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Section II JuilE TEN No! fceresting Trip Ifhru Brunswick By Englishman Interesting Account Of Vis, To Brunswick County I Contained In Diary Of I Young English Travelei I Written In 1734 BRUNS^CKCWAS town li<.nv Places Visited Will B ne Recognized By Read rs From Descriptions I In The Clipping I following is an interesting l:. ry found in an old issue oi I'l^, Wilmington Messenger' :!.!: Sunday. August 22, 1897 a description of a journey Bake" hv a vour'g Eng'ish gentleI." through this section ano in August. 1734. It lis a re-print of an extremely M?y pamphlet, and is to be ,. -1'under the above title ir : collection of the Georgia His . .Ca! Society. Volume 2nd. II lis quoted in part: I" I set out from Charleston I . the 10th of June, 1734, or travels to Cape Fear, ir y rtii Carolina, in company with I.-, rtcen more, and the first night Breached Mr. More's. in Goose | creek. The next night we reachH. captain Screene'n at French Hsar.teo. and the third reached Rvreaw ferry, which is about I hundred miles from Charles - - There we lay that night anc I many of us. it 1x35 twelve the next day before xe all crossed the ferry. We - there at one Mr. Masters' r. the fens on the other side and the same night re-ached one Mienly. who keeps another tav. on the road, about twentytwo miles from Masters'. The next morning about five *? left his house, and about sis tamo on the long bay, the tide J.:; serving for us to get ovei the swashes. We had twenty(Continued on Page 8) l?.?j5raj?jErafgraiErarajgiHJBJBia J K B B fPuibi 1 Pep ! I ' B Neig LAYTON BEN RODDY BENIN S. T. BEN NET F. and C. BRC L. M. BROWN 3j CASWELL-CAI fi A. W. CLEMIV COAST ROAD H J. B. GRAY, M HARRELSON'S J. J. HAWES, IL. L. HEWITT, A. S. HEWITT H. F. HEWITI E. D. HOLDEr WALTER JEN I I J n! * $ Sh I r E ^^&JgJHgfHgjajagjaai2ii THI . 31 io-p Cornelius Thon Of Brunsv * [ Moved From South Caro- ! lina Soon After Civil War And Began Farming In ; Lower End Of County THOMASBORO IS NAMED FOR HIM Large Holdings Owned By Him Have Remained In Hands Of Members Of I Family For Years I .Before the Civil War a young man moved from South Carolina i into lower Brunswick. He was in- | : dustrious and accumulated an es- j tate of several thousand acres of , good turpentine land. That young I man was Qornelius Thomas. He operated a turpentine still and, general store on a hill near Little. Caw Caw Swamp and the Pea-1 ' land Road. His store was the J business center of the neighbor-1 ' hood for years. All Justice of | Peace Courts, tax listings andj 1 collections were made there. Old ' Mr. Neil was honored, respected - j and loved by the people surround-1 ing him. He had no ill feeling 1 nor prejudice against any neigh1 bor. He loved his turpentine trees j 1 j and all timber and he had the 1' foresieht to know that these : worthless spruce pines would some ; ! | day be valuable. He rests be-1 ' side his pious loving wife, Jane ji 11 Hemingway, in the shade of his ; I i beloved pines. ] i t| His son A. P. (Put) bought ii ' the place from him when he be- i i I came too feeble to operate It. 11 I The store and still were moved toh the old residence two miles away'i ' and the "Old Store Hill' lost its11 . popularity. The store and still I j . were operated for years at the j < ! new site and became as much ] 1 the center of the community busi- j ness activity as the old location. | j Put Thomas, as he was known 11 !;throughout the county, was res-j( : pected by all who knew him. He j i ! | was a great believer in education ' J and gave his money and time for : ' the betterment of the school system in the neighborhood. Back I ^fHjajarErajEiErajHJHfErajEjajHragjara \ PUROL f In Every ( Buy Frc hborhood ! NETT, Supply IE 1 1. Freeland T, Hickman's X Roads >OKS, Seaside i, Calabash MOLINA CORPORATION, Fort Caswell IONS, Shallotte SERVICE STATION, Shallotte [akatoka i CASH STORE, Longwood Supply , Grissettown ', Bolivia *, Supply ?, Supply f RETTE, Longwood R. D. \ DISTRI1 allotte, Noi ^EisJEiatgieiaiHiaiBrdaHJHJSiaiHiarM i STi A Good AGES TODAY nasWasOne I kick's Pioneers 1 "? |r |E !fi ^ ^ ' \V( CORNELIUS THOMAS I at ! ar in the days when the public j vii school were operated from two j to four months, and sometimes Jatl 21 not at, all he would employ j a private teachers ana allow the enneighborhood children to attend |jn with his own at his home, as,an the school house was very crude [ wl and uncomfortable in bad weath- a i - ? 