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Southport. N. C.. Wednesday, August 14th, 1946
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Jication Of
emorial Organ
Sunday Morning
<ive Services Held At
ire';?v Methodist Church
f'ift Is Received In
& Of Mr.. Lilli.
Kw Furpless
riN RECITAL
s}nday AFTERNOON
te Congregation Was
' nt For Morning Ser
J Recital At 4:00
"o'-Clock Well At
tended
-en- Hammond organ at |
1 Methodist church, given:
Sce Fuipless and his two!
ijmes anil Lanier, in mem- j
'0f -he late Ullie Drew Fur- 1
1 \vas dedicated Sunday:
L at an impressive service j
'X-. > a congregation which
iitelv' filled the church audi- j
ir
KE w assist with the dedica- j
jervice was J Milton Pan- 1
Ciarlotte musician, whose |
K; 0t the keyboard was a ;
Qg inspiration to those who
i him
:ne prelude Mr. Panetti
Largo." by Handel. The
ration then joined in sing- 1
"-Come. Thou Almighty
r followed by the Apostles
' asd the pastoral prayer.
1 31 or.ier came the respon
racrz. Gloria Patri. New
jcsnt reading and regular
iccer.ents. For the offertory
Prc.i played "Penitent's
n; ? Intcrmetzo" (from'
ilin Rusticana > and "Largo" i
t Be New World Sym-|
tj Tie second hymn was
? a Thousand Tongues To
V rastor. Rev. O. X. Hinson.
r r the congregation in :
:e.i:mg in the dedi- 1
:r vvr.ory. pausing at one '
i ? v ' 'rsor.al tribute to
i k <:o<e memory was be
; tc::r. by the service. Fol- j
prayer of dedication
i duration sang "I Love !
?X. Lord." followed byj
V- Fur the post- j
IX: Paretti played "Grand
r.< bv Dubois.
c : r o'clock Mr. Panetti
( c organ recital, assisted i
Its. Panetti, soloist. This
n- vas also attended by a :
ic;.' congregation.
hitfNtwt
Flasht ?
UN SERVICE
- Sandav evening union ser- 1
! is week will be held at I
"r Methodist church. with ;
? Herbert M. Baker, pastor
fciport Baptist church, in i
IT" HERK
? ii Alligood, former
St. Phillips Episcopal
?.?.-as a visitor here over
' cr ; an.! preached Sun
. ? the union servicc
<?* Presbyterian church.
n Bl(. R \TTLESN AKES
- ? ?ttlesnakes. one hav- ?
and the other 13,
* ?" thi* week by colored
' on <ml near Orton
Heavy rains all
-v- :r,r : iiul cool weather
"Mr* snakes to be very
* n?w.
"WU AT BETHEL.
of revival services will
r i"'V evening. August
' Bethel Baptist church, near
^ " Rev Herbert M. Baker
' 'he preacher, and scr
s ' i br held at 8 o'clock
? throughout next
* Th? revival will come to
ir Sunday evening. Aug
5.
91I0X OI'KN
;/ A H. Marshall has re
* Position as librarian
^??-iport Public Library, and
, 5 the local library com
';'_'"'>ite applications for the
' " It is desired that the
kept open two after
wrr,v and persons
'!lr job of librarian
"" 3?c:" to Mr- r. Ed. Tay
^Vr,E
^ng. of courts between
Burn?y and Judge i
ttr,. authorized by
b IFl r;,0eg Cherry, brings
to Southport to
t, th' two weeks term ,
t0' c-iminal court that
^ 00 September 2.
_ ? ; r-'?'iv? :;a,? T Bennett
U,.' !ajt 'vctk of this
j' 4 -*-?ss {;: tie tiZ
FIRST SAILFISH
BEAUTY ? Captain Hulan Watts brought in the first
sailfish taken here this season Friday afternoon after L.
M. Bcyd, member of a party of Salisbury sportsmen, had
brought a 5-foot-8-inch beauty aboard. The party had
been out to the gulf stream.
