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ORT PILOT
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Brunswick County
lay, December 6, 1950
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Polling Places
Established In
Farmer Election
PMA Elections Will Be Held
In Brunswick County Next
Thursday, December 14,
With Peanut Referendum
Also In Progress
FARMERS GIVEN
VOICE IN PROGRAM
Duty Of All Farmers To Ac
tivately Participate In Vot
ing Says S. L. Purvis
Chairman PMA Com
mittee
S. L. Purvis, chairman of the
Brunswick county PMA commit
tee, today issued a final call to
all farmers of the county who
are eligible to vote in the PMA
farmer-committee elections next
Thursday, December 14.
“A voice in the selection of
committeemen to administer the
various farm programs under
PMA is a vital right under our
system of free government. It is
a privilege that should not be
neglected,” Mr. Purvis said.
Polls will be open from 9 a. m.
to 6 p. m. Voting places are as
follow: Lockwoods Folly, J. E.
Kirby’s Store; North west, Apple
white’s Store; Town Creek, Win
nabow-Henry’s Store; Smithville,
Midway Filling Station; Shallotte,
Grissettown—B. A. Russ Store;
Waccamaw, Lonnie Evans Store.
“No Brunswick county farmer
who is eligible to vote should let
that time pass without voting,”
says the chairman. ‘‘The three
farmers who will serve on the
local community committee and
the delegate to the county con
vention from that community
should be the choice of the ma
jority of eligible voters in the
community.”
Eligible voters are any owners,
operators, tenants or sharecrop
pers on a farm that is participa
ting this year in any program
administered by the county and
community PMA committees.
Mr. Purvis said he is issuing
this final call to farmers to vote
in the PMA committee elections
because he believes that the elect
ed committee system” of adminls
treing farm programs is vital to
the welfare of agriculture in this
country and that farmers should
not endanger the system by fail
ure to vote.
He explains that in voting a
farmer may want to re-elect the
same committeemen who are
serving now or he may want
other farmers to serve on the
committee. ‘‘Whichever way it is,
he should express himself by vot
ing his choice. Only by voting can
a democracy be made to work.”
The county office of the Pro
duction and Marketing Adminis
tration has designated the same
polling places for the grower-re
ferendum on peanut marketing
quotas to be held on the same
day.
The office points out that pea
nut growers will be expected to
vote in person in the community
in which their farm is located,
but that arrangements have been
made for casting absentee ballots
if an eleigible voter will not be
able to cast his vote in person.
Such absentee ballots should be
requested immediately from the
county PMA office in Supply.
Referendum committees of
three farmers each are being ap
pointed for each community poll
ing place, Mr. Purvis, explains.
Continued On Page Four
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LIONS TO MEET
The Southport Lions Club will
meet tomorrow (Thursday) at 1
o'clock in the Community Build
ing.
JUNIOR PLAY
Members of the junior class of
Southport high school will pres
ent their play, "Demons In The
Dark”, a three-act mystery, Fri
day evening at 8 o’clock.
CHRISTMAS DANCE
Members of the Shallotte Lions
Club will sponsor a dance Satur
day night at the Legion Hut, the
proceeds to go for the annual
Christmas party .
PASSES EXAMINATION
Miss Ruby Jean Bennett, dau
ghter of Clerk of Court and Mrs.
Sam T. Bennett, was one of
North Carolina nurses who passed
the State Board examination in
Raleigh last week. Miss Bennett
is a recent graduate of the Robe
son County Memorial Hospital, in
Lumberton. She is now employed
there in the department of sur
gery.
Shallotte Man Decorated
HONORED—Pfc. Raymond J. Caison, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Willie H. Caison of Shallotte, is shown as he receives
the Purple Heart Award from Capt. W. F. James, Medical
Corps, USN. Caison was awarded the medal for wounds
received in Seoul, Korea.—(Official U. S. Navy Photo.)
Committee Launches
Drive For Gymnasium
The Rev. M. H. Baker Is
Named To Head Commun
ity Effort To Raise Neces
sary Funds For Construc
tion
$10,000. SET AS GOAL
FOR UNDERTAKING
Only Possibility For Being
Able To Use Building Dur
ing This Season Is To
Raise Money Now
And Build Imme
diately
Rev. H. M. Baker has been
asked. tt> head a community drive
for ten thousand dollars, the
amount needed to; supplement
state funds' already allocated for
the building of a gym in South
port. If this amount can be raised
in the Southpdrt school district
within the next fwo or three
weeks it will be possible to build
a gym that can be used for tour
nament play next spring.
