I ^ pilot Covers
|pfllnsu'ick County
K^rteen no. i
ninswick Cou
Red Cross
WarF
Made Here On
?d,y Reveals CollecOt
$4,173.27 From
J Parts Of The County
^ERAPE0PLEF DID IT
I All Other
,:ie
yjls, But All Schools
Other Communiti?
Contributed To
Fund
v chapter was written
record of one of the
- ; v :its m the history
county this week
f" ( ck-up of receipts from
War Fund Drive
: citizens of this seeas
over-subscribed their
. : xj full.00.
, record revealed the
-f >1.173.27.
. t:vr.i: about this amazr
- - t is that it is
...s i by residents of
j-.-s of the county, and the
of all of the citizens
:r. the fact that funds,
frc: . every school and
j e.r.niur.ity.
f i:i head of the campaign
v-s e 13 Frink, who did;
0' - .< of organization.'
; t she had the best
each section working
v..; i: :v. resulted in the
S : ef the goal,
i st lump-sum came
- i.itto 3chool, which
It: a 1 .'>35.57. This added
* -;4; ~ 1 contributed from
l Subtle community means
[ ' : that section were
. . in their response
fot war funds,
irta" ci $700.43 was turned
Jr....' - uthport high school
ifrom the community.
IK-jr. to this, the colored
r'e of Southnort ifis'.j
lil i:i the Section Base at'
pert 5160.5S.
tr outstanding sources of
tations were W'acacmaw
id and community with $476.r:
Le'and school and comr.
v th $343.65. Other smallcommunities
and smaller
p contributed in about this
(ratio.
B a all this campaign comPT
overshadows any other
P. of recent years that called
lie cooperation of all the,
[i ami Mrs. Prink, chairman
It rive, has expressed her
p: appreciation to all who
i contributions, large or
1 of their time and money.
ood Record For
iking Dressings
I
to For Surgical DressIs
Room Here Showed
hrked Improvements
* Month Of March
scided improvement is
r - the report of work done
r local Red Cross surgical
workroom during the
* March. In addition, two
were set in the number
"siit^s made during any one
L j
^ thousand and eighty!
irtssmgs were made in
^ This is an increase of'
-wsand over the month
Wmiary. Six hundred and
hours were put in by
t* ladies.
- te afternoons during the
" dure were over a thou,
Swings made. This has
r done before at the
The total days work
uk wousand dressings
t*n times during the
i
' :' table feature of the
' -'ork is that Mrs. W. H.
the most faithful volcompleted
two hundred
two 150 hour workR.
C. Daniel and Mrs.
? Haiper. Six ladies have
the hundred-hour mark.
Mrs. J. Arthur Dosher.
f * & Robinson, Mrs. HarI*
George, Mrs. Krcd Willing,
M;bi, Watts and Mrs. Kob,
'-Org..
! <tn.|ilcte list of those who
; l*I"'l|I<-'t'd their 50 hours is
t CBaker, Mrs.C. H. AugL
p x R- C. Cannon, Mrs.
rr.fr- Miss Carrie Harker,
r-'jnri, Lupton, Lottie May
L Mrs. Dallas Pigott, Mrs.
T revatte, Mrs. Gorman
'Miss Marion St. George,
Robert Thompson, Mrs.
"t'h'r, Mrs. Arthur
wntinuca on page 4)
TH
>1
nty Chapter Ai
i Exceeds Quot
und Drive Hel
k
I.
REPORT Ol
k hallotte Scliool
Shallotte Community
Waccamaw School and Coi
Supply Community
Leland School and Commu
I Bolivia School and Comnn
| Antioch Church Communit
Winnabotv Community ....
| Southport School
Southport Community
Southport Community (Col
(J. S. Naval Section Base
TOTAL
Election Case
Tried In
Ward-Johnson Suit Will B
Tried In Wilmington Be
oinninor Mnnrlau Mow
b ) iiauj v??
