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Most Of The News All The Time Volume No. 17 No. 10 Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAR County Winners In Dairy Show At Wilmington Herdsmanship Award Goes To Brunswick County Ex hibitors, A Tribute To Their Cooperation On Project SEVERAL ANIMALS AWARDED RIBBONS Annual Show Attracted Nu merous Entries From 4-H Club Girls And Boys From County The Southeastern North Caro lina Dairy Cattle Show got under way at Legion Stadium last Thursday night with some 84 calves exhibited by 4-H and F. F. A. owners. For the herdsmanship award, Brunswick County won 1st place among the other 12 counties that were present. This is an award which requires the cooperation of each boy and girl from their particular county. Special praise should go to the boys and girls from Brunswick County because this is the first time Brunswick County has ever won first place in this contest. The show started with the boys and girls leading one of their entries before the grandstand. This was called the “parade of stars” which was followed by the showmanship contest. Showmanship class winners were: Holsteins: 1. Hunter Smith; 2, Bobby McLamb; 3, Cecil Aiken. Jerseys: 1. Henry Jenkins, 2, Jimmy Albright; 3, Johnny Ram sey; 4, Frank Mallard. Gurnseys: 1. Allen C. Jackson; 2, Bobby Pope; 3, Douglas West; 4, Donnie F. Barefoot. Grades (non-registered calves): 1. Francis Collins, Jimmy Cher ry and Carolyn Lawson. Henry Jenkins of Onslow Coun ty, was declared the over-all win ner of the showmanship contest with his young Jersey calf. The show continued through Friday with the official judging \ and awarding of prizes. From I Brunswick. County Eleanor Ra-! bon and William Earnest Rabon of Winnabow won red ribbons; Betty Rabon of Winnabow won a white ribbon ;Jimmy Albright of Bolivia won red ribbons and a blue ribbon for being first in the four-year-old Jersey group. In the fitting championship Bobby McLamb of Sampson Coun ty was the winner with a Hol stein calf. Brief Bits Of lnewsj BALLY DAY A Rally Day program will be presented Sunday morning at Trinity Methodist Church at 10 o’clock with students participat ing. Promotion certificates will be presented at the conclusion of this program. ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF Randolph C. Giant, with the Wilmington Fire Department for several years, has resigned to ac cept the position of assistant fire chief at SPALT. Mi'. Grant has purchased a home in Southport and moved here with his family last week. The couple have a 12 year old daughter who entered school here this week. REVIVAL MEETING Beginning Sunday night, Sep tember 25, a revival meeting will begin at Beulah Missionary Bap tist Church near Hickman's Crossroad with the Rev. Earl Lanier, pastor of Longwood Bap tist Church, as guest speaker. The public is cordially invited to attend. The service will begin each evening at 7:30 o’clock and will run through the week. .METHODIST MEET Mrs. W. B. Landrum, Field Worker of the Woman’s Division of Christian Service, is working! in the North Carolina Conference j and her schedule in the Wilming ton District includes a meeting, October 2, at Grace Methodist Church, Wilmington, at 2:30 p. m. for Brunswick and New Hanover sub-districts jointly at 5th Avenue Methodist Church, Wilmington. COMMUNITY PICNIC Southport citizens are planning a community picnic tomorrow (Thursday) night at 6:30 o’clock at the Community Building. Each family is asked to bring a picnic basket or covered dish. In addi tion to the good food and good fellowship, entertainment is being planned for this occasion. The picnic is sponsored by the minis ters of the town. I Hurricanes Cause Creat Confusion Senator W. Kerr Scott Fails To Permit Inclement Weath er To Prevent His Visit To Sunny Point Hurricanes do not seem to pre vent Senator and Mrs. W. Kerr Scott from getting around, and Col. and Mrs. R. L. Hill likewise get around in them. Take Sun day, for instance. Two weeks ago Colonel Hill wrote W. B. Keziah of this news paper that Senator Scott was coming down Sunday afternoon. Interested in military affairs, he was going to make a return visit to Sunny Point. “The Senator,’’ said Col. Hill, "has requested that you meet us at Sunny Point at 3:45 o’clock.” The local man dutifully respond ed to the request, went to the appointed place half an hour ear ly and stayed there three quar ters of an hour late. No Senator, no Colonel Hill. Nothing but blinding rain that obscured ever thing outside and fogged up everything inside the closed car. Automobiles passed at the crossroads, going in all four di rections. Some slowed down, close inspection did not reveal a Sena tor or a Colonel. In the car with the local man was Mrs. T. P. Key, Jr., of New Jersey and Mrs. Ruth Hood of Southport. Earlier in the day the news man's companions had asked him to take them on a tour of the installation. Keziah suggested that they make their sightseeing tour that afternoon, since he had to go anyway. So there