?veral Agencies
issist With Case
cape? From Mental In
I stitution Is Returned
j Without Difficulty Due
i To Prompt, Efficient Act
' ion I
County officials, a volunteer
Iteran's service officer, a repre
btative of the State Veterans
ice Commission and repre
ntatives of the Veterans Admin
atioa exhibited rare teamwork
ently to place an escapee from
eterans mental institution back
a government hospital with a
|inimum of delay Nand trouble.
John Leslie presented something
| a problem when he showed up
] Southport and either could not
I would not talk. Finally County
jiditor R. S. St. George learned
at he was a veteran, probably
a distressed condition, and he
contacted the office of Leonard
Barrett, in Wilmington. Further
investigation revealed that Leslie
had escaped from a veterans men
tal institution located in the New
England states, and had in some
mysterious manner made his way
this far.
He contacted a veterans insti
tution in Virgina. who asked that
Leslie be cared for until they
could send someone to take care
of him. Arrangements were made
with the Sheriffs office in New
Hanover county to take over this
detail, Barrett took off for South
port to get the out-of-place vet, I
and all difficulties had been iron-|
ed out in less than half-a-day be
cause every agency contacted was
able to do what was expected of
him.
BOATBUILDER ILL
Lewis Spaulding, colored boat
builder for Lewis Hardee, has
been ill with pneumonia in the:
hospital here. Work of construct-!
ing shrimp boats has stopped
pending his recovery.
A LETTER
J. B. HEWETT
September 20 ,1948
Mr. Odeli Williamson,
Democratic Candidate for the
House of Representatives,
Shallotte, North Carolina.
Dear Mr. Williamson:
This is an invitation to discuss with me in open de
bate before the people of Brunswick County, the legisla
tion we will support in the next General Assembly.
I would like also to discuss with you in .open forum
afty recommendations for legislation pertaining to Bruns
wick.
. The good people of Brunswick County are entitled
& know how and where we stand on the issues at stake,
and what form of legislation we intend to propose for
pe advancement of our Great County.
I will meet any schedule you may deem convenient,
within reason.
Sincerely yours,
J. B. Hewett.
copy:?State Port Pilot:
This letter was mailed to Mr. Williamson on Sept.
20, together with a copy to the Pilot.
On Wednesday, September 29, Mr. Williamson ad
vised me in my office, that he saw no cause to meet me
in open debate. He gave no reason, so I leave it to the
people of Brunswick to decide.
(Pol. Adv.)
Brunswick Boy
Still In Japan
Corp. Robert P. Robinson
Has Completed 18-Mon
ths Service With Occupa
tional Air Force In That
Country
Corporal Robert P. Robinson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Rob
inson, of Supply, has completed 18
months service with the Fifth Air
Force, the Occupational Air Force
for Japan and southern Korea, it
was announced recently by Col-1
onel Preston P. Pender, Com
manding Officer of the Itami Air
Force Base, Itami, Japan, where;
Corporal Robinson is currently;1
stationed for duty with the 1037th:
Air Material Squadron as an Au
tomotlve Equipment Operator.
Corporal Robinson entered the1
military service at Fort Bragg on
11 April, 1946, and following the
completion of basic training he
remained on duty in the United
States until alerted for movement
to the Pacific Theatre of Opera
tions in November 1946. Arriving
in Japan at the Second Major
Port, Yokohama, on December 29,
Corporal ^obinson was as
signed to the Fifth Air Force and
subsequently reassigned to the
Itami Air Force Base, near the
industrial center of Osaka, on the i
main Japanese home island of'
Honshu. i
ON THE USS BOXER
John W. Hewett, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Hewett, of South
port, is serving aboard the USS
Boxer as fireman apprentice. The
Boxer is participating in the am
phibious training exercises off
Southern California.
SQUARE DANCE
Members of the Southport Home
Demonstration Club will sponsor
an old fashioned square dance
Saturday night, October 9, at the
Community Center Building. Music
will be furnished by Joe Reaves
and his Brunswick County Boys.
AMUZU
THEATRE
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
Admission?9c and 25c
Two Shows Nightly?
< Starting at 7 o'clock
Except?SATURDAY?
Three Shows Starting at 6:30
Thursday and Friday, Oct. 1-8?
"GOOD NEWS"
JUNE AIAYSON and
PETER LAWFORD
ALSO?Cartoon
Saturday, Oct. 9?
"SONG OF
OLD WYOMING
EDDIE DEAN
ALSO?"Reckless Driver" (Cart.)
