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Volume No. 17
No. 7
6-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1956
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Brunswick County
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Whiteville Fishing Party
CATCH—Here is a catch of blackfish and sea perch brought in by this party of
Whiteville men while here on a recent fishing trip with Capt. Ray Stubbs aboard the
Bessie-Ray. It turned out to be one of those days when the fish simply would not
strike on the shoals, so Capt. Stubbs carried this party out to one of the wrecks in an
effort to prevent them from coming in empty handed. Left to right, they are Hubert
Stanley, Tommy Parker, Elgie Clemmons, Willie Hammonds and James Hammonds.
All except Parker are employees of The News Reporter—(Art Newton Photo.)
Saturation Of
Highways With
State Patrolmen
This Measure Is Planned
For Coming Labor Day
Week-End In An Effort
To Reduce Danger Of Ac
cidents
Mindful of the fact that 4 per
sons were killed in Brunswick
county on Labor Day, 1954, and
anxious not to see this repeated,
State Highway Patrolmen will
Saturate the roads in Brunswick
next Monday. They will have de
finite instructions to halt and cite
all speeders and to make arrests
upon the least evidence of drunk
en driving.
Thousands will be on the high
ways Sunday and Monday. The
crowded condition alone is suffi
cient to justify all sensible auto
mobile operators in being extra
careful. Where the operators are
not sensible the State Highway
Patrol feels it will have to take
a hand, for the safety of the
driver and any passengers he may
have with him, along with the
safety of others using the high
way.
“Start early”, says Corporal O.
II. Lynch, “and do not be in too
much of a hurry to get anywhere,
or back home after the day is
over. Above all, for your own
safety and the safety of the pub
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Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
SALE OF PROPERTY
A real estate transfer that
opens up quite a bit of Southport
property for business development
was consumated here Monday
when Durham interests sold over
50 building lots in a well located
part of town. Some of the prop
erty lies between the hospital and
the business district on Howe
street. Two Southport residents
were the purchasers.
Four Sailfish
Added To Total
Four More Fishermen Re-1
ceive Fishing’s Biggest
Thrill On Trips Out Of
Southport During Past
Week
PLENTY OF MACKEREL
AND BLUES ON SHOALS
Another Successful Week
End For Parties Going
Out From Southport
Brought Plenty Of
Sport Inshore
Pour more times this week
Southport charter boats came in
with a sailfish flag flying as
the total of these fish for the
season mounted to 19.
One of these came in Saturday
when R. O. Rotenberry and par
ty of Charlotte landed a 6-ft., 8
ineh beauty while fishing with
Capt. Hulan Watts aboard the
Idle On IV. They also had 60
Spanish mackerel. The day be
fore L. L. Boyd and party cf
Myrtle Beach caught 40 Spanish
mackerel, 1 barracuda, 1 wahoo,
2 dolphin, 3 King mackerel and
2 bonita. The Sunday trip was
for Gus Kleto and party of
Charlotte, who had 130 blues
and Spanish mackerel, 1 dolphin
and 1 bonito. On Monday Mr.
Rachett and party of Rocking
ham had 7 barracuda, 5 bonita
and 50 Spanish mackerel.
Capt. David Adams brought
■ in one of the three sails caught
Sundaiy.
Another of the Sunday sail
; fish catches was made by the
| R. E. L. Brown party of Myrtle
Beach aboard the Idle On II
I with Capt. Basil Watts. This fish
’ measuied 5-ft., 11-inches, and
the party also had 88 Spanish
mackerel. On Monday Mr. Over
I man and party of Liberty had
i 75 Spanish mackerel.
Capt. Walter Lewis had a
j Greensboro party out Sunday,
and . Jim Brantly caught the
third sailfish of the day. They
I also had a 40-lb. amherjack, 3
Continued On Page Hour
Pearsall Plan
Being Explained
Brunswick county leaders
are continuing their round
of speaking engagements
that are designed to create
interest in the forthcoming
special general election on
September 8.
A meeting is scheduled at
Shallotte high school tomor
row (Thursday) night; at
Piney Grove school Friday
night; Bolivia high school on
Tuesday night; at Cedar
Grove on next Wednesday
night; and at Southport be
fore the Parent-Teachers
association on Thursday
night of next week.
