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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
$1.50 PER YEAR
More Tobacco
Grown On Less
Acreage In 1955
Estimates Now Place 1955
Production At One And
One-Half Billion Pounds,
A 14-Percent Increase
Over Last Year
GROWN ON 5-PERCENT
ACREAGE REDUCTION
Favorable Weather, High
Yielding Varieties Given
As Principal Reasons
For This Big Increase
A record flue-cured tobacco
crop of 1,504,075,000 pounds has
been estimated for this year.
The Agriculture Department in
Washington said that the figure
is 14 per cent above last year's
yield. It was grown on 5 per
cent less acreage.
The final estimate of the sea
son by the department predicts
an average yield of 1,517 pounds
per acre, 205 pounds above the
previous record.
Unusually favorable weather,
higher yielding varieties and im
proved cultural practice account
ed for what the department call
ed "phenomenal yields.”
The forecast for the nation’s
entire tobacco crop was for about
2,256,000,000 pounds, slightly more
than in 1954 and the third largest
of record.
There were 1,510,100 acres har
vested, 9 per cent below last year
and the smallest since 1943.
An estimate of 510,100,000
pounds was given for the burley
crop. Last year's total burley
crop was 667,172,000 pounds.
Tire 1955 burley production for
Southern states, 1954 figures in
parenthesis:
Kentucky 339,450,000 pounds
(452.980.000) ; Tennessee 93,000,
000 (115,600,000; Virginia 20,
670.000 (26,58,000); North Caro
lina 21,560,000 (24,384,000).
Flue-cured production:
Type 11—Virginia 130,680,000
(125.660.000) ; North Carolina
350.625.000 ( 297.920,000).
Type 12—Eastern North Caro
lina Belt 516,710,000 (477.620,000).
Type 13—North Carolina 128,
790.000 (113,000,000) and South
Carolina 198,900,000 (145,050,000).
Type 14 — Georgia 147,965,000
(122.850.000) ; Florida 29,751,000
(27.735.000) and Alabama 654,000
(622.000) .
Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
IN HOSPITAL
W. P. Jorgensen, secretary
treasurer of the Southport Sav
ings and Loan Association, is a
patient aat Dosher Memorial Hos
pital.
GETTING FLORIDA IDEAS
Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Barbee and
children of Yaupon Beach left
Monday for Florida, where they
will gather ideas for the further
development of Yaupon Beach.
They expect to be gone a week.
HOME FROM TRIP
On special service for the gov
ernment in Korea for the past
four months, Delmas Fulcher is
spending two weeks here with his
family. Following a trip to Wash
ington for three week’s work
early in the year he will be sent
an another assignment in the far
east.
EXPRESS THANKS
Several students in Mrs. Eva
Lee’s grade at Brunswick County
Training School have written let
ters of appreciation to City Man
ager John West for improvements
that have been made in their
section of Southport dm ing re
cent months.
GRADING GROUNDS
A fleet of the G. W. Talman
trucks from Wilmington started
work yesterday hauling in 500
loads of earth for leveling off the
Fort Johnston grounds, prepara
tory to the start of building con
struction. Contractor Jewett, also
of Wilmington, will start the
building work Monday of next
week.
JURY FROM SAMPSON
S. 15. Frink, attorney for R. E.
Crisp, Leland auto dealer who is
scheduled to face trial at the
January term, stated this week
that jurors for the Crisp case
will come from Sampson county,
in accordance with court orders.
A grand jury for the year will
be selected at this term from the
regular Brunswick jury that has
been called to serve at the term.
Second Holiday
Weekend Coming
Up At New Years
Christmas Was Quiet And
Peaceful Season In South
port; Holiday Dance Sch
eduled Friday Night
Normal business was resumed
for a brief interlude Tuesday pre
paratory to another holiday week
end coming up for New Year’s.
Monday was a quiet day about
the town and county as all public
offices and most places of busi
ness were closed in observance
of Christmas. County and city
employees were back on the job
on Tuesday, with Recorder's
court in session one day later
than its normal schedule.
This same schedule will be fol
lowed next week, with Monday
being a legal holiday. Banks,
postoffices, city offices and the
county offices will be closed.
Members of the board of county
commissioners will meet on Tues
day, and for the second week in
succession the Recorder's court
will be in session on that day
instead of on Monday.
Brunswick county schools, which
have been closed since last Wed
nesday at noon will open again
Monday morning.
