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f){ The News The Time TEEN ivoT^ itizens Members ommittee ^nd Assist In )f Rehabilitam In BrunsDuties Are ) HELP farmers dvisory CornAssist By rt Advice r Fields county citizens on committees t in the operibilitation and -> grams of the epartment of Ginn. Brunsisor for Farm tion, has antments made . State FSA >inted by Mr. I ?r, Shallotte; farmer. Sud- I r - - Mrlr H L Clemmons, farmer, fl s'jpplv Hodson Kirby, merchant, Shailotte: W. B. Edwards, farm - Ash: J- E. Dodson, county Co. iv.farv officer, Southport; Miss \ cornre Green, home economics teacher. Shallotte. !| I Mr Ginn said that Mr. Gore, Hyr Hovett and Mr. Clemmons . sene as members of the ubcon.mittce on the tenant purB Mr. Kirby, Mr. , ^Edwards and Mr. Clemmons will s!:ve on the subcommittee for the Farm Debt Adjustments and I tenure improvement work; Mr. core. Mr. Hewett and Mr. ClemHr .is will serve on the subcom^Enttee for the rural rehabilitation program. Mr. Dodson, Mr. Russ i a.-.i Miss Greene are members at ^Erge to advise on the various ^phases of assistance to low in- j iniw families . . The tenant purchase program ^provides funds for the purchase of family type farms by qualified Operants under the Bankhead jones Tenant Purchase Act. FSA : Meditation loans are available , to low income farm families, in eligibie for credit elsewhere for ^pie purchase of livestock, work s'.ocli seed, fertilizer and equip r.r:: in accordance with care fully planned operation for the fa": and home. About 50 farm far;:::; in Brunswick county ;Biave already been helped by this 1 [ program. i I The services of debt adjust- J immitteemen arc available 3d farmers as well as to FSA 1 Borrowers. The committmen will J B creditors and farm debtors 1 to reach an amicable adjustment 1 Gebts based on the ability to j 11 Mr. Ginn said better tenure ar^Brareeir.ents is one of the most . Iig needs in the rehabili- . of low income farm famFarm Security Administrarovides lease forms for long , leases to encourage conservand better living on farms, service is also available to armers in the county, as as to FSA borrowers, in Security Administration ( e agency of the U. S. Decent of Agriculture which is the low income farm famto take full advantage of ither services of the national (Continued on uage 4.) Hers Funeral ; Held Saturday' ithport Man Dies At 1 lome Following Linger- ( ng Illness; Interment In \ Cemetery I nchie Wilbur Sellers, 57, died { liis home here at 3 o'clock ' 'lay morning following a ling'nneral services were conduct- 4 from the late residence Sat- 1 ' *y afternoon at 3 o'clock by J v J. R. Potts with interment lowing in Northwood cemetery re. 1 Active pallbearers were Charlie dwian. Boss Leonard, Robert "odade, Willie Dosher, Fred *hcer, and H. T. Bowmer. Honorary: J. L. Moore, Clyde vain. Charlie Dosher, Clarence ' *rc,,r Ross Livingston and ! )!ln Hcwett. ' < ?fr Sellers is survived by his 'ow Prances E. Sellers; i "J"8' Wilbur, Alton, Robert i , Clifton of Southport and ( J and Weston of Wilming; a daughter, Mrs. Elneta Pdt- ' Z.a"'' a xt'W. Mrs. J. R. Mar- 1 ?/jUi ?f Southport ' TH1 \ BREMAN IN TF ^hl, ii,, m m * ? JF^H ? KiP^^BBBBBWBtlSlHIptwy^^wHm LION-TAMER.?The ge bored expression is Leo, Mlion; the lad on the right Breman Furpless, of Southpi at Myrtle Beach recently w attended a meeting of the th South Carolina. KT T T FV L>ew nome u< Agent Assume ?? * Miss Genevieve Eakes Assumes Duties As County Home Demonstration Agent Today SUCCEEDS MRS. i MARION S. DOSHER j New Home Agent Comes Here From Monroe i Where She Taught Home Economics In High School Miss Genevieve Eakes, new 1 Brunswick county home demon- i stration agent assumes the duties 1 of that office today, succeeding Mrs. Marion S. Dosher, whose 1 resignation became effective yesterday. Miss Eakes has been here for J the past ten days and has been visiting club meetings with Mrs. 1 Dosher and otherwise getting ac- ; juainted with her new work. ' rhroughout the remainder of this ' month Mrs. Dosher will attend ilub meetings with her successor j in order that she may have