Brunswick Man
Hopes For Visit
Dr. Walter Harrelson And
Family Hoping To Visit
Brunswick County Rela
tives Before Opening Of
Fall Term
The Harrelson family, sons and
daughters of the late Sheriff and
Mrs. A. D. Harrelson, are looking
forward in the hope that Dr. and
Mrs. Walter Harrelson and chil
dren will be. able to visit them
here for at least a few . days in
September.
Dr. Harrelson is Dean of the
School of Divinity at the Univer
sity of Chicago and holds other
important jobs in religious life. He
is a member of the Executive
Committee of the World Council
of Churches, a job that entails
his traveling all over the world,
and he bas just recently returned
from a two weeks trip to Ger
many by plane, working on this
Continued From Page Five
Powell Bill Will
Help Four Towns
In This County
Southport Leads Other Mun
icipalities In Brunswick
With Allocation Of $9,
752.49
YAUPON BEACH IS
NEXT IN TOTAL
Allocations Ba.«^r> Upon
Balance Between Popula
tion And Mileage De
voted To Streets
For roads that are not on the
regular highway system, four in
corporated towns in Brunswick
benefitted by the allocation of
Powell Bill funds this week. Of
the four, Southport stood highest
in the amount allocated and Long
Beach was lowest.
A break down of the allotment
shows each of the four com
munities that qualified as having
received the following sums: Long
Beach, $1,249.98; Shallotte, $1,
980.06; Yaupon Beach, $2,646.71;
Southport, $9,752.49.
Only incorporated towns in
North Carolina are eligible to par
ticipation and the allocations are
made on a basis of population and
street mileage not maintained by
the State Highway Commission,
The Powell bill was fostered
by Whiteville attorney, J. K.
Powell, during a term as state
senator.
The overall distribution will be
$6,219,336.82, the largest sum
shared since the bill’s first di
vision in 1951. Over $32,000,000
have been shared under the
Powell bill in its six year his
tory.
Checks Next Month
The increasing annual splits
are due to the ever-growing
volumes of gasoline used in
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Half-Day Session
Of Court Monday
All Matters In Brunswick
County Recorder’s Court
Were Disposed Of Before
Noon Recess
All work in Brunswick county
Recorder’s court was completed
before noon Monday, with the fol
lowing cases being handled before
Judge Earl Bellamy:
James Irven Ingram, speeding,
fined $35 and costs.
George Dewey Hardee, no chaf
feur’s license, fined $25 and costs,
$15 of fine remitted on presenta
tion of valid license.
Franklin Jones Wilson, speed
ing, fined $10 and costs.
Leola Dell Smith, no operator's
license, fined $25 and costs.
Grover Robert Bryan, speeding,
fined $10 and costs.
Nathaniel Ward, improper
equipment, fined $10 and costs.
Robert Benjamin Bennett, im
proper equipment, nol pros on
presentation of bill of sale indi
cating truck had been purchased
the day before the citation was
issued.
Stanley Allen Christenberry,
speeding, fined $10 and costs.
George Alexander Carey, Jr.,
speeding, fined $15 and costs.
Willa James McNeil, speeding,
fined $15 and costs.
Albert Lee Daniels, allowing
unlicensed person to operate,
fined $10 and costs.
Lacy Benton, public drunkness
on highway, fined $25 and costs.
Continued On Page Two
Fire Destroys
Vessel In Gulf
Eugene Gore is back at home
in Southport for a few days
after the menhaden vessel Dewey
of which he was the captain was
destroyed by fire on August 15 in
the Gulf of Mexico off the
Louisiana coast. Another South
port man, Alfred Evans, second
engineer, was also aboard.
Gore will assume command of
the menhaden vessel James Mc
Grath on September 3.
The fire which resulted in the
total loss of the Dewey occurred
when one of the engines back
fired, spraying gasoline over the
engine room. Every man aboard
managed to escape in the purse
boats.
Livestock Show
Site Changed To
Auto Sales Lot
Livestock Exhibits Sponsor
ed By Bolivia Lions Club
On September 8, Will Be
Shown On Used Car Lot
At Elmore Motor Co#
The Bolivia Lions Club who is
sponsoring a livestock show on
Saturday, September 8, has
changed the site from the Bolivia
high school campus to the car lot
of Elmore Motor Company. The
season for the change is that
this site is more convenient and
offers shade and shelter protec
tion for the livestock. The ex
hibits are to be held from 9 til
noon as originally scheduled.