they were sharing in the wait. With no Senator and no Colonel Hill j the party set out after an hour and toured Sunny Point in the j rain. The pay-off came early Mon day morning. State Senator Ray | Waltcn, caught up with the local ! man and asked, "Where the Sam Hill were you yesterday? Sena tor Scott and Colonel Hill came down ana looked all over for you. 1 They said they were to meet you here." Much the same thing happened two years ago. The late Governor William B. Umstead had an ap pointment to be shown over the terminals. Col. Hill understood the start was to be from Wilmington and summoned Keziah up there The Governor arrived here at Southport at the same time Kezi Continued On Page Two Rape Trial Starts In Court Today Special Venire Called For 2: SO O’clock 1 his After-1 noon io Select Jury tor Inal Or Liston Barnhill SETTLE SEVERAL IMPOKiAWf CASES iiiBUlihlr.'. ... - — Judge Raymond Mallard Presiding Over One-Week term tor Trial Of Crim inal Cases; 3 Man slaughter Cases Dis posed Of A special venire reported this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from which a jury will be drawn to hear evidence in the trial of Liston Barnhill, Bolivia white man, who faces charges of rape. J udge Raymond Mallard of Ta bor City, who is presiding over the term, ordered that no spe cial jurors be selected from the Bolivia-Winnabow area. Solicitor John J. Burney has indicated that he will try Barnhill for his life on charges of rape and attempt ed rape. The alleged victims were two Negro girls, one 10 years of age, the other 12 years old. Nathaniel Bryant, Negro boy, entered a plea of guilty of sec ond degree murder yesterday and was given the maximum sentence of 30 years. Edmund James Walker, young Marine, who figured in a fatal accident several weeks ago, ap peared without counsel and enter ed a plea of guilty to charges of manslaughter. He was sentenc ed to serve from 3-5 years, with the notation after his name that he is a youthful offender. George E. Earp, Winnabow youth who also figured in a fatal automobile accident, was acquitt ed of charges of manslaughter. Thomas Elmore Starling was found guilty of drunk driving. Sentence of 12 months on the i roads was suspended upon pay-1 ment of a fine of $250. He alsoi was convicted of possession and was fined an additional $100 and costs. Tone D. Durden was found guilty of drunk driving and of operating without a license and was fined $250 and costs. The case in which Sidney Hew ett and Newman Hewett faced charges of assault was nol press ed with leave. Bishop Pierce was found not guilty of drunk driving. Bobby Lawrence Gray was found guilty of reckless opera tion and was given 60 days in jail, suspended upon payment of a'fine of $50 and costs. John B. Vereen was found guil ty of giving a worthless check and judgement was suspended up on payment of costs and upon condition that he make the check good. Leaman Evans was found not guilty of assault with a deadly weapon. Lucian Tharp faced charges of: assault with a deadly weapon with | intent to kill. He pleaded guilty | to assault with a deadly weapon , and was given 2 years on the roads, judgment being suspended \ upon payment of costs, the de fendant to be of good behavior Continued On Page Two Heavy Rainfall Registered Here Official figures for the U S. Weather Bureau in South port show that 7.63-inches of rain fell in Southport from Sunday evening at 6 o’clock until Tuesday morning. The highest 24-hour period was the 6.81-inches from Sunday until Monday night. Thus far this month there has been rainfall on 16 days for a total precipitation of 18.11-inches. No hurricane flag was ord ered flown from the local dis play tower during the past week end, although northeast stormwarnings were flown from Saturday morning until Tuesday. Making r Ians 1 o Conduct Election '••M5.iL . A ' Hi # iL. New Procedure For Election Of Community Commit teemen And Members Of County Committee This Year Plans are now being laid for the election of around 4,000 ASG Community Committeemen who will assist in presenting ASC farm programs to North Carolina farmers, according to Lonnie Evans, Brunswick County Chair man. Every year an election is held in which three committeemen and two alternate committeemen are elected to serve in every community in the State. At the same time, 3 county committee men and 2 alternate committee men are elected in every county. Elections will be conducted un der the supervision of a county election board in each county in the State. The secretary of agri culture last year provided for the appointment of an election board and named the county agent, county heads of SCS and FHA, and the county heads of the Farm Bureau and Grange to serve as members. Except for the method of elect ing community committeerhcn, the election procedure remains i basically the same as last year. | The major changes are outlined | below: A. The community election board, which is named by the county election board and is com posed of 3 farmers other