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6-p ages today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, May 45th, 1946
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Committee
? Raleigh To
Govern Permits
w Committee Must
Approve Applications For
?ain Types Of Build
,? Before Sending To
?P. 1
Uleign
nr variety of
BUILD! NG5 COVERED
. t Of Restrictions Is
f provide More Low
est ellings For
Benefit Of Return
ing G. 1. s
.rer the Veteran's Housing
^ designed prima -ily to
U liousin? tor ex-service
.%str!Ctioiis have been plac
v- the construction of build
costins more than $1,000
I jn dwellings costing more
jioo. The main objective of
itstrictior. at this time is to
'tow-cost living units built
m as possible.
L-3'icatiors for the construc
tor" all farm buildings in
rands county should be fil
i; the local AAA office. Final
"jji pf the applications rest
j, the State AAA Committee
Ra:eigh.
jj.j ^ch as materials needed,
si cost of all new materials,
J- costs, and the necessity for
.'building will be requested.
[C proposed construction will
tased on whether it is es
Ea; to increasing or maintain
production of food on the
b" whether present facilities
the farm are being utilized to
jcntm capacity; and whether
! proposed construction will be
[v utilized upon completion.
K copy of the approved appli
es will be returned to the
(tout accompanied by a pla
i to be posted on the construc
c site. In the case of farm
*Hirgs. priority ratings for the j
rcisase ot needed materials may '
k be issued by the State AAA ;
mmi'.tee.
rhe county and State AAA
immittees iave the final ap- !
mi of ili farm constructions J
to JW.OOO for a single dwell- |
F iir.OM for a double family !
ting: ar.d S50.000 for barns
i other constructions.
? T. Scott, chairman. State
LA Committee, reports that ap
ninately 300-applications have J
?ady been received in the state
See and are now being pro- (
ted as rapidly as possible.
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Flashes
[PREACH SUNDAY
^ E. W. Halleck. of Wil
ts-" will be at St. Phillips
topal church at the 11 o'clock
ics Sunday morning, May 19,
Wl! celcbrate the Holy Com
pENDS CONVENTION
ince O'Brien, cashier of the
amaw Bank & Trust Co., at
taort. attended the State
F ? of the North Caro
p Bankers Association last
p at Pinehurst.
p RSOVAL
psre will be a music festival
"Jri.ay night. May 16th, at 8
Wt in the Shallotte high
1(?1 auditorium. The three glee
?TO music classes will
r Part ?? i the public is cor
ed to attend. There
lo admission fee.
hDition improved
F">s J. Walton returned Mon
1 from Richmond, Va., where
|a:'i members of his family
P'i his daughter, Mrs. Nell
r;"s. over the week end. Mrs.
P-ffis went to Richmond two
Ms ago for hospital treatment,
f:*waa ?: great relief to mem
Is of her family to find her
ptinn much improved.
J-'- help veterans
,rs- Grace p. Rourk, Execu
6 Secretary of the Brunswick
Ur'V Chapter, American Red
1?S' s?ys that her office will
from 9 o'clock to 2
daily and that she will
j'J ass,st veterans with com
applications for claims
""?"efits or for pension.
MLSSOI'RI
" (jore, seaman second
? 3,1:1 of Mr. and Mrs. Harlie
?" ' Route 6, Ash, was as
G'%10 th<-' USS Missouri on
Gore, who repotted to
r't?' ftom the Naval Train
'- ? Norfolk, Va., entered
! S(Val ^" ice on FVb. 7, 1946,
?h'CCvXfl hls meruit training
^ ?s'ival Training Center,
delivery by air
PIONEER. ? Two weeks ago E. D. Bishop, superin
tendent of the Brunswick Electric Membership Corpora
tion left Chadbourn aboard a plane piloted by A. L.
Duke of that city with three crates of fancy strawberries
aboard. Four hours later the berries were delivered to
REA Director Claude Wickard in Washington, D. C. At
the left, below, is Mr. Bishop, in the center is Mr. Wick
ard, and on the right is Pilot Duke. The top picture was
taken at the Chadbourn airport just prior to their take
off for the National Capitol.
