Guide Service To
Land Clearing!
W. B. Keziah Believes That
Many Brunswick County,
Farmers May Wish To
See Operation In Prog
ress On River Road
For this week and next Bruns
wick farmers and land owners
who are interested in seeing mod-j
ern machinery clearing land for
cultivation may have the services j
of a free guide and such informa
tion as he can give by calling on
\V. B. Keziah at The State Port
Pilot office.
A small bulldozer and dynamite j
proved too slow in getting a large
acreage on the river road ready
for water melons this year.
Since the land is to be used for
growing tomato plants next year,;
two big bulldozers, both 16-ton,
jobs, were brought in this week.
They are clashing successfully
with trees, stumps and everything;
in the way of obstructions on the j
land. The average stump is out J
of the ground much quicker than
a hole could be drilled for a
charge of explosives.
In addition to the bulldozers,
much other land preparing ma
chinery is on hand. This includes
two Foul tractors, complete with
everything in the way of plows!
and discs, fertilizer distributors1
and the latest and most modern
3-row tomato seed planters.
The furthermost point t>f op-'
orations is six miles from South
port, the nearest two and a half |
miles. Mr. Keziah will accompany
interested parties any time they
stop at The Pilot office for him.1
A visit can also be made to see
the bell pepper, tomato, cauli-'
flower, lettuce and cabbage plants,
that are being grown by a Long i
Island, N. Y? truck farm. Some i
of these plants will be ready for!
shipment to New York in about'
ten days.
Robert M. Weeks has been ill
at his home during the past week.!
Hector Edwards, who Is a pa-|
tient at the James Walker Me
i fowgital, is improving rap-;
Leland News
A joint birthday party was
given at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. G. R. Ennis, Jr., Sunday.
Marjh the 7. in honor of G. R.
Ennis, Jr., Mrs. C. L. Hanchey
and Ed Powell. Mr. Powell and
Mrs. Hanchey are twin brother
and sister of Mrs. G. R. Ennis,
Sr., and their birthdays are the
same as of G. R. Ennis, Jr., March
1st.
Guests for the occasion were,
G. R. Ennis, Jr., Mrs. C. L. Han
chey and Ed Powell, honorees,
Mrs. G. R. Ennis, Jr., G. R. En
nis, 3rd, Lynda Jo Ennis, Mr. and
Mrs. G. R. Ennis, Sr., Mrs. Ed
Powell, and son, Bob, of Burgaw,
Mr. and Mrs. Lacy Powell, John
and Robbie Powell of Watha; C. j
L. Hanchey. C. L., Jr., Ray and
Doris, of Wallace; Raeford Car
ter. Wallace; Bobby Cowen, Bur-|
gaw; Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Blan
ton, Sr., Walter and Betty Blan-1
ton of Wilmington; Mr. and Mrs. j
Robert Wheeler and son, David |
Ralph, of Newport News, Va. |
The honorees were presented
with many nice and useful gifts.
Later in the afternoon cake and
ice cream were served.
Mrs. Hubert Long and Mrs.
Lee Sessoms entertained at a mis
cellaneous shower at the latter's
home recenthly honoring Mrs. L. E.
Sessoms, a bride of February.
The guests were entertained
during the evening with several
games and contests. Later the
honoree was presented with many
lovely and useful gifts.
, Delicious refreshments were
served to the following guests:
Mrs. L. E. Sessoms, honoree, Mrs.
Hubert Long, Mrs. Lee Sessoms,
Mrs. J. C. Taylor, Mrs. Clifford
Clark, Mrs. Lula Ellis, Mrs. Vick
Thompson, Mrs. Rufus Williams,
Mrs. Vola Bragden, Mrs. Louise
Creom, Mrs. Fletcher Simmons,
Miss Coleen Simmons, Miss-Betty
Parker, Miss Barbara Simmons,
Mrs. George Parker, Miss Helen
Tucker. Mrs. Thomas Holmes,
Miss' Betty Jo Long, Mrs. Ed
ward Wessel, Miss Octavia Wells.
