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No. 26 6 Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1956 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
$1.50 PER YEAR
formation On
fax Matters Is
/ Given By Agent
Special Emphasis Is Being
/ Placed Upon This Impor
tant Matter This Year As
Aid To Farmers
TWO TYPES OF TAX
AFFECT FARMERS
Must Not Only Make Pro
vision For Income Tax
Report, But Must Cover
Social Security As
Well
By A. S. KNOWLES
County Agent
Be sure to attend the Social
Security, meeting at Shallotte
School Thursday, January 12 at
7 p. m. There will also be a
meeting at Bolivia School Monday,
January 16, at 7 p. m. on Social
Security.
• More about Social Security for
farmers: Optional method for cash
basis farmers. If you are a cash
basis farmer and your gross in
come from farming is not over
$1,800, you may, if you wish, treat
one-half of your gross income
from farming as your net earn
ings from self-employment from
your farming business.
it you are a cash oasis iaimei
and your gross income from farm
ing is over $1,800 and your ac
tual net earnings from farm self
employment are less than $900,
you may report the amount of
$900 as your net earnings from
self-employment from farming. If
your gross income from farming
is more than $1,800 and your ac
tual net earnings from farm self
employment are $900 or more, you
have no choice. You must use
your actual net earnings to deter
mine your self-employment tax.
The optional method is not to
be used to determine your income
tax. It is used only to determine
your self-employment tax, and
then only if you want to use it.
Even though you determine your
net earnings tom self-employ
ment from farming by the op
tional method, such net earnings
are subject to all the other rules
explained to determine you are to
pay self-employment tax, and if
so, liow much.
“Gross income from farming”
As used above, the term, "gross
income from farming" is your
gloss receipts from farming min
us the cost of products purchased
and sold. In determining your
gross income from farming, you
should exclude income, deductions,
Continued On Page Two
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Brief Bite Of
HVEWS-1
BENEFIT SUPPER
There will be a smorgasbord on
Thursday, January 12, at the
U. S. O. building from 5:30 until
8 o’clock sponsored by the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary.
SUNDAY FIRE I
File destroyed the Sam Privett
home at Supply Sunday. The
building was occupied by the J.
M. Hewett family, who lost most
of their belongings.
DONKEY BASKETBALL
A donkey basketball game will
be played at Bolivia high school
gym on Tuesday, January 24. Two
games will be played, the first at
1 o’clock in the afternoon, the
second at 7:30 that night.
RENEWS CONTRACT
The contract between the board
of county commissioners and Mr.
and Mi’s. Sam Watts for the op
eration of the Brunswick County
Boarding Home was renewed Mon
day for the year 1956.
BASKETBALL MEET
Principals and coaches will meet
Monday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock
at Mae’s Barbecue to map plans
for the annual Brunswick county
basketball tournament. Fred Mc
Clure is president of this or
ganization.
CEMETERY CLEANING
There will be a cemetery clean
ing at the Griffin Cemetery near
Ash on Saturday, January 14. All
interested and all who have loved
ones buried there are asked to
please come and bring tools to
work all day.
ANOTHER WINNER
Mr. and Mrs. William Haughton
were winners of the prize for the
prettiest doorway in the Christ
mas lighting contest sponsored
this year by the Southport Gar
den Club and the Live Oak Gar
den Culb. There names were in
advertently omitted from the list
ul' winners announced last week.
Truck Drivers In
City In Numbers
These Men Remain In Southport While Trailers They
Pull Are Being Loaded Or Unloaded
Stories of trailers swarming in
to Southport loaded with ammuni
tion are of much less concern
to Southport folks than they are
to people of other towns.
It is only the operators and
the trucks that come into South
port. The trailers go into Sunny
Point and are uncoupled there to
be unloaded or loaded. His run
finished, the operator comes into
Southport to wait two or three
days and nights for word to go
back and pick up his trailer and
take a load to some destination,
there to pick up another load and
bring it here.