1 'l. ne stilt every une <u ma wa ten children away to higher schools of education than were thi available at home. That proved all fatal to the Old Family Estate jn as none of them came back to 0f stay, and he was forced to move ca away to be with some of his lot children in his old age. He sold thi the place to his son, Cornelius ro; (Neil) Thomas who was then liv- So ing in Florida. The young Neil fr< seemed to inherit from his father and grandfather a love for the pri old plantation. an When Highway 17 was built it Lo ran for two miles on the South foi edge of the old estate and across clc (Continued on page 8.) jHfarajaHigjEmHjamafafaiBJHJHiHjan Dealers /jj Community >m Your irvine Sta ^V* * *W IVBV W. N. KIRBY, Supply L. & J. GENERAL MERCH/ LONGWOOD TRADING CO ERNEST MILLIKEN. Ash A. A. MILLIKEN, Shallotte P. E. PARKER ( Gause Land G. W. Robbins, Longwood HARRY ROBINSON, Supply SHALLOTTE DRUG CO., SIi GENE RUSS, New Brittian E B. G. SIMMONS, Freeland G. V. SMITH, Ash R. J. SOMMERSETT, Thoma D. E. STANALAND, Shallott J. W. STANLEY, Ash W. H. VARNAM, Varnamto* WACCAMAW LUMBER CO. VHlfE BUTOR rth Carolin jraraiHJEfareMgfHiaiareiaremfgJHfgrar VTE News paper In Southport, N. .ongwood Now Is 1 [Tie Center Of arm Community stablished Thirteen Years I Ago As Lumber Camp,' This Place Has Come To Be One Of Brunswick's Best Farm Sections ORMER TIMBER ! LAND CULTIVATED rosperous Farms Dot The I Countryside About Longwood And Citizens Are Happy Farmers Thirteen years ago the Enterise-Whiteville Lumber Company Whiteville and Goldsboro built c railroad from Whiteville down j t to its extensive timber holdings I a lower Brunswick. Near the ? D notion of Waccamaw with Shal- ^ :te townships a logging station, Q w mill, shops and commissary ;re set up and almost immedi- g ely a thriving town sprang up ound them in what had been a jj -gin forest. ir The station was very appropri- B sly named Longwood, and for w time it bade fair to becoming a large town, many men being B lployed in getting the timber f( from various outlying tracts j, d shipping it to Whiteville n lere the big mill was located. g) small amount of the timber 0 is sawed at Longwood. s, From Longwood spur tracks of e railroad were built out In n directions to load and bring ei lumber. One of these spurs, t] very substantial construction, y mo tn thp tnwn limits nf Shal ,te and sidetracks were built 10 ere. It was reported that this , e ad would inevitably come to! 0 uthport and become a regular j 0 sight carrier. i, But at the beginning of the deession the mill at Whiteville I a d. , naturally, the station at I f. ingwood and its activities,! a und the going hard. Everything f( )sed down, and in the hopes j, (Continued from page one) j, d uru i H s - INDISE, | ? Shallottc. 5 tl Longwood g 01 Point , 1 b line S 6 E C( lallotte g ^ I ridge g b sboro K 6 ^ f ,, Makatoka g , j w st 1 ip' a j; S c< B w t fi is aamHrafHreiarejafafaajagwl h 1 P0R1 i A Good Com; C., Wednesday, Augu Mullet Fishing j Is Now Entering Its Busy Season ~ishing Camps Along TI12 Beaches Of Brunswick County Are Again Populated With Fishermen Waiting For Mullets VILL SALT 'EM OR WILL SELL 'EM Jsually There Is A Good Demand For Fish As Soon As They Are Landed; If Not They Are Salted Shore-fishermen all along the} oast of Brunswick are beginning i heir harvest on what is known ! s the September run of mullets, o-called because the fish usually ecome the most numerous durig the month of September. The perations usually extend for i everal weeks before and after | J eptember. Camps are established at Cala- j ash, Brook's Beach, Gause Land- J lg, Shallotte Village, Holden's leach, Howell's Point, Fort Cas- j. 'ell. Bald Head Island and all long between. A camp is usual- I r nothing but a crude shelter )r from 15 to 20 or more men. i i addition to protection for the len this shelter also provides j torage for a considerable amount j f salt, and usually a week's I j apply of food. ^ The food, while abundant, is | n means elaborate. The camp I e ijuipment does not include any- t iiing for fancy fixings. The most ; lat is usually taken out for a week's supply of grub is a sack f corn meal, lard, perhaps some je ggs, tomatoes and potatoes. One s f the main items on the bill ( f fare is fish, and this they get i abundance at the camp itself. A sizable chunk of corn bread, 1 heaping plate of deliciously fried 1 ish and the occupant of the verage fishing camp cares little ( or anything else. The corn I, read and fish are food for1 . ungry men who work all day, { reaching wet. I. Fish Patrols Alert j Each camp has at least a i t ouple of alert men who patrol J ( he shore all day long above and ? elcw the camp. Observing these ? ellcws as they walk along, it rill be noticed that they are j x azing steadily out to sea. The ange of their observation usually j eing limited to half a mile or >ss. They are on the lookout for ' chools of mullets. If they sight he fish and find them too far ut from shore for the nets, they ratch and see if they are moving horeward, thus offering any pros- ' ect of a set. If they are not I" t ning in, the patrols continue !