EDITORIALS:
IMPORTANT DECISION
In the plan of organization for the
Democrat Party provision is made for
the appointment of a District Solicitor
ial Committee. One of the duties of this
group is to name the party nominee for
District Solicitor in the event a vacancy
occurs during the period between the
Democratic Primary and the General
Election.
It is not often that this committee is
called upon to perform this important
function, but when Solicitor John J.
Burney announced earlier this month
that he will not stand for reelection in
November, the call went out for this
unit to function.
The first word we heard was that
nobody seemed to want the job, and
that it looked like Allen Cobb, who has
served as assistant to Solicitor Burney
for several years, would get the place
on the ticket by default. Once news of
Solicitor Burney’s action was made pub
lic, James C. Bowman, Southport attor
ney and member of the Brunswick
County Bar Association, announced
that he was interested, and that he will
actively seek the nomination.
He proceeded with this course of
action, contacting each of the'three
committee members in the four counties
comprising the Eighth Solicitorial Dis
trict; but almost immediately he was
confronted with the fact that some of
these people had been asked to commit
themselves to Cobb on the assumption
that nobody else was interested. It ap
pears that in some instances this matter
was handled on a personal favor basis,
involving commitments made to a third
party.
We have great confidence in the
machinery of the Democrat Party and
in the orderly processes through which
its activities are carried out. This would
indicate to us that no member of the
Solicitorial Committee would be in posi
tion to make a binding commitment to
anybody until all of the qualifications
of all the candidates for this appoint
ment were known. Then, and only then,
would a committee member be in posi
tion to make a decision that is fair, and
in the best interest of the Democrat
Party.
We have no quarrel with Assistant
Solicitor Cobb, nor do we doubt his
qualifications. We do seriously question
the ethics and the political wisdom of
some of his zealous friends, who appar
ently tried to sew up the nomination
for him without giving other qualified
candidates a chance.
NO BONDED DEBT
Tn this day of fast spending, private
and public, it is rare indeed to come
across a county free of bonded indeb
tedness. Some would probably say it
just isn’t so. The State Magazine says
it is.
The State Port Pilot
Published Every Wednesday
Southport, N. C.
JAMES M. HARPER, JR. ........ Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 20, 192o
at the Post Office at Southport, W. O., and
other Post Offices, under the Act
of March 3, 1870.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Brunswick and Adjoining Counties
and Service Men . $2.00 per yeai
Six Months . $1.50
Elsewhere in United States — $3.00
Per Year:-« Months . *2 00
The county is Alleghaney, in the
State’s far northern section, where
there are more Grade A dairy farms
than are found in any other Tar Heel
county and where thriftiness is a house
hold custom.
In 1933 the courthouse at Sparta and
most of the business section burned.
Rather than borrow money to rebuild
the courthouse, promisary notes were
sold, the courthouse rebuilt, and the en
tire debt was repaid by 1936, just
three years. The extra effort to keep
the county’s name clear of debt was not
at a sacrifice of progress. Some 26
schools have been consolidated into
four large schools, over 99 per cent of
county residents have electric power,
and the welfare roster has few names
in comparison with other counties.
Sheep and cattle graze on mountain
tops among apple orchards while fertile
valleys grow burley tobacco.
It has been said of Alleghaney:
“They are a frugal, conservative and
honorable folk. What they have, they
own; and they are rightfully proud of
it.”
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Time and Tide
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Fifteen years ago this week a local marine railway was put
into operation for the first time. Bill Wells hauled one of his
fishing trawlers ashore to receive a paint job. Boats up to 65
feet in length could be accommodated.
A case of typhoid fever was reported in Waceamaw. The pa
tient. Jeanette Stanley, was reported ill by the county health
nurse, Mrs. Lou H. Smith.
A picture on the front page showed Breman Furpless, former
Southport theatre operator, posing with a lion. It was a fitting
picture because the Southport man was recently elected local
Lions Club president. The heading above the picture read, “A
Couple Of Lions.”
Ten years ago this week a 15-year-old angler from Red
Springs, Jimmie Singleton, caught a 41-pound sailfish while fish
ing in Southport with his family. The 6' 11V2” beauty was taken
aboard the Idle On. Another 13-year-old youth caught a 25-pound
barracuda.
The Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan was visiting in South
port on legal business.
An air-sea rescue group wa sto arrive at Southport within 30
days. A seven man detail arrived to prepare for a larger group
of men and boats. Four boats and seventy men are to form the
contingent here.
BOWMAN CANDIDATE
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Burney on the Democratic ticket
this fall.
