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SIXTEEN NO. 46
6-pages TODAY Southport, N. G., W ednesday , F ebruary 20, 1946
J1.50 PER YEA# PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
.'aunty Farmers
low Applying
for Farm Loans
JC;al Consideration To Be
faven To Loans To Pro
| juce Food And Feed
[Crops In View Of Short
ies
o HOLDEN at
U SUPPLY OFFICE
un5 From This Source
ffre Made To Growers
Who Are Unable To
Make Satisfactory
Loans Elsewhere
.. o. B:\ulshaw, field super
. : t:?e Emergency Crop
! fO'. Loan Office. stated
' -j crs of Columbus and
tajsniclc Counties are now ap
! for loans to finance the
; n of their 1946 crops,
?r cations for loans are now
written in his office in the
1'ous Theatre Building,
'.le. and by R. O. Holden,
C Agent. Supply. He
: that, in addition to financ
r;;-.e production of the crops
: v "grown in this vicinity,
t-i wore also being made for
reduction of those crops so
ti:.-: needed because of the
t '-w-.de food shortage this
t: Plans for 1916 call for
[.: ised production of many
crops The production goal
t such of these crops as the
tension Service considers can
i successfully planted and grown
iCilur.'.bus and Brunswick Coun
:i should be met. The need for
;; necessary for the produc
er. of these crops will be given
;sr.al consideration with the
, that ci edit will be extended.
r?-rjver needed, so that no farm
r ; ;:. will be denied the oppor
to make itsmaximum con
. to the food production
i gram.
: . _ency crop loans are avail
:o fanners, either owners or
r.:s. who own or can make
rgements for land to farm;
o own or have the use of
Sfary work stock and equip
with which to farm, and
? give as security a first
: on the crops to be financed.
t-.~ loans will be made to farm
! who are unable to obtain
cs sufficient to meet their
- - on reasonable terms from
ier sources.
Leans are also avail-able for
- ".rchase or production of
- for livestock whose products
* marketed, for livestock to
! for the market, or for
animals with the in
; to be marketed, but. as
? a first lien on such Uve
itis is required.
>!'. Bradshaw emphasized that
ar.s are not restricted to
? applicants but are avail
? t" all farmers who can
eligibility.
Brief News
Flashes
NOVATION SERVICE
A coronation service will be
t- for the Girls Auxiliary of
' -nr,-. Baptist church Sunday
Pt February 24, at 6:30
:-Xk. Everyone is welcome.
?HUM FRIDAY
Brunswick County Draft 1
J at Southport will be closed ;
in observance of Wash
.iy. The Board is;
'very Saturday.
^?THtK DIES
James E Piner of South
was called to Loris, S. C.,
!**?>? morning due to the
J4-? of her brother, G. L.
saves.
[r' nit i'i i.pit
r itor c; Moore, district solici
4 accepted an invitation to
* speaker at Trinity Metho
. church Sunday morning at!
^Jclock. This will be a special
? ?-ens day service.
2 'Hop darst
Whop Thomas C. Darst. Re- j
^ of the Diocese of East Car-i
Will be at St. Phillips Epis
church Sunday morning at
:1 o'clock hour. Holy Com
[ ^ will be celebrated, and
lJ?P Dai st will deliver the ser
I ,HTHerIA case
f ^ I*f,u H. Smith, county
n- ports that a case of
i'"ria has been reported to
om Northwest township.
^r?es parents to have their
lnin'.unized against this
Holds Important Position
GEORGE W. RAPPLEYEA
? 1
Former Southport Man Is
Higgins Vice - President
George W. Rappleyea Is
Vice-President Of Hig
gins Industries, Inc., Of
New Orleans; Played
Big Role In War Effort
FORMER OWNER OF
LOCAL POWER PLANT
Rappleyea Was Key Man
In Widespread Act;viti<?3
During Period Of War
Production
The story of the Higgins boats
and the important contribution to
the war effort made by these
craft and by their manufacturers
ir familiar to all, but few local
people know that a former South
port resident has played a major
role in this connection.
