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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. 25 6-PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday, October 15, 1952 PUBLISHED EVERT WEDNESDAY *1.50 PER YEA* Report Of Work Done On Roads In 3rd Division Record Breaking Highway Program Brings Improve ments In Many Forms To Travel Facilities Of This County MAJORITY OF COST CAME FROM BONDS However, Some Improve ments Came From Other Sources During Building Period In Road Program A report showing the vast ben efits brought to the eight coun ties in the Third Division by North Carolina's record-breaking highway program during the cur rent administration was issued this week by Commissioner A. Wilbur Clark of Fayetteville. During the period from Janua ry 1, 1949, to September 30, 1952, a total of $31,673,988 was spent on the construction of new roads and bridges in the Third Division. Additional millions were spent on maintenance. Counties in the Third Division are Brunswick, Duplin, New Hanover, Pender, Bladen, Colum bus, Cumberland and Sampson. Reviewing highway progress in his division, Clark reported that since January 1, 1949, a total of 1,278.3 miles of secondary roads had been paved in the Third and paid for with funds from the $200,000,000 bond issue voted by the people of North Carolina in 1949. An additional 212.2 miles of county roads were paved with funds coming from sources other than the bond money and 1,356 miles of county roads were sta bilized for all-weather use. Clark also reported considera ble improvements made to prima ry highways. A total of 118.2 miles of primary highways were paved in the Third Division and another 278.6 miles were improv ed by widening or resurfacing or both. The Third Division put consid erable emphasis on replacing old and outmoded bridges. It con structed 529 new bridges during the period covered by the report and installed 1,036 culverts using pipe 36 inches in diameter or larger. Additional hundreds of smaller culverts were installed. Up to last September 30, a to tal of $18,263,969 of secondary road bond money had been spent in the Third Division. An addi tional $10,883,856 was spent on primary highway construction and improvements. Commissioner Clark reported that 30.8 miles of secondary pav ing had been programmed to be done in the Division between September 30 and next January 1. Following is a summary of the road program in the Third Division by counties: Miles of secondary bond roads paved: Bla.den, 160.3; Brunswick, 128.6; Columbus, 173.3; Cumber land, 206.3; Duplin, 223.5; New Hanover, 38; Pender, 135.9; and Sampson, 212.4. Miles paved on county roads other than bond roads: Bladen 14.6; Brunswick, 37.4; Columbus, 54.3; Cumberland, 16.5; Duplin, (Continued on Page 4) Brief News Flasket MEETING POSTPONED The next meeting' of the South port Lions Club will be held or Thursday, October 23. REVIVAL MEETING A revival meeting is in prog ress at Mt. Olive Baptist Churct this week, with preaching being done by the Rev. George White The Rev. Bennie Price is pastor The public is cordially invited. NO EXAMINER With Examiner E. M. Wallace ordered to another appointment next Monday and Tuesday, there will be no drivers’ license issuec at either Southport or Shallotte Monday and Tuesday, October 2C and 21. VISITING IN NEW VORK Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kirby ol Supply are spending this week ir Syosset, New York, with Mrs Kirby’s sister, Mrs. R. C. Schroe der. Mrs. Kirby and Mrs. Schro eder were reared in Red Springs WEEK-END VISITORS Miss Stuart Arrington, membei of the freshman class at Easi Carolina College, and Miss Han riette Corlette, freshman at At lantic Christian College, ' wer week-end visitors here with thei respective parents. i "Dry Land Bridge" No Crazy Project Nobody is going crazy as those who see this bridge being erected on dry land might be led to sus pect. Instead, there’s “method in th,eir madness.” When highway authorities got ready to replace ihe ferry at j Holden's Beach with a bridge, the shortage of steel was acute. Somebody thought of a disman tled bridge in storage. It had been taken down at Williamston, j but nobody was certain that all of its pieces had been saved. To determine whether the plan would work, the steel structure was hauled to highway headquarters at Prison Camp 303 near White ville and assembled, just as shown in the picture. Columbus County citizens have been looking wonderingly at the "dry land’’ structure. But it won’t be in their midst for any length of time. All pieces having been found, District Engineer E. L. Green says it will soon be dis manteled again aand taken to Holden’s Beach for a permanent stand. Highway authorities esti mate the project will save the State some fifteen to twenty thousand dollars. (Photo by Baldwin Studio, Whiteville). Many Residents Dependent Upon Inlet Opening Survey Shows That Number Of Boats And