Superior Court Convenes
In Southport Next Week
Judge R. Hunt Parker To
Preside Over One-Week
Term For Trial Of Crimi
nal Cases Scheduled For
Trial
MURDER CASE WILL
BE UP FOR TRIAL
Schooper Gause Will Be
Tried On Charge Of First
Degree Murder For
Shotgun Slaying Of
Williamson
The May term of Brunswick
county Superior court will con
vene here Monday for trial of
criminal cases, with Judge R.
Hunt Parker, of Roanoke Rapids,
presiding.
Outstanding among the cases
scheduled for trial is that of
Schooper "Gause, Shallotte negro;
who will go on trial for the mur
der of rL Jim Williamson, highly
respected white farmer.
Williamson was shot one night
late in February of this year as
he sat in his home shelling pea
nuts with his wife. A shotgun
blast was fired at him point
blank through a window, the full
force of* the load entering his
chest and neck. Death was al
most instantaneous.
The assailant made good his
escape, and for several days one
of the greatest man-hunts this
county has ever known was in
progress throughout a wide area
near the scene of the crime. Fin
ally Gause, who had been sus
pected of the ' shooting, was cap
tured by a posse and was later
delivered into the hands of law
enforcement officers. He con
fessed that he fired the shot that
killed Williamson.
It is understood that there are
a good many other cases up for
trial next week, but all others
have been dwarfed by interest
in the murder case.
Wildlife Club
Is Organized
W. E. Stanaland Named
President Of Hickman's
Cross Roads Wildlife Club
At Organization Meeting
Residents of the Hickman's
Cross Roads community organiz
ed a Wildlife Club with 25-charter
members at a meeting held here
Wednesday night. Ross Stevens,
executive secretary of the State
Wildlife Federation, was present
(Continuea on Page Four/.
Farmers Must
Show AAA Plan
J. J. Hawes, secretary of the
A. A. A. at Supply, states that
farmers in Brunswick who
have not signed a farm plan
for 1946 should do so by June
1st if they are to participate in
the 1946 program.
Payments will not be made
for practices carried out by any
producer unless his Farm Plan
has been filed by that date.
The farm plans are now in the
AAA office and assistance in
filling them out will be given
at any time until the closing
date.
Road Petitions
Before Board
Commissioners In First
Monday Meeting Hear
Requests For Road Im
provement In Both Ends
Of County
When members of the board of
county commissioners held their
regular first-of-thc-month meet
ing here last Monday much ,of
their time was spent in hearing
petitions for road improvement. |
One in Northwest township,
known as the old Fayetteville
Wilmington highway lying be
tween highway No. 74 and 76,
and another known as "the loop"
were recommended by the com
missioners for improvement. |
A delegation appeared before
the board asking for a 3-mile
road running to Robinson's Beach.
It was recommended that this
road be improved as soon as
possible. I
A third request for roads was
in connection with the one run
ning from U. S. Highway No. 17
at Shallotte to Highway No. 130.
This, too, was given approval of
the commissioners and was re
ferred to the commissioners.
A tentative tax rate for 1946
was established at $1.60 upon the
recommendation of County Audi
tor R. C. St. George.
Among tax matters disposed
of was permission for Harry L.
Mintz, Jr., to pay taxes ?on one
lot and old store building at Shal
lotte. A reduction of $900.00
was granted in the valuation of
the ? Mary Anderson property. E.
J. Prevatte, county tax attorney,
was ordered to foreclose on the
Continued on page four
Potato Plants
For Dehydration
May Be Erected
Extension Horticulturist
From N. C. State College
Here Last Week To In
vestigate Possibilities For
Project
SWEET POTATOES
BRING BIG YIELD
Figures Show That Feed
Value Of Potatoes To Be
Harvested From One
Acre Much More
Than That Of
Corn
J. Y. Lassiter, extension Horti
culturist from State College,
spent part of the past Week in
this county working with county
agent J. E. Dodson. Mr. Dodson
states that both he and Mr.
