EDITORIALS:
MISSION OF MERCY
Two physicians and six medical tech
nicians sailed from North Carolina a
few days ago bound for Haiti to help
in fighting a rising siege of tuberculosis
on the island which was once known as
“The Black Kingdom.”
It is understood that the two physi
cians have developed a vaccine for
treatment of victims of TB and they see
in their mission of mercy an opportun
ity for extensive field tests of their de
velopment. They say they know what
they have and this will prove they
know what they are about.
The mission is a voluntary venture
seeking to bring relief to thousands of
natives who have never known the
benefits of scientific treatment. Funds
to finance the four-months stay in Haiti
come from popular contributions. The
N. C. Tuberculosis Association will wel
come your gift to further the cause of
this act of mercy.
'THE GENERAL' RUNS AGAIN
Would there be a steam locomotive
“engineer” among the small fry who
would like to ride “The General” from
Atlanta to Ringgold, Ga. next April 14?
The chaiice of an invitation is not like
ly but, no doubt, thousands along the
137-mile route will thrill to the re-en
actment of the biggest piece of railroad
thievery this county ever saw. The Civil
War was in its second year and daring
deeds, like the theft of The General,
were repeated daily.
Early on the morning of April 12,
1862, The General was left panting at
Big Shanty, Ga. while the crew went
for breakfast. Lurking about the station
were James J. Andrews and 19 other
Yankees intent on destroying the rail
road to prevent the shipment of sup
plies to Confederate forces at Chatta
nooga. They climbed aboard the engine
and opened the throttle. Eight hours
later the wood-burning engine was re
covered at Ringgold and the crewr cap
tured.
When The General had served his
day, he was retired on exhibition at
Chattanooga. Now jt has been recon
ditioned to repeat the most famous run
in railroad history. Special trains will
follow so that passengers may see and
photograph the re-enactment. This
could be The General’s last run, but
Civil War history does not die easily.
WHOSE BREAD I EAT ....
The Marion (S.C.) Star
The following editorial was conden
sed from the November 1961 Bulletin of
the Fulton County Medical Society, At
lanta, written by James G. McDaniel,
M. D.
Before the first World War, I remenv
ber, as a small boy in knee britches,
goining with my father to hear a speech
by Georgia Congressman Stephen Pace,
who was campaigning against a bill
that would give farmers a Federal
“hand-out” provided they did some
thing the Government wanted them to
do.
“I’m going to tell you a true story,
Congressman Pace said, “about the
drove of wild hogs that once lived in
Horse-Shoe Bend, about forty miles
down the Ocmaulgee River.
“Where they came from no one
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knew, but they had for generations sur
vived all assaults of both man and Na
ture.
“Finally, one day, a one-galloused,
stooped, slow moving, patient man
came by the country store on the river
froad and asked the whereabouts of
those wild hogs that no one could catch
or kill.
“Several months later he came back
to the same store and asked for help to
bring those wild hogs out of the swamp
where he had them penned up.
“How did you do it?” asked the un
believing farmers and hunters who
quickly gathered to view the captive
hogs.
“ ‘It was all very simple,’ said the
one-gallous, patient man. ‘First I put
out some corn. For three weeks they
wouldn’t come near it. Then some of
the young ones grabbed an ear and ran
off in the thicket. Soon all of them
were eating it. Then I commenced
building a pen around the corn, a little
higher each day. When I noticed that
they had stopped grubbing for acorns
and roots, and were waiting for me to
bring the corn, I built the trap door.
Naturally they raised quite a ruckus
when they seen they was trapped, but
I can pen any animal on the face of the
earth if I can jist get him to depend
in me for a free handout.’ ”
This true story, the Congi’essman
concluded, reminded him of the patient
bureaucrats in Washington who have
for years been using our money, instead
of corn, to make captives of us just as
that patient man did of those once rug
gedly-independent hogs.
Applications For
Measurement Lag
Brunswick ASC Office Re
minds Farmers Of Dead
lins For This Service On
March 15
Brunswick County ASC office
manager Ralph Price was greatly
concerned on Monday of this week
with the slow response of local
farmers in making formal re
quests for the all-important pre
measurement services provided by
his office.
Pointing out the deadline is
March 15, Price urged farmers
to mail or bring in their requests
before it is too late. The office
manager said that he feels “that
the slow response is due, in great
part, to the fact that last Thurs
day was a holiday and that con
sequently copies of The Pilot,
which carried the information last
week, arrived a day later than
usual at the home of subscribers.”
