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Volume No. 18
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community '
No. 4
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1957
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
$1.50 PER YEAR
Army Engineers
Submit Flans To
Close New Inlet
Construction Of Huge Sand
* Dike Seen As Proper
Means For Effectively
Closing Inlet That Was
Caused By Hurricane
Hazel
CONTEMPLATES USE
OF HYDRAULIC DREDGE
Report Stresses Need Of
Speed In Carrying Out
Proposed Operation,
Starting After Hur
ricane Season
Announcement was made last!
week by the Wilmington District
Corps of U. S. Army Engineers
of plans that have been drawn
up for closing the inlet at Long
Beach which was created by Hur
ricane Hazel during the storm in
the fall of 1954. These plans have
been forwarded to the Regional
Office of the Federal Civil Defense
Administration in Thomasville,
Ga., for approval.
The plan, according to Col. H.
C. Rowland, Jr., District Engineer,
recommends a dike 12-feet high
and 200-feet wide across the top
be constructed by the use of a
hydraulic dredge.
The report to the FCDA said
that the project would be de
veloped in two stages. First a
dike six feet high would be con
structed with the second six feet
added When the first phase is com
plete.
The report pointed out further
that the work could be accom
plished in about 30 days if a
dredge the size of the Henry
Bacon (24-inch) were used. An
18-inch dredge would require
about 45 days to complete the
job.
Calculations show that approx
imately 800,000 cubic yards of
material will be required to build
the 2-mile plus barrier.
In recommending the plan, it
was stressed that speed of op
erations is a vital factor in clos
ing the inlet. It is also conceded
that tide fluctuations will take
away a good pqrtion of the ma
terial in the initial 6-foot dike,
but this condition, however, was
taken into account in drafting the
plan.
While it was not explained in
the report, it is understood that
the dredge would approach the
area from the Intracoastal Water
way and dredge an approach to
the immediate area.
Te report recommended further
that the work be performed dur
ing the winter months following
the close of the hurricane season
in October.
The FCDA has authorized $100,
000 to close the inlet. It was cut
Ootober 15, 1954 by Hurricane
Hazel and swept away a tax
valuation of some $250,000.
Brief Bite Of
lnewsj
LIONS OFFICER
Tom Webb, principal of South
port high school, was elected as
sistant secretary-treasurer of
Southport Lions .Club Thursday
night.
VIRGINIA VISIT
Hr. and Mrs. Pearce Horne and
daughter have returned from a
visit to Virginia, where they at
tended the pageant at Hopewell,
Va.
RETURNS HOME
Lt. Col. William F. Murphy,
Executive Officer at SPAT, has
returned to duty after a two day
inspection trip to Patrick Air
Force Base, Florida.
NEWSBOYS TRIP
Harvey Privette, Bobby Bellows
and Dosher Rourk left today for
New York City with a group of
Southeastern North Carolina
newsboys. While in New York
they will see the Yankees play
a baseball game.
BEACH VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. David Watson and
children of Raleigh are spending
a two weeks vacation at their
cottage at Long Beach. The first
of this week they had as their
guests Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Brock of Trenton.
ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC
The monthly orthopedic clinic
conducted by the Crippled Chil
dren's Section of the State Board
of Health, will be held Thursday,
August 8, at James Walker Me
morial Hospital, Wilmington, from
8 a. m. to 12 noon. (DST).
Steel Goes Up
BUSY—On the left is a picture of Ormond Leggett, Southport business man,
who helped workmen last Friday as they placed steel for the roof of his new building
now under construction on Moore Street. The picture on the right shows a shot of the
general operation. J. D. Bigford is operating the motorized crane, which was used.
Roy Swain is the contractor.
Southport Faces
Costly Problem
About Sewerage
State Sanitation Engineer
Was Here Last Week
Making Preliminary Check
On Future Requirements
D. L. Cobum, Engineer for the
State Stream Sanitation Commit
tee was in Southport last week to
consult with city officials and in
vestigate the domestic sewerage
disposal problem and advise on
what will be required of the City
of Southport in regard to the
dumping of raw sewerage into the
Cape Fear River.
The final classification of South
port as to the treatment required
of garbage has not been made,
but will be made during hearings
in the spring of 1958.
It is not known whether the
city can get by with primary
treatment or whether more com
plete treatment will be necessary.
All evidence points to the fact
thate primary treatment of gar
bage will be sufficient, unless the
shellfish industry below Southport
is again opened. If happens, the
complete treatment may be re
quired.
