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NO- 17 6-PAGES today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, August 4th, 1948 published every Wednesday $im per yea?
rflce Officer
jnlinues Until
December 1, 48
?JoTcHSr Com*
Insure* This
<"r Remainder Of
? Tern.
*Sm?beer-wine
<'iS Con"...dP
fT?1,.D?SX?'
lem
^ 0f the board of coun
c . -ers voted Monday
*L the work of Veterans
fofficer until the first,
? in December. 1948. which
end of their term.
?lcr.? this provision, the |
iters stipulated that the j
Uthis work after Sept
Li must be paid from the,
Lo tax money that comes ^
L ccunty. ,. i
L-tion resulted when it
' ? ?o the commissioners1
^ would be impossible to
? payment of a Veterans
L Officer in the new budget
V either dropping some
^rv.ce. or without
u [te present tax rate.
^ Edwards, young W acca
Lgdip citizen, is serving
toats Service Officer for
p" the day Julian Price
pd his resignation as su
re?: ?f the county home,
Ktta to become effective
?te: 30.
H business disposed of by
tad consisted primarily of
% some matters growing
i the tax foreclosure suits.
I commissioners ordered the
[to Pearson land deeded
I Reaves for J160.00 and j
i if the sale. The Annie
p iand was ordered deeded j
10. Peterson for the sun! of
I piss cost of the sale. The,
licor. land and H. A. Wil
IM were ordered deeded
toy A. Williams for S282.57,-j
I at of the sale, the deed
k delivered upon final pay
I ii the purchase price. A
K ?as passed allowing Mrs.
L Ward to afterlist 40-acres
to at {6 00 per acre.
?axel were dropped from
Wnty relief list, and provis
W rade for defraying the
I expenses of four patients
k Rapid Treatment Center
IritfNtwi
Flathu
? OVERTURN'S
trick owned by the Bruns
1BEA and operated by Bert i
I wertumed on the beach |
today afternoon. Russ and
1 Klxer occupants of the car j
'jwn first aid at the Dosh
feor.al Hospital.
*KC? RATING
*ks in Southport will be
in knowing that John|
'Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. j
1 Davis, has recently been
** to 2nd Class Petty Of
' He is in the disbursing
the U. S. S. Midway
48 ?'P is at Norfolk at the
6: time.
jj>s meeting
* -gular meeting of the
Post No. 247 American
* ?'tU be held at the Shal
*?i>l building Friday, Aug.
'K 8 o'clock. All members
to be present. Com-|
* Mitchell S. McCoy and
! ? - Cecil Edwards say that
is an important one.
wade visitor
I,1? A'a,ie. Coach of the
university Blue Devils;
^aiie, Jr., and Mrs.
. i:: their little daughter,
Mrs. Fiances Clark,
I in ^ at'e- are sp611^"
t, *?* at the Robinson
? Caswell Beach. The
H '^y spends a part of
^ -Her at this Brunswick
tea P?rt BaPtis^ church j
r -1.. won a double head-!
p^'la-V aftcrnoon, turn-j
hi1!" b-v a count of!
t Gen? n MtmS Longwood
^ Russ was the wln
^ *Uh t the Bolivia en"
r> jj_.' ommy Bowmer be
lte1,r'f?,mrnie Radcliff was
Vioq '?r S?uthport in the
?"* with Doug |
Brunswick Boys On Legion Team
Above are shown the Columbus County American Legion Junior baseball team j
which was runner-up in Area 2 play. Back row, left to right Bobby Stanley, Coach
Buck Hardee, Jack Edmunds, Jack Meares, Felix Smith, Sonny Ganey, Dick Coburn,
Sonny Callahan, Billy Hardee, Matt Nelson and Wayman Stanley. Seated, left to right
are Jimmy Quinerly, Reid Caswell, Rone Anderson, Billy McDowell, Bermy Stevens,
Rudy Williams, Billy Horton and Tommie Bowmer. Ganey is a Leland boy and Mc
Dowell and Bowmer are from Southport.
