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NO. 3
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Brunswick County
Southport, N. CL, Wednesday, June 18, 1952
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Dredging Will
Be First Work
At Sunny Point
Government Expected To
Use Own Dredges On The
First Phase Of Project If
Private Bids Run Too
High
kELAY OCCURS IN
COMPLETING PLANS
£are With Which Each De
tail Is Considered May
Delay Major Construc
tion Work Until Fall
By W. B. KEZIAH
Unless plans are materially
changed the first actual con
struction work relative to Sunny
f?olnt will Come in the shape of
direclging on the river. This first
dfedging will clean out the en
tire river from the present chan
nel to the line that the three
huge docks will make. Dredging
tfriU be to a depth of 32 feet,
S^me depth as the channel now
1% It will cover a huge area in
ilbClf, but it is said that this
Work is not to be confused with
a|l of the dredging that will ul
timately figure in the construc
tion of Sunny Point.
. ito definite date has been set
for the start of this dredging
work, but it is said to be near,
'the engineers are said to be
ready or about ready to call for
!»6s. If the bids from private in
terests do not come within the
estimates of cost made by the
engineers the work will be done
by government dredges.
.. In a recent interview Colonel
Koiana C. Brown of the Corps
of Engineers stated that the
plans for the railroad will be
completed in the near future.
Fpr the river piers and trestles,
there has been a delay and plans
Should be ready in August. Plans
for utilities and buildings are
also behind schedule owing to
necessity to wait on reviews
from other and higher offices.
September should see great
activity on several phases of con
struction work. Necessary for
the bringing in of steel and oth
er material, the railroad build
ing will be rushed as soon as all
plans can be completed. The
railroad will skirt the southwes
tern area of the reservation and
will turn down towards the riv
er from a poipt near Bethel Bap
tist. Churcp. The .administration
building will be located near this
turn of the railroad towards the
river.
BritfNtmt
RECEIVING TREATMENT
Howard Watts, mail truck dri
ver for the WB&S Bus Lines
between Wilmington and South
port, is in a sanitarium receiv
ing treatment. During his ab
sence Glenn Jones is driving the
mail truck.
WCUNC GRADUATE
' Miss Mary Lou Hanson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hanson
of Southport, graduated last
week from Woman’s College, Un
iversity of North Carolina, in
Greensboro. She received a B.
S. degree in Secretarial Adminis
tration.
AT LOUISBURG
Miss Carolyn Smith of Hick
man’s Crossroads and Miss Joan
Bennett of Southport are spend
ing this week at Louisburg Col
lege, which they plan to enter
for the fall session. Both are
graduates of Shallotte high
school this spring. Miss Bennett
plans to study for missionary
work.
CANCER film
A film showing steps in the
early detection of concer will be
shown in the auditorium of the
Southport high school at 4:00
o'clock next Wednesday after
noon. The program is being
jpintly sponsored by the South
port Home Demonstration Club
and the Cape Fear Home Dem
onstration Club. The film will
be shown by Hugh Cherry as a
public service feature from the
Brunswick Rural Electric Mem
bership Corporation.
GRAIN DRYING
Grain growers who are planning
to store grain in bulk, whether in
metal bins, wooden structure, or
otherwise, ought to see to it that
12.5% moisture or less is obtained
for safe storage according to Co
unty Agent A. S. Knowles. Sever
ed farmers have arranged to erect
bulk storage for this year’s crop,
but as yet have not arranged for
adequate drying facilities to go
along with the bulk storage fa
cilities. Bulk storage is dangerous
without drying facilities to pre
vent lodges due to high moisture.
State College Graduates
FINISH—Francis Herbert Swain, Jr., left, received
his B.S. degree last week from N. C. State College and on
the same day was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the
U. S. Army Reserve. He specialized in Dairy Manage
ment. On the right is James Desmond Simmons, who re
ceived a degree in Civil Engineering. He has a job in
Water Control Problems with T.V.A.
