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Most Of The News All The Time Volume No. 17 No. 2 THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1953 The Pilot Covers Brunswick County PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAR Vocation Bible School Program Now In Progress Bethel Church Will Be First Member Of Brunswick Baptist Association To Hold This Session ALL 29 CHURCHES WILL PARTICIPATE Announcements Made Re garding Various Activi ties Of Baptists During Coming Period The Vacation Bible School pro gram for Brunswick Baptist As sociation begins this week with Bethel Church being the first to hold its summer session. All 29 churches are expected to partici pate in the program with some having five days and others 10 days. Members of each church are urged to consult their local Daily Vacation Bible School prin cipal for dates and time. The Guide will be taught Thursday night, May 21, by Mrs. Susie Carson. Anyone wishing to attend is urged to be present at 8 o’clock in the Southport Bap tist Church. All churches are asked to send their boxes to Korea this month. Pack and send them to: John A. Abernathy, Baptist Mission Box; Special No. 1, Pursan, Korea. This plan was adopted at the last Woman’s Missionary Union Associational meeting but was changed from the original plan of sending the boxes from Cecil’s Place at Bell Swamp to each so ciety sending its own boxes di rectly to Korea. All G. A.’s and R. A.’s are ask ed to attend an Associational Study Course this month which will be taught by Rev. W. R. Moorehead. Monday and Tuesday May 25-26, will be in the Mount Olive Church. Thursday and Fri day May 28-29, will be at Elah. This course will be at 7:30 o'clock and students are urged to attend the church that is most conven ient. On June 5-6 all the young peo ple of the association will have an overnight camp at the Leba non Church. All ages will regis ter at 5 o'clock. Everyone is asked to bring a picnic lunch tc be served at 6 o’clock. After the night program the girls will spend the night in the local homes. Or Saturday morning, June 5, every one will assemble at 8 o’clock in the church. The entire program will be under the direction of the Associational Young People’s Lea der, Mrs. Anna Clemmons. 1 BrUfNewt Flathtt / - r .-IN HOSPITAL, ijT Cradie Arnold is in the Marine Hospital in Savannah, Ga., where he is very ill. HUNTING LAWS Sportsmen from this area are invited to attend a meeting ir Elizabethtown on June 2 for the purpose of discussing hunting laws for the 1953-54 season. STREET DANCE Members of the Shallotte Li ons Club are sponsoring a streel dance Friday night on the park ing lot near the school. In the event of rain the festivities wit move indoors. TAVERN NOW OPEN The Ocean View Tavern at the Holden Beach, owned by Dr. anc Mrs. R. H. Holden, has reopenec with A. L. Nicholas, formerly of Fayetteville, in charge. The Sunday crowds at Holden Beaet are reported to have been unu sually large for a period in May CONSIDERING BUILDING Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Byrd anc children and several friends from Sanford were here and at Long Beach for the week-end The family will move to the beach as soon as school closes Mr. Byrd, owner of a large truck transportation line, is considering the building of a store here tc handle furniture and as an in vestment. TO TEACH HERE Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Lingle have been elected to serve a: members of the Southport schoo! faculty during the coming year Mr. Lingle, who is a former prin cipal of Southport high school will teach in high school and wil coach the boys’ basketball tearr and baseball. Mrs. Lingle wil teach one of the elemental-} grades. They own a home ir Southport and plan to move bad here about June 1. They hav< been teaching this year in Cas well County. Receives Timber Farm Certificate awaRD—Joe Herlevich, district fore ster, second from the left, is shown present ing- Owner J. Lawrence Sprunt of Orton PI antation with a Timber Farm Certificate in recognition of the outstanding forestry practices which have been carried out on these lands for the past several years. On the left is County Forest Warden D. L. Mercer. Next to Mr. Sprunt is his son, Kenneth Sprunt, manager of Orton Plantation and on the right is Alex Bogie, manager of woodlands and plant propogation.