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Brunswick County
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Southport. N. C.. Wednesday. August 7th, 1946
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lonial Beach
it For Early
Building Boom
, Name Has Been Adop
j By Owners Of Bel
jpv-Robinson Land, Lo
|Kd On Ocean Front
ear Holden's Beach
L'DE INTERESTS
(buying priperty
l(j To These Places Is
As First Important
ee(j For Development
Of New Section Of
Beach
?mned beach development
tfte Bellamy-Robinson and
.. is east of Shallotte In
L'been given the official
0f Colonial Beach.
tlv \v. E. Bellamy and
L-er Robinson, owners of a
".:ac: of beach land on the
ocean strand as Holden's
V'soM a 2880-foot frontage,
nearly a mile back to
jijjj waterway, to the
Pine Lumber Company
-umber of prominent indi
b of Spruce Pine, Asheville
points in Western North
jM This land was divided
? the lumber company and
I others interested each get
a frcr.tase of 240-feet and
ie i?P'
iss&Cv in this group of
s 'we-e connected with
M.ra Corporation in
|<tfical capacity during the
T-oticing Mica for the gov-,
it Adopting part of the
|, ?; .r corporation they
:v: -iur.tvg the war, they
their stretch of the beach ,
Beach.
| \Y< stern North Caro
. jireeing, Messrs. Bel
j a.-.: Robinson decided this
I to give their remaining
is'.itgs the same name,
t Western North Carolina
er.; iiyers were represented
D. ; Smith, of Southport,
*css: with them at Spruce
[ as: ?to has one of the 12
to itectages. Mr. Smith
I Sat tie Western North
is folks will build at least
h iiwr.es just as soon as
ar. jet materials.
Itey ir.d Robinson are set
am:: to develop their re
sj ioag stretch of beach
Mr Kobinson also owns
p tract adjoining Holden's
ami running down to the
|" : Ccior.ial Beach. This
?& be developed, and in a
time there should be
* real estate activity all of
*5? from Lockwoods Folly
'?5 Siallotte River inlet.
Beach. Robinson's
J Cclornal Beach will
: continuous strand from ,
'j Inlet, and it is said to be i
| ? fie smoothest and most
strands on the lower!
(Cttaued on Page 4)
hkfNtwt
Flashes
Bt.ILDING ,
Ml i of Shallotte has I
r W. E. Bellamy build- 1
Shallotte and will move |
tS store there as soon as |
fa? work can be done on|
?nicture.
? millet catch
? ;^and pounds of mul- ,
*?rr. caught one day lastj
the fishery at Little |
^ war Shallotte. The fish
2;H' to have been of good
1*4 good catches are ex
K Tc in. jr order shortly.
[WOOtSG repairs |
?- '?'"-'.son pharmacy building I
'??wgaing extensive repairs.
ttv cr-.cert floor, new walls
Kw overhead ceiling is be
ll;*'- It has been found ini
to keep a wooden floor 1
?e wiMing for any length of j
"ttcnox
ar?g in the Shallotte
P advertisement in the
tobacco edition was Mrs. ,
??"'? White. Mgr. This is!
Edward Redwine is
" hi- b<-en since last
Thi3 paper regrets
a!"l is very happy to
<* correction
^51 NOT MCESSABY
?^V to a rather general
J, are a resident of
?f'ik County y?u can in
jjj ' wpostcd waters with
l to have a fishing lic
? applies only when
*7 ?Bluuwa, shrimps or oth
gi., Uy-'-'- If you use art
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yiii iavs i zeezs*.
TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH
1? ?? ? , ?
m
nCw organ? a new Hammond organ, gift of Price Furpless and his two sons,
?James and Lanier, in memory of the late Lillie Drew Furpless. will be installed at
Trinity Methodist Church this week in time for use Sunday morning, when an ap
propriate dedicatory service has been arranged. J. Milton Panetti, Charlotte musi
cian, will be present as guest organist.
Coast Guard Commandant
Pledges Speedy Return
Speaking Sunday At Man
I teo Celebration, Admiral
Farley Promised That
Strategic Stations Will
Soon Be Restored
I
OAK ISLAND WILL
BE AMONG FIRST
Commandant Also Promises
That Men Will Be As
signed Stations Near
Own Home Wher
ever This Is Pos
sible
Of particular interest to fisher
men, shrimpers and small boat }
operators in this area is the
promise made at Manteo Sunday
by Admiral Joseph F. Farley, U.
