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Brll?5,vick County
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^SIXTEEN NO. 26
6-PAGES TODAY
Southport, N. C., Wednesday, October 1, 1947
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
f 1.50 PER YEA1
fo Be Visited
By Site Board
rp a'%t, YiSJs
feting *tei Qf New
f?r n'? Hospital Will
JjJiU Next Week
!?' haVideaMin view
K?? S??h. For
%tw Government
Hospital
t? Plans * **
fL Administration ?n ttash
ft, corstruct a new 100
r ?tal for veterans some
r Eastern North Carolina.
rlLL development came
Ivher. W. B. Keziah
* nuiiec by J. E. Harris.
'?of "-he Requirements Di
? Jx the board which is
to select a site will
PSiport on or about Oct
tij.1 of the larger "ties in
" ,'ye are competing for this
'" and all sites offered are
? "U, ?>? me b?rt. TO
thing is that South
f;:"e no bid or a move of
, ,0-t to secure it. Tne fact
' .;e board is coming here
\ ], may not. indicate that
L? some particular location
L v-sidoration and wish to
PL," it3 adaptibility. There
r ?? a chance of the hospital
" to Fort Caswell or some
location near Southport.
P specifications as to the
Z /the board was given in
(V?r to Mr. Keziah. They
r from 250 to 300 acres of
? ?U drained, near a medical
k Slaving lights, power, sew
t: mi a water supply of at
k SW.OOO gallons daily. Fort
L" >,as all of these desired
fees and it may be possible
^ the board had this location
Ld when it was announced
I would inspect at Southport.
Lr John D. Eriksen was
i advised of the intention of!
. :?ri to visit ?"V-hpcrt and
Ifiest was made of the offi
Ibr any possible aid. Nothing
ia:i as to the needs in this
lr to the Mayor.
tciKs. maps, and data con
?$ Fort Caswell is being
E:?. also material concern-;
|a - ssible alternate location j
lie board is interested,
llomnittee consisting of May- '
Ktsen. S. Bunn Frink. E. J.
Wte. James M. Harper and
cs Herring has been asked to
r.'i'.-j :he board and be ready
kr.:r. information and assist -
t is r.av be desired.
IritfNtui
Flathtt
divers school
' A. Russ, Jr., left Friday for
teflon. D. C., after spending
2ys here with his parents,
t?4 Mrs. W. A. Russ, Sr. He
? receiving training as a
?7 diver.
[R STORE
Clemmons. of Shallotte,
'Wight out Grissett and Gore
! a now operating the general
Wandist business in the brick
on the corner at Grisset
- Xr. Clemmons expects to
increase the stock.
jUWETLN CARNIVAL
teben of the Southport Par
teacher Association will spon
a Hallowe'en Carnival on
k; October 31, and plans are
^ ?4de to make this year's
most outstanding yet
W here.
J (OPPER^r
*&'?? Sheriff Pawnee Formy
11 f ?
- -?wui rawnee *ormy
Md s. c. Gore captured a
[y? MPrer whiskey still in
tei,.\ ?"tlan section of Wac
I5t , ;0Wnship last week. The
was set up but not in op
? o one was taken with
U^K'EX DANCE
?<*rs
n ut the Southport
b win sponsor a mas
Ijj ,.arcf nr Hallowe'en Eve
Ur^?'l1.mun',v Center Build
'tgil West, and his orchestra
?ngagci for this event
^borate plans are being
IN THE NAVY
Kirby. Harold Robinson,
t/-'" P-. E. Sellers, all well
r , n of the Supply
, .. % recently enlisted in
('iTY- They left a few days
> * San Diego, California,
are to begin their
??ining.
SQUIRE OF WACCAMAW
JUDGE ? Coy Formy Duval, justice of the peace,
has heard evidence in many cases at his store-station
located on the banks of the Waccamaw river. The. Squire
is one of the best-known characters of Brunswick county,
and visitors at his place are treated to some rare bits of
philosophy. ? (Star-News Cut.)