an opportunity to present the new lome agent to members of each -ommunitv organization. Miss Eakes is from Clinton. For the past two years she has taught home economics at" Monroe and has supervised the lunch(Oontlnuea on page 4) Truck Owners To Make Bids County Agent J. E. Dodson Asks That Bids For Hauling Ground Limestone Be Submitted Before July 25th County Agent J. E. Dodson announced that owners of motor trucks who would like to put in a bid for the delivery of ground limestone from Southport, Bolivia, Winnabow, Eastbrook and Northwest in Brunswick county and from Whiteville in Columbus county to farms in Brunswick county can get the necessary forms at the county office in Sypply, for submitting sealed bids for this service on or before July 25, 1941. Anniversary At Mew Hope Church Forty-Seventh Annual Sunday School Anniversary Will Be Observed On Sunday d New Hope Presbyterian church i vill celebrate her 47th Sabbath School anniversary and home coming Sunday, July 20. 1 Beginning at 10:30 the morn- < ng session will be taken up with special singing and speaking with i iinner at 1 p. m. 1 All are invited to come and wing baskets as an old time ' ricnic dinner and gathering will I jc enjoyed in the church grove. e st; A Gooi 4-PAGES TODAY IE LION'S DEN 1 j/ V/ \/ / \v . /\ X K J*^\iv i * ntleman above with the v GM's famous trade-mark 0 with the anxious look is t jrt. The picture was taken ^ hen the local theatre man 0 eatre-owners for North and c <*t c i jmonstration j a s Duties Here' i Bolivia Club Women Meet j The Bolivia Home Demonstra- ? tion Club met with Mrs. Kendall Sox on Tuesday afternoon, July 3 8th, with Mrs. A. R. Mercer as * joint hostess. Mrs. J. E. Gill presided in the * absence of the president. Mrs. ' Frank Mintz and Miss Bessie Willetts were elected delegates to 1 Lhe State meeting in Raleigh. Mrs. Marion S. Dosher gave the I lesson on "Frozen Desserts." The * members learned with regret of 1 the resignation of Mrs. Dosher. ? Mrs. Cannon, recreation chair- '< man, led a "Better Speech Quiz." The hostesses served delicious I fruit gelatin and cake to the fol- I lowing members and visitors: Mesdames W. A. Kopp, Geo. Cannon, D. L. Mercer, J. E. Gill, Marion Dosher, Early Gill, Miss Bessie Willetts and Mr. J. E. "] Gill, Calls Attention Of Pinhookers To; Weed Regulations' > County Farm Agent Warns i Tkaf Ronriilntinnx HaVfi I Been Made For Non- < Warehouse Sale Of To- 1 bacco < - i Warehousemen or dealers buy- 1 ing flue-cured tobacco from far- J mers prior to the opening of the i tobacco market should study care- I fully the regulations pertaining to the purchase of tobacco from \ farmers by warehousemen or < dealers other than at a regular i auction? warehouse sale, county \ agent J. E. Dodson warned this s week. Forms used for nonware- j house sales of tobacco in 1940 Program are not acceptable under \ the 1941 Program. Warehousemen or dealers ex- pecting to purchase tobacco from farmers before the opening of the tobacco market should ob- 1 tain nonwarehouse sale Form 41Tob-64 containing twenty-five bills of sale in'each book. These books may be obtained by writing the Marketing Quota Section, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Washington, D. C. for the number of books the individual buyer desires. Each purchase of tobacco made prior to the opening of the tobacco market is to be identified by a bill of nonwarehouse sale, Form 41-Tob-64. This form is to be filled out at the time the tobacco is purchased and is to be signed by the purchaser and the producer at the time that the transaction of sale is made. Tobacco purchased by dealers or warehousemen prior to the opening of the tobacco market not properly identified will be subject to the full tax penalty Df 10 cents per pound according to the law. Prior to the opening of the market, the purchaser will assume all risk for purchasing (continued on page four). HE 1 d News paper 1 Southport, N. C., Wc Land Planning Survey Will Be Held In County ichedule Of Preliminary 1 Meetings Given, With Plans To Go Into Every Community In Brunswick County NFORMATION IS 1 