Mrs. Sam West, Mrs. Dock Thom
jas. Mrs. H. T. Lewis, Mrs. Dillon
Ganey, Miss Lasenne Ganey. Mrs.
I Steve Coker, Mrs. Alanzo Galney,
Mrs. Cyril Thomas.
PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Martin spent
the week end in Klnston ^siting
Mrs. E. G. Hardee who is a pa
tient in the Memorial Get^l
Hospital. Mrs. Hardee is a sister
I of Mrs. Martin. , Vr
Little David Finch, 3on of Mr.
and Mrs. Verne Finch, is a pa-,
tient at James Walker Memorial
Hospital in Wilmington.
Mrs. Charles Bell and son,
Charles, of Charleston S. U,
spent last week end visiting Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Blake.
Friends of Miss Martha Ann
Blake will regret to learn that
she is ill at her home.
Philip Dresser, student at State
College, is spending spring holi
days with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. K. B. Dresser.
Young Endorsed
By Dunn Group
Bar Association Unanimous
ly Adopts Resolution
Backing Lawyer's Candi
dacy For Congress
DUNN.?The Harnett County
Bar Association, in a special ses-j
sion Monday morning, unanimous
ly adopted a resolution endorsing!
I the candidacy of J. Robert Young
I of Dunn for Congress.
| Mr. Young was the third can
didate to announce and file for
the office being vacated by the
[retirement of Congressmen J.
Bayard Clark in the Seventh Dis
I trict.
All of the lawyers in the coun
; ty were present for the meeting,
I held in the office of Superior
'Court Clerk Howard Godwin.
Attorney W. A. (Bill) Johnson
of Lillington proposed that the
attorneys, as a token of affection
and support, pay the filing fee
for Mr. Young. The candidate ex
pressed appreciation, but declined
I this offer.
j Following the meeting, a group
on the attorneys and others ac
[companied Mr. Young to Raleigh
l to pay his filing fee.
Following Is the complete text
of the resolution:
The Harnett County Bar Asso
ciation In Regular Meeting Un
animously Passed The Following
Resolution:
That we commend to the vot
ers of the Seventh Congressional
District the candidacy of Honor
able J. Robert Young as repre
sentative in Congresrf.
Mr. Young is a lawyer of abil
ity and high ethical standards: a
farmer with extensive interests
and itimate acquaintance with
agricultural problems; a public
servant with legislative and judi
cial experience; a veteran of mili
tary service with the 30th Di
vision overseas in times of war
i and during periods of prepared
' ness.
Active always in civic and
church affairs in his community
and always an active and loyal
supporter of the Democratic
Party.
We pledge him our loyal sup
: port.
This, the 8th day of March,
1948. Signed by the committee.
Rovin' Reporter
rContinued from page on?7
for plant growing, truck farming
and as a place to buy, build
homes and retire from business.
In addition to the New Jersey
and New York inquiries by mail,
cars bearing tags of those states
easily predominate among the
out-of-tate machines seen about
the county.
One of the fans of this Rovin'
Reporter column (at least he
seems to be a fan) is H. B. Clem
mons, of Wilmington. A card
from him recently sort of re
viewed one of our columns and
I we are reproducing the message
in full, even if nobody else thinks
J about it as he does. Mr. Clem
imons said: "Something that was
(worth reacting was this week's
[Rovin' Reporter column. You must
I be feeling your oats, or is it
the Brunswick county spring wea- J
'ther? Where in the world could)
I we get so much news for 3 cents j
[ per week except in the Rovin'
Reporter? Shut up with you talk
about qitting the Rovin' Reporter.
iThe interest in It is not limited
to Brunswick county people. Take
liberally of vitamins and keep
that leg limbered up, and your
rvovin' Reporter going right
along."
A number of years ago Mrs.
