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^ pilot Cm ens P to vick County STATE PORT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time 1SIXTEEN N?' 26 6'PAGES today Southport, N. C., Wednesday, September 29,1948 published every Wednesday Hm per yea? part Will r i f_l M In Tabor On October 6 , Pota'to^Twi" Again CtioH^nGaire". ^house No. Two ?c TO BE SAME JSd last year Caution In Handl ed Preparing For y^rket Urged In Circulars (? CITY. Sept. 27?The Lon of auctioning sweet 'a- Tabor City will open Jiday. Oct 6. t FonvieUe. president of the maa Marketing Company -J' last week that the K date had been arrang *tt the market would '(jerate in Garrell's Ware *? 2' -jjg will begin each ,Sf?9 o'clock and conclude iidenioon at 5 o'clock ex (Saturday when sales will noon. -je caution in handling li urged in circulars now [distributed to growers. The eri include the following its: (that no potatoes are pil jvfiry row take care of it Jitter all yams in row in j'sey are dug and see that Ipe an hour to dry before unless sun is too hot. i that potatoes are placed from bottom to top so j be full on arrival at cur -SSe Always use two or [if your best hands to do kin?. grade runs from 1% to fj-es in diameter. Be sure a your jumboes out. All jound potatoes will have j inches in diameter, of the long potatpes k 4 to 10 inches long, ac j to the size of the potato, lot but not least, to get pod cure on potatoes they Vl&uled ?r curing toewse of digging but in any potatoes should be plac I Bring house lot later than tday. Potatoes left out of |pwse for as long as Mon Saturday will damage not u 25 per cent; in other :B*y are worth just about ?t less per bushel to they are kept out that ^ keep all bruises and dam is minimum potatoes should as carefully as you le a bushel of eggs. IriifiVctf! Flathts k OFFICE fc McEwen, Southport at I iaa moved his office up r*r the Southport post p ben efit pn of the Southport Home ??ton Club are sponsoring fctago party Friday night trj*k in the American Le te. ? WtTE POST 1 Sallotte Post No. 247, Ugion, will meet Fri ""Mg. October 1, at 7:30 'a the Shallotte high school Ras. P MEETING Mfuiar monthly meeting pwck County Post No. Itencan Legion, will be legion room Thursday p? 50, at 7:30 o'clock. p SCHEDULE isuzu theatre in South * SWe on its winter schc ^'wnceforth the first show T1 at ~ o'clock except on ? *hen the first of three "sua at 6:30 o'clock. OATH office was administered Clerk of Court Sam r**'" to members of the County Welfare Board ?n\b ;A. : fe** TO BUUjT P; JJ the buyers of lota ?J** development section have already sunk * Nr prop in the near! ?w" ? p r pi'pmciude8 p C p- Henry and George |(u T property and are * ,v? bul'd in the near Sa ,!11,Uyer of two large. BV,. Week that he| k j.,?8 erection of r> r"13 Oft part of his * will leave him 81 t0 expand as need Healthy Family RECORD?Not since their wedding has death entered the family of Mr. and Mrs. R. Will Davis, who are shown at the right of the above picture together with their son, W. S. Davis, his wife, Merritt Moore and Mrs. Moore, who is a granddaugh ter. Bottom, left to right, are Jimmie, Penny and Paul Merritt Moore, great grand children. Davis Family Has Fine Health Record South port Family Of Which "Uncle Will" Davi? Is Head Never Has Been Touched By Death MOORE FAMILY IN PICTURE STORY These Members Of Davis Family Used As Model In Recent Series For Health Magazine Brunswick county may have a family in which six generations are living and several in which there ar? five generations, but it la doubtful it any- ot.them can equal th? record of Mr. and Mrs. R. Win Davis of Southport. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have been married more than 62 years. Four of their five children are married and have families. Some of the children's children are also mar ried and have families. The remarkable thing is that since the day the couple was mar ried over 62 years ago their union has never been broken by the death of any of their descendents. In other words, there has never been a death in the Davis family. Mr. Davis is now 88 years of age. Mrs. Davis is 83. Long known as a staunch democrat, Mr. Davis has never missed voting in an election since he came of age. He is a straight voter and has never scratched a ticket. The same can be said of Mrs. Davis. She has voted since women were given the privilige of voting, and like her husband, she has never scratched a ticket. Mr. Will, or "Uncle Will", as most Southport people know him, is now slowed up somewhat by age, but he still gets about town. Mrs. Davis gets about as spry as a cricket and does every bit of her own housework. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have two daughters, Mrs. Edna Bell of the Southport postoffice and Mrs. J. E. Carr, wife of a local real estate and insurance man; three sons. Will S. Davis of Southport; J. W. Davis Edenton druggist', and Clif ford Davis, Mt. Airy druggist. Picking out one of the above children, Mr. and Mrs. Will S. Davis of Southport have a son and daughter, John Carr Davis of the Navy and Mrs. Merrit Moore, of Southport. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have three children, Jimmie, Pen ny and Paul, all students in the Southport school. They constitute (Continued on page six) Library Grows On Book Gifts One Novel Was Presented By It? Author, A F Resident Of The South port Community Miss Beth Grimes, librarian:for the local public ?W-JJPgJ that around one hundred gi volumes were donated during PaOf Articular interest is the fact that one book, "A Man. And Three Women", was P^ented ^ the author, Vincent S. Stevens, who is a former Southport news PTurringan*e summer months the ereatly expanded through the loan of a number of good books from the Stat? Commission (Continued on pag* Rovin Reporter Sets Hat Style The Rovin' Reporter seems to set the fashion for hats, at least for his friend Captain J. B. Church. Late in September 1947 Keziah was at Shallotte and bought himself a new fall hat from Hobson Kirby, In person, of the | Shallotte Trading Company, j That night Captain Church saw him wearing the hat and asked j Keziah to buy him one just like If On fiis" next" trip to Shallotte. This was done. It turned chilly this past Sat urday and Keziah threw away his old straw and bought a new hat from Hobson while he was in Shallotte. That night Captain Church saw the hat and request ed Keziah to get him one just like it this week. Brunswick Men Enlist In Army Six Brunswick County Men, Including One Veteran, Enlist At Army Recruit ing Station During Past Month Among the thirty applicants ac cepted for enlistment in the Regu lar Army or Air Force by the Wilmington U. S. Army, and U. S. Air Force Recruiting Station dur ing the week ending September 18, were six men including one veteran were accepted from the Brunswick county area. The vet eran, Bryant E. Bennett of Free land, volunteered for the Regular Army. Non veterans were: Norman D. Hewett, McKee C. Pigott, both of (Continued on Page Six) Monday Rainfall Helps At Orton Shower* Throughout The Day Bring Welcome Re lief To Vegetation Putt ing On Fall Growth For the second time in about five months the gasoline powered pumps that supply water to the thirsty flowers and plants at Or ton were able to shut down Mon day. One rain In August permitted the pump to stop operating for three days. For the most of May, June, July, August and this month the pumps chugged steadily all 'day and sometimes far into the ! night. Watering flowers is not as simple as it sounds not when there are millions of them, as is the case at Orton. Fifty gallons of gas was required daily to keep the pumps going and the water tank full, according to Bill Hyatt, horticulturist at the gardens. When he returned home from his work at the gardens Monday afternoon Mr. Hyatt said the ralq brought a general feeling of re lief to all at the gardens. At Southport there was no downpour at any time during the day. just a continous rainfall that soaked and kept on sdaking in the ground. Browns Recover Damages From W.B. & S. Lines Southport Physician And Wife Awarded $1,000.00 Each With $800.00 For Automobile Damages Fol lowing Wreck A Brunswick county jury last week returned a verdict awarding $1,000.00 each to Dr. Landis G. Brown and his wlfet Mrs. Nell Brown, for injuries sustained last year when the automobile in which they were traveling crashed into a W. B. & S. bus on U. S. No. 17 between Shallotte and Supply. In addition, the jury awarded the sum of $800.00 to the plaintiffs for damages done their aOtenfo bile. Notice of appeal was given by councel tof the bus company. Ottjer matters settW 'In a one week term, of civil Cflurt before Judge John J. Bujjiey included a judgement of $10.(50. including principal and interest, in favor of W. J. McLamb against Ba'ily King. The suit of Sommefsett vs Gw^n was referred to E. K. Proctor, with both of. the princi pals asking for a jury trial. A verdict for the plaintiff was returned in the case of Ruby Reaves Anderson vs Carl Allen. Burning Permit Now Necessary Persons Planning To Do Any Outside Burning Must First Procure Per mit From Some Forestry Official County Warden Dorman Mercer stated that as of October 1 until November 30, inclusive, it will be necessary for all people burning any brush to first obtain from him or a duly authorized agent a Burning Permit to ?tart or cause to be started any fire in (Continued on page six) E, F & G Group Advised To Get Driver License