Seagrate Whips
j; Southport Nine
ffOcals Smothered Beneath
Fourteen-Run. Avalanche
Sunday; Play Winter
Park Here This Week
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? i None of Southports tria of
4?hoolboy pitchers could stop Sea
gate's sluggers in the game at
$pag?te Sunday. Six hita were
garnered off Radchff in 4 innings;
3 off Brendle in I inning and 6
tiom Russ in 3 innings. The game
?aded with the one-sided score of j
to 1 in Seagate's favor.
'?; Harry Smith and Bill Beasley
?t the Seagate club walloped out
ty^meruna and Louis Tart tooki
iitting honors for Seagate by
rapping out three i? three tries.
Ham Newell, the 18-year old Sea
gate pitcher, came through with
oely four hits being made oft of
his delivery.
Winter Park plays at South port
next Sunday and in this game
tke Southport boys hop? to im
prove their present club stand
County Students
At Wake Fewest
Boys And Girls Fiona Sever
al Communities Are Now
Enrolled At Baptist Col
lege
Seven students from Brunswick
county are included in the record
number of 2111 students enrolled
at Wake Forest College during
the 1 ?48-1949 school year. I
Shallotte claims two of these?-I
FOR SALE
Good Brunswick County Native Grown
field peas at $8.50 per bushel.
Fine Lespedeza Hay $30.00 per ton.
Good Lespedeza Hay $25.00 per ton.
DuPont Dynamite $14.50 per case.
THE COUNTRY STORE
Longwood, N. G.
Freehmen Odeli Hewett and Alvin
WlUis. One each are from South
port, Harold F. Atari dge, a junior;
Fre?land, Thurston Little, a sen
ior; Leland, Mary Ellen Reynolds,
a sophomore; Winnabow, William
Robbins, a graduate student and
English instructor, and Ash, Ray,
H. Walton, a second year law j
student.
Robbins is a member of Omi
cron Delta Kappa, national hon
orary leadership fraternity; Little
is active in tfle Sunday school
and the Baptist Training Union;
I and Miss Reynolds belongs to
Beta Beta Beta, national honor
ary biological fraternity.
Three years ago the Smith Rey
nolds Foundation Fund, valued at
around $11,000,000 was added to
the resources of the college. This
I fund was donated on the condi
j tion the college be moved to
[ Winston-Salem and that sufficient
funds be raised by 1952 to begin j
construction of the new college.!
At the same time a gift from
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Babcock
of between 400 and 500 acres
of land was made available to
Wake Forest as a building site.
Construction for minimum needs
will provide living quarters from
approximately 2,000 students and
houses and apartments for faculty
and staff members.
The "white of the eye" is S
frim fibrous coat, posteriorly
pierced by the optic nerve.
The B-Hioe
By Betty Lou Jacob?
Well this is the week of school
and its seems as though some
of us are already sorry of it.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the commencement ex
ercise beginning May 29 and end
ing May 31. The baccalaureate
sermon will be preached Sunday
evening, May 29, at 8 o'clock by
Rev. Fred Kelly of Wilmington.
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
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City laxes
A tentative rate has been set at $2.00 per hundred
dollar valuation for 1949 City Taxpss.
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You can save 2 per cent discount by paying your
taxes during the month of June, 1 1)2. per cent in July,
1 per cent in August. 1)2 of 1 per cent in September.
L R. WEEKS
Tax Collector.
Building Hardware
Asphalt Shingles
Asbestos Shingles
Screen Wire
Windows - Doors
S-V Crimp Ga. Roofing
BUILDING
MATERIALS
Far Remodeling
When you have building to do or repairs to make
come in aad let us figure with you oo many of the things
you will need to complete the job.. We will save you
money, and we guarantee satisfaction.
Kir byfs Hardware
SHALXOTTE, N. G.
Class night will be Monday, May
30, at 8 o'clock. The commence
ment speaker is to be our Cob
gressman, the honorable F. Ertel
Carlyle. The seniors would like for.
each of you to attend and share
with them their happiness of this
great event. We are sure every
one will want to hear our repre
sentative, who we are very for
tunate to have with us.
The : seniors were honored
Thursday night at a formal party
given by Mr. and Mrs. Page at
the teacherage.
The seniors printed the last
edition of the school paper this
week.
The freshmen were honored last
Tuesday night by a weiner roast
given to them by Mr. Page, This
was a tacky party. Myrtise Hick
man and J. W. Wescott won the
prizes. Everyone enjoyed the ob
ject hunt and treasure hunt. The
ninth grade thanks Mr. Page very
much for such a nice time.
