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Most of The New* All The Time THE STATE A Good Newspaper In VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 37 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. PORT PILOT A Good Community C., Wednesday, September 26,1951 The Pilot Covers Brunswick County PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAH Brunswick Boys And Girls Will Enter Exhibits Twelve Registered Dairy Calves Will Be Shown At Dairy Cattle Show In Wil mington Thursday And Friday DINNER MEETING FOR THURSDAY County Agent A. 5 Knowl es Has Bei'n Working With 'i-H Club Mem bers And Their Ani mals For Exhibi tion On the eve of the Southeastern North Carolina Junior Dairy Cattle Show, which opens in Wil mington tomorrow (Thursday) County Agent A. S. Knowles sta ted today that eight Brunswick county boys and two girls are prepared to show 12 fine regis tered calves. Two of the boys, David and Bobby Swain of South port, will each show two calves. In addition to the four calves that will be placed by the Swain boys, Brunswick will have the following other entries with one calf each: Aldridge Babson, Wac camaw 4-H club; Marvin Ben nett, Floyd Bennett and Edwin Bennett, Shallotte 4-H club; El eanor Rabon and James Albright, Bolivia 4-H club, and Joseph and Carolyn Price of Southport. With pride the county agent points out the contrast between the entries to be offered this week and those offered at the same show last year. Last year only five boys from Brunswick showed calves, the animals be ing all grades. This year eight boys and two girls are in the running with a total of 12 fine calves, all of them registered. The calves will be trucked to Wilmington by their young own ers and exhibitors Thursday mor ning. The judging of the calves will take place Friday morning. Thursday evening the young exhibitors, their parents, the various county agents and vo cational agriculture teachers will be the dinner guests of the Ag ricultural Committee of the Wil mington Chamber of Commerce. Later the same evening the young visitors with their heifers will star in the special entertain ment program at Legion Stadium at 7:30 o’clock. The dairy cattle show will be held from 9 a. m., till noon on Friday. Prizes will be awarded all winners at the close of the show. In conjunction with the Thurs day event of the show, Wilming ton is holding a different Farm ers Day program to which all rural families are invited. This program includes speeches and free fish-fry at the Stadium. In the afternoon there will be con ducted tours of Wilmington plants and industries. In the evening there will be a big enter tainment program. Brief 1Sews Flasket AT PREP SCHOOL Charles Blake, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Blake of Southport, is a student at Georgia Military Academy. PRESIDENT VISITOR Mrs. Clara Moye Shakell of Greenville, State president of the King’s Daughters, will be the special guest of the Southport Chapter of King’s Daughters at their meeting here Thursday night at the home of Mrs. C. Ed Taylor. Mrs. Shakell will be the guest of Mrs. Taylor while visiting in Southport. CEMETERY CLEANUP There will be an all-day work ing or cleaning up of the Grif fin Cemetery at Ash, near the J. M. Milligan farm, Friday of this week. All who have rela tives or friends buried there, or are otherwise interested, are ur ged to attend or send someone with working equipment and a lunch. PAVILION STAYS OPEN For the first time since devel opment started, present plans are to keep the Long Beach pavilion open all winter on Saturdays with a dance Saturday nights. An oyster roast will be operated at the same time in connection with the pavilion, it is said. In formation is that quite a number of beach homes have been re served for the winter by service men and others. The beach will be far from deserted this winter. ———————————————-—————■ Doomed To Go MfcLD—This is one oi tne neias at tne isneppara piant larm near and Congressman F. Ertel Carlyle is shown looking over a part of the area will be included in the Army Ammunition Loading Depot. Sheppard hopes to be a to acquire other land in this county suitable for the production of early tomato — (Wilmington News Cut.) Inspection For Shallotte Unit National Guard Annual Inspection By Rep resentative Of Regular Army Scheduled For Mon day, October 15 The Annual Army Inspection of Battery A, 725th AAA AW Bn (M) of the North Carolina National Guard has been sched uled for Monday, October 1*6, 1951, it was announced today by the North Carolina Adjutant Gen eral’s office. This National Guard unit is commanded by Captain John K. Burns and meets each Monday night at the coun ty garage in Shallotte. Lt. Col. H. R. Tuebner has been appointed inspector by Lt. General John R. Hodge, Comman ding General 3rd Army. His in spection will include a complete review of all phases of the Shallotte unit activities to de termine the efficiency of the unit and the status of administration and training. Battery A is assigned to the 252nd AAA