The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 19
6-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, June 7, 1950
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Engineer Makes
Survey Of Marl
Beds In County
Representative Of Depart
ment Of Conservation And
Development Here In In
terest Of Finding Raw Ma
terial For Cement
SOME MARL FOUND
IN BRUNSWICK AREA
This Material Must Be Of
High Grade And Must Be
Available In Tremend
ous Qualitities To
Justify Plant
G. W. Moore, consulting en
gineer representing the Depart
ment of Conservation and De
velopment, is spending several
days in Brunswick county In an
attempt to determine if there are
deposits of marl sufficient to
warrant the establishment of a
cement plant in this area.
According to Moore North Car
olina is about the only state in
the union that does not have a
cement plant, this despite the
fact that more than two million
barrels of this material are used
annually within its borders.
Governor W. Kerr Scott has
been very much interested in the
establishment of a cement plant
somewhere in North Carolina, and
since a large source of marl is
one of the prime requisites, the
investigation thus far has extend
ed in the direction of trying to
discover the raw material.
Moore says that in order to
justify the establishment of a
plant, marl which analyzes at
least 90 percent calcium carbo
nate must be found in a strata
of from 40-fget to 50-feet in
dept covering an area of at least
500 acres. Moreover .this material
should be within eight feet of the
surface.
Reports or marl discovered in
several parts of Brunswick coun
ty are of interest to the visiting
engineer, and his investigation
will extend along the area
through which the inland water
way was dredged since one of
the. difficulties experienced in
connection with that project was
cutting through marl beds lying
between the mouth of the Cape
Fear river and the South Carolina
line.
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RETURNS HOME
Mrs. Bertha Arnold Is con
valescing; at her home here from
t recent operation performed at
f Wilmington hospital.
RETURNS TO UNIVERSITY
Halstead Holder of Shallotte
■will return to Carolina next Mon
day for the summer school. The
young Brunswick boy has been
outstanding as a student and in
athletics this year. He is a son
of Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Holden.
DANCE RECORDS BROKEN
All dance attendance records at
Long Beach pavilion are said to
have been broken Saturday night
when 291 persons bought dance
tickets, the snack bar and dining
room, operated by Mr. and Mrs.
Cromer, also did a very thriving
business.
VISITING AT SHALLOTTE
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Mintz of
Zebulon are spending several days
at Shallotte with Mrs. H. L.
Mintz. Sr., mother of Mr. Mintz.
As Miss Alene McLamb, Mrs.
Mintz was home demonstration
agent for Brunswick county for
two years follow'ing the war. For
the past two years she has
taught home economics at the
Middlesex school, where Mr. Mintz
is also employed as a teacher.
HONORED AT N. C. STATE
Herbert Swain, Jr., student at
N. C. State College and son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Swain, was
in the group that was recognized
on Honor and Award Day, May
30. as having made a "B” aver
age this year. The Southport boy
is a rising junior in Dairy Hus
bandry and is planning to work
this summer under the direction
of the American Guernsey cattle
clubs scholarship training pro
gram.
SOU. SAMPLES
County Agent Knowles is point
ing out the advisability of all
farmers taking soil samples
throughout the year. These sam
ples should be analyzed to find
the amount of lime and fertilizer
to use on various crops, he says.
At this time of the year reports
can—be—made in—two—weeks._By
this fall it may take as long as
six weeks to get a report. Soil
sample containers can be obtain
ed at the county agents office at
Supply.
Swing Your Partner
DANCERS — The Saturday night square dances at Long Beach pavilion provide one
of the most popular entertainment features for Summer visitors. The crowd last week
was the largest of the season. (Art Newton Photo)
Political Victor
And Vanquished
At Long Beach
Opponents In 8th Congressi
onal District Race Both
Spent Greater Part of Last
Week At Brunswick Coun
ty Resort
Congressman Chas. B. Deane
of the 8th District was at his
summer home at Long Beach
last week, resting up from a
very arduous campaign for re
nomination, in which he was
successful. He polled 28.00Q
votes.
