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Most Of The News All The Time VOL. NO. SIXTEEN No. 31 THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community 6-PAGES TODAY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County Southport, N. C., Wednesday November 26, 1952 PUBLISHED EVER"* WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEA* Sprunts Donate Part Of Orton For Park Use Owners Of Orton Plantation In Brunswick County Make Donation To State Parks Commission For j Purpose Of Historic Inter- j est ST. PHILLIPS IS WITHIN BOUNDARY This Locality Was Scene Of Significant Early Devel opment Of North Car olina And Some Signs Are Still Standing Mr. and Mrs. J. Lawrence Sprunt and their sons have do nated 100 acres of their Orton Plantation to the State Parks Commission to be used as a State park. The land lies just south of the Orton Nursery grounds and includes the site of the historic old town of Brun swick. The Park Commission has not yet announced plans for develop ment further than that it will be used a's a historical park. It was here that the first tea party in the United States was held, the action predating the famed Boston Tea Party. A band of Cape Fear settlers, headed by Cornelius Harnett, defeated the unloadiing of a cargo of tea from a British ship. The action like the later action in Boston was inspired by resentment of the British tax on tea. Fort Anderson is also in the area given to the State, as are the famed ruins of St. Phillips Church, the burial place of two governors. The marker and ruins of Gov ernor Tryon’s palace are also in the area. Old Brunswick was once a sea port town, and hundreds of ships loaded and unloaded there at the mouth of Moore’s Creek, which stream now flows through Or ton Pond or Lake. The population of Old Bruns wick is said to have been 1,700 at one time. This was almost as large as Southport. The res idents of the town had trouble with Indians and pirates, the latter at that time infested the Bald Head Island area. To get away from them the Old Bruns wick residents decided to move further up and across the river to found a new town. This new settlement later became Wilming ton. BrUfNtwt Flatkti ' AT DEALERS MEETING Sherman Register of the Shal lotte Hardware Company attend ed the meeting of General Elec tric Dealers in Charlotte last week. CHRISTMAS HOUSE The Southport Garden Club will sponsor their Christmas House on Sunday, December 7, at the Presbyterian Youth Cen ter. It will be open from 2 until 6 o’clock in the afternoon and from 8:30 to 9 30 o’clock in the evening. NO COURT MONDAI. There was no session of the Brunswick County Recorder's Court Monday. Judge W. J. Mc I>amb was in Whiteville attend ing a superior court hearing in the matter of the election contest brought against him by Cecil Robinson who opposed him in the November election. THANKSGIVING SERVICE There will be a Thanksgiving service tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 10 o’clock at St. Phil lips Episcopal Church with the sermon by the Rev. Dan Allen, rector. The congregations of other churches in the communi ty are joining in this observ ance. LIONS SPEAKER Dr. R. K. Redwine was speak er at the Thursday meeting of the Southport Lions Club. He told of some of the accomplish ments and future plans for the Caswell Baptist Assembbly, an activity which attracted more than 6,000 people into this sec tion for at least one week’s stay last summer. CHURCH MOVIE Southport Baptist Church will show a film “Kenji Comes Home” following the evening service on Sunday, November 30. The film will be open to the public and no charge will be made. Kenji is a Japanese soldier who re turns home belatedly following World War II. The difficulties he faces and the troubles that Cummunists give him make an interesting story. Timber Survey CHECKING—Disti’ict Forester Joe Herlivich is shown on the left working with visiting State Foresters on a spot check of a timber area in Brunswick county. Experiments and technical advice from these specialists help keep the forests of this county among its most valu able cash crops. Receive Offer To Buy Power Plant Officials Of Carolina Power And Light Company Con ferred With Members Of Board Of Aldermen Mon day WILL PAY $104,000 FOR CITY PROPERTY City Officials Seeking Pro' position From Power Com pany For Wholesale Supply Of Electric Current Several officials of the Caroli na Power & Light Company met Monday evening with members of the Board of Aldermen and submitted an offer of $104,000 for the local “ power plant: and all existing distribution lines and the franchise. Although the power company representatives had been asked to submit at the same time a proposal for furnishing the City of Southport current at whole sale rates, no such proposal was made. The discussion Monday night was based upon a complete brief which had been prepared follow ing a detailed description of