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Brunswick County
VOL. NO. SIXTEEN
NO. 36
6-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, September 19,1951
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Brunswick Will
Have Thirteen
Calves In Show
Eleven 4-H Club Members
Planning To Enter Calves
In Southeastern N, C.
Dairy Cattle Show On
September 27-28
COUNTY AGENT
IS HELPING BOYS
Interesting Program Being
Arranged For Parents And
4-H Club Contestants
On. Thursday
Night
. Eleven 4-H club members will
enter 13 dairy calves from Brun
swick county in the Southeastern
North Carolina Junior Dairy Cat
tle Show at Wilmington Sep
tember 27-28, County Agent A.
S. Knowles announced today.
The 11 exhibitors of these
heifers are planning to take their
stock to Wilmington the morn
ing of September 27. Judging of
the cattle will take place the
following morning.
Four-H club members and the
number of calves fitted for the
show are: Aldridge Babson, Wac
camaw Club, one calf; Marvin
Bennett, Floyd Bennett and Ed
win Bennett, of the Shallotte club
one calf each; Eleanor Rabon and
James Albright of the Bolivia
club, one calf each; Joseph Price,
Carolyn Price and Jimmy Harp
er of the Southport club, one
calf each; Bobby Swain and Da
vid Swain of Southport club, two
calves each.
The exhibitors will be feted
by the Wilmington Chamber of
Commerce Agricultural Commit
tee, sponsoring the Dairy Show,
at a dinner on the evening of
September 27, County Agent
Knowles said.
Invited to the dinner, in ad
dition to the young exhibitors,
will be their parents, county ag
ents and vocational agricultural
teachers.
Eater that evening the exhib
itors with their heilfers will stat
in the special" entertainment pro
gram held at Legion Stadium at
7:30 o’clock.
The Dairy Cattle Show will be
held from 9 a. m. to noon on
Friday, September 28. Prizes
will be awarded at the close of
the show.
In conjunction with the first
day of the show, Wilmington will
hold a different Farmers Day pro
gram, to which all rural families
are invited.
The program includes speech
es and entertainment at the sta
dium until noon, a free fish fry
and conducted tours of Wilming
ton plants and industries in the
afternoon, and a big entertain
ment program in the evening.
Brief Newt
Flashes
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. A. L. Boner of Wilming
ton will preach at the regular
service hour at the Southport
Presbyterian Church Sunday, Sep
tember 23. The pastor, Rev J.
M. Waggett and Mrs. Waggett,
will be out of town over the
week-end.
WORKING ON TOWER
Work is now in progress to
give Shallotte phone service. A
tower is being erected and poles
lead from there to where the
phones will be installed. The
contractor stated Saturday that
it might be the first of the year
before service could begin.
SERIOUS CONDITION
Mrs. R. Will Davis of South
port is in a critical condition at
Dosher Memorial Hospital fol
lowing a fall suffered on Monday
in which she broke her hip. Ot
her complications have caused
her condition to be considered ex
tremely serious.
GOOD CROP HONEY
Here this week to attend court,
Laten Mintz of Waccamaw town
ship stated he had made a good
crop of honey this year. He
keeps bees as a side line to his
tobacco growing and general
farming. This year they were
almost as important as other
crops. He keeps 75 colonies of
the little workers.
DEMAND FOR HOUSING
Although the demand for fur
nished rooms is far from being
as heavy as it was during war
days, Southport is now being
called on for furnished and un
furnished rooms or good sized
apartments. One party here was
approached four times Monday
for help in locating homes, eith
er furnished or unfurnished.
Visiting Project Site
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INSPECTION—Congressman F. Frtel uariyie is. shown with W. B. Keziah of
Southport on a visit to Sunny Point, site of the proposed Army Ammunition Depot.
Keziah is shown pointing out the proximity of the channel to the bluff on the banks
of the Cape Fear.— (Wilmington News Cut. )
Hood Will Head
County Council
For Development
Brunswick County Will
Send Three Delegates And
3 Alternates To Southeas
tern N. C. Meeting Friday
Night
H. W. Hood of Southport has
been named chairman of the
Brunswick County Development
Council which has been formed
to cooperate with the Southeas
tern North Carolina Development
Council. Harry L. Mintz, Jr., is
secretary.
This action was taken at a
meeting in Southport Friday night
at which time three members of
—board of- -directors of the
eight-county organization also
named. These were Chairman
Hood, Dr. R. H. Holden and R.