Operators Reaches Large Figure Among Citizens Of Lower Brunswick Coast Gathering information for the use of Congressman Carlyle, af ter the preliminary survey by the Army Engineers, it is be coming apparent that a large number of people are really de pendent on Lockwoods Folly river inlet being opened and kept open. The needed information is not yet all in hand but this week, through the aid of Bill Grady, a list of the boats at Holden Beach and Varnum’s Landing was obtained, together with the names of the owners, mates and help ers, and the number of people in the family of each. There may be more of these boats at the above places and still more at other places along the river and inland waterway. The folks at Shallotte Point and along the Shallotte river should also be included as they fre quently have to use the inlet. The big fleet of boats in South port, including the menhaden boats, have owners who are very much interested in the opening of the inlet. Working down the coast and encountering rough weather they could easily run in at the inlet and proceed up the waterway, saving a hard outside trip. It can be said here that Con gress can do nothing with re gard to making an appropriation for dredging the inlet until the preliminary survey by the Ar my Engineers is completed. If this report is favorable, then the matter goes up to Congress. The information received thus far lists the following boats, own ers, mates and helpers, where there are helpers, and the num ber in each of their families de [JCIIUCIIL Uil II1CII1. Susan: Bill Grady, Clyde Hol den. Bartley Clemmons; number in their families, six. Joyce: S. W. Lancaster, Taft Clemmons; number in families, 12. Ella Dee II: Vance Robinson, Jarrtes Robinson; number in fam ilies, six. Ella Deane: Ernest Parker, Crawford Fulford, Herbert Ful ford; number in families, eight. Oh Boy: Cromwell Robinson; two hands; number in families, (Continued on Page Two) Hunting Season Opening Today Deer Hunters, Bear Hunters And Squirrel Hunters Are Out Today For Their First Trip Of The Season The hunting season on some species of game began this morn ing at sunrise and will continue I until sunset of the specified date ] of closing. All hunters must i have license, and the use of au ' toloading guns or pump guns ca pable of firing over three shells - is prohibited. For early in the season, at i least, deer will be the main ob- j r ject of hunters in this area. The (Continued On Page Five) Waccamaw Fair Dates Are Set -- __ New Date For This Event Set For Friday And Sat urday, October 24 - 25; Much Interest Is Being Shown LARGE LIST OF ENTRIES LIKELY This Event Is Of County wide Interest With Ex hibits Welcomed From Other Sections Of Brunswick The revised date for the Wac :amaw Community Fair has been set for Friday and Saturday, Oc .ober 24 and 25. It is not strictly a school or ?ommunity fair, as anybody de siring to enter an exhibit will oe welcomed. However, any ex libit that has won a prize at any )f the previous community fairs .vi 11 not be eligible to compete 'or a prize this year, according o Mrs. Claire Evans of the pub icity committee. Among the exhibits will be ivestock, pets, food preservations, knitting weaving, embroidering, textile paintings, handcrafts, hob oies, oddities, antiques, flowers, farm products and souvenirs of the armed forces. All exhibits must be in at the Waccamaw school before 2 p. m. Friday, October 24. Exhibits will be open to the public at 2:30 o'clock and will continue to be displayed until 7:30 p. m. On Saturday morning they will again be on display from 10 to 11. Sandwiches and cold drinks may be purchased at any time and barbecue dinner will be serv ed from 5:30 to 7:30 Friday p. m. The following is an outline of the program: Friday, October 24, exhibits open to the public, 2:30-7:30. Barbeque dinner, 5:30-7:30. Program in auditorium. Cake walks, beauty contest, (Continued On Page Five) Railroad Man Local Visitor Representative Of Chesa peake And Ohio Railroad Company Spending Sev eral Days In Southport Area His company apparently hav ing a revival of its once great interest in the mouth of the Cape Fear River, C. L. Rothger general coal agent of the Ches apeake and Ohio Railroad Compa ny, is spending this week in Southport and the area. Talking to a representative of this paper late Monday afternoon, Mr. Roth ger betrayed the fact that he is in possession of a surprising am ount of information regarding the plans for Sunny Point. Years ago Midwest interests had dreams of a great coaling station at Southport. Years of efforts fell through. The coahng of ships is not what it onct was. Coal burning ships have almost vanished from the seas. Still, it has been poin ted out that vast shipments of coal are still made to foreign countries for industry and other purposes. Primative Story Enacted In City The snake slithered slowly toward the young cat, which made a tentative, half-playful pass