A mistake was made in a pre
vious article stating that the
Hampshire gilts would be offered
for sale. These gifts are just an
exhibit and it will be from litters
of pigs from these gifts that
farmers may wish to buy gifts
next spring.
There will be 10 pens of 12
oullets each of the Willard Red
Bybrid breed offered for sale at
ihis show. 4-H club members that
are to show and sell pullets are
as follow: Jean Ludlum and Jar
vis Jones, Ash; Bill Hevett,
Boones Neck; Jo Ann Sellers,
Supply; Tmaryllis Johnson and
Richard Maggard, Bolivia; Laura
Rabon and Tonda Willis, Winna
bow; R. G. Sellers, Jr., Mill
Creek; Sammy Gainey, Lanvale.
Ice Crusher Is
Help To Dealers
Ice Crushing Machine With
Capacity Of 72-Tons Per
Hour, Simplifies Job Of
Placing Ice Aboard Traw
lers
Dallas Pigott has purchased and
has in operation a new SEMCO
ice crusher and blower that en
ables him to crush and load on
his boats enough ice for a sev
eral days trip, all in a few min
utes. The machine has a capacity
of 72-tons per hour.
The machine is operated by a
specially built Ford engine of
110-horsepower. Three hundred
pound blocks of ice are fed in
from floor level and a six-inch
rubber hose carries the crushed
ice to the hold of the boat, where
it tightly packs and remains until
it is needed for shrimp or fish.
Most of the shrimp trawlers
have 4 holds for the preservation
of shrimp. Depending how long
the boat expects to remain out
fishing, two of the holds are pack
ed with ice and others left empty.
Continued On Page Two
W- & KieaaAH
Out
ROVING
Reporter
Alongside and partially on top
of one of the big earthen breast
works built by the Confederate
Army during the Civil War, At
torney and Mrs. S. B. Frink have
one of the most attractive places
in town for the building of their
new home. The location is at
Deepwater Heights. The pictures
que location, the trees and build
ing of black clinker brick con
struction combine to make a
beautiful appearance. When the
building is completed and the
grounds landscaped and planted
in grass, the house', overlooking
the Cape Fear, will be one of the
most attractive in Southport.
With at least three local men
having stated the would construct
i suitable building here for rent
to Sears-Roebuck, another man
from upstate came in this week
and flatly stated that he would
construct such a building for
Sears-Roebuck or any other
reputable firm that would lease
it. “I like Southport,” he said.
"I wish I could live here and
watch the town grow. As I can’t
come here yet I am perfectly
willing to invest my money here
for anything that will help South
port grow.” This party ini cods to
make a personal call on the man
ager at Sears-Roebuck as soon as
he gets back home.
“You folks who have been liv
ing right in Southport and seeing
(Continued on page four)
Election Bet To
Be Settled Here
The Day After The General Election Promises Interesting
Sidewalk Show In Southport
Apparently Southport will stage
its most interesting event of the
year on November 7, the day fol
lowing the National Election. Sun
ny Point will furnish the cast for
the show but the leading man
has not yet been decided.
Two employees at Sunny Point
have an “election bet”, Robert
Constante and G. I. Thompson
have agreed that the day after
the election, November 7, the
loser shall roll a peanut on the
sidewalk for one full block from
the traffic light to waterfront in
Southport. Just to make the bet
more interesting, the rolling shall
be accomplished with the loser’s
nose. Neither knee-pads nor
gloves are to be permitted; the
peanut must be of the double va
riety; no assistance from non
participants will be permitted;
and if the peanut goes off the
paved side-walk the “pusher"
must bring it back without any
other help or means but the
pushing and|or lifting capability
of his nose.
Neither contestant has a par
ticularly prominent proboscus
which should make the payment
of this bet more difficult to ac
complish and more interesting to
watch. Also, from the viewing
angle. The question as to whether
or not the victor can place signs,
posters and|or placards upon the
up-ended posterior is presently
under debate.
Brunswick Schools
Open On Tuesday
Labor Day To
Be A Holiday
All county and city of
fices will be closed on Mon
day in observance of Labor
Day. This schedule also will
apply to banks and post or
fices.
