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Most of The New* All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County VOL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. 51 6-paces today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, January 24, 1951 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEA* Appointment For Operation Blue Baby Expected Dr. R. H, Holden Advised That Hewett Child May Be Taken To Baltimore For Operation At Any Time Now BLUE BABY FUND STILL GROWING Treasurer Of Campaign Ex Presses Appreciation For Cooperation Received In Effort Contacting Dr. Carl Knox in Wilmington last night, Dr. R. H. Holden was advised that the Wil mington physician is expecting immediate orders to bring Shirley Ray Hewett to the John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Dr. Holden made the following statement to this newspaper: “In behalf of Little Shirley Hewett, her family and many friends, I want to personally thank each and every one for their cooperation and generous contributions which have made this fund available. I have never taken part in a fund raising campaign with as much pleasure and satisfaction. The result is proof that the good people of Brunswick can and will respond when the occasion presents it self. I am sure that each of the 128,414 pennies donated repres ents a sincere prayer that little Shirley’s visit to the hospital will be most successful, and that she will soon be back to enjoy a useful life and the comradeship of her many little friends.” Highlighting the fund raising campaign which is to result in the little Lockwoods Folly town ship Blue Baby going to the hos pital for. an operation, the Shal lotte school, teachers and stud ents, donated $80.00. They upped that to $212.00 and in the finals this week they upped their pre vious donations to a total of $279.50. At the start of the camapaign it was expected that between $1,000 and $1200 would be need ed for hospital care and the ope ration. The grand total as shown by the bank deposit slips shows that the contributions amounted to the sum of $1,284.14. Received during the past week and added to donations previous ly acknowledged in this paper were the following sums: Elah Baptist church, $15.11; Beulah Baptist church, $12.91; St. Andrews Episcopal church, $3.18; prospect Baptist church, $13.71; Zion Methodist church, $16.07; Shallotte Village Methodist church, $11.37; Bethel Baptist church, Southport, $10.00; Mt. Pisgah Baptist church added $6.50 to a previous donation of $17.06; Friendship Baptist and Wacca maw school children $9.19. I. L. Todd, Todd Furniture company, Whiteville, $40.00; R. B. McRoy, Whiteville, $10.00; J. B. Fore, Salesman for McRoy, Whiteville, $5.00; (It is under stood Mr. Fore got the other Whiteville donations and turned them in); Mrs. M. Mercer, Bo livia, $1.00; Mrs. J. A. Norris and neighbors, $2.50; J. B. Norris, $2.00; Ed Simpson and M. D. Mintz, $2.00; employees of Farrar Transfer Company, Wilmington, $18.00; Evans Grocery commun ity, $10.00; Mrs. Floyd Hewett and Civietown community, $20.00; Ocean View Lodge No. 783 F. and A. Masons of Thomasboro (color ed) $17.50. Brief Newt Flashes m NEW GAME PROTECTOR Malcolm Prink, son of Senator S. Bunn Frink, has been appoint ed a game protector by the North Carolina Wildlife Commis sion. NEW DEADLINE It has been previously announc ed through the press that the closing date to accept applications for New Grower Peanut Allot ments will be March 1, 1951, This is to advise farmers of change of this deadline to Febr uary 1, 1951. There are only 7 more days in which to file an ap plication. SLIGHT CASUALTY With the occupation forces in Japan when the trouble develop ed in Korea, Sgt. W. C. Norton of Southport was at the front continuously until Christmas when a minor accident necessitated sur gery. He has been back in Japan since the holidays. His wife, the former Miss Mary Florence Moore and their two children are in Japan. * CONVALESCENT—Little Carolyn Joanne Edwards of Shallotte is one of the two Brunswick county polio vic tims whose cases were diagnosed during 1950. She now is recovering from the inroads of this disease and is a cheer ful patient. Polio Fund Campaign Now In Full Swing Brunswick County Citizens Are Urged To Help Reach Quota Assigned For The 1951 Campaign LARGE AMOUNTS SPENT FOR VICTIMS For Each Of The Past Three Years National Foundation Has Sent In Additional Funds For County Use Reports from Mrs. Eli Kravitz, chairman, indicate that the March of Dimes campaign is off to a good start in Brunswick county with the various community chairmen promoting the work through the schools, churches, civic clubs and by the use of iron lung coin collection boxes in strategic centers throughout the county. Mrs. Kravitz states that the goal for Brunswick county this year is $2550.00, but she hopes that the drive will exceed this sum and that the county will do all that it can to help the State drive go over tjie top in the million dollar campaign through out North Carolina. If the chap ter is to raise this money it will be