Lassiter are of the opinion that
the county has good prospects of
getting potato dehydration
plants, possibly to be located at
3olivia and Longwood.
There are no better soils in
the state for the production* of
sweet potatoes than is found in
Brunswick, but as the county
igent says, farmers must get an
outlet for this crop before they
can push the production and de
velope sweet potato growing to
the point to which it can be de
veloped.
Mr. Dodson says that 150-bu
shels of sweet potatoes will equal
50-bushels of corn in food value.
Three hundred 'bushels of sweet
potatoes per acre is about the
average in this county and the
county average on corn is 21-bu
shels per acre. It can thus be
seen that the food value of an
acre of potatoes is more than
four times that of an ?cre of
corn.
With dehydration plants and
(Continued on Page Six)
Will Lay Plans
For Big Meeting
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Brunswick County Will Be
Hostess To District Home
Demonstration Clubs
Next Month
The district meeting of Home
Demonstration Clubs, including
several southeastern North Car
olina counties, will be held at
Southport on June 19. To lay
plans for this big event the
County Federation of Home Dem
onstration Clubs of Brunswick
will meet at Supply on Tuesday
afternoon, May 21, at 2:30
o'clock.
It is important that the Bruns
wick club women attend this
meeting at Supply. In addition
to laying plans for the district
meeting, Miss Margaret Hipp,
home economics teacher at the
Shallotte high school, will give
a demonstration on the use of
sewing machine attachments.
Both the club members and all
who are interested are urged to j
come.
District Chief
Joe Mann of Whiteville, com
mander of the 7th District of
the American Legion, presided
over a business session of the
district held in Wilmington Fri
day. About 60 persons attended
the meeting, with approximately
15 from Columbus county. Com
mander Mann reported that since
last September when he assumed
command of the post, he had
organized eight new posts and
that the total membership of the
district had more than tripled. |
District seven is comprised of
Pender, New Hanover, Columbus,
Brunswick and Bladen counties.
Poppy Day Will
Be On May 25th
Sales Will Be Conducted
Locally By Members Of
American Legion Auxil
iary For Benefit Of Dis
abled Veterans
Poppy Day will be observed in
Southport and throughout the
United States on Saturday, May
25, Mrs. Grace K. Dosher, presi
dent of Brunswick County Uniti
of the American Legion Auxil
iary, has announced.
w'orn
in honor of the dead of both
world wars will be distributed on
the streets throughout the day
by volunteer workers from the
Auxiliary and cooperating or
ganizations. Contributions re
ceived in exchange for the flow
ers will be used in relief and
rehabilitation work for disabled
veterans, their families and the
families of the dead.
Extensive preparations for
Poppy Day are being made by
the Legion Auxiliary Unit under
the direction of Mrs. Wm. Kin
caide, poppy chairman. The vol
unteer workers are being or
ganized into teams and assigned
to locations in the downtown
area. Residence areas also will
be covered to give everyone an
opportunity to pay tribute to the
war dead by wearing a memorial
flowers.
The poppies have been ordered
from Fayetteville where they are
being made by disabled veterans
(Continued on Page Four)
Our
ROVING
Reporter
Down in Waccamaw township
last week, we noticed that Otis
Evans had a couple of fields of
mighty fine tobacco ... So has
LeRoy King . . . Donnie Sibbets
had some extra fine corn . . , W.
C. Wilson has moved into his
new garage and store building
. . . D. E. Simmons also has a:
nice new store building near the ,
New Britian Bridge . . . David
Ross was telling of the eight
year-old orange tree he grew
from a seed. It i3 about ten-feat
high and has a crop of orangel,
now about as large as the end
of a man's thumb . . . Postmaatdr
H. B. Inman, at Freeland, also
had some mighty fine tobacco
and was busy cultivating it . . .
