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Na SIXTEEN NO. 30
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Southoort. N. C.. Wednesday. October 29th. 1947
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GRAND OPENING THURSDAY EVENING
READY ? Above is shown the attractive new home of the Willetts Motor Co., at Bolivia which has been com
...... and will have its formal opening tomorrow (Thursday) evening. C. P. Willetts, the proprietor, will be host
^ friends and customers at a barbecue supper to be served at 8 o'clock. Plenty of fun and entertainment has
;r promised. The new building has been pronounced one of the finest automobile sales agencies in Eastern
< ?' Carolina.
arge Delegation
ught For S. C.
ainage Hearing
U The Courthouse" Is
Appeal Of Advocates Of
H'sccaraaw River Flood
Control Project
URING SCHEDULED
FRIDAY MORNING
Lweniatives From U. S.
fey Engineers Office
?ill Hear Evidence
I Favoring Project
E the courthouse" is the
trite appeal of Waccamaw
: r advocates who are,
B f:r.al preparations for a
: >:>:? Army engineers at
r,y $. C. on Friday, October
1 10 a. m.
r::.r;r anything is done in
?;:T future about flood con
r Prevention of back water
i. :n the valley of the
. its tributaries will
c: -r r. results of the hear- 1
' "x conducted by Col. John
?:es, cheif of the Charles
of IT. S. Engineers,
wkesman for advocates of
pject said this morning J
; If convincing information
Jfficient reliable data Is
o. a: the hearing to cause
r.eers to make a favorable
p job will be done as
i Jo the Congress appropriates
fttssary money".
iry investigations show
the Waccamaw River can ;
; ??"?ft when it approaches'
' stage by digging a canal ;
"Bmately two miles long, i
1 sr.-; woul'i carry the water
?s ."lar.ri waterway at Cala
Mullet Creek, loc
1 ?"? the State line of the
ton
^ration of farm and forest
better health conditions
Wfr road possibilities
?'? the factors which make
Jwject ilesirable.
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PiOWE'EN PARTY j
students of the Shallotte
W school are planning a big
B^e'en party Friday night of
October 31st. Mrs. Guy
?"than and other teachers J
V ^ affair in charge.
VMTEN l'ARTY |
f Bolivla School Club is.
r,:- ? -1 Hallowe'en party at J
? Bttrnsium on Friday even
s' this week. Everyone is
ar.n there will be no ad
r1" charge.
Kn XI* < ONTI\UES
services which began
K. at Southport
Kj* church will continue
thi? week. The visiting
Klj Rev. David G.
IT" pastor of Tabernacle!
?u church Columbia, S. C.I
'' in come to a cloije
?
Thanksgiving Holidays Set
By Board Of Education
Floating Beer
Bottles Spotted
Mr. and Mrs. K. F. Plaxco
were in Wilmington recently
when the man of the family
found time weighing heavily
upon his hands as he waited
for Mrs. Plaxco to do some
shopping. He decided to go out
to the airport and do a little
flying.
The plane which he engaged
took off, and soon after the
trip commenced he realized that
it \va> about the hour when his
son was due to arrive at their
home on Long Beach for his
day at school. The plane in
which he and the pilot were
traveling was a 3-seater, and
that gave him an idea.
The course was set for this
section of the coast, discovery
was made that the low tide
left a nice level stand upon
which to land; and soon young
John Plaxco was located and
taken aboard. "You're up here
on company time," his father
told him. "You'll have to help me
spot some fish to pay for your
ride."
The youngster looked, and
looked in vain. Finally he eager
ly exclaimed "I can't find any
fish, but I see some beer bot
tles down there in the ocean."
They were buoys marking sub
merged obstructions In the
shrimping grounds.
Numerous Cases
Heard In Court;
Weekly Session Of Recor- 1
der's Court Adjourned I
At Noon After Several (
- Cases Were Disposed Of
Monday's session of Brunswick I
county Recorder's court was over!
before noon, but not before sev- j
eral cases had been disposed of. !
The following disposition was
made of them:
Tom Mintz, no operators li
cense, fined $25.00 and state tax. I
John Thomas Costin, speeding,
fined $5.00 and costs.
Claud B. Fowles, improper
equipment, continued.