S. Coast Guard commandaht, that
life saving stations located at
strategic places along the coast
will be restored to normal I
strength as soon as possible.
Residents of Brunswick county
have been assured that Oak Is
land station is regarded as one
of the more important life sav
ing stations, and it is believed
that this activity will be among
the first to be built back up to
full working strength.
At a celebration marking the
156th birthday of the U. S. Coast
Guard, Admiral Farley, asserted
that "like the other armed ser
vices we have been going through
a period of intensive demobiliza
(Continued on page 4)
Good Fertilizer
Helps Corn Crop
County Agent Says That
Brunswick County Farm
ers Have Used More
Than Usual On This
Year's Crop
The Brunswick county corn
crop received a great deal better
fertilization and cultivation than
usual this year, according to '
County Agent J E Dodson and
is showing a greatly increased
yield per acre.
The corn crop, with the ex
ception that there are damaged
spots where lowland crops were
affected by the excessive rains, is
a splendid one this ypar. It will)
conis ir. hxziy wises x good crop
(Continuea on F?*e Four*
I
Examination For
Two Postoffices |
Mrs. Edna Bell, secretary
for the Civil Service Commis
sion, has received announce
ment of competitive examina
tions to be held for the job
of postmaster at Bolivia and
at Shallotie. Applications must
be properly executed and on
file at Washington, D. C., be
fore the close of business on
August 28, 1946.
The Bolivia postoffice pays
$2300.00 per year to the post
master while the Shallotte
office pays an annual salary
of S2900.00.
Necessary application forms
may be obtained from one oi
the above postoffices, or from
the II. S. Civil Service Com
mission, Washington, D. C.
Rain Cuts Short
One-Sided Game
Bladenboro Won Abbrevia
ted Contest, 9-0; Local
Fans Hope To Hold'
Team Together Remain
der Of Season
I 1
Southport was trailing Bladen
boro by a scorc of 9 to 0 when
rain put a stop to proceedings
here Sunday afternoon.
Struggling along without the '
services of their regular pitcher, j
Southport was having a rough;
time of it. Only two Southport j
men appeared in the local line-up, |
and but for the continued sup- !
port of the Wilmington troys'
would have been unable to field
a team.
Sunday afternoon the locals go ;
to Leland, and an all-out effort j
is being made to field the strong
est possible team for that engag
ement. Not only is there plenty j
of rivalry between these two j
Brunswick county entires in the
Eastern State League, but local
fans are doing all they can to
keep a going club togeather dur
ing the tail-end of this season, j
ioolur.g shaad to batter things]
?.aX t
New Owners Will
Produce Timber
Parties Who Recently Pur
chased Large Tract Of,
Land In Smithville Town- j
ship Will Try To Improve i
Timber Growth
It is unofficially stated that !
Robert E. Lee and Mr. and Mrs. j
Robert M. Lee, of Manning, S. j
C., who recently purchased 11,000 1
acres of Brunswick county* lands |
and are purchasing more, have i
improved timber producing in
view. At the same time they are
not connected with the pulp mill (
interests and have entirely dif
ferent methods of operations.
They plan a great deal of
drainage to stimulate the growing
of the trees already on the land.
With this drainage will go bet- j
ter fire protection.
Not the least interesting, it is
stated, is that their lands will
not be in the nature of a closed
(Continued on page 4) 1
Two Weeks Term
Of Superior Court
Opens Sept. 2nd
Judge Walter J. Bone Will
Preside Over September
Term of Brunswick Coun
ty Superior Court Next
Month
DRAW JURY LIST
? FOR TWO WEEKS
Week Beginning September
2nd Will Be For Trial
Of Criminal Cases;
Second Week Fof
Civil Actions
' Judge Walter J. Boone is to'
preside over the two-weeks termj
of Superior couit that is to con
vene here on September 2. The
first week is to be devoted to the
tml of criminal cases and dur- 1
"ng the second week, beginning1
iieard C1 ^ CiVil cases wil1 bc
At their meeting Monday the
board of county commissioners
jdrew the following jury list to
serve at the civil term:
L.)^. Milken, C. P. Little.
Iceland; A. J. Smith, Youth
Gore Ash; M. S: Ganey, Jr., w. |
p v ent?n' H- O. Peterson, Joe
| ? Verzall, Leland; John W. Lan
caster, J. b. Cochran, J. e. Pin
ner, Lee Clemmons, L. W. Clem
Z? arnd J' A- McNei". South-,
P rt, Lacy Lancaster, Hoyle
Varnum, Sr., J. w. Mills, a Hob
l"shm SUPPly: R F' Swain'
I ? S. Holden, Ed Mercer, Foster
W Han?'!,Via^' S' Clifton'
V\ Harvell. G. M. Ludlum, c.
