Most of The New*
All The Time
VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 34
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A_Good Newspaper In A Good Community
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
6-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, September 5, 1951
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
$1.50 PER YEAR
County Teachers
For Fall Term
Listed Below
Complete List Of Faculty
Members For White Con
solidated Schools Of This
County Given By Super
intendent
ADDITIONS MAY
BE POSSIBLE
Importance Of Haring All
Eligible Register And At
tend Regularly Stressed
By Superintendent
A list of all teachers in the
five white consolidated schools
in Brunswick was announced this
week by J. T. Denning, county
superintendent of schools. With
the opening last Wednesday, no
complete attendance figures are
available at the present time, but
Superintendent Denning states
that reports indicate that enroll
ment was good.
The complete teacher list fol
lows:
Waccamaw High School De
partment—B. M. Crawford, prin
cipal; Willie Mae Spivey, Hyton
W. Babson, A. H. Braswell, N.
A. Morrison, Murial Ward Ben
nett.
Waccamaw, Grammar Grades—
Hugh Stout, Zelma R. Hewett,
Mildred M. Lewis, Claire Thatch
er Evans, Mary Saleby, Myrle
H. Evans, Mary Lillian Watts,
Elsie Avant Dodson, Daisy Rob
ertson Erwin, Lila W. B. Shay,
George W. Crawford, Edna Earle
Platt, Louise L. Mercer, Louise
K. Walton, Hortense McEachern,
Doris W. Ward.
Shallotte, Grammar Grades—
ment—Henry C. Stone, principal;
Margaret Rurr, Edna W. Russ,
Katie McKenzie McKeithan, Mar
tha Boswell, Mary Lunn Smith,
Anne Fouche, David Carmichael,
LeRoy Mintz, Clelon McLaurin.
Shallotte, Grammar Ggades—
rtutn tsiackman, Muzette Arnold,
Robert H. Sellers, Catheryn C.
Mintz, Joyce Dean Carmichael,
Mildred E. -Cherry, Doris A. Fair
cloth, Gelene C. Russ, Beatrice
B. Babson, Louise B. Formyduval
Macye Weeks, Brightie Gertha
Holden, Ibera McCarley, Ruth W.
Galloway, Lillian C. Hewett, Cla
ra M. Russ, Carrie Lee Ward,
Wanda Elledge, Ottice Holden
Russ, Louise Holcombe, Frances
E. Galloway, Vernie Hewett, Fra
nces B, Stone, Katherine R.
White, Dorothy Clontz.
Southport, High School—Harry
T. Sanders; Verna T. Denning,
McD. Williams, Martina Caden
head.
Southport, Grammar Grade—
Ann McRackan, Ruth Robinson
Hood, Mae Parker, Muriel Davis
Lennon, Annie Russ Weeks, Lu
£ile S. Williamson, Thelma S. Wil
ts, Mahy Lee Norment.
Leland, High School—Holland
Manning; Jack M. Holton, Nell
Webster Fryer, Clara M. Stron,
Irene S, Manning, Veneta A.
Geedy.
Leland, Grammar Grades—Ma
mie C. Coker, Mamie L. McFar
land, Madge W. Smith, Mrs. Ted
L. Benton, Gertrude Knox Gallo
way, Mildred Grace Taylor, Ma
ry S. Austin, Mildred Sauls Te
nuta, Mildred B. Naylor, Alverta
Robbins, Margaret Biggs, Estelle
Caudill.
Bolivia, High School Depart
ment John Louis Johnson; Al
mon Erwin Mercer, Carrol Wade
Mobley, Jean B. Mobley, Johnny
M. King.
Bolivia, Grammar Grades —
Reba B. Rourk, Rose Graham
Johnson, Pearl C. McNeil, Anna
Mary McDowell, Ora G. McKei
than, Zura Edna Barris, Alice
Lesh, Anne Elizabeth Merritt, El
izabeth A. Horne, Sarah S. Tur
ner, Sara Joy Russ.
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Flashit
P.-T. A. MEETING
The first meeting of the year
for the Southport Parent-Teacher
Association will be held on Thurs
day evening at 7:30 o’clock in the
high school auditorium.
SISTER DIES
Mrs. Abbie L. Hewett, a na
tive of Brunswick county, died
at the home of a daughter, Mrs
Robert N. Johnson, in Wilming
ton, Saturday morning. Mrs
Hewett was a sister of Dar
Leonard and Mrs. F. W. Pigott
of the Shallotte Village Point
community.
