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VOL. NO. SIXTEEN
NO. 34
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Southport, N. C., Wednesday, January 23, 1952
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Technical Men
Arrive To Get
Data On Area
Core-Drilling Crew Is Ob
taining Samples To Deter
mine Proper Location Of
Docks For Sunny Point
WHARVES MAY BE
EXTENDED TO RIVER
Land Acquisition Operations
Will Begin As Soon As
Office Is Opened In
Garrison Building In
Southport
By W. B. KEZIAH
A core-drilling crew with spec
ial machines designed for the pur
pose began operations in the low
er Cape Fear River today to
take samples of soil and rock at
proposed locations of the three
wharves for the Sunny Point Am
munition Outloading Terminal.
Coupled with this announcement
the Wilmington District Office of
Army Engineers also disclosed
that the firm of Moore, Garden
er and McMillan, consulting en
gineers of Asheboro, N. C., also
started making contour surveys
today to show topographic fea
tures of the area where various
types of construction will take
place.
The objective of core-drilling
work, the office said, is to de
termine the type of soil and rock
so that definite locations of the
wharves can be ascertained.
If it is found that there is a
preponderance of hard rock near
the river’s shore, rock that wo
uld make dredging impractical,
then the wharves would be moved
farther out in the river and tres
tles built to connect the wharves
with the land. This idea, en
gineers say, is to set the piers at
places which will require a mini
mum of dredging and a consequ
ent minimum expense.
The crew was sent here by
Atlanta headquarters of the South
Atlantic Division, Corps of Engi
neers, and while in this vicinity, it
Is understood that samples will
be taken of soil, and rock if
any, in areas where it is proposed
to dredge three basins 48 feet
deep for sinking burning vessels.
It has been tentatively agreed
to locate the first pier about mid- !
way between Sunny Point and
Reaves Point. The second and
third will be about six tenths of 1
a mile apart between Reaves Po
int and Andersons Landing, the 1
latter point is commonly known as '
the old fish factory area.
Meanwhile, it was announced '
that land acquisition operations -
are proceeding at a satisfactory ]
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HOSPITAL AUXILIARY ,
The Dosher Memorial Auxiliary
will meet Thursday afternoon at ■
3:30 o’clock at the home of the "
president, Mrs. H. B. Smith.
TO MANAGE LAUNDRY .
Gene Tomlinson of Fayetteville
has acquired the Southport Laun- ,
dry and is now doing a thorough ,
job of getting the place and
machinery in shape for first-class ,
operations. He is not a stranger
here. His people were among the ,
first builders at Long Beach and
one summer Gene had an active (
part in the management of the
Long Beach pavilion.
FINE SUCCESS
The three-day Deacon’s Schools ]
held at Antioch and Mt. Olive
Baptist churches last week, were ■
a great success according to Rev.
W. R. Morehead, associational '
Baptist Missionary in Brunswick
county. A total of 117 deacons, ,
21 pastors and 180 laymen were
present. These with visitors made
a gathering of 334 persons. Rev.
Mr. Morehead and other officials
are highly pleased with the suc
cess of the school.
benefit dance
With all of the proceeds to go
to the March of Dimes campaign, a
the Shallotte Post of the Ameri- a
can Legion is scheduling a big f
dance at the Legion Hut Satur- I
day night of this week. Edward e
Redwine, adjutant of the post and a
who is also chairman of the Po- i
lio Drive in Brunswick county, 1
says that the Legion members 1
were of one accord in voting that c
the entire proceeds be given to
the March of Dimes. It is hop- I
ed a large crowd will attend.