Two mile* further down the
same beach W. E. (Bill) Horner,
widely known newspaperman of
Sanford, was resting up from a
very arduous campaign to unseat
Congressman Dean. He was un
successful, but he polled 23,000
votes and, at times, he is said to
have given Congressman Deane a
mightly good scare.
Horner has served In both the
State Senate and House, so Bill
was asked if he had known any
of the Brunswick county rep
resentatives in Raleigh?
“R. E. Sentelle was there in
the. Senate when I first went,”
said Bill. “Joe Ruark came along
later in both House and Senate
and Bun Frink served with me
in the Senate.”
For awhile the conversation
veered off from politics. "We like
it down here at Long Beach,”
said Bill. "We have spent our
vacations here before. On this
trip I have been resting and
sleeping mostly and eating sea
food dinners up at the pavilion
with Mr. and Mrs. Cromer.”
The information was not sur
prising, but it elicted an in
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Charter Night
Program Here
Willard G. Cole, Editor Of
The New# Reporter, Wa#
Feature Of Interesting
Program Held By South
port Lions Club
Willard G. Cole, editor of The
News Reporter, was the principal
speaker at the ladies night pro
gram presented here Thursday
evening by the Southport Lions
club in observance of the fifth
anniversary of cha? ter night.
Cole proved to be a versatile
entertainer who played expertly
upon the emotions of his listen
ers, and he managed to include
serious thought on the matter of
cooperation in a highly humorous
talk that was thoroughly enjoy
ed by everyone.
Chas. M. Trott was toast
master for the occasion, and af
1 ter recognizing guests and dis
| tinguished visitors he presented
! Joe Hood, Lions International
counselor, who presented the
master key award to B. L. Fur
pless for securing the member
ship of twelve mmebers of the
local club. He also presented per
fect attendance buttons to the
Lions who earn them.
Robert B. Thompson, a member
of the Wilmington-Cape Fear
Pilots Association, presented a
10-year service pin to Mrs. C.
Ed Taylor in recognition of long
and faithful service as U. S.
Weather Bureau observer at
Southport. This was done on be
half of the government agency.
The Rev. L. D. Hayman, tail
twistsr of the Southport c.lnh.
was assisted in his duties by
Cecil Robbins of Bolivia.
Clubs represented included Car
olina Beach, Wilmington, Bolivia
and Shallotte.
Everything Set For
Assembly Openinj
Royal Ambassadors Will Be
First Group To Attend
Summer Session At Cas
well Assembly Grounds
REGULAR WEEKLY
SCHEDULE PLANNED
Splendid Facilities Have
Been Placed In Condition
To Care For Groups
Ranging Up To Five
Hundred
A check at the Caswell Baptist
Assembly grounds this week re
vealed that everything is in fine
shape for the three month sum
mer schedule to begin next Mon
day. This first gathering is the
Royal Ambassadors, who will be
in session June 12-18th.
The Rev. Bill Jackson, Royal
Ambassador leader for North
Carolina, wil preside at this con
ference. In point of number it
will be the smallest conference
of the year, with around 100
actual participants. However, a
goodly number of visitors are also
expected during the week.
The Baptist Training Union,
June ll' 25, will bring in 400 or
500 participants, It is said. From
then .on through August the pro
gram calls for old and young
Baptist conferences of various
sorts, beginning each Monday and
continuing throughout the week.
This will bring new groups of
people in each week from all
sections of North Carolina and
with quite a few visitors from
other states. The public, regard
less of religious denomination,
will be welcomed to the grounds,
but it is naturally expected that
they keep good order and that
there be no drinking of any sort
of Intoxicants.
Not all of the war-time Navy
buildings have been gotten in
order for the new occupants thus
far. In fact there is still a world
of work to be done on various
structures and grounds. But Dr.
R. K. Redwine and the 15 or 20
workers that he has had avail
able since Christmas have ac
complished wonders.