L. Rabon. Alternates are Fos
ter Mintz, A. S. Knowles and
Ray Walton.
A second meeting of the re
gional group will be held at Bur
gaw at 7:30 o’clock Friday night
and the Brunswick county rep
resentatives will appreciate hav
ing as many of their fellow cit
izens as possible attend.
Commissioners In
Session Monday
Commissioners Had Plenty
Of Callers During Meet
ing Here Monday With
Superior Court In Session
The board of county commis
sioners were in regular session
Monday. A review of the min
utes reveals the following bus
iness as having been transacted
during the day:
On motion of Commissioner H.
O. Peterson, seconded by Com
missioner R. L. Rabon it was or
dered that Mabel Berry, by pay
ing $50 this date and $30 per
month for the remainder be al
lowed to settle the Delia Swain
estate taxes.
It was ordered that W. A. Ben
ton be allowed until January 1
to pay his delinquent taxes in
full.
It was ordered that Mrs. Hin
son of Wilmington be allowed the
sum of $20 each week for the
board aand care of the Riven
bark children.
Ordered that A. R. Robinson
pay $50 on his back taxes to
day and that the balance be paid
at the rate of $15 per month un
til the total amount of $155.61
is paid in full.
Ordered that Andrew Taylor
Bryant land, consisting of one
acre in Northwest township, be
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Southport Gains
Another Teacher
James N. Ford Of Colum
bus, Ohio, Expected Here
Today To Begin Work As
Member Of Faculty
To ease the overcrowded con
dition of the Southport school
County Superintendent of Schools
J. T. Denning went to Raleigh
last week and presented the en
rollment figures to the State
Board of Education. Permission
was granted for the employment
-of an additional teacher.
Principal Harry T. Saunders of
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Tuna Expedition
Working Near Here
First Commercial Catch Of
Tuna Ever Made Off
North Carolina Coast May
Come In Here This Week
LEADERS THINK
WILL FIND FISH
Expects To Hit Big Fish As
They Move Southward
Through Waters Off
Frying Pan Shoals
If expectations hold good, the
first commercial catch of tuna
along the North Carolina coast
and one of the first on the At
lantic coast will be brought in
to Southport this week.
The Atlantic Explorer, a trim
reconverted 104-foot crash boat
that was used by the Navy over
seas, pulled out from Southport
Monday morning, its officers and
crew all set with expectations
that somewhere off shore they
would find schools of tuna mov
ing southward for the winter.
The ship is owned by the Blue
Channel Corporation. For its
skipper the corporation has Cap
tain Carl Carson, a veteran of 20
years of tuna fishing on the
west coast. Including the cap
tain, four white men and eight
husky Negroes, comprise the
crew.
As on the west cosat, the boat
is equipped with hooks, lines and
poles. Tlie hooks are without
barbs and each line has one, two
or three poles to swing each fish
aboard. A curious thing about
tuna is that all fish in a school
weigh exactly the same. For
small fish a single pole and line
will suffice to swing it aboard.
Medium sized fish take two poles
to the line, and in the case ol
larger fish three and sometimes
four or five poles are required.
On this coast it is not expect
ed that tlie fish are of a size that
will entail the use of more than
three poles to lift them aboard.
It takes a lot of skill as well
as muscle. When a tuna strikes
all hands that have a pole on
that line bend to their work and
give a mighty heave that swings
the fish inboard. If they hesi
tate for an instant the fish will
throw himself free from the barb
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County Council
Meeting Friday
Miss Corinne Greene, Home
Demonstration Agent, Ur
ges Full Attendance At
County Meeting At Sup
ply
The County Council of Homs
Demonstration Clubs of Brun
swick county will meet in the
Agriculture Building at Supply
Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
Guest speaker will be H. M
Scott, District Supervisor foi
Soil Conservation Service, whc
will explain "Nickels For Know
How,” sa>s the home agent, Miss
Corinne Greene.
Brunswick county Home Dem
onstration county project lead
ers are urged to be present sc
as to work out plans for the
1952 program. Plans for Coun
ty Achievement Night will be
discussed also.
Every club member is askec
to make special effort to at
tend.
Air Force Has
Arrived Here
The advance guard of the
rescue team from Shaw Field
arrived here Friday and has
since been joined by other mem
bers of this outfit. ■»
On Monday and Tuesday of
ficers of this group met with
a representative of the Us S.
