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r The Pilot Covers Brunswick County Volume No. 17 No. 20 6-Pages Today A Good Newspaper Good Community SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1953 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1 50 PFR YFAR Most Of The News All The Time 3-Week Average Of $61.39 Seen As New Record Claim Based On High Fig ure For Markets Selling More Than Million Pounds Per Day VOLUME OF BANNER ’48 SEASON PASSED Sales Expected To Hold At Six To Eight Hundred Thousand During Next Two Weeks The Whiteville «tobacco market today claimed another world's re cord for averaging above $bl for three consecutive weeks while sell ing more than a million pounds per day. Sales Supervisor Dave S. Neil son expressed the opinion that to bacco markets in the Bright Belt Warehouse Association will be shooting at this mark for many years to come. The record was established with the following weekly aveiages: Aug. 31 to Sept. 4, $61.17; Sept. 8-1 i, $61.57; Sept. 14-18, $61.43. The three-week average is $61.39, probably' unequalcd by any three sale market in the history of the tobacco auction system. During the 14-day period, Whi teville warehouses sold 15,711,542 pounds for $9,665,866.32. Prices continued strong Thurs day and Friday. Thursday’s aver age of $62.34 was the highest of the week, while sales were heavi est on Friday' when 1,292,138 po unds were auctioned for $798, 355.26 at an average of $61.79. The 1946 season total of 33, 490,125 pounds was passed Fri day. Supervisor Neilson said the 1953 tobacco market picture was best illustrated by a comparison with figures for all of 1946 and figures for the first 34 days of last year. He gave these as fol lows : 34th Day of 1953 — 33,711,008 pounds for $19,726,743.93 at aver age of $58.50. 34th Day of 1952 — 28,648,436 pounds for $15,331,052.64 at aver age of $53.51. All of 1946 Season — 33,490, 125 pounds for $17,208,076.26 at average of $51.78. Neilson today forecast sales of six hundred to eight hundred thou sand pounds for this week and next. He said he was positive there would be no block sales and that all growers would have an opportunity to sell the same day they' bring their tobacco. Other coun:y markets are ex pected to close the season this week. Brief News Flashes AT MEREDITH Miss Ruth Galloway, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Venton Galloway of Supply, has returned to Mer edith College in Raleigh to con tinue her studies. AT YVCUNC Miss Amelia Kirby, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kirby of Sup ply, left Tuesday for her third year at the WCUNC, at Greens boro. YV. M. II. MEETING The annual Wilmington Divis ional WMU meeting will be held on October 2 at the First Bap tist Church in Bladenboro. WMU members in Brunswick are urged to attend, as an interesting pro gram has been planned. GOES TO TEXAS Mrs. Christine Frink left this afternoon for Amarillo, Texas, to meet her daughter and her fam ily upon their return from Japan. Mrs. Frink will visit Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Adams, parents of Lieut. Charles Adams. STUDENT AT MARS HILL Miss Doris Bogie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Bogie, of Or ton, entered college at Mars Hill last week. A graduate of the Southport high school this past session, Miss Bogie was accompa nied to Mars Hill by her parents. The family spent a week visiting friends in High Point and Boone before Miss Bogie entered col lege. ERROR IN STORY Through some mix up it was stated in the Recorder Court pro ceedings last week that Stetson Herbert Robinson was charged with passing a school bus and that he was to report on Decem ber 7 and each 90 days thereafter and show good behavior. This re port was in error. Mr. Robinson was found not guilty of the charge and it is regretted that he sho uld have been presented in an un favorable light. District Engineer CHIEF—Will Open Bids Tomorrow—The above in formal picture of Colonel Roland L. Hill, District Army Engineer who is now carrying out the construction plans for the Sunny Point terminals, was snapped when he obligingly stopped for the photographer while on his way to keep an appointment. Colonel Hill will open bids to morrow for the construction of the installaion railroad system.