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SIXTEEN
NO. 44
6-pages today Southport, N. G., Wednesday, February 12, 1947
(1.50 PER YEAJ> PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNE3DAI
Evaluation of Property Will
\tart Immediately With Men
\amed to Handle This Work
of Board Of
* fv Commissioners
Monday With Men
? Will Have Char*,.
J Work And Discussed
(ans
.(F men work
^each township
goners Strew The
That Puyose Of
flrk Is To Equalize
Rather Th.a
Horizontal Increase
j-rj of the board of coun
met here Mon
% Tax Supervisor W. P.
Z. ai-,i men into whose
vjs been entrusted the Un
it business of revaluing for
j\', " ,,i Brunswick county
C'. . ?< a:: necessary work
Lenal already are in the
? these workers, and the
\". ? at once on the
i ^valuation.
,1 i,.; a-.#, chairman of the
i'r.iteii Monday fiat the
f purpose of the revalua
: t make an arbitrary
? a the value of every
.. ?roperty in Brunswick.
. - ; 'all values on a fair
si u?_ ? ling. "When this is
"we feet sure that
tr,;,.iitional tax valuation
t aJdeii to our books."
v. :?;> : out by the com-1
[?.;< that during the recent
there have been(
I improvements and new i
whose increased value
? . on reflected in the
his They see in this the
it inequities which
( V ironed out.
iwiard set of figures is
for arriving at valua- ,
l< property, and with all j
fc. personnel fully instruct
? s Juti <"? tesponsi- ,
tt s connection with the
kitpe of the county board j
i* matter of adding tax- J
i ae to the books may be
car.-i without working .
'x .ai hardships.
fcr.-; re the men who
i*r. secured to do the re
nt;:
ferest: Dawson Jones; R.
&r. and J. J. Peterson; i
ICS.-.. L. J. McKeithan, E. j
Sue-, and A. P. Henry; I
fcle: Carl S. Ward. C. R.
E and J. J. Loughlin,
lockwoods Folly: Cecile j
|i Lucian Fulford, and one j
li Eaned; Shallotte: Cecile '
belt, M. Dewey Anderson, |
1 Dave Bennett; Wacca
I David Ross, D. Bert Ed
Icl Robert S. Milliken.
Iritf Nttct
Flashtt
51 for business
Gilbert. who recently
11 here from Raleigh, has
r; ? barbershop in the old
lfcr this same business for
1 years.
?OXY qi ARTfcT
k Harmony Quartet, of L?e
? VJ1 sing at the Boone's
* Baptist church in Lock
k folly township Saturday
1 Feb. 15, at 7 o'clock. The
Ration is extending a cor
-'itaiion to the public to
?lese singers.
1 MINISTKR
1 W Mrs. J. McPhail Wag
expected to arrive here
*eek from Hartsville, Ga.
*ggett is the new minister
Xew Hope Presbyterian
{"? a- Winnabow, and the
^0rt Presbyterian church.
I*? Preach his first sermon
I * Pastor Sunday evening,
L*"er churches of the com
|. are giving over their
j*" ll> Join with the Presby
^ ;n welcoming their new
>wn has return
ela where he
NX h'f1" at 'he invita
; ,lcac' of that govern
ors m an advisory role
^ ton with an important
Project now under
b in ('0' Blown arrived
l?jt c ?^st of the recent
1,01 ng near tlie
4iu..r days, a change
? '"^ch he found very
Wilmington Radio Station
Salutes Brunswick Sunday
WMFD Will Feature News Of Places And
People Of This County On 1:30 O'clock
Broadcast Sunday
This week the Wilmington Star
News on their weekly broadcast
over Radio Station WMFD at
1:30 p. m., will salute Brunswick
county in the second of their
Sunday visits to the counties i
served by the papers in South- 1
eastern Carolina. The broadcast,
a half hour program, is produc
ed and directed by Ben McDon- i
i aid, the Star-News round the town !
reporter.