Army Engineers office in Wil
mington to work out a tr: .na
tion with making the garrison
building ready for occupancy
has been delayed until these
negotiations are complete.
It has been reported unoffi
cially that plans for the use
by the air. force group of the
Community Building have been
approved, but no final action
has been taken and it is ex
pected that the Lions Club
will hold its meeting there
again tomorrow (Thursday).
Shallctte Youth
Admitted To Bar
Ernest E. Parker, Jr, Receiv
ed As Member Of Bruns
wick County Bar Monday
Afternoon
Ernest E. Parker, Jr., was ad
mitted to the Brunswick county
bar Monday afternoon when he
was administered the oath by
Judge Walter L. Bone. His moth
er and wife witnessed the cer
emony.
Young Parker is the son of
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fer of to' the
and any major work in conne<\
McLamb to Lead
Farmer Program
In This County
“Nickels For Know-How”
Plan Will Be Pushed By
Committees Set Up At
Shallotte Meeting
FARMERS TO VOTE
ON PLAN LATER
Farm Leaders Explain Re
search Program As Means
For Improving General
Farming
In a countrywide meeting last
Friday .hight at Shallotte, W. J.
McLapib of Hickman’s Cross
Roads, was elected permanent
chairman of the committee to
conduct the “Nickels For Know
How” program. James D. Bella
my, of Shallotte, was elected co
chairman. Educational Commit
tee elected were: M. D. Ander
son, Bernice Russ, Odell Bennett,
J. E. Gilbert, Herbert Swain and
Gilbert Reid. Election commit
tee in charge of polls are: A. J.
Walton, Jr., Dave Bennett, Elroy
King, J. B. Sermons, Paul Brown
and Earl Earp.
H. M. Scott of Whiteville was
present and explained the Nick
els for Know-How program.
It was decided by the group
present to hold another county
wide meeting at Shallotte on the
night of September 21 to form
ulate plans for carrying the pro
gram to farmers throughout the
county.
New and improved varieties of
crops are needed for every sec
tion of the State; more efficient
use of plant food is needed on
every type of soil; more efficient
methods of food processing and
better nutrition, better market
ing systems and improved types
of farming are just a few of the
other problems waiting to be
tackeled by research.
Nickels For Know-How is the
slogan for an intensive campaign
farmers will be hearing about
from now until November 3. It
is hard to say when the idea be
hind the slogan was born, or who
should be credited with it.
Anyway, the 1951 State Legis
lature approved the November 3
referendum. The State Board of
Agriculture unanimously author
ized it. And it has the solid sup
port of the State Grange, the
North Carolina Farm Buread fed
eration, the North Carolina Ag
ricultural Foundation, Inc., and
numerous other organizations.
Planting Crops
For Late Fall
Linder Brothers Have Vari
ety Of Truck Products
Planted For Fall And
Winter Harvest
Residents of the Southport area
and perhaps a little further off
should have no trouble getting
home grown produce during the
winter months. The Linder Bro
thers, Long Island truck glow
ers, who came here early in the
year and bought five adjoining
farms, are preparing to produce
quite a bit of winter truck crops.
They now have five acres of
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Reporter
Just by way of answering the
question, Senator Alton Lennon
of New Hanover county did not
look any too pleased when he
was asked this Monday regard
ing the Fort Fisher-Southport
ferry. For that matter there
are a lot of people in New Han
over and Brunswick counties who
are not pleased at the ferry sta
tus. One consolation is that the
longer they wait the more cer
tain that they will have to build
a bridge somewhere just above
Sunny Point.
Our good friend W. J. Sellers
of Supply does not come to
Southport often, but he general
ly makes it during terms of'Su
perior Court. Mostly these trips
are to serve on the jury. Invari
ably, when he comes to attend
the September session, he hunts
us up to renew his subscription.
He goes largely by it being
court week to know when it is
time for him to renew. We re
call that during the war days Mr.
Sellers did not get to Southport
during the September term of
court. Knowing that we would
i
be on the bus passing his home,
on our way to Shallotte that
Saturday, he went out and flag
ged the bus, and between us we
held up the WB & S transpor
portation system until we could
write a receipt.
During court Monday a visitor
asked us how one goes about
getting his or her name in the
paper, and does it cost any
thing. He was told that anything
that makes news or just plain
good reading got in free gratis
for nothing. If it is advertising
for something, it has to be paid
for, but if it is anything that has
news value just tell us about it
or write and mail us the details.