Manager Price feels much more
cheerful about the 1962 feed grain
program sponsored by his office,
as he amended the figures given
last week to the following ones:
345 Brunswick farms now par
ticipating in the program with a
base-acreage of 5,184. Of this
amount 3,605.8 acres are diverted
from feed grains to soil conser
vation uses, with a present total
of $46,569.40 paid out in advance
payments. Price added that “more
than $100,000 will go to Bruns
wick farmers w'ho go along with
the government agricultural ex
perts in this program.”
Other information offered by
the ASC office manager, indirect
ly relating to the feed grain pro
gram, follows:
“The allevation of the shortage
of corn to feeders, stockmen and
poultrymen will be affected by
the movement of CCC com into
North Carolina. The corn will be
available at the East Carolina
Grain Co. at Goldsboro, and the
Gurley Milling Co. at Selma, and
through dealers.”
"The movement of the govern
ment corn,” said Price “was made
necessary by the fact that, while
we produced 67 million bushels
of corn in North Carolina in 1961,
100 million bushels were fed out
or used in the state.”
The fiiipped corn sales. Price
stated, is the ASC’s method of
keeping faith with farmers who
participated in the 1961 feed grain
program, and who will participate
in the 1962 program, and to keep
farmers who did not participate
in the program “from benefitting
at the expense of farmers who do j
agree to accept rightful respon
sibility to reduce a ruinous over
production of the grain.”
Shallotte Group
To Meet Thursday
Immediately following the reg- j
ular weekly meeting of the Shal- i
i iotte Lions Club on Thursday
! night, there will be a meeting of
the newly-formed Industrial Cor
poration of Shallotte at the Shal
i lotte Armory.
Lion’s President R. G. Hubbard
j said that his club may set for
ward its meeting time from 7 to
6:30 p. m. in order to permit sev
eral Lions who are also members
of the industrial group to attend
the latter meeting, set for 8
O'clock.
A spokesman for the Industrial
Corporation, while refusing to be
directly quoted, said that there is
a strong possibility that the ef
forts of the new organization he
represents “will bear fruit in
short order.’*
The Pirate
Log
TOY LANE HEWETT
The following Snallotte High
School students averaged 90 or
above for the first semester of
school and are on the Honor Roll:
9th Grade: Brenda Hewett,
Judy Sanders, Olivia White,
Sharon Bradsher, Dianne Gore,
Julia Hewett, Brenda Tripp, Bon
nie Price, Joan Beck, Bonnie
Goley, Margie Smith.
10th Grade: Johnnie Benton,
Gary Cheers, Lois Clemmons, Bet
ty Benton, Gloria Russ, Gay Wil
liams.
11th Grade: Freeman Kirby,
Bobby Norton, Crystal Evans.
12th Grade: John Ganus, Lin
wood Lancaster, Russell Price, Pa
tricia Galloway, Judi Griffen.
Dianne Hewett, Priscilla Hewett,
Dora Milliken.
ATTEND FUNERAL
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Blake and
Charles Blake were in Fayette
ville Tuesday to attend the funer
al of Jonathan Evans, a brother
in-law of the elder Mr. Blake.
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Time and Tide
Continued From Paso One
Dutch in their row with Indonesia. February of that year had
earned the distinction of being a cold month, with the mercury
hitting the 15-degree mark one morning.
The Shaliotte Lions Club was slated to receive its charter at
a special meeting upcoming; Odell Bennett had resigned as
Chairman of the Brunswick AAA Committee; and the South
port boys basketball squad, Brunswick County Champions, ap
peared in a front page photo.
There was a big,black headline on the front page of The Pilot
for February 27, 1952, telling of gala plans for Band Day at
Shaliotte High School on the following Saturday. Six visiting
musical organizations were to compete.
On a more serious note were two front page stories of Ku
Klux Klan flogging activities in the area. Two incidents of flog
ging were reported, and there was a front page bulletin report
ing the arrest of 12 men for kidnapping and assault in connec
tion with cases in this and adjoining counties. Both Leland teams
had won coupty championships in the annual basketball tourna
ment.
Five years ago this week came the announcement that the
board of county commissioners had voted to employ an indepen
dent firm to revalue real estate in Brunswick county. Another
front page headline told of the observance of National 4-H Week.
Southport boys and Shaliotte girls had won basketball cham
pionships in their respective divisions in the annual county tour
nament; Southport youngsters were doing the work on the reno
vation of a club room on the second floor of the city hall; and a
warm February had brought on an unusual profusion of camel
lia blooming.
