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Most Of The News All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County VOL. NO. SIXTEEN No. 22 6-pages today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, September 17,1952 PUBLISHED EVER* WEDNESDAY *1.50 PER YEA* Wilmington Port Opening Will Be Held This Week Governor Scott, William B. Umstead And Vice Ad miral Cochrane Will Be Principal Speakers FORMAL CEREMONIES SET FOR THURSDAY Industrialists And Farmers Of State To Benefit From Cheaper Transporta tion Rates By WADE LUCAS WILMINGTON. — The second of two State-developed and oper ated deep water ports to be open ed in North Carolina this year will be formerly dedicated here Thursday, September 18. Governor W. Kerr Scott, Sena tor Clyde R. Hoey, Democratic Governor-nominate William B. Umstead and Vice Admiral E. L. Cochrane, USN (Ret.), chairman, Federal Maritime Administration, are to make addresses during the ceremonies marking the moderni zation of a port that has figured long in the history of the State as well as that of the Southern Confederacy. Other State and na tional figures are also expected for the dedication. Dedication of the Port of Wil mington comes a little more than a month after the formal open ing of the Port of Morehead City, almost a 100 miles north of here. Both ports are equipped to han dle types of ocean shipping and represent a State investment of $7,500,000, authorized by the Le gislature of 1949 without a dis senting vote. Tar Heel industrialists and far mers will benefit from cheaper transportation rates on such wide ly used North Carolina products as textiles, tobacco, furniture, fer tilizer, canned goods, cotton, gra in, and other commodities. Im ports of such commodities as gas oline, asphalt, and other liquid dry cargoes have been on the in crease since the completion of the two new ports this summer. Some 20,000 tons of calcium ammonium nitrate from South America were handled by the Port of Wilmington during the past summer and resulted in a savings of from $4 to $6 per ton for North Carolina farmers by reason of not having to be shipped over land, according to Colonel Geor ge W. Gillette, executive director of the North Carolina Ports Au thority. Although local groups have long operated ports here and at More head City, it was not until 1924 that a serious effort was made on a State-wide basis to develop ports terminals. Governor Carnet (Continued on Page Two) Brief Nt mi Flathei . PIE AND CARE SALE The women of the Presbyterian Church will have a pie and cake sale every Saturday starting at 9 o’clock at the Presbyterian Youth Center. OFF TO COLLEGE Among the young Brunswick folks off to college last week and this week are Misses Rebecca and Catherine McRackan, South port; Ruth Galloway of Supply and Verna Willetts of Bolivia, to Meredith College; Amelia Kirby of Supply to Woman’s College at Greensboro. Rev. T. D. Tolar, absent from the Southport Baptist Church on vacation, has announced that Bax ter Durham of Raleigh will preach in the Southport church in his stead on Sunday morning. Rev. Mr. Tolar will return and conduct the regular services on Septem ber 28. AT EAST CAROLINA Among the Brunswick County students at East Carolina Col lege are seven students from Southport, including Misses Sue Williamson, Iris Rabon and Bob by Davis, members of the soph omore class; Misses Stuart Ar rington, Mary Ann Loughlin, Ka ren Swan and Gloria Lee Hewett, members of the freshman class. TWO STILLS TAKEN A 500-gallon box-type still and 500 gallons of mash and another submarine type still of 400-gallon capacity, together with 400 gal lons of mash, were taken and destroyed by Sheriff E. V. Leon ard and Deputy Chas. Skipper early last week. The outfits were located in the LBuck com munity in Town Creek township. No operators were at either still when the raid was made. ft Convention Of Fiddlers Slated Shallotte Lions Club Will Stage Old Time Fiddlers Convention On October 3rd Awaaening early to tne Dig an nual Christmas Party that they sponsor each year, the Shallotte Lions Club is now setting about the task of raismg funds for that and the many other worthy causes that it looks after each year. The first step in the undertak ing promises to be a humdinger in the way of entertainment for the public, something that will give real fun for the money. On Friday night, October 3, the club is sponsoring a real old-fashioned fiddlers’ convention. They have already lined up va rious artists on the fiddle and other instruments and are offer ing $50 in cash prizes for the various features, including: Best and second best fiddler; best ban jo strummer and second best; best and second best with guitar; best and second best string band; best and second best on harmon ica and overall best single con resrani. There will also be a special gift for the oldest Old-Timer and for the youngest Old-Timer pres ent. In addition to the music there will be a pretty girl contest; a. contest to determine