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News From Dosher Memorial Hospital Mrs. Mildred Ashley of South port entered on Monday as a surgical patient. Bobby Davis of Southport was a medical patient from Tuesday until Wednesday. Baby Milton H. Johnson, Jr., of Bolivia entered on Tuesday as a medical patient. Mr. and Mrs. Preston Herring of Supply announce the birth of a son on Tuesday. Markcus Gibson of Jacksonville, Fla., spent Tuesday until Friday as a medical patient. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Phelps of Ash announce the birth of a son on Wednesday. Master Paul Paulsen of Supply spent Wednesday and Thursday as a medical patient. Ernest Robbins of Southport entered as a surgical patient on Wednesday. Mr .and Mrs. Thomas Floyd of Southport announce the birth of a son on Thursday. Mrs. Zadie Simmons of South Williston Wins Double Victory Wilmington Teams Score Clean Sweep Over Two Brunswick County Train ing School Teams Here Monday Leading from the start in both i games the Williston negro high i school boys and girls from Wil mington won a double victory in ; fast and exciting contests with j the Southport negro high school ?teams Monday ngiht. ? Good floor work on the part of | the visitors and accurate shoot ing marked the boys game. Speed land accuracy of two or three of the small Southport players near ly brought down the house. 1 The girls game was well play port entered on Thursday as a surgical patient. O'Neal Stanley, of Shallotte, en tered as a surgical patient on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Russ of Bolivia announce the birth of a son on Saturday. Pete Boyona of Southport en tered on Saturday as a medical patient. Baby Stephens Evans of Supply ' entered as a medical patient on Saturday. Miss Barbara McKeithan of Freeland entered on Saturday as a surgical patient. Hulan Watts of Southport en tered as a surgical patient on Sunday. B. J. Mills of Leland entered on Monday as a medical patient. WANT A BARGAIN MULE? We have a stall full of good, cheap mules. We also have some very good second handed mules at reason able prices. Shipment of fresh, young mules within a few days. Don't Buy A Mule Anywhere Until You See These OLEN L. COX Shallotte, N. C. ed by both teams. Southport, trailing from the start, saw its hopes go glimmering from the accurate shooting of the visiting center. Bladenboro negro high school boys and girls play the Southport negro teams here Thursday night. The local negroes are promising | spectators that they will either win those games or put on a thriller that is worth seeing. Funeral Held For Victim Of Attack,1 Funeral services for John Smith, 69, of Shallotte, who dropped dead in downtown Whiteville Thursday afternoon, were con ducted Saturday morning from the Free Will Baptist Church on East Columbus Street by Rev. J. Homer Butler. Interment follow ed in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery ner Chadbourn. The aged man was near the railroad tracks in front of Lea's Warehouse No. 2 when he suffer ed a heart attack and died in stantly. Apparently he felt weak and sat on a stack of crossties for a moment before the attack proved fatal, resulting in his fall to the ground three or four feet below. The Shallotte man was nere on a visit with his sister, Miss Lucy Smith. Other survivors include a second sister, Mrs. Fannie Thomp kins of Chadbourn, and a half brother, Everett Fowler, of Flor ence, S. C. Inspectors Catch Post Office Thief ATLANTA, GA., Jan. 17?The arrest of Jacob Sackstein, alias Jack Sackstein, Jack Shaeffer, 44-year-old Federal parole viola tor, at Cleveland, Ohio, on Jan uary 10th ends a long search by United States Post Office Inspect ors for a man who has been steal ing from the mails and forging and cashing numerous checks. When apprehended Sackstein had in his possession 39 such opened first class letters. He ad mitted systematic pilfering from sacks and packages of letters mail piled on or around over flowing United States mail col lection boxes in lobbies of office buildings throughout the country. Quite 'a number of local check letters were taken and the, forged checks were cashed in Atlanta. FREE MOVIE "An African Prince Who Lost A Kingdom", a sound picture in technicolor, will be shown at Gos pel Center Church near Holden Beach on Friday evening, Jan uary 21. No admission will be charged, ? but an offering will be taken for the benefit of the mis sion. ' ' Changing Trend In Legal Papers Along with the years the chartacter of the papers filed at the office of Register of Deeds Amos J. Walton under goes great changes. Any day a few years ago would have seen the filling of dozens of chattel mortgages and crop liens with chattel mortgages. On the 13th of this January six crop liens with chattel mort gages and 3 straight chattel mortgages were filed. Along wit* this small number of mort gages and presenting a striking contrast were 56 land deeds and 2 deeds of trust with only five real estate mortgages. The total number of papers filed during the one day was 72. But whether deeds or mortgages, the employees in Mr. Walton's office have their hands full and the typewriters have to keep up a constant rattle. Thompson Seeks Highway Position Hallsboro Man Promoted For Post Now Held By Bridgers; Endorsements Are Urged The candidacy of W. Avery Thompson of Hallsboro for dis trict highway commissioner came out Into the open over the week end when Representative Junius K. Powell asked citizens of the county to let Gevemor Scott know that they wanted the appoint ment to come to a Columbus County man. It was disclosed that the Demo cratic Executive Committee of the county and the Board of County Commissioners had endorsed' Thompson for the post. Reports from the State capital indicate that the Hallsboro man has an excellent chance of being; named. He is said to have strong backing from other counties as well as in Columbus. The district highway commis sionership is now held by James A. Bridgers of Bladenboro. Representative Powell indicated that Governor Scott wZj pressed if enough * mailed to his offlc? iT ' ? of the Columbus cand,^*"^ A strict poli^~uST costly to motor vehicle m who park and block fire hv?J was promised today by 'u S. A. Smith of Whiter : 1949 CITY LICENSE PLATES t 1 These new license plates have been on sale since the middle of December. All locally owned and operated vehicles must have them displayed before February 1, 1949, or their owners are sub ject to arrest and fine. HUBERT A. LIVINGSTON Mayor, City Of Southport Fearless Speaker SATURDAY JANUARY 22nd IS hallenge Day Brunswick County Beer and Wine Election To Be Held Saturday, January 29th Voting Will Be Held At Regular Precinct Polls With Same Officials Who Served In Nov ember Election In Charge In Their Respective Precincts. G. C. McKeithan, Chm. Brunswick County Board Of Elections. Rev. Sheldon Jones Before you vote in the Beer-Wine Election on Saturday, January 29, there arc * h some searching questions which you must ask yourself. Make your plans to hear this able speaker. His schedule has been made to make it possible for citizens throughout the county to hear him. """ ~ < Rev. Sheldon Jones Will Speak At Four Of The Schools Of The County t Monday, January 24 Waccamaw High School Tuesday, January 25 Bolivia High School Wednesday, January 26 Southport High School Thursday, January 27 Leland High School Thursday, January 27 Shallotte High School REV. CHAS. K. GENTRY, SPEAKER SPECIAL RADIO SERMON [ On Sunday Morning, January 23, Hear REV.,HARVEL ICARD Over Radio Station WMFD 8 To 8:30 O'CJock Advertisement Sponsor??! By AIKp4 Church League)
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