The present sewer system is
serving approximately 1800 peo
ple, and cannot be made to serve
many additional people without a
drastic change. To serve the re
maining population in Southport
and plan for the future would re
quire adequate treatment facili
ties for 2500 to 300 population.
A treatment plant which will give
primary treatment only, will cost
near $104,000 and for complete
treatment will cost around $200,
000.
At the completion of the hear
ings next spring, Southport will
be given a classification and a
letter will be sent giving the pro
cedure to be followed in cleaning
up the stream in a ten year per
iod. A temporary permit will then
be issued which will be based on
a required preliminary sewerage
survey, and a comprehensive pol
lution and abtement plan which
will act as a contract between the
state and the municipality of
Southport.
For the next eight years the
Federal Governoment is putting
$50,000,000 per year from which it
will pay 30-percent of the cost
of running the sewerage line to
the iatment plant and the treat
ment plant; the Federal Govern
ment, however, will not pay any
part on lines which serve the
homes of people.
Draw Jury List
For Court Term
Judge Hamilton H. Hob
good Scheduled To Pre
side Over One-Week Term
For Trial Of Civil Cases
Scheduled For September
16th
Judge Hamilton H. Hobgood is
scheduled to preside over a one
week term of Brunswick county
Superior court, which will con
vene in Southport on Monday,
September 16.
During their session here Mon
day members of the board of
county commissioners drew the
following list of jurors to serve
during that term:
Ernest Knight, Pete Rogers,
Harry L. Benton, Elbert Lanier,
G. R. Hickman, Winnabow.
Bedford Ludlum, James Var
num, Hiram Thomas Sellers, John
Dawson, S. H. Rinson, Supply.
Herbert C. Bland, Robert Mag
gard, Harold W. Lewis, John Paul
'Continued On Page Five)
Tobacco Prices
Cause Complaint
Light Sales Result From’
General Dissatisfaction
With Price Trend On Bor
der Belt Markets During
First Week
FARM BUREAU ASKS
MARKETING HOLIDAY
That Action Came Follow
ing District Meeting Held
In Whiteville On Mon
day Of This Week
At the district Farm Bureau
meeting held in Whiteville Mon
day the current tobacco price
situation was discussed at length.
It was decided by the presi
dents of the district to ask for
the closing of the border belt
warehouses because of poor grad
ing by the U. S. grading serv
ices, and low prices offered by
the tobacco companies.
Telegrams were sent to Joe Ft.
Williams, Supervisor _ of tobacco
division, U. S. Department of Ag
riculture, Washington, D. C., and
Alton A. Lennon, Member of Con
gress, Washington, D. C.
With approximately 500,000
pounds of tobacco auctioned on
the Whiteville market Monday
prices were reported about the
same as the past week, accord
ing to R. G. Maultsby, market
sales supervisor. He said compe
tition continues strong on low
grade lugs and that better grades
showed some improvement.
For last week’s four selling
days which opened the markets
in South Carolina and the North
Carolina Border belt Whiteville
sold a total of 2,250,825 pounds
for $1,216,082, averaging $54.02,
according the USDA’s Crop Re
porting Service. This was the
highest average made by any
Border Belt market for the open
ing week.
According to Maultsby de
liveries to the Flue-Cured Stab
ilization Corporation were light,
Continued On Page Four)
Tree Planting
More Popular
Report Of This Type Of
Operation In Brunswick
During Past Year Made
By Forest Warden Dor
man Mercer
Figures compiled at the ottice :
of the District Forester in White
Ville show that during the 1956
57 planting year a total of 2,415,
050 seedlings were set out in
Brunswick county.
In making these figures avail
able for use Monday, County For
est Warden Dorman Mercer said
that many of the tree farmers
are private land-owners who have 1
seen the wisdom of putting their
idle acres to work in producing
a timber crop. “In my opinion”,
the forestry official said, “we are
just beginning to scratch the sur
face of possibilities that exist
here in Brunswick county for pro
ducing trees for market, whether
it be for use in the pulp mills or
the sawmills.”
Following is a list of Bruns
wick county landowners and their
acreage set out in seedlings dur
ing the past year:
Luther Beilamy, Supply, 2,000
slash; Riley D. Clemmons, Supply,
10.000 slash; Pete Dodson, Ash,
5.000 Lobolly; J. C. Evans, Laur
inburg, 50,000 loblolly; J. C.
Evans, Laurinburg, 50,000 loblolly;
Jan Hewett, Shallotte, 1,500 lob
Continued On Page Five
Dedication Of
Church Sunday
Dr. E. L. Spivey of the
State Mission Board, will be
the principal speaker at the
dedication service of Supply
Baptist church and pastorium
Sunday morning.