Thousand Dollars In Prizes
Offered In Fishing Rodeo
First Annual Southeastern
North Carolina Fall Fish
ing Rodeo Will Be Open '
To All Anglers In The
Country I
CONTEST OPENS
ON AUGUST 30TH
Five ? Hundred Dollar
Sweepstakes Prize Being i
Offered To Fishermen
Who Land Best
Specimen
Cash prizes amounting to ap
proximately $1,000 and equipment J
awards valued at about $500 have |
been posted for the First Annual I
Southeastern North Carolina Fall i
Fishing Rodeo, open to all anglers j
in the country, between the dates'
of August 30 and September 30, i
inclusive. )
Believed to be the largest event
of its kind ever undertaken in 1
the Carolina s. the rodeo is spon
sored by the recently-organized
Southeastern North Carolina
Beach Association, whose presi
dent is Louis B. Orrell of Wil-j
mington and Fort Fisher and
whose first vice-president is E.
F. Middleton of Long Beach.
Top among the prize lists is a
cash award of $500 for the best
fish entered in the rodeo and
which is caught in the Atlantic
ocean from a party craft or priv
ate boat sailing from and to any
port between Rich's Inlet on the
north, and the South Carolina
North Carolina state line on the
south.
Other major prizes include $100
cash for the best fish caught
from any ocean pier in the same
area, and another $100 cash prize
(Continued on page fivei
Warning Signs
At Bad Bridge;
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Warning Signs Have Been
Erected At The Appro
aches Of Jackie's Creek
And Town Creek Bridges
The Stats Highway Commission
has recently placed warning
signs at the approaches to Jack-,
ie's Creek and Town Creek
bridges on Route 17. Both of,
these bridges are scheduled to
| be replaced by wider structures
jas soon as bids can be obtained
, at reasonable figures.
I lis Jackie's Crsok brings is
I (Ooattsued 6A pas? 4) j
Secretary Will
Assist Veterans
Mrs. J. W. Ruark, executive
secretary of the Brunswick j
County Chapter, American Red
Cross, spent the first three !
days of last week in Winston
Salem at the invitation of the j
Veterans Administration.
The purpose of her trip was |
to become thoroughly familiar
with helping veterans with
their paper work in connection
with various provisions of the
G. I. Bill of Rights. Mrs. Ruark
wishes to emphasize that she
is ready to render every pos- |
sible assistance to returned
service men.
Travel Council
Executive Here,
. 1
Representative Of North j
Carolina Agency For Pro
motion Of Travel Will
Spend Two Days In
Brunswick
Earl T. Petro, Jr., executive
manager for the North Carolina
Travel Council, with headquarters
at Pinehurst, will be at Southport
with W. B. Keziah the last of
this week. It is understood he
will be here two days with the
local man, and one day of this,
time, according to Mr. Keziah's
plans, will be spent at Shallotte
and the beaches down the coast.
In a letter to Mr. Keziah Mr.
Petro said he was very anxious
to talk over matters in which
the Travel Council could be of
service to this section by further
ing the travel industry, etc. The
organization has the means and
is anxious for a personal insight
that will aid them in following
the ways.
The North Carolina Travel j
Council is a non-profit organiza
tion. serving the North Carolina j
travel industry. It was organized i
at a meeting in Raleigh last
fall, at which meeting Walter
Cartier, of the Wilmington Cham
ber of Commerce, and Keziah
were the only representatives of
the North Carolina coastal sec
tions. The directors are Richard
Tufts, president, of Pinehuret; D.
Hiden Ramsey. Asheville. vice
president; Haywood Duke, treas
urer; J. Laurens Wright, Charles
iCcatfiSued Ca F> 5)
Whiteville Out
To Top Previous
Record Of Sales ;
Prices Remain High And
Steady; More Than Mil- ?
| lion Pounds Sold Friday ,
I TOTAL POUNDAGE
BREAKS RECORDS
Opening Of Second Week
Of Sales Finds Ware
house Floors Lined
With Golden
Weed
| Continuing to top all records in
j poundage sold and price paid, the
; Whiteville tobacco market sold
i 1,105,386 pounds of tobacco Fri
day for a total of 5,538 562
pounds for the season. Prices still
iemained high and steady, with
an average of S57.50 per hundred
reported from the office of Wal
ter H. Paramo- e, sales supervisor.
The total poundage exceeded
i by 486,703 pounds the 5,051,859
pounds sold during the same num
ber of days in 1945.
Bidding continued spirited, and
! the lower grades showed marked
(tendencies toward higher prices.