REPUBLICANS IN
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one, “but they do not know his
tory.”
The candidate said his race
would be aimed at the 90 pei
cent of registered white voters
and “I will do everything I car
to represent that other 10 per
cent minority group.”
Touching on his own biography,
Walsh said he was a native ol
Arkansas, father was a Republi
can, mother a Democrat, (“I am
a Republican by choice”), holds
an AB degree, is a Marine Corps
veteran and, while a resident of
Maryland, helped Senator Butlei
defeat former Senator Tydings
some years ago.
Then he took a post script,
parting shot: “I am against fed
eral aid to education and ‘patooey’
to the sales tax.”
When the order of business got
down to the election of a con
gressional candidate, a sort of
lull prevailed. Who possessed the
necessary qualities for the race
and who was willing to make it?
A motion came from the floor
recommending the conventionities
consider not fielding a candidate
this term. Chairman Coolidge re
minded fellow Republicans that
the absence of a candidate would
mean the loss of a judgeship
election day. There followed re
marks that the failure to have
a candidate would be admitting
defeat even before the rave has
begun.
Josiah A. Maultsby turned the
defeatism tide with the opinion
that “this would be a step back
ward” at a time when prospects
for victory are brighter than ever
before.
Maultsby, whose leadership and
material goods have made the
party in Columbus a going quan
tity for so many years, said if a
candidate wrere not selected, it
would be the first time in this
century that the District had fail
ed in this important deed.
His words went home and
Walsh became the desired can
didate.
CITES IMPORTANT
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leges for these workshops anc
that he is very much pleased vvitl
the enthusiasm and cooperation
of the teachers concerning work
shop participation and their over
all efforts toward further im
provement of the present school
program. He stated that in his
opinion, “many teachers whe
through the years have done an
outstanding job and have helped
keep the fires of knowledge burn
ing, are now beginning to receive
encouragement and inspiration
which has long been needed and
deserved.”
Superintendent Long also ex
pressed gratitude for "the exeei
l~
lent manner in which the students
have accepted the challenge and
stated that apparently the stu
dents are generally more serious
about getting the best education
possible and are doing more
school work than at any time in
the past that I can remember.”
MORE PROGRESS
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has that rare combination of
green eyes and brown hair, stands
just over five feet, two, weighs
120, and owns a symetrical meas
urement of 36-26-36. Miss Frink
posseses all the graces, and sings
and dances when not playing
piano. Among past honors, Han
nah has been a member of the
May Court, maid-of-honor at
Homecoming and a representative
from Brunswick to the Youth
Conference held at Raleigh.
From Bolivia comes Waynea
Lee Johnson. Waynea, the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. John
son, is a senior at Bolivia High
School, and is the sultry type with
black hair, brown eyes and olive |
complexion. Waynea stretches 5
feet, eight, and tips the scales
at 125. Real versatile is Waynea,
who does pantomine and the
Charleston, and both leads cheers
for the male varsity and plays
basketball for the girl’s varsity at
Bolivia liigh. A previous highspot
for the Bolivia brunette was the
1960 Azalea Parade at Wilming
ton in which she rode a float.
Also from Bolivia is Dolores
Hufham, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Edward Hufham. She
is a 1961 graduate of Bolivia
high, and is a strawberry blonde
with blue eyes. She is 5 feet, six,
with tape statistics of 35-24-35%.
In the talent department Delores
lists singing, and has had 2 years
special training in music. Miss
Hufham was the holder of the
‘•Miss Bolivia” title last year, and
states that she likes swimming,
art, music and French poodles, in
that order.
HUNDREDS AT FOX
Continued From Page 1
Brunswick County hosts at the
skating rink at Yaupon Beach.
More than four-hundred persons
milled about in the twilight, ex
changing reminicenses of the
day’s sport between mouthfuls of
chicken bog and real clam chow
der. In truth the crowd was not
composed entirely of hunters, as
numerous local sportsmen attend
ed and ate heartily of the tasty
chicken and chowder as it was
ladled from steaming black pots.
It was an evening to remember.
Everything was very orderly and
Long Beach Police Chief Clay
Jordan had nothing to do but
help see that everyone was serv
ed. A cheering thought was that
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PLANE CRASH IS
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fallen plane.
Three divorces were granted
during Monday’s session of the
civil term. They were: Levi Gris
sett from Frosty Graham Grisset;
Herbert B. Swim, from Harriet
M. Swim, and Frances Clemmons
Crawford from Eugene Harris
Crawford.
