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Most Of The News All The Time Volume No. 17 No. 25 THE STATE PORT PILOT _A Good Newspaper In A Good Community 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Ocean Proximity InChoosing Site Of Govern ment 1 ernunal The Abil ity To Quickly Disperse Cargo Vessels Or War siups Is Important COMPARISON SHOWS jlOCAL ADVANTAGES Only Morenead City Is Clos er To Ocean Than Sunny Point And Uesiraole Land Was Not Avail able In That Lo cality By W. B. KEZIAH There has been much stressing of the safety feature of Sunny Point, embraced in its proximity to the ocean and the resultant ability of shipping to quickly ga in deep water and disperse in ti me of danger. Engineers and various branches of the service, now look upon the quick reaching of ocean waters as being of paramount importance. Sunny Point not only has this safety feature, it has or will have channel features that will make it the most accessible of any port on the Atlantic Coast, with the possible exception of Morehead City. Morehead City is a little closer to the ocean than Southport is by water. However, the topograp hy of the Morehead City area did not permit a land installation of the type now being constructed at Sunny Point nor some other thi ngs that appear to be within the scope of the project here. A lot of high, well drained lands were ne cessary for the installation at Sun ny Point, with other land nearby suitable for private industry. If is already known that the Gov ernment acquired by outright pur chase a total of 14,000 acres for the installation with several thou sands of additional acrse leased to go with it. Getting back to the matter of distance between the principal ports along the Atlantic coast and the outermost entrance bar of the rivers upon which they are situated, some interesting infor mation has been assembled by Captain B. M. Burris of the Cape Fear Pilots Association. This In formation was gathered in re sponse to our request and may show some light on why both Morehead City and Southport are now receiving considerable atten tion from the Federal Govern ment. One only has to compare (Continued on Page Four) Brief Bits Of lnewsj P. T. A. MEETING The regular monthly meeting of the Southport Parent-Teacher Association will be held tomorrow (Thursday) evening in the high school auditorium. LIONS CLUB The regular meeting of the Southport Lions Club will be held tomorrow (Thursday) at 12:30 o’clock at the Community Build ing. General James Glore, com manding officer of the New York Port of Embarkation, is scheduled to be the speaker. NEW TEACHER Miss Lucille Watson, graduate of West Carolina College, arrived Sunday to take up her work as commercial teacher in the South port high school. She succeeds Mrs. E. J. Gorman who accepted the position last fall to help out until a permanent teacher was secured. TAX LISTING TIME Tax Listers of the six Bruns wick county townships are now working at their several appoint ments. No information is available as to whether there is any great rush of tax payers, but such is hoped to be the case. The work is required by law during this month and thinking property own ers look upon it as being some thing the quicker done the better. Last minute rush causes a lot of people to lose valuable time. MOVING BUILDING Two major face-lifting changes were being made in the business district of Southport this morning, with the removal of one building to a new location and the razing of another. The building on the Southport waterfront which form erly was used by Zeke’s G. I. Surplus is being moved by the owner, Otto Hart. Workmen start ed today on the job of tearing down the Dave Arthur building on Moore street to make room for a new brrck structure. In Legislature REPORT—Senator Ray Walton, left, and Represen tative Kirby Sullivan, right, left Tuesday for Kaleigh where they will represent Brunswick County in the 1955 session of the North Carolina General Assembly. Two Legislators Go To Raleigh Brunswick County Will Be Represented This Year By Ray Walton In The State Senate And By Kirby Sul livan In House FIRST TERM FOR BOTH THESE MEN Each Expresses Desire To Go Slow Until They Have An Opportunity To Estab lish Themselves In Legislature State Senator Ray Walton and Representative Kirby Sullivan left early yesterday morning for Ra leigh where they will represent Brunswick ounty during the pres ent session of the North Carolina Legislature. It is understood that neither one of the lawmakers has definite plans concerning new laws. Sen ator Walton stated Tuesday night that he felt he should look aro und and get more definite ideas of what Brunswick people may need and desire in the local laws. Then, too, being a new man in the Senate, he feels that he sho uld do nothing hasty with regard to laws until he got a bit of the benefit of seeing what lawmakers of other counties are doing with regard to their counties. Representative Kirby, like Sena tor Walton a new man as a law maker, appeared to be much of the same mind in the matter of taking time. It is felt that neith er of them will be in any great rush to put over any new laws. Then when they do act it will be with their own assurance that what they are doing