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Volume No. 18
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1957
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Brunswick County
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Ground Water
Holds Promise
For This Area
Geological Factors Have
Contributed To Peculiar
Condition Governing Sup
ply Of Fresh Water Avail
able
DISCUSS SOURCE OF
ARTESIAN WELLS
Only Threat To Pure Sup
ply Of Ground Water Is
From Encroachment Of
Salt Water Sources
To understand the oecuranee of
underground water in the Coastal
Plain it is necessary to go back
many millions of years into the
geological history of the region—
back to a time when ocean waves
crashed ashore near the present
day cities of Weldon, Enfield, Ra
leigh, Rocky Mount, Smithfield
Southern Pines and Rockingham.
Geological evidence shows that
the sea covered this area not
once, but several times, creeping
inland for a time to knaw at the
higher land mass and then slow
ly retreating. Weathering and
erosion processes also carved the
land, dumping great quantities of
sediments into the streams. These
sediments and those accumulated
by the encroaching sea were de
posited as the waters receded east
ward.
As the ocean advanced and re
treated these deposits grew deep
er and deeper, gradually forming
a wedge-like formation with its
thin edge lying near the western
limit of the Coastal Plain and its
thicker part lying along the
coast.
Deep Deposits
Some indication of this power
ful erosive force can be seen in
the fact that these deposits are
known to be almost two miles
thick on North Carolina’s outer
banks. They lie, layer upon layer,
atop a solid mass of bedrock that
rises slowly toward the. west
where it finally reaches the sur
face to form the indistinct eastern
edge of ties Piedmont, ....
These sediments are composed
of consolidated and unconsolidated
beds of sand, clay and limestone
sloping gently toward the coast
at a rate slightly greater than
the slope of the land surface. As
a result the formations exposed
at the surface at inland places
are buried progressively deeper to
the east.
These layers of material form
ing the upper crust of the Coastal
Plain will adsorb and in turn
yield much greater quantities of
rain water than will the older
formations of the Piedmont and
Mountain regions of the state.
There are a number of factors
that contribute to this condition—
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Brief Bits Of
lnewsj
SOUTHPORT VISIT
Brig. Gen. James Glore, Mrs.
Glore and their daughter, Claire
Margaret, spent the week-end
visiting friends in Southport.
SCHOOL VACATION
The schools of Brunswick coun
ty closed today (Wednesday) at
noon for the Thanksgiving holi
days and will not reopen until
Monday morning.
ON GENERAL BOARD
E. J. Prevatte, Southport at
torney, has been elected for a
4-year term on the General Board
of the Baptist State Convention.
He was a messenger from South
port Baptist Church to the State
Convention in Raleigh last week.
NEW PATROLMAN
George Willetts of Leland was
a member of the last graduating
class for the school for Highway
Patrolmen at Chapel Hill. So far
as is known, he is the first Bruns
wick county boy to become a
■member of the Highway Patrol.
UNION SERVICE
Four of the Protestant church
es of Southport will hold a
Thanksgiving service tonight
(Wednesday) at 7:30 o’clock at
■St. Phillips Episcopal Church. The
Rev. Lawrence Bridges, pastor of
Trinity Methodist Church, will de
liver the sermon.
HOLIDAY HOUSE
The Southport Garden Club will
sponsor a Holiday House on De
cember 8 in the Community Club.
Everyone is urged to bring ideas
and decorations for Christmas to
be entered on the 7th, these en
tries to be judged and ribbons
given. Mrs. R. B. Thompson is
general chairman of the Holiday
House.
Tobacco Consultants
SPECIALISTS—Joe R. Williams, head of the tobacco division of the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, is shown seated at the left of this picture which was taken
in Whiteville last Wednesday night when he spoke to tobacco farmers in this area. In
the center is Congressman Alton Lennon, who arranged the meetings and on the right
is Robert T. Kiser, Soil Bank official. Standing are J. L. Nicholson, State ASC mar
keting chief, and Ralph Pernell, member of the Williams staff.
Special Session
Of Civil Court
Set December 9
Judge Raymond B, Mallard
Will Preside Over One
Week Special Term; Jury
List Is Announced
Judge Raymond B. Mallard of
Tabor City will preside over a
special term of Brunswick county
Superior court for trial of civil
cases which will convene here on
Monday, December 9.