Notice has been received
that many of the places of
business in Brunswick coun
ty also will remain closed
on that day.
The opening of the Bruns
wick county schools for their
fall term has been set for
the day following this holi
day.
Patrolman Deal
Chases Victims
Thrice Within One Week
This Officer Has Had To
Catch Fleeing Automobile
Drivers On Foot After
They Have Abandoned
Car
State Highway Patrolman H. F.
Deal who is stationed at Bolivia
had plenty in the way of regular
duty, such as chasing speeders,
etc., during the past week. At the
same time he has been strinking
terror into the hearts of liquor
transporters whom he has en
countered on the highways.
Wednesday night about 10
o’clock, at Jackie’s Creek on
Route 17 and headed towards Wil
mington, a 1949 Ford 2-door pass
ed the patrol car. He had a hunch
that something was wrong and
gave chase. The Ford was oc
cupied by Auley Davis and Wil
liam Theodore Hill, both of Ice
land. With the siren close be
hind him, Hill, the driver of the
car, put on his brakes and jump
ed to run. Deal was out of his
patrol can and running almost as
soon as Hill was. Both men fell
into a ditch. Deal on top. Hill
wanted to fight and there was a
lively scrap in the ditch, ending
when the officer brought his
flashlight into play and used it as
a blackjack. Hill was led back
to the Ford where Davis had
peacefully remained. Both were
brought to jail at Southport and
released under $500 bond each.
The car was found' to contain 6
half-gallons of non-tax paid whis
key. Deal pulled the capture of
the whiskey and the arrest of the
two men alone.
Friday morning around 11
o’clock Patrolman Deal flushed a
1948 Buick headed north on U. S.
17. He chased it to the intersec
tion of 74-76, following these
routes across Eagle Island. The
driver of the Buick stopped sud
denly, jumped out and fled
across the marsh. He got a head
start and was well into the
swamp before Deal could stop his
own car and head back to the
scene. He was so close that he
was forced to drive by the
stopped Buick and turn around
to come back. The car had 36
gallons of whiskey. The driver
was recognized and a warrant is
already out for him.
Sunday night Deal met a
maroon 1956 Ford 4-door, travel
ing towards Wilmington at a high
rate of speed. The officer turned
his own car and gave chase with
his red light on and siren scream
ing. The two cars, traveling at a
Continued On Page Two
Superintendent H. C. Stone
Announces That Every
thing Is In Readiness For
Opening 0| Fall Term
TEACHER LIST
FOR ALL SCHOOLS
Three Consolidated Schools
Hav0 New Principals And
There Are Numerous
Changes In Teacher
Personnel
Brunswick county schools will
open for their fall term on Tues
day, and three of the consoli
dated white schools will have
new men serving as principals.
A. A. White has changed from
Waccamaw to Shallotte; J. G.
Long has replaced him as prin
cipal at Waccamaw; and H. Eu
gene Nance is the new principal
at Bolivia.
Superintendent H. C. Stone
has called attention to the fact
that any child who has reached
his 6th birthday on or before
October 16th is eligible to enter
the first grade. He also calls
attention • to a school bus drivers
clinic that will be held Friday
morning at Shallotte.
Following is a list of faculty
members:
Bolivia High School, H. Eugene
Nance, principal; high school:
Ola H. Sherrill, Johnny M. King,
Clarence F. Wilson, Jr., William
P. Sherrill, Joan Marie Fulford
and Tilda A. Nance.
Elementary: Jesse F. Laws,
Iris Rabon Smith, Grace H. Mer
ritt, Alice W. Lesh, Mildred W.
Knox, Lucille C. Gray, Ora G. Mc
Keithan, Annis F. Toomer, Pearl
K. Hawkins, Pearl G. McNiel,
Betty Jo Gore and Reba S. Rog
ers "Kourk.
Southport High School, Thom
as C. Webb, principal; high school:
Ira Butler, Jr., Mrs. J. C. San
ders, Lillian Morris and Norman
A.. Powell.
