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Volume No. 17 No. 11
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPT
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Brunswick County
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Weather Signals
Displayed From
Tower In City
Explanation Of Various
Flags And Penants As
They Apply To Storm
Warning Service
BOATMEN LEARN
TO WATCH SIGNALS
Weather Information Pro
vided Through Wilming
ton Office Of U. S.
Weather Bureau
The weather tower on the Gar
rison is watched daily by South
port boatmen, who have learned
through the years to depend upon
it for warnings of weather that
might make outside trips unduly
hazardous.
The local displayman is Mrs.
C. Ed Taylor, who frequently en
larges upon her normal duties to
telephone interested parties con
cerning warnings that have been
relayed to her from the U. S.
Weather Bureau Station in Wil
mington. She also posts a written
notice on the bulletin board next
door to the post office here in
Southport
Stations along the South Atlan
tic coast flying the weather warn
ings include Brunswick, Ga.; Sa
vannah, Ga.; Charleston, S. C.;
Georgetown, S. C.; Myrtle Beach,
S. C.; Southport, Carolina Beach;
the SPA Dock at Wilmington,
Wrightsville Beach, Masonboro,
New Bern, Cape Hatteras and
the lightships stationed at Dia
mond Shoals off Cape Hatteras
and Frying Pan Shoals off Cape
Fear.
Some of the stations fly flags
during the day and hoist lanterns
at night, others only fly the day
light warning. At present the
Wilmington SPA dock will fly
only the day warning.
The warning system includes
the following:
Small Craft Warning—a red
pennant.
Northeast Storm Warning — a
red pennapt flown above a square
red flag with” a square black
center during the daylight hours,
or two red lanterns one above
the other indicates the approach
of a storm of marked violence
with winds beginning in the
northeast.
Southeast Storm Warning—a
red pennant flown below a square
red flag with a square black
center during the daylight hours
Continued On Page Four)
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Brief Bit s Of
HVEWS-I
BENEFIT SUPPER
The Eastern Star will serve a
baked ham supper Thursday eve
ning at the Community Building
from 6 to 8 o’clock.
OFFICE CLOSED
The Brunswick county tax of
fice will be closed on Thursday
and Friday of this week due to
the audit which is being conduct
ed. It will be open for business
as usual again on Monday.
SHALLOTTE MEETING
The Brunswick Sub-District of
the Womans Society of Christian
Service will meet Sunday after
noon at 2:30 o’clock at Camp
Methodist Church at Shallotte.
An interesting program has been
planned: and an invitation has
been extended to all interested
ladies to attend.
FAMILY NIGHT
Thursday night at 6:30 o’colck
Trinity Methodist Church will
hold its regular Family Might
scheduled quarterly. Each family
is to bring a covered dish sup
per. The Commission on Missions
is in charge of the program,
which will feature the showing of
a series of color slides.
FASHION SHOW
The Southport Woman’s Club
will sponsor a smorgasbord and
fashion show Tuesday at the
Community Building, beginning at
12:30 o’clock. Clothes for the
adult show will be furnished by
the Town Shop of Southport
while clothes for the children’s
division of the show will be fur
nished by the Younger Set of
Wilmington.
FISH FRY
The candidates of the Demo
cratic party will sponsor a fish
fry at the D. Bert Frink place
just west of Gause Landing on
Friday night, October 5, at 7:30
o’clock. Alton A. Lennon, can
didate for congress from- the
Seventh District, will be the fea
tured speaker. Everyone Is invited
to attend.
i
Spotter Plane
Helps Sportsmen
Menhaden Are Not The Only Fish Located From The Air
By Hall And Robert Waters
Hall Waters and his brother,
Robert, residents of Wilmington
and who spend a good part of
their time as spotters for the
two local fish factories, seem to
be headed towards becoming the
champion sport fishermen along
the lower North Carolina coast.
For the past several months
they have been taking prizes from
the New Hanover Fishing Club
each month, mostly for red drum.
For these fish they seem to
have it over everybody else and
they make a real sport out of
catching them.
