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Brunswick Between Bookends By Eugene Fall on MEMOIRS OF AN OCTO GENARIAN. By John I). Bellamy. Observer Printing' House, Charlotte. 201 pps. Whereas much of this book of memoirs concerns New Hanover County and the City of Wilming ton, mention of Brunswick and its county seat, variously known F-^ YES. MR. JONES. I'Ll HAVE THAT PRESCRIPTION FILLED RIGHT AWAY AT WATSON'S PHARMACY . I Betistmtd PHMMAC/SJ CM PUTY of ALL T/MCS as Smithville and Southport, in evitably creep into the memories cherished by the late Mr. Bellamy, herein recorded and published in 1942. Two illustrations are to be found in the book: the first being a, photographic' likeness of the author, and the second being a photograph of the Bellamy man sion, located at the corners of Market and Fifth Streets in Wil mington. Mr. Bellamy writes, in this connection: “I was born in Wilmington on the 24th of March, 1854. in the former residence of Governor Benjamin Smith. My .father bought the house, built for Governor Smith at the zenith of his career. Recorded by the Reg ister of Deeds of New Hanover County in 1805, is a contract for this building, between Mrs. Ann Claypole and Benjamin Smith, concerning a ground lease . . . the house was Smith’s town residence while governor of North Carolina, his permanent residence being Belvedere in Brunswick County.” The memory of an eighty-year old man in 1942 stretched beyond the War Between the States, and Bellamy throws much illumina tion on the decided reluctance with which the advent of that, war was greeted in Wilmington: “When my father found that the most prominent people in Wilmington were Whigs, and, be ing Union men, would not take part in the celebration of South Carolina’s withdrawal from the Union, he bought all the empty tar barrels in town and had them strewn along Front Street, from Campbell to Queen, and on Mar ket Street from the river to Ninth Street and had a great bonfire and procession at night, three days before Christmas, 1860. He procured a band of music and headed the marching column him self, with his son and namesake ONE OF WILMINGTON’S LARGEST AND MOST MODERN FURNITURE STORES SERVING BRUNSWICK COUNTY. L. SCHWARTZ FURNITURE CO. ‘‘Your Credit Is Good” 713 N. 4th St. WILMINGTON, N. C. (the author) by his side.” Apparently the Bellamys either kept many slave servants in town or owned some farm properties, because the author writes: “My father and other large slavehold ers furnished hundreds of slaves to assist in strenthening the for tication around both Fort Fisher and Fort Caswell," adding "they made no charge to the Confeder ate Government.” The author was a man of con siderable stature, having been a1 member of Congress, a State : Senator and Dean of the North j Carolina Bar. The two hundred-odd pages in ; this volume are packed with in- j terest and a rather shameless j dropping of names. For instance Thomas Woodrow Wilson, who at tended high school at Wilmington and left that city for his first year at Davidson College, was "coached” by the author, who had graduated from the same school the previous June. The two had been bosom companions during the long hot summers the Wil sons remained in the Port City. But there was to be a “falling out” between them. According to Bellamy, W'ilson sent a trusted emissary to Wilmington to “enlist my aid in his North Carolina Campaign (for the presidential nomination). “I had already been committed to Oscar Underwood.” writes Bellamy, “and so informed Tom, through his emissary”. “He never forgave me.” adds the author, “and was rather vin dictive about it.” Later John D. Bellamy was to send the following remarkable letter to the President of the United States: “As an old friend and associate of yours, I would like to make a suggestion. I hope you will not remove American troops from Mexico, since Huerta has spurned the request to salute the Ameri can flag . . . now is the oppor tune time to annex this country, as we did Texas. Canada will come in sooner or later.” Wilson’s