Special School Tax Is
Given Vote Of Approval
Voters Of Leland School
District Gave Overwhel
ming Majority In Favor
Of Special Levy Saturday
FUNDS TO BE USED
TO IMPROVE SCHOOL
No Actual Figures Avail
able As To Probable
Amount To Be Collec
ted Under Levy
Voters of the Leland school dis
trict voted overwhelming Satur- 1
day in favor of a special tax levy j
not to exceed 15-cents per hundred
dollars valuation for improvement i
of the Leland school.
The vote was 152 in favor of
the levy, 16 against. I
It is impossible to arrive at an
estimate on the probable returns]
until a complete analysis is made j
of the property valuation in Town
Creek and Northwest township.
The Leland school, while located
in Northwest, draws children from
a large area in Town Creek.
There has been no clear defini
tion as to just for what these
new funds may be used. The term
"improvement of the school" cov
ers a variety of needs.
At any rate, no money will be
available as a result of this vot
ing next year, since provision
must be made in the next tax
levy.
Homecoming Day
October 19th
New Hope Presbyterian
Church At Winnabow
Will Be Scene Of Annual
Reunion Of Friends And
Members
"Hie pastor and members of the
New Hope Presbyterian church,
near Winnabow, are making pre
parations to observe the fifty
third anniversary' of the church
on October 19th. For several years
they have been having a big
Homecoming Day during the
month of October. This year it 13
their plans and hopes to exceed
ail previous events.
All former members of the
(Continued on Page 6)
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Leland Resident
Dies Thursday
Wm. M. Mintz, Of Leland
Community, Laid To Rest
In Ganey Cemetery Fri
day Afternoon
Wm. M. Mintz of the Leland
community died at his residence
I Thursday night after a short
' illness. Funeral services were
held Friday afternoon at the
Ganey cemetery with Rev. F. T.
Potter and Rev. Walter Philips in
charge.
Surviving Mr. Mintz are four
daughters, Miss Sara Mintz, Mrs.
Annie Southerland, Mrs. A. W.
Benton, Mrs. Mary Mintz, all of
the Leland community; two sons,
W. H. and T. S. Mintz. His wife
died a number of years ago.
Southport Folks
Win Some Prizes
Among: the first week win
ners in the Annual Fall Fish
ing Rodeo were two Southport
people and one Bolivia angler.
In Southport Charles Ray
Wells, 8-year-old son of Mr. and
[ .Mrs. Charles Wells, earned a
$15.00 cashprize in the ehild- |
ren's division with a 4-lb. cat
| fish. Mrs. F. Mollycheck won
a similar prize for a 14-oz.
croker. Both contestants also
won merchandising prizes. The
Bolivia winner was O. D. Sel
lers, who won a picnic refri
gerator with a speckled trout.
Hie first prize barracude was
caught by Dr. John P. Alien,
of Wilmington, aboard the "Idle
On" of Captain Hulan Watts.
Citizens Asked
For Suggestions
Shallotte Aldermen, Unable
To Reach Decision About
Water System, Will
Meet With Citizens
Meeting last week to determine
what action could be taken with
J regard to a town water supply,
the Shallotte board of aldermen
adjourned without being able to
1 determine what course to follow,
I according to Mayor Leon Gallo
j way
It was agreed, however, to call
! a general meeting of the Shallotte
citizens, along with the town of
ficials, possibly this week, the
purpose being to find out what
the citizens of the town want
done. It is probable that at this
meeting two or three courses ofj
action may be outlined to the
citizens and the preference left ;
(Continued on Page 4) I
Shallotte Post
To Meet Friday
Announcement Made That
Drive For Funds For
j Construction Of Hut Is
j Coming Along Well
The regular monthly meeting
j of the Shallotte Post. American
[Legion, will be held Friday night
at Shallotte high school auditor
ium. All ex-service men are cor
dially invited to attend.
R. D. White, Jr., commander
of the post, reports that a total
j of about $1,500.00 has been rais
ed toward the erection of a Le
I gion Hut as a center of recrea
tion for the Shallotte community.
Some gifts of J100.00 have been
received, and already several
sites for the location of the hut
jhave been offered by civic mind-'
ed citizens of the community.
One of the chief topics for
j discussion at the Friday night
meeting is sure to be the hut, and
the plan is to get everything
ready to begin work within the
near future.
