The State Port Pilot
Southport, N. C.
Published Every Wednesday
JAMES M. HARPER, JR Editor
(On Leave of Absence, In U. S. N. R.)
Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, at
the Post Office at Southport, N. C.. under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
ONE YEAR $1.50
SIX MONTHS 1.00
THREE MONTHS 75
Wednesday, January 9, 1946
No. 1 Death Spot
Jackies Creek bridge on Route 17 is
now admittedly the number one death
spot for motorists in Brunswick county.
This distinction was formerly held by
the curve on 74 at Leland, before the
highway commission eliminated the
curve.
The question of the moment is how
long it will take the State Highway
Commission to decide on eliminating the
present yearly loss of life at Jackies
Creek by replacing the present small
and narrow bridge with a wider one,
over which two vehicles may pass.
Inasmuch as the stream is only a
branch the cost of a wider bridge will
not be heavy, certainly not too heavy
to justify the saving of an average of
more than two lives each year.
As an illustration of the saving that
might be made by having a wider
bridge at Jakies Creek, we are quoting
a couple of questions and answers
from State Highway Patrolman R. E.
Sherill, who is stationed in Wilmington :
Q : ? How long have you been station
ed in Wilmington?
A : ? "Five years."
Q: ? How many people have been
killed in wrecks at Jackies Creek
bridge in that time ?
A: ? "I recall 12 deaths in those five
years."
Since the above interview the death
of Onzie Todd, Saturday night, makes
the five year record at Jackies Creek
thirteen.
Planning Survey
An effort will be made this week to in
duce the county commissioners and in
terested organizations to sponror a sur
vey of the resources of Brunswick coun
ty. Such a work, if all communities are
to have a full going over, would take at
least a month of steady work.
The purpose would be to get some
concrete ideas of what every section of
the county has in the way of develop
ment possibilities, whether it be in
farming, business, industry or unde
veloped tourist attractions.
With such information at hand in
quiries coming through the State Plann
ing Board or other agencies could be
easily handled. The parties making the
inquiries could be quickly advised of
the communities in which farm lands
or other lands that would meet their
needs are available. Parties seeking
location for business or specific indus
tries could also be advised of the com
munities and some one to contact for
what they want. Much work a'so needs
to be done in order that tourists and
summer vacationists can be quickly ad
vised of the points where they may ob
tain accommodations. The possibilities
from having such a survey are almost
unlimited.
Good Production
In four months preceding Christmas,
four of the big shrimp boats forming
the fleet of a local producer brought
in $52,000.00 worth of shrimp and fish.
This was an average of $13,000.00 per
boat.
Some of the boats were operated by
two men, but usually they had three.
The boat owner furnishes the boat and
rig, and he takes half the proceeds of
the catch. The fisherman take the other
half. Wheather the boats had two or
three men, $6,500.00 to be divided
among the men was pretty good returns
for four months work.
From the standpoint of the producer
owning the boat the returns were just
as good, if not better. He had money
invested, but he got good returns on'
his invesement.
Using low cost fuel oil, the large
boats are supposed to be cheaper in
operation than the smaller gasoline
propelled craft. In addition there is a
much greater element of safety arising,
out of the use of larger boats and the;
elimination of explosive gas. The big
boats undoubtedly stand more and
cheaper production.
Little Similarity
People persist in comparing the pres
ent era with that following the first
World War. Actually there is very lit
tle to compare and the sooner this is
realized, the sooner the country can
approach problems as they exist today,
particularly in the field of taxation and
government debt. In the latter, the
comment of the president of a large
life insurance company is significant:
"At the end of the first war, the Fed
eral debt had, it is true, risen to what
then seemed staggering figures ? from
roughly one billion in 1 9 1 G to 25 bil
lions in 1919. Large as this total was, it
still was not of overpowering signifi
cance as compared with other forms of
debt, for it represented less than one
fifth of the total of all forms of public
and private debt of the country.
"By contrast, at the end of the Vic
tory Drive in 1915 the Federal debt
was approximately 280 billions. Accus
tomed as we are to huge fires, it is al
most impossible to understand the full
implications of this enormous Federal
debt. We are in the forest and cannot
see over the trees ? but we do know
that government debt is now over twice
as large as all other forms of debt com
bined, including state and municipal
obligations.
"Here is another significant compar
ison: In 1919 the U. S. government
debt was only about one-third the size
of all the bonds, notes and mortgages
of industry, farms and real estate. To
day the Federal debt, instead of being
only one-third, is almost three times
the size of all forms of private debt."