Strange Tales Of
Cattle Roundup
Thompson McRacken, Bill Maxwell And Staff Discovered
Domestic Animals Can Go Wild Quickly
The roundup of five fractious |
vearling heifers which deserted
the confines of Caswell Assembly
grounds for the freedom of Hol
den Beach and points South,
was completed last week, but on- ;
ly after Owners Thompson Me- i
Racken and Bill Maxwell had 1
put in five hectic days of hard <
work. 1
For one thing, in order to
reach the cows it was necessary i
to drive down to Supply and 1
rross to the beach at the Holden :
Beach ferry. Only then did the i
::hase begin. Some of the ani- '
nals went as far down the coast i
is Shallotte Inlet, and frequently i
.hey would swim well out into i
the ocean to by-pass a beach <
5lock which threatened their
:apture. In fact, one animal f
took off on a bee-line for Europe, (
md actually swam out of sight. 1
Field glasses were brought into
■>lay aand still she could not be
seen. It was at this point that
VtcMcRacken wanted to know,
‘Who wants to buy that one for
t dollar?” There were no tak
ers and three hours later the
leifer came ashore a mile and
ine-half down the beach, full of
light and ready to run.
A bull dog was finally brought
nto play and wound up the job
>y his skillful handling of the
iwimming animals. One last
itray was lassoed by Maxwell
vhile the animal was standing
n four feet of water. As he
ipproached for his rope throw,
he animal lunged and was
:aught by her front foot.
And that’s good cow-boying in
my league—catching a cow stan
ling in water up to her horns
ly her front leg!
County To Vote
On Beer And Wine
Board Of Elections Sets
Date Of Election On This
Issue For Saturday, March
22nd
SALES LEGAL IN
SOUTHPORT NOW
Election Officials Who Ser
ved During Past General
Election Asked To Fill
Jobs Again
An election for the purpose of
letermining whether beer and
vine may be legally sold in
Brunswick jEQunty will be i held
hfoughout 'trie county on "Starch
!9.
This election was called Satur
iay by members of the Bruns
vick County Board of Elections,
vho met to determine the valid
ty of petitions received by the
>oard on January 14 asking for
he election. After checking a
rainst the registration books of
he various precincts the board
ound that the petitions were in
irder.
Registration books will be open
in March 1, March 8 and March
5. Challenge day will be on
ifarch 22. M. D. Anderson, chair
nan of the election board, said
hat the same election machinery
yhich served during the last gen
ral election would be asked to
ake charge of this election. He
las asked that any election offic
al who served at that time who
inds that he or she will be un
ible to help on March 29 notify
lim immediately in order that a
luitable replacement may be se
:ured.
The sale of beer and wine in
Brunswick county has been ille
gal since February, 1949 follow
ng a county wide referendum.
Che vote at that time was 1813
o 970.
In August, 1949, a special elec
ion was held for the City of Sou
hport where the sale of beer was
nade legal once more by a vote
>f 359 to 63.
If in the coming election the
sale of beer and wine should a
rain be outlawed in the county,
his action would affect South
>ort to the extent that no sales
:ould be made until after a new
ipecial election has been held for
hat area lying inside the city
imits.
Road Grading Is
Planned At Beach
'few Owners Of Long Beach
Extension Will Have Work
Done In Time To Offer
Lots For Sale This Sum
mer
Davis Herring, John B. Ward
nd Chas. M. Trott.re cent purch
sers of two miles of ocean beach
rontage on the lower end of
■ong Beach states that they are
mploying a private contractor
nd hope to have a road built
11 of the way to Lockwoods
'oily Inlet in time to be offering
uilding lots for sale by the first
f May.
The road will begin where the
resent westward road leaves off
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Freak Animals
Caught In County
John W. Gamer has added
an albino coon to his collec
tion of interesting animals at
the Anchor Hotel at Shallotte
Point.
The white coon, which has
the typical pink eyes, was cap
tured near Bolivia several
weeks ago while Garner and
Clyde Chadwick were engaged
in trapping coons for the Wild
Life Commission, ftjta pecul
iar animal was ryfot-iliytnmQ,
and Garner plans to Keep him
as a pet.
Another unusual animal crop
ped up last week in these parts
when Ervin Hewett killed an
otter just before that animal
finished the job of killing his
dogs. One hound was stretch
ed out on the bank of a pond
apparently . dead, when Ervin
managed to get in a lick to
save another dog from being
drowned. The otter was a
beautiful specimen and had a
nice pelt.