Group with headqua rters at Bluethenthal Field, Wil mington. Col. Kenneth M. Cor bett, Commanding Officer of the unit, stated that once each year every National Guard unit is in spected by a representative from the Regular Army. These inspec tions last one day and complete ly cover the unit’s activities dur ing the preceding year. During the afternoon of this inspection, MSGT Hugh D. Vance the unit administrative assistant, and Sgt. Charles L. Gore, unit caretaker, will aid the inspect or. A formal inspection in ranks of the Shallotte unit will begin at 8 p. m. Captain Burns stated that he was interested in talking to the Brunswick county men who were interested in attending artillery or motor mechanics, electricians or clerks school and joining the Shallotte National Guard. His office in the county garage, Shal lotte, is open daily from 8 a. mli to 6 p. m. Report Made By The Grand Jury Final Session Of This Grand Jury Unless Special Term Of Superior Court Is Scheduled Having been sworn in at the term of criminal court last Jan uary the Brunswick county grand jury completed its duties for the year 1951 last week. This is, of course, provided no special term of criminal court is called during the remainder of the year. Instead of having a new grand jury each term of court the cus tom is to have the same body sit at all criminal sessions held during the 12 months. The con cluding business of 1951 grand jury required four full days, al though the concluding report to Judge Walter J. Bone was very brief. This report was as foi lows: “The Grand Jury was in session four days, beginning September 17, 1951. and ending September 20th, 1951. “During this period we pass ed on all bills presented, and re turned 10 true bills and five not true bills. We have examined the count} home and found that the condi tions are fair, also some repairs Continued on Page Five Judge Sharp Will Hold Civil Term Reidsville Jurist Will Be First Woman To Preside Over Session Of Superior Court In This County TERM CONVENES HERE ON MONDAY Trial Of Mintz Suit Against Atlantic Coa3t Line Ex pected To Take Up Much Time Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett has been advised by the Gov ernor’s office that Judge Susie Sharp of Reidsville will preside at the one week term of South port Court that is to convene here next Monday for the trial of civil cases. In coming here Judge Sharp, who was appointed special judge by Governor Scott, will be the first woman ever to preside at a term of Superior Court in this county. Still she will not come here as a stranger. She is a first cousin of Mrs. VV. G. Mc lamery. Miss Dorothy Swain and Mrs. Riley Willis of Southport. About two months ago Judge Sharpe visited these relatives in Southport. Probably outstanding in the cases that will come up before Judge Sharp next week is that of the re-trial of the Miss Mary Lou Mintz suit against the At lantic Coast Line. At a trial here last year Miss Mintz was award ed $34,000 for injuries she alleg edly received when she fell down a flight of steps at the Coast Line offices in Wilmington where she was employed. The railroad took an appeal from the verdict to the Supreme Court and a new trial was ordered. Miss Mintz resides at Leland. The first trial last year was a lengthy one and there are no indications that the coming one will be any shor ter. The jury that has been called to serve next week is as follows: H. W. Brown, F. W. Spencer, Mrs. L. B Caison, W. Herbert Swain, W. S. Wells, J. S. Ald ridge, Lucille McRackan, South port: E. D. Bishop, C. D. Jen rette. W. Gai'land Varnum, Fred Continued on Page Five Wife Of Chaplain Visiting Sister Mrs. Ivan Bennett, Whose Husband Is Serving As Chief Of Chaplains In Korea, In Southport For Visit Mrs. Irvin Bennett of Raleigh is spending several days here with her sister, Mrs. Sam. T. Bennett. She was in Japan with her husband when the trouble broke out in Korea a little over a year ago. She returned to the United States last fall, but her husband. Col. Ivan Bennett, a chaplain in the Army for 32 years, was sent to Korea and has remained there since the first troops were dispatched there from Japan. Next April Col. Bennett will have completed 33 years with the Army as a chaplain. At that time he plans to retire and return to the United States. Both Col and Mrs. Bennett have many relatives in Shallotte and Wacca maw townships where they were memebrs of the widely7 known I Bennett and Jenrette families. They lived near Ash until Mr Bennett began his services with I the Army in 1918. —--— Recorder’s Court Scheduled Friday _ Nearly 40 cases were contin ued at the Monday, September 10, session of the Recorder's court. No session was held on September 17, as Superior Court was in session. Likewise no session was held Monday of this week as Judge W. J. Mc Lamb was said to be on his vacation. To make up for no session Monday and try and clear the docket of cases continued from September 10, a session will be held Friday of this week. If the accumulated docket can be cleared that