales Supervisor Neilson said
there would be more than ample
space on all floors for the first
three days of the week.
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Serious Losses
In Forest Fire
County Forest Ranger D. L.
Mercer Makes Report On
Loss Suffered From This
Cause During Past Fiscal
Year
According to County Forest
Hanger D. L. Mercer, from July
1, 1950, through June 10, 1951,
78,203 acres of forest land burn
ed as result of Wild, uncontrolled
forest fires. One hundred and
twenty forest fires burned dur
ing the period, doingan estimated
damage of $51,981.00 to the
woodland of Brunswick county.
Nine out of every ten of these
fires were man-caused and could
have been prevented. Not only
did woodland burn, people’s
barns, homes and livestock also
burned when in the path of the
raging fires.
On 13 of the 129 fires the re
sponsible parties were determin
ed and law enforcement actidn
was taken resulting in collection
of court cost and fines and re
imbursement of fire fighting cost.
The people of Brunswick
county are urged to help in ev
ery way possible to prevent for
jo uoponj^sap am pun sajtj isa
the timberland in an effort to
produce enough wood products
for the increasing demands of
the people.
Tide Table
Following is the tide table
/or 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, August 9
0:00 a. m. 5:52 a. m.
12:17 p. m. 6:39 p. m.
Friday, August 10
0:21 a. m. 6:46 a. m.
1:19 p. m. 7:46 p. m.
Saturday, August 11
1:25 a. m. 7:50 a. m.
2:28 p. m. 8:58 p. m.
Sunday, August 12
"2:35 a. m. 9:01 a. m.
3:38 p. m. 10:09 p. m.
Monday, August 13
3:47 a. m. 10:12 a. m.
4:46 p. m. 11:13 p. m.
Tuesday, August 14
4:57 a. m. 11:17 a. m.
5:48 p. m. 0:00 p. m.
Wednesday, August 15
6:02 a. m. 0:10 a. m.
6:56 p. m. 12:16 p. nfc