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Most Of The News All The Time Volume No. 17 No. 22 A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswiek County 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAR Several Weed Varieties Are Given Analysis County Agent Gives Frank Appraisal Of New Vari ties Of Tobacco That Have Been Under Discus sion Recently ADVISED FARMERS TO PLEASE BUYERS Expresses Opinion That It Will Be Unwise To Pro duce Any Tobacco For Which There IsNo Healthy Demand By A. S. KNOWLES There has been considerable amount of confusion in recent weeks concerning' tobacco varie ties that will or will not be ac ceptable to manufacturers of cigarettes next year. It is rather difficult to determine very far in advance the particular variety that will be suitable, because of so many variable factors. The land, labor, fertilizer, kind of rotation, equipment for harvest ing and curing and weather all play a part in determining the final product. It will be the purpose of this information to present the think ing of several people some of which might be considered for and some against certain varie ties. It is done with the hope that each grower of tobacco will sift the information and be able to decide the best variety for his particular condition. It is best that we review the situation. Total supplies of U. S. flue-cured leaf, according to latest figures from the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture, have reach ed an all-time record of more than 31/2 billion pounds. This is an increase of 340 million pounds above the supply level a year ago. On the basis of domestic use and exports in 1954, current sup plies would last for three full years, according to Joe Williams, Assistant Chief of the Tobacco Division, Commodity Stabilization Service. A “normal” supply as de fined in the Tobacco Act is enough to last 2 y2 years. Stabilization has under the loan program very close to 600 million pounds which is eftough to fill both domestic and export demands for about six months. Sales by Stabilization in the calendar year 1955 have been just under 48 million pounds. Last year, by com parison, they exceeded 95 million pounds. Reasons for Stabilization's slow sales are not hard to find. Deal ers and manufacturers are also heavily stocked. They had record supplies at the beginning of the current marketing season, and they have made noi-mal purchases from the 1955 crop. For next year, a 12-percent reduction in acreage allotments has already been authorized and approved by growers. This ac tion was taken some months ago, before anyone knew how much tobacco would be produced in 1955. The 1956 allotment cannot now be changed without an act of Congress and a special grow ers’ referendum. Many farm lead ers believe, however, that a furth (Continued on Page Four) Brief Bits Of lnewsj LIONS MEET The Southport Lions Club will meet tomorrow (Thursday) at 12:30 o'clock in the community building. FAMILY NIGHT Family night will be held to morrow (Thursday) evening at 6:30 o'clock at Trinity Methodist Church with new families being special guests. CHRISTMAS CANTATA The choir of Southport Baptist Church, under the direction of Mrs. Eunice Daniel, will present a choir cantata, "The Child of Bethlehem”, this Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The public is cordially invited. OPENS JEWELRY SHOP Retiring after being in the Coast Guard for over 25 years, during which time he did much watch repairing, A. F. Bowers has been devoting the past three years to watch and clock repairing and the jewelry business. This month lie moved to Southport and has opened Bowers Jewelers on Howe street. During his service with the Coast Guard Bowers was for a time on the same ship with Commander W. R. Bomberger of Southport. Brunswick Invited OPEN , COME IN j ENTRANCE X-RAY—A mobile X-Ray unit from the State Board of Health is in operation in Whiteville and residents of Brunswick county are invited to take advantage of these facilities to get a free chest X-Ray made. The primary purpose is for the early detection of tuberculosis. . Fire-Proof Vault For Tax Office Valuable County Records Will Have Protection From Fire And Theft Upon Completion Of This Addi tion ENCLOSURE MADE OF BRICK AND STEEL Southport Contractors At Work On Project That Will Fill Long-Felt Need For County The county has started con struction of a new brick and con crete fire-proof vault in the office for- the purpose of protecting valu able books, records and funds. The vault is 11-feet wide, 20 feet long and 11-feet high. It will have ample space for a lot of vaulable matter that should be protected. The construction is be ing done by Robert Woodside, veteran Southport builders. The vault will have brick walls 13-inches in thickness and the top will be a poured concrete slab suported by steel beams. The door will be of steel and will be fire proof. This work is something that has been a long-felt need, since