day. it .yyilj be 9,*b of the biggest clays in the his tory of the court. . If the usual custom of hav ing no Recorder’s Court while Superior Court is in session is followed, there will be no Re corder’s Court here next week. Fair Arranged At Ash School Annual Community Event To Be Held On Friday And Saturday, October S And 6 ASH, Sept. 24 — The Parent Teacher Association of Wacca maw High School is sponsoring its third annual Community Fair on Friday and Saturday, October 5-6. Announcement was made this week that the fair will be open on the first day from 6 p. m. to 10 p. m. and on Saturday from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. "This is not only open to re sidents of the Waccamaw School Continued on Page Five Whiteville Now Over Total Of Last Year Sales Monday Sales Carried This Year’s Total Over Total Sales Figures For 1950 Says Supervisor $17,394,327.02 PAID OUT UP TO FRIDAY Season Is Expected To Come To Close On October 5 Unless Extension Is Necessary - The Whiteville Tobacco Market today passed last year’s sales re cord and came close to equaling the 1950 total in dollars paid out. When sales started this morn ing, the market was within 87, 100 pounds of the 1950 total in number of pounds. Up to Friday night, Whiteville warehouses had auctioned 32,525, 406 for a $53.62 average and a dollar total of $17,394,327.02. Last year, . sales - for the full season of 4-4 days were 32,613, 074. The market this morning be gan what is expected to be the next to last week of sales. Un less an extension is necessary be cause of unsold tobacco in the area, sales are expected to come to an end on October 5. Last week’s sales were steady, with approximately 700,000 pounds being sold each day. The volume in pouncis and the average per hundred for each day were as follows: Monday—743,552 for $56.17. Tuesday—693,746 for $54.65. Wednesday—689,450 for $53.74 Thursday—725,738 for $53.51. Friday—719,858 for $53.05. Monday’s average of $56.17 was tops for the current season The average, however, was good throughout the entire week con sidering the quality of leaf plac ed on the floors. Employees Have Pleasant Outing J. A. Elmore Entertains Members Of His Force At A'l-Day Picnic At Shal lotte Point Following a long standing cus tom the Elmoie Motor Company at Bolivia was closed all day Saturday, and owner J. A. El more was host to all of his em ployees and their families at a picnic dinner at Shallotte Point. About 30 workers, the office force and members of families attended. The picnic dinner was one of those made-on-the-spot af fairs, consisting of fried fish, shrimp, cold slaw, coin bread and other fixtures in the shape of cold drinks. There was no speaking, just eating, bathing, fishing and boat riding. Mr. Elmore took his owr boad down on a trailer for the occasion and the craft is credited with being able to make 35 miles per hour and of being sturdy enough to go outside for deep sea fishing. The Elmore Motor Company handles Chevrolets exclusively Continued on Page Five W. B. KEZIAH Reporter “Come around to the house and see my tomato vines.” So said Captain Roy Robinson, retired Coast Guardsman, this past week. Assuming that the plants were something unusual or we would not be invited around, we went. The first of June Captain Robin son set out 8 plants on a small square plot of ground in his back yard. Just after the middle of July he gathered his first ripe tomatoes from the vines and has been gathering them ever since. He has gathered several tomatoes almost daily. At present the vines have everything from fresh blooms on up to fully de veloped tomatoes. The vines are supported on a trellis about four feet from the ground. Not a ves tige of lot shows on either the vines or leaves and the fruit is perfect. We had seen one of them be fore but when G. E. Hubbard brought us a large left-handed conch shell this week we were at a loss to see just what was odd about it. Left handed conchs are very rare and they are said to be rather sought after by col lectors. It may be said that about 999 conch shells out of 1000 are right handed. The one left hand ed specimen in this number is of ten unnoticed because it is iden tical in all respects with the right I handed specimens, except for one detail. The opening on the left handed conchs is from left to right and on the more numerous right handed specimens it is from right to left. For the time being Judge and Mrs. Walter L. Bone of Nash ville were residents of the South (port area last week. With the judge coming here to preside at the term of court, Mrs. Bone came along and the couple secur ed a home at the beach and set up housekeeping. For tiie judge, it was a vacation with perhaps more than the usual amount of work, but he greatly enjoyed his stay at the teach. He stated that ! both he and Mrs. Bone had been ; looking forward with interest to the term of court and the oppor tunity it would give them of be Continued On Page Four Sailfish Catches Being Made Here Big News Of Sports Fishing During Past Week In South port Has