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VOL. NO. SIXTEEN
No. 40
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Southport, N.
PORT PILOT
In A Good Community
C., Wednesday, January 28, 1953
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
$1.50 PER YEAH
PUBLISHED EVER"! WEDNESDAY
J. C. Stanaland
Again President
Of Farm Bureau
Waccamaw Township Far
mer Re-Elected At Mem
bership Meeting Monday
Night At Shallotte
BARBECUE SUPPER
ENJOYED BY ALL
Mrs. Nelson Bennett, Presi
dent Of Farm Bureau
Auxiliary Makes
Talk
The annual meeting of the
Brunswick County Farm Bureau
was held at the Shallotte high
school Monday evening of this
week. Preceeding the meeting, a
barbecue supper was served and
President Joe Stanaland and otn
er officials made sure that all of
those present had a good sup
per.
Following a few words of wel
come, President Stanaland poin
ted to the fact that a membership
goal of 300 was set for Bruns
wick County and that the pres
ent enrollment shows only 206
members. He urged that the
membership strive for better in
formation about what the Farm
Bureau is doing for the farmer,
and he urged that each member
become active and help secure
other members for 1953.
Two resolutions were introduc
ed and passed at the meeting.
They will be dropped into the
hopper at the State Farm Bureau
Convention to be held in Char
lotte on February 1 to 4. The
first of these resolutions calls
for a penalty raising on flue
cured tobacco 5 percent to 50
percent of last year’s average
price. The second resolution is
that no increase be made in al
lotments for old tobacco farms.
Mrs. Nelson Bennett, secreta
ry of the Woman's Auxiliary of
the Farm Bureau, spoke on the
relationship of the two units and
concluded with the statement that
“the main job we women have to
do is to push the men into more
active service in the Farm Bu
reau.”
R. R. Rich', dairy specialist,
was recognized aand spoke brief
ly on the need of protein from
the use of more milk in Bruns
wick County. The picture he
gave is that there is a ratio of
19 persons to every milk cow
In the county. He said that since
milk is one of the most essen
tial food items folks can readily
see the need for more dairies
end family milk cows.
Walter Lowry, Farm Bureau
fleldman, gave some highlights
m the National Farm Bureau
Convention in Seattle, Washing
.on, last December. He also
showed on the screen some bea
jtiful scenery that he had ob
served on his trip to the West
Coast.
The following officer^ were el
e£ted for another year: President,
Joe C. Stanaland; vice president,
Carl S. Ward; secretary-treasurer
,Bailey Russ.
The directors elected are: Dur
wood W. Clark, D. Russell John
son, T. Clarence Lennon, Hamil
ton O. Robinson, Joe C. Wilson
and Roddie R. Bennett. Terms
of office of the directors who have
served the past year was ex
tended for another year. These
are as follows: C. W. Harvell, J.
B. Butler, J. B. Potter, F. Her
bert Swain, H. Bert Bennett, O.
Kenneth Bellamy and Elroy
King.
Brief Newt
Fluthet
TO BE MISSIONARY
Mrs. Thompson McRackan of
the Caswell Baptist Assembly has
been appointed Missionary for
the Brunswick Baptist Associa
tion. She will be installed Sun
day afternoon, February 8, in
services at the Supply Baptist
Church at 3 o’clock.
IN WINSTON-SALEM
Rev. and Mrs. T. D. Tolar and
children will return today from
Winston-Salem where they have
been since Monday morning. Rev.
Mrs. Tolar went to attend the
Institute of Pastoral Care at the
Bowman Gray School of Medi
cine.
MCE APARTMENTS
J. C. Bowman of Wadesboro
is constructing a nice two story
apartment building in the north
eastern part of town. The struc
ture will have four apartments,
each with two bedrooms, living
room, kitchen, dinette and bath.
The inside stairways will provide
separate entrances for all apart
ments. S. J. Corbett of Holden
Beach is the builder.