than! present county or community j oommitteemen in each commu nity, will serve as the nominating committees to select a slate of nominees for positions on the community committee and also serve as the polling place board. I B. The election of community committeemen will be by balloting | at polling places designated by; the county election boards. Last year elections were held by mail. C. Election of community com mitteemen will be held on Octo ber 18, and the county convention for election of a county committee Continued On Page Two Permanent &jtm : JAMES B. WALLACE Chief Inspector Remains On Job At Sunny Point James B. Wallace Will Ser ve As Assistant Resident Engineer At Sunny Point Army Ammunition Load ing Terminal James B. Wallace, chief inspec tor for the Army Engineers dur ing the construction work on the Sunny Point Army Ammunition Loading Terminal, has been ap pointed Assistant Resident En gineer. He will be assistant to Colonel Virgil Lancaster, Resident Engineer at the terminal. Wallace will be chief of the railroads, roads and utilities sec tion and survey and control sec tions. Wallace, who received his B. S. Degree in Civil Engineering from Clemson College. He was engineer for the Cannon Mills Company at Kannapolis prior to taking serv ice with the Wilmington District Army Engineers. At the outsit Continued On Page Two Fall Practices i Ready To Begin Chairman Of ASC Commit tee Informs Farmers Of Opportunity To Share Ir» Program The date for farmers to begin work on their fall Agricultural Conservation Program practices is getting near, according to an nouncement this week from Lon nie Evans, ASC chairman. The practices which are avail able under the fall program are: Permanent pastures, lime, re seeding permanent pastures, live stock ponds, open-ditch drainage, tile drainage and winter cover crops. Effective now, the winter cover crop practice under the 1955 A CP will no longer be limit ed to the acreage in excess of the normal acreage of such plantings. Heretofore, cost-shar ing under ACP was limited to the acreage in excess of the average of such plantings for the past three years. Another change in the winter cover crop has been announced, Continued On Page Two Whiteville Mart Changes Hours On Wednesday Whiteville Operating With Two Full Sets Of Buyers On 5%-Hour Day; Some Small South Carolina Mar kets Close WHITEVILLE ABLE TO SELL USUAL LOT Columbus County Market Million Pounds Ahead Of Figure At i his i ime Last Season With over 26 V2 million pounds of tobacco already sold on the Whiteville market at a season average of $54.76, R. G. Maults by, sales supervisor, expects to chalk up sales totaling approxi mately 4>/z million pounds more this week. With sales with three sets of buyers scheduled for today and Tuesday Maultsby said he ex pected the local market would sell approximately 750,000 per day every day this week and as long as there was sufficient to bacco to provide that volume. After Tuesday the market will operate with two full sets of buyers and will be allowed to sell 4.200 baskets of tobacco a day, the same number of baskets it has been able to sell with three sets of buyers on the 3% hour sales day. After Tuesday Continued On Page Two Coronation For Girls Auxiliary Colorful Ceremony Conduc ted At Southport Baptist Church With Miss Linda Garner Being Honored Miss Linda Garner of Southport was crowned as queen in a very impressive Girls Auxiliary coro nation service in the Southport Baptist Church on Sunday eve ning, September 11, in a green, white and gold setting. The pastor the Rev. Leo Haw kins, gave the invocation and Mrs. Susie Carson, president elect of the Woman's Missionary Society, explained the “Forward Steps of Girls Auxiliary.” Mrs. E. C. Blake, youth director, intro duced the girls and told of their achievements while Mrs. H. A. Livingston, G. A. counselor, pre sented the awards. Mrs. M. T. McRackan, associational mission ary, gave the change to each group of girls and crowned the queen. Miss Dougie Bogie was recog nized as princess; Misses Doro thy Bateman and Judy Goffe as ladies-in-waiting and Misses Linda Kay Potter and Jean Gilbert as maidens. Miss Donna Prevatte was crown-bearer and the ush ers were Bill Blake, Homer Mc Keithan, Jr., George Dozier and Tommy Harrelson. Mrs. E. J. Pre vatte, assistant counselor and pianist, and Mrs. R. C. Daniel, church organist, rendered musical selections for the occasion. Mrs. J. A. Gilbert planned the stage-setting and decorations for the service. Following the ceremony, a re ception was held in the church Continued On Page Two Our ROVING Reporter This week we got a good prac tical illustration of what consti tutes a Postman's Holiday. Lee B. Weathers, president and publisher of the Shelby Daily Star, is spend ing his vacation with Mrs. Weath ers at Myrtle Beach. They drove to Southport to see us and the town. Unfortunately for us, we were out of town. So Mr. Weath ers left us a note advising that they had been here, that they were spending their vacation at