Berry Harvest
Next In Line
Indications Point To Busy
Season For Pickers At
Blueberry Farm Near South
port During June
Beginning some time next week
some 60 to 70 berry pickers and
5 to 8 packers at the shed will
be needed at the Graham and
Keys blueberry farm two miles
from Southport, according to
George Ayers, manager of the
farm.
The blueberries are now near
the ripening stage and promise
a good yield of an excellent!
quality of berries, Ayers says. It
is expected that this year’s pick
ing will result in 1,800 cases at
the very least.
Next year with additional acre
age coming into bearing and with
this year's bearing plants being ,
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KIRBY HARDWARE
SHALLOTTE, N. C.
I AM GRATEFUL
I want to express my sincere appreciation to the
voters of Brunswick county for once more giv ing me a
majority vote in the Democratic Primary Election. It
is nice to know that 1 have the confidence of the people,
and T will do my best to liv e up to this trust.
R. L. RABON
THANK YOU FOLKS
T want to thank the voters of Brunswick county for
the fine support they gave me in the Primary Election
Saturday. 1 am deeply grateful for their expression of
confidence in me, and 1 shall do my best never to let
them down.
ELROY KING
DEEPLY GRATEFUL
I appreciate the fine vote that my
friends and supporters in every sec
tion of Brunswick county gave me in
the First Primary Saturday, May
27th. In casting their ballot for me
these people expressed their confid
ence in my promise to serve them
fairly and fearlessly as head of the
law enforcement forces of our coun
ty
In the event of a Second Primary
Election I urge you all to hold fast
to our strong vote, and to do all in
your power to build up a winning
majority over my one remaining op
ponent.
0. W. PERRY
more mature, the production is
expected to much more than dou
ble, with continued increase in
production year by year as new
acreage conies into production. It
is the plan to ultimately have
200 acres in the plants.
The picking and packing labor
is expected to come from South
port, or within a short distance
from the blueberry farm. The
folks who have been pulling
tomato plants and picking beans
will have something else to start
on as soon as the bean picking
slows up.
Southport Nine
Wins Another
Winter Park Defeated In Re
turn Engagement Sunday
Afternoon In Wilmington
Starting off their season by
defeating Winter Park 9 to 8 in
a 10 inning affair, the Southport
independent boys under Manager
Blackie Webb seem to be heading
for a good season.
Saturday they followed up bv
trouncing Seagate 12 to 2. Sun
day they went to Wilmington and
proved their previous victory ever
Winter Park was no fluke. Win
ter Park came out on the short
end of the 7 to 3 score. In this
game Bill McDowell got 4 hits
out of 5 trips to the plate.
The Wilmington Tigers, accord
ing to manager Webb, are sche
duled to come down here at 3
o'clock.
ATTEND GRADUATION
Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Waggett are
in Charleston, S. C., this week
attending graduation exercises at
Charleston Medical College. Their
son, Kenneth will graduate in
Medicine on Thursday. Dr. Wag
gett will at the same time take
part on the graduation program.
Buck Creek Watershed Project Is
Approved By District Supervisors
:
The District Eupervisors of the
Lower Cape Pear Soil Conser
vation District held a business
meeting at the County Agent’s
office in Whiteville at 2:30 p- m.
Thursday.
Supervisors attending the meet
ing were: Homer A. Munrod,
Bladen County; James D. Bel
lamy, Jr., Brunswick County; G.
T. Gore and Evander Arnette,
Columbus County; J. H. Tinga,
New Hanover County; and A. B.
Herring. Pender County.
The principal item of business
was consideration and endorse
ment of the Buck Creek Flood
Conrtol and Drainage Project
which the U. S. Corps of Army
Engineers is now studying to de
termine whether Federal assis
tance is needed.
Tire Buck Creek Watershed
contains approximately 35,000
acres, 22,000 acres of which are
in Horry County, South Carolina,
and 13,000 acres are in Columbus
County.
The project is being sponsored i
by the Horry County Soil Con
servation District and agricultural
workers in South Carolina. The
Soil Conservation Service tech
nicians in both North Carolina
and South Carolina are cooperat
ing with the Army Engineers in
collecting information about the
project.
The District Supervisors of the
local district, in their meeting
Thursday, endorsed the project*
and sent a statement to the En
gineers Office at Charleston, S.
C., pledging their cooperation.
The Supervisors had as their
special guest for the meeting,
W. W. Eagles of Macclesfield,
N. C., President of the North
Carolina Association of Soil Con
servation District Supervisors,
who lead a brief informal dis
cussion on the work of Soil Con
servation Districts.