With the announcement by At
torney Bowman that he will ac
tively seek this nomination, com
petition has developed and the
importance of the District Solici
torial Committee becomes appar
ent. Addison Hewlett, Jr., of Wil
mington will serve as chairman of
this committee, which will meet
at 10 o’clock on the morning of
August 3 in New Hanover court
room to name the Democratic
nominee.
Brunswick county members of
this committee are Durwood
Clark, James M. Wolfe and Joe
Stanaland.
Bowman was born in Kenly in
1910 and grew up in Wadesboro.
He graduated from Wadesboro
High School, attended Duke Uni
versity and Virginia Military In
stitute, obtained L. L. B. degree
from Washington College of Law,
Washington, D. C., and was ad
mitted to practice law in courts
of North Carolina in 1938.
He is a member of the Amer
ican Bar Association, North Car
olina State Bar, North Carolina
Bar Association and also is ad
mitted to practice in United
States District Courts in North
Carolina, United States Supreme
Court, and United States Court
of Military Appeals.
Bowman served as solicitor of
the Brunswick County Recorders
Court during the period 1953
1957; served as Recorders Court
Judge Brunswick County for sev
eral months in 1962, following
resignation of Recorder’s Court
Judge Earl Bellamy and until
appointment of a judge to fill the
remainder of the elected judge’s
term. He served in the 1957 and
1959 sessions of North Carolina
General Assembly in the House of
Representatives from Brunswick
County.
He is past president of the
Southport Lions Club, past presi
dent of the Southeastern North
Carolina Beach Association for
three years, 32 degree Mason,
member of Eastern Star and
American Legion Post No. 194,
Southport. He served in the
United States Navy from Oc
tober, 1941, to February, 1946, in
European and Southwest Pacific
areas aboard ships. Presently he
is a lieutenant commander in the
United States Naval Reserve at
tached to Law Company 6-1,
Wilmington.
Bowman is a Methodist, is
teacher of the young people's
Sunday School class and is chair
man of the official board at
Trinity Methodist Church, South
port.
He is married to Ruby Gordon
Fuzzell of Fulton, Ky., and has
two children, Ann Cameron Bow
man, age 20, and Cornelia Lea
Bowman, age 8.
Presently he is engaged in the
general practice of law under the
firm name of Bowman and Pre
vatte, Southport.
KENWOOD ROYAL
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of the newest units in the sys
tem. It has a library, cafeteria
and auditorium.
Royal’S appointment was by un
animous vote of the school board
and Supt. George Arnold stated,
in making the announcement, “We
are happy to have. Royal as a
principal in our system. We feel
he is a man on the “way up” and
will add much to our system.”
DIRECTIONS FOR
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help prevent the pile from falling
apart when it is handled. When
piling short tobacco, it is advis
able to use a double layer of
leaves as a tie.
Those having difficulty in mak
ing a neat pile and. keeping the
leaves straight should use a form.
A 20-inch by lZ^-foot piece of
heavy gauge ridge roll metal fas
tened at the seam with screws
will make a round form. Place the
butts of the leaves against the
form. This will keep the butts
even and neat.
After finishing piling, spread a
second burlap sheet over the top
of the pile. This is called double
sheeting. Bring the ends of the
bottom sheet up over the pile and
tie the opposite corners together.
Make sure the second sheet is
large enough so that the entire
pile is covered with burlap to
help hold the leaves in place and
prevent drying: and shattering.
If the sheets are to be removed
before weighing and placing on
the floor, untie the bottom sheet;
remove the top sheet; and place a
basket upside down on the pile.
Then while holding the bottom
sheet and the basket, invert the
pile onto the basket and onto the
cart simultaneously.
Three people are neded for this
operation; one to position the for
ward edge of the tobacco cart
under the edge of the pile and
pull down on the cart handle at
the proper time, and two to help
invert the pile on the basket and
onto the cart.
After the tobacco is weighed
and placed in the row for sale,
cover it with burlap or plastic to
prevent drying or the taking up
of excessive amount of moisture.
Some companies suggested a bal
ing system, however, not enough
information is available for bal
ing under our conditions.
SOUTHPORT BOY
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B. Lewis of Bolivia.
Active pallbearers were Dale
Swain, Freddie Spencer, Jerry
Spencer, Billie Wililams, Rodney
Gamer and Jimmy Garner.
PATROL MOWS ’EM
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been cut 60 per cent against the
record for July of last year.
Speeding, according to his re
port, leads in violations.
Last Saturday night between 10
p. m. and 2 a. m. 21 drivers were
arrested in the St. Paul’s area
and confined to jail.
In the second half of last year,
Pate reported, Robeson county
had 22 fatal traffic accidents, a
circumstance accounting for the
county being selected for special
traffic attention.