"correction
The write-up contained in last
week's issue of The Pilot regard
ing a point birthday celebration
of Roseman Mooney and James
Brown was a false report and
apparently was sent in by some
person who sought to use the
newspaper as a medium for play
ing a practical Joke.
Southport Men
Save Fisherman j
Cooperation Between Pilot Hall Waters And Captain j
Monroe Potter Saves Man Off Wrightsville
Hall Walters, pilot for the
Brunswick Navigation Company,
and Monroe Potter, skipper of
the Wolfpack, Southport shrimp
boat, are credited with saving
one man from drowning and the
recovery of the body of another
off Wrightsville Beach Saturday.
Matthew M. Walton, a Wil
mington printer, and Rudolph. B.
Martin, a fishing companion,
were off Wrightsville in an out
board motor boat. The boat
capsized and both men were
thrown into the water. Walters,
flying the company’s plane in
search of fish, spotted the men
directly after their boat over
turned. He flew low and threw
life preservers to both of them.
With his radio he called Potter,
who was shrimping on the Wolf
pack. The boat reached the ^
scene within 10 minutes and res- •
cued Martin. (
Walton was found floating, ]
wrapped in the life preserver that ■
had been thrown him by Wal- ]
ters from the plane. He was
unconscious, however, and all ef- '
forts to revive him on the boat ;
and at the hospital where he :
was rushed, failed.
But for the quick spotting of 1
the men by Walters and the equ- :
ally quick response from the '
fishing vessel it is said that both
men would have undoubtedly been
lost.
Violence Marks
County Labor Day
Variety Of Trouble Includes
Drownings, Murder, Rape
And Death In Traffic Ac
cident »
LARGE CROWDS
VISIT BEACHES
Members Of Sheriff’s De
partment And Of High
way Patrol Kept Busy
During Week-End
The Labor Lay week-end was
one of the most hectic periods
in the recent history of Bruns
wick county, with two men lost
in water accidents; one rescue
being made through the combin
ed efforts of a local plane and
shrimp boat and the body of an
other victim of this same acci
dent being recovered; one mur
der case; one rape case; and one
fatal highway accident.
Claude W. Yates, of Cerro
Gordo, was drowned Monday in
Lockwoods Folly river at Var
num's store, when he fell over
board from a shrimp boat.
Charles Wirtz, resident of Shall
otte Point, was lost overboard
while fishing from a small boat
near his home Tuesday, his death
being attributed to heart attack.
Pilot Hall Waters and Captain
Monroe Potter figured in the
rescue of Rudolph B. Martin from
the ocean waters off Wrights
ville Monday after the small
boat in which he and a compan
ion had been fishing capsized.
The body of Matthew M. Walton
was recovered, but efforts to
revive him proved fruitless.
Coachman Bozeman died Sat
urday after he had been stabbed
by Henry Leonard in a fight
near Grissettown, and Sheriff Ed
V. Leonard and his deputies
brought the knife -wielder in ear
ly Sunday morning.
Good work by Deputy Sheriff
Charlie Skipper resulted in the
arrest of Richard V. Owens, Wil
mington white man charged with
criminally assaulting a 13-year
old child of the northwest section
Saturday night. He was assist
ed by Patrolman J. C. Taylor
and the Wilmington police.
The fatal accident occurred on
Monday night near Navassa when
Claudy Bryant lost control of his
speeding car. The accident was
investigated by Patrolman Tay
lor, who reported that Bryant
died at the scene of the acci
dent of head and chest injur
ies.
Leland Resident
Passes Sunday
Morris S. Gainey, Member
Of Prominent Family Of
This County, Died Sunday
At His Home
Morris S. Gainey, prominent
resident of the Leland communi
ty, died at his residence Sunday
afternoon. He was 73 years old
and had been in failing health
for some time.
He was a native of Columbus
county but had resided in the
Leland community for many
years.
Surviving him are his wife,
Mrs. Edell Ganey. four sons
S. Ganey, Jr., Wilmington, A. H.
and Joe N., of Leland and Thal
ley Gainey of the U. S. Army,
stationed at Fort Bragg; five
daughters, Mrs. Sam Pierson, of
Augusta, Ga., Mrs. Grover Shel
ly of Columbia, S. C„ Mrs. S. A.
Sue and Mrs. Mildred Ganey of
Leland and Mrs. Ben Cherry of
Wilmington.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday afternoon from the Le
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Local Shrimpers
Now On Strike
Southport shrimp boats re
mained at their berths at the
Southport yacht basin for the
second consecutive day this
morning as boatmen continued
their strike for higher pay for
their catch.