— (Photo by Jim Wommack, courtesy Greensboro Daily News.) »emg More Bids Opened Thursday j One Of Biggest Phases Of Sunny Point Construction Project Will Be Involved In This Letting LARGE NUMBER OF COMPANIES BID Job Is For Construction Of Railroad Inside Sunny Point Project Area Col. Roland L. Hill, District Corps of Army Engineers, will open bids tomorrow (Thursday) on the multi-million dollar instal lation railroad building at the go vernment terminals. The job in volves the construction of many miles of railroad and siding, all inside the government reservati on. The contract for the access railroad from Leland to the re servation was let some time ago to the Wm. A. Smith Constructi on Company of Houston, Texas. Smith, in turn, let a sub-contract for the clearing and grading to the Green Construction Company of LaPort, Ind. Both firms are now on the job. A report from the Engineers Office this week indicates that a large number of construction firms will be represented in to morrow's bids. Both the Smith and Green companies are under stood to be bidding. Should they get this job it is said that they will be able to bring in sizeable squads of workmen and equip ment and carry on the job. (Continued on Page Four) Nomination Of Farm Officials Series Of Meetings Being Conducted This Week To Prepare Slate To Be Vot ed On In Coming PMA Elections Nominating* Committeemen to help carry out the PMA programs in Brunswick is in progress this week. For Lockwoods Folly and Northwest Townships these nominations were held Monday and the Smithville and Shallotte Townships nominees are takeng place today. Town Creek will make its nom inations tomorrow (Thursday) at 7:30 p. m., in the Bolivia High School. The Waccamaw meeting hs set for Friday at 7: 30 p. m., in the Agricultural Building at the high school. At these nominating meetings, with the regular election to be held in October, the 1954 ACP program will be announced and discussed. Information will be given those attending relative to the practices that the Federal Government will share the cost on. All farmers are urged to Continued On Page Four) Good Fishing If Weather Permits There’s nothing' wrong with Southport fishing hut the wea ther. This week-end it was the same old story; no trips Sat urday and Sunday because of high winds; good weather and good luck Monday; high winds and no fishing again Tuesday. On Monday the John-Ellen had 149 blues and mackerel on a shoals trip with a Marshville party. The Idle-On II had a good catch of amberjack, bar racuda, blues and mackerel for a party from Spray. The Idle-On III had a big catch on an off-shore trip including am berjack, dolphin, bonito, blues and mackerel. Tire Idle-On IV also had an off-shore trip, and included in the catch for this Greensboro party were 5 king i mackerel. The Botfly also had j a good Monday catch. Brunswick Has Prize Winners Every Heifer Shown In Jun ior Dairy Cattle Show Last Week From This County Places In Select Group Brunswick County 4-H club members exhibiting dairy cattle in the Junior Cattle Dairy Show in Wilmington last week won ma ny honors, according to County Agent A. S. Knowles. The five heifers entered in the show won blue ribbons. The county group won second place in the herds manship contest. Jimmy Al bright won third plaee in the Showmenship contest and second place in the fitting contest with Jersey cattle and won a plaque and model Ideal Jersey cow. Dariy Knowles, of Bolivia club exhibited a two year old regis tered Jersey heifer-. Jimmy Al bright of Bolivia Club entered two registered Jersey heifers in the Junior Yearling and Senior Yearling classes. He used one of the heifers in showmanship con test and the other in the fitting contest. Dale Maxwell of South port Club entered a registered Guernsey Junior Calf. Edna Earl Rabon of Bolivia Club entered a grade Holstein Junior calf. This is the first time during the four annual shows held that all calves entered from the coun ty were blue ribbon winners, says the county agent. It shows some of the progress being made. Young Albright will enter one of his heifers in the State Fair in October. Resolution Is Passed Monday In Jokt Meet j Board Of Aldermen And The County Commission-! ers Join In Endorsement Of Coastal Highway Fro-, ject POINTS TO GAINS FOR THIS AREA | Proposed Coastal Highway ! t.-oaiji utart At Virginia f Line And Run Length Of N. C. Coast The Board of County Commis- J sioners and the Board of Alder-jj men for the City of Southport J met in a joint session and adop-1 ted the following resolution Mon day: “WHEREAS, The Coastal Area of North Carolina, and particu-: '.arly the Outer Banks, being one of the most natural attractions in the United States and there being no actual Seacoast Route in North Carolina, within the prox imity of the Atlantic Ocean, and "WHEREAS, the National Sea-1 • hore Park, proposed to be acti vated and completed within our State, would be served by such a highway and would be one of the greatest assets to the State of North Carolina, and “WHEREAS. Such a Seashore Park constitute an immeasurable asset- in bringing Tourists to the State on a basis comparable to the Great Smoky Mountains, Blue, Ridge Mountains, National Park :vnd other similar parks through the western part of the State of; North Carolina, and “WHEREAS, certain north south highways across the State have been highly developed with in the last few years, and such* development