It will come out in the paper.
We doubt if George F. Willets
of the Mill Creek community has
missed more than two Septem
ber terms of criminal court in
the past 26 years. Thas is as
long as we have lived in South
port. The miss or two made by
Mr. George was during the time
when he was running a cafe in
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Complete Jury For
Trial Of O’Quinn
Case Before Noon
Two Men Escape
Death Under Water
Pair Were Pinned In Automobile Which Submer.
Following Wreck On U. S. No. 17
When their 1949 Chevrolet
overturned and almost com
pletely submerged in the stream
through Harris swamp Tuesday
morning, Alcido - Arcino Rodri
guy and Alfredo Rodrigky, had
a harrowing experience before
they were rescued.
The two men were enroute
north and the car was being
driven by Mrs. Evelyn Rodri
guy. At Harris Swamp, Mrs.
Rodriguy lost control of the
machine and it skidded and
overturned and plunged head
long into the swamp, coming
to rest bottom side up.
Mrs. Rodriguy was thrown
clear of the machine, but sus
tained a badly injured knee
and an injured ear. The two
men remained in the car and
had a narrow escape from
drowning in water that com
pletely filled the body of the
car. When taken out Alfredo
Rodriguy, suffering from the
shock and his emersion in the
water, had to be brought to
the hospital along with Mrs.
Evelyn Rodriguy.
Patrolmen L. W. Smith and
J. S. Jones investigated the
accident.
City Will Collect
For Outside Trips
President Gets
Big Money Bill
The sum of $22,805,000 was
included in the military con
struction bill finally passed by
Congress yesterday in the lar
gest peacetime building pro
gram by the armed services
in all history.
The construction authoriza
tion now goes to President
Harry S. Truman for his sig
nature.
The Brunswick county pro
ject calls for the construction
of an ammunition loading de
pot at Sunny Point, which is
located on the Cape Fear riv
er about five miles from South
port. A survey has been made
of a surrounding territory
comprising more than 20,000
acres, indicating that the pro
posed project is of great di
mensions.
An appropriation for this
work is expected to follow
speedily upon the heels of the
president’s signature, and actu
al work will then begin.
Funeral Service
Held Wednesday
Pvt. Clinton Parker Is Bur
ied In Southport Ceme
tery; Ended Own Life
With Shotgun Blast
Funeral services were conduct
ed here last Wednesday for Pri
vate Clinton Parker, 18 year-old
Southport colored soldier, shot
and instantly killed himself while
at his home here Thursday mor
ning. Apparently there is no
known reason for the act. A shot
gun was used, the load entering
below the left jaw and emerging
through the right temple.
A star player on the basket
ball team of the Brunswick Coun
ty Training School last session
and due to graduate in the
spring, Parker left school in late
April to enlist in the Army. He
has been stationed at Camp Jack
son for the past several months
and this past week he came home
on week-end leave. He was due to
have returned to camp the day
preceeding that on which he shot
himself. For some unknown rea
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Son Dies While
In Tokyo, Japan
Denard W. Roberts, supervisor
of U. S. Safety Engineering of
the Far East Command, died sud
denly of a heart attack in To
kyo, Japan, on September 12. He
was 51 years of age.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Julia Whitehurst Roberts,
and by his mother, Mrs. Agusta
Crapon Roberts. His wife was
with him in Japan at the time
of his death.
The funeral will be held in New
Bern pending arrival of the body
from Japan.
Aldermen Pass Resolution
Setting Up Schedule Of
Charges For Fire Truck
Trips Beyond City Limits
TAX RATE REMAINS
AT 42.00 FIGURE
Officials Also Raise Rate
For Making Connection
With City Water System
To Cover Costs
Members of the board of al
dermen set a schedule of fees to
be charged for out-of-town trips
made in the future by the fire
fighting equipment of the City of
Southport.
Henceforth there will be a
charge of $25 for a distance up
to five miles; a charge of $50
for distances of 5 to 10 miles.
These charges are payable by the
property owner in whose inter
est the call is made.
This action resulted from the
fact that during the past year
more than one-half the calls com
ing to the fire department have
been for trips outside the city
limits. The aldermen emphasiz
ed that there is no intention on
their part to be uncooperative,
but there is a legal point involv
ed in that it is not lawful for
the city to provide free fire-figh
ting service outside its limits ex
cept where a reasonable sched
ule of fees has been established
for such service.
