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Most 0! The News All The Time Volume No. 17 No. 12 THE STATE A Good Newspaper 20-Pages Today PORT PILOT In A Good Community SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1953 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Varied Program Being Offered At Ft. Caswell Dr. Porter Routh, Executive Secretary Of Southern Baptist Convention, Prin cipal Speaker At Caswell This Week MISSIONARIES IN SESSION FOR WEEK Girb Auxiliary Group And Boy Ambassadors Swell Attendance For Week To Between 700-800 With Dr. Porter Routh, execu tive secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee a» principal speaker, the annual summer conference of North Carolina Baptist associa tional missionaries got under way Monday night at Caswell Baptist Assembly. Dr. Routh speaks each morning at 9 o’clock and again each night at 8:15. All but a very few of the 53 associational missonaries in the state were in attendance Monday night. The Rev. Arch McMillian, missionary of Pee Dee Baptist Association, arranged the pro gram and presided. Associational mission work will be discussed by the missionaries at 10 o’clock each morning, fol lowed by a worship service at 11, led by different missionaries. A mong the missionaries who are speaking are the Rev. W. Van Ca rroll, Lexington: the Rev. Lee Pridgen, Raleigh; the Rev. Julius Holloway, Lillington; and the Rev. T. L. Sasser, Greensboro. Baptist State leaders are pre senting their phases of the deno minational program. The state mission program was explained by Dr. M. A. Hu i Tins, secretary of the state com -1 .ition, and by the Rev. Earle L. Bradley, pro motional secretary. Miss* Ruth Provence, state Woman’s Missio nary Union secretary, presented the W. M. U. program. Tonight Dr. L. L. Morgan will tell of the Sunday School program. Tomor row Horace Eason will explain the Baptist Brotherhood and the Rev. J. P. Morgan will speak on the promotion of Training Union work. The largest group at Caswell this week includes over 250 in termediate age girls who are at tending the State Girls Auxiliary camp under the direction of Miss Marie Epley, Raleigh, young peo ple’s leader of the state W. M. U. Missionary speakers include: Miss Stella Austin, Nigeria; Miss Van ita Baldwin, Canal Zone; Mrs. A. H. Foster, working with migrants in Louisiana; Miss Lorraine Lan dry, working with French speak ing people in Louisiana; Miss Li llian Lu, China; Miss Aiko Uechi, Hawaii; and Miss Betty Walken stick, Cherokee. The next group in size is the Raleigh division Junior 6. A.-R. A. camp. Approximately 175 are in attendance. Now in its second week is the Preachers’ School. Dr. F. M. Po well, Thomasville, formerly on the faculty of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and of Gol den Gate Seminary; the Rev. J. C. Pipes, associate secretary of promotion of the State Baptist Convention; and the Rev. J. L. Jenkins of Boiling Springs and Fruitland, compose the faculty for this school. It will continue through next week. Slightly over 600 had registered for conferences by Monday night. It is expected that those coming for shorter stays during the week (Continued On Page Four) Brief Newt Flasket . TO PREACH HERE The Rev. J. L. Jenkins, a for mer pastor, will preach Sunday morning' at Southport Baptist Church, the Rev. T. D. Toler, pas tor, has announced. BREAKS FOOT Captain Merritt Moore has his foot in a cast following an acci dent suffered last week when the motor scooter on which he was riding with two of his child ren skidded on a curve and fell on him. ' BUS DRIVER A school bus driver clinic will be held at Shallotte at Shallotte at 9 o’clock, August 12, at which time classroom work will be given preliminary to a later examina tion for the purpose of qualify ing boys, and girls for this im portant duty in Brunswick county this year. The date for the dri ving examination will be announ ced later. All boys and girls in terested in driving a school bus this fall are urged to attend the Shallotte meeting. Discussing Plans CONFERENCE—Dr. R. K. Redwine, left, director of the Baptist Seaside Assembly at Ft. Caswell, is shown here conferring with Dr. M. A. Huggins, secretary of the Baptist State Convention, about the program Tor the as sembly during the month of August.—(Star-News Cut.) Must Pay Fines Or Go To Jail ___ ^___!