Unexpected Encounter
'
TRAPPER.—James Creech, farm boy who lives near Southport, never expected
to find this when he went to see about his traps. The trap was missing from where he
had left it because this huge Bob Cat had got a foot caught and tried to drag it off.
But when he found it, there was the cat which the dog immediately went into battle
with. It is not for sure which would have won but James’ father came to their aid and
settled the argument with a gun. James is not sure he wants to be a trapper.—Pho
to by Art Newton. -
Several Cases
Disposed Of \n
Superior Court
No Cases Of Major Interest
Or Importance Came Up
Before Judge Q. K. Nim
ocks During Last Week’s
Session Of Court
Although there was no unusu
ally important cases handled,
Judge Q. K. Nimmocks and So
licitor Clifton Moore had a fair
ly busy week in Superior Court
here last week.
D. G. McKenzie, receiving sto
len property, not guilty.
Robert Lee Flynn, drunken dri
ving, not guilty.
Rosa Williams, assault., 30 days
capias not to issue if fine of $50
and costs are paid, along with
the doctor bill of Anne Ray
Stanley as part cf the costs.
James Alexander Dean, drunk
en driving, 60 days on roads or
fine of $100 and costs and sur
render of driving license.
James E. Johnson, store brea
king and larceny, 3 to 5 years,
larceny of auto, 6 months addi-.
tional.
Robert Lee Watson, store brea
king and larceny, 12 months lap
ceny and 6 months additional.
Donnie J. Daniels, assault with |
deadly weapon. 2 years placed on
probation for 2 years on condi
tion that he pay $400 for the
benefit of Alonzo Williams and
$89.75 to Dosher Memorial Hos
pital.
Varied Docket
Tried In Court
_
Punishment Meted Out In
Recorder’s Court Here
Monday Includes Road
Sentences That Were Al
lowed To Stand
A variety of cases were dis
posed of here in Recorder’s court
Monday, with the following sen
tences being handed down:
Melvin Cotlan, speeding, fined
$10 and costs.
Jerald J. Montray , speeding,
fined $25 and costs.
Lueile B. Jones, assault with
deadly weapon, 00 days in jail,
suspended on payment of $5.00
for doctor's bill, costs and to be
of good behavior for two years.
Claudia McClellan, reckless op
eration, fined $25 and costs.
C. B. Robinson and Horace
Raymond Yopp, possession, found
guilty aand assigned to the roads
for 30 days. At the same time
both defendants were adjudged
in contempt of court by appearing
in an intoxicated condition. For
this 30 days each was added to
the above sentence.
Ruby More: Galloway, lecKiess
operation, fined $25 and costs.
George Best, Jr., improper reg
istration. fined $10 and costs.
John Hobson Ester, failure to
stop at stop sign, $13.45 in
costs.
Harold Clemmons, speeding,
fined $20 and costs.
Ester Sam Dawkins, reckless
I operation, fined $25 and costs.
Alex Talmadge Lashly, reck
; less operation, fined $25 and cost.
Annie Lowman Harrison, as
(Continued On Page Five)
Sadler And Tate
ii ;|
Head Waccamaw
Tate Elevated To Presi
dency At Meeting Of
Bank’s Board Of Direc
tors Friday
SADLER IS NAMED
CHAIRMAN OF BOARD
New President Joined Bank
As Cashier Of Chadbourn
Branch When It Open
ed In Year 1930
Dr. Ralph C. Sadler was again
elected chairman of the board of
the Waccamaw Bank and , Trust
Company and C. Lacy Tate was
made president of the 10-branch
Southeastern North Carolina in
stitution at a meeting of directors
held Friday, Jan. 23, following
the annual meeting of stockhol
ders.
Dr. Sadler, a Whiteville physi
cian, was one of the founders of
the bank in 1926 and has been
active in its management for
the past 27 years. He was made
vice president in 1932 and suc
ceeded the late K. Clyde Council
as president and chairman of the
board in 1951.