We met up with Floyd Ininai),
whom we remembered from CCp
days at Southport. He is no'
a sailor . . . Went into a hous
to see a little boy who ha
broken his leg and was havin;
to undergo a temporary peri a;
of idleness . . . Lester Babsc n
was painting his new windo v
screens . . . Odell Bennett w<?
around at Freeland to talk farn ?
ing ... Pearl Formyduval w< s
predicting how this and thi t
fellow was going to be nomina - 1
ed . . . Saw a lot of nice homes,
a lot of nice gardens and a lot
of nice crops but was travelling
too fast to find out who all be
longed to . . . Came home by
way of Ernest Milliken's.
Fished all day with Ed Malli
son and Miss Hilda Muller last
Sunday. Both ought to have
been at church . . . Everytime
we get on a bus to" go to Shal
lotte Miss Marie Holden, of Sup
ply, is a travelling companion
and she is always knitting . . .
Col. R. I. Mintz was in Fayette
ville Thursday. We learned
about it when we found out we
could not go along for com
pany . . . Bunn Frink was also
there but he travelled ahead . . .
Glenn Pigott has been doing a
nice job with some local boat j
building . . . Appreciated a;
prettily engraved invitation to
the commencement exercise of
the North Carolina School for the
Deaf. Irving Vann Reynolds,
Southport, is among the 12 boys
and girls who will graduate . . .
We were to have gone fishing
with J. O. Hinton, of Carolina
(Continued on page six)
Board Goes On Record In
Favor Of Caswell As Camp
Members Of Board Of Conservation And Development
And Members Of State Department Visited Points
In This Area Tuesday
At an official meeting of the
North Carolina Board of Con
servation and Development
Tuesday evening at Lake Wac
camaw members of that body
went on record as favoring ac
quisition by the State of Cas
well Section Base for use as
an occupational camp site in
the state parks system.
Tentative plans would call
for the erection of cottages for
rent and the construction of
other facilities to supplement
the numerous buildings already
available at Caswell.
Enthusiasm for this project
resulted from a visit made dur
ing the afternoon by members
of the board to the site of old
Ft. Caswell. With the under
standing that there is good
reason that the installation may
soon be declared surplus pro
perty by the government, the
State officials took ' this action
in an effort to make the avail
able for use in conjunction with
the state-wide program of em
phasis on recreation.
Following a meeting Tuesday
morning in Wilmington, mem
bers of the department, to
gether with their wives, drove
down the river road to Orton
Plantation, thence to Southport,
where they were received in
formally at the Community
Center building by a number
of the town's citizens. Follow
ing their visit to Southport the
party drove over to the Sec
tion Base and to nearby beach
developments.
Heading the delegation was
R. Bruce Etheridge, director of
the Board of Conservation and
Development, Josh Hore, and
Paul Kelly, assistant directors,
John D. Findlay; head of the
game and inland fisheries di
vision, Tom Morse, superinten
dent of state parks, Willis
King, fisheries biologist, Dr.
Jasper Stuckey, state geologist,
W. H. Riley, principal engineer,
C. D. Kilpatrick, chief of en
forcement for the division of
game and inland fisheries, Fred
Clearage and J. Ji. Spratt, as
sistant state foresters, Miss
Evelyn Yelverton, secretary to
the director. The following
members of the board and their
wives also made the tour: J.
Wilbur Bunn, Miles Smith, B.
M. Stafford, Oscar Breece, A.
H. Guion, K. C. Council and J.
R. Wollet.
Voluntary Conservation
Of Food Can Save Millions
? _________
Attracts Major
League Scout
Joe Mnthes, scout for the St.
Louis Cardinals, has written
.Jack Hughes of the local ball
club asking his height, weight,
age and whether he batted and
tSirew right or left handed.
The Cardinal scout stated he
had received a report on the
work of Hughes. It Is under
stood that the Inquiry was in
accordance with ihe practice
of getting personal data on
young playefs. This enables
the major leagues to keep an
eye on promising Ivor}' and to
follow up If their performance
seems to warrant further steps.
