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Brunswick County
VOL. NO. SIXTEEN
No. 26
8-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, October 22, 1952
PUBLISHED EVER'! WEDNESDAY
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Instructions For
Counting Ballots
Issued By State
Way To Vote For President
And Vice President Is To
Mark X In One Of Two
Circles
WRITE-IN ON TEXAS
STYLE NOT ALLOWED
It Must Be Either Stevenson
And Sparkman Or Eisen
hower And Nixon In
North Carolina
Instructions on how ballots
should be marked and counted in
the November 4 general election
were received this week by the
Brunswick County Board of El
ections.
The instructions were issued by
the State Board of Elections.
The instructions emphasized
that the only correct way to vote
for President and Vice President
is to mark an “X” in either
the Democratic or Republican cir
cle at the top of the Presidential
ballot.
There is no way for a voter to
choose the Presidential candidate
of one party and the vice presi
dential candidate of another, and
the board of elections said to at
tempt this "would void that bal
lot."
North Carolina law also does
not allow Democrats who wish
to vote for Eisenhower and Nixon
to do so without marking their
“X" in the Republican circle on
the Presidential ballot. The At
torney General of Texas recently
ruled that if voters theer should
strike out Stevenson and Spark
man and write in Eisenhower and
Nixon on the Democratic side of
the ballot, the votes would be
counted for Eisenhower and Nix
on. However, this cannot be done
in North Carolina.
The board of elections said the
State law allowing “write in”
votes does not apply to the Presi
dential ballot. “Any write-in on
the Presidential ballot voids that
ballot as there is no way for it to
be counted.”
For ballots other than the Pres
idential ballot the law allows three
different ways to mark it:
(1) If the voter wishes to vote
his ticket straight, he simply
marks his “X” in the circle at the
top for the party of his choice.
This means he is voting for all
the nominees of that party and he
does not have to mark each name
individually.
(2) If the voter wishes to vote
thethe ticket straight with a cou
ple of exceptions, he can mark
his “X” in. circle of one party
and then place an “X” beside the
names of the nominees of the oth
er party for whom he wishes to
vote. This means he is voting for
all the nominees of his party ex
cept those of the other party that
he has marked individually.
(3) If the voter chooses, he can
disregard the party circle at the
top and place his marks beside
the name of each candidate for
which he wishes to vote.
On all ballots except Presi
dential, the voter can “write-in"
names of candidates in cases
where he does not care to vote
for the nominee of his party nor
the nominee of the other party.
The voter can also write in a
name in race where his party
does not have a nominee entered.
Brief News
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LIONS TO MEET
The Southport Lions Club will
meet tomorrow (Thursday) at 1
o’clock in the Masonic building.
BENEFIT DANCE
The Cedar Vally boys will play
for a square dance Saturday
night at the Southport high
school gymnasium, proceeds to go
toward the purchase of an activ
ity bus for Southport school.
CEMETERY CLEANING
There will be a cemetery work
ing at the Galloway Cemetery
near Supply on Thursday, Octo
ber 30, beginning at 9 a. m. All
persons having relatives buried
in the cemetery are urged to
come and help in this project,
bringing with them the necessary
implements for the work.
NEWS OF DEATH
Friends here have been ad
vised of the death on October
11 of Mrs. Josephine Pepper Mar
tin. At the time of her death
she was living in San Francisco,
Calif., with her daughter, Mrs.
Augusta Haile. Mrs. Martin was
a native of Southport and was
a former member of Trinity Me
thodist church.
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Saturday Is Final
Day To Register
A11 Persons Who Wish To Qualify To Vot3 In The
General Election On Saturday Given Warning
Saturday, October 25, is the
final day to qualify for the gen
eral election on November 4 and
you have nobody to blame but
yourself if you pass up the op
portunity.
You can see your precinct re
gistrar at his home or place of
business this week or you can
see him at the precinct polling
place on Saturday.
