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VOL. NO. SIXTEEN
NO. 12
8-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N. C.,
Wednesday, July 16, 1952
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
*1.50 PER YEA*
Baptist Pastors
In Conference
At Ft. Caswell
Total Of One-Hundred And
Twelve Ministers Regis
tered For Session Now In
Progress At Seaside As
sembly
CONFERENCE FOR
YOUNGER GROUP
Junior G. .A. And R. A
Camp Rocky Mount Di
vision Is Also In Ses
sion This Week; Pas
tors’ School Starts
Next Week
This week sees the Caswell
Baptist Assembly entering a most
Important period with the Pas
tor’s Conference in session. A to
tal of 112 ministers were pres
ent for the beginning. Many of
them will be here for some time
as the School for Pastors begins
next Sunday and runs through
August 8th.
Also in session this week is
the Junior G. A. and R. A. Camp
of the Rocky Mount Division. A
total of 230 of these young work
ers were present for the begin
ning of the camp on Monday.
The speakers for the Pastors
Conference this week are Dr.
Dale Moody, Professor of Theo
logy in the Southern Baptist
Seminary at Louisville, Kentucky;
Dr. Ray McKay, pastor of the
Second Baptist Church of Little
Rock, Ark., and who is now join
ing the faculty of the Southern
Baptist Seminary in Louisville;
Dr. Olin Binkley, professor of
Christian Sociology and Ethitics
at Southern Baptist Seminary.
Various other prominent Baptist
leaders are also on the Pastors
Conference program.
During the three weeks school
for Pastors beginning on July 21st
and ending August 8th classes
will open each Tuesday morning
and close at noon on Fridays to
allow the pastors to return to
their churches for the weekend
services. Provisions have been
made for rooms for all preachers
ahd the only expenses will be
meals. Dr. R. K. Redwine, Di
rector of the Assembly, states
that the ministers are, of course,
expected to bring their own bed
linens and towels. Among the
instructors for the three weeks
school are Dr. L. E. M. Freeman
and Rev. J. L. Jenkins.
Attendance at Caswell during
the first week of the Pastors
School will be added to largely
by the Conferences of the W. M.
S., Y. W. A., B. W. C. and Junior
A. and R. A. Camps of the
Wilmington Division. Quite a
number of important missionary
guests will be present for the
week. Among these are: Miss
Ola Lea of Formosa, Miss Ther
esa Anderson of the Philippine
Islands, Mrs. T. H. York of Tam
pa, Fla., and Miss Kathryn Big
ham of China.
Brief News
Flashes
MEETING POSTPONED
The regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club has been
postponed, due to the death of
Mayor Thomas B. Carr, an ac
tive member of that organiza
tion.
HOSPITAL GIFT
The Intermediate class of the
Vacation Bible School at Town
Creek Baptist Church made sev
en bedside table covers for the
Dosher Memorial Hospital. Mrs.
D. W. Padgett was teacher and
her pupils were Betty Lou Ben
ton, Barbara Rogers, Phoebe
Benton, Ethel Cumbee and Oree
Benton.
SMORGASBORD FRIDAY
The Southport Parent-Teacher
Association will sponsor a
smorgasbord at the home of Mrs.
E. H. Arrington on Friday ev
ening from 6:30 to 8:00 o’clock.
All proceeds will go to the South
port High School Band. This
benefit was originally set for
Thursday, but was postponed be
1 cause of the death of Mayor T.
B. Carr.
JURY LIST REVISED
The board of commissioners
were in session Monday for the
purpose of revising the Superior
Court Jury List. Such work is
necessary from time to time in
order to assure an ample num
ber of names being always in
the box. Through deaths and
various disqualifications so m e
names are constantly being re
moved from the list.
i
Expert Marksman
PVT. AUSTIN HOWARD of Southport draws a bead with his M-l
rifle on "the transition range at Fort Jackson, S. C. where he is re
ceiving infantry basic training with Company "B” of the 8th Divi
sion’s 13th Infantry. His firing coach is ready to slide the bolt into
place as soon as the targets are in position. Private Howard is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Howard, Southport.—(U. S. Army Photo).
Preparations To
Begin Dredging
Information Indicates That
Invitation For Bids May
Go Out From Engineer
Office Before August 1
WORK MAY START
BY SEPTEMBER 1
Magnitude Of Project Indi
cates That Several Major
Dredging Companies
May Be Interested
Here
By W. B. KEZIAH
From information received to
day from a representative of a
dredging company, it appears
that, at least three of the larger
companies are interested in the
invitations they will receive to
submit bids for the initial dredg
ing at Sunny Point. These in
vitations will be extended by tiie
Army Engineers between now
and August 1. They will call for
the removal of 18 million cubic
yards of soil.