When the first conference opens
next Monday the participants
will find themselves gathered at
a beautiful and interesting place
that has all modern conveniences.
It is aimed to be able to ac
commodate a thousand or more
visitors each week this year, and
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Shallotte Store
Suffers Robbery
Safe And Cash Register Re
moved From Coast Road
Service Station By Thieves
Thursday Night
A loss estimated in, excess of
two thousand dollars was suffer
ed by the Coast Road service
station and grocery at Shallotte
sometime Thursday night when
the place was broken into and
both the safe and cash register
carried away.
Entrance to the building was
made through a rear door and
the safe and cash register were
loaded on a truck, apparently a
pickup judging by the tire tracks,
at the side door. The safe weigh
ed 500 pounds and was valued
at $350.00. The cash register was
White, Sr., owner of the business.
Mr. White and his son, Jack,
who is manager of the business,
are not certain how much the
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Florida Lobster
Caught In Trawl
A 10-pound Florida lobster is
attracting much attention as it
reposes in the ice box of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Grady at the.
Holden Beach ferry.
The lobster was caught from
the boat. Susan, belonging to
Mr. Grady, at the mouth of
Lockwood Folly inlet. The Na
tional Geographic Magazine
says that this variety of lob
ster sometimes attains a weight
of 18 pounds, but that this size'
is very rare. The average size t
is said to be less than 10 ’
pounds.
Very few of the Florida lob
ster have ever been taken from
off this point of the North
Carolina coast.
Pilots To Give
Night Service
Members Of Wilmington
Cape Fear Pilots Associa
tion Now Ready To Bring
Ships Up To Wilmington
At Night
The Cape Fear Pilots Association
with headquarters at Southport is
now giving 24-hour pilot service to
vessells between Wilmington and
the ocean at Southport. The new
policy went into effect the past
week following the installation of
new lighted aids to navigation
from the bar to Wilmington. Pre
viously the service was given only
during daylight hours and vessels
arriving off Southport late in the
afternoon had to either remain at
the bar until next morning or come
in as far as Southport and anchor
here to wait for daylight.
The handling of costly vessels
and cargoes between Southport
and Wilmington has been a rather
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Advertise For
Bids For Two
Negro Schools
Board Of Education In Ses
sion Monday Night Ap
proved Location of School
Near Shallotte On High
way No. 130
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BOARD TO ANSWER
LEGAL COMPLAINT
Opening Date Of Fall Term
Set For August 31; Two
Days To Be Givfen For
Thanksgiving Holi
day
Members- of the Brunswick
county board of education voted
Monday night to answer the com
plaint filed several months ago
by Rev. Dennis Hewett and J. P.
Russ, deposed members of the
Shallotte school board.
Original action in this matter
was to file a demurer, which
was denied in Superior court and
from which an appeal was taken
to the Supreme court. That court
in a ruling last month sustained
the action of the Superior court.
Now an answer wil be filed to
provide a basis of trial in Su
perior court.
The board approved a site on
highway No. 130 near Shallotte
for the location of a colored
school. Previously a site had been
approved near Thomasboro, but
subsequent objections had delay
ed action until last night, when
attorneys representing the con
testing groups were present to
present the case of their clients.
As a result of the settlement
of the site, projects have been
advertised and bids will be re
ceived until 3 p. m. on June 22,
.1950, for the erection of 6 class
rooms, toilets and heating ar
rangements at Leland colored
school; and for 12 classrooms
! toilets and heating facilities at
the Shallotte site.
August 31 was approved as the
date for opening schools for the
fall term, with November 22-23
approved for Thanksgiving holi
8ays and December 22-Januhry 2
j for Christmas holidays.
| Memorial Group
' Announces Plan
Work Of Cleaning Up Old
Southport Cemetery Will
Begin At Once With Work
On New Cemetery To Fol
low Soon
The Southport Memorial As
sociation held its regular spring
meeting on Friday evening. The
regular time is in May, but a
series of events necessitated post
ponement until this date.