Fourth Of July
Plans Being Made
Members Southport Home
Demonstration Club Plan
ning Another Gala Cele
bration Here
PROCEEDS GO TO
FIRE TRUCK FUND
Live Oak Festival Will Have
All Trimmings Of Old
Fashioned Fourth Of
July Celebration
Plans are shaping up well for
Live Oak Festival, the annual
4th of July event for Southport
that is sponsored by the Home
Demonstration Club.
The features of the event will
be the parade at 10 o’clock, fol
lowed by an address by Congress
man F. Ertel Carlyle and possi
bly by Col. R. C. Brown of the
Corps of Army Engineers, who
is expected to say a few words
on Sunny Point.
The speaking will be followed
by serving of dinner, all pro
ceeds to go to the Volunteer Fire
Department’s Fire Truck Fund.
In the afternoon there will be
various athletic events, a parade
by bands and display of equip
ment, Battery A, 725, AAA AW
Battalion.
Boat races, fire works and a
dance at night, preceded by the
crowning of a queen, will round
up the day’s events.
Mrs. B. J. Holden, president
of the Home Demonstration Club,
states that in addition to the
above other interesting features
are being arranged. Previously
such celebrations have attracted
large crowds and it is expected
to make this one outstanding.
Redwine Heads
Carlyle Group
Brunswick County Tax Col
lector Will Serve As Coun
ty Manager In Effort To
Promote Political Fortun
es Of Carlyle
Edward H. Redwine, Brunswick
County tax collector, has been
named chairman of the Bruns
wick County Committee for Car
lyle, and with the aid of an en
thusiastic band of supporters
from every section of the coun
ty, has launched a vigorous cam
paign to assure a strong vote
for the incumbent Congressman
in the second primary election
on June 28.
This appears to be the big po
litical news of the week, with
most of the arrangements for
this new movement for Congress
man Carlyle being completed on
Monday. Chairman Redw i n e
agreed to head this movement
when it was made clear that it
is a county-wide effort on the
part of the friends of the present
Congressman.
“I have had messages from
folks in every precinct, who say
they are ready to get out and
fight for Carlyle in the second
primary”, said Redwine this
morning. ‘‘Some of them are
former Tally supporters who be
lieve that the man lost his gol
den opportunity when he ran
second to Congressman Carlyle in
the first primary.
“We welcome their support,
and we want to go all out to
show Congressman Carlyle that
we appreciate his efforts in
getting favorable consideration of
a huge government project in
( Continued on page Five )
Motorboat Hits
Waterway Gable
During the Southport to Myr
tle Beach outboard marathon
race two weeks ago boat No.
160-F got away to a flying
start. At the inland waterway
bridge below Southport it was
fully half a mile ahead of the
pack. At Holden Beach and far
ahead of all competitors misfor
tune hit the boat which was
traveling at 40 or 50 miles per
hour.
At the ferry, as at other pla
ces, no information had been
given out about the races. The
ferry operators were not keep
ing any special lookout. No. 160
F struck the heavy steel ferry
cable, shot high in the air and
did a backward sopiersa>$t. It
was badly damaged and it is
understood the motor was knoc
ked off and lost. The operator,
whose name is not known here,
swam ashore. The cable was
about two feet from the water
and had the little boat passed
under it the operator of the
boat would probably have been
killed or badly injured.
Two Drownings
In This County
Leland Colored Boy Drown
ed Wednesday And Local
Fisherman Drowned On
Thursday of Last Week
Two persons lost their lives
during the past week in drown
ing accidents in Brunswick Coun
ty
Douglas Hewett, 32 year old
Southport Negro, was found
dead in the water at Southport
Fisheries last Wednesday. Hew
ett was subject to spells, and it
is believed likely that he suffer
ed from one while in the dock
area, fell overboard and was
drowned.