BEING GATHERED toundaries Of Neighborhoods, Number And Activities Of Organizations, Etc., Being Determined A Land Use Planning Survey , rill be made of Brunswick coun- j y. the first series of meet- , lgs to be held to definitely estab- , sh the boundary lines of neigh- j orhoods, the number of churches, | rtiite and negro, number of j chools, number of trading centra, P. T. A. organization, grange, | arm bureau, 4-H Clubs, home ] emonstration Clubs, F. F. A. r nd other organizations in neigh- ] orhoods. The first series of meetings . rill be followed by others, and ] ther phases of the program will j e taken up in the later meet- ] igs, all meetings win De presiaea i iver by a specialist from State j College, Raleigh, who will have < harge of the entire Land Use j Manning Survey. The meetings f vill be entirely informal, no one ] 3 expected to dress up for them. . t is hoped many citizens can i .rrange to attend the one near- , at him. j Following is the schedule of ] and use planning meetings for i Irunswick 'county: ] Monday, July 21: Cotton matress work center in Northwest i ownship at 10:00 A. M.; Leland : ichool at 2 p. m.; Tuesday, July 1 !2: Winnabow postoffice at 10:00 . i.m.; Bolivia school agricultural . wilding at 2:00 p. m.; Wednes lay, July 23: Southport, court- i louse at 10:00 a. m.; Supply I :ounty office at 2:00 p. m.; i Thursday, July 24: Secession, ; toache's store at 10:00 a. m.; lhallotte, school building at 2:00 ).m.; Friday, July 25: Hickman's Iross Roads store at 10:00 a. m.; vongwood store at 2:00 p. m.; | Saturday, July 26: Exum store it 10:00 a. m. " i Four Men Hurt Saturday Night rrouble At Shallotte Point ] Results In One Man Being Seriously Injured and Others Also Hurt Four Brunswick county men vere injured Saturday night, one leriously, in a fight which oc- 1 :ured at Shallotte point. < Harris Gore, young Shallotte j vnite man, waa anut twice anu s in a serious condition at Dosher Memorial Hospital. Ac:ording to report he was shot by Deputy Sheriff Drew Long, who :laimed that he fired his gun it Gore after the latter had janged him over the head with a ifle butt. Long was treated for levere lascerations and bruises, ibout the head. Another principal in the affary vas Dought Tripp, who sustain!d head injuries when struck by i blackjack said to have been veilded by Deputy Sheriff Wainlie Evans. The deputy received ninor abraisions about the face. Although three of the men involved are law enforcement of(continued on page four) Judge Makes F Airplane At I Judge Henry A. Grady of Newbern, now retired from the superior court bench but still hale and hearty and doing duty as an emergency judge whenever his services are called for, had his first airplane ride here late Monday afternoon. The Judge, now 70 years old, climbed from the cockpit of the plaine at Long Beach after a 30 minute ride over Southport, Fort Fisher, Bald Head Island and Fort Caswell and remarked to an interested group of spectators: "That was the finest ride I ever had in my life. That thing", pointing to the altimeter, "said we were 2200 feet in the air and it was the first time I had ever really been off the ground." A short time later at a dinner that was being given in his honor at the beach, Judge Grady elaborated on his ride v ? P0R1 In A Good Con idnesday, July 16,1941 Committee For ] Defense Bonds Sale Appointed ( Prince O'Brien, Cashier Of W accamaw Bank And Trust Co., Named Chairman For Brunswick ' County Program PUBLIC TO BUY DEFENSE BONDS rhis Affords Everyone An Opportunity To Do His Part In Financing Expanion Of The Army And Navy Prince O'Brien, cashier of Wac- i :amaw Bank & Trust Co., at Southport and chairman of the ' jommittee for the promotion of i lale of Defense Savings Bonds 1 n Brunswick county, announced his week the full membership of ] lis committee. j The Brunswick county commit- _ :ee has Prince O'Brien as chairnan, and the following other ( nembers: Annie Mae Woodside, V Mrs. J. W. Ruark. W. B. Keziah, T. J. Loughlin, Jr., Wallace Moore, r. A. McNeill, Southport; J. E. Dodson, Floyd Kirby, Mrs. Rich- . nond Galloway, J. M. Roach, W. ri ft. Varnum, Supply; Hobson Kiray, R. D. White, W. L. Swain, 3. T. Russ, Mrs. J. A. Russ, D. 3. Andrews, H. L. Mintz, W. M. 3 tana land, Mrs. Cornelius Thorn- H is, Shallotte; John B. Ward, G. w R. Simmons, Ernest Milliken, p A.sh; J. L. Henry, Edwin Taylor, h iVinnabow; C. P. Willetts, J. D. Johnson, H. Foster Mintz, Bol- 0 ivia; B. G. Simmons, Freeland; jr Li. C. Brown, Longwood; L. J. Mills, H. O. Peterson, U. L. h Ftourk, Leland. . United States Savings Bonds, F which went on sale March 1, 1935, are direct obligations of the United States Government. 