Monday & Tuesday, Oct. Il-f2
"MY GIRL TISA"
LILLI PALMER and
SAM WANAMAKER
ALSO?"Hare Grows In
Manhattan" (Cartoon)
Wednesday, Oct. IS?
"SLIPPY McGEE"
DON BARRY - DALE EVANS
ALSO?Chapt. 11?"Adventures
Of Frank and Jesse James"
? COMING ?
"DEAR RUTH"
JOAN CAULFIELD and
ffm. HOLDEN
! Here's Some Dope
On Motor Scooters
\
State license examiner Hudson,;
here on his regular appointment j
Monday, called attention to the,
fact that motor scooters must
have State License tags. They
must also be inspected at the
State Motor Vehicle Inspection
Lanes, the same as automobiles.
Boys and girls under 16 years j
of age operating the motor scoo-,
ters on state roads are subject to;
arrest and a fine of $25.00 with,
the court costs added, the examin-|
er stated.
Colored Farmer
Has Good Crop1
I
Averages Over Thousand,
Dollars Per Acre For,
Small Tobacco Crop; Has
Diversified Farm Pro
gram
Arthur Smith, colored farmer
of near Shallotte had what he
calls "a big deal" in tobacco this j
year. He appears to have des-!
cribed it correctly.
Official AAA measurements j
show that he planted one and a
half acres in tobacco. No more
no less. From this acreage h?
harvested 2,740 pounds of tobacco.
This he sold at Tuggle's ware
house in Whiteville for the nice
little sum of $1,546.00 an aver
age of $1,023.00 per acre.
Arthur's wife deserves credit
for helping him to produce the
crop. The couple also have three
children large enough to help.
Interviewed Saturday, Arthur
made no pretense to being a big
farmer. He has one mule and with
this he and his family do all of
their work. In addition to their
tobacco they grew four acres of
fine corn, an acre of potatoes,
two acre of peanuts. They have
a cow for milk, are raising six
hogs and produced a lot of hay
and everything found on the us
ual farm.They netted $100.00
from a small patch of straw
berries and have plenty of chick
ffM, fdfrfce
In all they probably got aroynd
$2,000.00 cadi for what they sold
from their farm this year, buying
little except Nothing, some ferti
lizers and a few tools.
i ? '?- '
STILL IN BAD SHAPE
It was learned Monday that
Mrs. Bessie Ivey, who was injur
ed in the collapse of the upper
floor of a tobacco pack .house
two weeks ago, would have to bq
taken to the hospital for treat
ment. Her condition was report
ed far from satisfactory. Mrs. Olie
Hewett, injured at the same time,
is understood to have been re
turned to her home during the
week-end.
VISITED PARENTS
SjSgt. W. O. Reynolds, station
ed with the 9th Air Force at
Greenville, S. C., and recently
on manuvers at Eglin Field, Fla.,
spent the week-end with his par
(ents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Reynolds
at Shallotte.
STEDMAN HOST AT BEACH
John Stedman, president of the
Scottish Bank at Lumberton,
spent the week-end at his cot
tage at Long Beach. With Mr.
Stedman were O. L. Henry, Lum
berton attorney; Dr. Cary Hedg
peth, Tom Smith, tobacco ware
house owner and Mr. Townsend,
all of Lumberton.
Four Brunswick |
Men Join Army
Four Non-Veteran* From i
This County Included On
List Of Men Accepted
rans, were accepted from ,
Brunswick <=0UI^e^^ed?f"farry
above period. They we ^
N. Baldwin, L^"de Beck,
ra?'10"- f", Mpn.er.;
sars ss,. - ??
'Ts&zsttss
to a. O.M A'?"'" ?"J*
Po, Ml ?torm.U.n
the Regular Army and Ai
contact the Wilmington U. 8.
. TT ?3 Air Force Ke
W"? 201 ^
office, phone 2-8368.
5,inj?^eckj
A 1948 Ford was damaged
about ?200.00 and Odell Bennett,
of Freeland had to go totte hos-l
pital for two d^y'.?Uf "^gresuit
a badily bruised side as a WWW j
of a collision with the car o ?
C Memory, Whiteville insurance
yns'??. ?'"?"y
car was damaged about ,*50?
Mr. Bennett was Just leavl"?
17 at Shallotte to go down the
Whiteville road. Mr. Memory came
up 17 and turned into the same
road at the same Ume.