Mart To Sell
2,880 Baskets
Of Leaf Daily
j
Other Markets In Columbus
County Have Closed, But
Whiteville Still Operating
TWO SETS BUYERS
ON THIS MARKET
Season's Sales Around 29
Million Mark After Slow
Start Due To Late
Summer
Whiteville tobacco market to
day was operating' with two sets
of buyers on a curtailed schedule
of 2,880 baskets of leaf per day
after rolling up a surprisingly
high volume of 28,899,166 pounds
^during the first seven weeks of
the 1947 season.
After a slow start due to the
lateness of the crop this year,
i the local market came back
strong to chalk up an average of
more than four million pounds
per week.
Reliable sources said White
ville's $44.00 average per hundred
pounds was the highest of any
market on the Border Belt.
With Tabor City, Chadbourn,
Fair Bluff and Clarkton tobacco
markets ending their season Fri
day, it was doubtful whether the
2,880 piles per day would be
any more than adequate to take
care of the tobacco crop which
remains to be sold. Warehouse
imen were expecting full sales
throughout the week.
Through Friday, the local mar
;ket had paid out 112.883,224.05.
U.S.E. Dredge On
Way To Florida
Will Go Into Drydock At
Jacksonville For Several
Weeks Before Resuming
Operations Down South
Completing a month of dredg
ing on the bar at Southport, the
dredge Lyman, Captain John
Swan of Southport, sailed Moij
| day for Jacksonville, Fla. She will
be in dry dock there for the
next six weeks and will then be
assigned to work at either Tam
pa, Fla., or Mobile, Ala.
The vessel is attached to the
| Wilmington District of the U. S.
Army Engineers and will natural
ly return here when the district
needs any work in her line. She
is a hopper or dump dredge and
works in channels and other
places where pipe lines cannot |
be used.
Captain Swan commanded this
vessel during the war. Working
at Manilla during one of the
critical periods the Lyman was
given an award of merit for the
service she performed, the award
being made to both the vessel
and its crew.
Some months after the war
ended Captain Swan was sent
home . and placed in charge of
tha Hoffman. He commanded
this vessel for several months
until the Lyman returned, was
overhauled and placed back in
service. In addition to the Cap
tain a large number of men in the
; crew are also residents of South
port and other points in Brans
I wick.
! An incident of the hectic days
at Manilla is that several South
port men were on various ship^
( Continued on page ?> i
American Legion
In Friday Meeting
The regular monthly meeting
-of the Brunswick County Post
?No. 194, American Legion, was
held Thursday night, with Leonard
Barrett, assistant State Service
officer, of Wilmington present to
preside over an open forum ses
sion during which many questions
were answered for the benefit of
the large crowd of ex-service men
present.
Also present for the meeting
was Miss Berry, of the State So
cial Security Board, and Cecil Ed
wards, new Veterans Service Of
ficer for Brunswick county.
Tomato Grower
Returns Here To
Begin Operations
New Jersey Man Who Con
ducted Successful Experi
ment With Tomato
Plants Here Last Spring
Is Back
PLANTING COVER
CROP ON ACREAGE
Also Has Plans For Pur
chasing Additional Lands
Which Will Be Devoted
To This Purpose
Everett H. Sheppard, Shiloh, N.
J., tomato planter and tomato
plant producer, is back at South
port, preparing for an early start
at producing tomato plants for
his and other New Jersey and
Pennsylvania tomato farms. Last
spring Mr. Sheppard did not
secure his local plant bed lands
until well after Christmas, was
unable to prepare the soil pro
perly and his plants were retard
ed by the bed weather that cov
ered the whole of the United Sta
tes. ' .
Nevertheless, Mr. Sheppard's
plants rivaled or exceeded in
quality those that were produced
in Georgia. He was able to pull
them here one day and set them
out on his farms in New Jersey
the next day. This was a factor
that largely determined him, and
which is influencing other toma
to producers to turn their at
tention to Brunswick county for'
their plants.
Pictures of 6ne 40-acre field of
New Jersey tomatoes, owned by
Mr. Sheppard and grown from
Brunswick county plants, present 5
a beautiful sight, especially so
in a close-up of one of the vines,
showing about 25 huge tomatoes,
literally weighting the plants to
earth.