necessary to have the coope ration of all merchants and citizens throughout the courtty, and the campaign must be con sidered as a March of Dollars this year instead of a March of Dimes. According to a report released this week by the Rev. H. M. Baker, chairman of the Bruns wick County Chapter of the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, the expenditures for Brunswick bounty polio patients have exceeded the receipts each year for the past three years. In 1948 the March of Dimes cam paign totaled $1090.00, but the bills paid by the local chapter that year amounted to $5281.00 and were met by an advance from the National Foundation of $4736.00. During 1949 the March j of Dimes campaign netted j $3397.00, but to meet the bills for patients receiving treatment that year the National Founda tion advanced $5939.00 to the local chapter. The 1950 campaign netted $2071.00 and the year was noteworthy for the fact that there were only two new cases of polio reported in Brunswick county. However, expenses for children still receiving care and the new cases necessitated an advance of Continued On Page Two Shallotte Lions To Serve Supper Barbecue Supper For Bene fit Of Polio Fund Will Be Served February 2 At School Lunchroom The Shallotte Lion’s Club is staging a big barbecue supper at the Lunch Room of the Shallotte school on February 2, for the benefit of the March of Dimes. Clyde Lassiter and Edward Red wine are the committee in charge of the event and they say their aim to put out a big meal at $1. 00 per plate. Tickets are now on sale. Very much interested in the polio drive, the Shallotte Lions Club is planning to make every effort to do its share in seeing that Brunswick goes over the top. The supper on February 2 is only one of its lines of effort towards SUCCgeSj Gapt. J. B. Church Is Jury Foreman Capt. J. B. Church was named Monday to serve as foreman of the Brunswick county grand jury which was shown into serve throughout 1951. Other members of he body are G. R. Ennis, Leland, secretary; H. H. Hewett, Joe McDowell, James Gamer, Daggett Smith, G. C. Gray, Harlee Kirby, J. J. Ramsaur, C. H. Caison, W. A. Caison, J. A. Ward, R. Z. Ganey, H. L. White, D. A. Evans, Jesse J. Johnson, B. H. Price and Rufus R. Sommer sette. For the first time in two years there is no woman member of the grand jury. Award Contract For School Gym Parham - Darr Construction Company Of High Point, Receives The Contract For Building Waccamaw High School Gym The contracting firm of Par ham-Darr Co. of High Point was the low bidder for the general contract for the Waccamaw high school gymnasium while the elec trical bid of Adams Electrical Co. of Wilmington was low for wiring. The total bid is for $26,145.55 for a building of brick construc tion 50 x 80 feet in dimension. This is the same size as other high school gymnasiums now in use in the county,. Superintendent J. T. Denning has received authorization from N. P. A. in Washington to begin construction upon both the Wac camaw and Southport gym nasiums. Mr. Denning reports that the contractor believes that all class rooms now under construction should be completed by March 15. (Continued on page 2) New Varieties Grow Popular Tobacco Buyers Showing Preference For Broad Leaf Varieties And Farmers Are Advised To Plant Them Tobacco farmers, throughout the State are giving serious thought to growing the broad leaf varie ties, according to County Agent A. S. Knowles. The reasons for this general acceptance of broad er leaf tobacco are many. Chief of these are the preference by to bacco buyers. They want thin leaf, bright tobaccos because it makes better tobacco for smok ing. There are several varieties that give good yields while producing the kind of tobacco buyers want. Some of the varieties include 402, Bottom Special, Golden Harvest, Hicks, Virginia Gold, and Mc Cullers 27. Those that have not already seeded their beds should give .serious thought to these var ieties. A new grade of fertilizer that should save money is being re commended for average conditions to take the place of 3-9-6. The Continued On Page Two Frink Introduces Bill To Increase County Salaries Measure Will Be Retroactive To January 1, 1951, If Pas sed By Both State Senate And House Of Represen tatives TOP OFFICIALS TO BE PAID $3,600.00 Sheriff Department Would Be Affected By Provisions Of This Bill With Fewer Paid Men Serving Senate Bill 45 introduced last week by Senator S. B. Frink and | referred to the committee on salaries and fees would fix the salaries of certain officials in Brunswick county and will be ef fective as of January 1, 1951, if it passes both the Senate and House. Should no changes occur before its final passage, the following salaries will apply to the offices indicated: Register of Deeds, annual salary $3,600; deputy register of deeds, $2,100. Clerk of Superior Court, an nual salary $3,600 (this includes compensation for duties as clerk of the recorder’s court) plus $600 for work as juvenile court judge; assistant or deputy clerk of su perior court, $2,400. County Tax Collector, annual