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Most Of The News AH The Time Volume No. 18 THE STATE !ORT PILOT __A Good Newspaper Ini Good Community N°’ 2 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNEsI, JULY 24, 1957 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Pilot Covers Brunswick County $1.50 PER YEAR Friday Program Features Music By Joint Choii Public Invited To Hear Can tata “The Seven Las Words Of Christ” At Con elusion Of Week Featur ing Church Music At Bap tist Assembly OUTSTANDING MUSIC LEADERS PRESEN1 Classes And Rehearsals Foi Friday Evening Presenta tion Have Been In Pro gress During This Week “The Seven Liast Words o) Christ", a cantata of Sacred music by Dubois, will be given by a large state-wide choir at the North Carolina Baptist Assembly Friday evening at 8 o’clock. Fred J. Smith, manager of the Assem bly, announces that the public is Invited. “We believe that this pro gram will be of special interest to church musicians who may not be able to take part in the whole conference,” says Mr. Smith. Church music leaders from throughout the state are at the North Carolina Baptist Assembly for a week of instruction and in spiration. Joseph O. Stroud, sec retary of the music department of the Baptist State Convention, and a staff of other specialists in this field are in charge of the pro gram. Classes and rehearsals will prepare the conference choir, made up of all taking part in the meet ings, for the performance Friday evening. Dr. Robert Kicklighter, pastor of the Blackwell Memorial Bap tist Church, Elizabeth City, is conference pastor and is leading evening services of worship. There will be choirs for each age group, an adult, youth, and junior choral group. Courses in theory, conduct ing, hymnody, organ, piano, and advanced choral technique are scheduled. Ray Collins, minister of music of Hayes Barton Baptist ; Church, Raleigh, is organist, and j Miss Carolyn Byers, minister of music of the North Winston Bap tist Church, Winston-Salem, pian ist for the conference. Miss Mabel Warkenton of the faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, is a part of the staff for the week. Harvey Woodruff, head of the music department of Wingate College and Charlotte voice instructor, is teaching ad vanced choral techniques and ad vanced conducting and special ses sions in anthem literature. Minis ters of music and professors make (Continued on page four) Brief Bits Of -NEWS-1 HOME ON LEAVE Cary Spencer, who has been serving with the U. S. Army in Korea for the past year, is at home on leave. MOVE HERE City manager Carl Galloway has moved his family to Southport and they are now occupying the Swain house on West Moore street. CLINIC HOURS The hours for the general clinic at the Health Center at Shallotte will be from II to 2:30 o’clock each Thursday, beginning August 1. DHIA RECORD Herbert Swain, Jr., of South port has been notified that his dairy herd ranked among the first 12 in the State in butterfat pro duction during the month of May. Records were provided by the Dairy Herd Improvement Associa tion, of which three Brunswick county dairies are members. SHIPPING SCHEDULE Information received from head quarters, SPAT, indicates that but one vessel is due to arrive during the month of July with the Lynn Victory set up to dock on the 29th. August promises to be a rather busy month, with four vessels tentatively on the schedule for loading and discharging for that period. AGRICULTURE TEACHER Ralph King, native of Bruns wick county and graduate of State College, has been named vo- j cational agriculture teacher at ! Waccamaw high school. For the past two years he has held a; similar position at Nakina high I school in Columbus county. He is married to the former Miss Olive Evans of Ash and is the son of the late Elroy King and Mrs. King of Freeland. Ocean Landmark 9hr.QTAfMILIAR The Pan lightship, moored at the tip of Cape Fear River S oals to serve as an aid to navigation, is familiar to hundreds of fishermen who ?hnw g?ne °fut. fr°m Southport to fish in Gulf Stream waters that flow nearby Here^re shown two fishermen anxiously watching their lines as the boat on which they are fish mg makes a circle about the lightship. iney aie nsn I ¥"*• m np • • rirst 1 raining Union Session Comes To Close Alcohol Education And Co operation With Negro Churchmen Stressed At Training Union Confer ence At Baptist Assembly Baptist lay people from every part of the state heard majof addresses on alcohol education and co-operative activities with Negro churchmen at the Training Union conference held under the direc tion of James