That man is George W. Rap
pleyea, vice-president of the Hig
gins Industries. Inc., and a key
figure in the far-flung activities
of that organization. For several
years he owned and operated the
power plant for the city of South
port before selling his business
to the local government. His
mother, Mrs. E. M. Rappleyea,
is still a citizen of this place.
As vice-president of the Higgins
Industries. Inc., during the war
Mr. Rappleyea was in charge of
plant protection. Under his su
pervision were 150 armed guards,
and not a single act of sabotage
wus attempted.
Patent procurement was an
other job under his wing, and it
involved the procurement of ap
proximately fifty patents granted,
and an equal number pending.
This placed him in close touch
with a great deal of the research
work and the development of
ideas which even today carry a
restricted label.
Mr. Rappleyea was in charge
of advertising and public, rela
tions. One phase of this was the
publication of a monthly maga
zine, from 50 to 250 pages in
size, for employees and service
men. The bound volumes of this
publication constitute an accurate
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Commissioners In
Session Monday
Little Business Before The!
Board Of County Com
missioners In Session
Here Monday
Very few- matters of any- im
portance came before members of
the bcarcl of county commission
ers at their meeting here Mon
day.
Gus Bland, of Shallotte, was
ordered placed on the blind fund,
and similar orders were given for
Mattie Allen, of Winnabow.
R. C. St. George, custodian of
courthouse and grounds, was re
quested to take immediate steps
for the repair of the tax collectors
office as recommended by the
grand jury. Some repairs also
are to be made at courthouse.
The statement of general funds
for the month of January was
ordered filed as read.
Brunswick Man
State President
James Forger, Orton Planta
tion Gardens manager, was
elected president of the North
(Carolina Association of Nurs
erymen at the sem-annual
meeting in Kaleigh Friday and
Saturday. Mr. Ferger succeeds
G. G. Gilmore of the North
State Nursery at Julian.
The local man is also the di
rector for North Carolina for
the National Camellia associa
tion. He was elected to this
position at a meeting of the
National Association last fall.
Guest Preachers
Filling Pulpit
Southport Baptist Church
Is Without Regular Pas
tor But Has Been Having
Visiting Minister Each
Sunday
Without the services of a regu
lar pastor, members of South
port Baptist church have been
following the practice of having
a guest preacher each Sunday.
Sunday before last they had
Rev. Percy Upchurch, a former
Navy Chaplain, at both the morn
ing and evening services. Last
Sunday Rev. C. W. Smith, of
White Oak, filled the pulpit for
both morning and evening wor
ship hours.
The preacher for next Sunday
will be Rev. Earl Bradley, of the
Baptist State Board, Raleigh.
Brunswick Man
Fataily Hurt
Dockery Atkinson Of Win
nabow, Died Of Injuries
Sustained At Work With
North Carolina Shipbuild
ing Co.
Dockery C. Atkinson, 34-year
old employee of the North Caro
lina Shipyard and a resident of
Winnabow, was fatally injured by
a falling piece of steel on one
of the ships last Tuesday even
ing. He died the following morn
ing without having, regained con
sciousness.
He was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Atkinson, of Winna
bow, by whom he is survived
along with his widow, Mrs. Helen
Mill9 Atkinson, and an infant
daughter: one brother, Andrew
Atkinson and four sisters, Misses
Bertha, Mae, Bertie, and Eloise
Atkinson, all of Winnabow.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Thursday afternoon from the
Mill Creek Baptist church with
Rev. C. R. Brinson officiating.
Burial was in the Mill Creek cem
etery.
Pallbearers were Luther Lewis,
R. S. Willetts, Jr., Dewey Lewis,
Roland Lewis, Webster Swain and
Talmadge Willetts.