— (Fulcher Photo.) | Tentative Tax Rate To Remain Same In County Commissioners Also Name Jack Brown To Collect 1953 Levy; Other Routine Business Settled Monday The board of county commis sioners was in session Monday with the following matters hav ing come up for attention: On motion of Commissioner Medlin and seconded by Chairman King, it was ordered that J. E. Brown be appointed tax collector to collect the 1953 levy. On motion of Commissioner R. L. Rabon, seconded by Chairman elroy King, it was ordered that R. J. Sommersett and Wilson Arnold be appointed to serve as judges in the Shallotte school election on Saturday, May 30. On motion of Commissioner Leo Medlin and seconded by Com missioner Rabon, it was ordered that Raiford G. Trask be sold part of the Rachel Moore, Mary Ann Adams and Adam, Smith lands, consisting mainly of rice field, marsh and waste land, the price being $3.00 per acre and the acreage to be determined by the county surveyor. Grand Jury In Lengthy Report Members Maks Recommen dations Regarding Safety Of County Records In Re gister Of Deeds And Tax Office The Brunswick County grand jury in their report last week to Judge Q. K. Nimocks strong ly recommended that steps be ta ken to enlarge the vault of the office of the Register of Deeds, and to store the county tax rec ords in the fireproof room. Following is the text of their report: “Southport, N. C., “May 12. 1953. “The Honorable Q. K. Nim ocks, Judge Superior Court: “We, the grand jury at the May term of Court being held in Southport, make the following re port : "Thirteen bills have been exam ined and 13 true bills found. We wish to report further that we have examined some conditions and unanimously make the fol lowing recommendations: “It is recommended that the vault in the Register of Deeds office be enlarged by cutting a door through the south wall of the vault, taking over the large room occupied by the County Au ditor. Install fireproof or fire resistant doors at all openings not practible to close entirely. “In case the small office oc cupied by the Auditor is found j to be too small, it could be moved to the tax office and a parti- ; tion erected at the proper place j in the tax office. “The safety of the tax books has been discussed and it is agreed that these books should ! be bette r protected from fire. This we believe could be eco nomically done by erecting a fire resistant room, fire resistant doors and a sprinkler on the in (Continued on Page 2) Forestry Activity At Orton Cited Outstanding Program Being Carried Out By Owners Earns Designation As Tree Farm By Forestry Department PROPER MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN STRESSED Selective Cutting Practices Have Been Followed And Control Of Forest Fires Maintained Ol'ton Plantation in Brunswick County is known throughout the United States for the beauty of the colonial mansion and its ca mellia and azalea gardens, but last week recognition was given to another and important activity of its owners, when J. Lawrence Sprunt and his son, Kenneth Sprunt, were awarded a Tree Farm Certificate. Under the present North Car olina Timber Farm System spon sored by the Southern Pine As sociation and the North Carolina Forestry Association, timberland owners who practice forestry sci entifically on their forest lands according to principles of sound forest management as set up by the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development are awarded a Timber Farm Cer tificate indicating that they have done sufficiently good work for a number of years on their hold ings to qualify as a tree farmer. There are at present 74 tree far mers in North Carolina. The Orton Plantation, consisting of approximately 12,000 acres owned by the Sprunts, has been under the present ownership since 1880. The plantation is located along the lower Cape Fear River in Brunswick County. Most of the area is well stocked with loblolly and longleaf pine. The stands are, in most cases, well stocked with good grade products and excellent reproduction as a result of good forest manage ment. Approximately 15 years ago the Sprunts started intensive de velopment of their gardens and nurseries, which created a need for cash income to carry on their development and it was at this time the timber land on the plan (Continued on Page Two) Busy Session Of Court Held Numerous Cases Covering Variety Of Charges Dis posed Of In Recorder’s Court Here Monady The following matters were dis posed of at the Monday session of the Brunswick County Recorder’s Court: Lillie Willetts, assault, prayer for judgment continued. Artie Gause, improper registra tion, nol pros at the insistance of the prosecuting attorney. Earlton Deams, drunk driving, fined $100 and costs. Harry Lee Reaves, possession, 30 days suspended costs and be (Continued on Page 2) * Brunswick In New Division Heide Trask, Wilmington bus iness man and farmer, has been named commissioner of the newly created fourth ij^ate highway division, whose heaif quarters will bo in Wilming ton. Brunswick lies within the boundaries of this group. Named to serve as engineer for the first division is C. E. Brown of Fayetteville, former ly assistant engineer of the old fourth division, with headquar ters in the Cumberland County