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SIXTEEN NO. 10
6-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N. G., Wednesday, June 18th, 1947
*1.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEONESDAI
[jkee Farmers
Show Interest
j, This County
. Has Been Spread
?j Concerning Un
'Led Agricultural
purees Of Brunswick
[ounty
fl?R '^srnNG HERE
l Grower Added To
f0f Blueberry And
L producers Who
|jj,e Local Prospects
? was a time when Bruns
_^unty people and others
l*,ut the south heard with
?"^e cry. "The Yankees are
?sawe thing is being heard
Kain, but in quite a dxf
Ittone ot voice' Instead of
L-s of their coming spread
Md thev are being heartily
for what they want
'jud can do to the many
? g. ,, of idle acres of Bruns
. jounty farm lands. They
triaging new ideas, showing |
wy for new uses for lands,
k of which has heretofore
j regarded as worthless and
wi would still be worthless if
?re not for the new crops
new methods being brought
He by these people from north
states.
s outsnle of Southport,
k S>?- Jersey and Pennsyl
I people are growing blue
slants with plans to set
JJNcres in that crop. They
Br harrl pan land, a kind of
n! that makes it worthless
at ordinary farm crop and t
b fit to grow pine trees, j
r blueberries will take three .
s to become productive, and
I aeans that they are a lot
iccey on a crop for which '
will have to wait three years
le a cent of returns come in.
i week and this week an
New Jersey man is here i
aterested in blueberries. He |
i up to 300-acres of sub
? land on which to growl
i crop and has already made
tat'.vo deal for 175 acres of]
Meied area. It is understood I
nil buy this tract this week J
^ Sat he plans getting in at ]
t hundred acres next spring. ;
?til others interested in blue- 1
p land are coming. If Bruns
i farmers with submarginal !
to suitable for this blueberry
and good for nothing else j
all at a reasonable price to 1
people who can do something
the land, they will buy and i
p operations.
Sew York man who is a I
t grower was here last week j
tha. He has to have 50 I
i to start v*ith and plenty
* to increase. This winter and
^J?nng he plans to put out
~~ ? eabbage and lettuce
s-ter this initial crop he will
c more heavily.
away from cabbage
raice, one New Jersey field
-"-acres of fine toma
grown from plants
?ce': in Brunswick county.
??P 's much better than
an-v of the fields planted
plants produced for to the
J2 o. Brunswick county and ,
ew| Jersey. Maryland, Dela
i' Pennsylvania people are
rnding out that they can]
Continued on page five)
hitf Ntwt
Flashtt
I
?NOVATES AT SCHOOL.
P* fleet home town news cen
? sports that James W. Smith
P of Mrs. H. T. Bowmer, of 1
Report. was recently gradu
F from the Basic Engineers
pol at the Naval Training
Ptter. Great Lake. 111.
ptHASES HOME
P- and Mrs. R H. Holden. of
and BoMen's Beach, have
p?l the Robert White home
I Shallot te and will move there
near future. Mr. White
P lo construct a two-story
F Gilding anrt use the upper
P as a dwelling and down
f' purpoaM
His vR>n'
1*0 Erimsuick county men,
P ftom Bolivia, arc among the
P!1 enlistees in the Army, ac
to reports from the re
F?S Station m Wilmington
f Past week. The men are Wil
t Signer, a veteran of the
P W James F. King. Jr., a
rV(>trar., who was member of
ktfcfS ien'-0! class at South
P-c'i *ert accepted for IS
P Klistmeat.
RESORT HOTEL
ACCOMMODATIONS? Above is shown the Anchor Hotel, located at Shallotte
Point, where tourist business is booming. Those interested in the development of re
sort facilities along the coast of Brunswick see a great need for more accommoda
tions similar to those being offered by Mr. and Mrs. John Garner at their place.