I Two matters of interest to the
general public, especially support
ers of the cemetery project, were
considered. First, a report from
| the field by representatives of
j the sponsoring groups. These re
j ports showed the folowing re
sults:
Baptist Church $25.50, Mrs.
i Geo. Whatley reporting; Episco
|pal Church $5.00, Mrs. F. M.
j Niernsee reporting; Lions Club
! $26.00, L. D. Hayman reporting;
| Methodist Church $128.00, J. I.
I Davis reporting; Presbyterian
! Church $114.00. James Wolf re
porting; Woman’s Club $21.00,
Mrs. L. J. Hardee reporting.
Other groups to be heard from
are the Sacred Heart Church and
the Masonic Order. Mrs. Wiley
Continued On Page Five
VV. B. KEZIAH
Our
ROVING
P. C. Woodard, a good friend
of ours of the Supply ommun
ity, has been rather much on
the underside of things for the
past two months, suffering from
low blood presure. He is now able
to be around some. Seeing us at
Shallotte Saturday, Mr. Woodard
said that he wished we would
write something to express his
gratitude to the kind friends, re
latives and Dr. M. H. Rourk, all
of whom stood by him in his ill
ness. He sincerely appreciates
the interest they took in him and
their many kind words and ac
tions.
Not counting those fellows who
-go out on the occun and bring in
big catches of almost everything,
all sorts of fishing is getting hot
along the Brunswick coast. Floun
ders, speckled trout, blue fish and
Virginia mullets are being taker.
in large numbers almost every
where. Some illustrations of the
past few days: Larry Stubbs and
George Wortham, in addition to
i an even dozen large sheephead,
caught a good variety of other
j fish in one of the Bald Head
Island creeks. Largest of the 12
sheephead weighed 8 paunds . . .
Bily Bragaw and Don Whithead,
fishing at Fort Caswell got
. fifteen or sixteen beautiful sheep
head and Mrs. Whitehead got
a four and one half pound drum.
Many nice catches were made
, along Long Beach during the
week. Mrs. A. D. Whitley of
Howell’s Point advises us they
are getting big crowds and
Catching a lnt nf flrmnrloj- hlne
fish, speckled trout and Virginia
mullet by casting. Same sort of
report comes in from Holden
Beach where both blue fish and
Continued On Page Four
Waccamaw Girl In
Graduates Tuesday
Miss Leah Phelps Graduates)
At Flora Macdonald With;
Major In Both English
And French; Received
Numerous Honors
Miss Leah Carolyn Phelps,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus
C. Phelps of Ash, graduated j
from Flora Macdonald College
May 30. The commencement ad
dress was delivered by Dr. Ed
ward D. Grant, executive secre
tary of the committee of Re
ligious Education, Richmond, Va.
The baccalaureate sermon was
preached by Dr. John A. Mackay,
President of Princeton Theological
Seminary, Princeton, N. J.
Miss Phelps graduated with a
double major in French and Eng
lish. Throughout her college career
she maintained a high academic
average, ranking among the high
est in her class scholastically.
She was active in the extra
curricular activities of the school
as well as in her studies.
Some of the honors which she
held while in colege were:
Y.W.A. leader; Secretary Home
Mission Circle; B.S.U. President
of Flora Macdonald College, 1949
50; Zetesian Literary Society and
L’Alliance Francaise. She also at
tended Wake Forest and Lenoir
Rhyne summer school and was
a member of the colleges.
Miss Phelps graduated from
IWaccamaw high school in 1946.
Bids Received For
River Road Project
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Here’s Best Fish
Story Of Season
The best fish story for 1950
comes from W. R. Holmes of
Shalotte.
'Mr. Holmes says that a few
days ago Claude Long, son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Long of the .
Hickman’s Cros sroads com
munity, saw a hawk flying far
overhead. He grabbed up a gun
and took a pot shot at, the
bird. The hawk flew on but
something hurtled earthward
and the young nimrod was
considerably astonished when a
twelve inch red drum hit the
ground right in front of him.