Eugene S. Edwards, no opera
tors license, continued.
Jesse Deboise, no registration
card, nol prossed.
Henry Mosely, receiving stolen j
property knowing it to have been
stolen, 90 days in jail, judgment
suspended on payment of a fine
of $25.00 and costs and defendant
to be of good behavior for a
period of two years. *
Dan Fuller Williams, drunk
driving, continued to November
10.
Edward J. Conway, murder,
continued.
Edward J. Conway, reckless op
eration, continued.
Alex Houston Jones, operating
motor vehicle with improper!
brakes and no horn, ordered to
(Continued On Page 5)
Students Will Have From
| Wednesday Afternoon,
November 26, Until The
J Following Monday Morn
ing
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
PERIOD DETERMINED
' Schools Will Close For
i Christmas Vacation On
December 19 And Will
Reopen On Tuesday,
December 30
While it is still early for teach
i ers and school children to get
' much of holidays matters in
mind, it may be said that the
board of education has set Thurs
j day, Friday, November 27 and 28
1 for the Thanksgiving holidays this
year. The schools will lay aside
I their activities with adjournment
on Wednesday afternoon, Novem
ber 26. and will not resume uhtil
the following Monday morning.
The board of education has also
set the period for the Christmas
holidays. The schools will close for
this period on Friday, December
19th and classes will be resumed
on Tuesday morning, December
30th. This applies to both the
white and colored schools of the
county, according to Superintend
ent J. T. Denning.
Colored School ;
Building Ready
Longwood Colored School
Moved Into New Quar
ters Last Week; High
School Classes Added For;
First Time
The Longwood colored school
opened In its new building Mon
day of last week under auspicious
conditions. This is the only col
ored school in the lower part of i
the county in ' which the high I
school grades are taught.
Twenty-five high school students
were enrolled the opening day in
addition to a large enrollment in j
the grammar grades. Daniel Decks,
principal of the school, says that
the prospects are fine for a good
(Continued on page 4i
Revival Service
At Presbyterian
Dr. William Crowe, Of Wil
mington, Will Be The
Visiting Preacher During
Series Of Services Here
Next Week
A series of revival services will
be held in the Southport Presby
terian church commencing Mon
day, November 3, and continuing
through November 9th. A song
service will open each service be
ginning at 7:30 o'clock.
Dr. Wm. Crowe, Jr., pastor of
First Presbyterian church, Wil
mington, will be the visiting min
ister. An invitation is extended
(Continued On Page 5)
Collection Of
Shells Brings
Much Pleasure
Mrs. R. H. Holden, of Shal
lotte, has by careful selection
demonstrated that the Bruns
wick county beaches have some
thing strikingly beautiful in
their thousands of small shells.
In her odd moments at Hold
en's Beach, whcj-e she and Dl\
Holden have av 'home, Mrs.
Holden has gathered up thous
ands of beautiful small shells.
Many of these she has arranged
in a cabinet where their full
beauty is brought out
?All of the shells are in nat
ural colors. Included among the
specimens shown a visitor in the
Holden home a day or two ago
were Lion's Paw, fan scallop,
baby's foot, mermaids toe trails,
devil's pocket books, angel's
wing, cat's paw, tropical worm
shells, pin shells and sea snails.
Mrs. Holden called attention to
the fact that the seahorse, num
bered in her collection, has a
pouch like a kangaroo and that
the male takes care of the
young.
The Holden collection, com
pared entirely of shells in their
natural coloring and all taken
from Holden's Beach, has been
exhibited at the meetings of
many of the woman's organiza
tion in Durham, where the fam
ily formerly resided. Mrs. Hold
en, who has given seas shells
a close study, also lectured on
the collection.
BUILDING HOME
Coy C. McCuiston, of Burling
ton, is building an attractive new
cottage at Caswell Beach.
W. B. KEZIAH
With no desire to convey a
suggestion that the fishing rodeo
has been a failure, it may be
timely to express our own opin
ion that such events will never
be the success, so far as the
promotors and Southport are con
cerned, that it should be, until
the town has both a modern
hotel and facilities for taking
care of boats. This year the
weather kept down the number
of parties. Of those who came
the real sportsmen were not in- ;
clined to blame the town for the
unusually bad weather. If the
normally good weather had pre- j
vailed hundreds of additional par- 1
ties would have come in and
would have been unable to go out
because there was no boats. Much
bad feeling would have resulted.
