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EDITORIALS: MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD Much has been said and printed about the apparent lack of interest in the current political campaign which \\ ill close with the balloting Saturday. It is hoped that voters v. ill arouse from their apathy and turn out in large num bers at the polls Saturday. Every political race is important, from township constable to the highest office in the land and people cannot afford to ignore any of the offices for which they will name Democratic can didates Saturday. It is not the custom of this paper to take sides with any candidate in the primary. As difficult as it has been in the past sometimes, we have not devia ted from this course and do not expect to do so now. There are some things we would like to stress however. The first . is that every registered voter should make it his business to go to his voting place and vote Saturday. He should al so vote for the selection of a candidate lor each office .... no single shot vot ing or voting for some friend and no other candidate on the ticket. Each voter should inform himself about the candidates as thoroughly as he can and then vote for the one he believes will serve the county, state and nation best. Simply because there is no sheriff race this time doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be a large vote. In this county we will be voting for a U. S. Senator, a member of Congress, Gover nor, Lieutenant Governor and various other state officers, including a Super ior Court Judge. In addition there will be county commissioners, justices of the peace, constables and other county of ficers. To fill these offices with the best candidates available is every qualified voter’s responsibility. If you wilfully fail your country in exercising this duty and privilege then you have no one but yourself to blame for the kind of gov ernment we have. We can’t keep our government strong and free if we do not choose to make our voice heard through the ballot box. WONDERFUL PUBLICITY One time we heard a little boy stop eating ice cream long enough to say, “This is so good i wish everybody I like had some.” After seeing last week’s issue of The State Magazine, we feel much like that youngster. We wish that everybody we like—and everybody who likes Bruns The State Port Pilot Published Every Wednesday Southport, N. C. James m. harper, jr.Editor tntcred as second-class matter April 20, 1928 at the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR .$1.50 SIX MONTHS .,. ... 1.00 THREE MONTHS .75 wick county—could have a copy of the May 19 issue of this fine publication. The State is published in Raleigh by Bill Sharp and Carl Gcerch. It comes out every two weeks, and its pages are devoted to stories about interesting peo ple and places in North Carolina. A few years ago the editors conceived the idea of getting out a series of special issues for the various counties, so about once every three months most of the maga zine is devoted to some special North Carolina county. We do not know how far down the list we were—maybe fifteen or twenty —but we venture the observation that no other county has had a fuller or more comprehensive coverage than Brunswick received last week. It not only had more historical data than we havejeyer seen before. Out ft had a fair appraisal of t/ie pres ent and an optimistic note concerning our future. We wish to express our congratula tions and our appreciation to the pub lishers of The State for a job well done. PRIMARY ELECTION Continued From Rage One rounding out his first term as Judge of Recorder’s Court, is be ing opposed for nomination and re-election by Walter M. Stuna land, who twice before has been nominated and elected to this of fice. There are six men in the race ] for the three nominations as. members of the board of county j commissioners. F. Herbert Swain of Southport is a member of the present board and is now com pleting his first term in the of fice. Two of his opponents, Sam J. Frink and R. O. Lewis of Thomasboro, have had previous experience on this board. Frink was elected in 1936 and Lewis was elected in 1944. Raymond Bellamy of Shallotte is another candidate, and he is now serving as a member of the Brunswick County Welfare Board. Durwood Clark of I.eland is the fifth can didate and R. J. Hardie of Thomasboro rounds out the list. There is a race for the board of education in the Waccamaw school district where two men are running against Corbett Cole man, who is at pr esent serving! as chairman of that county' ! group. He is being opposed by Sinclair Gore and