all tax accounts have been eom peltely unprotected from file, and very little provision has been made to protect them against theft. The new facilities will pro vide against loss from either cause. Bolivia Citizens May Get Doctor Inquiry Is Received From Young Man Now Com pleting His Internship In South Carolina Hospital For several months the Bolivia Lions Club has been seeking to find and interest a doctor to locate in their' community for gen eral practice. Tire State Medical : Society and W. B. Keziali of I Southport have been cooperating. This week Keziah received a request for information by a doc j tor who is completing his intern 1 ship in a South Carolina hospital. ! He is a native of this state, is Continued On Page Two Congressman Is Sunday Visitors F. Ertel Carlyle Makes Con tact With U. S. Navy Re garding Their Plans For Development Here Congressman F. Ertel Carlyle of Lumberton was' here Satur | day and Sunday and was en ! thusiastic over prospects of fur ! ther developments in this area. In a conference with a reporter for this paper Sunday afternoon, he stated that he has requested the Department of the Navy to ; give as full particulars as can now be xevealed regarding new developments. He anticipates hearing something soon and will immediately advise. 1 Continued On Page Four; Another Catch Of King Mackerel Capt. Walter Lewis and a party of up-state fishermen broke the season's record for king mackerel last Thursday when they brought in 109 big fish. Tlie trip was made to the lightship, and in addition to the mackerel there were several other large fish, in cluding 20 bonito. This trip bears out the con tention that king mackerel stay in waters off shore from Southport the year round, and that fishing is good any day the weather will permit a trip being made. Numerous Cases Tried In Court Busy Session Of Brunswick County Recorder’s Court Conducted Here Monday Of This Week A lengthy docket was up for trial in Brunswick county Record er’s court Monday and the fol lowing cases were disposed of by Judge Earl Bellamy and Solicitor James C. Bowman: Nellie Coleman Russ, speeding (65-mph) fined $10 and costs Johnnie Thomas Bibbs, speed ing (70-mph) fined $15 and costs. Elliott Woodrow Sikes, speeding (70-mph) fined $15 and costs. Jimmie Frederick McCoy, speed ing (65-mph) fined $10 and costs. William Henry Stephens, no trailer license, fined $10 and costs. Harry Joe Cutlino, no chaffeur's license, improper passing, fined $25 and costs. Mary Edwards Cole, no chaf feur's license, fined $25 and costs. | David Cole, allowing unlicensed ! person to operate, costs. William John Kelly, speeding j (65-mph) fined $10 and costs. Beadley Currie McCormick, no operator’s license, fined $25 and costs. Malcolm Samuel Frink, improp ! er passing at intersection, taxed j with costs. Levon Bennett, reckless opera tion, taxed with costs. Robert Stephen Chauneey, speeding (65-mph) fined $10 and costs. Donald Leon Rowan, speeding (65-mph) fined $10 and costs. Eddie Green, assault, tresspass, ' 90 days on roads, suspended on condition defendant remain of good behavior for two years and pay costs. Minnie Reynolds Sellers, no op erator’s license, nol pros with leave on presentation of valid li , cense. Coy Marshall Long, violating restrictions as to operator's li cense, taxed with costs. Zeno Harkins, improper regis tration, fined $10 and costs, fine remitted because of mitigating j circumstances. Callis A. Watson, speeding (70-mph) fined $15 and costs. William Bryan Clemmons, non . support, prosecution adjudged i (Continued on Page Four) Special Programs Feature Holiday Observance Here Annual Christianas Cantata Being Presented Sunday Night By Choir Of South port Baptist Church STUDENTS NIGHT FOR METHODISTS Children’s Choir At Meth odist Church Will Present Program Next Wednes day Evening Christmas programs, which will highlight the holiday season in Southport, get underway with the presentation Sunday evening of their annual Christmas cantata by the choir of Southport Baptist church. It is under the direction of Mrs. R. C. Daniel. That same evening will be ob served as Student Night at Trinity Methodist church, with a drama “Christmas Dreams”, being pre sented by the college boys and girls who will be at home for the holidays. On Wednesday night the jun- I ior choir of Trinity Methodist church will present a program of Christmas music. Other programs will be held at the various churches during the next 10-days, and further an nouncement will appear next week. A Cl,"' i.mas dance will be held at the Community Building on Christmas Eve under the spon sorship of the Garden Club. Plans also are being made for a New Years dance. Lome Munford Is Laid To Rest Young Coast Guard Chief Died Suddenly Last Week In Groton, Conn., And Body Brought Here For Burial Funeral services were held here Friday morning at 10 o'clock from the Southport Presbyterian Church for Lome Paul Munford, 40-vear old chief