P. Morgan, state wide secretary of Raleigh, last week at the North Carolina Bap tist Assembly. Explaining these denominational movements were departmental leaders the Rev. W. P. Biggerstaff and the Rev. W. R. Grigg, both of Baptist State Con vention headquarters in Raleigh. “Until the churches can clean the houses of their own member ship of the alcohol problem,” de clared Mr. Biggerstaff, “there is little help we can give. The an swer that will impress is the Christian example of total ab stinence. Such an example can spring from a sympathy with all who suffer, a vision of the good life to which every man is called, and an awerness of man’s duty to his fellow man. “Dr. Ralph A. Habas says there are 12 million problem drinkers and chronic alcoholics in Ameri ca,” quoted Mr. Biggerstaff. "The National Safety Council shows,” he continued, “that more than 10,000 people lost their lives in 1956 on American highways in accidents directly traced to drunk en driving. Americans are spend oonttnued On Page Two Vote August 23 On Nickels Plan Nickels For Know-How” Is Unique Plan For Permit ting Farmers To Help Fi nance Research Program Brunswick County feed and fertilizer users will go to the polls Friday, August 23, to decide Whether to retain the unique “Nickels For Know-How” pro gram. The Director of the Agri cultural Foundation for Brunswick County and Chairman of the Re ferendum Committee, Herbert ! Swain, Jr., reports that the fol- ! lowing places will be set up to j vote between 7:30 a. m. and 6:30 ' p. m.: Northwest township, Apple white’s Store at Maco and Rourk’s Store at Leland; Town Creek township, C. L. Skipper’s Store, A. P. Henry’s Store, and Harold Willetts Store; Smithville Town- I ship, Midway Service Station, and j Hugh Spencers Store; Lockwood Folly Township, J. E. Kirby’s Store, J. M. Parker Store, and Columbus Trading Company, Shal lotte Township, Washam, Warlick and Harrelson Store, J. S. Parker Store, and W. J. McLamb Store at Hickman Cross Roads; Wacca maw Township, D. S. Gore Store, Lonnie Evans Store, Rowland Simmons Store, and Bennett Trad- I ing Company’s Store. The program has cost the aver- j age North Carolina farmer just j 30c per year. This money has been collected by the N. C. Department of Agriculture without charge and Continued On Page Two Big Catches Of Dolphin Are Made Assessors Busy In Brunswick The business of revaluation of Brunswick county property is in progress this week in several sections of Brunswick county. Not only are field men at work in uVaceamaw and Shallotte townships, but work also is being conducted here in Southport. Mrs. Ressie Whaitley urges that property owners coop erate with these men as much as possible in order to speed the work they are doing. It is * the duty of the field men to obtain measurements and fig ures that will serve as a basis for fair valuation on property inspected. Weekly Session Of Court Held Variety Of Cases Disposed Of Before Judge Earl Bel lamy In Brunswick County Recorder’s Court Monday A variety of cases were dis posed of here in Recorder's court Monday, with the following judg ments being handed down: Dave Adams, speeding 70 mph, reckless operation, wrong side of road. Waived appearance pleaded guilty to speeding 70 mph, reck less operation and operating mo tor vehicle on wrong side of road while not in passing, fined $35. Levan Lee Hickman, waived appearance pleaded guilty to op erating motor vehicle while un der the influence of alcoholic beverage, fined $100 and costs. Mozelle Nance Burney, guilty of exceeding speed limits with motor vehicle 65-mph in 55 mph zone. Fined $10 and costs. Robert Lionel Bellamy, speed ing 75-mph, waived apperance pleaded guilty to speeding 75 mph fined $25 and costs. Silas Terry Davis, stop law vio lation, waived appearance pleaded guilty to stop law violation, fined $100 and costs. James Dixon, pleaded guilty to issuing worthless check, sentenced to 90 days in jfe.il, assigned to work under the supervision of the prison department, such sentence suspended on condition the defen dant make restitution to S. W. Maultsby in the amount of $147.29 and pay costs of court. Casear Daniels, Jr., pleaded guilty to non-support of his minor child, sentenced to 6 months in jail, assigned to work under the supervision of the prison depart ment, such sentence suspended on condition the defendant pay $6 per week for the support of said minor child, until said child shall have attained 18-year of age to the C. S. C. Brunswick county and pay the costs of this action, first such payment to be made not later than July 26, and weekly thereafter. William