This week Mr. Sheppard is en
gaged in planting a cover crop
on 25-acrei of land that he has
leased from Robert McRackan,
three miles from Southport. He
will plant this land in tomato
seed early in the spring and
ship the plants to New Jersey.
Originally planning to lease an
additional 90-acres from Mrs.
Helen Bragaw on the River Road
eight miles above Southport, he
has become convinced that Bruns
wick county is ideal for tomato
plant production and is buying
these 90-acres outright
The saw timber was removed
from this land early in the year
and this fall Mr. Sheppard plans
to clear the undergrowth and
stumps out, using a bulldozer.
Much of this land as he can get
cleared this fall he will probably
plant in watermellons in the
(Continued on page 4)
W. B. KEZIAH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
It happened last year and has
happened again. A. R. Mooney, of
Supply, wanted to renew his sub
scription to the State Port Pilot
and was told that it would be
several months before his ime
ran out. "I know that," he said,
"I just like to keep ahead." This
week he stopped us on the street
and renewd again, unmindful of
'protestations that his time was
i not . out until the first of next
| February.
With the departure of the
dredge Lyman Monday, the Army
Engineers dock at Southport is
now available to private and
commercial sea-going sport fish
ing craft during the month of
October. This action comes
through the courtesy of the Army
Engineers and ' should be greatly
j appreciated. Without too much
I crowding this dock is sufficiently
large to accommodate a dozen or
more average sized boats and
there will be more than that
number of visiting boats here
during the month., It is under
stood that local boats, already
having moorings, will leave the
engineer's dock to the visiting
boats from all points.
The view has been expressed
that October was too late to have
the fall fishing rodeo. Too late,
maybe, for a lot of fooling, but
just right for real fishing. Twice
in past years officers of the Out
door Writers Association of Am
erica have come to Southport for
a week of fishing. Both trips
were made in November. They got
their fish and plenty of them.
With normal October weather the
month is the most productive of
fish of any in the year. -
The Stanley and Hill families
(Continued on page five)
Christmas Mail To Be Sent
To Soldiers Oct. 15-Nov. 15
Important Information Furnished To Families Of
Service Men Serving Overseas
ATLANTA, Sept. 29? In order,
that members of the Armed For
ces and authorized United States
civilians employed overseas, may
receive Christmas parcels and
letters by December 25, arrange
ments have been made for mail- j
ings between October 15 and Nov- j
ember 15, Major George F. Heinz, i
postal officer of the Third Army j
has announced.
Cooperating with the postal de-,
partment, Major Heinz gives these ?
Instructions: Christmas greeting j
cards must be enclosed in en- 1
velopes and take a first class
rate. Parcels must not exceed 70
pounds in weight or 100 inches
in girth and length combined.
They should be labeled "Christ
'mas Package."
Parcels should be securely
.packed and wrapped in boxes of
| metal, wood, solid fiberboard or
i strong doublefaced corrugated fi
berboard, due to the long dis
tances they must travel. Tie withj
extra strong cord and boxes
should be wrapped in strong pa
per. It is preferable to place in
side the package the name and
address of the Intended recipient,
together with a list of the con
tents.
Valuable articles should be re
gistered or insured. Perishable
matter will not be accepted. In
toxicants, inflammable materials,
including matches and lighter
fluids, will not be accepted. Cig
arettes and other tobacco pro
ducts are prohibited for transmis
sion for delivery through A. P.
O's in Germany, France and Aus
tria.
The address should be in type
writing or printed in ink on the
outside covering of the parcel.
Gum labels become moist and
sometimes come off. The address
should include the full name,
rank, serial number and A. P. O.
number of the addressee, in cafre
of the designated postmaster, and
the return address of the sender.
Sending of currency to over
seas A. P. O.'s where the dollar
is not the accepted medium of
exchange is prohibited. Sending
of currency will be accepted only
to A. P. O. numbers which are
branches of the postofflces In
New Orleans, La. and Seattle,
Wash., and should be sent only
in letters by registered mail.
Domestic postal money orders,
however, can be cashed at A. P.
O.'s wherever United States for
ces are located.
The parcels may be labeled
"Merry Christmas," "Don't Open
Until Christmas," or similar Yule
tide greetings.
No request for parcels from
members of the Armed Forces is
required.