C. C. Brown. The polls open at 6 o'clock in the morning and close at 6 o’clock in the afternoon. SUPERIOR COURT Continued From Page One given 60 days, judgement being suspended upon payment of a fine of $100 and costs. Willie Brown, convicted of the j same charge, received an identical I sentence. Alonzo Gore pleaded guilty to j charges of assault with a deadly j weapon with intent to kill. His sentence of one year on the roads was suspended upon condition that defendant pay $600 into the Clerk of Court. Of this amount $503.75 is for the hospital and doctor bill of Walter Brown. The balance is costs. Pat O’Quinn pleaded guilty to charges of escape and was given 6 months on the roads, this sen tence being suspended upon pay ment of costs and good behavior for three years. Irvin Paul Brown pleaded guil ty to driving 75 mph and was fined $75 and costs, his driver’s j license to be suspended for 30 j days. FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION I am at present a mem ber of rhe Brunswick Co unty Board of Education, and for the past year I have served as chairman. I have discharged the du ties of this office to the best of my ability, and if you re-elect me to this of fice I shall continue to do so. I WILL APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT ! Corbett Coleman Alonzo Richburg was found guilty of drunk driving and was given 60 days on the roads, the judgement being suspended upon payment of costs and a fine of $100. Hughey L. Pigford was found not guilty of manslaughter. James Stallings was found guilty of speeding. Judgement was suspend ed upon payment of costs and a fine of $15. McKinley Jackson was found guilty of manslaughter. His sen tence of two years on the roads was suspended upon payment of costs and good behavior for 5 years. He is not to operate a motor vehicle during that time. Robert H. Williams was found guilty of drunk driving. He was given 60 days on the roads, this sentence being suspended upon payment of a fine of $100 and costs. Glenn H. Parker was found not guilty of reckless driving. Gus Bland faced charges of possession and possession for sale. He was convicted on .the first charge but was found not guilty on the second. He was given 2 years on the roads, judgement be ing suspended upon payment of costs, the defendant to be on probation for 5 years. The cour t found that the charge of assault with intent to kill against James Bellamy was fri vilous and malicious and the pros ecuting witness was taxed with costs. Elder Hewett was found not guilty of illegal possession. Arthur J. Cartrette was found not guilty of speeding. Charles Bowen pleaded guilty to reckless operation and was given from 6 to 12 months on the roads. NUMEROUS CASES Continued From Page One and pay costs. Donald Johnson, non-support, 6 months on roads, suspended on good behavior and pay the sum of $24 per week for the support of his wife and two children and pay costs of the case. Thurman Randall, possessing stolen property, not guilty. Gerald Cincent Blaizzard, fail ing to stop at stop sign, fined $10 and costs. Perry Clark, improper equip ment, fined $10 and costs. Charles Douglas Jewell, improp er equipment, fined $10 and costs. Thomas Edison Turner, improp er equipment, fined $10 and costs. Fiank Devon Inman, improper AIN'T THIS FUN/ TROUBLE SPOTS KOREA s INDO-CHIMA BERLIN * UNITED NATIONS ✓ INDIA 6ENEVA * MIDDLE EAST * ETC- ^ equipment, fined $10 and Curtis Winslow, reekle^; ing, no operator’s license, sion of non tax paid fined $40 and costs. ss t, a of A1 McKinley Andrews, driving resulting in an a fined $25 and costs. Stacey O’Brine Sellers, ting auto under the influx intoxicants, fined $100 andBts, license revoked for one ye Nancy Lee Hankins, no tor’s license, nol pros on tation of valid license. John Corbet Jackson, no tor’s license, fined $25 antSsts Karin Sarita Fowler, sj ng, fined $10 and costs. a n Winslow Burney, no op license, fined $25 and co, of fine remitted because < gating circumstances. Sidney Lee Sullivan, n feur’s license, fined $25 an Carl Felton Horton, no tor’s license, fined $25 an •or s i$10 liti George Vander Ballard, i d haf osts. feui'’s license, fined $25 an Junior Fulton, no ch tf:ur’s license, fined $25 and costs. tiaf >sts. cera :>sts. Ralph Leonard Pattersorf .read ing, fined $10 and costs, f Jay Grayon Sheppard, I seed ing, fined $10 and costs, t ■ ■«k° iVAfefa', *-»«** McRee Dowless CarrolL speed ing, fined $15 and costs, r Louis Garuin Badham,; speed ing, fined $10 and costs. Hubert Ormand Elkins, speed ing, fined $10 and costs. Robert Vernon Dale, si ceding, fined $15 and costs. Volley E. Stroud, speeding, fined $15 and costs. Robert Dallas Davis, speeding, fined $35 and costs. Chancel Carmichael, speeding and no operator’s license fined $35 and costs. Howard Hodges Munday, speed ing, fined $15 and costs. BLUEBERRIES ARE Continued From Page One operations. T. C. Lee also operates a blue berry farm a short distance off from the Long Beach road. He is understood to have about 7 acres and his crop is said to be good. COAST GUARD IS Continued From Page One is acting in the interest of safe ty by checking them, especially when they plan to go outside the harbor. DRAW JURY LIST Continued titom Page One Scoggins, C. E. King, Joe M. Williams, Joe Veezel, H. W. Ben ton, David Bullard, Leland. Joe Lewis, S. Cox, M. L. Cartrette, D. P. McKeithan, Bo livia; H. C. Frink, R. H. Leonard, Harry K. Hewett, Shallotte; Thel ton Hardee, Wampee, S. C.; D. S. Lewis, W. B. Reynolds, A. G. Hickman, Winnabow; Henry Daniels, G. A. Brown, Supply; Harmon L. Hughes, Ash. SOUTHPORT BOY Continued JTom Page One “The guard on duty at the main gate, U. S. Naval Training Center, will direct you to Rodgers Parade Field, where you will be met by my representative. It will be necessary for you to arrive a* tlwnaaiCTwIie-ttatii. .by- Hi III order r.» jl>»- b«f.»ie tire review commences." “Lee is commended for his conscientious attention to the duty which has led to this high honor.” BIG PROPOSITION Continued From Page One lieves that a desirable townsite can be found somewhere in Bruns wick and he will make every ef fort to interest the parties in making a personal investigation of this area. ROVING REPORTER Continued From Page One The site was hit upon less than 6 years ago but during the con struction period and since then more than thirty five million dol You’ll be surprised at the price of the new 5-foot Case ”55” PTO Combine because there's no engine to buy. And the low power requirement is equally surprising because you can pull the ”55” easily with any two-plow tractor. Here are some of the features that give you those "extra-profit” bushels: convenient swing-over drawbar . . . new straight-in-line header with 5-foot cutterbar that cuts from ?4-inch to 26 inches high, and adjustable reel sup ported at both ends ... 28-inch cylinder (spike-tooth or rub-bar) with wide speed range (325 to 1425 RPM, regu lar; 27 5 to 1684 RPM, special) . . . single-lever concave setting . . . long straw rack with "bottom-bouncing” action . . . famous Case Air-Lift clean ing. Come and see the Case "55” Com bine today! WE Will TRADE FOR MULES and FARM MACHINERY S. L. Fuller & Co. ‘ YOUR CASE FARM MACHINERY DEALER” WH1TEVILLE, N. C. Sunday was a good day for catching a cold. We know. We caught one . . . Saturday should be a busy day here in Southport, what with an auction sale in the afternoon and the Primary Election in progress all day . . . Waters Thompson, who al ready is one of the best waterfowl painters we know, has recently taken up taxidermy . . . We think that everyone who has seen last week s issue of The State Magazine will agree with our build-up. If you haven’t had a chance to look at one yet, do it while there still is a chance to get a copy to keep. “Good Morning Miss Dove” is the Tuesday Wednesday movie at the Amuzu, and it should be particularly interesting locally. One reason is that Jennifer Jones is the star, and she is well remembeied for her incognito visit to Southport a few years ago. Another reason is that the story is by a North Carolina author . . . ‘‘Standing On The Corner’’ is our nomination for No. 1 on the Hit Parade within three weeks . . . Harry Robm I son’s place 5 miles North of Clinton on the Ra leigh road still is a favorite stopping place for Southport folks who are on their way to the State capitol. His store gets fuller and fuller. Brunswick county was in the world news last week because of an arms shipment to Saudi Ara bia and Art Newton got nationwide distribution of a picture which he took for UP . . . We talked to Bill Wells on the telephone Saturday night and he said that Armed Forces Day had been observed in Key West with a 65-float parade. Eiil expressed an interest in the primary election Sat urday and said he’d like to be here. “I might make it,” he declared. “You never can tell” . . • City officials believe in keeping the mosquito situation in check. Already they have used the fogging machine on two occasions. This looks like a good fruit and nut year. Mrs. rp p Key, Jr., reported Monday that prospects are good for the blueberry crop; we have seen several peach trees that are loaded down; and pecans are off to a favorable start . . . Inciden tally, we can report