Following a mass meeting at
the court house the local minis
ter has set about organizing a
committee to collaborate with
him in this undertaking. Realizing
that many citizens believed the
additional funds could be secured
from the State, the first efforts
of the committee were directed
to exploring the possibility of ad
ditional help from the State of
North Carolina. In this effort the
committee had the valuable in
terest and help of the County
Superintendent J. T. Denning,
Chancellor J. W. Harrelson of
State College and Baxter Dur
ham of Raleigh. The matter was
presented to Dr. Clyde Erwin,
State Superintendent of Schools,
and Governor Kerr Scott, but the
two top State officials could un
cover no additional funds avail
able for this project.
Realizing that whether South
port has a gym or not depends
on the interest of the citizens
Continued On Page Four
Plant Farm To
Be Expanded
Everett H. Sheppard Will
Give Up Other Farming
Ventures This Year To
Concentrate On Tomato
Plants
Tomato plant production in1
Brunswick county will take a big
upward trend in 1951, Everett H.
Sheppard of Shiloh, New Jersey,
stated this week. He says that
he will have to give up all of his
bell pepper and bean growing in
order to devote all of the land
he has cleared and as much more
as he can clear to growing
tomato plants.
His orders for tomato plants
for next year are running into
millions. He says that eighty
acres sown in tomato seed wiil
barely give assurance of produc
ing as many plants as he has
orders for. He will start dealing
more land the first of January,
Continued On Page Two
I
Report Of New
County Paving
Nine additional miles of new
paving have been finished in
Brunswick County during Novem-i
ber under the Highway Com
mission’s $200,000,000 bond issue
program .
Projects completed" are from
Longwocid to Ash-Hickmans
Crossroads Road, 2 miles; from
Thomasbbro to Longwood Road
at Wilson’s Store, 3\.3; fram Gris
setfown to Seaside, 4.2.
By the end of 1950 the Com
mission estimates that from 45 to
50 per cent of the 12,000-mile
bond issue program will be fin
ished. Unless war conditions in
tervene, the remainder of the
paving and stabilization program
should be completed within the
next two years.
As of November 1, the High
way Commission had spent $57,
998,374 of the $200,000,000 bond
issue fund. An additional $64,
000,000 is either allocated to
specific road projects or will be
alloacted shortly.
Balloting Now
In Soil Program
Brunswick County Farmers
May Cast Ballot This
Week For Man To Repre*
sent Them On Soil Conser
vation Committee
Two local farmers have been
nominated as candidates for a
membership on the Brunswick
County Soil Conservation Com
mittee, accoridng to J. D. Bel
lamy, Jr., Chairman of the local
committee, and a member of the
Board of Supervisors of the Low
er Cape Pear Soil Conservation
District. These men are now be
ing voted on in an election now
in progress during the week of
December 4-9.
The candidates are: G. K.
Lewis of Winnabow and Leo
Medlin of Leland. The winner of
this election will replace Gilbert
Reid of Winnabow, who is re
tiring at the end of this year.
Other members of the local com
mittee whose terms are not ex
piring are: J. D. Bellamy, Jr., of
Shallotte, and Corbett Coleman of
Ash.
The County Soil Conservation
Committee has the responsibility
of representing the people of this
county in developing and direct
ing a soil conservation program.
The chairman of the local com
mittee, according to State law,
becomes a member of the Dis
trict Board of Supervisors of the
Lower ape Pear District and as
sists in developing an overall dis
trict program. The Lower Cape
Fear Soil Conservation District
includes the counties of Bladen,
Brunswick, Columbus, New Han
over and Pender.
Ballot boxes are located at the
following points: B. A. Russ’s
store, Grissettown; Lonnie Evan’s
Continued on page four
Recent Visitor
Extends Thanks
To Community
Mrs. Mae Bamber Recalls
Visit To Southport With
Great Pleasure And Hopes
To Return Here Some Day
HAS RETURNED TO
TARRYTOWN, N. Y.
Mrs. Bamer Recalls Some Of
Her Experiences As Visit
or To Southport And
Praises Local Hos
ptiality
Councilwoman Mrs. Mae Bam
ber of Southport, England, a re
cent official visitor to Southport,
North Carolina, was evidently
very much pleased at the re
ception accorded her while in the
American Southport.
Writing yesterday from 200 S.
Broadway, Tarrytown, N. Y.,
where she now is, Mrs. Bamber
asked W. B. Keziah to say a very
sincere and greateful i ‘‘Thank
You” to the people of Southport.
In part, her letter follows:
“My dear Bill: It is very nice
to feel that I have known you
so long now that I can address
you as Bill—a really good sign
that we have forged a strong
ling of friendship between our
two Southports.