ex isting physical properties and a digest of figures governing the financial operation of the city for the past several years. Facts as set out in the power company brief tend to show that there will be a great benefit to the city if a change is made from the present plan of furn ishing electric current from the municipal electric power plant, but it fails to show how the city will be able to operate its oth er services, pay interest and prin cipal when due on bonded in debtedness if revenue from the power plant is lost. The aldermen considered the proposal at considerable length, but declined to sign a contract with the power company offi cials. They asked for more time to consider the proposition, then asked again for a proposal for furnishing electric current at wholesale, in order that they may explore the possibility of using this as a source of power for resale. It appears likely that the ne gotiations will continue. Achievement Day For 4-H Members First Annual County - Wide Event Of This Nature Will Be Held In Shallotte School Gymnasium Next Wednesday The first annual 4-H county achievement program will be held at the Shallotte school gymna sium on Wednesday, December 3, from 7 to 9 p. m., according to an announcement by Miss Thel ma Hinson, home agent, and A. S. Knowles, county agent. The announcement says, “This first 4-H Club achievement pro gram will ,no doubt, be small in scope, but is designed to create more enthusiasm and interest in development of rural boys and girls on the part of parents, %of friends, and the club members themselves.’’ All 4-H club members complet ing satisfactory project work will All county project winners will receive medals of awards, and other prizes will be awarded for outstanding performances. Continued on Page Five Tobacco Meeting Next Wednesday On Wednesday, December 3, at 3:30 p. m., S. N. Hawks, Ex tension Tobacco Specialist from N. C. State College Extension Service, will discuss with tobac co farmers from throughout Brunswick County the latest in formation on overcoming many production problems, according to County Agent A. S. Knowles. A thorough and complete study of nematode control will be made at this meeting. Because of the enormous losses from this and other diseases during the past •season, it-is-eapefrtei.1 that'a large number of farmers will turn out for the meeting. According to the county agent, this will be the only county-wide meeting held during the winter where tobacco problems will be discussed. All tobacco farmers are urged to at tend and hear Mr. Hawks give information in the majo: prob lems of this important >p. New Method rer Taking Samples Farmers Encouraged To Continue Practice Of Tes ting Soil In Order To De termine Proper Fertiliza tion Methods Two important changes have been made in submitting samples of soil for testing by the soil sampling laboratory of the State Department of Agriculture, ac cording to A. S. Knowles, the Brunswick County farm agent for the State College Extension service. County Agent Knowles empha sized that by early sampling far mers will be assured of having soil test results and recommen dations before placing next year’s order for lime and fertilizer. The changes in the procedure follow: There have been two changes in the procedure for getting soil samples tested: First the information blank has been revised. This new sheet is designed to give more information on soil type, drain age, slope, and crop rotations to be followed. This information will be used to ehlp interpret soil test results as a partial substi tute for subsoil samples. There fore, it is very important that these blanks be fillgd in as com (Continued On Page Five) Elderly Lady Dies Thursday Mrs. Clara Estelle Drew Laid To Rest In Bethel Cemetery Friday After noon Miss Clara Estelle Drew, 75 yer-old resident, died here in the Brunswick County Boarding Home Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Drew had been in poor health for some time. Funeral services were held at Bethel Baptist Church at 4:00 o’clock Friday afternoon, Rev. Bennie Price officiating. Burial was in the Bethel Cemetery. Mrs. Drew is survived by one (Continued On Page Five) Big Land Deal Completed Here For Development Wake County Firm Purch ases Four Hundred Build ing Lots In Wooded Area Adjoining Long Beach From E. F. Middleton HOPE TO BEGIN WORK IMMEDIATELY Purchasers Have Plans For Some Building In Imme diate Future On Recent Purchase Of Prop erty One of the largest real es tate transfers in recent months was recorded here this past week when E. F. Middleton of Char leston and Maj. E. F. Middleton, Jr., of the Air Force in Japan, sold to Barbee’s Incorporated some 400 residential building lots at Long Beach. The property lies half a mile or more west of the intersec tion of the Long Beach road with the Caswell road. Fronting on the ocean it crosses the Lo/ig Beach road and extends to the Elizabeth River. It