Just last week up there, Pate
went on, there were 340 arrests
for highway violations.
He also pointed out that courts
and new media and safety con
scious people generally, were go
ing all out in supporting the
drive.
SHALLOTTE FOLKS
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when this takes place it will be
easy for the experienced person
nel to train beginners.
Applicants for these first jobs
will be interviewed Saturday
morning, and a probable schedule
will be revealed at that time. Al
ready the brick building former
ly used as a cell block is being
cleaned up and renovated, and it
is expected that the fii’st machin
ery will arrive within a few days.
The Shallotte Industrial Cor
poration is comprised of a group
of Shallotte business men, who
decided to raise local capital and
to embark upon a manufacturing
operation on their own without
going through the period of delay
which usually results when an ef
fort is made to attract outside
interests.
All plans are being carried out
in a manner that will readly lend
themselves to expansion.
SAVINGS BOND
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Caldwell, Carteret, Catawba, Cra
ven, Cumberland, Durham,
Forsyth, Gaston, Graham, Guil
ford, Haywood, Henderson, Hoke,
Hyde, Iredell, Lincoln, Moore,
Pamlico, Pasquotank, Person,
Richmond, Surry, Transylvania,
Tyrrell. The city of Rocky Mount
also made its quota.
William H. Neal, National Di
rector of the Savings Bonds Di
vision, said: “In the face of a
very competitive savings market,
North Carolina’s splendid Savings
Bonds sales performance is most
gratifying. The Freedom Bond
Drive and related promotions sup
ported so effectively by industry,
banking, media, and volunteers
were obviously productive.”
SAFETY DIVISION
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Corps at the Charleston Ordnance
Depot, Charleston.
Since that time he has served
at overseas installations in
Not Exactly News
Time was that a baseball cap worn by a man in his thirties
marked him as a sport, a fellow who loved athletics and was
loath to give them up. But now the shape of the cap has chan
ged., and no longer is reminiscent of his diamond days. For
many fellows—including both participants and non-participants
—the golfing cap has become the more popular headpiece. That
is noticeably true here in Southport since Oak Island Golf Club
has opened and with Boiling Spring Lakes soon to follow with
its fine nine.
Miss Gertrude Loughlin made it all the way—to Hawaii, that
is. We had a picture postcard from her this week and shesaid that
had thoroughly enjoyed her aerial view of the United States as
she had winged her way westward. She likes her first impres
sion of our fiftieth state and reported that she had participated
in her first luau—fease of the islands. There was news, too, of
Mr. Joe Loughlin, who seems to prosper in this mid-Pacific
locale.
It’s dog tag time in town, and Foxy Howard got the first tag
for his bird airdale. “I always knew that Bones is the No. 1
dog in town,” proclaimed his loyal owner. "Now he wears the
No. 1 tag to prove it.
We had a card this week from a couple of Southport tourists.
It was from Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Moore and it was mailed from
California. We hear that they plan to visit the Worlds Fair in
Seattle before they return home . . . That thunder storm Tues
day night in Southport packed about as much electricity as you
generally see. Once when we heard that cracking noise before
the thunder came, we knew that something close by had been hit.
This morning City Manager C. D. Pickerrell reported a number
of transformer fuses had blown, but that he knew of no major
damage.
"Ben Hur,” one of the biggest movie extravaganzas now in
circulation, opens Wednesday at the Amuzu here in Southport.
. . . “The Four Horsemen” is the show for the coming weekend
at Holiday Drive-In at Shallotte . . . As for television, we’ll miss
"Hazel” during her summer vacation. That’s pretty refreshing
situation comedy.
France, Austria and the Canal
Zone.
His Stateside assignments in
clude duty at the New Orleans
Port of Embarkation; Bluegrass
Ordnance Depot; and the Ord
nance Ammunition Command at
Joliet, Illinois.
Stuckey is married to the for
mer Miss Ruth Budds of Char
leston, S. C. They and their three
children, Kenneth, 14; Dalton, 12;
and Linda, 10, will reside in
Southport during his tour of duty
at Sunny Point Army Terminal.
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MATTER OF HABIT
Savings can become a matter of habit -- and it is just about the
best habit you can form when you consider your future. Do not make
the mistake of putting off the start you make until you can take a
giant stride. A lot of little steps in the right direction can carry you well
along the path leading to financial security.
Remember, too, our generous rate of dividend and our policy of
computing these earnings on a quarterly basis. k
Southport Savings & Loan Assn
W. P. Jorgensen, Sect.-Treas.
SOUTHPORT, N. C.