Let The Soldiers Know
A soldier landing: in the United States
from the South Pacific, after getting
his discharge, found thousands of men
waiting at the demobilization center to
get on trains. It was hard for men who
had been away from home two, three
and four years or longer, to understand
why railroad cars were not immediate
ly available. Most of them did not
know that during the whole war period
railroads were prohibited from buying
any new equipment. They did not know
that staggering war load which sur
passed any transportation job in history
was moved much faster and with fewer
cars and engines than was the tran
sportation load (Juring ancl after the
first World War.
Few of the men knew that when the
railroads were permitted to place ord
ers for troopcarrying cars after this
war ended, strikes held up deliveries.
Neither did the men know that for such
troop-carrying cars as the railroads
have been able to get, strikes delayed
the supplying of beds and equipment.
It is only fair to state that many of
the causes which delay the movement
of returning veterans are entirely be
yond the control of the railroads.
In November, troop movements'
across our country totaled 1,300,000,
with the number expected to increase.
The railroads had to provide 97per
cent of all transportation for military
personnel traveling under orders. Their
biggest job is getting our soldiers and
sailors back home. They hope that
when congestion occurs, those who are
inconvenienced will understand some
of the reasons responsible for delays.
And last but not least, the American
people, including the families of our
armed forces, are demanding traveling
space as never before, which often adds
to the problem of handling returining
veterans promptly .
Italian Women Watching ?
Election results in Austria are being
carefully studied by those interested in
knowing whether Italy will go to the
right or to the left in the national elec
tion next spring. The victory of the
conservative People's Party in Austria
was due chiefly to women voters, who
were exercising their franchise for the
first time. The same situation prevails
in Italy, where women soon will vote
under a newly granted franchise. Pope
Pius XII recently stated that it is a
woman's duty to vote, a pronouncement
expected to bring to the polls hundreds
of thousands of Italian women who
otherwise might not have voted. Hiese
women can be expected to support con
servative candidates, since the more ac
tive feminine political partisans are
member of Leftists organizations.
When a wicked minority wins, it is
always because the righteous split up
into jealous, quarrelsome factions.
SHOTGUN CASE TO
SUPERIOR COURT
(Continued from page 1)
S20.00 and paying: costs of case.
D. T. Long-, assault with deadly,
weapon, motion for Jury trial and
defendant placed under $200.00
justified bond for appearance at
Superior Court. Mr. Long, who
was the defendant in a murder
trial last year, is charged with|
shooting at Chandler Rourk with
a shot gun. Both men are white,
residents of Shallotte.
F. C. Piatt, drunk on highway,
judgment suspended on payment
of 510.00 fine and costs.
R. L. Thompson, Sr., allowing
dog to run at large, nol pros.
D. T. Long, larceny, motion for
juiy trial, defendant placed under
$200.00 justified bond for ap
pearance at Superior Court.
Floyd Hutchinson, non support,
continued to February 18th.
James Fullwood, reckless opera
tion and improper brakes, Judg
ment suspended on payment of
a $150.00 fine, remitted upon con
dition that defendant make re
stitution to Willie Clemmons in
the sum of 150.00 and pay costs
of case.
E. P. Best. Jr., speeding, judg
ment suspended on payment of a
fine of $10.00 and costs.
Clifford King, speeding, judg
ment suspended on payment of a
fine of $10.00 and costs.
W. H. Leonard, drunk driving
and transportating, judgment
suspended on payment of a fine
of $50.00 and costs.
Sydney L. Neal, reckless opera- 1
tion, judgment suspended on pay- 1
ment of a fine of $25.00 and costs, i
William T. Hair, drunk driving. I
called and failed, capias issued. I
John L. Zandy, drunk on high- '
way, judgment suspended on pay
ment of costs.
Wilbert Hill, public drunkeness,
judgment suspended on payment
of costs.
ROUTINE MATTERS
BEFORE THE BOARD
{Continued From Page One)
way Commission, which is sup
posed to look after such roads
as have been taken over.
The board, in addition to handl
ing the tax matters, read and
ordered the filing of the report
on the General Fund. Two or
three aged residents of the coun
ty were placed on the inability
list and a telephone was ordered
placed in the county home.
OUTLINES ENNDS
OF EXUM SECTION
(Continued from pace I)
and would appreciate some in
formation.