Josephine Martin of Kentucky
had a summer home at South
port, the old Stuart House. The
building was sold three years ago
to Dr. and Mrs. B. W. Wells of
State College. We had not heard
of the Martins since the summer
home was sold. But last week
Major and Mrs. Fred Covington
came in from California, where
they landed after two years with
the Army in Honolulu. Major
Covington dropped around to see
us and handed us a check from
Mrs. Martin for a year's subscrip
tion to The State Port Pilot. The
address is '59 San Benito Way,
San Francisco, California.
Prof. Harold C. Bird of the
Civil Engineering Department at
Duke University, a good friend
of ours because he is a good
friend of coastal Brunswick coun
ty, lost his mother, Mrs. Fannie
L. Bird, 86-year-old resident of
Durham on the 15th. Mrs. Bird,
a native of Rhineback, New York,
was the widow of Robert Thomp
son Bird, comptroller of the At
lantic Gulf and West Indies
Steamship Lines. Her son. Prof.
Bird, owns a home at Holden's
Beach and with his wife is an
enthusiastic booster of Brunswick.
Edward Redwine, Shallotte man
who is a candidate for the Dem-|
ocratic nomination for House of j
Representatives, is now spending!
the first three days of each week
in Kinston, taking an advanced!
course in tobacco auctioneering.
He will be home the later part of
each week to attend to his busi
ness and devote some time to his
campaign.
The transplanting of the 1948
tobacco crop will get underway
about April 10, according to a
statement made Saturday by
County Agent J. E. Dodson. The
outlook for plenty of plants is
[excellent and the exact date for
transplanting will depend largely
on how much work the farmers
are able to do with their plowing
during the next two weeks.
! Mrs. William P. Hodges, presi
dent of the Raleigh Little Thea
tre, has written us asking if
Southport has a Little Theatre
and who is in charge of it, if we
have one? So far as we know,
there has been talk and some
sort of a movement for the estab
lishment of a Little Theatre here.
If such a thing is being planned
we believe Mrs. Hodges would be
glad to hear from them.
One thing that the Holden
i Beach or Long Beach folks could
I profitably undertake this spring
or summer would be the estab
lishment of a fair sized hotel or
hunters'and fishermen's lodge, for
use the year around. The Lock
wood Folly river, which forms a
boundary to both properties, of
fers a lot in the way of winter
fishing for rockfish or stripped
bass. With any assurance of ac
j commodations during the fall and
winter months sportsmen could
easily be interested in coming
here in droves.
Speaking of identical names:
Attorney James B. Hewett, who
also is engaged in the insurance
business at Shallotte, is postive
that he is not the James B. Hew
ett who was hauled Into Record
er's Court last week for cussing
on the highway. At the same time
Walter Lewis at the Oak Island
Coast Guard station is equally
postive that he is not the Walter
Lewis whose wife had him arrest
ed for non-support last week.
Speaking of it always raining
just when farm land begins to
get dry enough to plow, Joe Wil
letts, young Mill Creek man, told
us Saturday that he had started
ito plowing in the same field four
times this year. Each time, just
when he had got good and start
ed, it rained and he had to wait
for another start.
Meeting up with him Saturday
morning we found that Father
Frank Howard, of Whiteville, was
inclined to believe that the rea-|
son Southport boats were catch
ing so many fish this winter lay
in the 'fact that it has been un
usually cold further east and
north. We hardly agree with him.
We doubt if a fish has got sense
enough to know that it has been
unusually cold anywhere.
I
Luther Holden at Holden's
Beach, 300 feet from the high
water mark, has the best garden
we have seen this year, no ex
ceptions. Clearing a small plot
of land just back of the beach,
Mr. Holden planted cabbage,
onions, strawberries, turnip
greens, Irish potatoes, beets, etc.
Beans and Irish potatoes are now
coming up. Strawberries are
blooming, the cabbage are head
ing and to those who delight in
seeing growing garden things the
little plot presents a beautiful ap
pearance.
Folks who remember the war
time sugar shortage and restric
tions against too liberal use will
be interested to know that after
discharging part of its cargo in
Wilmington last week the big
Honduras sugar ship Barbara
came to Southport and tied up
for a week. She was waiting for
orders from her owners as to
where she was to go and deliver
the hundreds of tons of sugar still
on board.