Nothing explosive comes nearer
than three miles to Southport,
at least it is not supposed to. A
couple of weeks ago a convoy,
said to number 26 trailers bound
for Sunny Point straggled in
here. All of the operators were
new to the area. The lead truck
of 4 that were coming in together,
came right on into Southport and
parked here, the others parking
behind him until there was a
block-long procession that moved
when another trailer drew up
from the rear and took the lead
to swing them around and lead
them back to where they were
going.
This was just an instance and
it may happen again, but the
trucks and trailers pass right
through hundreds of towns on
their way to and from here.
The matter of interest to
Southport folks does rf6t have
any of the elements of concern,
except a wonder where all of the
operators will eat, rest and sleep.
At Sunny Point they uncouple
from the trailers and roll into
Southport on their six-wheeled
tractors, to wait for perhaps 2
to 4 days and nights.
Their tractors, parked on South
port streets, do. not bother‘any
one, unless It is’ the curiosity of
a lot of visitors to the town ask
ing what on earth they are doing
here.
The truck operators are a very
likable sort, averaging well over
the irresponsible age and still
Continued On Page Two
Polio Drive Now
In Progress Here
Mrs. M. H. Rourk Of Shal
lotte Is County Chairman
And Has Set Up County
Wide Organization
MARCH OF DIMES
STILL IMPORTANT
Slogan Is “Polio Isn’t Licked
Yet” And Funds Being
Sought To Continue
The Fight
Mrs. M. H. Rourk announced
this week the appointment of
community chairmen who will help
take the March of Dimes Cam
paign into every part of Bruns
wick county and active work on
solicitations now is underway.
Robert Sellers, Shallotte; Mrs.
Foster Mintz, Bolivia; Mrs. Nor
man Hornstein, Southport; Mrs.
Wm. Mathews, Ash; Mrs. Rufus
Williams, Leland; Mrs. R. E.
Blore, Hickman’s Cross Road;
Mrs. F. C. Osborn, Thomasboro;
Mrs. Norman Grissett, Grisset
town; Mrs. Percy Russ, Long
wood; Mi’s. Garland Clemmons,
Supply; Miss Barbara Dew, Cala
bash; Fred Edwards, Shallotte
Point; Roy Hewett, Boon’s Neck
and Holden Beach; Mrs. A. P.
Henry, Winnabow; Floyd Parker,
Myrtle Head; L. C. Babson, Free
land; Roddie Bennett, Exura; A.
C. Caviness, Colored School; Mrs.
Joe Ramseur, River Road; A. C.
Caviness and Caston Stanley,
Colored Churches.
The theme this year is “Polio
Isn’t Licked Yet”.
North Carolina was fortunate in
1955 in suffering only 434 new
cases of polio, up to December
Continued On Page Two
Flower Prospects
Reported Good
Recent Cold Weather Seen
As No Threat To Usual
Beautiful Mid - Winter
Flowers At Orton
According to Alex Bogie of
Orton Plantation, the prospects
for flowers this year are excel
lent. However, he states there are
not as many camellia buds this
year as usual. This may result in
these flowers being even more
beautiful. Some years the bushes
may be so completely covered
with buds and flowers that the
flowers lose some of their size
and coloring.
Azaleas bud and bloom later
than camellias. For most of these
flowers it is too early yet to
say much regarding bloom, but
the bushes are in excellent shape
and the buds will be showing up
in a few weeks. As things are
now, everything looks fine for an
abundance of these flowers.
Bogue was naturally a little
worried at the slowness with
which the contractors are build
ing the detour from highway 130
at Orton to the junction of the i
Sunny Point road on highway 87.
The Federal Government made;
the money for the road building!
available to the State nearly a i
year ago. Grannis and Sloan of'
Fayetteville is the firm holding
the contract.
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Make Application
For Sliort-Gut
On a petition of a number
of property owners in the
area, the Board of County
Commissioners requested the
State Highway Commission
to build an maintain a short
cut road from the Sunny
Point Road on highway no. 87
to the junction of the Long
Beach Road with highway no.