. _ The. following jury list has been
drawn:
J. B. Coleman, H. E. Gore,
G. W. Piver, Leon Watts, Manley
Nelson, R. D. Milliken and F. L.
Beck, Ash; W. T. White, Carl L.
Mintz, A. D. Stanley, Larry Hew
et.t, D. B. Frink, C. H. Long,
Lawrence V. Stanley and Paul
Holden, Shallotte; Willie Clem
mons, Bobby Roach, M. G.
Mooney, D. G. Carlisle, Clarence
E. Hewett and A. R. Mooney,
Supply; A. J. Ganey and R. J.
Mercer, Bolivia; Seymore Benton,
Ramon Ba'bson, Freeland; William
D. Lanier, T. T. Roper, M. B.
Long and S. A. Potter, Leland;
W. C. Smith and Hyet Holden,
iLongwood; Franklin Potter, Her
bert S. Rogers, Hugh Price and
Amos Splawn, Southport; J. T.
Ramseur, Winnabow.
Bountiful Meal
Aboard Vessel
Col. Jonas S. Heiss Gives
Report Of Meal Served
Aboard Danish Ship Ma
rie Skou While At Sunny
Point
The beautiful new Danish
motorship Marie Skou sailed from
Sunny Point last week, but be
fore she departed Col. Jonas S.
Heiss, commanding officer of the
terminal, was invited by Capt.
C. C. Carlson to have breakfast
aboard.
Col. Heiss reports that this is
one rrieal that he will never for
get, but just to make sure, he
jotted down the menu and furnish
ed us with a list of the food
which was set before him.
“They called it a cold buffet,”
he said. "I’ll let you decide what
you’d call it. They brought out
fried cod fillet, smoked eel,
smoked salmon and scrambled
eggs, canned crabs with dressing,
canned shrimp with dressing, cod
roe roasted, smoked ham and
vegetables, assorted Danish sau
sages, pork chops roasted, fried
liver and bacon, hot dogs roasted,
tomatoes and cucumbers — and
beef tartar.
"This was their piece de resist
ance, and consisted of a large
Bermuda onion hollowed out and
filled with raw hamburger. On
top of it was a raw egg. My
hosts devoured their portion with
relish, but it was a little to rare
for me.
“Now I thought this had been
a smorgasboard that I never
would forget, but about that time
I realized that in effect all this
came under the heading hors
d’oevres. The main dish, beef
fillet with French fries and green
beans, were yet to come!
“Needless to say, when I had
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Farmers Attend
Tobacco Meeting
Brunswick County Farmers5
Attend Session In White
vilie Last Week At Which
Tobacco Specialist Ap
peared
MEETINGS ARRANGED
BY CONGRESSMAN
Tobacco Growers Brought
Dp To Date On Progress
Of Bringing Supply In
Line With Demand
Brunswick county fanners at
tended a meeting in Whiteville
last Wednesday night where the
tobacco outlook for 1958 was dis
cussed by experts from the De
partment of Agriculture. The
meeting was scheduled by Con
gressman Alton Lennon.
“If there isn’t a 90-95 percent
vote for it,” Lennon said, “the
1959 tobacco market will drop
20-30 percent.
“The buyers will figure that in
three years there won’t be any
controls, and they’re too good at
business to buy high price to
bacco when they’ll feel they can
get it for much less.”
Walter Willis, chairman of the
state Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation committee said,
"The day the program is gone,
you’re gone.”
Williams outlined the back
ground of the tobacco industry
and paid particular attention to
the 1952-56 period.
He said tne program, with its
rigid 90 percent parity, is the
only successful program in opera
tion. “It hasn't cost the taxpay
ers a dime.”
The 1952-56 period he de
scribed as one in which con
sumption of tobacco was drop
ping, but yields were increasing.
This is why the ■ acreage cuts
Continued On Page Two
Settlement In
Arnold Lawsuit
As Result, Appeal To State
Supreme Court Will Not
Be Perfected By City At
torney Parker
Notice of appeal has been with
drawn and a settlement reached
in the suit of Arnold vs City of
Southport. •
By the terms of the agreement
the sum of $3,500 will be paid to
the plaintiff. In addition, all costs
of the action, except for the '$150
advanced by the plaintiff, will be
paid hy the City of Southport.
The plaintiff agreed to execute
a perpetual easement, for street
purposes only, for the use of a
20-foot strip of land lying be
tween her home and the South
| port yacht basin. The plaintiff
; does not release any reparian
| rights she has or ever has had
J in connection with the property
; over which the controversy arose.
The City of Southport agreed
hy the terms of the settlement to
; furnish rent free a slip or dock
‘ at which the cruiser Margrace
may be moored until sold, or for
a period not to exceed 12 months.
Thanksgiving Is
Local Holiday
Thursday, Thanksgiving
Day, will ho a hoi day in
Southport Sad th;oug rout
T'i ur. ia i It i ;n v, and m ul
alf bns;«ei£j will-’come to' a "
standstill in observance of
this national holiday.
All city, county, state and
Federal offices in the county
will be closed Thursday, in
cluding the postoffices. There
will be no window service
but one mail delivery will be
put in the boxes in the local
postoffice. All stores, offices
and business houses will be
closed.
County Historical
Society To Meet
Important Business Will
Come Before This Orga
nization At Bolivia Meet
ing Tuesday
The Brunswick County Histori
cal Society will meet Tuesday,
December 3, in the Bolivia High
School auditorium, according to
announcement this week by Presi
dent Kirby Sullivan. Time for the
meeting is 7:30 o’clock.
Several matters of importance
are scheduled to come before this
meeting. One has to do with a
report of a committee named to
investigate the possibility of hav
ing a history of Brunswick coun
ty written and published.
The organization already has
voted support of the project to
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To Observe “M”
Night On Monday
In This County
Representatives From 29
Baptist Churches In Bruns
wick County Expected To
Meet At Mill Creek
Church
GENERAL OBSERVANCE
THROUGHOUT SOUTH
Simultaneous Meetings Will
Hold Attention Of Several
Thousand Baptists In
Launching Church
Program
Plans for the big Baptist “M”
Night mass meeting for all Bap
tist churches in Brunswick Bap
tist Association Monday evening
at 7:30 o’clock, have been com
pleted, Mrs. Reba Sellers, Train
ing Union director for the asso
ciation, announced this week.
The meeting, in which 29 Bap
tists churches are participating,
will be held at Mill Creek Bap
tist Church. The Rev. Harold
Gore, Southeastern Seminary,
Wake Forest, will be the featured
speaker. His subject will be “In
herited—a Trust and a Challenge.”
John Herbert Holden will direct
the music.
M JNigftt, or MoDUization
Night, is a special time for
launching the Training Union pro
gram in Baptist churches for the
coming year. Started in 1946 by
the Training Union Department
of the Baptist Sunday School
Board, Nashville, Tennessee, this
type of meeting has created
widespread interest throughout
the Southern Baptist Convention.
Last year 965 such meetings were
held with 438,609 persons from
17,798 churches attending.
Offering For
Children Home
Special Thanksgiving Col
lections Will Be Received
At Baptist Churches For
This Cause
Many Baptist churches in this
area are expected to receive their
Thanksgiving offering for the
Baptist Children’s Homes of N .C.
on Sunday, November 24, al
though some of them will wait
until special Thanksgiving serv
ices are held, said Mrs. Margaret
McRacken, Missionary for the
Brunswick Baptist Association,
this week.
One-third of the Homes’ sup
port comes through this special
offering, according to General
Superintendent W. C. Reed of
Thomasville. “For nearly 75 years,
these dependent children and the
Thanksigiving season have gone
together in the hearts of North
Carolina Baptists,’’ he said. Since
the Homes were founded in 1885,
they have cared for approximate
ly 6,500 children, Supt. Reed add
ed.
The Baptist State Convention, in
annual session last week in Ra
leigh, added another institution
to Baptist childcaring program in
this state—the Pembroke Indian
Orphange in Robeson County. In
the past, this home has been sup
ported by the Burnt Swamp Bap
tist Association, composed of In
dian churches.
“With this home coming into
our program, our annual budget
will be increased by at least $20,
000,” Reed commented. He said
that churches are being asked to
Continued On Page Two
TIME and TIDE
By JIMMIE HARPER
It was December 1, 1937, and Thanksgiving ’37 had become
history. Now everyone was looking forward to Christmas, espe
cially the merchants, as was apparent by looking at the ad
vertising of this issue of The Pilot. Everyday life was normal.
