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Brunswick Between Bookends
By Eugene Fatten
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BISHOP ASBIJRY’S DIARY.
Back around the turn of the
19th Century a power Was loose
in North Carolina. An evangelist
who called himself Bishop Francis
Asbury was beating the bushes
for God and Salvation. He left a
diary, which proves that, whatever
kind of preacher he might have
been, he was no great shakes as
a writer. Still, his diary bridges
a gap in human communication.
From a distance of 160 years and
more, the reader becomes ac
quainted, through the bishop’s
jotted memoirs, with the high,
the low and the in-between who
resided in Brunswick County in
the long ago.
For Asbury did, indeed, visit
Brunswick; not once but on sev
eral swings. The pickings were
good here, apparently; or maybe
it was because there were a
scarcity of preachers in these
parts. The bishop enjoyed his
trips to Brunswick. If you don’t
believe it. peep into his diary
along with me.
“February 7, 1791: Rode into
Lockwood’s Folly and preached
at the Charlotte (Shallotte) River
to not less than one hundred peo
ple. The soil is very .barren. We
were recommended for lodging at
a certain squire’s house but a
kind Providence so ordered it that
we came up with a simple-hearted
brother where we were kindly re
ceived and abundantly supplied
with everything necessary for
horse and man . . .”
Bishop Asbury had a keen eye.
On December 23 five years later,
when the Circuit Riding Methodist
entered Wilmington, he wrote:
"Had an excessively cold ride
through heavy sands and .miser
able country" (he must .of ap
proached from the nqrth aide),
“And when we came to the town
wharf there was neither a flat
or a ferry . .
Back in Brunswick County in
February of 1801, Bishop Asbury
had a better time of it, as wit
ness: “At Gause’s Manor, or more
properly “town", we were plea
santly situated. 1 had a most
solemn visit to the sea beach,
which to me was a most instruc
tive sight . . . the diversified fea
tures were awe-inspiring; the sand
hills, the marsh, the frimeta, tall
and slender; the sheep and the
goats frisking in the sun; the roll
ing porpoise, the sea gulls lifting
and letting fall from high the
clam; the eagles watching for
their prey; the white sail of the
solitary vessel tossed upon the |
distant wave , .
In that particular insert. As
bury’s diary takes on deep .digni
ty. But the poetry dies once he
turns his back on Brunswick, and
he despairs, to some extent, the
desolations which then met his j
| eye.
Bishop Asbury now gqes down
among' the envied traveler-writ
ers; a corps which boasts such
shining names as Walt Whitman,
Yachel Lindsay and even Burl
j Ives—all of whom traded music
| for bread in American back
j washes. Asbury's J suspect, was
: the stronger lure: not poetry or
| song, but a golden promise
j strung on a cross and a prayer.
And. for those who would know
i how preachers fared in Brunswick
I way back yonder, .the Diary re
Health and A Fall
By DR ROGER W. PRICE
An accident needs not be severe to be followed
by dire results. Falls or iars sometimes slight
which at the time are passed unnoticed are re
sponsible for nerve impingement, the effects
of which are serious indeed. That is an im
portant thing to remember in this day when
automobile and other accidents are so common.
One need not be cut or bruised, nor need one
have broken bones in order for an accident to
have been serious. If one or more segments
or me spine are aisptacea sumctemty to pro
duce pressure on nerve trunks the tissues supplied by those nerve trunks
cannot function normally. If the pressure is slight and if the surrounding
tissues are uninjured, nature often automatically corrects these spinal ab
normalities. It, however, this displacement is not automatically corrected, it
means that a slow process of tissue depletion begins. That is why the pre
caution of seeing a Modern Chiropractor should be taken following falls
and accidents.
PRICE Chiropractic Clinic
DR. ROGER W. PRICE By Appointment
108 S. 3rd St. Wilmington, N. C. RO 2-60/5
VERMONT
The State Capitol building at Montpelier is topped
with a gilded dome and a statue of Ceres, goddess of
grain. A statue inside of Ethan Allen is perhaps more a
symbol of Vermont. There is a cannon nearby which Allen
and his “Green Mountain Boys’’ took from the Hessians
in the Battle of Bennington. The State Office Building is
nearby and is known for the beauty of the Vermont marble
facings. The State Supreme Court Building houses the His
torical Society Museums which contains the Stephen Daye
press, first printing press in the colonies.
SINCE THE START OF RURAL ELECTRIFICATION IN
1935 THEY HAVE HELPED BOOST THE NUMBER 0*
FARMS WITH ELECTRICITY FROM 10.9 to 97 PER
CENT. AND TODAY, RURAL ELECTRICS ARE BRING
ING THE MOST MODERN ELECTRIC SERVICE TO RESI
DENCES, FARMS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS AND BUSI
NESSES ALL OVER RURAL AMERICA . . . SERVING
MORE THAN 17 MILLION PEOPLE.