is for the best interests of the county. Both men say that the folks back home will get ample notice and be advised concerning major matters that may come up of a local nature during the session. Important To Choose Variety County Agent Gives Some Advice As To Importance Of Planting Best Type Of Tobacco For This Area Tobacco growers are constant ly looking for a tobacco variety that yields well, handles easy without damage, and that sells good at the warehouse. Research is busy trying to find and breed character into a variety that pleases both the farmer and the manufacturer of cigarettes, says County Agent A. S. Knowles. Brunswick tobacco growers have been doing well with Virginia Gold, Dixie Bright 101, Hicks, and 402. These are still good varieties to grow because they suit most farmers. During the past year the Ex periment Station has found, in comparison with above varieties, some newer varieties that look extremely good. The Dixie Bright 28 has a little better record than the D. B. 101 in yield per acre, but sold some less per pound. Mc Nair V. G. 2 compairs very favor ably as does Coker 140 in yield and price per pound. Coker 139 variety seems to outshine all oth er varieties in most characteris tics. The yield was 28 percent greater than D. B. 101 and 402 and 37 percent greater in value per acre. The weakest factor of this variety is its late maturing. Farmers would do well to try some of these varieties if they can locate a supply of seed. * Picture Rights To New Book Sold The New York Sun said yes terday that Robert Ruark, na tive of Southport and whose parents still live here, has sold the motion picture rights to his yet unpublished book, “A Thing of Value,“ for the report ed price of $300,000. The paper also said that it is understood that Ruark will be paid $150,000 by Metro Goldwyn Mayer for his services as technical advisor during the filming of the story about the Mau Maus and racial strife in Africa. Numerous Cases Tried In Court Total Of 36 Matters Settled Before Judge Earl Bel lamy During Monday Ses sion Of Recorder’s Court Thirty-four cases were dispos ed of Monday by Judge Earl Bel lamy and Prosecuting Attorney James Bowman. In most cases the defendants took a plea of guilty. Before beginning trial of cases for the day, Judge Bellamy out lined some new policies for the conduct of his court. The first of these is that it will be on a cash basis, that the only delay that will be granted is 10-days in which to make an appeal. “If at the end of that time no appeal has been made, the defendant must have paid his fine and costs or go to jail,” he said. He outlined a scale for fining speeders, basing the fine upon the number of miles per hour at which the defendant was clocked by the arresting officer. Judge Bellamy said that he will adopt a stern attitude toward cases involving public drunken ness and similar cases of law breaking which usually develope from the use of bootleg liquor. The following-were included in the Monday proceedings, as shown by the minute book: Carrie M. Ward, speeding (65 mph) $10 and costs. Stephen Frederick Deil, speed ing (65 mph) $10 fine and costs. Junior Jenkins, threaten to kill, prosecution found to be frivilious and malicious, prosecution taxed with costs. Donald Beach Cone, speeding (63 mph) $7.50 fine and costs. Mary Dowell Bouthot, speeding, pleaded guilty of speeding 65 miles per hour, offered broken speedomter in investigation; 10 days stay. John Ponos, speeding, (70 mph) fined $15 and costs. Marshall James Mintz, speed ing (65 mph) $5 fine and costs, offered broken speedometer in evidence ;10 days stay. Irene Hewett Bellamy, speed ing (65 mph) fined $10 and costs. Donald Ebson Hatcher, speed ing (55 mph in truck) fined $10 and costs. Caddie Watts, speeding (75 mph) fined $25 and costs. Jack Edgar Smith, speeding, fined $10 and costs. James Maston Payne, speeding (65 mph) taxed with costs. Brok en speedometer offered in investi gation. James Oliver Hardy, failing to report an accident, $10 fine and costs. Continued On Page Two Annual March Of Dimes Now Is Organized Mrs. M. H. Rourk Heading This Fund Raising Pro gram Again This Year And Has Assistance Of Workers In Each Com munity URGES GENEROUS RESPONSE TO DRIVE Expansion Of This Program Into Realm Of Preventa tive Medicine Has Been Source Of Additional Expense To NFIP The annual March of Dimes campaign is on in Brunswick Co unty, and during the month of January volunteer workers will make a house-to-house canvass in every community in Brunswick County in an effort to raise funds with which to combat this dread disease. Once more this year this pro gram is being headed by Mrs. M. H. Rourk of Shallotte, who has perfected her county-wide organi zation. In addition to the efforts of these volunteer workers, she is asking for the help of various clubs and organizations. "It is a big job to cover Brunswick co unty," she says, "and we need ev ery bit of the cooperation we can get if we are to do a good job.” It is a well-known fact that the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis has been doing a good job of rendering assistance to those who have fallen victim to this disease, but within the past two years the policy of this or ganization has