While on the subject of fish- j
ing a better scale of rates for
the different fishing trips should |
Baptists Elect
Rev. H.M, Baker
New Moderator
Pastor Southport Baptist
Church Elected Head Of
Brunswick Baptist Asso
ciation At Business Ses
sion
BROUGHTON WAS
PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
Wednesday Was Given I
Over To Appearance Of
Distinguished Visitors;
Business Thursday
A successful two-day session of
the Brunswick Baptist Associa
tion came to a close Thursday at
Shallotte Baptist church with the
election of the Rev. Herbert M.
Baker, pastor of Southport Bap
tist church, moderator for the
coming year.
Members of the, executive com
mittee are H. L. Clemmons, Pros
pect Baptist church; H. B. Ben-;
nett, New Life Baptist church;
Dennis Hewett, Mt. Pisgah Bap
tist church; Garland Bordeaux,
Leland Baptist church; Floyd
Hickman, Mill Creek Baptist
church.
John Jenrette was re-elected
clerk of the association, a position
he has held for many years.
The opening day of this year's
associational meeting was featur
ed by the appearance on the pro
gram of former governor J. Mel
ville Broughton, who delivered the
inspirational, address. Other dis
tinguished visitors include M. A.
Huggins, secretary of the Baptist
State Convention; Claude White,
student secretary at Campbell
College; J. D. Walton, Thomas
ville Orphanage; R. A. Young,
Baptist Hospital.
Thursday's meeting was devot
ed largely to disposition of busi
ness matters, including the elec
tion of officers.
Next year's meeting will be
held at New Life Baptist church
and at Antioch Baptist church.
Serious Wreck
Monday Morning
Head-On Collision Of Auto
mobile With Oil Tanker
Results In Critical Injur
ies For Negro Drivef
A head-on automobile oil tank
er crash on Route 74, three miles
east of the Columbus county line,
at 6 o'clock Monday morning re
sulted in Arthur Henry Reaves,
receiving critical injuries, Reaves,
a negro, driver of the car, sus
tained a compound break of his
left leg and his left arm was
broken in two places. He also
sustained lacerations of the head
and his entire body was badly
bruised.
The tanker, a Yarborough Oil
company vehicle, was damaged
about a thousand dollars and
ditched. It did not catch fire and
the driver was not badly injured.
State Highway Patrolman R.
C. Duncan, who investigated the
wreck, held the Injured negro at
fault. Patrolman Duncan stated
that the oil truck was traveling
west on its own side of the road.
The driver stated that he saw the
car approaching in the same path,
that he at first thought that the
car intended to turn out. Realiz
ing that it was headed straight
(Continued on Page 4)
Our
? ROVING
Reporter
be arranged for next year. Boats
that just go out on the shoals for
blue fish and mackerel can well
afford to charge the lowest rates.
They should be In one class. Boats
that are to go and fish around
Old Position Buoy, 18 or more
miles off, should charge around
S10.00 more for the trips than is
charged for fishing on the shoals.
The fishermen who want to go
all the way to the lightship should
pay at least $10.00 more than
is paid for the trip to the posi
tion buoy. The lightship is about
35 miles offshore.
We are the last person to de
sire to see parties that come here
stuck for high boat prices. At
the same time we are the last
person to wish the boats to work
for nothing. It takes experience,
skill and a big outlay of money
to own and operate a good sport
(Continued on page five)
Inquest Thursday Night
In Sheriff White s Death;
Walter Stanaland Named
Former Judge Recorder's
Court Appointed Monday
To Fill Unexpired Term
Of Late Sheriff White
EDWAR6 REDWINE
ALSO NOMINATED
Legal Action Being Planned
To Prevent Stanaland's
Taking Over Duties;
Surety Bond Will Be
Required
Walter M. Stanaland, long a
| controversial figure in the poli
j tical life of Brunswick county,
loomed larger than ever before in
the spotlight of public opinion
this week following his appoint
Iment Monday by members of
jthe board of county commission
ers to complete the unexpired
term of the late John White as
sheriff of Brunswick county.