the most love-sick man; the ugliest man, a cake-walk and a hog-calling contest. The various members of the Shallotte Lions Club now active in promoting various angles of the event include;; Hobson Kir by and Elliott Tripp , entries; James Bellamy, E. H. Kirby, Fred Mintz, LeRoy Mintz, refresh ments; Odell Williamson, Ed Red wine, R. C. Hamilton, cakes; H. C. Stone, Dr. R. C. Holden, Fred 'Mintz, Dr. H. M. Rourk, build ing; E. H. Kirby, C. W. Lasiter, Elliott Tripp, J. W. Garner, con tests; Dr. R. H. Holden, A. F. Inman, small prizes. Questionnaires On Labor Coming In -- *---—— Effort To Establish Extent And Type Of Labor Sup ply Available In Bruns wick County Is Successful FORMS DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT COUNTY Information Desired F or Every Section And F or Every Class Of Avail able Labor Good responses are being re ceived from the employment sur vey blangs that are being dis tributed through the schools and a copy of which is also appear ing in this paper. Either the printed blanks or the copy ap pearing in the paper should be filled out immediately and mailed to The State Port Pilot, Box 918, Sauthport, N. C. Marion Shuffler, head of the industrial division of the Depart ment of Conservation and Devel opment, is expected to be in Brunswick again Thursday and those in charge of the survey are anxious to have an impress ive stack of statistics on existing labor supply to be able to show him. As fast as the filled in blanks are received they are being filed and classified for the area in which the sender resides. In this way prospective industries will be able to find out at a glance how much labor is available in any section of the county. It should be pointed out again that should industry come along with labor requirements that can be met by any area in the coun ty, this labor survey may be of invaluable help towards in teresting that industry in the area in question. For instance, the Southport area has an in dustry that will employ about 100 women in prospect. The sur vey is beginning to indicate that ample labor will be available for the industry and it is expected that the representatives of the industry will be here shortly for a further investigation of the lo cation. In the case of many industries, railroads are not essential but highways are important. Even some small communities may be able to attract industries. They have the roads and it is now up to them to show that they have an adequate labor supply. This showing can be done by filling out the blanks and mat ing them in at once. Issue Warning On Explosives Brunswick County Sheriff’s Department Calls Atten tion To Serious Injury Possible From Dynamite Cap Explosions Last fall two Brunswick coun ty children had their hands badly mangled as a result of finding and playing with ' dynamite caps. Such explosives are frequently lost, misplaced or stolen in areas where people are engaged in blasting. Often they are found or fall into the hands of chil dren or others who are totally unaware of the danger of hand ling them. Such caps can explode and do much damage at the slightest shock. Realizing the danger to ( Continued on page *'ive ) Red Gross Will Produce Kits A request has come to Mrs. Dan Harrelson, chairman of the Service groups of the Bruns wick County Chapter Ameri can Red Cross, for 30 bed-side bags and 35 non-apron kit bags for use of service men in vari ous hospitals. At a meeting of the board of directors for the Brunswick County Chapter last week it was voted to purchase materi als for these articles from lo cal funds. Mrs. Harrelson is anxious to have volunteers to assist with preparing these bed side bags and kit bags. This is the first production work that has been requested of the Chapter since the close of World War II. Patrolman Jones With Railroad Patrolman J. S. Jones Re signs Post As State High way Patrolman To Work For Coast Line State Highway Patrolman J. S. Jones, who has been stationed at Leland for the past four or five months, resigned last week and is now employed by the At lantic Coast Line Railroad. "The young former officer, a graduate of the highway patrol school last spring, was here this week attending court as a wit ness in cases that arose while he was in the service. Asked regarding the reason for his resignation, he stated that it was simply a matter of better pay and shorter hours in private employment. In addition to the estabulished long hours for pa trolmen, it is said they never know when they will be called out on duty during off hours, nor how long a stretch they may be kept at work by circumstan ces. Mr. Jones says that now he Makepeace Free After Inquest Sanford Man Exonerated By Coroner’s Jury For Fatal Shooting Of Needham Garfield Ward, Bruns wick Man O. P. Makepeace, Sanford in dustrialist and former legislator, Friday night was exhonerated by a Horry Countyv coroner’s jury in the shotgun death of Needham Garfield Ward, Jr., last Friday night at the Makepeace summer home at