More news next week, after
which we'll sign off for the sum
mer.
fhe Rovin' Reporter
(Continued from page one)
writing to remind u? that he ex
pects a call at 7 o'clock each
morning, Monday through Sat
urday, advising him of weather
conditions, who are fishing and
what they are catching. This
will go on the air from 7:30 to
7:45 each morning and will be
handled over a nine station net
work. We aim to get started and
to keep going just as soon as
some of the fellows begin mak
ing fishing reports to us. Bill
Sharpe of the State News Bureau
wires us that this will make
mighty good publicity for the
fishing along the coast of Bruns
wick.
Writing Crawford Rourk with
respect to the home-coming at
Southport next month, Joe Cot
ton, Hollywood movie actor says:
"Although. J have always want
ed to come back, I have not visi
ted Southport since I went there
with my parents as a child, Mr.
Cotton added that he intended
coming back here some time, but
his picture schedule will prevent
him from' being in Southport at
the time of the home-coming.
Seeing our friend J. H. MIH1
gan of Ash Monday, he report
ed that his 1949 tobacco crop was
better than the crops of either
Rice Gwynn or John 8. Ward. It
is pretty certain that we will get
A different) rep.ort when wo meet
up with either Gwynn or Ward.
According to both*of them they,
always haVe far better tdbftcco
farmers than anyone else.
We hardly expeqf. anybodjK to
keep a copy of the State .'Port
Pilot with something we wrote
about him in it for ten long'years..
So we were rather; pleased' OiW
week when Prances E. McCar
they of Washington, D. C., here'
with a party of nine for a week
of fishing, said te us: "Do you
remember a fellow by- the name
of Lea S mi Vh eo it, who fished
down here about ten years ago?
He still has a copy of The Pilot,
with a story you wrote about
him and' his fishing party. He
asked me to tell you 'Hello".
Speaking about old friends in
Washington, there is a fellow on
the Times-Herald, big and genial
Bob Wilson, who writes the "Up
TJie-Stream" outdoor column,
whom we will always remember.
Bob was a regular fishing visitor
before the war, but he somehow
has not started up again since
then. Three of the men in the
party of nine from Washington
are employed with Bob on The
Times-Herald and they brought
greetings down with them from
Bob.
It would take a great many
thousands of acres, but we be
lieve there is enough available
land in Brunswick county tjo
grow all of the tomato plants
that are needed each spring in a.
dozen Northern states where to
matoes for the canning factries
constitute a major crop. Up there
it is but a step from the danger
of frost to the time the plants
must go into the fields. They
cannot grow the plants in their
own fields if they are to avoid,
transplanting three weeks later
than they should. TTiey have been
growing the plants in Georgia.
They are finding out that they
can grow better plants here, and
the transportation time is cut
d?wn more than half. With. Exer
ett H. Sheppard having proved
the ease with which plants can
be grown in Brunswick, we pre
dict that this year will1 see the
plant production men from doz
ens of eastern canning factories
coming In to follow Mr. Shep
pard's and grow their tomato
plants here..
Starting from scratch a few
months ago, having at the time
neither known talent or instru
ments, Music Director Ben C. Stev
ens of the Southport school has
plugged away and built up the
foundation for t real school band.
A good band cannot be built up
in a day from raw material.
Right now, to quote one of the
bands admirers '"n?ey are a lit
tle louder than thfey are good,
but they are on their way. Mr.
Stevens tells us that with the
material and the training this
material has received thus Mu
he can start out doubling the.
number of pieces next fall. FYom
personal experien?. based oft
having received hundreds of let
ters over a period of years ask
j ing about roads, schools and
churches, we can say that a good
smooth running school is of out
standing interest to families wish
ing to move to a town or com
munity. A good school band will
j attract a lot of interest here.
The $500.00 donation from, the
| Brunswick Navigation Company
. to the Volunteer Fire Department
i with an additional personal don
j ation of $166.00 From Manager
R. F. Plaxco, comes in right han
; dy towards the future payments
j on the splendid new fire truck.
| Although the factory is six miles
from Southport by road the truck
I With its pumps can get there in
i short order in case of need. The
I same can be said of Caswell
, Beach and Long Beach. Mr. Plax
| co owns a fine year-round resi
dence at Long Beach and his per
sonal donation of $100.00 was
made in the realization that, in
case of fire the Southport truck
would be on the job at the beach
just as soon as it could get there.
It is far from being good pub
licity for Brunswick county that
two of the slK township in the
[county should now be engaged In
a bitter figfct over the high
school that serves these sections. ?
Being outside the two townships i
the factions on both sides of the i
fight wilt probably say that the I
matter t? none of our business. |
It is not, except for our general |
interest in the county that inspir-j
es a revolting dMfke of seeing I
one of our good schools being
made into a political football. j
A cluster of three greva toma
toes, slightly larger than quail
eggs, were brought to this office
a week ago today by MloS Eunice
Spencer, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Drew Spencer, who Hve mid
way between Soutfcport and Boli
via. The funny thing abeut it la
that they were growing on an
irish potato vine.