The opening of the second full
week of sales today found ware
house floors lined with thousands
of baskets of the golden weed.
Repo:ts throughout the coun
ty were that record sales were be
ing made for record prices. So
: far as could be learned Saturday,
? every tobacco market in the
'county had set a new record in
poundage sold.
A new high average was re
corded Thursday when the l'i
markets of the belt sold 9,150,997
pounds for $57.08 per hundred
pounds. This figure is $4:60 a
hundred above opening day
prices.
| Several markets reported block
! ed sales Friday for the first time
since the markets opened on Aug
ust 1.
The quality of offerings was
(Continued on page 4)
Numerous Cases
Tried In Court
Judge John B. Ward And
Officials Of Brunswick
County Recorder's Court
Disposed Of Heavy Dock
Before Noon
Although there was a fairly
he&vy docket to be disposed of|
here in Recorder's court Monday, i
Judge John B. Ward and other |
court officials were through work'
before the noon recess. Follow
ing is the disposition of cases:
John Gore, assault, nol pros.
Thomas McDonald, breaking
and entering. Motion for jury
trial and defendant bound over
to Superior court.
Thomas McDonald, assault and
threatening to kill, bound over to
Superior court.
R. E. Fink, speeding, capias for
arrest issued.
Wilbur R. Howard, speeding,
judgment suspended on payment
of a fine of $10.00 and costs. Fine
remitted.
vOontinued On Fage 5)
Cooke Cashier
Shallotte Bank
o
The Shallotle office of the
.Waccamaw Bank and Trust com
pany was opened for business' at
9:00 o'clock on Wednesday, Aug
ust 14th it was announced from
the home office of the bank here
Saturday.
The Shallotte bank will occupy
a frame building on the main
street of the village temporarily,
but it is expected that it will
move into a brick building being
erected by R. D. White. The new
building, to be completed in the
near future, is next to the Shal
( Continued on rage Four)
Deplores Waste
Of Small Trees
Soil Conservation Specialist
Points Out Valuable Use
To Which Uprooted Trees
Might Be Put
Seeing tractors uprooting the |
thousands of pine trees in the j
clearing work for the blueberry
farms near Southport, Soil Con- j
servationist LeRoy Mintz was!
moved to deplore the lack of a j
(Continued on Page 4)
Our
ROVING
- Reporter
; TV. Bt KEZ1AH
Speaking of the excessive rain
fall of 33-ioehes in 45 days,
Clarence Montgomerry of the
Brunswick river bridge communi
ty told us something last week
that we had not known. He said
that for every inch of rainfall
j there was a weight of 100 tons
added to each acre of soil. Most
of it has dried up and much more
has run off the surface. Still, ac
cording to Clarence and the book
he had with which to prove it,
old mother earth received some
thirty-three-hundred tons of
weight per acre in the shape of
rain during the later part of
June. July and August. J
I
Another thing we did not
know, and which it is safe to
say a good many of our readers
do not know, was told us by
j Charley Rourk of Bolivia. He
[said that the county could not
sell the courthouse and court
Ihouse Jot for two cents or any
'other figure, if it was ever decid
ed to set up elsewhere. The deed,
I iccc-iirg to CSa?Iey, jr vta Ota
Aged Resident
Passes Today
Mrs. Nettie Grissett Died
This Morning At Home
j in Grissettown; Funeral
Services Tomorrow
Mrs. Nettie Grissett. 78-year
old resident of Grissettown, died
i this morning at 8 o'clock at her
| home following an extended ill
ness.
j She is the widow of the late
S. E. Grissett and is survived by
(one brother, Curtis Hewett; one
sister. Mrs. H. A. Mintz; and by
! seven step-children: W. B., S. D.
land L. A. Grissett, Mrs. VV. M.
[Andrews, Mrs. J. J. Leonard.
Leonard, Mrs. J. C. Wilson and
Mrs. Lloyd Leonard.
j Funeral services will be held !
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock j
at Shallotte Baptist church, with
the body lying in state for one
hour before the sen-ice. Services
| will be in charge of the pastor,
Rev. R. Robert Carter, assisted
I by Rev. M. L. Mintz.
Burial will be made in the
, church ccretery, with the follow
ing serving as active pallbearers:
jj. C. Wilson, J. J. Leonard, Lloyd
Leonard, M. W. Andrews, J. C
?Haturs aii Curti* Hewett. j
courthousc land and all improve
ments, including buildings, to the
University of North Carolina if
the county ever ceases to use it
as a courthouse.