A 10-pound test line, a spinning
reel and a plug are usually all
they want with which to show
up other fellows who cling to
cut bait and maybe half a pound
of sinkers. Don’t let the light
test line fool you. With it they
have been working in and bag
ging drum weighing all the way
up to 38 y* -pounds. In fact, the
monthly fishing prizes that they
have been winning have all been
for fish over the 30-pound weight.
They both contend that with
heavy sinkers and the old fashion
ed cut bait the sinkers hold the
bait to the bottom, where it is
quickly covered up by the draft
ing sand.
Recently they were in their
plane taking a leisurely look at
the fish swimming far below
them. They saw a heavy school
of drum at one point, with half
a dozen fishermen working near
by. Landing their plane they set
the fishermen right as to where
their school was located. Taking
their own spinning outfits and
plugs, they joined the boys with
the cut bait
A result was that at the end
of an hour the boys with plugs
and light tackle had landed 5
drum, all in the 30-pound class,
and the other fishermen still had
none. Hall’s theory was that the
cut bait got covered up by sand
almost as soon as it struck the
bottom. Not being rooters, the
drum were not supposed to root
out the bait.
With their plane the boys have
helped many a group of sports
men all along the coast. From the
(Continued on Page Four)
Brief Break In
Weather Helpful
Charter Boat Captains Man
aged To Get In One Oi
Two Good Days With Par
ties Between Bad Weathei
RESULTS INDICATE
PLENTY OF FISH
Reports Of Catches Show
Variety Of Fish Still Be
ing Caught Off The
Brunswick Coast
The weather quieted down brief
ly over the past week end to give
fishing parties a break, and as
had been suspected all along, the
fishing was just as good as the
weather.
On Saturday Capt. Walter Lew
is had C. W. Platterburger and
party of Waxhaw out aboard the
John-Ellen. They caught 15 dolph
in, 6 bonito, 3 amberjack, 8 Span
ish mackerel and 6 king mackerel.
On Sunday C. T. Bass and party
of Clinton caught 300-lbs of black
fish and red snappers. On Mon
day H. F. Stowe and party ol
Charlotte brought in 98 bluefish
and Spanish mackerel, with some
of the latter weighing as much as
6 or 7 pounds. They also had 5
bonito.
On his Monday trip Capt. Basil
Watts had Morton Church and
party of Charlotte out aboard the
Idle On n and they caught 8
cero mackerel, 2 king mackerel,
1 bonito, 1 barracuda and 2 am
berjack.
Capt. Hulan Watts had W. J.
Hortman and party of Hickory
out aboard the Idle On IV Sun
day and brought in 1 amberjack,
2 bonito, 2 barracuda, 2 dolphin,
4 king mackerel, 1 cero mackerel
and 2 Spanish mackerel.
Capt. H. A. Schmidt had L. L.
(Continued on page four)
Negro Teachers
In First Meeting
James F. Clemmons Is New
President Of This Organ*
ization, Succeeding A. C.
Caviness
The Brunswick County Unit of
the N. C. T. A. held its first
county-wide meeting for this
school term last Tuesday at
Brunswick County Training
school in Southport with A. C.
Caviness presiding. He gave some
very interesting remarks, then
presented to the group Superin
tendent of Schools H. C. Stone.
Mr. Stone gave some brief re
marks concerning the schools and
extended a hearty welcome to the
teachers. He expressed his wish
for a successful school year.
Following the message, Mr
Caviness gave the final results of
the election of officers. The new
officers are as follow: James F.
Clemmons, president; Van W.
Galloway, vice-president; Mrs. I.
B. Hankins, recording secretary;
Mrs. L. Y. Gore, corresponding
secretary; Otis Bryant, treasurer.
At this time Mr. Caviness pre
sented the new president to the
group. Mr. Clemmons came for
Continued On Page Two
Hose Burrows
Way Into Ground
Bob Constante called Mon-^
day night to report a pheno
menon that was occurring in
the yard between his home
and that of his neighbor at
the Southport City Limits.
A rubber water hose had
burrowed its way into the
earth so deep that it could
not be pulled out, he said. He
invited an inspection, so a
reporter went out to see.
Sure enough, there was the
hose, live as a big snake,
still working its way into the
earth. Efforts to retrieve it
were to no avail, and plans
were made to try the next
day to dig it out.
Menhaden Catch
Good On Monday
Oil Content Of Fish Taken
This Week Was High
Giving Hopes For More
Good Luck
Weather during the next few
days may mean a good deal to
the Southport menhaden indus
try, say the fishermen. Fish are
coming down the coast. Weather
may send them out to sea and
around this area, too far off for
the operations of the boats. On
the other hand, the fish may stay
close to the coast while passing
here. In any case, bad weather,
as long as it lasts, can keep the
boats from fishing.
Monday morning the Southport
purse-netters found hairy back
menhaden up the coast at Top
sail Inlet. They were pretty num
erous and were unmistakably
headed southward, the first of the
fall run. One of the boats waded
in, took and brought home over
four hundred thousand fish.
The hairy back is a medium
sized menhaden. Its value is in
that it produces a heavy run of
oil. The fish taken Monday are
said to have produced 12 gallons
of oil per thousand. That means
that the one boat catch of
over four hundred thousand fish
produced over five thousand gal
lons of oil and this without any
decrease in the roughage that
goes to make fish meal, a product
that the factories have been rely
ing on almost entirely this sum
mer.
In addition to the good catch
by one boat, another did almost
as well. Others were along down
the line in their volume. The
i trouble lay in unchartered wrecks
in the area where the fish were
found and resultant damage to
nets.
By today, weather permitting,
the fish are expected to be con
siderably further down in this di
rection. The boats, if the weather
permits them to go out, will not
have so far to travel to meet the
fish.
FHA Operating
Under New Set
Of Regulations
Explanation Made Of New
Credit Restrictions At
Meeting Held Last Week
At Wrightsville
LEADING OFFICIALS
ATTEND MEETING
Brunswick County Office
Ready To Assist Farmers
In Qualifying Under
New Program
How the credit needs of a lar
ger number of farm families can
be served by the Farmers Home
Administration under recently en
acted legislation was discussed at
1 a meeting of agency officials held
September 20-21 at Wrightsville
Beach.
The new law provides broad
er authority to assist family-type
farmers with loans to improve and
operate their farms. It also auth
orizes, as a part of the rural
development program, loans for
operating and developing farms
where the farmer has part-time
employment off the farm. Includ
ed in the broader authority are
loans for refinancing existing
debts, and an increase in the
maximum amount that can be
advanced for operating loans.
All of the present loans services
of the Farmers Home Administra
tion which include loans for the
operation, development and pur
chase of family-type farms, farm
housing, soil and water conserva
tion, and loans to meet emer
gency credit needs will continue
to be available.
Taking part in the meeting
held at Wrightsville Beach were
Horace J. Isenhower, State Di
rector for North Carolina, Ralph
Turner, State Farm Management
Specialist, Eugene Buchanan, FO
division, Hermon Riggle, OL di
vision, and Virgil Highfil from
the National office. Area Super
visors, W. H. Robbins and Arthur
Benton.
Geo. W. Knox, County Super
Continued On Page I»ou,r
Lennon Planning
County Visits
Democratic Nominee For
Congress Announces Plans
To Hold Series Of Con
ferences With People
Democratic Congressman-nomi
nee, Alton A. Lennon, has tenta
tively scheduled seven visits in
Brunswick county for October is
a part of coverage of the seven
county Seventh Congressional dis
trict during October, November
and December.
For Brunswick county, Lennon
has scheduled visits at Southport,
October 22, courthouse, 9 a. m.
5 p. m.; Shallotte town hall Oc
tober 23, 9-5; Ash, October 25,
postoffice, 2-5 p. m.; Leland, 9-1,
October 29 postoffice; Winnabow,
R. L. Rabon store, October 29,
2:30-5:30 p. m.; Bolivia, postof
fice, October 30, 9-12:30, then at
Grissettown,- postoffice, 2:30-5:30
p. m.
On October 12, he will be
Whiteville at the courthouse be
ginning at 9 a. m. He will take
part in tlie Congressional district
Democratic rally which will in
clude the statewide caravan that
evening.