been to get at the cause of the trouble and atempts have been made to perfect some practical type of immunization. “This is tremendously expensive,” points out Mrs. Rourk, “but it is very worthwhile, and it deserves every bit of support we can give. Following is the list of commun ity chairmen for the drive: Shallotte, H. H. Bellamy; Bo livia, Mrs. Foster Mintz; South port, Mrs. Norman Hornstein; Ice land, Mrs. Rufus Williams, Ash, Mrs. Wm. Mathews; Hickman’s Cross-road, Mrs. Leon Norris; Grissettown, Mrs. Norman Gris sett; Longwood, Mrs. Percy Russ; Supply, Mi's. Garland Clemmons; Calabash, Miss Barbara Dew; Vil lage Point, Fred Edwards; Boons (Continued on Page Four) Several Local Shrimpers Stay Several Boats That Have Been Working In South port Have Been Doing Well On Days When The Weather Made It Possible To Go Out A goodly segment of the South port shrimp trawler crews seem to have abandoned all idea of going to Florida this winter. So far, they are doing pretty well here and they say that they are not faced with any of the high cost of living in Florida. Last week weather prevented most of the boats here from go ing out more than twice. The skipper of one of the boats that went out for only two days show ed a pay check of close to $100 and his mate did proportionately as well. Some of the other skip pers are reported to have earned around $150 for the week. They believe that if good wea ther extends through this week they will be able to double last week’s earning. Along with some Continued On Page Two Youngster Kills Deer With Rifle Terry Stephens, 11-year-old, Is undoubtedly the champion nimrod for his age in Bruns wick. In fact, his accomplish ment with a 22-rifle last week put his five grown hunting companions to shame. Terry was hunting with his grandfather, Pete Hickman, and four other men. A 4-prong buck was jumped and came bound ing along. Two of the hunters fired at it as it passed their stands and made a complete miss. Then it came within range of Terry and his grandfather and the boy banged away at it. His one shot brought it down. An examination revealed that none of the other two shots fired by the other hunters had scored a hit. Young Stevens’ first and only shot did the work. The lad is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stephens of South port. Officers Get Two Men When Still Is Taken Brunswick County Sheriff And Deputies Worked With ATU Agents Tues day To Capture Big Map ufacturing Outfit Sheriff Elbert H. Gray reported last night the capture of two South Carolina men who were ar rested yesterday afternoon while engaged in manufacturing liquor in the Royal Oak section of Lockwoods Folly township. The men are Luther (Buck) Dew of Longs, S. C., and Johnny Grainger of Wampee, S. C. Two 600-gallon steam stills were destroyed, along with one thou sand gallons of mash and 78 gallons of liquor. Forty cases of half-gallon fruit jars and a Chev rolet pick-up truck were confis cated. The raid was made by Sheriff Gray and two of his deputies in cooperation with three Alcohol Tax Unit agents from Wilming ron. The two Brunswick county Then were Special Deputy Kellus Thomas and Deputy Henry Pike. The men and the evidences were left in the hands of tile Federal agents, and a hearing is scheduled this morning at 11 o’clock in Wilmington. Sheriff Gray said last night that he believes this outfit has been in operation for several months. "I think that these fel lows were working for a Bruns wick county mam who was too smart to go near the still", lie said. "We could have destroyed the still sooner, but we wanted to get the operator’s at the same time. That’s the way we plan to work, because a still won’t make any liquor unless there’s some body around to keep is going. It’s the operator’s we are after.” January Will Be Egg Month County Agent Emphasizes Importance Of Eggs In Diet Of Average Family And In Home Cooking January has been designated as Egg Month by the Nation’s poul try industry. Homemakers who watch their food budgets will recognize this as a period cf op portunity, for eggs are abundant, low in price, and of the highest quality, reports A. S. Knowles, county agent. Eggs help balance the diets of Continued On Page Two W. B. KE2ZAH Our ROVING Reporter Dpring our brief interview with General Samuel D. Sturgis, top Engineer of these United States of ours, last week it was easy to see that he was a strong disciple of decentrailization. He brought that subject up himself and it was obvious that he was absolutely pleased at the big-installation go ing steadily up on the Cape Fear River, apart and away from any great congestion center. The Sun ny Point Terminals will not only adequately serve the shipping needs of the government, it will take much of the shipping burden from the congested port of New York and other cities. “We sun ply have not to decentralize,” said General Sturgis, “and it gives me lots of confidence to see what is going on here and to know that we actually are decentraliz ing.” Having known Brig. General George Holle, South Atlantic Di vision Engineer for a couple of years or more, we were right much thrilled that he seemed im mensely pleased with the Sunny Point construction operations dur ing his tour of the