Pepper Plants
To Be Produced
Sheppard And Cochran
Have Proposition Under
Construction To Produce
For Northern Growers
This Spring
Their plans for growing toma
to plants not yet fully mature
until it is decided how much of
the Sheppard’s Sunny Point land
the government will let them use,
Everett H. Sheppard of Shiloh,
N. J., and Joe Cochran of South
port will embark on commercial
pepper plant growipg here this
year. This will be the first time
that such plants have been
grown here on a commercial
scale.
Mr. Sheppard who has been
here for several days, says that
canning houses in New York
want millions of pepper plants
grown down here under cello
glass. In addition to buying the
plants the canning factories say
that they will stand part of the
expense by providing the glass,
etc.
Mr. Sheppard says that the
companies wanting the plants are
anxious to get away from the
present method of growing them
in hot houses in the North.
For their own use Sheppard
and Cochran are definitely set
an sowing 200 sashets in pepper
seed this year and doing it im
mediately. They will use the
plants thus produced in growing
the peppers here. The amount
of seed sown for the New York
interests will be decided when
Mr. Sheppard returns to New
Jersey and New York and con
sults with them.
The pepper plant growing ac
tivities he says will not inter
fare with tomato plant produc
tion. The scope of this year’s
operations is rather dependent
on how much of the 80 acres of
cleared land at Sunny Point the
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Gain In Deposits
Is Recorded By
Waccamaw Bank
Stockholders Told That De
posits Increased Three
And One - Half Million
During 1951
MORGANTON HUMORIST
IS BANQUET SPEAKER
Banquet Speaker
ADDRESS—Dr. J. D. Messick, president of East Carolina College in Greenville,
is shown as he spoke to members of the Br unswick County School Board Association
and their guests at a meeting in the lunchroom of Southport high school Monday eve
ning. Seated on the speaker’s left is Dr. M. H. Rourk, president of the county group.
—(Art Newton Photo.)
Hospital Building
Fund Over $9,300
Camellias Now
Bloom At Orton
The most remarkable display
of camellias ever witnessed in
North Carolina is now in bloom
at Orton Garden, and unless a
cold snap comes along to hurt
lowers, this week-end will
.i.he' Un texcellent time for ca
rnelljk lovers to visit the plan
tation. '
It should be pointed out that
the present profusion of ca
mellias is not to be compared
in over-all color with the gar
dens during the height of tli
azalia season. However, nev
er before in its history has Or
ton had such a gorgeous show
ing of the more exotic camell
ias.
J. Lawrence Sprunt, owner
of this beautiful Cape Fear
country estate, said Sunday
that weather conditions have
been ideal for the development
of perfect bloom. Many of
the plants now in flower are
of a lare variety.
Install Pews In
Baptist Church
New Church Furniture Used
First Time Sunday By
Congregation Of South
port Baptist Church
New furniture for Southport
Baptist Church has been placed
in the sanctuary and will be
dedicated at a special service on
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W. & KKZtAH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
Did you note in last week’s
paper that the search to find
the great Army Ammuni
tion Arsenal our outloading de
pot began 16 months ago, in Oc
tober 1950, to be exact? And
this search extended over thou
sands of miles of coast? If you
noticed that, you probably no
ticed where a group of high ran
king officials, at a meeting 10
days ago generally agreed that
Sunny point and Southport came
nearer to filling the needs than
any other point oft the entire
Atlantic Coast?. That fact, plus
an Army Engineer who took his
orders from the government, in
stead of Tom, Dick and Harry,
resulted in Brunswick getting one
of the big domestic military in
stallations of the year.
Last week A1 G. Dickson, edi
for of the afternoon paper and
the Sunday Star-News, had an ed
itorial relative to the Dosher
Memorial Hospital and the ef
forts that are now being made
to raise funds for modernization
and enlargement. The situation
is that if Brunswick county peo
ple raise $10,000 for the hospital
fund by the first of February,
another source will put up $90,
000.00 as a matching fund. The
needed local funds will be raised
within the specified time re
maining and the fine and neigh
borly editorial written by Mr.
Dixon will probably be very help
ful in the final rush for the
goal.