N. ?.. Hudson, State Driv er'* License Examiner, Recommends That Per son? Attend To Get Lic ense Renewed As Soon As Possible SAYS LAST-MINUTE RUSH IS HARDSHIP Examinations Must Be Tak en For Renewal Before End Of Year; Manual Study Suggested Is your surname Edwards, Fish er or Grainger? If it is any of these or any other name beginn ing. with E, F, or O, then it is titia? to begin thinking about tak ing. your driver license examina tion. ? Having in mind the last-minute rushes which have caused A, B. C and D drivers so many hours of waiting and inconvenience N. Hud son who is State driver license examiner for Brunswick County, this week advised the E, F and G group to obtain license while a few minutes would do the job. All the drivers whose names be gi? with any of these three let ters must have their new license by, January 1. Mr. Hudson requested that advance publicity be given to this group because "I've observe ed what a hardship it works on those' who have to stand in a tiresome line for hours and I know that this Is what will hap pen unless more of the drivers report for examination within the next moth or so." The State license examiner al so recommended that those who must take the test study a driver manual carefully before attempt ing to renew their license. He said this would expedite the ex aminations and save time as well as minimize the danger of re jection. Inside Fishing Holds Spotlight __ I ' . Hook And Line Fisherman Vies With His More High-' falutin Brother, The Sur fcaster, For Sport With very little freshwater to disturb and keep salt water fish out, sport fishing in the rivers, creeks, inland waterways and bays is said to be good. Mrs. John W. Garner of the Anchor Hotel at Shallotte Point reported Saturday that trout fish ing was good. Spots are beginn ing to bite in a lively manner and are of pretty good size. A good many drum, some flounder and croakers are being caught at the Point. A lot of fox hunters have been at the hotel recently and mahy deer and bear hunters have been making inquiries about ac commodations when the season opens. The Point has had an un usually large number of visitors this year.' The same thing with regard to fish catches are being reported by Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Whitley, of Howell's Point at the mouth, of (Continued on Page 6) Our ROVING Reporter W. B. KEZIAH Advertisers In this paper must have & lot of faith in it. Last week a paragraph in this column stated that as a cooperative ges ture with owners and finders of lost hunting dogs, during the hunt ing season, we would mention all such dogs being lbst or found, free if the matter wafc reported to us. Next morning J. C. Crouch of Bolivia stopped ua to say, "I see where you said you would run a free advertisement of hunting dogs lost and found during the season." "Yes," he was told, "we will be glad to mention such hap penings. Have you found a dog?" "No," said Crouch "I haven't found a dog, but I am afraid of losing mine and I just wanted to be sure I could get him back if I did." Realizing what a powerful fac tor Fort Caswell would be in drawing tourists to North Caro lina and this part of the coast, Editors John E. Hope of the Wil mington Star and Al G. Dickson of the Wilmington News are warm in advocating that Caswell be taken over and made a part of the State Park system. They are right with the intriguing hot wells, sup erlative fidiing, climate and phy sical properties existing, Fort Cas well has publicity assets that would attract thousands of out-of state visitors, visitors who would otherwise never dream of coming to North Carolina. The State can not afford to ignore the opportuni ty to acquire the Fort Caswell property. It is still contended that push ing building and real estate ac tivities at our beaches during the winter time will greatly increase the spring and summer business and activity. All homes built now (Continued On Page Four) Patrolman Learns He Is After Stolen Auto Patrolman J. C. Taylor Received Radio Meuage About Mack Jones Truck While In Chase State Highway Patrolman C. J. Taylor who Is stationed at Leland was running down a pickup truck and the driver Sunday night when his radio brought the information that the machine he was chafing had been stolen. Mack Jones, furniture man at Woodbum had driven his pickup truck to church shortly before seven. Within a short time some one went in and asked him if h# rode or walked to church. Mack advised that he had driven, and then informed his truck was gone. Deputy Sheriff O. W. Perry was contacted and he phoned pat rol headquaters In Wilmington and advised of the stolen machine. A pickup order for the stolen car was put on the air. > Meanwhile Patrolman Taylor, headed east on 