salary, $3,600; deputy tax collec tor, $2,100. County Auditor, $3,600; deputy auditor, $2,100. Judge of Recorder’s Court, $1,800; solicitor of recorder’s court, $1,800. Sheriff, $3,600; court house janitor $1,800; the sheriff is em powered to name two field dep uties at $240 each month, an office deputy and jailer at $175.00 per month, plus regular jail fees and $1.75 per day for feeding prisoners, and a jail night watch man at $60.00 per month. The various deputies be entitled to all fees collected in civil cases but all fees collected in criminal cases will be turned over to the clerk of the court. The bill sets the compensation for the county coroner at $10.00 for each day he is engaged in the performance of his duties. It pro vides travel allowance for sheriff at $400.00 per year for travel in the county and 8 cents per mile for necessary travel outside the county. Provisions are also made for 8 cents per mile travel expenses of the coroner and other officials. Superior court jurors1 will also be allowed 8 cents per mile for one round trip to court house and, return. Sanders Parker Still Building Grissettown Man Now At Work Erecting Another Business Building At Inter section Sanders Parker, a pioneer in merchandising at Grissettown, is starting work on a new all-brick store building, 100 x 100 feet, on the southern corner lot, facing Route 17 and the Seaside road at Grissettown. Mr. Parker built and used the Continued on page two ! — _ Safety Is Being Emphasized By Clubs The January meeting at each 4-H club emphasized safety and a playlet on highway safety was given at each of the ten 4-H clubs. In addition to the highway safety program, the Farm and Home Agents discussed some pro blems and ways of avoiding ac cidents In the home and on the farm. The 4-H clubs are carrying a project on highway safety in co operation with the Highway Saf ety Division. Any 4-H club mem ber hearing about an accident in their community will report it to their club secretary. The secre tary will in turn place a staroon a highway map at the point of accident. It is the purpose of the project to put over an educatio nal program in preventing acci dents. The club doing the best job will receive special recogni tion from the Highway Safety Division. Miles Of Hard Surface Added Several Projects Completed In Bran'wick County Dur ing Month Of December As Part Of Bond Program The State Highway Commis sion has completed 14 additional miles of new hard surfacing in Brunswick county under the $200, 000,000 bond issue program. The following projects were completed during December: From Seaside via Jonny’s Branch Church to Village Point Road, 7.6 miles; Extension to Gause Landing, 0.3; From Jen ny's Branch Church to Brick Landing, 1.4; From Shallotte to ward Holden’s Beach, 4.4. During the 12 months of 1950 the State Highway Commission hardsurfaced over 4,500 miles of secondary roads throughout North Carolina to triplo its pace of roadbuilding over provious years. Dr. Henry W. Jordan, Highway Commission Chairman, has an :d that more work was fin ished on the state’s primary road system than at any time in the Commission’s history, and this pace of work will continue un less war-time emergency condi tions intervene. Fourteen More Negro Instantly Killed In Wreck Virginia Beach Man Is Vic tim Of Accident Sunday Involving An Empty Lum ber Truck Traveling at such a speed that the empty lumber truck he was driving was unable to make a curve, Willie Babson, 32 year old negro whose home was at Vir ginia Beach, Va„ was instantly killed on the highway near Phoe nix, Sunday. Babson was alone in the truck at the time. Coroner John G. Caison inves tigated the accident and rated the death of the negro as being purely an accident, due to the excessive speed and carelessness of the negro. He did not consider a formal inquest necessary. State Highway Patrolman J. C. Taylor states that the lumber truck was owned by C. D. What < continued on page two) I W. B. KKZIAJH Our ROVING Reporter On roads graded since last" summer, the Towels-Cline Con struction Company is said to be ready to start up this week on surfacing projects that will re quire six weeks of steady going. The roads to receive the paving are mostly in lower and central Brunswick. The asphalt plant has been set up between Shallotte Point and Seaside and the Gris sett'---— : ""aside Droject is said >j be the first one f Oi '’onsidera Uon. Last week we traveled over something more than 300 miles of different Brunswick roads and it was to be observed that folks not working were few and far be tween. The people were busy pre paring land for the coming crops, preparing and planting tobacco beds or at work building new homes or repairing old ones. Rather noteworthy was the a mount of fence construction for permanent pastures. Evidently iiieta aoU fc® a feig increase in hog and cattle raising in the coun ty this year. Until harvesting time last fall Brunswick had some of the most beautiful fields of cotton ever grown in the county. But the beauty was of the sort to be viewed at a distance. There was nothing in the way