Coroner John G. Caison inves
tigated and could find no evi
dence of foul play. ‘
George Beaty, 13-year-old Ne
gro boy living near Leland, was
drowned in Sturgeon Creek last
Wednesday. With several com
panions he was wading in shallow
Continued on Page Five
NegroKilled
In Train Wreck
Man Died In Wilmington
Hospital Folowing Injur
ies Sustained When Train
Hits Truck
William James Alderman, col
ored, died Friday of injuries sus
tained on Thursday afternoon
wen the truck which he was dri
ving was struck by an Atlantic
Coast Line passenger train at !
Wilmington Pine Company at Le- j
land.
No explanation could be offer- j
ed as to why the deceased drove j
into the path of the oncoming
train, but a companion whose I
name is unknown saw the ap- :
proaching train and jumped to |
safety.
Following the accident Alder- !
man was carried to a Wilming- I
ton hospital, where his death oc- j
curred the following day.
10-20 Per Cent
In Leaf Quotas
Appears Likely
Tobacco Men Of Five States
In Flue-Cured Area Indi
cate Preference For Size
able Reduction In 1953,
ANNOUNCEMENT MAV
BE MADE JULY 1ST
Probable Date Of Referen
dum On Continuance Of
Quotas For Three Years
Is July 19th
A reduction of from 10 to 20
per cent in next year’s flue-cuied
tobacco quotas became likely on
Thursday after a full-scale dis
cussion of the situation at a mee
ting- in Raleigh.
Tobacco men from the five
states growing flue-cured leaf fa
vored such a reduction as they
met with officials of the U. S.
Production and Marketing Ad
ministration to give their views
on the size of the 1953 crop.
A reduction in the ’53 crop
seems to be indicated, Director
James E. Thigpen of the PMA’s
tobacco branch told the group of
75 persons. He said that flue
cured stocks, which were abnor
mally low, had been built up
last year and will be increased
further this year.
Thigpen said he expects domes
tic consumption to continue up
ward, with exports dropping some
what. Thus, he said, a reduction
of the ’53 crop in line with the
new demands seems to be indi
cated.
A majority of the group seem
ed to favor a drop of from 10
to 20 per cent, depending on how
much tobacco is harvested this
year, leaf officials said.
Meanwhile, the board of direc
tors of the North Carolina Farm
Bureau went on record for a re
duction of not more than 15 per
cent. The Bright Belt Warehouse
Association had called for a 20
per cent cut, and the South Car
olina Association had asked for
(Continued from Page One)
no more than a 10 per cent drop,
if a reduction must be made.
Fred S. Royster of Henderson,
president of the Bright Belt
Warehouse Association, said the
majority sentiment - -at1
meeting seemed to' favor a slash
of about 15 per cent by Agri
culture Secretary Charles Bran
nan.
Brannan probably will announce
the ’53 acreage quotas around
July 1, Thigpen said. After the
quota is proclaimed, but not re
duced.
(Continued On Page 2)
Declare Bennett
To Be Candidate
Run-Off Race Slated For
'Member Of Board Of Ed
ucation For Waccamaw
School District
Members of the Brunswick
County Board of Elections, met
here Thursday to lay plans for
holding the Second primary Elec
tion on June 28.
The board found that a run-off
race has been called between
Odell Williamson and Harry L.
Mintz, Jr., for the Democratic
nomination for the House of
Representatives.
The board also declared a sec
ond primary race between Nelson
Bennett and Corbett Coleman.
Some doubt had been expressed
regarding the necessity for this
race, but County Attorney S. B.
Frink ruled that a run-off was in
( Continued on page Five )
Ready For Opening
Of NORTH CAROUN,
, HiO.-M ra 5 Tow
WE.tA.uivi*.— ine xirst conierence oi trie season win open wuuua/ at uie baptist
Assembly at Ft. Caswell, and during the next two months thousands of North Carolin
ians will have an opportunity to enjoy the programs that will be conducted there un
der the guidance of the Baptist State Convention.