Inspection Lane Is
Returning To County
Will Be Located At Shal
lotte Wednesday And
Thursday Of Next Week;
Will Be At Southport On
Saturday And Monday
DEADLINE SET
ON SOME MODELS
Owners Of New Cars And
Very Old Cars Have Only
Until August 31 To
Comply With Pro
gram
Motor Vehicle Inspection Lane
No. 28 will be in Brunswick
county next week for' the last
time before the first of the dead
lines recently established by the
Department of Motor Vehicles in
an effort to speed up compliance
with the inspection law.
The lane will operate at Shal
lot te on Wednesday and Thurs
day of next week. Friday will be
spent in moving, and the lane
will operate at Southport on Sat
urday and Monday.
August 31 brings the deadline
for inspection of new cars and
very old models. All 1947 and
1948 models must be sporting
their blue sticker by that time,
and so must all motor vehicles
of 1936 and prior vintage.
The experience of the inspection
lane officials has been that more
and more motorists are realizing
that the time is growing short
for having these inspections
made, and many are being wise
in trying to avoid a last minute
rush.
While August 31 is the dead
line for these certain models, the
inspection lane will inspect any
vehicle of any model during the
time It is operating in this coun
ty.
Thinks Tobacco |
Poundage Good
Waccamaw Township Grow- J
er Believes 1948 Tobacco
Production Will Approach
Last Year's Figure
Even with the 27 percent re- \
duction that the growers were
forced to take in acreage this
year, the 1948 Brunswick eounty
tobacco crop will go to near
normal in poundage, said John
B. Ward, Waccamaw township to
bacco grower and former Judge
of the Recorder's court this week.
" Mr. Ward is basing his esti
mate on the fact that the crop
is generally good. Last year with
an equally good crop in prospect,
practically all growers suffered
heavy losses in the fields and at
their pack houses from rains and
moisture.
There were various estimates |
as to loss on last year's crop and
there is no denying that it was
considerable, both in actual loss
of weed and serious damage to
much of that which was not lost.
Mr. Ward pointecf out this
week that there has been little
rain damage this year. In some
fields there has been a little
damage from dryness, but this
was nothing like that which re
sulted from the rains last year.
Other growers in addition to
the Waccamaw farmer, appear to
think that the Brunswick county
poundage is normal, or about
that despite acreage reduction.
Colored Teachers
Outnumber Whites
County Superintendent of
Schools J. T. Denning stated,
this week that the teacher posi
tions in aH of the colored
schools were full. "In fdct," he
said, "with regard to the col
ored schools there are two
workers for every job."
Getting around to the white
schools seems to bring out an j
altogether different angle. Not
much more than half of the
white teacher positions have
been filled up and it looks dif
ferent to obtain a full list of
faculty members to tie ready
for work when the schools !
open on September 6th.
"With the white schools it j
is a case of two jobs for every j
worker," said Mr. Denning.
?
Long Beach Gets
New Residents
Prominent Lumberton Bank
er Among Most Recent
Purchasers Of Property
At Popular Resort
John Stedman, president of the
Scottish Bank of Lumberton, has
purchased the Berry French cot
tage at Long Beach for a sum
mer home. Mr. Stedman, who is
prominent in North Carolina
banking circles, is another of the
outstanding North Carolina men
who sees a big future for the
Brunswick county beach areas.
Only the week before the Lum
berton banker bought, " W. A.
Thorne, vice-president of the
Roanoke Rapids Bank and Trust
Company, purchased a home at
Long Beach. Coming there just
to spend his vacation, Henry Mc
Kinnon, prominent Lumberton
citizen, decided to stay and ac
cordingly purchased the Dr.
Tuttle house and lot.