is a part of the property bought from the Caswell Carolina Corporation ' by the Middletons about eight years ago. Realizing that the whole big tract of several hundred acres holds possibilities of development on a large scale, the Middletons have thus far refused to put any of the tract on the market. The sale of the 400 residential lots to Barbee’s Incorporated, with the office to be at Long Beach, was made with the un derstanding that the corportion will immediately begin the con struction of homes, roads and sidewalks. The area sold goes almost through the center of the Middleton owned tract and in addition to the development by Barbee’s Incorporated, it is more than likely that the Middletpns are planning future action with regard to the development of their lands lying on both sides (Continued on Page 4)'' ' Bears Causing Much Trouble Former County Commission er M. B. Chinnis Reports That He Has Suffered Serious Loss Of Bee Hives And Honey Former County Commissioner M. B. Chinnis of Northwest township stated Monday that the bears are destroying his bees, and he wishes that some bear hunters would come around and see what they can do with the varmints. So far this fall he has had five visits from the marauding animals, with from one to seven colonies of the bees being de stroyed on each visit. The bears, he said, simply pick up a hive of bees and walk off with it, shaking the bees out as they go. When they think the bees are about all out they put the hive down and proceed to eat the honey. Some times a hive is carried as far as 150 yards from where it orig (Continued on Page 4) W. B. KKZIAH Our ROVING Reporter Serving in Iran during the war, Dan E. Walker, son of Mrs. Ruth Walker and the late Wil liam H. Walker of Southpjrt, came home, finished his college education, married and began work with Larimore’s in Wilming ton as a certified pubdic accoun tant. He has been with that firm some five years and has made good. The friends of the Walker family are interested in the fact that he is now setting up his own office for public ac counting in the Murchison Buil ding in Wilmington. It under stood he plans to do business in New Hanover and surrounding counties. Around at Shallotte Friday af ternoon and getting there by a round about way, about the first thing anybody asked us was if we were going to miss seeing the Shallotte High School Band? When we left Southport early that morning we knew, of course, that the Shallotte football team was coming to play Southport. What we did not know, however, that the band was coming along. The inquiry about our missing seeing the band came from Airs. Delmas Hewett and her sister, Mrs. Arnold, and it was the first we knew of the band being at Southport. We certainly did miss seeing that outfit and we cer tainly would have stayed at home if we had known they were coming with the team. After this week the talk will all be about basketball instead of football. In fact, the talk has already changed. By way of Jackye Larsen and Janice Trun nell, we get the information that the Southport girls intend to have a real team this year. The girls seem to be more interested in the sport than we have ever before known them to be. This may be largely due to the fact that they have some really fine material from which to form a (Continued on page 4) Visitor » CARL GOERCH, Raleigh pub lisher, was in Southport Tuesday afternoon for a flying visit with friends. He still professes to have an interest in this area. New Automobile Agency Locates In This County Crisp Motor Company Has Elaborate Layout Located At Brunswick River Inter section Probably the outstanding ad dition to the business life of Brunswick County during the cur rent year has been the locating of the Crisp Motor Company at the intersection of Route 17 with 74-76. The company has the Willys agency for cars, station wagons and jeeps. In addition to carry ing a large stock of these ve hicles they are also dealing ex tensively in used cars and junk ed parts. The main building would be a credit to any city, housing com modious offices and show rooms. about 70 by 100 and apart from it is a much longer building used for the storage of cars. A big used car lot is in the rear. The company is owned by R. E. Crisp. He opened the bus iness in Wilmington six years ago. The first of this year, in need of more space and impress ed with the growing possibilities in Brunswick County, he purch ased 7 y2 acres at the intersection of the two roads. The property has a long frontage on the two highways and extends back for several "hundred yards. Following the purchase of the land, Mr. Crisp set about de signing a building best suited for his needs. Construction was star ted immediately and on June 24 of this year the company was able to move into the unusually attractive quarters. In an interview Monday Mr. Crisp stated that he believed that all of Brunswick County is set for