Been Luck With Sails Big news for the past few days for Southport fishing has been the good luck with sailfish catches. The current run of luck began on Saturday, September 15, when W. A. Lyon of Albemarle caught a 1-foot sail weighing 45 pounds while out with Captain James Arnold aboard the Kiabab. The Jim-Jam set the season’s for one day Sunday with three sailfish. Even more thrilling to parties aboard the Capt. Linwood Roberts’ craft was a brief skirm ish with a marlin. This fish was estimated to weigh 400 pounds. The Stardust, Wilmington boat fishing out of Southport, had a sailfish on both its Saturday and Sunday trips. Captain Victor had a party which brought in a sail on Sat urday and on Monday R. L. Mc Laurin caught the largest sail fish of the season while fishing aboai'd the Cadet. This beauty measured 7 feet, 11 inches and weighed 62 pounds. Another Monday prize fell to James Atkinson of Drexel Hill, Pa., who was fishing with Capt. Hoyle Dosher aboard the Botfly. Other members of the party were Claude Lester and L. A. Mudge of Fuquay Springs and their catch included 17 dolphin and 35 blues and mackerel. Yesterday Captain Basil Watts had another sailfish to show for his trip out on the Idle-On. The lucky fisherman was Cary Pick ett of Durham. The party also caught 40 bluefish. These fish by no means begin to show the extent of fishing thrills provided during the past ten days by sailfish. There have been many other strikes and sev eral other fish have been hooked for a brief fight, only to have them break away. All boatmen working in the area around the old position buoy report sight ing an unusual number of these fine gamefish. O’Quinn Sentenced For Manslaughter Cameramen Out With Fishermen John Hemmer and Sebastian Sommer of the State News Bureau are out today with two of the Southport sports fishing boats seeking action shots of sailfish. Hemer is aboard the Idle-On of Captain Basil Watts with a party of South Carolina sports men and Sommer is out with Capt. Howard Victor aboard the Cadet. Included in th'e lat ter party is E. D. McGougan, commissioner of N. C. Wild life Resources Commission; J. A. Singleton, Hiram Granth am and R. D. McMillan, Jr., of Red Springs. The State News Bureau cam eramen came here when they heard that local boats have been having unusually good luck with sail fish during the past few days and today they split up, hoping at least that one of the boats will continue the sailfish catches. Whiteville Men Feature Program Editor Willard G. Cole Of The News Reporter And R. F. Clodfelter Of Wac camaw Rank & Trust Co. At Bolivia Meeting The Bolivia Lions Club cele brated its second anniversary and Ladies’ Night Wednesday night with representatives from the Shallotte and Southport clubs and the Bolivia teachers as guests. A total of 90 were pres ent. The event was held in the high school gymnasium and the chief speaker was Willard G. Cole of the Whiteville News Re porter. During the past several years Mr. Cole has become much in demand as a speaker to serve • all general occasions. The Bo livia Lions and their guests were very much pleased with his speech. The program began by the gathering being called together by H. Foster Mintz, president of the club. One verse of America was sung by all and this was followed by invocation by Lion J. T. Denning of Southport, the Deputy District overnor. Tail Twisters S. H. Hilburn and Ce cil Robbins were then introduc ed. Dinner came next in order, fol lowed by the introduction of Lion Denning as toastmaster by President Mintz, who also intro duced the various guests. The welcome was extended by Lion Wade Mobley and was respond ed to by Lioness W. A. Kopp. The presentation of Editor Cole and R. F. Clodfelter of Whiteville was made by Toast master Denning. The Whiteville editor, taking the role of humorist, told a se ries of jokes and then proved his serious point that “you can do just about anything you want to, if you want it bad enough, by demonstrating how he learned a simple trick in juggling and mastered the seemingly impos sible by balancing two pocket knives on the point of a needle. Clodfelter was at his best in the character of a mimic, sneeze Continued on Page Five Trial Came To Close Late Friday Afternoon After Beginning To Pick Jury Tuesday Afternoon DEFENDANT GETS 15-20 YEARS IN PEN Notice Of Appeal Given By Defense Attorneys; No Other Cases Tried Fol lowing Completion Of This Trial J. G. (Pat) O’Quinn, resident of the Calabash community, was convicted of manslaughter by a verdict of Brunswick county jury here Friday evening and Judge Walter L. Bone of Nashville promptly sentenced him to serve from 15 to 20 years in the state penitentiary. O’Quinn was on trial for his life for the fatal shooting of his wife, Mrs. Ruby Dell O’Quinn, five days after his release from the Federal Reformatory, Peters burg, Va., in June of this year. The State sought to convince the jury that O’Quinn had brooded over the report that his wife had become pregnant during his ab I sence and that he carried out a