Public Finding Many
Uses For Storage Plant
r?<
Deer Season To
Open Tuesday
I
Hie dey hunting season in
Brunswick county opens next
Monday, Oct. 6, but as Monday
is a lay (no hunting) day in
Brunswick, the actual season
will not open until Tuesday,
October 7. From them on deer
hunting will be permitted each
Tuesday, Hiursday and Satur
day, until January 1, 1948.
Hunters are to keep In mind
a season hag limit of two-male
deer during the season. It
should also be kept in mind
that a new regulation requires
that the antlers of a deer must
be plainly visible to the hunt
ers.
The hunting season for squir
rels also opens next Tuesday
with hunting allowed on Tups
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
only, through January 1, . 1948.
The day's limit on squirrels is
8 per day to each hunter. Of
these 8, two may be fox squir
rels.
The open season on bear In
this county will not begin un
til Wednesday, Oct. 15.
Local P.-T. A. To
Meet Thursday
Regular Meeting Time Is
Changed To First Thurs
day In Each Month In
stead Of Last Thursday
The first meeting of the South
port Parent-Teachers Association
was held Thursday evening at the
Community center building at
which time members of the
faculty were guests at an inform
al tea.
Among the matters of business
disposed of was a decision to
change the time for holding
regular meetings of the organiza
tion , from the last Thursday in
each month to the first Thursday.
As a result, the second meeting
of the year will be held tomorrow
(Thursday) at 7:30 o'clock in the
high school auditorium.
The following committees have
been named by the president, Mrs.
Thompson McRacken:
Program committee: Mrs. H. M.
Baker, chairman; Mrs. J. T. Denn
ing, Mrs. Homer McKeithan, Miss
Gertrude Loughlin and Mrs. Otto
Hickman.
Membership committ: Mrs. Fra
nces Young, chairman; Mrs. H.
C. Corlette, Mrs. Oliver Newton,
Mrs. Merritt Moore, Mrs. John G.
Swann, Mrs. Frank Lennon.
Ways and Means committee:
Mrs. M. R. Sanders, chairman;
Mrs. Frank Plaxco, Mrs. James
Wolf, Mrs. H. W. Hood, Mrs.
James M. Harper, Principal Har
ry Sandera and Dr. R. C. Daniel.
Hospitality committee: Mrs. E.
H. Arrington, chairman; Mrs.
Pearce Cranmer, Mrs. Ed Malli
son, Mrs. Robert Willis:
Lunch Room committee: Mrs.
Pete Hickman, chairman; Mrs.
(Continued on page 4)
Manager Houston Hewett
Takes Justifiable Pride
In Showing Off Facilities
Of New Business
WILL BE MUCH
HELP TO FARMERS
Live-At-Home Possibilities
Demonstrated By Two
Year-Old Steer Grown
j B j County Farmer
Houston Hewlett, manager of
the Brunswick Cold Storage
plant, at Shallotte, exhibited a
pardonable pride this week when
he showed a newsman over the
new and well equipped building
that is now serving Brunswick
county farmers, housewives and
business houses with its low cost,
chilling, freezing and storing of
meats, fruits and vegetables.
A large number of the rentable
lockers have been taken and are
already filled with choice meats
and fruits, the meats having gone
through the chilling and freezing
process before being placed in
the lockers. The temperature in
the lockers is maintained at de
grees best suited for the lasting
freshness of such products. Some
boxes of fruit, from the person
al locker of Mr. Hewett, were
opened for inspection and, if any
thing, it appeared fresher than it
could have been when first
brought in.
In the chilling and freezing
rooms much meat and beef were
being handled. Whole carcasses
of beef had been left to thorough
ly chill and freeze. Incidently Mr.
Hewett pointed to the carcass of
a two-year old steer that was
brought in last week by a Wac
omaw township farmer. He de
scribed it as being the fatest ani
mal the plant has bandied since
it opened. This steer was grown
entirely on lesdedeza grazing and
hay stacked in the field. It never
received a pound of feed from the
barn during its two years of
growth.
For taking care of farmers
meats, both pork and beef, the
plant will be especially valuable,
according to a recent statement
of County Agent J. E. Dodson.