Tate, a native of Chadbourn,
joined , the staff of the bank as
cashier of the Chadbourn office
when that branch was opened in
1930. Prior to that time he was
active in banking in Garner and
Chadbourn. He has been a mem
ber of the board of directors and
executive committee since 1936,
being elected a vice president in
1943. He succeeded the late J.
N. Coburn as executive vice pres
ident in 1950.
The new bank president has
been active in the affairs of the
North Carolina Bankers Associa
tion and in civic affairs for many
years. He has been on the execu
tive committee of the N. C. Bank
ers Association and is presently
a member of the association’s le
gislative committee.
Glenn F. Strole of Chadbourn
was elected vice president and
vice chairman of the board. W. B.
Lennon of Fairmont was elected
(Continued On Page Five)
Good Progress
Made On Bridge
Abutments And Founda
tions I* or Bridge Across
Inland Waterway At Hol
den Beach Poured By
Loftis Firm
Good progress is now being
marie by the V. P. Loftis Compa
ny in constructing the abutments
and bridge foudations for the
Holden Beach bridge. The con
crete for the bridge foundation
was poured this last week and it
was a continuous around-the-clock
job for the concrete mixers from
the time of starting until the
finish. The inspection work is
being done by Ed Murrell of the
State Highway Commission.
The bridge is of the same type
as the one on the Fort Caswell
and Long Beach Road at South
(Continued On Page Five)
Falling Tree
Causes Death
Caught under a falling tree,
E. A. Mills, Winnabow commu*
nity farmer, was fatally '-ixgurw
ed and died within a short
time Tuesday. Mr. Mills was
61 years old.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday fyom the Mill Creek
Baptist Church with interment
in the church cemetery. Rev.
Fred Gore Will officiate.
Mr Mills is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Gradyy Mills; four
daughters, Misses Nora Mae,
Betty Lee, Clarabell and Jac
qualin Mills, all of the home.
A brother, E. B. Mills of Win
nabow also survives.
Supply Boy Is
Badly Injured
Kenneth Hewett Brought To
Dosher Memorial Hospit
al Monday Morning Suf
fering From Wreck Injur
ies
Kenneth Hewett, 18 year old
Supply youth, was admitted to
the Dosher Memorial Hospital on
Tuesday morning suffering from
serious injuries sustained in an
automobile wrreck midway be
tween Supply and Shallotte.
With two companions, Leo Sel
lers and Murray Evans, young
Hewett was en route to the Shal
lotte school, driving a car said
to belong to his brother. At
the Stella Hewett farm he lost
(Continued On Page Five)
Grand Jury Has
Suggestions To
Some Officials
D. B. Edwards Of Freeland
Is Foreman, H. B. Smith
Of Southport, Secretary
Of Body Which Will Ser
ve Throughout Year
ALL BILLS ARE
RETURNED TRUE
Recommendations For Im
provements Made To Cus
todian Of Brunswick
County Courthouse
And To School
Boards
With the newly empanelled
grand jry sworn in last week
for the year, the report issued
Thursday afternoon lists D. B.
Edwards of Freeland as foreman
and H. B. Smith of Southport as
secretary. »
The report shows the body as
having been in session for four
days and that the 'following
matters were handled:
Nineteen bills were handled and
in all cases true bills were found.
The jail was found to be above
criticism. The prison camp was
found in fair condition.
Fines and forfeitures reported
by magistrates aand mayors as
having been turned over to the
Board of Education were found
to be as follows: M. L. Galloway,
$30; E. F. Gore? $204.72; A. L.
Willetts, none; Coy Duval, $70;
L. C. Rourk, $30; A. W. Smith,
none; E. O. Rabon, $120; J. A.
Gilbert, $35. The above was for
a total of $489.72. Magistrates
Eugene Gray and David Ross
were listed as having made no
report.
i All sonool buses running in
Brunswick were reported by the
State Highway patrol as being
in excellent condition.