Following the Dusiness meeting,
the supervisors were conducted on
a short tour of several farms
near Whiteville to study conser
vation practices and programs
which district cooperations are
applying. C. D. Raper, County
Agent; H. M. Stott, District Con
servationist; and Herbert L. Col
lier, Conservation Aid accom
panied the group as guides to
point out interesting phases of
the work being done by coope
rating farmers.
State Leads In
Crop Insurance
30,560 Contracts Now In
Force In North Carolina;
Columbus County In To
bacco Insurance Group
Another "first” , for North Car
olina was marked up this week
as Julian E. Mann, State director
of the Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation, announced that the
Tar Heel State now leads the
nation in number of farmers who
have signed contracts for Federal
insurance on their crops.
With only 17 counties partici
pating, North Carolina has 30,560
crop insurance contracts in force.
Of this number, 23,574 were sign
ed in 1950, and the other 6,986
are carryovers from previous
years. All contracts are written
on a continuing basis and remain
in effect until cancelled.
In addition, Mann said, the Tar
Heel State has the highest per
centage of eligible farmers sign
ed up in cotton counties, and its
record in premium collections last
year was second highest in the
South and well above the national
average.
Cleveland leads ail cotton coun
ties in the State in percentage of
eligibles under contract. Beaufort,
which started its program only
this year, leads the tobacco coun
ties, with Caswell and Jones tied
for second place.
Mann said credit for the State’s
outstanding record in crop insur
ance is due to the work of coun
ty FCIC committees and sales
agents appointed by them, as
well as to the cooperation of
other agricultural agencies and
farm groups.
Of North Carolina’s total of
contracts, 23,679 are written on
tobacco, 6,635 on cotton, and 246
on multiple crops. Tobacco in
surance is offered in Caswell,
Forsyth, Surry, Stokes, Vance!
Wake, Beaufort, Duplin, Jones,
Pitt, Wilson, and Coulmbus; cot
ton insurance, in Cleveland, Polk,
Mecklenburg, and Rutherford;
and multiple crop insurance, in
Perquimans only.
Quotas On Marine
Enlistments Lifted
RALEIGH—For the first time
in more than a year, the month
ly enlistment quota for Marine
Corps applicants in this area has
been lifted. Enlistments for the
months of May and June are
now unlimited, Capt. M. D. Smith,
Jr., officer in charge of recruiting
for the state, announced today.
“Waiting lists are now a thing
of the past," the captain said.
"Any interested applicant between
the age of 17 and 29 who can
pass the mental and phvsica! ex
amination will now be accepted
as soon as he is ready," he added.
Baker’s Widow To
Favor Sen. Taft
CLEVELAND—Mrs. Newton D.
Baker, widow of a Democratic
secretary of war, came out to
day in favor of Republican Sen
jator Robert A. Taft's re-election.
' She said she left the Democratic
jparty in 1940 to support Republi
can presidential candidate Wen
ddU L. Willkie.
Mrs. Baker, whose husband
was cabinet member during the
First World War, said she had
joined the Ohio committee of in
dependent voters for Taft, and
would take an active part in its
campaign.
Fireman Is Burned
To Death In Blaze
SA^f RAFAEL, Calif., — One
fireman burns*! to death and an
other was critically burned when
the roof of a blazing garage in
downtown San Rafael collapsed on
them.
The dead man jvas tentatively
identified as Jack Miller. Criti
cally injured was Bill Bottini.
The downtown area of the city
was crowded with visitors to the
Saint Raphael mission fiesta par
ade.
25 Are Killed In
Ammo Plant Blast
BOMBAY, India,-^Twerfcty-five
workers were killed today when
an ammunition plant blew up in
Gwalior City, in Central India,
police reported.
The building, located in , the
main business center of the j
medieval city, was demolished. 1
Police believed an accidental fire ■
touched off the blast. j
NCS Sports Card
To End This Week
RALEIGH — Two baseball
games—both involving N. C. State
College—and an inter-conference
track meet at Atlanta this week
bring to an end this year's spring
sports schedule for the States
Big-Five colleges.
On Tuesday state’s diamond
nine invades Chapel Hill for
North Carolina’s season finale.
Friday the Wolfpack plays Mc
Crary at Asheboro to wind up
its slate.
Two Soldiers Are
Dead From “Alki” |
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, — Two I
soldiers were dead today, two
were in critical condition and nine
others were hospitalized after
drinking methonal (wood) alcohol
taken from the Fort Richardson
motor pool.
Military officials said the 13
servicemen held an “experimen
tal" drinking party Friday night.
One of the men died last night
and the second early today.
SELLS HOME AND
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manager. Mr. Aldridge has been
with Ha rrelson’s Grocery since it
was first established. He took
charge of the Southport Cleaners
Monday.