As has always been the case
when Stanaland has come to the
forefront in public life there is a
sharpe cleavage in the reactions
of members of the Democratic
party.
Following immediately upon
the announcement of his appoint
ment, a strong movement got
underway aimed at preventing
Thomasboro Community Is
Making Rapid Development
Dear Deer Meat
For Local Man
Felton Earner, Bolivia lum
ber dealer, is driving around a
long, black, shiny sedan, whose
[ ' only blemish is a crumpled
fender; and thereby hangs a
tale.
The new car hadn't turned
the second hundred mile on the
speedometer when a frightened
deer leaped across the road up
near Aberdeen, right Into the
path of the machine. The re
sulting impact damaged the
fender, but It killed the deer,
which turned out to be a 170
pound beauty. The Garners
were on their way , to visit rel
atives In Aberdeen at the time,
and turned out to be welcomed
guests Indeed when they show
ed up with a load of fresh veni
son.
Mrs. Rappleyea
Passes Friday;
Elderly Resident Of South
port Died In Dosher Me
morial Hospital Short
Time After Being Admit
ted
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Rappleyea,
for many years a well known
resident of Southport, died Fri
day night at Dosher Memorial
Hospital where she had been a
patient for only a few hours. She
had been in poor health for ma?y
months, and recently she has been
in a steadily^ weakening condition.
Mrs. Rappleyea came to South
port with her son, George W.
Rappleyea, many years ago to
engage in the operation of pub
lic utilities for the town. Later
they sold their holdings to the
city government, which continues
to operate both the water and
the electric power distribution
system on a municipal basis.
Her son left Southport to go
to Tennessee as a civil engineer,
and his subsequent business ex
perience has carried him into
places of prominence ir many
parts of the world. During World
War n he served as vice-presi
dent of the Higgins Industries, in
New Orleans, La.
His mother lived here alone,
being a person of strong determ
ination and of an independent na
ture, and although she was wrap
ped up in her only son, steadfast
ly refused to leave her home in <
Southport to live with him in!
New Orleans.
Requiem Mass was said for
Mrs. Rappleyea Monday morning '
at 9 o'clock at Sacred Heart
Catholic church in Southport by
Father Frank Howard. Assisting
were Father J. J. Mundel and
Father Maurice Spillane.
Active pallbearers were Mayor
John Eriksen, Capt. H. T. St.
George, Paul Fodale, J. E. Carr,
W. C. Norton and James Harper.
(Continued on page five)
\V. M. ST ANAL AND
I
j him from filling the office to
i which he has been named. Lead
ers in this movement come from
jail sections of the county, and
! their action is based upon the
i contention that Stanaland is not
? qualified by experience, train
' (Continued on page 4)
Many Changes And Im
provements Have Been
Made Since R. O. Lewis
Put Up First Building
There
CORNELIUS THOMAS
WAS EARLY BOOSTER j
This Little Trading Center
Is Located In Midst Of
Thriving Farming Sec
tion And Is Still
Growing
Down about Thomasboro, 10
miles below Shallotte on Route
17, they look upon two 6r three
men as real developers of a fine
farming section and the attend
ant business center that goes
with it. .
Back in 1932 R. O. Lewis, at
present chairman of the board
of county commissioners, moved
to Thomasboro with his family.!
He was then maintenance su- :
pervisor for the State Highway ,
Commission. The name Thomas- (
boro did not then exist, but there
was a cross roads, where the ,
road from Longwood to Calabash
crossed Route 17.
Mr. Lewis built the first store
at the crossroads, a combination'
store and filling station. The
place is still being operated, con
siderably enlarged.
Some years after Mr. Lewis
moved to the crossroads Mr. and ,
Mrs. Cornelius Thomas acquired j
considerable property there. Mr. I
Thomas, with a talent for de- j
veloping things, put up additional i
buildings and interested a num- '
ber of white and colored farmers
from outside the county to move
in, built and develop farming
lands. Instead of just the cross
roads, the community became
Thomasboro. The residents of
the surrounding area get their
mail service by rural route from
Shallotte and also the Star Route
(Continued on Page Four)
District Legion
Outing Planned
Brunswick County Post No.