Mr. McKinnon's sister, Miss
Sallie Lou McKinnon, has also
been spending her vacation at
the beach and is leaving this
week for Poland and other Euro
peon countries to attend religious
world conferences before going
(Continued on Page Five)
Plants Available
For Cemetery
Inquiry From Southport
Man Brings Information
That Azaleas Will Be Do
nated For Beautification
Project
A2aleas for planting in the
Southport cemetery will be avail
able in the fall during the best
time for planting according to
letters received this week by
Crawford Rourk from J. E. L.
Wade and Walter Carrier of Wil
mington.
Having heard that azaleas for
such plantings in areas around
Wilmington were being made
available by the Wilmington
Parks System, Mr. Rourk wrote
Mr. Wdde about it, pointing out
that the old Southport cemetery
'could be made beautiful with the
proper planting and care of aza
(Continued on page five)
Leland Man Is |
Drowned Monday j
Off Shallotte
Rockwell Benton Lost When
Shrimp Trawler Capsized
Monday As He Sought
To Help Distressed Craft
Trapped in the cabin of his j
small shrimp boat when it -cap- j
sized near the Shallotte River j
inlet Monday afternoon, Rockwell |
Benton, 33-year-old resident of
the Leland community, was I
drowned. Sam Williams; also of i
the Leland section, was rescued ]
by the crow of another nearby]
boat. J
Benton and Williams, accord-|
ing to Warrant Officer Harry E.'
Johnson, of Oak Island, had been '
out shrimping in a 38-foot boat.'
The seas were rough from the I
west winds and they were on'
their way in to Shallotte Point. I
Noticing another boat in!
trouble, Bentoa. and Williams I
turned back to render aid and
their own engine, became disabled.
Benton went inli the cabin to
try to get the engine1 started
again. While he was there the
powerless boat was swept around
and was strtick broadsided by
the waves with the result that it]
capsized.
Williams, thrown into the wa
ter from the deck of the boat as
it overturned, was easily rescued.
Benton in the cabin of the sub- J
merged craft, could not find his |
way out and was drowned. His J
body subsequently washed away
from the boat and has not yet
been located.
The Ctoast Guard official said
last night that the body would
probably be located today or
Thursday. With strong winds
from the west he was apparent
ly of the opinion that it might
wash several miles up the coast
from where the drowning occur
ed before drifting ashore.
Mr. Benton was a half brother
of County Commissioner Stephen
Mintz, of Leland. He is survived
by hi? widow, a former Shallotte
woman. Other details as to his
family have not been learned.
May Experiment
With Producing
More Vegetables
Success Of Tomato Plant
Venture By New Jersey
Man May Result In The
Growing Of Early Vege
tables Locally
TOMATO CROP IS
BEST HE HAS HAD
Other Growers Showing In
terest In Procuring Plants
Raised In This Area
For Early Planting
Everet H. Sheppard, who pion
eered the tomato plant growing
venture on the River Road above
Southport, will experiment with
two or three acres in early let
tuce, cabbage, tomatoes and bell [
peppers next spring, according to
a statement yesterday morning.
His growing of tomato plants
for shipment to New Jersey will
be increased in acreage next
spring and he expects to have
much better land for the produc
tion of the plants than that
which he used this year.
After buying 135 acres of land
on the river road last year, Mr.
Sllcppard cleared about 30 acres
this spring and planted it in wa
termelons. The land was too fresh
for the tomato plants this year
but will be in ideal condition in
1949.
He will clear more land this
winter and plant it in watermel
ons in 1949 and then add it to
his tomato plant acreage in 1950.
Mr. Sheppard said that his crop
of tomatoes in New Jersey this
year is much the best he has
ever grown. He added that other
farmers who planted his Bruns
wick-grown plants are making the
same report about their crops.
The Brunswick county plants
reach the New Jersey fields with
out wilting and otherwise much
stronger and hardier than those
grown in the Georgia fields.