As a result of the visit of the
jury to the various offices in the
court house and to the schools
of the county, 69 recommenda
tions were made to county offi
cials and the board of education.
These suggestions dealt almost
entirely with minor matters, ra
nging from a broken window pane
on up through various other re
pairs.
Lewis Spaulding
Seriously Hurt
Negro Boat Builder Shot In
Face During Argument
At Night Spot In South
port Friday Night
Lewis Spaulding, Southport Ne
gro boat builder, was shot in the
face and seriously wounded at
midnight Thursday night. He is
in the Dosher Memorial Hospital
and is said to be in a serious
condition.
His alleged assailant is James
Wilson, Negro fisherman who
works mostly on northern boats.
Wilson fled but returned Sun
day afternoon and surrendered
to Chief of Police Jack Hick
man.
The shooting occurred at a new
night spot recently opened in
the colored section of town by a
Negro who is one of the owners
of the Negro beach resort be
tween Crescent and Myrtle Bea
ches. Five shots were said to
be fired by Wilson, only one hit
ting Spaulding despite the point
blank range.
The bullet struck Spaulding al
ongside his nose and came out at
Continued on Page Five
W. B. KEZ1AH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
the
With Brunswick now
eve of seeing the first ma; 3r de
velopment that has come o the
county it seems to us til it we
have no room for section il en
vy or jealousness. Rather, Brun
swick County should now 1 ecome
more united than it ha: ever
been. We do not think there
is any doubt that Southpc t will
be able to help other sect 3ns of
the county in various waj s. and
should
Ise no
ies in
ew|i
ni
still less reason why we
not do so. There is like1
doubt that other communi
the county can help Sou hport.
The circumstances are sucfi that
the whole county should
together. In other wore
should all be united for ai ything
that will help the county,
less of where and what
be.
stand
we
;gard
may
We may be wrong in our
guess, but we believe that rap
id expansion of Brunswick coun
ty population is one sure thing
that will bring telephone ser
vice extension in Brunswick coun
ty’. Already there indications
that it is contemplated that the
wires will go from the South
port exchange to Caswell Beach
and Long Beach. From lower
Long Beach it would be but a
step to Holden Beach and from
there to Shallotte and lines from
there to other sections.
Monday Mrs. Charles Russ of
Shallotte made an inquiry as to
whether we thought the develop
ment of the installation at South
port would bring any business
or other changes to the Shall
otte and other areas in Bruns
ConUnued on page tour
Three Dreges To
Divide Operation
Ventor Already At Work With McWilliams Due To Join
Her This Week; Another Dredge Coming
By W. B. KEZIAH
The dredging operations set up
as outlined Tuesday calls for the
dredge Ventor to move off the
lip of rock over which she is
now working in a few days. She
will return to her originally
planned position opposite Dock
No. 3 at the old St. Phillips or
Menhaden products fish factory,
where she will be stationed for
the duration of the dock area
dredging.
A drill boat and demolition
squads will move into the 4-foot
thick lip of rock over which the
ventor is now clearing. The drill
boat is expected to clear this
rock out in short order and
dredge No. 5, which has already
started here from Florida, will
take over there in the Dock No.
2 area for the 37-foot channel
and docking area.
The G. A. McWilliams will be
down sometime next week from
Wilmington where she has been
assembling her equipment. She
will come to Dock No. 1 at Sun
ny Point proper and will pump
into nearby marsh land and also
inside the dikes. The big LST
used by the McWilliams as a
quarter boat and also carrying
a load of pipelines and barges
with additional pipelines and ot
her equipment, is on her way up
from New Orleans. She joined
the dredge No. 5 in Florida and
the two outfits are proceeding
here together.
Another 10 days should see a
lot of activity on and along the
river. Three powerful pumpers
should be sending their streams
of mud inland at about that time.
This past week the Army En
gineer photographer made offi
cial pictures of the great dredg
ing operations which were being
performed by the Ventor. In this
work, he was joined by Kent
Fulcher, young Southport man
who is handy with the camera.