of a crop ex cept leaves and stalks, due to the boll weevil. Despite last year’s failure it is possible that there will be a bigger acreage planted in the staple this year. The out look for high prices is the best in years and with dusting and bet ter weather conditions it may be possible to grow a big crop. Senator Bunn Frink stated while at home for the week-end that the fishing bill, as introduc ed by him for the Wildlife Com mission, will not pass the way that it is written. If it is amend-1 ed to apply to the rod and reel I fishermen it map pass. But there Cofltinued ob gage fou* Superior Court Adjourns Tuesday After Being In Session Only Two Days Judge Parker Places Emphasis Upon Safety Presiding Jurist Gives Comprehensive Outline Of Duties To Members Of Grand Jury Here Monday In his charge to the Brunswick county grand jury here Monday Judge R. Hunt Parker laid par ticular stress upon the import ance of checking the safety of school bus transportation and de cried the terrific toll being taken in the State and Nation through highway accidents. • "We as a Nation grieve and are gravely concerned with our casualties suffered in the fight ing in Korea; yet each year we kill upon our highways a greater number of men than have been killed among our forces there. We injure annually ten men for every man we have fighting in all three branches of our armed services in Korea.” Judge Parker declared that in the vast majority of cases these accidents occur when someone is breaking the law and cited speed ing and drunken driving as two principals causes. Judge Parker gave the grand jury members a comprehensive explanation of their duties, mak ing a solemn effort to impress them with the seriousness of their duty. He traced the history of law as practiced in the courts of this Nation from its derivation from English law, and he point ed out the contrast between the condition of freedom under which the citizens of this Nation live as contrasted with those pleople who live in countries behind the Iron Curtain. Navassa Is Center Of County Industry Bolivia - Leland Lead Gage Race At the half-way point in pre tonmament play in Brunswick County Bolivia boys and Leland girls are leading the standings. Bolivia boys have a record of 5 victories and 1 defeat. Shal lotte is in second place with 3 victories against 2 losses. Southport has a 2-3 record, while Lela; i boys have a 1-2 average. Waccamaw boys, play ing all games away from home, have lost 4 games. The Leland girls are unde feated in four games, but have one tie with Bolivia. Bolivia has a 4-1 record, with a tie game with Leland. Shallotte had won 4 and lost 1, Wac camaw girls, also suffering for lack of a home court, has a 0-4 record. Southport girls are without victory in 5 games. National Guard Seeks Recruits All-Out Effort Being Made To Bring Shallotte Unit Of This Organization To Full Strength Under the Banner, “Keep Your Guard Up, Join the National Guard”, local National Guards men are continuing the recruit ing program initiated last month in an effort to bring all units up to full strength, reports Mitchell S. McCoy, Recruiting Sergeant. Colonel Kenneth M. Corbett, Commanding Officer of the 252d AAA Group, stated that the Shal lotte unit has invited any in terested young man to drop in during their regular drill period this coming Monday evening and look over the equipment and facilities available to the mem bers of the National Guard. This unit, stated Colonel Corbett, has been very fortunate in securing much of the .latest type of equip ment for training. This, coupled with the fact that the Shallotte unit has a number of World War II combat seasoned veterans as members, enables new men to re ceive excellent training in the operation and repair of radios, vehicles and all types of weapons. Many members of the National Guard are utilizing the training facilities of the Guard to learn skills that will help them with their civilian occupations. Others are developing hobbies and get ting paid while they learn. Classes are conducted weekly on truck and tractor repair, radio operation and maintenance, office procedure and administration, radar and electronics as well as many military skills that are directly adaptable to civilian life. The Shallotte National Guard Armory is located in the County Garage and Colonel Corbett in dicated that this unit meets on Monday evening from 7:30—9:30 o’clock. He urges young men and interested citizens to visit the armory and contact the battery commander fo rfacts about the guard, That Community Is Home Of Four Busy Fertilizer Plants From Which Big Ship ments Move Out Each Day CREOSOTING PLANT LOCATED HERE Wilmington Pine Box Com pany Is Another Industry Which Adds Volume To Brunswick County Business You seldom see the place men tioned in the papers or hear it spoken of, but it is a matter of record that Navassa is the busi est and most productive center in all Brunswick county. And it is all in Brunswick coun-' ty, mind you, despite the fact that Wilmington speaks of the in dustry at Navassa as the Wilm ington fertilizer factories. The