Growing the plants here is no
longer an experiment. Two years
operations by Sheppard has dem
onstrated that the finest plants
can be produced here and moved
to the New Jersey fields in half
the time it takes to transport
them from Georgia. He says that
the canneries will gladly contract
for more acreage in tomato plants
than he can possibly handle.
Native Builder.
To Long Beach
Brunswick County Man Is
Moving To Nearby Resort
After Living At South
Carolina Beach
M. E. Plott of Ocean Drive
Beach, where he has been ex
tensively engaged In contracting
and building for the past several
years, has bought a lot on the
water front at Long Beach. He
will shortly build there and move
his family from the South Caro
lina resort.
Purchasing another lot with a
100 feet highway frontage. Mr.
Plott has already started con
struction work on a cinder block
building with a 75 foot frontage
and a depth of 100 feet. He will
use this building to carry a big
line of building supplies and hard
ware.
1 It is understood that when
1 (Continued on page flva?
w. B. KEZIAH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
It is not a matter of news that
last week's issue of this paper
came out two days late. But in
case anybody still wonders why
we only have to mention that the
getting out of the tobacco edi
tion created a bottleneck. TTie
point of this item is that W. R.
(Bill) Holmes, of Shallotte, said
to us this week: "Just to show i
you how people appreciate their,
| county paper, when it was late
last week there were more calls
i for it at the post office window (
here than there ever is for first
class mall. Likewise there were
more inquiries heard on the'
street."
Last week we mentioned get
ting a card from some goofy!
guys in Philadelphia, saying they,
!were four southern delegates to!
the 3rd Party meeting and w^re
'thinking of us just before tjie
me&ting started. They signed]
themselves "G. J., L. H., E. C. j
ind L. S." This card had us:
slightly worried. We did not
know we had any friends who
were crazy enough to attend a
3rd party convention. In fact, we
iid not know anybody at all who
might be in Philadelphia. The
mystery has cleared up. Grace,
Jones, Lorraine Hewett, Eloise
Chapman and Lula Marie Swan
returned from a trip last week.!
rhey solved the puzzle by ask
ing if we had heard from them.
Said they were in Philadelphia
at the time of the 3rd party
meeting. The clerk at the hotel
isked them if they were dele
gates and ,that gave them an
Idea of ways and means of get
ting their names in the paper.
There may be something to it,
und then again there may not|
be anything. Hie point is that.
(Continued oh page five) 1
Record Average Of$59.13
Paid In Whiteville For
Opening Tobacco Sale?
Beach Resorts Draw
Many Prominent Men
Impressive List Of Outstanding Leaders In Various Fields
Being Attracted To Brunswick County
Brunswick county beaches are
having their greatest season,
with August and September bid
ding fair to be even better. Cov
erage of Caswell Beach, Long
Beach and Holden Beach this'
week showed all homes occupied
and those that are subject to
lease or rent by the week or
month taken for weeks in ad
vance.
As a usual thing with beaches,
both the private homes and those
that are leased are filled during
the summer months with about
twice as many people as comprise
a regular family. The beach home
owners nearly always have a
number of friends visiting them
and the folks who rent a cot
tage usually bring along with
them about twice as many folks
as are in a regular family.
That is the case t.his year.
Everything is filled to capacity
and great numbers of people come
in Just for a day or for the two
days that constitute the week
ends. TTiey get sleeping accom
modations wherever they
find them, at the beaches, in
Southport or anywhere they can
get a bed.
j A striking: thing with regard
to the Brunswick beaches is the
large number of prominent fam
ilies represented. Doctors, law
years, Judges, congressmen are
among the property owners. Not
the least represented among the
professions have been the num
ber of newspaper men, who either
own or lease homes at the beach'
es for the summer.
Instances could be d ted where
time after time this year some
prominent persons have come to
Brunswick county just for a cas
ual visit to the beaches and have
ended up by buying houses or
lots and announcing that they in
tend to construct their own
homes.
There has been' no boom in
building new homes, just a steady
stream of construction with signs
pointing to building continuing
during the winter months.
