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Most Of The News All The Time VOL. NO. SIXTEEN THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County NO. 18 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, August 27, 1952 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.5-0 PER YEAH Making Check To Determine Need For Housing Officials From Raleigh And Wilmington Here Last Week To Gather Facts As Basis For Recommen dation CRITICAL DEFENSE ZONE IS OBJECTIVE If This Area Can Become Thus Designated Then Improvements May Be Available Through Federal Funds The North Carolina Labor De partment is taking active steps towards having the Southport area declared a critical defense zone by the Federal Government. Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson of the State Department was here two days last week securing informa tion which was to be presented in Washington Monday of this week. Informed sources provided Mrs. Johnson with information that led to her conclusion that around 1000 additional homes will be nee ded in the area in addition to school facilities and other utili ties. It is not the plan to make an effort for government hous ing. Instead such things will be left to private enterprise. The designation of the area as a critical defense zone will sim ply provide money for utilities to take care of the expected increase in population due to the Sunny Point installation. It will also make easy the securing of mon ey at a low rate of interest for the building of homes. The first of the present year sources in Washington advised a representative of this paper that while publicity was not advisa ble at that time he could be as sured that a critical defense area was in the government’s plan for Sunny Point. There was only the matter of a request for it in due time. It is thought that the time is now here. As the matter of adequate school facilities is giving him much concern, County Superin tendent of Schools J. T. Denning is taking an active lead towards securing the defense area. His office secured the information that was supplied to Mrs. John son for presentation in Washing ton Monday. While she was here accompa nied by Mr. Powell of the Wil mington Labor office, Mrs. John son stated to Supt. Denning and W. B. Keziah that she was con fident of the early establishment of the area. She stated she was thoroughly convinced of the need and felt assured that Washington had already had the matter un de? consideration. Recently Col. R. C. Brown, corps of engineers, Wilmington district, commented on the pro posed facility being permanent. It would be desirable, he said, to have good homes in the area as this would attract the better class of labor. Private enter prise, he thought, could build these homes and sell or rent them to the Sunny Point employ ees. The wage scale that they will receive will be high and they will be able to buy homes or rent them at good rentals. Good, small homes, he thought, would be very important to the suc Continued on Page Five m j BritfNtwt | Flathtt HOLDING REVIVAL The Rev. N. L. Jones is con ducting a revival this week at the Methodist Church at Bur gaw. BENNETT SUPPER The Southport Parent-Teachers Association will sponsor a smor gasbord supper Friday evening from 6 o'clock to 8 o’clock at the home of Mrs. S. H. Arring ton. Funds will go to the South port High School Band. HERE FOR WEEK-END Lt. (js) Bernice Russ, serving in the Navy at Norfolk, spent the week-end at home with rela tives. As post master at South port Lt. Russ was given a leave of absence when he was called to Navy duty. He has one more year to serve. ECC GRADUATES Among the students who grad uated from East Carolina Col lege, Greenville, on August 15, were two from Brunswick Coun ty. They were Mrs. Mary Evan geline Long of Ash who received the Bachelor of Science Degree and Hubert Bellamy from Shal lotte who also received the Bach elor of Science Degree. Chats With Eisenhower .t' _ mmi hi l umiiiw I m > i 'i r i REPUBLICANS—D. R. Johnson, Brunswick county man who attended the Republican National Convention in Chicago and who was an enthusiastic supporter of Gen eral Dwight Eisenhower for the Republican nomination for president, is shown here as he chatted informally with him during the convention. The gentleman on the right is another member of the North Carolina delega tion but is unidentified. Northeast Winds Stop Sailfishing A Party Aboard Cadet Brought In Two Of These Big Fellows Friday To Run Total Take For The Week To Six SATURDAY BROUGHT END TO OPERATIONS Twin Catch Friday Follow ed Single Sail By Same Boat Thursday; Joan Parties Caught One .Tuesday And Wed nesday Southport sports fishing boats brought in a total of six sail fish ■ last week before northeast winds put a temporary end to their operations. The climax came on Friday when a party headed by F. W. Warrington of Charlotte brought in two of these fish from a trip with Capt. How ard Victor aboard the Cadet. One was a 7-ft, 6-in. beauty which weighed 57 pounds. It was caught by Dr. P. R. Ran kin of Mt. Gilead. The other