Cherry Grove Beach. Coroner J. S. Dix said the jury reported that Ward came to his death by a gun in the hands of O. P. Makepeace” and recommen ded that Makepeace be exhoner ated of any blame. According to testimony Ward, a resident of Wampee, Kt. 1., just over the state line in Brunswick county, tried to enter the Make peace summer home by force and that in the defense of his home Makepeace shot Ward. Make j peace and his wife were alone in the cottage at the time of the ( Continued On Page Five ) Correction Made In Committees Last week several committees of the Southport Parent-Teacher Association were incorrectly giv en. The following committees are correct: Budget and finance, Mrs. F. M. Burdette, Mrs. Robert Thomp son and Miss Ann McRacken. Hospitality: lAJrs. Davis Her ring, Mrs. Lewis Hardee, Mrs. Joe Ramseur, Mrs. Thelma Wil lis and Mrs. James Wolfe. Seventh grade mothers: Mrs. H. E. Johnson, Mrs. W- C. Webb, Mrs. E. F. Gore and Mrs. Josie Easley. Eighth grade mothers: Mrs. Ed Mallison, Mrs. F. M. Burdette, Mrs. W. R. Bomberger and Mrs. James Bigford. Added to the fifth grade moth ers are Mrs. Ted Robinson and Mrs. Rogers. Whiteville Will Stay Open For Another Month Three Sets Of Buyers Will Operate Through Remain der Of Week, Then Two Sets For Next Month Tobacco Sales Supervisor Dave S. Neilson today set at rest recent rumors that the Whiteville Tobac co Market is about to close for the season. “The Whiteville market will op erate throughout the remainder of this week with three sets of buy ers,” he said this morning. "Fur thermore, arrangements have been made for the local market to con tinue for four more weeks with two full sets of buyers. These will be the same buyers that have been on the Whiteville market since the opening of the season and will work for 514-hours daily.” Sales Supervisor Neilson stated that this will be the same buying strength that will be available af ter this week on all other border belt markets. “We just want the farmers in this section tofhnow that they still can sell thjgfp to bacco near to home ancf expect to get the same service and high prices that have prevailed at Whiteville throughout the year. On Monday Whiteville sold 1, 204,566 pounds for an average of $56.35. Tuesday’s figures showed sales of 1,152,422 for an average of $55.40. While all warehouses were full today, Neilson reports that there are no block sales, with farmers being able to sell on the same day they bring their product to market in Whiteville. Farm Bureau Is After Members Lively Campaign Now In Progress To Sign Up Minimum Goal Of 300 Members This Year Joe C. Stanaland, president of the Brunswick County Farm Bu reau, announced Monday that the 1952 County Membership drive began immediately following the “kick-off” meeting which was held on September 5 in Supply at the agricultural building. President Stanaland said that the quota for Brunswick County has been set at 300 members, which will go to make up the Continued on Page Five Baptists Wind Up Successful Year At Caswell Final Reports Show That Almost 6,000 Persons Spent Some Time At Sea side Assembly During Summer Program IMPACT OF PROGRAM STRONG* ON STUDENTS Reports Continue To Come In Regarding Effective ness Of Training Work Being Conducted _ Caswell Baptist Assembly has closed the best season it has ev er had with nearly 6,000 people who came.to stay long.enough to be counted. The average stay of guests was longer than it has been in former ye&rs. Below is-the attendance by by weeks: First week, 964; sec ond week, 633; third week, 279; fourth week, 511; fifth week, 725; sixth week, 692; seventh week, 556; eighth week, 704; ninth week, 607. A part of the facilities stayed open to take care of a Baptist Student Union Retreat after the close of the regular season. There was a total of 88 for the meeting. The total count for the summer, 5,758. This is an increase over last year’s attendance of about 700. Evangelism is emphasized at conferences at the Assembly, and more than 100 girls and boys made professions of faith, during the summer. Enlistment for ser vice is outstanding in the assem bly and about 300 young people dedicated their lives to spiritual service. Several hundred others dedicated their lives to Christian living and work in various fields of service. A young people’s leader who brought 26 people from one church to Training Union Con ference'reports that six boys who made their profession at Caswell joined the church the next Sun day after their return from the Assembly. Four from this group dedicated their lives to definite Christian service and eight for the Christian service in whatever work God might lead. Many ot her church groups have had sim ilar experiences. Dr. Richard K. Redwine is the director of the Caswell Baptist Assembly. Shallotte Makes Accredited List Shallotte Elementary School Placed On Accredited List; High School Has Been Accredited Several Years H. C. Stone, principal of the Shallotte school, was notified this past week