Watermelons On
Cleared Land
New Jersey Plant Grower
Has Already Started His
New-Ground To Work
For Season
Eight acres of watermelons
were planted last week by Ever
ett H. Shepparil. of Shiloh, N. J.,
on his farm on the river road,
six miles from Southport. Mr.
Sheppard will plant about 30 to
35 acres in the melons this year.
His newly cleared land on the
135 acre tract which he purchas
ed last fall was too fresh to be
J devoted to tomato plants this
year.
Peas will be planted with the
watermelons at the last cultiva
I tion. They will be plowed under
j In the fall when a winter cover
crop is planted. The land will
i then be ready to grow tomato
I plants next spring and it will be
added to the tomato plant acre
age that Mr. Sheppard is now
growing on leased land.
The New Jersey tomato plant
grower is pleased with Kis pros
pects for tomato plants this year,
despite the fact that his three
row seed planter was not set to
bring up the plants as close as he
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desired. In other words, planting
a new kind of tomatoes, a good
many of the seed failed to germ
inate and come up. He will not
get as many plants as he count
ed on when planting, but there
will be enough to plant several
hundred acres.
Mr. Sheppard went to Shiloh
Friday, returning yesterday. He
may begin moving his plants
from here in a few days, de
pending on whether he gets his
lands ready to receive them. His
own lands are ready, it is under
stood, but it happens that he is
also growing plants for a great
many other tomato farmers and
they are not ready.
Georgia grown tomato plants,
for the production of which
Brunswick lands are now engag
ing hi competition, got hard hit
last week by the continuous rains.
A telephone message from a to
mato factory at Bridgetown, New
Jersey, Thursday night, said that
the Georgia tomato plant grow
ers had wired that morning say
ing they had 10 inches of rain
Wednesday. Thursday evening
they wired Bridgetown again, say
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RAY MILLAND and
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BRIAN DONLEVY
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Saturday? April 17?
"GHOST TOWN
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"LASH" LaRUE - JACK HOLT
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Mon. - Tues. ? April 19-20?
"THE FARMERS
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Wednesday? April 21?
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TIM HOLT - NAN LESLIE
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COMING
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ANN SHERIDAN
ROBERT CUMMINGS
Ing that 8 inches of rain had just
fallen during a two hour period.
? IN FIELD ARTILLERY
| Ralph L. Hale, young Shal
lotte community man, enlisted in
the Army this past week, and
has been assigned to the Field
Artillery. His period of enlist
ment is for three years.
j VISITING IN FLORIDA
Clias. Rourk of Bolivia left
today for Orlando, Fla., where
jhe will spend ten days or two
weeks with his daughters who
reside there.
STUDENTS VISIT
(Continued From .Page Onei
ing placed along the several mile3
I of tree-studded roadway that
traverse the plantation. The folks
(who travel that roadway in fu
ture years will see even 'more
vividly what the teachers and
students saw Friday?A place of
beauty.
Although he is only able to
come down to the plantation and
his lodge at infrequent times dur
ing the years, the lodge of F. B.
Adams, owner of the plantation,
is almost hidden by flowers the
year round. Mr. Adams Is chair
man of the Board of Directors of
the Atlantic Coast Line rail
road. As such he has much of the
administrative duties of the rail
road. Despite such activities his
plantation in Brunswick county
is his pride and joy.
The Pleasant Oaks is little
known, save by a few, as is the
Clarendon Plantation, owned by
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Thomas.
Both have been content to grow
beautiful with the years and to
bloom unheralded. The Friday
trip was the result of the annual
invitation from Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas for the students and
teachers to visit Clarendon, an
invitation which Mr. Ramsauer
always seconds for Pleasant Oaks.
This year Mi', and Mrs. Thomas
were absent, Mr. Thomas being
engaged in constructing housing
units in Salisbury.
While the Clarendon and Plea
sant Oaks Plantation visits- are
annual invitation affairs extend
ed by the owners and manage
ments to Brunswick county school
teachers and senior students, it
is a mystery to all who have
ever visited either place why
Clarendon and Pleasant Oaks are
not ineluded In the annual gar
den tours. At least that was the
thought of many of the 200 or
more young folks who went
through the places Friday.
Should Clarendon and Pleasant
Oaks ever be opened to the gar
den tours, two places of new and
surprising beauty will be found.
MORE CANDIDATES
(Continued from page one)
nounce his candidacy through
this newspaper.
Edward H. Redwine has filed
for the Democratic nomination
for member of the House of Re
presentatives, and thus far has
no opposition.