Don’t blame it on the County
Board of Elections or the regis
trar if you are not on the gener
al election registration books. You
have been told to check if you
have any doubt about your sta
tus.
It happens all too often that
voters arrive at the polling place
on election day in full confidence
that they are registered. They
express surprise, amazement and
even anger that their namse are
not on the books. Sometimes they
even question the integrity of re
gistrars, so chagrind are they
that they failed to qualify. Us- i
ually, however, they remember j
that they registered for a town i
election and thought that that
qualified them for the general
election. There is nothing the re-!
gistrar can do next week or on
election day. Either you register
by Saturday of this week or you
are left out in the cold, so far
as voting is concerned.
Chairman Robert S. Milliken
of the County Board- of Elections
doesn’t want this to happen to
those who want to vote. Time af
ter time he has repeated his
warning • that “those in doubt”
should check their registrations.
He is particularly anxious that
everybody take precautions a
gainst such embarrassment on
election day. His advice is simple:
If you haven’t registered ( do so
on Saturday; if you’re in doubt
about your registration, be sure
to check with the registrar at
once.
King Mackerel Hit
Here With Winter
One Party Caught 40 Of
These Fighting Food Fish
Sunday With Another
Boat Also Being In On
The Kill
BLUSTERY WEATHER
STOPS OPERATIONS
Parties Out During Last
Part Of Week Reported
Big Catches Of Several
Varieties Of Game
Fish
Just as it happened that king
mackerel were here in big num
bers, the weather stepped in Mon
day to deal a knock-out blow to
sports fishing, which must now
wait for the current northeaster
to end before normal operations
will be resumed.
On Sunday the Idle-On II, Cap
tain Hoyle Dosher, landed 28
king mackerel ranging in weight
form 12 to 15 pounds. The par
ty was headed by J. B. Bran
don and was from Durham. They
also caught 15 amberjack and
1 bonita.
The party fishing with Captain
Walter Lewis aboard the John
Ellen did almost as well with
the kingfish, landing a total of
22. This group was headed by
A. D. Hough of Charlotte and
they also had 19 amberjack, 20
bluefish, 1 dolphin, 2 bonita and
one seabass.
The party aboard the Botfly,
Captain Leon McKeithan, had 8
king mackerel. This was another
Charlotte party, headed by L.
E. Clark. They also had 14 am
berjack and 50 bluefish.
R. E. L. Brown and party of
Myrtle Beach men fished with
Captain Hoyle Dosher aboard the
Idle-On I, They had 4 king
mackerel, 3 dolphin, 1 bonita, 7
amberjack and 50 blues.
With Captain Howard Victor
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School Survey'
Being Conducted
Object Is To Discover Num
ber Of Children In The
Schools Whose Parents
Work For Government
County Supt. of Schools J. T.
Denning states that a survey is
now being made in all of the
schools of the county to determ
ine how many children there are
in school whose parents work for
the government on projects, etc.
It is intended to count the
children of post office workers,
defense project workers, dredge
workers and in fact the children
of all who are employed by the
government. A similar survey
was made last year but at that
time the number of children was
not sufficient to make the schools
eligible to receive federal money
to help maintain them.
New Hanover county has been
receiving thousands of dollars of
such money for over a period of
years. The survey here in Brun
swick should be completed in a
few days and it is thought that
the number of children will be
sufficient to permit a request for
such funds now, or in the very
near future.
Cold Weather
Arrives Early
Jack Frost made his first
threatening blow of the sea
son in this direction Tuesday
when the official weather re
port showed a low reading of
37 degrees, but this morning
it appeared that vegetation
would be spared, at least for
a few more days.
Only the sweet potato vines
show any effect of the Tues
day morning cold, and they
come under the head of being
about the first victim of cold
weather. With even lower
temperatures forecast for this
morning, this warning failed
to materialize, and it is ex
pected that temperatures will
slowly rise to normal by to
morrow or Friday.