One New Year’s celebration
that has been planned is a dance
Friday night at the Community
Building, sponsored by the South
port Lions Club. Music will be
furnished by the Melton-Shannon
orchestra.
Prison Sentence
For NegroWoman
Virginia Porter Ford Given
Twelve Months On Each
Of Two Counts Here In
Recorder’s Court Tuesday
Virginia Porter Ford, Supply
Negro woman, received two sen
tences of 12-months each Tues
day in Recorder’s court as a re
sult of her weakness for selling
moonshine liquor. She had been
arrested several weeks ago for
possession for the purpose of sale,
and before her case came to trial
she was caught transporting.
Judge Earl Bellamy, who had
seen her in court before, decided
it was time to do something be
side fine and give her a suspend-;
ed sentence. Other’ cases included: i
William Brockington, public j
drunkness, 30 days on roads or
fine of $25 and costs.
Henry Eugene Sheffield, speed- j
ing (65-mph) fined $10 and costs. I
Loyd McKeithan, no operator’s ;
license, nol prossed on presenta
tion of valid license.
Roy Andrews, malicious de
struction of personal property,
not guilty.
C. B. Smith, malicious destruc- ;
lion of personal property, 90 days
on roads suspended on good be
havior for two years and pay- j
ment of a fine of $25 and costs. I
John Raymond Klutz, speeding
170-mph) fined $15 and costs.
George Causey, assault with
deadly weapon with intent to kill,
capias issued for complaining wit
iContinued on Page Four!
Holiday A
Add To ]
Leroy Stanley, 13-Year-Old
Columbus County Youth,
Dies In Wreck Which
Critically Injures His Par
ents
NUMEROUS MINOR
ACCIDENTS OCCUR
Total Of Thirteen Acci
dents Reported By Bruns
wick County Patrolmen
For Holiday Week
End
A wild week end of reckless
driving resulted in one death and
several cases of serious injury on
the highways of Brunswick coun
ty
Corporal O. H. Lynch and Pa
trolman S. H. Wilkins reported
a total of 13 accidents, eight of
which occurred on rural roads
and 5 of which were 1-car wrecks.
One that fell in both of these
categories occurred on the Pile
way road on Christmas Eve night
and caused the death of LeRoy
Stanley, 13-year-old Columbus
county negro.
This accident occurred about 8
o’clock Saturday night with the
boy’s father at the driver’s wheel.
The car ran off the road into a
ditch, traveled aat a rapid late
for a distance of 488-ieet up the
ditch, overturned two times and
was completely demolished. The
father, Daniel Stanley, and the
mother, Inez Stanley, were both
seriously injured and are in fair
condition at Columbus county
hospital. The boy was taken to
that institution for treatment for
his injuries, but his death oc
curred early the following mor
Continued On Page Two
Auto Licenses
On Sale Jan. 3
Current License Plates Will
Be Good Until February
15, 1956; No Extension
Beyond That Date
■
Current license plates will be
valid until mid-February, 1956,
the Motor. Vehicles Department in
Raleigh has reminded Tar Heel
car owners.
Under a revised registration
schedule, new tags will go on
sale throughout the state January
3 and extend through February
15\, I
Col. James R. Smith, comman- j
der of the State Highway Patrol,
said that enforcement measures
against delinquent motorists would
become effective promptly on
February 16. He urged owners to
secure their new ' tags without
delay following the opening of
sales.
New license plates will be sold
by bianch offices of the Carolina
Motor Club, The Winston Salem
Auto Club, and by Motor Vehicle
Headquarters in Raleigh.
Renewal cards will go into the
mail around December 27, De
partment offiicals said.
Lccidenls
Death Toll
- -:
Tax Listers To
Begin Tuesday
Tax listers will start work
Tuesday, January 2, on their
job of listing real and per
sonal property for taxes and
compiling information for the
annual farm censiisS
A meeting of these officials
has been held with Tax Su
pervisor Hessie Whatley, and
forms and supplies have been
distributed.
List-takers for this year are
as follow: Northwest, M. B.
Chennis; Lockwoods Folly,
E. O. Rabon; Smithville, Carl
Ward; Lockwoods Folly, Bed
ford Ludlum; Shallotte, Cecil
Hewett: Waccamaw, P. P.
Formyduval.