Northwest township got the
first road paving in Brunswick
county on No. 74. The stretch
running from the New Hanover
line at the Northeast Cape Fear
river bridge to the Columbus
county line at Delco. After get
ting this road first, one of the
first paved roads in the state.
Northwest township has never
got a foot of paving for any
j other road than this No. 74. Daw
son Jones and ? several other
J Northwest township folks got ua
j by the neck thi3 week. Said their
township pays 70 percent of the
j taxes for county government and
i asked if we did hot thir.k it was
[about time they got a little more
| attention to road building up
i there. Wc think they should get
some more attention.
Ar.d, wiUe those falows were
(ContlnuJu on page 4)
COURTHOUSE ? There have been several stages in the evolution of the present
! courthouse building at Southport, and the above picture shows how it looked before
a front porch and extension were added.
!01d Records Show Sale Of
Courthouse Site At Supply
Official Trace Of Existence!
Of Seat Of County Gov
ernment Discovered In
Search Of Title By Local
Law Firm
BOTH COURTHOUSE
AND JAIL THERE
Actual Location Of These
Buildings Not Definitely
Known; Records Lost
When Courthouse
Burned
Supply was once the county
seat of Brunswick county, both
the courthouse and jail, being
located there. This, however,
was more than a hundred years
ago, and no one seems to know
just how long as existing records
show that it was over 112-years
Last week a member of the
law firm ol^Frink and Herring
was tracing old records covering
real estate, when in Book K at
page 357 he came across a court
order or deed showing the sale of
I land on which the courthouse and
J jail had formeily stood. Mr. Frink
called the matter to the attention
of this paper and a full copy of
the deed is being published be
low.
It will be noted that the land
was sold by Cornelius Galloway
to Ulyssus Rourk on the 25th
day of February, 1934. The fact
that the lands had been public
and that this deed- was from one
individual to another is indicative
that other deeds or conveyances
preceeded this one. It also creates
a question regarding just when
the courthouse and jail at Supply
was abandoned. A good many
years ago the original courthouse'
at South port wis destroyed by j
fire. In this fire many of the j
oid record books were lost, and
apparently there is no existing
record of when or to whom the
county sold the land at Supply.
The one existing authentic re
cord of Supply having once been
the county seat is the following
from Book K. all written in long
hand and practically without
punctuation:
"State of North Carotin
"Brunswick County
"Court of Common Pleas and
Quarter Sessions, March term, i
1S34. The due execution of this!
(Continued on Page Five)
Considerable excitement at
tended the arrival here yester
day afternoon of Rev. and Mrs.
It. S. Harrison and children for I
a ?hort vacation.
Guests in the home of Mr. I
and .Mrs. C. C. Cannon, all
hand* had their attention fo
cused upon moving in baggage
and otherwise getting settled.
All hands, that is, except little
Russell, junior member of the
family.
Having become more or less
settled, the adults suddenly be
came aware that the young- j
ster had completely disappear- ]
ed from sight, and it was not
until aft?r 80-minutes of an
xious searching that he was
' discovered up at the Wells
Fish House, a good m *hree
blocks from where he started.
The excitement over, friends
here calmed down to welcome
the Harrisons for a visit to the
town In which they lived for
five years while he was pastor
of Trinity Methodist church.
Child Disappears
For Few Minutes
I -
Brunswick Boys
I And Girls Meet
^Five 4-H Club Representa
tives From This County
Attending Short Course
In Raleigh This Week
I Five young Brunswick county
boys and girls, members of the
4-H clubs and representing Le
| land, Bolivia and Southport
schools, are attending the 4-H
short course that is be'ing held
in Raleigh this week. With them
in Raleigh is Miss Alene Mc
| Lamb, home demonstration agent
/or Brunswick^
The delegates arc Betty Todd
Corlette and Herbert Swain for
Southport: Ann Fulcher. Leland,
izi Lester Edwards and Dorothy
1 (Continued Oa Pag6 5)
Ship Anchored
Here In Harbor |
Liberty Ship, Formerly Un- 1
der Foreign Registery, '
Will Be Taken To Lay-In
Basin
Among the three ships coming I
in yesterday on their way to the
lay-in basin on the Brunswick
River was the Alexander Barin
off. This ship was put under
double anchor here in the harbor
and it is assumed she will be
kept here for several days be
fore being taken on to the basin.