Shallotte Band
Wins 2nd Place
Bring Back Honors From
Orangeburg, S. C., Fair
Thursday To Add To
Their Growing List Of
Trophies
The Shallotte High School
Band, the pride of Brunswick
County, attended the Orangeburg
County Fair Thursday and car
ried off second honors in a field
of eight bands.
In the grading competition the
Brunswick county boys and girls
stood just one point under the
Dreher High School organiza
tion, first place, winners.
The Shallotte band was or
ganized in October of last year.
Now jyst a year old. This school
year it includes quite a number
of beginners both in the handling
of instruments and in the major
ette column. With about 100
receiving band training Director
W. W. Jacobus has naturally not
yet been able to bring the music
up to the peak of perfection. In
competitive grading for this they
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Routine Cases
Tried In Court
Variety Of Cases Disposed
Of At Regular Weekly
Session Of Brunswick
County Recorder's Court
A variety of cases were dis
posed of here in Recorder’s Court
Monday, with the following judg
ments being handed down:
Jack Pappy, breaking and en
tering, held for Superior Court
under $1,000 bond.
Hoyle Lee Daily, overloading,
nol pros.
John Buren Hill, speeding, fin
ed $10 and costs.
Charles William Burck, speed
ing, fined $10 and costs.
Horace E. Ivey, reckless oper
ation, fined $50 and costs, the
costs remitted on condition that
he make restitution to Pete Lar
(Continued on Page 4)
Pastor
REV. T. D. TOLER, pastor
Sout.port Baptist 'Church, whe
the Thursday session of the Brur
swick Baptist Association wjj
be held.
Red Cross Asks
County Citizens
For Packages
These Will Be Sent To Men
Serving Overseas In Timfe
For Christmas; Repo:
Made On Earlier Effort
The Brunswick County Ch;
ter American Red Cross has
ceived a note of thanks frO)
the Grey Lady Lounge at Ch'
ry Point hospital for the cont:
butions sent them in July for
use in the wards at that hospi
tal. These materials were us|d
to give parties and coffee hours
for the wounded and sick.
These contributions were made
possible through the following
organizations: Southport Lions
Club, Shallotte Lions Club, South
port Eastern Star, Southport
Club, Woman’s Society of Tl'ti
ity Methodist tawn-ah,- 'toitsumhitS’
ry Society of Southport Baptist
Church, Ladies of the Presbyte
rian Church, Margaret Farkhill
Auxiliary of St. Philip’s Episco
pal Church.
The chapter has been asked to
give 5 gift packages containing
$2.50 each to be mailed overseas
to men in service for Christmas.
These packages will help to bring
a little of the spirit of Christ
mas to someone who may not
be otherwise remembered.
If there is some person or or
ganization, colored or white, who
would like to share in this
Christmas contribution, send gifts
to Mrs. Dan Harrelson, South
(Contihued on Page 4)
St. Phillips To
Remain Standing
Decision Regarding Bound
aries Of Sunny Point Re
servation Indicate Histor
ic Shrine Will Be Undis
turbed
The woodmen will spare the
tree—the three \feet thick brick
walls of Old St. Philips Church
and the ancient graveyard be
tween it and the river will re
main as they are.
Timber cruisers of the Savan
nah Real Estate Board stated this
(Coutmued on Page 4)
Brunswick Lady
Gives Report Of
Health Progress
Mrs. Lee Kye Of Winnabow
Participated In Rural
Health Conference Held
Last Wednesday In Ral
eigh
jOLD OF WORK
OF CLUB WOMEN
[old Of Early Efforts Of
~Iome Demonstration Club
Women To Obtain
Health Department
In County
rs. Lee Kye of Winnabow
Ubmitted a ■five-minute report
On “Th$ Part Home Demonstra
tion Club-Women Had Played in
obtaining a State Approved
department in Brunswick Coun
ty and Other Services toward
Better Health” at the Rural
Health Conference in Raleigh last
week.