Compliments Of
BRUNSWICK ELECTRIC
MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION
SERVING BRUNSWICK, COLUMBUS, ROBESON and
BLADEN COUNTIES
“Community Owned ... Community Built..,
Community Builders1’
* Students—Clip this Ad for your scrapbook.
mains a rare fount of ecclesiasti
cal information. The problem is
to secure it. They had no book
clubs back when Bishop Asbury
was writing his diary, and his
book, I fear, is in lamentably
limited number.
High Times
By JOAN PINER
Everyone has been talking
about the ball game Friday night
when the Hazel Walker Players
met the Southport Town Team.
Quite a crowd was there. It was
a big surprise that Southport won.
The score was 74-72.
The doubleheador with Bolivia
on Thursday was split. The Bo
livia boys and the Southport girls
won. The Dolphins played Leland
on Tuesday night and will play
Bolivia here on Friday night.
The juniors are finally happy.
After moping around for months,
they got their rings on Monday.
You now see juniors with their
hands held high!
The high school had an assem- 1
bly last Saturday. They saw a
film on The Mayflower II. Every
one enjoyed this assembly very I
much.
SEEN AROUND: Mr. Lee's
face turning all shades of red on
Friday night . . . General Business
class watching a film . . . Jimmy
P. looking busy? , . . Do you
understand French, Robert P. ?
. . . Has anyone heard, “I’ve Got
These Little Things?” . . . Fran
kie’s ankle is better . . . Robert
H. all dressed up Monday . . .
Everyone coming down with the
flu . . . The English IV students
writing letters . . . Sally, what
channel do you want to watch?
. . . Have you heard that Mr.
Davis caught a blue-eyed shark?
. . . Thanks, Gary . . . Clive bor
rowing pens in English class.
That’s all for this week. See
you around S. H. S.
Union School
News
By OIXIE CAUSE And
CLARENCE STEVENSON
It tuts been a long time since
we have had some news, but we
again bring you the latest news
and happenings around Union.
We are moving into the second
semester, we have scanned those
exams and now we “set the
sights” toward that date in May.
Union played Artesia High
School of Hallsboro, Tuesday
night. It was a very thrilling
game. The girls score was 23-20,
Artesia. The boys score was 53
26, Union.
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Earlene Gore, a senior at Union,
is the winner in our school in the
1962 Betty Crocker Search for
the American Homemaker of To
morrow. She achieved the highest
score in the examination on home
making knowledge and attitudes
taken by senior girls December 5.
She becomes eligible now, along
with winners in other state high
schools, for the title of State
Homemaker of Tomorrow.
The girl named State Home
maker of Tomorrow is provided a
$1,500 scholarship by General
Mills, sponsor of the program.
The state runner-up will receive
a $500 scholarship.
Social Security {
Changes Listed
According to Albert P, Mason,
District Manager of the Wilming- I
ton Social Security Office, em- j
ployers of farm workers are re- j
quired to file annual reports with 1
the District Director of Internal
Revenue by January 31, and pay
the social security tax on cash
wages which were paid to hired
farm workers in 1961. This also
applies to farm crew leaders if.
they are the employer.
Mason said that cash wages
paid to a farm worker must be
reported if he is paid $150 or1
more during the year, or worked ;
on a time basis on some part of i
20 or more days.
A worker’s insured status and
the amount of his benefit are
based on the wages credited to
his account. Therefore, it is im
portant that annual reports be
completed and accurate.
They should show each worker’s
name and number as shown on
his social security card and the
exact amount of wages paid him.
A complete and accurate report
will assure the employer that each
worker receives the proper credit
to his account. Farmers are also
required to list crew leaders on
the tax forms.
Mason also stressed the im
portance of filing these reports
limely. Employers of farm work- 1
ers are only required to file re
ports once a year and the dead
line for filing them in the last
day of the month after the end '
of the previous year. Reports for j
1961 are due bv January 31. !
Failure to file timely returns
could result in penalties and in
terest charges being assessed on
the employer.
William N. Gore
OCEAN DRIVE BEACH. S. C.
—William Needham Gore, 75,
Brooksville area farmer, died
Monday after a lingering illness.
Final rites were held Wednesday
at 2:30 -p. m. at Pleasant Plain
Baptist Church by Elder Grady
Cos, and Elder Gardner Mishoe,
with burial in the church ceme
tery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Mary Louise Jones Gore; three
sons, Woodrow Rodney, William
Leon and George Watson Gore, 'j
all of Ocean Drive Beach; a '
daughter, Mrs. Lennon McLanib
of Shallotte, N. C.; a brother,
Dr. G. C. Gore of Greenville; and
nine grandchildren.
KILLED TO DATE
The state motor vehicle de
partment reports that to date 65
persons have been killed on the
state’s highways as compared to
71 for the same comparable
period last year.
Distributed In This Area By
Electric Bottling
Co., Inc.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Penalty Begins
February 1st On
1961 Brunswick
County Taxes
A penalty of 1 */o will be charged for unpaid taxes
for 1961 due Brunswick County. P^.y this week and
save the additional and unnecessary expense.
D. H. HAWES
Bnins^r" Chilly Tax Collector
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