Before Judge Nimmocks
DECISION MEETS
APPROVAL OF AL1
Only Other Cases Disposei
Of Here This Week Were
Divorce Actions And
One Judgment
The case of Johnson vs. War
has been ordered by Judge Q. h
Nimmocks to be removed t
be removed to New Hanove
county for trial on Monday. Ma
31.
This action was taken Tuesda,
and was done with the approve
of both the principals and thei
counsel. Both Ward and Johnso
w- re required to post bond fc
'j-ivO.Ov.
A brief consideration of th
case by Judge Nimmocks con
vinced him that it would prol
ably be impossible to secure
jury from Brunswick that coul
truthfully say they had no
heard the case discussed, r ace
with the necessarity of orderinj
a venire of men from anothe
county, he and others interests
in tile case decided upon the pla:
to move the matter to Wilming
ton for trial.
The suit, of course, is the on
growing out of results of th
last general election in whicl
(continued on page four)
Small Percent
Of Men Taken
Of Group Of 48-Selectee:
Sent To Ft. Bragg Las
Week Only Eight Wen
Taken For Either Arm)
Or Navy
Out of the 48-men called foi
induction from Brunswick coun
ty last week, only eight passcc
the medical examination for thi
army and two for the navy. Thi
only young man from Southpor
passing the examination was Vic
tor Bartcls, son of Mrs. Berths
R. Bartels.
He left yesterday for the in
duction center at Fort Bragg.
Other registrants who were ac
cepted at Fort Bragg were
(Continued Cn Page Four)
Beauty Of Ort
. Lure Sports
This past Saturday a half
dozen Greensboro and Charlotte
sportsmen were here for a
day's fishing on Orton Lake.
They went to the gardens in
search of guides and were so
entranced with the flowers that
they forgot all about their fishing
for some time. That night
they were telling W. B. Keziah
that they had never seen so
many lovely flowers.
When Keziah told them that
not half the beauty had broken
out yet and that it would be
a couple of weeks longer before
the real parade started, one of
them said: "That is the biggest
lie I have heard while on
a fishing trip. There couldn't
be more flowers than there are
now."
With more than half of the
spring blooming camellia buds
falling victims to the extreme
cold spells that came along in
February and early March,
those that were then still immature
and thereby escaped the
E ST
A Gooc
4 PAGES TODAY
nerican
a Of $4,000 j
d During March
P RECEIPTS ' |
$1,335.57
144.74
mmunity 476.05
152.91
nity 343.65
.mity 84.65
y 81.79
32.75
700.43
312.64
lored) 347.51
160.58
$1,173.27
Will Be
i New Hanover
-j Speeding Will
Be Checked On
I A warning is issued from
the Brunswick county offices of
j the War Trice and Rationing
Boards to motorists regarding
j speeding.
The present relief In the
| tire situation was based upon
! the belief that motorists would
^ cooperate with the program by
' driving at not more than 850
miles per hour. At this speed
r | it is virtually im|>ossibIe to
y j wear out tires. Lately there has
| been noticed a tendency to
^ ' step up this speed far beyond
1 the permitted limit, and this
r j must be stopped unless the rubn
j ber program is to be undermined.
* Persons reported for s|>eede
ing, or for unnecessary driving,
- will be denied tire and tube rei
placements. It is only fair to
a add that there is now a countyd
wide organization of responsible
t citizens helping with the end
forcement of the mileage ration
g program.
?Trying To Raise
, Sunk Equipment
e|
11 Big Pile Driver Sinks And
Thus Impedes Efforts Of
Contractor To Complete
New Dock At Section
Base
[ Efforts are still going forward
to float the big driver of Arnold
M. Diamond, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
51 contractor who is building the
11 dock at the Section Base. Before
5 the pile driver was sunk a small
r number of the big pilings were
driven and, so far as possible,
work has also been continuing on
r the building of the dock.