Workers, said to be represen
tatives of various companies, are
now engaged in making private
soundings of the area to be dred
ged. The indications are that
the big dredging companies may
try to get the contract as there
is a possibility of further work
in the same area before the 18
million cubic yard job is com
pleted.
With the invitation for bids to
be sent out before August 1,
the bids will be received and op
ened on or before September 1.
The work may therefore be ex
pected to start in the early days
of September.
A big dredge in the best of
condition, says an official source,
will hardly be able to remove
more than 756 cubic yards per
month. This 18 million cubic
yard job will probably entail the
use of at least two of the larg
er dredges as there may be a
time limit for finishing.
The dredging, says an author
ative source today, will be to a
depth of 35 feet, plus 1 foot—36
feet in all. It will extend from
the existing 32-foot channel of
the river to the 3 three-ship ca
pacity docks that are to be built
along the west bank of the
river.
With this 36-foot depth from
the 32-foot channel to the docks,
it is assumed that following the
completion of the 18 million cu
bic yard area up to the docks
other contracts will be let pro
viding for water of 36 feet
depth from Sunny Point through
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Shrimp Catches
Improve Greatly
Catches Reported By Boats
Operating From South
port First Of This Week
Were Unusually Good
Pretty good from the start
of the season, both the quality of
the product and the volume have
been steadily increasing for the
past three weeks. Monday’s cat
ches ran from 15 to 32 bushels
to the boat. Skippers of the boats
say that the outlook is good.
With the intention of making
two days of it and returning to
night, some of the boats loaded
up with extxra ice Monday. Oth
ers followed suit. With ample ice
aboard for two days there is
little reason to return to port
each night. Expenses of going
and coming are saved, there is
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Brunswick Tax
Rate Stays Same
The 1952 tax rate for Bruns
wick County has been set at
$1.80, the same as last year,
by members of the board of
county commissioners.
Announcement of this decis
ion followed a joint meeting
Monday night with representa
tives of the Brunswick County
Board of Education. The lat
ter group had invited the com
missioners to meet with them
in the hope that they might
be granted a larger share of
the 1952 tax dollar to finance
some unexpected expenses of
operating the schools.
Only two members of the
board of education showed up
for the Monday night meeting,
and there was little discussion
of any plan for increasing the
fiscal income for capital out
lay purposes for the schools.
Suggests Honor
For Army Man
Former Classmate Of Gen
eral Ivan Bennett At
Wake Forest College
Thinks Brunswick Should
Hold “Ivan Bennett Day”
In a letter this week Cornelius
Thomas of Clarendon Plantation
makes a suggestion that should
be greeted with interest through
out Brunswick, especially in the
western part. Mr. Thomas says:
“I would like to suggest that
we work up a community or
county event for this fall in the
form of an Ivan L. Bennett Day.
This could be celebrated at the
Waccamaw, Shallotte or Bolivia
school in early September and
should be designed to honor Gen
(Continued on Page 4)
Routine Session
Of Court Held
Weekly Session Of Bruns
wick County Recorder’s
Court Completed In Time
For Morning Adjourn
ment
All business of the Brunswick
County Recorder’s Court was dis
posed of in time for adjournment
noon Monday, with the follow
ing cases being disposed of:
Quilla Clark, speeding, reckless
operation, four months on roads,
suspended on payment of a fine
of $100 and costs. License sus
pended for one year.
Richard Allen, forgery (5 cas
es) bound to Superior Court, $500
bond.
Bennie Hill, assault, nol pros,
at instance of prosecuting attor
ney.
Roney Hewett, aiding and ab
etting in operating without li
cense, costs.
Clyde Caldwell Lovett, speed
ing, fined $10 and costs.
Jimmie Clemmons, public drun
kenness, fined $10 and costs.
J. Paul Sellers, public drunk
enness, costs.
Vernie Lee Lanier, assault with
deadly weapon, costs and defen
dent to be of good behavior for
two years.
Effie Causey, no operator's li
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Brunswick Man
Receives Degre ^
Studying for the ministry f<1
the past several years, Rev. Wa
ter Harrelson will receive his 11
D. degree this summpr or fa 1
He is now on the teaching sta f
of the Andover-Newton Semin; -
ry in Massachusetts. Rev. M.
Harrelson, a son of the late M .
and Mrs. I. D. Harrelson, spei t
several years at the Universit ,
following his return from se -
vice.. While at the University
his energy and painstaking ef
forts won him a year’s scholar
ship in Switzerland. Since re
turning he has been teaching at
Andover-Newton and at the same
time pursuing his own studies
for a doctor’s degree.