130. The action was taken
Monday.
The proposed road is cal
culated to give better access
to Sunny Point by labor from
the central and lower part of
county. It will also be of
great benefit to truckers pass
ing to and from Sunny Point
from the south and west.
Lengthy Session
Of Court Monday
Wide Variety Of Cases Up
Before Judge Earl Bell
amy In Recorder’s Court
Here This Week
Monday’s session of Brunswick
county Recorder's court ran into
overtime, with court officials re
maining on duty well into the
evening in an effort to clear the
docket. The following judgments
were handed down by Judge Earl
Bellamy:
Forest Dale Williams, expired
operator's license, taxed with
costs.
William Henry Robbins, speed
ing (55-mph with truck) fined
$10 and costs.
Stewart Jacason, no operator’s
license, nol pressed on presenta
tion of valid license.
Glenn A. Caster, expired op
erator’s license, costs.
William Harold Reynolds, speed
ing, expired operator’s license,
fined $10 and costs.
Walter Milliken, assault with
deadly weapon, costs and held
under good behavior for two
years.
Levy Edgar Johnson, reckless
operation, fined $25 and costs.
Kenneth Wilson Coleman,
speeding (70-mph) fined $15 and
costs.
H. Decker Earnes, speeding
(.70-mph) fined $15 and costs.
James Alvin Rice, Jr., speed
ing (60-mph) fined $15 and costs.
Fine remitted because of mitiga
ting circumstances.
John W. Randolph, Jr., tress
pass 60-day sentence suspended
on good behavior for two years
and payment of a fine of $10 and
costs.
Zenus Hatfield, tresspass, 60
days on roads, suspended on good
behavior and payment of a fine
of $10 and costs.
Roscoe Jones, possession for
purpose of sale, nine months on
roads, suspended on payment of a
fine of $150 and costs and on
good behavior for two years.
Bernard E. Beasley, speeding
(65-mph) fined $10 and costs. |
Archie Lee Williams, following
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Fire Department
Posts Enviable
Record For Year
Property Damage Amount
ing To Only $30 Paid For
One Small Fire During
1955 For Only Loss
VOLUNTEER FIRE
DEPARTMENT HERE
Ormond Leggett Is Chief
And Has Aljle Assistance
From Group Of Dozen
Citizens Who Form
Nucleus Of Organ
ization
A report of activities of the
Southport Volunteer Fire Depart
ment for last year reveals that
only a thirty-dollar property loss
from fire occurred in Southport
during 1955.
This was a call to the Victor
Bartells house on West street,
where quick work by the firemen
prevented more serious damage.
The only other instances where
a loss was involved were two calls
to burning automobiles on the
city streets. In each instance the
damage was confined to the wir
ing system.
All told, there were 9 alarms,
one of which proved to be false.
Ormand Leggett is serving as
chief of the department. On the
force during the past year were
G. H. Hubbard, J. A. McNeil,
Harold Aldridge, Joe Spencer,
Jack Hickman, Johnson Cumbee,
Robert Johnson, G. W. McGlam
ery, B. L. Furpless, Ray Spencer,
Otto Hickman, John Fullwood,
Jr., and Carey Spencer, the latter
now in the U. S. Army.
All of these men serve without
pay and are ready, day or night,
to report for duty at a moment’s
notice.
Menhaden Pass
Out Of Range
I Southport Fishing Boats
Had Good Luck With
These Fish While They
Were Passing Offshore
With the hurried departure
southward of the schools of men
haden last week the Southport
fishing interests summed up and
found that six boats had pro
duced for their crews and fac
tory employees a payroll of $43,
000 from five days of fishing.
The fish were not exactly de
parting" to get away from the
boats. They were moving rapidly
Southward when they crossed
Frying Pan shoals and they
steadily maintained their speed.
The boats had to take what they
could of them while they were
on the run.