In moving to Monroe Mr. and
Mrs. Cranmer have sold their
beautiful home in Southport to
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Plaxco, of
Long Beach.
An interesting detail of this
transaction is that Mr. and Mrs.
Plaxco built the Cranmer home
and resided there for several years
before selling it to Mr. and Mrs.
Cranmer and building at Long
Any material which resists the
flow of electricity is called a
“non-conductor.”
Beach. It is said they will retain
their home at the beach, staying
there during the summer months
and in Southport in winter while
their youngest son, John, is at
tending school.
SERVICE GRAVES
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ger attended to this work per
sonally.
It is understood that similar
work was done by the other
American Legion Posts in the
county at Shallotte, Ash and
Town Creek. The flags were
placed on all known graves of
service men, regardless of what
war they may have served in.
Apart from the observance by
the Legion, the bank, post office,
city and county offices all closed
for the day. Sam T. Bennett,
clerk of the Superior court, kept
his office open all day, assisting
the workers in the primary elec
tion to make out their vouchers
for payment.
Thank You Folks
Thank you for the fine vote you gave me Saturday
in the Primary Election. Although I am an unsuccessful
candidate, I enjoyed the race, and I now wish to offer
my congratulations and best wishes to my opponent.
Elrich Y. Hickman
Democratic Candidate For Clerk Of Court
Why Increased Telephone
Rates Are Necessary
in North Carolina
Present rates are not sufficient to meet the state’s
record-breaking demands for good and
\ growing telephone service
Tlie cost of facilities to do the tremendous tele
phone job that the public wants done in North
Carolina has increased sharply during the last few
years. These increased costs have made it necessary
for us to invest huge and ever-increasing amounts
in telephone equipment to serve the people of the
state.
Facilities to Improve and Expand Service
Cost Large Sums of Money
This growing investment is already so great that,
under present rates for service, telephone earnings
in North Carolina are not sufficient to meet the
needs for good service—and the earnings are going
down.
A year and a half ago our North Carolina in
vestment in telephone facilities averaged $234
per telephone ... but for each telephone added
since that time, the cost has been $354. Sub
scriber rates designed for a $234 telephone
are, of course, too low for a $354 telephone,
leaving an investment of $120 per telephone
for which present rates provide no return at all.
Each added telephone increases the value of the
service to existing subscribers because they can
reach and he reached by more people. Since 1945,
we have added approximately 140,000 telephones
in North Carolina—an increase of more than 86%.
Adding these telephones, and improving the service
in other ways, has cost $51,000,000 in new facilities.
Rate Increases To Date Lag Far Behind
Our Increased Costs
In addition to construction costs, all other costs
of providing service—wages, taxes, materials, sup
plies, services of others and so on—also are up
drastically.
For example, from 1939 through 1949, wage
increases added $7,000,000 annually to our costs
in North Carolina. Our annual revenue from
rate increases since 1939 is failing to cover
this one item alone—failing by $2,240,000, to
say nothing of all the other cost increases.
Even since the present telephone rates were
established in April 1949, several items of cost
have increased. Employee pensiou costs went up
in November 1949. Social Security taxes went up
in January 1950. Wage costs are going up as a
result of the shortening of wage schedules agreed
upon in May 1950.
Another reason for the lag of telephone rates
behind telephone costs is that, when the present
rates in North Carolina were authorized in April
1949, they were $1,000,000 short of what the Com
pany asked for and badly needed at that time.
Good Telephone Service Essential
To Progress in State
A constantly improving and expanding telephone
service is essential to the progress and development
of fast-growing North Carolina. To meet the state’s
telephone needs, Southern Bell is now constructing
facilities at the rate of about $12,000,000 a year—
and continued construction at this high level will
be needed in each of the next few years.
The money to pay for new facilities does
not come from subscribers’ payment of their
bills. These monthly receipts cover only wages,
taxes, maintenance and other day-to-day costs.
Capital for new facilities must come from peo
ple who can be encouraged to invest their
money in the telephone business.
Present Earnings Are Inadequate
To Attract Needed Capital
Southern Bell’s earnings in North Carolina today
are too low to attract the additional capital needed
to continue good service for present subscribers
and to continue expanding the service. Despite
insufficient postwar earnings, we have been able
to obtain needed construction capital up to now
because of investors’ faith in the soundness and
fairness of North Carolina and its institutions.
However, actual earnings and not hoped-for earn
ings must of necessity be the basis of raising capital
for future construction.
For all these reasons, we have applied to
the North Carolina Utilities Commission
for revised rales.
North Carolina telephone rates have advanced
only about one-third as much as prices in general.
Under new rates, telephone service will continue to
improve—and it will continue to be one of today’s
biggest bargains.
North Carolina Manager
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY