Most Of The News All The Time THE STATE PILOT A Good Newspaper IrA Good Community Volume No. 17 No. 40 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNIY, APRIL 17, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Bowman Tells 01 Salary Increases Being Considered Also Calls Attention Tc Lack Of Expressed Inter' est In His Proposal Foi Five-Man Beard Of Com missioners SEEKS OPINION ON VOTING CHANGE Plans To Introduce Bill Pro viding State Participation In Flood Insurance Plan By JAMES C. BOWMAN At 12 noon on April 9, 1957, the Governor delivered a message to a Joint Session of the General Assembly with regard to salary increases for teachers and other state employees. Briefly, the Gov ernor recommended a salary in crease averaging 15 percent for teachers and 11 percent for other State employees, and, in addition, an appropriation of $1,750,000 to cover the State’s contribution to the Retirement Fund made neces sary by these two increases. The Governor suggested that the funds might be available for these salary increases beyond those originally recommended by (a) transferring $10,000,000 from the Capitol Improvements Fund, which amount would be replaced by a $10,000,000 bond issue; (b) $4,289,000 taken from the Gener al Fund budgeted for the support of the independent prison depart ment, which amount would be re placed by a like appropriation from the Highway fund; (c) an expected $1,000,000 resulting from interest on investments as a re sult of higher interest rates being received from State funds on de posit in various banks; (d) $2, 811,000 to be deducted from the proposed revolving fund for capi tol improvements; and (e) $4,400, 00 in unexpected surplus resulting from higher revenues than were previously expected. The salary increase for Highway employees would be made from monies in the Highway fund totalling $2, 500,000. The total amount of these raises, as recommended by the Governor, will necessitate addi tional funds in the total amount Continued On Page Two Brief Bits Of lnewsj LONG BEACH BALLOTS Ballots were mailed this week to property owners an residents of Long Beach for the municipal election. CHURCH TOIE l Evening services at Trinity Methodist Church will begin at 7:45 o’clock until May 1 at which time they will advance to 8 o'clock. LIONS TO MEET The regular meeting of South port Lions Club will be held to morrow (Thursday) at 12:30 o’clock at the community building with Bill Houghton of Sunny Point as guest speaker. r. T. A. OFFICERS E. J. Prevatte has been elected president of the Southport Par ent-Teachers Association for next year. Mrs. James T. Barnes is vice-president; Mrs. James T. Sanders, secretary; and Mrs. Pendergraph, treasurer. CHOIR CANTATA A cantata, “The Living Word,” will be presented by the choir of the Southport Baptist Church on Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. Solo ists will be Mrs. Herbert Kitch ens, Mrs. Kenneth Stiller, Mrs. E. J. Prevatte, Rev. Leo Hawkins, Edgar Finch, and R. C. Grant. Mrs. Arthur Huntley is the di rector and organist. HELPS HOSPITAL Mrs. H. B. Smith, president of the Dosher Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, reported Tuesday that Mrs. Wm. F. Murphy recently made one complete bolt of cloth into hospital gowns, or shirts. “She has done other volunteer jobs to help the hospital”, said Mrs. Smith, "and I think she deserves recognition”. EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE A community Easter Sunrise Service will be held on the Garri son beside the USO Building at 6 o’clock Sunday morning. The St. James Gospel Choir will fur nish special music and the Bruns wick Training School Band will play for all the congregational singing. All the people of South port are invited to began-“Easter Sunday by worshipping together. Dr. Darlington To Conduct Services District Superintendent Will Be Guest Preacher For Revival Beginning Sunday Night At Trinity Meth odist Church Dr. J. E. Garlington of Wilming ton will be the guest preacher in revival services at Trinity Metho dist Church, Southport, next week. Revival services will