It was reported Tuesday that
the shrimpers are asking $10
per bushel for their shrimp,
and while prices have been
high thus far this season, this
would represent an increase.
Decision to go on strike fol
lowed good catches by all boats
which were in operation on
Monday. Thus far the strike
has been conducted on a peace
ful basis, and it is expected
that an early settlement will be
reached.
White Man Held
On Rape Count
Wilmington Resident Charg
ed With Criminal Assault
Upon 13-Year-Old Child
In Leland Section
Charged with rape of a 13
year-old girl of near the Phoenix
community near Leland, Saturday
night, Richard V. Owens of Wil
mington is being held in jail
without the privilege of bond,
watting a hearing in Recorder’s
: Court next Monday.
The attack is said to have oc
curred at about 8 o’clock Sat
urday night at the home, of the
child. The parents are said to
be separated and the mother was
away from the home at the time.
The 13-year-old girl was left at
home with three young children
in her charge.
The mother reported the oc
currence to the officers on her
return home and within an hour
State Highway Patrolman J. C.
Taylor and Wilmington officers
had arrested Owens at his home
in Wilmington. He is also said
to have served eight years in
Virginia on a robbery charge.
Wilmington Man
Has Good Luck
Tom Murrell And Members
Of Week-End Fishing Par
ty Found Mackerel To Be
Plentiful Off Southport
Coming down Saturday and
making a final trip out for the
mackerel Monday morning, Tom
Murrell, Wilmington used car
dealer, said he would be here ag
ain today. With him on his Mon
day morning trip were Roger W
Hewlett and Taylor S. Murray of
Wilmington and C. A. Taylor and
Tommy Larsen of Dayton, Ohio.
They went out early Monday
morning and were back in be
fore noon with 110 large mack
erel. The fish were still biting
like all get-out when the party
called it a day and came in. Rea
sons for quitting early: "We got
all the fish we wanted. A wash
tub full of them.’’
Mr. Murrell said that there
were more mackerel here now
than he has known to be here
m a good many years. He has
been fishing at Southport for 32
years and sort of knows what he
was speaking about. The out
look is for still more of the fish
during the next two weeks and
the blue fish should also move in
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Johnson Family
Here On Visit
Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Johnson of
itt. Airy and Winston-Salem and
heir son, Dr. Thor Johnson, dl
•ector of the Cincinnati, Ohio
Symphony Orchestra, are spend
ng a couple of days here and a£
Caswell Beach.
Dr. Thor Johnson, often rated
>ne of the three greatest native
>om symphony conductors in the
Jnited States, owns property at
Caswell Beach and is now plan
ting to build there before another
lummer season. With his parents
le has spent three summers at
jong Beach and Caswell Beach,
rhey missed out in coming last
fear as they were touring Eu
•ope. This past June they spent
hree weeks in Finland and the
low-approaching orchestra season
breed them to make a short trip
>f it this week. %
The original plan for the John
son beach home had an estimated
:ost of $35,000. He is having new
tians made now and hopes tlie
instruction will not be nearly so
sxpensive. In any case he hopes
;o have a new home at Caswell
3each by next summer. His par
:nts plan to live here permanent
y when the Rev. Dr. Johnson re
sires from the ministry.
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Cerro Gordo Man
Killed In Tumble
Off Shrimp Boat
Claude W. Yates, 66, Is Vic
tim Of Accident Ne*f
Holden’s Beach In Brum
wick '%■
Claude W. Yates, 66-year-oll
State Highwayemplo yee of Cer
:'o Gordo, Columbus County, died
Monday in a fall from an anchor
ed shrimping- boat near Varnunl’s
Store in the Holden’s Beach sep
:ion.
Whether he suffered a heart At
tack, causing him to fall, or .whe
ther he accidently stumbled |wm
.he ship and drowned wasi^riot
learned. . ~ -
Yates disappeared from the
boat about noon, but his body
was not recovered jfrom the wa
ter until four hours , later.
A. L. Griffin of Cerro feordo,
bis brother-in-law ' and Griffin’s
son-in-law had seen Yates about
five minutes before he was miss
ed. At that time there was no
thing to indicate the impending
tragedy.
A Coast GUart cutter was oall
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Funeral Friday
For Mrs. Holden
Mrs. Elneta Fulford Holden
Died Thursday At Her
Home Near Supply Fol
lowing Lengthy Illness
Mrs. Elneta Fulford Holden,
wife of John T. Holden, died at
her home near Supply Thursday
morning. She was 45 years old
and had been in ill health for a
long time.