that the elemen tary school department has been placed on the accredited list. This is the first time that the elementary school at Shallotte has attained that position, but the high school has been on the accredited list for several years. The Southport high school has also been on the accredited list for several years, and the ele mentary department has also been fully accredited since 1940. The Leland school’s elementa ry department has been dropped from the accredited list, owing Continued on Page Five W. B. KBZ1AH Our ROVING Reporter Don’t understand Sunny Point as being- anything in the nature of just another ammunition.dump. It is to be nothing in that or der. On the contrary, official sources have said that it will be the greatest ammunition depot in the world, with facilities for loa ding 39 big freight ships per month, more than one a day. It will be a gigantic U. S. Port with a daily shipping capacity far ex ceeding the combined capacity ol the two State Ports at Wilming ton and Morehead City. It will have three feet deeper watei than now exists at any port ir North Carolina and is estimatec to ship other things than just ammunition. Two years ago when Bruns wick County folks, chiefly of the Shallotte and Supply areas, op ened their pocket books and rais ed a fund that sent Shirley Raj Hewett, then 10 years old, to the i Johns Hopkins Hospital in Balti more for blue baby treatment, her mother was sent along. Mrs. Hewett was taken care of in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hal Martin of Baltimore and was ab le to make daily visits to Shirley in the hospital. Thanks to the general efforts in her behalf, Shirley is now perfectly normal. Relative to Mrs. Hewett being taken care of in Baltimore, it is interesting to note that Mr. and Mrs. Martin are now estab lished residents of the Shallotte community. For several years they have owned the beautiful Tar Landing area on the Shal lotte River. Some time ago they moved there to stay. It was during the bad weather last week and the other fellows had no big catches to blow about. But along came J. D. DeVam of Fayetteville and Long Bead (Coutinued on Page 4) i Picturesque Landmark LIGHTHOUSE—The Price Creek light located on the western bank of the Cape Fear river is a favorite at traction for tourists seeking objects of historic interest in this lower Cape Fear area. i Superior Court Now In Session Sports Fishing Is Good Again Sport fishing boats are back at work this week following long, wind-blown famine dur ing the last of August and the first of September. All parties have been having good luck. On Sunday a party fishing aboard the Cadet with Captain Howard Victor brought in an amberjack which set a new rec ord for the SENCBA. Barracu da and an occasional king mac kerel also have been a part of off-shore catches. Inshord parties during the past week have hit Spanish mackerel in good numbers, and indications point to an improve ment in this type of fishing for the next few weeks. Highway Takes Over Extension Additional Mile Of Road Accepted By State High way Commission For Maintenance And Im provement District Highway Engineer L. E. Whitefield has notified Regis ter of Deeds Amos J. Walton, clerk ex-officio to the board of county commissioners, that the State will take over and main tain the stretch of road built by the property owners on the west end of Long Beach early this year. The/stretch is a little over a mile in length and passes through a very picturesque stretch of the beach. A number of homes have been built along it during the year and a large number of addi tional structures are said to be under contract for building dur ing the fall and winter. The road will assist materially in developing some valuable beach property. The stretch of land through which the road passes is owned by John B. Ward of Long wood and Davis Herring and Charles Trott of Southport. They purchased it early in the year and spent a large sum of money in grading and building a good foundation for the road. Former County Resident Dies Mrs. Rosa Lee Bellamy Died Thursday Following Ex tended Period Of Illness; Funeral Services Friday Mrs. Rosa Lee Bellamy, a na tive of Brunswick County, died at her home in the Nixon Cross Roads community, in South Car olina, on Thursday. She was the wife of Roscoe Bellamy and was 37 years of age. Burial was at the Crescent Beach cemetery Friday afternoon (Continued on Page 4) Judge Leo Carr Of Burling ton Presiding Over Mixed Term With Divorces And Criminal Actions Taking Most Of Time RETURN VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER Judge Carr Will Sentence Leonard For Fatal Stab bing Of Coachman Boz man Several Months Ago Superior Court for the trial of both criminal and civil cases op ened 'Monday with Judge Leo Carr of Burlington presiding. It is thought that the entire week may be required for the criminal cases and that very little of a civil nature will be reached. The most outstanding case was that where Henry