Carolina Power and Light
Celebrates 50th Anniversary
The glow of electric arc lights
and the clang of trolleys accom
panied the birth of Carolina Power
ft Light Co. July 13, 1906.
In the days that followed, or
ganizational details were complet
ed and operation was under way
by Aug. 1, 1906.
A "family" of 1,500 customers
comprised the business 50 years
ago. Today the system serves 403,
000.
Marking its Golden Anniversary
this week, CP&L salutes the en
terprise of the early pioneers who
helped bring electricity to the 300
Carolina communities which it now
serves The anniversary is marked
by as little fanfare as attended its
origin; but all across the system,
major projects are preparing for
still greater growth in the next
half-century.
The system's largest generator
is "going on the line" at Moncure.
A still larger one is under con
struction near Hartsville, and
plans call for enlarging the Tillery !
hydroelectric plant. Like its early
predecessors, the company is still
pioneering? in an atomic power
project.
No Money Tree
Hardships encountered in early
electric power projects burst the
bubble of investors who thought
that all they had to do was dam
up a stream, string a few lines
and sit in the shade of a money
tree and count their profits.
Scores of individual investors
throughout the Carolinas learned
the lesson the hard way. Many of
them, who were recognized for
pioneering in electric service, with
drew from the business when they
had the opportunity.
Electricity was received with
mixed emotions. Residents in Wil
mington swore in 1891 that the
new electric street lights drew
poisonous water bugs from nearby
Highway Map
Pictures Carltons
The new official highway map
issued by the State Highway Com
mission pictures the W. C. Carl
ton family of Morehead City on
the front of it.
The Carltons are shown at At
lantic Beach ? Mr. and Mrs. Carl
ton and their three daughters,
Judy, Helen and Ann.
Also on the cover is an autumn
scene in the North Carolina moun
tains.
The 1958 map is illustrated with
18 full-color pictures of favorite
Variety Vacationland scenes, all
the way from the Great Smoky
Mountains to the Outer Banks,
which were supplied by the State
Travel Bureau.
A new feature of great value to
travelers is a series of eight urban
maps showing routes through prin
cipal cities and connections with
superhighways by -passing them
The new vacation map may be
obtained free on request to the
State Travel Bureau. Department
of Conservation & Development.,
Raleigh.
State Capitol Folic*
Keep Watch Behind Glass
Richmond, Va. (AP)? State Sen
ator Earl Fitipatrick noted that
the men, many in advanced years,
who serve as State Capitol police,
were keeping motors in automo
biles running so they could climb
in and get warm.
Soon as a result of his interest
workmen were tearing out a wall
at the West entrance. Hereafter
the police can keep a watch on
the parking area from behind a
glass panel.
swamps. Draymen in Asheville
cursed the shadows o ( swinging
street lights that scared their
horses into a frenzy. One wag
described a transformer as a box
that ground up volts into sites (or
use inside his store.
Fascination drew the public to
the new commodity. Textile mills
found it a boon to their operations
and electric power became the
handmaiden of the Carolinas' tex
tile spindles.
A lively little symbol of the elec
tric industry, named Reddy Killo
watt, succeeded to the magic of
Rumplestiltskin. Reddy spun the
fiber of Carolina fields into the
gold of fabric for modern mer
chant princes.
CPltL's list of customers grew
with acceptance of electricity.
!K( Begins New Era
By April 1926, when the com
pany was reorganized to consoli
date all of its subsidiary com
panies, its customers had in
creased from 1,500 to 63,000
Reorganization strengthened op
erations, standardized, and rates
lowered throughout the system.
Tide Water Acquisition
In early 1952, CPIcL acquired
properties of the Tide Water Power
Company and built a huge plant
at Mt. Misery near Wilmington in
1954 to serve the eastern seaboard.
It was named in honor of Louis
V. Sutton, who has headed the
company for more than 25 of its
50 years. Another plant is named
for his predecessor as president,
Paul A. Tillcry; and another bears
the name of Charles S. Walters of
Asheville, vice president.
Within the past four years, gen
erating units have been added at
Wilmington. Goldsboro, Lumber-ton
and Cape Tear. Related facilities
have kept pace.
Tide Water facilities have been
improved, rates lowered and op
erations standardized.
Decade of Growth
The past 10 years have brought
phenomenal growth to the com
pany. Its customers have increaaed
from 195,566 in 1947 to 403,214 in
1957.
Its operating revenues have risen
from $21,599,000 to $66,998,000.
CP&L's electric sales have all
but tripled in 10 years. Its rates
have remained constant, and in
the old Tide Water area have been
reduced. Today CP&L's residential
customer stands 43 per cent above
the national average in the use of
electricity.