NCEA Council
Organizes For
Important Work
Glenn Tucker, Principal Of
Leland High School, Is
President Of Brunswick
County Unit
NEW COMMITTEE
MEMBERS NAMED
Council Comprised Of Fif
teen Members Has Been
Completed; Organiza
tion Works On
School Matters
A council meeting of the
Brunswick County Unit of the
North Carolina Education Asso
ciation was held at Bolivia last
week. Members of the council
who were present at this meet
ing were: Glenn M. Tucker, presi
dent; Mrs. Eva Ramseur Knox,
vice-president; Mrs. Guy McKeith
an, retiring president; Miss Annie
May Woodside, superintendent of
Brunswick county schools, Miss
Margaret Hipp, retiring secretary
treasurer, and O. C. Burton, prin
cipal Bolivia High school.
Mrs. Deane B. Eakins, Leland
school, Mrs. Muriel Lennon, South
port school, and Miss Bertha
Reid, Bolivia school, have been
elected by their respective school
faculties to the Brunswick coun
ty Unit Council. One will be
added by Waccamaw, and one by
Shallotte, which will make a com
pleted council of fifteen members.
This Brunswick county unit is
looking forward to a most pro
gressive year's work with the
NCEA. Many needed improve
ments in the local schools are in
the minds of all teachers of the
county, and through this organi
zation efforts will made to have
them accomplished.
The following committees were
appointed: Professional service:
Mrs. Rena L. Joyner, Southport,
chairman Miss Bertha Reid, Bo
livia; Mrs. Louis Tweed, Shal
lotte; Mrs. J. Elmore, Waccamaw
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Prison Guard
Hurt In Wreck
Collision Near Bolivia Mon
day Resulted In Injuries
To Prison Guard and One
Colored Prisoner
Fred Edwards, a guard at the
State Highway prison camp at
Shallotte, was injured about the
head and one of 15 colored prison
ers being carried to work in a
trailer was injured about the
hands Monday in a collision on
Route 17 near Bolivia.
Edwards was carried to a Wil
mington for observation to de
termine the extent of his injuries.
A white woman, Mrs. Marian
McGrath, of Hackensack, New
Jersey, was arrested by State
Highway patrolmen following the
wreck. She is under $200 for her
appearance here in recorders
court on March 4th.
This officer reported that Mrs.
McGrath started to pass the pri
son trailed and car in the face of
oncoming traffic. Seeing she
would not make it, she cut in
between the prison vehicle and
trailer, breaking the trailer lose
with resultant injuries.
school, Ashe, and Mrs. Dean B.
Eakins, Leland.
Legislative: Mrs. Guy McKeith
Clark Files For
Seat In Congress
Representative J. Bayard Clark
of the 7th congressional district
filed Saturday as a candidate for
renomination .in the May Demo
cratic primary.
Rep. Clark, first elected in
1928, is now serving his ninth)
2-year term. During that time !
he has had opposition in the |
primary only twice, and up to
date no other candidate has filed
! for the primary this spring. |
Rumor has it that W. S. (Billy)
Britt, Lumberton attorney, may
throw his hat in the ring, in the
race with Mr. Clark for the 7th
district congressional seat. Mr. J
Britt was in Whiteville Tuesday, ??
attending court.
Stone To Seek
Nomination To
School Board
J. L. Stone Will Run For
Democratic Nomination
For Member Of Board
Of Education In May
Primary
RUMORS HEARD OF
OTHER CANDIDATES
No Official Announcement
Made By Mintz For State
Senate, But Friends
Say He Is Sure
To Run
With only one new name added
to the list of candidates for of
fice, the political situation in
Brunswick had simmered down to |
the rumor stage this week.
J. L. Stone has announced that
he will seek the Democratic nom
ination as member of the Board
of Education. He was appointed
about four years ago to fill the j
unexpired term of G. T. Reid, and
prior to that he had served for
many years as a member of that
body.
In the rumor department there
is talk that Malcom Frink, son of
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Frink of
Southport, may run for the Demo- '
era tic nomination for Representa
tive to the Norths Carolina Gen- j
eral Assembly. Edward Redwine.
young Shallotte businessman, has
also been prominently mentioned ;
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Funeral Friday
For Jones Girl
: ?