Light Session In
Court Monday
Only Four Cases Called Forj
Trial Before Judge John
B. Ward In Recorder's
Court This Week
Monday brought the smallest
docket in Recorder's court in sev
eral weeks. Only four cases were
called and one of these had to
be continued until June 3rd.
There will be no Recorders court
next Monday, owing to the fact
that a term of Superior court
will be in session. The cases
heard this week were as follows:
Boyd Lee Smith, disturbance
in public place, 6 months on the
roads, judgment suspended on
payment of a fine of $100.00 and
costs, defendant to be of good
behavior and not violate any of
the laws of the State for a
period of two years.
R. S. Willetts, resisting arrest,
continued to June I.
(Continued on Page Four)
William Carlisle
Passes At Home
Aged Resident Of Wacca
maw Township Died On
Monday; Funeral Ser
vices Held Yesterday
Afternoon
Following a short illness Wil
liam Carlisle, 78-year old resi- 1
dent of Waccamaw township |
died at his residence near Ash
Monday afternoon.
He is survived by seven daugh
ters, Mrs. J. K. Ludlum, Mrs.
Julia Gore and Mrs. Clare Jones,
all of Ash; Mrs. B. C. Hickman,
Red Springs; Mrs. Cernon Dan
iels and Mrs. J. D. Hildreth, of
Laurinburg; one son, Layton
Carlisle, Ash; three brothers, O.
Z. Carlisle, Ash; D. L. and Nosh
Carlisle, Laurinburg. Mr. Carlisle
is also survived by 32-grand
children and 21 great-grandchild
ren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Tuesday from the residence
with Rev. Vance Simmdns offi
ciating. Burial was held in the i
Griffin f&mil/ cemetery at Ash.
Ways To Conserve In Home
Is Told By Mrs. J. W.
I Ruark Of Local Red
Cross In Appeal For Co
operation With Program
MILLIONS WILL CRY
FOR FOOD ABROAD
Ten Suggestions Offered
For Helping Local Folks
Consume Food For
Benui*;' l.
Before summer planting ripens
in war-scarred lands, millions of
sick, broken, and desperately
hungry people will cry for food
that isn't there. Thousands are
doomed to starvation this month,
and thousands are marked for
death next month. Others will
fall victim to disease, malnutri
tion, and infection which finds
easy prey among bodies weak
from hunger. Not1 a pleasant
thought.
What can we do about it?
"Plenty!" says Mrs. J. W. Ruark,
of Southport, executive secretary
of the Brunswick County chapter
of the American Red Cross. The
United States is the largest food
producting nation not ravaged by
war, and to it falls much of the
burden of feeding the hungry.
This does not mean that Ameri
cans must lower their food in
take. There must be thought
of changing the nati
onal menu around? substituting
plentiful foods for those sorely
needed aboard, cutting down on
(Continued on page 2)
Death Comes To
Aged Resident
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Walton
Died At Dosher Memor
ial Hospital Monday Fol
lowing Extended Illness
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Walton
died in the J. Arthur Dosher hos
pital Monday night following a
long period of illness. She was a
resident of the Bolivia community
and was 80-years old.
She is survived by three daugh
ters, Mrs. J. S. Walton, of South
port, Mrs. Hayes Lewis and Miss
Mary Walton, of Bolivia; three
sons, Jay Walton, Charlie Walton
and H. M. Walton, of Bolivia;
two sisters, Mrs. Fanny De
vaune, of Winnabow, and Mrs. T.
E. Montgomery, Leesburg, Fla.
Six brothers also survive. They
are Dan Atkinson, Jesse Atkin
son, and C. K. Atkinson, of Win
nabow; Willie Atkinson, of Nor
folk; Albert Atkinson, who is
somewhere in Idaho, and Lester
Atkinson, of Bolivia. A number
of grandchildren and great grand
children also survive.
Funeral services arc being held
it Antioch Baptist church this
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Burial
will be in the cemetery there..