4 Already, more than 2,500,000 ^ American men and women have placed more than three and a quarter billions of dollars in these ^ Ponds, and their maturity value cxccc'ds five million as of March t, 1941. Today, there is further need E tor the safety of the United 3 States and for all its people. The " United States Savings Bonds are 3 the quickest way which Amer- n ican citizens can serve their coun- fl try and conserve their savings d it the same time. P e Waccamaw Boys Visit Caswell? Last Week Of Camp Will { Begin Sunday; Boys In ^ Second Week Camp Are Visiting Points On Coast Today The last week of Camp Wac- 1 ?maw will begin Sunday. The :amp this summer under the Jirection of J. E. Derrick has been very successful. Although the attendance hasn't been up to past records, the boys have thor- a Dughly enjoyed the varied pro- C jram. a The boys this week decided to ^ take the same long trip as was a taken last week when the camp:rs visited Fort Caswell and Long B Beach. The group left this morn- F ing and while on the trip will y visit Sunny Point, Southport, e Long Beach and Fort Caswell, v, As on their trip last week, they j bad dinner and supper at the n Fort and took their cook along a with them. They will return to- i night about 8 o'clock. e Boys in camp this week arc w from Whiteville, Chadbourn and tl Spencer. irst Ride In ieach Monday v by declaring: "I got a bigger thrill from that ride than from any experience I ever went through. While it was my first ride it won't be the last I always knew Southport was a C( pretty place, but it has to be v seen from the air to be really ci appreciated. I could easily rec- ti ognize the court house and the 4 different locations as we flew w over town, and Fort Fisher, ei The hills, woods and creeks of Bald Head Island were a won- t derful sight and I never realiz- a ed what it would be like to s< drift through clouds, as we frequently did during the trip". e< It was not until the Judge rr was climbing into the plane on ft the beach that the crowd jr learned as a result of an e( inquiry from a newsman that s< it was the first time he had tl ever been up. K ' PIL imunity PUBLIS Father Uses R< Successfi Captain Arthur J. Dosher ] Uses Artificial Resp As he managed to slowly pump the breath of life back Into the body of his drowned son Tuesday afternoon, Captain Arthur J. Dosher had cause to be everlastingly thankful for his course in first aid. Captain Dosher, master of the U. S. E. dredge Absecon, is here this week with his family visiting relatives. Tuesday afternoon his eight-year-old son, David, was in swimming with his cousins, Charles, Billie and Maxine Dosher, in the sound back of Swain beach when he was suddenly seized with cramps. Before he could again get control of himself he was in water over his head. Excited by his cry for help, Billie and Maxine were soon in grave danger of drowning, and safety School Bus Drive * rwo Demonstrations Clubs Consolidated The King Town and Myrtle lead Home Demonstration Clubs rere held Friday, July 11 at 3 . m. at the home of Mrs. Wrcnt lint. Mr. J. V. Simmons presided ver the meeting and Miss Olivia Ivans acted as secretary. A motion was made and unannously carried that the two lubs be combined and called the 'reeland club. Farm and Home Week, August -8 was discussed and Mrs. J. Simmons and Mrs. D. F. ling were elected to represent le Freeland Club. The 4-H Hub' camp to be held at fhite Lake, on August 11 to 6 was also discussed. Audrey lennett, Mary Frances Dodson, !va Mae Wilson, Lou Ella