The six 136-foot converted
minesweepers first struck the
fish on December 30, fight at
the edge of the shoals. Next day
the fish were offshore between
j Long Beach and Holden Beach,
with the boats bringing up the
rear of schools that extended for
several miles down the coast.
With things at rest on Sunday,
the boats were trailing again on
Monday with the fish at Myrtle
Beach.
Tuesday full hauls were made
again with the fish off George
town, Wednesday, with little ex
pectation of catching up again
Continued On Page Two
Tax Collector
Making Rounds
Tax Collector M. D. Anderson
Will make his last tax collection
rounds of the oounty next week.
These calls are made in order to
give the tax payers an oppor
tunity to pay up before penalties
t<ke effect on the first of Feb
ruary.
^In some parts of Brunswick,
e^oecially in Northwest and up
I r Town Creek townships, most
o.t the men are at work at this
t.'.ne of the year and they have
Title opportunity of coming to
tie office in Southport and pay
ing up. The calls give other mem
bers of the families an oppor
tunity to attend to the business.
Anderson stated yesterday that
all tax payers should keep in
mind if they have not paid by
February 1 they will find penali
ses added to their taxes.
“/essel In tow
Anchors Safely
During Storm
Ship Heading For Safety Of
Southport Harbor Breaks
Towline During Storm On
Sunday
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'V During the rough weather Sun
c ly the tug Fort Moultrie lost
her tow, a Liberty ship, the Mar
vin H. McIntyre, just south of
Frying Pan Shoals near the Fry
ing Pan lightship. At the time
the tug and tow were heading
in to Southport for shelter.
The McIntyre, with the tow
line broken, was finally anchored
by the skeleton crew aboard, as
sisted by the tug. As she appear
ed safe there it was decided to
leave her until the seas abated
and she could more easily be tow
ed on into Norfolk or brought
here.
The 165-foot Coast Guard Cut
ter Agazace from Morehead City
rushed to the scene when the
McIntyre broke loose from the
tug, and has been standing by
.two days. With the winds abating
last night the Fort Mopltrie with
the McIntyre again in tow is
expected to proceed to Norfolk
today.
Makes Report On
City Toy Drive
James Wolfe Served As
Chairman Of This Coop
erative Activity Conduc
ted Prior To Christmas
James Wolfe, who served this
year as chairman of the toy drive
for the city of Southport, has pre
pared a report of these activities,
and in releasing his statement
he has extended his appreciation
to those who helped make the
operation a success.
Following is the text of his
report:
“I would like to express my
grateful appreciation to all who
contributed to the drive to pro
vide toys for the children of this
school, district at Christmas.
“Toys, fruit, candy and gro
ceries were provided for 14 fam
ilies, with a total of 53 children.
“I would particularly like to
thank the ministers of this city
for their wholehearted support
and cooperation, and our thanks
to all individuals and civic or
Continued On Page Two
W. B. HKHAIf
Our
ROVING
Reporter
It is not known what the other
fellows got, but we rated two
cigars and they were of extra
good quality, when Gene Tomlin
son of the Post Enginers office
at Sunny Point, came in to an
nounce that Mary Lillian Tom
linson had arrived at the hospital
that morning. First was a girl,
second was a boy and now an
other girl. A number of the
Southport youngsters got their
first laughs out of our trying to
amuse them with match box
tricks while they were at a very
tender age. We look forward to
trying it on Little Miss Mary
Lilian Tomlinson in a few months.
Incidently, our first sweetheart
was named Mary.
Times at Southport must be
getting a great deal better. For
no apparent reason Prince
O’Brien, cashier of the Wacca
muw Bank and Trust Company,,
opened his box and handed us a
couple of cigars when we strayed
into the bank this past week. As
we remember it, Prince had a
full box of those cigars in easy
reaching distance. But we don’t
know if his generousity was be
ing extended to all mankind. All
we know is that we got ours.
It is a little over five years
since the plans for Sunny Point
began to take shape, but very
few people here could see it and
those who did refused to believe.