The dedication service will
begin at 11 o’clock, immed
iately fallowing the Sunday
School hour. All members,
former members and friends
are cordially invited to attend.
Lunch will be served at
tiie conclusion of the pro
gram. * * . ' ' ""
Variety Marks
Fishing Catches
Weather Has Interfered To
Some Extent With Fishing
Results Here During Past
Week
Aparty fishing Monday with
Capt. Walter Lewis aboard the
John-Ellen made another ‘killing’
with dolphin, boating 53 of these
fighting food fish. Roland Hog
gett and party comprised the
group, who also caught 5 bonito,
6 bluefish, 4 king mackerel and
7 barracuda.
Capt. Lewis had Bill Crows and
party of Thomasville out Sunday
and brought in 14 bluefish, 26
Spanish mackerel, 2 amberjack
and 2 king mackerel. On Satur
day C. H. Williams and party
of Winston-iSalem brought in 60
blues, 7 king mackerel and 1
barracuda.
Ed Hobson and party of Salis
bury were out Saturday with
Capt. Fred Fulford aboard the
Davis Bros. V. They brought in
67 bluefish. On Sunday Jack
Nunalee and party of Lumberton
had 28 blues. On Monday a Char
lotte party caught 86 bluefish.
Weather during the past week
(Continued on Page Four)
District Meeting
Of Farm Bureau
Is Held Monday
Leaders From Brunswick,
Columbus And Bladen
Counties Outline Goals
For Fall Membership
Drive
FIELDMAN CITES
SOME GAINS MADE
All Officials Of This Orga
nization Agree That A
Strong Membership Is
Essential
How to build a stronger arid
more effective Farm Bureau
through a larger membership was
the keynote of the meeting of 36
local Farm Bureau officers and
leaders at the Bureau’s office in
Whiteville Monday morning.
Leaders from Bladen, Bruns
wick and Columbus counties met
with staff members of the Fed
eration to outline this year’s
membership drive, according to
County President Bobby Ses
sions.
Will H. Rogers, director of or
ganization, told the group that
there has never been a time in
the history of modem agricul
ture that demanded the degree
of organization that is necessary
today for farmers to have a
voice in developing agricultural
policy on the state and national
level.
District Fieldman, Paul Shack
leford, outlined accomplishments
of the state and national or
ganization. He called attention
to the action taken by the Gen
eral Assembly removing tax from
farm machinery parts and non
highway-use gasoline. The Farm
Bureau Federation has stood
with N. C. farmers “down the
line’’ on the flue-cured tobacco
program and other programs
that affect Tar Heel agriculture,
he declared.
County presidents Joe Stan
land of Brunswick, and J. S.
Melvin of Bladen headed up
groups* of -members attending
from their counties.
County leaders all expressed
the feeling that all farmers are
becoming more aware of the
need for a farmers organization,
and that they are confident of
a successful membership drive,
“The more members we have,”
they said, "the stronger will be
the voice of agriculture in the
councils of state, both in North
Carolina, and the national Con
gress.”
Suggestion Made
Regarding Bridge
Mayor Eugene B, Tomlinson
Requests Governor Hod
ges To Investigate Feasi
bility Of Locating Bridge
Below Wilmington
Mayor Eugene B. Tomlinson
this week wrote Governor Luther
H. Hodges inviting ihm to con
sider the possibility of relieving
the congestion of the Cape Fear
river bridge with a' structure
lower donw the river. At least,
the Southport mayor thinks that
his suggestion deserves investiga
tion.
Following is the text of his
letter to Governor Hodges:
“The site selection for the pro
posed Cape Fear River bridge has
(Continued On Page Six)
TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HARPER
It was August 11, 1937, and it was Race Week. The Pilot was
fairly bursting with news concerning the onslaught of sailing
enthusiasts which had descended upon Southport.
Governor Clyde R. Hoey was to start the affair from aboard
the Coast Guard cutter Modoc. Many of the entries were pic
tured in the paper, among these the Syndicate, Geechee, Sand
piper, and Shearwater.
A group of Southport men had during the past week captured
47 pairs of frog legs, and one Wilmington bootery advertised top
grade shoes at $1.00 per pair.
On August 12, 1942, another sort of regatta was underway.
‘'Not Exactly News” observed that quite a number of Bruns
wick County natives were serving in the Navy.
Preston Bryant, whose ship, the “Comstock,” was currently
in Trinidad, was visiting home. Air raid wardens were learning
their jobs, and Pepsi was advertised for a nickle. 12 ounces,
yet.