Serving as active pallbearers
are George Walton, James O.
earner, O. L. Beck, C. S. Ward,
John Brown and Floyd Brittian.
rhe honorary pallbearers include
Dr. L. C. Fergus, Charles Rourk,'
C. W. Knod, Lindsey Clemmons, I
Roily Walton and Oscar Garner. '
Flower Show Is
Again Described
As Outstanding
Annual Event Sponsored By
Member* Of Southport
?Woman's Club Was Held
Friday In Community
Building
NEW DEPARTMENTS
ADD TO INTEREST
Unprecedented Interest In
Flower Show Demonstra
ted By Children Of
Southport At Friday
Event
The Annual Woman's Club
Flower Show held on Friday af
ternoon was Its usual outstand
ing success. , Entries by a large
number of Southport women
made the community building in
which the show was held a riot
of color.
The show was open to the
public from 3 o'clock in the af
ternoon until 6 o'clock, and a
larger number of people attend
ed the show during those hours
than have in the past. Preceding
the tea at 4 o'clock awards were
made by Mrs. Harold St. George,
chairman of the show, and Mrs.
William Styron, secretary.
A new feature of the show,
and one which created a great
deal of interest and discussion,
was the division in which child*
ren of the first five grades in
school entered miniature scenes
in cigar boxes. Mrs. Dallas Pig
ott was in charge of stirring up
interest in this division and the
results were considered remark
able.
Prizes were awarded to the
first place winners in each of the
classifications and the sub-classi
fications in the artistic arrange
ment divison. Points were award
ed for second and third places
and t>ese 'points were totaled to
determine winners of the sweep
stakes prizes. These went to Mrs.
James Harper and Mrs. Robert
Thompson.
Winners for the show were as
follows:
Class K? Perfection of bloom:
Mrs. James Carr, first: Mrs. War
ren Hood, second; Mrs. James
Harper, third.
Class II? Artistic arrangement:
A ? Dining table: (without
dishes) Mrs. I. B. Bussells, first;
Mrs. Robert Thompson, second;
Mrs. Warren Hood, third.
B ? Mantle: Mrs. C. G. Ruark,
first; Mrs. Dallas Plgott, second.
C? Coffee Table: Mrs. Harold
St. George, first; Mrs. James
Harper, second and third.
D ? Porch: Mrs. Dallas Plgott,
first; Mrs. Helen Bragaw, se
( Continued on Pag* 4)
Southport Wins
Leland Contest
Local* Bang Out Twelve
Hits To Score An 8 To 2
Victory Over Boys From
Northwest; Bladenboro
Plays Here Sunday
Leland was without the services
of her star pitcher, Jim Bullock,
Sunday afternoon and Southport
banged out 12 hits off three fal
lows trying to fill his shoes to
score an 8 to 2 victory.
The visitors got away to a
one-run lead in the first when G.
Rourk got on by an error and
came all the way around by the
same route. Southport took over
the lead in the last of the third
when a single by Hardison, a
double by Cheshire and sacrifice
flies by Webb and Thompson ac
counted for two runs.
Pincr, starting pitcher for Le
land, tried early and was reliev
ed by Ganey. The latter gave
way to workman in the sixth,
but Southport. had already com
piled her working margin.
Cheshire, Southport shortstop,
led the hitting attack with a
sing le, double and triple in five
times at bat. Hardison, local
third baseman, continued his
steady hitting, getting three for
five.
Jack Hughes pitched good ball
for the winners, allowing only
four hits. One of these was a
triple by Sam West in the fourth
The only .run earned off his de
livery came in the eighth when
Workman doubled and scored on
G. Rourk's single.
Victory in Sunday's game
brought the Southport average up
to the .500 mark once more, with
four victories and a like number
of defeats. Bladenboro, one ot
the strongest teams in the cir
cuit, will come here Sunday for
the first game between the two
teams this season. The contest
will begin at 3 o'clock, and local
fans are urged to turn out IS
support of their tesm.