at the head of the oncom ing reptile. Then the tawnev youngster held motionless as the strange, crawling creatup!. slid by. A moment later the too-trusting feline felt a dead ly, choking encirclement and made one last, agonizing sound, which was its death cry. Tlie scene: The postoffice block in Southport. The time: Early Monday night. The char acters: A half-grown house cat and a king snake, which crawl ed to safety under a building when the cat's owner came out to investigate the cause of com motion. Brief Session Of Court Held Business Of The Brunswick County Recorder’s Court Completed Before Noon Here Monday Monday’s session of Recorder’s I Court was brief, with all business j finished at noon. The docket book shows the following cases disposed of during the morning | session: Lawrence B. Snowden, public drunkenness, nol pros at the in sistance of the prosecuting at torney. John Kelly Saunders, reckless Continued on Page Five Tobacco Market Dollars Will Be Off 6 Per Cent Decline In Total Is Consid erably Less Than Market Observers Had Predicted Earlier In Season WHITEVILLE TO PASS 37 MILLION POUNDS Leaf Continues To Pour In As Season Heads Toward Finale On Tuesday, October 21st Sales Supervisor Dave S. Neil son today predicted that the Whiteville tobacco market will end the 1952 season with sales approaching 20 million dollars, a drop of only $1,200,000 from last year. The decline in dollars paid out will "be far less than market of ficials expected. The market will pass 37 mil lion pounds for the year, repre senting a decline of slightly less than three million pounds from the record of 1951. With seven more sales days left, Whiteville warehouses have paid out $19,246,701.68 against a 1951 total of $21,120,885.13, Su pervisor Neilson said. The differ ence will be reduced between now and October 21, the closing date, but even the most optimis tic observers do not expect more than 20 million dollars as a total. Some warehouses have already sold more leaf than they sold in 1951, but others have felt the squeeze of a decline in volume. Helping the dollar total this year is the higher average per hundred pounds, now standing at $53.51. As the market rolled toward Its finale, tobacco continued to pour in. Last week’s sales totaled 1,480,806 pounds. The figures for each of the five days were: Monday, 455,962; Tuesday, 296,184; Wednesday, 237,680; Thursday, 127,530; Fri day, 363,450. Mackerel Being Caught In Nets Shrimpers Are Catching These Fish In Trawls For First Time In History In Local Waters Any of the old regulars at shrimping would laugh at the idea of catching Spanish mack erel in shrimp trawlers. It sim ply has never been done at a scale of more than one in a million. The “macks” are too swift and too wary to allow themselves to be picked up by those slow moving nets or trawls. But the last week or so things have been going very much to the contrary. It has not been unusual for a trawler to bring in a hundred pounds or more of mackerel. And all of the boats get at least a few every day. The only logical explanation is the apparent unprecedented num ber of mackerel and the fact that many of them are feeding deep. The shrimp, instead of swimming high in the waters, are betaking themselves to the bottom as the ocean waters become cooler. The mackerel, not to be depriv (Continued On Page Five) m W. B. KK/.IAH Our ROVING Reporter James Robinson, a radioman in the Air Corps and stationed in Germany for the past 14 months is now at his home at Supply on a 30 days leave. At the con clusion of that time he will re turn to Germany for another stay of 22 months. He says he likes Germany but that it is not home, and one of the links that Still bind him to home is the receipt of The State Port Pilot. He reads it through and his only complaint about it is that it has so little news about Sup j ply, he says. Folks in his com i munity might take a tip from . that and see that the happenings j in their community get to the I paper for print. It just happens that there is not a community in the county that is not repre sented somewhere overseas by men who get this paper. While they read it all, one of the main points of interest to them is when they see something in the paper from their home communi |ty, mentioning the name of some friend of theirs. The fish must be getting fash ionable. The fishermen use Ny lon nets for them now. At Shal lotte Monday we saw role after role of Nylon fish netting that had just been received by D. Carl Andrews. Linen netting has not yet been relegated to the back ground. The shipment received by the Shallotte man was about half and half and both kinds were described to be about as good as another. The Nylon net ting is, of course, especially treated to give perfect service in either fresh or salt water. Mr. Andrews sells thousands of dol lars worth of netting each year. Going out with a crew of shrimp trawlers — not more than two or