Some 90-percent of the folks said
that the terminal would not be
built. An additional number said
it was not needed and quite a j
few more took pains to say that'
it would not mean anything to'
Southport. Most of these folks
are now working at Sunny Point
and are getting good pay. We
are extremely happy over the way
lContinued on page four)
“Polio Isn’t Licked Yet”
.hi.n—i nm—m.. mum.
CONTRIBUTOR—John Blount, pre-mad student at
University of North Carolina, a polio victim now recover
ing buys a miniature crutch from Paul H. Robertson,
State Commander of the American Legion, which is co
operating in this year’s polio fund campaign.
Surplus Property
Ordered By Many
Narrow Escape
From Disaster
A catastrophe of major
proportions was miraculously
avoided Saturday morning
when a big truck-trailer load
ed with ammunition was in
collision with a passenger
car on highway No. 87 be
tween the Sunny Point in
tersection and Bell Swamp.
The truck was being driven
by Bruce Robert Helms and
the automobile was operated
by Walter Johnson, South
port negro. The accident was
investigated by Corp. O. H.
Lynch, who reported that the
truck crossed the center line
of the highway before being
struck along the side by the
car. The gas tank of the truck
was ripped open, spilling
gasoline everywhere, and the
side of the automobile was
demolished.
The truck driver was char
ged with driving on the
wrong side of the road.
Strange License
Plates Common
Trucks And Automobiles
From Other States Ap
pear In Southport Every
Day Since Sunny Point
Opened
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Anyone curious enough to go
out and look around the streets
of Southport these days would be
able to see automobile or truck
tags representing about every
state in the Union. On some of
the trucks are as many as 20
tags. Baggett of Birmingham,
for instance, is licensed in 43
states for transportation for sev
eral of the commercial powder
companies and is likewise li
censed to operate for the United
States Government anywhere.
The above does not necessarily
mean that all of the trucks must
bear the tags of all of the states
in which the company operates.
With hundreds of trucks and
trailers Barrett is operating in
all parts of the country and
trucks operating in any area
usually carry the State tags of
the states in which they may be
operating.
Baggett, in other words, is a
contract carrier throughout the
United States, licensed to handle
explosives in 43 of them. In
Alabama and Georgia they are
also a common carrier, licensed
to handle general commodities. |
In all of its areas of operations
Baggett has a safeLv man and
inspectors. Some of the duties of I
the inspectors are to look after!
the welfare of the truck opera
tors, see that they get accom- j
modations and route the trucks
where they are destined to go.
For the operations at Southport
I\ C. Sinclair, a native of Hoke
County, this state, resident of
Texas for 18 year's, is the safety
Continued On Page Two
Busy Day For Representa
tive Of State Civil Defen
se Office Here Tuesday
For Purpose Of Accepting
Applications
REPRESENTATIVE TO
RETURN LATER
Applications Being Accept
ed For Items Not Yet On
Surplus List In Hope
More Supplies May
Be Added
More than, one hundred Bruns
wick county citizens were in
Southport Tuesday to talk with
James W. Denning of the State
Civil Defense Office about ac
quiring Federal surplus property
to make up for losses sustained
during the three hurricanes of
1955 which affected this area.
Applications were received from
more than 30 eligible persons, and
a supply of forms was left here
with Clerk of Court Jack Brown.
While he did not know the sched
ule, Denning expressed the opin
ion that a representative from his
office will be here for further
appointments.
The items available consist of
surplus property, most of it from
military sources. Thus far, no
provision has been worked out
for furnishing food or feed or
farm supplies that are surplus,
but there may be a later develop
ment in that connection.
Equipment and supplies may
be purchased at 10-percent of
the cost of the government, but
only those who suffered direct
loss fi-om storms of last fall are
eligible. While it is not necessary
to purchase an exact replacement
for lost equipment or furnishings,
it is contemplated that these pur
chases shall be used in the re
habilitation of businesses affected
by the storms. Counties, cities
and towns are not eligible.