Funeral services were conduc
ted Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the Sabbath Home Baptist
church, Rev. Matt Gore officiat
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Market Now In
Million Pound
Per Day Class
Average Prices Paid On
Whitevile Market Ranged
From $54.86 To $52.12
During That Period
SEASON TOTAL
HITS 19,038,194
Volume Of Drought-Damag
ed Tobacco Has Cut Ave
rage Prioe Below The
Level For Last Year
The Whiteville Tobacco Market
last week sold 5,639,776 pounds
of tobacco to bring its 1951 sea
son total to 19,038,194.
The market is now approxi
mately four hundred thousand
pounds ahead of the 1950 season
for the same number of selling
days.
Figures for the five days last
week were:
Monday—1,176,796, $645,855.24,
average $54.86,
Tuesday—1,108,490, $597,115.42,
average $53.86.
Wednesday — 1,066,964, $557,
308.95, average $52.23.
Thursday — 1,105,502, $576,
311.06, average $52.13.
, Friday — 1,182,024, $617,309.03,
average $53.08.
It was the first week in which
a million pounds or more were
sold during each selling day.
The market continues to lag
behind 1950 in price average and
there is little chance that it will
catch up. The quality of leaf of
ferings is improving but the
•amount of drouth-damaged leaf
placed on the market early in the
season was too great to allow for
a high average.
Another five million - pound
■week is expected this week.
Students Shaken
In Bus Accident
Waccamaw High School
Students Escape Serious
Injury Tuesday Whfen
Auto Strikes Bus Head-On
A Waccamaw school bus, just
starting' out and only partial]^
loaded with students, was in a
head-on collision with a car on
the Longwood road yesterday
morning. Some -of the children
were shaken up but none serious
ly injured.
The bus wfus being operated by
Ivon Long, 17 year old resident
of Ash. He estimated the speed
of' his machine it 20 miles per
hour and said he was not sure
how many students were aboard.
Mrs. Annie Lpu Leonard, age
17, operator of the car that ran
into the bus wa§ hospitalized, suf
fering from lacerated lips and
bruised knees. She was cited to
appear in Recorder’s court next
Monday and answer to a charge
of reckless operation and with
operating a car without a license,
Patrolman L. W. Smith of Shal
lotte investigated the wreck. He
found that Mrs. Leonard was
driving on the wrong side of the
road when her car ran head-on
into the school bus. She claimed
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Our
ROVING
Reporter
Congratulations are in. order to
Dr. Richard K. Redwine for his
very successful two-months series
of conferences at the Caswell
Baptist Assembly. Dr. Redwine’s
report shows that the average
weekly attendance for the eight
weeks was 630 as against an av
erage of 471 last year. Natural
ly, the report does not cover all
of the angles. The average of 630
during each of the 8 weeks means
that a total of 5062 people spent
a leisurely week or most of a
week at Caswell. Part of the time
they were engaged in church ac
tivities and part of the time in
recreation. The number does not
include the thousands who drove
around for a day or part of a
day's visit. It can be said that
the assembly drew several thou
sand interested people to Bruns
wick County this year and most
of them went home even more in
terested than they were before
they came.
A very unfortunate disagree
ment among the patrons of the
Negro Union School near Shal
lott« led to the construction work
on their new plant being held up
for months. When the go-ahead
signal finally came, the builders
found themselves in the midst of
a labor and material shortage.
The result is that the 1951-52
session of school has opened
without the building being avail
able at the Union school, and
they may not be available this
session. The delay, as we see
things, was a purely local matter.
The patrons have no one but
themselves to blame and they
should govern themselves with
patience in the assurance that
they will have a fine school plant
when the buildings are finally
completed and turned over for
use.
The school authorities have
done a fine thing in being able
to offer Brunswick county school
children insurance for the school
year at a cost of only $1.25. Last
year- under a like form of insur
ance 140 school children were
treated for various accidents.
Last year the insurance people
paid out $2,250 for hospital and
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Soldier Receives
The Purple Heart
Mrs. Patsy W. Tolar Receives High Award And Messages
Of Condolence Following Death Of Husband
Mrs. Patsy W. Tolar has received the Purple Heart
Medal, awarded posthumously to her late husband, Pvt.
Alton L. Tolar, who was killed in action in Korea on
May 20, 1951.