installation the other day. Visiting the place at regular intervals, General Holle l Continued on page four) General Glore Coming T omorrow Commanding General Of New York Port Of Embarkation Will Visit Southport While Inspecting1 Sunny Point By W. B. KEZIAH Pending matters that may be of much importance to Sunny Point will be under discussion this week following the arrival today and tomorrow of various import ant officers and civilian aids from New York and Washington. To arrive at the office of Col onel R. L. Hill in Wilmington this morning; is (Jol. L. A. Youst from the office of Chief of Trans portation and H. F. Carey and W. H. Shields, both from the office of the Chief of Engineers. Tomorrow General Glore, Com manding General of the New York Port of Embarkation, will arrive to head up final phases of the several meetings in which there may be several other officials and civilian aides. Along with the,meeting at Col onej Hill’s office, it is expected that a thorough inspection will be made of the installation and area. The talks, it is said, will mostly center around the “orderly transfer” of completed units of the work from the Engineers to the Transportation Corps and plans for housing and feeding Transportation Corps employees until the cafeteria and bachelor officers quarters are completed. Colonel Hill’s District office pointed out last night that the coming of these two groups in dicates an urgency to get on with the Sunny Point job. What they have in mind for the big terminal here on the Cape Fear may not come out to the public in so many words, but it is evident that a move is on foot to put Sunny Point into action earlier than was anticipated some months ago. All this, however, depends on working conditions and the speed necessary in getting construction supplies on the site. Big Land Deal Promises Pier Patrolmen Busy During Holidays Corporal O. H. Lynch and his fellow State Highway Patrol men made a total of 83 arrests in Brunswick county during the holidays with most of the de fendants being taken in for speeding. This was a high number for the county in a week, even a holiday week when folks are anxious to get everywhere in a hurry. Corporal Lynch and Pa trolmen Seth Thomas and J. O. Wilkins are very much gratified that there were no serious wrecks or serious injuries. Their attention to the speedrs may have resulted in everting deaths on the highway during the holi days. Progress Made On Bolton Road Blythe Brothers Have Been Working From Bolton EnJ Of This Road For Several Months And Will Complete In Late Spring It is currently understood that Blythe Brothers of Charlotte will complete their building of the Bolton to Supply stretch of high way by late spring. They have now been working out from Bol ton towards Supply for several months. The road, when completed, will be a big lifeline for both Holden Beach and Long Beach. Vacation ists and fishermen from exten sively populated up-state areas can follow this route and find these two beaches the nearest point on the coast from their homes. Turning off at Supply, Holden Beach will be only about 8 miles from there, coming on from the same point, Long Beach is some 16 miles further over N. C. 130 and its longest straight stretch of road in North Carolina. In addition to the extensive use by sportsmen and vacationists, there is every indication that the route from Bolton to Supply and on to Southport will have great military significance. It is believed to be a part of a big truck lane running to Fort Bragg and other centers upstate from the govern ment shipping terminals. Daily now construction develop ments at the terminals are point ing to plans for the tremendous use of trailers, in addition to the railroads, for serving the ter minals. Apparently the facilities on which construction is already beginning will provide for several hundred trucks and trailers to be loaded or unloaded at one time. Those trucks will have to have incoming and outgoing lanes on which to travel. The railroad faci lities at the terminals are enor mous and the trucking facilities will be no less than that. With 30 miles of paved highway now being built around and through the railroad yards and 16 and one half miles more to be let soon, other sections of the county are definitely on the agenda to have new and improved roads during the present year. Barbees, Inc., Purchases 200-Acre Tract Of Land From Middletons And Will Proceed With De velopment STEEL FISHING PIER COMES FIRST Developers Of Yaupon Vil lage Hope To See That Area Expand As Re building Of Long Bea ch And Vicinity Begins A real estate transaction was completed in Southport this mor ning which adds 200-acres of beach front and wooded area to the property presently under de velopment by Barbees, Inc., and known as Yaupon Village. In making the announcement, G. V. Barbee did not disclose the purchase price, but he did say that the first big project will be the construction of a steel fish ing pier. The land is all of that tract lying east of Barbee’s, Incorporat ed, to the Fort Caswell highway and on both sides of the Long Beach highway. Much of the land, like that of the original holdings of Barbee’s Incorporated, is beau tifully wooded, the trees extend