seat. The new division engineer is well known in Southport as he owns a home here and spends a part of every summer in this community with his family. Examination For Winnabow Office Applications For Right To Take Examination For This Office Will Be Re ceived Until June 16 The United States Civil Ser vice Commission has announced an examination to fill the posi tion of fourth class postmaster at Winnabow. Tire examination will be held at Wilmington and receipt of applications will be closed on June 16. The salary is $2611 per year. The examination is open to all who are citizens of, or owe alle (Continued on Page 2) District Meeting Scheduled Next Week In County Brunswick County Home De monstration Club Women Will Be Hostesses To Dis trict Meeting Tuesday MEETING TO BE AT FT. CASWELL E. Y. Floyd Will Be Princi pal Speaker With Other Distinguished Guests Expected To Be Present Brunswick County will be hos tess to the annual meeting of the District Federation of Home Dem anstration women on May 26, in the auditorium of the Baptist As sembly at Fort Caswell. The 19th district is composed of the home demonstration women from ! Pender, New Hanover, and Bruns wick Counties. Registration will begin at 9:30 a m., and the program will con tinue from 10:30 a. m. through 3 p. m. The program will be highlight ed by a talk on "The Challenge Program’’ by Guest Speaker E. Y. Floyd, director of the Plant Food Institute of Raleigh, and a report on the “Eight Annual Ru ral Health Conference” by Mrs. C. S. Womack of Pender County. Expected guests are State Home Agent Ruth Current and Miss Verna Stanton, assistant; Mrs. Mary L. McAllister and Mrs. Myrtle Westmoreland, district ag ent; several home demonstration specialists; county agents and wives and county commissioners and their wives. • A buffet luncheon will be ser ved at noon on the lawn in front of the auditorium. Ap proximately 300 people are ex pected and the Brunswick home demonstration women want every one to enjoy themselves while in Brunswick County. Picking Berries Near Southport Production Begins At Two Blueberry Farms Located On Highway No. 130; Crop Earlier Than Last Year The Brunswick blueberries star ted moving to northern markets Monday when 200 flats left by truck for New York. The Brun swick berries- are this year two weeks ahead of last year’s har vesting time. At the same time it is said that the New Jersey crop is later than it usually is. Owing to continued cold they will not begin harvesting the New Jersey blueberries until al ong towards the first of July. The early production here as sures top prices with the berries reaching the market and finding no competition from elsewhere. The local producers are optimis tic regarding high prices, and that is not all that they have to be optimistic over. The berries they are producing here are the finest they have ever grown any where, as regards quality. This year the 60 or more ac res of bearing bushes are simply i loaded down with the berries. M. B. Graham, part owner of one of the farms, stated last night that he had never seen a better or more abundant crop on the bushes anywhere. For the rest of this week pick continued on Page Twol W. B. KK7IAH Our ROVING Reporter Rice Gwyn of Longwood may be the biggest tobacco grower in Brunswick but there is a stan ding difference between us as to which is the better fisherman. An attempt was made to settle this difference the past week without results. The fish got mixed in the bottom of the boat and as there was a full day’s limit for all concerned it was considered a bit hazardous to call in the game warden to decide any point at issue in the argument. A letter from the 20 or more of the State College Coeds, Who spent the wreek end of May 9th on Bald Head Island, states that to them it was a period to dream about. The weather was good to them, so was everybody and everything on the island and folks in Southport. On the island they explored places, took pic tures, swam and enjoyed them selves. They cooked their own meals and otherwise roughed it. In short we gather that they very much enjoyed the experi ence. State Highway Patrolman Wil kins, stationed at Shallotte and now back on duty after a two weeks’ vacation, says that he spent three full days planting to bacco at his home at Lumber ton and that his arm got so that he felt He needed a sling to take care of it. He only got one day of fishing and says he caught only one fish that was about 3 inches in length. If he had only known enough about fishing to use that 3-inch catch to bait, he might have caught something (Continued on Page 1) Motorboat Race Draws Attention Indications Are That Entries Will Be Received From Several States For June 3 Event With the Myrtle" Beach Out board Motor Club preparing to run 10 classes of boats in the June 3 