Meet Champion
Snake - Killer
By James D. Bellainy? ,
During Past Few Nerve
Wracking Weeks
- James D. Bellamy. Jr.. of Sbal- ,
lotJte township, is undoubtedly the
rattlesnake Killing c=,on ?
kUeiedm?three Urge rattlesnakes
and two rattlesnake Pllot
within the past two weeks JoU j
more rattlers have been killed y.
others on the Bellamy farm
of the three rattlers by M ?
lamy One of them was in the
barn loft and Mr. Bellamy went,
UD the.e at night in search of a
board. He was t eeUng ar oun
for the board and .thinks he mu
have touched the snake. ^y
wav the reptile sounded off ai
most in his face as he stooped
over feeling ->n the barn floor
He straightened up in short order |
Si went backwards at the same;
time. Getting a flashlight and
his rifle he made short work of j
killiitg this one. It had 10 ra
and a button.
The second of the three snakes,
was found and killed just out
side the Bellamy hog pen. Al
though fairly large it had only
four rattles.
The third and largest snake
was killed this past week in the ;
Bellamy cornfield. Mr.
was githering corn and says he
stepped directly on
2TSS m c. awling or stretched
out on the ground. From the feel
ing under his foot Mr. Bellamy
had the instinct to jump before
the reptile could coi., sound
buzzer and strike.
A c. awling rattler cannot strike,
but it can whip into a coil and
strike like a whiplash. This one
was sounding its warning and
Mr. Bellamy was taking a lonj,
step at the same instant. The
reptile had 16 rattles and a huge
fellow.
Rovin' Reporter
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not setting ourself up as being
qualified to advise the farmer,
but we believe there are many
of them who can profitably en
gage in small scale growing ot
some other things besides tobac
co. It seldom pays anybody to
keep all eggs in one basket. A
patch of strawberries, a few scup
pe.nong grape vines and the
other recognized good crops may
some day come in very handy
when neither tobacco production
or prices turn out to be what
was expected.
Many beautiful little well-kept
homes are found in the rural sec
tions of Brunswick. They are a
credit to the owners and com
munities, an inspiration to every
body else to do the best that can
be done with existing possibili
ties. Believing that the public in
general recognizes the fine com
munity effects resulting from
from having nice homes, we would j
like to have folks in all sections j
of Brunswick nominate the home- j
owner or owners who are making
an earnest effort to beautify their
home and grounds. Write us a j
short story about such people, !
telling us where they live and
what they are doing. If your
community is interested in the
efforts of any particular family
it is safe to say hat the county
is also Interested. If you are not
sure of your descriptive vocabu
lary, write us anyway, giving the
details. We will fix it up and
will not use your name, if you I
| wish.
It is getting- to be a hard mat
; ter to name someone in the Shal
lots community and someone at
Southport to give the free weekly
moving picture show tickef.
There are so many folks to whom
we would like to give these
tickets, and with only two each
week. At the Shallotte Theatre I
this week Mrs. Virginia Russ I
Bellamy will be admitted to any '
one show upon presentation of a
copy of this week's paper. At the
Amuzu at Southport Manager
Furpless will be glad to admit
Miss Loraine Hewett to the show
when she goes around with her
copy of the paper.
The parking lot and headquar- J
ters for the several hundred men |
that will be employed on the j
Brunswick river ship lay-in-basin
will be only about two-hundred
yards below routes 17 and 74 at
the Brunswick river bridge. The
community around the bridge is
naturally expecting a considerable
amount of development to result
from the basin operations. In
addition, that section of Bruns
wick county is makmg fine strides
on its own.
The tobacco growers and pro- [
ducers of other crops all know |
that to make a success in either
wet or dry seasons their soils
must have plenty of humus. This
fact has been preached in Bruns
wick county for many years. This
past summer afforded a good il
lustration of crop production dur
ing an extremely wet season. J
Hundreds of Bi unswick tobacco
growers who had provided for
humus in their soil by the plant
ing of cover crops made big crops
of tobacco, corn, etc. Coyer crops
to provide humus is about the
best fertilization and crop in
surance that can be put on farm
ing land. This fact and the fact
that commercial fertilizers for
next year's crops will likely be
extremely high in price should
encourage the planting of humus
producing and soil building crops
now while the season is here.
i
If the chance only presents it
self this department of The State
Port Pilot plans to take a leisure
ly two or three days trip from
Shallotte down the river through
Shallotte Point, Gause Landing,
Seaside and back to Grissettown,
or on down to Calabash and
back to Thomasboro. Such a trip
should provide a lot of interest
ing information about our com
mercial fishermen friends and
their work. In addition the pros
pects of development of the coast
al sections of Brunswick is a
matter well worth keeping posted
on. Next year will see a lot of
development in Brunswick coun
ty's big coastal area.
Interior points in Brunswick
usually feel the worst of the
mosquito pest during September
and October. This year these in
sects have been very few, accord
ing to all reports. The circum
stance is accounted for by the
fact that continuous raina kept
the waters always fresh. There
were no stagnant ponds of
streams in which the parent mos
quitoes could breed and hatch
their young. Warm weather and
dryness, if such weather prevails,
may yet bring out swarms of
the insects during the remainder
of October and early November.
The general belief, however, is
that the mosquito crop will con
tinue to be short during 1946.
The coastal sections of the coun
ty are seldom troubled by the in
sects owing to the prevailing
winds coming from seaward.
Undertakers might logically be
regarded as gloomy persons, not
at all interested in the life that
goes on all around them. This is
absolutely not the case with our
friend Grady Kilpatrick, owner of
the Kilpatrick Funeral Service.
NEW OYSTER ROAST
W?j Iwve opened an Oyster Roast at our Store and
Filling Station on Route 130, at Ash.
Fresh Oysters Daily . . . Roasted To Your Order
IKEY'S PLACE
ASH, N. C.
BUY IT NOW!
If you plan to give a watch
for Christmas, come in and
have us put it up for you
now while we have Elgins,
Bulovas, Hamiltons, Wal
thams . . . still available.
HARRY ROBINSON
Southport, N. C.
Our observation has lad us to
catalogue Mr. Kilpatrick as a
fine, friendly citizen who would
be an asset to any community
that had him. As for public spirit,
he is always the first to respond
In any worthy cause. To do him'
justice, he is not only the first j
to respond, he usually outdoes i
? > ?
everybody else.
Our friends Thomas and Croom j
who own and operate the Sin- 1
Clair Station and Garage at the
Brunswick river bridge have an
additional partner in the form of
a coal black cat lost the
whole of its tail in some my
sterious manner. The Thomas
Croom combination has no idea
how their ? black cat lost its tail.
They are likewise uncertain of
its pedigree. All they know is
that the feline took up with them
some time ago and remT^
tolerated companion ^ ,
elected member of the fii *1
boys. In addition to the,?' ^
garage business, have a y
looking after all 0f the ? ^
for the Gulf States <w*
| company and for the road i
I trading firm of Towlej
Cline. Despite all this wort, ,
look after the cat. 1
TRY US FIRST
Before you start talking about how hard it is to buy
food, come out to see us. Maybe we can save you a lot
of looking . . . and some good money, too.
J. B. COCHRAN,
General Merchandise
SOUTHPORT, N. G.
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ALL NEXT WEEK
October 28th - November 2nd
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