the beach. He added the informa tion that while they were on va cation he was writing a history of Cleveland County and its political dynasty. For a fellow to write all of his life and then go off on a vacation to write a book, well, that constitutes a Postman’s Holi day. About a score of years ago we took Lee to Bald Head Isiand and he was obviously uneasy ’Hat the boat might tip over while he was on it. People certainly do read the pa- ! pers, at least this one. Last week; we had a news story detailing the plans of the State Employment Commission to put on 4 part-time workers at Southport to serve people looking for employment. Mr. Powell of the Wilmington office of the commission left what was thought to be a sufficient number of application blanks for these jobs with us. Next day af ter the paper came out all of these blanks disappeared, were used up. We don't know who will get the 4 jobs. That same day when the last of the application blanks was distributed a Federal employment man asked us, a bit sarcastically, "When are South port people going to wake up and provide housing facilities for SPAAJLT employees" ? We have been wondering the same thing this officer asked us about. Our friend Adrian Willetts of the Mill Creek and Bolivia com munity, who was one of our chief colaborators in discovering the (.Continued on Page Four) Graduate Nurses FINISH—Miss Mary Gwen Chadwick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Chadwick of Shallotte, and Miss Marie Robinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cromwell Robinson of Supply, graduated on September 1 from the James Walker Memorial School of Nursing. Both girls are graduates of Shallotte High School. Hurricane lone Floods Brunswick Weather Halts Sports Fishing Needless to say, sports fishing has been at a stand still at Southport for the past few days, and charter boat skippers are hoping that conditions will be favor able for resuming operations by this week end. One bad effect of too much rain is that fresh water ex tends to areas about the mouth of the river, and this hurts fishing on the shoals. Following hurricanes last month fishermen resumed op erations by making trips off shore, and some of the catch es were among the best of the year. As a normal thing, fishing is at its best during Septem ber and October, both in the ocean and inside. Fishermen are hoping that they are in for some of this kind of luck. Suggests Plan Por Waterfront Committee Suggests That Coastal Communities Make Effort To Beautify Water front Areas A resolution prepared by the Committee on Water Resources, Inlets and Coastal Waterways calls attention to the need for cleaning up waterfront areas of cities and towns in Eastern1 North Carolina. Following is the text of this resolution: "RESOLVED, that the Com mittee on Water Resources, In lets and Coastal Waterways take note of the increased traffic through our waterways and the interest that has been developed along our coast line with a view to encouraging use of our coastal waterways by pleasure craft and commercial vessels. “We recommend the improve ment of the facilities, docks, and ports in order to make them more attractive stopovers for tourists and other users of the waterways, to the end that such users will find our facilities, docks and ports to be so desir able that they will be encourag ed to make longer stopovers and more frequent trips. “While the Department of Con servation and Development can not assume financial obligation, we are in position to help local interest when they call upon us for assistance by giving advice and cooperation in their pro grams. “We pledge our cooperation to local interests by working with them in making the facilities of the Intracoastal Waterway and j our sounds and rivers more de-1 sirable and attractive. We feel1 that every possible effort should be made to publicizze the attrac tiveness of our waterways and1 small ports. “We made a trip from South port to Edenton in May of this year, including stopovers at ■ Morehead City, Oriental, Bel haven, and Hobucken, and talk ed to local interests with a view to helping them. Wre plan to. make similar trips in the future; and to continue to be of every Continued On Page Four County Under Hurricane Al ert For Third Time This Year Sunday And Mon day, With Heavy Rains Causing Major Damage BRUNT OF STORM | FURTHER NORTH Red Cross Had Trained Re presentatives Ready To Aid Brunswick Citizens As Hurricane Threat ened To Strike Brunswick county escaped the full force of Hurricane lone dur ing the past week end as the season’s third tropical storm swept past on her northeasterly course to strike a devastating blow in the Morehead City-New Bern area. Winds of gale force were ex perienced here Sunday night and throughout much of the day Mon day and the entire area was flooded with a torrential down pour, but there was little dam age that could be attributed to the wind. Northeast storm warnings were ordered up Saturday, and advance reports of the hurricane