A total of 25 North Carolina
counties are on the eligible list,
two in South Carolina and coun
ties in several New England
States.
Earp Home Burned
To Ground Sunday
The 9-room home of Mr. and
Mis. Earl Earp at Funston in
Town Creek township was com
pletely destroyed by fire during
the high winds Sunday afternoon,
practically all of the furnishing,
as well as the building, were com
pletely destroyed.
Earp stated Monday tli#t the
file originated on the roof, prob
ably from a spark. When dis
covered the building was too far
gone to save due to the wind
and prevailing dry condition. Some
insurance was carried on the
building, but none on the furni
ture.
G. E. Earp, who has been an
invalid for several months, was
carried to safety from his bed
room, and reports from the family
say that his condition does not
appear to be any worse because
of his experience.
Trucking Lines
Need Facilities
For Operation
Unless Satisfactory Termi
nal Facilities Are Provid
ed, Companies May Build
Own Installation
ROOMS AS WELL AS
SERVICE NEEDED
This Type Of Transporta
tion Appears To Be Tied
In With Sunny Point
Shipping
From remarks made by in
spectors and safety men of vari
ous truck freight lines, it ap
pears that some of the companies
may build their own terminal for
the handling of their tractors,
trailers and the feeding and
sleeping of the men here. None
of the several interviewed on the
subject could be quoted. The
matter would have to come from
officials. All that they could say
was that at points from which
there is much hauling the com
panies usually see to it that men
and machines are taken care of
during stops of any length.
All were pretty certain that
there will be trailer terminals
here in the immediate future. Xf
no private interest steps in and
builds terminals that will serve
the needs , the trucking com
panies will do it themselves.
As a matter of fact, it is
doubtful if private interests here
are prepared to go in for things
on the scale needed. An inspect
or for one company expressed
the belief that for the accom
modation of his company’s driv
ers, inspectors, etc., about 100
rooms would be required, these
to sleep 4 men to a room. He
pointed out that on long hauls
without stops the freight lines
were required to carry two driv
ers to each tractor, one to driva
while the other sleeps. During
the past week there was often
as many as 100 tractors here at
a time.
Fire Tower For
Government Area
U.S. Army Engineers Given
Authorization To Design
And Erect Fire Tower On
Sunny Point Army Term
inal Reservation
The office of Col. R. L. Hill,
District Corps of Engineers at
Wilmington, has been authorized
to design and construct a steel
fire tower for observation at
Sunny Point. The structure will be
60-feet tall and will be located
on the high point of the Admin
istration area.
Information yesterday was to
the effect that construction will
begin in March. The tower will
afford a good outlook over the
several thousand acres foi’ming
Continued On Page Two
Snow Falls In
Southport Tuesday
Early risers here Tuesday
morning saw the city virtual
ly blanketed with the first
snow of the season, and more
was still falling. A few of
the kids were out in time to
grab a few snowballs.
However, the temperature
was rising; and by 7:30 the
snow had ceased. Before noon
most of the signs of it had
disappeared.
Tide Table
Following is the tide table
for Southport during the next
week. These hours axe up.
praxiniately correct and were
furnished The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot’s Association.
High Tide Low Tide
Thursday, January 12,
7:32 A. M. 1:06 A. M.
7:39 P. M. 1:43 P. M.
Friday, January 13,
8:09 A. M. 1:45 A. M.
8:18 P. M. 2:22 P. M.
Saturday, January 14,
8:44 A. M. 2:24 A. M.
8:53 P. M. 2:59 P. M.
Sunday, January 15,
9:18 A. M. 3:01 A. M.
9:27 P. M. 3:55 P. M.
Monday, January 16,
9:50 A. M. 3:38 A. M.
10:03 P. M. 4:11 P. M.
Tuesday, aJnuury 17,
10:25 A. M. 4:17 A. M.
10:44 P. M. 4:48 P. M.
Wednesday, January 18,
11:03 A. M. 4:59 A. M.
11:30 P. M. 5:29 P. M.