Leonard was charged with murder in the death of Coachman Bozeman at Gris settown some months ago. Boze man was stabbed in the back and again in the throat by a knife wielded by Leonard. Boze man, according to the evidence, had a flashlight in his hand and used it as a weapon. The jury brought in a verdict of manslau ghter just before court adjourn ed yesterday' afternoon. Judge Carr deferred sentencing Leon ard until this morning. The grand jury, having finish ed its business, was discharged late Tuesday afternoon. A re port of its proceedings could not be obtained in time for publica tion this. week. The matter of the Ku KIux Klan was not brought up before this jury by Solicitor Clifton L. Moore. How ever, Solicitor Moore stated to newsmen that the SBI is at work Continued on Page Five Negro Woman Is Killed By Car Alice Bonzell Instantly Kil led When Struck By Au tomobile At Bell Swamp Saturday Night Alice Bonzell, 55 year old col ored woman living on Route 303 a short distance south of Cecil’s Place, was instantly killed Satur day night at 7 o’clock when she walked from behind a Greyhound bus and directly into the path of a car operated by Horace John son, Sr., of Bolivia. State Highway Patrolman Con stante investigated the accident and found that the woman was a victim of her own carelessness. She had been to Wilmington and was returning on a southbound Greyhound bus. The vehicle stop ped at Cecil's Place and she wal ked around behind it and out in to the highway, directly into the path of the northbound car op erated by Johnson. Constante states that Johnson was unable to see the woman un til almost the irfstant when his car struck her. He stopped im mediately but the woman is said to have been already dead when !he reached her. i Baptists Complete Plans For First Series Meeting Rural Church Enlargement Program Will Be Launch* ed With Gathering At Supply Church PASTORS LINED UP FOR CRUSADE Preliminary Planning Meet* ing Scheduled To Give Everyone Opportunity To Meet Workers Plans have been completed for the Brunswick Baptist Associa tions Rural Enlargement Cam paign, which will begin on Thurs day evening, September 25, at 8 o’clock, with the Supply Bap tist Church as the central meet ing place for all delegations com ing for their “Guest Worker and Preacher” for the campaign. All of the guest workers, un der the direction of Dr. Henry E. Walden, Rural Supervisor for the Baptist State Convention, and all pastors of the association are asked to meet at the Supply church at 5:30 o’clock for the spe cial supper arranged for them and guests. The delegation com ing from each of the churches participating in the survey are asked to meet in the auditorium at 8 o’clock for a special pro gram and ■ be introduced to the worker assigned to their church field. The WMU organization of each church participating will be in charge of planning and gathering the supper that is to be served in the basement of the Supply church for the guests and pastora of the Associatian. The Supply church folks will furnish the drinks and paper plates and cups for the serving, which will be in picnic style. It is asked that every church listed below to which a guest worker has been assigned be present at the Supply church with a delegation of at least two persons and also bring the maps along for display. The churches are as follows: Antioch, Bolivia, Goshen, Leland , Elah, Town Creek, Lebanon, Cool Run, Chap el Hill, Gospel Center, Supply, Shallotte, Longwood, Soldier Bay, Friendship. Guests for the crusade are as follows: Rev. Frank Robinson, Antioch; Rev. Levante, Bolivia; Rev. Roger Williams, Goshen; Rev. Elliott Stewart, Leland; ( Continued On Page Five ) Brunswick REA Making Changes New Sub-Station At Leland Will Supply Current To Users Living North Of Sunny Point Area Required' to move all of its wiring ‘ from the Sunny Point area, the Brunswick REA is pre paring to erect a new sub-station near Leland and will buy cur rent for the area north of Sunny Point through the Carolina Light and Power Company through this J sub station. V For the area south of .Sunity Point the corporation has acquir ed a right-of-way and is now * constructing a new line to the Magnolia Dairy, just northeast of town. With all of the Sunny Point area expected to be vacat ed by the- present residents by December 1, it is understood that all of the present REA service in that area will be cut off follow (Continued on Page Two) Tide Table Following is the tide table 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, September 18 7:12 a. m. 1:04 a. m. 7:22 p. m. 1:18 p. m. Friday, September 19 7:47 a. m. 1:39 a. m. 7:56 p. m. 1:58 p. m. Saturday, September 20 8:22 a. m. 2:12 a. m. 8:27 p. m. 2:35 p. m. Sunday, September 21 8:55 a. m. 2:45 a. m. 8:58 p. m. 3:13 p. m. 'Monday, September 22 9:30 a. m. 3:18 a. m. 9:30 p. m. 3:54 p. m. Tuesday, September 28 10:09 a. m. 3:54 a. m. 10:11 p. m. 4:37 p. m. Wednesday, September 24 10:55 a. m. 4:33 a. m. 10:59 p. m. 5:26 p. m.