has drained consider erable travel and tourist revenue! from the extreme Coastal Are:., principally to the detriment of; U. S. Highway 17. as a matter! of Equity to the people- of tiWf eastern part of North Carolina, j such a Seashore Highway is! warranted as a matter of good I business in bringing additional travel into our State and thereby increasiing the tax revenue of our State: “THEREFORE! be it Resolved that Brunswick County Board of County Commissioners ami the (Continued on Page 4) Services Today For Local Lady Mrs. Mary S. Thompson Died Suddenly Yesterday At Her Home In South port Mi's. Mary Stuart Thompson died suddenly at her hame here Tuesday morning. Although she had been ill much of the time during the past year, news of her death came as a shock to this community. She was the wife of Robert L. Thompson and was a member of a prominent Southport family. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Waters and Robert B. Thompson of Southport; two sisters, Mrs. H. B. Smith and Miss Susie New ton of Southport; three brothers, Callendar Newton of Charlotte, Joseph Newton of Wilmington and Edward C. Newton of South port. Funeral services are being an- i nounced this afternoon at 3:00 o'clock at Trinity Methodist > Church with the Rev. N. L. ! Continued On Page Four) Commissioned Shallotte Giri Gets Commission After Training Second Lieutenant Luia G. Cox Was Member Of Graduating Ciass Of 1950 At Shallotte High School Lula G. Cox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Cox, Shallotte, was graduated from Air Force Of ficer Candidate School September II and awarded a commission as second lieutenant in the Air Force Reserve. Graduation ceremonies were held at Lackland Air Force Base, in San Antonio, Texas, site of the Air Force's CCS. More than 500 new officers heard Major General Robert W. Douglas, Co mmander of the 18th Air Force, deliver the principal address. Di plomas were presented to Class 5.S-G by Brig. Gen. YVyeliffe, E. Stile base commander. Miss Cox is a 1950 graduate nfShallottc High School and en tereff me*?nrT’BWt'“l?ri951. Be fore her appointment to Officer Candidate School, she was serv ing as a radar technician at Randolph AFB near San Anto nio. Awarding of the commissions culminated six months of study and practical application in Air Force Administration and leader ship. Many graduates will re port directly to active duty as signments as administrative offi cers. Others will enter flying training. A number will serve in an enlisted status or return to civilian life to await active du ty in a commissioned status. Air Force CCS, only institution of its kind, is under the supervis ion of the Air Training Command and is a part of the Technical Training Air Force. It gradua tes four classes a year into the commissioned Reserve. Bolivia Lions Sponsor Sing Gospel Sing Program Being Repeated By Demand On Night Of October 3; Sev eral Big Attractions The Bolivia Lions Club is spon soring a Gospel Sing for Satur day night, October 3, at the Bo livia school auditorium. The program is scheduled to begin at 7:30 o’clock and will feature the Renfrew Trio and the Broadridge Quartette. The Renfrew Trio caught the fancy of everybody at tending the all night sing held Continued On Page Four) W. B. KKZlAli I Our ROVING Reporter Governor William B. Umstead wrote us this week and stated he is coming down to visit Sunny Point with us and see what the U. S. Government is doing. In addition to the governor, several other high State officials have recently written us, manifesting a keen interest in the activities of the government down here. Di rector Ben E. Douglass has per haps shown the keenest interest of all. He is coming just as soon as he can to. see if his depart ment, can possibly do anything to aid in development in Brunswick County. With all of the exist ing potentialities h^re ■ and the Governor and other State offi cials as interested as they are, prospects are bright for getting other big things to tie-in or take advantage of what is being done by the U. S. Government. County Game Protector H.. T. ! Bowmer is on a bit of a spot. Sev eral days ago he was at work on Walden Creek and his small boat turned over in rough water. That in itself was not so bad. He can stand water. 