_ Officials Of Brunswick Co unty Recorder’s Court Embark Upon “Get Tou gh” Policy That Will Clear Up Records DEFENDANTS HAVE BEEN DELINQUENT Practice Of Asking 10-Day Stay And Never Doing Anything More About Their Case Will Come To End Officials of Brunswick Record ers’ Court announced this week the beginning of a "get tough” policy regarding unpaid fines and costs. County Solicitor Ernest E. Par ker, Jr., stated that a recent in vestigation disclosed a considera ble number of defendants who during the past several years have given notice of appeal in order to gain time in which ei ther to perfect appeals or com ply with the judgment. Many of these have never done either and a large amount of money is now due the county because of this practice. Approximately 50 persons in side and outside the county have already been cited to court for failure to pay up. Parker says this is only the beginning and that anyone owing either fines or costs may expect a visit from the sheriff's department in the near future. The solicitor and Judge W. J. McLamb have asked that the of fice of the Clerk of Court regu larly report any unpaid amounts in the future in order to prevent similar occurrences. It is indicated that failure to pay up after notice has been Continued On Page Four) Beach Fishing Starting Slow : Many Brunswick County Fishermen Are Busy This Year At Other Occupa tions —, Beach fishermen are moving in to set up their annual summer and fall watch for mullets and spots along the Brunswick coun ty coast. Usually these operations are getting underway by the first of each July. This year they were a month late, according to a Shallotte fisherman. The lateness of starting is not credited to any unusual lack of fish. As a general thing the cat ches during July are comparative ly small. This fact and an urgent need for workers this year in to bacco and other farm crops and the further fact that so many men are employed in various con struction work led to the late start. There simply have not been enough men available to man the various fishing camps up to the present time. But from now on beach areas favorable for fishing will be marked by the presence of patrols or spotters. These in dividuals work up and down the shore keeping a constant watch on the waters. When they spot a school of mullets or other fish in a position favorable for netting they call in the men with the surf boat and nets. Entrance Age Change Is Made Parents of children who will reach the age of six years on or before October 15 this year are advised by the Brunswick County Board of Education of certain regulations with which they must comply before the child may enter school. For one thing, the new age deadline for first-grade students has been advanced from Octo ber 1 to October 15, thus mak ing additional children eligible for admission. It is pointed out, however, that each first grade student will be required to bring with him the first day of school a copy of his birth cirtificate. In addition, there must be a cirti ficate showing that he has been immunized against diphtheria, whooping cough and typhoid fever. Parents are urged to attend to these details before the op ening day of school. Contractor Now Laying Railroad Actual Work Of Laying Rails Has Begun And Will Follow Close Upon Heels Of Grading Opera tions From Now On With about four miles of the Sunny Point railroad graded by the Green Construction Company of Indiana, the W. A. Smith Com pany of Houston, Texas, has mo ved in behind and is now laying ties and rails. They have about one mile of this work completed out from Leland. The rails will be crossing U. S. Highway 17 at Lan vale within a very few days. The Green company has two forces working with heavy equip ment. One of these outfits got in on the north side of Allen Creek and is working towards Town Creek. The other and first to start, began at Leland and is working this way. An attempt to get in an outfit at Moore’s Creek Continued On Page Pour) Former Officer Seen At Still Warrant Has Been Issued For Arrest Of Former Deputy Sheriff Gus Bland After Raid On Saturday Morning Brunswick county officers quie tly watched a former’officer busy at the task of making whiskey Saturday morning. They say that they were within ten steps of him but suddenly he became aware of the silent observers and exploded from the scene of operations at a pace that none of the officers could match. Sheriff E. V. Leonard, Depu ties, Alex Williams, Alex Ganey and Charles Skipper were the observers and they also partici pated in some fruitless running. They had located a still, said to be about 2000-gallon capacity, j Continued On Page Four) I Colonel Brown j Being Reliever As Of July 3ljst Chief Of Army Engineers For This District Is Visit ing Sunny Point Project Today In Company W Successor ith TWO OFFICIALS VISITED SOUTHPOlRT Outgoing Army Official presses Appreciation Ftr Cooperation Of Brunt wick County Folks During His Tour If all goes according to p ans Colonel Roland C. Brown, CJiief of the Wilmington District Artny Engineers, visited Sunny Pclnt today accompanied by Colonel Hill who is to succeed him chief of the Wilmington District Saturday of this week. Following the Sunny Point viV sit the two officials traveleq on to Southport for a brief visit! and following that they left to! make an inspection of the Sunny! Point railroad building activities. In his full 3-year tour of duty with the Wilmington District Colonel Brown has been the best friend that Brunswick county has ever had among Army Engineers all that in the line of duty and loyality to his government. Per haps the crowning achievement of his career has been his work in