74-76, met the stolen car at Malmo, about six miles from where it had been stolen. The officer had not yet been advised of the theft but the I approaching truck made a bad I move on the highway and he I promptly turned around to stop lit. The truck sped up and Taylor | chased it for about a mile. The | driver of the truck slowed down and while his machine was still 'going at about IS miles per hour | he jumped out and took to his 'heels. The officer took after him jas soon as he could bring his own {car to a halt. Taylor proved the better of the two In a foot raae and collared John Best, Delco negro. Best claimed that he was scared of his wife and took the truck to ret home in before he waa late. He was changed with larceny of auto mobile, driving drunk and driving without a license. It was just a minute or two before the foot race that the radio in Taylor's patrol car brought him the news that the car he was chasing had been stolen. Eight People Escape Death In Building Wren Find Friends Aboard Trawler Sailors from some ports or other must have been very kind to .a couple of small house wrens that boarded the Ros^ina, Captain Sandy Simmons, while he was shrimping about ten miles off Southport this week. The little birds suddenly board ed from nowhere and began a lightning like inspection of the boat. They hopped and fluttered into every corner and crevice, below and above deck. Obvious ly pleased with, everything, thej turned their attention to whom they took to be old friends. They would light on the feet, knees and shoulders of the men and allow themselves to be.pick ed up and petted. They remained on the boat all day and only hopped off of it when it returned t the fish house that night. Weather Perfect For Haymaking .? County Agent J. E. Dod son Says That Brunswick Fanners Are Saving A bundance Of Good Feed County Agent J. E. Dodson said this week that Brunswick county farmers have been having the best weather for saving hay that they have enjoyed in six 6r seven years. TTiey have been taking full advantage of the opportunity to save this crop. Probably more hay has been'' cut, cured and stored this year] than the farmers ever before had at anyone time. With the average date for the first killing first still nearly two months off, it is very likely that much more will be cut and saved before weather stops operations. All feed crops have been extra good this year. As a matter of fact, many farmers are worried at not having enough feeder hogs and cows to take care of the feed crps that were produced. Consid ering the amount of feed on hand, there is an especially big shortage of feeder hogs on the farms. This does not mean that there | (Continued or page six) Democrats Will Rally Saturday | Young Democrats Sponsor ing Free OysKr Roast To Be Held At Shallotte Point Saturday After noon A rally of Brunswick county Democrats is being planned for Saturday night when an oyster roast sponsored by the Young Democrat Club will be served at James Chadwick's place at Shal lotte Point Edward H. Red wine is presi dent of the Brunswick county club and he and other members of the organization have spared no efforts to see' that this is a successful event. Several important speakers have been invited to be present, and all party candidates are expected to attend. Tobacco P?ckhou?e ' In Which They Were Work ing Thursday Afternoon Turned Into Trap At Second Floor Collapsed TWO OF VICTIMS ARE HOSPITALIZED Threat' Of Suffocation Wai Greatest Danger For Oth er* Who Were Bnrried Beneath Tobacco And Hay Seven white women and one man had a narrow escape from death Thursday afternoon when they were buried beneath tona at baled Ray and tobacco after the second floor of a packhouae in which they were gradlhg tob-, acco collapsed. The accident occured on the Old Kit Bland farm near Long wood. The women were at work on the ground floor and without warning the second floor of the building, in which was stored be tween 800 and 1000 bales of hay, collapsed, burrying them under the debris. Mrs. Olie Hewett is said to have been the most seriously in jured. She was still a patient tn the Conway hospital early this week. Mrs. Bessie Ivey received serious injuries but has been dis missed from the hospital. Mrs. Delia Wilson Benton, Miss Mollie Wilson, Miss Ellen Wilson, Gro ver Thomas and two other women whose names have not been learn ed, were reported to have sus tained bruises and to have had a narrow escape from suffocation. They are said to have been im prisoned under the fallen floor ing and hay for a full hour be fore rescurers could reach them. No men folks were anywhere near at the time of the accident. Two other women who had left the pack house a few minutes before the flooring collapsed ran a mile before