lucky angler was S. M. Butler, Jr., of Charlotte, whose sailfish weighed 32 pounds and was 6 ft. 6 in. in length. On the previous day another sail was brought in by Captain Victor, this one weighing 28 lbs. ,and measuring 6 ft., 10 in. long. On last Wednesday Capt. Geo. Gregory brought in a sail from a trip off shore from aboard the Joan. This was the second for him in two days, another party having landed the first on Tues day of last week. A sail taken aboard the Idle On last Monday started off this (Coutinued on Page 4) Alderman Will Move From Here O. D. Hiatt Resigns Position As Member Of Board Of Aldermen; Will Leave Friday For Louisiana Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Hyatt have sold their home here to Otto Hart and are preparing to leave Friday for Lake Charles, La.., where they will make their fu ture home. Mr. Hyatt is a native of Lou isiana and has been horticultur ist at Orton Gardens since the war. He was recently offered a position on the faculty of Mc Neese State College and with much reluctance the family de cided to leave Southport for the position in Mr. Hyatt’s home State. Mrs. Hyatt, a registered nurse, has been on the nursing staff at the Dosher Memorial Hospital much of the time since the cou ple were married and establish ed their home here. Mr. Hyatt has been a member of the South port board of aldermen, resign ing that position two weeks ago owing to his pending departure ■ for Louisiana. The couple have '< a small son, Mimms Hyatt. Hits Bed Of Big Clams Near Here Dallas Pigott brought to this Office Monday a jumbo clam that weighed 4 pounds and 14 ounces. Among a lot of them of better eating size he had 13 of the big fellows. The only objectionable thing to the big clams is that they are kind of tough when they get that size. Mr. Pigott found the big fel lows along with a lot of nice, small ones at Buzzard Bay, near Bald Head Island. A few years ago a Wrightsville Beach lady, famous for her brand of clam chowder, stated to this paper that the Buzzard Bay clams were the best on the coast for the making of chow der. She always used them. Shallotte Band Members Return Their Visit To Seaboard Drum Corps Contest At York, Pa., Was Outstand ing Event For Boys And Girls On their recent trip to York Pa., to witness the Eastern Sea board Drum Corps contest, th< Shallotte high school band travel ed a total of 1000 miles by bus. The competition was won by Reiley Raiders of Philadelphia and is best summarized by one of the chaperones of the Bruns wick boys and girls. In an inter view she described it as having been something beyond words. The Shallotte delegation was thrillec by the precision marching, musi cal numbers and military show manship displayed by the eight competing drum corps in a pro gram that required four hours. The Shallotte group was pre sented to the crowd of 6,000 spec tators and they received a big round of applause. Director W. W. Jacobus states that the York American Legior Post expressed a desire to spon sor a trip for the entire Shallotte High School Band to York next summer. At the same time they praised the fine group of young sters making this trip. The entire delegation from Brunswick received an unexpect ed thrill when Ed Williams, the bus driver, took them through a three-hour tour of Washington, D. C. The young folks were es corted through several of the buildings and were thrilled to witness the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Un known Soldier in Arlington Ceme tery. The band members and chaper ones making the trip were, Cyn thia Register, Sonja Register, Connie Hussey, Teddy Leonard, Jobie- Brooks, David and Bridger Sabastin, Donald Bibb McKeithan, (Continued on Page 4) Education Board Endorses Move To Get Armory Board Of Education At Last Meeting Gave En dorsement To Efforts To Obtain Building At Shal lotte WOULD SERVE AS GUARD HEADQUARTERS Shallotte Unit Now Using Second Floor Of Bruns wick County Garage For Offices At the meeting of the Bruns wick County Board of Education last week, that body went on record as recognizing the need of an armory at Shallotte for the Shallotte National Guard organ ization, which now has a total strength of 7 officers and 150 enlisted men. The building now occupied by the unit is lot suitable for an armory and there is no other buil ding in the area suitable for that purpose. It was pointed out that a new building is essential for use one day each week for main tenance • and drill purposes and such social activities as may arise. In the event of construc tion Shallotte, Bolivia, Waccamaw and other communities will be served by the armory. A suitable site is available and will be provided without cost to the State of North Carolina. It will be deeded when funds for the construction are available. With the above understanding of the situation the board of ed ucation went on record, follow ing a motion by Hubert Long and seconded by J. D. Stanaland, as requesting the Adjutant Gen eral to make funds available for a project to take care of the needs as outlined. Suit Brought In Loss Of Ear