The program will highlight the i
development of the county, past
and present, and will cover the
I county from a fishing, agricultur
!al and industrial viewpoint.
Special musical interludes with
talent from in and about Bruns
wick county will highlight the
program.
In addition to the cast who will
broadcast, McDonald will also in
troduce and Interview several
prominent Brunswick residents.
Included in the people inter
viewed will be representatives
from Southporf, Supply, Shal
lotte, Bolivia and Leland.
The purpose of the program is
to acquaint the residents of
Southeastern North Carolina with
its neighboring counties and to
show the possibilities of the area
as a whole toward future pro
gress in the post war era.
A transcription of the program
will, be made and the transcrip
tion will be made available to
all civic clubs and schools
throughout the county.
Let Contracts For Two
Bridg es In Brunswick
New Structures, Together
With Approaches, Pro
vided For In Contracts
Awarded By Highway
Commission
WORK MAY BEGIN
ON PROJECT SOON
Present Bridges Over Alli
gator Creek And Bruns
wick River Are Dan
geroys And Out
moded
Work of constructing new
bridges across Brunswick river
and Alligator creek in North
West township are expected to
begin shortly as contracts for:
both structures were let last :
week by the State Highway j
Commission, according to an- ;
nouncement by Chairman A. H. ;
Graham.
Contract for construction of
both bridges was awarded to the j
V. P. Loftis Company, of Char- [
lotte, for the stated sum of $220,- j
820.35. For the fills leading up'
to the bridges E. W, Grannis
Construction Company, of Fay
etteville, was the successful low
bidder at a price of $91,123.53. j
The present bridges across the
above streams are old to the
point of being dangerous. An
additional hazardous feature is
that both are too narrow to
safely permit the passage of
heavy vehicles that meet at these'
points. Both of the new bridges
will be much wider than the old.
The high cost of structural
steel during war time and since
then has made it impossible to
secure earlier bids that were
within reason on either of the
above structures, according to
the highway officials.
Auto Stripped
Of Accessories
I
Representative Odell Wil
liamson Find# His Auto
Minus Numerous Remov
able Parts When Recov
ered By Police
The sedan stolen from Repre
sentative Odell Williamson from
where it was parked on the
streets in Raleigh ten days ago
and later recovered by State
Highway patrolmen, was in good
running condition when the offi
cers picked it up on a side road
four miles out of Raleigh.
However, it had been stripped
of all movable accessories. Among
the things taken were the rear
seat cushion, scat covers, ash
trays, radio and radio antenna,
glove compartment, clock, cigar
lighter, rear view mirror, etc.
The stolen articles had a value
(of $250.00 according to the repre
sentative. who drove the car
home when he returned for the
week-end at his home at Shal
j lotte.
The tires on the car were nfot
molested and the engine, having
plenty of oil. was not injured
during the four mile drive out of
Raleigh to the side road where
( Oocunuai. on V. '
Crashes Into Bus
Driven By Brother
The unusual in automobile
wrecks oocured Friday night
when a ear driven by Oscar
Johnson, of Bolivia, crashed In
to the rear end of a W. B. j
& S. bus driven by Johnson's
brother, Willie Johnson, of
South port. - ?
The bus, returning from Wil
mington, had made a regular
stop at Lanvale to discharge
passengers. The car, coming
from Wilmington, crashed into
the read end of the heavier
standing vehicle, breaking the
bumper and lifting the rear end
of the bus from the ground
with such force as to cause
jHMsengers in the rear of the
bus to hit the ceiling.
The bus was little damaged,
and the passengers received
only a good shaking up. The
car was not so fortunate. Its
entire front was smashed in
and Oscar Johnson, the driver,
received a severe cut on the
chin and was bruised about the
chest by coming into contact
with the steering wheeL He
was arrested on a charge of
reckless driving by state high
way officers and is scheduled
to be tried in the Recorders
court here next Monday.