“This is a line to say a very
big ‘Thank You’ for all your
great kindness to me and my
family last week; for the wonder-;
ful arrangements you made for,
us and all the 3plendid press,]
radio and person-to-person con
tacts you organized for our week
being and comfort, interest and
publicity. It was all truly mar-i
velous, and will ever live in my
memory. I shall never be able to
thank you and the people of
Southport enough for the out
standing welcome and friendliness
they one and all extended to
wards me.
“The famous soumport hos
pitality was very evident. I hope
at some future date to be able
to return a little of it to all erf
those good people who gave me
eill the gifts, either in good will
or kind. N
“I am indeed privileged to have’
known you to have made many
friends in your Southport. One
of these days I intend 'to come
back. Having drank of the water
from your old Town iPutnp and
gotten sand from your beaches
in my shoes, I must make the
old adage come true and return
to your Southport some day.”
Flower Damage
Caused By Cold
Horticulturist Reports Much
Evidence Of Cold Hurt,
But Remains Optimistic
Over Possible Recovery
Flower growers say that it is
difficult to estimate the extent
of the damage done by the sud
den and severe cold spell of last
week. It may prove to have been
pretty bad to a large portion of
the camellia buds.
It will take the opening of the
flowers some weeks or months
from now to reveal if there was
any damage to the blooms.
Very few of the camellia buds
were damaged to the extent that
they will fall from the bushes,
and this only in the case of some
varieties and where the bushes
were badly exposed. Outwardly
Continued on page four
Chairman
ELROY KING
Elroy King Is
Made Chairman
County Board
New Member Of Board Of
County Commissioners Are
Named To Head Body;
Other Members Previously
Held Honor
ElRoy King, the only new man
on the board of county commis
sioners, was elected chairman at
the organization meeting here
Monday. R. L. Rabon served as
chairman of the out-going board
and H. O. Peterson, the third
member, was chairman in 1934
36.
The new commissioners gave
their approval to the location of
the new Cape Fear river bridge
at the Mitchell landing site at
Acme. They also approved the
taking over and improvement by
the State Highway and Public
Works Commission of a 214 -mile
stretch of road at Mill Creek and
a 5-mile stretch extending from
Grissettown.
The Board deeded the J. T.
Clemmons land in Lockwoods
f Continued On Page Four
Southport Boy
Publishes Story
Marcellus Cox, Senior At
Furman University, Has
Story Accepted For Publi
cation In “Link" Magazine
Marcellus Cox of Southport,
senior at Furman University, has
received word from the General
Commission on Chaplains, pub
lishers of “Link” magazine, that
his article "Behold This Man”
has been accepted for publication.
“Behold This Man” centers
around the personability of
Kagawa, Japanese convert to
Christianity, whose teachings and
influence have spread beyond the
bounds of his own country.
Mr. Cox was introduced to.
Kagawa during the Allied in
vasion and occupation of Japan
and from this experience is
drawn the inspiration and source
material for "Behold This Man.”
A ministerial student, Mr. Cox
first became interested in writing
about four years ago and since
that time several of his short
stories and poems have appeared
in the Furman campus publica
tion, "The Echo.” He is now
Continued On Page Four
W. B. KJ2ZIAH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
So far as can be judged from
just driving around the county,
there is considerably less small
grain, wheat and oats, on the
farms of Brunswick than there
was at the same time last year.
The crops are rather conspicious
by their absence or scarcity all
over the county. The absence of
a small grain crop on the Gar
rard Farms at Northwest is es
pecially noticeable. Until last
week had not made a November
trip there in many years without
seeing a large acreage in grain.
Until half a century or so ago
portions of Northwest township
had many of the finer old homes
of Brunswick county, such struc
tures being especially noticeable
in the Phoenix section. Big and
modern for their time, many also
had beautiful grounds. In the
course of time these homes got
off the new paths that were
beaten. Roads were a long time
in coming. The old homes dis
appeared around Phoenix and
very few of such structures are
now left. The long needed roads
have at last come and with them
are coming new homes. That sec
tion of Brunswick is set to again
become thickly populated.
The fall and spring rounds of
the tax collector are made mostly
for the convenience of tax payers
living at a distance from the
county seat. Some of them are
elderly people and others who
seldom get to town. In the North
West township section these calls
are especially helpful. These the
heads of most families work in
the fertilizer factories and else
where. The paying of taxes is
usually left to wives and other
Continued on page four
Thirty-Six Students Hurt In l
School-Bus Wreck Monday
Morning Near Southport
Santa Claus Will Be
In Shallotte Again
However, Somebody Ha# Caused The Old Gentleman To
Lose His Pants; His Arrival Awaits Completion
Of Wardrobe
Santa Claus will come to Shal
lotte again this year. That much
is certain. Hobson Kirby of the
Shallotte Trading Company and
Sherman J. Register of the Shal
lotte Trading Company have both
heard from him and they are
jointly agreeing to make all of
the arrangements and look after
the old gentleman during his stay
in Shallotte. He will alternate be
tween the two stores, which face
each other across the street. '
But for Mr. Kirby, at least, a
very distressing situation develop
ed Saturday. Last Christmas Mr.