Look For Women Jurors At
Next Term Superior Court
Commissioners In Revising
Jury List Here Monday
Included Names Of Wo
men Taxpayers Of Coun
ty; Other Business Han
dled
ARRANGEMENTS FOR
TAX FORECLOSURES
Commissioners Making Ar
rangements To Get Ser
vice On Oldest Tax Ac
counts Due County
The next time a jury list is
drawn for Brunswick county Su
perior court, the chances are
that the names o I some women
will be included, for in revising
the list of those eligible for jury
duty Monday, members of the
board of county commissioners
included a good many members
of the fair sex.
Among other important busi
ness of the day was a decision
on the part of the commissioners
to take some immediate and posi
tive action in the matter of bring
ing suits for foreclosing . proper
ty on which taxes are delinquent.
In a conference with members
of the Brunswick county bar, an
agreement was reached whereby
these tax suits will be divided
among the legal firms in the
city with instructions to institute
proceedings at one.
Remuneration for this work
will be $5.00 for each suit
brought, plus 10-percent of the
amount of taxes due when the
action has been completed.
Many of these suits are as
old as 1927, and since the last
legislature passed a law that
after December, 1948, suits for
non-payment of taxes due from
1927 to 1936 which have not
been brought to judgment will
be barred through the statute of
limitations,, the commissioners
felt that some decisive action
must be taken.
Mrs. Lou H. Smith has been
re-appointed county health nurse
for the next year.
Dr. F. M. Burdette, was ap
pointed county physician at a
salary of $110.00 per month ef
fective June 1, and continuing un
til further notice.
The commissioners approved
the inclusion of an item of $2,
500.00 in the 1947-48 ? budget for
forest fire control.
The auditor's report of receipts
and disbursements for May was
ordered recorded.
The aid to blind grant for Ed
ward Kelly was raised from
$10.00 to $15.00 per month and
the monthly grant to B. K.
Smith from $10.00 to $15.00.
W. G. Butler Dies
At Home Sunday
Funeral Services Conducted
From St. Phillips Episcop
al Church Tuesday, With
Burial In Southport Cem
etery
Funeral services were conduct
ed here yesterday afternoon at
St. Phillips Episcopal church for
W. G. Butler. 77-year-old retired
army man. native of Michigan
but resident of Southport for
practically all of his life. Mr.
Butler was a veteran of both the
Spanish-American war and World
War I.
His death occurred Sunday at
noon.
The funeral services were con
ducted at 3 o'clock and were in
charge of Rev. R. L. Sturges,
rector of St. Phillips, who was as
sisted .by Rev. H. M. Baker, pas
. tor of the Southport Baptist
(Continued On Page Hi
Navassa Negro
Gets Out, Gets In
In again and out again seems
to be s? regular order of things
for James Bannister, Navassa
negro.
He was arrested for getting
in one of the fertilizer factories
at Navassa and stealing sacks.
This got him in jail here, and
he soon got out under bond to
await trial.
Probably needing money to
pay a lawyer, he got in the
store of Dolly Evans Tuesday
morning. Just as soon as he
got out of the store with 6 j
nickles and 64 pennies that he
found in the cash register,
Chief of Police Otto Hickman
got him back in jail.
He is still in,
Brunswick Crop
Outlook Better
Recent Rains Brought A
bout Complete Change
In Farm Outlook For
Farmers Of This County
Aided by rains and seasonable
growing weather, the Brunswick
county farm crops have been
making remarkable progress to
wards becoming normal during
the past few days. Another week
of a good growing season and
the late start that handicapped
practically all fa^m crops will
have been forgotten.
Tobacco and peanuts have both
been helped wonderfully, as have*
corn, potatoes and all cultivated j
crops. The lespedeza hay crop, j
growing in grain fields that are
now being combined, has been
given a new lease on life and is
[growing splendidly.
j There is still much late to- j
bacco, but some of it bids fair i
to overtake the earlier stuff. |
There will be a few bad fields of
this crop, but taking everything
(Continued On Page 5)
|
Bootlegger Has
New Use For Kids
Waiting Officers Discover
ed At Still Site By Chil
dren Obviously Sent To
Reconnoiter
The practice of using children
! as an aid in their illegal opera
tions seems to be growing among
the moonshiners in Brunswick 1
county. Two weeks ago officers'
seized a truck in which there was1
some bedding with several child- 1
I ren sleeping on it, while under- ;
Ineath was found hidden eighteen!