* heir tramp, looking for a school lose inshore. If fish are found close inshore 0 r heading inshore to a point here a set may b<? made, the 0 atrols signal to the boat crew 1 p or down the beach. The crew c f sixteen or more promptly " lunches its heavy whaleboat with ? a load of many fathoms of net r nd set out for the designated pot with all speed. ? Row Around Fish d One end of the long net is eld on shore by a portion of 1t ie crew, or is anchored, and the ] <3 oat crew begins the toilsome j * isk of rowing their heavy i i> raft out and around the risn, | * te net unrolling and sinking in ie water from the stern of the raft as they proceed. The row- t ig of the boat is no easy task, i t he net constitutes a drag on the iv oat that has much the same t ffect that a runner would en- [ v winter in a race with a weight j a n his leg. The men row a few I h ards and the surf and the dragg- y ig net may pull them back just a s many feet. But they persist, t ending their backs to the oar. j a nd finally bring their craft to > liore again, some distance from t 'here they started. Inside the great half moon arch t f the net may be anywhere \ rom a few hundred to thousands T (Continued on Page 8) r ill This Man Thought * County Was Large 0 \ Before the automobile days a 1 lan in the Thomasboro section ras drawn to serve on the jury, h his was a great event in his i; fe. He had traveled to the I stent of about ten miles distance j v om his home in his life time.! n he day before Court was called i y e packed his cart with a week's j apply of groceries and set off J a >r that far off city of South-, n ort. G He arrived that night. Next! ti lorning he and some friends [e 'alked down on one of the docks.! y [e looked out over the Cape j ear and pointed in the opposite j > sme, and said, "Boys, if the J r orld is as big that way as she , n ; this way," pointing towards j a ome, "She's a whopper." |c r pi] munity St 25th, 1937 PUB] Tobacco I lh| > hmm B\ A jBr a /IB IN BRUNSWICK?Such in Brunswick county, will Tobacco harvesting will three weeks in this area, workers under a tobacco t Expect Good Yea For Wake Fores Enrollment Bids To Be La ger Than Ever; Fresl men Applicants Are 3 Per Cent Higher Tha Last Year Wake Forest, Aug. 16.?Wil ts summer session conclude Vake Forest College officials a: letting their offices in order fi he beginning on Sept. 13 of tl L04th session of the institutio Advanno vorrlof ro firm nf afiv mts, Registrar Grady Patte ion reported, indicates that the ire definite prospects for an e ollment of about 1050 studen vhich would surpass enrollme :otals for any previous year. Applications for admission he freshman class are 30 p? :ent higher than that of la rear. Examination of hi| ichool credits of these men i reals that the bulk of them we n the highest one-fourth of th< espective senior classes. Tt xend is in keeping with a poll >f the administration of Pre! lent Thurman D. Kitchin to i list on quality, regardless vhat the quantity may be. Among those who have regi ered are presidents of hif ichool student-bodies in sui lities as Wilmington, Lumberto "ayetteville, and Henderson. Tv ire coming from the Shanga American School in China. Available to take care of tl ncreased enrollment is the ne Simmons dormitory, just cor ileted and located across fro he northeast corner of the car lus. It has a housing capaci if 100 men. Freshmen and transfers fro ither colleges will register < ifonday, September 13. Uppe lassmen will check in Tuesda September 14. Classes will b pn at 8:00 o'clock Wednesds norning, September 15. An extensive orientation pr ;ram is being planned by Pres lent of the Student Body Wi iam C. Stainback of Henderso he purpose being early to a [uaint the new men with tl raditions, operation, and offe ng of the college. >lder Faculty Members Will R tire After Next Year The school year 1937-38 w: ie unique in that it will mai he last session in which s widely-known members of tl acuity will teach. These me who have taught over 20,0( lumni of Wake