Kirby got a special shirt and
special pair of pants for Santa
to wear, just while he was visi
ting the little boys and girls m
and around Shallotte. The shirt
and pants feel very roomy and
Ibefore he left Santa gave them
back to Mr. Kirby to keep for
him until he came back to Shal
lotte this Christmas.
Well, this past week Santa
Claus made an inquiry of Mr.
Kirby regarding whether the
same suit would be in readiness
for him to wear again this year.
Mr. Kirby looked all around.
Neither shirt nor pants could be
found. When the State Port
Pilot’s man asked him very point
edly what became of that shirt
and the pants that he was keep
ing especially for Santa Claus
when he visited Shallotte this
year, he said: “Somebody must
have borrowed those clothes and
have forgotten to bring them
back.”
Now, it is very bad that the
shirt of Santa Claus should be
lost. And it is still worse if Mr.
Kirby has lost his pants. The
whole thing makes a pretty how
de-do. Whoever borrowed the
shirt and pants should return
them immediately.
With no pants ready for Santa
Claus when he comes, Mr. Kirby
said Saturday that he did not
know yet when he and Mr. Reg
ister would be ready for Santa
Claus. Of course, the kindly old
gentleman won’t come until plans
for his wardrobe are complete.
All that Mr., Kirby and Mr.
Register know is that Santa is
certainly going to come to Shal
lotte. Both of them have promis
ed, cross their hearts, that they
will know just when Santa is
coming in time to have something
about it in next week’s issue of
The Pilot.
New Officials Are
Sworn In By Holden
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I
Begin Dismantling
Walden Bridge
With work of tearing off the
decking at the Walden Creek
bridge starting Monday morn
ing, Route 130 between South
port and Wilmington will be
closed to traffic until April 1,
according to a statment from
the bridge contractor to Bill
Hyatt, horticulturist at Orton.
During tha.: period traffic will
have to use 303 between South
port and Wilmington. School
children living on Route 130
will be brought to the north
side of the creek in their buses
and will cross over a catwalk.
Other buses will carry them to
and from school on the south
side of the stream.
Parties living in Southport
and working at Orton or the
Sheppard plant farm will have
to get to and from their work
as best they can.
Telephone Lines
Still Unusable
Business Activity In Lower
Part Of Brunswick Under
Severe Handicap Due To
Lack Of Service
The broken-down telephone line
from Shallotte and Supply to the
central in Southport, has been
completely out for the past five
months, according to Jack White,
young Shallotte business man. He
says that during that time not a
single telephone call has gone out
from Shallotte.
This can easily be believed by
those who note that the two
wires are broken and down at
several points' between Shallotte
and Southport.
Mending the creaks would do
no permanent good. The wires are
old and rusty and they would
break again somewhere. Likewise,
most of the poles are in bad
condition, with some of them al
ways falling or ready to fall in.
The line is owned by a Wil
mington party. It was intended to
give connections with the Bell
system at Southport, about 10
phones being at points in Shal
lotte and Supply and on this line.
Tolls had to be paid for all calls,
even those made on the same line
and for those coming in through
the Southport exchange.
With the several breakdowns
on the line the party owning the
wires and poles appears to have
completely abandoned attempts to
give service.
According to various Shallotte
(Continued of page four)
B. J. Holden,' Former Clerk
Of Superior Court And
Veteran Brunswick County
Employee, Had The Hon
or Of Administering Oaths
ELROY KING IS
BOARD CHAIRMAN
Sheriff Ed V. Leonard An
nounces List Of Men To
Serve As Deputies In
Law Enforcement
Organization
County officers elected at the
general election in November
were sworn in here Monday
morning with appropriate cere
mony. B. J. Holden, former clerk
of Superior court and oldest
county official in point of ser
vice, administered the oath to
each office holder.
First was Clerk of Court Sam
T. Bennett, beginning his fourth
term in that office. He was fol
lowed by the county commission
ers, R. L. Rabon, member of the
out-going board, H. O. Peterson,
a former chairman of the board,
and ElRoy King, newly elected
member. When this board con
vened later they elected King
chairman.