ing almost all of the way to the strand. With the exception of the cafe building, directly on the strand, the homes at Yaupon Village did not suffer storm damage. In ad dition to being adjoining Yaupon Village, the property involved in today’s transaction is almost identical with the Yaupon Village property with regard to elevation and forestation. It is hoped that additional plans for the use of the property can be announced by next week. Winter Work On Berries Begins T. P. Key, Sr., Of Moores ville, N. J., Here To Be gin Getting Blueberry Farm Ready For This Year’s Operation Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Key, Sr., of Mooresville, N. J., arrived on New Year’s day for the regular first of the year work on their blue berry farm two miles west of to wn. Mr. Key states that the job will take about 5 weeks and it will not be long after the finish ing of the pruning and cleaning up before they have to return here again to plan for harvesting the crop. The pinning is always a first of the year work. Also in this ye ar’s task is the replacing of a number of bushes that were bro ken off in the storm. Three and one-half acres of a variety of berries that were not doing so well have been pulled and this acreage is now due for replanting. About 37 acres will be in bearing this year and the plants are now due for pruning. Mr. Key’s acreage, combined with that of his son and Mrs. B. M. Graham, will have about 90 acres of producing plants this ye-1 ar. Experienced in growing thej crop, Mr. Key stated he was not Continued On Page Two Railroad Already Gives Important Freight Service Scholes, Inc., Not Only Brings In Own Materials Over Sunny Point Rail road But Hauls For Other Contractors EVEN KEZIAH IS AMAZED WITH WORK Compete Tour Of Installa tion During Past Week Shows That More Work Than Is Known Of Now Going On By W. B. KEZIAH In a way of speaking, the T. F. Scholes, Inc., of Reading, Pa., is the railroad business in Bruns wick. They are operating the Sunny Point railroad for bringing in their own construction sup plies. At the same time, as a convenience to several other con tractors they are bringing in ma terial for them at the nominal charge of $10 per carload from the main line railroad at Leland. At the outset of their own work the Scholes Corporation had to lease a standard sized freight en gine from the Atlantic Coast Line with which they could bring in material. For their own use they had to have 125,000 tons of rock for ballasting, all coming by rail. In addition to that there was a vast amount of steel rails, bolts, spikes, flange bars and everything used in constructing a modern railroad. The track from Leland to the installation was available to all contractors for the bringing in of their construction supplies, but somebody had to furnish the en gine and train crew for their own company. Scholes is also able to bring in everything needed for other contractors. By illustration, the Goode Con struction Company of Charlotte, which is now ready to start con struction of buildings for the ad ministration area, is expecting to bring in forty thousand tons of building material by rail. The K. B. Towles Company will probably have to bring in even more than that in the way of cement and rock for hard stands, etc. N. E. Brewer of Winston-Salem has al ready been finding the railroad a godsend and there should be more and more contractors using the railroad during the present year. Around at the installation' this week, Superintendent of Construc tion Gregg Abernathy of the Sch oles Corporation asked us to ride around with him to the different points of operations. We had thought that in almost daily visits up there we had gone over most of the project. This trip was an eye-opener. Men and machines were going at top speed over several thousand acres of land, much of which we had not visited before. At the number 2 dock a crew was just laying the last foot of rail to which the Diamond Con struction Company will connect with rails from the dock as soon as they are ready. Scholes is fin ished there except for the ballast. At several other dock-ends the company is also finished for con nections, except for ballast. Incidentally, fifty freight cars of ballast was brought in Monday and has already been distributed on various stretches of track. Back of the No. 1 dock we are shown the side tracks on which 5 freight trains will stand while 3 more are out on No. 1 being unloaded or loaded. Continued On Page Two Tide Table Following Is the tide liable for Southport during the next week. These hours are approxi mately correct and were furn ished The State Fort Pilot through tl*e courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. High Tide Low Tide Thursday, January 6, 5:53 A. M. 0:00 A. M. 6:17 P. M. 12:17 P. M. Friday, January 7, 6:51 A. M. 0:24 A. M. 7:15 P. M. 1:10 P. M. Saturday, January 8, 7:45 A. M. 1:17 A. M. 8:09 P. M. 2:00 P. M. Sunday, January 9, 8:35 A. M. 2:08 A. M. 9:00 P. M. 2:48 P. M. Monday, January 10, 9:23 A. M. 2:58 A. M. 9:50 P. M. 3:34 P. M. Tuesday, January 11, 10:09 A. M. 3:46 A. M. 10:37 P. M. 4:17 P. M. Wednesday, January 12, 10:52 A. M. 4:33 A. M. 11:25 P. M. 5:01 P. M.
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