Forest and wl lave a cumulative total of 2" ears' experience, will be giv< . rest from their labors afb he next school year has endf ,nd will be granted a $1200-: ear retirement allowance fi he rest of their lives. In the group there are two o ogenarians, President Emeriti Villiam Louis Poteat and D Jeedham Y. Gulley. Dr. Potea iow in his eighty-second yea las had a continuous connectic with Wake Forest for the pa. 14 years. He became professi if biology 55 years ago and se ed a3 president from 1905 1 927. ** ??l Dr. Gulley, now approachir is eighty-third birthday, orgai ted the Wake Forest School ( ,aw forty-three years ago, sini when he has taught probabl aore than one-half of the lav ers in the state. Those who are past the "thr< nd ten" mark are Drs. Benj: lin Sledd, W. R. Cullom, J. I lorrell, and J. W. Lynch, whos Baching experience at Wake Foi st amounts to 42, 41, 43, and 1 ears, respectively. The trustees of the college c lay 31 adopted a resoultion 1 etire with pay all of their facult lembers who are 70 years < ge or over, the regulation to b< ome effective July 1, 1938. LOT LISHED EVERY WEDNESD.A larvest Time scenes as this, recently takei so be over for another year be completed within two o Shown here are a group o tarn shelter. r Expert Answers ;t Farm Questiom r- Advice Given On Bitter Ro i- Disease; On Moist Mash 0 On Value Of Tobacci n Stalks For Fertilizer Question; th j How can I control the Bitte d, Rot or Anthracnose disease ii re my apple orchard ? 3r j Answer: I This disease can be controlle le by spraying- with Bordeaux mis ; ture, but the spray should b d- applied as early as possible. Pe< r. ' off all mumified fruit and des re troy it to keep down infectio next year. This spray should no n" be applied to early apples as i ts | is apt to leave a residue tha nt violates federal regulations inir j terstate shipments. This treal . | ment will also control attacks c ! the coddling moth, especially o :r" the late apples. st: Question: Should moist mash be fed t ,e" the poultry flock all the year? re | Answer: :ir There is little to be gained b lls| (Continued on page 8) cy ,i = I Brunsw ie w :: l 5| J m ? >n re For several yea iy o- this community < itthe most prospert C J! mi of Brunswick coi m Our store has ? growth, and now stock of general vvarc, groceries handle fertilizer < j / Patron E " Coramu. ' I C T q bam 1. 4 Purol-Wkite ? HICKMAN'S I I. III! I The Pilot Covers I Brunswick County I lY $1.50 PER YEAR i I | Beetles Ravage j I Many Pine Trees I In Brunswick I Valuable Pines Are Being I Destroyed By Beetles | Over North Carolina, I State College Professor 1 Finds I BEETLES ARE FOUND 1 BREEDING IN DEBRIS I Advises Owners To Remove I AH Trees That Are Dis- I eased; Delaying Pine B Cutting Will Check 1 Beetle Attacks I Southern pine beetles have I 11 been ravaging valuable pine trees B over North Carolina this sum- (I II j. mer, according to Rufus H. Page, I 'Jr., assistant extension forester I at State College. I Beetles are most often found . fl where pine debris has been left on the ground to give them a N ? breeding place, he stated. 9 I To breed in sufficient numbers H j to successfully attack and enter B g t healthy trees, the beetles must H . 1 first enter diseased or damaged I il ' trees or freshly cut pine stumps fl B or pine debris. I ? ?- i ?iti . ass at HI Delaying- pine cutting unui uie . | middle of September will check | M beetle attacks, Page continued. i ' a r But if pines are being cut be- I n fore that time, a number of pre- fl cautions can be exercised to pro tect the living trees. t, <1 d Remove all the trunk and H :- limbs of felled pines that are .1 e more than two inches in diame- ' jl >1 ter. Lop smaller limbs and brush I i- and scatter well so they will be n exposed to wind and sunshine. Z it Peel all high, freshly cut pine M it stumps to ground level and burn I ,t or otherwise remove bark from 8 i- the stand. |s H Clear away pines that display J if a yellowish-green foliage and ||I?H n around whose base is found red- ||r(fl dish sawdust-like material. "S- "II shaped" galleries in the inner '! I o bark are a sure sign of pine I Remove from the stand all H trees that are badly diseased, HI (Continued on page 8.) Jjfl rick H I Boosters , I rs we have watched J >1 Jevelop into one of H jus farming sections B kept pace with this we have a large merchandise, hard- B and supplies. We B of all makes. ^ I ize Your I I lity Store! * \ jfl Bennett IJ t Flash Dealer. \ CROSS ROADS ? 1
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