As a usual thing we would
greatly dislike sticking our nose
into an argument between hus
band and wife. But, since The
Pilot carried a picture of a shrimp
net and a couple of fishermen on
March 3rd, we seem to be part
responsible for the argument that
is now going on between Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Anderson of Jack
son, California. He wrote: "My
wife and I have been on an ex
tended argument. We leave off
at bedtime and remus the next
morning. It is all over whose pic
ture that was that appeared In
The Pilot on March 3rd. I re
marked to her that the picture
looked like Red Fullwood and
she claimed it was no such thing
that it was a picture of Fred
Fulford. The argument is still
going on and I have decided that
the best thing is to let The Pilot
tell us whose picture it is. You
see, we read every word in It,
from cover to cover, front page
through the back." We hope that
by this time peace has been re
stored in the Anderson household
out in California. The picture was
neither that of Red'Fullwood or
Fred Fulford. It was of a fisher
man named Day, from Carteret
county.
Paul Fodale, who is the boss of i
the works for the Universal
Prawn (shrimp to you) Company,!
of Southport, brings us a box of!
the latest water resistant match- J
es, with his compliments. These |
matches shed water like a duck's j
back and are made for sports
men and general use. You can
soak them for hours in water and
will still strike and burn brilliant
ly. Mr. Fodale says that the men
on the boats of his fleet are the
only ones in Southport equipped
with these latest things in all
weather matches.
Within the past few years Long
Beach, seven miles from South
port, has been forging ahead to
wards becoming one of the most
popular beaches on the Carolina
coast. It may still have a long
way to go, but it is on its way.
The writer of this column does
not have to .depend on hearsay re
garding this beach becoming
widely known. Every week, the
year round, brings us requests
from distant states asking for
information. The planned estab
lishment of a post office over
there will, we believe, contribute
a great deal to the developme
that is assured.
Mrs. O. W. Perry, Sr.. of d
land. Is now doing us a favor an,
her community a distinct serviJ
by seeing that Leland is aKvaJ
well represented in the news col
umns of this paper. We helieJ
that her work constitutes vert
fine publicity for the upper pal
of the county and we hope tlij
the folks in that section apprd
date the efforts of Mrs. Perry
much as we do.
Judging by the growth ths
made last week, thousands .if |?.
pepper, tomato, cauliflower, call
bage an4 other plants will |J
ready for pulling next week anl
shipment to Long Island fol
transplanting. These plants arl
being grown for George Lin,In.]
big Long Island truck groweil
Land for the purpose was leased
from Thompson McRackan o/
the river road across Waldei
Creek. j|
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SHALLOTTE, N. C.
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On Route 17?one mile north of S. C. State Line
Steaks ... Chops .... Seafoods
Pit Cooked Barbecue ? Sandwiches a Specialty
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Cobblers and Bliss
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SHALLOTTE, N. C.
HAS YOUR OLD BED
GROWN HARD?
If you have made your own bed hard?
you still do not have to sleep in it. Let us in
stall springs.
We can make your old mattress into an
Innerspring Mattress at less than one-half
the cost of a new one.
We can make over your old cotton mattresses
BAREFOOT MATTRESS CO.
A Brunswick County Business
LELAND, N. G.
WE TOP THEM ALL!
Ford Cyclone Lock Shingle. This is the shingle you
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J. E. PINNER, Agent
PHCNE 3256 SOUTHPORT, N. C.
BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENT
I have purchased and am now operating the Sli.il
lotte Shoe Shop. The name is now Mac's Shoe Shop.
Your shoe and leather work will he appreciated.
0. W. McLELLAND
(Next To Po?t Office"
SHALLOTTE, N .C.
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2-Burner ? 3-Burner ? 5-Burner
NOW IN STOCK-IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
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Next Door To Amuzu Theatre
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
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? Immediate Delivery ?
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Next Door To Amuzu Theatre
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.