August 13, 1947. It was the middle of the tobacco harvesting
period-—prices were down from the preceeding year—and it was
hot. Father Joseph T. Mundell was to officiate at the First
Blessing of the Fleet to be held in Southport.
September 27 had been set as the date for a special school
election to be held in the Leland district. A feature story con
cerning a pre-civil war canal proposed between Juniper Creek
Continued On Page Four
Board Will Keep
Same Tax Collector
Mrs. Betty G. Prevatte Re
tained In This Office By
Action Of Commissioners
Hero Last Wednesday
Mrs. Betty G. Privette has been
appointed by members of the
board of county commissioners
to continue for another year in
the office of tax collector, a
position which she has held dur
ing the past year.
Prior to that she served for one
year as deputy tax collector un
der J. E. Brown and later for
two years as deputy under M. D.
Anderson when he served as head
of that office.
In reappointing Mrs. Privette,
members of the board made it
clear that this action resulted
from the fact that a systematic
and determined effort has been
made during the past six months
to collect both current and delin
quent taxes. They are pleased
with the results, and plan to con
tinue to press for collection of
money due Brunswick county in
payment of past-due tax accounts.
Although an audit has not been
made of the 1956 collections, in
dications are that the percentage
of collections will be the highest
reached in recent years. In ad
dition, collection of delinquent tax
es is the best that has been made
during a comparable period in
many years.
Continued On Page l*our
ABC Vote For City
Scheduled Tuesday
Soil Office Is
Now In Shallotte
The Soil Conservation Serv
ice of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture is now located
on the second floor of the
Coastal Drug Co. Building in
Shallotte. This office was
formerly located in the Coun
ty Agriculture Building in
Supply.
The Technicians located in
this office are assigned to
render technical assistance to
the Lower Cape Fear Soil
Conservation District. This
district is composed of Bladen,
Brunswick, Columbus, Pender
and New Hanover counties.
J. D. Bellamy, Jr. of Shallotte
is Chairman of the District
Board and T. C. Lennon of
Bolivia is also a member of
■the Board.
Numerous Cases
Tried In Court
Variety Of Offenses Dispos
ed Of Here Monday Be
fore Judge Earl Bellamy
In Recorder’s Court
Another busy day in Brunswick
county Recorder’s court here Mon
day resulted in the following sen
tences being handed down by
Judge Karl Bellamy:
John Edison Bellamy, guilty of
having no chauffeur’s license,
sentenced to 30 days in jail, as
signed to work under the super
vision of the prisons department,
such sentence suspended on pay
ment of a fine of $10 and costs.
John Edison Bellamy, guilty of
passing a worthless check, sen
tenced to 30 days in jail, assign
ed to work under the supervision
of the prisons department such
sentence suspended on condition
the defendant make restitution to
T. D. Lindsay in the amount of
$14.27 and pay the costs.
B. W. Cruse, not guilty of in
terfering with an officer in per
formance of duties.
Arnold Augustus Dupree guilty,
speeding 55-mph fined $10 and
costs.
Bernice Hill, guilty assault, sen
tenced to 30 days in jail, assign
ed to work under the supervision
of the prisons department sus
pended on condition the defendant
remain of good behavior and not
violate any laws for a period of
two years and pay the costs.
Lucian Ripley, Jr., guilty of
speeding mph, fined $15 and
costs.
James C. Ancrum, waived ap
pearance and pleaded guilty to,
improper equipment and improper 1
operator’s license, fined $20 and
cosits.
Thomas A. Caison, guilty of
speeding 65-mph, fined $10 and:
costs.
Ralph Monroe Ward, waived
appearance and pleaded guilty to j
fail to dim lights, improper equip
ment, no operator’s license and j
Continued On Pagt Five
Qualified Voters Will De
cide Question Of Legal
Sales Of Alcoholic Bev
erage In Special Election
On August 13
NO EXCITEMENT HAS
YET DEVELOPED
Situation Appears To Be
One In Which Citizens
Will Have Opportunity
To Make Up Their
Own Mind
Southport citizens will go to the
polls next Tuesday to vote on the
establishment of an ABC store
here. The polls will open at 6:30
o’clock in the morning and will
close at 6:30 o’clock in the eve
ning.
Thus far there has been little
show of excitement over the forth
coming election, with no outside
influence having been brought to
bear. Most of the public expres
sions have been confined to “Let
ters to the Editor” that have been
published in this newspaper, and
three of them appear today.
The legislative act which gives
authority for this election was
passed during the 1957 session of
the North Carolina General As
sembly. It not only makes pro
vision for holding the election
upon petition of the Board of
Aldermen, but specifies the divi
sion of profits that may be
derived from sales in Southport.