Their pictures of these initial op
erations are beginning to appear
in the up-state papers. Addi
tional pictures of grading and
trestle work on the railroad will
soon be available.
Col. R. C. Brown, chief of the
District Armyy Engineers, wrote
yesterday, stating: "Right-of-way
clearing and roadbed grading,
for the access railroad should be-'
gin in full swing within the next
few days. Our problem right
now is to obtain a working title
to some of the land involved.
( Continued on page Five )
Employment Office
Will Open Here
Wild Patient
Wields Knife
Dr. N. M. Hornstein, South
port physician and surgeon, was
faced with the disturbing pros
pect of having a patient oper
ate on him with a pocket knife
Sunday afternoon while he was
rendering emergency assistance
to A. B. White of Ash.
Dr. Hornstein had just com
pleted the job of putting ten
stitches in a cut near his pa
tient’s eye and told his nurse
to give White an anti-tetanus
shot. “Ain’t nobody going to
give me no shot”, said White,
and brought out a knife, half
open.
Dr. Hornstein thought the
man was kidding, and turned
his back to the auto accident
victim. He glanced around
just in time to see White with
an upraised arm and an open
knife in his hand. With that he
leaped out of cutting range
and Mrs. Aileen Johnson tripp
ed White as he moved to pur
sue the physician.
The obstreperous patient soon
was overpowered. He has been
charged with assault with a
deadly weapon and will be tri
ed in court here Monday.
Held For Trial
In Wife’s Death
Shallotte White Man Order
ed Held For Grand Jury
Following Shotgun Slay
ing Of Wife On Saturday
Night
At a coroner’s inquest held here
in the court house last night a
jury composed of Sherman Reg
ister, H. D. Williams, Carl D.
Andrews, Ned Gupton and J. O.
Register, found that Mrs. James
Albert Trotter, 38-year-old Shall
otte community white woman,
came to her death early Sunday
morning from a shotgun blast,
fired by her husband, 67-year-old
white farmer.
* Trotter was not present at the
inquest.
Coroner John G. Caison, fol
lowing the hearing, ordered Trot
ter held for the grand jury.
The death of the woman is
the second major tragedy of the
year in Brunswick county and
also the second in a little over
a year in the immediate family.
A Bozeman before her marriage,
one of her brothers was killed
just a little over a year ago
when his throat was cut by a
man named Leonard during a
quarrel.
From the evidence it appears
that the early Sunday killing
was the result of an all night
drinking party engaged in by
Trotter, his wife and another
couple. Trotter was arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Alex Williams, a
resident of the immediate neigh
ConUnued on Page Five
Employment Security Com*
mission Will Begin Ope
ration Of Southport Of
fice On Experimental Ba
sis Next Monday
OFFICE WILL BE
OPEN TWICE WEEKLY
Manager Points Out That
Services At First Will Be
Strictly For Informa
tional Service
William H. Powell, manager of
the Employment Security Com
mission, Wilmington,, announces
that beginning February 2 the
Wilmington Employment Securi
ty Commission office will render
service to Southport people on
an experimental basis on Mon
day, February 2, Thursday, Feb
ruary 5, Monday, February 9
and Thursday, February 12 at the
welfare office between the hours
of 9 a. m. and 3 p. m.
Powell’s announcement says:
“On those days the Wilmington
Employment Office representative
will only be able to furnish infor
mational service to applicants
who are seeking work when it
begins on the Sunny Point pro
ject and primarily as a communi
ey project. The Wilmington Em
ployment office does not have
any difinite information as to who
the contractors will be on the
various jobs or when work is
expected to begin near Southport.
As soon as definite information
is secured to that effect, we will
then be in a position to determine
the nature of the service to be
rendered from that point on out.
The informational service that
will be rendered on the above
dates will be primarily for res
idents in and near Southport.