I gallons of whiskey that was be
! ing transported to some point of
' sale. The children were being
used as a blind.
Monday Deputy Sheriffs Ed
Leonard, of Southport, Martin
Herring, of Shallotte. and O. W.
Perry, of Northwest township,
' ended a two days watch at a
' still in Northwest. TTieir wait
was seen to be a failure when j
two small negro girls, 12 and 13
years old, came to the still and
began to go around it in a widen
i ing circle that finally led them
to the discovery of the hiding of
ficers. I
They had evidently been sent
by order persons to see if there
were any officers in the neigh
borhood of the still. Spotting the
| officers they ran but were caught
and questioned. They were carry
ing buckets and claimed to be
(Continued on page five) i
Good Enrollment
On Opening Day
At Bible School
Annual Summer Daily Va
cation Bible School Held
Opening Session Monday
Morning At School Build
ing
WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MONTH
Capable Faculty Working
With Youngsters Who
Have Enrolled For Pro
gram Of Training
The opening session of the
Annual Daily Vacation Bible
School was held Monday morning
at Southport school with an en
rollment of 95 students represent
ing all of the protestant churches
of this community.
Serving as superintendent of
the school is the Rev. Herbert
M. Baker, pastor of Southport
Baptist church. He says that it
is Planned to continue the school,
throughout the month of June,
bringing the program to a closi
with appropriate commencement
exercises.
Heading the beginner depart
ment is Mrs. Fred Dosher, who is
being assisted by Mrs. Margaret
Stanley and Mrs. Lillie Jones.
Mrs. F. Mollycheck heads the
primary department and is being
assisted by Mrs. Ivan Ludlum.
(Continued on page five)
Funeral Sunday
For J. S. Lewis
Supply Farmer Passed
Thursday At Home; Laid
To Rest In Sharon Church
Cemetery
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at Sharon Metho
dist church for James Stubbs
Lewis, 58-year old Supply farmer,
who died at his home at noon
Thursday. The funeral services
were in charge of Rev. Rjchard
Braunstein, pastor of the Shal
lotte Circuit of the Methodist
church. Burial was in the Sharon
cemetery.
The deceased is survived by his
widow and by six daughters, Mrs.
Zettie Hcwett, Mrs. Letha Hewett,
Mrs. Ruby Hewett, Mrs. , Grudell
Hewett, Mrs.. Louise Hewett and
(Continued On Page 5)
Ormand Leggett
New Commander
Of Legion Post
Full List Of New Officials
Of Brunswick County
Post No. 194, American
Legion, Named For Next
Year
CRAWFORD ROURK
NAMED ADJUTANT
Local Post Well Repres
ented At State Legion
Convention At Carolina
Beach This Week
Ormand Leggett has been nam
ed commander of the Brunswick
County Post, American Legion,
for the coming year, succeeding
Davis C. Herring, and the new
commander has asked Crawford
Rourk, veteran legionnaire, to
serve as adjutant of the local
post during the coming year.
Following is a complete list
of officers:
Commander, Ormand Leggett;
Vice Commander, M. R. Sanders;
Vice Cqmmander, Robert Thomp
son; Adjutant, Crawford Rourk;
Athletic Officer, James M. Har
per, Jr.; Chaplain, Paul H. Fields;
Finance Officer, Crawford Rourk;
Historian, R. C. St. George; Ser
vice Officer, Chas. M. Trott; Ser
geant-at-Arms, W. C. Leinert;
Americanism Chairman, Col. Earl
I. Brown; Boy's State Chairman,
W. S. Wells; Child Welfare Chair
man, J. J. Loughlin; Employment
Chairman, Dan Harrelson; Graves
Registration Chairman, Afton
Smith, Jr.; Membership Chair
man, Crawford Rourk; National
Defense Chairman, J. B. Russ;
Oratorical Chairman, S. B. Frink;
Publicity, James M. Harper, Jr.;
Rehabilitation Chairman, John G.