Lt. Kemp Holden Seeks Damages Totaling $1S> 000 From John G. Wise For Attack Upon His Per son A damage suit in the amount of $15,000.00 was filed here Fri day in the office of Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett. The plain tiff, Kemp Holden, son of Lu ther Holden of Holden Beach, is asking damages and hospital costs from John G. Wise of Lenoir for alleged permanent and dis figuring injuries. The complaint states that Hol den went to the home of the defendant for the purpose of pay ing the rent on a house he was occupying. Without cause or warning the defendant is said to have set upon him, striking him and while he was on the ground to have bitten one of his ears almost completely off. The complaint states that doc tors took 110 stitches in an ef fort to sew the ear back on and save it and that the opera tion was unsuccessful. The plain tiff was employed by the Air Force as an instructor in flying at a salary of $475 per month. As a result of the attack made upon him it is alleged that he lost much time from his work. As a result of the painful dis figuring injuries, loss of time and hospital costs he asks the stated sum and $90.00 for hospital bills and costs of the suit. As a part of the suit arrest and bail papers were also taken Continued on page four Offices Close On Labor Day No session of Brunswick county Recorder’s Court will be held next week since Labor Day fails on Monday, and me mbers of the board of county commissioners have postponed their meeting until Tuesday. All county offices will be closed on that day, as will the offices at city hall, the Wacca maw Bank & Trust Co., and the post office. Frink Receives Complaint From Washington Man - Letter Purported To Be From Editor Of “Protes tant News Service And Trand Radio Agency” Up holds Hamilton S. Bunn Frink, attorney for Thomas L. Hamilton, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan in the rec'ent trial at Whiteville, has received what may be termed a very nasty letter from the Pro testant News Service and Trans Radio Agency in Washington, D. C. The letter was signed by Ed ward James Smythe, editor, and was evidently written under the stress of a brainstorm of some sort. The chief complaint was a de mand to know why Frink took a plea of guilty for Hamilton. This was coupled with a demand to know if Frink was a court ap pointed attorney or if he was re tained by Hamilton? The letter wound up with the poorly disguised threat that they were making up a case there in Washington and would bring their own lawyers to Carolina if they could not get justice done here. Apparently Mr. Smythe knows a great deal about the Ku Klux for he declared Hamilton was not guilty and was otherwise very rambling in his epistle. For the general information it may be said that the Columbus county grand jury found quite a number of true bills against Ham ilton. Realizing that if he was tried and found guilty on all of them he would spend a good many (Continued on Page 4) Southport Man Head Of YDC Ernest Parker Elected To Succeed Ray Walton As Head Of Young Demo crats; Meeting Planned At Shallotte Tuesday At a meeting of the Brunswick County Young Democrats Club held at Bolivia High School on Wednesday, the following offic ers were elected for the coming year: President, Ernest E. Par ker, Jr.; vice president, Tommy Thomas; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Irma Carr. The new president, a Southport attorney, has issued a statement asking members to participate in a membership drive and ur ging as many as possible to at tend the State Convention to be held in Greensboro on September 4, 5, 6. Dues of the club are $1 per year and membership cards will be mailed to all members in the near future. The next meeting has been set at Shallotte High School for Tuesday evening, September 2, at (Coutinued on Page 4) W. B. KEZIAH Our ROVING Reporter Recent duties of the Air Force have included giving the Garri son grounds about the most thor ough cleaning that it has had in half a century or more. Among other things unearthed has been what was probably the first pav ed street in Southport. At a depth of four or five inches un der the soil they have cleaned off a nice brick walk from the Garrison building to the river. It is probable that there are many other paved walks about the grounds with the bricks still in fine condition. With the most of them unac quainted with sandspurs, the boys of the Air Force have found a pastime, pleasing to some and painful to others. When a fel low is stooping over and whack ing away at the grass it is rath er startling to find a cluster of sandspurs thrown or otherwise planted in the small of his back. Thrown by the stem on which they grow, the sandspur will stick and stick painfully. No one has ever explained the purpose for which sand spurs were created. Although the extent of the area has not been defined, the sur vey made last week relative to a critical defense area in Brun swick County, led to the conclu sion that 100() complete new homes will be needed in addition to many single rooming units. It