North Carolina Newspapers

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)