Named beneficiaries would in
clude 20-percent for the Bruns
wick county Board of Education;
10-percent, to be divided equally,
for the support of Southport high
school and Brunswick County
Training School; 10-percent for
the debt service fund for the City
of Southport; 5-percent for pro
motion and encouragement of bus
(Continued on Hage Four)
Revaluation Is
Progressing Well
Work In Waccamaw Town
ship Completed, Together |
With All Beach Property;
Good Start Made In South,
port
Mrs. Eessie R. Whatley, Bruns- j
wick county tax supervisor, re
ported Monday that the firm in
charge of revaluing Brunswick
county property is making good
progress, with all beach property
having been completed.
Also complete is field work in
Waceamaw township, and inspec
tors are now working in Shal
lotte township. About 25-percent
of the inspections of residential
property in Southport are com
plete.
Another step that is completed
is the preparation of the neces- j
sary record cards.
Three Brunswick county men,
Cecil Hewett, Carl Ward and E.
O. Rabon, have been appointed
to serve as a board of assessors |
for the purpose of advising with
the field men in arriving at their
final figures that will be sub
mitted to the board of county
commissioners. i
Third Training
Union Session
At Ft. Caswell
North Carolina Baptist As
sembly Near Southport Is
Attracting One Of The
Largest Crowds Of Sea
son This Week
SPECIAL PROGRAM
PLANNED THURSDAY
Leaders Of Brunswick Bap
tist Association Will Par
ticipate In This Special
Training Program
More than 600 church people are
at the North Carolina Baptist As
sembly here this week for the
third Baptist Training Union con
ference of the current season.
"One World—One Lord” is the
theme of the meetings which will
[ close Saturday morning. The Rev.
David Boaz, pastor of Becks
Church, Winston-Salem, is preach
ing each evening. Junior pastor
in the smaller auditorium near
the Assembly entrance gate is
the Rev. W. L. Saunders, Jr., of
New River Church, Jacksonville.
The meetings were planned by
James P. Morgan, State Training
Union secretary, of Raleigh.
Maines Rawls, head of the Di
vision of Associational Work of
the Southwide Training Union de
partment of the Southern Baptist
Convention, Nashville, Tenn., will
lead a special session for asso
ciational workers on Thursday.
Some 200 Associational officers
and Associational missionaries will
spend the day at the seaside as
sembly for this conference. Mr.
Rawls will discuss effective meth*«
ods of improving the Sunday eve
ning training agency of the local
church at the associational level.
Mrs. Margaret McRackan and
elected officers of the Brunswick
Baptist Association will take part
in this special session.
Music will be led by T. O.
Dekle, minister of music and edu
cation of Calvary Baptist Church,
Asheville. He will be accompanied
by Mrs. A. C. Ferrell, pianist, of
Durham, and Miss Betty Smith,
organist, of Stoneville. The staff
choir made up of fifty students
from the North Carolina colleges
under the direction of Miss Lory
(Continued on page four)
Sign-Up Period
For AC Program
Agricultural Conservation
Sign-Up Begins August 1
And Extends Through
August 15
The initial sign-up period for
filing requests under the AC Pro
gram in Brunswick County is
from August 1 to August 15. The
form on which the request for
oost-sharing must be made may
be obtained at the ASC office in
Shallotte.
ASC officials urge all farmers
to come in and request the prac
tices most needed on their in
dividual farm during this sign-up
period.
The basic purpose of the Agri
cultural Conservation Program is
to aid in achieving necessary con
servation of soil and water re
sources.
The Agricultural Conservation
Program is entirely voluntary.
Any farmer who believes he can
do the needed conservation job
on his farm without the aid of
the limited funds available under
the program is urged to do so.
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 Tide
Thursday, August 8,
6:14 A. M. 0:13 A. M.
6:49 P. M. 12:18 P. M.
Friday, August 9,
6:58 A. M. 12:56 A. M.
7:29 P. M. 1:01 P. M.
Saturday, August 10,
7:39 A. M. 1:35 A. M.
8:06 P. M. 1:42 P. M.
Sunday, August 11,
8:17 A. M. 2:15 A. M.
8:40 P. M. 2:21 P. M.
Monday, August 12,
8:52 A. M. 2:52 A. M.
9:13 P. M. 2:59 P. M.
Tuesday, August 13,
9:29 A. M. 3:27 A. M.
9:44 P. M. 3:36 P. M.
Wednesday, August 14,
10:03 A. M. 4:02 A. M.
10:15 P. M. 4:14 P. M.