answer was short and terse: “Your letter is the veriest form of yellow journalism. It is no part of the U. S. to be ac quiring new territory; we have enough now to protect and de fend; your views in this respect Floyd’s Crew In 60-41 Win Over Whiteville Five By HOGS POWERS HALLSBORO — Paced by a 6’4%” pivot man, Cary Elvington, the Floyd’s. S. C. Wildcats came from behind here in the opening round of the First Annual Co lumbus Holiday Invitational Doubleheader, Thursday night, and went on to hand Whiteville’s Wolfpack a 60-41 setback. Southport's Dolphins downed Hallsboro, 59-50, in the opener. Coach M. A. Ramsey’s Cats had Elvington cast in the starring role as he swished in 22 points to pace their scoring act, but he had some good help from a strong supporting cast. The big center was the only man to hit the double-column in the score books. but three of his mates— Forward Ossie Buffkin, Guard Huey Bullock and Reserve Danny Hammond -all came close with 8 points apiece. Whiteville’s Pack, missing their leading scorer, Robert Leder, who was away on a holiday trip, were leaded by Reserve Forward Marion Davis, who had 12 points and Guard Byron Wyche with 8. Defensive leaders included Buff kin, Elvington and Guard Albert Johnson, all of whom rebounded well for Floyd’s; and Coach Buck Jolly’s Bill High, a forward, Cen ter Robert Plasky and Wyche. Coach Jolly’s boys, scrapping to offset the absence of Leder—who had paced the Blue-and-Whites in everyone of their five pre-holiday games with a better than 20 point average—edged ahead of the South Carolinians in the open ing quarter. Huey Bullock dumped in a jumper from the right side with in no way accord to my own.” In another place, Bellamy writes; "Had I broken faith with Underwood and his friends, and thrown my weight to Wilson, un doubtedly I would have been a member of the Wilson cabinet!” Judging by the letters quoted above, it is just as well for the country that Bellamy was loyal to Underwood. A note of some interest to the numerous Bellamy clan living in Brunswick County stems from the following reminiscence: “The name Bellamy is of French deri vation, and was originally spelled “Bellamie” — meaning wonderful friends.” NOTICE! NOTICE! ONLY CALL FOR TAXES I will be at the places cited below at the time designated for the Purpose of Collecting 1961 Taxes. PAY NOW AND SAVE COSTS Town Creek Township, Friday, January 5th D. H. HAWES & SONS—Bolivia .. 10:00 A. M. to 10:30 A. M. A. P. HENRY STORE—Winnabow .. 10:45 A. M. to 11:15 A. M. SKIPPERS (S&W Grocery)—Lanvale. 12:00 Noon to 12:30 P. M. North West Township, Friday, January 9th APPLEWHITE’S STORE—Maco . LEO MEDLIN’S STORE—Hood Creek CHINNIS STORE—Leland LELAND POST OFFICE NAVASSA POST OFFICE 9:30 A. M. to 10:00 A. M. 10:15 A. M. to 10:45 A. M. 11:15 A. M. to 11:45 A. M. 12:30 P. M. to 1:00 P. M. 1:15 P. M. to 2:15 P. M. Shdlotte Township, Wednesday, January 10th IVEY HIGH STORE—Calabash . 10:00 A. M. to 10:30 A. M. HICKMAN S STORE—Hickman’s X Roads . 11:00 A. M. to 11:30 A. M. JOHN WARDS STORE—Longwood . 11:45 A. M. to 12:15 P. M. SANDERS PARKER STORE—Grissettown .. 12:30 P. M. to 1:00 P. M. Waccamaw Township, Thursday, January 11th RODDY BENNETT’S STORE—Exum . 10:00 A. M. to 10:30 A. M. RANDOLPH LONG STORE—Ash .. 11:00 A. M. to 11:30 A. M. ERNEST MILLIGAN STORE—Ash . 11:45 A. M. to 12:30 P. M. Lockwoods Folly Township, Friday, January 12th GALLOWAY’S STORE—Varnumtown . 10:00 A. M. to 10:30 A. M. BUD TINDALL’S STORE—Silver Hill . 11:00 A. M to 11:30 A. M. C. ELWOOD FULFORD STORE—Supply, Rt. 11:45 A. f t. to 12:15 P. M. R. E. BELLAMY’S STORE—Shallotte . 