Robert L. Beer, who is charge
1 of the project for Mr. Diamond,
i says that he hopes to get the
i pile driver raised and back to
t work within another two weeks.
The outside of the new dock
i will project about 30 feet further
out in the river than the old
- one, which was partially burned
nearly two years ago. The front
al depth of the water will be 30
: | feet and this and the length of
(Continued on page 4)
on Gardens
men F**nm Rlftll i
AA1V11 & A VAAA ava>
j coltl have been blossoming forth
i into some beautiful flowers dur|
ing recent weeks.
At the Orton gardens the
j camellia blossoms have exceeded
J all previous records for size and
I unblemished coloring. The cold
! that got the earlier buds and
i removed practically half the j
crop from the bushes appears to '
have compensated, in part, j
with added beauty for those
that were not killed.
Most of these winter blooming
beauties arc now gone. The
I Orton assortment of hundreds
| of varieties, some beginning to
I bloom in September and a suc|
cession of others following along
j all winter and through the
j spring, arc now giving way to
1 millions of azalea blossoms.
The earlier azaleas are now
presenting a riot of color. During
the whole of April the azaleas
will be forming a beauty
parade, with the peak to come
along during the last of the
month.
ATE
I News paper Ii
Southport, N. Cm We
j
Annual Meeting
Brunswick REA
Held On Friday
L .
j Meeting At Waccamaw
School Saw Record Num-'
ber Of Members Present,
For Report Of Year's
Work
OFFICERS AND
BOARD ELECTED
Prizes For Members Of Organization
Are Announced
At Meeting; War
Bonds Are Given
The Brunswick Electric membership
corporation, the local REA
cooperative in this area, held its
annual membership meeting at the
Waccamaw School near Ash, on
last Friday afternoon, April 2nd.
Attendance at the meeting was
reported as excellent, an estimated
500 persons being present for
the meeting.
A business session was held
which included the reports of
the various officers and election |
of directors for the coming year.
The following officers and directors
were elected: D. H. Lennon,
of Boardman. president; S. P.
Fipps, of Tabor CUy, vice-president;
Leroy Mintz, Shallotte, Secretary-treasurer;
H. Foster Mintz,
of Bolivia, assistant - treasurer;
F. E. Lay, Olyphic; F'oy D. Fowler,
Tabor City; Fronis Strickland,
Tabor City; J. L. Robinson,
Whiteville; T. T. Ward, Longwood;
W. A. Mintz, Freeland;
and G. T. Reid, Winnabow.
Walter P. Ward, regional
operations engineer, REA, St.
Louis, Mo. addressed the meeting.
Mr. Ward paid high tribute i
tn the coonerative snirit of the:
entire membership for the
growth and financial standing of
the organisation. He emphasized
the fact that the accomplishments
of the Brunswick Electric
Membership Corporation had
gained outstanding recognition
not only in North Carolina, but
in the nation as a whole.
One of the highlights of the[
occasion was the awarding of |
prizes, which consisted of t-n i
U. S. War Bonds of $25 denomi-|
nation. Those winning the bonds
were: L. C. Babson, Freeland; D.
Lucian Gore, Clarendon; A. I.
Vereen, Freeland; VV. H. Collier,
Whitevillc; Mrs. M. T. Woody, 1
Shallotte; J. H. Milligan, Ash;
J. M. Bennett, Freeland; O. P. '
Bellamy, Wampce, S. C.; Mrs. j'
Lonnie Evans, Ash; and E. D. j1
White, Nakina. '
The faculty and the students of ;
the Waccamaw township high,
school furnished the music for
the occasion.
* * - mm
Advertising Wen ;
Plan To Return
Manager And Photograph-'
er Of State News Bureau j
Will Pay Brunswick An-j
Other Visit
Their work, especially the mak- i
ing of photographs, somewhat <
hampered by cloudy and rainy 1
weather during their three days I
stay in Brunswick county, Gar- I
land Porter, manager of the ]
State News Bureau, and Ben M. i
Patrick, photographer for the '
Department of Conservation and ;
Development, have written W. B. '
Keziah that they will return late (
in April.