Rogers Lovett, speed ing 70-mph, guilty of exceeding speed limits with motor vehicle Continued On Page Two Off-Shore Parties Fishing! Out Of Southport During Past Week Have Had Un usually Large Catches Of These Fish ANOTHER SAILFISH BROUGHT IN HERE Reports Covering Activities Cf 'the Pat r;'ea!c “iM Intli ate Cl o 1 Ro i.jT t- or ..t *- oruion | Best reports of fishing during the past week name from off shore parties, with heavy catches ! of dolphin predominating. One sailfish was added to the season’s total Sunday when Leon Capel of Troy brought in a 6-footer. Other catches made that day in cluded 20 Spanish mackerel, 1 dolphin. This party was out aboard the John Ellen with Capt. Walter Lewis. The next day George Gar rett and party of Greensboro were out aboard the same boat anc caught 16 king mackerel, 26 dol phin and 6 amberjack. J. E. Colston and party o Charlotte were out Friday witi Capt. Fred Fulford aboard thi Bavis Bros. V and brought in 3’ Spanish mackerel and 105 se< bass. On Sunday L. I. Campbel and party of Fairmont caught ' king mackerel, 2 bonito, 14 re< snappers and 325 sea bass. O: Monday Ray Lacky and party o Raleigh caught 23 dolphin, 11 kin, mackerel and 6 bonito. (Continued on Page 4) TIME aYd TIDE HARPER Twenty years ago, on July 281937, the Southern Kraft Cor poration was building a loadin; wharf near Fiddeler's Drain (Bonnett’s Creek). Southport had just been beset ,y a rainstorm which left be hind over three inches of mois^ ‘ Ut. LeRoy Fergus had caught Sss, and interest in the upcom a four and one-half freshwate: ing regatta was increasing. On July 20, 1942, the local tions after nine and one-half USO Club was in full operati< calling meetings, and some had good luck hunting near SI Two new busses were soon mington run, tobacco crops w bluefish had been caught by c Ten years ago Bremen Fur sendoff ever given a Lions Clu cut of him standing beside a 1 A group of artists were visit: gr oup was planning an excursi teo. An early run of mullets v and fishermen were taking a t On July 10, 1952, J. A. Gilt Southport. Dr. Robert Godfrey overseas tour of Turkey and tl It was announced that the St the Mullins and Whiteville toba sonage had been started at Mt ply, Maxie Cooker was catchin and Capt. Fred Willing had sh car-pet golf course. Cheers. t had been elected Mayor of as planning to depart for an Union of South Africa. J|otte band would participate in « market openings. A new par ?isgah Baptist Church at Sup ’6-count shrimp in the creeks, a 31 on the new Long Beach :c outfit was closing out opera ‘;rs of service. The Southport , Civilian defense officials were eson County fox hunters had Sotte. So into operation on the Wil good and prices up, and big Wiercial fishermen. *ss got the most spectacular president when The Pilot ran a « lion. ? Bald Head Island, and a local to the ‘‘Lost Colony” at Man appearing along the beaches, ‘vy toll. Ijer Cape Fear District Is mtesi Winner 1 Competition Spon By Goodyear tire Rubber Company Is Area Organization ig Honored RMAN JAMES BELLAMY NAMED F(vis Hawes Of Pender :y Named Outstand Farmer-Cooperator This Year Carolina’s champion soil Ijation district for 1956 pd two individuals selected [ir outstanding work in soil jter conservation were nam | week by Goodyear Tire & Co., sponsor of a national hservation awards program. place district honors for Ite go to Lower Cape Fear avis Hawes of RFD, Watha |r County) was named by ower Cape Fear district ling body as the outstand Irmer-cooperator. linated by the winning dis |to receive the governing idividual member awards is Bellamy of Shallotte, who firman of the group. |es and Bellamy will be of the program sponsor on ktion trip to Wigwam guest [ and Goodyear Farms, Litch ■>ark, Arizona next Novem part of the grand award, er Cape Fear district and Idividual winners also will sented bronze plaques sym i>f their achievements. Bre con of the plaques usually is at annual meeting of the association of soil conser districts. peting districts in the an nm conservation program are id on their activities in or tion, education, planning, ^mtuaued On Page Four ’’arm And Home Veek Next Month ome Agent Calls Attention To Interesting Program That Has Been Arranged For This Occasion By SUE BROWN Home Demonstration Agent The annual Farm-Home Week 11 be held August 5-8 at N. C. ate College in Raleigh. This ar the program has been inned primarily for the women North Carolina and home Dem stration club women are espe illy urged to attend. Each morning classes will be Id on home decorating, foods d nutrition, family life, cloth ? and other subjects relating better