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Telephone Service
TALKING—Judge F. C. Hunter of the State Utilities Commission is shown com
pleting a telephone call to J. G. Bradbury, vice-president of Southern Bell in Atlanta,
Ga., as the new radio-telephone long distance communications system serving Shal
lotte wras placed into service Thursday evening. Seated at the left is A. S. Knowles,
Shallotte Lions Club president; seated at the right is Joshua James, member of the
State Utilities Commission; and standing is H. T. Booth, North Carolina manager for
Southern Bell.
Southport Boat '
Abandoned Off
Shore By Crew
Southport Men Are Taken
Aboard Tanker When En
gine Trouble Developed
Aboard Marie Rose; Craft
Recovered By The Coast
Guard
Coast Guard boats from vari
ous points spent Monday search
ing for the shrimp trawler, Ma
rie Hose, abandoned by her crew
some 120 miles off Charleston
early Monday morning. Horace
Ivey, his father and an uniden
tified Negro composed the crew.
They are reported to have been
taken off by a Standard Oil
tanker.
Apparently the boat did not j
sink and was undamaged, the
The tanker which took off the ;
men was bound for New York, i
at which! port they will be land
ed. Yesterday (Tuesday! it was
reported that a Coast Guard
plane had spotted- the Marie Rose
9-nd that a vessel had towed her
jn to the port of Charleston.
^She was spotted at a point 120
miles from that port.
trouble being the inability of
the crew to operate the engine.
With the boat drifting and 120
miles off Charleston, it is very
likely that the winds and tide
would carry her a considerable
distance before the Coast Guard
could reach her, if they find
her at all. It is said that 125
bushels of shrimp were aboard.
The Marie Rose was on her
way to Fernandina, Fla., with
other boats belonging to Paul
Fodale. The other boats reach
ed there all right, but the boat
in charge of young Ivey did
not show up.
Brief Newt
Flasket
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turkey shoot
A turkey shoot and oyster
roast will be held from 12:00
o’clock to 5:30 Saturday in front
of the Levie Sellers Garage at
Supply. Proceeds will go to the
treasury of Concord Methodist
church.
BENEFIT DANCE
John Shannon’s orchestra will
play for a dance tonight in the
Southport gymnasium, proceeds
from which will go to the Do
sher Memorial Hospital Building
Fund. Arrangements have been
made by the committee to have
the building comfortably heat
ed.
WRECKS AUTO
Traveling the Shallotte to Hol
den Beach road Friday nrght
Paul Edison Fussell of Spring
Lake lost control of his car on
a curve. Tire t machine overturn
ed and Patrolman L. W. Smith
states that it hurled over and
over for 150 feet before coming
to rest down" in a ditch. Fussel
sustained only minor injuries to
his right leg. Patrolman Snrith
cited him for drunken driving.
Telephones For
Shallotte Area
Long Distance Facilities In
augurated Thursday Eve
ning At Lions Club Party
In Honor Of This Occas
ion
CALLS MADE TO
GOVERNOR SCOTT
State, County And Company
Officials Appeared On In
teresting Program Mak
ing This Progressive
Step
The new radio-telephone sys
tem for Shallotte was officially
placed in operation Thursday
night with appropriate ceremo
nies in which Southern Bell,
State and County officials par
ticipated to the delight of a
ladies night audience which
swelled the attendance at the in
auguration party, sponsored by
the Shallotte Lions Club.
A barbecue dinner was served
in the home economics depart
ment of Shallotte high school to
about 150 guests, who had the
privilege of hearing the first
calls placed over the new sys
tem. This part of the celebra
tion was started by State Utili
ties Commissioner Joshua James,
who called Governor Kerr Scott
to tell him that the dream of
communications for Shallotte fi
nally is a reality.
A few minutes later Judge F.
C. Hunter, also of the State Util
ities Commission, placed a call
to J. G. Bradbury, vice president
of Southern Bell, of Atlanta, Ga.,
and delighted his listeners on
this end of the line with his
humorous remarks. Harvey Booth
North Carolina manager for
Southern Bell, also talked with
Governor Scott and with Mrs.