Wildlife Group
Releases Game
Hunting Dates
Hunting Laws Governing
All Types Of Game Sei
By Wildlife Resources
Commission Last Week
A recent announcement by th<
N. C. State Wildlife Resources
Commission was released, whicl
gave uniform hunting seasons for
wild turkey, quail, rabbit and —
with certain local exceptions —
squirrel.
'The commission also set othei
hunting dates and adopted a bud
get.
For turkey, quail and rabbit
the season will open as usual or
Thanksgiving Day, this year Nov
27, and continue through Jan. 31
The rabbit bag limit was fixec
at five a day, 10 in possession
100 per season. Turkey (gobblers
• one a day, two in pos
^•SSSabrC'aihd three a season.
The squirrel season will oper
in 45 Eastern counties Oct. If
and continue through Jan. 15, ir
25 Piedmont counties from Nov
27 to Jan. 15; and in 30 mountair
counties Oct. 1 to Jan. 1. Witt
minor local exceptions, the bi£
limit was set at eight squirrels
per day, 16 in possession, 100 £
season.'
For deer, the season in 30 Eas
tern counties will be Oct. 15 thro
ugh Jan. 1. For most of the rest
of the State the season will oper
Nov. 17 with split seasons. Th<
limit was fixed at one deer a daj
and two a season.
The raccoon and possum seasor
opens Oct. 15 and ends Feb. 14
Continued on Page Five
Commissioners In
Session Monday
Routine Business Disposed
Of Before County Board
In Session Here Monday;
Give Permission For Fire
works Display •
At their meeting Monday th<
board of County Commissioners
granted the Southport Home Dem
onstration Club permission to put
on a fireworks display on the 4tt
of July, provided the display was
( Continued On Page Five )
Reporter
They tell us that a few days
after the primary election Ben
McDonald, Wilmington radio an
nouncer, went on the air to
sing the praises of Brunswick
County, especially Southport. Ben
was very glowing in his tribute
to the folks in his neighboring
county. According to the folks
who heard him he closed his trib
ute by telling his audience:
“You should go to Southport and
see Bill Keziah.’’
We are not interfering with
the affairs of our colored fish
ermen friends, but we do not
mind telling* them that their re
fusal to work seems to us to be
one of the most useless and ill
timed things that has occurred
here. The fishing business is on
a cooperative scale with the men
paid in accordance with what
they produce. This year promis
es to be the best producing year
we have had. For the men who
have been fishing the average
lowest paid man has been earn
ing $40.00 per day. No plain
laboring man has ever gotten
anywhere by refusing to work
when such earnings can be had.
The North Carolina Light and
Power Company has made, or is
about to make, what we believe
is an exceptionally fine offer to
the Southport city officials. A
confidential reporte indicates that
the CL&P is ready to furnish
power to the city distributing
system at about half the cost of
generating it here at the city
plant. Not only will the city be
(Continued on page four)
Shallotte Band
On Lighted Field
Aldermen Add
New Members
O. D. Hyatt has been named
alderman from the first ward
to fill the vacancy created
when Alderman T. B. Carr was
elevated to the post of mayor
several weeks ago. F. W. Spen
cer is the other alderman from
that ward.
The vacancy on the board of
aldermen from the third ward
has been filled by W. P. Jorgen
sen. This vacancy was created
when W. L. Aldridge was ap
pointed city auditor, succeed
ing the late E. R. Weeks. The
old alderman from that ward
is G. W. McGlamery.
Nol Pros Taken
In Ganey Case
Former Brunswick County
Sheriff Hears Charges Of
Shooting Dan Willetts Dis
missed In The Recorder’s
Court Monday
A case that has been waiting
on the docket for four months
came up in Recorder’s Court on
'Monday when Dillon Ganey, con
stable of Northwest township,
and Dan Willets, resident of the
same community, appeared to
answer charges of assault with
deadly weapon.