Cape Fear river forms the dividing line between Brunswick county, except for a strip some three or four hundred yards wide directly in front of the city of Wilmington. Below and above the beginning and ending of this short narrow strip, the river is the dividing line between the two counties. Navassa, where the Atlantic Coast Line bridge crosses the Cape Fear and where there is a junction between this railroad and the Seaboard Air Line rail road, is all in Brunswick county. And there at Navassa, in ad dition to the two railroads and their many miles of sidetrack are four of the largest fertilizer man ufacturing industries in this part of the State. Armour & Company, Smith-Douglas Company, Roys ters and Virginia-Carolina Chem ical Company all have huge plants at Navassa. To give somthing of an idea of the size of the Navassa in dustry, it may be said that the Atlantic Coast Line moved 66 Continued On Page Two Auto Tags From Other States Out Highway Patrolmen Will Be gin Cracking Down At Same Time Check Is Made On New N. C. Tags State Highway Patrolman R. H. Constante stated Tuesday that operators of automobiles and trucks have just one more week in which to get and affix 1951 state license tags to their mach ines. On February 1 the patrol ivlll begin cracking down on all operators who are found on state highways with other than 1951 :ags on their, machines. Another point brought out by :he officer, where he says ho and lis fellow officers will have to I take drastic action, is the opera- j tion of North Carolina cars and trucks with tags from some other ' state. South Carolina, Florida, ] Ueorgia and New Jersey tags are | said to be more numerous than I die occasion demands. In other! ■vords, residents of this state are 1 ouying or otherwise acquiring diem and using them on their nachines in place of North Caro ina tags. Continued On Page Two Most Important Case Was Conviction Of Culbert Sim mons For Assault Upon His Father With Intent To Kill NUMEROUS OTHER CASES CONTINUED Several Divorce Petitions Granted During Two-Day Session And Nol Pros Taken In Some Crimi nal Actions Superior court adjourned the January term last night after be ing in session only two days. A large volume of work was com pleted in that time, despite num erous continuances owing to the absence of attorneys represent ing some of the defendants. Judge H. Hunt Parker of Roanoake Rapids presided at the term and the criminal part of the docket was prosecuted by Solici tor Clifton Moore of Burgaw. The last and most outstanding case to be tried resulted in the conviction of Culbert Simmons, white youth of Waccamaw. Sim mons was charged with assault upon his father with a deadly weapon, with intent to kill. Judge Parker sentenced the youth to serve 16 years in State Prison. Divorces were granted the plaintiffs in the following cases; E. G. Yarboro from Essie Yar boro; Bernice Swain Womack from John Womack; R. D. White from Minnie R. White; J. A. Trotter from Julia A. Trotter; Bishop Pierce from Sophia Pierce; Lawrence B. Smith from Mary Bell Smith; Donnie Cox Green from James H. Green; Susie Mae Anderson Varnum from George Washington Varnum. The marri age of A. A. Martin to Louise Wright Nunnally was adjudged null and void as it was shown that the said A. A. Martin was already married at the time of the alleged ceremony. The same judgment was entered in the divorce case of Gracie Mae Boze man against London Lewis Boze man, who was already married at the time he contracted marriage with the plaintiff. Roland Johnson, convicted of non-support, was ordered to pay the court costs and $3.00 week ly to the support of his wife. William Frink, assault, ordered to pay court costs and $25.00 to midwife and an equal sum to Taft Williams. The following cases were con tinued: Mrs. Grace D. Jones, no operators license; J. H. Evans, disposing of mortgaged property; Joseph Carson Brooks, drunken driving; Frank Malloy Jackson, drunken driving; James Speight, drunken driving; Burley McKeith an, drunken driving; Joe Brooks (Continued on page Two) Aboard Amunition Ship In War Zone Carl L. Brock, seaman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hills D. Brock of Southport, is serving aboard the ammunition ship USS Paracutin, a unit of the U. S. Pacific Fleet, now on duty in the Korean war zone. The Paracutin is an auxiliary ship and has the vital mission of keeping the combat ships suppli ed with all types of ammunition. 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 PUot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. High Tide Low Tide Thursday, January 25, 9:14 A. M. 3:00 A. M. 9:33 P. M. 3:36 P. M. Friday, January 26, 9:51 A, M. 3:46 A. M. 10:14 P. M. 4:13 P. M. Saturday, January 27, 10:31 A. M. 4:30 A. M. 10:59 P. M. 4:51 P. M. Sunday, January 28, 11:15 A. M. 5:18 A. M. 11:52 P. M. 5:35 P. M. Monday, January 29, 0:00 A. M. 6:12 A. M. 12:06 P. M. 6:26 P. M. Tuesday, January 30, 0:51 A. M. 7:15 A. M. 1:04 P. M. 7:25 P. M. Wednesday, January 31, 1:58 A. M. 8:25 A. M 2:10 P.-M. 8:32 P. M.
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