Bradbury duiing the course of
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Funeral Friday
For County Man
Marshall B Edwards Died
In Wilmington Hospital;
Body Interred In Wilming
ton
Marshall Barrett Edwards, 73,
member of a prominent Wacca
maw township family, died in the
hospital in Wilmington last week
after a short illness. ^
Funeral services were conduct
ed Friday from Gibson Avenue
Baptist church in Wilmington
with Rev. C. E. Brinson officiat
ing, assisted by Rev. Houston
Ganey. Burial was in Greenlawn
Mcraoilal Park cemetery in Wil
] mington.
; Mr. Edwards is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Carrie Hewett Ed
wards; one son, W. M. Edwards
of Wilmington; three daughters,
Mrs. Frank Stone, Mrs. James M.
Ray and Mrs. A. G. Hales, all of
Wilmington; two brothers, Jessie
land Dalton Edwards of Shallotte;
two sisters, Mrs. Davis Clem
j mons and Mrs. M. R. Hewett of
i Shallotte. Seven grandchildren al
jso survive.
K
Ku Klux Klan
Meet In County
A report in today (Wednes
day’s) Wilmington Morning Star
reports that handbills have been
circulated in that city announc
ing a meeting of the Ku Klux
Klan in Brunswick county on
Saturday night.
The convocation bears the usu
al designation of “public speak
ing” and is supposed to be sched
uled for a location between Sup
ply and Bolivia on U. S. No. 17.
The wife of Grand Dragon Thos.
L. Hamilton of Leesville, S. C.,
is quoted as saying that her
husband will be the principal
speaker. She said that the cross
burning ceremony will be ob
served.
It was impossible to contact
Sheriff E. V. Leonard or other
law enforcement officers this
morning to learn what action, if
any, they will take in this mat
ter.
Drinking Cases
Tried In Court
A Majority Of Defendants
Were In Trouble As Re
sult Of Imbibing Too
Freely; Traffic Cases Al
so Appeared
Cases involving the use of in
toxicants held the spotlight at
the Monday session of Recorder’s
court. These and other cases re
quired almost the full day of Jud
ge W. J. McLamb and Solicitor
Ray Walton. The minute book
shows the following entries:
Harlie Smith, Mrs. Harlie Smith'
public drunkenness, fined $33.45
and costs.
Ross Spencer, public drunken
ness, fined $18.45 and costs.
James Kager, overloading, pra
yer for judgment continued.
Earl C. Medlin, overloading, one
half the costs.
Philip Pridgen, overloading,
costs.
Paul Edwin Fussell, drunk dri
ving, fined $100.00 and costs.
Richard B. Barker, reckless op
eration, fined ^$25.00 and costs.
Robert Orce Hewett, public
drunkenness, fined $10.00 and
costs.
Harlan W. Long, reckless oper
ation and possession, fined $25.00
and costs.
Freddie Carl Stocks, failing to
yield right of way, fined $25.00
and costs.
Robert Lee Dailey, overloading,
costs.
: Bryant Bennett, overloading,
prayer for judgment continued.
: Hargrove Hankins, overloading,
, one half costs.
John Batten Bond, Jr., speed
' ing, fined $10.00 and coats.
: Daniel B. Richardson, speeding,
costs.
Goffery D. Wescott, speeding,
’; nol prossed with leave.
Murray Mitchell, speeding 75
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Dredging Work
Important For
Depot Project
Huge Anchorage And Turn*
ing Basin Necessary To
Accommodate Ships To
Be Used In Transporta
tion Pians ^
NO PLANS FOR
ANY NEW INLET
Revelation Made That Nat
ural Conditions Played
Important Part In Se
lection Of Site
Primary requirements for such
in installation as the Sunny Po?
int ammunition outloading facility
dictate first and foremost that
vater transportation with chan
nels at least 35-feet deep must be
available.
This requirement would not on?
ly demand extensive dredging in
the immediate area of the three;
wharves but would also necessi
tate the deepening of the 32-foot
channel by three feet from Sunny
Point to the sea.
Preliminary plans specify that
a turning basin would be dredged
adjacent to the piers so that
ships would be able to approach
and depart from either direction.
Another requirement proposes, as
an additional safety measure, that
an explosive anchorage basin at
least three and a half miles from
the loading area be provided. This
would have several purposes. In
one case it would allow ships a
place to lie in wait while other
vessels are being loaded. In the
event of convoy sailing, it would
be an assembly point from which
to proceed to the open seas. Per
haps the most imposing feature
is that it would provide an an
chorage place at a safe distance
from populated areas for ships
the cargoes of which are a safety
threat.
This anchorage basin has been
tentatively located on the east
side of the Cape Fear River just
south of Zeke’s Island and on the
west side of the breakwater pg>
pularly Ten own as'' The ftock». 'J'S
would be reached from the norjh
by the extensions of the southern
end of Horseshoe Shoals and the
lower outlet would be a new chan
nel running southwestward into
the existing Snows Marsh Chan
nel of the river.
There is no suggestion anywhere
in the recommendations that a
new outlet to the sea be cut at
any point on the east side of the
river.
The only new channels and ba
sins proposed so far are basins
for the explosive anchorage area
and piers and necessary approach
and departure channels. The an
chorage basin would have a safe
ty radius of almost two miles.
Other conditions dictate that
adequate rail and highway facili
ties be available and that there
be sufficient labor supply within
25 miles of Sunny Point.
“The site under investigation,”
the preliminary report points out,
“appears to be the best available
from the standpoint of meeting re
quirements and economy of con
struction.”
The potential labor supply is
considered adequate in view of the
fact that upwards of 25,000 peo
ple were employed " in the Bruns
wick-New Hanover vicinity during
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Season Closes
FINIS—This is the Southport football squad, which yesterday fought to a 7-7
drllw with the strong Shaliotte Pirates in their final game of the season. Front row:
Rohnie Brunson, Roy Daniel, Richie Dosher, William Webb, Roger Ward, Joe Coeh
ra|, Billy Cullis; second row: Herbie Oberjohan, Billie Watts, Gene Fullwood, Wil
lia n Robbins, Joe Swain, Frank Creech; back row: Doug Watts, Agnew Fulcher,
Mi rie Davenport, Joe Young, Jerry Spencer, David Swain.— (Art Newton Photo.)
(jFQuinn Escapes
From Local Jail
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L,yman Reported
Coming To Work
! Families of the men on vari
i qMs government dredges, in
cluding the Lyman, which has
»,a Southport man for captain,
-nriil niany other Brunswick
men in its crew, are seeking
homes for apartments in South
port, to be available January
1, 1952.
The Lyman, of which John
G. Swain is skipper, is now at
Portland, Me. Letters from
the personnel state they are to
be back here on January 1,
to remain for a long time. It
is supposed that the Liman
and other government dredg
es of the hopper type will work
on the channel, while most Of
the other dredging will be han
dled by pipe line dredges un
der contracts.
Commissioners In
Session Monday
County Offices Will Be
Closed For Thanksgiving
Thursday; Other Routine
Business Settled
The board of county commis
sioners were in their mid-month
session Monday with very few
business visitors and very few
matters up lor consideration. The
minutes show the following busi
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i
W. B. KKZtAH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
We felt sort of flattered fJT
other day when we received a let
ter from L. Richardson, chairmin
of the board of directors and sbn
of the founder of the Vick Chenfti
cal Company. The company is Re
garded as one of the most fin) n
cially sound organizations in Nin
th Carolina. After writing of sa|ne
business matters, Mr. Richard: pn
said: “Two or three years agi ill
fished for two or three days lit
of Southport. I believe your fi fl
ing is by far the best off he
North Carolina, South Carol la.
or Virginia coasts. I have he rd
a great deal about you and wjgen
I get down in those parts again I
would like to meet you and, i$c -
dentally, thank you for your in
terest in the matter we havefc in
mind.”
the previous night was the first
such system- east of the Rocky
Mountains. “They have been found
effective in remote areas in the
west,” says Mr, Booth. "If the
one at Shallotte proves to be al
right we may inaugurate another
like system somewhere in Bruns
wick County.” Speaking of the
near Southport area, Mr. Booth
mentioned the fact that the com
pany now has lines and phones in
service as far as the inland water
way bridge leading to Caswell
Beach and Long Beach. “A cable
to cross the canal will cost us
$77,000.00,” he said. From this
statement of the teleohone execu
Sort of visiting with us Friflf
morning, Harvey G. Booth Bof
Charlotte, North Carolina mfi
ger for the Southern Bell ilk
phone Company, remarked th :
the radio-telephone system wjBi
he had just cut in on at Shalati
tive it can readily be seen that
Fort Caswell, Caswell Beach and
Long Beach will have to have a
much greater demand for phones
than they now have before they
can hope for service.
Our friend Sam T. Bennett,
Clerk of the Superior Court, re
cently came under suspicion, un
justified and from which he has
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Man Convicted Of Pistol
Slaying Of Wife Makes
Get-Away Early Thurs
day Evening In Waiting
Automobile
NIGHT JAILER IS
VICTIM OF RUSE
O’Quinn Was Being Taken
From Cell For Telephone
Call With Man Who
Said He Was Solici
tor Clifton Moore
Sheriff E. V. Leonard yesterday
treated it as absurd that J. G.
(Pat) O’Quinn might be hiding
somewhere, in the swamps around
Calabash. The sheriff believes that
O’Quinn, who walked out of the
Brunswick jail' Thursday night,
after a watchman had unlocked
the door, has put as much dis
tance as possible between himself
and Brunswick county.
Sheriff Leonard, his deputies,
State Highway officers and offi
cers from adjoining counties have
made all possible effort to appre
hend O'Quinn. The search has ex
tended hundreds of miles and the
officers can only conclude that
the hunted man got outside the
bounds of the search before it
could be started an hour after he
walked out of the jail.
The facts relative to the escape,
as near as .they can be put to
gether are as follow:
O’Quinn’s escape from jail was
sensational in its ease. At 9:15
Tumps Phelps, the $600.00 . per
month watchman, answered the
telephone on the first floor of
the jail.
The caller said he was Solici
tor Clifton Moore and the watch
man was requested to bring
O’Quinn to the phone as Moore
wished to talk to him on a mat
ter of business. Phelps is not a
deputy, but carries keys to use
in cases of emergencies. He has no
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Good Catch Of
Shrimp Monday
Boats Operating From Here
Reported Best Luck In Re
cent Weeks From Opera
tions Monday And Tues
day
Fishermen on the shrimp boats
have been having a cold job of it
this week and the shrimp head
ers and other workers about the
fish houses have been getting their
share of the cold.
However, the boats started this
week by bringing in about the
most profitable catches made in
several weeks. Two boats got 16
bushels each Monday. When a
check was made 4 were still due
to come in and unload at the Le
wis Hardee house. They may have
had more than the 16 bushels of
the early arriving boats.
Adding to the results, all boats
made large catches of good sized
whitings or Virginia mullets. In
many cases the catch of fish
were about equal in value to that
of the shrimp.
Game Between
Southport And
Shallotte Tie
Two Brunswick County
Teams Battle To 7 To 7
Deadlock During Tuesday
Homecoming Day Cere
monies
Shallotte and Southport bat
tled to a 7 to 7 deadlock yes
terday afternoon in a thrilling
football game which was the
feature attraction of the home
coming day activities for the Pi
rates. More than one thousand
fans witnessed the slam-bang
contest and colorful pre-game
and intermission program stag
ed by the Shallotte high school
band.
Rated as favorites on the ba
sis of their season’s record and
their one-point victory over So
uthport in an earlier meeting this
fall, the home eleven soon dis
covered that they had their
hands full with a fired-up band
of ball players. The Southport
score came early in the first
quarter and the home team was
not able to knot the count until
midway the third period. South
port then took over the offen
sive department and remained in
the driver’s seat until the wan
ing minutes of the contest, when
Shallotte appeared to be finally
coming to life. But then it was
too late.
Southport kicked off to Shal
lotte, and when the Pirates still
needed two yards for a first down
on their own 40 yard line they
made the mistake of not punt
ing. The ball went over and
Little Red Roger Ward picked
up 12 yards through the Shall
otte line for a first down. Ward
lost 1, then Doug Watts lost 2,
and a third down pass from
Ward to Ronnie Brunson was
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Conservation Is
Plan for Farmer
Provisions Of PMA Pro
gram Are Designed For
Every Farmer In Bruns
wick County, Says Chair
man
The 1952 Agricultural Conser
vation Program is available to
every farmer in Brunswick Coun
ty to help do his part in meeting
the Nation’s two main production
objectives for the coming year,
says Leo F. Medlin, chairman of
the county PMA committee.