Mayor T. B. Carr:
Passes Tuesday
In Duke Hospital
Southport Man Had Been
In Critical Condition Fol*
lowing Operation At Dur
ham Institution Last Tues
day
Thomas B. Carr, prominent,
citizen of Southport and present
mayor of the city, died Tuesday
afternoon at Duke Hospital in
Durham where he had been a,
patient for the past two weekst
He was 52 years of age.
Mayor Carr was taken to th£
Duke Hospital for an operation
for removal of a brain tumor;
Surgery was performed last week
and since that time little hope
has been held for his recovery;
During most of the time since
the operation he was unconscioust
Mayor Carr was born in Bur-f
lington, the son of the late Thom-;
as B. Carr and Mrs. Susie Carr*
who resides in Southport. Hjj
was reared in Southport and lenf
here many years ago to go int®
business in Lumberton. Later k»
moved to Charlotte, and about
four years ago moved to Will
mington. Two years ago he and
his family returned to Soutbpbif
to live. '
Last year Mayor Cat® was a
candidate for member of the
( Continued on page Dive )
Certificates For
Pupils Necessary
Birth Certificates For All
Students Entering First
Grade This Fall Will Be
Required By State Law
All students entering first
grade will be required to have a
birth certificate for admittance
this fall, advises J. T. Denning,
county superintendent of schools.
He urges that parents attend to
this important detail In plenty
of time not to interfere with en
tering their children in school
next month.
The State law requires that
all students must have reached
their sixth birthday on or be
fore October 2 of the year they
are entering school and this year
it will be necessary to show doc
umentary evidence in the form of
| a birth certificate.
Register of Deeds Amos J.
Walton says that there has been
little or no demand yet for cer
tificates, and he hopes to avoid
a last minute rush. “For one
reason,” he said this week, “ma
ny birth certificates are filled
out for one name and the chil
dren are known by another. This
is bound to cause some delay.”
In addition to the necessity for
Continued on Page Five
Eisenhower And
Nixon Selected
By Republicans
General Ike Is Nominated
i As Candidate For Presi
t dent On First Ballot At
Chicago Convention
CALIFORNIA SENATOR
IgIS UNANIMOUS CHOICE
| Farty Standard Bearers At
tack Truman Administra*
lit tion And Promise
Fighting Cam
paign
ieneral Dwight D. Eisenhower
nominated for President and
itor Richard M. Nixon of Cal
fernia was selected as his run
mate during the course of
dramatic fifth-day sessions
the' Republican National Con
ation in Chicago on Friday.
strength which Senator
Bert H. Taft of Ohio had built
during months of campaign
smelted away in the bright
pf a new political star and
1 ' Eisenhower was named
first ballot.
|£or Nixon, the 39-year-old
p-veteran who attended Duke
rsity Law School in the
rfies, was nominated by
Ration. He was the person
Blce of the Presidential
and no other name was
fore the convention.
candidates for President
pe President were nomina
single day after the con
lad battled for four days
Sntested delegations.
Si Eisenhower accepted
lination in a speech Fri
It with a firm pledge to
. -party to victory,
jjcgpt your summons. I
this crusade.” Then, in
pus reference to his part
(lder of the Allied For
invaded Africa, Italy
(ice in World War II,
that “I. have led a
ooT< a Vlirect poke at the
administration of President Tru
man, Heclaring:
“Our aims—the aims of this
Republican crusade—are clear:
To sweep from office an admin
istration which has fastened on
every one of us the wastefulness,
the arrogance and corruption in
high places, and the burden and
the anxieties which are the bit
ter fruit of a party too long in
power.”
Senator Nixon, the nominee for
Vice President, is a young man
with the background like the
characters in a Horatio Alger
( Continue^ On Page Five )
Furniture Store
Opens In City
Lexington Man Offering
Slightly Damaged New
Furniture At Prices Far
Below Normal Cost
Using the Junior Order build
ing next door to Gilbert’s Bar
ber Shop, M. L. Byrd, owner of
the Byrd Motor Express Line
in Lexington, is putting on a fur
niture sale in Southport this
week.
The Byrd trucks have contract
hauling jobs from the furniture
factories in the Piedmont part
of the state to northern and eas
tern distributors. It sometimes
happens that a few pieces of
fine furniture becomes slightly
damaged in transit.
The express line buys up this
( Continued On Page Five )
W. B. HKZ1AH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
Attorney and iMrs. Jim Bow
man of Washington, D. C., have
moved to Southport. Mr. Bow
man was attorney for the Recon
struction Finance Corporation
prior to 1941 when he went on
active service with the Navy.