electronics tech nician’s mate in the U. S. Coast Guard. Munford died at Groton, Conn., last Monday night. He was stricken ill at supper, and was driven by his wife to the infirmary, where he was ad mitted at 8 p. m. His death was attributed to a heart attack. Assistant Medical Examiner Harold H. Irwin confirmed the diagnosis of infirmary doctors. A veteran of World War II and the Korean War, Munford had been in the Coast Guard 16 years, and had been at the Training Station three times, the last since March, this year. He was an in structor at the Coast Guard In stitute and perpared correspond ence courses relating to elec tronics. He was born Jan. 16, 1915, in Beaver Bay, Minn., son of the late George W. and Mary Grif fin Munford. Munford joined the Coast Guard as a seaman in May, 1939, at St. Louis, and among the ships he had served on are the cutters Mendota, Dione, Hamilton, Jack son, Carrabasset, Ingham, second Mendota and Storis, and Trans port Leonard Wood. Continued On Page Two Telephone Repair Crews On T he Job The Bell Telephone Company is giving good telephone service to Southport and a maintenance crew is here daily looking after the installation of new phones and all chores pertaining to the local dial system. In addition 4 other trucks have their crews living here while they are engaged in installing lines and phones for fire prevention purposes an Sunny Point. The telephone company probably ranks tops at Southport among the things about which complaints are seldom made. Tax Listers For Brunswick Named At Monday Meet Meeting Being Held Here Tomorrow (Thursday) For Instructions From Tax Supervisor Ffessie What ley Mis. Ressie Whatley, tax su pervisor for Brunswick county, has called a meeting of all list takers for tomorrow (Thursday) in Southport. At this time they will be instructed in their duties and materials and forms will be distributed. The following persons have been named to serve as list takers this year: Northwest, M. B. Chinnis; Town Creek, E. O. Rabon; Smithville, Carl Ward; Lockwoods Folly, Bedford Lud lum; Shallotte, Cecil Hewett; Waccamaw, P. P. FormyDuval. In addition to the regular in formation about taxable pr operty, a farm census will again be con ducted this year, and farmers are urged to come prepared to fur nish this information. Brunswick Has Safety Record Highway Patrolmen Have ■ringers Crossed Hoping No Holiday Accidents Will Mar Good Highway Re cord For 1955 Although the year is not over and deaths on highways are courted from January through December, Corporal O. H. Lynch pointed out this week that Bruns wick county has the good record of only 3 highway deaths in over 13 months. The last death in 1954 occurred early in November. The record for that year was clear from then on to January when another year’s count began. With the of ficers giving their best efforts to prevent deaths and injuries on the highways, only three deaths have occurred, two of them accredited to have been the fault of pedes trains who walked out from be hind parked cars without looking. While state-wide figures for other counties in 1955 are not known, it is believed that if January 1 arrives without furth deaths on the highways Bruns wick will be able to show one of th i lowest death rates from acci dents of any county in the State. good Christmas gift for Bruns wick county patrolmen is for the pi blic to continue being careful the highways. Continued On Page Two W. R. RKUAH Om ROVING Reporter Ray Stubbs who thinks assault and battery via the verbal route is a demonstration of his affec tion, hurried over to us the other night and remarked, "One of them lowdovvn Charlotte Kezialr’s has rented our house. He is a guard at Sunny Point.’’ We afterwards met up with the subject and mu tally decided we were distantly related, although he spells his name Kisiah. The relationship is accounted for by the fact that some two hundred and sixty years ago three brothers of Scotch and English descent came to the United States. They settled in Urrion and Mecklenburg county, where they are still thick, al though the early descendants spread out to various parts of the state. Some of the early descend ants got mixed in their spelling and it is now seen in half a dozen ways. The name was ob tained from the Bible, ‘‘Kezia’’ b< ng the name of Job’s daughter. O t own branch of the family a< led an “h.” The four State Highway Patrol •is in Brunswick are keeping fingers crossed. If they can hrough another fifteen days without fatal accidents they will h|ve held the highway death rec 1 for the year, down to only 3 isons. Of these three deaths, t’ o occurred without any fault fi iffl the drivers of the cars that M them. Teenagers simply j w ! ed or ran out from behind P i ed cars in front of approach ii X cars that could not avoid j s ing them. The officers are j n tirally proud of the record so j f ' this year and they entertain a sacere hope that no Brunswick h i es will be saddened by the j d hi