relation to the U. S. Army Outloading Ammunition Depot now being constructed on the Cape Fear River three or four miles above Southport. In the planning of that installation he has fol lowed the orders of his govern ment and has never swerved from that course in respone to political efforts. Colonel Hill who is to succeed him Saturday has been in the district for the past ten days or more, getting acquainted with the various aims and undertakings of the Wilmington District. Personal letters to interests in Southport from various high official sour ces have been loud in commenda tion of Coloned Hill as a man fol lowing the same lines of enemy and loyalty to his government (Continued on Page 4) Heavy Work On Field Completed Good Job Turned In By Bulldozer Operator; Next Move Is To Get New Field Covered With Clay And Grass . With the Lincoln Construction Company of Wilmington giving one day out of five to free work with their heavy duty bulldozer to clearing and grading the new Southport playground, Clayton Best, their operator, was not sa tisfied with what had been ac complished before the funds avail able ran out Friday night. So he left the machine here over-night and returned Saturday morning to put in $30.00 worth of extra work on his own account and without charge. During the course of the five days it became evident that Best was really proud of what he was turning out in the shape of a huge and really wonderful play ground for Southport and com munity folks. The Lincoln Com pany and their operator both de serve community thanks for the (Coutinued on J-age 4) r* Departing COL. jL C. BROWN Another Delay In Opening Bids For Sunny Point Third Delay Places Date For Opening Bids On August 13; Trouble Is Due To Dispute Over Wage Scale The opening of bids for the construction of the three huge docks at the U. S. Sunny Point Terminals has been postponed foi the 3rd time, with the latest postponement calling for the bic opening and letting of contracts on August 13. The American General Con tractors Association protested last week that wage scales were toe high. This is a continuance ol previous protests which have twi ce delayed the opening. To per mit a hearing of these protests and allow bidders to rework the ir bids in accordance with what may be the outcome of the hear ing, the Army Engineers set the August 13 date. Each of the 3 huge docks oi i ifk* •i,,volved are larger thar thefcAte Port terminals at Wil min%#>n. The cost of dock con struction will run into severai million dollars and much labor will be involved. It is said that owing to the great amount of la bor that will be needed it is vi tally important that contractors should know definitely the labor rates they will have to pay. This postponement in opening dock construction bids does not mean any vital delay in the con struction of the installation as a whole. In fact it may simplify other construction work and the construction of the docks them selves. Thousands and thousands of carloads of steel, cement, gra vel and sand, will have to be brought in for dock construction and a problem has been how it Will get in. The construction of the railroad from Leland to Sun ny Point is now being rushed and it is thought possible that this work may be advanced to the point where much of the material can be brought in by rail. The dredging of the dock area, a work that started in January is also being pushed and the more that this dredging is ad vanced the easier it will be for the dock contractors. At the pre sent time the dredging is not scheduled for a finish until along in the new year. Our ROVING Reporter Some three or four decades ago about the most popular piece of ragtime of the day was enti tled, "Everybody Works But Fa ther.” The first lines as we re member them, ran something like this: “Mother takes in Wash ing, so does Sister Ann; every body works at our house, but my old man.” In this day, if not then, stuff like that would be the greatest sport of slander of the old man, especially if he was a tobacco grower and it was har vesting time. When they are cropping, curing tobacco, every body works from the old man down to next to the baby in the family. Handling tobacco is a job for all hands. The new Southport playground s a project in which all of the ■vhite residents of the town can well afford to pitch in and do nate something towards the im provement. The location, hardly more than 3 blocks from the courthouse and still nearer the school, is perfect in every way. The land has been deeded for a playground for the school chil dren and residents of the town in general. A few public spirited citizens gave the money needed for clearing and grading and there is still a lot more needed. There is also need of a lot more money for the building of seats and the construction of a fence. The folks who have given gener ously should go a little further, if possible, and those who have made small donations should chip in with more. The park or play ground is something the town has been needing