begin Sun day night and continue each night through Friday at 7:45 o’clock instead of 7:30 o’clock as pre viously announced. The public is cordially invited to attend. Dr. Garlington was born May 9, 1912, in Pollock, Louisiana. He was graduated from High Point College, in 1937 with an A. B. degree and from West minister Theological Seminary in 1940 with an S. T. B. degree. He was ordained as a minister in the Methodist Church in Louisiana in 1936 and joined the North Carolina Methodist Confer ence in 1937. Since that time he has served the following pastor ates: Spring Church, Garysburg, 1938-1945; Conway, 1945-1951; Long Memorial, Roxboro, 1951 1956. In 1956 he was appointed district superintendent of the Wil mington District of the Methodist Church, in which capacity he is now serving. Dr Garlington served as presi dent of the Board of Missions and Church Extension of the North Carolina conference for eight years. He served as dean in in termediate camps and assemblies for five years and was counselor for the conference European Youth Caravan for the summer of 1954. He has also been a delegate to a State Department Seminar in Washington, D. C„ to a United Nations Seminar in New York City, and to a National Methodist Town and Country Conference in Iowa. He is married but has no children. Spirited Contests For City Officials Former Mayor J. A. Gilbert Files As Candidate Again st Mayor Roy Robinson, Who Already Has Filed To Succeed Himself SIX CANDIDATES FOR ALDERMEN Thus Far No Candidate For Alderman Has Filed From Second Ward; Only One Member Of Present Board Has Filed The prospects for a spirited municipal election campaign are | good, with two men already in the race for mayor, and with a | contest assured for the two posi tions of aldermen from the first and third wards. J. A. Gilbert, a former mayor, has filed as a candidate for that office against Mayor Roy Robin son, who filed last week. These men were opponents in the city election in 1955. H. F. Aldridge, alderman from the first ward, is the only member of the old board who has filed for re-election. His announced op ponents are Johnny Vereen and William Jenkins. Charles Aldridge is a member of the present board. There is no candidate from the second ward, and both G. C. Kil patrick and R. D. St. George, present members of the board, say that they will not run again. In the third ward Phillip King, Roy Arntsen and Crawford Rourk have filed. Present members of the board of aldermen from that ward are Boyd Moore and M. M. Hood, the latter being an ap pointee to fill the unexpired term of Ernest Parker, who resigned. Candidates have until Saturday, April 27, to file. Jury List For Superior Court Names Drawn For Jury Service At Monday Meet ing Of Board Of Com missioners Members of the board of county commissioners in session here Monday drew a jury list to serve at the May term of Superior court, which will be for the trial of criminal cases. The following were named to serve: Herman B. Sellers, Jesse J. Johnson, U. F. Spencer, Edgar Jones, Dearmond Swain, R. L. Jones, Southport; Carl Hewett, Woodrow Formy Duval, C. L. Jackson, H. N. Milli gan, Herman Long, Shallotte; D. O. Walton, Anson Ludlum, Hugh D. Vance, J. P. Jones, Joe Beck, Leo L. Smith, Ernest G. Smith, Ash; T. F. Turner, E. J. Bailey, Mac F. Jones, Harold E. Guley, P. J. Continued On Page Two Special Easter Services Planned Preparations are in pro gress for special music at several Southport churches in celebration of Easter this week end. The choir of Southport Bap tist Church will present its cantata at the evening hour, but at Trinity Methodist Church the cantata will be presented as a part of the morning worship service. An Easter sunrise service will be held at 6 o’clock on the Garrison, with all the peo ple of Southport invited to participate. Traffic Cases Tried In Court Preliminary Hearing Given Junior Lee Norris For Assault And Armed Rob bery With Defendant Be ing Bound Over A variety of cases were dis posed of here in Recorder’s court Monday, with the following judge ment being handed down: John