Miss Mary Elizabeth Jones
Died In Charleston, S C.,
Following Extended Ill
ness
Miss Mary Elizabeth Jones, 17
year-old daughter of Chief and
Mrs. Johnny J. Jones, died at her
home in Charleston last Thursday
following a period of extended
illness.
The body was brought here Fri
day and interred in the Southport
cemetery, pallbearers and many
friends and relatives coming from
Charleston to attend the service.
Miss Jones was born in South
port and spent the first several
years of her life here. Her father
is irt the Coast Guard and was
stationed at Oak Island for many
years. For the past several years
the family has been living at
Charleston while Mr. Jones was
stationed at the Navy yard there.
Our
ROVING
Reporter
W. B. KEZIAH
We are often asked how muchi
rovin' around we do? Well, some
days we do a good deal of it and
on others we hang around a
typewriter. If you are not in
terested in an average day of our!
doings, skip this: Last Thursday
we got up at 5:30 a. m., fixed
seven mailbags to go out on buses
outside the regular mail. This
done by 7 o'clock, we hopped a
bus and went to Leland before
breakfast. Bus was so crowded
we thought we would not be able
to get off . . . Had breakfast at
Powell's, talked to Mr. Williams
who was interested in various
matters, ranging from the pro
posed sale of the State Prison
camp on to the paving of the
River road . . . Talked to E. V.
Evans about this and that . . .
Went on and talked to C. A.
Montgomery, who is a very busy
man . . , Talked to Mr. Coleman
who is planning a tourist home '
at the forks of the River Road
. . . Talked to the Hinson boys
who recently suffered a bad fire
and are planning rebuilding . ; .
Went over from there and saw
Jimmy Perberton and then met
the nice lady who runs the lunch
room near him . . . From that
point we went around and made
Carl West climb down from the
roof of the two-story house he
was repairing . . . Leaving Carl,
we met up with and talked
amustment to one of the R. &. S.
amusement to one of the R. & S. ,
Then we ankled up the road to
the Spiritine Chemical Company's
office and warehouse and saw
Commander Louis Hanson and his '
secretary, both of whom were very !
nice . . . Leaving them We went
to T. C. Barefoot's Mattress fac
tory and met up with him. He:
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Kirby Store At Supply
Passes Into New Hands
One Of Oldest And Most
Honored Business Firms
In Brunswick County Will 1
Be Operated As Mintz &
Company
HARRY L". MINTZ, JR.
IS NEW MANAGER
G. Floyd Kirby Has Given
Up Operation Of Store
Due To Poor Condition
Of His Own Health
The general merchandise busi
ness, G. W. Kirby and Son, owned
and operated by G. Floyd Kirby
at Supply, hps recently been sold
to Miirtz and Co., and Harry L.
Mintz, Jr., will be the manager.
The late George W. Kirby
established this general merchan
dise store nearly 60 years ago.
For a number of years pfter the
death of the late Mr. Kirby the
business was owned and operated
by G. Floyd Kirby and Hobson
Kirby. In 1935 Hobson sold his
interest to his brother, Floyd, and
purchased the Shallotte Trading
Co., at Shallotte.
Because of declining health, for
the past two years Mr. Kirby hat
only kept the business open on
Saturday; This business establish
ment has been one of the oldest
and most outstanding in Bruns
wick county.
A full line of general merchan
dise consisting of groceries, dry
goods, hardware, farming equip
ment, feeds, electrical appliances,
and furniture will be carried by
Mintz and Co.
HARRY L. .MINTZ, JR.
Harry E. Mintz, was recently
discharged from the U. S. Army
Air Forces after nearly four year
service. He graduated from
Air Forces after nearly four year's
Pfeiffer Jr. College and the Uni
versity of North Carolina. He
was Register of Deeds of Bruns
wicR county in 1939 and 1940, fill
ing out an unexpired term of
Rudolph I, Mintz. Prior to en
tering the service Harry was field
representative for the Farm Cred
it Administration. He resides
with his mother, Mrs. Harry L.
Mintz, Sr., at Shallotte.