A leuer irom .secretary or uie*
Army Frank Pace, Jr., said in I
part, "The medal is of slight in- I
trinsic value, but rich within
tradition for which Americans
have so gallantly given their
lives ever since the days of
George Washington, whose pro
file and coat of arms adorn the
medal.”
The accompanying certificate
is signed by President Harry S.
Truman.
An earlier letter of condolence
from Col. Peter W. Garland, To
lar’s commanding officer, said:
"I extend my most profound!
sympathy to you on the loss of,
your husband, Private Alton L. i
Tolar, who died in the service \
of his country on May 20, 1951, I
as a result of action against j
enemy forces in ilie vicinity of
Masogu-ri, South Korea.
“At the time of his death
his unit was attacking an ene
my position and he was killed
instantly by enemy small arms
fire. His body was recovered
and he was given a military bur
ial with final religious services
by a chaplain of his faith.”
Brunswick County
White Man Killed
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Winnabow Man
Heads Department
. Jackson J. Taylor of Winna
bow has been named chairman of
the University of Richmond’s
physics department.
He received the post following
the resignation of Dr. Reuben E.
Alley, Jr., "who quit the universi
ty td accept a research position.
Taylor has been a member of
the university’s physics teach
ing staff since 1948. He gradu
ated from the University in 1942
and in 1948 he received his M. S.
degree from Cornell University.
He taught there as an assistant
in physics while'“working on his
master’s degree.
Commissioners In
Session Tuesday
Routine Matters Of Business
Disposed Of By Board
Members In Special Ses
sion This Week
With Monday being Labor Day
the board of county commission
ers. met yesterday in lieu of the
regular first Monday. The bus
iness of drawing a jury list for
the October term of court and
several minor matters were dis
posed of.
On motion of Commissioner R.
X. Rabon and seconded by H. O.
Peterson it was ordered that the
State Highway Commission be
asked to give Fannie Peck, of
Town Creek township proper
drainage to his property where
damage is said to have been
caused by work done by the
highway commission.
The commissioners approved
the State Highway and Public
Works Commission taking over
and putting in all-weather condi
tion a strip of road in Shallotte
township known as the Bland,
Gore and Bennettown Road, ap
proximately three miles in length.
It was ordered that Mrs. Alma
Medlin be allowed to pay $100
today on the L. F. Medlin delin
quent taxes and the balance to
be paid on or before January 1,
1952.
The jury list drawn for the
October term of Civil Court was
as follows: H. W. Brown, F. W.
Spencer, Mrs. L. B. Caison, W.
Herbert Swain, W. S. Wells, J.
S. Aldrich, Lucille McRacken,
Southport ;E. D. Bishop, C. D.
Jenrette, W. Garland Varnum,
Frederick Mintz, Odell William
son, H. C. Stone, R. E. L. Gray,
A. O. Cox, H. M. Fulwood, Jr.
Shallotte.
Harley B. Hickman, Ash; Les
ter L. Edwards, Sr., J. D. Dan
ford, Jr., Henry E. Gilbert, J. C.
Creech, Jr., Bolivia; Clifford P.
Clark, P. E. King, Edward D.
Nobles, James Thompson, A. B.
Croom, C. M. Lanis, G. F. Carf
roll, L. W. Lane, C. B. Skipper,
Leland; Carl Hewett, Bradly
Hewett, I. B. Phelps, Charles
Shimes Hewett, Supply; Walter
C. Wilson, Freeland.
Resident Of Grissettown
Slain In Fight Late Sat
urday Night; Henry Leon
ard Held
KNIFE WOUNDS
CAUSE DEATH
Leonard Being Held In The
Brunswick County Jail
Pending Outcome Of
Coroner’s Inquest
Friday Night
Coachman Bozeman, a Bruns
wick county white man, was stab
bed to death near Grissettown
about 11 o’clock Saturday night,
and Henry Leonard is held in
jail at Southport as his alleged
assailant.
Sheriff E. V. Leonard said
newsmen Sunday night Bozeman
died from loss of blood from a
stab wound in the throat.
The Brunswick coroner said
Leonard claimed he stabbed Boze
man following a fight in which
Bozeman hit him on the head
with a five-cell flashlight. He
reported that Leonard has a
bruise behind his left ear and
that the flashlight he picked up
as evidence had a flat end which
flattened as if it had struck
something.
The body of the victim was
taken to Meares Funeral Home
in Whiteville. Besides the stab
wound in the throat, Bozeman
was cut on the right side, and
had cuts and stabs on the back.