Work Begins On
Farm Near Town
Twenty-Five Acres Being \
Prepared For Planting j
Tomato Seed For Plants
That Will Be Shipped
North
E. H. Sheppard, operator of
four large tomato farms at
Shiloh, N. J., is here this week
making preparations to sow 20
to 25 acres in tomato seed on
the Wallace Moore farm. The
purpose is to ship the plants by
truck to the farms he operates.
In an interview yesterday Mr.
Sheppard sa'd he had always
gotten his plants, from Georgia.
However, he had always wanted
to grow them at some point
where he could pull them one
day and set them out in his fields
the next. He will plant the
seed about March 20 and this
will bring them on at the New
Jersey transplanting time of
about the first of May.
About 100.000 tomato plants
are produced per acre and the
Brunswick county planting will
produce in excess of two million
plants. Mr. Sheppard says that
he will only require about a quar
ter of a million plants for use on
his own farms. "Hie balance he
produces here will be taken over
by the E. Prichard & Company,
a New Jersey canning concern.
| Eight or ten large transport
truck loads of the plants are ex
pected to be produced from this)
local planting. About 35 workers j
will be required to get each
truck load ready for shipment.
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Compromise Bill
Offered By Mintz
In Legislature
Brunswick Senator Injects
New Angle Into Row
Over Separation Of Hunt
ing And Inland Fisheries
From Department
EMBODIES MANY
SIMILAR FEATURES
Senator Mintz Is Credited
With Offering Bill With
Department's Blessing,
But Denies Those Of
ficials Knew Of It
A bill which many political ob
servers regarded as the Depart
ment of Conservation and De
velopment's opening gun in the
legislative fight over control of
the Division of Game and Inland 1
Fisheries was introduced in the j
Senate Monday night by Sen. Ru
dolph Mintz of Brunswick Coun
ty
The measure would create a
North Carolina Wildlife Re
sources Commission similar in
many respects to the commission
advocated in twin bills sponsored
by the North Carolina Wildlife
Federation. However, unlike the
Federation proposal, Mintz's bill
would permit the Resources Com
mission to function within the
Conservation Department.
Those who attempted to see
behind the bill the hand of the
Conservation Department met a
cold rebuff from Senator Mintz,
who insisted that it was his idea
and that he had discussed it with
no one before its introduction ex
cept Sen. John C.. Rodman of
Beaufort, who presented the
Wildlife Federation bill in the;
Senate.
Mintz said he had long been j
interested in the wildlife situation i
but did believe the answer to the 1
game problem lies in complete
segregation.
"It is my idea," he said, "that
so many of the divisions of the
Department of Conservation and
Development are so closely relat
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Several Cases \
Tried In Court
Numerous Cases Disposed
Of Here Monday Before
Judge W. J. McLamb
With J. W. Ruark Prose
cuting Docket
Numerous cases were disposed
of here in Recorder's court Mon
day before Judge W. J. McLamb,
with Solicitor J. \V. Ruark pro
secuting the docket. The follow
ing disposition was made of the
cases:
J. P. Sellers, assault, found
guilty of assault on a female,
given two years in the criminal
department of the State Hospital
at Raleigh.
William Gore, improper lights,
no auto license, fined $10.00 and
costs, fine remitted.
Oscar Johnson, recKiess opera
tion, continued to February 17th.
Milton C. Harris, improper
lights, no lights on trailer, capias
issued.
(Continued on Pasre 4)
WRECK OF SOUTHPORT BOAT
BEACHED ? The trawler Mary Clark, owned by Dr. L. C. Fergus, of Southport,
and with Clarence Simmons, of Southport, skipper, is seen as she lies on the beach
near Hattras after being lost during December. Her seams opened during a gale, and
she sank while trying to reach safety. All of her crew got off safely. ? (Photo Cour
tesy N&O ? Aycock Brown Photo.)