The woods crop is still the
top ranking product in value of
all things grown in Brunswick
(Continued on page four)
Leaders In Drive To Raise
Funds For Extensive Re
modeling And Repairs
Still Working
WANT TO FINISH
DRIVE NEXT WEEK
Only $690.50 Remains To
Be Raised To Reach Min
imum Goal Of $10,000
In Local Building
Funds
With a warning note from the
Medical Care Commission ring
ing in their ears, leaders in the
drive for the Dosher Memorial
Hospital Building Fund expend
ed extra efforts this week to
cut the amount needed for the
$10,000 in local funds to. $690.50.
Collections for the week total
ed $745, bringing the grand to
tal for all collections to $9,309.
50.
Prince O’Brien, chairman of
the board of trustees, has called
a special* meeting of the board
for Monday night for the pur
pose of checking up to see just
where the drive stands before the
end of the month. He believes
that our position will be greatly
improved if we are able to re
port to the Medical Care Com
mission on Fbruary 1, that we
have the $10,000, cash in hand.
Mrs. H. B. Smith, president
of the Dosher Memorial Hospital
Auxiliary, the organization which
has taken the lead in the fund
drive, has redoubled her efforts
this week and hopes to be able
to have some encouraging news
to report at the Monday night
meeting.
Meanwhile, both of these of
ficials urge that everyone who
intends to make a donation to
the drive to do so this week.
•Many have said they wanted
to wait and see how we were
doing," said Mrs. Smith. “Well,
oy this time it must be obvious
(Continued on Page 4)
Commissioners In
Session Monray
Board Disposes Of Routine
Matters Of Business Dur
ing Regular Session Here
Monday
The board of county commis
sioners was in regular session
Monday with all of the members
present.
A section of road in Waccamaw
:ownship, known as the Long
Ftoad, approximately one mile in
ength, intersecting the Longwood
and Grissettown road, was recom
mended. for hardsurfacing.
It was also recommended that
a. section of road in Town Creek
township, running from Garris
Mercer’s to J. C. McNeil’s be gra
ted and put in all-weather condi
:ion.
It was ordered that D. A.
Phelps be employed to paint the
roof of the barn on the county
iarm for the sum of $50.00.
school board
Members Hear
College Head
Dr. J. D. Messick Was
Speaker Before Brunswick
County School Association
Monday Evening
The Brunswick County School
Board Association held a most en
joyable meeting in the lunchroom
at Southport high school Monday
evening with Dr. J. D. Messick,
president of East Carolina Col
lege at Greenville as principal
speaker.
The meeting was presided over
by Dr. H. M. Rourk of Shallotte,
president of the • association. A
highlight of the session was pre
sentation of courtesy certificates
by County Superintendent J. T.
Denning to members of the board
of education, former members of
the board, former county super
intendents of schools, present
members of school boards and
former members. ,
Among the former members of
the county board present to re
ceive this honor were G. T. Reid,
R. T. Woodside and J. L. Stone.
Present members of this body
were Thomas St. George, Dr. Ro
nrk, Herbert Long and G. K. Le
wis,
In discussing the problems con
fronting school board members,
Dr. Messick pointed out the fact
that there is the temptation to
elect teachers of inferior ability
and to keep them in the school
(Continued on Page 4)
Menhaden Still
Off Southport
Big Mass Of These Fish Are
In Waters East Of Shoals
But Weather Makes Fish
ing Almost Impossible
Southport menhaden fishermen
are still marveling at the great
mass of fish in the waters from
Frying Pan Shoals northward to
above Wrightsville Beach, but de
spite the absence of the fish,
the boats have made very little
tieadway in bringing in catches.
At this season of the year the
waters north of the Shoals are
very rough, making it dangerous
to lower and handle boats in ma
king the catches. However, sev
eral of the boats have brought
n c.atches running around two
hundred thousand fish and all of
the boatmen united in agreeing
that if they can only get a bit
>f favorable weather they will be
naking heavy catches before the
fish pass out of this area.