County Farmers
Favor Quotas
Results Of Recent Cotton
Referendum Reveals Over
whelming Majority For
Continuing Quotas
Brunswick county's farmers
came close to voting 100 percent
to keep cotton support and con
trols in the recent election.
Result of the Brunswick vote
was 28 for and but 1 against con
tinuing controls and supports.
Chairman Lonnie Evans of the
(Coutinued on Page 41
W. B. KEZUH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
Lt. Col. Gregg' McLeod and his
family sent us the most original
Christmas card that we received.
There are four in lus family, the
daughter, Miss Barbara Dale,
Gregg Junior, Mrs. McLeod and
the Lt. Colonel. On the signature
side of the card their first names
were arranged to form a perfect
Christmas tree, printed in red ink.
So far as we were concerned,
this past Christmas savored a lot
of the military angle with New
York Port Embarkation officials
and attaches a little in the fore
front in numbers. And then there
were Army Engineers folks and
officials and military personal
at Sunny Point. The greetings
and good wishes came from
everywhere. Considering our dis
position towards them on needed
ocasions, we were sort of over
whelmed at the rememberance of
Southport area folks.
With the old year going out
Saturday night it is an appro
priate time to say that many
Southport people feel that 1955
lias been a very good year. It
has brought a great deal to them,
thanks to the Army Transporta
tion Corps, the Army Engineers,
contractors, etc. Along with other
things that the year has brought,
there is the feeling of financial
security and prosperity for 1956.
We feel for what the year has
brought, including the promise of
the things that 1956 will bring.
This Sunny Point matter is
getting to be quite a business. In
one mail this week half the let
ters and greetings were addressed
to “Mr. Sunny Point” and the
rest were divided among- Mr. Bill
Keziah, Mr. W. B. Keziah or Our
Hovin’ Reporter. Among those to
"Mr. Sunny Point” was one from
Major and Mrs. (Jack and
(Continued on page four)
Statistics On
Business For
The Past Year
Brunswick County Revealed
To Have $6,074,000 Re
tail Business Through 152
Outlets During 1954
FIGURES FROM
CENSUS BUREAU
Food Stores And Automo
bile Agencies Account For
Greatest Single Volume
Of Business For
Brunswick
Retail sales in 1954 of 152
stores in Brunswick county total
ed $6,074,000, according to pre
liminary 1954 Census of Business
figures announced by the Bureau
of the Census, Department of
Commerce. This was a increase of
87.7 percent over sales in 1948
by 211 stores $3,236,000. Stores
with payroll in 1954 numbered 58,
had 166 paid employees in No
vember 1954, reported payroll of
$283,000, and accounted for sales
of $4,434,000. Proprietors of un
incorporated businesses numbered
165. The number of stores and
their 1954 sales, grouped by major
kinds of business, were: 63 food
stores, $1,677,000; 14. eating,
drinking places, $316,000; 12 gen
eral merchandise group, $543,000;
3 apparel, accessories- stores, $33,
000; 3 furniture, home furnish
ings, appliances, $124,000; 6 auto
motive group, $1,303,000; 28 gaso
line service stations, $864,000; 5
lumber, bldg, matls, hdw., farm
equipment, $595,000; 6 drug
stores, proprieary stores, $313,000;
10 other retail stores . ; 2
nonstore retailers
For 10c, a report for the State’s
counties and places of 2,500 or
more population is available from
the Bureau of the Census, Wash
ington 25, D. C. or from Depart
ment of Commerce field office in
most large cities.
Application For
Another Pier
Lofn'g Beach Will Be Loca
tion Of Brunswick Coun
ty's Second Fishing Pier
If Plans Go Through
S. W. Blowe of Long iBeach
has made formal application to
the Army Engineers for permis
sion to construct an ocean fishing
pier at Long Beach. Tire location
is 100-feet east of Hyde Street.
In the application the proposed
structure is described as being
16-feet wide and 806 feet long
with a 106-foot long tee on the
ocean end. From low water it
will extend 600-feet seaward.
Blowe stated to a newsman
some time ago that it was his
plans to begin construction im
mediately on receiving the permit,
and the structure will be com
pleted before the spring fishing.
Orders for some of the material
have already been placed. It is
also his plans to ultimately build
the pier with two tees. Sometime
next winter he will extend the
pier further out in the ocean
and their construct another tee.
The Army Engineers will re
ceive objections to the construc
tion, if there are any from the !
standpoint of navigation, up until [
January 18, 1956.