"Apart from the drainage the
next need of our community is
to have at least one hard sur
face road through here. The gen
erally approved route would be
from Old Dock in Columbus
county, by way of Exum, to the
Tom Clemmons place, or Supply|
This would give us an outlet to
our markets. At present all of
our roads are bad and our school
is effected by it.
"Five dire roads lead into
Exum and people who have to
travel now and use dirt roads can
easily see that we need at least
one hard surface road. Will some
one please inform the writer
how to get our State Highway
Officials to open their eyes, look
into our condition and give us a
hard surface road through
Exum?
"It will pay o'ur community, it
will pay our county and will pay
the State Highway Commission
through riot having so much and
heavily used dirt roads to main
tain through a fine farming sec
tion.
D. BERT EDWARDS."
THIRTEEN LIVES
LOST IN 5 YEARS
JACKIES CREEK
(Continued from page 1)
well after dark. Eddie Land, of
Supply, arrived at the bridge '
travelling west in a truck. Ac
quainted with the narrow bridge
he drew to one side of the road
and parked his machine to allow
a pulpwood truck, driven by a
Wilmington negro, to cross. While
Land was thus parked a Myrtle
Beach car, owned and allegedly
driven by James Johnson, crashed
into the rear of his truck, knock
ing it into the oncoming pulp
wood truck. The Todds were pas
sengers in the Johnson car and
the younger one was killed in
stantly.
ANNUAL MEETING
OF REA IS SET
(Continued from page 1)
for our operations and for which
funds have been allotted and
plans and specifications are ap
proved," Mr. Bishop said. "It is
the primary aim of the Bruns
wick Electric Membership Cor
poration to furnish central sta
tion electric service to every rural
home that wants it, and the farm
er who lives up a back road is
just as much entitled to service
as the man who lives in a thickly
populated area."
The annual meeting will feature
reports on the past year of co
operations and a discussion of
prospects for the coming year.
Directors will be elected to serve
until the next annual meeting.
ASK FOR PERMIT
FOR CONSTRUCTION ?
(Continued from page 1)
Frank M. Niernsee.
It is understood that in addi
tion to operating the railway Mes
sera Downing and Swan plan the
operation of a shrimp house on
the dock. Recent statements in
dicate that they plan the begin
ning- of construction work on the
I project early in February.
! As usual in such matters, the
j Engineers office is advising that
j any objectives to such work will
(be received until the 17th of Jan
[ uary. Plans for the work are on
tfile at the Engineer office end at
t he Post Office here in Southport.
TWO BAD FIRES
NEAR SHALLOTTE
(Continued from page 1)
ings and seventeen hundred dol
lars in cash, that they had in the
building-, was also burned.
There was no insurance on either
house or furnishings. The fire is
said to have started from an oil
heater, being- used to warm a
bathroom.
CLUBS TO AID
COLLECTIONS
(Continued from page 1)
and attach it to the garment orl
garments which they donate. This'
letter will be given to the person j
receiving the garments and will '
permit thpm to write letters of
thanks to the donors. Many in
teresting letters have been re
ceived already.
Miss McLanib asks the public
to donate usable garments with
buttons and fasteners and to re
member that the people who re
ceive the clothing cannot wear
worn out, garments. A list of
the things desired and which will
be useful, is as follows: Clothing
for children, women, men and ;
infants; coats, suits, trousers, I
skirts, dresses, shirts, sweaters, I
knitwear, underwear, pajamas, I
night gowns, shoes, overshoes, I
blankets, bedding and piece goods.'
WORK IN WOODS
ALL BOGGED DOWN
(Continued from page 1)
in woods roads being cut up
badly. Continued rains in recent
weeks have made these roads im
passable to empty vehicles, let
alone a loaded one. Operations
have just had to stop to await
the arrival of a drying' out spell.
The slow up in saw mill work
is handicapping many farmers
who hoped to get new homes
built and old ones repaired before
the rush of farm work for 1940
got started. They are unable to
get material while the mills are
idle.
PREPARING TO MOVE
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Smith, of)
Durham, are here this week, pre- 1
paring to move to Southport on I
the 15th. They recently bought I
the Planner house on Bay street!
and are planning some extensive
improvements in the property.'
A POOR GUESSER
A short time ago County Com
missioner O. P. Bellamy was re
marking that he had a hog that
would weigh 450 pounds. Slaugh
tering time for this porker and
a number of other hogs came
during the holidays. Monday Mr.,
Bellamy admitted that the big .
one weighed 560 when dressed, j
GOES TO PHILADELPHIA
Julian Southerland left Friday!
for Philadelphia to resume work;
with the U. S. Army Engineers
office, where he was employed be- !
fore entering the service. He
has been in the Pacific with the
Army for more than two years
and was recently honorably dis- 1
charged with the rank of Ser- j
geant. He has been spending the
past three weeks here with his I
mother, Mrs. H. W. Southerland. I
RETT7RNTVG TO STATES
Boatswain Mate Francis A.