Caison;
Delegates representing this
post at the State Convention at
Carolina Beach this week include
Chas. M. Trott, Crawford Rourk
and Ormand Leggett. Alternates
are S. B. Frink, John G. Caiaon
and Afton Smith, Jr.
Short Session
Before Recorder!
Only One-Half Day Re
quired To Complete Trial
Of Cases Called Before
Judge W. J. McLamb
Monday
Monday was another easy day'
for Judge W. J. McLamb and j
officials of Brunswick county
Recorder's court as all matters
were disposed of before noon.
The following disposition of cases
was made :
Johnnie Hankins, drunk driving
and reckless operation, case con
tinued.
Sam Edwards, public drunken
ness, 30 days on roads, judgment
suspended on payment of a fine
of $10.00 and costs, fine remitt
ed.
Arthur Hankins, drunk and dis
orderly, continued to June 30.
Mooes Evans, public drunken
ness, continued to June 30.
Herbert Bryant, assault with
deadly weapon, continued to
June 30.
Warren E. McMillan, assault,
continued to July 14th.
Reginald Dennis, breaking and (
entering and larceny, remanded !
to juvenile judge.
In the store breaking case and J
(Continued On Page 5)
Farmers Ask Congress
To Quit Meddling With
Their Present Program
Greensboro Men Contribute
To Restoration Of Bench
Local Amusement Facilities Sees As Incomplete With
out Whittler's Bench, Hence Their Contribution
Southport's famous Whittler's
Bench once more is in the news
as a result of a contribution re
ceived here this week by W. B.
Keziah from two Greensboro visi
tors to go toward the restoration
of this popular landmark. Text
of their letter follows:
"Dear Bill: Enclosed find
check for $3.00. Half of this is
donated by Dr. W. C. Jackson.
Chancellor of Woman's College of
the University of North Carolina.
The other $1.50 comes from me.
"This is to be used to start a
fund to rebuild the Whittler's
Bench. Southport just doesn't
seem right without this public
institutip/i. I am a firm believer
in the Town Hall system of gov
ernment of New England. Where
in Southport can a more appro
priate place be found for the
civic center? I am sure the
town's morale will be improved
if this public forum is restored.
"Dr. Jackson requests that you
inform Mayor Eriksen and the
board of aldermen that unless
the bench is restored before our
next visit he will run me as his
candidate for Mayor and that he
will represent me as my cam
paign manager. He says he al
ready has a good Barlow knife
and that in addition to finding
the bench rebuilt he expects to
find on hand a good supply of
soft whittling wood from the
nearby Louis Hardee boat works.
"Regarding our last weeks trip
down home. I quote you from
both of my companions: Dr.
Jackson ? Thank you. sir, for one
of the most pleasant trips . I
have ever had.'
"Dr. LeBauer ? 'Charlie, I'm
thoroughly sold on Southport, de
spite the absence of fish at the
time. It was a delightful trip
and I shall always remember the
greetings from the Game Ward
en, Mayor Eriksen, Keziah, Mrs.
Bragaw ? and not forgetting the
good grub at Mack's.' "
Mapping Tentative Plans
For Shrimp Grounds Survey
Ancient Swing
Located At' Supply
At least until someone comes
along and proves otherwise.
Brunswick county Is laying
claim to having the oldest
swing in the State still service
able and capable of sustaining
as many children as It did
when first erected almost a
hundred years ago.
In fact, the swing is un
breakable. It Is a chain with
heavy, hand-forged links of
rustless iron. This chain is
suspended on a huge limb of I
the giant oak tree In the yard ^
of the late R. W. McKeithan, |
at Supply.
The exact date when the I
chain was put in the tree to
serve as a swing is uncertain,
but it Is said to have been
around a hundred years ago.
Many generations of children ,
have used It.
Finds Conditions
Greatly Changed
Shallotte Merchants Discov
ers That Merchandise Of
Various Kinds More Easi
ly Obtainable
Returning last week from the |
northern markets where he was
purchasing fall goods and many
items that are due to arrive soon ]
to be added to the summer stock, j
Hobson Kirby, of the Shallotte
Trading Company, was impressed (
with the ability of wholesalers to j
supply goods.