This conference was the larg
est one held in North Carolina
thus far and Mrs. Kye swept
the people off their seats, so to
speak, with her report. She
stressed the fact that the wom
en first approached the county
commissioners in September, ’48,
for funds for a health depart
ment. But having no success,
they realized that an election for
county commissioners was com
ing up in November and of course
new commissioners went into of
fice. After having searched the
records and checked the bud
get, they realized that the same
funds already being spent with
State help would provide the
health department they wanted.
They confronted the new commis
sioners with this plan and in
April of ’49 a State approved
Health Department was opened,
with one full-time nurse, one full
time secretary and a part-time
doctor. In July of the same year
a second health office was open
Mth another full-time nurse,
rian and part-time secre
tary. Since then a part-time ve
nereal disease investigator and
nutritionist has been added to
the staff.
Mrs. Kye also stated that the
Southport Woman’s Club took
the initiative in sponsoring a T.
B. X-Ray Unit and contributed
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Patrolman Will
Observe Buses
Patrolman R. H. Constante
Will Make Trips On All
School Buses In Bruns
wick County To Observe
Safety Practices
Col. Lentz of the State High
way Patrol has assigned Patrol
man K. H. Constante to Bolivia
to the task of riding all school
buses in Brunswick county. The
young officer will go as an ob
server of the drivers and gener
al conditions relative to the
transportation of the school chil
dren.
Brunswick county has 60 bus
es and the young officer will
make at least one trip to all
of them. He will be able to
make only two such trips per
day, going out on one bus in
the morning and another in the
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Our
ROVING
Reporter
Starting out recently with plans
to build two apartment buildings
with three4-room apartments to
each building, Lewis J. Hardee,
local seafood dealer, has alter
ed his plans a bit. He has al
ready poured the foundation for
the third building and the three
structures will give him nine
nice four-room apartments for
rent when the big rush comes.
This is, of course, dependent on
whether or not he may go on
and construct still more build
ings.
It seems a silly matter to men
tion but all things are mention
able in this column. The FBI
has a bulletin board in the post
office where the pictures of wan
ted man and women are put up.
Almost as soon as a picture is
put up someone comes along and
defaces and makes the picture
unrecognizable with a pencil by
adding a moustache or lipstick.
It should be recalled by those
who frequent the postoffice lob
by that such piotures are govern
ment property and that there are
rather severe penalties for de
facing or damaging government
property.
Some years ago while he was
so ably managing the State
News Bureau. Bill Sharp wrote
a book that was aptly named
"Tar on My Heels.” The book
caught the popular fancy and
went well. In connection' with it
Bill designed a necktie showing
the footprints of grownups and
children with tar on their heels.
These are now being handled by
"Down Homers,” P. O. Box 9382,
Raleigh. Last week Bill sent
us one of these “Tar On My
Heels” ties with his compliments.
He is now editor- and publisher
of The State, magazine founded
by .Carl Goerch.
The recent catches of menha
den, with the exception of a
school now and then, have all
(Coutinued on Page 4) .
Political Opponents
RIVALS—W. J.’ McLamb, left, and Cecil Robbins,
right, are opponents again this year for the office of
Judge of Brunswick County Recorder’s Court. McLamb
defeated Robbins in the 1950 General Election. McLamb
is the Democratic nominee while Robbins is'the Republi
can choice.
Association In
Session Today
“Meanest Man”
Robs Blind Man
One of the worst cases of
robbery to occur in this county
for a long time happened ear
ly last week when someone
broke into the store of Ran
dolph .Long, a blind merchant
at Ash. A quantity of cigar
ettes, candies, canned meats,
etc., was carried away by the
thieves, who gained entrance
by breaking down the door.
Sheriff Leonard’s office in
vestigated and found only mea
gre clues. The officers offer
ed a reward of $50 out of their
own pockets for information
that would lead to the arrest
and conviction of the party or
parties who robbed the blind
man.