Ed V. Leonard, former chief
of police at Southport and Car
olina Beach, was sworn in as
sheriff, and he announced the
appointment of John Stone as
chief deputy, Alex Williams as
deputy jailer, Charlie Skipper and
Continued On Page Four
County Farmers
Are Testing Soil
Growers Have Learned That
Best Results In Farming
Follow Intelligent Analys
is Of Soils
Brunswick county farmers are
using the services of the State
soil testing laboratory more and
more each -year, according to
County Agent A. S. Knowles.
This is a good sign that fanners
are fast taking much guesswork
out of farming as it applies to
fertilizer, says the county agent.
During the past year more than
200 farmers took advantage of
soil testing service. Many of
these farmers are reporting ex
cellent results. They say they are
making better yields and saving
on their fertilizer. Farmers are
urged to continue this work each
year, and the appeal is for new
ones to start sending in samples.
It takes only a few days to
get reports on soil samples when
sent in during the slack season,
but several weeks are required
Continued On Page Two
Accident Occurred on South
port - Supply Highway
When School Bus Apq
Produce Truck Are Invol
ved In Collision
SIXTEEN PUPILS
ARE HOSPITALIZE!)
Both Drivers Charged With
Reckless Operation Fojv,
lowing investigation By
Members Of High
way Patrol
Thirty-six students of the
Brunswick County Training
School in Southport were injured,
several of them seriously, Mon
day morning when the school bus
in which they were being trans
ported to school was in collision
with a produce truck.
The accident occurred on a
straight stretch North of Beaver
Dam bridge about five miles from
Southport on the road to Supply.
Both vehicles were traveling in
the direction of Southport, 'J'he
collision resulted when the pro
duce truck, driven by James R.
Bullard of Route 4, Whiteville,
struck the bus while attempting
to pass.
The force of impact caused the
school bus to overturn one and
one-half times, spilling most- of
its passengers in a heap when
the top broke free as the con
veyance made its first revolution.
The produce truck overturned one
time, then skidded to a stop
138-feet away, headed back in
the opposite direction.
The school bus was being
driven by Vonnie Smith. He was
one of four passengers who re
mained in the bus until it came
to a final stop. His injuries con
sisted of lacerations and contu
sions. Both he and Bullard have
been charged with careless and
reckless driving.
James Grady Sibbett, also of
Whiteville Route 4, was a pass
enger in the produce truck and
sustained minor injuries consis
ting of abrasions about his head.
Bullard was unhurt.
The accident was investigated
by Sgt. A. H. Clark of Wilming
ton and Patrolman J. C. Taylor
of Leland. They found that the
accident happened when the truck
hit the left rear corner of the bug".
The bus swerved off the road
and overturned, and the truck
tumbled and skidded down the.
highway, also coming to a .-stop'
on the right side of the roa^v- '(
Debris from the wreck was:
scattered about the scene, wfthf
apples, oranges, other fruit, and*
vegetables covering the road/
School books, tablet paper : arid,
other school paraphernalia from
the bus also were widely 'di's-{
tributed. . ... ’
All of the injured were rushed to'
Dosher Mepiorial Hospital for
first aid attention, and 16 were|
admitted as patients. Most ser
iously injured were Mattie Pearl
| Reaves, 12, lacerations, contusions,
land head injuries; Helen Wil
liams, 12, broken pelvis; Pattie
| Jane Bellamy, lacerations ’ of
head; Eva Mae Bellamy, head
injuries.
Other injuries included Barbara
i Turner, abrasions, lacerations,
I contusions; Levi Prink, concus
sion; Foster Mitchell, lacerations;
James W. Evans, broken shoul
der;; Johnnie Lee Reaves, laccra
Continued On Page Four
r
Tide Table
Following la the tide table
for Southport during the next
week. These hours are approxi
mately correct and were furn
ished The State Port PUot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot’s Association^
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, December 7,
5:45 A. M. 0:00 A. M.
5:59 P. M. 12:14 P. M.
Friday, December 8,
6:44 A. M. 0:18 A. M.
6:57 P. M. 1:08 P. AL,
Saturday, December 9,
7:41 A. M. 1:11 A. AL
7:55 P. M. 2:02 P. M.
Sunday, December 10,
8:36 A. M. 2:04 A. M.
8:51 P. M. 2:55 I*. M,
Monday, December 11,
9:32 A. M. 2:56 A. M.
9:48 P. M. 3:46 P. M.
Tuesday, December 12,
10:26 A. M. 3:50 A. M.
10:45 P. M. 4:38 P, IVL
Wednesday, December 13,
11:21 A. M. 4:43 A. M.
11:43 P. M. 5:30 P. M.