Reynolds, Jr., was found guilty of driving after revocation of operator’s license, possession of non-tax paid whiskey and dam age to the jail. He was given 6 months on the roads, suspended upon payment of a fine of $200 and costs and payment of $77.96 for damage to the jail. A nol pros was taken on a charge against him for being drunk and disorderly. Robert N. Simmons pleaded guilty to charges of reckless op eration and was fined $25 and costs. A nol pros was taken against Paul J. Long for disposing of mortgaged property. Monroe Hewett was found not guilty of trespass. William Anderson and Katie Anderson were charged with be ing drunk and disorderly. He was ordered to the State Hospital for observation, following which he is to complete a 60-day jail sen tence. His wife was given 30 days, judgement suspended upon con dition that defendant remain of good behavior for 2 years. Her husband was found guilty of as sault with a deadly weapon, and his 6-months road sentence was suspended upon condition of 2 years good behavior. A preliminary hearing was giv en Junior Lee Norris for assault and armed robbery. Probable cause was found and he was bound over to Superior court un der $5,000 bond. John Mack Young was found Continued On Page Two Flower Show Is Being Planned For Next Month Three Southport Organiza tions Will Combine Forces Again This Year For This Event MRS. BOBBY JONES GENERAL CHAIRMAN List Of Other Officials An nounced, As Preparations For Show Begin To Take Shape The Southport Garden Club, Live Oak Garden Club and the Woman’s Club are sponsoring a spring flower show, “Summertime, and the livin’ is easy!’’ It is to be held May 9th at the Community Building on the Garrison. The General Chairman, Mrs. Bobby Jones, announces the fol lowing committees: Flower Show Co-Chairmen: Mrs. F. L. Willing, Mrs. James T. Barnes and Mrs. R. B. Thompson; House: Mrs. L. J. Hardee and Mrs. Dallas Pigott; Decoration: Mrs. J. W. O’Daniel and H. A. Schmidt; Schedule: Mrs. Jack E. Hickman; Publicity: Mrs. Tom Gilbert; Luncheon: Mrs. E. H. Arrington; Dismantling: Mrs. George Gregory and Mrs. Hoyle Dosher. Judges: Mrs. F. M. Burdette; Horticulture: Mrs. J. B. Warth and Mrs. B. C. Watts; Entries: Mrs. H. T. St. George; Classifies- ‘ tion: Mrs. A. E. Huntley: Special ■ Exhibits: Mrs. Joseph B. Mac Leod; Hostesses: Mrs. Eva Ruark ' and Mrs. J. E. Dodson. i Clerks will be, Mrs. Dallas j Pigott, Mrs. Merritt Moore, Mrs. Phil King, t Mrs. E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., Mrs. J. E. Hickman and , Mrs. James C. Bowman. j, WSCS Meeting Is Held Sunday Sub-District Session Held Church The Brunswick County sub-dis trict meeting of Wpman’s Society of Christian Service met on Sun day afternoon at 2:30 at Village Point Methodist Church, with Mrs. M. R. Sanders, sub-district leader, presiding. Mrs. Bill Usher, president of the local society, welcomed the guests. Mrs. L. D. Hayman of Southport responded. Mrs. J. E. Garlington, Secretary of Promo tion of the Wilmnigton District, was the principal speaker, lifting up the importance of women’s work in the church. Mrs. W. E. Hand, District treas urer, lead in an impressive Pledge Service participated in by the six churches with organized societies. Other district officers present were Mrs. James Harper of South port; Mrs. Charles Raper, White ville; Mrs. Paul Avant, Chad bourn; Miss Ida Hankins, Wil mington; Mrs. N. C._ Magnuson, Wilmington; Mrs. W. W. Sellers, Wilmington. Each emphasized sev eral important phases of their work. Reports of the local presidents were given by Mrs. O. P. Bellamy, Andrews Chapel; Mrs. E. M. Dan ford, Bethel, Bolivia; Mrs. Hal Martin, Camp, Shallotte; Miss Lottie Mae Newton, Trinity, Southport; Mrs. R. H. McDougald, Zion; Mrs. Bill Usher, Village Point. The meeting adjourned to Continued On Page Two >per Dredge Is Coming Here Corps of Engineers Hopper e Gerig is scheduled to be days of dredging in the bar channel at the mouth Cape Fear River April 20, Its announced last week by El. C. Rowland, Jr., District ii|eer of the Corps’ Wilming District. ae Gerig v.'ill come to the Fear