194, American Legion, Play
ing Host To 10th District
Legionnaires At Long
Beach
An invitation has gone out to
Legionnaries of the 10th Legion
District inviting them to be
guests of Brunswick County Post
No. 194, American Legion, at a
fishfry to be held Thursday even
ing at Long Beach.
Charles M. Trott, 10th district
commander, says that thus far he
has received assurance from sev
eral prominent State Legion of
ficials that they plan to attend
this outing. He is particularly
anxious for this event to be well
attended.
One feature which is expected
to help attendance is the fact
that there will be a masquerade
ball in progress in Southport
about the time the fish fry com
es to a close.
] Sheriff John G. White Died
Last Wednesday After
noon Under My#teriou#
Circumstance# At Jacob#
Home
AUTOPSY REPORT
MAY AFFECT CASE
Capt. Edward I. Conway
Being Held Under Bond
Of $5,000.00 Pending
Report Of Po##ible
Injury
Pending the formal inquest at
the court house at 8 o'clock
Thursday night of this week, the
question of whether or not foul
play was involved in the death
of Sheriff John G. White, of
Shallotte, is still debatable.
The Sheriff died Wednesday af
ternoon at approximately 3
o'clock, in the home of Mr. and,
Mrs. Burt Jacobs on the Shal- #
lotte-Gause Landing road. Inves
tigation has revealed that he
drove up into the yard of the Ja
cobs home and asked Mrs. Robin
son, mother of Mrs. Jacobs, If
she had any aspirin tablets. Ho
told Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Ja
cobs he had a severe pain In his
head, according to reports.
The aspirin was obtained for
him and after taking it he asked
if he might lie down. He wa? di
rected into the Jacobs home and
told to lie down in the bedroom
adjoining the parlor.
A few minutes later he wa*
asked how he felt and no answer.,
was obtained. Mrs. Jacobs, thor*
oughly alarmed, got into her car
and drove the 3 miles to Shal
lotte for Dr. M. M. Rosenbaum.
When they arrived at the Jacob#
home Sheriff White was found
to be dead.
It appears that he had been on
his way from Shallotte to serve
civil papers at Cause Landing
when he was stricken while pois
ing the Jacobs home.
"Conner Johh G. Caison was
summoned from Southport. Au
tomatically upon the death of^
Sheriff White he had become
acting sheriff. Owing to the cir
cumstances of the death and tho
added fact that Sheriff White
was said to have had a tussel
with a man whom he was ar
resting two days previously, an
inquest was considered necessary.
G. C. Kilpatrick, Southport under
taker, was appointed acting-cor
oner and an investigation got un
derway immediately.
Acting upon a report that th#
sheriff and one of his deputies
Daught Tripp, had arrested Capt
ain Edward I. Conway of the
Brunswick River Lay-In Basin,
two days previously on a charge
of drunken driving, and that
Captain Conway had struck the
Sheriff, ah autopsy was ordered.
According to all available inform
ation, this autopsy, performed by
Dr. F. M. Burdette, of Southport,
revealed that Sheriff Whit? had
died from a hemmorhage at the
base of his brain. Whether this
hemmorhage was natural or was
caused by violence has not been
stated.
Before the autopsy had been
held Captain Conway was arrest
ed by Chief of Police Coleman
(Continued on Page Five)
Two Hallowe'en
Parties Planned
Lions Club Planning Mas
querade Ball Thursday
Evening; Parent-Teacher
Association Staging Party
Friday Night
The Community Center Building
In ' Southport will be the scene
of two gala Hallowe'en events this
week-end as lioth young and old
Join in celebration of this annual
fall festival of fun. ,
Tomorrow (Thursday) evening
the Southport Lions Club will
sponsor a masked ball, featuring
the music of Virgil West and his
orchestra. Guests are urged to
come in costume, and prizes will
be awarded during the evening.
The advance sale of tickets in
dicates that many persons who
do not care for dancing plan to
attend as spectators.
The Annual Southport High
School Hallowe'en Carnival will
be staged on Friday evening in
the same building. Featured at
this program will be the crowning
of the King and Queen of th?
Carnival. Fish Ponds, country
stores, refreshment stands of
various kinds, apple-bobbing and
other varieties of entertainment
will insure a full evening of me#?
rimcnt for all who attend.