L. Holden H. M. Fullwood, R. L.
'-on, J. M. McLamb, W H
McLamb, D. N. Hewett. M. L
Sfbow8^110116'' G" M Rei*
F?r thc civil term, beginning
on September 9th, thc following
ju.ynien are being summoned:
Leroy Mintz, S. F. Reaves, E. E.
Parker, L. C. Rourk, C. A. Stan
wY' i ?' Danf01d. Carl Hewett,
, ? L- Hewett. Shallotte; L. B.
Leonard, Southport; E. L. Clem
mons J. D. Johnson, A. L. Me" -
pf' Dewey Robbins, VV.
I; ,Medlw' Leland; George. B.
Phelps, John B. Clemmons, J. E I
Long, S. J. Privett, T. H. Phelps, i
S- H. Hewett. Z. V. Phelps, Sup
Ward a A' Blnnett' Jr- M'an
Fvanc ?nson Babson. Armstrong
Evans B a. Russ. J. L. Smith!
Pile Of Tobacco
Averages Dollar,
M. P. Green, Shallotte Far- !
300-Pound Pile
Of Tobacco Friday For
Even $300.00
M. p. Green, young Shallotte
mer, says he sold a 300
pound pile </ tobacco on the
Whiteville market Friday for ex
actly $300.00. The tobacco
brought $1.00 per pound.
sj ?ethaVeragf prlce for tobacco
since the market opened has been
around $9.00 or $10.00 higher per
hundred than it was last year.
On thc other hand the price that
tobacco growers and farmers
Zl? 1? P?y for about everything
/^.y ? about twlce what "t
( Continued on page six)
Our
ROVING
' Reporter
I Deputy Sheriff OdeH Blanton
and I were figuring on going
fishing yesterday, down to Judge
John B. Ward's pond in Wac
camaw township. We were not
figuring on getting arrested, as
I the Judge had told us we could
go. Besides, having the deputy
with us was to be an additional
safety precaution when fishing
on a pond that is posted. They
tell us that the Judge's pond is
full of bass and perch The trip
that was to have been made
: yesterday, and which was post
poned on account of rain, was in
order that we could see for our
selves that the fishing was good.
We never believed judges or any
body else when they told us they
had a fine fishing place, unless
they would let us try it.
Saturday, while we were keep
i ing up our good repuatation of
1 always beir.g at SiaUatta cm Sat
urdays, we raa acraas
E. J. Prevatte. of Southport He
was busy trying to put over some
sort of a horse trade with R. D
White, for automobiles. He told
us to stick around and he would
bring us home, two hours ahead
of the bus. Which is why we
disappeared from Shallottc about
the middle of the afternoon.
They tell us at Shallotte that
! Doris Frink curried her whole 4S
! pages of last week's State Port
; Pilot to the Shallotte Cheatre m
I order to get admitted to the
show. As you may not have
read the little item in this
column last week, we should re
peat here that through the friend
ly cooperation of both the Shal
lotte Theatre and the Amuzu at
Southport, some woman or girl
is getting a free ticket to a show
each week, one at Shallotte and
lone at Southport. Mrs. McKin-j
I ley Kewett will be to a!
1 (Continued on Page Four)
W. B. KEZIAH
Statistics On Recent Rains
May Be Expressed In Feet
Rainfall Nears 3-Foot Mark In Period Covering Less
Than Two Months; Waccamaw River .
Still Rising
The amount of rainfall in
Brunswick county since June
15 may well be expressed In
feet instead of in inches, for
during this period of less than
two months the total has
reached 33.36-inches. That, of
course, is just a little shy of
three feet, or one yard.
Existing records for the
local station of the TJ. S.
Weather Bureau went by the
board during July when .there
was a total of 20.05-taches
precipitation. August Is away
to a fair start with a total of
2.26-inches during the first
week.
One result of the protracted
rainy spell has been generally
cool weather. Only on three
occasions thus far this sum
mer has tlie murcury climbed
as high as the 89-degree mark.
During most of the days the
maximum temperature for
each 24-hour period has been
In the low eighties.