of members of their families d tag the Christmas holidays, j T is a hope that all automobile Continued on page four) | Southport Lady Likes Bald Head Mrs. Margaret Hood Had Spent Almost One-Half Her Life Living On This Semi-Tropical Island By \V. B. KEZIAH There have recently been some stories of Bald Head island in this paper and also the State press regarding the possibility of a ferry running between South port and Bald Head Island. Such a possibility aroused tremendous interest on the part of Mrs. M. M. Hood of Southport and possi bly a lot of others. Visiting that island is an allur ing matter, judging by the thou sands of inquiries we have had on how to get there and back. Mrs. Hood's interest stems from the fact that as a child she lived on the island for ten years with her family and during that time she never missed life on the main land. She didn’t need to, didn’t want to. The island was her first love and she still loves the place. “Altogether,” she says, “I have spent more than half my life there.” Her father, Capt. C. N. Swan, i Sr., now 83 years old and still living and well at his home in Southport, moved his family to the island, where he was head keeper at the Cape Fear Light house, in 1902. Mrs. Hood, then 2 years old, never moved ashore to the mainland until she was 12 years old and she says she did not lack for interest nor did she have a desire to move away in all that time. The beloved old island was sufficient. In regular school season the children of school age, 10 of them, had a regular school, taught by Mrs. Burns, mother of one of the lighthouse keepers. School was carried on in a big room in one of the dwellings built for light house keeper. The students in the school were Lillian Burns, daughter of the teacher, now dead; Mrs. Eva Pin ner Wolfe, now living in South port; Margaret Swan, now Mrs. Hood; John G. Swan, now a cap tain with the Cape Fear Pilots Association; James Pinner, now a retired Lighthouse Keeper in Southport; Reggie Pinner, who died some years ago; James Smith, now living in Southport; Earl Hancock and his brother, Leon Hancock, the former still : living in Southport. | (Continued on Page Four) Map Shows Changes In Highway Route Schools Close Next Wednesday Brunswick county schools close next Wednesday at noon for the Christmas holidays, according- to announcement by County Superintendent H. C. Stone. The boys and girls will be back in the classrooms on Monday, January 2. A complete schedule of other holiday schedules for , city and county offices, postoffices and business firms will be published next week. Explanation Of Drawing Jury This Is Matter Of Chance And Is Conducted In Fair And Impartial Manner By Board Of Commissioners It happened that in the jury list for the January term of Superior Court published in this paper last week the largest num ber of jurors from any one com munity were from the same area from which a rather important case originated and is scheduled to be tried. The coincidence ap parently attracted a lot of at tention, judging by the fact that several people have asked how a jury list is prepared. Annually the county commis sioners revise the jury list. They go over the books, take out names of all citizens known to be eligible for such duty. These names are placed on small slips of cardboard. The whole mass of slips is placed in a box that resembles a ballot box and which is kept under lock and key. A month before a term of court the box is taken out and thoroughly shaken around to mix the tickets. With the commissioners and the clem ex-omcio an present, tne sheriff finds a small child of pre school age. Hie child, unable to read, reaches into the box and withdraws a name. The sheriff reads out the name and the clerk checks the book to ascertain if the party is still qualified to serve as a juror. When the required number of names have been secured. The jury list is regarded as being complete. It should be pointed out that either the defense or prosecuting attorney can acept or reject any juror when they are examined at the opening of the term of court. The above procedure of select ing jurors is followed throughout North Carolina. If anything de velopes before a trial commences any or all of the talismen drawn can be rejected. Furthermore, even after the start of a trial if anything is found that is out of order a mistrial can result and the case be brought up for trial later. For this case in which there is considerable interest and from which community mote than the usual number of jurors were (Coutrnued on Fage 4) I: ; State Highway Map Posted In The Brunswick County Courthouse Monday Shows Re-Routing Of U.S. 17 In Supply Area CHANGES WOULD ELIMINATE CURVE Proposed Route Lies North Of Present Location Of This Highway As It Passes Through The Community Highway maps have been post ed at the court house in South port for the routing of project 3106 on TJ. S. 17 at Supply. The map shows Highway No. 17 as leaving