Illustrating the numerousness
pf the figh, Prank, Potter, em
ployed on one of the boats, stat
sd Sunday that they were almost
flick enough to be scooped out
pf the ocean by the boat’s bailer,
without the need of a net to en
compass them. The entire trou
ble, he said, is that the winds
ire always from the wrong di
rection.
Some few of the fish were get
;ing west of the shoals the first
>f this week. Should a sizeable
unount come below that point
:he boats will be able to work
it any time, except when very
strong winds are prevailing.
Judge Chester
Morris Holding
Superior Court
Illness Of Jurist Caused One
Day Delay In Opening Of
This Week’s Term Which
Is For Criminal Cases
BLAKE FOREMAN
OF GRAND JURY
Several Cases Involving Cap
ital Offenses On Docket
Which Is Up For Trial
During This Session
Judge Chester Morris is pre
siding over a one-week term of ]
Brunswick county Superior Court -
for trial of criminal cases here
this week, and an unusually hea
vy docket awaits disposition.
Because of the illness of the
judge, court convened a day late
on Tuesday. Clerk of Court Sam
T. Bennett had been notified *
that Judge Morris would be una
ble to open court Monday, and
every possible effort was made I
to get word to jurors and wit- •
nesses in time to save them - '
needless trip.
This morning a jury rest
deliberations in a case in watch -
Harry Daniels is charged with *
assault with a deadly weapon 1
with intent to kill. Getting thia -
case shortly before 5 o'clock on ;
Tuesday afternoon and failing to
agree by 6 o'clock, the matter ’
was carried over until today. I
A large number of drunken -
driving cases were continued '
Tuesday. Some of them have i
been on the docket for more *
than one year. These continued !
drunken driving cases were as
follows:
Frank Malloy Jackson, Joseph •"
Carson Brooks, Joe John Bowl
ing, Willie Albert Johnson, James
Alexander Dean, Willie Henry
Best. Cases charging Billy Wells
and Willie Boyd Robnson with
speeding were also contnued.
Edward and Annie May Grady,
charged with F & A, found the
cases, against them no prosed
Both are now serving terms for
a previous like offense.
S. J. Pervatte, charged with
assault and non support was
found not guilty. Charles R.
Milliken, facing a possession
chai'ge, had his case continued.
Only one road sentence was
imposed, that in the case of Em
manual Roderick, who drew six
months for assault with deadly
weapon. _ „
One divorce was granted, At
hena Mangum Poisson from Lou
is J. Poisson, Jr., on the grounds1
of two years separation.
E. C. Blake of Southport heads
the new,Grand Jury. This body
was unusually active during its,
first day’s session.
The following true bills were
turned n: Coley Caison, larceny;
Bernice D. Fulford, larceny; Mur
diek Caison, larceny; R. C. Cai
son, larceny; Ed Watson, break
ing and entering, assault with
deadly weapon and attempt to
rape; Horace White, reckless op
eration; Alonzo White, murder;
McKinley Ballard, assault with
deadly weapon; Joe Jackson, as
sault with deadly weapon. »
In his address to the Wiry
Tuesday Judge Morris dealt mlin
ly with the reckless operation
problem throughout the statfe,
and the killing of too many
school children through reckless
operation and drunken driving, as
well as, carelessness on the part
of the children themselves.
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, January 24
5:30 a. m. 11:57 a. m.
5:42 p. m. 12:01 p. m.
Friday, January 25
6:30 a. m. 0:00 a. m.
6:43 p. m. 12:52 p. m.
Saturday, Januaryyy 26
7:27 a. m. 0:58 a. m
7:4$ p. m. 1:43 p. m.
Sunday, January 27
8:19 a. m. 1:52 a. m.
8:35 p. m. 2:33 p. m.
Monday, January 28
9:11 a. m. 2:45 a. m.
9:28 p. m. 3:20 p. m.
Tuesday, January 29
10:00 a. m. 3:36 a. m.
10:19 p. m. 4:07 p. m.
Wednesday, January 30
10:47 a. m. 4:27 a. m.
11:11 p. m. 4:54 p. ni.
Hospital Building Fund Now Totals $9,309.50