Sport Fishing Good
If Weather Permits
Big Freshwater
Catfish Taken
Oscar Knox of Bolivia swears
that last Saturday he caught
the biggest freshwater catfish
that anybody hereabouts is
going to catch this summer. It
weighed six and a quarter
pounds.
Oscar was fishing peacefully
for perch in Lockwoods Folly
River. He had a very light cane
pole and the usual small hook
that is favored for taking
perch. When the big catfish
struck, Oscar says he could
have sworn that his hook had
got fouled in the tall of an al
ligator.
It took some skillful angling
to get this old fellow out of
the water.
Demonstration Of
Beef Business
Brunswick County Man
Markets T wo-And One
Half Year Old Steer For
$248.00; Raised on Graz
i ing
Last week a- Waccamaw town
ship farmer sold a steer only
two and a half years old for beef
at the nice price of $248.00. The
nicest thing about the transaction!
is that this steer was raised en-J
tirely on pasture. It was never
given a pound of feed from the
barn or feed house- in all of the
30 months of its life.
While the producer of this beef
asked that his name be not re
vealed, proof, is not lacking. Doz
ens of his neighbor farmers ?could
swear to the truth of the matter.
In a personal interview this
Waccamaw farmer said, "With it
as easy as it is to raise cattle in
Brunswick county, it. is amazing
and really a shame that we do not
raise more beef and milk cows
than we now do."
He went on to say that this
$248.00 worth of beef was pro
duced entirely from grazing on
permanent pasture in the summer.
In the winter this grazing revert
ed to fields of small grain and the
animal and others that are being
fattened was taken from the
grain fields and put back to the
permanent pasture. This without
injury to the small grain that it
grazed on during the winter. The j
small grain made a wonderful
crop at harvesting time.
For the final fattening the steer
was turned into a lespedeza field
and this grazing did better by it'
than any high priced commerical'
feed would have done. Salt at re
gular intervals was the only thing
the animal ever received from
the feed barn.
This farmer stated to a news
man that it was his intention to
expand In beef raising from now
(Continued on Page Five)
The Continuing Unfavor
able Weather Hold* Down
Number Of Trip? Out
side, But Good Catches
Result 'T.
FISHERMEN COME
FROM ALL PARTS
Parties Here During The
Past Week Represent
Many Sections Of
North Carolina
Three of the South port sport
fishing boats got in this week
with reports of their activities
since last Tuesday.
On the 27th the Botfly, C&pt.
Basil Watts, had a party com
posed of Fred L. Cooper, Frances
Kemp, R. H. Hundley, Jr., Guy
L. Mohn and Dr. M. C. Maddrey
of Roanoke Rapids and Jimmy
Myers of Carolina Beach. They
caught 22 dolphin, 7 Alba cores, 2
king mackerel.
On the 29th the same boat had
a party composed of Dr. F. H.
Flemming, M. O. Phillips and W.
E. Nichols of Coats, Dr. Carry
Hedgpeth of Lumberton and Long
Beach, and Rev. H. M. Baker of
South port. They got 2 large am
berjack, 6 dolphin, 2 large King
Mackerel and 40 bluefish.
On the 30th with Captain Watts
on the Botfly a party from Car
olina Beach, composed of Mr. and
Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. L.
E. Brunch, caught 100 pounds of
sea bass, 25 bluefish, 2 dolphin,
2 barracuda.
July 31 the Botfly's party was
composed of Hubert Strutman,
Paul Strutman, Jay Strutman,
Collier Kinnay, Jason Hedrick,
of Lexington and Thomasvllle.
The catch was 130 bluefish.
The final report for this week
made by Captain Watts of the
Botfly showed W. H. Lewis and j
(Continued on page five)
Vessel Arrives
For Conversion
Mine Sweeper No. 397 Ha*
Been Purchased By The
Brunswick Navigation
Company And Will Be
Used For Menhaden
The Mine Sweeper 397 arrived
at Southport from Virginia Mon-j
day afternoon, under her own,
power and went direct to the!
plant of the Brunswick Naviga-1
tior. Co., where she will imme
diately be converted into a men
haden fisherman.