Concert Violinist
Visiting Parents
Miss Jeanne Mitchell Has Been Acclaimed “America’s
First Young Lady Of The Fiddle” By Critics
A distinguished visitor in
Southport during the Christmas
holidays has been Miss Jeanne
Mitchell, brilliant and beautiful
young concert violinist of New
York, who has been visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S.
Mitchell.
Miss Mitchell was born in Wil
mington, but moved to New York
with her parents at the age of
five. She began formal study of
the piano at the age of two, and
at the age of eight she began tak
ing violin lessons with Chester
LaFollette, with whom she has
studied exclusively. She graduated
from Barnard College, where she
studied under a Joline music
scholarship ;and in 1947 she made
her New York debut in Town
Hall.
This performance was hailed
by critics as one of the most
promising of that musical season,
and this pretty young native
North Carolinian was on her way.
During the past seven seasons
Miss Mitchell has more than
justified the confidence of the
critics who predicted her great
career.
Her recital in the fall of 1950
JEANNE MITCHELL
won an enthusiastic ovation from
the audience, and critics called
her “America’s First Lady of the
Fiddle.” The New York World
Telegram and Sun praised her as
“one of the best brains in music
Continued On Page Four,’
Telephone Co-Op
Receives Funds
Weather Very
Changeable Here
Holiday weather was a
changeable thing.
Christmas day was beauti
ful, and in Southport the of
ficial temperature was a high
of 66-degrees. In Wilmington
the weather bureau reported
11-degrees higher for all
time high for that date. Mon
day, too, was fair and warm.
Then came Tuesday. Tire day
was cold and overcast. About
mid-morning there were snow
and sleet flurries in South
port, although not nearly
enough to stick. Then it got
fairer and colder. This mor
ning the mercury rested in
the mid-twenties.
Many Truckers
Visit Southport
Much Of Sunny Point Ship
ping Is Being Handled
Through This Method,
With Drivers Remaining
Here Over Night
It is reported that over 200
truck-trailers are at Sunny Point,
either unloading or loading and
the field man of a Charlotte
truck firm stated yesterday he
would be here about 5 days before
leaving to follow the last of his
company trucks to their destina
tion, where they will turn and
come back to Southport.
The Baggett Company of Bir
mingham, Ala., had about 60 of
its several hundred trucks in yes
terday with more coming last
night and today. Three big truck
ing firms are engaged in this
week's activities.
The big tractor-trailers are
proving to be a popular method
for handling government shipping.
They spend about half their time
picking up loads to bring here.
The other half goes to unloading
here and stowing away another
cargo to take somewhere. The
loading and unloading here is all
done by contractors, with govern
ment officials supervising, and
everything is packed to insure the
utmost in safety while the cargoes
are in transit.
The tractor operators, their
duties discharged when they de
liver a cargo here, have nothing
to do but eat, sleep and stay
around while waiting for the car
go to be unloaded and tile return
cargo stowed aboard their trail
ers. They come into Southport,
get their meals here and fill up
about all of the sleeping space in
town. The motels here have their
"No Vacancy” signs constantly on
display.
With all of the tractors here
in Southport, one seldom sees a
trailer. They are all left at the
terminal with details of the trac
tors left to handle them when it
comes their turn to load or un
(Continued on Page Four) i
'Telegram Last Week From
Congressman F. Ertle
Carlyle Reports Approval
Of Loan Of $381,000 For
This County
BRINGS TELEPHONE
SERVICE CLOSER
' Next Stage Will Be To
| Stake Out Pole Line And
Acquire Right-Of-Way
Agreements
Congressman F. Ertel Carlyle
has been advised by the Rural
Electrification Authority in Wash
ington of the approval of a loan
of $381,000 to the Atlantic Tele
phone Membership Corporation.
This information was relayed to
this newspaper by telegram dui
ing the Christmas holidays.
Approval of the loan marks an
other step in the movement to
bring communication service into
several areas of Brunswick coun
ty not now served by telephone.
Officials of the cooperative have
felt for some time that their ap
plication for funds would be look
ed upon with favor, but now it
has been made official.
Although no time-table has been
furnished, it is believed that the
matter of staking out the pro
ject and of securing the neces
sary easements for rights-of-way
will begin immediately, and it
appears reasonable to assume
that most of the residents of
Brunswick will have access to a
telephone before the end of the
year.