As during the former trip, their (
work will center around looking 1
into farming opportunities, the <
gowing of foodstuffs, pine woods, I
etc. ' 1
They got some fine pictures 1
while here, also much valuable I
story data. However, the con- ]
tinuous bad weather prevented
them from making photographs '
of several subjects that they were
especially anxious to get. They
will get these pictures on their I
return trip, along with other in- J
teresting matter that may present
itself.
Season Closes
For Forty Days
Inland Lakes And Rivers
Closed To Freshwater i
Fishermen During 40- i
Day Spawning Season i
The freshwater game fishing 1
season in eastern North Carolina '
closed Monday for 40 days to allow
for spawning. Sportsman :
have laid aside their tackle with <
a right good spirit, born at the
realization that they are helping
future fishing as well as obeying
the law by keeping away from
the streams and lakes. If the
custom 01 iorcner years is lunuw - i
ed, they will probably be allowed [
(Continued on Page Four)
POR"
i A Good Con
dnesday, April 7th, 19
FL(
*&-- ||^H
: V ^ tffi.-Atf ' ' '\.
Wgh Sj
^' BH|
K^i
BEAUTIFUL?Reports :
at the height of their beaut
Tuesday that about four hu:
Commissioners In
Session Monday
Attention Given To County
Attitude Toward Beer
Sales At Night And On
Sunday
Members of the board of county
commissioners took definite
action on the beer question Monday
in regular meeting and passed
a resolution restricting the!
sale of this beverage in the county
between the hour of 11:30 on
Saturday night until 7 o'clock
Monday morning.
This action does not affect the
policy followed in Southport nor
in Shallotte, the two incorporated
towns of the county. Their action
rests in the hands of their
aldermen.
In connection with the beer
question sales were also banned
on this beverage between the
hours of 11:30 o'clock each night
and 7 o'clock the next morning.
No beer may be consumed on the
premises of any dealer after midnight
and before sales are resumed
at 7 o'clock the following
morning.
The commissioners approved
the rural police bill which provided
for the appointment of D. L.
Gancy, O. W. Perry and Waynsie
Evans to these positions. Their
salaries shall be $75.00 per month,
plus fees as provided in the bill.
The beer license of C. M. Jenkins
u':) y ordered revoked and
new licenjses were isued to G.
W. Piver and L. C. Rourk.
The balance of the day's session
was devoted To a discussion
it tax matters, with the following
action: Foster Thomas is I
to meet the commissioners at
their June meeting to arrange for
payment of his taxes; J. A.
Clemmons was relieved of .$75.00
valuation of his home place for
years 1937 through 1942; the
William Hardee property was oriered
sold to A. B. Mercer for
590.00; F. K. Henry was relieved
)f $100.00 valuation; O. T. Wil- j
iams was permitted to pay $25.00
}n his taxes, with provision that
lie pay another $25.00 in 60 days;
H. W. Benton, R. Benton and
Lizzie Wilson were allowed to afterlist
100 acres listed by Lorenzo
Benton. The valuation being
5300.00; A settlement was made
ivith J. J. Arnold upon the basic
(Continued on page 4)
Farmers May
Get Electricity
Some Who Live On Route
Now Covered By REA
May Qualify For Connection1
To Line
E. D. Bishop, superintendent of
the Brunswick Electric Membership
Corr*>ration announced today
Lhat farmers along existing rural
lines who are not now receiving
electric service may qualify "on
tile animal unit basis."
A farmer must have in his
possession or ogether with his
estimated production, a total of
fice animal units, as a minimum
to qualify for this service.