badly and it is Continued on page tour Grounded Whales Attract Crowds Hundreds Of Persons Visited Long Beach Last Wednes day To View Five Whales That Had Been Washed Ashore Five whales that were prob ably suffering from sort of mass sickness, or which had become terrified at something further out in the deep, came ashore at Long Beach last week and cre ated a lot of interest. Something like a couple of thousand beach visitors gathered in a short time to view the unusual sight. Mrs. A. L. Boatwright was first to see the mamals, four large and one small sperm whales. They were completely out of the wa ter and Mrs. Boatwright at first thought they were dead. It was quickly noted, however, that they were heaving in an effort to breathe and the crowd that soon gathered made an effort to get them back into deep water. With ropes tied to their tails and men pulling on the lines in addition to a small boat, the crea tures were gotten back into the water, but they refused to stay put and immediately returned. When, it became evident that they would not stay in the water shotguns were used to put an end to their obvious suffering. Many varieties of fish, includ ing whales, invariably seek shal low waters when they are sick or injured. The coming ashore of individual specimens is noth ing unusual, but it is said that the only way to account for a whole group of whales coming ashore at one time is to be at tributed to some mass illness or to their being mortally afraid of something they encountered out in the deep. Stage Set For Good Fishing Elect Principal At Two Schools Guy Angell ha3 been elected principal of Shallotte High Sch ool to succeed Henry C. Stone and Fred McClure has been el ected principal at Bolivia, suc ceeding Bruce Hill who has re signed to accept the position of principal at Elizabethtown. Angell is from Hamptinville and last year served as prinici pal of Mountain Park High School. He is 38 years of age, a graduate of Applachain State Teachers College and holds both an A. B. and M. A. degree from that institution. McClure is well known in Brunswick county, having ser ved last year as faculty mem ber and coach at Bolivia. He is doing graduate work this sum mer at Western Carolina Colle ge at Cullowhee. Tobacco Meeting Series Planned County Agent A. S. Know les Will Cover Brunswick In Schedule Of Meetings To Be Held Next Week Brunswick County tobacco gro wers will have an opportunity to discuss their tobacco disease pro blems with County Agent, A. S. Knowles on August 4th and 5th. It was announced today that he will hold field meetings at several of the stops in order to see some of the diseases in the field. Farmers are urged to carry two or three diseased stalks of tobacco to the meeting if they are having trouble. The nematode disease continues bad on many farms. Black Shank and Granville Wilt are spreading rapidly throughout the county. Most tobacco growers can save tobacco next year and make more money by attending one of the meetings and learning how to control these diseases. Tire meetings on Tuesday, August 4, will be at Bennett Bros. Store iii Exum at 8:30; Lonnie Evans’ Store near Ash at 9:45; W. E. Avent’s Farm in Longwood at Continued On Page Four) 4-H Club Girls And Boy Attend Brunswick County Repre sented At State Meeting Held Last Week At State College In Raleigh Four girls and one boy repres ented Brunswick County at N. C. State College in Raleigh during State 4-H Club Week, July 20-25, states Home Agent Thelma Hin son. Mary Lou Holden and Nancy Ludlum, Supply; Mary Willetts, Leland, Eleanor Rabon, and Car ter Rabon, Winnabow attended 4-H Club week along with appro ximately 950 other 4-H’ers throu ghout the state. The theme of the entire pro gram, “Working Together for World Understanding”, is of vital importance to everyone. During the week the 4-H’ers were expos ed to talks, exhibits, classes and discussions which gave them an (Coutinued on Page 4) Reports Of Fish In This Vicinity Together With Long Range Weather Re port For This Week-End Encouraging GOOD CATCHES ARE MADE DURING WEEK Weather Enforced Lay-Off Last Week-End, But The Boats Have Been Hav ing Good Luck Since Water Has Clear ed Up All signs are pointing to a good week-end of fishing at Sou thport, and party boat captains think that they are finally due for a break from the weather. Last week-end, for instance, it blew so hard that no boats made trips either Saturday or Sunday, thus leaving more than a couple of hundred prospective fisherman disappointed. The bad weather continued over into the first part of this week. For the last three days the weather i has been favorable and the waters off the Brunswick county coast have been pronounc ed to be in good shape for suc cessful fishing. Several skippers have reported sighting sailfish during the past few days, and since August nor mally is sailfish month off South port, there appears to be good promise of success with these fi ghting fellows during the next few weeks. Luck has been good for boats going out