On October 26 he will appear
at the Brunswick Electric mem
Continued On Page Two
In the last week’s issue of The i
State Bill Sharpe carried a story!
entitled, “Down to the Southeast
Sea.” As many readers would in
fer, the story was mainly devoted
to Southport and Brunswick coun
ty. One passage in the story may
sound a bit ambiguous to some
readers. If it struck anybody as
being that way, we can explair
it by saying that it was Bill’s
way of saying that he and his
family have a strong liking for
Southport and Brunswick county.
He said in the story: “However,
evrytime I go back to Southport
I realize that the people who
continue to live there are much
smarter than the people who
continue to live elsewhere."
Saturday we saw a remarkably
line illustration of helpfullness,
'fUunteered without any sugges
ion. Davis Herring was moving
lis office furniture from over the
'ink and Ray Walton was mov
ng his from the rooms next door
o us. The staff was being taken
o their new office on the corner,
■nd that was not far enough to
:et a truck, even if a truck was
available. The fellows were mov
“g things themselves. Then along
!ame Lewis Hardee, who saw
''hat was going on. In a few
ninutes he had six or seven of
Us regular employees on the job,
"istling things in an out. Every
•1 ing got moved in short order.
Speaking of folks being help- i
r*l, not all such things come from
Continued On Page FourJt
Leaving The Market
HAULING—It takes hundreds of automobiles, pick-ups and trucks to bring in the
tobacco for a day’s sale at a warehouse, but only a few big transport trucks can haul
away all of the results of the sale. One reason is that all piles of certain grades are
thrown together, and there are no baskets or divisions to take up room. Another
reason is that each of these big trucks can haul from 25,000 to 50,000 pounds of to
bacco. Here a line of these big trucks are shown on their way to the redrying plant.—
(Photo by Bubbitt.)
Supreme Court
Upholds Judge
In Crisp Case
Lelsnd Automobile Dealer
Must Serve 5-12-Year Sen
tence Given By Judge W.
H. S. Burgwyn Following
Trial Here In January
The North Carolina Supreme
Court last week upheld the de
cision of the Brunswick county
Superior court of January, 1956,
convicting R. E. Crisp of Leland
of second degree murder in the
slaying of James A. Ferreri,- 17
year old New York youth, whom
he found in his used automobile
lot late one night in the spring
of 1955. The Supreme Court
round no error in the trial of
Crisp.
jJi|dge W. H. S. Burgwin heard
the jcase and following the ver
dict! he sentenced Crisp to serve
SjgtaSrta. 12-year prison train. From
■ufis verdict attorneys for Crisp!
ttjck and appeal and he has since
bfesn "ht liberty under bond. ]
* Serving of the sentence will
ptobably begin at the convening
of the next term of Superior
c lurt in Brunswick. With no
s ich criminal term scheduled un
11 January, 1957, he can retain
1 Is liberty until that time, or if
1 e elects can start serving his
s entence right away on motion
< f the Clerk of Superior court or
S olicitor J. J. Burney, Jr.
A former resident of Wilmir.g
t Mi, Crisp had moved to Bruns
i rick county a year before the
eath of the New York boy. He
‘ perated a used car business at
he intersection of U. S. 17 with
4-76.
On the night of the fatal shoot
ig incident he was awakened
y a neighbor who stated he
ad seen prowlers in the used
ar lot. Arming himself with a
listol Crisp went to investigate.
Ferreri, with two companions
f the same age, had been hitch
liking from New York to Florida.
1 passing car had brought them
o the highway intersection and
eft them there. Unable to catch
mother ride, and as it was after
nidnight, they told officers they
lad decided to crawl into an old
ised car and sleep.
The boys were all unarmed and
eere in the back seat when the
ihooting occurred. The injured
>oy was rushed to a hospital in
Vilmington but was dead upon
irrival.
Pleas Entered
In Rape Cases
Flossie Brings
Heavy Rainfall
The only effect of Hurricane
Flossie locally was a heavy
rainfall that lasted for 48
hours. It started Monday as
a light drizzle. It gradually
increased in volume, until
there was i'eavy precipitation
on Tuesday and Tuesday
night. The reading at the lo
cal Weather Bureau instru
ment Tuesday night showed
1.71-inches during the pre
vious 24-hour period. By this
morning an additional 1.61
inches had fallen.