It has a huge storage capacity
for all kinds of meats and farm
products.
| New Dress Shop
For Shallotte
Debonair Shop Will Open
For Business Beginning
Friday Of This Week;
Features Women's Clothes
The Debonair Dress Shop, fea
turing ready-to-wear for women
[and children, will have its formal
j opening on Friday in its attrac
tive new quarters in Shallotte.
| Mrs. R. D. White, Jr., and Miss
Gladys Thomas, , of Sanford, a
former teacher at Shallotte high
school are the proprietors, and
I they have announced their pur
Ipose to carry a large assortment
of nationally advertised products.
The new business is located
(Continued on Face Four)
Better Farming
Contest Closes
End Of Month
Program Being Conducted
Throughout 13 - County
Area Served By Tide
Water Power And Light
Company
J. E. COOKE SERVING
AS COUNTY CHAIRMAN
Prize Winner For Brunt
wick Will Be Chosen By
Council Which Hat
Sponsored Com
petition
The 350 enrollees in Better Far
ming for Better Living are now
getting ready to turn in their
complete project books the latter
part of October and not later than
November 1. Approximately
{1200.00 has been provided in
prizes in different counties and
for regional winners in the 13 '
county area embraced in the pro
gram which has for its purpose
the emphasizing of farm diversi
fication, living at home, home im
provements, community particip
ation and better relations between
business and agriculture.
County winners will be select
ed in each county by the county
Better Farming For Better Liv
ing council which sponsors the
county program. Awards will be
made in most counties at' speci
al meetings in which all mem
bers of families participating in
the program will be invited.
J. E. Cook, cashier, WaccamaW
Bank & Trust Co. of Shallotte, is
chairman of the Brunswick coun
ty Better Farming For Bettor
Living County Council.
There are two regional awards
of $75.00 each and one sweep
stakes award of $100.00 for th?
winner in the entire 13 county
area. One area is made up oil
Bladen, Brunswick, Columbu%
Duplin, New Hanover, and Pender
counties and the other comprises
Onslow, Jones, Lenoir, Greene,
Craven, Cartaret and Pamlico
counties. The two regional awards
and the area award along with
$25.00 in each county are made
available by the Tide Water Pow
er Company, one of the sponsors
of this contest to aid in the de
velopment of Southeastern North
Carolina. ,
Neil Bolton, Agricultural Agent
for the Tide Water Power Com
pany, has been assisting with this
program in each county. Bolton
has visited 270 of the 350 enrol
lees and expects to see all enrol
led prior to November 1. Accord
ing to Bolton, the enthusiam
among those enrolled is high and
that many improvements have
been made on homes and in fol
lowingbetter farming practices.
Better Farming For Better Living
families are pace setters for thfc
adoption of better farming pra
ctices with better homes and com
munities according to Mr. Bolton
Numerous Cases
Are Continued
i
Total Of 17 Case* Are Con
tinued In Bruniwick
County Recorder'* Court
Here Monday
With twenty-nine cases coming
| up before Judge J. W. McLamb
I Monday the days business was
| finished at noon with 17 of the
cases having been continued. The
minute book shows the following
entries:
Lacy R. Bennett, public drunk
ness, fined $10.00 and costs.
Carson Bullock, speeding, fined
$10.00 and costs.
James Cobb, operating automo
bile for hire unlawfully, contin
ued to October 6.
Rudolph Brown, speeding, fined
$15.00 and costs.
Robert Lee Cheers, improper
equipment, no brakes, fined $10.00
and costs.
Thomas C. Meyland, speeding,
capias and continued.
Ralph Kennedy, reckless opera
tion, fined $25.00 and costs.
Miltcn Rourk, speeding, fined
$10.00 and costs.
Armond Caison, tresspassing,
larceny, continued to October 18.
Sidney Hewett, assault, con
tinued to October 20.
Elder Hewett, -assault, contin
ued to October 20.
Newman Hewett. aid in assautti
continued to October 20.
| Nova Hewett, aid in assault
{with deadly weapon, continued to
October 20.
Lutus Wise, transporting and
public drunkeness, fined $10.09
and costs.
George Potter, transporting and
public drunkenness, fined $10.00
and costs.
George Morris, drunk and dis
orderly, resisting officer and po?
session of whiskey, 90 days o#
(Continued on Fag* Four)