'Hie trouble is that in the shuffling about he lost a receipt book containing the names and addresses of a number of people who had subscribed through him to the State Wildlife Maga zine. Ke remembers some of the names and addresses, but there may be a few whose names he cannot recall. He will greatly (Continued On Page Four) Railroad Builder Has Wide Interest Trained Crew Of Mexicans Employed By Smith Construe- j tion Company To Put Down Railroad By W. B. KeZIAH The Wm. A. Smith Construc tion Company with headquarters offices in Houston, Texas; Kan sas City, Mo.; and Los Angeles, Carif., is an extremely interest ing outfit, widely known for its railroad building activities. Now working on the 25 mile ac cess railroad from Laland to Sun ny Point, the Smith Campany came here directly from Augusta, Ga., where it built about 90 miles of the H-bomb railroad. They moved into Augusta from Alaska, where the had rehabili ated some 500 miles of the Alas kan railroad from Anchorage and Whittier to Fairbanks. BuHiding railroads for the past quarter of a century, they have for the most part used Mexicans on the job m various parts of the United States. They have a well trained group of these workers and the project manager stated this week that about all he had to do was to tell them where he wanted the railroad to go and what they are to do. They will do it. The company is not opposed to local labor. In fact, they like such labor and use as much of it as they can. However, they point out. that in railroad building it is advisable to have trained men on the job wherever possible. The Mexicans are well trained, they have the know-how regard ing railroad building and they seldom lose any time wanting to go to a picnic or anything else in the neighborhood where they are working. Many of the Mexicans em ployed by Smith are U. S. citi zens. R. I. Richardson, project man ager of the railroad project, is a railroad builder from away (Continued on Page 4) Murder Trial Is In Progress Here Patrolman Gets Unmarked Auto Speedsters and other traffic vi olators who depend on sight and in being able to recognize the cars of State highway officers because of their markings will have another think coming in the future. Plain cars with no mark ings are now coming into use. The first of the four Brunswick officers to obtain such machines was Corporal C. H. Lynch, of Southport. His car bears no iden tification whatever and cannot be recognized from hundreds of civ ilian cars met up with hourly on the highways. Speeders usually keep a watch for official cars and when they see one through their rear mirrors or pass one while speeding they promptly slow dowrn before they can be timed. With the plain cars now coming into use about the only angle of escape from being haul ed into court will be through keepiing within the speed limits. Jack Brown To Remain On Job Board Of Commissioners Reappointed Him Monday As Tax Collector; Me Lamb Takes Leave Of Absence As Recorder The board of county commis sioners met Monday and among several matters to come up and be disposed of was the appoint ment of Jack Brown as tax col lector for another year. It was ordered that Clyde and Alice Swain be allowed to pay their taxes as follows: $75 this date and balance by October 15, 1953, H. T. Sellers was allowed to pay $100 on the W. L. Evans prop erty in Lockwoods Folly Town ship, the balance of taxes due on this property to be released. The board agreed to furnish the City of Southport with clay to finish the ball and playground for the Southport school, after they get what is possible from J. D. Price across the road west of the Brunswick Boarding Home. Judge W. J. McLamb appeared before the board and asked for a leave of absence from his du ties for 30 days, for rest and for personal business reasons. On motion of Commissioner Leo Med iin, seconded by Chairman Elroy King, Attorney J. C. Bowman was appointed to serve as judge of the Recorder’s Court for 30 days, or until the time when Judge McLamb returns. On motion of Commissioner R. L. Rabun, seconded by Chairman Elroy King, it was ordered that the board request the North Car olina State Highway and Public Works Commission to take over and maintain a stretch of road l^i miles in length on the ex treme western portion of Long Beach, known as the Loop Road on the end of the present main tained road to Lockwoods Folly Inlet and return. It was ordered that J. L. But ler be relieved of $250 valuation on his property in Smithville township, due to an error in list (Coutinued on Page 4) p -- Luther Smith Being Tried For Fatal Shooting Of Bias Simmons Early This Year With Great Interest In Case SPECIAL VENIRE IS BROUGHT HERE One Hundred Residents Of New Hanover County Is Brought Down By Bus To Provide Jury For Case In accordance with an order of Judge Q. K. Nimmocks, presiding at a former trial when a juror was withdrawn and a mistrial resulted, one hundred men and women from New Hanover Coun ty arrived this morning for the purpose of providing a jury in the Luther Smith murder case that is scheduled to get underway to day in Brunswick County Super ior Court. Judge John J. Burney, presid ing at the term, ordered that the prospective jurors from New Han over be assembled at the court house in Wilmiington and that buses be sent from Southport to have them here at 10 o’clock this morning. It is not thought that there will be any difficulty selecting the 12 regular jurors and