preconceived plan to kill her. O’Quinn declared that he and his wife had reconciled their differences while he still was in prison and that he had forgiven her for her infidelity which led to her pregnant condition. He took the stand to testify that he loved his wife and looked for ward to resuming life together with her in their home. He re ported that all was well between them until on the afternoon of June 25 she suddenly developed a mean streak and with the dec laration that she “would make your (O’Quinn’s) blood run red over Calabash,” she brought out a pistol with which she threat ened to shoot him. It was while grappling for possession of this weapon, he said, that the pistol was accidentally discharged and ( Continued on page Five ) Hewett Released On $2,500 Bond Supply Man Allowed Free dom Under Bond When Crowded Court Docket Made It Impossible To Try His Case Unable to reach his case last week because of the crowded doc ket, Solicitor Clifton L. Moore and Judge Walter L. Bone agreed to the release of R. C. Hewett, Jr., from jail under a bond of $2,500. This sum was put up immediately by D. Carl Andrews, Shallotte business man, and Hew ett was released from jail. He is scheduled to be tried at the next term of criminal court. That will be in January unless a spe cial term is called during the interval. Hewett is charged with the rape of a 12-year-old white girl of the Supply community. 'Hie crime was allegedly committed in July while the girl was be ing taken to Hewett’s home to serve as a baby sitter for his children. He disappeared immediately following rhe report of tne alleg ] ed crime, but returned a few days later and surrendered to j Sheriff E. V. Leonard. He has j since been held in jail without I bond. Area Industrial Progress Mapped At SENC Meet S. Lee Braxton Of White ville Is Made Permanent President Of Development Council OPERATING BUDGET OF $25,000 IS APPROVED Executive Director To Be Employed By Eight Coun ties To Promote Indus trial Growth BURGAW, Sept. 24. — S. Lee Braxton of Whiteville was elected president of the Southeastern North Carolina Development Cou ncil as representatives of eight counties met here Friday night to complete the organization. Other officers elected were: J. G. Anderson of Surf City, vice president; Kermin Austin of Clinton, second vice president, and J. B. Clark of Elizabethtown, secretary-treasurer. Executive committee members named and counties represented were: W. G. Fussell, Bladen; H. W. Hood, Brunswick; S. D. Scott, Jr., Columbus; Aubury Cavanaugh, Duplin; O. O. Allsbrook, New Hanover; Herbert Eastwood, Ons low; J. V. Whitfield, Pender, and Glenn Thornton, Sampson. Members of the board of di rectors named and counties re presented were: Fussell, Clark and Clyde R. Jordan, Bladen; Hood, Dr. R. H. Holden and R. B. Rabon, Bruns wick; Scott, Braxton and Ralph W. Spivey, Columbus, Cavanaugh, M. G. Cording and Byron Bryant, Duplin; Allsbrook, C. H. Trask and Glenn N. Tucker, New Han over; Eastwood, R. L. Mullen and Albert Venters, Onslow; Whit field, W. W. Williams, Jr., and Anderson, Pender, and Thornton, George Walstrom and Jimmy Chestnut, Sampson. An operating budget for the first fiscal year was estimated at $25,000 and, on a motion by An derson, the Council voted to fi nance the Council by having each county pay on a popula tion basis and allow each county to work out their own plan to raise their quota, using eight cents per capita as the rate.” Populations of each county in the Council were based on the 1950 census. Quotas for each cou nty, accordingly, are approximate ly: Bladen, $2,376; Brunswick, $1, 539; Columbus, $4,039; Duplin $3,-, 285; Onslow, $3,363; Pender, $1, 473; Sampson, $3,982, and New Hanover, $5,061. Before the motion was approv ed, representatives from each cou nty accepted the quota as equi table and said they would raise the amount in each of their coun ties. The cost of supporting the Cou ncil was contained in the by-laws to the constitution. The Council first approved the by-laws after a few minor changes and then tack led. the financing question. Braxton explained the Council would have to pay high for an executive director to manage the Council's promotion activities. The consensus of members was that a budget of $25,000 for the first year would be the minimum re quired to employ such a man, staff his office, pay for his trav eling expenses, and provide for other necessities. Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are approxi mately correct and were furn ished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. High Tide Low Tide Thursday, September 27 4:56 a. m. 11:06 a. m. 5:15 p. m. 11:42 p. m. Friday, September 28 5:43 a. m. 11:55 a. m. 5:59 p. m. 0:00 p. m. Saturday, September 29 6:26 a. m. 0:23 a. in. 6:4$ p. m. 12:4$ p. m. Sunday, September 30 7:07 a. m. 1:01 a. m. 7:12 p. m. 1:23 p. m. Monday, October 1 7:48 a. m. 1:39 a. m. 8:00 p. m. 2:07 p. m. Tuesday, October 2 8:28 a. m. 2:17 a. m. 8:39 P m. 2:50 p. m. Wednesday, October 3 9:12 a. m. 2:56 a. m. 9:22 P- m. 3:35 p. m.