On February 11 Ganey alleged
' ly shot Willetts in the abdomen,
inflicting a wound from which it
was thought Willetts would not
recover. Ganey was sitting in his
car at the time and Willetts is
said to have been standing out
side, and to have struck at Ga
ney through the window of the
machine. Charges of assault
with a deadly weapon were made
against both men and both cases
were nol prosed by Judge W. J.
McLamb when called in court
Monday.
Other cases were as follows:
John Richard Dosher, failure
to yield right of way, costs and
restitution for property damage.
Continued on Page Five
John E. Brooks
Dies Suddenly
Well Known Resident Of
Seaside Community Died
Sunday Afternoon; Fu
neral Services Conducted
Tuesday
John E. Brooks, 48-year-old
son of the late George E. Brooks
and Mrs. Stella Leonard Brooks,
died suddenly at his residence at
Seaside Sunday afternoon.
Funeral services were held at
the residence at Seaside yester
day afternoon at 3 o’clock with
Rev. J. L. Bridgers officiating.
Mr. Brooks was a member of
Camp Methodist Church. Burial
was in the Brooks Cemetery near
Seaside.
Surviving in addition to his
mother, Mrs. George E. Brooks,
are three brothers, James E.
Brooks, Wilmington, George E.
and Joheph C. Brooks, both of
Seaside: four sisters, Mrs. John
Furlong and Miss Mary Brooks,
both of Wilmington, Miss Zelda
Brooks and Miss Lula Brooks,
both of Seaside.
Athletic Field At Shallotte
Gives Band Members Op
portunity To Practice Dril
ling During Night Sessions
STUDENTS BUSY
IN SUMMER WORK
Director W. W. Jacobus
Thinks That Good Prog
ress Is Being Made Dur
ing Off-Season Prac
tice Period
With its athletic field now ligh
ted, the Shallotte High School
Band is holding practice sessions
on the field each Tuesday and
Friday nights. Monday, Wed
nesday and Thursday classes are
conducted in the band room.
Conductor W. W. Jacobus, here
Tuesday afternoon, stated that
the public was cordially invited
to the field on Tuesday and Fri
day nights to witness the open
air part of the training. This
is carried on -from 7:30 to 10:00
o’clock each' of ’ the above nights
and good sized audiences have
been turning out.
Director Jacobus lost six mem
bers from the band by gradua
tion this year. Through on er
ror in transcribing in the office
of this paper, only a partial list
of the graduating members were
named. The full list is June
Caison, head majorette, who will
be replaced by Marion Galloway.
Miss Galloway will share the hon
ors of that position with Jackie
Leonard. Fay Hewett and Bet
ty Lou Williams have been lost
from the drum section; Harold
Hewett, trombone section; Gwen
Chadwick and Geraldine Brown
ing from the majorette section.
Supply Citizen
Killed By Tree
Grover T. Holden Killed
Monday Afternoon When
Struck By Falling Tree
During Lumbering Opera
tion
Grover T. Holden, prominent
Supply resident, was killed Mon
day afternoon when hit by a tree
during a lumbering operation near
his home. The men who sawed
the tree did not see the victim,,
nor did they know the tree had
struck and killed him until the
body was discovered at 9 o’clock
Tuesday morning following an
all-night search.
According to Coroner John G.
Caison, who investigated the ac
cident, Mr. Holden apparently
had gone into the woods to visit
the lumbering operations, and
two men using a power saw, cut
a tree just as he came up to
where they were cutting. The
two men were Winston Hewett
and Leon Hewett, and both were
unaware of the accident in which
they had figured until more than
12 hours later..