the alternate that will be required in the event Solicitor Moore aims at first de gree verdict. Several divorce cases were heard and a full list of the de crees handed down during the term will be carried in next week’s paper. Other cases heard during the Monday and Tuesday sessions resulted in the follow ing judgments: W. S. Hartsfield, drunken dri ving, fined $100 and costs. The defentent, a resident of Hamlet, gave notice of appeal to the Su preme Court. R. D. White, Jr., speeding, fin ed $25 and costs. Guy Willetts, speeding, fined $25.00 and cots. Emory Lovitt, crime against nature, not true bill. Joseph Cobb, possession, nine j months on the roads. Mrs. M. L. Brown, assault, twe Continued On Page Four) Complete Two Miles Of Road Woodburn Road, A Distan ce Of 2.2 Miles In North west Township, Graded, Drained And Stabilized i The State Highway Commission completed 2.2 miles of road work j in Brunswick County during the j month of August, Commissioner | C. Heide Trask of Wilmington re- j ported this week. State forces graded, drained and stabilized Woodburn Road for j 12.2 miles. The road is 20 feet i wide. The Third Highway • Division . composed of Brunswick, New' ' Hanover, Pender, Onslow, Duplin and Sampson counties brought a; total of 43 miles of road improve ments to completion during Au gust, Commissioner Trask add- i ed. - | Division headquarters for the Third are in Wilmington; C. E. Brown is division engineer. Baptist Sunday School Leaders Plan Campaign “A Trillion More In Fifty Four” Adopted As Slogan For Baptist Sunday School Membership Drive MEETING IS HELD AT ANTIOCH CHURCH Churches Aim At Adding 30 New Members Each Or Total Of 870 For Association Sunday School leaders of the Brunswick Baptist Association held a rally at Antioch Church last Wednesday night to map their plans for Sunday School en largement in keeping with the Southern Baptist goal of “a mil lion more in fifty-four.” The Rev. Pete Lingle, who re cently came to the association as pastor of Antioch Church, was l lie inspirational speaker of the ev ening. Lee Sullivan, association al Sunday School superintendent, presided. John H. Holden was song leader. Approximately 75 persons attended, representing all but a few of the 29 churches of the association. ' Others on the program includ ed the Rev. Odell Blanton, Mrs. Margaret McRacka.n, Herman Long, Woodrow Russ, the Rev. Herman Crainshaw and H. L. Clemmons. The churches will aim at an average of 30 new members each, or a total of 870 for the associa tion. According to the most re cent tabulation at the close of September, 1952, Sunday Schools of the association had 2869 mem* bors. The goal for the State of North Carolina is 115,000. As one step in the program, many of the churches are observ ing preparation week this week, studying “The Pull of the Peo ple,” a book written specially for this campaign. The committee directing the program in the association are Lee Sullivan, chairman" Tom Bal lard, John H. Holden, the Rev. Pete Lingle, Ethel Benton, Susie Carson, Lois Sanders, Woodrow Russ, Bertie Wilkins, Herman Long, R. S. Willetts, Jr., and Louise Robbins. Women Arrested On Theft Count Four White Women Face Charges Of Shop Lifting From Arrington Store Here Saturday Four white women, from 25 to 30 years of age, were arrested here Saturday on a charge of shoplifting from Arrington's Dry Goods Store. About $50 worth of merchandise allegedly taken from the store, was found in their po session. Listed on the warrants are Mrs. A. J. Rhodes, Mrs. E. M. Baxley, Miss Ann Beacher and Mrs. Gwendolyn Baxley. All gave the address of Baxley, Ga. Mrs. Rhodes is said to have lived here a few weeks and the oth ers are visiting her. It is alleged that Mrs. Rhodes and Miss Anne Beacher went to the store and while Mrs. Rhodes engaged the attention of the sales lady in the back end of the store, under pretext of buying a dress, the others removed the goods to their car parked out side. The stolen articles includ ed nylon hosiery, women’s pan ties, etc. Arrested by Chief Jack Hickman the women were all released under bond. Tide lab's Following Is the tide sable for Southport during the next week. These hours are approxi mately correct and jverq furn ished The State Fort Filot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Filot's Association. High Tide Low Tide Thursday, September 2 t 8:33 a. m. 2:19 a. m. 8:58 p. m. 2:50 p. m. Friday, September 25 9:24 a. m. 3:05 a. m. 9:48 p. m. 3:41 p. m. Saturday, September 26 10:15 a. m. 3:53 a. m. 10:40 p. m. 4:34 p. m. Sunday, September 27 11:11 a. m. 4:43 a. in. 11:36 p. m. 5:29 p. m. Monday, September 28 0:00 a. m. 5:36 a. m. 12:08 p. m. 6:27 p. m. Tuesday, September 29 0:35 a. m. 6:34 a. m. 1:07 p. m. 7:32 p. m. Wednesday, September 30 1:37 a. m. 7:37 a. m. 2:09 p. tn. 8:34 p. to.
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