progress. He had acted in accord with that belief when he purchased land and moved his company into the county. So far, he said, he is very much pleased at the results and is looking forward to much greater development of the area in the near future. No Blackout For Cause Landing This Community Was Only One Along North Carolina Coast That Was Not Affected By Restrictions Gause Landing, about five miles from Shallotte and the same distance from Seaside and Shal lotte Point is credited by Mrs. F. L. Pigott with having been the only place on the Atantic Coast that had no war-time blackout or even a dimout. “We kept our lights on at all times and we were acting in ac cord withinstructions as to what we could do,” said Mrs. Pigott, who lives at Gause Landing. She further stated that Seaside, west of Gause Landing, had a complete blackout. The same con dition existed at Shallotte Point village on the east, this despite the fact that a great many more people live at Gause Landing than at Seaside. When asked how Gause land ing came to be the only favored point on the entire Atlantic Coast, Mrs. Pigott said: The Coast Guard told us that the high sand dunies on Hale Beach across the waterway and in front of us gave us ample protection. There was no need for us to blackout.” During the war the shore pa trol of the Coast Guard had a station there along with stables for horses used in the patrol. The station is still there but is said to be unusable because of the drifting sand. At times, says Mrs. Pigott, the sand has almost completely covered the buildiing. At other times the wind has come from another way and blown the sand all off ag ain.” Despite the unpleasant feature of the big shifting sand dunes is insisting on one point. Gause Landing is the only place on che Atlantic Coast that didn’t have a blackout during the war. Election Board Refuses Appeal Mrs. Whatley Is County Auditor Mrs. Ressie Whatley has been apointed to the position of Brunswick County Auditor by State Treasurer Brandon Hod ges and received her official notification this morning. The appointment is for four years form the first Monday in De cember. Through a special act of the 1943 General Assembly this ap pointment is made by the State treasurer, who is- guided in his selection by the recommenda tion of local officials, partic ularly the board of county com missioners. Mrs. Whatley had the unanimous endorsement of the present board, and since two of the three men are members of the incoming board, she also had the endorsement of a majority of the new group. County Officers To Be Sworn In Leo Medlin, Newly Elected Member Of Board Of County Commissioners, Will Be Only New Offi cial Sworn In Here When the board of county commissioners meets next Mon day to be sworn in for the term one new face will be in the ga thering. Commissioner Leo Med lin will be sworn in for his term. Commissioner R. L. Rabon and Chairman LeRoy King will be succeeding themselves, the first business will be to elect a chair man. Register of Deeds Amos Wal ton will also be sworn in dur ing the morning to succeed him (Continued On Page Five) Nothing New On Dredging Work No Word Received As To When McWilliams Com pany Will Have Equip ment Here To Begin Ope rations For Sunny Point Information from the Engin eers’ office in Wilmington yes terday was to the effect that nothing definite was in hand re garding the starting time for the dredging work at Sunny Point. The bid of the McWilliams Dredging Company of New Or leans was accepted on November 7. In such contracts 30 days are allowed for the moving in of equipment and in some cases a short additional time is allowed if the contractor needs it in or der to get in his equipment from distant points. Such allowances of time for starting must, however, be made up for, to permit the contract being finished within the stipu lated time. Failure of a con tractor to start on time will call for the use of additional equip ment to finish within the lim its of time. The contract given the McWilliams Company calls for the removal of the 18 million cubic yards by November 1, 1953. State Board Turns Down Appeal Made By W. A. Kopp Because Case Is Al ready In Superior Court LONG DISCUSSION OF ROBBINS CASE All-Afternoon Session Ends With Decision From At torney General Show ing No Jurisdic tion The State Board of Elections yesterday refused to order a re count of ballots cast in Bruns wicy County during the Gener al Election. Two appeals were before that body, one brought by W. A. Kopp, Republican candidate for House of Representatives, the ot her by Cecil Robbins, Republican candidate for Judge of Recorder’s Court. The State Board quickly dis missed the Kopp appeal when it was advised that he already had filed a mandamus action in Su perior Court. Kopp trailed Od ell Williamson by 57 votes and has called for a recount under a special act of the 1951 Legis lature which provides that a recount