? Carolina Power It Light is man
aged entirely by Carolina resi
dents. All of its 14 directors are
Carolinians. Forty-six per cent of
its 34,000 stockholders are also res
idents of the two States. A total
of 2,134 employees operate the
company in 14 districts of the two
?tatts.
The company now has five steam
and nine hydroelectric generating
plants. The first unit of the ISth
plant, to be built near Hartsville,
will bring CP&L's total generating
capability to 2,000,000 horsepower.
Since World War II, CPfcL has
spent more that $200,000,000 for
construction of plants, transmis
sion and distribution facilities. Its
1958 construction budget is 122,500,
000. It expects to spend t7S,000,000
for construction witbin the next
three years.
In 1958, its 50th anniversary
year, CPfcL finds new meaning in
its m ottos, "Our Future is the Fu
ture of the Area We Serve," and
"Helping To Build A Finer Caro
lina." Its Finer Farms and Finer
Carolina contests are now in their
sixth and seventh years, respec
tively. In addition, the company
sponsors FFA and 4-H farm and
home electrification competition
and FFA land judging contests in
both state*, and conducts full
time home service and area de
velopment program!.
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Carolina Power & Light Com
pany in 1908 served just 1,500
customers in Raleigh, Sanford,
Jonesboro and mills near Fay
etteville (top map.)
Today it serves 403,000 cus
tomers in half the land area of
North Carolina and a fourth that
of South Carolina. The system
now spans 30,000 square miles
(lower map).
President Louis V. Sutton has
headed Carolina Power & Light
Company for over half its 50
years. His service dates back to
1912.
July 2? Mr. and Mrs. John Sal
ter, Lavalette, N. J., spent several
days with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Kilby Salter, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Lewis and
children, Clairmoupt, Va., also
Mr. and Mrs. James Lewis, Nor
folk, visited their brother Milton
and family.
Mrs. Henry Smith has returned
from Wilmington after receiving
treatment in the hospital there.
She is much improved.
Mrs. Clyde McGirk and son, Joe,
Alexandria, Va., Is spending sev
eral weeks with her mother, Mrs.
A. B. Taylor and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Salter
and daughter, Martha Griffin,
Stella, spent the weekend with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elvin
Salter.
Halsey Salter and daughter, Kay,
Norfolk, visited his mother, Mrs.
Sophronia Salter, last week.
Little Stevie Wayne Gaskill (who
was in an auto accident several
months ago) went to Greenville
Hospital last weekend. He is now
able to walk.
Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Willis and
their mother, Melvina Salter,
Beaufort, spent Sunday afternoon
here with relatives.
Mrs. James Styron, who has
been very ill in the hospital here,
is much better.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Taylor and
family, Davis, spent Sunday with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ver
non Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. Maltby Taylor
and daughter, Mrs. Irvin Elks
and her daughter, Clara Rose, ar
rived from Norfolk, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Fulcher,
Washington, N. C., are visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eu
gene Gaskill. Eugene wa* also
home for the weekend.
The Rev. Stanley E. Skeens and
his family, also hit parents, his
brothers and sister, Danville, W.
Va., are here for two weeks while
the Rev. Mr. Skeens is holding a
revival meeting at the FWB
Church. He was on tv once on the
$84,000 question.
The Misses Lena and Louetta
Bell Taylor recently returned from
a trip in Williamsburg, Va.. They
also visited relatives In Norfolk,
Va.
Everyone is looking forward to
the fourth of July celebration on
the hospital grounds. Come get
some real seafood, meet friends,
etc.
The Rev. Walton Guthrie. Fay
ettevllle, spent Monday with his
sister, Mrs. Kooch Taylor and fam
ily.
We may not be the wealthiest
county in the aUte, but we can be
the cleanest. Don't throw trash out
:cv windows.
CP&L's Story in Pictures
Hydro Power, 1903-58 ? The inset shows the Mil burn ir hydroelectric plant which went into operation
In 1903 to supply Raleigh its first electricity from water power. The larger picture shows Carolina
Power & Light Company's Tillery hydroelectric Installation on the Pee Dee River. Milburnle, which turn
ed out T50 horsepower, was abandoned as a power source in 1913. Tillery has been producing for CP&L
since 1928, and is earmarked for redevelopment, to bring its capacity to approximately 113,000 horse
power.
Steam-Electric Power, 1H3-S8 ? Carolina Power ft Light Company's modern Louis V. Sutton plant at
Wilmington (top) is a (ar cry from the unit installed in 1902-03 to serve the port city. The early version
(lower photo) was hailed as the first steam turbine south of the Mason-Dixon line and generated 536
horsepower. The newer plant generates 390,060 horsepower. Steam is rapidly outdistancing water in gen
erating electricity.