Following In the wake of re
cent rains, Waccamaw river Is
on its' way to an all-time
mark for high water. Coy
Form.v Duval, in charge of the
government water guage at
New Brltian bridge, says that
the reading till? morning stead
at 14.47-feet, with the water
still rising. Previous high-water
maik was an even 15-fect. ....
Highway Department Men
Begin Surfacing Road
Hunters Protest
Deer Regulations
About one hundred Bruns
wick county hunters and pro
perty owners met Friday night
at Bolivia high school and
perfected plans for making an
appe-.il to the game division of
the Department of Conserva
tion and Development with re
gard to changes in the deer
law as it has been set up for
the coming season.
Particularly objectionable to
the hunters !s the provision
for lay-days, which would per
mit hunting on Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday only. Peti
tions bearing hundreds of
names will be sent to the Ra
leigh officials in support of
the request that these lay-days
do not apply to Brunswick
county.
Aged Resident
Laid To Rest
Edward B. Stanley, Sr.,
Died Friday At Dosher
Memorial Hospital Fol
lowing Illness Of One
Week
Following a week's illness Ed
ward B. Stanley, Sr., died here
In the Dosher Memorial hospital
Friday morning at 11 o'clock. Mr.
Stanley had resided in Southport
about three years. He was 73
years of age but was active as
his work as a shoe salesman un
til about a week preceeding his
death.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Hattie L. Stanley, Wilming
ton; a daughter, Mrs. B. M.
Beine, Atlanta, Ga.; three sons,
James Winfield Stanley, South
port, Edward B. Stanley. Jr.,
Stanley, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla.,
and Rudolph H. Stanley. Wilming
ton; six sisters, Mrs. Betty Ward
and Mrs. Cora Piner, Morehead
City; Mrs. Alice Moore. Mrs. Guy
Jones, and Mrs. Fanny Frazer,
Swansboro, and Mrs. Maggie Pin
er, Jacksonville, Fla.; three bro
thers. Charles Stanley, Morehead
City, Nob B. Stanley, Fayette
ville, and James Stanley, Swans
boro; and two grandsons.
The remains were prepared for
(Continued on page 4)
Routine Session
Of Court Held
Several Cases Were Dispos
ed Of Here Monday Be
fore Judge Ward; Ses
sion Over Before Noon
The Brunswick county Record- 1
er's court docket was disposed of
before noon Monday, with a total
of seven cases up before Judge
John B. Ward. The following
disposition was made of cases: |
Willie Caison and Bessie Cais
on. assault, nol pros with leave, j
Willie Smith, alias Spera, lar-!
ceny. bound over to Superior I
court.
J. Lee Brewer, larceny, bound .
over to Superior court.
Aaron Abrams, speeding, judg-l
ment suspended on payment of a
fine of 110.00 and costs.
Stacey Jenkins, no operators
license and without registration
card, held open until August 19th. I
Lonnie Grice, larceny, bound 1
over to Superior court.
Mabel Urghart, possession,
pleaded guilty and was fined
jlO.Cfi isi taxti witi ccsts. '
ft
Paving Of Read Between
Shallotte Village Point
And Highway Begins On
Other End Of The Pro
ject
IMPROVED ROAD
TO SERVE MANY!
Several Weeks Ago And
Has Been Hampered
By Heavy Rains
Recently
Using its own road building
outfit and construction crew, the
State Highway Commission be
gan work last week on the five
mile stretch of road from Shal
lotte Village to Route 17, just
below Shallotte. With moderate
ly good weather the paving is ex
pected to be all laid within 60 j
days.
The work began at the Village |
Point end of the road, running I
towards the highway. ? vf
the stretch, preliminary to the
paving, was started in the spring
and towards the last it was de
layed by the beginning of the
rains in mid-June.
Somewhere around a hundred
families live in and around Shal
lotte Point and along this road
to the intersection with No. 17.
These families and others living
around Shallotte, and hundreds of
sportsmen enroute to the Point
for hunting and fishing, make the
stretch much traveled. During the
rainy period last winter the
road became all but impassable.
Shallotte Point
Making Progress
New Business Places Are
Springing Up At This
Popular Resort Spot;
More Hotel Facilities Are
Needed
Shallotte Point is definitely on
the up-grade. R. C. Fergus, of
Wilmington, has just completed a
large new shrimp house at that
place and it is said that the
Fales fish and shrimp firm of
Wilmington will start construc
tion on. another one in the im
mediate future.
John W. Garner, who built the
Anchor hotel at the point two
years ago, has found his hotel
facilities already much overtaxed.