races from Southport to Socastee, the expectations are for a major event in outboard racing this year. The class in which a boat is to run will be determined this year by the horsepower of the motor and success or failure may rest more on the boat and the skill of the individual drivers to get the most out of the power they have. A total of 30 trophies will be awarded, three to each of the drivers in the 10 classes of boats. In addition there will be sweep stake prizes for the overall win ners. More than 100 boats already seem to be assured, according to a dispatch received here this week from Myrtle Beach. Boats from North Carolina, South Car olina, Tennessee, Georgia and Vir ginia are already being entered. In the three annual races that have already been held over this course from Southport to Socas tee. no effort was made to ex tend the field further than small areas in North and South Caro lina, and very little publicity was given the event. Nevertheless there have never been less than 50 boats in any of the events. With plenty of advance knowl edge of the date, publicity, and the increased number of boat classes, this year’s races are ex pected to draw a really big crowd of boats and operators as well as spectators. The boats will be assembled at Southport all through the morn ing of the 3rd. Many will prob ably come in the previous day to tune up and make trial runs for at least a Short distance down the coast. With probably all of the craft to be in the waters of the harbor before noon, specta tors will be able to witness the way of important races and ma neuvering before the start on the 60-mile course at 2 p. m. The starting point will be the garrison dock of the Army en gineers. The real start will prob ably be made from about the old quarentine station, a mile up the river, the boats maneuvering down and watching for the start ing gun in readiness to come by the dock with throttles wide op en. Suicide Threat Confuses Court ---* - Sports Fishing Reaching Peak All sports fishing boats at Southport were busy during the past week end, with good catches of bluefish and a few Spanish mackerel being report ed. Southwest winds began to interfere with this activity on Monday, and on Tuesday the weather forced a temporary stop. Among the boats reporting good luck for their week end parties were the Idle-On II and Idle-On III, owned and operated by Capt. Hulan Watts and son, Basil Watts; the John Ellen of Capt. Walter Lewis; the Botfly, with Capt. Leon McKeithan; and the David Brothers, with Capt. Fred Fulford. All captains expect fishing to be good from now on, the wea ther permitting, but they urge a more general use of week days for trips here for sports fishing. Graduates Hear Clifton Moore District Solicitor Delivered Commencement Address At Southport High School Friday Night Members of the senior class of Southport high school heard an inspiring address Friday night from Clifton L. Moore, solicitor of the eighth judicial district, who outlined for their benefit a pattern of behavior which is de signed to make them better cit izens of the world into which they are now launching. He was introduced by Ray H. Walton. The invocation was by the Rev. N. L. Jones and the saluta tory address was delivered by Miss Betty Lou Jones. Diplomas were handed out by Principal H. T. Sanders to the following members of the grad uating class: Nadine Clemmons, Setty Lou Jones, Eileen Howard, Charlotte Spencer, Doris Bogie, Mary Ann Russ, Tillie Thorsen, Janice Trunnell, Billie Cullis, Frankie Creech, Roger Ward, Bil y Williams, William Robbins, James Price and Edward Lind ner. Special awards were made by Robert B. Thompson to Jean Ev elyn Thompson for outstanding citizenship among the freshman class; Peggy Lewis, outstanding 3Tirl athlete; Nadine Clemmons, /aledictorian; Betty Lou Jones, salutatorian. The concluding feature was the /aledictory address by Miss Na iine Clemmons. Eighth grade graduation exer cises were held Monday morning vith a program in which several nembers of the class participat ed. Miss Martina Cadenhead made a short address to the gra nmer grade graduates and diplo mas were delivered by the prin cipal, H. T. Sanders. Mistrial Ordered In Trial Of Luther Smith For Murder Of Bias Simmons In This County SUICIDE NOTE IS FOUND A TRICK Most Of Other Matters Had Been Continued In Order To Clear Way For Trial Of Murder Case With enough work to require the entire week, Superior Court ended suddenly Thursday morning following a mistrial in a murder case. To make room for this trial, which involved Luther Smith in the slaying of Bias Simmons last January 15, Judge Q. K. Nimocks had continued several cases until the August term. Following the mistrial on Wednesday there was very little that could be called for the rest of the term. It had been summ ed up that the Smith case would require all of the week from Wednesday on. A special panel of 100 men and women had been called to appear in court Tuesday in order that a jury could be secured to try Smith. With only six jurors having been secured up until about noon Wednesday confusion was created when it was found that Mrs. Ann Smith, wife of the defendant Smith, had disappear ed from the court room, leaving behind her a written note in which she threatened to drown herself. This note read as follows: “Luther, I cannot go through with it. I have gone to the end of it. Don’t go looking for me for I am heading for the water. I will die loving you. Forgive me, darling, and I know that God will be with you.”