hamemaking. The afternoon programs are rticularly noteworthy. Tuesday ternoon’s program will be on rusic for Daily Living,” by Dr. nold Hoffman. On Tuesday Continued On Page Two Border Belt Tobacco Market Opens Tuesday Brunswick F armers \Y ill Receive Cards ASC Office Will Have All Sales Cards In Main Before Thursday Night Mrs. Ada Varnum, manager of i the Brunswick county ASC office > in Shallotte said this morning that marketing cards for all toibacco; growers in the county will be in1 the mail by closing time tomor- i row night. This will assure their delivery prior to the opening of! the Border Belt markets on Tues-! day. Producers must carry their! marketing card to the warehouse with every load of tobacco they sell if they except the tobacco to be identified as “acceptable” to the buyer. The reason for this is that the marketing card will identify the tobacco to the ware houseman as “acceptable” or “dis counted”. Under the variety discount pro gram adopted by the U. S. De partment of Agriculture for the first time this year, farmers who plant any amount of the tobaccos lacking in flavor and aroma (Coker 139, Coker 140 or Dixie Bright 244) will be eligible for price support at one-half the reg ular support rate. Farmers who plant some of the discounted va rieties will receive a blue mar keting card, provided they did not plant in excess of their allotment. Farmers who planted in "excess” will, as heretofore, receive a red marketing card; however, if they only planted approved varieties the red card will be stamped “ac ceptable varieties”. Daylight Savings City Official Time 4 Dairymen Form New Association A group of Brunswick county dairymen met last week in Bo livia and organized the Brunswick Dairymen’s Association, and if present plans are followed this ac tion could turn out to be a trem endous boost to the dairy indus try in this area. Among the more important questions considered was the prob lem of obtaining artificial insem ination service for dairy herds in Brunswick. Through the efforts of R. R. Rich, extension dairy specialist, and A. S. Knowles, county agent, arrangements were made for this county to become associated with Columbus county dairymen in this movement. Herbert Swain, Jr., was elected president of the new association; Russell Johnson of Winnabow, vice-president; and Travis Dan ford of Bolivia, secretary-treasur er. Deputy Attends Sunday School Deputy Sheriff H. G. Rat cliffe Furnished informa _ tion That Was Helpful In Conducting Adult Class At Yaupon Village Sunday Of the thirteen to thirty pris oners confined during an average month in the Brunswick County Jail, an estimated ninety-five per cent are cases involving the use of liquor, according to H. G. Rat cliffe, deputy sheriff and jailor of Brunswick county. Most of these cases are charges of public drunkenness and drunken driving, Deputy Sheriff Ratcliffe told the adult class of the Yaupon Village Methodist Ohurch, where he serv ed as a resource person for the July 21 lesson on “Persons In Prison.’’ Ratcliffe described the support, I administration, and facilities of the county prison, of which he' serves as jailer. A veteran of 23 j years in the furniture business, he ! stated that he accepted the office of deputy sheriff as a Christian calling and tries to carry out his I duties in this spirit. He looks upon his office as a “Christian duty as well as a county duty.” The lesson was one in a series of “Persons and Institutions” J which the adult class is studying j during the summer, under the leadership of Mrs. James Sanders, j Other Sunday School classes! met as usual in the homes of. the' various teachers. The Kindergar- i ten, taught by Mrs. Gene Burke; the Primary class, taught by Mrs. j Adolf Mercer; and the Junior* class, taught by Mrs. Archie Dix- i on, meet each Sunday morning at 10 o’clock, Eastern Daylight Time. 1 Visitors may receive directions to ! the classes at the Yaupon Skating' Rink. | Mayor E. B. Tomlinson Ex plains Stand Taken By City Government With Re gard To Time Change EASTERN STANDARD IN GENERAL USE County Officials, Bank, Sav ings & Loan, Stores, Doc tors, Hospitals And Post Office Return To Old Time Here in Southport there was a general trend this week back to observance of Eastern Standard Time, but there still are excep tions, including the city govern ment in its various operations. On Monday all county offices reverted to the old time after be ing on daylight savings since June 1. Also going back to East ern Standard were the bank, sav ings and loan, several stores, Dosher Memorial Hospital, the doctors in observance of their office