This reward money was mat
ched by neighbors of Mr. Long
and a total of $105 is now av
ailable and will be paid to
anyone giving the information.
iMr. Long is totally blind which
makes the robbery of his little
place all the more contemptible.
Harvest Day Is
Set For Sunday
Membership Of Mt. Pisgah
Baptist Church Will Par
ticipate In Annual Event
This Week
The Mt. Pisgah Baptist .Church
will hold its annual Harvest Day
on Sunday, October 26,. with ser
vices beginning at 10 a. m., and
continuing through the day. Af
ter the message of the morning
delevered by the pastor, the
Rev. E. C. Reaves, the Harvest
Day gifts will be presented. The
gifts may consist of money, pro
duce, needlework or the like. The
gifts this year will be used for
completing the work on the pas
tor’s home which was begun ear
lier this year and which is al
most completed. It is hoped that
all members and friends of the
church will have a part in this
Harvest Day offering.
The occasion is also the 19th
anniversary of the founding of
the church and will bp celebrat
ed as Homecoming day for all
(Continued on page four)
Commissioners In
Session Monday
Routine Matters Disposed
Of Before Board In Re
gular Meeting Here This
Week
The board of commissioners
held their regular mid-month ses
sion Monday.
It was ordered that the Lu
buths Mitchell estate lands be
sold to Lovie Mitchell under the
following conditions: She is to
pay $10 this date and $25 through
each month until the amount of
$96.51 has been paid in full.
It was ordered that Edward
Hankins be relieved of $2 dog
tax because of an error in list
ing.
A road in Lockwoods Folly
Towrship running from Holden
Beach to Highway 17, % miles
in length, was recommended to
be put in all weather condition.
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Brunswick Baptist Associa
tion Holding Meeting To
day At Jennies Branch
With Interesting Program
In Progress
MEETING TOMORROW
HERE IN SOUTHPORT
Thursday Business Will In
clude Report Of Activities
Of Baptist Assembly
At Ft. Caswell
Brunswick Baptist Association
convened today for its 54th an
nual session at Jennie’s Branch
Baptist Church with the Rev.
Dennis R Hewett, moderator of
the association, presiding.
The session was featured by
the report on cooperative work
of North Carolina Baptists, giv
en by Dr. M. A. Huggins, gener
al secretary of- the state con
vention. The Rev. W. A. Moore
head, retiring associational mis
sionary, preached the sermon of
the day. Associational officers
giving reports were the mission
ary, Sunday school superintend
ent, Baptist Training Union di
rector and moderator. Other re
ports of the day included those
on the North Carolina Baptist
Hospital at Winston-Salem, the
Biblical Recorder, weekly journal
of the Baptists of the state, and
Christian Education.
The association will adjourn
following Thursday's session at
Southport Baptist Church. High
lights of tomorrow’s program
will include the annual sermon
by the Rev. T. F. Johnson at
11:25 o’clock and an inspiration
al address by Dr. R. K. Redwine
at 2:15 o’clock. Reports sched
uled for tomorrow include those
on" Associational Woman’s Mis
sionary Union, the Baptist Or
phanage of North .Carolina at
Thomasville, temperance and mo
rals, the Caswell Summer As
sembly, and the associational
Continued on page four
Rustlers Steal
Two More Cows
Sheriff E. V. Leonard Calls
For Assistance From State
Bureau Of Investigation
To Stop These Thefts
John Swain, who lives between
Southport and Supply at the in
tersection of the Howell's Point
road with Route 130, lost two
milk cows to thieves Saturday
night. The animals are said to
have disappeared without a trace.
The sheriff’s office states that
they were valued at more fhan
$200.00 each.
A few weeks ago another cow
was stolen from J. M. Parker’s
place on the same road and only
about three miles from the Swain
farm. No trace of this animal
has been found, it is said.