area from Beaufort at Morehead City where it ben engaged since April 3 (storing the bar channel there •oject depth of 30 feet. I :r work at Cape Fear involves i—removal of shoals to restore ;pth of 35 feet. The 34-foot ect on the Cape Fear River i Wilmington to the ocean begun early last year by the g. The remainder of the pro is underway by the pipeline Ige Henry Bacon. The overall is approximately 70 per cent iplete. lowmae Named Delegate For R&H Congress -unswick County Repre sentative Named By Gov- . ernor Luther H, Hodges To Attend Washington . Meeting Governor Hodges met last week th the 1957 State delegation to e National Rivers and Hai’bors mgress in preparation for the mual Rivers and Harbors Con ■ess in Washington, D. C., ol ay 16-18. He challenged the raembers of the delegation to con tinue their active interest and support of all Rivers and Harbors projects and related development work. Representative James C. Bow man of Southport has been named B. member of the North Carolina delegation. The National Convention this year will concentrate on ade quate control of destructive ”lood waters and continuing nee Jor adequate Federal appropriations . V aau.vrecLa.mu.lion, sou conservation, and multi-pur pose projects. Frank W. Reams of Warrenton will serve as chairman of the State delegation this year. Colonel B. C. Snow, Chief Engineer, Di vision of Water Resources of the Department of Conservation and Development, acts as secretary of the delegation. Other members are: George W. Dill, Jr., Morehead City; E. L. White, Wilmington; Senator D. J. Rose, Goldsboro; Continued On Page Two Highway Work In This County Report Made On Three Pav ing Projects And Two Bridge Jobs In Brunswick County The State Highway Commission completed 30.2 miles of road im provements and built eight new bridges in the Third Highway Di vision during March, Commission er C. Heide Trask of Rocky Point reported this week. In Brunswick County, contract forces paved with said asphalt the three following 18-foot wide roads and their lengths: Road running from Supply to Bolton, 14.4 miles; the road running from end of pro Continued On Page Two I I Fabulous Bill Keziah By HENRY BERK, Editor Goldsboro News-Argus Called seaward the other day by that strange, lonely urge that must be satisfied of a Spring, 1 found myself in Southport. And I made inquiry of my longtime friend, fabulous Bill Keziah. Thousands of Tar Heels know him as Brunswick County’s one-man Chamber of Commerce, a man with a consuming love for his section and a continual vision that makes Southport and Brunswick the sweetest and most goodly land this side of Paradise. I found Keziah sick unto death at Dosher Hospital. On March 13 he suffered a coronary thromr bosis. But he is tough and wiry and at 70 he weathered that seizure. A few days later his blood pressure went skyward out oi control. To top it all he suffered a stroke that paralyzed one side, At Mack’s, at Harrelson’s, at Jimmy Harper’s “State Port Pilot” the conversation turns often to Bill Keziah, his faith and his 1 works. A native of Sweet Union, trained at the State School for the Deaf and trained as a writer under Roland Beasley, Keziah went first to Whiteville, but stay ed there only a year or so and found the place his soul craved at Southport and in Brunswick. He had hardly gotten the sand of Brunswick on his shoes before he was dreaming dreams and seeing visions. That was 30-odd years ago. In Southport and in Bruns wick they are talking of the dreams now and with that hushed quality of voice which men use when they speak of a close friend who is near (journey’s end. Bouncing Log Spring Currently the topic most often discussed is the “Bouncing Log” or “Big Spring.” Bill Keziah has been writing and talking about the Spring and its possibilities at least once a month for the past 10 years. “Bouncing Log” Springs lie Continued On Page Bour W. B. KEZIAH Natural Harbor Draws Attention General Houseman At Sunny Point Ma.j. Gen. E. M. Houseman, commanding general of the U. S. Army Transportation Ter minal Command, with head quarters in