is not expected that all persons employed at Sunny Point will live in the immediate area. Many will commute. The survey took into j (Continued on page four) ! Travels Round The World To School Miss Mary Sue Fulcher Returns Here From Thialand In Order To Be Able To Attend New Hanover High To finish 12th grade in high school Miss Mary Sue Fulcher probably had to come farther than any Brunswick County girl ever before travelled for the pur pose of attending school. Miss Fulcher spent 10 days in getting home from Bankok, Thailand. All of that time, except the jour ney from New York to South port was spent traveling by air. Miss Fulcher’s parents are both natives of Southport but she has spent practically all of her life in Wilmington, her father being connected with the Army Engin eers there. Last fall Mr. Fulch er was sent to Bankok for work with the government, the family accompanying him. Miss Fulcher still had one year in high school and several weeks ago it was do cided that she should come to Southport and spend the winter with her grandmother, Mrs. Susie Carr. She will commute to school in Wilmington by bus. Her younger brother, in Thai land with the parents, has to spend 12 hours making the round trip from the home to where he is attending school in India. For the benefit of Brunswick folks who howl if their copy of this paper reaches them an hour or two late, it may be said here that it takes the State Port Pilot two and sometimes three months to reach the Fulcher family in Thailand. Then, often as not, several copies will all come in on the same mail. It all depends on the sailing of ships carrying mail from the United States to that far distant point. So. far neither Mr. or Mrs. Fulcher have writ ten about the paper being late. They are glad to get it whenever it comes. Sometime next November Mr. and Mrs. Fulcher will be read ing this copy of The State Port Pilot and will note that we were talking to their daughter on August 23. No Shortage Is Seen By Auditor Verdict Upheld In Damage Suit The law firm of Frink & Herring has received official notice from the State Supreme Court that no error was found in the case of Mintz vs Atlan tic Coast Line Railroad, the verdict from which awarded the sum of $39,000 to the plain tiff. This is one of the largest judgments ever allowed in a suit brought in the Superior Court in Brunswick County. It was reached several months ago following a trial presided over by Judge Susie Sharpe of Reidsville. The plaintiff was a young Wilmington who claim ed that she had suffered per manent injuries while employ ed by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The trial before Judge Sharpe was the second lengthy hearing in the courts of Brunswick County, an error having been found following an appeal from a previous ver dict. Carlyle Here On Brief Visit Seventh District Congress man Expresses The Belief That Everything Running Running On Schedule For Sunny Point Here yesterday from Lumber ton for the day at Long Beach and saying he expected to return this week-end for more of a stay. Congressman F. Ertel Carlyle visited this office and was very optimistic as to the future of Brunswick County. Speaking specifically of Sunny Point Congressman Carlyle said: "The eyes of the government are now on this area. They recog nize the potentialities and they will never stop in bringing them to light and use. The facility, as now planned, will not only help Southport, it will bring about an economic upheaval that will spread all over Brunswick Coun ty. And the plans as now known are not all. X confidently believe there will be much more besides the Sunny Point ammunition outloading depot. "Everything as to the plans are going well,” he continued. “I have not heard of a single hitch in the project. And if I do hear of one, I will take the next plane or train to Washington to do something about it.” Other remarks of the Con gressman, made without his be ing questioned, will also be of interest in Brunswick: He said: “I am doing everything I can to have Ixrckwoods Folly inlet dred ged for the shrimpers and other work boats. I have used my best efforts, but during the past year or more, with everything alloca ted only to projects bearing on National Defense, it has been virtually impossible to get any thing for work of this nature. I am hoping that things will loosen up soon and we shall be able to obtain the necessary funds. Colonel Brown of the Army Engineers is also very anxious to get in a position to (Coutinued on Page 4) W. C. Raines Tells Board Of Commissioners In Special Session Friday That All Known Collec tions Of Clerk Accounted For BENNETT OFFERS HIS EXPLANATION Clerk Of Court Says That Procedure For Establish ing Accounts Receiv able Started Rumor Mill At a special meeting of the board of county commissioners here Friday W. C. Raines, con tract auditor for Brunswick coun ty, when asked about the condi tion of the office of the Clerk of Superior Court stated that all known collections had heen fully accounted for. This special meeting of the commissioners with {he