Red Cross Township
Chairmen Are Named
Bridge Longer
Than Estimated
In an argument about the
length of Jackie* Creek bridge
la?t week, guesses as to the
length running all the way
from 15 to 35 feet, Patrolman
R. E. Sherrill offered to settle
the matter.
He said he would measure
the bridge and bring the figures
t? The Pilot this week. He
stated .Monday that Brunswick's
noterious death .spot was ex
actly 46-fcet and 10-inches in |
length.
New Developm'nt
At Gause Beach
Large Tract Of Land Pur
chased By Myrtle Beach 1
Real Estate Man Who
Has Plans For Develop- 1
ment Of Property
The 2,550-Acre Gausc Beach
property on the coast ten miles
below Shallotlc has been pur
chased by D. S. Crouse, Myrtle
Beach realtor and former prom
inent Charlotte business man. He
plans tp convert the tract into a
summer and winter resort that
will attract hunters, fishermen
and vacationists.
No decision has been reached
as to the amount of money to
be expended on the property, but
it will amount a considerable
sum. A large hotel will top the
building program which also em
graces the building of a number
of cottages along the . strand. It
is said that it is expected that
the number of these cottages will
run into the hundreds in the next
few years.
The property is separated from
the mainland by the Intracoastal
Waterway, making it virtually an
island. There are no trees on
the island but much of it lies
very high and dry with large
and picturesque sand dunes.
"Little Beach," credited with be
ing one of the best shore fishing
spots on the lower coast, is on
this property. It and the sur
rounding area is also celebrated
for the abundance and quality of
the oysters and clams.
Shallotte. Legion
Post Will Meet
Shallotte Post American Le
gion. No. 247, will hold a special
meeting at the Shallotte High
school building Friday night of
this week for the purpose of or
ganizing a Woman's Auxiliary.
The Post, now only a few
months old, has 100 members. All
of these, as well as all ex-service
men and women, are urged to
attend Friday night's meeting and
assist in the organization of the
Auxiliaryi
Preliminary Meeting Of
County Organization Held
Sunday Afternoon To Lay
Plans For Drive
MINTZ SERVING AS
! * COUNTY CHAIRMAN
Every Possible Effort Will
Be Made This Year To
Raise County Quota
During First Few
Days Of Drive
R. I. Mintz, Brunswick County
i Chairman of the Red Cross Fund
| drive, held a meeting of town
ship chairmen at his office in
Southport Sunday afternoon, and
'plans were discussed for making
a whirl-wind attempt to raise the
quota assigned this chapter.
It was pointed out that the
county quota will get no smaller
because of dragging out the
campaign, and each member of
the county committee expressed
| that a well-organized, aggressive
I campaign that will raise the fund
quickly will be welcomed by the
'people of the county.
Also attending the meeting, and
assisting with plans for the cam
paign were Miss Annie May
Woodside, chairman of the Bruns
wick County Chapter, and Mrs.
J. W. Ruark, executive secretary.
| The township chairmen include
Mack Jones, Northwest; J. M.
King, Town Creek; D. C. Herring,
Smithville: Odell Williamson,
Lockwoods Folly; Mrs. M. M.
; Rosenbaum, Shallotte; and L. C.
Babson, Waccamaw. These peo
ple will perfect their township or
ganizations this week and will
announce their committee next
week.
j Mrs. George Whatley, of South
! port, has agreed to again serve
as treasurer for the drive and
was in attendance at the meeting.
District Agent
To Attend Meet
Plans Will Be Discussed
For District Meeting To
Be Held In Brunswick
County In June
The County Council of Home
Demonstration Clubs will meet at
Supply at 3 o'clock, Friday after
noon of this week, with Miss
Verna Stanton, district agent,
present to assist in making plans
for the distrtct meeting, which is
to be held in Brunswick county
in June.
Between 400 and 500 delegates
arc expectcd to attend the June
district meeting. The district
covers five counties, New Han
over, Duplin, Pender, Onslow and
Brunswick. A definite location
for the holding of the June meet
ing has not yet been selected and
this matter may come up at the
Council meeting Friday.