Brooklyn, arrived Monday for a visit to the Sunny Point Army Terminal, which is under his command. Following an inspection tour of the huge terminal facilities in Brunswick county yesterday, General Houseman expressed satisfaction with this installation and declared that he has no intention of diverting cargo from the Sunny Point Terminal. Caution Farmers On Fertilizers County Agent A. S. Knowles Give Valuable Information On Making Choice Of Plant Food Products Farmers should make sure they know what they’re getting when they buy fertilizer, according to A. S. Knowles, Brunswick Coun ty farm agent. A lot of money is wasted every year by farmers who don’t take time to inves tigate the contents of their fer tilizer bags. Knowles says there are two Simple ways a farmer can be relatively sure that he’s getting what he pays for: 11) by buying only those grades of fertilizer which appear on the Approved Grade List and which are recom mended for the crop and soil con ditions on his own farm; and (2) by inspecting the label or tag that appears on the fertilizer bag. These points are highly rmport ant, according to Knowles, be cause the question of "custom mixed” fertilizers has recently been raised. The Fertilizer Grade List for North Carolina dontains a sufficiently wide range of grades for practically all the dif ferent soil conditions in the state. One of the principal reasons for having "custom-mixed” fertilizers is to include the so-called trace elements. But except for certain crops, which are already provided for in the fertilizer law, the use of the elements is of no value; and they may even do more harm than good. Trace elements that are known to limit crop production in North Carolina include boron, which is needed only for alfalfa, broccoli, ; cabbage, cauliflower, other cruci ferous crops, and sweet potatoes. It is not recommended for use on other crops; and if applied to certain ones, boron may even cause injury, particularly to bean crops. Overlimed soils of the Coas tal Plains may require the addi tion of manganese if soybeans, peanuts, or small grains are to be grown on these areas. Deficient crops growing on I such overlimed areas should be ; treated by spraying, or dusting J with manganese sulfate applied at the rate of 10 pounds per acre. The list of minor-elements neces sary to add to North Carolina Continued On Page Four) Vilmington Committee In terested In Project To Make 40-Foot Basin At Southport Accessible To Ocean PETROLEUM INDUSTRY AFFECTS THINKING Indications Point To Change In Long-Range Planning Of This Business, With New Problems In T ransportation A group of Wilmington citizens were joined here Monday after noon by three representatives from Brunswick county for an exploratory trip about the South port harbor for the purpose of observing the limits of a slough in the protected area off the point of Caswell that has more than 40-feet natural depth. Through the use of a fatho meter it was possible to deter mine the limits of this deep water area. It lies along the pres ent channel from a point be tween Southport and Battery Is land to a point about parallel to Caswell Beach, a distance of about one and one-half miles. The width varies from 450-feet to 800-feet. W. G. Broadfoot, chairman of the Wilmington Port Committee, led the Wilmington delegation, and the trip was prompted by the need for a 40-foot channel in the Cape Fear, although it may at first extend only a short distance inland. From the use of charts it was apparent that in order that ships of 40-foot draft may reach this natural anchorage, it will be necessary to deepen the channel seaward for a distance of about four miles. However, a spokesman for the U. S. Engineer's stated that this channel has a sand bottom, and that no serious engineering problem would be en countered in a project of this conunued On Page Two Fat Stock Show Draws Entries Brunswick County Will Fur nish Several Animals For This Lvent Next Week In Wilmington Wilmington will be the scene next week of the annual South eastern North Carolina Fat Stock Show and Sale. Now in its sixth year, the