hours and the Southport post office. To date there has been no an nouncement regarding changes in the hours for church meetings, but protestant ministers are meet ing this week to consider the matter. The City of Southport will re main on Eastern Daylight Savings Time until the end of September according to a statement made by Mayor Eugene B. Tomlinson Jr. this week. There are several factors that influenced the adoption of EDST Iby the present city administration. Continued On Page Two Hold Dedication For Parsonage Dr. J. C. Canipe Guest Min ister For Impressive Ser vice Sunday At Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church i The pastorium at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church was dedicated during an impressive service Sun day, with Dr. J. C. Canipe presi- 1 dent of the Baptist State Con- j vention, as guest minister. Prior to the sermon by Dr. Canipe, John Herbert Holden pre-1 sen ted the story of this project, reporting the ground-breaking in j July, 1952; the letting of the con- j tract; and completion of the work in December of that year. The building has 8 rooms, is of frame construction and was erected at a cost of approximately $8,000. As a participant in the cere many, Mrs. Margaret McRacken, Association Missionary, led the prayer of dedication. Following special music, Dr. Canipe deliver ed an inspiring sermon, appro priate for the occasion. During the afternoon, open house was observed, with Mrs. Wilson Arnold, Mrs. Nelva Brown and Mrs. Mary Catherine Clemmons serving as hostesses, assisted by a group of intermediate girls. The Rev. J. D. Hales, Jr., is : pastor of this church. Everything In Readiness For Opening Day Sales In Market Towns Of South eastern North Carolina GEORGIA MARKET PRICES IMPROVE Early Sales Averaging Now About $4 Per Hundred Above Opening Prices Paid Fanners In 19S6 Border Belt tobacco markets will open their 1957 sales season Tuesday, July 30, according to an nouncement made this week. Prices reported being paid for flue-cured tobacco on the Georgia Florida markets for the first two sales days of the current season are averaging almost $4 per hun dred pounds ahead of last season, according to week-end reports from the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Volume was reported fair on most markets in the belt this mor ning but was expected to drop some during the middle of the week. Sales were down Friday from Thursday’s opening. For the first two sales days the belt sold a total of 12,975,842 pounds for a total average of $52.42. The price was $4.10 above the same period for last year and consid erably ahead of the 1953 price peak. What will the price be this year? Will it be higher or not? These are a few of the questions that must stay unanswered until Tuesday, July 30, when the Whiteville tobacco market, rank ed 10th in volume sold in the flu-cured belts, opens. At 9 o’clock sharp, Tuesday, the chant of the auctioneers and the high bidding cry of the buyers and warehousemen will I set the tempo for the rest of | the selling season, according to | R. G. Maultsby, market sales supervisor. Indications are that this year’s crop of the golden leaf, called tobacco, is going to be good especially for those farmers who have concentrated on both the desired varieties and quality to bacco. The Whiteville Market is cele brating its 47th continuous year of operation. Tobacco was sold (Continued on Page Four) Ward Boundaries Are Confusing Specific Regulations Govern Necessity For Changing Place Of Registration When Moving Residence Registration books for the spe cial election for the city of South port on August 13 will be open through Saturday of this week, with arrangements being made for qualified voters to register any day at the home of the registrar. Three points of confusion appear to exist. The first of these concerns the necessity for registering. Any per son who is already properly reg istered does not have to register again for this election. There is no special registration. The second concerns the defini tion of proper registration. Each (Continued on Page Four. Fide 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 Tide Thursday, July 25, 5:58 A. M. 0:06 A. M. 6:30 P. M. 12:13 P. M. Friday, July 26, 6:54 A. M. 12:57 A. M. 7:23 P. M. 1:06 P. M. Saturday, July 27, 7:48 A. M. 1:47 A. M. 8:14 P. M. 1:58 P. M. Sunday, July 28, 8:41 A. M. 2:35 A. M. 9:05 P. M. 2:50 P. M. Monday, July 29, 9:35 A. M. '3:24 A. M. 9: 56 P. M. 3:42 P. M. Tuesday, July 30, 10:31 A. M. 4:12 A. M. 10:48 P. M. 4:36 P. M. Wednesday, July 31, 11:27 A. M. 5:02 A. M. 11:41 P. M. 5:31 P. M.