Babon, and Kathleen King were lentioned as prospective repreentatives.. The lesson for the lonth was Refreshing Desserts Dr which Mrs. Dosher gave a emonstration on freezer-made each ice cream which was servd to the guests supplemented rith cake made by the hostess. The next meeting will be held rith Mrs. J. W. King August th at 3:00 p. m. Jailor Boys At Home On Visit hree Local Boys From Pacific Fleet Are At Home On 28-Day Leave For Visit With Parents Frank Potter and Law Swan rrived home from Los Angeles, lalif, Monday afternoon to spend 28-day leave with their parents, [r. and Mrs. John F. Potter nd Capt. and Mrs. Chas. Swan. These two boys together with iryant Potter, a brother of 'rank, enlisted in the navy a ear ago and were all three placd on the Cruiser, St. Helena, rhich has been stationed in ionolulu for the past eight lonths. She left there June 25 nd arrived in Los Angeles July 0, from where the boys departd for their leave. Bryant Potter 'ill also arrive home the last of le week for a 28-day leave. lailroad Case Is Postponed (earing Will Be Held In Wilmington On Tuesday, July 29; Three Divorces Are Granted A special term of Brunswick ounty Superior court which con- J ened Monday for the purpose of onsidering proposals for the connued operations of the W. B. : S. railroad adjourned at noon dth the railway problem no nearr solution. The case was continued until Ucsday, July 29, at which time hearing on the matter has been ;t in Wilmington. Judge Henry A. Grady presidi over the term, and the only istters finally disposed of be>re him were three divorce cases. acH of these actions was grant1 upon, grounds of two years jparation. Principals were Guide vs Guthrie; Knight vs night; Sibbett vs Sibbett. L_-. ' '. ? ; - t;.., ,0T HED EVERY WEDNESDA esuscitation illy On His Son Pulls Son From Water Anc iration To Save Life probably would have been had not their older brother, Charles, hauled them to safety. It was at this moment that Captain Dosher reached the bathing place and failed to see his boy. Diving into the water, he soon got his hands on his son and carried him to shore. The lad was unconscious, and it was not until the anguished father had spent ten minutes in resuscitation that David was breathing normally. The youngster spent last night as a patient at Dosher Memorial Hospital, suffering chiefly from shock, and was able to be out again today apparently none the worse for his harrowing experience. I For All :rs Next Week Boys Who Intend To Driv< School Buses Next Yeai Must Attend Drivers School At Shallotte STATE AUTHORITIES WIL CO-UPfcKAlt Not Only Regular Drivers But Their Substitutes Are Required To Take The Course And Pass Driving Test A safety school for bus driv crs will be conducted at the coun ty garage at Shallotte on Mon day and Tuesday, July 21-22, ac cording to announcement mad this week by Miss Annie Ma; Woodside, county superintenden of schools. Representatives of the Raleigl office of the Highway Safet; Division will be here to assis with the school, and count; mechanic Ernest Parker will als be on hand. It is required that all boys wh plan to drive a school bus thi fall, together with one or mor boys who will serve as their sub stitute, attend this school an take the examination which wil be given them. Drivers will be notified 01 which day they are expected t attend, and they have been ask ed to bring their driver's licens with them. Nail Hardwood To Stay Pul Experiments Show That En tirely Different Method: Must Be Employed It Nailing Different Kindt Of Wood Lumber from hardwoods growi on the farm woodlands are oftei used for construction and repai work on the farm where the; grew. Some of them are hard b nail. Among these, according b the U. S. Forest Products Labor atory, Madison, Wis., are th ashes, gums, elms, oaks, maples beech, birches, hickories, pecans and hackberry. These woods re quire a different nailing techni from that commonly used wit! construction lumber. A skilled carpenter can nail dr; board of dense hardwoods t framing. The framing is usuall; softwood, but may occasionallj especially on the farm