show is scheduled for the 24th and 25th of April at Wil mington’s Legion Stadium. Entries are expected from all the twenty counties of the South eastern area. The Fat Stock Show and Sale is sponsored by the Ag riculture Committee of the Great er Wilmington Chamber of' Com merce. With the sale beginning at 11 a. m. Thursday the 25th, a large number of public and store buy ers are expected to be on hand. Officials report a large entry list for the swine section. Both swdne and beef sections are expected to be larger than last years event. Rules and regulations have been mailed to the various county agents and agriculture agents in I the twenty counties elegible for I Continued On Page Two Man Who Started State Port Pilot Passes Saturday W. B. Keziah Died Early Saturday Morning At Dosher Memorial Hospital Following Illness Of One Month WAS WIDELY KNOWN AS NEWSPAPER MAN Spent Much Of His Life | Boosting Natural Resour ces Of Southport And Erunswick County W. B. Keziah, founder of The State Port Pilot and for more than fifty years identified with the ■ newspaper profession in North Carolina, died early Satur day morning' at Dosher Memorial Hospital in Southport. His death came one month to the day irom the time tnat he entered as a patient on March I'S loiiuwmg a severe heart attack. his conuition naa peen aggravat ed two wees. later hy a stroke of paralysis, which had left his rigid, siue paraiyzed. A second stroke had tonowed two days iater, and on Saturday morning a third stroKe ciaimed his life. It is characteristic that death came following a stuboorn fight lor recovery, and there were times during the nrst few days of his illness when there appeared to oe good nope that he would be able to throw oit the eilects of his near i attacK. He was 71 years of age and was a nauve or vvaxhaw, ui Union county. His parents were Sarnord K. KeziaU and .Nancy Jane Hosier neziah, and ne was born on Lie cemoer lo, 1885. He was christen ed William narnurn, but to thou sands of 'tar Heels he became well known as Hill Keziah. A part of his early education was at the State School for the .Deaf at Morganton, but his news paper training came from exper ience in numerous weekly news paper plants in the State. He nrst contributed to the Waxhaw Enterprise, a weekly of which JDowd McNeely was the publisher. He soon began to correspond for the newspaper in nearby Monroe, and later went over to the coun ty seat to work with the publish er, Koiand Beasley. From Monroe he went to Chad bourn for a brief period, then became associated with Mr. Beas ley in the purchase and operation of The News Reporter in White ville. It was while in Columbus county that his attention first focused upon Southport and Brunswick county, and in 1925 he came here to work on a news paper already in operation. Ha founded The State Port Pilot in 1928, and named it for the pro ject that by then was his chief ambition—the establishment of a major state port at the mouth of j the Cape Fear river. I He tong since earned the title of j Brunswick Countys’ One-Man ! Chamber of Commerce, and he ! never tired of promoting the na tural advantages of this area. Early in the development of the Sunny Point Army Terminal he adopted this as one of his pet pro jects, and the activation of this facility in November, 1955, was the realization of dreams that he had cherished for many years for the development of the harbor facilities near the mouth of the Cape Fear river. More recently his interest has centered on the presence in Brunswick oounty of vast quan tities of pure, fresh water. He (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. Hugh Tide Low Tide Thursday, April 18, 10:52 A. M. 4:46 A. M. 11:24 P. M. 4:50 P. M. Friday, April 19, 11:40 A. M. 5:35 A. M. 0:00 P. M. 5:38 P. M. Saturday, April 20, 12:13 A. M. 6:24 A. M. 12:31 P.M. 6:31 P. M. Sunday, April 21, 1:03 A. M. 7:17 A. M. 1:25 P. M. 7:28 P. M. Monday, April 22, 1:55 A. M. 8:10 A. M. 2:21 P. M. 8:26 P. M. Tuesday, April 28, 2:47 A. M. 9:04 A. M. 3:15 P. M. 9:25 P. M. Wednesday, April 24, 3:39 A. M. 9:55 A. M. 4:07 P. M. 10:20 P. M.