Ooleman of Bolivia, is understood I
to be awaiting transportation
back to the United States and j
home as soon as shiping space is
available, rte will ship from
Pearl Harbor.
RETURNS FPOM OVERSEAS 1
Cpl. Victor Bartels, who has >
been overseas with the Army for [
the past 27 months, returned ,
home Monday with an honorable!
discharge. He is the don of Mis.
Bertha and the late Richard Bar
tels of Southport. His twin sis
ter, Mrs. Jack Hickman, is nn
employee of the State Port Pilot
office.
HONORABLY DISCHARGED
William D. (Billy) Willis, sea
man first class, of Southport. has
received an honorable discharge
from the Navy. Mrs. Willis Is
the former Miss Martha Brown,
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. A. L.
Brown, of Southport.
RETURNS TO COLLEGE
Henry Smith has returned to
State College after spending thei
Christmas holidays with his par- 1
ents, Mr. and Mra j. q 0,
of EoUna.
SOWED SF.FD FARI y
Talking about |ilii:.u-.,
early for the 1946 to^cco ,
former county co.;
Jenictte, of Waci tma
was ben Monday H j
sowed some of ?. ,
on Friday, Drceii.u-r 'j\
CARD OF THWKs
Wo wish to exinvss out h?
felt thanks to our ! - of f
for the kindness ?
many beautiful ilmal oi:,t
sent during the n ? ? a
and death of oui r.i-a; i ,o'h?
especially appreciate the
shown by the At;n:. ar. le
and the Pythagoras 1. lut, Ji
U. A. M.
The DOSHER TAMll
CARD OK TH VXRS
We wish to es;'R i.ur hi
felt appreciate:
and kindness show . . i v f1;,
following the loss of our 1
and contents by i
Point.
Mr. ar.d Mis. IV'!,.'
Shall., ue
W. B. & S. BUS LINES, Inc.
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Daily? Except Sunday
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
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10:45 A. M. 12:15 P. M. 1:35 P. M. 3:00 P. M.
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NOTICE NOTICE
SECOND CALL FOR TAXES
I will be at the places cited below at the time designated (or the pur
pose of collecting taxes. No penalty on 1945 taxes if paid on or before
February 2nd.
PAY NOW AND SAVE COST
Exum ? Vereen's Store, Jan. 29th 10:30 to 11:30 A. M>
Freeland ? Simmons' Store, Jan 29th 11:45 to 12: IS P. M.
L. G. Babson's Store, Jan 29th 12:20 to 12:50 P. M.
Ash ? Post Office, Jan. 29th 1:15 to 1:45 P. M.
Longvvood, ? January 29th 2:00 to 2:30 P. M?
Hickman's Cross Roads, Jan. 29th 2:45 to 3:15 P. M
Thomasboro, Jan. 29th 3:20 to 3:50 P. M.
Grissett Town, Jan. 29th 4:00 to 4:30 P. M
North West ? L. G. McKoy's Store, Jan. 31st 10:45 to 11:30 A.
North West ? Mrs. A. M. Chinnis' Store, Jan. 31st 12:00 to 12:45 P. M?
Leland Post Office, Jan. 31st 1:00 to 1:30 P. M*
Navassa ? Lewis' Store, Jan. 31st 1:45 to 2:30 P.M.
Winnabow ? Henry's Store, Jan. 31st 3:00 to 3:45 P. M.
Bolivia ? Leonard's Store, Jan. 31st < 4:00 to 4:30 P.
Lockwoods Folly ? Kirby's Store, Feb. 2nd 10:00 to 10:45 A. M
Lockwoods Folly ? Varnum's Store, Feb. 2nd 11:15 to 11:45 A. M
Lockwoods Folly ? Roach's Store, Feb. 2nd 12:00 to 12:30 1}- M
Boone's Neck ? Capt. Jesse D. Robinson's Store, Feb. 2nd 12:45 to 1:15 P. M*
Shallotte ? Post Office Square, Feb. 2nd 2:00 to 4:00 P. M
W. P. JORGENSEN
TAX COLLECTOR FOR BRUNSWICK COUNTY