R. L. Rabon, G. O. Jones,
George B. Ward and W. Herbert
Brew have filed for the Demo
cratic nomination for county com
missioner. B. C. WilRfems has de
clared his intention to seek this
office, as has J. Worth Stanley.
R. T. Woodslde, first to make his
announcement for this race, has
decided not to run and declared
last night that he will not file.
Three men have filed for Shal
lotte township constable. They
are Ulysses Williamson, Ulysses
Grainger and Drew Long.
I Three Republican candidates for
I member of the board of county
| commissioner have filed. They
| are Chas. M. Trott, I. E. Rey
nolds and R. H. Maultsby. Lonnie
Evans has announced his candi
dacy but has not filed.
DRIVE CONTINUES
(Continued from page one)
booths are Blance Weeks, Cath
erine McRackan, Rebecca Mc
Racken, Mary Ann Loughlin, La
titia Hickman and Stuart Arring
ton. Soliciting funds at the local
theatre each night are Mrs. Bar
bara Hayes, Hariette Oorlette,
Karen Swann, Patricia Adams
and Elizabeth Lupton.
A. C. Caviness, principal of the
Brunswick County Training
School is in charge of raising
money from the colored schools;
M. R. Sanders is contact man
for the Southport Lions Club;
Harry L. Mintz, Jr., is contact
man for the Shallotte Lions Club;
Mrs. Landis G. Brown is handl
ing this work in the Southport
Woman's Club: Mrs. J. L. Henry
is working in the Winnabow com
munity; and Mrs. Roland Sim
mons is in charge of this drive
at Ash.
I One teacher In each school of
, the county will be contacted this
I week end will be asked to head
(the drive in her respective school,
i Contributions may be mailed to
Chairman Harry L. Mintz, Sup
ipiy
CANDIDATE FOR
1 (Continued from pate One)
j fore they are starved out of the
j schools. ,
j Scott said that teachers are
'leaving the classrooms to go ln
. to other employment so fast that
jit is difficult to hold personnel to;
; teach children now in schools?
and that many more children
[ would be in school if compulsory
j attendance laws were enforced
' properly.
I The former Commissioner of!
I Agriculture said that in one f
I Piedmont county 51 teachers,
have resigned, effective at the,
! end of this school term, and
J that no suitable replacements are p
in sight.
"Teachers who go out Into'
other work, and enjoy greatly en-j
larged salary checks, laugh at(
| the idea that they return to |
'classroom work," Scott declared.
He said there is some promise
of relief from the Federal Gov
ernment, but that North Carolina
must act quickly not only to
strengthen its school system, but
to keep it from falling apart.
"It is not my purpose to ap
peal for votes by promising
things we cannot do, but I am
committing myself to do every
thing in my power to prevent de
moralization of our school sys
tem," the candidate stated.
ROBBINS NEST
(Continued from page one)
and just off the river road, about
three miles above Southport.
Built many years ago by Mrs.
Annie D. Robinson, it was given
the name of Robins Nest. Later
it was purchased by Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Dial Targensen, both of
whom were writers. Mr. Tagen- [
sen was the author of several
widely read books. The family re-!
sided at Robins Nest for several |
years and then sold out and
moved to New York, where they
were nearer the market for their
work.
Since the Targensens departed
the house has become prelij
much run down. Its purchase and
planned restoration by Mr. and
Mrs. Hayes is a matter1 of grati
fication to Southport people.
The sale of the D. J. Smith
residence in Southport to a re
tiring Charlotte lawyer was also
announced this past week. The
new purchasers are understood to
be planning to move here in June.
BOATWRIGHT BUYS
(Continued from page one)
capacity of the guest house. He
also plans immediate construction
of another cottage on one of his
lots at the beach. At one time he
owned about 75 nice residental
lots there. Through his efforts a
great mbny business and profes
sional men have acquired lots and
homes at the beach.
Asked his views with regard to
construction at the beach this
year, Mr. Boatright said that
he believes things to be the most
promising ever. From all he has
heard a great many people are
preparing to build. Some have
had trouble getting building ma
terial.
He and all otherT/1
Km
ers are naturally ve,.. '
ed at the recognit|0^
resort in the co,r,ir^
nient of a post *
tlon of a state park ^
by Fort Caswell i, .J
eral interest.
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you know how re?{jJ
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The Shallotte Livestock Market
. . . will be open for the purchase of liojrs ar.;,
every day, beginning Monday, Dec. 1, 1947, and 5
ing each day thereafter.
DAILY MARKET PRICES WILL BE PAID
W. McKinley Hewett, Mgr. Shallotte.)
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