its present route op posite the residence of Floyd Kir by and passing directly by the home of Buck King and slightly behind that of J. J. Hawes and the Supply Baptist Church. Con tinuing in a fairly straight line it reenters the present route at the home of C. H. Sellers, some few hundreds yards east of the Odell Blanton store and residence. This route is calculated to eliminate the dangerous curve on Highway 17 near the Blanton store and residence and is a part of the straightening and widening project on U. S. 17 through Brunswick county. Yaupon Beach Houses Rented This Brunswick County Re cord Unique In Having Every House Filled Dur ing Off Season Incorporated for less than one year, having 20 nice homes and others under construction, the Town of Yaupon Beach probably has the distinction of being the only incorporated town in North Carolina that does not have a single unoccupied residence. Adding still further to the dis tinction is the fact that for the next 25 homes at Yaupon Beach this winter, 25 applicants to rent are already on file. With Yaupon Beach it is a matter of needing more and more homes, with rent ers waiting to take them. And adding still more to the distinction is the fact that Yau pon Beach started as a summer resort town. This is winter time when tlie usual seacoast beach resort town is almost completely deserted. When development of the beach area started, G. V. Barbee, de veloper, recognized the possibility of having a summer and winter resort. With this in view, he built nice homes that would serve in either summer or winter. The houses are all well-built and situated in a wooded area, a block or two back from the water. Last winter four or five families made the beach then year-round residence, buying some of the homes Barbee had built. In October and November families began to move to Southport from Continued On Page Two Holiday House Ushers In Xmas Spirit In City Members Of Three South port Organizations Coop erated To Stage One Of Most Successful Events Of Its Kind Ever Shown Here NOVEL IDEAS IN DECORATIONS SHOWN i Emphasis Was Upon Achie ement Of Startling Effects Through Use Of Ordi nary Decorating Material The holiday season was usher ■ ed into Southport to the tune of I jingling bells and breaking tree balls as the Southport Garden Club, the Live Oak Garden Club and the Southport Woman’s Club presented their Holiday House for j the enjoyment of the citizenry ; on Sunday in the Community j Building. Using every material imagin able, the women transformed the j hall into a wonderland of ideas for Christmas decorating with all doorways and windows trimmed differently and attractively. Long festoons of greenery formed a canopy overhead and from every comer glistened Chn. tmas balls and tinsel. Pine boughs and cones were used to form attractive center pieces and to provide swags on doors. Even old umbrella frames were magically turned into small Christmas trees. Santa greeted the guests from one of the doors, while snowmen were on another. A beguiling angel was centered on an all-blue door and from others came greetings of “Merry i Christmas”. From some windows shone tin sel bells ,and one white-curtained one was trimmed in red tree balls. There was a creche from Holland, and a display of Christ mas plates from that same coun try. One table held Swedish dec orations, including the traditional straw horse for good fortune. There was a green Christmas tree made of tulle with matching candle holders, an all white sty lized scene, and another using driftwood and tree balls. There were several party tables, some punch tables, displaying attrac tive ways to fix these tables for : a holiday party. One centerpiece ! was a tree made of gold balls ! and white snowballs. A mantle arrangement which I attracted a great deal of atten tion was made entirely of tin i cans, each flower and leaf in the Continued On Page Two Sheppard Getting Ready For Plants Shiloh, N. J., Grower Will Produce Tomato Plants In Large Quantities Here Next Spring Everett H. Sheppard of Shiloh, N. J., is here for winter work on his plant growing farm just out side Southport. With Joe Cochran of Southport, Sheppard is making plans to resume tomato plant growing for shipment to other tomato growers in New Jersey. His Sunny Point plant farm, where he was putting in about 70 acres of seed each spring, was bought by the government four years ago. He purchased another farm but Continued On Page Two 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, December 15, 8:35 A. M. 2:06 A. M. 8:40 P. M. 2:47 P. M. Friday, December 16, 9:10 A. M. 2:43 A. M. 9:17 P. M. 3:25 P. M. Saturday, December 17, 9:45 A. M. 3:21 A. M. 9:52 P. M. 4:01 P. M. Sunday, December 18, 10:19 A. M. 3:58 A M. 10:30 P. M. 4:39 P. M. Monday, December 19, 10:53 A. M. 4:36 A. M. 11:10 P. M. 5:17 P. M. Tuesday, December 20, 11:33 A. M. 5:20 A. M. 11:58 P. M. 6:00 P. M. Wednesday, December 21, 0:00 A. M. 6:10 A. M, 12:19 P. M. 6:47 P. M.