Sheriff E. V. Leonard has en
listed the aid of the State Bu
reau of Investigation in an ef
fort to break up the cattle rus
tling in Brunswick. The com
bined forces hope to produce
some results in a very short
time. In the case of the Par
ker cow, its theft was not re
ported for some time. Rain just
after the theft obliterated all
trace of the animal. Stock yards
in a big area of north and South
Carolina were investigated to
see if they might have purchas
ed the stolen animal. No results
were obtained.
December 1 Set
As Deadline On '
Sunny Point Site
Preparations Being Made
For Entire Area To Be
Covered With Mud Beihg
Pumped Up From Dred
ges In Riyer
ELEVATION WILL
RAISE TO 25-FT
Dike Will Be Erected Along
Road In Order To Pre
vent Mud And Water
Crossing Present
Highway
By W. B. KEZIAH
All must be moved by Decem
ber 1st.
That is the word that the res
idents of Sunny Point are get
ting. They have been getting
it for some time now and the j
present tidings are accompanied
by the information that by the
1st of December huge pipe lines
will be bringing mud and water
from the river. In many cases
mud and water will completely
cover the present home sites to*
a depth of several feet.
The preliminary dredging will
see all of the area from the
highway built up to a height of
25 feet above sea level, it is said.
At the present time the elevation
is from 17 to 20 feet above sea
level, much less than that in the
area of small ponds and streams.'
The first work on the dredg
ing project after bids are opened
on November 6 will be done by
drag lines. They will cut a ca
nal parallel to the highway and
a few yards east of it. The dirt
will be piled up to form a re
taining wall between the high
way and the canal. This is to
prevent mud and water from ov-"
erflowing the highway and to
permit the leveling off of the
area between highway and river.
A similar wall will be built
along the river banks and the
mud and sand pumped in be
tween the two walls to get the
desired leveling and height ab
ove sea level.
By way of illustration, the
whole of the Sheppard plant
farm will be covered with mud.
Even on the high elevation al
ong the highway the land will
be built two or three feet high
er than it is* now. The place will
not be recognizable a few weeks
from now.
The representative of one of
the big dredging firms that is
expected to submit dredging bids
was here this week. He stated
that the firm whose bids are ac
cepted will have the job of cleart
ing all pulp wood, fire wood, etc.,
from the land. The old owners
have harvested much of this, but
for the time allowed it will be a
huge job to cut and move out
the remainder. This clearing of
the land will be a big job in
itself, involving much labor. Get
ting out of the brush and under
growth will not be necessary.
The salt water and mud pumped
up from the river will attend
to most of that in short order.
Following the building up of
the land on the east or rivel
side of the highway the same
thing will have to be done pn
the other side. Canals or re
taining walls will have to be
dug at various points and mud
will be pumped across the high
way to fill lakes and ponds anS
level off the west side.
In the whole 20,000-acre there
are around some 30 small ponds,
some of them running up to 50
acres in extent. These ponds
are plentifully stocked with fish,
big mouthed bass, bream, blue
gills, goggle eyes and many oth
er varieties. Local fishermen are
(Coutinued on Page 4)
Tide Table
Following is the tide table
for Southport during the next
week. These iiours 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, October 23
10:47 a. m. 4:19 a. m.
10:56 p. m. 5:16 p. m.
Friday, October 24
11:45-a. m. 5:11 a. m.
11:58 p. m. 6:13 p. m.
Saturday, October 25
0:00 a. m. 6:13 a. m.
12:48 p. m. 7:14 p. m.
Sunday, October 26
1:07 a. m. 7:23 a. m.
1:54 p. m. 8:18 p. m.
Monday, October 27
2:17 a. m. 8:34 a. m.
2:58 p. m. 9:20 p. m.
Tuesday, October 28
3:24 a. m. 9:43 a. m.
3:59 p. m. 10:17 p. m.
Wednesday, October 29
4:26 a. m. 10:46 a. m.
4:57 p. m. 11:10 p. m.
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