Miss McLamb asks that all
Home Demonstration Club mem
bers attend the meeting at Sup
ply Friday.
Brunswick Man
Finally Taken ;
Into Custody
Two Girl Accomplices Also
| Lodged In Jail; Admit
Staging Tabor City Jew
elry Robbery
GIRL ACCOMPLICES
SIGN CONFESSION
Arrest Of Trio Follows In
tensive Search For Past
Several Weeks; Sel
lers Had Escaped
In 1945
Climaxing a series of robberies
in Columbus county Obie Lee Sel
lers, 28, a native of Brunswick
county and escapee from the
State Prison camp near White
vine, fell into the hands of police
officers Friday afternoon and,
along with two white girls, Stella
Mae Quick and Lula Mae Wil
liams, both 16, is in the Colum
bus county jail facing at least
two charges of robbery.
Sellers, who has been sought
since July, 1945, when he escaped
from prison, was arrested in the
Pireway section on the Wacca
maw river. He made no resist
ance to his arrest, although
Sheriff Stanley said he had re
ceived word from Sellers that If
he caught him, he would not
catch him alive.
Upon being arrested and lodged
in Jail, Lula Mae Williams signed
a confession which admitted that
she and Sellers had staged tho
robbery of the Reese's Jewelry
store at Tabor City last week
Sheriff Stanley said that Seller*
had concurred in the confession
signed by his girl accomplice.
The arrest ended a search
which had become greatly intensi
fied during recent days when re
peated "hot tips" reached city
and county and state officers. The
tip which led to the arrest of the
trio came when Sellers drove In
to Cap Reaves' filling station In
the Pleasant Plain section and a
boy at the station began taking
the license number from Sellers'
car. Sellers is said to have for
bade the boy taking the number
?iu\e emphasized h'.s ob
jection by firing a pistol into the
! ground near the boy's feet. Where
upon, according to advices reach
ing the officers, the boy ran Into
the station, got a rifle and shot
at Sellers as he and his com
panions drove away. Sheriff
Stanley said that Reaves also
shot at the Sellers car.
Two hours later, Sellers and
the girls pulled up in front of
Dean Buffkin's filling station near
Chadbourn and held Buffkin up
at the point of a rifle and robbed
his store. In her signed confes
sion, Lula Mae Williams admitted
that she held a rifle on Buffkin
while Sellers robbed his store. .
Officers participating in the ar
rest were: L. R. Wayne, W. H.
Farrell, W. H. Bullard, C. B.
Best and the superintendent of
the State Prison camp.
In her signed statement, Miss t
Williams declared that she had
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Routine Session
In Court Monday
Even Though There Were
Only A Few Cases Up
For Trial Monday, Some
Of Them Were Stubborh
To Dispose Of
Only a medium-sized dock
greeted Judge John B. Ward and
Solicitor J. W. Ruark in Re
corders court here Monday. De
spite the few cases, the stubborn
nature of some of them resulted
in the session lasting almost an
entire day.
The minute book shows the fol
lowing entries:
Willie Johnson and Jesse Bar
us, possession, 30 days on roads,
judgment suspended on payment
of costs.
W. G. Frink, passing car in
face of oncoming traffic, fined
five dollars and costs.
John Carter, speeding, judgment
suspended on payment of a fine
of $10.00 and costs.
Alton Milliken, no operators li
cense, continued to February 25.
j John Gore, no nsupport, cotv
, tinued to February 25.
James Clemmons, shooting dog,
! continued to February 25.
John D. Smith, speeding and
possession, sixty days on roads,
judgment suspended on payment
. of a fine of $25.00 and costs.
Jesse games, drunken driving,
six months on roads, judgment
suspended on payment of a fine
of {50.00 and costs, drivers li
cense revoked.
| M. L. Mintz, cruelty to animal*'
and damage to personal pro pert/
; judgment suspended on condiy
'that defendant make restitu' I
I in the sum of $25.00 and I