Lost Overnight
On Small Island
The Coast Guards and a num
ber of local boatmen spent aU of
Sunday night searching for Rob
ert Dosher, local man, who was
located at the mouth of W aid en
Creek at about 7:30 o clock M
day morning.
Dosher had started fl?>vn the
creek at three o'clock Sunday
afternoon. He was bringing
foot rowboat with an outboard
motor, with plans to ii?e the craft
marsh hen hunting Monday. When
1 found he reported his engine went
bad on him, and without oars he
managed to work the boat on a
g mail island at the rtiouthof the
I creek' He remained there until
found Mohday 1 mornttig.' He was
1 uninjured; '',.',7 "yi.,.
NOW IN DANV1IXB
i j On the Mulllns tobacco "market
as an auctioneer this Fall. Edward
p. Reclwine of ShaHotte Ja now
in Danville, Va;, dontirfuinfe wit*
the same wott. TUB Danville mar
ket remains open until February
? fltst: Mr. Redwine spent the week
end with hi# family at' Shallotte.
' '
had FINE REVrVAL " .
Mt. Pisgah Baptist' church Clos
ed a successful revival, tneeting
.Sunday night. The pr^hing **?
idone by Rev. Ira Bfritt of Lon1
Iberton and the Rev. Mr. Reaves
j of Roseboro. A large number bf
I conversions were made.
| move to shallotte
Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Leonard
lhave moved from Carolina Beach
'to Shallotte. Their eldest, daugh
ter, Miss Betty Lou ls *
student nurse in the BapUat Ho
in Winston-Salem.
...?r ? . w ?<?~i
student at Shallotte.
m brotMr .?a a.t.r.m-1??, Mr,
and Mrs. Elf Kravitz.^
RAINS DELAT OPENING
Owing to the continued rain*
of the past week the formal open
ing of the Ocean View Tavern at
Holden' Beach has been postponed
until Saturday, October 16th. The
Tavern is open now on a limited
scale and following its formal
opening it will be ready to serve
yachtsmen, hunters and fisher
men during the winter months.
WITH PACIFIC FLEET
Leon E. Leonard, son of N. B.
Leonard of Bolivia, is now serving
as chief engineman aboard a
landing ship attached to the Paci
fic fleet. He has been in the Navy
eight or nine years, reenlistlng at
the end of the war.
CAPTAIN SELLERS
i Continued from pn.e Onel
well, Alex Hoffman, Louis Han
son, Robert M. Williams, L. L.
Mills, Benny G. Page, Capt. Joe
Newton, and Dr. H. A. Coding
ton.
: The active pallbearers were: H.
B. Stone, M. F. Carney, Daniel
Ellis, Louis Solomon, Kenneth
Pinner, Edward P, Dudley, Char
les Williford, Earl Townsend,
Lanier Furpless, and Howard Pin
ner.
I Bern in Southport October 26,
1873, Captain Sellers started go
ing to sea as a boy in his teens
iin his native town; and through
(preseverance and promptitude,
worked his way up to the rank
of steamship captain serving as
a master in coastwise and foreign
trade for ten years.
He served in the United States
Coast Guard and was stationed1
at Oak Island for a nine-year
tour of duty; and during World
War I, he served as a dug: boat
captain, with headquarters at
Norfolk, Va.
During World War n, he was
commissioned as a lieutenant
commander in the Coast Guard,
and stationed at Wilmington.
NUMEROUS CASES
(Continued lTrotn Pace One)
leration, fined $25.00 and coats.
I John Best, larceny, one year
on roads, suspended on good be
havior.
I John Best, drunken driving, no
operators's license, J125.00 fine
[and costs.
| Frank Angler, possession, con
I tinued to October 13th.
Henry Peschau, speeding, trans
porting, continued to October
113th.
| Lizzie Bullard, possession, ten
days in jail, suspended on pay
ment of costs and good i
Norris Henry, posstsx^T'
transporting, two year* on",
Robert Brockington,
concealed weapon, (ir^
and costs and gun confit
Lewis McPherson,
fined $30.00 and costs.
Ch&rles Parson, drunk?
ing, continued to October
Walter Lee Grady, p,
and transporting, capiaj.
Corlain Grady, aiding imj L
ing In transportation, capi?
Greer Wright, allowing
Smith to operate automobile <
under the influence of
pressed with leave.
Joe Smith, drunk driving,
less operation, nol pros?!
leave.
Walter R. Cox, drunk
continued to October 13.
Joseph Floyd Woodcock,
driving, jury trial demanded
James Wyatt Covil, drunk <
ing, continued to Oct. 6th.
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