Murder May Have
Preceded Fire
Law Enforcement Officers
Of Brunswick Investigate
Possibility Of Foul Play
In Death Of Dawson Bel
lamy
The office of Sheriff John
White is investigating the pos
sibility that Dawson J. Bellamy,
25-year-old negro of the Royal
Oak community, was murdered
before his body was found in the
ruins of his 3-room home that
was destroyed by ,fire early on
the morning of Sunday, Feb
ruary 2nd.
Bellamy, described by citizens
of Supply as an industrious and
well-respected negro, had attend
ed a party the previous night.
According to Chief of Police
Coleman, of Shallotte, who has
been assisting the sheriff in the
investigation, he attended a party
the previous night. Leaving the
party at 2:30 o'clock Sunday
morning, he took six other ne
groes to their homes in his car.
The last three of his friends left
him at his home when he_ arrived
there at 2:45 o'clock. His body
was taken from the fire-destroy
ed home at 3:30 o'clock and evi
dence points to the whole 3-room
house having been completely de
stroyed within 20-minutes after
the fire started.
The negro is said to have had
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New Organ For
Episcopal Church
Beautiful Instrument Dedi- j
cated With Appropriate
Service Sunday Evening
To Memory Of Late
Henry Churchill Brag- !
aw
A beautiful new Estey Electric
Organ was presented to the con
gregation of St. Phillips Episco
pal church Sunday night at a
dedicatory service. Hie gift, !
from the Woman's Auxiliary of
the church, was a memorial to I
the late Captain Henry Churchill
(Continued on Page 4)
Our
ROVING
Reporter
W. B. KEZUH
The fellows who ever rode on
the end of a crosscut saw can
appreciate the modern version of
the implement, now on th.-- mar
ket and in use. Charles Taylor,
of the Carolina Equipment Com
pany, at Leland, was showing us
one of the implements this weckl
As is the ease with the old saws,
two men are required to handle
it, but a compact 12hp gasoline
engine furnishes the power. The
saw is a chain affair, mounted
on a track that looks like the
blade of a cross-cut. The saw
revolving over this track at high
speed zips down trees and cuts
Off blocks of wood at about the
same speed at which the buzzer
of a modern sawmill shaves '.off
lumber. All the two men have to
do is to lift the saw -to wherever
it is desired to make a cut. The
cut is of about the same thick
ness as that made by a cross-cut
saw.
Attractive signs advertising i
Orton Plantation and Gardens
have been erected at scores of
points along U. S. Highway No. j
17. The thousands of tourists who
use this popular route between
the north and south are getting
a good opportunity to determine
the location of the popular Bruns
wick county show place that they
have seen pictured and have read
so much about in the newspapers
and magazines.
Shallotte folks are circulating
petitions, asking for better tele
phone service than they are, now
getting. At the present time only,
half a dozen phones are available ?
for the whole town and com- j
munity. The owner of the lines .
running there is said to have re
fused to install additional phones {
or extend the service and the j
present move is relative to the
disposing of the existing franchise
in order that someone else, may
take over. It is believed that
there is a demand for at least
a hundred new phones in the
Shallotte community.
Hills Brock, who lives two and
a half miles out of town on the
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Southport Included On
C.A.A. Recommended List
Court Defendant
Loaded For Trouble
Monday was a full day of
adventure for A. C. (Chaddie)
Simmons, of Ash. Coming to
court that morning to answer
to a charge of beating bis wife,
he was very cold outside and
very warm inside when he ar
rived.
Judge McLamb, feeling that
his court was in contempt, sent
him to jail until next Monday
when he is due to answer the
; wife-beating charge.
When the officers frisked
him they founc' a pint of rub
i bing alcohol 1 1 his pocket.
Taken to the jail, Simmons
, found a rusty razor blade that
| some other resident had left
there and with this weapon he
' proceeded to slash his throat,
inflicting a rather serious
j wound.