One hundred feet of line extension
is allowable for each animal
unit, Mr. Bishop said. Applications
for sendee are made through
the local U. S. D. A. War Boards I
(Continued On Page Four)
r pii
lmunity
43 PUBLl
)WERS ARE BLOOP
I if * flSl I t I
'^b vBPsi
mmM SpL
?k*TMm =s=r 4&JH
from Orton this week indica
y. James Ferger, manager o
ndred visitors were shown tl
Miss Woodsid
County
New Brick Church
Building Started |
Member* of Antioch Baptist
church laid off the ground
last Wednesday for a new
church building, the proposed
new structure to he built of
brick.
Antioch is one of flic strongest
rural churches in Brunswick,
and has a long and honorable
record of service to the
community in which it is located.
The present building is
believed to be sixty or seventy
years of age and was moved to
its present location from a
former site.
Brick and much of the necessary
material for the new
church already is on the
ground.
Brothers Here
On Furlough
Two Sons Of Mrs. Lizzie
Johnson Are Here On
Leave From Duties In
Canal Zone
When Hitler began his effort
at world conquest Wesley and
James Johnson, sons of Mrs. Lizzie
Johnson, of Southport, saw
where they would need some
training for what to come. Both
the boys enlisted in the army on
October 5, 1939, more than two
years before Pearl Harbor and
the time when the United States
declared war.
For the past 39 months the
Johnson have been in the Canal
Zone, as members of t he Coast
Artillery. This week both came
home on a 20-day leave.
Looking bronzed and fit, neith(Continued
on page 4)
Oaks Plantatic
A Modei
The Oaks Plantation on the
Cape Fear river, five miles
above Orton. has recently been
mentioned from several sources
as probably being the most
modern model farm in Brunswick
county. Certainly, it can
also be said that it is one of
the most attractive.
The Plantation is owned by
F. G. Adams, of New York
City. He is one of the larger
stockholders of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railway and has
other large financial interests.
The plantation is his summer
home and he is now making a
hobby out of the fine farming
that is being carried on.
J. J. Ramsaur, from whom
Mr. Adams bought the farm,
ten or twelve years ago, has
remained on as Supt. With his
son, Joe Ramsaur, Jr? he has
gone far towards making the
plantation set to become a very
profitable hobby for the owner.
This is deserving for it is cvid|
ent to even the casual observer
that Mr. Adams has spent a
.OT [
\
i
SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
tfING
te that the azaleas are about
f the Orton nursery, reported
trough the gardens Sunday.
le To Head
Schools Again
I R. T. Woodside Re-Elected
' Chairman Of Brunswick
County Board Of Educat
i o n At Organization
Meeting
LOCAL BOARDS
ARE SELECTED
Most Of Old Members Are
i Appointed To Serve
Again; Two Changes
Made In Local Board
I
| Miss Annie May Woodside was
re-elected Monday night as public
school superintendent for
I Brunswick county.
Members of the board of education
met here ana named R. T.
j Woodside to serve again as chair|
man of this group. Other mem:
bcrs of the board arc R. I. Phelps
land J. L. Stone.
The board discussed plans for
the first nine-months term which
begins next fall, and members of
local school boards for the county
were named.
At Leland the committee has
two old members, Eugene Bull
ard and Willie Lcnnon, and one
| (Continued On Page Four)
Alfred Anderson
i Laid To Rest
Funeral Services Are Conducted
Here On Tuesday
Afternoon For Bolivia
Resident
Alfred Jordan Anderson, 64, of
! Dnliulg dind nt Snuthnnrl' af 11*40
vlost Of The News
All The Time
r $1.50 PER YEAR
? ? J
[
Demonstration Of
Canning Methods
!s Held In County
This Is Beginning Of Program
To Carry Safe And
Practical Food Conservai
tion Methods To Homes
DEMONSTRATION WAS
ON MODERN METHODS
Sponsored By Home DemI
onstration Clubs, This
Program Is Designed
To Go Into AH
Sections
In the state-wide food conservation
program an important
step was taken in Brunswick
county when demonstrations were
given at Shallotte on Tuesday
and Wednesday of last week. This
began a movement which will
carry safe and practical methods
of food preservation to more
homes in the county.