following the break in the weather. On Thursday the Idle-On III, with Captain Hoyle Dosher, had 14 big amberjack for a party which wanted to go (Continued on Page 4) Ancient Autos Set For Visit Motorcade Comprised Of Automobiles Dating Back To Turn Of Century Will Stop At Shallotte Satur day Morning George Connally, who recently purchased and is now operating the Twilight Motor Court at Shal lotte, has invited the North Car olina Horseless Carriage Club for a visit to the court Saturday, August *1. The Horseless Carriage Club is made up of owners ahd op erators of some 53 automobiles that might be termed prehistoric. They date back almost to the turn of the century. But despite their age all are in good run ning condition. Tom Gibson, secretary of the club, is heading the caravan to Windy Hill, S. C., for the week end and a performance. At the invitation of Mr. Connally he readily agreed to stop at the Twilight Court for an hour or two while the cars were en route. Mr. Connally states that he ex pects them to arrive at Shallotte at about 11 o’clock on the morn ing of Auaiist 1. He plans to serve cold drinks to about 100 people, who will be operating or riding in the old cars. Incidentally, Mr. Connally will be glad to have the Brunswick folks visit the court at the same time, see and have an opportu nity to inspect the old cars. He assures them that the old ma chines will be well worth seeing. Warehousemen Are Waiting To Hear ‘Let’s Go’ Sales On Whiteville Market And Other Markets In Area Will Start Promptly At 9 A.M. QUANTITY, QUALITY OF CROP ARE GOOD Air Of Expectancy Less Evident Than In Olden Days But Sizeable Crowds Are Pre dicted ! The Whiteville tobacco market and other markets in the Border Beit are in readiness for the op ening sales of the 1953 season to be held Monday, August 3. Warehouse floors have been cle red, the personnel is either on hand or will arrive this week end, and other details are in tip-top order for the opener. Of interest in this immediate area are the markets in White ville, Chadboum, Tabor City, Fair Bluff and Clarkton. Columbus County is once again the only county in the United States with four markets. White ville sets the pace with three sets of buyers, while the other markets have one set each. Early indications are that the 1953 season will ruk with the four or five best years of all time. Prospects for high prices are excellent judging from the re ports from the Georgia-Florida Belt. Both the quantity and quality of this year’s crop are considered good. Following early planting season difficulties, growers got a good stand and the growing season was excellent. There was some hail damage, but it was limited in scope and extent. Even that was less than indicated by early reports. Despite acreage reductions, the county's four markets are expect ed to sell considerably more leaf than was handled last year. Sales will start Monday morn ing at 9 o’clock and will run for five and a- h*'f hours. There ;s ,n i important change in market / regulations. Baskets will be permitted up to 300 pounds aftd the speed of sales may not exceed 400 baskets per hour. While some of the tenseness and air of expectancy has disap peared from market openings since the price support program went into effect, hundreds of farmers will be on warehouse floors to see how tobacco is selling. Others will have theil ears tuned to the radio to learn quickly just what the trend is. The promptness with whicH farmers are able to get the news by radio has taken some glamor from market openings, but tbis has saved the grower a day’s time and he often listens to the reports as he continues getting his own crop ready for market. While the farmer has prepar ing his first leaf offerings ready for the opening, merchants have been no less busy getting stocked for a brisk trade which they ex pect during the auction season. Reports from Whiteville stores in dicate that merchants are ready with the largest stock and the greatest variety since the boom merchandise year of 1947. Meanwhile, the perennial ven dors of boiled peanuts are ready for the invasion. They have been feeling out the trade for several years and will be on hand in their usual large number when the sales supervisor says "Let's go" over the first basket of the golden weed. Tide Table Following Is the tide liable for Southport during the next week. These hours are approxi mately correct and wero furn ished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Gape Fear Pilot’s Association. High Tide Low Tide Thursday, July 30 10:59 A. M. 4:45 A. M. 11:22 P. M. 5:08 P. M. Friday, July 31 11:54 A. M. 5:35 A. M. 0:00 P. M. 5:05 P. M. Saturday, August 1 0:15 A. M. 6:27 A. M. 12:53 P. M. 7:08 P. M. Sunday, August 2 1:11 A. M. 7:24 A. M. 1:53 P. M. 8:16 P, M. Monday, August 3 2:13 A. M. 8:26 A. M. 2:57 P. M. 9:22 P. M. Tuesday, August 4 3:16 A. M. 9:26 A. M. 3:59 P. M. 10:25 P. M. Wednesday, August 5 4:20 A. M. 10:25 A. M. 4:57 P. M. 11:22 P. M.
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