Rushed to the hospital he was
given emergency treatment and
while undressing him hospital
attendants found a pint bottle
full of whiskey strapped to his
leg below the knee.
Plan To Extend
Limits Of Town
i
Shallotte Officials Plan To
Extend City Limits From
The Chapel Hill Baptist
Church To Beyond School
A move is on foot to extend
the Shallotte town limits which
at present are a little less than
half-mile wide, extending from
the ice plant on Route 17 on thfe
northeast to the Shallotte river
on the southwest.
The additional territory that. Is
planned to be taken in will in
clude all of the area from the
Baptist church on the northeast
and on Route 17 to the intersec
tion of the Shallotte Point high
way, below the school building.
Mayor Leon Galloway says that
the additional territory would
give Shallotte an increase of
about 100 in population and
would include some valuable busi
ness and residential property.
An interesting fact brought
out in discussing the proposed
extension is that the present
Shallotte town limits give Shal
lotte only four colored families
.of its about 480 citizens.
Maultsby Invents
Tobacco Curer
Bolivia Man Holds Patent
On Tobacco Curer Which
He Recently Has Placed
On Market; Tests Have
Been Successful
Patenting his own tobacco
curer just before the war and
prevented from putting it on the
market by conditions that exist- 1
ed during that period, R. A. 1
Maultsby, young Bolivia farmer,
is now manufacturing and selling
what is claimed to be an unusual
ly practical devicc for the curing
of tobacco in the barns.
Tried out on the Maultsby
farm between Bolivia and Supply
for the past two years, the ma
chine has proven unusually suc
cessful, according to the claims
of the inventor.
Recently he has entered into
a contract with a foundry at
Goldsboro to manufacture the
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Funds Earmarked For Use
In Federal Cooperation
With Construction of Air
port Facilities Here
LOCAL SPONSOR
TO BE REQUIRED
Since Larger Airports Will
Be Given Priority Chan
ces Are That Some De
lay Will Result
Southport was among the 84
North Carolina towns recommend
ed in Washington last week by
the C. A. A. for airfield con
struction or improvement within
the next three years, starting
with the fiscal year on July 1st.
The type of field recommended
for Southport is a Class 2, which
provides for landing strips from
2,700 to 3,700 feet in length.
No information is available re
garding whether the local field
would come up for construction
during the first, s?co.vt or third,
year of the three-year construc
tion program.
The recommendation gives no
definite assurance of local air
port construction. It is merely a
step assuring that the Federal
government will put up part of
the construction costs when and
if there is local sponsorship for
the remainder.
The 84 proposed or improved |
airports listed for North Carolina ?
are among 4,431 airports in the j
entire country which Administra
tor T. P. Wright said should be
built or improved in that period.
The list summarizes the na
tional airport plan which the ad-j
ministrator is required to pre
pare and revise annually under
terms of the Federal Airport
Act.
From it will be selected the
projects to be included in the
construction program for the
1948 fiscal year, starting July 1,
depending upon the amount of
money appropriated by Congress
and the relative urgency rf each
project.
Wright already has said that I
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Report Made Of
License Sales
District Game Warden H.
T. Bowmer Sold Over
$2,500 Worth of Hunting
Licenses In This Area
I
For the lower part of Bruns
wick county, with Town Creek
bping the dividing line, District
Game Warden H. T. Bowmer
sold a total of $2,529.00 worth of
hunting licenses for the fiscal
year ending with the recent hunt
ing season. Special Game Ward
en Charles Skipper had charge
of all sales in North West town
ship and in Town Creek town
ship, north of Town Creek.
The sales by Warden Bowmer
and his agents were as follows,
according to the reports that
have been turned in?
W. E. Bell, Southport, 128 li
censes, $290.00; Dan Shannon,
Orton, 167 licenac, $251.00; C. C.