be hard wood. When the framing is soft wood a long, slender nail is usei in order to get holding power b (continued on psige four) Hospital Board Members Named Four Trustees For Doshei Memorial Hospital An Named By Aldermen Five By County Commis J sioners | A new nine-man board of trus tees for the Dosher Memoria Hospital has bene named by th' board of aldermen and the boari of county commissioners. Named to represent the cit; on this body were C. Ed. Taylot present chairman, E. J. Prevattc G. R. Dosher, and J. D. Sutton The commissioners named th following five men to member ship on the board: R. I. Minta S. B. Frink, L. T. Yaskell, Chas N. Woodbury and W. R. Holmes - 1L34 - wtmfc >.k. .. ^ -? 1 " i JBEwijbaliSini The Pilot Covers I Brunswick County I r si.50 per yeaii M Members Named I i For Committee 1 1 Local Defense I R. I. Mintz, Chairman, At? H tended Meeting Friday H At Jacksonville; Well* H To Serve With Him On I Regional Group fl WILL BACK DRIVE I FOR OLD ALUMINUM Bins Will Be Erected In I Various Communities To H Collect Old Pots And H Utensils H R. I. Mintz, Southport attor- H ncy, has been named chairman H of the Brunswick County Defense Council and attended a district meeting in Jacksonville Friday. On Monday he met with Mayor H John D. Eriksen, Sheriff D. L. H Ganey and J. M. Roach and or- H ganized the local council. The H following members were named: |H R. I. Mintz, D. L. Ganey, J. J. 9 Loughlin, Jr., W. S. Wells, G. T. Reid, Dr. L. C. Fergus and S. T. H| Russ. The council designated Wells ' to serve with Mintz on the Reg- H ional Defense Council. " The committee discussed J plans for a drive to collect alum- |H inum throughout the county dur- H ing the week of July 21-28. It H was agreed that repositories for the collection of this metal shall - be established at the following places: Leland, Bolivia, Supply, |H ? Shallotte, Ash and Longwood. One H ' already has been established on the courthouse lawn at Southport. Tobacco Crop I : Reported Less I Than In 1940 I ? State Dept. Of Agriculture H Sees Smaller Tobacco H y Crop In State This Year I it And Reports Crop Later H y H 0 According to estimates by the H State Department of Agriculture H the yield of tobacco in the bor- H 0 der belt on an average is down s about five percent beiow last seae son. The crop over the entire L state is reported about two weeks 1 later than usual. The crop in Columbus county is said to be somewhat below last year's bumper H 1 yield and head of the belt's yield. jfl D The State Department of Agriculture's report, as released Fri- H e day, follows: H North Carolina farmers indicate a 1941 flue-cured tobacco produotion of 497,180.000 pounds, four per cent below last season, grown i on 502,000 acres or approximate[ ly one per cent above the 1940 acreage, J. J. Morgan, statistician of the State Department of Agri" culture in Raleigh reported Fri5 day. 1 "The condition of the flue-cur- ^B 5 ed crop on July 1, reported at 77 per cent, indicated a yield ^b per acre of 990 pounds compared ~ with the record yield or 1,0*15 pounds harvested last season," Morgan said, basing his informs0 tion on the Federal-State Crop jfl Reporting service summary. CROP LATER e "The cro'p at this time is ( around two weeks later than us' ual in practically all areas", he 1 added. "Dry weather during the c first of the season delayed trans- Hj ^ (Continued on page 4) I Tide Table I Following is the tide table for Southport during the nest H week. These hours are appro- H i ximi-iely correct and were fur3 nished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association. (Ugh Tide Low Tide H TIDE TABLE B I Thursday, July 17 1:38 a. m. 8:03 a. m. H r 2:13 p. m. 8:56 p. m. H Friday, July 18 2:33 a. m. 8:56 a. m. H ' 3:07 p. m. 9:50 p. m. H Saturday, July 19 H 3:33 a. m. 9:46 a. m. H 4:02 p. m. 10:38 p. m. H 1 Sunday, July 20 H 4:33 a. m. 10:34 a. m. H j 4:55 p. m. 11:27 p. ra. Monday, July 21 H f 5:26 a. m. 11:22 a. m. H 5:42 p. m. ? Tuesday, July 22 H 6:13 a. m. 0:15 a. m. I j 6:25 p. m. 12:06 p. m. H Wednesday, July 23 H 6:56 a. m. 1:00 a. in. I 7:06 p. m. 12:56 p. Ok