There had been a County council P. T. A. meeting, and the
local shrimpers were experiencing a drop-off from the high pro
duction of recent weeks.
Ernest Parker, Jr. was recovering from gunshot wounds re
ceived in a hunting accident, Mr. and Mrs. William Kopp had
announced the birth of a son, and the Honky-Tonk continued to
feature round and square dances every Friday night. Turkey
hunting seemed to be the sport of the hour.
Headline: Service Men Urged To Take Out Life Insurance
Early. Dateline: December 2, 1942. (Eds. ndte: That’s the best
time.) W. H. Barnette had been promoted to the rank of Lieut
enant in the Coast Guard. Dorman Mercer had become the new
County Forest Warden, succeeding Dawson Jones. Mrs. Edna
Maultsby had entered a prise-winning essay in a nation-wide
contest, and The Pilot announced that “Cows will do their
patriotic duty only if kept Warm.’’
Mid-term exams were comfig up at Southport High School be
fore Christmas, and the Rev.;Cecil Alligood had had recent good
luck- fishing in Walden .Creak. Qn the home front, Red Cross
' (Continued On Page 4)
Shallotte Reports
Three Robberies
*
Retrieving Gator
Lends A Hand
The best story of the young
hunting season was told this
week by Arthur Huntley, and
we quote:
“The other day I slipped
up to one of the freshwater
ponds near town and two
ducks took off. I shot and
winged one of them, and he
fluttered and swam to an
open spot, in the middle and
out of range.
“He had hardly hit Uic wa
ter when an alligator spotted
him and headed in his direc
tion. The duck saw the tell
tale wake, and started swim
ming away from the gator -
and straight toward me. I
stood still, and in a couple of
minutes the duck struggled
ashore, out of the reach of
the gator—but right into my
hands.’’
Lengthy Docket
Tried In Court
Numerous Cases Disposed
Of During Busy Session
Of Brunswick County Re
corder’s Court Monday
Cases that had backed up for
two weeks added up to a busy
day in Brunswick county Record
er’s court here Monday, with the
following sentences being handed
down:
A charge of no operator’s li
cense against Jack R. McKee was
nol prossed, but he pleaded guilty
to driving too fast for conditions
I and paid a fine of $10 and costs.
LeVon Bennett pleaded guilty
to possession and improper equip
j ment and was fined $20 and costs.
James Lewis was given 3
months for assault upon a female
and 5 months for non-support,
the sentences to run concurrently.
In the case charging Valiy
Hayes with assault upon a female
child the prosecution asked for a
jury trial. Bond was set at $500.
James Hankins was found guil
ty of non-support and sentence j
of 6 months was suspended upon ■
payment of costs and $10 weekly I
for support of his family.
Jesse C. Morgan pleaded guilty j
to driving without license and]
was given 30 days, this being j
commuted to time served.
James McMillan is being held
ifor trial in Superior court on j
charges of passing worthless j
checks and forgery.
George M. Swain pleaded guilty j
to charges of public drunkenness
and was fined $25 and costs.
H. D. Brock pleaded guilty to
violating the stop law and was
taxed with costs.
Robert H. Williams was found
guilty of non-support. Sentence of
6 months was suspended. upon
Continued On Page Two
Mintz & Co. Store Entered
By Thieves Twice This
Month, With Quantity Of
Merchandise Stolen
THIRD ATTEMPT
AT RED & WHITE
Several S.hallotte Men Gave
Chase To Latest Robbers
Who Managed To Es
cape; No Arrests
Are Made
Three robberies have occurred
in the town of Shallotte during
the past few days, with Mintz &
Co. having been hard hit on two
occasions. Thus far there have
been no arrests.
On Thursday night, November,
thieves broke into the Mintz store
through a rear window and took
between thirty' and thirty-five dol
lars in cash and 5 or 6 cartons
of cigarettes.
On Monday night, November 18,
robbers again entered the Mintz
store building and made a col
lection that amounted to a loss
of between two and three hundred
dollars for the proprietor, Harry
L. Mintz, Jr. A careful check of
his stock reveals the loss of 16
cartons of cigarettes, meat, razor
blades, knives, shoes, pants, shirts
and other wearing apparel. In
additional, the thieves took one
Emmerson table model radio.