All thing* on the farms In'
Brunswick county are early tkia
year. Bvetett H. Sheppard, New
Jersey tomato and truck farmer, |
with his spare time devoted to
growing tomato plants here in
Brunswick, ha* 20 acres in water- ?
melons on Ms farm on the- River
Road. The vine* are now bloom
EL SBHEfe
Deep Sea Party Boat
Capt. Boyd Robinson
Trips Leaving- Daily From
ANCHOR HOTEL
Shallotte Point ??- Shallotte, N. C.
HEAYVS FISH MARKET
In old post office building, next door to
OwPs Head Grill and Pool Room.
Everything Fresh and ready for the pan.
"We Dress Them"
Shallotte, N. G.
T~ I
inng and Mr. Sheppard has rea-1
'Sonable expectations of water-J
melons ripening in
now.
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The Big Oil Interests
vs
The People of North Carolina
NORTH CAROLINA will.not* be deceived by the Big Of! Interests and their im
ported propaganda expert. If Big Oil is so concerned about the people of our State
and our pocketbooks, why'dt4 they raise the price of gasoline within the last
four months? The truth is gfrvtaus. They are fighting the, Road Bonds because the
onJy increase in taxes to pay-for the Bonds will be the lc per gallon increased gaso
line tax. Evidently, if there (s any increasing to be done. Big Oil wants it all.
r
r Big Oil attempts to scare-corrfuse-artd
def eat by saying how much money the State wHI
haye without the Road Bonds. But they don't
tell you that the war-accumulated surplus is
about used up. They don't tett you thatWITH
OUT THE ROAD BONDS, THE HIGHWAY
COMMISSION WILL NOT HAVE AS MUCH
MONEY' TO BUILD ROADS IN THE NEXT
THREE YEARS AS IT WILL HAVE SPENT IN
THE PAST THREE.
? The Road Bonds we-absolutely needed1 If
North CaroHn# Is to carry out Its PROGRAM OF
PROGRESS.
We stand now on tha threshold. Every
time North Carolina has acted courageously to
invest In Its own people and future the result
hee been megmficenf. SO SHALL IT BE again
on June 4th when the decision !of "The Big Oil
Interests vs. The People of North Carolina" Is
rendered at the polls.
ROAD FACTS
Who* li Tk* Bmttmr Romdt rrmmmnit
Th? plan colli for th# paving of 12,000 miles o<
i?condarv roods and plocirvg 35,000 miles of rocA
in On ?wearr>?T conoinons.
InwfM frwi This Program?
Dl recti v Or Indirectly, every man, womon, and child
Will benefit. For example. only one-third ot tM
mil s? tranwlm by school ouses or* now poved. pn
dgce to market) problem* will be eosed tor thouv
and*. Nor will the city folk* who benefited mod
from the Root) Program of the 1920'? be helping
Only the!* rjirol fellow dflzens. It the financial
presMt* fttr secondary rood Improvement} I? *
Hewed. th* Highway Commission will hove mot
money t* spend for prtmory roods. Good roodi o?
gpod for everyon*
Ike ttB P?v Fer tke Prtrmm?
Hlobway uteri. The Rood Bond* will not lncr?w
land taxes. Income tax?, sales tone? etc Raw
men? on th* bondt wfll be mod* from highway
fund* nof th* General Fund. We repeat to* en?
phatlt. Theonfylnorease In taxation will be th*
Uper fallen. Inoreesed gasilne tax.
BoC?mptBtod tm Four
The bondt will bo Issued only a* they are needed
and only at the money eon be used wisely and e?
namtcoily. If 1? not anticipated that the program
can be completed In four year* but the authority
? tto? for o full'program I* meeeeory for sound plat*
nlrtg.
1 Why Mmt Authorixo ID* BmmU OrmdumHy'
Although 0?. lust stoted, the money need not M
borrowed oil ot one tlm?, sound oiamlng necev
si tata It? being authorized aH ot one time. I*thl
I Wghwey Commissi00 knows the money U ovollobl?.
road plans eon be protected on a brood scok
Proper planning Will enable builders to operate or
long stretches at o time. This wfll soeed up con
struction end save money. The expensive cost ot
moving heavy equipment from one small |ob to on
other can be minimized. Long haul of materlsi
from Its point of origin oan be reduced.
WtU Sm^ffkmr^^When, m*4 Bote Th t
.law spedflwhow much Is to be spent In each
county. That* con be no question therefore ot
?aultabto distribution.
The Council of Stat* will approve the sale of th*
bend* at the money it needed
Th* Stat* Highway Commission will make the con
tracts. \
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