The board set the tax rate at
$2.00 for the fiscal year-, the
same that has been in force dur
ing the past year.
The board also raised the
charge for making connection
with the city water system to
$50. This was done to cover the
actual cost of materials used in
this operation.
Autos Collide
Near Southport
No Serious Injury Results
From Two-Car Collision
Tuesday At The Sawdust
Trail Intersection
Charges of failing to yield the
right of way were preferred yes
terday against Emory Roland
Hewett of Supply, following a
two-car wreck at the Sawdust
Trail, half a mile north west of
Southport.
State Highway Patrolman J.
C. Taylor who investigated the
*vreck reported that Mr. Hewett
was coming into Southport over
Route 303. At the intersection
with Route 130 he failed to stop
and his car crashed into the
1949 Dodge, operated by Mrs. C.
D. Robinson of' Southport. Mrs.
Robinson was also coming into
Southport, traveling over Route
130.
There were no injuries to occu
pants of either car, and the
machines suffered only minor
damages. Both are said to have
been traveling at a moderate rate
of speed. The charges against
Mr. Hewett resulted from the
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Special Venire Called Tues
day In Effort To Draw
Jury To Hear Evidence In
First Degree Murder Case
OTHER IMPORTANT
CASES ON DOCKET
Monday And Tuesday Mor
ning Used To Dispose Of
Several Cases Of Minor
Importance
Marshall Long of Ash became
the 13th juror accepted for duty
in the trial of J. G (Pat) O’Quinn
just before court adjourned today
for the noon recess. When he
was called all but five members
of the special venire of 100
which had been summoned for
this case had been exhausted,
as had the regular list of 36
jurors.
Clerk of Superior Court Sam
T. Bennett stated that the actu
al trial of the case would com
mence at 2:30 o’clock and that
Solicitor Clifton L. Moore would
ask for conviction on a charge of
first degree murder. Defense at
torneys are expected to ask for
acquittal on the grounds that
the bullet which caused the
death of Mrs. O’Quinn was fired
while she and the defendant
struggled for possession of a pis
tol with which he feared she was
about to shoot him.
Monday, appreciating the grav
ity of the case and the possibil
ity af the difficulty of obtaining
a jury, Judge Boone ordered that
a special jury panel of 100 men
and women be summoned.
His expectations proved to be
well-founded. The work of se
lecting a jury began Tuesday af
ternoon following lunch. At ad
journment last night only five
jurors had been accepted. Only
three of these were accepted from
the regular panel of 36 called
for the term and some 15 of
the special panel had been ex
amined before the five were seat
ed.
In a first degree murder trial
it is necessary to have a jury
of 12 regulars and one alternate
juror. With eight men still need
ed, the work of completing the
body had resumed this morning.
The outlook for completing the
case and placing it in the hands
of the jury before Thursday night
is rather dim. O’Quinn, who has
been represented by Frink & Her
ring of Southport, has recently
added Oscar L. Henry of Lum
berton to his defense staff. This
is taken to indicate that he will
fight for a not guilty verdict.
On the other hand, Solicitor Clif
ton L. Moore has indicated he
will ask for a first degree mur
der verdict.
Two rape cases involving
white girls of 12 and 13 years
each have not been tried. It has
been indicated that they will
come up immediately following*,
the verdict in the O’Quinn case.
Only small matters were dis-. \
posed of Monday and Tuesda/
prior to the beginning of t'
selection of the jury in •
O’Quinn case. Cases disposed
were as follows: A
Lofton Clemmons, possess:*
three months on the roads. \
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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 20
11:14 a. m. 4:49 a. m,
11:27 p. m. 5:27 p. m.
Friday, September 21
12:00 a. m. 5:33 a. m.
0:00^ p. m. 6:16 p. m.
Saturday, September 22
0:14 a. m. 6:20 a. m.
12:48 p. m. 7:11 p. m.
Sunday, September 23
7:07 a. m. 7:14 a. m.
1:43 p. m. 8:11 p. m.
•Monday, September 24
2:06 a. m. 8:14 a. m.
2:30 p. m. 9:12 p. m.
Tuesday, September 25
3:07 a. m. 9:16 a. m.
3:35 p. m. 10:08 p. m.
Wednesday, September 26
4:05 a. m. 10:14 a. m.
4:28 p. m. 10:57 p. m.
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