three at a time, please— on account of limited room while work is carried on. makes an interesting side trip for a lot of menfolks. Away back somewhere (Coutinued on Page 4) County Agent Sees Danger Of Fires County Agent A. S. Knowles Says That Every Bit Of Trouble In Prevention Will Be Repaid Many Times i “Few accidents are more tra gic than that of a barn or farm home being reduced to ashes by needless fire,” declarse Abner S. Knowles, county agent for State College Extension Service. “The picture of flames eating through a building and, the sound of tumbling framework are grim re minders of a fate that too fre quently overtakes the farm fam ily.” Once every fifteen minutes — four times every hour — one hun dred times every day — three thousand times every month — forty thousand times every year, fire attacks some farm. Ten farm people every day -—- three hun dred farm people every month — thirty-five hundred farm people every year, die in these fires. Ninety per cent of these fires are due to carelessness — due to a mistaken feeling that this “can’t happen to me.” With bams and granaries filled with the harvest, no time is better than now to find out how best to prevent fires and to provide all possible protection against them. The National Safety Council of fers the following suggestions which have worked well in the past. These suggestions can be used as a basis for effective pro tection during the year that lies ahead: 1. Keep the farmstead clean. Good housekeeping in and around all buildings eliminates many fire hazards. 2. Make regular checks on all electrical equipment and circuits. 3. Keep all heating units in good condition. Make sure chim neys and flues are free of cracks. 4. Cure all products well and store them properly. Make regu lar inspections for odors, smoke, gas or heat — all of these are warning signals of approaching fire. 5. Provide adequate equipment with which to combat fires. Ap proved fire extinguishers should be properly located in the home and around the buildings. Make sure they are inspected regularly and that every member of the j family knows how to use them. Fishing Luck Is Still Continuing ■2 Happy Birthday— That’ll Be 25 Gents If you are a resident of Southport and somebody comes up this week and asks you when is your birthday—then wants to charge you a quarter for letting you tell them— don’t go away mad. It is just another project of the South port Parent-Teacher Associa tion for raising money with which to pay for the band in struments. The birthday calendar idea is to list the birthday of as many persons as possible — at 25 cents each — to list the meeting date of each club and organization in Southport — at the same fee—and to sell ad vertising space. Those sponsor ing the project point out that the people cannot lose, for B. L. Furpless, manager of the Amuzu, has promised to give a free show ticket to each person listed on his or her bir thday. That courtesy alone more than compensates for the listing fee. Brunswick Lady On Health Show Mrs. Lee Kye Of Brunswick County Home Demonstra tion Clubs, Will Report On Recent Developments In Health Program (Mrs. Lee Kye of Brunswick County, member of County Coun cil of Home Demonstration Clubs, will report on recent develop ments in Rural Health in Brun swick County as part of the "Progress Parade" at the 5th annual Rural Health Conference being held in Raleigh today. Mrs. Kye will be one of six partici pants at the beginning of the af ternoon session which is design ed to indicate what’s going on in North Carolina counties. The Rural Health Conference is sponsored each year by the Committee on Rural Health of the Medical Society of North Car olina and the North Carolina Health Council. Feature speak ers at the all-day conference will be Allan B. Kline, president of the American Farm Bureau Fed eration, of Chicago, 111.; and Au brey D. Gates, of Little Rock, Ark., Field Director, Council on Rural Health of the American Medical Associatiaon. The Brunswick County Rural Health Story was chosen as one of the most outstanding in the State as an example of local initiative. Among other local health activities Mrs. Kye is ex pected to report on Brunswick County’s successful efforts in get ting increased public health ser vice. Later in the afternoon, the Ru ral Health Conference will be divided into eight discussion groups, the topics for which the people who plan to attend have (Continued On Page Five) Parties Out During Past Week - End Had Good Luck With Various Kinds Of Fish Off Brunswick Coast KINGFISH BEGIN TO SHOW UP HERE Party Boat Captains Expect More And More Of These Big Fellows To Be Tak en During Next Month All parties fishing on charter boats out of Southport had good catches during the week-end, with a good sprinkling of king mack erel beginning to show. On Sunday the John-Ellen, Ca ptain Walter Lewis, had a party from South Carolina which caught 125 blues, 10 Spanish