/ Of The News pll The Time e No. 17 v A Good Newspaper In A Good Community 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 —— 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. *■ 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 Continued On Page Two ° , 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