Conditions are in marketed con- j
trast to what they were a year]
ago, or even six months ago.
During the war the wholesaler
just did not have the needed art
icles and they learned not to
hesitate in saying so.
The first year after the war |
(Continued on page five)
Funeral For
Mrs. Danford
Mrs. R. C. Danford Died At
Home Near Shallotte Last'
Week Following Extend
ed Illness
Mrs. R. C. Danford. highly re- 1
spected 59-year old resident of
the Shallotte community, died :
Tuesday of last week after more
than eight years of failing health.
She is survived by her husband ,
I. W. Danford; two sons, W. S.
and G. H. Danford, and three sis
ters, Mrs. Connie Bozeman, Mrs.
F. M. Harper and Mrs. E. B.
Hewett, all of the Shallotte com
munity.
Funeral services were conducted
at Chapel Road church last Wed
n?*4ay, the services btis* is
durg* of Rev. J. G. Lewis.
Work Of Surveying Shrimp
ing Grounds Off Coast
Will Begin About July
1st At South Carolina
Line
DIRECTOR ETHRIDGE
HERE LAST WEEK
Effort Will Be Made To
Locate Areas In Which
Shrimp May Be Tak
en Without Tearing
Up Nets
Director R. Bruce Etheridge of
the Department of Convervation J
and Development, and Roy Hamp- 1
ton, a member of the board were I
here last week making plans and I
discussing with seafood produc- 1
ers the proposed new shrimping
ground survey.
The bill providing for this was
introduced during the recent ses- 1
sion of the legislature by Senator (
R. I. Mintz, of Brunswick.
Scheduled to begin at the South
Carolina line the first of July, 1
the work off Southport may en- j
tail the spending of some time
here by the survey boat. It will
have an experienced crew aboard
and it is also understood that
during all of its operations it
will have a shrimp fisherman
aboard who is familiar with the
territory in which the boat hap
pens to be working.
It is understood that the pur- '
pose is to locate and chart new
fishing grounds in whi;h the
shrimp may be found and taken !
without the tremendous loss in |
nets that has attended previous i
efforts to take shrimp from un- 1
charted waters.
Big Group Goes
To Ridgecrest
Twenty-One Southport Per
sons Attended North Car
olina Baptist Training
Union Week In Moun
tains
Southport had 21 representa
tives at the North Carolina Bap
tist Training Union Conference
at Ridgecrest last week. j
Led by Rev. Herbert M. Baker, I
pastor of Southport Baptist
church, these young people en- 1
joyed a well-rounded week of (
entertainment and instruction.
Of particular interest to the
Southport delegation was the fact ;
that the Rev. A. J. Neilson, form
er pastor of Southport Baptist !
church, was the principal speak- 1
er at the inspirational services
held' each evening.
Those attending from here
Included: Rev. and Mrs.. Baker,
Anne McRacken, Delores Hewett,
Gloria Hewett, Maxine Dosher,
Ula Garner, Joyce Lancaster,
Dorothy Ward. Claude Ford, Jim
my Radcliff, William Price, Billy
Dosher. AJtoq Satftfc. Jr., Glean
(Continued 03 Page 3)
Our
ROVING
Reporter
John VV. Sellers of Supply, was,
telling us this week that this
paper was a real family matter!
with his folks. He has five boys, j
all but one away from home. TTie
paper goes to all of them each j
week and keeps them all, includ
ing the family at home, posted
with what goes on in the old
home county.
Often traveling Rt. 17 between
Bolivia and Supply, we are im
pressed with the number of fine j
colored citizens living along this,
stretch of road and the nice
homes they have. This condition
is especially noticable around the
Bryant Brothers (colored) store
and garage and on westward. The '
colored folks between Supply and '
Shallotte are also to be commend- !
ed for their efforts at good home,
building, good farming gotf,
citizenship. 1
Although they are a little late. I
farmers out on the Middle Road j
by Antioch church have some fine I
crops that are giving a lot of [
promise. Everything is well work- !
ed and clean. Give these farmers 1
and others in Brunswick a good
growing season through the next
two or three weeks and there
will be some extra nice crops in
Brunswick.