The cause of the affray was
not learned locally.
Coroner Caison will conduct an
inquest Friday night at the
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Loans Available
To FHA Farmers
Time Now For Making Ap
plication For Funds For
Diversification Of Farm
Operation
Desiring to aid in diversifica
tion of the farm program in ev
ery possible way, the Farm Home
Administration is now prepared
to make adjustment loans to eli
gible farmers who wish to start
livestock projects, plant pastures,
buy stock, etc.
The loans, according to a rep
resentative of the FHA who call
ed at this office this week, are
for the purpose of financing the
seeding, liming, fertilizing and
fencing of pasture land, plus the
financing of the purchase of
livestock to be placed in the pas
tures.
The livestock may be either
beef or dairy type cows, sheep
hogs or whatever is desired by
the farmers. Included in the
loan can be necessary farm ex
pense funds, such as fertilizers,
seeds and family living expenses,
as may be necessary.
The first year the maximum
loan is $3,500 and may be in
creased to $5,000 the second year,
as needed to develop the pros
pect’s interests. Five years are
given for repayment and the se
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Friday Meeting
Scheduled For
Research Plan
W. J. McLamb Temporary
Chairman Of County Com
mittee To Work Out Plans
For Cooperation
STAGE TO BE SET
FOR REFERENDUM
Farmers Will Be Told Of
Proposal To Contribute
$5 Per Ton On Feeds,
Fertilizers
There will be a county-wide
meeting at Shallotte school audi
torium on Friday evening at 7:30
p. m. for the purpose of explain
ing the various aspects involved
in the research program for agri
culture, reports W. J. McLamb,
temporary chairman of County
Research Committee. Recently a
group from Brunswick county at
tended a district meeting in Lum
berton where Mr. McLamb was
appointed temporary chairman to
call a county-wide meeting for
September 7.
Farmers will be interested in
knowing more about the agricul
tural research program of the
State, because every farmer that
buys feed or fertilizer will have
the oppor tunity of taking part in
a referendum that will be held
at the usual polling places on No
vember 3. Farmers will decide
whether they will assess them
selves 5 cents per ton on feed and
fertilizer to aid iii the agricul
tural research program.
At the September 7 meeting at
Shallotte a permanent chairman
and research committee will be
elected, says Mr. McLamb. This
committee will attempt to inform
all feed and fertilizer buyers
about the importance of the re
ferendum. A speaker from N. C.
State College will appear on the
program at Shallotte to- discuss
the research program being car
ried out and how it can be im
proved to promote progress in ag
riculture through aid of farmers
to the Agricultural Foundation.
The North Carolina State Gran«
ge, North Carolina irarm Bureau,
and the ' Agricultural Foundations,
Inc., are charged with the re
sponsibility of conducting the bal
loting'. All persons who buy feeds
and fertilizers, including hus
bands . and wives, will be eligible
to -tote.
Shallotte Point
Man Is Drowned
Charles Wirtz, Retired Rail
road Engineer, Rails From
Boat While Trolling Out
side Tuesday Morning
Charles Wirtz, retired railroad
engineer who has mp.de his home
at Shallotte Point since his re
tirement three years ago, was
pronounced dead by a heart at
tack after his body was recov
ered from the water near the
Shallotte river bar Tuesday mor
ning.
The deceased, who was 66
years of age, was fishing in a,
small boat with outboard mo
tor, with U. S. Deputy Marshall
John Stephenson and his son,
Cal, of Southern Pines. The par
ty was trolling near the mouth
of the river when suddently Mr.
Wirtz stood up and pitched "head
long from the boat. The other
two men dived in after him in
an effort to render assistance,
but they required help from
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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, September 6
11:04 a. m. 4:42 a. m.
11:11 p. m. 5:27 p. m.
Friday, September 7
12:01 a. m. 5:31 a. m.
0:00 p. m. 6:26 p. m.
Saturday, September 8
0:09 a. m. 6:28 a. m.
1:05 p. m. 7:33 p. m.
Sunday, September 9
1:16 a. ni. 7:36 a. ni.
2:17 p. m. 8:45 p. ni.
Monday, September 10
2:29 a. m. 8:50 a. m.
3:28 p. m. 9:54 p. m.
Tuesday, September 11
3:43 a. m. 12:02 a. m.
4:34 p. m. 11:56 p. m.
Wednesday, September 12
4:50 a. m. 11:06 a. m.
5:34 p. m. 11:50 p. m.
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