The fish was still fairly much
alive, although it was slightly
peppered by some of the same
spent shot that had caused the
hawk to release it. The Long'
family hacf fried fish for sup
per that night.
Election Board
Holds Meeting
Session In Southport Tues
day For Purpose Of Mak
ing Plans For Second Pri
mary Election
Members of the Brunswick coun
ty board of elections met here
yesterday for the purpose of call
ing a Second Primary Election on
June 24.
The election is being called for
the benefit of O. W. Perry, can
didate for the Democratic nomina
tion for sheriff; J. W. Ruark, can
didate for the Democratic nomina
tion for Judge of Recorder’s court;
H. O. Peterson, candidate for the
Democratic nomination for mem
ber of the board of county com
missioners.
The following men have been
notified by the board that they
are being challenged for a run-off
race: Ed V. Leonard, candidate for
Sheriff; W. J. McLamb, candidate
Continued On Page Four
Boys And Girls
May Attend Camp
Applications Being Received
Until June 12 For Bruns
wick Youths Desiring To
Attend Camp Millstone
Brunswick county 4-K club
members will go to Millstone
4-H camp near Rockingham on
June 21 and stay until June 26.
Boys and girls have until June
12 to get their application in to
the county agent and home de
monstration agent. A full camp
is expected as Brunswick coun
ty wil join with Scotland and
Hoke counties this year.
About thirty boys and girls are
expected from Brunswick this
year. Those boys and girls ex
pected to go are urged to get
their application in early as they
will be accepted in the order re
ceived.
4-H club camp affords de
serving—hoys and girls-a—.short
vacation with supervised recrea
tion and educational activities.
Classes will be conducted in
swimming, handicraft, forestry
and recreation.
Low Bids For Grading, Sur
facing And Structures On
River Road Opened Tues
day In Raleigh
NEW BRIDGE OVER
WALDEN CREEK
Work Will Link Two Ex
isting Stretches Of Pav
ing On This Valuable
River Road Route In
County
The State Highway Commission
in Raleigh Tuesday opened bids for
grading, paving and structures on
8.38 miles of the River Road and
the rection of structures along the
route.
Low bidder for the paving was
Spotts & Co., Newberry, S. C.,
and for structures the Wilson Con
struction Co., Inc., Salisbury.
The project calls for paving and
structures from a point approx
imately 1,000 feet south of Walden
Creek to a. point approximately
1,000 feet north of Lilliput Creek.
While the low bids reecived Tues
day generally were higher than
estimated costs, it was explained
by highway officials that estimates
were prepared merely as guides.
There appears to be little reason
to doubt that the contracts will be
awarded in due course to the suc
cessful low bidders.
Lengthy Session
Of Court Monday
Varied Docket Disposed Of
Here Before Judge W. J.
McLamb In Recorder’s
Court
A varied docket was disposed
of here Monday before Judge W.
J. McLamb in Brunswick coun
ty Recorder’s court with the fol
lowing entries being made on the
record:
Paul Chester Batten, carrying
concealed weapons, fined $50.00
and costs, gun ordered confiscat
ed and sold according to law,
Joseph Monroe, no operators
license, fined $25.00 and costs.
George L. Hickman, failure to
give hand signal, nol prossed.
Lela Babson, assault with dead
ly weapon, nol prossed at insist
ance of prosecuting attorney.
Charles William Freeman, no
operator’s license, fined $25.00
and costs.
| W. O. McDaniels, public drunk
ness, fined $10.00 and costs.
Samuel Reis, Jr., failing to stop
for officer, ordered to pay costs.
Ed Simmons, no operator’s li
cense, nol prossed.
Joseph Willetts, assault with
deadly weapon, prayer for judg
ment continued for 60 days.
Andrew Harris Griffith. Jr.,
speeding, fined $10.00 and costs.