Fishing one day last week A1
Dickson, editor of the Wilming- 1
ton News; Jerry Ball, press re- 1
lations man for the Standard Oil
Company, and John H. Dickson,
the small hope of the house of
Al, we found the fish very dis
appointing in their attitude to
wards! our bait offerings. Only
some 15 small fish were taken
in but young John came near |
F'JtUnc tfct cjjw f?Uew| to a^4K?. i
.(Continued ' On ' Pag# 6) '
W. B. IEIUH
Brunswick Farm Bureau
Members Join With Co
lumbus County Farmers
In Meeting Held In
Whiteville
DRAINAGE PROJECT
FREE DISCUSSED
Col. Geo. W. Gillette And
Congressman J. Bayard
Clark Included Among
Speakers
The Brunswick , County Farm
Bureau in annual convention
Saturday with the Columbus
Farm Bureau called upon the
Congress of the United States
to keep hands off of the present
farm program.
Acting on a suggestion offer
ed by Representative J. Bayard
Clark, between eight and nine
hundred Farm Bureau members
adopted a resolution to be for
warded to the Congress, asking
that there be no-further meddling
with the existing setup.
Representative Clark spoke
briefly, his unscheduled talk be
ing sandwiched in between an
address of Col. George W. Gillet
te, chief of U. S. Army Engineers
in this area, and a stirring ap
peal for strong co-operation
among farmers by R. J. Arnold
of Alabama. Southern represen
tative of the American Farir.
Bureau Federation.
The meeting was presided ovef
by J. P. Quinerly.
Col. Gillette, introduced bjr
Mr. Quinerly, outlined the duties
of the Army Engineers and call
ed attention to their work for.
rivers and harbors improvements.
The work performed by this
branch of service is neither pro- !
motional nor political, the colonel
told the assembled group. He
said they acted as fact finders
and consultants. ?
Coming to the Waccamaw
River drainage proposal, Colonel
Gillette said that Army Engineers
were making a field survey and
should figures show that benefits
would be commensurate with the
cost, a report to that effect wouid
be made to officials of the de
partment who in turn would
submit the proposal to- the Con
gress.
I can t hold out any very
great promise." Colonel Gillette
asserted, and added that he made
that statement because as yet
no comprehensive report has been
made on the proposed project.
Tlie Waccamaw River proposal
would provide for cutting a spill
way to drain the lower section
of Columbus and Brunswick
counties and thus reclaim hund
reds of partially submerged acres
for purposes of cultivation.
Representative Clark gave the
audience a laugh in commenting
upon his 20 years service in
Congress. "I am now in my
tenth term," he observed. "Dur
ing that time I have been In
three political contests in my
district, and Columbus county has
backed me in every one of these
Of course. I don't know how you
(Continued in ^age five)
Good Year For
Honey Production
County Commissioner M. B.
Chennis Added To List
Of Brunswick County
Farmers Who Keep A
Few Colonies Of Bees
Already with nearly 500 colon
ies of honey bees and with plans
tor maintaining that as i perm
anent number. County Commis
sioner M. B. C h 1 n n 1 a is
understood to devote all of his
spare time to bee culture. He
keeps colonies both at his home
in Northwest township and scat
tered over a considerable area
near sources of supply.
While no current information
is available regarding the Whis
key Creek Apiaries, owned by
J. W. Martin, also in Northwcat
township, It is understood Uiat
Mr. Martin is even more exten
sively engaged in honey produc
tion than is Mr. Oiinnis. Hit
Whiskey Creek honey is famous
over a large part of the state.
This year the workers of both
of these honey producers are said
to have done well, storing up aa
unusually large crop, especially
during thp past several weeks.
Waccamaw, Shallotte and
Lockwoods Folly township also
have a large number of farmers
who devote much of their time
to honey production. Their be?>
are ?:d U) b?v? *U beta dOtnf
well this year.