Southeast storm warnings
were up from Monday night
until this morning, when
northeast storm warnings
were hoisted.
Rally Day Here
Sunday Morning
Special Services Planned At
Sunday School & Church
By Methodists With Din
ner To Be Served On The
Grounds
Sunday, September 30, will be
Rally Day at Trinity Methodist
Church and an effort is being
made to reach every resident
member of the church and Sun
day School, as well as prospec
tive members.
At 10 o’clock there will be a
special program in the sanctuary
sponsored toy the church school
for children, youth and adults.
Juniors, Intermediates, and Sen
ior Youth who attended church
camps and assemblies this sum
mer will tell about some of their
experiences. Promotion Day will
be observed by the Children’s and
Continued On Page Two
Lengthy Court
Session Monday
Large Number Of Cases Dis
posed Of Before Judge
Earl Bellamy In Bruns
wick County Recorder’s
Court t
A back-log of cases crowded
the Brunswick county Recorder’s
court docket Monday, with the
following judgments being hand
ed down by Judge Earl Bellamy:
Arthur Wilson Williamson, op
erating on left side of highway,
fined $10 and costs.
Charles Herbert Shupping,
speeding, fined $10 and costs.
William Theodore Hill, posses
sion and transporting for purpose
of sale, assault on officer. Guilty
of assaulting officer, 60 days in
jail, sentence suspended on good
behavior for two years and the
payment of a fine of $25 and
costs.
Auley Davis transporting for
purpose of sale, 9 months on
roads, suspended on good behavior
Cor two years and the payment
of a fine of $200 and costs.
Seized car ordered sold at public
luction.
Downey Delytte Hilburn, speed
ng, fined $10 and costs.
Muriel Tharp, assault, nol pros
vith leave.
Lucian Tharp, assault, nol pros
Continued On Page Two
Two Youthful Defendants
Get Off With Light Sen
tence, But Two Older
Boys Get Two Years For
Same Offense
NEGRO YOUTHS
GET LONG TERM
Long List Of Other Cases
Disposed Of Here Last
Week Before Judge
Clawson Williams In
Superior Court
Sentences ranging from 30-days
on the roads to 10 to 12 years in
State prison were meted out to
six defendants tn rape cases here
in Superior court last week by
Judge Clawson Williams of San
ford.
The boys who escaped with the
light sentences were Haywood
Sullivan and LeRoy Sullivan, each
of whom is under 18 years of age.
The former was found guilty of
assault with intent to commit
rape and the latter entered a
plea of guilty of assault upon a
female. Each drew a sentence of
30 days.
William B. Sullivan, who was
convicted of assault with intent
to commit rape, and Dozier Rob
bins, who pleaded guilty to as
sault upon a female each were
given 2 years in State prison.
Frank Clark and Samuel
Brown, two Negro boys who were
charged with raping an older Ne
gro woman, entered a plea of
nolo cpntendre to a charge of as
sault with intent to commit rape
and each was given from 10 to 12
years in State prison.
Different from the usual term
of court, the attendance of spec
tators increased each day, instead
of diminishing. Tn addition to the
cases reported last week the fol
lowing matters were disposed of:
Ralph L. Mitchell, assault with j
deadly weapon, nol pros with
leave.
George Miller, breaking and en
tering, 2 to 3 years in state pris
on.
Worth David Hooper, transport
ing, 18 to 24 months in state
prison.
Ronnie Milliken, reckless opera
tion, no operator’s license, not
guilty.
Mae Skipper, no operator’s li
cense, not guilty.
Pickett Meares Skipper, allow
ing unlicensed person to operate,
Continued On Page Four)
Sullivan Heads
White Cane Drive
Boy Scouts Will Assist In
P ersonal Solicitation In
Southport Saturday Morn
ing
Kirby Sullivan, chairman of the
White Cane drive for the South
port Lions Club, has announced
a plan for personal solicitation
to be carried on by members of
the local Boy Scout troop here
Saturday morning.
The contribution of one dollar
or more will entitle the donor to
membership in the N. C. Associa
tion for the Blind.