The Alexander Barinoff is an
American built Liberty ship that
was acquired by Russia early in
our participation in the war. She
was originally named the Valeria
Chkolax. Two years ago she ran
into a terrific Arctic storm and
was broken completely in half.
The broken pieces were towed to
an American dry dock and refit
tcfl together in short order. She
shows no sign of ever having
broken in half.
Following her period in the
dry dock she was rechristened
the Alexander Barinoff and has
since been back in service.
According to reports circulat- !
ing around in the neighborhood j
of the basin, a good many of |
the basin bound ships may be ,
anchored at Southport for short ;
periods between now and the
first of the year. Hie basin is
(Continued on Page rive)
Council Points
Out Advantages
Under Deer Law
Member Of Board Of Con
servation And Develop
ment For This District
Says That Season Was
Designed To Help Game
OTHER COUNTIES
HAVE LAY DAYS
Council Says That With
Brunswick Open For
Hunting Six Days
Each Week Out
siders Come In
Last week W. B. Keziah wrote
John Findlay, game and fish
commissioner at Raleigh, explain
ing that some of the hunters in
Brunswick were dissatisfied with
the new deer hunting regulations,,
especially as regards the lay
days.
A prompt reply from Mr. Find
lay gave assurance that the let
ter and petitions that are being
filed by Brunswick hunters would
be brought to the attention of
the board for whatever action
they could take at their next
meeting.
This week, ,Mr. Keziah also re
ceived a letter with regard to
the deer hunting from K. Clyde
Council, member of the Depart
ment of Conservation and De
velopment. Mr. Council point*
out some things that should be of
interest to those who wish to
see our woods continue to be well
stocked with deer. His letter is
being printed in full:
"John Findlay has sent to me
a copy of your letter of August
I. V
"I hope that the folks in
Brunswick county who are not
suLisfied with the proposed deer
season will at least feel that the
Board is not trying to do some
thing against them but rather
trying to do something for them
and are making a sincere effort"
to conserve and perpetuate our
natural resources <e> that those
who come after ? s ( wtii feci that
we of the present generation . itid
attempt to render a fair account
ing of our stewardship.
"I believe that someone gave
a definition of conservation as,
preservation through wise use.
The Board is charged by law with
seeing to just that.
"At the Morehead meeting last
year I opposed shortening the
deer season and bag limit because
the folks had not had an oppor
tunity to express themselves] This
year prior to the Morehead meet
ing public hearings were arrang
ed. I was present at the Eliza
bcthtown meeting July 3 and ex
pressions of those in attendance
convinced me that with the ex
ception of Brunswick county
there was a demand for lay days
or split week in preference to the
long season such as we have pre
viously had.
"After listening to all who
cared to be heard, it is my re
collection that Mr. Prevattc who
spoke for Brunswick county, In
dicated that if the other folks in
the section wanted lay days or
a split week he would go along
with them.
"In trying to work out one
schedule which would conic near
est mee.ing the wishes of the
folks in the Southeastern coun
ties and at the same time take
one step toward conservation, I
suggested the split week. In do
(Continued on page 4)
Man Is Held On
Serious Charge
Supply White Man Bound
Over To Superior Court
For Trial On Charge Of
Attempted Criminal As
sault
Donald Edward Swearingin, 35
year old white man originally
from Millvillc Bay, Fki., but re
siding at Supply for the last two
months, was arrested Friday by
Deputy Sheriff Odell Blanton, on
a warrant charging attempted
criminal assault with intent to
commit rape. The man resisted
arrest and this brought an addi
tional charge of resisting an of
ficer.
Magistrate L. H. Phelps, of
Lockwoods. folly township, bound
Swearingin over to the next terra
of Superior court under a bond
of *500.00.
According tc the arresting of
ficer Swearingin, worked for tha
International Paper Company as
wood cutter since his arrived in
I Brunswick. *
When arranged before Magis
trate Phelps, Swearingin is said
| to have behayed in a threatening
1 manner. Asked by the magistrate
if he choose to plead yfcliy,
reply wm, JJell, 50."