It is said she will be ready for
work in September. About the
only work that will need to be
done on her will be to construct
a hold for the fish and remove
some of the mine sweeping gear.
The big hoists used in dragging
for mines will be, used to raise
and lower the heavy purse net
boats.
The 38<7 1? 136 feet in length,
(Condoned tmctc* ftvift
Figure* Are Based Upon
Approximately Million
Pound* Of Tobacco S0I9
On That Market Opening
Day #
EXPECT PRICES
TO GO HIGHER
Figure* For Whiteville Mar
ket Considerably Above
Opening For Georgia
Market
The Whiteville Tobacco Market
opened Tuesday with a record
average of $59.13 per hundred be
ing paid for approximately one
million pounds of tobacco. Both
the average and the poundage ara
unofficial and are based upon in
complete figures furnished to
Sales Supervisor Dave S. Nellson
at the close of Tuesday's sales.
Not only is the sverage price
the highest ever paid on the open
ing day of the market, but first .
day sales of one million pounds
eclipsed all previous opening
sales, since 1937.
The average paid on the Border
Belt compares favorably with the
155.60 paid on the opening of
the Georgia markets, and is $8.00
per hundred higher than yester
day's average of $31.21 being paid
to Georgia growers.
Veteran warehousemen, in slz
?"g up the local situation, ex-j
pressed the opinion that price*
Will advance from the opening
day figure. They point out that
most of the first day's offering*
were lugs, some of them of not
too good quality. When cutterf
start coming on the floors, thepr
believe that there Is good reason
to expect the market average to
advance into the sixty-dollar di- _
vision.
Wednesday sales were soma?
*hat lighter, due to rain Tuesday
night and Wednesday morning,
but prices held firm. Warehouse
men were expecting more volumo
in sales Thursday and Friday aM
the first week of the 1948 selling
season is completed.
4-H Club Boys
After Big Crop
County Agent Haa Group
Out After 100-Bu. Per
Acre With Corn Crop
For Thu Year
Brunswick county ha? 44 4-H
Club boys who ?re trying for
the 100 bushel yield of corn t??r
acre this year, says County Agent
[J. E. Dodson. Of course, he add
ed, not all of them will reach
that goal due to lack of rain
and other causes in their sections
of the county.
Many of them, the agent feet*
sure, will go to 100 bushels and \
better.
The corn will be measured in
October by someone sent out for
that purpose from State College
! in Raleigh.
In addition to the boya and
'their efforta to show the older
fellows up, Mr. Dodson is also
getting some satisfaction out of
the fact that there are a con
siderable number of men in the
county who don't want to be
shown up. They are setting out
to be in the 100 bushel claae
themselves.
Among these adult com grow
er? who are avowed contender
for the 100 bushels per acre claia
are D. Lett Bennett of the Ma- -
kotoka section; Bruce King of
Free land; J. B. Ward, Jr. ot
Ash; Marshall Roach of Supply
and George Danford of Boil via.
This list of adulta could preo
ably be swelled if it were not for
the fact that many of the fel
lows who are actively competit*
(Continued on page flv^
Homer McKeithan ^
Is Boat Skipper
With Merle Hood forced to give
up his command of the fish toat
John L. Morehead owing to bed
health. Homer McKeithan, qof
of the best local shrimp boat
skippers, has been placed In
charge of the Morehead and Is
now fishing that vefsel.
Captain J. B. Church, veteran
menhaden boat aldpper, began op
erating the Guilford this week
This is a practically new boat
Burned a little more than a yerfr
ago, it has been redesigned art
rebuilt. Largest of the
boats, except for the converted
mine sweeper?, the Glftord hu a
sr"y 01 over half a mlUiaa