Robert Vernon Dale, speeding,
fined $10.00 and costs.
Manuel Prito Cohis, speeding,
fined $10.00 and costs.
Laird Caster Anthony, reckless
operation, fined $25.00 and costs.
Emma Louise Huska, failing to
stop at stop sign, not guilty.
George Hewett, Miner Hewett,
George Henry Evans, general dis
turbance in a public place, ^.nty
day on roads, suspended on con
dition—that each defendant be—of
good behavior for a period of two
years and pay court costs.
John Lane Foster, drunken
driving, changed to reckless ope
Continued on page four
Second Primary
Election Called
For Brunswick
Candidates For Democratic
Nomination For Three Of
fices Appeared Before
Election Board Chairman
Prior To Deadline
SMITH CALL FOR
SECOND PRIMARY
Challenger In Recorder’s
Race States That He Is
Willing To Withdraw
If Others Will Be
fore Saturday
A Second Primary Election for
Brunswick county was assured
Monday afternoon when three can
didates from the First Primary
Election appeared before Chair
man M. D. Anderson of the Bruns
wick county board of elections
shortly before the deadline and
tiled for the second race.
These men were O. W. Perry,
Democratic candidate for sheriff;
J. W. Ruark, Democratic candidate
for Judge of Recorder's court; and
H. O. Peterson, Democratic can
didate for board of county com
missioners.
Announcement wasmade this
(Wednesday) morning that Willis
Smith, who trailed Senator Frank
P. Graham by more than 53,000
votes in the Primary Election on
May 27, has called for a Second
Primary on June 24. In Bruns
wick county Graham received 1940
votes to 1014 for Smith. Robert R.
Reynolds had a total of 456 votes
and Olla Ray Boyd polled 54.
When the time came for coun
ty candidates to actually file,
each man appeared to be loath
to be the first in indicate his in
tention to make the second race.
Perry, second man to Ed V.
Leonard in the race for sheriff,
was the first to sign his notice.
He was followed by J. W. Ruark,
second high man to W. J. Mc
Lamb in the race for Judge of
Recorder’s court, who explained
that he had made promises not
to file until someone else had
taken the step. H. O. Peterson,
fourth high man in the race for
county commissioner, was third.
Then there was a discovery of
an error made in the paper sign
ed by Perry, and the first man
to file also became the last as
he signed a corrected notice pre
pared for him by M. D. Ander
son, chairman of the board of
Continued on page four
Commissioners In
Session Monday
Routine Matters Disposed Of
Before County Board In
Regular Session This Week
Routine matters were disposed
of here Monday at the regular
meeting of the board of commis
sioners.
The board passed a resolution
to pro-rate the cost of collecting
county taxes between each fund
which shares in the revenue.
The board ordered 12 acres of
and adjoining Jack Hankins and
Erla S. Stone to be afterlisted
to J. D. Smith and Davis Clem
mons for the year 1945-50 at
a valuation of $310.00.
The Amelia Green estate pro
perty in Smithville was ordered
sold to Raphael Parker for
$200.00. with $50.00 being paid
down and the balance at $25.00
per month.
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 Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot’s Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, June 8,
2:19 A. 51. 8:33 A. M.
2:57 P. M. 9:03 P. M.
Friday, June 9,
3:09 A. 51. 9:22 A. 51.
3:47 P. M. 9:59 P. 51.
Saturday, June 10,
3:58 A. 51. 10:10 A. 51.
3:34 P. M. 10:51 P. Mi
Sunday, June 11,
4:45 A. M. 10:56 A, 51.
5:19 P. 51. 11:41 P. 51.
5Ionday, June 12,
5:31 A. 51. 11:38 A. 5L
6:02 P. 51. 0:00 P. 5L
Tuesday, June 13,
6:15 A. 51._0:26 A. 51.
6:44 P. 51. 12:21 P. 5L
Wednesday, June 14,
6:58 A. 51. 1.09 A. 5L
T^S P. 51. 1.01 P. 51»^