The objectives, according to
Medlin, are to step up production
in 1952 to meet growing defense
requirements and to restore re
serves, and maintain and improve
soil fertility to make possible in
creased production in the future.
The chairman urges farmers to
stress particularly the soil and
water conservation practices whi
ch will increase yields of the
farm commodities most needed in
the defense effort, and at the
same time to consider future pro
duction needs based on the fact
that population is increasing at
the rate of about 6 thousand a
day.
This dual objective, he points
out, is vital to the Nation’s wei- j
fare — to the people who live;
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Annual Meeting
Of REA Planned
For Whiteville
All Events To Be Held Fri
day, November 23rd, In
Moore’s Warehouse, Start
ing At 9:30 A. M.
MORE THAN 5,000
PEOPLE EXPECTED
Business Session To Begin
At 1 P. M. And Beauty
Contest Will Follow At
3:30 O’Clock
The Brunswick Electric Mem
bership Corporation, local REA
financed cooperative, will hold
an all-day meeting of its mem
bership in Moore’s Warehouse in
Wliiteville on November 23.
J. L. Robinson, president of
the cooperative, said today that
the corporation’s annual member
ship meetings have grown so
large that it is almost impossible
to find a place large enough to
hold it.
“This year, we have chosen
Moore’s Warehouse in order tl^at
all may find room and no one
will be left outside and unable to
enjoy the program, Robinson
said.
Approximately 3,500 persons at
tended the annual meeting last
year at Old Dock and 5000 or
more are expected for the 1951
gathering Friday.
Registration of members will
begin at 9:30 a. m., with a cook
ing and freezing demonstration
scheduled at 10:30 a. m.
The first prize will be award
ed at 11:15 a. m. The initial
winner will have his choice of
all the valuable prizes.
The Columbus County High
School Band will give a concert
from 12:30 to 1 p. m., immedi
ately prior to the opening of the
business session at 1 o'clock.
The schedule of events contin
ues at 3:30 p. m., with the beau
ty contest for which prelimina
ries have been conducted during
the past several weeks. The aw
arding of prizes will take place
just before adjournment.
Robinson said a number of dig
nitaries were expected to attend
from Raleigh and Washington.
Many prizes, having a total
value of $2,500, will be given
away to members in attendance.
The prizes, all of which are el
ectrical appliances, were donated
for this, occasion by appliance
dealers through a cooperative
plan whereby several dealers han
dling the same line joined in do
nating a major prize.
Following is a list of prizes,
together with the names of do
nors:
Twelve-foot Frigidaire electric
home freezer, valued at $493.88,
from Schulken’s Hardware of
Whiteville, Ellis Meares & Son
of Fair Bluff, Willets Motor Co.
of Bolivia, and McGougan Elec
tric Company of ‘Tabor City.
8.6 cubic foot Kelvinator refrig
erator, valued at $269.95, donat
ed by Reed’s Jewelers of White
ville.
G-E Automatic Electric Range*
valued at $229.95 donated by Brai
xton-Warren of Whiteville, Cook’s
of Chadbourn, Scott Motor Com
pany of Fair Bluff, W. F. Cox <Si
Co. of Tabor City, and Shallotts
Hardware Co., of Shallotte.
Dexter Tin-Tub electric auto
matic washer, valued at $214.95,
donated by Evans Furniture and
Hardware Company of White
ville. *
Hot Point automatic electric
range, valued at $209.95, donated
by J. T. McKenzie and Co., of
Whiteville.
Westinghouse electric hot wa
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 Tort Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot’s Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, November 22
1:30 a. m. 7:48 a. m.
1:51 p. m. 8:24 p. m.
Friday, November 23
2:34 a. m. 8:50 a. m.
2:45 p. m. 9:17 p. m.
Saturday, November 24
5:29 a. m. 9:50 a. m.
3:39 p. m. 10:09 p. m.
Sunday, November 25
4:22 a. m. 10:49 a. m.
4:32 p. m. 10:59 p. m.
Monday, November 26
5:14 a. m. 11:43 a. m.
5:25 p. m. 11:48 p. m.
Tuesday, November 27
6:07 a. m. 0:00 a. m.
6:18 p. m„ 12:36 p. m.
Wednesday, November 28
6:59 a. m. 0:38 a. m.
”•11 P- m. 1:27 p. m.
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