auditor, a certified public accountant who has audited the books for Bruns wick county for the past 17 years, was for the purpose of getting to the bottom of rumors which have been making the rounds that there is a shortage in the accounts of Sam T. Ben nett, clerk of court for Bruns wick county. On the previous Monday the commissioners had discussed this matter with Mr. Raines and had been assured that a full and thorough check is being made of all accounts. The auditor ask ed for and received an extension in his contract' for the purpose of completing a detailed investi gation of long pending accounts of court fees and fines. Clerk of Court Bennett said to day that this probably is the source of many of the rumors which have come up to plague him and other county officials during recent weeks. “There is no denying that collection of court fines and costs have nev er been pushed to the limit by our- office,” he said. "This year in making his audit Mr. Raines sent out letters to persons whose (Coutinued on Page 4) Negro Ordered Held For Death John F. Rouse, Driver Of Bus Which Struck And Fatally Injured Robinson Child Sunday Being Held For Grand Jury John F. Rouse, LaGrange Ne-’ gro, said to be the owner of a bus line and operator of the ve hicle that struck and instantly killed Dill James Robinson, 12 year old lad of the Supply com munity Sunday, was held for the grand jury at the inquest held at the court house here Thursday night. The Robinson boy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Robin son of Supply. He was riding his bicycle on Rt. 17 when the bus, loaded with Negroes enroute to a beach in South Carolina, approached from the rear and started to pass. The boy appar ently swerved or was riding too far from the edge of the pave ment. After striking and carry ing his body for a distance of 108 feet, the bus ran into the ditch on the left side of the road. Acquiring Land For Sunny Point Makes Progress Acting-Project Manager Re ports That Eight More Owners Due To Be Paid Off For Land This Week GREAT PRECAUTION TAKEN IN TITLES Slow Pace Of Purchasing Property Will Not Be Per mitted To Stop Con struction If Neces sary Eight more property owners will receive payment for their Sunny Point lands and the gov ernment will get deeds to the same during the coming week, according to Esteen Cromartie, acting project manager for the Savannah Heal Estate Board. Titles to each tract have been examined all of the way back and guaranteed by a guarantee company before the government will pay over and take deeds. This results in a slow but sure procedure, The government does not plan to go into the perma nent and costly construction and then find itself in disputes over titles to any of the tracts. The slowness in which the real estate board finds itself entan gled in relation to some tracts does not necessarily mean that this department is in any way delaying the start of construc tion. It has been said that the entire huge land area could be taken over on short notice, just as was done at the atomic bomb project in South Carolina and Georgia. Consideration of the land owners is foremost, howev er. So long as the construction plans will permit the real estate board will move leisurely, giving consideration in all cases where possible, to the people who are facing the enforced loss of their lands. Some of those who have sold their lands have already moved out. It was stated a short time ago that all residents of the area I were expected to be out by De cember 1. The three huge docks, each to be built to handle three big frei ghters at one time, in addition to tugs, fire boats and sanitary boats, will be located about a mile apart on the river. All of the land in the area of the cen tral or middle dock has already been bought and paid for, along with other tracts in the reserva tion. ATU Officers Get Big Haul One Of Biggest Hauls In Recent Years Made Last Week When Four Stills And Three Men Were Captured In what they term their larg est liquor raid in years, ATU Agents Lon Howe and J. L. Ni fong got three men and \ four 100-gallon stills in the New IJope section near Winnabow, '.last Wednesday. Three thousand gal lons of mash was also seized and destroyed. The three men taken were Louis Garland Cox of Shallotte, Route 1; Murray Brown, whose address is Little River but who is said to reside in Brunswick County, and Jeff Marshall of Buckboro, S. C. Marshall is a Negro and the other two are (Coutinued on Page 4) Tide Table Following Is the tide iable for Southport (luring 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, August 28 0:11 a. m. 6:37 a. m. 1:13 p. m. 7:46 p. m. Friday, August 20 1:17 a. m. 7:45 a. m. 2:24 p. m. 8:58 p. m. Saturday, August 80 2:32 a. m. 8:59 a. m. 3:35 p. m. 10:06 p. m. Sunday, August 31 3:47 a. m. 10:12 a. m. 4:41 p. m. 11:07 p. m. Monday, September 1 4:56 a. m. 11:17 a. m. 5:41 p. m. 12:02 p. m. Tuesday, September 2 5:57 a. m. 0:00 a. m. 6:38 p. m. 12:16 p. m. Wednesday, September 3 6:55 a. m. 0:54 a. m. 7:30 p. m. 1:10 p. m.
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