Contrast la construction ? "No spurs needed" If an apt title for
the crooked power pole at upper left It and the wooden lower of
Carolina Power & Light's BuckhornFayettevllle transmission line of
IMS (lower left) are In sharp contrast to the towering steel struc
ture at right. TV m Illustrate M years of progress la transmission
and distribution construction.
Lost Colony Opens for 18th
Season on Roanoke Island
The Loft Colony, longest-lived
outdoor drama in the world, ia
now In ita 18th season at Water
aide Theatre in Fort Raleigh Na
tional Hiatoric Site at Manteo on
Roanoke Island.
The drama has shown ever;
summer since 1937 except for four
World War II years when it waa
necessary to doae the show be
calm of coastal blackout restric
tions. This year the drama haa
been styled more like it waa dur
ing U? early 1850 s, during U? aea- <
ion's of its peak popularity.
It it presented under a unique
system of lighting (no curtains) on
180-foot of staging in the vast
amphitheatre overlooking historic
Roanoke Sound. Tht Lost Colony
story begins In Eliiabethan Eng
land in 1584 when Sir Walter Ra
leigh's band of explorers set out
for the New World.
In 1587 more than 100 men,
women and children sailed from
England for Roanoke Island to
Mtabliah a permanent settlement
July 8 ? The Rev. W. R. Hale
filled his regular appointment at
the Methodist Church Sunday
night. Everyone received a bless
ing from his message.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lupton
were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Day Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Goodwin
spent the Fourth of July weekend
at their home. Mr. Goodwin is a
patient in Marine hospital in Nor
folk, Va.
Mrs. Agnes Sherman of New
Bern has returned home after a
week's visit here with relatives
and friends.
Miss Lena Goodwin and niece
are spending a week at Mr. Ver
non Styron's summer camp.
A large crowd attended the pony
penning at Cedar Islaad beach
July 4th, A few ponies were sold.
Nancy Day is visiting with her
aunt in New Bern.
The Rev. Elmer Goodwin spent
a few days with his sister, Mrs
Claude Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Van Horn
and two boys were dinner guests
of Mrs. Van Horn's mother Sun
day.
Mrs. Essie Garner of Beaufort
visited her son and family, Mr.
Leslie Garner Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hervie Daniels of
Norfolk, Va., spent a few days
here with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Goodwin and
son of Norfolk, Va., visited with
relatives and friends on the 4th
of July.
there. On Aug. 1< that year Vir
ginia Dare, first child of English
parentage in the New World was
born, and one week later the baby
was baptised. Then Governor
White, grandfather of the baby, re
turned to England for additional
supplies.
England was at war with Spain
and upon his return tt Roanoke
Island four years later, the little
colony had disappeared. Its fate is
still a mystery. The Lost Colony
win be prevented nightly except
Mondays through Aug. U.
i
Like firehorses, CP&L linemen move at the first soand of trou
ble. This striking photograph illustrates conditions under which they
often work. Silhouetted against a backdrop of stormy sky and light
ning these two linemen battle the elements to maintain electric
service.
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High water and screaming winds of hurricanes have meant trou
ble for Carolina Power * Light Company crews during its 50-year
history. This scene came during Hurricane lone, IMS.
(Photo by Jim Wommack)
Register of Deeds Records
66 Real Estate Transfers
(Editor's Note: In recording real
estate transfers, the law does not
reqaire that the amount paid for
the property be stated in the deed.
A token amount, such 11 $10 or
$100, may be stipulated.
Attached to each deed, however,
must be United States documen
mentary stamps, the value of the
stamps based on the price paid
for the property.
Property which changes hands
for less than $101 requires no
stamp, according to Irvin W.< Da
vis, register of deeds. Property
which brings a price between $101
and $500 must bear a stamp valued
at 55 cents. From $501 to $1,000,
the stamps affixed to the deed to
tal $1.10, and thereafter for each
additional $500 paid for the prop
erty the stamp value goea up 55
cents.
From the value of the stamps
placed on a deed an estimation
of the price paid for the property
can be determined. la the trans
fers listed below, the seller is listed
First, the buyer second, and finally,
the value of the stamp affixed to
the deed).
Sixty-six real estate transfers
were recorded in the register of
deeds office June 10-28. They fol
low:
Morehead City? Rochelle Realty
Co. to Hugh Styron and wife, $1.10;
Norman B. Moury and wife to R.
T. Hood, no stamps; C. Van S.
Roosevelt and others to Ramona
T. Layno, $1.10; L. F. and G. L.
Folsom to Richard E. McLean Jr.
and wife, $6.05.
J. E. Pearson and wife to L. F.
Folsom, $4.40; I. D. Giliikin and
wife to W. M. Giliikin, no stamps;
Albert A. Hedden and wife to T.
C. Hyman Jr. and wife, $13.20;
John H. King to Alice King and
Leona Finney, no stamps; Mrs.
V. G. Taylor and others to J. H.
Gray Sr., $1.65.