On the first day. all of the
home economics workers discussed
plans to better carry the message
of food production and conservation
to every family in the county.
On the second day neighborhood
and block leaders from various
parts of the county met when
demonstrations in the latest methods
of steam pressure canning,
hot water canning, freezing, drying
and bringing were given. Inspirational
talks were given during
the day by E. D. Bishop.
Brunswick County Chairman of
Civilian Defense; H. C. Stone, Director
of Service Corps; and J.
E. Dodson, County Farm Agent.
They stressed the importance of
gardening and having a surplus
for canning during the present
emergency. Everyone realizes this
year, the importance of conserving,
without food spoilage, all of
the surplus fruits and vegetables
which are produced from this
year's Victory Gardens. i
The food situation is serious,
but the conference pointed out
that North Carolina Victory Gardens
can have a year-round sup
ply of fresh vegetables and can
easily can enough of the surplus
supply to fully take care of 3
the situation, if everyone who
can grow a good garden, cooperrtes.
Gardens are not rationed
end neither are the home canned
products from these gardens rationed.
*|
This pogram is sponsored by
the State Nutrition Committee of
the Office of Civilian Defense.
Poultry Center Is
At Longwood
Citizens Of That Section
Are Going In Strong For
Production Of Poultry
And Eggs
| Poultry raising is assuming
i 1.. v>mn/kffinna till thmiich
laigt; jjiuj/ui Liunw -? ? ? o? i
Brunswick county, with many
thousands of young chicks being
jiurchased by farmers and others,
ir? addition to those hatched on
the farms. Many of the farmers
have incubators and brooders. In
addition to the purchases from
hatcheries and the product farm
incubators, thousands of young
chicks are still raised by the old
fashioned setting hen method.
Tl\e section around Longwood
is probably leading in the increased
poultry production. This
is largely due to the fact that the
Country Store, operated by Rice
Gwyn and D. S. Gore has a
thousand chick brooder, which
they keep constantly filled with
young chicks for sale to the surrounding
farmers. According to
one of the partners in the store,
they have been selling from 2,000
to 3,000 young chicks each
week. Mr. Gwyn, himself has purchased
1,000 young chicks to increase
his flock of 1,200 hens.
Mrs. L. L. Hewett has also purchased
a thousand to add to her
large flock. Mrs. Minn. Grissett
has bought 70. A large number
have bought around 500 and many
more all the way from 200 to
500.
Tobacco Season
Will Be Later
Longwood Planter Sees
Prospect For Late Crop
Due To Loss Of Plants
Due To Cold
Seen this week with regard to
tobacco planting, of which he is
probably the largest producer in
Brunswick, Rice Gwyn stated
that he would begin planting his
1943 crop about the 20th of this
I montn. mis is later man usual,
the lateness due to unfavorable
weather which set the plants
(Continued on Page Four)
a. m. Monday following a short
illness.
I Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from the Southport Methodist
church, with Rev. R. S. Harrison
and Rev. A. L. Brown, in
(Continued on page 4)
>n Is Called
rn Model Farm
great deal of money towards
bringing the plantation up to a
high standard among farms.
Small grain and feed crops
are the principal products of
the well tilled fields. Besides
mules for some of the work,
two farm tractors and splendid
implements of other sorts are
kept busy with the crops during
the farming season. At other
times this machinery is kept
busy with fire prevention work,
building roads, eta
Splendid wooden panncl fences
are everywhere, all painted
snow white and kept that way.
A considerable herd of cows
are kept, the head of which is
a large registerede Hoistein
bull. Starting out with scrub
stock this herd has been built
up into a fine type.
Many_ hogs are also raised
and are kept on good pasture
the year round, except just before
killing, when they are penned
for fattening.
An interesting angle to the
(Continued On Page ifour)