mackerel, 2 king mackerel, 10 amberjack and 1 barracuda. On Monday a party headed by Calendar New ton came in with 8 amberjack, 1 king mackerel, 75 bluefish and 1 barracuda. The Cadet, Captain Howard Victor, had a party from Free mont Sunday that caught 9 am berjack, 1 barracuda, 1 king mackerel and 100 blues and Span ish mackerel. A Monday party from Fairmont brought in 8 am berjack, 2 barracuda, 3 king mackerel and 189 blues and mac kerel. The Botfly, Captain Leon Mc (Continued On Page Five) Brunswick Girls Win Beauty Title Shallotte Point And Bolivia Girls Win REA Co-op Community Beauty Con tests; Only Three More Meetings Miss Jackie Leonard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Leonard of Shallotte Point, was winner of the Brunswick Electric Member ship Corp. community beauty con test at Shallotte last Tuesday night, Oct. 7. On Thursday night, October 9th, Miss Barla Mae Gore, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gore, RFD, Bolivia, won the con test held at Bolivia. These girls along with other community winners will vie for the title of “Miss Brunswick REA” at the annual membership meeting to be held at Moore's To bacco Warehouse in Whiteville next month. Each community winner re ceives an electric hair dryer, and a chance to compete for the title of Miss Brunswick REA in the finals. Only three more meetings re main in the community contests. Tuesday night, Oct. 14th, a meet ing of community members will be held at Old Dock; on Thurs day night the meeting for the Waccamaw community at Wacca maw school, Oct. 16th, and the last one at Nakina on Tuesday, October 21st. Advertise Bids For Building Railroad Route Bids Being Advertised To morrow For Constructior| Of About 25-Miles Of Track Connecting With Private Lines THIRTY DAYS BEING ALLOWED FOR BIDS Specifications Call For Use Of 100-Lb. Rails With All Materials Being Fur nished By Contrac tor By W. B. KEZIAH Army Engineers’ invitations for bids on the building of about 25 miles of railroad from Leland to Sunny Point will go out tomor row (Thursday) with the usual allowance of 30 days before bid - openings. Following this not more than 30 days will be allow ed for the successful biddei to move in equipment and start con struction. This letting will constitute all of the government part of the railroad construction from the conjunction of the short stretch es of the new road that are to be built by the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line on down into the facility. It does not include the 50 or more miles of side-tracks that will be let later inside the reser- " vation and known as the Site Railroad. This Site Railroad con-, structing will be called for in time to start work by or before the 25-mile access railroad is completed. The government has made no change in its plans to connect with both the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line. Each of these railroads must build their ownl.9 miles of trackage to con nect with that of the govern ment. It is said that the govern ment is standing by its theory that v/ith only one railroad to serve the facility they might at sometime get into an emergen cy. One hundred pound rails are to be used on the stretch of road for which bids will be asked to morrow. For the sidings and yards that will be contracted for later on 80-pound rails will be used. It is inferred that the average cost of the 25-mile stretch will run to about $50,000 per mile. The roadbed will be of gravel type, either crushed stone or the round type that some of the standard railroads use. It is understood that the speci fications call for the contractor (Continued on page four) Sheppard Plans To Move Soon Buildings Used In Opera* tion Of Plant Farm Will Be Transported To New Location On River Road This Week Everett H. Sheppard of Shiloh, N. J., and Southport, is here this week. Owner of the wicjely known Sheppard and Cochran to mato plant farm at Sunny Point, he stated Monday night that he would move his buildings this week. He has bought the C. Ed Tay lor farm, two miles from the Southport city limits and oppo site the Magnolia Dairy. He plans to clear the entire area and devote it to growing tomato Continued on Page Five Tide Table Following is the tide *able for Southport during the next week. These hours are approxi mately correct and were furn ished The State Fort Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. High Tide Low Tide Thursday, October 16 5:58 a. m. 0.00 a. m. 6:07 p. m. 12:08 p. in. Friday, October 17 6:38 a. m. 0:26 a. m. 6:47 p. m. 12:51 p. m. Saturday, October 18 7:17 a. m. 1:02 a. m. 7:23 p; m. 1:34 p. m. Sunday, October 19 7:53 a. m. 1:38 a. m. 7:59 p. m. 2:15 p. m. Monday, October 20 8:32 a. m. 2:15 a. m. 8:36 p. m. 2:57 p. m. Tuesday, October 21 9:12 a. m. 2:53 a. m. 9:15 p. m. 3:40 p. m. Wednesday, October 22 9:57 a. m. 3:34 a. m. 10:02 p. m. 4:36 p. m.
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