An article will appear next
week in the Wilmington paper
requesting any Wilmington resi
dents to secure information
through the Wilmington office
and not go to Southport for such
information.”
School Officials ,
Organize Club
Brunswick County School
Administration Club Or
ganized At Meeting Last
Week
A progressive educational step
was taken last week when the
white high school principals, su
perintendent and supervisor of
schools met and organized the
Brunswick County School Admin
istration Club.
Bruce H. Hall of the Bolivia
School was elected president:
Holland Manning of Leland, vice
president and superintendent of
Schools J. T. Denning was elect
ed secretary.
The organization will meet once
each month for the purpose of
studying any and all problems
relative to the schools. It is
hoped that such get-together mee
tings will be generally helpful to
the educational cause. ■
Condemnation Is 1
Ordered In Area
Of Sunny Point
Proceedings Being Brought
In Federal Court Chiefly
For Purpose Of Clearing
Title To Property Need
ed For Project
MOST LANDOWNERS
ARE IN AGREEMENT
Proceedure Expected To
Wind Up Final Phase Of
Acquisition Of Site For
Ammunition Depot
Condemnation proceedings were
filed in Federal Court last Wed
nesday against the owners of
some 1,200 acres of Brunswick
County land needed for the Sunny'
Point project. More than anyihing
else the suit is intended to clear*
titles and enable the government,
to pay for the property and re
ceive valid ceeds.
Although the condemnation
proceedings involve more than"
two dozen persons, about one
thousand acres of the 1.200 is ini
one tract. The area of the re
mainder ranges downwards to'
lots of no more than one a.cre.
Many of the tracts are outside
the installation and are involved
in the right of way for the rail
road to Sunny Point,
On practically all of the Sun
ny Point lands in the condemna
tion the government has made -
offers that were entirely satis
factory to the owners. The con
demnation proceedings in sucl|
cases result from the owners not.
having clear titles that they can -
turn over with deeds when re
ceiving payment. The proceedings
will clear this.
If any cases go through the
Federal Court as a result of the
refusal of the owner or owners
to agree on a price, it is said
that a committee of 3 appraisers
will be ordered to go over the
land and fix the price the owner
should receive. Their decision will
be final whether they arrive at
the same value as the govern
ment or fix the valuation at more
or less than the government ap
praisers offered.
An official source stated this
week that the courts will clear
up the entire matter and the
government should be able to
take possession of the entire land
area in about 10 days. Outside
of this 1,200 acres all the rest
of the huge tract has already*
been bought and paid for by the *
government. “
Defendants named in the con
demnation suits are listed as ■
(Continued on Page 4)
Korean Veterans
To Get Training*
In Order To Get Started On
Farmer Training Program
Right Away These Men
Must Sign Up Before
March 1
Korean veterans who are eli
gible for education or training'
and interested in entering the
Veterans’ Farmer Training Pro
gram should apply for * a certifi
cate of Eligibility and Entitle
ment as quickly as possible.
Only two schools in the coun
ty, one for white and one for
colored will offer training to
Korean veterans, and a class of
16 must be qualified for admit
tance before the program can be
instituted. Tentative dates for
Continued on Page Five
Tide Table
Following is the tide table
for Southport during 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, December 25
2:48 a. m. 9:08 a. m.
3:11 p. m. 9:24 p. m.
Friday, December 26
3:50 a. m. 10:11 a. m.
4:10 p. m. 10:19 p. m.
Saturday, December 27
4:47 a. m. 11:08 a. m.
5:04 p. m. 11:10 p. m.
Sunday, December 28
5:41 a. in. 12:02 a. m.
5:58 p. m. 12:01 p. m.
Monday, December 29
6:31 a. m. 0:00 a. m,
6:48 p. m. 12:50 p. m.
Tuesday, December 80
7:11 a. m. 0:48 a. m.
7:34 p. m. 1:35 p. m.
Wednesday, December 31
8:00 a. m. 1:32 a. m.
8:17 p. m. 2:16 p. m.
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