indicated that it might strike in the same general area that felt the full force of Hurricane Hazel last fall and of Hurricane Connie and Dianne last month. Trained work ers from Disaster Headquarters of the American Red Cross ar rived here Sunday to check pre parations that were being made by local volunteer workers, but even while they were in Bruns wick county word came that the course of the storm indicated that there would be greater trouble further up the line and they left for Morehead City. Plans were made for opening shelters and for performing other Red Cross relief measures in the (Continued On Page Four) Draw Jury List For Court Term Brunswick County Superior Court Will Convene Here October 17 For One-Week Civil Term A one-week term of Brunswick county Superior court for trial of civil cases will convene here on October 17, with Judge Ray mond Mallard scheduled to pre side. The Brunswick Bar Associa tion met here Saturday and drew the calendar for the term. The jury list was drawn by the county commissioners on the first Monday of this month. The fol lowing names were drawn for service during the week: Cecil C. Hewett, Palmer A. Bellamy, Kenneth White, C. R. Coleman, Walter M. Stanaland, M. L. Watts, Harry W. Bennett, R. B. Hawes, Shallotte; James M. Harper, E. L. Oliver, Jr., | Southport; O. O. Dennis, George B. Ward, Longwood; S. I. Mintz, L. O. Arnold, H. M. Perry, Joe Williams, Harry Allen, Leland. L. H. Benton, Wampee, S. C., Elwood Ballard, Bolivia; R. B. Coleman, Ash; Mrs. .1. W. Gal- j loway, Marshall Roach, Brittie Hewett, Carl Clemmons, Sam D. ] Fulford, G. A. Brown, Sidney Hewett, J. G. Gray, Supply; Roy McKeithan, Pearl D. FormyDu val, W. B. Edwards, Travis Sim mons, W. B. Benton, Freeland. Knowles Honored Last Week For Outstanding Job Brunswick County Agent Received A Distinguished Service Award At Nation al County Agents’ Asso ciation Convention SESSION HELD AT EAST LANSING, MICH. He Has Rendered Outstand ing Service In Each Of Three Counties That He Has Served Five North Carolina Extension Service county agents received “distinguished service" awards at the National County Agents Association annual meeting last week at East Lansing, Michigan. The North Carolinians to be honored with the awards were: Abner S Knowles, Brunswick County; James Ballentine of Hertford County; Dwight Wray Bennett, Henderson County; J. Paul Kiser, Gaston County and Charles W. Overman, Chowan County. Knowles was born in Pender County and has served as an assistant or county agent for 20 years. During this time he serv ed in Wayne, Hoke, and Bruns wick Counties. He has held of fices in many clubs in all three counties, and has been a mem ber and chairman of the County Development Council since it was organized in Pender County. In Wayne County, he was primarily responsible for 4-H Club work. He organized clubs in all schools except in Goldsboro, and there he organized a club near the city limits to serve boys and girls attending Goldsboro city schools. In Hoke County, he organized the Lumber River REA Coopera tive, the Hoke County Freezer Locker Plant, and instituted the One Variety Cotton Improvement Program. In Brunswick County, - his most significant accomplish* ments were in initiating a ferti lizer program and a livestock program. Industrial leaders expressed some of their ideas to the agents present. William A. Keller, Stude baker Corporation, believes that forty percent more agricultural products will be hauled in the farmers own trucks within ten years, especially if road building is given proper consideration, i Continued on Page 4) Scholes Gets Big New Work Information Received That Sunny Point Railroad Buil ders Will Get 80-Mile Contract In Minnesota The F. T. Scholes, Inc., her* for two years building the Sun ny Point yard railroad, has just landed an 80-mile railroad bgild ing contract for the Erie Mining Company in Minnesota. Major William Wade who has been in charge of the Southport office of the company will go with his family to this new job in the near future. The Scholes Company has its main office at Reading, Pa., and has forces out from there work ing on some 40 or 50 railroad building jobs, including the one they are finishing up here. R. Buchanan, Southern Superintend ent for the company, does not plan to go to Minnesota but has not yet indicated his future plans. Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are ap proximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. High Tide Low Tide Thursday, September 22, 0:00 A. M. 5:32 A. M. 12:07 P. M. 6:19 P. M. Friday, September 23, 0:11 A. M. 6:20 A. M. 12:58 P. M. 7:13 P. M. Saturday, September 24, 1:05 A. M. 7:15 A. M. 1:52 P. M. 8:10 P. M. Sunday, September 25, 2:02 A. M. 8:15 A. M. 2:48 P. M. 9:08 P. M. Monday, September 26, 3:01 A. M. 9:16 A. M. 3:42 P. M. 10:02 P. M. Tuesday, September 27, 3:57 A. M. 10:13 A. M. 4:33 P. M. 10:52 P. M. Wednesday, September 28, 4:48 A. M. 11:05 A. M 5:21 P. M. 11:37 P. M.
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