The hotel is situated on a two
and-one-half acre tract and to
help take care of the room short
age Mr. Garner has recently com
pleted two four room cottages
and is now completing a three
apartment building with four
rooms to each apartment. Even
with these added facilities he
stated Saturday that he hardly
knew how he was going to begin
to handle the increased patronage
that is sure to come with the
(Continued on Page Six)
Commissioners In
Session Monday
Three Road Matters Dispos
ed Of And Other Routine
Business Handled By.
Board In First Of Month j
Meeting
Among the nutters of. business
disposed of by members of the
board of county commissioners
here Monday were three road
petitions.
The board recommended that
the road leading from highway
Bolivia and the road leadir.g
from Bolivia, to highway 303 be
drained, graded, briigtd isi hard
(OoaUAusd on Pag* BUi
Tobacco Prices
Advancing Daily
On Best Grades
Tobacco Pouring Onto
Whiteville Market For
Beginning Of First Full
Week Of Sale.
TOBACCO BRINGING
GENERAL SATISFACTION
Rain Cause* Drop In Sales
On Second Day Through
out Eight Market Bar
der Belt
With the beginning of the first
full week of sales for the 1946
season, tobacco was pouring onto
the' warehouse floors in White
ville today while the golden weed
was reported bringing a very
satisfactory 55c average.
During the first two days of
sales last week, more than a mil
lion and a half pounds were sold
on the Whiteville market. The
farmers were reported generally
pleased, with only a few turning
their tickets.
After a fluctuating beginning,
sales soon steadied and prices
ranged upward to an average of
55 cents, with some individual
sales reported as high as 66
cents.
Quality of offerings was re
ported generally good. Especially
strong prices were being paid for
weed of better quality.
The eight Border Beit markets
sold an estimated 5,744,351 pounds
of tobacco and recessed their la
bors Friday night for a two-day
week end holiday.
The combined poundage sold
on all the markets average bet'
ter than $54 per hundred during
the two-day sales period.
The Border Belt markets open
ed Thursday morning at 9:30 un
der weather conditions sports
writers would have lazily called
"rained out."
Rain has been falling intermit
tently on most of the eight mar
kets, resulting In a drop of three
quarters of a million pounds of
the golden weed n irketed, Friday
as comrnmr^ft>r*'(irrar.rf?i<e plac
ed for sales opening day.
The markets yesterday saw a
slight increase in the quality of
leaf offered on -some markets,
while some markets reported a
considerable amount of tobacco
damaged fron\ prevailing damp
ness being placed for sale.
The weather, if present bond!*
tions persist, will eventually
cause a slow down in sales vol
ume throughout almost the en
tire belt, market officials predict
ed last night.
However, warehousemen and
planters alike, jubilant over the
first two days of sales, predicted
that this week will see heavier
sales on all markets.
Farmers Using
Banking Credit
Figures Compiled During
Past Fiscal Year Reflect
Improved Financial Con'
dition Of The Farmers
North Carolina agriculture is
currently in a stronger financial
position than it was at the close
of World War I, according to
Prince O'Brien, Cashier, Wacca
maw Bank & Trust Co., Soullv
port, who has been designated
by the North Carolina Banker*
Association as Brunswick Court
ty Key Banker.
Reporting on the results of a,
national survey of bank lending
in 1945 made by the Agricultural
Commission of the 'American
Bankers Association. Mr. O'Brien
said that in North Carolina it
shows that farmers use only ; a
tenth of the bank credit avail-,
able to them. The 208 banks'iiT
the state which serve agriculture
made 93,185 loans to 63.398
farmers last year for a total
amount of {37,465.000. On Jan
uary I, 1846. these banks had
farm loans outstanding of $18,
872,000. On the same date these
banks had $217,120,000 additional
for agricultural loans had the
farmers needed it.
That the credit extended by the
banks to their farm customers i?
a useful tool of agriculture is
shown by a breakdown of these
over-all figures, he added. Last
year 55.222 farmers procured
farm production loans in an ag
gregate amount of 125,697.000.
Farm real estate loans were made
| to 7,669 farmers for a total of
$11,324,000 On January I, 1946,
these were outstanding in the
banks $5,821,000 in production
loans and $11,186,000 in long-term
farm real estate loans. Loans on
crops in storage insured by the
Commodity Credit Corporation
were made by the banks to only
507 lanr.ers icr e tote! etf orj*
(Continued tt page tlx)