may be requested where the lead is not greater than 1 per cent of the total vote. Kopp comes under this pro visions, but the Brunswick Coun ty Board of Elections denied his appeal because they claimed that it was not filed prior to the time that the official returns had been certified. This still is pend ing in court. The State board had a more difficult time With the Robbins appeal, which was based upon alleged irregularities in Hoods Creek precinct.. There were hea ted arguments between John A. Wilkinson, Washington lawyer, who represented both Kopp and Robbins, and County Attorney S. B. Frink. The board deliberat ed at length, then went to the office of Attorney General Har ry McMullen for advice. That official was of the opinion that the special act of the 1951 Leg islature has removed the matter of a recount from the jurisdiction of the State Board. Wilkinson declared that he will continue to press the Kopp case in the courts. Supply Citizen Dies Suddenly Robert Lee Clemmons, Pro minent Citizen And Reli gious And Civic Leader Of Community, Died On Wednesday Robert Lee Clemmons, farmer and saw mill man of the Supply and Boone's Neck communities in Lockwoods Folly township, died suddenly at his home early Wednesday morning. Mr. Clem mons was 50 years of age and had suffered from heart trouble for some years. This was given as the cause of his death. Funeral services were conduct ed Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock from the Prospect Bap tist Church, near Supply. Offi ciating were the Rev. E. C. Reaves and Rev. W. R. More head. Burial was in the prospect cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were (Continued On Page Five) Education Leader Is Speaker Here' In County Meet Dr. Amos Abrams Discusses Five Major Points In Ed ucation Program Which Will Be Before General Assembly SHOWS PROGRESS IN SCHOOL WORK Address Made Before Ses sion Of Brunswick Coun ty School Board Asso ciation Last Night Dr. Amos Abrams, associate editor of the North Carolina Ed ucation Magazine, spoke here last night before a meeting of the Brunswick County .School Board Association on “Our Chil dren and Our Schools”. The meeting was held in tire lunchroom of Southport high School and was attended by a good representation of citizens from every section of Brunswick County. Describing the public schools as “Our Cradle of Democracy,” Dr. Abrams declared his belief that “the world is a better place in which to live today than it was a generation ago when grandfather told father that ev erything is going to the dogs. I believe that we are doing a better job than ever before of training our boys and girls to solve problems from which they cannot escape.” Having thus taken a stand in favor of progress that is being made in the matter of education al advancement, Dr. Adams show ed that while the picture is im proving it still is by no means perfect; and the latter portion of his talk was devoted to a discus sion of a 5-point program which will go before the coming ses sion of the State Legislature to bring about greater progress in the school program. He pointed out the need for making the present temporary 30-pupil teacher load a perma nent relief; of making provision for an adquate number of at tendance enforcement personnel; for making financial provision for supplying cleaning and main tenance materials from State funds; for making provision for adequate classrooms for the school children; and for a salary scale which will attract and hold the best young men arid women in the teaching profession. Shallotte Band Will Stay Busy Participation In Various Christmas Parades And Other Functions Promises Busy Season For Musici* ans Director W. W. Jacobus of the Shallotte High School Band states that his boys and girls are now all set to lead Santa Claus in various Chrustmas fes tivals. . Invitations have been accepted from Lumberton for De cember 2, Wilmington, December 4, and Loris, S. C., on Decem ber 10. Three other invitations have been received but had to be de clined because of conflict with the above dates. For Shallotte’s own Christmas party and parade, the date for which has not yet been announc ed, both the A and B bands will proudly put forth. This means that approximately 100 of the (Continued On Page Five) Tide Table Following is the tide iable for Southport during the next week. These hours ore 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, November 37 4:08 a. m. 10:29 a. m. 4:33 p. m. 10:44 p. m. Friday, November 38 5:05 a. m. 11:26 a.'m. 5:27 p. m. 11:35 p. m. Saturday, November 29 5:59 a. m. 0:00 a. m. 8:19 p. m. 12:19 p. m. Sunday, November 30 6:49 a. m. 0:22 a. m. 7:07 p. m. 1:08 p. m. Monday, December 1 7:37 a m. 1:08 a. m. 1:53 P- ni. 1:54 p. m. Tuesday, December 2 8:21 a. m. 1:53 a. m. 8:37 p. m. 2:38 p. m. Wednesday, December 3 9:01 a. m. 2:35 a. m. 9:20 p. m. 3:20 p. m.
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