The North Carolina State As
sociation for the Blind is a non- ,
profit Statewide organization,
created by the Lions Clubs of
North Carolina. The White Cane
Drive is the one annual fund rais
tng drive of the association. All
Funds derived from this drive are
spent either directly or indirect- I
(Continued On Pago Five)
ASC Election In
Brunswick To Be
Held October 23
County Election Board is
Named To Have Charge
Of This Business, With
The Community Election
Boards Helping
NOMINATIONS FOR
OFFICERS LISTED
Eligible Persons Urged To
Participate In Naming
Men To Direct Farm
Program Next Year
The method of holding com
munity ASC farmer-oonwirttbee
Community elections will be
held in the county’s 8 designated
agricultural communities oh Oc
tober 23 at the ASC polling
places. They are as follow: Lock
woods Folly, J. E. Kirby’s Store;
Northwest, Applewhite’s Store;
Smithville, Midway Station; Shalt
lotte, Grissettown, Parker’s Store;
Town Creek, G. L. Skipper’s
Store; Waccamaw, Waccamaw
School, agricultural building.
(Veterans work shop).
Polls will remain open from
8:00 a. m. to 8:00 p. m.
This year elections will be con
ducted under the supervision of
a county election board in each
county in the state. The Secre
tary of Agriculture provided .for
the appointment of an election
board in each county and named
the members to serve on this
board. The election board in
Brunswick county is composed of
A. S. Knowles, County Agent,
Chairman; H. F. Kizer, Soil Con
servation Technician; G. W. Knox,
Jr., Farmers Home Administra
tion Supervisor; Joe Stanaland,
President Farm Bureau.
In accordance with the Secre
tary’s regulations the County
Election Board met and named
a community election board for
each of the 8 communities in
Brunswick county composed of
3 farmers other than incumbent
county or community committee
men. The Community Election
Board will serve as a nominating
committee to select a slate of at
least 10 nominees for positions
on the community committee and
will also serve as the polling
place board.
The community election board
members named by the county
election board for each community
in Brunswick county is listed as
follows:
Lockwoods Folly: Bailey Rus3,
chairman; J. J. Hawes, vice-chair
man; Bedford Ludlum, member.
Northwest: Paul Brown, chair
man; Forest Williams, vice-chair
man; Burke H. Tillman, member.
Smithville: J. P. Swain, chair
man; Jack C. Crouch, vice-chair
man; Frankie Cox, member.
Shallotte: Herbert Russ, chair
man; O. P. Bellamy, vice-chair
man; Dewey Grissett, member.
Town Creek: Homer Holden,
chairman; Roy Swain, vice-chair
man; Charles Taylor, member.
Waccamaw: Ivan V. Bennett,
chairman; Irdell Long, vice-chair
man; B. H. Evans, member.
The following farmers were
nominated tor election as com
munity committeemen and alter
nates, and delegates and alternate
delegates to the county conven
tion:
elections was arwossBoed t
Lonnie EvMrw.
Brunswick ASC Cbmmffte
Lockwoods Folly Township:
Aldreth Phelps, Carl Holden,
James H. Galloway, Henry C.
Williams, Bedford Ludlum, H.
Bert Bennett, Garland Clemmons^
John Albert Norris, A. R. Mooney,
Thomas A. Stanley, Murphy Hew
(Continued On Page Four)
Tide Table
Following; 1« the tide tsJMi
for Southport during: neat
week. Those hours are ap
proximately correct and were
furnished The State Port Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot’s Associatioa
High Tide Low Tt*
Thursday, September 27,
0:43 A. M. 7:01 A. M.
1:25 P. M. 7:54 P. M.
Friday, September 28,
1:55 A. M. 8:10 A. M.
2:33 P. M. 9:01 P. M.
Saturday, September 29,
3:04 A. M. 9:20 A. M.
3:37 P. M. 10:04 P. M.
Sunday, September SO,
4:11 A. M. 10:25 A. M.
4:39 P. M. 11:01 P. M.
Monday, October 1,
5:11 A. M. 11.24 A. M.
5:36 P. M. 11:53 p. m.
Tuesday, October 2,
8:08 A. M. 0:00 A. M.
6:30 P. M. 12:18 P. M.
Wednesday, October S,
7:00 A. M. 0:42 A. M.
7:19 P. M. 1:10 P. M.
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