On Saturday night an attempt
was made to break into the Red
& White Grocery Co., but Shal
lotte citizens heard a suspicious
noise and started an investigation
that frightened off the would-be
robers.
Col. Murphy On
Duty In England
Former Executive Officer
At Sunny Point Army Ter
minal In Charge Of Port
Detachment In Southamp
ton
Lt. Col. F. Murphy, former ex
ecutive officer at Sunny Point
Army Terminal, has arrived in
England and currently is serving
as commanding officer of the U.
S. Army port detachment in the
city of Southampton.
He describes his new duty as
“a typical port assigrynent and
consists of the responsibility for
moving military interest in cargo
in and out of the United King
dom.
He says that, they are in the
midst of a typical winter period
for that country, and that as a
result the skies are grey and over
cast. “All of this, of course, lends
itself to wishing I were back in
southeastern North Carolina”, he
confessed.
Before he left for his new as
signment, Col. Murphy said that
he hoped to be able to visit Mayor
Mae Bamber of Southport, Eng
land, while in that country. With
references to these plans, he said:
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Leaf Allotment
Virtually Same
. For Next Year
U. S. Department Of Agri
culture Has Announced
That There Will Be Prac
tically No Change In Fig
ures
CONTINUE VARIETY
DISCOUNT PROGRAM
Farmers Strongly Urged To
Use Best Possible Seed In
Producing Plants For
1958 Crop
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture announced Monday that the
national flue-cured tobacco acre
age allotment for 1958 will be
virtually the same as this year’s.
The Department also said the
variety discount program would
be continued next year.
The 1958 allotment is 713,468
acres, compared with 712,600 this
year. Individual farm allotments
will be virtually the same as this
year, with the exception of small
increases to adjust inequities
among individual allotments, cor
rect mistakes in allotments, and
provide for growers who have not
planted flue-cured tobacco in the
past five years.
Representatives attending a
five-state meeting in Raleigh on
November 13 recommended that
the national quota remain the
same in 1958 as in 1957.
Farm leaders attending the
Farm Bureau conference in Ra
leigh yesterday commented that
they were well .pleased with the
Department of Agriculture’s ac
tion on the new quota.
Flue-cured growers approved
marketing quotas for 1956-58 by
an overwhelming vote in July,
1955. Quotas have been in effect
for flue-cured tobacco each year
since enactment of the 1938 Agri
cultural Adjustment Act, with the
exception of 1939.
Prices for the 1958 crop of to
bacco from Coker 139, Coker 140,
and Dixie Bright 244 varieties
will be supported at one-half the
support price for comparable
grades of other . varieties, the
same as this year.
These varieties are classified
Continued On Page Four)
REA Is Planning
New Line Work
New Construction Covered
In New Letting Is Located
In Columbus County
Conversion of 31 miles of line
and addition of one mile of new
power line to the Brunswick elec
tric membership corp. have been
approved.
John Anderson, local manager,
said work was scheduled to start
last week. The conversion work
will see installation of bigger
poles carrying new wire to split
the current load. Improved serv
ice is expected to be result of the
addition.
The work is scheduled for the
Western Prong, Welches Creek,
Mollie, Old Dock and Crusoe
areas.
Anderson said that as the work
progresses there will be some per
iods of no power. These normal
ly will occur from 8 to 11 a. m.
and 1 to 4 p. m.
The “outages” Anderson said
will be kept at a minimum to
avoid inconvenience to power
users. He also said specific notices
will be attempted in affected
i areas.
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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 Cow XI*
Thursday, November 28,
12:29 A. M. 6:29 A. M.
12:54 P. M. 7:09 P. M.
Friday, November 29,
1:21 A. M. 7:24 A. M.
1:43 P. M. 8:00 P. M.
Saturday, November 30,
2:13 A. M. 8:22 A. M.
2:34 P. M. 8:51 P. M.
Sunday, December 1,
3:06 A. M. 9:20 A. M.
3:25 P. M. 9:42 P. M.
Monday, December 2,
3:57 A. M. 10:15 A. M.
4:16 P. M. 10:31 P. M.
Tuesday, December 3,
4:45 A. M. 11:08 A. M.
5:04 P. M. 11:18 P. M.
Wednesday, December 4,
5:32 A. M. 11:56 A. M.
5:52 P...M. 12:03 P. M.