Elementary: Muriel D. Lennon,
A.nnie R. Weeks, Lucille S. Wil
liamson, Thelma S. Willis, Ruth
R. Hood, Jessamine D. Ashley,
Continued On Page Two
Marsh Hen Time
Opens Saturday
Season This Year Expends
From September 1 To Oc
tober 6; Split Season On
Doves Opens September
10th
The season for mash hen hunt
ing will open Saturday of this
week and will remain open until
October 6. Robert C. Halstead,
U. S. Game Management Agent
and Walter F. Anderson, Chief
Wildlife Protection Division of the
N. C. Wilflife Resources Com
mission, have jointly released in
formation to the effect that all
hunters must have a county or
state license.
They also give the following
information as to the immediately
approaching hunting season.
Doves: Dates—September 10
October 6; December 14-January
10. Daily bag limit, 8; possession
limit, 8. Shooting hours shall be
gin at 12 o’clock noon and end at
sunset each day of the open sea
sons.
Rails: Dates—September 1-No
vember 8; Daily bag limit, 10;
possession limit, 20. Shooting
hours hsall begin 30 minutes be
fore sunrise and end at sunset
each day of the open season.
Tobacco Prices
And Pounds Up
For Past Week
Whiteville Market Records
Daily Sales Over One
And One-Quarter Million
Pounds As Selling Tempo
Picks Up
SEASON AVERAGE
CLIMBS STEADILY
Whiteville Sales Reports
Show $56.63 Average For
Sales Of About Six
Million Pounds
Total poundage of tobacco sold
on the Whiteville market today
(Monday) is expected to reach
one and one-quarter million, ac
cording to Ft. G. Maultsby, sales
supervisor. He said he expected
the daily poundage to remain
above a million for the next 10
or 12 days. He reported quality
off but said that grade by grade
prices are as high as last week.
Total sales on the local mar
ket through last Friday, accord
ing to the U. S. Department of
Agriculture’s marketing report
was 15,460,904 pounds, for a
total of $8,162,906, making a
season average of $52.80. Com
parative figures for the week
ending Friday, August 17, show
ed a total of 9,450,006 pounds
for a season average of $50.42,
showing the market average rose
during the past week for the
season $2.38 per hundred.
The weekly market report of
the USDA stated, ‘‘Deliveries, to
all markets picked up until most
sales were blocked the latter
part of the week. Gross sales for
the week ending, August 24,
totaled 49,514,678 pounds which
averaged $54.48, an increase of
$2.53 over last week and $7.62
above the two days of opening
week. Season’s sales amount to
116,862,534 pounds for an aver
age of $51.94 for Border Belt
and S. C. markets. FC deliveries
dropped to about 16.5 per cent,
the lowest week since the mar
ket opened.
South Carolina markets aver
aged $51.53 last week while
North Carolina Border Belt mar
kets averaged $52.52 per hun
dred.
Whiteville’s market continued
to lead all markets in the Bor
der and South Carolina Belts in
pounds sold except Mullins which
was leading the local market
91,478 pounds for the season.
(Continued On Page Four)
School Opening
Brings Dangers
Children Traveling To And
From School Will Add
Greatly To Traffic Haz
ard
Schools will be opening in an
other week and the Highway Pa
trol is very much concerned over
the fact that several thousand
school children will be on the
roads each morning and after
noon. The ever possible danger to
these children cannot be ignored.
Some of these children will be
walking on the highways or near
them and some are too young to
realize the danger from the speed
ing cars that are constantly pass
ing. The burden of care is largely
on the shoulders of the operators
of cars when children are on the
road.
Perhaps a still bigger source of
danger, according to Corporal O.
Continued On Page Four)
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 Tl*
Thursday, August 30,
2:00 A. M. 8:23 A. M.
2:49 P. M. 9:20 P. M.
Friday, August 31,
3:12 A. M. 9:33 A. M.
3:55 P. M. 10:25 P. M.
Saturday, September 1,
4:22 A. M. 10:38 A. M.
4:57 P. M 11:22 P. M.
Sunday, September 2,
5:25 A. M. 11:39 A. M.
5:56 P. M. 0:00 P. M.
Monday, September 3,
6:24 A. M. 0:17 A. M.
6:50 P. M. 12:34 P. M.
Tuesday, September 4,
7:18 A. M. 1:07 A. M.
7:41 P. M. 1:27 P. M.
Wednesday, September 5,
8:10 A. M. 1:54 A. M.
8:30 P. M. 2:18 P. M.
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