Bobbins, Mill Creek, 138 licenses,
$205.00; Charley Rourk, Bolivia,
137 licenses, $163.00; C. O. Blan
ton. Supply. 253 licenses, $311.00;
D. C. Andrews, Shallotte, 195
licenses, $439.00; Coy Duval,
New Britian Bridge, 150 licenses,
$389.00; James Ganus, Longwood,
53 licenses, $63.00; J O. Grisset
town, 104 licenses, $209.00; T. M.
Hickman, Hickman's Cross
Roads, 42 licences. $48.00; Ivey
High, Calabash, 42 license*, $135.
(OontiiUMd od pip 4)
Oystermen Will
Meet Saturday
At Shallotte
Hearing Scheduled For 2:30
O'clock In Afternoon By
Representatives ,To Hear
Plans For Industry
INTERESTED PARTIES
URGED TO ATTEND
Meeting Being Held Today
, In Raleigh Has Little
Bearing On Situation
In This Section
Senator R. I. Mintz and Re
presentative Odell Williamson
will meet with citizens interest
ed in the oyster industry in this
county Saturday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at Shallotte high
school. At that time proposals (or
legislation to govern this busi
ness in Brunswick county will be
given full consideration, and
Senator Mintz declared Monday
that it is the desire of both him
self and Representative William
son to abide by the wishes of the
majority of the citizens.
The Joint Committee on Com
mercial Fisheries has scheduled
a meeting for tonight, at 7:30
p. m., in the assembly room of
the Department of Conservation,
and Development, Education
building, to hear those interested
in the Shell Fish Commission Re
port.
A commission appointed by the
governor, pursuant to a Resolu
tion of the 1945 General As
sembly, has reported to the gov
ernor their recommendations,
which recommend that a division
be set up known as the Shell
Fish Division. This division will
be charged with the propagation
and cultivation of oysters and
other shell fish. The commission
has recommended that $250,000
be appropriated to carry out
this work during the coming
biennium, and it has recommend
ed tax increases from 2c to 8c "
per bushel for oysters taken from
the sounds.
According to Senator Mintz,
Chairman of Senate Committee
on Commercial Fisheries, no bill
has been introduced which. If en
acted, Would provid* tt* legisla
tion. The Wednesday hearing is
intended to sound out sentiment
on the commission report rather
than a hearing on the bill. Sena
tor Mintz further stated that the
commission proposal would have
little effect on the oyster indus
tries in Brunswick and adpoinlng
counties, since the report is de
signed mainly to aid the oyster
industries in the larger sounds
such as Pamlico.
Purchase Lot
To Build Hut
Members Of Shallotte Post
No. 247, American Le
gion, Plan Erection Of
Legion Hut At An Early
Date
At the regular meeting of the
Shallotte Post No. 247, Ame^
can Legion, at Shallotte IsM
week it was announced that \a
lot has been purchased for the
new Legion hut. The location is "
on the Whiteville road, about
three fourths of a mile from its
intersection with Route No. 17.
The building committee pre
sented plans for the building and
it is hoped that actual construc
tion work can commence in the
near future, according to Com
mander Harry L. Mints.
A general business meeting
was held by both the post and
the Legion Auxiliary. Thi3 busi
ness meeting was followed by an
address by Clayton Hughes of
Loris, S. C.
The speech by Mr. Hughes, wtoo
is a former state vice-command
er of the American Legion for
South Carolina and a veteran of
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Bolivia Future
Farmers Winners
Brunswick ? County Entry
Takes First Place In P&r
liamentary Procedure
Contest At Whiteville
The Bolivia Future Farmers of
America organization took first
place in the parliamentary pro
cedure contest held in White viUe
February 5th, winning the banner
which makes them rligible to en
ter the district contest to be held
at a later date.
The winning of the five dis
tricts of the state will compete
in a State contest that ia tj be
held during the State F. F. A.
convention in Raleigh during
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