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Minnie C. Holden; two daughters,
Mrs. Rotha Cheers, Shallotte, and
Mrs. M. E. Smith, Wilmington;
V. J. Holden and Grover H. Hol
den, both of Supply; one sister,
Mrs. Irota McMillan, Parkton;
three brothers, Dr. R. H. Holden
of Shallotte, Luther Holden, Bo
livia, and Edgar Holden, Wil
mington; and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from the graveside in
Chapel Hill Cemetery, near Shal
lotte, Wednesday at 3 o’clock,
with Rev. B. Bennett officiat-1
( Continued On Page Five )
Everything Set
For Conference
Series At Fort
Baptist Assembly Due For
Big Season With First
Conference Slated For
B.T.U. Members Starting
Monday
PROGRAM CONTINUES <
THROUGH AUGUST 24
Facilities Greatly Enlarged
Since Last Year And Lar
ger Crowds Can Be Ac
commodated Each
Week
Dr. Richard K. Redwine, di
rector of the Caswell Baptist
Assembly, is now engaged in
final operations of getting the
buildings and grounds in readi
ness for the opening of the sum
mer season Monday, June 23.
Last year Caswell accommodat
ed 1,100 people for its" weekly
sessions. For this year the fa
cilities have been enlarged. In
addition to the regular delegates
and conference attendants the ho
tel and big cafeteria will cater
to the regular run of summer
visitors. There is but one re
striction on the public: The re- I
ligious atmosphere of the place •
is expected to be observed and
intoxicants are not to be brought .
on the grounds, or unseemly be
havior indulged in.
Next weeks conferences will be
that of the Baptist Training un- *
ion which drew one of the big- ‘
gest crowds in 1951 and is ex- •
pected to do so again this year. ‘
Conferences will be held daily '
from the 23rd through the 29th,
and on that date the young
folks will move out to make
room for the delegates to an
other week of activities.
The second week will run from
June 30 through July 6. During
this week four different group*
will have daily conferences at
separate times or places. Family
Week, Deacon’s Conference, Bro
therhood Meetings and Junior
State RA Camp are all to be in
session during this week. The
Family Week is rated by Dr.
Redwine as one of the more im
portant gatherins of the year. It
is intended for whole families
and its plans are for all ages.
The summer session extendi
from June 23 through August 24.
Reservations for the various
weeks are already flooding the
office. Many persons with relig
ious inclinations are also seeking
vacation accommodations. 11
should be noted that the gates
to Caswell close at 11 a. m, and
do not reopen until 6 a. m.
ATU Officers In
Brunswick Raid
_ :■1: ■— ■ ■ •• i
One Of Biggest Hauls In Re
cent Years Made Last
Week At Calabash By
Federal Agents
• •- : >•
ATU officers made what is,
said to have been the biggest
local still, liquor and men seiz
ures on record last week. The
outfit was composed of four . 500
gallon stills, 157 gallons of liquor,
2000 pounds of mash, a truck
and three men. 1
Captured with the outfit waa
Murry Bowman Brown, said to
have been the owner of the out-j
fit. The outfit was located at
Calabash and Hollis Adrian Gause
Shallotte Negro, and Ben Franklin
Kendrick of Greensboro were cap
tured along with Brown.
All three of the men were car
( Continued On Page Five )
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 19
5:29 a. m. 11:32 a. m.
6:04 p. m. 0:00 p. m.
Friday, June 20
6:19 a. m. 0:24 a. m.
6:49 p. m. 12:18 p. m.
Saturday, June 21
7:00 a. m. 1:09 a. m.
7:31 p. m. 1:02 p. m.
Sunday, June 22
7:49 a. m. 1:51 a. m.
8:11 p. m. 1:44 p. m.
Monday, June 23
8:30 a. m. 2:31 a. m. '
8:48 p. m. 2:24 p. m.
Tuesday, June 24
9:09 a. m. 3:10 a. m.
9:24 p. m. 3:05 p. m.
Wednesday, June 25
9:48 a. m. 3:48 a. m.
9:58 p. m. 3:44 p. m.