1:15 r. M. to 2:30 P. M. J. M. PARKER’S STORE—Supply .2:45 ?. M. to 3:15 P. M. Payments May Be Made At Office In Southport Now! D. H. HAWES, Tax Collector For Brunswick County Southport, N. C. 7:56 left in the first quarter to give Floyd’s a 2-0 lead, and Cary Elvington dunked a rebound at 6:48 to make it 4-0. Whiteville hit the score column at 6:07 on Wyche's push from out front and another two-pointer after he stole the ball by the same WHS eager tied the count at 4-4 at 5:45. J Elvington sent Ramsey’s crew ; back in front, 6-4 at 5:40, Fred ! die Barkley tied it with a WHS j fielder at 5:28, 6-6; and Gene Watts sank an overhead push at j 4:13, then followed with 3:43 i jumper to make it 10-6, White | ville. Floyd’s tied it on Elvington’s rebounder with 3:04 left, 10-10; but Plasky dropped in a rebound at 1:53 and Whiteville was ahead, 12-10 and the co-host Wolves held a 15-13 quarter lead. j But, Jolly’s boys seemed to run out of gas in the second period, as Ramsey’s crew opened up their big guns and took an 8-point lead. Ossie Buffkin popped the twine at 7:24 on a jumper which made it 15-15 and Elvington hit at 6:39 with a tumshot to make it 17-15; FHS. Whiteville tied it one more time, 17-all, on Marion Davis’ push at 5:46, but Danny Hammond hit at 5:23 to make it 19-17, Floyd’s and the Wildcats went on to a 27-19, halftime ad- . vantage. With Elvington and Albert Johnson each hitting 6. points, Bullock collecting 4, Buffkin 3, and Randy Shelley 2 in the third quarter, the Sandlappers ran up a 48-26 lead by the close of that period. Then, with Floyd’s snbs taking over midway the final period, the Wolves managed to reduce the spread somewhat. FLOYIVS . 13..14..21..12-60 WHITEVILLE .... 15.. 4.. 7..15..41 I'LOYD’S ( 60) —Randy Shelley j 2, Ossie Buffkin 8, Cary Elving- ' ton 22, Albert Johnson 6, Huey J Bullock 8. Subs—Danny Ham mond 8, Stacy Huggins 2, James 1 Causey, Wayne Sarvis 4, Chester Duncan. WHITEVILLE (41)—Bill High 1, Freddie Barkley 5, Rob ert Plasky 4, Gene Watts 4, Byron Wyche 8. Subs—Harris Pittman ! 3, Marion Davis 12, DempseJ Herring 4. Social Security Changes Listed j In a study just completed in I one of the more heavily populated counties here in North Carolina social security employees watch ed for anyone who may have lost social security benefits by not filing in time. Also of interest were reasons for not filing. It was found that during 1960, 170 people in this survey county lost a total of $262,272. There was one widow who lost $4,177,40 over a period of six years, and the only reason she gave was “I didn’t know I could draw off my deceased husband.’ ’Another widow lost $2,640 because she got ad vice from a neighbor, and this neighbor told her she was not entitled to social security. One man lost $3,141 because he said he was too shy to come in and ask about social security. A woman who had worked in a shirt factory, off and on for! several years, lost $1,995 because she thought her work had to be continuous under social security, j These reasons point out one big thing that all should re member. If anyone has any ques tion about social security, or if there is any doubt or curiosity about any provision of the social security laws, he should go to the social security office and dis cuss it with a trained person. This way he can be sure that he won’t be one of the statistics 1 on the loss of benefits roster. There is only one way a per son can lose social security bene- 1 fits. He must be past retirement age and fully insured and must have waited more than one year after he arrived at retirement age before he actually filed for bene fits. Under no circumstances can social security go back more than 12 months to make back pay ments. Only about three per cent of oil wells drilled in unproven ter ritory are commercially profit able, according to Oil Facts. Distributed In This Area By Electric Bottling Co., Inc. WILMINGTON, N. C. 1962 TAX LISTING — NOTICE — List Your Real and Personal Property Starting Tuesday, Jan. 2nd, 1962. All property owners and tax payers are required by law to return to the List Taker for Taxation for the year 1962, all the Real Estate, Personal Property, Etc., which they own on the first day of January. Be Sure To Bring A Complete List Of Your Personal Property. All male persons between the ages of 21 and 50 years must list for Poll Tax during the same time, except those exempt by law for physical disability. All pe .ons to whom the foregoing applies