FURPLESSRITES
Continued From Page 1
J. B. Warth, G. W. McGlamery,
W. P. Jorgensen, J. B. Russ and
Dwight McEwen.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Cora Lee Furpless; two children,
William Price Furpless and Linda
Ann Furpless: and by one brother,
James Palmer Furpless, of Ra
leigh.
The deceased was 49 years of
age and was prominent in busi
ness, social and civic affairs in
Southport. He was owner and
manager of the Amuzu Theatre,
which was founded by his father,
the late Price Furpless, and the
late Charles E. Gause. For the
past four years he had been ad
vertising manager for The State
Port Pilot.
few, if any, foxes remained in
the crepe myrtles to wonder per
haps at the joyous sounds punc
tuating what was for them a sad
day.
There were snatches of varied
exchanges of information and
conversations such as: “Well Bill,
I don’t think I’ll take off for
Tennessee tomorrow morning, af
ter all . . .” “I ain’t had no bet
ter time since the Germans sur
rendered in May of 1945 ...” A
man from Biscoe named Aldo
Brown had caught a fox alive
that same morning, brought it to
Long Beach town hall, placed a
dog’s collar upon its neck, and
presented it on a leash to a re
luctant Dan Walker. Dan later
said he would use the tired Var
mint as the nucleus for a zoo.
Brown was overheard to say that,
although it was his first trip to
Long Beach, it wasn’t going to
be his last.
A few words about Hinkle Shill
ings should serve to tie up this
tale of foxes-and-hounds. Shillings
is one of the most prominent fig
ures in fox-hunting circles in this
country. He once owned the Na
tional Champion fox hound, and
it was reliably reported that the
Master of the Hounds had can
celled three separate plane flights
for the return trip to Texas in
ordpr to remain at Long Beach
fox roundup through its full
course. Shillings did not leave
Brunswick until Sunday morning.
SMALlT INCREASE
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Both Rep. Cooley and Rep.
Lennon led the way earlier in
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There has been much speculation during the past two weeks as
to if and when the Amuzu Theatre would be back In business
here in Southport. We called last night and Mrs. Cora Lee Fur
pless told us that the movies will reopen Sunday night with the
showing of “David And Goliath” . . . Down at Holiday Drive-In
“The Hustler” will be showing during the weekend.
We were in the Waccamaw Bank here Monday when we heard
Prince O'Brien say "I’ve been in Southport for 24 years, and this
is the first time I ever stood on this side of the window and got
a check cashed.” . . . We were by the bank later in the day
and saw shades pulled over the little clear-glass peep-holes in the
glass block front. It was the first time we had been unable to
look in to see who was working late at the bank, but when we
rememberd about the new shades being added, we learned that
they are not new- just being used for the first time.
If the quarters in front of the Lonnie Evans Service Station
at Ash seem to be a little crowded around the gasoline pumps,
one reason is that there is a shade tree growing at the comer
of the building, and neither new construction nor placement of
the pumps has been permitted to in any manner interfere with
that tree . . . When we left Southport this morning the fog was
so thick we turned on oui parking lights. Before we reached the
blueberry farms we were in bright sunlight.
Also on the way to Whiteville this morning we saw our first
fruit trees in bloom. These included one peach tree and a pear
tree that was showing all its beauty. Trouble is that any day
now there may be another hard freeze. If it must come, we hope
it will hurry so as to hold damage to a minimum . . . This is
the week when there will i>e a general exodus of'"'Southport bas
ketball fans to Raleigh for the ACC Tournament. There would
be more were it not for the fact that the Brunswick County
Tournament will be in progress here during this same period.
North Carolina didn’t make the Perry Como Parade of States
last week, but it almost did. The honored province was Virginia,
in and laying out the stage setting, there was “North Carolina”
spelled out plain as day in several of the scenes . . . P.S From
Fox Round-Up: Anyone finding a stray fox hound is urged to
contact Dan’ L. Walker. This incidentally, could be the final
show of hospitality, to help the visiting' hunters go through an
affair of this magnitude without losing any dogs.
urging the Department of Agri-1
culture to dispose of the 1955- i
56 reserves to pave the way for j
a quota hike for farmers. They
carried their fight all the way
to the White House.
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Authorities are careful about
issuing permits to carry pistols.
Should other authorities be any
less careful about issuing a license
to drive a car? The North Caro
lina Department of Motor Ve
hicles thinks the answer is ob
vious.
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