first hand that this year s blue berries are very flavorsome. We’ve had a sample . . . Several of the college boys and girls are back home for the summer . . . The talent show was one of the most enjoyable features of the Jerry Ball show Friday night at the high school. We always like to see the kids perform. There is plenty of good fishing being done now by Southport charter boats . . • When we visit the Brunswick Cold Storage plant at Shallotte we ! catch ourself wondering how the people ever got: along without it ... We will be glad when the, by-pass road around Sunny Point is completed . . From reliable sources we hear that there is more than a little interest in the Department of Conservations and Development in the results of the field trip made to the Allen Creek spring last week by Dr. Jasper L. Stuckey and Harry Le Grand. lars have been spent in construc tion, equipping and for the brief period it has been operating. And, instead of being obscure, it is said to be the strongest in the United States, perhaps in the world. The folks who howled ob scure would have howled louder if the shipments in question had gone through the millions of peo ple in New York. A wonderful heritage of nature to Brunswick county that has never been recognized or appre ciated is the great strata of limestone that is now known to lie deep underground over all of the eastern part of the county. Limestone means pure water and pnelty of it. The precious water forming material may extend un der all of Brunswick. The heavy strata is known to exist for sev eral miles west of the Cape Fear river. The hundreds of large and small ponds west of the river were all created by the soluble limestone lying underground. As the. limestone produced water, the water gradually found its way to tlie surface at some point or another and all of the pond area came into existence as the land sunk. It took hundreds, some times thousands of years for some of the ponds to be created, but all of them are sink holes. To the business man, persis tence in advertising pays big di vidends, especially when it is applied to good commodities and honest workmanship. We had an illustration of this the past week when T. C. Barefoot of the Bare foot Mattress Company of Leland was in town as a junior in su perior court. Barefoot called at this office and during the course of his visit he remarked: “Ad vertising in The Pilot has cer tainly helped me.” It may be said that for 12 years Barefoot has advertised steadily in this paper, week after week, not by any skip and run method. News of his business is in the adver tising columns every week. He started out in the mattress busi ness at Iceland with one small room in which to carry on his work. Today he has a large and well-equipped building in which to carry on his work, a comfort able home and is in every way prosperous. His business and his j honest treatment of customers is known throughout this and ad joining counties. Nobody has ever agreed on just how Shallotte got its name. Some think it got its name from a wild onion. As to this we have been strongly among the doubters. In the story ot The Bishop’s Dairy in last weekfe issue of The State, written in ’.791, the name oc curs frequently as Charlotte. In one instance the reference is to “Charlotte, imistakingly called ShaHotte"). We are quite ready to agree that tie present town of Shallotte was originally named Charlotte, after an English Queen. Education w*i not at its peak among early settlers and the name of Chalotte became cor rupted into Shillotte. MANY VISITORS People who hi/e been at Boun cing Log Spring; this week say that the place is getting a large number of visitor. Publicity has drawn a lot of i tent ion to the water and the ^pairing of a j damaged bridge ha. made it easy j to reach the spot. AUTO AUCTION WE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION, JUNE 7(i, 1956 One 1953 Ford 6-Cylinder Tudor Sedan, Mttor No. A3NG—162244. This car repossessed fron^W. V. Robinson, Ash, N. C. | We will sell at Public Auction on June 7th,--One 1950 Ford 6-Cylinder Pick-up Truck, Notor No. 7HC —334954. Repossessed from Donnie Robinson, hal iotte, N. C. R. D. WHITE & SONS SHAUOTTE, N. C. A QUIZ boM SAVING^ HOW MUCH DO YOUR SAVINGS EARN? ANSWER:—Every dollar you put into your Savings Account here earns our high dividends of 3% per annum. In addition, the money you invest is put to work in new buildings and improvements right here in your home community. CURRENT DIVIDENDS —3% Southport Savings & Loan Association W. P. JORGENSEN, Sec’y.-Treos. SOUTHPORT, N. C.
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