Bill Price and wife to Carolina
Paper Box Co., no stamps; Robert
B. Brougbton to W. Gale Parker
and wife, $1.(5; Norman Earl
Wells and wife to John T. Barnes
Jr., $2.75; Wilbur W. Finch and
wife to R. L. Duke and wife, W6
Rochelle Realty Co. to Otis C.
Jones and wife, $2.20; Rochelle
Realty Co. to Jerry J. Willis, $1.10;
Rochelle Realty Co. to Ben R. Al
ford, $4.40; Rochelle Realty Co.
to Louis H. Russell, $1.10; Rochelle
Realty Co. to W. L. Derrickson,
$4.40.
Lucy F. Henderson to Emerson
Whittington and wife, no stamps;
Michael Moaemak and wife to
George E. King and wife, no
stamps; H. G. Edwards and P.
M. Garner, trustees, to John D.
Thompson and wife, 55 cent*.
Seldon Sherwood and wife to
William E. Laughinghouse and
wife, $1.10; Hattie Jones Carrow
to S. A. Chalk and wife, $2*. 15;
Rochelle Realty Co. to Mary h.
Rochelle, $1.10; George F. Spell
and wife to Charles B. Upchurch
and others, $1.65.
George F. Spell and wife to Lea
lie G. Sasser and wife, 55 cents;
Jaaea A. Singleton Jr. and wife
t? Gerald M. Daaovu aad wife,
$3.30; Rochelle Realty Co. to J.
T. Daniel, $1 65; Rochelle Realty
Co. to Thomaa T. Potter, <5.50.
Rochelle Realty Co. to George
W. Carter and wife. f"0;
Rpaltv Co. to Grace Marie Elliott,
Rochelle Realty Co to
Sharpe Publishing Co., $2 75, and
Alpha Q. Salter to David A. Kirk
Jr. and wife, $5.50.
Beanfort - Allie H. Austin to
Amos Locklear and wile ? ??.
Claude Martin and wife to Henry
Thompson and wife, no stamps,
J. Elbert Dudley and wiieto Co on
T. Matthis and wife, $1.10; NeUte
Davis to Gatsie D. and Haywood
S. Stanley Sr., no slamps-. an
Mary V. Willis to Lorenzo Willis
Jr and wife, no stamps.
white Oak - N. W. Clark and
wife to Howard E. Aman, no
stamps; Bayshore Park Inc. to
Elizabeth B. Sanders, no stamps
Herbert Bryan and wife to Wal
ter Humphrey, no stamps.
Elmo D. Moore to Patricia Ann
Sewell Hurst, no stamps; Bay
shore Park Inc. to William J.
Hackett and others, $1.10; and J.
A. Singelton Jr. and wife to Grace
Marie B. Elliott, no stamps.
Markers Island - Trustees, Har
kers Island Chamber of Com
merce. to Elton WUlis, no stamps;
Mildred Whitehurst to Caroline
and William Wallace Jr., no
stamps; Caroline and William
Wallace Jr. to Mildred Whitehurst,
trustee, no stamps.
Caroline and William Wallace Jr.
to William Austin Guthrie and
wife, $1.10; Nona Ogilvie to Caro
line Ogilvie Wallace, no stamps;
Julia B. Bell and others to Bennie
Brooks and wtfenojUmpsjand
Elton Willis and wife to Gray
Willis and wife, no stamps.
Newport - Roger F. Lawrence
I and wife to Willis E. Perry and
I wife. 55 cents; Ardythe S. MUless
land wife to Aileen S. Thompson,
I $1.10; Ardythe S. MWess and wtfe
to Robert L. Mohr and wife, $1.10,
Ruby M. and C. H. Pringle to R.
L. Parka and wife, 55 cents; and
Leamon H. Garner to Bernice G.
Garner, no stamps.
Smyrna - George A. Lewis to
Delmas Lewis, no stamps; and
H B Smith and other? to B. B.
Baugus and Walter Teich and
wives $1.10. Marmhallberg? Walker
George and wife to Earl D. John
son and wife, no stamp*.
Straits ? Fred G. Lewis and
others to William Norman and
wife $5 cenU. DavU-T K. Davia
to Blanchard Davia, no stamps;
and A. L. Paul to Florence Davia
and Fannie Paul, no stampr
Atlantic Bea?h ? John T. Taylor
and wife to A. K Barru- Jr and
R. A. Bryan Jr. and wives, >4?.50;
Hartowe? Joel H. Davis and wife
to Trustees, Harlowe Oak Grove
Charge, no stamp*.
TisiiM> ad rtalad AWra U
and N. L. Smith to Thurman Law
rence Jr., $1.10; and John Robert
Jones and wife to Clarence J. Wil
moth. 55 cents.
Do you have a Utter bag in your
car?