they could find help. With no phones in the nelgh borhod a car was sent 14 miles (Continued on Pag* Six) Improvements For Bolivia Company Cinderblock Kilns Will Be Used To Speed Proc?M For Seasoning Lumber For Market Felton Garner of Long Beach, owner of the Bolivia Lumber Com pany ?t Bolivia, is now placing material for the construction of two large cinder block lumber drying kilns. The blocks are about double the size and weight of the average cinder blook. Mr. Garner saya that with this type of kiln construction, getting parctically air tight buildings, lumber can be handled much quicker than in the wooden kilns he has been using. In addition to his sawmill at Bolivia, which handles mostly large timbers, the planning mill and resaw mill handles the out put of five ground mills. These are working at various points in the county. He also does some buying for other mills. A yard covering several acres for the stacking of green lumber until it can b? handled by the drying kilns or planning mill has recently been opened in the woods west of the mill. Club Women In Session Today ? At Southport Eleventh District Of NorAj Carolina Tederation Of Woman's Clubs Holding Annual Meeting Here STATE FEDERATION PRESIDENT PRESENT Following Interesting Bull* ness Meeting In Trinity Methodist Church, Luncheon At USO Club Club women of Southeastern North Carolina are meeting- today In Southport where the local club Is hostess to representatives of eleventh District North GaroUM Federation of Woman's dubs. Outstanding among the notable? present is Mrs. J. A. Gupton, State president, who made the principal address this morning. Also present were Mrs. John D. Robinson, and officer in the Gen eral Federation; Mrs. A. B. Will Is, State corresponding secretary, and Mrs. J. F. Colwell, Stat? literature chairman. The meeting opened at 10 o'clock with assembly in the audi torium of Trinity Methodiat church. The invocation was by the Rev. H. M. Baker, pastor of Southport Baptist church, and greetings from the home club were extended by Mrs. James If. Harper, Jr., president of th* Southport Woman's Club. Re sponse was by Mrs. J. P. Wella . Greetings were brought from , home demonstration clubs by Mlas ? Corinne Green, home agent for Brunswick County, and for the . Nurses Association by Barbara Adams. Following a brief business ses- " sion, Mrs. Bryant Potter sang "America n?e Beautiful". Then ? followed the address by Mrs. Gupton. The assembly sang "Amer ica", and Mrs. E. P. Brown, 2nd vice-president .of the North Car olina Federation, then made a brief address. iwpprtr war Trauwoy nt? dis trict president, Mrs. N. C. Blake, of Burgaw, and by each of the club presidents. The Woman's Chorus of Southport sang "On^ ward Christian Soldiers", whlfch was followed by reports of com mittees and announcements. The meeting then adjourned to the Community Building, where a delicious seafood luncheon was served. Immediately after the luncheon visitors were taken for a tour of Ft. Caswell and nearby beaches through the courtesy of the W. B. & S. Bus Co. Norris Henry Caught Again Fourth Brush With The Law Inside A Year Leads To Trial In Recorder's Court Here This Morning Among those greeting Judge McLamb at todays session of the Recorders Court is Norris Henry, Winnabow white man of good family who has already been 'a three-time loser with the courts in this and other counties on liq uor charges. State Highway Patrolman C. M. Cummlng and Chief of PoMe? Coleman of Shallotte captured Henry at 2 o'clock In the morn' Ing one day last week. He had been making deliveries to his ami tomers and hidden under the hood of his 1S37 Oldsmobile they fouM half-gallon of spirits?plenty td bring him In and hold him on a fourth charge. Since this latest arrest he has been in Jail in default of two bonds of (1,000 each. One of the bonds de'manded Is for the pre sent offense, the other Is for se curity on a capias. A year ago Henry ran up a gainst officers in Pender county. His car and whiskey were sleaed and he is understood to haV? drawn a suspended road sentence and a fine of $400.00 and costs. Soon after that State Highway Patrolmen Flowers and Duncan got him In New Hanover county, where he drew a suspended sent ence of 18 months, and a flnd'dC $100.00 and cost?, losing another car in the same episode. A few months ago State Hi?^ way Patrolman Cummlngs rap Henry and his car down at the i/tU of an exciting chase. Henry, plus a sizable quantity of liquor, apr peared before Judge McLamb and he got a one year suspended ?e& tenpe, was taxed with the cost* his car seized and he was flmd $400.00. He Is reported to have paid only about a third of this M09.00 fine and was evidently trying to earn the remainder of it wh?Q XContinusd on Page ?1