—Ann. News of the threatened suicide quickly spread and with the jury only half selected, Judge Nimocks felt that some member of that body might be improperly influ enced by the written threat. He therefore withdrew a juror and (Continued on Page Two) Warning Given On Vaccination Occurrance Of Rabies In County Means Rigid En forcement Of This Law This Summer RABIES INSPECTOR With the reports of rabid dogs in the county and the time over half expired for vaccination, Brun swick County rabies inspectors report people are responding very poorly in making themselves, their children and their dogs, safe. The vaccination period extends from April 1 to June 30. It is urged that all dog own ers have their dogs vaccinated immediately. Public Health Laws paragraphs 106-364, says it shall be the duty of every dog owner to his dog or dogs to have them vaccinated against rabies each (Continued on Page 2) Equipment For Road Clearing: Already In Use Green Construction Com pany Workers At Work On Right-Of-Way For Ac cess Railroad For Sunny Point Installation OTHER EQUIPMENT ARRIVING DAILY Activities Expected To Be In High Gear Within Few Days As Tempo Of Building Speeded Up Starting the first of last week, heavy duty road building equip ment of the Green Construction Company of Indiana is now "hedgehopping” daily from the' Savannah River project to the Sunny Point operations. As each piece of equipment fin ishes its part of the Savannah job it rolls onto a huge truck or lowboy and travels over night to Brunswick County. Here it arrives and rolls off and is at work the next morning on the access railroad from Leland to Sunny Point. It is said that in the case of many of the machines not a day is lost from work. Finishing a day’s work at Savannah or leav ing what they do not quite finish to some other machine, they board their transportation for the over night trip to Brunswick County. Recent reports indicate that a full-sized special freight train would be utilized to move the equipment from project to pro ject for the Green Construction. Company. Time limits for start ing the work here, and the fact that some of the equipment would have to lie around for some time waiting for other things to fin ish if all was to be brought at once, decided the company in moving the stuff by highway. This is said to save both time and extra cost. Gene Tomlinson, engineer in* charge of railroad construction for the Army engineers, says tha stuff will be kept rolling in right along. Several bulldozers and drag lines with a considerable number of laborers, are now en- \ gaged in clearing the right of iway, having started at this work Tuesday of last week. As soon as needed equipment arrives grading will begin and following a reasonable headstart by Green, the Wm. A. Smith Company will move in behind him with track laying equipment. The clearing and grading con tractor is not allowed to push trees, stumps or dirt to the side of the 175-foot right of way. Everything burnable must be burned or entirely removed from the area in some other way. Beach Road Is Being Surfaced Mile Added To Long Beach Road Last Summer By Private Interests Has Been Taken Over And Improv The State Highway Commis sion is now building an addition al mile of new permanent black top road down Long Beach to wards the Lockwoods Folly In let. Ward, Trott and Herring graded and laid the foundation for this road over a year ago and the Highway Commission has ow taken over. New home construction for the distance has more than justified (Continued on Page Two) Following Is the tide iable 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, May 21 1:51 a. m. 8:20 a. m. 2:40 p. m. 8:44 p. m. Friday, May 22 2:42 a. m. 9:10 a. m, . 3:31 p. m. 9:41 p. m, Saturday, May 23 3:33 a. m. 9:59 a. m. 4:20 p. m. 10:35 p. m. Sunday, May 24 4:22 a. m. 10:45 a. m. 5.07 p. m. 11:26 p. m. Monday, May 25 5:09 a. m. 11:29 a. m. 5:52 p. m. 0:00 p. m. Tuesday, May 26 5:55 a. m. ‘o:13 a. m. 6:35 p. m. 11:12 p. m. Wednesday, May 27 6:38 a. m. 059 a. m. 7:17 p. m. 12:53 p. m. ed
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