Following his service he was
with the Philippine War Damage
Commission until 1951. Since
then he has been principal attor
ney in the office of Price Stabil
ization. Mrs. Bowman has also
been employed by the Govern
ment in Washington. Both of
them became interested in South
port and pending developments
here. Some weeks ago they got
an option and purchased a valu
able piece of property near
Southport.
George Wortham, captain of his
own outboard boat, pole and line
and Commodore of the creeks
and sloughs around Bald Head,
in addition to keeping a watch
ful eye on the sheephead around
Southport docks, tells us that he
got a 12 V2-pound red drum on
his pole and line one day this
week. What is more, George
boated the prize. Since George
invariably uses a cane pole, with
out a reel, we rather fancy that
the drum gave him some stiff
jerks before he boated it. All
other sorts of fish are now bit
ing good in the creeks, George
says.
Although nobody has caught
any or even fished for them this
year, the tarpon are said to be
very numerous in the waters
(Continued on page four)
Giant Amberjack
PRIZE—Roy Lloyd, right, of Carrboro is shown with
his 75-lb. amberjack taken recently while fishing at
Southport with Captain Howard Victor, left, skipper of
the sports fishing cruiser. While it is not at all unusual
to catch amberjack on off-shore trips, this fellow was
about twice the average size.—(News & Observer Cut.)
Bluefish Biting
For Party Boats
Rumor: The Air
Force Is Coming
Persistent rumors were cir
culated here the past week
that the U. S. Air Force is
ready to establish their Air
Sea Rescue Unit at Southport
and would take over the Com
munity Building and the Gar
rison on July 15.
It was also reported that the
real estate section of the U. S.
Army Engineers would be forc
ed to transfer their activities
somewhere else, possibly out
of. Southport. This brought
about the offer of suitable
quarters in the City Hall on
the part of Southport officials,
anxious to retain this activity
here.
These reports hit the rumor
file when July 15 passed with
no sign of local activity on the
part of the Air Force.
Baby Show Will
Be Next Week
Event Being Sponsored By
Association To Raisetaoi
The Southport Parent-Tea
cher Association To Raise
Funds For Home Ec De
partment Improvements
The Southport Parent-Teacher
Association will stage a Baby
Show and parade on Thursday,
July 24, at 4 o’clock. Mrs. H. W.
Hood is general chairman of
the show which will be held in
front of the high school building.
For a week preceding the show
a popularity contest will be con
ducted for children up to ten
years and the winners will be
presented prizes at the show. A
parade is planned and a number
of floats are expected to be pre
pared for the young people. Pri
zes will be awarded for floats and
costumes also.
A corps of workers headed by
Mrs. Otto Hickman, will secure
entries on Tuesday and Wednes
day of this week and voting will
begin on Thursday morning and
continue until Thursday noon,
July 24, the day of the parade.
A voting booth will be placed
near the post office each day dur
ing the week preceding the show
and will be manned by volunteers
from the PTA who will accept
votes for the most popular. Hours
observed will be 9-12 in the mor
ning, and 2-5 in the afternoon.
Votes may be given to any wor
ker, however, at any time to be
recorded when the voting booth
opens. Anyone wanting to enter
may contact Mrs. Hickman or
Mrs. Hood.
Mrs. Dallas Pigott will be in
charge of the floats and Mrs. F.
M. Burdette is in charge of pri
zes. Mrs. M. R. Sanders, Mis. R.
B. Thompson and Mrs. Lewis
Hardee will assist Mrs.. Hood
< Continued on page Five )
Sportsmen Going Out Dur
ing Past Few Days Have
Had Good Luck With
These Fellows, Some Un
usually Large
OFF-SHORE TRIPS
PROVIDE THRILLS
Two Sailfish Hooked Dur
ing Past Few Days But
First Catch Of Season
Still To Be Made
Locally
Big news of the week for fish
ermen is that the bluefish are
striking again, and that boats
which go out in the vicinity of
the Frying Pan Lightship are
making good daily catches of
amberjack, bonita, dolphin and
king mackerel.
A party aboard the Jo-Ann of
Captain George Gregory had an
interesting time with a sailfish
Sunday when they hooked one of
these fighters, only to lose their
prize after a 10-minute skirmish.
Yesterday a fisherman aboard
the Cadet with Captain Howard
Victor also hooked a sail, but
made the mistake of trying to
handle the line with his hands.
The results were a bad cut and
a lost fish.
The John-Elan of Captain Wal
ter Lewis had a good Monday
catch. The party included J. O.