Following is the text of the
telegram:
“Have just been advised Rural
Eelctrification Administration has
approved loan of $381,000 to At
lantic Telephone Membership Cor
poration at Shallotte for service
in Brunswick County.
“This will provide new dial ser
vice for 729 rural families who
now have no telephone service.
It provides for 234 miles of new
line and construction of a dial
central office at Bolivia and an
other at Shallotte. The president
of the organization is Harry L,.
Mintz, Jr.”
Sunny Point Is
Business Help
Estimated $75,000 Per Mon
th Coming Into Southport
Now In Direct Benefits
From Sunny Point Army
Terminal
Southport, according to a re
liable source, is benefiting about!
$75,000 per month from the Sun
ny Point Army Terminal (SPAT),
and this is direct. A lot more
comes indirectly from the truck!
operators who are at the instal- |
lation weekly and who come into
town until they get the green
light to head for their destination.
Ship crewmen and various other
sources also contribute to the in
direct benefits from Sunny Point.
Administrative officials at the
terminal got only l! days off for
(Continued on Page Four)
Tax Information
By County Agent
For The Farmers
i
Information Given Regard
ing Who Must File In
come Tax Return And
Who Must Pay Social Sec
urity Tax
DEADLINE SET
FOR APRIL 15TH
This Advice From County
Agent Designed To Avoid
Confusion And Danger
ous Delay In Returns
By A. S. KNOWLES
Who must file an income tax
return? If you had gross in
come of $600 or more during
your taxable year and you are a
citizen or resident of the United
States, you must file a Federal
income tax return, even though
no tax is due. This also applies
to minor children. There is one
exception to this rule. If you are
65 years of age or over at the
end of your taxable year, you are
not required to file a return un
less your gross income is $1,200
or more.
The requirements for filing a
return for self-employment tax
purposes, which may lead to so
cial security benefits later, are
different than those stated above,
even though you may not be re
quired to file a return under the
rules stated above, you should
determine whether you must file
a retur n and pay the self-employ
ment tax.
When to file your income tax
return is when at least two-thirds
of your gross income is from
farming and your taxable year
starts January 1, you have two
choices. You may either: II) File
your return and pay the tax on
or before February 15, following
the close of your taxable year; or
(2) File an estimate of your tax
and pay this amount by January
15 following the close of you!
taxable year, then file your re
turn and pay any balance due by
April 15. Since April 15 falls on
Sunday this year, you have until
April 16 to file your return and
pay the balance due. If your
bitsiness year does not start. Jan
uary 1, you may file your return
and pay the tax on or before the
15th day of the second month of
the succeeding taxable year; or
you may file an estimate within
15 days and return within 3 V2
months after the end of your busi
ness year. If for some unusual
reason you are rtnable to file your
income tax by the due date, you
should write your district director
of internal revenue for an exten
sion of time in which to file. If
the extension is granted, you will
avoid the payment of a penalty
for late filing, which in many
cases may be large in amount.
Substantial reason must be shown
for the extension, and interest at
the rate of 6 percent a year on
the unpaid tax will accrue from
the original due date until it is
paid. The law provides severe
penalties for willful failure to file
a return.
You are urged to file your in
come tax return each year as
soon as you can conveniently do
so. By so doing, you can give
ample time to the preparation of
your return and thus avoid the
possibility of either being delin
quent in filing or making costly
mistakes because of the last min
ute rush. Furthermore, if you file
your return as soon as you can,
you enable your Government to
process your return, and millions
of others, with less expense to
you and your fellow taxpayers.
Continued On Page Two
Tide Table
Following Is the title 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 22
0:53 A. M. 7:08 A. M.
1:12 P. M. 7:41 P. M.
Friday, December 23
1:53 A. M. 8:15 A. M.
2:11 P. M. 8:41 p.
Saturday, December 24
2:57 A. M. 9:24 A M.
3:15 P. M. 9:41 p. M.
Sunday, December 25
4:02 A. M. 10:30 A. M.
4:20 P. M. 10:42 P. M.
Monday, December 26
5:03 A. M. 11:32 A. M.
5:23 P. M. 11:40 P. M.
Tuesday, December 27
6:03 A. M. 0:00 A. M.
6:24 P. M. 12:30 P. M.
Wednesday, December 28
7:01 A. M. 0:36 A. M.
7:23 P. M. 1:24 P. M.