who fail to list their Real and Personal Property, and/or Poll Tax will be guilty of a Misdemeanor and subject to a fine or imprisonment upon conviction. NORTHWEST TOWNSHIP, E. W. Aycock, Lister January 4, 10 A. M. to 5 P. M. Navassa Grocery January 8, 10 A. M. to 5 P. M... Herbert Brew’s Store January 10, 10 A. M. to 5 P. M... Leo Medlin’s Store January 12, 10 A. M. to 5 P. M.Applewhite’s Store—Maco January 15, 10 A. M. to 5 P. M. Leland Postoffice January 17, 2 P. M. to 6 P> M. . L. & M. Grocery—Woodburn January 19, 2 P. M. to 6 P. M. . Forest William’s Store Leland Grocery Each Tuesday Evening 6 P. M. to 9 P. M. through Jan. TOWN CREEK TOWNSHIP, Raymond Earp, Lister January 4 . Bige Bowling January 5 ... Pete’s Place (River Road) January 6 . Douglas Hawes January 8 . E. O. Rabon January 9 ... Johnnie Mills January 10 . Bishops January 1 1 ... Pen Benton January 12 . Phelp’s Esso January 13 . A. P. Henry January 15 . .. Skipper & White January 16 . Andy’s Esso January 17 . Clark's (Orton) ALL APPOINTMENTS START AT 1:00 P. M.—UNTIL SMITHVILLE TOWNSHIP, Carl Ward, Lister January 2, and Each Week Day Except Saturday During January At Tax Office 9 A. M. to 4:30 P. M. January 6, Saturday, 9 A. M. to 11 A. M.Mrs. Arnold’s Store January 13, Saturday, 9 A. M. to 1 1:30 A. M.Cox’s Store Bldg. January 20, Saturday, 9 A. M. to 11 A. M.-Howell Point-Faircloths Store January 27, At Midway from 9 A. M. to 11:30 A. M. AT HOME EACH SATURDAY 4 P. M. to 5 P. M. LOCKWOOD FOLLY TOWNSHIP, Kenneth Hewett, Lister January 4, 9:00 A. M. to 6:00 P. M. Harry Galloway’s Store January 5, 9:00 A. M. to 6 P. M.Cedar Grove Store January 6, 9:00 A. M. to 6:00 P. M. R. E. Bellamy & Sons January 8, 9:00 A. M. to 6:00 P. M.Woody’s Station January 9, 9 A. M. to 6:00 P. M. Red Bug Grocery January 10, 9 A. M. to 6 P. M.J. E. Kirby's Store January 11, 9 A. M. to 6 P. M...Oak Ridge Station January 1 2, 9:00 A. M. to 6:00 P. M. Community Service Center January 13, 9:00 A. M. to 6 P. M. R. E. Bellamy & Sons January 15, 9:00 A. M. to 6 P. M.. Bud Tindall’s Store January 16, 9:00 A. M. to 6 P. M..Newman Fulford's Store January 17, 9:00 A. M. to 6 P. M. Cedar Grove Store January 18, 9:00 A. M. to 6 P. M. Oak Ridge Station January 19, 9:00 A. M. to 6 P. M. Community Service Center January 20, 9:00 A. M. to 6 P. M. R. E. Bellamy & Sons SHALLOTTE TOWNSHIP, J. B. Ward, Jr., Lister January 4, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M..Ivy High Store—Calabash January 5, 12 Noon to 4 P. M..A. D. Long's Store—Thomasboro January 6, 13, and 20, 9 A. M. to 1 P. M.Washam, Warlick & Harrelson Co. January 9, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.Anchor Hotel—Village Point January 10, 9 to 4 P. M.The Gift Shop—Ocean Isle January 1 1, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.John Todds Store—Sauspan January 1 5, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.Wallace Hickman's Store January 16, 9 A. M. to 11 A. M... Summersette Store January 17, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.The Ward Co.—Longwood ALL OTHER TIMES AT HOME. WACCAMAW TOWNSHIP, Odell Jenrette, Lister January 4, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.W. B. Evans Home January 5, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.L. C. Babson’s Store January 8, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.D. E. Simmons January 9, 1 P. M. to 4 P. M. Frank D. Inman's January 10, 9 A. M. to 1 P. M.. Pearl Jones Store January 11,9 A. M. to 2 P. M... Ernest Milligan's Store January 12, 9 A. M. to 2 P. M.George Piver’s January 13, 9 A. M. to 2 P. M. Lonnie Evans Store January 1 5, 9 A. M. to 2 P. M. Randolph Long January 16, 9 A. M. to 1 P. M.Willie Marlows The Board of Equalization and Review will meet at the Tax Office at Southport on March 19, 1962. Any complaint about Valuation should be taken before the Board at that time. Please List Your Property With The List Taker In Your Home Precinct. RESSIE R. WHATLEY Brunswick County Tax Supervisor
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