Simmons, W. A. Fuller, Leo Har
ward, J. S. Brown and Kell Sneed,
all of Charlotte. They had three
bonita, 12 bluefish, 30 amberjack,
1 dolphin, 1 baracuda, 15 sea
bass and 16 Spanish mackerel.
On the same day Captain Leon
McKeithan had a party from the
Crystal Restaurant in Wilming
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County Officers
Capture Still
Sheriff E. V. Leonard And
Deputy Drew Long Cap
ture Big New Outfit Near
Supply But No Operators
Found
Sheriff E. V. Leonard and De
puty Drew Long recently captur
ed and destroyed a new 400-gallon
capacity whiskey still in the Sup
ply community. In addition to
being brand new the outfit was
not; completely set up for opera
tion and no mash or other sup
plies were taken. The outfit had
been under observation for sever
al days in the hope that the op
erators might show up.
At the same time Deputy H. G.
Ratcliffe located a cache or load
ing place for bootleggers at Bell
Swamp. He captured 24 half gal
lon jars filled with non-tax paid
whiskey.
According to Deputy Ratcliffe
the Sheriff's Department has
raided and captured 14 whiskey
stills in the past six months. Dur
ing that time they also raided 11
places where whiskey was report
ed as being sold. »
Polling Places In
Brunswick Set
For Saturday
Tobacco Farmers Wilil Go
To Polls Saturday To De
cide Whether To Contin
ue Control Program For
This Crop
DECISION WILL
AFFECT LOANS
Program Must Bj Approved
If Government Is To Loan
Up To 90-Percent Of
Parity On 1953 Crop
Polling places at which flue
cured tobacco growers will vote
in a referendum on marketing
quotas July 19, were listed today
by* the County PMA Committee.
The polls will open at 7 a. m.,
and close at 8 p. m., and are lo
cated in Brunswick County as
follows:
Northwest — Forest Williams’
Store and Leland Post Office.
Town Creek — Winnabow, Hen
ry’s Store, and Bolivia, Willets’
Store.
WaccamaW, Waccamaw School,
agricultural building, and James
W. King’s Store.
Shallotte — Grissettown, B. A.
Russ Store and Longwood, Gore’s
Store.
Lockwoods Folly—J. M. Parker’s
Store and Coast Road Service
Station.
Smithville — Southport, Saw
dust Trail and Midway Station.
If two-thirds or more of the
growers voting in the referen
dum favor marketing quotas,
acreage allotments will be con
tinued in 1953 and loans will be
available to growers at 90 per
cent of parity on the 1953 crop
of flue-cured tobacco. Regard
less of the outcome of the ref
erendum, however, price support
loans at 90 percent of parity will
be available on 1952 flue-cured
tobacco as a means of protect
ing growers.
The loan program provides
growers an opportunity to obtain
loans on the basis of the grades,
of tobacco they produce. If all
the tobacco of any single crop
under loan is sold for more than
the loan and expenses, the far
mer shares in any net gain real
ized. The loans provide protec
tion in helping to eliminate some
of the risks in growing tobac
co.
Moorehead Will
Leave In Fall
Man Who Has Served As
Field Worker For Bruns
wick Baptist Association
Since 1948 Will Resign
Effective October 1
The Rev. W. R. Moorehead,
field worker for the Brunswick
Baptist Association, has resign
ed his position to become effec
tive at the end of September.
The Rev. Mr. Moorehead and
Mrs. Moorehead came to take this
work up in the county in July
of 1948, coming from Wingate
Junior College, where he was gra
duated that spring, and also as
pastor of the South Monroe Bap
tist Church near Monroe.
Many changes have come about
in the association since the be
ginning of the Asociational Mis
sions Program, as fostered by
the Baptists of the County. Per
centage of giving per capita ba
sis has increased tremendously;
State-rating in Vacation Bible
Schools jumped from 63rd place
( 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
Gape Fear Pilot’s Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, July 17
4:11 a. m. 10:16 a. m.
4:51 p. m. 11:13 p. m.
Friday, July 18
5:05 a. m. 11:07 a. m.
5:42 p. m. 12:03 p m.
Saturday, July ID
>:5< a. m. 11:56 a. m.
6:27 p. m. 0:00 p. m.
Sunday, July 20
6:45 a. m. 'o:48 a, m.
7:09 p. m. 12:41 p. m.
Monday, July 21
7:28 a. m. ‘l:29 a. m.
7:48 p. rn. .1:23 p. rn.
Tuesday, July 22
8:08 a. m. 2:07 a. m.
8:23 p. m. 2:02 p. m.
Wednesday, July 23
8:45 a. m. 2:44 a. m.
8:57 p. m. 2:43 p. m.